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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-25

bara went on, in her wisest tones
that | should wish to go against
my cousin Joc's wife ia that respect
q thrifty wife is a crown of gold to a
man that has to work for a living; but
at eggs that have never seen a hen FOR
nearly a fortnight | 90 draw the line
to call 'em fresh. that is"
Bull although on most evenings Do
rothy used to tell the old servant to
bring her sewing and come and sit
with her in the pretty little drawing
room, 1t must be confessed that at this
time she found her life dreadfully dull,
and as each day Wen by she seemed
to miss Dick in her daily life more and
more. For though she had been used
to a quiet country home and a quiet
country existence, there had always
been plenty to interest her. Miss
Dimsdale, IL somewhat old fashioned,
in her ideas and strict in her notions.
had been both tender and indHlgent to
her little orphan niece, and had, more
over, always been a clever and capa-
BILE woman with whom to associate.
Then, about a country house there are
always SO many different points of in
terest. Either the moles have worked
at last from the meadow under the
hedge and below the very best bit Of
the velvet lawn which Is the very pride
and delight of your eyes, or the rats
have suddenly acquired a pert measure
of audacity and have scraped and Bit
ten a new hole in the cOrn-bin or the
newly filled potato bags. or have gone
further and found their way into the
principal pantry and created a regular
stampede among your servants. Or
perhaps you catch one of the sinners
in a new trap which cost five and six
pence, and when you go to see rs
wicked, hoary old occupant you feel
that II 1t never catches another, this
one Is well worth the money. Or II
traps and other means, consisting of
horribly smelling poisons suggestive Ut
tho Internal regions. fail you, perhaps
you have the professional rat-catcher
IN from the village with his box OF
siruous, red-eyed %ferrets. and then y"u
have your revenge ON the rats.
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NEGROES RANK HIGH.
LEADERS AT THE CAPITAL OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Many Are IN Public OMrc-H. y, cheat
ham. H.. T.. Cooper. John II. Lynch.
John 4. Green. u. Il. Bruce ana
George II. White.

IL in each city Il roll should he made
y eminent cOlorcd men who have at
tanned to national prominence, Wash
ington would present u larger list
than any other city in the Union, says
the Odd-FcllowS' Journal. All of these
distinguished citizens formerly resid-
ed in various states, and with but a
few exceptions began their residence
here In the capacity of government Of
ticials. Some have abandoned their
orne abOdcs and have become II
part or the capitals permanent popu-
lation: others still retain a residence
IN the states and when their terms
of office expire will return To their
homes again and take up the labor
they left in the cities or towns whence
they amt If you want to meet some
OF the men who are known through
out the nation we can readily find them
In a mornings stroll. II we step
down the street We will be at the city
hall. Right this way and in here. The
gentleman writing at that large desk
Is III. y. Choathan. lie il ailXing his
signature to the recorded deeds. Twice
member of congress. he IL now record
er of deeds by President MCKinlcy's
appointment. Now we will 20 one
square south of here on F~our-and-a-
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MANY NOW RIDE ASTRIDR.
Eastern Women Now Joining with Nam
bers of Their Chicago sisters.

New York Is ascribing to the bicycles
influence the practice Of riding astride.
but Chicago horseback riders of both
sexes have become So accustomed to
the rational" method hat 1t no lon
ger eXcitcs comment when seen on the
~boulcvaIds on pleasant days. Last tall
II number of New York's smart set
ladies of modest and retiring habits.
as we'll as of high social ~position-un
dcr;uok to introduce the cu.tom at tho
~cross-country hunts On Long Island
and up the state. A special riding COS
tune was ordered from Paris. and this
was adopted by all the lady members
of one fashionable club. which meets
n, their country clubhouse no nifty
miles from the city. This costume was
Il modified bicycle bloomer suit. or,
rather. II divided skirt, with the bloom
crs underneath. When ~dismountcd the
suit had the appearance OF an ordinary
skirt and coat, and when astride OF the
horse the skirt concealed all except the
tips of the boots. II vas far more
modest in appearance than the Oh
fashioned tight fitting riding hahit.
and certainly more artistic. The lead
Crs In the crusade enjoyed their cross
country rides so thoroughly that they
determined to improve their opportu-
mites this winter. Any morning now.
before most OF New York's population
IL astir. one can see young and middle
aged ladies of wealthy families riding
astridc in Central or Riverside park.
accompanied either by their male rel
atives or a solitary footman. They
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Test banking institution OF the race.
Out We go and up the street three
squares. Now, u portion OF this build
ing Is an annex to the government
postotlice. Look In the rooms as we
go by-all are white faces, eh? We'll.
step in here and notice that colored
man debating letters TO that white
stCnographcr; that is John i. Green or
Cleveland, q. lie was state senator
for three terms in Ohio. He Is now
chief Of the stamp agency and the head
Of this Office. EvCGy stamp issued and
distributed b. the government passes
through his bureau. Three squares
and a half and we shall he at the office
OF another prominent man. This large
stone building IL the Ohio National
Bank. Wen take the elevator, stop
NJ this ilOor, this way; step in here.
This Is the Office Cr b. Is. Bruce, ox-
register of the treasury. and eN-rc-
Cordcr of deeds. There he sits making
out Il check. lie is now Il real estate
agent and broker. lie il said to be pros
pering. Last month he loaned to tho
Nineteenth street Baptist Church
$4,000 at 3 per cent interest. Let US
walk to the west. This IL the White
House and the man leaving IL George
II. White. the only colored rcpresen-
tativc in the LNth congress. He has
probably been to the President urging
the appointment Of a constituent.
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hailed with pleasure by thrifty house
wives. anxious to get the accumulated
rags out OF the way. And as he gave
'%'tuppence" a pound for white rags, and
a "ha'penny" a pound for colored, and
paid in cash, the money they received
for them was not by any means de-
splsed. One morning, while on his
rounds, Dick called at a certain farm
house. His knock was answered by
Sally. the farm servant, a girl that he
had seen on former visits to the farm,
but with whom he had no further ac-
quaintance. She told him that the
"missus" was away, and that she didn't
know what there was to sell. Now
Sally was not a tidy girl at any time,
and on this particular morning her
dress and apron looked as though they
rightly belonged to Dicks stock-in-
trade. She was a lanky, angular girl,
and most people would have thought
her very unattractive. But Dick evil
IDENTIFY thought otherwise, for his next
question was, What would'st tina gay,
II | was to offer to take thee rags an
bones an all, an marry thee" Just
what answer Sally made to this queer
way OF popping the question" is not
recorded, but its purport may be guess
ed from the fact that their marriage
banns were called shortly after. and in
due time they were married in the vii
lage church.
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Half street. This Is the Colored Amer
lean building. This first floor leads to
the press and composing rooms. this
next one to the Office. The man at
that farthest desk Is Il. Il. Cooper, the
first negro in the history OF the race
70 publish an illustrative journal. For
four years he was proprietor or the
Indianapolis Freedman. and at the
head of that sheet commanded nation
a, attention. lie organized and has for
more than four years controlled and
edited the Colored American. With
this paper, which reaches the race all
over the country, he has demonstrated
the possibilities OF negro journalism,
and has risen in the rank OF editors
until he stands among the leaders OF
the foremost few. Let us walk around
on F street. This large yellow-brick
building is the Capital Savings Bank.
Come upstairs In the front room on
the second floor. This Is the Office OF
Lynch g. Terrell, attorneys-at-law.
This man seated at the desk, with
mustache and hair two-thirds gray, Is
John II. Lynch. For many years he
has been before the public eye, at
tracing attention by his successful
ventures in politics. He was speaker
of the house OF representatives in
Mississippi. a member OF congress,
chairman OF the national Republican
convention in 1888, and fourth auditor
OF the treasury under President Har-
rison's administration. He Is now q
practlcing attorney and president OF
the Capital Savings Bank. the wealth
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take their exercise at this unseemly
hour because OF the publicity that their
riding man-fashion would create when
the park is full of people. But all OF
this secrecy will not be observed much
longer. An attempt will be made to
Introduce the custom so generally that
by another eason no more will be
thought OF riding n horse astride than
OF a woman riding a bicycle. The La
dies club OF Horseback Riders has
beer organized in New York to popu-
larize riding astride. From a hygienic
point of view the new method OF riding
is Of great advantage to equestriennes.
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Naive Parental Orthography.

English board school teachers can all
produce charming examples of naive
parental photography. Here are two
scraps from the correspondence of GER
tain Australian mothers. The first Is
an "Plese, sur, mi kids kant
&c TO skule, as there close is wore bout.
an they kant git more till the wheets
sould.' The next refers to clothing:
Dear Mr.. -: Please send one par
OF soks to fit a boy of 10 years old one
par TO fit n 9 years Old one par to Mt
n 7 years | want the three pars all
cast iron Stockings London Globe.
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Painters have time and again pic
tured the sinking Of a ship at sea.
The scenes have usually been the crea-
ion OF the artists imagination and the
reproduction OF an impression carried
in the memory. An accurate photo
graphic presentation of a vessel In the
several stages OF laundering Is some
thing quite novel, and that is why the
series of pictures taken with Il camera
by Mr.. Cecil Lightfoot. who was a pas
senger on the Tai-Hoku. an ill-fated
Japanese steamer. and who watched
her from a lifeboat while she went
down in the Atlantic OFF the Portu-
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OF the cobs casts n shoe, or a wind gc:i
up in the night and tears a large
branch off the great weeping willow
which shelters the most eastcrly cor
ner OF your garden. where the wind
sweeps up the kconest, straight from
tho great North Sea. Or maybe the
corner Of the s~hrubbcry, where the
mushrooms have always grown. no.
body ever knew why, has suddenly
bloomcd ou with broad. pinl,ish fun
81. and you feel as If you had found
a fortune, although you know perfect
~ well that the market value OF what
you have discovered Is not. at The out
side. more than threcpencc. Still, that
does not lessen your pleasure In the
least, and YOU carry them indoors and
present them to every member of your
household. your visitors II you
have any. your family, and, finally.
to your cook. as if-woll, as II you were
q second Columbus and had discovered
a new America.
Then in the country you are Il neigh
Dor of everybody, If you live as Dor
Othy STROBE had been used to live all
your life. you know why Janet Wen
ham was not at church on Sunday, and
why Elizabeth Middleham's girl left
that nice place at Wilmington. and
how Elizabeth Midlothian cried for
days over it. and her girls intention to
take service in London and see life.
And you know all about it when Mrs.
Jones has her auv dinner gown
dyed chestnut brown, and how 1t Is
that the rectory curtains keep clean
year after year. although white silk
with a delicately tinted stripe would
he ruined in three months in some
houses. Yes, you know everything
about everybody in the country. al
most without knowing why you know
it.
But in town. in London town. it is
all so different. II is true when you
get known in London, the gossiping
is nearly as bad as IL you were the
center of n small village set; but to a
girl situated as Dorothy was. London
Is a social blank. She knew nobody
and nobody knew her. She did no,
want to know any one, and apparently
the inhabitants of the metropolis re.
turned the compliment. Yet. never.
theless, it was terribly dull. Her pref
ty little fiat was on the ground floor OF
the block of buildings which was dig.
nifed with the name of Palace Man
sions, so she had people above anC
people below her. But Dorothy knew
them not. There was a sweet-facct
lady on the first floor immediatel,
above her, a lady who dressed we'll ant
had a sweet faced little child with he,
over her and longed to say Goo,
morning" when they met in the com
mon hall of the Mansion. But tn,
sweet-faced lady did not know thu
exact standing Of Mrs. Harris, wa,
lived at No. 4. and in her dread y
ever rubbing elbows with "a person
she ~resolutely made her eyes sbon,
and her lips steel whenever she saw
the slight, girlish figure approachln,
her.
Then there was a lady at No. .
that wal the basement, a sort OF Wei
beck Abbey in miniature. She, bein,
a stout and buxom widow, who's
grandchildren came running in at al
times from a house on the other sid,
of the High street. might have ven
tured a kindly word even to IA per
son." but she never did. No, on III,
contrary, whenever she came acros,
poor Dorothy she invariably shifted
which "a rude, to say the least o
it.
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70 1929 ssss ssss
NKI SHIP PHOTOGRAPIED---@
THE LAST MOMENTS OF A FoUNDERNG STEAMER.

STEAMER.

Plunge"-divcd deliberately head fore
most into three hundred feet of wa
ter and was never seen again.
AS the sea rushed into the furn-
aces" adds Mr.. I.ightfoot. steam and
water gas were generated. and these.
rushing up through the smokestack.
caused IA kind Of explosion which IL
very plainly seen in the last photograph
| took. just as the ship was disappear
ing. The upward rush OF steam car
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was sinking. She was noticcably down
by the head.
When twenty-five feet was reported
everybody was ordered into the boats.
Mr.. Lightfoot not forgetting his cam
era in the excitement. 1t was early
morning, and the boats fingered around
the ship. Three hours elapsed between
taking the pictures entitled Deserted"
and Down by the Head" A little
later a displacement of the vessels
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Dick Harris chat was not his real
name. but it will do for our present
purposc). the rag and bone gathcrer.
was a familiar figure in certain par
ishes Of North Devon some forty or
fifty years ago. The periodical visits
of Dick, his donkey and his cart, were
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NOothsr SisSs

guese cosat last July, pos
sess 80 much interest. The
photographs were reproduce
ed in the Strand, which con-
tains an account of the dis
aster.
The sinking of the Tai
Hoku was occasioned by 4
collision with another yes
Gel in a thick fog. An hour
later there was five feet Of
water in the hold. The cap
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CHAPTER XIV.

HEkE IL no END 10
the interest which
hourly y up cut
Of the unexpected
in a country life.
Perhaps the speck
led hen starts lay
ing. ar she sho VS.
unmistakable signs
Of a stronger H.
stinCt of maternity
than usual. Or one
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CHAPTER XIII,

y m q [ Il = had
gone by - six glori-
Gus and blissfully
happy months, dur
ing which Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris kept
their secret well.
and Dick was all
the world to his
wife Dorothy.
ID two of
these months they
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Bargain Figure.

Madge-The man she Is going to
marry is a millionaire. Marjorie.
Yes, and she says he is q bargain. You
know he Is So.
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engines occurred
which materially
fastened the end.
Presently I h q
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II the sun had nothing to do but
shine on the truly good it wouldn't
have to get up SO early.
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tain hoped 70 reach Malta, UUt
when two feet more Of water was taken
in another hour he decided to make nj
once for Lisbon. Fifteen hours later
sixteen feet of water was reported.
and II was then realized that the ship
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A physician says that cigarette smok-
ing causes softening of the brain; but
he doesn't say how he found 1t out.
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lsL ts- rl1-so't

ried o great quantity of SCOT
from the fues. and this
caused a dark cloud to hover
over the place where the
Tai Hoku sank. There was
no whirlpool Of any kind.
When this great vessel OF
300 tons took her last dive
the little notilla of boats
could not have been more
than $50 yards distant.
Standing by after her dis
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appearance. we saw pathetic bits OF
wreckage coming slowly to the top"
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-15
CONVERSATION SIMPLIFIED.
Subject When n Man Talks
Like This.

ITS a fraud" exclaimed one Of the men
who had stopped to read their papers in
the warm though unpretentlOus little place
which serves both as railway waiting room
and post office. The whole business is a
downright swindle.
"Of course IT is, answered hrs neighbor.
who was busily engaged IN pronouneing un-
der his breath all the words in an article
on successful fertlllzIng.
Its an outrage on conhdIng public, and
a baekset to civilization.
That's what it IS, was the somewhat
grudging response
The indignant old gentleman became so'
excited that he had to go out and walk up,
and down the platform. As has friend.
glanced up from his paper to watch hlm'
depart he caught the eye Of travelling man
who. pending train time, had nothing to do
but observe people.
Excuse me for asking questions about
things that are none of my affair. said the
travelling man, but are you a mind read
err"
Not that | know Of.
"You knew what your friend was talking
about without his telling you
We'll, not precisely
but YOU answered him as II YOU knew.
yes want takin' any risk in that L
kpowsd he was maxim illusions to either a
lection or a prize fight. An whIchever It
was. them was my sentiments. w asning
ton Star
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-15
WHEN . GO HOME.

when I 60 home-a simple spell,
These words, TO cheer a toilsome wayi
Like some faint, sweet and far-off bell,
I hear their echoes day by day.
BONE dear. far time when shall hid
Farewell to faces strange and cold,
And turn my feet to paths Of old,
In distant homeland valleys hid.
when I go home dear loving eyes
VIII smile a welcome into mine.
Dear voices ring with glad surprise.
And mother arms around me Irvine.
True hearts will han me back once more
To share the old-time peace and rest,
And hopes and dreamings, long rcprcst
VIII bud and blossom as of yore
When I go home my pines will moan
plaintive greeting on the hills,
And there will ring a welcoming tone
In every Groom of meadow rills;
And from its rocky shore the sea
VIII send the murmur. vast and deep.
That lulled my childish eyes To sleep
With echoings from eternity.
WHEN I so home the Glens Of fir
VIII whisper DER me as 81 old.
And wheaton meadows. all asitr.
VIII CLEAN again with harvest gold.
The fields loved, the hills | trod,
VIII call In mothers tongue TO me.
And our renewed fraternity
VIII draw me near TO truth and God.
Il. NJ. Montgomery, In ConGreGational-
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-15

knowledge that 100000 in gold lay
Somewhere buried below its spread
ing shadow. The thought of the
money. rs they drew nearer, swallowed
up their previous tcrrors. Their eyes
burned in their heads; their feet grew
speedier and lighter; their whole soul
WAS bound up in that fortune, that
whole lifetime of extravaganza and
pleasure, that lay waiting there for
each of them.
Silver hobbled, granting, on his
crutch, his nostrils stood out and quiy-
cred; he cursed like a mailman when
the flies settled on his hot end shiny
countenance; he plucked furiously at
the line that held NE TO him, and. from
time to time, turned his eyes upon me
with n deadly look. Certainly he took
no pains to hide his thoughts; and GER
lainly read them like print. In the
immediate nearness of the gold, all
else had been forgotten; his premise
and the doctors warning were both
things of the past; and | could not
doubt that he hoped to seize upon the
treasure, find and board the Ills
PAMELA" under cover of night. cut every
honest throat about that island, and sail
away rs he had at first intended, laden
with crimes and riches.
Shaken as | was with these alarms,
il was hard for me 10 keep up with the
rapid pace of the treasure hunters.
Now and again I tumbled; and it was
then that Silver plucked so roughly at
the rope and launched at me his muir
derous glances. Dick, who had dropped
behind us, and now brought up the
year, was babbling TO himself both
prayers and curses, as his fever kept
rising. This also added TO my wretch
edness, and, TO crown all, was haunted
by the thought of the tragedy that had
once been acted on that plateau, when
/ that ungodly buccaneer with the blue
face-he who had died at Savannah,
singing and shouting for drink-had
there, with his own hand, cut down
his six This grove, that was
now SO peaceful, must then have rung
with cries, I thought; and even with
the thought could believe heard il
ringing still.
We were now at the margin of the
thicket.
''IIuzza, mates, altogether" shouted
Merry; and the foremost broke into a
run.
And suddenly, not ten yards further,
we beheid them stop. A low cry arose
Silver doubled his pace, digging away
with the foot of his crutch like one
possessed, and next moment he and ]
had come also to a dead halt.
Before us was a great excavation,
not very recent, for the sides had fallen
in and grass had sprouted on the bot
tom. In this were the shaft of a pick
broken in two and the boards of sew
eral packing cases strewn around. On
one of these boards saw, branded with
hot iron, the name "Walrus"-the
name Of Flint's ship.
All was clear to probation. The
cache had been found and rifled-ths
100000 were gone!