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NOT AFRAID OF FIRE.
A Philadelphia Retriever That Went
After Tirecraekers without
. Sign Of Fear.

Among the enthusiastic patriots up
town the other day was a man who
owns handsome spaniel and one es-
pecially good at retrieving. This man,
reports the Philadelphia Record, be-
gan his celebration by throwing pack
Of small firecrackers into the street
and before the first one had chance
to explode the dog rushed out and
grabbed the bunch and was making
toward his master as fast as he could
Before the innocent dog reached his
destination, however, an explosion
took place, and one after another the
little rolls OF powder went popping
at great rate. OF course the spaniel
dropped them, but he remained in the
middle OF the pack, jumping at the
ones that blew up into the air until
the entire pack had gone off. Then,
after picking up one or two of the ex-
ploded crackers, he returned to his
master and landed them at his feet.
The man petted the dog awhile and
then looked to see il he had been in
jured, and found that his beautiful
coat of curly brown hair had been so
much singed that it would be neces-
sary to have it clipped. The dog was
always held high as a retriever in the
estimation Of his owner and those who
knew him, but his stock has risen1OO
per cent. now and no amount of money
could buy him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
CELESTIALS EAT BURDOCK.
Many Of the Chinese and Japanese
Cultivate the Plant for Home
Consumption.

What is even regarded as vile weed
can, with little stretch of imagina-
tion be turned into an ornamental
plant or delicious vegetable, says Nee
hans Monthly. This is especially the
case with the common burdock, lappa
major. Schoolboys all know it from
gathering the burrs and compressing
them into ball, they being held to-
gether by the curved points of the
floral involucre. This is all they know
about it. 1t is difficult to see anything
more to be despised in the burdock
leaf than in the leaf of the rhubarb. 1t
appears that it is largely used in China
for food. But II is stated that, if the
stalks be cut down before the flowers
expand and then be boiled, the taste is
relished equally with asparagus. The
leaves, when young, are boiled and
eaten as we eat spinach. In ia Sn it
is in universal use. Thousands of acres
are devoted TO its culture. But in this
case the root is the object. 1t requires
deep soil to get the roots to the best
advantage. The common name in
China is gobbo-a name, however,
which need not replace our common
one of burdock.
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TOUGHEST HORSES


"Dun colored horses are not the pret-
tiest by any means, but my experience
has BEEN" said Col. william +. Cody.
when in Washington recently, says the
Washinton Star, that they are the
toughest of the horse kingdom. An
ordinary dun horse will wear out three
other horses. Put as much work on
him as you may, he never looks as we'll
or as tidy in appearance as bay. a
chestnut, black. gray or white, but as
far as service is concerned he will run
the others to standstill. This is my
experience on the plains, in the caval-
ry service, and is my experience in the
show business, where have nearly
500 horses.
Dun horses are somewhat rare, but
when they can be picked up would
advise that they be bought, especially
when the question of wear and tear is
considered, They are, as said before,
not strong as faI as looks are involved,
but for cayalrymen looks have TO take
a back seat alongside of wear. The
| cayelrymen who are soon, | hope, TO
ride over Cuba, will find that my in
dorsement of dun horses is of some
vslus"
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KEEPING PRISONERS.
The Novel Way I'm which the Germans
Prevented Their Captives from
Running Away. n

ut has been suggested that when
Santiago falls we shall have from 10,-
600 to 10000 Spanish prisoners to look
after" said well-known German citi-
zen to the New York Tribune, before
the surrender.
"Of course, the question Of what to
do with them is sure to arise, and with
further campaigning necessary it will
probably develop into a serious propo-
sition.
ut recalls to my mind an incident Of
the German revolution of 1s4s. We
were short of men and had large
number of prisoners to look after.
That did rot worry us as long as we
were not moving, but one day we mad
to make forced march. The country
through which we were to pass was
hostile, and extreme watchfulness was
necessary. We had few enough men
as it was, and we knew that those
prisoners were ready to make n dead
run at the first opening.
"Finally young officer made bril-
liant suggestion and it was promptly
carried out. We ripped the suspender
buttons from the prisoners trousers,
took away their belts and knew we had
them. Their hands were busy after
that, and fast running was out of the
question. We made the march safely,
and l do not believe that even Yankee
ingenuity could have invented sim
pier solution"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
A QUEER HABIT.
IL IL Contracted by n Cleveland Msn
while Trying TO Learn
the Typewriter.

A Cleveland man has set about learn
ing the use of the typewriter, reports
the Plain Dealer. Up to the present
time he has had somebody to do his
typewriting for him. but now he wants
TO know how to run IL all by himself.
He admits that he isn't an apt scholar.
II comes slowly. The letters are hard
to find, and the spacing Is so easily
forgotten. But there is one thing that
amuses him. He Is learning to spell,
and learning in the same way he did
when a tow-hcaded boy in the early
Cos. OF course he could spell when he
tackled the Typewriter, but not in the
same way. Now he distinctly emu.
merates each letter, and does 1t, too,
with the greatest care. 1t is funny
thing, but he finds himself spelling
out the words in the newspaper, and
his wife says he spells them in his
sleep.
The sther day the minister met him
cnd asked him how he was.
Very WE'LL" he gravely spelled
out, and when the pastor looked
amazed he realized what he had done
and hastily explained the cause of the
popularity. And the minister pro-
fessed to be greatly interested and
wanted to know all about it, and the
speller is now greatly worried for fear
the parson will write a special paper
on it for some magazine.
When the minister finally left him
he shook hands and said: "Good-by."
"G-o-o-d," began the speller, and
then recollected himself and hastily
added "by."
He hopes in time to wear out this
popularity, and when he increases his
speed on the typewriter he no doubt
will,
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CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.
Naval COmnander Says There IL
No Telling Why sailors VIII De-
sePt In Time OF Peace.

81 never knew a sailor worth keep
ing" declared an old naval com
mandcr. that would desert in time of
war. But in times of peace, when
everything appears to be going along
as though IL were creased. desertions
will begin from no apparent cause and
will suddenly become epidemic. Away
they'll go, and it's two to one that in
a little while they will be hunting
around to see II they can't get back
into the service without having TO suf-
fer punishment. | used to put in a
good deal of time trying to find an ex-
planation Of the thing, and finally pre-
sented it to one Of my superior Off
GERS.
"'Drop 1t, young man. was his la
comic advice. You can't tell why they
do II and You can't stop them. lfyou
must worry, let it be about something
where you may have a chance 20 nc-
complish good. I'll tell yon right now,
If you were 10 sail ship for Heaven
and were obliged to touch at hell for
coal half the crew would desert"
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power, TO produce it, The last report
Of the state banking board II which
DIR. p. l.. Hall is secrelary, SHOWS the
banks OF Nebraska To be In more
hourisbipg condition than ever before
in the states history, the per cent Of
legal reserve being larger than that Of
any other state In the union Instead
of Nebraska's banks having less than
10 per cent available cash in reserve, a.
Mr.. Tibbles pretends to believe, the Ger.
tiff d report Of the secretary of the
board shows the state ba ks Ia hav. %
per cent aud the national over Al pr
cent. II is quite generally understood
that DR.. Hall does not sanction this
vicious attack on the state's banking
interests, though made by the political
crowd with whom he is now training.
He defends the boards report and
speaks encouragingly Of the fine show
ing. In looking over w." records on
file in his office, DR.. Il tiuds that in
1899 the legal reserv' brld 10y state
banks was 25 per Ger Sg3 il wrs 20
per cent; in 1894 1t 30 Der ceDt; IN
1896 it was little oyl 33 per
cent, and at present it $ aycr 80 per
cent
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21

Many things are developing Of late
in the management OF the hospital TOR
the insane at Lincoln that are surpris-
ing, and show conclusively that this in
stituiion and its superintendent now
hurrying about over the state making
political harangues are sadly In need OF
"A smiling" committee. The money
appropriated by the Legislature for the
amusements Of the unfortunate in.
mates never reaches them, but Is used
to keep the state house gang adorned
with cut flowers and to furnish diver
sions for Il. c. Rewick. The vouchers
now on file plainly show that this is the
use to which the appropriation Of
money has been put. No attempt has
been made during the past two years
10 hold religious services or prepare a
program of amusements, though the
state has provided a chapel and hall at
an expense Of about four thousand dol.
lars. II is quite we'll known all over
the state that the present management
has made it very difficult to have pa
tients admitted to the institution, at
times, too, when there was room. The
studied aim of Mr.. Rewick and his
force Of help seems to be that OF run
ming the institution without much ex.
ertion. They regard it as private
snap and are reveling in the luxury of a
way-up good time. Relatives aud
friends are regularly compelled to pro.
vide clothing for patients applying for
admission before they will be accepted
1t works unnecessary hardships on
poor people to provide this clothing.
and IL was never intended that they
should do it, since money is sappropriat
ed for "board and clothing"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
BABYs SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with Scrofula Sores.
cat the age Of two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on isright
cheek. We used all the external APP
plications that wo could think or hear OF,
10 no avail. The sores spread all over ono
side OF his face. We consulted physt-
clan and tried his medicine, and In a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise In
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. IL
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, ] began giving him
Hoods Sarsaparilla. I also took HOODS
sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle
was finished, the sores were well and have
never returned. lie Is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign OF those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, for which l feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." MRS. s. 8. WRoTEN, Farming
ton, Delaware. Get only Hoods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21

The candidates on the fusion ticket
together with their various campaign
managers, held a conference short
time since and arrived at the unanimous
conclusion that something desperate
must be done in order to stand ghost
Of q show to win in the present cam
paign. Accordingly I. II. Tibbles, the
hired writer who prepares all the pop.
ocratic political pabulum for the coun.
try press, was instructed to get up
letter showing that the condition OF all
the banks in the state is alarming, and
that we are now right on the verge of
general financial smash.up, the like of
which was never before seen. The
letter was written and has been pub
lished in the country popocratic news.
papers, and to better illustrate the
spirit Of villainy and incendairism it
contains, portion Of it is here quoted
"The last report Of the condition of
the 493 banks, state and national,
doing business in the state has caused
"a good many men to put on their
thinking caps. 1t appears that the
banks are owing demand liabilities to
the amount of s53, ,O95, 755 and the total
cash in their possession only amounts
to $5,7l0,ss0. Here is pretty state of
affairs-one dollar of money and ten
dollars of wind. The limit of safe
banking has alway been considered one
dollar of money to four dollars Of credit,
but in these days OF sound money the
banks are going it six better That
statement shows the frail foundation
upon which all business rests in this
state. A single breath would knock
the whole low of cards down. But
suppose we really had gold standard
and only gold was legal tender, Where
would we be then. Instead of having
s5,7l0, $50 to pay off their Indebtedness
OF s63, ,095, ,755, they would only have
~, 46l, ,770, or one dollar of money
to twenty six dollars of wind. Wind
is a pretty good thing, but il too much
OF 1t is forced into any kind Of re-
ceptacle 1t is sure to burst. II only one.
tenth OF the banks creditors should
take a notion that they wanted their
money tho whole sos would go up the
flume in fifteen minutes. The time for
another panic Is getting close at hand
This bank report shows that the con
ditions which produce panics are al.
ready here.
''T. II. TlBBLES."
Citizens Of Nebraska, just pause and
reflect. Isn't 1t sad comment on
} human affairs that there exists in this
state at the present time class of
men who will descend to such depths
OF peridy; who would rejoice at
calamity and misfortune; who are
willing to sacrifice the credit and bust
I ness Interests of the whole state, tn,
s happiness and welfare of every man
Q woman and child, il they can but
y reap advantage for calamity politics
a and satisfy the ambitions OF a hungr,
e horde Of Office seekers? But there !.
/ no cause for alarm. There will be n,
panic, Notwithstanding the ready will
Q ingness on the part OF the present un
s scrupulous state officials and cam
0 paign managers, II it were only In thel,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21

"WANTED;-R Reliable and expert
enccd salesmen to handle good line
of lubricaling oils and greases on com.
mission. Address,
THE CLINTON Oh Co,
Cleveland, u.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21

The County Union Sunday School
Association meets at Eckley NJ. +.
Church, October 25th, 26th. The pro-
gram will furnish some good things
Every school should be represented. -
l.. A. HUssoNG, Chm. Program Com.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
STATE.

STATE.
For Governor,
NJ. l.. HAYWARD,
OF otoe county.
For Lieutenant Governor,
OF Gage County.
For Secretary Of State.
q. DURAS,
OF Saline County.
For Auditor OF Public Accounts,
T. l.. MATTHEW'S,
OF Dodge County.
For Treasurer.
PETER MoRTENsEN,
OF Valley County.
For superintendent OF Public Instruction,
JOHN Y. SAYLOR,
OF Lancaster County
For Attorney General.
N. ID. JACKSON,
OF Antelope County.
For Land Commissioner,
A. II. WILLIAMS,
OF Douglas County
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
Some Women

period Of great pain and distress. They
doubt whether any medicine can relieve
their sufferings. Well may they hesitate
about taking those injurious internal
mixtures so widely sold. But they may
place implicit faith in - - y - - -
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COUNTY.
For State Senator, 28th District.
ISAAC sHEPHARDsON,
For Float Representative, 18th District,
CHARLES E. HICKS.
For Representative.
J. s. WHITE,
For County Attorney.u
RANDOLPH NC NIT.
For Commissioner. Sd District,
J. w. RUNCHEY,
For Commissioner. bth District.
JEROME VANCE.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGNESSiONAL Al
For Congressman 9th District
CAPT. q. Il. ADAMS,
OF Nuckolls County
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21

=, ~.,, are prompt, efficient and
Hoods Pills easy in effect. % cents
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21

Treasurer Meserve did neat thing
when he admitted to the pops, who
had been held in innocent ignorance so
long, that he found about $3.50, 900 in
the vault as sort Of nucleus to his
great money Saving" but he still
holds out stubbornly against
mighty odds that a delinquent tax.list
is worthless. He has not been able as
yet 10 evolve any method or scheme
from those tropical whiskers whereby
he may be placed in touch or even in
healthful juXtaposition 10 the simple
truth of II Nebraska delinquent tax list
being syx' lIesome cash asset. His at
tX.s. s,ns at first directed TO the
Sople .ss in the collection ,i taxes
H 3YI yreBs counties throughout the
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-21
MOTHERS FRIEND

which Is Q softening, relaxing and sooth-
ing liniment for external use. Doubling
women should get bottle at the drug
store for 81, and test II. There Is no
possibility Of Its doing harm, and there is
every likelihood Of its saving them many
hours Of pain. - y - - - - - - -
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR 90.
ATLANTA. CA.
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A novel feature of the display I'm the
art department Of Hennessy's store IL
a beautiful collection of game pieces.
mounted by w. +. Witch. the taxider-
mist. Included in the collection are
Wilson snipe. ducks. grouse and other
representatives of the bird kingdom.
The birds are, seen in their natural
states i'm bushes. ON rocks and I'm the
marshes. The peculiar construction Of
the rocks on which many Of the speci-
mems are mounted is attractive from
the standpoint of art. The broke wing
teal which has FOUND Judgment in a
clump of slough grass appeals to the
observers sympathy as well as to his
desire To go hunting himself. The yell
low-legged plover is there i'm all his
beauty. A young plover. killed before
il was old enough To fly, Is "A silent wit
ness To the fact that game season opens
too early I'm this state. II Is handsome
ly mounted and will be sent TO Recrea-
ton. the sporfsman's publication Of
New York. The several birds are
shown I'm every conceivable position,
oiling their feathers. their heads under
their wings in sleep. standing IN one
foot. hanging on a nail by their feet on
the hunters tent-in fact the art Is
seen i'm all its branches. The display
is well worth a persons time TO go and
see IL.
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We Are Piano Builders.

We will sell a better upright pi-
ano to-day. or this evening. for SlGO
than n retail house will sell you for
1913. Within the past month We have
received four carloads of pianos direct
from the factory I'm Chicago. which Is
more than double the size OF any other
institution in the world. and we are
Endorsed by the leading artists and mu-
sicians in This and foreign countries.
We are ready to turn over to you a
better and finer piano I'm every way
for SPAS than any retail dealer I'm the
state in his slow way can amor to
sell you for 500. This Is but a simple
statement of facts. and worthy OF yCur
earnest consideration II your home is
without a piano. The great house Of
the w. w. Kimball company cannot az
ford to make any misstatemen or mis-
representations for the SAX Of selling n
few pianos. and everything shall be
found exactly as represented here or
no sale. Our terms are SIS down n
SO a month. IL you don't take advant-
age of this opportunity to place i'm your
home one of the finest and best pianos
on the market. at a price that you
would ordinarily pay for a third or
fourth grade instrument. you Will lie
the loser. II BROS.
General Agents. 305 North Main street.
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MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN"
At the Grand Opera House for -Four
Nights.

Nights.
The new and successful comedy.
which Jacob Lit presents at the Grand
opera house for four nights, commenc-
ing Dec. 25th. IL said TO be one Of the
~cleverest plays of the kind that Jhe
stage has seen in recent years. IL Is
called Mistakes Will Happen and
they do happen from the first until the
final curtain. Mistakes VIII Happen"
tells a most amusing story. The secret
marriage of an actor and an actress,
and the search for an angel" to pro-
duce the actors play forms the basis.
The actor. by a singular coincidence, is
retained by the wife of n certain Hun-
ter-Chase to coach her for some ma
teur theatricals. He accepts, because
IL Will give him a "a to produce
the play which has been so often Ie-
fused. The actress finds in the husband
of the lady a possible hacker. and com
plications begin from the very outset.
There are three acts in the play. the
first showing the dainty apartments Of
the actress, where the mistakes begin
to happen. the second the coach house
of Hunter-Chase. where they continue
happening. and the third a vestibuled
hallway in a fashionable boarding
house. where they continue to occur
almost up to the last moment, when ex-
plantations are in order. the marriage
discovered and the angel finally
found. Mr.. Lit has engaged an ex-
tremely strong company to present ihe
play, which is headed by Charles Dick
son and Henrietta Crosman. and in
cludes Nanette Comstock. Charles Har-
bury, Carrie Behr. Edmond Lawrence.
Kate Eckert, Ben Dean and Franklin
Garland. The production which Mr..
Lit intends making is reported to lie
an elaborate one, the scenes all having
been painted from designs made by
Henry +. Hoyt. Mistakes Will Hap
pen" was staged by William Post.
whose success with farces has been
very great.
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still tnbured.

Undertaken Sherman last night re-
ceived a telegram from Jacob Barrett
of Bose City, Idaho, inquiring as to
whether his son has yet been buried.
Mr.. Sherman replied that the body was
still at his place n asked him to an
swer as to what disposition he should
make OF IL. Ii will be remembered that
jake Barrett was killed several nights
ago by Nellie Wilson I'm the bad lands.
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son. End grade: Maye Carman. LIST
grade; Lottie Glover tannex), LIST II and
c grades: Ella Boiand. LIST c grade.
Jefferson-Mary r. Ryan. principal.
9Th grade: p. ]. Cooney. eth grade:
Marguerite Fitzgerald, 9Th IND ID
grades: Anna Healy. 9Th grade: Jose
phine Laird. I'd inc End grades: Mar
garet T. Laughlin. End and list grades:
Anna L. Boyd. LIST Il and A grades:
Martha j. Broughton. LIST Il and c
grades.
Adams-B. p. Downey, principal. 18th
grade; Mamie Burt. Sd A grade: Belle
G. Price. 4th and 6th grades: Cassie
Laird. 3D. Ii grade: Cora jenkins. End
grade; Mary b. Heaiy, LIST A grade:
Mary Holland. LIST b grade: Lillian
Gwynne tsub). LIST C grade; Augusta
Anderson. LIST c grade.
Madison-Mary Moran, principal. 4th
and 9TH grades: Anna Williams. End
and I'd grades; Nellie Spiller. LIST A. II.
c grades.
Greeley-Maggie A. Kelley. principal.
9Th and 9Th grades: Edna A. Gorham.
9Th and Sd II grades: Frances Nc
Tucker. Sd and End grades; Anna Pierce.
LIST grade.
Cade; training teachers-Aiice Dins-
moor. director: Maud Beebe. Lizzie
Bennett, Carolyn Bowman. Lorena
Backus. Winnifred Brstherton. Katie
Bostwick. Tessie Courtney. Lulu Evans.
Deddie Gibbons. Debbie Gibbons. Al
berta Hammer. Agnes Hanley. Mar
saret Holland. Bertha Kelley. Theresa
III. Kelley. Isabelle Kelley. Amy Mad
den. Katherine Quill. Theo. Russell. Ger
trude R~osenstein. Mary Stackpole. Mae
r: sampson. Jennie T%hirloway. Jennie
Woodbury..
The total enrolment OF pupils I'm the
schools Is 5.541. divided among the sew
eral buildings as follows: High school.
534; Washington. 1.120: Lincoln. 121:
GARFIELD. S02: Blaine. 219: Franklin, $50:
Grant. 4s1: Monroe. 367: jefferson. 3Os:
Adams, 3S4: Madison. 12s; Greeley. l56.
Diamond rings IS now at SeH<
Big sacrifice shoe sale now on at Tas-
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Notice.

All Scotchmen are requested to meet
with the Burns club Thursday evening.
Dec. %. 1885. at $ O'Clock at C~aledonlan
hall. l24 South Montana street. The
charter list will be left open till the
close Of the meeting. BY order of COM
mittee.
ALEXANDER MACAULAY.
Secretary.