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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
NEW SPECIES OF RED SNAPPER


nj the Aquarium.
II has been discovered that the
red snappers at the New York aquar-
ium, which were received from Ber-
muda las, summer. belong to an en-
tirely new species. says the New York
Advertiser. There are about a dozen
specimens in the tanks and they have
attracted attention because Of their fine
color, liveiiness and eXuberant good
health. Recently II Of them became
i'll. and before 1t could be ascertaincd
what the trouble was it died. But to
the scientific man a dead fish is much
more valuable than a live one, for the
Identification Of live specimens Is al
ways difficult. sometimes impossible.
II was found that a bit of gravel had
lodged in one of the gills and that
the fish had died of suffocation. II Is
the practice OF the aquarium to sen all
fishes that die to the laboratory, where
careful measurements and dissections
are made. When that IA done with
the red snapper it was found that It did
not conform to any known species,
notes were SEN to Washington. and it
developed that the species was UNI
known there. The red snapper. which
lives in the Gulf Of Mexico. and is fire.
quently seen on our tables, often grows
to large size: the new species seldom
attains a length OF more than one
foot. The latter has been named Neo-
moenis iiastingsii. in honor of Gen.
Hastings of Bermuda. who gave much
valuable assistance to the biological
expedition to Bermuda last year, eve
giving up one of his islands for use
as II collecting station for the New
York aquarium.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25

banded his strength very adroitly. He
made no effort to ride the cable, but
chung to 1t. side down. first with n
arm and one leg and then with the
other arm and leg. lie hung on for
what seemed a long time and every
body was expecting to sec him drop
when suddenly the cable began to sag.
1T is giving way! 1t is giving way
the people cried, and the men with the
life net Unanswered to keep directly
under the suspended form. Gradually
the cable came down. The end OF 1t
appeared over the I'VE OF the Holmes
building. and as 1t sloped to an angle
of so degrees Egan began to slide with
the pitch. Three men had, after maxi
ing fast the cable with a rope, severed
it and lowered easily away. From
their position on the roof they could
make Egan heal and he he'd on tight
and didn't let himself slide until the
pitch was such that he could no longer
hold On.
Down, down he came. twenty feet,
forty feet. fifty feet, sixty feet. He
had reached the place where the rope
was made fast and there was about
twenty feet more. His strength was
gone and he let go, falling squarely
into the life net held by his compan-
ions. He was taken to the hospital,
but came around all right in a few
days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25

tween the two was tie natural love
that each had for harmony. EARLY in
June John went to Gal2sburg. and to
a few of his nearest companions con
ilded that he was going to bring a
white girl home to them. II did not
appear to confound him that lie had
no other home than that of his uncle.
This would all be overcome. he an
swered them. for the girl had lots of
money" One dark night Miranda
Foote ran away. and her family did
not realize that she had gone until she
was bound for life to- China" Craw-
ford. The girl must have planned her
escape for days beforehand. for she
gathered all her wardrobe and threw
II from the window. from which she
herself went out. China" was walt
INK near. and they drove rapidly to
Galcsburg, whore he had assured her
he could gain "a good living for her.
II was not long before the girl was
missed and her family feared she had
wandered from the house and had he.
come faint. Her brothers and sistera
searched for her throughout the entire
night. But before they heard of her
again she had become the mulatto
boys wife. Justice Il. +. llolcomh
joined the ives Of this colorcd stable
boy and the white girl. and he Tough,
as earnestly against II as he did long
years & for the freedom Of the ne.
grocs. lie begged her Ia take time to
consider. and when she insisted that
the marriage should take place a,
once, he told her rs far as her family
and friends were concerned her life
was ut an end. lie told her plainly
and simply that, come what might. she
must remember that she was John
Crawford's wife. and that nowhere else
in life was there a place for her but
a. his side. But China" cid not
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
An Interesting Toy.

A good deal of amusement may be
furnished by mean Of what are known
as Pharoah's serpents. A small. OBJ
long capsule Is filled with q chemical
compound, allowed to become dry, then
a match Is applied to one end. when a
quantity Of gray, ashy-looking material
creeps slowly out from the capsule.
twisting and turning in a way to sug-
gest the writhing Of a SER
pent. These capsules are made
by dissolving in hot water n
small quantity Of gum-tragacanth.
When this Is completely softened put
IL into a mortar and add one grain Of
dry mercury sulpho-cyanide. Work ii
in the mortar with the gum, using only
so much as is necessary to make 1t in
10 a manageable pellet. This Is then
shaped into whatever size may be re-
uuired. The pieces are dried upon a
glass. The most desirable shape to
make them Is quite long and slender.
When perfectly dry, II the flame Is APP
piled 10 one end Of the capsule. the
gray, ashy-looking substance at once
begins to creep out. much to the sur
prise and amusement OF tie com
pany.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
SOME LOST
shiny Thing which nm Old Farmer Tool
Home to the Children.

'"hh' ~ inc Nniiur'h.
Glad | am through with It," laughed
the travelling mar who hal *; years
been selling diamonds by sample or d.
rcCtly from the stock which he carried
about his person. according to the De-
troit Free Press. i've been followed
for hundreds of miles and kept on the
alert for t~wenty-four hours a day, but
the biggest scare | ever had was in that
lower part of Illinois known as Egypt.
In hurrying to catch Il train | had
placed a book of the sparklCrs in my
oyercoat pocket and forgot all about
them until | reached the hotel al my
next stopping place. They were gone
and ] felt worse than any man who has
lost his all through speculation, for |
was the victim of my " Carclcssness.
] recalled taking off my overCodt n
sitting in the same seat for some time
with Il man who looked and talked like
a countryman. But you can never tell.
! have a habit Of drawing such people
out, more for my " entertainment
than anything else, and | recalled his
having told me where he lived. but he
might have been fooline me. ! tele-
graphod the house that ! was sick, for
! was. and then went in search of the
old farmer. ! was surprised to find
him. and still more surprised to have
him hand me the book OF diamonds as
soon as | had been made welcome.
Didn't ever cackalate to see YOU ag'in,'
lie said, heartily; but | reckon you was
takin' them there shiny stones home
fur the kids. er they mightcr been some
kind of a Keepsake. | was jest goin'
TO keep 'em n few months and then
'stribulc 'em round 'mong the neigh
Dor children if you hadn't showed up.
They air purity, but they hain't no use
but to look at When | slipped a 800
bill into his hand on parting he looked
as though he thought ! was crazy, and
said If | ever needed the money to LEI
him know"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25

this i'll. mated couple came To an m
eight months after their wedding day
by the death of the young wife. And
in those months, though her husband
abused and neglected her, not Il word
of complaint or rCproach ovcr passed
her lips. TO crown all this. her nus
band. although now a fugitive from
justice. has made formal claim to his
w,fe's share in her fathers estate,
which he says is about $4,000. The
Beginning of this strange story OF the
marriage of n young, cultured white
girl. only IS years old, the daughter
OF wealthy people. to an ignorant col
ored boy. whose only thoughts I'm life
were for horses and crap-shooting,
goes as far back as Miranda Foote's
childhood, when she received Il fall,
from the effects OF which she never re-
covered. This put her away from the
usual sports and plays Of a country
child, and her chief delight was to
bring music from the organ which
stood in the sitting-room Of the OLD
farmhouse. She wen to the district
school with her brothers and sisters.
and though she received a good COM
mon school education. there was no
greater pleasure for her than taking
her music lesson and practicing scales
and exercises. on account of her deli
cate health little or nothing was en-
pected OF the child about the house,
and as she grow to womanhood the
duties which usually fail TO n farmers
daughter were either performed by her
mother or sisters. and in every way
Miranda's life was a sheltered me.
Stronghurst, the birthplace of Miriam
da Foote. Is a small village about thir-
~ miles from Galcsburg. III. Long be-
fore the village was there the Footc
family was known for their wealth.
Years ago b. +. Footc came to Illinois
and purchased a few acres two miles
from what is known now as the vii.
lage Of Stronghurst. As time went by
and he was n successful stock raiser.
lie added To- his land. and when he died
several years x this had increased
until the estate embraced some 400
acres.
oA'"i' ''''i Va " "ii'i
the Foote family had been content In
the early days had long since been
replaced by Il big rough stone dwelling
which Is known far and wide in the
country around abou. as the stone
house. Long before the death of Mr..
Foote his s~elf-earned fortune was
placed at 5000, 900. and as some of the
younger children were far from OF
age the property was to be intact un-
til the girls and boys had grown 10
manhood and ~womanhood. But Mr..
Foote was not a greater money-makcr
than his wife, in whose management
his fortune was left. Soon after his
death she added the breeding of race
horses to that of the other stock rails
ing upon the farm. All the country
around and about Galesburg Is famed
for its fine stock. but no horses 70,
miles about are more famed than those
raised by the mistress of the stone
house. John Crawford went TO the
stone house last April to help in the
care of these horses. From the timo
OF his birth, a quarter OF a century
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
FAUST" At CHINESE THEATER
Mcpi,istophcics riroucttcd Like ~ Hat
let Girl and Acted Like u Pirate.

M'piit'topteic Eirouptteu Inv " "
let Girl and Acted Like u Pirate.
They had the play of Faust" In
the Chinese thcater the other evening.
There was nothing outside the theater
on Doyers street, where the sign Chi
nose opera house" stands out In big
English letters, to imply It, and 1t took
a woman to interpret 1t. says the New
York Times. The central figure OF the
play at the time OF the entrance OK
the party of visitors was a round
faced, jolly-looking ~Chinaman, with n
long white beard, who had much tu
say In n high ~falsetto voice. lie had
been talking and g%osticulating for some
timc. when Il number Of "supes' who
stood around In very much the same
way that Americans of the same order
do. placed Il stand in the front OF tho
stake with IA basin upon 1t. The Jol-
ly-faccd Chinaman. who was undoubt-
cdly Faust. began to wash his long
white beard I'm the basin, and, after
a moment. tho "supes" grouped them
selves together In front Of him, hiding
him from view to separate again and
show the rcl%uvenatcd Faust with the
long white beard turned to intense
black. Mcphistopholes came in next.
He was Il fierce. piratical-looking in
dividual. also with Il long black beard,
showing lines Of red on either side.
His attire was something between that
of n pirate and Il ballet girl, and his
acting showed traces of the two char
acteristics. He pirouetted. gave fan
tastlc kicks. turned up his sleeves for
fighting and caresscd In a Vicious man.
ner two long, horn-likc feathers, one OK
which stood mp from either side OF the
top of his head, and then dropped. al
grettc fashion, down to two fan-like
wings on his back. He also talked In
f~alsetto tones, which may have been
made necessary by the operate part OF
the affair. which consisted Of a number
of heavy bass Chinese instruments In
the back OF the stage. Marguerite did
not appear, and 1t was apparent that
she was booked for the next evening.
Chinese operas being long-drawn-out
and given IN parts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
Dawson Plush Town"

Dawson is the "nushest" of all the
flush towns In history. 1t is hard.
ly necessary to repeat the many stories
that have gone II about the new and
greater California. Many OF the tales
may have been exaggerations in indi-
yidual instances. but they hardly por-
tray the reality. At the dance halls
and saloons. where men mostly con-
gregatc, gold stands in rows OF tum-
blers behind the bars. In the safe OF
the North American Transportation
and Trading Company 20, 200 ounces OF
leftover dust Is stored. But with all
that has been taken out the mines are
not really at work yet. Hardly one
twentieth of any claim has been ex.
hausted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
In .Just Picks Up Money.

New York Sun: David Anderson,
who for forty-seven years has been
employed by the National Bank OF
the Republic, found a roll OF bills
amounting in all to $50 lying on the
floor in the Office of the Metropolitan
Trust company on Thursday of last
week. On Monday he found another
roll containing $50, this time at the
Bank OF New York. The money at the
trust company had been lost by one
of It's wealthist customers. who reward.
ed Mr.. Anderson with a S. note. An
Office boy had lost the money at the
bank.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25

ago, he had been one OF the familiar
darkies OF Galesburg. Crawford grew
to manhood, doing what he liked
most, to hang around livery stables or
any place else where horses were kent.
He did not care for school. but of mu-
sic he was fond, and from his boyish
days was always able to play all the
sweet airs he heard. and play them
we'll. too. This, no doubt. was the
great charm that he had for Miranda
Foote. While China" Crawford was
at the big stone house he received ev-
cry kindness from the family. bur II
was In the eyes OF Miranda he found
the greatest favor, for by the hour be
sang and played to her. The moro in
telligent OF the farming people say the
girl had never had a wooer, and that
the colored stable boy made love 10
her in the most passionate way. The
people who know of Miranda's love
OF music and heard her play psalms
aud hymns Sunday after Sunday, year
In and year out. On the wheezy old
organ In the little Baptist church, feel
sure that the bond Of sympathy be-
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
MarL Twnin's Joke.

New Orleans Picayune: At a New
England society dinner some years ago
Mark Twain had just finished a piquant
address when Mr.. Evarts'arose, showed
both of his hands down in his trousers
pockets, as vas his habit, and laugh
ing reaarked: Doesn't 1t strike this
company as a little unusual that a pro-
f~esIional humorist should be funny?''
Mark Twain waited until the laughter
excited by this sally subsidized. and then
Grawled out: Doesn't 1t strike this
company as a little unusual that a law
yer should have his hands in his own
lpockets?" Mark had the old man
there.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
IIacOnic DIR. Aberncthy.

Or. Abernethy was VIGOROUSLY one
OF tho most laconic OF men. 1t Is said
that one day there was among his pa
tients a woman who had burned her
rsnd. Showing him the wound, she
said. "A burn" "A poultice," answer
ed the doctor. Next day she called
and said Better" Repeat said the
doctor. In a week she made her last
call. and her speech was heightened
TO three words. well; your fee?"
"Nothing," said the physician. "you
ere the most sensible | ever
met"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
OLD BANK is TUMBLING DOWN.

The building in which the oldest
bank in Omaha was located Is ina very
dilapidated condition. The porches are
tumbling and its windows and tops Of
the doorways have been taken posses
sion of by the sparrows. Not only was
this the first bank Of the town, but
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
~NEBRAsKA'S FIRST BANK.

charter Of the territory OF Nebraska.
Its president was Thomas II. Benton,
son of the senator. Leroy futile vas
cashier. and A. n, Wyman teller. In
the panic OF 81 the doors were closed.
The ancient structure is decidedly pic
turesque in it's dilapidation. and has
frequently been put into pictures by 10
cal artists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
His First Thought.

Mrs. Durham Here's an item in
the paper to the effect that women are
now wearing skirts made of paper. Mr..
Burnham'-Why? DO paper ones cost
more than the other kind?-Cleyeland
Leader.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
AN IDEAL FIREMAN.
GAVE UP HIS LIFE ACCORDING
TO CONTRACT.
Pathos In the Taking Away Of Chief
John Egan of the Fire Department of
Boston--The Hero OF "a Remarkable
Escape from Death.

SSISTANT Chief
John f.. Egan. who.
with five comrades.
perished h lie
fighting flames in
Boston, was an
ideal fireman. lie
was a tritle v g
the medium height.
weighed about $50
pounds, was as
q as an or, as
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
The COrnfed Phtlosopber.

Though 1t may not be true" said
to cornfed philosopher, that every
man has his price, yet when he does
have his price 1t is always a heap
higher than his intrinsic value.'-In.
%dianapolis Journal,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
Infanline phIlOsOphY.

Tottie (aged 81 wonder why babies
is always born in de night time"
Lottie (aged 7, a little wiser)-Don't
you know? It's cos they wants to
make sure OF findin' their mothers at
home."-Harlem Life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
HER STRANGE LOVE.
PRETTY CAUCASIAN WEEDS a
SON OF HAM.
They Disown Her and Then Her Hus-
band Deserted ucr-Th Usual Ind
~ Such Affairs, Died In Dishonor aud
Poverty.
r---l O NILE 4 NDA

Foote'S people and
to all her friends
the tragedy of her
! nfat ion for
China Crawford,
a Colorcd stable
boy. which result
I'd in their mar.
rage. will always
be Il mystery. For
tho Wooded life of
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
Muscles In 10 Cats Tail,

There are three times as many
muscles in the tail .of a cat as there
are in the human hand and wrist.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25

.ionial affairs the divorce
Les the wisest part.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-26
DAVIS, HOWE ( o.,
Iron Founders
and MaChinists-
Manufacturers OF all kinds of Min
ing and Milling Machinery. Prompt
attention paid to ali kinds of repair
work. No. 125 North First West St
sHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFFVS SALEM THE THIRD
Judicial district court, county of Salt
Lake, state of Utah. Anna Marks, pai-t #
VS.. Thomas r. Taylor and Emma l..
Taylor. defendants. To be sold at sheriff s
sale on Monday. the 21st day of March,
1898, at Y O'Clock noon OF said day. at sne
west front door of the county court house
in the city of Salt Lake, county OF Salt
Lake, state of Utah, the following describ-
ed property, situated, lying and being in
the city and county of Salt Lake, state of
Utah, and bounded and described as fol-
lows, to-wit: Commencing at a point one
hundred and sixteen and One-fourth Q16I+)
feet west from the northeast corner OF
lot five (5l block Seventy-Seven CD, plat
"A" Salt Lake City survey. and running
thence west twenty-six and one-fourth
(26t) feet: thence south ten Q0) rods
thence east twenty-Six and one-fourth
ESQ feet; thence north ten Q0) rods to
the point of commencement; subject to
the right of way to certain other persons
over the following part of the above de-
scribed lands: Commencing at point
one hundred and sixteen and one-fourth
Ql6L) feet west and five 90 rods south
from the north east corner of said lot five
90, and running thence west twenty-SiX
and one-fourth ESQ feet; thence south
ten and one-half G0is) feet thence east
twenty-six and one-fourth t261i) feet;
thence north ten and one-haif 900
together with all tenements. heredita-
ments. privileges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in anywise apper-
tanning. Purchase price payable in law
full money of the United States.
THOMAS p LEWIS.
Sheriff of Salt Lake County. Utah.
BY BOMAN CANNON. Deputy Sheriff.
Salt Lake City. Utah. Feb. 26. 1858
Powers. Straup & Lippman, Attorneys
for the Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-26
BRADsTREET's REVIEW.
Attention Turned From High-priced
to Low-priced Cereals.


New York. Feb. 25.-Bradstreet's tomor-
row will say:
While business of a speculative nature
had been quick to reflect the increasing
strain in political affairs, in reduced VAL
ues and Withdrawals or curtallment OF &C
tiVity in some lines. there is little TO lndl-
cate that the volume OF distributive trade
has been reduced, and reports TO Brad
streets this week, so far as the latter
among the best received this year. With
few important exceptions, the price SIT
uation is one of strength, while the en-
larged demand for coarse grams is taken
to reflect the turning of attention from
high-priced cereals to those OF lower
priced character.
At the east last weeks squirt in the dry
goods trade at Boston does not seem to
have held. but at New York there Is con-
siderable more doing in the jobbing trade.
The cotton situation Is one OF nrmness,
rejecting alike the curtallment or produc-
ton growing out of labor troubles and the
ffrmness of raw cotton induced by a good
export demand. Wool is firm, but the de-
mand is perceptibly slackened, apd there
is less doing in manufactured goods. The
best report as TO the distribution trade
made this year comes from the central
west. Spring trade there is reported ear
iier than usual
Kansas City, perhaps, is the most i'm
portant market for agricultural imple-
ments in the country, and reports the de
mand exceeding all records and sales, Inn
tied only by the ability to deliver orders.
The demand for iron and steel at the west
continues large, and prices are firm. A
feature of Chicago trade has been the
placing of an order Cor 5000 tons of steel
rails for a railroad in Alaska. Almost
equally good reports come from the north
west where trade is reported either fully
equal or ahead of last year. The south
seems to have shared in the improvement
TO a notable extent. The word klOndike
accurately pictures the situation on the
Pacific coast. All eyes appear to be fixed
on the Quitting trade and-the transporta-
ton of men and supplies to the Klon-
dixie.
Exports of wheat Including -four. from
this country and Canada during the past
week five days., aggregate 37z2. 1853 BUSH
els. against 3,932.744 bushels last week
1372 PIG bushels a year ago. 2206.773 bush
els in 1896 2.2e9, 03S bushels in 1885 and 29,2-
$50 bushels in 1894.
Corn exports amounted to 1892 799 bush
els, against 5,056.575 bushels last week
474t AS in this week a year ago, Bliss, 31S in
1896 and ISL. 900 bushels in 1895.
A very large drop in the number of bust
ness failures is indicated by reports to
Bradstreet's this week. the total number
being only 1S3 against $50 last week. 25S in
the Corresponding week of 1897. 27l in 1896.
2>i in 1895 and 272 in 1894.
Business failures in the Dominion of
Canada this week number IS, against IS