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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-26
HON. THOMAS B. REED.
HIS CAREER AS LAWYER AND
STATESMAN.
Was ~ Years In Congress-Rctires TO
the Practice OF Law with u New York
rirm-Assurcd an Enormous Income
from Hi Law Practice.

Speaker Thomas Bracket Reeds
resignation from the congress of the
United States created a Juror in ma
tional political circles. His long serv-
Ice In congress made him a figure OF
prominence In political history. When
81 years Of x he graduated from
Bowdoin College. One year afterwatd
he became a law student. In 1864 he
was appointed acting assistant pay
master OF the United States navy, and
In 1865. having been admitted to the
bar. began the practice Of law. He
was a member OF the Maine legislature
In 1868, 1869. and 1870, and In 1872 was
made attorney general. For the four
years following he was city prosecutor
OF Portland. At this time he aspired
TO congress-, and In 1878 was sent to
Washington, where he has remained
through almost each successive session
OF congress.
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the hospital that $500 was received
from MIR. Cursetjee Merwanjee Bali
wala, the proprietor Of the Novelty
theater, who gave for the benefit of the
hospital a performance of "Harischan-
dra In the Hlndostanl tongue. The
hospital has inspired the local poets.
too, and that child OF the muses., Dady
Eduljee T~araporewala, has brought out
under the auspices OF the socie-
ty and the hospital, a book
OF fifty-seven poems, written in
the Gujerati dialect, and intended to
inculcate kindness to animals among
children. They also have an illustrated
magazine on the same lines as the
poems. 1t is printed in Gujerati. and
Is conducted by the eminent editor,
Maneckjl Nesserwanji Seervai, broth
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INTERVIEW WITH STRAUSS.

The waltz king, Johann Strauss. has
been interviewed by n woman He
who leads the world In composing and
playing waltz music has yielded to the
persuasion OF an ardent musician ana
admirer. Ilka Harovitz Barnay.
She went to see him at the town OF
Ischl, and when Nine. Barnay asked
him for an interview he said: why.
certainly, madame, what do you wish!
What shall I tell you? There is moth
ing interesting about me~-absoluteIy
nothing. The most remarkable thing
about me is that ! ar q slipper-hero."
And he stretched his hand out low
ingly to his wife, as II for protection.
Strauss was enthusiastic when he
spoke OF Vienna. So identified Is he
with that city that 1t has been said
Strauss Is u%nthinkable without Wen
ma, and Vienna Is unthinkable without
Strauss"
AS the conversation drifted TO Wag-
ner, Strauss said: IL believe that l
am the very oldest Wagnerite now liv-
ing, and was one OF the first. ! intro
duced his music In Vienna In the over
ture to 'Tannhauser.' Fifty years q
the full score was sent to me, as II was
to all OF the other musical directors,
and / looked II over. Difficult, II
seemed to me devilish difficult. so at
first arranged for a detailed rehearsal.
Then l had the orchestra to come to
my house and put them into two rooms
there. After several attempts W. played
the overture through.
my mother. who loved music, but
did not understand very much about
it-she could only play the guitar a
little-came into the room suddenly
and said: Well. Jeany, what was that
you played just now? 1t was remark
able music; II stirred me strangely?
That was the first Viennese criticism
on Wagnerian music.
When at the next concert In the
V%olksgarten We played the overture to
'Tannhauser' for the first time, Its eff
feet was wonderful, for we had to re-
peat II no less than three times" AS
he said this the waltz kings brown
Eyes shone brightly, and he tossed his
luxuriant locks. Standing straight and
strong, he looked hardly so years old.
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A BritIsh Cable.

Plans are far advanced for the con
struction OF a Pacific cable by Great
Britain and her colonies. The pro-
jected route. with the landing stations
all on British territory, is from Van
couver by Tanning island and Fill
to Norfolk island. and thence to
Queensland and New Zealand. The
estimated cost is from 1850. 900 to
50, 900, 900. The four Australasian COL
onies concerned have volunteered to
become responsible for four-ninths OF
the cost, and the remaining flve-ninths
will be divided equally between Great
Britain and Canada.
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AN ANCIENT DWELLING.
Said to re tho oldest Stone House ID
Now England.

The ancient dwelling house In the
town OF Guilford. known as the "Oid
Stone House." Is the oldest house in
this state, and 1t Is also said to be the
oldest stone house In New England. A
bill Is pending in the legislature pro-
viding for the purchase OF the house
by the state from Its present owner,
Mrs. Sarah II. Cone OF Stockbridge.
Mass, a lineal descendant OF Rev.
Henry Whitfield, the builder and orig
ina owner. IL Is proposed to preserve
the old landmark and convert 1t into
a historical museum. The following
description Of the house Is taken from
Smiths History OF Guilford":
This house was erected by Rev.
Henry Whitfield. both for the accom-
mediation Of his family and as n forth
fcation against Indians. II Is the old
est stone dwelling house now standing
In New England, This house was
kept in It's original form until 1868.
when II underwent such a renovation
as to change to ONE extent Its In
terror arrangement, although h north
wall and large stone chimney are sub
stantially the same as they have been
for over two centuries. 1t Is said that
the first Guilford marriage was cele-
brated In It,, the wedding table being
garnished with pork and pease. Ac-
cording to tradition. the stone OF
which this house vas built was
brought by the Indians on bandbar-
| rows across the swamp from Griswold
rock, n ledge about 80 rods east OF
the house. II consisted Of two stories
and an attic. At the southeast corner
Of the second floor there was n slngu-
lar embrasure commanding the APP
proach from the south and west, and
evidently made for defensive purposes.
In the attic were two recesses. evil
IDENTIFY intended as places OF conceal'
ment."-Hartford Courant.
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THE CATTLE WARD.

ed by a native Indian, Sir Dinshaw
Manockjee Petit, a Parsee merchant,
who, for his good deeds, was made a
baronet. 1t Is called the Bal Sakar-
bal Dinshaw Petit hospital for animals,
and for its support the merchants of
Bombay have organized a system OF
voluntary taxation on the export and
import of grain and seeds and the sale
of cotton to the local spinning and
weaving mills.
II 1t seems strange to hear Of a great
hospital for animals in Bombay and of
a full-blooded Parsee who Is a full
fedgd baronet through a great white
marble gateway Of England, so
also it seems hard to realize that
round about Bombay there are
cotton mills whose spindles are
whirling as merrily and whose shut
ties are flying as gayly as those of the
New England manufacturing districts.
The Parsee baronet, Sir Dinshaw, is a
wealthy cotton mill owner, and made
the money to found the great hospital
out OF the manufacture of cotton cloth.
beSlueS tHc 4Su,OOO COlleCttu ny tuc
merchants among themselves for the
yearly support OF the hospital the in
stitution is heavily endowed, and when
any member of Sir Dinshaw's family
dies the hospital is pretty sure to get
some fresh endowment in his memory
The entrance to the hospital grounds
is deliberately carved, and In the
middle of the grounds, under the
rustling palm trees, is a great
carved stone fountain. An animal is
this hospital receives all the attention
and medical care that a mar would re-
eeive in Bellevue or the New York hos
pital. There are attendants, nurses
and doctors, all organized after the
manner of the best hospitals, and in
the wards the animals are surrounded
w all the comforts which ingenuity
can suggest. The medical staff of the
hospital, from study and experience,
has become most expert in the treat
ment Of animal diseases. OF the 35S
horses treated in the institution in
1897 only t~wenty-four died; Of the 1853
bullocks only Al died, and OF the 276
dogs treated 96 died.
II any sort Of an animal or bird is
sick in Bombay, or its neighborhood,
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BERNHARDT AS A GIRL.
The Divine Sarah n wonder Even In
Her Youth.

ihe oiVine sarah n wonder Even In
Her Youth.
Just thirty years ago, says the New
York Mail and Express, Octave Foul
let, in a letter to his wife, drew the fol-
lowing pen picture OF Nine. Sarah
Bernhard, then at the beginning of
he's career:
"A queer girl, indeed, is Sarah. It
is the first time in my long career that
have met with a genuine actress. a
comedienne OF the eighteenth century,
elegant, eccentric. insolent and bold.
Contrary to the habit of all other
actresses she comes to the ~rehearsals
In full dress. or at least in a toilet ar
ranged after her wi fashion. She al
ways wears a velvet-a velvet dress,
a velvet hat, a scarf OF black lace over
her shoulders and a little rufied collar.
In this way, with her hair like that
OF a poodle dog, and with some fresh
flowers in her hand, she repeats he.
part with care and somber gravity, and
occasionally with attitudes a la Ra-
chel.
AT the close of the act she prances
about like a ballet girl, skips upon one
foot and then sits down at the piano to
accompany herself while singing a
queer negro air. She has a Very sweet
voice. Then she gets up and begins to
walk about with long strides, like a
clown, laughing in everybody's face
and chewing chocolate candy, with
which she always has her pockets
filled. At times she takes out a little
case in which there was a small brush,
which she runs over her lips to give
them a ruby color, after which she
laughs, shows her white teeth and
recommences to MUNICH her choco,
lates."
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THOMAS u. REED.
OF congress.

He has 10Y become the head OF the
law firm Of Simpson, Bracket Il Bar
mum Of New York. The speaker Is said
to have been assured an income OF
at least $50, 600 a year. an emolument
equal to that OF the president OF the
United States. from insurance compa-
niles alone. He will continue to act as
referee for the several insurance cor
porations for which he has been re-
Gently acting, and friends say that his
income may yet amount to 100000 an
uually.
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Funny "Buns,o OF the Liners.

From the Cornhl Magazine; Occa-
sionally the liner produces a gem Of
unconscious humor. "The murderer"
wrote one liner" was evidently in
quest of money, but luckily, Mr.. Dun
a had deposited all his funds in the
bank the day before, so that he lost
nothing but his life.I Another elmer
describing a street accident, wrote:
1.-THE unfortunate within was taken to
Guys hospital. wh.re he now lies,
progressing favoraHy. although he 10
sedulously attended by DR.. J.. n. Rob-
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a worm, would not kill a bird and have
the greatest reverence for a COW. The
Hindoos Of Bombay are liberal in their
contributions to the Animal Hospital,
and when Sir Dinshaw endowed the
laboratory he expressly stipulated that
no vivisectlon should be practiced in
it, ''for the reason that the same will
wound the feelings Of Hindoos, from
whom material support is obtained for
the hospital, and II they come to know
Of this they will at once discontinue
their support, and the hospital will
thereby suffer in this respect" There
is something particularly frank and
childlike In this, the third section Of
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A farming Headlight.

Among recent inventions is a loco
motive headlight which, when the
train is rounding a curve. turns In
such a manner as to keep It's projected
shaft OF light continually upon the
rails. instead OF pointing off to one
side. as occurs with a stationary head
light. The motion Of the headlight Is
controlled by means OF an air cylia-
der, connected with the air brake sys-
TEN of the train and regulated by a
valve in the cab. When the locomo-
tive strikes a straight section OF track
the headlight automatically returns to
its proper position.
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tendance, while only n hen was sick
enough to have the doctor. Five cats
were under medical treatment and n
canary bird. The monkeys seem to
have been in pretty good health, for
the "Banderlog" people had to send
for the doctor only twice. One swan
and one cockatoo fell sick, but were
saved by prompt medical attendance
from the hospital. The turkey fam
lily seems to have been but poorly
through the season. no less than seven
Of them being reported as out-patients.
Most Of the out-patients, of course. are
dogs, bullocks and horses, not sick
enough to be admitted to the hospital,
but yet in need Of the doctors minis
trations.
In connection with the hospital there
Is a society for the prevention Of cruel
ty to animals, and its agents last year
made over 1900 arrests. So Bombay
and the region round about is rapidly
getting to be a veritable paradise for
birds and animals. Not only domes-
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the legal document by which Sir Din
shaw created the trust for the labora-
tory. A man Of the western world
would probably have been content to
have simply prohibited vivisection, but
Dinshaw Manockjee Petit frankly
spreads his reasons on the minutes.
The Hindoos themselves have in
Bombay an institution for the anchor
alton of the condition of animals. 1t
Is in the form of an asylum for aged
and INDECENT cows, and is called pin
jrapole." Yet the people of Bombay
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sYNrHEsls ALMOST CREATIVE
'ecret. Of tho Living Laboratories In
Animal aud Vegetable Cells.

Animal ana Negetabie Coils
The news that Wohler had obtained
In 1928 out OF inorganic stufs a GER
tain substance. urea, which occurs In
nature as a distinct product OF vital ac-
tivity in animals. upset current ideas.
says Prince Kropotkln in the Nine
teenth Century. Then, later On, Liebig
in Germany and Franklin In this coun-
try made several important %syntheses,
and in 1860 Berthelot published his
epoch-making work. Organic Chemis-
try, Based Upon Synthesls," in which
he proved that the synthesis OF organic
bodies must be pursued and may be
achieved In a quite systematic way, 60
ing step by step over the whole series
OF organic compounds. At the pres
ent time about $50 different acids, aro-
matte oils, fats, coloring matters and
so on, which are only found in nature
as products of vital activity, have al
ready been prepared in our laboratories
out OF inorganic matter. Some OF
them are already fabricated In this way
for trade. Every year brings some new
achievement in the same direction; so
that the main interest now lies not so
much In adding a new product to the
already long list OF chemically pre-
pared organic substances as In catch
ing the secrets OF the tiny living
laboratories in the vegetable and ami
NAL cells.
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swift clouds Preceds Cold waves.

Observations at Blue Hill observa-
Tory showed that for several days be-
fore the great cold wave OF February
last, the high cirrus clouds, which at
tain an elevation OF about nine miles,
moved with unusual velocity. On one
day these clouds were flying at the
rate Of 166 miles per hour. II Is
thought that measures OF cloud mo
lions will pla" an important part In
weather predictions hereafter.
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are by no means
satisfied with what
has been done in
their city for the
care OF dumb ami
mails, and Mr.. Man
ekji Kavasji Patel,
In a lecture before
the local society
for the prevention
of cruelty to ami
mails, called for an
increase in the So
ciety's member
ship, SO that 1t
shall number 50,-
900. He also called
upon the people to
write mercy in
the woods where
the wild deer runs,
and in the air
where our birds fly,
and all along the
paths where our
children and our
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ertson, the resident surgeon. and som,
OF the leading members of the medical
staff" In a report in a Glasgow news
paper OF a shipwreck off the coast OF
Ayr this appeared: "The captain swan
ashore, and succeeded also in saving
the life Of his wife. She was insured
n the Northern Marine Insurance
company for $4,000. and carried a full
cargo Of cement"
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er of the late lamented income tax col

err Of the late lamented Income tax COT
lector."
Among the contributors to Sir Din
shaw's hospital appears the name Of
another native baronet, Sir Jamsetjee
J%ejeebhoy, who is, like Sir Dinshaw, a
Parsee Of great wealth. These two
East Indian baronets have their arms
and their lineages put down in the
books of the peerage and baronetage
in the same Il as does the Duke
Of Norfolk, and they both came to
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TIC DlrdS ana AMI
mails, but any wild
denizen in the jun
gle, IL 1t is found
suffering fro m
wounds or disease,
Is taken care of
and nursed back to
health again by
the Bal Sakarbai
Dinshaw Petit hos
pital staff.
The Hindoos are,
OF all races, the
most ~regardful of
animal life. They
will turn aside to
avoid ctanpipg IN
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confessed the young man. Don't you
know. sir" continued the sage, that
II you would save that mony by the
time you are as old as am you would
own that big building on the corner?"
"Do you own IT." inquired the smoker.
NO" replied the old man. We'll. |
do" said the young man,-New York
Times.
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New Version of an Ancient story.

A welcome variant on an ancient,
ancient story comes fIua Atchison,
Kan. To a young man, who stood
smoking a cigar on the corner of a
street in that city, there approached
the elderly and impertinent reformer
of immemorial legend. How many
cigars a day do you smoker" asked the
licensed meddler In other peoples af-
fairs. Three" replied the youth. as
patiently as he could. Then the in
QUESTION continued. How much do
you pay for them7" "Ten cents each"
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youths pass to and fro"
SIR Dlnshaw's hospital is the pride
of Bombay, and every O and then
the theaters give performances for its
benefit. 1t Is recorded In the report of
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IN NJ TESTS.

The Bushmen of Australia live Like
beasts.
You know that, of course, hut nests
and nest-building birds and animals
are so intimately associated with eggs
in some indefinable way that in speak
ing OF men who build nests to live in,
it may not be out of place to empha-
size the absence OF eggs. Travellers
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A cynical bachelor ays that Ideas
are like boards; men never have them
until they grow up. and women don't
have them at all
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Pretending to know the things You
should know. but don't. occasionally
nswer the same purpose.
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better Job Than q Judges.

1t seems hardly credible that a de.
signer of dresses should be receiving
bigger salary than one OF Queen Vic.
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JOHANN STRAUSS.

Then he added: But I am becoming
a 'moss-back.' ! am growing grabbed.
1t is old age; yes, old age!"
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who have returned
from the heart OF
Africa and the
Australian cOnti-
nent, tell wonder
full stories of nest
building people
who inhablt the
wilds OF those
countries. In The
bushmen of Aus
tralia, we find. per-
haps. the lowest
order OF men that
are known. They
are so primitive
that they do not
know enough 70
build even the SIM
plest forms OF huts
for shelter. Tha
nearest that they.
could approach 20
it Is to gather a
lot OF tWigs anf
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THE ISOLA TON WARD.

their titles by reason of liberal s,rts
to the poor and the creation of such
institutions as the hospital for ami
mails.
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lot OF twigs and grass, and TAX
ing them into a thicket or jungle,
they build a nest for a home, much as
does a bird. The mast is usually built
large enough for the family, and II the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
LONDON SCHOOL PROBLEM

New Haven has her school problems,
 but we can be thankful that she hasn't
 any such problem as that which has
 been engaging the attention of a special
 sub- committee of the London School
 board. This committee was appointed some time ago to investigate the whole subject of under-fed children in the public elementary schools of the me- tropolis. It seems that, in ordinary times, there are between 50,000 and co, 000 scholars who come to school too hungry to be able to study. Provision already exists for feeding a good many, but not all, of these misera ble youngsters and one of the questions submitted to the committee was whether this system of voluntary feeding ought to be ex
 of it was or was not beneficial, the Charity Organization Society having contended that the tendency of it was towards appropriation. The sub-com- mittee, on the other hand, in their re- port maintain that the evidence, from all sources at home and abroad, does not lead to the supposition that ordina- ry working people, even of the poorer class, are prone to quarter their chil- dren on the community when they are really able to provide for them them selves. They believe that the parents are fond of their children and willing to feed them, and that, whether they are or not, their attitude in the matter is very little affected by the existence or non existence of feeding at school. That the existence of a scheme of school dinners pauperizes the parents or de- stroys the sense of parental responsibil- ity appears to the committee to be "a mere theoretic fancy, entirely unsup-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-17
PARIS SEES A BULLFIGHT.

At Deul the Bull Jumps Out of the Ring and Creates Panic.
 The world of fashion betook itself yesterday to Deuil, near Enghien, to see real bulfight, in which the bulls were to be killed, It was to be, moreover, patriotic bullfight, as Robert Felix, a Landais, was to be the first torero. Llaverito and Lagartillo were not to be so forward. The performance was greatly advertised The circus was packed from the boxes to the topmost round of seats. The circular gangway behind the pallsade was so thronged that nobody could move in it. Instead of two rows of high paling, as in Spain, there was only one row, and it was not very high. In @ Spanish arena the bull when greatly teased may jump over the row bordering the arena, but not over the second. He rushes round between the two palings until he comes to a gate, which is thrown back. It stops his course, and In plying back opens 9 wide way on to the arena, into which the bull again goes.
 Robert, the champion of France, did not wear the flat Spanish cap, but q Pyrean beret slightly on the side of his head He and Laverito and Lagar- tillo were greeted with deafenlng cheers The bull, fine animal, on entering at once rushed at the two tereros, who jumped lightly aside, and then at picador armed with a lance. A chula drew him off by flourlshing red cape before his eyes. The bull wanted to get away, and cleared the single paling at a bound. A panic ensued. The animal blindly rushed along with head down and horns forward. x He cleared the ex- ,cuse for palisade in the front of the boxes entered a gangway, and climbed the first and second row of seats. For tunately he was only bothered and stupid, and infuriated
 The shreks of the rushing people suddenly brought him to his senses, and he stopped and looked good humoredly about but terrified woman caught him by horn, and another raised her parasol and hit him between the eyes with 1t. The poor animal broke away again( and finding his way down a pas sageway escaped into the field In which the arena stands. It was filled with cycles. The bull tossed lot of them about, and was sitting down to quiet ness when he found himself pursued by picadors, chulas, matadors and toreros, gendarmes and policemen, the last arm- ed with revolvers.
 Again the bull made off. There was