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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15
CHAPTER XVIII.

One week after our wedding day an
epistle reached my wife. the audacity
Of which simply overwhelmed us. We
read and reread It, and finally INDUCED
in a hearty laugh over 1t. 1t was word
ed as follows:
June 18th, 1S-.
my Dear Coz.-I'm open to a COM
PROMISE; tell your lawyers so. 1 will
make over Forest Lea to you'll don't
care to live there-and you will pay me,
say, half of the income. In the alb
sence Of the will which Fort asserts
wal made by our uncle, but which he
has never produced. I can Of course
claim the whole. But we are cousins,
and I don't wish to be hard on you,
The old governor ought to have left
you something, II he didn't.
"Messrs. Smithson and Wright, oil
Russell street. Russell square. have In
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each other. decided that the situatios
was comic. and laughed merrily.
Hes a paragon" said Meg. "Poos
little Kitty. VIII you like to marry Q
~paragon?"
For n moment I had hesitated scarce.
ly knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The girls merriment decided me: Q
lump seemed to rise up In my throati
the tears filed my eyes. overio' ed.
and fell fast upon my open Euclid"
why Kitty crying! You are never
cryingY" laughed Dora, In mock re.
proof. my dear. this Ia base ingrsti.
tude! Rehect--let us reflect on his vir.
tues"
Turn up your pigtail at once. Kit
ty." interrupted Meg, with gravity
THE paragon objects to pigtails-ts
the juvenileness or them. Let down
your frock. my dear; the paragon will
never think OF addressing a young per-
son who shows her heels and the holes
In her stockings. Dry your eyes, Kitty,
my child; take comport--the paragon
means to marry YOU"
Their merriment seemed heartless; !
would o answer. I clasped my hands
tightly above my forehead, and gazed
at the open page OF my Euclid, which
my tears would not let me read.
But what does all this mean ?" said
Dora presently, In a musing tone. "Hai
he really spoken to mother-and whyi
lie can't be In love with you, Kitty:
he's old-qulte old-gray-haired OF
nearly, and you're q little chit OF Q
| high school girl-not clever. not rich,
not anything-not ven pretty"
mo. / know" / agreed. with humil.
ity.
Then why does he want to MARI,
your" persisted Dora.
Because he Is a paragon. dear. said
Meg.
looked UP at her with a swift. tear
full. inquiring glance.
Eyes. that's It," I echoed drearily. y
understand-I understand II all; ita
because-because he Is SO good"
"Perfectv' corrected Meg.
Eyes. so perfect" agreed. He
wants to be kind and to make things
better for me; / always knew that he
was trying TO be kind. When he talh
to me he is always so gentle-so much
more gentle than when he talks TO YOU
know why It Isl have always
known. He Is thinking OF that money
OF mine. II hurts him to remember
that his father took II away from me
and made me lose 1t all. He wants to
prevent things from being horrid foi
me. and $3.50 he has thought OF this
My tears were falling fast on the
open pages Of my Euclid. There vas
a spell OF silence in the room; no one
contradicted my explanation OF John
Mortimer's motive. Through my tears
I looked up at Meg and Dora, and read
In their faces that they agreed WITH
the explanation. How could they but
agree? His motive was all too clear
His father. old Roger Mortimer. had
been my guardian. had speculated with
my little fortune and had lost 1t. John
Mortimer was taking up the burden OF
his fathers sins and %follies, and I was
one OF the burdens. He meant to mar
ry melt was his plan OF compensa'
ton. We all understood It clearly;
Aunt Jane approved. the girls were
merry, and / sat and wept with pas
s%ionate. helpless Indignation.
Ito be continued.)
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oxu Art Gem. In victoria Museum.

Many pieces Of sculpture and cary
ing in the Victoria and Albert Museum
were discovered some time ago to be
spurious. Now bogus paintings have
also beer found. among which are two
supposed c%onstables, which have prov
ed to be limitations. The museum Is Q
fayorite resort OF American tourists.
and until these discoveries was sup
posed to contain an unblemished col
lection of art curiosities
Dispatch.
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THE BEST OF 7.
Aud sim Lovely Woman Is Ciamorins
for Her Rights.

1he StsA ~
for Her Rights.
Every man has his day; but thanks
to his gallantry, woman has every day.
II reasonably indulgent. she Is mis-
tress of her destiny. She has her fir.
ger in all sorts OF pie. writes Jean Pc.
tage In the Boston Home Journal. Her
sins are forgiven her. II she murders
a man who has failed to treat her like
the perfect lady she was not, the Jury
is pretty apt to acqutt her, taking into
consideration the naughtlness Of the
man. On the other hand II she treats
a nan hastily, and he does her quietus
make with a large bodkin, twelve good
men and true disbelieve his story and
order him to the scaffold. II she sues
her lover for breach OF promise, she
gets at least a part OF what she sues
for. II he sues her he gets the ha-ha
from all the newspapers. In case of a
quarrel in which she Is to blame. she
has a court Of last resort which Is
closed to mankind-she a always
shed tears when she finds things are
not going her way. II she loses a
part Of woman's glory-her golden
locks-she may piece out the remain
der with some adroitly c~ommingled
curls, to the eternal deception OF the
public, and so hear the remarks
OF derisioA turned toward her bald
headed husband. II she's an actress
she can play Juliet and Hamlet both.
while the male T~hespian. though he
may make a better Hamlet, is preclud-
ed by public prejudice and an insiplent
black beard from ever looking at the
moonlight and asking Romeo where
| fore he Is Romeo. And still she asks
| for her rights" and seeks for power"
The first person who asked for the
earth, and then scolded because It was
not fried on both sides and turned
| over, must have been OF the sex that
brought Adam to grief with an apple.
Az Industrious man with good sense
doesn't have to depend upon luck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15
CHAPTER III.

A minute more and Aunt Jane was
gone, The door clicked sharply be-
hind her, her dress rustled through the
passage. her steps descended the stairs;
then we breathed more freely. / put
my elbows IN the table and covered my
cheeks with my hands and looked
across at the girls who faced mo, and
the girls, following example. put their
elbows on their knees and their chins
on their upturned palms. and Looked
back at me In silence. Suddenly their
blue eyes twinkled. they glanced al
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Not In His Line.

Teacher-"If l had four herring and
gave half a herring to each OF three
boys, how many herring would I have
left?" The scholar is silent. Teacher
II am surprised that you can't an
swer. / should have two behring's ana
a half left" Scholar-"I could have
told you, teacher. II you had asked me
about apples. You see. l don't Gat her.
ring"
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CURIOUS PETS FOR WOMEN.

Some minds are strikingly original.
even in the choice OF pets. Certainly
this was the case with the wife Of q
gentleman farmer who made a pet OF q
pig. The animal lost Its mother early.
and the lady. taking pity on the little
orphan, bore 1t Off to the kitchen,
where she succeeded by the aid OF q
feeding bottle. In rearing 1t.
The pig became a great pet, n
used to follow its owner like a dog. It
could hardly have been Its outward at
traction that won her heart; 1t must
have been its qualities which eudeared
It to her.
Another very singular pet was that
OF a frog. which was tanned by a young
girl in the country and would come out
from under the leaves at her approach
to be fed with q strawberry.
A lady who was confined to her room
had a fowl which. before her illness.
was a constant companion. 1t used to
be regularly brought to her room every
morning to see her and be fed by her
own hands, and allowed to take q
short walk about her room.
Another member Of the feminine
gender actually made a pet Of a tur-
key, and declared 1t should never be
eaten, but die in its own good Time
which 1t did Of old age.
A much more extraordinary instance
Of a strange pet. for a woman, at any
rate, was where an old lady 30 FAR
overcame the natural repugnance OF
her sex as to tame a mouse which had
been caught In her store cupboard. So
successful was her treatment that at
last the tiny animal would take crumbs
from its mistress ingers.-Woman's
Life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-09-15

He-I knew you would make n fuss
IL / tried to kiss you. She-Hov did
you know? Hell had been warnSds-
Detroit Free Press. 7.
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Az Industrious man with good sense
doesn't have to depend upon luck.
The evening times., 1899-06-23
SEPARATE BUREAUS
FOR PHE COLONIES
Plans of the Secretary Of the
Interior.
Internal Affairs of Hawaii and Porto
Rico Considered.
Land Offices Likely to he Establish-
Land Offices Likely to he Establish
ed in the IsiandS-Action OF
Congress Awaited.

The recent establishment OF the Indian
Territory Division by the Secretary of the
Interior has so greatly facilitated the
transaction of business that other separ-
ate bureaus will be formed as soon as Con-
gress takes some action regarding Hawaii
and Porto Rico.
The General Land Ofiice Division is at
present overcrowded and unable to trans
act all Of the business coming before it for
consideration. 1t is said that all Of the
interior affairs Of Hawaii and Porto Rico
will doubtless be placed in charge of the
Interior Department. To facilitate busi-
ness it is intended to organize a separate
division for each of these islands. 1t will
also be necessary to establish land offices
in each of them to transact all the local
business that is not to be referred to
Washington.
Information regarding Hawaii and Porto
Rico is now being collected by the Off
cials of the Interior Department, SO that
the work Of organizing the new bureau
will not be unnecessarily delayed when
Congress takes action in the matter. In
Hawaii there is very little public land,
and consequently the work Of the depart
ment in that country will be limited. In
Porto Rico quite large area Is owned by
the Government and Congress will be re-
quired to make some provision for the
The evening times., 1899-06-23
SEVENTY-SIX HOURS
In 4 Nine DUNGEON
Release of an Entombed Man
by His Comrades.
Made Prisoner by a Slide in the
Gaylord COlliery.
Survived without Food OF Drink I'm
I'll Reached by the Rescuing
Party.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. June 23.-Seventy-six
hours entombed in a mine. without DROP
water or a morsel of food. and then to
be rescued we'll and strong. and to run hall
a mile to his home is the remarkable feat
of Ignatz Cosmoro, of Plymouth.
Cosmoro was made prisoner in the Gay
| lord colliery on Monday morning, and was
rescued at 1890 yesterday. He was thought
| to have his dinner pail with him, but he
| lost 1t in escaping to the coal slide.
From the time of the accident gangs OF
rescuers have been at work making mar
row passageway through the masses OF
coal which hemmed Cosmoro in. From the
first it was felt that he was alive.
Not until Wednesday afternoon was It
known beyond doubt that he still lived.
Then the rescuers heard upon the rock a
steady tap. tap, tap. 1t was signal from
the entombed man. They raped In tuin
and the answer came back clear and
strong.
The rapping showed the rescuers that
Cosmoro was in an old mainway and not
in the cross heading they had expected.
They changed their work and soon were
enabled to hear COsmoro's shouts.
He said he could last a day or two more.
He cautioned them to be careful. as undue
haste might precipitate another slide or
coal. Take your time.' he shouted again
and again.
At Ii o'clock yesterday morning ho e
was broken through the top of the main
way. At 1890 a rope was lowered. 1t
| touched bottom twenty feet below, and
Cosmoro was quickly hauled up.
His first words were: This is Thursday.
isn't it? kept track Of the time by hear
ing the shifts change" A small portion OF
milk and sherry was fed to him. I'm not
so very hungry" he said, but l aic
thirsty
At the head of the shaft was a great
crowd, and he was cheered as he appeared
| His Two brothers were waiting for him.
He shook hands with each and asked after
his mother. Being told that she was at
home praying for him, he hurried off to
see her. The crowd followed, but he broke
into trot and hurried on before them.
Daniel Edwards, president Of the mining
| company, sent a physician to attend to
him. but ii was only after much persuasion
that he went TO bed and allowed himself
to be fed beef tea.
He said when the rush of coal came he
had just time to jump into the mainway
before the fall closed>;t up. Il did not
think my situation serious at first" he
said, but l soon found l was shut in the
gsngway."
| Il heard the men working. but they
seemed a long way Off. Lots Of times I
shouted and hammered the rock with my
| pick. but | could not make them hear until
| last night. Then, when l knew they were
| trying to get me. had a good sleep.
Il didn't begin to feel hungry until last
night. but l was very thirsty. 1 often
thought Of my dinner bucket, which was a
| few feet away, buried under the COAL
| Cosmoro is sturdily built. 26 years old.
and president Of the Young Mems Polish
Alliance of Plymouth.
The evening times., 1899-06-23
CLEvELAND's CAR DEADLOCK.
President Everett Says Attempts fO
Settlement Have Ended


a Settlement Have Ended.
Cleveland. Ohio, June 23-An prepara-
tions are being made today for a sharp and
decisive struggle to end the street railway
strike which has been in progress for the
past two weeks in Cleveland. The str.k-
ers declined to ratify the agreement OF
their committee with the company last
night. they voting to continue the strug-
gle. Preparations on an extensive scale
are going forward this morning by the
street car company to operate its lines.
President Everett announces that the COM
pauy will go ahead and run it's lines with
out further notice Of the strikers or at
tempt to come to a settlement with them.
He said that the strikers had broken faith
with the company and had been playing
with MIN. and that since the decision OF
last night they need not expect any fur
ther propositions from the company.
The strikers committee agreed to the
proposition in the meeting with the coun
ell committee. but apparently without the
slightest intention of keeping the agree
ment," said Mr.. Everett. There are GER
tain men who are figuring in the manage
ment of this affair that have made prac-
tice to delay matters and block settle
ment for the sake OF a little personal ad-
vertisement. The attorneys Of the men have
made themselves responsible for serious
trouble
When asked whether the company would
be inclined to consider any further ap-
proaches from the men for settlement. Mr..
Everett said: There is no use fooling with
them any more, and we will not do it.
They agree to propositions. and break
their faith as If it were matter of trif-
ling Importance
The evening times., 1899-06-23
HOME FROM THE ANTARCTIC.
Surgeon Cook Describes the South
Pole Searching Cruise.

Surgeon Cook Describes the south
Pole Searching Cruise.
New York, June 23.-Among the Ias-
sengers who arrived this morning on The
steamship Button from Rio Janeiro was pr.
Frederick A. Cook, Of the Belgica Antarctic
expedition. DR.. Cook, when seen at Quar-
antine said: The Belgica expedition was
organized in part by the Belgian govern
ment and private subscription. l accom-
panied the expedition as surgeon and an
thropologist. Briefly our itinerary was as
follows: Leaving Staten Land for the
Southern Seas on January l, 1898, We pro-
ceeded directly for Cape Horn, taking
soundngs directly south from this point to
the South Shetland Islands. passing
through this group to Palmer Land. We
entered Palmer Land through Hughes
Gulf, which we found was not a gulf, but
strait. as long as Magellan and some
what wider. We spent about two weeks
surveying Hughes Gulf, and finally emery
ed into the Pacific and proceeded along the
west border or coast of Graham's Land.
until we entered the main body of pack ice.
west of Alexander. We passed through
the pack ice about ninety miles south until
in the pack ice remained fast for thirteen
months, during which We drifted 1000
miles to and fro, and finally emerged in
clear water at 103 west longitude. We
then returned directly to Punta Arenas"
DR.. Cook will go direct to his home in
Brooklyn.
The evening times., 1899-06-23
HANGING OF A MATRIcIDE.
ParrOtt, Who Killed His Mother. Ex.
ecuted at Hamilton. Ont.

Parrott, Who Killed His Mother. Ex-
ecuted at Hamilton. Ont.
Hamilton. Ont, June 23.-Benjamin Par
rott, was hanged at 7:i3 o'clock this morn
ing for the murder of his mother. The
crime of Parrot was Of most brutal ma
ture. The PARROT family resided at A
Steven Street. The members were all of a
low intellectual order and the police were
frequently called upon to quell drunken
rows among them. in which the mother
and the son Benjamin. were the most fire.
Quent transgressors. Benjamin was a cart
er by occupation and lived in a barn in the
rear Of his parents home.
On February last, he came home partly
under the influence of liquor and the usual
quarrel with his mother took place. Mrs.
Parrott, to avoid her sons wrath ran out
of the house, and Benjamin, armed with
an ak, followed her. overtaking her in the
middle of the read. Parrott.. with a blow
on the arm from the sharp side of the AK.
felled her to the ground and then struck
her twice on the head with the dull side
OF the weapon. The woman was taken to
the city hospital, where she died within a
few hours.
Parrott Dragged to the police officers and
others Of having killed his mother, saying
he was glad Of 1t and that it served her
right. although he knew he would swing
for it.
The evening times., 1899-06-23
A THIEF scAREs TWO OTHERS
Sets burglar Alarms Ringing and
Causes u Retreat

Hampstead. N. Y. June 2s.-Charles }
Wolf. wholesale tobacco dealer of New
York and one Of the mist prominent AMI
wealthy residents of Sea CIin. had start
ling encounter with burglars at his home,
which is situated on a high bluff over
looking Long Island Sound.
\ short time after retiring he heard a
noise. and almost instantly a pistol was
placed to his head and he was informed by
two masked burglars that IL he moved Or
gave the least outcry he would be instant
ly shot. While the two men were looking
for silverware and jewelry a third burglar
cnts-cd the house through the lower win
dow. the raising of which set off the bur-
Slar alarms in the house.
All the burglars then immed ediately let
the premises. taking quantity OF valua BILE
siiverware and many valuable trinkets.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf are suffering from
nervous shock. The burglars attempte!
to enter several other country places. but
were frightened away
The evening times., 1899-06-23

tiOHs
1t Is thought that Congress will allow
the settlement of this territory by ra.sing
Z, homestead act for Porto Rico. 1t is ar
g1ed that this will be Of great benefit to
the poorer classes and encourage agricul-
ture in the island.
1t is probable also that division fOr
Alaska will be established by the Secre-
tary of the Interior The Curtis Mineral
act allows the stalking out OF Gains. and
since the discovery of gold in that coun-
try the work of the General Land ONCE
has almost doubled.
The General Land Office and the Division
of Indian Affairs will be transferred to the
building now occupied by the Postofhce
Department as soon as the change to the
new postoffice building is made. This 10
necessitated by the overcrowded condition
OF the Interior Department. When the In
dian Territory Division was formed il was
found necessary to use the anterooms OF
the Secretary Of the Interiors office as
there was no other available space.
The work Of the Department is increas-
ing yearly. and the acquisition OF pew ter
ritory means more labor and need Of more
space for the Department.
The evening times., 1899-06-23
COLONEL WHALLEY's REPORT.
Bravery of the Washington voIun-
tcers Mt Manila Com nae nded.

tecrs Mt Manila Com m e nd ed.
Col John H. Whalley, First Washington
Infantry. in making his report Of the part
played by his command in the battle with
the Filipino insurgents February and 5.
recommends a number Of officers and men
for extraordinary gallantry. His report is
part reads:
Firing was heard by me to the north Of my
position at 9:30 p. m, February 4, 1s99 which
continued during the night. At about 2:40 a.
m, February 5. 1899, firing was commenced by
the insurgents opposite my front. The command
was given by me for my regiment to fire, VOL
leys being fred. if not impracticabe. Fire was
continued on both sides, the insurgents fire
affecting principally the centre of the command,
particularly Company A. About 6 o'clock re-
endorsements were requested by me, and COM
to the front by the brigade commander. and sup
ported the left'o Of the right wing. battery of
mountain howitzers of the Sixth U. s. Artil-
lery sent to the firing line at about the
same time. The howitzers fired on different
strongholds in front, opening the way for the
troops to advance. Between 8 and 10 O'Clock
orders were given by the brigade commander to
advance; the advance was made, the troops ford
ing the estuary in our front. The advance was
made steadily into the town Of Santa Anna. Our
troops moved over open ground in front Of the
town of Santa Anna, in which the insurgents
on going to the rear located themselves.
All dld their duty we'll and as they found
it, and my mention of particular persons will
be the names of those who came personally to
my notice as occupying positions unusually dan
gerous, even for the strong fire that prevailed
throughout our lines. The names Of the off,
cen l wish to bring to your attention are: Ma
jor J. J. wesenburxer, Capt. G. H. Fortson,
Capt. A. B. Otis and Lieut.. William Z. Luhu
and ! wish also to mention the names of en-
listed men, who acted messengers for me to
different parts Of the line. Their names are:
uf Aaior Thonpae Mr.
sician William E. Nickersou, Musician Roy Ed
ridge, Company b; Musician Charles A. Hasson,
Of the band, and Private L. L. Laxs-a, Com
pany B.
The evening times., 1899-06-23
The Hospital Corp at Manila.

Major F. D. Pease. in making his report
on the work done BY the Hospital Corps
Of the First North Dakota Volunteer In
fantry. in the engagements with the Flo
pino rebels at the beginning of hostilities
around Manila, February and 5. says:
February We were ordered to Fort Sam An
tonic. where were until 7:30 a. m, Yebru-
ary 5, when the firing commenced in the trench
es leading east from the fort, and we were in
the trenches until 10 o'clock q M, when Stew
ard Patten, Acing Steward Mcintyre and 1--WE pri-
Yates Of the Hospital Corps, U. 8. Amy, fol
lowed up charge made by q portion Of the
on the insurgent trenches There we're no cas-
ualties in the First North Dakota Volunteer In
fantry. and the only wounded dressed were in
surgenta
The evening times., 1899-06-23
Held .. su.pscio. Of Murder.

Norfolk, Va, June 23-Ben Mccoy. COL
ored. who was arrested ON the charge of
numbering Mary Jones, colored. whose
body was found in q ditch in Norfolk coun-
ty, has been sent to the grand jury. Will
liam Jones, husband Of the murdered wom-
an, II being held as witness. Sam Dick
inson and Charles Hammond. colored, who
were arrested upon suspicion of having
killed the Jones woman, are also being
held. It Is believed they are the men who
assaulted Americus Sparrow and after rob-
bing him Left him for dead by the roadside
In the county Saturday night.