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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
The Dancing of Grouse.

A correspondent writes relative to
an account in these columns OF the
dancing Of grouse and prairie chick
ems. II was first brought to his at
tentlon five years g in Northern AL
berta by a Stony Indian, who brought
in a large quantity Of prairie chick
ems, who had evidently been shared In
some way. At his urgent request, the
Indian showed him how the birds had
been captured. Our correspondent
writes:
Next morning We started of very
early and walked about three miles to
a piece Of open country, and there
right In the center OF II was a good
sized piece Of ground with hardly a
blade Of grass on Il. The Indian goes
of into the long grass and Immediate
ly returns with some willows about
four feet long, pointed both ends; he
plants these all over the bare spot,
sticking both ends into the ground
good and firm, making a half circle
with each one; from his blanket he
produced a couple OF dozen or more
brass wire snares and hung two or
three of these to every hoop. After ar
ranging these very carefully, we
struck of at right angles and walked
another mile and found a place SIM
liar to the one we had just left, and
did the same there. When everything
was completed to the Indians salts
faction, he gave me to understand that
MN x.ya,,lA hayn IN rpit that xininttt
for an hour.
The creek being close by, we both
meandered down to II and had some
splendid fishing, the Indian producing
the fish lines from some mysterious
place in his blanket. He watched MS
fish pole with one eye and kept track
Of the country surrounding the snares
with the other and every once in a
while would give a grunt Of satisfac-
ton.
II guessed that was when he heard
or saw chicken heading in the right
direction. We managed to get quite
a string OF trout, before he decided to
move. When we got within a hun
bred feet OF the first snares, up flew
a whole mob of birds; but when we
got in view of the snares, we found
fully one half had done their work.
The majority Of the birds were stran-
gled, but some had been caught by a
wing and a leg, or both wings. But
1t was all the same; try as they would,
there was no escape for them. The
same thing had happened at the other
dancing ground.
Now, III try and explain this dane
ing that grouse indulge in. At certain
times of the year prairie chickens
bunch into a covey and then make for
the nearest open space; mostly early
in the morning, and there commence
a series OF promenades, with q consid-
cradle mount Of billing and cooling,
Just for all the world like pigeons or
doves. with tail and wings spread and
trailing along the ground. 1t Is quite
natural for the grass to get worn right
away, leaving nothing but the bare
ground, and when once a dancing
ground is picked out, they very seldom
leave for a fresh place. That is where
the Indians up north get their deadly
work in and kill 20 many off; they Just
know the time Of the year to a day al
most. when chicken begin to dance,
and they also know the exact spot they
will dance on, and II an Indian can
get snares he will never starve while
the dancing season Is on."--Ex.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
Extreme. of Artificial Heat.

The greatest heat produced arti.
hcially 10 that OF an electric arc fur
mace, the kind that is Used In the
production Of artificial diamonds, cal
cium carbide, etc. 1t is so intense
that nothing exists with which to
record 1t. II is estimated, however, to
be OF about 1000 degrees Fahrenneit.
The coolest known temperature is that
OF liquid air, which freezes alcohol and
mercury and distances all means OF
measuring. II Is claimed for II that
with 1t a temperature OF 400 degrees
below aero, Fahrenheit is reached. The
present limits OF heat and cold are.
therefore. represented by the arc FUR
mace and the liquid air.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
Tame Squirrels.

Harry had gone with his mother TO
market. and had spent the only three
pennies he had In the world In buying
peanuts for the squirrels In the
grounds Of the State House. There
were a great many OF these little ami
mails, and in the trees were boxes in
which they made their homes.
AS Harry and his mother entered the
grounds an old woman with q big
basket on her arm full of provisions
brushed past them. She had gone only
q little way when she noticed the
squirrels skipping over the grass. She
seemed surprised, and stopped to look
at them.
The moment she stood still the
squirrels ran toward her from every
direction, thinking she wanted to feed
them. Not understanding this, and ter
ribly frightened, the old woman gave
a yell, and dropping the basket ran
of as hard as she could 90. When
she thought she was at a safe distance
she looked back and saw that the bas.
ket was almost hidden from view by
the squirrels, which were greedily de-
vouring a bag Of pop corn they had
broken open.
Harry could not help laughing at
the old woman's fright; but he brushed
the squirrels Oh the basket and then
carried 1t to her. the little animals
running after him.
The old IN was very glad to
get her basket again, and very much
surprised to see Harry stand still ano
let the squirrels run all over him to
get the peanuts In his pockets, under
his collar, and In his little red mittens.
1t was great fun for him and for the
squirrels, too; but the old woman
thought 1t very dangerous sport.
IF / were your mother You
shouldn't do that" she said, as she
walked away.
Harry looked up at his mother ana
laughed.
I'm glad ! have q mother who isn't
afraid OF tame squirrels" he said.
Florence b. Hauowell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
\ Childish Fancy.

oh mother! see how pale and wet
The flowers on fathers grave are ly.
inRl
II must he watching YOU has set
The little daisy-buds to Cryingi
foor child and do you think the earth
SORROWS because our hearts are aching
Look, then, with what a careless mirtf
That sunlight on his bed II breaking
Yes. but you called the great blue air
GODS home. TO all His angels given;
And SO perhaps the sunbeam there
Us father smiling UP In heaven!
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
soME GOOD STORIES ron OUR
JUNIOR REApERs.

An Inspiring story = Poor Cnpa-
dian 10y Fought His Way Go uish
Position and Fams-Mr. Lincoln aud
h Drummer Hoy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19

The elephant beetle OF Venezuela is
the biggest OF its species. An average
specimen OF this insect, when fuI,
grown, weighs half a pound.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-19
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

some Extraordinary Death Trsnccs-The
Dancing Of Grou.e-wsriike Fishes
Have Been Discovered -Tingsr Print
Identification.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25
The Dangers of Alcohol.

At the meeting of the Paris Hospit-
ais Medical Society, held on Dec. 10.
M. Legendre, alarmed by the ever-in-
creasing amount of drunkenness, asked
If it would not be possible to with
stand this by means of meetings, IN
sistence on the dangers Of alcohol, and
by what he considered an even better
method, that of getting up for the In
struction Of patients lantern shows
with exhibitions of anatomic prepara-
tions to show the dangers Of alcohol
M. Legendre has had printed for the
use of all his patients a little leafet,
the text of which runs as follows:
Most of the diseases treated In the
hospitals arise from alcoholic drinks
that Is to say, they are either caused
or aggravated by the abuse of alcohol.
All alcoholic drinks are dangerous
and the most harmful are those which
contain aromatics in addition to alco-
hol-as, for instance, absinthe and the
so-called aperients, called ainers.
Alcoholic drinks are more danger
GUS when taken on an empty stomach
or between meals. A man necessarily
becomes an alcoholic. e., slowly pol
soned by alcohol-even If he never geta
drunk, when every day he drinks alco-
hol in the form of liquor or too much
wine, more than n liter per diem.
alcohol is a poison, the habitual use
of which destroys more or less quickly
but non the less certainly, all the or
gans most necessary to life-the stom-
ach, the liver, the kidneys, the blood
vessels, the heart and the brain. AL.
cohol excites man, but does NOT
strengthen him. 1t is 10 substitute
for food, but takes away the taste fol
it. Those who often drink alcohol OIL
100 much wine (more than one litre
day. are much more liable to illness
and when i'll are much worse, for the
disease is often complicated with fata'
delirium.
alcohol Is a frequent cause Of con
sumption by its power Of weakening
the lungs. Every year we see patients
who attend the hospitals for alcoholism
come back some months later suffering
from consumption. Fathers and mo
theirs who drink often have children
who are deformed or idiots, or VIII,
die from fits. "-London Lancet.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25

Thompson's house one stormy night
a year ago. The cat was so affec-
tionate that he was adopted. After a
while the cat betrayed a strange fond
ness for the smoke that Thompson
pulled from his cigars. 1t became so
noticeable that Thomas foster father
regularly shared his after-dinner
cigars with the cat, giving him the
smoke. For a joke a cigar was put
into the cats mouth one day, and, to
Thompson's great establishment. the
cat sat up on his hind legs and pulled
complacently. There was only one
drawback to his success. His teeth
were so sharp that they bit off the
end of the cigars. To remove this, Mr..
Thompson had a wooden c~igar-holder
made for Thomas, and he is now able
to indulge his taste for tobacco. An
other accomplishment of the cat Is
his ability to drink beer without dis
agreeable effects. Beer now forms one
Of the chief articles Of the cats diet.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25
BOY LOVERS DEED.

One of the most sensational murders
ever known in the history of the state
was committed on the street at Per-
ryville, KY, the other night. Mary
Horn, a pretty 1~5-year-old girl, was
shot and instantly killed by Willie
Johnson, a 1~6-year-old boy Of prom
inent family. The motive for the
crime was rejected love. Young John
son had long been infatuated with
Miss Horn, but she did not favor his
attentions and his continued advances
were frowned upon. Johnson bore her
rebuffs with good-natured resignation
for a long time, but when 1t became
apparent to him that Miss Horns af-
fections were bestowed upon another
he grew desperate and threatened the
lives of her and his rival.
These threats were looked upon as
mere idle talk. the threatened parties
not regarding them seriously. On the
night of the tragedy Miss Horn and
her favored sutton. Joseph Hess,
started to church tigether. Under the
glare of a street lamp they encoun-
tered young Johnson, who drew a re-
volver and began firing at them. At
the first shot Miss Horn fell with a
bullet through her heart. johnson
then turned the smoking revolver upon
her companion, who, however, ran for
life and escaped without injury.
Several bystanders saw the tragedy
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25
TROUBLES OF THE POOR.
Food and Clothes Are Possible but Rent
Worries Them.

Worries Them.
eff o own the roof over you head
you don't know what real trouble is"
said the factory hand to the New
York Times man. "Of course folk
have got to eat and they've got to
nave clothes to wear, but it isn't the
thought of hat that's always hang
ing over their heads, and making
them work themselves to death when
they've got work and fret themselves
to death when they haven't. Every
o and then we see something in the
papers showing how easy it is for a
poor widow Cor worse than widow to
iced herself and a family of children
on 70 cents a day, and If the m
mas got good judgment and under
stands marketing such stories are not
SO far wide of the mark. Oatmeal and
potatoes are cheap and there's odds
n ends of meat and bones that may
De mad for next to nothing that will
make good soup. AS for clothes, all
poor folk who try to keep themselves
looking d~ecently know how far con-
tr1Vance will go in making them hold
out. Skirts may be turned inside out
or dyed when they are faded or spot
ted and there's a lot of wear in the
secondhand shoes that the cobblers
sell cheaply. OF course we'd all
rather eat the best steaks and wear
silk and velvet, but it is not having
to do without them that keeps folk
awake at night. 1t Is the rent. That
goes steadily on, no matter whether
o are lying around idle, and 1t is a
happy day for a tenant when the land
lord can be talked into bringing down
the rent by a dollar. Not that all
landlords are hard-hearted, as some
folk seem to think. Landlords are just
like all other men, some being better
and some worse. Now, there's a poor
woman who works in the same place
with me-a widow with two children
and she lives in one OF the toughest
neighborhoods in the city. Well, last
fall, when that woman was too sick to
go to work, she got $18 ~behindhand
with her rent, and found out afterward
that the nan whose business it was
to collect 1t had been paying it out
of his own pocket right straight along
The house belonged to a family II
which there were some minors, an(
so all expenses and revenues had tt
be accounted for to the family law
yers, and that was why the eldes
son, who collected the rents in per
son, could not remit the widows 81
a month, as his father might havt
done; but all the same he wasn't go
ing to see her turned out on the street
knowing her to be a good tenant. o
course she began to pay the none,
back as soon as she got to work again
but it was a great help, his advanc
ing 1t, for if it hadn't been for tina
she would have had to part with he
sewing machine, which she had JUS
finished paying for on the installmen
plan. AS long as she can hold on t.
that machine there is no great dan
ger of her starving unless she Is to-
sick to hold her head up. There is
benevolent society that, when she /
laid off from the shop on account O
work being slack, gives her four wrap
pers a week to make at so cents apiec,
and pays for them in provisions"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25
Lesson of the SkY-Lark.

A pretty custom which is said to ex-
list in the royal family of England is
that of each child choosing some en-
blem for itself. Princess Alice, whose
memory is SO dear to English hearts,
chose the skylark, because, as she said,
while it lives %obscurely on the
ground, it teaches us that in the per-
Torrance of the plain, homely duties
of life, we gain the strength and knowl-
edge and inspiration to soar upward
and fill the air with joyous and soul
stirring music" This bird, as we
know, lives a lowly life in the English
fields and meadows, and sometimes its
voice is heard in the grass or from a
leafy tree, but it's sweetest song Is
sung when it has scared SO high that
it is lost to sight, and we know Of
Its presence in the clouds by hearing
it's beautiful notes falling from the sky.
We may all learn a lesson from the
skylark. If we perform our lowly du-
ties we'll, God will give us the glad
heart and the happy song. Perhaps
we may think of all our little words
of kindness as skylark songs, for they
make other hearts happy and other
lips songful.-Christian Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25

out. The friend pooh-poohed the no
ton, telling her that in such cases 1t
was far more sensible to give the mar
In the case a good scare.
From the store of Mrs. Lundstrom
the girl went to the depot and there,
while the operator, Harry Meyer, was
busy sending a telegram, she extracted
from a drawer Of the desk his revolver
"a hammerless one
With this, at 5 o'clock that evening,
Miss Williams went to the postoflce.
1t was deserted of all but two boys
and Evans. Walking to the delivery
window, the girl accused her betrayer
Of his Inconsistency, ending with the
words:
Harry, I am going to kill myself"
He was busy at some papers, and
without turning around, cried back to
her:
"All right-go ahead"
Without another word, placing the
revolver to her breast, the girl fred.
At the report Evans came from be-
hind to find her lying on the floor evil
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25
Walking Fish of the indian Sea-.

The walking fish" is a very odd.
grotesque-looking creature, which an
pears rather to be the composition of
human ingenuity that a being Actually
existing. 1t is a native of the indian
seas. In this fish the carpal bones,
that is, the bones which represent the
wrist in man. are very greatly length
ened, and at their extremity are placed
the pectoral fins, which are short. stiff
and powerful, the pointed rays re-
sembling claws rather than fins. These
prolonged fins enable them to walk
along wet ground almost like quadru-
peds. The Doras, a South American
fish, is known to travel overland in
quest of fresh waters, when its pools
are dried up by the suns heat. DR..
Gunther tells us that these journeys
are occasionally of such a length that
the fish spends whole nights on the
way, and the bands of scaly travellers
are so large that the Indians who hap
pen to meet them fill many baskets
with the prey thus placed in their
hands" The climbing perch is an
other peculiar fish, which is In he
habit of leaving the water for the land
and climbing up some of the trees
which are found near. This 1t does by
means of its tail and spiny fins.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25

IDENTIFY in the throes Of death. The
alarm spread throughout the town. The
first who came, knowing the situation,
thought Evans had done the shooting.
They were loath to believe otherwise.
The girl fingered. She was removed
to the home Of her sister. She was in
duoed to make a statement exonerat-
ing Evans of all blame and denying
the report that he had borrowed money
of her. This was when 1t was thought
she would recover and Evans had
promised he would marry her as soon
as she was able.
After nearly two weeks Of pain the
girl complained that the treatment was
not ~bene1ting her. She asked to be
taken to Denver. Her brother-in-law
and sister had done all they could; DR..
Condor had been in almost constant
attendance; a trained nurse from Den
yer had been called in. When the
time to her came her condition
grew worse. They feared she would
succumb before the change would be
made. That morning Evans, who un-
"a ShSh iloo DSSh VAIN IL oAAAOo WI
~stantly, displaying a solicitude the
people give him small credit for, left
suddenly. He ven to a livery stable
and hired a cutter, telling the livery
man that Mrs. Thompson had suggest
ed that the bells be left off for fear
they would make too much noise as
he passed by the house. This is de-
MED by Mrs. Thomson. Before day
break Evans left the town, not know
ing but that the girl who was dying
for his love would pass from life be-
fore his team would put him beyond the
reach of recall.
The girl rallied and was brought to
Leadville en- route to Denver. Here
on Monday she was taken to st. Vim
cents hospital, and there later in the
day the slender thread of life was
broken.
This is the story as it is known in
Dillon, and knowing or believing so, II
is that the people of that place have
threatened to invoke the Mosaic Law
against the man whom they deem gull
ty of having sent Carrie Williams Il
an untimely grave.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25

AS the Denver & Rio Grande train
sped eastward Monday night, says a
Leadville dispatch, it carried back to
Missouri for burial in the family plot
at Glasgow the remains of a beautiful
and confiding young girl whose life
had paid the forfeit of her confidence
In unworthy of it. Her death at
st. Vincent's hospital Monday morn
ing was the closing act on a tragedy,
that has for three years been unfolding
in the little camp of Dillon.
There the actors in this tragedy are
well known and so intense has been
the feeling in the community as the
duplicity of the man suspected of the
girls downfall became evident, that
nothing but his escape from the place
at the time the denouement was near.
prevented a double ending.
Carrie Williams, a young girl of
charming features, refined, educated,
and possessing some means, had for
three years lived In Dillon with her
sister, Mrs. j. A.. Thompson, and her
husband, n OF the leading merchants
Of the quiet little town.
Into this retreat had drifted Harry
Evans, a brokendown actor known to
the variety halls of Denver. Here the
man of the world had found occupa-
ton as deputy postmaster. His profess
sion had given him a plausibility that
in Dillon passed for polish n a glib
tongue that like gained currency for
education and wisdom. He became a
man of affairs in Dillon; the society
of the place was open to him.
OF this man of the world, double her
age, the innocent young girl became
enamoured. After three years of con
slant association, her love is said by
all to have amounted to ~infatuation,
and in her infatuation she was insane
ly jealous. Did Evans look at another
woman, Miss Williams was certain to
upbraid him, and to spend hours in
tears at his neglect.
Six months ago Miss Williams was
called to the death bed of her mother
at the old home in Missouri. There
letters from Evans followed her daily.
The attachment was believed to be
mutual. The mother died and the
young girl fastened back to Dillon. To
her from her mothers estate came a
small legacy-a few hundred dollars.
1t Is here that the people of Dillon
begin to charge duplicity against Ev-
ans. 1t is claimed that on a promise
to marry her, Evans borrowed Of the
girl $500, representing nearly the whole
Of her inheritance, and her sister says
the girl spent money in hiring buggies
to drive out with Evans and in going
to visit him while he was absent from
Dillon, he having spent several weeks
in Breckenridge during the early au-
tumn months.
Others say that about this time
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-03-25

Cats delight in racing about, but not
SO often, l think, in circles as dogs do.
They prefer straight lines and sharp
turns with the genuine goat jump.
This sudden flight into the air. which
appears to take the place without the
animals knowledge or intention, can
not here be preparatory to life in the
mountains, but the cat finds the high
jump very useful, not only in bouncing
on its prey, but in escaping it's hered-
itary enemy. Brehn records a move
ment play of young channels. When
in summer the young chamois climb
up to the perpetual snow, they delight
to play on it. They throw themselves
in a crouching position on the D
end of a steep, snow-covered incline,
work all four legs with a swimming
motion to get a start, and then slide
down on the surface of the snow, often
~traversing a distance of from 100 to
$50 meters in this way, while the snow
flies up and covers them with a fine
powder. Arrived at the bottom, they
spring to their feet and slowly clam
Der UP again the distance they have
slid down.