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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
TWO COINCIDENCE STORIES.
rold In Good Faith In n Club where All
Romancing Ia Barred.

Romancing Ia Barred.
Chicago Inter Ocean: 1t was the Sec
retary's turn to tell a yarn to his fell
low-members OF the Coincidence club.
The Coincidence club, by the way, has
no cumbersome machinery. 1t has
members and officers, meets once a
week to tell queer stories along the
line suggested by its name. and every
thing but the strict truth Is barred.
I've got two stories, much alike, to
tell. There's nothing dramatic or SEN
sational about them. They struck me
as queer, though. You know I'm a
lawyer. One day a man named Dodge
brought in a letter OF introduction to
me from a friend out west. Pie had a
simple sort OF a case, and I asked him
to come back at 8 o'clock that after
noon. Then I went over to the Grim
inal court or business that kept me
Till within a few minutes Of 3 o'clock.
AS l entered my Office there was a
man sitting In the shadow. without
really looking at him, and with my
mind full Of the appointment l said, as
l went to my private Office. How are
you. Mr.. Dodge? I'll see you in a min
Ute Pretty soon I rang and told the
Office boy to show in Mr.. Dodge. The
man came in and he wasn't my Mr..
Dodge at all. Imagine my surprise
when he said: How did you know my
name? At the same time he handed
me a letter OF introduction from a
friend down east. His name was Dodge
all right, and he had a case. I gasped
over the oddly OF the situation, ex-
planned the coincidence to my visitor.
and even showed him the other letter
OF introduction. But the man did not
believe me. He evidently thought l
was a liar, and left without putting his
case In my hands. A few minutes
later In came the first Mr.. Dodge, and
We had a good laugh over 1t. The other
coincidence was this: l got letters
from two friends-one west Of Chicago
claims against a big Chicago firm and
a big insurance company with an agen-
cy In Chicago. I telephoned and made
appointment with representatives Of
each OF the concerns-one at IL and the
other at 1880 o'clock. went out on
an errand and was delayed until 1880
o'clock. When I came in both men
were waiting. Strange as 1t may seem,
both men were named Rose. / intro
duced them. One vas originally from
Rhode Island and the other from Con-
necticut. As far as they could figure
out they were not related. I've used
false names, but otherwise the stories
are strictly true. and can be proven by
evidence that will pass muster In a
court Of law"
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For a csn.u. Of IN. World.

The present estimates OF the total
population OF the world vary from
1000, OOO. 900 to 1900. 900, 900. and the
Royal Geographical Society OF England
thinks It is high time that the people
are counted. It believes a count, or at
least an accurate estimate. possible
even in savage and uncivilized coun-
tries, Russia having completed a sue
cessful censu in Siberia and England
one In India. It proposes the forma-
ton OF an international organization
to take in charge the work Of a world
census.
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OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE OF
PRINCETON COLLEGE.
Typical Of tho GentIeman OF Other Days
and tho Friend OF General Lafayette
MI. william q. Barker Has . Terry
Interesting History.

There Is an atmosphere of unaffect-
ed hospitality and unQuestionable
comfort at Point Stuart" the villa
at Spring Like. Mich, OF Mr.. and Mrs.
N. X. Hewlett, OF Grand Rapids. and
Of the venerable father Of Mrs. How
lett. William G. Barker, a typical old
school gentleman and probably the
oldest living graduate of Princeton
university. Mr.. Barker was born In
1907 at Natchez, Miss, his father a
New England man, being a merchant
and importer Of that place. With the
coming OF the war OF 1912, Mr.. Bar
ker's father moved his family to Tren-
ton, N. J. Just before he was II
years old the boy was admitted to
Princeton, and before he was 10 he
was graduated, standing second in
his class. He at once engaged in
mercantile life with his father and for
nine or ten years continued In that
avocation. during which time he WIS.,
tied Paris f1ve times as a purchaser
Of fine fabrics for importation to the
United States. Having met Gen. La
fayette on the occasion OF his visit to
this country as the guest CT the ma
ton. and having received an invita-
ton from the eminent Frenchman to
call upon him. Mr.. Barker when he
visited Paris. called at the residence
OF Lafayette to find that he was not
at home. However, upon the urgent
request. almost insistence OF Madame
Lafayette, he remained as a guest
over night, and upon the return of the
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
LATE MR.. APPLETON.
GREAT PUBLISHER WHO RE-
GENTLY PASSED AWAY.
Some of Ills Greatest Enterprises-Onc
OF the Earliest Advocates of Inter-
national OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with
Foreign Authors and Publishers

William Henry Appleton, head OF
the publishing Arm Of d. Appleton &
Co., died the other morning at his
home at Riverdale, near New York. He
was In his o~ighty-sixth year. He was
for many years the Oldest member OF
the house Of ID. Appleton & Co. The
history Of his life is the history OF the
Appleton company. He was born in
Haverhill, Mass, Jan. q. 1914. AS a
boy he was in constant association
with his father, Daniel Appleton. at
the little retail store which the latter
opened in Exchange place when he
went to New York from Boston, In
1925. When the founder OF the house
published his first look. Crumbs
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17

PRINCE" SITTING BULL.
ically. He Is w inches over six feet
In height and Is tremendously strong.
Incidentally he shows that several
years at a government school have
done him little good He was glad to
escape after five years at Philadelphia
TO the wilds OF the reservation. Life
In Philadelphia. he declares, was too
slow for him. II Ia not the education
and the civilization OF the Indian
which has made further savage out
breaks improbable. according to
prince" Sitting Bull. II Is only the
small number or the Indians and the
fact that they are fast dying out which
keeps them from taking to the war
path again. His people are not ut
heart %peaceablo, They hate the white
man quite as bitterly as did the braves
who fought under his father.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
Anglomanin In Paris.

A correspondent Of the Westminster
Gazette writes: IF Anglophobia
reaches Its acme in a certain class OF
Partisan journals A%nglophilla has at
tanned the ne plus ultra In social hab-
its. So uncompromisiHg is the belief
In Anglo-Saxon superiority that
Frenchmen OF fashion not only order
their clothes from English ~tailors, but
dispatch their cuffs, collars, and other
washable garments across the Hanche
to be got up In London! This fact l
have on the authority Of one who
should KNOW. e., a Paris doctor in
large practice. What Is the reason?
Are English laundries supposed to be
conducted on more hygienic princi-
pies? Is Thames water found to be
less microbic than that OF the Seine?
My informer did o elucidate this
point, but the fact he insisted on, and
a curious n 1t is; In the wake OF
Five O'clock lie tub football, and
cricket have followed A%nglo-Saxon
soapsuds and fiatirons!"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
FRENCH ARMY AGAIN AVENGED

The cable u that Urban
Gohier. one of the editors OF the Au-
rore. has seriously wounded Lieut..
MERCER, son OF the general. In a duel
resulting from attacks made on the
officer by Gohier's paper. This is not
the first time that the brilliant Jour-
nalist has attacked 1.-The honor Of the
army" and has in turn been bitterly
assailed by the officers. In the thick
Of the Dreyfus excitement, when the
honor Of the army was a thing to
conjure with, Gohier published a book,
"The Army Against the Ma
tion," In which he exposed the moral
rottenness OF the military establish
ment. He did not criticise the army
from a military standpoint, but point
ed out its defects and weaknesses
from the social side. declaring 1t to be
a constant menace to republican In;
stitutions. The book created such a
sensation that its author was arrest
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17

general In the morning he remained
for dinner the next day. Moreover,
during the remainder OF his stay OF
several months In France, he attend
cd. by invitation, two soirees at the
Lafayette home.
Upon one occasion. in 1882. when
returning to this country from Eu-
rope. there were but four passengers
on the clipper ship, and one Of these
was Prof. s. +. b. Morse. who. dur
ing that voyage of thirty-three days.
spent much Of his time In an effort to
evolve the dot-and-dash system after
ward utilized and known as the Morse
alphabet In the perfection OF the cleo
trlcal telegraph. During that voy-
age" said Mr.. Barker. II formed a
warm friendship for Prof. Morse.
which was continued up to the time OF
his death" Another Of Mr.. Barker's
recollections was OF repeated occasions
when he was a passenger-at a fare
OF one York shilling-on the ~ferryboat
between Elizabethport and New York,
the skipper OF which was the original
Commodore Vanderbilt. 81 remember
he was an active. energetic man,
whose chief anxiety was that his boat
should be On time, and who was rather
fond OF carrying bank notes In his
left hand, arranged according to de-
nominatlons-the ones between his
first and second fingers. the twos be-
tween his second and third fingers,
and the fives between the third and
fourth fingers. Notes Of larger de-
nominations went into one pocket and
coins into the other. This popularity
as to his handling money was so com
monty and well known that 1t was
looked upon as a characteristic, and
with his habits OF energy and prompt
ness as a young mamie was not then
more than rs years Observation-Disclosures
his greatness as a systematic man o
business"
In 1886 Mr.. Barker came to Detroi
and for a time was engaged In business
here and at Grand Haven. 1t was a
the latter city that he wooed and woi
for his wife, Kate, the younger daugh
ter of Robert Stuart. who had loni
been, as the representative OF Jacol
Aston, the agent on the great lakes 70
the American Fur company. and VIII
at once time was the owner Of nearl,
all of the territory at present occupies
nv the city of Grand Haven. and who's
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE DARK.
British Scientist Discovers the Reason
for Certain Curious Effects.

British Scientist Discovers tho Reason
for Certain Curious Effects.
We have before referred to the ex-
traordinary Photographic results OBJ
talned by DIR. Russell by the action OF
various substances on the dry-plate In
the dark, says the London Chronicle.
DR.. Russell found that many. though
not all, Of the metals and bodies OF
vegetable origin are capable OF pro-
duclng a latent picture on the photo
graphic plate, which can be rendered
visible In precisely the same way as
the ordinary image produced by light.
The action OF these bodies Is In gen.
eral much slower than that Of light,
but under favorable conditions may
be produced in two or three seconds.
The most active metal has been found
to be magnesium, but zinc Is not much
Inferior, and for practical purposes II
is the most convenient metal to ex-
state II Is entirely without the power
OF acting upon q Photographic plate.
but when scratched or scraped the
bright metal Is very active. and pic
lures OF such a plate with all the
scratches on It can readily be produced.
The time required to produce these
zinc pictures varies very much with
the temperature. At ordinary tenn
peratures an exposure Of about two
days Is requisite. but II the temperature
be raised to about So degrees cent?
grade an exposure OF half or three
quarters OF an hour is sufficient. Con-
tact between the zinc and Photographic
plate Is not necessary, as the action
readily takes place at appreciable dis
tances, although the time required Is
longer and the image not so sharp.
Among the organic substances which
act on the Photographic plate the chief
are those belonging to the terpene
group. Copal varnish containing tur-
pentine has been found to be very
active. and all the essential oils, such
as oil of lemons or peppermint. are also
active, their activity being traced to
the small amount OF turpene they on
tain. 1t Is interesting to note that the
action Is capable OF passing through
certain mediator instance, through a
thin sheet OF gelatin. albumen, COLO
dion or gutta percha. The first ex-
PLANTATION which was given OF these
phenomena was that the action was
probably due TO vapor given on by the
bodies themselves, but DR.. Russell, in
view OF later experiments. rejects this
view. He believes that the action on
the Photographic plate is due to the
formation Of n ~well-known chemical
compound-viz.. hydrogen peroxide,
which. undergoing decomposition, acts
upon the plate. and Is the immediate
cause OF the picture caused. This ex-
PLANTATION Is found to ut In with all the
observed facts. and explains why only
some OF the metals are active, as 1t is
these metals which give rise In the
presence OF moisture to the formation
OF traces Of the peroxide. The terpenes
also are well known to favor the for
nation OF this body. Direct proof, Is
however. easy, as hydrogen peroxide.
even In n very dilute condition. Is ex-
tremcly active. One part OF the per-
oxide. diluted with 1000. 900 parts OF
water. Is capable Of giving a picture.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
THE ~DOORBELL.
IL Tells what Manner OF Man You Arc
by four Ring.

IL Tells What Manner OF Man You Arc
by Your Ring.
D%oorbells are pretty fair Indicators
Of character. Probably you have not
been conscious of 1t, bat every time you
pull a doorbell you register what man
ner Of man you are. Your ring will
not tell everything about you, from the
color OF your eyes to your taste In
flowers, but to those who know the
signs the doorbell Is as good as a
title page . Any one who has had
occasion to answer bell pulls knows
how much difference there Is In
them. One PERSONS method varies
little from time to time, though the
difference between that method and
somebody's else, while slight will be
sufficiently well-marked. 1t Is seldom
that two rings are exactly alike. The
housewife recognizes each, the i'm
patient man. who pulls the bell twice
in quick succession ard does not wait
long before trying II again; the one OF
whose ring Is slower and more sub
stantial; the hesitating woman, who
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17

draws the knob out in a succession Of
v Jerks; the seedy individual
with matches to sell, who stretches the
wire carefully to its full length and
then allows 1t to relax with q faint,
apologize tinkle. and the jolly friend,
who knows he is welcome, and there
fore grasps the knob with a hearty
swing that is fairly eloquent with good
nature. and sets the bell to shaking Its
sides with such peals Of echoing
laughter that 1t positively cannot stop
at once. but subsidies gradually, with a
merry. irresponsible little litter. A
doorbell has as many voices as visitors.
Berlin (Md.) Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
Dots Prayer for Peace.

On one evening little 4-year-old
Dorothy had failed to remember her
father In her prayer because ne had
scolded her. You must pray for papa,
too, Dot" said her mother. But l
don't want to-" replied the little one.
But you must, Dot" said her mother.
Dropping upon her knees again. Dot
added: "And for PHYS sake. bless
papa, too. and let us have peace in tina
family"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
A CHIEF OF THE ZULUS.

When considering the probability
OF war. now actually in operation. be-
tween England and the Dutch repub-
lies OF South Africa, persons familiar
with the history and conditions OF
that country have been wondering
what the natives would do; and there
has already been an intimation in the
dispatches that some of the tribes
would be drawn into the conflict. On
which side they would fight, or wheth-
er they would make war on both sides.
no one has ventured to predict, for
they hate all whites. Briton and Boer.
with equal intensity. Their warfare
Is conducted according to the most
barbarous methods, and II they do en-
ter the fray their part Of 1t will surely
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17

Prince" Sitting Bull. son OF the
great Sioux chief. is on the war path.
He wants the blood OF a Frenchman
who offered to take him to the Paris
exposition rs n star attraction. Now
the Frenchman has disappeared and
the chief is left stranded In Seattle.
miles away from the reservation of the
tribe In North Dakota. The young
Sitting Bull Is q splendid fellow phys
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
TRAY ,ling In Russia.

From Tit-Bits: Russian Oficial-
"You can't stay in this country, SIR"
Traveler-"Then I'll leave It," Official
Have you a permit to leave?" Tray
eler-"No. sir" OHicial--"Then you
cannot go. ! give you twenty-four
hours to make up your mind as to what
you shall do"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
KNEW OF JAMESON PLOT.

The Hon. Alan de Taton Egerton.
NJ. p. who declares that Cecil Rhodes
told him that Joseph Chamberlain was
fully acquainted with the details OF
the Jameson raid before 1t took place,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
Is ON THE WARPATH.
AND WANTS THE BLOOD OF
THE sHOWMEN.

left Stranded Hundreds of Miles from
h Reservntion-He was wanted ne
m Attraction for the Paris Es-
position.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17
thirty Fact Of Sand.

1t is supposed that the average depth
OF sand in the deserts of Africa Is from
thirty to forty feet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17

HON. ALAN DE TATTON EGERTON.
has been a member OF parliament
since 1888. He was formerly colonel
OF a battalion in the Prince Consort's
Own Rife Brigade. and Is a man OF
such Importance that his avowal will
go far in convincing the English pub
lie of the truth OF the charges against
the colonial secretary. lie Is the heir
Of his brother, Earl Egerton of Tat
ton. who is prominent in religious anu
philanthropic work In England. Mr.,
Egerton Is also a justice OF the peace.
and has Travelled extensively lii south
Africa, In the affairs Of which he has
always taken the greatest interest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-11-17

At % many a mans ambition is to
enter the white house. At rs his am
Non IL to keep out Of the poor house.
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two months ] was under the care Of our doctor.
but getting weaker all the time until one
day sent and got three bottles Of Favorite
Prescription and one bottle Of Pellets iul-
proved SO fast continued to take your medi-
cine until baby was born, and he is healthy and
all right. He is four years old My baby girl is
two years old. NV health has been good ever
since / now weigh I6S pounds aud when be-
gin to feel badly take Favorite Prescription
which always helps me | always tell my neigh.
bors what Helps me and good many have taken
your Favorite Prescription with good results ."
The "Favorite Prescription has cured
more women than all other medicines for
women combined. 1t is the only prepara-
ton of its sort devised by a regularly grad
uated physician skilled and experienced
specialist in the diseases Of women.
Other medicines are sometimes sold on
the plea that they are just as good as the
Favorite Prescription. Don't believe ii.
Don't be imposed upon. Counterfeits are
never as good as the genuine.
Over $50, 900 women have endorsed Fa-
vorite Prescription" They cay there is
nothing Just as good and they know
Would YOU rather have the say.so of one
dealer who makes an extra profit on the
substitute than the PROBABLE words of
$50. 600 women whose only object in recon-.
mending the Favorite Prescription is
their desire to help their suffering sisters
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A NEW LINE TO EUROPE.
vesAcI. Wiu srn weekly From New
Nnrls FOR LINrrnnnI.

york For liverpool.
New Yc. VOC 2g.-Arrangements
have been cUmt '11 hy Frederick Ley
land 4 Co. liuHg.. OF Liverpool. tor
she establishment of a weekly passen-
ger steamship service between New
York and Liverpool This new idea,
which viii constitute the most import
ant addition to transatlantic service in
recent years. will have in operation
within two months six big vessels and
will conduct a weekly service similar
in methods to those of the Atlantic
Transport line. now running between
this port and Lonuon.
year and half ago the Wilson
Furness-Leyland line, running be-
tween New York and London. and the
majority interest in which was held
by Frederick Leyland & Co. limited
sold its entire fleet Of vessels to the
Atlantic Transport line and made an
agreement not TO operate any vessels
between New York and London for a
period of seven years The Leyland
line from Liverpool to Boston still re-
mained in operation and it was gem
orally believed by shipping men that
the Leylauds would very soon extend
their operations to New York. II is in
fact with vessels drawn from this Bos-
ton service that the new service will be
inaugurated but in course Of time, It
is announced. these vessels will all be
in turn suppanted by a fleet OF power
full steamships now building
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/ EHIGH VALLEY
RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1899.

Passenger trains leave Shenandoah for Penn
Haven Junction, Maueb Chunk, Lehighton
Slatington, White Hall, CatasauquR, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Easton New York and Philadelphia
at S 20, z 46 a. m II 81 and II p. m.
For WIKI esbarre, White Haven and Pittstor
5 20, 10 10 a. m. IL so and II p. m.
For Laceyville, Towanda, Sayre, WRverly
ElmirR, Rochester; Buffalo, Niagara Falls
Auburn, Syracuse, ithaca, Geneva and the
West, 10 10 a. M, IL so and IL p. m.
For Belvidere, Delaware Water Gap anC
Stroudsburg, 20 a. m., IL p. m.
For Lambertville and Trenton, 2 46 a. m.
For Jeanesville, Lewiston and Beaver Meadow
5 20 a. m, ~ so p. m.
For McAdoo, Audenried, Hazleton, Stockto
and Lumber Yard, 20, 46, 10 10 a. M, l2 so and
IL p. m.
For Jeddo, Drifton and Freeland, 5 20, 10 lC
For Scranton, 5 20, 10 10 a. M, 517p.m.
For Lost Creek, Girardville, and Ashland, 4 90
and q p, m.
For Raven Run, Centralia, Mount Carmel and
Shamokin, 10 40 a. M, AZ, o., % p. m.
For Mahanoy City, Park Place and Delano
20, z 40, 10 10 a. M. and II 50, II p. IN.
For Yatesville, 5 20, 10 10 a. m.
Trains will leave ShamOkin at 55, 20 a. M
II 80 and 4 20 p. M, and arrive at Shenandoah
at 46, 10 10 a. M, u 80, 8 II p. m.
Leave Shenandoah for Pottsville, st. Clair
New Castle, Morea end New Boston, 46 am
10 10 a. m II so and II p. IN.
Leave Pottsville for Shenandoah, 945 q. m.
l2 80, sos, s 10 p. m.
Leave Hazleton for Shenandoah, Q 65 q. m.
u 46, 8 on, 6 %, 20 p. m.
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Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 29-Hon. A.
Doremus, of Upper Mount Clair, N. j.,
who disappeared from New York mys-
teriously about ten days ago, leaving a
note saying that he would commit sui
eide by jumping from the steamer, has
been located at the Hotel Gray, in this
city. The old man is evidently suffer
ing from brain trouble. From remarks
dropped during lucid intervals it ap-
pears that he knows nothing of his
wanderings during the past ten days.
He does not know when he left New
York or how he came to Los Angeles.
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The PoIInk Memorial Prine.

Chicago, Dec. 29-Commissioner
General Ferdinand w. Peck received
from the Paris exposition officials yes
terday the final regulations governing
the competition for the Anthony Pol
lax memorial prize of 100000 francs
for the best life saving device in dis
asters at sea. Mr.. Pollak, a prominent
patent attorney of Washington, with
his wife, perished in the sinking of the
French liner La Bourgogne off Sable
Island on July 4, 1898 His heirs and
friends founded the prize to his mem
ory. The competition is to be open
to the world and will be judged by ain
international jury.