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look after the coal pile, the ch1'ysan- themum-h a ire q gridiron athletes become the popu- lar heroes Base ball and most of the other out door sports give way to
 football. Fro m now on to Thanks giving tla-a4e climax of the sea sOn-the punGeT
 drop kicker and line buckerZ will
 attract the atten-
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 ton is given in the west to the nigh school and academy players who are, after all, but varsity heroes in embryo. The watehful eye of some alumnus or coach is constantly directed towards the preparatory schools in the east, and the would-be great gridiron athlete is given encouragement, even while playing with a subordinate team. No one will doubt that football is gaining in favor. Itis the favorite college game.
 Harvard struck her gait last season. and the crimson is just now in the as eendaney. Old ideas were abandoned last year, and under the able coaching of Mir. Forbes, Lewis and Bob" Wrenn, the best and most consistent team the crimson had in years was given high honors. Princeton deserves the great est credit in the eastern football field because of the paucity of men from which winning team of tigers can be selected. Yet Princeton has had many a great celebration over the victories of her sons of Old Nassau. Yale. al- ways most dangerous to rivals after defeat, has put her athletes in the care of that experienced football man. Walter Camp, who, assisted by an ad- visory board of veteran players, will endeavor to bring victory to Old Eli.
 Pennsylvania, under Coach Wood ruff, feels the sting of defeat by Har-
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ward. Yet this did not prevent the
 Quakers from put ting out the hard est schedule the university ever ar T a Il g e q, to be tough t out [ h i S fall. Cornell, that
 promises to up
 hold the former reputation of the Ithac a n s " 1t h snappy and fast players, has aban- doned gradu q t e coaching methods,
 and will depend upon the skill and proMess of Gnach
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Marshall titfs but the wise little gem eral from Yale does n 0 f know now what sort of a var sity eleven he will have. He admits that he is confront ed with the hard est proposition of his career as a footballcoa But he can be depend ed upon to bring out a team that will win often, if not every time. The Pennsylvania and Cornell games will be among the most sensationalin in 4ba xvacf
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Captain University Of Barnard, Prince
 Pennsylvania. ton. 1896. "Billvn will be assisted part of the time by Lewis, the greatest center Harvard ever had, in the opinion of many fol- lowers of football The Indians what lover l.s1 e of the game has not seen the red
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thestandard Of the big universities of the Q T h e leaven of the east efn= coach and his methods must act on the west. Be- sides s5lyania and Cornell are to invade the west this season, and the effect on foot ball will be good.
 The main req son for the failure tof.tae= yves t Q r n varsity eleven to
 
 show up as well 10 Harua,-l Wa1a n D ! ! q q N4f l rANf Pennsylvan i a or Princeton, is that not en0uUh aftpD-
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With the approach of the short days and the chilly blasts that warn us to
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men tear great holes in the lines of the oDposing elevens and watched the mighty Motoxen buck the line Hose most of their experienced players this season. but Pop Warner, the former head coach at Cornell, will do his best to lead the Carlisle athletes to many a gridiron victory.
 Just now the Badger team, that is working hard at Madison, appears to have the best chance Of any other west ern eleven. Wisconsin, I have always contended. has more of the college spirit to the square inch thauI any ether western university. Thf3 to- eether with the Hp-to-date way the Badgers have of doing things, appears to give the cardinal shade the best of the argument with other schools. Most of the old football men will be in the game again for Wisconsin. Com stock, the best center the Badgers ever. had, is in line, and the great half-baclz, Peel is eligible to play. With the bene- fit of these conditions, together with the presence of that Little Napoleon of coaches, Phil King, assisted by number of enthusiastic graduates, Wis consin should make good her threat to give Yale a hustle and defeat the western institutions.
 Michigan adheres to the graduate
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Of Michigan and Northwestern little encouraging can be said. They received severe setbacks last season, ar > tbere are no rosy reports from efti the gophers or the purple Sotre Dame. with good material and having Coaches Herring and NlcWeeneX- latter q po- ieeman who had great experience as guard with the cherry circle eleven that went against Harvard and Yale, will attempt to win.
 Chicago, Oberlin, Purdue, Grinnell and Ames are improving their coaching systems and will be heard from as their schedules progress. Football has taken a firm foothold in the south Texas has secured Gordon Clarke, the old maroon quarterback whom Staeg thinks is one of the cleverest men in imparting his football knowledge to candidates that the west has produced, and will en- deayor to sweep all elevens before her. Competition between California and Stanford is keen. The first, after num- Der of defeats, took a game last season, and the genius of Garrett Cochran. the greatest football player Princeton ever had, in my opinion, was responsible for the good showing of the eleven he coached.
 Prof. Stagg is playing all sorts of candidates in trial games these days at
 .NGs
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~ ' sa AAAAA N'A 1|AAN HI Ah < many good players Bennett, Francis and Weidman be- ing among these will easily fill up a strong team of loy- al maize and blue athletes. Michigan always has a large and strong delega- ton of eligibles to select from. Illi- nois has most of her old team in line again, and Head CoachGeorge Huff, assisted by Nelson Poe the former great quarterback of Princeton will make the Illini a
 formidable eleven.
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Michigan adheres to the graduate system of coaching. Although losing
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13

dlsinherted should they send his
earthly tenement to the grave in the
salt fish wagon. And Eddington,
Clifton and Dedham made casual re.
marks about Ash that caused poignant
grief In the heart of the Holden folk.
In desperation the town authorities
had the hearse repainted and revar-
nished, but In vain. They could not
Kill that FISH story any more than any
other fish story can be killed. The
small boys threw stones at the house
where the blishted thing was stored,
and the sewing society OF the local
church decided solcmnly that mono oi
the members or their relatives ever
would consent to be taken to their
graves In II. Thus all tho popularity
Of the great official hearse vanished
as all earthly things vanish. Unable
to lure any corpse into the despised
carriage the town decided to sell It,
So the hsarse is waiting for puy-
chaser who will not be deferred from
using IL by the cry Of Fish,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13

tain cave. q most awesome, important
and secretive being. or course In Or
der TO be less floshy and more recep-
tive TO the messages OF stars and
clouds he starves himself to the bone.
" m he has gone through this regi-
men for months and returns, living
but inspired skeleton, to his tribe, he
is considered worthy to be vested with
all the secrets and sanctities OF the
conJurers' fraternity. SO severe is the
preliminary training that few are able
TO pass through II successfully. As
the brewing OF these deadly mixtures
is the conjurcrs' chief occupation, they
form a sort Of college OF poison. But
there's still another branch OF this In
dian mystery quite as battling as tho
one I've told. These tribes have won
derful powers OF endurance and make
great boasts OF their running quail
tics. In this there IL the fiercest pro-
fessional rivalry worse than any
thing among the theater folks-and
when certain buck IL outclassed he
generally hunts up the conjurer for a
modified form OF revenge. He doesn't
care TO XIII his rival II will satisfy
him to have him crippled and placed
out OF the race. The conjurer Is ready
for business on that basis. too. and
gives his caller brew that makes
short work OF the Objectionable buck.
Sometimes these drugs will paralyze
the legs OF the victim and have no
other effect whatever: at other times
they so stiffen the limbs that he prac-
tically hobbies about on a pair OK
wooden legs. Altogether II Is the most
curious poison mystery In the world.
more than ever curious among the
tribes that know nothing at all OF In
toxicating beverages and never brew
ed any sort Of intoxicating stimulant."
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
Did Not Enjoy the Fun.

New York Tribune: The Elks OF
Topeka, Kas., recently gave an enter
tainment, and sold advertising space
on the program TO local undertaken.
The latter intrusted the duty OF pre-
pairing the copy" to the committee in
charge Of the show, and his card ap-
peared as follows: George B. Palmer,
undertaken, can fix you up after your
decease so beautifully that you can
look down (or up) and feel profoundly
thankful that you have 'shuffled.
Three lovely vaults ard plenty OF ice.
Cut rates on ladies' and gents cas-
kets." The undertaken was Mortified
when he saw the advertisement, and at
once inserted a card In the Topeka pa
pers declaring that he was innocent
OF this ill-adyised and improper at
tempt at fun" and begged the public to
believe that he regards death as a most
serious matter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
BRITISH ISLE LANGUAGES.
Great Diversity of Tongues Among
Various Localities.

What language do you speak? This,
you say, is a strange question to ask
Britisher. Yet stay and consider. Per
haps to many people II will be q great
surprise to learn that very consider
able percentage OF natlve-born inhab-
itants OF the British Isles cannot speak
English. Naturally. the vast majority
do use II as the language OF their birth.
But in Wales there are as many as
50S,036 persons who speak only Welsh,
the mother tongue Of the principally.
Again, in the highlands OF Scotland
Gaelic is the colloquial language E
43,73S persons, who are able to speak
nothing else. In Ireland 32,l21 sons OF
Erin can speak only Erse, the native
Irish tongue. That Erse Is being DIS
placed by the tongue OF the sister isle
is made evident by the fact that Ret.
Joseph Bosworth, writing in 1S4s. gave
Irish as the commonly spoken tongue
OF nearly 100000 inhabitants. At
that time Welsh was spoken by 1,00O,-
600 persons. Strangely enough, while
III w dltS ie"cI p'opit sptdh botn Eli
glish and Welsh than Welsh alone, in
Scotland almost five times as many
people use both languages as those who
speak Gaelic only, and in Ireland the
proportion is still greater, being twen-
ty speaking both to one who Is able tC
speak Irish only. Manx Is spoken In
the Isle OF Man. The population Of the
island is 55,59S. The people are Of
Celtic extraction, with an intermixturs
Of Norwegian. The island was undel
the rule OF Norway from $40 to 1876;
A. ID. Both Manx and English arr
used in the promulgation OF any new
law in the island. The Channel island'
have a population OF about 81. 900, an,
the language spoken Is French. Thu
six languages are used in the British
Isles.-London Mail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
LONGEST
Electric Power Transmission Line In
the " rid.

Electric Power Ttansmissi0n Line IN
the " rid.
New York Evening Post; The long
est electric power transmission line in
the world is that Of the Southern Cali
fornia Power Company, which uses the
water power of the mountain streams
east OF San Bornardino. and. trans
forming the energy into electricity.
transmits II to Los Angeles. a distance
OF over so miles. The water Is taken
from the mountains, and, by sys-
tenn OF tunnels and canals, Is carried
two and one-half miles to power
station, where, with head OF over 700
feet, II IL used to drive series Of Pei
ton impulse water wheels, which are
directly connected to alternators OF $50
kilowatts capacity, running at 800
revolutions per minute and giving a
current at tension of $50 volts. The
water. after driving this machinery, Is
subsequently used for irrigation. The
| current IL raised from $50 volts by
means Of transformers to 10000 volts,
which. being connected In Y, deliver q
current at $4,000 volts on a .hree-phase
| circuit. This current is carried to Los
Angeles by two three-wlre circuits.
supported on porcelain insulators on
wooden poles. At Los Angeles the
current is again transformed. this time
from $4,000 to 1900 volts, at which ten
sion II Is distributed to substations,
where other transformers reduce II to
40 and 220 volts, or It may be reduced
at each house by an ordinary trans
former to lower pressure. The cur
rent delivered at Los Angeles to the
consumer after undergoing these vSr-
ious transformations represents Sot
more than 80 or 80 per cent OF the pow
er In the water at the water wheels,
but the efficiency maintained over so
great distance is about the best that
can be expected on long power trans.
mission line.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST.
a Brief Summary OF Events in which
People are Deeply Interested-short
Sentences Conveying q world of In
formation to Our Readers.
Wednesday, May 2.

The bodies Of 225 dead soldiers from
the battletields of Cuba and Porto Rico
were yesterday inferred in the Airing
ton national cemetery.
The rumors of an immense combina-
tion of the steel interests are practi.
cally confirmed. 1t is to have u capi-
talization of about $500, 900, 900.
The situation in Samoa continues in
strained condition. The whites are
at the mercy of the rebels, due to the
orders of the powers TO cease hostili-
ties.
james Hulme Garfield, president of
the Ohio university and at one time
chancellor OF the Nebraska university.
has accepted the position of librarian
'f the Columbia university.
The contract to furnish the silver
service for the battleship Kentucky
has been let to a Philadelphia firm at
a cost Of $4,000. The service will be
composed of more than seventy pieces
Al Stockton, Cal. Mrs. Hassal, who
was morbialy infatuated with Mrs
William Hickman. killed the latter
and then shot herself. The two women
were found locked in each others en-
brace.
Striking miners at Wardner. Idaho.
are getting obstreperous again, and
their threat to clean out the company
Of regulars there before reinforccments
arrived has caused great excitement.
Troops are being hurried to the scene
70 prevent trouSle.
The democratic central committee of
Cook county, Illinois, adopted resolu-
tion for the appointment OF a committee
60 sit rs court to try committeeman
against whom charges of disloyalty
have been made. II is said every mem
bcr of the county committee who fav-
ored or worked for the election of John
+. Altgcld for mayor is to be removed.
The Michigan society of the sons OF
the American revolution held dinner
At Detroit l.st night at which Generals
Merritt, King and Wheeler, Secretary
Alger and other distinguished citizens
spoke. Bitter denuuciations of anti.
imperialists was the principal theme OF
each speech. President McKinley's
course in conducting affairs in the
Philippines was warmly supported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
FRANCES new SUBMARINE BOAT

The Gustave Zede, Frances new sub
marine boat, has a displacement OF 260
tons, and is extremely long in COM
parison with her diameter. which is
about eleven feet, while her length is
rather over lat feet. There Is a pc.
culiarity about her rudders, as there
are no less than four of them, or,
rather, two double ones, one pair for
directing the Zede's course horizon
tally, the other pair assisting her to
dive or rise. An electric motor of 750
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
Tuesday, May o.

II is stated the mammoth window
glass combine will be completed in q
few days.
According TO high official all rail
roads between Boston and Chicago are
to form hugh combine.
Paint manufacturers met at Chicago
and formed an association. nj. j.
Waugh of Lincoln is one of the vice
presidents.
Three OF the largest planning mills oi
Muncie, Ind, closed down as a resuli
of being forced 10 pay an increased
wage to the union men recently organ
ized.
The largest conflagration in the his
tory of Massillon, o., swept Russell &
Co.'S mammoth thresher and engine
plant, destroying property valued al
fully 100000.
Admiral Dewey has cabled his acl
cepiance to attend a banquet at New
York when he returns to this country
II will be given by 100 prominent men,
each Of whom will give 500.
Attorney General Monnett of Ohio
in answer 10 the standard Oil compa.
ny, insisted that an attempt was made
to bsibe him. He names Charles B.
Squires as the man through whom th'
offer WIS made.
At Cumberland, Md, John Meyers
white, shot and killed William Parish
colored. Meyers caught the negro at.
tempting to assault Mrs. Kate Haire,
an aged white woman. The coroner's
jury rendered a verdict that the shoot.
ing was justifiable.
All efforts made to bring about q
settlement Of the grain shovelers'
strike at Buffalo have been balLed by
the absolute refusal of the strikers to
consider any proposition that did not
include the abrogation of Contractor
Connors' contract, and the refusal OF
the Lake Carriers association 10 cancel
the contract.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
She Might Have Known.

Mr.. Peck--"I see there's Judge in
st. Louis who says there are times
when man is justified in slapping his
wife"
Mrs. Peck-"Yes, and ! suppose you
agree with him. don't you?"
Mr.. Peck-"I should say not! II I
held such a view as that do you sup
pose you would have escaped up tc
this"
His last words were drowned by the
noise he made while tumbling down the
stairs leading to the street entrance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13

gress to and egress from the boat. The
center opening shows the coming
tower, with Its steering wheel and lad
der giving access to the interior, while
below appears a portion of another
cylinder. This is big water reservoir,
which extends from below one hatch
way to below the other. A pump sit
uated just below the coming tower
controls the amount of water in the
cylinder, which thus alters the weight
OF the boat and assists her to descend
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13

Elaborate preparations for the re-
ception of peace delegates are being
made at the Hague.
Carson, New, wants the Fitzsimmons
Jeffries fight. The Arena club has
offered $50, 900 for it.
Andrew Carnegie disposed Of his in.
terests in the Carnegie steel Company
to the combine. He was paid $50, 200,
O00.
A jury OF white men in Kentucky
awarded negro $4,000 damages
against whites who burned his home
and drove away his family.
The government has commenced
work OF putting in position the eight
cannons around historic Perry Will
owx' on Putin Bay island.
Governor Stanley of Kansas has
named Major W. L. Mctcalf to bc colo
mel of the 2Oth Kansas. vice Funston,
promoted to brigadiergeneral.
A Baltimore & Ohio mixed train
jumped the track near Bedford. Fire.
man William Lucas was killed and
Engineer Deputy was dangerously
scalded.
The New York state board OF arbi.
tration is working hard to settle the
Buffalo grain shovelers strike. They
are not meeting with good success, as
the men are determined
Bids were opened at the treasury de.
partment yesterday for supplying fur.
niture for the postofficc at South
Omaha. Neb. l.. G. Thompson of lndi.
annapolis was the lowest bidder at 81 SOC
and he will get the contract.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
Thursday, May 4.

Plow manufacturers are arranging to
combine their interests.
Frank Hosic. in Jail at McLeansboro,
ILL.,, for the murder of his brother-in-
law, hanged himself.
Mrs. George w. Childs has denied a
rumor that she and General Joseph
Wheeler were TO be married.
The Spanish cabinet council has de-
cided to devote 5.OOO,OOO pesetas TO
strengthening the Notifications of the
Canary islands.
The promoters of the gigantic steel
trust are trying TO purchase the Car
negie interests, having offered him the
sum Of $3.50, 200, 900.
The local postoffice officials at San
Francisco. acting under instructions
from Washington, seized the Atkinson
circulars alleged to be seditious in
tone.
At Chicago Mabel Birlk shot and
probably fatally wounded Attorney
David Vile and then killed herself. No
cause for the deed is known.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
Monday, May q

The United States cruiser Buffalo
arrived yesterday at New York from
Manila. She was forty-four days on
the way.
The powder mill plant of the Potts
vile, Pa, water company, located in
the Indian Run valley, seven miles
west of town, blew up, destroying 1s
tons of powder. No workmen were
about.
A Bloomfield, Ind, dispatch says
that in Washington township James
Simpson shot and killed John Shaffer,
who had come to renew petty quarrel
with Simpson. Both parties are we'll
to do farmers.
The owners Of the principal Cuban
steamship lines met at Havana and re-
solved to send representatives to
Washington with request that the
companies be allowed to fly the Amer
lean flag, or to engage In trade with
the United States and other countries.
In view OF Aguinaldo's refusal to
negotiate with Spain for the release Of
Spanish prisoners, the government OF
Spain has asked the French govern
ment to arrange for fresh negotiations
at Washington through the French
ambassador there for the release Of the
prisoners according TO the stipulations
Of the Paris treaty Of peace.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
Becoming q Wide op.u Town.

While the city OF Havana is full Of
swindlers, pickpockets frequent all the
railway depots, and gamblers make a
business OF boarding the outgoing
trains with card outfits, and big stakes
frequently change hands as the cars
speed on, conductors as a rule making
no protest.-IIavana Advertiser.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13

She-Your proposal surprises me.
and pleases me at the same time, but
you must give me couple Of days TO
think 1t over.
He-That's long time! In two
days ! might think 1t over and change
my mind.-Das Kleine Witzblatt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-13
Sunday, May 7

Buffalo grain shovelers are still hold
ing out, and the efforts so far made to
settle the strike have been fruitlcss.
Captain Richard p. Leary OF Balti-
more. the new governor of Guam, has
left New York for his faraway station.
John G. Wagner, who has carried a
bullet in his head since the Custer
massacre In 1875, committed suicide at
saltwater, Mimi. He was chief of
General Clusters pack train in the
Little Big Horn campaign.
Mrs. ID. A. Campbell of Lincoln. Neb.
has been appointed by the national
federation of musical clubs as head OF
the western section.
Postmaster Gordon OF Chicago, who
is chairman Of the general committee
OF the Chicago autumn festival, makes
announcement that Colonel Roosevelt, g
regiment Of rough riders will have its
FIRST reunion in Chicago in October.
In a crowded street in front of the
postoffice at Minneapolis, Mimi, Ber.
nard Golling attempted to shoot his
wife from whom he was seeking a di-
vorce. He was prevented from doing
20 by bystander. lie then attempted
to shoot a policeman. and failing In
this, he shot himself fatally.
James Spivey of Company G, and
William Belden Of Company l., First
Nebraska, are reported killed. The
following are reported wounded: II. f.
Dunning, +, thigh, severe; John c.
Hoover, +. abdomen, severe; Peter
Madsen, /, abdomen, severe; William !
johnson. X, knee moderate; Gran,
Chinn, X, knee, severe; willard B. Ma.
son, l., hip, slight.