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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Offers to Aid England.

Ricciotti G~ariba'di, one OF the sons
of the famous Italian patriot, in con
sidcyation of the services rendered by
England to the cause of Italian indie
pcndence, has offered the British to
command IA corps of Italian volunteers
in South Africa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09

DR.. Charles W. Little, an osteopath-
list practicing in Lincoln, has appealed
to the supreme court from the judg-
of the Lancaster county district
court which imposed a fine of $50 upon
him for practicing medicine without n
license from the state board of health.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
BATTLES is FOUND GUILTY
Convicted OF Assault with Intent to
commit Rape.

The second trial of William Battles,
Solorcd, charged with assault with in
tent to commit rape upon Mollie Curtis
was held mt Nebraska City, and the
case was given to the jury, who in
twenty minutes returned "a verdict of
guilty against the defendant. The
jury was pollcd and notice for a new
trial was given. Court then adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09

The purifying room at the gas works
at Aberdeen, s.. d.. blew up and the
explosion was felt for blocks around.
The plant is badly wrecked. involving
a heavy loss. Two employees were Sc
riously injured. The property is owned
byGrand Forks parties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
william NJ. uouser Dead.

William NJ. iiouser, secretary and
treasurer of the Globe Democrat and
oldest and only surviving son of ID, NJ.
llouscr, proprietor of that paper, died
at his home in st. Louis of consump
tion. Mr.. Houser was thirty.scven
years of age.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Missouri Pacific Behind IL.

W. &. Mcnamara of Sioux City, who
owns the surveys and is promoter of
the Eastern Nebraska & Gulf railroad,
announces that the road will be built
this year from Omaha To Sioux City,
100 miles. 1t is considered a movement
ofthe Missouri Pacific to get into Sioux
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Declare Him Insane.

Sheriff Phillips of West Point has
taken James Geist to the Hastings
asylum, lie showed symptoms of in
sanity and was taken in charge by the
sheriff and declared insane by the in
sanity commission. In 1895 he was
discharged from the asylum as being
,,ral
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
To Preserve War ReIics.

the contract for making an alright
case for war relics to the Standard
Planning Mill company of Lincoln, This
company offered to do the work for
Siss. The other bids ranged from $500
In STgO.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Nothing to Justify Arrest.

James Cummings, the private watch
man Of Penny Gentles st. Louis
store, who was arrested on suspicion
of having some knowledge of the origin
of Sundays disastrous fire, was re-
leased. On investigation nothing was
found To Justify his arrest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09

AT Chicago "a decree of foreclosure
was entered in the case of John Me
Nulta, receiver of the National bank
of Illinois, against the American Brew
ing company. Claims against the
brewing company amount to 5000, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Elect Republican May or.

W. 4. Hugo, republican, was elected
mayor of Duluth, Mimi, by the small
majority OF seven votes yer Henry
Truelsen, democrat peoples. after one
of the liveliest municipal campaigns in
the history of that city. The republic
cans elected six ont of eight aldermen,
leaving the city council stand fourteen
republicans and two democrats.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Leg Crushed,

A few days ago Philip Farmer, a
farmer south CT Peru, had his leg hor-
ribly crushed by having a wagon load
ed with sand upset on him. DIR. Neal,
who is attending him, has little hopes
of saving the limb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09

The Union Pacific Railroad company
has settled its differences with the
state oil inspector by promising to per.
init the inspection of all oil shipped by
it into this state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Trusted "a

Miss Edna Reed, who lives at l5l?
South Fifth street, Omaha, rented IA
to "A stranger, who later gathered
together everything Of value in the
and skipped out. Miss Reeds
gold watch, valued at $50, was among
the missing articles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Bard Sur. OF senat, Sent.

At "A secret meeting of the Burns
forces of the California Legislature,
held for the purpose of discussing the
senatorial situation, il was decided to
throw the entire republican support
for the senatorship to Thomas Il. Bard,
who receiyed the cancns nomination.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Killing Follows,

In an alteration over the payment
of a small bill Il. Il. Templeton of Bee
vile, Tex, was shot and killed by John
w. Wilson, IA clerk in "a shoe store,
Wilson is in Jail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09

The bank of Mclean, Pierce county,
has been organized as "A private bank.
The capital stock is IS, 900 and A. X.
Mcconnell and o. j. Sweet will con.
duct the business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Archbishop OF sweden Dead.

The archbishop of sweden. the most
Rev. Anton Sundbcrg, who was be-
licvcd to have recovered from appcn-
dicitis. is dead. lie was born in 1878.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
Captain and Six Men Drowned.

The Italian bark Quirinalc, from
Carthagcna, has been wrecked near
Nillcroi, France. Captain Caldc and
six men of the crew were drowned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
EninI OHM Epnn.

Caleb Iindcr was shot and killed by
Thaddeus Allen at Spring Valley, o.,
rs the result of IA fcud, Allen is under
arrest.
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SEWING ITO ON.

Some Instructions In the Gentle Art
Printed for Bachelors Only.
Bachelors will find here some good
instructions for sewing on that missing
button: The requisites for success
fully doing this are, firstly, a large
amount of patience; secondly, a tough
~cuticle, and, lastly, but by no means
ing. Having these, get your needle
threaded; the best way to do this is to
get some n else to thread it. Now
thrust it through the cloth; by hold
ing your thumb on the other side you
will easily know when you have sue
ceeded. The needle is then pulled
through by the teeth; but this is liable
to splinter them, or, worse still, to
break the needle, in which case you
will have to begin anew. Some prefer
fastening the needle in a wise and then
pulling the cloth. The above is the
ordinary method. We prefer the fol-
lowing, which renders one independent
of the needle: Get a corkscrew and
jab it's point through the cloth, push
the cotton through the hole and then
through the button; repeat a few
times. Should you have sewn the but
ton on out of place the right way is
to make another buttonhole with a
knife. If you happen to cut through
the edge of the cloth, try again. We
think these simple instructions will
enable you to sew on a button that will
hold for at least a week.
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IN PHILIPPOPOLIS
QUAINT BAVARIAN CITY is cos
MOPOLITAN
Turks, Huns, Greeks and Bu1garians
Keep the Streets Alive with Gay
Colors-The Sleep of the Merchant
Carrier. q

A merchant carrier, in charge of a
vehicle laden with heavy boxes, pre-
fers to sleep in his wagon in the court
as custodian Of his goods, says the
Chautauquan. He is perfectly COM
Portable as he eats his black bread and
cucumber, sitting on the curbstone;
his sleep will be sound and refreshing,
in spite of the neighing of horses, the
braying of donkeys and the angry
shouting and quarreling of servants
and stable boys. Neither will the
fumes of vile tobacco or the drunken
brawls of a party of fellows of the
baser sort disturb his dreams in the
least. Following the labyrinth of
streets, we ome to a ward of the city
on the outskirts, where artisans or
small traders find rent adapted to their
means. They live almost like villagers
and the women sit or the ground out
side the gates, knitting and talking.
Their bright scarlet jackets and gowns
of blue or purple give an idea Of ma
tive costumes. From this quarter the
way to the open fields lies past heaps
of refuse and acres of Turkish graves.
The wayside we'll, whose high roof in
vites us to rest under it's friendly shell
ter, may resemble Jacobs, for it's size
promises water both for fiocks and
herds. Beyond the city limits is the
Boonar-jeek, or hill fountain. Graded
down from it's slope and furnished with
seats, it is a favorite resort on festi-
walls and holidays. Following the
pleasure party come the vendors of
ices, sweetmeats and colored drinks.
Open carriages are constantly passing
on the driveway. The Turkish driver,
perched high on the front seat of a
phaeton, is brilliant in red feZ and
braided coat; his passengers are two
stylishly dressed Bulgarian girls, ac-
companied by their ~chaperon. In the
next turnout a w~hite-capped nurse is
surrounded by her charges. Greek
women, elegantly attired in heavy
satin dresses and bright silk headgear,
sit stif1y as the carriage jolts yer the
rough stones. The party on the hill
side make an attractive picture as they
sit feasting and drinking, RECALLED by
the lively strains of the bands or bag
pipes. The rocks echo the sounds of
music and laughter till the shadows
fall and the lights twinkle from their
homes on the hills.
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a cost of only Sc per ton of 'conglom-
crate handled. But the available sup
ply of banket is unlimited; it is of an
even richness throughout, no matter
from what part of the reef it is taken,
and every ton may be counted on to
give up $14 worth of gold. About 10,-
900, 900 tons were crushed in 1898.
There is much gold in various parts
Of the Transvaal, but it has never pos
sessed any interest for the Beers. On
the contrary, they were inclined to re-
gard the finding of it as a misfortune,
and not without reason, as subsequent
events have demonstrated. Inclined to
a peaceful agricultural existence, they
established their little republic in the
Transvaal because they thought that
nobody else wanted the country, and so
they would be let alone. When, in 1864,
the first discovery of the yellow metal
was made, they viewed the matter
with alarm, expecting that it would at
tract greedy uitlanders, and they lost
no time in publishing a decree forbid
ding prospecting and declaring that
heavy punishment would be inflicted
upon any one; be he Boer or stranger,
who. violated the ordinance.
1.-THE decree was revoked later, how
ever, and great excitement was. caused
by the finding of a number of large
nuggets, some weighing as much as
fourteen pounds, in the bed of a river.
A good deal of gold was obtained in
odd spots, but it was 10 until 1890
that the reef of the Witwatersrand was
discovered. Since that date about
$500, 900, 900 has been taken out of this
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cautions of this kind are rather new in
military engineering, but they may be
desirable where countries preserving
an armed peace are such close neigh
bors. Railroads, however, may be
ruined at a fairly rapid rate without
establishing 'emplacements' for mines
in advance. To destroy a rail requires
from ten to twelve ounces of dynamite
or ~guncotton, and two or three miles
of track per hour may be effectualIy
wiped out by a detail of eight men.
Bridges, necessarily, are the most vul-
nerable points in a line of railway COM
munication, and it is a simple matter
to render them impossible by the use
OF a few pounds of a high explosive. 1t
is something of an art to know Just
where to put the dynamite, and army
engineers are especially instructed in
it.
The question of destroying a bridge
is often a delicate one in military oper-
erations. You remember, perhaps, the
story told about the famous Gen. Blu
cher, when he had it in mind to blow
up the magnificent structure spanning
the river at Jena. A dinner organized
by the duke of Wellington dissuaded
him from this project. 4 must and
will blow it up growled old Vorwarts
over his bisque soup. L shall have to
blow it up he said as he finished his
ragout. But when he got to his cof-
fee and his third glass of champagne,
he convulsively seized the dukes hand
and cried, 'Mein Gott! Never was such
a dinner before. I will not blow up
the bridge of Jena. Rene Bache.
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Whistling Trees in Africa.

Schweinfurth, the African traveller,
describes an insect organ builder. In
the country of the Shillooks, he says,
acacia groves extend over an area of
a hundred square miles. From the at
tacks of insects which have worked
to the inside their ivory white shoots
are often swollen at their base with
globular bladders measuring about an
inch in diameter. After the insect has
managed to glide out of it's circular
hole this shoot becomes a sort of
musical instrument upon which the
wind produces 1ute-like sounds. On
this account natives of the Soudan
have named it the whistling tree.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-11
UST MARRY
Before They Can Attend the Universities
with the Men in Russia.

Before They Can Attend the Universities
with the Men in Russia.
If a girl in Russia wishes to study
at any of the universities in that
country etiquette does not allow her
to do so until she is married, so she
goes through the civil of
marriage with a man student, whom
very probably she has never seen be-
fore, and this marriage is quite legal,
though perhaps they may never speak
to each other again. On the other
hand, if they like each other, and wish
it, they are married for life; if they
don't the marriage is dissolved when
their university course is finished, and
they are free to marry some one else.
The celebrated mathematician, Sonya
K~oValevski, whose autobiography at
tracted considerable notice a few years
ago, went through the marriage cere-
mony with a student whom she then
saw for the first time, and who after
ward became her husband. The edu-
cation of women in Russia stands bet
ter than in most European countries,
owing to the persistent efforts of the
Russian women themselves. BY 1886
they had managed to get four ~univers-
ity colleges for women, with LAP stu
dents; one medical academy, with 500
students, and numerous intermediate
schools. There are 700 women doctors
in Russia, of whom nearly one-half are
employed in the civil service, chiefly
by the Zemstvos.
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wonderful ore body, and it is said that
$4,000, 600, 900 more is in sight. 1t is
expected that the production for 1899
will not fall short of 1890, 900 ounces,
worth $1O0, 900, OOO-almost equaling
the entire worlds yield Of the precious
metal ($11S, $50, OOO) for 1890. It is OBJ
vious that, in case Of war between
England and the Transvaal, the most
important source of the worlds sup
ply Of gold will be cut off for a time,
and, If the Beers destroy the mines,
for an indefinite period.
Another project which the Beers are
said to have in mind is the blowing
up of the principal buildings in Pre-
toria and Johannesburg in case the
British troops enter those prosperous
towns. It is hard to see what mill
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-11
TIE Beers AND TIE GOLD MINES

tary purpose could be served by such
a measure, but, Of course, there would
be no difficulty in carrying it out. The
buildings could be mined in advance,
and destroyed, all of them in the same
second of time, by touching a button
connected with a system of wires.
1--WE are discussing wholly novel
uses of explosives for war purposes,
and in this connection it is ~appropri-
ate to speak of the fact that one of the
items of information said to have been
communicated in the famous Dor
dereau' had reference to the points at
which preparations had been made by
the French authorities for blowing up
French railways in case of an invasion
by the Germans, in order that the lat
ter might not be able to make use of
those lines of travel. Systematic pre-
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and n of them, the Victoria, has pen
etrated over half a mile into the bow
els of the earth.
"The mines of the Witwatersrand. to
give the district it's full title, employ
today somewhat more than so, 900 Ia
borers, I understand, all of whom would
be thrown out of employment for an
Indefinite period by the destruction of
the works. Enormous sums of money
have been expended in the purchase
and installation of costly machinery,
which includes about 5000 stamps for
crushing the ore, or 'banket,' as it is
called. Blanket is the Dutch word for
nutcake, and the ore is thus termed
because of its resemblance to that ia
vorite product of the Boer housewives
kitchen. Biologists call it a 'conglom-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-11
ARE WOMEN TO WEAR WIGS?
Fashions Latest Decree from Paris
Caused by Badness.

NV OCI from HaFl9
Caused by Badness.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch: 1t is
with pain and dismay that we learn
from an alleged scientific comment
on the course of the fashions that we
are approaching an era of feminine
wigs. The assertion is backed by a
report of wigs worn by the smart
ONE of Paris, but the explanation
of the coming misfortune in the line
of coiffures credits it to a more obvious
relation of cause and effect than can
be generally discovered in feminine
fashions. The explanation is briefly
that in the past fashions crimping-
irons and curling-tongs to produce
wavy and romantic locks damaged the
vitality of the hair. Then the pompa-
dour roll strained it back until nature
proceeded to revenge herself by pro-
ducing nice little bare spots on the
heads of fashionable women. After
which, when the coming fashionable
effect requires more hair than the
feminine head is able to furnish. re-
course must be had to the hair of COM
merce. If fashion calls for wigs, wigs
will be worn. We can set that down
as settled by the testimony of the GEN.
turtles as to feminine fidelity to the
fashions. Nevertheless, we would urge
upon the better half of society to take
this scientific fashionable prediction
in the light of a warning rather than
a chart. Dear ladies, preserve your
hair. If you must wear wigs you will
still be the mistresses of masculine
affections.
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Wives of Great Men.

Robert Burns married a farm girl,
with whom he fell in love while they
worked together in a plowed field. Mil
ton married the daughter of a country
squire, and lived with her but a short
time. He was an austere literary re-
cluse, while she was a rosy, romping
country lass, who could not endure
the restraint imposed upon her, so they
separated. Subsequently, however,
she returned, and they were tolerably
happy. Queen Victoria and Prince AL
bert were cousins-a rare example in
the long line of English monarchs
wherein the marital vows were sa-
credly observed and sincere affection
existed. Shakespeare loved and welded
a farmers daughter. Washington mar
ried a woman with two children. It
is easy enough to say she was worthy
of him, and they lived as married peo-
pie should live-in perfect harmony
with each other.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-11
Trusted His Dog Too Far.

1t is not always safe to put too much
trust in a dog. An Ellsworth man had
a highly priced dog, and when a
neighbor presented a bill for two hens
which he claimed had been killed by
the brute, the dog owner was grieved
and positively refused to believe the
charge or pay for the hens. A few
days later the Ellsworth man was driv-
ing by the farm where the hens had
been killed. The dog was with him in
the carriage. He drove into the farm
er's yard to prove to him that his dog
was not guilty. "Let out your hens"
he said, land I'll call the dog out of
the carriage to prove that he will not
kill hens" 1t was done. Before the
dog could be stopped he had killed
four. The owner Of the dog, who never
dishonors a just bill, pulled out his
wallet and settled for six bens.-Ban.
gor (Me.) Commercial.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-11
ByBloWine Up the Pumping Works
Kruger Gould Cut Off he SuppIy

crate which signifies that it is a hard
ened mixture of sand and pebbles.
They say that the reef was once a sea
beach, millions of years ago, and the
sand OF the beach contained minute
specks of gold, brought down from the
land by streams. Today, solidified into
rock, it still holds the precious metal,
though the ore is of such low grade
that all the deposits of the Rand would
not be worth a cent if it were not for
the cyanide process, which makes it
possible to extract the yellow stuff at
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-11
H RAM o
How the Ingenious Hobo Won a Bet of
Five Dollars.

AA6OhAOub AAOOO NOh y net OF
Five Dollars.
There's a queer story connected
with that chair" said an old caterer
OF this city, pointing to a substantial
piece of furniture in his private office.
Il had it originally in my bar, for my
W use, but l never got a chance. 1t
was always occupied by some visitor
or other who couldn't resist the temp
tation to sit down, it looked so COM
Portable. I got exasperated about the
thing, and one day l was expressing
myself pretty freely when a tramp
wandered in to beg a drink. 'What'll
you give me if / fix that chair so no.
body'll use il but your he asked. Five
dollars l replied, never s~upposing he
was in earnest. He went down to the
telegraph office, stole a small piece of
insulated wire and wrapped it around
the arm Of the chair. There you are
i he, now watch what happens In
a few moments a customer sauntered
in, edged over to the chair and was
about to sit down, when he saw the
wire. No, you don't!' he exclaimed,
backing away. You can't catch met
He got his drink and went out, chuck
ling over his cleverness. In half an
hour five Or six others approached the
chair, with the evident intention of
camping there, but noticed the wire
and peat a retreat. In. the course Of
the day only one man really seated
himself. He was a fat old fellow, and
didn't observe the attachment until he
had settled down. Instantly he began
to ; struggle to his feet. Don't you
turn on that CURRENT he yelled; don't
you dare do it, or I'll have you ar
rested! AS soon as he could get up
ne shot out. / gave the tramp his SIS
and enjoyed undisputed possession as
long as the chair remained in the bar.
Everybody supposed it was rugged up
for a practical joke."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.