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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09
WINTER SPORTS
In Zurich When the Lake Is FrozSn
Over.

oNV
Zurich (Switzerland) Cor. Chicago
Record: Switzerland is usually con
sidered to be very cold by Americans
IN general. Chicago residents may be
surprised to learn that their city is
colder than any city in this country.
The thermometer rarely touches zero
(Fahrenheit) here. In most winters
it does O reach that temperature at
all, and when it gets below that the
oldest inhabitants begin TO tell
stories Of the past. For four winters
no ice has been seen on the beautiful
Lake Zurich. The lake is supposed to
freeze every 30 years, and then King
Carnival holds reign. Cabins are built
forming streets like the Midway Plat
sance, and restaurants, c~arousels, mu-
seums and bazaars are erected upon
the glittering ice, while skating Is to
be had on smooth ice for miles. Places
of business are closed in the afternoon
and all the city moves to the lake.
This century the lake was frozen in
1929, 1879 and partly in 1890. lndica-
tions are that it may partially freeze
again this year. Famous winter re-
sorts in Grison, like st. Moritz. have a
long winter. There is much snow. but
the atmosphere is SO dry that it is
customary to wear straw hats through
u the winter on sunny days. The
climate, otherwise, at the latter places
is similar to that OF Denver, and they
are, like this city, the last hope of
many poor mortals suffering of con-
sumDtiOn.
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Intoxicated hats.

Among the curious inhabitants of
the Philippines, according to Prof. j..
b. Steere. are fruit-eating bats, some
of which are nearly as large as cats,
with wings five feet in extent. Dur
ing the day they remain hanging from
the branches of trees in roosting places
where they congregate by hundreds,
They avoid the thick forests and some
times roost in "A lone tree on the plains,
At twilight they become animated and
attack the fruit orchards and cocoanut
groves. They are fond of the Juice
from which the natives make tuba,
or palm beer, and drink it from the
bamboo cups in which it has been col
lected. Sometimes the juice has be-
, gun to ferment, and then the bats are
| intoxicated by it and fall helpless upon
the ground, to he killed by their enc.
mics in the morning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-02-09

FUNNY OLD RAILROAD.


"iN sA""" w
Not Turn Around.
According to Or. w. w. Smith or
Williston. s. c., the first railroad in
the United states was the South caro-
lima railroad, afterward called the
Charleston & Augusta railroad, run
ming from Charleston to Augusta, "A
distance of 40 miles. The road was
begun in 1926 and completed in 1888,
says the Augusta Herald. Some or the
queer things which distinguished II
from the roads of today were: the
first motive power used on this road
was wind, utilized in sails made of
cloth on the cars. The locomotives
had two smokestacks. n at each end.
In going to Charleston one OF the
stacks was used. and in coming back
the other. There were no spark ar
rosters, and everybody along the route
had to watch his property to prevent
its being burned up. One hundred
miles a day was good travelling in
those days. when night anne on all
hands struck camp and waited for day
light to come in order to proceed. Inc
track was composed of ties and thirty
two-foot stringers, on which "a band OF
iron like a common tire was laid and
nailed down to the wood. A track
walker went ahead of the engine every
day to knock down the "snake-heads
or nail heads to prevent accidents
The dread Of the engineer was the
"snake-heads'' or nails protruding
above the iron rail. for they were pro-
life sources IF accidents. The con-
ductors collected the fares from the
outside. walking on boards about ike
the open street cars are now arranged
There were no cOnveniences on the
cars as in this day and time. The cars
stopped at stated intervals for the con-
venience of the passengers. The mail
facilities were meager and very prim-
tive. A split stick served for a mail
bag, as letters were put in sticks ana
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carry England into
the South African
war, still the good
queen feels the ter
rible responsible
ties upon her own
shoulders.
This Ia perhaps
the most pathetic
inCiden of the war.
A fearful old lady.
whose life has been
"A plea for peace, Is
grief-strlckcn with
the thought that
her boys are dying
I'm battle.
II Is pathetic in
deed to turn from
this picture Of the
Borrowing queen To
scenes of war.
Nineteen centuries
have passed since
the Prince Of
Peace was hcraldcd
to the world with
the song of Peace
on earth. good Will
toward men, and
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'pMblN ' "f''
yet to-day the demon Of war is num-
bering his victims by thousands.
when "A report is sent by a com
handing officer, giving the numbers OF
dead. wounded and missing, II Is a
solace to think that but few OF the
missing are suffering pain-that they
are probably prisoners. While not
treated as honored guests. these pris-
oners are fed and protected until there
nj an exchange or the war Is over.
One of the Illustrations shows the
British loading the Boer prisoners
upon a vessel. They do not sail as
cabin passengers. and the quarters are
evidently crowded, but they 1--we
through these hardships and fare much
better than many of their brother
Beers, who are in their own lines, but
are destined oon to be killed or
wounded In battle.
Another picture of striking reality
Is that showing the method OF remov-
ing the wounded from h field of bat
tie. Ladysmith has been thoroughly
invested by the Beers for weeks past.
NIpn. mite anu his SdIlunl ilNtit uAihS
are defending, not only the town, but
British honor as well. The n%eighbor-
ing hills are alive with Boer artillery
men, whose guns speak through night
and day in bitter tones Of hate. Now
the gun reports are few and far be-
tween; now they come in quick sue
c~ession, telling with their angry voices
the Beers determination that Lady
smith must fall. And all this time the
British bravely wait for the relief that
does not come. Now the firing OF the
Beers becomes more effective. The
enemy has taken some new position.
All Is lost II the enemy is not driven
further back. and for that reason the
commanding officer orders n sortie. II
is taking a great hazard, but the sortic
must be made. and the bravest regi-
ments are selected for the attempt. As
they proceed, men are constantly fall
ing, dead or wounded.
The mule carts, for picking up the
wounded. follow, and AS soon as one is
loaded II turns back and move
heavily over the rough road TO the city
Two natives walk beside the wagon
carrying the Red Cross flag.
The faces of the wounded tell th'
story. Study he features of the sol
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but the advance OF Christianity aud the
betterment of morals in a particular
locality. The sole purpose of the plain
tin's statutory existence as a corporate
body was to do good. If so, c%ontribu-
tons for its support must be classed as
charity. Charity" said Judge Cooley,
lis active goodness; it is doing good
to our fellow-men. '-Des Moines
Uowa) Correspondent New York Jour
nal.
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portraits of singers and actresses. In
Europe the photographs of the pope
find the largest sale. $4,000 pictures OF
him being sold every year. This does
not include chromos and paintings
which also have an enormous sale.
Second only to the pope in popularity
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The Horse StiII In Il.

The largest riding academy in tho
world is To be built near Central park,
New York. 1t viii have 400 stalls, a
ring 20OXl00 feet, and seats for an
audience of $500. Instead OF a horse
less era, there will be one of more and
better horses.
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Reports from England tell us that
the gray hairs of the beloved queen
are indeed being brought down with
sorrow to the grave Although other
heads have contrived and other heads
have executed I'm such a manner as to
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then his thoughts fly over Ian
and sea-, away to 'Merrle Eng
land" where the folks he knows ar,
anxiously waiting for news from theil
soldier boy, and where the little girl,
who promised to wait until he re-
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is the beautiful Alexandra of Wales.
whose photographs sell at the rate OF
5000 per annum. The German m
peror comes next with a record of h.
600 n year, and the czar. who hates to
be snapshot" nevertheless Is pictori-
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Court Decides Charity Case.

The Supreme court held that a
church subscription made on Sunday Is
collectible. Il. NJ. Donald of Fort Mad
ison, defendant in "A suit brought by
the First Methodist Episcopal church,
appealed from a similar decision by
the district court. His defense was
that the obligation, having been en-
tered into on Sunday, was illegal, and
that there was no consideration. Both
claims were overruled. In discussing
the case the court said the object of
The subscription was not worldly gain.
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der in the left OF
the picture. How
his heart throbbed
with hope in the
early morning,
when he knew that
he would be one OF
the attacking par
~. Today o u be
an opportunity for
glory. promotion,
perhaps even for
the Victoria cross
of honor. But a
chance bullet had
changed all this.
He can bear the
physical pain that
comes from his
right arm. but it is
hard to think he
has so soon become
incapacitated for
deeds of glory.
Before him are
long weeks OF suf-
fering and hard
ship. ending per-
haps in death. And
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handed up to the conductor, and were
thrown IA the same way. The coup
ling links were made of wood, SO that
when a car ran off it would break and
save the others from running of.
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VAR PICTURES FROM
Mans Inhumanity to Man Vividly Brought
to the Surface.

turned. is singing the same love songs
she used to- sing.
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Mr.. Murray Hill dreamt of you
last night. Miss Bunker Hin (coldly)
All, how good OF you. Mr.. Murray
Hill-Yes; then | woke up and shut
down the windows and put an extrp
blanket on the bed.-Patent Record. 4
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Two heads may be better than one,
but not in the same family.
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The Pope and the PrIucess.

The greatest number Of photographs
sold in this country and in France are
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Why do they evsr buy white horses
TO draw coal cartAt
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Seeming calamities may be real
blessings.
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Premature consolation is but the
remembrance of sorrow.
The age-herald., 1900-03-04

esting old copies, but my caller told me he would like to submit them to his mother before closing the purchase, and offered to leave a $50 bill as security. This was agree | able to me, and he carried away the lot. Next day he returned and brought back three or four of the books, among them
 The Friend in Affliction,' which he re- , marked laughingly had given his mother l the blues. The others he paid for, and | have never seen him again from that day l to this Almost week after his visit, 1 however, a thin, prim, precise, elderly | lady, typical spinster from head to toe, ] came in one afternoon and began looking l over the shelves. Presently she ran across l the same old Friend in Affliction' that had fared so badly In the other trade, and much to my qualification she purchased 1t on the spot. It was exactly the thing, she said,
 to give consolation to an unfortunate per-
 son of her acquaintance who was then in
 great trouble was glad to get rid of the
 book. and let her have it for couple of
 dollars
 Fully month afterward I was amazed
 to receive visit from a hg 'bury man,
 who introduced himself as a detective, pro-
 duced The Friend in Aff1iction' from
 valise and asked me what knew about 1t.
 The book had suffered since I saw 1t last.
 One of it's thick covers was ripped open
 and sticking inside was a small steel file.
 Tele story the detective told me was cer- tainly extraordinary. It seems that noted
 northern crook had been in jail in a small
 town up the country on Ia charge of bank
 burglary, and being a very smooth rascal, had enlisted the sympathy of a pflilanthro-
 pie old matd of the place who had fad for prison reform. He persuaded her that he had thoroughly repented, and sine used
 to visit him regularly and bring him tracts and delicacies. Among other things he told her that while broke fn New Orleans l1e
 had sold a lot of nis belongings, including keepsake from his mother--a volume
 called The Friend In Affiiction.' He gave
 her my address as the place where he had
 left the precious relc, and worked on her feelings to such an extent that she prom ised to secure the book for htm the first time she visited the city. How she dis covered and purchased 1t you already know. On her return she carried it straight to the jail. While ordinarily all gifts for prison- CTS are closely examined. this lady's etgh character made such precaution seem un- necessary, and she passed In the volume
 without question. A few days later the turnkey found barred window neatly
 sawed and the bird flown. He also found
 The Friend In Affliction' lying on the floor, and in one of the massive corners were several saws and the file have mentioned. Of course the phAlanthropic old maid was immediately questioned, and her hysterical replies led to the visit of the detective but nothing ever came of the quest. The fugi- tive is supposed to nave left on an out. bound steamer-at any rate, he was never caught. What about my first customer, did you ask? Oh, he was undoubtedly the pal who planted the saws"
The age-herald., 1900-03-04
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Ancient Order of Polit-
 ical Bullyraggers

At a meeting of the Ancient Order of Political Bullyraggers at which were pres ent Bushy Haired Jimmy, Sandy Bank, His Cx) Mark, Inky Schmit, Wally-More-Talk- Httle-Think, Tompy Laney and one thous- and others, more or less, the following reso- lutions were adopted:
 Whereas, The Age-Herald newspaper per sfsts in printing the news and all of 1t at all times, and,
 Whereas it has persistently refused in face of a full purse of shekels generously rendered by our august selves to Irint long able and learned discources from one of our most agile penmen, which would fill its col umns with mammoth thuds of deep, dense thought, rather than with live and current news, and,
 Whereas, we are more for ourselves than for anybody else, because we are the great JI 'Jo eIeo u7Hel sq lsnm pue SlqSTw pun we can, and,
 Whereas, this miserable newspaper thinks become tin-horn through which we can blow, therefore,
 Resolved, That we boycott, condemn and repudate anything it might say. We do not even believe the British have relieved Ladysmith, because this newspaper printed it. We advise the public to await us, until we get tin-horn to blow through. We are
 The people.
 We write cards
 And resolutions.
 We know our Business.
 We are politicians
 Right. t-
 Listen for us daily, And we
 Will
 Eniighten you.
 Whoop-pee!
 Amt we
 Boycotters
 Right?
 I hereby certify that the foregoing Is a correct copy of resolutions passed by the Political Bullyraggers.
 EARLY BIRD, 3-3-tf Secretary of Committee.
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THE FRIEND IN REFLECTION
C.ever Scheme By Which Crook Utilized
 the Volume to Effect Essape

From the New Orleans Tines-Democrat.
 "The recent escape from the Parish pris- on," said secondhand bookseller on the old side, who has almost as many remin- iscences as he has volumes. reminds me of very curious case of jail delivery in which I was an accessory before the fact. I was never arrested for 1t, but don't ob- ject to telling you the story. One day in the summer of 's5 good looking, well dressed man stroled into the shop and said he wanted to get some thing that would in- terest his old mother, whom he described as very religious and fond of antique books. We picked out dozen so together. Fox's Book of Martyrs Pilgrims Progress Mather's Sermons Of Occasion" Plsey's Daniel the Phophet,' and among others a quaint, massively bound volume called The Friend in Affliction.' They were all inter-
The age-herald., 1900-03-04
Marvellous Powers of 0ratory and Logic a Which Made Them Famous
 Beecher RidicuIed the
 Idea of He'll.
BY WILLIAM RYAN.

never heard Sturgeon but I have known and listened to number of the noted preachers of England and many of the fa- nous divines of the United States. Henry Ward Beecher was perhaps the greatest master of the homiletic art that this or any other country has ever produced. Whether or not one agreed with his views Beecher was conceded by all to be an in- tellectual marvel. He was an orator of the first rank-luminous, poetic, witty, spon- nature through and through and every ser mon or lecture he ever delivered had fine literary flavor. His published pulpit dis courses belong to belle lettres. but first of all they are sermons.
 met Beecher only once. It was just two years before he died.
 ssMr. Beecher,' said, you have drifted from Calvinism to Universalism. Starting out a Presbyterian you became Congre- gationalist and finally cut loose from the Congregational fold and became practically aUniversalist. You have abolished hell. so to speak. Do you really feel that there is no future punishment for the wicked? ?"
 s'Young man, do you believe in hell?''
 .sI do," replied. T was brought up to believe in fire and birthstone and eternal damnation for all those not of the elect. have sometimes been afraid that I might get to the bad place."
 "Well," said Beecher. with chuckle and A twinkle in his eye, do not allow the thought of hell to disturb your peace of mind. There is no such place or thing as hell. Everybody is saved! Everybody is saved! If you live to be as old as am you will hold the same views that do."
 Moses Drury Hoge
 brilliant and noble Presbyterian minis- ter was Moses Drury Hoge, who died year ago at the age of S0--a pulpit orator esteemed on both sides of the Atlantic. listened to hundreds of hts sermons and all of these dscourses were of a very high order. Hoge had been a student all his life and his sermons were always fresh. Few men in or out of the pulpit were so elo- quent. While he was a strong Calvinist he was singularly tolerant of tine religious opinions of others and never lost an oppor- tunfty to speak kindly of Baptists, Metho- dists, Episcopaiians and Catholics In his ecclesiastica breadth he might have been compared to Philip Schaff.
 Some years ago I asked pr. Hoge if he thought there was any truth in the Uni- tarian or Universalist doctrines, to all ex- tent and purposes the same; if he did not be-
The age-herald., 1900-03-04
SOME NEW ARRIVALS or
 TdiI0r-mdd6 suits 70 Skirts

25 Ladies' Suits, box coat, lined
 with Mercerized Satin; box
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The age-herald., 1900-03-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We wish to announce to our former patrons that all traces of the recent fire have been removed, and we are now ready to serve our friends again at our old stand, corner Morris ave. and 2Oth Street
 M. WISE 6 co.
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Embr0idefi6S,

800 pieces of Canmbric and Main
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 fplees of Cambdfc, Swiss and
 Nafnsook Edges, with Insert , ings to match, from 35c to...... 5t
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HOSi6ru Department.

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 double knee and foot, guaran-
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If you want results. try an ad. in Ths Age-Herald.
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Specials for MOnddu.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-07
WHAT Mr.. SMITH SAID.

Mr. Van NOTden then introduced postmaster
General smith and q toast was drunk 10 the
President He said in part:
TIE overrasferfng fact Of the last quarter OF
century is the 4tchess material expansion OF ne
American Republic. Never any where at any tins
has there been any approach 10 fhs extraordinary
advancement
In lgT0 our manufactures were about equai 70
fl-se N crest Britain. nov they TWO and a
hslf times the volume OF British manufactures
and eoUal rhose OF Great Britain. Germany and
France DTIt together. The increase in the Amen
dar5te the bined increase Of these three great
nations 81 Europe. In Other WORDS. II you matcA
he Tnited States against Great Britain, Germany
and France together, with double our population
our rnerufactures already equal TO All .nelrs
and are growing twice as fast We manufsct-
uring nearly two-thirds much as all Europe
With is three hundred ana seventy million people
and more than one-thiTd Of all that is manufact-
Bred Ia the world
We nave had a corresponding growth IN ma
floral wealth. Within thirty years the gain IN
The wealth of the United States has been
SO coo g095ye whioh is substantially equal 70 the