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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19

Now, little one. II Is your turn to
guess, for you have made me try so
many tines
Well. | guessed CANDY" mo, try
again" and then I guessed. flow.
ers?' No" | could not think. so I
gave up.
He put the basket in my lap and told
me to unite tho cover. When took
on the cover what do you suppose |
saw? Why never could have guess
ed! II was the dearest. sweetest little
white kitty fast asleep in the basket.
a real live baby cat!
"Oh. doctor" | said. is this darling
Kitty for me- to keep. really and true?"
He told mo It was all my " kitty tn
keep always. and | thanked him 80
much. Well. all mt e | loved that
dear little kitty nearly as much AZ |
did my dollies!
Kitty looked like a little ball OF
white wool until he opened HIS round
blue eyes and put up his head and
mewed. Oh. he was such a dear, with
n little pink nose. and such soft, clean.
white FUR There was II tiny bell tied
on "A blue ribbon around his neck. and
when I'M put kitty on the floor
he walked so softly | could only hear
the little bell tinkle. I named him
Kit-Cat.
Mamma got a ball OF wool from her
work basket and | unwound r.. and
kit-Cat would run after II when NAM
ma dragged II across the floor. He
would put out his title fairy paws
and try to hold the string. | laughed
and laughed. and so did mamma.
kit-Cat was a great deal Of COM
pany, for he would curl himself up In
my lap and sing himself to sleep In
the sunshine. | would sit and listen
to his song. and | said to one
day, Mamma. dear, | know the words
to Kit-Cat's SOM 1t sounds to me
just as though he sings, Love me!
love met"
III you listen to your kitty, you will
hear him singing the same words my
Kit-Cat sang a long time ago.-Ray
Laurance In Little Folks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19

procession moved up the street TO tho
court housA
As the vision Of greatness and glory
disappeared I sank upon a settee IN
the hall and gasped: The Prince Of
Walcs!" Streeter, In whose head mag.
niicence and might are always asso-
ciated with courts, whispered feebly
"The lord chief Justice" When we
were able We asked the hotel clerk
who he was. He rose to n grand
height, looked down with a plying
glance ut the two ignorant foreigners
ana said proudly: The high sheriff.
lie stops here"
Then I fell down again and between
commissions said: THE high sheriff!
Oh. how I wish I could see Nat Doane
with such an outfit M that" To which
Streetcr. with characteristic Concord
jealousy. responded, "or Frank Ed"
gerly.''
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19

Imagine working twelve hours every
day dipping letters into cases Of pig
eonholes at the rate o. .270 an hour.
with the unstable deck of q rolling
steamship for a floor, and keeping this
up for six and seven days mt a stretch.
That's what the sixteen mail clerks
composing the United States sea post
SO vice do for a living month in and
month out.
Moreover. they have to work In what
IL practically an elevator shaft, three
stories high and about fifteen feet
square. Ventilation Is supplied by
blowers way down In the hold OF the
ship, which force the air up aud out OF
the portfolios on the third story or at
tic floor OF the floating p~ostofice, Elec-
trio lights CLEAN night and day In
every nook and corner OF this elevator
shaft, for II IN hard enough to deci-
pher many Of the addresses on the for
eign mail matter. even In the light OF
years OF experience and a luminous
Imagination. much less In a dismal
cabin tween decks.
The sea post service. now in It's
tenth year. has proved such an advan-
tage In e%xpediting the foreign mails
that the postofice department is con-
templating the establishment Of float
Ing postofiices on two or more Allan
tic steamship lines. Already five Ham
burg-American. four North German
Lloyd, and three American liners are
equipped with postal facilities. and the
C%unarders and White Star ships are
expected to be the mex to carry ex-
pert sorters and address readers. In
the winter season the American and
North German Lloyd liners carry two
mail clerks apiece. The men eat at
the first cabin table or In the officers
mess, but room on a transatlantic
liner is so much needed for high
priced passengers and freight traffic
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
RUNS IN 70 AN OPEN SWITCH
Burlington suffers n had Accident ON the
Iowa Side.

Iowa Side.
One of the most disastrous wrecks
which the Burlington has suffered for
some time occurred near the bridge
switch ON the Iowa side of The Mis-.
souri, river, between PlattsmOuth and
Pacific Junction, when No. 81, the
Kansas city train, ran through an open
switch and crashed into passenger
train No. 4, which was standing on u
side track waiting for the other train
to pass. Following are the casualties:
Killed-Engineer w. +. Roberts, st.
Joe, struck by tender Of his engine.
Injured-Fireman Robbins, st. Joe,
skull fractured; may die.
Engineer Tippens, leg broken.
OExpress Messenger Harry Keunard,
st. Joe, injuries about head and feet.
ID. A. Haskins, Bismarck. Mo-, pas
senger on Kansas City train, injuries
about head.
Express Messenger Billinger. Schu v
Ter train, internal injuries, not seri-
Gus.
Marie Hardy, Trumbel, Ia, slightly
injured.
Mrs. +. NJ. Stafford; Trumbel, Ia.
slight bruises about the face.
The body Of the dead engineer and
the injured trainmen were taken to
PlattsmOuth on a special train.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Folsom Turned itis Hair.

Mr.. Louis Kosok of Chicago Is at the
county hospital suffering from lead
poisoning. His hair and eyebrows have
turned green and he fears that his skin
will turn the same color. Ills life Is In
danger and the doctors do not believe
he can recover. his system having been
thoroughly poisoned. Mr.. kosok has
been employed in the smelling depart
mcnt of the American smelling and re-
nning works for several years. In the
performance OF his special line Of work
the man was compelled tn inhale the
fumes of lead and brass. He has been
doing this for several years. A few
weeks ~ he became Ill and his
friends were startled to notice that HIS
hair was changing color. A few days
ago he became helplcssly sick In the
shops and a physician was called, who
diagnosed the case as one OF lead pois-
oning. brought on by inhaline the
fumes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19

Uncle sam Must settle for Louisiana Law
~lessness.

Uncle Sam Must settle for Louisiana Law
lessness.
The president will recommend to
congress the payment of an indemnity
To the families of the four Italians who
were the victims of u mob at Tallaluy,
La, about w years ago. A report
from IA special agent of the depart
ment of justice clearly established the
fact that the men were killed by the
mob, and that none of the pcrpetra-
tors of the crime were ever punished
by the state authorities, no~twithstand-
ing the representations of the national
government.
The governor Of Louisiana caused an
investigation, and there were some
proceedings before n grand jury, but
the result was the national govern
ment found itself bound to make some
sort of reparation in answer to the
Italian governments representation
and this will take the form of. an in
demnity for each of the four persons
killed who were Italian citizens ut the
time of their death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Mail CLERKS ~ ~
Aboard Steamers

that the allowance for the sea postal
Usually they are given a small room
below the berth-deck, lighted and ven
tilated by a couple OF portfolios, with
low ceilings and narrow berths. In
this attic" or sky parlor. as the clerks
call It. the separation racks are plac-
ed. These resemble Broddingnagian
pigeon cotes. Each compartment IL
labeled New York" Boston" "Ohio.'
Japan" etc. when the vessel Is bound
thither. and Hamburg Berlin
London" "Norway-Sweden." Rus
sia," etc. when bound for Europe. On
one side OF the room Is a Separation
table" on which registered packages
are sorted. a pair of small scales for
weighing them, and stamps for mark
ing supplementary mail.
One deck below. reached by a mar
row companion-way, are the newspa.
per racks. great iron g%ridirons, with
big yawning canvas sacks SUSPENDED
beneath. Into these pouches the third
and fourth class mail matter Is thrown
with marvellous precision and rapidly.
On the buikhead wall a railroad man
Is placed to guide the sorter, II he 10 o
bit uncertain where a particular pack
age Is to be thrown.
A trap door In the floor leads TO the
cellar of the floating p~ostofice, U
deck lower. Here the bags of mail are
first deposited when the ship leaves
port. As fast as a dozen or so are
emptied by the men at the separation
table and distributed In the cases, an
other bunch is hauled up. Thus hour
after hour. In fair weather and foul, in
summer and winter. the men who earn
their bread and butter by facilitating
the exchange OF news. Of business
matters. and messages OF love, OF
other expressions OF the human emo,
tons, toll and o il,--Boston Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Turning ldfe's x

Turning ldfc's Pages.
II was n dark December day,
Outside all looked cold and gray.
Inside the Are burned high and bright,
Rejecting on all Il rudy light.
I was sitting at my table,
Weaving my darling n childish fable.
In his chair beside, my.little four-year-
old
The freight on his sunny curls. light
ing them with gold.
His blue eyes on n tablet old and torn.
In dimpled hand n pencil brown and
On every page q mark, then turned 1t
DER.
Arrested my attention ere twenty
four.
Said !: What are you doing, While
dear?"
Messing, mamma; just turnln' pages
here:
I writes every page until I'm trough.
Den | stops when | has no more TO
do"
We are turning pages each and every
one,
And we have been turning since life
begun;
Every page in our life in time e day,
Every page is written in n different
way.
Opening the book at the first, youthful
joys and childish fears;
But later on some trifing joy, or pages
bathed in tears;
For every day another page Is filled
by our Creator who hath our for
tunes willed.
Georgia NJ. Horne.
Washington, Pa, Aged IA.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
MAKES IMPORTANT CATCH
sheriff Of Box Butte County Thinks Ho
Has Train Robbers.

Mas Train Robbers.
sheriff Il. =. Sweeney of BOX Butte
county has succeeded in capturing
Harry Slaterman and Frank Gust
meier, alias Frak Ertz, the two men
thought to he the robbers who held up
the burlington train near Haigler,
Neb. Slatermau came into Alliance
three horses. lie was apprehended
by the sheriff as soon as his suspicious
could be confirmed and lodged in Jail,
where he confessed To- Sweeney tina
he and his partner, Gustmeier, had
stolen the horses between Paxton and
Ogalalla, In Keith county, aud had
also robbed Weir brothers In Lincoln
county of s433 In gold and several
dollars in silver, all of which they had
gamblcd away.
During the interview with Slater.
man the sheriff learned that Gust.
meier was over on the river, and after
riding all night succeeded in capturing
the accomplice twelve miles east of
Bridgeport at Smiths ranch. The
prisoners tell some strange tales about
each other. unawarcs, and of course
cause some amusement for the %jailors.
Although they have 81 far confessed to
nothing directly as to the holdup and
robbery many things go 10 show that
Sheriff Sweeney has trapped the cul'
prits at last, as all the circumstances
known At the case exactly. The
actions of the men will be closely
watched and every prccaution taken
to secure the prisoners.
Sheriff Sweeney has wired informa.
ton to Burlington officials and others
interested. Officers took, Slaterman
to Ogalalla and Gustmeicr to North
Platte where they will be held on the
above charges. perhaps later to face
the charge of train robbery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
TWO IN cESSPooL
Father and son Mt Omaha Meet Death
Together.


Charles NJ. Gcppner aud son Roy
were overcome by gas and
drowned in a cesspool in the rear of
Mechanics home Il boarding house at
10 South Fourteenth street Omaha,
In which they resided. The two Gepp-
ners, in company with W, II. Andcr-
son, had dug a new cesspool and We're
making arrangements To empty the
contents of au ole pool therein, Il pro
ceeding which is contrary To IA 81 ty
ordinance, The younger Gcppner and
Anderson were working on IA platform
at the top of the pool, while the old
man was underneath. The latter was
overcome with gas, and the men on
top caught him. but lost their grip
and he fell.
Young Geppner went into the pool
and lifted up his father 80 that Ander-
son could catch him. Anderson held
on as long as possible, calling Justify
for help. None came. and In the mean
time young Geppuer had also been
overpowercd by the gas. 10th father
and son fell into fifteen or twenty feet
of water and filth, where their bodies
remained for nearly "a half hour. until
taken out by the e of No l hook
and ladder company.
The coroner was notified and took
| charge of the bodies. Charles NJ.
Geppner was fifty years Of age and the
| son twenty-five years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
IS RECEIVED (O[D[Y
ALLIES SHOW PRINCE CHING
LITTLE COURTESY.
GfRMAn LEGATION SNuBs MN Dlpf0
Not Allowed Entrance-Americans and
Russians Extend More Courtesy--
Chinese Question May be Settled
By International Commission

A Pckin, China, dispatch Of October
II says: Prince Ching, who visited the
foreign ministers yesterday, did not
receive that cordial reception he
seemed to expect. At the British lega.
ton, the first one he visited, the de-
meanor of Sir Claude Macdonald was
chilly In the extreme and the vi sit
occupied no longer than five minutes.
Prince Ching was in his sedan chair,
borne ON the shoulders of eight gor.
geously apparelled servants, preceded
by four Chinese officials of high rank,
each wearing the insignia of the pea
cocks feathers. A troop of japanese
cavalry acted as escort and guard.
From the English legation the caval.
cade went to the German legation, but
we're refused admission to the Ger
mans, being informed by the Chinese
interpreter of the legation that the
representative of his imperial ,ua iesty,
the emperor of Germany, were not re-
cciving social calls at present from
Chinese officials. At the Spanish lega-
ton, where the French minister also
resides, the call lasted twelve minutes,
and at the Austrian legation not rs
long.
AT the Russian over an hour was
spent. From there the American lega-
ton was visited. Here the prince was
received by Mr.. Conger and the men,
bcrs of the legation. The prince told
Mr.. Conger that he felt ashamed to
look him In the face, but that person
ally he had done all in his power to
prevent the catastrophe that had oc-
Cured, but the force of events had
proved too much for him. Ching said
that he had merely come to pay a visit
of respect to an old friend.
IL is stated on reliable authority that
at the Japanese legation Ching was
Informed that Japan was utterly OPP
posed to any division of China by the
powers, and that both England Ameri.
lea would stand by her In this demand;
that China would have to pay heavily
for the trouble she has caused, but il
would no mean loss of territory.
1t Is now believed here that the set.
Element of the situation will be mad,
by an international commission, eithe,
at The Hague or at Washington. n,
which China will not be. represented
II the opinion of high officials here car
be taken as a guide Russia, Germany
France, and possibly Italy, are in favor
Of a division of China, with a mcrel,
nominal Chinese empire, while Eng
land. America and japan will demand
the open door policy, a heavy indem
nifty, and for a long period the polio
ing of the country by an in%ternationa
force.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19

Among the varied treasures OF the
Shah Of Persia. perhaps the Peacock
throne ought to be accorded premier
place. The frame is entirely OF silver.
and above II the CLEANS Of silver melt
into molten gold. II IL encrusted from
end to end and from top to bottom
with diamonds. The rug ON which the
Shah reposes Is edged with amethysts.
and the pillow on which he reclines
his imperial head IL fringed with
pearls. Some travellers. Sir Richard
Burton among them, have estimated
the value Of the Peacock throne az
S25. 900. 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
unIs Gsts Faur YaarA.

Rev. Roland Hills has been sentenced
to serve four years for bigamy. A jury
at Blair, Neb., found him guilty, the
trial Judge being Judge Baxter. Rev.
Hills was married In England, but not
getting along with his wife he came to
America. In the '9O's he came to Blair
and married Miss Dollie Powell. The
appearance of wife No. / upon the
scene led to his arrest, trial and con-
viction. Mrs. Hills No. 3 and her four
days old son will live with her parents
at Florence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Jack-O'-I.antern Parndes.

Children, Just like grown folks. are
never happy unless they are In the
depths Of Il fad: aud whereas the
ance to their friends who don't hap
pen to be afflicted at the time with the
same malady, the fads the children
enjoy most seem always. by u strange
fatality, to be the ones whose indulg-
ence gives their parents the most an
noyance.
The fad that the boys and girls like
best at present ia one that affords the
grown folks. though, almost as much
pleasure As 1t does the children. and
that Is the jack-o'-lantern professions
that are nightly vents In nearly all
parts OF the city during the warm
weather.
1t is sometimes a deal of trouble to
the parents or big brothers and sisters
to make the little wagons with their
illuminated freight for little boys and
girls who are not ingenious or inven-
tive enough or too lazy to work for
their pleasure; but after the work
10 hoiS thti0 10 a NbIy lttty Icbult,
and lots of fun that even the grown
folks appreciate.
In one neighborhood, and perhaps
many others. the evening parade has
come to be quite the popular amuse-
ment with young and old alike, and
there Is great rivalry as to beauty and
ingenuity of idea in the formation and
equipment of the little floats. some of
which are surprisingly artistic and
unique.
When the father OF the family comes
home to dinner. his son brings him the
materials he has gathered during the
morning for the building of his float,
and his father. who has seen the other
mems children in the neighborhood
with handsome displays the night be-
fore. Is determined that his sons show
shall not only equal but surpass the
neighborhood, and he gives up most
or his dinner hour to the combination
Of the things he has brought from
town with those his son has gathered
at home. In the evening he comes
home earlier to make improvements
he has thought of since dinner time.
The first night he sits on the porch
and watches the parade pass by, but
the second night. after he has made
still further improvements In his sons
equipment, he Joins the procession
himself, and the third night he insists
that the whole family-except one per-
son to take care OF the house, and he
can't decide whom TO leave at home,
because everybody ought to take an
in~terest-shall take their places In the
line. to see the triumph of his part Of
the p~arade-or more correctly, pa
gcant." after he has Joined II.
One OF the most elaborate In town
occurred on the east side last week,
when the procession was more than
two blocks long and each float prettier
than another. Birds. animals, ships
n other figures were brought out u.
relief by the candles behind them and
most appropriately the procession was
headed by a boy who bore aloft an
isingglass presentment OF the Yellow
Kid. his shapeless dress bearing the
characteristic inscription. ma thinks
I'm In bed. See!"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
u.irc.. E.car,. FORTUNE Hunter.


There has been heard n good deal OF
abuse of bicycles as the cause or acci-
dents, hut In one case a bicycle acct-
dent saved n great deal Of misery. A
young heiress ut n fashionable water
ing place got engaged tn n young man
"A visitor who had no special intro
duction to the residents. but had the
appearance of being wealthy. The we'd
ding day was fixed. Two days before
IL he was thrown from his bicycle and
SD severely injured that the date was
postponed indefinitely. Then suddenly
there was n great expose. II turned
out that he was a mere adventurer. He
had obtained the house he occupied by
u Misrepresentation. He had paid the
first part of the rent, hut nothing else.
not even his servants. He ran bills
of sale ON the furniture-which did not
belong To him. He had borrowed
money on the strength OF his engage
ment and he would bring to HIS hancee
u mountain of debt for her to dis
charge. The postponement OF the we'd
ding alarmed one Of his creditors, who
pressed for money and there was none.
The expose caused n definite breaking
off OF the engagement and the girl was
saved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-19
Dolly Storie.; Dotty Dimple.

hpot 4 hSV''y h'b'
One day when the snow was ON the
ground one of mammals grown-up
friends came to see me, and h
brought q lovely white primrose grow
ing in a pot. and n new dolly! Oh. l
was so pleased with both gifts! /
thanked dear Miss Hattie Ncsmith, for
that was her name, and | said: Il
shall always love you, for you are so
good to a sick little girl"
Mamma put the pretty plant on q
table near my bed, and ! held out my
hands for dolly, and Miss Hattie plac-
ed her In my arms.
My new dolly was not very large,
for she was a baby, and she had on n
long white dress, trimmed with lace.
and "A little white wooden sack, tied
with pink ribbons, and such a cunning
little lace hood on her head! Her
cheeks were pink, and she had n little
bit Of a dimple in her chin, 80 nam
ed her "Dotty Dimple," after a little
girl In a story book.
l went to sleep with Dotty In my
arms, and when l opened my eyes
again ! thought | wa dreaming; but
] found Dotty Dimple eas a real dolly
not like those in dreamland. Miss
Hattie had made a tiny blanket OF
pink and white stripes knit together,
and when l woke Dotty was all COW
cred up In 1t.
Mamma said: when you are able
to walk again, you shall have a doll
carriage for your baby. and the blan-
ket will be very pretty to put over
Dotty when you take her out for IN
airing"
My good kind doctor came to see
me the next morning, and l asked him
to guess what my dear Miss Hattie
Nesmith had brought me. He tried
and tried to guess, and then he gave
up; then I showed him my new dolly,
and he was so surprised! What do
you suppose he did? RE took Dotty
Dimple in his arms, and he asked her:
What Is your name, little Stranger"
said: "Dotty Dimple." playing It
was my dolly who answered.
Then he made believe he wanted to
have a secret with her; SO he held her
up and whispered loud on purpose, SO
] could hear. "Dotty, you are a pretty
nice baby, and | think you will prom
ise to help me get your mamma well
again" Dotty said: yes, doctor"
You know ! spoke for Dotty.
Well" he said, "if you will coax
your little mamma to try and leave
her bed and sit in the sunshine, l will
bring You something pretty. It will
be for your little mamma; but you
can make believe II is yours"
"Oh. ! know Dotty wished very much
to find out what my good doctor would
bring. but he only smiled and said
Now, little mamma. 1t Is your turn
to guess 1t IL not a dolly. 1t is
white. and II Is alive"
One pleasant morning when mamma
had put me In a chair for the first time
for l had not been able to move for
many weeks, my good. kind doctor
drove up 10 the door. He looked I'D to
the window. and vas 30 surprised Ia
see me sitting there he waved his hand
and cried out. Brave little grill"
Then he tied his horse and made
motions for me to shut my eyes. Sc
shut my yes as tight as / could. and
put my hands over my face. Then
heard the doctor come mp stairs. and
when he opened the door he said. "You
may look now" 30 ] opened my eyes
and he held out a basket with It's cover
tied down with blue ribbon.
why, my dear DOCTOR" said
"what have you in this pretty has.
ket?"
The doctor amiled and he said