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Its Fire Proof.

1t is manufactured in many colors,
and is the bsst paint going to paint
houses, inside or outside, barns, fences,
wagons and machinery.
1t leads all others because it is more
beautiful and much better and cheaper
than ordinary paint. 1t is
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NEVADA


Made of pure mineral ground
In the best Linseed Oil, and is
remarkable for its high polish
and lasting qualities.
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Furnished Mixed

and ready for use, in barrels or by the
gallon, at about one half the price asked
for common paint.
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Whatever may be thought Of the
work Of the present Nevada Legislat-
ure. it cannot be truthfully said that
it accomplished nothing. 1t has passed
laws abollshing slot machines and fire
insurance.
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An Honest Medicine for 1;
Grippe.

grippe.
George w. Watt. of South Gard
liner. Me-. says: IL have had the
worst cough, cold. chills and grip and
have taken lots Of trash Of no account
but profit to the vendor. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. | have
used one bottle of it and the chills,
cold and grip have left me. | con-
graduate the manufacturers of an hon
est medicine For sale by C. W,
Kinney &. Co. Druggists.
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The Supply Company just received
a large assortment Of wall paper of all
grades and new styles and it will pay
you 10 see them and the prices.
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Books Of late fiction and Standard
novels for sale or rent at the DISPATCH
offic..
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

For several years oil has been used
In Southern California towns to lay
the dust In the streets In summer and
on the roads In the country. There oil
has long ago ceased to be an expert
ment as a dust layer, and the people
say II Is a splendid roadmaker. When
the oil first touches the d~ust-covered
street 1t spreads out among the tiny
atoms pretty much as does q drop OF
oil precipitated to the surface OF water
in a bucket. When a quantity OF oil has
spread and the surface Of the street Is
covered the oil gravitates down
through the dust and dirt and solidiies
or cakes the entire surface, and a sun
dries out and hardens the surface. and
a splendid road is the result. almost as
hard as asphalt. and with all the dust
and dirt imprisoned under the hard up
per crust made by the hardening Of the
oil-sOaked top dirst and dust.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

II Ia almost an axiom that the mer-
chant marine OF a nation increases I'm
proportion to her development as a
naval power. This Is true Of the Unit
ed States. A number OF her new ship
yards were started chiefly to get the
contracts for constructing naval YES
sells. for which Uncle Sam pays with
unsurpassed l~lberality, provided all re-
quirements are fulfilled. Less than 10
per cent Of the American exports are
carried in American bottoms, and
there are only about 100 American
steamships in the foreign trade. The
largest Of these. the ST. Louis, st. Paul.
Philadelphia and New York. belong to
the International Navigation COM
pany, better known as the American
line. The st. Louis and ST. Paul.
built by the Cramps OF Philadelphia.
are the swiftest merchantmen flying
the Stars and Stripes. They are
economical coal and steady
ships In a gale.-Ainslee's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
Life in
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz. Mexico, Letter.

Vera Cruz, Mexico, letter.
People disagree profoundly about
this city. the ancient gulf port OF
Mexico, a city with a bad lame for
yellow fever and general unhealthful-
ness. have been here at all seasons.
eve in August. when 1t Is tropicslly
hot. and when the dreaded fever has
claimed it's daily toll OF victims, and
] have enjoyed the view Of the bright
waters of the gulf OF Mexico, swum.
gone abosting In the harbor, and found
much pleasure.
An spanish AmerIe, Anke.
All these tropical ports are much the
same. la Guayra. Marscaibo, Havana,
which is a bigger Vera Cruz. have the
tropical nouchslance. the same crowds
OF people dressed In white. the same
brown faces, and infinite tobacco
smoke. The MONDAY siesta Is still a
cherished and sslutary custom. Mer-
noon and evening best suited TO let
ter writing. to lsnguid trading and
bargaining. and so take their sleep In
watches. as 1t were, turning day partly
into night, and night partly into day.
an agreeable way Of making life less
monotonous. II would be a good Gus
tom TO adopt in summer In the super
heated American cities.
Here there are no hot boiler rooms
down under the sidewalks, no tall
buildings to shut off the air, and no
one ever hurr!es. Life in q tropical
port has a fascination peculiar 10 It.
self. The old seadOgs here under the
arcades slipping their various brands OF
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

Senator John w. Daniel, the sena-
tor-iawyer from Lynchburg. Va, is
known to America al one OF the most
brilliant orators in the United States
Senate. and he Is known both in
Washington and the south as one OF
the most vigorous OF southern men.
To see him, TO hear him talk. to re-
member the amount Of work he has
done in his day. is to believe him a
man without a lazy bone in his
body" None OF the traditional in
dolence of the south, therefore. would
be associated with Senator Daniel. Yet
when he was asked recently what
would now give him the most pleas
IRE. he said: The very thing which
I intend to do and which | always do
at the end OF every term: 90 back to
Lynchburg and get myself a nice.
clean. comfortable soap box and tilt it
up against the front door OF a grocery
shop ! know: then sit out there and
bask In the sun like an alligator while
l whittle a stick with a sharp PEN
knife. IL you want to know what an
absolute life Is. come down to Vir-
sinia and sit on that soap box with
me-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
FOR LONDoN.s SMALL BOY.
Pare Ices for = PENN Holy Psky Mas
Run Dot.

Pare Ices for = Penny Holy Psky Mas
Run Dot.
Too long has the suspectibls stom-
ach OF the London boy been a dumping
ground for the microbes Of the not
yer clean Italian vendor Of ices. We
know him-the oleaginous motive
power OF a barrow, selling frozen con
coctions manufactured In the cellars
Of Saffron hill, where the ice machine
lives with the monkey OF the organ
man and the d~ecaying vegetables Of a
colony Of dodgers. We know his trick
Of catching the penny that burns In the
pocket OF the small boy, Turing It from
Its safe concealment by the seductive
"taster"-a preliminary free gift which
prospectus OF q bogus company. Lon
don ices for the London boy!' That Ia
the motto Of a British company which
has been formed to sell penny ices.
guaranteed pure and Of wholesome
manufacture, from clean barrOws, at
tended by clean British statesmen In
clean white coats. Every Ice will be
served In q paper cup with q metal
spoon, both intended TO be thrown
away when once used. so that the
propagation OF disease by repeated
washings of Ice glasses In water that
Is far from reputable may be avoided.
1t is no TESTING matter. this selling Of
unwholesome ices OF peripatetic Italian
vendors. As each summer comes round
we have the same warning of medical
officers against the half-penny ices OF
the streets, the. anne neglect of the
warning by careless children. the same
record OF deaths traced directly to the
icebarrow.-London Express.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
Delights Of Ancient
Gulf Port
Of Mexico

play with his brown children. He looks
as IL no poison Of pessimism ever
tainted his healthy thinking. / reckon
he Ia near the kingdom of heaven. His
principles are sound. and he IL fond OF
his wife. One Of his brothers went
out, far out, a-ishing, q year or more
ago, fell over. and the sharks ate him
ND instanter. So the boatman hates
sharks; he q y the waters Of the road.
stead are full Of them. He warns one
against bathing except In certain pro-
tected places.
We have gone together across the
blue water to the Island Of SACRIFICES.
where there are palms and a quaint
lighthouse and a bit OF beach. From
the little island, Vera Cruz rises like
an oriental dream. pink towers. and
domes On which the sunlight plays, a
dream OF color and beauty. One gets
his All OF color here; the old massive
houses OF the center Of the city, with
their Haunting curtains, raised and
lowered by the wind from OF the sea,
are Of many soft tones Of color, pink.
pale blue, grayish white. indescribable
hues. Once in a while a black-eyed.
tropical houri peeps from behind 3 bal
oony curtain. surveys the street, and
returns to the cool interior OF her
house. And there are such quaint.
semi-decayed mysterious houses every
whore! One falls to weaving stories
to fit them. New Orleans has Its for
eignness. but Vera Cruz is incredibly
%outlandish. remote, rs a city once
ravaged by pirates should be.
Progress Is here as everywhere else
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
WOOD TURNED TO STONE.
Curisns rrsee,s seer a. ras-Ansrfcss
Espositie

Curisns Freezes esss ~ Paa-Ansrfcss
Espositie.
One OF the most interesting Of the
exploits at the Psn-American exposi-
ton at Buffalo may be seen In the
mines building. II consists of asatized
or petrifed wood from the famous
petrihed forest OF Arizona. The speci-
mems consist of cross sections of trees
polished to a high degree of brillisney
and showing most beautiful colors. In
some Of the specimens the petrI6ed
bark still surrounds the section Of the
tree. This petri6ed forest looks o
like a stone quarry than a forest. "a
the prehistoric trees are strewE around
mostly In broken sections.
These sections of trees usually are
found projecting from volcanic ssh and
lava, which IL covered with sandstone
to the depth Of twenty to thirty feet.
and lie exposed In gulches and basins
where water has worn away the sand
stone. Many scientific men, whose
study OF geology has been all that
years Of toll and observation could
embrace. have visited this wonder OF
wonders ana all seem to be lost scien-
tifcally; their theories are like the
pieces of silicihed wood. no WI alike.
IL Is conceded, however. that this was
q tropical wood, transformed in a pre-
historic era from a living. growing
forest to the present recumbent Sec
lions OF interblended agate. jasper,
Jade. calcide. amethyst, etc. Although
silicifed wood is found In many local
tiles never before was seen such va
riety OF coloring. with sound hearts
Of large trees and sound bark. While
the quantity OF material is great the
sound sections are limited. and after
years Of labor In selection Of material
Mt for working and the erection Of
costly machinery for cutting and pol
ishing IL Is and must ever remain a
rare and costly article. since In hard
ness 1t is only three degrees from a
diamond. Steel will not scratch 1t nor
can Il be stained by ink. M~icroscopicai
examination reveals q part OF this
wood to be the genus araucaria or the
Norfolk island pine Of the southern Pa
cifc ocean. All the specimens examin-
ed show that the wood was under
going decay before being filled with
the various media which afterwaYd SOL
idined. On some Of the specimens
traces OF fungi (mycelium). causing
decay, may plainly be seen. The pro-
cess OF petrlHcstion possibly resulted
from the tree being submerged by hot
geysers bearing silicon In solution. the
rich oxides Of Arizona being inter-
mixed with silicon. and the cell tissues
of the wood were s~upplanted by the
silicious solution and then solldifed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

In Mexico; 1t is building huge port
works. which will make a safe artif-
cial harbor. 1t Is great work.. almost
to be described as stupendous, and
there is here quite a colony OF young
and middle-aged ~Englishmen. en-
ployes Of Sir Weetman Pearson, the
harbor improvements contractor. Ono
English woman says she likes Vera
Cruz; 1t is awfully hot sometimes. bur
the sea Is near and one can "enjoy
many things eve in so stupid a place.
She has been well and her children
also. When 1t gets too hot, people go
up to Jalapa or Orizaba, q mile higher
among the hills. and rest.
In the late afternoon, the fishing
boats come In from out In the gulf.
bringing great heaps OF red snapper
n other fish. Much Of all this freight
goes up to the City Of Mexico, cons
signed to hotels and restaurants and
to dealers In fish. Kept cool with ice.
the fish arrives In IL hours sound and
sweet, but has lost that sea flavor,
which Is only to be had in freshly
caught fish. When the fishermen como
In. there Is an animated Gene, and
much chaffering and bargaining.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

When the Republican national com
mittee meets. three years from this
summer, to pick out the next Presi-
dent, Shelby M. Cullom will be seven
ty-hve. John C.. Spooner will be sixty
one. Charles w. Fairbanks will be
ffty-two. Marcus A. Hanna will be
sixty-seven. Joseph B. Foraker will
be ~fifty-eight. William H. Taft will bsy
forty-seven. Theodore Roosevelt will
be forty-six, Benjamin b. Odell. Jr..
will be fifty, Orville H. Plat will be
seventy-seven and Henry Cabot
Lodge will be fafty-four. Thus far
no man over seventy has been elect
ed to the presidency. and only five
men over ~sixty--John Adams. sixty
two; Andrew Jackson, s~ixty-eight:
Zachary Taylor. sixty-fve; James
Buchanan. sixty-six. President Wash
ington was fifty-seven when inausu-
rated; Jefferson was ffty-eight, Madi-
son ffty-eight, Monroe ~lfty-nine.
John Quincy Adams ffty-eight, Van
Buren, afty-ive. Polk fifty, Pierce for<
ty-nine. Lincoln, ffty-two. Grant for
~ty-seven, Hayes fifty-four, Garfield
f~orty-nine. Cleveland forty-eight, Ben
tamin Harrison ffty-fve and william
Mckinley fifty-three.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
SHOOTING AT CLOUDS.
PECULIAR CANNON USED IN
ITALY AND FRANCE.
5000 of The Cans In uss-BiAst Of
Ar Tears tsper Masses IN shrsds
asd csssss Hsia to Ssii Instead 81
Ice.
Especial Letter.)


The system Of fighting hail clouds
by means OF specially constructed can
non has now been adopted with great
success throughout the north OF Italy.
AMI Is gradually becoming known and
appreciated even In the less up-to-date
provinces OF the south. In the south
of France also these cannon are com
Ing into extensive use.
Eacn cannon is OF the shape OF an
inverted cone the opening at the
mouth being 2Sk inches wide. II is
planted upon q tripod 3 feet high. The
gun itself is 8 feet 6 inches high above
h tripod. II Is made of thin boiler
iron. AT it's base Is a forged breech
which bo!ds a forged iron block. In
the center Of this block is an aperture
D inches long. about the size OF a
large dynamite cartridge. in which IL
placed a metallic cartridge containing
eighty grams OF blasting powder
wadded with Il cork and tsmped like
an ordinary miners blast. It Is dis
charged by n needle on a lever at
tached to the base Of the forged iron
holder. The defamation Is very loud.
Az soon az the lanyard is pulled
flame Is visible ut the mouth OF the
gun. followed Immediately by a wreath
Of smoke. A shrill whistling sound
Immediately follows the firing OF the
cannon and Is heard for fourteen sec
onds. At a distance this whistling is
much louder than near the gun. II
travels at a speed OF nearly two and
a hall miles in fourteen seconds. The
expense Of equipping n shooting sta
ton Is $4,000. the cost OF one gun
being : $500.
Tears the Cloud Asuadsr.
IL the weather is no, and clouds are
forming a charge Is prepared. II the
clouds are moving rapidly their d.
rection is changed or the movement In
stopped by the firing. They are torn
asunder and broken into shreds and
q copious fall OF rain soon follows. One
cannon protects nearly se~venty-fve
acres OF land. Seeing that v%lti-oulture
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
A STREET IN VERA CRUZ.

everything eatable is far cheaper than
In the capital. One does not see here
the emaciated, dried-up, sallow speci-
mems OF humanity so common in the
tableland cities. A friend, who Is a
boatman and likewise a PHILOSOPHER.
tells me that he earns from 50 to $3.50
a day and come muy bien," eats very
well. He looks Il; his arms and legs
are stout, his body muscular and Wig
orous, and he despises with all his soul
the tableland people. They are no
good" he says, and they are false.
and only laugh from the lips out"
This morning he b~reakfasted. in his
little pink-tinted wooden house out be-
yond the long avenue of palms. on
beefsteak, fried fish, fried potatoes and
fruit. ~ mucho' and q lot OF Il! ~
could net live as poor men do in the
capital" he declares. they are hungry
people, and are never fed we'll"
Life to my friend, the boatman, is
full of Joy; he says he likes 10 live, to
breathe, to pull his boat about the har.
Dor. to so a-fishing sometimes, and to
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
WHAT TRADEMARKS COST.


Cheaper Here h In Mssy Other
Cous,riss ~ the World.
The registration Of trade marks has
become . necessity Of late years, for
unless an article Of merit IL protected
by such means or by letters patent II
assure to be initiated by some unscrup-
ulous person. II is only within q few
years. however, that the question OF
protecting trade marks has assumed
grave importance. This lis due to the
enormous increase In advertising OF
health foods, cereals. patent medicines
n athletic novelties. The tariff OF
charges for registering trade marks in
the various countries seems In some
instances to be based upon the idea
that authorized labels aud the like are
as much a luxury az a coach and four.
In Zululsnd. Peru, Uruguay. Hong
Kong and Granada the tariff fixed by
law for each trade mark Is S145 I'm gold
the highest on the entire list. In this
country trade marks are filled with the
patent Office and the price for register
ing one ie SIS. which is the lowest rate
charged anywhere. Canada charges 500
Tor a general or special trade mark.
There are some countries OF Europe
that demand 500 for registering d
trade mark. but in Great Britain. Ger
many. Austria. France and Spain the
fee In each case Is SIS. This " the
rate asked 10 the majority of the Eng
lish colonies. including New South
Wales and New Zealand. but in Cape
Colony IL il Sis and in south Africa
$135. The latter price Is also demanded
In Costa Rica. Some Of the bargain
counter sales In the Leeward islands,
Jamaica, British Guiana. Nautilus.
Argentine Republic. Bolivia. Chill.
Guatemala, Sierra Leone and Bulgaria,
each OF which charges 31l5. Little
Venezuela is content with 500 for the
privilege OF recording the existence Of
a patent label. There are thousands Of
trade marks that are never heard Of
by the great masses. because they are
not properly advertised. The majority
OF trade mark lawyers realize big prof
its fighting infringements Of private
marks rather than In registering new
ones. One OF them has Just settled a
case that was in the courts for four
years. The single word "favoiite" was
ut Issue and the Ourts have decided
that there is no exclusive proprietary
right In the word as a trade mark. One
OF the most successful lawyers. who
represents the interests Of a big cereal
drm and cracker establishment as well.
says that II costs more than 315, 900 an.
nually to protect his clients from those
who twist the names Of brands in
every conceivable way.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

tod" yield to the enchantment OF the
tropic town. You are always thirsty
in Vera Cruz, and you seem to exude
all you drink through your pores as
fast as you '~irrigate.' And for those
of MS who live in the capital of the re-
public it Is a delightful sensation to
feel at ease. sitting in lightest possible
raiment out in the open air, and way
into the night. which is not possible In
the City of Mexico. unless one Is pneu-
mo~nia-proof. On the tableland the
shade is always cool. too cool for one
who comes into it perspiring from a
walk in the sun. Here. it IL affirmed,
no one takes cold.
With good reason. the Veracruzanos
boast that their city Is healthier thar
the federal capital, where, the past
winter and present spring, typhus has
claimed a great many victims. There
are many foreigners here who find life
quite endurable: they have business
that keeps them permanently in Vera
Cruz, with the exception Of their va
cation trips to Hamburg, Liverpool.
ANSW vi uChous AhVy hdNC tdlt-
EN- into the siesta habit. work without
haste, smoke much. sit frequently un-
der the arcades as II business were
not existent and exigent. and are
usually taking something" 1t Is the
city of undying thirst.
One coming down here from the
tableland where the air Is thin, as It
must be IA miles above the sea, vastly
enjoys the denser air, the salt breexes,
and the delicious and abundant fish,
red snapper. robalo, and the succulent
pOmpano. The natives eat fish, but
seem to prefer beefsteaks. or "biftecs,"
and. with some reason, for the beef OF
the coast Is juicier and fatter than we
ever find II in the City of Mexico.
II is a well-fed population; the sea
food Is cheap and, In fact, almost
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
Lady Southnmuton.

One of the reigning ~favorites at the
court OF Queen Alexandra Of Great
Britain is Lady Southampton. 1t Is
not alone her beauty that has served
10 make her popular; her kindness of
disposition and unfailing tact and
good nature have been quite as i'm
portant elements. She Is the wife of
Baron tFitz Roy) Southampton. for
meriy a captain Of the Hussars. and
has a daughter, Honorable Dorothy
Fitx-Roy, who Is 4 years old. In her
maiden days she was a noted belle as
Lady Hilda Mary Dundas.. daughter OF
the first Marquis Of Zealand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19

Some idea Of the value OF the coal
deposits In Indian Territory a be
gained when II is known the average
thickness OF the vein is four feet,
which will produce 1000 tons an acre.
These lands are leased in lots OF $50
acres each, which that $3.50. 900
to 4,00O.0 900 tons can be produced by
those leasing the land. On this output
the lessees pay a royalty Of eight cents
a ton. The output during the last
year was 1900. 1877, as against 400. 442
tons the previous year. The interests
of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians
are protected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-07-19
A Lawn Movers Use.

Il have invented q lawn mower that
won't make any noise" said the earn
est young man.
ITO whom do you expect to sell it?'
inquired the hardware merchant, cold
ly. "you don't suppose people will
get up at 5 o'clock In the morning for
the sake OF showing one of these ma
chimes around In dead silence. do you?
Lawn mowers are not made merely TO
cut grass. Their principal purpose is
to have fun with the neighbors."