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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
ENGLAND'S
NEW nOVE

One Of the most important announce
ments that have been made in the
British Parliament for many years is
the recent declaration by Joseph
Chamberlain, colonial secretary, that
the English government will not hesi-
tate henceforth to employ in Europe
or elsewhere its Indian and African
troops. 1t is an announcement of most
profound interest to the entire civilized
world. but more especially to those ma
lions which have millions of semi
barbarous races subject to their rule.
Hitheto there has been a strong
sentiment against the use Of semi-civil-
lied races In the of Christian
states. 1t IL a sentiment that found
expressinon in the eighteenth century
at Westminster, when the great Lord
Chatham denounced with such elo-
quent Indignation the employment by
the British commanders in this coun-
try of Red Indian tribes against the
American revolutionary forces. There
are few newspapers. either In the
United States ~ Europe. that did not
express their adherence of the use OF
Cossacks and Circassians by Russia In
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
4 COM d

You never cun tell. No on, sus-
pccted for n moment. But you never
cen tell. Tho old gentleman was so
dlgniAed. When he passed down Olive
street In the mornings they used 10
say Of him; Il wonder who that
wealthy banker is?" or. IL wonder
what brokerage firm he Is connected
WITH"
He was so dignined. He was so
immaculate Sc precise.
But the germ Is In the air. You
breathe and you swallow 1t.
Soon they began I observe on Olive
street the old gentleman was less dig
nifed. What did he mean by rump-
ling letters he took from his pockets
and making them into little spheres?
And then his cane! The funny way
he began to manipulate t..
Up goes the paper sphere. Bif goes
the cane! Bang. goes the paper
sphere.
Every day the same o'd story. Elf.
then Bang!
Mental alteration? Nothing of the
kind.
Simply baseball mania.
He bats away all his correspondence
In this name lie also maintains /,
batting average. Every miss Is Il
time at bgt:" and striking the paper
sphere Is "a base hit. lie Is his own
official scorer. He Is impartial. The
cid gentleman really has a good eye
aud he Ia batting now well Over the
900 mark.
This Is n confession. Mention 1t 10
the old gentleman IL you like. but 1.
he kicks You don't complain to t..
police, st. LOUIS Dispatch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
~rAN-AMEuICAN ROMANCE.

The tall, dark young man and the
short. blonde young had rc.i.
dcntally met and became acquaint ID
while on the way to Buffalo.
They had encountered each other In
the Court of Fountains ut the EXPOSE
ton aud renewed the acquaintance.
ana every day thereafter for n week,
they met at the same place apparently
by accident, and strolled through the
grounds together.
hut the last day allowed by his en-
curslJn ticket had come and he could
stay no longer.
1T has been "A delightful week. he
said to her.
She murniured an assent TO the prop
osition.
And | have come to know o 40
well that | hope you will not thinl;
me presumptuous II | ask you Il ques-
ton
What is it"' she asked. with down
cast eyes.
win o please tell me your
Nance"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Ideas Become
Fast

Instances are numerous which show
now the fancics of the novelist may
become realities through men and
women reproducing In actual life the
imaginary scenes Of the story teller.
IL is well known hat Sir Walter Be-
SAINTS story of "All Sorts and Condi-
tons of Men" brought about the build
ing Of the Peoples palace In London.
Jules Verne's apparently Wild flights
Of imagination in Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea" Is probably
largely responsible for the wonderful
progress that has been made In sub
marine navigation. and the construc-
tors and operators of these boats have
been already able to discount some Of
the novelist's fancies. When the city
of Galveston was overwhelmed In an
instant by the destroying waters tens
of thousands of people read the de-
tailed story in the newspapers and
wondered at the reproduction In this
catastrophy of the Lafcadio Hearn's
story Of "Chitu: A Memory Of Lost
Islands" The Galveston story. 10 the
smallest detail, had long before been
dreamed and the dream told by the
pen of Hearn. These who have read
King Solomon's Mines remember
how Captain Good upon one occasion
when things were looking decidedly
dubious for the English adventures
saved the livcs.of himself and his COM
panions by a skillful manipulation OF
his single eyeglass and his false teeth.
The recent outbreak In Ashanti fur
nished an incident which almost paral-
leled the one imagined by Rider Hag-
gard. Two Englishmen were In q ma
tive village far out on the western bor-
ders OF the disturbed country. When
the val broke out all their native
servants left them and they were alone
with the hostile savages. One. a min
ing prospcctor. went to a %neighboring
chief for protection. The chief re-
ceived him kindly. gave him u meal
and, while he vas eating, beat his
brains out with u war club. The other
man, Walter Bennett by name. a SUR
veyor. was starting from his house
when he heard the fate Of his compan-
ion. He made his way to another
chief, who received him grimly. took
him into his house and then intimated
that he would shortly do things" to
Mr.. Bennett. The chiefs family gath
cred around to inspect their victim and
the Englishman adjusted his monoclc
and sat down to think things over.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Fancies Of Novelists
Reproduced in
Actual Lie.

The single cyeglass at once caught the
fancy OF the chiefs wives AMI children
and they laughed and jabbered until
Mr.. Bennett had to laugh too. For an
hour OF so the family of the chief kept
the surveyor doing stunts" with his
eyeelass. When he managed to screw
the glass into the eye OF the chiefs
favCrlte wife the hilarious rapture or
the whole village was complete. and
even the old chief laughed until his
woolly hair hurt him. Needless to say
Mr.. BENEFITS life was spared and he
was conducted to a place from which
he could reach the British lines. Bib
ianiha Ii the name of the village
where the surveyor saved his life after
the manner of Captain Good Of King
Solomon's Mines" You can't find 1t on
the map--at least not on the ordinary
n but II Is probable that the VII
layers are laughing there yet at the
strange Englishman with the adjusta-
BILE eye. Some years z Justin Nc
Carthy wrote O novel called Red, Dia-
mOnds." In that story can be found
mang things which remind one Of the
Molineux case. Captain Praven. secre-
tary of the Voyagcrs' club In that story.
had an enemy called Bostwick, who
tried to kill him as. II is alleged, Moli-
neux tried to kill Harry Cornish. by
sending him some poisoned headache
powders. which came to the captain In
almost exactly the same manner as the
powders came to Cornish. And the
failure of the plot is about similar I'm
manner to the failure of the plot
against Cornish. When Alaska was
purchased from Russia in 1867 no n
thought that 1t would prove u second
California as regards gold, but In that
year Bret Harte pictured Yankee min
ers swinging their picks in the midst
of wildernesses Of snow and ice. and.
In fact. prophesied the Klondike out o:
the fullncss of his imagination. In
Pursued by the Law !. Maclaren
Cobbian has a criminal. in the custody
OF two policemen. scramble through
the window of a rapidly moving rail-
way train. leap from it to the ground
and make of. The critics naturally pro-
nounced this incident as highly ex-
citing. but unfortunately impossible
Two days after such n criticism APP
pcared the London papers, under the
heading "Leaped from a Train"
chronic,ed an incident exactly similar
TO that described by Mr.. Cobbian Chi.
cago Chronicle,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
A GRIM TO STAGGER
PROVISION AGAINST INTEMPERAIlCE IN A
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN

The strangest law which has ever
sprung from South Carolina's dispen-
sary system has been adopted by the
town council of Yorkville. a thriving
country seat near the mountain line.
When the dispensary system was first
operated Yorkville fought it bitterly,
because the citizens of that town are
strong on temperance. The law was
unpopular. II did not prove success
ful, and finally II vas decided to have
an election in which the people could
exprcss their views on the dispensary
or prohibition. The voters buried the
dispensary and prohibition ruled the
day.
But the closing of the state estab-
lishments did not stop the sale OF
LIQUORS. Men got drunk just as they
formerly had done. and IN the low
| quarter of the town intoxicated men
reelcd out, u shocking spectacle OF
prohibition. Tho wise heads took
| counsel togcthc.. They talked over the
defects. and agreed to punish the man
| who drank. and not the man who
| scld. An extra meeting of the town
| council was called. An ordinance was
introduced making Il n misdemeanor
! for any person to be seen staggering on
the streets of the town. That was
where the wise heads thought the root
Of the evil could be crushed. There
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
THE REALISTIC SCHOOL.

From Ieslie's Weekly: Vivian's
residence Is much in the way of book
agents. itinerant tea and coffee mer-
chants. enlarged photograph artists
and improved silvcr-polish philanthro-
pists.
Every historian Is Influenced to n
greater or less extent by his personal
surroundings and the things Of his
W times. For example:
Vivian was rccitins In exceedingly
new words the old. old story Of Peters
release by an angel from prison. All
had gone well and glibly up to the
point where Peter had found his way
TO the house of n friend.
Very well. What did he do them
inquired the listener.
"He-he raped at tho door"
That's right. What next?"
There followed n somewhat lengthy
pause. Then an inspiration came to
the triumphant young historian
Why. guess he asked 'if the Indy OF
tho house was in"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

the day. what 20 you suppose tho
doctor did,"
- can't imagine"
well sir, | think he'd seen Throg-
gins nodding. and knew he hadn't
heard a word. AZ any rate, he took
ThroggIns by the arm, led him into his
study. made him sit down, and then
no read every blessed line of that ser
mon ove again to him before he
would let him up. .. you don't get
ahead OF DR.. Fourthly-not much"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

was n bitter fight In the council over
the proposed legislation. Glass was
arrayed against class. but the anti
stagger law prevailed. and it was ac-
cordingly entered on the statutes.
There is no provision In the law
by. which a man suffering from paraly-
sis can he exempted from the operation
OF the law. All staggering people look
alike to tho wise men of 'Yorkville.
Whether he stagger from drink or
from partial paralysis. he Is seized.
hurried before a town physician. and
his condition tested. II there is the
odor Of whisky he is sem up to be
lined: If he staggers from paralysis
or from other troubles, and can pro-
duce the whisky Odor besides. he is
dealt with under the a~nti-stagger law.
Friends and supporters of the new
measure declare that 1t has rid the
streets of the %drunkart;s ana has ma
terially decreased the sale of liquor.
Men who fought for its adoption de-
clare that IL has increased drunken
the blind tigers aud then go home
To drink the entire supply, with the
expectation Of remaining there until
thoroughly sobered. The law has in
jected new Issues into the political life
Of Yorkville, and people from other
towns are anxious to see similar meas
ures adopted at their homes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
: NATIONS LIBRARIES
There Ars Now 1888 Such Institutions 5,
with 4%,52l,SSI Volumes

Tho report of the United States Bu-
rcau Of Education shows that there
has been in the last five years, an In
crease of 1857 in the number of pub
lie, society and school libraries in the
United States. There arc now 5,3s3
such libraries, as against 1926 In
1856, and a. ,59l ,S5l volumes, as against
3,O5i ,S72-an increase Of nearly 50 per
cent. In the number OF books.
The North Atlantic division has
e,4a. of the 1888 libraries, and L.
900 900 more than half the number OF
volumes in. the United States. New
York alone has Tvs libraries with T.
1876. 500 volumes: Massachusetts, 51l H.
braries, with 6.633, 2s5 volumes and
PENNSYLVANIA. 4Oi libraries, with B.
947. 577 volumes The North Central
| division has I,72S Libraries, with H.
| 2ll,7l0 Volumes; Ohio, 26G libraries
with 2,055, $50 volumes. and Michigan
| 1893 libraries. With l,29S, 70S. volumes. =
The South Atlantic division has
49, libraries, with $500 ,231 volumes
Maryland has so of these libraries
with l,l75, eos volumes. and the Dis.
trict OF Columbia "a, with 1904, 7S3 vol
umcs. 900 900 OF these being In tho
Library of Congress. The South Cen
trail division has 3Ii libraries, with
l.3s5.73l yo,umes. Kentucky has q
~iihraries. with 1851 2a volumes. ant
Tennessee n libraries. with 3s2,2 2l
volumes. The Western division hr:
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Vices Which Today
Arc Attributes
TO Him.

west. hating a liar. tells the truth,
having been surrounded. the game
kiiled-exterminated usclessIy--he has
no way To get Il living and thinks IL
only natural that the government
which took away his opportunities Tor
%sustenance owes him food and ratment.
The government says u does, ana
sends agents to look after and provide
for him. Some of the agents former
ly accepted their places with the be
lief that they had a right to o the
very class that they were appointed to
protect. Of course. not all indian
agents were this way, hut many OF
them were, and the Indian was blamed
because he refused to be treated with
the Injustice that came from greed
the most cruel Of all injustice--and he
grumbled and fought. The Indian Is
supposed to be selfish and brutality
those who do not know him. There is
no human being on earth who Will
more quickly divide his last mouthful
Of food with a friend. No Indian tina
ever lived would crowd "A white-haired
old woman out OF the way to get On a
street car first. That sort OF thing.
and everything akin to 1t, that Is dis
courteous. may be seen among the men
Of the streets of all cities. Real men
do not do such things, nc more han
all Indians do beastly things than
those who do not know them suppose
they do. The indian has not had the
benefit Of laundries and porcelain
baths. but he jumps into the water and
washes himself every time he has "a
chance. He does not live where there
are napkins and finger bowls. and no
would not know exactly which curious
little fork to use for this Or that, nor
the precise manner In which he should
carry IA spoonful of soup to his mouth.
He has not been taught these things.
Neither does he guage his neighbor's
responsibility by the number of po-
MES the neighbor possesses. nor does
he lie awake of nights thinking over
schemes to win his neighbours goods.
He thinks that one who is able to- pay
and does not do SO is "A worse man
than he who Is not able 10 pay. He
does not say to the former. "He Is all
right because he has money, though ha
does not pay just debts nor practice
deeds OF charity"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Indian Is
Maligned

Indian character has been greatly
m%aligned. a y Maj. John NJ. Burke.
who has made a study of the red men.
Treachery. so often charged against
them, has no part in their makeup.
The Indian has fought the man who
mistrcated him, and he has always
fought openly. He has been the
friend-the unfailing friend-of the
man who has been kind to him, and
as given evidence that he wished to
help him. The Indian was the friend
OF Pere Marquette and Father De
Smet. The man who has shown him
a "forked tongue he has treated as
he would any other snake. The man
who has cheated him. has taken ad-
vantage Of his Ignorance to make his
hard lot harder. he has killed. The
Indian is a child Of nature, and he is
therefore candid and ingenious. When
wronged he knows It. and says So. and
his only way to get satisfaction is to
night. There is no chance for him to
lay low" and wait for another deal.
He can only see what Is in sight.
when Columbus came to America the
Indians were ut first alarmed at the
great white-wingcd birds"-the ships.
Thc w~hite-faced. strangely dressed
people who came out OF them were to
the simple natives supernatural be-
inss. But when they saw that those
were people who were hungry and
could eat, then the Indians brought
the best they had and gave it freely
Tor nothing. and were as kindly as
weii-raised children. When the cruel
S~paniards beat them and misused
them. the Indians naturally enough be-
lieved that all white men were cruel
and dangerous. Cortez in Mexico and
Pizarro in Peru found the aborigincs
a gentle people, but that did not de-
crease the relentless cruelty that al
ways grows out of lust for gold, and
so. for centuries. with all their con-
tinuous generations. the Indian was
taught that the white man was his
heartless enemy; and he accepted the
lessons. There was no way to teach
him hat not all white men were
greedy and cruel. Vice will go much
further to assert itself than virtue.
But. coming down to this very day.
the unsophisticated red man Of the
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Collegiate Degrees.

Collegiate Degrees.
Once every sever or eight years
somebody perpetrates an ingenious
fraud IN collegiate degrees. The vic
tins are supposed to be educated men,
but they are as easily gulled as in.
nocent ~mossbacks. Hitherto the de-
gree most In demand has been m. D.
Every quack in the country could get
one for "a few dollars. A Professor
In Massachusetts, sold thousands some
years ago. No one ever thinks OF
asking the bearer of honors by whom
they were conferred. The question
would look like an impertinence. The
latest victims, the ''reverends." are un-
deserving of sympathy. Every one
buying a ID. d." should be retired
from the pulpit. II this thing con
times I shall expect to see all degree
men required to append the name OF
tkeir university to their honors. ms
Jonathan Hedwards, LII. d., Yale;
Charles Ebert Cartwright. M. d., Har-
ward; the Rev. Beecher Darby Van
dyke. ID. d.. Princeton: Phi. d., Colum-
bia; ID. c. L., Cambridge; ID. Lit, Ok.
ford. etc.-New York Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
SAVED BY A MONGOOSE
Its Attack on a Cobra Prevented
a Fatality.

A st. Louis man who has been on
gagged liz engineering work in India
brings home this story Of an exciting
adventure with a cobra:
I'VE had just finished a hard days
work and were preparing to take a
good rest. We were far from a vii
,age. on some hills, and took shelter
in a deserted hut. We did not reach
the hut until after midnight, and con-
sequently We slept late into the next
day. The first thing / remember upon
~openjng my eyes was n Hood of light
through the door. I vas nearest. and
nv two companions were behind me-
On a second glance my blood almost
froze. There on the floor of the hut
and less than two feet from me was a
large cobra, the largest l have ever
seen. 1t was coiled to strike, and Its
venomous neck swclled with poison,
The little eyes glittered like beads. !
never moved a limb, but gazed- att IN
horror. My perfect stiffness probably
saved my life, for II l had made q
move the snake would have struck. As
II was. 1t seemed to be enjoying the
triumph. and slowly moved It's head
backward and forward. l dared not
utter a sound. as knew that 1t would
seal my fate.
II was Just revolving in my mind
what to do and had determined tC
make a quick leap. when there was 4
rush from u far corner. A small ami
NAL about the size of a rat dartcd ou'
from behind tho snake and like {
flash seized him by the neck just abov,
the hood. And then commenced tn,
f%iercest struggle I have ever witnessed
The snake plunged. writhed ant
twisted, but the little animal chung Il
1t. At length Its struggles grew weak
er and I was enabled to dispatch |
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
4 Michigan Town.

The arrival stepped up to the hotel
counter, swung the register around
and signed his name: John Smith,
Michigan" "Ah. Mr.. Smith," said the
clerk with that hOspitable manner OF
the true hotel clerk, what's the best
word in Kalamazoo" Mr.. Smith
turned pale rs II he had been caught
in the very act. How did you know
| was from Kalamazoo?" he inquired
in surprise, for he had never been I'm
that hotel before. Oh" laughed the
clerk, I've been in the hotel bust
ness n long time, and l v saw
one of them put down the name of
his town yet. The only others I know
Of like that are from Oshkosh Mr..
Smith didn't know Just what to say In
reply, so he said It, and went on up
stairs to his room, thinking New
York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
VALUE RECEIVER.

IL suppose" said The man who had
just been accostod by Meandering
Mike. that you think yourself perfect
ly justified in taking money from me
without rendering an equivalents"
Don't say dat. mister" was the rc-
ioinder. Don't say Id take it widout
an equivalent. II de hard-luck story
I've been tellin' you amt fuller of inn
~aginRtion an graceful embellishments
dan any OF dem hooks you've paid 80
cents apiece for on dc train. I'm ready
to give mp me chosen profession an
| quit %panhandlin' FUR life. "-Washing.
ton Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
WILL. USE
N IN
HER WARS

suppressing the Hungarian insurrec-
ton in 1S48. and of the Sultan's action
In en~deavoring to put down the rising
In Bulgaria in 1876 by means of ir-
regular Bashi- Bazouks, recruited from
the most barbarous portion OF his ASH
attic dominions.
Several years afterward, at the time
that England seemed to be on the
verge OF war with Russia. a small con-
tingent OF Indian cavalry was brought
to Malta. which created such an out
cry and storm of protest. even in Great
Britain. that the men were quickly
shipped back to Bombay. Their visit
to Malta. however, served to remind
Continental Europe of the fact that
the military resources of England
were no restricted solely to her stand
ing army at home, and that her forces
in India must he taken into account.
This Is probably all that Lord Bsacons-
field had in view. when he brought the
Indian contingent to tho Mcditcrran-
can.
The aian who is imprisoned for life
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
rEKiI.s or %LANGuAGE.

Sprockett-"it's II hard world. /
have hardly made myself the master
of bicycle vocabulary So that | can
talk wheel giibly, when the wheel IL
almost out of fashion. and nobody viii
listen II | talk about IT,"
Niblick--"Why don't yGu study goli
nomenclature
Sprockett because my mind isn't
equal 10 II, II would drive me crazy"
"Niblick Very likely: but il
wouldn't be noticed on the links, yo1
know Boston Transcript.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
niRrm OF 4 NEM Joke.

W
From the Boston Journal: No po-
iIccman was In sight. of course That
was because he was wanted.
Hit him. Muggsy."
Soak him. Swipes!"
Now yousc got him"
Put 1t on thcr smcller!"
These and many other edifying ciac-
nlations were hurled ut two small
boOtblacks who were earnestly en-
gagged In spelling each others faces
with their fists, while n big crowd
stood In q circle about them, In front
of the p~ostoflce.
II was going badly for the larger OF
the two boys when n member of the
Boston Peace Society, or one OF It's
branches. stepped IN and separated the
boys. For a wonder both seemed will
ing to stop. The p%eacemaker said:
Well. what are you fighting about?"
Then an amusing explanation fol-
lowed and a new idiotic joke was
started on It's Journey through the
town. for every man and boy in the
crowd that heard the explanation
started of to Spring the Joke or the
first acquaintance he should meet, and
possibly to be a participant in another
hstlc engagement. The boy said:
This blolte comes up ter me and scz,
Say, what's ther next to Their las.
letter In Their alphybet?'
~ seq I.
Cos | wants to know SCI he, and
he laughs and swipcs ME on ther back,
on ther others they all laugh too. /
don't see no joke In 1t. SO | hits him
ON Their pepper. do youso sec"
He stopped short; q grin spread all
over his dirty and bruised face. He
looked sheepish and then laughed out
right.
'Hully gee | see II now You're all
right. Muggsy. Shake! Why. Y. sure.
Its a good one. and I'll spring 1t on mo
b%rudder."
They shook hands and went off to.
gether. The crowd laughed and each
one fastened ia spread the p%laguc-a
Jew joke.