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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
A GRIM TO STAGGER
PROVISION AGAINST N~TEMPERAlNCE 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 1t bitterly,
because the citizens of that town are
strong on temperance. The law was
unpopular. 1t did not prove success
tul. 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. n 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 Il 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 IAslie's Weekly: Vivian's
residence Is much in the way of book
agents. itinerant tea and coffee mer-
chants. enlarged photograph artists
and improved %phllanthro-
pists.
Every historian Is Influenced to n
greater or less extent by his personal
surroundings and the things OF his
wi times. For example:
Vivian was recitins 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 a
to the house OF u friend.
Very well. What did he do them"
inquired the listener.
'He-he raped at the 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 'ii the Indy OF
tho house was in"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

was a bitter fight In the council owe
the proposed legislation. Class 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 sent IN to be
hned: II he staggers from paralysis
or from other troubles, and can pro-
duce the whisky odor besides. he Is
dealt with under the anti-stagger law.
Fricpds and supporters of the new
measure declare that it has rid the
streets OF the drunkaris and has ma
terially decreased the sale of liGuor.
Men who fought for its adoption de-
clare that 1t has increased drunken
ness. because men buy the whisky from
the blind tigers and then go home
TO drink the entire supply. with the
expectation of remaining there until
thoroughly sobered. Tho. law has in
jected new issucs into the political life
Of forkville, and people from other
towns are anxious to sec similar meas
ures adopted at their homes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Vices Which Today
Arc Attributed
to Him.

west. hating u liar. tells the truth:
having been surrounded. the game
killed-exterminated usclessly--he has
no way to get Il living and thinks II
only natural that the government
which took away his opportunities for
s%ustenance owes him food and ratment.
The government says IL does. I'M
sends agents to look after and provids
for him. Some Of the agents former
ly accepted their places with the be-
lief that they had a right to rob the
very class that they were appointed to
protect. or course. n all indian
agents were this way, hut many or
them were, and the Indian was blamed
because he refused to be treated with
the injustice that zane from greed
the most cruel of all injustioe-and he
grumbled and fought. The Indian is
supposed to be selfish and brutality
those who do not know him. There In
no human being on earth who will
more quickly divide his last mouthful
of food with a friend. No Indian h a
eve lived would crowd a whitc-haired
Nv Woufuu Jul vi Tie way W SCt vi
street car first. That sort OF thing.
and everything akin to It, that Is dis
courteous. may be seen among the men
of the streets of all cities. Real men
do not do such things, no nor than
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
arc napkins and finger bowls. and no
would not know exactly which curious
little fork To use for this or that. o
the precise manner in which he should
carry "a spoonful of soup to his mouth.
He has not been taught these things.
Neither does he guage his neighbours
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 TO pay. He
does not say to the former. "Hc ia all
right because he has money, though he
does not pay just debts nor practice
deeds OF charity"
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.
II IL well known that 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" IL probably
largely responsible for the wonderful
progress that has been made In sub
marine navigation, and the construc-
been already able to discount some Of
the novelist's fancies. When the city
of Galveston was overwhelmed In an
instant by tho destroying waters tens
VI thousands Of people read the de-
tailed story in the newspapers and
wondered at the reproduction In this
ca%tastrophy of the Lafcadio Hearn's
story Of "Chitu: A Memory OF Lost
Islands" The Galveston story. to the
smallest detail. had long before been
dreamed and the dream told by the
pen OF Hearn. Those 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'o of himself and his com
panions by a skillful manipulation OF
his single eyeglass and his false teeth.
nished an incident which almost paral-
leled the one imagined by Rider Hag-
gard. Two E%nglishmcn were In q ma
tive village far out on the western Dor
ders OF the disturbed country. When
the war broke out all their native
servants left them and they we're alone
with the hostile savages. One. a min
ing %prospcctor. went to n neighboring
chief for protection. The chief re-
ceived him kindly, gave him a meal
and. while he was eating, beat his
brains out with n 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 monocle
and sat down to think things over.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
THE NATIONS LIBRARIES
There Are Now 1888 Such Institutions,
with A%,Soi ,SSI Volumes
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The report Of the United States Blu
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 1925 In
1856, and 44,59l, 1851 volumes. rs against
3,O5i ,S72-an increase Of nearly 50 per
cent. In the number OF books.
The North Atlantic division has
2,43- of the 1888 libraries. and l.
900, 900 more than half the number OF
volumes in, the United States. New
York alone has ms libraries with T.
400, 500 volumes: Massachusetts. 57l H.
braries. with G.633,2S5 volumes and
Pennsylvania. 40l libraries, with D.
94T. 571 volumes, The North Central
division has LEES Libraries, with H..
2ll.7lO volumes; Ohio. 26G libraries
with 2,055, $50 volumes, and Michigan
1913 libraries, With l,29S, 7OS. volumes. :
The South Atlantic division has
i2l libraries, with 5,303,23T volumes
Maryland has so of these libraries
with i,lI5, 25S volumes. and the Dis
trict OF Columbia "a, with 1904, 1855 vol
umcs, 10000 900 OF these being in the
Library of Congress. The South Cen
| trail division has 35i libraries. with
| 1.3S5.13l vo,umes. kentucky has II
iibraries. with l23. 729 volumes, ant
Tennessee n libraries, with 1892
volumes. The Western division he's
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

A st. Louis man who has been on
gagged in engineering work in India
brings home this story Of an exciting
adventure with n cobra:
I'VE had Just finished a hard days
work and were preparing to take IL
good rest. We were far from a vii
lage. on some hills, and took shelter
in a deserted hut. We did not reach
the hut until after midnight, and con-
seauently we slept late into the next
day. The first thing l remember upon
opening my eyes was n flood OF light
through the door. l was nearest. and
my two companions were behind me.
On n second glance my blood almost
froze. There on the floor OF the hut
and less than w 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. I
never moved a limb. but gazed. ut In
horror. My perfect stiffness probably
saved my life, for II l had made a
move the snake would have struck. As
Il was, 1t seemed to be enjoying the
triumph. and slowly moved its head
backward and forward. dared not
utter a sound. as l knew that 1t would
seal my fate.
II was Just revolving in my mind
what to do and had determined to
make a quick leap, when there was a
rush from u far corner. A small AMI
NAL about the size of a rat darted out
from behind the snake and like a
flash seized him by the neck just above
the hood. And then commenced the
f%iercest struggle have ever witnessed,
The snake plunged. writhed and
twisted, but the little animal chung to
1t. At length Its struggles grew weak
er and I was enabled to dispatch IL
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 nance: John Smith.
Michigan" "Ah, Mr.. Smith," said the
clerk with that hOspitable name OF
the true hotel clerk, what's the best
word In Kalamazoo" Mr.. Smith
turned pale as II he had been caught
In the very act. How did O 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 a long time, and l never saw
one of them put down the name OF
his town yet, The only others know
Of like that are from Oshkosh" Mr..
Smith didn't know just what to say In
reply. so he said II. and went ON up
stairs to his room. thinking New
York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
cor WHAT uE pEsERyrD.

"You know ThroggIns? Smooth fell
Tow. Great jollier. Tries to keep on
the good side Of everybody. Well. lie
went to church last Sunday morning
and slept through the whole sermon.
Then he had the gall to tell the Rev.
DR.. Fourthly. after the congregation
had been dismissed, that he had never
enjoyed q discourse so much in his life,
and he would like to borrow tho mar
uscript OF II and take 1t home with
him. SO he could read IL again during
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
birth or A NEW JOKE.

From the Boston Journal: No po-
ilceman was In sight. of couYs.. That
was because he was wanted.
"Hit him. Muggsy!"
Soak him. Swipes!"
Now youse got him"
Put II on Their smcller!"
These and many other e~difying cjac-
hlations were hurled at two small
bootblacks who were earnestly en-
gagged In spelling each others faces
with their fists. while a big crowd
stood In q circle about them. in front
OF the postofficc.
II was going badly for the larger OF
the two boys when "A member of the
Boston Peace Society. or one Of it's
branches. stepped IN and separated the
boys. For q wonder both seemed will
ing to stop. The peacemaker said:
We'll. what are you fighting about?"
Then an amusing explanation fol-
lowed and u new idiotic joke was
started on Its Journey through the
town, for every man and boy In the
crowd that heard the explanation
started OF to Spring the joke on the
hrst acquaintance he should meet, and
possibly to be u participant in another
hstic engagement. The boy said:
"Thi blOke comes up ter me and seq
say. what's ther next to Their las.
letter In ther alphybet?'
~ SEE l.
Cos wants to know scz he, and
he laughs and swipcs me on ther back.
en- ther others they all laugh too. !
don't see no joke In 1t. 30 I hits him
On Their pepper. do youse See"
He stopped short; "a grin spread all
over his dirty and bruised face. He
looke sheepish and then laughed put
right.
"Hully gee. | see II now. You're all
right, Muggsy. Shake! Why. Y, sure.
Its good one, and I'll spring 1t on ms
brudder."
They shook hands and went of to.
gether. The crowd laughed and each
n fastened to spread the plaguc--n
Few joke.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Collegiate Degrees.

" collegiate Degrees.
Once every seven 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 rs 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 n 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
their university to their honors, M
Jonathan Hedwards. LII. d.. Yale;
Charles Ebert Cartwright. NJ. d.. Har-
ward; the Rev. Beecher Darby Van
dyke, ID. d.. Princeton; Pm. d.. Column
bia; ID. C. H., Cambridge; ID. Lit, OK.
ford. etc.-New York Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
VALUE RECEIVED.

Il suppose said ,he man who had
just lieen accostod by M%eandering
Mike. that you think yourself perfect
ly justified in taking money from me
without rendering an equivalents"
Don't say dat. mister" was the re-
jOinder. Don't say I'd take it widout
an equivalent. II de hard-luck story
I've been tellin' yon amt fuller OF i'm
aginRtion an graceful embellishments
dan any OF dem hooks you've paid 80
cents apiece for on de train. I'm ready
to give up me chosen profession an
quit %panhandiin' iur life. Washing.
ton Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
WILL. USE
N AFRICANS IN
HER WARS

suppressing the Hungarian insurrec-
ton in 1S4S. and of the Sultan's action
n endeavoring 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 a%fterward, 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 not 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 Beacons-
field had in view when he brought the
Indian contingent to the Mcditcrran-
Fan.
The man who Is imprisoned for life
no longer breads being found out
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
rERyI.s or

Sprockett--'it's n hard world.
have hardly made myself the master
OF bicycle vocabulary SO that | can
talk wheel glibly. when the wheel IL
almost out Of fashion. and nobody VIII
listen II talk about it,
Niblick-"Why don't yGu study goll
nomenclature"
Sprockett -"Because my mind ISM
equal to IL. II would drive me crazy
"Niblick Very likely: but it
wouldn't be noticed on the links, yoa
know Boston Transcript.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
Native Seed Heat,

Like Indian corn. the tomato is uest
when the seed Is produced I'm the same
latitude and climate where the crtp
is TO be grown, and II seldom does i,s
best the first season when taken far
north or south Of its native locality.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
NEW PIRsT READER.

Why Is the farm
er's wife mad?
Because her son
did what she told
him to do.
What was It?
She told him to
+ u hogs head
full of water.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
SAVED BY A MONGOOSE
Its Attack on a Cobra Prevented
a Fatality.

with a stick. The little animal was o
mongocse, the famous India cobra
fighter. AS o O as the snake was
dead II fed to it's hiding place and We
cuuid no OAK it out. IL l ever felt
grateful to man Or beast it was To tho
little mongOose that saved my life
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

ISL libraries, with 2.7779,59G volumes.
California has 212 of these libraries,
with l,1Sl ,S5S volumes, and Colorado
81, with 363, SEQ volumes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
TIME TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.

THE birth at n New Joke The Realistic
schooi--A Common Mania Not ES-
ac,iy what she wnnt.d-Periis Of the
Language.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
NOT EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED.

~ EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED.
From the London Tit-Bits; A teach
er was instructing a class of Infants in
the Sunday school and was letting the
children finish her sentences to make
sure they understood.
THE idol had eyes she said, but
II couldn't
"See." cried the children.
1T had ears, but II couldn't"
Hear" said the class.
1t had lips. but II couldn't
Speak" said the children.
1T had q nose. but II couldn't
Wipe it," shouted the little ones
and the teacher had to pause in hel
lesson In order to recover her com
posure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

you TO wasl, your face?" Yes. nam
ma" Willie replied. land I did wash
IT," Mamma" piped little Elsie who
had just been vacclnated. perhaps he
did do II. but IL dent take the first
time"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

In the year 1900. out Of ,95c raids on
Illicit stills, GA were made in Georgia.
which is a prohibition state except a.
to four of it's cities. D.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

Farmer Iiaytiy lin department
!tore)--"I wundor what them thar
gals air alters yeli!n' cash fer?"
Mrs. Hayrix-"I reckon mebby it's
tew let folks know they don't trust
nobody"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

An orator may spout like a whale
and still be only u shark
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

Dr. course you dCa't, bat you can
hear him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
See the man.

See the man.
What is the
man doing?
He IL hanging
the picture.
! don't see that
he H. hanging IL.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
de GOIRSE.

He--Dat's hi 4
on top OF his
head.
She My! An
dosc udders is his
side combs. Wot?
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

The man who Is imprisoned for life
no longer breads being found out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20

willie" said nam.
ma, didn't tell
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-19
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-19

than it was. but has there been pro-
portionate increase in this crime?
1t does not seen reasonable that there
the fear of hell has lessened the re-
spect for truth has grown stronger The
witness who tells straight story does
50 not because he is afraid of divine
punishment or Of being sent to the peni-,
Tertiary IL he wanders from the truth.
but because his moral code--his sense of
duty-requiles him TO stick to the truth
In all the business affairs of HE men
are on the averase more honest than
they used to be There is room for inn
provement. OF course. but the average
American business man despses forms
OF cheating which his predecessors
made light Of II would be strange. in
deed, if men white becoming more hon
est in ordinary affairs should have be-
cone less turntables honest-when
under oath.
If perjury is becoming alarmingly
prevalent. even IN Iowa, whose people
nave been looked an as fearing God and
pNing justice. then il is high time that
. radical remedy for so helnous a crime
should be put IN operation. IT may be
necessary to arm judges with greater
powers than tltsN possess now and de
rect them TO tel Jurors what evidence
tiIey--tfle judges are satisfied is false
and hence must rot be considered. But
the Tribune does not Believe in the
growing prevalence of perjury and the
deterioration OF the legal profession.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-19

day set for the state convention Such
a rule would greatly shorten future
campaigns and shut off good many
snap conventions and other question:
able political practices. The Repre-
sentative believes i'll annual elections.
but it does not believe in extending
the state campaign thru the entire
Year
The Iowa Stats Anzeiger thinks
the Ohio democratic convention is IA
good pattern for Iowa democrats TO
Work after. Leave out all dead issues
and there will be no acknowledgements in
the old party in the future
Speaking OF the boomerang effect of
the anonymous circulars distributed
over BLACK Hawk county to iniure
Mt Cunniins just prior to his appear
ailee as the star lecturer on the Ghaut-
anqna platform the Waterloo Reporter
wants it understood that MIR Hai-
riman is not held responsible by Bluel,
Hawk republicans for the maohina-
tions of those opposed to Mr. Cummins,
and the Hampton mans interests Will
not be permitted to suffer because Of
the wiekedness and w.sntonness of
those who spare neither, deceney nor
propriety in accomplishing their de