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An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
themin in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling coldL headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. 2.
For sale by all Druggists. s.-Price SOC. per bottle.
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AnhenzoIIern Sails Jan. 18.

Wilhelmshaven, Germany, jar. 13- :
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern will
sail for New York Jan. 1S. The band
S.f the second naval division will go
~ the United States on board the
enAperor's yacht,
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shot Wife and Self.

New Richmond, Wis, Jan. 13.-J. w.
Schmidt, assistant head miller at =.
Rurkhardt's flour mill, at Burkhardt
village, Is miles south of here, shot
his wife and then himself last night
at their home. At last reports both
we're alive, but their condition is very
nritinal
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WEAEl
WOMEN

Are made strong
by the use of DIR.
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t
re gu1 a t e S the
perio d S, d ri e S
weakening drains,
heals inhamma-
ton and liberation
and cures female
weakness.
Sick women are
invited to consult
Doctor Pierce, by
letter, free. All
W o nj a My conf
d dence held in
sacred S secrecy
and guarded by
strict professional
privacy. Write
without fear and
without fee to
DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
vI had been a great
sufferer from female
W e a kne s s" writes
Mrs. NJ. B. Wallace,
of Muenster, Cooke
Co., Texas. UI tried
four doctors and none
did me any good. /
suffered six years, but
at last I found relief.
I followed your
advice, and took eight
bottles of Favorite
Prescription and
four of the Golden
Medical Discovery, i
now feel like a nezO
7Vonan. I have gained
eighteen pounds"
Doctor Pierce's
HleaSdnI PelletS
cure bi1iousne ess
and sick head
ache. They do
not create the pill
habit.
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NASH ENTERS UPON
HIS SECOND TERM
Takes Oath of Office as Gov
ernor Of Ohio.
CEREMONIES AT sTATEHoUsE
After the Inaugural There Was a Big
Parade In Which Many of the Fa-
nous Marching Clubs of the Buckeye
State Took Part.

Columbus, O., Jan. 13.-At noon to-
DAY George Kilbon Nash was inau-
gurated for the second time governor
of the state of Ohio. The oath of of
flee was administered to him in the
rotunda of the state capital by Chief
Justice Minshall. The capitol build
ing was appropriately decorated and
the rotunda space was filed with high
Iaron
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He Claims 100000 DAMAGES.

Raleigh, Jan. 13.-J. l.. Love, an ex-
conductor on the Carolina Central di-
vision of the Seaboard Air Line, is
suing the latter company for 100000
damages for injuries received last
month while conductor. He sets up
the claim that by reason of a detec-
tive coupler the caboose became de.
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venus al 17er 6rIqnIesr.

Nice, France, Jan. 13.-M Giocabi.
nj, the chief astronomer of the Nice
observatory, reports that at o'clock
last evening, after moon set, the bril-.
liancy of Venus was so intense as
cast shadows on the walls. Tx
the first time this phenomenony
been observed.
SnaiIs as Window Gle 5
can old colored woman sci <
says the Philadelphia Reed
sionally makes her appearance
street, and sometimes she ma s
found along Front street or q
street, up in the district that use
known as the Northern Liberties
carries an old basket in which ths
repose on freshly sprinl *
These are not sold as.
cleaning the outside Of
an old practice still
sington. The snail
placed upon the glad
moves around e.
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$3.50, PREPAfD. PRER1SS

Old Dfll1nger 40 years old)... l 25 400
The above are only a few brands OF the
many we carry in stock. Send for catalogue,
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Wh1skey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc.,
sold equally as low, from 81 ,25 gallon up
wards.
We make speciality of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph Will have our
fered..
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
burned to Death.

Clarence, the ~two-year.old son OF
Lincoln Lee, residing a few miles east
of Plattsmouth was so horribly burned
that his death resulted soon after.
About four o'clock in the afternoon,
while Mrs. Lee was out in the yard
attending to some clothes on the line,
she was excitedly called by IL OF the
children.
Rushing into the house she found
the clothing Of little Clarence on fire.
Before she could suppress the flames
both arms, the breast and back, the
neck and right side of the child's face
were badly burned. The little fellow
was a pitiful sight. The family ply
stefan vas hurriedly summoned and
he cut away the dead flesh, out the life
of the little sufferer could not be saved
How the child's clothing caught fire IL
ii mystery, but the parents believe II
was from an old-fashioned lockwood
stove.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Cremated.

The farm house of William b. Rob-
l~rtson, about twenty miles east OF
Cumberland, Nd, on the Maryland
side Of the Potomac river, was entirely
destroyed by fire and four of the Rob
ertson children, Pearl, Owen, Effie and
Joseph, the oldest aged ten, and the
youngest fonr years were crcuated.
The fire, which is thought to have
started from sparks from an open
hearth, spread so rapidly that Mr.. and
Mrs. Robertson found all means of es-
CAPE gone for the children, who were
asleep in another room, and the par
ents were compelled to jump from a
second story window dressed only in
their night clothes in order to save
their own lives. They made several
attempts to reach the children, but
were driven back by the flames, and
after the fire had subsidized somewhat
they were almost frozen before aid
came from the neighbors. Mr.. Robert
son claims that the hearth fire was
we'll covered, and that the fire, which
started from the lower floor, must have
been of incendiary origin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Worked In u Ringer.

Mr.. Belts, near Concordia- ~ap., -
the owner of a very fast horss called
''Freborn" and he has offered to run
any horse In the state. A Mr.. Chand-
Ter matched hin, n race for 500 u side
and sent to a friend in Topeka for q
horse which his friend had just got
ten from st. Louis by the name Of Lit
tie Jean.
The race was run near Concordia.
The betting was good. Thsrc were
two strange men there, each of
whom had u lady friend and a big roll
Of money which they were uot afraid
to bet. 1t was thought that one of
them owned Little Jean because the
rider asked him several questions. The
ace vas thrcc-quartcrs OF u mile and
was won by Little Jean in l:ls.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
stations Fight q Duel.

Two Percheron stations, imported
from England, fought a duel to the
death on a fast stock train on the Union
Pacific at Cheyenne. One was killed,
the car was smashed into splinters, and
Edward Boise, the owner of the ami
mails. lost 81, 800, the value Of his
horses. Two keepers in charge had to
climb outside to escape the hoofs and
teeth OF the Infatuated animals. When
they succeeded in apprising the train,
men Of the battle, a sidetrack was
reached and every effort made to sepa-
ate the animals, but finally N sew
cred the jugular of his rival, which
bled to death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
KILLS HIS BROTHER
A Lad Of Seven Uses a Shotgun
With Deadly Effect.
TOP OF HEAD LITERALLY BLOWN OFF


News Of a distressing accident which
occurred at the home of Hermann Goss-
man, a prosperous farmer of Richard
son county, has just been received.
The farmer had prepared to drive out
into the field to procure some fodder
and had loaded up his shot gun to take
along. He vas called out into another
room and as he went he deposited the
loaded gun in'the corner of the kitchen.
During his absence the weapon was
discovered by two Of his sons, and the
elder, a lad of seven years, playfully
picked it up and pointed it in the face
Of his younger brother, three years old.
Pulling the trigger the firearm was dis
charged right in the face of the child,
and the top of his head was literally
blown off, death resulting instantly.
Arrangements have been made for the
funeral to be held at the house at noon
on Friday conducted by Rev. NJ. Meyer
Of the German NJ. +. church.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Wolves Getting Bold.

The deep snow, SO great a benefit to
formers in many ways, has resulted I'M
pleasantly in one respect out in Wells
Vile vicinagc. Wolves, always numer-
Gus in certain sections of the surround
ing country, have been made desperate
by hunger and are seriously troubling
the farmers. The boldness Of the ami
mails and their depredations have be-
come so annoying that protective meas
ures are called for and the inhabitants
are arranging for a concerted raid on
the dens. A grand roundup is pro-
jected with the hope OF destroying the
pests or frightening them from the
country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Downfall Of n Pastor.

The Rev. B. II. Irwin, the Kansas
City, minister who was found uncon-
scious with his pockets turned inside
out, confessed in open meeting mt the
Tidings of JOY mission that he was
drunk at the time he was taken in by
the police. lie said that he had been
tempted by the devil and had been
overcome. lie declared he was IA vic
tim Of the DEVILS wiles and wasa back
slider again; that this was not his first
fall, but that he believed IL was to be
his last one.
III fall again" he said, ~ feel now
that l cannot survive. | feel that the
supreme crisis has arrived In the battle
between the Lord and satan for the
possession of my soul"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
CHlLDREN'S CORNER.

on the ground, a third for a hawk in
the distance, another Of complaint
when being driven. n different call In
open meadow from that in bushes. q
special signal at night, as we'll as .
special kind Of note used In ordinary
conversation. Chickens have even
more modes OF expression. A hen has
three distinct songs. n when seeking
her nest, another for calling her mate
and a third for grooming to herself or
In the search for food. The rooster
has several distinct notes. and Mr..
Wood claims hat some OF these the
ordinary person never observes.
There Is one, a low. fine whistle which
the rooster uses sometimes on q dark
day when going to roost. but when the
rooster really begins to carry IN an
extensive conversation Ia when no
meets another chanticleer In battle.
II ranges all the way from q defiant
chuckle, which invites the other fell
low to fight as surely as the proverbial
chip on a boys shoulder. to a feminine
Groom which fear and n desire
TO retire. Perhaps of all birds, tho
parrot Is most intelligent. We have
beer accustomed TO think OF the par.
rot as simply a mimic. but Mr.. Wood
claims TO have known many that actur
ally understood the words they were
saying. One OF his parrot friends al
ways salrted him with Good morn
ing carly in the day, and Good
night" In the evening. So many I'M
possible stories are told Of parrots
intelligence that 1t Ia difficult TO con-
slider these birds rs seriously intelll-
gent, yet there Is no doubt as TO this
point. The ability OF crows to smell
%gunpowder a long distance on has
always been claimed for them. and
those who have studied the BIRDS to
any extent easily recognize varying
caws, showing fear, warning or ahec-
ton rs the case may be. That our
f~eathered friends are able to express
pleasure every one knows. The cheer
full Tilt OF the songsters Is only one
way In which they show their Joy Of
living in such a good world as ours
We have much to learn from the birdi
and beasts. and when we are able Il
understand their languages we shall
doubtless hear Of many things now IN
known to US.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Strange Customs.

Il was when the Tartars invaded
China that the Chinese began to wear
a "pigtail." 1t having been q custom
with the people of Tartary. However.
the Chinese have long regarded tho
''pigtail' with the same kind of rever-
ence that the Turk or Arab has for
his beard. Around the face and ears
Is close shaven, at least nee In ten
days. and no one would venture In
good society unless he were clean
shaver. Thus the Chinese barber 10
in demand. He carries all his tools
yoke fashion. on the ends of a bamboo
pole laid across his shoulders. and he
Ia ready ut a moments notice to serve
his customers. A convenient spot 10
| found, away from the crowd. and the
customer seats himself. ready for tho
ordeal. The barber carries on his
back a linen towel which costs q PEN
ny, n bamboo seat and table, which
cost two cents apiece. and a brass ba-
sin which Is quite expensive. costing
six or seven shillings. He Is also sup
| piled with some extra black hair and
strips of black silk. so as to lengthen
the "tails' for those who wish. The
customer holds the basin himself. 10
as to catch the falling hair. and the
barber sells the hair to the hair col
lector, who goes around every day the
same as our rag men. collecting and
paying for waste hair. The long hair
taken from women's heads 10 used "a
make false tails for the men. while
the short pieces shaven from the
mems heads are used as a fertilizer. Z
tiny pinch Of hair being inserted into
the ground with each seed or plant
In consequence Of this universal Gus
tom the number Of BARRIERS in China II
very great. As long ago as 1853 there
were said to be at least 1000 In Can
ton alone.-Boston Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Grandfather. clock Talks.

SFNnuFhtheFs sIOtN NnIHh
Your name is Margery. you say?
Yes. that's a pretty name;
But why, Miss Grille, do you sigh
Just like a toothless dame?
You say you have so much to do
II keeps you busy quite?
You've children three to dress and
wash
And put TO bed at night?
Your Paris dolls n trial great,
Because she tears her clothes?
And Baby Bcss will spill her milk.
And Shaftoe's cracked his nose?
What would you do. Miss Margery,
II children came In twelves?
You'd feel, I'm sure, that you must
give
Eleven to the elves.
Twelve children bless my house and
home,
With sixty children grand,
And sixty great-grandchildren, too,
Make us a merry band.
Your children do not say n word
Unless you punch a spring;
My household is n noisy place,
Like magpies chattering.
| My children twelve shout loudly out
Se~venty.eight times "A day;
My grandchildren are silent quite;
My greats Just have a way
or talking every second-think!
1920 times they say,
Tick.tock! tick .tock!-
Yet ! am always gay!
-Thaddeus Grey in Philadelphia
Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
For BlG Duck Lake,

A party OF Wichita, Kas., and Kan
sas City men are planning to purchase
forty acres of land near Cairo, in King
man county, Kas. and will make alarge
lake on the property. The property Is
known as Giants mill, an is near TO the
famous duck hunting ground, an 1t Is
thought can be made into n valuable
game preserve and n lake would also
beuseful in hunting ducks. The party
is said to be composed of Chief Of Po
lice Frank Burt, Gerald Vols, and sew
eral other Wichita men, and Chief OF
Police Hayes and a number OF other
Kansas City hunters, who have lately
visited the grounds near Cairo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
The Indian Duck Trick.


A little tin or earthen pan, or some
times a half cocoanut shell, supported
on three stones. is filled with water.
on which is sprinkled a red powder.
rendering II practically Opaque. A lit
tie duck Of wood or porcelain Is placed
upon the surface. where 1t at first
floats. but at the command of the per-
former suddenly dives, remaining
submerged until again ordered to rise.
This very ingenious trick depends
upon the fact that In the bottom Of the
vessel there Is a minute hole. through
which passes a hair. One end Of this
Is attached to the duck; the other re-
mains at the disposal OF the performer.
and Is attached, by of q pellet
Of wax. to his tom-tom or to one of tho
hands with which he beats 1t. When
he wishes the duck to dive he pulls the
hair; when he desires II to rise he re-
lakes the pull. There Is naturally
some amount of leakage through the
pinhole. and to cover this the perform
err takes care, when filling the pan. to
accidentally CD spill a little water.
The ground being thus already wet
ted, the fact that 1t gets a little more
Is not Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Series of Crimes.

The discovery Of the dead body OF
George Zimmerman. a German farmer,
sixty-three years old, at his home near
Morris station, Kansas, his head hav-
ing been crushed, has led the authori-
ties to believe that Zimmerman and
two other aged men, both r~ecluses, have
been murdered in that vicinity since
the first of the year by the same per-
sons and in each case it is believed that
the motive has been robbery. The
other victims were Thomas Carroll and
Noah Long.
Two men and women are in the Ar
gcntine Jail pending an investigation
Of the lisappearance of Long.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
ISLANDS ARE PURCHASED
Danish West indies Now Part of the
United states.

Htt Stb'tFs
The recent favorable report by the
senate committee on foreign relations
of the treaty for the cession of The ISL
ands of the Daoish West Indies was ao-
c%ompanicd by a written statement
made 10y that committee to the senate.
This report contains a small diagram
showing the location Of the three ISL
ands and the position relative to Porto
Rico. and gives numerous interesting
facts relative to the islands. Ii shows
that during the year 1900 the islands
exported to the United States sugar.
molasses and distilled spirits amount.
ing to S5GS.0 ij, and that during the
same period the expectations from the
United States amounted to S624, 524.
The annexation Of the islands was
sought by the United states years ago;
as far back as 1867 Denmark declined
to sell the islands for S., ZOO, 900, but
made a proposition to part with them
for Sl5, 200, 900. See. Seward offered ST.
SOC. 900, which was decline. lie after
wards agreed to pay that amount for
the islands of st. Thomas and st.
John, but the trade fell through be-
cause of complications which arose.
At that time Denmark insisted that the
consent OF the people in the islands
should DC formally given before the
sale should be consummatcd and when
the vote was taken there were only %
out of a total of 1000 ballots, against
the cession. When the treaty was re
turned to the senate of the United
States it was tied up for two years and
ultimately failed of ratification.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
LODG|KGHOUSEF|RE
st. Louis Has Another Hotel Hor-
for and Eleven Lives Are Lost.
GUESTS SUfffRf FROM EXPOSURE
Safe Blowers Tap Safe In u Georgia Town
Two Killed In boiler Explosion
H~ighwayman shot by Police
man-Boy Burned to Death.

An early morning fire which de-
stroyed the Empire hotel at st. Louis,
Mo-, a large three-story lodging house
at 2700 and 2702, occupied by men ex-
elusively, caused the death of eleven
persons, ten men and and n woman
and dangerously injured eight others.
Ten or more who had narrow cs.
capes from death in the fire were more
or less injured by being Frost bitten.
1t Is estimated that there were be-
tween thirty-five and forty persons in
the building, and it is believed all are
accounted for.
The financial loss is normal. 1t is
thought that $50, 600 will cover the
damage to building and contents,
which were totally destroyed.
The fire started about $3.50 a. IN. when
but few persons were abroad. and
gained considerable Roadway before it
able delay in turning in an alarm, and
when the engines finally reached the
scene the whole front Of the building
was in flames and the interior was a
seethirg furnace. by that time all
who escaped death had lelt the build
ing by jumping from the windows OF
climbing down ropes made OF bed
clothes. A few escaped from the
ground floor through the front door
Some of the escapes were very narrow
Almost everybody who got out suf
fered some in Jury or was frost bitten
The guests barely mad time to get on
when aroused, the flames had spreat
SO rapidly. Some saved clothing
which they carried in their hands. bu
others vera not so fortunate, losinl
everything. After some delay ncarb.
houses were opened to the unfortunate
and they were given shelter from tn
biting cold weather.
1t was one Of the coolest nights o
the winter, the ground being covere'
with ice and snow and everyone suffer
ed from exposure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Language of Animals.

VI
you should be kind to dumb ami
mails" said Johnnie's aunt. reprov-
ingly.
Dumb" replied Johnnie; you
ought to have heard our cat yell when
sister rocked on her tail the other
day"
Mr.. Nelson Wood. an English sci.
enlist, has made a lifelong study OF
the language Of birds, and he cannot
only understand what many Of the
feathered creatures are saying, but he
can also express things to them which
they understand. He has many inter-
esting things to tell about the birds
he has met" The creatures of the
air, 30 he says, talk the least: tur-
keys, chickens and such feathered
creatures, as they do not fly sc much.
talk the most. The explanation OF
this is natural. The birds who do not
fly are always in more danger. and
they have many notes Of warning.
Language among them. of course. as
It must have been among primitive
man, is but an expression Of the sim
plest needs. Danger, hunger, warn.
ing, pleasure and such sensations are
the first emotions expressed. To H.
lustrate the various calls which a tur-
key has, Mr.. Wood cites a note for
overhead danger, another for danger
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Fugitlyea wife Arrives.

!he young man nov boarding at the
coupty Jail at Wahoo, Neb., arrested
last week on q charge Of forgery, after
a little detective work on the part of
Sheriff Webster, gave his real name as
Emmett Roberts Of Newton, Ia, his
place of residence, from which place
mis- wife arrived and is deeply grieved
over the sad predicament in which she
found her youthful husband. Roberts,
it is charged, has a very shady reputa-
ton ~ Newton, his home, where he
is wanted for forgery, his bond being
fixed at 81 900. Roberts resisted while
being arrested in Wahoo and was shot
by Marshal Bert Smith. The wound,
which IA a very serious one, is heal
Ing rapidly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-02-14
Mrs. sonel Not Importing.

Word comes from Butler, Pa, to the
effect that Mrs. Soffel, the accomplish
Of the Biddle brothers, is considerably
worse. Her wound seems to be heal
ing nicely, but she takes very little
nourishment and her mental condition
Is described as approaching collapse.
Harry Biddle, the brother Of the dead
men, who had their remains buried,
says the grave will be protected indef-
nitely from vandals by armed guards.
He made formal application to be APP
pointed executor Of the estate Of Ed
and Jack. He claims that the former,
when first arrested, had in his posses.
sion about $1,000 and the latter $500 in
cash,