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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
NEW USES FOR ALCOHOL.
European Governments Experiment.
ina in Many Ways.

No innovation in European automo-
bile practice within the last year or
two has attained such importance as
the trial of alcohol in the place OF
gasoline. The attempt to effect a
substitute has been stimulated by.
II 1t did not originate in, two potent
forces. One is the desire OF the for
eign farmers to find a use for the
superintendent and cheap spirit man
ufactured from sugar beet refuse and
from potatoes. The other is the ag-
excessively helpful attitude assumed
by the French and German govern
ments. Several exhibitions have been
held within the last lew months to
illustrate the many practical applica-
tons which can be made OF alcohol,
and In France two months ago an elab-
crate series Of tests was made, under
the auspices of the minister OF agri-
culture, to show its special fitness for
propelling vehicles. BY the French 1t
is customary to employ a mixture OF
alcohol and gasoline, and not the lat
ter alone, because the gasoline engine
can then be retained with little mod
ification. In Germany an effort Is be-
ing made to perfect u motor working
on the same general principle-explo-
sion-but different enough in details
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
HATED "MODEL BOY"

A we'll known business man was
standing at a street corner talking
with a friend the other afternoon,
when a seedy looking chap. with a
bloated cOuntenance and n whining
voice. approached and tackled the
business man for the loar OF a dollar.
The business man grufiy declined the
shabby chaps appeal and told him to
be on his way In a canter.
This rather puzzled the companion
or the business man. who knew that
the latter was OF an extremely chart.
table and open.handed disposition
a man who rarely resisted the appeal
OF the commonest street beggar and
who made IL a point never to turn
down an appeal for financial aid from
unfortunate friends OF former days.
The business man chewed in silence
on the end Of his cigar for a while
and then he said:
You no doubt think IL odd that |
sent that fellow, whom you could see
knew me by my first name. on his
way with such siddennes and asper.
ity. So ] might as well put you right
In the matter. That fellow rs the only
man In the world that I actually hate
and despise and ! marvel at his gall
for bracing me for as much as a shoe.
string. And III tell you why | despise
him We two are Of exactly the same
age and we were brought up together
In this town in the same ncighbor-
hood. He was the model or the neigh.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Township viii Run Road

The Kansas & Southern railway. OPP
Grating between Blaine and Westmore-
land. Kan. a distance of ten miles. has
been placed in the hands of receivers
on application of the Rock Creek town
ship board because the owner Kan
sas City capitalists. had discharged it's
employees and given notice that opera
tons would be suspended indefinitely.
The township board. which bought
$3l 500 in bonds in the road when it
vas built. taking stock in exchange,
proposes to operate the line. Both
sides are guarding the property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
War and the Birth Rate.

War not only influences the mr..
tality of the army in the field, but has
a malefcent effect on the birthrate
and death rate of the country which 10
fighting. A low birth rate may be ex.
planned to some extent, by the fact
that when q nation is at war her neo.
pie at home are less osperou and
consequently marriages are not so fire.
quent.
The increase Of the death rate M.
ours. probably, for the reason that
food is scarcer and also lh>ause AZ a
time when a country is D yed In a
disastrous war, the mirdyM its in.
haDs,ants are adversely affected
Those who are in delicate L.ealth, or
VINO are attacked with sickness. sue.
cumb much more readily when tho
spirits are low than when in a normal
condition. II is, indeed, the reaction
OF the mind upon the body.-MedicaI
Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The state department has received
from United States Ambassador White
at Berlin. copies of the official German
proclamation with regard to the fees
to be charged for the inspection OF
meats brought into Germany from
abroad.
The fees embrace compensation for
the removal and transport of samples,
for notifications. registering the in
spection books. drawing up for certif-
Gates and such travelling on the part
OF the expert meat inspectors as may
be necessary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Gen, Franz SIgeI Deud

General Franz Sigel. the famous SOL
der, politician and editor, died at his
home in New York Thursday morning.
The general had been failing for two
years, the result Of old age and a gen.
eral breakdown, but il was only Sun
day last that he finally surrendered and
took to his bed. The end was peaceful.
with his family at his bedside. He
was born in Boston, November Is, 1924.
He came to the United States in 1852,
was in the civil war. in which he dis
tinguished himself. He was the hero
OF a famous wartime poem, Il Fights
Nit Sigel."
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
GREAT HEAT OF MEreoRs.
Some Have Fallen as Molten Masses
From a Volcanoes Crater.

tSt -
Ordinarily the meteors that flash
across the sky at stated periods OF
time burn themselves M IN the up
per air, but occasionally a meteoric
mass lasts long enough 10 reach the
earth. One fell on MI is. 1900, At
Felix, Ala. Meteors VI seen on the
occasion referred to AZ sundry ex-
plosions were heard, while later on
a mass OF meteoric substance weigh
ing seven pounds was discovered i'm
bedded in soft soil. This meteorite
was analysed and found to be built upQ
Of such minerals as olivine, augite,
triolite, nickel iron and graphite car
bon.
The dark color Of the Felix stone Is
stated to be due to the presence In
fair amount of the last.named sub
stance. The interest attaching to me.
teorites, of course. centers around the
fact hat they enable us to obtain
glimpses of the composition Of other
worlds than ours. Astronomy Is well
agreed on the unity OF chemical com
position which marks the orbs, and
eve the simple fact that 1t is hydro.
gen gas which blazes In the sun ans
gives us our light and heat Is a testi'
mony to this fact. Meteoric iron and
carbon similarly display links between
these erratic bodies and our W
earth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Of authority that he does the poorest
hOvel in the land. Vain all the elab.
orately constructed outposts and re.
doubts. and inner and outer walls,
and keep and sanctuary. Not all the
armed force of all the world, not all
It's pride and pomp and chivalry Can
hinder one jot the advance of the
intruder, writes Frederic V. Collins
in the Washington Times. He passes
all the imposing barriers that sur.
round the king. in one disdainful step,
and 10! the sovereign lord who Is
about to ascend his throne amid the
obeisances of his mobiles and the plau-
dts Of his people, lies stricken and
helpless. and envying, perhaps, the
humblest peasant who has health and
strength.
And so. however. reluctantly. we
acknowledge this grand work OF hu.
nan vanity. a "baseless fabric" And
we recall the lines Of the greatest OF
poets:
We are such stun as dreams are made
And our little lives are rounded by a
sleep.
Force is at best a fearful thing, even
in a righteous cause.-Schiller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Coal Famine Threatened

An immediate hard coal famine
threatens Chicago. In the entire city
there was not more than 80, 900 tons on
hand August 81. and as one-half Of
that has already been contracted for
or bought outright, the public has only
$4,000 tons Of the hard fuel available
for purchase.
Usually at this time of the year
there are 800, 200 tons of hard coal
within the corprate limits. Hereto
fore unlimited quantities could be pur-
chased at $7.25 a ton. but now the ma
jority of the dealers are asking $3.50
a ton, and some of them want s..
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
End In Thirtx.nIne Yrars

James Morris, a wealthy landowner.
living at Fairmont, w. Va, and noted
as a prophet is working on a book
entitled The Time OF the End Ac-
cording to Bible Chronology" 1t pre-
diets startling things during the next
few years among them being the resur-
rections of the righteous dead in 1891
and the second coming of Christ and
h millennium in 194l. Morris, II is
claimed, predicted forty years ago the
war with Spain, the trouble between
Great Britain and the Beers, the Gal
weston horror and the Martinique dis
aster.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
IS IN BAD SHAPE
Recent Fighting in Colombia
Tells on the Rebels
AMMUNITION RUNNING LOW
Army 1T Ausu Duice Has Hut . Limited
Sophisticated Relations between
Colombia and Nicaragua Not
Likely to Continue

The steamship City OF Para arrived
at Panama August 81 from Central
American ports. Her passengers re-
port that the revolutionary gunboat
Padilla is at C%orinto, Nicaragua, where
she IL believed to have gone to secure
coal and ammunition. The revolution
lists at Aqua Dulce are said to have but
a limited supply OF ammunition as a
result OF the recent sever fighting in
that district.
Government officials at Panama have
expressed the hope that following the
negotiations opened In Washington
the early part OF this month for the
establishment OF an entente cordiale
between the governments Of Colombia
and Nicaragua conducted by Senior
Concha. the Colombian minister and
Senior Corea. the Nicaraguan minister
at Washington. Nicaragua will cease
helping the revolutionary general Her
rera unless that country Is actually
DESTROYS OF creating complications with
Colombia
General SalaZar, governor OF Pana-
ma, received a telegram from the Co
lombian minister OF war at Bogota
saying that 5000 men had already been
dispatched to Colon to reinforce the
troops on the isthmus.
Colombia and Nicaragua have OF late
been viewing each other with sus-
picion. Colombia has asserted that
Nicaragua is responsible for much of
the trouble on the Isthmus OF Panama
and that revolutionary expeditions
have formed IN Nicaraguan soil.
There have been strong limitations
that Colombia would adopt counter
steps by an invasion of Nicaragua.
The negotiations of the ministers OF
these two countries at Washington.
referred to in the above dispatch, are
believed to hold good prospects that
each country will respect the laws of
neutrality.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Pa rachute falls to Open

J.. A. Sartell. an aeronaut of Fair
well. Mich, was probably fatally in
jured at Danville, H.. as the result OF
a parachute leap from a balloon ZOO
feet above the earth.
When he leaped from the balloon
the parachute failed to open and he
was dashed to the earth. His feet
were driven six inches into the ground
and he sustained a compound fracture
of both limbs.
Sartell's wife was recently killed in
a similar manner at Cairo, III.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
TO AVOID LITIGATION

Estate to Her People
The contents of the will OF Mrs.
Charles Fair have become known. says
a San Francisco dispatch. She disposes
of an estate approXimating $500. 900.
The mother Is given a life annuity of
81 $500. Four brothers and two sisters
are left legacies of $4,000 each. The
children of her dead sisters are also
provided for. The remainder OF the
estate is left to her husband.
The Fair heirs, to avoid litigation,
have decided to offer Mrs. Fairs rela-
tives her entire estate II they will fore
60 all claims which they may believe
they have upon Charles Fairs estate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
SPIRITED THE BRIDE AWAY
hut Effort to Prevent n Wedding Meets
with Dismal Failure

hut Effort to Prevent n Wedding Meets
with Dismal Failure
Il. +. Perkins and Miss Clara Scher-
mer of Deadwood, S. d., were married
Thursday. They were to have been
married Tuesday evening, and the JUS
tice of the peace and invited friends
assembled at the home of the bride.
but h did not appear and could not
be located. The guests ate the we'd
ding dinner and went home. II trans
pired that several ladies who objected
TO the young man had spirited the girl
away and detained her until after the
appointed hour. finally releasing her
on her promise that she would not
marry. This morning ePrkins had an
interview with her. with the result
that they were quietly married before
further interference could be inter-
posed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The car has Just presented tn,
kaiser a gold smoking set, and tn,
kaiser has just given the czar a gol,
writing set. The rest OF us meane
mortals will have to wait till Chris,
mas before we can AFFORD to swop pres
ents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Selects Chief OF stan

Gen. Eli Torrance. commander-in-
chief OF the G.. A. r., has selected Col.
A. Noel Brakeman, his chief-of-staff,
as chief marshal of the parade of vet
Grams to be held on October s, during
the national encampment. General
Torranee's selection is In accordance
with the established precedent hat the
commander-in-chief's chief of stan
shall command the encampment pa
rade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Aguinnld0 viii Farm

Advices from Manila report a feeling
OF deep interest in the future move
ments of Aguinaldo and Mabini. The
former has announced his intention OF
taking up agricultural pursuits in Ca
vite province. He declines to enter
into any political discussions. He can
not get over the idea Of letting others
legislate for the Filipinos and would
rather die than prostitute his con-
science.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Ex'Queen L~iluokalani is grumblIn,
because she has to pay an income ia,
of $3.50 on her annual allowance o.
$1,000. but she ough. to remember
that she is in luck to have an incom,
to be taxed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

to burn pure alcohol. The problem has
not been fully worked out. nor, for
that matter, is the economy of alco-
hol fully ascertained. Enough is
known on this point, however, and also
as to its efficiency, to make il a for.
midable rival of gasoline in countries
where there is no revenue tax on veg.
etable spirit.-New York Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Incidentally the generous gift Of o.
borne house, made by King Edward to
the English people. will relieve the
donor Of the large cost Of It's mainte.
nance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
Messenger ROys Strike

The merchants and brokers Thurs
day were forced to do the work Of the
messenger boys and all the business
depending upon the t%elegraphic SER
vice was seriously INSTRUCTED as a re-
suit of the second strike of the mes
senger boys. The Western Union tried
to employ messenger boys in the place
OF the strikers, but were unable to
do On
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Until DIR. Depew Is interviewed con
corning the coronation the United
States will not feel sure that every.
thing in Great Britain Is as 1t should
be.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

A Missouri editor who threatened tt
write an article entitled Hell anc
Who VIII Be There" has been warned
against the publication Of libelous mat
ter by the entire town.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Gaynor and Greene have been Sc
at liberty by the Canadian court. Per
haps the next time this government
tries to get a man extradited It vii
pick out somebody who has no none,
TO hire eminent lawyers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

May Yohe and Strong have me-
again. Now II they will clasp hand.
and stroll far into some deep. darl
cavern, pulling the cavern in after
them, all will be forgotten.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The boy at Chester, Pa. who swim,
&C much that he dreamed he wa.
diving the other night and foun,
when he came to himself that he ha,
dived head foremost down a fight O
stairs, ought to have a tub OF col,
water set beside his bed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

J. Pierpon: Morgan denies that his
ship deal isn't going through, and re
CARDS 1t as a kind Of sacrilege that the
ridiculous report should have been
started.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

A Cincinnati health officer has be
gun a campaign against dirty pape,
currency because 1t carries diseas,
germs. Most people In Cincinnati O
elsewhere would be glad to expos,
themselves frequently.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Society notes are being siftet
pretty close in New York, where the
information is te~legraphed that the
baby camel OF Central Park has 6
pair of new boots.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The New Hampshire paper that has
just published a Christmas poem is
either forcing the season or behind
the times. You may draw your owr
conclusions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The deceptive toadstool. whict
looks like a mushroom, is doing it,
best to reduce the contingent Of tn,
superhuous population that live,
through the drowning season.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

As to that Chicago woman who
cowed a burglar Just by looking him
In the eye-well, say! what couldn't
she do to q husband?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Premier Sagasta is about to retire
from the command OF the Spanish
ship OF state. Look out for another
wreck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Some Of the baseball players say
they believe in respecting contracts
All, the game isn't what !; USED to be!
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29
BESSIE Bonehin Dead

A cablegram from Portsmouth, Eng
land. the death there of Bes-
sic Bonehill, the vamous vaudeville
actress.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The girls mother says that story
about the princes i%nfatuation isn't
true. But do girls mothers always
know?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

When all the railways get through
combining. guess whether II will be
Morgan or Rockefeller who will own
the entire bunch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Kansas City b%artenders are threat
ening to strike for shorter hours. Mo
have NO hesitancy in hoping they will
win.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

When a visitor takes an hour OF
Mr.. Schwab's time he may be said
TO be s%quandering money with reck.
less prodigality.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Being crowned and convalescent,
King Edward has now become quite
an uninteresting parsonage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

In case we should annex Hayti,
would we also have to the
Haytian generals?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Bandit Tracy did not die in vain.
He has achieved a place in the wax
figure class at dime museums.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

The crown prince, we hope, did not
throw his birthright In the face Of
the kaiser.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Death succeeded In arresting Tracy,
but the deputy sherins claim the re-
ward.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

There is nothing humorous aboas
humidity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Mining coal with bayonets is not q
happy solution Of the strike problem.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Usually when you want your UNI
brella 1t is not here. but over there.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Inscription for Tracy's tombstone
The wages Of sin Ia death"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-08-29

Force is at best a fearful thing, even
in a righteous cause.-Schiller.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
AMUSED TIE BROKERS.
New York Wealth INDUCED in Unique Recreation

1t was one of those windy days over
head and slippery under foot. such as
New York manages to blow through
and skate over without ruffling its su-
preme self-satisfaction. The messen
ger boys had started what they called
a skating pond" in Broad street. It
extended from the corneI&of ]. p. Nor
gan's Office to the haunts of the curb
brokers, and it was a beauty.
The run was from the foot of Wash
irgton'S statue at the sub-treaSury,
and the rest was jump and a slide;
but the slide was so long that the
boys couldn't negotiate it ALL and
had to make two or three runs to COM
plete it.
A sandwich" man. with a great oil
cloth sign braced above his shoulders.
wandered out Of his bailiwick as a
fgurehead for a Nassau street house,
and looked on the sport of the boys
with fond regret. He was chubby and
cheerful, and despite the great sacri-
fee sale notice which he was carry
ing, remembered when he was a boy
and slid, too. Then he got an idea.
The wind simply was bowling down
into Broad street, and he only got that
far in safety by edging along close
to the buildings; but here was an op-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
One Pastor
Who Displays
Good Sense
AuMUkNAM kAMMl

"A popular preacher. whose church is
at fashionable seaside resort, recent
ly made a somewhat remarkable re-
quest to the women of his congrega-
ton from the pulpit. He boldly asked
them to make practice of taking off
their hats at sermon time.
My church he explained. lis not
built like theater. Nov. i the Ia
dies. in all kindness and good man
ners, remove their mats during the
performance of a plav at the theater.
where the seats. are gradually raised
one above tlther, I am sure my
hearers csDave no reasonable OBJ
lection tDing the same here.
1T is primarily question of good
manners. 1t is very annoying to be
compelled to dodge between lady's
big or little hat to see the preacher.
Besides. you know that many peoples
eyes seem to assist their ears-that is
to say. they think they can hear bet
ter if they can see.
People want to see the minister
when he is preaching, and to have to
dodge about interferes with the proper
understanding of the sermon: while
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31
1t Worried Him.

Herr Kruegel's daughter, Gretchen,
had been serving as domestic about
two weeks in the household of Judge
Vaughan, when father and employer
met on the village street.
We'll, goodge," said Kruegel, "how
do you like dote Gretchen by dis dime
alretty?"
Like herr" returned the judge, in
his blunt way, why, she's just great!
We never had anyone in the house in
her line that entered into work with so
much spirit; she's full of snap all the
time"
Kruegel turned ponderingly away,
and, meeting his frau at his home por-
tai. he sorrowfully said: Teresa,
someding must COED wrong nit dot
Gretchen; l yoost did meeted Yoodge
Vorgan ,und he said dot she vas vull of
schnapps all de dime. e."-Richmond
Dispatch.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-03-31

In Santiago, Chill, the Bel>ian mis-
sion reports that the attention of the
authorities for some time has been
;alled to the impending destruction OF
The chin chilla in the northern prov
,nces of Chill. However, no measures
nave been take as yet for the preserva-
lion of this valuable fur-bearing ami
NAL. which has almost entirely disap-
oeared from the neighboring republic
Of Bolivia, in spite Of laws enacted for
it's preservation
During the last three years. accord
ing to figures taken from the Chilian
customs reports, the number of ami
mails killed has risen enormously. For
instance, in 1898 341 ,436 pelts were eX-
ported; in 1889, 435,906 and in 1900,
695,3 ,316. If to this total the domestic
consumption (as well as the large
number of pelts sent through the pos
tai parcels service) is added, the fig
ures are appalling. The value of the
695, ,316 pelts exported in 1900 must have
reached a sum approXimating SS56 900.
This state of affairs has aroused the
"Chilian Scientific Society,"" which re-
Gently has urged the greatest necessity
of regulating chinchilla hunting, if the
complete disappeara of this rodent
is to be prevented. The society has
sent to all the communes of the north
ern provinces draft regulation, which
contains especially the following prop
oSitionS: