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All that can clearly bc made out
or organs post-mortem in his Corn
moner IS that the democracy got
cleaned out in the congressional elcc.
ion. and that the cleaning struck
he Bryanitc section OF the party as
wen as the Cleveland element Bry-
an does not seem to feel badly about
It either. which is circumstance
mat ought 10 give some pause TO his
democratic enemies. He himself. as
commonly supposed. helped to roll
zap that big republican majority in
Indiana against tho Democrat. who
refused TO indorse the Kansas Cif7
platform There will be many such
democrats in 1904. and Br -
member them Just as be
diana backslidSES
Democrat.
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~ -ay didn't ] see YOU running
down the street yesterday. with Bill
Bounce after you2"
"N-c-s."
What did YOU run away for?"
was only running SO as Co
get him away from his home. SO o.
his mother couldn't sec him fghtin'.
but by the time he was ont of sight
of his house We got I'm sight Of our
house. and then. as my mother
would see me il hstoppcd 10 hit him.
went in so as o be out Of temp.
tation.'-Stray 81 prizes.
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ly serious mah
laughs at others S
Jokes at which others laud
many observers Mr.. Bryan's
and his appreciation of humor h.
ers have seemed rather the product
conscious art that the unconscious -
Grafton of nature, says the Chicago In
ter Ocean -
n well-known characteristic of TN 3
man devoid of a real sense of humor is
that while he may be funny when he
means to be he is also often funny
when he means to be absolutely seri-
)us. In the current issue of his Com
moner Mr.. Bryan strikingly exhibits
this peculiar characteristic Of the man
who lacks the saving grace of humor
Mr.. Bryan means to be entirely seri-
Gus in hi. first-page article on Dem
ocratic leadership" and yet he is un-
consciously comic.
He IS speaking of the search of the
eastern democratic news papers-"es-
pecially those which helped elect re-
publican president-for a Moses to
conduct the party into the promised
land He notes that these ncwspa-
pers agree that the money question is
dead and that none can be a leader who
stands on the Kansas City PLATFORM
while Tom johnson i out of the cues
ton, because Ohio went republican,
He 6uds that the thing that is trou-
bling these news papers i that no
state controlled by the reorganizerS
went democratic" and 50 they can
not find anyone who can promise sue
cess" and adds:
The trouble is that the metropoIi-
tan papers have been corrupted by the
commercial spirit which dominates the
republican party. and which domi-
mated the democratic party under Mr..
Cleveland's administration"
Political literature may be searched
in vain for an utterance so intensely
comic as the sentence just quoted
though there cannot be the slightest
doubt that Mr.. Bryan wrote it with
absolute seriousness and could noi
possibly be convinced that there is
anything funny about il.
For, whatever may be said of Mr.
Cleveland's personal attitude toward
business interests. the democratic
party which made the history of his
administration was so little dominated
by the commercial spirit that il went
light-heartedly to work and in the
face of the plainest warnings wrecked
the industry and business of the ma
ton. None who remember the condi-
tion Of the country in the years 1893
96 can fail TO comprehend this truth.
And it was precisely because the
democratic party thus refused to re-
gard their business interests that the
American people rose up and turned il
out of power and recalled the repub-
lican party. which has ever been the
guardian OF the industry and business
by which the people liv" and prosper
And that Mr. Bryan can neither per-
celve nor comprehend these Sclf-cvi-
dent truths, and attributes dcmoc-
rags loss of power to cause directly
the opposite of the real one. is what
makes his remark so comic and at the
same time demonstrates his utter des-
titution Of the saving grace Of humor.
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CHAPTER 1.
KIDNAPPED

KIDNAPPED.
about the Kidnapped Million
Record Extra! All about
at Mystery! Record Extra"
eds of newsboys poured from
and dashed into the human
Nrrents which surge at the conflu-
ence of Nassau street and Park Row
In moment the air was af1ame with
the red headlines of the Record Ex-
IRA II was not necessary to buy
"a paper. The type was so large that
tod the news TO the passerby.
For WAel the Wall street boom
<had been the sensation OF New York
and of the country. Tire perpetual
excitement which reignS within the
shadow of Trinity church had per-
meated Office and counting room 1t
was the whispered topic of conv-rsa-
ton among Clerks, and the noisy sub
1ect of debat- in hotel lobby and
corridor. The jargon OF the stock
Exchange was incorporated into met
ropchtan English The tales of for
tunes made to the clicking music of
the ticker. aroused the cupidity of
. thousands. who saw in the whirl of
! speculative frenzy the prospect of
#wcalth without work. Newspapers
fed the flame and We'd in displaying
49, ARA ting the golden exploits of
migrate and operator.
On this Tuesday morning headlines
and text covered the front page of
the New York Record and proclaimed
the following story:
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Palmer J. Morton, r. J. Kent Andrus
Carmody and Simon Pence have mys-
terioLsly disappeared. They did not ap-
pear at their Offices this morning. In
quiry by telephone at their houses dis
closes the astounding fact that though
expected they did not come home last
night. Various Tumors are i'm circulation.
ss'--et this writing nothing Is known.
except that these four great capitalists
have completely disappea red. Their com
bined wealth IL estimated az s75O.OOo.Ooo"
The street crowds received the
news calmly. They did not believe
il. But they bought the papers
The news came by the way OF Wall
street. Strange rumors had been i'm
circulation an the morning A
sense of impending trouble perme-
ated the crowd of brokers which
clustered around the standards ON
the floor Of the stock Exchange.
TfSe-oaEh brokers on Broad street
were uneasy, as Shcy waited for the
hour of ten. TbeNSuarkct opened
strong and then sagged n was
few minutes past eleven O'Clock
when the tickers ia thousand of
fees stopped in their task OF record.
ing quotations.
There was splutter Of dashes ON
the tape Customers gathered
around the pedestals There was
news coming They anticipated the
announcement Of an important fail
urc. It had beeR rumored that "a
Consolidated Exchange house was i'm
trouble. The following message
spread itself along the tape.
"f1:O7 q. m.-Paimcr j. Morton
r.. ~ Kent. Angus Carmodv and
simon Pence have not appeared at
their oflcIs> They did not return
10 their .esidepces last night Rrla-
ti,es 4sc alarmed q 1d have notified
.fhe y.ylicc They were last seen AZ
sner j. Morton 81 four O'Clock
Cday afternoon. SO trace since.
~ Is feared"
Aur 81 the stock Tx
otto roar which re-
-lhc rumble Of
Nv the streets
Of The third
hc records
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TWO years hex If the weatber I'D
been bad and the country roads had
not been remarkably good and ia
vorable to getting out big rural
vote. the immense democratic major
lty IN New York city might haze
been enough to sweep the state. 1t
1t clearly hopeful fighting ground for
the minority party.
hut New York is not likely to be
necessary to the republican party IN
the next national election. If that
great state were given to the oppo-
sitiuu and the rest Of the country
voted just as it did this fall. the di-
vision in the electoral college would
have been 27j votes for the repub-
lican ticket, and only 100 for the dem
ocratic candidates. The margin for
the party now in power would have
been 76 votes, or about IS per cent
of the democratic strength. That
would he quite sufficient.
1t has passed out of the power OF
any state, however great, to combine
with the south and furnish enough
votes i'll the electoral college to com.
pass the defeat of the republican
party. In the next presidential cleo
ton Colorado, and very probably Ne
rada, will join the republican column.
and there is no doubt that If the
great struggle were at hand now the
odds would he two to one on the
republican side. in New York
As conditions stand the way looks
clear TO another republican triumph
in 1904. and second term for the
popular and admirable president
whose personality is source OF
great strength to his party.
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Excitement on wall street.

Fears that They have been Kidnapped or
have met with Foul Play
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Palmer J. Morton. Andrus Carmody,
Simon Pence and J. Kent
cannot be found.
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KIDNAPPED!,!

-Four Multimiilionaires Mysteriously
MssinEtlt
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Copyright, 1907, by I,othrop Publishing COMPANY
All rights reserved.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
Chipper at Nincty-Eiqht.

A marriage tool place in Kansas
City a few days since which had sew
eral circumstances Of interest. The
groom was =. w. Kenyon, a farmer of
Osborne county, who came to the city
To meet his bride, Mrs. Jane Earl OF
Saratoga county, n. Y, who arrived
on the same day accompanied by two
daughters and her mother. Mrs. Earl
Is the sister OF the first Mrs. Kenyon,
and her brother-in-law became her
husband. Her mother. Mrs. Jones,
who accompanied her, has IL children,
Al grandchildren, "a great grandchil,
dren, and s INSTRUMENTATION.
She has reached the great age OF SO,
yet she was as clipper at the wedding
service as her daughter and the long
journey had not distressed her at all
Kansas City Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
Tight Rope Performer.

II you hold a needle on a plate in
erect position and a magnet at a
certain distance, according to its
strength. you can let the needle go
and it will stand erect with a trem.
bling motion.
Cut the front and back Of a small
piece OF cardboard and unite both
parts with the help of corks and pins.
The front has a square opening. On
the back of the front piece a small
horseshoe magnet is fastened and IN
derneath the magnet in horizontal di-
rection a piece OF wire; the height
of the wire depends on the strength
of the magnet and has to be arranged
in such a way that the needle will
not be pulled UP to the magnet, but
will stand erect on the wire.
Cut small figures Of paper. for In
stance, a tight rope walker or dancing
girl standing on n leg, having the
exact height Of the needle. Fasten
the figure to the needle with the help
Of wax, as shown in the illustration.
Place the figures below the magnet on
the wire and you will see them dance
like real tight rope walkers, or you
can make a trapeze OF a match and
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
E0A LlTTLD'E:MNIa
R%zUG W0f1EN.

Besides. II will be a decided novelty
and will excite the wonder Of your
friends. who will be sure to give you
credit for a lot of ingenuity.
Get a glass jar or bottle with a wide
mouth and pour 1t nearly full OF
water. Then get a piece Of round
stick about ten inches in length-part
Of the roller Of a window shade will
do, or even the small end OF an old
broomstick. Attach a weight to one
end of the stick. so that when you
put 1t into the water in the jar about
th~ree.fourths Of 1t will be under wa.
ter. On top of the other end of the
stick tack a small square of card.
board, which will be the platform OF
the scales.
The mex thing Is to put the neces
sary weight marks on the stick. 10
do this. borrow from some one, the
druggist or the grocer a ~half.ounce. a
~one-ounce. a two-ource and a three.
ounce weight. Put the half.ounce and
a ~threc-ounce weight on the platform
first, and note where the water comes
to on the stick; this you can easily do
because the stick will be wet. Then
take IL out of the water and mark that
place for your half-ounce.
Put the stick gently back into the
water. and lay the ounce weight on
the platform, when the stick will, Of
course, sink lower than 1t did at first.
Take it ont and mark the n
place, and do this with the two-ounce
and the three.ounce weight, one after
the other.
The stick will now be graduated.
showing a half-ounce mark. an ounce
mark, q two-ounce mark and a three.
ounce mark. and when you are in
doubt about the weight of a letter, all
you have to do Is to put 1t on the
platform. and there you are!
II the letter weighs one ounce or
less. a two-cent stamp will carry it; II
1t weighs even the least fraction more
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
,.kATE hASkETT.
rURogRED ~ AN ACTOR

opened up a rapid fire from q revoi.
yer. The first shot must have pierced
Miss Hassett's heart. and almost with
u a sound she sank to the sidewalk.
dead. She was a remarkably hand
some and clever woman
When tombstone shot himself he
fell to the sidewalk almost upon the
woman's dead body.
Kate Hassett was n Of the most
recent recruits to the stage, appear
ing prominently for the first time last
season in Leo Detrichstein's The
Last Appeal" She Vas cast for the
leading role, and though she did not
score a hit 1t vas agreed that her
dramatic talent was u~nmistakable
and experience alone vas needed to
make her an actress of more than
ordinary ability.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
MRS. sESANT STILL A LEADER.
Monster Audiences Listen to Disciple
Of T~heosophy.

Mrs. Besant left England a few
days ago, on her way to India, where
matters connected with the school for
natives, which she founded at Benares
several years ago. claim her atten.
ton. She is going by way Of the con.
tinent, and will hold theosophical
meetings In Germany, Switzerland
and ALPHABETICALLY sailing from a
southern port.
Mrs. Besant will return to England
in June and persue her calling as a
latter day Blavatsky in the vicinity OF
London.
A few years ago it was prophesied
fully that Annie Besant was about
to be ignored by the world at large
and England in particular. But this
prophecy has not been fulfilled. While
In England Mrs. Besant held many
lectures and it Vas only a few days
before her departure that she spoke
to a monster audience who listened
to her with rapt attention.
She retains that marvellous charm
OF hers and while she does so she will
not cease to affect multitudes visibly,
and while she pursues her present dis
Greet and intelligent educational
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12

Kate Hassett. leading woman in the
stock company at Keith's Eighth
Street Theater in Philadelphia. was
shot through the heart and instantly
killed by Barry tombstone, late Of
Richard Mansfield's company.
tombstone then turned the pistol
upon himself and lodged two bullets
above his Heart that will probably
cause his death. The motive for the
crime was jealousy.
tombstone lost his position with
Mansfield a few days ago and went
direct to Philadelphia. He lay in
wait for '''ss Hassett at the stage
door Of the theater and followed her
a block after she left.
Suddenly he sprung upon her as she
passed under an electric light, and
shouting You are not true to me-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
Brought to a Crisis.

When Senator Scott first went to
Congress a committee was appointed
to investigate alleged irregularities in
his election. The West Virginian paid
considerable attention to this commit.
tee, dining and winning the members
deliberately. This went on for some
time, but finally he learned that the
committee intended TO report in his
favor, but liked his entertainment too
well to close up their labors. Then
he gave them n more feed, but over
the cigars told them that henceforth
they might live on bread and water
for all he cared. The report exoner.
ating him was forthcoming next day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
THE FIRST WOMAN JUsTice/
0rs. oars,s~es Wyoming Is % Do"
the Jua%oial Ermine.

--
Woman has entersd many spheres
formerly considered suited Only TO
man, Including even tho legal profes'
sion. hut II has remained for Mrs. M.
Agnes Garrett OF Garrett, Wyo.. % be
the frst to don the judicial ermine.
Mrs. Garrett was chosen by the
voters OF Garrett precinct at the late
election, and she will assume her judi.
c,al duties the first Tuesday following
the first Monday in January. The
more strenuous duties of the ION.
stable, however. have been left to one
physically capable Of executing the
orders of Mrs. CARROTS court. Elmer
Il. Slothower having been elected to
enforce the commands of the female
Judge.
Mrs. Garrett is evidently a woman
of advanced education. Being a prac'
ticed penman. or rather penwoman,
she will keep her own dockets, and,
possessing some knowledge of legal
forms, she wiz use that knowledge to
acquire more. A number Of cases
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
The Water Boat Afoat.

a gravy boat, may be called a water
boat: but | am speaking of a boat
driven by water as well as through
water. Its principal parts are a tin
pan and "A tall lamp chimney. Close
the small end Of the chimney with a
cork, into which n rubber, bent glass
or lead tube is tightly fitted; prop the
chimney up in the pan with the small
tube projecting over the rim. fill the
chimney with water and set the chin,
ney craft afloat.
1t will move with the ease and grace
OF a turtle, though not so fast, until
all the water has run out. You can
produce a better imitation Of speed by
using, instead of the pan. a little wood.
en- boat OF more shipshape model with
the water tube projecting over the
stern, but unless the vessel Is very
broad Of beam 1t will capsize.
In fact. the boat Is made not to &c
fast, but to illustrate a principle by go
ing at all; and another illustration OF
the same principle is given by the
water mill now to be described.
The mill is made of the same lamp
chimney, or another. with corks OF
plugs in both ends. Instead Of one
water tube II has two. three, four OF
more, going out like the spokes Of
wheel and bent at the end-all in the
same direction. The chimney Is SCI
upright between two pivots. which
press against the upper and lower
plugs, and is filed with water through
a hole in the upper plug, which also
serves to admit air when the mill 1.
turning. The only use of the top plug
in fact, is to give a point of support
and the vessel must be open to the ali
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
Real Hard Work.

While down In Oklahoma not long
ago Senator Beveridgc of Indiana met
Delegate MCGUIRE OF that territory,
whom no complimented on his fine
physique. "Oh, yes, hard work made
me q strong man." said Mcclure. The
Indiana man replied with a touch of
scorn: "If you had toiled In a sawmill.
as had to do, you would have had a
right u talk of hard work." You
never earned your bread as a section
hand and pumped a hsndcar, did you?
No. nor you never did any steamboat
ing. More than that. you have not
punched cattle for tour or Ave years,
and. senator. when you have had a
whack at these occupations you will
regard work In q sawmill as a box at
the opera"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
The Water Wheel in Motoon.

at the top. AS the water flows out
through the little tubes the mill turns
in the opposite direction, and If there
is not too much friction at the pivots
It will 500 be spinning rapidly.
The water boat and water mill are
examples Of what are called reaction
machines. The principle they illustrate
is that, generally speaking, you can
not move anything without moving
something else in the opposite direc.
ton. In both of these cases as the
water is forced out in the direction of
the water tube the boat or the part of
the mill from which il flows is driven
in the opposite direction. The recoil
or kick" of a gun Is another illstra-
ton. At the instant of firing the gun
moves backward, II it can, and II you
are holding it against your shoulder
you feel the reaction as a kick" and
If the gun is heavily loaded you may
move backward with great prompt
ness.
A vessel might be propelled by fir
ing heavy cannon from the shore. .
Now, II your big brother, who is q
sophomore and nearly full Of wisdom
| says that the pressure OF the stream OF
water against the air drives the water
boat and the water mill, tell him you
know better.
The air has nothing to do with 1t
and the little machines would go JUS
as we'll il there were no air--better
indeed, as then they would have NJ
air friction or resistance to content
with,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
Society at L~eaNenworth.

Under the headline, Better Glass
of Convicts Coming" the Leavenworth
Times proceeds to rejoice at the bet.
torment of the tone Of society at the
federal prison. Bootleggers and horse
thieves from Oklahoma will not be so
common, while grafters and smooth
sharks from Wisconsin and Indiana
will be more numerous. Congressman
Scott adds that hell probably has its
smart SET kansas City Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12

The Nobel research prize OF $4,000
has been awarded to Maj. Donald
Ross OF the Liverpool (EnR.) school
OF tropical medicine in recognition
Of his Investigations into the mosqui.
to malaria theory. Major Ross will
SO to Sweden next month. when King
Oscar will present the prize to him.
To DR.. Emil Fischer Of the III in
university, Is awarded the p:izeF pr
natural science and chemistry, VIII Q
the prize for physics and medicine -
divided between DIR. Arrhenius Of the
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12

Stockholm High school and DR.. Fin
sen Of Copenhagen. Each whole
prize is worth 10000.
Mai. Donald Ross, who Is awarded
the prize for original research. Is an
English medical officer who has seen
long service in the East Indies While
there he was impressed with'th a v
ages Of malaria among white men and
set about learning the aus
In one year out OF 1887 men In
the Indian army over rs 900 were sent
to the hospitfi with malaria. Major
Ross began his Investigations n
O O concluded that mosquitoes had
some association with the prevalence
of the disease. His theory was In
v~estlgated and proved to be correct.
JDr. Emil Fischer OF the Berlin uni
Jversity. who was awarded the chem
istry prize. is noted for "A number OF
valuable discoveries in synthetic
chemistry.
Prof. Finsen of Copenhagen. is the
discoverer Of the light cure" for
lupus. Although a doctor, he does not
practice medicine, but confines HIM
self to pathological research.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
.Ex. .E,ss NNEnT7 CoNtIA

from his post Of minister from Co
lombia to Washington, has had a
short stay in the American capital,
owing 10 his persistent tactics as an
cbstructionist to the negotiations for
the isthmian canal. Concha arrived
there last spring. and Vas well re-
ceived, He came with a good record
as a diplomat and master Of interna-
tional law. He had been attorney
general and minister of wal in the
cabinet Of the United States OIL Co.
lombia, and Is also said to have been
an excellent soldier.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
The Letter Scales Complete.

than one ounce. 1t will take two two.
cent stamps, for the rate is two cents
for each ounce or fraction thereof,
If 1t weighs more than two ounces
and not more than three. it will take
take three two.cent stamps, and so on.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
TO SIT ON COURT OF CLAIMS
President Roosevelt Will Appoint
Judge Wright Of illinois.

Judge Francis Wright, whom Presi'
dent Roosevelt has decided to appoint
to a eat on the court of claims, Dis
trlct OF Columbia, is a w~ell-known
jurist Of Urbana, H., who has served
on the Circuit court bench Of Cham.
paign county, and who attracted at
tention some years ago by %instructing
a jury to indict the late Gov. Altgeld
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12

small but important to the ~litigants,
have already been continued from one
docket of the retiring justice to that
over which Justice Garrett will pre-
side. and il Is apparent she will have
the opportunity very frequently TO
bring into play any OF Portals quail.
ties she may possess.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12

He who maliciously takes advantage
of the ungarded moments Of friend
ship is no farther from knavery than
the latest moment of evening from the
first Of nigAt.-Lavater.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-12-12
A Present for Papa.

What's the use in spending your
money for a pair Of letter scales, when
you can make a pair for yourself out
of a glass jar and a piece OF stick7