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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Reading from Alice In Wonder

Reading from Alice In Wonder
land"
Going TO Jerusalem.
Stage coach.
Word making.
A recitation by Miss -
The games in this assortment n.o
well known, but 1t was necessary 10
modify some of them to suit the oc-
casion. The reading and recitation
varied the program acceptably. Know
ing that n Of the guests was a fine
el%ocutionist, n couple voted for the
recitation. and another pair. seeing
Alice in Wonderland" lying on a ia
BILE nearby, bethought themselves Of
the eading.-Montreal Herald and
Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

A broken four-foot water main In
New York city was allowed to pou,
forth a huge volume OF water into
Madison avenue for two hours and 8
half, flooding easements for blocks
around and filling the New York Cen.
trail tunnel. Finally an assistant en-.
gineer was found and shut of the wat,
er. Damages will cost an immens,
sum, This is another instance OF how
the most extensively governed city IL
the world gets nothing but incompe,
tence and neglect for its money.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Two Hundred Persons Drowned.

a water spout burst overthc town OF
Safe, Morocco. II inundated the low.
er part OF the town Tor the space OF
twelve hours, sweeping everything
before 1T into the sea. Two hundred
persons are reported to have been
drowned. There are no Europeans
among the dead. The damage to Saf fe
Is enormous.
sane is a fortified seaport town of
1t has II population of H.
600, icluding about 1000 Jews. IL is
enclosed by massive walls and has a
palace and a small fort.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Murder In Oklahoma.

Charles Mcknight, n faro dealer,
shot and killed Willard Sims. "a saloon
keeper, and a boy named Hcpstedtcr
In a gambling room at Shawnee, q. T..
Mcknight and Sims had quarrelcd.
Sims went To the gambling resort and
threatened to kin Mex night. Me.
Knight drew Il revolver aud killed
hepstedter, after which lie killed
Sims.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Schooner burned nj Sen.

A c%ablegram received AT Boston AN.
nounces that the four masted schooner
James W. Fitch, OF this port. bound
for New York. November -, for Rosa
rio with II 900 casks OF oil. GOO. O fee,
OF lumber and about 5000 shocks, was
burned at sea on December Is.
The entire crew was saved and land
ed at Ponce, Porto Rico. The vessel.
which was owned here, was valued AT
$40,0 and was partially insured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
ALFRED TIE REA

It was 1000 years on October 2S,
1901, since Alfred the Great died. He
was born at Vantage in the year $40.
If we could c~onjure up from their
graves a reverend graybeard or gar
rulous old woman of that period and
ask them to tell us tales of this man.
beyond dispute the noblest king who
ever ruled in England, we could not
understand them. because We do not
speak the English of that time. This
Is Alfred's translation of the Lords
prayer into the English Of his day.
See what you al make OF it:
"Faeder ure thu the earth on heafe-
cume thin rice. Gcwurthe kin villa on
earthen wi on heafenum. urne ge
deagwaulican keaf svie us to deag;
and forgyf us ure gyltas. swa we
forgivath gyltendum. and M
gelaudde thu us or conserving ac alyse
US OF yfe."
Although Alfred did so much for
the advancement OF learning among
his people when he was ten years old
neither he nor his elder brother knew
a letter OF the alphabet. Admitting a
beautiful Illuminated volume OF Saxon
promised the book to the boy who
could first read a song. and Alfred won
the prize. Alfred became king at
twenty-five. He was a great warrior,
and encountered his enemies. the
Danes. in nine pitched battles, raging
up the slope like n wild boar" the old
chronicle says. attacking his foe at
close quarters. battleax in hand. His
favorite battle song, Where Are Now
the Bones of Weland?" he marked to
be taught to his sons. but words and
music are o lost. Much Of what is
known as common law has been hand
ed down from this wonderful man.
Alfred and his brother Ethelred show
ed great GOODNESS In times OF deadly
peril. While attending church service
n morning. word was brought that
the Danes were upon them and held
the Saxon troops at bay. God first
and man after" said Etheired calmly.
and the service continued uninterrupt-
ed. At it's conclusion. however, the
SaXons advanced swiftly las one man"
and defeated the invaders in a mighty
battle. Many things which seem as
natural and necessary and valuable to
us as the air We breathe We owe to this
wise king, who had a great mind,
though his body was pain-racked. He
it was who first translated the Tesla
ment into English tongue. Before his
day we rad no means of measuring
time. He valncd time greatly and
used it wisely. and devised a means
OF measuring the hours by taliow can
dies placed In horn lanterns. He
founded Oxford. which after 900
years Is still the greatest institution
Of learning in England. lie said. Il
strive to live worthily and wish to be
remembered by my good works" He
lived no soft life, but a full, progress
sive one. advancing himself and pull
ing his country after him In mighty
strides toward freedom and knowl-
edge-a bright light on the throne of
England. which ten centuries have not
acknowledgements News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Trained Bea re-.

Three or four hundred years ago n
was a common thing among the in
habitants OF Scandinavia and Dem
mark to catch and train young bears.
Sometimes they were kept for nets.
hut were very often used as beasts
Of burden. 1t was not strange TO see
bruin walking like a man with a large
bundle strapped to his shoulders. He
was also trained to work water wheels
and to draw water from the wells.
But a more curious use to which be
was put was that of watch dog.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Geronimo and III. Band Released.

General Frank Armstrong, as agent
OF the war department, is at Fort Sill.
okl., making arrangement for the re-
lease of Chief Geronimo and the POS
Arizona Apache Indians who are held
by the government as prisoners of war.
they We're captured by General Law
ton twelve years ago after a three
~thonsand-mile compaign, They will
allotted land by the government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Vermont is not M of the great and
growing states of the union. Its pop.
ulation increased only 3 per cent from
1890 to 1900, and the total is only 3+S,.
Gal. But the Green mountain folks
are thrifty. as their savings banks
show. Deposits in these institutions
increased 80 per cent during the past
decade. They average nearly 500 for
every man, oma and child In the
state. the whole amount on deposit be.
ing $40, POS. 05s.23. or this total $s3..
4l5,771 are the savings OF lO7, 695 resi-.
dents of Vermont, the balance OF about
1900, 900 being deposited by 1886
non-residents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
BREAD mi BUTTER.

My mother says, II little girls
Want curly hair they must
Eat all their bread and butter up,
And especially the crust.
So very many little girls
In all the wide, wide world
Would be so very happy IL
Their hair were only curled.
And can I be so selfish. then?
No, dear mamma. I must
Give other little girls my bread,
And especially the crust.
Selected.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

A steamer has reached the port OF
London, England, after no less than
two years and nine months continu.
Gus v~oyaging on transport service. In
the course of which she has covered
more than 10000 miles. The Wan.
derlng jew himself was lot a more ac.
tive tramp than this steamer. How
glad the skipper and his crew must b,
to find themselves on home shore al
last.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Forgiven.

She was n little Cambridge girl, and
not very well acquainted with school
discipline. One day she was discov-
cred whispering, and the teacher sent
her to an ante-room to mediate on
the enormity Of her ofense. When
she was again permitted to join her
classmates the teacher asked: What
were you saying to the girl next to
you when l caught you whispering?"
The little culprit hung her head fo-
a moment and then replied: Il was
only telling her how nice you looked
In your new dress" well. that-yes
Il know-but We must-the class in
spelling will please stand up."-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
CrackKnen How = Safe.

Four men blew open a safe in the
Office of the Touring mill Of II. A.
Frame e. Son, at New Douglas, ILL.,,
and secured $1,000, with which they
escaped. The two watchmen were
beaten by the robbers and tied to posts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Ground Under tho Wheels.

John w. Taylor, chief engineer OF
the terminal railroad association, and
William Austin Kent, whose home is
in Louisville, KY, were ground to
death beneath the wheels Of a Wabash
switch engine in North st. Louis, after
jumping, panic-stricken, from a swift.
ly moving gasoline motor car, which
threaten to collide with the switch en-
CINE at a street crossing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

The president, at the instance OF vet.
eran associations, las amended the
civil service rules applicable to the
rural free delivery service so far AS Ia
except from tie operation of the age
limit, veterans of the civil and Spanish
American wars who file applications
for appointments as carriers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
ERlal Jumu fram WIndou

John Il. Demsey, n printer, Of st.
Paul, Mimi, frightened by fire, leaped
from a fourth floor window of the
Washburn building and received inju-
ries from which he died shortly after.
The fire was in an adjoining building
and did little damage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

The Prince and Princess of Monaco
have decided to be friendly-though
married. The Princess has vacated
and Is building a villa in Algiers. while
the Prince remains with his roulette
tables and his petticoat peccadilloes.
She gets the monthly remittance and
cheated. What an object lesson to
Holland!
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

London newspaper men are afraid
thu; american women journalists are
Loiug to crowd them out of business.
Why don't they execute IA coup by
marrying the lady journalists?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Fire ut ChIcksshaw, !. T..

A fire started in Chicashaw, !. T., on
Christmas day, is stil burning but I'M
der control. The estimated loss is
$4,000. The Armour Packing com
pany lost sixty Thousand pounds Of
meat and the two banks were greatly
damaged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

King Edward has decided to wear a
fieur-de-lis on his coronation waist,
coat. and Chamberlain covertly whis,
pers that 1t is emblematic OF the time
when France was under England's do
main. Why not add an eagle to the
decoration, as a reminder of the time
before Mad G%eorge-or a stamp tax?
We would not mind a little pleasantly,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
Want Medals,

Representative William Alden Smith
of Michigan called the attention OF the
president to the fact that the Michigan
congressional delegation was DESTROYS
tina the members of the Michigan
naval reserve who served aboard the
Yosemite during the Spanish war be
awarded medals. lie also saw Secrc-
tary Long on the same subject.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Who eau longer doubt the courage
Of woman when she not only goes over
Niagara in a barrel. but permits her
self to be i%n0culated with the germs
Of consumption that mankind may be
benefited?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
BurgIars st Norfolk, Neb.

Burglars entered Miles Cases house
ut the Junction at Norfolk, Neb. while
the occupants Were at the trainmen's
ball and secured a lady's gold watch
and some SIC in money,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
shoots u,s Nsirbbor D..s.

Al Dwight. Ca, neal the Harlan
county, (Ky.), line, II. l.. Wilson q
farmer and his neighbor, Tom Parlin,
quarreled over who was the greatest
general of the civil war. Parlin drew
his revolver and shot Wilson dead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Ship loads Of potatoes are arriving al
New York from Ireland, Scotland anc
Belgium. Evidently all the worlt
doesn't propose to get all its food from
Uncle Sam all the time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Once upon IA time Connecticut was
famous chiefly for its blue laws and
It's homemade nutmegs. Now II
leads the United States in the making
Of brass goods and the world in the
making OF ivory goods. Ii is not up
to-date. therefore, to call Connecticut
the Nutmeg state. II should be called
the Ivory state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03
0 BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

sketch of Alfred the Great who Lived
One Thousand Years Ago-A sample
of Old English rs Used In Affred's
Time shepherd Boys Ambition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Vienna is having its first bread riot
Of tho present winter. Eventually
some one is likely to get hurt by fool
ing with these compressed yeast af-
fairs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Il may interest promoters Of the
fight against ragtimo music to know
that Emperor william has purchased
O few rolls of coon songs for his
Christmas ~graphophone.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Marconi will soon be ready to mar
~ an American heiress to an impe.
cunious British peer by his wireless
system.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Little Terry McGovern's determine
ton to fight his way back to "A return
match with Young" Corbett indicates
that his pluck is still in the pink OF
condition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

While a number OF bows were play
ing about the railroad yards at Aims
worth, Neb., Jack GODDARD, u youth Of
fifteen years, in trying to jump from
one car TO another, fell between them,
fracturing his left leg below the knee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

a Kansas woman committed suicide
after brooding over a poem on life and
death. Come. poets. cheer up. Poetry
IL still sometimes taken seriously.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Mr.. Putnam, librarian of the o II
gressional library. recommends again
In his annual report that the institu-
ton be kept open on Sundays.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

The loss from CONGREGATIONS in this
country, for eleven months of 1901,
is $3.50, 900 900, ard the most of this
tremendous drain could be saved by
better construction and greater care.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Tho mar who can bring about u per-
manent peace between labor and cap
ital might be pardoned II he aspired to
the presidency.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Costa RIGA seems to have ~blundered
into the %toboggan OF bankruptcy and
started on the slide.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

Senator Depew has gone to Paris IN
an intimation that a French Christ
mas tree bears a precious gift for him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-01-03

The suggestion that the anarchists
be sent to the Dry Tortugas is meet.
ing with some favor.
The courier., 1902-06-28

Wnat coulQ 1 DO! On the mower
hung the strength of the scene How
ever, / continued my lines in an abb
stracted fashion, and began a still
hunt for that rose or a substitute. My
gaze wandered around the stage. On
the dinner table was some celery. Nov
ing slowly toward it, 1 grasped the
celery and twisted the tops into a rose
form. Then 1 began the fateful lines:
Take this flower; the life of ca
melia is short-if held and caressed,
it will fade in a morning or an even
ing
Hardly able to control himself, he
spoke his lines, which ran: 1t is cold.
scentless flower. 1t is a strange flower
Il agreed with him."
The following letter was sent by
Mississippi man in answer to a mat
rimonial "ad": / incloas my potograf
with My Full Descriptions. 1t shows
the features as nachel as can bee, only
it is to Dark; am very lite Complex
ion, Gray eyes, ORION hair foot high,
waight 100 pounds, inclined to be hump
shouldered: Muskler Man and a wild
over 2S years old, with A Common
School Equations, but hav Got Anof
to Atten to Emmy Business. / am Strict
ly Morrel. Don't use Tobacco Nor
Whiskey." He is anxious to have her
understand that her "Age, Compleck-
tions, wait and All Suits me to atee,
Kind Loving Girl. I hav Only one
Thing to Offer, And it is Neither Lands
Mar Gold. But A Strong Arm and True
Hart, and will Lay Down Ny Life for
the Rite Girl and Be Happy. for 1 am
Tired of living Alone. The Girl that
Steels my Hart and takes my Name
for the Remainder of Ny Lif will
make Happy, for / am Hunting a Girl
that / can idleise and Make a Angel
Of
The only time Justice Gray of the
United States supreme court was ever
known to make a joke while seated on
the bench was one day when Judson
Harmon, then attorney general, was
arguing a case before him. Mr.. Harmon
had occasion to display a map, quite
small one, and he referred to it as a
"bird's-eye view." The justice could
barely see it from the bench, and after
peering at it for a moment he said:
Mr.. Attorney General, regret to tell
you that I'm not bird" As Mr.. Har-
mon folded up the tiny map. the grave
and dignified justice was heard to
chuckle audibly.
An unlettered Irishman applied to the
Philadelphia court Of naturalization
the other day, when he asked: Have
you read the Declaration Of Independ-
ence'' mo. SIR" was the reply. Have
The courier., 1902-06-28

States?" No, SIR Have you read
the history of the United States?"
mo, SIR" he repeated. NO" exclaimed
the judge in disgust, ''well, what have
you read?" "Oi have red hair on me
head. your HONOR was the innocent
reply.
The golden text for a certain Sunday
school was, "And the child grew and
waxed strong in spirit. Luke Il, 40."
Little Ted's hand went up like a flash
when the superintendent asked: "Can
any of these bright, smiling little boys
or girls repeat the golden text for to-
day? All, how glad it makes my heart
to see so many little hands 60 up!
Teddy, my boy, you may repeat it, and
speak good and loud, that all may
hear" And they all heard this: "And
the child grew and waxed strong in
spirit like 2:40."
4 4 4
Mabel-In old-fashioned novels the
hero and heroine married in the last
chapter and lived happily ever after
ward.
Marion-They write more naturally
nowadays. The hero and heroine
marry in the first chapter and live un-
happily afterward.
The courier., 1902-06-28

An unlettered Irishman applied to the
Philadelphia court Of naturalization
the other day, when he asked: Have
you read the Declaration of Independ-
ence" mo. sir" was the reply. Have
you read the constitution Of the United
The courier., 1902-06-28
Mneedofes
|VU from Nnytpbere

Speaking of haggis, the Boston Jour
nal recalls the experience of a favor
lite actor who was accustomed to
spend his summers in Wilton, Me.
There he noted when, as the custom
was, a farmer killed a critter," the
liver. sweetbreads. kidneys. ETC., were
thrown away. He offered to purchase
these delicacies but though he got the
goods, the sturdy farmer scorned his
proffered gold Not long after he OBJ
served, as he walked through the vii
lage. he was the cynosure of all eyes,
and was followed by wondering if
not admiring crowd, chiefly of the
young. Aha" thought he, Il cannot
escape my fame; my glory as an actor
has followed me even to this obscure
hamlet and he was nightly puffed
UP till he overheard one yokel shout
to another: bill. there goes the feller
what eats innards."
=
A New York city magistrate recently
had before him the case of a pair of
confidence men accused of robbing a
farmer on a visit to the metropolis.
The magistrate asked them as to their
side of the story.
We'll, judge" explained one, I'VE
simply offered to bet him $500 that We
could take a deck of cards, shuttle
them so he could see us, and make two
jacks come out together He lost.
That was all, judge"
What's your manner" the magistrate
asked the spokesman.
Jack O'Brien, Judge"
And yours ?"-turning to the other
prisoner.
Jack Devine, your honor"
''O'Brien," said the magistrate, II
give you four years; Devine, 1 give
you three years. And now, gentlemen,
I'll just bet You $500 that you two
Jacks do not come out together"
While speaking of the serio-comic
side Of stage life recently Miss Clara
Morris told the following story as an
experience of her own:
Somewhere in the world" she said,
there is an actor-and a good one
who never eats celery without think
ing Of me. 1t was years ago. when 1
was playing Camille. In the first scene
you win remember, the unfortunate
Almond takes a rose from Camille as
q token Of love.
I'VE had almost reached that point,
when. az I glanced down. I saw that
the flower was missing from its accus-
toned place on my breast.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12

II an umbrella IS constructed Tor this pur-
pose it will unquestionably be the largest
IN the world. for the recumbeut man
headed lion which II is designed 70 protect
L. los feet 81 inches in length. That II
viii not be made OF ordinary material IL
also certain. since a silk or cotton umbrella
would not last ten seconds IN an Egyptian
sandstorm.
II might be fashioned OF rock. in which
case II would lo-k somewhat like the lone
OF a cathedral: in fact. II would be 50 I'M
posing that the Sphinx would very probably
sink In the estimation Of tourists who might
see II overshadowed by this massive stone
umbrella Those who are bent on saving
the Sphinx at any cost think nothing OF
this. but others do. and they will certainly
be heard from. X the archaeologists and
Psychologists persist in their plan OF erect
ing a huge canopy over the monument.
Those others are the occultists. those whA
are Versed in the secret lore OF Egypt. India
and other Eastern countries throughout
Europe and America there are hundreds OF
such persons. and every one OF them has
for the Sphinx a regard that is close akin
to veneration. Some Of them may not be
skilled in Orient lore, but they have read
books on the subject, and they know well
that IN many OF these books the wonders
OF the Sphinx and their mystical slgnlacsnce
are eloquently portrayed They have read
the works Of Madame BiavatSky, OF Edunrd
Hartmann, OF Papus. OF Ely Star. and thus
the Sphinx has become to them a familiar
and beloved object.
A singular proof OF the hold which this
ancient Egyptian monument has on the
minds OF many Twentieth Century men ami
women Is the fact that at least one maya
zine and more than one club bearing the
significant title The Sphinx have been start
ed within the last decade.
That anything so INDUSTRIOUS and vulgar "a
an umbrella should be placed over their idol
seems to these persons very like saerilege.
and there Is not the slightest doubt hat .