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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
American Revolver Experts
Win Victory Over French

Undoubtedly the mastership Of the
world to-day lies at the feet of the
marksman. He and he alone has en-
abled the Boer to make a resistance
against the heaviest odds ever brought
on a modern battlefield: as long as
Workmanship IA clearly with the
south she won victory after victory
over an opponent as brave as herself.
he and he alone q the battle of
New Orleans against the veterans who
had driven Napoleon's lcgions. and il
was the marksman that gave us this
continent. Theory informs us that
the time is coming when the marks
man will be annihilatcd by charges OF
d-amite dropped from divigible bal.
looms, but Till that possibility has
been shown to be of practical value
the rifle is king Of the long distance
and the revolver Of the short-wlth
all due allowance for the perfected
r~apid-fre guns that have failed TO
make the kopjes of South Africa un-
tenable.
Therefore 1t is with a thrill OF ma
tional pride that We read of the vic
tory won by Americans with revolyers
over the Frenchmen. who were the
best shots in Europe. The man train
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
Catfish
i'm Jug...

Rev. Ezra Smith. who rides a Meth
odist circuit in Southwestern Texas,
has a fish story which he tells only
when sure OF his company. He Is not
only a man of God. but Is naturally
truthful. and those who know him best
say that he never told a lie in his
life.
lie is gaunt. hard-muscled and Sc
rious. lie has a temper which he con-
trolls by gripping it with both hands
and holding 1t down. When his story
is doubted he gets dark-red of face and
walks away hurriedly. Therefore he
tells it only when sure of his listeners.
This Is the story:
Two years ago | was in a cabin on
the bank of the lower Guadalupe;
kept there because the river was full
II | could not cross. | thought to
XIII a day with hook and line. and
catfish bite well on a rise, any how.
~ borrowed a hand line 80 feet long.
1t had a half pound lead sinkcr at its
end and three hooks set ut intervals
OF W feet above the lead. These
hooks hung from pieces of line each u
foot long.
II walked down the bank a half
mile, ba!tod with chicken liver. swung
her around my head a few times. and
let 60. The current took the line down
at a sharp angle before the lead struck
bottom.
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EXPERIENCE MEETING ANECDOTE.
Bishop Used u Lost Child e Point -
Christian moral.

christian moral.
1t had been an experience meeting.
Ten thousand people were assembled
In the great auditorium by the sea.
There had been the handshake, the
waving of handkerchicfs, the hymn,
the prayer. the word which told the
spiritual history OF many a soul.
The bishop stood upon the plat
form in the act of p~ronouncing the
benediction. Emotion was at its
height; 1t seemed as IL a spiritual
wave had crept over the multitude.
wrapping it in a divine careSs.
At that moment a little child was
passed up to the platform and the
bishop took IL in his arms. Lost
child were the whispered words.
The baby put its dimpled arms around
the bishops neck and laid its head
upon his shoulder. its yellow curls
mingling with his gray hair.
Lost child" said the bishop. in his
deep. sympathetic voice. does anyone
in the audience know TINS BABY or
to whom it belongs? Will the father
and mother come and claim it?"
There was silence and the baby
nestled closer. and the women who sat
near said OH"
Then a man was seen making his
way to the altar: it was tho baby'a
father. Instantly the child stretched
out It's arms to go to him. Then, as
he gave it up, the bishop said:
There are | 10000 lost souls in
Ocean Grove. The Fathers arms are
waiting to receive them. So, go to
your Fathers outstretched arms as
does this little child."-Detroit Free
Press.
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THE WHITE MANS BURDEN
Colursd Trooper Ia the Philippines
credited with witty Remark.

Peter MacQueen, the Boston lectur-
er, whose fund OF anecdotes appears
to be as limitlesS as his travels and
experiences, tells the following story
o! n hit Of humor which flashed ont
ON the firing line in the Philippines
"A ColOred trooper, whose horse had
been shot under him in one of the
skirmishes near Manila, passed me
on his way To the rear, He was car-
Tying his saddle and the entire outfit.
including his rife, on his back. and
was p~crspiring heavily in the hot
sun.
That's quite a load you've got
there, said | as he reached me.
Oats wot it are, boss said he,
grInning. Il tell you, wot, boss, this
var carrying of the white mans bur.
den" amt no easy Job. New York
Tribune.
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ed in shooting gallery celdom bags the
game in the field, and the Frcnchman
mas little practice under the conditions
OF actual warfare; yet orr men met
theirs at target practice. and won out
by a good margin. 1t is claimed the
victory was due to the fact that Am
ericans had ben trained to the revolt
yer and the Frenchmen were more
FAMILIAR with the dueling pistol" We
answer that the revolver Is the sol
diers weapon at close quarters, in A
surprise and in a cavalry charge
II Is the weapon that should be han
died in peace by the people that would
be ready for war.
The president is anxious that con-
gress make an appropriation to pre-
serve our familiarity with the rifle.
we suggest that the revolver il OF
elual Importance. The sword should
be discontinued, except at parades.
The revolver is still a soldiers wea-
pom and should not be neglected until
IL Is possible to rain death from the
cloud and so make war itself impos-
sible.-Florida Times-Unlon.
fellsion Is not enjoyed until It Is
u nNIpttaI
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Texas Circuit Rider
VOUChes for the
Truth Of a Most
Extraordinary
Fish Story

''In less than ten seconds | got a bite.
I sunk the gaff into him hard and
began to haul in, hand over hand. He
cane heavy and slow, like other cat
fish, and | felt good.
when | got the last hook from the
water | saw that a two-gallon jug hung
TO it. Then | didn't feel good. |
dragged the jug upon the bank
stopped to get the hook out OF its
mouth. but it was caught and held
something inside.
IL supposed that it was caught on
weeds. took a rock and broke the jug.
On the hook. fastened through the up
per lip. was a blue catfish that weighed
more than two pounds.
Now, you know me and my calling.
There amt but one explanation OF his
thing. Some fellow threw the jug into
the river a long time before. IL san
to the bottom and lay with its mouth
upstream.
"a baby catfish went into 1t n day
aud stayed in it. living on such food
as driftci IN. until il got too big to
get out. 1t lived in the jug and grew.
Maybe some day it would have burst
the lug. | don't know. Ny last hook
landed against the jugs mouth, drifted
in and the bite followed.
mo. sir. | didn't think to keep the
lug as a reminder. and | ate that rat
fish. He was as good fish as | eve
tasted"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
NOT A BADGE or A POLICEMAN.
Onicer's Long Hair Mystiaed an Into1i-
Gated womao.


George Innes. Jr., the son of the
great landscape painter. tells a story
on himself with great delight. Like
Peter Newell, he has been connected
with town government in New Jersey.
He served on the town council in
Montclair-in fact. he was the head
OF the police commission--the chief Jf
police.
'ln this capacity" he says. II had
about six policemen under me. whom
| sent forth to do their duty. | used
also to go about myself in search of
wrongs to be righted and nuisances TO
be abolished. One day | saw coming
up the main street a oma very
much the worse for drink. | said 10
her: My good woman. have you no
pace to hide yourself in, no home
whore you can conceal your shame?
"'Shure-and who the divil may
you be- vas ner retort.
Never mind who | am / answer
ed. You will obey me and go home
or | will arrest YOU
"'You artist me- she cried in as.
constituent. How kin you arrest mt
whin you amt no perlicemon?'
But | am a policeman said !
with dignity.
she looked at me n moment in as
tonished silence. Then she said
Thin, If you are n perliremon, fun
hiyin's sake go home and git yer hail
cut!'-New York Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
Large British Families.

Mrs. Mary Lancaster, who was bur-
led recently at Lancaster. in England.
left 10 grandchildren and fifty great
grandchildren. Around her grave
were 100 descendants, relates the
London Chronicle, But a still more
remarkable case is recorded by Lord
George Lyttleton in his "Miscella-
neous Works." in an account of a tour
in Wales. He mentions the death OF
a Welsh farmer near Festiniog at the
ripe age of lO5. The Welshman had
married three times. BY his first
wife he had thirty children. Not
deferred by this family. he married
again. and had ten by his second. BY
his third wife he brought the children
to forty-four. the last child being
eighty-one years younger than the
eldest. At the farmers funeral there
was an attendance of 500 descendants.
4 few families like that and Canada
would probably no longer call for
settlers,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02

No Need to
Fuss
zoe oss ooo

81 have ~strenuously objected to the
easy going ways of the majority OF
far western druggists said the drum
mer. but thus far | don't 9cem TO
have made much of an impression on
them.
II was in n Wyoming town last
month, and feeling aguish | went to
the drug store and got some quinine
capsules. An hour after taking them
| vent to bed. and it was about mid
night when | was aroused by the land
lord, who asked: Stranger, are you
feclin' all right
YES. pretty we'll | replied.
mo horrible pains nor nothin'?'
"'NO. But why do you asl;?'
81 guess you'd better como down
stairs. The druggist says there's
some mistake about them pills. 1
want TO tell you, though, that he's a
powerful good Teller and never pizcns
anybody. On purpose
MY hair began to curl before | was
out of bed" continued the drummer.
Il remembered that the druggist
seemed to be careless in serving me,
and, while the capsules had thus far
had no bad effect, 1t did not take me
long to imagine that | had swallowed
ten grains OF morphine and was good
for an excursion somewhere.
Il made lightning work of getting
into my clothes and getting down
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
HE COMPLlMENTEO THE CzARlNA
Lord Tennyson Records q Rather
Humorous Experience.

Humorous Experience.
Lord Tennyson once told Captain
McCabe the following story as one re-
suit of his defective eyesight: "Hallam
and | went with Mr.. Gladstone as Sir
Donald Currie's guests on a cruise in
the Pembroke Castle among the He-
brides and thence on to Denmark.
While lying In the harbor OF Copen-
hagen we were invited TO dine at
Fredensborg with the king and queen
of Denmark, and the next day the
whole royal party came on board to
luncheon. There were the king and
queen, the princess, the car and
czarina and their attendant ladies
and gentlemen. After luncheon the
princess asked me to read one of my
poems and some one fetched the book.
| sat on a sofa in the smoking room
mex the princess and another laIy
came and sat beside me on the other
side. The car stood up Just in front
of me. When | had finished reading,
this lady said something very civil,
and | thought she was Andrew Clark's
daughter, so / patted her on the Shout
der very affectionately and said. My
dear girl, that's very kind of YOU, very
kind | heard the czar chuckling
nightly to himself. so | looked more
nearly at her, and God bless me. it was
the czarina herself. | fancy that was
the first time that august lady had
been patted on the back and called a
dear girl since she had left the nurs-
ery."
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chance OF succeeding" he said; IF
there were, You should go. But |
don't feel that ! have the right to
sacrifice a life uselessiy. No. we will
cruise back and forth until two hours
before daylight; then, il no means
have been found ia communicate with
Bixby, we will put Of fun team to
Join Gen. Clay, II we can get a re-
enforcement of a few hundred men,
we will hasten back and effect a
landing. We may he in time to help
Bixby that way. either by driving the
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
Druggist Admittcj He
Had Made a Slight
Mistake. But Was
Not Perturbed

stairs. and there | found the druggist
as calm as an old shoe.
81 think | put up morphine for
q~uinine for one of three persons" he
explained. and so | called around to
see if you were dead. Let me look at
the box
by John, man | yelled at him,
but do you make a regular thing Of
killing somebody once a week with
your old drugs If you have poison
ed ne
Those are qulnine, sure enough
he interrupted. as he opened a capsule
and tasted. You can go back to bed.
stranger
But want to know about this
thing. Why do you keep your NOR
phine and q~uinine side by side? Why
don't You have your mind
"'Iou are all right and have no
kick coming, he said as he lighted a
cigar and seemed somewhat relieved
in his mind.
But who got the morphine?' |
asked.
Lung Sing, the Chinaman. prob
ably. II was either Lung Sing or old
Bill Birdsall. and odds Is the differ
ence which, as the boys are going to
hang the both of 'em tomorrow"
There Is too much borrowing OF the
cruse which goes for bearing tho C-oss.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
Memorial window Celebrities,

George Il. Sims. the English play
wright and novelist, published a pro-
test against depicting the features OF
DR.. johnson in a memorial window.
Mr.. Sims wants to know where the
line is to be drawn in regard to such
use OF modern celebrities in church
windows, I'VE might ere long he
says, have q pro-Boer philanthropist
presenting his particular church witt
a stained glass window in which Judas
Iscariot will be presented with the fea,
lures (and the eyeglass) of JOSEPH
Chamberlain"
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ana they bot set down Upon a chest,
nut whether he KISSED her or she
hySSed him, he knows not, for he
never thought of 1t since until Mr..
raymond told him he had not layde
IL 10 his heart as he ought" The stern
governor after duly lecturing the
guilty parties on the enormity of their
oifense, decreed that the sentence
therefore concerning them that they
snail pay either of them fine of
twenty shlllings to the colony"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
Barton, Sailor

By Fro nix II. Sweet.
Copyright, isos. by Dairy story Pub COZ

enemy back or holding them In check
until the General arrives"
The sailor did not answer. And APP
~parenily he thought the halyard suf-
ficlcntly wound. for as the captain
ceased speaking he walked aft. But
he did not seek other work: instead.
he slipped down TO the lower deck
and continued aft until he found a
place near the rail where he was alone.
II took but a moment to fasten the
end of n rope into one OF the rail
rlnss. test IL. and drop the other end
overheard. II was not long enough to
reach the water, he knew; but he had
no time TO seek another. However. 1t
was even shorter than he supposed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
UNLICENSED KISSING PUNISHED
Stern Justice Melted Out to the Offend.
ing Parties.

A writer in the Green Bag sets
forth Americas earliest known case Of
judicial cognizance of kissing. There
is not. as generally believed, any ref
erence to OSCILLATION in Roger I.ud-
lows code of 1850, better known as
the Connecticut Blue Laws" But
the case of the People VS.. Murine.
heard by the governor of New Haven
colony in council on May day, 1860. in.
dicates the attitude toward unlicens-
ed kissing in those times. 1t appeared
that Jacob Murine and Sarah futile
had been caught kissing each other.
Jacob tried to throw the blame on
Sarah, saying he thought she hai
with intent let fall her gloves" Sarah
denied the intent. Jacob then ad-
mitted that he 'tooke her by the hand
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
To JenersOn's Burial Place.

CltlzenS of Albemarle county, Vir-
gina nave organized the jefferson
Memorial Association for the purpose
or building a public boulevard be-
tween Charlottesville and Monticello,
where President Jefferson lies buried.
The road will be two miles long and
Is expected to cost 500, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02
Tho Ceremony OF Knirhthood.

At the beginning OF the eleventh
century when a man, for some noble
deed, was dubbed a knight, the cere-
mony of knighting him began by Civ
ing him n pair of spurs, The overload
in comforting the title attached the
spurs himself to the heels of the new
ly created noble and then gave him his
helmet, his horse, his sword and his
lance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02

II is vain giving men their rights
unless you give them righteousness.
The soundcst fruit will be OF the
tempest tori tree.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02

One way a woman has of confessing
her age without meaning II is soing
extremely deferential TO old m
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02

Religion Is not enjoyed until It Is
employed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-02

There is 100 much borrowing OF the
cruise which goes for bearing tho C-oss.
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Read it in His Newspaper

George Schaub, wellknown German
citizen Of New Lebanon, Ohio, is constant
reader OF the Dayton Nolkzeitung. He
knows that this paper aims TO advertise
only the best in its columns, and when he
saw Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised
therein for lame back, he did not hesitate IN
buving a bottle Of it for his wife, who for
eight weeks had suffered with the most ter
rible pains in her back and conld get no re-
lief He says: After using the Pain
Balm for few days nv wife said 10 me, !
feel as though born anew and before using
the entire contents Of the bottle the un-
bearable pains had entirely vanished and
she could again take up her household du.
ties He il very thankful and hopes that
all suffering likewise will hear Of her won
derful recovery. This valuable linimen, il
for sale by Melville Dorsey. druggist.
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THE STATE CONVENTION.
Some Timely Suggestions for the
People to Consider.

There is no telling what will take
place in the State Convention, at
Greensboro on July 18th. Under the
general plan of its organization, all
kinds of Democrats-regular and ir-
regular, the old guard and the bolt
ing, the appointed delegate and the
free-pass delegate-vill have equal
voices under the provision that .'all
Democrats who may attend are to be
regarded as delegates" The purpose
of the free-pass delegate will be to
overthrow the expressed will of the
people as it already has been deter
mined by certain element that thep
will dictate the actions of that BODY
or bring about confusion. disorder,
ruin.
1t is necessary that the people at
large be ready for any contingency
that may arise, and in the very great
concern we have as to the outcome of
the fight for Chief Justice, we seem
to lose sight of an equally important
matter-the manner Of naming our
L. S. Senator. In the name Of the
people | ask that the Convention give
us primary in order that tho people
may name the man.
The people are tho sovereign in
this country and to none others does
kingly power belong. In matters
which vitality concern the people their
wishes should be expressed and then
be carried into effect. | believe in
the doctrine Of the '.referendum" and
our party is committed to this doc
trins both by declaration and prece-
dent.
For the sake of the perpetuity OF
the Democratic party we cannot de-
part from this doctrine, and | there
fore ask the State Convention to give
US primary throughout the State, at
which primary the people can say
whom they will have the Legislature
to elect as L. S Senator
We must hare q primary for this pur-
pose, and to this end l shall use my
utmost endeavor. Will all who agree
with me join with ME in such q de-
mand? Let every man in North Car
olina (from the mountains to the sea-
who is in favor of such primary
speak out, and there will be produced
such a loud adclaim that our repre-.
ssntativss will know we are in dead
earnest and will then grant the re.
quest. Respectfully,
ROBERT A. FOAR:D
Charlotte, \. G.
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rlammy. Manners, Morals.

Durham Sun.
The Richmond NeWS, in a recent
editorial, calls attention to the good
old DAYS Of the Southland, when the
..mammy,n with the aid OF the switch,
taught young negroes obedience, good
manners and morals, respect for the
aged and not to steal. But now the
nanny and the switch have fallen
into .inocuous desuetuds." and what
is the result?
We prefer to let the Ne,cs speak
and here is what it says:
But how is it today? The negro
children are frequently brought up
without any sort of training. They
are not taught to obey; they are not
taught to be polite; they are not
taug ght that it is wicked to steal an d
lie; they are not taught to curb their
passions; they are ot taught to con-
troll their appetites. They grow up
with splendid physical development
and vet without that sslf-contro
which distinguishes man from brute.
And vet we are told that freedom
and free schools are blessings. They
ought to be, but are they? The Rich
mond News gives back emphatic, NJ
What say you?
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cago Tribune could ask for the ex-
ploitation of its shotgun policy on the
part Of the negroes. 1t should 90
out Clark street with its buglehorn
of liberty and rally grand army of
the Chicago Afrikanders. Out of its
plethoric treasury it could readily
arm and equip them with shotguns
and buck-losded shells. Then it
could make its editor IL chief the
commander in chief, and captains Of
its department chiefs, and leftenants
of its reporters, and set the whole
outfit in battle array to enforce the
ipa!ienable rights and prerogatives of
Cuffee as set forth in the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments,
1t is only in Illinois-in Nirden.
Pana and Chicago-that we find the
colored man mobbed, shot and mur-
dered, or banished. for seeking situa-
tions and honest labor No such in
cidents ever occur in the South.
From the Potomac to the Rio Grande
the negro laborer has been at no time
and nowhere refused the right 10
earn his bread by honest work. Much
less has he been murdered with the
consent OF a governor for accepting
work, and much less ripped up with
ice-picks for taking up jobs that Other
| men laid down,
These despicable things are repeat
ed in Illinois-now in the heart ot
! Chicago-and If the Tribune doe: no'
I fly to the rescue and show that it is
/ just and impartial in advising thu
negro to get his rights by the shotgun
route we will he confirmed in our sus
picion that it is only marplot jour
nal advising for the hated South
, policy that will embroil the race:
and ruin the future peace and pros
peritv of the negro.