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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
Vast Area Of Africa.

Africa has an area Of practically
II, 500. 900 square miles, something
more than thrice that Of the United
States and its possessions. Twenty
years ago, ave for strips Of territory
along the coasts, with occasional shall
low indentations into the interior, it
was in fact as we'll as in name tho
dark continent"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

On a nasty day 1t is easy to make
even the most conscientious person
prevaricate. Just say to them nice
weather." or beautiful day" and nine
out of every ten Of them will thought
lessly reply 'yes."-Albany Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
King Of or..o. Handles Piow.

A pleasant way of spending some Of
the summe months Is that adopted
by the king Of Greece. He turns farm
er and works as hard as II he were
a land laborer. He can pillow a field,
cut and bind corn-in short. keep a
farm going from start to finish. as
though II were his business.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
Penalty for Fe.s.tias Lswsu,ts.

IouU'sy IoI r01outInB L1WbuItos
One Of the laws Of Texas imposes
heavy fine and imprisonment on law
yers who foment suits against rail-
roads and other corporations, or who
advance money to clients to secure
such cases.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
r..ru. to Curt.,l Women. Skirts.

Princess Louise of Bavaria, wife Of
the heir presumptive. has formed a
league for the curtailment Of the skirts
of women's walking dresses. The lead
ing society ONE of Munich have
Joined the league and are working
strongly for dress reform.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

Bunker Hill Chapter. Daughters o.
the American Revolution. has decided
to mark the spot from which Paul Re
we're started on his historic midn!Ei:
ride on April IS. ITS, to warn the in
habitants Of the towns between Boston
and Concord that the British W..
coming to destroy their stores and r.u-
pttions of war.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
Mother Of F.,rts.. II %.

It is reported by reliable authority
that there Is a oma living in the
mountains Of Oconee county. South
Carolina. who Is rs years old and has
fourteen children, all living, and n
grandchild. The woman married when
only II years old and has enjoyed good
health ever since.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
Quarantine Omc.r Transferred.

DR.. John J.. Kinyoun, federal quar-
antine officer at San Francisco, has
been transferred to the department of
Dakota headquarters at st. Paul. MINI.
His bubonic plague hobby goes with
him.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

Miss Goodrich, a teacher In a south
ern mountain school. is encouraging
the in her vicinity to cultivate
madden and indigo, and to use the COL
ors from them for their weaving In
place Of manufactured dye.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
Bosser Gives Engineers Hint.

Engineers have taken a hint from
the beaver In building a dam with
an arch facing the current. 1t is said
that they are indebted to the clam for
the idea OF using a water Jet In sink
ing piles In sand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
aalt Lake IL RecsdinR.

Great Salt lake ia beginning to show
the drain upon It due to irrigation.
and is receding. A canal to the lake
from the headwaters OF the Snake river
has been suggested as 4 possible rem
ety
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

Getting Down tn the Cutiols.
A SOAP trust is talked Of. Here cap
ital touches dangerous ground, for the
soap habit is universally recognized as
one which ought to be Encouraged and
not suppressed.-Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
Dio. Changes Coaaty board.

The political complexion Of the Bond
county (Illinois) board of supervisors
was changed by a game OF dice and the
Republicans now have a majority Of
one. The board was formerly Demo-
cratic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
MataoPolo~ioal.

General Kool Is to be appointed min
lister Of war in the Netherlands. This
is calculated to make the military en-
thusiasm of the Dutch soldiers hang
around the frost line.-Ksnsas City
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

Charles Noble Gregory. associate
dean of the University Of Wisconsin,
has accepted an appointment to tho
place of chancellor OF the law school
nj the University NJ Iowa
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
From Pastures to Parma.

Within six years the New Zealand
government has bought back Of the
ortSinsl settlers 32<.l67 acres Of land
SsssA for sheep runs. and 1850 families
Aave found homes on them,
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
To Cure A Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative BrOmo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
il II fails TO cure. Il. w. Groves sigma.
ture Ii on each box. 25c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

We are headq iarrers Tor sale bills
and all kinds OF job printing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18

THE CHIEF ard The American b..
one year Sl.50.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
RHKUMArIsM CURED IN A DAY.
W. S. BENSE. Proprietor.

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
radically cures IN I TO 3 days. Its action upon
the system ia remarkable and mysterious It
removes at once the cause and the disease I'm
mediateiy disappears. The hrst dote greatly
benenls. 10 cents and 800. sold by II. X.
Gree, Druggist. Red Cloud.
wanted-Young men to prepare for govern.
ment Positions. Fine openings In all depart.
ments. Good salaries. Rapid promotions.
Examinations soon. Particulars free.
Inter State Cor. Inst, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01

nothing but shop. ! have known group Of
German doctors TO leave their dinner half eaten
20 visit a case under discussion. They are the
worst possible practitioners. for they are inter
ested only in technique. ! knew A man who
went to 4 German physician with pain in has
leg. That doctor spent hour each day for
FIVE days studying il, and after that time he
knew all there was 70 know about that pain,
but he didn't stop it. In this country we would
have treated II and thought more about il
except to congratulate the patient in few days
on getting well. They don't care for the pa
tient. lie is only specimen. ! heard doctor
say perfectly mechanically that he hoped one
patient would die 50 that he might learn some
fact from the autopsy.
They call American surgeons copyists. NheT-
ever the charge is true il is merely that Ameri-
cans turn 10 practical service the theories they
study But undoubtedly they are doing a great
work. One man. il is reckoned has added
thirty thousand years to human life by his
discoveries. There is no commercial end for
them to gain, 50 that their work, their science,
must he their only aims'
The difference aptly illustrates tho general
difference between our practical ways and
the ways of German learning. .-World's Work.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
New York's Campaign.

The first gun in the municipal can
paign in New York Is 10 be fired tonigi
at the conference OF the Fusionist
Nearly all the various factions and pai
ties in the city except those of "Bi
Bill" Devery and Tammany Hall are {
be represented Democrats, Republicans
and Reformers are to be present. Ar
attempt is to be made to settle upon Z
candidate for mayor who suits all Of
the various elements. Whether this is
TO be Mayor Low. District Attorney Je-
rome, or some man who has not yet been
mentioned. il is impossible TO say ar
the present time. Mayor Low returned
to New York yesterday from his vaca-
tion. but he declined to say anything
about politics. IN answer to questions
he said: Il did not paw much attention
TO politics on my vacation, and did not
read the newspapers carefully; so I an
not prepared 10 talk about the political
situation"
The Washington times., 1903-09-01

zuela III accordance with the recent
protocol. One tribunal refused to ac
cept the testimony of five Italians,
and upon these miserable dagOes ven.
turing to insist upon the rights guar
anteed them by treaty, the Judge
promptly clapped three of them into
prison. Two of them attempted TO eS-
cape and were fired upon, one being
killed. Letters addressed by the fol-
eign legations to claimants are "held
up" by the postoffice authorities so as
to prevent claims from reaching
Caracas in due time. Foreign mer-
chants are arrested for refusing to
pay taxes more than once, and mobs
parade the streets of interior towns,
hanging people in effigy and shouting
Death to the foreigners ~
Truly, an edifying band of cut
throats, over whom some Of our con-
temporaries grew hysterical last
spring. when it was proposed to ap.
ply corrective. Does any sane man
believe that we shall fare better at the
hands oaNenezuela for having pulled
the chesfnuts out of the fire for her
Does any rational being hug the be-
lief that Americans are immune fronI
the attacks and insults of this gang
Of bushwhackers because we stood be-
tween them and the Just wrath of the
civilized world? They'll treat uS
presently exactly as they are treating
Italians, Frenchmen, Germans, and
Englishmen now, and as they treated
ue a few months only after Cleveland
had stretched out his hand to save
them from The predatory policy OF
Great Britain.
The Monroe Doctrine should and
must be maintained, bat it would b.
folly to make il a cover under which
this rabbIe can bid defiance to decency
every time IT sees fit 10 give rein to Its
childish viciousness.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Who Are the Bigger Snobs ?
A Conundrum Which 1t Would Be Diff
cult to Solve.

Close following the news that Rich
ard Croker will not return to New
York this fall for fear that his pres
enee will hurt Tammany comes thu
announcement that the British aris-
tocracy is banding itself together tc
check Yankee influence in London.
1We were once vanquished by the
race which came over with the Con-
queror, but what a fate to be sup
planted by the purse-proud horde who
come over with the Cunarder" Is tile
worthy wit of the ancient Countess of
Cork.
Isn't it all very funny, though, this
bloodless contest between snobs and
snobs for social eminence in a world
of snobs7
FC- ourselves we can't see a great
diffC. nee between the selfishness and
egotism and general damphoolishness
of the man or the woman whose papa
made his money in pork and the lord
OF the lady whose papa's papa a dozen
times removed got his by smashing
some one smaller than himself in the
jaw.
Both papas were great men in their
own way in their day and generation,
but that does not prove that their
progeny can measure up either to the
pork or the bashing standard.
When snobbery gets extensively as
sertive it is well to read Shakespeare,
who, by remarking In effect that q
rose by any other name would smell
as sweet, plainly inferred that a stink
IS a stink even if we are refined and
dare not call it anything worse than a
disagreeable odor.
Fortunately for the other fellow, it
isn't what we think we are that counts
III the long run-it,s what we prove
we are.
The only thing that a snob ever sue
ceeds in proving is that he is just q
natural born idiot.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01

As regards the active callings OF the female
part of the population in the different civilized
nations, only l4.3 per cent Of the females in
the United States follow any calling. Next TO
the United States come Holland and Sweden.
The German Empire has 25 per cent Of its fe-
male population with calling. This percent
age compares favorably with others. and Ger
many stands on about the same levei as Eng
land, where q per cent Of the women &C.
lively engaged in a calling. In other countries
women are compelled through economical condi-
tions. To take part in much larger numbers in
caring for the maintenance of their families.
In Italy, for example, 40 per cent, and in Aus
tria A. per cent of the entire female population
are actively engaged in earning their living.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARQuIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Just before parliament was prorogued
the other day the Marquis ofSTownshend,
who spent several months in this coun-
try last year, strolled into the house of
lords and went through the necessary
formalitles of taking his seat there, for
the first time since his accession to the
title, some four years ago, thus mani
Testing a good deal of leisurely indif-
ference to the summons of the crown TO
fulfill his duties as one OF the hereditary
legislators of England. Not that the
British empire has lost much through
his absence from Parliament He has
inherited much OF the eccentricity for
which not only his father, but several
other ancestors have been famous. He
gave several manifestations OF this
oddity when in this country last year,
thereby reviving the unpleasant Amer
lean memories connected with the name
of his house. It was the tyrannicaI
policy of Charles Townshend, King
George HIS chancellor of the exchequer.
in extorting certain obnoxious taxes
from the people of America that led
them to rise in revolt against England.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Senator Platt's Ioke.

Senator Platt has been joking again
on the piazza OF the Oriental Hotel at
Manhattan Beach. this time about tho
municipal campaign. 1t is only few
weeks ago that from the same place he
suggested the name of Senator Allison
for the Vice Presidency. The latest
Joke" was an expression to the effect
that Mayor Low should make a state
ment as to the position he intended te
assume in the coming campaign Con-
corning the Joke the Senator had the
following 10 say;
II did say something of that sort. but
it was only a joke. The reporters did
not see the joke. and took IL seriously.
did not mean that the mayor should
rush out a statement as soon as he
reached town.
"It is of no use to talk any more
about candidates now, as the fusion co1-
ference will be held tomorrow night. Ny
position is well understood believe thai
Low is the most available candidate.
That covers .he whole ground "
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Favors Local self-Government.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Recently, in the columns Of your paper, have
been published many stories OF misconduct Of
the District government affairs. proving that
the present form Of government has more than
one flaw Such being the case, why should
the citizens of Washington sit still with folded
hands. smiling complacently if only the
streets of the Capital be cleaned? Why not
demand the ballot again. and conduct the af-
fairs of the city 20 the best advantage Of the
citizens OF Washington
To all intents and purposes the Washingtonian
Of today is the veriest alien in the United
States. He me- live here Cor FIVE times FIVE
years and never vote for a President nor be
directly represented in Congress. To-day, when
concession can be obtained only by political
pull, the Washingtonian finds himself without
a representative in Congress TO whom to go.
Other Congressmen have their own constituents
to provide for, and seldom are at liberty 10
lift a finger 10 aid the outsider.
SELF-GONERNMENT.
Washington, Aug 20.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01

desire which put into action results
In crime.
1t is thought, not body, which is the
original sinner, and it is in the
thought that lasting reform must be
made. The thought cannot be changed
from viciousness into sweetness by
mutilating the body. Rather is this
mental vieiousness a thousand times
nagnifed by such a measure.
We cannot escape our individual
burdens. The white man cannot re-
form the black man without in the
first place reforming himself. We
eve the black man a debt IN the form
of moral, mental, and manual educa-
ton. That debt must be paid.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
The Worlds Occupations
Percentage of Persons Engaged il
Various Pursuits.

The Statistical Register for the German En-
pire II 1903. which has just been issued in Ber-
lin, gives some interesting figures to the
various occupations OF the people Of civilized
nations. In Germany $500 900 persons. or S7-5
per cent of the total population OF the empire,
come under the head o; agriculture and forestry.
However, many persons are included in this to-
tai who only cultivate small plot Of ground
Under industry and mining come $4,000 per-
sons. or 80 per cent; under trade and com
merce, 2,3o0.oOo. or 10.6 per cent; under army
and navy. 631. 600. OF IS per cent; 10000 per
sons, or SO per cent, under other public CALI
ings, and 100000 persons or 81 per cent, I'M
der domestic servants The following table
shows the percentage of the whole population of
the other countries under the headings agricul-
ture industry. and trade:
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Cut 1t Short.

Ultimately thhe marchioness cut the
matter short by running away from her
fathers house to GTetna Green with a
neighboring brewer. Richard Margetts
o. St. Ives. BY this union she had a
family Of children, the eldest of whom,
John, was advised by lawyers TO assume
the courtesy title of Earl of Leicester,
which. as the second title of the first,
second and third Marquis of Townshend,
should in the ordinary course OF things
be borne by their eldest son. The ground
OF which he was advised TO assume this
dignity was the old legal doctrine that
the wife's husband is the father of her
child" and that the lady's marriage with
the Marquis of Townshend never having
been legally dissolved the children born
OF her illegal Gretna Green union with
Mr.. Margetts must be considered as born
in wedlock, and as such regarded as the
legal issue of the third Marquis of Town
sbend until proved illegitimate. The
only court having jurisdiction to do this
is the committee OF privileges OF the
house of lords, when rival claims TO the
succession of a peerage are submitted to
IT for decision.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
The Townshend Act.

The third Marquis OF Townshend. Dr.
rather his wife. was responsible for what
is known as the "Townshend act OF
parliament. Cursed and driven from the
house by his father and forced to fly the
country, from which he remained an
exile until the day of his death, he mar
ried just before he left a Miss Gardner,
the only daughter and heiress of Cam
bridgeshire squire, but never lived with
her, having been compelled TO leave her
at the very altar in his haste TO escape
arrest. After e'had been gone for more
than year she filed bill in the eccle-
siastical court for an annuIment of the
marriage. but the case could never be
brought to a conclusion. owing to the
impossibility of serving papers upon the
marquis abroad.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Foreigners in Venezuela.
Castro's Government Either Unable or
Unwilling to Protect Them.

The news this morning from Ven
ezuela should open the eyes of those
people who, a few short months ago,
were belaboring the Administration
for not instantly instructing Admiral
Dewey to sweep out Of the Caribbean
every man-of-war sent there by for
eign government for the protection Of
its citizens. incidentally, it sheds an
instructive sidelight upon the charac-
ter of Minister Bowen's late clients
and upon the government which they
have set up and which we may be-
called upon to deal with when our own
citizens shall have had their turn IN
serving as the football Of Venezuelan
politics.
The dispatches printed this morn
ing say that the local authorities are
hunting down all foreigners who pre-
sumo to present claims against Vene
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Surgery in Germany and America

A yourc surgeon who went TO Germany four
years ago TO complete his studies in pathology
recently returned TO this country. He makes
this interesting comment on national differences
in the profession:
'It's science over there; here it's the business
of healing. Here one gets the elementary things
in college. learns more IN hospital and in gen
eral practice, and turns the knowledge into
money. The average American practitioner
would be out Of place over there. With them
it's study. study, study from the time they re-
ccive their degree until they die.
AT the hospitals or meeting places they talk
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Political Gossip
Here and There
Independents Organize.


An independent Democratic party has
been organized in Pennsylvania The
headquarters are at Philadelphia. where
an independence Club has been formed
The membership OF the party is made up
of Democrats who are dissatisfied with
the doings of the party in the State.
which they allege is altogether to
friendly with the Republican machine.
Eugene Bonniwell. member of the
Democratic city committee from the
Twenty ward, is the chairman OF
the committee having the work OF or
ganization in charge. and Frank Ste
phens, member OF the city COMMITTEES
from the Tenth ward. is 10 act as its
secretary.
The other members. selected accord
ing TO congressional districts, are: First
district ex-Magistrate John II. keenan,.
OF the Thirtieth ward; Secoui district,
James II. Wolfe. attorney-at-law. cf tie
Thirteenth ward: Third district. ex-
Congressman William McAIeer. Of tbs
Fourth ward; Fourth district. Max
Laib. president of the Twenty ninth
Ward Democratic Club: Fifth district
George S. r. Wright, Democratic com
mon councilman from the Twenty-thif
ward; Sixth district. DR.. W. Horae
Hoskins. of the Twenty-fourtn war,
Democratic candidate for mayor agair1
Ashbridge, and ex-vice chairman of ID
Democratic city committee for thte
years.
The selection of the committee Is
been a work of great care, and the pc
sonnel was not finally decided upon u
til the assent of every member Of te
club had been obtained. This task VS.
completed last night. and the announc-
ment of the committee was made y
Vice President George A. Mercer, afr
every member selected had consented ,
serve.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Sir Aubrey Paul.

Sir Aubrey Paul, who with his wife,
a daughter of the well-known Polish
violinist Wieniawski, has arrived in this
country with the intention of making a
stay of several weeks. is no descendant
but merely a distant cousin OF the sec
ond holder OF the baronetcy, Sir John
Paul, who created such widespread luin
some fifty years ago by his mismanage-
ment and wreck Of the great banking
firm of Snow. Paul & Co. in London.
Among his victims was his own sister.
Mrs. Francis George Hare, the mother
of Augustus Hare, the author and
diarist.
The Washington times., 1903-09-01
Bailey Invited.

Representative Dick. chairman OF the
Ohio State Republican committee. has
invited Governor Bailey Of Kansas to
visit the Buckeye State. and take part
in the campaign. Governor Bailey is
picturesque orator. and he is expected
to add color to the Republican side OF
what promises 20 be an unusual cam
paign. Bryan, George Fred Williams.
Tom Johnson. and more OF their kind
are going to stump the State, so Chair
man Dick thinks il would not be out OF
the way for the Republicans 10 have
some OF the unique on their side.