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The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
ANOTHER RAILROAD HERO.

Hendley Jones of Georgia was a sec.
ton brennan in the employ Of the Sea.
board Air line. One night last week
he was riding oil a handcar near Rem
froCs, Stewart county. Ga. I'm the dis.
charge of his dull duties. Three other
men were with him. climbing Il heavy
grade. Up to that moment all four
graded together. There dashed
around a curve ahead of them an ex.
ira freight, heavily laden and rushing
down upon them, grade and steam to-
gethcr.
The other three mel jumped To
safety. They would no doubt defend
their action by quoting the old axiom
about self-preservation being the first
law of nature. But Jones did not de.
pend upon axioms to justify his law of
conduct: he was the sort of man who
reckoned by acts. So he stayed where
he was.
II was n time when the fraction Of
q second was life. Jones saw this,
and saw also that to stop the train
was impossible. There was, in his
NoIiNNptiohs obiy olt tliuS u HlHl W
do, and that was to save the crew of
the freight at the probable cost Of his
W life. That he did. Calmly but
rapidly he stopped the handcar and
threw IT. from the track-and the train
rushed by unframed over his dead
body.
Jones left a widow and two little
children. Some men would have
pleaded that they must remain alive.
at the ost of the lives OF others. for
the sake of their families. But Eiend.
ley Jones did his duty and left his
wife and children a fathers memory
of whose end they could be proud.
He only did his Guty?" Is the per.
Torrance OF ones duty SO common
place a thing that we may regard it
lightly. One of the most famous of
Russian authors once wrote a story in
tended to show how Russians die, ana
he showed that they met death with
brute a%pathetic courage.
Hendley Jones died like an Ameri.
can.-Philadelphia Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Human Beings with Tails.

A German traveller claims to have
discovered In the forests OF Borneo a
people who still wear the tail Of our
primitive ancestors. He does not
write from hearsay; he has seer the
tail, says the London. Chronicle. Il
belonged to a child about six years
old, sprung from the tribe Of Poenans.
As nobody could speak the Poenan
tongue the youngster could not be
questioned, but there was his tail sure
enough, not very long. but flexible,
hairless. and about the thickness OF
ones little finger. The Poenans are
reported to be very simple, honest
folk, with a child-like system OF bar
ter. They deposit in public places the
goods they wish TO exchange, and a
few days later they find there the
equivalents they desire. Nobody
dreams OF stealing. This is almost as
remarkable as the vestige OF the an.
cestral tail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
A MOTHERS HEART.sTRINGS.

Il cant be secOnd!" The mother IN
Pittsburg who wrote this pathetic
farewell to her married son to explain
her suicide asked him to forget her,
as she was only a crank"
only q crank" No; only a WON
an. Only a mother.
You have been very good to me-!
What mother who has had such a son
and sees him marry and replace her
as the dearest object of his affections
with another woman but whose heart
aches at the breaking OF old ties?
Nevermore Is she to know In the old,
endearing way the hopes and aspira'
tions Of her boy. to share so intimate
" his Joys and sorrows, Her place
has been taken by another, and 10
that other she Is only a mother-in'
law, an incumbrance. She Is no long
er first. There is another to be con-
suited before her advice is asked.
There Is another whose claims are
stronger. whose wishes. whose feel
ings have precedence.
A~"i can't be second" 1t is an OLD
story-as old as the pathos of won
ans heart, as old as the tragedy u
lfe.-New York World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
TRAILING OLD FASHIONS.

How often In reading we run across
some such phrase as this: "Old.fash.
Toned ideas Of morality" Or we hear
q person about to deliver an i'm.
promptu homily. say: II may have
old.fashioncd ideas about the sacred.
ness of the marriage VOW. but" Or
a mother say: MY children could
have more money than | had when |
was a girl, but l am going to bring
them up in the o~ld-fashioned way. My
girls shall know how to cook and do
Homework II necessary, and they will
make good housewives and mothers
Father has such old-fashioned no
tions." said a high school boy. He
has made us all promise not to drink
wine or play cards until we are TWEEN
ty-one. And he says it's the boys who
have o%ld-fashioned parents who be.
come the successful men,"
There are worse things than being
old-fashioned. Progress is all very
well, providing 1t progresses. But
why should we feel 1t necessary to call
OH ideas of right living old.fashioned
and to speak of them in a semi-apolo-
getic manner? II old-fashioned, so
much the better on that very account.
They have the backing of experience.
They have been tried and tested by
our parents and u grandparents.
We hear of old.fashioned polite.
ness" and the gentleman Of the old
school" who is so rarely seen among
us. Why should these virtues be
called old.fashioned? Is it not a dis.
creditable reflection upon us twentieth
century people?
A few more old-fashioned people are
needed in this know.it.all & and gen,
observation-disclosures Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
CoAxlNG TAXES OUT OF JOHN
BULL.

In ten years, said III English naval
expert a day or two ago.. the control
of the sea will pass from Great Brit
ain to the United States. Uncle Sam.
it appears. Is building more battle
ships this year than John Bull.
Hence the alarm of the English expert
quoted above. 1t is impossible to be.
lieve. however. that his fears are gen.
uine. Our British cousins have too
long q start to be o%verhauled by Uncle
Sam unless We should increase the
number OF our %shipyards and spend
hundreds of millions of dollars in the
next decade turning out battle-ships
and cruisers. The truth is that the
alarm expressed by our British cous-
ms Is part of their scheme to recon
cile King Edwards subjects to heavy
taxation to maintain England's naval
supremacy. That is the way the Brit
on Is 'bunkoed" into paying heavier
tribute to his government. The game
Is an old one, but the British tax
payer has not yet seen through it,
Baltimore Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
DID THE ANCiENTs SMOKE:

Did the ancients smoke? II is
strange that SO simple n question has
lever been satisfactorily answered
Heroditus mentions certain tribes that
became drunk from inhaling the vapor
of piles of burning fruit, but the only
evidences that We have of smoking is
found In the prehistoric pipes of wood
and clay that are occasionally un.
earthed.
But II the ancicnts smoked what did
they smoke? 1t was certainly not to-
baccO, which We know Is a modern SO.
lace. Certain herbs were smoked for
the cure Of disease we are informed
by Pliny and other writer's, but there
are doubts that smoking for pleasure
and conviviality were ever INDUCED IN
extensively. If they had been we
should have heard of it.-Boston Her
aid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
C&CGESCT
Nv lMGNn0
Cleansing Public Reservoirs.

The department OF agriculture is eX.
p%erimenting with a process Of treating
public water supply with a solution
of copper sulphates-one part in l..
600, 600 parts. The purpose of this
is to destroy certain forms of agla
or plant growths, which 80 frequently
render water foul appearing and Ill
smelling, although the sanitary quality
of the water is not affected. These
growths flourish best in the purcst
waters, pressed through, sand filters.
and for this reason large storage ui
filtered water Is not advisable unless
the reservoirs arc covered. AS to the
effect upon the consumers. a person
drinking three pints Of water per day,
with l part L 1,O0O,0o parts.
would in a year consume but
seven to eight grains of sui
phate. As a mater of fact. how.
ever, the treatment would n q he con.
tinuous. Two or three applications n
year would probably suffice, and be.
sides this the sulphate would enter
into combination with the organic life
and would then be precipitated. Ger
tain Of the algae are killed by solu.
tons of only | part in 1900, 900, but
it is possible that others will require
much stronger solutions. In this case,
which remains to be determined by
test. the reservoir may be shut OF
from us during treatment, or there
may be n supplementary process to
precipitato any copper sulphate re-
naming I'm solution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
start Housekeeping Late In Life

Sixty.three years married and just
commencing to keep house IL the rec
ord Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Apger. who
have been admitted to the county in
Urinary at Bowling Green, Ohio,
where, contrary to the rules of the in
stitution, they are permitted to jointly
occupy a large oom and indulge In
their limited housekeeping ~fancies.
Mr.. Apger is 81 years old and his
wife Is SO. They boarded when first
married, and In the subsequent years
dwelt with their children, but have
outlived them all, and at last were
forced To become n county charge To
secure the attention their extreme age
demanded.
They have a little property. how
ever, and pay toward their own sup
port, which relieves them of that feel
ing of utter dependence. Superintend.
ent Frank Brandeberry Of the infrm-
airy takes pleasure in looking after
their wants. and In all probability
they will end their days at the county
farm.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Ground Floor Plan Of Rcmodeied
Stock Barn.

~, COW stalls; II. passages behind cattle;
Z, feed rooms; ~, box stall; T., gran
AIRY; i. drive floor. q, windows.
other can be placed on each side of
h sill, and "A 10 by 10 or 12 by IL.
inch timber placed on top of posts to
carry the sill.
The plan shown provides for bents
or the following lengths. commencing
at The south end: IA, II. 20, IL and
"a feet, making in all 81 feet.
There Is an ovcr-shoot of six feet
on the south side of the driveway to
feed the first row of cattle from. The
windows on the west side are close to
the doors and come directly over the
cutters in order to let in light. In
cleaning out the COW stable the doors
can be made wide enough to drive in
from the east side through the stable
and out OF the west side. The stalls
arc single stalls for swinging racks
for managers, but IL swinging racks are
not used the stalls can be converted
into double ones II desired. There are
~thirty.nine cows stalls and one box
stall; If the box stall is not required.
three single stalls can be made of IL.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Electric Switching Enaines.

The great weight OF storage bat.
ter!es, which Is so serious an Objec.
ton to their use on passenger cars
and smaller carriages. is an advan.
tage on switching locomotives, as 1t
gives necessary adhesion. Such a 10.
connective is being tested in the yards
of the Prussian state railways. Among
its special merits it claims that of
being always ready and that Of cost.
ing less than steam for irregular ser.
vice. The battery of 200 cells is
charged once a day from a source OF
constant current at 40 volts. The
total weight Of the locomotive Is 3d..
900 pounds. Of which 1000 pounds is
the weight of the battery and $500
pounds that Of the other electric ap.
paratus.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
THE WORLD
REVOLVES
IN MUTUAL MASSAGE CLUB"
New York Girls Have Organization to
Preserve Good Looks.

New York Girls Have Organization to
Preserve Good Looks.
\ Chicago girl Is said tn be respons-
ible for the organization of several
mutual massage clubs" In New York
city. The tad is having quite a vogue
there. The girl In question makes the
solemn declaration that her idea IL
not n business enterprise, but Is pure
ly Tor the purpose of aiding wrinklcd
sisters to have the seams smOOthed
out of their own faces and to- perform
the same Office for their friends. The
energetic ~Chicagoan is only %. but liz
prCcociOus beyond her years. h has
studied the art of rcviyifying mort.
bund cuticlc by pressure of the I'm
gers, with the aid of an cmolicnt
since she was l6 years old. and she
says her six years experience has con.
vinccd her that ~ party Of, say twenty
young women. can he helpful to each
other. and keep themselves youthful
in appearance without expense. fur.
Their than the cost OF n few pounds of
tea, which will provide sufficient men
tai oxhilaration for u whole year.
Then the rubbing process will be no
end OF fun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
THE WESTWARD COURSE OF EN-
PiRE.

Can science explain why the course
of empire lies westward? or the fact.
as a general proposition, there can be
NJ question. There is nothing more
evident in human history than tho
westward tendency of the great migra-
lions of mankind, as well as of the
spirit of conquest and the genius of
civilization, which seem to fit from
a c to race and from nation to ma.
ton, kindling new fires al the old die
out, almost invariably toward the
west, az II the sparks were borne by
a constant wind against the direction
of the earth's rotation on It's axis. The
earth turns from west to east, but
man within the historic period has
gone round the earth from east to
west,-Garret p, Serviss, In Success.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
NECESSITY OF VACATION.

The vacation season Is here. Ev-
erybody who labors should take a va.
cation. but many who seriously need
a rest of n week or more and can
well afford to pay handsomely for the
diversion deny themselves OF 1t year
after year. The man who takes a
vacation Is much mOre valuable to his
employer than the n who does not,
and the average employer knows II to
be true. He who spends his vacation
wisely returns to work greatly i'm.
proved mentally and physically and
both he and his employer are ben
eiciaries. Rest and a change OF
scene work wonders. All this Is
especially true of brain workers. II
comes tagged and 1t soon requires a
stimulant, and very often the use or
a stimulant becomes a habit and
wrecks the user. Experienced alien
lists have found that often when n man
takes to drink after years OF sobriety.
or when he turns suddenly dishonest,
he Is well along toward positive in
sanity. the result of fatigue. Con-
slant grind has a serious effect on the
brain. and consequently on the moral
sense.
Man, like the ground, must lie fal.
low at intervals In order to be produc-
tive. The vacation is a necessity to
persons in all vocatiOns. 1t reinvig-
crates the tired body and brain, wards
off insanity and makes for the greater
health and strength of the C BY
all means take a vacation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Russian Talked Too Much.

Just about a week ago a young
Russian nobleman arrived in New
York under an assumed name. He
was not allowed to land. On the way
over he became somewhat hilarious
in the smoking room one evening.
While in this happy frame OF mini
his discretion broke away from It's
mornings and he conndentially IN
formed "A couple Of fellow passengers
that he was coming to this country
to study American Notifications and
pick up what information he could
regarding military AFFAIRS. He also
told them his real name. All OF
which decided the authorities that he
was not a desirable visitor, 30 he re-
turned by the same vessel without
having set foot on American soil.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
THE WEEKLY
PANORAMA
NEW GOVERNOR OF CANADA.
Earl Grey Selected by King Edward
TO Succeed Lord Mimic.

Earl Grey Selected by King Edward
20 Succeed Lord Mimic.
King Edward has approved the APP
pointment Cf Ear! Grey as governor
general of Canada. in succession to
the earl of Mimic.
Albert Henry George, the fourth
Earl Grey, has been lord lieutenant
of Mort cumberland since 1899. He
was born In 1851 and was married IN
1877. He owns about II, 600 acres 0f
landed estates.
He ~ one of the most notable mon
in the present British peerage. and
has made himself known to the world
I'm several conspicuous ways-as n
%fnapcier. a philnnthropist md an In
dustrial promoter. He was associated
with the late Cecil Rhodes In the de-
vclopment of South Africa. and IL en-
ccutor of the will under which the
Rhodes scholarships are assigned. He
was administrators of Rhodcsia In 1895
and 1897. At various times he has
been concerned In the river tunnels
Of New York, having interests In the
Hudson river tunnel In It's earlier
stage IN with IA tunnel that was
planned from the city hall, Manhattan.
Ia the Flatbush avenue station, Brook
lyn. u project that apparently has fall
en- through.
Earl Grey Is also widely known
among temperance workers mt home
and abroad IA the protector " tho
scheme known as the Public House
N,.,,. 49, .It.h AZ In rrn-
posed 10 mitigate the evils Of saloons
by turning them, so far AZ possible.
into decent resorts. and making the
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Millions Of Teiearams In 1908.

II IL Just sixty years ago since the
first Geographic message was sent by
the Morse system from Baltimore to
Washington, and the first message by
the Atlantic submarine cable was dis
patched six years afterward--that Is
to say, In June, 1860. Since then the
use Of the telegraph has developed at.
a marvellous rate. until at the present
time a million messages are sent W.
the worlds lines every twenty.fOur
hours. According to some returns re-
Gently issued the number of tele-
grams dispatched in all countries In
1903 reached the enormous total OF
1854, 4 .474. AS a user of the telegraph
Great Britain heads the list with o.
All 900 dispatches. and United States
Is second with 81 1871 900, and France
comes third with 48.114.151. Germany.
Russia, Austria, Belgium and Italy
follow In the order named.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
To Measure Fall of Dew.

Accurate measurement Of dew has
always been impossible. A new Ger.
man drosometer, reported to give ex.
cellent results. is "A sheet OF specially
prepared paper soaked In a chemical
solution. and the amount of dew fall.
ing in a night can be closely estimated
from the degree of discoloration OF
this paper. Experiment has given a
scale of discoloration. Paper Of 3 de-
.srees Of sensitiveness is provided, and
4 is advised that two kinds be OK.
oosed together, in order that when the
mount OF dew is too great for one it
may be indicated by the other.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Spending the Gould Millions.

Howard Gould has q large fortune,
and doubtless It ia well invested, but
there is reason to believe II Is not
growing very fast, for his expendi-
lures arc enormous, Persons living
near his country place, Sands Point,
speak in awful tones OF the money
that is being expended there. The
sea wall, they swear. cost him ST.
DOC, 900. His %cowhouse. built Of stone,
cost $4,000 and his ch~ickenhouse,
also of stone. $3.50. 900. The iron fence
around the poultry yard cost $40 a
running foot. The Killarney castle
duplicate Is to represent an outlay
of at least 1000, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
What liQhtninu je.

II has generally beer supposed that
the luminous material forming the
electric spark is made up of minute
particles torn from the poles of the
discharge and heated to a white heat
by 1t. But a Russian experimenter.
Bemenoff, reports to the Paris Acad.
envy of Sciences the results of expert
ments which show that the poles SUI.
fer no such ACKNOWLEDGMENT. and that
the heated material comes solely from
the air or gas through which the
spark passes. In a lightning flash the
air is simply heated momentarily to
incandescence along the path of the
discharge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
How Great Novelist Works.

MY method OF work." said Jules
Verne. We'll, until recently I in
variably rose at 8 and made a point
of doing three hours of writing before
breakfast. The great bulk of my
work was always done in this time.
My stories have really nearly all been
written when most folk are sleeping.
| have always been a wide reader,
especially OF newspapers and period.
icals, and 1t Is my custom whenever
a paragraph or article strikes me 10
cut 1t out and preserve 1t for future
reference"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Improved Chinonier.

There has just been patented a chif-
fonier, or dresser. Of decidedly useful
construction, and the honor belongs to
an Indiana citizen. The accompanying
cut shows the c%hiffonier. with it's new
feature, which is nothing more nor
less than a washstand extension.
1t can be seen that the washstand
slides into the end of the chiffonier
and closes the end shelves or compart.
ments when the stand is not in use.
The whole arrangement is particularly
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
WILL DIRECT coREAN AFFAIRS
Durham White Stevens Selected for
hiuh Position,

Durham White stevens, counselor
of In" Japanese legation at the CAPT
tai. who has been selected to direct
the foreign relations of Coroa for ia
pan, will depart for Corca the latter
part of September and will take up
his residence in the capital of tho
country. The Japanese legation at
Washington gives out the information
that the selection of Mr.. Stevens was
fully known to the minister before it
was announced from Toxic and the
selection was not made until after
Mr.. Stevens had been consulted. Mr..
Stevens has been in the service of
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Distress Signals for Autoists-

A correspondent Of the LOndU
Globe makes the suggestion that me
florists should carry rockets. which
might be fired when a breakdown oc-
Cured, and he adds: The local
motor car re~pairers. IL such a custom
becomes general, are sure 10 estab-
fish lookout towers on top Of each
of which they can station a small boy
to report motor shipwrecks. or course
the rockets should be made to throw
on colored lights for night time a.
well as a volume Of smoke for day.
light"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

There are two ways To start a rhu.
bard bed: First, by using roots which
may bo secured from an established
plantation. II these are used. they
may be planted in spring or any time
from the first Of September until the
middle of October. | prefer the early
autumn. The second method Is from
seeds. II rhubarb seed Is sown In well
~pulverized soil in early spring. the
seedlings will be large enough to trans.
plant in the autumn. Or they may be
allowed to stand over until the follow
ing spring. When the roots or seed
lings have been set out In the autumn,
IL is altogether advisable to mulch
them heavily the first winter. Rhubarb
does well on a variety of soils. but one
which Is deep, Iairly heavy and moist
IL preferable. II you want early rhu.
barb, select "A warm site.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Powerful Japanese Explosives.

The japanese explosive. shimose, is
said to be more powerful than dyna.
lite or gun-cotton, does not explode
on percussion or by fire. and is not
injured by wetting. When exploded
~ a charge OF fulmine.e 1t exerts a
cree equal in all directions, another
vantage v dynamite.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

The above plan provides for six
horse stalls, ten double cattle stalls.
o box stalls and a room for young
cattle to run loose in. The box stalls
have doors in from outside. SC that
they may be cleaned from these. The
passage behind the cattle is nine feet
cart to be backed in to draw out the
manure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

We do not know how Iar the bcnts
are apart in our barn. nor how many
there are, so that some of tbou may
cutters behind the cattle. II YOU adopt
the plan shown and the bcnts come
over any of the cutters or hangers,
so that the posts would interfere with
your stable, two posts opposite each
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
TO MAKE OVER BARN.
Plan VIII Ensure a Commodious and
Comfortable Structure.

A. G. Mel wish to remodel q
barn, rs by 81 feet. the floor Of which
runs through the center from end tu
end. The barn stands. north and south
and the dwelling house stands about
$50 feet south of the south end. |
wish TO run the floor across the barn
and to arrange a COW stable to hold
forty.tiyc COWS. convenient for feeding
and clearing ont.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Roomy and Up-to.Date Stable.

A. McT.--Please publish a plan for
the basement of Il barn 76 feet by 40
feet. to have 6 or 8 stalls for horses,
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
Growing Rhubarb.

p. NAT what season of the year
Is IL best to plant rhubarb roots? Is II
advisable to protect the roots In win.
ter.