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The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
LEARNING TO CORRESPOND
Pupils of Ohiowa. Neb.. schools writing
Letters To English Scholars

The students of the city schools Of
Ohiowa, Neb.. are engaged in the ex-
change of correspondence with the stu
dents of the schools of London, Eng
land. Recently the board of educa-
ton of London decided. as a practi-
cal method of teaching letter writing
and to increase the spirit of friend
Illness among the English speaking
nations of the world, to recommend
the exchange of letters between the
pupils OF the public schools of Eng
land. Australia, Canada and the
United States.
Requests were made OF. prominent
educators in the United States, Can
ada and Australia that they assist in
the Inauguration of the scheme. The
Ohiowa teachers were among the first
to adopt the suggestion and for some
time the pupils have been engaged in
correspondence with the students OF
London. superintendent Fowler re-
ceived a package of letters from Ohio
wa and will forward II to the clerk OF
the London school board.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Reward OF Merit for Couyicts

Convicts at the Nebraska Peniten-
tiary are to be permitted to lay aside
the striped uniform now in use at
the institution. Warden Beemer has
arranged a credit system whereby
prisoners whose conduct is good will
be uniformed in gray and will be
quartered in the new cell house. Those
Of unruly disposition will be confined
to the old cell house and will on
tinue to wear the customary garb. The
present black striped uniform is the
pet aversion of the average convict,
and 1t adds neither to beauty of face
or figure. In the large penitentiaries
of the eastern states the system to
be adopted by Warden Beemer has
been in vogue for a number Of years
and is alleged to be conducive to good
behavior of the prisoners. The fe-
male prisoners at the penitentiary
have worn the gray uniforms for q
number Of years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
S~trn to Death

Peter Peters, a we'll known farmer
residing west Of Plattsmouth, was sud-
denly taken with a severe choking SMELL
and died before he could be relieved
Mr., Peters, although II years of age,
was in his usual health and his sudden
death was a great shock to the family.
owing to the fact that the deceased
was an extraordinarily large nan /,
was found necessary to SEND to Omaha
Tor a special casket, and 1t was toe
broad to go into the hearse. The re.
mains were inferred in tie German
cemetery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
CAPTURED Unknown Bird.

Elisha Read of Allingtown. Conn.,,
discovered an exhausted bird In his
yard which is apparently a newcomer
In that region. 1t is a %blackbird with
gold on the end of each wing feather
and each tail feather. 1t Is supposed
to be one of the foreign birds which
were deposited on Long island for
destruction of the insects on fruit
trees, and the violent winds are sup.
posed to account for It's presence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
20 Per Cent UusOid

The March report of the bureau of
statistics OF the department of agri-
culture shows the amount of wheat re-
naming In farmers hands on March
to nave been about 1872, SOC. 900 bush
els, or POS per cent of last years
as compared with 24.5 per cent of the
crop OF 1902, on hand on March l. 1908
and 2S.2 per cent Of the crop of 1901
on hand March /, 1902.
The corn in farmers hands is esti.
mated at about 93S, 600 900 bushels. O,
"'4 per cent OF last years crop, as
against 4l6 per cent of the crop of 100.
on hand March /, 1903, and 29.2 pc,
cent OF the crop OF 1901 on hand March
!, 1902.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Emergency Teiearaph Equipment,

emergency Telegraph equipment.
It's a far cry from Manila to Balti.
more, but the war in the Philippines
taught telegraph companies a trick
that came in handy at the big con.
f%lagration.
The exigencies of the campaign OF
our troops in the Eastern archipelago
necessitated the organization of the
most elaborate emergency telegraph
lines. A clever electrician devised
apparatus that was collapsible and re.
ducible to an extent which would
make a forty.mile telegraph line tit
into an army wagon.
This outfit included not only a full
stand of guadruplex instruments and
fittings sufficient to permit operators
to work, but a dynamo and a kerosene
engine to run it. together with fuel
for the engine. 1t only remained to
string the wires to trees or any other
projections, and the line was ready.
When the Office of the telegraph
companies we're burned out complete.
ly In Baltimore these emergency
plants were used with good effect.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Going Back to Pennsylyania

Twenty persons from the Yoder set
Element near Bertrand, Neb., left for
Pennsylvania, and the rest will follow
shortly. The settlement has existed for
about twenty years. but all have now
sold their farms and will return 10
thei former homes in the state named.
These people are Mennonites and wear
the same style of homespun garb that
their ancestors did generations ago.
notwithstanding their odd customs
they will long be remembered for their
thorough honesty and reliability as q
class.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Bad Outlook Cor Missouri wheat

Prof. F. b. Mumford, acting dean OF
the university of Missouri, college OF
agriculture, at Columbia, does not
think Missouri will have a large wheat
crop this year. From reports re-
ceived," says Professor Mumford, "the
general impression Of the farmers is
that the conditions have not been fav-
orable for a maximum wheat crop in
1904. The winter has been cold and
the ground unprotected by snow. The
extremely dry weather Of the fall and
winter resulted in a weak fall growth
of wheat. 1t is too early to predict the
probable damage from the ravages OF
the Hessian fly. but last year the dam
age from this source was very great.
A favorable spring with sufficient rain
fall may yet overcome the numerous
unfavorable conditions which have in
terfered with the growth of the crop,
but prospects certainly are not fiatter'
ins."
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
HINTS FOR eRlpsaRooMs.
Plenty Of Advice for Brides, but Not q
Word for the Poor Men.


A thoughtful young man of Wash.
ington vas heard to decry the other
day the fact that while there is a
deluge OF "don'ts" and Jos" for the
bride to follow. the bridegroom must
shift for himself.
There Is absolutely nothing to
guide a nan but his own awkward
self. 1t isn't fair" he said. From
the time a girl is old enough to detect
sound she understands the import.
ance of having things done properly
at a wedding, while the prospective
groom is only something necessary to
complete the picture. Nothing short
OF inspiration can get a man through
a marriage ceremony gracefully.
I'm order to impress the bride and
spectators that he is enthusiastic
about 1t, he appears with a sort of
frozen grin on his face that you ex-
pect to melt at any moment and run
down his collar. IF he is too fright.
ened to respond In a loud voice some
of the brides girl friends will whisper
that 1t was plainly evident he was
unwilling from the start Again, II
he replies in a loud, stern voice, an.
other bunch in another direction of
the church will huddle together and
express how glad they are that they
are not marrying him. while the atti.
tude of many is that they are signing
away their life and all worth living
for. SO |. for one, think it high time
that somebody wrote a few hints on
how to behave, that we men may APP
pear enthusiastic about being mar.
ried without being ridiculous and
proving a target for the world in gen
eral to knock at."-Washington Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
oSMoND, NEB., BURNED
List OF Those who Have Burden of Lose
to Hear

to hear
Fire destroyed practically the entire
business district Of Osmond. Neb. The
flames were first discovered in the rear
Of the meat market of Turner & Peter
son, their origin being at this time
unknown. The wind was high and
sparks were carried to a livery barn.
The principal losses are: Farmers
State bank, loss on building. $1,000,
fully insured: Mitchell e Saunders,
less on merchandise, s14, 600, insurance
$4,000; L. p. Rogers, loss on two
buildings, $4,000. no insurance; j. G..
Saunders, loss on building. $4,000, no
insurance; Christal e. Wiley, loss on
drugs and jewelry. $4,000, no insur-
ance; Turner & Peterson, loss on
butcher shop, $500, no insurance; Maine
hotel, loss on furniture. $4,000, insur-
ance. $1,000; Gus J.. Marek. loss on
building, 81 900, insurance 1925; w. II.
Booton, loss on three buildings, $4,000.
insurance unknown; Hamer and Cock,
building and stock. loss 81, 500. partial
Insurance.; William Klindt, loss on sa-
loon and fixtures. $4,000, partially in
surod; l.. l.. Davis, loss on livery barn,
S1.C0O. insurance, $500; Mrs. Chamber
lain, restaurant and millinery. loss 5000,
no insurance, household goods of b.
NJ. Smith about 81 200, partial insur.
nnCp.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Saw Dead Daughters Face.

An old lady who resides alone in a
country district near Aberdeen, Scot
land, had a strange ~premonition re
Gently. While seated one evening at
the fire she heard a rustling noise at
the window, and on looking out she
seemed to see the face of her daughter
pressing against the pane. The old
woman was much startled, as her
daughter resided in America. Sc
alarmed did she become. that she
went to a neighbours house and slept
all night. A week afterward she re
ceived word to the effect that heI
daughter had been killed In a railway
accident. Strange to say her daugh'
ter was killed on the very night the
old woman had the strange presents
ment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Tortoise Centuries Old.

The most curious reminder of Hol
and's sway in Ceylon is a living crea-
ture. a grand old tortoise. supposed to
have belonged to n OF the Dutch
governors some 200 years ago. He Is
very docile and ever ready to attract
the attention of anyone who is likely
to offer him plaintain. The tortoise 10
so large that he al carry several
boys on his back at one time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
r to Death

Four unidentified men were burned
TO death in a box car containing gaso.
line which caught fire at Branch in.
tersection' ten miles east of Harris.
burg Pa Two others, George Kllngel
OF Harrisburg and William c. Voter OF
I'ewistown, barely escaped with theil
lives, their bodies and clothing beine
badly burned. The men were employed
on the Pennsylvania railroad improve.
ments at Enola.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18

The EIeecY Clouds.


They were sitting on the veranda,
This was last summer. 1t was very
late. As they sat there alone in the
beautiful moonlight he prayed for a
friendly cloud to drift across the face
of the full moon. The clouds were
really drifting, but somehow not one
would go into the corner pocket. Then
she lisped:
ooh, Mr.. darlington, did you eve
think how unlike the clouds you are?'
Mo, Miss Merrywilkes, | don't
believe I ever compared myself thus.
Why am I unlike the clouds? Is it
because ! am all sunshine?"
"No-oh, no."
Then 1t must be-because | am
about to rein over your"
"Oh. no." hastily ducking the storm.
1T is because the-look! See that
feecy little one right nca the moon!
See how it goes! goes! goes!'
YES" he responded sadly. a light
suddenly Illuminating his density. /
wonder where it goes?"
Then. confusedlS, he left, presum.
ably to consult a weather forccaster-
or to join a poker game and forget
all his other losses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
DiphtherIa at bertrand, Neb.

Owing TO the prevalence of diphtheris
in the country near Bertrand the board
of education ordered the public schools
closed for two weeks and all the teach
ers have left town for a vacation, There
is great dread of the disease there, and
people are taking every precaution pos
sible to prevent its appearance in the
town.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18

Warned. In Time.
Better be lonely than sorry"
A shy maiden wrote in the sand.
Billows rolled up In their anger
BE -- sorry was left on the Iand!
Startled she gazed at the warning:
Then swiftly the scared maiden ran
Back to the town and its madness
To hunt, for her wedding. "A man!
- -
Tho Married.
To be happy in this world a man
should:
Live in a house not his own, and
move often to save rent.
Have his personal effects insured.
Owe the installment house for his
furniture.
Have nothing taxable.
Be too poor to buy theater tickets
for the benefit Of a dog pound.
Keep a wife to shave the back OF
his neck.
Have burglar alarms on all doors
and windows.
Own a cyclone cellar.
Cut his own ice.
Loan his lawn mower Il the neigh.
bors.
Have an ingrown toe nail and for.
get his lodge dues!
II he observes these rules he may
live to a ripe and comfortable old
age.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
Appo,nted Reform school Physician

DR.. c.. V. Basten of Kearney has
been appointed chief physician OF the
Kearney reform school to fll the va
cancy caused by the resignation iteDr.
II. S. Bell, who is also a Kearney res
idant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
pav " pay.

walking with patience where the way
IL rough, .
nigh,
Knowing that love Divine Is strong
enough
Trusting that sorrow Is but loves dis
gulse,
And ali Withholding. yet another way
or making richer by what love denies
So grows the soul a little. day by day.
Mary c. Seward, IN The Independent
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
IS - -
Jill Smiled Also.


Jill Smiled Also.
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To rush q can OF liquor!
Jack "smiled'-oncc:
hut Jill. the Ounce
Well, jill took quite a "sIicker!"
Jack and Jill
Imbibed their fiji.
Then Jill she drank a "snifter!"
"'Rah. hire!
Ztack, carry me"'
But Jack he couldn't lift 'er!
Jack and Jill
On top the hill,
Fell. In II 1T of laughter!
Jack rolled down
Right into town.
And Jill came tumbling after!
e - *
He Doesn't.
An acquaintance Of ours recently
visited England and complained to an
Englishman about the slowness of the
trains. The Londoner. much wroth.
exclaimed:
"Oh, you 'orrible Americans, you
burn the candle at both ends!"
At u request, the acquaintance
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18

Wedlock IL n lane that has no turning,
And while you are wed your bridges are
Goodbye to the boys. as old ties sever:
For marriage Is marriage, forever and
ever!
x - ~
Bachelors, IL you are to be pitied,
don't get in a woman's way. Pity is
the straightest path that leads to her
love, and she will come tripping
down the way and nab you IL you
need her sympathy. The best plan is
to keep everything about yourself
ship.shape so she won't feel sorry for
your helplessness.
- Is -
Live not for self
To pile up pelf:
Gold does not pay
ON Judgment Day.!
* s6 ~
Multiply all the pleasures of all the
spheres by all the pleasures of all
the years. and one minute of Heaven
It pays to be good even If you are
lonesome.
- -
when | wuz a boy" said Uncle BY,
taking a shot at a knOt-hole in the
grocery floor, II used t tote tn girls
off TO go boatridin'. There war a
mighty lot o. stumps in hat air OIL
Piscatacoy river an tn girls allus
watched out fer stumps, we being
rowin' an setting backards! One
day ! up and asst n o them there
girls to marry me. and III be dinged
eff she didn't take me up quicken
chain lit.nin'-but she's kept me clar
o. tn stumps ever since. an | reckon
that's what a good wife's fer, anyhow!
Amt II, boys?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18

A good many people are down on
~slippery sidewalks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18

BY Lantern LIGHT.
- By
BYRON WILLIAMS

BY Lantern Light.
IAN honest mans the noblest work OF
God"
Thus wrote the poet. by his candle dim.
But were Diogenes alive to-day,
He'd still be searching FOR "A T. .impse OF
mimi
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18


The Modern Man.
Man Is throc-nfths genius
And tWo-iifths fudgei"
Thus saith a poet we have read.
We think "three-;fths grasping
And two-ffths grudge!"
Is what the poet should have said!
SIS
A Sunday paper tells us that Mary
and her little lamb once actually
lived. Having been thus treasured,
we turn again to the carking cares
of the daily grind with renewed cour.
age and enthusiasm.
SIS
Many men are like Aesop's fox
when he had lost his tail, he would
have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs.
Miserable themselves, these men are
persistently engaged in making all
those about them miserable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-03-18
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Confusing.

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The Heart Of Us.
A dago played. on his begging way.
In squalid street at the dusk of day!
Played shrill and cracked at a wheesy
rune,
While Stun kids danced to its lifting tune.
A woman wan. at her easement high,
Threw up her window with gladstone cry.
TO list the hand-organ's music roll,
Metallic like, for a tiny toll!
Her heart grew light at the dago's air.
A cheering Tilt in a day of care!
She hummed a song of the olden time
And smiled content at its simple rhym mel
In palace old. In n rhythmic sway.
Where wealth abode In n wealthy way,
The glad, sweet strains of a golden Tyre
Arose and fell at the souls desire!
a woman sat In "A gown of lace
And hated sight of the dreadful place.
She sighed and sighed and a tear drop
fell
Hot from the walls OF "a hidden well!
No joyous thrill touched her heart of
stone: .
The god Of JOY from her heart had flown!
The organ rude and the Tyre OF gold
Should teach a moral of worth untold!
'Tis not the riches Of life that give
To man the rule and the right to live!
Tho poor and weak, We may hear tho
song,
And lift our hearts as we plod along!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
DE DINO COLLECTION OF MEDIlEJIL lfRMOR.
Notable 1ddioa Treasures Of ctropotan Museum Of Chief
Objects 1t Contains Haze Much Human Interest.

H. a short time. II is believed. the suits Of ar
NOR, the helmets the haberds, the swords and
the knives forming the collection Of the Due de
Dino, the purchase Of which by the Metro
politan Museum Of Art completed on Satur-
day. April 1G. will arrive in this city The col
lection, which includes u pathetically gashed
helmet believed to have been worn by Joan of
Arc. numbers upward Of three hundred pieces,
and cost the Museum about 100000 1t is said
to be already on its way 20 this country from
London, where II had been sent to be sold at
auction In June at ChrstIe's.
1t is possible to describe and present pictures
Of some OF the notable pieces OF the collection
through the courtesy OF General L. =. di Cesnola,
the director OF the Museum. and Charles Bal
lard the official photographer.
Because Of its personal as well as It's illustra-
tive character the collection will appeal to per
sons Of various points of view. ranging from that
OF the youthful and romantic readers Of Ivan
hoe and "Kenilworth" to the man OF humor. A
minority Of those who visit the lines OF efFges at
the Museum viii sagely discuss the workman
ship and the manner" the rarity and the his
tory Of the different pieces with great Junction.
hut there viii remain 70 the casual visitors, who
viii be in the majority. a human and romantic
interest which does not depend entirely upon a
technical knowledge of the merits Of the exhibit
FOR The use OF some Of the exhibits can be traced
to men and events recorded in history. The
imaginative and romantic will think Of how
At this the challenger with fierce defy
Ills trumpet sounds: the challenged makes reply:
With clangOur rings the field, rcsUuuds the Vaulted
sky
NOR visOrs closed. their lances In the rest
O.. at the helmet pointed the crest
s'..E vanish from the barrier, speed the race.
and squirting, see decrease the middle space
They viii Malyoisin. Rois- Guibert and
Front dc Bouf rolled upon the green grass Of
,:e lists, and the douEhtest knights of them al
:. me down before the shocks Of the Disn-
I"Iit'd Knight on his gallant black steed. Some |
VIII pick out the scene Of the Field of the Cloth
"f cold with its pageantry, its richness Of trap
pines the French, all cliuquaut, all in gold |
TX" heather gods" shining down the English |
70. the names OF two Of the chief actors in this
ioy;l display, Francis I Of France and !
lies Of Spain, are mentioned in the history |
II some Of the pieces. and others in the collec-
'on would answer to Shakespeare's description |
"f the accoutremcnts of the French Kings |
re;inuc.
The man with a sense Of humor who looks !
upon the riveted iron sheathnE intended TO pro- |
tect the human form divine from the assaults !
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

Of his enemies. the various caSques, some suE-
costing coal scuttles with lids. odd shaped per
forated pepper boxes and The queer iron mask
forged To represent the mustached face. will
doubtless take one Of Mark Twains points Of
view. and see in all this harness men 'rsittIinC
and claukiug out like crate Of loose castings"
In his minds eye he Will see the Yankee" Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

CASQUE AND SHIELD OF
LOUIS XIV.
Made OF silver. with mOuntinSs
of Chiseiled bronze
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-25
Russian Church.

The Russian church has decided to create new episcopal see in Alaska, and Rt. Rev. Innocent, of Moscow, has been appointed bishop coadjutor. He will have his resi- dence at Sitka.
 The creation of a new see was demanded by the growth of the Russian church in this country. During the past five years the num- Der of its parishes and its congrega- tions has been doubled, and the enormous territory which the Amer can mission covers made it impos- sible for Bishop Tikhon to care 10, it alone. His diocese includes all North America and the Aleutian islands, and the necessity for a bishop coadiutor has been made more pressing by the general move ment on the part of the Austrian and Hungarian Slavs of the Roman Uniate confession who have been immigrating to America in larg. numbers, to return to the Easteri orthodox confession, from which they were separated in the seven -teenth and eighteenth centuries.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-25
Notice of Forfeiture.

VALDEZ, ALASKA, Jan. l, l90J. To WALTER L. WHITE and E. F. WILLIS: You are hereby notified that the undersigned A. H. Utley, has expended during the year l9O3, four hundred 04OO) dollars.in labor upon the Lost Chord, the Helen. the Gold Dollar and the Black Bear mining claims situated on the benches of Slate Creek and Miller Gulch, in the chisna mining district, Alaska, in Val deg Recording District, the location notices Of which claims are now of record in the office of the United States Commissioner at Valdez. and to which notices reference is made for a more particular description thereof in order to hold said claims under provision of Section 2S4. Revised Statutes of the United States, and the amendments relating thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims being the amount required to hold said claims during the year 1903. ending December 3I 1918. And if at the expiration of ninety days from the publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure. your interests in said claims will become the property of the undersigned your co-owner, who has made the required ex- penditure by the terms of said section.
 A. H. CTLEY. First publication Jan. '.
 Last publication April :.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-25
asiekins |. esi..es,e.

"At last we shall have . chance, :" said Mrs. Newcomb, "to get acquainted with the Snipleighs."
 How" her husband asked. "HaA she finally seen fit to call on your"
 No; but they're going to build . new and bigger house across the street from the one they occupy now, and when they go there to live I can call because etiquette gives the ones that liv. anywhere the right fo call first on others that just move in, you know."- Chicago Record Herald.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-25

Mistress-There's a piano in the kitchen. bicycle for your own use and tennis lawn set apart exclusive ly for all my servants and their friends.
 Maid-Well, ma'am, if there's any stipuiations as to d dowry in the event of marriage. think your terms will suit.-Ally Sloper.