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The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
TAIL OF A COAT.


One morning this week the editor of
this paper was startled by a sudden
encounter with a phantom from the
past which brought forcibly to mind
the halcyon days when he was a type
sticker on the Topeka Daily Capital,
way back in 1890. The aforesaid
phantom was a faded, drab-colored,
moth-eaten flannel coat, which our
better half had dug up from the
depths Of one of her numerous trunks.
The coat had almost faded from our
memory, but it was a coat which once
seen was never to be forgotten.
One real hot day in June, 1890, we
were walking down Kansas avenune,
the principal street of Topeka, when
our eyes alighted upon this coat hang
ing upon a dummy in front of a
'~'sheeny" clothing store. There was
also a vest attached to the coat, and a
tag informed us that the price of the
coat and vest was S4.95, marked down
from s..
The feature about the coat which
took our fancy was the number and
position of the pockets. There were
top-pockets on both sides, cash pock-
cts inside and ~outside-in fact there
were pockets all over the coat. We
lost no time in getting inside of the
coat, and we shall never forget the
pride and joy with which we wore
the coat home. b.
However, every rose has it's
thorn and our troubles soon began.
One fatal day we wore the coat to
Garfield park. A rain storm came up,
and, being without shelter, that coat
got a beautiful soaking. The distance
from the park to our domicile was
about three miles, and long ere we
reached home that coat had shrunk
until we could hardly get it off. The
processes of stretching and shrinking
through which the coat went within
the next few weeks vas almost heart
breaking, but the more we stretched
it, the more it shrunk, and it was
finally laid away to be worn by one of
the ''boys" when they grew up. But
years went by and the coat was lying
snugly in the bottom of the trunk,
the boys grew up, and when that coat
was finally fished out of its hiding
place the first of this week it was
found to be too small for any of them,
except Fritz" the baby, and he
never wears a coat in warm weather.
The sight of that flannel coat re-
minds us of the story of the man who
bought a red flannel undershirt, which
was warranted not to shrink. In the
course of time it became necessary to
wash it. When the man put it on for
the first time after it vas washed and
made his appearance in the presence
of his wife, she exclaimed: ''Why,
dear, what are you doing with my
pink coral necklace around your
throat?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
Letter List.

List of letters remaining uncalled
for at postofice at Red Cloud, Neb,
for the week ending June %, 1906;
Barnes, Dell Baird Chas
Cowles, Thos II Hinkins Henry
S~progins, ID Turney, Alma
Vaughn, Georgia F~anderfere, Fred
These will be sent to the dead letter
office July II, 1906, il not called for
before. When calling for above please
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
Solitude.

Solitude is a matter of taste. 1t has
been the subject of much discussion.
Volumes have been written In praise
or condemnation of it. But perhaps
the real value of solitude has never
been so subtly and so accurately ex-
pressed as by the girl who was asked
If she liked being alone. THAT de-
pends," she answered sweetly, ION
whom / am alone with
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
Little whites Surprise.

Mr.. and Mrs. Blank recently moved
from the city to the suburbs. The first
night in their new home their five-year-
old son climbed into bed as soon as he
was undressed. .
"Willie," said his mother, "havent
you forgotten to say your prayersT'
"Why, mamma" he replied, sis God
way out here too?"-Judge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29

lIouchin. who are both advanced in
years, are deeply g%rieved over the
loss of their adopted child, but as they
had never legally adopted him they
were advised by attorneys that it was
doubtful if they could prosecute the
kidnappers, so no warrant was sworn
out for their arrest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
An EnsY Creditor.

The stomach listens to no precepts.
1t begs and clamors. And yet 1t is
not an obdurate creditor. 1t Is dis
missed with a small payment, If only
you give it what you owe, and not as
much as you can.-Seneca.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
LOOkinR Ahead.

Gerald-Wnl you marry me2 Ger
aldine-Wait awhile. I don't want to
get tired Of you just yet.-New York
Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29

Necessity may render a doubtful act
innocent, but it cannot make 1t praise
worthy.-Joubert.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Lid in the Black Hills
Bangs DOWn With Thud
Reform Wave Considered at First as JOke
Sweeps Over Greatest Gambling He'll
District in America.

DEADwOOD. S. D.. June 22-For
the first time since the day back in
1875, when Deadwood jumped from a
single miners cabin 10 city Of 5000
inhabitants In one. single day, there
is no gambling in the Black Hills. Ev-
cry faro box is idle. every roulette
wheel is motionless, the dice no longer
roll out Of the leather cup. and the
stud poker devotee has departed for
other fields. Gambling in the Black
Hills is a thing Of he past
The reforri wave which has swept
the hill towns had its inception in Lead
a few months ago, and was laughed at
when IL started No one ever serious
ly believer the people Of the Black
Hills wanted gambling TO cease. 1t
was once the boast Of DeadwoOd that
that town was the toughest in the
world"-and IL was credited with de-
serving the name ana looking the part.
Digging gold by day and gambling by
night were the chief occupations Of
its citizens.
But the mayor of Lead one day al
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

mercy. Cornish put n horse bride bit
In his mouth so that he could not utter
a sound.
What did he beat you with?'' asked
Justice LOden.
Sometimes he took a horse brush. but
most always he used a whip cut from
a tree with thorns on it :Ie used TO
tie me to a bedpost and heat me. and
then when I cried and asked him TO
stop. he would put salt on my body or
put the bit in my mouth and tie II with
string back OF my head. Once he tied
a coTncob IN my mouth because I beg
ged him not 70 whip me so hard"
What is that scar on your moutR?'r'
asked Justice Loden, pointing to two
large scars on the left side OF his face
just above the upper Up.
That's where the bit cut me one day
when he 'ied il tighter than usual be-
cause I cried harder" replied the child.
Child Cried All Night.
BY close questioning Justice Loden
found out that with each beating the
child suffered more than the time be-
fore. due to the wounds on his body
being kept fresh by freqeent beatings.
One night because the child stayed a
little longer than usual at the store
which was two miles from the house
Cornish beat him so badly that he could
not sleep that night because OF the pain
The lad said he cried all night.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Put Salt in the Child's
Wounds After Beating Him
With Thorny Sticks.
DECLARED THE WORST CASE
Lad Now Protected by Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.

BALTIMORIc. Nd. June 23.-The
worst case OF brutality 70 a child ever
brought 10 the attention of Justice
Lodcn or the local Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty 10 Children came 10
light today at the hearing Of Simon
Cornish (coIOred). Of Taylor's Island.
Dorchester county, who was arraigned
at The Western police station on the
charge OF assuulting 7-year-Old .Ber-
nard Long Calso coIored), Of 326 Daw-
son alley. wifo has lived with him for
the last nine mcnthS-
Before the nearing began the little
fellow was ripped in the courtroom.
and all over his body. from his head TO
his feet, inclu ling his face, were marks
of violence ~-lich confirmed his testi-
mony Of crUelties practiced upon him
by Cornish. While the boy was being
examined Cornish stood quietly by and
looked on. his face hardly changing in
its expression.
Salt Put in His Wounds.
The boy told ir detail OF the beatingc
he had received. Of his being hung to a
joist in the house by his thumbs for an
hour. aud Of salt being rubbed IN his
wounds after a beating because he
criec- Then he explained how. in order
TO stop his sobbings and pIeadings for
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
On Sick Leave for Year.

one popular member of Lieutenant
Doyle's command has been on sick
leave for more than a year and will
probably leave the department within
a short time. He is Harry Quail. form
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
SUNDAY MIGHT CONCERT
AT CHEVY CHASE LAKE

The abundance Of refined amusements.
exceptional natural attractions. and the
ease and dispatch with which II is
reached are the most potent factors in
determining the popularity Of Chevy
Chase Lake At this noted spot one can
hear and dance 70 the finest music IN
the world. that of the United States
Marine Band A larl,e Orchestrc- select
ed from the band renders Ie-,S.hly pro-
grams every evening a the conclusion
of which. usually O'Clock. it furnishes
music FOR the dancers that thrOng the
spacious pavilion Entrance 10 this re-
sort Is free, likewise the privilege of
dancing. Music and dancing constitute
tn, main, but not by any means the
sole, attractions. one may bowl, shoot.
row On the lake. or amuse himself IN
many other ways. Tonight there viii
be a splendid concert. no dancing of
course being permitted Sunday.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

erly a bicycle policeman at No / sta
ton. While arresting a colOred woman
weighing 200 pounds, who was beating
her mother in a basement, Quail was
kicked in the stomach and has suffered
from hemOrrhages since April 3, 1905.
He has been operated upon several times
but derived no benefit from the ordeals
Major Sylvester IS considering Quail
retirement
Desk Sergeant Money, in charge of
the station at night. is one OF the best
penmen in the department. He is also
an expert ''shorthander' and can do
many things 10 a typewriter. Money
recently received a diploma from a
local business college, having had the
get-up. energy. and pluck to study dur
ing the hours that he was OF duty.
Heaven Easy for Him.
To hear Bicycle Policeman Holmes.
of the First precinct. tell IT, he is some
great shakes on the bicycle. The fol-
lowing conversation was heard in the
station several days ago:
Bike officer Kleindienst-I Just rode
twenty blocks in a minute. and that's
going a few.
Pedal Pusher Holmes-Pishtush
Why. old pal, this morning I rode from
the car barn in lexington down to the
POstOfice in nothing.
Kleindienst was feazed. He scratched
his head and remarked: Then II won't
take YOU long to get to heaven, pard. i"
McTaggart, Horticulturist.
Private McTaggart, who succeeded
Bobby Burns as watchman at Police
Headquarters, is a whoIe-souled. Jolly.
well-infOrmed Scotchman with a subtle
wit and a kind heart He has a lonely
time of 1t at headquarters after mid
night when the newspaper men leave
him, but amUses himself watching the
mice in the place, or reading some STAN
dard book. There are few. II any. things
about flowers and horticulture with
which McTaggart IS not acquainted.
having at one time had entire supervis-
ion over one of the largest gardens in
New York State.
Promotion Promised for Peck.
When Captain Amiss went on leave
of absence Major Sylvester detailed De
tective Charles Peck to act in his stead
as night chief OF detectives. This Is IN
terpreted by the wise cnes as meaning
that Peck is to be made a lieutenant and
detailed in the detective office. Detec-
tive Tyser viii probably return to Cen
trail Office II Peck is promoted.
Advance Expected for Private Curry.
Friends Of Private Curry. Of the First
precinct, VIII be much surprised il he
does not figure in the promotions to be
made on July 1. He was one of the
most energetic and untiring workers in
the interest of the notice hill which
provided for an increase of pay for the
policemen, and it is not going too far to
saythat II Curry had not kept at
number OF Senators and Congressman
the bill would most likely be awaiting
action today.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
MISSING.
KIDNAPER FEARED

CHICAGO. H.. June z3.-The police OF
she Stanton avenue station today are
searching out mysterious clue 20 the
disappearance of Leonard and Mary
Faulkner, aged ten and twelve, who are
believed To have been kidnapped. drown
ed. or murdered.
Mrs sann u. Faulkner. their mother.
told the police Of a one-arIned man cor
responding IN every detail with the one
ttEmed man seen with the children Just
before they disappeared. who tries to
lure the boy Leonard away with candy
i've weeks ago The police are tracking
him as a kidnaper
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

most gave the chief of police heart
failure by handing him a written or
der 10 close all gambling resorts, even
70 removing the slot machines from
the drug stores and cigar stands The
gamblers were given an hours notice
ana then the raiding began. Those places
which had regarded the order as a Joke
were visited. and the gamblers arrested.
Next day they were tried and fined. The
other places closed and the gambling
paraphernalia were put away
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
FIendiSh Brute TOrtures
DefenSeLeSS Negro Boy
What Cornish Did

Beat seven-year-old boy daily.
Used horsewhip or branch cut
from a thorn tree.
Converted horse bit into a gag.
Rubbed salt into raw wounds.
Strung lad up by his thumbs.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
COLONEL CHINN HAS
NEW DEADLY WEAPON

LEXINGTON. Ky. June 23.-Col. ]. P.
Chinn. of HarrOdsburg. who became
known as the wielder of the deadly
Bowie knife several years ago and who
since his election to the State senate
has tried 10 have a bill passed making
ii a felony to carry a concealed deadly
weapon. has found a new weapon Of de-
fense. He knocked his neighbor, G.. B.
Brown. the pavement in Harrodsbure
today with his umbrella
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
ENTIRE BRIGADE
TO GO IN CAMP
VIII Join Rational Guard
From Other States at
Mt. Gretna, Pa.
RECRUITS BEING DRILLED
General Harries Making Effort to Get
Three Days Outing on Pennsyi-
vania Rifle Range.

The entire brigade of District militia
is going into camp at Mt Gretna. Pa,
on July 2S and will remain until Aug
ust 8
When II was announced that the War
Department had ordered two regiments
and a separate battalion Of infantry.
battery Of artillery, an ambulance
corps. and signal corps of the local cit
iZen soldiery TO camp. II was believed
by most of those who heard II that only
part Of the organization had been Sc
iected for camp service. This Is not a
fact. however. because the above enum-
Grated organizations compose the entire
brigade and every man connected with,
the guard Will spend nine or possibly
twelve days in camp this summer.
General Grant in Command.
At Mt. Gretna, which is but a short
distance from Harrisburg, Pa, and has
been used every year by the National
Guard Of Pennsylvania, there will be
about 10000 men under canvas on the
night OF July 2S. The majority Of them
Will be regular soldiers from garrisons
under command OF Brig. Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant, in charge of the Depart
ment OF the East of the United States
Army. This popular and efficient officer
will in all likelihood have entire charge
OF the joint camp. The National Guard
OF almost every State in the East viii
have some representation in this camp.
It is believed that by mingling with
men who have spent every day OF the
past several years In forts and garri-
sons. IN addition 10 incoming seasoned
aAd acquainted with all the tricks OF the
trade. the volunteers Will profit 20 an
inestimable degree and be far more
valuable 10 their country upon their re-
turn.
Recruits Being Trained.
With 4 view OF preparing their c,,m-
mands f0r the annual encampment. the
captains have been drilling the men on
b street northwest in the rear OF the
Center Market armory for several We eks
and report 10 the majors OF the rat
taaions that great headway is beng
made. The outdoor work which ta,.
soldiers have iu camp is entirely +
ferent from the armOry maneuvers. ar,d
in view Of the fact that there are a nm
Der OF green men or raw r~~..-IIs in
the various Organiza tons. the captains
have much work before them in order TO
get the commands IN readiness for the
encampment-
Orders have been issued 10 the COM
pany commanders to recruit as many
men as possible before the day the guard
starts Ter camp. and IL IS likely that
about 100 men win don the khaki suits
and tramp away from Washington with
guns on their shoulders
The War Department IS being urged 10
give the Washington men a three davs'
outing at the Pennsylvania State riIie
range after the nine days OF camp AZ
Mt Gretna General Harries is doing
- - ~Nmn
project. and hopes 10 get the consent Of
General Oliver before many days II
General Oliver refuses 10 allow the threA
days enca ampment at the rifle range the
District men will return 20 Washington
on the night OF the ninth day OF the en-
campment-
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
HE INHERITED FORTUNE;
BUT RUNS STREET CAR

SAVANNAH, Ga, June 23.-Arthur H.
Bloomfield. a street car conductor, has
fallen heir to $4,000 in London He
asked permission of the car barn fore
man yesterday for leave of absence for
day so that he could get drafts cashed
being the interest on bonds left him
IN the estate of his English relative.
He is back on duty on the street car
line again today. He is native of Lon
don.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
DIED OF HUMILIATION
ON WAY TO P00RH0USE

POTTSVILLE, Pa, June 23.-Trudging
his way wearily toward the county aims
house at Schuylbiu Haven. Jolln Howell.
of Mahanoy City, dropped upon the
highway at St Clair and died of A
broken heart. the humiliation being too
much for him.
From a weil-to-do condition he was
reduced 10 abject poverty in a few years
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Empire RefrigeratOrS

The celebrated high-grade, mod
ernIy constructed Empire Refriger-
ator. Made OF the best kiln-dried
hardwood with charcoal and min
eral wool lining. Keeps food fresh
and nice Regular price Sk az
$3.50. Sale price r. .
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

Assorted nsSil-Era5e $ ASH @
MACHINES Gua~a-teert lc p
feet work Reguiar ~-~- n
$3.50 70 SI350 To be clT-l c-- at
HALF PRICE.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

Extra Fine Quality 10
piece Toilet Sets. hand
somely decorated in for
al designs. gold tracings.
Regular price
S4.9S. Sale 81 OF
price .-.-- 4. .OG
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

100-piece A m eric a n
China Dinner Sets. as +
sorted q decorations. rich I
gold tracinEs. Regular /
price. so and Sh C6 1
S12. Sale price w. !
The new age., 1906-05-26
A Shifting Landmark.

In the first years of navigation on
Western waters, says the author OF
early Steamboat Navigation on the
Missouri River" pilots were forced to
use all sorts Of signals and marks to
decide their courses. One had a Gus
tom of running q certain crossing, II
he came in at night by the aid of a
dog.
The animal belonged to a family liy.
ing In house at the foot of the cross.
Ing. directly In the course of the bend
Whenever a boat was coming, this dog
ran out to the bank, always In exactly
the same place, which was In line with
the channel, and barked his loudest
The pilot ran toward the sound of the
barking with the utmost confidence.
Unhapplly, the dog one night took
notion to change his stand. and
barked a little higher up. The next
morning the boat was a hopeless wreck
on a sandbar into which the pilot had
run at full speed.
The new age., 1906-05-26

The puffer or swell fish has the pow
er to distend itself with air into the
shape Of globe. japanese living In
the Hawaiian Islands make Of the skin
of the big pufrer found in Hawaiian
waters an odd and grotesque lantern
When the skin Of the big puffer has
been first removed while 1t is still soft
1t is stuffed out to Its full size In globe
shape and 50 left to dry. The skin IL
not much thicker than paper and
translucent brown on the upper part
and gray below. The fins are pre-
served and dried sticking out from the
fish, the tail being perked up at an an
gle. A circular opening Is made In
the back, through which the light car
be placed and In which Is set horizon
tally hoop or rim by which the Ian
tern can be suspended. Such a Ian
tern made Of big puffer's skin may
be a foot in diameter crosswise anG
fifteen inches in length, and what witt
the head Of the fish appearing at one
end and the perked up tail at the other
and the fins projecting at the sides this
fish skin lantern makes a very curious
object.-New York Herald.
The new age., 1906-05-26

good reason for boosting. That which
the man who boosts his town. 1t Is
the center of the universe to him. Ills
property is there. His home. His fam
lily. His future. Even his grave. He
boosts his town because 1t is his town
and because he believes 1t Is worth
boosting. He Is an admirable fellow,
the booster. Sometimes he may appear
to be a "knocker." The knocker is the
opposite Of the booster. He knocks be-
cause he is a booster. He wants bet
ter government He knocks in order
that he may boost. When things are
put right he begins to boost again. One
Of the beauties about boosting your
community, for instance, is the reac-
ton of it. When you boost your town
you boost yourself. And boosting
makes the booster happy. A news
paper writer says boosting Is the soul
Of work. That is a fine definition
Work, effort Of any sort, without en-
thusiasm, is but a tread-mill. dreary
round Of commonplaces. There is no
soul In It Work without soul In II
Is drudgery. Be a booster. Put soul
into effort. And this boosts in behalf
of your own town. Of your church or
your cause-whatever 1t may be-will
become q constant series Of happy &C
complishmentA
The new age., 1906-05-26
U1AV - NOAc
complishments

The tendency Of education Is more
and more to forsee the needs Of our
civilization and provide for them by
special training In schools. Noteworthy
examples Of this tendency are the
schools Of social service recently es-
tablished in three American cities.
These are Simmons College in Boston,
now In Its fourth year, the School Of
Philanthropy founded by the New York
Charity Society and the department Of
social science which has recently been
opened at the University Of Chicago.
Just as a special kind Of instruction
Is provided to prepare men and women
to be lawyers, doctors, preachers, teach
ers, nurses, these new Institutions seek
to educate professional phllanthropists
to engage In systematic work for or
ganized charities, to conduct settle
ments" among the slums. to work as
secretaries to doctors, teachers and 80
biologists who are dealing with social
problems in poor, crowded sections Of
cities. The old method Of education
was to give young person general
culture, and then leave to time and
chance the direction of educated tai
ents toward some special Kind of use
fuiness. Heretofore stunning" set
tlement work and other such social
service have been left to the emotional
impulse and good intention Of the anna
teur In charity. The new schools Of
charity have studied the practical needs
Of the sociologist, and aim to turn out
not theoretic economists, but doers Of
the word. For a long time the new
profession will not be overcrowded.
The labors Of philanthropy BECOME,
more complex and extanst.,4$cs every
year, and there I s,enty of room for
young men and women in the ranks Of
KS new scientific army which is set
ting out to fight the enemies of social
order and prosperity.
The new age., 1906-05-26

If popular government tn Russia is
20 meet with even moderate success II
will be necessary for that country to
put every dollar 1t can raise for q good
many years into educational facilities.
OF the 12o,0OO,OOO Of people In the en-
pire 99,OOO.OO0 are unable to read. Ac-
cording to official statistics the num-
Der of persons In schools Of all grades
in Russia is 100000. 1t takes a good
deal Of energy and struggle in America
TO keep our public affairs going as they
should go and many costly mistakes
are made. Yet In this country, with a
population of two-thirds that of Russia,
we have over 100000 of our children
and young people In schools, ten times
as many as Russia, and only 100000
Of our people, ten per cent, are Hitter.
ate, as compared with the 99,0OO,OOO
or so per cent, Of Russians.