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The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
CAUSE OF THE / u
Queer Tradition of the Aboriginal
Blacks Of Australia.

The aboriginal blacks Of Australia
have a queer tradition about the food.
They say that at one time there was no
water on the earth at all, except in the
body Of an immense frog, where men
and women could not get 1t. There
was n great council on the subject, and
It was found out that IL the frog could
be made to laugh the waters would
run out Of his mouth and the drought
be ended.
So several animals were made to
dance and caper before the frog to In
duce him to laugh, but he did not even
smile, and so the waters remained In
his body. Then some inc happened to
think Of the queer cOntortions into
which the eel could twist itself. aud 1t
vas straiphta way brought before the
frog. And when the frog saw the
wriggling he laughed so loud that the
whole earth trembled, and the waters
poured out Of his mouth In a great
food, in which many people were
drowned.
The black people were saved from
drowning by the pelican. This thought.
ful bird made a big and went
with 1t all among the islands that ap.
peared here and there above the sur.
face Of the water and gathered In the
black people and saved them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
REGULAR LIVING.
What Nature Demands In Return For
Good Health.

First of all, one thing that nature
won't stand is irregularity. We cannot
safely bottle up sleep tonight for to-
morrow nights use, nor force u stom-
achs one meal because we expect to eat
sparingly the next, nor become exhaust
ed In working night and day, expecting
to make 1t up later.
Nature does nothing before her ap-
pointed time, and any attempt to hurry
her invariably means ultimate disaster.
She takes note of all our transactions,
physical. mental and moral, and places
every item to our credit.
There Is nc such thing as cheating ma
ture. She may not present her bill on
the day we violate her law, but II we
overdraw our account at her bank and
give her a mortgage on our minds and
bodies she will surely ~foreclose. She
may lend us all we. want today but
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
The Change of . Word.

spanking did not suggest chastise-
ment originally. 1t was unknown to
Johnson in this sense: to him a spank
err meant "A person who takes long
steps with agility" Rapid motion seems
to be the root idea Of the word Spank"
which is not merely representative Of
the sound of the act, as SLAP and
smack" are. The low German ''spak-
KERN" or "spenkern," to run and spring
about quickly, Is close to the original
meaning; hence a spanking pace" a
spanking breeze and a 'spanker," In
the sense Of an active and sturdy per-
son.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

At the Congregational church on
Sunday the pastor will speak on the
following themes: Morning, Mod
ern Samaritanism"; evening, Little
Doubts hat Spoil Lives" Afternoon
meeting at Indian Creek.
AL Turner has been appointed road
overseer of his district, and the neigh
bors say that ever since his appoint
ment he has done nothing but sit
around in the shade waiting for it to
come time to work the roads.
N. B. Truth, st. Paul, June 81, 'Os-
I've lived so long, remember well when
the Mississippi was a brook. My good
health and long life came by taking
HOLSTER Rocky Mountain Tea. IS
cents tea or tablets. c. l.. Getting.
John Yaple and sister, Miss Clara,
returned Tuesday morning from an
extended pleasure trip in California.
They report a very nice time. Mr.
Yaple has accepted his former posi-
blOu ~ DIoS. uSpdE JiiCht
store.
The members of the Rebekah lodge
gathered at the home of l.. A. Haskins
Tuesday evening and surprised Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Hartz. A pleasant
evening was enjoyed by all present.
The members or the order presented
the young couple with a nice rocking
chair.
The Nebraska Epworth Assembly
will meet at Epworth Lake Park, Lin
coin, July 81 to August 0, inclusive.
A rate Of m fare plus so cents has
been made from all points in Nebras'
ka. The program includes some OF
the very best talent obtainable. An
illustrated prospectus can be secured
by sending your name on a postal
card to President l.. o. Jones, Lincoln
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
The Hudson nay Company.

In 1910 Charles IL. granted a charter
to the Hudson Bay company, giving to
that association the whole and sole
trade and commerce ON the waters ~
ing within the entrance Of the Hudson
strait and on the lands adjoining. After
the cession Of Canada to Great Britain
in 1853 the Northwest Fur company of
Montreal sprang into existence. and by
Its competition with the older corpora
ton compelled an amalgamation In
1921.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13

Register at Worland for the govern
ment drawing emitting you to draw
l60 acres of fine irrigable lands in the
Shoshone reservation; only $50 an
acre, one-third cash. 100000 acres or
$500 farms to be drawn for; besides
this, there are 800. OC0 acres of timber
and mineral lands that may be taken
in the usual way, some of these lands
are supposed to be of great value.
One fare for the round trip to Wor-
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
Conclusive.

Insurance Solicitor - Well, doctor,
have you examined this new claimant?
Doctor-No. I haven't thought 1t g C
essary. You see. I've been treating him
for the last seven years. Insurance
Solicitor-That's enough. IT he has sur
vived that he must be a person Of won
drOus vitality.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
Got Fourteen Months.

"Baldy" Vest, who was arrested
week before last and taken to Bloom
ington on the charge of having raised
a check from $3.50 to $1,000, was
taken from there to Minden, where he
appeared before Judge Adams and
pleaded guilty, and was given a SEN
tence of fourteen months in the peni.
Tertiary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
rlnniN ~nilirnrS-

county officers.
What good would be accomplished
by a%bolishing the pass? If the pass is
abolished, those who are susceptible
of being bribed would much rather
have the cash, and the bribers would
find a way to get it to them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
land, with maximum of $40 from Lin

land, with maximum of $40 from Lin
coin, Omaha and Nebraska points.
Tickets sold July II to 20, final limit
August Is. Take this grand trip
through the rich irrigated lands of
the Big Horn Basin. This will be one
of the greatest events in the history Of
the distribution Of Uncle Sans do
main.
To the Pacific coast-daily low ex-
cursion rates for this the greatest
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13
abroad journey in the world.

railroad journey in the world.
To Colorado and return-About
half rates daily and even lower rates
for the Elks' big gathering at Denver
July 10 to Is, inclusive.
Also daily low rates to eastern re-
sorts; frequent homeseekers' excur-
sions, in fact tempting excursion rates
in all directions throughout the sum
mer.
Consult nearest Burlington ticket
agent. j. +. EDWARDS.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
SENATE AND CABINET.

An examination of precedents and
velops the fact that the action of Sec
retaries Hitchcock and Wilson in sus-
pending proceedings under a recent
act of congress regarding Indian lands
was not only warranted, but praise
worthy, Notwithstanding the attempt
of some senators to make sensational
use of 1t in a senate committee hear
ing. To their faces the cabinet mem
bers were theatrically upbraided with
notification and violation of the ex-
pressed will of congress, under cir
cumstances, too, which insured the
widest publicity, as If some extraordi-
nary wrong or contempt had been com
mitted.
1t appears now that, quite the con-
trary in point of fact, there was no
violation nor intention to violate the
law, but that there was only action IN
strict. accordance with one of the oldA
est departmental practices and ap-
proved legal principles, well within ext
ecutive discretion as to manner and
means. The inference accordingly is
strong that the attack is inspired not
so much by regard for the law as by
hostility TO the administration and de-
sire, to discredit it.
There is absolutely no question that
the very course of ,the departments
was with a view to the public good
and advantageous for it, and the pub
lie, If such congressional perversity
continues, will not be slow in showing
that it understands the difference be-
tween rational and candid criticism
and a captious and mischievous spirit.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
personal NOTES.

President Roosevelt will deliver the prin-
cipal address at the celebration Of the hf-
tieth anniversary OF the Agricultural Col
lege of Michigan in May
A yokohama paper suggests that Japan
may not be getting its share Of American
heiresses under treaty rights. The Japs
are picking up even the art Of humor.
Damages of 1900 because of an accident
that incapacitated her from dancing should
make a Milwaukee belle satisfied Just TO
think OF former waxed floor triumphs.
Edward Trickett, FIRE warden and for
merly chief Of the fire department in Kan
sas City, retired few days ago and for
the frst time in thirty-one, years passed an
entire night at his home.
Many kindred OF George Washington, our
first president dwell on and about the
original Washington plantation in West
moreland county, Va The present occu-
pant OF the plantation is named George
Washington.
Tom Gale, the delegate from Alaska for
the two years term beginning March 4
next, has arrived in Washington. He is
65 years old but exceptionally vigorous for
his age. He was born in Vermont, but
went to Alaska as a prospector ten years
ago,
sympathy and confidence in large meas
ure will go out TO the Chicago woman
who vehemently denies that her deceased
husband was a woman. Il was his wife,
she exlaimed when questioned. II guess
ought to know" That ought to hold the
dOubters.
Congressman John E. Andrus, who repre-
sentsd the Yonkers (N.Y) district for sew
eral years, has taken delight in playing
the role OF Santa Claus 70 the pages and
telephone and telegraph boys OF the house.
This year, as usual his gifts to the young
sters consisted OF 81 and IS bills. Colonel
Andrus is worth so, 0Oo. 900, made out Of the
manufacture of pepsin.
Abraham Simmer, one Of the most fam
GUS philanthropists IN the west, has gone
70 California for the winter on account OF
his health. His home Is In Waverly. Ia,
but his charities have been distributed all
over the country. He Is now working 10
establish a home for exiied Russian jews
at 81. Paul He has already bestowed IN
various ways more than $4,000
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
THE LIFE ASSURANCE ELECTION.

THE LIFE INSURANCE ELECTION.
The result of the election OF directors
for the New York Life and Mutual In
surance companies, whichever set of
candidates may turn out to have been
chosen, is to raise serious doubts in
many minds regarding the system pro-
vided in the new law, and a serious
movement is already on foot to amend
1t. The object of the new law was
verify to put the management Of the
companies under control of the policy
holders, the reverse situation appear
ing in the light of the Armstrong in
vestigation to have grown up with
many evil consequences.
But while the legislature endeavored
to provide opportunity for every pol
icyholder to have a voice in the selec-
ton Of directors, it is complained that.
the election has failed to meet ex-
pectations in many respects. The null
titudesof policyholdeTs scattered not
.only throughout this country, but also
In foreign countries, is SO great .as
to involve immense obstacles to con-
certed and intelligent action. Thus
consolidated financial interests playing
for. great stake in controlling such
huge assets could bear the expense of
comprehensive organization and can
vass for policyholders suffrages at
enormous advantage over the majority
of policyhOlders. = ~
The danger is therefore pointed out
that the law in its present form may
work out practically to restrict the
average policyholders sto choice between
two or more ,directorial tickets, none
of which might represent genuine and
exclusive policyholders' interest, but
rather, the antagonistic interests of
high finance" precisely the root of
many of the worst abuses disclosed in
the management Of these trust funds.
1t. is doubtless possible still To i'm
prove the present law, but 1t is to be
remembered that as 1T stands 1t is an
improvement Of the legal conditions
existing before the Armstrong inyesti-
cation. Then control of some of the
big companies at least was firmly held
\ In the hands OF numerically petty
eliques. II is no small advance 10
have control submitted to serious con-
test and the publicity which such an
election as has been held necessarily
causes. The certainty that public at
tention wiz pc critically concentrated
Periodically upon the doings OF The
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

Christmas has been sententiously de-
fined as the day on which mankind
pursues a course of conduct that
should prevail during the other SEA.
It is the time Of giving and forglving;
when men and women put aside the
strife and chickering's of life, forgetting
its hardness and remembering only its
amenities.
Whatever of divinity is left in man
assumes the ascendancy on this occa-
sion, and for a season at least human
effort is directed to the end that all
shall be made comfortable and con-
tented IL not actually happy. Happi-
ness, incidentally, is a relative condi-
ton and depends on that healthy state
of content which is not inertia, but a
philosophic acceptance Of what can not
at the time be bettered. Mans rest
less ambition prevents him from ever
progress of the race neither content
nor peace is likely to dwell perma-
nently.
The Christmas spirit, exemplihed at
present in much giving and receiving
of presents, may be the gamer be-
cause of the discomfort of mankind
with existing conditions. 1t is not inn
probable that the precepts of the
moralists will some day prevail to the
extent that the good of others will
be the ambition of the individual, and
then life will be "one grand sweet
song" instead of "a grand rasslin'
match" as it is now. Yet even that
condition of beatifc existence could
not efface the sentimental loveliness of
Christmas.
Whether Santa Claus takes on the
fieshly embodiment of a loved one or
retains the impersonal quality a
millennium of children have endowed
him with, his recurrent visitations will
still be fraught with such attributes
of love and personal attachment as
are in no other way manifest.
A Merry Christmas to all, then, and
long live Santa Claus!"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

and that is before the legislature this win
ter. All those other battles are but pre-
liminary to this greater one, and unless we
win there all the others will be lost We
must win. The republican party must make
good it's pledges before the people Chair
man Rose is out in a strong letter to the
members of the Legislature, urging them
not to forget the pledges and to redeem
them. 1t is a strong and patriotic letter
and ought to do much good in stlffening
the backs Of some who are noted as weak
sisters" The press of the state is giving
the letter the strongest backing It caA
give and we ought to win, though the enc
mics are putting in extra time to deleat
all attempts at living up to our promises
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
REPORT ON CURREncr BILL.


Either the report OF Chairman Fow-
Ter of the house banking and currency
committee goes too far or the bill for
uncovered bank notes which the COM
mittee has agreed on does not go far
enough. The bill in substance en-
bodies the plan proposed by the rep
resentatives of the American Bankers
association and the New York Cham
ber of Commerce for so-called
'emergency" issues of credit notes by
a national bank up to BIN per cent
of it's capital stock, two-thirds thereof
under per cent and the last third
under per cent tax, the proceeds to
be used for redemption of the notes
of failed banks.
But the essence of the committees
argument, through it's chairman's re-
port, goes out of sight beyond the pro-
visions of the bill, being in reality a
plea for unlimited credit note issues
by banks. The ground explicitly and
elaborately taken is that there Is and
should be no distinction between bank
debts evidenced by deposit entry and
by circulating note, and that ut should
be at the option of depositor of a
bank to say whether he shall have cur
rency credit or a book subject to his
check"
The position taken by the committee
is so radical and, indeed, so revolu-
tionary that it would necessarily en-
danger the measure, If it had the re-
motest chance of enactment in this
session. 1t is conceivable that many,
even with no small degree of distrust,
might be induced to acquiesce in
measure for strictly limited emergency
credit notes who would vigorously op-
pose it when involving committal to
the principle OF unlimited issues.
Moreover, popular hostility in this
country to uncovered bank emissions
is ingrained and inveterate. The pend
| ing scheme for narrowly restricted
emergency notes has not been evolved
from any pressing popular demand for
relief, and so far as it has been con-
sidered at all it has not changed the
general attitude of suspicion or at
least as yet of suspended judgment,
where it has not aroused protest. 1t
is device, not of the judgment of the
body of The bankers of the country,
but rather of fraction of them mainly
grouped in the east and moved by
special considerations.
Since state bank credit notes were
annihilated in 1852 by the national
law no public resolution has been
more fixed than not to tolerate the pa
per inflationist practice whether by pa
tional or by state banks. The com
mittee's reasoning runs directly coun-
ter. to that resolution and would cause
popular uprising If 1t were generally
assumed that the enactment of a
measure going to the lengths advo-
Gated we're imminent.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
A CHECK TO EXPANSION.
MinnesOta'sa Objection to Railroad
Stock watering.

MiMnesOta'sa Objection to Railroad
Stock watering.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A very important ruling is that of the
attorney general of Minnesota, invali-
dating the proposed addition Of $6OOOO0OO
to the capital stock Of the Great Northern
railway. This Minnesota corporation is al
ready capttalized4-Ht-' $3.50, 100000 in shares.
with bonds outstanding to the amount Of
S215. 100000. The proposed issue of stock
would make the total capitalization of the
system S425, 600 on 5000 miles of road,
or above $4,000 per mile for the main line
and branches. some of which, it is said,
could not have cost more than 5000 per
mile.
The dividends upon this excess OF capi-
tallzation, the attorney general says, are
IAN unwarranted tax" on the patrons OF
the road Railroad regulation and rate
regulation would be a farce II domestic
company be permitted to increase its capi-
tai stock at will, to an unlimited extent,
especially "for the purpose OF buying stock
Of subsidiary companies. composed OF the
same stockholders"
The Minnesota law requires that any In
crease Of stock must be authorized, upon
application and hearing, by the State Rail
road commission. AS application has not
been made, the attorney general has thus a
prior reason for declaring the Issue In
valid, but the reasons he gives why the
increase should not be authorized are OF
general application, The Great Northern
is a typical example of system built
up In the manner described, in which most
of the states have hitherto been acqui-
escent AS we see in our street railways
at home. the vast imitation OF capital pro-
duced in this way has imposed burdens
upon transportation that have become in
sufferable, and that call at least for limita-
ton. If Minnesota has retained sufficient
power to put a restraint upon Mr.. Hills
further expansion, the effect must be OF
the utmost significance.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

Some OF the state papers are laboring
under the delusion that the Nebraska
club women are trying to secure re-
vision of the inheritance tax laws,
when as a matter of fact their efforts
are directed at a change in the law
governing the distribution OF estates
of husbands dying without wills and
has nothing whatever to do with the
inheritance tax. The Nebraska in
heritance tax law should be let alone,
at least until we find out what con-
gress lis going to do in the way of a
federal inheritance tax law.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
The south waking Up.


It has taken the southern people forty
years to make up their minds to welcome
immigration, and even now they welcome
It because negro labor is falling them, but
what the ultimate results will be no one
can foretell. The probability is that the
negro will be crushed between the northern
and southern millstones and that the south
will experience an immense increase Of
political power. II immigration ever sets
in resolutely toward the southern states II
will point to a complete assimilation Of
their civilization to that Of the north and
to an ultimate equal division of power in
the government
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
Rni1rond A.rertion. piscredited.

Baltimore News.
Objection to the railroad rate bill on the
ground that it would discourage railroad
enterprise has been conspicuously refuted
by results. In exactly seven days $258 OCo.-
900 OF new stock was issued by three
western roads to provide for great extern
sions Of plant. The Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad alone has just made an
issue Of SiOO,OOO,OoO to extend the road to
the Pacific coast. The passage of the rail-
road rate bill seems to have marked the
opening Of a new era of railroad enter
prise.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

Members OF congress seem to have
experienced no difhculty in getting
home during the holidays Inasmuch
as the anti-pass clause is not supposed
to be in full effect until after the first
of the year, it will be interesting to
watch and see how many of them take
pains to get back to Washington be-
fore the tolling of the bell.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

BY raling that the prosecuting at
torney at Ffndlay started suits against
the Standard OIL company in the wrong
court auloAio judge has demonstrated
that the corporations attorneys knew
the iaw,though they failed to suppress
the facts
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

companies, even though by force Of
selfish interest, cannot fail to be an
important restraining influence against
abuse, and thus an efficient public sen
ument will be created and maintained
and a guaranty had that no backward
step will be taken, no matter who con-
fro1u
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
Troubles Of Prosperity.

The car shortage which is interfering
with the progress of business in many parts
of the northwest, is, as has more than
once been pointed out, identically the same
in character and effect as the shortage In
credits
These are phenomena that raise the
question in the minds of thoughtful OBJ
servers: Is our prosperity getting little
too prosperous?
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

In refusing a peerage before accept
ing the place of ambassador to the
United States, James Bryce shows his
dlstrust OF the time-honored idea that
republicans dearly love a lord"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

United States senators who may
contemplate punighmsnt for Senator
LaFolls stts mSy save taemseIyes trouble
by attending sstrictly to business and
letting the Wisconsin senator do the
same thtHg.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

~ fHIsdH NIIy .E7lttI' y
Senator Foraker protests that President
Roosevelt is an autoorat. This, Of course,
must be exceedingly displeasing to poli-
tician who would like to see the govern
ment run wide open. sdll, It doesn't seem
so awfully harsh for Foraker to- call Mr..
Roosevelt an autoorat when you pause to
reflect what the president thinks about
Foraker
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25

,Governor-elect Sheldon evidently be-
lieves that the plums will be just as
thankfully received whether dropped
into Christmas stockings or held over
for New Years gifts.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
Is Chicago Nerve-WeakeninEf

rev 1ofk WOFid.
Some 2.SOO school boys and girls sat for
fifteen minutes in quiet order while smoke
and flames were pouring from the front
windows Of the adjoining building and the
ire engines were at work in the street
Then they marched out exactly as usual.
Yet a nerve specialist In Chicago declares
We are moving swiftly and inevitably
toward nervous prostration as a national
malady and In two generations I'VE arr
doomed" II must be Chicago nerve Ia
which he is a specialist ..---