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The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08
Pra stical School for the Housewife

q e lessenng of milliners' and drese'
makers bills, will help some. But tha
item of well cooked food is generally
considered the most important Of all.
Miss Dorothy b.. Scott. assistant
registrar of the school. explains that
newlyweds will be taught all the diet
ary and culinary frills calculated to
make young men forget the cooking Of
their mothers, ... ,-
She also says the hours Of ipstruc'
tion will be. SO arranged that they
will not interfere with the home life
or encroach upon the evening hours
when husband and wife want, or
should want, to be together. but
probably will take place in the after
noon. after the morning housework Is
completed and when many young
wives attend the platinees. G. -
Cooking, from the boiling Of eggs to
making Of pastry. may be learned IN
ten lessons at $1S theory of Dress
making and shirtwast making, each
$40 for ten lessons; millinery. Is les
sons for $40. and garment design. 20
lessons for SIS. Thus the entire
course may be taken for s63, but any
one or more courses may be selected
and the time lessered. They are also
to be taught how TO launder clothes.
Women must work out their education
al salvation through the fundamental
occupations for women; they lead d.
rectly into form OF artistic expires.
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Had Marriage License But No Bride

d BIRMINGHAM. ALA-An elderly
ID negro walked into the forum pre-
sided over by Judge II. B. Abernethy
the other day and after looking
around in stealthy manner, waddled
up to the judges desk and said:
"'Cuse me. sab, is yo' de jedge of dis
yere cote?"
II reckon SO, uncle, What can do
for you?" replied Judge Alb.
Does yo' marry folkes?"
Sure; do you desire to enter the
state of connubial bliss and felicity?"
"Jedge, what yo' says Is SO, but ah
'clar amt done hit. What ah wants
is ter get married"
Have you secured the license?"
"Yessah. jedge. yere hit are" said
the old man, as he produced the pink
envelope that contained the document
by authority OF which bachelors are
changed into benedicts.
"This seems all right. Where's the
feminine part Of this contract?"
"Sey which, jedge!" ,..
where Is the woman you are to
marry?"
Oats what All wants yo' ter do,
git de CONAN. Yo' see, jedge, dat
Milindy pusson what has her name
writ on dat yere license promises ter
marry me. an All goes ter git de pa.
per. While All was gone she done
TUX up wild a triflin' yaller niger an
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Sinai! Wastes on Railways.

4 somew bat amusing but instructive
method of arawing their employees at
tcntion to the effect of small wastes
Is adopted BY the Pere Marquette rail.
way, A table has been drawn IN BY
the company showing that for every
postage stamp needlessly used the rail.
way has to haul one ton of freight n
distance OF 3la miles to recoup for
this waste, For lead pencil the haul
Is . miles; o track spike. 2 miles; I
pound waste, l0h miles; lamp chin,
ney. l0la miles; station broom, a
miles: lantern. 100 miles; track
shovel 90 miles; 100 pounds of coal
30 miles; gallon engine OIL so miles;
gallon signal oil, GO miles; air hose
i25 miles; drawbar knuckle, 300 miles
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08

NEW. .YORK.-The Turkey Trot."
N Grizzly Bear" and even the
Chicken Reel" the last word in the
dance zoo, may be all right in New
port, but they don't go among real
society folk in New York, rg,
That much has been learned in in
terviews with several dancing masters
who number fashionable folk among
their pupils.
These teachers instruct in the va.
r.ous dances. but they won't allow
thcm In public receptions or parties.
Discussion of these dances came
through the announcement by the
committee on amusements and vaca-
tion resources Of working girls that
the turkey trot" and grizzly bear
must 30. The dances ara supposed to
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08


were without success. a rotary snow
plow had the track clear OF snow once,
but before the rotary could reach
Great Bend the wind blew the drifts
back into the cuts and the cold wave
rroze them solid. In some OF the eSuts
there are huge masses Of snow-ice
eight and ten fet deep. ..Il...
The rotary tried to cut through
again. but the Icy mass broke the
blades OF the plow. A second rotary
plow met the same fate. Then big
force OF Mexicans with picks. shovels
Scott City branch and rescue the
freight train which got stuck in a big
drift just before the freeze came.
The train. a local freight. was guard.
cd by two lone brakemen. They
obeyed orders which forbids them to
leave train standing on the main
! line. The other members of the crew
walked TO Laird the day of the freeze.
The passengers included two men and
two women. all Russians.
The cwo trainmcn did not suffer
any. however. They spent their time
rabbit hunting and had 1ackrabbit
steaks for breakfast, jaclrabbit stew
for dinner and roast jackrabbit for
supper. Since the snow rabbits can
De caught by running them down.
There was car of coal on the ice
'ound train. so the brakemen kept
arm. and a car OF mixed merchan-
ise gave them plenty Of eatables.
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I'VE WANT |
| PRINCIPAL

In the primary schools all Is un.
rest. The younger. children have
caught the strike fever. They are In
general charge Of Miss Carrie Atkin.
son. whom the board OF education
named as temporary superintendent
when Mr.. Smith Friday refused to
take the position pending the settle
ment OF trouble following the rc-
moval OF Village Superintendent
Barnes on charges that he was seen
with teacher on his lap kissing him.
Barnes alleged the Kiss was due to
hysterical gratitude because he had
assisted the teacher in passing IN
examination. Various petitions are
In circulation asking the board to re-
consider his dismissal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08
Trains Run by OIL,

The total length Of railroad line
operated by the use of fuel oil in 1910
was 2l,075 miles. q trackage equiva-
lent to that Of practically five trans.
continental lines stretching across the
United States from ocean to ocean
Some of the lines that use oil, how.
ever, also use coal. The number OF
barrels Of fuel oil, Of forty.two gallons
each. consumed by the railroads OF
the country In 1910 is stated to have
been 24,526sS3, This includes 76S. 1862
barrels used by the railroads as fuel
otherwise thaA In locomotives.-Ra
road Mans Magazine.
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oOOooooooOoooOooOCOOOOOO
Shedding With Nan
By BRYANT c. ROGERS

| you meant" demanded the aunt as she
gave the child a shake.
Or Rush"
What about DR.. Rush?" F.
"Cured my finger when cut it with
tornahawk."
But what has that got TO do WITH
me?" Il
you are going to fall in love WIFE
and marry him. I've got 1t all ar
ranged for!"
Explanations were demanded and
given, and then Miss Mans mother
consigned her TO dungeon as pun
Ishmcnt. That Is, she was forbidden
to step foot out doors for the week tt
come, and her allowance OF chocolate
bars was reduced. In trying to &c
the right thing she had made a mud
die. She had planned that. when her
aunt arrived Dr. Rush should be in
vited to the house socially, but oil
course this was out Of the question
now. Suspecting that the young girl
had gone further than she was ready
to admit, Miss Irene must OF course
| hold the doctor at arms length.
On the morning OF the dey that the
| prise sentence expired II began
to snow ard kept it up all day. When
night came there were four or five
inches Of snow on Castle Hill. and the
boys had sleddcd for two hours. Dr.
Rush had wandered that way. and
when challenged by the boys. had
taken the risks A boy was stationed
at the foot Of the hill to give notice
Of the coming trains. and all was go.
iEg merry as aunt and niece arrived.
The former knew nothing Of the dan.
ger-ths latter was just dying for a
gee-whizz ride. A sled was borrowed
and down the hill went aunt and niece.
One ride was not enough. Although
Miss Nan had not yet caught sight OF
the doctor. he was going down two
minutes ahead Of them. That brought
him walking back, and halfway up the
hill when he saw sled coming, and
at the same instant there were cries
oi alarm from the tracks below. An
extra was rolling in. The coming
cars If not diverted.
DR.. Rush had three seconds in
which to act. He threw himself
down in the path OF the sled, and as 1t
struck him It tipped over and its bur.
den and the doctor were rolled to
within n foot OF the iron wheels. He
was the. only one hurt. Nan rccog.
nized him IN an instant. and started to
cry out. but checked the exclamation
and said to her aunt:
He did It for us and saved our
lives. We must take him to the house
and care for him and learn who he
is. My. but isn't he hero!"
"ie certainly is
Dr. Rush wasn't sent away to the
hospital when his identity was discov-
cred nor yet a month later, when his
broken and mended ribs permitted
him to sit In an invalids chair. Miss
Nan was no nurse, but she was good
nand to keep track OF things. and one
lay she found herself winking at her
self and saying to herself:
II didn't count on snow. hill. sled
and train to help bring things about
but they Just came because
wanted a doctor for an uncle and hus
tied things up. Gee. but can be
sick every day In the year now IL
want to-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08

marooned In a
way car attached
TO 4 train stuck
fast in a big snow
drift several miles
from Laird, In
Ness county. Kan.
A freight train
on the Scott City
branch OF the San.
Ia Fe was snow.
bound and all ef-
G-,.a % ~, nVn ~
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Chilean Lines Increase Rate.

To meet the deficit In the opera.
tion Of the Chilean state railways dur.
i's the last year, the freight 'passen,
'2r and baggage rates were raised by
Z decree OF February 8. 1914.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08
Small Enoiish Railroads.

England possesses more diminutive
railways than any other country, for
there are said to be several lines there
that find one or two locomotives suf.
fcient for their successful operation
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08
NARROWED ON freight
eRAkeMeN HELD FORT IN SNOW.
BOUND CAR.
ejo Snow Drifts Defied All Efforts OF
Rotary Pows to Pull Train
Throush--imprisonment, How.
ever, Was No Hardship.

For mere than a week two Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe brakemen were
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~, ~ ~ Indifference Sc ftrse6 tks
. ,S,,s,s 81 ne tshis.
exn3 a. Won rhou Old Hickory =
cried ~ wesley.
~Dhv not7 Does It surprise your
,nan,Fsd tbs fudge. It vas only his
/ in,sss courtesy which restrained him
src,n lrsckfne the postmaster into the
.f-sat 10 intense was HIS desire to
10 "a n him
..f5o don't know as ii does, fudge.
Naturally. 4 public man Ike him Is In
M Trsv of meeting With all sorts, A
noltfIeInn cai't AFFORD to be' too blame
nsrtieuIar. Wen: next time. you write
vo,, might lust send him my regards
q w M de u Wesley's regards
there was considerable contention
over my ketting this once: reckon
he amt forgot. There was speeches
made. / understand the lie was passed
between two United States senator's,
and that quid Of tobacco was
throwed In anger. Having thus clear
" established the fact that he was .
more or less national character. Mr..
Wesley took himself on.
When he had disappeared from
sight down the street. the judge closed
the door. Then he picked up the LETT
ter. For long minute he held 1t In
his hand, uncertain. fearful, while his
mind slipped back into the past until
his inward searching vision ferfeted
out q handsome soldierly ngure-his
own.
That's what jackson remembers II
he remembers anything!" he NUT
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first. rank. They are Chicago. st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas City. st.
Paul. and Minneapolis A symphony
orchestra, be 1t known. Is the ne plus
ultra Of music-center. To support
such luxury Is impossible save with
the help Of many weil.to-do John
Stones. 1t Is also Impossible without
solid foundation OF music-lovers--
enough to nh the hall nearly every
time. The city that has one has some
thing that Its commercial association
can use with large effect In advertis-
ing literature. For it has come to be
recognized in the west that musical
achievement Is municipal asset The
boosters Of city now call atten-
ton to its hanks. IT. newspapers. its
wharvea. its factories and Its SYM
phony orchestr4 Metropolitan Mag
azine,
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~. l..
&et,At T. g pts.iAe Iot
R9.sl1is y--nAe ne n1t Ale
8t4nes 2 s1talre % consider while
tnus occupied ne saw the afternoon
stage arrive ana depart rom before
me slsyi EaEern.
Hail an hour later Mr.. Wesley, the
postmaster, came sauntering up the
street. In his hand he carried a let
ter
.Howdy," he drawled. from Just be.
yond the judges open door.
The Judge glanced up, his quiz pen
poised aioft-
Good evening, sir; won't you step
inside and be seated7s he asked gra-
ciousIy. His dealings with the United
States mail service were OF the most
insignificant description, and In per-
scnaIly delivering a letter, II this was
what had brought him there. he felt
Mr.. Wesley had reached the limit OF
oficial courtesy and despatch.
Well, sir; Il looks like you'd never
told us more than two-thirds OF the
TRUTH" said the postmaster. He sur
veyed the Judge curtously.
4 am complimented by your opin-
lon OF my yeracity, responded tnaf
gentleman promptly 4 consider Two
thirds an enormously high per cent
TO have achieved,
fnere Is something IN that, too,
agreed MT, Wesley. VINO Is Soione,
9ioculn FIice 3IurperYliie!
me Judge started up from ms
chall:
nave tnat nonor. SAID ne. DOW
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responding with the president, and 1t.
worried me, not knowing, more than
anything I've had to contend against
since came into Office calculate
there amt postmaster in the United
States takes more personal interest
In the service than me. I've frequent
ly set patrons right when they was
in doubt as to the date they had
mailed such. and such a letter" AS
Mr.. Wesley sometimes Cancelled as
many as three or four stamps in a
single day he might have been par
doned his pride In brain which thus
lightly dealt with the burden OF offi-
cial business. He surrendered the
letter with marked reluctance.
Your surmise is correct" said the
Judge with dignity. Il had occasion
to write my friend, General Jackson.
and unless am greatly mistaken /
have my answer here. And with q.
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syNoPsls.


The scene at the opening Of the story ia
tHtd in the library Of an old WORKOUT
southern pfantati0ns known as the Bar
history The gasS + sS Be sold and ne
9uintards, is the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw, business man, q
SV5 aan known as Bladen ard o. BOD BOD
Hazard mysterious child of the old
southern family, makes his appearance.
1 asan ,';s tells how he adopted the boy. Na.
luintards deny any knowledge Of the
boy fancy to keep Hannibal, Captain
Mnrrell 2 friend Of the Quintards, ap-
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill. when Han
ntbal is kidnapped by Dave Blount. Cap
Hmm MusF ga agsnt SyssSaKs
the boy Fancy appears before Squire
Balaam, and Is discharged with costs for
the plaintin. Betty Malroy, q friend OF
the Ferrises, has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell. who forces his attentions on
her and Is rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets gut for her Tennessee home.
Darlington takes the same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murren on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
Of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog,,
nizes In the boy, the grandson OF an old
time friend. MurreM arrives at Judges
home. Cavendlsn family on raft rescue
Yancy, who y apparently dead Price
at Belle Plain. Hannibalss rifle discloses
some startling things to the Judge. Han
/. ntDot ana Betty meet again. Murreu ar
river In Belle Plain. is playing for big
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries IN looking up
planter, who assists the Judge. IL myss
tertously assaulted. Norton informs Car
nngton that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton ID mysteriougly shot. More
light on MurreIls plot. He plans upri?-
ing OF negroes. Judge Price. with Hannl-
bal. visits Betty. and she keeps the boy
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks,
daughter Of the overseer, who warns
Betty Of danger and counselS her to
leave Belle. Plain at once. Betty, terri
fed, acts on Bess' advice. and on their
way their carriage IL stopped by Slosson,
the tavern keeper, and confederate and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
almost inaccessible spot, and there Mur-
<rell visits Betty and reveals his part in
the plot and his object. Betty spurns
his pronered love and the interview. ts
ended by the arrival of Ware, terrtt1ed
at possible outcome Of the crime. Judge
Price, hearing of the abduction, plans ae-
ton. The Judge takes charge of the
sitnation. and search for the missing ones
Is instituted. Darlington visits the Judge
and allies are discovered. Judge Price
visits Colonel Fentress, where he meets
Fancy and Cavendish. Becoming enraged,
Price dashes q glass of whisky into the
colonel's face and duel is arranged. Muir
rell Is arrested for negro stealing and his
bubble bursts. The Judge and Mahaffy
riscuss the coming duel. Darlington
makes frantic search for Betty and the
bal, and a fierce gun fight follows. Yancy
appears and assists In the rescue.
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ing levied and collected with no other
end In view than his stipend his ar.
dent fancy saw the whole machinery
OF government in operation for his
benefit. 1t was singular feeling he
experienced Then promptly his
spendthrift brain became active. He
needed clothes-so did Mahaffy- so
did his grandson; they must take a
larger house; he would buy himself q
man servant; these were pressing ne
scessities as he now Viewed them.
Once again he reached for his hat:
the desire to rush on to Belle Plain
was overmastering.
Il reckon I'd be Justified in hiring
a conveyance from Pegloe, he
thought, but just here he had a say.
Ing memory OF his unfinished task;
that claimed precedence and. he re-
sumed his pen.
(To BE coNTINUED9
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Molding Of a Character

= ~
to weigh our own defects and look
them bravely In the face: but 1t is
only by so doing that We may over
come them and cast them aside. Shall
we be content to drift along without
striving to rise above the level of
those who do not care? Our charac-
ter lies in our own hands. There Is no
one else in the world who can
make or mar it. We may be intiu-
enced. of course, by good or evil as
sociates, but with ourselves lies the
uniform molding Of our career. We
are the sculptors. our life Is the clay.
We can make It an indistinguishable
mass Of material or the masterpiece Of
a Michelangelo. Which shall We
choose?
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OUGHT to Know Ono.

A man. evidently from the rural dis
tricts, stepped up to the ticket seller
in the Forty-second street1subway sta
ton and asked:
Been In town long?
quite a while" replied the ticket
seller.
Know man named o'ConneIl2''
mo.
Sure yon don't know O'ConneII?''
say" said the ticket seller. i'm
patiently. there are 5 million people
III this city. Do you expect me to
know everybody here's
No. " replied the ruralist. -but +
thought you might have sense enough
to know one" New York Telegraph.
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CHAPTER xxlx.-tcontInued.)

CHAPTER xxlx.-( contlnued.)
But Betty shrank from him in in
voluntary agitation.
"Oh. not now, Bruce-not now-we
mustn't speak OF that--it's wrong
It's wicked-you mustn't make me
forget hint" she cried brokenly, in
protest.
Forgive me, Betty, I'll not speak
of 1t again" helsaid.
wait, Bruce, and some time-Oh.
don't make me say it, she gaeped,.
''or shall hate myself" for In his
presence she was feeling the horror
OF her past experience grow strangely
remote, only the dull ache OF her
memories remained, and to these she
chung. They were silent for a mo-
ment, then Darlington said:
After I'm sure you'll be safe here
perhaps I'll go south into the Choctaw
Purchase. I've been thinking OF that
recently; but I'll find my way back
here-don't misund erstand me-llI
not come too soon for even you, Bet
ty. II loved Norton. He was one OF
my best friends, too" he continued
gently. But you know--and ] know
dear, the day viii come when no
matter where you are shall find you
and not lose you!''
Betty made no answer in words,
hut soft and eloquent little hand
was slipped into his and allowed to
rest there.
Presently light wind stirred the
dead dense atmosphere, the mist lift
ed and enveloped the shore. showing
them the river between piled-up
mass OF vapor. Apparently 1t ran
for their raft alone It was just TWEEN
ty-four hours since Darlington had
looked upon such another night, but
this was different world the gray
fog was unmasking-a world OF hopes,
ana dreams, and rich content. Then
the thought of Norton--poor Norton
who had had his world, too, of hopes
and dreams and rich content
The calm of highly domestic ex-
istence had resumed its interrupted
sway on the raft.-Mr. Cavendish, as
eociated in Betty's memory with Ger.
tain ear-splitting manifestations of
! ferocious rage, became In the bosom
az his family low-voiced and genial
ana hopelessly impotent to deal with
his iiye small sons: while Yancy was
again the Bob Yancy OF Scratch Hill,
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CHAPTER xxx.
The Judae Reeelves ! Letter.

The Judge Receives a Letter.
After he had parted with Solomon
Mahaffy the judge applied himself
diligently to shaping that miracle
working document which he was pre-
pairing as an offset to whatever risk
he ran In meeting Fentress. AS san;
guine as he was sanguinary he conf
IDENTIFY expected to survive the en-
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- u
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The Holbrook news., 1912-07-12
Stock Industry in Arizona
 in Fine Condition

Will c. Barnes, who returned Sunday evening from an extend ed trip through Arizona, declar- ed yesterday that condition as to the stock industry were excellent this year all through Arizona. MT. Barnes is chief of grazing for the forest service, and as he has been all over the more inn portant forests where grazing is a large factor, is in a position to know what conditions really are.
 MT. Barnes said that water conditions were fine this year, the late rains having provided an abundance of water and also doing the range consider able good.
 Range and water conditions are both good" he said, and thinge look fine for a good cattle and sheep crop this year. This is plenty of good range and everybody is satisfied. "-Albu- querque Journal.