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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1904)
&? '' . wHT I Lt SPS$pfr?Gryr,C-iytCnrt'rt,-&r i- . ---ww-,Jv4r.5JMH'it4 Mother. & THi'i-o in the iiuli't loom I stood At tniiliilulit'M liour till alone. .iul tliimiKlt tnv fallliiB tears 1 pixM t'l'iin u thliiK "f stone. Willi tleinhllii': lips I Ulscd tin? riire So dear to iiic luit ho wits deeping. Shi- wakened tint lipnuith my touch To Mt 111 my uct'pliiK. Hi to nro the HiiKiMM that iiuexed, So tenderly In days itKo, .My lmlh lunw- she In mi ttllt t She lltn not to my woe. "M'lthcr." t whlHpeied In my gilrf: Hut mIii was deaf to my Hail pltiitliii?. Sh Iikii'h im not-win' In mo still' lio.it h W unheeding llol-.u'o So.wnoiir Keller I r C&CS3X83&XSi33' It wns only it quest iun of weeks, possibly months. You will guess, If yon rend a lltllu way, and the details of thu matter uro of small concern to the world. Still, Tom Morlclgh was fnr from thinking that Punsy was as good as Ills, although he had reached her heart n h he thought a long way. Llko most of his gender In such cases, ho rueled for a while In the lilncld belief that when the time catuo sho would be Ills for the nuking. The shock of disillusion eamu when ho offered bin hum!. Her prompt rejection gnvo him a new point of low in regurd to women, but it did not hint lor a moment that the cause, was lost. "It's the old story," lie told himself, "1 was too sure." The incident stirred his sporting blood and mnde him re solve to win her by playing a stronger game. In due season there came a. second proposal, and a third came in quick older. Euch met with a definite neg ative. Upon the second sally Pansy be stowed a charitable smile and re marked, "Please, .luck, don't be silly." The next time ho tried It she was not so patient. "You seem determined to spoil our summer." she said, as though she wetu accusing him of a black conspiracy. "Really, if you per sist there Is nothing tor mamma ami 1 but to go abroad nt once. Have you tiny idea how rude ou are?" One of the tasks a man scon Hies of is fruitless proposing. Romance and reality have known many noble ex ceptions. Morlclgh wns not rut out lor a seat in their ball of fame. He answeied her last question too biusnucly, of course, but love and bate uru oer waiting upon one another "Have you any Idea what a heart lers lilrt you are?" weio bis words. It was Pansy's cue for tears, and she took It copiously, making the while a hurried exit, or rather an entrance, through the French window. Morlclgh remained standing on tho veranda a moment, and, thanks to Ills changing point of view, took new heart. He began to pat himself for his keen port tratlon. "Those tears J re all right," lie said, gleefully. "I'll have another go." The day came nnil he looked in at "Elmwood," hut tho maid, with blight ing alacrity, announced that Miss Ark wilght wius not in. As slii said it n man's laugh that he knew well and detested plagued Ills ear. It came loudly, aggressively, It seemed to hlin, from the dining room. "Even that silly ape would not sit and guffaw to himself," he reasoned. "Of com so she's with him." Despite tho new eyes with which lie had begun to survey womankind, tho outlook seemed serious, even hopeless. He climbed into his trap mid drove down the avenue of elms, convinced that ho was cast for thu role of one who had Ioed and lost. "And that bounder wins! Hy Jove! It isn't I'-iht nt nil! Whnt in thunder Wac far from thinking Pansy wa6 his. does she see in him?" and moro of this tenor until ho drove Into his own stable yard and threw the reins to his man. A fine grove of firs nt the east end of lils place was bordered by a lnuo hltfh hedged with holly. On tho other ,we stretched thu level pasture !uud3 fit belonged to Pansy's mother. Tho Inno wound Its way to the sea shore, and Jack was often seen thero in tho days that followed with a trio of dogs frolicking after him. It was remarkable how often ho took those dogs far jxerclfce aud a msiM 0AJl' 7 it 1 ,,.. , 'i'. n.iiin.i i Jhmimll M In I WMmWJiy- JlL, MfraiB M j L ail i-i -. . r .im-H-i-rrfH SU, LjLi2ait3kail-ULUmt&M . I - -v "1 w - -iii.iii ill ', Ui.i i - " ivrf -i vupjvt'yui.nrl r mmt fir rw5 bath since the day that the maid said Pansy was not In and lie heard the ape laughing In her drawing room. Usually lie kept an oye cocked over the Arkwrlght hedge one had to bo pretty tall for that In the hopes of seeing her, for it was In that Held she sauntered now and then, when the cows were feeding somewhere else. Had- he looked to-day as usual ho would have kioi! Pansy a big fright, but their engagement would not have been announced so soon. The cowman was the primary cause. Ho did not see her in that Held, of m- "Please, Jack, don't be silly!" course, when he opened the gate and let In tho cattle; but tho cows saw Pansy and straightway approached to make her acquaintance. This htippeni'd at about the moment thnt Pansy heard the bark of Jack's dogs, and kuew that tho master was nenr at hand. The gray noses and switching tolls camo nearer aud nearer und she pressed closer to the hedge, moving along with the noisy dogs on the other side. She could see him now and again through a narrow opening In the hedge, and It was good to know that be wns there. Presently one of the bold Jerseys was walking beside her and her tail almost brushed her back. This was her cue to call for help, even upon a man who hud bored her with his silly proposals. "Jack," she cried. Ho started and caught a glimpse of her blue skirts between the hedge rifts. "Jack!" came her voice ngnln. "I am 1 am at homo today. Won't you look in jump in over the hedge quick I've something to tell you." It was an impossible leap, but there are moro things than locksmiths that lovo Inughs at. Ono is a holly hedge when the man is determined and is not afraid of torn clothes and a scratched face. The dogs managed to dash through with him, pell-mell, and had a fine chase after the Jersey, who took to her heels at this rude Interruption of her friendly tete-a-tete with the maid. Somehow their engagement was un derstood from that moment, and ho did not have to bore her by proposing. So you were right In guessing from tho way Pansy carried on at the out set that It w'ob only a matter of tlmo and golden opportunity. Chicago American. Sash Life Preserver. A Frenchman, M. Challeat, has In vented a new sash, which ho thinks will keep overyono who wears it from drowning. Tho artlclo Is made of In din rubber, but inside It Is placed a little box containing a certain quanti ty of ono of tho compounds of cal cium. When tho sash comes in con tact with tho sea tho compound cal cium decomposes, and produces n quantity of gas Etifuclent to Inflate tho sash and preserve its wearer from any risk of deatli by drowning. Experi ments have been mndo with this new idea, and so far they have been sat isfactory. Laughter. When Johnny was a child they laughed at tho ridiculous things ho snld. When ho was a youth they laughed nt his half-baked opinions. When he was n man they laughed at his wisdom because they couldn't grasp It. When he wan old they laughed at him for a crank. Thero Is always Foraeono to laugh, and this is a Jolly world. Newark. Newi. rwx "?&&' -'vteasz QUEER THINGS OF NATURE. Anomalies of Plant World That Have Never Deen Explained. How doiM the bulb of the common lawn Illy get deeper and deeper Into I ho ground each .sear? Why does tho ginger root hide Its blmsonis when nearly all other plants Haunt theirs? Vh do the roots of trees How through the giouud like "runnels of molten metal," niton separating and uniting again, while thu blanches aro thrust out In right lines or curxes? Why Is our common yellow blich moro olten than any other tree planted up on rock.' Why do oaks or chestnuts so often spring up where a pine or hemlock forest lias been cleared away? Why does lightning so commonly strike a hemlock tree or a pliu or an oak. and rarely or never a beech? Why does the bolt sometimes scatter the tree about and at others plow a channel down Its trunk? Why does the bumble-bee complain so loudly when working upon certain tlowers? Why docs the honey-ben lose thu sting when It stings a person while the wasp, the hornet nnil thd bumblo-bco do not? How does the chimney swallow get the twigs it builds Its neat with? From what does the hornet make its paper.' I have never been grently Inter ested In spiders, but 1 have always wanted to know how a certain spider managed to st retell her cable sqiuuo ly across the road In the woods about my height from the ground. Country Life in America. ART OF PICKLING STEEL. Process First Tried In This Country at Williamsburg Bridge. Tho pickling of structural steel was probably llrst done in tills country In connection with tho steel Mooring of the Williamsburg bridge In New York city. Tho specifications ror tho twelve-Inch channels on which tho paving blocks are can led required them to bo cleaned and painted with puro linseed oil while still hot from tho rolls. When It came time to execute the work these specifications were changed so us to permit tho metal to bo cleaned In pickling baths, which has long been donu to a considerable extent in Europe. In tho case of tho channels for the Williamsburg bridge tho shapes wero llrst boiled In a 10 per cent solution of caustic soda to take off grease, and wero then rinsed In boiling water. Afterward they were dipped into a boiling 10 per cent solution of sulphuric acid until all the oxldo was icmoved. After being rinsed In boiling water they wero dipped into a boiling 10 per cent solution of carbonate of soda to free them from any traco of acid. Finally they wero rinsed In boiling wnter, dried over steam pipes and then treated by tho Sabln process of enameling. Engineering Record. Never Had It. A short timo since a number of ama teur musicians in a town of western Pennsylvania made an effort to or ganize an orchestra. They wero sue cesslul in procuring all tho perform ers they desired except a clarinet player. One of tho number finally volunteered to take up tho instrument and try to learn to piny It. Ho had no clarinet, but, hearing that hu could probably borrow one from a young man In the place who was thought to own one, he met him on the street one day and accosted him with: "How are you. Drown? I heard you hnd a clarinet." The fellow looked at him in amaze ment, mid stammered out: "Well, I I was sick about two weeks ngo. but I don't think I had that ! "Philadelphia ledger. Dream and Despair. If I were only bolder. To her 1 then Hhniild swenr Mv dawn N hir whlto Klionlilrr, My iliiik her ebon hair; My day, my nlRht, .My whole, delight. My dream and my despair! Sin li heniity seems to fold her I'or ever freh and fair, JMwei'n the dawn, her shoulder, And ilnnk that Is her hair; Iter soft eyi'H nr I'lich one a Htar, My dream and my drjqialr! Ho let my lovo be told her, And let my faith dcclaro Dawn sparklcH on her shoulder, Dunk hovers in hr hair. And each lip shows Kor mo a rose My dream and my de.spnlr! CuphcU'h Hatiiriluy Journul. Weighty Knight of Pythias. W. T. Rrlnson of Wnycross, fia a prominent Knight of Pythlns, welghH 570 pounds, has a waist measure of 02 Inches and wears o. 11 shoes. Ho has a wifo weighing 115 pounds and eight children and has refused repeated of fers to exhibit himself In northern mu seums, preferring to run his turpem tine still. German Acrobats. Germnn acrobats aro superseding tho English In England. Tho reason of this is that Germany ImB a remark able number of circuses tho bust places for tho training of acrobats. Only about ono in ten of tho boys who enter on tho training Ib found physi cally suited to the work. Latest Photographic Wonder. Ono of tho latest photographic won ders Ib a machine capable of receiving Impressions nt tho rato of 2,000 a sec ondthirty or forty times as last as tho ordinary cinematograph. It Is hoped that with It Insects' wings In motion may bo photographed and th problem of lllght solved. International Botanical Congress. The International Botanical congress will meet at Vienna In 1805 from June 12 to June IS. -rf iiuiuih."j. " joTu Jiar lu AJ i ' i ii T .f HI . f t 4 ds.. u'lJfc HK Dy Hie Playground. 'Villi ll of tilt- lOltllllll'l' HOIIIIWM I nwiete.it to tired hrai It? I lii low imwenijIiiK linm Of tin tin III til,. i'Iomm tied1' i In llMlin or tho till llnli ill tlllM." ItoliliiM Hi, it rail in trie iiiln" 1 o"l wiim's ppliiK aun.v I in Ho lnut as ln imiIIm tliuuiKli Hip HI'll " , WhltpiT of wind In llu wlic.it? ijr. rrom lln ui'Mli-mui'ltlim- llrld wlii'ii tin liM.non Ik thick with Iter Hlais. lln I'HckilM coinliirtliiK clilip lellliiK or welcome ami liome'. Mot ultiiN hiMiltiK the iioImo or a clt iialllc anil cilce. And from Hie Utile Hipiaie I In oIiim of ihllihen 111 soiipr. lllliulleilH or elillilit'li al pla. I lr-ling and --IiikIih; Ihelt j-ice: iti'id iii i he Kin or io-il.iy. lln huiMiIiii and waiiuth of the cuilh, i he jo (.f vonlli lint Iickiui i' ioi us ol mil Mi 4 ml -im1 will, rlillilhiiiMi'M tiehle ol hope I'liN li the Kummei Mound I'he Kwcelesl the Hied Ileal I know Mm White (ixliu'tou In the (hltlonW. Wardrobe of Mr. Dog. Ill Purls they have come to look up on the dog as a member of the fnmllj nd to uttuly his diess almost as enie fully us If he weie one of the ehlldten. l'beie are dressmakers who design ;urmenls for dogs only, and every Ren ion In lugs its new canine fashions. I'he dog's wnriltobe Includes such ele mint (Mentions as a white hairy cloth iwicoat. bordeied with white mohnlr ;alons, with a red velvet collar and n pocket lot the handkerchief. He also ins coloied cambric nightshirts, rub tier shoes, thick, Huffy dressing gowns lo wear after a bath, straw and felt iials, special wicker sofas, cushioned tntl bedecked with garlands and rib bons; nail Hies, ear picks, powder iioes and vaporizers. A Neat Parlor Trick. This is a neat mid effective trick to perforin before a company of men, women and children, from whom yon can bonow the few materials you need. These are a silver half dollar, a largo wire hairpin, a heavy ring, and a long hatpin or "stickpin." Rend the hairpin Into thu shape shown In the picture. Force thu half dollar into the narrow hook on ono mid or the hairpin, which hook you have pinched well together so that It will grip the coin tightly, and hang the ring on the oilier, more open hook. Now bnlanco the toln at a point near Its edge and In line with tho two hooks, on the point of tho hatpin, which you hold vertically In your left hand. You cun nearly always make It bal mice on some point, hut to iiiako tho trick effective the pin should be very nenr the edge of the coin, so If the ring Is not very heavy you may have to borrow another one ami slip It In tho hook beside the llrst. Or you can use a light ring and stibstltuto a quarter for tho half dollar. Now, If you blow against tho ring the whole nflalr will turn on Its pivot, aud by giving a good puff every time thu ting conies round you enn make It spin very fast and keep on spinning a long time. If the hatpin is very sharp and of very hard steel It will gradually bore n hole In tho coin. In- The Needle, Coin and Ring. deed, It is ikissIIiIo to baro clear through a soft coin In this way. Of courso you should prnctlco this trick before you try it in public. Then, if tho ring Is a brass rio and tho coin your own, you can give your merry-go-round to tho youngsters, who will have lots of fun with It. Blind Boys' Football. sootball and mnny other outdoor games nro played hy tho blind, certain changes being made so that In each gamo tho sense of hearing takes tho place of sight, says the Raltlmoro Her ald. In football, for instance, a tiny bell is fastened to tho ball, and by the boll's tlukle tho ball's location Is do toraalned. Tho blind delight In rnces of nil sorts. They do not run toward n tape, as tho seeing do, but toward a belt thot Jangles briskly. It is odd to see the blind at their games. They piny gravely, ami they maintain n profound silence, for If they mndo a noise tho voices of their guiding bells could not be liturd. A Peaceful Family. A parrot, a dog mid a cat shnre tho same quartors aud eat from the same pinto at the beadqqiiarters of tho So ciety for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals In Philadelphia. Poll chattors away all duy, while Don, tho dog, Bleeps and watches visitors. Poll sometimes scolds him at meal tlmo ror eating too much, but Don takeB It " ""' 8"""' ro ft so irV fc9l goixl-nntiiredly If a peddler comes In Poll raises a tiy. uuil Don drives out tho lull uder. Don also meets the let ter cairler nt the door and takes lliu mall to the chief clerk. Joe. the cat, shows Impatlencn occn slotiall.N, when Poll screeches so loud that he cannot sleep, Joe Is a light enter, ami often gles up his dinner voluntarily ror the hcnclH of Don. As a Mile ibis little family gets on very well. The three; nro quite fond of each other. Poll sometimes perches on Don's head, but the talkative bird has to be careful tti keep tho claws from scratching. Don objects to that. Barrel Swing. This plctuie will show you how to make a barrel swing. They are novel aud eutnfoi table, and look very quaint The Barrel Swing Complete, hanging from the porch or a country house All .ou have to do Is to saw away a patt or the bin rcl, as the picture shows, ami screw four stout screw yes into the four sides of the bam el. To these are fastened ropes, which meet above on an iron ring which comes Just above tho head of tho person sit ting in the swing. The barrel head Is fitted Into Ibo bottom half its a scat, and may bo covered with cushions or left bare. A Geographical Game. There must bo a leader, someone who Is "pretty good In geography" and Is cnpable or doing some quick think ing himself. Any number "of players may take part In the gamo. When all nro seated the leader takes his plnco in front of them and tells thorn that he Is going to give them the name of a State and a letter or tho alphabet, and Is then going to count flvo slowly. While he is counting flvo all tho players must bo trying to think of a city or town In thu Stato ho called whoso name begins with tho given let ter. For example: Sup'Hiso he gives Maine as the Stato and F ns tho let ter. Then tho plr.yers must nil try to think of a city or town In Malnu the name of which begins with tho let ter F. It is nocessary ror them all to do tho thinking, for ho bits a right to ask anyone of them for tho answer, and thej never know which one of them It Is going to be. When he lias received a correct an swer ho mny nsk nnother player to nnmo some other town beginning with the samu letter, or ho may change tho letter two or three times. Then he names sonio other State, ami con tinues the gaiiiu us long as It Inter ests tho players. Two Lively Contests. For a Jolly contest a bottle partly filled with water, and a generous sup ply of thin mills. Hnvo each guest write down on a piece or paper or a blackboard the number or nails he thinks it will lake to make the water overflow. Each guess should have tho nnme or the guesser written beside it. When nil have guessed, thu hostess begins dropping tho nails, one by one, Into the water. Whon tho llrst water runs over the edge sho stops; and the various guesses are examined. The boy or girl whose prophecy hits or conies closest to tho real number of nulls wius a point or a prize. For another lively sport secure n longnecked vase or pitcher, tho open ing of which Is Just Inrgo enough to I f y A CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY. To Make a Simple Combination Cut-Out Toy. Ilegln by cutting out tho stand (Fig- , other. Then lap them uro 1), cutting around tho heaty out side lines. Then cut around tho two Insido sections A and D, luavlng tho dotted lines uncut, as these aro Intend ed to hold the sections Hend the loosened flections down nlong the dotted lines In such a man- ncr that tlmy will turn toward each o jnon" "et "epiuiiiearis nmieii. .... Blftfrtfjlio poll in November1 ft ?!." ".iasso nt flgntldufc of Theodore' ur What ndnilt a pennut. Olvo each player three pennuts, and have him (or her) elrclo tho room threo times nt n good pace Kach tlmo In pnsslng tho vnao tho player attempts to drop n pennut Into the vase. Tho boy or girl "land ing" moot peanuts wIhb tho point. Home-Made Traps. In Gibson's "Cnmp Life In tho Woods and tho Tricks of Trapping," published some yenrs ago, tho follow ing effort Ivo traps that can bo cnslly mndo are described: A mouse trap may bo mndo with a bowl mid a knife blndo. Put a pleco or cheese on tho end of tho blndo of n table knife. Lift ono edge of tho bowl and put tho knife, stnndlng on Its edge, under It, allowing tho bait to bo about an Inch and a half beneath tho bowl. The oil or of cheoso will attract Ibo mouse und hu will find Ills way t under the edge of the bowl, and a vcv ) slight nibble will tip the blade and tho bowl will fall over on tho prisoner. A thlmhlu mny bo used In plnco of the knife. Force the cheesu Into tho ,'( Ihimble and put tho thimble under tho 1 t bowl with the open end Inwnrd, al lowing about half tho length of tho tbliubk to project out of It. Tho mouse, In trying to get tho cheese out of the thimble, will cause the bowl to fall ir the thimble bo too small to allow the mouse to pnss under tho edge of the bowl, put a bit of paste board or a flat chip under tho thimble. To make a fly trap, tako a tumbler l ami half 111! It with strong soapsuds. , Cut a circle or stiff pnper which will A' "Mictly lit into the top or tho glass nun in i ne ceuier oi uie paper cui li 'i hole huir mi Inch In diameter. A slice ML oi iirenii may ne usee in pince oi inoj w stiff pnper. Smear tho under sldo (iC''n mo mm; who iiioiuhhuh uuiiiiu lUKcri-iM, lug. Files will Hud their way down- ' ward through the hole, and once be low the pnper their doom Is .sealed. In their efforts to escnpo they will fall Into the soapsuds and speedily perlsn. Dy setting a number of such traps in j a loom It will hoou bo lid of the pesta A Devoted Cat. One day a little dog, a pet In tho home of a clergyman, disappeared,, says The Animals' Dufondor. After a long search It was found In n mod- , leal laboratory In almost a dying con-j' illt Ion. It was carefully carried back' to its home nnil placed on a soft bcd near the flro. All tho family minls-'A lorcd to the sick dug, but tho mostK constant care was given by another: household pet a cat. oho made tho ( suffering animal comfortablo by stretching out her soft body as a rest. 1 and on ono occasion, when tho dog 4 staggered to his feet to drink froa a' ' dish of milk, tho cat rose and went $ over to the dish, to servo as a port for her foeblo charge to no, A. IOflflg "" '" "" "- --. .-...j "MCil thlrutv In,) hill not n ilrnn nf mlllit it, ulnar winm tin nrnnir kinu w " - - " ftuain ,- dld she touch until sho had escorted (' the patient back to his bed. i,iMtl) Fishing Trick. There aro plenty of patented hooks and devices for catching fish, but!' when they aro not available all sorts of ingenious devices aro rigged np by those who tire of sitting in tho BUti& for hours wondering why tho fish don't j hool- themsulves. Hero Is ono otl' f them. It Is not recommended whcnV thero Is a scarcity of bait, but othor-f; f wise it can bo used with bucccsb. jp ' It must bo kept In mind, oven with' ' this device, that all fish do not bite oi'l a hook and pull anxiously In tho nopeM of being caught. Tho slightest pnll ofUNj sfekaaWafiiaaaaaaf' How the Hooks Are Placed. a line should be responded to by tbax flsheiman. who must pull hard cnouchl lo Jork tho barb of tho hook through'! the very tough fiber of tho mouth.jra ii'ii. ii. i., i .i.t ,ini . i '7 iviiii nun in inmu It linilUIIIIU.il HUB better chances with this device than! ono with the plain hook. Each hook should carry u very small! pleco of halt, nicely covering tho point and hnrb. The bottom hook can oarry tho attractive bait, but the others ara' used to catch thu fish. ft and pin oi paste them together. Now cut out the rug, the lltle glrll and tho cnt. Hend tho girl's dressl )GD( p5 down nlong tho dotted line. AlsojfTjl hend the base under cnt nlnno- .iJts n ted Hue. Fasten both to tho rug with iln .... ..not, i c. Tnn 11. .. Ill ''ii i,i ii, intniu- ow mut mcj Will )e UJfc rj rigi.i. I i I ' ! f . rr, !', i j t