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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1907)
. if; . . . n. - &-- hr Si Long Lived Icelanders. It would be Interesting to knovr If ny part of the world bents Iceland in the average length of life of Its Inhabit ants. It Is shown by statistics that on an average the people of that Island Jive to the age of 01.8 yenrs, which Is Tory nearly double the mean duration of human llfo as it was computed a Kcncratlnn ago. Sweden nnd Norway are regarded as very healthful coun tries, but Iceland takes the palm In longevity, the mean duration of life In Sweden lwliig G0.02 years and In Nor wny 40.0-1 years. Sonic of Iceland's earthquakes nre nerve racking; hut, on the whole, the lives of most of Its simple and Iinlus trious Inhabitants slip along with few incidents that unduly stimulate or do press the pulse. Summer and winter the .same old mall boat from I.elth utenms luto the harbor of Reykjavik every three weeks, but very rarely brings news that touches Iceland so closely as lo make excitement. In fact the little island enjoys many of the ad vantages 'of civilization and avoids most of lis drawbacks. Christian Ad vocate, i ( When We Were All Tenors., The primitive inhabitants of Kurope were all tenors. Their descendants of the present time are baritones, and fu ture generations will linve semibass voices. The voice has a tendency to deepen with ago. The tenor of twenty IwH'omcs the baritone of twenty-eight and the bass of thirty-six. The Inferior races have higher pitched voices than the more cultured. The negro has a higher voice than the white man. Among white races the fair complex toned man has a higher voice than his darker skinned brother. The former 1 usually a baritone or a tenor, the lat ter a contralto or bass. It Is asserted that tenors are usually of slender build, whereas Imihscs are stout, but there are too many exceptions to such a rule for It to be reliable. The same remark applies to the statement that thoughtful men have deep toned voices, nnd vice versa. The tones of a voice nre perceptibly higher before tlmn aft er n meal, for which reason tenors are generally careful not to slug too soon nfter dinner. Pearson's Weekly. Ways of Huntina. Deerstalking among the Dogrlb In-! fllaiiH Is managed by a skillful counter felt of the animal. Two hunters walk together the man behind with bent body, ihe one In front carrying a Mag's head. The legs or the men nerve very well for the fore and hind legs or the animal. In this way the hunters get almost In the midst of a herd of deer before the creatures nro n ware of danger. The ostrich Is hunted In a similar way by ihe biishmen of South Africa, Mjjjjfcmllhe Ksklmos sometimes come to vmkm: i4i(iun-i won M'liia o,v urcssoiK thcinsclvcHtlu sealskins and dexterous ly mimicking the style of swimming nnd "Hopping" so characteristic of the animal. In Australia Ihe natives bring the wallaby or young kangaroo within Ihe range of the spear by suspending a small bird's skin and feathers from the end of a long rod and Imitating the bird's cry. London Strand. Farsighted Economy. Mrs. Wlpcdunks .lenkhison. we ought to take one of the first class magazines. It's only SI a year, and the children are getting old enough now to have something good to read. Mr. Wlpediinks-Ouly $1 a jear! That's all. Is 1 1 V If you begin on inuga sullies you'll think you have to keep It up. At the end of every year you'll wan! to have 'em bound. There's two volumes In, a year. Costs SI a volume for binding. That makes St. a year. In ten years it's SiMi. Then you'll want a bookcase to hold the twenty ohnnos. That'll eii-t about $."i because you'll think It ought to be big enough to hold the twenty mote oiuiues. There's SH." thrown awa.v. Ho you think I'm made or money V If you want to read the magazines, what's ihe matter with bor rowing 'em V Chicago Tribune. A Great Telescope. A 'number or persons were talking nbonl telescopes, and each professed to have looked through the "largest In the worm." one after, another told of ,, the 'iiowerfllPeflVet or the respective telescopes. At last a quiet man said mildly: "I once looked through a tele scope. don't know that it was the largest in the world. I hope It wasn't. Hut it brought the moon so near that Ae could see ihe man III It gesticulat ing wildly and crying out: 'Don't shoot! Don't shoot:' The old duffer thought It was a big cannon thai we were point ing at him." The quiet man subsided and so did all the rest. otliei 2l Ho with a force whose til. reclioiA II if the straight line Join lug Ihe two"' or whose magnitude Is proportional dlrev'. ' as the product of their masses and inversely as the" Hipiare of 'their mutual distance." AThat .man Is not poor who has the Use of things necessary. rj-race. The Lett- Followed Him. Just as Henry Labouchcru had been appointed secretary to the British em bassy at Constantinople his chief, Lord Uumtnond, requested him to proceed to Constantinople without delay. But this arrangement did not suit Mr. La bouchcrc, and a week later his chief saw lilm strolling leisurely along the Strand. The latter glared menacingly upon him and hurried on to his club. A very peremptory letter was the re sult, but Mr. Labouchero guessed the nature of the message and recognized the writing, so he did not open the en velope, but placed it in the tall pocket of Ills coat. Then lie set off for a little holiday at nadeu-Haden, and when he had been theie for a week or so he opened the letter. "Now," he remarked to a friend, "you can appreciate my foresight In placing Hammond's letter in my tall pocket, for I shall write him as fol lows: "'My lord, 1 lane Just read your let ter, which followed me to Haden-Ba-den.' " This explanation of the delay was regarded as wholly satisfactory by Lord Hammond, who until he received It had been disposed to be very wroth with his dilatory assistant. Words You Write, but Never Say. There are words you never say, but often write, says the London Chroni cle. And the contrast between French and Kuglisli struck this writer when listening to a French "laboring man" who made a speech in literary French, for the public speaker In France lias no dlllleiiltles in the mailer of words, even though he evince his southern origin in slight differences of prouuu elation. The language of the platform nnd or the press Is no, but not. alas. In Knglaud. One could make quite a long list oT words Hint are common enough in print, but Hi illy beat the man who thinks he Is going lo say them on a platform. For example, "succinct" Is a common word In print, but the man who looks to Hucnl speed' would boggle at It. In fact, no one oen speaks the word. And, though Hrohdingnnghm is familiar enough in black and while, has even Lord Itose bery ventured on Its vocal production'; We don't say these things, as the lady suld. "lattery. Flattery pleases very generally. In the Ih'si place, the llallerer may llduk what lie says to be line, but in the second place, whether he thinks so or not, he certainly thinks those whom he finders of consequence enough lo be flattered. Johnson. Its Evolution. Friend How did you come to write that "best seller?" The Modern l.lt'ry Oent- First I was struck by a thought. I eplgrauilzed the thought, sketchlzed the epigram, playlzed the sketch, nov elized the play and advertised Ihe novo'! i'liek. PANHANDLE 1 Wo are still on the road for the PANHANDLE COUXTUV with parties who are buying laud ami if you are in position to make a small pavment on n farm, and easy payments 011 the balance, come to our oilleo and talk such a proposition over with us, -nid we uie sure that you wjll agree-with us that we have "the chance of your life" to oiler you. Nice smooth land, shallow wells of good soft water, a deep rich soil, the most healthful place to live in the wide world, populated with the best class of citizens that can bo found anywhere, produce-, all of the cereals that grow in any rainbolt, with a rainfall of an average of tweilty-four inches per year, with i."i.(M tof schoo money to each child of school age against $l.."i average for other states, with a state where you can get a good school limine built and a teacher hire! as soon as you have seven children of M-hool age in the dis trict a country destined to be one of the best truit sections in the United States, where winters are mild and you can work the whole year around and where the burdens of life are made easy. One of oui Company is there now with two of our citizens to show them the country and to sell the land, and we have the piomiso of a large lot of men for, our next, excursion which goes by speelaf'ciVon .laniiary 7, 11KXS. Mr. Howard Itrowu has just returned from the Panhandle where ho purchased 'MO acres of land ami is well satisfied with the country. The last excursion that we were 011 had one hundred and forty people 011 it and one hundred and twenty-eight bought land We nre looking for you to come you can make arrangements to go with "the time of your life." Pecos Valley, New Mexico. We have choice laud in the Pecos Valley in the irrigated district for anyone who desires to purchase that kind of laud, and wo can show you some of the best bargains in irrigated land that you can llud uudorany watersorvice Yours for business, Red Cloud Investment Comp'ny I. II. MULMKS, President. I). J. MYERS Vice-President' A. B, SKLLEUS, Secretary and Treasuier. Not Greed, But A well known cricket club In Eng Innd In the neighborhood of Bury was playing its last match of the season on Its own ground. The visitors batted first, and the home team's one and only professional, who was a good all round man, captured seven wickets foi a few runs, thereby assuring himself of the bowling prize for the season. The batting prize, however, was still an open question, and during the inter val between the Innings the "pro" was busily engaged in helping to roll thfi pilch. A spectator, observing this, re marked to one of ihe home players: "Tom's working hard today, Isn't he?" "A.o." replied the other, with a touch of sarcasm. "Tom's not grccdjt. but he likes a lot. He's got i' bowling prize. Iu gets paid for his services an' I can see lie means to collar I' bat tin' prize. I expect he'll be plnclilli' t' hlooniln' pavilion next." --London Ex press. Waiterc Tipping Waiters. "Did you ever see one set of waiters serve a meal to another set?" asked the gray headed man. "I did. I happened to be eating' in the rear end of a res taurant the other day when there came a shift of men. A dozen of them sat down at nearby tables, and the others waited on 'them. When they had tin Ished eating. every last waiter tipped the fellow who had served him. I (hough! al the time It was a hint for us three or four old duffers who hap pened to be munching away there to follow suit, but I learned later that It Is customary among waiters. or course each gets his money back In time, because they all tip one another, but the practice shows how sacredly waiters as a class icgard the Institu tion' of lipping."-New York Sun. A Model. A witty professional iiiau was chnt tlng with some women about a friend of heirs who was notoriously henpeck ed, ills heller half makes him walk a chalked line, and woe be unto him if lie deviates from It. "He Is si model husband!'' exclaimed one woman in tin; party. "Nay. not model, but modeled," In terrupted the professional man, "but whether in clay or putty deponent sny eth not." Advising a Statesman. "If you must monkey with restrictive legislation, Abner. why not go u for Fomethins: popular':" "Can such legislation lie popular'.'" "It can. Make It a penal offense for a man to ask for a hair cut on Satur day arternoon." Washington Herald. A Fitting Theme. "Khliiier showed me his last poem. It is entitled 'Sonnet to but One.'" "Humph! ir he wrote the truth. It would be 'Owed to Everybody.' "- Bal timore nierlcan. ) in the Panhandle. to our olllce any day to talk this over so us on our next trip when vou can have TEXAS Often The Kidneys Are Weakened by Over-Work. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in the disorder of those most important organs. The kidneys filter and purify the blood that is their work. Therefore, when your kidneysare weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your entite body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to d6 its duty. If you are sick or " feel badly," begin taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot, because as soon rs your kidnejs ure well they will help nil tlie other organs to health. A trial wil convince anyone. If you are sick' you can make no mis take by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy, is soon reali.ed. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases, and is sold nil ITU 1IIIT1T- I1V Till .---'H w ,-. OIVIIl.l i- P. druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar si.e bottles. You may nave a sample oouie HomoofOwomp-noot. by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you how to find out if yon have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., liing hainton.N. V. Don't make any mistake hut i eiuember the name, Swamp-Uoot, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad iress, liinghainton, N. Y.. one" very bottle. Just Received, a Car of FLOUR. -AT- PLUMB'S FLOUR and FEED STORE You can save money by taking 500 pounds of him. These Delicious lemon Pies. The kind that "make your mouth water" are easily made with no fussing and at least possible expense if you use "OK 1MME" preparation. Don't hesi tate. Try it and tell your friends. At grocers. HI cents. Everybody is pleased with "OriM'IK." 1 EB-PrSinHB' ui'M5 &C3'i L-i-s23i They Compel Admiration First, because they look then, because they wear so so long. That's the w e.5Bt -rr-B5'Vr . Hp'kM-ilijJ luMiPfel miim9 Studebaker Wagon and we guarantee that there isn't a better made wagon in the whole ' world. It s right to the last detail. lumber used i air seasoned; and steel tested and inspected. in and let us show you what wSfi3k J j3. fl ft .1 Hpl ly good wagon is. We have some Studebaker books for friends who call. Gut one. It is worth reading Ml i. H HK"i Wolfe & lll-ttllviVll(fcliilivlvlU(lt it vtitll(lll(tvClU(fcwlVliwVi(kU( . SAY, rilSTER! -J 9 4 9 9 9 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Do you know that it will pay YOU, as well as US, to buy your Building Ma terial and Coal at our yards? Not only that our prices aveiuoe lower, or at least, as low, us those of our competit ors, but because we take especial care of and protect all can be classed as REGULAR CUSTOMERS. a 4 i 9 9 PL ATT Coal. (9 11WWVT1111,1WW'W-.1w Albright Bros. Undertake! s We cannot afford to do loss than satisfy in quality, style, price and k'ive to you our person al service and careful attention. Calls Answered Night or Day Rural and Bell phones at store and reside n :e. Saunders Bros. lumber 6 Coal Dealers RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. Wo luivo in .stock at, all times 11 complete line of Building Material and Good Coal. Our prices are reasonable. Wo solicit your patron age. Bell Tel. CO. 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