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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1888)
i.o.tw'VJtaK3:?sa ft" WHAT THE BABY THINKS. It's a f uany place that they've put me in A peculiar place. Why. I ra't besia To tell all ths cur ou- ihings 1 sec Things that arc ceriuisly uuiv to rue. I think if Td been consulted. I'd Have arranged things more from a ba'by's side; frieu.:'. feelings; but it was manifest she couldu t, so she look it. Just then the General put a letter in his , vrifo'. bar-.!. , ,:II v: p-woking!' the latter exclaimed I when she hail read it. , "What! ravlifci'' "Why, thai Funny Fitz Blodsitt should. For as th-.i-Ss arc now no wonder wc squall- Babies uoa't have a ay show at all. I kcow tint I'd little and fat s-nd red, With toothless cums and a bare, round head; Mut what's the icubun they talk as thoush I hadn't ths bra:ub of .1 lump of dough? "Cute 'lttlc singl" "S e is eyes so b'oo!" "Docs Jt "ovo ltt. n::tnm:i? Tum.iicwc'o'J 'oof "Just look at its Coar 'U'!c, p'uk'ittietoc?:" Da they think that 1 1 U such remarks as thout Do they think I ec'oy the rubber ring They have t.cd to my b b w.thaaold red string. When ray older t-istrr plays "most all day With a doll that iva-t the very worst way? rm trundled aboul in a baby cart; It's enough to trcak any baby's heart, When other people have lots of fun Oa velocipedes. Wby can't have one? My Brother Tom and my Cousin Ted Go out and slide, with a big b'.ue sled; I wish to ask, and I wan to know If there's auy reason why can't go? Tm fed on milk, while the others well. They're really delicious, the things I smell I Tm rocked to sleep when the sun is high. But nobody else is I wonder why? rm kissed and rm bounced, and rmtonseled up: I've a rattle cf tin and a silver cup; I'm fussed oyer daytimes and walked with nights But it counts for notlrng: I w.nt my r.'jW.' Emmi .1. Opiitr, in Oolite Dayi. just at this tunc, tako it into her head to I get married, and insist on ray being present. in fullillmcnt of :i promise wo ukuIo each. ctiicr at bchool.' "It is a little inconvenient," said tha i General, gravely. "There's no help for it. I must give it I tip!" &ighed Mrs. Wydcswarth. " I couldn't j think of appearing on such an occasion. without jewels." I " Of course rot," the General assented. 1 "My dear Asp.iia," interrupted Mrs. Crumpiehorn she had grown very familiar with her friend by this time "mi jewels arc at your service. They arc very plain, no doubt, in comparison with those voa ( have been accustomed to wear; but such t as they are. you arc welcome to their use." A MMkvI V.VACQUA'.NTSD WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY WILL OSjT.",: IKUCH USEFUL. INFORMATION FROM A STU3Y OF TKI3 MAP OP THE THE WYDESWARTHS. Where and How Wo Formed Their Acquaintance. Wc were very plain peop'e, Mrs, Crumpie horn and I I'm Jfr. Crumplehern when the death of a distant relative mado us un expectedly rich. Now I'm not going to be mean enough to put tho blame of what follows on Mrs. Crumpiehorn. The dodge of husbands lay ine their sms at their wives' doors began at a very early stage of tho world's history, and small good it did the man that tried it first aild served him right, too if hotra our " federal head and representative." I'll just tell my story, if yoa please, leaving the question of who's toblamo to take care of itself. We hardly camo into possession tl our fortune certainly hadn't begun to feet at home in it when the season at Saratoga opened, and Mrs. Crumpiehorn said wo must go there, as every body tiiap was any oooy did; that it was expected of us by irhom, I don't remember that she stated; in short, that there was "no getting out of it." I really didn't sec that there was, and so wo went. We found a crowd of people there, none of whom wc knew. You can't think how unso ciable they were. Why, when Mrs. Crum plehorn, just to be civil, asked a lady where she had bought the stuff ia her dress, and how much it bad cost a yard, she received for an answer such a stare as made the cold chills run over her, and, to ue bar own expression, "came near giving her turn." "Hops" to people that don't dance, games to people that can't play them and jostling people one doesn't know, are very tiresome modes of killing time. In two days I had had enough of it. and Mrs. Crum piehorn expressed herself satisfied in three. We had jost eonouTSed to set fashionable opinion at defiance, and go home and take things comfortable, when, aa lack would have it, we made the acquaintance of Gen era! and Mrs. Wydeawarth; and so agreea ble did it prove that our purpose of speedy departure was at once reconsidered, and promptly dismissed During our stay, which was prolonged several weeks, the General and myself, similarly his lady and Mm. Crumpiehorn, were inseparably. They were a very enter taining and agreeable couple, quite up to the highest notch of fashion, but not ia ths least proud. Why, bless you! the General thought no more of walking statin arm with me, and thought it no more a liberty to be invited to drink champagne at my ex pense, than his aristocratic wife did to be offered and to accept, too Mrs. Crumpte bom's finest diamond ring as a marriage anniversary present, of the advent of which happy occasion she took care to give Mrs. C private and confidential notice. When the time came for going, we had become so attached to our new friends that we gave them a cordial invitation to pay us aa early visit, which they promised to do. While the two ladies were taking an af fectionate 'leave, crying and kissing one another by turns, the General took me aside, and disclosed the fact that, owing to the miscarriage of an expected remittance, he found himself a Uttlo short of funds. If I could accommodate him with say five hundred dollars it would relieve him from present embarrassment, and he would re tarn it the following week, when ho and Mrs. W. came to pay their promised visit I was deeply affected at this mark of confidence, and at once handed over the amount, and after another pathetic scene between Mrs. W. and Mrs. C, wo tore our selves away. - Punctual to the day our distinguished guests arrived, and right glad wc were to see them. Our country homo had seemed dull since our return, mainly owing, no doubt, to the absence of the dear friends to whose society wc had grown accustomed. The General was captivated with our rural abode. He thought of building just such a house ihimself; and nothing would do but I must show bun over the premises which I did pointing out every nookcorner and apartment, withaconscious pride which my friend's praises served in noway to abate. The first flurry over, we were just getting cleverly settled down, and beginning to en joy ourselves in earnest, when an event occurred to mar our pleasure. The boose was entered by burglars one night, and ransacked from top to bottom. Our own loss, though by no means trifling eonsistinjg of all the plate, and over a thousand dollars in money we could have grinned and borne; but Mrs. Wydcswarth's diamonds wo had never seen them, but they mutt have been splendid and the Gon eral's pocketbook, fat with untold green backs, that was what crushed us. "Nevermind, my dear fellow," said tha General, with the fortitude of a hero;" my chief regret is on your account It will compel me to defer payment of that little loan a few days longer. On the whole, Tm rather glad I didn't think of returning it sooner, though, as tho loss would then have been your-" I begeed him not to think of such a trifle; and when I offered to replenish his purse tm another remnance came, be slapped m ! e hack and called me a 4rump." larrcrumptehonrt birthday. wW followed dose upon the burglary, Mrs. wrfSartitorited on her acceptance of rss3et '- fz-m-a the vigilance of tho robbers. K. c1 K IdeSned the gHt, couM vTdoSe so without wounding he " My tlar "' but 2Irs. W.'s feelings were too many for her. The hitui.tiou was extremely delicate. I scarcely knew how to net I managed, how ever, to tip the General a wink, and he fol lowed me out. I'm afraid I did it very awkwardly; but I somehow succeeded in making him com prehend that if his wife could make out with Mrs. C.'s diamonds-they had cast seven thousand dollars the want of ready money for traveling expenses needn't stand in the way. He grasped my hand and pocketed the money. Mrs. Wydcswarth packed her things, Polly's diamonds included, commended her husband to our care, promised to be back in a week, and was waiting for our carriage in which wc were all to ride to tho station to gether, when her husband came in, looking a eood deal concerned. He, too, had received a letter, summoning himawavon important business. It was necessary he should leave at once by the same.trahi with his wife, in fact Loath as we were to part with both our friends at once, it was, after all, gratifying to think that Mrs. W. would be saved tho annoyance of traveling unattended. At the station I succeeded in pressing a couple of lumdred more on tho General, to meet his otcu expenses. As he was only to be gone a couple of days, that sum, he said, would be ample. The kissing of the ladies, and the hand shaking of the General and myself, were interrupted by the cry of "All aboard !" and in another moment tho train was lumbering off, Mrs. Wydeswarth waving her handker chief from tho window at Mrs. Crumpiehorn standing weeping on the platform. Wo were just getting back into the car riage, when another train stopped, out of which three men rushed, in one of whom wo recognized the husband of the unsociable lady that had given Mrs. Crumpiehorn the "turn." "Here's a couple of them!' shouted the latter gentleman, making adash toward us; "and, by Jove! that's my wife's breastpin' that woman has on now !" "What do you mean, you vraamsf" I roared, aiming a blow atone of the men, who had laid his hands somewhat rudely on Mrs. Crumplehorn's shoulder. "Como, none of that, my corerl" ex claimed another of the men; and before I knew it, a pair of handcuffs were snapped on my wrists. We were about being hustled off, and Heaven knows what would have come of it, if some of our neighbors hadn't interfered and demanded an explanation. Every thing was soon made plain enough. The General and his wife ss called were a couple ef notorious thieves, in league with goodness knows how many others. They had been plying their vocation at Saratoga, under the guise of a pair of fashionables. Among their victims had been the un sociable lady. And Mrs. Crumpiehorn and myself, whom nobody knew, having con stantly been seen in the Wyueswarths' company, were, naturally enough, suspected as accomplices a suspicion materially strengthened, I may add, by one of tha stolen articles being found m Mrs. Cs pos session. My own statement, however, and the tes timony of our neighbors, completely satis fled the strange gentleman and the two de tectives, and Mrs. C. and myself were at once released. I was willing to say no mare about it, but Mrs. C. being a woman of spirit, ss she banded back the breastpin, couldn't refrain from sending her compliments to the gen tleman's wife. " And tell her," she said, " if ererlahouU think of steallnr, it'll not be a trumpery piece of pinchbeck like that I" Bbe had called it a "love of a thing, that very morning; but circumstances alter R. V.Suirev, Pres. IIexby CLARKE,Yice-Pres. Jxo. R. Shirey, Cashier IIoward B. CatheRj AssistantJCashicr KIRST NATIONAL BAnK, Red Cloud, Nebraska. CAPITAL, .$75,000 Transact a jreneral iMnkini: business, buy and sell count- warrant?, alio count-, precinct and school district bonds. Buy and sell foreign exchange DIRECTORS: Jas. McXcnv. J. A.Tulleys, G. "". Lindscy. il. V. Shirey. John 11. Shirey. E. F. Highland. Henry Chrke, A. J. Kcnuey. Folly and I are not goingte8aratoga next season. To say nothing ofwe water, we've bad quite enough of fashionable society for one while. X Y. Ledger. EXPERT IN WOODCRAFT. A Cuban Vaqueru and His Singular Knowledge of the Forest. The woodcraft of our vaquero, Jose, says Edgar L. Wakcman, in his Cuban letter to the Washington Star, had many extaor dinary illustrations. Striking his machete Into a beautiful tree he brought it forth ejaculating most dramatically: "Mira! la sangrc dc la doncella!" ("Sea the Mood of the virgin !") The blade was dripping with a blood-red sap of a red wood known as came do doncella, or virgin-flesh. Again, when wc had become thirsty and could find co water, Jose knew a back door out of his dilemma. " Here is Aaron's rod !" said he, "I will give you water." With this ho struck a large vine twice, severing a piece as big as one's arm from the parra cimar ona, or wild grape, and from the mouth of tho hanging tube we drank our fill of winey, refreshing sap. So, too, his seductive calls of tho wild pigeons, of which we found four varieties, were astonishing. He would first with his hands make sharp, loud clappings, grading these down to sounds as low as the soft flapping of wings. This would be fol lowed by a vseal call so liko that of the wild pigeon that one seemed nestling there above our heads. To these would come low, half doubting answers from all about us, and, finally, the scurrying sad rustling of the deluded birds above. Mere Forcible Than Polite. When Dr. John McLean was president of Princeton College tho students were re quired to attend a Bible class under his in- -struction. One of the students once re lieved the tedium of tho hour by bringing in with him a small dog which he kept con cealed under his desk. When tho exercises had well begun he pinched the dog's tail, and tho dog yelped. The good president looked about, took in the situation, but said netting. Shortly after tha tail was again pinched, and again tho dog yelped. There upon Dr. M"Ta looked around once more, and then slowly said : " If that other pup would only let that pup alone, then that pup would behave itself." Surprising ConoBorattoa. Amy "I like Charley; his kisses are so nice!" Bella (with enthusiasm) "Areat they!" CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y. Its central position and close connection with Eastern lanes at Chicago and continuous lines at terminal points West, Northwest and Southwest, make it the true mid-link in that transcontinental chain of steel whiab. unites the Atlantic end Pacific It3 main line and branches include Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa, La Salle, Peoria, Gensseo, Koline and Bock Island, in Illinois; Ifevenport, Xascafinc, Washington, Fairfield, Ottumwa,Oskaloo8a,WestIdberty,lDwaCity,I)esMoiiies, gaianola, Winterset, Atlantic, XnoxvHle, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Centra ana council .Biuns, in aowa; Qaiiaun, Trenton, Cameron, St. Joseph end Kansas City, in Missouri: Iieavenworth and Atchison, in Kansas; Minneapolis and St. Paul, ia Minnesota; Watertown and Sioux falls, in Dakota, and many other prosperous towns and cities. It also offers a CHOICE OF BOOTES to. and from the Pacific Coast and Intermediate places, making all transfers in TJaion Depots. Fast Trains of fine DAY COACHES, elegant DINING CABS, magnificent POXUtAN PALACE SLEEPING CABS. and (between Chicago, St. Joseph, Atchison and Kansas City) restful BSCUN ING CHAIR CABS, seats FBSE to holders of through first class tickets. Furniture, Furniture New stock and almost at your own figure. Come and get bargains. F. V. TAYLOR, Opposite First National bank and Post Office. Special attention given to undertaking. lED CL0UD JOTKOT iOTK THE CHICAGO KANSAS & NEBRASKA R'Y (GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE) Extends west and southwest from Kansas City and tit. Joseph to Fairbmry, Nelson, Horton, Topeka. BsusjBHEVEflEJEJEJ Herington, Hutchinson, Wichita, Caldwell, and all Tl aid tlTl points in southern, Xebraska, interior Kansas and beyond. BsTl JJ3 1 M Bntire passenger equipment of the celebrated Pullman s"J Mil M manufacture. Solidly bal lasted track of heavy steel uVBflRasWuVBsWB rsiL Iron and atone bridges. All safety appliances and modern Improvements. Commodious, well buile stations. Celerity, certainty, comfort and luxury assured. THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE Is the ftvorite between Chicago, Rock Island. Atchison, Kansas City, and Min neapolis and St. Paul. The tourist route to all Northern Summer assorts. Its Watertown Branch traverses themost productive lands ef the great "wheat and dairy belt" of Northern Iowa, Southwestern Minnesota and Fst-Ceneral Dakota. TH.hnitHiiB i wjww Mil Tir- nnmrmmnnmnar facilities to travel between Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Lafa- J. W. Sherwood. President. W. E. Jackson, Vice-President. u v. Aiunsnr, casnier. 1, A. UvMCiiy, Atsisuit CiViier. Capital $50,000 Special Attention Given Collection DIRECTORS J.W.Sucwood. II. Sherwood L. 1. Altrtglit. Levi Moore. W. E. Jackson. - TVm. Ducker and S. Xorrl. Buy and sell Exchange Make collections and dc a 3eneral BankingBusiness. Interest allowed on xnre deposits it. t9 rrytBk SHflsWHLUsiVftSuVfCiJ ' vsp fli.nltfi'y HsnReHHBBBnEfiluVB' aKI tela! PinH MalMilM auamsjujui worth. Kansas Citr.Ninneanolis and St. PauL Far Tickata. Kane. Folder, or uv denized infarmatioB. I apply to any Coupon Ticket Office ia the United States or Canada, or address, E. ST. JOHN, . ... E. A. M0LBR00K, Genual Xfeaaser. vnivw,ii.i- sl Xtakvt Paafr t CIiARKE, President, Albany, N. 7. J. A. TULLBYS, Vies President , Kobt. V.8U1BBY. Treasurer. NEBRASKA & KANSAS. FA RM LOAN CO PAID UP CAPIlAL,950flOQ. Red Cloud, Neb. Albany, New York. DIRECTORS: H. Clarke, Albanv. New York Geo R. Beach, BalstonSpa N.Y. W. H. Robeson, Albany, N. Y. E. 3. Francis, Fittclijeld. Bfas R.V. Shirey D.M.Piatt E. K. Highland. J. A. Tulleys M.B.McKft MONEY LOANED. Onjimproved larms in Nebra'.icaaiid Ktnfw. Money furnished as goon as tte security is approyed Princioa! and interest payable in Red Cloud THE TRAbERS LUMBER CO.. -WILL MAKE- Wtm w POSITIVELY ts Y 11 11 Lower man anv vara in me wnrn. T. - HIGHLAND & WECLH Addition to the city of Red Gloud By far the most desirable property in lledCloud ' TENTH AVENUE S3 1 - I 1 ,- - i i a 21 2 21 2 a 3 ao a 10 ; ' S $ K J5 g l 0 14 9 12. 10 13 19 00 NINTH AVENUE Lots reasonable, location easy of access Beautifully situated. Buy n J S EMIQH DENTIST. RED CLOUD EMI4SKA. Fine office work a Specialt laughing Gas always on hand . b POPE BROS. keep on hand a fall line of Farm Implements f A of all kinds, which they sell at the Lowest Living Rates and on the Best of Teinis now ! GUMP & WARNER, REAL ESTATE&LOAH BROKTRS Negotiate Loans, Pay Taxes, Insurance v ntten, examine our bargains. Correspond ence solicited, GUMP & WARNER. Opera House Block Red Cloud Call and Among their goods we call attention to the following: A Brown Planters. Checkrowere and Cultivator, Manufactured by Geo. W. Brown & Co., Oalesburg; Illinois. Eagle Listers and Golden Eagle Cultivators, Manufactured by Eagle Manufacturing Co.-' Standard Planters, Checkrowers, Cultivators'and Mowers, . Manufactured by E&erson, Talcott 4b Co., of Rockford, Illinois. Hoosier Rakes, Manufactured by Hoosier Drill Co Barnes Combined Cultivators, Tsngue Walking Cultivators, Hay Bakes and Toaguelcss Cultivators, Manufactured by the Barnes Manufacturing Co., Freeport. 111. The well known New Departure Cultivators, Manufactured be the Pattee Plow Co. Studebaker Wagons, y Bugsies and Phaetons, the Best Goods on Eartu Manufactured by Studebaker Bros., Maauf g Co., of South Bend, Indiana. The wel1 known and reliable Peering Steel Binders and Mowers, Manufactured by William Deering & Co., Chicago, III. And Last but not Least, the World Renowned BUCKEYE mOWEr and the Light Runniag BUCKEYE BINDER. i r v Mannfactured Aultsjan, MU'er & Co., Akion. Ohio. They have sold these goods for twelve years sad time has demonstrated that they are unexcelled. StarWind Mill., .Manufactured by Flint & Walling Manufacturing Cos Also MoaitorWind Mills and Waupun Vanaless Wiad Mills. St You will observe that all their goods are first-class and manufactured bj. inns who have an established reputation. A full line of repairs for aboi' The motto of the firm is "No Penitentiary Goods handled and aa ( ments made with new etwta eTmni.ni ...- : -, -'&m& r IS Y fi ri n i 1 41 I I J - -iSC&gf; & .JtSSi W" , v-ter-'.-i: !SSisv)ss5iif: ,awsaM7gsgc'a- znessaBiaa&ix- J f.r'jsw1. 3t