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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1889)
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It it tnie, Twm aot her bcsnet, ale Bad new; That ftxed ray idly roTtag eye , , That summer day, as she passed by. v I caa not tell yo how 'twas made, I caaaot tell the rtbboa's shade, Nor Jat the ealor of the wreath 1 ealy saw the (ace beaeath. I netlced not her droit the while. Kit were made la latest style. With Grecian (olds, and closest II Or furbelows adorning it It may bare been or flimsy wear; I do not know, I do not care; For all my thoughts that wandered wlda Were centered on the girl inside. O, she was sweet from head to feetl The prettiest Rlrl upon the street I Depending not on outward dress To emphasise her loveliness. Though many another maiden owes Her chief attraction to her clothes. This one, tboagb well supplied with pelf. Would have no rival to herself. If yoa should meettbts maid by chance You'd give her more than passing glance And Bote, perhaps, with some surprise, Her perfect mouth, her lovely eyes; But oh I I wars you not to let Your heart escape its bounds as yet; She's spoken for the charming elf I I'm going to marry her myself 1 Jaiephhu Pollard, U.V. Y. leiqtr. A DAKOTA HIRAGK (Terrible Experience on toe ttiusk- esa Plains. iA-'i- - KXP Ssaall Party of Ilaaters Lose Thetr Way aad Almost ierlsh Deceptive Visions of Cities a4 Lakes. Has the reader ever beorso fortunate for unfortunate as to witneas a Dakota mirage an eye-witticss, in fact? No, and if you have been enticed far away towards its mystic, shores by the alluring and apparently close proxr faulty of cool, inviting waters, you wiM doubtlees look back upon that day with !a shudder of awful dread. It must he .first understood that Dakota is not the 'only clime whero this, strange prairie phenomenon is seen. Its appearance is sometimes noted in tho States and in ftsHHNW-huMiia,. XsWsaAatkStft .mirage is the grandest and most mag 'nificent in tho world. Bastorn tourists, new settlors and tho unsophisticated element of this Territory are tho ones who lis a rulo fall victims to iU bane ful influence, and many talcs of suffer ing and distress could bo related. Of i course tho older residents are cognizant of this prairie freak of nature, but they too aro oftentimes deluded into following it for many days with parched lips and lolling tongue. Ah, it is a grand but tcrriblo sight! The recollection of an autumn week last year will last till my dying hours, and even now as I write the cold shiv ers course up and down through my veins; the blood seems to entirely de sert the body for a painful second and then rushes back into its countless in tricate channels, mounting to tho bead aad stopping there as if clamoring for 'egress into tho outside world. It was one of those calm, sunshiny days, and I was numbered in company with a quartet ol sport-loving young fellows eager to scour the grand, boundless prairies in search of tho toothsome duck or hen, antelope, or perhaps a stray buffalo, which aro now very scarce. Tho antelope, however, still plentifully abounds, and tho local markets in winter aro overstocked with its palatable carcass. We started out without taking the precaution of preparing for any emergencies what ever, as we placed explicit confidence in our ability as good sportsmen to sup ply tho needs of tho body. We sorely regretted not doing so tho next day. That whole day wo wandered aimless ly about over the endless prairies, and not so much as an insignificant, gopher made its appearance to fall before our shot-guns. The cravings of hunger and thirst now began to assert themselves, and in our frenzied wanderings tho truth dawned upon. us that wo worn lost Lost! Lost, indeed, upon a scorching prairie that seemed to have no outlet, no trees, no water no green grass, and not a fowl or animal in sight' The situation was horrible to contemplate. Our faithful horses tongues were lolling from their mouths, and we were so weak from hunger that it was with, great difficulty we remained in the saddles. Two days without water is harder on a human being, than going: without food for a week, and we saw starvation and death gauntly staring ua in the face. How we managed to drag through the hours of that awful night I can never relate, but we awoke next morning hoping to find the grass ladened with the welcome sew. Jtatno. The blades were dry as ever, aad a groan of abject distress issasdfrom our parched throats. It was well onto noon before we con sidered ourselves sufficiently rested to resumse the hunt for a sign of dviliza tioa." The sun's burning rays seemed to be hotter and more relentless than ever. We soon stopped, as we were too fatigued to proceed any farther. Simultaneously it dawned upon us all that this was. to be our last day upon earth, and, with a brotherly shake of the hand, we lay prone upon the avsitinc "the ef death.- the muzzle to his brain, and would have pulled the trigger and ended his earthly troubles but for ray timely in terference. There was a wild, demo niacal glow in his eye, and I saw at once that his reason was quickly flee ing. My feeblo strength was nothing compared with his almost superhuman power, and in a twinklo ho wrested the gun from my hand?. Me then rushed to one of the horstsi and shot it dead. Hardly hud the animal fallen before Hale, with childish glee, pounced upon tho prostrate body, slashed its throat with his' hunting knife, and applied his mouth to the hot gushing blood, drinking it down with a gluttonous appetite. Hale had accomplished a deed which wo also contemplated doing, but it was left as a last resort for we knew that if de prived of one of our horses wc would be left in a more sorry plight than ever. The sight of flowing blood nerved us to almost desperation, and we crowded to the yet dying horse, roughly pushed Hale aside, and eagerly sucked tho obbing llfo's blood. J&bellove to this day that noth ing hsVever tasted better in my life. '.Ow oxistenco was prolonged now for at least a short period, and our lipr moved in grateful prayer. A wildimthracal shout from Halo at tracted my attention. Groat heavens! The madman was mounted on ono of tho horses and tearing away. He was glancing back and pointing ahead and screaming at the top of his lungs: "Water! Water!" One of us must bo left behind. One horso was dead and three persons could not ride upon tho two animals, who were now very jweak. I looked in the direction of Hale, and, sure enough, what appeared to be water was seen in tho distance. I hastened to acquaint my companions of the joyful discovery. Halo kept galloping madly on. looking neither way, but furiously lashing his horse. A steep precipice loomed beforo tho Tider, but he heeded it not and swiiiis?"1'-hlM flhMti animal to still greater 'speed horse attempted to swerve from its course and avoid tho yawning .chasm, but Halo noticed nothing but tho fascinating' dance of water on the horizon. They were now but a few rods from tho precipice. Still tho horse was spurred on. Ho neighed piteously. plunged forward, and just at its brink stopped stock-still and tho rider flew over his head into tho bot itoralcss pit To say that wo were horrified would be putting it rather 'mild. Wo hastened to the seene of tho catastrophe. Tho horse stood on tho 'edge, trembling in terror from head to (foOt. I carefully approached the brink Jand peered into the black pit Noth ing could be discerned; all wa pitchy (darkness. 1 seized a largu roek and hurled it to the bottom. Presently I 'heard a faint sound deep, deep, down into the very bowels of tho earth. Poor Hale's death came very easy, though terribly unexpected, and no human being could make that descent without death ensuing half-way down. With heavv hearts wo or.eo moro addled our tired horses and followed the alluring lake. An hour passed, but it seemed as if wc were just as far aavuy as on the start. Another hour. smother and another, and still the ssaters kopt dancing and glistening in the sunlight an apparently short dis tance ahead. We continued the tedious trip, and happening to look up we dis covered to our dfcmuy that tho sup posed lake had entirely vanished. But a more welcome sight greeted us. Not many roiled to the east the city from which we started loomed up Ah, something strange about this. We could see tho streets, familiar build ings, and even recognize men walking up and down literally photographed before our startled vision. We traveled and traveled, but it was impossible to approach' the town. Then, as if by magic, tho whole scono disappeared from view. We were mystified beyond comprehension and unable to solve the problem. The tired, faithful steeds refused to budge an inch and lay down, and we rolled off and sank by their sides exhausted. The pangs of hunger knew no bounds, so I resolved to slay another horse. I got up and to my horror the animals had strayed away, probably in search of fodder. My companions groaned ieebly, but we were, all too weak to .follow them. Death's awful presence wm now almost.felt aad with a prayer upon oar lips we reeled to the ground aad hoped that the grim destroyer wonld soon coats aad reliere us. Well, he did not coatc, or I would never hare written this sketch. While in a comatose condition I was shaken gently and friendly hands applied a eeoliwp flask to my heated lips. This saw office was also administered ts saw suffering companions. Our goad Samaritan, who, proved to he a tester, took as in hi waoa and bundled at off to his house, where we werecleaelj oafiaed lor two long weeks. As I write I caa, not help thinkdaf f peer Hale's . ataafled the depths of I afssfwari I Hints About Butchering. If the hogs to be slaughtered are fed within twelve hours of their kill ing, the food is wasted, the meat will be more disposed to sour, and it will be moro difficult to remove the dis tended intestine and take from them tho lard. Nor is it well to allow tho swino to drink on tho morning of tho day they are killed. Hog can not bo killed too quickly. Tho more rapid ly thoy are killed and tho blood got out of them, tho better. A woll dlrectod blow on tho head, between andjust in front of the cars, will make tho animal unconscious; but tho chances for a mis-stroke aro so many, and as tho stroke makes unfit for use considerable meat this method of kill ing can not be recommended. Tho use of tho shot-gun is no better. The rifio is the weaion to use a ball on a lino from tho base of tho car to the opposite eye produces inntant death, and docs not cause the waste of any meat American Agriculturist. INCH AND OUNCE. CHICAGO The Derivation of Tkee Two of Mraeuresaeat. As tho Jews had a mystical rever ence for seven, and the ancient Welsh and Celts for three, and tho Greeks a perfect philosophy constructed out of the harmonics of all sorts of numbers, so the Romans fell back upon a seals of or. moro properly, upon a scale with a baso of six. Accordingly, as they divided tho pound into twelve ounces, so they also divided tho foot, which was tho standard of lineal measure, into twelve sections, sad they called these sections unche, too But how did they get tho inch orig inally? it may be asked. Rather, how did they get the pound? for that and not tho inch, is tho unit There seams to be no precise information on this ted animal j point I hey would divide any unit !TWcfrtMowift siwvalHasj notion was at ono timo the linear uncia was really the original, and was then transferred a.- a nnmo to a weight This, though plausible, is hardly the case. Somolimes. especially in old books, written when philology was not what it is now. it was the fashion to derivo uncim from tho samo word in the (Jreek, because, after tho revival of letters in Europe, the admiration of tho Greek became so great that when ever bimilar words were found in it and some other language it was al ways said that the other languago bor rowed them from tho Greek. This Is very far from being always so, and in the present instinco tho very reverse appears to have occurred. The ounce is literally tho twelfth, and thus we see at onco the senso of speaking of an ounce of land and an inch of milk, just as of an inch of a man's will or an inch of interest for money on a loan.. It was always the twelfth of a unit; twelfth of an hour; twelfth of a jugcrum, that half-acre which the two oxen plowed in a day; twelfth of a 6cxtarius, or equivalent to our pint; twelfth of the entire hcrcditis; twelfth of the principal lent on time when it was money at usury that is, over eight per cent It is. accordingly, as much of a mis tike to say that the primary meaning of tho word is a linear, which is to say that it comes straight from the Greek into the Latin and thonre on to us. The riddle is plain enough when wc get to the true origin of the word a twelfth. Once, indeed, it used to be said that the true origin was that the word meant a thumb breadth, because Its equivalent poilcx. in linear meararo, was often used in its place But this is not the c&sc. Some of the old Lstia themselves, moreover, thought it meant literally the unit; but eves fhla will not hold beside the proper sifalfi cation of the twelfth. The pound weight really never di vided by inches or ounces, it was di vided by twelfths, by halvos, by thirds. by fourths and by sixths. And again, we see what a convenient a system of twelfths is for compared with a system of which could only he divided evenly Is two ways by two aad fire. Far ounces they use the utsral twelfths; for eight ounces they two parts that is, two thirst; forsass. waatiflg a fourth, which with at like a roundabout way of three-quarters; for ten, waaeJsff, a sixth; for eleven, waatsaga twelflh. Mmkm BtrmUL said Mrs. M. E. Hafsvan aaaesnees that sat is prepared Is weave csrptte el all classea Leave ersers with C Scaaffait, al Hasan's eld staad. tf Sl Sexsrw. To the People.- In order to elaar mj shelves and ts Bake rscts for TtvW fooss weealntwre t mj new ejsar ters I ssi BCHitgsrr sag seat asm ss tmvervwfcaftfi ItfnUss j MS aM ssTss) Mrne. - g SbLbbbI STOR RED CLOUD. NEB. Boots, Shoes, Arties Fancy Slippers and 'fall good Reduced 16 per cent For 30 Day In order to reduce the stock, 1 also will i you Dress Goods, Notions, and Fancy Goods at prices That YOU all will BUY. Jackets and Cloaks at Will sell all goods less than any house Sn county, who sell first-class goods, conn and see me. I will pay Joe for eggs. Butter 10 to 20c a lb. I will notTrttHifcrsoldr Trade 825 insi 60 days and I will present you with a$l( oil painting. R. M. MARTIN.! !figr. Fe NewIioiiBw We have just received a fine line of Gents Ladies Silk Mufflers Silk, Linen an! Toy Handkerchiefs, All shades and qualities of Yaj Home-made Hoods and Toboggan. We have a nica Hair Oniamente, Tina, Kuching, Mitten, Hoi Dress Good urith Velvet and Gimp I muming 1 match. Great bargains In Toyn. Al to be wold at the very Ioreat Trice. Hacker & Parke! GROCERS. 9 Keep the finest 1mc of Teas and Coffee! In the City. GUMP & WARNER, RML ESTATE&LOAN BROi Call and examine our bargains. Com ente solicited, GUMP & WARN Onera House Block ' Red CI r c. sc I l' P HENCK. NOTAHY PUBLIC ATnornoji . JaTaWTO amsa xoai " , Collections, Taxes Paid, Sfc. Office with the County Judge, Moos Red Cloud, Nebraska. "l C1 ? i m i 5fl I 4 S i m 9 nit. Manager. kst ssths Bsrrr usie nsdestyi IsiCgrattea adealafAslMst Itmstotsr ." : dT. iV -T v ri 4fS " . jta. -n- sSfe&Kii&r: t ' g. ." 'v .A K . -- Ct ? .---' & H i Af BSS35 4ra&aBTB! lBTBBTMBBBaaaasaiiJSt:"ateli''-" -f-qfr
