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Vol. 16.
Tie Weater
Red Cloud,
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UERCANTILE ASOIN,
Have Bargains for you in
Felt Boots,
Rubber
''jJMfcP
Grain Leather Boots,
Arctics. Over Shoes, Sandals,
(Ladies9 , Gossamers,
Men's Ruhher Coats,
yi
ies' and Gent's Underwear,
t,' "
The above goods must and will
be sold at
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The Western a:d " Southern Italile Mrts
MASONS OLD STAN
Chas. Schaffnit Mancrer
fc Southern
Nebraska,
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Boots
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Coniforts, Blankets,
Flannels, Etc., Etc.,
Cloaks and Shawls,
Red Cloud, Webster County, Neb., Friday, February 15, 1889.
(-bnwwih. iw .wi ...,-.-
Prince Bismarck, though a capital
French scholar himself, detests every
other German who parade tho
accomplishment.
One of the best lawyers in Virginia
ays he would on no account leavo his
children any considerable amount of
money, and he. gives away not less
than $4,000 a year.
The will of Edson. the late mil
lionairo who was one of the founders
of Oakland, Cal., ia one of tho brief
est on record. It disposes of $3,000,
000 in less than ono hundred words.
A retired merchant, aged eighty
three, of Providence, and a Boston
widow juat ope ye.ir his junior, were
married the other day. It was a case
of love at lirst sight, tho couplo hav
ing mot for tho first time only three
weeks before.
A certain English comic opera
librettist went to see Mr. Gilbert's
"Brantingbame Hall." He came back
quite enthusiastic. "It's a fine play."
he said. "I liko it very much. In
fact, I think I liko it better than any
man in London except Mr. Gilbert."
The lato Lord Evcrsley was a
most successful Sjieaker of tho House
of Commons, and never failed to rec
ognize tho right man when a score or
more sprang to their feet apparently
at the samo instant. "I have been
shooting rabbits all my life," he once
explained, "and have learned to mark
the right one."
Tho story is told of Mortimer
Mempes, the portrait painter, that at
the beginning of his career ho went to ,
Miss Ellen Terry, who is ono of tho
hardest persons for an artist to got
hold of. and said: "Look
here, Miss
Terry, I'm a voung Australian, with .
. .jv t ...'
few or no friends hero, and 1 want to
matrA mr iv in thn trnrM Wnn'f!
you let mo paint your portrait?" She
.j .j .M ,w ....-. ..w.. -
consented, and it gave him a
long
i:r
"I
toward success.
MissM. E. Orr, of New Yerk.apale,
delicate-looking young girl, recontly'
gave a remarkable exhibition of rapid
work on tho type-writer in the as
sembly room of Packard's Busincs
College. She printed sixty-six char
acters in fivo seconds, or on avcrago of
over thirteen characters a second.
Then she printed from memory 137
words in ono minute correctly. Upon
a second trial she printed 133 words in
a minute. Misn Orr holds tho gold
modal for the championship, which
sho won last August by writing ninety
eight words a minute for ten consecu
tive minutes.
Zcbulon Hancox, aged scventy
nino years, of Stonington, Conn., was
jilted by a village maiden many years
ago, and sinco that time ho has lived
in a little hut, cooking his own food
and wearing rags. By fishing he has
accumulated money sufficient to build
nino good houses, which ho rents, and
$10,000 more which is lodged in tho
Stonington Savings 'Bank. He never
purchases any thing he can make.
Buttons oa his clothing aro whittlod
from pino wood; he weighs his fish in
wooden balances of his own making,
and in catching eels ho uses a wooden
spear. His yearly expenses avcrago
less than 20.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.'
A little girl, being asked to define fruit, as 176 russets, brights, faacy. etc.
a volcano, answered: "It's a mountain The orange-growers' packing houses
that throws up firo. smoko and liver." adjoining the grove in Florida are
"De darkey's hour am jes' befo' scenes of great actirity.
day," said Uncle Aaron, as he invaded Rollicking negroes mount lomj lad
his neighbor's chicken-roost at three ders into the 'trees with sacks swoag
a. m. Puck. on their shoulders, aad. pruaing sfcears
"The churn must go," says an in hand, clip tho golden fruit froa its
agricultural exchange. Of course it rough stem and place in the bag,
must, in order that the butter may which, when full or burdemsome, is
come. Burlington Free Press. careful emptied into boxes under the
Somebody recently tried to blow tree to be hauled by teams to the pack
up a Chicago distillery with dynamite, ' inff houses. Tho fruit is never palled
but the whisky blew its breath upon ' froin the tree, as the stem comes t
the dynamite and it went out aad "plugged" and worthless for shippiag;
roosted on the prairies. Drake's Mag- neither can they be tossed about, or
azine. ; the delicate sacs burst aad the orange
Mr. Popinjay "They say that day- In " packing home tte
Judge Pompous has lost his "voice, my ' ?orter rolls each fruit singly dowa aa
dear." Mrs. Popinjay "It was so inclined trough with gradually predt
heavy I should think he would have "? 8ide "ch fruit drops ia the
heard it drop. r Burlington Freo box uaaeroeath coataiaiag exactly the
Press. ' same sixe; thence the boxes are takes
Aunty "So you're studyiag ! to tha wrapper, who dexterously
nan hiaUry. Bobbv? Why did Cwsar I twist ech fa tls5ue P! f1 ta
hesitate whea he ease to tW Ruhi-1
er Bobby "Oh. 'cause he wanted
to see if he had the Gaul to
Harvard Laapoeo.
rnws it."
Goriom
the
9l Geern
n
read Mr. Faagle lathe eveaia;
"i woaier way Coacren
far the
k
y "rreatlaeti
the answer to the oacation: Is
, riago a failure?' Wife "Havo you,
hay dear? Why. thsts very interest-
lag." Wcrmley "Vhen "it takes
place its a failure, and wham it'
doesn't, it's a aueceM." Eaoca.
Dr. Ebbomie "Iht chile e'
a. JooUtf mepr Mrs.
WheTa he dome
doeeat hej
them
Waeaiecwei mwmbw
tfe-Drake't Ifaem. I
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m, mmt n . r- --,-
"lrin!
v&m as crasivc :ii:wdy. I recommend
J"" ter chew a pi.-ce ob Injy-rubbur
hall an hour uiore each meal." Judge.
Goorge "That is a beautiful
piece. Laura, and you have played it
most Boulfully. Hut what in that
rumbling noise I have been hearing
nearly all the time feince I canioin"
Lsmra "It must bo thy wind. Ex
cuse me a moment. (Goes into the
kitchen.) Mother, can't you take that
vr jshlub into ho back basement? It
.icKjsn't chord witlj tho pinna"
Chicago Tribune.
FLORIDA ' ORANGES.
Anuzlng l'roporlioit to Wlilcb TbcLrCal
tiTMilou Uhs lirowa.
This delicious fruit, unlike any
other, requires a full year to develop.
The trees aro white with bloom in Feb
ruary, and though tho oranges attain'
their growth by October and are yellow
in Novomber they "grow sweeter "by
hanging on the trees till February,
when they are perfect, though the
bulk of the crop is marketed long be
fore, owing to the demand and fear of
. freezing.
i This year the crop i estimated to be
fully 3.000.000 boxec. more than double
that of any previous year. Each box
holds an average of least ISO. Each
freight car carries an average of about
300 boxes. So to move tho crop will re
quire five trains of twenty cars each
per day for 100 days, and the 4A0,000,-
1 000 oranges will allow noarly ten each
to every inhabitant in the United
lutes.
i To such amazing proportions has
this fascinating business developed
I within a very few years, and the young
4iAnD 1 r intnA infrk lKaainrv rtvAmloii
, . . 1. ... ?' -i
. ,. .. fl ,
fi"urcs by ten. Manv aro satisfied
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linn lue v;iriciics oris zt imer'
ous as their grade of quality.
In buying ' apples ono generally
selects fall pippins, greening or Bald
wins to suit, whereas in purchasing
oranges tho brand of "Florida" is
sufficient Consumers will soon find
out, if they have not already, that tho
variety in oranges Is greater than in
apples, and learn to select Homoassa,
Nonpareil, swoet Seville, Indian river,
Tangerine or Satsuma as readily as
, thoy now do various apples.
J hero is ono trade-mark on many
Florida oranges that can not bo coun
terfeited; when thn peel is discolored
by what is known as "rust," you may
know tho fruit was grown in tho land
of flowers. So far from this being a
drawback except for looks, this rust
is a positivo advantage. Russets aro
invariably solid, sweet and juicy; tho
tiny insoct that caused the discolored
peel thereby hermetically seals the
pores, confining tho juices that other
wise would evaporate; yet you may
buy russets for about $1 per box
cheaper than briehts. So much for
J "looks" or tho whims of taste. Few
oranges are now marketed as carclossly
us apples, all sizes and qualities being
dumped into a 1kx. Instead, each box
is, carefully packed in layers containing
exactly tho samo nize and number, tho
t boxes" holding 1L" 140. 17C to 220.
The medium sizes are considered best.
tliQ boxed being stenciled with the
number as well as tho aualitv of tho
Tr ljers. The p
' vbPe powibie. lice a railroad
, raca; so me doxcs u pacxea
j loaded imto the car, which rum diva I
rresataegroresteteeKerUerm
witfceetckaa.-K. T.
Oeeefthe
imceifhteaf
i? the hcrwmsa'hip ef the
djht to scveste-n f-crfect young
Centaurs, as much at hose ic thej
?a3d!e as Arsfc?. How thej- go thca
dcrin;: through the streets, what zsar
vellous short turae they asaam, mad
how" imttutaaeoaarjr they eaae t m
uibrt, share stop hi
eocmtry tovme,
, ..u -jaj nai n vranis now. maun.
OLD YOUNG "cmWTAWal.
esTltaeaUleMamme
reJfanaa
in which Mexico excels. Tho fiaest j
i sight in the world, one on which the j
gods must look down approvingly, is 1
, a high-spirited lad astride a good
horse. A Mexican boy take to tho '
back of a horse as a Cape Cod boy 1
does to a boat. At no age is a rider j
bolder than in that enchanted period I
of existence lying between childhood ,
:ad manhood. i
A Mexican lad. in default of a sad- J
dlo, will enjoy himself hugely horse- ,
back. He early learns to uo tho rope "
or riata. and, beginning with lassoing
dogs and pigs, ho advances to mules j
and cows, and finally es-aya tho roping j
' of a lively bull. So expert do they
,wwAtvt.k 4ti.it In , .Vina. f..... ..! .! !
, drag their enemies from their saddles
!by a skilful cast of the rope. Somo of
my younger friends hero seem to mo
to live on norseoacK. xney come
home at noontime to snatch a bite, as
most boys will, bnt off they aro again
on their tireless horses. They have
the good fortune to live in a country
which enjoys a climato which makes
out-of-door lifo possible all the year
round, and tho country lad. continu
ally on horseback, grows up straight,
robust and daring. Mexico Cor. Boa
ton Herald.
THOUGHTFUL COYOTES.
Strategy Thy DUplay In Raaalnc Down
nt Jack-BakMU.
"There is fino fun over in tho
Pahranagat valley in Nevada now,"
said P. K. Morriweather. a bronzed
ranchman of tho Pahranagat. Mr.
Merriwcather has for a dozen years
been engaged in the cattle business in
tho valley. Ho is something of a
sportsman, too, and hunts a day or so
almost every week throughout tho
winter.
"I haven't been hunting a great deal,
though, lately," ho said. "It's too much
fun watchiag tho coyotes round up the
jack-rabbits. It makes tho sheepmen
mad, but it don't bother mo any.
Thoy hate to see tho coyotes. They
are death on sheep, and rip them up
whenever thoy get a cbanco. But this
is not ofton now sinco tho sheep-owners
keep so close a watch on them.
Consequently, the coyotes havo a hard
timo of it for something to eat, and
thoy aro at their old tricks of going
after tho rabbits.
"Tho wolves come down in packs of
eight or ten usually and rustle around
in tho sagebrush in the enow till they
scare up some of thoir long-cared
prev. Then there is about the merri
est chase you ever set your eyes on.
These jacks run like a streak of
greased lightning, and the coyotes are
no slouches, either. But thry can't
keep pace with the rabbits.
"So the way they do it i for one wolf
to run as far and as fast as ho can, and
then another chip in and runs until
he ia out of breath, when a third re
lieves him. and so on. until tho rabbit
is completely blown, and his arch
enemy nabs him up. All tho others
come up then and they have a feed,
and this is the way they do till they
get all they want.
"In general about three wolves aro
enough to run a jack-rabbit down, but
sometimes it takes four, and now and
then you will find a jack-rabbit rrith
such tremendous staying power? that
it will take fivo coyotes to get away
with him.
"These coyotes are more up to snutT
than any wild animal I ever saw. They
string themselves along in such a way
and around the rabbit ia such a awn
eer that ao sooner is one coyote tired
tham he has the rabbit in such a place
where a fresh coyote drops In upon the
too, there will be a
decern or saore coyotes that will come
iowm frem the hills, having routed
out eight or ten rabbits. They round
them im. and keep themt going ia a
drda twe or three keeeiac geiag
while the ethere met me
niewMaa the raheite 1
kW .. Ik kill
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largely ef iaa taitioe PlUsbaigh
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GREAT BARGAINS !
GOODS SOLD CHEAPER
THAN EVER AT
Mr. 1 Kewboiiae
I have a choice line of Drv; Goods vita trimming to
match, Buttons, Velvets, Flannels. Hood, Toboggan. Ham
burgs, Laces, all kinds of White Trimming Houiery, Glovea
Mittens, Ladies Underwear, Yame, Silk Haudkerchiefr, Laco
Curtain. All of the above will be nold out at the very
Lowest Figure.
C.
SCHENCK
NOTARY PUBLIC,
PROMPT ATTENTION OIVEN TO
Collections, Taxes Paid, &c.
Office with the County lucle. Moon Block
Red Cloud. Nebraska
GUMP & WARNER,
REAL ESTATE&L0AH BROKERS
Call and examine our bargains. Correspond
ence solicited,
GUMP & WARNER.
Opera House Block Red Cloud
HACKER & PARKER,
THEGROCERS
Keep the finest line'o!
Teas and Coffee
In the city of Red Cioud.
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