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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1895)
InHHMVHH V.A "t jf ttHr iVimmMtamt nHrnf ljy '"'n W,,nrr' ti" - J 'S THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895. 3 CYCLOMANIA. 11' i v lu p mm am p- put Ymir Foot In It when you buy inferior soap instead of the genuine Santa ClausSoap The favorite of every woman who ever used it either in the laundry or for all around the house cleaning. Sold everywhere. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. HOME INCIDENT. Miowlag How Critical Children Some times necomo it They (irotr Older. "I used to havo some credit in my own household," snld Mr. Jorgleton, "as a Judge of character by minor Indica tions; by handwriting and that sort of thing. The children would bring to mo letters from frlonds and acquaintances and show me the superscription on tho envelope and say: Tnpa, what Bort of a person would you think this was?' and then I would take tho envelope and look at It carefully and presently begin: 'Well, the writer of this Is a person of' and then I would go nhead and descrlbo his or her characteristics, and I am bound to say that I generally got It pretty near right, as tho children acknowledged willingly and with won dering admiration. "Well, I hadn't heard of anything of that for some time for two or three years. Then one day my eldest daugh ter, now grown to bo quite a tall young lady, brouaht mo an envelope to de cipher. Honored by this visit after that lapse of time, I gave an claborato and careful diagnosis. " 'What rttf you think of this one?' she sa.u, handing mo another, and I described that, too, and also a third which she handed me, nnd when I had finished and returned that last one to her, Instead of thanking me with tho wondering admiration of former years, she began to shout for her brother, a youth grown lofty with tho lapse of time, and when he had come they laughed and laughed and laughed. , 1& Whence these laughter?' I said, cn- WVlng to bo funny, though I really dtit see any fun In It, and sho finally managed to tell mo that the three sup erscriptions whose features I had so carefully described aa Indicating three persons of widely varying character istics were really written all by one person. Ha! ha! ha! and then they laughed again with great delight. "I tried to explain that a young per son's handwriting, the not wholly formed and settled handwriting, might easily, on one day and another, really reveal all the characteristics I hau ue Bcrlbed, but they only laughed at this; It wns enough for them that I had described as tho work of threo persons the handwriting of one; but why they should rejolco over the slight Incident I cannot Imagine, unless they had como to think, as children sometimes do, that they are smarter than their parents." Ex. A Phrase That le Malapropos. Tho common phraso "Lazy as the devil," contains as gross a blunder as over was made by Mrs. Malaprop. Sa tan Is nlways represented In tho Scrip tures as tho busiest of all created be ings. Ho goeth about as a roaring Hon, Eeeklng whom ho may devour. Ho lays Bnares to capture souls. His wiles and ways are unnumbered. He Is tho over active adversary of mankind. Ho camo down to tho earth in wrath, knowing that his time was short. As soon ns tho devils entered Into tho swine tho herd ran violently down a steep place. Tho supernatural activity of tho old enemy gives a complcto contradiction to tho error that ho Is ever lazy. Ex. Tha Scientific Mama of tha Craia for Wheeling fat Franca. "Lo Veloclpodlstc, or Running Cy clist (Velox Communis et Migrator; Family of Coleoptcra)," is tho title of an amusing little essny In tho Paris Figaro, In which that familiar division of the human family, the cyclist, Is dis cussed from a naturalist's point of view. "Llko the Juno bugs, which skim buzz Ingly over tho flower bods," says tho Figaro, "tho velox communis files along tho surface of our streets with disquieting rapidity, frequently grazing In Its courso tho careless pedestrian who loves to cross crowded thorough fares while reading his newspaper. Of all the nnlmnls of tho Parisian fauna It Is by fnr tho most prolific and multi plies with startling rapidity. Tho male, of n grayish-yellow color, Is generally homely. The female, on tho other hand, offers In the harmonious and opulent beauty of her outlines a vcrlta blo trent for our charmed eyes. She is tamed without difficulty. Tho number of 'veloclpcdlatcs' has so augmented during tho last few years that It has be come a public danger. Tho Academy of Mcdlclno Is Justly alarmed nt the prog ress of cycloanla, as Is called this cir cular madness, which wns studied for tho first tlmo by tho celebrated Esqul roul, who himself at last fell a victim to tho snmo terrible malady. "It Is dangerous to get in tho way of tho 'velox communis,' this nnlmnl not being accustomed to dlvcrgo from tho straight lino, which It follows Impcr turbably. Tho frequency with which It runs down nnd malms whatever hap pens to bo In Its path is too well known to be dwelt on here. Sometimes tho 'cyclist migrator' travels In troupes and even In single file, llko tho wild duck. Tho augurs of antiquity a verso of Ovid seems to prove, It, at leaBt would havo drawn good or bad omens, according as they perceived tho flight of the 'veloces' in odd or even numbers." Married at Last. Thirty years ago, August M. Merrlko of Laporte, Ind., asked a lady of 20 to be his bride. Sho refused him. Ho continued his attentions to her, and tho other day he won her consent. Sho la now DO, and ho is 91. TWO HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR GIRLS' COLLEGES. Kxcel Wherein tho llnclMi Institution. Those of Amcrlcii. A defect In tho college llfo of Ameri can girls that must bo noted, says a writer In tho English National Observ er, Is this: "Tho arrangements are too much after tho fashion of a boarding school, and do not allow sufflclcnt ecopo for tho development of Individual char acter. Tho girls nro expected to retire to bed at a fixed hour nnd to take a doflnlto amount of exercise each day; and a moro serious defect they do not each hnvo n separato study. Whcro tho students board out, which 1b tho ease In most of the mixed universities and somo of tho women's colleges, thoy sharo tho life of tho family thoy Join; hut where, as at Vassar, halls of resl donco aro provided, two or threo bed rooms to ono study nro tho usual rule At Oxford or Cambridge every woman student has at least ono room to her self, arranged with much Ingenuity as a bedroom study; hero sho works, med itates, or Idles ns sho likes, receives i.ir friends, and, mistress of her time, enjoys tho Independence nnd solitude which aro too often absent from the evory-day Hfo of tho nverngo nilddlo class girl. Under theso Inllucnces sho quickly dovolops sobriety nnd self command, which nro tho best correctlvo of giddiness or of what a past genera tion entitled comprehensively 'vapors;' while the social Hfo of tho college, with its 'clubs, entertainments and debates, sufflceB to check any tendency that may exist to turn tho student Into a her mit." r DUnoIiUIoii Notice. The partnership horotofore existing between F. Q. Blakeeloe nnd A. H. Ka- ' ' loy is this ilny, Juno 10th, dissolved by mutuol coneont, P. G. Blnkeslee retiring from tho firm, All nccountB due tho firm are pnyuhlo to P. 0. Blakosloe. All accountH duo tho firm of Blokos- &) Kuley nro payublo to P. G. Blakes- JfwX An ourly settlement ia dosired. P. r v-v w. v.. LAKKSLKK. Dr. Prlce'e Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Hlgncsi a ware. A Yaliittbl Find. After years sf etsdy am 1'uor, there h as at last been discovered sura and never failing roraedy, It has been tetted on patients, wha havediapairedsf ever being red, tha remits have baan, in every aaia wonderful. Groff'a Rheamatun Car is nn.quated as a positive remedy in all asea of Chronie and Aente Inflammatory Rheumatism, Goat, Lumbago, Bsiatlcn, Nanralgia, Dyamonorrhoea and all kind red affections. It is also a valuable Bloed Purifier, being especially niafnl in Eczema Psoriasis, Scrofula, all Glandular Enlarge ment and dieaaes of tha livar and kidneys. It is absolutely free from all narootias. Saver attacks are relioved in from one to three days and a positive, ears effected in from five to eighteen days. 0. L. Cot ting Red Cloud, Neb. 13-4sa mi a a ' The U. S. Gov't Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior to all others, A Decade of Success. Meteorologist W. T. Foster's weath er predictions which aro made weeks advance of tho event, continue to score a higher stato of accuracy than the forecasts of tho government weather bureau which are ventured only 24 to 28 hours in advauco and based upon existing meteorological conditions heralded by wire from all over tho couritry. Mr. Foster has made a successful record covered a period of ton years or more too long a time and covering too many hazards to justify the as sumption that he is a luoky gucsscr or to acoount for it upon any law of coincidence. Thoro must be some thins; at tho foundation of his system of meteorology that bears such ao coptablo fruit for mankind loves success. If ho had failed ho now would have no standing with tho pcoplo, Tho fact that ho has at tained to a higher percentage of vori ficatieu of his forecasts of tho govern ment woathor bureau with its clabo rato and costly appliances is conclu sive evidcuco covering as it does a dceado of crucial tests, that thcro must bo foundation of truo science under so great a structure of facts. It i& inoonociviblo that a fountain of error can oontinuo to pjur out u continuous stream of indisputable facts. It would seem that the time had como when the government ought to rcooguizo tho achievement of individ ual enterprise and give it somo official sanotion. Tho' govtrnmont woathor bureau, in tho judgment of tho gener al publio, would bo strengthened and made more useful by inoerporation within its functions tho special work of Mr, Foster's system of weather forecasts. Prejudice, wbioh so often stands in the way of progress, should havo no countenance in a caso like this where unhelpod by gov ernment, and in conflict with precon ceived soientifio ideal, a uew system has madu suoli a remarkable record as Lgs been achiod by Mr. Foster, A Mull Car to Hun by Electricity on Ktovnti'tl Truck. A. B. Crell of Ionia, Mich., has per fected a model of a postal car which will attain a Bpccd of 200 miles nn hour, which Is designed by tho Inventor to carry mnll between tho principal cities of the country. This car Is to bo thlrty-thrco feet long and to run on n steel elevated track, eighteen feet abovo tho ground. It is estimated that the road will cost $10,000 a mile. Tho car is provided with an apparatus for pick ing up and throwing off mall, so ar ranged that It will work automatically. The model Is provided with thirty-four apartments, nnd, enrrying out the scnlo of the model, the bags to bo dropped in each place will be capable of holding 10,000 letters. Under the patentco'3 Idea power houses can bo supplied at intervals of 200 miles, and the electric current sufficient to make tho entire run between New York and Chicago may be generated from the power at Niagara Falls. It is bo arranged that the operator In tho central electric sta tion will always know tho location of tho car. Ex-Postmaster General BIs sell, who has been shown a working model of tho devico, has Indorsed It, as have many scientists. Mr. Crcll's model weighs nearly 1,500 pounds. Ho Is to glvo nn exhibition of It on a thou sand foot track within tho next month. A SAGACIOUS DETECTIVE. The Hleuth llml to Think Twice, hot lie lilt It at Last. When Hiram Noodlchend went to sleep on tho night of March 10 ho had $20 worth of gold In his teeth. When ho awoke on the following morning, which wns Monday, there was no gold in his teeth. It was tho most peculiar robbery on record. Mr. Noodlchend oc cupied n room In n leading Lincoln hotel, nnd before retiring had bolted tho door securely, and had seen that tho window nnd transom were fastened. In tho morning everything wns ap parently as he had left It, hut the gold was gono from his teeth, nnd thcro were nchlng voids where It had been. Mr. Noodlchend didn't worry so much over the loss of tho gold, but he Is n man who detests mysteries, nnd ho knew that he could not sleep until he knew who hnd robbed him, nnd how ho hnd been robbed. Consequently ho sent for Old Swnyback, the great Lin coln detective, who hnppened to bo with mo when ho wns telephoned for. Together we went to Mr. Noodlehcad's room, whcro tho circumstances wcro explained to us. Old Swnyback exnm Incd the room carefully, nnd I saw by tho knitting of his browH that ho was puzzled. When ho hnd concluded his examination he threw himself Into n chair and studied, whllo Mr. Noodle head nnd I stood In tho corner ndmlr Ing him nnd thinking what a wonder ful mnn he wns. Suddenly ho raised his head and snld: "Mr. Noodlchend, aro you u somnnm bullst?" "No; I never walked In my sleep In my life." "Thnt destroys ono theory; I thought perhaps yon hnd got up In your sleep and removed tho gold from your teeth yourself. Nobody entered this rooni whllo you slept; that I'd swear to. Aha!" Tho grcnt detective uttered this ox clnmntion ns his eyes fell upon n mcdl clno bottle upon the wnshstand. Ho seized tho bottle eagerly, applied It to his nostrils, nnd smiled in n way that told us the mystery wns solved. "You aro allllcted with that tired feeling, Mr. Noodlchend?" "Yes, nnd I have been taking medi cine for It. I took n do3u of it beforo I went to sleep last night." Old Swnyback poured it few drops of tho medlclno on a link of his gold wntch chain nnd tho link Immediately dissolved. "This medicine," said tho great detective, "will dissolve any min eral and ruin tho human stomach, yet men are fools enough to take It, cVcn when It melts tho gold in their teeth. Now, aside from my profession ns a do tcctivo, I am agont for Dr. Swlnkum's Elixir of Goose Eggs, which will relievo that tired feeling, build up tho system, remove distress after eating; It Is pure ly vegetable and has thirteen ingred ients" Mr. Noodlehead at onco purchased one thousand bottles. YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT A LIVER! HOW'S YOUR LIVER? ArcYour Kidneys AllRiqhtT DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? ARE YOU WEAK ANOTHIN? DOES YOUR SLEEP RUST YOU? ARE YOU DULL AND ILIOUSf MARVELOUS SUCCESS Has attended the use of Dr. J. H. McLEAN'S JAr BALM. All who use It say It Is The Peerless Remedy forcurlai all ailmeite OF THE LIVER, KIDNEYS AND BLADDER, FEMALE TROUBLES. RHEUMATISM AND BRIGHT' S DISEASE. Fw Salt by all firtt-cla$i d$altr$. PRICE, $1.00 A SOTTLt. Tht Dr. J. H. McLfin Midlclni Co., St. Louis, (k bokax From the Desert, Through the Press, Into the Home. Helloed anal Penvdenrel, put up In two psuml bum wllli 200 Best Borax Recipes. 25c nt Cotting's Drug Store. BOSS & RIFE, i'HOrtUETORB OK mww iia urns Ordara Ordromptky flllad. tour patronnire aoltottod ................. ...............................,............ ....... ....., (jreat "Value Weekly News For Of I lie World Mil lo Money For n Trill e. Tim New M WfiRtlv Tiir. . . j n twenty pugo journal, ia the lending Rrmiblicnn family States. It is a NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER, ami rIvcb tho United States. It gives tho events of foreigu IhikIh in it nutplidl. paper of tho United gives nil ihn Knnoriil news of. 11b "AG RICULTURAL" department hna no superior in tho country. ltn "MARKET REPORTS" are recognized nuthnrity. Separato dcpHrtincnli' for "THE FAMI LY CIRCLE," "OUR YOUNU FOLKS," nnd "SCIENCE and MECHANICS' Its "HOME and SOCIETY" columns command the admiration of wives and daughters. Its general political newa, editorials and disoUfcBioiiH are comprehen sive, brilliant and exhaustive. HEREDITARY NEEDLES. A The (Irrat Oil J Fellow1 Temple. The great Odd Fellows' Temple In Philadelphia, which cost $950,000, was recently dedicated with Imposing cere monies. This monument to odd fellow ship is nine stories high. It Is situated on Broad street. Oinces for tho grand of ficers of tho stato aro on tho ground floor, also an auditorium 98 feet by 05 feet and 40 feot high, with a seating capacity of 1,200. Directly beneath Is a drill hall of the samo sizo, except In height. On tho second, third, fourth and fifth floors nro 105 offices for rent. Tho remaining stories will bo devoted entirely to tho order. Four lodgo rooms are upon ench floor. On tho ninth floor there are two encampment rooms, which contain many now and novel features for conferring degrees. A roof promenado, commanding an ex cellent view of tho city and surround ing country, Is provldod. Canton Springfield was asked to participate In tho dedication early last summer and has lately boon permitted to extend tho Invitation to all Patriarchs Militant in tho eastern states, which will Insuro an Immenso attendance. l'oHnllilllty That It Slay at Bonm Tlmo Afreet Life limunince. Needles hnvo never been supposed to bo hereditary, but a recent case report ed by a physician of eminence offers undoubted evldcnco to tho contrary1. A lady accidentally ran a needlo into her foot thirty years ago, and It lay ap parently dormant in her system for so many years that Its existence was al most forgotten. In 1878 she was mar ried, and a year after tho birth of her Infant daughter, tho needlo mado Its nppenrance In tho Infant's shoulder. Thero could bo no doubt It was tho original needle by which tho mother had been attacked In 1860, for it was of n peculiar and now obsolete pattern, nnd the mother distinctly remembered thnt needles of that pattern wore In use nt tho tlmo of her attack. Thero can be no doubt that tho Infant inherited tho needle from her mother nnd that henceforth physicians will expect to find a natural tendency to needles In tho tissues. As it is asserted that peo ple havo died from needles, although thero aro very few such cases on record, tho Insurance companies will doubtless add to tho questions which thoy put to candidates for Insurance: "Did your father or mother over-swallow ncodles, and, If so, how many, and of what kind sowing, darning, or carpet?" A SPECIAL CONTRACT enables us to offer this splendid journal und THE CHIEF for ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $1 25 CAII IN ADVANCE. (Tho regular sucscription for tbo two papers is $200.) BUCHCUII'TION MAY 11F.OIN AT ANY T1MK. Address all orders to THE CHIEF. Red Cloud. Nebraska. Write your name nnd add rem on ti poalul card, Moud It to Goe. W, Ileal, Room 3, Tribune Building, New York, mid winnple copy or TIKE NEW YORK WEEKLY TJtIIIU.XE will be mulled lo you. aBBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBftaVaVBVaBVaMaVaaWraBnaaTBa Slaughter sale; Salii lt Isi, n J. 0. Butler's. special sole oi Nets. Bargains in Lap Dusters. win sen you o wen Hatter lor 20 cents. Wo will offer at pub lio sale to tho highest bidder for cash 1 whip 25c, 1 duster 90o 1 sisol kalter25,ull frr 81.10. As leathor has advanced 70 per cent wo still have h few sotn of single harness at SJ.7G. Als a grand baagain in double harness. -ALSO-1 curry comb 1 brush 1 bitt All for 23c 25c COo Prises One Day Only. J. o. Buller, Red Cloud. (Slim In Ills Kyo. A pleco of glass lodged In tho oyo of Oliver Snyder of Harrington, Ind., thlr-ty-threo years ago. Thero It remained until tho other day, when a doctor re moved It. Kvcry change of copy should bo an Improvement on tho Inst. oat, lERGURlrU ,4 F0 SON T Is tbo result of the usual treatment of blood disorders. Tho system la tilled with Mercury ana rotaah remedies-more to bo dreaded than tho disease and in a short while Is in a far worse condition than beforo. The most common result la RHEUMATISM for which B. 8. 8. Is the moat reliable cure. A few bottles will anora relief where all else has failed. I inffereit from a Mvera attack of Mercurial heumallim.mTarniiandleirlbclnillwollon S to mora tUan twlceXholrnatural ilie.cmtlng the rooeiexcruclatlBg paint. I penthundredt rviivi, uuv hw, m or dollar! without Ainu a few boLLlea nf 1 improved rapliUr.and again nuwn ivbii roan. oompletolr cured. I Itno.nd your wondurful medlclqa to anyooe W. r. DAMCY, Brooklyn XleTatas U. B. OerTrertlMoa Blood end Bkta Dleeeeee elUc free to an addreee. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., At! tote, Ga. One of Mr. Ilnrkefrllnr'e Htrajr Cow. Farmer Rudoph Hook of Oould's Sta tion, Ohio, owns a fine cow thnt Is fond of drinking oil, and nt every op portunity tho gentle croaturo hies her self to ono of tho numerous oil wells In tho vicinity of tho Hook farm, In tho Gould oil district, and drinks tho greasy liquid as It flows from tho pipe Into tho tank. Tho discovery was made by tho dark color of tho cow's milk and Ita oily taste, hut It was soveral dayB beforo tho causo was ascertained. The other morning Mr. Hook followed the cow as sho went off for hor dally drink of oil, and watched her as sho drank nearly a gallon of the raw fluid as It wns pumped out of the earth. The cow has been tied up In tho pasturo flold until broken of her roraarkablo appo ttte for oil. mm .mm. Hull Insurance. Furnished by J. II. and K. 11. Smith Call und Investigate tho easy terms, f Call Saturdays at Chief ollico. J. H, Smith, Agent. Feed Notice. Hereafter William Richardson will feed all teams at the rate of 10 conts for hoy. Barn oast of Holland House. Lingered Too Long. "When I mado my first appearanco as a public reader," said Bonis, "tho papers fairly wont wild over mo. Now they don't notice me at all. They are not treating me fairly." "If you want them to go wild over you again," suggested Naggus, "announce your last appearance as a publio reader." rH. J. S. EMIGH, Dcutlat, Red Cloud, - Nedrabka. Over Tnylor'a Furultare Store. Extracts teeth without pain. , , Crown and lirldgo work a. peelalty. 'orcelMn lulay, and all kinds of Hold Ml ngs,' Makes cold and rubber nlatea and combination plates. All work guaranteed to be nrat-claM. The Cholera Kpldemlo of 1808. In the cholera visitation of 1866, the proportions of doaths per 10,000 In habitants In the principal cities of Eu rope was as follows: London, 18; Dub llnlNl; Vienna, 51; Marseilles, 64; Paris, 66; nerlln, 83; Naples, 89; St. Paters burg, 98; Madrid, 102; Brussels, 184; ralermo, 197; Constantinople, 738. Sheriff's fettle. Iiy virtue of an execution directed to roe from the district court of Wenster oounty.Nebraska. un a judgment obtained by the consideration of district court of Wcbtter county, Nebraska, on the toth day of July. !8tH.ln favor of Tbemas ltun as DlklntlfT. and uislnst The Farmers & .Merchants UankliiR C'onipanv a deieadani, for the sum of one thoasand aud elahty tw debars and ceats, aad costs taxed at Ave dol lars and seventy cents (13.7.) and accralnz costs. I have levied upon the f ellowlnc real estate taken as the property et said detent aut to satisfy said Indement te-wlt: Let twentioae (21) la block thirty oae(si) in the original town now city of lied l.loud, Webster county, Ne- Drasa. And will alter th. tame for sate to the highest bidder, for cuh In baud, sn the iZthdavaUuue A, !., IfOt, In front or tha east doer or the court bouse at lied Cloud, Weester County, No biaska, that belux tlio bulhllne wherein the liuttermet court was hcld.ut the hour et one to'ulock p..m. uf said day. when aud where due atienditnca win be clveu by the undersigned, Dated Kei CloudNetrfuka.May 8tb, ISM. . J. W, Kunckkv. alierlff. Jambs McNbnt, Atty. far nalnuff. The abere site was continued, for waat of bidders, until the lotli day of July, 1895. Dated Win day of JiiIt.HM. l , J, W. ltuKciiir, Sheriff, jamx McNxar, fialutlU'l au "The" Watch. For timekeeping and durability nothing beats the seventeen jeweled Deuhkr Hampden "Watch. 0ALL0NPENMAN and examine them. Also his line of Jewelry, Diamonds, bpect&cles, (Jlocke, riated and solid silverware, sonrenlr spoons, Hlfnr andrfold franieeV Special And careful at oarvlnx sets, to peyl handled knlvea an forks, calling ears easts, bon boa bo fioadinoo. A flho Him of ourij flute, wits Iftterebanaehlo lenses, me.!, nickel mas and other ictacles and, era line of 2nd tnemoc tention paid to fluing (lie eye. Mr llui baud wteb.s e.ulteaie. I wIlrruB aft liaiWhma thalp aKtiMl worth. 'HTWiaf your watch, clock and Jewelry rs palF wnrtTyour eugrartng sad your old gold """"" " THOU. PENH AN I. W. TULLEYS, M. D. MeBBeoatB)le rkyslclaau Real ClOUd, NrtNMeMI Office opposite First National Bank. ' U. H.KxamlnlnR Surgeon. Uhroulo diseases Uuuiud by mall, fl'l ii J I! t 3 ip kj i ! i i 11 ,'i I . I m m v C ,! I ,' AaW .;