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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1897)
TILE 11EI) CLOUD CHIEF, jVIUDAY, JULY 30 1897. n i s i'; .' U, :v -j- P FOR BOYS AND (URLS. SOE GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. I'lie Knnrlinlinntii, or AVIIIV Flrt Mtrnliig In tlir t'liuiitrjr An tliilluii Olrt Whit C'luirni thu World J Her rents While on llorxlmili. Tlio HUupiintiilrit (loldeiirml. l.CAHi: Jlldiic or my iiuriirlxti inn1 dity. 'Twui In tlio Moods, the month w u h Mny. To sec. In yellow lii'iiuty rtrenert, Sonic koIiIciiioiI I ilo not jr.tl. "t'oinr. tell tnr, Kol- ili'iiroil," I cried. "Wlml do yon hern In Ilia f i cull May- lliloV Tlio pretty lloivor- r.-vlsed up lis head Ami looked in mo, -then .iuletly nll,., "I tire of hearing all tins tices. The lilnN. the Minimis, the very lircMO In nuttitnii praise, the Mowers of May. 'They're fnli- far lliiiu yoti,' tlic.v say. V know.'-thelr argument W strong. Hi-cntiw we're here, tlio whole year long. I'e got permission for myii'lf. Ami came to Bee tills purple elf They call the violet; ami to look At bloodroot blossoms ly ' hrooK. The niniidriikc, too, 1 wished to lliul, Who hoiiHlH of petals left behind." "Ami what ilo you decide?" 1 fl1. The nutllinn beauty tossed Its head. "1 think them weak and pale and small: A Hk for spring Klv: me. thu fall! Tray what nro these to autumn'tf dower Of nster, mint and cardinal Mower? Straightway for homo I'll take my way. Anil never como twain In May." My eyes uneloied: still Mowed the stream. Tho flower was boiic. Was It a dream".' -Caryl II. Storrs. The KnoekiilMitits. Twns Willie's first morning In the fountry, and there were wonders with out number on every hand. The night before, grandpa had promised him that on this same morning he should Join the farmer's club, "The Knockabouts." Ilcfoto going to bed Willie carefully ((dinted his pennies. " 'Cause," said he. " 'twill cost something to join!" "Not very much, I guess," said mamma, who was fully acquainted with grat:dpn and his funny club. Por hadn't she been a member herself when hhe was a llttlo girl? "Anyhow." continued Willie. "I have tho dollar papa gave me, haven't Hut mamma only laughed In reply. "Can't initiate you till the dew gets off tho grass!" exclaimed grandpa at the breakfast table. This trade the club seem to Willie more mysterious than ever. "You must put on your thick shoes, nnd I don't think a white shirt Is just tho thing for members of the club to wear," advised grandpa, with a-merry twinkle In his eyes. ,..,,.:. About 10 o'clock Willie .wasYseady, and whero do you suppose grandpa took him? Why, out in the orchard, back of the lvarn, whero there was us many ns a hundred hay-tumbles. Already three hired men wcro nt work, throwing the bay about In every direction. "There nro tho charter members of the 'Knockabout Club,' " laughed grandpa. Willie took the llttlo fork grandpa handed him. nnd was soon a full fledged membsr of tho funny club. "I've got a good namo for my club, haven't I?" nuked grandpa, aB Willie began knocking the liny about for the sun to dry. "A jolly one," replied Willie. Every morning, while he remained nt the farm, ho was tho first member of the club on duty. "It's tho best fun!" he exclaimed. "I wiph, grandpa, I could be a knock ahouter tho year round!" A. P. Cald well in Youth's Companion. l.rnrnrd, but Keerntrle. Professor Lincoln of Hrown UnWer slty, whoso denth occurred a few years ago, used to tell amusing anecdotes of Nnanaor. tho great professor nnd his torian of the Christian church of tho Htrlln University, under whom ho studied for some time. Neander was accustomed when lec turing to stand behind a curious, high desk, with an open framework, and with holes and pegs for letting It up nnd down. His costume waa a very long coat, earning down to the tops of his great Jack-boots, aniT'wJUU a collar which reached almost ns high ns his head as he bent over Ills .desk, and with nrms extended forwnrd, twirled In his Angers a quill pen. If this quill dropped, 'there wus a hiatus In the lec ture until some ono would pick It up mid place It In Ills hands, and then tho wonderful flow of learned discourse would proceed. It Is said that when Neander went to Derlln he happened, In going from his homo to tho university for. tho first time, to be with a friend, who, for tho sake of Borne errand, took a, moat cir cuitous route; Neander pursued this roundabout course for years, nnd only by accident discovered that there was a shorter way. .v On ono occasion, being Jostled on a crowded side walk, in order to paBcby the crowd, he stepped -off Into the gut ter with one foot, keeping the other foot on tho curbstone. When tho crowd was passed, ho continued ab-Mnt-mlnded to walk on til this curi ous fashion, and when .lie reached' homo he complained ofbol'B fatlgUftd from tho dlsorded condition' of tho Mreets. An acquaintance, who had fol lowed him, was able to explain the fatigue. Amiiitlni; iKiinrauee. The written clvll-servlco examina tions for policemen In Now York have been sneered at nB a part of a visionary chcmo. Tho Ignorance displayed by omo of tho unsuccessful applicants for Rj.pnlntment mlKlit hnvo hart ftw c(urse In nn ofllclal position, liowevor, und to tlio public loss, had no audi test been tifod. Extracts from what thruo nrpllc ints for pollco Bcrvlco wrote about Abraham Lincoln lurluilo some extraordinary Btntcmonts. Ono wrote: "Ho lias bin n Presented of Now York City." Another declared that In lSOS Lincoln was "nonianlted In place of lliiekhunnn whoe'a term of oflleo ox plicd In that year." "Mr. Lincoln," according to nnothor applicant, had many engagements In war, and wan bound to bo victorious, especially nt the battle of Gettysburg, when he swept nil before him." Of Lincoln's tragic death It was vari ously said that he was killed "at Chi cigo t8G4." iiImi that he"wnH nsslsatod In 1S77 at foards Theater Uostotr," shot In "Booth's theater In Philadelphia;" "died at his homo In Lour Hraneh." Tho assassin Is spoken of as "Garfield," "Geteay," md "Dccota." One candlilnjc suld Lincoln, "lot Uio Dorkey go frod;" nnothor that ho "fred all the nogros In tho world;" In gen eral, tho applicants ncom to have agreed, as ono wrote, that "wo have seertlnly had very Hew like unto Lin coln." Siici'Tlnc. Whet! traveling In tho south of Ire land, some years ago, I was not a lit tle surprised to hear every ono In n loom shout "Clod bless you!" when any person sneezed, and the "Ood bles you" was repeated for every snooze. I have since learned that this Balutntlon has an origin going back to the sixth century, when tho black plague fell upon Homo. ItB victims showed the fit st symptoms by sneezing. When the African King of Menomopnta sneezes all these near his person send up n gicat shout, all within hearing take It up, so that the sneeze may be said to go echoing through tho kingdom. Ono would think tho subjects would soon get honrfc" If their sovereign chnnced to have an old-fashioned New England hay fever. When the king of Scnnnr sneezes his courtiers turn their backs on him nnd give a loud slap on their right thigh. There Is a great deal of character In the manner of sneezing, and though even George Washington could not bo dignified when ho felt a sneezo coming on, and was in doubts whether It would come to a head or not, It n.ust be confessed that a good sneeze Is more pleasurable than other wise. Hniv lift Cornered Him. A gentleman was riding on the out side of n coach In the west of England, when tho driver said to him: "I've kndV coin guv' to mo today 200 years ol0.l'"Dld you ever see a coin 200 yca'rs'bhi?'' ' "Oh. yes; I have ono myself 2,000 years old " "Ah!" said tho driver, "have ye and spoke no more during the rest of the Journey. When the coach arrived at Its desti nation the driver turned to tho other with an Intensely sclf-sntistled air, nnd said: "I told you ns.we druv' along that I had a coin 200 years old." "Yes." "And you snld to mo ns you had ono 2 000 years old." "Yes, so I have." "That's not true." "What do you mean by that?" "What do I mean? Why, It's only 1697 now!" Tit nits. Minn Peplim. i:urtrlennr. Novel readers may remember that la cue of Charles Lover's rollicking stor ies tho hero, n dashing Irish dragoon, Is made to leap his horse over a small cart In a Portuguese street. At a cir cus in Berlin recently Miss Pcplna, a oung Italian girl, performed tho as tonishing feat of Jumping her favoriU mare across an open victoria In which four men were f rated. This young wo man wns born In Trieste, Austria, of wealthy parents, nnd from childhood showed great liking for horsoback ex orcise. In -her early teons alio could ride much bettor thnn any woman in town, even the men finding difficulty In keeping up with her. After much urg ing, her parents flnnlly allowed her to appear In the Circus Vldoll nt Trieste, where her dating performance soon in a do her such a namo that today spo commands' 'a higher salary thah any other professional equostrlenne In Europe,. Her, chief feat, previous to tlio one dnsorlbed above, vas to Jump her nmre over four fair-sized ponies stand Ins side by side. t ,' , Kurly Training. ' .The .fntlier of Pr.lnco Hlsmnrek ro- buked' hlnl,' when ho 'was n- boy for speaking of the emperor as "Prltz." "Lenrn to speak roverently of hit majebty," said tho wise old Gorman, "nnd you will grow accustomed to think of him with veneration." Tho roinark mndo a deep Impression, and bom fruit In after years. Tho univorso Is full of Indices; every fepot lifts a finger-post pointing to as origin. J, C, Campbell. FOR WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Som Current Note of the Mode and Hint for the HoiiHcliotd A Nmel Kffrrt In Trimmings lire for the Ulrls' Vnentloii Ituys. YVntimn. II woman! In this w u r I d of ours, What boon ean be contpureil to thueV How slow would drag weary Though proud were llfc'H hours, man's brow bound (j with lloweio, And his tho wealth of land and sea, If destined to exist alone, And ne'er call woman's heart his own. My mother! nt that holy name ' Within my bosom there'it n gush Of feeling, which no time can tamo A feeling, which, for years of fame, I would not, could not, crush; And Hlstersl ye are dear its life; Hut when 1 look upon my wife, My heart blood gives u sudden rush, And nil my fond affections blend In mother, sister, wife and friend. Yes, woman's love Is fnc frvu guile, And pure ns bright Aurotnit ray, Tho heart will melt before her mnlle, And base-born passions fade away; Were I the moiinreh of the earth, Or master of the swelling sea. I would not estlmnte their worth. Dear womanl half the price of thee! A DAINTY A Novrl KfTert. Entirely plain skirts are seldom seen and ornamentation from waist to hem is as often employed ns is tho circular stylo of trimming. Tho perpendicular naturally adds to tho height and a prin cobb effect is given by trimming ex tending down tho front from waist to hem, which seems continued by simi lar trimming to the throat on the bo dice, a folded snsh making tho only break at tho waist line. In tailor fin ish dresses, too, tho skirt trimming may run up and down, but now that tailor gowns aro freely trimmed, the ' v .V ,TT ; . bands of Vrlmnuii-aro, usually well curyejl ,'q cuiieqied In Jthelr; up and down' tloursp.. ..In. tho accompanying picture .th, I? method' Is Illustrated, and hel'OjthertrlV'a repetltltp of thol skirt I'elnimfnf' t (teslii nnnn tlio linrilrn though -Without the previously men tioned princess effect. Light brown cloth was used In this gown, Havana brown woolen braid trimming it. The fronts of Its Jacket were double, the upper ones having slnshed rovers edged with braid and tho under nhowiug a row of buttons on each sldo and open ing over a blouso of whlto China silk, with linen Btock collar and plaid tio. Triple epaulettes edged with braid iln- tJ3S i i" mSrnt m ' Willow - W&xfjg Hill !l IwfMm 'fl lIlW1 w' ' Ished the sleeves. A coming form of dress trimming Is the old-time plmpo nnd fringe, which nro reappearing. Ev eryone seems to expect thu return of silk fringe, and doubtless wo shall soon Btop thinking of sofas and chairs when wo plan to fringe our own curves. It Is permissible to wear white col lar and cuffs with a plaid gingham shirt but you may not wear a white collar nnd n plaid gingham shirt with cuITh to match the shirt. Seven times seven you must not wear ono kind of shirt, an other kind of collar, and ti third kind of cuffs! Tho soft four-lu-hand stock Ib being made up In all soils of ging hams, cheviots and muslins, nnd Is nt once coinfoilnblo and dressy, but it lit not exact, and so tho tnlli'-mndo girl will have none of It. Hut, then, she docs not expect to be comfortable. (treat Help In Men. Not many women living on Mlssitn Ippl valley farms tiro accustomed to the rigorous economy nnd hard work done by their country sisters In New Eng land. Tin latter not only do their own woik, but tiny nro nble and willing to mill, the cows nnd assist with tho hay getting, and In other ways lend a hand out of doors tit eine'-eneles. Home of them even eke out the family Income by little ventures of their own, such ns raising hens and beo.iandgatheilngnnd marketing spruce gum, beechnuts and blueberries. There Is no sctvant girl problem, because thero are no servants. When sickness or some other real dis ability necessitates female help In the household a neighbor's daughter Is cnlled In. She Is, of course, regarded 'FRON TOLZrrS. COSTUME. nnd In every minutest particular treat ed ns a member of tho family; It could not bo otherwise. Tho children nro trained to boar their share of tho fam ily burden, so far as It can bo done without Interfering with their school ing, nnd tho very school terms nro nr ranged with a view to conflicting us llttlo as posslblo with farm work. When tho children grow up ninny of them go out into tho world to seek their for tunes (that within reasonable limits Is a law of nature), but there Is nothing like an exodua of tho rising genera tions, no approach to a doplotlon. Plen ty of ambitious, vigorous young men j stny behind to nrrango themsolves In lire as tneir miners did beforo them, chopping In tho woods winters nnd till ing the few acres they havo been able to purchaso with their winters' savings summers. Furthermore, there aro plenty of desirable young women hap py nnd proud to cast their lots In with tho young men and do their share of the drudgery necessary to establishing a homo. Thus new farms aro cleared out of tho woodland nnd the old furms are kept up. . KuglUli Women Drrn Iluilly, A writer In nn English periodical confesses to feel humiliation because- of the fact that In England there aro only a very few women who dress really well. The gowns of tho average Eng lish woman, at tho present time, aro far too often marred by over-gorgeous-ncss. She1 allows her dressmaker to load her bodices with Imitation Jewcjs, laces, furs and rjbbons. She will even be persuaded to carry alKiut on her head and shoulders several years' In come, In tlio'' shape of diamonds, "hut she misses .altogether that chic .ele gance -and crisp freshness that oxact rlghtness'of tone, which seem Insephr nblo from the toilet of tho French wo man, even though she may bo merely a Paris working girl, whose pretty head can boast no covering but that of her own daintily dressed hnlr. In fact, Daudet was right when, after staying for somo llttlo tlmo In London, ho gavo It as his opinion that "thoro was a sense o' y&ior r.d shade, td harmony and elegnnce, In the Prcnrh woman which ho failed altogether to discover In her English sister." Itullte for Hummer Wrnr. Nothing Is prettier than llvo liny hiced-edged rullles, with lam also on the, heading of the last one, Hands of Inserting, either plain m edged top and bottom, can bo used In clusters or In apron fashion, Just ns braid Is used on heavy goods. Always set Inserting In, don't put It mi. Threo graduated rullles to tho wnlal In the back and shaped enough only to reach a little above tho kneen In front look very smart for soft mntorlol, but tnke quite a good deal of material. Tho girl with a shirt waist who was prepared for nature's spring opening now uppears to special advantage, but soon eve y glti will bo wearing wash gowns, and ns tho Bklrt garniture for these helps to give stylo to tho gown n few hints' of whnt will bo worn may prove useful. t Another very Hwngger skirt, de signed by a leading modiste, was of blue and white dimity, shaped to tho hips with clusters of tucks 'in four plnees across the front, which wcro covered with strips of Inserting twelve Inches long. Tho fullness wan allowed to fall straight from these. Unfiles am things easiest to launder, nnd for this reason they will bo the most popular for wash gowns. A novol Idea, new this spring, Is to have ono rtilllo nrouud thu bottom nlno inches wide, with three nbovo threo Inches wide. When tho ru flics nro narrow thoy aro absolutely tiny. Odd numbers In clustern nro always prettier than even; for lustnnce, three or flvo look better thnn two or four. Threo or Ave narrow strips gathered in I ho center nnd lnce-edged top and bottom, put on at even distances from tho hem to half wny botween the knee nnd the waist, Is pretty. Following In tho crnzo for tucks this summer these may bo used with good results on your skirts of thin fabrics. Why not have a cluster of three two-Inch-wide ones nrouud tho bottom, again nt tho knee nnd just below tho hips? Trim the bodice to carry out tho same fullness nnd the stylo In the gown will plenso you. Vacation (.'nutiiliion. Among the sensible vacation rigs for children nro llttlo dresses of stout serge or flannel, mndo with waist nnd skirt nil one, a narrow gulmp nt the neck, nnd n little Jacket that can go on In tho early morning nnd as the sun goes down. This Bort of rig Is shown for totn of 3 and for misses of 1G. Some mothers carry their notions of sensible dressing much further, nnd there nro this very mluuto In back country places and unfrequented resorts where fash ionable yet devoted mothers tnke their children many llttlo maids kicking their enfranchised heels In knicker bockers, while their sturdy little chests expand In sweaters. They look as cute ns can be, and arc a lot more comfort nblo than their llttlo fushlonablo re sort sisters In muslins and silks, A summer In that style of costume, rea son theso mammas, will mnko a llttlo weakling a sturdy child, and It cortalu ly doesn't work In tho opposlto wny. Naturally, more mothers aro as reluct ant to start their llttlo mnlds in ad vance dress reform ob thoy would bo to tako it up themselves, and so such cos tumes for llttlo girls as thoso shown here nro In high favor. Tho model at the left hand was of a light-weight, dark red stuff. Its skirt had three wldo tucks nrouud tho bottom, topped by a looped black sautncho trimming. Thu hlouso waist 'ln(l u squaro yoke and was bordered with a bias fold of the same shado of silk, one end run ning down tho left side nnd bearing a row of gilt buttons. The stock collar was Bilk, finished by a narrow mousse lino frill, tho sleeve puffs were also tucked and sautached and tho belt was scarlet grosgralu tied In a long Bash In back. Tho other dress was for a bit older child thnn was Its companion In trto picture. It consisted of n plain skirt of porcelain bluo woolen goods, and n simple blouse waist of the same shndo of taffeta, finished with collar and belt of tho samo silk. Over the blouso came a very pretty Jackot of bis-cult-colored cloth, Its fronts turned back In wide plaits decorated with small brown buttons. Its collar wns a stock with a rolled band, and the long cuffs showed more buttons. Tho Jacket was unllned. Chicago Chronicle. deep Iiorlng. (The .deepest hole yot bored in the UUi 111 IIU1Q U,UI1 WW uuivn WiQ DUltULO of the soil, TJils Is at Hybrlck, in up per HIloHia, An Interesting featuro was tho record of temperature taken. At the surfaco It was 53.G degrees. C.571 It reached 167 degrees Fahr. At The now black cloth Jackets art trlmmod with whlto laco nppliquo. Chlolin Cholera. Thin la an oxceodlngly fatal cont.v glous disease, which l.i widely distrib uted over this country, and cuumi enormous annual losses, especially 1 tho central and southern sections. Tin first symptoms of tho dlnen.so Is, In thi majority of eases, a yellow coloration of that part of the excremotit which U usually white, quickly followed by vio lent diarrhoea nnd rlso of temperature--Other common accompanying syuip toms nro drooping of tho wings, stu por, lessened nppetlto, and oxcoaalv thirst. Since tho disease Is duo to a, specific germ, It can only bo Introduce! Into a Hock by direct Importation of this germ, generally by fowls front In fected premlset.. As soon as tho symp toms of tho dlBensc are observed "thu fowls should bo separated aB much as possible and given restricted quarters, whero thoy may bo observed and wltora dlslnfoctnnts can bo freely moil. An soon as tho peculiar diarrhoea Is no ticed with any of tho fowls, tho bird of that lot should bo changed to frcult ground nnd the sick ones killed. Tho Infected excrement should be carefully scraped up and burned, and the Inclos- tire In which It has bcon thoroughly disinfected with n one-half per cen solution of sulphuric acid or a one pot cent solution of carbolic acid. whlcU may bo applied with an ordinary water; l"K pot. Dead birds should bo burner! or deeply burled nt a distance from ttw grounds frequented by tho fowls. Th germs of tho dlseaso are taken Into tho systom only by the mouth, and for tltU reason tho watering troughs and fi-ed-Ing places must bo kept thoroughly fr from them, by frequent disinfection with ono of tho solutions mentioned. Treatment of sick birds is not to b recommended under nny clrcuttHtanceBL Tho mnlndy runs IU course, as a rule. In ono, two or threo days, anil It can only bo checked with great dlfllcultr Ex. k'-.-; I'uwli for Kicki. 'v Ono of tho dlfnctilt things to learn Ik poultry culture Is. that It Is not th number, but tho kind of Individual hens or pullets which are kopt that makes tho difference In Uio balance to tholr credit nt tho end of tho year, say a writer In Poultry Herald. Probably thoro are a great many who koop chick ens that do not renllzo tho vast differ ence lu the Individual hens In a flock Wo can assuro them If they will but tako tho paliiB to watch tholr fowls In this respect thoy will And oomo of tho hens laying more than double tho nurai ber of eggs some of the others are, and besides there being u marked difference in me sizo or the eggs. A very gravs mistake uniong a grent many Is thai of keeping nil tho old hens over for lay ing stock, and housing them nnd the laying stock together. Tho rosult gen erally I few If any eggs, as tho old hens naturally domineer over tho pul lets anil obtain tho majority of tho feed thus becoming fat v internally, which will hinder If not ontlroly stop thero laying; whllo pullets, which need the most food to develop them and bring them up to egg production, havo to do with tho llttlo they can got after tin hens havo been satisfied, and cons, quently few pullets In tho Hock will begin laying until woll nlong toward spring. Dy selecting the choicest o hens for breeders for tho followlug sea son and giving them a pen by thom eolves, disposing of all tho others and depending alono on tho early pulloU for tho winter eggs, the result would bo quite different. r Tvxim lrr Timu. i A recent communication from Colum bia, Mo., says: Tho executive commit tee of tho Missouri board of agriculture has mndo arrangements for extonslve experiments with Texan fever. In co operation with the experiment station, the work of last season will bo dupli cated. Texas cattle, freed of ticks by tho uso of a dip, will bo placed In pas tures with nntlvcs to prove tho cfflcacy of this mode of disinfecting. Pastures thnt woro Infected last season havo bcon burned over, nnd native cattle will bo placed upon them to nscortaln if th burning has effectually destroyed the ticks. Dr. J. W. Connoway will make further tests with sorum Intended to Immunize native cattle. Cattle Immun ized Inst season will bo tested again this year, to ascertain tho length ot tlmo tho scrum will prove effective Ticks hatched on Immunized cows hava been kept over the winter, and their progeny will bo placed on natives to ascertain their ability to convoy tut Infection. Overproduction bt flogs. We hear a prominent Indiana breeder say not long ago that hog cholera last season, was a blessing in disguise. "If all thoso hogs had lived, and the usual proportion of them bred," said her "you could walk from ono end of the country to tho other on the backs ot hogs next fall." He lost several thou sand dollars through the disease, but ho bolloves his loss from depreciated values would have been about the same had there been no dlseaso la the .pountry. Whllotho hog rightly managed may bo made ono of the farmers' most certain sources of profit, thero Is no other stock that will In creaso so fast, and with which ho la so likely, to becomo oversupplled. Thero Is reason In all things even la tho rearing of swine. Am. Swlue Breeder. Inspect tho Greenhouse. If you have a greenhouse, see that It la kopt clean,. If yem neglect to go over It frequently and thoroughly, Insects will gather la cracks and crevices, and breed there and In a short time they will become so-1 tkmly entrenched that you find it Impossible to get rid of them. Act oa tho defensive by not allowing them to gain a foothold. It Is a feood plan t Bcnld tlio benches and shelves, and af terward give them a wash of water con taining carbolic acid. Ex, The Dormudas exnort over 17.MA.4. 1 000 pounds ot onions annually, -wici M r i. i M ifftnrvmrmf vmn t -fny r'-V--