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Remember that I sell
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White Goods,
Ladies, Shopping Bags,
Hosiery, Mittens,
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Laces and Embroideries
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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FEB. 10. 189H.
LETTER FROM FLORIDA.
A Former Red Cloudlte Tells of His South
ern Home Where Farming is a Diffi
cult and Laborious Task
Jacksonville, Fin., Jan. 10.
Editor Chikk: 1 own you many n
luttor for tho weekly visits of Tub
Ciui'.h aie much piizeil. I iuii writing
at my school house, twouty miles fiotn
thu city, and us tomorrow is Fiiiliiy
will luivo to uinku tliu tiip home. Now
thnsb twenty miles tiro long or short,
ueeoiding to the standpoint you look
from. If inuustireit by thu timu neees
sury to tmvcl oer tlium they tiro much
loi'gur than Nubiusku tulles. At this
end they uro over woods roads, with
plenty of water and no bridges. One
mile U a solid sheet of water fiom four
to eight inches deep. At thu other
end the roud is graded for about live
miles and is very good now, but in dry
times it is deep with sand and is sim
ply awful. Judging by tho mile posts
however, tho miles are very short.
Tho road is posted and tho ninn who
took tho contract set tho posts at bo
much per post, ami ho could easily slu
that tho more miles tho more posts and
tho more dollars. Ho measured with a
cart wheel and never placed a post in
a low place, but selected tho ncnn.it
dry place. His miles arc on tho avoi
ago about four-fifths of a mile long.
It is said that tho man who posted tho
balance of the road, in Clay county (the
road runs from Jacksonville in Duval
county to Middleburgh in Cloy county)
was more patriotic. Desiring to bring
his Middleburgh home as near as pos
sible to tho metropolis of Florida ho
measured with a coon skin and threw
in tho length of the tail for good meas
ure Now the sitnatlon is this, both
the Duval county mile and tho Clay
county rnilo havo tho stamp of tho
(stute) government and uro legal ten
der for miles therefor. Four-fifths of
a niilo is u milo or six-fifths of a milo,
or more, is a mile. How fur is it from
Jacksonville to Middleburgh? I have
now lived among the country people
of Florida for tbreo winters and must
say I like them. Thoy aro a simple,
quiet, kindly and friendly peoplo, but
they aro quick to "get down on" a
stranger if bis ways do not suit them.
If, however, you get along with them
until you get used to them and thoy to
you, you are all right. I wanted a
horse and wagon onco and several
neighbors came, out of their way, to
tell mo of a good bargain where any
one of them fcould have mado five or
ten dollars by purchasing themselves
and Belling to mo. A great majority of
theso peoplo do not seo a nowspapor
of nny kind onco a year, and I think a
majority of thorn cannot rend or writo
more than their own name Thoy aro
however, singularly intelligent con
sidering tho circumstances. News
travels in n remarkable manner, al
though sometimes it becomes strangely
distorted. During tho year 181)7 thero
wore war vessels of Undo Sam's navy
hero most of the time. , Tho dynamito
cruisor Vesuvius and tho cutter Daunt
less being our most constant visitors.
One evening whon proceedings were
being had in the United States court
against the filibuster Throo Friends
tho captain of ono of tho vessels was
wanted early tho next morning as a
witness. He was aboard his vessel off
tho bar at tho mouth of the St. John's
river. The search lights of anothor
war vessel lying hero were turned up
ward after dark that night and tho
vessol twenty miles away was signaled.
A message to tho captain was flashed
upon tho clouds and tho noxt morning
tho wished tor captain was upon hand.
Those lights, however bad been seon
ovor a remarkably largo territory and
the darkies of northern Florida wero
terrified and thought the last day was
about to dawn. A fleet of torpedo
boats visited us shortly beforo tho doc
larrtion of war and wo rccoived calls
from larger vessels, Tho torpedo boat
is a queer looking cruft, cigar shaped,
wttn nuns not much thicker than boil
or iron, with no railing or bulwark to
provont a man from being washed
overhaul d, thoy look liko n very tickl
ish thing to go to ten in and a still
more ticklish thing logo into battle on
Thoy carry lorpulo tubes and llotch
kiss guns on deck, both of which enn
bo opernted by a man who stands with
only his licul hud shoulders above thu
deck. It is said that soiuo of Miom ato
capahlo of being stibium gcd to the
level of thu deck when going into ac
tion. ,
Tho soil hereabouts is mostly sand or
sandy and is so frequently washed by
heavy rains that all vegetable toftio
Is washed out of it so that it requites
thu constant application of fertilizer
toieuilerit produutivo. One wilier on
the subject writes, "the soil of Florida
will produce well with tho aid of a
small amount of fertilizer," but he
added, orally, It requires tho fertilizer
to bo applied uvury thiity days. Tho
country people seldom own the laud
they live on. They "squat" ou-a piece
or as best buy a tax titlu and raise a
few sweet potatoes, a little corn, some
sugar cane and a patch of greens, per
haps. In the spring when the mo
squitoes get so bad as to drive the
cows out of tho woods the farmer pre
pares a pen in which bo conliues them
during the night. In order to induce
them to como homo regularly he builds
lires around tho pen that tho smoke
may protect thorn. The calves have in
the mean tlmo remained without tho
pon and during this season of tho year
ho has milk in tho morning. After tho
hord has remained long enough on one
spot to fertilize it sufficiently, the pen
is moved and tho process is repeated.
This operation is known as cow-penning
and about tho only way tho farmer has
of "taking in" new land. Tho old land
is fertilized from tho stable whero his
ono pony horse is kept nnd If ho koops
n string of "oxens" with which to haul
logs or railroad ties t the nearest sta
tion or rivor lauding, they aro kept in
a yard ovor night and fed on bran
shipped from tho north. This adds to
tho fertilizer pile which helps keep up
thu old land. Somo cotton seed meal
is purchased occasionally to assist in
making the corn crop. It is fed to the
stock and is also applied directly to the
ground. I said the oxen wero kept in
tho yard, this is because thoy go too
far away from homo in search of grass
if left at large in tho spring. During
tho remainder of tho year they are fod
bran once a day and turned out to for
ago "long food" from tho wiro grass of
tho woods. Tho cow-penned land is
most reliod upon to mako a crop and
soonor or later the old ground is given
up and allowed to go back to broom
sedge and old-Hold pino. Scarcely any
cotton is raised here. Sweet potatoes
and Florida syrup aro tho products
most relied upon to fetch what money
is needed. When tho "tutors" aro dug
a few hogs aro usually hunted in tho
swamps and put in to eat up such
yams as remain in tho ground. Thoy
aro perhaps helped on a littlo by being
fed tho small potatoes or such of them
ns aro not needed for seed. Somo
farmers in this way have pork during
tho greater portion of tho year, but
most of them buy bacon over half tho
time. Bacon nnd grit form tho basis
of their table faro. What is grit you
will ask. Well whon I saw barrelful
after barrnlful with the Nobraska City
label on them I thought it must take
an elaborate and expensive plant to
manufacture it, but whon I saw my
landlord last winter grind corn in a
mill not mnch larger than a coffee mill
then take the ground product and sift
it through a common flour sieve which
lots tho outer part of tho kernol, being
more flinty than the conter part of the
grain grinds np finely, through wbllo
tho starchy middle part lemains in tho
siovo, and after tho chaff bad boon
blown off was known as grit, or homi
ny. The tine which passed through
tho sieve was corn meal. This meal
being fresh, made excellent corn cakes.
Tho officers of the county are largely
appointive and tho people of tho south
havo littlo to say. Appointmonts aro
mostly mado by tho governor on tho
recommendation of tho county central
committee. It follows that tho demo
cratic contral committee is a vory pow
erful body ami of much moro import
ance than nio similar committees in the
north. County officers hold office,
most of them, for four years. After
election thu governor usually appoints
those who havo received u plurality of
feWF
In the country it is hard to get help for the house
hold work. Wives, mothers and daughters who do their
own work should have the very best of everything to
do it with. Ivory Soap is the best; it cleans quickest
and is easiest on the hands. It floats.
A WORD OF WARNING. There are many whit soaps, etch represented to be "Just u toot
s the 'Ivory '; " they ARE NOT, but Ilka all counter! ellt, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
of the genuine. Aak for "Ivory " Soap and Insist upon getting It
OOTUeHT MM ST 1W aaoariN tAMU 00. OMCHMATt
votes; but ns ho has tho power of re
moval and usually uses it at the re
quest of tho central committco, it will
bo seen that the committeemen aro
bosses. On ono occasion somo yenrs
ago a full sot of officers wero ousted
by a simple "neglect" to approve their
bonds. A now But wore then appoint
ed whoso bonds wore promptly ap
proved. As for me things have moved very
smoothly sinco I havo been hero, and I
like my Florida homo very well. Well
if I don't stop nnd mail this I fear it
will never bo finished and will share
tho fato of one I commenced somo
months ago. If I knew jnst what
points your readers desire information
about I wonld cheerfully enlighten
them through Tjk Cimr.
Yours respectfully,
Jno. It. WlLLCOX.
How's This.
We offor ono hundred dollars reward
for any caso of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Curo.
F. J. Ciikney & Co., Props.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Wo tho undersigned havo known F
J. Cheney for thu past fiftoon years,
and boliovo him perfectly bonorablo in
all business transactions and financial
ly ablo to carry out any obligations
made by tho firm.
West & Tkuax,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Waldino Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
nud mucous surfaces of tho system.
Price 75c per bottlo. Bold by all drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills aro the best.
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Dangers of the Grip.
The greatest danger from la grippe
is of its resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable care is used, however, and
Chamberlain's Cough llemedy taken
all dangers will bo avoided. Among
the tens of thousands who have used
this remedy we havo yet to loam of a
single case having resulted in pneu
monia which shows conclusively that
this remedy 1b a certain preventative
of that dangerous disease. It will curo
la grippe in loss timo tiian any other
treatment. It is pleasant and safo to
take. For Salo by II. . Grlce.
To insure a happy now year keep tho
liver clear and tho body vigorous by
using IioWitt'ri Littlo Kuily Uisers, tho
tho famous little pills for constipation
and liver troubles. C. L. Cotting,
NUMBER 6
CHURCH SERVICES.
CIIKISTIAN CHURCH.
Services each Lord's Day as follows
Morning sorvica at 10:30. Subject,
"By faith Abel offered unto God a
moro excellent, suerllleo than Cain, by
which ho obtained witness that ho was
righteous, God testifying to his gifts,
nnd bv it ho, belngdead.yot spoakoth,"
(Kind it.)
Bible school, 12m.
Junior Christian Endeavor 8 p.m.
Senior Christian Endeavor 0:45 p.m.
Evening service at 7:80 o'clock. Sub
"The Greater Works."
Prayer meeting nnd bible study oi
Wednesday evenings.
Ladles' Aid Society Friday after
uoons. Our pleasant church home and all
services aro ever opon to tho public
L. A. Hussono, Pastor.
METHODIST
Services next Sunday as follows:
Morning service ut 10:110.
Sunday School at 11:30 a.m.
Preaching at Amboy at 8 p.m.
junior tieaguo at 4 p.m.
Senior League at 7 p.m.
Evening service at 7:80.
Prayer meeting on Wcdnesdnyoven
Inal7:80. Ladles Aid Society Friday afternoon.
All aro most cordially invited to at
tend. James Mark Darby, Pastor.
BACTI8T CUUUCIl.
Services next Sunday as follows.
Morning services at 10:00.
Memorial Service for Mrs. I. W. Ed
son. Sunday School at 11:45.
Juniors meeting at 8 p.m.
Young Pooplo's Union meots at 7
p.m.
Evening service at 7:80. Subject,
"Constraining Lovo."
General prayer and conforonoe meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7:80.
All cordially invited. Seats free.
Isaac W, Edson, Pastor.
conoukoational.
Regular services noxt Sunday as fol
lows: Morning service ut 10:30.
Sunday School at 11:45.
Sermon at Indian creek at 8:80 p.m.
Young People's Society of Christian.
Endonvor at 0:30 p m.
Evening service ut 7:30.
Mid-week prayer meeting and con
forenco Wednesday evening at 7:80.
All cordially Invited to attend theso
services.
Frank W. Dkan, Pastor.
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