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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1900)
It! in i ALICIA'S EXPERIMENT, SWVVVVSIjVvVW'wVWVVAVVVVWVWVV'iI'JVSAAAVU'W'VWIAVW".' Alicia Wellington was 26 years old, and she had never received an offer of marriage nor had a lover. Her two younger sisters were both happily married Gertrude to a young man who had adored her from childhood, and Lottie to an elderly widower who had fallen In love with her at her coming-out party. Gortrudo had re fused three offers beforo marrying John Nelson; Lottie, who was born a coquette, had received homage from almost every man she knew from tho time she could talk. Alicia was serious and rather haughty. Her friends called her "In tellectual." and this same Intellect uality made her unpopular with men, who were generally her Inferiors In her chosen style of conversation If not In depth of thought. Until now Alicia had affectod to doflplse the other sex. Lottie's flirtations, and Gertrude's con quests had seemed frholous to her. But she wished to be a well-rounded woman, and It suddenly occurred to her that she know nothing of love, al though It was one of the chief things of life. Tho fact that sho was differ ent from other girls and their In ferior In ono respect was brought home to her by a meditation on love and mntrlmony which followed the receipt of a letter announcing the en gagement of tho only unmarried one of her classmates. To bo suro, Alicia was younger than the other glrla, but she had come out tho samo year. "It Is all very well not to marry," she said to herself In conclusion, "but It Is odd not to attract a Binglc suitor. There must bo something lacking In me. I have always known that I didn't liko men, but It Is strange that men don't like me. I can accomplish al most anything If I make up my mind to It. I will have a lover. I need not marry him, of course, but I will havo him desperately In love with me, ho that I shall havo an Impassioned offer; then I will refuse him." Alicia cast about her list of malo ac quaintances with n view to selecting n suitable man for her experiment. Finally sho choso Iteggy Do Grovo. Krggy was a year younger than Alicia. Ho was as frivolous as any girl, nnd decidedly effeminate In his looks and ways. Ilo hud been ono of Lottie's numorous admirers, In nil Impassive way, but ho bad never gotten up cour ngo to propose to her. Ho had not been suro that ho wanted to do bo. Now ho enmo to the houso rather bo cnuso ho was used to coming to see "tho ladles," onco In so often. Alicia's mother was fond of him, for sho had known him since ho was In dresses, and sho regarded him ns n boy. Of Alicia ho stood somewhat In nwo. "Heggy win bo a good ono to begin with7 thought tho young wolriMi. "Ho will bo easy to Influence. After I havo refused hltn I can try some one tnoro difficult." Thus Miss Wellington began her careor as n lllrt. That evening Heggy camo to tho house. Ho found Alicia wonderfully Interesting. Sho talked ' about cotillon figures, pretty girls, fudges nnd golf. Reginald was In do mand as a cotillon leader, ho was a chevalier des dames, an export chafing dish cook, and an Inspiring golf player. "Gwaclous, I never thought she know so much," ho said to himself, as ho loft tho houso. Hut thin was only hecnuso Alicia had displayed knowl edge of tho subjects with which Iteggy was conversant, for ho had always known that sho was "Intellectual." It was scarcely a week beforo Heggy again presented himself at tho Wel lingtons. He asked fur Miss Welling ton, Instead of for "tho ladles." Ho was unconscious of tho neglect of Mrs. Wellington, but wary Alicia smiled when sho, alone, was summoned to tho drawing-room. "0, Mr. Do Greve," sho said hereto fore al.e had called him Heggy "I know you enn help mo solve something that has boon worrying my poor brain," She took a seat bcsldo tho young man and submitted hor "something" that had been worrying her. It was only acharado, an Intricate ono. how over, to which Alicia know tho answer. Iteggy did not suspect that ho was good at puzzles. Ho solved this one easily, nnd explained tho elaborato process to Miss Wellington. "Thank you, Mr. Do Grovo, you are bo clever," said Alicia, exactly as sho had heard Lottie say tho samo words to different men at least a hundred times. That evening ns Heggy went away his predominant thought was, "Sho thinks mo clover." In tho courso of tlmo Alicia con vinced Heggy that sho was uncommon ly pretty, ngrccablo, not too wise, and altogether charming Just tho woman to presldo over his house and help him epend Lis rather largo patrimony. Sho iVWMWWUWWV'ilVII'lftlVllVVWVVIVlWMVVWWWy WVWl ' also convinced him that ho was clever, witty nnd manly. Indeed, under tho sun of her approval ho grew wonder fully until ho was qulto a different Keggy. i At last tho schemed-for proposal took place. Satisfied with himself, and much tnoro than satisfied with the ac complished Alicia, Heggy asked her to bo his wife. Alicia foresaw tho coming offer, of course. She mado ready to refuse It. Sho oven choso her noxt victim, William Giles, a lawyer of skill and renown. He would bo dim cult to enthrall, but a foeman worthy of her steel Hut she did not think of William when Heggy proposed. She watched "tho boy," as she called him In her heart, with a curious pride. "How well he does It," sho thought. "Love has made a man of him. Ho Is desperately In earnest; ho is charming he Is adorable." "Why, Heggy," sho said nloud. to her own astonishment, "I bellevo I do love you. Yes, I will marry you, after all yes. yes I will." The happy Heggy did not notice the peculiar wording of Alicia's acceptance of his heart and fortune. Ho had won her, and his Joy seemed completo. No ono but his wife ever knew that ho had been tho subject of an experiment. Chicago Tribune. A VORACIOUS CAPRA. Uoat Dined nn the llnrae'a Tall An Amtie'nc Incident. Henry Trnver.s and Otto Koop, who lives n few doors nwuy, have long been tho closest of friends. Uut now thoy never speak ns they pass by, and 'tis all owing to Travers' goat nnd Koop's long-tailed bay mnie. The bay mare had a tall that reached the ground and tho gont nn appetite that was indls crlmlnatlng and only limited by his ambulatory nnd reaching powers. Hut the horse's tall Instead of Bwceplng the floor as of yore, Is now but n Jagged bunch of hnlr, fully n foot nnd a half away from the ground. Tho facts In tho case are Boniowhat hnzy, but Mr. Koop says; "My heart la almost brok en. Why, tho tall of that horso was tho best part of It. I wouldn't havo taken $,'iOO for that mare, but now look nt It! That confounded goat of Trav- orn had to como In here nnd chew off Its tall and disfigure tho finest looking horse In Toledo. Why In heaven's name didn't Travors feed his old billy gnat, ho that he would stay nt homo Instead of trespassing around chewing up horaes' tails. ICn a blamed shame, nnd I'm going down town to seo a law yer friend of mine nnd seo If I can't get damngen. No, tho maro ain't much of n runner or trotter, but you Just ought to have seen that tall. I'll 'kick a lung out or that goat If I get a chance." "Kick a lung out of my gont, will ho?" Indignantly snorted Mr. Trnvers when told whnt Koop had said. "Just let him try It. Damages-.' Fiddlesticks! How Is ho to Btie mo? I didn't eat the tall. Why doesn't ho keep his stable door shut If ho Is so particular?" Toledo News. Nut HilTllttmi. Even ancient superstitions nro not respected by the modern woman of fashion. She has herself photographed In hor wedding dress beforo sho la mar rled, has hor trousseau nxirkcd with her new Initials Instead of her maiden name, and otherwise llles In tho faco of traditions which, to her grandmoth er, wcro sacred because of their very antiquity, says the lMttsburc Dispatch, At tho present moment the ntot fa vored gem for mounting ns a" chaTin Is tho opnl, the stone banned for years as nn omen of bad fortuue to the wear er. Now you And opals in the rough, as well ns polished, being mounted In almost every stylo for wear on neck, chains or on bangles. Thoro Is only ono other stono which can rival them In popularity, and that Is tho palo green Jade. IUhIi'h Cnfillnl. Salt Lako City still presents ono of tho most nbsorblngly Interesting Holds for tho sociologist to bo found on this continent. Tho conditions most vital to n peoplo's life are thoro far beneath the surfuco nnd cannot bo comprehended In a day, nor by a sojournor who looks exclusively through either Mormon or Gontllo eyes. Two generations havo been born into tho Mormon religion, and tho traditions of tho church nro ns binding to them ns thoso of contury old creeds to their followers. Tho man who you are told has "broken away" from the faith you find upon acquaint ance to bo half a Mormon still. The "good Mormon" who Is pointed out to you will bo found to bo, In nlno ensos out of ton, half Gentilo. New Llppln cott. No Twin Mlrrnlir for Him, A clergymnn walking on the out skirts of his parish on day found ono of his parishioners whitewashing his cottage. Pleased at this novel mani festation of tho vlrtuo that Is next to godliness he complimented the man on his desiro for neatneas. With a mysterious air tho workman descend ed from the lndder and approaching tho fonco said: "That's not oxactly tho reason why I'm doln' of this oro Job, your worship. The last two cou ples ns lived here had twins, so I sea to my missus, 'I'll tako nnd whlto wash tho place bo's there mayn't bo no Infection.' You seo, sir, as how we'vo got 10 of 'em alirady." Phono gmphlc Record. A NEW CLAIMANT. BUILDER OF FIRST LOCOMO TIVE IS LIVING. An InUrtlew With I'lilllo England, Who Bn Ha Invented and Kan the Flrit Working Itallwajr Knglue Htephemon IteeognUed the Claim. The man who assisted In building tnd albo assisted In inventing tho first working locomotive is alive today. Ho was engineer on the first steam loco motive that over left London, and fit ted with engines the first working boat ever driven by steam. This man Is Philip England, and ho resides In Lon don. Ho is 88 years of ago and still hale and hearty. He Is tho last of the engineers who wero closely associated with Georgo Stophenson nnd helped him to raako the first locomotive In deed, Mr, England goes so far as to say that he nnd not George Stephenson In vented the first working locomotive. Mr. England recently related his story. I was brought up to tho coachbulld ing trado by my father, but as soon as I had sorved my apprenticeship ran away to sea. Ono short voyngo was enough. Then I found myself back In London. Ono glnnco showed mo that tho days of coaches were numbered, and hearing that the great George Stephenson and his son, Robert, wero then working on a new line at Euston, tho London and Birmingham, now tho Loudon and Northwestern, I offored myself as railway coach builder, and wns given work. Skilled engineers wero not known In thoso days, and, seeing that I had my heart In my work and a clear brain, Georgo Stephenson Boon took mo Into tho locomotlvo workshop. Within a fow months I wns his right-hand man. I remember gng evening, Oct. 27, 1829, the. day after the Rtcoheusons' engine, the Rocket, had won ilrat prize as tho best englno Th a competition open to the world, George nnd I wero Bitting chatting far Into the night. Suddenly a silenco fell over us, and then, nftor n while, Georgo began talk ing In that far-away tono In which people speak In their dreams. "Philip." he said, "I scorn to seo en gines flying over the wholo world. Not only through England, but far away In distant lands where man has as yet novor trod. They'ro quite different to ours, Philip, and they co bo fast I I can't seo nny name on them. Uut I'm glad that day will como, Philip." Then routing himself, he called out, as It challenging refutation: "It will come! It Rill come, although wo sha'n't llvo to bco It." Next day poor Georgo was down with a very bad headache tho doctor said overwork. But I have lived to bee his prophecy como true. Georgo Stophcn3on had one falling. Ho always feared his subordinates would suporsede him. Times and again havo I helped him with Ideas, and never onco did ho over so much ns thank me. Not that he did not ap preciate my help. Half his so-called contrlvanco originated In my brnln. In fact. If tho whole matter could bo gono Into ngaln you would 'probably know me as tho Inventor of the first working locomotlvo. But, thou. heMlod rich, nnd tho world wept. But as for mo well, It's too Into now. But lis ten: During ono of our evening talks Stephenson said to me: "Philip, I couldn't get along without you; but you're not tho man to fight tlio world In order to glvo It the loco. No, Philip, my son and I wero mado to glvo tho world the steam englno nnd you wero mado to help, nnd It I were to give the matter Into your hands tomorrow you would fall. Not that you wouldn't work, but you haven't the will to fight like wo havo. You go on Improving tho engine, and I will rather It. It's got to be so If we're going to win." I could not run a present day loco., but 1 ran tho vory first engine that PHILIP ENGLAND. stemmed out of London. The London and Birmingham lino was tho first lino to touch London, nnd on Sept, 17, 1838, a special train was run from Lopdonto JJoxmoor Heath the line dl dirt go any farther to e5iMue uo rato Us opening. Tho train, which con sisted of four open coaches they would bo called cattle trucks now car ried both tho Stephensons, Brunol, and a lot of rich men who were looking at railways with the speculator's eyes. I ran the engine. When wo got to tho end of the line, right lu tho middle of tho Heath, we pulled up and all had lunch. You should have seen the crowds as came from all the surrounding country to look at tho iron horse! Lor'! how I did laugh when we let off steam. In a minute you couldn't boo a person. They had run for their lives. You have read how the railways were hated whon they first cams. One night after I had worked later than usual with Robert Stephenson, and was making my way home, I was set upon by some twenty coach drivers, who threatened my llfo If I ever dared run another engine. But I stand six foet flvo Inches, and was young In those days. I don't know exactly what happened, nnd I am suro some of the coaches had new drivers next day. NEW BRITISH DUKE. Tho marquis of Lorno, who now be comes tho new duko of Argyll on tho death of his father, Is ono of tho few nobles In Britain allied to tho royal family. But tho marquis, or, rather, the duke. Is very high-bred. His mother was a daughter of tho great duko of Sutherland. In 1871 the then marquis of Lorno was wedded with Princess Louise, tho fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Tho ceremony was performed In London by tho bfshop of ?5'rS.nl .S'ffi'l ty two 9Uler bishops. Qf tho ata'ta church. Tikohfs cele brated father, tho duko Is a learned man, nnd fond of writing. Ho Is tho author of a number of historical and DUKE OF ARGYLL, political works, nnd ho has published two volumes of poetry of a very meri torious order. Politically ho has not been overactive He has sorved a fow years In parllument, nnd was honored with tho vlccroyalty of Canada In suc cession to Lord Dufferin. Ho Is 55 yoars old. South African Market Square. Of any South African town tho most picturesque spot la tho crowded mar ket square. All such squares arc alike to a traveler, says Harper's Weekly, with their low, corrugated-Iron houses lining their sides with the postofllco or government building nt tho upper ond with tho square Itself n foot deep with reddish dust or villainous mud, according to the weather. Gen. French is known as "Silent French." The now famous cavalry loader started his career on tho deck of a mnn-o'-wnr, abandoned for tho In fantry, and on leaving this entered tho cavalry branch of tho eervlco. FAEM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Soma (Tp-to-I)aU IlliiH About Cul tivation of the Soil and Tleldi Thereof Horticulture, Viticulture anil a'lorlculture. Winter Wheat Report. In tho winter wheat report for Illi nois only tho central and southern counties nro Involved, as hut little Is grown In tho northern part of the state. Fifty per cent ot tho returns enow that condition Is good and of tho remaining 50 per cent two-thirds Indi cate fair condition. Four correspond ents In the central part ot tho state and six In the southern report damage by Hosslan fly. Although crops are not suffering, about half our corre spondents state that the ground Is dry nnd rain will Boon bo needed. Tho other 50 per cent report molsturo abundant and lu a few counties, nota bly Livingston, Massac and Iroquois, there has been too much rain to suit tho farmers. Winter wheat In Indiana was badly 'ro-nn out and its condition la very poor. In most localities It does not promiso to yield more than one-fourth to one-half n crop. Hessian fly has also damaged It considerably, especial ly In Blackford and Plko counties. A few correspondents In tho central and southern portions report molsturo de ficient, otherwise the supply Is abun dant. In northern Michigan, whero It was protected by snow, winter wheat is in good condition, but winter killing and tho ravages of tho Hessian fly have not left much In the central and southern portions of tho state. A largo part of the wheat area will bo plowed un der. What remains has improved with the favorable weather ot tho last ten days. Molsturo appears to be abundant enough to suit the needs ot all crops, only ono correspondent re porting any deflcloncy. Ohio correspondents report condi tions very similar to those found In Michigan. Tho bulk ot tho crop has been ruined by winter killing and Hes sian fly. In tho best reports received not moro than two-thirds of a crop is predicted. A few counties aro getting dry, but In almost all parts of the stato molsturo Is aboundant and the wheat that has survived la Improv ing. A few correspondents In Kentucky stato that moisture is deficient, but tho majority report an abundance and some too much rain for corn planting. Wheat Is in splendid condition and n good crop Is anticipated. There are thrco reports of Hessian fly, but little or no damage from that source Is com plained of. Tho reports ot Missouri and Kan sas winter wheat are very encourag ing, condition running "good to very good," or "considerably above the average." Moisture Is abundant In both states and a few counties In Kan sas havo had too much rain. Hessian fly has not appeared in cither state. Subiollliia; for Ornln. It will not, as a general thing, pay to subsoil for grain crops. With tho low price of the cereals tho lncrenao must be very considerable to pay cost of tho extra work. The work of Bub solllng is very great, tho aubsoller hav ing to be hauled by from four to six horses according to construction of tho subsoil. There are however somo lo calities whero subsolllng for grains will pay. This will depend on a good many circumstances thut cannot be polnjcd ou specifically. For In stance there are aubbofls that aro not pnrjd Jo jtlj un. Tn.ere are farms whore the' ufrArigenfenta are such hal the men and horses havo ldlo time, and In such enses tho subsolllng will not be very expensive Thn top wo must make a distinction between the sections of country whero the ralufall is fairly good and tho sections ot country whero the aridity Is so great that there Is little or no water to hold. It Is believed that subsolllng is moro effective whero the rainfall is fairly good than where tho rainfall Is very slight. This Is because tho subsolllng mnkes It possible for tho ground to hold moro water and a part of tho heavy precipitations is caught nnd held in the reservoir that would otherwiso run off. In the caso ot scml-arld lands tho water seldom falls in such quanti ties that the soil cannot retain It. Horticultural Obeervatlom, The annual returns to tho Stato of Florida for fruits nnd vegetables ship ped out Is said to bo about 5,000,000. This Is very much less than it would bo had tho great orango groves not been cut down by tho severe cold spells of the last fow years. It Is reported that there Is qulto a general movement among the truck growers ot Texas for organization. This Is to bo commended, for by such combinations tho better shipment and distribution ot the products can bo ob tained. If the growers of vegetables and fruit over become fully organized it will bo possible to prevent Inferior goods bolng put on tho market. A writer says that Florida suffers more damage from frost than any other state. Tho cold waves this spring have killed largo quantities of early fruits and vegetables. Beans and egg plants wero extensively destroyed. In tho midst of somo of tho vegetable gardens tho thermometer dropped to about 20 bolow the freezing point, Florida !s really In a hard position In this regard. Her product Is of valuo In tho north ern market only becauso of Us cnrll neBB. Yet to get these early vegetables tho work of growing them must begin early In February, at a tlmo whon cold waves nro possible. Wcro tho growers to wait till later, they would find no market that would pay a profit on cost cf production and transporta tion ' ? Tho npplo exhibit at Paris Is likely to attract a good deal of attention from Europeans. It will not consist of the short-keeping varieties to any extent, but of thoso apples that nro known as commercial apples, and that will stand long carriage. Our apple trado with tho Europeans Is growing, and the ex hibit at the exposition will doubtless havo tho effect ot enlarging tho mar ket. Tho only trouble that wo seo ahead Is the difficulty ot supplying tho demand. Good commercial apples aro very high in our markets tho year round, and ot courso will be much higher In a foreign mnrkot, whero the cost of transport, handling nnd addi tional profits must bo added. With out doubt, there Is no more encourag ing field for Investment than in tho lino of apple growing. There nro certain sections of tho country that aro par ticularly adapted to the growing ot apples sections whero land Is cheap and unsultcd to the production ot any thing but fruit niack NlghtKhude, This plant is also known ns com mon nightshade, garden nightshade. It is a smooth annual, ono to two feet high, with rough, angular, widely branching stems, ovato leaves, two to four Inchs long, with wavy margins, drooping clusters ot Bmall whlto flow ers, and black, globose, Juicy berries, which ripen from July to October. The amount of poison present In nny part of this plant varies with tho conditions of growth. Tho more m Black nlghUh3e(SoJanttmtynm) onethlrd natural die. musky odored plants t.ro the most poi sonous. Thoso plants may bo easily killed by cutting them down before the fruit matures. Kitflr Corn ae Stock Food. When fed alone, stock tiro ot Kafir corn much more quickly than they do of corn. Some stockmen feed red and whlto Kafir corn alternately. This gives somo variety, but only partially overcomes tho defect. When Kafir corn Is fed with feeds rich In protein, ns alfalfa, soy beans, bran, or oil meal, animals relish It for nny length of feeding period. Hogs fattened on Kafir corn alono get so that they loathe It, but fed Kallr corn with either alfalfa hay, 6oy beans, or skim milk, they have n keen appetite for. every feed. -. This lack ot protoln (flesh nud'blobd formlng material) and an excess of starch ant other beating substances mniTes Kafir corn an liiideslrablo feed to bo given alone, but combined with tho other drought-resisting feeds alf alfa and soy beans mnkes a ration containing all llfo material In proper proportions needed for meat and milk production and tho growth of young stock. - . . i Kafir corn Is a V5ry constipating feed, and for this reason, when fed alone to cither horses, cattle, at hogs, Induces nn unhenlthful condition. Fed with other constipating feeds, such ns prairie or timothy hnys or corn fodder, tho condition Is mado wone. On tho other hnnd, alfalfa and soy beans nro laxative feeds, nnd cither fed with Knflr corn securos a healthful condi tion of tho nnlmnl, ns shown by tho glossy hair, oily skin, good appetite, and good returns. The first actual returns or statlstlcn for tho twelfth census nro now com ing In to tho Census ofllco. They re late to cranberry culturo and glvo tho acreage, tenure, quantity of fruit pro duced, cewt of labor and fertilizers, area of now plantings, valuo of crop nnd losses from disease, lnsppfa n.,,i othor natural causes for each bog or Plantation, in January, 1900, prelim inary schedules relating to tho cran berry yield of 1899 wero sent out to all tho growers whoso names and ad dresses could bo obtnlned. Enrh i.ii. was accompanlod by a list of tho growers, so far as ascertained, In tho vicinity of tho person addressed, to bo oy him corrected and returned 'to tho Cenuus ofllce. To any additional grow ers whoso names woro thim a,, schedules wore forwarded by return uinii, umi many navo already mado their reports. Clover for Sheen. diovpr i , good feed for sheep, as It contains tho nitrogenous elements necossary for tho making of wool, lean meat nnd tho de velopment Of tllO lnillb Rtlll imhnrti The shepherd that has a bountiful sup ply oi ciover ib won provided with a food that will nut tho flock In tim imaf vIsVF cj condition. , .- .--awlWSkaM