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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1904)
I ITH TtlE BEST JErsfST' THE VALUE OF SAYING "NO." "No" Ib characterized ns "a mono syllable the easiest learned by a child, but the most difficult to practice by tho man." Dr. Johnson dlsplajs a world of wis dom In these few simple lines, and the saying Is no less true In regard to women than It Is to men. It seems cold and heartless to a man to rcfuso to lend n friend a little money to tide over some anxious time, and yet It Is a great question as to whether he Is Justified In doing so If he himself Ib forced to make tome of his own creditors wait while his money Is fulfilling a friend's need. In domestic life a woman hnB also much call for the little monobyllablo "No." She may dislike to disappoint her children In some matters, but knowB in her heart of hearts that the granted favor would be bad for their health or future happiness. Yet how few mothers do say "No" under such circumstances! And they excuse themselves by saying It Is bad for children to be thwarted! Sao It is. but If the said children were brought up to know that their mother had always a good reason for her decis ion nnd wns not to be cajoled out of that decision, the mother would save a great deal of annoyance both to herself and to others thrown In con tact with her offspring. Philadelphia Ledger. THE WEST LENDING MONEY. It has not been very many years since the great and growing West wns largely dependent on the money cen ters of the far Cast for the greater part of the money needed In all lines of business. Funds required for about everything from crop moving to coun ty courthouses had to bo secured from Wall street or some of Its adjacent branches and the charges for this money In th? aggregate made qu'lto n drain on our traffic profits. This dependence on the East had a tenden cy to belittle the Importance of the West In the eyes of the Manhattan money kings and the possibility of a release from this commercial bond age to them received but scant con sideration. It Is now being forced upon them with unmistakable clear ness. Not only has the West devel oped a financial power that renders her almost wholly independent of the East, but western capital is actually Invading the domain of Wall street and picking up financial bargains which, by virtue of years of monop oly, that great money power had come o regard ns exclusively Its own. Portland Oregonlan. UNPROFITABLE HOARDING. Money hoarded means Interest lost. The old stocking Is as undesirable for the keeping of money as the unsound bank. This is a financial turlsm. It is equally true of goods and chat tels. The gown of winter before last, stored In a capacious attic, gathers moths, but loses its rightful interest the comfort and ease which it might bring to some poor woman. The worn overcoat, kept by Its owner "in case of need," falls of its proper ser vice In the actual "case of need" of the half-clothed laboring man out of work through Illness. So of the cast-off clothes of the mind discarded magazines and books. Tho increasing piles of these waste interest on tho top shelves ot the well-filled library, while the actlvo minds of men, women and children leBs well supplied hunger for tho food of the printed page, until ungratlfied desire dies, and they sink to tho level of tho unreadlng mnss. Whatever has service In It should bo passed on promptly from hand 10 hand until that power of service Is exhausted. The rubbish heap Is more creditable than an unused accumula tion of useful things. Hoarding is bad economy In every department of life. Losing interest on savings .s foolish Improvidence, whether the In terest Is reckoned In dollars and cents or in gratitude, relief and com fort. Youth's Companion. HOW TO STAY YOUNG. How old are you? The adage says that women are as old as they look and men as old as they feel. That's wrong. A man and woman are as old as they take themselves to be. Growing old Is largely a habit of the mind. "Ab a man thlnketh In his heart so is he." If he begins shortly after middle age to Imagine himself growing old bo will be old. To keep one's self from decrepitude Is somewhat a matter of will power. The fatCB are kind to the man who hangs on to life with both hands. He who lets go will go. Death Ih slow only to tackle the tenacious. Ponce do Leon searched In tho wrong place for the fountain of youth. It Is In one's self. One must keep one's self young inside. So that while "tho outer roan perisheth the inner man Is renewed day by day." When the human mind ceases to ex pert Itself, whon there Is no longer an Motive Interest In tho affairs of this -Hfe; when tho human stops reading ' and thinking and doing, the man, like a blasted tree, begins to die at the top. Vou nro as old as you think you are. Keep the harness on. Your Job Ib not done. Milwaukee Journal, WORLD'S WRITERS THE POWER OF "DIXIE." No other song has ever touched tho hearts of all the people of this land as "Dixie" touches them. During the wnr "John Brown's Body" swept the heart strings of the north nnd their brnve "boa in blue." The war has passed nnd the song Is passing, Ib al ready much of a memory. Hut "Dixie" Is moro vlbrnnt with llfo todny than It wns when It cheered the lean and hungry legions that were battling for tho "lost cause." It has not only sur vived the war, but slnco then It has conquered tho conquerors nnd echoes In the heartB of those that loved the blue as In the hearts of those that loved tho gray. It has tho mnglc of tho "Marselllnlso" In It. Hut It Is without Its clarion call that excites the red blood of strife. It Is gay, sweet, serene, Indefatigable. It may not be great music, but It has the quality of all that counts In this world survival and It Is one of those ballads of a nation that the very wise man reckoned as moro powerful than laws. Indianapolis News. NO PLACE FOR SHIRKER. Then It bluntly follows thnt thero Is no religion at all In shirk and no salvation for the shirker. There must bo a new vision of honest labor, as the hopefulest sign of manhood. To cut down our work to a minimum Is the new sin of tho twentieth century. To hinder a man or a woman from earning dally bread violates not so much civil law, as the Golden Rule. Wo have got a huge He Imbedded In our modern view of labor. It Is some thing to be avoided, something to be legislated out as far as possible. The now religion will demand more work rather than less, but a fair division of Its obligations and aftorward Jus tice In distribution. The sooner we turn our faces away from the dogmas of mediaeval pietism and the crotchets of formalism tho better for us.-. Church Register. THE FOLLY OF GILT LACE. As I have often said, I wonder that raonarchs cannot officially meet with out each arraying himself In the uni form of tho other. If I were to call on a Turk I should not, put on a fez and expect him to cover 'his head with a hat. Why, Indeed, monarchs should wear uniforms except when taking part at reviews I do not know. They are tho heads of states which aro composed of clvlllnns who pay a cer tain number of persons to bo soldiers, or who oblige all to serve as soldiers for a fixed period. Why, too, an English cltlr.cn who Is asked to attend tho Levee of his Sovereign supposing that he has no uniform, as Is tho case with many should be called upon to array him self In the dress of a bygone age ot velvet and frills, with a sword by IiIb side, is also a thing that surpasses my understanding. Tho poor man manages to look as ridiculous as some stout civilian deputy-lieutenant strap ped up In the uniform of a colonel. Ixmdon Truth. BEAUTY ON THE DOWN GRADE. A warning note Is struck by a lady, who has both medical and literary sum, against the reckless disregard Of those laws Which In.lkn fnr linnittv We English aro growing plainer, she avers, simply because we allow even our children to bo affected by the stress and strain of modern life. The smartness, tho ability to look after themselves and tho athleticism of the women and children of the present time spell physical ruin. Beauty Is rarely seen nowadays In Its unadorned style. Lovely women nro artificial products, and really lovely children are as scarce as auks' eggs. The rea son Is that our expressions have grown anxious, eager, cold, our limbs and members are strained out of shape by overexerclse, our complex Ions nnd hair are starved for lack of nervo force. The exaulslto enmninv. Ions, luxuriant locks, dcllcnte features and clear. Innocent-looking eyes that one associates with beauty are so scl dora seen as to be quite remarknblo when they are, and we are threatened with a still further decrease of these elements of good looks unless we bring back our girls to the prunes and prisms style of upbringing, which perhaps after all is the best for them. The "larger life" certainly has Itr drawbacks. London World. WHY NOT ENDOW MEN? We venture, to assert that if our men of great wealth and philanthropic motives who have lately been giving so generously and largely of their ac cumulations to tho endowment of col legos, hospitals, libraries and other worthy objects and Institutions should turn some part of this volume of be neficence Into tho endowment of men, they might be contributing even moro largely In some Instances to the prog ress of the world and tho happiness and well-being of their fellows. Wo mean by this the selection of men of character, experience and proved abil ity and tlmir assignment to some lino of needed educational, charitable ot reform work, with a fair and Just sal- in i nllnu-nnnn f.itnr.inlnn.l rn n - " o .....v..... ivji a rvu-i sounble number of years, If not fort lire. Leslie's Weekly. MAKES HUE KINDLING EASY. New Combination a Welcome Thing On a Cold Morning. There Is an nrt in starting a tiro that Is not known to oer one, which Is frequently attested b the news paper repot ttt of unfoituniito sonant girls who are blown through the kitchen roof while attempting to light the stoe with the aid of a can of kerosene. For thos-o who are not pos sessed of the aforesaid nrt and who arc not pnrticulatly nnlous to meet the fate of the unfortunates icfirreil to. there has been devised a really commendable assistant In the foim of a klndler. Now, everybody knows thnt one of tho very best aids to fire-making Is n nice plno knot or light wood stick, but Using the Kindler. the great difficulty that confronts tho nverage housohold In the consideration ot this method Is that tho means arc not rendlly procurable. Tho now klndler consists of a com bination of Intlnmmable, but not dan gerous, Btibstances, which nro lighted nnd thrust Into the rnngo or stovo or furnace, for It wrll do Its work equally well In one as the other. Tho patentee describes his Invention na consisting of n core or foundation of wood contcd with a mixture of rosin nnd tnllow, nnd finally enveloped with finely cut shavings of wood pulp. Ono end of the wood Is free of tho coating, and is thus easily used as n handle. Killed 150 Rattlers. This country rings with tho praises of a party of bIx Pittsburg telephone linemen who yesterday blew a hun dred nnd fifty rattlesnakes In one bunch by modern methods. Tho slaughter took place near Garrett, where the progress of the telephone employes was impeded by rnttlers, which came out in great droves on the mountain bide. On a ledge of rock the linemen saw what they claimed was a bunch of many hundreds, and they laid plans for a killing. Yesterday morning, at daybreak, dynnmltc was placed on two sides of the ledgo of rocks where the snake congress met, anil at noon when all the snakes had crawled o'tt to sun themselves the explosions came. When the smoke cleared away 124 snakes were found dead. Tho linemen report that previous to this, In six days, they had killed fifty rat tlers with their guns nnd clubs. Somerset (Pa.) cormspondenco of tho Baltimore Sun. Scarf of William the Conqueror. Mr. and Mrs. G. Wentworth Fltz trilllam of Milton Hall, Peterborough, England, have a little baby. When the baby was christened a few weeks ago tho Infant, following a custom which has been observed in tho Fltzwllllam family for centuries, wore tho famous William tho Conqueror scarf. This Bcarf. it Is said, Is ono of tho two au thentic possessions of tho Conqueror, and was proscnted to a direct ances tor of tho family who was n marshal In tho Conqueror's host. Now over 800 years old, It Is In a somewhat tit tered and precarious condition. So cherished a practice has It becomo in the fnmlly thnt the present Earl Fltz willlnm, who waH born in Cannda, was brought to England to bo baptized, In order that he might bo adorned with tho historic garment. Mafia's Emblem. This Is tho slgnaturo most dreaded by, the sons ot Italy. Mouse Nest Under Rallrcad Frpg. A mouso nest under a frog In tho railroad tracks near here has been discovered by V. K. Sharp, tho sta tion agent, and the Rev. W, Bennett, Tho nest Is within a fow Inches of tho rails, over which hundreds of cats pass dally. Berlin (Pa.) correspon dent Philadelphia Record. Novel Milking Process. In tho now Umschnu electric milk ing process a rubber cap Is placed over tho cow's udder, and the milk Is drawn by the suction of an electrically driv en pump. Tho method Is claimed to bo both cleaner and quicker than hand-milking. 0 "ir HIS DUTY TO TEST ALU. English Official Fined 32 Cents for Neglecting His Duty. Among tho curious old customs still surviving In England, one or tho most Intt'icHiIng Is that nt Dunstable, where tho town council has an official ale taster Not Is this offico a sinecure, since the nldernmn who holds It wns the other day fined 32 cents for neglect of duty, and before being icnppolntud to It he gae promise to discharge faith full) his service In future Last Saturday night he sot out on a round of the public houses. At each of them he called for ale, whtau wns willingly given when tho wnirnnt had been read, hotting forth his duties as follows: "To know good nle, to taste tho assise and goodness of nil ale within the precincts of the manor, and to look after tho mcasuics used In public houses." At most of tho plnces which ho visited ho was able to glvo a guarantee that the ulo was "of good body, free from harmful Milmtances, and of full meanuie." This the Joyful publicans nre now exhibiting In the windows of their hos tolrleu to advertise their wares withal Sketch. CAT LOVES SWEET CORN. Every Day He Brings an Ear fer His Owner to Husk. Jack, a pet of Miss A. M. Flagg of Exeter, Mass., Is a black and white cat of remaikablo size and beauty, and posseted of Intelligence of a lugh or der. He has this season developed an In oidlnato fondness for sweet corn, nnd for some time has dally brought to his mlstiess an car, which she would husk, whereupon he has eagerly de vout ed every kernel of tho corn und at times much of tho cob. How Jnck seemed his tidbit hns been a mystery Just holved nfter long watching. Ho was seen to entt'r tho gat don, lenp high upon n corn stalk ntid bend It to tho ground. It wns then nn easy mntter to tour off tho coeted ear. Manchurlan Pagoda. This Illustration, from tho London Sphere, sIiowb the tulns of ono of tho Chinese pagodas in Manchuria. Pa godas aro Btill erected occasionally, but foreign Ideas have crept In to tho oxent that they aro sometimes built of iron Instead of brick. Rats Cause Disastrous Explosion. A remarkablo gas explosion oc curred recently In Ix-ndon. The explo sion took place underneath tho foot way, dislodging some paving stones nnd throwing up among a quantity of debris two dozen large rats, killed by the explosion, and n number of oth ers, moro or less Injured, scampered away In nil directions. An examina tion disclosed the fact that tho net work of gas and water pIpeB at tho spot had formed tho nesting place of a colony of rats. Moreover, tho re mains of several matches indicated the probability that they had been car ried theio by the rodents, nnd, becom ing Ignited by friction, had caused tho explosion of gas which had escaped from the mnln and accumulated there, Infant In All but Intellect. There has just died In Stockerau, Bavaria, at tho ago of 28 years, a dwarf, Maria Schumann, who passed her wliolo llfo In tho cradlo whero she slept her first sloop twenty-eight years ago. Up to tho day of her death this strange creature preserved tho height and general appoaranco of an Infant of a few months, but her Intellect wns normally dovelopcd, and nothing could huvo been odder than to hear this tiny baby In tho cradlo talk like an adult, with much vlvnclty and Intelli gence! Late Census Figures. Tho 1900 consus shows that whlto farmers operated 4,970,120 farms In this country, with a total of 708,908,187 acres and valued at $19,091,131,880, ex clusive of products. Nogroos operat ed 740,717 farms, Including 38,233,933 acres and valuod at $409,943,734. In dians had 19,910 farms valued at $38, 239,178; Chinese 1,842 farma, Japaucso r,70 nnd Hawallans 189. Of tho entlro number of farmers 3,149.344 owned their entlro farm and 4Iil,5in were part rM-pP. JlL. SBSBSBJBJBBBBJMMmCTiHK BBBBHy2flKV9HPBBjSJPBJBJTnBH HIbbbbbbb9Nb5EkEisbbbm Hi WEEKLY PANORAMA IP -Mi i RICH MEN WERE WARY. Card Sharper Disgusted Over Fail ure of Efforts to Fleece Them. At tho bankers' convention In New York they told this ntoiy nbout .Indies Stlllmnn, president of the National City bank. Ho was on his way homo from Emopo not long ago and In common with sonic other mngnntcH was pestered by gamblers who want ed him to piny cards. Ono morning ns Mr Stlllman wns in close conver sation with II. McK. Twombly the nioht dnrlng member ot tho gnug of card sharps pushed his way to them and renewed his Impoitunllles. Turn ing upon him thnt stccHIko glance they know so well at tho Nntlonal City bank, Mr. Stlllman said quietly: "Ixiok here, now, I have repeatedly told you that I do not wish to play and do not Intend to play. Do you sco (hat tuff rail? You get away from me, sir, or I'll throw you overboard." As tho gnmhler drew off Millcnly, ho was heard to u'.nnrk. "This Is tho cheapest 'hunch' of mllllouultcH I oer struck on tho Atlantic." HONORED BY ODD FELLOWS. vN .3, awM E. S. Conwny, tho newly elected deputy grand Biro of the Odd Fellows' fraternity, Is a resident of Oak Park, Illinois. Ho was selected on tho sec ond ballot at the convention in San Francisco, Cal., by a vote of almost two to ono over J. L. Nolan of Tennes see. Mr. Conwny will have charge of tho greater part of the work of tho order, and this made tho fight for tho position a spirited one. THOUGHT PRINCE WAD WAITER. Embarrassing Mistake Made by Southern Millionaire. Gov. Wnrfield of Maryland was ten dered a reception In St. Louis, while visiting the fair. Among other guests was n millionaire tail mine ownor from Louisiana nnd a Clngnleue prince. Tho southerner desired to order some Ico cream for a Baltimore bcllo who wbb of Gov. Warficld s party and looked around for a waiter. His eye fell on tho oriental potentnte, whom he took for a waiter and direct ed to bring tho desired dainty. Tho prince, however, wns game, bnw tho humor of the -iltuatlon, and with the nBslstanco of a waiter secured tho delicacies nnd presented them to tho Iialtimoro hollo with nil tho grace of a cultured man of Ceylon's Isle. Tho salt merchant's embarrassment was almost painful when he realized the situation, but npologles followed and the prlnco laughed as heartily as an. of the guests. DON CARLOS IN DANGER. A would-be assassin recently flrnd two bhots at Don Carlos, the pretend er to tho Spanish throne. His nlm was bad nnd Don Curios was uninjured. WON BY DISPLAY OF WEAL'i.. Wronged Husband Gives Long List of Seducer'c Wiles. CharloB H. Fox, a well-known Phila delphia florist much patronized by boclety, who Is suing Georgo L. Slpps, a wealthy builder, for alienation of his wife's affections, hns filed a list of ways lit which ho says Slpps won Mrs. Fox, as follows: "Spending money while out with Mrs. Fox; wear ing numerous flno and Impressive suits of clothing; sporting many mag nificent diamonds; by freely opening choice vnrletles of wines. Inchniimr champagne; by supplying Mrs. Fox witn many oxnens ve and olfi-nnt gowns; by taking Mrs. Fox with him to an tno pleasure resorts In tho city; by rare boquets und flowers; by pur chasing many laces, furs and furbe lows for Mrs. Fox; by tho largo tips ho gave waiters In cafes while ac companying Mrs. Fox; by hiring ve hlclos and allowing them to stand by the hour, regurdless of expense. ASTI R.EV01 MORGAN TO QUIT BUl Son of Great Financier Charge of Firm. J. I'lerpont Morgan Jr. has lea? n New York house, furnished, four months, and Ik going to spend tho winter there. Mr Moignn expects to take up tho details of the mnnngo meut of tho fit m of J. P. Morgan & Co. nt the end of the year, when hit father will retire from actlvo busi ness, though remaining noinlnnlly at tho head of the firm for some time. Thu financier has pnld less atten tion to his business and more to nrt and charity lu the last two years, and. It Is said, ho Is now willing to shift almost the entlro responsibility upon bis son und upon other partners, of whom ho hns ten. It Is estimated that Mr. Morg"n's wealth Is from $100 000,000 to $150,000,000. CHIEF JOSEPH A GENERAL. Head of the Nez Perces Indians Mad Record as Fighter. Old Joseph, chief ot the Nez Porco Indlaim, Is dead. Joseph was a gen eral. Ho was ono of thu fow savages who succeeded in combining the boat In tho red man's system of fighting with thnt which ho hud learned from tho whlto man'3 methods of war fare. Ho mudu tho combination tell In the field. Tho "Nez Perces had1 boon treated badly in tho matter of tfc treaty. Joseph with his hand fought for the land which tho whites would have taken from him. He thrushei tho troops. Reinforcements' wcro sent and Joseph led his men In a masterly retreat through tho mountains. CcJL Nelson A. Miles wns sent nfter Chief Joseph, nnd ho succeeded In rounding up and bringing the band to bar Overwhelmed by numbers, Josoph sur rendered on condition thnt ho bo al lowed to return to his own country. Tho government promised and broko Its pledge. Josoph, tho story goetr,' onco snld to MIIcb: "You should lovk mo; I mode a brave of you." Tbtrci aro few of the Nez Porccs toft, and la the death of Chief Joseph they bare lost their last clnlm to distinction. GRAND 8IRE OF ODD FELLOW&i mwr stmjTr Robert Emmet Wright, who has been elected grand biro of tho Sover eign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, has for years been a dlstinKulshod mem ber of tho ordor. Bora In Allontown, Pa., Feb. 10, 1847, ho has lived thero ever slnco and is Interested in many, of Its Industries. Ho was educated for a civil engineer, but Inter studlod law, and hns acted as attornoy for railway and other corporations. Fi nancially ho Is interested In banks, Btrect railways nnd other lr.rgo com panics. LEARNING THE GENTLE ART. Ambassador Choate Makes a Discov ery While Angling. Joseph HodgoB Choate, American ambassador to Great Britain, Is trying to master tho gentlo art ot angling under the direction ot an Englistt "trouter." Ho writes to a frlond: "I am getting on famously, my average weeklly catch being about ono bite." Not long ago Henry Whlto, secretary of tho embassy, went down to tho country place whero Choato Is Btop-, ping and found him buty whipping s. etream. Not far away a decaying flab In tho tall grass wna attracting the vermin in the air. Tho nmbassador noticed Mr. White's glaueo nnd slight aniff. "Whlto," said he, "did you ever land a tiout?" "Just a few, Mr. Am- t baasador." "I'm wondering if you drow the moral I havo drawn. Did you notice" pointing toward tho wntcr and then to the decaying sub stance "that it In much harder to catch fish wJth fllvs than files with fib?" V . 4. Tk amm