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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1905)
HUiJtUi THE CH1EI- nED OLOUD, NBHUAHKA. PUBLISH BD EVERY FRIDAY. Paul C. Piiaukh OfiomiE Ngwiiouhb Editor Manager flUUSOJtlPTION HATKS. On year... Is mouth .Mr nterod At tno post offlco at Hod Cloud, Nob.n ooond clam mall matior. AUVKKTISINO UATKS: furnished on nillcn(lon. TELEPHONE. SEVEN - TWO Good roads mean good businosH Now would be a good timo to begin work on the roads. Tomorrow Theodore Roosovolt will be inaugurated president of tho United States and ho is tho president ofull the people, too. It begins to look as though tho prop osition for u binding twine plant at tho state penitentiary might fai , after all. It is a good measure, and should bo passed. What, would yon think of a school teacher who en'lodu 10-year-old pupil a "lazy little fool," simply because ho asked her assistance in solving a problem in arithmetic? Nice example, eh? Ono day this week we heard a travel ing man say that the streets and alleys of Hod Cloud were tho dirtest ho had encountered so far this spring. Lets clean up, so tho next time he comes around ho will have a diiferent. tale to tell. Wo are heartily in accord with tho suggestion of tho Nation that the court houso park deserves more atten tion than it has been receiving A competent, landscape artist could make it a very pretty spot and wo hopo to see tho Nation's suggestion acted upon. By this timo next week, if the weath er continues good, tho country roads will bo in flue shape to receive improve moiits A load of straw thrown in a mudholo, with a littlo dirt on top. forms u good solid road, and tho straw will holp prevent tho dirt washing away. It has been tried elsewhere and has proved a great succors Try it. Wo tiro still of tho opinion that Rod Cloud needs a commercial club, and needs it badly. Individual effort, can accomplish but little, w ilo a commer cial club composed of tho business men who are interested in drawing trad to Rod Cloud would bo a power for good which, onco in harmonious working order, would soon turn tho balanced scales and do wonders for the town Why not. organize? Talking about nusiuneo, what can bo more of a niisianco than tho ding dong of a cowbell and tho accompany ing bellow, "Auction ! auction !" all day long, and in tho evening as well? Why not pass an ordinance to abolish this as well as other nusianeos? Moi o than one runaway has been caused by tho clanging of tho cowbells on our streots Lotus avoid tho suggestion that, our streets are a pasture for low ing cows and bellowing bulls. Tho California state senate, without a dissenting vote, has oxpellod four of its mombors fir having accepted bribes. This is in striking contrast with tho action of tho Illinois legisla ture in oxpolliug ono of its members for charging that mombors of that body wore guilty of accepting bribes In California it has bcou demon strated that bribe takors wero consid ered no hotter than other criminals, oyen if Uiey woro a part of tho law making body. In Illinois tho great .majority of tho members fearing tho rosult of an open and thorough inves tigation, after a secret investigation by a committee which it may bo well presumed was largely mado up of bribe takers and which tho representa tives of tho press were barred from at tending, expelled tho fearless and-outspoken member who had made tho charges. Thoro is ono much needed improve ment in tho dwelling houso on the poor farm which should bo made. As at present arranged tho sleeping itpai t motits are all on tho second floor, which is a great inconvenience in the care or the sick and crippled inmates. Should tho county commissioners cause tho building to be rearranged so that sleeping rooms conld bo had on tho first floor for crippled and other inmates who aro unable to climb up and down stairs it would greatly lessen tho work and expense of caring for the county's poor, as well as add much to their comforts. Wo hopo tho county commissioners will look into this mat ter at the coming session. Tho testimony in tho Cody divorce case seems to bo greatly in favor of tho neglected and maglined wife. Tho halo which has for years surrounded "Buffalo Bin,' the horo of dime novel writers and in later years owner of a greater humbug show than tho late P. T. Barnuin over dared foist upon a conllding public, is rapidly fading and people aro beginning to oo him in las true form that of a bombastic, con ceited and solllsh reprobate Stories of his early life show that when his son was born in 1871, ho had failed to provide clothing or sullicieut. food for his sick wife, and spout his time drink ing and carousing with tho lowest classes. In later years, when prosper ity smiled upon him, the driuki g and carousing continued, hut wit It a higher though no better class of people, ft is now said lie wants a divorce from the woman who has spent her life in attempting to lift, him up in order that he may wed a young girl "There i.s no fool like an old fool " The. Printer Man. Whether it blows or whether it snow, thi' si i-on comes and the sea son ue; ih' crop- get sick and tho l'limu-is hi the stoiokccpers kick an I til- i'is -in', tho preachers pieneli an tin siuueis sin, and cares; Ix'M-t lie -nul nf men. But through it nil in printer pilots; he saves and saves ami si nis mid stints; the winds rave and tho floods inny roll, and drouths bii'nK through from pole to pole, but the p inter man, he prints and prints; saves and stives nul stints Inipnv. hipp, printer man; ho does th veiy In-si ho can sticking typo or t.wistt u i i OS-, he trusts to luck and does his b st. Kxi'hango DAY OF GLOOM IN HOT SPRING9. Loss of $2,000,000 and Three Live3 lb Result of Fire. Hot Springs, Ark., Fob. 27. This has been a duy of gioom in Hot Springs. Tho first estimates of the damage done by tho great conflagra tion was not exaggerated. More than forty blocks were eaten away by tho flames ami n most conservative esti mate places the loss at $1,500,000, ami jijeral insurance men state tho figures will roach $2,000,000. The thrto unknown bodies recovered are the only known fatalities. The citizens' relief committee has the situation well In hand. The amount subscribed for relief totals $12,000, but It Is being steadily in creased. Tho committee felt that they can feed all tho homeless. Vol untary subscriptions I mm the outside aro being accepted. Several excursion trains arrived here, bringing visitors from adjacent cities and towns to view the ruins. Tho fire-swept area lies principally in tho residence portion of tho city. While tho lo.is Is enormous, the prin cipal business portion of Hot Springs, Including the hotels and bath houses, are not affected. That the devastated district will ho r.peedlly rebuilt Is evidenced by ex pressions heard on all sides. Prop erty owners aro already planning with architects, and in three Instances car penters began work on temporary structures. Schooner Onward Wrecked. Marehflold, Ore., Feb. 27. The schooner Onward of Parkorsburg, Ore., In attempting to sail over tho Cocpilllo bar, missed the entranco and fctruck on tho beach. In an effort to make deep water she atrtmlt broad side against Table rock and drifted on tho neighboring roof. The Onward will be a total wreck. The crow of seven men all escaped safely. Deaf 1'emonn Don't Get Scnnlck. "Strange thing, but do you know that leaf persons never get seasick?" said in old surgeon In the employ of one of the transatlantic lines recently. "This was found out," he said, "when a whole class of deaf mutes went abroad some years ago, and. despite a partlcularl.Y rough passage, none of them wanted to lie on the deck and beg somebody to heave them overboard. "That's the seasick feeling, you know. A ltttle Investigation proved that the stomach nerves arc mo illy controlled by those of the ear, and thai deaf persons an not nearly so liable to the nausea that comes from the rolling motion of a ship as are others. "The experiment of saturating a ball of cotton with cocaine and thus dulling the hearing has been tried by ship sur geons since. It gives relief to those who dread any sort of a sea voyage; but. after all, the best way to do i.s to 'feed the fishes' and get over It." Philadel phia Press. IlUot'x It cm! million. Ulzot, the author of the popular op era "C'arnien," who died a month after Its first production, was not at any time a lucky man. lie was even dec orated through a mistake, says a writ er, "for his friends, presaging the fail ure of 't'lirnien,' boihbarded the minis ter before the production and begged a decoration for M. George Bizet. 'Bizet?' asked the minister. 'Who Is Bizet?' 'A remarkable genius,' was the reply, 'who has already produced several ex traordinarily fine works. Among them the most popular Is perhaps "L'Arle slonne."' "IArleslenne?" ' Interrupt ed the minister. 'Why, It Is a perfectly fascinating book. I read It with ex treme pleasure. Tell your friends that the thing Is done.' The minister was not musical, but he had read a novel by Alphonse I (mulct, and Bizet won his red ribbon." The Flrt JIkc CSuiih. It has been stated that It was in 1(507, at the siege of (.'andla, In Crete, that siege guns were first used. This state ment Is contradicted, however, by a writer, who says that Just before the siege of Constantinople a Hungarian or Wallachlan cannon founder named Ur ban cast in 11 ."2 at Adrianople a can non "which remained for many years the wonder of Europe and marks an epoch in the continually increasing power of guns." I'rbnn's cannon was dragged by sixty oxen to Constantino ple In llo.", and threw a stone ball of 1,'JOO pounds welnht. Itwas fired sev en times a day and onco each night. The Turks used at the siege two other cannon nearly as large and altogether had fourteen batteries, each containing four guns, along the length of the wall. It I'leiiNcd tlic CoiniHmcr. A curious story is told as to how the Itothsehilih; supported Carafa, the com poser. The latter was far from rich. His principal Income was derived from a snuffbox. And this was the way of It: The snuffbox was giveu to the au thor of "l.a Prison d'Kdiubourgh" by Baron James do Rothschild as a token of esteem. Carafa sold It twenty-four hours later for 7." napoleons to the same Jeweler from whom It had been bought. This became known to Roths child, who gave it again to tho musi cian on the following year. The next day It returned to the Jeweler's. This tratllc continued till the death of the banker and longer still, for his sons kept up the tradition, to the great sat Isfactlon of Carafa. AlitrkliiK tilt IlnntM, A great many people on staying at an English hotel for the first time won der how It is that "boots" can return to the different rooms the footgear placed outside tho bedroom doors to bo cleaned. This Is quite a simple matter. All he does Is to take a piece of chalk, marl: upon the sole of the b;t the number of the room from which he takes them and then sends them down stairs all together to be cleaned. When this has been done they are sorted, taken upstairs again and deposited outside their respective doors without the occupants of the different rooms knowing that they have been removed. The lies! Tonle. Ordinary sour buttermilk Is a better tonic, Is a better food, than was ever bottled or boxed up by the chemist or doctor. Many ti farmer drives miles away to see a doctor, to get a bottle of pepsin or cod liver oil or beef extract when at the same time he is feeding to his calves good, rich, nutritious butter milk, a thousand times better for hlni than tho stuff the doctor will give him. -Medical Talk. Uven Alice AVere Srnrce. Brother Bill came home late anil went down to the kitchen to look for a bite. He found the larder empty and started back to his room, when the front door opened to admit his brother .lim. j "Anything good downstairs?" Inquir ed Jim. I "Lucky If you find a mouse," said Bill. To Live In Fact. Life Is what wo arc alive to. It is not a length, but breadth. To bo alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money making, and not to goodness and kind ness, purity jind love, hlsfory, poetry and music, flowers, stars, CJod and eter nal hopes, Is to bo all but dead. Mai tide I). Babcoek. 1 - i a afc a ..k 4V P 9 V v & V mV When You Buy SPOONS ? t to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to buy the best if you want to practice real economy; there is no article of silver ware so expensive in the end as depart mental, hardware, or 'general store" spoons. , We carry nothing but the very best Sterling Silver and Silver-plated ware; stock such as is found only in a first class jewelry store, and yet our prices are low, quality considered. We are not satisfied to make a big per cent on a single sale, but want the volume of busi ness and advertising that comes from selling good goods cheap. Nothing more appropriate for ill Wedding and Birthday Presents & , ilr ill a; to. to to NEWH01SE JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. 1 $w S'''g'g-g-ig-iS'.'a''g.g.g.'..g'..-fe.' .'S,s..5T-s.s.. 'vvys1. J5?,JS?I5?5I5?C5 De LAVAL mm tffyMa V s vi35isJV'v-tUs''fV.. M-ii--irr H. J. CLARK, City Dray and trzzw v A ''W. ffi&&F& 1$ yf 1 W. STUDUUAKBlt, LMIOP. lioods Delivered to any part of the city. Charges as low as the Lowest CITY AGENTS FOR ADAAS EXPRESS CO. TELEPHONES, Residence iSS. WK WILL DO YOUR HAULING Cam. Phong To on f2. HOLLISTER & ROSS. Heavy Draylnft a Specialty H. B. ASHER, VETERINARIAN Of tho Kansas City Voter inary Collog5 Ollico at 13. dohuston's, tho Prick Barn. ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED Toloilhono 82. RED CLOUD, N13H. AtninoIIill flfst Tuesday in each pionth, ' fc ' ? w t& W W V Vk B B V W A L & to ill Mi ill ft U (1 l tti Kit Hi Mi iki ill iti Hi Hi ill Hi Hi ilt ill Hi Hi Hi ilh to BROTHERS, CREAM SEPARATOR i has been rightly said that, the cow was the mortgage lifter of Nebraska, but you can't make it so without the aid of the DF, LAVAL CR10AM SEPARATOR. It is absolutely the only machine on tho market, which will separate cold milk and got. all the cream. There is a No 1 guaraii iinteo that this machiuo will do all wo say. Washing is to bo considered, and with tho patent washer which is furnishol with witli them innkts it tho easiest machiuo cleaned. Can't be oxcollod for easy run ning. If you aro thin ing of buying a cream s p u ator, come in. Wo can please both in machiuo and price. If you have not got the money to spare now, wo can still please 'you Separators, repairs, rub ber rings and tho best separator oil for sale by Manager of Red Cloud Station of the BEATRICE CREAMERY CO. Express Line. Office 119 Do You Eat Meat? When you aro hungry and want soinothig niee in tho meat lino, drop into my mnrkot. We have tho nicest kiud of Home-made Sausages and moats, fish, and game in season. Wo think, and almost know, that wo 1 an pleiiso you. Givo us a trial. Koon Bros. Successors to ROBINSON A: BURDEN. mhdwkwmmJ fi 'S : b 1 11 I ffK3GK3553SH3 "KAS-3M4fAafKFS