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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1907)
r i Ll Desperate Coughs Dangerous coughs. Extremely perilous coughs. Coughs that rasp and tear the throat and lungs. Coughs that shake the whole body. You need a regu lar medicine, a doctor's medi cine, for such a cough. Ask your doctor about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. fxyers We publlib oar formula a vn oaniin aioonoi 7 from our medicine We urg you to ooniult your dootor Any good doctor will tell you that a medi cine like Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cannot do its best work if the bowels arc con stipatcd. Ask your doctor if he knows anything better than Ayer's Pills for cor recting this sluggishness of the liver. Blade by Uio J. C. Ay or Co., Lowoll, Mail. IS IT THE EIGHT PRINCIPLE? A traveling fuklr did n land olllco business on tho Stiito bnuk corner Saturday soiling cheap shoestrings, load pencils and similar small articlos. Hin tnothod was to attract a largo orowd by moans of Botnuuniqiio ndvor tiding fccuomo, and to koup thorn thoro by it rapiddiro of livoly oratory, intro ducing stories aud jokes; and of courso where tboro is a orowd thoro is busi nohH, ho tho fakir reaped a bountiful harvest of golden shekels. Now, wo do not condemn tho travel ing tiddler for doing what was proba bly at leo&t an honest, if not, as some poople might think, an elevating busi-now-i, and as much of it as possible. Ft is his way of making a living. But we do wish to uso this littlo incident as n text for a short sermon on home trade. Iu tho llrst place, tho peddler proba bly did uot charge an oxtortionnto price for tho goods that ho sold. Tho profits that ho made, whilo probably fittsily enough to repay him richly for tho time and labor expended, wort not h fortune But can you not see, that with his necessarily large expense aoconnt, his soiling prices would have to be much highor thai tho cost prices of tho goods, iu ordor to admit of any profit at all; and it is hardly reason able to suppose that ho is In the busi ness for plcasuro, or for his health. Suppose his licenso and tho privilogn of selling his wares upon the stroets costs him two dollars. Wo do not know what ho pnld for his liconse, but grant that for tho sake of the argument. Supposo his board and lodging costs him two dollars a day. Add two dollars for his traveling ex letises to tho next town, and a dollar for incidental expenses. There is Mov ing fakir, who was only on tho streets a fow hours, and you will easily soo that in ordor tomako auy profit at all his stock must nocoHHurlly be of tho vory lowest quality. If our own mer chants carriod goods of tho samo qual ity, they would sell them for fifty per cent less, and still make a good profit supposing that thoy paid tho samo originally for tho goods. And it is not probable that an itinera t peddler, wandering from placo to placo aud reaching only tho crowds he can I attract on tho stroets, can get better .quotations in tho wholosulo markot I than regularly established merchants, I doing a legitimate business and buy- iug iu much larger quantities. As a , matter of fact, tho wholesale houses I that seek the patronage of legitimate ' morchauts will not soil to peddlers, '.strcotfakir.sand such itinorant dealers , at any price, in ordor to protect thoir patrons. They buy thoir goods of cor tain wholesale houses that make a specialty of entering to this class of trade aud do not handle standard I goods, or staples, but simply novelties aud cheap small articles that can bo easily handled and made to sell, uot to use. The shoestrings that ho sold for ten ceuts a dozen cost him two cents a dozen. Tho pencils that ho sold at eight for tou cents are bold bore for a cent npioco. On the formor his sell ing price exceoded tho cost to him throe hundred per cent and it is but fair to supposo that hi- prices on other wares woro nindo on tho samo basis. Summed up in a fow words, tho goods you pur chased from him cost you far more, con sidering thoir quality, than you would have paid any merchant in Rod Cloud. But thoro is a socond side to tho ar gument. It is not concerned with the question of whether or not you can got your goods cheaper in dollars and conts by buying them of it traveling peddler rather thau from your homo merchant. It is, you might say, tho economic, side of tho question. You novor yot saw a community which prospered for long in which tho citizons refused to patro nize tho home institutions. The habit of makiug your purchusos of traveling vendors, or of mail-order houses, if it spreads, has a very ovidont effect upon tho trado conditions of a locality. Buy of your home merchuuts and you not only in most cases got your goods at a less direct cost considering their quail ty but part of tho money you spend romaiuB at home to builds up home in dustries, to pay the taxes thut build tho schools, clmrohes, roads and bridges, to keep tho price of labor up and to furn ish employment for nil who want to work. Send your money away aud tho results will be tho opposite; your share of tho taxes will be higher or roads will bo left unimproved, public buildings left unbuilt, and tho business life' of ho community will gradually die out for the want of fuel. We do not Insist that our arguments are incontrovertible. Wo uro merely stating tho case as it presents itself to us A 8lmple Recipe. Everybody iu Cedarby owned that Mrs. Hanson was the queen of cooks, but thoy wero likely to add that when It came to explaining tho processes by which she arrived at her excellent re suits she left a good deal to be de sired. "Your scalloped oysters arc the liest we ever have at our church suppers or anywhere, and you know It," said n neighbor, endeavoring to win special favor from this culinary goddess. "Most folks get 'cm either too wet or too dry. I toll 'em I don't know how you man age It so yours arc always just right. I don't suppose you could tell exactly yourself." "Wliy, yes, I could," and Mrs. Hum son smiled Indulgently at the engcr. hopeful face of her neighbor. "All I do Is butter the dish, put In a layer of oysters, Baited and peppered, then n layer of buttered crumbs, then a layer of milk and hack to oysters again. Easy as pie, 'tis." "A 'layer' of milk?" faltered the neighbor. "Why, yes," said "Mrs. Hanson cheer fully. "That's what makes 'cm ubout right layer of oysters, layer of crumbs and layer or milk. Leustwuys that's what 1 do, and you suy you like 'em." Youth's Companion. JZM a iSM ijfe ;jm 'JSt tA 'JM tfe 9t tat t3t 1 2 &; aaw i d; Cj bC; i i bCj c? "&? 9 "9 'S 00 t" JET-Cr? ?J K C5 5S. C fel BJ. &( A Wolh Sermon. The Welsh are noted for their fond ness for sermons and music. The an nual eisteddfod, the national bardie congress, is attended by thousands, who on the great day of festival "chair" the fortunute bard, the wluuer of tho prize. A similar enthusiasm greets the Welsh preacher who Is eloquent In speech and practical in expounding the Scriptures. Tho following story of u Welsh preacher, told In tho "Journals of Walter White," Illustrates the graphic, simple exposition which con manded the attention of the congrega tion: "Noe worked at the ark, driving nails, plump, plump, plump. The hay then came and said: 'Xoe, there's good hunting iu the woods here, hares aud foxes. Leave your work and come nnd hunt.' Hut Noe kept on hammering, plump, plump, plump. "The haythen came again: Noc, there's good beer at the Bed Lion. Leave your work and come and drink.' But Noe kept on hammering, plump, plump, plump. Aud then the rain came, aud the Howl lifted up the ark and carried Noe away and left the haythen all screaming and squabbling In the water." ax ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft SUITS Plaids BROWNS: Stripes Checks GRAYS: BLACKS m ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft More of them than 3J ro Block Plaids Shadow Plaids Plain W oreds Thibets Cheviots ever. All the newe . Glad to show them. Everything that goes with them to make you well 3J ft dressed. I Paul Storey, ft ft ft ft ft ft !5hf Clothier 2- . a. Hr en dollars that ho must clear from his sales boforo ho can call any of his, nn( Kiviug our own opinion iu regard recoipts profit. Wo do not know how near corrocttheso flirures are, but they will at least mako tho idea plain. Point out, if you can, a merchant in your own town whoso regular daily fixpousos amount to seven dollars a day, outside of tho cost of his stock, and thon reflect thut thoro is probably not ono of them but does more businosslu a day than doos this travel to the case. You are entitled to vnnr own opinion. Benson the situation out for yourself, but not fail to give tho indirect economic results of trad ing away from homo tho proper weight If you do not agree with us, wo would be pleased to receive your views of tho mattor and the reasons you have for i your views. THE BISHOP FUR ROBES Best Made' Bought direct from factory P Ti i"yv; ;..i,.ipi...i.. ''J i . f'tui mi a mm J aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHL rW VaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV ' ' ' BBBBBBBBaBaaHBBBW. " 'iHaallllllllllHt, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatt, ftf 'iaaaaaaaaaaflHlataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam 1 ''faaaaaaaaaaaaWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH. .HIIHHLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlMk V.-?.LaaaataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV TaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafXaWfBataVaaaaaal 'U itt 4'VsV aaaaaaM ' T Hatt That Improve With Age. "A silk lint, like wine, Improves with nge," said a clubman. "The oftenor you have It ironed the sleeker and more brilliant It becomes. It costs a good deal at the outset, hut In the end It Is the cheapest hat to wear. It lusts, you sec, so long, nnd to iron It cnstH so little. Some folks think the topper very perishable. If It gets soaked with rain, If some one sits on it and crush es it into an accordion, they think It must he thrown away the same as If It were a derby. Bui not at all. A silk hat can be taken apart and put together again like u watch, and If It gets crushed nothing Is easier thau to melt oil' the silk, straighten out the frame and then put on the silk again. In England, the home of this hat, I have known men to wear the same topper for ten or twelve years. And the ol'touer the old hat Is Ironed the brighter and liner It shines. Its luster Increases with time and friction like the luster of good antique' furniture." Los Angeles Times. Fulton Grocer Co. (Successors to John Griffeth) DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Groceries A full assortment of Seasonable Goods kept in Stock. Saunders Brothers RED CLOUD, - NEBR. Canon City, Sunnyside, and Genuine Nigger Head Maitland COAL You may be particular or what some call "cranky," but OUR COAL will please you. Our coal is clean and we deliver promptly. Bell To!. (50. Rural Tel. 71 Call and See Us. Please We will try to ' You. 48x60, 111.00 54x66, $14,00 These robes are manu factured from whole skins, being the only house in the world that makes this kind of a robe. Call and see them before buying. Joe Fogel tho Harness Man 44 1 N. Webster St. Anatomy of a Violin. Taken to pieces a violin would be found to consist of the following parts: Hack, 1! pieces; belly, !!: coins and blocks. (I; sides, f); side linings, 32; bar, 1: purillugs. '2-1; neck, 1': finger board, 1; nut, 1; bridge. 1; tailboard. 3; button for tailboard. 1; string for tailboard, 1: guard for strlu?r, I; sound post, 1; strings, -I; pegs. -I; total, Three kinds of wood pine and ebony. Map! back, the neck, the side pieces and the bridge. I'lne Is used for the belly, the bar. the coins and blocks, the side linings and the sounding post. Khony is used for the linger board, the tall board, the nut. the guard for string of tailboard, (lie pegs and the button. An English Fling. "High buildings, slrV" remarked an American contemptuously. "Why, In England you don't know what height Is. Last time 1 was Iu New York It was n blazing hot day, and 1 saw a man coming out of a lift wrapped from top to toe lu bearskins, and 1 said to hlin, 'Why are you mil filed up on a broiling day like this?' 'Waal,' he said, 'you see, 1 live at the top of the bulldhf, and It's so high that It's cov ered with snow all the year round!"' London Mail. 425 Webster Street. Bell phone 102. Ind. phone 14 He Picked Them. All Kngllsh commercial traveler vis iting a large Glasgow warehouse made .. a bet Avlth the manager that he could are used-maple.! "U'k,m,t ' m",,wJ ; "" ' o Is used for the' 'f'lW .Accordingly he stationed i ..i...w .....l 4i... himself at the door as they came back from dinner aud mentioned all those whom he believed to be married, aud In almost every case he wiih right. "How do yon do It':" asked the mali nger In amazement. "Oh, It's finite simple." said I he traveler, "finite simple. The married men all wIh their feet on the mat; the unmarried ones don't." Glasgow Times. The Innocent, rialsuntlti oTcred In payment of a bill a gold piece which had a suspicious ring. "Hero, you've given me one of those fake coins that the counterfeit ers have Just been arrested for mak ing," said tltu merchant. "Impossible," answered Plulsautiu. "It Is dated 1S(W. If It wero false surely It would have beeu found out before this." Apprentice Examination. Preliminaries for membership in tho Ananias club: "You may not believe It, but;" "Now. leaving all joking aside;" "Seriously now;" "It may seem strauge, but." Chicago Post. With a Little Help. "Your customs are enough to make any civilized man boll!" exclaimed the missionary indignantly. "With the help or a little dry wood," assented the cannibals gravely. Puck. How He Judged. First Man Writing must have been very expensive in the middle ages. They used feathers for pens. Second Man Why should they be expensive? First Man Well, I was only Judging tfrom my wife's hats. Albright Bros. Undertakers We cannot afford to do less than satisfy in quality, style, price and give to you our person al service and careful attention. Calls Answered Night or Day Rural and Bell phones at store and residence. Mercer's Barber Shop Basement of Potter Block. Massaging a Specialty )l Mr"- I y r i' . L 'I W :