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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1908)
V Wild Animals and Medicint. A, writer in tlio Hrltlsh Medical Jour nal thinks Hint nn Interesting essay might be written on t lie addition to medical remedies nmde by nnlinnls. It 1h Bnld Hint It 1h to dogs wo owe tlio knowledge of tlio fever abating prop erties of bnrk, while to the hippopota mus Is attributed tlio iihg of bleeding. The story ns told In Philemon Hoi lontl's translation of IMIny Ih ns fol lows: "Tlio rlticr-Horsc hntli tnught physltloiiB one deiilco In Hint pnrt of their profession culled Stirgcrlo, for he tlndlng IdniHcIf ouer-grosso mid fiit by reusoii of his high feeding mi contln nnlly gets forth of the water to the Hhore, lintiltig spied nfore where the reeds nnd niRlies hniic bin newly cut. nnd where he sooth the sharpest cane titul best pointed heo cts his body hard on to It to prlcke n ccrtnlno vohio In one of his legs, nnd thus by letting himself blond tnnketh cvucuntlou, whereby his body, otherwise Inclin ing to diseases mid tnalndles, Is well eased of the superfluous humor, nnd hailing thus dono hoe stopped) the ori fice n gnl tie with mud and so "tnneheth the bloud nnd healeth the wound." His Idea of the English. The follow lug Illustrates Louis Phi lippe's Idea of Ihiglnud and the Hug llsli. He one day asked Hugo If ho had ever been In Ihiglh'd and on re ceiving u ifgntho reply continued: "Well, when jou do go for jou will go you will see how strange it Is. It resembles France In nothing. 0er there nie older, arrangement, syuiinc tiy, cleanliness, well mowed Inwnsand profound silence on the streets. The pnssorsby ate as serious and as mutu as specters When, being Pi ouch and nllve. you spon la the street these specters look hack at jou nud murmur with an Inexpressible inlxtino of grav ity and disdain, 'i'leneli people!' When I was In Loudon I was walking arm in arm with my wife and sister. Wo weie conversing In a not ton loud tone of o!cc, Tor we are well bred persons, jou know, jet ail tlio passorsby, bour geois and men or the people, turned to gtre at us. nud wo could hear them growling behind us: 'Pioueli people! Pronch people!'" "Memoirs or Victor Hugo." Rossini and the Drum. When Ilnsslnl's "Oica I.tulra" was performed for the tird time the diutti In the n;hcstiii not onh ccllod inin'i comment, hut caused the enemies of Hie loiiiposcr. whom they denounced us a "foolMi Inventor of unmusical novelties," to thieateii IJosslul with bodily violence. One jnuug man. a pupil of Holla's, gained admission to the composer's piesence and declined that ait had been so violently outraged by the Invention that lie must kill tlio offender. He diew n weapon, but con sented to listen to aiguuieiit. He had been n soldier, and when the composer nsked hlni why tlieic should not bo u drum where theio are soldlets he Hhenthed Ills knife. "Promise tue, though," lie said, "that you will put no drums In your futuie music" Kos slnl promised, but forgot. The Retort Courteous. A joutig in. in in a huiry went tlirough the left side of a pair of HWlnglng doors In the senate whig of the capltol at Washington last session and almost knocked over a senator who was about to push tlirough the light side. The jouug man apologized profusely. "I'm very sorry 1 didn't know I was 1 am In a great hurry." "That's all light, son," said the sen ator. "Hut let me give jou u pleco of advice about going tlirough doors like these. Always go tlirough on the light side nnd turn to the light Then if you meet anybody coming through mid bump into hltn you needn't npolo clze. He'll be n dtirned fool, and It won't be necessary. Good morning." Saturday Evening Post. Greatly Underestimated. "Hobby," asked Ills Sunday school teacher, "do you know how many dis ciples there weie?" The little boy promptly said that he did and answer ed, "Twelve." Then ho went on, "And I know how many Pharisees there were too." "Indeed!" "Ycs'in. There was Just one less than there was disciples." "Why, how do you know that? it Is nowhere stated how many Plini l"eos there were." "I thought everybody knew It." said Hobby. "Tlio Hlhle sajs. 'Hewato of the Meven of the Pharisees,' doesn't It?" Youth's Companion. The Grandest. "What is tlio grandest thing In the universe?" asks Victor Hugo. "A Htorin at sea," lie answers nnd contin ues, "And what is grander than a storm nt ea?" "The unclouded heav ens on a stai r.v, moonless night." "And what Is grander than tlieso mid night skies?" "The soul of man" a Hjiectncular climax such ns Hugo loved and still, with all Its dramatic effects, the picturesque statement of n vast nnd HUbllmo and mighty truth. Crary. WJgwng I believe there's n tinge, of Insanity In nil religious enthusiasts. Ilenpcckke Y'esj tnko the. Mormons, for Instance. Any mnn that wants more thnn ouo wlfo is plumb crazy. riillndelnhln Hccord. . - London In 1704. In 1781 M. Lit Combo publlalied n book entitled "A Picture of London,' hi which, Inter nlla, he sajs, "Tlio highroads thirty or forty mi.i round London nro filled with armed highway men and footpads." This una then pretty true, though the expression "filled" is boniewhat or tin txaggera Hon. The medlcnl student of fifty or more years ago seems to have been an ticipated in 1781, for M. I.n Combe tells us that "the brass knockers of doors which cost from 11! shillings to l. sh.i lings, are stolen at night If the inal.l forgets to unscrew them." a precaution which seems to have gone out of Msl. Ion. M. La Combe In another puit or his book exclaims: "How nro you changed, Londoners! Your women nro become bold, Imperious and expensive. Hank rupts and beggars, coiners, spies and lufortners, lobbers and pickpockets abound. Tlio baker mixes nluin In his btead. The brewer puts ophtti and copper filling In his beer. The milk woman spoils her milk with snails." The Blood Red Banner. Itoyal and national colors vary with nations and times, but since Cain slew Abel blood led has been the sign of le volt. In tile earliest tevolt known to history, when the Persians roe against their Mug -1,000 years ago, they wcio led by ti blood led banner, and during the i lots which to k place In Pails the men In tlie iilooit rod caps were mi lowed by the mob. A blood red ll.ig waved over Hunker 1 1 lit when the Americans rotight for liberty, nnd It was the emblem or the German peas ants In their gieat uprisings in 1 11! I. 1 Ib'j nnd 1.VJ3. Wood red was the col or of tlio trades union flags during the middle ages, and It framed the back ground of the emblem of the Swiss confederacy In 13K". Tlnoiigh the whole of Prcneh and every other na tional history those striking In their own wajs for liberty have worn the blood red cap and hailed the blood ictl r banner as their loader. It Is a curious fact that never has a monarch chosen It as Ids color. London Answers. Naive Lying. A police olliel.il of New Yoi I., discuss ing the case of a policeman found guilty of protecting gambling houses. Mild: "The man lied too naively in defense of his Innocence. He was like a car pouter eiuplojed by a newspaper friend of mine My newspaper Iriiiid wiltes a good deal ill home, and. Ins Niiidj being uet to the nnisory. the chil dren's noise disturbed iilm, and lie cm plovcd a carpenter to make the wall sound proof between the two looms. 'I'll Vk It all light,' said the carpenter coiifidcutlj. 'The best tiling to do will be to line It with slnvlngs.' He com pleted his Job. then lie called the liter ary man In. 'She's sound pi oof all light now,' he said. 'We'll test her.' said the literary man. 'You stay here.' And. going into tlio nursery, he called to the carpenter In the study. 'Can jou hear nieV 'No. sir; I can't,' was the prompt reply." New York Tribune. Was Entitled to Trouble. Lotil IVlinerston and Sir J. Paget, who told the story, were walking down Itoud sheet A man mine up and salute I I he Mntfsni.in How do j on do. Lord Palinerston?" h. how do? (Had to ee you. How's the old complaint?" The stranger's face clouded over, and lie shook his head. "No better." "Hear me! So sorry! Ol.id to have met jou. (loodby " "Wlio's vour friend.'" asked Sir James when the stranger had gone. "No idea." "Why, you asked hltn nbout his old complaint." Saw Thins. "Pooh, pooh!" replied the other un-1 Oculist (trj lug various glassos)-llow concernedly. "The old fellow's well j0 (,v 0olc now? See them any bet over slty; bound to have something j (cr? ,.t Wuninore-Well, the gicen the matter with him." London Globe. , KrMH-t. 0an shoe Ilrsh rate, but that The Archbishop Won. Dr. Whatelj. some time aichblshop of Dublin, mice had an encounter with a jouug aid do camp, and the piimato emerged victor At dinner the soldier asked tliis singular question, "Docs your grace know ihe illffeionce be tween an :irclihMinp and au ass?" "Sir, I do not," answeied Dr. Whately. "One wears tlio cioss on his miter and the other wears It on ids back!" o p'. lined the tactless otlker. "Do jou know tlie difference between au abi de camp and an ass':" asked the aich blshop calmly In letuin. "No, jour grace. I do not." was the icply. "Nei ther do I!" said his gran-. LIveipool Mercury. Greeley's Writing. Dining the e.uly part of the nine teenth lent.iry tlie bad writ lug of great men beuime almost a hjwoid in fact. poor writing was considered by some i I P"ple as almost a sign of genius. Horace Giooley was such a poor writ er that his correspondents were some times obliged to guess at Ids meaning, it Is related that a repoiter on the New York Tribune w ho received a letter from Greeley discharging liliu present ed it as a letter of recommendation to tlio editor of another paper. The Spoor. "I'm gunning for railroads," an- nnunccd the trust buster. "Then come with me," whispered the near humorist. "I can bIiow jou some of their tracks." Soutliwcstetn's Hook. Piano INTRODUCING THE FAMOUS SGHAAF BROS. PIANOS AND OTHER FIRST-CLASS MAKES Da.merell Block Tombs of the Patriarchs. No spot lit nil Palestine Is so jealous ly gunrded ns the liaram or stared nrcn built nbovo the enve whcie. ac cording to trndltlon, He burled the bodies of Abraham and Sarah. Isaac and Itobeccn. Jacob and Leah. This haratn Is Inclosed within a double wall, au outer one of Arab workn an ship, dntlng from the fourteenth cen tury, and an Inner very massive one with many buttresses, which compe tent nuthorltlcs it ft Ihe to the days of the Herods. No Christian or Jew Is, except by very special permission, al lowed within these walls. The most Hie "unbelievers" may ordinarily do Is to ascend from the street to the sev enth stop on one of the staircases lie twceii the w fills. At n spot near the t 'ir is a stone with a hole in it, down which, It is said, a long Hcdouln lance can be tin list Its whole length without tcndil'g any obstruction. This, the .lews l.elleve. teaches to the sacred cave Itself, and In Its neighborhood they .isseuiLife every Prhhiy to liiouiu anil piaj. us they do before the wall of th it other liaram the temple aie.i -In Jerusalem. Philadelphia Ledger. Hercules' Labors. The twelve labors of Hercules were: To slay the Neinean Hon; to kill the Lernean hjdia: to catch and hold Hie Aicadlan stag: to destioy the Hrytnun thiaii boar: to cleanse the stables of King Augeas; to destroy the cannibal birds of Lake Slyniplialus: to capture the Cretan bull; to catch Hie horses of IHouiedes; to get possession of the girdle of HIppoljte. queen of the Ama zons; to capture the oxen of the mon ster licrjmi; to get possession of the apples of the Hesperides nud to brlug up from the Infernal legions the three headed dog Cerberus. Tlio Irresponsible Child. Small Hoy moth hit: the Phi P.eta i Kappa kej hanging fiom tlio minis ! ter's watch chain) Did jou find it , again, or is this another? i Minister-Why. my little man, what i do you mean? 1 never lost It. Small Hoy-Oh. mother said you had loot the charm jou laid when jou were young. Judge. led cl'iiliaut an' the purple 'potamus Ftlll look kinder-kinder blurred. Pud Sympathy. "What made jou kick Jlmpson?" "Ho called me an ass." "Oh. well, kicking Is a characteristic of asses, but I shouldn't think jou'd want to contlrin Jlmpsnu's statement so quickly." - London Telegraph. Why It Was There. Auntj Tommy, I put three pies In here jesterday, and now there Is only one. How is that? Totniiiy-Please, It was so dark, aunty, i didn't see that one! - Punch. Too Healthy. "Do you believe that mosquitoes car ry malaria?" "Not tlie mosquitoes around heie," answered Parmer Corntossel. "They couldn't possibly do It and be so health j" Washington Star. Persistency is tho road to success. The only known exception to this rule Is the enso of a hen sitting on n china egg i:chnnge. Prevent the Slips. "A mini who loves Ills hind for.ilves his brother's slips." "A man who loves his Mud doesn't have occasion to. Ho puts ashes on his pavement." Haltlmnre American. Sensation At Red Cloud, Neb. SPECIAL SALE OF High Grade Pianos Albright Bros. n Unsecured u';j,. Though pawnbn ki i i.h- not r. posed to liuv Ktij frauds, o.i.j . t ers, Hiere Is n stmj Hi.it l tool in Ne- Yoi't that shows tint t a j m)h,..; .,. stretch their i tiles '.( fie light in..i. comes along. A lo.tnlu i.n-lng in in had been having a verj liaid nikmI; or luck. If thole weie t wciitj-oite horse In the race, his Hud e would nevei In better than No. 'jn I .ualij his i utn.'.i was all goiu : also it I f hl i gotlalie pioperty. When he had pei-t his list dollar for Inciil.fi'M, he tinned into the pawnshop whole nil his valuables were being caied for, and thej iiiuouiited to coiisUleiahle. "I'd like to have .$.m) on this," hr said to the proprietor, lajiug down an ordinary lead pencil on theounter. Without a change of countenance, the pawuliiiiker made out a ticket and pasvf.i i ho money over the inuiitei. Right theio the lining man's for tunes seemed to change. K cry one of his scIim tloiis provid au o.mj vvIiiiic and. as he pushed his luck, lie win able at the cud of the week to le.leein his pencil and all his other v.ilunb.os New Yolk Olobo. A Doubtful Guarantee. The Arabs and. Indeed, all Moslems have the practice of re-enforcing prom iscs bj adding to their word or honor the Arable phrase lnshallali ("Please God") How much meaning It con vojc in some lands of the cast Is told In the pages of "In .Moorish Captlvlly." '1 lie pious proviso is a very useful formula to the Moors and Is fteqiientl.v used in making promises Unit tlfj have no Intention whatever of keeping, as they can then take refuge behind the Almighty when tliej are ta.ed :th their bleach or faith. 'I here is a story told of a man win i . i a shop In Gibraltar and who knew the wajs of the Moor. To him one day came one of the fallbfnl, who was desirous of buj lug some cloth. On being Informed that Hie price was jf'J a j'ard, payment In sixty dajs. In icpllcd: "All right. I will take so mm h au 1 will pay jou In sixty day. lnshallah" "No," Mild the vender, "the pi Ice Is if-', payment In slxtj days. Kor slxt.v dajs, lnshallali, tw price Is $'-'.r.ii." The Bible's Good Use of Words. The Hlble as a standard for the cor rect use of words has Ikjcii uiged upon readeis by Professor Louusbiiry of Yale, wilting In Harper's Magazine "Make up jour mind." says Professor Louusbiiry, "that Hie Hlble Is a guide to be followed grammatically ns much ns It Is morally. The language of our version belongs to the sixteenth ten tuty It theiefoic naturally contains expressions which, though proper at that time, are not In nccoid with Hie common usage of our day. When It was oilglually translated, which was generally the lelatlve pionouli lefer ling to pel sons Hence we say. 'Our Pailier which att In heaven.' More than tills, the subtle distinction found In the employment ol shall and will had not then become established In the language Hut these do not nffect the conectness of Its piocedure in regaul to expiesslons still met with every where. In such cases accept Its au thority without question and conform jour practice with it." He Saw. "Per 2 cents." Mild the boy with the dirty fine, "I'd hunch jo down:" "Here's de l cents," said tlio boy with ragged trousers, tossing the ioIiis at Ids feet and squaring off belliger ently. "Now coino on nn' try It, durn j el" "Wot's de use?" rejolued the other 'joy, picking them up and bncklng way. "Ain't no sense In Itnockin' a feller down w'eu je Un git do mini out'n 'Im widout doln' It. See?" Chi cago Trlbuue. Red Cloud. Nebraska.. l!ed t loud played ball with llertrn ! at Holdrcgo Thursday afternoon n.n' won the game by a score 0 to 2. ''Ji boys will ecitainly liave a rcputnt u as fast ball players in the western pa -t nf this state IWItK is llEMEF roit WOMEN Mother fJrny. n nnrf o In New York iliicov( re d hii iiHiniHllc. jileinnt lifil) rare for women s UN called AfsTltAMAN I.KAK. It Is the o , certain regulator Cures female weaknpeH mill liHtkHche. kidney. bladder nni) lull ,ir tru ilili'K At nil (IniKKMo or ly mall AOcvii' sample l'lti:i: Address The Mother Urn) I U-ltuj.N Y WANTED' INFOHMATIUN &KUAIIDLNU Farm or Business (or Halo. Not particular about location Wl'li to liFur from owner only who will ell direct to buyer. Give price, description and Mate when possession can be had. Address, L DARBYSHIRE, Box W99 Rodurftr, N. T- Weather Report. Tlie instrumental readings are f-i .-. government standard instruments ex posed In the manner recommended 1 j. the chief of the weather burenn: 5 iTvmp'iHt'rt ? S xr 111 SI M I .111 ' M Ivur -1I '.'I CO Ml 8 Clear 21 til 73 .0 . bW ( Iim -"J tl"i t" SI SW (Jim :' I SI Ml SS SW flue n sa :.: .in sw cw :' Hi M) I 10 I SB I i lent Very lespcetfully, him' W. I'.kis. Chan s. Lmm.ow, Co-Operative Observe Order to Show Cause. STA IK OK NKllIIAsU V . . . Wtb-ler Coiuil. , la tht Lo inty At ii CoiiiiI) I'ourt hetil nt the Count) ( . . room In mill for nalil lolinl) Wiilncln. J e lUth A. I) U la tho matter of Iho cttHlu of Jul n Olfoi (It ceRei). On rt'iulliiK mill lllliiK the jictlilon of Ols-un IIU'il on Ihe lUth iIhv uf .Iuih' .. ) i i iinij.nK fur the cxnniliiHtloii ami nlkmniiii. .' IiIk Until iKcounl ot tho amp date, n limit ' iishlKiiineiit of the lain) IicIoiikIiik to nui! i tHte to the mthiii enlllUwl to liie kudc nv o tier illitrilmtliiK Ihe ickIiIiic ot ierounl o' it. ami tlicroupnn nn orilcr illcharKliiK twin f- i. fnrlhi-i linnleii anil Ktn Ice In IiIh miM rllu - i i fKlmlulstrntor. Onlurcil, thnt Ihutnlny, the Jml ilrv ( f ' A.I) lliS al one o'clock in. Is iitlKiinl I hrarlin: khIiI tstltloii when all dl'ikoi.h i t eMeil ill all nialler may aiinar at a Co Court to he held In ami for kuIiI county i-'t MiinvraiisiMvlir jiraver of )etliloncr fhnulil . t h I'O uranle 1 ; ami that notice of the icnUm y of nld I'tllllon ami Ihe lirarinK thereof le fwi, io nil pctnoiis lntercti'il In satil matter hv i it. llr-hltiK ii ropy of this onlcr la tho KnlC juI Chief a vnekly nev)nier printed In sM loiint, for llirec roiiHTiitlre weckf prior to Mild day of liei r l)K '.'I . iai 1 I W. Kilos Count) J. iU Annual Estimate of Expenses and Report of Revenues Received. The follow Ihk Ih ihe annual eMlniRie of a lieiiTinf 'ho iirotmhlu amount of inontv nut tan for nil nr(iM'!i to lo nilscd in ilu "edj c ' lied ( loud, .Nihrakka, duriliK the cieumt, I "nl .viar Kor iillietrt- mlarles . 1l- '0 Kor NtrmiH and iillcyn . 1 w ou Kor HtlKation ... to ni Kor Miiillcnniiil priiililiK .. MO jo Kor uiauituiiatiLO of water vvorLa S Mi ft) Korlnltrvkton iMilir honils ... I OCO txi Kor Itilcrt'tfl on electric Unlit hoiulu n no I'or coiitliiRcnt mid liicliUiitnl ozpeiucs rn. m Kor JildKincut fund . . C 1 m Kor btrcit IIkIiIIiik ... I.-JX Cli Kor malniciiHiirc of electric IIrIU work M on Total jn mo io Tho following Ih ii htatomeut of tlio entire rti enneh of nM cltj of lt(d Cloud for the pan tu cal jerr: Collected on general fund ll,i.W) Id OictlpAllou tax collected . 4.C61 on Collrr ted on water fund .. 2. Ifr". (K, Klectrlo IIkIU fund collected . , Water levv tund collected l'.lectrlc ItKht levy collected ... JiiilKmeni fund collected Total Approved June nth. tuns. .. H.(i.' "ii .. I.ll.'i CO . 1.IKIU) . S5 LSI ti,i.-2: !s J. O. CAbDWni.b, Mayo tEAl Attcht! I., u. Fort, City Clerk. XJ Jf .T i ) - 5 Vtl ir T .