The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, November 27, 1908, Image 7
Jt Ir --rffPftt5l) l A Smooth Jelly. To prevent the Erlttv miiiarnn, l tanning in grapo Jolly, preserves, tc., wn one nauon or in fruit wlmn hnf add one teaspoon ful of soda when a oven scwa arises which you skltn off and It does away with all grit. Tripe a la Lyons. Cut into strips a pound of boiled tripe. Fry hi butlor with two largo mlonn sliced, pepper, Halt mid minced parsley to noaeon. Whon brown ndd a tablcnpnanful of vinegar. Sorvo wtfb lyonnaltio potatoes. "Chance." When you talk of chunco, you are oju (..mtvibaliiK ignorance. Tho vory pin or tho coin Ih governed by tho aervo, musclo (or manipulation) of tho thumb and brain that spin It. Tho uly chanco about it la your ignornnco f tho forcco tliat lift, twist and catch Uife coin. If you could calculato tho physical and mental forcoa between tho half-penny's loap and return you might buy tho world. Hut you can't. AHll ll'e tlKll Mini hit if k1ln,lniu Ihni fM havo to call chance. Flrt Thing You Remember. What is tho earlloat thing that you morabur? This would bo a ulco taxation lor an aftor-dlnnor discus ion. Miss Maud Allan, tho dancer. In her small autobiographical essay, tolls us twice orer that hor inomory oes back to when sho was five months old flvo months! Sho was Oien given her first doll. Sho hod eon told of Santa Claus, and ou Ohrlstraaa ovo had "sped down the broad staircase." 'I Rural Wit. As a countryman was sowing his (round, two smart fellows wore rid ing that way, and one of thorn called to him with an insolent air: "Well, honest follow," said he, " 'tis your bust oaf s to sow, but we reap tho fruits of your labor." To which the country saan replied: "'Tiu Tory like you nay, for I am sowing homp." Catho lic Newn. Poverty and Prosperity. The orobloms of oovertv and labor jvc bocomo more and more puztlini i further wo have gone along in national prosperity, and none feel the bewildering natur of the preaont atate of things more than thooo who have daily to suffer from It sad st reets. Iateruational TbeosophicaJ Chronicle. Awkward for the Aeronaut. An element of humor characterized u of Mr. Spencer's Indian experi ences. One day, after making a par achute descent, hln balloon, traveling ou, came down among somo fisher folk, who promptly unpicked the net to use for fishing lines, and cut up the balloon itself to tnako waterproof clothing! The year 190!), the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday, will be appro priately marked In The Century, which tnagazlno has been tho voblclo since Its foundation for the publication ot tha most important Lincoln matorial. Unpublished documents from Lincoln's own pen and from that of ono of his private Hocretarlos aro coming, and Lincoln -portraits. St. Nicholas Is tho ono great magn 'aino for children. St. Nicholas is the lovod companion of moro than ono (hundred thousand American boys and '5rfrl8. St. Nicholas, brimful of do- aightfnl entertainment each month, Ib an lnftuenco for good in your chil dren's lives that you cannot afford to let thorn bo without. St. Nicholas will lvo your children a year's vpyago to Storyland, tho happiness of which thoy fwlU never forget. Send for special 'subscription offers. Tho Century Co., 'Union Square, Now York. Both are Disgusted. Republicans and democrats allko cannot help being disgusted with tho lying their hide-bound party organs havo doao during tho post campaign. JA papor whoso proprietor either holdB '" a federal Job or is looking for ono, cannot bo dopondod upon to toll tho unbiased truth about politics nnd ovon sometimes about other things. Why should your report about dally affairs to colorod to suit tho Hellish Interests or desires of tho man who happens to have his money Invested in news paper machinery? You havo a right to havo puro nows as well ns pure food. And also, why not puro advertising? Tho papor goes into tho homo and 1b read by your children. You aro try ing to keop tholr minds cloan and would ralBO a row If you found an im moral' or impuro book in tho houso. Why not guard whnt thoy read In dally jsapors as carofully? Tho Lincoln fitato Journal columns aro tho best ovl lonco of its cleanness, A wholo lot ot advertising is found In other dallies that Ih kept out of tho Lincoln Journal. When you tako Tho Journal yon pay only for your own papor as it lias no dcadbcats; no bad bills. Everybody pays In advance and evory papor Is stopped whon tho tlino Is out. It's a co-oporatlvo plan, ovory Item ot wasto being ollmlnnted and 7011 got tho benefit. Lincoln ia your capital and Tho Journal your paper. Lincoln Directory HERBERT E.GOOCH CO. UKOKURB AND DIMLHKS Grain, Provisions, Stocks, Cotton nln Office. 304-203 fraternity BMjr. Lincoln, N.'liruikn. Bell Phone fftt Auto Phono SiM I jXKOBt noose In Htata SYNOPSIS. Mr. Solomon Pratt licRnn comical nar ration of story, Introducing well-to-do Nathan Scmlder of his town, nnd Edward Vnn Brunt und Martin Ilitrtlny, two rich New Yorkrrs ivoltlnic rest. Il.-causo of latter pair's lavish expenditure of money, Prntt's first Impression wan connected vrlth lunntlcs. Tho nrrlval of Janirs Hopper, Van Brunt's valot, savo Pratt tho deal red Information ubout tho New Yorkers. They wished to live what thoy termed "Tho Natural Life." Von nnint. It was learned, was tho succcsaful suitor for tho hand of Mlns Apnen Paso. Mho gave Hartley up. "Tho lleuvenllcx" hear a lonjr ntory of tho dotneutlc woes of Mrs. Hannah Jane Purvis, thr.lr cook and maid of ull work. Decide to let her go and engugo Sol. Pratt as otiof. CHAPTER III. Continued. "And whllo wo'ro giving you tho story of our lives, skipper," says Hart ley, with ono of his half smiles, "I want to say right hero that our pres ent surroundings aren't all that fancy painted 'em. They're too much In tho llrao light" This waa Just ono of his crazy wayB of saying things; I was getting used to 'em n llttlo by now. "Wo'ro too prominent," ho says. "Tho populace aro too friendly nnd Inter ested." "Also," says Van, "tho select bunch of femlnlnea from tho hotel have takon to making our front walk a Bort of promenade. Martin and I aro natur ally shy; we plno for solitude." There was moro ot this, but I man aged to find out that what thoy wanted was a quieter place than Scuddcr's. A place off by itself, where they could bo as natural as a picked chickon. I agreed to try and help 'em find such a place. And I said, too, that I'd think about tho cooking Idea, Money didn't aeem to bo no object I could have my wages by tho hod or barrelful Just as I Bee fit. "Well," says I, getting up to go. "I'll see. Let me sleep on it for a spell, same's you fellers have done on Nato's pin-feather bods. But I ain't so sure about your staying all sum mer. How about that young lndy friend of yours, Mr. Van Brunt? She may take a notion to send for you to Introduce hor to the king of Chlny or the grand panjandrum with the lit tle round bottom on top. Then you'd have to pack up and cut your cable." Van, he looked hard at me for a minute. I thought first he was mad at mo for putting my onr in where it wa'n't supposed to be. Then ho laughed. "Sol," says he, "that young lady and I aro kindred spirits. For a year I'm natural aud happy, and she can nurso her Iloollguns nnd go on charity sprees. Then well, then wo fall back on our respected parents and wedded erbllsn. Hoy, Martin?" Hartloy, In the shadow of the vines, lit another cigar and nodded. Hut ho didn't say nothing. For the next thrco or four days I chased around trying to find a houso and lot where them Heavenly lunatics could bo natural. I located n couplo ot bully summer places, all trees and windmills and posy beds and hot and cold water and land knows what. But thoy wouldn't do; they "smclled ot coupons," Van Bald. What they really wanton, or thought thoy wanted, was a state's prison in a desort, I Judged. For a week.pr ton daya we kept tho hunt up, but didn't havo no luck. Whenovor 1J think I'd uucovered a promising outfit tho Hcaveullcs would turn to and dump in a cargo ot objec tions and bury it again. After flvo or six funerals of this kind I got sort of tlrod and quit. It gut to bo July and their month at Nato's was 'most over. I was up there the evening of tho third and I happened to ask 'em If thoy wanted mo and tho 3loop for tho next day. There was to bo a Fourth of July celebration over to Kustw'ich aud somo of tho boarders wanted to go and seo tho balloon and tho racos and ' the greasud pig chase, and bucIi like. If tho Twins didn't caro I'd tako tho Job, I said. Hut they took a notion to go themselves. Van said 'twould bo an oxcuso for mo to glvo 'em another chowder, If no'thtng moro. So, on tho morning of tho Komj wo started, mo and Van Brunt nnd Hartloy and Loid James, la tho Dora Bassott. Talk about cruises. If I'd known and yet out of It come But there! lot me tell you about It. CHAPTER IV. The Plfl Race. I don't cal'lato that I ever had a better run down tho bay than I done that morning. 'Twas a fair wind, and a smooth hou, not tho slick, grousy kind, but with little 1)1 uo waves cha sing each other and going "Spat! spat!" under tho Dora Bussott's quar ter as sho dancod over 'em. And that'a Juat what Bho did dance. There wa'n't any hog-wallowing for her; she just picked up hor skirts, so to speak, and tripped along towing tho llttlo landing skiff nstorn of her like a 10-yoar-old girl going to a surprise party. An early July morning on tho bay down our way is good enough for yours truly, Solomon Pratt. Tako it with tho wind und water like I'vo said; with tho salt sinoll from tho marshes drifting out from tho shore, mixed up with tho smell ot tho pltch-plncs on tho bluffs, aud mo in tho stern of a good boat with tho tlUqr In my hand lnirJu. vJBy tJoepH C. IircoIr Avintft of 'Cap's Cri 'Partnuis of IhcTiMt Cenrma is 07 A & Baxmu eat Catewr t tu.usriurioN3MTD.Mei.viiL -"-ia. and a plpo In my face well, nil rlghtl That's my natural llfo; and I don't noud no book to tell mo bo, neither. Tho Ilcnveultos enjoyed it, and thoy'd ought to. 'Twas clear then, though It got hazy over to tho east'ard IUVUI I'llt J 'lib 4lllla CIO A na bTTitn clear, and you coukl seo tho schooners i4ib rt Utir Hinn nu T atx 'dtrna strung out on tho skyline somo full up, with their sails shining whito in the sun, and others down over tho edgo, with only their topa'ls showing. Far off, but dead ahead, Just as if somebody had dipped tholr finger in the bluing bottle and smouched it along tho bottom of tho Bky, was tho Wapa t'omac shore, nnd away aft, right over tho stem, was tho Trumct lighthouse, llko a white chalk mark on a yellow fenco, the fenco being tho high sand bank behind It Thn Twins laid back and soaked In the scenery. They unbuttoned tholr Jackets and took long brcnlliB. They actually forgot to smoke, which was a Bort ot miracle, ns you might say, and even Hartley, who had been bluer than a spoiled mackerel all tho morn ing, braced up and got real chipper. By and by they resurrected that book of "The Lunch 'Amper, of Course," He 8ays. 2bles." theirs and hnd what you might call a Natural Llfo drunk. I never seo print ing that went to a person's head the way that book seemed to go to theirs. I Judged 'twas kind ot light and gassy reading and naturally rlz and filled the empty places samu as you'd fill a bal loon. Everybody was happy but Lord James, and I could seo that ho wa'n't easy In IiIb mind. Ho set about amid ships of the cockpit and hung onto tho thwart with both bunds, llko ho was afraid 'twould bust loose and leave him adrift If tho Dora Bassott had struck a dorollct or something and gouo down sudden I'll hot they'd havo dredged up that Hopper valot and tho thwart together. And then thoy'd havo had to pry 'em apart His lord Bhlp wa'u't used to vater, unless 'twas to mix with something olso. By aud by Hartloy shoves both hands into his pockets, tilts his hat back und begins to sing. Moro effects of tho Nntural Life spree, I suppose, but 'twas bully good Blnglng. Might havo boon Baying most anything, call ing mo u short lobster for what I know, 'catiBo 'twas somo forolgnor'B lingo, but tho noise was all right even it I did huvo to take chances ou tho wordH. I cal'lato to know music when I hear It. "Good I" soya Van, whon his chum Btopped. "Mnrtln, you're hotter al ready. I havon't heard you Blng for two years or moro. The last tlmo was at tho Delancoys' 'at home.' Do you remember tho dowagor and 'my daughter?' Heavens! and 'my daugh ter's' piano .playing! Agnes told tho dowager that she had never heard anything llko it. You and sho woro togethor, you know. Olvo ub another vorso." But Martin wouldn't. Shut up llko a clam and reached into his pocket for u cigar. "That was A No. 1, Mr. Hartley," Kayo I. "I wish you could hear Solon Bassott play tho flddlo; you'd appre ciate It." Van ho rourud and oven Harlley managed to smile. As for Iord Jamns he lookod at mo llko I'd trod on the qufton's corns. Blotted If" I could sco what thero wan funny about It. Solon can play llko an Injuu. Why, I'vo seen him bust two strings at a Thanksgiving ball and then play "Mrs. McLcod's Iteol" you know, "Buckshee, nanny goat, brown btead and beans" on t'other two, till thero wa'n't a still foot In the hall. Wo mndo Kastwlch Port about noon and had dinner. I cooked up a kettle of chowder fetched tho clams along with mo from home and 'twould havo done you good to boo the llcav cnllcs lay into It. Lord Jamoa he Bklppod around like a hopporgrass in a hot skillet, fetching glassos and laying out nine or ten different kind ot forks and spoons sldo of each plate, and opening wino bottles, and I. don't know whnt all. When ho hove ,n sl,lt of l,,H w,llirf tl,nt morning no wan toting a basket pretty nigh as big as ho was. 1 asked him what It was. "Why, tho''nmpor," Bays ho. "Tho which?" says I. "Tho lunch 'ampor, of course," ho says. "Tho 'ampor for tho hcatables." Well, I wondered thon whnt In the nntlon was In It, for 'twas heavlor than lead. I roniemhor that tho heft of it made me ask him If ho' fetched along somo of tho lato Hannah Jane's loft-ovor rlz biscuit But now I see why 'twus heavy. Thero was enough dishes nnd truck for ten men nnd tho cook In that basket. Wo had ray chowdor and four kinds of crackers with it, aud chicken nnd asparagus, and nlno sorts ot pickles, and canned plum pudding with suss, and coffoc and good loud healthy cheeso, and red wino und chnmpngno. When I'd "The 'Amper for the Heat- hoisted in enough ot everything no my hatches wouldn't shut tight, and pulling on ono of tho Twins' cigars, I says to Van: "Mr. Van Brunt," says I, "is this part of what you call tho Natural Llfo?" "You bet, Bkipper!" 3ays ho. Ho hadu't finished the chowder end of tho layout yet. Wall, I heaved a sigh. 'Twas kind of unnatural to mo, having como on me all to nnco; but I cal'lated I could get UBod to It iu tlmo without shed ding no tears. Didn't want to get used to It too quick, nolther; I wanted tho novelty to linger nlong, us you might any. When tho dlnnor was over tho Heavenllcs was well enough ac qualued with tho family to nickname It "lunch" I started In to help his lordship wash dishes. Tho Twins sprawled themselvt: undor a couplo of pluo trees aud blew smoko rings. "Hurry up there, messmate," says I to tho valot; "1 want to get through tlmo enough to run up to tho fair grounds nnd see that greased pig race." Hartley had been hooping so still I cal'lated ho was dropping off to sloop, but it seems ho wa'n't. Ho set up, stretched, and got to his feet. Til go with you, Bklppor," says ho. "Might as well do that as anything. I'vo never seen a grcnaed pig race. Thoy don't havo 'em on tho Street." "Chaso nothing but Iambs thero," draws Van Brunt, lazy, and with bis oyeB hnlf abut Then ho turned over and looked at IiIb chum. "Oreat Caesar! Martin," ho Bays, -1 I'vntt rlnn't miviii inll rat !...! ....i golug up into that crowd of hayseeds to hang ovor a fence and watch somo ono run, do you? Why any ono on God's earth should want to run," ho says, "whon they con koep still, la bo yond mo; and why you, of ull men, should want to watch 'em do it that's worso yet Come hero und bo natural nnd decout" But Hartloy wouldn't do it HJb blue streak seemed to havo struck tn again and ho wns kicking tho sand, nervous-like, with his foot "Como on, Van," hu sayH. "I want the walk." "Not much," says Van. "Walking's almost as bad as running. I'll bo hero when you got back." It may be that Hartloy did want that walk, samo as ho said, but he didn't nocm to get much fun out ot It Wont pounding along, his cigar tipped up to thn visor of his cap, and hla eyes staring at the ground all tho time. And ho never spoko two wordti till wo got to the fair grounds. , There was a dickens of a crowd, llvo or Kit hundred folks, I should think, nnd more coming nil tho tlmo. Everybody that could como had bor rowed the horses and carryalls of them that couldn't nnd had brought their wives and mothurs-ln-law nnd their children's children unto tho third and fourth generation. Thoro was con siderable many Rummer folks not so many ns there Is at the cattle show in August but a good many, just tho same. I counted llvo automobllos, und I see tho Barry folks from Truniet riding round In their four-horso coach and putting on airs enough to rnak 'em lup-Hlded. Hartley gave ono look mound at tho gang and his noso turned up to 12 o'clock. 1 "Und I" eays hu, "this, or something like It, is what I'vo been trying to got away from. Como on, Sol. Lot's go back to tho boat." But I hadn't scon so many shows m he had and I wnntod to stay. "You wait a Bpoll, Mr. Hartley," sayB I. "Let's cruise round a llttlo first." So we wont shoving along through tho crowd, getting our toou trampod on and dodging peddlora and such llko every other minute. Thoro waa tho "tost-your-strcngth" machine and tho merry-go-round nnd tho "oaalflod man" In a tent: "Walk right up, gents, and cast your eyes on tho groatoat marvel ot tho ngo all alive and Bolld stono only two nickels a dlmo ton cents," and nil tho rest of it. Pretty soon wo como to whero tho fuller was soil ing tho K Plurlbus Unum candy red, white and blue, nnd a slab as big as q brick for a dime. Hartley stopped and stares at it "For hoavon's sake!" says he, "What do they do with that?" "Do with it?" Bays I. "Bat It, of course." "No?" ho says. "Not really?" "Humph!" I says. "You Just wait a shake." Thore was a llttlo red-headed young ster scooting in nnd out among the folks' knees and I caught him by the Bhoulder. "HI, Andrew Jackson!" says I. "Want somo candy?" Ho lookod up at mo as port and sassy ns a blackbird on a scarecrow's shouldor. "Bet your natural!" says he. I Jumpod. "Lord!" snys I; "I cal'lato ho knows yon." Hartley smiled. "How do thoy sell that that Portland cement?" says ho. "Glvo mo somo," ho says, holding a halt dollar to tho feller behind tho oil cloth counter. , Tho man chiseled off enough for a fnir-alzcd tombstono and handed It nut. Hartley passod It to tho boy. Ho bit off a hunk that mado him look llko ho had tho mumps all on ono side, and commenced to crunch It "Thoro!" say 8 1. "That's proof enough, ain't it?" But ho wn'n't satisfied. Walt a minuto," says ho, "I want to soo what It does to him." Well, it didn't do nothing, apparent ly, except to mako tho llttlo shuvor's Jaws sound llko a rock crusher, so wo went on. By and by wo como to tho fonco alongsldo . ot tho plnco whero thoy had tho races. Tho sack race was on, half a dozou fcllora hopping around tied up in meal bags, and wo seo that. Thon Hartley was for golug homo again, hut I managed to hold him. Tho greased pig was tho next number on tho dauco order and I wanted to see It. Maj. Philander Phlnnoy, ho's chair man of tho Kastwlch solectmon and pretty nigh half as big as ho thlnka ho is; ho stood ou tip-too on tho judgo's stnud and beilorcd that tho greased pig contest was open to boys under ID, and that tho 0110 that caught tho pig and hung ou to it would got flvo dollars. In Iusb than throo ehakos ot a herring's hind leg thoro waa boys enough on that field to start a reform school. They ranged all tho way from llttlo chaps who ought to havo bcou homo cutting their milk tooth to "boys" that had yellow fuzz on tholr chins and a plug ot chawing tobacco In their pants' pocket. Thoy fotchod In tho pig shut up In a box with laths over tho top. Ho was llttlo and black and all shining with groaso. Thon thoy stretched a ropo across ono ond of tho raco Held and Uuod up tho pig chasors behind It "Hollo!" says Hartley, "thoro'a our Portland cement youngster. IIo'Il never run with that murblu quarry lu sldo of him." Suro enough, thoro was tho boy that had tackled tho candy. I could seo bis red head blazing like a lightning bug alongsldo of u six-foot Infant with overalls and a promising crop ot sldo whlskors. Noxt thing I knew the Btartor Issuchar Tlddlt, 'twaa ho opona the lid to the pig box and hob lera "Go!" Tho lino dropped. That llttlo kino pig kco 20 odd pair of hands shooting" towards him, und ho fotchod a yell llko n tugboat whlstlo and put down tho field, with tho wholo crow behind him. Tho crowd got on tiptoe and stretched their necks to boo. Every body hollered and hurrahed and "haw, hawed." (TO DM CONTINUED.) PE-RU-NA ", LAST RESORT MR. WM. F. VAULBBRO. Mr, William F. Vahlburg, Oklahoma City, Okla.. writes: "One bottlo of l'entna which I havo taken did more toward relieving mo of an aggravated easo ot catarrh ot tho stomach, than years of treatment with Uio bast physicians. "I had given up hopes of relief, and only tried Pcruna uh a last resort. "I Hhall continue utdujr it, na I feel satisfied it will effect mi entire and permanent cure. "I most cheer fnlly recommend PerauB to nil who may read this." I'eruna is usually taken as a last re sort. Doetont have been tried and failed. Other remedies havo been used. Sanitariums havo been visited. Travel has been resorted to. At last I'eruna is tried. Ruliof bi found. 'litis history is repeated over and over again, every day in tho year. It in such results ns tills that gives Poruna its unnssailablo hold upon tho people. Wo could say nothing1 that would add forco to such testimonials aa the above. Tlint people who havo had catarrh and havo tried every other remedy uvall able, find relief in Peruna, cousthVuton tho best argnmeut that could be uiado- Reached His Limit Llttlo Henry had boen vory naughty and was shut up In n closot until ho should express proper ponltenco for his mlsdcodB. Near by sat his moth er, ready to oxtend pardon to tho small offoudor nt tho first sign of sorrow. At last a faint sigh caught hor oar. Creeping silently to tho door, she discovered tho child seated on tho floor in a disconsolate attltudo. "Poor mo!" he muttered, with an other sigh. "Why can't I got out? l'so dono sorriod all I can sorry!" Delineator. Money Expended on School. Last year Now York city spent $33, 000,000 on Its public schools; Chicago, $23,000,000; Boston moro than $10, 000,000; Philadelphia a llttlo moro than $C,000,000. Though Philadelphia is tho third city in population in tho Uultcd States, it stood thirty-fourth in per capita expenditure on schools. At Atlantic City Miss Kmma Nuttor was ordained into tho ministry at thn Methodist Protestant oonforenco. For six yoars she was a licentiate proach Ing at a small church thero and study lag theology. 'J .IX'al jLU'Jk'iaj "Guar5l Western Canada MORE BIQ CROPS IN I908 Another 60,000 set tlers from the United States. New dis tricts opened for set tlement. 320 acres of land to each set tler, 160 free homestead und 160 at $3.00 per acre. "A vat rich country and a contented pre perous people." Exlratt front cermtmibnc &f a A'attixul Rdttar. vKtu visit t Wtsttrn Canada, in Augvtt, igoS, was an insfiratian. Many hnvo paid tho entire cost of their forms und had a balance of from $10.00 to $20.00 per acre as a result of one crop. Spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, barley, flax and peas are the principal crops, while the wild grasses bring to perfection the best cattle that have ever been sold on the Chicago market Splendid climate, schools and churches in all localities. Railways touch most of the settled districts, and prices for produce are always good. Lands may also bo pur chased from mil way and land companies. For pamphlets, maps and information regarding low railway rates, apply to SufMrintendant of Immlgretfoa Ottawa, Canada or to the authorlted Cansdlna Gov't Accent; W.V.BEnnTTT, 01 Rw York Uh BalWIajC. Onuht, hUrMks. pAferrV- HAIR BALSAM ind kuatlflM Ih B buuUnt raaat Mb jiTar jnuia to ilia to HesWro Uraa Cuna Main W.iiamOat 9 bHssbOS CANDY lr famous and deltoastii cuiidlea and chocolRUti, write to the maker forest lUotr, wboleaaJe or retail. Cr?a. j