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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1909)
T i WESTERN CANADA'S SPLENDID CROP YIELD FOR 1900. AMERICANS PROFITED LARGELY AND SEND BACK SATISFAC TORY REPORTS. The census branch of the Depart ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, ha3 completed Hb returns of the show ing of Western Canadu's grain yield for 1908, nnd the reports make very interesting rending. In the three prov inces of Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Albetta, which comprise what may bo known as Central Canada, there was a total wheat yield of about 107,000,000 bushels, worth to the fanner about $85,000,000; In addition to this tho oat, barley and flax crops were worth an other $35,000,000. Letters have been received from many of the settlers from tho United States. From these, that of Hev. Oscar L. King hns been selected. He lives In the vicinity of Kdmonton, Alberta, and what he says will bo of Interest to those who con teinplato moving to Central Canada. Every lino of the letter Is Interesting. Those who wish for the, particulars as to how to secure, homesteads and pie omptlons should write nny Canadian Government ugent. Mr. King says: "Mr. M. V. Mclnnnes, Detroit. Mich. Igan: 1 am well satlslled with Al berta. This country offers excellent opportunities for nnyone to make a good home for himself and family If he Is willing to put up with a few hard knocks for the llrst two or thrco years. Hut it Is worth a few hard knocks to get n IGOacre farm of rich, productlvo land with no mortgage on it. This province Is well fitted for grains, stock raising and dairying. We have found the climate- generally healthful, more healthful than Mich igan, and nlthough tho thermometer sometimes drops to 40 degrees below zero In winter, yet we do not seem to feel that temperature any more than wo did G or 10 degrees below zero In Michigan. We like tho winters. "Tho Government takes great Inter est In the education of the people and quickly aids tho settlers In establish ing schools where they are called for. Tho schools, though graded differently than thoso In the States, are efficient and advancing. Our great drawback has been tho limited and inadequate railway facilities, but new roads aro being rapidly built and many more aro projected through various parts of the province. The new policy of tho Alberta government to construct a great many branch lines throughout the provlnco will greatly help all parts of the country. If those new settlers who have to go back a considerable distance from existing railroads and towns to find freo homesteads will but locate along the lino of a project ed railroad they will In two or three years bo near both town and railroad. When I first crime to this country threo nnd a half years ago tho homo stead I took wns 75 miles from a rail road town; now there Is a rnllroad 25 miles north, nnother 25 miles south, and a third is being built through my neighborhood. "I think tho prairie country or coun try that Is partly pralrlo offers much better opportunities than tho hilly portions." Wise Men. Onco 'pon a time a man dumb a tree tor git rid of a mad bull, a hur ricane come 'long nn' blowod him an' de tree down; den ho crawled Inter a hole In de groun', tor hldo frum do hurricane, an' please God, hero come a yearthquake an' swallowed lm shoes nn' all. I tell you, folks. It's n wise man what know how ter dodge trouble! P. L. S., In Atlanta Constl. tutlon. Seems But Yesterday. "I heard a girl say to-day that tha Trilby craze was beforo her time. Sho was grown, too." "What's tho answer?" "We aro growing old, my boy. Wo aro growing old." ONLY ONK "IIIIOMO OUININK." That Is I.A.YA'm K IIIIOMO giUNINK. Look fnl thu hlunuturo of I:. W (JUOVK. tJkeil tlio World over to Curo u Cold In Ono Jjy. :Uc. Silence Isn't nlwnys golden. Some times It is nn admission of guilt. Lewis' Single Hinder straight Go ciR.tr h good quality nil the time, lour dealer or Lewis iiictory, Peoria, 111. Life does not mako U3, wo make life. Kavanagh. 'Guaral! pjsm Keen It on Hand! Couihi and colli rnty tetu any nicmbrr of the family any time, Many a tad cold hai bttn aveited and much ticlnm and lufftring liii Ii Mval bytlie prompt uw of I'no'i Cure. Tlirre ii notliing like it lobiMltupeoughiandcoldi. The ii no bronchial or lung trouble that II Will not wheve. Frt from ppiatra or harmful la iwwIImiI. t inn fat rhlldltn. At all drugsuu , za cu, on Philip and the Ethiopian Sunday School Lenon for March 7, 1909 Specially Arranged lor ThU Paptr I.KHSOX THXT -Acts 8 2G-3S. Memory vrrnes '."J-:)l OOLDIJN TKXT-Bearrh the Strip tinea for In tlioiu ye think yn lmve rtrr ruil life ami they lire tliy which testify of mi'.- John 3:33. TIMK. HtllimuT of A. O. 3(5 or 37. Hoon aft it the lint lesion. PI.AOH. Whore tho rnud from Sntmtrln to (Jiizii iTOAsen or Joins the road from JeriiKHli-in to Gitzii. In the uneiiltlvated iokIoii until intent of .Irrimalcni, toward 'the old Philistine country. Comment and suggestive Thought. Vs. 27, 28. "A man of Ethiopia." A general term for tho lands south of Egypt. Hut from the name of Queen iCnudnce It- was probably Meroe. a count! y which lay on the right bank of the Nile from its Junction with the Atbara, as far as Khartoum, nnd thence to the east of the blue Nile to the Abyssinian mountains. "Of great authorlt " A man of power, of wide Inlluenee, n pi luce. V. 2S. "Was leturning." Guided by Piovldonoe at exactly the right time "Read" (was reading). "Esnlas " Greek form of Isaiah. He was reading aloud as was the custom, so that Philip was able to hear It. It was a pleasant and profitable custom on long journey u. Heading Aloud. "The great Jewish teachers Insisted. In muny Instances, upon their scholars reading aloud." "I speak to tho experience, probably, of many, when I say that utterance aloud Is often n very powerful aid to mental retentlvcnosB," says Joseph Parker. It Is more than this, reading aloud helps us to understand tho moaning of the Wprd. For In order to road well we must understand overy shade of tho meaning, or we will mis interpret God's Word. A monotonous, sing-song, woodeny, or artificial rend itiir. such ns we often hoar, comes very near to being a crime, for It de prives the Word of Its natural mean lng, and makes the hearors Inatten tive, or tepels them from the Word.. Those who wish to know the truth tnke great pntns and spare no ex pense to obtain It. Young people often say that It Is .hard to become Interested In reading the Scriptures. Hut If anyone reads them In order to find out what to do, and what to believe, he will, of neces sity, find a deep Interest In the study, as one finds n mnp Interesting when he Is planning a Journey, or a chrirt when he 13 crossing the ocean. God Is no respecter of persons. Twice Africans are brought to our no tice here, and when Simon tho Cy renlan helped Jesus to bear his cross. "As for the nationality of tho Ethi opian," snys Farrar, "It must bo borno In mind that even Moses himself had once married an Ethiopian wife." We can meet God nnd lenrn his will In tho desert places of life, as Moses saw the burning bush, and Elijah heard tho voice of God In the lonoly places of Horeh, and Paul spent threo years In the deserts of Arabia. It Is good to use overy spare oppor tunity In studying and meditating on the Word of God. What we do with our sparo moments often determines our characters even more than our dally labois do. Tho books we choose and are fa miliar with, like our chosen friends, mold our characters and guide our destiny. V. 29. "Then the Spirit said." Tho Spirit speaks not only to our feelings, but to our Judgment nnd conscience. Whoover Is perfectly willing to obey the voice of the Spirit will be guided aright. Prejudices, unwillingness o obey, pnst training or failure of train ing, In so far as we allow them to ox ert an Influence, will lead us astray; as Iron near tho compass on n ship will deflect the guiding magnetic needle. "Join thyself to this chariot." An excellent Illustration in found in "Pilgrim's Progress," where Chrlstlnn Is wandering around in doubt, and moetlng Evangelist Is directed to tho right way. V. 35. "Then Philip . . . began at tho same Scrlptuie" Which was fulflllod In Jesus, and has been ful filled In no other. "And preached," announced tho glad tidings of Jesus. IJhlllp showed the strange and mar velous correspondence between tho many descriptions of the Messiah in tho prophets nnd tho then well-known llfo of Jesus of Nazareth. The Progress of a Soul Into tho Kingdom. Compnro with nunyau's "Pilgrim's Piogress as far as the Pal ace Heautlful, whonco ho was sent forth clothed In Christian nrmnr. 1. Ho wns deoply In earnest, and wont on n long, dangerous, and costly Journey to find tho true religion. 2. He did this against many Influ ences that held him back. 3. Ho went to the religious peoplo and meetings where he thought ho could learn about the true God and his service. 1. Ho read tho Hlblo carefully to learn tho way. Ii. Ho was not discouraged becauso ho did not find tho light. G. Ho accepted the holp of one who know tho truth from oxperlonco. 7. As soon as he saw that Jesus was tho true Saviour, ho accopted him. 8. As soon as ho felt ho wus n true dlsclplo he deslrod to confess Christ by bnptlsm, In tho prosenco of his wholo retinue. Confession strength ens tho chnractor nnd confirms tho choice. Like Cortcz, on landing on tho Mexican shores, It burns tho ships .behind him. No better, no simpler, no 'more beautiful or evpresslvo way of eonfrsblng Christ has ever been found, or even Imagined, than that of baptism. FORMER RULER Vf .- JHCR ml ' inP' H i?iB ' l- -jr & IKtetf fit r- & riiotoRfM'ti copyright liy Clliitxllnrt, Wakliliiutnii, II. '. ' Ex-Queen Lllluokalanl of Hawaii, who, In pcrEon, appeared before the house committee on claims at Washington recently and put In her plea for $250,000 In payment for the crown land and estates which were taken from her when she lost her throne. TRAMPS SHUN TOWN "WEARY WILLIES" STEAR CLEAR OF BURLINGTON, N. J. Policeman McCormlck Solves Problem of Handling Case Freo Gentry by Putting Them to Work Cleaning Streets. Hurllngton, N. J. All hall Police man Joseph McCormlck! Tho feats of Horatlus, who kept the bridgo and other heroes of ancient history nro naught compared to tho bravo deed ho accomplished nnd, to think of it, single-handed, too. What did Officer McCormlck do to cam all this pralso? Why, ho tackled tho tramp problem single-handed nnd now tramps tramping through Jersey aro heard singing "Gee, But This Is a Lonesomo Town" ns they steer away from tho city of Burlington. Tho town has been worried by tramps for tho past few months. They would apply to tho lodging houso con ducted by tho city, obtain a hearty meal, a good bed and then, with u courteous "Thank you," leavo tho placo next morning. Many woro caught "ringing" thnt is, trying to return tho same evening and work tho stunt nil over again. Then McCormlck took affairs in hand. Seeing tho matter required careful thought ho asked for a two-weeks' va cation, that ho might not bo disturbed in righting a municipal wrong. Tho chief of pollco was aghast when McCormlck mado his request, as his absenco would dcpleto tho forco and tho other policemen In tho town would havo double patrol duty to do, but granted tho request. In a few days ho was back on tho Job, a smllo of satisfaction spread over his countenance. Tho tramp problem was solved. Tramps who npplied for lodging and Btipper woro surprised at tho kind way in which they wero received. Never In all their tramp lives had they been escorted to tho supper table with such graco. Then camo a cot and then breakfast In tho morning. Immediately after their morning re past they wero conducted to tho city's dirtiest streets, given a broom nnd told to swoop. Ono who rebelled wns immediately given ten days in tho city Jail. Tho rest decided that discretion wns tho bettor part of valor. Tho talo spread. Every tramp in tho stato soon heard of tho methods of Burlington, In treating tho tramp problem. Needless to say tho town Is freo from tramps for tho first timo In many years. WINNER GETS DIVORCE. Land Office Must Decide If She Quit Mate Illegally, Platte, S. D. Tho officials of tho fcdoral land ofllco must decldo whether Mary A. Melser, who won No. 1 In tho great Tripp county Innd drawing Inst fall, has traded oft hor husband for her ?10,000 prlzo, or whether hor for tune hns como to rellovo hor at a (imo when Bho was about to bo left without support. Mrs. Melser was granted n dlvorco hero upon tho groundb of desertion. It was whllo on a visit to hor parents In Lymnn county thnt Mrs. Melser loamod of hor good fortune. At tho timo it was wondered whethor, as a married woman, sho would ho entitled to fllo on tho land sluco sho had not obtained a dlvorco. But tiho asserted that sho had not lived with Melser since Juno, 1907; that sho had given him up, and that sho had supported herself nluco tho separation, and tho divorce was OF HAWAII &- granted. Accordingly sho will file on her claim when tho time comes. Un questionably other winners, coming after her, will raise the novel question of whether tho divorce was not ob tained for tho purpose of allowing her to claim her prize. In nny event, tho proposals of mnr ringe, which wero stopped at tho tlmo sho was announced the winner by tho statement that sho was married, are certain to begin deluging the young woman, who, ns shown by her pictures, Is still youthful and fair to look upon. LIMITS "SPOONING" TO DOSES. Ad. for Cook Says 32 Hours Night ly Is Enough Before Marriage. Carbondnle, Pa. Paying proper at tention to tho "spooning" proclivities of tho averngo cook, a householder of this city, who has had a long nnd try ing oxperlonco with servnnts, has In serted this advertisement In a local paper: "Wanted Girl or woman to wash, iron, bake, cook, servo meals nnd do general housework for two persons; eight rooms nnd n bathroom to keep clean; wages four dollars every Sat urday night to ono thnt can glvo sat isfaction. Ono afternoon off ench week, besides every Sundny after noon nnd evening, but must return nnd get Biippor every other Sunday. Gentlemnn friend may bo entortnlncd, but not fed, bovcu nights a week from 7:30 to 11, no oftener or later; this gives one wholo day, 24 hours n week, for 'spooning,' which ought to sufllco until after matrimony; thon you'll bo luck; to get ono dny n month. If theso restrictions seem unreasonable do not consider this situation." Here's Meanest Joke of All. New York. Robert Morgnn, a vet eran of tho civil wnr nnd member of tho G. A. H., was the victim of a Joke which resulted In his humiliation In a restaurant and his nrrest. A stranger Invited him to dine, but brazenly announced thnt he did not know tho old man when tho waiter presented tho bill for, tho meal. When taken to a police station, a police lieu tenant wns so impressed with his story and his plight that ho paid the bill, which wns for a comparatively trivial nmount. READING ROOM OF v' . Zl's Passengers on tho new ocean steamship "George Washington," named In honor of the first president of tha United States, the latest addition of the North German Lloyd fleet, could easily Imagine they were In some sump tuously furnished colonial homestead Instead of on the boundless deep, as this new transatlantic liner la to be decorated and furnished In a stylo which re calls our own colonial type. Th'i veseel will offer many Innovatlono to ocosn travelers. It will make Its first trip sailing from New York July 1. EGG REVEALS GOLD HAS MAP SHOWING SPOT OF BURIED TREASURE ON SHELL. Ezra Delivers One Dollar for Qypy Wares and Gets Wonderful Se cret In Return for His Money. Tyson, Vf. Ezra Hurt, who lives about a mile east of the Corners, hnB n hen which no amount of money will buy. It Is a scrawny, Ill-appearing fowl with bedraggled feathers nnd a seml-hald head, and what Is moro It hns laid only one egg In Its entire two yenrs' existence. Still, old Betsy, ns the hen Is called, has n niche In Ez ra's heart, and gels tho very best grain the farm affords. The secret of all this Is that Iho ono egg Betsy laid contained on ItH shell n raised water-line map of tho spot where old Jeremiah Hint, Ezra's gi eat grandfather, burled his gold at tho time of the revolutionary war, and with the aid of this map E.ra recov ered the 1 1 ensure. Just how much this was no one has been able to find out, but It Is known that the mortgage on the farm has been paid off and the Burt family Is living In comfott. Tho Butts gave up hunting for the secreted wealth 10 years ago, after they had searched and dug until they were tired out. They knew thnt the paternal Hurl sunk his gold some where In the earth, and went off to war without telling hit, family where ho had placed It, further than that It was on the farm. Last summer a gypsy camo along selling bends and luces and offered to go Into n trance and solve the trcasuro rlddlo provided Ezra bought a dol lar's worth of her wares. Hurt took up tho offer nnd In her trnnco tho woman said that some day an old scrawny hen would lay an ;g In which would be found n map. If this wero followed the treasure would bo found. Ezra thought ho was "stung," but he paid tho dollar. Nothing moro hnppencd until n month ago, when Betsy was found In the wood box behind tho kitchen stove. Horrified at tho Idea or having a hen In her kitchen, Mis. Burt shooed her out, and wob surprised to find nn egg nestling In the Bhnvlngs. Tho egg had pccullur raised llneB on tho shell, nnd Ezra was called, lie remembered tho prophecy of the gypsy and caro fully studied the shell. Suro enough there wob a map w'th a Httlu star at tho base of an old maplo tree In the sugnr orchard. With a pick and Bhovel Hurt set forth, nnd nn hour later returned with a discolored copper soap kettlo heavy with gold. Tho family kopt tho secret until tho mortgage wnB paid, when It beenmo common property. All effort b to got Ezra to tell how much money ho found in tho kettlo havo failed. OPERATES ON AORTA; MAN LIVES Los Angeles Surgeon Performs Deli cate and Dangerous Task. Los Angeles, Cnl. Twenty feet of silver wire colled Insldo of tho norta tho great artery leading from his heart will probably savo tho llfo of Richard Whcaton, a retired British soldier, now a patient at the county hospital. Ho Is recovering from one of tho most dellcnto and dangerous operations known to modem surgery. Dr. D. C. Barber, superintendent of tho hospital, performed tho oporntlon. Tho patient was suffering from an nneurlsm. At ono point in tho aorta tho wall of the artery was so thin that pressure of tho blood had all but blown It out. It wns decided to In terposo nn artificial wall In front of tho wounded spot. Tho nrtcry was disclosed and a hollow needlo was thrust Into It. Tho flno sliver wlro wns passed through tho hole in the needlo. It was so flno thnt when tho end camo in contact with tho opposlto wall of tho artery It turned, and ns moro wlro was pushed In it curved round nnd round, forming n spiral tho slzo of tho artery, and this trav eled along tho tube, bridging 'tho en larged space. Bo your real self and you. will bo original. Wood. NEW OCEAN LINER GAVE HER DADDY AWAY. Little One's Innocent Remark That Left the Deacon Gasping, Every Sunday some one threw a button Into the contribution box of tho lit t lo church. The annoyed pastor confided to his wife that he suspected the button thrower to be stingy old Deacon (1., who had so strongly op posed his "call" to the pastorate, but that he dure not accuse him of It for lack of evidence. At n church "sociable" that week some one BiiggeH'ed the playing of games! Deacon G. had just partaken of oyster soup at some one e.se's ex pense and felt warmed and expansive. "Why not piny 'Hutton, button who'H got the button?' he luqulied of waiting children. "Oh, yes!" exclaimed his youngest daughter with enthusiasm. "And you lend us the hutton, papa'" Then sho drew hack, tlmoiously "I'nless yon want to save It for next Sunday's con tribution," she added, consldeiately. LIVE AND LEARN. Fnrmor ModdorgniBS Waal, by knew them Chinese lived sldo )' th' nlrth but Iiuhb clover! I on t'other mo ir I knew they mid n through route! HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA. Face and Neck Were Raw Terrlblo Itching, Inflammation and Soreness All Treatments Failed. Cuticura Proved a Great Success. "Eczema began over the top of my ear. It cracked and then began to Bprcfcl. I had threo different doctora nnd tried several things, but they did me no good. At last one side of my face and my neck wero raw. Tho water ran out of It so that I had to wear medicated cotton, nnd It was so lnflnmcd and soro thnt 1 had to put a piece of cloth over my pillow to kcop tho water from It, and it would stain tho cloth a sort of yellow. The ec zema Itched bo that It seemed as though 1 could tenr i.iy face all to pieces. Then I began to use tho Cuticura Soap and Ointment, nnd it was not moro than threo months before It was all healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North field, Vt., Dec. 19, 1907." t "otter Urug It Caoui. Corp., Hole l'ropt., Uotton. Added a Saving Clause. A good old deacon in Connecticut wns very pious nnd very fond oC clams. When onco upon a tlmo ho nt tended a Rhode Island clnm-bako ho overtaxed his capacity and wns sore ly distressed. But his faith In prayer was unabated. Leaving tho party and going down on his knees behind a tree, ho was heard to supplicate: "Forglvo me, O Lord, this great Bin of gluttony. Restore my health, and I will never cat any moro clams." Then nfter a Judicious pause: "Very few, If any. Amen." OLDEST MANJN AMERICA Escaped Terrors of Many Winters by Using Pe-ru-na. Isaac Brock, 120 Years of Age. Mr.Tsaac Brock, of McLennan county, Tex,, Is an ardent friend to lVruua aud speaks of it in tho following terms: "Dr. Hartman's remedy, Per una, I have found to bo tho best, if not the only reliablo remedy for COUGHS, COLDS, CATARRH and diarrhea. "Peruna has been my stand-by for many years, ami I attribute my Rood health and my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets all my re quirements. "I havo como to rely upon It almost entirely for tho many llttlo things for which 1 need medicine. I believe it to bo especially valuable to old people. " Isaac Broclc ;; A 25c. Bottle of Kemp! Balsam J Contains 40 DOSES, And ench close is more effective tlmn four times tha soma quan tity of any other cough remedy, however well advertised aud how ever strongly recommended that remedy may be Remember always that Kemp's Balsam is the Best Cough Cute. It has saved thousands from con sumption. It lias saved thousands of lives. At all druggists', 25c, 50c. and ?1. X Don't accept anything cine. 2 mm '5Lk A ' m si 1 $ Ml w s Ir ! I t , .' .Is m: . in F1 L - i-lt !",7l '.iBIl 1 if 1 rsy . its 1 i 1 3 ff 1 4 i'i " m ?" iry s liBgagjRsgcss