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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1913)
B K'VlAI fCrMr.-frV NMVMrtMW r m, c ' r Cv ' fAi ' .v J ' fr lit Kr The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher . RID CLOUD ' NEBRASKA n n i 1 1 i i wi i 1 1 i i ; Even though It Ih Impossible) to cor nor all Him money, n follow enn try In n Canadian town, milk wan used to extlngulflli n tiro. MubI havo been well watered. , Perhaps tho next thing will be a Iincumntlc tube norvlco between tho city iiml tho form. A lloathn physician says whiskers nre n bo of cnplllary fungus. Thoro lire Homo t lint look it. ' A Delaware hotel linn four catB rcgu lnrly employed to deal with rntB. Wonder who furnlBhea tho ratB7 A tnnn who hnd four neon beaten by a straight Mush called tho police, mak ing tho second bad call of tho eplHodo. Bo patriotic la tho .nvorngo cltl7on thnt ho will not express oven an opin ion, preferring to tend It by parcel post. A dlvorco enso at Heno took nlno mlnutcfl for trial. Thoy'vo got tho thine down to a system thero, all right. If you avo your money you will bo called n "tightwad." If you Bcattor It you will bo referred to as a "spond thrift." "Leap year," says an eastern paper, "proved to he fruitful." And doubtlcai thero wore a fuw lemons as we'll aa peachea. lotting paper waB dlacovered It 14CG, but It has bcon mighty hard work over slnco to find nny when you want U. A Now Jersey man, 100 years old, snys ho shaves himself without a scratch. Uut think of nil tho practice no's had. A Chicago professor says thore are more Insano persons In this country than collcgo studonta. Somo profes sors possibly. The Prlnc'o of Wales Is learning to play tho bagplpo to develop hls lungs, and probably will go barelegged to endanger them. A Seattlo Judgo has ruled that It la not proper for husband and wife to sit on the same Jury. That would only be eleven Jurors? American phonographs are populat In all parts of tho world. They are popular with their owners, of course, not tho neighbors. A Btudont of Buch things says tbat long Bleep tends to produco crime, but criminals aro always trying to catch their victims napping. A rcmarkablo duel has Just taken!' piaco in Hungary, wnere the com batants actually Injured each othei beforo honor was satisfied. A Philadelphia lawyer says that s lobster Is not a good sport. Dut most of them are good spenders. Preparations aro blng mado to leo ture rich mothers on tho care of chll dren. As usual, tho lecturing will b done by unmarried women. Western city Is said to record the Dames of all Its dogs In the city direc tory In order to Increase tho popula tion list. Writing doggerel? A Moscow woman challenged her husband to a duol and killed him, Just becauso ho was Jealous of her. An odd'way of proving one's fidelity. Germs havo been found In finger bowls In high-priced restaurants. Probably an exclusive and superior kind, yet thrown In without extra charge. New York man, arrested for theft, laid It on to a pro-natal mark caused by a mouse. Living tin to the old stunt of "when the co;j away, tho mice will play." A New York woman Involved In matrimonial troubles says that tha ghoBt of her husband's first wife li tho causo of It all. Why don't she havo him give up the ghost? That newly discovered "cold light" Is certainly no moro effective than the cold light which gleams In ono's wlfe'i eyes when ono cornea homo at three o'clock In the morning after, a spell of exhausting work at tho offlco. An English writer Is said In a Lon don dispatch to have worked In New York as "a newspaper man, a waiter. and, In fact, In almost any capacity In tho lowor strata of the great city." i nanus, awruiiyi Tho London hotol that gained a world wido reputation through Ub onions Is making a strong bid for fame. A Doston bandit Just enptured an nounces that he nover robbed tho poor. Certainly not. What chance had he? A tutor In mathematics In an east ern college has entered tho bank ruptcy courts, filing liabilities of $421, iEOO. ThlB man should certainly have (been the head of his department. As Seen From a Dirigible BSeBCLj TMreiftftSBV'.. jJtrrJ-ASssssMKl... -g3y?3i?5? Emm IS 'JtmFW'r' SmJMbV JUb s$tt!&mEtlikKi3$& 3&.2m2S&b. 'z&z&r m .yAlv: -i -$ gKKIPQ&. r'TJL 5 iBiSiZrJm immiem - " A fU ' 4tet&?&J This photograph, taken from an Italian dirigible balloon In Tripoli, shows well the only visible signs of the dwellings of the troglodytes, the holes In the ground which are the entrancea to them. The colonies of these cave dwelling tribes are quite large and the furnishings of their dwellings often are quite up to date, comparatively apeaking. SPLENDID PAIR OF TUSKS. Though not record breakers, this pair of elephant tusks, recently Drought from equatorial Africa, are among tho finest ever seen in Lou don. They measure respectively 9 feet 1 Inch and 9 feet 2 Inches and their combined weight lu 325 pounds) suggesting forcibly tho tremendous strength of the pachyderm that car ried them. Elephants aro known to attain a great ago if left unmolested, and It Is moro than probnblo that the bearer of these two wonderful teeth had carried his full burden of Ivory for something llko a contury. Tho ele phant, they say, la not full grown till ho Is fifty, and may live for nearly two hundred years. A well-known In dian pagoda elephant was moro than a hundred years old In 1847, and then Bhowcd no slgnB of old age. These Won't At the Easter season eggs are are a number of ostrich eggs and their new life. SBSBSF'-SSjSjsssHBijuc ''BKBaBBjBBJMBBBv IHbBbT .' SSSFTv5j' -r MMSKjjjijii BBBBV '' S3 BSJRvRSifSlijfMBJil "' VumtTXiU BBBW ' VsBBBSBmP$Bk!B' " Vlj ' ' 1 BVtr'SiKui2& inn ifr;v;- -CTyy3t ?"" tmit'"XTi',Vt' " " ' M-3iSSSSSCmUi miMm &4v "v&s '"K INSURES AGAINST SICKNESS. Norway has a sick lnsuranco law which embraces all wago earners and public servants over 15 years of ago whose yearly earnings do not exceed $322, in tho rural districts, or $375 In the cities. Tho law also provides that tho employer shall pay a certain per contngo (one-sixth) of tho premium, whllo ho Is held responsible for the whole, but may deduct from the wages of the Insured at tho end of tho term for which the premium Is paid tho amount thus advanced. Theoretically, It 1b self-lnBuranco on the contrlbutlvo plan, whllo actually It amounts to an extra tax upon the employer, as moBt employes stipulate when engaging their services that the lnsuranco prem ium shall bo paid In addition to tho wages. I MILES OF SALT IN NEVADA Fifteen million tons of salt aro lying on or near tho surface of tho ground In Sliver Peak marsh, Nov., watting for commercial utilization. Silvor Peak marsh 1b a salt playa, or dried up lake, of prehistoric origin, about 20 miles west of Goldfleld and 25 miles southwest of Tonopab. Recent explorations In this region wero made by Richard D. Dolo of tho geological survey. In search of potaBh that might be utilized commercially. Little pot ash waB found, however. Practically tho entlro surface of tho playa, 32 miles square, Is covered with Bait. It Ib estimated that not less than 15 square miles of tho northeastern parjl contains a ten-foot Ballno bed, of which at least GO per cent. 1b salt. MOST COSTLY SET OF DISHES What Is Bald to be the most costly set of dishes ever mado was recently shown at an exhibition In St. Peters burg. It consisted of 3G hand-colored plates. This set has an estimated valuo of $18,540, a single plato, there fore, being worth $515. It Ib tho prop erty of Count Orloff-Davldoft. Do For Easter always things of special Interest. Hera the atilcks Just emerging from them to' " iw?"; JJKslk? ORDEAL FOR BRIDEGROOMS An Armenian wedding Is not readily forgotton It lasta for several daya, and starts with a general meeting of friends and relatives, who are onter talned by u band of minstrels and dancers until tho arrival of tho groom. In tho midst of tho uproar It 1b Ar menian etlquetto that tho "happy" man shnll totter In with faltering foot-' stops and blanched faco (It hus Just, bcon whitened with a llttlo powder). In order to go through tho ordeal of preparation. Ho Is first publicly shaved, and' thon adorned with various gifts sent by tho brido-olcct. Ills brothers next fall upon him. and with such vigor that ho spcodlly BtnndH forth as nn turo mado him. Then they completely reclotho him In new gnrments as best thoy can a dllllcult Job, when ono re members that custom forceB them to hold candles In their right hands throughout tho operation. , Tho evening terminates with bon fires, moro music and much dancing.1 Upon tho following evening thu bride puts In her first appearance by riding to church tho bridegroom walks. Tho' priest eiects them at tho porch and reads them a very seasonable llttlo homily upon tho obligations thoy nro about to undertake. They next march In procession to tho nltnr, whero their foreheads nro bound together with gold chains. Even then, howovor, another thrco days must clnpso beforo tho expectant groom Ih allowed to tako possession.1 They aro a long-suffering race, tho Armenians. STARTLING BURIAL SCHEME A startling now scheme for the dis posal of tho dead has been outlined by r. W Fitxpatrlck, un American consulting architect. Ho proposes that each body shall be molded Into a block of clay until nil eemblnnco of form Is lost. This, after baking in an intenso electrical heat, 1b to bo cm-j ployed ns a structural unit in a won-' drous national monument of tho dead. This latter la to outrank In beauty and bIzo anything hitherto built by man. Each individual slab 1b to havo graven deeply on Its end tho person's name. Tho scheme Is a tremendous ono and Its basis might form a good solution of some difficulties and ob jections that are urged against burial and cremation. MOURNING ON KIWAI ISLAND. When a mnlo native of Klwal Is land, ono of flie Papuan group, goes Into mourning he dons a kind of long necklaco mado of plaited grasB, which extends to his feet, back and front. This ho wears for ono year, and In addition during tho first few weeks of mournlug ho smears his faco and body with, mud dally. ODD WAY OF TAKING OATH. In Assam tho oath Ib taken by standing within a ropo circle, to Im ply a wish to rot as tho ropo does It tho swearer does not tell tho truth. In lawsuits between Russians and the Ostlaks of Elborla, a bear's head Ib brought Into court, and the Ostlak. making the gesture of eating, calls on tho bear to dovour him If he IIcb. Thero aro tribes of India that swear by tho bead of a tlgor, whllo others chop a dog, in two as emblematic of tho fato of tho perjurer. Out the sim plest method Ms that of tho Quaker, who swears not at all, but Just tells what he thinks. GREAJ ANTIQUIJY OF DOLLS History falls to tell the inventor of tho doll, which has been such a boon to mankind, not only In quieting the rowdy youngster, but in stimulating a healthy Imagination and affection. Five hundred years beforo Christ llt tlo girls bad dolls; there Is sure evi dence of It, and Edward Lovett, an enthusiastic collector, has a doll from those dim ageB. It Ib llttlo more than a battered stick now, but Ib unmis takably a doll. No one could name a fair valuo for such a prlzo, which stands out as a proof that the child of today is singularly like her little sister of some 2,500 years ago. BIRDS AS VENTRILOQUISTS. Ventriloquism Ib not confined solely to tho human race. Thore aro many birds wbose notes it Is almost ImpoB slblo "to place." Take the corncrako, with Its harsh, "crake, crake I" One moment tho sound Ib by your feet; tho next 50 yards away. Tho grass hopper is another offender In this re spect. Its sibilant note Is bard to locate. PLEASURE IN FRUITS Too Many People Are Huddled Together in Big Cities. if One Would Interest Himself In Orcharding He Would Find All Na ture 8oon Atfumlng New Friendliness for Him. (By 11. B. BUC1C1IAM.) What tho great majority of people, young and old, of today need moro than anything else is to bo taught how to enjoy tho pleasures and nd vantages of Ufo In tho country. When ono stops to think of It, what a ahamo It Is that so many should bo huddled together and cooped up in the great cities, nil tho year round, when they ought to bo out in tho open! Recommend to a friend to try tho country, and you will doubtless find him ready enough to make tho at tempt, but In a week or so you will qulto likely bco him coining back again, bag and baggage Ho did not find It to his liking, and gave it up. And It Is only nntural that ho should; a result to ho expected; for ho wua simply out of his accustomed environ ment, nnd 111 nt ease. IIo did not know how to accustom himself to his now surroundings, nnd so did not find them satisfactory. It Is tho outromo of tho name prin ciple which will bo seen at work In many other Holds of experience. It Ih said that when a person beholds tho sea for tho first time, It rarely, If ever, makes an Impression upon him. It Is to him n wide oxpanso of water, and thnt Is all. Hut as ono comes to know It better, Its many moods nnd evor changlng aspects, It becomes at length grnnd, Impressive, nwe-lnsplring, and nn endless source of fascination. It Is bo, too, with tho works- of tho great masterB of the past. Ho who lookB upon oven their greatest master pieces for tho first time, usually won ders, if at all, that they should appeal to others as they do. But as ho comes to bo ablo to understand and appreciate them, he too, feels their all absorbing charm and noblo Inspira tion: One must know how to appreciate the country, In order to enjoy It. Con firmed city dwellers aro accustomed to btlng amused nil tho time. Evory one of their waking hours must bo frittered away with foibles of ono kind or another, or they aro miserable. They will sit for hours and watch a Juggler perform his tricks, though they know them to bo but a deception all tho tlmo, and yet tho great pro cesses of naturo may go on boforo them without nrouslng their Interest in the least! But If they only know how to find entertainment in the chnnging seasons, tho great dramas of eeedtlmo and harvest, tho story would bo a vastly different one. It Ib said that tho Danish, wholly an agricul tural peoplo, are the happiest in tho world. Nono need over lack occupation nnd entertainment for all of his tlmo, when onco ho lias mado friends with na ture. Take for oxamplo fruit grow ing. If ono would but interest him eolf lu this ono branch of agriculture ho would find nil nnturo assuming a new friendliness for him. Thero Is a companionship to bo gotten out of the caro and observation of trees, vory real and satisfying. Says Thoreau, tho Beor of Walden Pond, "Sympathy with tho fluttering alder nnd poplar leaves almost takes away my breath." Since tho dawn of creation tho trees havo housed and fed tho race, and yet somo in theso latter days havo so drifted away from this old-tlmo part nership of Interests as to bocomo al most completo strangers to their old- tlmo benefactors. Surely, this should not bo! It Is unnatural and unwhole some Do not fail to renew tho old alllanco with the trees. It will bring you a new hold upon life, and holp to heal tho long-tlmo breach betwoen you and mother earth. RETAIN FERTILITY OF SOIL Two Best Ways Are Raising Stock and Keeping Manure Spreader Busy at All Times. Raising stock and keeping a manure spreader busy are the two best ways of maintaining fortuity In the soil. Don't rob the land continuously and ? J5tt tZX' '"K A The Old Way. e The New Way. glvo nothing back to It That method baa been tried yery often. It does not pay. Do not let the manure pllo up be hind tho barn and go to waste. Oet It out on the Holds. It will do moro good thero. Circumvent Feed Bills, CIrcumvont largo feed bills by growing plenty of protoln feeds on the farm. r- : i j ob .nivja Tabui. H ZZSE?S2 ,aa v ' GREEN FEED FOR CHICKENS Moderate Amount Acts as Appetizer Keeps Digestion Good and Whole Works Running Smooth. (By PROF. JOHN WILLAIID BOLTE.) - Our Women folks say wo need let tuco becauso it is good for our In eides. They also seek to forco upon ub dandelions, spinach, beet tops and all manner of greens, UBlng thosnmo weak-kneed reason. Now what wo want to know Is this:' If wo admit thnt green foods are good for us, which wo do for tho sake ot nrgument only, what's tho reason? They contain about 99 per cent wa ter, which comes too cxpcnslvo In this form, nnd tho rest Ib mostly Just plain green color. There's a trnce ot fiber and a traco of starch, a llttlo mineral food und that's all. Then whero Is tho vlrtuo? Ono cannot very well Bay, but It's a proven fact, that n modornto amount of green food acta us an appetizer, keeps tho digestion good and tho wholo works running smoother. So It Is with tho hens, whoso nppo tlto and tastoB como closer to that oC tho human being than nny other do mestic beast, except tho pig. Sho enta grain, wholo or ground, cooked meat or raw, vegetables of nil kinds In nil shapes, gicon food, Bait, charcoal nnd lime, nnd sho drinks what wo do, out Bldo of Intoxicants. Sho will cat any thing wo will and lots of things that mk t - S j j,,l ii ., -yv,vk WWW A Good Feeder. wo won't. Tho hen needs greon feedj for all tho reasons that wo need ltt nnd for soveral prlvato ones of hep own. The most important ono of the) prlvato reasons Is tho color of the yolk of her eggs. Wo all know how palo tho yolk ot most eggs aro In winter. Perhaps you havo never figured out why this Is, but Just charged It to cold storage or something liko that. Tho fact is that porfectly fresh eggs havo much light er yolks In winter than thoy do la summer, and tho reason Is lack of green feed. In summer tho hen picks up leaves and stems and all manner of succulent green stuff. This green matter, or at least tho coloring part of It, is chang ed to orango or yellow In tho hen's body and tho result Is deep-tinted, yolks. So It Is necessary to feed lay ing honB green feed tho year round, both for her health and tho color of tho eggs. PLANT THE ENGLISH WALNUT! No Particular Soil Required, But Should Not Be Set Out Where Ground Is Low and Wet. As to planting and cultivating, Eng lish walnut trees seem to require no particular soil, but should not' bo set out whero It is low and wet. The trees should bo planted 40 to E0 feet npart each way. A cultivated crop such, as corn or potatoes, with small fruit trees for fillers, can bo made to yield an incomo for tho brief period, comparatively, beforo the walnuta bo gin to bear. Tho pruning should be dono between fall and spring, only such branches as would interfere wlthi cultivation being removed. In planting on tbo lawn tho- groundj about tho baso of tho treo should bej kept spaded for threo feet In clrcum-' ferenco, and after tbo first year somoi well-rotted manure should be worked into tho toll around the treo. No cul tivating should bo dono after the first of August, aB It would encourage fur ther growth, and from then until win ter tho annual growth of wood 1 ripening and hardening. HdW THEY GOT THEIR NAMES) Camellat Were Named In Honor ef Mlilonary Kamel, Who Brought Beautiful Flower to Country. FuchBlaB wero so called because, they wero discovered by Leonard)' Fuchs. Dahlias wero named for Andre Dabl, who brought them from Peru. The Camellia was named from a; missionary named Kamel, who' brought somo magnificent specimens of tho flower to France from Japan. Hq called it the roso of Japan, but his friends changed It In his honor. MngnollaB wero so called because Prof. Magnol do Montpelller first brought this boautlful treo to France from America and Asia. Anemones mean trembling with the wind henco their name. Lavender received Us name be causo tho Romans put tho delicate flowers into tho water whore they -washed, to perfume their hands, lavaro being tbo Latin word, to wash. Change for Fowls. Turnips, cabbage, beets and all such make good' food and furnish a grateful change, which tho fowls ap-1 predate. ". A& ES&h',. GMS -V '.- V ' J.",-' f ? ..-...,-11 I.I mm .1 ., uf . . ,vl . ',ll. i. IBj&SSS&B! ift,Jz..kt'-JL:i. . . . kAi Hi fry i ityMimmm