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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1913)
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Tho Jury that appraised the vnluo ol r wife's lovo at 16 cents hnd In mind ono particular wlfo. An eastern artist describes a man's neck oh a "thin of beauty." Whut about tho "roughnecks7" Wo should not overlook tin fact thai our dear friend, tho Iceman, should be Inoluded among the cubists. We Boom to notlco that tho glrl with tho prettiest faces wear tholi dresses cut highest In tho neck. Some men say they huvo a hobby for attending ball gntnes. Thnt'B nc hobby, for everybody's doing It There aro 1,000 mnlea to 900 femalei In tho world. And still thoro are thoso who would tax thu bachelors. Government experts havo ruled thai shellac Is food, but It will tnko n cultl vatcd taste for nlck-nnckB to relish It With a new alphabet and a now con Btltutlon China exhibits a decided pur pose to catch up with tho rest of th world. Pennsylvania professor In compll mentlng tho poota, BayB thoy aro nol crazy. Tho proofa, professor, tin proofa. A legless porch climber has been ar reBted In Now York. Now will somt kind officer arrest an armless pick pocket? Nothing will awaken a man qulcket than to hear tho baby's cry at night which accounts for his rapidity In wak log wlflo. The report that extravagance in woman's dress has ceased to be fash, lonablo does not seem to bo borno out by the facts. The person who pays ns ho goes, perhnps does not get ns far as soma others, but It probably 1b the best thing for htm. A Nebraska man goes to the hospl tal for his sixteenth surgical opera tion. Here's hoping he boats the best tho doctors can do. Speaking of figures, 1,000 men Bat down to a banquet on tho twonty-sev. enth floor of the flfty-seven-story Woolworth building. Now It has been discovered that laughing gas may bo Belf-admlnlstered Thero ore lotB of grouches who may profit by the discovery. With tuberculosis serum, cancer serum and othcrB being developed theso days, why not produce a serum for tho cure of Joyriding? It Is not Btrnngo that tho street rail, way owner who waa hit by a Btroel car fender, should say thnt ho was very much taken up with It Our dally pleasure sitting In a mov. lng ptcturo show nnd hoarlng Bomo on lightened person near ub telling what the next sceno will brlug forth. "Hay-foot, Btraw-foot" heard In the army will havo to go by tho board ,now thnt "starboard" and "port" have .been given tho kibosh In tho navy. A Columbia professor proposes that the school teachers of the country or ganize In an Immense union. When they do, Young America will spend his evenings jX-aying for a strike. New York has been shaving oft tho fronts of costly buildings that project ed too far Into the street Tho prece dent is enough to spread alarm among careless property owners everywhere. Whllo adopting those dinky llttls hats the dear women cling obstinately to the old long range hatpins. The reported discovery of an egg containing a half-karat ruby amacki very strongly of an artful attempt to boom the languid summer market for eggs. Two admirals met In tho streets ot ,Romo and engaged In a lively Bcrlm wage until separated. Tholr conduct iwbb most unprofessional In starting land fight. ERECTS OWN MONUMENT A monument to himself Is being erected by Rlchnrd Kestle, an aged resident of a Cornish parish. Hccauso his poetry Is porlshablo, Kestle, eighty ono years old, has Just built a wonder ful monument to perpetuate his local famo as a poet Kestlo has never written a word of poetry In his tlfo. He recites It just as tho words come to him, rhymcB on almost nny topic elmply bubbling out of his mouth. "Hut nil my thoughts nro nenrly gone," Bnld tho old tnnn sndly. "Cnn I show tho world thnt I really hnvo boon n poet7" Thus It wnB that Kestlo early last year decided to erect n momument to himself nt tho end of-hls garden, and nt once ho set to work selecting beau tiful whlto Cornish Hpnr, pieces of Btono found on his grounds Today tho monument to Richard Kestlo Is nenrly completed It stands with Its threo conical lowers each 20 feet In height, facing tho lime, for ovury one to nee, u wonderful rccotd of an old mun's Inspiration and purpose This In tho Inscription It bears: "1912 ..reeled by lllclmrd T. Kestle, tho Cor nish poet, when in his eighty-first year." Mnny tonu of whlto spar hnvo been used In building thlu memorlu Hetween tho towers spaces havo been loft for atone figures. How he man aged at his great age to erect such a monument waa told by Kestlo, who said: "I got nil tho atones myself. Thon I lnld tho foundation for the building, nnd working very slowly built up tho walls, keeping tho white spar together with cement nnd sand. Putting up the towers was rather hard. Some architects told mo I could not do It, but I wont on In my own way, and now I hnvo finished, look how strong tho walls are. I want them to last forever. In this space hero," ho said, pointing between two of tho towers, "I nm going to put n figure of David tho Pualm singer. 1 expect I Hhnll finish tho monument about May." ANCIENT FINGER STOCK This finger-stock la situated In tho west end of St. Helen's parish church, Ashby-de-la Zouch, nnd Is soino hun dred ycnrB old. It Is made of oak. When members of tho congregation did not bchavo they woro taken to this stock nnd a finger placed in the allot 'ted places. Tho lid Is rnlsed, and then the two first Joints of tho finger lit down n holo, and n third Joint fits in tho holes shown In tho picture; tho lid Is then lowered, and It Is then liupos- 'Blblo to withdraw tho Angers. Tho spaces for adults' fingers nro at the ends oppoBito to tho lock. When tho ,church wns restored sonio years ago, tho old-fashioned padlock was either lost or stolen. This Is so sccuroly fast ened to tho wnll that it all tho stocks .nro filled It cannot bo pulled out of 'placo. Tho Into Canon Denton made Inquiries nnd found this was tho only finger-Block left In a church. THREE HOURSSLEEP ENOUGH A nlcop of three hours a night com prises all tho rest that John Jerndahl, n pnttornmnker of Cambrldgo, Mass., enjoys. He has kept this up for four years. Tho other twenty-ono hours ho works, and ho Is perfectly healthy. In stead of using nn alarm clock, Jern dahl has taught tho family cat to wak en him overy morning nt threo o'clock, and then, after n meal of bread, buttoi and coffee, Jerndahl makes art objecta from twigB and branches until It la tlmo for him to go to work in nn East Goshen foundry. Thero ho labors from 7 n. m. till 6-p, in. and nightly uftor supper he manufactures his rustic art objects until midnight "I havo nevor boon 111 n duy since I went on tho three-hour sleep schedule," said Jern dahl. "I never dream nnd I am al ways happy." CHINESE HEADACHE CURE Some ot tho ailments that besot or dlnary Chlncso laundrymen woro re vealed beforo Judge Foator In general BCBstona at tho trial of Geo Deo Yung for the murder of Wong Kong In Chinatown, Now York, last October. Ham Ring, a Jersey City flatlron nth. leto testified that ho had arrived at tho scone ot tho shooting Just In tlmo to creep under a doormat and play dead. He had gono to Chinatown for tho pur pose ot buying medlclno, ho snld, to boll with pork to soothe his splno to stop his headache. It's hard to Bay Jiut what ho says, but that's some thing like it, said tho Interpreter. SM0THEREDBY PAPER Smothered by paper, John Lero rlanl, employed In a paper company's plant at Ilogota, near Hackensack, N J., met an unusual death tho othor afternoon. Ho was cuught between two rolls of paper and suffocated. It was his work to remain under tho rolls of new-made paper nnd pick up tho broken ends. A seeming slack in tho paper rolls caused one of the mon to Investigate, and Lorovlnnl's legs woro found hanging from botween tho rolls. He had been dead fully ten minutes. n1 Largest Bridge in World p " - ' J I " 1 MasMBBBBM i Wrr ?.?? .vyj3 ? i? '.$:& ;z ;isi .-ri ri.-? ccw m'M'wmxfw-i n i iii i ' i diMiTiiirrrii ti 0Bj(AtdtMMMvMmMjr The steel arch bridge over Hell Gate In the northern part of New York city will be, with Its viaducts, the largest bridge In the world. Its construe tlon has only recently begun, but preparations for It have been In progress for seven years. It Is .expected that trains will run over it In less than four years. The bridge and viaducts will measure 15,840 feet In length. The Hell Gate bridge will form a part of the so-called connecting railroad which, though only ten miles In length, will cost about $30,000,000, out of which the coot of the Hell Gate bridge will be about $6,000,000. The connecting rail road, which Joins the New Haven system with the Pennsylvania, begins at the New Haven yards In the Bronx. It is carried on a viaduct to the Bronx Kill, which It will cross by a lift bridge 300 feet long. A viaduct 2,600 feet long will bring the line to Little Hell Gate, which will be crossed by a bridge, and a thiid viaduct which crosses Ward's Island will continue to the edge of Hell UttC, VTIilWII Will UB OfJUIIIICU ujr ci iii RABBITS HALT A TRAIN During n rabbit drlvo near Moses Lake, Wash., the animals collected on tho tracks of tho Great Northern In such numbers that a freight train had to be brought to a standstill until the hunters drove tho gamo away. The big run ' was participated in by 300 men and boys, who surrounded a mon ster dried up slough. Tho hunters formed lines to forco tho rabbits Into a wire-Inclosed placo across tho rail road tracka, and while tho animals woro crossing the tracks tho freight camo up. Engineer Hornor was nfrald to run down tho rabbits becnuBo ot tho pos sibility of clogging tho machinery of tho locomotive, bo ho waited twenty minutes until tho drove passed. Moro than 2,000 rabbits wero slain. Tho cnrcasBes .vero frozen and shipped to tho oast JUST FOR AN HOUR'S CHAT Lawyer J. D. Bedlo of Now York, who was among tho crowd of Ameri cans arriving In London by tho Kron prlnzesBln Ccctllo boat train, Is on a flying trip. Ho sailed for America for Southampton by Wednesday's boat Ho says ho prefers crossing: tho Atlan- tic for nn hour's talk with correa- spondents to waiting for belatod malls. Where Hippos i " - . k-v!av S' ''Th W"JlsWsMSW-SlsMlWsr rf'jjiy i. ?. f.liSSSSSSSBlsSSSSMSfc-i. - HAfft JHIsHBlu i. v v. ST!- v '"" -2- . mi . . '' Pi iJsWWr i sHsWsmMsspHWs " iflkiBaiHiBKEBBBEBiBKHH&DHn. '.'.-V-' ; "Sv .-'VCffliisPBiikkc. gfv'MLssWissWsssWBJssPssWiitAk " - Jv- (IPJIiPPs' h'TtwssLmPi JjBWHsp LWsssRissssHsSlsTWa l'"t1fc liiLiPsi i'" i t v!f l sSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJkSSSBSR .i-.aiyv This picture shows an extraordinary scene on the Ruaha rjtr In German East Africa. Thero Is evidently no fear of this ancient river horse Imme dlately becoming extinct In Eastern Africa. Some thirty relatives are dis porting themselves In the river behind the huge fellow resting on the bank In the foreground. The picture shows with exceptional clearness the folds of the hide, the bristles on the upper and lower Jaw and the huge peg-like teeth. ui luyoi VORACIOUS FINNY G0RMAND A specimen of the chlasmodus nlger that has swallowed a fish much Inrger than Itself, and most strangely, ono of tho sarao species. Tho picture showB tho greatly extended abdomen. The chlasmodus nlger Is said to hold tho record for voracity among pelaglo fishes. DUCKS BY PARCEL POST Miss Anna Mlxon, In charge of tho parcel post department of tho post office at Woodland, Cal., sent out In ono day three ducks, a ham, a side of bacon, crutches, a carpet sweeper, cof fee, a cane, a violin and somo barber shop fixtures. An express company had previously offered to send tho violin to Oakland for $1.20 without ineuranco, whllo the instrument wont through the parcel post for 32 cents with insurance ot $50. Still Thrive KEEP WATER IN SOIL Excellent Method Given to Atoer tain Capacity. Long-Necked Bottles Arranged With Bottoms Off and Cheese Cloth Over Mouth Will Tell How Much Moisture la Retained. (By u. J. cnosiiY.) To ascertain tho capacity of soils to take In rainfall, break tho bottoms off flvo long-necked bottles, tlo n plcco of cheesecloth or thin muslin over tho mouth of each and arrnngo them in a rack with a glnsa tumbler under ench ono. Pill tho bottles to about tho samo height with different kinds of soil and ilrm the. tolla by lifting tho ruck nnd jarring It down moderately threo or four times. To break the bottom off of a lmttlo illn a groovo In tbo bottlo parallel with tho bottom. Heat a poker rod-hot nnd lay It In tho groove. As soon as a Bmnll crack Btnrta from tho groovo draw tho pokor around tho bottlo and tho crack will follow. When all is in readiness, take watch or clock In hand, nnd with a Apparatus to Test Capacity of 8olfc to Take In Rainfall. glasB of water hold ns nenr as possi ble to the soil pour wntcr into one of tho bottlea just rapidly enough to kcop tho surface of tho soli covered and note how long before It begins dropping Into tho tumbler below. Mako a record of tho time. Do like wise with each of tho othor bottles' and compnro results. Note which soil takes In water most rapidly. Wo nil know what happens to nonporous soils when a heavy Bhowcr of rain comes. To ascertain which soil would storo up tho greatest amount of moisture, weigh each bottle beforo and after filling It with dry soil, nnd agnln after the water has entirely ceased drip ping from It. Tho dlfferonco between tho weight of tho dry soil and that of tho wet soil la tho weight of water Btored. During tho tlmo thnt tho bot tlea aro dripping, they should bo cov ered to prevent evaporation of water from tho surface of tho boIIu. B0NEMEAL GOOD FOR SWINE Very Good Results Secured at Missou ri Station Result of Test at Nebraska Station. All kinds of bonomoal aro used In tho- manufacture of fertilizers, but not all kinds are suitable for feed for swine, llonemeal from a gluo factory which has gono through tho process In which acid waa used Is not suitable feed. Rut any bonomeal, especially green bono, that Is ground finely enough, may bo fed. Steamed bone meal la good. At tho Missouri station bonemcal waa fed with very good results. About an ounco of meal was fed to each hog per day. At the Nebraska station four lots of pigs were fed to determine tho valuo of wheat Rhort, tankage and steamed ground bono as supplemental to corn meal. Tho hogs wero pasturod on alfalfa, and for this reason tho lot fed on corn alono made about as satis factory gain as any, although the lot which was fed bonomeal In addition to tho corn had the strongest bono. Shorts strengthen tho bono somo, and tankage with corn produced much stronger bone than corn alono. Whero mixed rations wero given, or skim milk or good pasture, all of which supply ash material, It Is doubt ful that bonemcal Is of much valuo other than for tho purpose of strength ening tho bones. Silage for Cattle. Nebraska farmers living in a re gion whero the land sella for $120 and upward an aero aro finding greatly In creased profltB from tho use of silago In fattening their cattle, ono success ful farmer having been engaged In feeding 150 tons of sllngo from 24 acres of land, putting all his Btock In prime condition. Cattlo fed this way aro marketed In flno shape, and feed bills aro greatly lessened. The reports of increased profits aro in spiring other neighboring stockmen to do tho same thing, and many farm ers aro now raising their own foedera in this way. It Is probable that In the end tho incrcnao in silos will do more than anything else to bring the beef crop up to the normal stand ard. Effect of 8altlng Curd. Salt Is added to curd mainly to fla vor the cheese. In addition, however, it aids In removing the whey, hardens and contracts the curd, checks tho for mation of lactic acid, 'and also checks undesirable forms of ferment. Unsalt ed cheese cures moro rapidly, but Is apt to develop a bitter flavor. Bowel Trouble Preventive. A teaspoonful of Venetian red In a gallon of drinking water Is a good bowel trouble preventative. Bowel Trouble In Chicks. Chills, wet food and lack of sunahlno are the main causes of bowel trouble In chicks. ' BRAHMAS AS EGG PRODUCERS! Veteran Poultry Judge and Breeder Clalma That Hen WIN Lay 160 During Course of Year. Speaking of the Brahma typo of fowls, that veteran poultry judgo and widely known breeder, Mr. I. K. Felch aye: It has been my claim, and It can be substantiated, that tho Drahma will lay 150 eggs In a year, and hatch. ana rear a brood of chickens. What ono hen may havo dono is no criterion of a flock's proficiency, not withstanding ono Brahma did lay 313 eggs in 333 dayB, but laid no moro that year, yet repeatedly have flocks, of eight fowla laid between February I and Juno 1, four months, an average of SS, 88 M, 88, nnd during May laid o total of 200 egga, and average of 25, each for that month. I think there nro many Brahmas that havo reached. 200 eggs In n year as nny other breed. But 1G0 eggs and rear a brood of chickens places them among tho bost unci mosi promaulo of all breeds. At this writing I havo a hen that aver aged feS eggs between February 1 nnd Juno 1, that I set May 2S. She has hatched and reared n brood of chick ens and haa laid 75 egga In ulna months, leaving her three months for tho chance of becoming a 200-egg hen, llko ono of her ancestors, Queen Quality. But breeders prize nny hen that hatches and rears a brood of chicks and bIvcb you 150 egga na a year's work. Such aro capable of earn, lng you $10 profit per annum If they nro thoroughbreds, and nearly that a utlllty workeru In Natick. Keep Btrlct account of tho expense of feeding If you want to know how much prollt thoy bring you. Tho aver ago price for kitchen egga, fresh, lu Natick for 1910 wob 37' cents. Every 150-egg hen at theso prices earned,, ns you see, $4.69 cash, less $1.25 for keep, leaving $3.44 net profits per hen. With tho puro stock in Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks and Orpingtons or Wyandottea this 1b obtalnablo with in telligent care. Thus aro wc Justified. In Baying thnt poultry upon tho farm la tho best earning power In agricul ture. PANELS ARE BOLTED ON GATE Excellent Method Is Described and. Illustrated by Nebraska Farmer Solid Post Needed. I want to add a featuro to the Elm qulBt gate. Instead of nailing tho panels I bolt them through tho framo with ono bolt at each placo aa shownJ Tho brace la nn old wagon tiro bent In tho form of n hook at tho lower end and bolted at tho top. Blocks aro nailed to tho bottom board and Hi &,n',l: Gate With Bolted Panels. tho hook placed In front of tho ono that will make tho gato hang level, wrlto O. F. Sandrlttor in tho Farmer' Mall and Breezo. Tho gate may bej raised or lowered at will to let ouC pigs or to swing It over snow. In; raising or lowering the gate tho up rights remain perpendicular, tho panels turning between them. la this as In other gates tho main thingt la to get a good, solid gato poBt lnl the ground from which the gato Is to awing. LIVE StfOCJ i . ,k - r- - m HJaHNOFra Regularity In feeding brings uni formity in resulta. Tho growing pigs requlro protein and not much corn. Bo sure thero nro no narrow doors, for tho owes to crowd through. It is well to chango the sheep occa sional into tho different pastures. Do not expect too much from your young bows, especially if they aro bred too young. It is poor economy to sell poor cattlo when they can bo mado fat beforo marketing. Under all conditions young ani mals make tho largeBt gains In pro portion to rooa consumed. Check tho growth and you in creaso tho amount of food needed to produce a given result. To mako tho largest and best horses out of your colts keep them growing from first to last. The mnn who dubbed the hog as a "mortgago lifter" was posted; ho knew Bomethlng of the possibilities of tho animal. All training of animals must be done In youth when habits and in stinctive proclivities have not become permanently fixed. Do not think because a sheep has a heavy coat of wool he will bo able to enduro cold rnlns and Bleep with out a warm shelter. , The amount of food consumed and the time It has taken to con sume It, must bo taken Into con sideration In calculating tho profit. Tho truth is tho farmers of tho mlddlo west aro raising better mut ton than ever beforo aud people are learning that It Is about tho boat and cheapest meat they can buy. In counting tho profits from your flock, do not fall to count tho valuo of the fat lambB killed during the twelve months for tho family uso and the high valuo of all tho manure. c.r"6 imm ' . .J fcftffrt WifrfMftWBf aM