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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1914)
wwnfMm,iwiifiWiMawwiiiMiwi Iw' RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF l''ilWMl' If l IJ It r '1.1 P! ' .' to' 1 V $. & f li il I' IX I iy efflSXSKD rARMTR PROr J.VILLABD DOLTC (CopyrlRlit, Weatorn Newspaper Union.) FEEDING THE GARDEN. You muBt feed tho garden If you want tho garden to feed you. Tho virgin soil la not a sourco of plant food, but rather a container of plant food, and after the first few crops havo boon grown, It la mighty hard to got out oven bucIi plant food as tho eoll contains. PlantB muRt have a balanced ration If thoy aro to grow naturally. They r" ! nn.i iiicnat thnlr food in certain 1 moro or loss fixed proportions, and if only ono of the elements thoy need is lacking, thoy cannot grow properly, regardless of tho amount of tho other foods that may bo available. Lack of Acayed vegetable and animal matter will kill plants oven though thero bo present enough potash and phosphor- 'ub to last for all eternity. This is the troublo with sandy soils in most cases. If your garden did not do bb well last year as it did beforo, or if your neighbor haB a better garden on tho , samo kind of soli, it Is up to you to fb'od your garden this yenr, and if this Is dono wisely, your results will pay you, ' What most worn soils lack is vege table matter. Oardon crops aro heavy feeders on organic matter, and the first thing to think of In the garden Is barnyard manure. Usually a kitch en garden cannot got too much well rotted manuro. Manuro Is a nitrogen feed, and it promotes the growth of stalke and roots more than of tho fruit. If stable manure is hard to secure, you may get the necessary nitrogen from any of tho ammonia Baits, or from blood meal, it the amount used bo small. On worn soils in tho older sections of tho country tho nitrogen Is not tho only elemont lacking and both phosphorus and potash must bo sup plied from tlmo to timo, as tho crop Indicates tho noed of moro fertility. Phosphorus is moro frequently lack ing and it should be applied if the alio and amount of the fruit 1b less ening year by year. Done meal Is a good phosphorus container, and it may also bo sccurod in ground phosphate rock. Among other functions, potash has a very distinct control over tho color of certain fruits and vegetables. As goneral thing, it is Uio most plonti v ful plant food In all soils, but it should bo applied to sandy or muck soils If tho crop Indicates a lack of something. In studying this problem, always re member that no garden can do well unless tho soli Is well drained and well cultivated. Good seeds aro wast ed on a hard, lumpy seed bed, or in a garden whero the soil wator or hard subsoil keops tho roots from going down as far as they should. THE SETTING HEN'S SECRET. Tho setting hen has a secret that has bafllcd mankind slnco tho tlmo of Pharaoh. The fact that sho docs not know her own secret has no bearing upon its solution, bocauso she could not tell it if sho know. Ever sluce the days of ancient Egypt'B glory, men havo been trying to hatch eggs artificially, and to got as many strong lively chicks from tho samo number of eggs as the hen, but eho Is still In tho lend, and seems likely to remain so. This does not mean that artificial incubation is a failure, because a good incubator prop erly managed, will do almost ns well as hens, and its economies place it far in tho lend as a financial proposi tion. Dut we would like to know, why hen batched chicks aro a little greater in number, why they hatch out a little stronger and llvo a little better than a machine-hatched brood. Ono thing In her favor is tho fact that her tompor aturo docs not vary, and the eggB are properly warmod at all times, ex cept when sho leaves tho nest. Ven tilation Is another great factor in suc cessful incubation, and no Incubator haB yot mastered It perfectly. Tho beat from tho hen's body is applied by dlroct contact to tho eggs, while the Incubator heats them with a cur rent of warm air. Tho result Is that the incubator eggs dry out too much, the sholl lining gets tough, and tho constant removal of carbonic acid gas takes away its beneficial action in de composing tho eggshell so that tho chick can break the shell eaBlly. It is bard to determine which draw back Is tho most serious, and somo au thorities bellovo that the hen's meth od of turning tho eggs accounts for her superior hatches. Incubating eggs must bo turned over from time to time to prevent the germ from ris ing to the top and sticking to the shell. This is done twlco a day with tho incubator, but the hen may turn ber nest of eggs three or four times a day, as sho is constantly working at them with legs, feet, wings, breast and beak. All things considered, It is better to use hens for hatching and rearing the chicks unless tho poultry keopor has a sufficiently largo flock to requlro the hatching of at least one hundred chicks each year. It is no small trick to hatch chick ens with hens, though, and a few sim ple rules to follow aro mighty handy. Trust, no hen until you have tried her. Tho broody hen will be found on tho nest at night, after the others have gone, to roost. Remove her to a shal- low concavo nest In a secluded spot put somo dummy eggs under her, and, cover her with a box. Lot her off tho nest at dusk tho next day to eat and drink. If sho returns to tho neBt and stays thero all of tho next day, it will bo Bafo to put tho good eggs under her. Tho hen should bo well dUBted with Insect powder when placed on the neBt, and again In two weeks. Keop wholo corn nnd water and a dust bath handy and then lot her nlono. If bov oral hens aro setting In tho sanie room, bo careful to seo that they go back to tho samo nests after eating, nB two will frequently got on ono neat. Investigate each nest for broken eggs once a week. If any aro found, remove tho wholo eggs to a now nest aftor washing them in warm wator. A nest which Is too deep, causes tho hen to break eggs In stopping In. Ono in too dry a placo dries out tho eggs unduly, nnd if tho nest corners are not filled in, somo eggs are llablo to roll out into thorn and becomo chilled. 8TRAWBERRIES. Do not think that you cannot ralsi strawberries In your cllmato, oven ii thoy havo not generally proved buc cosBftil with your neighbors, as straw berries can bo successfully grown without very much troublo oven ai far north as tho Canadian lino. Strawberries will grow on almost any noil that will produce ordinarj gardon crops, but thoy must havo sun shlno and tho land must bo woll drained and fertile 'Tho best kind of a place for a strawberry bed is on a patch of for tllo soil which has been used pre vlously for a gardon, as tho soli will then bo in good tilth and it will be fertile If the previous crops havo been handled properly. Perfect drain ago is of the greatest Importance and must not bo overlooked. Plow or spado the ground six or eight inches deep, turning under a good top dress ing of stablo manuro, and make the surface good and fine, although not necessarily bb fine as for a seed bed, as strawberries are propagated by moans of plant cuttings. After tho ground has been properly prepared make a furrow or trench Just deep enough so' that tho plants will sot well and tho crown of tho plant comes Just nbovo tho surface of the soil. Sot tho plants in theso trenches nnd pack tho dirt carefully around tho roots, being careful not to get dirt in tho crown. Tho dead leaves and blossoms, II thoro bo any, should bo plckod off the plants, and tho runnors should bo cut back so that all of tho energy of tho plant may bo devoted to getting a good Btart tho first year. It is not de sirable to secure any fruit tho first year as the bed will not do so woll in future years, no. very careful not to let the roots of tho plants dry before thoy are placed in tho ground. While very satisfactory plants can be secured from any rellablo seeds man, tho best plan is to Beouro plants from somo neighbor's bod, ns they can bo transplanted more quickly and will be acclimated. Bo sura that your cut tings aro from a bed that was Bet out tho provlous year, as plants from an old bed will not llvo very long. Ono peculiarity of tho strawberry plant Ib that part of tho plants aro in complete and cannot fertlllzo tholi own blossoms, honco it is necessary to plant in somo complete plants at regular Intervals. In climates nffllcted with cold, late springs, or very cold winters, tho bed should bo covered with straw In the fnll nnd tho covering should not b removed until spring has como. WHY BL0880M8 ARE COLORED. Ono of tho greatest advantages ol modern school methods, as compared with tho school methods our parents Burvlvod, is that thoy toach tho chil dren to observo many things which tho parents have nover oven stopped to think about Tako tho blossoms of our many beautiful flowering plants, for example. Everyone has marvolod-at tho multitude of shapes and hues to be found in tho various blossoms, but how many of ub ever wondered why the flower potals aro brightly colored, while tho calyx and tho leaves are green? Almost ovoryono could guess that it was to aid tho bees and butterflies In llndlng tho honoy bearing portion of tho plant, but tho pity is that so many of us nevor ovon thought of tho probi lem. Can you toll why some plants pro duco flowers of different shades dur ing tho same season T Did you know that tho honey boes feed on only one kind of flower until thoy have a load ready for the hive, so as not to mix their drinks? Hero 1b where the color of tho blossom aldB them most, and It also proves that bees either havo a well dovoloped sense of color, or an ncuto Benso of smell. Somotlmes part of tho, flower potals aro greon and sometimes thero are no potals at all, but in the latter case thoro is no noed of boos transferring tho pollen from flower to flower, so naturo makes no effort to attract them. Certain plants have highly colored leaves and dull hued blossoms, but most of these aro tropical plants which do many strango and inexplic able things. Tho color in the leaves and petals is dorlved from small cells in which tho plant foods and tho oxygen are digested. Thero Is no di gestive process carried on In tho potnlB, however, it my memory falls not, and tho chloropbyl cells in the leaves do most of this work. Their color fades if thoy do not have access to sunlight and air, but these condi tions do not seem to affect the color of tho blossoms materially. Midsummer Dreams tE3f&TJt2Ji&&foh''k ssssssssssskv ;'';' mkkfo2uB&&8'rWM x eSBSBSBSBSBBK3&' v. ' . n . wrr.-,'"i-:f ; aBPfe( - ' v"&"jXm. j T3S5e$8&jjB IV you are fretting your mind in try ing to make a decision as to what sort of bat you will have for midsum mer, let It rest upon one similar In general style to the two pictured here. Have the prettiest, most .becoming and most fascinatingly feminine of all millinery, with laces and flowers and ribbons making up a confection to be worn upon the head. For the mid summer hat will sit at the top notch of style when It Is a means of wearing a good-sited bouquet fastened to a fair head at some slightly dashing ancle. Roses and small flowers In the nat ural sites, the lilac and tho violet, forget-me-not, heliotrope, and heather, and small daisies betoken the love for garden flowers whloh lies in tho mind of many wearers of flower bats. But the flower hat bedeoks itself with flowers common and unoommon. From the yellow field daisy to the most un usual orchid, like and unlike their prototypes, everything In flowers is fashionable. One of the hats shown here Is a round crown covored with maline, In brown, of the shade of Us wearer's hair. Over the crown a brim is slipped, covered In tho same way as tho crown. It Is narrow at the right side, widens and flares up at the left A fine machine-made lace Is laid smoothly over Colonial Ties ' iiu J , "J, .-'? rT J'.'sVi THE shoeB of today distinguish their American makers, for they are brilliant achlovements in the realm of footwear. Whon one considers that the fashionable shoe Is wide of the mark In shape when It comes to fol lowlt the natural lines of tho foot and yet is comfortable, it is possible to realise something of the Ingenuity which Is demonstrated in Its making. The most popular shoe for ordinary wear, the neatest and most shapely, Is the Colonial Pump, like that shown In the picture. It la developed in many different styles and combina tions of leathers or of leather and fabrics. Thsse embody the patent leather vamp and the quarter of oth er leather or of plain or brocaded fab rics. Contrasting color Is used In the quarters somstimss; light gray or white, and light tan are among the more pleasing effects. The pumps are fastened, (apparent ly) under buoklss of cut steel or sil ver filigree or enamel. Pumps for evening wear are often made with vamp of satin and quarter of patent calfskin, wtth flaish of rhlnsstone traekles or ornaments. 'The pump shown here Is Ideal In style and may be considered a criterion by which to measure others. There) Is almost as great a variety la ties as In pumps. Ths- are shaped $&$&' iW - & "-' v " , " 'I, - A ; -mgr v ,, . i P sflFnLssW . SSSSB" -.'BSsW . ',", BVSSSSMt& v '' 'vfc Y?BBBBk - ' K SW. KXTA BSSSBMBrBSSSSVe ? .3BS ssssssssswykK MMKismJ'm i SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSVBXV BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsW bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbbbsbbbTIuC IbbbbbbbSssbbbbbbbbbV ' bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbWsbvI bbbbBbbbSsjbbbbbbW 4'psbbbbbbbbbbbbbisbbbbbbbbbbbCl asssBsssBBssssK. 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The lower part of the brim 1b cov ered with lace also In this particular hat, although in others part of the mil linery braid is used or part of a body hat, as shown In the second figure. The crown here is of leghorn with the brim, covered with horsehair braid, set in. The lower crown (or bandeau) of the first hat is trimmed with velvet rib bon in brown and a shaded fancy os trich feather is In the same coloring, shading off to a .very light tint. Deep cream roses, with pink hearts, and natural colored silk wheat, aro placed in groups .about the brim, with one cluster at the base of the plume on the bandeau. The second hat Is trimmed with eilk roses in yellowish pink. They are marvels of delicate coloring, with the shadings and even the veins of the natural petals simulated in the half opened buds. The foliage also in dark, glossy green is made with lov ing fidelity to nature. As types of midsummer millinery these hats may be regarded as crl terlons. They are not merely modish, but the mode. and Pumps i. mi. mir "i a-i rs'.' , vi v '..Si.. . V on much tho samo lines and made of the same materials. For semi-dress and for dancing shoes they insure clever effects. The style of the tio Indicates small rhinestono ornaments and buckles, and these one finds upon them. The tango tie, with ribbon laco, shown In the plcturo, la a conception In ties that could hardly be excelled for beauty. In many of the pumps and ties the buckles or ornaments are placed at the sides. The effect is elegant A simpler tie is shown In the third fig ure, very quiet in design and graceful In shape. It Is furnished with patent colt vamp and black brocaded quar ters. It has a lightweight sole, easy for dancing and a new Spanish -heel flattering to the foot American women grow more exact ing with each season in the matter o! footwear. And American manufac turers keep up with all these demands and foster others, in faot, create them, by showing marvels of fine finish and elegant tasto In shoes. In this partic ular artlolo we excel all other people In clothing tho feet of tho moderns and the civilised, appropriately. Now we are beginning to depart from blaok and to insist upon clean streets, that' lighter colors may walk -without beoomlng too soon begrimed. JULIA EOTTOMLEY. NEGRO WOMAN 114 YEARS OLD New Orleans Negress Was Born Ir 1799 Distinctly Remembers Bat tle In Which Jackson Fought. New Orleans. "Good Lord, yot have been good to Juda during th short tlmo I have been on this earth; now please do the same by mo for thi rest of my life" That is the dally prayer of this ono hundred and four toen ycara young negro who is a na tlve of Now Orleans. Juda Groves was born in 1799. Shf remembers very well cooking tho pro' visions that ber master took with him when he Joined Jackson's army, and hae a distinct memory of tho battle of New Orleans. She also recalls the timo when slaves had to separate ths cotton seeds from the cotton by hand, 8he Is 114 Years Old. and when all tho sowing was done bj hand, and the only means of travel wai by stage, horseback or flat boat At the Deauregard parish she saw for the first time a locomotive and a flying machine. Her wonder was unique. The ancient crone still enjoys good eyesight and can thread a needle with out the use of glasses. She 1b active nnd healthy. WOMAN MAKES A GOOD MINER "I'm Not a Millionaire," She Says "But I Have Enough to Keep Me as Long as I live." Tacoma, Wash. Mrs. Mary E. Hart, sister-in-law of Lieut. Gov. Louis F. Hart of Washington, is a woman who has "made good" as an Alaskan miner. "I am not a millionaire, but am com fortably situated and have enough to keep me nicely as long as I live," she says. Mrs. Hart went to Alaska In 1900 and got out on tho beach and shoveled sand into a "Long Tom" rocker with the rest of tho prospectors. "That is where I got my start in mining and dug my first gold," said Mrs. Hart Now eho has numerous holdings in tho Jupiter-Mars mine, the Chouye mere, Lone Star and other paying propositions. Mrs. Hart 1b not only a gold miner, but a literary woman. In fact she is known best for her literary and club work. ' HIS HEAD HARDER THAN IRON Thick Bar Bends 8everal When Brakeman Butts Skull Against It. Inches His Vancouver, Wash. Harold Wiggins, a brakeman on tho North Dank rail road, had a miraculous escape from death near Patterson, Wash. While riding on a freight car In a train traveling 30 miles an hour he was struck by a signal lamp and violently knocked to tho ground. Aside from a sovoro gash on the head ho was uninjured, having re gained bis feet beforo tho engineer, who had witnessed the accident, could stop hla train. Tho iron bar which supported tho lamp, one and three quarter Inches thick, was bent several Inches by tho impact with Wiggins' head. BIG LION COWED BY -MOTOR Cyclist Puts Animal to Flight by Open ing Engine Exhaust of His Machine. Paris. An insurance agent at Mars Latour was mending a punoture to his motorcyclo by tho roadside when he was startled by tho appearance of an immenee lion. The agent started the jengine exhaust wldo opon, and tho (lion, evidently lmgalnlng it waB a rapid J fire gun, was completely cowed, and sought refuge in a barn, where he was easily recaptured by the owner of a 'traveling menagerie, whence he had icscaped on the previous day. Th hero received f 100 reward. Question Doctor's 8anlty. Kenosha, Wis. Dr. David Munro was ordered brought into court for an Inquiry into his sanity. A deputy .sheriff found him assisting In bringing a baby boy into the world. He ret fused to go with the deputy and Judge Taylor declined to hold him in con. tempt. Clarence Darrow Is Hissed. Aurora, 111. When Clarence S Darrow, the noted labor attorney, ad dressing a mooting In tho lntoreat of a "wet" campaign, said that "a man would be better off without booze, but the same was" true of pie," ,he was hissed for several minutes by the audi BO. I I 4 !- The Winner In order to do things to sue ceed you must have health, and this means taking care of the digestion, the liver and.the bowels. For this particular work HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters is well adapted. It soothes and tones the tired stomach and promotes bowel regularity. Try it. III I I35BUSI1EISPERACREI ithiylttdffWHEAT on many farms la Western Canada in 1913, soma yields hlnff renoited aa hi(huSObtwhla pracra. As high aa 100 bushels wete recorded in some dlatricta for oats. botfcale for barter and from i , 10 to 20 bos. for lias. I. Kava arrived In the country S years ago from I uenmaric vrnn very urua means. Ha hotneateaded. worked hard, la BOW tha owner of 320 acres of land, i In 191S had a eroo of 200 acna. which will realize him ' r.Ukxl OS lha. to the bnihal ' WM. 4 Mn Ula wa . I and averaaedovexSB baskets iota aero. Ttumuncfa of similar in. I at anrsa might lie related of tha 1 r homesteaders In Manitoba. Saa-1 ! katcnewan ana AiDeruu Tha eron of 1913 was an abun dant one everywhere in Western icansas. Aalc fordeMrtotlva literature and reduced railway rates. Apply to ' Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or W. V. BENNETT, ee Building, Omaha, Nab. Canadian Government Agent SOMETHING OF A DIPLOMAT Jlmmle's Bright Idea Worked for a Time, but Finally Ended In Disaster. "What do you mano by writing me that my Jlmmle can't pass into the next grade?" stormed an irate female, bursting into the principal's room. "An after him doin' such grand work ail the year." j "Why, Mrs. Flahorty," replied the teacher, "you must know better than that I've sent you his report cards every month' and you know that bis marks havo been nearly all 'D's.' " "Indade thoy hov, and ylt you say he can't pass. I don't understand It, mum." "I am afraid you don't understand our Byatom of marking. D means de ficient, you know." "Suro I don't know phat that may be, mum, but Jlmmle told me all about tho letters. Suro 'D' is dandy, 'C Is corking, 'B' is bum, an' 'A' is awful nn' ho's got C's' an' 'D"b' lvery month." Harper's Magazine Lose Habits of Industry. Women In Franco and other coun tries of Europe aro much more Indus trious than when thoy como 'to this country. Wo must cither glvo up our grouches or our friends. HAPPY NOW Family of Twelve Drink Postum. "It certainly has been a blessing In our home" writes a young lady in re gard to Postum. "I am one of a family of twelve, who, beforo using Postum, would make a healthy person uncomfortable' by' their complaining of headache, dizzi ness, sour stomach, etc., from drinking coffee. "For years mother suffered from palpitation of the heart, sick head ache and bad stomach and at times would be taken violently ill. About a year ago she quit coffee and began Postum. "My .brother was troubled with headache and dizziness all the time he drank coffoe. All those troubles of my mother and brother have disap peared since Postum has taken tha place of coffee. ' "A sister was ill nearly all her life with headache and heart trouble, and about all she cared for was coffee and tea. The doctors told her she must leave them alone, bb medicine did her no permanent good. "She thought nothing would take the place of coffeo until we Induced her to try Postum. Now her troubles are all gone and eho la a happy little woman enjoying life as people should." Name given by the PoBtum Co., Bat tle Creek, Mich. Postum now comes in two forms: Regular Postum must be well boiled. lGc and 25c packages. Instant Postum Ib a solublo pow der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a dellclouB beverage' Instantly. SOc and EOo tins. The cost per cup of both kinds Is about the same. "There's a .Reason" for Postum. sold by Grocers, yMarfiiiHjiiiafcMsBMeywiMgi).i..,,,iii. T1 F4f.J .. ft Tn- .-n.JJK' , t- 5- If -ST nl. 5& tV.fa. ftJrV. 1. j. -fi vfs" ' ' SfcaSBiAsSBUSSSBflSBSBSSBV