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.;."" n..v".l '.jasul ,1 3 RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF . ix fl J V .- f V1H& Backache Is aWarning Thousands suffer kidney Ills unawarcs not knowing tliiit tbo backache, headaches utM dull, nervous, dlwy, all tired condi tion are often duo to kidney weakness alone. Anybody who suffers constantly from backaoho should suspect thokldnoys. Some Irregularity of the secretions iiwv give Just the needed proof. Doan's Kid ney Tills have been curing backache and slolt kidneys fur over Ufty years. A Kansas Case Mr, O. W IwfiRtl iiirasner, ih Ap Plcton Avo., Pur Bona. Knn., snys: "My buck pained mo terribly. When I sat down a sharp pain seized mo nnd t could hardly Htralfjhtcn. I wns tired nnd drowsy My feet swelled tmdly and tho kid ney accretions wcro retarded. D o a n's Kidney Pills cor rected all these ail ments." Get Dor' at Any Store, 50c Bos DOAN'SV FOSTER-M1LDURN CO, BUFFALO. N. Y As Seeing the Invisible. No Brunt purpose 1ms over been achieved by any Individual until his spirit has first gone out Into somo wilderness solltmlo and thero discov ered Its imtlvu strength, Its ubsoluto Invincibility when It relies upon no lielp but that of God. This Is tho experience of nil tho greutcst among men. They go iipurt from their fel lows for nwlillo, llko Moses, Into tho land of Mldlnn, or llko our Lord him solf Into tho wilderness, or llko St. Paul into tho Arabian desert, and thore, In solitary communion with God, from that highest of all compan ionships, they drink In strength to lit thorn for tho work of our lives. Alono with God, they bco visions which 1111 their souls, visions which never fade afterward ovon In tho light of common day, but which sorvo as beacon lights to guide them, through storm and darkness, till tho purposo of their lives is fulfilled. Edwin H. Eland. His Question. "Seven men out of every ten are confounded bores!" emphatically de clared Alexander Akinslde, tho dys peptic dlsscrtatlonisL "Why except tho other three?" snarled J. Fuller Gloom, tho widely known and cordiully detested misan thropist. Judge. Baseball. "Tho team Is playing pretty good ball Uicho duya." "Yes, they've practically got over tho effects of their spring training trip now." True Friends. Hazel Say, Mary! Mary Well, dear? Hazel Is my complexion straight? on It often turns out in after years that tho faint heart which failed to win tho fair lady was something of a blessing in disguise. urt i-ifV iwisstonrf j Are You Doing the Thinking? In office, store or factory, the man who has the clear brain for quick, accurate thinking generally drawsthe big salary. Nowadays, with competition keen, nny man or woman headed for success must avoid the handicap of heavy, indigestible food, and select the nourishing, easily di gestible kind which makes for body vigor and clear thinking. Grape-Nuts FOOD contains all the nutriment of Nature's rich food grains, wheat and barley, retaining the vital mineral salts phosphates, iron, lime, etc., which are absolutely necessary for building healthy, well-balanced body, nerves and brain. Grape-Nuts food is scientifically prepared for easy, quick digestion has delicious taste and is a splendid food for those who appreciate the advantages of sound , health and a clear thinker. "There's a Reason" Grocers everywhere sell Grape-Nuts. m v-vwtijww-r ' . jurS'ifc wmm ivmwwnraunsi! OLDEST PIECE OF WRITING Sumerlan Tablet In University of Pennsylvania Records Deeds of Babylonians. A number of ancient Sumorlun tub lutB, recording tho deeds of the Huby lonlnns thousands of years ago, have been deciphered by George A. llarton at tho University of Pennsylvania mu seum. One of these tablets, which tells how a farmer rid his field of lo custs nnd caterpillars, Is dated 4,000 11. C. and Is the oldoBt piece of writ ing extant, according to an announce ment made by olllclnls of thu museum. Tho fnrmur, Doctor llarton's transla tion says, called In a necromancer, who "broke a Jar, cut open a sacrlllco, n word of cursing ho repeated, and tho locuRts and caterpillars lied " For this service he received n tnll palm tree. That a canal was constructed In Habylonla nearly fi.UOO years ago Is shown by imother tablet dated "The year tho Divine Nnram-SIn opened tho mouth of tho canal Urln at Nippur" Nnram-SIn was a king In Habylonla and Is supposed to have llnancud thu construction of the waterway which gave Nippur transportation facilities with tho rest of thu world. A third tnblot, dated 31100 li. C , records the transfer of laud and a quantity of grain for lirouzu money, Gold and sil ver wcro known at that time, but wero not used as currency. New Kind of Sport. He hud taken a day off to go llshlug, but, alas! his luck had been very bad, and when, on his way home, a fish monger's shop came into view ho was tempted and fell. "1 want half a dozen largo trout," ho told tho man. "Yos, certulnly, sir," said tho other, masking a number one size grin with a correspondingly large hand. "Will you tako them with you?" "Yes, please. And ' want you to stand over there und throw them at me." "Thow them, sir?" echoed tho bewil dered shopkeeper. "Exactly! My wifo Is sure to ask mo if 1 cought them, and I cannot tell a Ho." The Battles of Peace. Thero are difficulties nnd dangers beforo our nation today just as great as nny our forefathers faced. To moot and conquer them requires nil tho moral brawn and muscle this na tion can muster. There are tho prob lems of corruption In business and politics; the terrible scourgeB of In tempcrnnco and the drug habit, and tho social evil, deadly to soul and body alike; thero are tho problems of moral education, of marriugo and di vorce, of the treatment of depend ents prisoners, defectives, paupers, etc. Any ono of theso left uncon qucrcd would devastate our country us no war could. Hcv. N. T. Houser. A contented, willing laborer Is worth GO par cent more than a dissatisfied, compulsory worker. A full dress suit enables a $f00 clerk to pass hlmelf off for a $1,200 waiter. - s xsart- POPULARITY OF BASE BALL Base Kill bin grown lo gigantic propor tions within tho last decade and the scien tific work of tlin teams h.is been the delight of miliums of spectators. There nrc so many things to ndmite in the same that it Is impossible to describe them. Outdoor exercise l one of Nature's host niils In pro moting health nnd ..Uvrinth and keeping the blood licit mid pure; but, perhaps you are one of the many who arc denied that privi lege. You lend a sedentary life which nl ways has a tendency to make the liver lazy, the bowels clogged and digestion poor. Oftentimes you aio nervous, sleepless, have no nppetite and feel run down. Under these conditions you will greatly appreciate the asmtnnce to be derived from n trial of Hosteller's Stomach Hitters. It helps Nature by toning and strengthening the Stomach, l.iver and llowels. and with thevo oi gnus in a normal condition your system is well fortified ngainst an attack of Sick Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Ci.itnps, Constipation, llihousncs or Ma laria, Fever or Ague. Alwavs take good care of your health and you will be well repaid, while care lessness only brings suffering nnd distress. Let Hoslrtter's Stomach Hitters help you to maintain your health. WAS NOT A FLORAL TRIBUTE Mistake Made by Actress a Natural One, Though Certainly Some what Embarrassing. The curtain was iung up for (ho third time, and Margaret Mluko stepped forward and tesponded to the prolonged acclamation of her admiring audience. Shu spoke with a graceful modesty that charmed, then gathered her floral tributes. Was It tho Intense excitement or the blinding array of footlights that dazzled and confused her? Quietly reposing on a lower box rail by tho proscenium she saw a mag nlllcent bunch of violets her favorlto flower ostensibly placed there for hor by a sweet-faced, dark-haired lady bo hind them. With applause still ringing In her ears, Miss Hlake leaned forward and took the lovely houquot, acknowledg ing the gift by u pretty bow. Tho Bwcet-faced, dark-hnircd lady reached after her with a strange and sudden haste. "Give mo back' my hat," she cried, hysterically. Unreasonable "Your board bill is two months in arrears, Mr. Hallroom. Can you give mo something on account?" "Good heavens, woman! Do you supposo I'd stay hero if 1 had monoy enough to pay for my board?" Novelty. "Wero you In the lCustcr parado?" "No." replied Mr. Meekton. "I stood off and looked on. I kind of enjoyed seeing Henrietta engaged In a hike that didn't look llko somo kind of a political procession." After the honeymoon marrlago be gins to resolve Itself Into u guessing contest. It's n good brand of fertilizer that will raise u mortgage. msssassssssfi TO RAILROAD GIF Fred Underwood Began Business Life as Driver of An Ore Cart. FIDDLED FOR COMPANIONS Admirer of His Music Got Him Job As Freight Handler and Now He Is President of Big Rail Line, but Still Unpretentious. Dy OSBORN MARSHALL. (Copyright, 1915. by tin- MoHur.i Niwhhi Per Syndicate Somo forty-live years ago a young boy, fresh of faco and bright of oyo, applied for work nt the copper mines situated at Fort Howard, on Green buy Wisconsin. "Kvnr had n Job before?" demanded tho mlnu foreman as he scrutinized the boy's face. "No," admitted tho boy Irankly. "1 have never worked for wages any whero before. 1 havo Just come from school nt Wayland academy." "Schoolboys aren't lit to work In mines," said tho foreman bluntly "Why don't your folks support you and give you a chance to Btay at uchool and amount to something some tlmo7 This Is no placo for a green born, nnywny.' "Well, you see,'" the boy explained, "my father can't afford to keep mo in school uny longer He is a minister in tho country near Milwaukee. Ills Balary iBn't much, and It Isn't alwuyB paid at that. Thero are u good many of ub children, and so I thought I'd go to work. 1 guess I am not so green nB I look." Tho boy stretched out his muscular young arms to show how much work thoy were capable of do ing. "I know a lot about work, even it I havo been to school. I can saw wood and drlvo a nail. My grandfather taught mo that." "You do look protty husky," agreed tho foreman, and then ho looked over tho list of vacancies In tho mind. "Did you say, boy, that you can drive a horse?" ho asked. "What I said was that I could drive a nail," admitted tho boy. Ho hesi tated n moment before giving tho an swer that might cost him tho chance of employment. "Well, 1 honestly haven't had much experience at driv ing horBOB, but I don't mind trying. You boo. wo nover could afford to keep horses at homo. Will you givo mo a try, at It?" Promoted By a Runaway. Tho foreman consented and tho next lay Fred Underwood for that was tho young fellow'H name arrived oarly nt tho entrance of tho initio nnd, after the proper credentials had been presented, ho wus assigned his cart and horse nnd told tho slmplo duties of a mine cart driver. Fred took his spat on tho cart with elation und confidence "Anyono could drlvo n tiorso like that," ho thought as ho looked at tho mute companion of his toll. "Don't bclievo that a cannon ball could start him running." It was easy enough, tho work, and, nsldo from tho dirt und tho grime. It wns not unpleasant. Then, somo tlmo tho second day tradition does not say exactly what hour It was an inspira tion camo to tho horse an lntultlvo knowledge that tho man nt tho end of the reins was a greenhorn; that ho didn't really know anything about a horso and thereforo had no rlpht to bo driving one. Tho horso accordingly pricked up his ears and with a Bpeed that belled his worn appearance dashed away, with poor Fred Under wood helplessly tugging at tho reins. When Fred gathered himself to gether after tho runaway and went fo tho foreman to report tho mishap ho was convinced that his services would no longer be needed at tho mine An unexpected greeting wnB in storo for him. "You had bad luck with that horse," said tho foreman, "but don't glvo up yet Thero Is room for u gang fere man in tho mine. Can you boss a gang of minors better than you bossed that horso?" Fred went to work at his second Job with enthusiasm Ho used to work hard nil day and at night at tho cheap boarding houso ho would get out his tlddle, which ho had learned to play In his father's homo near Milwnukue, and he would play for his companions till they forgot their troubles and thu dirt and the grime and tho toll of tho mines. What His Fiddle Did For Him. Among Fred's best friends In the nine was a man who carried the mall from tho railroad to the mines. This man, older than himself by many years, was ono of tho most eager ad mirers of tho newcomer's simple, me lodious playing, and so a strong friendship had grown up between them. Ono day when ho was nt tho rail road station getting tho mall bugs tho freight master offered lilrn a position an freight handler. Ho wns eager to accept tho position, for it carried with it tho munificent wage of a dollar a day, but when it camo to( tho real Is sue tho mail carrier had to admit that hla solo knowlodgo of tho art of writ ing was limited to the shaping of the letters of his own namo. "Hut I know a man that will suit you,'' said tho mall carrier to tho n w n "Why, Hello, Jlml" He Said, Stretching freight muster. "Tho fellow that plays tho violin at thu boarding houso. He's been to school and his father Is a par son, so I guess he can do inoro reading and writing than he'll over need to do In bundling freight. Just give him a chnnco for tho Job and I know you will want him." Tho freight master did glvo Fred tho chance, and after his first day in tho freight ofllco there was no question as to his fltnoss, as freight handlers went, and for a dollar a day ho was a good bargain. In tho next thirty years circum stances changed much with the gang foreman of Fort Howard who got bin llrst Job with tho railroad as freight hnndlor. After several yennt of ap prenticeship lu railroad mutters, dur ing which ho roso from his llrst posi tion as freight handler in Fort Howard to a position as brakomnn nnd clerk, ho was promoted to tho position of su perintendent of tho Chicago, Mllwnu keo & St. Paul railroad. From that position ho was appointed general su perintendent of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Stc. Mario railroad, then vice-president of tho Haltlmoro & Ohio nnd now, for n dozen years, ho hnH been president of tho ICrlo railroad. In tho ofllccs of tho Krlo railroad Frederick D. Underwood Is known as tho most democratic nnd unpretentious of mon. It Is nald though lie does not .bonst of It himself that ho nover for gets the fnco of anyono whom ho has over known. In the passenger station of tho Erie railroad station In Jersey City, ono morning a few years ago. a grizzled man In overalls stood waiting on the plntform. Ho wns a brakomnn In tho employ of tho company nnd ho watched nervously, anxiously, tho mon nnd women who thronged the station from tho Incoming trnlns "Aro you waiting for friends?" asked tho gateman, who had noticed his engerness. "No, It Isn't that," snld tho other. "I happened to lmvo n llttlo tlmo be tween runs and I heard that Mr. Un derwood was passing through tho sta tion. 1 worked out at Fort Howard alongsldo of him In the dnys beforo he got a dollar a day. I don't supposo ho would speak to mo, even If ho did remember mo, hut I would llko to say I'd seen him." "Well, I don't know," said tho gate man. "Mr. Underwood doesn't put on nny lugs. Ho might speak to you If he remembers you.' Then the two m m stopped talking, At Night He Would ,11 i i wj-- --iT-i,,-t- fam mu;umfmamMi t j iiiiiiiiiiihiiM m ""-""" Hill? flirt I I' Out Hla Hand to the Brakeman. for far down tho platform, with firm quick steps, came tho man of whoa thoy wero speaking. The eyes of many of tho employees who recognized him as their chief wero turned to him, and ho nodded to them as ho passed. The brakeman, recognizing him, shrank back as ho approached. Hut Mr. Un dorwood's keen eyes us kcon as thoy wcro when ho asked for his first Job out at Fort Howard had been observ ant. "Why, hollo, Jim!" ho sold, stretch ing out his hand to tho brakeman. "Whero did you como from?" "(llnd to soo you romembor mo, Mr. Underwood," snld tho man, ombar rnssed, but beaming with pleasure. "Don't you Mr. Underwood' mo, wnB tho railroad president's roply. "I'd like to know how I could forgot you after all thoso years wo worked to gether out nt Fort Howard." And Mr. Underwood broko Into a laugh that made hln companion In overalls feel thnt, nfter all, there wasn't such a wldo gulf between a railroad brako man and tho president of tho road. Song of the Frog. Tho song of the frogs Is ns wonder ful as their clothing. Tho raucous bel low of tho bloated male of tho species may not ho a Hcothoven symphony, but it was enough to liiBpIro Aristoph nucy to mnko a falluro of human verbal imitation when ho wroto "bok-ok-kek-ko-ux-koax." Tho gontlo trill of tho llttlo treo toad Is not qulto tho , noto of tho nightingale, but It is inoro soothing than thnt of tho whlppoor wlll or tho cuckoo, and tho chorus of tho llttlo frogglcs which wilt in a short tlmo ho ono of tho orchestra's of spring, hns a charm In tho rural si lences which hardly has a parallol lu any of tho songs without words. Her Full Duty. Miss Ilrlghttnan kopt a very at tractive llttlo tea room, nnd when away on a business trip recently sho loft It in chnrgo of a young woman clerk. Tho morning sho returned sho did not think things looked qulto as neat and attractive as usual. "You know, Miss rirlstol," romarkod tho proprietress, ns sho glanced around, "thero Is a great deal in hav ing your sandwiches look attractive" "Yes, MIsb Urlghtman, I know it," was tho reply. "I havo dono every thing I could whllo you wero away. I havo dusted thoso sandwiches every morning for tho laBt ton days." Har per's Magazine. Get Out His Fiddle. " l! i t' u Wl. 1. Ll l' '( r I . l; s Ui -: 1 ;l? - BLrffu ' r Lrr3.'!S P$f:a M :3:l i A'ft'H I Zil ? tr, m 3 '.I ?, ti 3 V I 1. ' ' ! ifi i t ! i 1 Q f.tfsS 1 1. r . m "' ti