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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1915)
cim. V "V RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF i a V FolKWeToucK BvPassirsQ PJlfflcL 4? awclvbg Jii tiff MtSBSljnSlttimxfDu Mr f He Withdrew Himself Yet Further Prom the Common Life of the Valley Below. THE MAN WHO LIVED In a far away yesteryear two men won fame In tho art of letters. The First Man wlthdrow himself to tho heights that ho might tho better look out over tho valley below and watch the folk who took tho day's work seriously. Ho felt contempt for their struggles and strivings, and never failed to ridicule tho smallness of their lives their inconsequential alms and ambitions but oven while be ridiculed It gavo him pleasuro to dazzle them with tho message which flowed from his pen in stylo so bril liant that tho folk in tho valley likened his brain to a crystal foun tain becauso of its wonderful glimmer nnd glitter, and Tho First Man was pleased with the simile. Ho withdrew himself yet further from tho common lifo of tho valley below and gavo himself utterly to a now work which his publishers prom ised should mako his name live for ever, and when It was ready it did In deed dazzlo the world with its bril liance. It was saturated with smart epigrams; scintillated with wit; teemed with cynicism, and ridiculed all there was of sentimental charm in tho world. From one end of tho land to the other tho book was read with admiration, and critics said Tho First Man was tho greatest genius of his ngo. His cleverly turned phrases pointed with ridicule tho ordinary way of human kind and mado tho peoplo laugh so boisterously that they for got that their own Bimplo lives fur nished material for his scathing sar casm and Joined their voices to tho widespread praise accorded tho clover ivrltcr. In tho valley below, where lived tho folk whoso alms and ambitions The First Man despised, Tho Second Man I worked out his salvation In simpler scanner. Ho, too, was a writer, but his books created small stir. Ho had no gift of brilliance, and so gentlo was tho hoart of him that ho could, not havo turned a clover phraso at tho cost of a human hurt, nut ho knew tho folk who lived in the valley, and ho did his work among them. Ho did not despise their alms and nmbitions, and his heart was largo with sympa thy for their common strivings and sorrows. And most of all ho under stood them and ho loved them, and tho messages ho sent out to tho world had their birth in tho wcllsprlng of their perfectly useful and normal lives. The Second Man's critics said that ho took life too seriously; that bis work was deficient In humor and over burdened with sentiment, but just tho same his books lay besido thoso of Tho First Man In tho libraries and went into many a household, whero tho name of Tho First Man was never spoken. And after a whilo God called both Tho First Man and Tho Second Man to rendor unto him an account of ituelr talents, and tho admirers of ea,ch wero left to keep their memories allvo LnonfliGmflTK jMEx3PAPeR ayiPiCAte- in tho world in which they each had lived. A half century haB passed slncr Tho First Man and Tho Second Man accomplished their life work. In the valley of llfo whero folk work and love; nro glad and suffer by turns; aro tempted and sin; stumble and fall or again fight and win, and otherwise live out their everyday lives Tho First Man's namo Is seldom mentioned by tho passing generation, although once In a great whilo somcono refers ta the brllllanco of his wit, and his books llo tucked away In dusty corners, uni read. But In every homo Tho Second Man's name is a household word, and always it is spoken with a sort ol roverence. For ho know tho folk who live al ways in tho valley of llfo and In tho simple and tender understanding which pervaded his work he will live In tho heart of each successive generation 08 long as tho world shall last. Tall Hats of the Pa it. In spito of statements mado late ly to tho contrary, tall hats were in vonted long before 1813. A Mr. Toft of Tottenham, who died in 1776, loft 50 to tho governors of tho Totten ham free grammar school, tho inter est of which was to bo devoted to tho purchase of three tall hats as prizes for tho three best boys. Tho hats used to bo purchased from a hatter in Blshopsgate street, named Orcenway, for 24s, but In 1811 ho in formed tho governors that a duty of Is eacli had been Imposed and tho cost raised to 27s. Tho duty was again raised 2s each, and In 1813 to 2s Gd. Tho duty was afterward re pealed, but by that time tho govern ors woro purchasing Bibles Instead of hats for tho boys. London Mall. Peculiar War Honors. A historian of tho last war with Mex ico states that tho Mexican officials woro not content with bestowing tho honors of war on officers and privntes who had shown valor in battle, but brevettcd towns and villages as well. A hamlet was raised to n vlllago when its inhabitants played a good part in tho war, according to this writer, and a vlllago to a city. ThuB tho city of Alvarado roso from the village of Al vorndo by special decree Issued as a reward for tho bold attltudo of Its real, denta toward tho Invaders. The Death Tick. Anyone who has watchod through tho night hours by tho bed of one who Is dangerously HI can readily un derstand how tho faint tick, tick with in tho woodwork of tho wall camo to bo regarded as a sound of ovil omen. In order to mako this peculiar nolso the insect draws in tho antenna and intermediate legs, and, resting principally upon tho median logs, strikes Its head against its support by a sort of rocking motion. It is by this noise that tho male calls the female LEFT IN ORPHANAGE, NOW SEEKS MOTHER Lonely Girl Makes Pathetic Ap peal for Help in Finding Parents or Friends. Philadelphia. Weary of being alone In tho world without knowing where her mother and othor rolatlvos aro, MIsb Emma C. Hayes of Binghamton, N. Y., has, through a lottcr, mado a pathetic appeal to Superintendent of Pollco Robinson to aid her In a search that nho Is making for her parent and friends. Tho young woman, according to her communication, was placed in a local Catholic orphanago when a child and kept thero until sho was eleven years old, when sho was Indentured to a family living at FrlcndBvlllo, Susque hanna county, Pennsylvania, slth whom sho remained until throe yearB ago, when sho decided to earn her own living. Sho is now nineteen years old, "Llfo without a mother, or at least not knowing whero to find her, Ib Bomowhat of a burden," she wroto to tho head of tho police department, My Mother Called Several Timet. "and I sincerely hope you will buo ceed in finding her for me. Thero la no question but that my mother had deliberately kept her whereaboutB a pecrot, as far aa 1 am concerned, while she practically turned mo adrift In this world. "I was born in Philadelphia, or at least I was told so, and whilo a child was placed In St. Vincent's homo. After I had been sent thero, my mother and another woman, who, I was led to bollove, was an aunt, called to seo mo several times, but their visits suddenly ceased. My mother subsequently wrote me, giv ing her address as No. 42 Oxford street." FOUR HENS TO SETTLE CASE When They Decide "This Is Our Roost," Litigation Will Come to an End. Now York. Under Instructions from City Judgo Beall, a Yonkers policeman turned looso four hens and followed them to see whero they wont to roost. Upon tho report he will mako will do pend tho Judgo's decision as to tho ownership of tho fowl. Mrs. Mary Katatch of 280 Orchard street and Lulgi Cltorea of 290 Or chard street claim tho hens. Thoy iwent , to court about It and Judgo Boall jqulckly realized he would need expert udvlco. He decided that the best ex perts wero the hens themsolvcs, and ordered that they bo permitted to Bhow which was their home. "I want you, ofllcer, to see that thero Is no Interference with justico In this case," said Judge Beall to tho police man. "Wo had a spaghetti hound caso hero that could not be settled because somcono ato tho spaghetti Intended for tho dog. We had a pigeon caso In which someono got tho birds drunk. Don't lot anyone Interfere with tho ac tions of theso hens." BABY HEROINE FIRE VICTIM 8aves Playmates From Possible Dan ger and Perishes Herself as Re , suit of Burns. Pasaslc, N. J.- Ab tho result of burns suffered in trying to stamp out a bonfire which threatened her play mates, Elizabeth T, Green, four years old, tho daughter of ThomaB M. Green, Clifton avenuo, Athenia, died In St. Mary's hospital. Hor mother had warned her against fire and when a group of children atartod playing around tho remains of a bonflro Elizabeth tried to extinguish the flames. Sparks set fire to her dress and sho was rescued only after aho bad been fatally burned. Murdered His Cousin. EHJa, Ga. AuBtln Wright, who killed his cousin, John Wright, In this county 28 years ago, has returned and surrendered himself to Sheriff Mil ton of Gilmoro county. Tho Wrights wero chums and in n Bcufllo Austin cut John in tho leg, Inflicting a wound from which ho bled to death. Aus tin immediately left and had never been heard from until a few days ago. HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Compiled by a Substitute While the Regular Man Was Away From His Desk. A good way to savo money on your gas and electric light bills Ih to spend your ovcnlngs at theaters nnd restau rnnts whero tho management pays for tho lights. If your husband's hair shows signs of falling out, try pulling his eorB In stead. They very seldom come looso. Installment collector! nnd othor tin deslrablo callers can be mndo to keep their distance by mcar.c of rlpo tomn toes served at long range. A society matron, whoso position do mains that sho entertain u groat deal tnoro than sho can really afford haB discovered that by serving a few bird shot with each portion of guinea hen tho guests enn bo mado fo think they nro eating game. A young wife of our acquaintnnco tried fur years to break her husband of the habit of bringing home unex pected guests to dinner. At last sho took tho advicu of a friend nnd flirted desperately with tho very next man her husband Invited to the house. After that thoro was no more trouble. Now York World. From a Sinner's Diary. A sinner can't lose. Some ot his ships aro ul way b coming in. I know a man who would spare no pains or expense doctoring an enlarged or otherwise out-of-tinio liver. Yet ho treats aching, aspiring, longing, loving hearts with scowls nnd sneers nnd sharp discouragements. I know n woman who is for letting you havo what you waut when you want It, whq favors vacations boforo you havu to go -on tho stretcher. Lovo something that makes you waut to surround nnd bo surrounded by. Thoro's never a tlmo when 'tis safo for a doctor to eat onions. So tako you:- pick dlo off ann bi mourned, or llvo on nnd bo cursed. Lynetto Frcmlro In Judgo. Of Course. "Did you over henr such silly rot as that lino of Tennyson's: 'Half a league, hnlf a league, half n league, on ward'?" "What iu thero silly about It?" "Why, anybody knows that not moro than half a lenguo can bo going on ward at any given tlmo. For every gnmo ono team wlnB somo other team has got to loso ono." Money's Worth. "You nro charging moro for sum mer board than you did last year." "Yea," ropllod Farmer Corntossel. "Wo'vo got a lot of now tunes for tho phonograph an' my son Josh has learned all tho latest dances." Keen Wit. Gotcha I ran Into a burglar last night. Jako How'd ho get away from you? Gotcha Ho wont through mo. But a married man always gots ev erything that is coming to him nnd then some. In the Trenches. "No blonkots, captain." "Well, boys, we'll Just havo to cover ourselvoa with glory." And many a chap who talks llko a wlso man nets llko n fool. A Good Means a running start toward the day's work. There's concentrated In Grape-Nuts FOOD ( It contains the rich elements from Wheat and Barley in form for easy (digestion; and so quickly absorbed that it makes itself felt in body and brain. i There's FOR WHEN PA TRENCHED Started His Garden on Highest Scientific Principles. It Was a Peaceable Imitation of War, So He Finally Enlisted the Aid of a Belgian Refugee The Grippe to Blame. "If you're going to havo good crops in your vegetable garden, the thing to do Is to trench it," quoth Pa Jenkins. For Homo days Pa has bocn show ing symptoms of garden fovor. Not only has he pored over seed cata logues, of which ho accumulated a score or moro, but ho has been read ing of the most modern motliods of making the back yard garden Buppnrt a family, et cetera. A spacu ot somo 20 by r.O feet Ih devoted to tho Jen kins gardening experiments. "Wliul'H trenching?" asked Ma. "It's what the Belgians do," In formed Pa. "Huh!" sniffed Ma. "It's what tho Germans and tho French and tho Eng lish and all tho rest of those crazy peoplo over thero aro doing. 1 don't seo any sense trying It on hero," "You don't understand," explained Pa, "All lino gardeners do this trench ing. They dig u deep ditch, about 18 IncheH down. Then next to It they dig another ditch nnd so on, throwing tho dirt from one ditch Into the other each time. That gets tho soil all stirred up and aired and it makes things grow hotter." "And who," Inquired Ma, "does tho digging In this family?" "Mo!" announced Pa, straightening up and striking his broad chest. "I need tho exercise, anyway. I'm get ting all soft and good for nothing sticking to my desk nil day. A man makes a mlstako not to do any hard physical labor. Tho creator Intended us to use our bodies as well as our minds, and wo havo to suffer for It If wo don't." "Well," remarked Ma, "don't cntno to mo with your aches and paltiH," And sho ostentatiously set out tho arnica bottlo. Pa ordered sovoral bags of oxpon slvo fertilizer, which ho scnttcred lav ishly over tho 2(1 by CO. Ho also bought a now spado, which ho said wan built especially for tronchtng and which cost accordingly. Ho demand ed his garden shoes from Inst year, nnd was peeved when ho found that Mike, tho dog, had chowed ono of thorn Into a pulp. But ho donned tho rest ot tho outfit an ancient pair of pantH frayed around tho edgos and stained with honest soil, bluo shirt that had been washed into streaks, coat that any Weary Wlllyum would scorn, a straw hat of old vintage, broken in tho crown so that a tuft of Pa's hair, llko a warlockfl stuck put belligerently, and a now pair of 10-cont storo gloves Pa started trenoiilng. For a whilo tho soli flew and Pa whistled blithely. Thou ho stopped whistling. After a whilo ho leaned on tho spado and gazed speculatively into tho hole ho'd made. Ho dug again. Ho rested oft oner. Tho sweat rolled down his fnco. Ho felt It tickling his ribs. Ho pulled off his coat and hung It on the fenco. When Ma called him to dinner ho was red, damp and exceedingly dirty. "Great work!" ho asserted. "1 could cat a bear. Breakfast Properly a Reason it Grape-Nuts Ma gazed at tho long, narrow hole Pa had dug. Pa ato n real meal, punctuating It by telling how lino ho foil. Then ho went forth again and trenched until dark. Pa went to Bleep In his chnlr that evening nnd Ma lind a time to get Mm to bod. Ho declared he would sloop llko a log, but hi) talked trenching In his Bleep and groaned so loudly that Mn had to shako htm nwnko. "Ouch, whero am 1?" ho grunted. "Shnn't I get arnica, Pa?" anxious ly queried Mn. Pa was so lamo next morning he could hardly straighten up, but insist ed ho was all right. Utter In tho day a stolid looking Individual In overalls presented a nolo to Ma. "Dear Ma," Jan tho note. "This man is a Belgian refugeo and knows all about trenching, so I'vo hired hlra to help him out. I'll bo home early. Doc Smith snyH I'm not over tho grippe yet, Pa." Victims of the Drug Habit. According to a recent estltnnto of tho United States public health serv ice, tho number of persons In this country who nro victims of tho drug hnhlt is about 70,000, and tho utimbci of doson of narcotic drugs consumed by them annually Is about SGO.000,000. Thin estimate Is based on llgiires col lected In the statu of TenneHHoo whcio nndor a recently enacted antinnrcntlo law 1,103 permits were Issued In' six months to persons petitioning for the privilege of using narcotic drugs, and the consumption of such drugs amount ed to 8,108,200 average doses. Resembled Dining Car. Jim Sullivan, typical American tramp, carried a kitchen cabinet under bin coat, and when arrested In Rod Wing, Minn., the following things wore found: Eight large, raw potatoes, weighing soveu pounds; one quart bot tlo of BWuot milk, one ton-cent loaf ot wheat bread, one-half dozen tea bis cuits, ono-hnlf dozen rolls, fresh; two one-pound packages of ground coffee, two aluminum salt and pepper shak en!, glass cruet tilled with vinegar, one raw onion and two Japanese paper napkins, His Natural Mistake. "You criticize us," said tho Chinese visitor, "yet I seo all your women have tholr feet bandaged." "That Is an epidemic," It wnB ex plained to him gently, "which broke out In 1014. Thoso nro called Bpats." Did Not Hate Him That Bad. "1 wbb tolling Tltownd this morn ing that shells for a 12-Inch gun cost 500 each." "Well, what about it?" "Ho suld ho wouldn't shoot one of thoso nt his worst enemy." Has the Air. "That new clerk of yours seems ts bo an Important person about hero." "You aro right." "Thon ho Is Important?" "No. Ho seems to be." Few women would euro to be angola If thoy couldn't talk out loud to each othor while the heavenly choir is sing ing. Toll your troubles to your friends if you would know how weak their sympathy really is. But you can never mensuro a man's achievements by his own tongue. . Selected WISE WORDS A Physician on Food. , A physician of Portland, Oregon, has vlows about food. Ho says: "I havo always believed that tho duty of tho physician does not cease with treating tho sick, but that wo owe it to humanity to teach them how to protect their health especially by hygienic and dietetic laws. "With such a feeling nB to my duty I tako great pleasure In saying to tho public that In my own experience and nlso from personal observation I have found no food to equal Grapo-Nuta and that I find thoro Is almost no limit to tho great benefit this food will bring when used In all caBes of sickness and convalescence "It Is my cxporionco that no physical condition forbids tho use of Grape-NutB. To porsonB In health there Is nothing bo nourishing and acceptable to the stomach especially at breakfast to start tho machlnory of the human sys tem on tho day'a work. In cobcb of indigestion I know that a complete breakfast can bo mado of Grapo-Nuta and cream and I think it Is necessary not to overload tho stomach at the morning meal. I also know the great valuo of Grape-Nuts when the stomach Is too weak to digest other food. "ThlB 1b written after an experience of moro than 20 years treating all man ner of chronic and acuto diseases, and tho letter Is written voluntarily on my part without any request for It." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Look In pkgs. for tho famous little book, "Tho Itoad to Wellvllle." e. ? ,1 I ' itfA '' IBS ESSffiSSS? mmsmwm &m te&tfZfflei ,. lniJlJ.tJ,.i..n.tfai -- 5S EZZZIRHKFS