The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, August 12, 1915, Image 7
' '. T RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF li t' m FolKWeToucK IivPassiivg op Julia 4? AVCLURE She Spent Most of Her BEAUTY When Older Brother first called her Beauty the- wholo family laughed. That was a raro compliment to Older Brother's wit, for tho family was one seldom given to mirth But when they looked from tho thin, pinched llttlo face, with its buttermilk expression, down the angular young body to the too long legs, and back again to the straggly hair the nicknamo created for the girl by Older Brother waB so in congruous that even Mother, who had never wanted any one of her six chil dren (least of all Beauty) could not help laughing outright. Naturally Older Brother was much pleased with himself and saw to It that tho namo clung to tho llttlo girl all through tho days of her childhood. The years that camo and went made Beauty no Icsb a misnomer, for the girl's face grew smaller and moro pinched and moro sour with every ono of them. Tho youngest and least wel come of all tho unwelcomo six at homo she was always pushed asldo to shuffle for herself as best she might, getting but tho frazzled end of every family deal. In school things wero no better. Other children called her Beauty and roared with laughter until the girl designated by tho name al ways slunk unhappily away to somo far corner whero no ono would find and taunt her. So Beauty grew up for all tho world liko an uulovely, scraggly llttlo weed crowded in among hardier plants which never gavo her room to thrive and bo healthy. When Tho First Man mot her, and heard someone call her Beauty he fol lowed tho earlier example of her fam ily. That is ho laughed almost In Beauty's very fico. And whenever ho was alone nnd .nought of the ungainly young woman with her sour face, ho laughed again. Then to keep up his reputation for doing odd thingB Tho First Man paid court to Beauty. Tho girl's family was thrown almost Into cachinnating fits, and Tho First Man's friends said ho must bo crazy, all of which made him tho moro deter mined in his attentions. Ono day when he was in a particu larly spiteful and contrary mood Tho First Man asked Beauty to marry him, and tho girl, who was every whit as resentful of tho gibes and Jest of his friends and hers said yes. When they wero married they led-a cat and dog life, which was qulto to have been expected. Tho First Man called his wife Beauty with a sneer, and sho told him in turn that sho had married him for splto and hated him cordially, all of which was truo enough to bo sure Ono day Tho First Man told her that he wob going away for a long time. Ho said her face had made him sick; that ho couldn't stand it any longer. Sho spat back a sharp retort, and ho went. After a long while Beauty received a letter from Tho First Man telling her ho never Intended to como back. Sho loked in tho mirror at her buttermilk faco nnd told herself quite honestly that she didn't blame him In tho least, and Btraightway got her dlvorco. H was different with The Second Man. Beauty novcr know how it hap pened that he gravitated to her unless LrvonciiGrrvcirK NEWSPAPrR ayrtOICATEr Hours In the Garden. it was, as he said, that thero is always something away down in tho soul of every woman which somo tlmo or an other drnws her mate to her. He got down to tho causes of tho caustic temper of Bcnuty when ho lirst met her, and learned that her soul was asleep becauso thero had been no lovo In all her ilfo to awaken it. So when they wero married he Just loved her. Ho mado his homo tho most radiant plnco Beauty had ever scon In all her young lifo through the tender, ness of his smile, and the gentleness of his presence Ho helped her make a garden in which the flowers seemed only to need his touch to mako them grow moro luxuriously than in any other garden sho had ever seen, and tho young wlfo was happy because she spent most of her hours in tho garden, either working among the flowers or listening to tho resonant volco of Tho Second Man as bo read to her from somo old and wonderful volume, of which ho had hundreds. Beauty was so absorbed in her now lifo that sho never stopped these days to look In the mirror and talk to her self in tones of disgust. Tho divinity within her had been touched by an other divine spark, and fanned by the power of love Into a sculptor. And this sculptor had remolded the peaked llttlo faco of Beauty into the countenance of a woman so lovely that tboso who laughed themselves al most sick when Older Brother first gave her tho name of Beauty looked at her now with something of awe mingled in with their wonder. But so busy was Beauty in loving and being loved that sho did not notice them nor hear tho things they said, and when at last motherhood complet ed tho work Tho Second Man had be gun, and ho knelt besldo her ns she sat In a great arm chair with the little new soul cradled in her arms, and whispered "Beauty" In a tono akin to reverence, her laughter sounded like tho gurglo of a cooing brook, and hoi eyes shone liko two stars. Ono day The First Man camo back from abroad. When ho saw Beauty for tho ilrst time ho did not know her. Thon ho was 'told that it was she and ho said a mlraclo had been wrought. "Aye," answered tho man to whom be spoke, "tho miracle of lovo." Lampa of Early Tlmea. Lamps wero In general use among tho Jews, Greeks and Romans, and the other great nations of antiquity, but they wero of tho rudest descrip tion, and consisted for tho most part of a slmplo vessel which held oil, greaso or wax, from tho surface of which projected a wick. Tho light obtained was of tho fee blest description, tho flamo had no protection whatever from tho wind, and tho smell which nroso could only have been rendered endurable from the fuct that "uso is second nature." Tho Greeks nnd Romans lavished much artlstlo excellence upon their lamps, making them with ono wick, two wIckB, or 30 or 40 wicks. But they did not Improve their construc tion ono stop, and to all practical in tents and purposes they wero no bet ter than tho saucer of tallow with itn floating cotton which may yet bo found flaring and guttering and smok ing in somo of tho out-of-the-way cor ners of our own far western land. IlffliraiONAL SBNMrsaiooL Lesson (Hy E. O. 8KI.1.KUH, Actlntf Director of Humlay School Connie, The Moody Hlble Institute of Clilcngo.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 15 JEROBOAM LEADS ISRAEL INTO 8IN. L.KSSON TKXT-1 KlnRS 12:15.33. OOI.D13N TKXT Thou nlmlt not mnk unto thco a graven liniiKi', nor any like liens of anything that Is In hrnvnn nliova, or that 1b In tho earth beneath, or that li In tho water under tho ourth, thou nlmll not bow down thyself down unto them, no'r eorvo them. Kx. 0:4, So. Whether Jeroboam incited Israel's robelllon or was summoned homo be causo of his being known as nn op ponent to Israel, wo cannot say. Ho must havo remembered AhlJah'B prophecy (11:29-40) and ho had nnoth or prophot on IiIb side, Shemalnh (12:22-24), though Ahljnh afterwards deserted him (14:1-18). In Egypt, Jeroboam had learned of tho worship of tho bull Apis and upon sotting up his kingdom, saw nt once tho need of contoring tho rollglous lifo of tho peo plo elsewhere than In Jerusalem. I. "Calves of Gold" vv. 25-30. Given these ton tribe's by God (11:31) tho pcoplo had chosen Joroboam without seeming consultation with God, nnd tho result was a tragic future for tho Hebrows. David's monarchy laBted scnrccly two generations, ltehoboam'a second attempt nt coercion (12:21-24) is rebuked nnd ho settles down in Judca but fortifies many citleB (11 Chron. 11:6.12; I Kings 12:24; 14:17). Jeroboam likewise built cities, She 'chom nnd Ponuol, but tho result of tho schism was a weakened peoplo nnd Israel wns tho first to bo carried Into captivity nnd to extinction as a na tion. Dofcnsed cities nro not adequato safety for a nation (11:38; 2 Chron. 20:20; Zech. 1:4, G). Witness Llego and Antwerp. Ab a matter of political prudence Jeroboam's scheme- of re moving tho center of worship from Je rusalem Buccoeded admirably. Tho center of gravity of a man and of n na tion is that placo where ho centers his worship. Tho templo hnd no Im ago, and his sotting up of his Images of bulls was a backward step, though doubtless it was regarded as best for tho nation. Jeroboam's fatal error was in deflecting tho peoplo from tho invislblo Jehovah to tho visible crea tions of their own hands. Mankind al ways prefers to trust to their own do vIccb and to plan their own deliver anco rather than to trust in God. Tho evidence of our tnmt in God is to obey him. Nolo Jeroboam took counsel, not an did Rehoboam, of tho aged or the young, but "In his heart." Wo nro not to lean to our own understanding but upon tho Holy Spirit (John 1G-.13). Man is "slow of heart" and that one at all familiar with Hebrew history should repeat tho mistake Aaron mndo is scarcely to bo understood (Ex. 32:4 8). Tho errors and "Isms" of today are but a repetition of tho fnlso teach ings of former days dressed in a new garb, labeled with a now name; such Is the decettfulncsB of tho human heart (Jer. 17:9). Jcroboam'B excuso was plausible enough (v. 28) and ap pealed to tho ever-present weakness of tho human heart to seek some easier way of serving God. But man's way al ways becomes tho hardest way. Jero boam today would bo classed as a "liberal" and held up as a "broad minded man." II. "Priests of tho Lowest" vv. 31-33. Jeroboam's real concern was not thnt of tho people but the permanency of his kingdom. Jeroboam was not intro ducing a now God but a new way of worship. Ono step always loads to another, and to fully establish this, now way, and nt tho samo tlmo en tirely to control tho situation, ho se lected from nmong 'all tho people", priests who were to carry on Jeho vah's worship. God had selected tho sons of Levi and specially ordained them for this servlco (Num. 3:10). When tho devil Introduces a new re ligion, or any falso idea of Christ, or tho Bible, ho always appeals to sa cred memories, or elso claims a "mod ern expression of tho truth." Jero boam not only chose thoso who would bo beholden to himself, but bo also selected positions in his kingdom, at either end, each of which was easily accessible Thus to build and thus to select others than the sons of Aaron as priests was expressly forbidden. But such is tho natural perversity and stubbornness of tho human heart that It readily follows its leaders into all sorts of apostasy and error (Rom. 8:7). Jeroboam also changed (v. 32) tho feast ordained of God on tho lGth day of tho seventh month (Lev. 23:33, 34) to ono occurring in tho eighth month. No possiblo appeal of local interests warranted any such substitution; to obey is better than to modify (Matt. 1C:C; Mark 7:13). III. The Main Teaching. Jeroboam's chief purpoBo wob not tho glory of God, but this new religion waB for per sonal safety and glorification. Ills cunningly devised program becamo tho agent of his own and tho nation's destruction (13:34; 14:7-11; 2 Kings 10:20, 31), and his bpproblous title has becomo "Which mado Israel to sin." Graft and trickery succeed for a tlnto, but only thoso who obey God in all things build on a solid and lasting foundation. "Nothing In this world Is worth doing wrong for." Boys do not Bucceod by breaking tho rules of the amo. ty-?j.ggl!l SBJBSSBBBBBiBBBlsfcM. - Danger in Delay Tho great danRer of kidney trouble-! Is that they so often get a firm hold before tho s u (To re r recognizes them. Health wilt be gradually undermined. Back ache, headache, nervousness, lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary troubles, dropsy, gravel and Bright's disease may follow as tho kidneys get worse. Don't neglect your kidneys. Help tho kidneys with Doan's Kidney rills. It is the best recommended special kidney remedy. A Nebraska Case Mm. AnBellno nick-"hlfyfWrti,iblr ford, mime, Ord w Noli., nays: "iBlralned tho miiHclcs of my tmck nml my kidneys Victh weakened. 1 wan lielplers nt times with pains In my back nnd 1 was aluays Btiro to hove, nn attack when I llftrd or worked too hard. Doan's Kidney l'llls removed t lie h o aches nnd tialtin nnd corrected the trouMo with my kidneys." Get Doan's at Any Stars, EOc a Bos DOAN'S "iRSS FOSTER-M1LBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable act surely ana gently on the liver, cure Biliousness, Head ache, Dizzi ness, nnd Indigestion. They do their duty. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature BLACK LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED by Cutter1 BlMkUl rill. I- Brirrd. trwh. rMUUti prttrrred t n I w m hm m an r.tMt wtiir thar vmcIum til Writ for booklrt nd IrtttmenliU, " -P "J ll.ftM skit. BlMkl rim 4 IS Vn r lajtrtor, but Cutttt'i brat. Th. Mprtorlt7 of t"uttr product, la du to tr IS rrtn of aixxiiltiltii lii elw ' Mranii Mly. lull! n Cuttn-'l. If unofeUUttiU. crdtr direct. ! Cuttw Uktrttsry, BirkMty, CU sr Cktuit, III, GETS 2-CENT MONEY ORDER Two-Cent Balance Is Paid Through Ex press Company by Kansas Woman. Tho smallest money order over mndo Dut by tho agent for the locnl express compnny was given to a woman to pay on nn account owed to u mailorder house, according to a Blackwell story printed in tho Ardmorelto. Tho worn nn hnd received a letter from the mail order houso notifying her thnt sho owed tho firm two cents. Indlgnnnt and uuablo to reallzo tho spirit that would prompt any ono to mall a bill for two cents, tho woman decided that a post ofllco stamp would not sulllco and that only n money order would do. Tho feo or tho order wns thrco cents and tho postago stamp necessnry to carry it cost two cents more, so that with tho two-cent postage stamp that carried tho bill to tho woman soven cents was expended in collecting a two-cent debt. Kansas City Journal. Whom He Dreads. It isn't the girl who grows Indignant when he tries to kiss her that a man dreads. It is tho ono who laughs at him. Curious. "Young Fetherheddo has gono In sane." "How did they find it out7" Vigor f Krhurptis .LbbbbbH bbbitti r KKr liurrj HsHw I PILLS. asfr MB?syj i n S0&u?&&zif A determination to "get ahead" is found in every action of the or woman. Vigor of body and brain comes the food one Grape-Nuts and cream Is the regular morning ration (or thousands who are "making (pod," and who know that a dear brain and stead nerves are necessary to success. Made of Wheat and Barkv, Grape-Nuts contains all of the vital tissue-building elements of the grains thoroughly baked, concen trated, and easily digested. "There's a Reason90 for Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers. - - iiMi - i. - - PLENTY FROM TIME BEFORE Old Parishioner Found Way to Cling to His Original Position About Miracle. One Sunday morning n certain young piiRtor In his lirst chnrgu an nounced nervously: "I will tnko for my text tho words. And they fed flvo men with llvo thou sand loaves of bread and two thou sand fishes.'" At this misquotation nn old par ishioner from his seat in tho amen corner snld audibly: "That's no miracle I could do it myself." Tho young preacher said nothing at tho tlmo, but tho next Sunday ho nn noiincod the snmo toxt again. This tlmo ho got It right: "And they fed llvo thousand men on flvo loaves of bread and two fishes." Ho waited a moment and then, lean lug over tho pulpit nnd looking nt tho nmen corner, ho said: "And could jou do that, too, Mr Smith?" "Of courso I could," Mr. Smith re plied. "And how could you do It?" said tho preacher. "With what wns left over from Inst Sunday," snld Mr. Smith. Advance Chocolate Soldiers. Captain Dean of tho commlRBlonnry brnnch of thu British nrmy In Franco reports, says tho Westmlnutor Ga zette, thnt Tommy Atkins Ih striving with all his might to llvo up to George llernnrtl Shaw's "Chocolate Soldlor." Chocolato sweets and, In fnct, sweet meats of nil kinds are In such great do ma ml that Hrltish enudyumkers nro busy night nnd day. From Cairo comes the report that tho Australians stationed thero lmvo absolutely eaten tho cntlro chocolato supply. Captain Dean's oniclnl report snya: "Our canteen has llvo tlmoH tho do mnnd for Bwoets nnd soft drinks thnt wns expected, and ouc-llfth tho de mand for boor." Quests Forced to Drink. Compulsory abHtlnenco would havo seemed n comploto inversion of tho natural order to somo of our unccstors. They belloved in compulsory drinking, nnd in some old country mansions may mill bo scon, I believe, a ring lot Into tho wall of tho dining hall for tho pun ishment of tho man who would not, or could not, drink his allotted sharo of liquor. Tho culprit's arm was fixed In tho ring, and ho was glvou choice of drink ing In tho ordlnnry way or having the liquor he rcfusud poured down his sleeve. Hence thu medieval Jest. "Leavlng'B sleeving." Loudon Chron lclo. Her Country's Need. Secretary of Agrlculturo Houston said at a luncheon in Washington: "An English hon has broken tho world's record by laying 288 eggs In a year." Mr. Houston smiled nnd added: "Sho must havo understood hor country's urgout need for bIioIIb." Never. Somo peoplo nro always saying "Thoro ought to bo something done about It," but they never do anything themselves. Nearly COO women in Abordeon, Scotland and district havo enrolled themselves on tho war register at tho Aberdeen labor exchango. In 1898 lathers in Daston mado $15 for a 64-hour week. They now rocolvo $28X0 for a 44-hour week. successful man eats. mum.'.w, lJlniLtf.-'Ill THE CHARM OF MOTHERHOOD Enhanced By Perfect Physi cal Health. The oxperionco of Motherhood Is a trying-ono to most women and marks dis tinctly nn epoch In their lives. Not on woman in a hundred is prepared or un derstands how to properly care for her self. Of course nearly every woman nowadays has medical treatment at mnls times, but many approach tho experi ence with an organism unfitted for U trial of strength, and when it is over her system has received a shock from which it is hard to recover. Following right upon this comes tho nervous strain of caring for tho child, and a distinct change in Uio mother results. There Is nothing- moro charming thaa happy and honlthy mother of children, and indeed child-birth undor tho right' condiUons need bo no hazard to health or beauty. The uncxplalnnblo thing to that, with nil tho evidence of shattered' nerves and broken health resulting from' nn unprepared condition, and with am ple timo in which to prepare, womra will persist In going blindly to tho triaL Every woman nt tills timo should rely upon Lydls E. Pinkhnm's Vegetable Compound, a most valunblo tonic and invigorator of tho fcmnlo organism. In many homes onco childless thero are now children be causo of the fuct that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vcro tabic Compound mnkoa women normal, healthy and strong. If yon want special ndrlco write t lijdla E. i'lnkhnni Medicine Co. (conl dentlal) Lynn, Mass. four letter will be opened, read and answered by m woman and held in strict conHdeaeaJ HE NEEDED PLENTY OF ROOM And Was Willing to Pay for Tw as Ono Didn't Seem to Serve. During tho run of a play at tho' Cohan theater in New York last witt ier a wobbly person tootorod up taV tho box olnco ono Saturday nlgw whon tho placo wh packed and deV manded n good scat. "Nothing loft oxcopt BtnniUng room," snnd tho box olllco nmn. "Sell yoa standing room for a dollar." Tho wavering ono produced n dollar and went Inside. Hut so tunny general-' ndmtsslons wero grouped nt tho rear, that, over tho intervening hodgo of heads hn caught only vagrant glimpse of what went on upon tho stage. Ho foggily considered tho sltuatloml for a spell. Then ho rocked his wemvV ing way back to tho box offlco window; and put a second dollar on the shelf. "Olmmo nozzlr ono of them standlsT rooms," ho ordered; "can't see tk show at all If you only got one." BasV urday Evening Post. Willing to Oblige. "Nora," said tho mlstreBs to tM now servant, "wo always want oar meals promptly on tho hour." "Yls, mum. An' If I miss th' On' hour shall I wait for th' next?" Tho man who says bo Is glad he to married 1b either an optimist c liar. Experlenco Is a great teacher, Is oven experlenco can't toach somo p Plo. 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