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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1923)
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF - trvsfc?grt t'Efrtwsa-' stfoSSSKNN J SNS:X-N Wmtet Christmas !- . ' $art By y.vBOOTH a v u r.r'r -: "&Z& T "eoPvmoMT nv nm iVbhoo. SRiuw V. 5 Miss ApprrUiwiilto wns nt home the following Saturday. I found her In the library with "Los Mlserables" on tier knee whi'ii I en mo down from my room n llttln before lunch tlmo; nnd Hlic looked up and gave mo u smile t tint made mo feel sorry for nny one Hhi had censed to smile upon, i "I wanted to tell you," I wild, with n little awkwardness hut plenty of truth, "I've found out that I'm an nw fill fool." "Hut that's something," she returned encouragingly "nt least the beginning of wlfidom." "I niean nhout Sir. Housley the mystery I was ahsurd enough to llnil In 'Slmpledorln.' 1 want to tell you " ' "Oh, I know," she snld; and I- though she laughed with an effect of .carelessness, that look which I hnd thought "far uway" returned to her eyes as she spoke. There wnB n ccr 'tnln Inscrutahlllty nhout MIhh Apper thwnlte sometimes, It should hp nddcd, nn If she did not like to he too easily read. "I've heard nil nhout It. Mr. Hensley's been appointed trustee or Mimctlilng for poor Hamilton Swift's not), n pitiful lltlo Invalid hoy who In vents all sorts of characters. The old dnrky from over there told our cook nhout 1UI1 Ilnininersley and Simple 'dorln. So, you see, I understand." "I'm Kind you do," I Paid. A little hardness one might even have thought It hltterness became nppnrent In her expression. "And I'm glad there's somebody In that house, nt last, with n little Imagination!" , "From everything I have hcnrd," I returned, summoning sufllclent bold ness, "It would be dllllcult to sny which has more Mr. Heasley or the child." 1 Her glance fell from mine nt this, but not quickly enough to concenl a sudden, half-startled look of trouble ,(I can think of no other wny to ex press It) that leaped Into it; nnd she rose, for tho lunch-boll wns ringing. "I'm Just finishing the denth of .Tenn Vnljean, you know, In 'Les Mlscr nbles,' " sho said, as we moved to tho door. "I'm nlwnyn afraid I'll cry over that. I try not to, hecnuse It mnkes my eyes red." And, In truth, there was n vnguo rumor of tears about her eyes not ns If she hnd shed them, but more ns If Hhe were going to though I hnd not noticed It when I came In. That afternoon, when I reached tho Despatch olllco, I wns commissioned to obtain certain politi cal Information from tho Honorable David Ilensley, an assignment I ac cepted with eagerness, notwithstand ing the commiseration It brought me from ono or two of my follows In the reporter's room. "You won't get any thing out of him!" they snld. And they wore true prophets. ' I found him looking over some docu ments In his olllce; n reflective, un lighted cigar In tho corner of his mouth; his chnlr tilted bnck and his feet on n window-sill. He nodded, upon my stnteinent of the nffnlr that brought me, and without shifting his position, gave me n look of slow but wholly friendly scrutiny over his shoulder, nnd bade me sit down. I begun at once to put the questions I was told to nsk him Interrogations (he seemed to believe) satisfactorily answered by slowly and rumlnntlvely stroking the left side of his chin with two long lingers of his right hnnd, the while ho smiled In genlnl contempln- ion of n tarred roof beyond tho win- ow. Now nnd then lie would glvo mo mild nnd drawling word or two, not rllllantly Illuminative, It may be re- nrkod. "Well ibout that" he bo- gun once, and then came Immediately to n full stop. "Yes?" I said, hopefully, my pencil poised. "About Hint I guess" "Yes, Mr. Heasley?" I encouraged dim, for he seemed to bnvo dried up permanently. "Well, sir I guess Hadn't you better Bee some one else about that?" Tills with tho air of a man who would be but too lluent and copious upon nny subject In tho world except the ono particular point. I nuver met anybody else who looked eo pleasantly communicative nnd mnn aged to say so little. In fact, he didn't say anything at all; and I guessed thnt tills faculty was not without Its value In his political enreer, disastrous as It hnd proved to his private happi ness. Ills habit of silence, moreover, was not cultivated: you could see that "the secret of It" wus that he wns born quiet. My note-book remained noteless, tnd finally, at dome odd evasion of his, accomplished by a monosyllable, y''&2z$?a jllpji 'W r 73T TARKINGTON :ffi SCs-ilrif He Joined cnchlnnntlons witli me heartily, und with n twinkling qulzzl calness that somehow gave me the szzzy&? -js-: sk Idea that he might bo thinking (rather-Lley, npologetlcnlly) to himself: "Yes, sir, that old Heasley mnn Is certainly u mighty funny critter i" When I went nway, n fow moments later, and left him still Intermittently chuckling, the Impression remained with me that he had tome such depre catory and surreptitious thought. Two or three days after thnt, ns I started down-town from Mrs. Apper thwnlto's, Heasley came out of his gate, hound In the same direction. He gave mo n look of guy recognition und offered his hnnd, saying, "Weill Up In this neighborhood 1" as If that were n matter of considerable astonishment. I, mentioned that I was n neighbor, and we walked on together. I don't think ho spoke ngnln, except for n "Well, sir I" or two of genial surprise at something I snld, nnd, now and then, "You don't tell me!" which he Dowden, Beaslcy and I All Slid Down the Banisters on One of the Ham ilton Swift, Junior, Days. had n most eloquent wny of exclaim ing; but he listened visibly to my own talk, and laughed at everything that I mennt for funny. I never knew anybody who gave one u grentcr responsiveness; he seemed to be with you eery Instnnt; and how he made you feel it was the true mys tery of Heasley, this silent man who never talked, except (as my cousin snld) to children. It hnppencd that I thus met him, ns we were both bturtlng down town, nnd walked on with him, several duys In succession; In n word, (t became a habit. Then, one afternoon, us I turned to leave him nt the Despatch olllco, he asked me If I would drop In nt his house the next day for n cigar beforo I stnrted, I did; and lie nsked me If I would come again the day after thnt. So this became u habit too. A fortnight clnpsed before I mot Hamilton Swift, Junior; for he, poor little futher of drenm-chlldren, could bo no spectator of track events upon the lawn, but lay In his bed upstairs. However, he grow better ut last, and my presentation took plnce. We had Just finished our cigars in Hensley's airy, old-fashioned "sitting room," and were rlblhg to go, when there came the faint creaking of sinnll wlipels from the hall. Heasley turned to mo with the npologoMo and mono svllablc chuckl" that was distinctly his alone. "I've got n little chap here" he said; then went to tho door.' "Hob I" The old darky appeared In the door way pushing n little wagon like a re-cllnlng-chnlr on wheels, ami In It sat Hnmllton Swift, Junior. My first Impression of him was that ho was all eyes : I couldn't look at any thing else for a time, and was hardly conscious of tho rest of thnt wea zened, peaked little fuco and tho under sized wisp of a body with Its pathetic adjuncts of metul and leather. I think they were tho brightest eyes I ever saw ns keen and intelligent ns a wicked old woman's, withal as trust ful and cheery as the eyes of a setter lillll Kiwn ' "-yww. a "Iloo-rny V Thus the ITonorable Mr. Benslcy, waving n handkerchief thrice around his head and thrice cheering. And tho child, In that cricket's voice of his, replied: "Ur-r-ra-vo I" This wus the form of salutation fa miliarly In use betw'ecn them. Heas ley followed It by Inquiring, "Who's with us todny?" "I'm Mister Swift," chirped the llttlo fellow. "Mls-tcr Swift, If you please, Cousin David Heasley." Heasley executed a formal bow. "There Is a gentleman here who'd like to meet you." And he presented mo with some grave phrases commendn tory of my general chnVacter, address ing the child as "Mister Swift"; whereupon Mister Swift gave me n ghostly lltlc hand and professed him self glnd to meet me. "And besides me," he nddcd, to Heasley, "there's Hill nammersley nnd Mr. Corley Llnbrldge." A faint perplexity manifested Itself upon Hensley's face nt this, a shadow which cleared at once when I nsked if I might not be permitted to meet these personages, remnrklng that I had heurd from Dowden of Hill Hnmmers- though until now n stranger to the fame of Mr. Corley Llnbrldge. Heasley performed the ceremony with Intentional elegance, while tho boy's great eyes swept glowingly from his cousin's face to mine and bnck ngln. I bowed nnd shook hnnds with the air, once to my 'left and once to my right "And SImpledorlnl" cried Mister Swift. "You'll enjoy Slmpledorln." "Above all things," I snld. "Cnn ho shake bands? Some (Jogs can." "Watch him!" Mister Swift lifted n commanding finger. "Slmpledorla, shako hands!" I knelt beside the wagon and shook an Imaginary big paw. At this Mister Swift again shook hands with me nnd allowed me to pcrcehe, In his lumi nous regnrd, a solemn commendation and approval. In this wise wob my Inltlntlqn Into the beautiful old houso nnd tho cor dlnllty of Its Inmates completed; nnd I became n famlllnr of David Heasley and his ward, with tho privilege to go nnd come ns I pleased; there was al ways guy and friendly welcomo. I al ways came for the cigar ufter lunch, sometimes for lunch Itself; sometimes I dined there Instead of down town; and now nnd then when It happened thnt an errand or nsslgnment took me that way In tho nfternoon, I would run In nnd "visit" nwhlle with Hnmllton Swift, Junior, and his circle of friends. There were days, of course, when his attacks were upon hlra, nnd only Beaslcy and the doctor and old Hob saw him; I do not know what the boy's mentnl condition was at such times; but when he was better, nnd could bo wheeled about tho house and again re ceive cnllers, he displayed an nlmost dlsmnylng activity of mind It was ac tive enough, certainly, to keep far ahead of my own. And ho wns mus terful: still, Heasley and Dowden and I were never directly chidden for In subordination, though mnde to wlr.co painfully by tho look of troubled sur prise thnt met us when we were not quick enough to cntch his meaning. The order of the day with him al ways began with tho "Hoo-rny" and "Hr-r-rn-vo" of greeting; nfter which we were to Inquire, "Who's with us to day?" Whereupon he would make known the chnracter in which he elect ed to bo received for the occasion. If he announced himself as "Ml&ter Swift," everything was to be very grown-up nnd decorous Indeed. For mnlltles nnd distances were observed; and Mr. Corley Llnbrldge (nn elderly personage of great dignity nnd distinc tion ns u mountnln-climbcr) was much oftcuer Included In tho conversation than Hill Hammersley. If, however, he declared himself to be "Hamilton Swift, Junior," which wns his happiest mood, Hill Hammersley nnd Slmple dorln were In the uscendnnt, nnd there wero gnmes nnd contests. (Dowden, Heasley and I nil slid down the ban isters on ono of tho Hamilton Swift, Junior,, duys, at which really pictur esque spectacle the boy almost cried with laughter and old Bob nnd his wife, who came running from tho kitchen, did cry.) He hnd n third ap pellation for himself "Just little Ham ilton;" but this wns only when tho crenky voice could hnrdly chirp nt all nnd the weazened fnco was drawn to one side with suffering. When he told us he was "Just llttlo Hamilton" we wero very quiet. Once, for ten dnys, his Invisibles all went nway on n visit: Hamilton Swift, Junior, hnd become Interested In benrs. While this lasted, nil of Hens ley's trousers were, ns Dowden snld, "a sight." For that matter, Dowden himself was quite hoarse In court from growling so much. The hears wero dismissed abruptly: Hill Ham mersley nnd Mr. Corley Llnbrldge nnd Slmpledorla came trooping bnck, nnd with them thpy brought thnt wonderful family, the Hunchbergs. (TO HU CONTINUED.) Summer Vacations In Africa. At tho equator in Africa there aro only two seasons tho wet and tho dry. Tho former Is tho summer sea son, und lasts eight months. The ther mometer averages from 110 degrees to 1UU degrees Fahrenheit. The other four months uro tho cold and dry sea son, when the thermometer rarely goes above 70 degrees Fahrenheit. During the rains tho natives live In houses mnde principally of bamboo and roofed with leaves, but us soon as tho rains stop, which Is some time around the llrst of June, they take on a holiday mood, desert their towns, and set out ; household furnishings aro transported on thu hends of the women und children, CATTLE-FEEDING SURVEY RESULTS Extensive Studies Have Been Made in Connection With Many Agricultural Colleges. GOVERNMENT MAKES EXHIBIT Amounts of Feed Necessary to Make Same Amount of Total Gain on Feeder Steer Shown Plctorl- allly Systems of Feeding. (Prepared by tho United State Department of Agriculture.) In nn exhibit at the International Live-Stock exposition recently held at Chicago, the United States Depart ment of Agriculture showed some of the results obtulne I from nn exten sive survey of steer feeding Ih the Middle West. Theso studies have been made in co-operutlon with agri cultural colleges In (lie states of Illi nois, milium. Iowa. Minnesota und Nebrns!n. The 8iirvey has been car- A Prize-Winning Hereford Shown at tho International Live-Stock Show. rled on for the last four years, nnd It has Involved approximately 20,000 Moors each year. Another year's study Is to be made, but results have been obtained to date that arc of practical Interest to cattle feeders throughout the United States. Resu..s of Survey. The results of th's survey, thus far, tivere shown at the exposition In n booth entitled, "Hoof I'roiluctlon," n part of the large government exhibit. It wns found that two types of ration nre being used by cattle feeders gen erally throughout this region. The type used In n locality is determined by the kind of liny thnt Is grown there. About the snme number of. steers are fed by each method through out tho region studied. Feed Necessary. The exhibit showed plctorlnlly the amounts of feed necessary to make the same amount of total gnln on a feeder steer, and the length of feeding period, under each system of feeding, as determined by this survey. In formation on feedlna problems nnd other phases of beef production may be heciirod hy asking for bulletins from the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. STANDARD FOR BEEF BREEDS To Assist Beginner Department Agriculture Issues Bulletin Giving Information. of The question of the beginner, ''which Is the best breed of beef cat tle?" ennnot be nnswered If be Insists vpon definite reasons, for no beef lias been found superior to nil others. A mnn muy have a personal choice, tils neighbors may be raising one particu lar breed, or his conditions may be more nearly Ideal for one breed tlmn any of he others. In order to help those who nre un certain us to which breed Is best adapted to their conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture has prepared a bulletin In which are given the characteristics of the beef nnd dual-purpose breeds in the United States, together with u brief history of their development. A comparative standard of excellence for beef breeds Is included In the bulletin, u feature which mnkes It possible for the be ginner to compare tl.e breeds yolnt by point. A copy of the bulletin may bo hnd free of charge by writing tho United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, I). C, and asking for Farmers' Hulletln 012. WHITEWASH THAT WILL HOLD When Properly Prepared and Applied Material Will Cleanse, Disinfect, and Stay On. Whitewash Is often mnde 1" a slip shod way and Is put on carelessly. It does not do the Job well und will not last. When whitewash Is properly inado and carefully applied, It will cleanse, disinfect and stay on. Slack ten pounds of quicklime In two gullons of. water. Cover tho con tulner und allow tho lime to slack for one hour. Add enough warm water to nuiko the whitewash spread enslly with n .brush. To ench five gullons udd one pound of glue, (stick glue dls solved In wurm water), one-fourth pound of suit and one pint of crude carbolic acid. Apply evenly, while warm, with u good whitewash brush. Haul C. Jamleson, Poultry Extension Specialist, Colorado Agricultural Col-Ifg4?. 'JjOI BBBBBBVsBBsBwvfcTi i DOCKING LAMB WILL MAKE BETTER ANIMAL Tails Are of No Benefit and May Do Some Harm. Should Be Removed When Youngster la About Two Weeks Old Opera tion Requires Twc Men and Knife or Docking Iron. Lambs' tnlls are no benellt nnd mny even do harm; therefore they should he removed when the lamb Is in Its second week of life, say the live stock men nt the New York slate nprl cultural college nt Ithnca. The opera tion requires two men and n sharp knife or doeklng Iron. One mnn holds tho lamb und the other locutcs n Joint In the tail by feeling on the Inside. The loose skin 13 pushed back so that a (lap wilt grow over the stub and the tall is cut off at .. Joint about one nnd a half Inches from the body. The cut Is made quickly with n shnrp knife. A piece of cord tied tightly uround the stump close to the body will stop excessive bleeding, but It must bo removed In eight or ten hours so the stump will not slough off. Even old sheep cnn be smccessfully docked with hot decking Irons, the college says, nnd there Is no dnn;iet from loss of blood. Searing the ill off with Irons heated to cherry red sterilizes the wound und prcionts bleeding. Iteasons given by the college spe cialists for docking Inuibs, are thnt In the first plnce the full Is of no bene tlt; If It Is left on tilth accumulates nround nnd beneath It; and females nre likely to fall to breed. An addi tional reason for disposing of the tall Is that lambs look neater and deeper In the leg and twist If the tall la docked. NOSE PRINTS IDENTIFY COW Method Is Being Employed to Deter mine Animals Being Tested for Milk Records. There tnre finger prints to identify criminals, footprints to Identify new born bnhles, and tli. latest use of the lnkpnd Is to identify cows. It Is n suro menns of Identifying "Tessle," the fam ily cow. when slip comes home late at Demonstrating Simplicity of Means of Identification. night. Just take her nose print: In the photo Prof. W. H. Peterson, of the Unl verslty of Minnesota Is demonstrating the simplicity of tills means of ldentl flcutlon. This method has been adopt ed to Identify cows being tested for milk records by tho ctnte of Minnesota. POTATO GRADES GAIN FAVOR Big Majority of Buyers Demand That Shippers Do Business on Basis of Federal Rules. Tho federnl potato grades are grow ing In popularity. "More than 7f per cent of the buyers of potatoes In cur lots ure demanding that shippers do business on the basis of the U. S. grades," It was stated by the Depart ment of Agriculture following a sun vey of the trade. Investigators found In Minnesota that out of 114 buyers In different parts of tho country who were queried, 18 demanded tlie use of U. S. Grade No. 1. Tho October forecast put the po tato crop at 4:i3.01.r,000 bushels. To move bo huge n crop at u profit de partment otlldnls urge strict grading of potatoes according to the No. 1 specifications. MARKS ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY Uniform System of Signs Now E. tends From the Hudson River to the Golden Gate. The marking of tho Lincoln hlghwny was finally completed In 1021 when, wlfli the co-operation of the New Jer bey highway department, tho last per manent signs were placed along tho UO-mlle stretch between Jersey City and Trenton. The remainder of the marking In 1010 nnd 1020 lias been well matntnlned with tho result that a uniform system now extends from the Hudson river to tho Golden Gate. The Lincoln highway Is undoubtedly the best marked highway In America und this system Installed ut great ex- I pense Is u wonderful aid to motorists. f ?w$2? 'if'' Merchant Now Eats Anything on Table "Hy the help of Tanlac I lmvo ovcr como n case of nervous Indigestion I had suffered from for ten or twelve years," is the emphatic stnteinent of Norman W. Hrown, well-known wall paper nnd paint dealer, of 2K1 N, Cedar St., Charlotte, N. 0. "My stomnch was always out of fli and everything disagreed with me. I was troubled with heartburn und dizzi ness, und ut times there was a pres sure of gas nround my henrt that al most cut off my breath. "Since taking Tnnlac my digestion Is fine. My appetite Is a wonder nnd I cat Just anything I wnnt. In fact, my stomnch nets and feels Just like ti new one nnd my nerves are ns stendy ns n die. To put It ull In u fow words, I urn Just tho same us n new man. It's u pleasure for mo to tell my friends about Tanlac." Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists. Advertisement. Tho New Venice. Any modernization of Venice would be a profanity, yet we cannot wonder that this city with Its glorious mnri time traditions longs to become a world port once more. Ilnw to accom plish this without marring the beauty of tho remarkable aquatic city was n problem. Tills danger has been hap pily averted by u wise government ni policy. Trade Is (o be diverted away from the city Itself to a great new har bor, und Industrial centers now be ing built upon the mainland nt Murg hern nnd Mestre. .Tiiosc points are connected with the sea hy a now ship canal dredged ncross thu lagoons In continuation of the Quldeecu canal. Scientific American. No ugly, grimy strenks on th6 clothes when lied Cross Hall Blue It used. Good bluing gets good results. All grocers enrry It. Advertisement. He Clipped Her Wings. "Somewhere in Indlanapollt there 1 n girl who Is minus some of the feath lis on her hat and she'll never know, majhe, how they came to he clipped off," snld Itobert Halley, statehouse ele Mitor man, the other day. "The girl was on an Irvlngton enr along with 1U3 others. She kept bob bing her head nround und nearly tickled the face off n fellow on the car. He readied In his vest pocket, pot out u pair of little scissors, and every time she wagged the feathers across his face he took ofT a slice t" Indianapolis News. The Conductorette. "How's thnt pretty conductorette making out? Can she make 'em step lively?" "Ilatherl They begin to step lively the minute they spy her." A wasted opportunity always comes home to roost. WL.DOUGLAS 567&8 SHOES M! AV. L. DoiikIua hIiocs are actually do niunUeil year utter yt-nr by more people tlmn nny oturr suoe in ino worm BECAUSE ha, bei!n mak. 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