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The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

Il ws. IN ono ofthe Middle Stsses."
proou,xrifer IN tho 3Sev Fngirrd
Corn d. esiDrerbcv this experiments o.
appLeghe ,seht.,5isd and the soil
q issa sraad.a Ia pres Ga d
shh "a tie ,motraT
beiny able - obtain stable anu eS-
cept al an exorbitant price. ] set about
the collection of leaves for the compost
A neighbor yeEy kindly gave
mission 70 remove al the leaves
nscd.snd that ! might desire.
am sws and along the iences
/ found mem in large quantities IN q
fresh a. well as part ais deca. ed con
! dition. | collected 80 ouc-hOrse loads
in the course of the fall and winier.
| Af;erward | coali not help thinking
that INV nei.hbor's wisdom WAS N
inverse proportion TO his geGerosty u.
| The leaves. except enough To furnish
/ bedding for a horse, q COW AMI a pIE,
were de sosited in a basin shaped barn
ward. The contents o. Tie stables were
| daily added 10 the pile and 4 load oil
leaves was added from time to anne
the prec.ution being taken TO keep the
mass well mois:ened- By March my
compost heap had attained to gigantic
dimensions. Ii was then carefully
worked over with q manure fork ami
covered with two or three inches oil
earth. During the process oil ieriEen-
tat;on. which soon ensucd, water
was occasionally added 10 check tne
tendency of excess We heat n hasten
the decomposit On and Xiiatlo oil
the leaves. y marker ,omewhat IN the
shape OF a sled with runner four feet
apart was run both ways across tie
held, and at the intersection of the lines
some of this compost, which. when
opened. was found TO be tolerably well
rotted and of adark color, was dropped.
Now for the result. The corn was
planted the lst of May. The plant
from its first appearance was noted Tor
its dark, rich color. a co.or that 1t re-
tanned nearly TO the period OF maturity.
The growth was rank and the foliage
luxur ant, There were about twelve
acres in the ted. 1t was cultivated
twice and hoed once. Care was taken
To keep the ground as level as possible.
The product was a little owe twelve
hundred bushels Of sound and mer-
charitable COTE in the ear. besides some
inferior ears which | fed Il my pigs. j.
must he remembered that all the ami
mai manure in the compost heap was
derived from a horse, a cow and n pig.
Consequently most OF the plant food
which fed and nourished those Loo
bushels Of ears of corn was furnished
by the decomposei foreat leaves. To
be sure, it required time and labor to
collect them, but that is equally true OF
all agricu tural operations. Now when
| read anything in disp aragement oil
, forest leaves rs an aid 10 the fertility oil
the soil | recall the little experiment OF
mine more than twenty years ago and
smile with incredulity. And think
am justified in doing so by the result:
of that experiment. Since that time
, haze. As opportunity offered, made use
OF leaves 10 enlarge nv compost heap,
first using them for bedding for my ami
mals, and. for that purpose, consider
them of great value"
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04
H.nn.a Garhnsic AaiNr

The BEsT s.LyE for Cuts, Bru.scs,Scrcs u
GERS, Salt Rhcum, letter, thayrci Hands
Chilblsins. Corns aud al kinds Of sam ffui-
tons, Freckle. and Pmples. Buy i~iENHI's
CAKpoLIC SLLyE, all Others are oJEsitrfs.I-
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04
wportsnt-

Have Won found the KEY n p~er'ec, health
and strength. IL 1. hidney-NoTi, tho cniy
remedy that oyrrcomcs az once the tHsciion
O., the Kidneys and bowels. Ia eiiher Iiquii
or dry form II Is 4 peTioci remedy iot ii,'e
terrible disease. thai cause so many deaths.
LLAMA and fnrnn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

- sss wkArosgA tks sr tss. ~
Mississippi River 20 tie Assntic CoA<s.
and tho Minnesoss Ag4caltaeN and
Mechanical society has offered 10 fur-
ni.h the gas aud si,eoo ,esard The ss-
pen.es of the voysg-. provided the start
Is made from is fAir gTousds IN Mime
spolis on Sept. :.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04
wtsr D~araa.

"'peacon wilder. 7 want YOU - tel no
how YOU kept yourself and family well the
past season when all The rest % IL have
been sick 80 much. aud have had The doctors
visiting us 40 often
'Rro. Ta,ior, IN. answer Il very easy. l
used Hop DIters In time; kept nav family
well and ssyed the doctor bills. Three dol
lar worth Of u kept US we'll aud able TO
work all the time. IN warrant IL has cost
you and the NJ ghhurs one 20 Two hundred
dollar, apiece to Keep SICK the samc tIHtr.'
deacon, III use YOU medicine here
after
SOME one has formed i.0jl English words
OF not less than four letter. from the letter.
In the word regulations"
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04
sboo, Quick. and Then

DE-. Morris LIVER Pills are the best Veg
etable Cathartic kcgui ators.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

DuTSo's CATAREH SNUTy cures all aNcc-
tons of the mucous membrane Of the head.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

Ask Druggists for Il. l~tclcars out rats, mice.
reaches. bed-bags. flies, yermin, insects DC
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04
m Gr,,n'. O,yxr.at.a Rit,srs

i the best remedy for Dyspepsia. bhtousness.
Malaria. indigestion, disorders and disrasesof
the stomach, Blood, kidneys Liver. skin, etc
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

ASK your druggist for HcidIng's Russia
Salye. Keep IL in house in case Of accidents
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

Best Watches and Lowest Prices.
Write for illustrated catalogue 10 Standard
American Watch Co, Hltlsbnrgh, Ia.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04
- Rough on Eats.''

But, first of all, write for our Illustrated cais'
logue. CT. Western Gun WAS, P~Ittsbufsh,fa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

Oatmeal Mush.-Soak the meal
over night in a bowl; set this in a kettle
with a little hot water and steamtwenty
y ecii esssssssre. 3 esn;s = Setse' n
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

MNE. HOBART PAsHs. the wiie OF the
Turkish Commander. u an artist - crcdtta.
bic ability. and has lately exhibited several
pafntin.x NJ lera.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

"As coon ne represented" - what every
body saws OF FraZcr's AIle Grease. ITy IL
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

NATIONAL YEAST takes the lead. Try It.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-08-04

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
Praise of Women.

Says Jartd Sparks: [ have observed
apsous ai nations that the women oyna-
ment TIA msalyes more than tie mon:
that wherever found they are the same
eirl. Kind, oiligipg, humane. tender
being alat they are ever inclined -
lle gay and clitesiul, timorous ard mod
est. IheE do t hesitate; like men, To
perform q haspr able or generous action;
rot hang " noa arrogant, not sHpercil-
lious, but tull OF courtesy aud fond Of
aoeisty: industrious, econ mical. IN
eangoUs, more liable. III general, to err
than man, and performing more good
actions than he. ! never al iressed nv
self in the language Of decency and
friendship to a woman, whether ciyillz 4
OF savage, without receiving q decent
answer. With man it has often been
otherwise La wandering over the bar
rcn plains of iniiospitable Denmark,
through honest Sweden, frozen L.4pland,
rude and chuTlish Fiu3aud, unprineipled
Russia, and the widespread regions Of
the wandering Tartar, If hungry, drg.
cold or sick. woman has ever been
friendly to me, uniformly 81: and to add
to this virtue, 50 wcrthg Of the appella-
ton OF beneyolence, these actions have
been performed in so free AM 50 kind a
manner that, if was dry, / drank the
sweet dTaught, and If hRnert, s5e the
coarse norsel with a double relish.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
amnss Glory. Nnt Moner.

In the posthumoas memoirs Of NJ
Granier dc Cassagnac. which a Partisan
newspaper IS publishing, there is en-
ricus anecdote OF Marshal Canrobert
In 1852 the Corps Legislatif was discuss
ing bill for establishing syst IN Of
deferred pay hy which soldiers on retr-
ing from the army after seven years
service would have received a few
ponn.ls to start them in civilian life
This raereiful provision for mitigating
The lar,lshIps OF consumption never
PASSED lnto law, for il seems - have dis
pleased old fashion Il military men. rho
ansurdly condemned II as an innovation
tha5 would pampar the soldier and MAKE
him afraid to BE- killed il hattie. Can
robert, then a Colonel 81 Z0aaves, was
among the most eoutemptuous oppo-
nents 81 the measure for ,nyeriing sol
/ diers iIsto T capitalists, as he called it,
! and hearing that some ulan in his regi-
ment were Of thrifty turn Of DliEd,
aud had lodged money II the savings
bsnk, he sent Tor them and gave them
memorable lecture Znave No. J,
how much. money hsre you in ths
bank?" " Fifteen frapos. Colonel.
/ . Well, III give yoa fortnight % drink
l.p that sum it in fifteen dass you have
a sou left yoq 40 for fifteen aass to the
g-Garl- room, And You, No. :, SHAT does
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

A DISTINGUISHED medical expert, not
officially connected with the Guiteau case, has
been attending the trial at Washington. He
closely studied the prisoner at the bar, and
say that Gulteau clearly shows symptoms of
not be surprised to see him break down entirely
give way mentally before the trial is over.
The intense excitement of the trial is, in his
oliu'on fastening this elimination.
The committee of Confederate bond
holders state their programme is, primarily by
steady and persevering appeals, first to the
lu5iic and then to The Legislatures of the
United States to bring about the opinion that
The time has come when The restriction I'M
posed by the Fourteenth amendment to the
constitution shonld be removed as far as it
prohibits the Southern states from effectng
just and equitable settlement of their debts,
legally contracted The committee repudiate
the idea of embarking in litigation to recover
the Confederate property in Europe. LEROY,
who was convicted solely upon circumstantlal
evidence of the murder of Mr.. Gold in
an English railway carriage, has JUS
titled the verdict by making a
full confession of the crime. LEROY also
coufes=es TO the murder of Lieut.. Roper, who
was asSassnated by some unknown person in
Chatham barracks. The decree prohibiting
the Importation of American pork has been
withdrawn bv the French Government . An
attempt was made at st. Petersburg to assas-
Inatc Tchereylne, Minister of the Interior
IT is stated that high official of the
United States Government Is about to enter
remonstrance against the policy pursued by
CAih toward Peru, and will intimate III rather
fOrcibe language that the United States can
not stand idly by while Peru is being deprived
Of all power. 1t Is also said that the United
afa H.
already exacted of Peru by Chill as
oppressive and unjust and will express
tseit IN favor OF more moderate policy
Ministers Fitzpatrick and Hurlbut will be in
formed of the State Departments views on this
matter and viii be requested TO cease their
wraughngs and act IN accordance with the views
OF the State Department. The resignation Of
Assistant United States Treasurer Hillhouse, OF
New York, has been received at the treasury
Department.
GRAVEYARD insurance has extended into
Ohio. Prominent men st Flndlay have secured
policies on the lives Of several paupers in the
Hancock County lnhrmary Peter Conrad was
insured for 10000, and was induced to sign
The application oy the statement that it was
cal fer political meeting. The companies
Lave been DUtined that the policies must be
Cancelled
COMMISSION has been sitting in New
York to take testimony in regard to the Broad
way uud ground railroad scheme. Arch tect
Mnlei thinks the plan is frsught with danger.
ana won 4 cost 100000 per mile, Tie esti-
mated yslua q property tween PARK place
and Fourteenth street is Slo0, 600 Wei ing
O al plal OF one-ftath that sum.
BY the agreement ,,etween the South.
ern Pacific and the Texas and Pacific roads. a
Pa.o beyond which point neither lis to be ex-
tended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
A Clean Skin.

Most of our invalids are such, and
many healthy people viii become in
valids, for want OF paying the most or
binary attention to the requirements of
the skin. The membrane is too often
regarded as covering ouly instead of a
complicated piece of machinery, scarcely
second in its texture and sensiiiyencss
TO the ear and the eye. Many treat it
with as little reference to its functions
as if it were only bag for their bones.
1t is this consideration for the skin that
is the cause of a very large proportion Of
the disease Of the world. It is claimed
by some scientists that four tifths in the
bulk of all We eat and drink, must either
pass off through the skin or be turned
back upon the system as poison, and
life depends aus much upon these exhala-
tons through the skin as inholing pure
air through the lungs; it must therefore
be of vital Importance to keep the chan
mel free.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
Gromth Of Ranid Transit,

In the beginning Of 1916, when
Broadway elevated railroad was dis
cussed rad illustrated in the Scientific
American, 1t probably seemed extrava-
CANT to suggest hourly trains on single
IRA k in Broadway. The most active
imagination would scarcely have gone
beyond tine prediction that half-hourly
trans on double track would be re-
quired. Now what do we see? -Four
double lines, comprising 80 miles Of ele-
waited track, ON which are run an ogre
gate Of Of over 5000 daily trains, as
shown by An inventory of properly of
the Manhattan Elevated Railway COM
pany Ii appears that to carry on tins
enormous traffic 200 locomotives anu SEQ
cars arr used, which stop at 16l stations,
the force employed being about 5000
men, whose pay exceeds $500 per day.
As many rs 274.096 persons have been
carried ia a single day. who paid in the
neisyhl5or aooi Of SIS, 900 for the accom-
mediation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01

and has long tales. What do you know
OF the patriarch Abraham Pie was the
father OF Lot and al few wifes Wun
was called Hismale and t'other Haygur.
He KEEP wun at home. and he hurried
tother into the dessert, where she be-
came a pillow Of salt in the daytime and
a pillow of fire at mite. Who was Mo-
ses?-He was an Egypsian. He lived in
bark maid of bulrushers and he KEEP
golden cart and wershipt braizen snakes
and he het nothin' but kwales and man
ner for forty years. He was kort by the
air Of his ed while ridin' under bow of
tree, and he was kill'd by his son Alb
sion as he was hangin' from the bow.
His end was pease. Verbal answers
What is a miracle? Don't know. Ii
you saw the sun shining overhead at
midnight, what should you call it {?
The moon. But if we were to tell you
it was the sun. should say it were a
lie. But suppose I declared to you that
it was the sun? / should say you was
very drunk. English paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

THE elephant, the rhinoceros, the ii
ger and the hipppopotanlus are the only
animals that are not afraid singly to fight
the lion.
If the armadillo is in danger Of being
attacked, and happens to be near preci-
pice, it viii contract itself into bah and
roll itself over
THE fiat head hussar, fish found in
Essequibo, will march in droves over
dry land, as fast as a Ian ordinarily
walks, using its serrated fins for legs.
PAPER bags to the number of 1,000,-
000, 900 are used yearly in the United
States. The combined capacity of eight
of the principal factories per day is 5, 000,-
900. They are sold for small fraction
over the cost Of the paper.
Iris reported that the stomach of an
ostrich which died in the Paris Zoologi-
cal Garden was found to contain four
large stones, seventy one smaller ones,
seven nails, one fir apple, one penknife,
two small keys, one cigar case, one ro-
sary, six sous, one pair of scissors, one
belt plate, seven door handles and sew
eral pieces Of baby trumpet.
A THOUSAND wonders in nature are
lost to the human eye, and only revealed
through the microscope. Think of divid-
ing single spiders web into / 1000
strands, or counting the arteries and
nerves in the wing of a gossamer moth.
Yet by the powerful aid of lens of a
microscope it is found that there are
more than 4, Zoo muscles in a caterpillar.
The eye Of drone contains IA 900 mir
rors, and the body of every spider is fur
nisbed with four little Jumps, pierced
with tiny holes, from each of which is
sues q single thread, and, when 1000
of these from each are joined together,
they make the silk line of which the
spider spins his web, and which we call
spiders thread. Spiders have been
seen as small as grain Of sand, and
these spin thread SO fine that it takes
1000 Of them put together to equal in
size single hair.
FoR years 40 one had supposed that a
lump of soft coal, dug from its mine or
bed in the earth, possessed any other
purpose than that of fuel. 1t was next
found that it would afford a gas which
was combustible. Chemical analysis
proved it to be made of hydrogen. In
process of time mechanical and chemi-
cal ingenuity devised mode Of manu-
featuring this gas and applying it to the
lighting of buildings and cities on a
large scale. In doing this, other pro-
ducts of distillation were developed, uu-
til, step by step, the following ingredi-
ents are extracted from it j: "An excel
lent oil to supply lighthouses, equal to
the very best sperm oil, at lower cost
benzole, light sort of ETHEREAL fluid,
which eyaporates easily, and, combined
with vapor or moist air, is used for the
purpose of portable gas lamps so-called
naphtha, heavy fluid to dissolve gutta
percha and india-rubber an excellent
oil for lubricating purposes asphaltum,
which is black, solid substance, used
in making varnishes, covering roofs and
covering over vaults; parafine, white,
crystalline substance, resembling white
wax, which can be made into beautiful
wax candles. 1t melts at a temperature
of ITO degrees, and affords an excellent
light All these substances are now
made from soft coal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
How a Quaker Punished a Thief.

A Quaker, having been disturbed by
footsteps around his dwelling one night,
arose from his bed and cautiously
opened the back door to reconnoiter
Close by was an clubhouse, and under it
cellar, near n window Of which was a
man busily engagedin receiving the con-
tents of his pork barrel from another in
the cellar.
The Quaker approached, and the man
on the outside fed He stepped up to
the cellar window and received the pork
from the thief within, who, after little
time, asked his supposed accomplice in a
whisper
"Shall we take it all ?" The owner
of the pork said softly,
Eyes, take it ali = and the thief
handed up the balance through the
window and then came up himself.
Imagine his CONSERVATION when, in
stead of greeting his companion in
crime, he confronted the Quaker.
Both were astonished, for the thief
proved to be near neighbor, Of whom
none would have suspected such con-
duct. He pleaded for mercy, begged
HIM not TO expose him, spoke Of the ne
cessities OF poverty, and promised faith
fully not to steal again.
= If thou hadst asked me for meat, it
would have been given thee l pity thy
poverty and thy weakness, and esteem
thy family Thou art forgiven"
The thief was greatly reioiced, and
was about to depart, when the Quaker
said,
"Take the pork, neighbor."
ono, no, said the thief, Il don't
want the pork.
Thy necessity was so great that it led
thee to steal. One-half of the pork thou
must take with thee.
The thief insisted that he could never
eat morsel Of it. The thought Of the
crime would make it choke hip. He
begged the privilege Of letting it alone.
But the Quaker was inGexibie, and fur
nished the man with a bag, put half the
pork therein and laying it upon his back.
sent him home with 1t.
He mot his neighbor daily for several
years afterwarl, their families visited
together, bat the matter was kept a
secret and though III after years the
circumstance was mentioned, the name
of the delinquent was never made known.
The punishment was severe and
effectial 1t probably was his first
lit certainly was his attempt 10
steal.
Had the man been arranged before a
court Of justice and imprisoned for the
petty theft, how different might have
been the result. His family dis9raced,
their peace destroyed, the min's charac-
ter ruined ard hIs spirit broken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
Can and / win.

How many boys there are who can,
but never do, because they have no will
power, or if they have, do not use 1t.
Before undertaking to perform any task
you must carefully consider whether
you can do it, and once convinced that
you are able to accomplish it, then say
. will do it." with determination that
you will never give up till it is done,
and you will be successful The differ
ence between "Give mp" and " can't
and 81 can and will'' is just the differ
ence between victory and defeat in all
the great conflicts of life.
Boys, adopt for your motto, " Ii | can
l viii, " and victory Will be yours in ali
LIES battles. II can and / will, nerves
the arms of the worlds heroes to-day,
in whatever department Of labor they
are engaged. II can and will, has,
fought and wonall the great battles of life
and OF the world.
/ know a boy who was preparing to
enter the junior class of the New York
University He WAS studying trigo-
nometry, and l gave him three exam
pies for the next lesson. The following
day he came into my room to demon
strate his problems. Two of them he
understood, but the third--a very diff
cult e-he had not performed. l said
TO him
"Shall | help you ?"
mo, sir 1 can and viii do it, if you
will give ma the time. .
[ said, 81 will give you al the time
you wish.
The next day he came into my room
TO recite another lesson In the SINE
study
"Well, Simon, have you worked out
that example p
No, sir 2 he answered, "but / can
and will do it, if you viii give me a lit
tie more time"
Certainly; you shall have all the
/ time you desire.
| always like those boys who are deter
mined to do their own work, for they
make our best scholars, and men, 100.
The third morning you should have
seen Simon enter my room. ] knew he
had it, for his whole face told tho story
of success. Yes, he had it, notwithstand-
ing it had cost him MANY hours of the
severest mental labor. Not only had he
solved the problem, but what was OF in
finite greater importance to him, he had
| begun to develop mathematical powers,
which, under the inspiration OF II can
and | will, he has continued to cult
vate, until to-day he is Professor OF
Mathematics in one of our large colleges,
| and one of the ablest mathematicians OF
1 his years III our country.
My young friends, let your motto ever
be: Ii can, | will. Golden Days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-01
Pears,

Over 1,S00 years ago PlIny wrots
" All pears whatsoever are hut n ayv
meat unless boiled or baked, ami it Is
probable that the varieties cultivated at
that early date could hardly have beeu
anything but small an sire and bitter ia
taste. But when Pl.ny recorded This
famous cpiBi = he wrote FOR his time.
and the idea Is as little " )rthy at consitl
Grafton to-day as the philosophers rrai
knowledge q the truth al the present
day must have becu limited. Pars are
regarded at tie present tine as amcag
the most whe me and uutTitl0a> fruits.
BaHng or boiling may improve tln.m tor
weak diGe~t6re organs, lat catsn -aa.sl,.
freely 1T VI times they are pro3a4lige ST
q fine blood aud healthy skin. Tie