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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Two hundred strawberry plants
well cared for, will yield two bushels
of berries, as many as a small family
will require for home consumption.
A Vermont dairyman SAYS a young
calf should be fed three times a day.
Overlooking at long intervals. and
especially with cold food, k lis 4 good
many valuable calves.
jam Tarts: Line a shallow dish
with puff paste, put in the jam, roll out
some of the paste; wet il lightly with
the yelk of an egg beaten with a little
sugar and milk, cut in narrow strips.
then lay them across the tarts. Bake
them in 4 quick Oven.-BOstOn Globe.
1t is not economy to purchase Sec
'ond-hand OIL half-wOrn implements.
They are a continual bill of expense. and
much precious time is lost in repairing
them. They a Tot be relied on.
Rather have fewer tools, but what YOU
do have get brand n~ew.-Farm ana
Home.
A pretty cover for the table in your
bedroom is made by using one of the
large lace tides or pillow-cOyers that
may Dt bouSht lol 81 SClS Siudll sum.
1t will be improved by lining. 1t costs
less than 4 nice towel, and will keep
clean longer, as the dust may he shaken
from it.-BOston Globe.
As the DOT of melons run in the
shade OF the branches, they should new
err be moved, else the sun scorches them
at once, nor should they be in any way
handled or disturbed. Let the cultiva-
ton 60 ahead of the vine and never
after. A vine C trodden upon is lost
for use.--Ucceidnd Leader.
Ginger candy, which may be given
to children with colds, is made by boil
ing n pound of clarified sugar with a
very little water until it is brittle: when
cool, stirin one teaspoonful of powdered
ginger. Or beat the white of an ego
very light and add this to the sugar
with twenty drops of Jamaica ginger.
Pour upon buttered plates and mark
before it is too stiff in the form of blocks:
when cold you have to chip them apart
with a cold. sharp knife.-M. y. Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
Be in Season.

There is always an advantage gained
10 farmers by prosecuting the labor
necessary to the farm in season. If
necessary work is delayed, circum-
stances are liable to occur that will
keep all the work of the year out of is
regular season for accomplishment.
Last spring was an excellent illustration
of this fact. In the very early spring.
there was y season of comparatively
warm weather. with fine opportunities
for the performance of farm labor,
which was indulged in by some; others
from the fear OF frosts. DELAYED work,
and o came on rains, so that it was
impossible to work, and the planting of
crops was delayed; being followed by
dry weather. the effect was to retard
growth. and especially in the case of
corn; considerable was caught bv an
early frost in IN unnatural state. where
rs S~easonab,e work would have avoided
such Il result. There is a world of truth
in the saying that it is much better for
the farmer to drive his work, rather
than be driven bv it.
We are not taking as much stock as
formerly in the idea that i'm order to
secure Il garden of early vegetables it is
necessary TO plough the soil and COM
mence operations rs soon rs the frost is
fairly out of the ground. We believe
it TO be an entirely mistaken idea. unless
some unusual means are taken to raise
the temperature of the soil a%riiiicially.
Ii requires Il higher degree of faith than
we are 1T present possessed of to believe
that seed al be deposited in a soil but
little, if any, above the freezing point,
with any hope of immediate germina-
ton. We have been tlught both by pre-
cept and by prac ice, too. that heat and
moisture are essential to the termination
anu growth OF plants. Further than
that, in case of many seeds. IN absence
OF these conditions means decay. Now.
with these facts. it is plain that no adj
vantage can be gained by attempting to
save time by a deposit of seed, even
though the condition be midway be-
tween the two extremes. If the soil is
allowed to grow warm by the natural
action of the sun. is plowed and sup
piled with an abundance Of heating
manure, the se.d placed in it will i'm
meGiately spring into life and continue
its growth without interruption, and
many of the tender vegetables will be
produced fully rs sOOE, Oh even earlier
than. if planted with the soil cold, so
thai not only termination is retarded,
but the growth of the plant Stunted. In
the case of early vegetables. it is safe
to ''make haste slowly.'-HH!iam II.
IeOmans. in Ncw Engiand Farmer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
Cause Of Clover Sickness.

Among farmers of every class the
cause of what is known rs clover sick
ness in the soil has often been extern
Sively discussed without resulting in the
deduction of any satisfactory cOnclu-
siOns concerning it. The old theory
wa that the roots eNcreted and left in
the soil some material in uriOus to the
subsequent growth. This being ex-
ploded by later observation and investi-
! cations gave rise to other notions with
regard to it. One good authority as
cribcd it to the decay Of vegetable ma
terial within the soil. but this did not
stand the test of experience. Another
attributed it to the attacks of fungus
CrOwthS; hut crops subject to such
attacks never present the anne appear
ances rs clover sick crops. Kut1leb
doubtless ome nearer the truth in the
conclusions drawn from the results of
his examinations of a district affected
with this peculiar malady. He believes
that it is due To Il deficiency of potash
in the soil. and especially in :he sub
soil; and this seems altogether reason
able when We consider the demands of
the crop "a regards this element of III n
cral nutrition and As compared with
other. crops. Thus I'VE ind that
while Il crop OF. say two o
of clover hay requires about
eighty pounds per acre of potash for its
pr, d~uctiOn, a crop of wheat Welding
twenty-five bushels per acre CONSUMES
only about tn rty-siX pounds for the
same area. while 4 good crop of oats
requires only 1889 pounds of this con
Stitucnt. The ordinary plan for curing
clover sickness seems To be the rational
Onc-that is. breaking up the land and
sowing it to 5 me ether crop. thus re-
sorting to rOtat on for the maintenance
CT fertility. But if this should prove
undesirable ut anv TIM. if the hay crop
should he the more desirable and i'm
p~ortant. the difficulty may doubtless be
removed by the application of some
good salt OF potash to the crop. Such
compounds are t. be found in the chic
rides and su'phafes NOW imported from
Germany. The appl cation s. a COM
paratively small quantity, say fifty to
one hundred ponnds per acre. will serve
to restore the soil 10 its primitive Com
dillon of fertility and greatly increase
the quantity o; hay secured. Applica-
ton of lime t. clover often operates
beneticiallv also. and lis more EXTEND
Ell use can not be too strongly urged
upon the attention of farmers. since it
IS undoubtedly one Of the most i'm
portant fertil ling agents at our CONF
mand.-Chica9o Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
Temperance Reading.
SHE WOULD ONLY WED 4 TEN-
PER1NCE MN.

She loved him. but she saw him drunk:
All! fearful sight for her to see:
And thoug il broke her heart, she said
That married they could never be.
And other lovers crowded near
To breathe their fond hopes in her ear:
1t puzzled me To see her smile
On Others while she loved him so,
For none of them were halt so brave.
Or handsome. straight and tall as Joe.
i think that that was strange,
then they all wore badges blue.
Joe went and took the pledge and said
Oiled never stain his honor more;
And soon he ON his manly breast
The badge of his redemption wore.
And wnen his darling heard of that
Her faithful heart went pit-a-pat-
She sacked her lovers all and flew
To lay her head againS the breast
That wore the blessed badge of blue.
think that that was sweet.
Don't yOu!
Oh. bonny, bonny badge of blue.
We're I n girl / wouldn't wed
A man that guZzicd rum. would you?
I'd give the chances all 10 him
hO wore the little badge of blue.
And if he wouldn't wear il. |
Would pin il on and tell him Why:
'TwOuld save MS both from grief and WOO,
And every misery cold and black.
1t made another man OF joe.
And now he's got TN. inside track.
/ think | III talking sense,
Don't YOU?
Then wear the bonny badge of blue.
Toronto Truth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
Brother ShinbOnes Deals.

eli vi! ha! hal" laughed Shinbones
Smith as he entered the humble resi-.
lence of Peter Maguff about one O'Clock
his morning.
"Wha's de matter, Brudder Shin.
oones?" askedPete.
81 ben ter Moo Yawk."
And then Shipbones broke down with
.aughter.
.:Wal, tell us all bout the cuecus.''
begged Pete.
"Jes' yo' hole yo' breff a minnit,
chile. 1 ben ter call on Brudder
%Squeezecut Peabody. Wen 1 got dar
{ foun' Brudder Makeup. Misery and
Brudder Lemuel Potterbury. Dey wal
playin' pokah. Did yo' ebber play
pokah?"
"Yas. I ben dar," answered Pete,
sadly.
oval, dey axed ne fur ter play, an
l tOle 'em dat l didn't know muffin
bout de game. Dey lowed dat twas
berry easy fur ter learn, an dey'd show
me how ter play. Wal, l TUX a hand
in. Dey luk'd at my hand ebbery time,
an tole me jess how ter bet. De funny
part on it val dat ebbery time | bet
zackly de way dey t,le me l got left"
"DOggone me-, Brudder ShinbOnes,"
exclaimed Pete. didn't yO' know no
bettah dan ter do dat?"
"Hyar. now, chile, yO' hole yo' brefi
till dis hyar darby gets trough. Arter
we'd done gone played bout n hour.
seq to Brudder Makeup. who war set
tin mex ter me. sez L: 'Brudder Wake
up, l reckon l got dis hyar game bout
learnt now, SO f Yer don't mind I'll try
ter play widout yO' 'sistance.'"
"'Yo'm right welcome. Brudder Shin
bOnes.' seq he.
LET de procession wiggle,' seq l
ter he, sez 1.
$50 we played de mex hand. an ]
held two small pair an bet like de duce
On 'em. Wal, l los fifty Gems. l
didn't say muffin, cause de mex hand
war my deal. De way l shufiied dem
dar keerdS would a made YOU tired.
"'Don't wear out de pack SEE Brud-
der Lemuel.
"'No. but l want ter get 'em we'll
shuk up seq l.
oval, | dealed de kecrds. Brudder
%Sgueezeout, he put up de ante. Brudder
Makeup he riz it two, an Brudder Lem
uel he doubled it. seed EN- an went
'em four better. Yo' jess ort ter see
dem darkies open DER eyes an famine
DER hands: Brudder Squeezeout, seq
he ter me. Il reckon dat III have ter
see dat raise an 90 yo' one BETTER
Wal. dey went right on roun' de table
raiSin' it. an l stuck right by 'em.
Putty soon Brudder~ SqueezeOut begin to
look scarf.
"'Brudder Shinbones,' seq he .yo'
got putty good hand, amt yer?'
"'Fair ter middlin,' seq 1.
'Wal. next roun'. Brudder Squeeze.
out called me. Il got a ace high seq
l. Den dey all looked s'pr;sed. an
Brudder Makeup. sez he ter me. seq he:
'io're larnin' putty fast wen yO' know
how TO bluff Den dem blamed fools
all showed DER hans. Brudder Squeeze
out had fouh twoS. Brudder Makeup
had fouh skies. an Brudder Lemuel had
fouh mines. He reached for de pot, but
! seq: HUI on, dar."
"'W'a's de matter wild yo'?' SEE he;
.yo' got a ace high
"'YeS. sez L; 'but it am de ace OF
clubs. an de odder keerdS am de king,
queen. jack an ten o. de same flush"
"iO' see, chile. l played that game
befOah de wah.'-N. !. Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

DIR. Mary Walker is writing q book
bn the condition of her sex.
-Modjeska differs from many women
off the stage. She is forty and looks
ten years younger.
Mrs. Frederick II. Prince, of Bos-
ton. received q 800, 900 check among
her wedding presents.
Mrs. Hannah Simon, of Newark.
N. j., recently celebrated her ninety
ninth birthday by waltzing for ten min
utes.-NeU York San.
Winnie Ream, who made the model
for Lincoln's statue at Washington, has
recently modelled a little baby SO per-
feet that visitors ina zine they a hear
1t cry Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Daniel Potter and wife, of
Salem, Mass, celebrated the other day
the sixtieth anniversary Of their we'd
ding. and Judge Lord sent them a
bouquet of sixty white and red roses.
Rev. Asa Ballard recently cele-
brated the completion of his tiftieth year
of service as Secretary of the Massachu-
sets (CongregationaD Sabbath School
and Publishing Society.-Boston Post.
Matthew Arnold may be disap-
pointed in the Americans as he de-
clares, but the Americans are also dis
appointed in him. A fair exchange is q
characteristic of this country.-Arkan-
Sa0 TrareNer.
The first Part of Bunyan's "Pil-
grim's Progress" has been translated
into the Persian language by Rev. j. l..
Potter. missionary OF the Foreign Board
at Teheran. and a lady in New York
has sent him $500 for its publication.
William Penn Clarke now occupies
the late home of General Garfield at
Washington. His large library fills the
shelves Of the dead Presidents study.
Thirty years ago he was n of the
leading men of Iowa, but has long been
out of politics. having cast his last vote
for Lincoln.
Mrs. Margaret O'Grady. a centen-
arian. died in st. Louis recently. She
would have been one hundred and three
years old had she lived until August Is.
She was a remarkable woman, never
having had a days sickness until at
tackled by the illness which carried her
of.-SI. Louis Post.
James Flynn got a judgment
s~ssainst the elevated railroad in New
York for So, ZOO. it being shown that his
leg was fractured through the neglect
of the corporation. But the CORPORATION
was opposed to paying on general prin-
ciples. and secured a new trial. The re-
suit is that James now RECEIVERS S20,-
000.-NcW York Ncacs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
Temperance Iteq,s.

IN the half-dOZen years OF its exist
ence, it Is estimated that the Blue Rib
bon movement has secured fOur million
adherentS in England. The sixth an
niverSlry Of the SOciety's formation
in that country has just been cele-
brated.
PRIZES amounting TO fifty dollars are
offered BIZ the Woman'S Christian Tenn
perance Union of Burlington. VT, foi
the best essays. written b. pupils in the
high and grammar schools o that city,
concerning the evil effects of stimUlants
and narcotics.
AMAN in Nebraska City is actively
promoting starvation b. giving way
flour tUthe poor. He distributes it in
sacks. one to every purchaser of one
Eund ell drinks at his bar; and. under
the circumstances. the winners are
bound to be lOser>.-N. y. SIN.
A CERTAIN Western clergyman de-
nounced Il salOon-keeper whose whisky.
it was thought. took way a poor a
| senses and put him in the way of death
on the rail. The liquOr-Sc.ler respond
eel with a vote IF thanks for the gratui-
tous advertising. accompanying his
note with Il bottle of the stuff that sup
posably did the work. ThereupOn the
minister gave him Il little more free adj
vertisin@. The whisky was sent to y
chemist with the following returns as
to analysis:
Alcohol. per cent.
Fusl oil tpoiSon): per cent
PicrOtoxinc ideally poison)--.-.--. ) per cent
AcetIc acid tVlnegar...----------o per cent
COlOring D per cent
Aqua water per cent.
Such an exhibit is the best sort of a
Temperance lecture.-Chicdgo Stand
ard.
THE Toledo Bidde has been leading y
crusade on beer, supporting its state
ments of the harmfulncsS of the beyer-
age with an array of facts that NAV
well make the stoutest advocate of the
1eutonic drink shudder. If any one Is
competent to judge regarding the
effects o. beer on the physical system,
the skilled physician is the man. Nor
can the doctors as a class be accused
of being at all fanatical in their OPPOSE
ton TO the Use of the milder forms of
alcohol, ut least for semi-medicinal pur-
poses. Yet in the estimation of a large
number of leading pnysicians, whose
opinions have been published in the
aforementioned paper, beer, so far
being a general tonic. in most
cases lowers the tone of the system.
and =iakes it far more susceptible to
the attacks of disease. Life-insurance
realize this fact as well; for
they are very reluctant to- take risks on
the lives o. those engaged in the manu-
facture and distribut On-and hence
unavo-dably in the consumption
the so-called '.most harmless OF
G~rinks."--S. 5. Il.asS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
HUMOROUS.

1t was once said of q penurious
money-lender tina. he kept the trunk
containing his securities near the head
of his bed, and lay awake to hear them
accumulate interest.
hanged a man the other day because he
was a confirmed liar. Good gracious!
If it gets TO be the rule to hang liars,
none of us-that is to say. there are q
great many men who will be in danger.
-IeTas Siftings.
-"Sir." said a hypochondriacal pa
tent. while describing his symptoms to
his family physician. Il feel a terrible
pain in my side when l put my hand up
tn my head" .sThen, sir" exclaimed
the mid physician. "why the deuce do
you put your hand TO your head:?"
-"Oh. don't propose to me now."
shrieked a Philadcl, .hia girl as herlover
dropped on his knees and seized her
hand. "Don't rop The question now"
she screamed; "don't. don't, don't. If
1 say yes you'll want tn kiss me. and
I've been eating onions. Philadelphia
Cat.
As a man and his wife were walk
ing home on foot in the country. the
husband said: "HOw the mile-StoncS
along the road cheer the way YES"
responded the tired vie, but l think
il would have been a great improve
mcnt if they had put them nearer to-
Geiher."
"a New York car-driver when he
wants to clear the track shouts: ''Hi,
shcre. hi" A Chicago driver strikes
his bell and shouts: ..Shake 'em up
there, will you?" A Boston driver says:
elevate from the direct line those
eqline appendaScs, accelerate, acce!er-
ate. e~xhilaration. lively nOw."-Chica-
90 Inter ocean.
-s.If you don't marry me-" he en-
claimed. ''Tn take myself out of this
hated world and I'll haunt you as long
As You live" Said she: alt will be
more respectable than your present
haunts. Please stand a little farther
of. never could bear the smell of
alcohol SO soon after tea.-BoStOn Tran
script.
circumstances alter eases, you
KNOW" said = rich old miser to a
nephew who had lost his fortune.
and consequent his uncle's fri endship;
81 repeat, sir. that circumstances alter
cases "ies. l see they do, especially
when they are reduced circumstances
mOurnfully responded the nephew
n. y. Ledger.
Az they were trudging along TO school.
a five-year-Old Boston miss said to her
companion, a lad of six summers:
''Were you eve affrighted at the con-
tiguity of a rOdcns?" ..Nay. forsooth,"'
he replied, 81 fear not the i~uxtaposi-
ton of the creature. but dislike its ten
dencyto an int mate propinquity."-
N Y. Morning Journal.
"A Carlisle girl hasa record of hav-
ing eaten thirty-five griddle cakes on
a wager. recently. This, of cOuse, oc-
CURED since Matthew Arnold's declara-
ton that the women of America are
delicate. spirituelle creatures. 1t is very
doubtful if the apostle OF sweetness
and light" himself. with all his intelli-
gence and deep poetic feeling, could put
himself outside of thirty-five griddle-
cakes in n nning.-Norr1stoWn Her.
aid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11
A Suitable Nickname.

''Isn't Collar Button rather an ODD
nickname to give your boy?" asked 9
gentleman of Il friend, who had lust al.
dressed his son by that title.
..Well. L don't know replied the
father. l~aughingly. 1T may sound 4:
little curious, but it SUITS the boy frs
rate"
"'Why do you think the hickman,
Collar Button suits the boy?"
because" was the reply. "when he
slips out in the evening 1 am never able
to lind hin. "-PhSlQdc .phia CaE
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11

"A huge Siberian bloodhound.
Tiger weighing one hundred and
ninety pounds belonging to John Nor
rissey. of West Ansonia, Conn, had q
tumOr six inches across removed re-
Gently by a New Haven vet -rinary sur
geon. The .jrute was neither chloro-
formed o tied. but 4 muzzle was put
on. and at a word from his master he
placed himself in position for the opera
ton and lay quietly restrained by Moth
ing but the looks and words OF his
master. Three efforts were necessary
to stanch the subsequent flow of blood.
- Hartford Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11

REPLYING to a correspondent recent
", Mr.. Gladstone expressed the hope
that those specially interested in En-
eliSh Temperance work would "re-
pard the reference To it in the Queens
spec h from the throne as an earnest of
tie wish of Her Majesty Government
% lake the matter in hand"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11

-Buckwheat bran il less digestible
than most otthe other brans. and % pro-
duces less milk. If one were feeding
good wheat bran, and were to change
suddenly to buckw..eat braa, he would
find the quantity of milk to dinir sh
somewhat. He then might On nix that
the buckwheat had dried" his cow
to some extent. He simply has dinlin-
ished the quantity of available food
O. c. w.. IN Country Gentleman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11

Roll jelly Cake: One cup of -four,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
half clp of sugar, four eggs.--hI-
change.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11

A little powdered charcoal VIII
cleanse and sweeten bottles if it is wei
shaken about in them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-10-11
HAREa.S III MOROCCO.

We were guests in two Moorish harems.
The inmates gave US a very kind reeep-
ton. The gloomy appearance Of the
enter walls contrasted strongly with the
inside Of the houses. The halls were
tiled. Marble pillars, bright colors and
rugs gave the rooms bright appearance.
Mattresses were laid on the carpets in
apartments facing the courtyard. They
were the bedrooms OF the wives. There
were no windows. Each wife leaves her
slippers at the entrance of the bed room,
We saw no chairs, and only an occasional
cushion. The wives prefer to recline or
TO sat on the hoor. One or two sat on
sheepskins. The second harem belonged
10 rich Moor. We saw there several
clocks and mirrors, evidently recent
importation from Paris, but they looked
out Of place. The Moor had only one
wife, and she was just thirteen years old.
She had been married two years. She
sat on the floor barefooted with three
other women who were either relatives or
visitors. She was very pretty. With
an engaging child she motioned us to sit
near her. She looked animated, gay and
happy. Several servants in Oriental at
tire were in attendance. The life Of
Moorish wives must, however, be very
tiresOme. They are shut up in apart
ments with great windows, high above
mankind, with only occasional glmpses
Of the great world without.
In the first harem ! saw widow with
seven children, all girls. Two were play.
ing cards and two were sewing None
Of the girls had ever seen man. On
Fridays only the widow is allowed to go
to the Moslem cemetery to pray oyer her
dead husband. We were offered coffee
and cakes. Etiquette required that we
should drink four cups of coffee and eat
as many cakes. Our visit was made very
early in the morning.
The poor wives seemed glad to see US
They admired our dresses and called
each others attention to what took their
fancy in the way of jewelry. They were
dressed gayly, but they had a slovenly
look and an ungraceful walk-[Cor N.
Y. Sun.