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The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03

shoebIack had just finished polishing
the shoes Of q well-dressed and gentle
appearing man. The latter WINS un.
fortunate in having q deformity which
compelled him to wear a shoe on one
of his feet with an exceedingly thick
sole, thus c~ndeavoring 10 make up me-
chemically for what nature had denied
him. ''How much shall pay your" no
asked the boy. 'Five cents, SIR" ''Oh.
but you should have more than five
cents for polishing my Shoes" said the
gentleman. tapping the thick sole sig
niicantly with his cane. mo, sir"
said tho boy; "five cents Is enough. ]
don't want to make no money out O.
your hard luck" The customer handed
out q coin, laid his hand on the. young
stcr's head for u moment, and passed
on. Who says the days OF chivalry arc
over?-United Presbyterian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03
CHAPTER VII.
AMa~1 u,r nSvrpa

Mrs. Wake was ready to accompany
Olive to the flower-shop on Monday
morning. Pale and shadowy as ever,
the little woman was quito equal to the
occasion, and even spoke u few words
of encouragement to her companion.
"Michael Chase doesn't van you to
work." she said. ''But you will be all
the happier for IN occupations, Olive. l
wish we had found something for our
Jessie to do. We kept her here, moon
ing about the house and going for aim
less walks; and so IL came to pass that
the idle young woman met with an idle
young man. He thought she had money
because she had nothing to do. Idle
ness is n sign Of riches. II she had
been q busy working girl she would
have escaped George Burnett" .
1.-The wife isn't always wrong" said
Samuel, who had been listening with
rather q sod smile. 'And the foolish
father was the chief person to DO
blamed. II wus my fault, Olive. Poor
Jessie was q misunderstanding white
thing, pretty in her way; and ! thought
she was too fragile to go into a BUSH
ness. George Burnett took her for IN
heiress, ! suppose. He believed that I
could afford to keep her. and her hus-
band, too" ~ lH8 fI
"You arc fortunate, Olive" sighed
Mrs. Wake. 'Michnel isn't counting
you for what he cnn get. He loves
you, doesn't he, Samucl?" t@
Samuel nodded, and added, mentally:
"As much as he can love anyone"
He always preserved a vivid rcmcm-
brance of his own youth, md nothing
would have induced him to NEEDLE with
the course Of q love affair. But was
this n true love affair? One person was
in love with himself, and only wanted O
wife to feed and nourish his self-love;
tho other was clinging fondly TO an ig-
noble being, tricked out in q fancy cos
tune Of her own making. True love
dwells among dreams and ftful lights
and shadows; but its dreams take q
definite shape and come TO life, and then
it is not afraid to stand faco to face
with them.
This curious, unsuccessful old man
understood Olive very well, and as the
days went On he saw that she suffered
from feelings that were many and COM
plicated. She was always trusting and
m~istrusting; doubling and longing TO
believe; unquiet, because the truth that
was in her would not let her be satisfied
with shams. Very gladly would he
have toilcd for her, md spared her all
necessity of work. But he know that
work vas good for hcr-that tho world
was good for hcr-that the sight OF
many faces and the sound of many
voices would help her along that din.
cult, unseen path which every one Of us
must tread alone.
She settled easily and naturally into
hen place In Burridge's flower shop. and
Nil Lucy Cromcr's predictions were full.
filed. 1t was only with Michael that
Olive was nervous and shy; with othe,
people she could hold her own modestly
and quietly, yet with resolution. The
ceaseless oar OF the great street soou
ceased TO be confusing. She sat steadily
ct her work behind the counter, bend
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03
DISHONEST PRACTICE.
The Way Many Men Justify U~nprincipied
Dealings,

Tho way Many Men Justify Unprincipied
Dealings,
A few years ago q well-known inan-
cicr died in New York. His family were
overwhelmed with grief. He had been
a faithful and tender husband and
father. The servants Of his household
stood sobbing around the door of his
chamber when he was dead. He had
been always, they said, kind and just TO
them.
When tho estate was settled there
was not the claim Of q penny against u
from n tradesman. Butcher, baker,
all persons whom he employed, had
been paid cash day by day.
One OF his maxims had been, ut Ii
dishonest to owe a poor man for his
labor. That In his capital. Pay him
cash or allow him interest"
Yet this man, who In his individual
dealings was sc~rupulously honest and
kind, had gained his fortune by shrewd,
remorseless management of q great Dr.
poration that controlled q monopoly,
and fattened on the necessities Of the
people. The public was preyed upon
by the monster as by some ravenous
| beast, and q whole community suffered
that 1t might grow rich and powerful.
This man used to try To answer the re-
proaches Of his conscience by saying,
| with q laugh:
II am not personally responsible. ]
keep my own hands clean. You must
not look for u soul Or conscience In q
corporation
His peculiar moral blindness is q
common disease, and his method OF
reasoning a popular one (.
Corporations firms, town councils,
even school committees will be guilty OF
unjust, cruel and sometimes dishonest
acts from which the individual members
would turn with indignation In u pri'
rate transaction A merchant who
would scorn to cheat a customer by
adultcrating his goods will join . cor
poration in watering stock, and thus, by
enriching himself, will rob every ignor-
ant purchaser who may afterward DO
come u shareholder.
The corporation, II IL true, has ne
soul of its own, hut the soul at each
member Is responsible for It's acts II he
aids and approves them. lie forgets
too, that there will come . dry OF reck
oning when God will deal, not witt
| rings, or clubs or firms, but with eacf
man who has belonged TO them
Youths Companion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03
PHILOSOPHICAL CALENDAR.
According to 1t. We Now 1--we In the IroI
Are.

According to 1t, We Now Lave In the r
Age.
From a theosophical point Of view the
four ages arc as follows: Sata Yuga
golden age), 1,72s,OOO years; Tresta
Yuga ~(silver age), 1,2o8, 900 years; DIVA
para Yuga "copper" or bronze age), s64,-
600 years; Kali Yuga iron agc), AZ, 900
years. The total Of these four ages
make Maha Yuga, or great age, of
1890 900 years. One thousand Maha
Yugas make one Kalpa, or day of
Brahma, equal to 4.3a0,0 600, 900 years,
after which the night Of Brahma, u Pc
Rod Of equal duration, IN on, and
the earth vanishcs from the objective
plane of existence. Three hundred and
sixty days and nights Of Brahma make
one year of Brahma, and 100 years Of
Brahmn make the Great Kalpa, a period
Of 3ll ,O4O, 900, OOO, 900 years, after which
the entire solar system passes into its
night, and everything in 1. Is destroyed
on the objective plane. The great
night" then lasts for an equal period,
and then q new sun arises on q new
solar system, and evolution begins once
more, the Karma of the previous sys-
TEN being carried over to the new one.
According to the "Secret Doctrine" we
are now living in the Kali Yuga, the
last of the four ages, ind It began near
ly 5000 years ago, with the death Of
Krishna, B. C. 3lO2. The first minor
cycle of the Kali Yuga will end in the
years lS07-S. We have still some 427 900
years left, however, before we arrive ut
the end Of our present age. The Kali
Yuga is known as the black age, the age
of spiritual darkness, and during It's ex-
istence the human race pays up for Its
misdecds in the previous oncs.-Balti'
more American.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03

to do ones counting unobservcd. Tho
birds OF the mir tell the secret; the
trees whisper III; the stream babblcs of
II night and day. Aaron's unspokcn
love was freely discussed by all his old
ncighbors; and poor James unuttered
hopes were the property Of all her girl
friends.
Aaron Fcnlakc had always been a
shy, slow fellow, ono Of those unluclty
non who fail to express their feelings
by look or voice. lie had often scowlcd
ut Jane when he had meant to smile
swcctly, but Jane preferred his frowns
TO the smiles of other men, and in her
heart she did not envy Olive for having
won the magnificent Michael, so dear
was poor gloomy Aaron TO her. Olive
hcrself respected Aaron and liked him,
not only for his devotion TO Michael but
for the stcadfast honesty that she had
always found in him. No, She did not
believe that he had changed TO Jane.
Men Of his stamp do not change, but
they sometimes despair. Aaron might
lose his hope but ho would never forget
his love.
One day when June was drawing TO n
close she wrote n little note to Aaron
Fenlakc and sent IL 10 Battcrsby's
works. She asked why he had not been
to see her and told him that he would
find her at home any evening in the
week, Sundays excepted. On Sunday
she belonged exclusively to Michael,
and some instinct warned her that he
did not want to be intimate withAaron.
Yet, submissive rs she was In most
things, Olive felt that n tried friendship
had its claims and that something was
due to Aaron Fcnlalsc. II panied her To
think that Michael did not acknowledge
that claim, and then she soothcd herself
by fancying that he had shown his graf
itudc and good feeling TO Aaron in ways
unknown TO her. But that was not
enough; she would bc kind also. and
she must see Aaron for James sake.
She had posted her note on Monday,
and on Tuesday evening when she was
sitting alone in the room upstairs,
Aaron came In. lie paused a~wkwardly
on the threshold, and Olive rose and
went TO him with an outstrctchcd hand
and n bright face.
"Oh. I am glad to sec you at lastv
SnS CTItu III bcE bWScb VIZ why
have You been SO long in coming?"
He looked Mt her In an odd, con
strained way. ~ didn't know where
you were living" he said. bringing ou'
his words with n visible effort.
"You did not know? Then Michac
must have forgotten to give you m,
messages"
I "Did you really send messages to mop
he asked eagerly.
: "Indecd ] did" she answered, ''and
have been thinking you quite unkind.
lie looked ut her again very search
ingly, as she stood illuminated in tn
evening light that touched her brown
hair with gold. She was wonderful.
pretty-prctticr than he had ever sccl
= her yet; IL was rs II she had suddenl.
bloomed into fresh sweetness an
: brightness. Her altered style Of drcs
Z had something to do with her new Us
Q pect; but Aaron, being q man. coul
: not he expected to understand this. II
did full justice to her beauty, but h
1 took no pleasure in IL. And yet whe
{ she spoke again and drew him gcntl
s to u seat by the open window. he wa
touched by the tender g%entlencss Of tn
I face. There was n look OF humility l
the liquid eyes that softencd him.
lTo DE CONTINUED.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03
ID the Earth's Aka Changingf

Observations made for some time past
OF Berlin, Potsdam, Prague and other
cities of Europe have shown that their
geographical ATTITUDES have decreased
by 2-i0 of q second. II Is supposed that
the axis of the earth has shifted by that
much In space. and In order To settle
the matter an expedition has been sent
out TO Honolulu, which. being the anal
podes OF Central Europe, will show an
equal change In the opposite direction
II the explanation is correct. Tho cx'
petition will remain there for q year
under tho direction Of DIR. Macuse. OF
the Berlin observatory.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03
n USUAL WAY.

Perhaps All OF Va VIII Appreciate This
lit OF Description.
slave you seen u short, stout man
with n red mustachc around here dur
ing the last few minutes?" asked d
stranger Of a deck hand at tho Camden
& Atlantic ferry house about 4:So the
other afternoon.
EYES," replied the deck hand.
"Wnlking %nervously up and down,
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03
Ashamed.

"What q beautiful red that rose ia.'
"Yes-it's probably blushing at the
price they ask for k"--Lue
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Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.

ArrfveI Depart
passanoar s.45 am. Passenger I6:40 pm.
No 90 S1ixsd7.0O n. m. Accommod. 7:30 am.
No. 25........ 1885 p: m NO. zo..... iH'Ho P'm'
Daily, except Sunday.
Making direct connections TO all points east
and south.
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THE LATEST.
Thirteen Bodies Already Re-
covered From The Cyclones
Path.

Frank Root came in this afternoon
with the delayed Wells train, and
brought additional particulars from
the scene of last evenings cyclone.
From his accounts, the first reports
were not much. if any, exaggerated.
To his own knowledge thirteen bodies
have thus far been recovered. Five
people were killed at Hartland, and
four bodies have been brought into
Minnesota Lake. These latter are
the remains of John Brown, his daugh-
ter, school teacher and a neighbours
son.
Mr.. Brown was wealthy farmer
and occupied fine home halfway be-
tween Wells and Minnesota Lake,
but not board is now remaining to
mark it's site. One of the young la
dies was picked up by the wind and
carried 200 yards. Mrs. Brown can
not survive the night.
Three bodies have been taken into
Wells, and are those of a lady, a boy
and single man.
The report regarding the loss Of
life at the school house near Sher-
burne was exaggerated. One pupil
was killed outright and the remain
der were more or less injured.
The country is completely flooded,
and through the mud are hundreds
of people on horseback or in wagons
looking for their homes or for friends.
Many people are missing and when
all accounts are in it is feared that
the death roll will nearly equal the
first reports.
Mr.. Root says that the cyclone
seemed to have split just before reach
ing Winnebago City, and that one
half passed south of Wells and the
worst half north of that town.
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are uprooted in every direction. Many
homeless families passed the night in
the storm unprotected from the cold
wind and rain.
One of the train hands says that
he saw family of Bohemians, father
mother and six children, huddled to.
gether on little straw near where
their log house stood but yesterday.
Now not a log remains. The parents
were endeavoring to protect their lit
tie ones from the rain with small
piece OF a sheet. This was four miles
south OF Minnesota Lake, and other
wrecked houses were passed. This
railroad man stated that he was blown
over at Wells by the force Of the
storm. He says that the air seemed
like gas, so dense was it. He saw the
funnel-shaped cloud approaching
from the west, and when it was near
est to Wells the air suddenly took on
whitish hue.
The storm was Severest west OF
Wells. Everything there was leveled
in it's track. The storm had clear
sweep across the prairie. 1t is impos-
sible to obtain the names Of the kill
ed or injured. There must have been
terrible suffering among the homeless
ones as there was no time to save
anything. The most of the wounded
were far from medical or surgical aid,
and left in the cold rain they must
have suffered the worst agonies. 1t
will probably be several days before
the full extent of the disaster be-
comes known, but it is certainly hoped
that the death loss will not be as great
as was at first reported.
LATER-Nothing more has been
heard from the scene of the storm.
The Wells train started out this after
noon little late. 1t is reported that
in one place eight farm houses in sue
cession were demolished. One house
was completely wiped out of existence
and neither any trace of it or of its
occupants has been found, though
search has been made. Several peo-
pie who came through from Chicago
were on this mornings train. They
were delayed by a cyclone near Chica-
go, and again by last evenings storm.
Not many travellers have had such an
experience going through, or being
delayed by two cyclones on one trip.
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WARM WEATHER HAS COME AT
LAST.
The Best Season of the Year to Treat
Chronic Catarrh.

Understanding that a great number
Of people have been cured Of chronic
catarrh by taking Pe-ru-na during the
past cold season, yet it cannot be de-
MED that the cold, wet backward
spring has retarted many cures, and
after unusual delay, summer has come
at last, and now is the time for all
catarrh sufferers to begin systematic
course of treatment for this disease.
The greatest difficulty in the way of
treating chronic catarrh is that the
patient is so liable to catch cold dur
ing the treatment and thus delay a
cure. This liability at this season of
the year is, in great measure, remov-
ed, and no one should neglect the op-
portunity to be given treatment.
The proper way to begin treatment
for chronic catarrh is to take a table
spoonful of Pe-ru-na before each meal
and at bedtime. This dose should be
increased so that in one month the
patient will be taking two spoonfuls
at each dose; at which time report
of the case by letter should be made
to DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, and
he will advise further.
Every patient should have copy of
The Family Physician No2, which is
80 page pamphlet, giving complete
description of the cause, symptims
and cure of chronic catarrh. sent
free to any address.
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VERNON CENTER.

Crops are looking better since the
rain.
J. Mons has gone to Wisconsin
to be absent week.
Misses Minnie and Maude Hayes
are at home spending their vacation.
They are very successful teachers.
H. r. Barnard will visit relatives
and friends in Pennsylvania. He
leaves this week.
The Band boys cleared s21 at their
social.
A number of. delegates from the w
CT u attended the convention at
Mapleton. They were Mesdames Low
ell, Barnes, and Miss Hannah Lens
from.
P Mertesdorf, G. Brown and Frank
Furndel attended the Republican
convention at Minneapolis.
The funeral Of Chas. Gilchrist &C.
CURED at his home last Friday at 2 p.
m. Funeral services conducted by
Rev. J. lockwood. A large number
of friends were present.
Children's Day services will be held
in the Baptist church next Sunday at
2:30 o. M. Mrs. S. J. Minis will loan
some of her beautiful plants to deco
rate the church. One of the plants
is cactus which has forty buds and
blossoms on it. The committee on
decoration are Mesdames Minis and
Buck, Misses Cookton, Buck, Hem
mingway and Mertesdorf and Messrs.
Halverson, Frazier, Hemingway and
Award. They meet Saturday at 2:3(
D. m.
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A HEAVY VERDICT.

About year ago the particulars
of murderous assault upon a school
teacher near Winnebago city, named
Miss Lent, perpetrated by members
of the Cruzen family, created great
deal Of interest and feeling. The
trial of the Cruzen family occurred at
Blue Earth City this week, and this
morning verdict was reached by the
jury, finding $14,OO damages against
the family. This judgement would
probably ruin the family financially,
and it is likely that an appeal will be
taken. Miss Lent has never recovered
from the terrible injuries received in
the assault. but will probably be a
sufferer for life, both mentally and
physically.
Pfau & Young are attorneys for the
defense.
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show to the farmers the profit of en-
gaging more extensively in the poul-
try business than they now are. Ev-
cry farmer should have a well-stocked
poultry yard, carefully attended and
with comfortable and healthful build.
ings. In order to realize the best re-
suits the subject should be as intelli.
gently studied as wheat or flax grow
ing. Poultry respond to good care
more quickly than stock. The profit
is not entirely upon the eggs, for
spring chickens bring good prices,
turkeys are always sought after, and
fancy breeds bring fancy prices.
Upon farm the cost of poultry
raising is trifing, and they make
good scavengers. The farmers wife
can easily care for them. There is no
reason why every farmers receipts
should not be materially increased by
good poultry yard.
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COUNTRY ROADS.

Mr.. EDITOR:-The problem of how
to have good roads is being consider
ably discussed of late, and many plans
offered that are not practical. Some
that may be worthy of trial on a small
scale, but on the whole I think the
old system properly constructed is the
most practical and will give the best
satisfaction to all concerned.
Among the many visionary schemes
l will mention one which seems to
have advocates in certain quarters
and that is to issue county bonds for
the purpose of raising money to mac
adamlze country roads. [ offer no
arguments against this, but simply
note, that when such wide-awake
towns as Lake Crystal, Good Thunder,
Mapleton and many others in our
county do not care to meet the ex-
pense of matchmaking their main
streets, and even Mankato in the
midst OF stone quarries has hardly
made beginning on macadam roads,
it looks as if such roads for the county
is in the dim future.
The statement so often mode that
farmers are negligent and care little
for good roads is not supported by
facts. In the town of Vernon Centre
where the writer resides, of the sixty
miles of public roads in the town over
two-thirds. or over forty miles have
been nicely graded and considerable
of it has been surfaced with clay or
gravel at cost altogether of from
three to ten dollars per rod All this
has been done under the old system,
and doubt if so much could be &C
complished and so cheaply done with
out friction under any other system.
l. will now write few suggestions
on road making on black soil and they
may be taken for what they are worth.
Thetfrst thing to do, of course is to
drain off the water. If this is not
done road-making is up hill business.
The next thing is to grade to a
suitable height and width of not less
than sixteen feet at top of grade and
highest, at the center. Now, if the
grade is made of black soil it should
be surfaced with something, and the
question is what to use. We have
tried gravel thoroughly with poor re-
suits. 1t leaves the surface porous and
the water soaks in instead of running
off. The gravel is heavier than the
soil when wet, and six or eight inches
of it will sink out of sight in one or
two years, and leave clear, black soil
on the surface. Well, then if not
gravel then what? 1 presume that
most persons have noticed that where
yellow clay is at or near the surface
the roads are practically free from
ruts and in good condition most of the
time. Some may think this is be-
cause of better drainage as clay is near
the surface on high land, blu t this
not the case for black soil will rut
however high it may be graded and
always ruts in a wet time.
The decomposed vegetable substance
in the soil acts like sponge saturated
with water. Clay on the contrary
packs firmly and after being travelled
on is almost impervious to water. We
have roads in this town that have been
surfaced with clay several years and
have given general satisfaction. This
material is near at hand almost any
where in Blue Earth county. The
ordinary road top If properly expended
will do the work and fairly good roads
will result. L. S. TERRY.