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The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15
CITY NEWS.

N. w. Kingsland spent Sunday in
Beatrice.
U. G. Knight of %Inavale vas in Red
Cloud Saturday.
Miss Fuller OF Smith Centre was the
guest Of James Swearingen and family
last week.
w. S. Bense, the popular baker at the
Bon Ton. leaves tomorrow for a short
visit in Tecumseh.
The Misses Hattie and Edna Yarger
OF McCook we're visiting their brother
Oscar in this city over Sunday.
NJ. r. Bentley and wife, A. II. Gray
and George Holland arrived from Hot
Springs, Arkansas, Tuesday night.
Hon. G. w. Haley and wife returned
from a pleasant and extensive southern
visit Monday night. They saw many
things of interest in Texas and other
southern states, and had a very enjoy.
able time.
Sam Heaton OF Walnut creek was in
Red Cloud Saturday for the first time
in a long while, and had the nerve to.
tell a reporter that his dinner at the
Gardner House that day was the first
square meal he had eaten this winter.
Mrs. II. b. Musser. formerly Of this
place but now OF Edison. accompanied
by her little children, Esther and Henry,
were visiting several days last week
with friends in this city and near here
Her husband has 5000 acres OF wheat
near Edison, and will either make or
break.
Why can't we have an elopement, or a
sensation. or another princess Bonnie
or something to break the monotony 7
Not a travelling show has come to town
this year; more than that, there is no
danger OF any coming. II theatre low
ing people are not able to go where they
can see a good play occasionally, they
may as we'll muse themselves with
home talent shows.
You are not as handsome a man az
you we're when you courted your VIE
not &c we'll dressed. She probably loves
you better today than she did Them IN
spite of your shabby appearance ou'
what a nice compliment it would be to
her IL you bought a new suit OF I'll. 5
& NJ" clothes at the Golden Eagle and
tried to "spruce up a bit. Women DOM
say much about these things, but they
think of them Just the same.
d. M. Stoffer and family left Monday
for Arkansas, where they expect to re
side in the future. Mr.. Stotfer took
with him all his personal effects, except
inc the furniture in his barber shop
This, Charley Rayl, who has been con
nected with that establishment for some
time, has rented, and Charley now hal
full control OF the shop, Charley hal
acquired considerable popularity as
tonsorial artist, and has a pleasant stu
dent in the person of Charley White
The two will do a successful and salts
factory business.
Doc. Boynton is a conductor on tn
branch of the G. b. and g. that rum
through Amboy. When Doc gets be
tween Shabonna and Paw Paw M
throws off a daily diaper for a farmer
living by. The farmers dog is alway'
waiting for the paper and six days in thu
week he carries it to his master, One
Thursday the train did not rum but thu
dog was at his post and remained there
until dark when the farmer coaXed hin
home Clinton (Ill.) Public This II
our own Doc Boynton. who is vel
known in this city and who owns a farm
here at present.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15
Hay for Sale or Trade

have a large quantity OF hay for
sale at reasonable prices, to trade for
cattle or any other young stock. Call
on or address,-Harry McCormal, Guide
Rock, Neb, Sat
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

r.. b. Fulton, fire and lightning insur
ance, Western White Bronze, monu
ments and cemetery goods. Seed oat
and choice upland prairie hay. Ofhc
with Traders Lumber Co.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

Scrofula, salt rheum aud all diseases OF
the blood, dyspepsia, headache, kidney
and liver complaints are cured by Hood's
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

THE CHEF believes that there ia a dc.
mand in Red Cloud for an ordinance
providing for a board Of health with
power to act in all cases where the
health Of the community is jeopardized.
There is a lack OF sanitary measures in
Red Cloud and at various times the poo.
pie have been put in jeopardy by we'll
meaning people who did 30 unthought-
eddy. This is not a personal article but
a gentle reminder that the lives Of 1900
people should be taken into consider
alton at all times, and that the greatest
care should bc taken TO guard against
all infectious diseases without regard to
person or persons. This is a duty that
we owe ourselves az well as the
community. This should be done,
not only to protect u people this year,
but to protect them at all times. Give
us aboard Of health.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

County Clerk Fort was in Lincoln
this week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

Hoods Pills cure jaundice, billionsness
sick headache, constipation and all lives
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

Jas. McNeny is attending court in
Mankato, Kansas, this week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15

"No, ma'am," said Wallace Wright TO
a young wife who was looking for a
piece Of tinware in their store the other
day, I'VE have coffee pots and tea pots,
but we haven't n jack pot in the house,
and ] don't believe you will find m in
any hardware store in Red Cloud" II
am 80 sorry" said the innocent young
wife, whose anxiety to please her hus.
band made Wallace's bachelor heart
throb as he wished he had a wife who
would be as earnest in seeking his com.
fort. you see," said the young wife.
I'VE have not been married long, and my
husband always lived with his mother,
who is an excellent cook, and when l
heard him muttering in his sleep about
a jack pot. { thought ! would surprise
him by buying one. He mentions it 80
often that II must be a good thing. Can
you tell me what they cook in it?" che
asked OF Wallace. Greens, ma'am,'
said Wallace, and he sent her over to see
il Peter Shea had such an article IA a
jack pot in stock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-15


In the last issue OF the Belt we 40
ticed a personal fling at Prof. Caster.
that we believe does that gentleman a
great injustice. The editor Of this paper
has been in Red Cloud twelve years and
in that short period has found that the
schools, prior to the coming OF Prof.
Caster, had been inismanaged to a great
extent, with perhaps n or two excep.
tions. There seemed to be but little
system and no government in those
years. However, with the coming OF
Prof. Caster, the schools took on new
interest, good attendance, fewer tardies,
good behavior and q more general inter.
est wal manifested in all departments.
or course a school with the number Of
pupils and patrons OF our public schools
could not be carried on without some
friction, and without some n disliking
the superintendent; that is to be ex-
pected. We do not believe however
that the charges made by our esteemed
contemporary will stand to be scrut-
inized. Some Of the teachers have be-
come dissatisfied and resigned but The
CHIEF does not believe for a moment
that Professor Caster has been instru.
mental in their resigning, unless he
thought it was best for the schools. II
is easy for people to make charges, but
not 30 easy to prove them. Suppose the
board Of education should put anyone Of
he few grumblsrs at the head OF the
schools, how long could they be able to
do the professors work. Not long. They
may say all the mean things they desire
about Prof. Caster, but there is n
thing they cannot say, and that is that
he has not brought order out OF chaos
in u public schools and placed them
on a foundation such as the have never
been placed upon before, in the history
of their establishment. This 10 an age
Of grumbling and people oftimes grum-
BILE from force Of habit. The board OF
education, as the representatives OF the
people look to and expect the superin-
tendent to carry on the schools success
fully, and when he does his whole duty,
some grumbls, especially IL their OK is
gored. The proper thing to do is to up
hold the superintendent and teachers in
all their laudible efforts to give the peo'
pie the worth Of their money invest
ed in our great and growing school in
t~erests. Personal spites and petty filings
should not enter into consideration In
discussing school issues. Our contem'
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KNOWLEDGE

B.ings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due TO its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the KID
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
vfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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marry him there was a show in the
hall over to the count~ seat, and Bar.
naby went over to see II. One of the
actors was an educated pig. II could
play cards, spell out things by string
ing little blocks on the floor with
letters painted on EN-, and do lots Of
other amazing things. The spelling
took Barna Dy's eye more than anything
else the pig did.
4" Pigs kin rarn to do that, kin
they" says Barnaby. Then I'll bet a
farm that bars kin l'arn to 80 it, too,
an durn quick, an III l'arn em,'
when Barnaby got back home he
started right in to teach one of his
young bears to spell as well as the
learned pig could. One day as he was
practising his bear on lesson. Toby
Groo happened to DE going by Barna-
by's clearing. Earnaby was feeling
pretty sore against Toby on account of
ID little dicker in steers they'd had a
few days before. in which Toby had
got good deal the best of Barnaby.
" What are you doing, anyhow, Bar
naby?'
"'Givin' my bar his spellin' lesson
said he.
" Can you teach him anything you
want to-? said Toby.
- Bet We l kim" said Barnaby.
" Gould you teach that bear to spell
Betsey Brickton? said Toby, turning
hot
"Barnaby had heard all about the
answer Betsey had given Toby, and
knew at once what Toby's little game
was.
Kin larn that bar to spell Bet
sey Brickton?' said Barnaby i kin
fer money
" Can you teach that bear to spell
Betsey Brickton for ten dollars?" said
Toby.
g I Xxi n l'arn that bar to spell Betsey
Brickton fer twenty dollars, spot cashr
said Barnaby.
g In how Ion g?' said Toby
In two weeks, said Barnabv.
Toby tried to get Barnaby to do it
for fifteen dollars, but Barnaby stuck
out for twenty, and Toby made bar
gain with him. When the two weeks
were up Toby went over to Barnaby's
and was delighted to find that the bear
could lay out the blocks that spelled
Betsey's name, and could do it in short
order without a skip or break.
Next day Toby drove to the Brick
ton place.
'Betsey, said he, don't you want
to ride over and see Barnaby Beestuf-
fer's menagerie? It's worth seeing
"Betsey said she'd just as lief as not,
and she got in the wagon and went
along. She was tickled all to pieces at
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the cute things the animals and the
snakes did, and Toby said;
THAT was pretty hard lines YOU
held me to about marrying wasn't it,
Betsey?'
Think SOP said Betsey, laughing.
oh, don't know l didn't want to
hurt your feelings by saying No.
pump OUT said she.
~ suppose you'll stick to what you
said about marrying me-? said Toby.
If you see bear that will spell your
name you'll stick to what you said?'
Certainly, said Betsey. Why
not?'
Then Toby nodded to Barnaby and
Barnaby nodded to the bear. The bear
jumped for pile of blocks that lay on
the ground, and the next second put
big letter b at Betsey's feet.
- guess Betsey must begun to
smell a rat, Barnaby says, fer when
she see the letter b she sort o. turned
pale
The bear followed the b with an E
and then dropped T after the Z, and
kept on putting down letters till he
had Betsey spelled out as. proper as
Betsey could have done it herself
Betsey got cold and shivery, and had
to take hold of the fence to steady her
self. Toby stood by grinning and
gloating. Then the bear brought out
another b. The second name was be-
gun right, and it kept on right
Betsey couldn't keep her eyes off the
proceedings, although she cav the
bear sealing her fate, letter by letter.
B-R-I. C-K-T-O the bear laid down. and
Betsey was so near fainting that she
grabbed both hands on the fence, and
Barnaby jumped to catch her if she
fell.
only one letter morer Toby said
and the strainll be over, Betsey. And
then you and I'll get married.
The bear put down the last letter.
IT wasn't an n. 1t was P. And
there was spread out in a line of big
black letters that anybody with half
an eye could read, 'BETSEY BRICK
Top Betsey's face quit being white
in second. and flashed as red, almost,
as her hair was. She turned on Toby,
and Barnaby says that he actually
saw fire shoot out of her eyes Nobody
knows what she would have done to
Toby, because he didn't wait to have it
done. He jumped the fence and into
his wagon, and away he went. And
that is why. as near as the facts can be
got at, the Toby Groo place is for sale,
terms easy.
They say, over on the Sinnenahone,
that Barnaby Beestutfer, seeing a
chance to get even with Toby on the
steer dicker, had educated two bears
and rung the wrong one in on Toby
when the time came, Barnaby doesn't
deny it nor admit it, bu: when anyone
charges him with it ne ;ust sits and
gi'ins But don't you wonder at those
bears, those Sinnemahoniug bears?'-
N. Y. Sun.
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LIVING FREIGHT BY EXPRESS.
The Companies Used to Take Children,
hut They Do 1t No Longer.

The Companies Used to Take Children,
hut They Do 1t No Longer.
The big express companies will take
practically any freight that offers ex-
cept explosives, such as gunpowder
and nitro-glycerine, and human be-
ings. They carry many dead bodies;
there is scarcely a through run from
the west or south to this city that
doesen't bring one or more daily; and
formerly the express companies car
ried living people, but that was done
away with about ten years ago.
The custom nowadays in sending
persons, usually children. from
one point to another is to buy ticket
for them and put them in the care OF
the train conductor or OF the conduct
or or porter of the Pullman car Chill
dren so shipped for long distances are
sometimes tagged. When persons were
carried by TIN express companies they
were often tag2ed with the name and
address and they were ALWAYS way
billed like any freight. Conductors
sometimes took them into the passen-
ger cars, but frequently they we're car
ried with the other freight in the ex-
press car. The charges for this class Of
freight we're double passenger rates.
out this included food and care; when
ever train stopped at 4 meal station
the express messenger always toot; his
living freight to the restaurant with
him.
In reality the number OF persons
carried in that manner was never very
great. but there we're enough Of them
so that every messenger Of those days
can recall runs that were made inter
esting by the presence of children car
ried as freight; perhaps small bay
sitting still and di.consolate. or maybe
a cheerful yourgster who followed the
messenger in his work. mis- putting off
and taking on freight. checking up
way bills, and so on. with lively inter
est; or II might have been a pretty lit
tie girl in whom the whole train crew
became interested. 30 that in the course
of the run all hands came to the ex-
press car to look at her.
Finally the railroad companies OBJ
jected 10 the carrying of that class of
freight in express cars; they thought
that they should have the profits aris-
ing from the transportation OF persons,
and SO came about the genera! observ-
ance OF the custom of buying ticket
and sending the person in charge Of
the conductor, Application is still
made, however, to express companies
for the transportation of children ny
express.
But while the large express compan-
les no longer carry living human be-
ings, they will carry anything else
alive. They carry many dogs. and the
number of dogs carried is constantly
increasing. The rules OF express com.
panies require that dogs shall be boxed
and made fast in the box with chain;
it often happens that dogs break their
way out OF boxes and then the chain is
of some use in holding them. Dogs
are fed in transit if necessary. The
express charges on dogs are double
merchandise rates; dogs shipped to
dog shows at these rates are returned
to the point of shipment free.-N. \.
Sun,
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Crlckets and Coekroaches.

Crickets are noted among entomolo-
gists for their voracitv and pugnacity.
In some parts of the world they do
much damage to grass lands, and chill
dren are employed to catch and kill
them. These crickets live in burrows
in the ground among the grass. The
burrows are six or eight inches deep.
The children have merely to stick a
bit of stiff grass down in the burrow.
If there is cricket in the hole he will
resent this intrusion upon his privacy,
seize the end of the grass in his man
dibles, and hang on so persistently
that he can be drawn entirely out OF
the burrov and killed before he wiz
let go.-N. Y. Sun.
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BREAKING IT GENTLY.
But 1t Was a Case of Loves Lsbo
Lost.

But 1t Was a Case of Loves Labor
He was digging rock in a phosphate
mine on the Ten Mile kill, near Charles
ton, S. c., and was assistant superin
tendent OF. the place. One day after
the hands had knocked off he said to
me:
Boss, is you know how fur rite one
letter."
assured him that my education had
extended that far. and asked to whom
he wished to write
ITO my BREEDER" said he
And where is your brother?"
He am cen de penitentiary
For what?"
He kill one man.
''Oh, he murdered some ore?"
He amt murder no one; ne slaugh-
ter EN-"
"Ah manslaughter!'
Oats de way, Will you please write
one letter to EN-, en- ark how he do:
He name Gus Pritchard."
How is that, when you are his
brother, and your name is Robinson?"
''Oh, OATS all right Befo' de wah
niger been hab only one name. same
like de white people cen de Bible, en-
SO dey tex dere massa name fur dere
lass name"
Very well, III write to inquire
about Pritchard."
| wrote TO the superintendent of the
penitcntiary at Columbia, and was in
formed thaN Prichard had been dead
for several months. l did not like to
tell the news in person to Robinson,
so asked George Washington to do so.
and | endeavored to impress upon
George the necessity of breaking the
news gently.
''Oh, l know wha you mean" said
George, Il know. All right, sab"
On the following day asked George
whether he had broken the news to
Robinson, and he replied:
''Oh, yes, sab, tell EN- cen de way
wha you say muss. Fuss say: 'Sambo,
enty you got one bredder?' En- he say:
Yes Den say; 'Enty 70 BREEDER am
cen de penitentiary?' en- he say: Yes,
again. Den say; He dead"
Good gracious, man! Do you cell
that breaking the news gently? What
did Robinson say9"
'Sambo say: oh! den he am dead
But wuffer you tell me bout EN- cen
SIGN a roun about way%"-N Y sun.
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Makes Fure Blood.
oRAVITATIoN AND THE BLOOD.
Some Singular FACES Regarding Arterial
ircLL lat linn

Some Singular Faces Regarding Arterial
Circulation.
We ordinarily think of the attraction
of gravitation only as producing what
we call weight, and as governing the
earth and other planets ia their orbits.
But gravitation acts in very impor-
tant manner upon the circulation of the
blood in our veins and arteries. An
elaborate series Of experiments has re-
Gently been carried out in England to
determine just what effect gravitation
exercises in this respect and how it's
disturbing influence is compensated in
the bodily mechanism.
1t has been found that man probably
possesses more complete compensa-
ton of this kind than any other animal,
and that the monkey stands in this re-
spect next to man.
Injuries to the spinal cord. asphyxia
and poisoning b. chloroform or curare
paralyze, more or less completely, the
power of compensation, and then the
influence of gravitation on the circula-
ton of the blood may become a serious
danger.
In such n case death is more likely to
result, according to the conclusions of
Prof. Leonard Hill, if the body is
placed in such position that the alb
domen is at a lower level THAI the
heart.
But the danger may be diminished
OF removed either by elevating the alb
do.nen or COMPRISING it SO as to drive
the blood up to the heart. When the
heart itself, however, has been injured,
as by chloroforrn. there is danger in
forcing the blood too rapidly into it.
Prof. Hid finds that. generally speak
ing. the lest position tor the body,
when the power Of compensation for
the effects of grayitation has been ar
rested, is with the feet up instead Of
with the feet down.-Youth's C.ln-
panion.
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Women Only Know

How much they suffer when ner-
vous, weak and tired.
Nervous prostration is a lingering,
racking, living death to those afflicted,
though wholly incomprehensible to
others. The cause of this condition is
impure and insufficient Blood.
Make the blood pure, give it vitality
and it will properly feed the nerves
and make them strong. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla cures nervousness because it
acts directly upon the blood, making
it rich and pure and endowing it with
vitality and strengthening power. No
other medicine has such a record of
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4 PLOT AGAINST WELLINGTON.


Failure of a Design to Bag the English
COMMANDER.
The story goes that Wellington used
to ride over daily. with one or two of
his staff, fror2 his headquarters at St.
Jean-de-Luz. and take his stand on the
top of a wooded sand hillock. called
Blanc Pignon, on the left bank of the
Adour, which commands view of
both banks and the town itself two
miles up stream. This had been noticed
by the French. who had still command
of the river and the opposite shore;
and the Jealous sailor aforesaid, Bour-
geois by name. conceived the plan of
entrapping the great English captain
by lying an ambush for him, with
few men, among the underground
on the sand dune, which happened TO
be on neutral ground just outside the
line OF French piclIets.
Gen. Thouvenot very honorab bly, de-
clined to sanction this tricky proceed
ing, but, seeing through his glasses
from the clock tower of the cathedral
in Bayonne that it was actually being
carried out, notwithstanding his disap-
fast as he could gallop, down the road
on the left bank of the river, (the pres
emit site of the Allees Marines. past the
French pickets, to warn Wellington of
his danger The message was just in
time When within short distance
of the ambush awaiting him Oh the
narrow little track winding up the
sand dune, he turned his horse, and
moved quietly off in another direction
So says the story, which, entirely be-
lieved by the FRENCH, is placed on re-
cord by Morol. declared in foot note
to l.e correct, aSI then 1886 within
the memory Of living witnesses. We
can entirely agree with the author in
his succeeding remark: Thus, by one
of those strange chances beyond all
human explanation. there fell through
a design which might have materially
changed the course OF events. Mac
millans Maya ziae.
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THE WOOING OF BETSEY.
BY ED MOTT.

wv Vney 90 IL l can I
imagine said the
man from over Sinne-
mahoning way. How
they just lay back
and think it all up
and then go and do it
is a good many rods
beyond me. Bears, I
mean. Sinnemahon-
ing bears. There are
bears and bears. but
when you come right
down to bears that
are bears, they grow