The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
TIE EXCHANGES.

AMONG TIE EXCHANGES.
There are so many big red apples in
the big red apple country that there Is
no market for them, and the farmer
with Il few miles of orchard is not much
better of than the one who has no or.
chard. We feel extremely sorry for
the Nebraska people who went south
to raise big red apples. And reports
indicate that they feel sorry for them.
selves.-Beatrice Express.
Tell me, ye %wiseacres, that CAB from
morn till night, is there a spot on
earth that seems to be all right; some
favored ~nook-north, south, or east or
west-whcre evils are unknown and
nature does her best' Can'st show
me a land where no grasshoppers hop,
and cutworms, squirrels aud things
don't monkey with the crop; where
farmers always win and never have a
care' IL such n spot there BE-, oh
please direct me therel The wise men
wink and smile as IL inspired, and
learnedly respond; "You make me
tired.'-Wallace Tug.
Many OF our q x county Judges will
be much in evidence during our com.
ing county convention. This anxiety
for office reminds us OF a story which |
Elder Morlan relates with great zest,
in speaking of the early days when no
was the head of the political world in
Furnas county. A certain man NOV
gone to his long rest) who had once
held some Office and had imbibed the
taste for it, and was, AS usual, in the
hands OF his friends. Morlan promis.
ed to help him to the treasuryship.
Johh was nominated with the rest but
the other fellow got the nomination.
lie was nominated for clerk, received
a few votes, but his opponent was sue.
cesstul. The same thing happened for
sheriff, superintendent OF schools, COM.
missioner and at last came the nomina.
ton Tor coroner. Morlan approached
him n said; Now Squire, we have
stuck to you through thick and thin,
but we couldn't make it. Will you &C.
cept the last Office in our gift" To
which he replied, "Great Scott! INV
| thing, anything, only give me an
| oifice."-Arapahoe Pioneer.
- -
lyon ask " suit 'r,,, Ng.N..t ..r
| we had a chance would we be a sweet.
innocent babe again. Not il we are
intimately acquainted with ourself we
5 would not. A sweet innoceat babe
this hot weather has a rough and un.
satisfactory time. Nature has not
seen ut to endow him with the power
4 OF speech or locomotion and he is at
the mercy OF every person who has n
1901 netion that he or she knows what
a baby wants. The baby doesn't know
, himself and the result is that he simply
= takes his chances. lie labors under
the impression that he lives to eat, and.
. unlike all other animals he has no dis.
examination OF taste or appetite. A
! tack or a piece Of glass appears to his
> infant mind as nutritious as sprino
y chicken or new milk. Unfortunately
bis elders only possess a few degrees
. more sense than the baby himself. Few
. OF them think he is ever thirsty or IL
> they do they seem to suppose that he
would scorn anything but warm milk
. while as a matter Of fact he is thirsty
: as a mule and wants water, straight
: water. They think it must amuse HIM
. to make a jumping jack out of him and
: churn him mp and down like an old
fashioned dasher until his eyes hang
. out like saucers and he casts the
! curdled contents Of his stomach out
. into the atmosphere. They don't figure
!. that he suffers from hot weather but
-, bind him up in swaths and pins until
4 he is melted with fervent heat. He
. yells, OF course but that is all the good
. 1t does him. His maternal ancestor
! smothers his protest with Castoria and
!. makes his last state worse than his
! hrst. Thank the Lord that we will
. never have to be a sweet innocent babe
! again. We have no fault to find with
this old world and would like to STAY
, as long as we can, but we would rather
be an aged nan with scarcity Of hair
and rheumatic knee and have some
say about the way things are done than
a b~aldheaded, toothless victim of in.
. j%udicious elders."-LebanOn Criterion
A Grand Opportunity.
There are today thousands Of young
people on the farms and in the VILLAGES