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The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
DUST OF THE DESERT.
II II Rn Affection. hut II II Not In,-
pure, Like city Dust.

4 traveller In Egypt writes: with all
it's heat and dust the desert has It's
charms. True. the desert dust Is an
afillction. for when certain evil winds
blow the desert Is shroudcd in dust
vast swirling clouds through which no
eve can see. But when the dust storms
have blown over and the desert Is
calm again you forget the dust, for
the desert dust IS dusty dust. but not
dirty dust. Compared with the aw-
ful organic dust Of New York. Lon.
don or Paris 1t is Inorganic and pure.
"On those strips of the Libyan and
Arabian deserts which lie along the
Nile the desert dust Is largely made
up OF shredded royalty, of withrrcd
Ptolcmics, of faded PharaohS, for the
tombs OF queens and kings are count
cd here by the hundreds and of their
royal progeny and their royal retain
crS by the thousands. These dcsiccat'
ell dynastiCs have been drying so long
that they are now quite antiscptic.
Dust of these dead and gone kings
makes extraordinarily fertile soil for
vegetable gardens when irrigated with
the rich waters of the Nile. Their
mummics are also said To make excel.
lent pigments for the brush. RamcscS
and Sctos, Cleopatra and Ilatasn-all
these great ones dead and turned To
clay-when properly ground make n
rich lumber paint highly popular with
artists
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
A DESIGNING Doctor.

The Sydney Bulletin tells of n mo-
torlng doctor who ran into ana cap
sized n pedestrian. He looked behind
him and, seeing the man still prone,
made a circuit and ran back, intending
to stop beside and help him. But the
motor shot n yard or two beyond the
mark ana hit the nan again just rs he
was getting up. The doctor turned his
car once more and was cautiously
stealing nca to the PROSTATE sufferer
when IN excited spectator rushed from
the sidewalk and, shaking the victim,
exclaimed: Look out. He's coming
at you again" Whereupon the man
scrambled up and started to run.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
ACCIDENTS.
A broken Week as the Result of the
Turn of a Foot.


"rhe MAJ who fell out of bed and
broke his neck will scarcely attract
more than passing notice" said a
thoughtful man, for there have been
many cases equally remarkable. l re.
call one ease where Il mans neck was
broken by a very slight turn of his
foot. He attempted to catch himself
that is, to preserve his balance-and
the effort was of such violence that he
broke his neck. Many men have bro.
ken their necks by II sudden stumble
and a fall on the sidewalk or by being
Knocked down by some hurrylng pedcs'
trian, or by Il street car or n vehicle of
some sort.
1T is not at all uncommon for II po'
liceman, with no intention of doing
more than subdue an unruly member
so break an offenders neck by rapping
him we the head with his club. Some
times the fall which follows and some
times the blow breaks the neck of the
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
MITCHELL is FOUND GUILTY.
aury Brings In a Verdict After Being
Out Eiqht Hours.

Out Eight Hours.
Portland, Ore, July 5.-The jury In
che case OF the United States against
Senator John II. Mitchell returned a
verdict Of guilty as charged.
The charge was that Senator Mitch
ell while occupying his public position
accepted q pecuniary compensation
for practicing before the federal de-
partments at Washington, which. UNI
der the statutes. constitutes a crime.
A few minutes before IL o'clock
the bailiff was summoned to the jury
room. A moment later he %reappeared
and communicated to those in waiting
the news that the jury had agreed.
Judge DeHaven. the attorneys and the
aged senator, whose last days were to
be crowned with disgrace, were sum.
moned and quickly appeared. Judge
DeHaven assembled the bench without
removing his overcoat and directed
that the jury be brought in.
Captain Slayden, clerk Of the court.
received the verdict from the fore
man and read il amid the crash and
rattle of fireworks exploding in the
streets on all four sides of the court
house. Slayden spoke low, and be-
cause Of the din without only two SEN
fences Of the verdict were audible:
Guilty as charged" and recon-
mended to the mercy OF the court"
Senator Mitchell received the YER.
dict with fortitude. Severe and evil
IDENTIFY unexpected as 1t was. he
showed by no outward signs save the
CHASTITY pallor of his face and the
nervous stroking OF his beard that he
felt the blow.
Judge Bennett arose and on the part
Of Senator Mitchell moved a new trial.
Judge DeHaven directed that the mo-
ton be continued until next Monday
and declared court adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07

The distance was much greater, per-
haps 800 yards from the point where
the boat came into view. lie knelt and
fired. lie judged that the missile struck
the craft between the trio.
81 didn't allow for the sun on the
side of the fore sight" he said, "or per
haps | nm Il bit shaky after the run. In
any event they can't go far"
A hurrying step on the coral behind
him caught his ear. Instantly be
sprang up and faced about-to see Iris.
"They are escaping" she said.
mo fear Of that" he replied, turning
away from her.
"Where are the others?"
"Dead!"
ado you mean that you killed nearly
all those menu
six of them. There were nine In
ALL"
lie knelt again, lifting the rifle. Iris
threw herself on her knees by his side.
There was something awful to her in
this chill and businesslike declaration
Of u fixed purpose.
"NIr. jerks" she said, clasping her
hands In an agony of entreaty, "do not
kill more men for my sake!"
"For my w sake, them he growl-
ed, annoyed ut the interruption, as the
sampan was afloat.
"Then l ask you for Gods sake not
to take another life. What you have al
ready done was unavoidable, perhaps
right. This is murder"
He lowered his weapon and looked at
her.
"If those men get away they will
bring back Il host to avcnge their COM
rades-and secure you,' he added.
1T may be the will Of Providence for
such a thing to happen. Yet implore
you to spare them"
He placed the rifle on the sand and
raised her tenderly, for she had yield
ed to n paroxysm of tears. Not another
word did either of them speak in that
hour. The large triangular sail Of the
sampan was now bcllying out in the
south wind. A figure stood up in the
stern of the boat and shook Il mcnacing
arm ut the couple Oh the beach.
1t was the Malay chief, cursing them
with the rude eloquence of his barha-
rous tongue. And jerks well knew
what he was saying.
fro BE Continued
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
pEvLIN's BANK is CLOSED.
First National Of Topeka in Hands OF
Comptroller Of Currency.

" NC ~
Topeka, Kan, July 5.-No definite
statement was obtainable regarding
the condition of the First National
bank, controlled by Charles J. Devlin.
the big coal mine owner, which closed
its doors.
Colonel W. II. R%ossington. vice
president Of the bank, locked the in.
stitution's books In the vault to await
the arrival of J. T. Bradley, the ma
tional bank examiner, whom the comp
troller had appointed receiver of the
failed bank. and he would only say:
"The banks trouble has not been
caused by dishonesty on the part OF
anyone, but by lending too largely to
one borrower. There has been no
stealing"
This borrower is, Of course, Mr.. Dew
lin, and the bank is said to hold the
capitalists paper to the mount Of
s $1,000, 900. Mr.. Devlin, whose sudden
Illness brought about the tangle In
the big coal mining and railroad prop
critics, valued, 1t was estimated. at
close to $1,000, 900, is still under the
care Of q physician and no statement
could be secured from him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07

offender. Sometimes Il sudden, violent
motion Of the head, a quick jerking
motion, the kind we make when dOdg.
ing. will break the neck.
IL recall Il case where n man threw
his neck out of joint without breaking
il by throwing his head to II side In
an effort to dodge n bullet fired ut
him ut short range. The bullet passed
through the rim Of his hat. Even after
that he carried his head tilted over the
right shoulder and was never able to
straightcn it. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
LOOMS Arrives In Paris.

Paris, July 3.-Francis 3. LOOmis,
assistant secretary of state and spe-
cial ambassador to take over the body
of Admiral John Paul Jones from the
senior special ambassador, General
Horace Porter. arrived here. He was
met at the depot by a number Of off.
Gals, French and American, who ac-
companied him to the hotel, where
Rear Admiral Sigsbee and the officers
OF the American squadron are already
quartered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
Hnte All Around.

The famous English Chief Justice
Holt ana his wife hated each other to
the limit, and when she fell dangerous
ly Ill he was so delighted that he be-
came disgracefully tipsy. But his wife
was equal to the emergency and sent
Cor the great DR.. Radcliffe, who hated
Holt, and therefore out of spite when
the case was presented to him came
with great promptncss and saved her
life.-I.ondon Chronicle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
Tires Supporting Wife; Kills Her

Cleveland, July 3.-That he had be-
come tired of supporting his old wife,
who had become an invalid. a the
excuse for killing her which August
Otto. a siXty-eight-year-old German.
gave the police when he confessed
committing the crime. Otto walked
into an undertaker's shop, requesting
that proper attention be given the
body of his wife, who, he said, had
che woman's head was almost hacked
70 pieces and blood stains led to a
Ratchet found in the barn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
INFLAMMATION RHEUMATISM CURED IN
3 DAYS

Morton l.. Hill. OF Lebanon Ind, says; M
wife had Infiammatory rheumatism In every
muscle and joint; her suffering was terrible
aud her body and face were swollen almost be
You'd recognition; had been In bed six weeks
and had eight physicians but received no
benefit until she tried the Mystic Cure for
Rheumatism. 1t gave immediate relief and
she was able to walk about In three days, am
sure 1t saved her life" Sold by IL. f. Grice,
Druggist, Red Cloud.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
Horrible Example.

NAV, what Is n horrible eXample?"
asked the youngest boy, looking up
from his newspaper.
The eldest boy stopped his figuring
long enough to say, wait till you get
into algebra, and you'll find any
amount of EN-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
The Lightning Cure.

Here's a story OF n nan who was
cured of rheumatism by being struck
by lightning"
IN risk de rheumatism every time"
said Brother Dickey. II don't want no
doctor what's ez quick 90 dat!'-Atlan-
tn Constitution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
The Royal Road tn Learning.

Freddic-What's IN honorary degree,
dad? Johnson-That's a title n college
able to get it If he had to pass an ex-
animation. Tom WatSon's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
His job,

whats Stevens doing nowT"
Nothing"
But | was told he was holding a
government position"
He s.'-Milwaukce Sentinel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
A Game of

May-You have never taken part In
a game OF chance, have you? Ethel
No, but | am going to be married next
week.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-07-07
fro BE Continued

Encouragement after censure Is as
ke sun after a shower.-Goethe.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

Secretary Wilson, as the official
head of the great family of American
farmers, views with some consider
able satisfaction the abundant crops
which have blessed almost every sec
ton of the country.
THE haryests have been heavy" he
said, "and the farmers will make
more money than in an average year.
lower, but the crops will bring the
farmers, nevertheless, more money.
Living should be cheaper, too. The
hay and grain crops have been enor-
mous-probably record breakers-and
meat as result should be more plen-
tiful and cheaper. 1 say it should be.
The producer and consumer are so far
apart, and so much goes on in between
these two principals that 1t is difficult
to say just to what extent production
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

affects the cost of actual consumption.
A great deal goes to the middleman;
too much. | believe. 1t Is long and
devious pathway from the farmer to
the man who eats the things which he
las grown. | gave out a statement
here the other day intimating that the
local Washington dealers were charg-
ing in certain instances too much, and
dealer came at me with wrathy
assertion TO the effect that l did not
know what l was talking about and
That he made profit OF only forty
per cent.
Co-Operation in the South.
"I have been watching the South
with n great deal of interest con-
tinued the Secretary. "They have ac-
complished more in effecting an or
ganization down there to bring the cot
ton producer and consumer together
than has been attempted with any
other of our great agricultural produc-
tions. The cotton crop Is n big one
this year though not by any means
record breaker. The grass and hay
crop is probably the biggest we have
ever had; our corn crop is probably
record crop and our wheat crop is one
of the very largest"
"That is the order of Importance of
these cropsI'
mo, should put cotton third in i'm
portancc-grass, corn, cotton, wheat;
though of course, our meat animals,
taken as a whole, are more important
than any one. Why. the poultry pro-
duction alone is worth 400 million dol
lars n year-as great or greater than
the value of the wheat crop. We will
undoubtedly export some very fine
hogs this year-choice corn fed hogs.
Pork is our greatest meat export. A
quarter of billion dollars would
hardly cover our animals exported this
year. l fancy, probably amounting to
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

"No, can not do anything with these
hypothetical cases Of higher farm edu-
cation"
"Well, then, what should man do
with the manure which accumulates
on his farm?'
''He should put it on his land" re-
piled the Secretary, now thoroughly at
home; he should take it out on the
land at once and not let it accumulate;
haul it out and spread it on as fast as
it is made. The ground will get the
good of it,"
won't the ammonia evaporate and
the fertility be lost to the soilT"
mo, it has been demonstrated by
careful experiments that the hauling
out of manure Is the best method. 1t
will go down into the grass roots. 1t
will not lose the ammonia because am
monia is produced by bacteria and
these bacteria flourish only under three
conditions, moisture, heat and oxygen.
There are three classes of bacteria
which must operate upon manure be-
fore 1t is available for plant food. The
ammonia bacteria attacks 1t first; it is
then converted by other bacteria into
nitrites, and, lastly, by still other bac.
terra, into nitrate, when the roots of
the plant can then take It up as food.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

and that with thoroughly rich soil,
good seed, n well planned rotation of
garden crops and a medium amount
of hard work-a good wheel hoe will
reduce this last eXpense-a very small
area will produce very large amount.
Not only should the table be sup
piled from spring to late fall. but
large stocks of staples should be
saved for winter use. OF course.
every farmer stores in his cellar po-
tatoes, turnips, pumpkins and other
coarse crops, but there are many
others equally good and almost as
easily cured and kept which no
longer contribute to the winters table
and have been supplanted by cheap
canned goods, in the long run expen-
siye and usually very inferior.
Limas for DryIng ;pick Them Green.
Take, for instance, lima beans. If
these are picked and shelled when
green-the same as though for imme-
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01
ET@99 TALK WITH SECRETARY WILSON. EsANES
ba er s,re" MITCHELL, @s
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

send our hogs abroad and are eating
saThe present condition and the fu-
ture outlook for the American farmer
is a good one then, Mr.. Secretary?
yes, things certainly look Wen,
generally; yet I believe we are very
near to sort of agricultural crisis.
hardly a crisis perhaps, but an import
ant and radical change. The farm
farm for the factories. Wherever
there is any manufacturing you VIII
find this to be the case.
The farmer has pretty nearly reach,
ed his limit. He is doing about all
he can do with his hands and with the
most improved labor-saving farm ma
chinery worked by good horses: THIS
bad condition on the farm Is going TO
AFFECT production and prices, and that
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

rwo-thirds of the value of the entire
wheat crop of the country.
No Longer Big Hog Eaters.
"The American people are no longer
such great pork eaters, you know. We
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

.be boiled cob Mt roasting ear" stage.
And. among others, okra or gumbo
makes equally as good soup in VIII
,a- os when fresh in summer.
When it comes to canning and pre-
serving. there is little real comparison
between the home canned procuct
md bought goods. 1t time is con-
sIdered as money. canned tomatoes
can be bought probably cheaper than
they can be grown and canned at
home. But how about the resultsF
II the farmers wife should go
through the ordinary canning estab-
iisbment she would probably conclude
TO do every speck of her own can
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01
THE KITCHEN GARDEN,
More Than Two Thirds of the Living
of a Family Can Be Raised.

If the farmers wife could Induce
her liege lord to contribute the same
care. patience and labor next spring
10 the kitchen garden which his
grandfather did during his day, there
would be perhaps considerable gain
in the households economy as well as
much satisfaction developed for the
housewife. The old folks insist that
even with the greatly increased vari-
ETY. and excellence in fruits and vege-
tables, due TO many plant generations
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

very shortly. 1t is impossible to say just
what the effect will be, but change
is coming. The farmer must have Ia
Dor, but with the prices OF farm pro-
ducts as they are now, he can not meet
the wages offered 10y the factories;
therefore the farm hands are gradually
shifting toward the centcrs-the towns
and the cities"
MIR. Wilson Not Theorist.
'I would like, Mr.. Secretary, TO have
a message from you TO the American
farmer for the coming year"
"Oh, | can never discuss things in
an academic way" remarked Mr.. Will
son, with a smile. You will have to
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

of selection and breeding by the seeds
men and scientists, the kitchen
garden on an average is not SO well
PLANTED or tended. has less variety.
and on the whole is much inferior
TO the same institution in the good
old days" when grandfather was
it is an oft repeated argument, in
every farm journal that more atten-
tion should be given to the garden;
that fully two-thirds of the living for
the farmers family, however large,
can be produced from q good garden,
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

ming hereafter and avoid setting on
Icr table sour green fruit, artificiallr
colored and sweetened with coal tar
products. >,
With the supposed degeneration Of
the Individual farm garden. it is In
terestlng to note that the professional
market garden. as an industry, has
tremendously increased.
The farm gardens. market gar
dcns" and truck gardens" of today
ere the producers of a multitude of
miscellaneous vegetables almost uu-
known fifty years ago. In the census
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

under the attractive name of 'love
apples" come back and realize that
over thirty million bushels of the
pretty poisonous vegetables, accord.
ing to statement in Harper's Week
ly, are eaten as a common and health.
full food, they would surely realize
that time works ayonderful changes.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

diate table use-and then dried in the
sun, they will constitute through the
winter delicious and wholesome dish
almost equal to the fresh bean.
The same applies to green corn, which
our grandfathers will tell us was a
staple winter produce, also easily
dried In the sun, having been cut from
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-01

of 1890 the large increase in garden
products was recognized, and sys-
tematic count of their bulk and value
was made. 1t is possible, therefore,
to make a ten-year comparison of the
increase of such products, and this re-
cords the remarkable increases from
100 per cent to 400 per cent in the five
several divisions of the country The
North Atlantic States had well de-
veloped industry in garden products"
before 1890. which accounts for the
relatively low increase. However. 100
per cent in 10 years, while the popu
lation increased only a trifie over 20
per cent, is amazing.
When Tomatoes Were Believed
Poisonous.
Could our great-granddaddies who
thought tomatoes poisonous. and orr
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who grew them
as ornamental plants in window pots.
Evening journal., 1905-02-08
DEATHS

LEVY-'Near Christiana, Del, on Feb
riary 8, 1905. Ann, widow OF william
II. Levy. aged n years.
Relatives and friends are respectful
iy invited 20 attend her funeral serv-
ices at her late home. near Christiana,
Del, on Thursday February 3. at 1890
O'Clock. Interment at Christiana NJ. E.
Church cemetery. Carriages will meet
trolley leaving Wilmington, Del. at
9.45 a. m, at Stanton, without further
notice.
BALL--At Montchanin. Del. on Feb
ruary 8. 1905. Alice A., widow OF the
late John Ball, in her SOth year.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral services
at her late residence, Montchanin, on
Thursday afternoon, at O'Clock, with
out further notice. Interment at Mt
Salem Cemetery.
vANSANT-In this city, on February Z
Francis A. Vansant.
Due notice OF funeral will be given.
FRYER--In this city. on February 6
1905. Rev. ]. w. Fryer, aged 81 years
Relatives and friends of the family
are invited to attend the funeral serv-
ices at his late residence, No. 200 Easi
Third street. on Wednesday evening
February s. at o'clock. Intermeni
private at Mt Hope, Pa.
! ILYNAM-In this city. on February s
1905, Elizabeth ]. Lyman, widow oI
George j. Lyman, aged So years.