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The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-19

G. r. Hall of Hastings was in town
todsy on bust ness.
A square inch Of clear conscience for
a cent the Red Cross Christmas Seal.
Rad the Duroc Public Sale Advertise.
msnt in this issue ei the Chief. Adv.
r. Ladies and Gents Leather Card
Cases, Pocket Books and Music Rolls
at FOGEL's. adv.
For that sick animal call WEDEMEYER
at the brick barn. Prompt and salts.
factory services. adv.
Mrs. L. Pegg returned from Indiana,
Monday morning where she has been
visiting her aged father.
Mrs. 8. E. Rife departed Wednesday
morning for Beatrice and Lincoln
where she will spend the winter with
her children.
Rev. John j. Bayne pastor OF the
Congregational church will preach at
the Indian Greek school Sunday after.
noon at 3 O'Clock.
The ladies' of the Christian church
will give bazar, chicken pie dinner
and oyster supper Saturday, Dec. 81,
at the Woodman hall.
Fireman N. e. Henderson went to
Red Cloud on Wednesday. He will
flre ON runs and II between Red
Cloud and Hastings.-McCook Re.
publican.
Mr.. aud Mrs. David Morrison OF
Iowa, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Marcus McConkey of this city
and also their daughter, Mrs. George
Corner, north Of Cowles.
Henry g. Richmond is to be the
chief clerk Of the next house, just q
he was Of the last one, having the
pledges of some forty OF the demo
Gratis that they are with him. Now Il
democratic pledges are as good a. they
have been painted, Henry is landed
Omaha Examiner.
The Red Cloud Concert Band, under
! the efficient leadership OF Prof. Betz
is making arrangements to give I
. band concert in the opera house OF
January 10th. The program Is to con
r sist of band selections, piano solos
, cornet duets and vocal music, and viii
I be taken part in by Mrs. W. r. Bailey
. Miss A,fa Longtin and Carl Hohense
a of Hebron. You should bear this dat
I IN mind and plan to attend as tn
band is entitled to your support an
encouragement, and their concerts ar
!. aiwSys such az to merit the same.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-19

c. A. Morgen Of Hastings was In
Gown today on business.
VIM. Weesner went to Falls City
this morning on business.
Dan A Morris of Beatrice was In
town on business Tuesday.
Miss Carmen Abey of Cowles was in
town Friday visiting friends.
Boyd Smith and family will spend
Xmas with relatives In Lincoln.
John Gray of Wymors was bust.
ness visitor In town Wednesday.
Miss Celia Newton of Hildreth was
visiting friends In town Tuesday.
Harry Gillian has resigned his posi-.
ton in Paul Storsy's clothing store.
Ed Burr Of Guide Rock took the
train from here for st. Joe this morn.
ing.
Mrs Il. B. Smith will spend Xmas
with her daughter Mrs. A. p. Ely at
McCook.
Mrs u. O. Amtey Of Herndon, Kan
sas, was In town Sunday visiting
friends.
George Hadell Is able to be up and
around again after serious attack ot
pleurisy.
Roy CARRIER OF Lawrence 10 reported
quite sick at the homo OF his father In
this city.
Mr.. ard Mrs. j. r. Grimes Of Blu.
Hill are In town Waiting their son
E. L. Grimes.
John Weesner and wife are hom,
from Superior where they have beer
visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John g. Potter lef
Wednesd ~ for Oklahoma, where the!
will spend the winter.
Miss Rose MCGUIRE returned toda!
from Campbell, where she has beef
visiting friends for several weeks.
| DR.. E. A. Creighton 10 home iron
Chicago. He went to Chicago Frids,
with Henry Gillian and daughter.
Mrs. Frank Ringer returned to he
home at Lincoln Thursday after spend
ing several weeks visiting Mrs. Boy
smith.
Il Mrs. Alden p. Ely has returned Il
her home at McCook, after visiting he
mother Mrs. e. b. Smith for severa
weeks.
Il Mrs. Geo. J. Warren entertained tn
800 club Tuesday evening. Light n
ireshments were served and goo
stime WAS reported by those present.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-19

S.W. Foe spent Monday In Hastings
Miss Jessie Kellogg is home from
Lincoln.
w. II. Taber was over from Lebanon
Sunday.
Mrs. Tony Clark visited in Hastings
Monday.
Nelson Bartlett Of Bladen, was In
town Monday.
The Grce drug store are settled In
their new quarters.
r. d Moritz was a business visitor
to Hastings Friday.
A gift within reach of everyone
the Red Cross Seal
Mrs. Phillip Trout spent Saturday
shopping in Hastings.
Chas. Brubsker left Sunday for a
visit with relatives in Omaha.
Mrs. Nellie Moore is visiting In
Denver, Colorado, this week.
Lee Kemmerer left for a business
trip to Plainview, Texas, tuesday.
John Shultz and j. W. Roland Of
Guide Rock were in town Saturday.
c. II. Miner had two cars of cattle
on the Kansas City market Monday.
Frank Matheny OF Hastings, spent
Sunday at the home of T. A. Jones.
Shoes repaired while SOU wait ut
Bailey and Bailey's Shoe Stare. adv.
Percy Ludlow and wife of Holdrege,
visited relatives In town over Sunday.
Every Red Cross Christmas Seal q
bullet in the HRht against tuberculosis.
DR.. Sanderson purchased a Ford
automobile from g. w. Walker last
week.
Mrs. Susan Noal Of Unionville, Mo-,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Melissa
Hedge.
Mrs. VIM. Reeves is home from
Lincoln where she visited for several
days.
Rev. G. w. Hummel, A. B. Pierce
and E. B. Goble are home from Florida
where they have been for several
weeks past.
r. c. Denton, q regular patron OF
this market and one Of the big live
stock operators Of Webster county,
Nebraska, disposed of car of hogs
here today. Mondays st. Joe Stock
Yards Daily Journal.
Miss Elepor Gilham who was in
jured some three weeks ago in an un
fortunate automobile accident was
taken to Chicago last Thursday to
have her limbs set. The operation
WAS performed and Miss Elenor',
many friends will be pleased to know
that she is gettiug along EXCEPTIONAL,
well.
Saturday evening about o'cloCl
a tre was discovered at the home o
Constable C. A. Schellak, having
caught from a stove pipe. An alarm
was turned in which was quickly re
spouded to by number of the flr
boys with the fire fighting appartus
but before their arrival the fire wa
extinguished, after doing only a smal
amount Of damage.
The State Baseball League close
its meeting at Hastings, Wednesday
after making quite few changes Il
the bylaws. Chief among these is t
abolish the practice of dividing the
gate receipts between home and visit
ing clubs. Hereafter visiting club
will be paid the $50 guaranty for eac
game and all receipts In excess OF thi
amount to be kept by the home clut
This rule Is to apply to all games e'
'cept the Fourth Of July. The meetin
=, was largely attended, all the clut
except two being represented, an
all present was enthusiastic over th
I outlook for next year.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-05
GOOD FORM.
How to Write Letter Recommending
SerMant

How TO Write Letter Recommending
Servant.
The utmost fOrmality should be OBJ
served when writing references for
servants. because the employers are
Judged by the writing quite as much
as the woman who is the subject Of
the communication. As a matter OF
fact. reference as much as social
letter is based on the old principle that
the breeding of a wcman is always in
dicated by her notes.
As servants written reference is
likely to 20 irto the hands of persons
who are total strangers to the writer.
1t Is best . employ the third person
In the no.e. Thus it r. made not I'M
like cirenl;r ard wholly imparsonal
rs far as 80 recipients are concerned
The conlmu cation should always he
gin with the name CT the former en-
ployer
For example. a woman who is dis
missing a Eiald may write:
Mrs. Join Siniah can recommend highIy
the bearer Nellie Joyce. as cook or gen
erat hoiselscercf. SIZE is Industrious
cheerful. Interested in her work and reli-
able. she Is entirely honest.
Airs. S:ssi.il 5 discharSing Nellie only be-
cause che IS le1ving town for the su.n ser
and Nellie does not wish to go to the
country.
Gare should be taken to put into TIE
reference lie reason Of maids leav-
ing, for 1t Is the first question asked
of the wcman when she is seeSig Il
new place. Another important point In
the Communication is that the servants
honesty Shau:1 be v9uched for If ne
former employer believes in it. II size
does net con rider the woman above
suspicion in This particular 1t is un-
fair TO future employers TO assert that
she Is to lie trusted
1t is also wise to Include in the writ
ten cl,arac,eY he fact that the woman
is n good worker If she has so prored
herself
For her ON protection pei7on
writing a reference should date Il rot
only with the month. but with The
year; otherwise. II the woman's char
acter should change as time passes. the
person who vouched for her formerly
viii find herself Endorsing an indi':a
ual rs she you'd not do later perhaps
A cate prevents this. for strangers
reading ii reference need not be inilu
enced by Il K Il Is several years old
Such co.-,-Ealcation should always
be written in Ink.
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AZ the suns time might he before or
after the tine returned by the glass
Taking the sun WIS 4 weird and
wOnderill operation clumsy quad
rants were utilized. and toward mid
day the r;lriiiin appeared on deck to
perform his sniemn duty After much
Srrrwina of eyes and waggling of the
quadrant the captain wonid bawl out
to the mate Make II - bells the
number varying according TO personal
idioSyrcrasits.
demand for a more satisfactory
device for estimating Nme at sea was
responsible for experiments being
with little success. The interest of
inventors was aroused when the Eng
Iisb government in TIA offered E1O,-
OUO to any ore inventing a method of
reckoning longitude To within a de-
gree. or sixty miles: fljtUU II within
forty miles and f2O,0OO If within thirty
miles
John Harrison. an obscure York shire
carpenter. who had achieved local
reputation bg repairing and cleaning
ciorks. came forward with Il ctlrunom
eter which at once attracted attention
Through the influence of DIR Huiley he
was enabled TO make voyage in a
government vessel to Lisbon. where be
succeeded In determining the longitude
to within ! degree 30 minutes
For this achievement be was grant
ed EGO TO enable him TO proceed with
his Invention After thirty years hard
toll he produced a rhronometer on
which the present marine chronomete:
Is based His invention was shared
like large watch. and. in 1861 Bar
risna'S sou embarked for jamaica in
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- The -
Scrap Book
A MaIedietien on Mathswson.

A MaIediction on Mathewson.
Soon after the baseball season open
ed last spring Christy Mathewson of
the New York Giants received letter
from gentleman in a small town
reading after this fashion:
Dear Sir Will you kindly give me
some advice right away? With the
bases full and Hi Hecker, the demon
batsman. at the bat, | contend that
ought TO throw him my slow out drop.
My manager insists that | ought to
give him my high in up. This enier-
gency is liable to arise at any moment
and would like to hear from you
right away"
Mathewson forgot to answer. and
thrse weeks later he received this let
ter from his correspondent:
"Sir-I asked you an important ques-
ton like a gentleman and ! expected
that you would answer it like gentle
man, but you did not do so. and what
/ is the result? With three men on
| bases threw Hi Hecker my high in
up, and he knocked the ball over the
fence. | hope the next time you face
Joe Tinker ne bats you out of the
box, "-SaturdaF Evening Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-05
DANDRUFF, FALLING
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, Old-F aShioned Rem
edy Brings Back Color to Gray
Hair and Makes It Grow.


How many old-fashioned remedies are
being used, which goes to show that it
IS hard to improve some of our grand
mothers old-time, tried remedies. For in
stance, for keeping the hair dark, soft and
glossy nothing equals our grandmother
sage tea" Although, by the addition %
sulphur and other ingredients, this old.
fashioned brew has been made more eff
feetive as scalp tonic and color re-
storer.
Nowadays, when our hair comes out or
gets faded or gray, instead of going to
the garden or garnet for herbs AMI
making the ''tea" ourselves, we simply
&c to the nearest drug store and ask for
a bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy.
Druggists are authorized to sell it
Under guarantee that the money will be
refunded if it fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation is offered to the
public at fifty cents bottle, and is
recommended and sold by all druggists
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zzv.Uuv. nalr or the money to be paid
, as sooD as he explained how his time
keener was constructed and the re-
mainder when the government was
convinced thar these fimekeepers could
be made by Others Despite the full.
hlinlent "r these conditions. Harrison
had 10 wair several years before the
money WIS ,eIil over
i4arcum Kendall. VINO had been Har-
ris"n'S apprentice and who WIS uIti-
mately his successor. followed on the
lines hid d''wn by his master and pro-
duced II s.hrunnmeter which was used
ny Captain Cook during his daring
voyage in the Resolution. OF this
chronoEleter Cook wrote. Our longi-
tnde can nvVer lac erroneous while we
have 81 snad y guide as Mr. Kendars
watch
Various ho-rloelsts have introduced
~ mani improvements thaf little trace
OF Harris"u model Is to lie discerned
IN the innierp chronumeter. though TO
him mnst be assigned the credit of
pointing out the way
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-05
How to Use an Auto Horn.

When approaC Ling street crossing
always slow up. and if you intend to
drive straight ahead give one long foot
of the horn. If you intend to turn off
north, south east or west indicate that
purpose by giving number of short
blasts of the horn. The pedestrian
who is about to step off the curb VIII
be attracted by the sharp toots and re-
main on the sidewalk. Accidents win
be reduced to Il minimum. The public
will quickly learn the meaning of the
horn and their lives will be further
safeguarded. The rapidly growing an
tagonism 10 the motor car because of
INSCRIPTIONS drivers will be gradually
tempered The horn--the most import
ant accessory to an automobiles oft
times used the least.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-05
BURDENS LIFTED
From Mount Holly Backs-ReIief
Proven by Lapse of Time.

Backache is heavy burden;
Nervousness wears one out;
Rheumatic pain; urinary ills;
All are kidney burdens
Daily effects of kidney weakness.
No use to cure the symptoms,
Relief is but temporary if the cause
remains.
Cure he kidneys aud you cure the
cause.
Relief comes quickly-comes to stay.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney ills;
Prove it by your neighbours case.
Here's Mount Holly testimony.
The story of permanent cure.
Mrs NJ Driscoll, 9 Monroe ST., Mt
Holly, N. J., says: my principa
trouble was from my kidneys. 1 also
had pains in my back, and mornings
when got mp felt all tired out. These
difficulties continued until used Doan' $
Kidney Pills, obtained at Jones' Phar-
macy This valuable RENE ~ soon dis
posed of my complaint and restored my
kidneys to normal conditi n In 1908
gave public statement telling of my
experience and at this time am glad to
again give Doan's Kidney Pills word
of praise.
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the Doan's-and
take no other.
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tents should be more inviting. Many
still stick to the pie and doughnuts
and the remains of yesterdays supper.
not because they do not care. but be-
cause they have not given the matter
sufficient thought
Sandwiches. OF course. ON account of
their mtrltive value. the ease with
which they may be packed and their
variety, will always form the basis of
the dinner pail meal But sandwich
need not consist of two thick slabs
of white bread with a thick piece Of
meat thrust in between. There may
be many varieties of bread used. and
white bread. whole wheat bread. gra-
ham bread. rye bread, Boston brown
bread, baking powder biscuits and
crackers may be alternated with salts
factory results. Greasy and fried foods
must be avoided, for satisfactory work
cannot be done after heavy, greasy
meal of cold fried things.
The sandwich filling is as important
as the bread ANY kind Of meat makes
a good sandwich. bat it should be
sliced or chopped thin and slightly
sailed. The bread should be buttered
Besides meats Of various kinds. cheese
makes good sandwiches. Occasionally
a sweet sandwich Of jam or marina
lade is greatly enjoyed. and stewed
oysters. chopped and favored. make
for variety.
4 piece of cake or sweet OF some
sort should he incuded. because sugar
is nutritiye. too. besides being gener-
ally enjoyed by men. who have as
much of sweet tooth as women have.
Cake of many kinds may be used, in
Guiding ginger cake. chocolate cake and
cookies. Pie may be put in the dinner
pail occasionally. but its daily use
should be avoided.
Fruit should form a part of the
contents of every dinner pail. Fresh
fruit is best but when it cannot be
procured figs. dates. raisins and prunes
may be substituted. An occasional
piece of molasses candy. peanuts or
pickles may be added by way Of nov
city. Salads. custards. baked beans
and various other dishes may be added.
packed In paper dishes. which may be
discarded after each meal.
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TIE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 1912
IN TIE sE's9r'..l,i ROOM.

How to Make t!.e Work comforsatls
and Easy.
1t must be admitted that our grand
mothers knew more about sewing than
their granGdaughtoss IL They sal
erect In straight backed chairs and
stood erect when their work was done
and prided themselves on erect car
rage. Not SO in these days.
1t is not conducive to good health to
sit in a rocking chair while sewing if
the material has to be kept on ones
lap. A rocking chair throws the body
out of balance by pitching it backward
at an unnatural angle In it the mus
cles of the front of the body-the mus
cIes of the chest and diaphraem-are
contracted. the chest is made hollow.
the ribs are pulled down, and the back
is rounded
A chair with straight back should
be used, and the body should be held
in the same erect position that the cut
ting table reoures-chin and abdomen
in. back straight, chest ont. OF course
it is necessary when sewing on the lap
to bend forward. but the bending
should be done from the hips. The back
should not be rounded. Sewing at the
machine properly conducted is an ad
mirable exercise. Be sure to sit erect,
bending only at the hips. and you will
ind the rapid pedallng will be benefi-
cial rs n heaIthful exercise.
Correct sewing is really governed by
few simple rules, which if followed
out make the plying Of the needle and
thread ali exercise which deepens the
chest. improves the carriage. strength
ems the back and shoulders, clears the
complexion and brightens the eyes.
In the first place. the sewing room
should be wen ventilated The all in
1t should he as fresh and pure as the
air out of doors. Three operations go
on in the sewing room-viz, cutting
the seamstress standing at the table:
stitching. seated at machine; sewing
with the r.a.crial in the lap. In cut
Ting the manner in which the seam
stress bends over the table is every
thing.
The. following exercise taken two or
three times a day is a wonderful help
toward correct bending at the work
table-that IS. bending without CON
stricting the chest or ABDOMEN: Stand
perfectly erect. with the heels together.
the chin and abdomen in. the chest out.
the back straight. Slowly filing the
lungs with air, raise the arms. held
stiff. from the sides outward until the
hands meet over the head, and at the
time the hands meet the lungs should
be filed TO their fullest extent with air
Slowly exhaling the air, lower the
arms to the sides again.
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ALWAYS IN ORDER.
Tho Subject That Reused the Interest
of Every Nor,,t, PrsssnG

Tho Subject That Reused the Interest
Of Every Woman Present.
Elizabeth Jordan. who recently fin
ished a play the second act Of which
is laid in Il beauty parl0r. was talking
the other day about women beauty
parlors and converse ion.
There are good many things that
a good many women are Interested in,
she said But there is one subject OF
conversation that will draw every wo-
mans attention. She'll forget every
thing else in the world to discuss it.
To illustrate my conviction I'll tell you
a story. This actually happened:
Zone day last winter | was Mt din
ner where there were fifteen or twenty
other women guests. When we went
to the drawing room after dinner,
leaving the men to their cigars. it hap
pened that all the women but myself
and one other got into one corner of
the room and and one fellow ouaSt
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HIT For THE HOSTESS.
How to Select Favors For Washing ton
Birthday Parties.

How to Select Favors For Washing ton
Birthday Parties.
Fer the luncheons, dinners and cotil-
lions planned for the 22d of February.
which comes this year in midweek,
hosts of appropriate favors are ready,
and red, white and blue will be gener-
ously represented. OF course The
cherry is the particular symbol of
Washington. his day, and the reDast
on this occasion should begin with
grapefruit, generously dressed with
maraschino cherries or with that par
tieular liquid appetizer which boasts
the cherry as its characteristic gar
nishment. The birthday party occur
ring ON Washington's day will natu-
rally have a cake generously trimmed
with preserved cherries or the richly
red artificial cherries which may now
be obtained. together with glossy green
cherry leaves.
Some of the new Washington birth
day favors are exceedingly attractive.
The ice baskets this year are especially
dainty One of these is pretty bas-
ket made of red and white Grape paper
with trimmings of red, white and blue
ribbon on the tall handle. Another is
made Of shirred Grape paper with the
eagle perched on the handle carrying
the symbolic red. white and blue rib
bon In his talons.
Patriotic candle shades are of white
Grape paper with Washington heads
and flags pasted or painted on the
four sides. Candlesticks are in the
form of cherry tree stumps and Uncle
Sam bats. openings being provided at
the top for the tall candle Miss Co
lumbia on 4 liberty pillar draped with
red, white and blue Grape paper makes
a pretty place favor Columbia, Of
course. being represented by a china
dolls head glued to the top of the
tall bonb0n boz
Candy or almond boxes are to be
found in The Shops. These are deco
rated with dolls attired in colonial
costume. with powdered wigs and
ffntod oh.af- anI lips
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4 Surprise For the Weather Prcohe:
A century and half ago people usesi
TO depend upon the weather prognos!:
cations in Partridge's Almanac. One
day Partridge himself puE up at a
country inn for dinner The hostlcr
advised him to stay the night. as :
would certainly rain. NONSENSE
said Partridge, and proceeded on his
way. Soon a heavy shower fell. viii, i
so impressed the traveller that be IL
stantly rode back to the inn and Offer
ed the hostler hllf crown if he woui.'
tell him how he knew the rain was in
imminent.
"Well." REPLIED the man. with eria
pocketing the coin. the truth is We
have Partridge's Almanac here. ARD
he's such al liar that whenever h.
promises finc day We know it will hr
foul Today is set down as fine
The weather prophet. like many Ot'
er weather prophets before and since
passed Oh discounted Strand Mage
Zinc