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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-23

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TUESDAY. FEB. %, 1918.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
SIMPLE PLAN OF IRRIGATION
Machinery Not Used In Certain
Parts Of India.

In India famine has always been a
serious question to cope with, and by
means of canals and irrigation works
much has been done to mitigate the ef.
fects OF drought.
In certain districts a primitive but
effectual method OF irrigation still ex-
lists among the natives, who convey
water to their rice and paddy fields
by simple contrivance Of their own
invention.
1t consists of the trunk OF a tree
dug out to form kind Of scoop or
trough, which is attached to one end
Of long pole. The other end of the
pole is weighted with Jumps OF earth
and the whole is balanced at the cen
ter on an upright so as to form lever
The irrigator dips the trough into
the water, and, on releasing his hold
the weights at the other end of the
pole cause the water to run down the
trough into q well dug in the ground
The supply Is then distributed by
means OF channels. This performance
Is carried on in duplicate. one trough
taking I'm water and the other discharg
Ing it.-Popular Mechanics.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Fish or Quadruped2

Ewing.-Earl Deck of Bennett. who
has been here visiting friends and
enjoying his annual duck hunt, has
captured a fish that is a curiosity in
this section. II is about seven or
eight inches in length and has the ap.
pearance of catfish. but has no fins,
and swims about apparently by means
OF a fan.shaped arrangement which
extends around the back of It's head
from one gill to the other. This fan
can be either opened out or closed up
and when In the latter position II
resembles a collar. The fish IS also
supplied with four legs about an inch
In length and goes on all four when
placed on the floor. Webster calls II
an axoloti. a reptile related to the sal
amanders or tailed batrachia. but diff.
fering from the ordinary species in re.
tanning the gills, like the protens. II
is found in the lake of Mexico and
other lakes in the Mexican Cordil
leras. How 1t ever came up to this lat.
titude Is puzzle to local biologists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Primary Day April 18.

Researches made in the statutes Jy
Secretary Of State Pool show that the
code commission of 1913 amended the
primary law governing presidential
preference elections, SO that primary
day next spring will be April Is, in
stead of April Il.
The old law-the one passed by the
1911 legislature-set the time at for
ty-fve days before the first Monday In
June"
The code commissions law fixes the
time at "the third Tuesday in April l"
The code commissions report was
adopted In blanket form by the legis'
lature Of 1918. and thus the primary
law is amended in regular fashion al
though specific measures changing II
were never enacted by the legislature.
The law creating the code commits
sion empowers that body to elimin'
ate obsolete and unconstitutional mat
ter from the statutes. and gives 1t
right to change laws to correspond
to common custom and usage;"
hence It is believed here that the
change of dates was within its rights.
1t is said In defense of the action that
Tuesday is commonly regarded as an
election day in this state, and that
"forty.five days before the first Mon
day" would make the day fall on Fri
day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
inexpensive Gifts of
| Cardboard and Silk

TT is high time to be making Christ
i mas gifts, and the little articles IL.
lustrated below are 80 simple that they
can be completed in almost no time
at all. They are inexpensive to make,
too, requiring only bits Of cardboard,
and some pieces of silk and ribbon
from mothers scrap-bag.
The pretty heart.shaped needle book
shown in Fig. 1 has pair OF covers
made OF two pieces OF cardboard meas.
uring three and one-half inches each
way, and four leaves of the same
shape and size cut out Of white or pfet-
ty colored flannel. Place the flannel
hearts between the covers. and pierce
two holes through both covers and
leaves each side Of the center Of the
top. Then pull piece of narrow rib
bon through the holes and tie a small
bow. Fasten pieces of ribbon to the
lower points OF the heart, both front
and back. by which to tie the little
case shut when not in use. Mark
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Why You Snecze.

There is more than one cause for
sneezing. and persons may differ In
their susceptibility to them. A bright
light will cause some persons to
sneeze. the pollen OF certain plants
will affect others. and most people
are likely to sneeze in the presence of
dust. Such sneezing Is due to super.
fetal irritation.
The sneeze caused by tho effect OF
cold is different. II Is an attempt OF
nature to cure you. She makes you
sneeze for the same reason that she
makes you shiver--to generate heat
for warming the blood and preventing
you from taking more cold-tO help
relieve the cold you have.
The sneezing from cold IL not an
act of the nose alone. this being mere
ly the part OF the body where It ex
plodes. II is an act of the entire body
during which every muscle gives q
jump. The body Is affected by q
spasmodic effort to warm the entire
system and throw of the cold.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
DIDN'T CARE FOR "OlD MAN,
What Sally Regretted and Resented
Was the Loss Of Mule That
She Valued.

Guy Bates Post tells this one:
"A woman appeared at the Office Of
the claims agent of western railroad.
'Yo' steam cars is done kilt my mule.
Sally!' she announced In decidedly
tragic manner.
"'Well, madam replied the agent,
II It was the fault of the company. you
will be recompepsed. you may be sure.
What were the circumstances and
what was the mule WORTH
sally was the best mule All ever
seed said the woman, as she wiped
her wet eyes with her bonnet string.
'Ah done plowed with that mule fer
goin' on nine years. an thar warn't
nothin' the matter with her 'ceptin'
she was a leetle mite lame In her nigh
hind laig an kinder blind In one eye.
All give fohty dollahs and three bed
quilts an two pecks of dried pears
fer her. an she was as good as tho
day All got her.
"'Where was the mule killedr the
agent asked.
"'Hit war at tho crossin'. an 20
fast mail train Jest knocked her plumb
over thet fence an inter o gully!' was
the womap's reply.
"'And the mule strayed upon the
track. l presume?' queried the agent.
"'Oh. moi she declared. Sally never
would "a been fool enough to walk In
front of no train-my old man was
ridin' her!'"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA

Norfolk is to have a big Ave and
and ten.cent store.
Fire in the Lyric theatre at Fremont
entailed loss Of $25,000.
Omaha claims the lowest infant NOR.
tality rate Of any city Of its size in
the union.
Fire destroyed a garage containing
ten autos at Gothenburg, with a loss
Of $4,000.
Nearly 600 Nebraska boys attended
the colder Boys" conference at Lin
coin last week.
Private parties are making arrange
ments to establish an electric lighting
plant at Cortland.
A conference OF Nebraska farm
agents will be held at the state farm
in Lincoln December 13 to IS.
Ira Russell of Berwyn, who was in
jured in wrestling match, died later
in an Omaha hospital.
"Tag day" at Lincoln enriched the
treasury Of the charity organization to
the extent of over $500.
Platte county is clamoring for new
courthouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. James King celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary at
Beatrice Thanksgiving day.
Balas Young, 45 years old, was in.
stantly killed, and Miss Mabel Evans
sustained a broken leg and may die
OF exposure as result of an auto ac-
cident near Hastings.
Tickets are being sent to democrat
ic editors of the state for the banquet
to be sponsored by them in Lincoln
on the evening of January II. Secre-
tary Walrath of the organization has
charge of the distribution.
Louis Novak, near Snyder. is dead,
supposedly from poison contracted
from the use OF an eye lotion.
The winter short course at the state
university farm will open January 4
and will continue for six weeks.
Rev, Father Moran, pastor OF the
Catholic church at Denton was pain
fully injured when his auto overturned
as he was making'a trip to Lincoln.
DR.. Lawrence Kigin, formerly Ne
braska state veterinarian, but now re
siding at Lafayette, Ind, and Miss
Mary Hollowell of Lincoln. were mar
ried at the cathedral at Lincoln
Thanksgiving day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
WHAT is URIC ACID?
THE CAUSE OF BACKACIiE. RHEUMATISM. LUMBAGo

Ever since the discovery OF uric acid
In the blood by Scheele. in 1775. and
tho bad effect It had upon the body.
scientists and physicians have striven
to rid tho tissues and the blood OF
this poison. Because OF it's over.
abundance In the system It causes
backache, pains here and there. rheu-
matism, gout. gravel. neuralgia and
sciatica. II was DR.. Pierce who dis
covered a new agent, called "Anuric, "
which will throw out and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
TEN. "Anuric" is 81 times more po-
tent than Hthid, and consequently you
need no longer fear muscular or ar
ticular rheumatism or gout. or many
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Wife Dyine-Fills Engagement.

Iincoln.-Col. John Pattee, whose
union and confederate old soldiers
furnish music on the Orpheum cir.
cult, finished his stand here in tears.
His wife who had been with him for
several weeks on the tour, died here
after an illness of but two days. The
remains were taken back to Ohio for
interment. Col. pattee kept his dates
at the theatre. but during the per.
formance his life companion passed
away.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

OF white writing paper seven inches
square. Fold the square in half, dag.
onally, and cut along the folded line.
Then take one-half and fold 1t in half
again. The dotted line in Fig in.
dicates where to fold. Punch holes
through the folded piece near one open
end (these holes are indicated on the
unfolded piece). and with narrow rib
bon lace the edges together. and tie
the ribbon ends in a bow. Cut pic
ture from a magazine and paste 1t
upon the front. This little marker
slips over the corner OF the page you
want to mark.
The pin case shown In Fig. re-
quires two pieces OF cardboard each
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

other diseases which are dependent on
an accumulation OF uric acid within
the body. Send to Or. Pierce OF the
lnvalds' Hotel and Surgical Institute.
Buffalo. N. Y. for n pamphlet on
"Anuric," or send 10 cents for q trial
package OF "Anuric" Tablets.
II you feel that tired. worn-out feel
ing. backache. neuralgia, or IL your
sleep is disturbed by too frequent
urination. go to your best store and
ask for DR.. Pierce's "Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back of
this medicine and you know that his
Pleasant Pellets" for the liver and his
"Favoritc Prescription" for the ills of
women have had splendid reputation
for the past fifty years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
ELEVATOR IS NOT
PUBLIC WAREHOUSE
CAN BUY GRAIN AND PAY FOR "
IN FUTURE.
NEWS Of THE STATE HOUSE
Items Of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources At
state House.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
What is a public grain warehouse?
This question has been answered
by the state railway commission in q
manner that was surprise to some.
but in accordance with court deci.
sions. The last legislature passed an
act declaring that any warehouse or
elevator that keeps grain on hand in
storage for owners for a period longer
than ten days shall be declared to be
public warehouse and must comply
with the provisions of the state law
governing grain warehouses. Such
houses can charge not to exceed one
and onehalf cents bushel for the
first fifteen days and not to exceed
one cent month thereafter.
The Van Wrinkle Grain & Lumber
company OF York. which owns more
than one elevator. submitted to the
state railway commission contract
which it proposes to make with own
ers of grain. The company proposes
to buy grain to be paid for at future
date agreed upon and to deduct three
fourths of one cent bushel from the
price agreed upon, the deduction to
be made to cover storage. The price
TO be paid is to be the price which
the company is paying on the future
date agreed upon at any particular
elevator owned by the company des
ignated In the contract.
The railway commission decided
that under this contract the grain Is
sold and the title passes to the ele
vator company and therefore the ele
vator Is storing its own grain and no.
the grain OF others and is not public
warehouse and need not comply will
the warehouse law. Several elevator
companies that do not care to compl!
with the public grain warehouse Law
are said to have decided to buy grair
under contracts similar to that of th'
York company.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
New Church 70 Be Built.

Beatrice. secured subscrip-
tions aggregating $4,000 for the erec.
ton Of new church ediflce. the build.
ing committee of the German Luth.
eran church of Hanover township will
ask for bids at once. 1t is planned
to begin active work on the building
next spring.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
DRAINAGE Ditch for Richardson.

Stella.-Plans are being completed
for the forming of drainage district
In Richardson county with a view to
strengthening the channel of Muddy
creek, and preventing it's overflow
on to surrounding farm lands. A
ditch has been completed in Nemaha
county as far as the Richardson line
and those interested in the project
propose to continue this ditch for the
protection OF their farms.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Frank Criticism.

Author-l sent you copy Of my
latest book q few days ago. l sup.
pose you have glanced over Il?
Miss Frankleigh-Glanced over II!
Why, read II through three times.
author leased)-Indeed! Then
you must have found It very interest.
ing?
Miss Frankleigh-No. I can't say
that l did. was merely trying to
find out what 1t was all about.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Fire Damages Churcn.

Lexington.-Theb boiler room in the
Methodist Episcopal church here was
considerably damaged, when pile Of
kindling near the furnace caught fire
and was blazing merrily before dis.
covered. The fire was extinguished
before any other part Of the church
was damaged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
SHORT ON COWS.
Adams County Farmers Must Increase
Dairy Facilities

Hastings.--An investigation on the
part of the chamber of commerce of
conditions looking forward to the es.
tablishment of a milk condcnsory here
developed the fact that Adams county
cows are barely producing enough
milk to supply home consumption.
Unless farmers of surrounding terri.
tory can be induced to invest In at
least 1000 cows the project will be
dropped.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Woman, Lovely Woman.

"Th hit idiotic young Sapleigh." re.
marked tho first dear girl. had the
audadty to propose to me last night"
"DRi he, really" rejoincd fair fe.
male No. .. II always thought he was
a trine OF in the upper story. but /
had no idea he was as bad as that
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Used TeIephone in Rev,va,

Hastings.-"General alarms were
sounded over 400 miles Of Adams
county telephone wires through cen.
tral operators, who called more than
1000 subscribers ON party lines, urg.
ing them to attend the great religious
revival now sweeping the city and com.
munity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Needles" upon the front cover with
ink or water COlors.

Needles" upon the front cover with
ink or water colors.
Fig. 2 shows book marker made
of one and one-fourth yards OF No. z
white satin or grosgrain ribbon. Cut
the ribbon into two pieces. one piece
measuring IL inches and the other "a
inches. and pull them half way
through a little brass ring such as Is
used in crochet work. fastening them
in place with few stitches. To
complete the marker, letter the follow
ing upon the ribbons with black ink or
water colors. placing one line OF the
stanza on each ribbon end:
mot mine to tell cSyNg
If the book is good; 49,,
Rut 7 keap nv nlaca r@TD
AS a marker should"
The triangular.shaped pook-marker
shown in Fig. 3 is cut from q piece
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Sawed.OH Sermon.

When a jealous woman has a good
looking husband she always keeps one
eye on him and the other on her TO
male friends.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

six inches long end one and onehalf
inches wide. Cover each piece with
pretty silk. turning over the edges OF
the silk and basting on the wrong
side. as shown in Fig. 6. Then lay the
pieces together, and sew the edges
over and over as indicated In Fig. T.
tasten ribbon to the ends of one
long side by which to hang up the
case Gig. 81.
Copyright. by A. Nicely HalI)
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Farseelna.

"You know Shakespeare predicted
the automobile speed records"
"Where?"
In the passage where he speaks OF
the bubble reputation
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

About the only difference is that
the people In a small town call II q
''sociable." and those in the city q
"receDtiOn."
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
A. Others See Us.

I'D have you know. sir" said Win
dig. angrily. that my word IL Just a.
good as my bond"
"Yes." rejoined Knox, that's what
Is the matter with your bond"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Good ReaAon.

why didn't you reply to that fel
lows charges?"
Because II wouldn't answer"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

A man who talks to himself hears q
lot OF compliments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

or course the machine politician is
the one who never passes any of the
campaign fund in our direction.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
Reason Enouui1.

Indignant Customer-Barber. why
did you drop that towel on my facet
Barber-Because It was hot. sir.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

When a rich man dies the people
all say: We'll. he couldn't take any
OF II with him"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

II man is sure II won't cost him
ANYTHING. he generally Is for It.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
No Bond Had Been Given.


Coincident with the announcement
by the board of control that DIR. Il.
X. Van der Slice had been dismissed
as superintendent Of the state tuber'
cular hospital at Kearney, because OF
Irregularities in the handling OF In
stitution funds and the conversion OF
money which was due some Of the en-
ployes as wages, the fact became
known that, through an oversight
Van der Slice never gave bond to in
sure a faithful performance OF his
duties. Voluntary restitution has been
made by the superintendent to cover
an apparent shortage OF $14S in the
emergency cash fund Of the hospital
A total of 3.714 warrants were writ
ten by the state auditors force dur
ing the month of November. or the
number, 1855 were on the general
fund.
President w. r. Mellor OF the
American Fair and Exposition asso
citation, has gone to Chicago, where
the annual meeting Of the organization
will be held. Accompanying him were
the following: Hi Meyers, conces
sions manager of the Nebraska fair;
Il. q. Russell Of Omaha, treasurer OF
the American Duroc Jersey Breeders
association; Charles Graf of Ban
croft, president of the Red Polled Cat
tie Breeders association, and Jo,
Roberts, of Fremont, head Of the Ne
braska state fair organization and thu
state agricultural board.
Forty thousand dollars worth Of
state warrants. written In August
which have not vet been cashed, caus
ed State Treasurer Hall to make an
investigation, In which he found that
the warrants were drawn upon two
funds-the state aid bridge, and the
Kearney tubercular hospital building
fund-and that the action was taker
by the board O. irrigation and the
board OF control, respectively so thai
the sums of money needed to com
plete work already started, would moi
revert to the state treasury.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09
The Metamorphosis.

I'D like to know one thing"
what is that?"
when cowboy becomes base
ball player. is he turned into a COW
catcher"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-09

A total OF 3.714 warrants were writ
ten by the state auditors force dur
ing the month of November. or the
number, 1855 were on the general
fund.
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priest may teach the truth 300-yea1s
after somebody. else started to teach
it, and was stopped. Of course, the
conservative reactiOnary had a right
to stop it 300 years ago!
Again DR.. Ryan of sociological
fame is a greater scholar than An
drew Dickson White, who only 'fnti-
mates regarding Bruno. DR.. Ryan
can only go so far in history. Any
Catholic theologian may go so far
in anything, but no farther.
Our Sunday Visitor continues the
work of poisoning the wells of knowl-
edge in good old orthodox fashion. Is
c. H trying to poison the weIls?-
Modernist.
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GOLD OR LEAD?-Leat

GOLD OR LEAD?-Leaden Text
No. 1T is not lawful for the state
any more than for the individual to
hold in equal favor different kinds of
religion" Immortal Del of Leo Kill,
Nov. 1, 1885, Jesuit Wynne's transla-
ton.
Is c. H. of Golden Text fame,
schemer, a dupe or a clever educator?
For instance, in No. 8 he or she says:
Leo XIII. and Gregory XVI. agree.
AS a matter of fact, Gregory con-
dennis the sOphisms mentioned, and
they are the sophisms that Leo ap-
proves or seems to approve. A crit
ical reading of his text will show the
theologian under the skillfUl diplomat
that he was.
Again, in No. c. H. tells US
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-23

THE PUBLIC FORUM
THE TIN ROOFS SONG
BY William J. AcI<er
Grant me one longing, o time, in
your flight,
Turn backward with me, if but for
tonight!
Take me back home to my room
meath the caves.
Where I may list to the swish Of the
leaves
On the roof above, and the glad re-
frain
In the pit-a-pat of the falling rain.
Sing, sing me to sleep with the tin
roofs song
Of the rain beating on it all night
long.
o, the tin roofs song of my bOyhood
days,
Told naught of the world with its
warning ways!
But its drOning sound brought
sweet content,
And a wholesome rest for a glad day
spent.
So fafn l brig, o time, a request,
When am Worn and in need of a rest, /
Sing, sing me to sleep with the tin
roofs song
Of the rain beating on it all night |
long!
COLD Or LEAD2-Leaden Text
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edge in good old orthodox fashion. Is
c. H. trying to poison the weTls?-
Modernist.
ARCHBISHOP QUlGLEYs Sue
CESSOR. - Speculation is and has
been rife among those who have no
voice in the selection Of a successor
to the lamented Archbishop Quigley.
And while certain newspapers in
dulged this speculation during the
time the remains of the Iamented
archbishop lay in the episcopal resi-
dence Or'in the cathedral over which
he ruled wisely and well for u years,
l, as a Catholic, emphatically con-
denim that speculation. Until the
Iamented dead was laid to rest the
voices of clergy and laity alike should
have been hushed in silence.
But the great chUrchman who built
so much in Catholic education and
Catholic charity, who reformed the
clergy" and whose name for years
will be a household word in the affec-
tons of the Catholic clergy and Iaity
alike, who have recognized his
greatness, is now laid to rest.
It is fitting, therefore, that the
name of his successor should now
be discussed. And as a Catholic 1
pray the Holy Ghost will jealousy
guard the future Of. the Catholic
church in Chicago by inspiring those
who have the selection Of his sue
cessoT to forget" and disregard"
Bishop MUldOOn (ROckfOrd) and
Bishop Dunno PeOTia) when max
ing the selection. The Dunno ma
chine has too long been a disturbing