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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1915)
T Esrtlsst ArtiNsry. We think I lie flcliitfit Inch nrtlllfrj es dll!nctly modern. Vet the first cannon -vrt tiikrn litt tlie flplrt were of flint cnll1cr. A mule mrtnr was tvd nt th hnttle of Cn-cy. fought In li-MV Ttii" esrly cannon 1nlls were chls In) from stone, and the projectile, which fltn the undent mortar. Is made T solid urnnlte. Two powerful men eould scnrcely lift It These ancient projectile remained In use for a sur prisingly Inns; time, for It Is recorded tJbnt In a British man of war en gaged Mftnlnat the Turks hnd her main mast severed by a 7l pound stone shot from a Turkish battery. American Boy. Modsrn Building. Probably not one out of every 10.000 buildings standing in all parts of the world and built by modern masons will be standing fiOO years hence. We to not know how to put stones and bricks together ns the ancients did. nd consequently the building we raise nowadays are really more tem porary structures and will le In ruins when the ancient buildings of Greece and Egypt, built thousands of years ajro. are In as good condition as they are now. Lights. Mr. ricklelllly crime ln"ir ; it Club one morning alH'Ut ." o i l -k II entered his liuppy home. vyt -p i . tnlrs Koftly so a not tn n'.ii.. u h! srwruse. then felt for the w ti-'i to "v i. on the electric light, lie ten'.' wi u it and In the dnrkncus tntutiVl mvr .. chnlr. "What's thiit?" came h riopi the teL "Where in the deuce are t'u I'-.-lit I i this houser snarled Pleklellil.v. trying In his bluff to put a lld fnce on t'ic matter. "Lights!" cried Mrs. I'kklelllly scathingly. 'Tull up the blinds:" -Judge. Out of Lin. An enlisted man at the post at Fort JLeaven worth waa ordered to the range for the Drat time for target drill. Out ef twenty-one chances the newcomer made never a hit "Oh, you dub!" eiclalmed an officer standing near. "You've missed the target every time! What'a the mat' twr "Well, sh answered the recruit Bonchalantly, "the only reason 1 can think of at present la that the person who set up my target hasn't placed It Id a straight line from here." Thsy Go Togsthsr. , "Henry," said the young wife, who had taken up physical culture, "how 4o you think 1 am builtV" "My dear." replied her husband fond ly, "you are built very much like a watch." "Thank you, Henry. And. Henry T" "Well." "If If I am built like a watch, don't Ton think I should have a few Jewels? And then Henry frowned and said the man who compliments a wouiun Is an Idiot Early Spelling Reforms. Thomas (iatacre. rector of Itother bite from 1011 to 10M. seems to have been the earliest pioneer of spelling re form. This divine, who was u promt nent figure In Puritan circles, started bis career ns a reformer by changing to Gataker "to prevent miscalling. Gatacre published theological treatises abounding In repulsive looking words like "qentlon" (for he regarded the "u after "q" as suerfluoust and other "nu spelling," such as "bellev," "excea. Med" and "tru.M-London Chronicle. Thsy Do Thsir Share. Milton complained of his wife that he did not talk to him euough. Three hundred years have wrought a change. When Matthew Arnold visited this country a woman with more seal than discretion asked hi in: "Mr. Arnold, will you tell me what -la the most novel Impression you have received lu the United States?" "Certainly, madam." he replied, with perfect English suavity. "The women do all the talking. Youtb'a Compan ion. Artists In Mothr-of -pssrl. The tncrustutlous of precious woods with uiotber-of-pearl la lu Hanoi French Touquiu, an Important Indus try, an entire street, known as the street of the inlayers." being devoted to It Landscapes gleaming In the sun. heaves of many colored flowers, the most delicate araltesques and muny other beautiful things are evolved by the deft and pliant fingers of the artifi cers, and marvelous cabinets aud oth er articles are fashioned und put to gether without the aid of nails by dovetailing aud lacquer paste. Curran's Grim Joke. "I cannot slug; 1 really cuuuot, pro tested the futuoua Lord Norbury of "hanging fame" to a pretty and press ing hostess. "1 hHve ueltber words Bur voice." "You are too inodest. chief Justice." aid Curran. who wms standing by. "for I know hundreds that have buug on your word aud thousands that have been transported by your voice." Hsartloss 8uggstion. "1 am wedded to my art." said the motional actress. "Well." replied the cynical mauagcr. "maybe If vm-lil ' e inlv-'iit-iwou ftr you lu gel a l 'V it. uiiLe ;iit 1. 1 yoo alliiftty " W.i.ii : Mar I YOUR FAULTS. You wili find it lei earr to up root fauhl lhan to choke 'hem by gaining virtue. Do not think of your faults, still leu of others' faults. In every person who comes near you look for what it good and strong. Honor that, rejoice in it and, as you can, try to imitate it and your faults will dropoff, like dead leaves, when their time comes. Ruslan. Mors Miraolss Ahtsd. Who can predict what the future will be. In view of what lias alreudy oc curred lu this generation of miracle working? New Inventors, standing on the shoulders of thoe who so trans formed things during the last half cen tury, will doubtless learn still greater secrets of nature. Much of our worry over posterity is Idle. While we are haudlng down many serious problems for posterity to wrestle with, we are also giving It the richest legacy any generation has ever had. Thanka to our Inventions, the youth of tomorrow will live more before be attains hla majority thun "Methuselah did In all hla stagnant ceuturles.-St Louis Globe-Democrat A Famous London Church. , . Ct tinril..'. In l... la nrnHnhlV the only Londou church that can boast of having had a king for church ward en. George I. held that oftice for a of It by presenting the church with an organ. The greater port of Mucking ham palace Is situated wltnin tne par ish of St Martin's, and In consequence the blrtha of all royal children born there are entered In the church regis-1 ter. Among celebrities who were bur led at St Martin's are Nell Uwynn, Robert Boyle, Sir John Farquhar, Itou blllac, the sculptor, and Hunter, the surgeon. Hunter's remains were after , ward transferred to Westminster ab- ' bey. Loudon Globe. Australia. Nobody quite knows who discovered Australia. The feat has been fathered on Chinese, Malaya, French, Venetians and Spaniards, while dark hints about the existence of a southern continent were made by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Possibly the secret lies hid den In the unpublished records of the Dutch East India company among the state archives at The Hague. The founding of the first British settlement at Port Jackson, near the site of Syd ney, was on Jan. 20, 1788. But those earliest "settlers" were for the most part involuntary colonists being com posed mainly of transported convicts. Loudon Mall. Rough on Rosobory. Lord Rosels-ry has all his life been a wonderful orator, and be haa probably made aa many speechea as any politi cian living. He haa told an amusing story against himself about a certain proofreader who. after he bad read the proof of a particularly long speech of his lordship's, wrote at the end of It the words, "Thnnk heaven!' The proof waa duly returned to the printer, who set up these words In tyie. The next day the speech was published In the newspaper with the following startling ending: "At the conclusion of his speech Ixird Itosebery left for the sotith. Thank heaven!" London Tlt-BlU. Pretty Thin. "My dear." said a thin little Brigh ton man to bis wife, "this paper says that there Is a woman down In Devon ablre who goes out and chops wood with her husband." "Well, what of It? I think she could easily do It t he la aa thin as you are. I have often thought of using you to peel potatoes with." The thin man laid down bis paper with a sigh that' sounded like the squeak of a penny whistle. Londou Answers. Scotch Profit. "We have decided." said the bead of a Glasgow firm, "to conduct our busi ness lu future on the protlt sharing principle. We ahull begin at once ou the I Minis of last yearn results." "We are delighted to hear It." replied the loivmiin, speaking for the men. "May we nsk what were the last year's results?" "We lost a thousand pounds." said the employer, "and. therefore, on the profit sharing principle, there will be a reduction of 10 ver cent In your w a ges. I u n dee A d v ert lser. How Ho Did It. "I have seven wives. explained the unspeakable Turk to the Interviewer. "Great Caesar: How do you manage to pay your dressmaker's bills?" "I married dressmakers, son of an In fidel !' Boston American. UGLY THOUGHTS. In wandering through your i tal pleasure grounds, whenever you come upon an ugly intruder of a thought which might bloom into some poisonous emotion such at fear, envy, hate, worry, remorse, anger, and the like, there ia only one right way to treat it. Pull it up tke a weed; drop it upon the rubbish heap aa promptly as if it were a stinging nettle; and let some harmonious thought grow in its place. Tht Woman of It. "I never saw any one ho obstinate and set aa John is." "You surprise met" "Yes. Indeed. Why. only this morn ing we had a dispute, but 1 stood Arm and told him be might move the pyra mids, but he couldn't budge me when my mind waa made up." "And he finally admitted that he was wroug?" "Well, about the same thing. He said. 'Have your own way, Marie.' " "Of course. But what was the argu ment about?" "Oh, I haven't the slightest recollec tion, but It waa the principle, you know." 8t Louis I'ost-Dlspatch, , No Cusa Words at Homo. The late Tom Heed used to tell a story of bow Blaine waa once defend ed by an old farmer from the accusa tion of being profune at times. "It's dlstressln'," said the farmer, "how they do lie about public men They're clrculatlu' a story now that Blaine swears. I know 'talu't ao. My gal goes to the same school with Blaine's gal, and she's often gone home with her and eaten many a meal of victual at Blaine's house, and she tells me that ahe never beerd Blaine speak a cuss word. Now It stands to reason that a man that kin keep from swear In' in his own house and at his own wife kin keep from Bwenrln' any where." Loa Angeles Times. Identified. In many parts of England and espe cially In the villages of the Black coun try It Is quite a common thing for a man to be known so exclusively by a nickname that hla real name Is forgot ten. A gentleman hod occasion once to ask a potter for the whereabouts of a certain John Williams. "John Williams?" repeated the man thoughtfully, knitting his brows. have heard tell of It John Williams It la familiar. I say, sir." be explained. na If seised by a sudden Inspiration "do he be married ?" "That's so." was the reply. "And het three of a family?" "I believe so." "Well. sir. I'm John Williams." Not Caused by the Hat "How do yon like my hat? asked. she "Why, to tell the truth," replied her dearest friend frankly, "I don't like the effect very well. It seems to me It gives you a rather cross look." "Oh, that Isn't the bat" she respond ed cheerfully. "Nor "Oh, not at all. That comes entirely from the fact that I have Just seen my husband and be bad Just seen the bllL" Chicago Post One Thing Ho Couldn't Do. Milking a cow is not an eaay task for an unpractlced hand. Leslie Stephen, the famous English literary light, was once on a long tramp In Switzerland accompanied by bis friend. Dr. Mor gan. They missed, their way and found themselves, parched and bun gry, far from any dwelling place. At length they came across a cow, from whom they determined to extract some nourishment but after trying their best for an hour, each holding on to her horns In turn, they hud to abandon all hopes of milk. This, remarks Dr. Morgan, la "one of the very few occa slons on which 1 ever saw Stephen fairly thwarted." Londou Siectator. Dacca Muslins. Dacca. In eastern Bengal, had a sne clal Interest for Thackeray since his grandfather, after whom he was named, laid the basis of his fortune as factor there. And In the novelist's day the nnnie. as old people among us will still remember, was synonymous with exquisitely diaphanous textiles, thouzh as a mnffer of fact the rarest of these "webs of woven wind." "evening dews." "running waters" such were some of the names given the most dell cate of the Dacca muslins seldom pased beyond the city walls. There Is a well authenticated case of the thread tx'lng spun Into muslin in the proKrtior. of 100 miles to the poum a volrduiols. London Chronicle. Teacher Was Foolsd. At a German recitation the class was asked for the German forma of English words. "What la the German for lawyer, Tommy 7 asked Miss Jones or my neighbor. The German for lawyer la pronounc ed Abd-fo-kaht. Although Tommy and I hud studied this lesson with great seal the night lief ore. we could not recollect the word. So Tommy etam mered very sullenly: "I fo'got." "Good!" said Miss Jones, first to Tommy'a astonishment. Hon to his amusement as he saw the point, and finally to his delight, because he avoid ed getting a tero. Chicago Herald. Whin Poland Drank Hard. Poland was a great country for hard drinking In the old days. Its last king. Stanislaus II., was solemnly warned by the grand hetman. Branicki. that he must never expect to become popular unless he got drunk at least twice a week. Pan KemarexewakL who could empty a bucketful of champagne at a draft without noticeable consequences, once In company with Pan Boslejkow ski, high chamberlain of Volhynia. disposed of u whole butt of old Hunga rian wine at a single sitting. One held his beaker under the bunghole until it was full and then drank while the other filled his beaker, and so. turn and turn about, they achieved the feat London Chronicle. LIVE STOCK FRICE5 0 ATSCJTHOAIIfl Bee! Stears Slew znj Slcajy to 10 Cfi!s Lo;;:r. KC3S 1013 15 CENTS HIGHER Very Satlsfaetsry Market For Cherp. uan-.os Active Sellers t Fully Steady Prices Ated Sheep 10 Centa Hlfiher. Tnfon Sto.'k Yards. Pouth Omaha April 13 A very fair run of cattle ar rived yesterday, some tj.uOO luud Trade 'n fat cattle wP8 a little s ow, un prices steady to about a dime lower than the close of lant wppv For the most part It was an active and steady market for cows and heif ers, and there waa a healthy demand from local packera aa well as vigorous ouing ror both shipping and feedinz account. Veal calves wer in hrisv request and fully steady, and there was a little broader Innuirv and a stead er merket for bul!s. EtaTi. rc. There was a good demand from hot.'i local spectators and country buyers for stockers and feeders and prices were steady to strong, as compared with the latter part of last week. Cattle quotations: Good to choir beeves. $7.757i 8.35: fair to eood beeves, $7.407.70; common to fair beeves, $6.817.40; good to choice he!fers. $6.BOfi7.15: good to choice cows. $6.35 6. 9f; fair to good row. $5.6O6.30; canners and cutters, $3.75 P5.Z5; veal calves, $7.03 10.00: bulls. stags, etc., $4 75 6.25; good to cho cs reeaers, $7.25 7 85; fair to good feed ers, $7.007.25; common to fair feed ers. $6.OO7.00; stock heifers, $5.85 6 85; stock cows, $5.50 6.50; stock calves, $6.2508.25; stock bulls, $5.25 A moderate run of 7.200 head of hogg and a continuation of last week's good demand for all kinds sent prices up to the tune of 10 15c yesterda". The b'g string of sales landed at $7 00. There was a sprinkling around $6.95. and a few shippers, as well as a num ber of the killers, which were sold towards the close, reached $7.05. Sheep and lamb receipts totaled 7, R00 head. Tnde was active and prlcea on lambs were fully steady, while eheep were scarce and about 10c higher. Bulk of the Metlcan Iambs changed hands at $10.40. A sma'l bunch of spring lambs brought $13.50. Two cara of Mexican ewes brouh $8 35. only 5c under the extreme high record for any year at this point. Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs, light, $10.00010.40; lambs, heavy. $9.75010.00; yearl'ngs. light $8.9009.25; ycsrl'ngs. heavy. $8 50 8.90; wethers, good to choice. $8,000 $.50; wethers, fair to gcod. $7 7508.00; ewes, good to choice, $7.7508.25; ewes, fair to good, $7.00 0 7.75. FINE SEED POTATOES Have a car of Minnesota Red Riv er Ohio seed potatoes ordered. They are free from scab and dry rot. Each farmer should get enough to plant five acres this year. It will not cost yoii much to get enough for five acres and it will pay you big to get pure seed that command a better price on the market when you raise them to sell. I have given Mr. Seidell a sample of this seed. Ask him his opinion on this seed and to snow you the sample. Place your order with me at once for your amount. Deliver ed price if taken off the car Is 90 cents per bushel sacked. CLARENCE ROSENBERGER, Sec. Com. Club, Hemingford. 18-tf-5405 Meets With Approval In another part of this issue will be found a large announcement of the Reo the Fifth auto, for which J. L. Nlcolai is Alliance agent. The Reo Is staying right along with the rest of them in the matter of sales, the factory being taxed to supply the demand. It ia a good car or Mr. Nicolal wouldn't sell ao many of them, and the general office seems mighty well pleased with his sales thus far. The new "six" is an inno vation in the automobile world and is taking with the public, aa is evi denced by the demand for it. MRS. MARTHA MARKHAM Martha A. Markham, wife of J. C. Markham, died at her home in the west part of town early Wednesday OUR LOOSE LEAF DEPARTMENT IS FOUNDED THE SERVICE IDEA Over 800 Stock Forme in tke "IPtsso Line, end many Complete Outfits vrc Dcaion areouu, routs ajd lay out complete flams MODERN OFFICE SUPPLY CO.. EVERY CITY. U. S. A, Write or Call on.. morning after a short Illness caused by a tumor. Mrs. Markham was born September 3, 1861, being 63 years, 5 months and 11 days old at the time of her death. Besides the husband, four children one boy and three girls, together with several brothera and sisters, survive her. One son and one daughter live in Al liance, one married daughter at Edgemone. and a married daughter near Ogden, Utah. The daughter at Edgemont came here upen learning Buy Apples Now We are overstocked on apples and to reduce our stock are making a special price of $1.50 PER BOX The best grades of Fancy Apples at a price within reach of all RODGERS' GROCERY WALL THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN T1U3 HOUSEWIFE IS TURNING HER ATTENTION TOWARD SPRING HOUSECLEANING AND THE REPAPERING OF THE HOUSE, OR AT LEAST A ROOM OU TWO. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE A MOST COMPLETE STOCK, AND THAT WU RELIEVE WE CAN PLEASE YOU. THE PRICE4 ARE VARIED ENOUGH TO SUIT EVERY TASTF From 5c to $2 a Roll WE INVITE YOU TO COME IN ANY TIME AND IN SPECT THE STOCK, WHETHER YOU MAKE A FUR CHASE OR NOT. F. J. Brenean "ON QUALITY CORNER" DRUGS JEWELRY Bring New People Into Your Locality Inquiries for western lands are increasing and indicate an active search by people in the Middle East this year for Western lands. I should be glad to receive from your locality new lists of available farms and areas for settlement. We desire to co-operate with organizations, real estate men and others whose interests are along the Burlington Road. The year 1915 ought to bring many landseekera and seekers for business openings In the West; al ready the actual spring movement of farmers upon the land shows the good effects of the work and publicity of our Bureau during the recent lull in the land movement. This Bureau is at your Berjce. We have very large mailing lists of inquirers to whom we furnish the Our Bytm Brrlce costs yoo nothing TU m tk lowtaul i rs thai tm Hwlaf jrti tiifcto This, will Obligate Yoe in No Way WZ OABRT A rULL LINE OT im I-Peehj .Forms, Devices and Indexes Thia LiM ajrs latavmaiiaaal iaallla iar Hlak Oaaltty aaU AtuhH HiniHlHy Herald Publishing: Co. Allia ce. Nebraska of her mother's death, but it will be impossible for the daughter living at . Ogden to be here to attend the fun- eral. Two sisters arrived Wednes- day noon. At the time of going to press we have not learned where In- ' terment, will take place. FIUST CLASS BLACKSM1TI1ING For first-class blacksmithing and horseshoeing go to the new shop In the alley back of Rodgers store. W. L. CARROLL. PAPER latest lists of lands and business oppor tunities. Keep in touch with us, as good results follow directly, as well as In the most unexpected ways. 8. B. HOWARD, IMMIGRANT AGENT, 1004 Faraara Street, Omaha, Neb. 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