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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1903)
I3 -.. t ? ,v X AROUND THE WORLD. Tour of India Is Begun at the Southernmost Point of the Peninsula and Continued NORTHWARD VIA THE SOUTH IIS DIAIS RAILWAY Which Is Chosen Because or the Dangers of River Naxlgatlon and Which Turns Out Far More Dangerous Visit to Madura, the Athens of Asia, en Route to Calcutta Photographed "Aboard" an Elephant. Calcutta, India, Jan. 20, 1903. I' entered India at Tuticorin, the sbutherniost port of the empire, tho voyage from Colombo having been made by the steamship "Africa" of the British India Steam Navigation Co. This, line maintains a daily mail service (Sundays excepted) from Colombia to Tuticorin, leaving Colombo at 4 o'clock p. m. and arriving in Tuticorin at 8 o'clock the following morning. The trip across was unique, there being two saloon passengers, a lady ot twenty summers and myself., She was on her way to Kangoni, and was compelled to go via Madross as there is no service between Colombo and Rang6rn. I must give that lady credit for being the most plucky lady sailor I ever saw aboard a ship and at the same time the most miserable on account of sea sickness. After a sojourn of two or three minutes at the table her general direction would be on a bee-line for the banister where she would gaze for divers reasons to wards the leaping fish. Conquered but not overcome completely, back to the table she would hasten and prepare for another tribute to the salt3 sea. The captain gave her brandy only to make more vexing her trying condition. It Eli Perkins had been in my place, he would have sympathized with her by repeating the following statement made by him on a similar occasion; I never till now knew there was so much in woman." The water being shallow, a ship can not safely approach near the wharf at Tuticorin, consequently we anchored seven miles away where a light steam launch met us and conveyed us over a very choppy sea to the jetty. The mail train of the South Indian railway was waiting our arrival. At the customs office I paid the duty of five per cent, on my kodak and was cleared for the trip northward. As no dining car is carried on this road and there being no time for breakfast at the railroad din 1 ing room, those who desire breakfast are served as the train proceeds.' Im agine the situation in that railroad car riage when I inform you that my break fast was brought and scattered all over the car in plates, each having a cover. The plates had been heated and every thing was served hot. An Indian was sent along to serve the courses in order. Breakfast over, he left the train when the first stop was made taking the breakfast equipment with him to return to Tuticorin on the first train. The entire expense to me was one rupee and four annas (forty cents gold). It is needless to state at each departure the entire process of exchanging the money of the couutry which I am leaying for that of the country for which I am bound. Such exchange is necessary as the money of one government is not current in another with few exceptions, gold, however, being fc-ood and accept- , ' .... ., able everywhere. Hie man that makes the fact known that he has gold " has a passport almost anywhere. As I 1 ' ' ' came very near experiencing discomfit- ure on account of having silver and . iii paper money not current where I was, I profited by my experience dnd now demand gold sovereigns whenever I make a requisition on London with my letter of credit. Such money being in demand, I can get sufficient premium on them to pay the expense incurred when 1 purchased the letter of credit in Denver, and besides, the weight of fif teen or twenty sovereigns in your belt is not noticed, not considering their convenience when one is out on the veldt and must either buy, beg pr bleach from starvation. For years I had been told that the Hooghly river, one of the mouths of the Ganges, on which Calcutto is sit uated, is the most dangerous water to navigate with which the pilot is forced Jo contend. Calcutto is about one hun dred miles from the sea. Counter cur "rents, caused by the tides, the river current and intersecting currents from what seamen call the"bear" which has destroyed many ships attempting to reach this "Citv of Places." Notwith standing these dangers, ships come and go daily, frequently experiencing hair breadth escapes. Being warned again and again since I reached Asia, I de cided to avoid it by crossing to Tuti corin and risking the rail journey of more than 1400 miles to Calcutta and at the same time visit Southern India. On reaching Calcutta I was indeed sur prised to be informed that by doing this I had jumped from the frying pan into the .fire as the South Indian rail road is the most dangerous piece of road imaginable, a disastrous wreck having occurred only a few days ago on account of a washout. It has sev eral bridges more than a mile in length and in bad condition. I noticed that there were very few passengers for such a long train, at least twelve cars, and now learn that it is preferable to risk the dangers of the mad Hooghly than to commit oneself to that road at pres ent. The passengers from Colombo to North India were doubtless acquainted with conditions and had gone by steam er. Yesterday the steamer "Olympia" arrived in Calcutta with a distressed lot of passengers, who were detained at the mouth of the Hooghly an entire day and thought they would never reach land again while I, coming by the boycotted railroad, had arrived safely without the thought of danger, and I had also visited Madura the ''Athens of Asia" besides seeing Mad ras and getting a taste of Tanjore and -Trichinopoly, the railroad ticket per mitting stop-over at every point of in terest. E. C. Horn. (To x continued. Interview with Hon. frank Currie. Representative Frank Currie was in the city last Saturday a short timo while on his way from Lincoln to Dawes county to attend to some business matters, expecting to return to Lincoln the first of this week. We had a short interview with him during that time regarding the legislature's past. present and prospective work. C Regarding the matter of the location of a normal school soon to be established, he thinks the pros pect for Alliance's obtaining it is not the best, but says everything he can do to bring it to pass shall be done. The pull that cities east of here have will be hard to overcome. He says appearances are that Hastings really has the best show of all for getting it, that they have a building to offer for sale to the state, thus obviat ing the erection of one. None of this, however, should discourage the people of this city from continued effort to secure its location. These difficulties were known to exist from the time new school was pro posed. Moreovor, the school is needed here far more than in the central portion of the state. Hastings, Grand Island, Aurora, Kearney, Broken Bow, all have their col leges and business colleges which have their normal departments and summer normal schools, but west of those towns a territory embracing nearly or quite half of the state, no such institution exists and and its need is sorely felt by teachers and pupils who have finished grammar and high school. So long as such need exists, no effort should be spared to supply it. The passage of the prairie dog bill is in a large measuredue to Mr. Currie's efforts, and he feels very well pleased with the re sult of his labor in its behalf. He says the bill was at first looked upon as a joke by the eastern members of the legislature who did not understand to what extent the ravages of these little beasts could injure ttie western larmer or ranchman ana re- nuifeH to'oe convinced 01 me mc.s ueiore I their support of the measure could be ob- tainei Even after its passage, Governor I Mickey hesitated some time before signing !' a,nd Mr; ,CurnVs W aSai? W'1S I instrumental in securing the final step necessary to make the bill a law. It pro- vides that the county authorities shall get rid of these little pests if the land owner win not and lhat lhe cost of so doing sha be assessed against the property along with j the taxes levied upon it. r W. d. erect rortn For Sale By Easter ot St. Mntthcw's. St. Matthews Episcopal church Easter I day sen-ices. Celebration, 8 a. m., matlnsr Holy cucharist and sermon at it a m. Processional. "He Is Risen" Nonder "Christ, Our Passover" Crotch "Te Deum ItaudamuB". . Jackson ' "Bonedictus" .......Anon lntroit, "Angles Roll the Rock Away" -. Roper Offertorv Solo j Offertory Sentence, "Thou Art Wor- thy, OLord" Gilbert I Kyric Eleison .lilvey1 Sanctus. ...Camidgo Communion Hymu, "0 Saving Vic tim" Uglow Gloria in Excelsis '. .Zeunor Nunc Dimittis Langdou Recessional, "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" Worgan Evensong vespers and sermon at 7:30. The floral decorntions will be especially beautiful School Report, To Board of Education and' patrons of Alliance schools: Find herewith a partial report of the city schools for month eliding March 27,1903. Enrollment this month G09. Enrolled to date 813. Av. daily attendance.. k.. ....... 578.75 Av. daily membership 635.51 Per cent, of daily attendance 91.17 Per cent, of punctuality 99-93 Neither absent nor tardy 229. Neither absent nor tardy to date. . 19. Number present every day 278. Number of visitors 43. Visits by teachers to patrons. , . . . 14. Tho second grade secured the (lag. The following is the report on number of tardics: High school o; Eighth grade o; Seventh grade 6; Sixth grade o; Fifth grade 2; Fourth 1; lower Fourth o; Third grade o. Second grade o; Fourth primary o; Third primary 1 ; Second primary o; Third primary 5. This is the first time in three years that the high school has been perfect in punc tuality and it should from now on endea vor to keep its record clear of tardics. All the rooms did well in the matter of punc tuality, but the Seventh grade can certain ly better its record in that respect. The Second primary is to he commended for Its first clear record of punctuality this month. Sickness is again making havoc with the regularity of attendance this present month. At this time of year par ents should be careful to see that children are in school as the warm weather seems to offer inducements to truancy to those, not studiously inclined. Respectfully submitted, W. H. Baktz, Supt. Puiilic Salk I will sell at public sale at my place, nineteen miles north of Alli ance, Wednesday, April 15,1903, commenc ing at 10 o'clock a. m., the following pro perty, to-wit: Eight head of calves, one 12-foot Perkins windmill, pump and pipe, stock tank, poles, posts and barb wire'and all buildings on the place. J. M. Kroe- STtTT riUense. A new disease lias been added to tho list of more than 2,000 to which man kind is liable; this Is the mountain toothache. The workmen employed In the constructloa of the railway up tho Jungfrau, who havo to live at an alti tude of 10,000 feet, have been greatly afflicted with toothache and gumboils. The malady resei. a fever in its course, the crisis incurring at the third day; but the disease does not leave any after effects in the form of decayed teeth. eumntlitiic to Lira Up to. William Shakejpeare, Jr., is a manufacturer of fishing tackle in Kalamazoo, Mich. Hamlet says: "A man may flsh with tho worm that hath eat nf a. king, and eat of tho flsh that hath cat of that worm." But what is that to William Shakespeare, Jr., of Kalamazoo? He makes trick hooks that require no worm. New York Press. THE NEW LONG HIP CORSET Style S. 899-906 $1.00 Mollring Bros., Fred A Shonquest of Scottsbluff was In the city Wednesday. Mrs. Oliver Hawkins has Iwon critically 111 for sevaral dnys. I J. 0. Berry, one ot Tim Hkkald's menus at antiocli, was an Alliance vinitor Momlnj. That lino ol bookcasos prices from $13.75 and up are on display at J.ock wood's. T. L. Harris and mother spent a few das this week at their ranch in Uawos county. SfcSfc V 0 W vV Those $9 dining room tables at Lock wood's arc beauties. rbst Sb V r-vst J. M. Sanford of Fairfield has been in town several days soliciting life and acci dent insurance. Carrels, Carpets, Carpets, at Lock w'ood's. Geo. Fox has the contract for the brick work on the Zbinden block. J. II. Dust man will oversee the work. Iron beds that are guaranteed, for $2.25 and upwards at Lock wood's. W. K. Herncall of Hemingford stopped in the city this morning on his way home ;!rom the ranch near Hccla. Attorney Smith P. Tuttle and son Will spent a few days at the latter's homestead in Sheridan county, returning Tuesday. Dining room chairs a set for S4.25 at Lockwood's Furniture store, A Reminder of Other Days. The "old man" of Tim Hkkai.P strolled up to Hemingford Saturday and was re minded of old times by seeing the streets filled with teams which had brought in po tatoes. It was strictly a "potato day." C, J. Wildy and B. E. Johnson were ship ping, The former has shipped out about seventy-five cars since fall and the latter has shipped something like a dozen. E. Mnbin and others have also shipped some. It is safe to say that between $15,000 and 520,000 has been paid out there for pota toes and they are still coming in. We did not go up there on a collecting tour but it seemed that everybody was "poking" money in our face on subscription, and or course we could not refuse it. Luke Phil lips started the ball to rolling by renewing his subscription for two copies. Wm. Roth also lightened the burden of his load ed pocketbook as did James Plannnsky and T. Colvin. W A. Clark shook hands with us aud left a couple of "plunks" in onr palm. Bernard Pitz said the paper was a good thing and he wanted more of it and Adam Hucke said it was a family necessity and corroborated his statement in a sub stantial way. Mrs. W. D. Cross of Dnwcs county paid for two copies, one to go to her brother, Thos. Taylor, who is now living in San Francisco. Mrs. Cross said they could not get along without the paper and that she enjoyed reading Dr. Horn's letters. John Kinsella subscribed and ad mitted that he had been borrowing the paper of his neighbor for a month. "Uncle Zeke" Mabin handed us two $$ and asked us to send him up two quarts of the beit pearl barley and in the excitement incident to election we never thought of it till this minute. We'll have to dodgo Uncle Zeke's cane when we meet him again. When The Heualij changed its loeatien from Hemingford to Alliance three of our patrons who were taking a county seat pa per thought they could not afford two and accordingly discontinued The HkhaUj. Our friend Orville lvidwell was one of these, Saturday Mrs. Kid well said that she cou'd not do without Tub Herald and subscribed again. This leaves only two subscribers we lost at Hemingford while we have ad ded thirty-two new ones to our list there in the last year. While we have never for a minute re gretted coming to Alliance yet it is always a pleasure to visit Hemingford, where we spent so many years of our life, andtgratp the hands of old time friunds who for kinder and true friendship we never ex pect to find better ones. corset e ? WiW t v NFW x I SHORT 4 )ST0CK HIP SW sWi ( CORSET IbL .dtim ? " wmfi 1 990 mMW. I V Mr I, ) 3 5 Si Alliance, Neb. 5 . c - y REMOVAL SALE From now until flay 1st I will conduct a removal sale and will sell goods regard less of cost. I expect to move into my new store May 1st, and until then will offer the greatest bargains in Clothing and Furnishings ever placed before the Alliance People. J. THIS SPACE BELONGS TO Wm. King D 'amonds, Watches, Ui . Souvenirs . . Repairing in all its , Hail orders promptly Branches - x attended to. vs A. O. Bo.rnesf Jeweler and Optician. K--:--: F; J. Brennan & Co.... .- DEALERS IN Paints, Oils and Wall Paper. FIRST NATIONAL DANK BLOCK. c(99.e.0e.e90si.9S..9ee3eo.e(. o I For est Lumber Co. ILumber anb . . Butlbing dfcatertalj Estimates Cheerfully Given, .--a" WE MAKE ALL KINDS OF.... mi JlO AND A . TV OF In the Springtime When you feel tired, listless, lazy, worn out, that's when you need a good blood purifier, tonic, bracer. What you need is a bottle of our Sarsaparilla. Braces you up, makes you feel good and purifies the blood. Get a bottle of us. If you're not satisfied let us know and we'll re fund the money ; that's a fair proposition isn't it ? We wouldn't make it if we were not sure of our preparation. Now's the time don't delay. Alliance Pharmacy J. S. HEKINEY, Proprietor. ososeseasoseccM inn F. Fleming . .- Gold Jewelry, wtv - fc iir ws' m i I ! Drugs, Perfumes Md Toilet Articles. Alliance, Nebraska. DIPPING VATSLl SPECIAL- B 9 m
