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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1895)
T0PIC3 OF THE TIMES. A CMOtCE SELECTION OF INTIR. CSTINO ITEMS. taaVasnmsBm smmtsal JsMarVJV) eWwamm asaa who has sold the old i wtabea be had po tiied th mom te let well enough alone. After looking over the newspaper portrait of the Duke of Marlborough'i 80 a, we conclude that It serves him right It la asserted that Kanaaa farmer are feeding tbelr hogs on ( rassboppers, aad. If ao, the pork market la liable to tako a Jump. la balancing our books we And that taa left a llver cup worth ob tbla aide of the water and bag $10,000,000 heiress. The coffin trust reports "business bad, bat tho trade outlook brighter." A Richmond, Va., man bas invented a mi- eklne which turns ont 900 cigarettes a minute. The Duke of Veragua always will be famous In this country for one cele brated charge he led. It la still on the books of the Hotel Waldorf In New York. The Lancet says that the human body can be embalmed so as to insure identi fication three thousand years after death. That may be so. But who Is to 4a the identification? ' Perhaps Lord Sackvllle labors under the impression that by attacking our politicians he can In some way square up for Britain's loss of most of the In ternational contests this year. Pennsylvania comes to the front with "a monster snake which swallows chi na nest eggs." This is probably due to the fact that some special correspond ent down there swallows something worse than that The American young man should wait for the law of compensation to get in its work. After the American heiresses bare all become duchesses and been Impoverished by their lords and mas ters their titled daughtera will take to marrying rich young American men. The Iron Age says the quantity of fnel necessary to produce iron or steel haa fallec in recent years from four or re times the weight of the product to only a little more than the weight of the steel produced, while there has been little change in the quantity of ore re quired to make a ton of metal. Of course, every alteration in the ratio lengthens out the distance from the coal mine at which the manufacture can be carried on at a profit, a fact which goes a long way towards explaining the re cently noted tendency to remove the furnaces and the mills from the vicin ity of the coal mlnea to the shores of (ha great lakes. The execution In Chicago of a young man of 27 years, who began his career at the ago of 9 and haa been under sen tence no leas than 100 times In his abort life. Is a striking and painful ex ample of the force of environment. He waa the child of a drunkard and bad nothing but evil Influences about him from the start He la said not to have had abnormally vicious tendencies, but simply to hare drifted from one of fense to another until murder complet ed hta round of crime and gave the State an opportunity to rid Itself of a Ufa which she bad not succeeded in sav ing. Such careers are warnings to ev ery community. "Butch" Lyons waa the pupil of the streets and the jails. At the Denver meeting of the Ameri can Public Health Association Dr. Hartsell. of the Ohio Board of Health, stated that four dtles deposit annually 2B6.000 trn of garbage and 4,000 bod ies of deceased animals In the Missis sippi River, which also la a source of water supply to the dtles along Its coarse. Pittsburg and Allegheny City, numbering half a million people, damp their garbage Into the Ohio River above Cincinnati, and the latter dty, with Its 800,000 Inhabitant, adds Its garbage before the river reaches Louisville, be low which It Joins the Mississippi. Fif ty other cities and towns above Cairo do the same. So Chicago la not the oaly city that pollutes the water supply of Itself and other places with Its sew age. But all this pollution paaaes off rapidly Into the atmosphere In an In nocuous condition by the operations of nature. The production of borax now la very large In the State of California. Its value amounts to more than a million dollars a year, and the cost of the arti cle has been Immensely cheapened stace the first small quantity was gath ered there in lflWO, Previous to that borax waa too costly for general use. New It is extensively employed a a Htaasing material and aa the best kind af preservative for perishable food. It wares dirt effectively, doing so without damage to either clothing or la a valuable medicine, and the base of moat preservative amf antiseptic eompoaada. The Nation al Ftwrlatoaer eaUa attention to the rk af borax la the export meat trade. HM shipped la aalt beoooM more 1m- fzz34 with the aailne matter while I i CTxa Kh the reaalt of a deterio- ? '-itl C5m. ftrt whea dipped la a tutretejathsrerlg- uy r t it MS ff Carer, JCJCa rtCU la tmi :j T2r Car rrTafetft JCawtH 6m m a probability of a rU hi prteea. aad this wtthoot any extra risk of ekrtnkaga, loaa of color, or fear of tbelr being Im pregnated with too mock aalt The man ufacture of boric acid la Increasing rap idly. Boric add Is a white powder, daatitnte of smell, and baring little taate. It haa none of the correal rt qualities that ao add generally la sap posed to possess, but is the best kind of an antiseptic, and a sure death to germ a Both the borax and the boric! acid are harmless when taken Into the stomach In reasonable quantity, and actually seem to accelerate the diges tive process. A dispatch from Washington states that the winter plans for the North At lantic Squadron are very Important and significant in view of the situation In Cuba and British encroachments upon Venezuela. As a matter of fact, the North Atlantic fleet always spends Its winters In Southern waters, either in the fine harbor at Hampton Roads or in that at Port Royal, both for the greater comfort of the men as well as for the safety of the vessels. At the same time squadron evolutions can be practiced in these waters. If the situa tion should require the detail of the vessel to Cuba It would save time, coal and money to have the fleet a thou sand miles nearer. That Is all there Is to the story. There is nothing in the present situation to warrant the appre hension they will be needed. Should they be, however, they will be on band. The revenue cutter Commodore Perry brings to San Francisco the news that about twenty out of the forty volce noea In the chain of Aleutian Island are now active, after it had been sup posed for many years that all but one of them were extinct The exception waa Bogaalov Island, which some years ago was found in a state of erup tion, and another Island waa formed by the material vomited up from be neath the waters. Now the two island have become one, a neck of volcanic material having been forced up to con nect them. While the cutter was in the neighborhood the rising emoke and steam from the twenty volcanoes wa visible from a distance of many miles, the view changing to as many pillars of Are after dark, the airy columns then "taking on the reflections of the flrvs that are deep in the earth beneath the craters." The Aleutian Islands lelong ta the United State, and on them are probably the only now active volcano situated within American territory. It Is considered probable that many ages ago men may have crossed from Asia to America by way of the Bering Strait which at its narrowest point is now only thirty-eight miles wide and Inter sected by three Islands, while It is fro en over In winter. It would be strange, Indeed. If the result of these eruptions should be the making of a land connec tion between the two continents, ao that the Journey from one to the other could be performed on foot over a pathway formerly marked out by points in the Aleutian chain. But that would not be a big alteration in comparison with some which geological Investigation shows to have been accomplished by the forces of nature In the long burled past A new development In the manufac ture of projectiles for cannon is llkeiy to give the manufacturers of armor a good deal of work to produce armor ma-; terial that will withstand piercing by cannon shot Heretofore shells have been made hollow and hardened u their surfaces. It haa been thought nec essary to have them so. But a firm at Spuyten Duyvil, New York, which made cast-iron cannot balla for the gov ernment during the Mexican war, ha produced solid shells which are Har dened on the Inside and provided with exteriors of comparatively soft te?l. The solid shells have also soft steel point Instead of the hardened points of the sheila which have heretofore been conaldered the beat that could be made. At a recent test before Capt Sampson, chief of the Ordnance Bu reau of the Navy Department two 12 Inch abells which were fired at Harrey lxed steel plates went dear through the plates, but broke after they got through. The shot also paaaed through two foot of oak backing. This was the first time In the hletory of the Ordnance Bureau that an IS-Inch Harreylsed plate was pierced by a 12-Inch shell The theory of the action of these new sheila la di rectly the reverse of that in regard to the action of shells with hardened ex teriors. The old shells are supposed to pierce the plates by virtue of their hard ness on the outside and the superiority of their steel cape. The theory of the action of the new shell Is that the soft material takes the brunt of the Impact and permits the uninjured Inside point and surface to do the work while In per fect condition. The pierdng of the Har reylsed plate Indicates that there Is something In this theory. Pretty Good for Handwork. The River Clyde, of which the Scotch are Justly proud, was at the beginning of the century but a small, shallow stream, bat by magnificent engineering at a fabulous coat It to-day float the great sblpa of the world. An American sea captain at Olaagow waa listening to a resident dilating upon the Clyde, when he interrupted him rather con' temptuously : "Rivera? Why, you have n't room enough In this country for rivers! The Mississippi, the Missouri, the Hudson, the Colombia, are what we call rivers," "I know that" said the Scotchman, perfectly undisturbed, "but God Almighty made your rivers; we made the Clyde." AaUsai I're pot a great maM a ferteae. ,. i am a beak aa the iaaadal Bm I'm rrtams WHt Aather-Aad pss te write a iy A TRIBUTE TO FIDELITY. w the Meaaaseat to FalthiM mmm la JUejareeaL The proposition of a South Carolinian to rales a monument to eommemorate the fidelity of the Southern slaves who stood by their masters and their faml lias In the late war, seems to be popular la both sections. The Chicago Times-Herald says of It The movement started In the South to erect a monument to commemorate the unique fidelity of the negroes dur ing the war In caring for the home and property of tbelr masters, and In recognition of the fact that not one Instance la known of any acta of vio lence and scarcely one of a betrayal of a sacred trust reposed In them by their masters on going forth to the war, la a movement which will peculiarly com mend itself to alt The erection of such a monument would not only be indicative of a fine sense of gratefulness, but a beautiful thing to do In expressive appreciation of one of the noblest tratta of our na ture. But more than that It were well to consider the Influence which it could not fail to have on the people of both races In the South, especially In their present somewhat sorely strained re lations. As a nreventlve of crimes it would be more effective than a thou sand barbaric lynching. The Richmond Times heartily In dorses it as follows: The conduct of the slave population of the South during the war la a glo Ing tribute to the best elements of the negro character, and it entitles him to the everlasting gratitude of the South ern people. We are heartily In favor of erecting a monument that shall com memorate the faithfulness with which the negro watched over the family of roe conreaerate soldier whilst he was absent battling with the enemies of bis country. In one of the speeches that made bis fame Henry W. Grady said: I want no truer soul than that which moved the trusty slave, who for four years, while my father fought with the armies that barred bis freedom, slept every night at my mother's chamber door, holding ber and her children as safe as if ber husband stood guard, and ready to lay down his humble life on her threshold. History has no parallel to the faith kept by the negro In the South during the war. Often 500 ne groes to a single white man, and yet through these dusky throngs the wom en and children walked In safety, and the unprotected homes rested In peace. t'n mars ha led, tie black battalions mov ed patiently to the fields in the morn lng to feed the armies their Idleness would have starved, and at night gath ered anxiously at the big bouse to "hear the news from marster," though conscious that his victory made their chains enduring. Everywhere humble and kindly. The bodyguard of the helpless. The rough companion of the little ones. The observant friend. The silent sentry in his lowly cabin. The shrewd counselor. And when the dead came borne, a mourner 'at the open grave. A thouaand torches would bsve disbanded every Southern army, but not one waa lighted. When the mas ter, going to a war In which slavery was involved, said to his slsve, "1 leave my home and loved ones In your charge," the tenderness between man and master stood disclosed. And when the slave held that charge sacred through storm and temptation be gave new meaning to fa:th and loyalty. I ! rejoice that when freedom came to hlra after years of waiting it was all the sweeter, because the black farm hand from which the shackle fell were ! stainless of a single crime against the helpless ones confided to bis care. If the Southern people raise the pro posed monument It will imp!y be Gra dy's speech translated Into marble or bronxe. Atlanta Constitution. American Machinery In Japan. Advices from Japan in treating of the omnipresence of electrical advices In that country, make special event note of the extent to which American ma chinery is in favor. At the electric generating station of the Lake Blwa-Kloto canal, twenty 120-horse power Pelton water wheels are Installed. These wheels are belted with EdUwn, Thompson-Houston and Brush dyna mos, with counter shaft between them. Lately a three phase dynamo of Sie mens A Halsk bas been added. The work of this plant Is extremely Inter esting, and the Installation shows how keenly alive the Japanese are to the possibilities of machinery. The canal, which provides the water power for the generating station, Is crossed by several bridges. Near the water power station is an Incline along which boat with cargo are moved up and down on wheeled cradlea The cradles are hauled by steel ropes pass ing around a drum, which Is worked by electricity from the power house. This peculiar adaptation la made necessary by the descent of the canal at this point 118 feet In 1.S15 feet to the level of the dty. The gradient of the canal Incline Is 1 In 15. Double lines of rail ways, consisting of flat-bottomed steel rail, are laid on wooden sleepers. The gauge is eight feet three Inchea. Two cradles, each with eight wheels, are ao arranged that one goes up while another la descending. The width of the boat la seven feet, and the length forty-fire feet The weight of the cargo la from taa to fifteen tons, and the time of the paasaga of the cradle la about twelve minutes. Not only are the cradlea moved ap and down the canal Incline by the elec tric motor, bat the electric power la aead for spinning, wearing, la the maa afactare of docks, watcbee, Beadles, 0. lemoasda, la aoda water factories, reUag mlOa, riee mills aad far pamp-' ta water for the taaamerable bath hooaoe which are situated within a radius of two miles from tho pewet station. Besides these the station sup plies electricity in the day time to the Kioto Bectric Railway Company and at night to the Kioto Light Company. The coat of the power range from I to $0 per homo power per year for dally rates of twelve hours; for eight een hours the Increase la 80 per cent and for twenty-four hours It la SO per cent Caaaoa oa a Bloyole. A bicycle troop bas been organised In Brooklyn, and It la but a question of a short time before the suburban police of all our cities will be mounted upon the silent steel steed. It wsa given, however, to the thousands of people who viewed the monster bicycle parade on the Ocean boulevard recently, say the New York World, to witness the first bicycle cannon, the flrst of a pack of flying light artillery, and for which an application for a patent has been made. The vehicle was a twin cycle, in ap pearance much like a tricycle, and known as a duplex. It Is especially light and strong. The cannon, a steel ritled affair thirty-four Inches in length, eight Inches at the butt and four at the mux xle, and weighing about fifty pounds, is swung between the two rear wheels, resting upon the connecting axle and la further supported from sbove. An Ingenious mechanism permits of the piece of ordnance being raised or de flected to any angle. The caisson containing the ammuni tion is carried on another duplex. Four artillery tupn equip a battery. They are at once gun crew and motive power. Two men on the seats can propel the machine with their heavy loads at a faster gait than horses have ever shown In similar service. The work of wheel ing the gun Into position is the work of an Instant On Swampy Land. To live near a swamp Is sulcldaL No dwelling bouse should be built near one. If such a place exists, either the house should be removed or the swamp drained. There are many places where the deepening of ditches already made Is all that Is needed to make dry land fit for cultivation of what has been an eyesore to the neighborhood. Tht making of an outlet is much the most expensive part of the reclamation. Jt will Improve the neighboring upland also, for that equally needs under drain ing, but cannot get It until a safe, re liable outlet ha been provided. All swampy land have been for ages the deposits for vegetable matter from up lands. So soon as the latter Is under- drained the water falling on the up land sinks down to the tile and en riches the soil Instead of waahlng way. Its fertility. Bismarck and the American Girt. Dr. Stefansson retell the story of a beautiful American girl from Colorado who went to Kisslngen to see Bis marck, who waa taking the water there. Having feasted for some days nn ), alorht of th eremt mmn Ka am Aaw .nmmnn1 nn r-oro. w.lk.H straight up to him, and said: "Durch- laucht I am going to Colorado to-day; may I shake hands with you before I go?" She took his offered band and attempted, to kls It but be promptly Id: "In Kisslngen we do not kiss hands," snd then snd there he kissed her on the mouth aa tenderly and af fectionately a any lover. And yet remark Dr. Stefansson, some people will try to make out that Bismarck Is bl'nd to a woman's charms West- minsterGazette. A City of Champagne. Eiwrnay, France, Is a vast subter ranean city or champagne. For , miles and mile there are streets hewn I out of the solid chalk, flanked with piles of champagne of all blends and quali ties. There Is no light In this laby rinth of streets, crossings and turnings except what the sputtering candles af ford. All Is dark, dank and damp, with the temperature away down about eero. The largest champagne manufacturers in Epernay have underground cellar which cover forty-five acre and con tain 5,000,000 bottle of wine. There 1 a whole street In Epernay lined with fine chateaux, the proprietors of which possess similar establishments. The whole town Is honeycombed with these ( underground galleries for the manu facture and storage of champagne. Onll and EeL "We bad a gull, a tame gull, with clipped w'ngs." said an English writer, "who wotiUi feed on fish If we would give him any, falling fish, on raw meat falling raw meat on worms and Insects, and, failing these, on anything, Including sparrows. It wsa the most fascinating entertainment to give him an eel, for he would toes the eel about several ways until It came to a position most suitable for swallowing, wben be would swallow It; but the eel, not yet defeated, would often wriggle up In his gullet again, and this process would be repeated many a time. So, If swallow ing be a delight the pleasure which our gull derived from the process must hare been manifold. Eventually the eel would weary of the rain ascent of the gull s gullet and consent to remain In contact with the Juice of digestion." Visitor (to attendant friar In the re fectory of a conrent) Are we allowed to smoke here? Friar No, sir. Vis itor Then where do all these stump of dgara come from that I see lying about? Friar From thorn gentlemen who didn't ask. Tabllcbe Rundackau. She robes herself la fashions new That modern modes bare given, Bat will aba la thee aleerea aqua through The pearty gatta of beerea ? Cearter. GOWNS AND GOWNING WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR. Olaassa at Vaactse reasiala. Vrtvaloae. Majrbaa, aa4 Yt Offered te the mope that tke ea4Us Prove Beetfei ta Wearied Wessaahlad. Qaaais tress Oar Oetkass. 9w York eorrespoBdsace: OSTLY aa are new ly fashionable fab rics, they are not ne whit behln the trimmings that are displayed for use with them. Women are accus tomed to finding new sorts of goods expensive, so In the present extrav agant abowlng of them there Is little of the unexpected, but It Is carrying the thing almost too far to demand. besides, a big outlay for garniture. .'r appears In strange companion fb'ps, too, and i added to all sorts of lalnty combinations of lace, ribbon, spangles and Jewels that are put to gether and sold by the yard. Thus, an Inch wide velvet has edges of lace a thumb nail wide and crusted with Jew els. Set on the edge of this lace there Is a little frill of lace, and under the frill Ilea a band of fur. This comblna tlon la used for collars, belta and for the strapping and loose drooping bands so much used on bodices. It Is ex pen ure, but by the use of something of the sort a very dressy effect Is given to tho plainest gown. Spangled passe menterie, however, Isn't alwaya made op so exclusively, and in many of Its 'eas elaborate forms It is quite hand some enough to prove a great addition ' " ure""- " ln woman WHO OIUSt i b,D,n trimming of moderate i ,;0,t,w,U nd 0Q,e noT' applying It she can then be quite as snre of herself In her new gown as If Its garnitures cost many dollar a yard. The method portrayed In this )11 picture is a good one, and though It Involves a good deal of passemen terie, there I no need of the rare sorts. Wherever dressmakers think they are going to when Father Time cut them off and stops their presenting bills I a doubtful matter, for they are almost unanimous In declaring that stiffening is not used In skirts. Even If they can adjust their conscience satisfactorily to this statement bow are Umy going to convince their customers that the folds of the new skirts hold their own . without such aid? The makers of the ! material will declare that the weaving i Is superior, but It Is nearer the truth to say that either a stiffening klrt Is worn under the dress, or there Is Just a bit of haircloth or one of Its several substi tutes to encourage that perklnews that Is a part of all the pretty dresses of to day. This may seem like a dreadful arraignment In one fell swoop of a lot of women, but how else are such skirt a that Just described to be accounted rorT Or an even more difficult one to explain without aome such method Is that of the next picture. How is a worn an to attain such precise folds, and to bare and to hold, as devisors say, If not by stiffening? However, for the woman who la having new dresses made, the main point Is to make sure of em, let the means be what they may, AM ODD STRAP DaSIOV. This second coat urn, beetdee proving dressmakers' wiles, Is notable for Its handsome comblnatioa of plain and pialded ataffa, in the former dark woei a aalttoff. aad the latter Soateh piald reim-aner th aaaaral 0 TirrEKIHO? wxix! la now deemed admirable. The bafiice of the suiting has a yoke In back aad front of the plaid, and Is slashed twice In front to show insertinga of the same. These many use of plaids In adorn ing plain stuffs are now safely beyond faddish fancy, and may be safely copied. Of course, the notion Is carried to an extreme by women of freakish tastea, as all other fashions are. Such women go In for plain silk stockings when the skirt lining Is a plaid to cor respond. This comes of following the fanciful rule of having the stocking match the lining of the skirt and not the skirt Underwear even Is being shown run through with narrow ribbon, all bright plaid. There is a prettineas probably about anything new, but there BROUGHT FORWARD FRO If A PAST TfBT. seem a lack of restfulneas about a plaid when It appears in underwear. Nor la any advice Intended here to further such nonsensical notions, for there are uses a-plenty for plaids that are legitimate and sensible. One baa already been shown and described, and another appears In the next sketch, In the plaid panel of the skirt, which is, moreover, a forerunner of the petticoat styles tli at are to be. A mouse-gray suiting is this gown's chief fabric, and It atrap garniture is thoroughly orig inal, while Its sleeves are of the newest having four tuck In the puff at the ahoulder. In some models these tucks are repeated lower down on the puffs, and In some cases there Is more extent of tucks than of puffs. Petticoat styles, fancy coata and or nate jacket bodices originated In the same era, according to fashion's hlstori ana, and as these same historians are designer, they should know, for de signing nowadays conslsta In large de gree of modifying and adapting old- time styles. Now, these delvers In the modes of centuries past declare that petticoats styles and coata and Jackets are to be all the go soon. They said the same several months ago, but never mind, hint of these fasblona are now appearing. A suggestion of the petti coat appeared In the last picture, and In the next there's as dainty a jacket aa ever was donned In the days of th Louis. It Is of mordore-velvet Its fronts turning back In white satin revere that are elged with metal galloon, th turned-back cuffs being to match. A ruffle of lace finishes each wrist the stock collar also has a narrower ruffle, OITUOUTO HKR DAl'OHTSBS. and two ends of lace hang down In front and are held with a rosette at the neck. The accompanying skirt and the vest are of mordore cloth, the latter fastening at the side. The dowager has not dressed so mag nificently for years. The richest bro cades are shown for her. velvet that are overlaid with shot silk design and that glitter with Interwoven bullion are reserved for her use, black, purple, plum color, green and all the dark shadea of brown and bronxe are hers. If she will. Satin that can not only stand alone, but that seems ready to walk. Is made for her alone, and she la encouraged to wear all the lace and jewela she can muster. If the grand daughter of the day affects the sim plicity of the ingenue, the grandmother of the hour makes up for it by ber mac nlflcence. Take a look at the final pic ture and be convinced of thla. Here la a dres of flowered Loala XVI., whose skirt Is trimmed on the aides with panel of dark -cream lace, each of which la held In place by three Jeweled buttona. Than the silk foundation of the blouse waist la draped with accordion-pleated chiffon, and a high corselet belt of plain silk cornea about the waist At the top where the edge of a yoke would come are pat a series of lace points, aad a fall chiffon ruche finishes the aeck. Jeweled buttons matching those oa the skirt are pat aa the aleerea, aad the whole la rl atrial eaoagh to offset taa simple attfra of a half doaen aurrlagaaMa daaAtera, OspyrifM. MM.