Nebraska Newspapers

    A FARMER'S RAILROAD.
Mm
Whisk Frosslss Great
to lirsts-ti rowers.
Id La village of Irayton, on the
North iMkotn aide of the Red Kiver
of the North, Uvea a remarkile char
acter known throughout that region
mm Fanner Hlnes. He la regarded by
bis neighbors aa the prophet of a new
em In railroad building and oK-ruting,
wbMi road will le built to primary
market by tin? producers in the coun
try they traverse, capitalized for their
actual cost and om-rated with the clos
est possible economy. Farmer lliui
haa been preaching bis faith at couu
try scboolhuuse meeting throughout
tiie lower Hed KiviT Valley for two or
three years lmst ami lust summer he
lgau Junius his theories into ir.n
lice. liy his talk aiid by the distribii
lion of circular he succeeded in enlist
ing so huge a body of adherents that
he commenced to build a railroad with
out Uiouey aud without credit aud act
ually finished forty miles of grade U
fore the froat came.
Farmer lliuea studied the map t-Jle-fully
aud fouud tluit the grain l'roin
any central point in the lower lied
Kiver Valley say Grafton la hauled
412 miles over the Great Northern
line to reach the primary market at
iMilurh. whereas a direct liue frotu
Graftou to'I'ulutli would be only -Wl
miles 'lt))r, saving 131 miles. The
Great .Northern has four lines in that
jtart of the valley, running north aud
south aud eouvergiug iu a main line,
which pies away off to the south a
far as St. Cloud. Minn., before it striken
our direct for the head of I-ake Supe
rior. The Northern Pacific has ouly
mil' line in that part of the valley.
This parallels the Great Northern roads
arid gives a grain route to Kulutli alsiut
vighty milis shorter from comietiug
points than the Great Northern's aver
age haul. Farmer Hities' railroad runs
across the valley east and west, and
Is to go on through tiie woods region
of Northern Minnesota to a connection
with the IH1I111I1 and Winniis-g Hoad,
already running for a distauoe of aliout
one hundred and twenty-rive tulles west
of ruluth.
Hines calls his road the Farmer'
Ibulroad and tlius far all the w ork on it
lias been done by North Iak.i aud
Minnesota farmers. His financiering
methods are unique. He has now aliout
two hundred men at work in the North
. ern Minnesota woods cutting trees and
clearing the rijflit of way. Each uiau
gets his necessary provisions, 1W a
month in money ba rely enough cash
to buy his tobacco and pay for an oc
casional glass of beer. 'Hie men are
enthusiastic converts to the Hlnes the
ory of railway i-onst ruction. The chief
argument he uses is this: The average
freight rate on wheat from lower
Il.il Kiver Vallev points to Imltith is
11 cents per bushel. If wheat can be
profitably battled 4i miles for 11 ceutu
a bushel over roads capitalized at over
Sri.tMKl a mile it can be hauled list) miles
over a road costing not over fl-.ii
jm r mile and jmy a good profit at 7 cents
or S rents per bushel. And if the sav
ing should le only .'i cents kt bushel
the aggregate annual gain to tlie valley
farmers would amount to a very large
sum.
' Hines is a gturdv, nervous. Indefatig
able sort of a man. only .'54 years old.
The merchants of iMiluth recently
made up a carload of provisions and
shipped them out to his camps south
of Ued Lake. A few thousand dol
lars in money has also been subscribed
here to aid his enterprise. Hint s told
the DuhUh people lately that lie will
have a hundred miles of road graded
and furnished with ties ready for the
road by the end of next summer. He
is a very religious man. and at the
last, meeting of his stockholders he
wanted to put a -clause In the by-laws
of the company prohibiting tlie run
ning of trains on Sunday, but he was
obliged to content with a by-law pro
riding that tlie Sunday laws of Min
nesota and North liakota shall not be
violated. He also wanted a provision
Inserted netting apa-rt 10 per cent, of
the net earnings of the road for char
ity, but the lawyers told him that the
consent of every stockholder would be
necessary to make legal such a dis
position of any money belonging to the
company. The old companies operat
ing roads in the Red River Valley used
to look upon Farmer Hines as a harm
let enthusiast Now they begin to be
troubled about him. Chicago Times-
HeraM.
Change on the Moon. ,
Tbe widespread belief that no changes
occur on the surface of the moon ha
been much questioned of late. No poal
tire proof of a visible change there ha
lieen furnished, bnt a number of ob
servation have been made, indicating
tbe possibility. If not tbe probability, of
tbe formation of new elevation and of
-cracks In tbe rocky lunar abell. There la
a popular misapprehension In regard to
tbe power of telescope to reveal amall
detail on tbe moon. Tbe fact ba re
cently been pointed out by aatronotner
that a new mountain a large a Jorullo
In Mexico, or Monte Nooro near the
Bay of Naples, both of which hare been
uplifted by volcanic forrea wltMa his
toric times, might he formed on tbe
moon and yet he Invisible from tbe
earth. One reason of the invisibility
of volcanic change possibly occurring
on tbe moon may be tbe absence of aa
atmosphere, without which there can
not be vast Toluenes of clouds sueh as
Jim i sand the volcanoes of the earth
when they are la action.
OM Major.
A
'4a to tbe Humane
I g trthote. "all I me," to
Haje by same. Ills
Uattf
i Kg. lft-year-o4d hoy, and
C tw wseyty attached to men
W sna till
tr r ! m IttMMrl kMt and
Kft fk 'to Dowr.
j- jgi Ua aMMter boo gage
s ta mm tlaM to toart
t to U p n
wf fcj Ito Umm Mi
bowl as if his heart would bresk. When
a letter came from Ed he took the en
velope, held It on the carpet between
hi pawn, aud with hi uoa pressed
upon it cried pitifully, great tear drop
ping from hi eye.
The family had two other pets, a cat
and a canary. One day, while all hand
were at table, Dick somehow escaped
frotu the cage and the next moment
was fluttering up aud down the room,
with puss iu full pursuit.
Before any one could act. Maje
spraug up from hi nap on the rug, and
as the bird swooped near him he opeued
hi big laws, took tbe bird in and shut
them wiih a snap.
The bird" little mistress screamed,
and every one was grieved and aston
ished. That Maje should do such a
thing as that! He seined to have swal
lowed tlie bird at a gulp.
There he stood, while one and an
other upbraided him, till the cat was
put out of the room. Then he went tip
to the mother of the family, pushed hi
nose against her knee, aud released the
cuuary unhurt.
OBEYED THE CUSTOMS.
One Made a Man's Fortune, Another
Would Hang Htm.
Two gentlemen iu the lobby of the
liiggs House were talking about Yan
kee ingenuity, aud a Washington Star
writer overheard the following good
incident illustrative of tie subject:
"You know Jim Putton?" said one.
"Yes."
'Well, Jim made his money by paying
atteution to the custom of the coun
try. Near Brownwood, Texas, there
are several large jiecau farms. Before
the farm were established pe-aii8 grew
wild iu great quantities. It is a valley
which used to be called 'Sulphur.' al
though why I have never lecii able to
leant. The pecans were eateu by hogs,
tlie animals growing very fat. Farmer
turned their hogs iu aud allowed them
to run wild. Each owner had a brand
registered, and tlie possessor of a reg
istered brand had the rigid to kill hogs
whenever he needed meat and could
hud them a sort of Bellamy socialistic
arrangement. Hufton was very isr
when lie went to Texas, but raised
enough to pay 75 cent for a shote and
get his brand registered. He turned
the hog Into the valley and went gun
ning for pork. The tirst year he killed
300 good fat hogs and sold tlie meat at
San Antonio, buying cuttle with the
money. 1 hese were turned Iihisc ou
range and he succeeded iu branding
six calves to each cow he owned tlie
first season. By paying diligent atteu
tion to the customs of the country he
had a good bank account."
"Why didn't he stay there';" inquired
the friend.
"There was another custom of tlie
country he overliMked," was the reply.
"When the vigilam-e committee began
to investigate the matter of so strict an
adherence to tlie other custom Jim went
home to Maine and opened a summer
resort, where enterprise wouldn't get
him into trouble."
How She i;eononii.es.
"I study advertisement, and I know
where and when and how to purchase
tlie household supplies. My husband
used to laugh at me for reading adver-
isemeuts so carefully, but he has long
since learned that I save many dollars
very month. I know of no liotter way
o practice economy, and do you know
lint it is a wonder how soon you learn
i detect tlie real from the false. Intu-
tively almost? I do not think I have
ever tieen 'taken in ty an advertise
ment; there is always something alHiut
he false ones that repels inc. You hear
a great deal nowadays alsmt the 'prac
tical pages of magazines and news
papers, but for me the practical pages
are those containing the business an
nouncements of reputable business
houses. Tlie housekeeper who takes
advantage of the practical hints in
those pages, shows a great deal more
ommon sense than does tlie one who
trie to furnish a seven-room cottage
with a lot of soap lioxes covered with
denim worked in fancy stitch, and to
feed her growing family with never
ending reminiscence of the meal that
went before. To the economical house
keeper the advertisement are the most
Important part of any publication.
Womankind.
Mice that Walts.
In Japan there Is a breed of mice,
white-speckled with black about the
head, neck and tail, which bave a
atrange habit of whirling, or. as it I
called, "waltslng," for hours at a time
with only brief stopiages. The desire
to waits seizes the mice at the most un
expected moments, especially at night.
for they generally aleep during the day.
Frequently they whirl In couples, but
bo rapidly that tbey appear like spin
ning lings of white and black. Mke
Giant Despair's fits, the waltslng par-
oxysms of these mice often scire them
wben tbey are running, and if they at
tempt to escape from I in prison men I
tbey do not go far before they are ar
rested by the irresistible desire to whirl.
Tbe tendency la hereditary, and exblb
Ita Itaelf as soon as tbe yonng mice Ite
gln to run about.
How to rrononnee " tows."
It la said that a Yankee doesn't know
tbe letter "a" at the end of a word, but
always toras It into "er." Hpeaker Reed
goes one better on some words. For In
stance. "Iowa" geta to be "loway" at
bia hands, with the accent on tbe last
syllable. Mr. Crisp always aaya "Iowa.
with the accent on tbe second letter,
bence It la that neither of the dlatln
gntabed gentlemen geta If tight. It la an
Indian name, and should be pronownoed
"l-a-wah," with the accent on the first
syllable. -
A Mir T'
The faanleot Mt of news that we
bawe rand la ito pesjera iweratly la
tfsst Mate. Sarah Orsad, who la con
tog orer torn im n raadlag tour, la
sty. oto Utohm
HELD OF VICKSBURG
MOVEMENT TO MAKE
TIONAL PARK.
A NA-
A Brief Review or the Military Opera
tion Which Took Place in and
Around tbe Confederate btrongbold
In l2 and ltstlii.
Consecrated Ground.
A bill Is now pending in Congress
to make the battlefield of Vleksburg a
national park similar to that of Chicka
mauga, thereby preserving to future
generations the scene of a great and
bloody struggle. Iu view of the pro
posed change it is timely to recur to the
military operation carried on around
Vleksburg in ls;U and li'l.
Vicksburg was one of the Confeder
ate stronghold ou tlie Mississippi and
with I'ort Hudson, 12 miles further
south, also held by tlie Confederate,
prevented the free use of that water-
way by the (rovernment, while by It
the Confederates were enabled to re
ceive military supisirt from Arkansas
and Texa. In May, 1S4J2. an attempt
wa made to capture It by changing
the channel of the Mississippi, thu
leaving Vicksburg several miles inland,
but it failed. In June Admiral Farra
gut bomlwirded the place, with no bene
ficial result, and thereafter for several
mouth no effort was made to posset,
the city. Iu Ieceniter Gen. Grant at
the bead of 40.IKKI troop moved against
the city, which wa defended by Gen.
John C. IVmlM-rton with 34.(XX) men.
Gen. W. T. Sherman was selected to
attack the place, but, after difficult
and. costly operations In the swampy
region of the Yazoo river, to the north
of the city, he wa forced to abandon
his efforts.
In January. 1803, Grant took com
niand of all the forces operating against
Vicksburg and marching the bulk of hi
army down the western bank of the
Mississippi crossed to the Vicksburg
side several mile below the city. Iu
this movement he was aided by Ad
miral William I). Porter. Grant's ob
ject was to reach and capture tlie State
capital, Jackson, mid then fall upon
Vicksburg in tlie rear. The tirst en
gagement fought after the crossing of
the Mississippi wa nenr Port Gibson,
where the Confederate force wa rout
ed by the Federals under Gen. Me
demand. At Klchmond, still further
on the road to Jackson, the Federals
gained another victory over a small
force sent out from the capital by
Gen. J. E. Johnston, who wa In com
mand of all the Confederate forces in
Tennessee and Mississippi. On May
CHAMPION BILLS BATTi.K OKOl D.
14 Jackson fell Into the banda of the
Union forces and after destroying
whatever might be of aid to tbe Con
federates Grant began bis backward
march upon Vicksburg. At Cha.
pion Hills (ien. Pemberton, who bad
marched ont of Vicksburg, had taken
position with a force of 18,000 or
30,000 and attempted to check tbe prog
reaa of tbe Union forces. He waa burl'
ed bark to tbe Rig Black river, where
tbe battle waa renewed tbe following
day. Again the Confederates were
rooted with a loss of 242 killed and
wounded and 1.000 prisoners, and the
Union troop passed on to tbe attack
on Vicksborg.
On tbe extreme right waa tbe a nay
eorpa of Maj. (ien. Hhennan, next to It
that of Maj. Gen. 1. B. McPberaoa aad
on the left tbe corps of Maj. Oea. Me
Oeraard, who waa subawqentiy aoe
coeded by Maj. Oea. Ord. On May 19
Ooa. hinasia began aa attack on tto
city, hat waa forced to abandon It
Another and asaaral aasautt waa aa
aedfartaadaadthe praaadlag abjht
GEX. i. C. PFMBERTOJt.
CAVKS NEAR VICKSni'IU'r I'SKP AS HOMKS.
Admiral Porter kept up a steady bom
bardment of the place. At 10 o'clock I
on tbe 22d an assault by Grant' whole
line wa begun and wa Joined In by
Admiral Borter. aud until night the
battle waged with virtually no ad
vantage to the t'nlon troop, but with
a heavy in killed and wounded.
The failure of this assault determined
it a ,i.
f.UANT's HEAlKfl AKTKKH.
Grant ujm.u a regular siege aud tlie
arrival of reinforcement, under Maj.
(Jen. Herron and Gen. Iuman, which
swelled his forces to 7J."X" men, en
abled him to closely Invest tlie pluce.
For a mouth the investment of the city
grew closer aud closer, while day and
night, with little Intermission, the gun
of Admiral Porter and of the land
force hurled shot and shell Into the
city and it suburb. Many of the
Inhabitant left their home and took
up their abodes In cave dug In the
steep bank where streets passed
through the hills. Here they lived
practically secure from tlie Iron hull
that plowed up streets anil demolished
house. Many of these enreg were
neatly furnished aud had carpeted
floor. Meantime mining wa actively
carried on by Grant and June 25 a
mine under Fort Hill bastion was fired.
Fart of the fort wag thrown down and
through tlii breach the Federal
sought to enter, while the Confederates
sought to keep them out. Hand gren
ades were used and the conflict wagd
was desperate, with the advantage ou
the side of the Confederate. Another
mine wa exploded July 1.
Meantime Gen. I'euilierton, shut up
In Vicksburg and with no hope of be
ing relieved by Gen. Johnson, who was
unable to collect a Huttielently strom
force, was placed in the position of
either surrendering or starving. July 3
he proposed by means of a letter to
grant the appointment of a commission
to arrange term of capitulation and
the following day the surrender wa
effected. The Confederate forces to
the number of 27,nsj were paroled.
CAVEHorSE INTERIOtt.
Hnring the entire oeratiou from the
crossing of tlie Mississippi by Gran
to the surrender of Vicksburg the
Union loss In killed, wounded aud miss
ing Is placed at 8,575, aud the Confed
erate loss at 10,000.
" r st her Is lomlng."
The Nineteenth Indiana had for Its
first commander Colonel Solomon
Meredith, famou a a stock raiser at
Klchmond, Ind., before the war. He
was tall, awkward, uumilitary, but
grave. Ill son Samuel was a lieuteu
ant in the .Mneteeutu. tie wa a
tall, a little more awkward and a little
lean military than his father, but, like
his father, brave. Lieutenant Sam
Meredith was officer of tbe division
guard one day early In tbe history of
tbe regiment Tbe custom was then
as it is now, to have tbe guard fall In
and salute wben a Held or general ofll
cer approached. Colonel Meredith aud
denly came upon tbe guard without
being noticed. A soon aa Lieutenant
Saw aaw him be railed out In a loud
voice: "Turn out the guard, father's
coming!" Poor Rain never beard the
last of "Turn out tbe guard, father's
coming." Tbe balance of tbe brigade
would call out, all along tbe line, when
ever Ham put In an apearane, and
occasionally wnen Mereoitn, nr., was
aeen, and after he hecatu? a gener.il
and had command of tbe brigade, be
would hear: "Turn out the guard,
father's coming r and Indulge In one
of tboee Sol Meredith grin tbe boy
used Ut enjoy. Both father and eon
died long ago. For yeara one of Gen
era I Meredith's daughters In-law wis
an extenalve raiser of and dealer In
blooded stock on tbe Meredith farm.
near Richmond, and It took a sharp
Yankee to get the beat of the bargain
when dealing with her.
Lnnsatmaf Book.
Oen. Loagatreera dook baa provoked
a storm of outbern criticism, but tto
fact resaalaa that bla statements art
backed by personal knowledge of the
rants that to daacrltoa, and by a rec -
ord of asunary aervice that la not aur-
by that of any other Confedorate
Tto area teat forces upon which ourlfT 1. TTirg..V-T. r 1
WnawKIIa
GOWNS AND GOWNING
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
Plane s Vsnclss FssslaiB,
FrlTSlona, Majbap, and Yet Offers
tn the Msps that the Bending ProTa
Bastfal to Wearied Womnnkind.
Oonslp frem Oar Gotham.
lark corrooiiilsae:
K F O R E Dame
Fashion can con
vince her devotee
that It 1 time to
' taka up plain bod
ices, she will have
to stop the present
flood of new acces
sories and adorn
ment for bodices.
Those who keep
their ears to tbe
ground so as to be
the first to get
warning of the
Dame's decrees
thought they
heard a thunder
ing demand for
plain waist sever
al months ago, but there's no sign of
popularity for such as yet. All sort of
dainty device calculated to charm a
simple gown Into delicious elaboration
have kept coming in. To bring the
puffy sleeve Into proper line ut the
shoulder there are stiffened epaulettes
that fit down over the shoulders, ex
tending In width out to the widest por
tion of the sleeve puff. These epaulettes
are of the same width along their en
tire length, and are long enough to ex
tend from the shoulder-blade line at
the back to the bust lino In front. The
stock I attached to the epaulettes, and
from the stock, filling the space be
tween the sides of the epaulette down
BAM1KH WITH rmF.StlKX R1BBOX.
the front. Is drawn a soft panel of
chiffon that reaches to the belt, the belt
In some case llng the final portion of
the entire accessory. Sometime a cor
responding panel Is et between the
epaulettes at the back. You see, when
an affair of this sort Is worn, very little
of tlie ttodice proper shows. This epau
lette front, a it Is called, may lie made
of odds aud ends If you like; the epau
lette may be of one material and color,
the panel front of another, and still a
third stuff and shade be employed for
Is'lt and stock. The licit of dresden
silk sashing, ending at the back In a
lovely baby sash-lsiw, make, perhaps,
the very prettiest finish.
The readiness with which 1bl acce
sory adapts Itself to left-over bits 1
common with many other devices of
the same ornamental bent Indeed, we
need look no further for the expressed
belief on the part of fashionable dress
makersfor they were the parties that
had their ears to the ground that the
prophetic rumbling meant plain bod-
Ices. How can a high-priced dressma
ker hoe to excel when her best work
can Is successfully copied or even Iro
proved upon by any woman that Is rich
in Dlece bags? A result of this situation
Is that our beat designers are now ex
perlmentlng with waist that are very
simple almost perfectly plain and
making tbe slight trimming of a matert
al that will not be found In the left
over odda and ends. Tbe waist put at
tbe bead of this column la of this sort
Made of beige surah and merely gather
TatMMBP WITH aADIATWO LOOP.
ad at neck and waist It had over the
shoulders velvet straps edged with lace
and lnlabed with roaettea of white
I aatln ribbon. A chiffon rarbe about the
1 aor waa tto only other trimming.
Raw tto evtdaaee of canning an tto
naatgner'a part lay la tto r arret, which
waa white, it woaM to aa an anna I
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1 Admmm -H mm. slt t4.
mm
fit
tator. even though the model waa far
from complicated.
Bodices whose trtwming la In con
trast with the great elaborateuesa of
so many of the Louis Jackets are often
made of daintily figured goods, and of
this sort Is the second selection of tbe
artisfs. which Is of figured gray stlh-
its skirt Is banded on either side of tbe k
front with dresden figured ribbon, the
same appearing on the bodice at either
side of the fitted vest. The bodice la
worn without a belt, and the lining fas
tens In the ceuter, tue vest unnus
over. Over it there Is a short cap of
gray cloth which has three tuck
around the hem and a wired collar, and
which turn back In revere. It I lined
with pink silk.
Ribbon is to be usd freely In trim
ming dresses during the spring ana
summer, snd not a few bodices are lit
tle else than alternate strip or ribbon
and insertion. These schemes of con
struction permit some very novel and
A SI'IRAI, STHIPE EFFECT.
beautiful effects, a will be seen from
the following description of a garment
of thl type. It wa a filmy lawn and
lace blouse swathed in bands of ribbon,
band that went spirally about the fig
ure from waist to throat The lawn
showed between, and the ribtoi ended
at the waist In a great knot. So well
wa the model carried out that It really
looked a If the bodice would be re
moved by unwinding the ribbon first
Used in this way the ribbon is more
like material than like trimming, but
when used strictly as the latter, it I
often employed with the utmost lavlsb-
ness. An example of this comes next
In the pictures, a waist of white satin
hooking In front and draped with white
chiffon gathered at neck and waist. Its
garniture consist of light-blue velvet
riblsin In loop and straps that radiate
from the collar, which Is surrounded by
smaller wired Imps. The center band
Is long enough to ls tucked into the
bolt, which Is plain satin matching the
rlblsm in color. The ellsiw sleeve are
also draped with chiffon, and a black
silk rrepon skirt completes the cos
tume.
Where ribbon may le Justly consid
ered the material of the Isidice. the
sleeves are made either by sewing to
gether the widths of riblsin at tlie arm-
hole and lapping them towards the
wrist to shape the sleeve, or by allow
ing the bands of riblsin to pas separ
ately over an under puff of organdie.
In the latter case the ribbon may finish
below the elbow, the organdie contin
uing on, or not, as you like: or the
widths can come together below the
ellsnv to make a solid rlblxm cuff. Who-
A FIXIHH THAT HA A STHOMU HOLD.
ever designed such bodices must have
bad a mania for devastating pocket
books and for bringing seainstreases
to untimely ends, for what a taak It
ill means! Somewhat tbe same effect
can be produced with solid goods, an
ahown In the fourth sketch. One critic
of tbeae aleovea said taat tbe spiral
tripe would lead her to look for the
wearer's thumb where her smallest
finger should he, but a garment that is
aa stylish and novel aa this Is should
not be condemned, even If It at list
seems sultsble only for a contortionist
These aleerea were of green and white
striped satin, finished with lace ruffle
and epaulettes, while tbe bodice Itaelf
waa of emerald green velvet and had
a white satin vest veuen wun oeep
cream lace, finishing In a stork collar
to match. The fronts were ornament
ed with green aatln ho we, each with a
larg rblneatone buttoa In the center.
Tbe bag front atlll lingers, though Ita
past popularity baa been of Just tto
art that kills many a fashion by mak
ing It too common. Tto real secret of
tto pouch front's tenacity Ilea In the
fact that many women realise that tbe
round walat effect at the hark la often
becoming to a figure that cannot stand
tbe round belt In front No the new
designs often Include this effect, as doe
the last one shown.- Here tto ataterial
Is figured gray and sapphire bine silk,
tbe bodice being' covered half wag
from aerk to waist with Mae velvet,
below which the silk Is slightly Moused.
Tto velvet la trial ased with crescent
shaped shoulder pteeea, aad at the
shoulders fall raaattas af Mas velvet
araptoead. Two patatai strips of Ma
relvot totojttofaint atrirt at tto hlpa.
Taa aiaay gtrla have too naay hv
laiaV. ,
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