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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1897)
I - -j,- -ai.aV 1 i r The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME X. HARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1807. NUMBER 18. V f I) Hrcosniscd Him. "Friend, these are awful roads you've aot Is this neighborhood. Why don't you repair them?" "'Cause ih-yrf so muddy we caln't-" "Well, why don't you do It when they're dry?" "Caue they dun't need If then." "Say, when did yon move away from Arkansaw'" whgl the lirmcra Want. Chicago Time Herald: Among the numerous subjects discussed by the national farmers' congress at Indian apolis, the question nf good roads easily transcended all other In Importance to the agricultural Interests of this country. The farmer Ik the natural promoter of good road. The cities and towns build the highways with he corporation funds raised by taxa tion, 1m fie rountry road fulls tixui the farmer. He 1 also the chief ben eficiary, and If ho will not lead in ag gressive agitation for modern sclcn tlrflff rond building It is useles to ex pect the movement to advance. (Jood rvsid Iwive paid for themselves lu Ktmc; they have also yielded big re turn In New Jersey, North Carolina, Alabama. Ma-oarhusetis and New York. It ban Is-en estimated by the bureau of road Inquiry at Washington that It now cost the American farm er an average of 1 per ton to market hii product!". It Is calculated that with mien rountry highway an are in 11 mo In Kngland and France this cost wonld be reduced to $1 per ton. Thin cost 1.H not a matter of cash oxis-ndl-tnre, tm represent the value of the time, Inlior and effort on the part of man and beaut In hauling crop to the market. I'pon thin basis of calculation It Ik easy to estimate what the farm ers f Wisconsin might save In one year on their crop of oat, which amount to a million tons. If they bad smooth and Kolld country highways. Good Knnda in India. India U a land of good roads. He twii all the larger towns well-shaded macadamized roads are to Im found. The average city pavements of Chica go. Kt. 1 'a ul or New York are not ax good as these long stretches of well built roads, with their culverts of solid stone masonry, and their whitewash ed milestone shining like solitary monument In the hot sun. There is an enormous outlay of money and la bor In blasting anil buttressing, macad amizing these roads; but In develop ing the agricultural and commercial Interest of the mountain regions they are worth all and more than they cit. The Inner ranges of the Hima layas furnish crfect climate and soil for the production of tea and all the fruits of the teiuperaie zone. Hun dreds of thousands of acres of tea plants liave been put out sln these c.irt roads, as they are commonly call ed, were built. Thousands of English men are employes in managing these estates, and all their suppllis of food, building material and machinery are brought to them, and all the products of the estate are carted out to the va rious terminals, ("art drivers haul by weight anil ran make from .V) cents to $1 a day. A day's Journey going up hill. loaded, Is from eight to ten miles, iloiug down from tifteen to twenty. Ep worth Hern Id. A right (villi Torpedo Itonts. I Miring the visit of the inemls-rs of j.arliametit to I'ortMiionili a naval otll--er told nn amusing story of last year's tmval maneuvers. While the warships were stationed In Ioiigli Foylo there was an alarm of n tois-do attack ' night. Instantly the guns opened tire mid blazed away at the torpedo boat. The next morning the admiral request ed eax-h captain to send In a report of the nimils-r of torpislo Iswts lie had cn and the quantity of ammunition he bad exM-inb'd.' The reports were inter esting. Koine of the olMvr had seen kIx toncdo Ikhiuh, some four, others three and others two. (tnly one cap tain ibs larisl that lie hud seen no tor jwdo Ismt mid hail II red wo shot. The others, however, had used an cnor iii. ms quantity of iiiiimuiiilloii. It tnrn sl oirt that there had not leen a tor sslo boat within thirty miles of the lough, and the torjsslo Itoat id from the ali 1 m were In truth a single coal barge-. Power from Minall Ntrcama. Iteatdc a cnnslderuble nuinls-r of Urge water-power Installations, Hwit-K-rland la full of email power plant, tinarly every town lo that land of moun tain and waterfall IhIii well supplied with powat from the "white coal," a tftaxMltiDf anow oa the mountain aide hu well lMn called. Wben there are do large etreatna, many email on are hii pounded and colle-ted In rwrvolra on thfc Allbtldcu. and K la rare iud a place of any size whfc n la not well Ug-bu-d by the power of aouie mountain tream. At Mimtreui the elcrtric tram-way (rets Its power In this way, and from the old Roman town of Vevey to the niedie- vaJ castle of Oliillon one may ride In a tmlley car prop-lled by the power of an Insignificant little etream which may or may not be noticed when climb ing up the hllbildea Just alsve. Tbe capsbllitlca of thl general util ization of natural swer are tsglnnlng to be understood everywhere, and with the appreciation of the jHinKlbilltlew of the lst metlKslsof long distance trans mkwlon, the devehqiment of many mountain streams must surely come. There are innumerable streams which, while very small, nre yet very' high, and the- can with comparatively little ditfl'iilty be Impounded and cnrrliHl down many hundreds of feet, thus mak ing up for their lack of volume by the great pressure readily obtainable, and, either by the use of cle-t rleiiy or com pressel air. the power may be trans mitted to many jsiiuts of application with but little loss.-Cassier's Maga r.lne. The liOtus in Literal urc. The rich fruit of the sacred loins, so well known to the nncleuts, we nre told, grew luxuriantly In the Nib", and concerning It many charming legends have ts-eii told. It wns lielleved (hat this fruit wns so delightful that "hose who ate It would never leave the -ot where It grew, but for It would uaVi don home and friends to spend iln-it lives In a il renin of serene delight. Homer, In the "Odyssey," mctitloiiti the lotus eaters who lived on the north ern const of Africa, and records their attempts to detain the followers of I'lysses by giving them the fru't of the lotus to eat, so that they should never wiMh to b-nve the sjsit where it grew. The same poetical Idea is known to the Arabs, who call it the "fruit of destiny," which Is to be eaten In paradise, and If Is on this foundation that Tennyson built his charming poem of the "Ixitus Enter." This mythical lotus has been Identified by several Isitanists with that Indigenous to Tunis, which Is a thorny shrub with iM-rries of tbe size of an olive. Mungo Turk found a species of lotus In cen tral Africa bearing berries of n de licious taste, whb h on being dried liud pounded made very wholesome ntul pleasant bread. The lotus fruit found In Tunis has a stimulating, almost Intoxicating, effoct, and It Ih therefore probable that this plant furnished the foundation of tht ancient legends. The sacred lotua of the Egyptlaus was a tine aquatic plant, dedicated to Osiris and Iris, and regarded In Egyptian delineation at signifying the creation of the world instinct from that lotus was that known as the blue lotus of the Nile, also n sacred plant. Until these spe cles of lotus occur frequently no re ligious symbols and decorations In i;( temples. Pittsburg Hispntcb. Iri e" Penalty, Quite recently, into a railway car riage at Oldham, stepped a young man f rejili from school evidently, and wear'.ng his first watch. The very many proud glances which he cast on the gold chain raided n smile on the faces of his fellow passengers. Appjtrently by accident, though mis chief might have Wn at the txrttom of It, the subject of watches was "brought on the carpet." "Ah"' slghisl an old farmer, giving the watch back to the young man. who had handed It rouud for the inspc-tiou of the company, "that theer watch 'minds me o' my own son." "How's that"'" asked several passen ger. "Why, I gave 'lui a watch when V wur 1." yenrowd. and If wur th' ruin of Mm." Itcin g asked for h it expl.niailon, the farmer continued: "Afore I gave It 'lm, 'e wur the atrnightesi built lad for miles round; but 'e 'adn't 'ad thai watch nlsive four months nfore 'e growel 'iiinplicked wl' liMikln' at the chain so niui-h." Tld Biis. Orljjin or Words. "Oh. dear me!" is equivalent to "Oh, Plo mlo," or "Oh, my !od." Hot ten row, the faiuoux drive In London, was originally nailed In route dil rol, or the King's passageway. "Pope" was orig inally "papa," and "cr.ar" and "kaiser are Iwith Caesar. "Thimble" was orig inally "thumb-bell," as the thimble waa Drst worn on the thumb. "Dandelion"' was dent de Icon, or the linn's tsth. Vinegar I taken from the French vln algre, or sour wine, iKmilnle, the obi unme used for a preacher, Is derived Troni Iiomlnns. Isrd In the old Anglo Saxon wns lUifond, or loaf distributer. Kir was originally the I.atln senior. Madam Is "my lady." Slav was orig inally n person of noble l'neiige, not the slave as now applied. An Innocent Krply. He (well lsrn but not well bred, pompously) It take alz fenerations, you know, to make a gentleman. Hhe (Innocently) Yea. What a pltj that 1t only takes one to unmake him. New York Tlmea. GOWNS AND GOWNING WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR. Brief Glances at acica Feminine, Frivolous, Mayhap. "and Yet Offered la the Hope that the Beading Prove Beetfal to Wearied Womankind. Ooaala from Oar Gotham. If or It corrnpondciK: NLY a few Impera tive rules apply to women 'a dress Just now, and with these few obeyed there in ample leeway for personal taste. Skirts are from four to seven yards about the hem, they act closely at the hlpx and spread easily below, but do notawirl. AllfolilA Uatu? at the back. There are no tapes, antl there's no stif fening, but there la silk lining, a velvet roll ta put on the edge, and a velvet fdged diiMt ruffle corona on the Inside. Kleevea are without attWeulug, either fltted to the shoulder and there allowed t little draMry or even a stiffly flaring frill, or they are flttiMl to above the el bow and faJl softly without stiffness above, lfodlces are either of the coat Mvler that U, having aklrts below the belt line, or are of round wuit pattern. Few gown except strict tailor-mades appear with close fitted front, the usu al front being loose, bagged, full or fold ed to the figure. Holeros in every kind of modulation are usel. Cloth gowns brightened by braJding and 1rilliant lining, yoke, front, telt or collar of silk, are used for dressy day light and Informal dluner wear, ratlier than llk or velvet. Slikfl, velvet and brocade are -onfinel almost, strictly to gits light use, and then these material appear In sumptuous elaboration. Jew eled brocade velvet ts perhnjw the most dazztingly beautiful and costly. This Is a silk velvet woven In rich (lower de sign lu natural color. Sprinkled fill over the flower petals are tiny bril liants each In its own metal setting and each applied by hand. The effect is ex qnMte, and the prU-e per yard equals the cost of mi ordinary dress pattern. Vclvetethut are not enriched by wov en or iippllqued di-signs are worn more this winter than for several years. Nat urally they never fail to make n rich apiM-aranec, tind this season's metluMls of trimming save them from that mo notonous, unrelieved look which in the imat has made them an ea.y Uirget for the criticisms of the woman who could not afford a velvet gown. The present sort Is far more genenUly productive of envy. Two of these elegant cos tuuics are put in these first two pic tures, and excepting a close ivicm- nntOHTRNKO WITH PI.AII) V-LVKT. Nance In the material, there la little In common between them, liotb were of greenish velvet, and the first one was cut princes, the hack of the bodice part beta! of the rol-it oji-1 tight fitting, but oar is vulvbt and lack. the front showed a d radius of tbe same shade of liberty ksUu. Toie fastened at the side and was lieid lu at tiie waist by a wide girdle-like piece of the veivet orniunented wltii four Jeweled buttons. Sleeves, bretehV ajnl -o4Iht were vel vet bordered with narrow beads of aih ellne. It ueed hardly Is said that the muff was of the same materials, axid Its lining was the same satin as the Wdice TAII.OItMAKK KICK FINISH. front, the relationship belwe-n dress and muff being thereby made of the closest possible sort. The hat, too, was part aud jwircel, as lawyers say, of the whole. Of green velvet. Its high crown was encircled by three band of greeu velvet, tbe greeu satin used on muff and gown furnished rusette for its trimming, jmradlse plume toiqrlng all. Plaid velvet uppears on a great many handsome gowns, soaietliiii'K as only a dash of color at neck and sleeves, again as a Jaunty bit of audacity (n the shape of a front to au otherwise very sdate bodice. A stunning dlgu sliowi a bo lero Jacket, buck, while 1u front the bo lero seems to have slipisvl down and Is-come an open belt, while a loose yoke hangs above. For this yoke a plaid and Blrllied velvet is u.-wsl, the lines and col ors of the plaid ls-ing so arranged as to simulate tlie efftict of tucking. Very h-mdsome tiells, of tiie lssllee order are made of this "tucked" velvet, the effect of folds being thuti secured without un wieldy thickness. Au oriental method of employing plaid and plain velvet on a cloth gown Ls proHcutod In the next pktme. Double epaulettes of plain biscuit colored velvet capped cloth slerves. find to these was attached drais'iy of the plaid. Plaid velvet gave the collar, and plalu velvet supplied its points and the round yoke. The dress goods was in the biscuit shade. The changes that are rung iu boleros give a good chance lo bring In tiie stylish touch of plaid velvet. As many of these IIIIS XKW MIMTARV TnlM.UINti. bolero fasten at tbe side as follow the conventional cut. ami some Jaunty af fairs thai fasten over the nhmildcr show a turned back rever faced with plaid Velvet, while plaid sleeves appear be low the shoulder caps of the bolero. Plaid velvet is also used on bal.s, but only lu touches. It Is seldom risked lu bulk or for large surfaces. How elaliottjto neck lintsh cau be Htinj still conform to tailor styles Is shown In the fourth picture. This dress was gray cloth and Its Ixsllce was tight and plain, but over it came a collarette which was slashed at the shoulders mid held by ti frog Mulsh of cord and but tons. Above this towered n flaring slashed collar, all edges, even to the collar slasliotf. having machine stitch ing. On the skirt, at Uie hlis. were strap mid button ornament. Kveti lu the last costume shown here the popular idea ns to neck swathing Is recognizable, but when one. goes in for frogs as the characteristic feattir of a gown, elaboration by other mecna may be held well lu check. t Copyright. 1S!W. lid Their Iuty. A story used lo be told In Loudon, forty years ago, to t lit effect that Lady Jersey, going one Sunday to tbe chapel (a Curzon street, found all the seato filled. "Well, my dear," she remarked to ber dauc!i'er, as they turned away, "at least we have done the civil thing-' Horaelesa Carriage. While advocates of carriages driven by motor-engines admit that much re mains for the inventors to do l-fore uch vehicles can Is- made equal in beauty of ps-uiaiie, facility of maii tgemeut and aJI around comfortable ness to Ihu present style of carriages j Irawu by borses, yet they assert that motor-carriages are certain to become popular lc cause they will save money. In Kngbind it is estimated that the cost of fodder for a horse traveling twenty miles a day is twopence per mile, while l motor-wagon of two uud a half horse ; power can be driven the same distance I at the expense of half a penny per ' mile. Another argument used In behalf , of the horseless carriage is that two thirds of the present wear and tear of rosds is caused by horses, and only ! one third by wheels. Kecordcl lijr Kniu-lrop. It Is by cti re fully noting small and apparently insignificant tilings snd facta that men of science are enabled to reach some of their most surprising and interesting conclusions. In many places the surface of rocks, which mill Ions of years ago niuwl have formed sandy or muddy sea-benches, is found to lie pHted with the impressions of falling rain-drops. In Knglaud it has been noticed that, in many cases, the eastern sides of these depressions are the more deeply pitted, indicating that the rain-drops which formed them were driven before, a west wind. From this the conclusion is drawn that in the re mote epoch wheu the pits were formed Uie majority of the storms iu England came from the west, just as they do to day. The Abp of Niatura. "How old are the Niagara Fails?" is j a fascinating question to which geolo- i gi&H have given replies varying by l tens of thousands of years. At first It j was estimated that the Niagara Itiver i came into existence, through changes j In the level of the land around the ; Great IJkes, about rio.tKKI years ago. I Later this wus reduced to only 12,(KM) years. The celebrated geologist. Sir I Charles I.yell. Increased the estimate ! aguin to ;i.rt,000 years; but more recent j ly others have lowered II to about O.teSi i years. The latest estimate is that of i Dr. J. W. Spencer, who. basing his : conclusions on the most recent investi gations, places tbe age of the river at 82,tHMj years, and that of the oaturaet ; at 31.1)0(1 years. At one period, ninny ; thousand years ago, the height of the '. falls was four hundred and twenty feet. firCKOn's Wonderful I.Hke. Much attention has lately been drawn to Crater Lake, a remarkable body of deep water occupying the immense cra ter of an extinct volcano hi the Cas cade Mountains of Oregon. The name of Mount Mazamii has recently been bestowed upon the old volcano. It has been suggested that this mountain was once one of the loftiest iu America, but that ages ago its summit fell In. The heart of the mountain Is now occu pied by a lake of exquisitely blue water whose greatest depth Is 2,000 feet. The lake Is six miles long by about four and a half miles in width, and Is com pletely encircled by precipitous walls varying In heiLli, from 1.000 to 2.000 feet above the wa i . The greatest ele vation of the crater rim .-liove sea-level Is 8,200 feet. Out of th:' lake rises a volcanic (fine, called Wizard Island, 840 feet high. When it lias been ren dered easy of access. Crater Lake will rank, among the wonders of natural scenery, with the Yellowslono and Yosemlte valleys nnd the Ornnd Can yon of the Colorado. Kleclrlc Plowing. Further details are to hand concern ing the liei'imin electric plowing ex periments, which may be of service to the many farmers in the I'nited Suites who, owing to the vicinity of water power or other conditions, are In a po ailion to reduce their farming expens es by using electricity. The figures quoted are those of a specific Installa tion, and will, of course, In many cases, admit of considerable modification. The plowing was accomplished by two fixed windlasses, actuated by current transmitted a distance of two and one quarter miles. L'ach windlass re ceived about twenty-eight horse-power, which ls sulticleut for a plow with four shoes, which travels 100 meters In Ix-minutes, covering a width of 1.80 meters and plowing a depth of thirty can tl meters; in ten hours' time, the area plowed was 43,000 square meters. As Uie power may also be applied to other purpose! wben not used for plowing, tbe cost of thirty-seven horse power during ten hours la estimated at abont $8.2S; the coat of the installa tion was $S,2.'0; for 120 days per year, allowing 20 per cent, for wear and tear and other expenses, and includ ing the wages of the five men required the total -ost of plowing 43,500 square meters is $2U.r0. Plowing by mean of horse costs at least double thia amount. The advantage over steam are self evident, the apparatus being lighter, and less delicate, aud requlr-1 ing no transportation of combustlWa material to the field. The expense can. be reduced Ktill more If the plowing be continued for more days in the year. Where beet sugar is manufac tured, it is suggested lhat the power In the factories lie used for this pur js.se when it is idle. This would re duce the fxjs-nse still further. Seeds I Some J-'ar by Water. It is good for plants to keep as much apart as possilde. If the seed fell straight lo the ground, and the young plants all new up together around the parent one, they would stave each other out. For plants are like people, and when crowded too clusely togeth er, full to lighting among iheumdvec Their struggles are very bitter ones, though we do not see or hear them. The plants that are strongest In these silent battl'-s end by getting tho light and air, and water and food tney need from the soli, while the poor weak lings are left to starve and die. To prevent too much of this wasteful crowding and struggling, old Dame Nature has Inei.ted many a clever lit tle scheme. Wheu trees or smaller plants glow on river bunks, their fruits often fall into the water, and are carried down stream by the current, sometimes find ing landing-places on the banks, and so growing up into new plants. Who has not seen sycamore-balls and buck eyes traveling along In this easy fash ion? These are the fruits of the treed they grow on. Fruit ls the part of the plant that Incloses the seed, with the seed itself. .So the dry pods that hold the black morning-glory seeds are as truly fruits as are apples or straw berries, though we commonly use the word only for those that are good M eat It often happens that, on small Isl ands in rivers, trees and flowers are found that do not grow on the Delgh Iwring banks. These have come dowa the river, sometimes from the moun tains where it rises, In the shaiie of fruits, and have found lodging on the Island, during high water. Sometimes fruits are thus borne quite out to Bin, and then they may bo caught up by ocean currents aud carried long dis tances. It bus been said that Colum bus first formed the notion that there might be hind beyond the western ocean on seeing some strange nuts that hxul been washed to the shores of the Azores from faraway America. "How Plants Sputad." iu St. Nicholas. Opening the Olympic Games. The crown prince, taking his stand lu the arena, facing the king, then made a short sMK.ch, In which he touched Ukhi the origin of ihe enterprise, and the obstacles surmounted in bringing H to fruition. Addressing tlie king, he asked him to proclaim the opening of the Olympic games, and the king, ris ing, declared them opened. It was a thrilling moment. Fifteen hundred and two years before the Kmperor TUeodo sius had suppressed the Olympic games, thinking, no doubV that lu abol ishing this hated survival of paganism he was furthering the cause of progress; and here was :i Christian monarch, amid tlie applause of uu assemblage composed uliniKSt exclusively of Chris tians, announcing the formal annul ment of the imperial decree; while a few feet away stotsl the archbishop of Athens, and Pore Dillon, the celebrated Dominican preacher, who, in his Easter sermon in the Catholic cathedral the day lK'fore, had paid an eloquent trib ute to pagan Greece. When Ihe king bad resumed his sent, the Olympic ode, written for the occasion by the Creek com'Kjser Samara, was sung by a cho rus of one hundred and lifty voices. Once la-fore music had boon associated with the revival of the Olympic games, - Centurv. The Resort Courteous. Lord Russell's visit to America re minds the Ixiiidon Chronicle of an an cient story. It snys that during Lord Itusseirs previous tour In this country with Lord Coleridge, he came in con tact with many nieuils'rs of the bar, Including Mr. Kvurts. It was whll walking with Mr. Kvurts oik- day along the banks of a stniim that his atten tion was called to a point at which Washington, according lo tradition, had thrown a dollar right across. Tb water was wide, nnd Lord Itusaelj lwikiMl doubtful. "You know a dollar went further Iu those days than It goes now," tha American lawyer blundly Insinuated. "Ah," said Ijord Itussell, quite equal to the occasion, "nnd It may have been easy enough to Washington; it Is well known that he threw a sovereign acroea the Atlantic." Don't go lo a novel for tragedy; look at the expense aouount of a poor man whom the Ixird as blessed with a large family. Kvery real nice old woman thlitki that people like to hear atwut bar man r'ed children and th g taudchlldraa. p. r w .i 5SM