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The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME X. HAHKISON, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897. NUMBER Jfl. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS. Cnaarata and Criticiaaaa 111 rd Upon tha Happenings ol the Day Ml 'torical and News Notes, It la not the great tilings which wf would do If we could (hat will count In the end. but tlif little lhing; we could do if we would. A Boston girl who was scolded for tating too much g;i at night turned on nil the (.us Jet and committed suicide. Hit h ucd ton much ga to the hint. A New York man iy the world will come to an end thl year and an In diana prophet wiys It will come to an end In 1K7. Tlioe "eml men" always sre funny fellow. A New Vurk man want a divorce on the ground that he hypnotized into marrying his wife. That fellow evidently ihen't understand that all marriages are made lu just that way. Many physician in Russia charge only 15 cents for a consultation, and, al though their iiuinlM-r hi small, sui cides are frequent among them, the catwe being inability to make a li v Ing. Social life can 1 sweetened and im proved by a urn He and a kind word for every one. Thin require no great tal ent. It la the outflow of a generous, ; ;ire1ntlve, responsive, and kindly na ture. Every pure thought and noble re solve, every act of duty and of love, everyenerificeforprinclplc, strengthens the power of goodness within m, and make It more certain that, when con flicts and emergencies arise, we shall not be overwhelmed. If a Iwok le worth reading once it la worth reading twice; and. If It stands a second reading, It may stand a third. Thto, Indeed. U one great text of the ex cellence of book. Many liooks require to be read more than once In order to be seen In the proper color and latent gloritw, and dim-discovered truths will by-aod-by disclose themselves. Ill Sheate laws of Florida, that made the teacWng; of mixed cla of wbHC, and colored pupils an offenwe puniehahle by Imprteomncjit, have been declared unconstitutional and void. I uK spring teachers In the school of the American Miwionary Society at Orange I "ark were arreted for violation of thin law. Thin cane wu carried liefore the rhiprcflie Court of Florida, and brought about the recent declaration. The progress of the work of caring for Insane person la shown In every en lightened community by the abandon ment of the old manner of bousing the path-nta. Huddling thousands of tnewe In one building la no knr In favor, nd It prolialily will be but a short time bafore th cottage system will prevail. een two-story cottages will noon he built for the Long Island and Htate Hospital at Kings rartt. These will fIn about 125 patient each, man aged In consonance with the moat ra tional and advanced Ideaa on the snb-i'-H. ' : Ijum week I.lflft Kiclltana arrived on one steamer at New Urleana and a pathetic scene took place. It In said that many of "the men and women kiss ed the floor of the wnarf on landing and threw themselves Into the arms of frtend,- who had come before, weep ing for Joy at reaching America. From Meily to America Is like coming from -darkness into dawn. Lei na hope that these addition to our population will not noon forget benefit accorded them by American dtlacnshlp; that they ' will learn the language of the country,1 educate their children at our wliool and themselves engage in hon est pursuits. iHmtora are wild to lie like verba regular, Irregular and defective; but no body baa yet attempted a scientific lalflatlon of the swarro of mystical and supernal iinil healers to whom the example of Schlatter at the Weal a few montha ago seems to have pointed the way. They rle up In multitude and lcrvade all localities near and far, and trnngcly enough none of them xcein to lack follower and liellevera. It l ft cuiioim deluolmi which n-imnex faith In their apelK hut It U n old na human Infirmity, nd will prttl tllily lam a long. The fool we have ulwpya with iim, and It Ik not, therefore, a mutter of legiti mate lirpi"t tlinr we tiitl"t aoiiietltnea have the "healer." He never hen 1st anybody, ami Individually n noon for gotten, but hU type abide and olKiundH In all laoda atid araatui. I.elng now and tiere ei'lally prevalent. ,v t The verb "io bowlflerlee" ha paaaed Into the language from the efftM't of an Kngllah clergyman to prodnre an edi tion of Khakapenre'a playa which might be read by young ladle without bring ing the bluah of abame to tba cheek modwtfr. Thia monumental piece of toplillir immorlallied the minuter, and bla work (a now one of the curl (ililca f the brNikaboD. It ccm moot incredible that at thia day a !m llar 'attempt ahould he made on an other author and that the work should be "Tom Jones, but It la actually a fact that a member of the Fielding family has produced an expurgated edition of that masterpiece. In which Molly Seagrlni will be left out "Ham let" without the prince will be com plete jn comparison to this work. In tlne days of advanced crltirtam novelititm and playwrights cannot be too careful. Ktage ldeaa of law have long been a aubjoct of merriment even among people not connected wltb the bar, and utage death by polwon are often not lookfHl upon by melical men with that seriousness whkb the dtfi matlKt hired. Thefiame l true of the work of novelist, and one of tbeae wan n-'ntly called down by the Ioud I-arwet for making away with two of hi character by curare and pnisxi. acid mixed. The Lancet myv, that to give that mixture would be like blowing a man' bniitiK out and then cutting liiu throat, na the two jKimons are autagi) umtic. Kcleiititb knowledge 1 Ihm-oiu. ing popular that The novellnt of the future must kill hi character u'-eotd-lng to materia medics or let them die natural death. A ertmade ha been Inaugurated In Topeka, Kan., for the purpose of stop ping the practice of overchecklug car riage horse. Judge Koater, of the t'nlted State District Court, la the pioneer In the movement and he pro pose to start ft society whoxe m embers Jihall take an active jiart In reporting cases to tiie Judge, who will attend to the .prosecution under a law which covers the point. It la to be hoped that the cniKade will be ho uceenful that H will be emulated by humane per Hons In other cltle. The practice of checking up a horxe's head a high that the animal i In constant torment la caused largely by a deal re to give the hor.e a more graceful bearing, and moat often, doubtless, the owner H Ig norant of the cruelty he la Inflicting. A cruaade flgalnttt the practice, how ever, preceded by an educational cam paign, should be effective In putting an end to hi refined torture. Nothing more entirely Joyous has come out of the far Went for many day than the report of a fantastic vision afforded a galaxy of "reputable citlr.ena" of Sacramento, Cal. It ap pear to have ben a gigantic alrahfp under perfect control traveling at a height of a half mile, illuminated ap parently by electric light and people at the time of its paaaage over the city with a company which waa winging the popular aire of the day. One naive ex planation of the apparition Is that aom one baa solved the mywtery of aerial navigation and Is conducting hi ex periments at night In order to eeap Impertinent curiosity. Other explana tions more plausible perhaps will occur to most people, but none should be. ac cepted a conclusive. If explanation! are dodged these "''reputable citizens" may be induced to add some more de tails of the spectacle and even finally reveal the charactar of the source of In spiration. CaUfornisns must not keep to themselves a vintage that 1 so de lightfully exhilarating. What a roaring opera boufft? could b based upon the situation In Outw! Kv eryone admits that Cuba should be fre and that the Island has been treated outrageously by 8paln, but the rldlcul ouanesa of the movement of Irth arm. ies cannot but force luwlf upon any who rend the dispatches. The most ac tive men In Cuba are those who send out the "war" news. We never hear ol skirmishes. Every meting of opponitig troops Is a "battle" or aO "engage ment." The hlgb-ftouudlng title and the higher wiiindliig names to which th titles are attached are Incongruous con sidcting what these Quixotic person age really accompllfh. "Lieutenant Colonel Rodcrlgiiea de la Casino yet terday executed a brilliant flauk move ment upon the las I'Iiuih plantation and escaped without the los of a man He captured seven soap Itollers. Thlt will cripple the Insurgents." "iScueml Antonio Ma ceo, the intrepid leader ol the patriots, again displayed bia bril liant strategy by eronslng the Irochti nt tin- head of eighteen men and returned laden with spoil wrested from Weyler Among the supplies secured were tt live goat and four cans of tomato soup." "The most sanguinary battle of tin war took place to-day, when ISetier alhwlmn Onllxta tiatv-la, with twenty one men. boldly attacked a punlli force of nearly thirty under Colonel Hohadil. Each commander dlroctef his men from a convenient Ircp. The Spaniard were completely rooted, re treating to Havana. One was wound' ed by tint discharge of his own weapon A Cubau lieutenant sprained bla ankh and fiarcln was nearly wounded, the bullet lodging In'lhe tree In which lie sat. It Is reported 'hat Wcylar lint given up the struggle." Why, one good election scrap In a Chicago word con tains more fatalities than a wltoh Cuban campaign. , Hpeclmcu of fire damp have been recently collected from many aourcc all containing nitrogen, with, apnar ently, about the same proportion ol argon as la obtainable from the nltro en of the air. FANCIES OF FASHION. QREAT VARIETY IN THE STYLES FOR THIS SEASON. Btylra for tbe Cold Weather faaaon Arc Now Well Bettled-Oowna for All Manner of Occaaiona Through the Winter Months. W)nt-r Ptl-a Filed. New York correspoudeace: k-ASHIONS for the W winter are now so . Aa( settled that what f the new year find ' M accepted In pretty 1.- sure to rmntn jn until warm weath er, Beveral montha hence, forces a gen eral change. These fashions have, as usual, leen set by women who can af ford large ward robes, but the other sort of women will do well to study not the freaktah fan elea of some ex travagant Individu al, but the general plan of gowning that obtains with mon eyed fashionables. This type of woman appears in the mowt strictly eevere tailor-made gown, hat and coat for tbe street, either during the morning hours or until four In the afternoon. She Is not supposed to 1 on the street after four unless merely tripping from one tea or reception to another. For late afternoon and Informal reception ue Telvet; satin or silk la worn In com blnatlon with cloth, and the dross la daintily flnihed and elaborated. It la high at tbe neck, Ha aklrt drags and eta out prettily, th bat spreads out, with lota of feat here, and tbe whole la very becoming. , Light glovea may ba worn, and a "cape that Is dainty and elaborate may be donned. For dinner she appears in evening gown, not cut very low, and with half aleevea. It la of satin or brocade, possi bly of delicate-colored broadcloth, tbe aklrt plain and th general cut and tin tb of the gown severe. Over It may b thrown a warm, dark cloak, heavier than the dainty afternoon cape, but carefully differentiated from the usual ball wrap. This gown la also suitable for the theater. For bite evening, ball and dance wear her evening gown Is cut aa low aa ahe like. It la made of silk, covered with some transparent material, ajid the effect Is very elab orate. It la usually flower-decked, and chiefly beautiful because It seems as perishable a a fresh plucked flower. Over this Is worn a very elaborate half- lengtb cloak, warm and beautiful, or a numptuou full-length affair. The lat ter Is suitable rather for matrons than young girls. ' Slippers nnd stockings should always match the gown. The evening dress is the Item of. the wardrobe that will come In for the greatest modlltcatlon, and tbe aelectloli of thia model waa guided by conaldera tlona of beauty and adaptableness. Ita cut-out may be Oiled In with lace If de aired, though tbe milker shook her head M a BiinioKi aviaixonaaas. WITH TlRtTDOKBT nrinxD nan. dtfprecatlugly while admitting the feas ibility of such treatment. It material was row pluk satin, and guipure was used to give a bolero effect. Over thia were frill of silk muslin, and an em broidery of beads waa put on the corse let. Cerhte ribbon garuiabed the aklrt aVs uid1-ated, and was repeated ou the bodice. With the woman whose domestic du ties are a serlou matter of routine not unmixed with drudgery, all daintiness i and dreluea In the housework gown I nitwt play second fiddle to servlceabil- j lty. Where a pretence Is made of being a housewife that Is, where drudgery , DRESHKn I'P FOB APTERNOON. k met at, eay, forty rods range, tbe dainty devices that tbe fashionable woman affecta are of good purpose, but ahe who tolls aa much aa she direct la pretty apt to postpone attempts to look uimt-u up uuui nuiu iiuie ua muni vi ner tnciw are oone. TUe rest or tnem And her nicely artlml If she is rigged like the woman of the third illustra tion. Here Is a drees of llgured challle, the skirt full and plain, and the bodice having a full front of blue China silk and bolero fronts of the drtw goods. A pretty trimming of white lace frills la added to the front, and the blue silk give the atock collar. The shape of these sleeves, which ended lu bell-like cuffa, suggests that the big sleeve Is dying hard. One new drew with tight ltva usually takes a woman out of the notion of being too stylish, and abe content beraelf with a aleeve tight to the elbow and aoftly drooping puff from the shoulder. There reraaJu In the Uluatradona two afternon drewtea of richer stuffs than that Just described, and ao elaborate that tbe wearer of either one would not be suspected of not being through with her day" household care. The first of theae waa brick red silk. Ita front waa loose from neck to hem aad waa laid In two wide boxpleata while the aide and back were fitted and were finish ed with a aaitin belt decorated with scar 1st A NOT Ml R WOMAN OF I.RtMBIt SOS HALF A PAY. Katln loops. At J be lop was a yoke like trimming of lieavy cream hti which also gava the sleeve trimming, and the collar with iu pretty 1kws wu of the MHtije satin rlblsui used for the belt. IVudent from the shoulders was a Jacket-like drapery of pleated silk. The other dre was more elaborate In Its richness. Of gray bitx he nilU, lis Wldo godct skirt had a !and of while satin embroidered with gold down the centre. The lsxllce opened over a wide pbiHtron of white chiffon over white satin, and the left side lapped over with two button, the narrow space between bell and plastron being edgvd with gold embroidered .satin, hand of the same giving sleeve finish mid collar. Tin) Mleeve were moderately full pulls trimmed with gray pleab-d tnouMseUne de sole, and frills of the same edged the open fronts and came around the collar in back. Copyright, 1897. Thomas B. Heed, of Maine, ha been . installed as arbitrator of fw'o of tie- leading Insurance com pan ten of the United HtaJile. Ills predecessor was tbe late William E. Russell, of Massa chusetts. The salary of the place I $5,000 a year and the duties only oeca- alonal. The leas a woman baa to confide the mora ahe Insists on doing It. 7r- Koads Must Be Koada. There appears to be a growing im 'preaeion to the effect that a road is a place of passage from one point to another, and that If it is anything abort of that the ones accountable for ! Ita condition may be held responsible for the trouble that may be occasioned by Its faillliuess. I'assen?ers injured in a railroad ac cident, occasioned by a defective road bed or an Imperfect rail, are very mire to sue for damages anil io recover lib erally. Any one injured by a defective side walk can usually make a town or an Individual pay smartly for it. The spirit of the law seems to lie that a railroad must be a railroad and i In a condition to properly carry on its work in a business-like manner. A sidewalk must be kept lu a safe Condition for people to walk over it. Now, what about a road over which persons in vehicles must travel? Must It be a real road? Oh. no! Most any old thing will answer. It differs from a sidewalk and a railroad. They have to be what they pretend to be, but a wagon road may be simply a streak of mud or stones or anything else. No one appears to he responsible for the con dition of the iiuhlii' rotid. It is sun- ! iwvjh . i ,. .n,i ,) ii, for ltK(lf. Jf UII one fs mj,m,(1 or tu vehicle is broken, it is the . c ult J 0f his own folly In presnmimr :.- ja road for traveling purposes.' tiUt uie times ciiangp, and w a re be changed with tliem. Folks an- i ginning to apply the same rules to county governments as they do to city governments and private corporations. Accidents on public roads n rid bridges caused by defective conditions of the same have to be paid for by the coun ty. It Is Just. Good road are cheapest in the long run. The reign of King Mud should be cut abort- L. A. W. Bulletin. How to Work Country Koada. ! Much has been said and written about country roads and Ihe proper way to construct them to iDsure good ones the year round. But much of it 'applies only where gravel or crushed tone cau be obtained with which to make a road bed unaffected by rains and standing water. In many sec tions of the country gravel can be had by hauling It from creek and river beds, and where It can be so obtained or purchased at a low figure the best possible use of time and money is in securing and preadlng this upon a road bed previously graded Into tbe proper form. If the gravel is dumped upon perfeclly flat surface It: be ! ironies mixed w Ith the soil during wet weather and soon is lost. The first j thing to be done Is to grade the road. The graveling or macadamixlng can then be done at leisure. The upper Illustration shows tbe best, form of the road. The dirt from the ditches at the sldis Is carried to (he middle and left In a rounded form, highest In the center. Care must be taken to make the sides slope ail the way from the center to the bottom or the ditches, or the water will stand In the sag and percolate into the roadway, mak ing It soft and muddy. Make good outlets for these ditches to carry the water off and keep the road dry, and akto tha. they may erve for outlet for tile and for all other farm drains. Keep the surface of the road smooth and free from sods, for those travel ing will not make martyrs of them selves and bump over t lie rough places to wear them dow.i !f the side are smooth. Leave the .sod at one side. They will decay in a year or two. A large amount, of road work can be done lu a 'short time Willi comfort to man and beast, by using one of the improved road grader. Four men with their teams make a good force; one man and team for tint plow, the others for the grader. It; will pay any town handsomely to invest In the most Improved machinery for road work. When grading the road, be careful not to get the grade too wide. Make it Just wide enough for tennis to pass. It will flatten out with use nnd wet weather. Water will less easily stand on n narrow road. A great aid in keeping Ihe road dry Is a row. of tiles on either side til; the outer edge of the grade. These should not be laid to deep, for the surface will become packed so thut the water will not readily soak through. But If the grade is the proper form Ihe water will run off the surface so rapidly thai , comparatively little will soak In; and j ns the tile and laying them add large , Iv to the cost of the ron1 ihnv .....iiv i,e disnensed with in th summer when the farmers are busy with their crops, the roads are usually dry and any kind Is good oiiougli. The low price for which farm lands sell Is due In a large measure to the poor highways. With better roads tbe value of tbe land rapidly In creases. F.xa tuples 6f this can be found in every ?ouniv. Farms located I , Tl K X JT'Ml av IJ'tl ! along good, hard road are in con stant demand at prices far in excesa of those situated at a distance from such roads. Wherever other work will permit, farmers can well afford to give, a few days' work on the roads instead) of feeling it a hardship to have to work' the time mpiired by law. Work them thoroughly, each neighborhood for It self. The labor and time spent will re turn one hundred fold in the increased value of property and in the ease and comfort of traveling. Farm and Home. Ixve Their Home, Willi Hie exception, possibly, of the anthropoid apes, the homing sense is possessed in a higher or a lower de gree by all mammals; this is true also of the birds. The well-known ex ploits of the carrier pigeon are so simi lar that they will srarcely need com ment The duck and the goose some times have this sense very highly de veloped. 1 once knew a goose to travel buck home after being carried for th distance of eighteen miles. A draka ami a duck, to my cemi-i knowledge, traveled buck to their old home, a dis tance of nine miles, after being trans ported b.v railway. Instances of home returning in dogs, cats, horses, etc., are of such common occurrence that t hardly need call attention to them. The following instance is so unique, however, that I will give It: In the fail of 1MJ1 n gentleman o Vincouueis, lnd., visited his father at Lebnnon, Ky. When he started to re turn home hi father gave him a yoko of young steein, which he drove via Louisville to VincenncK. Shortly afteij his arrival the steers made their eg cape, swam the Ohio at OwensboroJ Ky., UK) miles below Louisville, and In a week or wo were found one morning nt the gate of their old home at Lebi anon. Led by their sixth sense alone, these animals had made a journal cf several hundred miles over a route en tirely unknown to them. Fishermen are well aware of the fact that certain fish choose localities for their lurking places which they will share with no other fish. The black bnss, brook trout, sturgeon and goggle-eyes are familiar examples of the fish which have this habit. Some time ago I performed the following experi ment: I took a bass from its home near a sunken stump, and, after passing a thin, short, piece of strong thread through tbe web of its tail and knot-' tinff it. rellluecil it In . thA. rival turn miles below its lurking plat. The next day I saw It in its old home, clearly recognizable from the bit of thread which waved to and fro ln the clear water ns the fish moved Its tall. - Piilsburg News. Htanley's Compliment. Iean Stanley actually suffered from listening to music, and yet Jenny Llnd' once told Max Muller he paid her the highest compliment she had ever re ceived. Stanley was very fond of Jen ny Llnd, but when she stayed at his father's palace at Norwich, be alwaya left the room when she sang. On evening Jenny Llnd had been singing Handel's "1 know that my Redeemer liveth." Stanley, as usual, bad left the room, but he came back after the music, was over, and came shyly up to Jenny Llnd. ; "You know," he said, "I dislike music; 1 don't know what people mean by admiring it. I am very stupid, tone deaf, as others are color-blind. . But," he said with some warmth, "to-nlghti when from a distance 1 heard you sing ing that song, I had an inkling of what people mean by music. Something came over me which 1 had never fell ; before; or, yes, I had felt it once before In my life." Jenny Llnd was all atten tion. "Some years ago," he continued, "1 was at Vienna, and one evening there was a tattoo before the palace per. formed by 400 drummers. 1 fe!t ahaJt. en. and to-nfgbt, while listening to your singing, the same feeling came over me; I fell deeply moved." "Iear man," she added, "I know he, meant It, and a more honest compliment I never received in all mv life." Mow He Knew Hla Mother. The Prince of Wale is not averse to having a little fun over his auguat mother's propensity for giving away India shawls. At the recent Henlev regatta he had his attention drawn to an elderly lady who, the Prince's friend said, bore n striking resemblance to tho Queen, and might be her Majesty'a In cognito. As the Prince leveled hla field glass on her. she rose, and taking the shawl on which she had been sitting, threw it around the shoulders of the young girl who was with her. "It is undoubtedly the Qu-en," the Prince replied, quietly; "she. has be trayed herself. She has iust presenteil one of her India, sha wls." '- .' . A '.family wfth' a hereditary mania for suicide by, hanging has been dls- cwierVjft by " Dry Broun rdel, of Paris, 'Thn father,' frffmcr near EJtampea, hanged himself Without apparent cause, and subsequently his four daughter! and six of his seven sons followed th example, but not until they had mar- 1 ried and had children, all of whom like- -wise hanged themselves. One son, now 08 years old, Is the only survivor of tma -. Ill-fated family. ''" ' After a man has saved np A few dol lars It Is Impossible for him to b oa toe- te-uig with averybody. '. .
