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. '. .
