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The Sioux Gounty Journal,
VOLUME X.
HAKKLSOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2.1, 1807.
X UMBER 25.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Comment
nd Criticism Baaed Vpoa
ths
Happenings ol tha bay-His
torical and Newt Notes.
Good, sound business Judgment la
one of the liest collateral a bank can
carry nowaday.
Lole Fuller him had many suitors,
but Senator Cantor of New York seems
to have won In a walk.
If the Spaniard had accepted Uncle
flam's offer of $100,0O0,On0 for Cuba
forty or fifty years ago they would bo
BOW about f.'MPl.KNt,(XHI better off.
A movement Ihih been started by New
York mlnltsters to boycott the tint ham
newspapers and "establish an Ideal
daily." This Ih Indeed a freuk country.
Just aa the discovery U made that
a lot of Tennessee negroes are turning
white along comes a scientist with the
announcement that "Americans are lie
coming Indians." The only real Amer
icana are Indians.
A commercial contemporary asserts
that patent medicine have liecotne de
moralized and prices have gone all to
pieces. What clue could logically le ex
pected? A patent medicine always is
a drug on the market, anyway.
A New York paper remark that
"(ierniany now objectM to American
sausages," and add: "They are al
ways growling over then1." We can
hardly blame Jcrtnany for objecting
to a sausage t liar I continually growl
ing. The Treasury Department nfimuiuc
that a new counterfeit ?1U bill ha Im-cii
engraved recently. The f el Iowa who
did It prolwibly will starve t death,
for they w 111 be unable to work off a
bill of that jii.e nowaday without ex
citing suspicion.
There la an old gentleman In Ilarri
son County, Georgia, who Is SO years of
nge and baa never ridden on a railroad
train or taken a meal at any kind of
public hotiHe. I ii mm riled in an adjoin
ing town hint week and be ref lined to
attend bin funeral tiecnuse lie would
have to ride on the cars'.
,.n extraordinary attack of conscience
seized nHn a yoHiig New York Isiok-keepj-r
the other day. He hud liikcn
from a house which he visited for good
tnittlmw reasons a small package,
which he found to contain diamond.-",
lind he went to Philadelphia nud pnwn
iil them. Hut learning that a servant
had liecii arrested for mealing the dia
mond, he returned and gave himself
ill 1o the police because he could not
suffer an innocent person to Ih- punish--d
for his crime.
The New York Advertiser notes that
1he Idiot who "did Hot kuow it was
loaded," the woman who locks her
children In the house while she goes to
visit a nclghlxir, and the man who
thaws out sticks of dynamite In the
kitchen oven are doing their parts al
most dally toward removing the sur
plus poulat!!i. It will not do to say
that tluse person should have nud the
newspapers. Most of them do. Solo
mon had something to my of the Im
possibility of removing hi folly from a
(fool even If he be brayed in a mortar.
The rciiort conies from California
.that an attempt Is to tie made there
soon to construct an airship on a large
wale. It Is to be made chiefly of alu
minum. Is to lie about 1-iiMI feet In length,
and the money is to come from the sale
of shares in a stock company. This
will make the second California airship
of the year. 7'he other had no diffi
culty In sailing In the air, for It was
constructed entirely of feven-d Imag
ination. It is not cXccted that the
ailing qualities of this later craft will
lie any more notable or go beyond a sale
of stock.
In an article In one of the New York
papers on the late whiskers of John
I Sullivan, a prize fighter and alwor
bent of alcohol, portraits were given
of the rnr,or with which said whiskers
were removed and also of the intig
which held the brush and soap. To
the unpractjeed eye they looked al
most the. same as any other mug and
raior, but the service to which they
were dedicated gave to them a pecu
liar sanctity In the eyes of the editor
of the' newspaper. Pictures of Mrs.
Aster's ash barrets and Mr. Vandcr
IbllPs toothpicks are next to be ex
pected. Joseph Jefferson lias takeu op tlw
(udgelaat-nlna undue athletic training,
which, he says, "kills off more pcjile
than t cure. The strain undermines
the system, forces tn heart to taak
far beyond Its powers, and a mault
tMre la a colUpae of the life machinery
totg before tha appointed Mine." Mr,
Jfffmvjofl aaya tbat he met I-awrenc
Barrett objm ;atn agn on a trt cor
mn to Boatoa, aad Barrett said ho tu
wmlfJaf for a ctr i taka nlm to a gjm
aalan. "WalTa tha matter wtttt walk
taf r MM iwCmmmi taat'a battar
ercis than you will get at tlie gym
tiuHiuni and it w ill save you the trouble
of going there."
The New York Tribune states that
Uganda, the "Pearl of Africa," la mak
ing rapidly progress In civilization. A
I'arliameut haa been established, to
gether with excellent police and postal
systems, and the King has learned to
read and write English. The credit for
all this must very largely tte given to
Christian missionaries, who have been
diligently at work there, often amid
great discouragement, for many year.
The favorite Radical cry In Kugland,
"I'ganda should tie utiaudoncd." which
baa leeu repeated more often than.
Cato'a demand for the demolition of
Carthage, may now well tie hushed.
To find oil any good map of Aula the
City of Klrln, which by the new treaty
la to be the Junction of the Russian
and Chinese railway systems, draw a
line went from Vladivostock. and an
other northeast from Port Arthur; the
Junction of the two straight lines will
fall near KIrin. Now draw a straight
line from Klrin northwest to Irkutsk;
this will show approximately the route
of the Siberian Railway through
Northeni Manlclnnia. The Chinese
railway running northeast from Tient
sin In to be extended to Klrln. a ml will
have a branch to Port Arthur. An
Manlchurla Is about tin big a Texan,
In about the same latitude as New
York, ha almve ;1.ipio,(hii people, and
plenty of fertile soil, the mining devel
opment will be very great.
Science has discovered an infallible:
test of typhoid fever ill w hat is known
118 "the blood test." A drop of blood
taken from the lobe of the e;ir. or the
tip of the linger of a (inspected ty
phoid patient, ami sent to tlie labora
tory on a card, Is mixed with sterilized
water and a fraction of It put on a mi
croscopic slide. To tins a drop, or a
portion of a drop, of pure typhoid cul
ture la aihled. The slide Is then put
under the ml-roscoM'. If the bacilli
move and keep separate, there is no ty
phoid in the blood of the person under
examination, if the bacilli cluster and
stay quiet, typhoid exists, or else lias
existed in the system within six years,
n i.iitjter whlrli can le very easily
learned from lite put lent himself." No
febrile dis uses, no nialirln. or any
other malady in the Mood will cause
this concentration of bacilli. The test
Is therefore lihuolutc.
Things have been looking up wonder
fully for some of the old wood -engravers
in the last year or so. When the
various pi. olographic processes of en
graving bean to be w idely used seven
or eight years ago. wood-engravers,
who had been eainii'g forty and fifty
dollars n week, suddenly found them
selves hard pushed to make twenty
dollars, and many found It Impossible
to obtain any work whatever. At first,
the photo-engravers expected light a:id
aiids to do between them all the wo'-k
of making the plates. When this Idea
proved to lie Impracticable, they turn
ed reluctantly toward tool work on the
etched plates. When this stage had
Itecii reached, the times begun to bright
en for the old wood-engravers, and
more and more of thi-ni were employed
to work over the plates after they hail
left the etcher's hands, (iradually, too,
a higher grade of skill came Into div
imind. The consequence Is that the in
comes of engravers are on u rise. At
present. In some cases, photo-engraving
may Is- said to be used only to do the
rough work of cutting out the plate.
It is then handed over to a skillful u
graver, and every Inch of It Is gone
over with painstaking skill. The result
Is a combination of the best effects of
photo-engraving, with all the light and
sliiulo and color that have been asso
ciated with wood engraving.
Joseph M. McCillhtgh wns one of the
old rntf nf Journalises, strong, deler
niined, rudely vigorous, terrlllcall.v jxir
tlsan, who have lunile blstorj' hi this
country, lie ssses:ed Indomitable
i-ouraKcati'l thosi- physical chami-tiTls-tlcs
that in all ages have hccij found
essentia) to sm-ci-ssful and continued
leadership, lie had mi unequalcd ca
pacity for hard work; his js-rslstetice at
the tasks he bsk iisin himself was
something formidable; bis sole thought'
was for his newMiper and his Interest
In affairs was more purely Journalistic
than that of any man of his time. To
him the globe wns n little thing com
pared wit!) (lie St. Ionls rjlohe-Dcmo-nut.
He was a maater of fence, knew
the tierce and carte of public iIIhciis
mIoii thorfMighly, but preferred the Hall.
He had a burly hatred of cant and hum
bug and smug double dealing and wns
cruelly destructive of convenient pro
teins. In tlie days before "Journalistic
enterprise" became- a description of
profligate expenditure he was a marvel
of during. Even In hla declension Mr,
MeCullngh waa an Important figure in
American public life, a strong, com
manding man, who looked upon the
world coolly, lovd hla work ami per
formed It with isiwer and courage. Hla
death la a (rent loaa to the public Ufa
of America, but a greaUr loaa to atngla
mlnded and Intelligent totirnaUam.
A tear In yoor trouaaaa will Bwrar
wrr you aa loaf a fM n to Ifaor-
un of It
GOWNS AND GOWNING
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
Brief Glance at fancies Feminine,
Frivolous, May bap, and Yet Offered
ia tha Hope that the Heading Prove
If estful to Wearied Womankind.
Ooaaip from Gar Gotham.
New York correapoudeni-e:
RITICAL attention
Is sure to be given
to the new gowns
of late February,
and so plentifully
that the transition
period has come to
be considered a test
of a woman's Judg
ment In dressing.
About February the
well-dressed wom
an begins to feel
that her winter
clothe are shabby,
yet It la hardly time
to go In for spring
jlj, togtf, especially a
all our cold weath
er has been since
Christmas. She wants something new,
yet If she Is wise she knows that as
yet there honestly Is nothing new. All
she can do Is to make some tasteful
new adaptation of the styles already In
hand, with a -wd eye, of course, to
the probnbi: . The probabilities
Just now are ;,. h Instead of silk for
almost all p.nposes except linings,
sleeves small, though that Is settled,
braiding, and skirts trimmed, lirlght
colors, sashes, ovcrsklrts distinctly on
the horizon, tiny frills and dashes of
WIXTEK AVD SI'III.VO KPFKCTS ni.KNDBD.
black, may also be regarded as Huh;
straws of fahloii. And in fnsiilon, as
elsewhere In architecture, you caiuiot
make bricks without straw, so look out
for your straws.
In a street dress it may take the form
of the gowu at the head of rhls col
umn, which was In light-gray cloth, the
skirt taking tabller effect from its over
lapping side seams. Its blouse waist
was of emerald-green velvet, with high
stock collar to match ami a wide corse
let belt of liberty satin in t'i same
shade. Over this was a novel jacket
whose back was cut in the usual way,
but whose fronts were pleated Into the
armholc lu the manner Indicated. Its
very high collar flared at the edge and
wa cut in one with it. The Jacket was
made of the gray cloth, with green liu
lug for the loose fronts. "
Planned on a lens elaborate sculc for
the same purpose were the second and
third pictured models. The first of
i these was lu dark heliotrope cloth, skirt
and coat embroidered to match. The
1 high collar was edged with astrakhan,
and the lining was taffeta of the same
', Mhade. The other w as of hav.mn brown
i serge, and Its skirt was trimmed with
I lace nicdalllnim, bordered and connect
I ed by narow silk marabout. Above this
j was a Hue of narrow brown cord. The
! bodice showed a band of lace Across the
front, and lac point adfed wltb mara
bout were added to tba valvet collar.
The wide coraalat bait and bow ra
of brawn velvtt, and a Jannty Start t
II I
AVOTHia MID-aiAtOV MODBfi.
white eau de sole with cord garniture
and maralsiut edging completed ft. lu
all the lace used the design was out
lined with gold.
The stock belt Is a modification or the
lsslice ls-lt, which i a little trying to a
plump figure. The stis k belt starts at
the back, being laid in folds and reach
ing half way up tlie figure at the back
back. These folds rapidly narrow as
the licit passes alsiut the waist, till in
front Ihc licit Is only about an Inch
wide. Here the very narrow ends
cross, returning to the back, anil at the
middle of the back they knot, the full
ness of the ends spreading as they fall
down the skirt, while the loops are
Illril OF MATERIAL AND COLOR.
turned to lie downward below the waist
line Instead of up. The trick a Unit this
belt Is that it must be very carefully
made, so that though it seems to 1h Just
a matter of folds narrowing, all the ex
tra fullness is really cut away, and there
Is actually hardly more than au Inch
width of gisids In front or in the ends.
Fullness Is cleverly restored under the
knot at the back, that the emls may fall
with sash effiK't. The sloping line of the
top of the belt from the back to the
front Is very becoming mid restores a
long-waist ed effect that is lost In the all
around bodice belt.
Although common snse gives full en
dorsement to cloth for mid-season
gowns, velvet is used a great deal more
than It. was In the beginning of the win
ter, and so much of It seen that the
fact deserves mention. These dresses
are almost invariably very handsome
and It Is not at nil surprising to find in
them the latest expressions of ingenious
and tasteful dressing. This point is
what leads to putting two of these cost
ly dresses in the remaining pictures, for
even if reproduction in velvet Is not to
be thought of there's a chance for con
triving with less expensive stuffs, with
tin? newest and best, that the fashions
afford as an easy winning. The first
of these dresses the fourth In the lllus-
IN TWO SHAflKS OF VELVET.
t rations had a Russian green velvet
skirt, trimmed with green, spangled
white erepon. Its blouse waist was nile
green surah, striped with lace Inser
tion, and had a deep cream lace yoke,
with a collar to match. It was finished
with a black lace figaro also covered
with spangles. The belt and the bow
on the collar were black velvet, and the
green velvet sleeves had wrist frills of
white surah nud spangles on the puffs,
Bteel gray velvet gave the skirt of
the other costume, and an Insertion of
rrenin guipure sprinkled with Jet beads
trimmed It, The Jacket bodice wns of
mauve velvet and had a short slushed
tin sq ue edged with spangled lace, and
girdle and yoke were white aatln. Tha
yoke waa almost hidden by trimming
of clbellne edged with lace, and a num
ber of Elbcllne tails fell over the lace
epaulcttea.
If It la a bodice that la needed to help
tide over until spring atyle are set
tled, there Is a form of blouse that In
well aeleeted material will serve vet7
prettily till we can aee where we are
at It I made of crepe, mualln, aoft
Ilk or velvet, and la accordion pleated.
Copyright, 188T.
Africa Imported from America and
co nammed MT8.300 pounds of oar
oaoMd meat, and paid 1100,792 for
Umbo.
ml
TOriCS FOR FARMERS
DEPARTMENT PREPARED
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
FOR
Best Time to Kill Timber Makinc
Good Batter in Winter Wholesome
Advice to linsbsnds Mice and Hab-
bits in the Orchard.
Time to Kill Timber.
My experience lu cutting bushes or
healthy timber Is that uo time in the
year will kill all, but I Hud a big dif
ference in the time. 1 have best suc
cess cutting sprouts and deadening
youug sprouts In the dark of the moon.
August Is the best month, but July
and Septemlier will do. Dry, hot weath
er Is favorable for this work. The
best success I ever had in my life in
cutting bushes and deadening young
timber was several years ago when
the sign wa in the heart In the dark
of the moon in August. Very little
sprouting was needed after that cut
ting. "But," says one, "what has the
moon and sign to do with the life of
trees?" Peal the bark from bushes
In the dark of the moon, then again
lu the llglit of the moon, and see how
much easier It peals; also, cut a few
hoop-poles. Those cut In the dark of
the moon will continue longer clear
of worms anil rot than those cut in the
light of the moon; but many people
have too much faith In signs and the
moon. We nil know the top of a tree
dies without a root; much the same a
root will die with no top to support.
Thus we see by cutting an old or ma
tured tree, if bushes are closely sprout
ed, they soon will die. Jacob Faith,
Missouri.
Mukinu Butter in Winter.
With care in making the proper ar
rangements, gissl butter can readily be
made in winter, and the cost be not
materially Increased. There must be
fresh cows, (iissl, warm, dry shelter,
plenty of gisid food and water, proper
arrangements for handling milk and
cream so as to secure the desired tem
perature from cream raising anil butter
making, and with these essentials good
butter at only a slightly Increased cost
per isiiind can be made. Hut the qual
ity must lie good to make the most out
of It, as the consumer demands good
butter In winter tlie mi me its in sum
mer, and the price is largely determin
ed by the quality at all eiions. Mas
sachusetts Ploughman.
HumIiiiiiiW.
Do not Judge husbands too harshly.
I have looked the situation over very
carefully, and I am convinced the
blame is not so much or the heart, as
some may suppose. These labor-sav
ing appliances In the house are not
provided many times simply because
the farmer's wife really feels she can
not afford them; but all too often they
are not procured simply because the
husband has never given the matter a
serious thought. "Cloud husbands,"
this Is written for you. Consider how
much money you have expended to
make your farm work les burden
some, and then compare your labor
saving implements with those in the
house and see if yon have done nil you
can tn save the strength of her who
works on uncomplainingly. Country
Gentleman.
Mice and Knbbit in the Orchard.
In tlie winter season in periisls of
deep snows, rabbits and mice are apt
to do a deal of Injury to unprotected
orchard trees. Where it Is anticipated
It can generally be prevented, but to
those young In the business it often oc
curs that such a catastrophe is never
dreamed of. In the case of mice, their
work is always Is-tween the earth and
the top of the snow, where orchards are
clear of grass or weeds about the base
of the trees as they should be. To pre
vent any Injury from them it is a good
plan to mound up earth about the base
of the trees ns high net snows usually
cover. Practical Fa rmer.
Ponltrr Points.
Plumage, symmetry nud so on de
pends upon the sire.
Observe which hens are the best lay
ers and breed for them.
It Is from well-matured parents that
vigorous offsprings come.
(ilve fowls all the range and exercise
that the weather will penult during the
winter.
Strong, Ntliuulntlng -food has n ten
dency to disorganize the stomach and
produce Indigestion.
Hetter results can lie obtained by giv
ing a warm feed In the morning and
warm water to drink.
strawberry Culture.
There are many regions without a
supply of home-grown strawberries,
and for every such section there Is an
opportunity for some wide-awake
farmer to build up. In a small way,
a business that will bring to him much
better returns for labor expended than
he Is wont to receive from any ordinary
crop. I say In a small way, because
few will find It profitable to grow more
than will supply snch a section as they
can cover by wagon and realize retail
prices for, unless exceptional shipping
facilities are enjoyed. Bnt the quan
tity of strawberries a small town will
consume when furnished a continuous
supply of flrat-claaa fruit la something
Mtonlahlnf. Many who eonalder the
gritty, half-decayed specimens usualljr
offered by the dealers as luxuries quite
beyond their reach, will buy well-filled
baskets of fresh, clean, well-ripened
berries by the dollar's worth. Exchange.
Farm Notes.
Sunlight is a great tonic and health
giver. No stable should be without a
window on the sunny eide.
When it is time for any sort of work
to lie done push it along as fast as pos
sible. Never let it push you. It costs
no more to hire ten men one day than
oil" man ten days.
The imrk commissioners of New York
City have lieen spraying the tall elms,
oaks and other shade trees of the city
with an old fire engine, and tlie ap
Iiaratus works so well and is so rapid
and economical that many large or
chardists who have seen It at work pro
ixise to adopt it. - Spraying by steam
will be a new wrinkle, truly.
Mutton can Ik- produced at 50 per
cent, less than the cost of beef. Experi
ments made in England with choice
sheep and (little showed that sheep
stored in their bodies 12 per cent, of the
food (demonstrated by increased
weight), while cattle stored up only 8
lcr cent., thus proving that for mutton
alone, leaving out the value of the wool,
sheep are more profitable thnn cattle.
Hoard's Dairyman says: "The man
who would set up a stove out of doors
to keep himself and his family warm
differs only in degree from the man
who fails 1o provide adequate sbelteT
for his stock; and the man who keeps
two fires running where one would suf
fice is just as wise as the one who feeds
stock that does not bring him n profit'
E. Williams nd vises the use of corn
stalks as a shield for young ieach and
apple trees. He selects a large stalk,
cuts off about two feet of the lower end,
splits it. in half, removes the pith, and
clasps it around the young tree, tying
on sivuivly. If two pieces are not suf
ficient, add more prepared the same
way. Kabbits will leave them alone,
and it is the Is-st kind of protection for
the tree.
The German potash suits are not
caustic potash, hence they do not dissi
pate ammonia by hastening fermenta
tion when applied to manure. Instead,
they form a compound with the am
unmin, thus helping to keep It. from
washing. The nitrate of potash thus
formed is tlie most powerful fertilizer
known, and it is one that can be ap
plied to nearly every kind of crop or
fruit with benefit
Pea and beau straw are much liked
by sheep, and, as they are somewhat
more nutritious than hay, it is desirable
to grow them for the flock. Beans are
not. eaten with relish at once, but the
sheep soon get accustomed to them,
and then eat them readily. It is the
best way to chop or coarsely grind them
with corn or oats. One pound a day
will be excellent for the ewes right
along from this time on.
The American Sheep Hreoder says:
Keep the sheep's feet dry and clean
while they are in tlie stable. It Is quite
unnecessary to disturb the manure on
the floor if it is kept dry niid well lit
tered. The packing of it under the feet
will prevent decomposition, and keep
the floor letter In every way for the
sheep than if it were cleaned every day.
Plenty of common land plaster should
be sprinkled or scattered over, the lit
ter. This will prevwit all Imd odor.
"Water Volcano."
The famous Volcande Agua, or Water
Volcano, with Pacaya and Fuego, are
the three especial features of the nigh
borhood of the city of Guatemala.
Pacaya and Fuego are fiery volcanoes
of tin! usual type, but Volenti de Agua
emits torrents of boiling water and
mud.
nfter
place,
mala.
In 1541, its first great eruption
the Spanish occupation took
destroying the city of Guate
the ruliis being still visible In
places above the bed of hardened mud.
Now known under the name of Ciudad
Viela, the walls of the old Spanish town
suggest an American Pompeii. The
water volcano is still active, at Irregu
lar Intervals pouring out its boiling
contents. Explanations are numerous,
the most proUnble being the existence
of u subterranean lake beneath the
mountain, the waters of which take
the place of lava in other eruptions.
The mountain is 14,(M)0 feet high, and
the cloud of steam that always hangs
over its summit gives It a very un
usual and peculiar appearance.
Kstros.
io yew know," began the summer
boarder, "that . tlie pounding of the
steak by your cook awakened me this
morning at sunrise?"
"So?" said the placid landlord. "It
was a real poster sunrise, but bein' as
you didn't order It it won't cost yon
more'u tfl fer extra." Indianapolis
Journal,
A Masterpiece.
Jinks The death sentence was a
beautiful piece of word painting.
Blinks Yes; 1 noticed how the doom-.
ed man hung u ion the word.. Wash
ington Times.
Crnal Revaaaa, :
'T aee yon are able to be around thai
morning," said the axle. ' -
"Those puns make mt tired," askl ta
wheel. "If you start again I win Da
to turn on you." Wow York World.
