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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1898)
-j Checking a Married Patriot. t THS studied nonchalance of the Tillage telegraph operator as be nuntered up the main street of ray Willow from the depot betrayed eense of importance with which fee wai inwardly welling. Thin pe asllarlty waa quickly noted by the Ut ile croup of "prominent citizens' gath ered about the broad doorway of the livery stable to discuss the coming cau ses and enjoy the coolness which dis tilled from the freshly sprinkled floor. He walks like a man ready to open handsome jackpot with a royal esh," remarked "Hokey" Crane, tbe Justice of the peace. ay. Hir.be called to the operator. "Too can't make us believe you've got ews concealed about you Just by put Ma' on airs. I've about concluded there ain't an war outside the newspapers. They do say Its really begun, but I've yet to see any proofs of it. "Well, you Just wait about an hour an' you'll believe It easy enough," re- filed the operator. A half-dozen tilted chairs suddenly sought the level of the floor, and as saany voices inquired: "What's up?" and "Come; can't y give us the news?" "All I ve got to say is that you'd better be down to th' station about 4:38 -if you want to see a sight that means business." And with this the operator pursued bis way up the irowsy street to the postofflee, there to repeat his mission of mysticism. On his way back to the depot he was again waylaid and compelled to con fess that s special train loaded with United States "regulars" was coming from the West Most of the men hur ried home to carry the news to their families. But "Hokey" Crane was aot of this number. Instead be sought (be musty seclusion of his "court room, and there began the prepara tion of the impromptu speech which fee felt sure be would be called upon to deliver on behalf of the patriotic sttizeus of Gray Willow. la forty mloutes the depot platform was packed with girls in white, their cheeks flushed with the excitement of anticipation; with sober-faced women, awkwardly expectant men and hilar ious youngsters. The shout which went up from this waiting throng as '"au w'lu"wr.' to to the station was the first intimation of the actual presence of war that reached the ears of the orator s wife, who straightened up from the devo tional attitude which she had taken be side her pansy bed, where she was weeding. The shouting was faint but It had an ominous, forbidding sound. She could not clearly Identify it as she pushed back her pink-checked sun bon aet and listened. Then came the In sistent clanging of the locomotive bell, followed by the puffing of the engine as it pulled out Intuitively the thought of war came to ber mind, and she was not surprised, as the train came Into view, to see that the plat- . forms and windows were crowded with young men In slouch hats, blue uniforms and legglns. The four young i Cranes occupied positions of perilous waalige on the top stringer of the back picket fence, where they were cheer fteg se Only the American boy can efteer at his first sight of real soldiers. AUttwcs roe war kbw. Bat tbetr mother did not even call to the. Om mind waa ringing with the em word: Wart She sat In her lit tle, low sewing chair before the sitting room wtaJew aad began dreamily to tan the leaves of her Bible. The Creak of the front gate aroosed ber and momett aster she was nnhooklng the ecrsea dear te admit Mrs. Fink, who k") with aaoaual fervor and m Xt tt Jfct dretfui. Mis' Crane- etotottttewsW. I ain't had no resile tar see of tt tefere. But It's com In lease f aa ef O aww. ToVd onght to tare ttaard ttt speech yoar husband rzU t C threes at th' train. It K-s r r-rv ri eat riM op f Wl Trldwui hhs umm 1'JI 7 ta ay. As? he's n t "te ta ty rJ r f X it - t tlf Ke ft ewa i ir ' torete sirs. Crane was generally referred to by her neighbors as "such a timid little thing." It was only under stress of greatest conviction that she was ever able to muster sufficient courage to speak In revival meetings. She was shy and gentle, and was generally class?d in the "cllnging-vine" category of wives. Although she was still a young uotnan she had put on the badge of meek feminine maturity a small purple bonnet with broad strings and purple flowers. It was the out ward token that she recognized the shortness of human life and was await ing the Master's call In s proper spirit of faith and resignation. The frivolity of hats bad been put behind ber, as be came the mother of four children. The remainder of that afternoon she spent in her bedroom, the door tightly locked. When she came out there were dark circles under ber eyes and her lips THK WirS WOULD KSLMT. were unnaturally white. Her husband did not come home to supper, and the children were allowed to eat bread and milk from the kitchen table without pausing to wash their faces. Shortly after dusk tbey were marching toward the hall with the afternoon's accumu lation of soil still undisturbed on their plump little faces. They were clad in their tattered play clothes and their mtliar YSsfcA alia mnuf 11 nuonml n. . rl- dress she possessed. In this condition they took a seat In the war meeting. Just as the husband and father began his eloquent plea for volunteers. She heard the young men in front of her say: "Of course we're goin" to elect Hokey captain of the company. That goes without sayin'." After the orator had poured forth a stream of martial eloquence for thirty minutes he raised his hand Impressivc- ly and exclaimed: "But my friends, talk is cheap. Deeds are the things that pcak. I have asked but little at the hands of my fellow citizens, but to-night I crave one privilegp and that is that I may be the first man In Gray Willow to put my came on the enlistment roll of the company which shall go forth from this village to fight for that glorious banner." By previous arrangement the village band struck Into the mcas ure of the "Star-Spangled Banner." while the audience yelled and stamped. It was the proudest moment in Hokpy Crane's life. He signed the roll during the playing of the national hymn, and then called upon all who were willing to lay their lives on the altar of their country to come forward. The audience the largest Gray Wil low had ever seen gasped as the mild, timid wife of the patriot orator arose and walked forward to the enlistment table, ber unwashed quartet of chil dren following. After writing her name she turned to the audience and, In a voice louder than she had ever been able to command In prayer meet Ing, defiantly exclaimed: "I'd rather do It than stay at borne and take In washing. I want to lead a company of Gray Willow women who depend upon their husbands for support who haven't paid for their homes and can leave behind a family of small children for the unmarried young men to care for." What more she would have said had not ber pastor hastened to her side and led ber gently sway can only be guessed. Not a family man In Oray Willow has offered bis services to his country since Hokey Crane began the formation of a company. In the ver nacular of the little group at the livery stable, that prominent citizen has ever since "been lookln' for sn able-bodied man to take him out behind the barn an' kick him good n' plenty!" Forrest Crlsaey, in Chicago Post Tblok Skins. Congo negroes are remarkable for their thick skins. A case Is mentioned of a black slashed with a razor in a raffle, The hospital surgeon broke two needles in trying to put In the stitches, and at last was driven to nee a brad wL Did you erer stop to tblnk bow many things the business mer of a town are expected to encourage? forges atahei IN TMI THICK OF THt FIQHT. ow Oar Pallors Perform Win Under the tipaniih Fire. During the bombardment of Ban Juan the monitor Terror lay for half an hour within 1,000 yards of the shore, with the shells of a dozen or more Kwnfob guns whirring about her, bursting overhead, and sending great geysers spurting In the air all around her. All Uie other vessels of tt" squad ron had moved out to sea, and the little Ironclad was alone banging away at the batteries, which bad concentrated their fire on her. A shell striking the vessel's open superstructure deck, where the men were at work at the smaller guns, would have caused ha voc, hile all this confusion of battle raged a sailor spied a harmonica lying on the deck close to one of the turret. The concuAKlon of the guns bad tum bled it from rU hiding place is the superstructure. The sailor watched bU chance, secured the musical Instru ment and went dancing to the upper deck playing a lively Jig. "That's Ihe kind of stuff our men are made of," said one of the Terror's of ficers the other day, as he related the Incident "As I stood there figuring that the shells were coming a little closer all the while, thinking It was about time for one to strike us, and wondering Just what It would do when It did, that fellow came bowling by me blowing his mouth-organ as coolly aa though be were here In the harbor. Shells didn't bother him." But a little while In-fore this tar of the Terror accompanied the music of the Spanish shells with his harmonica the Detroit lay In the mouth of the har bor, right under Morro, defying Its guns and pouring shot after shot against the fort A shell struck the water about Mo yards abaft the ship. A few minutes later a second shot fr-m the same gun fell a Utile closer; a third was still nearer, and the fourth nar rowly mlsned striking the mark. The officer In charge of the six-inch gun, uh he watched the shot creeping nearor and nearer, coolly remarked: "I tell you, Iwys. that's good shooting. Do you see bow that fellow up there is get ting elirter and doner to ns? If he kei up his work he'll hit us. It's certalniy good shooting." But the Spaniard failed to keep up his good work. From ail accounts the sailors did not minu opanisn sueils a bit. They go Into the battle heart and soul. They fight at their guns as though the enemy were at arm's length, and the struggle was a ix-rsonal one. "Give It to the Spaniards! Thafs a good 'un! Another In the same place'll maie 'em sick!" That Is the way they talk In the thick of the fray. HOW DREYFUS tlVES. A Glimpae of the rx-Captatn on konel reril' I.lun.l. The story told is that a Duten Tfi.pl sluvtly inning near ex-OapUdn Drey- fus' place of captivity was boards! by some French marines or penitentiary odicials, who asked for the loan of the hip's fiKik for a few hours. The, re- jU given was that a man who did the cooking In the convict settlement bad broken bis arm aud was In the hospi tal. The iiaptain of the Dutch steamer accordingly sent a sailor named Wein- Iw-ber to ltevll's Island to act as cook for a while. During his very brief so journ on tbe Island Wlenheber Is said to have bad an opportunity of observ ing bow the ex-captain waa treated. According to the Dutchman the pris oner rose every morning betw-n fl and 7 o'clock, had a cup of chocolate, a batb, and, If the weather permitted, a walk. While taking the bath the pris oner's wruits were tied around with a cord, one end of which was bekl by a warder. This whs to prevent any at tempt to commit sulcldo. After tbe Irtttb the ex-captain breakfasted on brwad and butter, an egg and a bottle of beer. This meal being over, he rad books on military topics and wrM let ters and his memoir, the epistle al ways being sent to friends through tbe military governor of Cayenne. Drey fus is also allowed to play cards with his warders, but not for money, as be is not allowed to retain possession of a sou. At I o ciock in the afternoon the prisoner receive bread, roast meat vegetabbn, dessert and beer. At 6 In tbe evening he has supper of cold bam, with more bread and Iteer. Wei n he ber being allowed to draw near the prisoner, Dreyfus shook blm by the hand and saM, "Greet tbe out side world for me when yon return to It " The Dutchman further states that the ex-capta1n Is not In an Iron cagn. hut ban the whole range of the inland under the eyes of the warders. Where lialr Grows Thickest. It is a peculiar fact that with most men the growth of hair Is stronger on one side of tbe face than the other. It Is said that hair always grows more quickly on that side on which we are stronger. Hritlah Wars Hlnoe 187. Since 1S37 the British nation, though the greatest of her interests is peace. has gone to war no fewer than forty one umes. Many oi tne "wars" were little more than military parades, llks the sending of troops to Beniu. Hhould DiagnUe His Breath. "Jones said every time be breathed a man died." "Crest besvens! Why doesn't he use cloves r Memphis Commercial Appeal. Color In Oar Currency. Nearly 1,200,000 pounds of colors are used by the United Btatae Oovernmeat annually for printing paper money, revenue and postage stamps. Should a poor man Inherit a mOo to-day his wife and daughters by to morrow night will bare acquired aa ft af hwTtng beea rich all their hrras. PRICE LEVEL FALLS. CAUSED BY THE SCARCITY OP MONEY. With Every Nataral Adrsataa Make liar th Moat rroapcrona Na tion on Earth, tba United Btateals Barrod from Her Oloriona Heritage. The Controllinc Condition. There is no natural reason why the people of the I'nited States should not enjoy a practically unbounded pros perity. Our natural resources are such that If utilised, our advantages over all other commercial nations would In a short time give us a commanding po sition, and make us the creditor nation of the world. Within our borders are fotind ex hatistlees stores of Iron, coal and petro leum. We produce aonuaJly more gold and silver than any other country. Our wheat fields are co-cxtenslve with the nation's toundaries, and we possess the ouly great corn belt on the globe. In the production of cotton nature has giv en us a monopoly, furnishing as we do 7S per cent of the world's product We have vast areas of the best grazing lands, and our forests will produce un excelled timber for many years to come. Our climate is both varied and salubrious and our people are educated, industrious and frugal Our political Institutions are the freest and the purest on earth, and, from a moral point of view, our people will not suffer by comparison with any other of either aucient or tuodtrn times. All that have been enumerated axe necessary conditions of progress and prosperity, and would seem to comprise all the essentials to wealth, greatness and power, aud to irresistibly tend to make the Unite Slates the exemplar of ail that good men could wish for. But notwithstanding all that nature has placed to our credit we are far from the realization of our great possi bilities and in common with less fa vored lands, there are In our midst hundreds of thousands who are the victims of remorseless aud grinding poverty and the alms house and thu prison are still numbered among our Institutions. The centralization of wealth shown by the hurt census staggers the Imag ination. The homeless are muJUplying and a few owners of fabulous fortunes are taking the place of the multitude with a cuiiipeteuce of moderate for tune. The danger of the future lies In the changing conditions that ar working out a new order of things fur our peo ple. iu a laiu wuose great natural re sources are a constant Invitation to two hundred millions of people to come and abide In plenty. In an age when Inven tion Is going forward with leaps and unds. multiplying the means of pro- ductlon, the change that is rendering the people homeless is uot working out that which in our imaginative hours we picture as "manifest destiny." These changes cannot fail to cause the thoughtful to shudder at the portent reitner can parental love view with in difference changes that forlxxle evil to their offspring. No attachment to a po litical organization, If known to foster such a change, Is sufficiently strong to command the allegiance of freemen. If, as a nation, we possess advantages over au others In the bounties of na ui7, iuu ore our territory and re sources far exceed the needs of more than double our present population. uai is tne reason that poerty and want are common lu our midst and bankruptcy and suicide periodically holds high carnival in our laid? What Is the condition that militates against us? And what Is the controlling condi tion of prosperity or adversity? Tho answer is that the one condition. In the absence of which there can be no general prosperity, 1s stable or slightly advancing prices. Falling prices make enterprise tbe unerring path to bank ruptcy. Failing prices confiscate tbe property of debtors. Falling prices d-lve labor Into Idleness, and force It to siarve. Falling prices make the weak weaker and tbe strong stronger In the competitive struggle. Falling prices rob all other members of society to bestow unjustly uko tbe creditor class. With falling prices the debts of the world can never be repaid, snd If this condition be continued long the equities of private debtors disappear snd they sre reduced to tbe ranks of the non propertied classes, while those free of d-'bt will be Impoverished by the bur dens of taxation. Falling prices If con tinued a few generations would cause a return of conditions similar to those of the middle ages. We use the term "falling prices" to mean that the general price level Is falling. The general price level cannot fall unless money In comparison with Its uses Is becoming comparatively scarce, because money Is the pricing In strument sod Its units are counted to indicate prices. The gold combination, composed of the world's creditors, profit by falling prices. All others sre losers. Restore silver to equal mintage rights with gold and stop falling prices by provid ing an sdequste money supply and re store the conditions of prosperity. Sil ver Knigbt Watcbmsn. Investors Know What The Ara Dnlna It is a simple dictate of prudence to Invest in property that Is Increasing In value and avoid Investment in all forma of property that are declining In value. The fact that more than a billion and a quarter of dollars bars recently beea tendered for S per cewt Government bonds Instead of seeking Investment ta business or real estate, Is evidence that the meaning of the gold staadard Is understood by a large number of our under the gold standard mon ey wU dear and pmperty eaf rsspoBdlogly cheap, therefure bo ml which call for a specific number of dollars as la teres I and principal will grow fatter each day while all other forms of Drapertj an growing lean. IFoncalins A boat tba War Tarn. "This is highway robberyP exclaim ed a business man when the express company, after charging blm BO cents for sending s package, made him pay one cent for the stamp on the receipt for the Government war tax. And that Is the squeal all over the country. Now let us see bow Justified tt Is. Some years ago the Advance got out a special campaign edition, and large quantities were sold at $4 a thousand. An order for one thousand coplee was i rerpved from Jactgon c,,,,. Wmd. Ington. A smart Aleck postolfice Inspec tor bad discovered that this campaign edition wns not Just exactly like ths regular edition, aud so had ruled It out of the postofflce at newspaper rates. But the publisher of the Advance then made the campaign edition the next regular edition, and that beat the smart Aleck, though the first lot printed would cot go through the malls and had to be sent by express. The package tor Jackson County waa taken to the ex press office by our mailing clerk and the express company demanded I7.&5. As tbe price received was only $4 It would hardly pay to pay $7.55 freight and so the kind of papers that would go throngh tbe mall were packed, snd Uncle Sam carried the package for 53 (fifty-three) cents. The minimum rate for an express package to California Is 75 cents. About twenty-two papers of that kind would weigh one pound. Now to send them to twenty-two different points from Milwaukee to California would cost $10.50 express, while Uncle Bam would carry them for one cent Of course this Is an extreme case, but no one will deny that If the Govern ment owned the railroads snd conduct ed the express business, a package that now costs 50 cents by express would be shipped for five cents. Doesn't the Government carry packages now for onp and two cents, though it pays exor bitant rates to private railroad corpora tions? Then why should business men who pay 50 cents expresnnge on a pack age squeal about the one-cent war tax? Why not siapal alwnt the 45 cents over charges on tba freight? Milwaukee Advance. Evil of Rrprrarn tatl ve Government. Many of the questions that are asked In regard to the dwtaJU of government under a system of direct legislation, can be answered by agreeing on this ons point: All officers should be merely executive. Destroy the representative Idea of government and you have solved the problem. Give no man tbe power to vote for a thousand or for ten thousand other men. This Is the evil which every free citizen should fight It is the evil which Is undermining the tree of liberty. Tbe people should make their own laws. Officers, from presi dent down to policemen, should execute these laws and be responsible for tbe faithful disdarge of their duties. Chi cago Express. A "Hunk" Government. Applications for national bank char ten granting privilege's in the "colon ies" are pouring Into the Treasury De partment The smoke of battle bad scarcely cleared sway when a fully equipped outfit sailed for Karwlago to set up a national bank. One was opened In Hawaii last week and another Is chartered for Porto Hlco. As the Gov ernment Is run by tbe banks tbe first thing after the conquest of arms Is the robber Institutions which will shortly dictate every action of the Government of the banks, by the banks, and for ths banks, and the policy will certainly be carried Into all the "colonies." Chi cago Express. The Bond Hill. The bond bill signed by McKlnley might very properly be called a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treas ury to take $4(10,000,000 cash out of cir culation and to replace It with that many notes of private banking corpora tions based on (400,000,000 Interest- bearing debt for that will be the In evitable effect of the new bond bill. Dallas Mercury. Would t-blrk tho Tax. The Pullman car company Is calling In Its loans. Not because It needs ths money, but because. If it continues In that business it will have to pay a war tax. It would seem as though tbe Pullman company would be sufficient ly grateful to s government that fur nished soldiers to shoot Its striking workers to pay such a tax. But M seems not Coming Nation. t'naratefnl Telegraph Monopolies, The Government has paid three mil lion dollars for telegraph service sines the commencement of the Spanish war. Yet tbe telegraph companies refused to stand their war tax of 1 cent each on telegrams. If the people ever get their eyes open tbey will build a few lines of their own. Chicago Express. Caaee af Htarvatlon. Within tbe last three years over S 000,000 of the natives of India have starved to death, and many more mill ions will perish from starvation' and pestilence, the direct result of the gov- ernmnet to coin their silver. Clava. land Recorder. Tea, Verily. At least one transcontinental ratV road should be owned, controlled and operated by the government, and by foreclosure of the Central Pacific mort gage tbe first great step In that direc tion will have been takaev-Saa lYasv Uta. easblleaa Uoctriao. According to Republicans the awe eminent can do anything and every thing but make money that can he done only by bankers-according e cae epwHica uirTttaburg Care of Olaaawara. Glassware will last longer and leejk better if tbe following hints aa te tie care and preservation are regsrded. Tepid water, tbe best castlle er othejr pure soap snd a stiff brush sre ths flia essentials. After washing and rinsing, place tbe cut glass In a box-wood saw dust This will absorb the moisture ta tbe cuttings. Next remov tbe saw dust from tbe plain surfaces with a soft cloth. By following these dlree- tions the original clearness aud sparkjs of tbe glass will be maintained. Shot should not be used in carafes, eraeta, toilet articles and similar artlclea. tt Is very apt to scratch the glass and thus mar lu beauty. Prosaic potato peelings are the best aids. Let them remain in the glassware over uight and then rinse out with a little tepid wste. A very Important point is to avoid sad den changes from extreme heat te ex treme cold, and vice versa. A pitcher or tumbler which has been filled with Ice water, If plunged at oatc into bet water will 1 apt to crack. Use tepli water, ami the risk of breakage Is avoided. The sudden change from heat to cold Is Just as dangerous. Glass ware should never be removed from a , closed cabinet where It bas becotns heated aud brought Immediately inb contact with a cold substance. Cool the glaxs for a time In water before subjecting It to the extreme tempera ture. Cold Klre I'n'IdinuT with Aprlcnta. Wash well two tablespoonfuls of rice, aud cook It iu a double boiler with one pint of milk and one inch stick of cin namon. When the milk Is absorbed add one cupful more, stirring occasion ally. Take out tbe cinnamon, add two tablespotiufuls of sugar and one-quarter of a box of gelatine, which bus been soaked In one-quarter of a cupful of cold water. Take from the fire, and let stand until lukewarm, stJr lu lightly one-half of a cupful of thick whipped cream. Wet a moid and put in alter nate layers of the prepared rlcs and ap ricots, which have soaked over night and stewed for half an hour. Ket away until firm and serve with whipped cream, slightly flavored and sweetened. Mow to Treat ISrnnrhfti. For a mild attack of bronchitis rah the chest with warm camphorated oil and cover It with a piece of flannel. Take a hot lemonade and go to bed. The next morning take a good dose of epsom salts before breakfast If s troublesome cough accompanies the at tack get a mixture cousin! lug of tws drams of muriate of ammonia, two drams of fluid extract of cubebs, tws ounces of brown mixture and enough syrup of wild cherry bark to make four ounces, and take one teaspoonful every three hours. For a severe attack use the camphorated oil as directed, go te bed aud send for the doctor at once. Denver Field and Farm. lirnwn Pudding. Two eggs, one cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup raisins, one cup cold coffee, one cup currants, very smal tea spoonful of soda In one cup sour milk, half teaspoonful nutmeg and cloves with Hour to make soft batter. Mix well and bake three hours. Ths sauce Is made by mixing well four ta blespoonf uls of flour with lump of but ter as large as a walnut aud four table- spoonfuls of sugar. Add hot water slowly to prevent lumps; place over ths fire and stir constantly till it Is like this starch; boll five minutes snd It Is ready to serve. To Foften Hard Water. To soften hard water for toilet pur poses take of orange flower water half s pint of best spirits of wine a pint and of soap three-quarters of a pound. Khtive the soup into tbe orange water, beut overs fire until the soap dissolves. and then, the vessel being removed from the fire, add the spirits of wine. A large tablespoonful of this prepara tion added to a basin of washing water will completely soften It and render it delightful In tise. A simple method Is to put borax In the water. Kitchen Knlea. Two cupfuls equal one pint Four cupfuls equal one quart One teaspoonful salt to two quarts flour, One teaspoonful salt to one quart soup. One teaspoonful soda to one pint sour milk. One dozen eggs should weigh 114 pounds. Two cupfuls solid butter equal one pound. One pint milk or water equals ons pound. Four cupfuls flour equal one quart or one pound. Two cupfuls granulated sugar equal one pound. One teaspoonful of soda to one cup ful molasses. Sixteen tableepoonfuls liquid equal one cupful. Three tea spoonfuls baking powder ta one quart flour. Four even teaspoonfula liquid equal one even tablespoon fuL Three eren teaspoonfala dry material equal one oven tablespoonful. One-half cupful yeast or one-quarter taka compressed yeast ta one pin liquid. row peppercorns, font cloves, one leaapoonful mixed herbs for each quart ex waiar tar eoup MMk.-Qo4