The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, October 20, 1898, Image 2
Lttrrtcon Journal is now able to sit tip and notice gtfll the stream of true lore is likelier the lees smooth If there arc both aide. Otrts kissing Hobson merely recalls when the beros of the war are rated he must be embraced. country boy has to lire about ten nn la the city before he can appre ciate what a good home be had on the pain's experience with the "man- i" policy In war proved so aisastrous he didn't follow It in arranging far peace. Those English noblemen wbo sold tfcatr Influence to thaj London promo tar succeeded in making Hooley shows af themselves. flie American way of treating prls aaara of war is calculated to arouse a great deal of discontent among those who were not captured. peed Is the great requirement of a SMdern nary, and it's on record those Cpanisb fleets got out of sight quicker i any previously known. After all, it may be pointed out, In Isaple justice to an unjustly used wo- that Mis Schley did visit Madrid that Spain did sue for peace. According to the highest medical au thority tomatoes do not cause cancer. The worst thing they are responsible for probably is the tomato worm. Poker has veasme so popular in VI- that the city au'horities have ls- orders forbidding the citizens to play It. This is another Austrian thrust at American institutions. The Sultan has expressed a desire to fcay some first-class American guns for fcto navy. Abdul Hamid now is on the tight track; but he can't buy what he for American gunners are not in i market. If Promoter Hooiey's statements In Wukruptey are trustworthy It cost him aa high as $25.XX) to be introduced to m English nobleman. But that seems saatlrelv creditable: It has often coat Aoerican heiresses more. A shoe dealer says the time to buy aww boots Is in the afternoon, when ease's feet have reached their largest proportions. The, average fashionable girt, however, prefers to buy shoes when her feet are smallest The condition of the roads near San tiago Is Indicated by the remark of a correspondent: "Even In what are comparatively dry times, wagons come la with their spokes a mass of mud to tbe hub, so the wheels look solid, like those of a locomotive." One result of the war with Spain will ho to enhance the value c if American dtlsenship in the eyes cf the world. Hareafter the American flag and the American citizen will be respected abroad as they have never been before. Among all but the best educated and most traveled classes we have always had the reputation of being a nation C shopkeepers, shrewd, boastful vul gar, but of little account outside of commercial transactions. They know better now. A great deal has been said and writ ten in regard to the tactics adopted by the Spanish sharpshooters in: the bat tles around Santiago, and our people have been led to believe that the Span ish are more treacherous than the sol diers of other nationalities. In the wholesale homicide called a battle it Is regarded as perfectly legitimate for the sharpshooter to conceal himself in any way that presents Itself, and it la Us business to kill in cold blood. The Spanish sharpshooters did only what our own sharpshooters would aaabably do If the opportunity came to theaa. The only way to po an end to each practices Is to hare done with The ancient city of Winchester, Eng laskd, to this year celebrating Its one thaaaandth anniversary as a municipal corporation. Its first mayor having been aw Beornwulf. in 898. It was. It will ha remembered, the capital of England fa the reign of Alfred, the one thou saadth anniversary of whose death is aaaa to be commemorated. Winchester It Mcatlfled with the Camelot of the Afffcarian legends. Curiously enough. Tory time has been chosen for a attack npon the history of Oar ehi.f ''iwldgi! concern- 3 Is derived from a La:!n mann jtt attributed to Asser. But careful bow declare that manti- t la be a mere compilation of more r Vat apocryphal tales, made some rrVtahm after Alfred's time, aad there fj CM actual danger that the great assy become aa doubtful aad C ,Jwy persoaage aa Arthur ktav t 1 gsTorthetsss, the world will arob r J CSXSaat teettag re the tale of the .A ' t cSas aad rightly, for tt to adj , . ,. J.4-- whether aathoBtle ramarhabto facts ta JO wtth the affects "- gr! totSata to the af casta raasMxy t "t tt r star - - m 1 of the surgeons' quarters during the civil war will not appear in the present war. The Mauser bullets make dread ful gaping flesh wound at close range, but at ordinary ranges they either kill or leave a comparatively slight wound. During the civil war the death rate in cases of wounds perforating the abdo minal cavity was nearly 90 per cent One of the surgeons in charge of the men wounded at Santiago says the per centage of fatalities from this cause will be less than 3 per cent in the pres ent war. There is no counting on a Mauser bullet It may pais through one man and scarcely injure him, yet It may hideously mutilate the next man to him. On the whole, however, the small caliber rifle bullets are more hu mane than the big musket bullets used In the civil war. Only a year or two ago new rules of the road at sea were put In force by agreement among all the leading mari time nations. These rules prescribe ths duties of mariners toward one another, what to do in case of a meeting of ships, the conduct of those who are in position to help others In distress and In genera: they regulate intercourse be tween those wbo meet on the highways of the sea. It was expected that these new rules, together with the extensive mapping of the seas and directions to steamships In the matter of routes at different seasons of the year and for different classes of vessels, would re sult in making ocean travel much safer. But the Bourgogne dlsaster'proves that ocean travel is yet lamentably unsafe. The case of the Bourgogne shows that reliance cannot be placed wholly on the watchfulness and care of those who direct the ocean steamships and the re port of the board of inquiry at Halifax concludes with a recommendation that new steamship lanes be established across the Atlantic ocean. This ap pears to be necessary. Ocean travel has Increased rapidly In recent years and now the Atlantic Is traversed daily by hundreds of vessels, large and small. Well defined ocean lanes are essential to the preservation of this commerce and the safety of those who cross the sens. The disaster of July last should result in the establishment of new steamer routes and greater safety to those who travel. The fact that It has become necessary to establish definite routes for all vessels crossing the At lantic and to place all steamship com manders under strict orders illustrates better than could be In any other way the extent to which the world has be come smaller by reason of man's con quest of the mighty seas. The hemi spheres are nearer to each other than ever before. The ocean highways unite rather than separate the nations. The business invasion of Cuba has begun. The first American business concern to operate in the islands la the Southern Express Company, which has opened an office in Santiago and is for warding and receiving articles with such promptness and dispatch as has never before been witnessed hi the Antilles. This company is the forerun ner of many concerns which will avail themselves of the exceptional business advantages in Cuba following the es tablishment of a safe and stable gov ernment American emigration to the Island promises to be large and capital ists are familiarizing themselves with the character of its undeveloped re sources for the purpose of future In vestments. Neither natives nor Span Lards know anything about manufac turing except by primitive methods. and although small plants for the man ufacture of Ice, paper, soap and possi bly a few other articles have been es tablished in Havana Province the isl and Is practically a virgin field for the American manufacturer. The agricul tural resources of course are best known and Is-st developed, but the ap- plication of American methods In this principal Industry would increase greatly the products and the profit de rived therefrom. In the eastern end of the island there are large deposits of iron and copper ore, but the mineral resources are wholly undeveloped. Rail road construction and operation will also Interest Investors, and the oppor tunities In these respects are particu larly Inviting. The ten lines of rail road In the Island have been greatly damaged during the War, and some of them have been practically destroyed There are 17,000,0jO acres of nncleared forests in Cuba, with more than forty 1 species of wood, among which are ce dar, oak, mahogany and ebony. There are also two species of palm, the yarey and the royal palm, which can be piofitably converted into articles of commerce. All of these resources only await the magic touch of American en terprise to give them life and activity, and the vanguard of the commercial and industrial redeemers is on the way. A Dream Caa-es Ueath, In Hartford, Conn., a mj was so dis appointed to And that a dream he had was unreal that be killed himself. He was Whiting Q. Miner, U0 years old, a retired merchant and committed sui cide by shooting himself. Miner, the previous night dreamed that be was young again and vigorous, and that bis family were all around blm and happy. Disappointed to a wake and find that be had only 1eer, dreaming, the old man began to brood, and In the afternoon be was found dead In bis room, shot through the bead. Qaeer Barometer la Eaalaad. One of the most curious stone in the world Is found la England. It Is a aatural barometer, and actually fore- tstto probable changes In the weather. It tons black shortly before aa ap proaching rain, while la on tt to mottled with spots of white. Vastly erery maa, was ha Mtovaa he to gtfes C wasts t, lam tta krrescioa Oat b., aerer C$ MfMH4iHMHHHMNIM(ttHlfMK(MHtfKM THE LOVE STORY : : : jjj ; ; : OF NUMBER SIX. T N I small town in Vermont Lizzie Mac ready was known as No. 6. The name was particularly fitting for more reasons than one. Lizzie was the youngest child in a family of six. She was the Bixth orphan wbo had been ad mitted to the Institution in the sixth year of its establishment Her father was a locomotive engineer on the Ver mont Central Hallway. Lizzie, the youngest child, was 6 years old wh-n he was killed in a collision, and brought home a corpse to bis little ones. His eldest daughter had been keeping house since the death of her mother, and soon after the father's demise she married a section boss. The children were scattered among friends and relatives. The boys had found good homes and were ail at work earn ing money, Lizzie was taken into the orphanage, of which her aunt a kiudly, tnlddle-aged woman, was matron. Nobody objected to this arrangement, for Miss Sanders stood very high in the esteem of the townspeople, wno thought it but right that the youngest child of the dead engineer should be cared for at the expense of the county, since all the others bad not become burdens on their charity. Number Six grew up a likely girl amidst the orphans of the place, and now, at the age of 10, she was quite a help to her aunt who still continued in charge of the county's waifs. All who had been there when she was a toddler were gone. The girls had sought ser vice with the townspeople, the boys were at work in the fields. Lizzie was taking upon her young shoulders the cares which burdened the white-haired woman who had loeufa mother to her. At this time there was not an empty bed or cradle in the Institution. An open winter, something unusual In the rigorous climate of the Vermont hills, had depopulated the firesides and filled the graveyard. For years there had not !eeu Infants In the home until this winter. Now there were two, a boy and a girl. The former was the son of the schoolmaster. The girl was a poor washerwoman's child. Bud, the male infant was robust enough and thrived as successfully among strangers as be had in his mother's arms, but Bee, lha charwoman's Infant daughter, needed a deal of attention. This little mite of humanity had been christened Beat rice, to the great astonishment of ev erybody. A washerwoman calling her child Beatrice, was an unheard of thing among the plain people of the Vermont hills. Maggie, Mary or Annie, wagged the gossips, would have been more suitable. Mrs. Rossiter, the mother of little Be atrice, came the Green Mountain town when her child was not quite a year old. She wore widow's weeds and Informed those who asked after her antecedents that her husband had died a short time ago, leaving her lu pov erty. He had been a gcad man, she explained, but a year's sickness bad eaten up their little savings. This was in the summer of the year, and a few days lefore Christinas the mother was called away from Utile Bee, before she could indicate what she wanted done with her child. After the burial of Mrs. Rossiter, the baby was taken to the orphanage and placed in charge of Miss Sanders. From the first Lizzie Macready Number Six took a violent fancy to the little one. Bee got all the coddling and fondling. She was such a wee thing; so delicate and frail. Big blue eyes gazed wist fully out of a tbln, pale face, an there was a sad droop to the baby mouth, as If the child realized its forlorn condi tion. For a time after Mrs. Rosslter's com ing to Water Hollow, the gossips In dulged In talk about the legitimacy of little Bee. All doubts were set aside, however, when the Public Admiulstra- ItKr, "T ALL Of THS UOODI.1SU. tor found In an old tin box among Mrs. Rosslter's rffects two marriage cer tificates. One. tbe latest pronounced her the wife of James Rossiter, whom she had wed sis yesrs before the baby wss born. The other was ten years older. It bsd been Issued by a minis ter In a sinsll town of New York, and by It tbe woman bad become the wife of a man named CorrelL This was news. Indeed, to the deal sens of Water Hollow, aad they at once speculated what had become of bar rat husband. By the ttoae they bad foaad something else la talk about Baby Bee was forgottoa, a far as they I Cawtf a K&m C cared for by Number Six, who had be- come deeply attached to her, and could not endure to have her out of her sight Several opportunities presented themselves for Bee's adoption, but Llz sle Mat-ready objected. She could not bear to think of a separation from the little waif whose life, like hers, seemed cast In lonely paths. But there came a time when even Lizzie could no longer expect to retain control of Bee Rossiter. A childless couple had come to summer at a nelgbbonug resort In the Orecn Mountains, and while on their Journey visited the orphanage. They had long ago decided to adopt a child, and a glance at little Bee satis fied them that she was Just what they wanted. The bargain was made and it was agreed that Bee sliould be sent to them a few days In-fore their sum mer sojourn came to an end. From that time on Ntimler Six was a changed being. She pined and fret ted, as the day drew near that would separate her from the little glrL and BEE WOCSD HER ARMS NKCK. AROUNIJ HIS Aunt Sanders was more than once com pelled to call In the house physician o administer to her niece. The girl, who had tasted all the bit terness of an orphaned life, clung to the motherless child with all the vehemeney of a first love. Night and day she prayed that something might Interfere to let her keep the girl a little longer. And the unexpected happened. A stranger alighted one day from the sin gle-borse fly, which plied ln-tween the railway station and the best hotel lu town. He was a handsome, prosper ous-looking man. Ills clothes and the alligator bag Indicated that. He usked for the best room In the house and paid for It lu advance. The morning after his arrival he set out for the parson age, and through the volubility of the minister's housekeeper, it soon leaked out that he had come to Inquire alwit .Mrs. Rossiter. The parson took him first to the little graveyard and showed him the mound U-neuth which the old char-woman lay buried. Iheu he ac companied blm to the orphanage to see little Bee. Lizzie Macready was busy at a win dow, when tbe stranger and the parson walked up the gravel path. The bronzed face of the former was aglow with excitement Lizzie had never seen a more pleasing face, she thought. It was a good, honest face, too, and when a moment later she was requested to bring little Bee to the reception-room her heart tbroblted wildly. Perhaps her prayer had been heard! The woman and the child entered the room, and the stranger came forward to greet them. He caught tlip little girl in his arms and kissed her. Bee, who had never before been caressed by man, wound her arms around his nock and laid her bead on his shoulder. A good omen, thought Lizzie, and con fldingly shook the stranger's hand. The minister Introduced the visitor as Mr. Correll, little Bee's half-brother. His father, a wild, reckless fellow, had left bis wife. He had taken their child. a boy, with him. The boy was tbe man, who now stood U-fore them. They bad drifted to the mining camps of Colorado and there Correll bad amassed rlcbes. A few months ago he died, leaving everything to his son and Imploring him to find his mother. This the son did. lie had learned of his mother's divorce snd marriage to Ros siter, and of tbe birtb of a baby girl. Their trail led to tbe little mountain town In Vermont and here be found one In her grave, tbe other a public charge In an orphanage. Now be would take her away with blm and spend bis riches upon ber. In a day or two be would be ready to depart Lizzie Macready grew pule as death, when he announced bis Intention. The child, still nestling In his arms, held out her hand to ber foster-mother. "Dear Number Rlx," she cried, "1 can never leave you!" Sweet blushes crept In the girl's cbeek at tbls avowal of affection on the part of tbe child. The stopped and kissed her band. stranger "How can I ever thsnk you for what you bare done for ber!" for days Mr. Correll, the rich young miner, lingered In tbe little mountain town. Again tbe gossips got together, wondering wbst kept him In a place so devoid of attraction to people with money. There was nothing In the way af little Bat's departure, Rarely that feailsa youaj woman, llill .)! ready, would not again ium-ii'. objections. Every day the stranger went 10 orphanage to spend hours with his lit tle sister and her beloved .Mini"" for he Insisted that Lizzie Macready should accompany her charge on all their strolls through the garden. At lit hp Informed the lun.lioru 01 the little hostelry that be would depart the next day. He ordered a four-seat carriage instead of the single fly to take him to the station. "1 am not going alone tbls time, ne said, with a happy Btniio. Going to take the little gin uu you, I see, answer mc savimr to himself that tnere woum one lees for the county to feed. Yes, and a wife?' continued oorreu. A wifer gasped the innkeeper. "Where did you get er?' Over at the orphanage. lam going to be married In the morning to Lizzie Macready Number Slx-you know I - St Louis Republic. NGENIOUS JAIL PRISONERS. 1 r, Tn . Without the Aid yiKci . j m of tke Simple 1001 . Jaiier Whitman, of tbe county Jail, has on his desk a lamp which Is at once a curiosity and a specimen of what can be done bv a prisoner with scant mate rials. It was taken from tbe cell of two of the prisoners last week, and Is now on exhibition. The lamp la nearly as simple as the old Itoman ones composed of a floating wick ami a vessel of oil. In this ease, the receptacle for oil is a whisky bottle atKHit. eight Inches in height of the shape favored by men who have busi ness In prohibition towns, with a ca pacity of perhaps a quart When found by the guards It was filled with gaso line, a fact that would make Its use ex ceedingly dangerous. The burrwr Is composed of a cork and part of a gas Jet The tip of the Jet containing the slot-shapcl opening for the escape or the gas has been removed, leaving a round hole In the end of the Jet A round hole bad been made In ihe cork of the bottle with a knife, and into this the jet tod been thrust making a rude but effective burner. In the manufacture of the wick, con siderable Ingenuity had been shown. It Is composed wholly of white twine, twisted Into strands, and these neatly braided together Into a round wick, as smooth and regular In appearance as a braided sash cord. The wick runs through the Jet down Into the tmu1c. A number of plumber had leeii at irork filioiri the 1a!l building lust le- fore the lamp was found. It Is sup posed that the gasoline In the little was taken from their torches, w hlh- the otilier materials had Ix-en picked up In odd places. The only motive for the manufacture of the lamp which the Jailer can assign is a restless longing for something to do, as the cells of all the prisoners are brilliantly lighted by electricity. Another article of prisoner manufac ture lit Jailer Whitman's possession Is a "Wliy," of which the butt or heavy end, usually filled with bird shot. Is packed with tightly rolled pieces of tin foil. Much of the smoking tobacco In common use Is packed lu tinfoil, and this, the jailer thinks, Is the source from whence It was obtained. The tin foil was pounded Into hard lumps, and makes a fair substitute for shirt as lead for the billy. Its handle Is of cord, tightly woven, and It Is supposed that the leather cover Is from mi old shoe. The w-hole makes a fair substitute for a regular billy, and might oe used with considerable effect as a westpon. In the penitentiaries many curious ar ticles are turned out by the convicts, but in the county Jail the absence of anything In the way of tools makes thee specimens of prisoners' Ingenuity rather rare. Chicago TLiies Herald. Immense Indian Temple. The largest heathen temple in the world Is at Herlngapatam (the city of Vishnu), In India. This Immense tern pie comprises a square, each side le- lng a mile In length, mid Inside of which are six other squares. The walls are twenty-live fi-ct high and five feet thick, ami the grand hall, In which the pilgrims assemble, Is supported by 1,XH) pillars, each cut from a single stone. There Is a very large and mag nificent Buddhist temple at Rangoon standing on a huge mound of two ter races, the upper one being 100 fwrt alwve the ground outside, and In ex tent OOOxOSa feet The underground temple of Kasl! is an.-iher temple, all excavated out of the solid rock so are the temples of Elephants. Diminutive Woman In Ohio. Miss Bally I'odney, a 25-year-old worn an of Hprlng Valley, O., weighs only twenty-six pounds. Her height Is 34 Inches. She Is fairly well educated, har ing attended the district schools until she was past the school age. Khe has always rejected any proposition to ap pear before the public for gain, al though she could have realized a for tune by so doing. P. T. Ttarnum, the showman, at one time offered her large sum to travel with bis show. Homewhit Nnlir, ITenshsw To me the merry prattle of children Is music. Tenbrocck Yes; but It's er rather Wagnerian, don't you think? Phllndel pbla North American. When a woman Is sick, and her friends refuse to let visitors see her, the story Is started that her family I drying to keep It a secret but tbe pa tient is reany insane. Thirty years sgo there wss a charm about water melons that we do not no tice now. A brutal young man Is one wbo would tell a girl wbo offers to mend bis gloves that there Is a bote to ber father's coat It la easy enough to aay bright tblngi; I the dioaajt Pn la thlak af Fall Medicine -.AaIcI lsFullyaslmponaninn Sprint Wieoicino. flood's Ssrapanlla j"-t the medicine to keep the blood n h aua purr. spprtite, gi" g.wJ .1 .-.tin and tone sad strengthen the great vital orgriu.. It wards off malaria, fevers sua outer .u,u.. of illness Hi'' rrnu7 wrsk and debilitated t)eia- Hood's Sarsaparilla la America's Created Medicine. The Omha extinction evIJentl doen't intend to take snychsncesol Isi.ore. IthsiwoMidwsys.-Chicag T.mea-IIeralJ. The Isct that the Omaha expos'0 ha two Mid waya will son ensWe the public to forget the open.ngede. Mem phis Commercial Aprsl. The people over t Omahs sre quit enterpr.aing but thsy will be sure to ss certain that tbia thin? of running so exporition to s wsr is no lool job. Waabiniiton P "t. . Why do the summer girl hsve i msny brothers t the end ol tba season ? Follow It lip. Sit down and cool off suddenly, snd then regret It, for stiffness and sorenese Is bound to follow, hollow uiem up with Ht Jacobs Oil snd you will have nothing to regret from a prompt cure. It has tcen our ttK-rieni-e that women will foigUe nwearlng and drinking whUky quicker than chew ltiu tnbaocco: Piso'j Cnre for ( oninmpiion haa bem a Uou-aeiKl 10 me. " ""f Chester, Florida, hept. 17. I somk people "are never at borne un til tbey are away from home. rl I O Arvt dy''n - r Or. K.lnn1, Or.- ?rr K 4,irTr HriS fm If It I f .lli' lrli !!- lUKf XrmmUm. lm U H KlJl. U n A" S r. miaadmu. It The more a man says, the oftener he is liable to contradict himself. Mr. Wtwilow i iwxrTHtKa Hrnvr tor child ren tee-.hlnit, oftii the gum, rHocea Inflam mation, allayi p". curetwlud colic. 3&C bottle Whv is the average spinster favor able to annexation aa a war measure? WATFt -Cwrfli-l ' i" mi" US will not t-11-MI. H- n't rni, l-t Ki'u'llfltit'-t tw Nw Vork, tot l.iiil-tlm.titl. Why doei a laby's moth'-r imagine she can unlets and i s dialect? feciti to Uc; l'ie. One complaint seems to get ripe In autumn, snd that is Neuralgia. To soothe the pain, strengthen the nerves and rhl the system of it, u-e St Jacobe Oil, the bct known cure. Why siiouldu't a dyspeptic hsve Umach troubles of bit own? Hall's Catarrh Ore Is taken internally. Price 75 cents. Why Isn't fetil ng one's debts a paying buine? THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRL'P OF FIGS Is due not only to the orig-inalily snd simplicity of the oomliimit'.on. but also to the care and skill with wbioh it is manufactured by scientific process known to the VAi.troitsiA K10 braur Co. only, and we wish to impress upoo an me lmportaree of p'trohaalng the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs Is manufactured by the Calikoksu Fig Kvkup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will ashist one in avoiding the worthies imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cau pobnia Fio Syki'p Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs ha. given to millions of families, makes, the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of it remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as It acts on ho kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get iu beneficial effects, please remember the Dime of the Comnanv CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN ruAacisce. OL L-riaviLLE. Er. saw Teas. M. T. "4 Pfttct Trp ef Ms Highttt Ortff CiciIIwh in Manufacture." Breakfast coa Absolutely Part, Dclkciaaa, Ustritiaua, ..tnmTtancT.n. BsasedMasaaauN WALTC3 BAXZaftCattJ. waitttr&tts V