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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1897)
BARRED FROM RUSSIA KUTNER CAN NOT RETURN TO HIS NATIVE LAND. Hr In One of tlie WenltMeat. Men on the I'nrlOc Slope lie Is a Jew ■"‘I m Smh In llnrred from the Ccnr'e ; Kingdom. — DOL.PH KUTNBIl, I the Californian who was not permitted to cross the frontier of Russia owing to bis political and re ligious convictions, Is one of the most Influential citizens of the Golden state. He came to the United States a ref ugee from Russia nearly fifty years ago, and went to California In 1852. He started In business In San Francisco, and did very well until Ills partner ab sconded with all the firm's funds. Then Mr. Kutncr set to work to rehabilitate « .himself, which he did by hard work and thrift. Mr. Kulner branched out and ifi' opened a business in Fresno. He built the first school house and presented It f/: to the city. He is now the leading hanker of that Interesting little town, ' president of the most Important com \ menial house of the Han Joaquin val ley, Hnd operates large stores at Fres no, Hanford, Selma, Fowler, Sanger and Madeira. He Is a large shareholder In , the leading hanks of ull these Califor nia cities. He supports a fine residence 7 'jS ADOLPH KUTNER. in San Kr incisco and has made several s "Visits to Europe, but he has never be fore attempted to cross the border Into ¥ Russia. Ills relatives In that country have always none to Germany to meet him. Mr. Kutner is one of the wealth iest men In the San Joaquin valley, and has contributed liberally to the support of the less fortunate members of his family. One of his brothers was an eminent physician In Guben, Germany. €,'burrin'* Oil Out lit Knllil flock. Marvelous churches cut out of the •olid rock may be seen both In Abys sinia and India. There are six such churches In the City of Lallbela, in A CURIOUS STORE. Ktocl and l'r!c<« llivf Not Changed ta Thirty Yean*. From the Chicago Tribune: In Bain bridge, Geauga county, Ohio, not far from Cleveland, is tbe queerest country general store I ever ran across. Main bridge is a small hamlet, but the store Is as large and well stocked as the aver age suburban store. It Is kept—that Is precisely the word for It—by an old widower who has no relatives in that section of the country and is practically a hermit. When the civil war began he was running a flourishing general store in Hainbrldge, and made money rapidly during the succeeding four years. When peace was declared prices, which had been greatly Inflated, took a sudden drop. The old fellow believed that this would lie followed by a boom which would send prices skyward again, and Tefused to sell his goods for less than he paid for them. Down wt nt the prices down down down— and Anally he was forced to close his store for want of purchasers. Today his store stands almost exactly as it did thirty years ago. It Is stocked with such goods as are generally found In country stores, but, of course, the stock Is now practically worthless. Every day the old man opens the place to give It un airing. He is there, too, for busi ness, If any one chooses to buy what he has to sell and is willing to pay what he asks. "Why, sir,” he said to me, "s< me of the calico I've got here cost me sixty-five cents a yard In 1867. Wouldn’t I be a fool to sell It for five cents?" THE MORRIS BROTHERS. Iteinarkitlila Quartet of Hale anal Hon ored Men UOU Year* Old. Few localities are favored with a more remarkable quartet of brothers than Punxsutawney, Pa. The four Morris brothers dwell in the Immediate vicinity of each other. Their combined ages number 306 years. The picture here given represents them as they ap peared last week in a picture gallery, where they met by previous engage ment to bo photographed together, James Madison, the eldest (In center of group), Is 82 years of age. He was born In Northampton county, and has three living children. Theodore, Hit - tipg on his right, is 78 years old. He was also born In Northampton county, but has lived here since childhood. G. R. B., the third brother, stands on the left of J, M., and is 76 years of age. and a native of Jefferson county. Hu has no living children. J. B., thr youngest, Is 70 years old. He has a large family. These brothers are farmers, and have by Industry and economy succeeded in reaching comparatively easy circum stances. In religion they hold to the Cumberland Presbyterian faith. In politics they are Democrats and Popu lists, but this makes no difference In their love and alTectlon for each other. No family holds a higher place in the esteem of the whole community than these aged gentlemen, and for nobility, THE MORRIS BROTHERS. Abyssinia, which took twenty-three years to complete. These very re t markable churches were cut out In the twelfth century In the reign of Uali bela (after whom the city was named) by live hundred workmen, under the superintendence of an Egyptian sum moned to the country for that pur pose. The rock church or temples near Bombay required the labor of for ty thousand men for forty years to omplete. One of the most remarkable rock churches la that In the city of Karli, In India, which U regarded as one of the wonders of Asia. Before Its I entrance stands an Immerse stone elephant, upon whose back Is seated a colossal goddess. The UUVe Is 124 feet lung. 45 fed broad, and 46 feet from Moor to celling. There are aisles on each aide separated from the nave by tctagoual pillars. The capital of each pillar la crossed by two kneeling ele phants, on whose tucks are seated Itg ures of the divinities to whom the church Is dedicated There are thirty right columns and pillars, the grandest of which la the Hon pillar with Its sUleea «treed sides. The whole It rut out of the solid rock. At Krsrrsbor ough. In Yorkshire. England there Is n chapel rut uut of solid ruck itlw the •esttsl. t nd this ts said tu tut the only one tu be seen in the country , 'A Swkstttste toe taut* State**. A factory u now nearing >unip<«tloM near laiudoa. England a bus* builders * aspect to produce stsout forty tows pet day of a euhatUute for ladle rabbet which its la senior valla "oailitc It Is | claimed that tbta sulmtaece ris be produced -beeper thee ladle rubber, •ad will r*place the latter for hydrati Ur parhiags. wire insert tone el#.., a* It pi Impervtotm to mineral <>r| sad its * stand a temperature of from pm to pm t degrees Eshr honesty, am! everything that goes to make up a manly character they are excelled by none. !.»»» Cave* of the Azores. The formation of caves in a lava stream is a curious process, and in the Azores it hss some remurkahle and per fect illustrations. It will lie under stood that the stream ot tinmen mat ter proceeding ordinarily from a volca no soon begins to cool externally as it travels. But with a great stream, say, thirty or forty feet thick, a kmg time pusses before ft becomes finally cooled and solid to Its center. A large body ! of melted lava still remains liquid In Its Interior, formlug ns It were a huge I conduit or lube full of the white-hot matter. As this accumulates by tb< continued supply from above, the vast pressure on the liquid on the lower end of the stream Increases. The effect m»y be easily Imagined The solid rrusl of front of the flow break* out. the melted interior rushes on again, and the great tub* la emptied of its contents so far as they remain liquid, leaving behind n hollow tavern which may and iwraaiunally does extend tor an uninterrupted length of several miles. In the course of centuries sub sequent eruptions may deposit new bed# or cinder «r ash. or new streams of lava, to any extent above It. but the live si forme<l may remain Intact. Mae Sssutss Aee M«a». The making o' needle* la wtutg. pushed entirely If machinery |t u an intereatihg pros-*** to folio* the "de veloping **l n needle nut <4 a rough sleet nips, the piercing 4 the eyes be I lug I very delicate Operatic s After t be needle* are bum la h*d the coma nta* chinary count* them ml sticks them in the papers and package* in ukivk they nr* sold. "COL. WILLIAM L. BLANCHARD*' LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE, Money <;<>■■« to n lll< Brother "Klg Kill I.egRett," the Shovel Waltler »n<l :i*<l Degree Monon. 1’ovod »* >* Itleh Swell. — HK fortnnes of William L. Blarch ard, known nearly all over this c nut try as Co). Blanch ard. the Rambler and faro man, und In South Braintree as "Big Bill Leg gett," the r hovel welder In the Ames foundry many j'ars ago, will go to l**s brother, , Thomas Leggett, who up to the time of his good fortune pushed , a cart around the streets of Ntw York as a collector of old rags. Blanchard died about a year ago ut Oceanlt, N. Y.. leaving an es tate of between $70,000 and $HO,UOO, but It was only last February that Lawyer George A. Smythe of this city suc ceeded In finding the heirs. The dead gambler left no will, but he provided for a number of people In such a way that they received large sums of money as soon as his death was announced. One of them was a woman living a fi w miles out In the suburbs, whom Blanchard at one lime wanted to mar ry, but who threw him off when she learned he was a gambler, lit* was a most remarkable man and was r>7 years old when he died. It was while In South Braintree, In 1S61, that he joined company C of the 4th Massa chusetts Infantry and went to the front as a three-months man. He never lived there again, but he visited his COL. WILLIAM L. BLANCHARD, .rlends often and they welcomed him as a successful business man, member of the New York consolidated stock ami petroleum exchange, 32d degree mason .ml hail fellow well met. They did not know he was Col. Blanchard, the gambler, and that the money Jje displayed so lavishly was earned at night, mi:ch of It from wealthy men he met at their summer homes and fash ionable clubs and with whom he would not play cards until they coaxed him and apparently shamed him Into It. Then Blanchard would play. He always entered the game when the pot was largest and when ho had won everything In sight invariably received a telegram from somewhere which made It necessary for him to depart on urgent business. He made thous ands of dollars in this way and those from whom ho won never suspected that he was anything more than ho pretended to be—a wealthy man who played for the fun there was in It. Blanchard was a splendid-looking man of striking personality, 6 feet 5 Inches In height, weighing about 250 pounds. He dressed plainly but with the best the tailor could give him. He was proud of his apptaranee, his physique and manners, and he took every pre caution to keep from the public, and even some of his most Intimate friends, his teal charade' and business. This Is the only reason known for his change of name. He tried to make people believe he was the scapegoat of an aristocratic family, and, while his brother was pushing a ragman's cart through the streets of New York, Blanchard told his friends about a sist er who married, he said, a millionaire, living on 5th avenue, New York. She would not recognise him, her scapegoat brother, he was wont to remark. His was a double life such as we read about in novels, and when death came tc him at Oceanic. where he had gone to get over the effects of a long de buueh, the plot had dsvelopec! to such a point that It seemed it would re quire a Hie kens to unravel It, This work, however, fell to laiwyer (Seorge A Smyihe of Boston, and last Tues day he saw the end of hla labors, mat ters having bc«n straightened out so that the property will come Into the | possession of Its legal owners. ItaalM'• Mm • lu«|tr. William K »*tt»«Ufh. out of Mamin tad <111 I promlanBI builanaa man. gnmmlttcd iwUr'da In hi* •tom by •hooting htmrrtf through th« hnart lie had bn*u o .ui tilnrnd go upright man. but It rat Mill at Ib» nauMr'i ta «t«*at that ha had hn«u a furgnr aad a gaathlar fur taa ynar* la a lattar a hu h ha laft ha raid ha had tataly furgad a n..t* for ft.iait whkh ha auald mi h»rn t«i bat*, aad ha irbuaa rathaf to din thaa gu to iha paallaa ttary. hlM By M*r tit«»4 At a party at h»i«ai», »'•. Kaa* l.utg pu> Mill p»katad a gua whU a aha did aot ha>* **« l*«d*d at Ml* Ita l«nah. *<'h tha reatnrh that aha bad bntur heap guiat fba IHp* • dittharg. • htlltag W .» t.*» h aad *oandiaa »a<*tt<*r girl TINTS OF BIRDS’ EGGS. Tlirjr Often Disappear Hlirn ExptMCtt to Strong Sunlight. The beautiful and delicate color*, ob served on the eggs of birds are not very fast to light, more especially when they belong to the lighter class of col ors, says Nature. Mgg collections should be carefully protected from the light by some covering over the case when they are not being inspected; otherwise much of their beauty of tint becomes lost In course of time. It Is grutlfylng to notice that In museums and uattirul history collections this prccauttlon of protecting egg-cases with covers is now almost universally observed. In many Instarcss some of the finest and most characteristic tints of several eggs disappear on exposure to much sunlight. A common example may he found in the beautiful pale blue of the starling's egg. This, on ex posure to sunlight for a few days, loses its clear blueness of tone and become* purpler, approaching more to the slate lint. Such is also the case with most of the greenish-blue eggs, like those of many sea birds, the common guille mot's, for Instance, the beauty of which hugely depends on the clear freshness of Its blue tints. The writer some time ago made some experiments on the fast ness to sunlight of those egg tints. The method employed was a very sim ple one and may be briefly described as follows: Various birds' eggs were se lected for experiment, those having de cided and well-marked colors being preferred. These shells were halved lengthwise, care being taken before the operation to divide li so that each half should as m arly as possible present the same amount of coloring. One-half was kept from the light for future com parison. while the other half was ex posed In a glass case to direct sunshine. After various exposures amounting to 100 hours' sunshine each exposed half was then compared with Its unexposed ... ...I lL -1__ I.. carefully noted. Little change was visi ble in the darker color pggs of the ollvc brown or chocolate depth, hut In the lighter tints, especially among the blues and green-blues, the changes bc« cumc more marked. Fninruon's IJrotlirr. There are countless stories of men who In gratitude for rescue from direst peril have devoted themselves to what Is popularly, and In the special sense, understood as the divine ministry. But who ever heard of anybody abandon ing It for exactly that reason? Ralph Waldo Emerson's brother did It; which showed that Emerson’s brother was nothing If not original. Emerson himself told the story to his friend, Prof. Max Muller; My brother and I were both meant for the ministry In the Unitarian community. My brother was sent by my father to Germany * * * and after a thorough study of theology was returning to America. On the voyage home the ship was caught In a violent gale, and all hopes of sav ing it end the lives of the passengers were given up. At that time my brother said his prayers, and made a vow that if Ills life should be spared he would never preach again, but give up theology altogether, and earn an honest living In some other way. The ship weathered the storm, my brother's life was saved, and, In spite of all en treaties, he kept his vow. Something of the same kind may have Influenced me. Anyhow, I ‘‘felt that there was better work for me to do than to pier.ch from the pulpit.” From Madhouse to I’uluro. This picture represents John Joseph Nouri, who was put In an insane asy lum in California live years ago as a slight return for his Information about Noah’s ark, says the New York World. He claimed to have found the vessel of biblical fame snugly inclosed in lec on the top of Mount Ararat, about 17,000 feet above the level of the sea. Nouri had come to America to seek proselytes for the Greek church. His personal title was Chaldean arch deacon of Babylon and Jerusalem and pontifical delegate-general of Malabar." I HPP** JOHN JGMBBWI NOl’HI. ItotUlaa.be waa l«l*»ttk*4 aa « yrlna* of ChaMaa Ha «aa rel*a»*4 frum lha aa) turn after a year Nun ka ta kina of Iks t'kaUivaa*. to in* la «yul«iu'« aa4 a i>nla<* at Trkotum aa4 •*•»* pauyi* ara Iklaklaa talc* atiuut kta ark •Viff a (<M«t* flat tonal A Jawatar Ito Turin, Italy, kaa ma4* a tin y tauat «I a *t»*ia p*art Tka kail ta kbaly at at» 4 «M «ar«a a* a tau4al H r a art at atowa Tka tail la Ml kaalaa ««M iltkMtJ «llk 4tnw*i«4n an4 tk* kianatto U*kt to a n*rf**t otky Aa amaraM mim* aa ita ruUJtr, aa4 Ita •<«*>! to a alak uf ituty It* »a»«fct to laa* tkaa aa »«*>♦*. aa4 H to »«i4 t« kata mm* It m PAINTER AT SEVENTY PETER BAUMGRAS OLDEST ARTIST IN THE WORLD. Work* Three llumlre<l anil Hlil;-Flv< Day* a Tear and Nay* That He Will Ho HI* l!e*t Work lletwern Now and HI* Klglitleth lllrthday. iROFESSOR Peter Iiaumgras of Chi cago, who recently celebrated his sev entieth birthday, 1s the oldest working artist In the world, and, maybe. In all America. He Is at work .'if.r, days In the year In his stu dio at the top of the Lakeside building. He Is, too, the only painter of shells In the world, and nobody understands the aesthetic side of conchology, If one may so speak, so well as he. He has the finest private collection of shells In the country, and his representations of them In oil col ors upon canvas adorn the walls of many art galleries, public and private, cast and west. He was born In Havn rin. where Ills grandfather was the Ben venuto Cellini of the kingdom. Peter, when a hoy, attracted the attention of the king by his ability as an artist stu dent, and received $100 from the royal purse. He studied art In Dusseldorf, and In 18f>:i he came to the I'nlted States. For many yeurs he lived In Washington, and It was In his studio that Franklin Simmons modeled his bust, of General Grant. Professor Iiaumgras at that tlmo painted a por trait of the hero, which Is one of the best In existence. The shell painter was personally acquainted with Lin coln; and has many anecdotes to tel! of that, great man’s ways and words. In 1871 Professor Iiaumgras went to Pan ama to sketch and study. While there he met Professor Agassiz, and the two became good friends. The aged artist says, youthfully, that he expects to do the best work of his life In the next, ten yearH. He has lived here for twenty years, and has occupied one studio for about twelve years. A VISIT TO TOLSTOI. Think* lllimrlf » I’onr C hrl.t an Re. rautr Hr lla*n't Olrrn I p All. < The family live handsomely, but as we were not invited, only tolerated, guests we only took off our outside wraps in the anteroom, where a man was In waiting to remove them, leaving our hats on, says the Literary World. We passed upstairs and through a room where a son was playing delightfully on a piano when we went in and bowed to us as we went through. We stood waiting around the room into which we were ushered, when Tolstoi fame In In the most cordial manner possible, In quired of Mrs. - about her son, whom he spoke of most flatteringly; was Introduced to us all, asking uh to be seated, etc., and no one could have been more cordial and agreeable. A daughter afterward came In. and both spoke Knglish with perfect egHc. He inquired how we came to be trav eling In Russia and when he learned that most of our party, were In llerlln to study he said be wondered when for eigners would come to Russia to study. He usked where .-ach of us was from and seemed perfectly familiar with our country. Ho Is a tall man, stooped somewhat, and was dressed it* the peas ants are In a blouse with u skirt com ing almost to the knees, belted in, and trousers of the same goods, it dark brown homespun. His long beard is not as white as I expected to see. He has fine eyes and I had good opportu nity to study Ills appearance, as I itat next and he turned to me sometimes. He does not consider himself a good Christian, f understand, because he liar not given up everything, HER LUCKY MISTAKE. Ml** William*' Slip of u Kry M.tveil New •|pr*<<y *10.000. The very excusable error which Mias; Margaret Williams of Trenton, N. J., made In transcribing the election bill and which necessitated the calling of an extra session of the legislature, proves to have been a blessing in dis guise, for the slate Is saved about $40, 000. The error was a very simple one. Miss Williams' nimble and graceful fingers were too quick, und she clicked off the word "provided,” Instead of pro PROP. I3AUMGRAS. A Mtftffiivtlc Mountain. In the Arabian tales a story is told about a magnetic mountain, which at tracts irresistibly all ships, and. when they come near, extracts every parti cle of Iron from them.even to the nails. Such a mountain exists in reality, al though not quite as dangerous in its activity as the one mentioned In the Oriental fairy tale. Tho island of Bornholm, in the Baltic, belonging to Denmark, consists almost entirely of magnetite, and Its magnetic influence is very well kuown to the navigators of those waters, and also much feared by them not on account of the possibil ity of Us extracting the nails from their ships, hut because of its Influence on the magnetic needle, which makes the steering of a ship almost Impossi ble. This Influence is felt, even at a distance of miles, and, when this Is land Is sighted, all mariners on the Bailie discontinue steering their course by the needle, but turn to well known lighthouses and other helps to direct their course Between Bornholm and the mainland there la a hank of rock under water, which is very dangerous to navigation, because of It being ton stantly submerged, vessels have been frequently wrecked at that point. The magnetic Influence of th-V. ore bank ts so powerful that a magnetic needle, suspended freely In a boat over the bank- will point down. and. If not dl»- , turla-d will remain in a perfectly per pendicular line threaten >• trees A St lamU widow iuiid.rst.lt well I j off, bluntly refused to give her consent j. to her t nenty -seven year-old -laugh j ltd marriage because she would thereby be deprived of the heneflt of - the I to a month sntnry as stenographer whtvh the dutiful daughter regularly ' turned aver The young man was In ; ’ a quandary until the proepevtkte moth- ! i er-lnlaw. with a been eya to bust neve j I ug.red to relent if ha would pay her ' I t>* a month for three yearn. Me is t thtaktiw It aver J« g tilblted, that was all. Unfortunately, somebody was careless enough to let tier hurriedly written copy go without •oniparlson, and when Governor Griggs ilscovered the error of course Mlsa Williams had to bear the unpleasant part of It all, when in reality she was pot at all to blame. Now. however, •omes an hour of congratulation for tier. Iu the new bill providing for tho special election to vote upon the con stitutional amendments, several regis tration days were abolished and other changes made to simplify the election »nd reduce tho cost. Senator W. M. Johnson of Bergen county has written ’mwwsv Ml MU MAKliAHKI Mil,I,I AMS 41m William* etailag tbte and dm Ur Ml that the error aaa not ti».irl> m irate ae It Me beea painted Hm I aed Mr Mrlrk Ink II* ue are ueed ta t'blwe to b*U U tab. me epaaa M plated la a* t|| rM|, iktrh bn are! H ally eealad. aad ll« poor lei tided bra me ua M a lib Maiataal !>»«»*• After a fea deje tie «m ebell e re atored aad (be epaaa. a bleb baa •ea aerated into Ufa, la ewpttag tato > ebalkrw pool