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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1897)
Bl coach. HEARSE AND RRIACES. the Inventor In line ol Sombre lie Hut One Car ■ ORE will be no ore funeral pro islons. That la, the public takes ndly to this new t idea In burial aches. In place the present fa lllar spectacle of e plumed hearse, th Its gloomy ipplngs, moving y streets, with a vehicles In Its for use a con ies upon Its four thirty-six wheels rial coach, which ■a me idea or itev, Stephen Merritt, of New York, Is a low, broad vehicle, to be drawn by four horses, and re sembles more than anything else one Of the low-hodled type of Fifth avenue (Wages III use In New York, with the y. addition of an oblong glass cabinet on It Is designed to take the place a hoarse, a flower coach, two car ■PI rlages for the relatives and five cur 1 jjr' rlages for the friends. It is designed j ■: p( to cost $l>,000, and, In addition to the JBr !i and flowers, will carry eight per- I In the front compartment and ■twenty-two In the rear. The latter ■compartment Is spacious enough to af ■jfttrd room for camp chairs for athli .JRtional mourners. When In use, the ■Mfoflln will he placed on a movable f 'platform, which will raise It to Its pla<o In the glass cabinet over the roof of the coach. The front compartment, to be used by the relatives, In the In terest of privacy, Is sound proof, and Is upholstered in green silk. The rear compartment Is finished In dark leath er and carved wood. The exterior will lie black, with sliver trimmings and ' : lamps. The argument used by the Inventor, fSl W,‘° iH lntr0,,U'.'ing the coach and cx K pe ts to huve the first one In operation |P in a few days, Is that It will reduce the expense of a funeral and also serve to promote not only the safety, but the HL comfort and convenience of those af j. flii led by death. In this fast age,when ■Ht competition Is so very keen, every |OS commodity necessary to life has been ■ greatly reduced In price In the last few | years. Until the present time, howev f < r. little thought lias been given to the \ K corf of those things wo require only In ■P death, and If -i man wanted to go to hits grave In the latest style, so that hit- relatives would not he .ashamed to p, o.-ri him, his sorrowing widow would . 1mv< to put a mortgage on the home. | And ol course this policy being nil ’o i wrong, and necessity beln.a ihe mother * of invention, u philanthropist ccmea ■Mp forward with iV • co-operative funeral the thought that It le quite as proper to provide, while still among the liv ing. for one’s appropriate burial, as it is to provide for those near and dear to us after death. In Philadelphia and other large cities, owing to the crowd ed condition of the city, and the con stant presence of other tenants in a house, funerals do not, as a rule, par take of the solemnity and decorum that they should, and In many In stances the late homes of a deceased person does not afford the opportunity for the conduct of a proper burial ser vice. In many. In fact, In most instances, the rooms of a house during a funeral are crowded to suffocation by those In attendance. They fill the hall und block the Ingress and egress of those who call to take a last look at the dead. They line the staircase and rest on the balusters, and the minister Is forced to seek the most available location to make himself heard, even though un seen by a large proportion of those gathered to observe the last rites over a departed friend. All these things have frequently given rise to the thought whether the burial of the dead on a co-operative plan, which would reduce the expense of a funeral to Its lowest point, seeure everything needfal at sueh a service, and at the same time preserve the solemnity of the occasion, and afford the family and those In attendance ample and proper accommodations,was not feasible, and this problem seems to have been most successfully solve.I and Its solution brought about by u man thoroughly conversant, through long experience, with the burial of the deed. For fifty years the Ilev Stephen Mer ritt, of New York, has studied this subject, and year after year he became more Impressed with the delinquency of the usual methods und the absolute necessity of the organized manage ment of funerals. To him this became a life study, and the fruition of the plan he evolved Is represented in the co-operative funeral plan, an Incorpo rated organization that has Just, equipped a large building in New York In an elaborate manner for the con duct of funerals on a co-opcrativc plan, that Is practical In every wuy, reduces the expenses of a funeral und sur rounds Its management with all prop er conditions. •Iran Tlnto Paiiioijv Everywhere. In a French churchyard Is a monu ment bearing an Inscription of which the following Is a translation: "Here lies Jean Pinto, the Spanish violinist. When he reached heaven he united his voice with the voices of the archangels. Ah soon as He heard him, the IVeity cried, ‘Keep quiet, all you fellows, and let us hear alone the Illustrious sing" -, Jean Pinto!’” American at l.ast. Central Park, New York, Is no long er adorned, or rather disfigured, with numerous “Keep off the glass” signs. The park commissioners last week called them all in. Children can now ■ RARE FEAT IN BALANCINGS UalaucInK feats may almost tie said to In co-existent with the dawn of • Ivilixatlon. and the centuries of prog ram have left their mark on this geutle «rt in common with other forms of en tertainment. until In these latter years feats of marvelous dexterity and skill _ptave become verj rnm— TIM Jt| aiies* led the experts of the world In • , tialaucinK as well as In JiikkUiik for aiuuv years, hut within the present eeu . tury several Kuropeaus. with the aid Of the heaven sent sift of patlenee [“■“jKjj lisve become guile equal to the Orl j on tala. A*coiiipauvtua this Is an Illustration of one of the feat* of one of the (Heard*. I* whh h la described In the current 1, Htraud A mote dtlttroli undertaklua | In iutlaiu iuK can scarcely- t«e imagined |* If ouu would get a correct Idea of how nearly Impossible the feat Is let him take two ordinary felt hats and two eanes and essav it, with the aid of the picture tn the way of showing position to ussist him. The artist who performs the trick belongs to that class of con tinental performers which makes It a practice to suudwlch In between hits of grotesque foolery many difficult and fine feats of balancing and dexterity. Some of these miss Are or go unap preciated by superficial onlookers, ow ing to the seemiugly airy ami careless wsy In which they sre executed and the coiutcslUles with which their accom plishment la Interlarded Very few have any Ides of the time, skill sad pa tience which sre required to bring one of these feats to perfection The Ulr srd feat la certain to stand almost alone for a long time ■ ' which ha* pratlutvl thU rcw I «<«••' unique l u*(*l eoat h ».an> *■;*»*» thing* that Unul to ch«.i|»'ii tan , • • of a Hi *t '*aa tua*i |l In Kan f I t>« natter I*..a inn*r a wan I* t« life, B * •« ha«ttr h fare*. »* can rl=»n to great' <i rt'ken maft.i.n ant hi* wl W| tend* ran ch<l him In «'• oi\'tr> K K |s .till wane* r. .tvwm'li a*.'c an* mm. I hi* i« *e* II at mult fun raU aheie SE iHPtghlwr* W let! ill a ft:: i.»• I siujj'i'ae trn>l a helping hun l In e*»r* pun** •!» nHV »*> til •!*..»• in liBt ri.ui '.111 I nr > JHftil hep III ti hi* tom I- I*. 1 1.1 *. ■ | e«i‘ >n ik e *i ' >•< i*a4. •» ruiu|> all ovrr the *rwu award and an Jof IhroiM'ltn lu I licit hrarta runtant drown |x>u|iia, loo will nu« b* alow |o avail Idcwaoivaa of Ida |ut. Urge r| rrriung fra#l» on Ida ir*M Herat** for* id* dad «« loodn* it*, if |» aapdati walda and hard han.daa wild »d* aintrruw vow nannlh in avtdm a, la netihat ||)>da ward drawn wnrd.’nor fan*** ld*rd In t.nw!ow, ara idara any Kaaw id* graaa •Inn* Tda dear dulwdtw of >*•>•«Id Am«ri>a da* m load* 1 BEST FOR THE I/EAST. MARKET PRICES IN A STRANCE STATE. • . '■reful fanttM Made In New York — How Ntapie Article* of Fond Vary at Different Hertlon* The Ifllgli I'rlce* Up Town. a (From the New York Herald.) OW to get the best for the least money is the burning ques tion with all New York, In these times especially, and so one constant ly hears Mrs. Smith telling Mrs. Brown what It costs to live and extolling the merits of her butch er or groeer. ‘‘Why, my man must be i perfect fraud!” exclaims Indignant Mrs. Brown; "1 pay him twenty-five ents a pound for every bit of steak we have, and you tell me you get It for twenty-two cents. That is sheer rob bery. I shall change at once!” and then she asks where Mrs. .Smith's mar keting Is done, and finds that It Is about two miles from the location of her own deur (In two senses) market man and her own home. Nevertheless, she spends a week economizing at the ex pense of several cur fares and n great deal of time and strength each day, and goes back to her own convenient place. And then when she hears of another friend who pays even more than she does she Is quite reconciled, and finally the conclusion Is borne upon her that It Is all a matter of locality after all, and that when her husband paya a large rent for the privilege of living In an ultra select section of the city the matter does not end there, hut crops up In every chop or potato she eats at table. The dealer naturally has to pay a larger rent, too, than the man who keeps a dingy little shop on Third avenue, perhaps. A careful canvass of prices of the staple articles of food In different sec tions proves that there Is no great dif ference In the real prices, hut more In the quality of goods dealt In. For In stance. the man who supplies the lower east side does not find much call for extra ‘‘fanny” porterhouse steaks, and even for the steaks he doeH sell he must get a good price, although the larger quantity of his dally sales are of round steak, stewing meat, etc. Then, new potatoes come late to Forsyth and l)e lancey and Mott streets, and even the ones that have survived the winter's campaign are considered a luxury there, while eggs which have made close ac quaintance with cold storage are more familiar than the "strictly fresh” ones of up town. On the other hand, the market man who supplies the trade of Murray llill explains apologetically when questioned that his prices “may he a hit higher, ma'am, hut, you see, I only carry the finest. Now. I sell steaks, extra fancy, up to twenty-eight cents a pound, und, you see other dealers have no use for that kind, so they don't carry ’em. In the matter of potatoes. I've entirely dropped the old ones and have only fine new stock, which bring a good price, of course. Eggs I don’t touch except the strictly fresh, and for those I charge twenty-five cents a dozen." Next In range of high prices comes the section around Seventy-second street, west. Here the Hume story is told of the reason for high figure*, with the addition, however, of more moder ate figures for the articles not labeled— in the dealer's phraseology - fancy; these last two suit the purses of the apartment house army of marketers. All up the west side of town till one comes to the Nineties, or to 100th street, prices, for meat especially, are pretty “stiff;” but on the west side of Harlem a drop comes, best cuts of beef selling there from fourteen cents to eighteen cents a pound, and vegetables and other staples proportionately cheap. Worn Knot'll. Many stories are told of the keen wit and ready speech of Dr. Mason, once pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian church In New York. Not only was he a greut and eloquent preacher, but many of Ills most telling lessoim were given In private rather than In the pulpit; wo heard, they were sure to be repeated and not forgotten. Hr had a great fundiim lor animals, and particularly for horses, of whose good points he was said to be an ex cellent judge. On one occasion u brother minister, who was Intending to buy a horse, met Dr. Mason, and stopped to usk hla opinion of the ani mal. which he wus then driving. Doctor Mason surveyed the horse with long and careful lerutlay, und sfter several Inarticulate sounds of approvsl sud disapproval, he dually pointed to the animats knees, which were decidedly worn In aspect. "That Is a good sign for a minister," said he, with a humorous smite "but it I* a very bad sign for a minister's hors*!*' N»w trek «a Stleaee. One of the latest exploits of the modern man ut science is trapping and bringing down to the ground, with th« akl ut an automatic apparatus at lurked to a balloon specimen* of the upper air from *he height of almost lea mites Tbs apparatus and the ex im rlmeat nets ut the freer*! tnxeuttun * ml simply showed that the height »t ti met feet above sea levet the i out pfttellion of the atmosphere la prat ilt ally the same as at the surface ut i he swrth f*op what t* humidity ’ Hulled iir mv son Judge RINGS ON HER TOES. Gothnin Norlftj (.IrU Ornniiirul Their Feet with .leweln. In an old nursery rhyme there was a Indy who cultivated what then seem ed the remarkable habits of wearing “rings on her Angers and hells on her toes." Her descendant, the society woman of today, has In reversing the old arrangement Inaugurated a still more remarkable habit, says the New York World. Many of the rings which the modern woman wears do artttally have hells on them; and as for wearing rings on her toes, that. Is now an es tablished custom. Toe rings are not yet visible In the Jewelers' windows, because they are as yet made only to All special orders; but If the fashion Is followed up, as It is likely to lie, they will soon be us plentiful as brace lets or silver hatpins. There are, us It will be surmised, a great many oc casions on which the toe ring cannot lie worn. It Is not worn In daytime under a shoe, nor In the evening un der a slipper. Hut there are times when It Is allowed to shine forth In all Its glory, and one of these times Is when Its owner Is taking a Turkish bath. The pride anil delight which siclety women take In their prettily shaped, exquisitely eared for feet, pos sibly In most cases dates to only a short time ago, but It Is certain that since at present u beautiful foot Is morn valuable than ever before, and any device calling attention to Its at tractiveness Is most carefully culti vated A toe ring serves Just this purpose. Now, when the woman of many fads Joins a Turkish hath party she tloen not, under an Impulse of mistaken modesty, conceal her feel from view. She rather allows them to be uk conspicuous ns the conditions will allow, while her friends are en couraged to admire openly their white ness and slenderness. As u mark of extreme novelty she now places on each big toe a ring which does not dlf iit in an, except in size, from tne otic* she wears on her fingers. It may he Of plain gold, or It may he matin bril liant with Jewels. There are no re strictions as to It* character. Bui, grotesque ns the Idea appears at first thought, a pretty ring Is unquestlon ubly an ornament to a pretty foot, and the women who are brought to realize this will doubtless hasten to Imitate the example which haH been set them. PROTECTION FROM SNAKES. (IiiimI Hi'-ulm Onrsliioil from the Vac cliiatlon of l,»rg« Animal-. The tnHk of artificially rendering an imals Immune from snake poison Is not an easy one, for the process depends upon training the animals to gradually withstand larger and larger doses of the venom, and, considering the In tensely toxic character of the sub stance which hud to be handled, the danger was ever present of the ani mal succumbing to venom poison be fore Its serum had acquired the requi site pitch of protective power to ren der It of service us an mitl-toxln. Dr. Calmette tells us, says laingmans' Mag azine, that he carried out a very large number of experiments before he met with success. But It Is not necessary here to discuss the various efforts; suf fice It to suy that at length his labors were rewarded, and the following ex tract from one of his memoirs describes the methods which he now udopts for the purpose:—‘The best method of procedure for the purpose of vaecinn tlng large animals destined to produce antl-vcnomous serum consists In In jecting them from the outset with gradually Increasing quantities of the venom of the cobra mixed with dimin ishing quantities of a one to sixty solu tion of hypochlorite lime. The condi tion and the variations In the weights of the animals are carefully followed. In order that the Injections may be made leas frequently If the animals do not thrive well. Quantities of stronger and stronger venom are In turn Injected, first considerably diluted nnrl flinn mMt'O <<ntUiiin t en t i./l J ...t. .. the animals have acquired a sufficient Immunity the venoms derived from as large a number of different species of snakes ai possible are Injected. Tile duration of the tioutment Is of consid erable length--at least fifteen months —before the serum Is sufficiently active to be used for the purpose of treat ment. During the lust three years an Immense number of unlmals have been vaccinated by this method at the Pas teur Institute at I,llle.” Tu MmIi Oriaiiillri. To wash organdies uud lawus, soak them in a gallon of warm water, tu which a tablespoonful of borax has i been dissolved. I.euve them to soak about 20 minutes uud rub in soapsuds' 1 made of pure east lie soap, pour hulling wutoi over them and allow to cool; rinse In tepid water. FLASHES OF FUN. Teacher -"Willie, If your father gave you ten cents and then took away tour sad gave them to your brother, what would thal make?” Willie -"Trouble." Yale Record Ftnnlrue "I tell you a man never appreciates hi* wife till he gete Into trouble," (')iiuous That • no. It a a big satisfaction to have some one tu blame for It,*’- Idle. First Prosper tnr <at Ktoadyhei "l understand Nuggets baa been arrested ' Second Prunpeeiur "Yea, the darn find fc.»t aisled IS hasping gold tg front III hla ithin and blocking tba trail" Phi) adaiphls North American Mrs Uetgga " Mr Walton la certain ly a ramarhable yuung man." Mrs tlioaamtik it hat maker you think er1" Mrs. (iris** Ob i heard hint •si last stahi that he worthl Jnet as nut teach bis staler to ride the bicycle as any other girl" dumerr>11, four, nal NOT EASY FOR JAPAN. THE PACIFIC SQUADRON ABLE TO GIVE A FIGHT. IY*r*lilp» That Would Mali* It it l.lttlr Difficult to "lUlMKP" ttlO t'OMMt - Karts That Knglfth Writer* Might Fonder. HR reports ns to the objections on the part of Japan to any steps which might lead to the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States, and to the effect that In case of trouble between the two nations the Japanese navy would have no difficulty in defeating that part of the United States navy which Is stationed In Pa cifir waters, bus caused much Inquiry as to what constitutes the Pacific squadron, A London dispatch on the subject caused much comment. It said lliat the Japanese knew the strength of the American navy, and that In an open conflict the United States would make a poor showing. "It Is morally certain," so said the dispatch, "thut the Japanese ships would ravage the Pacific coast If the United States ever became Involved In hostilities with Japan, in that event Spain would have an opportunity of which she would hardly full to take advantage." This Kngllsh view of the situation has caused some amusement In naval circles, where it was said that the Asiu I ... "■ tic squadron could be brought to the Pacific coast In a short time to rein force the Pad tie squadron now on duty near the coast, which the ICngllsh writer expects to see "ravaged." The Pacific squadron consists of the Ore gon, Philadelphia, Monadnock, Mon terey, Alert, Pennington and Marlon. The Oregon Is a coast line battle ship. and Is a sister ship of the In diana and Massachusetts. She was launched In 1893, and Is able to take and keep the seas In an emergency, and to eope with powerfully armed vessels. She has a coal capacity of 1,800 tons. Her general features are length, 348; breadth of beam, 69Vi fed; draught, 24 feet; displacement, 10,200 tons, and her hull Is of steel, protected with a belt of armor 7Vi feet wide and 18 Inches thick, of which 4 feet are below the water line. She Is armed with four 13-Inch 35-calibre breech loading rifles, eight 8-Inch breech loading rifles, four C-Inch breeeh loadlng rifles, six 4-Inch rapid firing, twenty 6-pound and four 1-pound rapid guns, four Gatling guns and six torpe lo tubes. The Philadelphia Is Itear-Admlral latster A. IJeardslee’s flagship. She is ilso a formidable steel-protected ves iel. She Is now at Honolulu. In the Monadnock a different class of vessel h represented. She Is of the twin-tur reted monitor style, and well calcul ated for harbor defense. The Monad nock is at present at Portland, Ore., where the Monterey, also a double-tur etod twin screw armored coast de 'ctiae vessel. Is stationed. The Monte ■ey was designed to afford a floating iefense of the highest character for he harbor of San Francisco. She Is onstructed entirely of steel, and has . double bottom throughout, with MU cuter tight compartments in her hull hat can he readily filled wfcth water, .uhmerglng the vessel until about one cot of her sldea shows above the sur ace of the water. reyr _ 1 UK » N. «U*M* ur WAR At fcRf The twin arrow gunboat Benning ton U at V.jlTo Island, Cal., where the Alert will soon arrive from ttitsa. Tho Alert Is a gunboat of tho old style, built in 1873; bnt she is not as old as the Marlon, a wooden steam sloop of war. This vessel was onre a tralnlng sh j, on which naval apprentices re ceded Instructions. Elie was so thor oughly “repaired" that nothing of the old vessel remained, and no one would recognize In the .Marlon, now In the harbor of Honolulu, with her Improved machinery, perfect armament and ad ditional size In length and beam, the Marlon of a generation ago. It will he seen that the Pacific squad ron Includes the latest and best de signs In naval archlterture and several examples of modernized old vessels. SPANIEL THAT DIVES, II* Owner Ms Ini That the liof Could tin llown Flghteen Feet, A remarkable diving dog was owned by 8. H. Ives of Detroit, Mich., says the Journal of that city. When a sightless puppy It was given to Mr. Ives by Charles Boston, the whirlwind of the Itlver Rouge, who afterward described It as follows: “Dash was the most knowing dog that ever lived. You ought to see him dive, lly gosh! Turn over on his back and dive! I saw that dog go down In eighteen feet of water and bring up a stone. He would bring up the right stone nine times out of ten. If he couldn't get the right stone he would bring one that looked like It. Ah, by gosh! you would give up iwenty-flve cents to see that dog any time. Up at the Flats I have seen him dive In dear water you know how clear the water Is up there sometimes. You can sei the bottom. ( have seen that, do? l.unlltiK around on the bottom looking for the atone Mr. Ivea threw In for him." Itaah waa a field apanlel ot ordinary size. He waa spotted idael. and white, and was as pretty a dog ua one would wlah to sea. Mr. lve* trained him to dive by throwing atone* first at the edge of the water end then further out until the dog would finally go down In water of any reasonable depth. He waa wonderfully persistent In hla search for atones under water, and would never rise without bring ing something If he could not find the right atone. Boston sweara with hlx right hand up that he held the watch on the dog when he remained under wuter a full minute searching for the atone hla master had thrown. “When Brighton Beach waa a resort Mr, Ives took the dog over there very often,' aald he, ‘‘and I have Been hundreds ot people Btundlng on the hank watching Dash dive for atones. It waa a pretty sight. He would swim out to where the ripples of the water showed the spot where the atone hud gone down then gracefully turn over on his back and dive as prettily as a boy could do It." De<'Ulv« llvldeuro. "I cannot aee how you can accuse these men of conducting a prize fight,'' said the Judge, mooting ut hla pen, “when It bus been clearly shown that there waa not a blow atruck.” "I know there were no blows struck,'1 said the police captain, “hut you ought to bear In mind that one guy began hollering 'Foul!' before he got Into the ring. And that wus my cue. Thou I knowed It was the real thing."— Cincinnati Knqulrer. Hatter Ilian a Hall. A postoltlee clerk In Sydney, Austra lia. milts an electric flashlight lust in? five seconds every hour during the night, thus enabling those living mllei away to ascertain the exact time.