The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917, February 11, 1898, Image 4
W 1 1 -L-!. OUR , THE COD. \jr a ;> jf IF HIS POSSIBILITIES WERE / FUJ,liY DEVELOPED. H« Would Cover the Whole Earth— A C.eful Fish, to Which Thousand, i | Alf IMlUblal/for a I.lvrllbood He _ll_IMiUoiopblc. (Special letter.) HOSE who are only acquainted with the cod when he pre sents himself on the dinner-table or lies mournfully on the Ash-monger's slab, his head seem ing quite out of proportion to his body, have little idea what a hand tome, vigorous fish he is when in bis native element. Yet the true merit of the cod lies not in ibis beauty, he is not one of the aristocrats of the age —Indeed, there is something indispu tably plebeian even In his good looks. It is upon his .utility that be prides himself,,, indeed, it Is possible that the cod it mere vafnahle to ns than all t|e other fish put together. Certainly, If you reckon with him "his sisters and his cousins and hilt aurifa,” among whom are the haddock/whiting, cool fish, pollack, hake, Ling, and rocking, he represents the tpost important fami ly of the sea. It Is difficult to enntnerate all the ger* vices of the cod to us. Of course, his flesh, particularly on the head and ehoulders, Is most valuable boiled, fried, or In the humbler "twice laid;” It sMvps flap t| dried JIhi| everywhere. * TVestly, his roe Is delightful; when amoked It Is almost equal to caviare. By Its swimming bladder it again com petes with the sturgeon, since It furn ishes an Isinglass little Inferior to that of the great royal fish. Nor should we overlook thp fiWtihat the cod givbs great sport to the ntgler. Of eounia, A greater service U that of maintaini^ the thousands of families whose men spend their lives, and lose them, too, in catching the codfish. Another! great service of the cod Is done Uy| Its liver. Cod-liver oil has probably saved the lives of many peo ple. In It you find digestible forms of animal fats, acid and saline bodies of Bile origin, phbuphateR, salts, and traces of phosphorus, iodine, and bro mine. One wonders whether the tod MAN IS CONDENSED AIR. What Mebif. tha Greatest Cbfmlit of Ibi Contort Wro|a> Liebig, the greatest chemist of the century, writes, "Sclenoe ha* demon strated the fact that man, the being which performs the great wonders, is formed of condensed air and solidified and liquid gases, that he lives upon condensed, as well as upon unoon densed air, and that by means of the same mysterious agent he moves, or causes to be moved, the heaviest weights with the velocity of the wind. But the strangest part of the matter Is that thousands and million* of these tabernacles of condensed air aw going on two legs, destroying other form of condensed air which they may need to build tip their own wasted tlasoea, or for shelter or clothing, or, on ac count of their egotism and fancied power, destroying each other in pitched battles, using implements which are but other forms ot condensed air, t!ie material of which they themselves are formed or composed. Chemistry sup plies tlte clearest proof that, so far as concerns this, the ultimate and most minute composition apd structure, some of which are so fnflnlteslmal as to be beyond the comprehension of ouf lenses, man Is, to all appearances, at least, composed of materials identi fied with those which oompose the structural being of the ox or the dog, or even the lowest animals In the scale . of creation." Solomon seems to have fintpptfilnrwl ftio anma Mr,t» Quo lastes 111., 19: “For that which b' falleth tho song of nuiu -befaUet'i beasts; ns tbe one 4i9t.l1, so dicth t’.J other; yes, they have alt one breath, ro that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast.”—Copyright, 1898, by the Bachellor Syndicate. The lletter Way. There are some *men who believe that honesty in every-day business matters is Incompatible with success. They think that iu order to get along they must practice a certain degree of trickery and deception. They argue that the up-and-down honest roan, w ho will not swerve from the path of recti tude, Is sure to fail in whatever he undertakes; and hence they Justify themselves in practicing petty as well as wholesaJe fraud, and in taking ad vantage of the verdancy of customers under the plea that custom and neces sity compel them to adopt this course. Tbe man who possesses the requisite business qualifications can succeed bet ter by pursuing an honest, straight j forward course, than if he were to ever suffers from UJ-bcaItU, seeing that he carries such a battery of drugs in h himself. Where do all the cod come from? M Why does not the sea grow bankrupt, , so far us the ccynmon cod is concerned ? Frank Buckland, In 1868, reckoned the number of eggs in a single roe; the total was actually 6.307,000 eggs! Near ly seven million eggs from one cod! If ten per cent Of the eggs produced in a year by the cod W re to grow to he flsh, the watdrs of the sea. In volume some 322,000,000 cubic miles, or In weight J.,332,000.000.000,000.000 ton*, would be pushed over on the earth, which would easily accommodate them, llowevfr. the euaroles of the eyd are (Counties*, and one need not f. sr an in vasion Yet such masses of rod are found along the northern coasts that often thi flsh are caught by Jigging with unbaltrd hooks, arid it is said -ffkal sometimes the leads take a lung 1IIU1' IU v HI tuv IMM’UIII, w 4UBV tll"J < bump froui Ueti tu Ush. Our frtwud the rod la eaally caught, fur bu la deplor ably greedy, ami will take aluioal any thing that cornea In lita way. The hlg geat cod ou record waa of the weight of bO pound*. Fertwuaiuty for the ttahenoan. and tlttfurtuuatvly for the uugler, the cod ta not a g I lUl.Wog fie.i k ' ehuh he make* n big ruth, but. wh< n he flntla hlmeetf well boohed. throw* Up the epottge. A MeteipleU Milk A day or IWu ago Mr. Willlaiw Vh.tely the ' universal ynuldef, " oh aarved that tt )uuug gentle tuan ta the Mih dealt waa ui<nh taken up wttn aw tnlervotlug park'd ivol, and he ateord Ittgty gubrtly auk* kirn up ky gulag hiui A gentle Putt ky the ear. The youth aowever, lew* auapwcttttg that tt waa the hand at hie employer, and haltering that it waa #*« uI hte N*** oite tl • I* >1*1 out lah« the trouble to look tip hot dabbed aia rubfawr wiawip well utt M Ika pad and '»»* geatlv done «•»• Ike utmeraal pro » * rMtei h >**a ago tha stamp. T*atd, William WhMelj Ibaper * li id deaden his conscience and disregard all moral obligations. We frequently hear the expression made in reference to some good natured, Inactive man, "Oh, he's too honest to get along." Now this is a false inference, for in nine eases out of ten the honest man's fail ure does not arise from the practice of an upright course, but from his un iitness for the business in which he is engaged. We do not by any means , intend to convey the impression that I honesty will cause a man who is not i qualified for the business in which he engages to succeed. What we mean to assert, and the impression that we would leave on the minds of the read ers of the ledger is, tirtu a man who Is I adapted to a certain pursuit will, am! I must necessarily succeed better by i dealing honestly and uprightly than by i cheating and defrauding. Hut in ad | dition to the matter of success, how j cheerful and pleasant is the condition 1 of the man who kuuw* and feels that nwi which hi* muw ieueu uppio v ca!—* Nuw York ledger. %•«. ; la 0*rtnauy "von'' Itupliaa nobility, anil all persona who belong tu the no bility prut* "vutt' to their family > name* without any egcopuuit. Par , ton* who do not belong *o the nobtUty cannot har« lh«* right to pot "von" be fore their tutu. *, \ unit who la : knighted for aaia* n>**»u, however, h »a the wit* right to pm "von'' before { hi* ftmliv a* a peison at ancient no U.lay for m.tin.e, when Ale vender llunholdt waa hatgnted ha bevama Alegander von llmniwildi. Alt hia dear* adnata, met* and female, taka the prehv Philadelphia Pie,*, an# n«ii»* r,au* "What do you mean by bringing (hat , aaful looking brut, hoggar* naked (ha I tadtgniat wt»# of her young n.(« hard I II hava no auch horrid dog | about thia p **#,“ "Hot I got bin, *| half u», dear “ "Oh, yurt old darting, what n manager y..u are. Hying iha Holy Into tha parlay tilt | g*t **. Violated with him** NOTES OP THE WHEEL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DEV OTEES OF THE BICYCLE. * New (Jump on th«* lVIirtl Require* Mine Flijrfnt on Each Side- Carpen ter the Auntrallan Rarer A Wo ruler ful Trick Kldcr. /' ' ' ' NEW bicycle game or rather I ,gpnifl which cub s j be played on tftilff'els has lately )■ been evolved by a5 cy cling genius In England. It is called the royal game and requires a court or field di vided Into alleys. Two teams of nine riders each take part, and the field Is divided Into a right and left field, with the courses Chalked out plainly. An alleyway corv strneted of ropes or cables extends from the upper to the lower field on the division line between right and left field. Cables also from two upright sides between which the ^playwheel t rolls, and Is driven backward or for* i ward by the riders In passing at any ; point between the lower and upper I field. The playwheel Is a single bicy [ cle rim, having a four and one-haif inch pneumatic tire. The Idea of the game Is to drive this playwheel from fhe center field, through attacks of op ponents, to a goal ahead, the riders using sticks especially made for the game. The ends of the alleyways are the goals for the respective teams. Players ride in single file and al wnvrt Mrnlo to thu loft Thun tlm Iwn trains are constantly meeting anti pass ing each other In opposite iflrecUops on the upper sides of the alleyways. Roy al is a game requiring swift riding and much skill, and a novice would scarce ly venture to form one of a team. Bicycle improvement has been gradually modifying all manner of vehicle construction. The use of cx I pensive material, such as tubing and ' finely machined forgings, In cycles has | proved that adequate strength is not | necessarily dependent upon weight. ' The bicycle is the only vehicle in the I world that carries ten times Its own : weight. The lesson taught by cycles | has been taken to heart by carriage builders and is now Instructing rail way engineers how to lighten and yet strengthen railway carriage trucks by abandoning the use of cheap castings, which are excessively costly because of the frequency with which they have to be renewed. The universal adop tion of pneumatic tices for trotting sulkies and of solid rubber tires for coupes are notable examples of bi cycle Innovation. At- Berlin, Leipsie and Dresden the public cabs have cy clometers attached so that passengers can check the exact distance traveled and pay fare accordingly. So much has been said about the mischief caus ed by the bicycle that it Is worth while now and then to pause and re flect upon such facts as the foregoing, not to mention the road Improvement it has inspired. English manufacturers have tal-en a step that will do much toward provid ing riders with accurate, well-wearing chains. All the makers have united in an agreement to use a certain "tom ! plate" or "templet," which is a pattern guage. They have selected what they believe to be the. best one, and hence forth all English chains will be of uni form "pitch," no matter what the d-' sign. This is an advantage to bicycle builders also, Inasmuch as it enables them to use any make of chain, if a similar move were made In America chain-driven cycles would be mnet) im proved. John Carpenter is the Australian cy clist who won the groat purse in the big event of the country Jast month. JOHN CARPCNTRR. The event *.«* run undrr the an*i>trr* of the Australian Wheel rluh and fur * distance of lau mite*. The rare *a< one of the create*! in the hUtury at ! the *'nl by reaeon uf the proaem* ' of so many KuelWh rrarh*. luehtdlne J IMau Hetia. Putt-lot. and Harden, another Knct>*h rrarh, rod* from •cratch. t’arpeuter had aa •lahlj' 0**. yard* handUap. The rare reralla lu th* mind* uf many wheelmen II H. Lamb tea. »ho >u the only maa tu ever taU# rapture the pri*e. and Who died la Chle—n la l*»l He »..« the event la »»*t. aith a ft* vard handicap la tno ml lee, and a«ala la l*»f. ouh • ta» yard atari. The prartpe af epeadlnc the eumm*i month* la Itwriii through Kuruy* ha* ( steed manv advuratea, and Inform* Hon relating t<| roads and accommoda tions is eager* sought after. The t, A. W. has bees considering the matter for some tlma The General Council of the Cyclist*’ Touring Club of Eng land has accepted the proposition of the governing organization here, look j ing to an interchange of benefits. I Contracts are now being prepared which provide that an L. A. W. mem ber may Join the C. *..£.» when about to lour Abroad, and receive bis mem;., bership ticket, foreign tour books, maps anti hotel lists before sailing. This arrangement will enable him not only to lay out the details of his trip before reaching Eurdpe, but will in sure to him the benefits of discount rates at hundreds qf hotels in all the popular cycling districts. The heads of the different State Hoards in the U A. W. have discov ered the need of some changes In di vision racing regulations. A. I). Waite, chairman of the New York Division Hoard, expresses his belief that the State should be divided Into five dis tricts, the members of the board be increased from three to five, and each iMember to assume charge of a pro portionate portion of the work. He a!W> Advocates tliat the sanction fee for state circuit meets bo Increased from $0 to $10, one-half of which should jbe , devoted to the conduct of the division racing affa'fs. Such a change wotfld { make atale boards self-supporting. T*he/youngest trick rider In file world Ms said to be Master Arthur Oaeknwskl. a O-year-old Berlin boy, who lias already given exhibitions in the Herman theaters. ‘‘Little Arthur.” as he is called, fell into the trick-riding habit by accident, /^h YOUNGEST OF THICK RIDERS. to to speak. His father was an acro bate and juggler, but had no intention of having his son follow in his foot steps. One day, however, before the small boy was out of bibs and skirts he astonished bis parents by his mim icry of his father’s feats. He devel oped such an astonishing ability, both as a gymnast and a mimic, that it oc curred to his father about a year ago to make him a trick bicyclist. The youngster has succeeded so remarkably that all Berlin raves over his perform ances. Do not neglect your tires. Tho lux ury of .easy riding Is almost entirely dependent upon them, A tire that is continually amiss in some little details robs cycling of all Its pleasure, A good tire is a thing to be prized. This is a fact that is UOt always recognized at Its true value. How often does the average 'ri^ef look after the tires, The nickel parts of r jachjne are kept free from dust,, hut tup tires are often sadly neglected, it is Impossible lo ride up-' on roads, no matter how good they may be, without the tiro becoming aj times slightly put or grazed. A small, sharp stone way become embedded in it almost Out of sight. Little by lit tle it works its way in with each revo lution o£ the wlieeJL and ai length comes the puncture. Slight cuts get deeper and deeper, dirt and wet pene trate the rubber and almost before the rider is award of it the whole fabric is beyond redemption. Tires should be carefully, examined every few days. The bicycle should he turned upside down, being allowed to rest upon the handlebars and the saddle, ami as earn wheel Is slowly revolved every inch of the tire should lie carefully looked over. In, order to extract a sharp stone any instrument with a cutting edge should be tabooed. A pair of small tweezers or the blade of an Ivory or bone paper knife Is all that is necessary. Cuts should be carefully cleaned out and n little solution pressed into them and 1 allowed lo dry If they are small. For larger ones a small piece of cotton, wool or lint should be saturated with solutlun aud pressed ftruiiy Into post I tion. English manufacturers are exerting themselves with a view to furiilahiug a tire that will circumvent tucks, sharp stones, splinters, etc. They have par tially succeeded. In so far as there are now on exhibition In England tires on which some mysterious rumpouud la placed that setae* a puncture almost as quickly as It happens. Others are sup ‘ ported by rubber disks lustead ot com pr »s«d air, and still another lire on j with h there are several rhaintiers, I three of which must be punctured be | fore ths lunt-r tube will sunumu. Adjustable handle bars will he a 1 feature of 9# model*. They are made : ao (hat any shape nf drop way he se | cured by toowalsi the screw and lura lag the bar until the desired shape ig attained Many ’ha wheels will have | adjustable stints, ao that any height tf handle bar ten he had The srrew | head will he ao arraaged that there will he no slipping of the bar and ao scratching of the aleheltag by the wreath Of the stationary baadte bar i It Is said the Medium drop a lU be (he i most popuker next season THEATRICAL GOSSIP. INTERESTING NOTES AB1UT STAGE AND ITS PEOPLE. Wilton l.ark«jfl Fooled by a Fair of In nocent rooking Blue F>««- Alaflcagni** »w Opera Being Written In Japan ** Harden** Fdmella. rcbnTEV WlTtalf iaickaye was pl£»y. engugcn^pnt In'Washlngton 'In hi* net* play, "The Royal Secret,"' a^id his manager aclv*r‘* Used for a nunitter of stnart boys to be at the stage door of the theater Monday mornlbg at ll. T?he boys appear as acolyte* lh a aceno of the play. In making a selection of the most presentable amoi^g thp lot Mr. Lackaye's eyes lit upon a little tdt Vjhtf tvas not more than year* of fttfe. Ill* face was besmeared with dirt, hut there beamed front beneath this veneer of mother earth two soft blue ^yok, ’and wltlt k sweet and tqnooent expression of countenance aud cprty ,but,v^pfltep blonde hair am) shaggy dress, he pre eented a picture of ehlld’iktr'VltWplIoUj' that would have beeri a work o( art If put o/i csnyas. My, tpulfgyg drew tUp little fellow to one side and as he d|d ho the tears began 1id!ltf^^',kteldtlwfl, tfih hoy's face. Me wits timid .and alia shed' in the,presence of thpactpiv lUickaMOi with visions of a large family In a tene ment-house, living in one room, till; father dead, the mother taking tti washing and possibly this lad grubbing about for sustenance, did not interro gate him as to his position, Imt told him to follow the other boys he bad en gaged anil follow the directions of the stage manager. Incidentally Mr. L,a<k uye placed a $r> bill In the boy’s hand and said: “This Is for your mother and the children at home.” Tuesday night the hoy did nof turn Up at the has always a depressing effect on the others when the principal artist sets to work In a half-heaTted fashion. ■'Pamela,” however, will be mounted In grand style. The dresses and 8Cen‘ ery will be truly magnificent.'' Mme. Sarah Grand haa rested long enough from literary labors to design a bicycle costume for her own particu lar use. It Is modeled] oa the Rosalind costume and Is intended ftir winter , wTHuTnitnuumi it can be fastened .readily enough Into an altractlve.aum mer fig tor »hfe - itiyisrtic girl, lit is made of while fur and followa.'be 'thWRosMIiMI M-i'. 'whMH tin l»<ja,dls ibunserfaln|y auq»,(04fvi °r the wearer's appearance. The hose and ddWlilef are modified 'itivrs t.lghUflflting kuickcrlwkqrs of w'hjite fur and on a slender woman (l<?ibk ottfemely well. i .11. .i .erf. From all places under the sun news Cd Ma*fpRBVs,^cw. qseff f/'flff)!V'jm Japan. He la at ..work tfiexfijuisn a pew opera to be called '‘Iris.” The work wifi be purely ill char AUrt* <ir»a In hleatw .music. Um| endeavored Mit^ej pecu liar tone effects of Japanese instru ments. rte'spMs'W HHlfe'lft In tha cWlfiWatcd inanutuac’isi utollogpion I of Baron Kr»u*. ..(fipi sent to I lie, public a To ore c onfafillng -w 'music thaf *oHM 'ho'if'tt-dHWrf-W tb« tfuttopdan thtr’artd Vo*n umfitaguiv Ja naortie ortfctnaUtK ,)ia,i„P^HV(?tl (A,real physical (nrture to him. The plot is as'fmfiws! A sltfjjW'/ehariHfn'gf'Wieeet 1‘tempered ye ling KlrliVv tyfui iviilb an ,eld|il»Wn<J fntbwv ,T}»«4. ,#fr.| appears leading her parent into the garden, where he fhutters tils mWtifnif pfayer while •'she watqr* jtha flowor*. «The chorus of the MdSMtna# gfeetfl thg ris ing sun and then betake* itself to a gentle rivulet that meander* Thrfmgh the landscape. The prlnco of the ffsigtii horbood heats of the charms and pur A ty of Iris, and by his orders Talkomatl abducts her from her Imfne umdlcon 11 ■ 'I | , « ANNA UGHMNSQir.. i,r , T~-'--^ . Jr-rr— theater and another l>oy was put In his | place. Sir. Larkayc read in the Wed nesday morning papers something about "one of UaCjkaye's young actors." This angelic youth had heeti arrested for playing craps in the street and eh-11 tlcing boy a: of bis own age to gamble. The newspaper account said he was igr corrigible, an associate of had boys and a constant worry to his parents, re spectable people in modest circum stances. He was taken home by, his, father after the Judge had discharged him with a reprimand. Whenever Sardou writes a new jday several actors and managers In this country break their necks to get if. It looks as if his latest might make its American purchaser wish he had brok en his neck before he got it. Curious rumors reach us from the Paris VhU v * HAH All tilt ANI> H IIICYI'LK HITT devltla with imp*’. I to Mr AardoW** n««r play, ' i'amel*." nut In rehearsal I there, a t-orratpondeal write* W« i war* told that when Mr. ttordoo read ; the work lha ulhar day ha ahed Miploua ••■are, KWa of tha author a friends even Improving upon tbla by Mating that I everybody a apt atth «motion Oa* of tha art lata aha <ttr* present at lha reading of tha wurh ao« lalla a differ eat late “I hate a» right," ha aatd. to »tpress aa upluton ua lha piaaa par to divulge the plot. Itnt | may say Ulal Mute Iti JsUs la aot pleased with It Of imms. she may ha mlatahea * PtMla" may prove a w«wi. hat it Htu 10 nnimr, ofjj a, r VCys her a auestbmable. resort, where' the' hroWii-lifilrwH' father finds her. Bbll'evlttg Wiut atM haklfliitrfred up on her nepy, M?, vplH«;.ut)y, by pro nounces a curse upon Iter. Sne is at last nee from helJ tiMiMWMtground Ings/ti fugitlvpj stilt ptiro,(*vt;t»ear to death* dour, ,Tbr pui^r, is ujpyn her, and on the st^ps of a temple where she has tiifcefi final refttg<* tfrold't'bfWgoleinii nmsii- of. priest* and .tailing.. *f bells, n w ginwi Iu;r iW'il#.?^ Anna ftohinyOrt1WjniH' hdt"*t%ge ca rper with Charles bYolutun. ipgo fore saw ip Iter Me pos.ijyi.iities, of future success. She remained wlln him two sOasoiis, giving V»r«Wir of- her tnemark iiIiIh adaptability by pUi >-up nearly all Mb Mtafaiun i rojgs Ln "Shenandoah," her greatest hit being 'Is .T^nhfe Buck thorn. While with Mr>. RsAtuaan she also plnyoti in "Survwidef,;,.MbI "The t Other Man." Miss Kubluaon spent her y. third season with Uii hs/fd ‘Mruislleld. understudying for all hi* te.nl*; and so gaining invaluable Wtp*rit>n^f((Ohnrle8 Hoyt noted tier work and secured Mf services. While under Ills manage ment she succeeded Caroline Miskel as Kilth In "A Tenineranco Town '• nml by her work lu thi* roly wop golden opinions during two seasons. (the was then east for the role of the Widow In "A Trip to Chinatown. ' au.J played it for a time on the road. Not earing, however, for the part, she resigned her position with Hoyt's company, return- j •4 to New York and signed with Will- * lam II. Crane. A* one of the twins In Krankiu Kyles' success, Ihe Governor of Kentucky," she stat'd what was perhaps the create*! hit of her stage career, total season gfu* played with "The Tarrytown Widow ' and this sea son ha* been with "The Krench Maid'* at the Herald Httwis Theater sinew ita organisation, playing the rolw of (loro ihy 1 ravers. *•**• U*Hlg Mr# Caritr t onientplatea appearing not only as ’Camille," hut Ip revival* of A A iHtsr's Tnlw” and "Much Ado About Nothing ‘ a Wi.tuu tAcfcayw hag gent nut neatly ptluted card* bontlnp his portrait ant i an original poem. "The finywr a N , Chriaiasae “ j Adelaide and Ima iDtimsun havw I rwcsivsvl a ftailsrtng uffrg from lut * I I KlmlfJ, director g*«er«i tu* to. »„,*• I dun tapvMitUm beginning % May 1