The Northwestern
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AT THE COUNTY SEAT.
«F.O. K. RESdCHoTERi I Editor* and
GEO. H Gill SOS. 1 PuMUhor*
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Entered at the Loup City PoxtoIRce for tr»n*
mt*alon through the mall* a* second
class matter.
Official Taper Sherman County
The Monitor Terror of Litchfield
is drifting along over the rough sea
of journalism and even its editor
does'nt know where it is going to i
fetch up at. Its rambling pop edi
torials misses the mark worse than
the Spanish fleet that met Dewey. i
Id another column we publish the
program for decoration day, which
will take place unber tha auspices of
the G. A. R. Post of this city. This
is a year when the patriotism of the
people is fully aroused and we pre
dict a large turn oat. Those who
have the matter in charge are making
every effort possible to honor the
day with all due respect to our de- ,
parted boys in blue and loyalty to
Old Glory.
An “Educated” populist was “ar
gufying” with a republican on our
streets the other day and he said
that “the repnblican congress had |
entrusted Bill McKinley with 50 mill
ion dollars, to use as he saw fit, and
ha (tori onant It all anil wllpr^hutllt*
goneto." Yes, and they coald’nthave
pat it in better nands. About 45
millions were used in baying and
equipping ships, and if it is all spent
It will be honestly accounted for. .
The few shallow brained howlists
that always seem to bob up at such
times as this are a disgrace to any
party, but cold wet rains always
develops them.
England never done a more noble
act than when she backed sqiare
down in the Venezuelian question
at the dictations of the United States.
She acknowledged by her change of
front, that she was wrong, and sig
nified her willingness to do right at
our urgent request, backed by our
show of interference if she persisted.
England has been quite consider
able of a bully in the past but her
action of late can but gain for her
the approval of the civilized world.
Let her continue in well doing and
we venture to say she can span the
world with the long arm of Brother
Johnathan making half the chain
and clasping hands at New York
and Hong Kong.
The Trans-Mississippi Exposition
is one of the greatest enterprises of
the century,but very few persons who
have not had the opportunity of ob
serving the progress of this great
work, have any idea of its magnitude
or the National scope of its charac
ter. All persons who desire to add
to their store of knowledge relating
to this wonderful exposition, one
of the prime objects of which is
the development of the west, and to
also see the architectural beauty and
grandure of the buildings and the
charming location of the grounds
overlooking the bluff* of the Missouri
river, and to see the wonderful ag
gregation of exhibits from every part
of the world should not fail to visit
Omaha during the summer.
It ia apparent that far from /elud
ing" or “traping" our squadrons, thi
Hpaniah Meet ia now itaelf in a trap,
from which it can only escape by
very good luck or very good eeawau
ship If ita objective point ie Hava
na It can lie intercepted before il
reaches the port by either Schley 01
Sampson, both of whom are nearvi
Havana than the Hpaniah admiral.
Samson has demonstrated that I'orU
Itico ia a poor support for a nave
force, lie will intercept the Hpan
iah Heat if they salt east, Schley will
catch them if (hey tail wmi, and tin
iaaue will depend wholly upon ihi
yower of lb# Capa Verd fleet tw ran
bat cither of owr *|uadt«»nt on tb
high sens It would seem that tin
Hpaniah are in a trap Caa they
tight their wav ontf If ttwv can l
lhav am d u»m *d to a defeat lhal
will tlealrey Spain na a ana power
When two patriotic Americanetl
isena mewl thane data the propel
form of aalale is. -tioud morning
howdy Ihwtr - K«il i'tty Journal
Nations, like men, have a begin
aing, rise to their eminence and de
fine. Rome, once the proudest of
powers, declined and fell to decay,
rhe great Nero “fiddled while Rome
purnt.” Spain was “born in sin and
iradled in iniquity,” though she has
py times reached a supposed high,
position, yet her love of conquest,
ier marble heart and bloody hands,
vere always a token of an ignomin
ous decent. While her sons are bat
ling valiantly for their loved Spain,
hose at home have been filling their
paskets with danties and their cai
:asses with beer and going to make
neriy at a bull fight, the idle of their
peart, and when news reaches them
pf the defeat of tbeir arms, they set
jp a howl like a Commancbe Indian
ind mob some one of theadministra
ion, but the bull fight goes on.
Contrast this with the American
people, when snubs, insult and injury
it last become unbearable they de
iberately set to work to end them.
With a patriotic and thoughtful spir
t they take up arms only when it
pecomes absolutely nescessary so to
Jo, and as our brave boys go to bat
le, those at home are constantly
pray ing that victory may crown them,
[f they meet with a reverse our peo
ple show it only in solemn and sym
pathetic meine, and press on with re
loubled energy, hoping for better
mccess next time, and they are not
pften disappointed. It is calm, cool,
• _; 1 _ — .1 t. a •% a dnO/]a nf
jiwun niouuujj «*«■* *»“— —— —
/alor that characterize the American
jeople, and bring glory and victory
o their always just cause.
Tbe Spanish organs are holding
>ut the idea to their readers that the
United States cannot engage in war
fare without the confederate states
■ebelling again. But in this they are
is much mistaken, and misleading as
;hey were when they published the
statement that their fleets were able
to smash the American fleets. There
is no fear of southern rebellion. Our
people are united in this movement,
and the loyalty displayed in tbe south
is equally as commendable and prais
wortby as that of the north. Tbe
Spanish people however, will not find
it out until it is too late.
BKMKMIIEKKD THE MAINE.
Columbia great* her warrior son*
The noble, the brave and the true
And bid* battle (or Christian right
Neath the (old* o( the red, white and blue.
Tbe voice of pity thrills tbelr hearts.
The voice of the hungry and weak.
Comas over the Tropic sea,
And bids their rtftoi speak.
Our gallant tars who shad their blood
In this haly war with Spain.
Can truly say their duty Is done
for they have remembered the Maine.
Jacob Wibklbman
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HOW THE GURKHAS FIGHT.
Th«r Pmctgalril Tbrlr Alt»«-k« on a For
trru With Football Oanie*.
Not two miles from Nilt progress was
again arrested—and this time for weeks
—by the fortresses of Tbol and Mainni.
These seemed impregnable, for where
the slopes of the cliff were not lnaccorsl
ble the defenders had tamed the water
course on the edge of them, so that they J
were quickly coated with iae.
In front of these strongholds tho offi
cers and Gnrkbas played football every
afternoon, the latter, who were very
keen, kicking tho ball without bending
tho knee. The Hunzas, however, object- '
ed to the game, and as soon as one com
menced would open fire, which the
players regarded not. So the Kanjutis
started a game of polo on the maiden
outside Thol, but the Hritish fire was
more effective, for the Gurkhas are
capital marksmen, and the game was
soon dropped. Finally a Dogra sepoy
named Nagdu discovered a gully wbioh
seemed possible and ascended this alone.
The following night, 60 Gnrklms
and 60 Dogras of the imperial service
troops under Liunteuaut Manners
Smith, an expert cragsman, bid at the
foot of the gully and remained shivering
there for hoars, until at early dawn
the remainder of the force diverted the
enemy’s attention by a continnons fire.
Followed by his 60 Gurkhas, Man
ners-Smith commenced the perilous as
cent, and behind them came Taylor and
his Dogras, with the mortifying result
that after two hours’ climbing tbo gully
was found to be blocked. Steps were
retraced to where the gully forked, and
there he again led upward in such
manner that had one of the leaders
missed his hold most of the party
might have been swept away.
This time they were right, and the
icttuiin nciv niiutuuvjuiua »<»»*
sangar before being perceived. The
alarm being given, the interchange of
shots at once ceased, and all attention
was directed to the daring climbers.
Bocks and showers of stones were pour
ed down, but the little band had pussed
the most exposed points, and only a
few were destroyed. Calmly they swung
themselves up from rock to rock until
at length the plnckly subaltern and a
few of his men were seen to storm the
first sangar, the defendants scattering
after a short resistance.—Pail Mall
Magazine._
UNLOADING COAL.
Two Wars of Discharging Coal From Ca
nal boat* Into Cart*.
Scoops like those that are used in
taking up mud from uuder water, in
deepening slips, that shut together in
the mud, biting out a great mouthful of
it to be lifted up and dropped into a
scow, aro also used in unloading coal—
In taking coal out of boats. The ordinary
way of unloading coal from boats into
carts on the wharf alongside is with
big scoops bolding a quarter of a ton
each, which are hung on pivots so that
when they aro cast loose they can easily
be upset and emptied. These scoops are
filled in the boat by men who tip the
scoop on its side toward the coal and
scrape the coal down into it nntil it is
almost full and then right it up and
finish filling it with shovels. The scoop
is hooked on to a rope and hoisted up
by horse or steam power to the driver
waiting with his cart on the wharf,
who empties the scoop into his cart.
Meanwhile the men below are filling
another scoop. The shovelers who do
this work earn good wages, but they
must be men of strength and endurance,
and-tbey may have to work long hours.
The steam scoop is used in only the
smaller sizes of coal, bot the work that
it does is done much cheaper than it
could be done by hand sboveliug. The
scoop is dropped opeumpon the coal in
the hold of a eanalboat and then closed
by power operated by the engineer who
runs it. The separated lower edges of
the two parts of the scoop are drawn to
gether down through the coal nntil they
meet, thus holdiug the coal inclosed.
The scoop is then hoisted up and
swung in by power, not over the cart,
but over an elevated pocket or bin
whloh has a spout on each side so that
two carts can load at once. When it
has been swung Id, the scoop is opened,
to discharge its contents into the pocket,
and then it 1b swung out again and once
more dropped open upon the coal in the
boat below.—New York Sun.
F.imrii- Asigiuiujg iu i iiiint-ii.
America is leading thu wuy in tho
matter of illuminating railway tunnels
by meaus of electricity. Tbe llultmioru
| tunnel is thus lighted, and arrange
ments are being made to light the Uoo
sac tunnel iu the same way. Similarly,
on the continent the great St. Outhard
: tunnel will shortly be illuminated by
means of aro lamps. The udvautagis
claimed for au electrically illuminated
railway tunnel are many. Among other
things, it will presumably greatly re
; duee Ibe chances of au u eldent happen
ing either (rum c llire n or through a
hr ok i n rail or au obstruct!'*, as the
euigueer wilt be enabled to ssi dearly
a long way ahead—far enough at least.
If the lights ar« properly distributed,
to step his train iu tun' —Industries
1 and iron
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jawed man. “is as wi manly a ws ..at
j j a* you could ami but Site can hsuitnuf
| nail* iikalightning ’*
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mao etMmuni, <wld oi slut • is s
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I HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT OF
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BROUGHT TO THE MIDDLE LOUR VALLEY.
Our trade is steadily increasing and it is flattering evidence to us that our
new'plan of hammering down the prices is appreciated by the public, and by
adding largely to our stock, many articles heretofore sold in other stores for high
prices, and selling them on a very close margin, we are gradually building up a bus
iness that is highly satisfactory. We have a mammoth stock of Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, and Notions, all new spring goods, but we do not be
lieve in selling them on large profits to make up fora sacrifice in some other de
partment, because we find that we can do more business on close margin than on
large profits, and a large volume of business will give us good interest on our
investment. Don't go by our store if you want a bargain in a Trunk or Valice
or in fact anything to put in it. We are here to do business and have employed
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the aid of low prices in every department to assist us. Come in and see our
goods and learn our prices when you visit the county seat. Remember the place,
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THE DIRECT LINE.
To Denver, Salt Lake City, San Fran
cisco and Portland, is via the Union
Pacific. The service of the Union Pa
cific to all principle western points is
unexcelled by any other line and con
sists of Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pull
man Tourist Sleepers. Chair Cars, Din
ing, I Meals a la cart.)
For time tables and full information
call on—iV. D. Clifton. Agent.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Lincoln. Nebr. /
April Z6, 1S9S. i
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler Hied notice oi his Intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before
the County Judge of Sherman county,
at Loup City, Nebr., on Monday, June IS,
ISIS), viz: Kardzmnlerz .Sowakinoa, II. K.
No. 1MZ01, for the north west quarter of
section ZZ. township 16, runge 16, west,
ile names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and culti
vation of, said land, viz: Mike Petrytis,
John Spotauski, Adam Fredrick, Michael
Rewolinskl, all of Ashton, Neb.
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows
of any substantial reason, under the law
and the regulations of the Interior De
partment, why such proof should not he
allowed, will be given an opportunity at
the above time and place to cross-examine
the witnesses of said claimant, and to
offer evidence In rebuttal of that submit
ted by claimant.
J. w. Johnson. Register.
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NOTICE rOU PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Lincoln, Neb. i
\ pi 11 slat,Isuh \
Notice is hereby given tii.it the foW
lowing-named settler ha* tiled notice
of his intention to mako final proof
In support uf his claim, and that said
proof will he made before the oonnty
Judge of shertnan county* Nebraska,
: at Loup city, on Saturday. June 4,
ru John W Carpenter II K, No. |g|*d
; for the South West fourth, Heel Ion U,
| Township 11, Uauge 1!, neat, lie names the
following wltueeee* to prove Ills coni III*
non* residence upon and cult 1%at ion of said
J laud, vir John \ andergrlft, Mias *» ogle
I John N. Miwdlmiu, and Write lit II itaye*,
; at'of Austin, Nebraska* Any person who
! desire* to protest against the »l owancc
I of such pro..4, or who know* uf any sub
J slant ml reason, under the law and Ihe
. regulations -J the Interior I »e pertinent*
| why *u, h pi tad should not m allowed,
, will la alien an op|e>rtually at the »!*•*»
! went noted tigs and pla*** to rna» *uim>
' tae li.«* stiseos* «»f s*!d claimant, and
t«* off*-? sv 1‘lssi s is rebuttal of that sub
millet by claimant
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