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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1898)
Brigadier-General , I Frederick Dent Grant. / - THE SON OF HIS FATHER AT THE FRONT, j No more gratifying appointment has been made by President McKinley than that of the eldest son of General Ulyases 8. Grant, colonel of the Four teenth regiment. New York State Na tional guard, to be brigadier-general, lie was chosen colonel unanimously by the officers of the Fourteenth reg iment of Brooklyn and was mustered Into the United States atmy with his regiment at Camp Black. Hempstead, l ong Island. He took hli regiment to CbicUamauga Park, and wav there placed lu command of a brigade, com posed of three regiments, and was acting as brigadier-general when he received his commission from the war department. Frederick Dent Grant is the eldest son of eg-PrcsIdent Ulysses S. Grant. Me waa born In 8t. lauds, Mo., on the 30th of May. 1850. As a boy he was with hla father at various times and places when it was convenient for the general to have his family with him at Fort Henry, Corinth, Vicksburg. Nashville and City Point, In front of Petersburg. He accompanied his father to Washington and was with blni' when he received his commission ns lieutenant-general from President Unrein. After the war lie entered West Point as a cadet, and graduated In 1871. On leaving the Military Academy he obtained a leave of ab sence and accepted a position as nil engineer for the Union Pacific ■ ail road, and assisted In the various sur veys across the continent la 1873 lie made a trip to Europe whh General Sherman. On his return. In 1873. lie Joined hla regiment In Texas, and a» idstrd In making the preliminary sur veys for the Texas Pacific railway. BRIGADIER-GENERA L F. fl. GRANT AT THE FRONT i i mmsequenuy ne was assigns'] io me staff of General Sherlduu as aide-de camp. and was with him In the cam paigns on the frontier against the In dians. Colonel Grant married In Oc tober. 1874. Mias Ida Honore. daugh ter of Mr. H. II. Honore, of Chicago. •I»y whom he has two children Mis. Julia Grant, born June 7. I87ti. la Ihe white house, and I'lysac* S. Grant, bum July 4, 1181. In Chicago. tVC.onel Grant resigned his com* mission la the army In till, and *n Raged In bualneaa In New York, lie assisted hie father In Ihe prepataliiMi at hla memoir* lhat great work of the lamented general, written during a period of great trouble and distress of mind and body. the last contribu tion a bleb he made to the history of hU country Colonel Grant bad titled these mrloua poaltluae. both In mili tary and rtell life in a hlghlt cred liable meaner, and had t*o« public esteem and ronfldeac*. which, with the (act at hla dialittgulahed lineage re omwended hint to one at the great pd'tteal parties of New Ynrh. an.l la MIT he was sunt mat* I foe the odte of ecretgry of state Owing tit the political cixapU- allows of that yea* t ilonel Great lulled cf a i eieethtt Mowster, la Ittni the f-si. wing year It* was appo*aod hy I*. ..lout liar (tsssu mii>Icier of Ihe I ailed gta'os to goattla whet* hie to■*#♦* ia » mtltl *lm ifabstm of Aautrhra > predawn gad ta pro ecttag \a>tn *» «tstn*. ae fr»a» wtltiers d*»*» * |» Alas the bi«b> s' *«s«»*..;*fW*.i and pa |fr t*>e«eland * tb*tMc t o iset Great wan ittf roreU the* web t h I* G* -d hla ra*.gnatht* «*• I «• ft ncc«!-s*d a*d »*A» M »*» * with him to remain abroad ai our representative at the imperial court of Austria. Ilo insisted, however, upon resigning, and returned to America in 188;!, sine? which time he has made hln home In New York, and under the reform administration of Mayor Strong wan one of the police commissioners of the city. Our pi'-tur-' rrprea«nts Colonel Grant seated in front of hln tent at Camp Black. Both In face /nil figure he hears a ' triklr.g rea.aabl■/ ice Co his Illustrious father. He Is j soldier hy birth and education, and he has al ready demonstrat'd, in the care and disposition of ills m»n, In camp and on the march, the advantages of the knowledge and training which our great military academy confers upon men whose duty it la to command. Already hi; lias won the confidence! of his regiment. The Fourteenth reach ed Chickamauga at .1 o'clock in the afternoon, and Immediately blvoti i acked on the western slope of l.ytle Hill, headquarters c.f Major-General Brooke. Colonel Giaul bivouacked with hl.c regiment. A few used kaap sack teats to shelter lhems«!ves. but be. rolled up In his blanket, lay down beneath the stars, lie look his break fast In the morning on I he trunk of a fallen tree, hln meal consisting of the fried bacon, ; hardtack" and bla'-k coffee supplied to his men. It Is this willingness to share the hardships of war which diatiDgulslied our great leaders, both In the revolution and th» later war of *e< sslon, that has estab lished the relations of confidence and sympathy of rank and file which have made our armies invincible. Tha Marriageable Ag». The "marriageable age" varies great ly. Jn Austria u "man" ouct “woman" of fourteen are aupponod to tut rapahle of t-onduitlcg a home of llietr own. lu Herman/ the man must be at leant eighteen yaars of age. In Frame amt Kelginm tha man Ultiat tie eighteen and the woman fifteen, tn Spain the in tended hitabaud tuna. have iwiiPit hla fourteenth year and tne woman her twelfth. Tha law In Hungary fur Ho man t'atholiia la that the man lunat be fourteen yeara old and the woman twelve; tor I'roteatanla the man must l«e righteeu and the woman flftean In tiraeie the urait ninai have aaan at Iran tout lean mmnarti and lha woman twelve. In Htn.ta ami riaiuny they are more aenslbir. and a youth moat re* frsln from matrimony tilt ha . au ion<tt eighteen yeara, and the woman till »ne <-an ruont allteen. In Sw <t net I and men ftom ihe age of fourteen ana wouten fi .on the <i»,. o* t we. >e ara allowed tn marry The Turkish la* p ovl.tee that I any youth and ntaid who its walk t»rop*i’> and •** nndereiatd the ner. eoant % r*ttgluoa wnlre ate attuned to It* united 'of life lac let** MeetMted. Viaati >a Hr ttstt* >taufh>eet ’ Kei< .erg*t Id thank rtorl her eieeyintng nr. . ntll t hi Id If I did* I l'h» I •i.r Wee1*4 Vev gin tea ***** thing i* t.*« tha heat t*5*iM i a * 14 I \% ** y re Mantas* ru*r j t od. I v* hewn* the n 1 * *it« » ■ i*a •*! * r.,,,.,, . s*e»* ft* t*Hr*** *d * * * M *»•.* of ■eg* nr* nhwut I»S * *» SAYINGS Or THE DARKIES. Secret Nature of tho Filet A £abstltule for JIi»rrU|e-A Ne-?o'» filast ration From New York Sun: The southern darkles are a constant source of amuse, meat, when they are not the cause of ur.mlMsr.tcd wrath, to the northern peo ple who go down there among them. The other day a young northern wom an, living lu Washington and poaceased of a deep and abiding antipathy for fllea. complained to Lucinda, the col ored servant, that there were a good many of the peat* In the house. "I don’t eee, Lucinda.'' ehe remarked se verely, ' how all these fllea could get In If you kapt the screen doors closed "Well, I dimno, eltbeh. Miss." cheer fully remarked Lucinda. ' Hut you know they la of a secret narhub. Miss. Down In Mississippi, In one of tho lum her towns, which Is owned by north erners, the house servant* and some ol the laborers are darkles. They are not very strict tu their notions of law and order, and they have their own and very lax Ideas along the line of rratrl mony. Wives and husbands are swap ped off with such freedom and fre tjnency that It Is rather hard to keep track of the exact contemporaneous combination among the negroes st a given tl.ne. The colored people have solved the delicate point of expressing exact relationship by avoiding the sub ject of matrimony altogether. ‘"Llze she's cookin' fur Duke Johmtou now." Thai 's I he way I hey put It. The wont nn doesn't "marry” anybody. She cooks fill" him. One of these darkles was telling about a woman on a steam boat. The levee had caved r.o that the boat had to land further up than usual. It was at night, and the searchlight, turned on tho hank, did not reveal any thing familiar to the woman. She hung back, therefore, ar.d the darks who had been detailed to put her ashore didn't know what to do. “She stood thah like a horse lookin' at a strange gate," he said. It was this same negto who was one day listening to one of his acquaintances dilate czt experience* with the Ixtrd. From tne darky's ac counts these experiences seemed to have been extremely Intimate, and without a word of comment the negro I spoke up and said: Wen you all seen ! de Lord, wait lie?” That Is to say: 1 When you saw the laird, where wa* lie I he boaster wait t|tiile taken aback by thta olinple queatlnn and sub sided. No Hurry at Caoleeu. I'T'oni the Kauaaa City Star: With the arrival of i.ttbn volunteer* the .leffer aim barrack* <*»la*u raided with Intel ne»a. It war a downright luitir.v for the volunteer* who were uuii-e<| to eat lug government ration*, a* well * wtnilfall Tor the third Cavalry which operated II The third had be.-,, at., tinned at the turn.oka. but i» now at tha front. t here w*a this difference, hoaeyei that the hungry cualouiar who pttvhed Into the te-oauratti i.vtng Uet me a ateak quirk?" would hud the waiter obllvtou* tu hl» preiwkte for a aparw «f aeteral mtiutra fact I have a •teak?'' I he v alter would nut turn from h*a cohveraatlun with a Ml! dier about h. a the Third far. t at Chbkaraa>au 'day won't you take lov or »* ?" Tha», a Ipleg bU b. au* on M* apron d a taaigg eatatir Uouawrg, he waiter could tepty 'Van tea have ham and egg a If you are 40. u|" In 'he lm> to* w It *a, the eam« tblag I he imiuw» ak 1 ats»n,w| loudly fur Wer wcntd hate la a« t If they teal oe t’ » ev'taitr tk* t rtrader * ..aid •ay 'IH.h tutelar If >qu do mat ) w j %***i't ®»i mic V-#tr.’* W 4*** tfifrMt* 41 aV» h 4 U * *ltl I-14 v-4 «»ll| fe**t*4 liHAtill), N|r «* 4 »*Mf4 | ******** *1 ***«4 IfcM. h kaa temtMd me . t a ' • * IK 14 4,^4* gr%jr » ».1 * I 4 BEEHIVE CURIOSITY. DIGCEST ONE IN THE WORLD OUT IN CALIFORNIA. Many Ulria Htonf to Death—Tlio Kux< of the Inserts ('an D* fl*ar<l an FJshtb of a Mila Away—Tala of tlia Indians — Sfaloral Cavern In a CUT. Did you ever see a bee tree with a swarm of bee. around It? Well, mag nify this about 10,000 times and you will have a slight Idea of a natural beehive in Mendocino county, Cali fornia, says the rian Francisco Call. It is a rift In the face of a cliff, and tradition lias It that there is a large cave on the inside, where the myriad* of busy Insects make their homes. This great natural curiosity Is known to residents of the adjacent country as ‘ bee rock,” and they have grown to look upon It as commonplace, when In reality it la the only beehive of the kind In existence. There Is no danger of a person getting very near to this natural beehive without know ing It, for at all hours of the day a swarm of Insects hover* about sev | cral hundred feet In all directions. An Ineessan*. maddening buzz (111* the air that can be heard an eighth of a mile, and serve* as a warning not to venture too near. But men do venture near after having first put on a suit of leather clothing fastened a mask of wire screen around their hat bands, nnd lighted u good big torch. These precautions are absolutely nec essary. It lakes nerve to appioaeb ciose to the opening In the rock and the experience Is a never-to-be-for gotten cne. Bees to the number of millions of millions will light ou the Intruder, humming fiendishly and en deavor to sting him to death. They form a perfect cloud and the air is filled with a fetid smell and a fine dust that gels through the wire screen and causes an Irritation to tbo aye*. The tiny inserts really show signs of vlr lousneus and fly into the flames of the torch in counties* numbers, a* though they Intended to extinguish It. Round and round they fly with a deafening buzz, and strung Indeed Is the man who can stand the onslaught of the tiny foes for more than a few min utes. It Is almost impossible to make out Just where the enframe to this natural beehive is. There Is a nort of cavern in the cliff that seems to have a crack through the inner wall from top to bottom, but most of the bees hover around a hole about eight een Inches wide, ami appear to make that (he point of Ingress arid egress. Many days It Is impossible even to zee tiie cilff, uo thickly covered Is It with Insects and they roll in and out of the opening like a stream of mo lasses. Du ring the summer dead birds can always be seen on the ground around the mouth of the hive. They have been stung to death while attempting to fly through the swarms of Inse.cts. Four-footed creatures niver venture witbln half a mile, seeming to know that death Turks there. In front of the mouth pf th' hive there is a pile of dried honey that has flowed from the interior. It looks like a heap of molten lava that has been hardened after being dis charged from a volcano. A party of men living in tUU vicinity claim to have entered the beehive several years ago. They se'ciTed a cold day In win I ter. when the bus were half dormant, j anil poured coal oil and benzine around and Into the opening. Then they made a big fire of wood, so that the whole cavern was filled with flames. Thin they poked redhof cm hers down into the opening and so killed every bee In it. But there was no! much to see after the men got In side-only a large cave, with lh“ wails covered with wax and dried honey, and enough of the sweetnes. in pools in the bottom to last a big city for several yeais. Of course, th’ honey was unfit for use on account of Mug full of d>*a<i bees and ashes from the fire. The men, however, did not linger in the cave any grrat length of time, ns It wan foul-smeil Ing Rud stifling. Although countless millions of bees must have been de stroyed on this occasion, the nex! summer they were as numeroua us ever and Jnat Ha vicioua. Indians of the neighborhood say that in the good old daya" the had meu of their tribe were liound band and foot an ( j carried to wlthlu a short dlatam e o' the beehive by men wrapped in blan ket*. There the helpless tri-attires were Irfi to suffer the agony of bfiiig stung to death. An Internal Warfare. a Utile gill was found railing on the din.r in ika agonies of colic, Itrtaretn fctr >uba she eji.lnlned tha reason of bit- trouble a* follow*: "I ate autne pickle# aud dinuk *oui# milk, and he ok kit* told the ml'h to gat out, and hr milk sai l tt vtatMi'l, and thajr'r* -living an awful fight uh, tuy' ug, my!” I.ael I inw, f'n ' aatd the aouagast of tcvgg, why dua l (its go I# the »«-•" ■ | • »v* git I i an do to heap the rgcogeag igo •• »g thr# bone* from algnlgg” gpiii I the H'lsb aidly PktUJgiphig Vnttg AtH*rtegg ika Hike* Ms a *1 Ika Uikena i ild tiek* ,Hum M a) I I d^g I tag to me IWM* kgjr* i ; !• .*a khg l«t kad gkould Sit 1'kg tvia |l%yr |t(.g bseu' Tk.y Id > atf gg* ll-l.atr I : «r «avail* tlita are ai fed rtt itfrta'i Ig t. . »i,| itwia g Saay iitg agt t 4 THE SOLDIER AND HI9 FOOD. Feeding an army Is much more of an undertaking than most people are able to appreciate. Only the expert who has been for years familiar with catering for large numbers of per sons can properly engineer the three meals a day that are necessary to keep Uncle Sam's men In rood fighting con dition. At certain stages In their career the men hate their food prepared by ex perienced cooks, hut once fairly em barked In soldiering In the field, they must cook their own rations—a task that very many of them are not un willing to shirk whenever they can find anybody who will assume the re sponsibility of what is to them a great undertaking. A list has been prepared by an ex pert showing how best to use the tea days' rations that are served out for the men. The following is the Issue as given In this Hat: "The quarter master-sergeant draws 656 pounds of beef, 174 pounds of bacon. 550 pounds of bread, 750 pounds of potatoes, 76 pounds of coffee, 102 pounds of sugar ar.d 102 pounds of beans." This Is the allowance for seventy-fire men for ten days, and Is either parceled out. to each mini or meases or club) of men according to their own fancy. The great trouble with camp diet Is that It very soon grows monotonous, and the men are likely to loss their relish for It. The one compensation is that hunger nmkea s good sguce, and when t'g* men cot::*: In from their duties tired and warm, hot coffee, bread ar.d beef, and a little dainty as u finish. Is generally very acceptable. rooking a meal over a fire of logs or sticks on which the kettle ie inse curely balanced is not a very easy tank. During the civil war one in genious soldier invented a little ap pliance that was no end of comfort to him and the admiration of hla en tire acquaintance. Me secured a Ixrge eised gridiron and attached It by wires to four strong stakes, ao stretching the wires that there was neither swing or give to the appa ritor. t'pon this the ramp-kettle, tea-kettle, coffee-pot. and whatever other dienes necessary, were placed. He fed the fire entirely from one side, pushing tbe coals along a* the fuel war added, lit this way It was the work cf ;< short time to prepare a bed of glowing coals, over v/blch he could broil, i c-i.:t. or plac* his frylr.g pan to the very lies' advantage. I; experienced cooks rarely realize the gain there Is in boiling meat lather than fry'r.g or broiling it. It can lie placed over the fire hours be fore It is required, and. by tfmmerlng, it slowly acquires a delicacy and rlchncs.ii not to be found In meats tliut are done by the ordinarily crude camp methods. Exception to this, however. Is found In the swinging broiler that may be rigged with vjry littlo trouble. A comrfion toasting rack has the steak placed between the edges, ueturely closed, and from the four cotnera a bit of wire drawn to ibe middle aid twisted. To this is tied a long string, which is, in turn, fastened to a pole twelve or fifteen feet long, so set that the broiler hangs directly over the fire. A com mon cord will twist and untwist with very little momentum and keeps the meat moving, thereby securing much more even cooking than ie possible In any other way. During the warm weathbr berrie3 and fruit of many kinds arc easily obtained. These are eaten fresh or mde into delicious puddings, which are cosy enough if one has even a very plight knowledge of cooking. A batter made of flour and water, with a heaping tesrpoonful of baking pow der to each quart of flour, a little salt and a ntnt of herricx miv Im rmnrot into a buttered pan, covered and burled tn the asher. This will rise, h1 most filling the pan. and will come out as toothsome nud appetizing as one could desire. All In all, soldier ing may not be much worie than the fishing or hunting tamp. and those who greatly enjoy out-of-door Ufa rarely eulfer any uhatercent of health or spirits. flow .lohunl* Mm<I It I "Now." xsld the teacher, who was defining the meaning of suicide, "if I should lake u large d< «« of arsenic to night. what would you call me'" "A chump." cried Johnny, with that eager ness to impart knowledge ebararter Istlc of the abnormally bright mind. SI wet iImIIIUMs SffMtls|. Srudsy St Uoul T»acher "Tommy, t was shocked itt hear you swearing as dreudfuliy at that atrawte boy aa he • auia lu * Tommy "I couldn t help It. nu.'atit Me was making fun at our klnd of religion. I couldn't stand It ** I -* s«ff««ls| vusclwwatr, l ather to Son Why dual you a|t down, Tammy?'* tommy "TVs meretng I ashed y t how tu.»ar male a millet, ah' you wM darned few * | laid leather that tn arithmetic <tses. «n Ih'I'a why I can i alt ■$> *n '* | lef AtiilK Ih4 |t44 t (14 Mft • iInM IU |i>a< »*,* lu !••**•** i* % clllMI it • *% 4 Umt•« )#i«* i«t| tl« m e*N Wt I | Mf#* i|<#4 |ltU U > ♦% A fut 4?*tv'. if*' ANn k I 1 # 4 fitlmi *»t • In tw 4 * 4 AlysVii «’4l el 14 r» “I’m So Tired!” At tired fn tbe morning at when I go to bed I Why ia it? Simply became your blood !e in such a poor, thin, sluggish condition it doos not keep up your atrengtb and you do not get the benefit of vonr aleep. To feel strong snd ksep strong just try the tonie and purifying effects of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Our word for it, ’t will do you good. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America'! Greatest Medicine. Hood's Pills eura all Mirer Ills. I* seats. The caterer* are designing new molds for ices and cakes made express ly for Fourth of July partle*. On* New York confectioner ls wrestling with a patriotic supper menu for which he haa received a commission. One of his molds is In the form of a flag. The stripes ore to be of red and whitu dram and the blue g'ounil for tho stars of candled violets placed on tho flag after It has tieen taken from the mold. Another Is a bust of Dewey, it third a torpedo boat and the fourth In the form of a huge firecracker. Itesaty Is Hlrioit nsep. Fleas blood meson aclean skin. No twanty will,out It. Famine!*. Candy Cathartic cleans •■mi- tilco-i and keeps It clean, by *tlr rlny liu llic lary liver and driving all Impu rities from the Ixidy. Begin today to banish lilmlilc*. l.oil», blotches. Ii ack head*, mid that slekiy hlllous comiilexton liy taklug Casca n:i* bejiuly for ten relit*. All drugakttn, satlsficth'ii guaranteed. 10c. Kc. 50c. “You want a trip to the seaside? Nonsense, Jones! Put a little salt In your morning tub. eat fish at every meal, walk tip and down and back an hh to tire yourself out. sleep on the floor, and let the house tie dirty .and you'll fancy you’re at Margate.''—Pick Me Up. Try Alien'* Foot-I'm*. A powder to lie shaken Into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and got tlre.1 easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Base. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cure* swollen and sweating feet, blis ter* And ealloua spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package free. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, La Roy, N. Y. Oil cans are being made of circular shape to be mounted on a central pivot and attached to the wall of a building a flange on the can turning a friction wheel on a verthal shaft with a chim ney cleaner at. the top. 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