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HERE AND THERE.
WASHINGTON, Sept, :s.—Com
modore Watson cables the naval de.
paruneut that the cruiser Marble
head succeeded in raising the Span
ish guuboat Sandoval which was sunk
in Guanlauamo harbor.
A special from Winnipeg, Man.,
says:
“Indians reaching Dauphin from
the far north report meetiug an Es
quimaux, who told of the appear
ance among them of a strange man
who decended from the clouds on
the shines ol Hudson's bat. The
oniiilon among the whites is liiut the
man is Andree, the Arctic explorer,”
MOBILE, Ala., Sept. ti.—Miss
Albertiue, a Cuban woman residing
here has received a letter from Ha
vana saving that a conspiracy hatch
ed by leading Spaniards to blow up
the military magazine in the city on
the evacuation by the Spanish, has
been discovered. Several arresis,
including a leading jeweler in the
city, has been made.
HAVANA, Sept. 5.—Captain Gen
et ai Bianco uoes not want aid from
American 1 ricnds nor the United
States in feeding Havana’s poor. He
sa)s he wishes to auuouuce that lla
vaua is able to lake care of its own
poor and that America and the Ame
rican people need not trouble them
selves with subscriptions to aid the
destitute m this t ilt.
—
MANILA, Sept. ;i.—Aguinaldo's
confidential advices state that it is
his purpose to lead the Filippinos to
petition tire Culled States to annex
the islands. It is not Aguinaldo's
purpose, lie still dreams of a re
public under an Americau protector
ate. The intelligent natives believe
that annexation is the true road to
liber; t.
E
NEW YORK., Sept. 5.—A special
from Havana to the World sa <:
Ramon Blanco, the Iasi of llie Spar,
ish captain geuerals of Cuba, paid
a remarkable tribute to the influence
of (lie American press before Lie re
tired to ids country palace on Tues
day, there to await Ids official recall.
•‘i'heNew York newspapers,” he
said, with fine scorn, "brought on
the war between Spain aud the Unit
ed States and l shall never pardon
them. No, not the newspapers—
they are to blame!”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The
gold reserve in the United States
treasury reached the highest point
in its history tcsierday, with a total
reserve of $2 19,320 372. Thehigli
est pievi >us amount was $218,000,
Otto, which was recorded in March,
1888. The reserve was estimated in
.1876 at $110,000,000. It first reach
ed $200,000,000 in October, 1887,
when the figures were £2,000,000
above that mark. The lowest point
reached was £44.000.000 in January
1895. In June 1897 there was $140,
000,00ft ami one year later the a
mount was $167,000,000.
MANILA, Sept. 3,—Several ship
loads of insurgent troops have invad
ed tlie southern islands, with the
view of seizing everything possible
prior to the settlement of tne peace
condition. General Rios the Span
ish commander, with a flotilla of
gunboats, is acting energetically,
but the insurgents have captured the
outlying islands of Romblon and
Raiawau, where they found treasure
to the amount of $42,000. The
prisoners captured have arrived here.
Delegates from the Hong Kong
insurgent junta are to have an inter
view with United States Consul
Williams tonight, and it is thought
this possibly may result in a settle
ment.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3—A
detailed account of the Rritis h gnn
b >at Leander driving out Guutetuul
rebels states that the rebels were in
possession of Acapulco and forced
Unite States Consular AgeDt VVurl
fert to pay them $2,000. Finally
they became no insulting and threat
oiling to foreigners that Wurlfort
asked the captain of the Leauder fur
assistance, The British marines
landed and ordered Morales to leave
the city. Morales and 700 rebels
fled before 100 marines, the Brit
ish tbig was ru'sed.
NKW YORK, Sept. 5.— General
Pando wa,s interviewed here today
and talked freely. He said lie was
in the United States dining the war
as a spy and had no trouble what
ever in going around. He saw the
troops embark, saw the array
got logatber, us he put it “without
order aud uo system, the General be
ing without authority." The soldiers
Were not soldiers and did not know
how to obey. lie sent word to
Spain that the American army was
ineffective and almost worthless.
The American navy, however, was
powerful and grand. It:, ships were
perfect and its sailors excellent. But
it was not so w'ith the land troops.
“The war is not over," sa\s Pando
“It lias not even commenced. It
was uo war. but only a skirmish.
The history of affairs at Santiago,
is beyond belief- The American
campaign was and has been a monu
mental piece of stupidity. The A
mericans were already conquered.
Shafter’w campaign was full of mis
takes and lie showed himself unfit
to command even a regiment. He
lacks (lie necessary intcligcncc and
docs not know cvi n the alphabet of
war. Without the aid of the Cu
bans an American foot would never
have been set on Cuban soil. The
condition of the American army is a
hopeless one. Its health is gone
and the men are dying. There was no
corpse sanitaire A competent one
does not exist in the United Stales,
The men did not know how to con
struct a camp. The officers did not
know how and neither did they care.
The men rebelled against diciplinc
We could easily have held Santiago.
Its surrender was due to the supreme
folly of Sagasta, an old man in his
dotage. His senility was fatal. The
Americans should raise him a statue,
for he has presented them with Porto
Rico, tiie Ladrones, Philippines and
perhaps, God knows, Cuba."
Blessings of Protection.
In March 1895, when the Wilson
Tariff law was in full title of success
ful operation, 2,229 establishments
employed 204,580 hands and paid
them $7,079,823.34 in wages.
In March, ls98, the same 2,229
establishments employed 209,329
hands and paid them £10,198,130 94.
There is no reason lo believe that
for the entire year of 1898 the pros
perity of March of that yeai will not
appear to he representative. With
the development of results of the
Dingluy law, the average prosperity
of the year ought to be higher than
in March. But assuming that that
month is fairly representative, what
do these changed conditions mean
for these 1,229 concerns and the 269,
329 hands by them employed?
It means that 04,500 who were out
of employment in March, 1895, are
employed throughout the year 1898.
It means that 2.229 concerns which
paid wages amounting (o #84,94r>,
880 in the year 1895 will pay $122,
376,643 in wages in 1898. Here is
an increase of over $37,000,000 in
only 2,229 establishments.
The 04 iron concerns will pay $25,
300,000 in wages in 1898, as against
$19,200,000 in 1895.
The 176 producers of woolen goods
which paid $7,756,800 in wages in
1895 will pay in 189H $10,302,700.
Is it strange if the employees of
these establishments now thorough
ly believe in Protection with these
daily evidences round about them?
If the employees of 2,229 concerns
have $37,000,000 more to spend in
1898, is it strange if the farmer and
the gardener have purls ken of the
prospi ritv of the fac'i ry hod and
tl e mtnei ?
If tlie employees of these 2.229
'•■■ nicett s have $37,()Oo,0OO more t,
spend in this year 1898, bow much
more have the millions of employees
in the unreported establishments
The Loup City
H _ 0
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Largest stock of Hardware apd furpiture
IN THE COUNTY.
Everything that von may need in building and furnishing a house. Will furnish a whole
kitchen outfit, including a good No. 8 cook stove from $2iY00 upwards. Stock complete.
You don’t have to wait for it. We want to
C-U-B-A
regular customer of ours.
E. H. WATKINSON, Prop.
to spend? And how much more do i
the larrners obtain from the recipients
of these increased Wages?
It is a shameful abuse i f the ere
dulity of Tariff reformers that al
ways, under a Protective Tariff, we
have more work and more wages;
more men ••inployed, higher wages
paid, and a day s wage paying for
more and more of the tilings the wage
earner needs.
The Tariff reformer thinks these
are mere coincidents; hut the ordin
ary intellect lias ceastd to separate
prosperity and protection.
Attention has been called to the fact
that through the returns received by
the Tariff League that the percentage
of increase in the number of hands
employed was practically constant
and uniform—viz., about 150 per cent,
ami tire percentage of increase tn
wages did not substantially vary from
that disclosed by the final eonsolida
tion-viz., 44 per cent. A remarka
ble and convincing confirmation of
the accuracy of these returns and of
the percentages is furnished by re
turns from tire East Liverpool, Ohio,
pottery district for the month of Fell.
1898, as compared with the same
month of 1817, when tli conditions
were not materially different from
those existing in 1895
In the 32 potteries of the East
Liverpool district there were 3,910
har.ds employed in February, ,1898.
This is an increase of practically ?0
per cent., in tiie number of hands.
Each vvorkrnan was employed a
greater number of hours per day in
1898 than in 1897, and there was a
uniform increase in wages; the cut
of 12^ per cent, made in 1894 hav
ing been restored in December, 1897.
AuliUtn Local Mew*.
Arthur Marlow and Will Bade, al
tended tne Wild Weststiow at Grand
Island Friday, and report being well
satisfied and that it was the finest
thing going.
A dance was given here Saturday
night, but the attendance was so
small that it proved lobe a failure.
Quite a number of our farmers
clubbed togather and shipped a car
load of hogs from here Wednesday
afternoon.
Theo. Ojendyke went to Loup,
City Wednesday.
Peter Jepsen of Rockville, was an
Ashton visitor Wednesday morning. '
School began Monday morning
with Prof, lliley Arthaud as princi
ple, and Mies Kva Taylor at the helm
in the primary room. Both are Ash
tonites ot long and good standing and
may success attend their efforts to
rule over their little hands.
S. J. Fair, of Rockville was seen
shaking hands among his friends
here on Tuesday morning.
It has been announced that there
would be a Sunday School Piooin
here on Saturday, September L'4'.b,
James Lang and Chits Dohry of
Far well, were found guilty of walk
ing Ashtons street Wednesday alter
A light* frost visited Ashton on
Tuesday night, doing some damage
U> gardens and flowers.
Births! On September 1, a bo\
v,as born to Mr. and Mis. II 1<\ Han
•eo nr,d mi the same da;,, Mr and
Mrs J. S Bt-usliauaen took a tming
Ijoti> l*< raise. Both are doing well
and will soon — in four or lire 3ear-,
— h?giri to utteud school.
1. e. 11.
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A full history of the organization of the count} in 1873.
Interesting stories of pioneer life.
First marriage in Sherman county; quite romantic.
The first murder; capture, trial ami sentence of the criminal.
Long list of pioneer settlers
Settlement of German colony at Wilheimshohe; near Ashton.
Opening of B. & M. lands to settlers.
Government soldiers at Loup City in 1873.
Excitement occasioned b\ jumping homesteads.
Judge Wall’s perilous adventure with the Olive Gang.
Murder of Mitchel and Keti Lium.
Capture and trial of the Olives
Bookless adventure at Loup City of Guynlittle and the
“Doc" Middleton gang.
Arrest and trial of “Guvno” and capture of Middleton.
“An Old Lay Belaid.’’
Enroute for the Black Hills
Early experience of John B Baker.
Full account of the grasshopper siege in 187ti.
First grand Fourth of Julv celebtation.
First county fair held in Sherman county.
Early church and school privelages.
The hard winter of 1880 and 1881.
The great barbecue, June 4. 1886.
Trip up the Loup in 1873; Indians and game on the route.
Trapper Jack’s Shanty.
Prairie dogs and rattlesnakes.
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Walter Moon’s daring experience with a buck deer.
Sherman county’s past, present and future, her growing wealth
discriptive of her location,
Soil, climate, principle towns and agricultural developments.
A discription of our fair grounds and irrigation ditch.
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An Erratic Writer.
When Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a
small salaried clerk in George W.
Carlevm’s book store on Broadway, Fitz
James O’Brien was in the habit of
dropping in to see him, and one day
came in rather more than half seas
over. Vldrich decided to take him
across I; treet to a hotel and put him
to bod. Cautiously and carefully he led
O’Brien, but before ho had got half
way across a friend stopped him and
asked: “Why do you want to bother
with the fellow. Let him go.” “I will
not,” relat'd Aldrich. “He borrowed a
dollar from me a few days ago, and I
can’t ufTord to let anything happen to
him. ”
At another time, when he was not
strictly sober, O’Brien found himself
out of funds. He wandered into a pub
lisher’s office and asked for $26. This
was refused him. Angrily seizing a
placard O’Brien reversed it and made
in big letters on the blank side: “One
of-’s authors. I am starving.” Ty
ing a string to the card, O’Brien placed
it around his neck and paraded up and
down the street, to the great amuse
ment of a large orowd. He was of
coarse requested to desist, but nothing
stopped his mud course nntil a $5 bill
was presented to him us a compromise.
—Sail Francisco Argonaut.
>
Thu Duvll Tree.
Tho devil, dragon or octopus tree, as
it is variously called in the different
stories told of it, is one of those travel
ers’ myths which by dint of repetition
have worked their way into public be
lief. Tho man eating or devil tree is,
according to the story, a huge plant
somewhat, resembling a palm, save that,
the central fronds are provided with
sharp teeth, which, when tho leaves
are folded over toward the center, grasp
with a death grip the mun or animal
unfortunate enough to bo inclosed with
in. In some of tho stories this tree is
aiso provided with long arms, which
reach out and seize unwary travelers,
raise their bodies in tho air and drop
them into the center of the oirole of
devouring leaves.
It is hardly necessary to say that
there is no such tree and that the story
has its origin in the dangers of travers
ing a tropical thicket, where travelers
have received serious injuries from fall
ing over vines and among thorny plants,
whore men are frequently attacked and
killed by serpents. The devil tree is lo
cated by various story tellers in Borneo,
in Sumatra and in tlio forest recesses of
other tropical islands, and whenever
inquiry is made for it it is to be found
somewhere else.—Bj. Lonis Globe-Dem
ocrat.
A Panama lilt
“The lifi of a panama hat—that is,
if it is a gi d one to start with,” re
marked uu admirer of that style of head
gear, “compares somewhat with the
life of tho owner of it. One can run
through either in a hurry or hang on
for a long time if it is desired. Jf care
fully kept, a panama hat should last
all the way from 10 to 40 years. I
know a gentleman who resides in east
Washington who has owned and steadi
ly worn during the summer months a
panama hat for nearly 40 years. It has
been bleached every couple of years
since and retrimmed and relined, and it
is today to all intents and purposes as
good as when I first saw it 30 years ago.
“I know of another panama hat, now
worn by a physician in this city, whioh
has had almost as long a life. Long be
fore he got it his ;,»ther w’oreit. I know
dozens of them which have been in use
from 10 to 20 years. The lining wears
out, but the body of the hat keeps good.
Of course care has to be used to keep
them such a long time, but the panama
itself is almost indestructible. The
original cost of the hats that I refer to
was not exorbitant, none of them cost
ing over $14. ’’—Washington Star.
Stronger Than Oak.
Foot bridges in Morocco that are used
for heavy traffio have been the subject
of much concern to the engineers. Elm
planks on oak stringpioces were the ma
terials employed, but these wore out so
rapidly that a return to the old style of
building was proposed. This consisted
of cables made from the fiber of the
aloe. These cables are plaited and twist
ed from fiber and are nearly two inches
thick and 8 ^ inches wide. They are
saturated with tar and firmly nailed to
oak planking. The ends aro fastened by
iron straps. These cables make most ad
mirable footpaths. They are sufficiently
elastic to be pleasant under the feet,
and experience has demonstrated that
they are far more durable than any ma
terial heretofore applied for thiB pur
pose.
Held rp.
Miss Greener—And so you were in
the train that was held up by robbers?
Wasn’t you just frightened to death?
Miss Whiting—You’ll hardly believe
it, but I wasn't frigntenod a bit. The
fact is, wheu they came into the car
and ordered us to hold up our hands, I
thought it was going to be a lecture on
palmistry, and I didn’t find out differ
ent until it was all over.—Boston Tran
script.
Frenchinei: Fond of Bread.
European nations vary very greatly
in their consumption of bread. The
greatest flour outer in the world is the
Frenchman, who consumes nearly two
pounds a day, or 706 pounds a year.
This enormous quantity, compared with
the seeming niggardly 66 pounds a
year eaten by the Scandinavian, marks
the influence of climatio conditions on
food.—SW Louis Post-Dispatch.