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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1901)
| Tramp Printer Wilhs Rfvnd*"n* Known> I 1 to Indiana News ( ....Dead ■_ paper Shops. A recent special from Wabash, Ind., to the Indianapolis News, says that Willis Randall, the tramp printer, who ilied there, was a well known character in the printing houses of Indiana. He belonged to the old school of journey men type-setters, but he differed from them by never wandering beyond the boundaries of Indiana. He lived In Wabash for a time, and until his death had a strong attachment for the city. So thoroughly did Randall cultivate the acquaintance of editors and print ers of the state that it was with ease that he followed his nomadic life. He was a rapid and accurate compositor, and, when sober, had the knack of suc cessfully operating any department of a newspaper. Saloon men knew him as well, and a dime of his money would go as far with them as would half a dollar of a stranger's money. When Randall struck Wabash and gat liis loan of a dime, he would generally get comfortably drunk within half an hour and turn up again at ♦he office of the donor, exclaiming: aiy name is Randall, and I spell it with a big R. 1 am not the worst man on the road, though at times my habits are very reprehensible.” Asked to go to work, he would gen erally respond with a few lines of dog gerel : "My bird Is dead," said Annie Ray, “My bird is dead, I can not play. Go take the cage, far, far away, 1 do not care to work today.* Several years ago, after working steadily for several days, on Lee Linn's Wabash Courier, ho informed Linn that he was tired of labor and intended j to got “blind” drunk. Linn begged him to stay, but Randall was inexor able, got the money due him, and was soon in a state of glorious intoxication. He took up a position at the corner of Wabash and Canal street, the universe spinning around his enlarged cranium at a rate that made him surge back ward and forward, while he struggled to prevent the unduiattng sidewalk j from hitting him in the face. At this juncture a team of horses, running away, dashed around the corner and were upon Randall before he could comprehend the danger. The peril c.eemcd to sober him and he grasped the animals by the bridles with super- I human strength and hurled them back ou their haunches. He was thrown down and it seemed he would be killed. But Randall quickly rose to hiB feet and when the crowd gathered and he was asked why he thus risked his life, lie dropped once more into poetry and replied with his usual bland smile: Inspiring John Barleycorn, What dangers dost them make us scorn. Rater he said he saw a calico cloth flutter in the wagon as the horse* jumped upon the pavement, and he supposed the vehicle contained a wo man. A Wabash minister in later years un dertook to plead with Randall to cease putting in his mouth the enemy that steals away his brains. Randall smil ed quietly through all the appeal, and then remarked, in his unctuous man ner: Ah, brandy, brandy, bane of life. Spring of tumult, source of strife. Could I but half thy curses tell, The wise would wish thee safe in hell. The appeal, it is unnecessary to say, was fruitless. Randall and Billy Free, another intemperate printer, were boon companions, and both attended tem perance meetings here tw'enty-four years ago. Free was impressed, and signed the pledge. Randall was dis gusted, and when Free tried to induce him to reform, Randall became Indig nant, and the long friendship ceased then and there. Randall said repeated ly that he could not quit drinking, although he would like to break the habit, which he knew was destroying him. He was give* several good posi tions in the last five years on his pledge to reform, but the tyranny of drink could not be overthrown, and he drank almost to the very last. There is not a newspaper office in northern Indiana in which news of his death was not received with regret, for his ability and his integrity, his inexhaust ible fund of humor and his faithfulness in friendships was recognized by every newspaper man. He seemed to have but one fault, and that wa3 an over shadowing one, and to that undoubted ly was due ids death. Who ties to the right will never get left. The petrified forests of Arizona, as reported by Dr. J. N. Pulver, form one of the most interesting of modern dis rnvei P s. They a:e in the northern part of the territory and in the heart of the San Francisco mountains. The most notable feature in this land of won ders is the "agat« bridge,'’ which is a tree trunk, transformed into the finest agate and spanning a chasm GO feet wide. There 13 a fine group of big logs in the foothills about 12 miles east of Winslow and about 45 miles from the "agate bridge.” Several miles westward along the slope of the mountains, a small but re markable petrified forest was found.. The largest tree, which must have been the very king of its race, stands on the summit of a sun-baked, desolate foot hill. It is 26% feet in circumference and 14 feet in height, with roots em bodied in the solid rock. Almost all of these trees are perfectly preserved, even to the bark, which in some case3 is five inches thick. With the exception of a single cot tonwood truuk the trees are of an ex tinct coniferous species. They lie prone upon the ground. The section or ends of the logs show brilliant reds and yellows and dull blues. The bark is not brilliant but dull, and wonder fully well preserved. Some trees show even the knots to perfection. Some of the petrified logs are four f :t in thickness and from 10 to 12 feet long. They have no branches, but the hun dreds of pieces varying from a couple of inches to one foot in diameter are probably the remains of branches. Here and there are heaps of chips from the petrified trees and their beauty of coloring is bewildering. There are literally thousands of bushels of chips that are red moss agato and may be beautifully polished. There are many times more chips of amethyst, gray topaz and various lined agatos, showing the grain of the trees, as they grew millions of years ago. One may obtain cross sections of fallen tree3, showing in eompletest detail the annual ring marks and the separation of the bark from the trees. The stone is of the hardest and takes and keeps an incomparable polish. An American Jury, It is indeed an unusual spectacle in Massachusetts to see a shoemmaker, a blacksmith, a machinist, a contractor, a real estate dealer, a fireman, a la borer. a clerk, a livery stable keeper and three farmers hearing the evidence in the case of a Harvard professor on trial on the charge of murder.—Boston Globe. # ## ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦»■♦ ♦ ♦ ♦"» :: Garden of Eden in Illinois Dan Parmalee, an eccentric charac ter of Illinois, claims that he has dis covered tlie. original Garden of Eden. It Is situated on the bank of the Kan kakee river at Indian Town, 111., three miles from the Indiana State line, Parmalee has relies which he asserts prove the identity of Adam’s and Eve’s Edenic home. Among these rel ics are the apple tree on which grew the fruit with which the serpent tempted Eve; the apple Itself, turned to stone; the head of the serpent, like wise petrified, and other relics men tioned in the Holy Book. The con tour of the petrified apple is distinctly marred where two generous bites were taken from It. The serpent’s head is diamond shaped, like that of the deadly adder. The apple tree bears every mark of great age. and still bears fruit which is tempting as it hangs from the drooping limhs. "Old Dan” is firm in his belief that it is the original tree, nnd, what is more, he believes that Adam and Eve still live in the garden. Adam is a giant black oak on the river bank, and Eve is a smaller white oak growing near by, extending her arms appealingly to . Adam. Glovernvllle‘H Curfew law* The city council of Glovcrsville, N. Y., passed an ordinance recently or dering all children under the age of 16 to be indoors in the summer time after 9 p. m. and in the winter after i S p. m. The parents are made respon i sible with their children. All tricks come back to the trick ster. Freorru pat Ion. Ono of the familiar figures in our large cities is the busy “suburbanite" who, apparently, does all his reading on the trains that carry him to and from the down-town district. An eld erly citizen of this class was on his homeward journey one evening, sit ting alone In a seat, with his knees braced against the seat in front of him, and was intensely absorbed in his eve ning newspaper, when the train on which he was riding ran into the rear and of a train just ahead. The engi neer saw the danger in time to apply the brake* aid avert a serious disaster. , but the shock was severe enough to throw one of the passengers forward and knock off the hat of the busy suburbanite in question. Ho merely muttered, as he picked up his hat and went on with his reading, unconscious that anything unusual had happened: ‘‘I think you might at least have apol ogized for that!”—Youth’s Companion, UoyUh Manner*. We wouldn’t give much for a boy who should go out in company often and never disgrace his mother with Ha manner.—Detroit Journal. WHY MRS. PINKHAM la Able to Help Si?k Women When Doctors Fail. TTow gladly would men fly to wo man's aid did they but understand a woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities, ami peculiar organic disturbances. Those things are known only to women, and the aid a man would give is not at his command. To treat a case properly it is neces sary to know all about it, and full information, many times, cannot l>e given by a woman to her family pby Mrs. G. II. CHAPPEI.L. sician. She cannot bring herself to tell everything, and the physician is at a constant disadvantage. This is why, for the past twenty-five years, thousands of women have been con fiding their troubles to Mrs. Pinkham, and whose advice has brougiit happi ness and health to countless woweu in the United States. Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park, 111., whose portrait we publish, advises all suffering women to seek Mrs. Pink ham's advice and use Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, as they cured her of inflammation of the ovaries and womb ; she. therefore, speaks from knowledge, and her experience ought to give others confidence. Mrs. Pink ham's address is Lynn, Mass., and her advice is absolutely free. Your worth depends on what you are and not what you have. Ilr«. Winslow's Soothing Syrop. Forchlidren teething, soften< the gnros, reduces fir Csuiiuailun, al.uy* pa.u,cures wiudcolic. li>c a bottle. The wisdom or today is not infre quently the result of yesterday’s mis fortune. Arc Ton I'slng Alton’s Foot Ease? It la the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoo Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress. Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. The “bad boy” often makes the best man. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only lf> oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-eent starcn con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or mfinoy refunded. flasket picnics are one kind of en tertainment and basket ball is another. Pain—Wizard Oil. Use the last on the first and you have neither one nor the other. A dollar in the hand is worth two In a will. l'rlvuto Maltnc Card. Private Mailing Card with colored views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul Railway sent on receipt of ten (10) cents in stamps. Address P. A. Miller, General Passen ger Agent, Chicago. 111. A flat in the ninth story of an apart ment house is a place intended for high livers. WHAT WE HEAR FROM ASSINIBOI A. WESTERN CANADA. "Do o’I Think of Coining:, bi.t Come." To the Editor: The above Is the em phatic manner lu which a friend in Yorkton writes to a friend near St. Paul. Minnesota, and it is pretty near ly right, too, with the advantages that Western Canada offers to those seeking homes. The Assiniboia dis trict is one of the best. The writer from whose letter we quote goes on to sav: "John, if you miss this chance you are foolish, for you can get out cheap er when there are so many coming, and i would not tell you to come if I thought you could not do well, and if you don’t come in the spring you will have to go away back, for you do not want to think that there is no one living out here but us. I saw nicer buildings out here than I ever saw before, and if the country was no good what would they want them for? John, if you sold everything you have and came out here you would be worth more than ever you were before, and if you can bring your team. You can get anything you want on tick, and when they do that with strangers they are not afraid they can't make enough to pay for it. I saw as nice wheat as l ever saw in my lire, and if they could not grow grain what would the flour mill be for, and it cost $20,000." Now this was what Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, of Yorkton, Assinihoia, Western Canada, wrote to a friend. There will he opened up this sum mer new districts in Saskatchewan and Assinihoia at low prices, particu lars of which can be had of any agent of the government of the Dominion of Canada, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in the columns of your paper. Yours truly, An Old Reader. True fishers of souls have little use i for bread and butter bait. noi FOR OK T. A ROM A? Kew land* aoon to open He ready' Morgan'* Manual, t*1th supplement containing iiroc Imitation. map showing allotments. t’onnty m at?* etc . t\ Supplement Map, fcuc- Agent* Wanted. LUCK T MORGAN, Terry,u. T. A man may have a keen mind with out a cutting tongue. You can not always improve an un cultured man by cultivating him as an acquaintance. I>o Vnnr Feet Ache and Itnrnf Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet.. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25e. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LtRuy, N.Y. It doesn’t take an artist to draw a perfectly natural long breath. Ilall'R Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Brice. 75c. A family tree is one kind that Isn't admired for having a shady reputa tion. Piso’s Cure Is the host medicine we ever used for ail affections of the throat and lungs.—WM. O. E.njjsi.ey, Vanbureu, lud., Feb. 10,100U If a man couid do just as he pleas ed ho would lx; the most unpopular individual oil earth. Dyspepsia Is the Pane of the human system. Protect yourself against Its ravages by tho uso of lineman's Pepsin tium. People who ask "time” for their debts don't care to spend it in jail. $148 will buy new Upright piano on easy payments. Write for catalogues, bchmoller & Mueller, 1313 Farnarn street, Omaha. Sou tH lftkotM In rum Is the title of an illustrated booklet Just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, descriptive of the country between Aberdeen and tho Missouri River, a section heretofore unprovided with railway facilities, but which is now reached by a new line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Everyone contemplating a change of location will be interested in the information contained in it, and a copy may be had by sending a two cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. FT ! Tied Up a - * When the muscler feel drawn and “ 5 tied tip and the flesh ttuder, that • X tension is j • a s Soreness ? # , o o and • | Stiffoess | • 0 0 from cold or over exercise. It • • lasts but a short time after 0 1 St. Jacobs Oil I O • • 0 0 Is applied. 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If your dealer does not have it write to nearest agency of \ STANDARD OIL A COMPANY — r . ■ Undigested, decaying food remnants, in the mouth and stomach, giving off pestiferous gases, are the cause of that awful breath, so repulsive as to cause a halt in friendship, affection, love,—any form of intimacy. Nobody can stand its overpowering stench, and it is a cause of terrible misery to those afflicted and their dear ones. There is only one way to cure it—disinfect the digestive canal with CASCARETS! Clean it out, keep it clean, let CASCARETS stimulate the lining of mouth and stomach, and put it in shape to work naturally and properly. Nothing but CASCARETS will bring about the desired result. BE SURE YOU GET THEM 1 ens.—Detroit Free Pi. at *tted - oris, “I hare keen using CASCARKTS thro sod wi » mild sod effective laxative they aro it to filmply wonderful. My daughter and I were les' _, bothered wit* sick stomach sod our bresth nr_ aped was very bed. After taking a few doses of *-.cc Cwarets we have Improved wonderfully. SCO > TSav nr a a me&t. hnln hi the funllu." i tOc. ( 25c. 50c. L NEVER SOLD IN BULK. 77 DRUGGISTS mUBAWEFn TO CITRE all bewel troubles, appendicitis, biliousness, bad brcnth. bad blood, wtad on the stomach, bloated bowels, foul mouth, headache. Indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow com plexion nod dirr!s-«8. Whea year bowels don’t move regularly you are retting sick. Constipation kills store people tkaa all other disease* together. t Is a starter for the chrente aliments and long years of suflferfnff that come afterwards. Mo matter what alls you, start taking CAgC'ARKTfi today, for yoa will never gel well and be welt all the time until you put yotir bowels right. Take our advleei start with CAftCARKTSt today, under uu absolute guarantee to euro or atoney refunded. 07 Or A BA1VTCCD TO CFREj flte Tertra »fo the Crat box of CAS CARETS wu sold. Now U Is over alx ralHIoo boxes a year, ar^atcr than MV alrullur roedhlc' In the world. This Is absoluteproof vf great.merit, ami onr beat tratimunlal. We have faith, and will wll ( All A KKTI 8 absolutely yuaraatcnd tu cure or mun«y refunded. <i« bay today, two m)o boxes, tlva tbom u I'xli'. Itoaesl trial, as per sia»i*le directions. and If you are not satisfied after using one 50e box. return the naased 3Se box **od the empty box to us Uy mall, or t'>o druculsl from whom yon purchased It, and jfet yoar money bark for both boxes, 'T'ahf our advlce-ao matter what alia you—start today. Health will ent^hly follow and yon vrIII bless the «<*>• ya-i imi started llieaaa of t’AttCAIt i . lb. UuaU free by mail. Adds *nc*Ll!»<* KtJitbt CO., lav Y»rk *r Chleac* SOZODONT for is.. Teeth S •«" r .5LN5H^ IX'KLrSS