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• • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j Monument to a Robber. ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • The Duchess of Beaufort performed the other day the chief part in open ing a bazaar for the restoration fund of the parish church of Aventng, Eng land. The church contains some fairly well preserved specimens of early British architecture, but its chief claim to dis tinction lies In the fact that it is prob ably the only church where a high wayman has been honored with a monument. Lord John Chandos gained his bar ony and the grant of Sudley Castle by his strenuous support of Queen Mary’s claims to the throne. Afterwards, when that ill-advised queen was hauling her subjects to Jail and to death as here I- I 1 I VI—I, 11 I -11 tics, Lord Chaudos, though opposed to the executions, had to act as the queen's instrument. His son, Henry Brydges, connived at the escape of a family marked for punishment, and be ing recognized, he and his servants were forced to lead the lives of out laws. At his death his admirers put up the monument to him in Avening church. Where Air Is Pure. During the recent scientific expedi tion to Bpltzbergen. under the direc tion of Professor Nathorst, the bacteri ologist of the expedition, made careful examinations of the polar atmosphere to determine the amount of impurities it contained. In more than ninety different places on Bear Island, Spltzbergen. and King Charles Land, air was filtered and not a single germ was found In it, although over 20,000 liters of air were subject to the test. Similar investigations were made in regard to the purity of the water, snow, and ice. Even salt water from a depth of 8,000 feet was subjected to the bacteriological test. A few bac teria were found, but they were ex tremely rare. An examination of the Intestines of different polar animals proved that the animals are almost free from bacteria. Only the polar gulls made an excep tion. In the Intestines of polar bears and seals some bacteria were discov ered which resembled the bacteria usu ally found in human intestines. In an animal’s hospital in the East End of I,ondon there are to be seen many curious four-footed inmates who are in different stages of convalescence and our illustration is taken from a photo of a valuable cow which recently had one of its four legs amputated. The quadruped is shown with an in r-:-- 1 geniously made leg of wood, which has been affixed in place of the missing member. It was thought at first that the cow would have to be killed, as the injury to its leg was a serious one, but the owner begged that every effort might be made to save its life. Johnny on the Heaver* The beaver is an animal wuu sharf teeth and a tail like a large omelet It inhabits watery plates, and is very fond of its young, of which it usually has several. The beaver is very Indus trious, and acquires great skill in th< use of its tail, with which it plaster; its dwellings. The way a beaver op crates is as follows: It selects a largi tree growing on the banks of a brool or some similar stream, and then i gnaws the tree till It falls across th< stream, thus forming a dam It Is no wrong to say dam when you art? speak FEEDING THE FIGHTERS. How Brltlxh Tar* Are Nu|>|>llt«l will Their Food. Certain foods are issued to men o the fleet daily, says a London news paper. But these, apart from being Ir many cases of Insufficient quantity are also not varied enough to keep tin men in good health. Butter, cheese milk, Jam and fresh vegetables art often conspicuous by their absence So to make good these very necessary articles the men buy them from tht : ing of beavers. We should never in- j dtilge in profane swearing if we can avoid it. We should ever remember the lessons we learned at the knee of our clear parents when we were little, but a beaver dam is far different. When my grandfather was a boy he went to school where there was noth ing blit prairie, and the hoys whis pered because the teacher could not find any switches and had a boil on his hand. One day the teacher took a dried beaver’s tail out of his desk and spank ed the whole school with it, and it didn’t leave a mark on the beaver's tail, but there never was any more whispering. My grandfather is blind in one eye, but his memory is good. The beaver is becoming very scarce, and you have to go to the Field Mu seum to see oue now.—Johnny. I Guild Captain In the flrmu- J! The Kentucky stutc guard numbers among its members the youngest in dividual that ever donned shoulder straps in the United States army or who has been under fire in battle. Tills j person is Capt. Manley l^awton, son of the late Gen. H. W. laiwton. who, al though only 13 years old, is the bugler for the first battalion artillery, Ken tucky state guard. At the age of 11 years this boy was on the firing line and under fire. He went to the Philippines with his father and served in various commands until his father’s death in December, 1899. Soon after arriving he was assigned to j the position of volunteer aide on his i father’s staff with the rank of captain, j He served faithfully and well, going through the entire campaign, taking \ part in all the expeditions, and endur ing the same hardships as the others of the command. Before starting on that long north ern expedition with his father to Lu zon, the result of which meant so much, he served for some time as an aide to Gen. Fred Grant while the lat ter was stationed at Bacor. Of all the relics brought back from the Philip pines, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, /"'It'll/ ■■ CAPT. MANLEY LAWTON. the most treasured by him are the of ficial papers showing his assignment and promotions while serving in the volunteer army of the United States. Prophery of Automobile. Nahum, the Elkoshite. one of the tersest and most compact of the Old Testament prophets, may have fore seen the era of the automobile. In his memorable utterance, entitled ‘The Burden of Niuevah,” he uses these words: “The chariots rage In the streets; they jostle one against another in the broad ways; the appearance of them is like* torches; they run like the lightnings.” Self-motors in New York’s chief thoroughfare meet that descrip tion exactly. Od<l Fart* Affecting; Calendar*. Those persons who have the double advantage of ancient family and care ful forefathers, by turning up the cal endars—unfortunately, they are not printed ones—for the twelfth century, by Solomon Jarchus, will find the days and dates coincident with the present j century. Such persons ran save the ; expense of buying for 100 years. Again I those with a frugal mind who have ! preserved the almanacs of the nine i teenth century will avoid an outlay for ! calendars of the century commencing j January 1, 2201, as tne dates for the hundred years following will be coinci ! dent with those of the last century. ; But life is scarcely long enough for | such economies. I ! Pistol Used by Booth | . ! 0,.„....<s i The assassination of President Me Klnley recalled to George Plowman, r theatrical architect of Philadelphia, thi murder of President Lincoln by Join Wilkes Booth at Ford’s theater. Wash ington, D. on April 14, 1865. Mr ■ i Plowman is the possessor of the der canteens, partly out of their owr pockets and partly with money oh 1 (alned from selling portions of theii i rations bach to the government. This letter transaction on the par ! of the Admiralty is called “savings.’ j In ships in the channel squadron am , | on foreign stations a restriction ii ' J placed upon the quantity of fresh mea which may be saved. This, however Is only that the local purveyors ma; not have to deal with too great a flue ; tuation in the quantities which the; ' i may have to order. I ringer, n small vest-pocket revolver, from which Booth fired the fatal shot. “Several times It has been doubted that the derringer which I have is the one with which Lincoln was mur dered,” said Mr. Plowman, "but there is absolutely no doubt that it is the same weapon. Three or four years after the shooting, while George K. Goodwin and myself were running the Walnut street theater in Philadelphia, the stage carpenter, who was work ing at Ford’s theater the night of the assassination, put in an appearance at the Walnut Street theater. He in formed Mr. Goodwin (they had been friends for many jears) in a confiden tial manner that he had In his posses sion something that had caused him great anxiety. The carpenter, whose name 1 do not recall, toid Mr. Good win in my presence that he had the derringer that Booth had used to mur der Lincoln. “The reason he had not said any thing about it prior to that time, he said, was because be was afraid of be ing arrested. The carpenter said he 1 DERRINGER WITH WHICH LIN COLN WAS SHOT. picked it up on the stage of Ford’s theater after Booth had tied to Vir ginia. He pocketed the weapon and kept it a secret. He drew up a state ment of the occurrence and signed it in our presence. Then he gave the derringer to Mr. Goodwin. When Mr. Goodwin died his widow made me a present of the weapon, together with the stage carpenter’s signed state ment." Mr. Plowman prizes the weapon very highly, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, and no amount of money could pur chase it. Device for Truing Up Railway Wheel*. A simple device, it is reported, has been put in operation on som# of the railroads by which the wheels can be trued up without interfering with their use. It consists of a brake-shoe that contains pockets, filled with grinding material, so that when a wheel be comes flattened, it is only necessary to remove the old shoe and put it in its place, doing the braking as usual, the wheel becoming turned down in the course of a little while. _t_ Aid* in Carrying Lantern. While the invention shown in the cut has been designed principally for the use of railway conductors in ex amining tickets at night, yet it may be utilized to advantage by persons who must have, their hands free for carrying packages or for doing other work. The arrangement consists of a frame of metal rods, which are hinged to gether to allow the lantern to be tilted in any desired direction so as to im pede the work to the smallest degree. This flame is attached to the arm by two straps, which pass around a curved plate at the rear of the frame. The straps are of spring metal, hav ing several eyelets for varying the ad justment. With this arrangement in use by the brakeman he will have both ___ ____—— hands free to assist passengers in get ting on and ofT the trains and yet the spring clamps allow the light to be instantly detached for waging a signal. Versatile Dr. CiittlngH. In addition to inventing a new proc ess for manufacturing iron. Dr. Enoch (Sittings proposes to displace steam as a motive force, abolish coal and har ness the tides. He has also discov ered a cure for cancer, and is writing a book on psychic phenomena. It will not be Dr. Gittings' fault if there is nothing doing for the next few | years.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The King’* ICnglDh. “They say that King Edward VII. Is careful of his speech and often cor rects an error in language made by others.” "Well, he is the natural guardian of the King's English, you know." De • troit Free Press. As a rule, the saving price is fixed at about two-thirds of an article’s value. Salt pork, for example, costs the government 6d a pound, but if they buy It back from the men they give only 4d for it. As showing to wlial I extent food is bought by the men. the ; i report states that the annual turn ; over of an averag * battleship's ran : teen often exceeds £6,000. If gallon ■ ^ had enough and sufficiently varied j food allotted them, the “savings'' sys I tern would soon die out of its own at: cord. R.an for : p*rty °* Put!ieTS i heir Lives • quitoes. ^ Two hunters, Thomas Cowles and Jerry Flfcher, nearly fell victims to an attack of mosquitoes near Nag's Head, N. C., during the July hot spell. They were in the Sound side hunting jack snipe. Nearby was a herd of wild pon ies and half-wild cattle feeding in the marshes. Cow.es noticed that the brutes were getting uneasy and com mented upon the fact to his compan ion, who replied laughingly. Cowles kept on watching the animals and suddenly cried out: "I have it. The wind has changed to the west and we've got. to leg it to the ocean!” ('attle (attve the Alarm. Cowles had been at Nag's Head be fore and knew that the west wind would rouse the hordes of mosquitoes which lay in the marshes. The two had hardly started for the water, which was a mile away, when the air was seen to get filled all at once with mos quitoes. Now was presented a scene which beggars description. The cattle and the horses, moved by former expe riences, turned their faces eastward and neighing and bellowing scurried across the yellow sands. The two men lost no time in following their ex ample. The dog imitated his masters and was close at their heels. The sands were loose and the feet of men and brutes sank deep with every stop. And as they pressed forward the swarms of mosquitoes thickened. The men could scarcely see their way across the beach. They zig-zagged in their course and for a time beat their faces and hands and bodies to drive off the pests, which pierced them pain fully. Where one mosquito was driven away half satisfied another took its place, hungry and bloodthirsty. Then it occurred to both that it was futile to attempt to drive the mos quitoes off. In the ocean alone was safety. Every energy must be bent to this object. Their hands, their faces, their bodies were black with the mos quitoes, which were piled 5, 10, 50 deep upon them. Then guns were cast aside, their cartridge belts were loos ened and dropped and their game bags were thrown upon the sands. The heat and the exertion of rushing through the sinking sand covered them with perspiration. They panted as they ran. The dog was mad with pain. He yelped and howled unceasingly. Ever and anon be would stop in his mad rush and roll over and over. He bit his sides and his bushy tail sank deeper and deeper between his legs. The cre ature was frightened beyond power of control. To Ocean for Safety. The other beasts pressed forward as best they might; but they, too. were overcome by the suddenness and con tinuousnees of the attack. Some ran to and fro, against others or across or be tween the lines of fugitives. Others would fall upon their knees for a mo ment, moaning with pain. On and on. no,r in the very midst ol the frightened beasts the men went The distance seemed interminable Their strength began to fail them. Th6 common danger had made men and beasts indifferent to everything else The latter had forgotten their dread of men; the former gave no heed to the danger of being trampled to death. The strength of the men was almost exhausted when they reached the ocean and plunged in. Here they remained until the cloud of mosquitoes passed by, and the mosquitoes were fully a half hour in going over. Then the men returned the way of their flight to gather up what had been thrown away and the dumb beasts left the saving waters to go back to their feeding place in the marshes. To Meet IJcpertment I»*ne. Unable to compete further with big department stores, thirty of the small er shopkeepers of Chicago will open an immense establishment, to be con ducted on the co-operative plan, with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The pro moter of the scheme is C. P. Gillman. president of the North Side Business Men's association, who fought depart ment stores in the legislature during 1897. He says he has found, as have other retail merchants, that it is of no use to oppose the department stores. The people seem to want them and will trade at them to the exclu sion of the smaller merchants. So it has been decided to get into the swim, to light the others on their own ground, and get a share of trade that way. An |Indlstorb«4 Paine®. The palace of Emperor William I In Berlin has been kept in the condition in which he left it. In the bedroom there is still the simple iron bedstead on which he always slept and on which he died. It is suggestive of his simple tastes in all respects. His economical habits are illustrated by the fact that when, in his old age, the physicians advised him to drink a glass of cham pagne at ltinch, the emperor always had the bottle corked again and the remainder saved for his dinner. Restore the Death renm'ty. The death penalty for murder has been restored in Colorado and Iowa. In beth States the imprisonment-for life experiment resulted in a largely increased list of homicides. There are now' only four States in which the i death penalty is not inflicted.—Chicago Post. The largest salary paid to a woman is draw'n by a clever daughter of Cali fornia, who receives $10,000 per year as manager of an insurance company. | How Monkeys Hunt, "j “Most monkeys have a liking for land crabs, and the beasts when in their natural element in the jungle will often travel for miles to some marshy region in search of a crusta cean meal,” said a dealer in all sorts of wild animals to a Washington Star writer. “Some years ago. when l was in Singapore trading with the natives for monkeys, I was one day greatly amused to see the artful methods practiced by jocko to trap crabs. The monkey, having located the where abouts of the crabs, lies flat down on his stomach, feigning death. Present ly from the countless passages pierc ing the mud in every direction thou sands of little red and yellow crabs make their appearance, and after sus piciously eyeing for a few minutes the brown fur of the monkey, they slowly and cautiously slide up to him in great glee at the prospect of a big feed off the bones of Master Jocko. "The. latter now peeps through his half-closed eyelids and fixes upon the biggest of the assembled multitude. When the crab comes within reach, out dashes the monkey’s arms, and off he scampers into the jungle with a cry of delight, to discuss at leisure his cleverly earned dinner. "Rarely did the monkeys seem to ! miss their prey. I saw, however, an old fellow do so, and it was ludicrous in the extreme to see the rage it put him in. Jumping for fully a minute up and down on all fours at the mouth of the hole into which the crab had escaped, he positively howled with vexation. Then he set to work poking the mud about with his fingers at the entrance to the passage, fruitlessly trying now and again to peep into it.’’ Encouraging a Smile. Mis. Cheeseman, arrayed in her best sown, was sitting for her photograph. ‘Your expression—pardon me—is a trifle too severe.” said the photogra pher, looking at her over his camera Relax the features a trifle. A little more, please. Wait a moment.” He came back, made a slight change in the adjustment of the headrest, then stood off and inspected the result. “Now, then, ready. Beg pardon, the expres sion is still a little too stern. Relax the features a trifle. A little more, please. Direct your gaze at the card on this upright post. All ready. One moment again—pardon me, the expres sion is still too severe. Relax the-” "Jemima!” roared Mr. Cheeseman, coming out from behind the screen and glaring at her savagely, “smile, con found you! Smile!”—London Tit-Bits. King <»«»•«> Sun a “Hike.” To celebrate the seventh anniversary of the birthday of Prince Edward of York the king gave his son a bicycle. The machine is. of course, very small. The frame has been made of the light est tubing. The gear is thirty-seven, and it Is interesting to note that by the king’s express desire the frame hag been enameled in plain black, there be ing no elaborate decoration in the way of gold lining. Now doth the aristocratic potato make googoo eyes at the millionaire. Vrcf. Huxley'* Experience. It was once remarked by Professor Huxley, after falling into an indiscre tion which annoyed him, that when a man says what he has no need to say he is sure to blunder. The truth of the observation will hardly be ques tioned unless by the very few. if there are any such, who never say more than there is necessity for saying. Most of „s acknowledge, if we review our own experience in the matter, that we have frequently erred by saying what need ed not to he f,»id. BuL why is 11 that people so persistently commit this mis take? In the ordinary small talk of the household, or of society, it matteis little whether it is committed or not. But when serious matters are in ques tion whether in conversation, in set speech, or in correspondence, a case is frequently spoiled by irrelevance 01 redundance. To say what you ineaD to say is comparatively easy; to leave off when you have said it is difficult and for many people impossible. Ir Huxley’s case the fault, which he prob ably did not often commit, was du* neither to want of clear thinking, noi to want of facility in the use of words One or the other or both of these causes will explain the inability tc “keep to the point" which is usuallj apparent in the speech and writing 01 uneducated persons. But often, also the speaker or writer forgets that ex trar-eous considerations, interesting enough to himself, are of no interes to those whom he wishes to convince If seeing is believing the blind mat must be a skeptic. I Tho Smallest Piece of Rool IH»U. -r Tho smallest parcel of real estat# in New York city is for sale. It is lo cated at the corner of Third avenue and East One Hundred and Forty ninth street, and the lot is 6x14 inches. A new building is going up on the corner and the people who are erecting it wanted the small lot. They offered $200 for the sit. Frederick Uhl, tho owner, demands $1,000, and will very likely receive It. Webiter’a Slav*. Among the interesting things on view with the collection of books by negro authors at Buffalo is an auto graph of Webster, dated March 19. 1847: "I have paid $120 for the free dom of Paul Jennings. He agrees to work out the same at $8 a month, to be found with board, clothes and washing, to begin when we return south. His freedom papers I give him. They are recorded In this district." This Jennings was the son of one of President Madlson’3 slaves, his father being an Englishman of family. He became a body servant of Madison, and afterward wrote “A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of President Madison.” Cripple’s Good Fortune. The London school board has opened the first of a series of schools for cripples. The children are taken from their homes to school in an ambu lance and afterward taken home by ambulance. The school curriculum in cludes a substantial midday meal. Th* T»»cher'» Wlf*. Clarissa, Minn., Oct. 28th.—Mrs. Clara Keys wife of Charles Keys, school teacher of this place, tells a wonderful story. Por years her life was one of mis ery. Her back ached all the time; her head ached all the time; neuralgia pains drove her to desperation. She used much medicine, but failed to get any relief till she tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills. She says: “Very soon after I began using Dodd’s Kidney Pills all my aches and pains vanished like the morning dew. 1 consider this remedy a God-send to suffering womanhood." Encouraged by their success in her own case, Mrs. Keys induced her mother, an old lady of 74 years, to ubb Dodd’s Kidney Pills for her many aches and pains. Now both mother and daughter rejoice in perfect free dom from illness or suffering which is something neither bad enjoyed for years before. Began In Journalism. Through the door of Journalism, Marion Crawford has attained the fine position he holds as a novelist. His first novel, “Mr. Isaacs,” was pub lished twenty years ago. He now lives a great deal of his time in the United States. He was 47 years old on Aug ust 2. Never Should Have Been Started. The movement to raise funds to buy Admiral Cervera a loving cup has come to grief. His remarks about America in connection with Mr. Mc Kinley’s death did not please the '‘Cer vera Memorial Association," of Sid ney. N. Y„ and that body has now de cided that Cervera is undeserving of a testimonial. The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette says: “Walter Baker & Co., of Dor chester, Mass., U. S. A., have given years of study to the skilful prepara tion of cocoa and chocolate, and have devised machinery and systems pe culiar to their methods of treatment, whereby the purity, palatabllity, and highest nutrient characteristics are re tained. Their preparations are known the world over and have received the highest Indorsements from the medical practitioner, the nurse, and the Intel ligent housekeeper and caterer.’' Edward's Cham. One of the greatest of King Ed ward’s favorites among the foreign ambassadors to England is M. de Soveral, tho Portuguese ambassador. He is a fine looking man, with black eyes, a huge mustache slightly touch ed with gray, and is almost entirely bald. His wit Is inexhaustible and his knowledge of English perfect. WHY IT IS THE BEST Is because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch is unlike any other, better and one-third more for 10 cents. Still Mr*. Blarkborn. Mrs. Mary Blackburn, for many years a clerk In the war department at Washington, has resigned to become the bride of Senator-elect Blackburn, of Kentucky. Mrs. Blackburn is the widow of the late Judge H. II. Black burg of Martinsburg, \V. Va., a distant relative of Senator Blackburn. ^ Trifling that Costs, y p Neglect J % Sciatica and Lumbago | )d Ar.d you may be disabled and 5 S* Incapacitated (or work (or 5 W, many lone days. S 5 . | St. Jacobs Oil f will cure surely, rltht sway, £ and save time, money and fi suffering It Conquers Pain 8 V Price, 25c and 50c. 2 BOLD BY ALL DEALERS IN MEDICINE. ^