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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1902)
DECORATION DAY EPISODE. Simple but Patriotic Exercises in Western Frontier Town. "For genuine patriotism one must go to the country, or, better still, to the frontier or mountain towns. Awa; from the maddening rush for wealtn the people live closer to nature and also get opportunities to form social acquaintances which develop into the closest friendships. Holidays to this class are something out of the ordi nary." Having thus delivered himself the old-time newspaper man pondered a while and then resumed somewhat i aa follows: "Away hack In 1883 I was stranded in a little mountain hamlet in Colorado called Georgetown. It was Decoration day. My cash had run out, the two weeklies had a full complement of help and I was up i against It. "Going along the main street, I ran across a local correspondent for one of the weeklies, whom 1 had met in Denver. He gave me the glad hand and asked if 1 had struck any aurifer ous tire. Having told him of the de pleted condition of the treasury, he staled that a committee appointed by the G. A K. post had met with hard luck In (assisting a speaker for the program at the cemetery. Then an Idea struck hint " 'Say. pani, why can't you give us a lift? There's a five dollar gold piece in It!’ "Did I take it? Well. I delivered the best speech ever made in the ; Rockies. But you should nave seen that procession. Miners wearing their red or bine shirts, with great leather bolts to hold their trousers in place, sans coat and vest, but shod in high top boots and on their heads were" slouch hats or sombreros adorned with rattlers. Here and there was a real veteran, whose empty sleeve t r limp demonstrated that he had helped defend the stars and stripes. Alto gether there were fewer tnan 300 men In line. But patriotism, pure and in adulterated. beat in every breast. I was accorded a position of honor at the head of the line alongside my friend, who was past commander of the post and measured about 5 feet ! 4. The commander was G .jot 2, aau ! wo made up n great bunch. The line of mart'll took in the main street of the town and then over two miles of j rocky road to the cemetery. Once there 1 delivered my little talk and then the veterans tenderly placed flags and flowers on the graves of their beloved dead Many a teardrop fell upon the blossoms as the old boys j passed them around and recalled their gallant comrades of years agone. There was no work in Georgetown that day. for it was a holiday devoted to the memory of the brave men who fought to preserve the nation's honor, i Give me the frontier for the real ar tide in patriotism." Let No Soldier Be Forgotten. The significance of the day should Inspire every veteran soldier and sail or to pay homage to the valorous deeds of their comrades of lSi'.s. The aunals of our country have been made glorious by the noble and heroic sa. riflees of her sons. It Is our duty to keep ever present In our memories the historic deeds >f tho patriotic dead our country's dead il On * ecerp soldier’s . V' grace will) lone to lap a lllp r A \ d there. tt i —Janus WMuenl Rt'.cp A Whale Wrecks a Vessel by Sto^trig in Its Side A story of eleven (lays in an open boat, with the fierce sun of the tropica beating upon them, and only two swallows of water and half a ship's biscuit a day each, was the tale of adventure and suffering told by Mate Manuel de Viaria and his eight com panions. who arrived at New York on the steamship Madiana. which brought them from Dominica, in the West Indies. De Viaria and his men were part of the crew of the New Bedford whal ing bark Kathleen, which was stove by an angry sperm whale 950 miles from land in West Indian waters on March 17. Driven to the boats with only a scant moment in which to snatch up water and biscuits and then separated upon the wide sea. it is a curious fact that every person aboard was saved. Even the parrot of the captain's wife arrived safely at home. The survivors In the two boats reached home within twenty-four hours of each other. De Viaria and his men sat together In the smoking room of the Sailors’ Home in Cherry street. De Viaria was the spokesman. “We sighted a school of whales, with maybe ninety or 100 in it." he said, “and all four boats went after them. i sirutK a wuait? ui uiaj t** uuj or sixty barrels He sounded two or three times, but we killed him. and then we set a Sag to call the ship down to us. "I looked for the ship. There she was. about half a mile away. She had alt sails set. with her foreyard aback, waiting for signals. ‘•Then I saw flags go up to all three peaks. That means 'all boats come in.‘ While I watched 1 saw her heel over. It was dusk. The last I saw of her was her yard ends in the air. “Then the mate's boat, with the captain aboard, came down to me. They were waving hats and handkerchiefs, meaning 'cut loose.' "The captain got all foui boats to gether and divided up the men. I had nine all told in my boat, and each of the others had ten. counting the captain's wife in the mate's boat. "The captain gave each of us a pail ; of water and maybe ten or twelve pounds of biscuit. He said: ‘Steer west, by north, one-half north “It was a clear night, but no moon. We watched for the captain to flash a light to keep together. We saw the light at 8 o'clock, and then at 9. That was the last we saw. “When morning came there was no boat In sight “Then I made up my mind to take niy own course and steer due west for Dominica." The weather was fine until the last two days, when It took two men to bail oat the seas that combed over the quarter. Crew of the Whaler Kathleen Tells Graphic Story of Remarkable Adventures When Ship Is Sunk by an Angry Monster. Suddenly, on March 28. about 11 a. m., the lookout shouted "Land!” De Vlarla held his course until he saw a long point to the north, sailed beyond it and recognized the harbor of Port Smith. At 6:30 that night they landed, exactly eleven days and nights after the boats started away from the ship in company. "We were so weak when we got ashore,” said De Viaria. "that wo could not stand up. but we got over that pretty soon." Third Mate Hobart R. Reynolds told the story of the sinking of the ship and the adventures of the boats. Three of the four boats had got fast to whales at once, he said, and the first mate had brought a big cow whale alongside and made it fast in the tackles on the port side of the bark. A bull whale had broken from the school, and suddenly appeared about two ship's lengths away from the bark. “There's a big bull close alongside,” cried Capt. Jenkins. “Better go after him. Mate.” The mate's boat was within striking distance within a few moments. They drove a harpoon deep into the whale. The big breast struck out with a speed which set fire to the whaleboat where the line ran out, and made straight for the ship. He struck her fairly on the starboard side amidships as she lay hove to. i ne wnaie sans at once. The bark was sixty years old. The whale crushed in her side and she began to careen at once. Capt. Jenk ins. his wife, the steward and cabin boy were all that were left aboard. The mate, seeing that the ship was in distress, cut loose from the whale and went to the captain's aid. The steward tried to get at the pro visions below, but could get nothing but a box of ship’s bread. The cap tain secured four palls of fresh water, and with the bread and parrot aban doned the ship. After dividing up the bread and water to his men. They discoverea that spray had spoiled the water. It was all salt. "Well, boys,” he said, ‘‘it’s all up with us. but I’ll see what we can do to reach Barbadoes.” A little later he sighted the captain's boat. The cap tain divided what fresh water was left between the two boats. Fortunately their voyage was not long. At 9 o'clock they sighted smoke, and the Borderer, bound with coal from Baltimore to Chile, sighted them After picking up the captain and third mate’s boats, the Borderer cruised about and found the second mate's boat. All were hoisted aboard, boats and all. The Borderer cruised about in circles, looking for the fourth boat, until dark, and then went off. She landed Capt. Jenkins and his men at Pernambuco. The picture on top shows how the Kathleen was sunk by a collision with ; a whale. The dafk arrowed lines in : the map show how the survivors put out in boats, one for Pernambuco. Brazil, and the other for the Isle of I Dominica. The light lines indicate the route of the survivors to New ! York. Hhin WhUkee* W«r» TnpopaUr. “I suppose I will surprise my young | readers," writes T. P. O'Connoe “when I tell them that I remember j the time when a man who wore a beard was regarded as something of a phenomenon, and. Indeed, as scarcely gentlemanly, but so It was. At the bar a young barrister who wore a ; beard or a moustache would so out rage the etiquette of the profession that he would be refused a hearing by some Judges and by others so sneered at as to make solicitors unwilling tc employ him. A judge who has only just left the bench professed one day while he was listening to a junior, nol to understand what he was saying and when, at last, the unfortunate junioi began to shout the judge sweetly re marked that it was very difficult tc understand any gentleman who insist ed on putting a hair screen on his up per lip." Where Religion !• Fatality. Writing of the Moors of Tangier, t traveler reports: "Almost every spriny there is an epidemic, more or lesi pronounced.of small-pox.and the num ber of pitted faces is very large Mothers are anxious that their child ren should pass through the ordea early and with this end in view plan them in the way of contagion. I knew one poor woman who had a pet sor of perhaps eight or nine. One day sh« ! came like Rachel, sorrowing and no' j to be comforted for his loss. ‘Oh, God! she cried, "what can I do? Goc knows it was not my fault that my boy did not take the disease in time for three successive years I borrower the blankets in which others had died of the smallpox, directly they wer« burled, and it was only this year h« took it Now he is gone, and I an left alone!" M •mated \«ihm. The union of the given name with the surname often makes an amusing combination. Sometimes It is accident al. but more often designed. Th« story that went the rounds of the newspapers some time ago that Gov ernor Hogg of Texas had named hi* two daughters Ura Hogg and Ima Hogg, it is gratifying to know, has been denied. A case in the east ol Columbus has come to the notice oi the observer. A gentleman who bear? the common name of Case has named his little daughter "Ura" Case. M. A. Bridge, the well-known cbie! clerk in the office of the state dairy and food commissioner, has named a son "Brooklyn." Brooklyn is not an uncommon name in itself, but Brook lyn bridge is somewhat startling. Main*'* Old-Time Feet Day. Maine is one of the few old states that still observe more or less serious 1 ly an annual fast day. Gov. John : F. Hill, in his proclamation, which it very brief, says: "This day, revered ■ by the Fathers, comes to us conse crated by the observance by many generations. It is appropriate that w« should continue to respect a custom so deeply enshrined in the hearts ol ! the people, and I earnestly recommend ; that the day be observed in a mannei I consistent with the purposes for which I it has been set apart.”—New York Times. Tb« S< hemakliit Earthquake. Schemakha is a city to the westward of Baku, the seaport of the Russian oil region, and lies in an area often j devastated by earthquakes. On Jan. 3J last tRussian date), a shock destroyed the town and a fire that broke out | laid it in ashes. Thousands of persons perished by the shock, which overthrew the public buildings and churches intc which they were crowded. All but a dozen houses of the 5.770 constituting the town were destroyed. The ancient mosque that had survived for cenurie* waa leveled to the ground and it it probable that the city will be aban i doned. Hobson's Black Eye. Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hob son. U. H. N , the unscathed hero of -w Santiago harbor, gazed gloomily upon • he world the other day from an artis tlcully tinted eye. which he vainly sought to hide behind a green patch. To commiserating Inquirers the gallant sea hero explained that It was a cork that did the damage—a coarse, rude, popping cork that flew into his eye while he was dining at the Waldorf Astoria. With much detail. Lieutenant,' Hobson further explained that it was In the neck of a ginger ale bottle, that the cork passed the previous period of Its existence. The cork, by the way. was secured by one of the Daughters of the War of 1812 as a souvenir. The Bankers Heard Jasper. While the American Rankers' asso ciation was In Richmond they had the doubtful pleasure of listening while Rev. Mr. John D. Jasper delivered his famous sermon on “The Sun Do Move." 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