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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. The Tibetans also are beginning tc feel the pressure of the dark man’s burden. Praise a woman for the qualities she doesn’t possess and she’ll worship you.—Chicago News. Radium will not cure cancer. Now that the excitement has died down what is radium good for? The Russians in Manchuria are on short rations. War arbitrates, and an empty stomach may be referee. Six people committed suicide In New York in one day. Evidently the outgoing trains were badly crowded. Radium rays, it has been discov ered, do net cure everything. Some thing had to be left for the N-rays to cure. It is nearly time for Brander Mat thews to come out in defense of ‘busted’’ as a good and proper En glish word. Canada consumed 200,000,000 ciga rettes last year. This sounds bad un til you read how many the United States consumed. First it was the "X" ray, now it is the “N” ray. If science keeps busy we may have the whole alphabet rep resented.by rays. The Korean navy is made up of twenty-five admirals and one coal barge. All the materials here for the regulation revolution. The mountain in Maine that sank Into the earth the other day vHU be succeeded, doubtless, by a lake with an unpronounceable name. The British exploring ship Discov ery is on her way back from the Antarctic. As polar expeditions go this is regarded as success. Shoe polish killed a man in Toledo who had been dancing for several hours. Some will be mean enough to say that he died of brain fever. And now it is an Ohio man who has been brought back to life by the time ly administration of adrenal chloride. It is still safer not to die, however. Russian heroes are rewarded with crosses of St. George. No doubt the crosses are lovely, but new suspend ers would probably come in handier. -; The touching poem about Mary and her lamb was written in 1830. At the rate of one per diem for 74 years, how many parodies upon it have been writ ten? Friends of Hetty Green are worried because she has left Hoboken. If she had taken it with her they would have considered her action more ra tional. A correspondent of the New York Sun wants to know what a man should wear Sunday nights. Down this way they sometimes wear an air of pious resignation. Prof. Mosso, the eminent scientist, says that the more enfeehled peo ple’s nerves are, the longer they live. We fear the professor hasn’t much of a chance for long life. The Alabama, it seems, has beaten the remarkable record just estab lished by the Kearsage. The men be hind the guns in the U. S. navy cer tainly know how to shoot. So some of us are justified at last. Herbert Spencer’s autobiography says: “After reading six books of the Uiad I felt that I would rather give a targe sum than read to the end.” The reverend brethren are arguirg the question as to whether man is saved by faith or works. To the theologically uninformed layman, it seems as if a little of both were to be lesired. An eastern woman Is going around relling people how to make rolls. Un fortunately she doesn’t suggest meth ods of acquiring rolls big enough to enable the owners to purchase every thing in sight. A Paterson (N. J.) woman wants a . divorce because her husband smokes a pipe. He might adjust matters by cutting down the allowance enough to make it possible to provide him 3elf with cigars. A Boston man has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for stealing $300,000. This is discouraging. They would hardly have given him more than that if he had taken a barrel of • flour or a suit of clothes. Some men are painfully sensitive. A New York gentleman has just changed his name, by permission of the supreme court, from “W. H. Ma loney” to “W. M. Malden,” because people frequently addressed him as "Bologna.” The discovery that it cost the Japs only $100,000 to bombard Vladivostok for an hour will likely make bombard ing a popular pastime for some of our society people who are seeking a cheap form of entertainment for the coming summer. — -•—- i School boys of Findlay. Ohio, imitat ing the older savages in the colleges, caused the death of a 9-year-old boy by hazing, and the lad's mother is dying from shock and grief. Honest ly, now, is it worth all this just to be barbarously funny?* Out of eighty students of Johns * Hopkins university examined as to their knowledge of the Bible only one could Identify a quotation. It would be interesting to know how intelli gently these students read some of the classics—Milton, for example. GERMAN SOLDIERS HAVING SHARP FIGHTING IN AFRICA. Special dispatches to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger from a correspondent in German Southwest Africa describe the encounter of Major Von Glase napp’s column and a force of Hereros at Oksharu, while the. German column was on the way to Oniatu. The road traverses the ^horn thick ets. Early in the morning the Hereros attempted to surround and cut off the rear guard of Maj. Von Glasonapp’s force, consisting of Fisher’s company, which was numerous, well armed and partly mounted. The enemy opened a vigorous fire lasting three and a half hours, the rear guard having been reinforced by Count Brockdorff's company, and First Lieut. Manshold’s artillery. The enemy were pursued for an CQL. 77SZM>OM' LTCr77f£W GCfZ&MX><&\Z&4Z: hour, but escaped, leaving fifty-two of their number dead. In the meantime the head of the column, under Lieber, had a sharp fight lasting an hour. The German losses were Lieut. Noerr, four non commissioned officers and twenty eight privates killed and Lieut. Hilde brand. four non-commissioned officers and eleven men wounded. The artillery action was brilliant The Germans suffered from want of serviceable horses, having , only twenty-one animals capable of scout ing. The enemy withdrew in a north easterly direction. Major Von Glasenapp marched on Otiikuara, intending to make an at tack. An official account of the engage ment with the Hereros says ninety two of the enemy’s dead were counted. Col. Leutwein, governor of German Southwest Africa, announces that the German main force left Okasandja, April 7 for Otjosafu. The Southwest African correspond ent of the Cologne Gazette, Dr. Moel lenhof, has sent his paper a graphic MAP OF SCENE OF UPRISING letter describing the relief of Oma ruru on Feb. 4. When the garrison of Omaruru heard the firing of the artillery of the relief corps twenty five of the beleaguered force made a sortie against the enemy, who held a natural fortification consisting of a line of clifflike, projecting rocks. “After being driven from this posi tion the Hereos took up a new one, contesting the ground inch by inch, and leaving a number of dead at every rallying point. “The Hereros lost about a hundred, killed or wounded, of their approxi mate total, COO men. I "The German loss was eight men killed and ten wounded.” THE YOUTH’S SOFT SNAP. , Ex-Senator’s Indorsement Seemed a Trifle Unkind. Ex-Senator Mason of Illinois, was seated with a party of friends in a Washington cafe one evening, when ' the circle was joined by the son of a big western capitalist, whose main aim in life seemed to be a continuous jubilee. He was of that class inele gantly known as “butters in’’ and it was soon evident that his presence was distasteful to the senator. “My old man doesn't put up a cent for me,” said the young man, displaying a fat roll of greenbacks. "I’m on my own resources.” “How do you man age it?” asked one of the party. “You must have some sort of a ‘snap.’ ” “This is my ‘snap.’ ” said the gay spendthrift, impressively touching his head. “And there’s not a softer ‘snap’ in the world,” assented Sena tor Mason. Famous War Correspondent. Sir William Howard Russell, who without his knighthood would still be Dr. Russell, is eighty-four years of age. He is a war correspondent who won his spurs in the Crimea, giving some of the most remarkable let ters ever written. He was also present at the siege of Lucknow, an other grand opportunity that he did not fail to make the most of. The Italian campaign of 1859, the Ameri can civil war; the Danish war, the Franco-Prussian struggle and many campaigns in Africa, he also witness ed, and he made firm friend of King Edward, whom he accompanied as honorary private secretary on his eastern tour in 1875-6. College President in Dilemma. When President Nicholas Murray Butler was at college certain fresh men of his time made no scruple' of 1 stealing a pail of milk which a dairy I man placed outside the door of Mr. Butler’s room while the occupant was in class. In order to foil the maraud ers the future president of Columbia composed one day a formidable leg end, which he printed in very deep letters and placed over the pail. It read: “I have poisoned this milk with arsenic. Upon his return he found the milk intact, but added to his notice were these appalling words: “So have we.” Manufacture of Ozone. An English engineer is said to have found a process for manufacturing ozone that is much simpler than those used hertofore and permits of a larger deduction. Ozone is by him produced in an apparatus into which atmospheric air is forced by meanB of an air pump. An electric alternating current of 130 volts in three amperes, changed through a transformer to 1,100 volts, is then introduced. Through electric discharge in the apparatus ozone is engendered. -< Works for Money for Charity. Miss Minta Climer, an heiress to thousands of dollars, a beautiful girl, leader in society circles of Vienna, O., has pledged herself to raise $50 for the support of a missionary in Ar menia. For the last two weeks she has done the washing for a few fami lies in Vienna, and has earned $12. The balance of the money, $38, she will raise by working as an ordinary hand in the Enterprise Manufacturing Company’s factory. Her father is wealthy. CASE OF RELATIVE VALUES. Apt Reply Earned Renomination for Robert Toombs. Frequent complaint has been made of late because members of congress have absented themselves from ses sions. This reminded Congressman Hardwick of Georgia of an occurrence many years ago. Robert Toombs was a candidate to succeed himself, but was accused by an apponent of being absent a great deal. The matter was brought up by his rival for the nomi nation at a joint debate and this was Bob’s repliy: “Fellow citizens, for the sake of argument we will admit that the charge brought by my oppo nent is true and that I have been ab sent from the sessions of the house. Admitting, as I say, for the sake of the argument, that it is true, I will ask you this question. Which can you better afford, to have me in congress and absent from the sessions, or have this man in congress and have him present at the sessions?” The con test was settled on the spot, for Toombs was elected by his usual huge majority. Plan Monument to Bjornson. The Norwegians of the Red river valley will hold a festival in Fargo on May 17, the Norwegian national holiday, when a monument in honor of Bjornstjerne Bjornson will be un veiled there. The movement to erect this monument was started some time ago by the Norwegians in Aber crombie, N. D., and was later taken up by the Norsemen throughout the state. The granite block which will be used as the monument was pro cured in Norway recently by Dr. Fielde of Abercrombie. The govern ors of Wisconsin and South Dakota have signified their intention of at tending the festivities. American Medical Association. Atlantic City, N. J., the famous re sort, is to be the scene. June 7-10, of the annual meeting of the American Medical Association—the great na tional organization of physicians, sur geons and specialists. A half fare rate has been granted by the Trunk Lines association, and will probably be granted in other sections of the country. Physicians of the country are much elated over the prospects for the largest meeting ever held. Mesopotamia is Fertile. The soil of Mesopotamia is one of the most fertile in the world, and the climate would readily permit of two crops annually. Oil springs are fre quent, and there is every probability that the subterranean wealth of the province could easily make it a rival of Baku or Pennsylvania. There are abundant quarries of gypsum, sand stone, and the finest white marble, while the mountains contain deposits of iron, copper, lead and gold.—Con sular Report. Journalist Knows Many Languages. Dr. E. J. Dillon, a correspondent of the London Telegraph, is said to know more languages than any living jour nalist. He has written several books in Russian, is a doctor of oriental lan guages and possesses a thorough knowledge of Sanscrit, Arabic and Hebrew. He speaks fluently English, Russian, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian, and during the Cretan war made a speech to the in surgents from a ladder In modern I Greek. % I TOO BUSY TO MAKE NOISE. Kindergarten Scholar Was Engaged in Pretty Hard Task. According to the Kansas City Star, a kindergarten teacher of that city was incapacitated from work one day recently by a somewhat startling in cident. The subject of the lecture and ob ject lesson was animals, birds and then more animals. “Now, children,” said the teacher. “I wrant each of you to think of some animal or bird and try for a moment to be like the particular one you are thinking about, and make the same kind of noises they are in the habit of making.” Here was the command* Here the finale: Instantly the schoolroom became a menagerie. Lions roaring, dogs bark ing, birds singing and twittering, cows lowing, calves bleating, cats meow ing, etc., all in an uproar and excite ment—all, with one single exception. Off in a remote corner a little fellow was sitting perfectly still, apparently indifferent and unmindful of all the rest. The teacher observing him, ap proached and said: “Waldo, why are you not taking part with the other children?” * Waving her off with a deprecating hand and wide, rebuking eyes, he fer rently whispered: “Sh—sh—sh. teacher! I’m a ’ooster, and I’m a-layin’ a aig!” WHAT CHINESE NAMES MEAN. Geographical Prefixes and Suffixes ~ All Have a Significance. A few definitions of Chinese geo graphical prefixes and suffixes may be of service in elucidating the nomen clature of current war news. First, prefixes: Ta. as in Taku. means great, and siao, as in Siao-Ping-Thou, means small. Pei or pe, nan, tung and si are respectively north, south, e^t and west. Thus the Pei-Ho is the North River, etc. Shang and hai are upper and lower. Pai, hei and whang are white, black and yellow. Suffixes are more numerous and familiar. Kiang, ho tchuan, ula, muren and tchu each and all mean river. Thus Yalu Kiang anl Liao Ho are simply Yalu River and Liao River. Shui, kou. thsuan, khi, gol and ussu are unfamiliar terms, ' meaning a brook or small river. Hu, nor and omo mean lake, as in the well known Lob Nor and Kosso Gol. Po. tse and tien mean a small lake or swamp, or a town situated near such a place. Hai means sea; thus Whang Hai is the Yellow Sea, Tung-Hai is the Eastern Sea and Nan-Hai is the Southern Sea. Tao and sometime shan means island, but shan more often means a mountain range. Ling is a pass over a mountain range. He Won With Western Methods. Lieut. Somerville of the British navy recently related the following in an address before the Royal Geograph ical Society: “The New rapid of the Yangtse was formed in 1S9G. The land slipped in after the heavy rains and filled up the bed of the river. No one up above knew anything about it and as the junks were coming down 500 were wrecked in a whirlpool at the foot of the rapid. The story is that it was the work of a dragon. A friend of mine—Ferdinand Tyler—was sent up there by the Chinese govern ment and he tried to exorcise the dragon. This landslip, so it was said had been formed by the dragon turn ing over in his sleep. Mr. Tyler tele graphed to ask permission to begir. They telegraphed him that first of all the ancient methods must be tried tc see if the dragon could not be moved and then, if he would not move, west ern methods might be attempted Well, the dragon would not move and Mr. Tyler started with dynamite and shifted a bit of the river.” Lipton's Gallantry. That Sir Thomas Lipton is much of a Chesterfield needs no confirmation, though this story, which is added tes timony, shows that he happily turned a well-worn joke and gave comfort in defeat. Among his guests on the Erin one day before the races were sailed was a fetching miss of seven teen who wished him a sweeping suc cess. "I’m confident I’ve the better boat,” said he. “And yet one should not al ways be too sure.” “Yes,” she assented coyly. “There’s many a slip between the cup and the Lip.” “I would be amply compensated for defeat,” he replied, with a bow, “if the slip were a slip of a girl like you.” —New York Herald. Largest Searchlight. The General Electric Company of St. Louis is building the largest searchlight made. It is to take 300 amperes, and the lens is seven feet in diameter. It will be used on top of a tower which is being built ad joining the world’s fair grounds. It is not unlikely that experiments with telephony over this searchlight beam will be made during the progress of the fair. Love and Money. When Love dies, alack! The whole world puts on black; The light of day Turns to lead gray; The roses sicken and fade. The song of the birds Is still. Music is hushed and afraid. And all fliat was good is ill; The heart is a broken thing; The blood runs pale and cold; Of this bereft There is nothing left But the greed and gain of gold. —William J. Lampion. Irishmen Seek Land. The town of Castlemartyr, County Cork, forms part of the estate of the Earl of Shannon, and is to be sold at auction. The householders and the tenants of land within the township area will bid with a view to becoming absolute owners. Whalebone Price Advances. Two and a half tons of whalebone have just been sold at Dundee at the rate, it is understood, of £3,000 a ton, or £200 a ton higher than the previous record price. Early last cen tury the price was £25 a ton. Rewards for Life Savers. Rewards for saving 709 lives from shipwrecks were paid last year by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, to which the king has just sent his annual subscription of £21. HOW THIRTY-FIVE SAILORS DIED ON U. S. BATTLESHIP SHOWING HOW THE MISSOURI EXPLOSION HAPPENED. No. 1, the turret; 2, interior of turret; 3, the breech of the twelve inch turret gun, showing how the back draft blew the flash back to the powder piled up for the next charge; 4, the heist, down which the flame swept that ignited the 1,600 pounds of powder in the handling room 5; 6 is the hoist communicating with the magazine, and the cross shows the point the flames reached before they met the water by which the magazine was flooded and by which the ship was saved from being completely de stroyed; 7, torpedo tube; 8, the magazine. WELCOME TO “UNCLE RUSSELL.” Aged Financier Pleased at Cordiality of Brokers. Russell Sage was seen in Broad street. New’ York, the other day for the first time in over a year, and the occasion was seized by a crowd of brokers wrho make their headquarters in front of the Exchange building to give him an ovation. Mr. Sage s right hand was converted into a pump han dle and one young broker stood off from the crowd and shouted: "Y\ hat s the matter with Uncle Russell?” In stantly the reply came: “He’s all right!” The aged financier was evi dently much pleased by the warmth of his greeting, and he lifted his hat and bowed all around, just like a man who has been elected a school trus tee by his admiring townsmen. For two years Russell Sage has been seen on the street only at intervals, which have been gradually widening during the last year. DIDN’T WANT AN ASSISTANT. Musician's Rebuke More Gentle Than Was Deserved. Dr. Hans Richter, the great musical conductor, w’ho entered on his sixty second year a few’ days ago, is noted for his absolute mastery and ease while wielding the baton. The noted German wras rehearsing in London on one occasion wrhen a peculiar little tapping sound, soft but most irritat ing, caught his attention. After en during it for some minutes in silence he looked around for the offender, and said, in his broken English: “I must ask you not to beat time with your foot;” and then quietly added, as if it bad only just occurred to him: 'When I am conducting, I cannot al ways agree with your foot!” The Expression of his face drew the sting Jut of the sarcasm, and everybody feughed. School to Teach Auctioneering. Col. Carey M. Jones of Davenport, a *ell-known live stock auctioneer, in association with a number of other prominent auctioneer*, will open in July in Davenport, Iowa, a school of auctioneering and oratory. The aim of the school will be to develop auc tioneers capable of rolling off talk by the yard. There will be courses in oratory, grammar and other branches and a competent specialist in charge of each department. Col. Jonqs con ducted sales of fancy cattle in seven teen states of the union last year. Churchmen of 8trong Character*. Dr. Ingram, bishop of London, con veys the idea of a man born to com mand. It has been saW of him that in olden days he probably would have enforced his special brand of theology with a battle ax. In his ordinary clothes he irresistibly reminds one of Sherlock Holmes on- the trail—a long aquiline nose, piercing gray eyes, lean, strong jaw and thin, curving lips. But with his smile all this vanishes and the bishop become* a genial humorist m large-hearted, warm-blooded man. REPARTEE IN COUNCIL HALLS. Shafts of Wit Pointed and Not Very Delicate. Repartee as practiced by dignified solons in the New York legislature takes on somewhat of a Bowery com plexion at times. One day the house was considering a certain measure when Mr. Cook of Erie said courteous ly: "The gentleman who has spoken in opposition to this bill is a pin head.” He referred to Mr. Cox of Buffalo, who in his politest manner replied, "The gentleman who favors this bill,” of course referring to Mr. Cook, "has a vacuum where his brains ought to be.” Whereupon As semblyman Lynch hastened to ob serve cordially: "Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to find that, for the first occasion since 1 have served in the legislature with them, I can agree with both Mr. Cox and Mr. Cook. I agree with what Mr. Cook said about Mr. Cox and I indorse what Mr. Cox said about Mr. Cook.” Then the bill was passed. Pope Pius Makes Many Changes. Pius X. is still engaged in planning and decreeing numerous important re forms in the Roman curia. He has just reduced his Noble guard from se\enty to forty-five, and reductions both in numbers and salary are antici pated shortly in the ranks of the Palatine and Swiss guards, whose dis ciplinary regulations, more especially as regards morality and mixing in quirinal society, have been of late re vised with startling severity. There is reason for believing that the pope will shortly publish motu proprio a decree ordaining that no post in the Roman curia, diplomatic or otherwise, shall hereafter carry with it any right to a cardinalate. Considerable reduc tions in,the salaries of nuncios and other diplomatic servants are also an nounced. Copper King’s Reputation Good. Out among Montana miners some wonder is expressed because police protection was sought in New York the other day by W. C. Green, the copper king, when someone threat ened him with a gun. Twenty years ago and more “Billy” Green was known in Montana as about the last man on earth to go to the police with his troubles. In those days he was “plenty quick on the draw,” and always ready to fight his own battles, being known as “a dead game man” from Anaconda to Tombstone. London Women Ride Man Fashion. London society women have taken to riding man fashion and It is expect ed that during the coming season Rot ten Row will see many horsewomen In divided skirts. Many responsible West End tailors have assured inquir ers that orders for divided skirts are arriving from a large and ever-increas ing number of horsewomen. New “ride astride’ garments have been in vented and are exclusively advertised in the fashion journals. Current fashion papers are fall of the subject. AS THE WORLD REVOLVES STABBED PREMIER OF SPAIN. Anarchist at Barcelona Fails in At tempted Murder. Premier Maura of Spain was at tacked and wounded at Barcelona April 12 by a would-be assassin armed with a dagger. The premier had just returned from a requiem service for the repose of the soul of the late Queen Isabella, when a youth, 19 years old, named Joaquin Miguel Artao. approached, and shouting, “Long live anarchy,” struck the premier in the chest w ith a dagger he had concealed in a hand kerchief. Artao was immediately seized and imprisoned. The premier himself was able to send to Madrid the news of the attempt on his life. The force of the blow' wa I n n and its direction diverted by the h. , > lace on the minister’s coat, resr.lt,! in only a slight scratch under :!. • sixth rib. Joaquin Miguel Artao. the assailant, is an anarchist, and when arrested at ' &5£2mx> ruuod tempted suicide by dashing his head against the wall. He declared he had no accomplices, but had acted on his own initiative because of his hatred or Maura’s politics. GOT TIRED OF APPLAUSE. Actor Wearied of the Efforts of Hired Clacuer. The claque is now a recognized in stitution in some New York play houses, but the hired applauders have not come to understand their duties nearly so well as their Parisian pro totypes. At one of these theaters the other evening the leading man was brought before the curtain half a dozen times after a good scene, chiefly through claquers’ efforts. The ac tor, rather disgusted with the made to-order enthusiasm, was bowing him self off when the most vociferous claquer broke into another volley. The leading man paused, held up his hand, and said, when silence wat restored, “Stop it, my good friend. I believe you would encore a miracle.” This produced a real curtain call, to which the actor smilingly responded. JOKE ON SECRETARY SHAW. Washington Laughs at Ingenuity cf Statesman’s Excuse. A feovernment scientist nut long ago gave a dinner in Washington in honor of Speaker Henderson. The scientist hails from the hawkeye state, so ;t was distinctively an Iowa dinner. Of course Secretary Shaw was a gu ' . and he was the only one absent when 7 o'clock arrived. The host waited half an hour and then gave orders to serve. At exactly 7:55 the secretary of the treasury was announced. His explanation has been a joke among the Iowa contingent in Washington ever since. “I though this dinher was for 8 o'clock,” said he, in evident em barrassment. ‘‘I arrived outside at 7:30 by my watch. It was so early I decided to walk up and down the street till I saw someone else come. But no one came, and so I had to en ter alone.” NOT TO BE IMPOSED ON. Little -larky’s Humorous Assertion of His Rights. Congressman James of Kentucky, a giant in stature and weight, was standing with some friends on the rear platform of a Washington street car. The platform was rather crowd ed apd Mr. James did not observe that a little colored boy was there until he felt a punch in the smail of his back. He looked around and the little darky said: “Ain’t gwine have you stan’ all over me, man.” Mr. I James replied with mock severity: "Don’t you know that if you lick any body here you’ll get arrested?” “Done care nothin’ ’bout dat. You ain't gwine stan’ all over me no mo’.” The little chap’s sturdy attitude was enough to win him a quarter all around from the Kentuckian and his friends. Only Known Woman Coal Miner. There is only one* woman coal miner in Missouri, and she has but one arm. Miss Minnie Petrie began to work in the mine of her nephew, Theodore Petrie, near Fulton, a few years ago because he could not get as many men as he wanted. The first day she worked she wore feminine clothes, but finding them unsuitable the next day she wore an old suit of her nephew’s and, attired in men’s clothes, she has been digging coal ever since. She is 50 years old. Actor’s Stage Experience. Ludovic Barnay, the famous Ger man actor of villain parts, doubtless has had more experience in dying than most other members of his pro fession. He has. met death on the stage something over 1,000 times, 314 being by suicide. About a dozen other modes of exit are mentioned in his recently published memoirs. By way of cheerful set-off against this whole sale decease, Herr Barnay was mar ried 1,171 times, over half of his unions having been bigamous.