Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.