Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITT. - - - NEBRASKA.
Truth About the Chinese.
it every American could visit China
the Question of Chinese immigration
would soon be settled upon a perma
*ent basis, for no one can become ac
quainted with the Chinese coolie with
out recognizing the impossibility of
opening the doors of our country to
him without injustice to our own la
boring men, demoralization to our so
cial ideas, Injury to China’s reputation
among us, and danger to our diplo
aiatic relations with that country,
says William J. Bryan, in Success
Kagazine.
I made it a point to inquire among
the Chinese whom I met, in order to
ascertain the real sentiment back of
the boycott I had heard of students
being subjected to harsh regulations
at ports of entry, of travelers humili
ated by confinement in uncomfortable
sheds, and of merchants treated rude
ly, and I supposed that these things
had aroused the resentment. I found,
however, that the things complained
of were more difficult to deal with
and the concessions demanded impos
sible to grant. In order to understand
the boycott one must know something
of Chinese history. As China has
■ever had representative government
the people have been compelled to
bring their complaints before officials
by petition; and, where the petition
bas been ignored, they have been ac
customed to bring such pressure to
bear as was within their power, and
the boycott has often been resorted to
as a means of compelling action upon
the part of officials. They, therefore,
•onceived the idea of a boycott against
American goods for the double pur
pose of urging their own government
to favorable action and of calling the
attention of the American government
to their complaint. Our officials are
doing what they can to convince the
Chinese government of the injustice
and folly of the boycott, and the Chi
nese officials with whom I conversed
teemed anxious to cooperate with our
minister and consuls. Immediate ac
tion upon the part of our congress,
whether favorable or unfavorable to
the Chinese, will remove the excuse
for a boycott; and our government
■hould not be influenced in.its action
by any threats affecting trade, for the
subject is too grave to be determined
by commercial considerations.
Unpunished Offenders
There are things which to sensitive
souls constitute a disturbance of the
peace, and yet for which there is no ade
quate punishment prescribed by law,
very truly observes a writer in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. A man in a
short coat and silk hat is an offense of
this kind, and a fat woman in a “rainy
day" skirt and peek-a-boo waist is an
other. There are legions of them. They
offend the artistic sense, and mar the
face of nature. Now and then some
aesthetic person, made desperate by
these abuses, takes the iaw into his own
hands and inflicts punishment, usually
at severe cost to himself. For instance,
if the man who stabbed Thomas Heed
for playing a guitar in an undertaking
establishment is caught, he may be sent
to the penitentiary. Such is the injus
tice of our laws. What is needed is a
corps of armed censors of things in gen
eral, something between a police and a
humane society force, and vested with
authority to arrest offenders against
good taste. A special court for the trial
of such offenders could be provided, and
the keepers of mechanical musical in
•truments, the street-car whistlers,
platform chumps and persons who talk
at the play et al. could have justice
meted out to them. As long as such of
fenders are left unpunished by law, so
long will there be “unexplained” mur
ders and assaults, for they “get on the
nerves” of people who have artistic
aensibilities, and these people become
aroused to desperate deeds, braving
even martyrdom for the holy cause of
good taste. The world would welcome
•uch a department of justice as we have
suggested, if some one would take the
initiative to secure the proper legisla
tion. Here is the opportunity for some
ambitious reformer to endear himself to
the masses and make Folk, Hadley and
Jerome to pale their Ineffectual fires
in the bright light of his genius.
One of the largest retail tobacco deal
ers in the United States says that the
consumption of chewing tobacco has in
creased almost 50 per cent, in five years.
He attributes this increase to the auto
mobile, because it is impossible to enjoy
a cigar or pipe while whizzing along in
a motor car. There is also danger of
sparks or ashes from the lighted eigaror
pipe getting into the eyes.
Dr. Daniel Bella, a New York minis
ter, has compromised his claim against
the New York Central railroad for the
fracture of 20 bones in a viaduct col
lision last fall. Figuring on the basis of
$1,000 a bone, the company has agreed
to pay him $20,000 for his injuries. This
Is considered to be quite a step in ad
vance in regard to the basis for personal
injury claims.
The order of the garter seems to be
very elastic. Great Britain has just con
ferred it upon the emperor of China.
That Milwaukee man who has been
arrested on the charge of stealing $26,
000 worth of gas in the past seven years,
by tapping the gaslight company's
plains, will probably find in the end that
it would have been cheaper if he had
used electric light.
An enthusiastic wireless telegraph in
ventor declares that in a few years we
ehall be able to communicate with the
planet Mars. But is he sure that the peo
ple on Mars, If there are any, are will
Ja* and ready to talk back?
THE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY.
Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, who has been advanced by the president in
recognition of his aggressive military policy.
STEVENSON IN SAMOA. TERRORS OF THE TEAPOT.
Life of the Writer in His Island Eya Troubles, Among Other Affec
Home Very Hear the tions, Result from Tea
Ideal. Drinking.
Stevenson’s life in Samoa is, in Physicians are only beginning to
some ways, the most Interesting story ! realize the apparently remote causes
of all, and here again you can. find that go to produce a local affliction,
that story in his own writings, says The average layman certainly would
Ariadne Gilbert, In “The Lighthouse not think of attributing sore eyes to
Builder’s Son,” in St. Nicholas. This tea drinking. Yet it has recently been
time, however, it is in his letters asserted by one of the physicians of
more than In his books. These let- the New xork Postgraduate medical
ters are so vivid, moreover, that you school that a large proportion of the
feel as if you were right in Samoa patients who find their way into the
with him. You are living in his spot- eye clinics ewe their trouble to the
less little box of a house, called Vaili- teapot, which stands always slmmer
ma, which means "five rivers,” and so ing on the tenement house stove,
reminds you that it is within sound of The tea, of course, does not go dl
flowing streams. There, from the rectly to the eyes. What actually hap
broad veranda—and the house Is al- pens is that persons who drink too
moat half veranda—you can look much ol It are improperly nourished,
straight up on one side at the wood- so that when a tiny cinder or speck of
ed Vaea mountain; and on the other i dust breaks through the feeble tissues
side down 600 feet before you gleams I there follow complications which call
the sea. “filling the end of two vales j for the skill of the best surgeon. A
of forest.” The house is built in a host of other ailments, so the post
clearing in the jungle. The trees j graduate physicians find, are due to
about it are twice as tall as the house; the same cause, excessive devotion to
the birds about it are always talking tbe "cup that cheers but not inebri
or singing; and here and there among ates.”
the trees echoes “the ringing sleigh- As a matter of sober fact, the in
bells of the tree toad.” ebriety among confirmed tea drinkers
- is said to be hardly le33 deadly than
RESULT OF WIND ON SHINS that amoag lne victlm3 of alcoholism.
- As every teacher knows, thousands of
Exposure of Front of the Leg to children come to school improperly
Draughts Frequently Pro- prepared for their work because they
ductive of Cold. have accesa to the family teapot.
“It is not generally known,” says the AUTOMATIC RESTAURANTS.
British Journal of Nursing, “how fre
quently a bad cold is induced by cold- Ingenious Contrivance In Berlin
ness of the shins, due to thin stockings, Which Does Away with Tips
or by their exposure to draughts in a and Delays.
railway train or in other chilly convey- _
ances. In the Technical World Magazine
“The blood vessels on the front of Friz Morris describes the ingenious
the shin are peculiarly exposed to such automatic restaurants which have re
influences, because the skin covering cently been introduced in Berlin,
them is so thin, and thus it can easily "Cabinets with glass fronts line the
be understood that such exposure to walls,” Mr. Morris writes, “and through
cold on the front of the leg may chill these glass fronts are to be seen rows
the blood circulating through it as and rows of little elevators, with the
thoroughly as the evaporation of wa- slots and mechanism for working
ter from wet boots or clothing can do. them. On one side of the restaurant
“For the same reason cold draughts is fitted an ‘automat’ bar, where, by
on the back of the neck, where again dropping the indicated price into the
MONUMENT TO FAMOUS CIVIL WAR NURSE.
Statue erected at Galesburg, 111., to memory ol "Mother” Mary A Bick
erdyke, to be unveiled on May 22. 1
the skin is thin and the blood vessels
are easily exposed to atmospheric in
fluence, are a very common but often
overlooked cause of bad ‘colds.’
“The moral of all this is obvious—
especially in weather such as thi3, or
when traveling—to keep the front of
the legs and the back of the neck
warmly covered.”
Language Follows the Flag.
Venice went to sea in Turkish wa
ters, and to-day many Italian words
are found in Turkey; Holland went to
sea, and to-day Dutch is spoken in
South Africa; France went to sea, and
to-day French is spoken in a great !
part of Canada and the United States, j
England wrested the supremacy of the
sea to herself, and the wide, wide
world speaks its language.
Converted.
She—Do you believe in living a sin
gle life?
He—You bet I do. I tried living a
double life and got two years in jail!—
Detroit Free Press.
proper slot, the wished-for drink comes
to the waiting customer. Shelves, al!
around, on the little elevators, bring up
hot soups, roasts, cold meats, pies,
sandwiches, tea, coffee—in fact, what
ever is on the menu, and that is
changed daily. All the customer has
to do is to decide what he wants, drop
his coin in the little opening, and
await results. In less than a minute
up comes his meal, raised by electrici
and it comes either steaming hot or ice
and it comes either steaming hot or ice
cold, just as ordered, and clean, fresh
and sweet, with no dirty-handed wait
er, with black cuffs and greasy nap
kin, to take your appetite away while
handing it to you.”
No Need of It
"Can’t I sell you a painless com
cure, madam?” said the peddler.
"No, you can’t!” snapped the woman
of the house. “I have no painless
corns.”
Then the door was shut with a sud
den slam.—Chicago Tribune.
KENTUCKY BLUE CRASS.
Plant Whose Botanical Name la Poa
Pratensis Is One of Much
Value.
Thia is one of the very famous
grasses of the United States and one
of the most valuable. In different
parts of the country it is known by
different names, among which are:
Green Meadow Grass, June Grass,
Common Spear Grass.
The grass attains a good height,
sometimes being 30 inches tall. The
leaves are narrow and long and are
easily distinguishable from Canadian
blue grass, which has a broad leaf.
The roots are perennia. and creeping.
THE KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS.
(Poa Pratensls.)
and a pasture of this grass, if taken
care of, will last for many years. The
grass starts to grow very early in
the spring and flowers in the northern
United States in June. It likes a
limestone soil, and on a soil rich in
lime it establishes itself by forming a
very compact sod.
Thi3 grass is better adapted to pas
ture than to hay meadow, for the rea
son that it does not work well into the
rotations. It takes three or four years
for it to form a compact sod. When a
pasture has been once taken by blue
grass, the farmer has something that
will stay by him through cold and
heat, flood and drouth. In Kentucky
the farmers pride themselves on the
luxuriance of their blue grass pas
tures, some of which are more than
60 years old. It flowers but once in
the season, but after being grazed or
cut it quickly sends up a new vigor
ous growth.
The grass doe3 well in rather dry
soils, but will adapt itself to almost
any soil, even to the wet meadows.
In Kentucky and other states in which
the winters are mild it is used,, says
the Farmers' Review, for winter pas
tures and it is not infrequent that
herds are kept on it the year around.
It does portlcularly well where trees
are scattered about to give it a partial
shade during the hot days of summer.
MAGGOTS IN RADISHES.
Prof. H. A. Gossard, of the Ohio Ex
periment Station, Makes Some
Suggestions.
The usual radish-infesting maggot
originates from eggs laid by a fly
somewhat smaller than the ordinary
house species. These eggs are de
posited near the base of the plant cn
or slightly beneath the surface of the
ground. Several broods occur each
season. A number of plants are sub
ject to attack, possibly the most corn
iron being cabbage and cauliflower.
The insect is a difficult one to suc
cessfully combat, and only partial suc
cess need be expected. The principle
to work on is to kr-ep the maggots
from entering the plants rather than
to try to destroy them after they have
once made their way into the fleshy
portions, as poisonous gases, liquid or
in-ecticides will then fail to reach
them.
Two of the easily applied remedies
are, beginning with the first appear
ance of the plant, weekly applications
of white hellebore or tobacco dust.
Either material should be sprinkled
in a strip at least ltfc inches wide
along both sides of the row. Another
remedy advised by Dr J. B. Smith,
of New Jersey, is a fertilizer made
as follows: Nitrate of soda, 700
pounds: ground rock. 1.000 pounds,
end muriate of potash, 300 pounds.
The mixture should be applied at the
rate of 500 pounds to the acre soon
after the plants are up.
COMPOSTING MANURE.
Methods of Handling So as to Hasten
Its Preparation for Application
to Soil.
All manure used as top dressing
on garden and flower beds should be
i'ell rotted, so as to be immediately j
available. If rotted manure cannot be j
obtained, green manure can be made j
available in a week's time by stack- I
;ng and turning. Take a load of fresh ;
stable manure and fork it over, throw
'ug out or breaking up all lumps. If j
• t is dry add water. Make a Arm, ,
compact, conical-shaped heap, as thi3
form offers the least surface to the ;
air and will turn off rain. Turn the ;
heap every day, shaking the manure
thoroughly and placing the outside
portion of the heap on the inside of
the new heap, adding a little water If
necessary. In a surprisingly short
time a lot of raw manure can be
turned into Ane plant food.
If one has any considerable quanti
ty of manure to scatter, a manure
spreader will be found a good Invest
ment, recommends the Farmers' Voice,
as it saves half the labor and distrib
utes the manure in Ane particles,
which are immediately converted into
plant food after the first rain.
CLOVER AS HOR9E FEED.
It Not Cut in Tima It Becomes Dusty
and Makes Poor Feed—Cut
When It First Blooms.
One great objection to clover as a
horse feed is the fact that It is fre
quently not cut in time and becomes
dusty. The formation of the plant is
such that the leaves go to pieces very
quickly if they are permitted to be
come too dry before being cut. Clover
cut when the first blooms appear and
made into hay properly and properly
housed makes a good feed for any kind
of stock, including horses. It has
more substance than timothy and thl3
is important In a horse feed, as the
stomach of the horse is smaller than
that of some other farm animals.
But when clover is fed to horses It
cannot be given in as great quantities
as can timothy, say3 the Farmers' Re
view. One of the advantages in feed
ing timothy has been that t.te horse
could be fed more than he would eat
and then not eat so much as to injure
him. That was because the same bulk
contains less substance than does
clover. Thus, the scientific feeder
knows that he must be careful as to
the amount of clover hay fed. Just as
he would be careful of the concentrates
fed. He would not think of giving the
horse an unlimited supply of grain of
any kind. How much to feed is a
problem that must be worked out by
the horse owner, for we have all kinds
of horses, engaged in all kinds of
work.
THE FEED OF COWS.
Sudden Change Should Be Avoided,
as It Seriously Affects Milk
Yield.
Sudden changes of feed should be
avoided, especially if very marked, as
in changing from dry to green feed,
says Prof. W. J. Fraser, of the Uni
versity of Illinois. Special care is re
quired when cows are put on pasture
in the spring and when first turned on
rye or clover. Only a small quantity
of green feed should be given at first,
the amount being increased as from
day to day the dry feed is reduced. If
care is not exercised at such times,
the cow’s system is likely to become
deranged and the milk will then have
a very disagreeable odor, but if this
method is followed the system grad
ually becomes adjusted to the new
conditions and no bad results follow.
When feeding turnips or cabbage,
the difficulty is frequently experienced
of having disagreeable odors in the
milk. This difficulty may be largely, if
not entirely avoided by feeding after
milking rather than just before, a3 the
peculiar odor produced by these feed?
will then leave the cow's system be
fore the next milking time.
IMPROVED PIG TROUGH.
Simple Arrangement by Which the
Animals Can Be Kept Out
of the Feed.
A simple arrangement, which is de
vised to keep pigs out of the slop
trough while being fed, is illustrated
in the sketch, says the Farm and
Home. Cut several pieces of board
like b and nail them firmly into trough
in an upright position. Each pig then
must take his portioned space for eat
ing. If plug is placed in the end of the
trough at a it is mucn easier to clean
when it becomes very dirty. This
trough should be slipped under the
partition, so that the slop may be
poured into it from the other side,
where the feeder will not be disturbed
by the swine.
THE FARM.
Good seed is essential to good crops
and is cheap at any price.
Flowing too wet ground glazes over
the clods and keeps in the water.
The cow that is ’’spring poor" now
won’t be worth much the coming sum
mer.
Keep pleDty of vegetable matter in
the soil by use of clover, cowpeas or
manure.
Don’t blame your neighbor because
his cattle get in your field. Keep your
fences repaired.
We have as yet hardly begun to
study our grasses, of which many
kinds grow wild in the United States.
Give the boys five square rods of -and
for a garden. Let them plant anything
they like, tut insist that they Keep
down the weeds.
No barn dressing should be used in
growing potatoes. It has a tendency
to produce rot. Use barn dressing in
seeding to grass after the potato crop.
—E, . Rogers, Cumberland county. Me
A top dressing of nitrate of soda is
applied early in the spring by that
very successful hay grower of Connec
ticut, George M. Clark. It gives grass
a vigorous start.
Handling Duck Fggs.
Duck eggs spoil quickly and should
not be more than a weak old when set
so hens will bring better results ihaD
incubators the first year, although on'
of smai. capac ty may be t sed. As soor
as hatche i cucklings sco Id be re
moved lroin the hens, greased on thf
head and i nder the wings as a precau
tion against lire and p aeed in outdooi
orooders, act te.u orari y in a well
built 25-foot lioubl brooding house
With a liberal u: ply o sof food, twc
and three-ycar-ol s w.l la-. more 01
.ess doub e-yo i; eggs, cut th s cannot
be avoided withoui lessening the num
her laid.
Tims to Stop Her Laying.
When a hen known to be a prolific
layer begins to produce eggs without
shells it .s quite time to stop her laying
altogether for a period, which can eas
ily be done by putting her on short
diet. Let her have entire rest and then
probably a cu-e will be effected. Give
plenty of variety in food, taking care
that the hen has a chance to run out
dally.
RED DEVIL INVADES.
VIRGINIA TOWN THROWN INTO
A TUMULT BY AUTO.
People of Leieurely Region Do Not
Take the Least Bit to the
New Pang red Whiz
Wagon.
The automobile has appeared In this
village, creating almost as much of a
sensation throughout Accomac county
as the railroau did years ago when it
came and drove out of business the big
fleet of sweet potatoe schooners which
took Gnaneocks chief product up the
Chesapeake to Baltimore for transpor
tation to nearly every corner of the land.
The auto is owned by the paying teller
of the Gnancock bank, says a late Onan
cock (Va.) report.
Occasionally a machine has been seen
rolling serenely over the sandy roaus,
stretching almost in an unbroken level
clear down to Cape Charles, but never
before had a resident of this place in
dulged in the luxury of owning an auto.
It was thought that nobody would have
the audacity to thrust aside time-hon
ored precedents and give up the little
Accomac horse for an invention of the
old boy.
IUC ALTUlUdC litm.7«uutc paiUVCU IUU
creature black, but since the red auto
came they have changed his color. The
pace of the auto is most disconcerting
to the natives, who are accustomed to
drive leisurely in their buggies, phae
tons and sweet potato carts through the
streets of the village, giving a bow, after
the immemorial habit of Accomac folk,
to all white people they meet.
The horses of Accomac wear no
breeching, as they have no hills to de
scend. They are strong, but they are
not swift, and in these respects they
may be likened to their masters.
The auto frightens the horses and
gives them a tendency to run. A run
ning horse would be an innovation in
Accomac. The country is so level that
even the brooks refuse to run; they sim
ply lounge and ripple.
The oldest residents are particularly
shocked by the auto. Their conserva
tism is equaled only by their hospitality,
which is the greatest institution in Vir
ginia.
When the auto was first observed on
the main street of the village there were
several carriages before the biggest
store. The chug-chug of the auto and its
strangeness set the horses prancing,
and men and women who owned them
rushed out. grabbed the bridles and
looked with disapproval at the vanish
ing vehicle.
The news spread fast over the county,
and within a week the Accomac imagin
ation in the isolated districts pictured
the red auto as a thing somewhat like
a trust monster in a comic supplement,
and the trade of the village merchants
fell off, because the country people were
afraid to venture into town.
The horses are getting somewhat ac
customed to the auto now, but the na
tives are still timid. If they are out
driving—and nearly everybody in Ac
comac drives—they turn their horses in
on the side of the road and wait until
the red devil passes. Women afoot lift
their skirts as if somebody had shout
ed “Mice!” and get close to the building
line.
The driver of the auto is not greeted
with the usual cordiality. Grandpa
Parks, the oldest man In the county, al
ways alights when he sees the machine
coming, and, firmly holding his horse's
bridle, he bows low, not to the owner of
the auto, but the auto itself. The bow
is one of the most elaborate and ironical
ever seen in Accomac. which is famous
for its fine old colonial brand of courte
sies.
The paying teller has hopes that thf
people finally will get accustomed to the
auto and buy a few themselves, as many
of them are quite able to do.
SMALL GIRL UNDERSTOOD.
Thought Gentleman Saying Grace
Was “Trying to Be Polite
to Dod.”
Apropos the rapidly vanishing cus
tom of saying grace at the table, a lady
on one of the Guilford avenue cars the
other day was telling a friend how her
little daughter exposed what she termed
her domestic impiety, relates the Balti
more News.
“You know,” she said, "Grace will
never miss anything in life for the lack
of asking; and, though I warn her re
peatedly not to ask questions, she heeds
me not at all. I took her to have tea
with Mrs. Blank not long since, and she
was perfectly delighted. She behaved
like an angel until Mr. B-bowed his
head to ask a blessing. Then she began
to nudge little Mabel and to whisper.
“Mabel did not reply, till a pinch more
energetic than usual forced her to loon
up. which she did very reproachfully.
“ ‘What is your papa saying?’ asked
Grace, in a loud whisper.
“ ‘Hush,’ said Mabel, reverently.
“ ‘Tell me what he says,’she persisted.
‘He is saying grace,’ answered
Mabel, in a low tone.
“ ‘Does he mean me?’
“Mabel told her no. and tried softly
to explain matters so she would be eulet.
‘He is askinea blessing,’ she said; ’just
savin* thank you.’
“‘Oh!’ said Crare, wi'h a very su
perior air- ‘vou mean he is trying to be
polite to pod.’ ”
Match Prices Advanced.
Owing to the troubles in Russia, the
Austrian manufacturers of matches
find it impossible to procure the neces
sary quantities of Russian poplar wood
with which the so-called Swedish
matches are made.
The largest Austrian match fac
tories have been obliged to reduce
their production on this account. As,
in addition to this, the cost of other
materials required in the manufacture
of matches has increased and the
workmen demand higher wages than
formerly, all manufacturers have made
an increase of $1.02 per 1,000 sacks in
the price of "Swedish” matches— N
Y. Herald.
Lacking in Style.
Tailor (standing off and Inspecting
him)—You don’t like that evening
suit? Why, my dear sir, the fit is ab
solutely perfect, every line.
Cholly—I know it. It fits me too
well. The other chaps will say I
couldn’t possibly have had it made
to order.—Chicago Tribune.
CAN’T STRAIGHTEN UP.
Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Back*
and a Multitude of Fains
and Achea.
Col. R. 9. Harrison, Deputy Mar
shal, 716 Comxon 8 ., Lake Charies.
La., says: “A kies
from a norm nr*
weakened my ta k
and affected my kid
neys. I iicca-i e very
bad and bad o ty>
about om era che*.
Tha doctors t< Id me
I had a case erf
chronic rheuma
tism, hut I co lid
not teii-v then.
ana nnatty Began using .^.a s mu
ney Fills for my kidneys. Kir ' the
kidney seer tions tarns irore fr e'.».
then the pain lef my fact I at
and got cno her box. a d 'hv: ,o
ple;ed a cure. I have teen w •: fw
two years.”
Sold by all dealers, SO ren’s a boi
Foster-Ml.turn Co.. Buffal ', N. Y.
Canal Brings K.sh.
Among the benefits brought to Ger
many by the Kaiser Wilhelm canal
are shoals of herring. The fish enter
the canal, according to an official re
port, on their way from the Bailie to
the North sea, and when the Brunn
butter lock is closed they congregate
in such large numbers as to be cap
tured with ease.
One Hundred Tears Since Floe’s Peak
Was DUoerered.
Elaborate plant are being; mode at
Colorado Springs to celebrate in truly
weEtern stylo the Centennial of the
day when Lieut. Zebulon M. Pike first
sighted the famous peak, which was
afterwards the landmark of the hardy
pioneer whose wagon train wended its
slow way across the plains.
The Chicago k North-We6tern Rail
way annnounces extensive prepara
tions for this event on the part of
Colorado Springs and Denver, as well
as on behalf of the various railway
lines.
It it understood that the last week
In September is to he devoted to a
round of festivities to be participated
in by ten thousand United Stats*
Regulars and a concourse of Indians,
representing the various tribes with
which tbs lnteprid explorer came in
contact on his toilsome march of dis
covery.
The National Guards, cadets. ve»
eran*. cowboys, pioneers, patriotic so
cieties, fraternal societies and citizen*
generally will also take part in the
program, which will include drills by
the troops, war dances by the Indian#,
cowboys’ sports, parades and tourna
ments. __
Grieve Through Megaphones.
At the recent funeral of K ng Noro
dum of Cambodia the official mourn
ers at the funeral gave voice to their
grief through megaphones, with much
effect.
Logical Deduction.
Wife—That boy takes art or you
more every day. Husband—Umphi
What’s he been doing wrrcng now?—
Melbourne Weekly Times.
IT. S. NAVY enlist* fcr font* y«*n**
young men of good character and aouifl
physical condition between the ag** of
17 and 25 a* apprentice eearaen; op;>* --
tunities for advancement; ray $16 to Uf»
R month. Electrician*. machinist*, black
*mithe. coppersmith*, yeomen (clerk**,
carpenter*, ahipfltter*. fireme-i. musi
cian*. cook*, etc., between 21 anJ 35 years
enl.Eted in special rating* with suitable
pay; hospital apprentice* to 28 y<*a i
Retirement on three-fourth* p.-y and al
lowance* after 30 year* service. App.i
cants must be American citizen*.
Free transportation from place of en
listment to Naval Station, and free < utrig
of clothing, amounting to $45. furnish- 6
every recruit. Upon discharge. rre«
transportation to place of enlistment For
full particular* addre«* Navy Recruit it g
Station. Postoffice Building. Omaha. X**h>
or Navy Recruiting Staton RUHR
BLOCK, 12th and O St*. Lincoln. Neb
Despair and disappointment are
cowardice and defeat.—Thoreau.
Lewis’ Single Binder straight 5e. Many
smokers prefer them to 10c cigars. V.^ar
dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, ill.
A Good Retort.
"An American quarter o? a dollar."
says the Crozier, “with the figure of
Liberty on it. i3 said to have looked
down contemptuously cn a copper
cent, with the bead of - -vl India*
on it, and to have said. .... you dark
skinned. feaiaer trimmed lrbarian.
do you call yourself a mil.” ‘Well,
whatever I am.’ said the t< >per cent.
‘I am oftener found in missionary
meetings than you are!”
Britain's Oldest Office.
The oldest office tinder the crown is
that of lord high steward, which was
in existence before the time of Edward
the Confessor; indeed, some authori
ties say that it was instituted by OfTa
in 757. For a long period this official
was second only to the king, and th#
office was for some time hereditary in
certain noble families.
Doing Ourselves Good.
Doing nothing for others is the un
doing of oneself. We must be pur
posely kind and generous, or we miss
the best part of existence. The heart
that goes out of itself gets large and
full of joy. This is the great secret
of the inner life. We do ourselves the
most good doing something for oth
ers.—Horace Mann.
The last naval engagement of the
Civil war was the capture of Fort
Anderson, N. C.
The average man usually has an
overwhelming desire to save money
when he is broke.