Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA. Beyond the “Dead Lina” Look around the world to-day, and see what some of the men who have long passed the “dead line” are doing, and what they have accomplished. Look at the young old military lead ers in little Japan who conquered great Russia. Oyama was 20 years past this fatal line when he won his great vic tories, and all of his corps command ers were past 50. Marquis Ito, the Grand Old Man of Japan, her greatest statesman, and the one who has done more than any other to make Japan what it is to-day, says Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine, is still active in the service of his country. Look at Diaz, president of the Mexican republic. Much of his best work has been done since he was 60. The em peror of Austria, one of the greatest statesmen on the continent of Europe, is about 77. Clement Armand Fal lieres, recently elected president of France, is 65. The leaders, the men of the greatest influence in our Unit ed States senate, have worn gray hairs for a quarter of a century. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, 84 years old, re cently made one of the strongest and most vigorous speeches, on the Pana ma canal question, that he has ever made. Joseph Chamberlain, nearly 70 years of age, is still the most bril liant statesman in England. He was 67 when he initiated his plan for fis cal reform. President Eliot, of Harv ard university, everything considered, has, perhaps, been the greatest uni versity president of his day, and near ly all of his greatest work has been done since he crossed the line of the comparatively “useless age.” His mind is still strong, alert and creative. Charles Hazlitt, consulting engineer of the city of New York, over 95 years of age, works in his office every day at drawings and plans—the most intri cate work. He is such an efficient worker that he has been held in office by every administration. Republican and Democratic, alike, for over a quar ter of a century. From Julia Ward Howe, in her eighties, to Sara Bern hardt in her sixties, women workers in all fields of endeavor, might be cited by hundreds who are doing great work in the world, their very best, though they have long passed the "dead line.” Sara Bernhardt, during this season in America achieved as brilliant successes as she did 20 years ago—she positive ly refuses to grow old. Robert C. Og den, at 80, is one of the most active members of the great Wanamaker firm. In fact, judging from the abundance of his ideas, his creative ability and freshness of view, he is one of the youngest men in the whole institution. Marshall Field was really in the prime of his manhood when he was stricken ■with pneumonia at 71. and by far the :most important part of his remarkable career came after he had passed the ■half-century mark. Unique Punishment. Forcing a cigarette smoker to give up for one year the use of cigarettes is the novel sentence a judge in Pennsylvania has passed upon a young man brought before him for obtaining goods under false pretenses. While the course of this court could not be fol lowed exactly in many cases, there is : something in the spirit of its ruling that will appeal to all who condemn indiscriminate punishment. The young man might have gone to prison for a year, but that would have marred his ■ life. Besides there may have been members of his family dependent upon him for support who during his ab sence would have suffered quite as :much as he. Always pursuing con ventional lines of punishment some of the shadow of the punishment falls ■upon innocent persons. This is inev itable. But in this case the offender is the only sufferer, and no one doubts that he will be very unhappy and sin cerely sorry that he ever went wrong. And what other ends can punishment have in view? Probably the most important step that has been taken in this country during the last decade has been in the direction of reclaiming arid and semi arid lands by means of irrigation. Vast tracts in the west and middle west are now richly productive that once were considered worthless tor raising crops. Deserts formerly given over to meager brush and cactus are now wonderfully fruitful Helds and gardens. In this development the de partment of agriculture has been a most potent factor. It has realized the dreams of the pioneers that were considered visionary and impractical. Mrs. Edgar Van Etten, of Boston, has declined the nomination for vice presi dent of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Massachusetts on tha grouted that the duties of the office would intertere too much with her domestic life, in which she says she finds her chief happiness. Acbllle J. Oishei, a New York lawyer, who was born in Italy and was formerly Marquis de Sauria, says that he would “rather be an American citizen than any sort of marquis. Achille, you're all right! According to late information the condition of Helen Keller, whose 1 health broke down some time ago, is much improved, but she is still unable to do any work. She is living at the home of her teacher, Mrs. Sullivan Macy, in Wrentbam, Mass. A Chicago man wants a divorce be cause he found hair in the griddle cakes that his wife made. A large number of men will watch anxiously to learn jflflk whether the courts will regard his plea ? a reasonable one. IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO^OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi PRINCE VON BULOW_ OUUltUUlcs a ixi an ia pu/uiiucuw/ public because of successful exploit, sometimes be cause of ill luck, disaster. Of late Prince von Bulow has fared hardly, we read of his illness, his probable resignation as chancellor of the German empire, of alleged diplomatic failure in the Mo rocco conference and miscarriage of colonial af fairs. Of a truth there is nothing so successful as success, nothing so unsuccessful as non-success. Prince von Bulow has had a distinguished ca reer, since 1900 been chancellor of the German empire. The German statesman is by no means an old man yet, was born in 1849, at Klein-Flott beck, Holstein. He studied at Lausanne, Leipzig, and Berlin, when the Franco-Prussian war broke out served his country as a soldier. A Bulow won renown as general, one as military historian; it is as statesman and diplomat the subject of our sketch, Bernard von Bulow, has risen to a leading i i piace. It was in 18i4 ne entered the German foreign office beginning in the diplo matic field as secretary of legation at Rome; served as secretary of legation also at St. Petersburg and Vienna, during the important period of the Russo Turkish war (1877-78) was charge daSaires at Athens, and was appointed sec retary at the Berlin congress. In Europe a man must have had long experience in diplomatic service be fore receiving appointment to an ambassadorship. Von Buloy further enlarged his diplomatic experience, at St. Petersburg and Paris and served as minister to Roumania, ere he was made ambassador to Italy, given this last post in 1893. In 1897 he was appointed foreign secretary, his policy one of imperial expansion. In 1899 Foreign Secretary Bulow concluded with Spain the treaty by which Germany asquired possession of the Caroline, Pelew and Ladrone islands. TO PROTECT BRITISH POLICY HOLDERS Since insurance matters have monopolized at tention we have had several unknowns come to sudden prominence; Investigators, heads of com mittees of investigation, "yellow dog fund” peo ple, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Over in Engjand a gentleman of title has recently taken a step in the insurance tangle which makes us over here look his way, inquire just who is this Earl of Onslow. The gentleman in question made a sug gestion in the house of lords which resulted in the announcement that the government would appoint a special committee to investigate American in surance companies with the view to legislation for protecting the interests of the British policy holder. In England the Earl of Onslow is well known, has held various public offices. In Balfour’s cab inet he was president of the board of agriculture, has served as under secretary for the colonies, I_parliamentary secretary to the ooara oi traae, governor and commander-in-chief of New Zealand, and under secretary for India. The Earl of Onslow is lord of a wide domain, owns 13,500 acres. He suc ceeded to the title and estates in 1870, at the time a youth of but 17 years. He was educated at Oxford. We are apt to think of the English leisure class as a set of very idle folk indeed, but this is by no means the case. An Englishman whose family has had money and social position for years, is born to certain duties, feels their insumbency from his youth, is trained to take them up. Generally he goes in for politics; sometimes from sense of duty, sometimes because it is "the thing." When one glances over so briefly at the manifold public interests of the Earl of Onslow, for instance, one makes silent vow hereafter to get more informa tion before classing men of title as idle pleasure seekers. INTERESTING LABOR LEADER Not Infrequently there comes across the At lantic word concerning James Keir Hardie, now parliamentary labor leader and formerly chairman of the independent labor party. The latest act of Mr. Hardie’s coming to our notice, was the pledg ing of the labor members of the British commons to temperance, inducing them to drink no alco holic liquors while the house is in session. This is interesting from many sides, and to us the thought occurs that if the saying "drunk as a lord” could be backed up by statistics, how great a power a body of united, sober labor members would be. But of course this is but a flight of fancy—all lords are not given to drunkenness any more than all labor members to abstinence. Keir Hardie is the son of working people, himself worked in a mine. His parents were SS5W Yxw r i Scotcn, ne was born in Scotland, some 50 years )J M ago. The little child, Janies, was put to work in _the mines at the tender age of seven and con tinued at this labor until his 24th year. One meditates on the fact that the child miner has become a man who has gardening as a hobby for his hours of leisure; it seems as though the lad of long ago doomed to sodden toil in dark ness underground was now reaping recompense. But let us turn to facts in the career of the labor leader. In his early ef forts in behalf of his fellows we find him selving as secretary to the Miners’ union. Presently he is editing the "Cumnock News,” later labor candidate for Mid-Lanark; in 1892 first elected to parliament, in 1895 defeated. Keir Hardie is owner and editor of the "Labour Leader.” ADMIRAL PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG The British public is very much incensed be cause Prince Louis has been promoted over the heads of many senior officers to be second sea lord of the admiralty. He stands very high in fa vor with King Edward, and is often sent by his majesty on special missions. The prince quite re cently visited Canada and the United States. Prince Louis is a big man in many ways, and connected with numerous of the sovereign houses of Europe. Yet he is the son of a morganatic marriage, his father, Prince Alexander of Hesse, having contracted a morganatic marriage with a mere countess, the Countess von Hauke. But the children of this marriage have done pretty well for themselves in spite of the “lowly” mother; three have married princesses of highest degree; one, Alexander, won fame fighting with the Rus maue> iu cue nussu-1 unusu war, ana was ior a period ruler of Bulgaria. The admiral’s brother, i Prince Henry of Battenberg, wedded Victoria's youngest daughter, tne Princess Beatrice. Though of Austrian birth, Prince Louis is a naturalized Englishman. He became a naval cadet back in 1868, and has advanced through many grades up to his present exalted position. Prior to his appointment as admiral he held the very important post of chief intelligence officer at the admiralty office. While the queen was alive, for a time he was in command of the royal yacht. Prince Louis is doubly related to King Edward; is brother-in-law to Ed wards sister, and the Princess Louise of Battenberg is the daughter of Ed ward’s brother, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Louis’ marriage with a Hesse princess makes him brotber-in-law and cousin of the czar and czarina and of the widowed Grand Duchess Serge of Russia. One brother married the daugh ter of Prince Nikolas of Montenegro, wherefore Louis is closely connected with the kings of Italy and Servia. Surely a personage. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND The Most Reverend John Ireland is widely wnown in this country, but of late his name has been especially to the fore, owing to the Bellamy Storer affair. Archbishop Ireland was born in Ireland, in county Kilkenny, came to this country when a young boy. He attended the Cathedral school in St. Paul, and later went to France to pursue the study of theology, was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 23. To-day he is one of the most distinguished prelates in America. The archbishop is closely identified with the northwest, with the advancement of which region he has long been vitally interested. He was but eleven years old when his parents settled in St. Paul, and after finishing his studies abroad he re turned to that city and was ordained there. In the civil war he served as chaplain with the Fifth Minnesota regiment. While rector of the cathe I I dral parlsn, ne was made coadjutor bishop of St. Paul, and in 1884, when Bishop Grace resigned, became bishop. In 1888 the see was made metropolitan, the title archbishop. Archbishop Ireland is a man of commanding personality, a man of zeal and of accomplishment. He has been identified with many important movements, done notable work for the cause of total abstinence, labored effectively for the colonization of the northwest, and for thp establishment of a Catholic uni veisity at Washington. Boer Claims Awarded, yhe British commission nppolntel to usamine into claims for compensation put forward by noncombatants whose property was injured or destroyed in the Boer war, has finished its labors, after awarding 947,500,000 In damages. Bog in Snake. A New South Wales farmer went out the other day and tied his small do# to a fence. On ^his return he found a large carpet snake attached to the end of the line and no signs of the dog. A STOCK FOUNTAIN. ; Automatic Water Supply for Poultry, Sheep, Hogs or Cattle— Easily Built. The automatic water supply foun tain shown in the picture can be ar ranged to water poultry, sheep, hogs or cattle. The construction is very simple an