Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA.
Anti-Dog League.
Although the dog is generally ac
cepted as being the truest friend of
the human race, he has his enemies
who are loyal to their hatred. An ef
fort of these people to get together
and give force and direction to their
antipathy has just begun, having its
origin with Ambrose Bierce, the es
sayist and satirist on the follies and
foibies of both canines and humans.
Mr. Bierce, says the New York Press
has all his lifetime been an enemy
of the dog and has given a great deal
of attention to projects for his re
moval from the face of the earth. In
the prospectus of the Anti-Dog League
it is set forth “that he is the only
one of our domestic animals whose
existence is due altogether to hered
ity. ne is an anachronism, a sur
vival, a heritage of shame. He is ad
dicted to more unmentionable habits
'than the number of hairs on his tail(
and in point of inutility he dominates
the situation like a brick ship in a
fishing fleet. True, he has enough in
telligence to fawn upon his master
(and his master enough to be proud
of the attention), but that is a matter
of thrift and signifies no superiority
to the courtier in his blindness. As
to the creature’s deeds of devotion and
fidelity to those whom he deems it
inexpedient to chew, they are mostly
narrated by those who have not in'
mind the example of little George
Washington. “Let the good work now'
begun go on until the entire plague
of besetters, disappoin ers, gravy
hounds, sirloiners, manglers, bedrag
glers, spick-and-spanieis, e»rly fra
grants, skyoodles, insulters, dalmna
tions, great scots and miscellaneous
afflictions are a memory and a tradi
tion of the unsaintly past.” The or
ganization of the Anti-Dog League
society is hampered by the fact that
its prospective members live at such
long intervals from each other that
they are aimost unable to assemble.
However, an organization of dog
haters was effected in Washington re
cently, which was able to elect a per
manent chairman and a correspond
ing secretary. Lntil a more numer
ous gathering of delegates is arranged
other offices of the organization re
main vacant for lack of persons to fill
them.
Women and matrimony.
Those who keep a close watch on
women's ways profess to see a de
cided faliiug off in enthusiasm
among the fair sex concerning the
right and opportunity to cook and t e
increasing fields in which they may
tin cl a chance to earn money cr gain a
livelihood. “Women are beginning to
find out,” says a close student of this
burning question, “that work is work,
after ml, and that competition grows
fiercer all the time. Young women
who come from the country districts
with high hopes of independence and
ideals about living their own life un
trammeled by old traditions soon learn
that it is a struggle harder than any
they might encounter at home. Then
their views change and they begin to
think much better of matrimony as a
vocation than they did before. It w.ll
be sonic time before this new feeling
will have much weight in lessening
the present rush of women into ail
avenues of labor, but there will be an
effort in time and the rush will sub
side. The shadow of independence
rather than the substance is all that
many women gain, and this is fc:.ng
slowly realized.’’
Ifriuas Perking Up.
These days of volcanoes and earth
quakes the Kansan looks at his occa
sional flood and sometimes droughts
and almost forgotten grasshoppers
with a commendable toleration. The
season may go dry or it may come
wet; there nuiy be a little hollow born"
among the cattle and a few chinch
bugs in the wheat; the wind may
blow the title to the laud over in thr
ner.t county now and then or droughts
may shrivel the coupons on the moit
gages once in awhile, but af'er ail
Kansas is a good place to live in
Even though the cyclone may gallop
along and remove a few of the Kan
sas farmers’ goods and chattels, me
wind brings him enough of Ills neigh
bors’ household goods on the low
er 80 across the creek to start house
keeping. And always, says the Em
poria Gazette, there is a chance to
slide into the ’fraid hole and let Lae
winds blow and ihe storms nge. Kut
an earthquake turns the 'fraid hole
wrong side out and shakes its occu
pants clown on thy under side of it.
Kansas is a mighty safe place for a
man to live in.
A genius of fertile imagination re
siding in ChilUeoihe, O., says that
during a landslide on Higgins hill the
other night an old stone well, 4u feet
deep, containing 15 feet of water, slid
down the hill 22 feet and remained
intact. An old windlass, at the top
* was not disturbed nor was the water
in the well made roily. Wouldn't that
jar your credulity?
The London Express asks the ques
tion apropos of earthquakes, etc.; “Is
the earth becoming unsafe?’’ WhaLs
the answer?
Easterners generally do not realize
the size of the state of California.
Many, no doubt, will be surprised to
learn that Los Angeles—founded by
the Spaniards in 1781 and named “La
Puebla ue Nuestra Senora la Reina de
Los Angeles” (City of Our Lady the
Queen of the Angels)—is 482 miles
from San Francisco.
Before we can have absolutely pho
netic spelling all over the United
-States we shall all have to pronounce
alike.
THE FUSSING SHOW II NEW VORK
Ths Gaikwar Came, Saw and Con
quered—Day of the Dog—Many
Italians in Farm Colony.
NEW YORK.—Seldom has a foreign prince
made a better impression in the metropolis than
that made by his highness, the Gaikwar oi
Barvoda. This potentate trom India was knowD
to be in the very highest rank of princess; he
was known to he enormously rich; he was
known to own $20,000,000 in jewels alone, to
have solid gold cannons to protect his private
quarters in the great Barvoda palace, and a
chariot overlaid with solid gold for his queen
to ride in. But what manner of man he was
New York did not know.
The Gaikwar came, he saw and he has con
quered. New York likes him. He is not bad
looking, lie speaks good English. He does
not wear his $5i)0.000 pearl necklace, hut just
plain clothes. He is earnest and democratic
He goes to places where he will meet peop.e
He want.; to Know auoui an Auiuiu.au euuuv
tion;„ n> t, ns. He believes in republics and isn't sure that India wouldn't
inak. n m 1 i' : ;>>.ic o tiie j• ople were ready tor it.
IP r, . r the Gaiawar's wife, her highness the Maharani, has made l
hit. She i a simple, sweet little woman, very gracious, ready and charming
I saw her tiie other day at a studio reception.
She dots all iue democratic things she would not dare do in India, wherf
her life is circumscribed by the-wails of a lovely garden.
New York cannot dazzle these orientalists. Nothing in this country cat
look gorgeous to the owner of a palace like that of the Gaikwar’s at Barvod?,
though the skyscrapers, bless them' do help out a little. They always servt
to astonish the foreigners when everything else fails.
SOCIETY DOGS AND DOG DOCTORS.
i ins nas ueen me worn ui me »uuw uj mv
Ladies’ Kennel association at Hempstead, anc
society has had a great out-of-door diversion
on the eve of the flitting season. Mrs. ’’Jimmy’
Kenochan, the famous huntress, has been a
leading spirit In this enterprise. Altogethe*
this may be marked as distinctively a smart set
function and the outdoor dog show is certaii
to grow in popularity each year.
Speaking of society dogs, it is no longei
considered extraordinary that canine hospitals
should flourish, or that very able veterinaries
should devote their life to dog doctoring. Tht
other day I met a well-known veterinary whc
remarked that he was very tired.
"I was up all night,” he said, "at a birth.”
"A birth?” I queried.
"Yes, a greyhound. Mother and children are
doing very
The mother was the petted darling of one of the richest and most fash
tonable households in millionaires’ row.
This doctor of dogs is a hard-worked, high-priced practitioner. His offices
are fitted up as elegantly as those of any fashionable doctor. He has a fine
operating table, with all the latest scientific appointments—and he ha:
many bites. In fact the bites are the one drawback to his career. Man;
weeks in the Pasteur institute have rather cut into his fine income.
A CITY FARWC NOVELTY INTERESTS NEW YORK.
tfanon nail s notion uiai uig pieces ui m*
used laud within tlie city, and often well within
the city limits, should not lie in waste, has re
suited in something practical.
A big piece of Astor land in the upper par’
of the town was turned over to the reformers
divided into half-acre sections, and little farm;
are springing up in an astonishing way.
Around the old Bank homestead on thf
Astor estate are clustered a curious group oi
city farmers to whom the concessions wen
made at a merely nominal rental. The work
has been carried on under the supervision of
H. V. Brute, an energetic young New Yorker
who lias carried out his difficult task with dis
cretion.
Many nationalities aro represented in thf
I -v - -_j colony. Li!■ hi liana ueiug sLrougiy 10 tut* ilh
I.t was a sentimental experiment, much ridiculed at the outset, but it i.'
already a success, a success of which the average New Yorker as yet know:
nothing at all.
This is one of the characteristics of New York—its ignorance of itself
The town has grown so amazingly on the suburban side ‘.hat more than eve
one-half doesn’t know how the other half lives. Sometimes it seems as i
tho one-half didn't care, until the settlement workers as reformers push for
ward with some new radicalism that, really counts.
A reform that is to mean something is the abolition many of the slum
sections lay the creation of parks. Chinatown is to go in this way. San
Francisco needed an earthquake to get rid of hers. New York is taking tin
simple expedient of a park.
“FIFEAK" BETEDING TO KISE.
aiOKT vr.uaute ot an iann m now torn prop
ably is that at Broadway an.t Wall street, and it
is just here, across the way from Trinity church
that the newest and queer st skyscraper is t<
be built. The owners of the ground eall them
selves the "No. 1 Wail Street Corporation,” ant
No. 1, Wall s reet now holds a low. old-fash
ioned building _'> feet wide. For a long time i
lias been Known from other sales that this lane
is worth over fCOO a square foot—square foot
not running foot—and various rumors as to sky
scraper plans have ehcoed in the Street fo:
years.
Now the tower is actually to rise. Twenty
five by forty will be the ground dimensions o
the building, its height will be "45 feet—18
stories. This is not a record height, of course
but the building will he the tallest for its grounc
size in New York.
it w in nave anotner peculiarity, i nave seen tne aretntoct s plans and
they show but one room to the floor—a big room upon which tha three eleva
tors open directly. Naturally this one room will be partitioned variously on
each floor.
The building will be of the newest steel construction anti trimmed with
statuary bronze. 1 fancy every inch of space in it is already rented .
A really sensational announcement is that of a Itm-story building to be
built on Broadway not far from Wall street. Probably this will come so-mt
day, but this announcements looks like the prophecy of a concrete company
Concrete, by the why, is the coming medium—it is already here. Steel am.
concrete—this is the combination, though 1 believe even concrete is no
earthquake proof. as the steel is.
IF THERE WERE WOlttEN POLICE
it was only a Joke, of course—though this
is denied—that so many citizens of Bayonne
should sign a petition asking for the appoint
ment of women policemen, lust the proposition
has occasioned a good deal of talk.
The proposition is not entirely new. Every
time local conditions become unbearable some
body suggests ||iat if women hail the manage*
ment of things they would be different. Womer.
police have been seriously and not merely sar
eastically proposed in many parts of the west.
In various quarters committees have been or
ganized. But they have not been real police
Nothing but a •'uniformed force" will answer
to the popular craving.
.Mayor Garvin, of Bayonne, has not yet ac
tivelv aided the policewomen idea. Mrs. Julir,
G itizier, the leader of th - movement, is quoted
a.s ug m«u so iar as imuurras are concerned tnere need lie no obstacle
Divided skirts and a “becoming'1 hat are quite possible—not merely a stag*
policewoman idea, but a practical one.
The difficulty greater than that of clothes, the difficulty of a division o!
labor between the policeman anil the policewomen, is said not to be impossi
ble. Women’s ciubs have taken up the question by declaring that an auxiliarj
police force of women is quite possible with a view to improving municipa
housekeeping. Women police need not be asked to arrest 300-pound men whi
are violent—though they would expect to tap spitters on the shoulder am
order them to the station—but they would report or arrest statute violators o'
many kinds, and in various ways help keep city streets decent.
One reformer suggests that women police could in no way be more serv
Iceable than in looking after the men policemen. They need a lot of watching
OWEN LANGDON.
OATH IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
The judicial oath in the Isle of Man
Is so quaint us to deserve printing. It
runs thus: “By this book and the holj
contents thereof, and by the wonderful
works that God hath miraculously
wrought in heaven above and in the
earth beneath in six days and seven
nights, I do swear that I will, without
respect of favor or friendship, love or
gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or
malice, execute the laws of this isle
justly between our sovereign lord the
king and his subjects within this isle,
betwixt party and party, as indifferent
ly as the herring's backbone doth lit
in the midst of the fish.”
Valuable Knowledge.
"You have been wonderfully success
ful in evading the responsibility fot
your country's boycott against Ameri
can goods.”
“Yes,” answered Mr. Li Lo, the emi
nent Chinese statesman. "I teamen
two very valuable things while study
ing civilized life at Washington, thd
two-step and the siae-step.”—Washing
ton Star.
CONQUERING SQUASH BUG.
Best Methods of Protecting the Vines
from the Ravages of This
Pest.
After the squashes, cucumbers and
melons are well started the squasn
bug makes its appearance. Those who
have a garden know the flat, rusty
black creature with its vile odor. In
spring or early summer the eggs are
laid on the leaves and stems of plants,
sometimes singly, but usually in
groups of from 12 to 50. They are
brownish-yellow and easily found.
Fortunately the insect confines its at
tention almost entirely to cucurbi- \
laceous plants.
As the bugs grow they scatter over j
the leaves, molting five times before
they reach maturity. Naturally the j
plaut is weakened by such attentions. I
k leaf that has nourished many bugs
will turn yellow, and if the pests are
numerous enough the whole plant may
be killed. It is sometimes claimed
that the bug stings the leaf and kills
It, but it would be more to the point
to say that the leaf is tapped and its
life-blood sucked out. In autumn the
adult bug crawls under a board, stone
jr rubbish and remains till spring.
The Nympha may be killed by a
spray of kerosene emulsion or tobacco
water, as their bodies are soft and
unprotected. But the old bugs are
proof against this kind of treatment.
Thfii hard-shelled backs protect them.
The most practicable remedy thus
far seems to be hand picking, says
the Orange Judd Farmer. It should
begin with the first bug and be
repeated at short intervals. The best
time for it is in the morning while
it is cool and the bugs sluggish.
A convenient way is to drop the
bugs into a can containing water witn
a little kerosene. The bugs will,swim
in clear water, but the film of oil on
the surface is sure death. Boards or
shingles placed on the ground are an
assistance in gathering the bugs. They
will seek these shelters in mid-aftfer
nocn and remain dormant till it is
warm in the morning, when they can
easily be gathered. Crushing the eggs
tn the leaves is a prevent ive measure
that should not be neglected.
So far as my experience goes, the
best way to guard agaiust, the bug i*
to plant the vines among potatoes. It
has rarely fount! them there . I have :
gr.own good crops of squashes in this j
way and found few or none of the in
serts, though in other places they
were numerous.
HAY DOORS IN EARN.
Placing Tracks for Them on an In
cline Will Facilitate Open
ing Them.
There has been great trouble in find
ing a suitable method of hanging doors
for unloading bay with fork or slings
from the outside of building. The
GOOD HAY BARN DOOR,
method described by my diagram we
think the very best. Place your track j
on an incline with the roof, and put j
on rollers on the doors at the same in- I
clinc. They will open very easily, i
says Rural New Yorker, an l shut hard,
bat they can easily be managed from '
Inside.
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MUZZLE FOR CORN PLOWING
Necessary Protection When Cultivat
ing the Growing
Crop.
This wire muzzle is very easy to
make and is much better than the I
[nail muzzle. For j
cultivating corn
or drilling wheat
in corn muzzling
is always neces
sary, says a cot- |
respondent of the Farm and Home, [
and I have made muzzles out of
smooth wire, like cut, which have j
proved first class. They do not scratch
the moss of the horses or trouble their
breathing as do cloth bags, etc.
JOTTINGS.
Try to harrow as soon after plow
ing us possible.
Two good stalks of corn in a hill is
the best number.
An even stand of three stalks of corn ;
to the hill is desirable-and will give
better results than more or less.
Most farmers take their chances cn
the germinability of seed. This fact
is the cause of much loss every year.
The quickest way to start sprouts of
Irish potatoes is to cut them in small
pieces, lay in flats, cover with sand,
and place them in a light, warm place.
. Why spend much time in trying to
make the bean poles set firmly? Just
tie them together at the top in groups
of four and so form pyramid-shaped
stakes.
Poor Seed Corn.
If late, poor seed corn is planted,
only an uneven stand may be expected,
with lots of barren or unfilled stalks.
Select ears which are even and well
filled at both ends, then shell and
run the grain through a fanning mill
with a strong blast to blow out the
email, light seed.
The Dairy-Bred Steer.
It has been demonstrated time and
again that dairy bred steers, when
properly cared for, make as many
pounds of beef from a given number
of pounds of food as do beef steers.
Only they don’t put on as large a per
centage of porterhouse steak and rib
roasts.
WKAT IS A GOOD ROAD?
A. Discussion by Edward K. Parkin
son, and Comment by Editor
Country Gentleman.
The best roads that have ever been
built were those constructed by the
Romans ten or fifteen centuries ago,
rnd which are to-day almost perfect
sxamples of what roads should be.
Their roads had a width of 30 feet,
and pavements of heavy stone at the
bottom, and often one or more layers
af stone bedded in cement to make the
road waterproof. The two cuts show
the best types of ancient Roman
roads.
It has been argued that such roads
would cost too much to build in these
days of high wages. To he sure, the
initial cost would be enormously
greater, but the final cost would, on
the other hand, be much less.
Some of the Roman roads are 1.600
years old, and are still in fair con
dition. I will say, for the sake ol
argument, that a modern macadam
road will last 20 years without hav
ing to be extensively repaired; at the
end of that time, however, the road
will have to be practically reconstruct
ed, at least to the extent of half the
original cost. So a new road will be
built and paid for every 40 years.
Therefore in 1,600 years, the age of
some of the Roman roads, we shall
have built and paid for 40 poor roate
Evan granted that a mile of Romar
road could cost 40 times as much as
a mile of our macadam road, which
it doesn’t, wouldn’t the loss of money
from obstructed traffic and inconven
ience be sufficient reason for building
roads that would last at least 10C
years? The old excuse, that the con
ditions are so different and our ell
mate so bard on roads, does not seen
to have much weight.
The truth is, we build our roads ir
such a hurry, and oftentimes with sc
little Judgment on the part of the en
gtneers, that the wonder Is, not that
VJ
TYPES OF OLD ROMAN ROAD.
they don't last long, but that they
last as long as they do.
Macadam, who was one of the best
modern road-builders, constructed ills
roads on the idea that when any road
bed is thoroughly underdrained, so as
to remain permanently hard, crushed
stone alone may be used, the pave
ment of Roman practice becoming un
necessary. Please note—thoroughly
underdrained, and crushed stone maj
be used. The point is. how many
macadam roadbeds are thoroughly un
derdrained, so that they remain p r
man ntly hard? I feel safe in say
ing not one in ten: in fact, the roads
built outside of cities and suburbs
are not. as a ruie, underdrained in
any way.
In France, which has perhaps the
finest roads in the world, the roads
are divided into sections, and one or
two men are put in charge of a sec
tion to keep it in perfect repair.
They are required to go over the
road every d y. and in every section
there is a toolhonsc, with a quantity
of stone ready for repair work al
ways on hand. The result is the cost
of maintenance is very low and the
roads last for years.
Edward K. Parkinson.
in commenting upon tne anove ar
gument by Mr. Parkinson, the edit Dr j
of the Country Gentleman says:
Mr. Parkinson has broached a sub
ject that certainly deserves most
earnest consideration. If a macadam
road becomes rutted and gutted the
first winter, it may be questioned
whether it is very much better in the
long run than the mud-hank it re
placed—that is, it will shortly revert
to a condition about as bad.
On the other band, the weight ol
expert opinion seems at present to
be against the attempt to build Ro
man roads in this country. Not only j
is the expense excessively great, but I
such solidity is unnecessary, with or
dinary care in draining. Thus Mr '
W. P. Judson, in his book on roads ]
and pavements, says that the Romar
roads “were remarkable for the.i
strength and durability, and for lit
tie else. If anyone were so unwise
as to attempt to build similar roads
now. the cost Would be from four tr.
eight times the present cost of oui
most expt nsive modern pavements
which are. in every way, better fet
modern uses, and upon which the
cities of the United States are *e.tti
mated to have expended half a bil
lion of dollars.”
Similarly the late Prof. Shaler do
clares that the Romans “built with
an utter disregard a to the relations
of strength and strain.” He adds:
“In the construction of the Rornat
road we note a crude perception of the
solidity which stone foundations af
ford, and also, in the cercent layer,
a recognition cf the importance of
keeping the road dry; beyond thfe.se
half-formed conceptions there is, in
these structures, no trace of engineer
ing skill. . . . The sections of the
Roman roads indicate that the con
struction was often three feet or more
in thickness even in places where ex
perience should have quickly told, as
it has taught moderns, that six or
eight inches of stone would hav:
served the purpose. In a singularly
clumsy way they combined' layers of
different substances, one placed above
another, usually with a block pave
ment on top. in such conditions that
no beneficial cfTect whatever could
have been gained from such accumula
tion. In general these roads, meas
ured in the cost of labor in this coun
try, must have cost from $30,000 to
$100,000 a mile. It is not too much
to say that at least three-fourths of
the expenditure was really wasted.”
Have Straight Hows.
Don't be satisfied with crooked rows.
Nothing adds to the appearance of a
field more than straight rows, be
sides they are more easily cultivated.
WOMAN ONCE RICH
NOW A VAGRANT
LANDS IN DENVER JAIL AS RE
SULT OF DRINK HABIT.
HAD COOD START IN LIFE
Married Wealthy Scotch Manufac
turer Who Obtained Divorce Be
cause of Her Fondness
for Liquor.
Denver, Col.—From a good social po
rtion in Scotland .as the wife of a
•ich manufacturer and the sister of
me of the richest women in northern
Scotland, and from a home that made
tecessary many servants to a cell in
he Arapahoe county jail, serving a
10-days' sentence for vagrancy, is the
■tory of Mrs. Joan Lorin.
Mrs. Lorin was arrested a few
lights ago by a policeman whom she
lad asked to direct her to a cheap
odging house. Justice of the Peace
Judson sentenced her as a common
SHE WAS ARRESTED AS A COMMON
VAGRANT.
vagrant, and afterwards she told so
pitiful and plausible a story of s em
ng abuse that several charitable ladies
ire now endeavoring to secure her
release. She said she had come
;o this country at the request of her
brother, a widower, to care for his
ihildren, but that last August he was
•narried and she was forced to- leave
ois home and earn her living as a do
nestie. Not being strong enough to
continue the drudgery of the work,
she was now penniless in a foreign
land.
The brother, Robert P. Milne, and
his wife, tell a different story. Mrs.
Milne is an English woman of the bi
ter class, well educated and evidently
of the greatest respectability. She
said:
“This affair distresses us greatly
My husband's sister has been of much
trouble to the family. It is because of
her habit of drinking.
“Xo woman ever had a more for
tunate beginning in life. She mar
ried into a family of rich manufa.^it
ers and her own father was a wealthy
banker. She has had everything that
money could buy, a splendid social p.
sitien and many servants, hut she
cannot leave drink alone.
“Her husband divorced her on this
account and she l as been of great snr
row u> us all since.
“Even after the divorce her bus
band 6 ered to give her five poundJ
sterling a week if she would leave
him in peace, but she could not. live
on this amount, which is a great d* a
more, comparatively, in Scotland that
in this country, bt cause of tho cheap
ness of rent, food, etc.
“In England she went from bad to
worse, and it was finally decided to send
her here.
“My husband did not even know that
she was coming. It was last Septemi
her, and we had just been married
She stayed with us for a fortnight
and then became restless because w«
are total abstainers and do not allow
liquor in the house. She wanted to gt
to Denver and my husband gave hei
the money.
“We did not hear from her and sup
posed she was getting along all right
until this latest episode.
"We would help her still, but w*
haven’t the means ourselves.
“It is not the first time she has
been in prison. If It wasn't for drinl*
she would be one of the most r©
speeted women in Scotland to-day, buv
she can't let it alone.
“All of her relatives have cast hei
off, and even if we did try to help bet
it would do no good.”
One of Mrs. Milne's brothers is a
captain in the English army.
A large number of women have vis
ited Mrs. Lorin in the county jUil anil
offered her their sympathy. A Mr.
Brown, who lives in South Denver
whose full name and address she did
not take but who said that he was. a
wealthy cattleman and had to leave his
family alone while making business
trips, told Mrs. Lorin that he would
give her a good hot®* and pay her to
stay with his children while hi w,.
away.
The matron also said that the emi
gration officer had visited* Mrs. Lorin
and offered her free transportation
back to her home in Scotland.
Human Hand Printed
Orv A Negro’s Flesh
Phenomenon Followed Shattering of
Tree fcv Lightning Without
Hurting Uncle Jasper.
Little Hickman, Ky.—“Uncle" Jasper
Brown, an ex-slave, nearly 9J year
old, was in a field one day recently
when a rainstorm set in, and he sought
shelter under the spreading branches
of a maple tree. Thunder and light
ning followed the rain and the tree T s
struck. The old man felt a sudden pain
in his chest, which he likened unto the
Sticking of needles. His right boot solo
was torn off and his foot was scorched,
but the bolt did him no further injury,
and he went home to Col. Braden’s
place, where he Is a pensioner; Th ■
pain in his chest was only momentary,
and he thought no more of it. The nex’
morning when he was dreeing he hap
pened to look in the mirror and saw a
big white patch on his breast.
He was frighteend, and called one of
the house servants, who in turn sum
moned the colonel, and the latter made
a careful examination. To his astonish
ment he saw that the white patch was
the clear outline of the fingers, thumb,
palm and part of the wrist of a human
hand. The edges were sharply outlined
and seemed to be slightly raised, so
that the hand looked to be imbedded,
palm outward, in the black flesh. It
was so perfect that the lifeline could be
seen clearly, as well as the wrinkles at
all the ting*: joints.
These lines and wrinkles faded away
within the next 2-f hours, but the white
Imprint of the hau l remained. The
fingers pcint upward and the thumb is
stretched out nearly a; right angles with
the palm. Uncle Jasper l: convinced
--
THE OLD MAN KELT A Sl'DDKN t’ALN'
IN HIS CHEST.
that he is doomed. Fie spends all his
time in prayer and looking into the lit
tle hand mirror, now his constant com
panion.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH TREE.
It Ip the CheiTy and Is Found Wher
ever the South Germans Rave
Settled.
In late April the countryside in
southeastern Pennsylvania is every
where white with cherry bloom, says
Indoors and Out. Here and there are
old trees three and even four feet in
iiameter, all birt dead but still put
ting out lush bloom from two or three
branches; trees whose height and
spread and girth would almost per
suade us that they were the first seed
■ings from the cherry orchards and
rherry lanes of our German ances
tors.
The gardens of old Germantown
were thick planted with the many sorts
of cherries dear to the hearts of South
Germans; the lanes of old German
town were cherry lined, and thence
for generation on generation cherries
had been bird sown over the sur
i -minding hills.
j There is hardly a township in the
‘ier of German counties of Pennsyl
vania that not its Cherry Hill or
Cherry Valley, and in the German
jounties nearer Philadelphia and be
tween the Delaware river and Mason
and Dixon's line you will find many
places named from the Sotfth Germans'
favorite tree.
There ai scarcely a cultivated town
ship in this district in which the
cherry is not. a conspicuous tree, it
lias followed the Pennsylvania Dutch
in their spread westward, and wherever
there are German communities in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa you
will'meet with cultivated cherries
about the farmhouses and along the
fences.
Sheep Buried Six Days in Snow D:if;.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Buried alive in
snow for at least six days, resurrected
and taken to a neighboring ranch and
restored to their nornikl condition, is
the history of ten head of valuable
bucks belonging to the L. U. Sheep
company. The animals were found by
searchers for the body of Pete Brother
son, who perished in tne recent storm.
The sheep were huddled under a shel
tering ritn rock, over which the snow
had drifted, completely covering them.
The herders who discovered the ani
mals aver they must have been com
pletely buried under several feet of
snow for at least six days.
Matter of Preference.
Mrs. Jubb I just hate to get on
railroad trains; so many people dia
that way.
Mr. Jubb—That's just the reason
why I hate to go to bed. So many
more people die that way.—American
Spectator.