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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1908)
HEW ARRIVALS IN GfliiADA NEARLY 800,000 IN ISO?. ABOUT SIXTY THOUSAND FROM THE UNITED STATES. Now that It is known that in the year just closed nearly sixty thou sand from the United States declared their intention of making their homes in Canada, it might not be out of place to search for some reasons that w ould bring this about. These people are but following the example of the fifty-five or sixty thousand who did the same tiling the year previous, and an almost equal number who the year before that but followed the example of the thousands of the year preced ing. An excellent climate, certain and positive crops of grain cf all kinds, good markets for their produce, land —and good land, too— at low prices easy terms of payment, (not forget ting the 160 acres of land given free by th° Government, particulars of which the Canadian Government Agent whose name appears elsewhere will tell you about) and then the splendid social conditions. The situation is pretty well sized up by a writer in one of the magazines. Quoting from this; article, we find this: "Those of us who made pood in the Slates." inter jected another settler as if to con tinue the story of his neighbor, "have had it easy from the start: a little money is a mighty good thing on com ing into a new country. But those who make an entry, or even buy lands at low rates, are able to square things in two or three seasons' crops. There are hardships iu building shanties, and then with increasing prosperity getting things into shape for better homes. But affairs go much as in the States. We have the largest liberty in the world: there is more home rule in the Frovinces than in the several states of the Republic. Taxes are light and with only a few million peo ple west of Winnipeg we don't get in each other's way. One's friends over the i.'ne probably thought we would not live through the winter: and while it is cold, real cold, it is free from the moisture experienced in the east. Schools are good as encouraged by the Government: the enterprising American promoter and Yankee drum mer see to it that we take notice of the latest improvements and best agri cultural machinery. Altogether we are as near to affairs as we would be on our own farms in the St3tes. Winni peg bears the same relation to us as Chicago did at home; and Edmonton with the surrounding region advances as Omaha did in the days when we were as young as the boys yonder. We get together much as they did in the granges over the border; the gov ernment has established experimental schools of agriculture, and progress in every line is stimulated. This is a great region for grazing,” we hear the Calgary citizen continuing, “and then with building elevators of wheat at one dollar a bushel, many of us find time to go over to the live stock ex hibition in Chicago or visit old friends during the course of th° winter. Every man is taken for what he is worth or for what he can raise; and in this good aif and on this fertile soil we intend to show our old friends that we are made of the right stuff— that we are chips of the old block who built up the American West.” ONE LESSON WHOLLY WASTED. Little Surprise Planned by Biiliger McSwat Not a Success. “Lobelia," asked Mr. McSwat, who was rummaging in one Of the closets, “have you done anything with that old coat of mine that used to hang on the last hook in here?" “Yes.” answered Mrs. McSwat. “I gave it to the Volunteers.” “You did, did you?" "Well, you'll be sorry to learn, perhaps, that there was a five-dollar bill in it which I was going to give you if I found that coat undisturbed at the beginning of March.” “O. I think not. Biiliger. I searched it thoroughly before I gave it away.” “You're a pretty smart woman. Lobelia, but it didn't occur to you to look inside the lining." “O. yes. it did, and I found the five dollar bill. I spent it for the rubber plant in the front parlor that you have admired so much and wondered how I managed to buy out of my allowance. You’re a pretty smart man Billigei. but there are times when you dots t look the part.” There being no further business be fore the house, Mr. McSwat adjourned without form. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essentia! being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the ] improved appearance of your work. His Great Fault. “Yes,” said the would-be author. “I’ve taken a home in the country, but it will be necessary for me to engaee a gardener. There's quite a plot of ground around the house; too much for t*e to handle.” “Yes.” replied Crittick, “you never couid handle a plot, could you?”— Catholic Standard and Times. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. a.* they cannot reach i the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or cmwitl- 1 tutlonal disuse, and lr. order to cure It you must take interna) remedies. Ball's Catarrh Cure la taken in ternally, and act* directly on the blood and me coos surface*. Hair* Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi cine. It was prescribed by one of the best pbratclan* In this country for year.- and 1a a regular prescription. It la composed of the bear tonic* known, combined with the beet blood purifier* acting directly cn the mucous surface*. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients !* what produce* such wonderful re •ulta In curlcc catarrh. Send for testimonial*, f^ee F. .7. CHEN'FT A CO., Props., Toledo, O Fold bv Drupelets. price TSc. Take HalVa Family Pills for constipation. A Gentle Request. “Charley, dear,” said young Mrs. forkins, “I wish you wouldn't pay so much attention to the personal popu larity of horses this year.” “What do you mean?" “You have a dreadful habit of pick ing out animals who are'favorites be fore the race and absolutely friend less after.” 'FIRE FIGHTING, PO LICE AND PRISONS IN JAPAN ! The Funny Things One Sees in Smiling Round the World By MARSHALL P. WILDER (Copyright, by Jusepli B. Bowles.> One evening while going through a j street in a Japanese town. Yokohama I 1 heard a clanking sound at regular in j tervais, and found it was made by a ! man w ho as he walked alone was ; striking a sort of sword on the ground , At the concussion two plates ol ! bronze or brass were driven together making a metallic clang. 1 was told that he was a watchman, paid by con tributions of a few sen a month from j the households along the way. As he i goes about, changing his sword, it is 2 I comfortable assurance to these peo | pie that all is well. This watchman is for fire chiefly as the houses of the Japanese town are mostly all of wood, and a fire once started means widespread de struetion before it can be got unde: control. On a little cart are also carried two folding screens of asbestos, aboul five feet high, with which the men pro tect themselves when facing the fire To anyone familiar with the Americar fire departments the whole outfi; seems like a toy. The police department will mucr j better bear comparison wi:h those o: other countries than the fire depart ment. 1 was told that about 125 police be long to each station house. Thei: names are written on little blocks o: w ood, in red on one side, and black 01 the other. The men are on duty it the station house for two hours—anc outside for two- hours, and the little blocks are turned as they come in 01 go out. the red or black showing th< superintendent at a glance just when the men are. We were shown the cells, whict were about ten feet square, fairlj ; light, very airy, and immaculate!} they clutched each other an* Ft rain ing and struggling each strove to dis lodge the other's feet from the floor. All at once one of the ir.en made a quick move, which it would be itr.pos- j ! sible for me to explain, and his antag onist was hurled backwards over his ' shoulder, landing on the mats with a terrific thud. This performance was gone through ! with a number of times with infinite ; variety in tactics and methods of I bringing altout the fall, the most mar l velous skill and training being dis played. in addition to the male wrestlers of i Japan there is one hand—and one j only—of women wrestlers—Amazons j of enormous strength, who travel about ! giving exhibitions. Their physical ! beauty and development are wonder 1 fill, and they create the greatest en thusiasm and admiration wherever j they appear. Every man on the .Japanese police j I force is required to become proficient i ( in the jiu-jltzu. Every day there is practice, with the 'test teachers, front eight a. m. until noon. About 20 at a time take part in this practice, wrestling with the masters or each other, so that each man's turn in the school comes about once a week Fencing is also a part of their edit catioii. not for practical use, but mere ly to make them quick and supple. They practice with long bamboo swords, wearing wadded hoods and gloves. There did not seem to be any exact skill about it. the men simply rushing i at eaeh other, striking and slashing, holding the sword in both hands, the principal object seeming to be which one could yell the loudest. After the regular modern jiu-jutzu. two young tn<n gave an exhibition for my edification of the ancient form of the art. it was not so easy nor so fin ished as the modern method, and was performed with such ardor that arms and elbows were cut rather bad ly on the sharp edges of the mats. The principal feature of their enter tainment was the fiendish shouts with which they inaugurated each clutch. With ail this splendid training in quickness, adroitness and the wonder ful muscular jiower it develops a crim inal has no chance al ; 11 with a Jap anese ixdieeman. One of my party re marked that lie should like to see the Broadway squad try to do the things we were looking at. I am very much afraid a member of that august body would be like a man of straw in the hands of one of Japan's quick, cat-iike policemen. ****** At the Sugamo prison in Tokio 1 i found many feature: that to an Ameri ' can were unusual. HERE WAS THE SCHOOL FOR THE FAMOUS JIU-JITZU. clean. 1 here were but uve prisoners at the station house, all detained for petty offenses—rickshaw men over charging. and similar arraignments. Their names were on little wooden tags hung outside the door. These were turned inside, however, and upon no consideration to be looked at ex cept by the proper authority. The side that is clear has only the date of incarceration, and length of sentence printed on it. The guard opened a couple of occu pied cells, showing the prisoners, one man alone in one cell, while three together were in the other . They looked very" comfortable, kneeling on straw mats, which are also their beds. While on our tour of inspection the most frightful cries came at intervals from one part of the main building. As they continued 1 began to be assailed by a nervous apprehension that I might be called upon to witness some horrible ‘orture. for I felt sure that nothing short of that could call forth such unearthly yells. When i was conducted into a large room, where about 20 men in very ab breviated white linen suits were squat A Japanese Policeman. ting about the edge, the shouts were explained. Here was the school for the famius jiu-jitzu. which is acknowl edged to be the most effective and deadly form of wrestling. We were given seats on the edge of a platform, and two muscular Japs I sprang onto the mats in the middle : of the room. First they bowed, by j squatting down, leaning their left hand on the floor, and bowing their heads. Then standing erect, first one, and then the other gave vent to one of the blood-curdling cries I had heard. This is the challenge, intended to in- : tl m! date the antagonist. Suddenly ! The corridors of cells were arranged ! like the spokes of a wheel, one war | den sitting on a platform that was the hub. Labor is saved in this way. for one man can watch five corridors of 28 cells each, making in all 140. There | are two of these wheels built in the inner court of the prison, so that 280 cells are watched by two men. who sit j on revolving stools and. by turning, can take in at a glance the five cor ridors intrusted to their vigilance. A head warden sits between the two w-heels and maintains a general super vision. so that practically the entire number of prisoners are watched by | but three men. There is another inclosure where! there are cells for punishment. The ! i most severe form is the dark cell. where prisoners are punished for in | subordination. They cannot be con I fined in this cell for more than 11 days | at a time. | The cell for the nest less severe I I punishment has a little light: so. in j gradation, there a*-e several cells for varying degrees of punishment. The prisoners all work in different shops at basket-weaving, makinsz; mats, ; iron utensils and all sorts of things for which there is a ready market.. They work from 6:30 a. m. until 11. when they have their midday tneal. This is priori; ally rice and quickly eaten. Until 12 they rest (sitting comfortably on straw mats). Advantage is taken cf this time for one of the four resident chaplains to give the prisoners a talk. The day I visited the prison it was during this midday rest, and the men in two largo work rooms were sitting quietly listen ing to a Buddhist priest Standing be fore a small altar, that looked like a I reading desk he was placed in a pas , sageway between the two rooms, thus enabling the men in both rooms to j hea- him. He wa- talking earnestly. probably pointing out the error of I their ways and exhorting them to lead | better lives in the future. At 3:30 the work of the prisoners is j finished, so it nu:v seem they lead a I life of comparative ease. It struck me as rather an induee I ment to crime, for they live better j than, and do not work nearly as hard : as. the average Japanese laborer. Every man is credited with a certain j amount of wages for the work he does, I and the money given to him when he is discharged, so that he does not leave the prison penniless. Every method seemed most humane j and the prisoners treated with kind j ness in every way. The same consid eration in regard to revealing their I identity is practiced here, as in the police stations. Outside of each man's cel! is a wooden sign with his name, age. crime and the length of his sen tence printed on it. But a little extra tag comes down and hides his name. After my inspection I came away with the idea that to be sent to prison in Japan was not the worst thing by any means that could befall a man. ! SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE. Vividly Described by One Who Has Suffered from It. Mrs. H. Mutzabaugh, of Dnncannon. Pa.,says: “I was sick and miserable al! last Spring and as I did not know what was the matter I kept going down and down until I was a physical wreck. I had smothering spells, flashes of heat over the kid neys and pain in pass ing ihe kidney secre tions. which contained sediment.. Mr husband urged me to try Doan’s Kid ney Pills, and at last I did so. They did me much good, and I used in all eight boxes which restored me to per fect health.” Sold by ai! dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. THAT OFFICE YARN. Mrs. A.—I think offices are horrid. My husband is out all day and says he is looking for an office. Mrs. Z.—How funny; Mine is out late nights and says he is detained at the office. Couldn't Spare O'Connell. Daniel O'Connell had got a man off at one time for highway robbery and at another for burglary; hut on the third occasion, for stealing a coasting brig, the task of hoodwinking the jury seemed too great for even his powers of cajolery. However, he made out thai the crime was committed on the high seas and obtained an acquittal. The prisoner lifted up his hands and eyes to heaven and exclaimed: "May the Lord long spare you. Mr. O'Connell —to me!” Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if she right Starch were used, la order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of vary ing thickness, which nc.t only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear ing quality of the goods. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can he applied much more thinly because of its great er strength than oth-r makes. The Wrong Tense. Dorothea's father was sitting before a winder.* in his country house with Dorothea on his knees. He was look ing across the fields with unseeing eyes, when the lassie broke in on his reverie with, "What are you looking at, papa? "I was looking into the future, my dear." "The future, papa! I thought it was Into the pasture!"—Harper's Weekly. Lest He Forget. Church—What's that piece of cord tied around your finger for? Gotham—My wife put it there to re mind me to mail a letter. Church—And did you mail it? Gotham—No: she forgot to give it to me!—The Congregationalist. In a Pinch. Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smart ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. Lt's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Accept no sub stitute. Trial package. FREE. Ad dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Rea! Calamity. “And are you out of work, my good man?" inquired the kind lady whom he met. 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Mrs. Wlndoff'R Soothing Syrup. Tor children teething, softens the gums, reduces In flamiuat.oa. allays puli,cures wind collu. 25cabottie. Xo honestly exerted force can be utterly lost.—Froude. MADE HIS MEANING CLEAR. Professor's Son Translated Father’s Speech Into the Vernacular. A college professor, in company with his son, was enjoying a walk in the country, when he met an old farmer. It had been a very wet sea son, and the professor, thinking to start the conversation in a way that would prove interesting to the farmer, remarked: ■'There has b»en a rather abnormal precipitation of late." The farmer seemed somewhat em barrassed. and the professor's son, who used a different vernacular, though he was a student in the college to which his father was attached, at tempted to straighten out the matter. Drawing the farmer to one side, he Eaid in a superior way: "The governor means that we've been having a devil of a lot of rain.” —Harper's Weekly. Important to Mothers. 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