Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - • NEBRASKA.
Wives cf the Night-Riders.
The night-rider wears . bl_ck mask.
Some of them may make their own
masks, but the chances are that there
are many Kentucky housewives who
have sat down w.th a piece of black
cloth on their !e; s, a pai.
of scissors have ctr. the holes in the
goods, in order that th" cloth might
net interfere with the vision, ana have
sewed the strings to the piece of
goods in order that it might be tied
securely around tl.-i.' husbands heads
In doing this. says "he Cincinnati En
quirer, the chances are that these
women have been prompted by the
same spirit that the mothers ar.d
wives were actuated by when they
fitted out their -ons and husbands
when they left for service in the Con
federate and Union armies, back in the
GOs. Then, again, the wives are
bound to be- in <>11 ’he secrets of the
night-riders, because i* would be nec
essary* for these men to account to
their wives for their absence at night.
An explanation might be made once or
twice, but it would Lot suffice for any
length of time The exhaustion of
limb, body and mind of the rider ar.d
his horse cou.'d n * Ire kept secret from
the wife, and this- who have read and
heard of the operations of the horse
men have no d- ubt that, while they
are scurrying *fc: :uh the country on
their mission of warning, and some
times of devastation, the wives of ail
of them are kee; ;ng a li nely vigil a*
home and each r.e is wondering
w hether the bat;d will be attache j and
if it should be. whether her husband
will escape with hi- life.
Endowed Theaters.
Sir. GranYil!- Bart - 'he Ena'.ish
actor-manager. who it likely to. be the
director of the endowed theater in
New York, says that if plays were
judged simply for their value as dra
matic literature and were performed
without the idea of pleasing the multi
tude or of a long run. the result would
be a wonderful improvement of the
drama." Jus- how he makes this out
is not clear. Plays that experienced
managers think will not please the
majority of theater-goers can only be
produced in endowed theaters, and if
in the latter place the;’ prove to have
popular qualities such a fact will help
to encourage more high-class produc
tions perhaj s. i: :r if they please only
the select few the average writer of
plays will prefe • ,tudy the tast« : of
the genera! p..b. • and produce work
according y. Critic-, says the Indian
apolis Star, often recommend boohs to
the public whif: -he : ublic rubb mly
refuses to read. It will reject ns em
phatically play- that it does not like,
even though the elect patrons of an
endowed thea'er pronounce them
good.
Great Britain has adopted measures
of reform in the military service. A
feature of the system is the disband
ment of the volunteer” organization,
which approximated that of the militia
in the United States, and the substitu
tion therefor of a territorial army.”
The changes made are much after the
same order as those assured by the re
organization of the American regular
establishment and the closer assimila
tion of the National Guard to the
standing army. The tendency in both
countries is to do away with military
frippery and to promote efficiency
England's volunteers were a showy
body, but did not meet the require
ments of a really up-to-date military
organization, and the authorities over
t. ere seem to have learned a lesson
from American procedure.
The bishop of London, in a recent
call on the Anglican clergy and laity,
emphasized the need of greater ac
tivity by religionists of every name
if London were to be sa/ed from re
verting to a godless, religionless state.
It is encouraging to read that the
chief officials of the Protestant. Roman
Catholic and Jewish communions in
London are planning to work together,
says the Boston Herald, and are to en
list their adherents in a joint demand
on parliament for certain remedial
legislation. They are wisely planning
to accept as allies the radical labor
party.
A trade hygienic institute is to be
established in Frankfort, Germany)
where all matters appertaining to the
health and protection of German fac
tory operatives and the working
classes in general are to be studied
and taught.
Since the city waterworks of Cin
cinnati were moved ten miles up the
Ohio river, the number of typhoid fe
ver cases has fallen off more than 5(
per cent. It is an achievement thai
fully justifies a feeling of deep satis
faction.
ifishop Fallows said to a Chicagc
congregation that “People ought to be
ashamed that they do not live to be
100 or 120 years old." But there are
some who ought to be ashamed that
they have lived as long as they have.
Yale university falls into line and
complies with the demand for high.'i
education that will be useful to the
business man. The university has
adopted a commercial course and is
preparing to make this a valuable pari
of the tuition of students.
Fifteen thousand dollars' damage*
for libel is the ultimate result of i
"muck raking" article in one of the
popular magazines. The writer, re
marks the Providence Journal, evi
dently had hold of the wrong r“ke.
V
WASHINGTON.—A cal
filiation of the an
nual cost of main
tain in:: individua
types o 1 craft in th<
British navy was re
centiy made by Admiralty Sec retar:
Edmund Robertson Bj this it i:
shown 'hat it cos's 51.lS7.5i-'> to kft|
a British battleship in commission on<
tear. A destroyer involves an annua
outlay of 5*>.500. a torpedo . -at $
WO.
It was with cable brevity 'ha- thesu
figures were transmitted. The eaor
mous sum required ’o maintain a bat
tleshlp for a year makes one w-.nde
if there has not been some error
transmission. Tha' a vessel costing
j say. IG.OOO.OOfi should in the course o
less than six years equal i's entir<
original cost in the mere matter o
maintenance would seem inconceiv
able a: firs’ glance But when oo
compares the fieurc.- utven with on
own expenditures in this direc’ion th<
calculations do not seem to be si
much astray. The Sat cos; of main
talcing an American battleship in t orn
mission in no instance ecuT- or near
ly equals, th- sun. which the admit
ally secretary finds is neces-ar;. fo
DE-CTP-CYZR or THU "-^T
'he- maintenance of a British battle
,~bip. But it is likely that he has it
| eluded ir. this estimate? the cost of th
1 establishment which maintains th
] ships. No mathematician has yet fif
i ttreel out the cost of our ships of wa
| on lines which would include the cos
' of yards, docks, etc. if this wer
dene it would be found that under ou
i present very absurd system, or rathe
j very absurd lack of system, in ce>r
I ducting naval affairs, the? cost of mair
taining a British battleship would be
1 peior. cheap, and tawdry thing in con
parison with the? cost of maintainin
an American war vessel of the sam
type.
Over a Billion Since Spanish War.
The new navy, which dates from th
Spanish war. has cost to date $1,244
651,000. Of this sum $509,000,000 ha
been expended on ships. The rest ha
gone to the maintenance of th^ nava
establishment. The cost of maintei
ance of individual types is shown in
series of tables prepared by the hi
reau of supplies and accounts and ii
corporate^ in the annual report of th
paymaster general of the navy. Du:
ing the fiscal year ended June
1907, the cost of maintaining the 1
battleships which are now in the Pj
cific t\as as follows:
Name.
Alabama .
Illinois .
K*-arsargc .
K-ntuck:.
1 Louisiana .
Ohio .
Rhode Island -
Virginia .
Missouri .
New Jersey .
Maine . --
Connecticut .
Georgia .
Kansas .
Vermont .
Minnesota . .
Mont!
Cost of i n
Maintenance. Con
..
... 479.JI2.45
. .’1G.S31.11
... 52»*.13S.7s
♦L'G.4v4 ,«5
. . .
.. (ZX.3Q6.9S
. 56S.183.97
r,:« ,2fc>.4*;
... £>'.4 VI. 85
... 41'i.”*31.02
... 325.915.2*
... S7.87
... 1
... 147.185.n9
These figures show that it . cost
considerably more than $500,000
year to keep a battleship in comini!
sion. The Connecticut, flagship of th
fleet, may be chosen as an exaropl
of the various directions in which th
money is extended. During the nin
months of the fiscal year the mail
tenance of that vessel cost 1410.531.0:
Of this amount *232,749.£8 was for th
pay of her officers and crew. Con
muted rations amounted to $lS,S7G.9i
For pilotage and postage the sum c
$1.til7.71 was expended. The value c
stores expended in the various depar
tnents was as follows: Ordnanci
$11,645.09; construction and repai
$7,339.62; steam engineering. $33
£29 45; equipment, $7,287.09; supplie
and accounts, $42,233.45; repairs t
HEREDITY IN NATIONAL LIFE
Past History of a People Determines
Their Present Character.
In the evolution of races and na
tions we find at the outset two general
laws, the one self-evident, the other
i not apparent at first sight, but equally
! demonstrable, according . o David
I Starr Jordan. The blood % a nation
. determines its history. This is the
! first proposition. The second is, the
history of a nation determines its
blood. As for the first, no one doubts
that the character of men controls
their deeds. In the long run and with
masses of mankind this must be true,
however great the emphasis we may
lay on individual initiative or on in
dividual variation.
Equally true is it that the present
character of a nation is made by its
past history. Those who are alive to
day are the resultants of the stream
of heredity as modified by the vicissi
tudes through which the nation has
passed. The blood of the nation flows
in the veins of those who survive.
Those who die without descendants
cannot color the stream of heredity.
It must take its traits from the actual
i«rentage.
Fungus Kilts Bark Beetle.
The bark beetle which for several
years has been working havoc in the
valuable pine timber of the Black
hills. South Dakota, has apparently
! Iteen given a check by a fungus which
' linds in the dying trees a congenial
j place of lodgment, and at the same
j time kills the beetles in the bark.
There is hope, therefore, that the
worst of the scourge in that region
has passed.
Unique New York Lot.
The only lot in the oider part of
New York city which has never had
a house on it is a plot 60x90 at the
northeast corner of Klghth avenue and
Fifty-sixth street.
hull machinery, and emit; age. $04
2
Gun P_act :e Is Costly.
! The $:’..* 4.'.OS txpended for ord
- nanc* was mainly for The powder anc
shell used a- Target practice. A cotto
spondent who is with tht fleet °s:i
mates that the cost of tht- ammunitini
expended a- target practice in Magda
• lena bay alone foots up to a 'otal cos
i of $150,000 • That exptndi iri ." h<
says, in giving the views of the offi
ce:s. is not expensive. On the con
■ trary. it is the best money .- tent hj
the Cured States na : It is tli- pre
• nifiim of insurance paid annually fo;
• efficiency, and it will prove its value
; if these shit's ever get into war
. ; There'll be no hit or miss oi reckles;
■ heltes-skelter shouting the;
Congress and the navy its* A hav*
long been divided over the relativt
value of the i>attle»shii» and th*
armored ct ui.-er In spilt f much up
position on the part of those who be
1 lieve that battleships, vessels whief
i cost but '.title more to build, are in
finitely superior to the armorec
cruiser, ten vtsse's of this type havint
been recently added to the Anr-ricai
navi The opjiorierits of the armorer
cruiser can now point to the vas
•JLTJIZS/,
- I sum? which it requires to maintaii
them. The tables prepared by th<
r paymaster general show ’hat whih
tj-.e ..arti-shi, - av< ratt*- a little mor<
than $500/*00 a year, the armorer
isers average more *han $700,000.
t j The squadron of this type, which i:
under the command of Rear Adniira
Dayton, and known as the "Hig Four.'
r * is composed of the West Virginia, th<
Colorado, the Pennsylvania, and th<
Maryland. For the fiscal ended Jun<
r 30 the West Virginia cost $755,151 47
thi Colorado $706,057.16, the Pennsyl
? vartia $7:5,111 if*, and the .Marylanc
- im:
Cavalry of the Navy.
The armored cruiser has been tom
' pared to cavalry. A distinguisher
naval officer says :hat ir is not com
’ , parable to cavalry. Moreover,” h<
s adds, "no one has proved that a navi
. needs anything comparable to the car
' airy. It is not comparable to the oav
alry for the reason that it has no
1 nearly the same si>eed. relatively t<
the other vessels of a fleet, that tb<
cavalry lias to the other branches o
an army; ami because it has not near
ly the same ixiwer, either offensivi
’ or defensive, relatively to the othei
ships, that the cavalry has to th«
l" other branches. And a person woult
have to labor hard to prove that i
navy needs something comparable t<
1 cavalry: for how can one find on tlx
] I open sea. and within the restrictet
; i space which even the largest enemy'!
; j fleet can cover, any opportunity fo
: those quick surprises, or those suddei
5 attacks on exposed lines of oommuni
- cation, stretching away for miles
y which is one of the principal employ
mems of cavalry; and can one ever
imagine a squadron of armoret
* cruisers making a. charge in batth
against battleships at ail comparabb
s , to those charges of cavalry whicl
a again and again in history have beet
; hurled with irresistible violence
e against a vulnerable point?”
e This officer does not wish to be mis
e understood as questioning the useful
e ness of armored cruisers; he merely
i- questions the logicalness of an oft-re
' peated argument. "But at the sami
e time," he says, "it may be well t<
i- point out that, though we can find i
I. use for our armored cruisers, now tha
f we have them, yet nevertheless, if w<
f had ten battleships instead of our tet
armored cruisers, our fleet would b<
■. much stronger."
Ccst of Establishments.
. As has been said, no one has yet fig
s ured out just what our ships cos:
a when the cost of the establishment i:
included. The one who has made the
nearest a. ; . ach to it is Pay Inspector
John A Madd. In a paper which is
’'isheti in the naval institute, this
distinguished officer says that of the
hundred millions annually appropri
ated for the navy's support t IS.000. OOP
n round numbers is spent to pay the
wages of labor in navy yards.
This amount, says the pay inspector,
is nearly equal to what it costs to sup
port the fleet in commission. The ae
• ounting for the actual disbursement
; of these eighteen millions is thorough.
too thorough, perhaps. The accounting
'or why the money was spent is
> :nplj the unregulated and generally
■ unexamined show of results, with lit
tle or no proof That the results equal
ilie values expended.
For the fiscal year of IPOS he adds
•hat the cost of maintaining all ships
m c mmission was $23,655,950.41.
Returns fur this year show that there
was spent for repairs to hulls, ma
chine v and equipage of the ships
$5.550 • 01. Thus the total cost of
:he floating part of the establishment
during the year, excluding cost of new
construction t $31.764,550.59 alone t
was $25,206,259.42. It cost during the
same fiscal year to maintain all the
navy yards and other shore stations
SI l.HS.OSo.&l. Besides this there was
• xtended for buildings, chattels, etc.
and for machinery at these places the
sum of J9.5S9.1S3.M9. making th* total
of the ."a! maintenance cost of the
shore part of the establishment $20.
•'•91.263.90. Of cou'se this latter fig
ure does not include the work done at
the yards on or for ships: it is solely
the cost of keeping the yards in such
shape a? -o fit them for doing their
work for the floating pa: - of the estab
lishment. This cost alone of main
taining the shore plant wtas tr.or-- than
• vo-thirds the cost of the floating
part, the fleet.
Extravagance cf Shore Plants.
Enumerating the various other ex
penses of the yards and sta-ions. the
i pay inspector makes the flat assertion
iat over half of the total appropria
tions for the navy are absorbed by the
• shore plan's. Of the finished product.
; the warship in commission and be
1 yond the cohtroi of the land establish
ment force, there is, he says, little to
i say. Admitting the absolute necessity
! for that product, finished as it is to
day. its administratiom away from the
navy yards, is apt to be economical
i enough, comparatively speaking. It is
about the accounting for -he necessity
for the expenses of the huge establish
• -
cr SS96 -:a?9
® neat that supports the fleet that there
, should Ik- concern.
The paymaster thus pays his re
spects to the bureau system of the
navy department: “The bureaus." he
l says, "do not represent principalities
\ within ciear, uncrossed dividing lines.
There are portions of the iiersonnel re
, source* that, directly or indirectly, are
under the influence of more than one
bureau, and there are jiortions of the
money resource that cannot be ex
pended properly by one bureau with
out advice or suggestion from another.
This necessitates coordination in or
der to accomplish. What an accept
1 able, inspiring word coordination is!
The mention of it brings one's '
thoughts to peaceful achievement, to
modern triumph over that business
demon, waste. In the navy it means
something like the general peace in
' Europe, where the dusty boundary
stone is not needed to mark division
between neighboring mighty states,
the demarkation being more clearly
shown by unbroken lines of waiting
bayonets. Such is coordination to-day
among the bureaus.
Defects in Present System.
' Knowing that navy yard work. ,
even under businesslike administra- |
tion. cannot be done, with the neces- j
sary government methods to contend I
with, as cheaply as similar work in j
commercial shops, let us be libera!- !
minded. Then, also knowing that for
i every boat tiller made there are thou
sands of pick handles and lawn mow
er:* let us admit that the minimum
price of boat tillers made at the yards,
one dollar, is a just and proper value.
Does this give excuse for manufactur
ing others at three dollars each?
When 40 metal ^stateroom boxes, for
officers' uniforms, were made at one
yard for' $567, was it good policy to (
- manufacture 40 more, at the same1
time, at another yard not many miles
away and with the same resources, a*
a cost of $1,250.76? Where one yard
was able to make 808 diuy boxes for
$1,899.77. was it just to the Money for
the Xrvy to spend $4,259.66. at the
same time. aT another yard, in making
a similar number?
Prices Vary Greatly.
The boats for the battleships
are built, as to kind, on the same
mode! and of the same material. Re
cent!;.. at one yard, it cost S1.S90.63 *o
make a 30-foot steam cutter, while at
another, not many miles tfway, it cost
$2,681.62 to build exactly the same
kind of boat, to put on itoard the same
kind of battleship. A 30-foot barge
$671 8 at 1 and 11.15
another. Several 20-foot cutters cost,
on the average. $598.61 at one yard
and $848.1,; .it another. A 14-foot
dinghy cos' $104.0* at one yard, while
at anoTher the same kind of Itoa' was
turned out for $153.61. A 16-foot
dinghy cost $104.17 at one yard and
$196.24 a. another—pretty close to
twice as much, i will be observed. A
20-foot dinghy cost $217.89 a; one yard
and $362.44 a* another. A 50-foot gig
whaleboat cost $509.38 at one
and the same kind of boat, for the
same jtii.d of service, was turned out
at another yard for the euphonious
sum of 1888.80 >
Turning to furniture: A mahogany
de>k lor a cabin cost $136.76 at one
yard, while at another, one made for a
sister ship cost $190, there being no
cents wasted on 'his latter price \n
lesk cost $112.07 a: one yard and
1163.30 at another. Toilet racks for
officers' rooms, of which there are
more than 40 n ide for each battle
ship. cost $14.'■' at one yard, while a'
another exactly the same ar*;c!e was
ms.-- \ t
at $20.
Curious Variations in Price.
To make and fir into a battleship
six galvanized boxes, for Sre clay,
30x24x15 inches, cost at one yard, for
the oh. $!';7.01. and at another yard,
to mak- similar boxes and to ft* then
on board a sister battleship, it cost
$384.12 -
cost at one yard six dollars each: at
another, iv47. and at still another.
$20 8 4."
The pay inspector asks if a change
in the method ol appropriating nioney
looking to the increased economical
efficiency of the shore plant would
affect the fleet, and answers his cwn
question in the affirmative. Yes.' he
says, materially, perceptibly, also
'SHWC CS
n ~-s
lately, at once. Every time a navy :
yard clerk bungles or shirks his work,
the fleet feels it: every time a navy
yard mechanic goes to sleep in the
bowels of the hull on which he is
working, the fleet feels it: every time
a supervising authority on shore is
overcome by a feeling of laissez faire. j
^the fleet feels it; every time two de- ,
partments at a navy yard waste hours
in friction, in bumptious quarreling,
the fleet feels it. The fleet is as a
seismometer, for inefficiency on shore.
The shock of the full-paid workman
idle at his job may not attract or
d.nary notice, but it is recorded there ;
just the same, and its mark may be
deciphered by those who search and
weigh and measure.”—X. V. Times.
Bankers Liable for Advice.
The highest court in Germany has. 1
in several recent cases, fixed the re
sponsibility of bankers when advising
investments to their clients.
One of the latest decisions was refl- ,
dered against a bank which, upon re
ceiving an order front a customer to
ir^est $7,500 in certain mortgage j
bonds instead of exeeutina the order. ;
advised its customer to buy instead j
the bends of another company, as ;
equally safe and possessing advan- j
tages over those ordered. The cits- :
torner followed the advice, and when i
the comrany failed he sued the bank, j
The court in its decision against j
th“ bank, held: "The bank has not j
done its duty in taking care of its j
customer's interests when it recom
mended the purchased bonds to be as
safe as those originally ordered to be
purchased, because the bank should
have known that the latter had the
quality of legal or trust investment
funds for widows and orphans, wards,
etc., whereas ;he bonds advised and
bought for the customer lacked that
important qualification."
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Tough Luck.
■;
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i tv;- ?7nns )■--■! n- -r *' zrz :t i
ccr/t h<e*d her Call!
T*:> ~ Kids h* z gone a-Fis\.r/ whtr* i'**
Yellow L;Jh-a<3 feeds
Wfcil- i am f <r »-d _ stay ai Hoao and
t:> <Jog-gon*- se—i<.
. }.af Fpa<> P^sky gr. _ 1 an<3
sm«>th it on thee Top.
<ia-1 : . r, i Haf - round it t"» ar’i r.-ant
rh»#- Onion Crop.
t• ; ’f ra-i:5h--> and Pea.« and Beans and
s .— t -orn _ B s-wod
a : • very - *gT*- -• ' -t over y 's
i*ren growed!
rr.a stands < roun-1 and bosses Me and
ma:k-s me Haste?
she &*z that w^rkin' in thee Ground is
fer h ys _ <!•:■
ar.d tM■ kj* S:a\a- r: ■»' a:.-? * - n
v>. . Maik*- :n- prise t1.*— Pay
won i : -rj : af a t : .r.g _ do but ! xj!
thee Time away’.
she sez * ha: won t h Ku n. pn > • c* rr. -s
shell tell em it was ME
- Radishes
"Gist 1.--K aT tr.is • r* tv
b it i don t f are I t praise AHEAD an'
Ktmipr.v • urns . sta>
v.v.~r i I «• * ’.•:*■ ear: • - and p.a>
Las*--Bail TODA3
Saving the Country.
Act i rding to he late rt httelaw Reid
the girl graduate of to-day would better
learn how to Lit divorce in the solar
plexus than find Italy lying beyond the
Alps. Mr. Reid admits with entire
abandon ’ha: the rapids are below us
and below ’he rapids is a barbed wire
fence loaded with javelin?.
Real refinement says Mr. Reid, is
what -b- young women of this iand
should sow in the hot-beds of "heir
characters, rather than seeds to the
whit 1 wind : empty van:*.- and a de
sire to g<-T their busts ten rayed in a
- • • f a Send
inc. WLrelaw comes down on the
■ vain pom; end glory of this world"
■ike a hired man slapping a holstein
heif«r on 'he ack with a wet board.
Much wo;P; mist be done, he avows,
tc rest > us from the eddying whirl
■ - - - - and
feminini'; . The zi:l graduate, with
woman s white hand, must awake and
pluck us from the maelstrom of na
tional error and boarding house hash.
We need higher ideals, and incident
ally. a few mere buttons on the hack
band of our pantaloon seats: fewer
divorces, fewer shingle nails and
firmer allegiance to 'he old trui-m
'the foot that -ocks the craile rules
the world I" With 64.0M persons
divorced in this country in the last
twenty years, and more bills for ab
solutioo of the marriage ties pending,
the domestic statistics are g -
muddled tea- no child, however wise,
can tell its own father.
Mr Reid is entirely rich'. The
sweet girl graduate in her curl • tper
frizzes and taffeta gown shoul 1 .• .-is:
in hi'ching her afi'oiaobiie to the
stars. The boulevards to the ethereal
skies are already too crowded. What
we need in this country is a woman
who will guarantee chastity, forbear
ance and clean laundry Sundays.
Wednesdays and Fridays, home-made
•biscuits four times a week and a eoo
1 ing disposition that will take the kinks
out of dyspepsia and make this w ;id
happy though married. Until th»-n
we are sadly and irretrievably lost'
Uet us hear from the ladies. Are they
for us or against us?
Turn Backward. O Skipper.
The sky to the west is blue.
With sometimes a cloud b tide.
The hills are of em'raid h \>\
Ail 1 loti • 1 in a grown of pr. : !
The oak and the poplar wave.
With cherry and elm and ash
I> P > k< that the firs: f.r» ? .
sed i
Are arpeted o’er with moss!
Ti.r dells are a-bloom with flv-w’rs
We. . < to t'i>- w:rd-gv is i>-ss
Th*ir songs in the busy hours!
And ‘ . ' 1 stag
Conversant with all. is there.
A-sport where tl>: riffles r; _
At res: where the sand is K. * !
I know where this Eden lies!
*Tis w > re I. a boy. w as free
To play at " The Bend” I prize
When now I am out at sea’
Far out from the home I knew.
Far out rast the beacon !:u:
I pray. O Ye Skipper li
Turn ha kward for just t->-r. » .!
Locating a Public Square.
Here's a puzzle for l'n .e Bv The
Daily Oklahoman says: "Th* Temple
• Okla.» men did not shirk their duty
when a negro insulted a white woman
there, and when she could not identify
him the m»*n rour.ded up 11 negroes and
beat them in the public square.” Now
we want Uncle By to tt ll t-s where a ne
gro’s “public square” is.—Sailing «Okla.»
Messenger.
If these negroes were grocery-store
nibblers I should say that a negro's
public square would be just back of
his private roundhouse.
Botany.
A profess
turing in an Iowa city. In his discourse j
he attempted to show the great value of
flowers and their near relationship to 1
human beings. He concluded his re
marks by saying: The Lord t at
me made a daisy.” Whereupon some or. ■
in the audience called out: “You bet he |
did!” It was several minutes before the
professor discovered why every one
laughed.—Times, Madison. Ohio.
Slightly Mutilated.
When we think what the dog did io
the following advertised-for stock, we
do not wonder that the sows left
home:
Making “Fun" of Ear Washing.
Should the small child object to ;
having his ears washed use a shaving
trush in place of a brush, and the op
eration will be completed with sati- j
faction and ease on both sides.—Good
Housekeeping.
A New Method.
"Well, this IS funny," exclaimed
Tommy, when he saw his first trolley j
car; "I’ve seen wagons pulled by
horses, and I've seen 'em go by
sieam, but 1 never seen ’em run by a
clothes prop beior.’"
f*OT M£ANT FOR Tr-E AC'C ?
New Jersey Pest Respc-s i: * *'c- Er
thusiast c "Apciause.'
A certain thea':.'-i: *
drear;-' and unsa'e^s.-'
arrived in a sma:: N- v
Tha: night, thouch :► -
or general uprising of ’
tber- was enough bond < **
arouse the t: s dej» " -
The leading man - >T- • •
lights afte: the £rst :if ■'
profoundly. ?•: 1 t: - '
tinned.
When he eh ; - - • • • •
saw an Ir:-n • :
heartily. "We -r.a*
of that?" asked •' -
out his chest.
•What d'ye mean
Irishman.
"Why. the hand-cla;: .:.g
was the reply.
Hand-cla; : xt
■'Yes," said the Th* -'
giving me enough a;;
they appreciate r •
"D' ye call tha' a; - ■*
the old fel: w v. • . -
plause. Thot * the aid.-* -
mosquitoes —Ew- -
Returnees H ne.
A man returned -c h:- ta
after having en:s-a,(si •
Br.me 2<» years previ • •
about different vi :uu* *
known in the M da; - .
the v-wn drun k a . - ‘
"Oh he'; dead. »a; •* •
“Well we:: d-ad an : t - •>
"Nope : U d: ' v; :
•'Didn't bury tins* e
former resident
did they do »;-fc •
•'Oh they ;js: ; -:t; . i. _ *. _
the jus.” h
Sheer white gre-ds :u fs *
wash goods when new • -
their attractiveness *.v
are atcadetei •h;.- ••.■ r
manner to ex. hat:- tn*
ty. Home laund-: -
ly satisfactory If ; - - a •
given starch ng
being - itr »: - ■
strength to stiffen, wrh
the good.- 7r; : •• it. - -
you » : be -asan
improved ityattt e
Reve'oe's ru'.ccs - ■
He who from a r
and facility of •• • -
injuries rereived v
a very great at . a ■
•.ting: b?: he w'r.t
nettled to the quirk bj
shot'.: fortify -*-it w •
of reason aga.r -r -1.
of revenge, and. af-e a - ..
ci-v; t: = j: r. w
less iz a great c-.a. m. e —
The er-5'- itr.iT '*
white g . • . .
-
I-ortance. Def.tr.> >•.
from aii injur;*: ;; ■ :
only one w. •
fa: rics its - y t •'
er makes ha':
Starch ne- *-.■ - •
perfect Sr.irfc. >; ...; to -
goods wtr* new.
Irsict Cre'- its
Failing to eve > u_
3am: s. a one t cried - •
serration cf Ca-- a I
naturalist, £■. w mu ■ ■*
hour or two wj-h cth*
first visiting a fountain
the sugar, they were sc* t t -
ter from their c: »ps wi on •
up the syrup = termed.
Omaha Director,
CHE’Ap®?
.Luii
Wc Want You to Get the Mas- L |
ersf Fpofroei: ion Ever Mxdo I
an * Gasoline Engine.
It.YT,’~V°
Oics G?s: ns Enr ns f: ss
U S i¥xiT Si*tr >^*=a Ms
s )
)
IVORY POLISH
For Furrtiture arid Fieri. .
GOOD FOTi A. My WOOD
r'LclANS and potijH-s^ rr
and restores tire aru=-.. Car. nc
thewood m ary way. Goaraiu rd T:
perfect satisfaction. Absolutely tf •
funutare pohsb on tbe mariet. !• >u- -
doesn t cany it send os His naae aa: - -
wtU see that you are suppuec. Prs.e . 5
and 50 cents.
i
Orchid & Wilhelm
OMAHA. >f BRASS \
PRIVATE WIRE
J. E. von Dorn Commission 0:.
Mfm >r r-: F c ;
Omaha i .rain ELachai _;
Grain, Provisions and Stcc»
Sought and Sold
fcr immediate or r
GRA1S BOUGHT AND SOLD Car Lit.
Track bids made or. a" :
Consignments Solicited.
*00-701-776 Brandcls Birds: . C r
»*a Ih.-si icm 1
flMAUA the brightest
UlrSHlIM SPOT ON THE MAF
i GOOD PLACE xo Invent
you can get inw
S't to !Q(; On Improved Prcp=
Write U« Hon Much Vo*; K %
HASTINGS and HEYD£\
1704 Farnam St. Omafia, .Vcir
i h. The
Pax-on
<\>r. Itith
arias
« AH.I. Xtr. R.
i.
Rea**'Eat* ;*r
OMAHA TENT & AWNING GO
Tents, Awnings, etc L.ir.*. -
[Thioagv. Write tor pr e
before buying. Cor. ilth arj Harr,-.
[>rs. Hailey A >I.u
- 3M Skur
Block,
a it 1 K
_ -" ~
rvmai eftce in the M-.
it;gh g ado Ik ; •. siry
Steel Rails for Ruiidin,.
iVhy use I leans for buil*.
vork: SecvMisI hand rails are be- ,
iatl for ha’f the price. For j. . . - *• \ -•
ntormtuion, addn-ss A. B. ALPlS* 3*-^ — \
Do You Drink Coffee
t%Ly put the cheap, ran*. -
■ouraumiaca when pure GERM AN-AM E R iCA
-OFFEE cum* no itiore« las. s. , - h*. \
px*cer sells :t cr can get it