Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA
^ About this time of year a little warm
weather may be expected.
Aviator Latham probably could
cover the distance in two jumps.
However, we do not propose to get
into a war just to discover how the
aeroplane will act.
We wonder if Mars is as much in
terested in our living machines as we
are in its canals?
One agricultural college out west
is teaching the scientific way to milk
a cow and the polite way to drive a
mule.
Luxury on an ocean liner is now
found in a palm garden in which flow
ers bloom and butterflies appear to
order.
Those who are not rushing west
ward to save the wheat crop have
sublime confidence that others will
save it.
Chicago has a silent population of
1,000,000 in the cemeteries and a large
number of married men who also have
nothing to say.
While industry is protesting against
war it might profitably studj' its own
mortality tables and prepare to give
* V a less bloody report next time.
"Marriages are not made in heaven,”
sas's a Seattle minister. And there
are earthly marriages made which
turn out anything but heavenly.
Now lei the search for Capt. Kidd's
treasure be abandoned and all bauds
move over to the Yildiz Kiosk
grounds.
Even with all its modern improve
ments war cannot prove that it is
keeping tip with the times, when its
case is tried by a peace congress.
Germany is much alarmed over its
financial situation. That is the cor
rect answer to its tremendous army
and navy expenditures.
At a recent book sale an edition of
Poe's poems brought $1 .">00. How
wealthy the poets might be if they'd
only all die!
A scorching chauffeur got a fine of
$100 and a lecture thrown in. He
could have bought a whole season of
Chautauqua lectures for less money.
No one will deny that Korea is
making real progress when the em
ployes of a street car line owned by
Americans are indulging in a strike,
American style.
"Persons of spirit cannot live in
apartment houses.” declares a New
York minister. Now we know what
the poet meant by "When this soul
leaves its frail tenement."
They have neither time nor use for
dead ones in Chicago. The driver of
an automobile hearse was lately ar
rested in that city for speeding with a
body to the cemetery.
One pleasant thing about an aero
plane is that it does not sail about the
country spilling sand down the necks
of innocent bystanders, though it may
accidentally fall upon them.
There is retribution for nations in
this world. NowthatSpainfaces a finan
cial crisis through a drain by the war
in Morocco, it must feel a pang that
the rich field of Cuba is no longer at
its disposal to draw upon.
A Massachusetts woman left five
times more to her canine pets than to
her husband. She must have been
some connection of the cynical lady
who announced that the more she saw
of men, the better she liked dogs.
Now they are talking of "the Ameri
can Peril" in Europe. There is not a
more peaceful or peace-loving power
in the world than this country, and its
possibility as a "peril” exists only in
the excited European imagination in
whose minds the war scare is turning
into a panic.
Nearly 400 blooded sheep from
King Edward's stoc-k farm have been
purchased by a Wisconsin breeder,
and are now on the way west from
Boston, where they were landed re
cently. Wisconsin stock raisers
have royal tastes, so far as fine
strains of breeding t re concerned,
and some of the best cattle, sheep and
bogs in the world are now to be found
in that commonwealth.
"The reversing of .. judgment by
an appellate court < n the ground of a
mere technicality when substantial
justice has been administered is ar
outrage,” says Justice Brewer of the
supreme court of the United States,
the highest legal authority in the
world. This is a confirmation of the
public ideal of law as the conservator
and defender of justice and of tech
nicalitv as the form by which is pre
served the spirit.
Now Carlism, reviving, lias added
its claims to those of the revolution
ists. socialists and republicans to teat
unhappy Spain. But if the throne is
overturned, it will not be change ol
monarchs the people will want, but a
change of government.
A canoe which canuot be capsized
has been purchased for use in saving
life on an upper river, where acci
dents frequently occur. There would
Iso a saving of life everywhere if the
canoe that cannot be capsized were
generally adopted.
Now York is said to be amazed at
the small size and the queer lines and
upper works- of the Half Moon, the
replica of the ship in which Hudson
crossed the • Atlantic SCO years ago.
Groat size does not always insure sea
worthiness, and some very small boats
are safer, when well handled, than
mpeh larger craft. However, the Half
Moon's towering-tipper Works at both'
ends seem . to--.modern .marines like
invitations -tot • trouble.--' -Tbjty-would
prefer a yacht G5 feet long .vrith -muck
lower free-board.
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TBUGHEB UPON
Religious. Social, Agricultural. Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
The county commissioners of Otoe
county have made the levy same as
last year.
The proposition for issuing $150,000
jn bonds for the purchase of the city
water plant at Kearney from the
American Water company was voted
on at a special election and beaten.
H. E. Leudman. who has been sell
ing accident insurance at David Cit>
for the Fidelity Accident Insurance
company of Lincoln, was arrested by
Sheriff West and was taken to Lin
coln by Captain McGuire of the Lin
coln police.
A peculiar accident befell a man
named Dehl at the farm of William
Moore, near Pickrell. He fell head
foremost from a ladder into a tool
chest, with the result that his nose
was broken and nearly severed by
coming in contact with some ol tin*
sharp tools in the box.
Tiie management of the Gage Coun
ty Fair association have booked John
L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain to ap
pear there during fair week. They
will spart every afternoon on a tem
porary stage to he placed before the
ampliitreater.
I he Missouri Pacific railroad has
! answered the petition of YV. F. Diets
asking for a telephone to he installed
at the station at Louisville by saying
that the station is well supplied with
telephone and telegraphic facilities,
and that the petition was filed to help
another telephone company get busi
ness. The case is before the railway
I commission.
Howard C'oltister. a 15-year-old boy.
met with an appalling accident near
Oxford. While driving a mowing
machine on the farm of Frank Kline,
north of town, tae hoy was in some
manner thrown from the machine,
which passed over his body, severing
one arm and mutilating the other so
badly that amputation will he neces
sary.
The appraisers appointed to fix the
'alue of the land opposite Bridgeport,
wanted by the Union Pacific Railroad
company for depot grounds and ter
minals. viewed the property and made
their report to the court, placing the
value on Mrs. Young's property at $d3
an acre, or for the entire tract
J8.804.25; on Mrs. Ada Melvin's prop
erty $45 an acre, or $030.50 for that
portion required.
For the Nebraska state fair races
this year 1S3 entries were made, only
one race failing to finish, the free
for-all. To date 154 machinery exhib
itors have secured space. The swine
exhibit will be unusually large, at
tilting more breeders than any other
attraction on the grounds. The cn
tries indicate that the Poland-China
and Duroe-Jerseys will run neck and
neck in point of number?.
A series of accidents, occurred in
Nebraska City. Albert Harman, a
farmer residing south of the city, was
thrown from his buggy by a runaway
team and fractured his ankle. Mis.
Heffling. an aged woman, was knocked
down by a cow and severely gored. I.
V. Hudson was seriously injured in a
runaway. Mrs. C. W. Schneider fell
and broke her right limb at the ankle.
William Gussett. an elevator em
ploye, was overcome by heat.
The first tornado that ever struck
the sandhills visited that place re
cently. It took Rev. Mr. Sprague's
summer kitchen down the street, de
molished Henry Crow's livery barn
and J. C. Ewing’s stable, took the cu
pola, bell and all. off the church, the
chimney off the school building, and
did much other damage to trees, win
dows and windmills, it was accom
panied by a terrific electrical storm
and downpour of rain.
w nrti appeals iu ue h veruaDie
scourge of insects is reported as hav
ing descended upon the truck gardens
surrounding Fremont. Thomas Hau
rigan, who raised watermelons north
west of the city, reports that his en
tire crop of twenty acres has been al
ready destroyed by the pests. Other
gardeners are experiencing the same
loss. Paris green has been used in
different places, but does not seen), to
have effect.
Boost for the Corn show, is the or
der sent out by the Rock Island lines
to all representatives. A circular
sent out by John Sebastion. passenger
traffic manager, and H. Gower, freight
traffic manager, runs as follows: "To
all representatives: The work accom
plished by the National Corn exposi
tion last year lias been very far
reaching in its effect. An interest lias
been aroused to the betterment of
corn and other small grain which will
add materially to the wealth of- our
section, and we feel that every effort
should be made to encourage those
who are devoting their time and ener
gies to this matter."
Will Edwards, charged with steal
ing a bunch of cattle belonging to A.
C. Vistrop, and selling them to R. .1.
Tierney of Ansley, who had been in
hiding for a week, was arrested by
' the sheriff thirty miles southeast ot
Broken Bow and brought to jail! Ed
wards had hired himself out as a la
borer, and was busy workiug when
arrested.
Petitions requesting that the divid
ing of Custer county be voted on at
the general election in November
have been filed, aud the county board
of supervisors will act upon the peti
tions.
Cpon information from the sheriff
of Iiox Butte county. Marshal Tows-'
ley of Custer county enthusiastically
welcomed John McDow (colored), just
as he stepped; from . a freight at
Broken Bov. McDow is charged
with' Stealing ?3y(t worth of furniture
-at Alliance.
Word has been received from Seat
tle that Rev. R. S. Bartle, yiustor of
the First Methodist church’of Grand
- Island, arrd 'farriletfy ui Omaha, ixjis
been-extended a .call from-tlfe Gilman
Park-M! E!'( htwyh of that’ city,_ the
‘second largest in Seattle,' with S' arem
bersbip of over GUO’.
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THE OCCUPATION TAX.
Judge Sullivan to File Suit Testing
the Same.
! John J. Sullivan Is going to file ;i
suit in the district court of Douglas
county to test the legality of the oc
cupation tax act passed by the late
legislature. Judge Sullivan called up
on Attorney General Thompson and
announced to him that the suit would
lie tiled within a short time.
Up to this time 1,195 corporations
have paid the occupation tax. the fees
amounting to $29,150. Of this sum
$2,425 has been paid under protest.
This money paid under protest, how
ever. will go into the state treasury
with the other, as there is no law by
which it can be held out. The fact
that it was paid under protest, how
ever. may help the corporation to get
it back should the law lie declared
unconstitutional and the matter is
taken up with the next legislature.
There are still about 5,000 corpora
tions which have not paid the tax. Of
the letters sent out 2.000 have been
returned because the corporations
have gone out of existence.
Under the law the tax must be paid
by September 1. or a penalty of $10
is tacked on. ir not paid by Nov. 1.
then it is the duty of the state to can
cel the license of the corporation and
prevent it doing business in Ne
braska.
Proposed Change in Law.
Secretary of State Junkin has un
der consideration an amendment to
(lie revenue law which lie believes
will be good. His amendment pro
vides that the State Hoard of Equali
zation shall have power to equalize
values of the various counties solely
for state purposes, leaving to the
county boards the authority to place
a value on the property for county
purposes.
Delay, then, on tne part or tne
state board would not affect the coun
ties to any great extent because the
officials could go ahead and extend
their levies for county and school
purposes, while waiting for the state
board. The levy for state purposes
is always small compared with the
levy for county and city purposes,
and the secretary believes there
would be no objections to the work
of the state board, whether The values
were high or low. As it is now, he
says, persons are vitally interested in
the work of the state board because it
is on the values fixed by this board
that county and city levies are made.
The board lias no right to change the
! assessment of an individual, but
merely equalizes values between the
counties, so he believes this valua
tion so fixed should be used solely for
realizing taxes for state purposes.
Contractor Gets Stung.
The contractor who is drilling the
holes on the granite pedestals at the
state house through which electric
wires are to be run. got “stung" when
he thought he was wielding the
stinger. When the bids were opened
it was discovered that the successful
contractor had hid 25 cents a foot,
while others bid as high as $1.75 a
foot. The successful contractor, sev
eral days later, when asked why lie
[nit in such a low bid, laughed at the
board and informed its members that
the pedestals were hollow. When he
examined these same pedestals, how
ever, he discovered he was badly
mistaken. There are four pedestals
to be drilled through, and they are
about eight feet high, which makes
$2 each. Two men working constant
ly got tlie hole through one pedestal
in two and a half days.
Big Race Expected.
Secretary Mellor of the state fair
board lias received inquiries regard
ing the twenty-five mile relay race to
be pulled off at the fair front South
Dakota. North Dakota, Missouri. Kan
sas, Colorado, Montana and Nebraska,
and the indications are a big number
of horses will be entered. Horses will
be changed at every mile and five
miles a day will be run. The prizes
are as follows: $900,' $400 and $200.
For the derbv eight horses have al
ready been entered and for the Ne
braska-bred 3-year-olds six horses
have been entered. These races are
as follows: 2:30 trot. $500; 2:25 trot.
$500; 2:18 trot. $500; 2:25 pace, $500;
2:18 pace. $500.
The Judicial Primary.
At this writing Fawcett still has a
small lead over Hamer for the third
place on the republican supreme judi
cial ticket, with almost half of the
precincts in the state and consider
ably over half of the vote in the state
heard from. The returns are not con
clusive. however, but from the best
estimates of the missing counties and
the present standing of the two it is
thought Fawcett has the better chance
for the place. Sedgwick and Barnes
are assuredly nominated, with the for
mer leading.
Men to Value Railways.
The State Railway commission l.as
appointed J. L. Biddlecom of Have
lock statistician of the mechanical de
partment of the physical valuation de
partment of its work, and Eugene
Reed of Holdrege right-of-way ap
praiser. The former is to lie paid
$150 a month and the latter $123
monthly.
Estimates on Lands Vary.
Engineer Hurd, who has charge of
the work of finding the physical \alu- 1
ation of railroads, has sent out cards
to prominent or posted citizens in the
various towns asking the value of real
estate adjacent to the railroad right
of-way. The answers show a great
difference of opinion. From one
town, one party said land next to the
right-of-way of the railroads was I
worth per acre for the best $125, and
$!)<> for the poorer. Another party ;
who should he equally as well posted
raid the land was worth $s() and $73.
Investments of State Funds. '
Since the law has been ia.force...per- :
uiittir.g the board of educational lands
and funds to buy municipal bonds,
school district bonds, and drainage
district bonds, the state hoard has
bought no drainage bonds, but has in- I
vested $G1G,G.7G in school district and j
municipal' bonds. It . lias .invested
$337,000 in bonds 6f ciUes^pd y.ifogges '
and' STTATUt ffi* school*'district jipnd.s, !
; all of fvYricti net tfi’g /. sfate* r i
f*l*e*r TiitPrc5f:''/'T??1e^t6thj‘ ;
[‘the state Ttf*d-lP^iSds’ of bonds is j
! $7,0(11,SOU.
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Jooor Oh A!, WHO0EUCE3 HALT
OF THF O/ WOHCE 5u/ FS
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KXO. Xev—The popula
tion and social life of Ke
no, Xev., are undergoing a
great change. Where a
year or so ago the opti
mistic mining promoter,
in his. corduroy or khaki
and his high russet shoes,
was wont to disport him
self. to-day may be seen
men of the east flashing
by in high powered auto
mobiles. Where Washoe
1 squaws would a year ago sit and play
cards at the corners of the public
squares may be seen to-day handsome
women in Paris gowns sauntering in
the afternoon sun. On the veranda
of the leading hotel where a year ago
were the silence and desolation that
the panic of 1907 produced, idly sit
and fight with ennui groups of men
and women, who look forward, in '
mental vision, to the time when they
will be able to forsake this frontier
post ol civilization and whirl an eager
flight back to their homes in the east.
Hut they are looking for divorces at
present, and so they must stay here
for at least six months from date of
arrival to satisfy the requirements of
the Nevada divorce laws with regard
to residence. For Reno has succeeded to the eminence
formerly occupied by Sioux Falls as the divorce center of
America. Some farsighted lawyer got into the Nevada
legislature several years ago. and when he got out again
there was a divorce law among the statutes of Nevada
that for length, breadth, height, elasticity, and all other
qualities that commend themselves to the seeker after ;
easy matrimonial lreedom, could not be surpassed any
where in the union. It was equaled by the South Dakota
law. though, and so Nevada and the Nevada lawyer se
cured no results from it for the time being.
Rut everything comes to him that waits, and
when the people of South itakota arose in their
wrath last November and, by a referendum vote,
declared that any one who desired to get a di
vorce in South Dakota would have to live there
a year instead of six months, as had been the re
quirement previously, the seeker of relief from
preseut matrimonial ties began to take the long
journey westward to Nevada, where it takes but
a six months' residence to be in a position to go
before the courts of the state as -plaintiff in a
divorce suit.
YV. II. Schnitzer, a Reno divorce specialist, has
written a treatise on divorce practice and pro
cedure, in which he throws an illuminating ray
on the wherefore of the popularity of Reno as a
divorce center. He says:
“While the laws of the eastern and middle
western states generally contain some provision
[or the dissolution of the marriage tie, it is ob
vious to the reader that in cases where extreme
cruelty, desertion, and failure to provide form the
basis of the grievance, the law in such states of
fers no substantial relief to the aggrieved party,
because the requirements of proof, duration of
iffense, corroboration of plaintiff and procedure
under court rules are so exacting and irksome
that the desired relief sought by the applicant is
rendered impossible of attainment. Summing up
the situation as it exists in the eastern states
respecting the domestic relation law, the client
when consulting local counsel is almost invari
ilily advised that upon the facts submitted he or
;he is without remedy. Here in Nevada the ap
plicant, without deception or fraud, upon
ilrnost any charge from which lack of harmonious
relations may be reasonably inferred, may apply
o our courts and secure prompt results by de
roe of absolute divorce, valid and binding in
law.” »
YVhile there are about 54 cases now on the
locket of the district court, there are in Reno
o-day over 350 individuals establishing a resi
lence for divorce purposes, a majority of whom
ire women..
The charms of Nevada as a divorce center
tave oniy just begun to percolate into the con
sciousness of the outside world.
Reno has no objection to the present status
if affairs. It is estimated that the revenue of the
own from the divorce colony at present is close
to $1,000,000 a year, and that it will rapidly in
crease from this on. To a community of but 18,
000 population this is no small consideration.
Why Reno is preferred to any other communi
ty in the state as a place of residence by those
seeking divorces is because of the mtnifold ad
vantages of tho town ovei any other in the state. Nevada is primarily a
mining state, and nature usually hides Iter precious metals in difficult
places. Heno is not a mining camp, and is not only centrally situated
from a railroad point of view, hut has scenic attractions rarely to be
found in any American community.
it is located in tlie heart of u rich agricultural region, and through tho
center of the town runs a beautiful mountain stream, the Truckee river.
Surrounding the town, at a briot distance, arc snow-capped mountains,
and tho winds coming from over their summits keep the air cool on sum
mer nights. It is never very warm in Reno. On tho other hand, the win
ters are comparatively mild.
An altitude of l.Sfit) feet makes tho atmosphere somewhat t ryiug on
nerves that are not robust to begin with, but nervous affections are the
only complaints to which the climate is unfavorable.
I* or the cure ot other ailments hot mineral water springs abound in
the vicinity of Heno. Twelve miles away are the famous Steamboat.
Springs which Comstock millionaires were wont to patronize 40 years
ago. Three miles from Reno is Alonna Springs. Five miles from Heno.
io the west, is another famous medicinal resort, Laughton's Springs, he
road to which runs along the Truckee river, making a beautiful driving
boulevard. Halt way to Laughton s on this road is a magnificent edilice
known as "Rick's,”
which is the local
'.Monte Carlo.” Rick's
has all the conveni
ences lor those who
desire to make a stay,
and frequently parties
who go there to spend
a few hours forget to
come back for several days. It might be men
tioned in this connection that the divorce colony
has brought to Reno over 100 motor cars.
The leading hotels are always crowded, and
the rents for cottages have appreciated, on the
average, to the extent of 50 per cent, in the last
six months. In some instances the increase has
been much greater. One cottage that rented for
$60 a month in January last, now returns its own
er a rental of $100 a month.
Perhaps the one thing that endears Reno to
the visiting divorcee more than anything else is
its proximity to San Francisco. One may board a
train in Reno and be in the Pacific coast metrop
olis in ten hours. Despite its manifold attrac
tions, life in Reno is likely to wear irksome upon
those who have been used to existence in larger
centers, and the visitors, to a great extent, soon
er or later during their stay, take a trip or half
a dozen trips, over the Sierras to the city by the
Golden Gate.
Such visits, while affording relief from the
monotony of life in Reno, do nor impair the resi
dence qualifications necessary to the obtaining
of a divorce. To again quote the Nevada divorce
authority already mentioned:
"Under rile provisions of Section 22 of the
Marriage and Divorce act, the plaintiff must re
side in the state for a period of at least six
months. This is not construed to mean that in
order to fully comply with the statute the party
must remain here continuously lor said period.
So. if a party comes to Nevada, and, in good faith,
takes tip a residence, the party may leave the
state at any time after establishing residence,
may go and travel when and wherever the party
chooses, and may return to the state whenever in
clination prompts, and yet such temporary ab
sence would r.ot in any wise affect ihe legality of
the residence established, but the party would be
entitled under the law to bring suit any time
after the lapse of six months from the date resi
dence was originally established, notwithstanding
the party's absence trom the state during said
period."
Biased somewhat by the financial seductions
of the situation, and yet to learn the lesson that
such a state of affairs can only result in the mor
al degradation of the youth of the community—a
lesson which caused South Dakota to reform her
divorce laws—Reno appears to be perfectly con
tented with things as they are.
Hut Reno is busily engaged in cleaning house,
and it is felt by the most reflective observers that
the divorce laws of Nevada as now written will
be a thing oil the past in the near future. Not in
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the very near future—lor the next
legislature, does not meet until Janu
ary of 1911. There are others who
point to the experience of South Da
kota, which for -<> years fought the
evils of lax divorce laws before a re
peal was secured, and say that the
moralists of Nevada have an ••qually
stubborn task before them. Hut Ne
vada is cleaning house. In the last
session of the legislature, af‘er gam
ing being permitted for 10 years with
cognizance of law, a bill abolishing
gambling was passed the act to takf
effect in November of 1910—and it is
believed that if that could be done,
the slack divorce laws can be more
easily repealed.
In the meantime the hotel men and
cottage renters of Reno and the di
vorce lawyers will continue to flour
ish. Parisian toilettes and 00 hor. e
power automobiles will flash and dart
through the quiet thoroughfares at all
sorts of hours. Men and women will
continue to become "citizens" of Ne
vada on a six-months' residence—and
leave the state forever the day after
securing their divorce decrees.
Frohcs of a Real Queen
rUiat queens are very human (ic
ings after all is evidenced by their
delight in the outdoor pleasures
which even their hnmhl^t
may enjoy. 1 he royal lady of a European court
no longer sits in regal splendor in her pulace. sur
rounded by ladies in waiting ready to minister to
her most languid wish, but you inav meet her
motoring in the country or riding horseback in
the park. It is an excellent example they are
setting for their countrywomen in this respect.
Queen Alexandra is a devotee of outdoor life In
deed. she attributes keeping young and enjov
mg good health to
this fact. When a
young gir! she was
fond of swimming,
rowing and driv
ing. and even now
she never permits
a day to go by
without taking
some exercise. If
the weather is too
bad for walking
she passes several
hours at billiards.
She is wonder
fully skill'd with
the cue and is
proud of her game.
But in nice weath
er her favorite ex
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all parts of her farm at least once a day. This is
more of a pleasure than a task, because she usu
ally amuses herself on the way by taking snap
shots with her camera or playing with one <ir
more dogs. Komi though »he queen is of outdoor
life, she avoids hard exercise. Yachting and driv
ing site enjoys, hut she never has played golf nr
put a hall over a tennis :*>t.
Persistent automobiling. she believes, offers the
quickest means known for getting rid of a nice
complexion and gaining 10,000 wrinkles.
n Queen Alexandra believes so much in fresh air
ami exercise out of doors that she has sometimes
slept in a tent she had put up for her at San
dringham. Once, asked how she managed to
keep young, she said: “Freah-air and exercise are
the best elixirs of youth.”
Queen Alexandra s particular hobby is photog
raphy and that takes her out of doors a great
deal. She is said now to possess albums eontain
tng over 10,000 photographs, all taken by her own
hands, representing royal and important person
ages. places and festivals in all parts of Europe.
For a period of Id years now the queen has been
a dewitee of the camera. She possesses fi/e cam
eras.
Whenever the queen goes—be it a cruise in the
royal yacht, to her home in Denmark or a ride
across country in the Highlands—she is never
without her camera. That she uses it well is evi
dcr.t when it is stated that during one of her Med
iterranean cruises she secured 1,400 photographs
in six weeks. Then it is very seldom too that
tim queen throws out a picture or destroy a neg
ative because the subject is not up to th ■ mark.
In her v.ay of going to work she is most mothod
leal. Her photographs fill many albums and un
der each photograph her majesty has written a
description of the picture and the date when taken
fhev include a great variety of subjects, from Die
k.nc s stt.d horses taken in the old days at the
arm ia! sale st Wolferton to portraits or her
g.amlcluldm, on the lawn at Sandringham am!
he Inins of the Parthenon. The photographs of
her grandchildren fill three albums alone ami now
amount to several thousand. They depict them at
heir games romping with each other, and one
that made th<* lung roar with laughter when I -
saw it. has caught two of the younger sons of *
1 i.ncoss of Wales, each endeavoring to ex-rt his
ngt. to a certain toy by the free use ot hi,; fists.
What shot regard* as one of her best photo
graphs of the king is that which depicts him talk
house L°rd fc,!fl“*ld ”* the sroullds of Marlborough
ALL ARE TIPPED IN BOHEMIA
Even the Street Car Conductor Gets
Tips—Pay for Privilege of Serving.
In the city of Pi’sgue a tin t-o the
tramway cotiduatov it- considt ied- de
riguawr. - .The orthodox. (iprconaisis of
but,'two- heller, or twd-tt-nths? of O’
penny,ijieC-as •‘ strap hanging- is al
lowed for in considering, tits carrying
capacity of the car the conductors
should have got a goodly pocketful of j
the minimum coin by each day's end.
Tipping, it was ascertained in an
other of Bohemia’s larger towns, is so
fully recognized that tli'tr head waiter
at a cafe pays a rent foJ* his post, sup'
plies a!I Up-.journals for the coffee
-room and looks after tbe-ether wait
ers.-and then -TiitSkes sri Income larger
than that:of~a tr’VheTsity 'professor—"
all cut of his tips.
After sapper at one of the delight
fui open air cafes of the capital it was
found that approximately one should
give a half krone, ten cents, to the
h«ad waiter who took .payment, four
cents to the under waiter who brought
the viands, and 3,cent to. the boy who
brought—and even, brought again as
one glass was. finished—the it ter.
-■ Beneficial 'Sneeze; .
There-te no more strre conee- f&y an
att:vf k of faintne:;S"' theii *«;.£ * •hefrftv-’
sneeze. It immediately stimulates if
blood vessels of the brain. In many
persons fainting never goes ;..r
as a lass of consciousness or loss of
control of the limbs. And in the?-*
the sudden weakness is often brought
to an end by a sneeze caused by
t no heigelf without any external aid.
•V Srain c-r two of pepper, snuff or t >■
,e;teco Introduced into the nose or \ \> ■ '
liJi:-; its interior lightly will lv...; -
insure -a sneeze. These simple *
uiures/o. ethers similar, in _cha:;..'V
-juoy prove invaluable when si::ofl!.* •
aa:t" and other elegant aids tire ab
sent.
