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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1911)
W u! DftilO — IKT t_ * the most jeecioa* an I *i*e i'n»i tatctvstui* of all the r«lk- of the Father of 111* Oocmtrjr—bu r«T*-nt It kma uirl to the nation. SlKtMi-r tfei* reseat* of the most ttjrnuSrant document l* sated tty oar first i<resl •l**t • v-k in the nick of time. * few years -r a:. rh- e.'U.try might ha»« t*J to e*nn the Im* tit this | rM-ele»* •utoair Jmi m* it has *>m m.'trtuue these tsar:’ rear* j*»i the *:.-a;.;iearan«e of the •rur’-a . * t ... c ira't* . f #*>nu- of the famous *■* • ■ • • . f yur most fa aioa* men « rrf irlimi. **■ t- -n ■- :• '• case, that fire or * ' ‘ ti.t ’•Vwbitr.tcD relie—al - ' •' <5 that there is a * - . -»* . > e;:h«*r it ih*fa>. means '-*• ’ " u its [f* vai <le|*»sitory. c■; ■ ■ ■mitite a*eat that recently *' * ' f tv:, n* mo*» j>rominent —' - * * * ■ of tfc. Washington wtM ‘ n>:g-t of fat. fntll Z‘S TjP/O^ wi ~~ - /?*' jc’-r s. : /t £'f& VTAje-S /t&O cr *+>/? **?: 700 • '‘ I-'** u* »• ■ • • e l *biw at large 4ii Mt. bm of *be ■hrtvabcct* of tb* V * 1 n »>» ol The e\ **»'" 4 ri“ !•*! T BOTH.?, IW edeai, g( - »v. • anaes* : !L- library of eon • l .'•* I'----;:. ia an »l>srnre / -L"' ' a V-r-ii. and wtcreu :* 1 • -"'i” of r r..r air '.icon u> ■t * t tran f.-r I* to Wuh »• -r :• * t •«, r-i.»*o t a (rant na ■ r~':~ ' . - ;®rie:.t interest In t f« k. * j> a mat-bfu! * ye on j>. *o to s;>eak. - • ** ■ ~ H rJ1« ~!r c*r>e to the *f MimM wrdN that the will ■-* t t»- U, , -«.r >ttt« tf jreserra *■ *•’ •** i-’.*>.l—atit " anf r-r of utterly > r«n o • ).<«»; *^:ick nr*km ai.d )<y>lc T *-** -urt n»4 •--reupca litre *** »! •*-»• | ro>«t w.v.en has lately «in * -*■ ft e r-.n;V*. restoration of the wil! ■ *+* - • 1 m r..tr*r-U- of ». *mi*cripf surgery *t"1 : rtrni r. *•< mti'« carried on by the ■***> tn the country h. this hirilr '■l** ia u~d liar of work w&o sr- at ail roc.v<t>nnt with the •- «•*• Bm* Sam Mm MM vafe -or f* a.*! *!». »: ijajrtart »ta'e and private <4 bis'cslral ta:u» that are la his keep - f c • itct. ta. DKiantkn of Iode -nd-acr tr-Wh ». never HH1 tiposed to JU.LI tnay ui«r»E< marvel that bo priceless a T-^- * tbr will of Within non should *1* **1 to tali Into dorav. The ex ; .aaati a it : and .a the fart. aboTe IlCt^ *^a *• will i» not and never ha* been la the of t... feoerai government. It was fli—. for probate m the v-ar l*> <k «t the county ■ rat of t.e c.-at- in Virginia where Wa*hinK *“*■ " J a'-*4 la t*.a mate I: ha* remained e..r A Cl. wry of near and tear mlsbt tw tfe-rt.d to ; .*y haror «ith almost any d'«r and at trduring this eyrie the Unahtnytc* r .ir saw some rather rouith han tuT *® fr»*.!e aa object. Inning the a. * * • • * *.:*.-*=*.:*-*-* 7^XT O'ocr&r /Z&cs&e WVZ&Z/F zt&i -Sffijvcrrojvts zvzjzj: u&s 1 -- • anr/<?f or rw rzer/e orr/fr troorrr /L0 nzrr/ix u’gsez rx£ h&lz. ss //ok/ rjeraznsr-z> f'lvi! war. for example. It was carried to Ki< nir.ond for safe keeping and came near • " - c !< st entirely in the confusion that at tend’ d the fall of the Confederacy. However, the worst experience of all came only a few years ago and resulted from an error of judgment on the part of the custo dial,- of the will, who supposed that they were acting for the best. It had come about that as a result of the handling of the will the pin ning together of the 23 pages and the wear ®h>ng the lines of the creases in which it had b»-er. folded almost every one of the sheets was completely severed through the middle. The I'* r»ons in charge of the will realized in a vague sort of way that something ought to be ‘lone an ! they finally hit upon the plan of sew ing together the severed sections of each sheet. When the government officials and other prominent men interested in all existing me ri’-ut.e-s of George Washington heard what l ad been done they were 'all but ready to weep. As though It were not bad enough to * * = * r * e * 3 * S * S * = * - * g * r: * a * :.• A e * e * aA. w , attempt to sew delicate sheets of paper, it trans pired that subsequent handlings of the sewed sheets had caused the threads to wear and cut their way through the pa per and ultimately the pages were literally in shreds. AH the while the relic was on display in an ordinary wooden box with a glass cover which per mitted the will to be con stantly exposed to the light while on exhibition at the county seat of Fair fax county and which would probably have fad ed out the handwriting entirely hail not the docu ment been penned with an exceptional quality of ink. It was at this juncture that the government offl Mala whn vnlnnfpprpil their services were allowed to take a hand to save the wreck. The work of restoration was placed in the hands of a federal expert who has made a life work of the saving of damaged papers and manuscripts. He devoted weeks to the work and what he has wrought is little short of a miracle. In so far as the casual observer can detect the will is in practically the same condition as it was when it left the hands of its distinguished author. It is only when a page is held to the light that one realizes that, technically, the document is but a ghost of its former self. All sorts of obstacles were encountered in connection with the restoration of the will. It was at first planned to have the odd salvage work undertaken by the department of state, the maunsertpt surgeons of which branch of the government had already worked wonders with tlie Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and other documents. However, in order to get the ben efit of the skill of the state department's ex Temples of Babylon The OK’Hte Orient-Geeeifeckalt gives an U.;«rn i lag aeroemt of the j-ast year > excava Oo® *-<>rfc it thr-e diUeret.t parts of ilsbyion. is •!.. quarter kaewa as K« ar «*r« i»*d bare several buadr-.J liters <rf a wall ‘ ***** ** ’ *h»ck brafc< n Tty nuruerwus door <l«t(rr- ’■M't were originally flanked bv fwwn n» Bias' Interesting find b«re was a «*»•• «? bstTB'4 '-lay. *« the 1U of which was at* e-f of a l trded h- ..d *esr 'ha north i4o( the «it:art<r known as Sacks was discovered a system of drains. of hriek. laid in asphalt Here were also loutd several fragments of takktj with canl f<n tasrrtfi'jos from the tine of Wbuchad a* utar This diseov.-ry enabled the escava lors to ranplrte fpagnt* rtary tabk-u discover ed soo->-‘'tree uf«r. The leaeiid proved to refer to the binding of ti* artrri' th» :»-e;>e- tower of HabySon. The it r peadh as fo’iowrs: ~Xebtwhad rezxsr U:t <f Uaby hra. r>»erer of the rreit god*, establisher of Esagila and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar. of the king of llabylon, am L -Marduk. the great lord, elevated my h*-ud I abased myself reverently before Mar d'.ik. th< god who created me.” After this Xeuuthadnezzar goes on to boast that h- made the temple • brilliant as the day • Hh bitumen and blue glittering bricks" and ‘ . t or th<- same end ho has had mighty ce - irs prepared. The inscription ends with -V hadnt zzar’s prayer that Marduk will r card 11s pious deeds by granting him "eternal days.” »rk was also carried on at the town wall 1 lit by Nabonid. the last king of Llabylon, • 1. ' r. ci ',',j,V!s H. c. About 40o meters ■! tip- wall w re uncovered. The wall is a: .! ”3 feet thick and has a tower every 60 feet. : he main gate lies in the lice of the great street. The pavement '• ti.<- prst >: ional s.reet at this point is perfectly preserved. It is constructed of two or three layers of bricks set in asphalt and covered with a thick coating of asphalt. King Nabonid, it is proved, built his fortifi cations out of the ruins of works constructed by his predecessors, as the excavators found brick with a four lined inscription of Heri glissar, in which this ruler, whose inscriptions have hitherto been missing, describes himself as “the accompllsher of good deeds." The excavations made in Assur by Dr. W. Andrae in the season April to October yielded still more important results. The complete ground plan of the Temple of Assur was laid bare, and the history cf the great building pushed back to the third millennium. B. C. This makes it the oldest Mesopotamian temple so far discovered. The temple was renewed by the King Samsi Adad about 1800 B. C.. and it was burned down 500 years later under Salmamassar I., who. however, reconstructed it on exactly the old lines. Many important finds were made by Dr. An drae. Near the door in the southeast front were found remains of a relief of a bull three i_:_i... 'VslC.rjr- GJT &OX ST£'f>7’ - J M u44crsfsArorcns& ipz&c w tcY/rcft rr u-xcr perts it would be necessary to remove the will tc* Washington for the interim while the work of restoration was in progress, and the county officials at Fairfax who had the say in the mat ter refused flat-footed to allow the document to leave Virginia. It looked for a time as though this might block the whole plan, but finally the officials of the library of congress, who have on their staff a manuscript surgeon almost as skillful as the one at the state department, offered to send this wizard to Fairfax Courthouse and have him carry on the work there. This was done and the outcome has been as satisfactory as though the work of rejuvenation had been conducted in the well-equipped plant at the national capi tal. However, there were many handicaps and not the least of these was found in the neces sity for transporting to Fairfax a heavy press and other paraphernalia needed for the intri cate piecing of the torn and ragged pages and mounting them on the cardboard mounts, one of which has been provided for each page of the will. Unquestionably the gratifying success which has attended this attempt to restore the Wash ington will to the appearance it bore one hun dred years ago has been due in no small meas ure to the aid afforded by a number of blank sheets of paper made especially for George Washington and watermarked with his name. When the government officials first inspected the torn and tattered will with a view to apply ing their ingenious "first aid" treatment they at once realized that an inordinate amount of piecing and patching would be necessary and they were in a quandary where to obtain mate rial that would match the original, for. of course, the will was written on very distinctive paper, and to patch it with ordinary paper of present day manufacture would have resulted in only partially concealing the wounds made by time and careless hands. There was a long search for paper that could be used with confidence that no person examining the restored document without the aid of a magnifying glass could tell where the original left off and a patch began. Finally the officials discovered in a second-hand bookstore in Washington a number of sheets of the writ ing-paper which General Washington had manu factured especially for his personal use and this paper was -used wherever new tissue had to be grafted on the original document, with the result that the appearance of the original has been simulated so as to defy detection. Each sheet of the will has been so backed or mounted upon “crepeline” that it will stand any reason able amount of handling and the ink of the will has been “set” so that there is little danger of further fading. However, for all that the precious document has been put in condition to stand another cen tury of strenuous existence if need be. it is not likely that it will ever again be called upon lo suffer such neglect or abuse as in the past. The county officials who are the custodians of the will appear to be aroused to the necessity of giving it more intelligent care than it en joyed in years gone by. To that end the pages of the will have been bound in the form of a book with handsome red levant cover and a special fireproof, burglar-proof steel safe, made specially for the purpose under the supervision of the government officials will henceforth be the repository of this relic. The attention which this restoration of the will is receiving is expected to result in the vis its in future of considerable numbers of tourists and sightseers to1 Fairfax Courthouse, the Vir ginia hamlet where the will has its home—the more so since this historic spot can now be reached by trolley from the national capital. The county seat of the county where Washing ton lived and died has many picturesque land marks not the least interesting of which is the old courthouse in which Washington's will was probated and which presents today the same appearance that it did on that historic day more than a century ago. The will is not kept in the courthouse but in the office of the clerk of the court, which occupies a separate building. The work of restoring the Washington will, had it been entrusted to any manuscript surgeon out side the government service—and there are only a few such in the country—would have cost $200 to $800 at least and it is probable that several times the latter sum might have been demanded for the service for, which the gov ernment made no charge. « .JMBfli# a # U # =* :: *:: * a * times larger than life size. Another find was an inscription of Sennacherib to the effect that he had "builded a house to the God Xinib.” This presumably refers to an extension of the temple at the east corner, of which little now remains, but the temple well built by Sennach erib is intact. The Temple of Assur is shown to have been of vast extent. The excavations reveal a court yard surrounded by rooms and two immense halls. The excavators found here fragments of enameled brick dating from modern Assy rian times and showing markedly the influence of Egypt. These bricks depict battles, prison ers and soldiers on march and the destruction of fortresses. Many Miles of Champagne VaM tc ImmtAM Ci>ci at Rheima. W*«rc Mutt li Store 1, Worth While. Kkiles la perfcapa Seat known rawt of ike MR bcactifal relle Goduc ardfctt*rtur* emfcotUed la fiht<ril TU toast utadsUos wtu. to* career of Joan of Are la as Rktr Mrh between si aod It- Son.* m*J ewes remember tbe tal* of ita 6 2.? it i mm jack-law. Uut there are few who know Rhrims as the center of •be champagne trade, and the home of the most famous champagne firms tn the world If you look in the city directory you will find no less than ninety establishments for making ! cfcrmpagne, And these are not the c-r.ljr inhabitants who are connected i with the Industry, for besides twenty firms wbicb are employed In malting the corks used, there are almost as many more who are engaged In the machinery necessary for the industry. A visit to the immense caves where the wine is stored Is worth while. Some of them extend for miles into ; the city, and many parts are com pletely honeycombed with them. In order to vary the temperature they are often three stories deep under the street level, and one may descend to them by a fine flight of steps, some hundred and sixteen, which have been i cut from the chalky soil. Though the caves extend for more than ten miles, they are constantly being added to. Some, the corridors named after vari ous prominent men or cities, such as Thiers, Carnot, Washington, Paris. New York, are more than a quarter of a mile in length and lead to some i Jwo hundred large rooms. In these Nfellars one may expect to find rows of dusty bottles covered with cob webs and spiders. But in this he will be disappointed, for evei^ part is as faultlessly clean and fresh as con stant care can make it Here are often stored as much as 52S.000 gal lons of champagne, or from thirteen to fourteen million bottles. Tunnel Between Sweden and Denmark The Swedish parliament is at pres ent discussing the projector^ subma rine tunnel between Sweden and Den mark. The undertaking is intended to enable the military forces of the three Scandinavian countries to co operate in time of war. The tunnel would probably be made between Co penhagen and Mai mo. __ __. SHIRE HORSE ESSENTIALLY ENGLISH FARMERS’ OWN Animal Has Improved Vastly In Recent Years, In Uniformity of Type. In Feet, Action, Pasterns and Quality of Hair and Bone. -«• Sr " -•** » English Shire Mare and Colt. (V.y G. T. BARROWS. England.) The Shfre horse is essentially the English farmer's own. Across the border the Clydesdale holds sway. It is flattering to the English breeder to know that America and Canada are now taking more Shires than they have ever done before. England today is being constantly scoured by American buyers for the nght kind of Shire horses. The English Shire horse has im proved vastly of recent years, in uni formity of type, in teet, action and has vastly better pasterns and quality of hr.ir and bone. The farmer’s brood mare—the rent payer—is a real feminine type, name ly. neither of the geiding or the stal lion appearance. She is always mated to a stallion of great masculinity, pos sessing good, wide, strong feet, and is naturally a free mover, with fiat, sound bone, cf strong consittution and as big as possible. In the large studs thd greatest care Is taken over the matter of suitable stallions selected. Very few traveling stallions ai*e to be found without a veterinary surgeon's certificate of soundness. If anything, some of the farmers who have found breeding a rapid means of acquiring wealth, are in clined to get quality at the expense of weight and substance. Shows are the best advertisement that the English tenant-farmer has for getting rid of his wares to the landlord or the rich breeder. Sbows in an English summer are as plentiful as sparrows. They are held upon the slightest provocation, where two or three horse breeders are gath ered together. One of the most gratifying features of the Shire horse breeding In the old country, is that the rich man settles in the locality, or suddenly becomes prominent as a breeder of first-class animals. He spends no end of money on buying and matui^ng. These often fall into the hands of the farmer cheaply, and very often the farmer sells back their offspring at considerable prices. Shire service Is cheap in England, when one considers the enormous out t Jay of some of the breeders, and the tenant fanner, or the farmer whose land is only rented, has all the bene-. | fits of his rich proprietor's patronage. The old country may have old I ffeshioned ways, but the farmer : knows when he is well oft and he : knows that to raise Shire horses suc cessfully is to have a hank balance, and to have no hahniing fears from i a disastrous season. HORSE SHOEING t' IS SCIENCE No Man Is Fully Equipped tor Task Unless He Understands Anotomv of Animal's Foot Advance Heins Made. By VYXI. J. KELLY.* Formerly the ordinary blacksmith, who knew very little about the under lying principles that should govern horse shoeing, was called upon to shoe horses. As a result very much of the work done was inferior and such work re-acted in many instances against the usefulness of the horse that was thus shod. The advance that has been made in this branch of blacksmithing during recent years, has been very great. The work of shoeing horses is so variable in its requirements that no small degree of skill is required on the part of those engaged in the busi ness. It would perhaps be correct to say that no horse sheer is fully equipped for his work who does not understand considerable about the anatomy of the horse’s foot. He should also be able to detect defects in the animal's loco motion and should know how to shoe the horse in such a way that the evil3 arising from these defects will be less ened or overcome entirely. Chickens With Turkeys. It is downright cruelty to chickens to confine them with turkeys, as many of them will be killed by the larger birds. PRACTICAL ARCHED ROOF BARN The accompanying plan of arched roof will not need any bracing, pro viding it is built on a wood frame. If placed on a concrete wall it would need to be fastened to the wall in sjne manner. This arch could be fiiade out of one-inch lumber, three ply thick, using eight pieces. These will be a trifle shorter than eight feet. Cut outside to circle of 20 feet radius. It will be a little stronger by leaving inside straight. These should be placed about two feet centers. Nall on outlook like shown on plan for cor nice. You can make them out of two inch by eight-inch the same length, which takes a little more lumber, and we do not consider they would be as strong. * It would be better to use a 3 by 8 inch or a 3 by 6 inch bolted on to underside of ridge to fasten track to, as this would bring the load on two or three rafters. Apples for Home. The following choice varieties of apples cannot be beaten for the home orchard. They cover the entire ap ple season from late July to May of the succeeding year and include both dessert and cooking kinds: Yellow Transparent, Primate, Red Astrachan, Oldenburg, Chenango, Sweet Bough, Porter Maiden Blush, Fameuse, Fall Pippin, St. Lawrence. Wealthy. Haw ley. McIntosh, Jonathan, Hubbards tcn. Grimes Golden, King. Wagener, Yellow Bellflower, Northern Spy, Rox bury Russett, Newtown, Pippin and Winesap. In selecting varieties for\ the home orchard, at least one tree of each should be secured, provided space can be given. If the family is of good size and ground available, two trees should be bought at least of the later varieties. Neighborhood Excnanges. The difficulty of exchanging tools and labor with neighbors is in the personality. Some men will expect to use borrowed tools all through the favorable weather and then return them in a damaged condition too late to be of much use to the owner. In borrowing labor this kind of neighbor will work the hired man half to death and then In returning the labor spend half his time telling stories. In ex changing labor or anything else pick out a farmer who will practice the golden rule.' New Mint Fteglon. Peppermint growers of New- York and Michigan will meet competition from the reclaimed lands of Louisiana A distillation plant is also in opera tion. A party of expert agriculturists recently inspecting the region were convinced that the crop can be grown in limited quantities at a good profit. Peppermint oil was imported into the Lnited States during the fiscal year to the extent of 1.23S pounds, worth $b.41b, while the exports of American peppermint oil amounted to 161 Sll pounds, worth $2S3,318. breeding Pens. Most breeders are willing to se4l their last year's breeding pens Tor' less than half what you would have to pay for the same quality in pul lets. v