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RACE IN THE AIR FROM PARIS TO TURIN C ' • ' ' iw Mtrtt iiinlttl r he world entered In the race from Paris to Turin by way of Rome The tJ ’>t'». t f:\tra .Lew: Andre P aumont speeding over the wireless station that is in the old ^ t ' ll« La'bor o< <>t oa in *Lr lower puture Garroa. another of the contestants, is seen living along the l*ai-aa coat; near Kerri. SAVE ALFALFA CROP ANGLER IS DUCKED BY EEL Winsted. Conn., Man Captures Speci men Six Feet Long After Being Pulled Into the Water. Winsted. Conn.—"By John Rogers. exclaimed Joseph Rogers when pulled into deep water in Highland lake. ‘Til get that darned whopper yet," he said to his comrades in a boat as he floundered in water many feet deep And he did. but not without a strug Sle. The "whopper-- was one of those large strong, hungry eels which have been in Highland lake so many years that they dare to tackle any human trespasser. Rogers was standing In one end of the craft holding a steel rod when he was pulled overboard. He held on to the steel rod with one hand and kept himself afloat with the other until his companions reached him. The eel was six feet long. Beat la Lonesome; Policeman Resigns. Newark. N. J.—After three hours service as a Newark policeman Patrol man Daniel F. Haggerty found his beat so lonesome that he telephoned in his resignation and went home. Me* Bug Being Imported to Kill Injurious Weevils. Brings Italian insect Over ia Storage Vaults and It derives Under Utan Sunsnme —Were Is Esper.mental. •oh Labe Oty. I'tai - *ar|H from rbe aitslis mgs la saner Italy, tro vt *1* add transported ia Igar ho* dbe -ages ta tbe < jid storage vaults ef • liner arroes the AtiaaUc ocean to Xe* Torb. add tbea transferred as aii is tbe refrigerator com part inert ef a trttwtietlartttl train aad bun led fr t'tab. Id tbe experience of tbe al falfa weevil parasites which. It 1» hoped, will ease tbe alfalfa crops of ( tab yng all iatermouistalr. farmers Ins* the ratages of the sfa.!* beetle Tbe parasres are so* coming to life agala ta tbe sunshine sblrk Alters through tbe windows of tbe Tatted grates eatoesv*acy expert meet station ta The t tab capital, aad they *111 be weed la a series of experiments t itirfC by the government with a * ew to helpers the farmer in hi» ftgbt against ode of tbe moat de •tr active pest* of recent years. Tbe work Is cader tbe Immediate supervision ef A. H Klrklaad. special agent of tbe (otrtaaeet la the alfalfa weevil iaseetigatiaa Mr. Kirk.aoo ■ a# .a t-harge of the campaign waged by tbe goeerrmeni against tbe de structive gypsy motfc la Maaeachu setts, add eras signally stw ceasful la Bghiing ’bat peal He has been through 'be practical as eeli as the technical teeters* ef sorb a orb usd Is sss employed by the government to supervise such Investigations as are under aay la Tub Tbe wurb locally with tbe Italian parasites aad the alfalfa weevil is purely espertmeatal Tbe Idea is to have tbe paraefted lay their eggs ta tbe eggs of tbe weevil aad so destroy tbe wwevtl. a bile propagating tbe par •sites Whew It Is kaow: that the weevils eggs la which tbe parasites' eggs are ta be laid, are only about tbe sue ef a pta point. It can be rend By (.adartiuif that tbe men la charge ef tbe work are called upoa to use great skill la eai'blag developments ta sock miaate forms of life Mr Kirkland, la teD ag of the eork. days "We rsannt promise of course, (bat tbs mesas we bar''’ undertaken to cradsra'e tbe alfalfa Weevil pest will be sat results! W« are hopeful, bow ewer At aar rale, the government is enough Interested in the farmers of Utah and other states to tell us to proceed with our experiments and we ‘ball do all we can to get the best re ! salts from this work. The alfalfa weevil Is a native of Kurope and western Asia. In those ‘ countries, however, its ravages are kept down by a parasite. It is that parasite we have brought from Italy to experiment with in this country. "There is no telling how long ago I the weevil was introduced Into the United States. It may have been brought over In hay used as parking or something of that sort. At any rate j it got here, and when it reached Utah it found conditions just right for pro pagation." The Italian parasites were shipped from Portlcl. Italy, by a government agent sent there lor the purpose of gathering them. Twenty boxes were Kirkland having come on with them received in T'tah last month. Mr. Kirkland having come on with them from New York, and more will be re : teived during the course of the work. Black Bass Chews Tobacco a* New Yorker Discover* Fish That Strikes at Cigar Butts and Haa Taste for Nicotine. Bartlett*. X. Y.—John J. Flanagan, manager at Bartlett*, haa as one of his protege* a black bass which uses tobacco The fish, being an intelli gent one. does not smoke cigarettes. But it chews Mr Flanagan got acquainted with the habits of the bass about a month ago The bass' favorite loafing ground is near a power-house. Always, when Mr. Flanagnn goes to the power house. he flings the cigar be happens to be smoking away, so that there . will be no danger of fire. He flung his cigar into the water by | Jhe power-house one day and the bass made a rush for it and grabbed It. dls 1 appearing under the water. Mr. Flanagan thought little of that at the . time, for on certain days bass will 1 strike at nearly anything, while on other day* the most alluring bait will not tempt them. A day or two later he flung another rlgar butt into the water and the same fish rose to it : and nabbed it After this had happened a dozen ‘ times. Mr Flanagan was forced to the conclusion that It was not mere random hunger on the part of the baas, but a genuine taste for tobacco. Several times shreds of the cigar. much torn and raveled, have risen to the top of the water half an hour or so after the fish has grabbed them, thus showing that the intelligent bass really tried to smoke the cigar, but being handicapped by certain natural disadvantages, contented itself by merely chewing the weed. Some of the summer boarders, after observing Mr. Flanagan's bass came to the conclusion that a natural taste for tobacco might be inborn with fish, just as It is with deer and goats. They experimented on several other fish, notably a number of catfish. The catfish, however, when put into a tub on shore, and fed small portions of navy plug chewing tobacco, became very sick at the stomach, showing every sign of nausea, and mewing pitiably. This, and other research along the same lines, with dog fish and pickerel convinced them that the black bass who hangs around the power-house is unique in hlB habits. Girl Saves $5,200 on $1 a Day. Worcester, Mass.—Relatives of Miss Marguerite Hudon. who died after working as a shop clerk seventeen years at $1 a day. found bank de posits in her ame aggregating $5, 200 Her total earnings had been $5 ■ 304 CAT UNCOVERS MUCH MONEY Feline Tkiwli Paw la Hale in Old Fnetted and Drawn Forth Heard t Dead Woman. Fori mala. X T.—A cat rtued a ■ r-oader a teoUtoo! la (be bunt at Henry Karr Tbe cat • peered pan way adder tbe tool, then threat m pa« ep late tbe bale la tbe bottom ol tbe tot Free natty data re me tbe pew wtta j out the mouse, but with a 150 bill ■ticking to one of the claws. The members of the family at once sus pended housekeeping to explore the bole in the footstool. In all $675 was found stored away in the stool, which had been knock ing around the house ever since the death of Grannie Karg. on February 2S last. She was known to have been of a saving disposition, but she died j so suddenly she got no chance to re i veal where she had stored her hoard, j Part of the treasure trove la to be spent on a monument to Grannie with a carved footstool on it Beer Barrels Save Life. New York.—If Felix Madell. a five year-old patient in an uptown hospital, lives he can thank a pyramid of beer barrels in the rear yard of his tene ment-house home. He fell five stories from the roof the other night while playing leapfrog and struck the apex of the beer-barrel pyramid. The bar rels rolled away under him. breaking his fall, and he slid down gradually. e=x -„ xy— v—i An Artist and His Dog BY CARL JENKINS (Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.) It was known to the Sheffields, the Durhams, the Chattertons and all other country families for five miles around that the little farm known as Roselands had been sold to some one In t!fe city, but the name of the buyer had not transpired. Roselands had been owned and occupied by an old recluse for years. His hobby was growing roses, but he would never sell or give one away. They simply budded, bloomed and faded. On two occasions Miss May Shef field, who was by all odds the best looking young woman who drove past Roselands had stopped and tried to melt the old man's heart, but it was in vain. Had she been red-headed and cross-eyed, and had a big mouth and a nose tilted up at the end, he ! could not have been more surly with her. Neither praise, flattery, smiles or cash would melt him. Red roses— pink roses — white roses — roses j f-nougb for a duke's wedding, and yet j the passersby could not have one of ; them. there. Now. then, was she to get out unseen? ”No rain for a week, and everything around here wants water?" continued the man. “We must put the hose on and wet down. You look out for tramps and I'll take care of the roses. And say, Carlo, be a little careful as to the dogs you get acquainted with around here. They must be up to the mark. They say a man is judged by his dog. Something in the shed there? Go and see." The dog had scented the trespasser, and now he ran down and stuck hia head into the shed and barked an alarm. “Only a cat. old boy," said the man, | and you needn't drive her away. We w-ant a cat to make it seem home-like, i May be a coon or a rabbit, from the j way you bark I'll come down and ! help you rustle it out. Here—'* ”\ou needn't put yourself to any ' great trouble," said Miss May Shef field as she appeared in the open doorway. When it was known for certain that the cld recluse had departed, and that the buyer was coining down from the city in a few days to take possession. Miss Mary put on a deter , mined look and said: "Well, I'm going right over there i tomorrow afternoon and get some 1 cuttings from those rose bushes. I , don't believe the buyer will care. At . any rate I'l! chance it." I ‘He's probably a married man," said the mother, "and you don't know what his wife may say about it.” "If she’s mean enough to say any thing I'll offer to pay. Why, we've j given away cuttings and roots and i bulbs by the ccrt elcr.d." \ At two c'cioca aiurnoon. after • a walk of a mile. Mies May arrived at ! Roselands She had brought a knife ■ along, nd she lost no time selecting j the bushes and making her cuttings. When she had bundled them up she , took a look .nto the cottage through a window, and was amazed to find I that a 'ot of new furniture had bcec. moved in Weeds and grass had also been at down, and it was evident that the buyer was ready to take pos "T—thunder!" exclaimed the art- i 1st," as he fell back in amazement. "Sir," said the haughty girl before ! him; “you called me a cat!” "I—I—by no means." “And you called me a coon!” “But I—l never meant to.” “And you called me a rabbit!” “Yes, but you see—” "Ana you ordered your dog to hus tle me out!” "But I didn't know—” “And when 1 am hustled out you swear at me!” "But my astonishment—my sur prise—” “And now I am expecting a blow —from a club!" "Miss—young lady—my dear—" “But as you haven't hit me, I wish 10 thank you for your clemency and bid you good afternoon!" And with head held high and the gait of a duchess, the girl swept the j fluttering man aside and walked to [ the gate and up the road. The dog followed her for a few paces in s wondering way. and then returned tc his master, to be addressed with; "Carlo, have we had a pipe dream or have we actually seen the queen ol j her sex for 50 miles around?” Carlo went down to the shed to see if anything more like that was linger , ing around, and finding nothing j returned to be asked: “But who in the devil can she be j and what in the devil did she want j here? Came on foot and went away the same way. Can't live so very far off. No roses out yet. Was she after ; cuttings? Let's take a look. Why, | here's a bundle of them! We came j home just in time. She heard us and went into biding. Must bave known j she was a trespasser and a thief, and vet how she stood up to me! Wasn't that an awful bluff, old man? Well. Well! There are a few things to be 1 found before we settle down.” Mr. Tiklr.s was only a day or two ; finding out what he wanted to know. 1 and then he appeared at the Shef i field's, not as a caller, but as a bearer i of burdens. He had three rose bushes. I They were, as he explained to Miss May, partial repayment for calling her a cat, a coon and a rabbit. If | she still felt aggrieved she might send ; father and brother over and dig up : all. but a single bush. He had ex ' claimed "thunder!" at the sudden si£ht of her, but there were lilies and | tulips and pinks at Roseland, and | would she take them and forget the ! word? She Lost No Time in Selecting the Bushes. session. If the trespasser had delayed a single day longer— And then she heard the chug of an auto, and lost it as the machine stopped at the gate, and there came the sounds of men's voices and the barking of a dog. The buyer of Rose lands was at hand! Should the girl walk out with that bundle of cuttings under ner arm. and her chin held high in defiance? No, of course not. Should she go without the cuttings? Should she break her way to the fields in the rear through the rank grass and weeds? A shed with vines climbing over it, and the door stand ing half open caught her eye, and a : few seconds later she was concealed. A good looking young man. talking with his chauffeur, came up the path I and unlocked one of the doors and entered. Half a dozn trips were 1 made by the two. and when they came to an end the hiding girl knew that the chauffeur bad driven away alone, and that the master and his dog were seated on the doorsteps within ±5 feet of her. She scented the smoke of a pipe, and she heard the man say to the dog: “Well, old fellow, we are here at —last. Wonder If we are going to be lonesome? We’ll put In a few days cleaning up Roselands and then we must to our canvasses." "An artist, eh? That’s what Miss May had thought as she peered at the mans face through a crack in the shed. He had brought the last of his effects, and was going to stay right Mtss May's chin came down by degrees, but it came down. One evening in the late fall the dog Carlo wasn’t so very much ; astonished to bear his master say, { after coming home at a late hour: "Well, my old friend, we’ll be go I ing back to town for the winter soon, but next spring Rosclands will sure have a mistress. It was you that discovered her, and I want to tell you bow much obliged I am. Heigbo! How she did stand here and bluff!" Origin of “Buncombe.” In historic Buncombe county. North Carolina, was originated the phrase “talking buncombe,” for in this moun tainous country years ago. Col. Ed ward Buncombe founded bis famous hall, and placed the words “To Bun combe Hall. Welcome All" over his doorway. The expression, "I am talk ing for Buncftmbe.” meaning Bun combe county, became current here abouts by home folks, but unregen erate strangers have used It to signify political blarney or exaggerated praise.—"In the Land of the Sky," Joe M. Chappie in National Magazine. Claim Great Age for Tree The village of Remborn. In Ger many, has a linden tree believed to be 1.200 years old. GEN. LEE AND JEFF DAVIS Mrs. Burton Harrison’s Description of the Two Great Leaders of the Confederacy. Our most illustrious caller that spring was the commander-in-chief of the Army of Northern Virginia. Gen eral Lee came one evening, and after a pleasant talk with my mother and me arose to go. we escorting him to tLv. front door. It was broad moon | light, and 1 recall as If it were yes terday. the superb figure of our hero | standing in the little porch without, . saving a few last words as he swung ; his military cape around his shoui ; ders. It did not need my fervid im ' agination to think him the most no ble-looking mortal 1 had ever seen. As he swept off his hat for a second and final farewell, he bent down and kissed me. as he often did the girls he had known from their childhood. At that time General Lon waa liter ally the idol of the Confederacy. His moral gran deal, recognised by all. lifted him Into the region whore t----- --- - “envy, nor calumny, nor hate, nor pain” ventured not to assail him. We felt, as he left us and walked off up the quiet, leafy street in the moon light. that we had been honored as by more than royalty. We went often to Mrs. Davis’ recep tions. where the president never failed to say kind words in passing, and sometimes to tarry for a pleasant chat. Always grave, always looking as If he bore the sorrows of a world, he was Invariably courteous, and sometimes playful In his talk with very young women. These entertain ments of Mrs. Davis, held in the eve ning between limited hours, were at tended by every one in deep mourn ing. The lady of the Confederate White House, while not always spar ing of witty sarcasms upon those who had affronted her. could be de pended upon to conduct her salon with extreme grace and conventional ease. Her sister, Margaret Howell, aided to lend it brilliancy. I have always regretted that my path In tlte and that of Mine, de Stoeurs have di verged so widely since.—Mrs. Burtta Harrison. In Seri boor. Send tor our intereat in* booklet. “The Troth A boat Coco-Cola** PUTTING IT RATHER NEATLY Piece of Humor That Lifted Diffident Professor to the Highest Summits of Joy. It Is told that after Professor Ay toun had made proposals of marriage to Miss Emily Jane Wilson, daughter of Christopher North, he was, as a j matter of course, referred to her j father. As the professor was unoom- ! monly diffident, he said to her: ! "Emily, my dear, you must speak to him for me. I could not summon • courage to speak to the professor on j this subject.” "Papa is in the library,” said the ■ lady "Then you had better go to him,” J said the professor, “and I will wait i here.” There being apparently no help for It. the lady proceeded to the library. "Papa's answer is pinned to the back of my dress.” said Miss Wilson, as she re-entered the room. Turning around, the delighted suitor read these words: "With the author’s compliments.”— Success. IN BUGGVILLE. >'illie Fly—Fleavens! I’m caught in a cyclone! Ben's Logic. “Ben." said his friend, waking up from a reverie in which he had been gazing abstractedly r the shiny ex panse of Ben's skatin’-rink-for-flies. “is there nothing you could do for your baldness?” • Ben, by the way, is on-, forty. “No, lad!” he replied with de cision. "F'ifteen years ago I was courting strong, and I tried lots o' things. 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