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Ik Luf City Nortkwesten 1 W. BTRUSCU. Publisher LOUP CITY. . . NEBRASKi WEATHER ANO THE BOBOLINK. Them s«sutr«Mc Itraen of nortl •ro Indiana wbo prophesy an earl became of tbe departure c the hohoUnh southward two or thre •••Ls earlier than usual should cor Ww the tkrd's peculiarities It 1 ■K because be considers turn me •■Arty over, bet because be baa raise • New family early that be now start •oochward. la all probability. “Kober K Liorolt departs for tbe rice field •f the mtdaootfc roast with tbe a bill r of his brood to fly. He and bis mat< cose to us early and depart early says the Chicago Heoord-Heraid. Mi has now a new coat and will fill him •elf with rice, ao that be will soon lx In prune condition as tbe “nee bird' of the Carolina* He spends tbe win ter in Central or Booth America, if b. escapes tbe shotguns Of the coat heaters, and Is billed for return ap pearaare* next April or May One o: the results of hot weather is tbe quiet fulfillment of maty natural events aut •nsrtlogi The weather prophets on the “rurai districts' often satisfy themselves, but noI the scientists. Germany Is not tbe first place in th« world to stir a one would look tor t movement In tbe direction of relit I from conventionality. However, s Men s Dress Reform aocVty has beet founded la liertla. with tbe object ol bringing masculine attire to a higher hygienic standard The society pro tests against tbe 'airtight armor plat tag" of the starched shirt front, the mat iron rule of Mack frock-coats for weddings and funerals alike, and tbe general system of dress a bleb in volve* the wearing of many rtght-ht ting garments each overlapping tbs uther. Sag collars and cuffs are also tabooed It Is said that the society will begin Us propaganda among nr tl«s and other men of Independent standing. She writers, physician* and sportsmen Berlin has not bad great enemas as a atarter of women's Inst lows, but that la no reason why It ■hen if tali to “netting the pace- for Tbe result of the new undertak tag win be a salted with Interest. The reckless motorist* and those ■Is are insolent bosh la demands and matin rr to the general public are do •C mack to provoke antagonism • tl'b will react on the whole sport of saiosaohtang. says the Baltimore American. There are a large number ■f latcaobtlirj who operate 'heir mi tine# carefully and with due care and rwaatd* radon for tbe tights of sbers. who do not gjnse their privi leges. are not only willing but also aarioes to comply with all the pro visions of the law and who treat pe destrians with consideration and wwnesy. Bwt as la other cases, these taoceast onas tare to suffer for the tahe at the guilty, and win be power lews to chock the adverse public opin sa which so mack recklessness and arrogance are bound to engender It is another count against the reckless Me* that they are bringing discredit end 111 feeling against n large class • ho do wot deserve either. A Gotham broker has gone abroad to hunt tor a perfect wile. who. tc awtt his taste, must combine the best point* at the women of all nations list owe trouble with n quest of thlv kind is that the Ideal woman herself • fewwd. may also be looking for the Ideal husband Tbe i age limit for is a perfectly A powerful with all Its possibilities of speed, in streets waed by met. women and children. Is entirely too danger mm n toy for Irresponsible boys wbc of the rights of others « ■ 1 If youth and mtoaiea see allowed as mitigating nrrum stances la accidents. thea there will hw an safety la the highway* and tbs «*y streets (or any body > » S*« Tor* Madefy worm * te» M par to try The tl»* effort li met *■* la rwiiiffil to par a Iff* pofattr prolater were active, tan tt* prt*« atm »u paralysed. • that k «aa prapr tor a pH la <nst a HI— Me named a teetotaler Evtdaetly Mr wit**-** tffat one dns* I GREAT OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENT _ _«__ ^ TTLE- F^EFZTHXFLNK THE formal opening of the great Fernbank dam near Cincinnati the other day marked a long step forward in the Improvement of the Ohio river as a traffic water way. Very appropriately, too. the event came on the • ntennial of the first steamboat trip down that river, made by Captain Roasevelt, a great-uncle of the ex-presi dent. The Fernbank dam. for which >1,300.000 was appropriated, is part of the general scheme to create a nine toot stage in the river from Pittsburg to Cairo. WOMEN NOT TOO FAT Chicago Experts Pooh-Pooh New Ycrk Pessimist’s Views. Women Here Are Slender and A* to Gotham, Says One Dressmaker, They May Be Fleshy, but An other Doubts It. Chicago.—"Why are there so many iat women 7”—Quotation from a New York dispatch in a morning newspa per. ' “There are not!”—Answer of Chi cago experts on the figure feminine. Some little old New Yorker, with his Broadwise eyes, has been making observations in the eastern city, but his “profound dismay" at what he calls "the alarming corpulence of our middle aged women" finds no sym pathetic echo In Chicago. A reporter visited half a dozen corset dealers and fitters and found them agreed that the Chicago woman, at least, retains her slim, graceful figure. "1 admit that the New York woman is a little prone to stoutness." said Miss A. M Nichols, manager of a large downtown corset shop, "but the Chl c**o woman still bas the loose, ath letic lines, so much admired and de-1 sired.” The New York dispatch deplores ' that women “waddle ponderously" at j thirty-five, a condition reached by I overeating and drinking. The average weight—New York figures—is 165 i pounds and suit sizes a 28 bust and ) U waist. ’The average Chicago woman weighs under 15tt pounds.” continued Miss j Nichols. “She wears a 36 bust and a ' -* waist. That has been my experi ence. and 1 handle all sorts and class- I e* of women. "How does she do It? Why. by tak- ; ;c< care of herself. For Instance, she Joes not overeat. She has a practical diet, which everybody should have. Sbe does not eat at all hours of the night. She exercises systematically— that is. when she Is advised to exer cise to keep in condition she does not go violently pell mell at It She uses common sense. "Then our leisure class Is a leisure class in name only. No women take better care of themselves than Chi cago society women. However, the appreciation of the luxurious never de velops into a mad chase. It Is tem pered with right living. As far as getting old and •matronly1 at thirty five is considered—well, she Just don’t. "This New York man says he has counted four stout women to every stout man. Just go out on the street any time and make observation and see how far from fitting the Chicago condition that New York observation comes." Miss Anna Snyder, manager of an other shop and an expert fitter, laughed when she read the dispatch. "Isn't that just like a man?" she smiled. “Why, with modern lacing it is beyond any poor man to tell wheth er a woman is stout or slender. Cor seting has become such a science that women strike a more symmetrical average. “Another sapient remark by this male person is that the American wom an cannot wear a hobble skirt be cause her hips are too broad. That New York man certainly should take a trip outside of his city. Why, the bobble was made for the slender lines of the Chicago feminine figure." "Well, I Just returned from New . York,” said Mme. Jeanne, at the head of another establishment, “and while the New York woman has made a fine start toward ruining her figure with immoderate eating and drinking. I \ fear she Is not so far past redemption ; as the New York man would have us think. Perhaps he has a preference for the splender type and one or two stout women seen one right after the other sent him off in a panic. "At any rate, we need not worry over Miss Chicago becoming stout. She knows how to care for herself and is acquainted with the ract that mod eration In living means moderation In figure. That is why the Chicago per son is often surprised to hear visitors comment on the general beauty of the women of the city. To him it has be come so common that he does not realize the fairness of the city until he has himself been on a visit." Big Japanese Navy __ Rear Admiral Motoki Tells of Great Progress Made. Work Don* at Four Ship-Building Varda Enables Japan to Attain Position in Front Rank of Naval Powers. London —The development by the Japanese of their naval resources since the end oi the war with Russia is a subject about which not much in lormation of an authentic character bad been divulged, but a Hood of light waa shed upon the matter In the pa peri read by delegates from Japan at the international Congress of Naval Architects. Just held in London. Rear Admiral Motoki Kondo. the In spector-general of Japanese naval con struction, who contributed a paper on the progress of bis department, dealt first with the four navy yards, two of which, those at Yokosuka and Kure, have launched eight armored ships since 1905. It must be remembered that before that year the largest ves sel built In Japan was a four-thousand ton protected cruiser. Yokosuka dockyard was started in 1865, and Its first dock opened in 1870. Only wooden ships were built until 1885. and from that year until 1905 only gunboats and small cruisers. To day the yard employs more than eight thousand men and occupies 116 acres, having two large and three small building slips and four graving docks, all of which will take any warship i afloat. The Kure navy yard was begun only in 1889. but It now rivals the Yoko suka. having two large slips, besides smaller ones for torpedo craft, and two graving docks, with two others under construction. Here guns and gun mountings are manufactured, the progress in output having been suffi cient to supply the armament of al most all the warships built in late years. Kure also possesses steel and armor plate works, the latter plant having been started in 1902. The ar mor is made by a special process de vised by Japanese engineers, and has given good results. The two other navy yards, the Sasewo and the Maidzuru. are on a smaller scale, being used for repair work and the construction of small craft In addition, there are now two private shipyards capable of building armorclads. one at Nagasaki, the other at Kobe. Each has just received an order for a battle cruiser similar to the ship ordered in England last year, while a fourth vessel of the same type is building at Yokosuka. In the course of his paper on naval engineering In Japan. Rear Admiral Terugoro Fuji! stated that these four new battle cruisers fitted with tur bines would have engines of 61,000 horsepower. Their displacement is to be 27,500 tons, and with their high speed and gun power, when they are completed in 1914 they will mako a potent flying squadron in the Paciflc. The turbine has been adopted for all ships begun since 1905. some vessels being fittbd with the Curtis turbine, and others with that of the Parsons type. The boilers in use in the Jap anese navy are of a new design, first tried in a cruiser in 1903. These “navy type" boilers, as they are called, will be Installed In the new battle cruisers. Previous armorclads built in Japan bad been fitted with Mtyabara boilers, the invention of the Japanese admiral of that name. Side by side with the development in warship building capacity, mer chant ship-building in Japan has also made progress, as is shown by the paper on this subject contributed by the director of the mercantile marine bureau. He begins by saying that in 1853, when an American fleet, under Commodore Perry, appeared off the : Japanese coast, the shogun's govern ment was surprised at the enormous size of the warships and awakened from the indolent dreams of the past. The gross tonnage of vessels built under the shipbuilding encouragement law from 189? to 1910 was 286.501 tons. Japan Is not. however, perfectly seir supportlng as regards the supply of steel for shipbuilding, as although the government works opened in 1898 can produce 100.000 tons yearly, builders have still to Import foreign material. But the progress made during the last decade is sufficiently striking, en abling Japan, as It has done, to reach and maintain a position in the front rank of the naval powers of the world. Fat Men Chase a Pig. New York.—There was not a pig race at the outing of the Frank J. Dotzler association, because the aider man and a committee of six fat men who were carrying the pig to the F»«t Third street pier, chased it over board. It was a 92-pound pig. and the combined weight of the committee that chased It is 1,785 pounds, ex clusive of Alderman Dotsler, who add ed his 291 pounds to the chase. HAREMS ARE FEW IN TURKEY Mistaken Idea That Each Husband Takes Advantage of Plural Mar riage*—Polygamy la Rare. Coaataatlaople.—There exists In Europe and America a mistaken no de* that almost every married Turk has several wives, that be la at lib erty to marry as many times as be I*kea. and that It Is for him Just as easy to divorce a wife as to change an overcoat. Polygamy in Turkey Is lb* exception, and not the rule, the majority of the Osmanlis having but one wife. Ia the metropolis itself polygamy does not amount to fire per coot. It la rarely met with in ether big centers of the Ottoman em pire. save among the richest and most powerful functionaries, and even then plurality of wives is an excep tion. The legal number of wivea is four, j Only the padUhah and caliph is al | lowed to have more, being a person | beyond and above limitations and re ' strtctions of that kind. The prophet I IliUsstf bad seven wives and Ail, the fourth In the succession of the1 caliphate, had nine. One of the chief causer of the plu rality of wives being so rare among the Turks is that, while the prophet and the Koran permit the faithful worshipers of Islam to marry four times, they also provide strict injucc tfons of a religious and ethical na ture, which every Mussulman has to adhere to if he doesn't want to be excommunicated from the fold of orthodox Islamism. Thus, a Tu~k who is desirous of contracting a sec ond marriage is bound by an explicit law to provide for his new life com panion a separate dwelling place, .n every respect similar to that of his first wife, as well as an equal num ber cf slaves and servanta. Boy Walks 478,000 Miles. Portland. Ore.—Julius Rath, picked from 100 newsboys of St. Louis 14 years ago to walk 500.000 miles in IS years, reached Portland. He announces he bss covered 478.000 mllea He must reach St. Louis with 81.000 and a dog, without begging or borrowing or steal ing during bis entire trip. Then he will receive 830,000. Onions Are Enjoined. Des Moines, lows.—Judge Oe Graff, who. by a mandatory Injunction a few weeks ago. effectively ended the street car strike, baa issued an in junction against U.e odor qf cooking onions. Lawyers who have offices in the Iowa Loan and Trust building told the court they did not relish the odors which escaped from the chim ney of a restaurant across the alley. Judge De Graff ordered the rest-urant company to raise its chimney high enough to carry the odors above the attorneys’ offices. Bees Make World’s Record. London.—What is believed to be a world'8 record has been created bya hive of bees on tbe farm of Mr. J. Selley at Cadeleigh, Devon. No less than 147 pounds of boney has been taken from the hive, and had there been twenty other hives there they would have done as well, says the ex pert who removed the boney from tbe hive. Tbe whole of tbe boney was gathered from white clover and is of tbe be-’ quality. Peter Arcadgevitch Stolypin, the Russian premier, who was assassinat ed, was noted throughout the courts of Europe as a courtier and a master of ceremonies. Despite his courtly bearing and the great love the czar bore for him. Stolypin. it can be said safely, was the most hated man in all Russia. To the people of Russia he was known principally as the man who by his wholesale executions and drum-* head courts-martial sent over the land the expression, “Stolypin's necktie,'1 as a synonym for the hangman's noose. Death sentences and execu tions were reported daily from his of flee, without the slightest comment or word of explanation. Cold grim tig ures alone made known the work of the hangman. Two attempts before that which re sulted la his death were made on his life. He had not long been a mem ber of the cabinet as minister of the interior wnen tne revolutionists me* his house almost to pieces, injuring his little girl so that she is crippled for life. Weaker men than he would have retired, at least for a time, irom the policy which had engendered the attack, but not Stolypin. He stuck to the course he had outlined and dared the revolutionists and assassins to do theit worst. Several times it was announced that his reign as minister of the in terior was at an end, but he kept the portfolio just the same. Stolypin was a marvel of physical energy. No problem was too great foi blm to assume. He carried a heavier official burden than any statesman oi Europe. His daily life, from which he never varied, was a model for the offi cials of St. Petersburg. In some cases he tempered the exercise of his au thority with humanity and in other cases packed courts and sunrise execu tions spelled the end of whoever disputed him or the emperor. Throughout his political life he played the dual role of murderer and hu manitarian. To those whom he condemned he was the hangman, but to th« enemies of those he condemned he was a great humanitarian who lived foi Russia. He ruled as the will of a cowardly monarch made him. In the offi cial life of Russia he will forever be known as the courtier. But to the peo pie of the lower classes there will be one synonym for the dead premier, and that will be. •'Stolypin's necktie.” MAYOR UNDER INVESTIGATION | Thomas E. Knotts, mayor of Gary. Ind., the steel trust's "Magic City." has been arrested for the alleged tak ing of a bribe of $5,000 from T. B. Dean, who was endeavoring to get the city fathers of Gary to give him. in behalf of his company, a heating fran chise. "Mayor Tom.” as Knotts is called, denies the charge of bribery and says that the whole thing Is a "frame-up." He avers a base plot has been hatched to get him and his aider men out of office, a plot to blacken his good name. Dictagraphs, such as were used at Co lumbus, O., to get evidence against bribed members of the Ohio legisla ture. were used in Gary to get evi dence against the mayor as well as against seven other officials. All these officials are alleged to have sought bribes ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 from Dean for the purpose of putting his franchise through the council. Dean claims the mayor demanded $5, vw to sign me rrancmse alter it naa passea the council. The mayor signed and. after the signing, officers found $5,000 in an envelope in a pigeonhole in his desk at the city hall. Mayor Knotts went to Gary "broke" four years ago. living in a rude hut on the sand wastes. Today he is rated a millionaire and lives in one of Gary’s finest homes. Knotts has been constantly embroiled in gamblers' and saloonkeepers wars and both factions have tried in vain to have bim Impeached, in the lat ter part of 1909 a plot was discovered in the settlement of Gary's foreign population to assassinate him. The leaders of the plot were arrested, but were never placed on trial. If the charges of graft and corruption against city officials are true, Gary the model city of the Steel trust, has little to learn from other places in the way of political degradation. The town has had a hot time politically evet since its organization. Several times it has required the services of squads ol ! deputy sheriffs and even of the state militia. 1 PORTUGAL’S NEW PRESIDENT7"] The new constitutional president o; Portugal. Dr. Manuel Arriaga, has t hard task before him. When the re public was proclaimed in October 1910. a provisional government was established and. beset by reactionary tendencies on every 6ide, It found dif Acuities in maintaining itself. The monarchists were active In undermin ing its stability and many of the re publicans who aided in the overthrow of the monarchy became lukewarm lr their support of the republic because disappointed in obtaining the sweets j of political office. Not long since the National Assem bly chose a new president and adopted a constitution. The choice for presi dent. Dr. Arriaga. Is popular, bui whether this popularity will remain aiter he is In office long enough tc make enemies is another question Meantime the supporters of the exilec King Manuel are active both in Por tugal and outside its borders and ai the present time Portuguese troops are being employed to repel a possible invasion by monarchists from the Spanish province of Galicia. That there is j discontent of a widespread order In Portugal seems certain and it requires a strong man to stem the tide and popularise the republic. The task of President Arriaga is thus a difficult one and is rendered more so because most of the leaders under the republican regime are more the orists than practical statesmen. TO TEACH FILIPINO FARMERS 1 I---1 ; The recent appointment of Frederic W. Taylor as director of agriculture for the Philippine Islands, recalls the career of one of the most Interesting personalities associated with the de velopment of agriculture. For this is the same Mr. Taylor who made a world-wide leputation as superintend ent of agriculture at the St Louis ex position, and who has been prominent ly Identified with the agricultural ex hibitions at nearly every American exposition of any Importance, from the Irrigation of arid lands to the reclamation of the swamp lands of the south. Mr. Taylor's appointment to his new post is especially merited, for few phases of agricultural development are unknown to him. A horny-flsted farmer hlmaelf. born In Iowa, be long ago established an enviable reputation as a most capable student and writer in the advancement of practical agri culture. Toe gOTeminent may wen exptci onaer ms »upr:vioiuu B uiUBi Buusuui- j tial development of agricultural resources in the Philippines. I. FARMER BURNS AT HASTINGS Hastings, Neb.—The athletic com mittee was instructed to secure tht best possible attraction and when the-’, made a contract with the world - most famous trainer, lecturer and wrestler, the board of governor? thought they had just about hit tb< nail on the head. Farmer Burn comes to Hastings Tuesday, Wedne? day and Thursday, the week of the fes tival, Oct. 9-14. and as the farmer is fresh from the famous Gotch-Hacken schmidt match which took p'iace in Chi cago on I^abor Day, he will have some interesting things to say to those wh< could not attend that famous, match. During this wrestling tournament at Hastings there will be matches be tween Joe Siegman, the big Bohemian and Jack Tamassec, the big Russian who came over to see Hack get his. Then Oscar Wassam will try to throw the winner and Farmer Burns will wrestle with the winner of each match. Besides this, he will explain holds and physical development at which he is a past master, giving a full exrlana tion of the Gotch famous toe hold as used to throw Hackenschmidt. i:1 OSCAR WASSEM. PHILADELPHIA ZOO AT HASTINGS FAIR Hastings, Neb.—Among the paid at tractions which will be on the streets during the Central Nebraska fall fes tival at Hastings. October 9th to 14th, will be Edwards Famous Animal Zoo. This show makes its winter quarters in Philadelphia and during the sum mer season tours all over the country, having just returned from a trip through Canada and British Columbia. The concession committee also reports the engagement of Francis Williams' Dog and Pony circus which will be ol interest to the children and ladies as well as being a fine entertainment for men. Miss Williams has a delightful troupe of trained dogs, monkeys, and ponies, giving the show in a big tent where seats are provided for 400 per sons at each performance. SPECIAL TRAINS RUN TO HASTINGS Hastings. Neb.—Arrangements have been made to run a special train from York to Hastings, leaving York at 7 a. m.. and returning from Hastings at 9.30 p. m. This train has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 10 and will stop at points on the line. This special will arrive in Hastings in plenty of time for passengers to witness the beautiful automobile flcwer parade, which will take place at 10:30 in the morning. The Bkriing ton will run a srecial on the same day from Fairmont and return. Specia’ trains returning to Aurora. Red Cloud and Kearney will leave Hastings at 7:30 p. m.; also the Missouri Pacific ard the St. Joseph ard Grand Island will have special facilities for hand ling the crowds on Tuesday and Fri day. Better ask your depot agent about the trains for the Central Ne braska Fail Festival, October 9 to H a; Hastings. An automobile flower parade Tues day. a farmers’ decorated vehicle pa rade Wednesday, a big industrial float parade Thursday, a lodges, societies tnd school parade Friday; a farmers’ iecorated automobile parade Saturday, i horse show, a poultry show, a farm product show. Entries are entirely ’ree to all during the Central Nebras ka fall festival. Oct. 9-14. Washington—The coming session if congress is expected to be marked >y mucb more agitation of the sub ect of federal aid to good roads than tsual. On reason for this is the in xeasing activity of the advocates of eder&l aid to interstate road improve nent. The activity of the promoters if good roads in the states is marked ind is constantly increasing. The parcels post was advocated by Superintendent Thompson of the rural nail service at the letter carriers’ con ention at Milwaukee. Montreal.—The liberal ministry, rhose defeat came in Thursday’s elec lon. will meet In Ontario this week o wind up the affairs of the present overnment and to tender their resig ations. They also will consider plana ar the reorganisation of their party t is now thought possible that Sir Wilfrid Laurier may continue to re lain the bead of his party and that e will lead the opposition in parl'a ient. Martial law has been proclaimed iroughoat Spain.