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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
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speed, in streets waed by met. women
and children. Is entirely too danger
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of the rights of others
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I GREAT OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENT
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^ 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
