Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1914)
me cmpagm of none CHE Homan Campagna has a quality which is unique, w-hich differentiates it en tirely from any other scenery of plain or mouu Vy /jSvl ta*n uP°n our world’s sur face. It stirs the imagina jF BjTp f'PP; it either uplifts or depresses us according to our mood, and very much too, I think, according to our race and inherited instincts and tradi tions. It has some thing of the mystery of the sea, even where it is bounded by that surging line of Sabine moun tains; above all, it has the immense, the eternal tradition of that world-city o! past empire and present faith, which reaches us so in tensely when, look ing from the high ground of Tivoli or the Alban Hills, we vjuiuo » of, St- \peter's, a RFimSlC Of I misty mass in the && CArtPAGrOL far distance, brood- fi£RDJiA£Air Inp- no i*_ ;! ,• c me city wmcn feet 8Carcely distinguishable at its "The Campagna of Rome," said iregorovius, ••is nothing else than the land of Latium, which is separa ted from Tusceny by the Tiber From the time of Constantine the Great the name of Latium has fallen into disuse, and that of Campania , has been used in Us place; and In the middle ages tafs name indicated j a great part of the so-called Ducatus . Romanus.” Since the middle ages the district has been divided into two | parts, the Campagna, which com prises the inland district, and the Mari tima, which extends along the sea coast as far as Terracina. Nature herself has divided it by mountain and plain into distinct compartments. It is divided into three plains. First, the Campagna around the city, watered by the Tiber and the Anio, and hemmed in by the Alban and the Sa bine mountains, the bills about Ron ciglione, and the sea-coast; secondly, the great plain in which the Pontine Marshes are situated, bounded on the one side by the Alban and Volscian Hills and on the other by the sea; : and. lastly, the valley of the Sacco, , which runs down between the Vols- i cian and the Equian and Herman bills. A glance at any good map, euch, for instance, as even the one given by Baedeker in his “Central! Italy j and Rome” (page 380), will help ns to follow out the geographical divi- j sions given as above by the great . historian. We shall see there Brae- j ciano with its lake on the northwest, Subiaeo to the far east, on the west the sea line, and in the 'ery cen ter Rome herself, with the Tiber winding down to her from the Um brian uplands. And the sirine identi fication of the Campagna vith the old Latium, the Latina Tellus ("Latin Land”)! extending along the front of ; | the Mediterranean for 120 miles, as j i with a superficial area of 1.245 square f. miles, has been followed by Signor Cervesaro in his work on “The Roman Campagna," though he uses the Argo and the Palude (the cultivable land and the marshes) as expressing two essential and very important divisions ■ of this vast area. "The general color of the Cam pagna," says this writer, “is a tawny red, paler where it undulates over the terraces of the slopes, greener in the flats where it expands into broad meadows, and the whole wide plain from one horizon to another is bathed in a glorious sea of light. It is that wonderful, mysterious light, the 'color of the air of Rome’ of which foreign writers speak; overhead, depths of sapphire bine which towards the horizon melt into a limpid opalescent haze, where every color, every vapor is etherealized and transmuted by the dreamy transparency of this fairy light. Under it the silent plain, starred by asphodels, to the Greek emb.Jins of HadeB, and flooded by pearly re flections, seems an Elysian field, where time is naught, and where every reality becomes only the fleeting as pect of an ever-vanishing illusion. . . . The sapphire light that enfolds It, cunobleB it indescribably, seeming to widen the horizon, and to open up mysterious, unfathomable distances behind Its transparent veil. Dreams take shape and grow in this air." Chateaubriand, too. had written of this Campagna "From its barren soil rises the shadow of the great city. It Is more than difficult, it is impossible to describe what one axsr£Zowzrr<$ jxr ZHsrztQMan cniwxzzat fee!8 when Rome bursts on one's sight in the midst of her lost domin ions; she seems to rise from a tomb in which she had been laid to rest. • . . A host of memories press in. overwhelming and thrilling the soul at the sight of this Rome which twice assumed the dominion of the world.” And, not to dwell too insistently on this side of our subject—this mystery of space and light, blended with the past sense of a tremendous destiny, "which destroys the weak, incites the hero to greatness, and is fateful to all”—who has expressed in any lan guage more tersely or more intimate ly the emotion it inspires than our Robert Browning, in hiB “Two tn the Campagna?" The champaign with its endless fleece O', feathery grasses everywhere! Silence and passion, joy and peace. An everlasting wash of air,— Rome's ghost since her decrease Such life here, through such lengths of hours. Such miracles performed in play. Such primal naked forms of flowers. Such letting Nature have her way While heaven looks from its towers! It was natural that these qualities, j pictorial as well as artistic, of the Roman Campagna should proTe an j irresistible attraction to the painters of landscapes; and, in fact, without going back so far as the days of Claude of Poussin, within our own age and in my own experience Poing destre and Arthur Strutt, both of whom I knew in my student days at the British Academy of Rome; Henry Coleman, who, only a few months be fore his recent and lamented death, had described to me within the walls of the same academy his own experi ences of the romance of life among the herdsmen of the Campagna; Ono rato Carlandi, who happily is still among us in Rome, a genial figure tn her art life and one of the famous "Twenty-five of the Campagna" to whose excursions In that magic dis trict I have been invited; Nardi, who is well known in this country, and Pazzini, who deserves to be better known; and, lastly, that master of every branch of his art, Aristide Sar torio, whose kindness has placed at my disposal a superb set of reproduc tions from his own studio of the Campagna to illustrate this article— all these have been under this spell, have been gripped by this wide deso lation with an intensity which no beauty of foliage, or sea, or snow peaked mountain can seem to equal. The population of the Campagna is largely nomadic, though there is a permanent settled race, not very nu merous, using a language which is a mixture of Romanesque dialect and Abruzzese—the word “buttero” (cat tle-driver), for instance being a cor ruption of “bourn ductor.” The no madic people who come down to the field work dlfTer very much among themselves according to their “proven ance,” but are largely recruited from the Abruzzi. Among them the Aquila men (Aquilani) are prized as good hedgers, the Rieti men, for sowing: the huntsmen and olive-pruners come down from Umbria and Sabina: and \BLtr73lG$S JIT WCSZK Jf |.2ar these different no mads, who are gtner icaily known as “guitte.” keep very much to their own clan and locality. th6 men of the Marches never mixing with those of Aquila, Dor even of one village with another. They live in miserable huts, or caverns, or sleep in the open. They are victims of the tavern landlord, or storekeeper, as from him alone they can get the necessi ties of their poor life, and were exposed, until recently, at any rate, to the ravages of the malaria fever. When the work of the laud is over and harvested these no mads take their de parture, and the Cam pagna returns to its wonted solitude. Hut omy a pari m this vast tract around the farm steads is under cultivation at all. Beyond this lie the vast tracts grazed over by oxen, horses, and buffaloes, and by the sheep, who, in the winter are driven down to graze on the plaiD and, as the summer advances, are slowly driven up from the scorching heat into the hills. In conclusion, let me give a few ■words to my illustrations. Signor Sar torlo has spent much of his time dur ing the last years in the Campagna. studying most intimately its scenery and the life X have described. The re sults of his work have found expres sion in a series of brilliant pictures, a number of which have now been exhibited in the Venice International exhibition; and I think it is not too much to say that the undoubted suc cess these exhibited pictures have achieved is due not only to their un deniable artistic merit, but also to the fact that they constitute a very precious record of the conditions of a life which may before long have passed away. SELWYN IJRir-’TON. HE CATCHES BIRDS AT SEA Barber on Ocean Liner Uses Whis tling Brown Linnet Most Success fully as a Decoy. The barber of the Atlantic liner Minnetonka finds a new and profita ble pastime in catching wandering birds during the vessel’s voyage across the ocean—his profit arising from the selling of the birds on his arrival in port. All sorts of birds come on board, he says, and he finds a ready sale for many of the rarer specimens. His chief assistant in capturing the birds is a whistling brown linnet, which lures the wanderers aboard from its cage in an open port. The vagrant flyers alight on hearing its whistle, and presently flutter inside. Then the port is closed, and the strange birds are soon made prisoners. “I have caught hundreds of them, and 1 supply the London zoo regular ly," said the bird catcher. “On a re cent homeward voyage the linnet lured a snowbird. It was the first one the zoo bad been able to secure in 16 years What the birds require when they first alight on a ship is not food, but water, and it must be boiled. “Gulls follow a ship all the way across the Atlantic. American gulls are regular convoys as far as the Eng lish channel, where they desert ub, and follow a westward bounder home again. The English gulls follow a liner over and back in tbe same way. The gulls like emigrant ships best, be cause the more passengers there are the greater the quantity of scraps thrown overboard.” A Mind Reader. “What makes you sure your con gressman is not speaking his mind frankly and freely?” “The weather,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “If he spoke frankly and freely he wouldn’t offer any remarks except motions to adjourn." PARTING SHOT WAS HOT ONE Traveler Didn't Get His Suitcase in Time, but He Had a Little Satisfaction. Here is a story that was told at a recent dinner by Dr. Ailerton S. Cush man, director of the Institute of In dustrial Research, Washington, when reference was made to sacrifice jolts; Some time ago an esteemed ciU sen went to the package room of a big railroad for a suitcase he had checked a few hours before, and being in some thing of a hurry, he tried to beam up on the grip juggler that he stacked up against. • book here, old pal,” he earnestly entreated, ‘‘my train leaves in just three minutes. Can't you get that suitcase of mine?” ‘ You are not the only man on earth," was the grouchy rejoinder of the grip juggler. ‘‘You will get your suitcase when your turn comes.” Whereat the'traveler subsided. He saw what he had collided with and prepared to pay the penalty of his rashness. One long exasperating min ute the grip juggler loafed: Then an other! Finally the suitcase was pro duced. •Thanh you!” freezingly remarked the traveler as he faded away “]f you ever lose your job here, come to roe. I need a roan to chase snails." So He Keeps at Work. When a man does not want to take a vacation it is a sign that he fears that he will not be missed at the shop. Cheerful News. The eminent physicians had been called in consultation. They had re tired to another room to discuss the patient’s condition. In the closet of that room a small boy had been con cealed by the patient's directions to listen to what the consultation de cided, and to tell the patient, who de sired genuine information. "Well, Jimmie,” said the patient when the boy came to report, “what did they say?” “1 couldn't tell yon that,” said the boy. “I listened as hard as I could, but they used such big words I could’t remember much of It. All I could catch was when one doctor said: “Well, we ll find that out at the au topsy.” Hi* One Rival. "One or the other of us,” muttered the young man who awaited his be loved in the front parlor, “is going to be turned down tonight!" And he glanced ferociously at the solitary par lor lamp glowing near the piano. Revenge. It is possible to heap "coals of fire” upon the head of one who has offended us, and do It with such vicious intent that there is no merit in the treat-1 ment so far as we are concerned The kindness that springs from a generous and forgiving spirit is one thing and the seeming kindness which is secret ly intended To humiliate the foe and to place ourselves on a pedestal is quite another matter. Revenge is the same spirit whether it hurls benefits or brickbats—Selected. Republic Full of Wrecks of His » toric Cities. Mitla, “The Place of Death,” Is Near Town of Oaxaca, on Southern Railroad—Occupies Center of an Arid Plain or Valley. City of Mexico.—The ruins of an cient cities, remnants of dead civiliza tions, have a fascination for most peo ple. Be they scientists of great re nown or mere mortala of more com mon clay, somehow something stirs within them at the touch of antique things. The average tourist seeking surcease from the daily grind, whether of the college lecture room or of the constant chase of the elusive dollar in trade and traffic, who finds himself in some strange city and learns that not far off are the weather-beaten walls of an ancient temple, shrine or place whose history is a mystery and whose builders are unknown, hies himself at 1 once to that place. He touches the crumbling stones, traces the grotesque I figures and queer designs, and mar vels that such things could have been so many years before he came on earth, perhaps even before the very' civilization of which he is a poastful part came into existence. Mexico is full of such ruins as these. In Yucatan alone there are some sev enty cr more. Approach to some of these is too arduous to most tourists, | but on llie southernmost shore of the republic lies the state of Oaxaca, whose capital is easily accessible. | “Oaxaca City is reached from Puebla by the Mexican Southern,” according to a statement in the latest pamphlet on Mexico, issued by the Pun-Ameri can Union of Washington. “The dis tance is 228 miles and the trip takes 12 hours. It is 288 miles from Mexico City and the saute distance from Vera Cruz. Its population is 40,000. It was the parly home of both Porfirio Diaz, rormer president, and Benito Juarez, the patriot and national hero. Its age makes it very attractive, but it is quite modern in many ways, possessing tramcars, electric lights, telephones and other factors of comfort. Another feature connected with Oaxaca is the fact that from the city the excursion is made, about twenty-five miles to the southeast, to the ruins of Mitla, some of the best preserved prehistoric re mains of all Mexico.” Mitla is a contraction or corruption of the word Mictlan, meaning “The place of Death.” The modern village and the ancient ruins occupy the cen ter of an arid plain or valley, surround ed on all sides by equally arid hills, on the highest summit of which are the well-preserved remains of a great fortress, whose walls are of a rough construction and without ornament of any kind. Nearly in the center of the plain five great groups of buildings stand out completely exposed. Many of them are now nearly shapeless mounds and masses of ruins. Two great groups, however, are in compara Ancient Mexico—The Pyramid of ths Sun at Teotihuacan (City of the Gods.) tively perfect preservation, a third is incorporated with an old church, and a fourth, the great sacrificial mound, is surmounted by the ruine of a very an cient church. The principal buildings are of sftne masonry. A condensed description of one will give an idea of the others. The Hall of Pillars, the northern most building of the north group, is a great room 125 feet long and 28 feet wide, interior measurements. The height of the walls is about 12 feet, the thickness varying from 8 feet 2 inches on the sides to 4 feet 6 inches for the front wall. The entrances are three doorways nearly 8 feet wide, each com posed of three members, two enor mous monolithic door jambs about 7 feet high, 6 feet wide, and 2 feet thick. The most striking feature of the room is a row of six monolithic columns running lengthwise of the room, each column standing 11 feet 1 inch above the floor, which is covered with ce ment. Their circumference is each 9 feet 6 inches. They are slightly tapered at the top, which Is perfectly flat. The interior walls are perfectly, plain, while the exterior are covered with a rich decoration of panels of mosaic work, surrounded by large squared and sometimes incfaed sculp tured stones. BABY YEARNED FOR RAINDROP Little Tot's Effort to Grasp Elusive Moisture Plunged Her From Window. Baltimore, Md.—While catching rain dr ps from a second-story windod of her home at Catonsville during g storm Cora Sauter, two and one-hal) years old, daughter of Patrolman Wil Ham H. Sauter, of Catonsville, fell from the window, but was not ser£ ously injured. At the time of the accident the child was playing with her two broth ers, Carl and Norman, and when rhe rain began to fall she leaped out of the window to catch the drops. She lost her balance and fell £o a cellar door. The force of the fall broke the door, but the child was only slightly bruised. Dr. Marshall B. West wag called to attend her. All for America. l4tst year the t'nited States import ed knit goods to the amount of $5,671, 863 and this year will have to get along without the imported goods. It is now the fashion for women'to ’ sac rifice” themselves for their countries and what better sacrifice could Ameri can women make than cheerfully to wear American-made clothes- during the next few years? Let every one declare for American goods. The Size of It. "Was your husband on his hj"h horse last night?” "No; just an ordinary bat.”’ Be happy. 1’se Red Cm-*. Ball Blue; much better than liquid blue. Delights the laundress. All greetrs. Adv. The Korean postal savings bank sys tem has 420,000 depositors. Minnesota's population is now 2,250. 000. Out of Pan. The small boy's sister came in from play on the first day of her visit and asked for a drink. "There’s the water pail,” said her grandmother. "But what 6hall I use to drink with ?" “Use this,” said the old lady, hand ing the child a tin dipper. "Honest?’’ cried the little girl. "Do you want me to drink out of this pan?” —New York News. Poorer Girls Grade High. Records of the University of Wiscon sin show thai (he average grade for young women working their wav through college is higher than that of girls of the leisure class and whose expenses are paid for them. Not in Sight. Madge—I never see you sitting in a hammock with a young man. Marjorie—I Fhould say not. My hammock is out of sight.—Puck. A MINISTER’S WIFE Always Speaks a Good Word For tana. A Splendid Woman Mrs. O. F. McITsrgue. 147 W. 3th St., Jacksonville, Florida, writes: “I had catarrh and throat trouble. Three bottles of Peruna cured nie. As a minister's wife I come in con tact with all classes of people, and shall always speak a good word for ! Peruna. I have given trial bottles to a few frtends. Wishing you abun dant success. I remain, yours truly." I Physicians Recommend Castoria ASTOEIA has met with pronounced favor on the part of physicians, pharma ^ centical societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with results most gratifying. The extended use of Castoria is unquestionably the result of three facts: First—The indisputable evidence that it is harmless: Second—That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, hut assimi [ lates the food: Third— It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor OIL It is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotic and does not stupefy. It is unlike Soothing Syrups, Bateman’s Drops, Godfrey’s Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, how ever, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, ly regulating the system—not by stupefying it—and our readers are entitled to the information.—Hall's Journal of Health. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chicago, Ills., says: “I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice, and find it very satisfactory.” Dr. William Belmont, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: “Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place.” Dr. J. H. Taft, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria and found It an excellent remedy In my household and private practice for many years. The formula is excellent.” Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich., says: “I prescribe your Castoria extensively, as I have never found anything to equal It for children’s troubles. I am aware that there are Imitations in the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher’s.” Dr.Wm. J McCrann, of Omaha, Neb., says: “As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have in my years of practice found Cas toria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home.” Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "The name that your Cas toria has made for itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to he supplemented by the endorse ment of the medical profession, but I, for one, most heartily endorse it and believe it an excellent remedy.” Dr. R. M. Ward, of Kansas City, Mo., says: “Physicians generally fto not prescribe proprietary preparations, but in the case of Castoria my experi ence, like that of many other physicians, has taught me to make an ex ception. I prescribe your Castoria in my practice because I have found It to be a thoroughly reliable remedy for children’s complaints. Any physi cian who has raised a family, as I "hare, will join me in heartiest recom mendation of Castoria.” GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of_ . i * » / The Kind You Have Always Bought Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use For Over 30 Years. ^_ THl CKHTAUW COMPANY. NEW YOSK CITY. UNDISTURBED BY THE CLAMOR 8udden and Deafening Noiae Had No Effect on Occupant of New York Park. He was lost in dreamy contempla tion of the bUBj- thoroughfare with it6 hurrying throng, unmindful of the grime and stains that marked and marred his old-fashioned garments, when suddenly there resounded upon the air an ear-splitting roar, a terrific clangor, a stifled shriek from some frightened women, a babel of voices and a rush of scurrying feet He stood transfixed, rooted to the spot, without power to move a muscle, an expression of unconscious agony upon his noble face. Breathlessly be wailed, unmindful of the curious glances bestowed upon him. and the little newsboys crouching at his feet, his gaze fixed rigidly upon the spot from whence had arisen that cry of terror. The crowd parted, a heavy truck. moved lumberingly aside and a Broadway surface car went on its way. Still he did not move, nor did the stern expression upon his bronzed features relax. For he alone of all that crowd had nerves sufficiently- hardened to with J stand the terrifying clamor and con fusion. He vyas the statue of Nathan Hale—New York World. — His Clams All Right. Lady—Once, last summer, l saw some boys "treading for clams,” as they called It. They were very dirty looking boys: they were barefooted— i feet unwashed, most likely—and they ! were walking through the mud at low tide. When they felt a clam at their feat, they pulled it cut with their tecs. It Jas-i made me sick. 1 hope your clams are not caught that way. Waiter—Of course not, ma am. The man wot furnishes clams to this res taurant fishes for ’em with a silver spoon. Appendicitis Insurance Higher. The Lloyds of London have recent ly issued a form of insurance against appendicitis. The claims have become so numerous that they have found it ueceusary to double their premiums. Switzerland is a heavy importer of American apples. Shoes for Soldiers. A study of the orders given by Na poleon indicate the care he exercised to have a sufficient supply of shoes I provided. On one occasion he wrote: j “You know that shoes are always needed in war,” and at another time he said to Baron Lejeune: “Shoes help on marches, and marches win battles." To Sir John Burgoyne’s question addressed to Wellington: "What was the first requirement of a 6oldier?“ "A good pair of shoes,” he replied. ' And the second require ment?” "A good pair of shoes for a change.'' "And the third?” "A pair of soles for repairs.”—Scientific Amer ican. Tommie's Guess. “What is the meaning of the word purchase, Tommie?” “I don't know, ma'am." "Oh, yes, you do. Suppose your fa ther gave your mother enough money to buy a new dress, what would your mother do?” “Have a fit, 1 guess!” YOI'R OWN DKIGG1ST WILL Tit LI. YOC Try Marine Eyo Remedy for Red, Weak. Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids: No martin* lust Rye Comfort. Write for Book of the Ere by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago. The Kind. "What flowers would you use for this patriotic design?” “Why not try flags?” Ten smiles for a nickel. Always buy Red Cross Ball Blue: have beautiful clear white clothes. Adv. Glasgow now forbids the opening of saloons earlier than 10 a. m. More than forty-six hundred Ger mans settled last year in Canada. Of the 176 aeropiaens owned by the British war department. 136 are of na tive make. Keep Down Uric Add Uric acid Isa poison formed inside our bodies la digesting certain foods, especially meat, and by the burning tap of nerve and muscle cells ds ring exertion. I Uric acid la harmless as long as the kidneys t Iter It promptly from the blood, bnt people »'ho overdo and overeat, make urio acid so fast that It overloads the blood, weakens tbe kld reys, and attacks tbe nerves, causing rben naatie pains. It forms gravel, hardens the arteries and brlngson dropsy or Bright’s disease. _ By restoring tbe kidneys to normal activity Doan's Kidney Pills help to overcome excess mrlo held A Nebraska Case 1 m /rfn Mrs W. M Klin ger, 126 E. Lincoln SL, Blair. Neb., •ays: **1 had rheu matic pains In my right arm and I suffered from a constant, bearing down ache in the •mall of my back and hlpa. My heart often palpitated. I tried several reme dies, but nothing gave me relief un til I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They removed the pain in my back and improved m y health wonderful ly. Whenever I results have be*«n satisfactory.'* Cat Doaa't at Aar Stara. SOc a Boa DOAN'S VffiV FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. EL Y. FRESH PECANS “THE NUT SUPREME” Only the largest and best varieties. By insured percel foet }“ gjjg Return if nst satisfied. Southwestern Bee C*» DepL G, San Antonio,Tea. N. 1^, OMAHA, NO. 39-1914. Get the Molting Over Quickly «o£?tt?fedbmS,t " -itn Get it over—Feed a good Ml ration and be sure to include prgtts, p—**—•*-■ ■ ■ If* a FNATT FOOD CO, PHI LA., CHICAGO. TORONTO,