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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1915)
T , HE picturesque gypsy is finding his road harder than usual, his earnings much less, and his camping grounds more difficult to obtain. The department of justice of the United States, through its agents, has placed a stigma upon the gypsies who travel the highways and byways of this countr; . As a race, they have been charged with having been active in the so-called "white slave" trade. There is direct evidence against some of the American tribes, showing that hundreds of the swarthy wanderers have lured away young white girls from towns, villages and farms, and soljl them into captivity Moreover, there is evidence that the gypsies have sold their wives and daughters into captivity, indicating that the morals of the gypsies are degenerating American communities which have become aware of the dangerous white slave practices of the gypsies are look ing upon the horse-trading, fortune telling, thieving gypsies with more suspicion than usual at this time. They are warning young girls to keep away from the camps where formerly they went to have their for tunes told, warning householders to keep gypsy women out of their homes, and warning constables to keep a sharp look-out for the men who prom ise servant girls chances for good jobs in the large cities. The gypsy has thrived for many years in the United States, where he is still somewhat of a curiosity His glib tongue, his skill in handling horses, his persistence and his trick ery have enabled him to accumulate much money, which he stores in banks. Picturesque, untidy, fortune telling gypsy women have ably as sisted their lords in accumulating money, for they have a decided facul ty for coaxing silver pieces from the pockets of superstitious women, who firmly believe the gypsies have the power of foretelling events Gypsies have never gone through the crucible which makes Americans out of foeigners. They have stead ily. as a race, refused to become Amer icans. First and last they are gyp sies and highly proud of their Romany extraction. They seldom marry out side of their own race, and. with but few exceptiono, they refuse to identify themselves with any nation. The gypsies now traveling the highways of England may be traveling the New England States next year; the gypsies who have made France their travel ing ground the past decade may make their camps this summer in Ohio and Indiana, while the Austrian gypsies may choose Michigan and Illinois, or Missouri and Kansas for their next operations. In whatever country they are found the habits and customs of the gypsies are the same. Gypsies, here today and there to morrow, have operated in the rural districts vary’ much in the same man ner that the black-hand organizations have operated in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and the coal regions of the United States. In order to make farm ers agree to their terms In horse trades, gypsies have boldly stated that, if their terms are not accepted, they will burn down barns, poison stock, or burn haystacks. They have boldly stated, and they still so state to dwellers in rural communities, that, if persons appear against them in court, the vengeance of the tribe will be visited upon such persons There have been farmers who have defied the threatening gypsies, and such farmrs have had their barns JtferA burned and their cows poisoned and no gypsies have been sent to jail for their crimes. It does not take long for farmers who have tasted of the vengeance of the gypsies they have defied to spread the news that the swarthy tricksters mean what they say when they make threats The average farmer is helpless against fire, and, therefore, the aver age, good-natured Yankee farmer meets a gypsy's terms in a horse trade rather than incur a greater loss by having some of his valuable prop erty burned to the ground. This may seem weak on the part of the Yan kee farmer, but the farmer knows the evil-eyed, dark-skinned parasites will not impose upon him two years in suc cession. and so he trades a fairly good horse for a brokendown nag. saves his stock and crops, and takes par ticular pains in the future to dodge the chicken-stealing tribesmen. While gypsies are too cautious, as a general rule, to steal horses, especially in western communities where men would give them chase, they handle horses stolen by gang sters in New York, Philadelphia, Bos ton, Chicago, St. Louis and other large cities in which nags disappear mys teriously, of which no trace can ever be found. It was after the passage of the Mann act by congress and the break ing up of the methods of interstate traffic in women which brought about the passage of the law, that the gyp sies were haled into the trade by clever procurers in the large cities, who assured them of big profits. Gypsies, as has been said, acknowl edge no country. In their religion, which is a religion of hate, they have no word for God, soul, or heaven. They have their own king, whom they elect yearly at a seaport in Spain. This king is supposed to be inducted into office by the sacrifice of two white babies. In recent years, the gypsies have found it safer to forego the actual sacrifice of the babies, but year ly two white babies are stolen from 'the enemy,” appear at the coronation, and are adopted by the king. Some of the gypsies are men of magnificent physique, and the battles fought for the great honor of being dubbed “king” would make the aver age censored prize fight appear like child's play. The gypsies traveling the United Slates and now seen camping along the roads are no better educated than the gypsies who travel the European countries. The gypsy literature is preserved chiefly by word of mouth, mothers and fathers teaching their young the gypsy traditions, and those traditions are Kept as fresh as are the Mother Goose tales of more en lightened people. The gypsy is not devoted in any way to the arts Oc casionally, however, a great musician arises from the gypsy tribes. Occa sionally, too, the gypsies turn out an intellectual light, such as "Gypsy” Smith, the evangelist, who is a pure hlood gypsy, and did not sleep in a bed until he was twelve years old. Typjf os7 c&pjy*' The gypsy Is not fond of entertain ment. He is more or less of a grub, eating, sleeping, and, between times, plying his crafty trade of trying to get something for nothing from folk who have worked honestly for their sub stance. The gypsy preserves the same liv ing traits which have characterized him for centuries. It is commonly thought the gypsy originated in Egypt, the country front which he gets his modern name. Students of the races have proved in recent years beyond any question of doubt that the gypsy is of Hindu extraction, and that the first gypsies came into Europe in the train of Bati Khan, when that follower of Alexander swamped Russia with his Tartar hordes. The gypsies bear physical resemblance to the low-caste Hindus, having dark eyes, bronzed complexions, black hair and wiry bodies. The tricks of the gypsies, who have specialized iu playing upon the weak nesses of superstitious folk, have been handed down for many generations, and it takes little instruction on the part of parents to teach their young the gypsy tricks. Some of the men are handsome, and some of the young girls are beautiful, although their beauty does not last many years The gypsies are robust, their out door life making them hardy. The mothers, give their babies fairly good care, and the babies thrive as a gen eral rule. The compulsory education laws in the different states do not apply to the gypsies, for they do not | remain in one place long enough to send their children to school. In handwork, some of the gypsies are well skilled, the women with the needle, and the men with tinkers' tools, which they use in repairing their movable homes As blacksmiths some of the gypsies are experts, shoe ing their own horses and, occasional ly, making a business of shoeing farmers' horses In Europe, the gypsy has been per secuted somewhat, especially in Rou mania, where, for many years he was held in slavery, being forced to do the hardest work and to live in almost naked slovenliness. He has risen out of that state now. but is still held down more or less All gypsies are fortune tellers, and. over the cards or over palms they rat tie off the most arrant “bunk." The American gypsy, as the gyp- \ sies on the other side, has no par ticular tribal food He is perfectly willing to consume any sort of food others produce He is not a particu j lar “feeder,” and he eats as many j cold meals as hot meals when he is j on the road. The women are experts in roasting or broiling chickens ovet open tirps, for the gypsy men are ex perts in picking up tempting fowls they meet along the road. The gypsy is a great bread eater, and he'll stow away a loaf, butterl^ss, as he drives along the highway Oc casionally a gypsy family which is well-to-do and which winters in city tenement houses, will have ou the road at ramp rather elaborate meals, such as have been suggested to them by their white neighbors in the tene ments. It will take many years to drive the thieving traits out of the American gypsies, who have been particularly free from police interference. In some sections of the country, gypsies are still looked upon as kidnapers, and they are feared by many mothers of little children. There are cases on record in which gypsies have been caught with stolen children, but they are more rare now than they used to be, as the telephone in rural dis tricts has made the gypsies wary of committing flagrant crimes. Being nomads and traveling in the spring, summer and fall in districts which jtre not well policed, it will be years be fore the thieving traits are subdued in the gypsies. Dealing with the United States government in the mat ter of trading in young women, how ever, is likely to prove serious for the greedy gypsies, for Uncle Sam will run down the swarthy violators of the Mann act and not be afraid of the threats of the revengeful tribesmen. FIRE REMOVES THE STUMPS Invention of Oregon Man That Does the Work in a Thoroughly Sys tematic Manner. A stump burner that will consume the preen ami unseasoned wood of fresh stumps, destroy the woody fiber Just below the surface of the ground and even convert the larger roots into ashes has been put to successful tests In Oregon. A hole is first bored into the stump with an auger and a pipe inserted in the hole. A furnace body in the form of a U-shaped hood with open bottom and open end is placed against the stump and covered with earth so as to be almost airtight, thus serving to con centrate and localize the heat gener ated within the furnace, which is placed over the burning fagots used to kindle the fire. As the fire burns the flames extend into the auger hole, and by adjusting the damper in the furnace chimney a draft is produced that causes the fire rapidly to eat a hole through the stump. The pipe section is gradually fed into the enlarging cavity. After the fire is well started, the furnace may be removed, earth banked about the pipe section, and the stump left tn its fate while the worker proceeds to kindle the blaze for the next stump. The device is the invention of Sam uel F. Zysset of Thomas. Ore. Experience often provides a lot of ! raw material for unnecessary conver- ' sation. | Loiq and Useful Life. Sir Clements Robert Markham, ex plorer, traveler, archeologist, who in troduced the cultivation of the qui nine-yielding chinchonn trees, from Peru into British India, an act of In calculable value to the world at large, is now eighty-five years of age. For many years h© held the presidency of the Royal Geographical society. His life has beet, one of travel and adventure, beginning with the navy in 1844. He served *n the Arctic expedition of J850-51, and the follow ing year left the navy. Then fol lowed Journeys of a scientific nature to Peru and Abyssinia, and in 1867 he became secretary in the India of fice. Many volumes of travels, his tory, and of a general character came from his pen, including the m'asterly “The Incas of Peru." Challenge From Vermont Bee Hunter. David Burgms of Dowell has a swarm of bees which he took frqm their chosen home in tbe trunk of a tree and kept through the winter in the cellar of hts house. In the spring they sent out three colonies, all flour ishing. Mr. Burgess has, taken bees from the surrounding forests for thir ty years, capturing in one instance eight swarms in four days, and chal lenges anyone to match bis record as a bee hunter.—St Albans Messenger. There is only a little more than a third of the area of Kansas under cultivation, yet more than $300,000,000 worth of farm products was last year's record. ■ TALK BY WIRELESS FROM EAST ERN TO WESTERN COAST. TfSSUMPH IN TELEPHONIC ART Accomplishment Witnessed by Navy Authorities and Verified By Them — Bet! 'Phone Used. New York.—Wireless telephone communication across the continent was accomplished for the first time when experiments extending over sev eral months culminated in successful transmission of the human voice by radio from the great naval plant at Arlington. Va., to the station at Mare Island, Cal., 2,500 miles away. The telephone apparatus and methods were developed by the engineers of the Bell system. I’resident T. N. Vail of the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph com pany, sitting in the offices of the com pany in New York City, spoke into a Bell telephone, connected by wires of the Bell system with the wireless tow er at Arlington, Va., and his words were transmitted by wireless tele phony to Mare Island, Cal. This latent and most remarkable tri umph of the telephonic art was under the direct supervision of John J. Car ty, chief engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, who has been in San Francisco for several weeks. He received President Vail's first messages at Mare Island and replied to them and repeated them back to Arlington by wireless. The demonstration was held by per mission of the navy authorities at the radio stations and the experiments were witnessed and verified by them. Following President Vail’s message, Union N. Bethell, senior vice presi dent. and John I. Waterbury, a direc tor oi the American Telephone and Telegraph company, and Bancroft Gherardi. engineer of the plant of the company, also talked into the tele phone and were heard at Mare Island and had their words repeated back to Mr. Catty there Others pres ent were: Ex-Senator W. Murray Crane of the excutive committee; Gen eral Superintendent of Plant F. A. Stevenson, and Engineers O. B. Black well and M. P. Charlesworth. The transmission of audible speech to Eu rope by wireless can be taken as an assured fact, in the opinion of offic ials of the company here, who added that it would have been attempted be fore this but for the European war. They asserted that talking from New' York across the Atlantic and from here to Japan is now but a matter of installing the necessary apparatus. Talked From Washington to Panama. Vallejo, Cal. — Wireless telephone communication between Washington, D C„ and the Panama canal, a dis tance of 2,100 miles, was established months ago, but public announcement was withheld until the greater goal transcontinental communication — could be reached. This statement was made by Chief Engineer John J. Party of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. To Protect Industries. ■Washington, D. C.—An indication of what the administration is plan ning to do for the protection of American industries built up as the result of the European war is given in an open letter by Secretary Red field of the department of commerce tc Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, and made public recently. It is made clear the government will prolrct (he new American in dustries from a flood of European competition at the close of the war, but the letter also shows that Mr. Redfleld intends to avoid, so far as possible, any proposals for tariff re vision. Terrific Storm Hits New Orleans. New Orleans, La.—Ten persons were killed and many injured and property loss amounting to millions was caused by the most severe gulf storm in the history of the city. A gale, with a velocity of eighty six miles, swept the city, demolishing scores of buildings, stripping the i oofs from hundreds of oilier struc tures and strewing the streets with broken glhss and debris. The barometer at its lowest regis tered 28.11 and the wind velocity of eighty-six miles was the highest ever recorded. Give Up Baseball Series. Minneapolis. — The inter-city-series between Minneapolis and St. Paul, of the American association, has been abandoned on account of the bad weather. Dynamite Found on Pier. New York.—The finding of eight sticks of dynamite on the Brooklyn pier of the Sicula-American line steamer San Guglielmo, shortly after she sailed for Naples last week with 1,700 Italians reservists aboard, was announced. Fatally Injured in Football. Austin, Texas.—Floyd Rollins, age eleven, is dead here as a result of an injury received several days ago in a football scrimmage. A blood vessel in his head burst. A Real Transformation. Springfield, Neb. — People anxious to find a substitute for the American saloon are advised to come to Spring field. Not only has the saloon been abandoned here, but the room it for merly occupied is to be turned into a reading room and library. Must Not Be Dumping Ground. Washington.—Legislation is being considered by the administration to prevent “the dumping” of cheap for eign products on the American mar ket after the European war. IROADI BUILDING GOOD ROADS AND MOISTURE When Soil is Dry it Crumbles to Dust and When it Contains Too Much Water it Becomes Mud. <By W. C. PAI.MRR, North Dakota De portment Station.) One of the important factors in roadmaking is to control the moisture content of the soil in making up the roadbed. When the soil is dry it crumbles to dust and when it contains too much water it becomes mud. These are the two extremes to avoid. To make a hard roadbed the soil must contain a fair amount of moisture The control of the moisture requires that the roadbed be higher in the mid die and smooth so that water cannol stand on it but will run off. If wate: Good Road in North Dakota. can stand on the road, ruts will re sult and when these are ground down dust forms and finally a loose roadbed results. Keeping the roadbed well crowned and smooth will hold the moisture in it so that it will pack hard. Weeds must also be kept several feet from the wheeltrack else they will draw the moisture from the road bed and thus loosen it up; this is especially true in regions of moderate rainfall. Trees should not be allowed to shade the road as this keeps it too moist on the surface after rains sc that travel spoils the surface. The making of a smooth roadbed requires that when the soil is put on, it be laid in layers and not in piles. When dumped in piles some places will be more packed than others and there will likely be a difference in the density, while if laid on in layers this will be avoided. Each layer should be harrowed, or better yet, disked *nd packed before the next one is laid down. In this way a good roadbed is secured from the first, while if the soil is just dumped on the road to be leveled and packed by the traffic over the road a good roadbed will never be secured. The best tool for keeping the road well crowned and the surface smooth is the splitlog drag. This tool should be used soon after a rain. The soil is then loose and easily moved. The drag moves but small amounts of soil and smears it on the roadbed in thin layers which is just what is wanted. It cuts off any projections and fills up any low places. Where there is standing water the roadbed should be kept at least a foot above the water surface and eighteen inches is better. The nature of the soil and the length of time that the water stands along the road will to a degree determine how high the roadbed must be above the water. In dry-farming territory it is im portant to keep the weeds away from the roadbed and to keep the roadbed well crowned and smooth. The Split-Log Drag. The split-log drag has contributed more toward the economic mainte nance of the public highways than any implement of modem usage. It does not require special acts of the legis lature, bond issues or expensive edu cational campaigns to make it avail able as usually precedes construction work. A drag can be built or pur chased for $20 and is easily operated by anyone who can drive a team. Promote Rural Prosperity. It is now generally admitted that good roads promote rural prosperity, even if they do cut down the profits of the men who hired out teams to pull motor cars out of mud holes. , Stunted Pigs. Smaller pigs are kept stunted If left to run with the larger, stronger ones by being crowded from the feeding trough. Worth $3 a Ton. Wheat straw alone is worth $3 per ton as fertilizer. Its value is much more when used for bedding the cow. Legumes and Lime. The promotion of the growth ol legumes is the one effect which, above all others, justifies the use of lime. Something Radically Wrong. There is something radically wrong with the farmer who is opposed to good roads. Expensive Nitrogen. Dried blood as a source of nitrogen is always expensive. Productive Hens. Half-starved hens are not so produc tive as fat ones. Fence the hens out and the gardens in. ENSIGN ONLY OFFICER LEFT1 Incident Shows the Fierce Nature of the Fighting at the Sattle of Tippecanoe. The Indians returned to the attach with redoubled fury. An entrance into the camp was effected, and for a few minutes it looked as if the soldiers might be overwhelmed. Many officers went down under the fire of the Indians. Harrison's horse was killed. He mounted another and quickly disposed his troops to better advantage. When his lines were re established not an Indian that had reached the camp was alive. A story is told that Illustrates the terrible losses of the Fourth Indiana regiment. General Harrison, riding furiously toward the point of greatest peril, encountered a mere boy with blood-stained head working heroically to stem the Indian attack. "Yeung man," asked the general, "where is your colonel?" “Dead, sir.” “Your major?” "Dead, sir." "Your captain?” “Dear, sir.” “Who commands the regiment?” "I do, sir. Ensign Tipton, Fourth In diana, sir.”—Kansas City Star. Irresistible. John D. Rockefeller tells this story on himself: "Golfing one bright winter day. I had for caddie a boy who didn't know me. An unfortunate stroke landed me in a clump of high grass. “'My. my!' 1 said. ‘What am I to do now?’ " 'See that there tree,’ said the boy, pointing to a tall tree a mile away. 'Well, drive straight for that.' "I lofted vigorously, and, fortunate ly. my ball soared up into the air, it landed, and it rolled right on to the putting green. "'How's that, my boy?' I cried “ ‘Gee, boss,' he said, ‘if I had your strength and you had my brains, what a pair we'd make!'”—Tit-Bits. Something to Hold Him To. “Always be the same as you are now,” he whispered to her tenderly, “and it is all 1 ask, my dearest one.” "And if I am you will always love me?” she said quietly “Yes,” he answered, "always.” She looked beyond him—into space Only she knew that ere long she would be quite different, for she was grow ing stout! Then she smiled into his face. “And the more you see of me the greater will be your love, will it not?” she asked. “Yes," he answered, “1 swear it!” And thus she was comforted. ONLY A FEW PIMPLES But Many More May Come If You Neglect Them. Try Cuticura Free. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are most effective in clearing the skin of pimples, blackheads, redness, rough ness, itching and irritation as well as freeing the scalp of dandruff, dryness and itching, besides satisfying every want of the toilet and nursery. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept, if, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Long-Distance Cash. “Clothes were never so cheap. A dollar goes a long ways in this store,” said the proprietor to the woman cus tomer. “How far did your dollar go?" asked Sonny. "What do you mean, boy?” “1 mean the dollar, ma, that the man put into that little racing car on the wire. Bid it go as far as that other lady’s two dollars?” Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria At the Wrong Place. Did you hear that there was a man eating shark discovered in the harbor yesterday?” breathlessly asked the summer girl. "Well, there s ont good thing about it, he’ll die of starvation." said the second summer girl. Unmerited Slight. "A foreigner, visiting in this coun- I try, says American men merely make ; money for wvmen to spend." “Well, isn’t that true?" T guess so. But. confound it, he needn't talk as if we didn’t know what j we were about." Fiction. "What kind of fiction does Fleecer write?” "Mainly promissory notes and 1. O. U’s." Naturally. "His wife suspects that he lives a double life.” “So she is naturally anxious to find out how the other half lives.” C S3 YOU NEB =HELP= FOR THE APPETITE FOR THE DIGESTION FOR THE LAZY LIVER FOR CLOGGED BOWELS = TRY = HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS It is a tonic, appetizer and stom ach remedy of well known merit GET THE 6EIME J " ~ ■' ga. Sort of Coolish. The hero-worshiping young girl was fluttering about the soldier Just re turned from the war. 'They tell me, ’ she said, 'that in times of danger you were as cool as an iceberg." “I should say 1 was," said the young soldier. "Why, I was so cool 1 act ually shivered.” CURED OF BRIGHT’S DISEASE. Mrs. A. L. Crawford, Medfield, Mass., writes: “Dodd’s KitFhey Pills cured me of Bright's Disease, and I am healthy and strong to-day and nave ueeu uiusseu with good health ever since my cure. When the doctors pronoun ced my case Br;ght’s Disease 1 was in to.-h a serious condition that they could not do anything for me. 1 Kept getting worse. My limbs from my ankles to my knees swelled and my eyes were so swollen that I couldn't see. As a last hope 1 thought I would give Dodd’s Kidney Pills a trial. I gradually improved and kept on taking them and they cured me thoroughly.” Dodd’s Kidney Pills, 50e per box at your dealer or Dodd’s Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. IT. Dodd’s Dyspepsia Tab lets for Indigestion have been proved EOc per box.—Adv. Power Personified. "The moment a woman gets a mop or a broom in her hands she assumes an atttitude of conscious power.’’ “The old-fashioned woman did, but you ought to see one of these modern sisters when she gets a gave) in her hands.” What Bothered Him. "How far abead can you go with your family. Jones?” his inquisitive friend asked. "Oh, 1 never worry about my fam ily; what bothers me is how far back 1 can go with my tailor.” Its Aim. "I wonder what is the chief end of the average woman’s club?" “I guess it’s to hit the men.” Happy is the home where Tied Cross Ball Blue is used. 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