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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1901)
\ . V Custer County Rcpublicar D. M. A.MKI 1C tHV , Killtiiriinil I'lilillHliP BltOKKN HOW , . ' NlSIUlASK ; Thirty-two doctors are doctoring "King Edward of England. What a con- tltutlon the man must have.l A New York girl whose name was IiTilu hits had Iks changed by the couit. This ought to he n warning to parents. I-iiler on we may conclude to send Funstqu with a few select men to spring "n surprise parly on the North pole. This library business Is Carnegie's way of not exactly it-thing from active life , but , as It were , laying himself on the fdielf. Tolstoi mny n t well understand now that he Is going lo have a hard time In ducing people to believe It. if ho ever dot's really get banished. It Is claimed that primes can bo l'"i * cooked lu 100 different ways , but the m man who boards will continue to claim that nil ways taste alike to hint. James J. Hill , the railroad magnate , fceglns work at 7tl : : ( a. in. and .stays at It until 0 lu the evening. He probably fcts fully au much us he run Ily earns though. It Is Fold that King Kdwnnl used the word "strenuous" six times in a three-minute speech the other day. Ev idently the King finds reigning to be a fcusy nmn's Job. In Atchlson County , Kansas , a farm- tr's wife sold $1,000 worth of butter last year. We will wager there ts no mortgage on that farm and that then ; re no cobwebs In the kitchen. The Brooklyn minister who ban re fused to accept a $500 a year Increase Id salary until nftcr the mortgage on Xls church building has been paid corns to Itnvo the strange Idea that churches really ought to do business on trlct business principles. They nre threatening to kill .1. P. Morgan on the ground that he Is n king or emperor without the name. There are some advantages In $10 a Treek and walking to save ear fare. Nobody cares whether you are killed or BOLA A station nine miles out from n great city on one of the oldest railroad lines | In the United States bears the name "Relay. " This was because the horses , l > y which tlie road was first operated , ore there changed. What's lu n manic ? Sometimes a fragment of his tory. The Burgeon of to-day finds It possi ble to remove various parts of the hu man hotly without lasting harm to the patient and for this service he Is paid urge sinus of money. For some rea- on or other the people who pay these fees would not , apparently , give a pen- ay to be taught how to avoid the com- jillcallons which make such operations accessary. Nihilists always protest that there Is othlug personal In their attacks on royal personages ; but their political movements are always madn In the ante way , namely , by imrsonal as- null ; and they never accomplish any ml except to Induce greater rigor lu the surveillance of doubtful characters nil a lcs open method of administer ing Justice. Tyranny has no other catiRC so mighty us the violence of iiarchy. General Ftinston's enthusiastic praise of the navy for Its share In the capture of the Insurgent leader Indicates that tlio daring Knnsan believes "there Is flory enough for all. " The frank manor - or In which General Wheaton dls- olalniH all credit for the achievement , in Funston's favor Is another gratify ing exemplification of the proper spirit. The public admiration for both army nil navy would be greatly accelerated by the exhibition of a similar spirit all alone the line. There ( s no doubt that farm labor of fers a surer subsistence than the average - ago labor of the cities. But It holds ut no such iliiKzlIng prx.cs | and , what to probably the most powerful reason , It offers no such Inducements to the prcgarloiiH Instincts of humanity. To the average young men the lights of city streets , the society even of the treet corners , the occasional chance of a theater prrforman o arc better than the loneliness of a secluded farm On no other theory can the desertion 01 tlie farms for the uncertainties of city IIfo bo adequately explained. The < ' ( Mity ! Ivuln ; : the largest area 1 In California , inu1 county having the * mnllent area is hi Khode Island , Both facts seem fitting. If Bristol County , with Its twenty-seven squnro miles , v/ero in the form of n square , a brisk walker might cross It In little more than tin hour. Were San Bernardino Countv. almost twenty thousand fcquaii ; miles , reduced to the form of a square , the swiftest express train could not doss U lu two hours. That IHIRO county Is larger than New Hamp shire and Vermont combined. A young Now Voiit man's sulcldo Is Attributed by bin ninet luUmnto tic- ijunlutauco to the fact that he had too nuich money. This Is u novel reason for seir-destrnetion. Mill wealth Is so JTiipldly Increapl'ig that sociologists tUM > ( l not fouV an.MiiK , on tln-Ir 'log- 411.1 that suicide ltu-ic.iKo.4 ; ls chlllzu- lion advances. Tlmrc nro , MovcrUie- I ( . ' . M , men WllO Will Hllbllllt (0 ( llllVlllH nny ninoiint of money nnd still live RumcH Sage , \vlio linn n hundred tull < j Pens mid Is STi years old , for example , Mr. Sape works every dny except Sun * dii.v.i. but Ills Interest KOCH on ficvcii In tliovccl : . Tin- Social Economics Chih of Olil- cugo tins been lately discussing how to live on ? ! ! . , " ( ) n week. How not to live on ? 1M > 0 a wool ; would linvc been the more commendable theme of llio two. Waste mid extravagance slioiild lie dis couraged In rich as well IIH poor and i-o Blioitld unnecessary stinginess and par simony. Civilization lo a considerable extent , consists In tlio increase of pro- ( Itiellon and consumption. Both these pi ocesses arc Interdependent as well as educative and wholesome. It Is. there fore , de > lrablo that the properly dis tributed coiiMimptlon of commodities should be Increased Instead of decreas ed. In far away Russia one man repre sents the Government. Ho owns the lands , the ships , the railroads. llo even Jells people what language they shall speak and the manner In which they shall wor.shlp ( ! od. He Is every thing , for the people , work , pray , tall : and live "in the name of the C/.ar. " lie Is the porsonlllcatlon of power. And he sleeps In a steel-lined room. Fear Is his bedfellow. lie eats with death at the hoard. He Is not a cow * nid by nature , mind yon. Unseen dangers forever threatening , will shat ter the nerves of the strongest man liv ing. The ruler of Russia lives on u volcano called Public Umest , and It will follow the man who draws $12- 000,0410 yearly from the Imperial treas ury from the cradle to the grave. In Washington a dignified appearing gentleman - tleman Is often seen unattended on the streets. People say : "How do yon do , hlr ? " to him just as they would greet yon or any other gentleman. Ho Is I re ldp t of the United States , re spected and safe everywhere. That Is power such as Nicholas never dreamed of. It Is the power that la born of liberty and equality. It Is a power biK-ked by civilization and edu cation , and It Is beyond the reach of the mournful man who sleeps lu a steel-lined room. .Indue Daly's departure In the pun ishment of boys brought before him in Police Court at Indianapolis by sus pending sentence while their parents are required to whip thoni soundly In. the presence of an olllcer , meets the approval of common sense. As the po lice Judge explains , a tine does not bother the boy a bit , however much It may hurt his father or mother , while confinement only hardens him. A whipping , however , Is regarded among ds companions as a disgrace , and lias n strong deterring effect on "youthful cussedness. " It Is not at all surprls- ng that Iwys go wrong. Kdwnrd Everett Hale said a very true thing when ho remarked that If the strength of Infancy were at all proportionate to Is vlclousness , It would not take ba bies long to kill off the rest of the people ple and each other. The child that Is naturally unselllsh , that naturally con trols his temper mid naturally restrains his passions is rare Indeed. Eternal vigilance on the part of the parent Is the price of a good child , with keen notions of right and wrong and a well- developed conscience. Ignorance on the part of parents In the training of children Is responsible for an Immense amount of wickedness In the world , and carelessness Is responsible for more , while there are many cases where the hard conditions of life make It Impos sible for the father or mother to de vote the necessary attention to the training of the child. With compul- Kory education we are getting closer to the old Spartan theory that the child , up to a certain age , Is the ward of the State , and as we have more uniformity of training among children we may expect a decrease of crime , but In the meantime there Is much youthful crime to be dealt with In the Police Courts' of all the larger cities. By the time n child reaches this court It Is too latr to undertake that long and patlenl training that will obviate the nccessltj of corporal punishment , and there If no better method of dealing with sueli offenders than a sound whipping , ad ministered preferably by tlio parentnJ hand. A I''a in Ily Qiinrrol. . Who's afraid ? His AshcM to Travel Forever. A strange request and yet one In keeping with his whole life was madu by Louis Becker who died recently In Brooklyn. It was that after the cre mation of his body his ashes should be strewn to the four winds of heaven upon the sea , peihups to be borne by them to resting places In many lands. Becker had spent half a century of hU life In traveling and exploring , and it wius a natural wish that his iiblies keep on traveling nftcr his death. The man yho brings in coal nnd water for his wife , and sweeps off the front porch , Is quoted more than Shakespeare In his neighborhood , nu mutter If it IH a literary one * . of the. sJter - - Feud If a recent report from London , Ky. , that the P.aker-IIoward feud has been Minlly settled Is correct It will put an end to a warfare "which ban lasted for more than thirty years , which has cost the lives of more than thirty men , and has several times necessitated the call ing out of the Slate troops with galling gum ; and loaded rifles. "Bloodylay" County , the scene of the famous feud , Is perhaps the most remarkable us It Is one of the best known counties In the country. There Is not a mile of railroad or even n wagon bridge with Its limits. The \\holo country Is covered with high hills , KO close together that It Is de clared there Is not a piece of level land In'tho county a sixth of a mile square. Down and between all these wood-cov ered hills urn the beds of sin ams which are dry In summer time and are turned Into roaring torrents in the spring and winter. The people of Play County travel either on horseback or on foot , and they uae t'n beds of those streams In the plni-e of roads. Some of the hills nro quite h'jrh. and in several Instances M V C il HI1. It. U V. . . ( All. . the tops of two hills , \\hlch are -100 feet In height , are less than UUO teet apart. Often a cornfield , which begins down In a gully , will run up sever.il hundred feet In the course of n few rods , and several farmers have been killed by falling off their cornfields. The citizens of Clay County are al most ajl the descendants of people who bottled there In 1770 or thereabouts. Strangers are not encouraged to move Into the county , and there Is nothing to attract Immigrants , even If they were welcomed. For more than n century and a quarter the land has been held by comparatively few families , who have Intermarried until practically all the population Is related In different de grees of consanguinity. Over much of the country the forest Is still unbroken nnd untouched , and the hills arc full of deep and mysteri ous ravines. The only Industries are the raising of hogs , mules , and corn , Homo of vdilch IH said to be turned Into moonshine whisky at hidden stills. The people are by nature ttuiturn nnd nlmost sullen. They rarely laugh , and nre given to moods and brooding. In personal appearance they are all of the same general type , tall , averaging over ( i feet , and dark , with black hair ami eyes. The women are also large and dark , and a few of them have any claims to good looks. Scattered about among me nuts and usually near the creeks are the little one-story log cab ins , In which the larger part of Clny County's population lives. These cub- Ins are built in a most primitive man-1 tier , with clay between the logs and a , huge clay and stone chimney at one end , which Is often almost as large us \ the rest of the house. Some of the people of Clay County have ludlnu blood In their veins. Others are descended from old Scotch border families. Absolute and democratic equality prevails among them all. 'ihe power of money Is unknown , probably because there Is so little money within the limits of the county. They are dl- \ldcd Into chum , claiming descent from Koine common ancestor itf distinction , niiil the poorest of them Is always ready to hold his own and defend his honor at the point of a rllle or revolver. To call a man a liar In Clay County means at least one and probably half a dozen deaths. Everybody In the county Knows everybody else , and It is taken for granted that a stranger Is either a government otllcer or a detective look ing for Home of the fend wnirlors. Therefore there are few visitors to Clay County , and those who go once nro not at all likely to return u second time. KUTJ- Clay County boy lias a rllle by the time ho Is 15 and In many cases he linn taken part in one or more of the feud battles before he has reached that ago. They are all good shots and they la op up 10 the times in the line of tlio latent and most Improved weapons. A fiuorito amusement In Clay County IH the shunting out of cabin windows by a party of prominent citizen * riding their mules homo through the hills after partaking freely of "corn Juice. " With th'M ' knowledge of the country and its people It Is easier to understand how n feud like that one which has Ju t come to an end might tlnd Us bo- Kliinhig ! n a trivial cause and bo con- tlnm l for yt'iiiH , being handed down from generation to generation. In UStt Dr. Aimer Baker , a promi nent physician of Clay County , shot and killed his brother-in-law - - , Daniel Iti-lcn. Dr. linker engaged as Ids at torney Daniel Gairard , the head of one of the great riun.Ilua of the countv ai'd tlw > Ken of the second Governor of tl i State , Uuj.h White , a man f al most equal prominence , took the leadIng - Ing part In linker's prosecution. Dr. Unker was convicted and Ilnally hung. Kr since that time the ( Jnrrnrd fami ly , one of the few wealthy families ol the county , has backed the Bakers in all their troubles , while the Whites , \\lio for years have controlled till the county otllces , have always been ready to espouse the cause of the people who for the time being were lighting the Makers. For Hint reason the feud which has Just been ended Is known as the Gar- rard-Bakor-Whito-llo\\nrd feud. It began - - - \ \ . gan In a quarrel between Tom Baker and A. 15. Howard. Halter 11 Veil with his v > lfe and a faintly of ton'children in a one-Ktory log cabin on Grain Greek twelve miles from MnnchcHter. How ard , who owned a few bills near by , hired Maker to cut eomc timber on his land. He did not like the way Baker did the work and quarreled with him about It. An appeal to the ever-ready rifles was promptly taken. "Tom" Maker and his brothers laid out In am bush like Indians one night nnd shot and killed one of Howard's sons and one of his employes and severely wounded the elder Howard. Another son of Howard waited his chance and put a bullet through the head of "Tom" Maker's elder brother. "Tom" Halter took it for granted that Sheriff White hud Instigated the killing of his brother and took the first opportunity to kill William L. White , whose crime was that he was the Sheriffs brother. A few days Inter Gilbert G.irrard , son of the present head of the Garrurd family , was shot at from ambush as he was riding his mule home from church. IIo escaped unhurt and took occasion to move out of the county. Hut his father was made of sterner stuff. When noti fied that as the backer of the Bakers ho was In danger of assassination he hired a'nephew of "Tom" Baker and a negro man to guard his premises at night with dogs and rllle. Within two weeks after the guard was set both of the men were shot and killed from am bush. Meanwhile Sheriff White was mak ing efforts to arrest "Tom" Baker for the murder of his brother. But Baker did not like the idea of fulling Into the hands of the White-Howard faction. Accordingly he took to the hills , where a man might hide for years with abso lute security. Finally the State sent a hundred militiamen , armed to the teeth i'S' - ' ' " K& 'Jg ? [ wm W 9 T IMOAI. iu IN TIII. rim.oN ieuii-,1 and accompanied by a gatllng gun. up Into to force Baker's ' Clay County snr- ' render and to protect him from the vlo- lence of the opposing faction. Baker surrendered and was taken under guard to Manchester , where ho was confined In n guard tent pitched In the courthouse yard and surrounded by the I troops. Half nn hour before the case was to be culled for trial he stepped to' ' the front of the tent to look around. Instantly a shot rang out , coming from the house of Sheriff White , directly ncroKP the street , and "Tom" Baker fell back dead Into the arms of his wife. Almost before he had gasped his last and before the startled militiamen had recovered from their surprise and horror ror , MIH. Baker , the nuwly made widow , culled her ten children around i the body of their father and there swore each of them never to rest until i the death had been avenged. | Then "hell bust loose In Clay , " as they say on the other side of the Ohio. Both the ( jitrrard-Baker and the White- Howard factions hired and armed n number of men to tight for them , payIng - Ing $1 a day and ammunition , bacon , and corn bread In plenty for such ser vices. Now the word comes from London that more than twenty of these pro fessional fighters have enlisted In the United States army and that old On. ( iiirranl , once a distinguished Federal cavalry leader , has given Ids word to .Judge Beverly White that the feud shall come to an end. Kiist K-allrouil Incorporation. The first railroad act of Incorporation granted by any state in the Union was given by the Maryland Legislature to the Baltlmoie & Ohio Uallroad Com pany on Feb. liS , 1827. On April 21 of the Kaxie year the first railroad company In the United States organ ized as the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Peter COOIH.T on Aug. 28 , 1830 , mndr the tlrst Jnurney from Bal timore to Klllcott's Mills. la nothing a loafer enjoys bol ter than looVIng wise on election night when ralurns are coming In. A man , when he has no opportunity to do vrrons , lu fully us j > oil a * a wom an. "Vinegar and brown paper" Is still need { oed remedy for a bruise. Keep the ) aper or the cloth wet , and both swell- ng and discoloration will be less. Half the benefit from the liniment Is from the rubbing. Therefore rub long Hid gently. Do not Injure the skin. If stored seed potatoes begin to iprout , smoke them with sulphur. They will not only keep better , but vlll sprout quicker when planted. Wagon grease can oftin be removed from cloth by the following method : ttnb with lard or ttusalted butter , then U'tor llftcen minutes wash out thor- Highly with hot water and soap. Pineapple used iu tlie place of lemon In tea Is n little out of the ordinary. Uthor the fresh fruit or that which has been prepared may be used , and a very little In a cup of tea has the effect of a : onllal. Bread and butter plates nre employed it every meal where butter Is served. For nn afternoon tea sandwiches , cake , tea and a cold or frozen beverage usually comprise the bill of fare. Con fections and salted almonds may also be added. G-nnc-l'rTiit "alfi-1. Halve the fruit and titko out the pulp , and have the pith carefully re moved. It Is then returned to the shell , cut In dice , and a little mayonnaise put on the top. An excellent sweet dressIng - Ing for this or any fruit salad requires a half cupful of sugar , two tablespoon- fills of water and a quarter of a cupful of fruit Juice or sherry. If wine Is not objected to , n dash of Maraschino or Curacoa adds a good flavor. The sugar uud water nre boiled together , the wine or fruit Juice added , and the mixture poured over the fruit , which Is then set aside to become very cold. Half-frozen fruit as a snhul Is neither tasty or wholesome. For a mixed fruit salad the juice of pineapple Is recom mended ; for plain banana , use orange juice with a dash of lemon jnico. Fillet nf Ifc-e-f. Buy the short fillet under the rump , asiug two If needed. Wipe , remove the fat , veins and tendinous portion In the middle. Trim Into shape , rub with salt , pepper and flour , and cover with beef fat and some extra kidney suet , or lay a few slices of salt pork over the top. Put two slices pork In the baking pan with n slice of onion and bit of bay leaf. Put the meat on this and bake lu very hot oven thirty minutes. Uemovo scraps and serve with mushroom sauce poured round the meat. e i Sa'sify. Take some roots of salsify , boil It for half an hour In salt water , drain , scrape and cut into small rounds. Butter some. Individual entrco dishes of china or silver , sprinkle them with bread crumbs , fill with the salsify , mixed with a little cream sauce , flavored with lemon juice and essence of anchovy. Sprinkle the top with bread crumbs , put a morsel or two of butter on each and bake a light brown. liver a > < 1 liiicon. lu addition to frying the liver in bacon , an appetizing breakfast dtsli may be prepared by boiling tlie liver tirst till tender. Cut It then Into very thin slices , and rather suiull slices. Boll each slice In n slice of bacon and fry the bacon until brown. After taking from the pan , stir two or three slices of onion In the fat , lift them out and pour the fat over the bacon before serving. Cookies. One cup of brown sugar , rolled fine , one-half cup each of lard and water , one-half teaspoon of soda dissolved In the water , n pinch of suit , spice to taste , 11 cur to make a noft dough. Roll thin and cut like cookies , with a hole In the middle , sprinkle with granulated sugar , put In a hot oven nnd bake quickly. These are excellent. 1 always make them In winter , when eggs are scarce. Sift Into a bowl one cupful of flour and a sultspoonftil of salt. Beat one egg very light , add to it one cupful of sweet uiilk. Stir this gradually so that It will not bo lumpy. Into the Hour , give It two or three vigorous beatings tind pour It Into heated gem pans that have been well greased. Fill them about half full and bake them in a quick oven. .Mileuronl 'I i mimic * . Boll half n pound of macaroni until tender and cut Into two-Inch lengths. Mix with It plenty of richly flavored tomato sauce , and pour Into turtle * moulds lined vtlth a fairly rich paste. Sprinkle grated parmesan over the top , lay n paste cover over this and bake for ten or fifteen minutes , or till the paste Is cooked. Then unmold when serving. Corn Soup. One-half can corn. Wj pints milk , IVj tablespooufuls butter , one tablespoon- fill ( lour , salt and pepper ; mash the corn as fine iu possible and put Into double holler , add uillk and cook for fifteen minutes ; u < 14 butter , thicken with flour , add salt and pepper and cool ; for ten minutes longer ; strain and servo very hot. IMriN * N-ti S-Un-t. Color Neufchatel cheese n light grreu with pistachio coloring , roll Into ball * the size of birds' eggs ; arrange on n bed of lettuce leaves nnd servo vrlth Mayonnalce MEN OF MIDDLE AGE. Hentnt Powers Are Stroitzc-U Between tlie ASIM of10 in 1 < W Let thoxc vho are young cense to raunt themelve ! and they who are of tnlddle age rejoice. Beseiirch li. < proved that the human mind is at Its ofW fullest power between the ages I ml 00. There are , of course , ex- tepllons to this rule , such as Byron , the young Napoleon and Alexander , but lakl'iig It "full and by" the prime ag > f the mind of man Is between -10 and 80. Swift was -ID when he wrote Gul liver's Travels , and John Stuart Mill S'J when his essay on Utilitarianism ivas published , although his Liberty tvas written three years before. When U'averley came out Sir Walter Scot * was -M years old. and ncarlyy all of those tales which have made his lastIng - Ing fame ns n novelist were written Letwocn'fil and HO. It was between those yeaiH that he wrote Puradiso Lost. The Task and John Gilpln were * written when Cowper was over CO , aud. Defoe was within two years of IX > when he wrote Uoblnson Crusoe. Of nil the writing of Thomas Hood , The Bong of the Shirt , nnd The Bridge of Sighs are Hie best known and will llvo- thc longest. Hood wrote these two poems at Ihe age of115. . Darwin wrote his Origin of Specie * when he was fiO , and was ( .11 when ho pave the world his Descent of Man. Longfellow wrote Hiawatha atIS , and Oliver Wendell Holmes gave UP Souga of Many Keys when he had passed his Doth birthday. George Eliot was near & 0 when she wrote Middlcnmrch. Ba con's greatest book took CO years to- mature , and Grote's History of Greece * several years longer. ' Jtleii ol * Kdnuiitlon. A few days before the archbishop of , Oape Town opened the new buildings ) * of the dloccaau schools Mr. C. J. Rhodes wrote to him asking whether the governing body would allow an ex periment to be made ul the school : "I have always felt that the modem idea of giving prizes only for literary attainments Is an utter mistake , t will not argue that the Greeks were ab solutely right In putting physical at tributes first , but I do think the winner of n school prize should not bo solely i booKvrorm , or , on the other hand , wltht Ho thought excepting for the training- of his physical attributes. With thesfr ideas , I beg to offer , through yon , to the governing body of the diocesan col lege school a yearly sum of 250 to pro vide for the support of the winner of this scholarship at Oxford for three- years. There would be n new contest every fourth year , as during my lifetime - time I should yearly send to tie au- thorlties a check for 250. The conditions - tions are as follows : " 'In the election of a student to a. scholarship regard should be had to (1) ( his literary and scholastic attainments ; . (2) ( ) his fondness of , and success in , many outdoor sports , such as cricket , football and the like ; (3) ( ) his qualities' of manhood , such ns truth courage , de votion to duty , sympathy for and pro tection of the weak , kindliness , unself ishness , nnd fellowship ; (4) ( ) his oxlilbl- tlon during school days of moral forcsr ref of character and of Instincts to lead- ami take an Interest In his schoolmates , for these latter attributes will be likely In after life to guide him to esteem the performance of public duties ns hie highest aim. ' " Colored Hailstones. Colored hailstones have fallen In Venezuela. On the 17th of April , 1880 , one such hailstorm occurred at four o'clock In the afternoon In the neigh borhood of a small hamlet , called El Totumo , not far from the town of Tlnr.co , section Cojedes , State of Zamora - mora , Venezuela. There was at first a very heavy thunderstorm with much rain , but after some lime hailstone * began to fall In such abundance that they might have been collected by hun dreds of bushels , some weighing as much as two ounces. It Is well known that between the tropics hailstones are- exceedingly rare In localities situated In the lowlands ; but the present case was most remarkable on account of the color of the hailstones , some of which were whitish , while others wer * blue , and others again rose-colored or red. Schwedoff , who , In his memoir on tlio origin of hailstorms , describe * similarly colored hailstones which fell at Minsk , In June , 1880 , thinks that th colors are owing to the presence of salts of cobalt and nickel , nnd that It confirms his hypothesis of the cosmic origin of hall. A nectars' .Strike. § Sleradz , in Russian Poland , has beea , V according to the New York Sun , tm * scene of a stranand ; successful strike. The professional beggars of the town have been In the habit oJ calling at every door on Fridays an < B receiving the customary alms of a Pol. Ish groschen , worth half n cent. Or a recent Friday they omitted theli \ is.lt , and later sent around a delegate with the notice thai unless they re ceived two grosehen from each housc they would emigrate In a body to Czen- stoehau , where a miraculous Image ol the Holy Virgin attracts pilgrims an * where Ix-ggars reap a rich harvest. As In return for the alms the beggars prny for the souls of the givers at morning inas s. the good people If Sleradz yield ed at once to the demand and kept their beggars. OIovi Kid Is not the only material fron * which gloves are made , although the name Is long associated with them. Iron gauntlets were used In the Mid dle Ages , later embroidered leather aud Jowol-set gloves , gloves of hair , linen , velvet , satin and taffeta. Asbestos gloves , that can be cleaned merely bjr throwing thoiu Into the flre , ara for iaddlua.