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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1901)
' wr w vf»«:irTY Thlfi only grant me, that my mean* may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honor I would have. Not from great deeds, but good alone! The unknown are better than ill known: Humor can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when't depends Not on the number, but the choice, of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light. And sloep, as undisturbed as death, the night, My house a -cottage more Than palace; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's; and pleasures yield Horace might envy In his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space; For he that runs it well twice runs his race. And In this true delight. These unbor.ght sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish, tny fate; Hut boldly say each night. To-morrow let my sun his beams dis play. Or In clouds hide them; I have lived to day. —Abraham Cowley. Martha-Kother. BY MARY MARSHALL PARKS. Author "Two Points of View," etc. (Coi)jrright, 1901. by Dully Story P«b. Co.) Although she made no complaint, her heart was slowly breaking, for she had lost her husband’s affections. All the thought, all the care, all the tenderness which should have been hers, he lavished on a black hole in the ground which he called the “Em ily K." Not that mine operating was his oc cupation. He was only a very excel lent and well-paid bookkeeper for Smith & Smith, dealers in mining supplies; but every penny of his am ple saiary that was not needed by his family for the barest necessities was absorbed by the Emily K., or some other of that insatiable sisterhood. "James," his wife said to him one night, “I wish Louise could b-gin her music now. The teacher that boards across the street says she ha3 won derful talent; and she’ll give her les sons for half price and let her prac tice over there.” "Half price!” said the man, sharp ly. "I can pay full price, and I will us soon as 1 make a big strike. We’re gettin’ the finest kind o’ shine3. See here!” And he drew from his pocket a handful of glittering specimens. "Louise shall have her lessons. She shall go to Boston to study. Just wait a little.” A week later lie came home with a haggard face. “Drowned out!” he said, huskily. "The water has beat us in spite of all we could do. Curse the luck! If we only had capital enough for a steam pump. We were nearly there.” “But you might not have struck it anyway, James.” “Couldn't 'a' helped It. Martha,” he replied, impatiently. “Haven’t I told ye the mining experts all say the rich vein they're worltin’ in the ‘Wild Goose,’ runs straight into our lot?” He walked the floor with hasty, ir Y regular strides; and there was a fever ish glare in his eyes. ‘'We’ll have to go back to the ’Dittle Letty,’ ” he said at last, with a sigh that was half a sob. “It ain’t near as good a prospect. Some fellows were talking today about a new prospect down on the tract where the Republic Zinc Co. made their big strike. I must go back down and see ’em about it. I don’t want any supper." As he left the house a tall, lrindsome girl came into the room. “Did you ask pa about my new dress?” she inquired, anxiously. “I just couldn't, honey,” said the mother, depreeatingly. "He’s all worked up over the Emily K. The water has got in. And he’s talkin’ about a i*ew prospect.” The girl’s face paled with disap pointment. "I won’t go to the party then,” she said, passionately, "it’s— • • • and kissed him right in the court. the first time Harry ever asked me; but I won’t go with him in that old, faded dress. The girls at school all laugh at it; and he’s so particular. And the house is so shabby I’m ashamed to ask him here. 1 hate the Emily K. and all the rest of 'em.’’ "You can’t hate ’em worse than I do, but I can’t do anything. ’Tain’t like your pa was ugly about it. He never refuses a thing—Jest says wait a little; an’ he’s so kind about It. If he ever should strike it, he’d spend his money like water. I hate to see you children going without things; but ,the worst of all to me is the way it’s changed your pa. You don’t know what he was before he got this min ing fever—the best—the kindest—” “O mother, don’t cry,” wailed the y girl. ’’I know It’s worse for you than us; but oh, what shall we do? What shall we do?” Many times during the sorrowful years that followed did the heart-sick woman ectin tier (laughter's despairing | word*. Day by day she saw her hus- | band grow more Infatuated, more In- i different to her welfare, more oblivi- ; ous to every earthly happening not in some way connected with mining. The boys ran away from home to escape the pinching and dreariness, I and all came to grief; the girls, for the same reason, married hastily and unhappily. At last she was left alone, utterly alone; for her husband had no thought for anything but the shifting will o' the wisp that he had chased for so many years. When disaster overtook his children, he seemed more startled than grieved; and the shock he might have felt when a telegram announced his eldest daughter’s mortal illness was neutralized by his frantic anxiety over water in the "Bessie B.” The lonely woman was sitting one evening in the dark little parlor her ! "You don’t say! A little girl! My!" daughters had hated so when her hus band stumbled up the steps. For one horrified moment she thought he was Intoxicated;and so he was—but not with wine. "Mother!" he cried, with a hyster ical sob. “We’ve struck it at last struck it rich—an Immense vein of solid Jack—same one ’at runs through the ‘Big Four.’ What’d I tell ye, Martha? I told ye ye'd die a rich woman, mother. Rich! Rich Louise can have her lessons now; and Teddy—" Ho stopped with a jerk. His jaw dropped and his hand went unstead ily to his head. The light that had been blinding him for years had sud denly gone out. “Teddy—” he faltered again, sway ing until lie felt the support of the wall behind him. Teddy was the boy who had been shot by the Indians. And Louise— Louise was lying under the sod in for away Dakota with her day old baby in her arms. She died calling for the mother who could not come to her be cause it had taken a month s salary in advance to fight the water in the “Bessie B.” The old man looked at his wife with scared eyes, but their was no re* sponse to his appeal. 1 he fire of love had gone out long before for lack of fuel; and after the first stare of amazement at his wiid speech, she had ceased to look at him or heed him. Her aching heart was in Dakota beside a grave that she had never seen. The desolate man tottered out on the little porch. It was a quiet street; but the few passers-by gazed curiously at his bowed head. The big strike was the talk of the town, and they wondered at his attitude. As the shadows deepened, he rose and crept into the house with tears streaming down his face. “Martha! Mother! Where air ye? I’m afraid,” he sobbed. The woman turned in the darkness with a glad light in her eyes. This was a sound that she knew and loved. “Here I am, Jamie!” she cried, in a thrilling voice, holding out her arms. ■T've wronged ye, Martha—you and the children; but I meant it for the best,” he wailed, as she laid his trembling head on her arm. "I meant to do right by ye, mother.” “Never mind, Jamie lad. Never mind, honey. I know you thought it was best. I knew It all the time,” she crooned, stroking his gray hair and smiling happily. For out of the wrecK of her ruined life, sweetheart, husband and child In one had come back to her empty arms. REFUSE CONSOLATION. Dogs, Horse* an I lllr.ls Sometime* He roine Broken-Hearted. There have been many cases on rec ord of animals dying of "broken hearts," usually dogs and horses, and sometimes birds. Not long ago a young lady living in Ixmdon who owned a Gordon setter that was very fond of her, was married, and moved to the country, says Golden Penny. The dog was left behind, and at once became inconsolable. He would eat nothing, and stood looking out of the window for hours at a time,whining and moan ing pitifully. The dog was wasting away from exhaustion. Those who knew him said he was dying of a brok en heart. When it was seen that he would die if he could not see his mis tress he was taken to lmr. His joy at seeing her was extravagant, and he at once got better. His mistress soon after came to town for a two weeks' visit, and left the dog with the serv ants in the country. When she re turned she found him dead, lying on one of her garments. The poor brute, thinking himself again deserted, lay down to die. and could not be driven or coaxed from his tOa'e, neither would he eat nor drink. A horse belonging to a brewery had been driven for years by a man to whom he had become much attached. One day the driver failed to appear at the stable, and an other man was put on the wagon. The horse, however, refused to be driven by any one except bin obi friend, and after many trials he was put back in the Htable ami another horse took his place. The horse continually watched the stable door for his master to enter. He refused to eat the hay anti ontr placed before him. Day by day he grew thinner and weaker. At last he fed down and could not rise, and died before his friend and driver returned to duty. The veterinary surgeon who attended him said he died of a ‘‘broken heart." ARTIFICIAL STONES. Ingredient. Ixeil In .Making Them That Dffpivfi th« Elect. To meet the growing demand for ar tificial Jewelry the process of making "precious stones" has been greatly im proved within the last few years, and its further development has enlisted the services of some of the most skill ful chemists. The material chiefly used is glass, but it is not the ordinary glass of commerce. This glass can be made from absolutely pure quartz, or, better still, from rock crystal, as quartz frequently contains minute veins of iron, which would impair the clearness and color of the glass. The ] bicarbonate of potash and the oxide of , lead which are mixed with it must also ' be chemically pure. Other ingredients of less importance are borax, which promotes the flux, and a small quan tity of arsenic. The best glass for im itation gems consists of rock crystal, 32 per cent; bicarbonate of potash, 17 per cent; oxide of lead, 50 per cent; borax, 1 per cent, and n trace of arsenic. Carefully prepared by competent hands, this mixture pro duces a grade of glass which in bril liancy and iridescence yields little to the genuine diamond itself, and these qualities may be further enhanced by the substitution of potassium for the bicarbonate of potash and an increase of the quantity of oxide of lead used. Stones carefully made by this process can only be distinguished from the genuine by experts. This is true, how ever, only so long as they are new, for the imitation gems wear off,become blind and lose their fire with age, and it is to remedy these defects that the efforts of chemists are now directed. Opaque gems, like the turquoise and the opal, are made from glass whose transparency is destroyed by the ad dition of oxide of zinc after pulveriza tion. The color of the turquoise !? produced by means of oxide of copper and cobalt.—Pennsylvania Grit. BEAUTIFUL HANDS. To Be Oiic'h Own Munlrnra Xi Not n Ointrnlt M liter. To be one's own manicure is not at all a difficult matter, and requires only patience and a certuin deftness. As a matter of first importance, it ts neces sary that the hands should he kept soft and the skin pliant. To do this, the easiest way is to rub them well iTi cucumber cream at night, and to wear a pair of comfortable large gloves. The hands then in the morning should be washed with almond meal of fine quality, or a bag of fine oat meal. The nails should be polished every day tc keep them bright, and ten minutes i ample time to devote to this process All acids except, perhaps, lemon juice should he avoided, as they will prob ably do more harm than good, it beinp necessary to use all strong acids with the greatest care. Very attractive hands are very easily kept if one is systematic about it. and it must be confessed that no greater personal at traction can a'lady possess than beau tiful, well-kept hands. Even if they are not beautiful, if they are perfectly cared for they cannot fail to be at tractive. Very pointed nails are not considered quite as elegant as those more moderate in shape. llabjr's rtcture. The trials that beset the amateur photographer are many, but the pure joy of obtaining a good picture now and then compensates him for fre quent failures. “I’ve got the baby's photograph. I took it all myself, and it came out splendidly,” said a ten year-old enthusiast, presenting for grandmother's inspection a picture oi a bed on which lay a small bundle covered with mosquito-netting. “Yes, dear, that’s the baby on her mother's bed, sure enough.” said grandmother, after a careful study of this "still life” subject through her spectacles. “Yes’m,” said the young photographer with pardonable pride. "Mother said I’d never be able to take her when she's awake ’cause she squirms so, but getting her asleep that way, and under the mosquito-netting, it was just as easy! And aien’t the legs of the bed splendid and clear?”—Youths’ Com panion. Hlmple TJfe of Ilollntid's <Jneen. No wealthy American girl could in her home live more simply than Queen Wilhelmina, and her regime is a model which any young women of humbler birth might follow with ad vantage. In the morning she is up with the lark, and after a light break fast of chocolate and rolls or coffee and rolls she devotes an hour to study, and another to affairs of stat-?. Then she goes for a drive, unless some state business requires her presence. At noon the regular Dutch breakfast is served, with simple, healthy food, and without the parade and ceremony which many private families affect. After breakfast the Queen devotes more time to study and state business, and then again takes an hour of ex ercise, returning for tea. Dinner, which is more ceremonious than the noon repast, usually passes en famille, and the evening which follows, as in many ordinary home circles, is spent In conversation, music and amuse ments. Speak little of you 111 lack, and boast not of your g;od lurk. A Month'© Tost Fro*. If you lift* e Dyffpppcta. nrrHe l»r. hhoon Tlaolna, Wli., ii-i* 148, fora!* bnttlpaof Dr. sho i. * KeMoru liie.t-'iprtiM paid, Bend nomoney, l’ay #5.50 if cured. The sky Is not the les3 blue because the blind man doe3 not see It. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not spot, streak or give your goods an un evenly dyed appearance. Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman or an humble enemy. CcaftHHS Cannot lte Cured by local applicate ns as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the car There is onlv one way to euro deafness, and that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by ar. Inflamed cond.tion of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When ties tube Is Inflamed i you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, nmi miles- the inflammation can be taken out and this lubo restored to its normal condition, hearing will 1 -»• destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mueus surfaces. We willgiveOne Hundred Dollars fornny case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. Send for ; Circulars, free. F. J. CHENI'Y & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, The. Hall's Family Hills arc the best. Ho who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart. _ Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 1G oz. package for in cents. All other 10-cent starch con- • tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. One man often talks another off his bench, and seats himself upon it. I am sure Fiso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Taos. K >BU1NS. Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, luuo. The tooth often bites the tongue, ami yet they keep together. Ask your groeer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the onli 1G oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money 'efunded. When there is room in the heart there is room in the house. ?14R will buy new Upright piano on easy payments. Write for catalogues. Sehmoller & Mueller, 1313 Farnam street. Omaha. While the great bells are ringing no one hears ttm little ones. Mr*. WlnsU>w*ft Soothing Sjrrtip. Tor rhfMrcn toothing, soften* the gum*, red urea It Humiliation, all ay* pa. n. cure* wind colic. ii.»c a bottle. That which has b°en thrown away lias often to be b’gged for again. FATS FIVE TIMES AS MI CH AS COEN. Huy Hire lands In S. Texas and S. W. T.a. at tiO t - > per acre. Nets per acre. Write N. I. Mills, Houston. Tex.; Cameron & Moore, I.therty, Tex.} < • ,1. McMaunus, H-aumont, Tex.; F. F. ftowsun, Jennings, I.ft.; Hiram C. Wheeler; Galveston, Tex. Go boutii vU Santa Fe, 111. Leu. & Bo. Fac. ,4; iat«. He wlio will not take ch an advice ^ ill have to buy dear repentance. TO Cl RE A COEI) IN ONE DAY. Take t, •.xative Hatimo Quin ink Tabi i i n. All Unii/ulf is refund tlie money if it fails to cure, ki. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 23c. That which is fake can never be scientific. Why experiment with untried rem edies for pain? Use Wizard Oil at once and be happy. Your druggist has it. A few dr. ps or any essential oil will insure leather from getting in: ldy. What Do tlio Children Drink? Pon t give them tea or eolTco. H '.re von tried tnc new food drink railed til. \ 1 N-Of It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-*) you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain t) is made of pure grains, nud when properly prepared tastes like tho choice grades of coffee, hut costs about X cu> much. Ail grocers sell it, U>c and 23c. if modesty was the fool-killer most women would die of old age. Garfield Tea is an excellent medicine to take in the Spring; it produces a healthy action of the liver; it cleanses the system and purifies the blood. As soon as a woman falls in love her complexion gets better. A woman is sick—some disease peculiar to her sex is fast developing in her system. She goes to her family physician and tells him a story, but not tho whole story. She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agi tated, forgets what sho wants to say, and finally conceals what she ought to have told, and this completely mystifies the doctor. Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to euro the disease-? Still we cannot blame the woman, for it is very em barrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her suffering, even to her family physician. This is tho reason why hundreds of thousands of women are now in corre spondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lj'iin, Mass, lo her they can give every symptom, so that when sho is ready to advise them sho is in possession of more facts from her correspondence with the patient than the physician can possibly obtain through a personal interview. Following we publish a letter from a woman showing tho result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. All such letters are considered absolutely confidential by Mrs. Pinkham, and are never published in any way or manner without the consent in writing of the patient; but hundreds of women are so grateful for the health whi h Mrs. Pinkham and her medicine have been able to restore to them that they not only consent to publishing their letters, but write asking that this be done in order that oilier women who suffer may bo benefited by their experience. Mrs. Ella Rice, Chelsea, Wis., writes: “TEAnMns Pinkham -.- For two years I was troubled with falling pnd inflammation of the womb. I suffered very much with bearing-down pains, headache, backache, and was not able to do anything. \\ hat I endured no cue knows but those who have suffered u.3 I dul. 1 could liardlv drag myself across the (lour. I doctored with the physicians of this | town for three months and grew worse instead of better. My husband and friends wished me to write to you, but I had no faith in patent, medi cines At last I became so bad that 1 concluded to ask your advice. 1 received an answer at once advising me to take your Vogt tab’, e Compound, ami I did so. before I had taken two bottles I felt better, and after 1 had taken live bottles there was no happier woman on earth, for I was well 1 know that vour Vegetable Compound cured me, and I wish and advise every woman who suffers as I did to try Lydia E. Pinkham*. Vege table Compound, believe me always grateful for the recovery of my j health.”—Mus. Ella Rice, Chelsea, M is. — EKHiaf AHH Owing to the fact that VMM skeptical I DLlMAIIfi peuple have from nine to time questioned El I4||ig the geiiuiiicncsscC the tfitimou.al letter* we “rr co„slantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City bank, of Lynn, Mass.. »S.o*S whith will be paid to any perv.il who "ill s;iow that the above testimonial U not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's sp<x.al permilUOO. Lydia E. I IK KM AM lilCKUUI Co. Spinach and dandelion lea\C3 arc excellent for the kidneys. A dyspeptic is never on go<*l terms with him self Something is always wrong. Get it right by chewing Herman's Pepsin Gum. Probably the majority of clergymen are poor because they preach without rotes. DeBuII’s Cures all Throat and Lung Affection*. COUGH SYRUP Get the Keuuiue. Refuse substitutes. IS SURE §■1 vatlon Oil cures Rheumatism. 15 A %g d», EDUCATE YOUR BOWELS Don’t neglect the slightest sign of irregularity but see that you have at least one natural, easy movement a day. Pills, salts and black draughts are dangerous because they strain and weaken the bowels. What you want is a mild but sure tonic laxative, that tones and strengthens the bowels and stimulates their movements. Such a laxative is CASCARETS, and when you try them, you will find that it is the easiest tiling in the world to make and keep your bowels clean and regular, strong and healthy. Sample box 10c. Month's treatment 50c. By keeping the bowels clean, all serious disorders are * 10c. 25c. 50c. NEVER ALL druggists. SOLD IN BULK. Kail bowel I roubles, appendicitis, bil iousness, bad breath, bud blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, foul mouth, headache. Indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow complexion and dizziness, when your bowels don't move regu larly you nre getting sick. Constipation kill* more people than all other diseases together. It Is n starter for tho chronic ailments and long years of *11 nvring that come afterwards. IN'o matter vvliat alia you, start tuklna CAHCAtllCTN to-day, for you will never get well and be well all the vline until you put yonr bowels right. Take our udvlce| start with CAM AROTS to-day, tinder an abaoluto guar antee to cure or money refunded. w - ■ ■ • ■ i - ii ..— PIIAQJ&MTCEn ™mip 8«liuKllnl I brli »»< .out. n»witu UUnllnli I LlLJ ilmllar medicine In the world. This Is absolute proof of great merit, and our best testimonial. IVe have fat‘h and will sell ( AMCABETiI absolutely guornuteed to enre or monev i*ffunded. Oobuy todny, two AOc boxes, give them a 1'ulr, nonest trial, as tn*r slcuul? directions, and If you are not satisfied, after uslnj one 6(k- box. return the noastd 60s box and the empty box to us by mull, or the druggist front whom yon purchased It, and get your money back for both boxes. Take our ndvlce— no matter what all* yon -start to day. Health will quickly follow and you will bless the day you tint ittrlrd the uteolTASCARETH. Rook free by atoll. Addrcaii bTLUUMi REMEDY CO., REW YORK or CUIUUO.