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    LOUP (ITY NORTHWESTERN
GKO. K. BKNBIICOTRB, Editor and I’ub.
XX)UP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Tolstoy is the reincarnation of Ham
let’B father's ghost. He will not
down.
The friends of the Egyptian sphinx
will be much mortified to learn that
he is decaying.
Many people would settle the New
Jersey mosquito problem by moving
out of the state.
The national amateur golf champion
Is only twenty years of age, but he
hopes to outgrow it.
A stogie trust has been formed at
Pittsburg. Some people will regard
this os a burning shame.
A Pittsburg man killed himself le
cause his wife left him. The amount
she took with her is not stated.
Mr. Wu is to have honors bestowed
on him when he gets back to China
Everybody hopes they will not hurt.
Few people are dying from appendi
citis now. King Edward deserves
praise for establishing a fine prece
dent. ,
May Yohe henceforth will hardly
trust the key to her safety-deposit
box to young men who swear undying
affection.
Count Matsukata. a Japanese finan
cier, predicts a panic in the United
States. Has the count been dabbling
in oil stocks?
We do not know exactly what a
Swiss "seiche” is, but it Is evidently
a proper thing for all well regulated
summer resorts.
Spain will station a diplomatic rep
resentative at Havana, but It will be
some time before he will become the
dean of the corps.
San Francisco has one saloon for
every twenty-two adult male inhabit
ants. In some respects, however, it
isn't such a bad town.
The Rev. John N. Mills classes
many of our modern novels with yel
low fever. This is unjust, for the
fever is not always fatal.
A machine that will lay brick as fast
as six or seven men has been invented,
but we shall still continue to get our
eggs in the same old homely way.
Great Britain did the best she
could in arranging a coronation dis
play, but America quite took the
shine out of it with a Vanderbilt wed
ding.
Peary would be cheered up if he
could be reached by telegraph. The
Windward has started toward the
North Pole and the relief ship bears a
ping pong outfit.
That New Jersey boy who was re
suscitated after being under the wa
ter half an hour will be a good man
to experiment with our submarine
boats when he grows up.
A Rhode Island man claims to have
been cured of rheumatism by a stroke
of lightning. An analysis of the case
probably will show that the rheuma
tism was scared out of him.
According to a pathetic article on
the requirements of school teachers
which was recently printed in an edu
cational journal, they have to know
pretty near as much as a country edi
tor.
Minister Wu Ting Fang Is going to
write a book on the United States,
but It is difficult to see where he is
going to find any new material since
he has already practically exhausted
the subject.
It may serve a good purpose to re
mind the public that deaths resulting
from the use of the harmless fire
cracker on our last national anniver
sary are still being reported to the
coroner.
When the Duke of Marlborough
goes to assume his duties of viceroy
a large percentage of the people of
Ireland will have their first oppor
tunity to see a chafing dish and a
spider phaeton.
Dr. Leyds has been barred out of
South Africa. In view of the fact that
he has money enough to live like a
prince in Europe some people prob
ably will refuse to regard his banish
ment as a hardship.
The saying is that "every man has
his fool hour at some time in his ca
reer." It would seem as If a good
many spend it at Newport. Strange
things occur down in that metropolis
of fashion and folly.
A Chicago man who was worth
>300,000 a year ago has assured the
tax reviewers that he hasn’t a cent.
This shows that when a man is lucky
enough to get hold of >300,000 he
should take it away somewhere and
bury it.
The manager of a New York aqua
rium has discovered that fishes really
think. If he could interview some
that come within range of the sum
mer resort angler their opinions on
the fool with the fancy rod and reel
would be worth chronicling.
At the Famous Hot
Springs of Arkansas,
By act of congress in 1832. the gov
ernment became owner of seventy
two of the hot springs ot Arkansas
and dedicated them to the people of
the United States, as a national sani
tarium to be forever free from sale
or alienation.
Hot Springs is a case of Uncle
Sam. Wherever you turn government
proprietorship and government regu
lations confront you. It is Uncle Sam
all around until you begin to feel that
at the next turn you will meet the
benevolent old gentleman himself,
with his high hat, spike-tail coat and
spangled banner trousers.
He has done more for Hot Springs
than for any other spot in the coun
try, except Washington. He has filled
it with beautiful parks, planted trees,
shrubs and gardens, erected marble
fountains and pavilions, constructed
fifteen miles of drives, splendidly
graded and winding to the tops of the
mountains, affording charming views
of the surrounding country. To the
south of the Springs is the great
Ouachita Valley. The city is built
like a huge dumb bell, with Central
avenue or Bathhouse Row, as it Is
commonly called, for the handle.
Hot Springs is a city of hotels. The
Arlington, Park and Eastman repre
I
000 short tons of hard coal and 83,
000,000 of soft coal. Together these
operations represent a trifle over
half of the country’s output. Illinois
holds the scond place with 27,000,000
tons. West Virginia comes third
with 24,000,000, and Ohio fourth with
20,000,000. Alaoama ranked sixth
for a few years, but last year moved
up one notch. Her production reach
ed 9,000,000 tons in 1901. West of
Kansas the largest output comes from
the state of Washington, which mined
2,500,000 tons last year.
THE TRIUMPHS OF WOMEN.
Are Displaying Qualities Many Had
Not Supposed They Possess.
Every day women are displaying
traits of character that excite bottl
surprise and admiration. In Brook
lyn the other day Mrs. Lennle Kelley
saved the life of her aged father by
climbing over the dashboard of the
buggy in which they were driving
on the Coney Island boulevard and
seizing the reins that had dropped
from his hands and were dangling at
the heels of their runaway horse.
Would Pamelia or Clarissa or even
Mme. De Stael's extraordinary hero
ine, Delphine, have done that?
any one sieps on his lawn. You know
the story told of Tennyson? Several
young women anxious to see him
made a pilgrimage to his country seat.
Tennyson was seated on the front
steps, smoking an old pipe, when they
appeared in the distance. The old poet
watched them crossing his lawn and
his brow lowered.
“■Is this Lord Tennyson? Well,
we're so sorry to intrude. We wish
to apologize for entering in this un
ceremonious fashion.'
" ‘Then w hy don't you go?* said
Tennyson, surrounding himself with a
cloud of tobacco smoke.”
BRAINS AND LONGEVITY.
Mental Industry Declared to Be Posi
tive Aid to Healthy Old Age.
It is asserted that men of science
live long, and that mental industry is
a positive aid to a healthy old age,
says a writer in Modern Society. The
belief is certainly borne out by the fact
that four of the gentlemen seated at
the council table of the London Iron
and Steel Institute recently were over
80. Sir Lowthian Bell is in his 87th
year, and still carries his extraordi
nary experience of British iron and
coal as lightly as other men carry the
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VIEW OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
sent an investment amounting to I
82,000,000. With their immense ro
tundas, brilliantly lighted drawing
rooms and handsomely decorated
dining-rooms, they provide a luxurious
home for the most fastidious. At
the boarding stables one can find as
elegant carriages and as fine saddle
horses as in New York.
In the early eighties the government
selected Hot Springs as the seat of
one of Its army and navy hospitals,
and constructed a group of buildings
for the treatment of sick soldiers
and sailors of the service of the repub
lic. The hot water is administered
in all its forms at this institution. It
has an efficient medical corps and dis
pensary. And the record of cures
materially benefited reaches the
astonishing figures of 90 per cent. It
was on account of these health-giving
waters that this site was decided on
by the army and navy authorities.
The hot waters flow from the side
of one of the Ozark mountains, in vol
umn approaching 1,000,000 gallons
daily, the springs are held as a gov
ernment monopoly, just as the making
of postage stamps, and the income de
rived from the use of the water by
the various bath houses is all expend
ed in improving and beautifying the
reservation. Uncle Sam tanks and
pipes these waters to the differeit
houses and in every instance he regu
lates the flow of water, fixes the price
of the baths, according to its equip
ment and facilities, prescribes rules,
governs the managers and attendants,
even to arranging the fee. Then he
runs a free bath house for the poor
and needy. The average temperature
of the springs is 185 degrees Fahren
heit. The waters are said to have
better effect lu summer than in the
winter on account of the even climate
during those months. An interesting
fact is found in the presence of ice
cold springs not twenty feet from
boiling ones.
A delightful ride is that through
the Ozark mountains, which Jealously
guard this city of springs. The Iron
Mountain route skirts the precipitous
banks of the Mississippi, then
plunges into the heart of these ever
In Pittsburg Mrs. Sarah E. McCoy,
In a law court, has just excelled In
the intellectual feat of Portia, aud has
surpassed many shining masculine
lights of the bar, for she managed
her own case in a breach of promise
suit and proved, too, contrary to the
old adage .that she did not have a
fool for a client. There were some
novelties in her methods of examin
ing witnesses, as, for instance, her
telling one of them point blank that
he was a liar. In the first case there
was a triumph of nerve and muscle,
and in the second of nerve and in
tellect. The obvious conclusion is
that the era in which woman was a
“downtrodden creature” is fully past,
for, with qualifying experience of the
gardenia in their buttonhole. Sir Bern
hard Samuelson is 82. Time has left
deeper marks on his figure and visage,
it is true, but he is still hale and
hearty. Sir John Alleyne stands as
square and sturdy to-day as he did
when at the head of the great Midland
iron foundries which rolled the girders
for all the British earlier ironclads and
ocean liners, and cast the huge iron
skeleton of St. Pancras railway sta
tion.
Sir John believes mightily not only
in head work, but in hand work, and
follows the same daily routine of man
ual and mental labor as he did a score
of years ago. He himself says that he
is getting old and stiff, but it would
I cut him keenly If anybody else were
BATHHOUSE ROW.
world, she Is now quite capable of
defending her own and of holding it.
THE OPEN AMERICAN YARD.
One Feature of Our Life That Im
presses Englishmen.
“One thing that Impresses the
stranger is the houses without fences
around them,” remarked an English
man at the Waldorf-Astoria to a New
York Herald reporter. “In England,
when we build our houses, we put
walls around them, and build the walls
so high that no one can look over.
“Not that we are ashamed to be
seen, but because every man’s house
ENTRANCE TO ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL.
green hills, through the beautiful
Arcadian Valley and the famous Pilot
Knob, past cotton plantations,
through great timber regions into the
charming Valley of Ouachita, where
nestles the famous resort. Hot
Springs of Arkansas.
F. E. A. WRIGHT.
Great Coal-Producing State.
Pennsylvania is by all odds the
most abundant producer. Last year
■fee mined (in round numbers) 67,500,
is his castle, you know. I suppose the
Americans build their houses having
in mind the maxim of the old Roman
—‘I will build my house so that all
the world may see my every action.’
“As I walked down a residence
street the other day I saw the family
eating breakfast, and through the win
dow of another house the domestic
making beds. On the lawn of a third
house were playing a score of the
neighbors’ children.
“An Englishman is like a bear if
to assert the fact. The fourth octo
genarian is an American, Mr. John
Fritz of Bethlehem, Pa. He openly
preaches the doctrine that applied
science gives men healthy activity of
brain and supplies that salt and savour
to life which we all need to render
our life worth the living.
Shark Towed Them to Sea.
From all parts of Mississippi Sound
and the bays and bayous off the
Louisiana and Mississippi coast come
wonderful stories of the unprecedent
ed saltiness of the Gulf waters and
of the appearance of deep-water flub
hitherto unknown there. At Horn
Island, Harrison county. Miss., a num
her of devil fish, some of them meas
uring thirty feet from tip to tip, have
been harpooned by fishermen. There
has also been an invasion of man
eating sharks.
A party of gentlemen from New Or
leans while fishing at Ship Island fas
tened their three boats together and
steadied them with a heavy anchor
A shark became entangled in the an
chor, carried all three boats out tc
sea and finally wrecked them on the
shore. The fishermen narrowly es
caped with their lives.—New York
Sun.
Vivid Imaginations.
The lady at Cape May who wrote t
message, scaled it up in a beer hot
tie, and cast It upon the waters, tc
get It again after many days from
the, captain of the British warshij
Thunder, who found it in the belly
of a shark caught off the coast ol
Portugal, must he a near relation oi
that other citizen of New Jersey whe
reports that he distinctly felt th<
shock of the earthquake In Martin
ique.
In order to secure a woman’s for
glveness a man must make a bluf at
| not wanting it
IRISHMAN HAD ONE, TOO.
His Story Soon Turned the Laugh on
the Other Fellow.
A story of Milesian coloring Is told
by a Philadelphia citizen, who says
ae heard it while watching the ex
cavating for conduits by the laborers
bf the Keystone Telephone company.
Working side by side were an Irish
man and a negro. The latter, paus
ing to light his plDe. winked at tha
spectators, and, his eyes dancing with
mischief, asked:
"Dennis, did you ever hear de story
of de two holes In the ground?"
“No—I nivvir did,” was the reply.
“Well! Well!” was the black's re
sponse, as he resumed shoveling.
The roar of laughter that followed
from the other workmen angered the
Irishman for a minute. Another min
ute was devoted, patiently, to ascer
taining the point of the retort. Then,
stopping as though to hitch up his
overalls, he too, winked knowingly at
the spectators and some of his fel
lows, and asked:
“Talkin' uv wells, naygur, did yez
ever hear how we dig thim In Oire
land ?”
“Doan’ think I ever did, Dennis,”
said the negro.
"That so? Why, we go to wor-rk
and dig a long trench, just loike this
we bez wor-rkin’ In now, and thin we
all gets togitaer an' up-ends it.”—
Philadelphia Times.
CHEAP AT THE PRICE.
Witty Reply of Celtic Suitor to Pros
pective Father-In-Law.
An anecdote of Celtic wit has to
do with a young Irishman of good
birth and small property who heard
that a very wealthy man of the com
munity was understood to be ready
to give a handsome dowry to his elder
daughter, who was unfortunate in
having a hump on her back. He
wanted her to have a husband be
fore the younger daughter, who had
beauty to commend her. The Celt,
taking a chance on the strength of
the rumor, laid siege to the older
girl's heart and hand, and was ac
cepted. The father received the an
nouncement with a dignity that con
cealed his joy, but could not refrain
from saying:
“And, my dear sir, ten thousand
pounds goes with her—that is her
dowry!”
The prospective son-in-law made no
reply and seemed lost in thought. Aft
er a few minutes the happy father
slapped him on the shoulder and
asked:
"What in the world are you think
ing about?”
“Oi'm thinking,” was the reply,
“that it’s a pity it is ye haven't u
daughter with two humps!”
OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN.
Disappointment of Man Who Could
Not Sloop in a Thunderstorm.
One of the best of Irish bulls is told
by one who appreciated the humor of
the Celtic race. He says it was ut
tered by one of two Celts who, travel
ing together, occupied the same room
one night when there was an amaz
ing electrical storm.
“That was a fear-rful stor-rm last
night, Dinny,” observed one. as they
were dressing in the morning.
“Did it r-rain?” asked Dennis.
“R-rain! Why, man, not only did it
r-rain; the loightnin’ was blolndin' an’
th’ thunder def’nin’! Oi never before
bear-red such thunder.”
“Do yez r-really mane that it thun
dered, John?” asked Dennis, with
some concern.
“It did that—it thundered uncom
mon!” replied John.
“Well, thin, for th' love of hlvvin,
why didn’t yez waken me? Ye knows
l can nivver slape whin it thunders!”
PLEASED WITH HIS BARGAIN.
Trick of a Tradooman That Tickled a
Purchaser Immensely.
There is a small store on Broad
way, New York, where, a few days
ago, there was a collection of cheap
scarfpins in the window, and above
the pins a sign which read:
"Two of these for $1.”
A man read the sign, entered the
store and said:
“Is that sign right—two pins for
>1?”
“Oh! that’s an awful mistake,” ex
claimed a clerk. “Those pins sell for
$1 each, but as a mistake has been
made and you have called our atten
tion to it in time we will let you have
two for $1.”
The man thought he had a great
bargain, laid down $1 and took two
pins. Several hours later he passed
the store again and saw the same
sign in the window. It was there
every day during the week. There
are tricks in all trades.
A Job for the "Meenister."
In a certain parish in Scotland col
lectors were lately going round Bo
llciting contributions for the kirk.
On coming to a wretched little hovel
they hesitated whether or not to en
ter. but finally decided to “try their
luck.”
A hale old man greeted them, and
to him they explained their errand.
But he really had nothing to give
them, he said.
"Can’t ye gi’e up your whusky?”
one of the visitors asked.
No, he said, he didn’t drink
“whusky.”
Perhaps, then, he could forego the
pleasures of snuff? No, he didn’t use
snuff.
The collectors prepared to move on
"Stop a bit!” cried the old fellow
"I pay Sandy, the barber, twopence
every Saturday night for shaving me.
Tell the minister he can have the
twopence if he’ll come and shave me
himself.”
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The Only Qualification. T
The "Bald Eagles," says the Kansaa
City Journal, Is the latest secret and
fraternal organization at Carthage.
The only qualification to membership
is a closely cropped or shaven bald
head. The society will enjoy a brief
popularity. Cold weather will drive
its members to cover.
An Anecdote of Dumas.
Anecdotes of the elder Duma*
abound at the present moment, the
celebration of the centenary of his
birth having led to a general search
among reminiscences. The following
ig very characteristic of the great
writer: Dumas, It is well known,
was often in financial difficulties, and
was well acquainted with the ways
'and methods of bailiffs. One day a
person called upon him and asked him
to subscribe 20 francs toward the ex
pense of hurrying a bailiff. "Twenty
francs to bury a bailiff?” quoth Du
mas. “Well, I'm not In funds Just
now, but here’s 40 francs. Go and
bury a couple.”—Paris Daily Messen
ger. _ /
Not Dependent on a Single Train.
The New York Central Lines have
whole flying batteries of trains con
necting the centers of population and
the gateways of commerce.
Few of us are really as much used
up as we deserve to be.
INSIST ON GETTING IT.
Some grocers say they don’t keep De
fiance Starch because they have a stock
In hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know
cannot be sold to a customer who haa
once used the 16 oz. pkg- Defiance Starch
for same money.
A School Teacher Seventy-Six Yeara.
Mrs. Marcia L. Fletcher, of Clare- 5
mont, N. H., has been a teacher Bev
enty-four years. Since 1828, when but
16. she taught a district school in heii
town, Cornish.
No man whose work Is good has too
much on hand at once. :
Slops the Cough anti
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Brotuo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c.
Knights Pythias Biennial Meeting.
For this gathering in San Francisco
in August next excursion tickets will
be sold via the Chicago Milwaukee &
St. Paul Ry. from Chicago to San
Francisco or Los Angeles for |50 for
the round trip with final return limit
September 30.
The “Chicago, Milwaukee & St.PauI"
railway Is the Short Line between
Chicago and Omaha. Two through,
trains daily in each direction with ths
best Sleeping Car and Dining Car
Service, and all regular travelers know
and appreciate the merits of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway’s
Short Line between the East and the
West.
Time tables, maps and Information,
furrlshed on application to F. A. Mil*
ler. General Passenger Agent, Chicago.'
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times a cure for malarial fever.
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