LOUP (ITT NORTHWESTERN
GEO. K. HEXSHCOTER, Editor and Pnb.
L.OUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Once more the odor of moth balls
announces the approach of winter.
A monument to Adam Is proposed,
to be built by chips of the old block.
Even if David B. Hill had kissed a
girl he is too much of a gentleman
to own up.
The Boer Irreconcilables seem to
be mainly the patriots who were not
in the fighting.
What a lot of trouble Bartholin
could have saved if he had done it a
few weeks earlier.
Mrs. Roosevelt refused to entertain
the Grard Duke Boris. Perhaps she
needed her slippers.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier declined a peer
age. What an enigma he must be to
William Waldorf Astor.
A land trust is being organized in
Ireland, probably for the better pro
tection of the old sod.
, Emperor William has 200 trunks
out on the field. The horrors of
mimic warfare are just awful.
John S. Sargent, the portrait paint
er, is coming over here in October.
■Make your dates for sittings now.
King Alfonso is right, however,
about American girls being the
Smartest and handsomest in the
world.
Russia and Turkey are now having
h, dispute. It's up to the sultan to
make another neat little batch of
promises.
How many times did the girls say:
"Speak for yourself, John!” at the
reunion of John Alden's descendants
{at Duxbury?
When a doctor sues a dentist the
tang-suffering public, though it come
not by its own, can afford to chuckle
3n its sleeve.
Emperor William’s great naval vic
tory over the Haitian gunboat entitles
■him to admission to the ranks of the
heroic sea dogs.
i Fourteen Indiana people have been
,upset by eating cookies, yet tho
western papers criticise the cheerful
pie of Yankeeiand.
; Grand Duke Boris drank wine from
the slipper of a Chicago Cinderella. It
1s safe to say he did not empty the
.bucket at a draught.
The indications are that the army
and navy will have to go out in the
alley after ail to settle which really
won in the sham fight.
Prices for all the necessaries of
life are going up. From Peoria comes
the news that whisky has been ad
vanced a cent a gallon.
Then, too, Bartholin may have
been moved by the laudable desire
to save the people of Illinois the
trouble and expense of a murder
trial.
The deer hunters in the Adlron
dacks are engaged in their annual
practice of shooting men by mistake.
Moral: Don’t hunt deer in the Adlr
ondacks.
King Alfonso's announcement that
he will marry a millionairess instead
of a princess leads to the belief that
the young man is not much of a lun
atic after all.
A leading financial writer estimates
Senator Clark’s nest egg at $25,000,
000. Mr. Clark is one of the men who
will receive circulars this winter
about hard coal.
There are more than 4,000 million
aires in this country, but only a few
of them succeed in getting their
names in the papers with any de
gree of regularity.
Congressman Galusha A. Grow, who
has Just celebrated his eightieth birth
day aniversary, has declined a renom
ination. Probably he wants to get into
some regular business while he is in
his prime.
Before a wedding could proceed
down in Kentucky the groom had to
throw two brothers of the bride out
of the church window. Here is one
woman at least who may be sure of a
protecting hand.
A Philadelphia man who has been
courting a woman for twenty-one
years has finally won her by whistling
"Darling, I Am Growing Old.” A
girl in another town would have de.
manded that he grow young.
It must be admitted, however, that
the people who Insist on returning to
Martinique deserve fully as much
sympathy as the man who comes to
grief hunting for the North Pole.
King Alfonso says he is going to
marry the girl he wants. That's
right; speak up, Alfey, and if she says
no hit her a good slap on the wrist.
Holmes says “wisdom 1b the ab
stract of the past, but beauty is a
promise of the future.” In other
words, beauty is a promissory note.
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Sweetheart, sleep: Night spreads her pall
Over the silent town,
And the far-off tide Is musical
Where the little lines of breakers fall.
And the weary sun goes down. ^
Bleep, oh. sleep! for the world reposes;
Droop your head like the tired roses;
Dream till the daffodil dawn uncloses
Over the sleepless sea.
White birds drift to their dizzy nest
Safe on the headland steep;
God's great rose Is pale In the west, ,
My little rose must sink to rest
And flower in the land of sleep.
Bleep, for the wind of night Is blowing
Echoes faint of the cattle lowing,
Drowsy scent* of the long day's mowing.
Over the hlllB to me.
Kfow the moon like a silver ship
Steers through the starry sky;
And the lighthouse at the harbor's lip.
Where the clammy seaweeds cling and
drip.
Winks with his fierce red eye.
Bleep, oh. sleep! In the magic gloaming
Glide to the land where the elves are
roaming;
Wake when the sun flames over the
foaming
Bplendld spray of the sea!
—St. John Lucas In Longman's Maga
zine.
A Man, a Girl and a Gable.
BY BISHOP HOWARD.
(Copyright, 1902, by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Theodore Van Aldine was a lucky
dog. At least everybody said so, and
what everybody says is true, according
to an old saw. But old saws some
times miss fire in this practical work
a-day world, with its ever-changing
conditions. And, truth be told, Theo
dore Van Aldine did not possess half
so keen appreciation of his inherent
luck as the great world about him in
sisted upon. True he was the child
of wealth; true, he had never known
a care; true, his pockets had always
bulged with money and no wish had
been ungratified. And right there was
the trouble. When one can have one’s
heart's desire at all times and places,
it pa’ilc on one and interest in life and
affairs diera out. At least it had so
proven with Van Aldine. He had al
ways been fed on the daintiest of fare,
been clothed in the finest of raiment,
driven the fastest horses, led the co
tillion at the swellest balls, been fav
ored by the most beautiful maidens,
owned the fastest yachts—in short,
had had the very cream and pick of
the good things of the world.
But he was not happy. In fact he
was distinctly discontented and miser
able. At 28 he has tasted all there is
to life, from the standpoint of the sen
sualist and the epicure, and had found
it after all to be a bore.
.ne was a ciean-cut, well-equipped
young fellow, was Van Aldine, and
born to an humble estate, where he
would have been compelled to work
out his own salvation might have
carved out a great career—or have
been the founder of a great fortune—
as had been his paternal grandfather,
with the Dutch blood and thrift.
But the lates had willed otherwise,
and he had been born to purple and
fine linen, with a care only to perserve
the family pride and act always the
gentleman. And this came so natural
that no effort was required and the
consequence was that the boy had
never been permitted to put forth ef
fort enough to interest him in exist
ence.
And he had tired of it all—the lux
ury and the conventionalities, and had
become moody and discontented—even
to the point of seriously considering
the losing of his identity and enlisting
for service in the Philippines or for
service with the Boers in South Af
rica. In this frame ot mind he flung
himself onto a cable car to get away
from the dilettante life he so despised
and get a little fresh air and motion.
This was at 4:30 o’clock in the after
noon on the fourth day of October, in
the year 1893.
• • •
Milly Conan had been born to pov
erty and sarvice. There was good
blood back of her—no question about
it. But it was the blocd of the patriot
and the martyr and not that of the
successful trader and money-maker.
And her father, who had been always
a gentleman at the expense of carry
ing even life insurance, had died,
mourned and regretted by hundreds
of friends—and sincerely mourned,
too, and but leaving nothing but the
The child ot wealth,
reputation of always having been a
good fellow and a gentleman—that Is.
nothing excepting a select assortment
of debts and a large quota of regrets.
Then the mother, a trifle more practi
cal, as mothers are—but more a lady
than a manager, sincerely loving her
husband, had pined and died. And the
upshot ot It all was that Mllly had
been left, as a very early age, to the
tender mercies of a not overly cordial
world, with no visible assets except- ,
-ng a very sensitive nature, the inher
ent instincts of a lady and a healthy
appetite—not counting a face of con
siderable promise from the standpoint
of beauty, a figure and a disposition of
rare sweetness.
It was fortunate, indeed, and very
charitable, on the part of Aunt Mar
tha that Milly’s mother’s sister, having
gone nearly blind and being the relict
of old Grigsby, who had departed this
life prematurely, but not before he had
wisely invested in life insurance to the
amount of a few thousand dollars, felt
the need and necessity of a companion
The one girl in all the world for him.
to steer her about, and selected Milly
for that important post, thus combin
ing charity with business. To be sure
the post proved exceedingly trying, riot
only from the standpoint of physical
work—as may be imagined when the
querulous nature of Mrs. Grigsby i3
remembered, but also because of the
exceeding patience and tact required
of the young girl in order to get along
at all with the relative who more and
more as the months rolled by strength
ened her hallucination that she was
doing an act of exceeding charity in
feeding and clothing her niece in pay
ment for work which she could not
have had dene for ten times what
Mllly's keep cost her.
Things being at this pass one day
when Milly had reached the age of 18
and had stifled all the aspirations that
came to her and settled down to a life
time of benumbing service, the latter
decided to go across the city to make
a call and accompanied by her niece
boarded a cable car.
This was at 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon on the fourth day of October in
the year 1893.
• • •
Smoking his Havana somewnat sul
kily on the rear seat of the cable car,
Theodore Van Aldine’s attention was
attracted by an old woman, accom
panied by a young girl, who boarded
the car. The woman was querulous
and complaining, the girl patient and
apparently cheerful. The woman was
nearly blind, and the girl took every
pains to see that she was made com
fortable, for which she received only
complaints. The girl did not show
resentment, but looked out upon the
sunshine and smiled at radiant nature.
And such a smile as it was! It rivaled
the sunshine itself. Van Aldine ob
served her curiously. Here was a
girl tied to a cross and selfish old
woman and she seemed to be extract
ing from the fresh air and the sun
shine more enjoyment than he, Van
Aldine, millionaire and son of wealth
and luxury, could begin to understand.
What was it she had that he had not?
The question made him smile and
served to keep his eyes on the girl’s
face. The more he looked the more
she Interested him. The play of color
and the panorama of changing expres
sions not only fascinated him, but
gave him some suggestion of the alive
intelligence behind the mobile fea
tures.
Of a sudden the thought came to
him: “My God, where aAong the
daughters of wealth and fashion In our
set and who are so assldously making
themselves agreeable, Is there one so
dainty and so Intelligent? And where
is one who has the philosophy to carry
a load such as this girl is carrying, and
do It with a cheerful face?"
The more he ruminated the more
interested he became. While he was
galzng at her with grave and intent
eyes she turned her eyes shyly that
way and their eyes met squarely. She
dropped hers and a slight flush suf
fused her pale cheeks. Hardly less
soon than she dropped her eyes his
sought the floor of the car and a cloud
of embarrassment covered him.
Of course It was ridiculous, and he
realized it quicker than anybody, Ha
lit & fresh cigar and looked steadily
out of the window. Bu» he could not
forgot and In the space of two min*
uteB he had made up his mind that
the pretty little blue-eyed girl carry
ing her load so bravely was the one
girl in all the world for him. The
idea stimulated him and gave him a
grip on interest in life and affairs he
uad never had since he could remem
ber.
Well, that’s about all there Is to
the story. He was too wise and ex
perienced. of course, to frighten her
by any bold moves. But he took very
good care—and expensive—to learn
her name, address and limitations. He
contrived to meet her and become
familiar with all the humiliations of
her position.
Then he became Indignant and went
after the matter in hand with all the
force and directness that character
ized his paternal grandfather in the
upbuilding of his fortune. The result
was that within a month Van Aldine
and Mllly Conan were quietly married
much to the disgust of Van’s imme
diate family, but more to the dismay
of old Mrs. Grigsby, who never had
contemplated the possibility of losing
her “slavey."
And the strange part of it is that
it is the happiest marriage on record.
Milly not only made a good wife—a
model wife from tho standpoint of do
mestic economy—but she made the
kind of a wife of whom her husband
is proud nearly to the point of wor
ship. And, strangest of all known
phenomena, from the fourth day of
October in the year 1893, at about
4:30 p. m., or shortly thereafter. Van
Aldine acquired an interest in life of
which h© never had had a conception
before and which he never lost there
after—at least up to the present time,
and the Van Aldlnes have now been
married for nearly eight years.
THOUGHT MULES WERE BETTER.
Stockholder Unable to See Advan
tages of Electricity.
Down in Florida a few years ago
at one of the famous summer resorts
was a small street railroad—a little
affair that did not amount to much,
but was supposed by its proprietors
to be sufficient for all ordinary pur
poses. One day In the course of a
discussion the owners were accused
of being old fogies and behind the
times. ‘‘Why don’t you get together
and be up to date?” they were asked.
“You really ought to have a modern
equipment for a place of this char
acter, Instead of an old road of
mule-drawn car3 that date back to
the flood.”
After considerable deep meditation
and with many misgivings the road
was ordered changed to an electric
line, and an eighty-horse power equip
ment was ordered. The outfit arrived
and was installed but for some rea
son failed to operate properly. An
outside expert was then called In to
examine the plant and locate the
trouble. At a special directors’ meet
ing he reported that the rated efficien
cy of the plant was eighty horse
power, and that eighty horse-power
were being used for the actual opera
tion of the road. At this one of the
directors jumped up and exclaimed
excitedly: ‘‘Eighty horsepower for
what we used to do with six mules?
I guess we had better go back to the
mules.”
Toilet of a Lady Ant.
A naturalist has been making ob
servations on the toilets of certain
ants, and has discovered each Insect
goes through most elaborate ablu
tions.
They are not only performed by
herself, but by another, who acts
for the time as lady’s maid. The
assistant starts by washing the face
of her companion, and then goes over
the whole body.
The attitude of the ant that is being
washed is one of intense satisfaction.
She lies down with all her limbs
stretched loosely out; she rolls over
on her side, even her back, a perfect
picture of ease.
The pleasure the little insect
evinces being thus combed and
sponged is really enjoyable to the
observer.
Hunter’s Humorous Story.
“A friend of mine,” writes an army
officer, "when returning to camp after
a day's shooting suddenly came in
sight of a big she-bear with two cubs
following In single file, proceeding
along a ridge, the forms of the threo
being sharply silhouetted against the
sky. It was a very long shot, but
he determined to try it, so he drew
a bead on the old bear and fired. The
result was curious. The procession
stopped, the she-bear scratched her
self hastily, then turned round and,
regarding the cub immediately behind
with grave disapproval, boxed Its ears
soundly and then went trundling on
along the ridge, evidently under the
impression that her frolicsome off
spring had been up to some unusu
ally objectionable tricks.”
Home Assimilation.
“We,” says the explorer, as he en
deavors to make the cannibal chief
tain understand why his country Is
to be annexed, "have no desire except
to benevolently assimilate you.”
"Huh,” replies the cannibal chief
tain. "So far as we, personally, are
concerned, our assimilating processes
are In good repair. We have assimi
lated two missionaries and four sail
ors within Hie past year. I guess
we will do about ail the assimilating
that needs to be done on this island." 1
And the explorer was led around
the back way to the pantry.—Balti
more American.
Most marriages would indicate that
woman are natural-born hynotlsta
ONE HUMOR OF POLITICS.
Malics of a Billposter Spoiled a Can*
dldate’a Chances of Election.
One of the beet political workers In
England is Sir William H. Holland,
one of the new knightB, who, although
a busy Manchester manufacturer—a
cotton king, in fact—finds time to
look after the Interests of a big min
ing constituency like Rotherham in
the West Riding. Sir William Is a
well-groomed man with a flarld faco
that is seldom guilty of a smile. In
spite of this somewhat doleful aspect,
which seems to be made to match a
lugubrious tone of volco, he invariably
has in hand a fund of anecdotes calcu
lated to put audiences in the best of
humor. One of his stories is worth
repeating.
A personal friend of his, fighting a
parliamentary contest in the south of
England, had the disadvantage of
being a “carpet-bagger,” whereas the
conservative candidate enjoyed con
siderable local prestige. Toward the
close of the contest the liberal agent
warned him that the matter was one
of some importance, whereupon he
replied: “Very well, then you can tell
the voters ‘that If they return me I
will come and live here.” But he had
not reckoned up all the circumstances.
The agent printed bills setting forth
that “if Mr. - is elected he will
live here.” The bills got Into the
hands of an opposition bill-poster and
the result was that they were found
placarded on every pig sty and barn
In the division. That candidate, need
less to say, was not elected.
FOUR OF A KIND.
Bill of Fare That Failed to Suit Fas
tidious Diner.
A man “Down East” sojourned for a
few days at a reasonably cheap board
ing house in the city.
He became tired of the monotony
ef the table fare and complained to a
r cwly made acquaintance. His friend
told him of another boarding house
which he thought would Just suit, and
stated that they served four kinds of
meat daily, and every day.
The Down-easter made the change,
md after a few days’ trial of the new
place changed again.
The friend who had recommended
.he house inquired in astonishment
why he had left it.
“Didn’t like the fare,” was the
mswer.
“Didn’t they give you four kinds of
meat a day, as 1 told you they
would?”
"Yes.”
“W oil. then, what was the matter?
Wasn't that enough?”
"Enough. I guess; but I didn’t like
:he kinds."
"What were they?”
"Ram, lamb, sheep meat and mut
;on."—New York Times.
NOT A CONSOLING THOUGHT.
Sympathy May Have Been Well
Meant, but Was Not Effective.
The late Dr. Herman C. Riggs of
rtocnester, pastor of St. Peter's, did
jot enjoy a popular reputation as a
lumorist, but he had some dignified
un in his composition and regarded
vith very little patience those whose
)iety found expression in deprecating
he sinfullncBS of the times, s^s the
S’ew York Times. One day a l.agu
jrious elder, temperamentally a pessl
nlst and usually a bore, said to him:
“Doctor, the tendencies of the
Imes are indeed deplorable. The
ouger I live the worse the world
leems to become.”
Dr. Higgs replied: "My dear sir,
.he fact Is undoubtedly as you have
ibserved, but perhaps you exagger
ite the relation which it would seem
o establish between cause and effect,
riowever, I would not let that worry
ne too much, since you may be able
o derive some consolation from the
hought that perhaps the world will
ie better when you are out of It”
The longer the elder pondered this
eply the le3a satisfaction wan he
ible to derive from it.
Coffeo-Chewing Fiends.
Men who work in coffee-roasting
ilants often contract the habit of
ihewlng coffee. This habit grows
itronger and stronger as time
lasses, until finally Its victim must
ie chewing all the time. His face
akes on, then, a yellowish, unhealthy
jolor, and his heart beats too fast.
Jls breathing is irregular and hia
ippetlte Is poor. In temper he la
rasclble and so tremendous is his
ippetlte for tobacco that he will even
imoke in bed. Yet he does not, as
t matter of fact, chew a great deal of
:offee; probably two pounds a week
s the greatest record he ever makes;
nit be is coffee’s slave as much aa
lome men are the slaves of opium or
if alcohol. Some of the proprietors
if coffee-roasting plants, aware of the
leleterlous effect of the habit, have
ilgns on their walls, forbidding coffee*
shewing on pain of dismissal. Many
if the men, however, disregard these
.igns. Java coffee ie the sort that
hey prefer to chew.
A Witty Pauper.
While walking through an old street
n Stuttgart recently a man found a
■lurse, and, thinking that It might con
ain something valuable, he stuck it
lastlly in his pocket and hurried
tome.
He examined it then and was dis
gusted to find that it contained noth
ng except these four lines in GermaD
>n a slip of paper;
JVhen you ilnd this purse refrain from
Joy;
I’ll tell you In a minute;
only threw It away because
1 hadn’t a cent to put In it.
Old Shoe* Made Into "Morocco. -
In France old shoos are bought up
In quantities by rag dealers and sold
to factories, where th.fr are t«^en
apart and submitted to long process
es. which turn them Into paste, from
which the material is transformed into
an imitation leather, appearing mucn
like the finest morocco. Upon tins
material stylish designs are stamped
and wall papers, trunk coverings and
similar articles are manufactured rrom
It __
Murder will out unless the offender
Is "in” with the powers that be.
Undisputed for Half a Century.
It is a remarkable fact, which for
half a century has not once been dis
puted, that St. Jacob's Oil never falls
to cure shooting pains in the arms,
legs, sides, back or breast, or Boreness
In any part of the body.
It has for fifty years been guaran
teed by the proprietors, St. Jacobs Oil,
Ltd., Baltimore, Md„ to promptly cure
lameness, sciatica, rheumatism, lum
bago, stiff and swollen Joints, stiff
back, and all pains in the hips and
loins, strains, bruises, burns, scalds,
toothache, chilblains, and all aches
and pains.
St. Jacobs Oil costs 25 cts and 50
cts.; sold wherever a druggist is found.
Hatred is a passion that stands op
posed to love and dcvelpos itself In
anger, retaliation, envy, revenge and
lust of power.
Cape and Shawl Collars.
In tailor gowns the cape and shawl
collars are the most noticeable fea
tures, and their effect is shown on
many house and evening gowns. Bo
leros will not be so numerous as dur
ing last spring, but will be admissible
for those who dislike loose fitting
coats. Nearly all blouse in front and
are made with basque or position ef
fect. The skeleton bolero is rarely
seen, and then Is very fancifully
trimmed with braid, passementerie or
medallions. Shawl or cape collars
also trim many boleros. Green and
blue, a combination that in hat trim
mings has become an eyesore, is re
vived in autumn goods and show
gowns. It is used in harmonious and
pretty shades and many pretty street
costumes will be in these tones.
Anxious to Do Right.
The children had quareled, and Wil
lie had struck Tommie. Instead of re
turning the blow Tommie turned and
ran down the hall.
"Where are you going, Tommie?"
asked his mother.
“Kitchen," answered Tommit tersely.
"What for?"
"You said if anybody was mean to
men to heap coals of fire on his head,
an’ I’m going for the coals.”Chlcago
P03t
Had Crazy Spells.
West Pembroke, Me., Sept. 22.—
The thirteen-year-old daughter of Mrs.
A. L. Smith suffered with a peculiar
affliction which her mother describes
as follows:
“It is two years now since she was
first taken with crazy spells.
“They kept on coming at intervals
and I could get nothing to do her any
good.
“The doctors gave mo no encourage
ment. They all said they could not M
help her.
“The crazy spell would last about
nine days, then she would be well
about nine days, but would eat very
little and was very yellow. Even the
whites of her eyes were yellow.
“I heard that Dodd 8 Kidney Pills
were a great remedy for young girls
and decided to try them.
“After taking one box she was com
pletely restored and she has not had
one bad 6peli since. Of course we con- '
tinned to use the pills and she used
altogether five boxes last fall.
“In March I thought I saw symp
toms of the spells again and I got
six boxes of which she has taken
four, and is in splendid health.
"Her case was certainly a remark
able one and wo are very thankful
to Dodd's Kidney Pills for the great
good they have done my daughter."
Opportunity, soonor or later, comes
to all who work and wish.—Lord Stan
ley.
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Every so many gems of thought turn
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beautiful lakes and streams and cool
weather.
Okobojl Is the nearest of these re
sorts, but all are easily reached from
Omaha, and the round trip rates this
summer are lower than over before.
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