Loup City Northwestern
GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Carrie Nation going on the stage?
Say, she doesn’t look it
Skyscraper prices will doubtless be
a feature of New York's new twenty
story hotel.
Kentucky has a new feud, which
was started at a funeral. It is likely
to end at several of them.
Great Britain is overjoyed to dis
cover that the hostile mullah is not
addicted to the kopje habit.
Numerous experiments show that
tea can be grown at Manila. This
ought to settle it with Boston.
A specialist advertises ‘‘red noses
destroyed by electric needle.” If you
don't like your red nose have it taken
off.
The sultan of Turkey is said to be
an accomplished pianist. Wonder if
he is responsible for the Turkish
patrol?
St. Louis will sell its exposition
gold dollars at $3 apiece. That puts
them in the same class with porter
house steaks.
John L. Sullivan is reforming again.
It is now claimed in his behalf that
he doesn’t begin taking nightcaps un
til after sundown.
A misunderstanding about religion
has upset a wedding in Codus, N. Y.
Better so than to have it turn a home
topsy-turvy later.
A man carrying six bottles of beer
fell down the courthouse steps in St.
Joseph and never spilled a drop. The
guess why is easy.
Two members of the Austrian reich
srath have come to blows, but the
government still declines to charge
admission to the sittings.
The man who is expelled from the
Chicago board of trade for "uncom
mercial conduct’" must have allowed
an unfleeced lamb to escape.
The kerosene habit is the latest.
Kerosene may taste better when you
drink it voluntarily than when you
absorb a little of it by accident.
If the opera libretto left by Zola is
anything like the dead novelist’s
works it ought to attract the bald
heads when it is produced at the
theater.
, Statistics show |that every third
man is afflicted with appendicitis. It
is presumed that the other two have
heretofore parted with their vermi
form appendices.
A New Yorker who had been post
master for seventy-four years, died
the other day at a mature age. Your
Ohio man is not the only patriot who
has an unshakable grip.
King Edward has deprived William
Waldorf Astor of his title of ‘‘honor
able.’’ The best thing that Willie
could do would be to resurrect his
title of American citizen.
They are building forts around Lon
don for the protection of that city.
Can it be possible that John Bull
thinks a hostile force might by any
means land on his shores?
The Count de Castellane has been
told to go way back and sit down, but
he will not care, for he has been ac
customed to receiving hints that he
belongs to the superfluous class.
It is not so strange, after all, that
Prince Cupid has won in the election
for congressional delegate in Hawaii.
The mischievous chap he is named
after is noted for his winning ways.
There is trouble at Fort Sheridan
over hash. Accidentally a soldier saw
the cook making this mysterious arti
cle of diet. Some things must still be
taken on faith, ant hash is one of
them.
The discovery of a female repeater
at the polls in Denver opens the eyes
to the perils of woman’s suffrage, it
gives a woman a reason for changing
her costume half a dozen times on
election day.
When a Gotham gentleman tries to
raise money on $2,000,000 worth of old
masters, it is called ‘‘negotiating a
loan,” but if he gets $2 on a watch the
fact is described as "pawning.” What's
the difference?
A St. Louis millionaire has been
sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary for bribery. He hasn’t an
nouncod whether he will write a play
during his stay or merely permit him
self to be forgotten.
Weyler claims he could have kept
the Americans out of Cuba if he had
not been recalled. These claims are
easily made. Kruger might claim
that lie could have defeated the Brit
ish In South Africa if he had been
thero.
A New England scientist was
knocked senseless by the bursting of
an ostrich egg. This incident, occur
ring right in the midst of the hunting
season, may be classified along with
the other cases of “didn’t know it waa
loaded"
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CHAPTER II.—(Continued.
“Of all earthly things!” said Mrs.
I Gordon. “A letter from that poor child,
Katherine Van Heemskirk. She has
more wit than I expected. So her
father won't let her come to me. Why,
then, upon my word, I will go to her.
Capt. Hyde was interested at once.
“You will go to-morrow?” he asked:
; “and would it be beyond good breeding
j to accompany you?"
“Indeed, nephew, I think it would.
Be patient; tomorrow morning I will
call upon our fair neighbor.”
The next morning was damp, for
there had been heavy rain during the
night; but Capt. Hyde would not let
his aunt forget or forego her promise.
A negro woman was polishing the
brass ornaments of the door, and over
its spotless threshold she passed with
out question or delay.
A few minutes she waited alone In
the best parlor, charmed with Its far
off air and Eastern scents, and then
Madam Van Heemskirk welcomed her.
In her heart she was pleased at the
visit. She thought privately that her
Joris had been a little too strict. And
Mrs. Gordon's praise of Katherine and
her declaration that “she was incon
solable without the dear creature's so
ciety,' seemed to the tund mother the
most proper and natural of feelings.
“Do but let me see her an hour,
madam,” she said. “You know my
sincere admiration. Is not that her
voice? 1 vow, she sings to perfection!
And what a singular melody! Please
to set wide the door madan.”
“It is the brave song of the brave
men of Zealand, when from the walls
of Leyden they drove away the Span
iards;” and madam stood in the open
door, and called to her daughter,
“Well, then, Katherine, begin again
the song of ‘The Beggars of the Sea.' ”
At the second verse, Mrs. Gordon
rose and said, “Indeed, madam. I find
my good breeding no match against
such singing. And the tune is won
derful; it has the ring of trumpets,
and the roar of the waves in it. Pray
let us go at once to your daughter's.”
“At work are they; but, if you mind
not that, you are welcome indeed."
Then she led the way to the large liv
ing, or dining, room, where Katherine
stood at the table cleaning the silver
flagons and cups and plates that
adorned the great oak sideboard.
Joanna, who was darning some fine
linen, rose and made her respects
with perfect composure. She had very
little liking, either for Mrs. Gordon
or her nephew; and many of their
ways appeared to her utterly foolish
and not devoid of sin. But Katherine
trembled and blushed with pleasure
and excitement, and Mrs. Gordon
watched her with a certain kind of
curious delight. Her hair was combed
back word, plaited, and tied with a rib
bon; her arms bare to the shoulders,
her black bodice and crimson petti
coat neatly shielded with a linen
apron; and poised in one hand she
held a beautiful silver flagon covered
with raised figures, which with patient
labor she had brought into shining re
lief.
Conversation was easily maintained.
Madam Van Heemskirk knew the pedi
gree or the history of every tray or
cup, and in reminiscence and story an
hour passed away very pleasantly in
deed. Then Mrs. Gordon, after bid
ding madam an effusive good-by,
turned suddenly and said, “Pray allow
yoru daughter to show me the many
ornaments in your parlor. The glimpse
I had has made me very Impatient to
see them more particularly.”
The moment the parlor door had
been shut, Mrs. Gordon lifted Kath
erine's face between her palms, and
said:
Taith, child, I am almost run off
my head with all the fine things I have
listened to for your sake. Do you
know who sent me here?”
"I think, madam, Capt. Hyde.”
‘‘Psha! Why don you blush, and
stammer, and lie about it? Now, Capt.
Hyde wishes to see you; when can
you oblige him so much?”
"I know not. To come to Madam
Semple s is forbidden me by my
father.”
j “Oh, indeed! Has your father for
bidden you to walk down your garden
I to the river bank?”
“No, madam.”
“Then, if Capt. Hyde pass about 3
; o’clock, he might see you there?”
“Three?”
The word was a question more than
an assent, but Mrs. Gordon assumed
the assent, and did not allow Kath
i erine to contradict it. “And I prom
ised to bring him a token from you—
he was exceedingly anxious about that
| matter.”
Katherine looked thoughtfully
around. There was a small Chinese
cabinet on the table. She went to it
and took from a drawer a bow of
orange ribbon. Holding it doubtfully
in her hand, she said, ”My St. Nicho
las ribbon.”
"There, there! I can really wait no
longer. Some one is already in a
fever of impatience. Good-by again
i child; my service once more to your
' mother and sister,” and so, with manv
compliments, she passed chatting and
laughing out of the house.
Katherine closed the best parlor,
and lingered a moment in the act. She
felt that she had permitted Mrs. Gor
don to make an appointment for her
lover, aJ a guilty sense o! disobedi
,/mce made bitter the joy of expeeta
tion.
But she kept her own counsel, anc
doubted end debated the matter Ii
her heart until the hands of the g
clock were rising quickly to the hou
of fate. Then she laid down her fine
sewing and said, “Mother. 1 want tc
walk in the garden. When I come
back, my task I will finish."
"That is well. Joanna, too, has let
her work fail down to her lap. Go
both of you, and get the fine air from
the river.”
This was not what Katherine
wished, but nothing but assent wa:
possible, and the girls strolled slowl.v
down the box-bordered walks together.
When they reached the river bank a
boat rowed by with two English sol
diers, stopped just below them, and
lay rocking on her oars. Then an offl
cer in the stern rose and Katherine
saw Capt. Hyde fling back from his
left shoulder his cloak, in order to dis
play the bow of orange ribbon on his
breast.
Katherine went back to the house
as merry as a bird. She chatted of
this and of that and sang snatches of
songs, old and new. And all the timte
her h»-art beat out its own glad re
frain, “My bow of orange ribbon, my
bow of orange ribbon!"
CHAPTER III.
Joy in the House.
“Honored gentleman, when will you
pay me my money?”
The speaker was an old man,
dressed in r. black coat buttoned to the
ankles, and a cap of silk and fur, from
beneath which fell a fringe of gray
hair. The Inquiry was addressed to
Capt. Hyde. He paid no attention
whatever to it, but, gayly humming a
stave of “Marlbrook,” watched the
crush of wagons and pedestrians, in
order to find a suitable moment to
cross the narrow street.
“Honored gentleman, when will you
pay me my moneys?”
The second inquiry elicited still less
attention.
“I do not wish to make you more
expenses, captain,” and Cohen, follow
ing the impulse of his anxiety, laid
his hand upon his debtor's arm. Hyde
turned in a rage, and flung off the
touch with a passionate oath. Then
the Jew left him and walked slowly
towards his store and home.
He soon recovered the calmness
which had been lost during his unsat
isfactory interview with Capt. Hyde.
“A wise man frets not himself, for
the folly of a fool;” and, having come
to this decision, he entered his house
with the invocation for its peace and
prosperity on his lips.
Soon there was a little stir in the
street—that peculiar sense of some
thing more than usual, which can
make Itself felt in the busiest thor
oughfare—and Cohlen went to the
door and looked out.
“The Great Christopher” had come
to anchor—Capt. Batavius de Vries.
There was quite a crowd on the
wharf. Some were attracted by curi
osity; others, by the hope of a good
job on the cargo; others, again, not
averse to a little private bargaining
for any curious or valuable goods the
captain of the “Great Christopher”
had for sale.
Joanna Van Heemskirk had had a
message from her lover, Capt. de
Vries, and she was watching for his
arrival. There was no secrecy in her
love affairs, and It was amid the joy
and smiles of the whole household
that she met her affianced husband.
They were one of those loving, sen
sible couples, for whom it is natural
to predict a placid and happy life, and
the first words of Batavius seemed to
assure it:
mv anairs nave gone well, .Joanna,
as they generally do; j.nd now I shall
build the house, and we shall be mar
ried.”
Joanna laughed. ‘ I shall just say
a word or two, also, about that, Bata
vius.”
‘‘Come, come, the word or two was
said so long ago. Katrijintje, mijn
meisje, what's the matter now, that
you never come once?”
Katherine was standing at the open
window, apparently watching the
honey-bees among the locust blooms,
but really perceiving something far be
yond them—a boat on the river at the
end of the garden. So the question of
Batavius touched very lightly her
physical consciousness. A lar sweet
er, a far more peremptory voice called
her; but she answered:
‘‘There Is nothing the matter, Bata
vius. I am well. I am happy. And
now’ I will go into the garden to make
me a fine nosegay," and she walked
slowly out of the door and stopped or
stooped at every flowerbed, while Jo
anna watched her.
Out of sight of the window. Kath
erine ran rapidly to the end of the
garden, and, parting the lilac bushes,
stood flushed and panting on the fiver
bank. Capt. Hyde's pretty craft shot
into sight, and a few strokes put it
at the landing stair. In a moment he
was at her side. He took her in his
arms, and in spite of the small hands
covering her blushing face, he kissed
her with passionate affectior, vowing
with every kiss that she was the most
adorable of women, and protesting
‘on his honor as a soldier” Ujat he
would make her his wife, or die a
bachelor for her sake.
And who can blame a young girl If
she listens and believes, when listen
inp and believing mean to her perfect
lappiness? Not women who have
rver stood, trembling with love and
oy, close to the dear one's heart. If
hey be gvay-haired, and on the very
hoal of life, they must remember still
hose moments of delight—the little
me, the fire-lit rcom, the drifting
oat, that is linked with them. If
hey be young and lovely, and have
tut to say, “It was yesterday,” or, "It
vas last week,” still better they will
mderstand the temptation that was
oo great for Katherine to overcome.
And, as yet, nothing definite had
een said to her about Nell Semple,
nd the arrangement made for her fu
ure, so that in effect, she was still
ree, since Neil had not spoken.
On the night of De Vries’ return
here was a great gathering at Van
leemsklk’s house. Conspicuous in the
'appy, chattering company, Lysbet
’an Heemskikrk bustled about, in the
ery whitest and stlffest of lace caps,
.’ery soon after sundown. Elder Sem
de and madam his wife arrived; and
he elder, as usual, made a decided
:tir among the group whica he joined.
“No, no, councillor,” he said, in an
;wer to the invitation of Joris to come
utside. “No, no, 1 11 not risk my
health, maybe my vera life, oot on the
;toop after sunset.”
“Well, then, neighbors, we’ll go In
side,” said Joris. “Clean pipes, and a
snowball (gin mixed stiff with su
gar), or a glass of Hollands, will not,
I think, be amiss.”
i ne movement was made among
some jokes and laughter, and they
gathered near the hearthstone.
Katherine came and stood behind
her father's chair. She let her head
fall down over his shoulder, and he
raised his own to clasp it. “What is
it then, mijn, Katrijntje kleintje?"
"It is to dance. Mother says ‘yes,’
if thou art willing.”
“Then I say ‘yes,’ also.
For a moment she laid her cheek
against him, and the happy tears came
into his eyes, and he stroked her’face
and half-reluctantly let Batavius lead
her away.
At that day there were but few fam
ilies of any wealth who did not own
one black man who could play well
upon the violin. Jorls possessed two,
and they were both on hand, putting
their own gay spirits into the fiddle
and the bow. And oh, how happy were
the beating feet and the beating hearts
that went to the stirring strains! It
was joy and love and youth in melo
dious motion. The old looked on with
gleaming, sympathetic eyes; the
young forgot that they were mortal.
Miss Katern Van Heemskirk and Mr.
Neil Semple will now hab de honor o{
’bilging de company wid de French
minuet.”
At this announcement, made by the
first negro violin, there was a sudden
silence; and Neil rose, and with a low
bow offered the tips of his fingers to
the beautiful girl, who rose blushing
to take them.
Neil’s dark, stately beauty was well
set off by his black velvet suit and
powdered hair and gold buckles. And
no lovelier contrast could have faced
him than Katherine Van Heemskirk;
so delicately fresh, so radiantly fair,
she looked in her light blue robe and
white lace stomacher, with a pink rose
at her breast.
Neil had a natural majesty in his
carriage; Katherine supplemented it
with a natural grace. As she was in
the very act of making Neil a profound
courtesy, the door opened and Mrs
Gordon and Capt. Hyde entered. The
latter took in the exquisite picture in
a moment, and there was a fire of jeal
ousy in his heart when he saw Neil
lead his partner to her seat, and with
the deepest respect kiss her pretty
fingers ere he resigned them.
But he was compelled to control
himself, as he was ceremoniously in
troduced to Councillor and Madam
Van Heemskirk by his aunt, who with
a charming effusiveness declared “she
was very uneasy to intrude so far, but,
in faith, councillor,” she pleaded, “1
am but a woman, and I find the news
of a wedding beyond my nature to re
sist.”
(To be continued.)
DEPEW TELLS SOMETHING NEW.
Latest Story Put Forth by the New
York Senator.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew says
that this is his latest, and he guaran
tees it to be new. He told it to a
group of friends at the Chamber of
Commerce banquet Tuesday night.
“I was walking down Wall street to
day,” he said, “hastening to keep an
important business engagement, when
I was stopped by a man who said:
“ ‘Pardon me, senator, but I see you
have been taking an active part in this
state election, and I am anxious tc
learn what you think of the result.’
“ ‘I am naturally much pleased by
the election of Gov. Odell,' I replied.
“ ‘But there was a big slump in the
Republican vote in the city and Odell’s
plurality was very small. I was afraid
that this might have a serious signifi
cance for the future of our great par
ty.’
“I replied that I did not think so
and, remembering my appointment
sought to get rid of ray questioner, bu.
he persisted:
“ ‘You greatly relieve my mind,’ he
raid. ‘So you are sure you are pleasec
with the result of the election!’
" Quite so,’ I responded.
“ ‘Then you will be glad, 1 know, tc
lend me fifty cents.’
"I said that there had been a slumi
in the stock market that day and
could only let him have a quarter.”—
New York Times.
In the endless race for wealth met
are too prone to forget the ordinary
claims of humanity.
It is always better to concede
something than to Insist on a demand
that is both just and merciless.
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TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XI. DEC. 14; I SAMUEL 3:
C-14—THE POY SAMUEL.
Golden Text—"Sperk, Lord; for Thy
Servant Heareth”—I Samuel 1:3—
The Childhood of a Great and Good
Man.
The Historical Situation.—The Hook of
Samuel. 1 Samuel Is named In the title
In our ordinary Bibles as "otherwise
called, the First Hook of the Kings"; the
two books of Samuel and the two of
Kings forming one volume of four books
of the Kings.
The Religious Conditions under Eli
the Judge. 1. It was toward the close of
the long regime of the Judges, under
the Theocracy, that is. a condition where
God only Is king; and while there were
leaders and rulers there was no political
unity except that of the laws and re
ligion of God.
2. Hence It was that punishment fol
lowed so quickly after a decline In re
ligion and character.
Ell was born about B. C. 1212, was
high priest at Shiloh, became judge when
58 years old, acted as judge for forty
years (1 Sam. 4:18). and died at the age
of 88 (1 Sam. 4:15). He had been Judgp
twenty years when God called Samuel,
and was therefore 78 years old, which
fact must be borne In mind In Judging
of his relation to the character of his
sons. Ell had many good qualities. At
the same time, he had one grievous weak
ness which led him Into great wrong to
the nation and to his family. When he
got to be an old man he grew far too
amiable. He allowed his sons, the pros
pective high priests, to continue in their
wilful and public transgressions.
I. Samuel.—Name. Samuel means
"Asked of God”; and he was so named
because his birth was In answer to his
mother’s prayer.
II. His Ancestral Inheritance.—He was
of the tribe of Levi, the religious and
educational custodians of Israel. His
parents were religious people, attending
the great religious festivals.
Ill His Home Influences.—Samuel was
reured in his early life in a religious
home. He lived In an atmosphere of
prayer. Such a home is a blessing to
both parents and children.
IV. His Dedication to God.—He wns
dedicated to God from his birth, and he
knew It. He lived under the Nazarlte's
vow (Num. 6:1-12; 1 Sam. 1:11).
V. Religious Influences.—Next to his
home he spent his youth in the temple
service, with the good old high priest
Eli.
¥u. inrec t nuM's oi neufrous devel
opment.—Dr. C. S. Robinson In writing
upon Samuel says that ‘‘here are repre
sented three phases of religious experi
ence in children. A study of this story
will show parents and teachers much
which ought to be supremely helpful In
their dealings with those young persons
who come under their care. First, con
scientious routine; then, awakened rest
lessness; and lastly, spiritual surrender
to the full service of God.”
Ell lived in some of the buildings con
nected with the tabernacle, and Samuel
slept not far away ready for any call
from Ell. who was old and partly blind.
One night Samuel was awakened by a
call. He ran quickly to Ell. answering
the call. Eli replied that he had not
called him, and sent him back to bed
again.
"The Lord called yet again." "Samuel
did not yet know the Lord.” This was
his first experience, and he did not know
what it meant.
"The third time." God knew it was not
from unwillingness to hear and obey
that Samuel did not answer hint, but
from Inexperience. indeed, Samuel’s
prompt obedience to Eli's supposed call
was the assurance that he would answer
God's call whenever he recognized It.
Obedience to parents and teachers Is
one proof of obedience to God.
“And the Lord came, and stood.” The
Hebrew is emphatic, “presented himself."
Early Piety. Like Samuel. We should
answer God's calls by. "Here am 1.” (D
It is easier to be a Christian in youth. :
(2) Then it gives us a much longer time
In which to serve God. (3) We may not
live to he old, and thus by putting off
our duty we may fail altogether. (4) We
escape many evils and dangers. No one
can how wild oats in youth, and not reap
a harvest of evil.
A New Life Bcgyn. Yielding all to God
(vs. 11-13). 11. "Anil the Lord said to
Samuel." Through Samuel, whom Eli
loved, God sent a terrible message, simi
lar to one which he had previously sent I
by a holy man (1 Sam. 2:27-36), but which
did not have s itflciesit effect to enable
Eli to compel his sons either to live a
different life, or to leave the pure service
of God. “At which both the ears . . .
shall tingle" with horror and alo^m.
"All things which I have spokev* By
the mouth of the man of God, as ac
corded In 1 Sam. 2:27-36." When I be
gin. I will also make an end." I will per
form thoroughly. I will go through with
the performance from llrst to last. "1 j
will judge” (condemn to punishment) i
ms nuuse ior ever. oce auuve unuer
"Historical Situation.” “He restrained
them not,” and therefore he was In a
measure responsible. ’Shall not be
purged with sacrifice nor offering for i
ever.” Literally, shall not cover Itself; |
shall not make atonement for itself.
Then the people tried to regain their
lost cause by resorting to the forms of
religion without repentance and return
In heart and life to God. They persuaded
Eli's sons to bring the ark of God from
Shiloh to the battlefield at Ebenezer,
near Aphek. at the pass of Bethhoron,
twenty miles southwest of Shiloh. Brave i
and desperate as the Israelites were, I
they were defeated with great slaughter. '
God woitd not defend the symbols of re
ligion when the spirit of religion had
departed. See Psa. 78:56-04. Hoplinl and
Phlnehas, In care of the ark. were slain
in connection with the holy service they
had defiled. The news came to Ell as he
watched by the gate for news of the bat
tle; and when he learned that the ark
of God was In the possession of the ene
my, and that his sons had perished, he
fell backward from his seat and was
killed by the fall.
Samuel bears the Message. It was a
very hard thing for Samuel to make
known to the aged Ell the message God
harl delivered to him. But Ell pressed
and even abjured Samuel to tell him
all. and Samuel "told him every whit."
Value of Hard Tasks to the Young.
God oft*! lays hard duties upon us at the
very threshold of the new life. They nnj
needful as a test, a revelation, and a de
fense. So the best defense of the young
against Intemperance is to set them ac
tively s,t work for temperance. \
Bearing Another’s Burdens.
"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and
su fulfill the law of Christ.” There
lies the merit, in bearing not merely
our own, but another’s; in lifting up
from the bowed and stooping shoul
ders the heavy load under which the
bearer is ready to sink. Reach out
j’our strong hand of helpfulness, and
with a stout heat give a mighty
leave and the added burden will soeru
ight in your grasp. Do it, and the
tunshine of heaven will irradiate
nany a darkened home. Do it, and
ihe angels will rejoice.
WONDERFUL WORK.
Case No. 18,977.—David M. By®,
P. O. Address, Box 297, Midland,
Mich., says: "Three months I was
almost incapacitated from labor;
could not sleep at night; had to walk
the floor, owing to terrible pain In
the hips, in the small of the back, in
my instep and ankle of the right
leg.
I was treated for sciatic rheuma
tism In the hospital, but received no
benefit. One month ago I returned
home and was given a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills. To-day residents of
this city can bear witness to the fact
that I am able to work, and can also
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Slippery Slippem, surgeon.” Imagine
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Fate owns a large assortment of
gloves.
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