Loup City Northwestern
GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, - • NEBRASKA.
Boyhood’s lessons are learned etthar
at or over mother's knee.
If the anecdotists keep on Tom Reed
will live in history as the Joe Miller
of his time.
Why not inquire at the coal offices
for the New York boy who disappeared
with $70,000?
An Ohio man has brought suit for
$200 damages for a bad hair-cut. Shear
barbarism, evidently.
A funny Munich editor parodied the
kaiser’s funeral speech on Herr
Krupp. Three mouths.
Curious how Dewey's fading popular
ity brightened up again as soon as if
looked as if we might need him.
Mont Pelee is going into convulsions
again, scientists declare. Here’s a
booming market for infants' food.
Marconi has evidently made up his
mind that a press agentless inventor
can’t hope to stand much of a show.
Mr. Jeffries attributes his defeat ty
Mr. Munroe in Butte to the altitude.
Alas, prize fighting is no longer high
art.
The Sultan of Morocco announces
that he is confident of victory. He
wisely refrains, however, from saying
when.
The new 16-inch gun may throw a
ton of steel twenty miles—but who
can see a bullseye that is twenty miles
away?
We have horseless carriages and
wireless telegraphy. Now, If some
genius would only Invent noiseless
streets.
In spite of the general rise in prices
the probabilities are that the comic
valentine will be retailed at the same
old figure.
It’s not the woman wit.i the 19-inch
waist who is the strongest advocates
of woman’s rights. They naturally
come her way.
A Chicago lecturer advises people
to yawn as much as possible. The
average lecture audience does not
need the advice.
Russell Sage declares that he has
never paid to have his shoes shined
He doesn't say whose blacking and
brush he borrowed.
Mascagni merely Illustrates the old
theory that when God bestows upon a
man musical genius He withholds th«
gift of business sense.
“Beats all,” said the advertisement
telling of a scheme to get rich, and
everyone who tried the scheme wii;
vow that the adverttser told the exact
truth.
The French tutor who asserts that
he can support a German princess out
of his earnings has either misjudged
the princess or the salary he rs to re
ceive.
Dr. Lorenz is not the brother of an
emperor, but his visit to this country
will be remembered as of more benefil
to Americans than that of Prince
Henry.
At Brooklyn, N. Y., there have beeD
ninety-nine robberies in twenty-one
days. It is evident that Brooklyn is
interested in other things than babies
and Sunday schools.
Alfred Belt's fortune is variously
estimated at from $400,000,000 to $1.
000,000,000, but as far as the apoplexy
is concerned his holdings might Just
as well stop at 30 cents.
Writing on “Tom" Reed, Mark
Twain profoundly observes that this
abbreviating a man's name “is a pat
ent of nobility.” Unfortunately w«
can't cut “Mark” any shorter thaD
it is.
The Brussels girl who posed as a
model for the picture of “The Vam
pire” may like the portrait, but how
is ahe pleased with being summed up
in the poem as “a rag and a bone and
a hank of hair?”
Fournier has a new Automobile in
which he expects to go 106 miles an
hour. It is made in the shape of a
cigar, and if the gentleman who ex
pects to operate it is wise he will have
it made bullet-proof.
It is now pretty generally agreed
that laziness, scientifically known as
“ankylostoma,” is a disease. It is also
pretty generally agreed that oil of
birch, mixed with a few drops of ex
tract of hustle, is good for it.
A Y’ale professor claims to have dis
covered that all life originated at the
North Pole and that man came from
the primates through Are. This, of
course, happened long before the coal
combinations got to doing business.
A New Jersey judge having decided
that a woman has a right to scold all
she pleases, and the Minnesota
preme court having ruled that a man
has a right to beat his wife all he
pleases, the ground appears to be pre
pared for a resumption of hostilities
all along the liae.
OUR HOME MARKETS
PURCHASING POWER IS THE
BASIS OF ALL PROSPERITY.
Money Distributed Among Work Peo
ple Flows Most Quickly Into Circula
tion and in Proportion as Wages Are
High or Low Times Are Good or Bad.
In estimating the prosperity of the
country for the year just closed, which
the prominent commercial agencies
say was the best which the United
States has ever experienced, and in
forcasting the Immediate future, which
they think is bright with promise, they
do not fail to emphasize a point which
has been made by the Press often and
which we consider of great importance
in taking the measure of the possi
bilities of our foreign trade. It Is the
result on our Imports of the tremend
ous purchasing power of the American
market since its restoration to health
by the Dingley law. Not only have
the returns of the American wage
earners increased enormously, the
value of the farmers' crops been
doubled—to two and a half billions
from the period of extreme depression
In the Cleveland hard times—the sav
ings banks deposits advanced to more
than two and three-quarter billions
from $1,747,000,000 in 1894 and all di
vidends and profits been multiplied on
home industry and business, but the
people of the United States have made
so much money at home that they
have been able to buy, and are buying,
from abroad as they never bought be
fore.
In 1896 (fiscal year), when our mar
kets were more open to the world un
der the Wilson law, but when we were
short of money because our own In
dustries had been leveled by foreign
competition, our imports of merchan
dise were $732,000,000. In 1900 they
were $849,00,000. In 1902 they were
$903,000,000. Furthermore, since the
close of the last fiscal year (June 30,
1902) there have been extraordinary
increases in our imports, so that the
present fiscal year ending June 30,
1903, cannot fail to show many mil
lions more of gain in imports. Nor
can there be any doubt that the fall
in the value of our exports for 1902
was due in a large measure to the very
conditions of our own prosperity. The
home demand for many of our own
products was so strong, with such high
prices commanded for them, that in
numerous instances, after the home
demand was satisfied, there was noth
ing left to sell abroad. Especially
was this the case, owing to crop fail
ures a year ago last summer, with
agriculture. Exports of agriculture
were ninety millions less in the fiscal
year than in the previous period, a
particular shrinkage occurring in corn,
of which the American supply was
urgently required in this country, stim
ulating prices so high that they were
prohibitive of export business.
Yet though our exports of agricul
ture fell by ninety millions there was
a loss in total exports of only ten mil
lions more than that. The value of
our mining exports increased from
$38,000,000 to $39,000,000. There was
a decline in the value of exports of
manufactures to $404,000,000 from
$412,000,000 in 1901, and from nearly
$434,000,000 in 1900. Here again, how
ever, this was largely due to the fact
that in some lines of manufacture, no
tably steel, there was so much home
business that domestic producers could
not even fill their orders for Ameri
can consumption, much less ship their
product for sale abroad. This de
mand, as the commercial agencies em
phasize, still exists, and orders are
booked so far ahead that the pros
perity of the first half at least of this
new year is a secured fact.
One otner factor of prosperity to
which we have given frequent refer
ence is made prominent In the annual
reviews of the commercial agencies. It
is as to the relation of higher wages to
prosperity. There is a feeling In spec
ulative Wall street that the unprece
dented advances in wages must check
earnings and so produce business de
pression or a fall in earnings. But
they repeat our frequent reminder that
it Is a fact that goes without saying
that the money which flows most
quickly into general circulation and
which applies the promptest purchas
ing power to the American market is
the money paid to wage earners week
by week and month by month, and as
uniformly spent by them. With the
swelling of wages of the people of the
United States the purchasing power
of the home market goes on increasing
—and the power to take foreign goods
imported as well—and Presperity in
1903 marches out with a solid front.—
New York Press.
NOT A FARMER IN IT.
Agricultural Interests Totally Unrep
resented in the Recent Reciprocity
Convention.
Last week a convention was held in
this city to forward a scheme to se
cure reciprocal trade relations be
tween this country and the Canadian
provinces. It was attended by a num
ber of business men and manufactur
ers from various parts of the coun
try, and several ambitious politicians
who are very anxious for advancement
In public life. There were also a num
1> ,* of Canadian statesmen, generally
lawyers holding public positions, nice
gentlemen to meet, good talkers, and
with the ability to "make the worse
appear the better cause.”
Of course the Americans present de
manded reciprocity in the name of the
pc-ople, whom they represented as cry
ing for it, while a fool Congress was
standing in the way. We notice that
when men want anything badly them
lelves they always demand it in th*
name of the people. If the American
people favored all the wild scheme*
these wind-jammers credit them with
the country would have been wrecked
years ago. That it is still doing busi
ness and fairly prosperous is pretty
good evidence that people are not such
visionaries as these gentlemen cred
ited them with being.
There was one peculiarity about this
convention, which was claimed to rep
resent the “people.” There was not
an individual invited or present who
represented the producing interests of
the country. Not a fanner was in at
tendance, and yet forty of the eighty
millions of people in the country live
on farms. No one spoke for them ex
cept in the way of using their industry
as a bait to induce the Canadians to
grant concessions to manufacturers.
The farmer was to be sacrificed that
the manufacturer and dealer might
become more prosperous. Canadian
grain, dairy products, cattle, sheep,
hogs, wool and fruit were to be admit
ted free, and in return the Canadians
would reduce their tariff on agricul
tural implements and manufactured
goods and the export duty on timber.
It is a beautiful plan, and formulated
along the lines that so many short
sighted business men have always ad
vocated. Their cry is, give us free raw
material and we will manufactur*
goods for the world. What the pro
ducers of what they term "raw ma
terial” are to do under such conditions
they do not specify. The condition of
the 40 millions of producers Is a mat
ter of indifference to them. The last
experience the country had with free
raw material and protected goods de
stroyed their home market and gave
them nothing in return. Yet they have
such short memories that they are
anxious to try it again. Many years
ago Solomon referred to a class of
people who might be brayed in a mor
tar and yet would not learn wisdom.
We have the same kind with us to-day.
They make it a point to attend all
reciprocity conventions, for which
their peculiar characteristics eminent
ly fit them.—The Michigan Farmer.
Th* Winning Hand.
The Value of Production.
One of the reasons why the Ameri
can consumer is able to pay so much
more for goods than most foreigners
is because the manufacturers of the
United States are not subjected to re
pressive measures. They are practi
cally encouraged to let production ex
pand. As a consequence the resources
of the country are energetically devel
oped and there is a larger share for all
those who assist in their production.
That this is true the statistics of con
supmtion abundantly attest, and, be
ing true, the people have a right to ac
count themselves prosperous, no mat
ter how domestic prices may compare
with those which obtain in other coun
tries.
The only persons who have anything
to complain of are the foreigners who
are the victims of the dumping
process, and they will be fully justified
in taking any steps which may put an
end to the practice. That they are
likely to do so is suggested by the vig
orous objections to dumping which
find their way into print in free trade
England. ' Although the gospel of
cheapness is preached by British econ
omists, it is noteworthy that they ara
oeginning to realize that when it ob
tains at the expense of the domestic
producer it is dearly paid for by all
classes. Production is the mainspring
oi prosperity, and anything that
strikes a blow at it must prove detri
mental to a country. This is a truth
which sophistry cannot disguise even
in Great Britain, where cheapness is
extolled but where it is nevertheless
clearly recognized that the cheapness
which proves destructive to domestic
industry is undesirable. It is only the
American free trader who still suffers
from the hallucination that it is wise
for the consumer to seek to profit at
the expense of the producer.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
Tariff Reform.
Representative Richardson of Ten
nessee, minority leader of the House
of Representatives, in an interview in
the Washington Star (Ind.), is quoted
as saying: “You will never have tariff
reform to suit the people, so long as
the manufacturers virtually sits in
committee and writes the schedule."
We all remember a tariff reform
when the importer sat in committee
and wrote all of the schedules, except
what the Sugar Trust wrote. This re
form made the people nick and will
probably keep the Democrats out of
power for i; quarter of a century.
No Call for Them.
There aren’t any free public soup
houses operating in unrentable busi
ness rooms this winter and, glory be,
there isn’t any call for them.—Terre
Haute Tribune.
Only From the Outside.
“What is prosperity?” asks the Chi
cago News. Prosperity is a condition
which Democrats can view only from
tke outside.—Oswego Times.
rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
-ESEON VII., FEB. 15; 1 CORIN
THIAN8—CHRISTIAN SELF
CONTROL.
Golden Text—“Let Us Therefore Fol
low After the Thingr. Which Make
for Peace—Rom. 14:19—The Quar
terly Temperance Lesson.
A Perplexing Question in the Early
Church.—Vs. 1-4. The Early Church at
Corinth. We need to recall the fact that
he gospel had been preached In Corinth
or only about five years; that most of
the Christians there hud - within less
ime than that come out of heathenism:
.hat their early training under heathen
influences was still a powerful factor In
their lives; and that their present sur
roundings were very unfavorable.
One of the perplexing questions which
early confronted the Corinthian Chris
tians was, whether It was right for them
to partake of food which had been offered
to idols. 1. Things offered unto Idols "were
those portions of the animals offered In
sacrifice which were not laid on the al
tar, and which belonged partly to the
priests, partly to those who had offered
.hem. These remnants were sometimes
eaten at feasts holden in the temples,
or in private houses (I Cor. 10:19-33),
sometimes sold in the markets, by the
priests, or by the poor, or by the nig
gardly ’’—Alford.
Why This Question was Perplexing Be
cause on the one hand some would plaus
ibly argue that to do so was countenanc
ing Idolatry, and upholding heathenish
customs which Christ came to destroy,
and would throw the young Christians in
to perpetual temptation to worldly con
formity.
Modern Examples. There are not a few
questions similar to those which per
plexed the early church, which contin
ually come up for settlement by the mod
ern church, which must be answered ac
cording to the principles laid down by
Paul In this lesson.
Many of them are connected with
amusement or recreation. But first and
foremost comes the question of total ab
stinence from wine, beer, and the lighter
alcoholic drinks, and the best methods
of advancing temperance.
The Principles Underlying the Settle
ment of these Questions.—Vs 4-13. We
know that an Idol Is nothing In the
world. The Image Is nothing but wood or
brass or stone. It has no existence as a
deity. There Is only one God. There can
be but one In the nature of things.
The decision of the question, as far as
mere knowledge could give it, is stated
in v. S.
“But meat commendeth us not to God.”
He does not think any more of us for
eating, or for refraining from eating. It
is our characters, our moral condition,
our love, not some formal act of eating,
or fasting, for which he cares.
But knowledge alone does not remove
the difficulty.
First. Because It is too imperfect, too
limited.
"And if any man think that he know
eth any thing.” Think that without love
he really knows anything In its com
pleteness, In Its relations, without
which there Is no true knowledge. "He
knoweth nothing yet as he ought to
know.” He has mistaken a part for the
whole, he has mistaken a drop of water
for the ocean. He does not understand
even the bearings and uses of bis little
Item of knowledge about Idols.
Second. Because (v. 7) "there Is not
in every man that knowledge" about
meat offered, to Idols. Many were very
ignorant, having just escaped from idol
atry. “And their conscience being weak."
A weak conscience Is 11) on# which either
regards as wrong what is not in fact so;
or (2) one which is not clear and decided
in Its judgments (Hodge): or (3) one which
has not power enough to restrain a per
son from doing the wrong it condemns.
II. Liberty —There are three kinds of
actions concerning which we must judge
for ourselves and be Judged by others.
(1) There are certain acts which are uni
versally conceded to be right, and us
coming within the Christian law of lib
erty. (2) There are other acts which are
as plainly prohibited. To do them is
wrong and always wrong. This lesson
does not concern such questions as these.
(3) There is a very large number of acts
which lie In the twilight region, between
the day of certain right and the night of
acknowledged wrong. They are not wrong
in themselves, but are right or wrong
according to the circumstances In which
they are done.
1. It is right to claim for ourselves full
liberty of conscience In such matters.
2. It Is our duty to yield to others the
samo privilege we claim for ourselves.
3. The spirit of judging others is a
worse fault than most of the faults con
demned. It Is closely allied to self-conceit,
malevolence, bigotry, and Injustice.
4. The safest way is the way of liberty
of Judgment. The right is thus most easi
ly enabled to prevail.
B. Liberty does not prevent any one
from holding decided opinions, and speak
ing of them, and arguing for them. Lib
erty Is not Indifference.
6. Yet liberty alone cannot settle the
perplexed questions, for (v. 9) this lib
erty of yours may become a stumbling
block.
III. Love, Supported by Knowledge
and Liberty. Is the only method of solu
tion.
Thus, as In v. 3, love edifleth; that Is,
builds up the soul Into God’s spiritual
temple.
There may be a misapplication of this
principle. It does not mean that we
should never do anything which others
do not like, at which they take ofTense,
or with which they find fault. Nor that
In any case should we yield In a duty or
a teaching, because some may stumble
even over the truth. Even Christ could
not so act that none took offense. Paul
could not. Their histories are full of Il
lustrations of this.
Love and Sympathy for the Weak and
Sinful. No one can do much good to oth
ers unless he is in real sympathy with
and really loves those he seeks to help.
But it makes all the difference in the
world with what In them we sympathize.
If we sympathize with the sin, and de
light in It. if we like to Join in It, and
pacify the conscience of the sinner by
approval, or smothering over the sin as
a very little evil, then our sympathy is
only a deadly evil. We strengthen Id
Bln. and not save from it. But If we sym
pathize from the consclenceness of own
weakness, with the desire to overcome
It, with the struggle, in spite of many
failures, to gain the victory, with the
hope and longing for better things, then
our sympathy Is a power for good.
Truth and Falsehood.
Dr. Johnson, giving advice to an In
timate friend, said: “Above all, ac
custom your children constantly to
tell the truth, without varying in any
circumstance.” A lady present em
phatically exclaimed: “Nay, thiB is
too much; for a little variation in nar
rative must happen a thousand times
a day, if one Is not perpetually watch*
ing.” “Well, madam,” replied the
Doctor, “and you ought to be perpetut
ally watching. It is more from care
lessness about truth than from inten
tional lying that falsehood comes.”
USE A TELEGRAPH BLANK.
How Bachelors May Safely Maks
Promises of Marriage.
Lawyer Abe Hummel is authority
for the statement that If bachelors
who wish to avoid breach of promise
suits will use telegraph blanks In do
ing their proposing they will always
keep on the safe side. He bases this
assertion on an incident in a West
chester county breach of promise
case, in which Mr. Hummel appeared
for the defendant. The plaintiff’s
lawyer began to read the alleged pro
posal of tne defendant to the jury, as
it appeared on a message blank. He
began with "My dearest Louisa."
Mr. Hummel interrupted. “If the
court please, this document Is partly
printed and partly written. By all the
rules of evidence the plaintiff cannot
offer parts of that Instrument. He
must read it all.”
The opposing lawyer protested that
the printed matter had nothing to do
with the case, and the fact that the
proposal was written on a telegraph
blank was an accident. The court
ruled that everything on the blank
should be read. Reluctantly the plain
tiffs counsel read:
“There is no liability on account of
this message unless the same is re
peated, and then only on condition
that the claim is made within thirty
days in writing." And then, after the
signature, “Yours lovingly, John,”
followed by “N. B— Read carefully
the conditiois at the top.”
It didn’t take the jury long to ren
der a verdict.—New York TimeB.
NOT THE FAULT OF THE FISH.
Minister Saw No Reason for Declining
a Gift.
The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady,
’the minister-author, has a country
house on the Delaware, and Is very
fond of the shad that run up this
broad stream in the spring and early
summer.
The fishermen of the neighborhood
are aware of Mr. Brady's weakness,
and take pains to cater to it. They
never fail on the first spring casting
of the seine, to present one of their
largest shad to the clergyman.
But last spring the first cast was
made on a Sunday, and the fishermen
hesitated, therefore, about making
Mr. Brady their usual gift. Finally,
though, they decided to risk it, and
one of their number called at the
Brady residence with a fine shad.
“Mr. Brady,” he said, “I took the lib
erty of bringing you this fish.”
“Thank you, Tom. Thank you,’ said
the minister, and ho relieved the
other of the shad.
“Only I must tell you that the catcb
was made on Sunday, sir."
Mr. Brady frowned, he half extend
ed the shad to the fisherman, then
he half drew it back again.
“Well, Tom,” he said at length, “I'll
keep it, anyway. What happened was
wrong, but surely it was not this pool
fish's fault.”—Washington Star.
The Dying Man’s Joke.
The antiquary stood in the Union
League, contemplating, his hands be
hind his back, the excellent portrait
of Thaddeus Stevens. "Whenever i .
study this painting of my old friend,’
he said, "1 am reminded of a jest '
that Stevens made when he was
dying, to two of the attendants al J
the capitol at Washington. Up tc
almost the last Stevens insisted or
participating in the sessions of Con
gress, and these two men carried him
daily from his hotel in a great chair tc
his desk. He was worn down to skir
and bone at this time; it was cleai
he was not much longer for this I
earth; but his two servitors were I
huge, lusty and young men. Hence 1
think that there was a good deal ol
delicate humor and pathos in the re
mark he made to them one day, as
they were carrying him, as usual, ovei
to the Capitol. ‘What will I do,’ h«
said, ‘for carriers—how will I get tc
my desk safely and comfortably—
when you two giants are dead and
gone.’ "—Philadelphia Record.
The Dignified Usher.
In one of the boxeB at a social af
fair at the Waldorf the other evening
were two or three young women rath
er thinly clad. Their chaperon called
to one of the ushers.
“I wish you would have that wl»
dow behind us closed,” she said.
"Certainly, madame," he responded
politely, “I will send for a man to dc
it without delay.”
The party waited a quarter of an
hour, and then the chaperon mad«
another complaint to the usher.
"I will see to It at once,” he said.
After ten minutes more she called
him again. "I shall have to close thai
window myself, unless it Is attendee
to immediately,” she exclaimed.
“By no means, madame,” he said
with the utmost deference. "Unless
the man comes very soon I will do 11
myself.” I
And the condescending indivldua:
was only a minor member of the great
society of flunkies, at that.—New
York Mail and Express.
A Champion Custer.
At Wichita Mrs. Pearl Williams has
sued for divorce. She alleges that one
day four weeks after her marriage she
traded a can of cherries for some fresh
fruit to a neighbor. That night when
her husband came home and found
that she had made this small dicker
he commenced to sw’ear. Mrs. Wil
llaras declares that for six straight
hours he swore a blue and sulphurous
stream that swelled and gained in vol
ume as it flowed onward. At last she
fled from the house in dismay. She
stayed away, too, and brought suit
for divorce. And now Judge Dale will
pass upon the artistic vehemence o1
the man who could swear six straight
hours after only four weeks of man
riage.
WOMEN SUFFER.
!
Kurd to attend to daily
duties with a back that
aches like the toothache.
A woman’s kidneys give
her constant trouble.
Backache is the first
warning of sick kidneys,
and should never be
neglected.
Urinary disorders an
noy, embarrass and worry
womankind.
Dangerous dia
betes, dropsy and
Bright’s disease
are sure to follow
if the kidneys are neglected.
Read how to cure the kidneys and
keep them well.
MrB. James Beck of 314 West
Whitesboro street, Rome, N. Y., says:
"I was troubled with my kidneys for
eight or nine years; had much pain in
my back; as lime went on 1 could
hardly endure it; I could not stand
except fo. a few moments at a time; 1
grew weak and exhausted; 1 could not
even do light housework, let alon©
washing and ironiug; I could not rtoop
or bend; my head ached severely; I
was in pain from my head down to my
heels; centering in the kidneys it was
a heavy, steady, sickening ache; I
could not rest nights, and got up morn
ings weak and tired. I thought I was
about done for, when 1 saw Doan's
Kidney Pills advertised for kidney
complaints, and got them at Broughton
& Graves' drug store. Within a wee!;,
after commencing their use I began to
Improve, and from that time on rapidJy
grew better. I used five boxes in all
and was cured. I have recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills to many others,
and my case ought to convince the
most skeptical sufferer to give them a
fair trial."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine, which cured Mrs. James
Beck, will be mailed on application to
any part of the United States. Ad
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. Price,
KO cents per box.
The best friend that a conceited girl
can have is a big brother. He wil!
?ure her by the ministration of elec
tric shocks.
NtopH thn Cough and
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bronio Quinine Tablets. Trice25c.
A woman need not be at all clever
:o win a man s love, but she must be
mighty clever to keep it.
WHEN VOt lC UKOCES 8AT8
he does not have Defiance Starch, you
may be sure he is afraid to keep it until
his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. De
fiance Starch is not only better than any
other Cold Water Starch, but contains IS
oz to the puekaee and tells for same
money as 12 oz brands
Thera is nothing like leather—not
even the paper imitations.
Plso’e Cure for Consumption it an Infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Sijtuib,
Ocean Orove, N. J.. Feb. 17. 1900.
Wet boots and expected pleasures
are hard to put off.
You never hear any one complain
about “Defiance Starch.” There is
none to equal it in quality and quan
tity. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it
slow and save your money.
Matrimony can never be wholly a
success until hubby forgets mother's
cooking.
SHORTH AND^bWa^
PKOF. L. L. MARTIN. CKPAR BAPIDS, IOWA
About the only satisfactory substi
tute for wisdom is silence.
Mr*. Winslow* *ootTilijf? Syrup.
F»»r Children teething, softens the gums, reaCiCM tn
fluimnatlon, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a but tit.
You can't tip a waiter enough tc
‘make him lose his balance.
WABASH KAUHOAB
—SELL—
MOBILE and return,.A2A.S
NEW ORLEANS and return, .... aa9 »
Havana, ccba, ano return, - - - aiis.s
The above (peelal rate, uud many other, will
long ilnilt. and .top-over, on .ale F i>. ilih n
UVnu lnclu.tve. All Information at Waba.li (_lij
Office, 1601 Farnatn St., or adore..,
HARRY E. MOORES,
Gen. Agt. Pa». Dept. Omaha, Neb>
A mule Imagines he has a musica.
voice—and a good many people seen
to be built on the same mistaken plan
The average wife dislikes to asli
her husband for money almost one
tenth as bad as he dislikes to hav<
her do it.
SHOES " f ^ '**"
UNION MADE
W. L Douglmm mmkmm and math
morm man'a Goodyaar Walt (Hand
Sowad Pragma*) ahomm than any otha,
manufaoturmr In tha world.
$25,000 REWARD
will b* paid to anyone wbo
can disprove tbla statement.
Because W. L. Douglas
is the largest manufacturer
he can buy cheaper anil
produce his shoes at a
lower cost than other eon-,
cems, which enables him
to sell shoes for 83.60 anil
83.00 equal in every A
way to those sold els*^^^
where for Stand S5.1K). fjp
\V. L. Douglas 83.50 JM
and $3shoesare worn by thousands of menvht
have been paying$4 and $5,not believing thej
could get a first-class shoe for $3.50 or $3.00
lie has convinced them that the style, fit
and wear of his $3.50 and $3.00 shoes is just
as good. Give them atrial and save money
Motlre Inrreiiie rims, Sain: Wa.ttOK.MHII.stf
In Hnalneast \1»08 Sain: Sr>,lMi4,:HO.uo
A (tainof ss.sno.t.tll.tlt in Fonr Yearn.
W. L. DOUCLA8 $4.00 OILT EDCE LINE.
Worth S6.00Compared with Other Makes.
The best Imported and American leathers. Heul',
Patent Calf. Enamel, Box Calf. Calf, Vlci Kid. Corom
Colt, and National Kanqaroo. Fast Color Ei/rlets
Pailtinn • Th® genuine have W. I* DOUQLAI
WflUilUII . name and price stamped on bottom
.VWf by mail. Stic, extra. Hint, fataloa/rrr.
W 1.. ItOKil.AN. IIKVI KTU.i; llASN.
W. N. U.—Omaha. No. 6—190.'