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Loup City Northwestern GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub. LOUP CITY, • • NEBRASKA. It looks as if Pennell concluded to lake a change of venue. As Sir Thomas confidently remarks, ill is over now—except the racing. A defeated prize fighter can find more excuses than a woman suing for divorce. It is almost, time now for patriotic | poets to begin rhyming Reliance with defiance. Prof. Wallace's idea that the earth s at the center of the universe does aot surprise Boston. Robhing the Standard Oil Com pany is like stealing dimes from a mission box—just exactly. Ladies, drop a sympathetic tear. The man who originated the tissue paper dress pattern is dead. The bartenders have formed a total abstinence society. They know the character of the stuff they sell. Are we to have a snapshot at Reggie snapping his whip? It all de pends upon who got the first snap. " A second hurricane in a period of four years is more than the Samoan Islands ought to be called upon to endure. The mushroom crop is now ready fo be picked. But be careful that the loadstooi of commerce doesn’t butt into the mess. Dakota divorces and New Jersey charters seem to be catching it all around. T’hey are companions in Judicial misery. The activity of the volcanoes in Mexico and the West Indies indicates that some kind of an underground ?,ar is going on. As to Mrs. Russell Sage's remarks on eschewing social life, Uncle Rus sell may be depended upon for a resounding amen. J. Pierpont Morgan is going to Europe next week, but there seems to be no indication that he has resigned his job or intends to. William Waidorf Astor has bought another castle, but he has not as yet been able to find a title that seems c fill all requirements. Since the date of his coronation King Edward has ordered four bar rels of Kentucky whisky. ’ There must be a leak somewhere. "If you want to get an office in this city,” advises the Philadelphia Dod ger. "commit a crime.” So! Weather still bad? Or is it dyspepsia? Mrs. Rah of Baltimore, herself seventy-eight, has three friends, each over 100 years old, for whom she cares and provides. Hurrah for Mrs. Rah! Uncle Sam will have jobs for about 40,000 men when he begins to work on the big ditch. But be sure that your hands don't blister easily before you apply. Having so many good excuses to offer, Whitaker Wright should be glad to get back to London and bring them conspicuously to notice before a ^ourt of law. Gotham has had to stand a good deal, but to be designated as the headquarters of "the South American revolution factory” is straining the limit severely. The drinking of kerosene as a bev erage is said to have increased to alarming proportions in France. Per haps it is this that makes the Paris ian so light-headed. Crop failures and the exigencies oi war have forced the ameer of Afghan istan to make a heavy cut in his domestic expenses. He has divorced all but four of his wives. By the way. did it ever occur to you what a line thing it would be if, instead of having so many reformers, we could boast of a few less people who need to be reformed? Senator Clarke and Congressman I'.rundige of Arkansas got into a street brawl recently, thus emphatically re luting the general opinion that the senate and the house never “get to gether.” The Holland strike appears to haw collapsed, and the anti-strike bills have become law in that country. So far as we can judge at this distance, there is nothing in these two facts tc cause rejoicing. Naturalists tell us that it is only the female rabbit that believes in large families. The male parent tries to kill the young rabbits. In some parts of the world the regret is deep and sincere that ho has such poor success. The toast to Reginald Vanderbilt at his bachelor dinner was, "May he be as happy and care free in double harness as he is now in single.” Some young men, about to be married, have nopes of heing even happier than they have been as bachelor* When Father Pays the Bills All Concerned Unite to Secure a Slice of the Old Man'* Wealth When He Is Arranging fer the Wedding Festivities of His Daughter. "There r.re two men who In the midst of their troubles never get any sympathy and they are the man with the mumps and the prospective fath er-in-law,” said a citizen of this city who is planning an Easter wedding for his daughter, to a writer in the New York Commercial Advertiser. "I am planning the wedding of my only daughter and so am learning what every other father before me has learned, that the prospective father in-law Is the legitimate prey of the class of tradesmen who get rich out of the altruism of brides and the gul libility of papa. 1 refer to the caterer, the florist and the choirmas ter. "It Is the duty of every prospec tive father-in-law to give his daugh ter a hangup wedding, but it is also his privilege to study economy at tho same time. I first had a conference with the caterer who helped us out when it was our turn to entertain the Frisky Fossils' Thursday Evening Euchre club. I remembered he fur nished us punch, sandwiches, ice cream. lady fingers, coffee and camp chairs for fifty people at the rate of 37 cents a head, not counting the charge for waiters. And I calculated he'd charge an old customer at th6 same rate per head for wedding victuals of the same sort. But, oh, no! This is a wedding! He couldn’t think of serving a hundred people for less than $200, and that would include champagne punch. 1 insisted that common, everyday punch was good enough, but the caterer succeeded in convincing me that only champagne punch should he served at a wedding reception, anti that wedding feed in variably includes chicken salad and croquettes a la something. So I gave in. "Then I sought the florist. My daughter decided on daisy bouquets for the bridesmaids, a bouquet of lil ies of the valley for herself and boutonnieres of daisies for the ush ers. 1 figured on 25 cents for the boutonnieres. $5 for the Unit's of the valley and $2 each for the bunch ol daises and thus fortified I went to the florist. In this item I had to raise the ante about 100 per cent. I got the boutonnieres for GO cents, the daisy bouquets for $5 and the lillies of the valley for $10 and for this price I got a ‘cascade’ bunch, which, I was in formed, was a great concession for which i ought to be thankful. "But I got iny real eye-opener when T went to get the choirboys to sing. Now, I thought the boys would be glad to come around to the house and have a good time and sing ‘Faithful and True* and ‘The Voice That Breathed O’er Eden’ for 50 cents each. But I forgot again that a wed ding changes the aspect of all things. The boys will sing Ixihengrin and the anthem at $5 a head. "Thus have my eyes been opened and my legs been pulled, but 1 am rejoicing. My girl will have as pretty a house wedding as has ever been given above 72d street." "Well, then, don’t kick when the livery stable keeper tacks on $10 to your contract bill for carriage hire,” added a sympathetic listener. On the Management of Men "Old Gorgon Graham” Writes on the Subject to His Son Pierrepont—Some Pointers as to the Successful Conduct of an Up'tO'Date Business. Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested. Never learn anything about your men except from themselves. A good manager needs no detectives, and the fellow who can't read human nature can’t manage it. The phonograph records of a fellow's character are lined in his face, and a man's days tell the secrets of his nights. Be slow to hire anu quick to fire. The time to discover incompatibility of temper and curl papers is before the marriage ceremony. But when you find out that you’ve hired the wrong man, you can't get rid of him too quick. Pay hint an extra month, but don’t let him stay another day. A discharged clerk in the office is like a splinter in the thumb—a center of soreness. There are no exceptions to this rule, because there are no ex ceptions to human nature. Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn’t always convenient to meet, but if you don’t make it good it hurts your credit. Save a threat till you’re ready to act, and then you won’t need it. In ail your dealings remember that to-day is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's. Keep close to your men. When a fellow s sitting on (op of a mountain he’s in a mighty dignified and ex alted position, hut if he's gazing at the clouds, lie’s missing a heap of In teresting and Important doings down in the valley. Never lose your dig nity, of course, but tie it up in all the red tape you tan find around the of fice. and tin k it away in the safe. It’s easy for a boss to awe his clerks, but a man who is feared to his face is hated behind his back. A competent boss can move among Ills men without having to draw an imag inary line between them, because they will readily see the real one if it exists. « Besides keeping in touch with your office men. you want to feel your salesmen all the time. Send each of them a letter every day, so that they won’t forget that we arc making goods for which we need orders; and insist on their sending you a line every day, whether they have any thing to say or not. When a follow has to write in six times a week to the house, he uses up his explana tions mighty fast, and lie's pretty apt to hustle for business to make his seventh letter interesting. Right here 1 want to repeat that in keeping track of others and their faults it’s very, very important that you shouldn’t lose sight of your own. Authority swells up some fellows so that they can't see tiieir corns; but a wise man tries to cure his own while remembering not to tread on his neighbor’s.—From “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son,” by George Horace Lorimer. By permis sion of Small. Maynard & Co., Pub lishers, Boston, Mass. Where People Talk Too Much Restaurant Waiter Tells of Bad Habit of Many People Who Dine in Public Places—Exceptional Case of Gratified Curiosity in Point. When l marry a rich man and take :o eating in restaurants myself in stead of waiting on other people who 3at there. I don’ intend to talk about anything but the weather, and 1 shall liscuss That with a great deal of eau ;ion," said Waitress No. 19. "I shall je thus guarded in my remarks, be 'ause I think it had form to give my 'amily affairs away before folks the way most people do when dining and lunching away from home. “1 remember, for instance, the case )f the man and woman who couldn’t igree to get married on account of .heir relatives. They sat here for ;wo solid hours talking it over. He iad three children, which she dido.# want to be bothered with, and she aad a mother that he didn’t want ranging around. Much as they seem ed to care for each other, neither would agree to break family ties, yet leither would accept the other’s in .•umbranees* The argument waxed pretty hot at times, and they went iway still in fighting mood. ‘‘Several months after that the wo nan came in one day alone. She sat it my table. I was devoured with mriosity, ami finally, as the risk of osing my place, I spoke to her. “ ‘It has been a long while since 'ou were here,’ 1 said. “She was surprised, but idle did not angry. " Yea,’ she said, ‘it has been a InnK while. 1 am surprised tliat. you remember me.' " ‘Oh, I could never forget you,’ I said. ‘Yen were here with a gentle man. and you sat here talking about his children and your mother.’ “That was an awfully nervy thing to do, but still she didn't, get mad. “’Yes, she said: I remember that day.’ "She stopped as if that ended it, hut she proved to be a true lady with curiosity of her own. That made her sympathetic, and enabled her to ap precia<n how I suffered under the cir cumstttn.es, so presently she added: We Anally fixed it up all right. Wo rented an extra house across the street and set mother to housekeep* | ing over there to take care of his | children. The plan has worked beau ; tlfully, and I don’t see why all cou ples with Irreconcilable relations dc not solve the problem that way.”— Philadelphia Ledger. War Has Doubled Values. Striking an average of the whole Orange river colony land values have doubled since the war. Cotton end Wood. Cotton has the same composition as wood. WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED, ETC. Difference It Makes in Manners of the H?»d of the House. When Wamsley lose up out of his chair to search for his pipe the other night, says London Tit-Bits, he care lessly brought his No. 10 foot down heavily on his wife's tenderest foot. He made no apology and Mrs. Wains ley said: “Well, Henry Wamsley?” "Well, whatr iou haven’t anything to say, have you?” "Anything to say about what? "About nearly crushing my foot to a jelly?” 1 "What should I say?” "I’d ask, if I were you. Henry Wamsley! What would you have said ten years ago, before wfe were mar ried, when you were courting me? What would you say to-uay to any woman who did not happen to be so unfortunate as to be your wife? Hey? Why, you’d humble yourself in the dirt and apologizing to her? You'd say, ’I beg your pardon!' and How awkward I am!' and I)o excuse me!’ Oh. you couldn't be humble and polite enough in your apologies! My, how you would apologize! You'd be apt to w’rite her a note about it! And if it had happened after our engagement you'd have been so tenderly solicitous about my ‘poor dear little foot,’ 'my ‘tender little foot,' whose pathway you intended to make smooth all my life! You’d make me actually weary talking about my 'poor little foot.’ But now, when you nearly crush every bone in it and make me scream with pain, you never open your mouth to say anything unless it is 'Oh. thun der!’ or something like that. And last night when the Morleys were nail ing here you made us all tired of apol ogizing to Mrs. Moriey because you chanced to spill a little water on her dress, and I thought to myself: ‘He wouldn't apologize that way to me if he had accidentally turned a garde.t hose on me! He'd probably ask me what I was in the way for!’ It’s a Strange thing to me that a married man's manners wane with the honey moon? 1 tell you marriage make3 an awful difference. Indeed it does.” "I should 6ay it did,” mumbled Wamsley, as he lighted his pipe. PRISONERS ARE NOT CRATEFUL. Murderers Leave Swiss Lockup With Scant Ceremony. The prison authorities of Torbel, Switzerland, are grieved at the in gratitude of three murderers who recently strolled away from the pleas ant quarters provided for them, and they have not yet returned. It is said to be the first time on record a prisoner ever voluntarily left the Torbei lockup. It is the aim of those In charge of that charming resort to make the jail such an attractive place prisoners will be contented with their lot and not strive to escape. There are few guards—only one to every twenty five prisoners—and they never think of offending their guests by carrying arms. They keep themselves out of sight as much as possible so as to not hurt the tenuer feelings of the inmates. The cells are left open, so the prisoners can communicate freely with each other, and newspapers, writing materials and magazines are provided for their amusement. Cider and various dainties from the kitch en are furnished. Fried eggs, of which the guests are exceedingly fond, play a prominent pan in the hill of fare. Naturally such an earthly paradise is most popular, and inmates leave it with regret. Therefore the authori ties were shocked when the three murderers went away without even saying good-by. Coghlan Sized Him Up. Hear Admiral Coghlan, who is now commanding the Caribbean squadron, is remembered in every station he visits for his good cheer. While in the Northwest he had many encoun ters with men of more brawny strength and girth, perhaps, than brain and refinement. One of this type had an argument with Coghlan over a sailor the Rear Admiral had forgiven for some small offense. “My opinion about this navvy is worth something, sir," said the man of brawn. “I’m a self-made man, and m-” "Humph,” interrupted Coghlan. as he looked him over. “Maybe so; but my friend, haven't you spent more time on the banquet hall than the at tic?”—New York Times. Life or the Bias. Now, did it ever come to you That life is a same of bluff: That tile only thing for man to do If he'd win suce ss as he hurries through Is to be austere and rough? Did you ever think that the only way To advance is to snarl and frown. To take no time for delight or play? That the only plan to make life pay Is to try to pull others down? Did you ever think as you rushed pell mell Tour wearisome path along. That kindness Is folly and love a shell Containing nothing but ashes? Ah, well. If you ever thought so, you were wrong! Bliss. She put the book down with a sigh. “What is it. darling?” he asked. • Ah, dearest, I’m so happy,” she re died. "But you had such a sad look in •our eyes just now. ”1 know. I've been reading about he unhappiness that the wives of men ■f genius have always had to bear. »h. Alfred, dear. I’m so glad you're ist an ordinary plug of a fellow.” THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON VI., MAY 10—THE PLOT AGAINST PAUL. Golden Text—“The Lord Stood by Him and Said. Be of Good Cheer"—Acts 23: 11—Dark Clouds and Their Accompany ing Silver Lining. I. Paul before the Sanhedrim.—Vs. 1-10. The Insult to Paul. The next morning' Paul was brought before the S»nbedrim for trial, so that the chief captain might learn the cause of the complaint against him. He began his plea with a statement that he had lived In all good conscience before God; a gen eral denial of all charges of crime. "I have lived as u true and loyal Jew." The high priest was angry at Paul's claiming a life so much purer and better than his own was publicly known to be. Josephus "gives us a terrible picture of his violent and unscrupulous conduct." "We arc told that he reduced the in ferior priests almost to starvation by defrauding them of their tithes, and sent his creatures to the threshing-floors with bludgeons to seize the tithes by force.” In accordance with this spirit he ordered the attendants to smite Paul on the mouth. Paul's Indignation. Paul, indignant at the insult and injustice, in a court of justice, retorted, (v. 31 "God shall smite thee, thou whited wall." a vivid picture of a hypocrite, used with a slight varia tion. by the Lord, of the Pharisees and scribes (Matt. L*3:27; Luke 11:44). Paul's Apology. When some one, shocked at wlmt Paul said to the high <st and most powerful official in the Jew ish commonwealth, asked him, <v. 4) "Revilest thou God's high priest?” Paul apologized, not to the high priest, hut to the court, saying that he was not aware that it was the high priest who had spoken. It is noticeable that he did not retract the saying, or deny that what he said was true, but he was sorry that under the circumstances he spoke the true word (see Rom. 13:7; i Pet. 2:13 17; Jude 8-10). For in doing so he had Inadvertently broken another law (Ex. 22:28), which says, (v. 5) •'Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy peo ple.” Paul Divides to Conquer. A great dis sension arose between the two leading parties of the Sanhedrim, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Taking advantage of this Paul declares his position ns a Pharisee, born and trained a Pharisee Thp result was that the council came to no decision as to the charge against Paul, but continued to quarrel so fiercely among themselves that the soldiers were compelled to rescue Paul again, and bring him into Castle Antonia. II. The Vision of Encouragement.— V. 11 During "the night following the l.ord,” the glorified Jesus “stood by” I’aul as he had at Corinth (Aits 18:9. Pit, and as he did again two years later in the storm at sea (Acts 27:24), show- I ing that he was his everpresent helper, ns the electric flash reveals the con- ' tlnual presence of the unseen electric power. "And said, lie of good cheer.” “This word on the lips of Christ had brought cheer to the sick anti diseased (Matt. I 9:2. 22; Mark 10:49); to the disciples sail ing on the sea (Matt, 14:27; Mark 5:50); to the same disciples in an hour of deep- I er need (John 16:33)."—Knowling. “Foi as thou hast testified.” His work was so approved of God that he promised him a larger and more difficult field j "Su must thou bear witness also all Rome.” His wish (Acts 19:21; Rom. 1. j 10. 11) was to be gratified in a way o: which he had no thought. III. The New Conspiracy against Paul — Vs. 12-13. 12. "And when it was day.’ the day after the trial and Paul's vi sion. "certain of the Jews bound them selves under a curse.” literally, anathe matized or cursed themselves, bound, themselves under an anathema or curse. I which they invoked upon themselves 11 they should fail to do as agreed. 14. "They came to the chief priests.' | many of whom probably, and Ananias. ' the high priest certainly, belonged tc j the Sadducean party, and were anxious to have Paul destroyed. 15. "Now therefore . . . signify,' "A legal term; give official notice; a formal request for a regular investiga tion. to which Lysias, it might be as sumed. would be disposed to accede after the abrupt Interruption of th. previous day."—Speaker's Com. "We. oi ever he come near” (to the council hall I "are ready to kill him.'’ Their plan was to assassinate him on his way dowr from the barracks to the council hall, to reach which he must pass eithet through the great court of the temple or through the streets of the city. IV. How the Plot Failed.—Vs. 16-22. 1C. "When Pauls sister's son." "Thi> is the only direct reference in Scripture to Paul's family. It is uncertain whethei Paul s sister resided In Jerusalem, oi whether the young man may have come up to Jerusalem with Paul, or had beer sent thither for his education, as hb ancle was before him."—Meyer's Com "Heard of their lying In wait.” The conspirators were numerous, and il would be very difficult for so many tc keep their secret. "Entered into the castle." Showing that his friends had free access to him. as afterwards at Cesar*a (Acts 24:23). 22. "So the chief captain.” "The Chiliarch Is obviously glad of the intel ligence. His sympathies are clearly with St. Paul personally as against the high priest and his followers. Plumptre. "Sec thou tell no man." (1) To avoid any in terference with his own plans, or a new conspiracy; (2) to avoid danger to the young man for revealing the secret; (3) to avoid any explanations of his con duct to the Jewish leaders. V. Paul Transferred to Cesarea.—Vs. 23-35. That same night tin- chief cap tain outwitted the conspirators by send ing Paul out of the city under a guard of two hundred soldiers, two hundred spearmen, and seventy mounted troopers with whom Paul rode. They left Jeru salem at nine o'clock in the evening, with a letter from Claudius Lysias tc Governor Felix, stating the facts, and the reasons why Paul was sent to Cesa rea. The next day. after a march of forty-two or forty-three miles, they reached Antlpatrls. a city In the fertile vale of Sharon, eleven miles north of Lydda. It was built b\ Herod the Great as a fortress and a pleasant place of resi dence. and named after his father. "That ride, in the midst of his Roman body guard. was destined to be his last ex perience of air and exercise, till—after iwo years of imprisonment—his voyage to Rome began."—Farrar. Paul was kept in the palace built by Herod the Great. Memories That Linger. The memory of a kindly word long, long gone by. The fragrance of a fading flower, sent lovingly. The warm pressure of the hand, the tone of cheer. The hush that means. “I cannot speak, but 1 have heard!” Such minor things we hardly count as ministry, But when the heart, is overwrought_ oh! who can tell The power of little things like these to make it well? HARD TO BEAR. 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