Loup City Northwestern GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub. LOUP CITY, • • NEBRASKA. Oh, grip! What [.ins are concealed in thy name! The automobile is fast becoming the automatic fool killer. Even Homer nodded, and why should not Russell Sage lose $40,000 by mistake? A good delivery will be useful in the pulpit work of William A. Sunday, formerly baseball player. Last year the American people con sumed over $70,000,000 of coffee—to say nothing of the peas and chicory. Gen. Baldwin should edit his Inter views before they are printed Instead of after they have been given to the public. This is a hard, hard world. One Is hardly done shoveling snow before it is time to sharpen up the lawn mower. •'Letter-writing Is a lost art,” says somebody. And this right after the publication of the letters in the Bur dick case. Terry McGovern's trainer says: “Terry is not out of the game by a jugful.” John L. Sullivan is—by a good many jugfuls. John D. Rockefeller must have felt that he had more money than he wanted, for he stopped over a few hours in Chicago. A Washington man has discovered that strawberries lead to suicide. But disappointed love has led thousands of people to self-destruction. An English countess has found out that the lord she married is bogus. This looks like a pretty strong vindi " cation of a lot of American girls. For a man who wasn’t going to live a year King Edward is one of the liveliest corpses that ever went to Lisbon to be showered with rose leaves. Heligoland is washing away. When it has disappeared entirely Germany would seem to have a right to rule that part of the ocean where it former ly stood. Over 38,000 immigrants arrived at New York during the first ten days of April. We would advise them to order coal for next winter at their earliest convenience. The esteemed Portland Oregonian says the people of Portland are work ing in earnest for the beautifying of their city. Another triumph for Ore gonized labor. The editor of our esteemed contem porary, the New York Mail and Ex press, declares that ’’the coroners must go.” What’s the matter, brother; been sitting on you? I Hydrophobia may be an imaginary ailment, but rather than have a scien tific controversy with a dog supposed to be mad it is better to give the ani mal the entire street. An authority recommends cheerful ness and hilarity for the cure of indi gestion, observes an exchange. Isn’t this something like recommending plenty of hair for baldness? Mr. Funk now says he has talked with the spirit of Henry Ward Beech er face to face. If Mr. Beecher was in his usual form Mr. Funk couldn’t have had much of a chance to talk. Baron von Biedenfeid says that Americans are unclean, illiterate and drunken. As the baron when he was here associated with his kind, natur ally he jumped at this conclusion. The Rothschilds are buying homes for the poor of England with a recip rocatory arrangement by which the poor can return the favor in install ments at the usual rates of interest. Admiral Walker estimates that 30, 000 men will be employed in digging the Panama canal. Negroes, Chinese and Japanese laborers will do the most of it, and nobody will envy them the job. And now the battleship Alabama has made a record for effectiveness of gun fire. We guess that before the next war comes our boys will be able to shoot as well as any of the blarsted foreigners. A $1,000 bill was lost on a New York ferryboat, and now so many are claim ing it that it is difficult to find the real owner. In these prosperous times dropping $1,000 bank notes is an ordi qary^ occurrence. If a confirmed liar can be cured of his failing by hypnotic suggestion, as a German scientific authority asserts, a truthful man may be made a con firmed liar by the same means. There are frightful possibilities in hypno tism. H. H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate, who is worth $40,000,000 or $50,000,000, is suffering fearful agon ies because his digestive apparatus refuses to go. The Standard Oil for tune seems to be its own punish ment. 'the MAID of MAIDEN LANE Sequel to •• The Bow of Orange Ribbon.•• A LOVE STORY BY AMELIA E. BARR (Copyrlrbt, lflOO, by Amelia E. Barr) 1L —. CHAPTER IX.—(Continued.) “I care not for such things. I am a poor lord, if Cornelia be not my lady. Grandfather, will you see Doc tor Moran for me? You can speak a word that will prevail.” ‘‘I will not, my Joris. If thy father were not here, that would be differ ent. He is the right man to move in the matter.” "I will see Cornelia for thee,” said Madame Van Heemskirk. "I will ask the girl what she means. And she will tell me the truth. Yes, indeed, it' into my house she comes, out of it she goes not until i have the why, and the wherefore.” "Then good-by! Grandmother, you will speak for me?” And she smiled and nodded, and stood on her tiptoe while Joris stooped and kissed her. Very near the great entrance gates of Hyde Manor he met his father and mother walking. George threw him self off bis horse with a loving im petuosity, and his mother questioned him about his manner of spending the previous uay. "How could thou help knowing thy father had landed?” vie asked. ■‘‘Was not the whole city talking of the circumstance?” “I was not in the city, mother. I went to the postofflee and from there to Madame Jacobus. She was Just leaving for Charleston, and 1 went with her to the boat.” "Well, go forward; when thy fath er and I have been round the land, we will come to thee. Thy cousin Annie is here.” "That confounds me. 1 could hardly believe it true.” “She is frail and her physicians thought the sea voyage might give her the vitality she needs. We will talk more in a little while. Go, eat and dress, by that time we shall be home." But (hough his mother gave him a final charge “to make haste,” he went slowly. The thought of Cornelia had returned to his memory with a sweet, strong lnslstance that carried all be fore it. He wondered if she was suf fering—if she thought he was suffer ing—-If she was sorry for him. Poor Cornelia! She was at that mo ment the most unhappy woman in New York. She had excused the 'ten words” he might have written yesterday. She had found in the un expected return of his father and cousin reason sufficient for his neg lect; but it was now past ten o'clock of another day, and there was yet no word from him. The tension became distressing. She longed for her father—for a caller— for any one to break this unbearable pause in life. Yet she could not give up hope. A score of excuses came Into her mind; she was sure he would come in the afternoon. He must come. Then as hour after hour slipped away, she was compelled to drop her needle. “Mother," she said, "1 am not well. I must go upstairs.” She had been holding despair at bay so many hours she could bear it no longer. The next morning she called Bal thazar to her and closely questioned him. It had struck her in the night, that the slave might have lost the let ter and be afraid to confess the acci dent. But Balthazar's manner and frank speech was beyond suspicion. He told her exactly what clothing Lieut. Hyde was wearing, how he looked, what words he said, and then with a little hesitation took a silver _ . ——... I — I “Your behavior has been brutal.” crown piece from his pocket and add ed, "he gave it to me. When he took the letter in his hand he looked down at It and laughed like he was very happy; and he gave me the money for bringing It to him; that is the truth, sure. Miss Cornelia.” She could not doubt it. There was then nothing to be done hut wait in patience for the explanation she was certain would yet come. But, oh. with what leaden motion the hours went by! For a few days she made a pre tense of her usual employments, but at tht end of a week her embroidery frame stood uncovered, her books were unopened, her music silent, and she declared herself unable to take her customary walk. Her mother watched her with unspeakable sym pathy, but Cornelia's grief was dumb; it made no audible moan, and pre served an attitude which repelled all discussion. As yet she would not ac knowledge a doubt of her lover s faith ; his conduct was certainly a mystery, hut she told her heart with a pas sionate iteration that it would posi tively be Cearod up. . ■ —!l So the world went on, but Cornelia's heart stood still, and at the end of the third week things tame to this—her father looked at her keenly one morn ing and sent her instantly to bed. “She has typhoid, or I am much mistaken,” he said to the anxious mother. “Why have you said nothing to mo?” “John! John! What could I do? She would not hear of my speaking to you. I thought it was only sorrow and heart ache.” “Only sorrow and heart ache! Is not that enough to call typhoid or any other death? What is the trou ble? Oh, 1 need not ask, I know it is that young Hyde. What is left us now, is to try and save her dear life,” said the miserable father. "Suffering we cannot spare her. She must pass alone through the Valley of the Shadow; but it may be she will lose this sorrow in its dreadful path3.” This was the battle waged in Dr. Moran s house for many awful weeks. One day, while she was in extremity, the doctor went himself to the apothe cary s for medicine. As he came out of the store with it in his hand, Hyde looked at him with a steady implora tion. He had evidently been waiting his exit. Sir! he said, "I have heard a re port that I cannot, I dare not be lieve.” "Believe the worst—and stand aside, sir. 1 have neither patience nor words for you.” Your daughter? Oh, sir, have some pity!” "My daughter is dying.” “Then, sir, let tae tell you, that your behavior has been so brutal to her, and to me, that the Almighty shows both kindness and intelligence in tak ing her away"—and with these words uttered in a blazing passion of indig nation and pity, the young lord crossed to the other side of the street, leaving the doctor confounded by his words and manner. i nere is something strange here," he said to himself; "the fellow may be as bad as bad can be, but he neither i looked nor spoke as if he had wronged Cornelia. If she lives I must get to the bottom of this atfair." With this admission and wonder, the thought of Hyde passed from his mind, for at that hour the issue he had to consider was one of life or death. And although it was beyond all hope or expectation, Cornelia came back to life. But she was perilously delicate, and the doctor began to consider the dangers of her convales vence. "Ava,’’ he said one evening when Cornelia had been downstairs awhile, "it will not do for the child to run the risk of meeting that man. He spoke to me once about her, and was out rageously impudent. There is some thing strange in the affair, but how can I move in it?” "It is impossible. Can you quarrel with a man because he has deceived Cornelia? You must bear and 1 must bear.” “The best plan is to remove Cor nelia out of danger. Why not take her to visit your brother Joseph at Philadelphia? He has long desired you to do so. Make your arrange ments as soon as possible to leave New York." "You are sure that you are right in choosing Philadelphia?" “Yes—while Hyde is in New York. Write to your brother to-day, and as soon as Cornelia is a little stronger, I will go with you to Philadelphia." CHAPTER X. Life Tied in a Knot. One morning soon after the New Year, Hyde was reluming to the Manor House from New York. It was a day to oppress thought, and tighten the heart, and kill all hope and energy. There was a monotonous rain and a sky like that of a past age—solemn and leaden—and the mud of the roads was unspeakable. He was compelled to ride slowly and to feel in Its full force, as it were, the hostility of Na ture. But when he reached home and his valet had seen to his master's refresh ment in every possible way, Hyde was at least reconciled to the Idea of liv ing a little longer. At least there was Annie. Annie was always glad to see him. and he had a great respect for Annie's opinions. He heard her singing as he ap proached the drawing room, and he opened the door noiselessly and went in. He did not in any way disturb her. She ceased when the hymn was finished and sat still a few moments, realizing, as far as she could, the glory which doth not yet appear. Then he stood up and she rame towards him. Hyde placed her in a chair be fore the fire, and then drew his own chair to her side. “Cousin,” she said, “I am most glad to see you. Everybody has some work to do to-day.” “And you. Annie?” “In this world I have no work to do,” she answered. "My soul Is here for a purchase; when I have made it I shall go home again. You know what my father desired, and what your father promised, for us both?” “Yes. Did you desire it, Annie?” “I do not desire it now. I shall marry no one. I will show you the better way. Few can walk In it, but* Dr. Roslyn says, he thinks it may be ' my part—my happy part—to do so.** Hyde looked at her with an intense interest. He wondered If this angelic little creature had ever known the frailties and temptations of mortal life and she answered his thought as if he had spoken it aloud: “Yes, cousin, I have known ail temptations, and come through all tribulations My soul has wandered and lost its way, and been brought back many and many a time, and bought every grace with much suffer ing. But God Is always present to help, while quest followed quest, and lesson followed lesson, and goal suc ceeded goal, ever leaving some evil behind, and carrying forward some of those gains which are eternal. But why do you look so troubled and re luctant?” Before Hyde could answer, the Earl came into the room and the young man was glad to see his father. “My dear George,” the earl said, "1 am delighted to see you. 1 was afraid you would stay in the city this dread ful weather. Is there any news?” "A great deal, sir. 1 have brought you English and French papers.” “I will read them at my leisure. He opened the door noiselessly. Give me the English news first. What is it in substance?” "The conquest of Mysore and Ma dras. Seringapatam has fallen, and Tippoo has ceded to England one-half of his dominions and three millions of pounds. Faith, sir, Cornwallis has given England in the east a compen sation for what she has lost here in the west.” "To make nations of free men is the destiny of our race,” replied the earl. "Perhaps so, for it seems the new colony planted at Sydney Cove, Aus tralia, is doing wonderfully, and that would mean an English empire in the south.” "Yet, 1 have just read a proclama tion of the French assembly, calling on the people of France ‘to annihilate at once the white, clay-footed colos sus of English power and diplomacy.’ Anything else?” "Minister Morris is in the midst of horrors unmentionable. The other foreign ministers have left France, and the French government is desert ed by all the world, yet Mr. Morris re mains at his post, though he was late ly arrested in the street and his house searched by armed men.” "But this is an insult to the Ameri can nation! Why does he endure it? He ought to return home.” “Because he will not abandon his duty in the hour of peril and difficulty. 1 think Minister Morris is precisely where he should be, saving the lives of American citizens, many of whom are trembling to-day in the shadow of the guillotine.” “I hear that Madame Kippon’s daughter, whom Mr. Morris rescued at the last hour, has arrived in New York; and yesterday I met Mr. Van Ariens, who is exceedingly anxious concerning his daughter, the Marquise de Tounnerre.” "Is she in danger. Poor little Aren ta! What will she do?” (To be continued.) MISTAKES OF GREAT PAINTERS. Accuracy of Detail Not a Great Point with Them. There has been a lot of talk of late about the blunders of novelists. Here are a few of the principal mistakes of great painters: The painters of two or three cen turies ago seem to have troubled but little about strict accuracy of detail. In many cases their mistakes cannot be attributed to mere ignorance, and some writers have attempted to show that they regarded pictures in a differ ent light from that in which we do. Raphael represents Apollo playing the violin, and has a red lobster in his "Miraculous Draught of Fishes.” A well-known Dutch painter shows us Abraham preparing to sacriflc his son by blowing out his brains with a pistol. In another Dutch picture one of the wise men is represented offering to the Divine Infant a model of a Dutch man-of-war. Durer painted Adam and Eve ex pelled from the Garden by an angel in a dress trimmed with flounces. Ucello, wishing to represent a cham eleon, makes it a marvelous beast, half camel, half lion. In a famous picture of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we see In the background a hunter in full cos tume shooting ducks. Paul Veronese places several Bene dictine monks among the priests at the marriage In Cana of Galilee. Tintor etto represents the Israelites gather ing manna armed with guns, and Pous sin has a picture of St. Jerome seated in front of a clock. A picture of Sir Cloudesley Shovel shows us the famous admiral with a Roman cuirass and sandals and an eighteenth century wig.—Household Words. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. — LESSON VII.. MAY 17—PAUL CEFORE FELIX. ACTS 24:10-26. Colder) Text—"I Will Fear No Evil; for Thou Art With Me”—Psalm 23:4—Con trast Between Two Men Face to Face With Duty. I. The Charges against Paul.—Vs. 1-8. 1. Treason against Rome. !>, Paul s charged with being "a pestilent fel ow." a plague, a pestilence, used In 1 Mace. 10:61. to describe "men of a wicked life." and by Demosthenes to des gnate a dangerous person: and with be ing "a mover of sedition” (Insurrection) ‘among all the Jews throughout the world." referring to the mobs of the lews against him in almost every city, as If he were to blame for them. 2. Heresy against the Jewish Re ligion. "a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes." 3. Sacrilege in profaning the temple, as charged by the Jews, who thought that Paul had brought an Ephesian Gentile in to the forbidden precincts of the temple, II Paul's Answer to the Charges.— Vs. 10-21. Introduction. 10. "Then Paul . . . answered." Paul's preamble was at once courteous, sincere, and true to fact. "Forasmuch as ■. . , thou hast been of many years a judge." "1 do the rnora cheerfully answer." Answer to First Charge.—Treason.— Vs. 11-12. 11. "There are yet but twelve days." Not more than twelve days, and therefore Felix could easily ascertain the exact facts. ‘‘Since 1 went up to Jeru salem for to worship.” 32. "They neither found me in the temple disputing." Discussing the dis puted questions which might excite a tumult. "Neither raising up the peo ple.” The crowd around Paul in the temple was gathered by his enemies, not by himself. "In the synagogues." 13. "Neither can thev Drove the things.” That not only in Jerusalem, but throughout the world he had excited se dition. They did not even attempt to prove it. nor bring any witnesses. The only charge which was serious before Koman law was thus thrown out of court. Answer to the Second Charge.—Heresy. —Vs. 14-16. Paul's answer to this charge was an acknowledgment of the fact that he was "a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.” but a denial that it was heresy against the Jewish religion. 1. He worshiped the same Hod as the Jews. "So worship I. the God of my fathers." It was no strange or for eign god whom he worshiped, but the Jehovah whom the Jews had worshipt/l from the beginning. 2. He believed and obeyed the Jewish Scriptures. "Believing all things which arc written In the law.” Better as r. v., “which are according to the law.” the phrase used by Tertullus In his charge, v. 6. He rejected some of the Interpretations which the scribes had put upon the law and the prophets; but what they actually taught he accepted. 3. He held to the same hopes as the Jews. Paul agreed with the Pharisees in having (v. 15) "hope toward God.” sup porting Itself on God. looking to God as its source and fulflller. “that there shall be a resurrection of the dead,” and therefore immortal life. Answer to the Third Charge,—Sacri lege. Profaning the Temple.—Vs. 17-21. The answer to this charge was a simple denial, by a true statement of the facts which had been misunderstood by the Jews. III. Paul's Two Years in Prison at Cesarea.—Vs. 22-27. First. Paul's de fense was so strong that Felix deferred his decision till he could learn the truth from the Roman officers who had wit nessed the scenes in the temple, and would be more unprejudiced than the Jewish rulers, or at least present the other side. Felix feared the Jews too much to release Paul, and yet wished to avoid the outrageous Injustice of con demning him. Accordingly Paul was kept a prisoner for two years, but with every Indulgence possible consistent with his safety. During these two years, as well as dur ing his imprisonment in Rome. Paul had an opportunity, "such as he never had before, of realizing, digesting, and as similating in all their fulness the doc trines he had so long proclaimed to others.” He was. perhaps unconsciously preparing to write those epistles which have enabled him to preach the gospel throughout all the ages, and mold Chris tian thought for all time. Paul's Address before Felix. 24. “Fe lix came." Either to Cesarea after an absence, or to some reception room In the prison. "With his wife Drusilla. which was a Jewess.” Drusilla was the daughter of Herod Agrlppa I., who died in Cesarea in horrible torments (Acts 12:23). and slater of the Herod Agrlppa II. of Acta 25. and therefore a Jewess. "He sent for Paul." Either from curi osity to see such a well-known man, or from some remnant of conscience and thought of a better life. or. as In v. 27. In order to extort money from him. “And heard him concerning the faith in Christ." 25. "And as he reasoned." He pre sented the great moral truths which are essential to the Christian life, and the motives which would most strongly ap peal to such characters as his hearers. "Of" (concerning! "righteousness," the state of him who Is as he ought to be. Integrity, justice, purity of life, and all the duties which man owes to man. Paul preached the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ, which required supreme love to God. and repentance of sin. and a new life which put oft the old man with his deeds, and was filled with the fruits of the Spirit. The Effect of Paul's Appeal. "Felix trembled." Well might he be idled with fear. His conscience told him that what Paul said was true. "Go thy way for this time." “The now." the present time, with no outlook into what is com ing in the future. Fear sent away not the sin. but the preacher. 26. "He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul." There are several sources from which Felix might have expected that Paul could de. rive funds to buy his liberty. He knew from Paul's own statement (v. 17) that he had been collecting money for the poor at Jerusalem, and he could not im agine that money could pass through his hands without some of it cleaving to them. Then Paul had many friends who would "pluck their very eyes out” to save him from prison. Prof. Ramsay argues strongly that Paul had lately in herited property from his family in Tarsus. In any ease Paul would not be willing to give bribes even If money were plenty. Idols Were Made Useful. A missionary in Travancore, India, saw one morning a native coming to his house carrying a sack. Unfasten ing it. he emptied it of its contents— a number of idols. "What have you brought these here for?” asked the missionary. "You have taught us that we do not want them, sir," said the native. "Could they not be melted down and formed into a bell to call us to church?” The hint was taken; they were sent to a bell-founder and made into a hell, which now summons the native converts to prayer DYSPEPSIA OF WOMEN. Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw, of Guthrie, Okla., cured of a severe case by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A great many women suffer with a form of indigestion or dyspepsia which does not seem to yield to ordinary medical treatment. While the symp toms seem to be similar to those of ordinary indigestion, yet the medi cines universally prescribed do not seem to restore the patient's normal condition. Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is a kind of dyspepsia that is caused by derangement of the female organ ism, and which, while it causes dis turbance similar to ordinary indiges tion. cannot be relieved without a medicine which not only acts as a stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine tonic effects as well. Thousands of testimonial let ters prove beyond question that nothing will relieve this distress ing condition so surely as Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound. It always works in har mony with the female system. Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women free. Address Lynn, Mass. A bard in this land is worth two In I the Bush. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Brotno Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Great men are ordinary men with their shoes carefuly polished. 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