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Loup City Northwestern GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. Rock Sand won the English His American Jockey also had plenty at grit. It 1b easier to get married' than divorced. That is one reason why there are more marriages. The shipbuilding trust seems to have run on the rocks, although tt drew a great deal of water. Mr. Chamberlain seems to have come out of the mlxup with his . monocle on straight, at all events. Automobilists are protesting against critics running down the sport. But the public also has that rundown feel ing. One New York bfcnk has paid a divi dend of 125 per cent. This must make the average loan shark green with envy. A Richmond newspaper suggests that the name be changed to slaugh tomobile. What’s the matter with autogoslower? Reading the news from Servia, the Sultan of Turkey is suddenly reminded of something he has for years been trying to forget. Hetty Green has had her permit to carry a revolver renewed. She is still as firmly determined as ever not to give up any of it. Speaking of Boston and Emerson, we never could understand how so heavy a diet as beans is conducive to transcendentalism. Occasionally you know a man you can’t help admiring, but who Is such a tool that you want to beat him to death.—Atchison Globe. Max O’Rell's disinclination to ex change his hat for a halo is one that is shared by a grea^ many people much more religious, ostensibly, than he was. The botanist who has discovered a new kind of rubber makes his an nouncement in the nick of time. The old kind is about played out, even as a Joke. That alliance of South American re publics will do a grand work if it can evohe a "Monroe doctrine” that will keep out the South American revo lutionist. A newspaper epigrammatist says: “Every wife is the architect of her own husband." Then she shouldn't be too severe on the edifice when she botches the Job. The six girls who rushed at Kocian, the violinist, just before his steamer sailed from New York, and lavished kisses on him, did not faze the violin ist. He assisted. Stojan Protles is Servia’s new minis ter of the interior. The supposition that he was a new kind of breakfast food appears, therefore, to have been entirely erroneous. It is estimated by experts that John W. Gates is worth only $25,000,000. This will come as a complete surprise to the public. It was generally sup posed that Gates was rich. Of his own recent illness Mark Twain blithely says: “Oh, that was a pleasant adventure, a sort of vacation, that gave me a legitimate excuse for spending five weeks in bed.” The I.os Angeles Times feels hurt because the navy department has giv en the name California “to a mere cruiser.” And California has more than a thousand miles of coast line, too. Andy Carnegie has denied that he is a member of the "smart set.” Well, we don’t know. Andy was smart enough to get $300,000,000 worth of gold plated steel bond3. That w asn't so slow. According to Prof. Fitzsimmons, tho accomplished connoisseur in slat-hit ting, the greatest strike of the year will be that which will take place when Jeffries connects with Corbett in the near future. When Gov. Bailey says that he never read the 1,500 letters addressed to him by women all over the coun try, proposing marriage, he taxes the credulity of inquisitive people away beyond the limit. A Utica, N. Y„ man has gone crazy because a report that he was heir to a fortune proves to have been false. It is always well to refrain from get ting worked up over such stories until one can put his hands on the money. The scientists are right. This is the time of year to be specially careful what the children have to eat and drink. Their elders, of course, will continue the customary diet of beer ind frankfurters.—Philadelphia In quirer. Announcement is made that Olga Nethersole will star as an "independ ent” actress next season, which will cause some to wonder what new law, conventionality or whatever it may be she has now discovered that •he may ignore it \l TREASURE OF ART FoT WHICH I | J. P. MORGAN HAS PAID $100,000 \ The cult of art lovers in London Is in ecstasies over J. Pierpont Mor gan's recent purchase at Duveen's for $100,000, the two busts by Houdon representing "The Given Kiss" and “The Bought Kiss.” The name of The purchaser and the announcement of the price paid have brought these exquisite studies of expression to the notice of thousands who otherwise ears of a faun, while the woman Is arranged like a Bacchante. This and other recent purchases by Mr. Morgan, in connection with the fact—for which Londoners are gratified—that he has for the pres ent abandoned hope of inducing the United States revenue authorities to let him take his treasures across the Atlantic, has inspired several editors to set forth at length wt.at the Ameri the Old World. It has long been known that this king of finance hat for years been spending gigantit sums in acquiring priceless works o) art of all countries and periods, bin while he generously made the publi* sha^e in his treasures by distributing them on loan among the public gal lertes of Europe, from far Athens tc Glasgow to the north, he appearec rather in the light of a public bene never would have known they existed. Houdon takes among the sculptors of France much the same position as Fragonard among the painters. His two busts came from the Muhlbacher collection in Paris. They are marvel ous studies of expression, modeled with a great sculptor's feeling for form. The idea is carried out even in the accessories, garlands of roses being introduced into the first, vines into the second, in which the man has the csarse features and long pointed yVWSA^WVNA^VNAAAA^VWWVWW can financier represents as an art collector. They agree that in twelve years Mr. Morgan has spent $10,000,000 on his collection, “despoiling England, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Greece of many of their most valued treas ures,” and one of them goes on to say: “The enthusiastic lover of the ar tistic relics of a glorious past is be ginning to see that Mr. Pierpont Mor gan has become a very real danger to factor than as a modern Napoleon despoiling conquered countries of treir most chetished possessions. 'Yet Napoleon’s Itclian booty, taken by forte of arms, can scarcely compare in magnitude f.*it'n the spoil of Mr. Picrpont Morgan’s millions. “A list of enly the most important of his acquisitions will show the mag nitude of his operations, which re sult in a wholesale spoiling of the homes in England, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and Greece.” J. J. HILL’S GOOD MEMORY. Picked Out a Perfect Match for His Frierd’c Horse. One of the things J. J. Hill prides himself on is his memory and his ability to keep a perfect mental pic ture of anything for ever so long a time. Sometimes, as in the case of the best of men, he goes wrong. One of Mr. Hill’s friends in Minne apolis had a good horse that he was anxious to match and had hunted the neighboring countryside for a desir able mate for his trotter, but without success. He mentioned his quest for to the railway president and begged him if he saw a horse in his travels that he thought would serve to let him know. A short while after this Mr. Hill was walking along the road in a little town about thirty miles from Minneapolis when he saw' a man driv ing a horse that struck him as being a perfect mate for his friend’s trotter. Stopping a passerby be inquired the name of the man driving the horse he had Just seen, and getting the name and address jotted it down in his pocketbook. On returning to Minne apolis he told his friend of having seen just the horse he needed to make a perfectly matched team. “A Mr. Wade of Ancona owns it,” he said after consulting his memoran dum. ‘ Yes,” replied his friend. “I know him. That was my horse he was driving. I sold it to him last week.” Would Shift Responsibility. The bright little son of a clergyman had been brought up in a very proper way, especially as to the matter of reverence at table while his father asked a blessing. One day he forgot all his table manners, and was seen by his father doing something very irreverent. His father, very much as tonished, talked to him, and ended by saying, ‘‘Freddie, Freddie, what shall I do with you?” Not at all abashed, the lad looked up at his father and said very solemnly, “Papa, cast your burden on the Lord and He will sus tain you.” THE MOST POPULAR ANIMAL. Mother Thinks Scapegoat the Bert Liked by Children. “I have made a discovery,” an nounced the mother of a large family. "I know now what the most popular animal in the world is among children. Once I should have said that it was the horse or the dog, but now I am convinced that the scapegoat is far and away ahead of any other animal, or imagined animal, in popularity. "The other day my little Effie came to me with the most woebegone face that possibly sbe could have conjured" up. • “‘Oh, mamma,’ she cried, 'sunfln awful’s happened!’ “ ‘Why, Effie, what is it?' I asked id some alarm. “ ’Why, Mamma, my dollie she dot away from me and she climbed up on the pantry shelf and broked one of your bestest plates.’ “Npw, doesn’t that prove that the scapegoat is popular? But it didn’t save Effie that time, I am afraid.” FLOATING COAL MINE DEVISED FOR J USE OF BRITISH NAVAL SQUADRONS | 1 Coal Is the life-blood of a navy. All other things being equal, the navy i which can get the most and use the : least coal in war will win. I The Illustration shows a floating coal mine which the British admir alty has built to feed warships. The coal with which It is always ready to supply the fighting line Is hauled out of its hold by huge traveling cranes fitted with the latest pattern Temper ley transporters, designed for the special purpose of coaling ships at sea. The cranes run about the deck on a railway, and act like the wind ing gear of a coa’ptt, delivering the coal on a battleship as fast as men can fill It. The “haulabout” photographed has just been completed, and is regarded at Portsmouth as a naval curio. It holds only 1,000 tons, but the ad miralty has adopted itB type as that of the floating coal depots that are to be built, and one of 13,000 tons is now in course of construction for use at Portsmouth. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON II., JULY 12—SAUL CHOS EN KING—I 8AM. 10:17-27. Golden Text—“The Lord Is Our King; He Will Save Us"—Isaiah 33:22— The Account of Saul’s First Meeting With Samuel—How He Was Tfsted. I. “God's Preparation of a King."—1 Sam. 9: 1 to 10: 16. Saul was to fill the great position. This fortunate young man belonged to thA small but heroic tribe of Benjamin, as did Saul of Tarsus. His father was Kish, "a mighty man of pow er," who dwelt In Glbeah (see “Place"). Saul himself Is described as "choice and goodly," and of unusual height. II. “The Final Warning."—Vs. 17-19. 17. "And Samuel called the people together." "He convoked the national assembly’, or ’congregation of Israel,' which had made t request for a king through Its repre sentative elders (1 Sam. 8: ^."-Kirk patrick. "I'nto the Lord to Mlzpeh." 18. "And said unto the children of Is rael." What follows Is, of course, only » summary of what was doubtless a long and Impassioned oration. “Thus saith the Lord ... I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you . . . out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you." Rather, "out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed vnu ** If). "And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you, and ye have said unto him. Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord, by your tribes, and by your thousands.’’ HI. "The Divine Selection.”—Vs. 20-22. Having uttered this solemn warning, Samuel perceived that further expostu lation was useless, and proceeded to a confirmation, by a God-directed lot, of the secret choice God had already made. 20. “And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.” "By- se lecting a king from this least and nearly extinct tribe (Judg. 20), divine wisdom designed to remove all grounds of Jeal ousy among the other tribes."—J. F., and B. "Before many thousands of eager onlookers, the names of the tribes, graven on stones or written on slips of parch ment or paper such as was used at the time in Kgypt, were placed in the sacred bag of the high priest's breastplate. In presence of the princes and elders. Then the high priest seems to have thrust In his hand and drawn one forth. At this great meeting the stone or slip first drawn forth was marked 'Benjamin.' ”— Slme. Why did Samuel draw lots when Saul had already been selected? Plainly in order that the people might thus have a visible token that the choice of this obscure youth was from God. 21. "The family of Matri was taken.” This family Is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. "And Saul the son of Kish was taken." "And when they- sought him.” to pre sent him to the people, "he could not be found.” Saul hid himself through mod esty and humility, combined with awe nnd nutural shrinking from the exalted position; and perhaps he was terrified by Samuel’s declaration that the people were rejecting God in choosing a king. 22. "Therefore they- enquired of the Lord further. If the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.” The stuff was the bagguge. IV. “Saul's Stateliness."—Vs. 23-2i. Learning thus where Saul was to be found, the people sought him out, and so gained a confirmation of the lot which hud selected him. His physical fitness was at once made manifest. 23. "He was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.” He stood "head and shoulders above them all.” 24. "And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen." "There is an evident allusion to the words of Dent. 17: 15."—Cook. "And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.” 25. "Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom.” "A charter es tablishing and defining the position of the king in relation to Jehovah, and to the people. In substance, at any rate, it probaldy resembled the law of the king in Deut. 17: H-20."—Cambridge Bible. "And wrote it In a book." Literally, "in the book." The reference may be to “the book of the law." the book In which Moses inscribed his system of govern ment. “And laid It up before the Lord.” "It Is a solemn thought that all our en gagements are laid up before the Lord.” —Steel. “And Samuel sent all the people away." V. "The New King Tested.”—Vs. 26. 27. The new king was Immediately tested in three respects,—his power to win friends, his ability to meet enemies at home, his power to conquer foes abroad. Ho met all three tests successfully. First Test. 26. "And Saul also went home." No public emergency called for his immediate action, and he wisely chose to make quiet preparation for his life work. "To Gibeah. And there went with him a hand of men.” Warriors, who ac cepted him as their leader and wished to form his bodyguard. "Whose hearts God had touched,” drawing them to Saul. God is at the bottom of all friendship. Second Test. 27. “But the children of Belial said." Belial is not a proper name but a common noun, signifying "worth lessness.” "How shall this man save us? And they despised him.” In the same way, to compare what is small with what Is the greatest .of all, our Lord himself is "despised and rejected of men,” and the proud worldling looks contemptu ously upon the lowly Nazarene and asks. "How shall this man save us?" “And brought him no presents.” "The token of homage and acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, nnd from the tributary’ nation to their suzerain (see 2 Sam. 8: 2, 6; Judg. 3: 17, 18; 1 Kings 4: 21; 10: 25; 2 Chron. 17: 5, etc.)." —Biblical Commentary. These offerings were so customary that not to give them was equivalent to open refusal of Saul's leadership and denial of his authority. "But he held his peace.” The best an swer to a taunt or an insult is absolute silence, unless there is a plain opportu nity for speech to do good. Third Test. Saul soon had an oppor tunity to prove himself worthy to ba king. From east of the Jordan came ar army of the fierce Ammonites, under their king, Nahash <1 Sam. 11: 1-11). Gathering energetically a great army oi 330.000 men, Paul Joined battle and totally routed his adversaries. Thus fortunately did Saul's reign open with victory over his foes, with a devot ed people, and with Samuel for his sag! counselor. We shall see what foolish us» Saul made of these golden opportunities Religion In Daily Life. Hr. Cuyler thus speaks of the divid ing line between the things of Goc and the things of the world: "Ther» are certain boggy places in business life and politics, and social life, where you cannot set your foot without sink Ing in; there is a certain line beyonc which a Christian cannot venture with out betraying his Master. Never ven ture a single inch into any business however lucrative, or any speculation however attractive, or any social clr cles, however fascinating, if you can not carry Christ with you.” The Otdaat Public Building. If we seek the oldest civic building in the United States we shall find our ■elves innhe quaint old adobe palace of the governors in Santa Fe, N. M. Tbl* long, low structure in the sec ond oldest city of the United States has been the seat of government un der the Spanish, Mexican and Ameri can regimes for nearly 300 years. It ^ now contains the museum of the New Mexico Historical society, of which L. Bradford Prince, a native New • orker and forme* governor of New Mexico, is president. Governor Prince considers this “the most historic building In the United States.” Hall's Catarrh Cure M Is taken internally. Price, 73c. ^ Making Linguists. The practice of exchanging children by parents living in French aad Ger man Switzerland, In order to enable their boys and girls to learn another language, is spreading greatly in It aly. Recently an exchange agency to further this object was founded In Zurich. A Swiss child has the oppor tunity of picking up three languages —French, German and Italian—at practically no cost to the parents. In about six months a child is able to converse freely, and is then sent to school to learn the grammar and lit erature of the newly acquired lan guage. Defiance Starch Is put up 16 ounces In a package, 10 cents. One third more starch fcr the same money. The average politician isn't a gram marian; he can’t even decline an office. A candied opinion is generally bet ter than a candid one. Thla Will Interest Mother*. Mother Gray’s Bweet Powders for Child Ten. used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children’s florae, New York. Core Fever ish ness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 36c. Sample FKIiK. Address A. 8. Olmsted, LoRoy. N. Y. I prefer an tee woman to a wooden ^ one. The former may thaw out, hut ■ the latter is hopeless. ■ If you don’t get the biggest and best it’s your own fault. Defl&nc® Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal It in quality or quantity. Nearly Froze His Model. Charles Schreyvogel, the “painter of the Western frontier,” works even in cold weather on his roof in New York. Recently he had a soldier for a model. The trooper was told to assume a recumbent posture, as if wounded. It was bitterly cold, but the painter became so absorbed in his work that he did not experience any discomfort. The soldier, accus tomed to obedience, lay perfectly still. When Mr. Schreyvogel had finished he found this really model model so benumbed that he had to half carry, half drag him down to the studio and revive him with an alcohol bath (bipth external and Internal) before the poor V fellow could stand on his legs again. “Light Housekeeping” En Route. Ezra Kendall tells of a man who was riding on a train and pretended to be come ill after eating a sandwich. The man opened his grip and took out a hot water bag. “He got a sympa tnetie porter,” Mr. Kendall continues. "to fill the water bag with boiling water and then he opened up his lunch basket, took out a piece of fried steak and warmed it on the water bag. You talk about your light house keeping! Then after he had warmed the steak he cut it all up with a pair of scissors and fed it to himself with a pair of sugar tongs becaus* he would not take a chance with a fork going around a curve. But his finish was the limit. After he had eaten the steak he unscrewed the stopper of the water bag and poured himself out a cup of hot coffee. H® \ had the grounds in the bag all th« y time.” SURE NOW The Truth About Coffe*. It must be regarded as a convinty lug test when a family of 7 has used Postum for 5 years, regaining health and keeping healthy and strong on ^ this food drink. This family lives in Millville, Mass, and the lady of the household says: "For eight years my stomach trou bled me all the time. I was very ner vous and irritable and no medicine helped me. “I had about given up hope until 6 years ago next month I read an article about Postum Cereal Coffe® that convinced me that coffee was the cause of all my troubles. I made the Postum carefully and liked it so much that I drank it in preference to coffee but without much faith that It would help me. “At the end of a month, however, I was surprised to find such a change in my condition. I was stronger in every way, less nervous and at th® end of 6 months 1 had recovered my strength so completely that I was able to do all of my own housework. Because of the good Postum did us I knew that what you claimed for Crape-Nuts must be true and w® have all used that delicious food ever since it first appeared on the markeL "We have 7 in our family and I do the work for them all and I am sure that 1 owe my strength and health to the steady use of yjur fine cereal food and Postum (in place of coffee). I have such great faith in Postum that I have sent it to my relatives . and I never lose a chance to speak ^ well of it.” Name furnished by Pos tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ice cold Postum with a dash of !e.non is a delightful “cooler" for warm days. 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