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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1903)
Loup City Northwestern GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. a.td Pub. LOUP CITY, • - NEBRASKA. Even Malta has her coup d’etat. Russian princes are going at $750, 000 this week. Boston is sinking—but not in Its own estimation. Santos-Dumon's new air ship is a wonder. It sails in the air. It takek an exceptionally fine brand of salve to turn a human crank. A weather record Is never broken in a town that has an oldest inhabi tant. The only criticism to be found with the past of some women is that it Is too long. What a lot of damage a small creek can do when it collaborates with a good-sized cloudburst. The Bumma cum laude college grad uate will soon begin to learn how much he doesn’t know. The only time the devil ever gets fooied is when he hangs around a woman with a new baby. Harry Lehr “has just bought a par rot.’’ So he can now go In for a regu lar parrot and monkey time. Much better results can be obtained by paying a woman a compliment than by trying to argue with her. There must be some mistake in the statement that Mr. Mbrgan left some thing on the other side of the At lantic. It has just been discovered that Emerson found his greatest inspira tion in the warm glow of a cran berry pie. In spite of the discovery of radium and polonium, the gold brick has not yet gone out of style among con fidence men. No explanation has been offered of the recent uprising of the Kurds. Somebody must be making whey with their liberties. Mrs. Pat Campbell carried $100,000 away. Her earnings were about equal ly divided between bridge whist and dramatic bunco. t _ It is not probable that the world will ever bo destroyed again by water. Try as it may, the Missouri can not beat its record of ’44. Every time a 100 to 1 shot wins half the male population feels the neces sity of taking a fresh grip on the resolution against betting. The Evanston society girl who mar ried a brakoman may be Borry some night when he has a '’down-brakes” nightmare and tries to twist her head off. As an “originator of freight” Pitts burg leads every other city in the country. As an originator of soft coal smoke, however, it leads the world. London physicians have advised John \V. Gates to take a rest. Mr. Gates has a penchant for taking everything in eight without waiting for advice. The late Edward McIntyre, a Penn sylvania man. who fasted forty days, to cure an attack of paralysis, had the satisfaction of not dying from paralysis anyhow. The French government is to Issue $2,000,000 worth of coins valued at 5 cents each. And only a Frenchman really knows the full purchasing power of a nickel. * “The wages of sin Is death," but the wages of greatness is to have one's character torn to tatters after death. Carlyle's friends are still dancing a fandango over his grave. Spain ha9 sent over two army officers empowered to buy large sup plies of war material in the United States. Spain found out a few years ago that American war materials are good. It is alleged that the King of Eng land recently wore a red tie with a' frock coat. We have no reason, how ever, to believe that the king has thus far consented to wear a tall hat with his sweater. Chinese bandits have kidnaped an American and want $9,000 ransom. It must be discouraging to a good, brisk' American to bo marked down to that figure after what those Bulgarians wanted for Miss Stone. Mrg. Sarah Ingalls of Wlnthrop, who has lived to be 101, says that the secret of It Is not to worry or to argue, not to wear corsets and to sleep twelve hours a day. But what most women want Is not the secret of age, but the secret of youth. President Draper of the University of Illinois said in his baccalaureate sermon: “Ordinary sense is a matter of inheritance and of home life." It would seem, therefore, that a good many people never had ancestors and must have grown up in institutions. L FROCKS ^HoFTFSHILLS rdwaXME Blouse With Broad Collar. Broad collars are becoming to the greater number of womankind and are exceedingily effective on the dainty blouses now in vogue. The very pretty waist illustrated shows one of a jiovel sort and is made of pale blue loulsine silk with trimming of ecru lace. The blouse is made with a fitted foundation and consists of a plain baok and fronts that are tucked at their upper portions and joined to a round yoke. The big collar lies flat and is cut in wedge-shaped pieces at *ts inner edge, the points of which are ttached to the shield and under which w the ribbon is passed. Ihe shield and stock are separate and are attached to the waist beneath the collar. When desired they can be omitted and the waist worn with an open neck. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 4% yards 21 inches wide, 4 yards 27 inches wide, 4 yards 32 inches wide, or 2 yards 44 Inches wide, with % yard of tucking for shield, collar and cuffs. Embroidered Gov/ns. The fad for embroidered gowns brings many pretty fancies to the tort. and a woman who has an artistic sense and Is clever with her ueeuie can beau tify her cotton gowns in any number of effective ways. Here, for instance, is a suggestion tor a wash cambric that is simple, and yet has a wonderfully pretty effect: Make a shirt waist costume of white linen cambric, plaiting both the waist and skirt, and then over the plaits around the neck, across the bust, and just below the hips place three gar lands of colored flowers. Make them in this way: Take wash ginghams of the odors required—say a pale green and pale pink—cut five petaled flowers of the latter and heart shaped leaves of the former; then, apart from the dress, buttonhole stitch the edges with coarse wash silk. This will make a substantial trimming which may then be sewed on the material in the way suggested, connecting stems and ten drils can be put in a running stitch afterward with the green embroidery silk. When a window is difficult to open rub the sash cords with soft soap and the difficulty will cease. When polishing grates add a little powdered alum to the black lead and you will find it does its work better. Before polishing knives warm the board by the fire, for knives polish much better on a warm board than on a cold one. When cleaning windows don’t forget to add a few drops of ammonia to the water. It will make your work easier and the effect will be better. Tarnished stair rods are easily clean ed. Wash them with soap and water and then polish with a slightly oiled cloth dusted over with finely powdered rotten stone. Never tolerate a dirty sink. To in sure cleanliness dissolve a little aoda every night in hot water and pour It down the sink. This will remove any grease, etc., which may adhere to the waste pipe and thus prevent its getting clogged. Every mother knows that overalls for her small boy or girl are an eco nomical Investment. For playing about on the beach, as well as romping in general, they are invaluable. Cotton rep is an excellent material to use for overalls. A good quality of denim or duck will also stand much hard wear. A Hint From the Cleaner. A cleaner gave away enough of his secret for renovating materials to prove very valuable to one woman. If gasoline, naphtha, or benzine is the cleaning fluid the amateur cleaner finds often that the last state of the cloth is worse than the first. Around the spot will be a ring of discoloration that marks the stain more thoroughly than did the original spot. To prevent this the fabric should be cleaned with a piece of the same goods, the cloth rubbed lengthwise and with the weave. Continue rubbing until the material is perfectly dry. If these directions are carefully followed, it is safe to clean the most deiicaie materials. How to Dress for Your Photo. Some simple facts concerning color will be useful to many when deciding how to dress If having their photo graphs taken. Dark brown, dark green and plain black materials, without gloss, will take a rich black color. Dark drab, dark orange, crimson and slate will take a very rich drab color. Violet, purple, pink and magenta will ! come out very light, while pale blue | will look white, and should be avoided. White Chip Hat. This broad-brimmed white chip hat is raised from the coifTure by a ban deau of pink velvet, and the wreath is of green leaves and sprays of shaded pink flowers. Beaten Biscuit. Into a quart of sifted flour rub a tablespoonful of lard, add a little salt and wet to a very stiff dough with a gill of water and one of milk. Put through a biscuit heating machine, put ting it in again and again until you have worked it for about ten or fif teen minutes, then cut into biscuit, having the dough about one-quarter inch thick. Bake for fifteen minutes in a floured tin, after pricking each biscuit with a fork. Some persons add one-quarter teaspoonful of baking pow der to the dry flour. It improves the biscuit. Cleaning Wash Silk Waists. The most satisfactory way to clean a wash silk waist is to wash it in a suds made of benzine or gasoline and white soap. Afterward it should be rinsed in fresh benzine, and, if it Is wrinkled, it may be pressed with a warm flatiron after it is dry. A hot iron could not, of course, be used on a garment wet with benzine or gasoline. The rinsing fluid may he poured from the sediment which will collect at the bottom and saved for another occasion. Bey’s Costume. Little boys are always attractive dressed in sailor fashion. The very pretty little costume illustrated com bines the blouse that slips over the head, in Peter Thompson style, with a box plaited skirt, and is exceedingly becoming to little tots. As shown, it is made of white serge, with bands of blue and is stitched with blue cortlcelli silk, but blue serge could be substitut ed for white, flannel is desirable and various washable fabrics are correct. The costume consists of the body lin ing, which is faced to form the shield, the skirt and the blouse. The skirt Is box plaited and attached to the body. The blouse Is separate and without an opening, being drawn on over the head. It is faced to form a deep yoke and at the neck is a sailor collar. The quantity of material required for a child of 4 years is 4yards 27 inches wide, or 2% yards 44 inches wide. Veils for the Country. Veils of white chiffon set off with a narrow border of black chiffon are among the novelties. The veils are wide enough to cover the entire face and descend below the chin. This is necessary to prevent the “branded look,” which a soiled olack veil border produces when the line passes across the mouth or chin, a positive disfigure ment to the wearer. These affairs are styled “Broadwalk Veils,” but they may be worn at country villages and at “springs” and mountain resorts far from the coast. Pearls Are in Style. Evidently the fashion in pearls dates from time so remote that history can not fix the period, but it is said they were never more popular than at pres ent. Every real pearl, it is said, dif fers from every other pearl, and it takes years to select the pearls for a single necklace. Imitation pearls can easily be turned out round and all alike. Sashes are all Important for evening gowns this season. Coaching parasols of blue taffeta, polka dotted in white, are edged with a piping of white velvet. An accompaniment for grass linen gowns are fobs to match with charms of self material on the end. In every form the stole is the pre ferred shoulder wrap, and is equally popular in ostrich, marabout and lace. Among the imported novelties are plaid voiles, some in tones of green and blue, others in delicate pastel shadings. Advices from Paris state that ma erame fringe is being used In that cit> as edging for collars and flounces on linen gowns. THINGS WORN BY THE GIRL WHO AFFECTS THE RURAL. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON II., JULY 10—SAMUEL'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Golden Text—“Only Fear the Lord, and Serve Him in Truth With All Your Heart”—I Samuel 12:24— Saul's Victory Over the Ammonites. I. “Saul Confirmed as King."—1 Sam. 11: 14, 15. After his victory over the Am monite*, Saul's popularity among the people was very great, and Samuel saw that the time was ripe for a hearty na tion# confirmation of the step taken at Mlipah by the national assembly. The prophet therefore called the people to gether at tiilgal, between Jericho and the Jordan. II. “The People Testify to Samuel’s Uprightness."—1 fcam. 12: 1-6. It was at this gathering, which closed in a conspic uous and definite manner his service as Judge (though not his work as a prophet), that Samuel made the valedictory ad dress which we study in the present les son. Samuel challenged the thousands before him to name, in the presence of Clod and the king, any wrongful act of which he had been guilty. And with one voice the people took solemn oath that he had governed with absolute purity. III. "Samuel Testifies to God's Faith fulness."—! Sam. 12: 6-12. After receiv ing this testimony to his own faithful ness, Samuel turned on the people with clear testimony to a faithful God. He reviewed their history, their wonderful rescue from Egyptian slavery, and later, under Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, and him self. their deliverance from Sisera, the Philistines, the Moabites, and the Am monites. All these triumphs were due to God, and yet they had foolishly and un gratefully desired a mortal king! IV. "The Service God Requires from his People."—Vs. 13-15. Samuel had traced the history of God’s dealing with the Hebrews down to the time when they ungratefully asked for a king. "And even now that you have a king,” the prophet went on to say, "God will not forsake you. if you will continue to obey him. He will deal with you and your king Just as he dealt with you without your king.” 14. “If ye will fear the Lord," etc. Sam uel proceeds to name five things the king and nation must do, if they would win God's favor and maintain their own safety: they must (1) fear the Lord; (2) serve him; (3) obey his voice; (4) not rebel against his commandment; (5) con tinue (persevere) in following the Lord. "Then shall both ye,” etc. The conclu sion, perhaps "It shall be well with you," is to be supplied, as in Ex. 32: 32. 15. "But If ye will not obey, then shall trie hand ot the Lord be against you, not from hatred but of necessity. "As it was against your fathers.” V. "The Requirement of Service Em phasized by a Miracle.”—Vs. 10-19. Sam uel had plainly stated God's unchanged and unchangeable sovereignty, and the service It called on the people to render. But the nation was slow to understand and quick to forget. They would be more likely to remember an object lesson, es pecially if it was startling and stern. Such an object lesson Samuel now ob tains from Jehovah. 16. "Now therefore.” In order that you may realize God's power and claims. "Which the Lord will do." 17. "Is It not wheat harvest to-day?” Wheat harvest began In May or June, and lasted about seven weeks. "The Lord . . . shall send thunder and ralu.” It meant the ruin, perhaps in an hour, of the crops on which they had spent months of toir. "That ye may per ceive and see that your wickedness Is great.” All Bible miracles have a moral purpose, and thus are distinctly different from the miracles of false religions. IS. "Bo . . . the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord.” 19. "The people Bald unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants, for we have added unto all our sins this evil." The penitent peo ple thus confessed not only their sin in asking for a king, but their previous sin fulness. VI. “The Kind of Service Required.”— Vs. 20, 21. It is to be (1) hearty—v. 20; and (2) single—v. 21. 20. "And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not, ye have done all this wicked ness,” but God will forgive you. and wCl still accept your service. "But serve the Lord with all your heart.” This is the first requirement of service, that it be hearty, enthusiastic, whole-souled (Mark 12: 30). 21. "And turn ye not aside." The sec ond requirement of service, that It be single, unmixed with service of any Idol. "For then should ye go after vain things.” VII. “Helps to the Required Service.”— Vs. 22, 23. They are divine (v. 22) and human (v. 23). 22. "For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, be cause it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.” Just such a comfort may come to any Christian In the assur ance that God has chosen him. 23. "As for me.” Tills is the second, the human, element in the help Samuel is offering. He ofTers to help In two ways: 1. By prayer. "God forbid that I should j sin agatnst the Lord In ceasing to pray I for you.” 2. Samuel's second way of helping tho people Is by Instruction; "I will teach you the good and the right way." Sam uel Is laying down his authority, but not his office as a prophet. He will not lon ger rule, but he will teach. VIII. “Motives for the Required Ser vice."—Vs. 24, 25. Two motives are urges!: (1) that of love, gratitude (v. 24»; (2) that of fear, prompted by self-interest <v. 25). 24. "Only fear the Ixtrd." Rut in verse 20 Samuel had said, "Fear not.” Bishop Hall, therefore, distinguished between two fears, one slavish or hostile, the other filial. They were to fear God as rhihlren revere a father, not as enemies fear a powerful foe. "And serve him in truth with all your heart." The service must he sincere. "For consider how great things he hath done for you.” Lit erally. "with you.” 25. "But.” Here comes In the second motive to service.—fear, self-interest. "If ye shall still do wickedly, y© shall be consumed, both ye and your king.” Rul ers and people are closely bound to gether. A country, whether governed by a king or a president, depends for its welfare upon virtue, that of its citizens and rulers. Sin. as Jay Insists, violates all the duties of civic life, "it destroys subordination; it relaxes tho ties which bind mankind together, and makes them selfish and mean; it renders men enemies to eath other." Sunday schools and churches. In making men better, tire per forming services as patriotic as those of any statesman. Controlling the Sight of the Eyes. The control of one's eyes and ears i3 as Important as the control of the lips. The praper of the psalmist tvas for a watch over his lips, lie might have gone further In his prayer and pleaded for a control of the sight of his eyes. It was the Master who brought into full light the danger of a wrpng look. He who makes a cov enant with his eyes, that he will not look upon eveil, is likely to discover a sentinel guarding his whole life' from evil. It is a great thing to know when to draw the curtains of the soul low# Farm# SO rnr ™ Ft)nr— crop till paid. MtTLHALL. 8lwx Ctt#,I# Crown Prince Comet of Age. On May 6 the Crown Prince of Pnierrla and future German emperor betcame of age. The second son the German emperor. Prince Eitel Frederick, will celebrate his 21st blrthaay on July 7, 1»04, and the third eon, Prince Adelbert, on July 14, 1905, The fourtn eon, Prince Auguste Wil liam, win be 16 years old next Janu ary. Oscar is a year younger, while uie sixth son will be 13 next Decem ber. The kaiser's only daughter is the youngest child, being 11 year* old. Stop# the Cnngh and Works Off the Cold Laxative Brotuo Quinine Tablet*. Price 23a Calvert Estate Changes Hands. Mount Airy, the famous Calvert es tate near Washington, founded by the first Lord Baltimore and held by the family for more than 200 years, has Just passed into alien hands. The estate of 800 acres has been purchas ed by Mrs. Frances Gibson of Ohio for $11,000. Among the bidders for the property was Secretary Hay. P1*o'» Cure cannot oe too highly ipolten of a# * cough cure —J. W. o Hants. 322 Third Ave., N.. Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 0, 1800. A Gargantuan Feast. A monster banquet has Just been liven by a wealthy land owner at iiuimperle, in Normandy, to celebrate the simultaneous wedding of his fonr‘ •.hildren, two sons and two daughters. No fewer than 1,600 guests sat down Jo the feast, which took place in the spen air. The bill of fare included Bve cattle and sixteen lambs. So lavish was the scale of ordering that, though the 1,600 guests are reported to have had magnificent appetites, there was more than enough for all. Nor was their thirst neglected, for the friests emptied ten large barrels of wine and fifteen of cider, besides ltsposfng of much else of a liquid character. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because It is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package con tains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will uso no other. Quality and quantity must win. A Dreadful Change. The New York Rialto is laughing over a story told on Will Carelton, the poet, who Is also a publisher. The other day he appeared at his office In a new coat, which he hung up. It fell to the dusty floor. The office boy picked the garment up without brush ing it and helped Mr. Carleton put it on. Catching a glimpse of his own disreputable appearance In a mirror the poet thundered: "Boy! W'hat do you mean by this? I come in here looking like a publisher and you send me out looking like an author!” Seventeen-Cent Rations. It is pointed out that the cost of feeding the militia which went to St. Louis was CO cent3 per man per day. The cost of feeding the regulars was 17 cents. Here is a typical program for one day: Breakfast—Oatmeal and milk, pork sausage, potatoes, bread and coffee. Dinner—Bread and coffee, baked beans, pork, catsup. Supper— Bean soup, cold corned beef, potatoes, bread and coffee. This was varied from day to day in the way of bacon, ham, fresh beef, canned beef, peas, onions and other vegetables. The regulars were better fed at 17 cents per day than the militia at 60 cents. The Oldest Public Building. If we seek the oldest civic building In the United States we shall find our selves in the quaint old adobe palace of the governors in Santa Fe, N. M. This 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 iorker and former governor of New Mexico, is president. Governor Prince considers this “the most historic building in the United States.” If a man has a poor memory It i3 up to him to stick to the truth. For Aged People. Bellflower, Mo., July 6th.—Mr. G. V. Bohrer of this place has written an open letter to the old men and wom en of the country, advising them to use Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy for those forms of Kidney Trouble so common among the aged. Mr. Bohr er says: “I suffered myself fot years with my Kidneys and urinary organs. I was obliged to get up as many as seven or eight times during the night. “I tried mary things with no suc cess, till I saw one of Dodd's Alma nacs, and read of what Dodu’s Kid ney Pills were doing for old people. "I bought two boxes from our drug gist and began to use them at once. In a very short time I was well. This is over a year ago, and my trouble has not returned, so that I know my cure was a good, genuine, permanent one. “I believe Dodd’s Kidney Pills aro a splendid medicino for old people or anyone suffering with Kidney and uri nary troubles, for although I am 84 years of age, they have made me well.” There is something sad about a pipe dream when the pipe goes out. It takes a woman to show a man how silly he can make himself.
