Loup City Northwestern
GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Not that It makes any difference—
trot what has become of Mary Mac
lane.
Who would argue with a lunatic?
An Indiana lawyer did and saved his
life thereby.
Edison has 791 patents on inven.
tions. But Edison works more than
eight hourB a day.
Sir Thomas Llpton will be known as
the founder of a long and illustrious
lino of Shamrocks.
Phonograph records are found to be
uninjured by the recent flood. The
worst is not yet over.
Some bad boy in the class would be
sure to put a bent pin in the seat ol
the proposed “chair of humor.”
If there is any virtue in persistence
and live dogs, the Ziegler arctic expe
dition will capture the north polo this
time.
The later a man comes home at
night the surer he Is that he didn’t
make any noise when he stumbled on
the stairs.
v There is a lesson in the experience
of a Sharon man who lost $2,000 in
Boston. Never carry so much change
in one pocket.
Ix>oklng from Bervia to Mexico an'1
Canada, the United States ha^ go,. .
reason to congratulate itself that it
has good neighbors.
John W. Gates wishes to have it
known that he does not smoke $4 ci
gars in public only or merely when he
is in a meditative mood.
If poet Clinton Scollard, now rail
road president, “recognises the profes
sion” in giving out passes, his road
twill not lack for passengers.
It is only a coincidence that the in*
teresting booklet on wild flowers sent
out by the New York agricultural col
lege is written by Prof. Weed.
\ ——~~
Andrew D. White wants the colleges
to train young men for office holding.
'That’s not a bad idea, but how are
the trained young men to get the of
fices?
As Russell Sage wants to escape the
•persecutions of the assessors he
should follow Hetty Green's example
and live in a Pullman car or an auto
mobile.
The only art treasures that Mr.
Morgan brought back with him
were some fine engraved portraits of
American statesmen on a pocketful of
$1,000 bills.
It Is q*Ite as it should be that the
pioneer American baby in Guam
should be a girl. Hasn’t Uncle Sam
long ago abdicated in favor of Aunt
Samanthy ?
The new mayor of Baltimore is too
busy to perform the social duties of
his office. If he performs the other
duties, the citizens may be willing to
let it go at that.
Prof. Smith of the University of
Chicago may be right in denouncing
the consumption of soda water on
moral ground, but this is no time to
do his denouncing.
The man at Passaic who at the age
of 38 has ten children, the last eight
of whom have come in couples, is
likely to attract the attention of the
President if he keeps on.
While on board the Kearsarge Em
peror WMIliam passed the time of day
with a lank yankee of the name of
Scanlon. Mr. Scanlon should hurry
home and write his reminiscences.
The first stomach, the scientific
sharps say, grew from a single cell
creature somewhat resembling the
bacteria of to-day. We ought to feel
very gratetul to it for its enterprise.
The demand from some people for
a black postage stamp for use on
mourning envelopes naturally raises
the question whether It Is really In
good taste to use mourning envelopes,
anyway.
The Australian citizen who claims
to have Invented a perfect rainmaking
device may have an Interesting Inven
tion, but if he is wisely advised he
will keep away from the United States
this summer.
In defending a divorce suit a Brook
lyn man stated under oath that his
wife thought more of her pet dog than
of him. WeU, Mme. de Stael said
once: "The more I see of men. the
better I like dogs.”
Henry Watterson boldly declares
that the effort to depose President
Droppers of the University of South
Dakota because he once "took a
drink” is a deliberate attempt to un
dermine the liberties of the American
people.
Before deciding not to accept the
offer of $10,000,000 in gold Colombia
would do well to expend a few mil
lion dollars of its depreciated curren
„v in wiring to Washington and learn
ing Just how Uncle Sam feelk about
the matter. _
An Odd Lamp Shade.
An odd lamp -shade, suitable for a
summer cottage, is made of inch
wide yellow silk, braid, hanging over a
shade of gold paper, with a stiff card
board foundation. The braid is sus
pended from a wire circle, the strands
being doubled where they Join the cir
cle and standing up above it about an
Inch. The strands are closely massed,
each terminating in a tiny “button
rose” made of braid, looped around
a center of yellow stamens and fin
ished with a green calyx of ribbon.
Bhort lengths of braid, each finished
with a tiny rose, dangle from the top
of the lamp shade, forming a row of
flowers midway of its length.
Girl's Confirmation Dress.
Girl's frock of cream serge or voile.
The blouse is made with groups of
plaits, which arc
trimmed with
straps of the ma
terial and passe
menterie buttons.
In the middle of
the front is a wide
box-plait. The
large shoulder col
lar is composed of
lace and stitched
taffeta band. The
girdle is of taffeta.
The skirt, cut in
one piece, is fin
ished with a deep
flounce made with
groups of plaits,
l between which it
' is slightly gather
ed. The plaits are
trimmed with the
(traps and buttons, a Dana oi wmcn
forms the flounce.—Wiener Mode Al
bum.
Latest Style in Hats.
A new straw, wonderfully light and
effective, is that known as “paille de
riz.” This, in a creamy white, bor
dered with black and white, makes
for much elegance in the popufar ber
gere shape, simply decked about the
crown with a wreath of small white
roses and raised to a becoming angi*
on choux of white liberty ribbon.
Green rush straw is a modern fancy
much in vogue, a useful example be
ing of toque persuasion, simply
swathed about by draperies of pale
green and white tulle.
(HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Whisky applied to fruit stains- on
table linen will quickly remove the
spots.
Stains on knife blades may quickly
be romoved by nabbing them with a
piece of raw potato dipped in brick
dust.
Glycerin is a capital remover of cof
fee or milk spots from white goods.
Paint the stains with the glycerin,
then wash out the glycerin with luke
warm rainwater.
To remove tea stains pour boiling
water over them. If of long standing,
soak the linen in a solution of chlor
ide of lime until the stains disappear,
then w sh through several clean wat
ers.
A tablespoonful of turpentine in the
clothes boiler will whiten the linen,
remove stains and render washing
easier. Rinse well and dry in the
open air.
In using cloves for pickles or pre
serves, the blossom end should be re
moved, as it darkens the liquid. It
will certainly spoil the color of red
cabbage.
Combination Collars.
A combination of masculinity and
femininity are the Newport collars.
There is a high stiff linen collar re
lieved by a deep turnover of fine em
broidery, with which one may or
may not wear a tie or scarf. They
are just the right blending of neat
ness and daintiness for wear with the
omnipresent blouse.
A New Balt.
The newest belt is a circulet of
bright crimson sheepskin, lined with
moire silk. It is two inches wide
all the way round and fastens in
front with two small gilt harness
buckles, one above the other. Another
novelty in belts consists of a narrow
band of crochet bordered by two
bands of white linen or silk. In some
the crochet 1b white, in others it
shades through several pastel tints.
Bare Dining Table.
The fashion of the bare dining room
table is revived, the highly polished
surface being relieved by doylies and
centerpieces. They may be as elabor
ate as one desires, made with fine
linen centers and exquisite lace edges.
Just at present basket work is such a
favorite pastime that many women
are weaving sets of plate doylies.
They are round in shape and woven
of grasses. They can be made of corn
husks, but the grasses make the pret
tiest ones.
An Appetizing Dish.
Orange salad Is an appetizing dish
for luncheon and may be prepared In
this way: Peel five or six oranges,
carefully removing all the white pith
and cutting the pulp in the natural
divisions, being careful to leave
neither pips nor skin on these little
divisions; mix together a little very
finely chopped tarragon and chervil, a
dessertspoonful each of brandy and
salad oil and a pinch of sugar, and
season each piece of orange with this
mixture. Pile the seasoned orange
on a dish and place it on ice for an
hour or two before serving it
Dainty Party Frock.
A dainty party frock for a young
girl is or wnne
silk mull. The
skirt is made with
an overskirt ef
fect, having two
ruffles, the upper
one being deep and
graduated. Both
are edged with
rows of blue baby
ribbon. Blue satin
ribbons, two Inches
wide, run from the
waist to the foot
of the upper ruffle.
The waist is cut
slightly low in the |
neck and has
shoulder ties of
blue ribbon. The
sleeves are of the
Marie Antoinette type, tight to the
elbow, from where they fall away in
soft fullness.
In the Kitchen.
In roasting meat, turn with a spoon
instead of a fork, as the latter pierces
the meat and lets the juice out.
If a kettle or pot boil dry, pour
boiling water into it at once, for this
will prevent its cracking.
Add a little turpentine to hot starch
and you will not find your iron stick i
when you come to the ironing of the
Hmen.
All potato peelings and waste leaves
cf vegetables should be burned. If
put in the dustbin they will decay and
help to create bad smells and fever.
A moldy or squeezed-out lemon put
into a dirty saucepan half full of wat- 1
er and boiled for half an hour cleans
it perfectly and removes all odor.
When a knife has been used to cut
onions wipe it with a damp cloth and
rub it briskly with coarse salt. The
objectionable smell will then entirely
disappear.
For grease spots on matting use
fuller's earth. Make it into a thin
paste with water and spread quickly
over the spots. When dry brush off
the loose powder and the spots will
have disappeared.
horse's head and is perhaps three
inches in length.
A pretty black and white parasol is
of heavy white silk with applique de
signs of rich black lace.
Chatelaine bags are shown in steel
mesh mounted with royal copper and
studded with the steel.
Silk petticoates of taffeta in sev
eral different colors and in black, of
an excellent quality of silk and trim
med with full accordion plaited ruf
fles headed by ruching and protected
by dust ruffles are offered ds low as
$7 each.
Among the lovely parasols shown
are those of silk chiffon in "sunburst”
effect. The top of the parasol Is of
heavy white taffeta silk, with two
large chiffon ruffles with appliqued
black “sunburst” effect. They are
also shown in black, with white ap
plique, and in solid white.
Effective Headache Cure.
Here is a headache cure that is
said to be a marvelous remedy and to
relieve the sufferer when all else fails.
It is easy to make and easy to apply,
and it consists simply of black pep
per and camphor. Take a quantity of
black pepper and put it in a handker
cuief. Then fold the handkerchief
over so that the grains cannot fall
out and saturate the whole thing with
camphor. Bind this “plaster" on the
head and lie down. In a very few
moments the headache will be re
lieved and the patient will be asleep.
When the handkerchief becomes dry
saturate again with the camphor.
That’s all. People who have tried
everything else say that this home
remedy relieves them quickest. At
ahy rate, it is worth trying.
Pretty Capuchin Hoods.
Capuchin hoods are frequently per
mitted to take the place of capes,
these lined with some contrasting
color to that selected for the main
part. Thus a pale biscuit would be
privileged to exploit pale blue or that
new shade of mauve, and white In
this, as in moBt other instances, en
tirely declines to strike a false note.
A gown of white crepe de chin# point gaze lace and on the corsage by
with tucka on skirt, sleeves and bo- a deep shoulder collar of tucked chlf«
dice, which on the skirt are sur» fon and point gaze appliques.—Phlla
mounted by deaf motif galloons of deiphia Ledger.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON IU., JULY 26—SAUL RE
JECTED AS KING.
Golden Text—‘‘To Gbey Is Better
Than Sacrifice”—I Samuel 15:22—
God Requires Absolute Obedience
From His Children—Hypocrisy.
I. "The Beginning of Saul’s Disobe
dience."—1 Sam. IS: 1-23. It was several
years after the coronation before the first
severe test of Saul’s character came.
The warlike Philistines dwelt along the
Mediterranean, west of southern Pales
tine, a large part of which they had sub
jugated. establishing garrisons among the
Hebrew towns and disarming the Israel
ites. Saul was compelled at last to move
against these oppressors. He gathered
an army at Gilgal, while the Philistines
encamped in overwhelming numbers at
Michmush near by.
Saul had been commanded (1 Sam. 10:
£) to wait for Samuel's arrival, that the
war of independence might begin under
the direction of God's representative.
Seven days he waited, and then, seeing
his terrified troops melting away, ho be
gan the sacrifices in preparation for the
battle. At this moment Samuel appea’red,
and sternly rebuked the king for his im
patience and faithlessness. "Thou hast
not kept the commandment of the Lord,”
said he. "Now thy kingdom shall not
continue. The Lord hath sought him u
man after his own heart." From that
moment we can trace Paul’s downfall.
II. "Saul's Rashness and Jonathan's
Boldness.”—1 Sam. 11: 1-62. At this des
perate Juncture, relief came through an
audacious attack upon an outpost of the
Philistines, made by Jonathan with his
armor-bearer. "There is no restraint to
the Lord,” Jonathan had nobly said, "to
save by many or few.” They slew twenty
of the foe; and Saul, hearing the tumult,
ordered a general charge. In blind con
fusion. the Philistines even killed one an
other; and the result was an utter rout.
III. "Saul’s Commission and His Dis
obedience."—! Sam. 15: 1-12. Possibly it
was eight or ten years after the war
against the Philistines that the events of
our lesson occurred. Samuel bore to
Saul a message from Jehovah calling
upon him to destroy the Amalekltes, root
and branch. This commission was suited
to the fierce character of Saul, and he
set about this task with zeal. With a
great army of 210,000 nun he swept over
the entire country of the Amalekltes, de
stroying the people and their cattle. In
direct disobedience to God's command,
however, Agag (the "Consumer” or ’'De
stroyer"!. the king of the Amalekltes.
was reserved alive, together with the
best of the oxen and the sheep.
IV. "Saul Adds Hypocrisy to Disobe
dience."—Vs. 13-15. Having sinned, Saul
chose to aggravate his sin by falsehood
and hypocrisy.
13. "And Samuel came to Saul. at bil
gal. “In the same place wherp Saul's
kingdom had been confirmed It was to he
taken from him: and where the warning
of the consequences of disobedience had
been uttered (1 Samuel 13: 13, 11), the
sentence on disobedience was to be pro
nounced.”—Cambridge Bible.
Saul's hypocrisy showed itself (2) in
a hypocritical profession: "I have per
formed the commandment of the Lord.”
V. "The Itebuke of Disobedience.”—
Vs. 16-21. Samuil could endure this mis
erable pretense no longer. He burst out
against Saul in a torrent of righteous
wrath
16. "Then Samuel said unto Saul. Stay,
the Lord hath said to me this night."
17. "When thou wast little in thine own
sight." Samuel had In mind Saul’s own
words*of humility when be was chosen
king (1 Sam. 9: 21). "Wast thou not
made the head of the tribes of Israel,
and the Lord anointed thee king." “That
is,” comments Driver, "thou art in a po
sition of authority, and oug'ntest to havu
restrained the people."
IS. "And said. Go and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekltcs.’’
19. "Wherefore then didst thou not obey
the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon
the spoil.” "Expressive of eagerness, pas
sionate craving."— Erdmann.
20. "And Saul said unto Samuel. Tea,
T have oheyed the voice of the Is>rd."
Saul has the audacity to bring forward
the very Items of his Infidelity as if they
were proofs of obedience: (1) he has
brought Agag as evidence of his con
quest; (2) the people have reserved the
best of the spoil for a sacrifice. “And
have gone the way which the Lord sent
me And have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites." "Saul did not destroy Am
alek, as he professed to have done. Be
fore many years elapsed, these freeboot
ers were again plundering Judah.”—Sime.
.1. "But the people took . . . tho
chief of the things which should have
been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto
the Lord thy God." Thy God. "as if ho
had been showing honor to Samuel, as
well as to God, when he was disobeying
both."—Wordsworth.
VI. "The Fate of the Disobedient.’’—
Vs. 22, 23, and to the end of the chapter.
The prophet now utters Saul’s condem
nation in bold words, which have terri
fied the hearts of the disobedient through
ali ages since.
22. "Ar.d Samuel said. Hath the Lord
as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices. To obey Is better than sacrl
i tlce."
Why Obedience is the Best saonnee.
1. Uecause obedience la the giving up of
our will to that of God, and Is therefore
the offering of the whole man. 2. Be
cause It Is a sacrifice that can be of
fered at any time or place. One can thus
worship God on week days, and In the
shop, office, or kitchen. 3. Uecuuse every
m ill can offer this sacrifice for himself;
he needs no priest or minister to act or
speak for him. 4. Because this sacrifice
alone makes other sacrifices acceptable.
Apart from a loving;, obedient heart no
service of God is pleasing to him.—Con
densed from Harris.
23. "For rebellion" (against God 3 will)
"is as sin of witchcraft." Witchcraft,
that is, the worship of evil spirits, was
equivalent to a denial of (Jod; and so
was disobedience. "And stubbornness is
as iniquity and idolatry. He hath also
rejected tiiee from icing king." "God re
jects Saul from being king over Israel,
eince he had rejected God from being
King over Saul."—T. Adams
A Sham Repentance. The severity of
Samuel’s rebuke, and the stern prophecy
which lie uttered, moved Saul to express
repentance (1 Sam. 15:24-31), but it was a
poor sort of repentance, very different
from David's ufter his great sin (2 Sam.
12: 13; Psa. 51). Saul seemed chiefly con
cerned lest Samuel should outwardly re
pudiate him, and thus throw his influ
ence against him. As the indignant
, prophet turned away, Saul boldly lalu
i hoid upon him. tearing his mantle. Sum
uefmade a symbol of It: "The Lord hath
rent the kingdom of Israel from thee tiiif
day."
Life’s Opportunities.
| We are like children, or men in a
! tennis court, and before cur conquest
Is half won the dim twilight comes
and stops the game; nevertheless, let
: us keep our places, and, above all
! things, hold fast by the law of life
i we feel within. Let us follow in His
steps, and we shall attain to the
ideal life; and. withq|ii waiting for
our "mortal passage,” tread the free
and spacious streets of that Jerusalem
which Is above. To all of us are given
full and free opportunities.—J. H.
Shorthouse.
Fibroid Tumors Cured1
Note the result of Mrs.
Pinkhant’s advice and medicine.
“ Some time ago I wrote to you de
scribing my symptoms and asked your
advice. You replied, and I followed
all your directions carefully, and to
day I am a well woman.
“ The use of Lydia E. Pinkliom'a
Vegetable Compound entirely ex
pelled the tumor and strengthened
my whole system. 1 can walk miles
now.
“Lydia E. Pinklmm’s Vege
table Compound is worth five dol
lars a drop.. 1 advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give, it a faithful
trial." — (Signed) Mrs. E. F. IIayes,
2,r)3 Dudley St., (Roxbury) Boston.
Mass. — $6000 forfeit If original of about litttr
proving genuineness cannot be produced.
Mountains of gold could not
purchase such testimony—or
take the place of the health
and happiness which Lydia E.
Pinkliam’s Vegetable Compound
brought to Mrs. Hayes.
Such testimony should be accepted
by all women as convincing evidence
that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound stands without a
f»eer as a remedy for all the distress
ug ills of women ; all ovarian troubles ;
tumors; inflammations; ulceration,
falling and displacement of the womb ;
backache; irregular, suppressed or
painful menstruation. Surely the
volume and character of the testimo
nial letters we are daily printing in
the newspapers can leave no room for
doubt in the minds of fair people.
Men and bad eggs are all right till
they go broke.
A moment's anger may result In
years of sorrow.
This Will Interest Mother*.
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Child
ren. used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children’s Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeKoy.N. Y.
If you would take pains try the early
cucumber.
Mascagni a* a Dramatist.
It Is said that Mascagni seeks dra
matist’s laurels. The composer has
written a three act comedy, which
will he staged in October. A Rome
Newspaper, the Menestrel, Is qnoted
as making the following very dlscour
teous comment on the composer:
‘Composer, professor and conservatory
director without a job, likewise play"
wright, Mascagni would hop around
St. Peter's on one leg If he could get
an audience.”
New York's Tallest Buildings.
The tallest buildings In New York
are: The Park Row building, twen
ty-nine stories, or 382 feet high; the
&t. Paul, twenty-six stories, or 308
feet; the Manhattan Life, twenty-two
stories, 348 feet; the American Surety,
twenty-three stories, 306.1 feet; the
American Tract, twenty-three stories,
306 feet; the Empire, twenty stories.
293 feet; the Home Life, sixteen
stories, 280 feet; the Washington Life,
nineteen stories, 273 feet; the Gillen
der, sixteen stories, 273 feet; the
Bowling Green, nineteen stories. 272.6
feet: the Bank of Commerce, twenty
stories, 270 feet; the New York Life,
twelve stories, 270 feet; tne Standard
Oil, fifteen stories, 263 feet, and the
Commercial Cable, twenty-one stories,
255 feet.
Much of the world’s poverty results
from lack of push.
EXPERIMENTS
Learn Thing* of Value.
Where one has never made the ex
periment of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum It Is still easy to
learn all about It by leading tbe ex
periences of others.
Drinking Postum is a pleasant
way to get back to health. A man of
Lancaster, Pa., says: “My wife was
a victim of nervousness and weak
stomach and loss of apetlte for years
and was a physical wreck; although
we resorted to numerous methods of
relief one of which was a change
from coffee to tea, it was all to no
purpose.
“We knew coffee was causing the
trouble but could not find anything to
take Its place and cure tbe diseases
until we tried Postum Food Coffee.
In two weeks’ time after we quit cof
fee and used Postum almost all of her
troubles had disappeared as if by
magic. It was truly wonderful. Her
nervousness was all gone, stomach
trouble relieved, aDpetite Improved
and above all a night’s rest was com
plete and refreshing.
“This sounds like an exaggerates,
as it all happened so quickly, but we
are prepared to prove It. Each day
there Is Improvement for the better
far the Postum is undoubtedly
strengthening her and giving her rich
red blood and renewed life and vital
ity. Every particle of this good work
Is due to Postum and to drinking Pos
tum Id ptece of coffee.” Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Ice cold Postum with a dash of
lemon Is a delightful “cooler” for
warm days.
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