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Loup City Northwestern CEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub. LOUP CITY, - * NEBRASKA. Watermelon aeeas cause appendi citis, Boll your watermelon. Persons who belong to the upper crust must have plenty of dough. Thirty-two lawyers in Chicago died last year. Where are those lawyers now? That long-advertised cloudburst In the Balkans is momentarily expected once more. • Men who do not secretly take pride In well dressed wives have no busi ness to have any. Falling from an airship is quite as exciting and far less dangerous than riding iu a devil wagon. When a man is too busy to go fishing, he may not know it, but te is in a condition of slavery. The news that King Alfonso is h*' frothed to ills cousin must he welcome to the republicans of Spain. A writer inquires: “Are the mag azines declining?’’ We understand (hat they are, especially poetry. Every man who carries a watch is naturally behind time. That is, un less he carries it In his hip pocket. It is easier to save a soul than to keep it saved, says Rev. Mr. Crandall, and most of us will agree with him. King Peter is getting so used to it that they don’t have to revive him with cold water any more when a door v.ams. The future queen of Denmark is over six feet tall, and will, therefore, properly be addressed as “your royal highness.” The sufferer from dyspepsia should cheer up when he considers how much more he would suffer if his wife had dyspepsia. Probably the trouble heretofore has been that everybody has been giving the mosquito the low d—— instead ot the high one. Mrs. James Lovely, of Knoxville, renn., who is accused of poisoning her husband, scarcely deserves the prefix “perfectly.” People who are ashamed of their vystors cannot be convinced that » «dr ancestors would blush for them >f they were alive. In quitting America to become an ffnglishman, Bourke Coekran kn ws very well that he intends to remain every inch an Irishman. Slowly but surely the yellow broth er is embracing civilization. The Chinese latindrymen organized and struck, and now there is a chop suey trust. At a recent wedding in Ixmdon King Edward appeared wearing a red cra vat with a frock coat, thus pulverizing tho old tradition that the king can do no wrong. There is no uso trying to draw morals from Fourth of July accidents. Those who were hurt need no men tor. and those who escaped have no desire for one. Lou Dillon is within two seconds ;f the trotting record, now held by Cresceus, the great Toledo stallion. Who says that the ladies are not as serting their rights? An expert has discovered that the extraction of teeth causes blindness. Tho experience of humanity has F/emod to l>e the other way, if seeing Mars counts for auythfng. A Boston laborer has fallen heir to ?2.000.000. Before envying him think .if tho trouble he will have in getting away from the people who want to show him how to invest it. A Philadelphia millionaire in his will left $50 to each of his three chil dren. It must be a sad thing to work hard all his life for a fortune and have only $150 worth of children to leave it to. Tdfe insurance companies have warned policy holders in Milwaukee’s county jail that the building is unsafe and that they must leave or have their policies canceled. And yet some of them may not leave. A "'aterbury (Conn.) man named Harris fell asleep during the per formance at Barnum & Bailey’s' cir cus. and was robbed of his geld watch. When he takes a nap in public here after he will do it at church. A Kansas farmer who called one of his neighbors “a Kansas jackass" and was sued for $2,500 damages has been ordered by the jury to pay the plain tiff $400. But what is $400 to a Kan sas '.anner whose feelings have beea hur ; I*, is pleasing to know that the Vj Ciia ladies turned up their noses at /he male beauty show and pr<x*«ted tb«t they did not like handf.om. -.non. "*his is a reassuring iudift*S»«- that the ladies admire men veeause they are so good. i NEED OF GOOD KOADS BENEFIT DWELLERS IN BOTH CITY AND COUNTRY. Lfttle Incident That Set Farmer and Manufacturer to Thinking Along the Same Lines and Boomed the Cause of State Aided Road Building. A few weeks ago a Maryland fann er found an automobile safely anch ored in a mud hole on a country road about twenty miles from the city home of the owner. The autotaobilist was vigorously swearing at the mud, the farmers and the rural districts in general. After cooling down some ,what, he struck a bargain with the farmer to extricate his machine and haul it to the nearest possible road for $3.50. When the job was finished both were in a comparatively good humor. The automobilist iit a fresh ten-cent cigar and presented the farm er one, and the following dialogue en sued: "Why don't you farmers improve these roads?” “Well, we do work ’em every year, but they don't seem to get any bet ter." “But why don't you build first-class roads and be done with It?" "Hay, Mister, you must think we're rich out here in the back woods. How much do you reckon it would cost? Not less than two or three thousand dollars a mile, I guess. That would break us up. We’re taxed already as much as we can stand. If you city fellows want to go touring over these reads, I guess you'll have to get used to the mud, same as we have." After the two had smoked in si lence for half a minute the farmer cleared his throat and ventured to ask: bay, why don’t you rich city fel lows give us a lift and help us im prove these roads? I’ve been reading some lately about state aid and gov ernment aid for the farmers in build ing good roads. Why don't you go in for these things? Wouldn't It be v benefit to the whole community?” "Well," replied the automobilist. who happened to be a millionaire manufacturer, "I don’t, know but you are right. I hadn't thought of it in that light.” After some further discussion along this line, the two separated, each with some new ideas. The farmer had grasped the idea that the automobile which he had always viewed with mingled feelings of scorn and amuse ment, might after ail turn out to be a great friend of his; might, in fact, be the means of inducing the rich men of the cities to help the farmers build good country roads. The rich city man, on the other hand, had got a glimpse of the real conditions and sentiments prevailing in the country. He realized as never before that no general improvement of the country roads could be hoped for so long as the farmers were left to work out the problem unaided. In fact, ho saw the injustice of expecting thorn 10 shoulder the whole burden. As a result of this incident, both the farmer and the automobilist are now conducting a little campaign among their neighbors in favor of state and national aid to road build ing. THE D- FOOL VOTE. How Champ Clark Won Precinct by Daring Rejoinder. Congressman Champ Clark usually manages to take pretty good care of himself, whatever the circumstances. During one of his campaigns in Miss ouri he struck an exceptionally hos tile neighborhood. He had been sub jected to several interruptions, and finally a burly fellow strode down to the front of the platform and said: "Say, you’re a d-fool, and every body here knows it!” Clark's face actually became radi ant at this announcement. He leaned over, and before the bewildered spec tator who had hurled the epithet could think, seized his hand and wrung it warmly. Then, lacing his audience squarely, said: “The remark of my friend here has given me renewed encouragement. If before I had any shadow of doubt as to my success, he has dispelled It. for if I poll the full d-fool vote of this preclr.ct, I will be elected by a rousing majority.” Clark afterward said he knew ha was taking long chances. But the au dience went wild over the rejoinder, and the Congressman really did carry the precinct when election day rolled around.—Baltimore Herald. Kansas Philosopher. The old man was sitting on the roof gazing placidly across the rushing waters. “Washed all your fowls away?” nuked the man in the boat. “Yes, but the ducks swam,” smiled the old man. ‘ Tore up your peach trees?” “Don’t mind It much. They said the crop would be a failure.” "Uut the flood! It's up to your win. dows! ” "Wal, them windows needed wash ing, anyway, stranger.” Dreams of the Grass. O! to lie in long grasses! O! to dream on the plain! Where the west wind sings as [t passes, A weird and unceustng retrain! Where the rank grass tosses and wal lows. And the plain’s rhn it«7z.'ss the eye, Where hardly a sliver cloud basses Uhe flashing steel shield of the sky! wntoh the grey gulls as they Btlttr* Like snowflakes, and fnll from on high .*!» dip In the deeps of the prairie; Where the crow s foot tosses awry. Like the swirl o’ swift waltzers In ffte-y t> the harsh, shrill creak of the cricket And the «ung of the lark and the bee! —Hsitlin Garland. HUST KNOW CHLMICH HISTORY Important to the Maintaining of Reli gious Connections Admitting that knowledge of Prea ayterianism is far Ices important than knowledge of Christianity and the •vangelical truths, we still claim that :t has au importance of its own kind. How can we hope to keep within the membership of our own church those who do not know anything about our ilstinctive principles and history? If wo allow them to think that one :hurcl) fs as good as any other, that t is a matter of indifference to what :hurch they go, that the differences, jf doctrine, worship, and government which distinguishes our ehurrh from athers aro all trivial differences, not worth teaching publicly or privately, why should they not let their church connection lie determined by their iocial associations, or chance wiijms, jr the toss of a penny? Is it strange that the daughter follows her husband cut of our church, and the son also ;espects the preference of his wife for another church? Is It strange that *he Presbyterian family, moving into a new locality, passes by the Presbyterian church for no other rea son than merely social reasons? What reasons do they know for adhering to their own church?—Pittsburg Banner. THE FIRST STEAM CARRIAGE Honor of Invention Is Claimed for London Physician. In these days of fast motoring and high railway speed it is interesting to recall that it was in July, 1829, some little time before George Ste phenson had solved the problem of steam transport, that Sir Goldsworthy Gurney made his famous journey in a “steam carriage’’ from London to Bath and back. Gurney was a surgeon in Marylebone, greatly given to the working out of inventions in his spare time, and it took him some years to complete his first “motor” in his backyard In Albany street. ITe ac complished the Journey to and from Bath at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, and there was only one disturb ing incident, when a crowd assembled at Melksham set upon the machine, and, having burned their fingers, threw stones and seriously wounded the stoker. This Gurney journey stands as the first example of loco motion by steam in this country.— London Chronicle. MRS. WESLEY A SHREW. Great Evangelist Most Unfortunate in His Marriage. One of his biographers declare* that If lie had searched the whole kingdom the evangelist (John Wes ley) would hardly have found a wo man more unsuitable than she whom he married. She did not even con fine herself to her tongue in her at tacks. * * * More than once she laid violent hands on him. “Jack,” said John liampson to his son, “I was once on the point of committing mur der. It was when I was in the North of Ireland, and I went Into a room and found Mrs. Wesley foaming with fury. Her husband was on the floor, where she had been trailing him by the hair of his head; and she herself was still holding +n her hand vener able locks which she‘had plucked up by the roots. 1 felt,” continued liampson, who was a giant of a man, though not one of Wesley’s warmest friends—“I felt as though I could kave knocked the soul out of her.”— Everybody’s Magazine. The Other Girls. You ask me of the other girls, sweet heart, (A question women always ask of rr.»n. The end of all the sweetheart's quesl Honings, And yet, the point at which they all be gin). You ask me of the other girls—Well, this: God never made a finer lot than these; Fond lovers never kissed from llstlessncss A fairer child than dimpled Klolse. The pulsing passions of an hundred vears Made sweet In purer ways where virtue sows. Myriad forms of potter's clay have made, Hut none so lithe us star-eyed, laugh ing Rose. The sculptor. In his wildest dreams of art. In traeements of the ligaments, and line. Could never once the gracious equal And Uf Clementine, my own sweet Clemen tine. The f.r.et and the painter. In their turn. May praise and love the beauties that they know. Nor once In all their dreaming." find One equalling the charms of little Clo. Man ne.er wooed a finer lot of girls— God never made a finer lot to woo; Ho never made red lips so like the rose. Nor languid eyes more like the glinting dew. You ask me of the other girls, sweet heart— You ask me If I love them still I do. Each beauty that 1 found In each of them Each grace of mien, each virtue that they Knew'. I find them all and love them more, sweetheart. Because they axe so much a part ot you. Girlish and Mannish America. When it is "here remarked that the male American is declaring symptoms of dawning effeminacy no occasion is offered for indignant reprobation. The average American has so much thor ough masculinity that he can tpare enough to dower a less vigorous peo ple. What is meant is that the nat ural reaction to the paramountc.y o* the American gd/l has set in. As she shares the pursuits, the pleasures and the liberties of her brother? and im poses her commards upon them she becomes more masculine, they more ibminine; her shoulders square off, theirs begin to slope. She dons the sweater and the blazer and wears her skirts shorter and shorter; they take to pink shirtwaists and clocked open work stockings, and their ever bag *ier trousers, worn so long that they have to be turned up at the bottom, seem fash!oo«d on a B*r?.:\lo patters •-«»» i’ork Mail and Express. [ POULTRY I The Production of an Egg. Anyone, upon opening after death the body of a hen, will find a clustei of eggs in formation much like e bunch of grapes, and called the ova rium (see cut). These, however, arc but rudimentary eggs, says the Agri cultural Gazette of New South Wales Each of these eggs is contained with in a thin, transparent sac and at tacked by a narrow pipe or stem ti the ovary. These rudimentary eggs have neither shell nor white, con sisting wholly cf yolk, on which floats the germ of the future chicken; and as they become larger and larger thc> arrive at a certain stage when, b> their own volition, weight or other cause, they become individually de tachcd from the bunch, and fall into a sort of funnel leading into a pipe or passage way cnllcd the oviduct— this organ in the hen being from 22 to 26 inches long. During the pas sage of this egg or ovum to the onto; world it becomes coated with succes I sive layers of albumen—the white— which is secreted from the blood-ves sels of the oviduct in the form of a thick gliary fluid, and is prevented Horn mixing with the yolk by the membrane or sac which surrounded it before it became detached from the cluster. It is also strengthened by a second and stronger membrane, formed around the first immediately after falling Into the funnel, and hav ing what is like two twisted cords ol a more dense albuminous character, The Oviaey and Oviduct of a Layh q HeSj called by anatomists chalazes, which pass quite through the white at the ends, and being, as it were, embed ded therein, thus preventing the yolk and germ from rolling about when the egg is moved, and serving to keep the germ uppermost, so that it may best receive the heat imparted during incubation. It is during the passage of the egg through the lower part of the ovi duct that it gets covered with the two skins which are found inside the shell. These, although lying close around the egg, at the thick end be come separate, and form what is called the air-bubble or chamber. When the egg has advanced more than half-way down the oviduct, it is still destitute of shell, which be gins to be formed by a process of secretion, and wnen about completed the various shades of brown and tint ed coloring matter is imparted in those breeds in which colored eggs are peculiar. The Status of the Grange. In the quarterly bulletin issued when the year begun, Editor Batchel der said: The grange enters upon the new year in splendid condition in all sec tions of the country and prepared to light the battles of the farmers In every legitimate manner. The suc cess of the organization in 1902, both In membership and influence, has given the members renewed courage and increased vigor from ocean to ocean, and will stimulate them to still greater work in the year to come. It has finally dawned upon the people of the country that this organization has assumed a permanent character, which is to be treated with all the respect and consideration ac corded older and more pretentious organizations. It has taken Its place by the side of the school as an edu cational factor, neit to the church as a great moral power, and has demon strated Its right to a place in the front ranks at the world’s numerous and worthy fraternal orginizaMons. The grange has won this reputa tion by an honest, earnest, straight forward course, neither catering to the sympathies of people by the ad vocacy of specious measures, nor de ceiving the pec/le by shifting its course with every shift in public sen timent. For several years this or ganization has proclaimed to the world Its position in legislative mat ters, and has not had occasion to re cede from the position taken upon any of them. Thrts is more than can be said of anyr of the leading political parties ol to-day Value of Stable Manure. In a recent report of the Oklahoma station Director Fields makes the fol lowing statements regarding the value of stable manure, which apply to oth er portions of the country as well as to Oklahoma: On the outskirts of every town in Oklahoma may be seen a collection of manure piles tht have been hauled out and dumped In wraste places. The plant food In each ton of this manure is worth at least $2—tbat is what eastern farmers pay for similar ma terial, and they make money by doing it. And yet, almost every liveryman has to pay some one for hauling the manure away. This is simply be cause farmers living near these towns ire missing a chance to secure some thing for nothing—because, perhaps, the profit is not directly in sight. But from most soils there is a handsome profit possible from a very small ap plication of stable manure. On the farm of the Oklahoma Agri cultural Experiment station Is an acre that has been in wheat for eight years. It had never been manured. In the fall of 1898 one-half of the acre was manured at the rate of 15 tons per acre and the other was left un manured. When the crop was har vested, in the summer of 1893, the manured piece yielded at the rate of 30 bushels per acre and the unma nured yielded but 12 bushels per acre. An increase of 18 bushels of wheat was secured the first year from an ap plication of 15 tons of stable manure. If all of the effect of the manure were exhausted the first season there were 18 bushels of wheat to pay for hauling about 10 loads of manure. But the ef fect is lasting and extends through a period of several years. Here is a feasible plan to increase the wheat crop: Put every bit of ma nure obtainable into the soil. Eight een hundred bushels of wheat will pay for one man and team hauling manure for 450 days and the profit is directly in sight. Water for Plants. Our friend the scientist states that for land to do its best its water con tent should be steadily maintained to within from 40 to 60 per cent of satur ation. Prof. King tells us that where this has been maintained by the ap plication of the needed water their smallest yield was four tons of dry matter per acre, and the largest seven teen tons, and an average of over seven tons when twenty-two cases were tried. We all know that that is very much in excess of what most of us are doing. We also know that all plant food in the soil is soluble in water under certain conditions, and that all plant food (with perhaps one valuable exception, that of carbon) is taken into the plant through the mois ture that is in the soil. This being the case, no matter how rich our soil may be, if it is perfectly dry the plant has no means of getting hold of the plant food. The vegetable matter is made available through the millions of bacteria that are in the soil. Our flint corn takes 8,750 gallons per acre each day less moisture to bring it to perfection than any other crop we grow, using some 230 tons of water to grow one ton of dry matter; Dent corn 300, and ether crops varying amounts, till we reach oats, which use from 500 to 700 tons. An apple tree, during the time it produces its fruit, will use 250 gallons per day, or on an acre, with the trees 35 feet apart, 8,750 gallons per day. Prof. King tells of four stalks of corn that used in thirteen days as they were coming to tassel 150.G pounds of water, or nearly three pounds for each stalk por day. This gives us some idea of the im portance which moisture has in the growth of plants. Castor Beans. The castor bean is a tropical plant; hence, It cannot be successfully culti vated at the North. It is frequently seen growing there, however, as an ornamental plant. It Is a perennial In warm climates and sometimes attains a height of thirty feet, and will live for several years. It is a native of Southern Asia and Northern Africa, and has been naturalized in Southern Europe and other warm climates. In the West Indies it grows w'ith great luxuriance. It has been cultivated to a limited extent as a field crop as far north as 40 degrees; but the climate of the Southern States is best adapted to it. In Texas and Southern Florida it strongly shows its perennial ten dencies. A eastor plant is said to have been grown in a garden in Gal veston, the stem of which attained seven inches in diameter* The plant continued to yield for seven or eight years. A hundred bushels of beans have been raised per acre in localities in Texas adapted to Its culture. The value of the beams consists in the oil which thty yield. When pure the oil Is of a light yellow color, but when inferior In quality it has a green ish and sometimes a dark yellowish tinge. Exposure to the sun’s rays bleaches it to a certain extent. It is used in medicine as a cathartic. K Is also used in lubricating machinery, carriage wheels, leather, and so forth. In Hindestan it is quite extensively employed for burning in lamps.—C. L Flint. Prof. Thomas Shaw says that Ayr shire cattle form the only class of dairy stock In tho counties of Ayr, Wigtown, Buts, Argyle, Dumfries, Kis cudbright and Perth in Scotland. Iowa Farms £4 Per Acre Caoh. balance t* crop till pula. XirLHALI,. Slou* Cltjr, la. The number of opium smokers in the United States is estimated at 1,000,,. 00. Plao’a Cure for Consumption Is an Infallible ,, medicine for coughs and colds—N. W. Sajidu,, 7 Ocean Grove. N. J.. Feb. 17. 1600 If a woman’s husband Isn’t admlretl by her friends she is mad with them; if he is she doesn’t trust them. Mrs. Anderson, a prominent society woman of Jacksonville, Fla., daughter of Recorder of Deeds, West, says: . “ 7 h« e are but few wives and mothers who have not at tiires en dured agonies and such pain a i only women Know of. I wish such ^ omen knew the value of Lydia E. ]*ink Jiafn’s Vegetable Compound. Ifc Is a remarkable medicine, different ia action from any other 1 ever knew and thoroughly reliable. “I have seen cases where women doctored for years without permanent benefit who were cured in less than three months after taking your Vege table Compound, while others who wore chronic and incurable came out cured, happy, and in perfect health after a thorough treatment with this, medicine. 1 have never used it myself . without gaining great benefit. A J few doses restores my strength and 's> appetite, and tones up the entire system. Your medicine has been tried and found true, hence I fully endorse it.”— Mas. E. A. Anderson. 236 Wash ington St., Jacksonville, Fla. — $5000 forfeit If original of about testimonial proving genu ineness cannot be produced. The experience and testimony of Nome of the most noted women of America go to prove, beyoi.d n question, that Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound will j correct all such trouble at onco by removing the cause, and re storing the organs to a healthy and normal condition. Minds whir'll never rest are subject to many digressions. MANY CHILDREN ARE SICKLY. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children’* Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint, Feverishness,Headache,Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists', 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Modesty Is so handsome a cover that we invariably expect to find sorao thing very good underneath it, DON'T SPOIL YOPR CI.OTHE8. TJse Red Cross Ball Blue and keep then, white as snow. All grocers. 5c. a package. An Appropriate Object of Sympathy. Pension Commissioner Ware’s sym pathy has been aroused once more, this time by the pension application of a battle scarred veteran who tells a story of domestic infelicity, con cluding in this fashion: ”1 got blood building a fifty-fourth castle, a mag wen I cam bait from the frunt. The eg was not good wen you send my penshun I want the Deed made sos my wile cant get none of it—she throde the eg. She war a rebel.” ^ Origin ot Names c.f Carriages. Omnibuses wore first seen in Paris in 1827. and the name is nothing more ‘han the Ivatin word signifying “for all.” “Cab” is an abbreviation of the Italian word eabriola, which was changed to cabriolet in French. Both words have a common derivative— cabriole—signifying a goat’s leap. The exact reason for giving it this strange ^4 appellation is unknown, unless be cause of the lightness and springiness of the vehicle in its original form. In some instances the names of special forms of carriages are derived from the titles of persons who introduced them. The brougham was first used by the famous Lord Brougham, and the popular hansom also derives its name from its introducer, Mrl Hansom. Landau, a city in Germany, was tho locality in which was first made thf style of vehicle bearing that name. Found a Friend. Valley City, N. Dak., July 27th.— Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of this place tells how she found a friend in the following words: "For years I Buffered with a dizzi ness in my head and could get noth ing to cure me till about two year's ago, when I was advised to take Dodd’s Kidney Pills. These pills cured me before I bad used the whole of the first box, and I haven’t been troubled since. "In January of this year I had an attack of Sciatica that made me almost helpless, and remembering hew much Dodd's Kidney Pills bad done for mo before, I sent and got some and began to take them at once. "In (fhree weeks I was well, and not a trace of the SciaWca left, aad I have been well ever since. “Dodd’s Kidney PfUs have certain ly been of great benefit to me. I have found them a friend in time of Bick ness, and I will always recommend them .to every one suffering with the trembles that bothered me.” Thero is one liquor shop for every seventy persons in the province of Pure, France |