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loop City Northwestern 4. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - . NEBRASKA. Radium, it is said, will clarify dia monds, but will it take them out of hock? Bertha Krupp’s income is $2,400,001 a year. And she doesn’t seem to be anxious to purchase a title. A little English widow has obtained $15,000,000 as her portion. How a man could love that “mite!” Now that pepper is $3 a pound in the Klondike, what do they use to sprinkle on their watermelons? A Chicago woman who stuck a hatpin In a policeman eleven times was fined $7. Virtue is still its own reward. Some banks now disinfect all the money they handle. It is such things as this that give us that tired feeling. A new play, entitled “An Honest Politician,” was produced in New York. Realism on the stage is mori bund. More than 500 students worked their way through Columbia university last year, without going out on a single strike. There was an explosion in a powder mill at Goes, Ohio, the other day. Things are reported to have gone at a sacrifice. A Chicago man recently choked to death on a beefsteak. If people will indulge in such luxuries, they know what to expect. New York is now discussing the question, “Shall men smoke every where?” What might be called a burning question. Even if we ever have a woman pres ident, there is no just reason to sup pose that her message to congress will be mostly postscript. A study of the mikado’s new poem tends to confirm the suspicion that it is designated to be read to the enemy in moments of great crisis. A Japanese man is advertising in the Washington papers for a situation. He can probably get one, without much trouble, by going home. If Mrs. Chadwick had tried her confidence game on Hetty Green, there would have been a warm time, but no money would have passed. While the coreless apple may fill a long-felt want, what we really need ia one that has a barb-wire entangle ment against the industrious worm. Tha Sun proudly refers to New York as “the Babylon and Bagdad of the Wes,.” Is it the Sidon and Tyre and the Ssylia and Charybdis of the West? May Yohe explains her New York trip by saying that she just came for some more money. Thought it might be some more reputation she was af ter. And now the porte has yielded to an American ultimatum. The sultan has got so now that he can yield grace fully to an ultimatum in almost any language. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la, cut a very poor figure in comparison with the high-priced buds that bloom all the year round in hot houses. A French scientist declares that dys pepsia can be cured by smiling. He neglects, however, to explain how dys peptics may succeed in getting them selves to smile. We don’t see anything strange in the story of the Ohio convict who for feited his parole and lost his liberty by getting married. Men who are not convicts do that. Physicians say that hiccoughs will not attack any one who keeps the tongue constantly moving, but only a mean man, reading this aloud, will congratulate his wife. If John Barrett has to pay $13 apiece for shirts in Panama, allow your imagination to dwell for a mo ment on the probable price of a shirt that would fit Secretary Taft. Speaking of the irony of fate, don’t overlook the case of William Sharp, a descendant of the Pequot Indians, who has been fined for mutilating a tree at Orange, Conn. Injun, spare that tree! A New York policeman recently made $200,000 speculating in real estate. He should be advised to watch out for targe, flashy-looking women who approach with notes from Andrew Carnegie. * Poker, according to the decision of a German court, is not a game of chaftce. Many a sympathetic Ameri can who sits up occasionally with a sick friend and goes home with empty pockets will he inclined to agree with ] this dictum. Young Mr. Tiffany of New York de clares that he will have to seek charity if the court keeps on refusing to let him have more of his father’s estate. Of course the dear young man couldn’t think of working a little now and then to help himself out. Fining an umbrella thief $75 may seem at first sight a severe penalty, but think of the millions of previous criminals cf this sort that have gone unpunished. Viewed as a concrete expression of the accumulated ind.g nation of ages it was paltry and fee ble in the extreme. The man who exploited the manu facture of "fancy brands” of cigar ettes in this country has just died in Massachusetts. If he has gone the way his cigarettes went, we are cer tainly sorry tor him.’ Heart of the Fire. From the heart of the lire do.rss the vision rise. It is good to sit in the after-glow. While some one's hand in your big one lies And nobody there to know. Ah, golden gleaming its many towers, The palace ye build, ye twain! — Where two shall dwell thro’ the lovelit hours In a golden castle in Spain. Who is it laughs In the dusk behind? Who luiks in the shadows there? Will the years that are coming to yo» be kind And the end of the dream be fair? Ah. boy and gill, who the lovelit eyes! Will the faith and the love remain When only a crumbling ruin lies— Your fallen castle in Spain? TP(pl§(Bn(C ff I/anraF (Copyright. 1904, by Daily Stoiy Pub. Co.) Lattis sat directly in front of the wide window and looked with pensive eyes out across the fair expanse of meadow. Her pretty lips drooped daintily at the corners and now and then a quiver swept over them. Scarcely a single sound broke the sum mer stillness, and this served to in tensify the girKs thoughtful mood. Be- | fore her in swift panoramic review passed the little commonplace events of her life. There was not a thing above the ordinary nor even below, in fact, nothing worthy to remember or forget. But now of late a change had come. A new sense of dissatisfaction, a queer feeling of loneliness was steal ing into her being and a longing dan gerously near a passion filled her heart. She was too young and inex perienced to analyze the cause of this revolution. Impatiently she tossed the bit of embroidery aside and arose. “Mr. Duram,” she gasped as she faced a man who stood back of her chair. “What ever were you thinking so deeply of, little one?” he asked, with a smile. “I don’t know’,’’ she spoke gravely; “I am feeling gloomy in spite of such beautiful weather. I believe I am growing dissatisfied and just a little lonely.” Her voice sank to a whisper. Then her sunny head dropped into her hands on the arm of the deep chair. The man made a movement as if to draw nearer, but he controlled him self and settled back to his former po sition. “Lhttis,” his voice was unsteady with emotion, “come into the garden; you must be sad. It hurts me—it hurts me.” Then his hand w’ent out to her. She raised her head suddenly and met his look. Involuntarily her hand went to her heart, a burning blush flew to her cheek and mounted to her very hair and receding left her white to the lips. Like a burst of glorious, blinding light the truth came to her. She snatched her hand from his, sprang up and took a few steps back. Then she heard his dear voice: “I love you! I love you better than my soul.” ■ Tlie girl's whole being responded to his declaration; there was a delight in his caress that swept all else from her. Love took possession of her so completely the whole world seemed to lay within this one man. “Sweetheart,” he whispered, “will you come with me at once? Will you trust me, dear, and come—now?” “Now?” she asked tremulously. “We can be married here to-morrow. I love the place and I should like to spend the happiest time of my life here.” “I cannot marry you,” the words dropped harshly from his trembling lips. The girl sprang from him and drew herselt to her full height proud ly. “Aud you dared to love me!” burst in an angry passion from her. “You have won the one love of my life, you have taken my heart and beat it cruel ly, but you cannot trample it into the dust. I will not let you, I will not!” “Lattis,” he answered, stung to the quick, “I have meant no wrong. God Sat directly in front of the window. knows I love and honor you above all else in the world, and because of my love I cannot leave you so—dear, dear—look at me.” The girl looked up. “I forgive you,” she said simply. “And I may come again?” he asked numbly. She did not answer, but stood in the shadow with averted face. The man hesitated and his heart, told him how completely at his mercy this trem bling girl was, and yet—he loved her and his whole self cried out, “Lattis, Lattis!” A timid touch aroused him and two soft lips whispered in his ear, “Stay.” Then because of his si lence Bhe drew back and cried with abandon, "God, what have I done?” The mao crossed to the door and went out without a single backward glance, nor did he utter one word, though he heard the girl’s dry. heart breaking sobs Late that night Lattis rose from her couch .where she had been lying tossing and sleepless, threw on a loose gown and dropped into a chair before her open window. The brilliant moonlight shone into her room. Sud denly from out the shadow on the veranda a form appeared and before she could move or cry, kneeled be side her and clasped her close. “Lattis,” a voice she knew well whispered. “Lattis, I have come, dearest; I have come-” “Jack, you must go—I want you to “If you love me, go, go.” go—my heart is breaking. If you love me, go, go.” “You don’t love me.” He used man's old reproach, the subtle weapon a man always uses to win the woman he covets or loves. “I do, dear, and you know it. And because I do not want to hate you, I bid you leave me at once.” This was not the logic he expected, and it startled him a little. Then all his manhood uprose. “Lattis, you are a queen; your heart is the purest in the world. Because I love you in the best way a man can love. I will go. Good-by—dear-” his voice broke into a sob. He pressed his hot lips to her hand and went quietly away. HOW TO KEEP YOUNG. Growing Old Is Largely a Habit of Mind, Says Writer. How old are you? The adage says that women are as old as they look and men as old as they feel. That's wrong, says a writer in the New York Times. A man and woman are as old as they take themselves to be. Growing old is largely a habit of the mind. “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” If he begins shortly after middle age to imagine himself growing old he will be old. To keep one’s self from decrepitude is somewhat a matter of will power. The fates are kind to the man who hangs on to life with both hands. He who lets go will go. Death is slow only to tackle the tenacious. Ponce de Leon searched the wrong place for the fountain of youth. It is in one’s self. One must keep one’s self young inside. So that, while “the outer man perisheth, the inner man is renewed day by day.” When the human mind ceases to exert itself, when there is no longer an active interest in the affairs of this life, when the human stops reading and thinking and doing, the man, like a blasted tree, begins to die at the top. You are as old as you think you are. Keep the harness on. Your job is not done. It Was Good Advice. The man laughed uproariously. “I’m a pretty healthy looking specimen, am I not, doctor?” he asked. “You certainly are,” answered the physician. “Well, ten years ago you told me to prepare for death.” “Did I?” “You did.” “Well, I see no reason to be hilari ous about it. That’s good advice at any time, isn't it?” "Yes, but-” “Doesn’t your preacher give you the same advice?” “Of course, but you see-” “Well, why don’t you go and laugh at him? I did only my duty by you, and from what I know of you, I would say that I can’t think of any one who has more extended preparations to make. Good day, sir.” “Sometimes,” mused the man as he , went out, “it is easy to make a point and difficult to clinch it.” Japanese Loan. The new Japanese loan was the first international loan ever placed in Lon don, New York and San Francisco jointly. In the last named city the Nevada National bank managed it The San Francisco newspapers ex press pride at being published as one of the “three great financial jtrters of the adobe.” IN SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Two Are Becoming Powerful Civil ized Nations, Says Writer. For eighty years the South Ameri can republics have worked out in strife, tyranny and anarchy the fate imposed upon them by the premature assumption of rule by peoples unpre pared for such responsibility, says a writer in the London Chronicle, and out of the welter of dishonesty and violence there are now emerging at least two powerful civilized nations which will lead the way to peace and prosperity that even Venezuela, the least reputable of them all, must fin ally follow. Chile and the Argentine Republic, the former with its immense seaboard and varied climate, the latter with its Fuego to the torrid zone, have appar ently done with revolutions, and are advancing with great strides. Bolivia, cooped up in the Andes and deprived of her only port, holds with in her rocky bounds wealth beyond the dreams of Ophir, yet inaccessible for want of roads; Colombia, with its vast Cauca valley of fertility unimag inable, and its mineral resources fabu lous in their extent; Brazil, with its thousands of miles of unexplored hin terlands of forests and waterways; Peru, with its Inca mine still unex hausted—these may all be richer than Argentina and Chile in the wealth that comes quickly but they are for the future rather than the present, and their best hope is to win stability and security as the two leading republics are now rapidly doing. WANTED TO AIR LEARNING. Girl Had Not Coached Herself in His tory for Nothing. A member of the faculty of the University of Chicago tells of the sad case of a young woman from another state who was desirous of attaining social prominence in Chicago, says Harper’s Weekly. Soon after her arrival there she made the acquaintance of a student at the university, to whom she took a great fancy. Evidently it was at this time that she realized for the first time her early education had been neglect ed, for she said to a friend: “I suppose that, as he is a college man, I’ll have to be awful careful what I say. What’ll I talk about to him?’ The friend suggested history as a safe topic. To her friend’s astonish ment, she took the advice seriously, and shortly commenced in earnest to “bone up” in English history. When the young man called the girl listened for some time with ill-conceal ed impatience to his talk of football, outdoor meets, dances, etc., but finally she decided to take the matter in her own hands. She had not done all that reading for nothing; so, a pause in the conversation affording the desired op portunity, she suddenly exclaimed, with considerable vivacity: “Wasn’t it awful about Mary Queen of Scots?” “Why, what’s the matter?” stam mered the student, confused. “My gracious!” almost yelled the girl; “did’nt you know? Why, the poor thing had her head cut off!” The Groom’s Argument. The late ex-Senator Ransom ol North Carolina was in early life a famous planter. His plantation was a model one, and frc-m all over the state visitors came to inspect it. After the war he reduced his plant ing operations considerably, but he still kept up a handsome estate. He would often talk of the dissatisfac tion of the reconstruction period and of the naive views about salary that the freedmen of the time held. “In my stable, for instance,” he once said, “I employed a skilled coachman and an unskilled groom. To the coach man, of course, I paid the larger wages. The groom, as soon as he found this out, complained to me about it. “ ‘What for,’ he said, ‘do you pay Henry more than me, sir?’ “ ‘Because,’ I answered, ‘Henry is a skilled, experienced hand.’ “ ‘But then the work,’ said the groom, ‘should come to him a good deal easier than it does to me.’ ”— Kansas City Journal. What’s in a Name. Representative Olmsted of Penn sylvania, says that old Dr. Levi Bull was a clergyman of the Episcopal faith and lived in Chester county, his state, not many years ago. The good old doctor was called upon to bap tise a child, the offspring of a family with the surname of Frog. Without any preliminary observations the father and mother were called to the front at the end of the second part or lesson of the service. “Name this child,” said the doe tor. “We name it after you, sir,” said the mother, as she handed the baby to the doctor. “Oh, but you named the last after me. It was was christened Levi,” said the minister. “Well, doctor, call this one after your t’other name.” And the minister did, christening it Bull, and the youngster went forth with the cognomen of Bull Frog.— Boston Herald. The Doo’# Cold Nose. When Noah, perceiving ’twas time to em bark Desired the Creatures to enter the Ark, The Dog with a friendliness truly sub llme Assisted in herding them. Two at a time He drove in the Elephants, Zebras and Gnus . . Until they were packed like a boxful of screw's— The Cat in the cupboard, the Mouse on the shelf. . . , The Bug in the crack. Then he backed in himself; But such was the lack of available space He couldn’t tuck all of him into the place; And so. though the rivers rushed over the plain And down from the heavens fell blan kets of rain. He stood with his muzzle thrust out through the door The whole 40 days of that terrible pour! Because of which drenching, the Sages unfold, The nose of a healthy Dog always Is cold. —Arthur Guiterman, in New York Times. Invalidates County Vote. The county clerk of Glenn county, California, invalidated the whole vote of the county by accidentally trans posing the names of the Republican and Democratic candidates on the bal lots. But it is not likely that any action will be taken, as throwing ont the vote would make no change in the results of the election. Caprice in Trimming. Those who are always on the look out for new trimmings should learn to make “cretes.” To make a crete take % frill of silk and scallop both edges. Now shirr it a little way from the edge, until the frill is moderately full, and set it upon the skirt. This will make the edges stand out like narrow ruffles, each side of a full puff. And there are different ways of mak ing cretes. They take silk and cut it in strips and double it. Both edges are now pinked or frilled, freyed, or scalloped. The frill is now shirred over a narrow cording and the cord is pulled until the frill is just full enough. It is sewed on the skirt or the waist upside down, so that the edges will stand out in the smartest imaginable fashion. Light Blue Silk Waist. Blouse of pale blue louisine, the front and back forming a plastron ornamented with fagoting. The col lar and narrow chemistte are of guipure, bordered >with a shaped band of silk and a plait ing of mousseline de soie or lace, which is wider around the neck, forming a sort of collar. A knot of - » velvet ornaments the front. The sleeves are plaited at the top and again on the outside at the bot tom, where they are finished with flaring fagoted cuffs and plaitings of mousseline de soie or lace. The girdle of the silk is ornamented in front with knots of velvet. Waterfall for St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is looking for a waterfall, and has been so looking for more than twenty years. Its object is to find a fall capable of furnishing sufficient power to supply St. Peters burg with electricity. Hitherto the most suitable for this purpose appear ed to be a cataract in Finland, which it was proposed to utilize for the working of an electric railway. Fur ther researches, however, have result ed in the discovery of the Kirimemi waterfall on the river Voksen, forty six miles from St. Petersburg, with energy equivalent to 25,000 horse power. This waterfall is forty-five miles closer to the Russian metropo lis than tnat in Finland, and is offered for sale at a considerably less price. Unless the difficulties of conveying the current prove insuperable, the Kirimemi waterfall will be purchased. _ Whitish-Green Chiffon. A charming dress for a girl who is to help receive wuh one of next week's debutantes is of pale whitish-green chiffon, its plaited skirt trimmed at bottom with two noops of waved and knotted green ribbon. Its bloused bodice has a lace bertha and is dainti ly garnished with ribbon knots. There is a tiny chemisette of white guipure. Every saucepan that has been used and is finished with should be filled with cold water and put on the stove to boil out. Ebonize old or unpainted furniture, j especially chairs or library tables, by I rubbing in a mixture of lamp-black and turpentine. To clean nickel scour with pulver ized borax, use hot water and very little soap. Rinse in hot water and rub dry with clean cloth. To cut fresh bread easily and neat ly heat the blade of the breadknife by laying first one side and then the other across the hot range. Always buy an extra yard of stair carpeting, folding it under at each end ao the carpet can be moved to equal ize the wear over the edge of the step's. Buttermilk is excellent for cleaning sponges. Steep the sponge in milk for some hours, then squeeze it out and wash it in cold water. Lemon fuice Is also good. Fancy Shirt Waist. Blouse of light weight wool shirred along tne snouiaers and made with box plaits, the lat ter trimmed with soutache and mo tifs of passemen terie. The full sleeves have deep cuffs trimmed with the soutache and mo tifs and finished with lace and wrist ruffles. The standing collar is of lace. For Travel or Driving. In describing coats the field is so wide that it is not possible to cover the whole ground. One style seems to be almost indispensable, and that is a long, fur-lined tweed or cloth coat. Such a coat is a wrap par ex cellence for driving, motoring or rail way travel. The mode has no rival so far as comfortable knock about and comprehensive wear is concerned. One example of a coat of this description is made of light gray tweed, and is lined throughout with squirrel lock, handsomely adorned exteriorly with a huge roll collar and revere of gray Persian lamb. The Season’s Fura, Numerous faddish furs have been in troduced this season, and are enjoying their meed of favor. The skin of the babr rail is one of these. It is in* variably rigidly tailored into flat muffs and small scarfs, to be worn with me trim walking suits. Sometimes one sees smart little “bubbling” coats of yetta, often trimmed with leather. And again one sees this reversed, and the coat of the leather with trimmings of the yetta. Pony skin is also developed into long and loose auto coats, and for very coldest weather rather shapeless af fairs in bear are appearing. Moleskin is losing ground this win ter. The furriers discourse its use because of the very great amount of labor required in its fashioning. They claim the prices they can obtain for mole garments do not cover the great labor of sewing these tiny skins. Then, too, the mole, like uie broadtail, is a very thin skin and easily torn, and garments of it are far from service able. Dress Wrinkle. The newest wrinkle in dress is the sleeveless jacket. It would be a bo lero if it were of a little different: shape. It is made exactly like a little tight fitting coat, except that it has no sleeves. Its material is something pretty, usually a brocaded silk, and it is abundantly trimmed, making a gar ment of a great deal of elegance. From the bolero to the sleeveless jacket is, indeed, only a step. The bo lero in all its forms is well known. And the sleeveless jacket will soon be. It opens up such a fine possibility for pretty vogues that modistes are rushing into it headlong and are spending a great deal of money upon it. It has taken the fashionable world quite by storm. The skirt to wear with such a coat as this must match the waist and thus a very handsome costume is made, a dressy thing for any occasion. In Light Taffeta. Blouse of light gray-blue taffeta plaited at the top, where it is trim med with embroid ered squares bor dered with bias bands of taffeta fastened with fan cy buttons. The front of the blouse is trimmed in the same way, and the yoke, or guimpe, is of guipure. The sleeves are plaited at the top and again below to form two puffs, and are finished with cuffs trimmed with embroidered squares, bands and buttons. The wrist ruffles are of lace or guipure. Paprika Snitzel. Cut two pounds of thick veal steak into small pieces, roll in seasoned flour, fry brown in salt pork fat. Re move the meat from the pan, add two tsblespoonfuls of flour to the remain ing fat, brown lightly, and pour in gradually the strained liquor from a pint can of tomatoes. Add a slice of onion and carrot, three bay leaves and a bit of mace, then return the meat to the sauce, cover closely and simmer three-quarters of an hour. When done, remove the meat, add a little more salt if necessary to the sauce, a large pinch of paprika and strain on the platter. (The pork fat helps to season it.) A New Dessert. What a boon to the housekeeper a new dessert is! Here is one which 1 am sure you have not tried, and once tried you are sure to have it again. It is called chocolate pears and is made by paring four pears, cut in fours, and saute in butter until i browned. Arrange In serving-dhv pour over the following sauce chill thoroughly. Cook two o*4MMMD sweet chocolate, one teaspoonHll||ilPi one and a quarter cups of milk, in double boiler five minutes, then add a teaspoon arrowroot, mixed with a quarter cup of cream and a pinch of salt, cook ten minutes. Melt one and a half tablespoonfuls of butter, add four tablespoons powdered sugar and cook stirring ronstantly until well caramelized. Add to first mixture, add half a teaspoon vanilla, and strain over pears.—Montreal Herald. Nothing brightens up a dark suit so elegantly as a white hat and a little ermine cravat. For evening wear the feathered stole has a dainty rose of a camellia fastened at the left side. A trimming fancy much seen Is the use of silver-edged straps and buttons of kid or leather. One of the new lace blouses has perfectly close plain sleeves after the fashion of ages ago. There are hats so big that they are ridiculous and others so absurdly little as to be ludicrous Silk and fur are happily combined in gowns of the new soft silk, made ornate with fur bands. So light and pretty are the mara bout hats one wonders that any w’otn an should choose heavy fur creations. Shot Silks Are Coming in. Shot silks are coming in, and are used just now on Louis XVI djnner frocks for the underskirt and cuff? and revers, the rest being brocade. 01 course all the hats are tricorne in some form or another, and on the whole are pretty and generally be coming. One form of trimming is to lay a feather across the crown, from brim to brim, and add one very long one, which trails dowrn on the back of the hair and in some cases sweeps half way around the neck. Continental Hats. The continental hat has more vogue than ever and appears with variou?^ modifications. Some of the smartest models have the under side of the rolling brim covered smoothly with black velvet. The upper side of the brim and the crown are on beaver in white or some pastel shade, and clusters of velvet roses or the rather absurd gold oi silver grapes are tucked into the brim’s indentations. Pretty Theater Waist. Blouse of light ecru crepe de chine or peau de cygne, forming a sort of boleroi gathered at tne Dottom to form a little ruffle, which is headed by a puffed band of the material, through which golden brown vel vet ribbon is run, the latter knotted in front. The bolero is also gathered at the top where it is trim med with puffed bands of the material and bands of lace insertion. The puffed bands border the fronts forming scrolls over the blouse, which is of ecru lace, as is also the yoke. The sleeves are made and trimmed to correspond. HANDSOME TOILETS IN BROWN. The first is of brown cloth trimmed with bands and motifs of brown crushed velvet or plush, and with braid. This trimming encircles the skirt and forms the yoke of the blouse, which fastens a little on one side with gold buttons. The turnover collar is of the cloth embroidered in green and brown, and the standing collar is of white cloth or silk, also embroidered in green and brown. The basque is attached under the vel vet girdle, the latter fastened in front with a gold buckle. The leg-of-mutton sleeves are trimmed at the bottom to correspond with the rest of the gown. The other gown is of brown panne. The skirt is shirred at the top, except in front, where it forms two box plaits. It is finished at the bot tom with two flounces, set one on the other, and headed by little frills of brown taffeta or satin. The draped fronts of the bodice cross and are bor dered with bias bands of the panne ornamented with embroidered buttons. The yoke is of cream lace and the shoulder collar is of cream lace and brown silk lace. The puffed sleeves are shirred along the outside and or namented at the top with little frills of silk or satin. They are finished at the elbows with frills of chiffon and lace. The folded girdle ia of the panne. _