Loop City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. Jupiter is said to have another moon. Hope it isn't “full! ” King Peter is said to be losing his mind. Might be worse—might be his crown. A New* York man says he has lost $20,000 at pinochle. Must have lost a heap of time, too. A New York germ expert holds bank notes responsible for much disease. Our own health is good. No royal family has ever yet found an umbrella that was a perfect pro tection in a reign of terror. London dispatches say “Ball dresses are very low in the back," but they are still very high on the bill. Sir Thomas Lipton is to build three yachts for the next cup race. Three is supposed to be a lucky number. If you think of writing a letter that you will want burned when read by the intended recipient, don't write it. Xiver say annything unnicissary un less ut's something koind. An' if ut’s koind ut’s nieissary.—Baltimore Amer ican. Gen. Funston says dejectedly. “There's nothing new in anything.” Funston should quit reading maga zines. The New York Press discusses the origin of the honeymoon, and for once in its life is not very angry in large black type. The queen ant of a colony some times lays eggs at the rate of 80,000 a day. It is a great pity that there are not queen hens. A California astronomer has found another moon for Jupiter, which the latter may have if he will call and identify his property. Scotland has Kansas beaten. Alex ander Wilkie, of Upper Craigie, Perth, boasts a beard more than eight feet long. It is still growing. A judicious baking of your old and ragged paper money might destroy the microbes. There are reasons why it wouldn't do to boil it. Lillian Russell is lecturing on beau ty in New York. Some of her dis carded husbands are said to regard her as a regular "bute,” indeed. Even now that it has been shown that paper bills carry many germs, while dimes and nickels have few, some people will persist in preferring the bills. The news that Chicago is trying to revise “Now I lay me," with a view 10 its improvement, will astonish peo ple who hadn't supposed that Chicago ever knew it. J. P. Morgan is going to cruise in the Mediterranenan. It is a good deal of a relic, and Mr. Morgan, hav ing a taste for such things, may de cide to buy it. Miss Mary Anabelle Fanton says a woman can thoroughly enjoy her house-cleaning if she goes at it right. This doesn't appear to help the man of the house any. Isn't the fashion editor mistaken in saying that leaf green is one of the newest shades for gowns? Our un derstanding is that Mother Eve wore that shade exclusively. A man defends a suit for separate maintenance brought by his wife on the ground that she “held hands” while playing cards. But what else would she hold at such a game? The Boston Herald reports the re cent production of a comic opera “without horse play or a topical song.” We earnestly recommend that a Car negie medal be forwarded to the pro ducer. News dbmes from Madrid that King Alfonso himself is in no hurry to get married and thinks that two years from now will be plenty soon enough. This must be discouraging to the fair candidates. Cupid Hoch frankly admits that he married for money. What the Mrs. Hoch aggregation married him for is a mystery. As Hoch is as homely as a gargoyle it must have been his winning ways. A Chicago man threatens to go into court for the purpose of having twins condemned as public nuisances. If Fate has any irony still on hand she should condemn him to become the father of triplets. A New York surgeon the other day operated on the wrong woman. He might have explained to the students before whom the operation was per formed that no harm had been done, as he had had the practice and the students had seen him perrorm. An American girl has refused to be come the bride of a titled foreigner. She is a relative of the Vanderbilts and an heiress. In the absence of full particilars we are unable to de cide whether this is a miracle or the result of a wild desire for notoriety. Did Napoleon smoke? is a question agitating some large minds in New England. The answer of some of the Puritans who still inhabit that section Is that if he did not smoke a century ago he is doing it now. Still, those who smoke here will not smoke here after—and vice versa. The Atlanta Journal, in discussing the simple life, declares that no man can live the simple life of bird and beast. Even Pastor Wagner himseli was not so simple that he could not keep one eye on the box office. HAD TO GIVE UP. Suffered Agonies from Kidney Disor ders Until Cured by Doan’s Kidney Pills. Georpe W. Renoff, of 1951 North 11th St., Phila delphia, Pa., a man of good rep utation and standing, writes: “Five years ago I was suffering so with my back and kidneys that I often had to lay off. The kidney secretions were unnatural, m y legs and stomach were swollen, ana | I had no appetite. When doctor? (ailed to help me I began using Doan’s Kidney Pills and improved until my back was strong and my appetite re j turned. During the four years since ; I stopped using them I have enjoyed excellent health. The cure was per ; Eanent.” (Signed) George W. Renoff. A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster I Wilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cenla. Warsaw a Milk Town. The town of Warsaw may be called the milk producers’ Eden, although the milk consumers’ Eden it certainly ! is not. There is probably nowhere j such a “milk town” as this. Restau ■ rants are little frequented. On the j other hand, the public frequent the i various diaries in great numbers in | oraer to chat with friends or read the newspapers; to the accompaniment of a black or white coffee or a glass of cold or warm milk. Retort Courteous. Sandy McNab was boastful of his ancestors and of the noble connec tions of his family. A tourist who was spending a week in the village where Sandy lived met that individual driv ing a pig. “Hullo,( Sandy,” said the visitor. “Is this one of your noble re lations?” “Na, na. sir,” was Sandy's ; reply. “She’s no relation at all, she's j shust an acquaintance like yersel’.” Lives of Men and Women. No man, even the most wretched, would change with any woman, even the most fortunate. And this is not i an illusion. He is instinctively right. He gets more out of life. He knows j this, and it helps him to bear much : without complaint.—Referee. Simple Cosmetic. In the days of our grandmothers, the panacea for all complexion ills i was the application of decoction made from soaking wild tansy in but termilk, an extremely innocent and ! effective costmetic. Found at Last. Alston, Mich., March 13 th.— (Spe cial.)—After suffering for twenty years from Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles, and spending a fortune in doctors and medicines that brought him no relief, Mr. James Culet of this place has found a complete cure for all his aches, pains and weakness, in Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Naturally Mr. Culet feels much elat ed over his cure and gives great credit to the remedy that gave him health. “Yes,” Mr. Culet says, “my rheuma tism and Kidney Troubles are all gone and I feel like a new man. Dodd's Kidney Pills did it. Before I used them I spent a small fortune j on doctors and one remedy and anoth er. I cheerfully recommend Dodd’s Kidney Pills to anyone suffering from Rheumatism or Kidney Trouble.” Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure sick kidneys. Healthy kidneys take all the uric acid—the cause of Rheu matism—out of the blood. That’s why Dodd's Kidney Pill3 always cure Rheumatism. World's Silver Supply. Mexico and the United States to gether furnish about 72 per cent of the silver output of the world. Brit ish India, Straits Settlements and China take nearly two-thirds of the total in a good year. We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain uuty of each of us is to make the lit tie corner he can influence somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.—Huxley. The world generally gives its ad miration, not to the man who does what nobody else ever attempts to do, but to the man who does best what multitudes do well.—Lord Macaulay. There is one thing will warm up the man who preaches in an ice box, and that is to see people looking for a more genial climate.—Henry F. Cope in Chicago Tribune. You may have observed that certain people who believe in saying only some are said to be lucky because they have good sense. There is no stage of life in which we are safe; the young are impetu ous, the middle-aged stubborn, the old weak—all dangerous.—Bishop Hall. Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persoas.—Ruskin. We have all heard of wolves In sheep’s clothing, but the wolf at the door generally comes disguised as a bill collector. When a woman talks a great deal about a certain man she wants others to think that it is purely a case of ac cident. The very art of life, so far as I have been able to observe, consists in forti tud and perseverance.—Walter Scott. Probably the undertaker looks sol emn at a funeral because he is afraid he will not get his money. Blessed is he who puts a line of wisdom in a line of type. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption has an equal tor coughs and colds.—Johs- P, j Boyek, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,190(1 ] Think long and preach short. In Choosing Hats. If a woman has sharp or decidedly prominent features let her avoid hats that are set back or off the face. Such a woman should wear a hat brought well forward, and hair should be as fluffy as possible, and a becoming veil will do wonders. Sharp outlines in hats should also be avoided by her. Lace edges and indented trims are good. If the features are irregular, a hat with the brim crushed here and there is usually a suitable setting. The woman with a prominent nose has much to contend with. Her hats should avoid severeness in outline and should be set well forward, so that the prominent feature will appear a little less in size. On the other hand the woman with a small or flat nose should not wear a hat that projects sufficiently to make the nose appear even more insignificant, nor a large hat that dwarfs it. A hat under medium in size, and with small flowers or short tips, or rows of moderate size should be worn. With a small face and features huge picture hats should never be worn, even if the figure be tall and slight enough to carry them. Idea in Gown Decoration. A black jetted net gown has the up per part of the bodice and the lower part of the sleeves of white lace em broidered with chiffon flowers in pink To agree with this is a corsage belt deeply pointed in front and with long full ends falling at the back, all in shaded pink chiffon. If the gown is not altogether to be desired in itself there is an idea in it. Visiting Toilette. Keseda green elotli with trimmings of green velvet and green braid. Vogue of the Bolero. The smartest dressmakers and tail ors assert that the bolero is designed to take the place of the very long coat which was so much in vogue last sea son However, few’ women still cling to the long semi-fitting coats, blouse coats and loose house coats with vests, belts and short basques. Heavy hand embroidery, openwork inset combined with raised embroidery, with an added outlining of soutache linen braid, are fancies of the mo ment. Separate Waists. The separate waist holds a place of honor in the early showings of the specialty shops. There is nothing to take the place of the dainty white waist as the “dominant third” of the three-piece suit. Fashion has failed to fill its place with the waist of lace or chiffon or crepe de chine exactly matching the color of the suit. The lingerie w’aist is preferred to that of silk or satin. It is a lingerie waist that differs markedly from its pre decessors of last season. It shows far less fullness and has scarcely a sug gestion of blousiness. The woman of full figure wears her blouse drawn down into the belt or girdle quite trimly, while she of more girlish lines has its scant fullness shirred into the belt in a manner that suggests grace ful curves without the appearance of bagginess that all slim sisters adopt ed a season or so ago. The finest of handkerchief linens is chosen to fashion these delightful lingerie blouses. 1 “Lady Bug” Costume. Quite unusual and capable of pleas ing development is the “lady bug” costume. The sharp-tailed jacket is of turkey red cotton and the skirt box plaited, both being decorated with lady bugs cut out of black glazed pa per and pasted on. The bonnet should be of sage green, with an over lap of stiff white material. If desir ed the head covering could be omitted and foliage arranged as a substitute. Important Point. An important point which the home diessmaker must learn is not to de pend too closely on her pattern. A professional dressmaker,' as a rule, builds her garment from a well-fitting lining, but trims and drapes and adds the accessories without any aid but her own ingenuity. The amateur usu ally buys a pattern, and is afraid to altar it by so much as a hair’s breadth for fear the result will not be satis factory. This fear of being original Is what makes so many garments have the “home made” look, and it should be combatted by the worker trying her hand at making a garment after her own ideas, using at first some cheap material easy to handle, which, if it is spoiled, will count fo: just so much experience gained, in stead of being a total loss. Money will be saved in the purchase of prt terns. and the worker will soon fl . l that by following out her own ideas she will save likewise on material and on time. One home dressmaker bought a nine-gored skirt pattern last spring and several skirts of different styles wrere evolved from that founda tion. In one. the second and fourth gores were cut, off at the knee and a box plait of the goods inserted, with a pretty finish of embroidery where the gore and the box plait met. In ar other the same two gores were cut off about ten inches below the band, and a gathered panel with a heading was added, the panel being gathered several times across. Bureau and table scarfs in broderie anglaise are the latest fancy in deco rative household linen. Always have a place for brooms and feather dusters and brushes where they are protected from the dust. Lemons can be kept almost indefin itely under glass that :s light and air tight. Set one under a goblet ana see. Very scanty fullness is the rule now for all window or door hangings ami none at all for front door and vestibule panels. To wash anything that is greasy use hot soda water. The alkali turns the grease into soap, which will do its own cleansing. Half a lemon placed in the ‘water in which dish towels and kitchen cloths are soaked is said to sweeten them wonderfully. One of the most soothing applica tions for a fresh burn is raw potato scraped or grated and hound like a poultice on the injured surface. Shirt V/aists for the Season. The shirt waist, neatest of all gar ments, is tending back to first princi ples. The smartest practical styles for spring call again for the rather mannish cut once exacted, and with this men’s shirtings are largely used. Striped and figured linens and chev iots and percales are selected at the masculine haberdasher’s, and there made up or turned over to private shirt makers of undisputed talent. These very trim and stylishly sirn “ pie shirts are almost as devoid of or nament as the masculine garment. A limited number of wide tucks show at the fronts of many, holding these taut and fiat to the waist. The hacks are mainly plain; sleeves are small, rath er skimp than generous as to length, and are finished with stiff cuffs. The collar is* an important and dainty feature. Many stiff linen col lars are worn, with ties of silk in the color of the shirt pattern, but the neatest neck fixing is a straight stock of white pique with a narrow tie in the shirt material. Novelty in Veilings. A charming veiling novelty is of chiffon imprime, or printed chiffon (although the shop girls all call it by the first name, giving it the English spelling value), in which the ground is a very sheer but firm chiffon, and the printing of floral sprays and de signs is so cleverly managed that both sides are exactly alike. Some of them are finished with a plain chiffon bor der. hemstitched to the printed goods, while others make use of ribbons— plain, fluted, crimped and plaited— with the most novel effect. The girl with the long and slender features can indulge in the voluminous finish to her veil, but she of the round, plump face will find that the plain border is far more becoming. P)oudoir fMSon iidences Wear a colored girdle and a hair net of the same shade with your white gown. Robe gowns of braided canvas will be smart for spring wear, and very choice are of the models shown. One of those long close coats of heavy lace will be a necessary item in the up to date wardrobe. Pretty blouses in navy blue and other dark silks have the yokes inset with lace dyed to match. French printed challis come in the brownish * yellows that characterize many of the thin fabrics, scattered with quaint little floral sprigs. SIMPLE AND FUSSY PHASES OF THE ODD BODICE Harmony Shown in Antiques. When a woman of to-day essays n gown of a certain epoch the jewelry worn with it must he in harmony— belts, clasps and all the accessories correct to a letter; otherwise the toil et is not deemed a success. To meet this demand gems must needs be re set almost every season. The new art jewelry, which was invented by the celebrated Salique. beautiful as many of its examples undoubtedly are, has been so copied in cheap effects that, except in rare instances, new art jew els are not considered chic. The suc cessful imitation of handsome jewelry is responsible for the craze for real antiques. Nice Tart Paste. For these tarts take one pint pastry flour, small cup lard, teaspoonful sugar, half one salt, white of one egg and three tablespoonsfuls cold water. Do not have it too soft, just right to roll out. Roll about haif inch thick, cut with a doughnut cutter and put one side. Roll out the little centers left from inside thin, put on baking pan, wet rims and lay the thick, round tart shells on them, rub white of at. egg over them before putting in oven, and bake quick. If too slow, they will be tough. Now. if you want a pretty fancy dish, roll thin rounds to fit the tops of tarts, and cut out four rounds with a thimble in form of a diamond. When filled with jell put the tops on and see how nice they look. Visiting Toilette. Black velvet anil white* guipure cloth. White cloth vest. -- Styles in Linen Skirts. Many of the newest skirts in linei. have yokes with box plaits or stitch ed tucks falling from them. The skirts of linen gowns. ev£n in the most elaborate type, clear the ground, are are fitted about the hips, but whether long or short they are all fitted at the bottom. Plaited skirts of all kinds are very fashionable. It will be valuable to remember that all linens and trimmings for linen gowns should be laundered before they are made up. If not the cos tume will be practically useless after the first washing. Smart Walking Skirt. A smart walking skirt is fashioned in blue cheviot in ten gores, each gore showing a narrow piping of blue vel vet. Two bands of the velvet finish the skirt, which are of the continus strap variety, overlapping in points at every gore and finished with a large blue velvet covered button. There is a coat to match, coming to the hip line and loose fitting, with narrow panel seams back and front to match the skirt. How to Make Buttonholes. In making buttonholes, if the mate rial is of the sort which frays easily like the voile so much used now. first mark the buttonhole, then before cut ting the cloth stitch it about on the sewing machine, and cut between the two rows of stitching. This not only makes a firm foundation for the em broidery, but effectually prevents the material from “frazzling.” Brown Silk Stockings. In silk stockings in brown, the much worn color of the season, none are prettier than those embroidered in a self-tone. "QUAIL” NOT ON TOAST, Englishman's Order Served in Stylo cf the West. Gerald Lowther, the brother of the Earl of Lonsdale, who is to many Miss Alice Bright, an American girl, was some years ago connected with the British embassy in Washington. Mr. Lowther has traveled over America very thoroughly, and in Lon don he is noted for his knowledge of American manners and customs. At a London dinner party the res taurant waiter was being discussed and Mr. Lowther said: “You should see the woolly waiter of the West, the waiter of Dead Gulch, of Busted Boom, of Snake, and of a hundred other American mining towns. “The woolly waiter serves you in his shirt sleeves, with a cigar in his mouth. One day an Englishman or dered quail of such a person. “•Quail?’ said the waiter. “All right, friend, quail it is. Quail goes.’ “And he disappeared in the kitchen and in a moment returned with a dish of pig’s feet. “‘What’s this?’ said the English man. -I ordered quail.’ “ ‘Well,’ said the waiter, ‘ye’ve got quail.’ “ ‘But quail's a bird,' the English man exclaimed. “The barrel of the waiter's revolver gieamed as he said in a low, tense voice: “ ‘Net here.’ ” CORBETT A MARATHON RACER So Says John L. Sullivan. Who Wit nessed Jim’s Longest Run. According to John L. Sullivan, the former champion. Thomas J. Hicks does not hoid the record for Marathon runs. Suiiivan claims that James J. Cor bett holds this honor, and that he won the right to the title when lie fought himself, John I^awrence, at New Orleans, on Sept. 7, 1902. “Corbett covered more than twenty five miles when he fought me,” said Sullivan, "and he went the route in faster time than Flicks. I’ll bet. j didn't hold any stop-watch on him. for I was engaged otherwise. I was try ing to knock his block off. “If he hadn't been able to sprint sc fast I'd have beaten him. I couldn't catch him, that was all. And I'll say this: That I can beat any man to day, bar Jeffries or Fitzsimmons, ir a match at six rounds, catch weights “I know I'm heavy just now. But I took off more than fifty pounds tc fight Corbett. I weighed far above the 250 pound mark when I started in to train for him, and I only weigher about 190 when I entered the ring. 1 don't care if the pugilistic records dt say that I weighed 212 pounds. 1 j know what I scaled, if anybody does j I wasn't much above Corbett’s weighl ! at that time.” Getting It Over With. “Miss Dasher.’’ said Mr. De Bore, as he rose to go. “may I give myself tbs pleasure of calling on you again Mon day evening?” Miss Dasher gasped, but recovered herself quickly. “No, Mr. De Bore,’ she said, sweetly. “I am very sorry but I am to join a theater party or Monday evening.” “Then may 1 come Tuesday even ing?” “Ah—er—no. T shall be out of towr on Tuesday evening.” “Then, perhaps you will be at lib erty on Wednesday evening?” “Why, really. Mr. De Bore, I—no, ' have an important engagement or Wednesday.” “Well, then how about Thursday’’ “Oh, my goodness! Come Monday!’ —Philadelphia Telegraph. Victimized. Once, nnon a splendid planet, where j billion men or more Worked for what they and their ehildrer had to eat and what they wore. There one day appeared among them one who thought it might be fine If he owned it all. and therefore he de clared: “I’ll make it mine.” So he went to work to get it, to posses? that whirling ball. And he couldn't rest a moment till a' last he had it all; It was with each improvement that his fellow men had wrought. Not a thing had he neglected, not a spec! had he forgot. But, alas, he wasn't happy, and he sat and wept alone. For the others on that planet which was his. his very own. Trespassed on his land, they also to theii S wants his goods applied. And because he couldn't stop them his poor heart broke and he died. —S. E. Kiser. Remarkable “Sam” Young. “One of the most remarkable men that ever lived in Columbia,” said Col J. S. Dorsey the other day. “was Sam Young, who was a lawyer here for twelve or fifteen years before the war He was not only a good lawyer, but one of the best actors I ever saw on the stage. He was a fine shoemaker, the best cigar-maker I ever saw and could play a violin as well as the old roasters. He could make the most ef fective temperance speech and then a few hours afterward could be drunk er than any other man In Columbia. He made an ideal prayer meeting leader and could beat every ene else in a poker game. He was the most accomplished man I ever knew.”— Columbia (Mo.) Herald. Oldest Legislator in the World. David Wark, member of the Cana dian senate from Fredericton, N. B.. v.as 101 years old on Sunday. This venerable legislator, oldest in the world beyond doubt, is enjoying good health, but has not yet attended the present session of the senate. He ex pects to go to Ottawa, however, be fore the close of the session. Senator Wark was born in Londonderry, Ire land, and came to Canada when a boy. He entered the New Brunswick leg 'slature in 1842 and was appointed *:o the Canadian senate in 1867. In politics he is a liberal and in relig ion a Presbyterian. Mrs. Fairbanks an Able Lawyer. Mrs. Fairbanks holds three collegi ite degrees. She graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university at Dela ware, Ohio, in 1872, in the same class with her husband. |3he at once began ;he study of law, also with her hus oand as a classmate. She received • he degree of bachelor of laws and ifterward took a full course of inter national and parliamentary law. Pur* xg the infancy of her children Mrs. Fairbanks studied medicine. Owns Costly Book. The Duke of Devonshire possesses, ts an heirloom. Claude Lorraine's ‘Book of Truth,” which is said to he one of the rarest and most variable volumes in Europe. It Is worth six times as much as the “Mazarin"' Bible, the most costly book that the British Museum can boast. The former Duk* refused an offer of flOQ.OOO for it. _* Frightful Capacity. My little sister Marion, when four years old, was feeding some greedy hens in the back yard one day at noon. She was called to dinner, and, on taking her chair at the table, ex claimed: ‘‘Oh. mamma, I'm as hungry as a chicken with a hundred tongues.’* Comments on the Wildcat. A wildcat was caught in a trap in Rosshire, Scotland, recently, and is i to he carefully stuffed and preserved. The Westminster Gazette says a wild j cat is ‘‘beautifully remarked." and ! adds that “it is more dangerous for ! game or man than the fox.” Duck is Natural Surgeon. A hunter who lives at. Kustrin Ger many. shot and wounded a wild die It. •When he cent -» THE. 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