Loup City Northwestern * - J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, . - NEBRASKA. That machine that stretches a short man offers nothing to the man who is “short.” A Tennessee woman ate a $50 bill. That was a good way to keep from spending it. Lightning struck a baseball game in Troy the other day, but as usual, the umpire escaped. “We demand suffrage,” says the zemstvos. “Well, suffer and be blanked,” say the autocrats. The king of the Belgians is hunting for a wife. Here is a chance for an American heiress to buy a queenship. A Pennsylvania club has admitted a horse to membership. That’s noth ing; there are asses in almost every club. The Philadelphia sheep that butted its benefactor is supposed to have es caped from Wall street after the shearing. The boys wouldn't protest if the first step toward realizing the ideal of “a noiseless Fourth” were to cut out the orations. When Pat Crowe finally settles with the law he should take up advertising as a profession. He understands the business to perfection. The mind, like the body, needs ex ercise. When a woman says a few things to her husband she is merely doing mental calisthenics. “Every man.” says John Burroughs, “has bis favorite bird.” Which may, in a large measure, explain the gen era! popularity of swallows. It is well enough to be sure you are right, but you will be a whole lot more comfortable if you don’t insist on convincing other people of it.— Puck. That New York doctor who thinks women are less graceful than men has probably been confining bis ob servations to women who wear French heels. All the gamtiling resorts in Butte, Mont, have been closed, and some hopeful people believe that in time the camp may become as moral as New York. According to Angela Morgan a wom an’s kiss is worth fifty of a man’s. And how wasteful of this wealth the dear creatures are when they m very satisfactory for such a re quirement. Incidentally we have come to this conclusion, that it is easier to maintain a steady uniform tempera ture at any point between 55 and 60 degrees than it is at any other point, either higher or lower. The reason for this is that we are able to take advantage of the cooling power of the earth, through the cement floor, which has a constant temperature of about 56 degrees, and being a fairly good conductor acts as a regulator when other conditions tend to either raise or lower the temperature.—Prof. J. A. Ruddick. Humanized Milk. This is a term that has late ly come into vogue in England, where milk has had milk sugar, water, salt and cream added to It till it is of about the same composition as human milk. The city of Liverpool and some other places have been for some time supplying this milk to the poorer peo ple at about cost. The experiment has been carefully watched and it has been observed that there has been a great saving of infant life. Among the Infants not using the milk the death rate has been 159 to every 1,000 born, while where the municipal milk has been used the death rate has been but 78 per 1,000 born. A Good Dry Ration. A farmer says that even a dry ration may be a good ration for the production of milk. He submits the following combination as one of the best that can he fed: Clov er hay, pea meal, wheat bran, ground oats, and water, the latter to be not too cold. The only weak point in this ‘ration is the pea meal, which usually is not obtainable, and when it is ob tainable is very expensive. To a cas ual observer it would appear to be a little over balanced in the direction of the proteins, none of the elements containing an overbalance of carbo hydrates, while clover hay, pea meal and bran have each a very large pro portion of protein. Develop a Strain. We do not advise any of our readers to attempt to develop a uew breed of poultry, but we do advise the developing of special strains. Thus, a person can take some of the best of the Plymouth Rocks and by careful selection year by year can produce a family of fowls that will be of great value for egg production cr for meat production. This can be done without increasing the cont'us.on cauced by multiplyinc breeds without irMve. ATE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM Prisoner Stops Trial by Chewing and Swallowing a Forged Check. The Kings county court was thrown into disorder and dismay, says a Seat tle special to the St. Louis Post-Dis patch, when the prisoner at the bar, H. R. McTavish, ate all the evidence in the case on trial. McTavish was being tried on a charge of forging a $15 check. The check lay on the trial table, marked “exhibit A.” McTavish sat beside his counsel, who was en gaged in cross-examining a witness for the prosecution. The case was going against Me Tavish when his eye fell on the check, which was about to be introduced in evidence. Like a half-starved man and with a look of hunger in his eye. the prisoner pounced upon "exhibit A” and chewed it to pulp. With soulful satisfaction he gulped it down. The prosecution was in con sternation, for its main piece of evi dence was gone, and demanded that a stomach pump be used forthwith. While the lawyers argued pro and con, the prisoner calmly picked his teeth with a whittled match, plainly the master of the situation. The defense argued that the ball of paper in the defendant’s stomach could in no wise be construed as documentary evi dence, and that a dismissal was prop er. The case of the state of Washing ton against H. R. McTavish is now in statu quo pending the untangling of the legal question involved from the defendant’s impromptu luncheon. THE HOPE OF MISFORTUNE. Sorrow Has Its Part in the Shaping of Character. Pain is a soul tonic. Sorrow often brings out the best there is in us. Hap piness does not develop character. It gives it surface brightness and decks it with prismatic bubbles. It takes the deep-reaching arm of misfortune to trouble the depths and bring out the pearls that lie there. The most mag netic faces are lined by thought and noble care. Strong, unselfish love, even if mis placed and unappreciated, ennobles the lover. It is the frivolous, vanity born emotions that fritter away char acter and make faces insignificant. To fail in high aim after earnest and honest effort is not failure. The gain it brings in strength and discipline will appear in other directions. Misfortune has often in the history of the world been the means of mak ing a poet, orator, philanthropist, sci entist or statesman out of a person whose career, but for the misfortune or physical disability, would have been commonplace and influence limited.”— Medical Talk. The Mean Godfather. Congressman Morrell, of Philadel phia, in a discussion of the Delaware river appropriations, mentioned a mean man. “There are many mean men,” he said, “but this man surely was the meanest of them all. Besides being mean he was also rich. “To a poor young couple living near him a son was born and they decided to name their son after the mean man. and to ask him to stand as its god father. "He consented. He was flattered. “Thereupon the joy of this poor young couple was great. They won dered what gift the rich godfather would give to his’ little godson. Per haps a house and lot? Perhaps a half dozen government bonds? Perhaps a herd of cattle?” Senator Morrell paused and smiled. “What do you suppose,” he said, “the mean man sent the youngster? He sent it, sir, a cup that one of his Cochin China hens had won at a poul try show.” “Exclamatory” All Right. While the oil excitement was at its height in Texas several years ago John W. Gates put up at a hotel in Beaumont where colored girls are employed as waitresses. At the dinner table, on the even ing of his arrival, wishing to be pleas ant to the girl, who had taken great pains to see that he had everything he wanted, he turned to her and said, not knowing whether she was mar ried or not: “How is your husband, Eliza?’ "He ain’t much bettah, Sah,” re plied the girl. “Oh, then he’s been sick. What’s the matter with him.” asked Mr. Gates. “Why. de doctah say he got ex clamatory rheumatism, Sah.” “Exclamatory rheumatism! You mean inflammatory, don’t you? Ex clamatory means to cry out,” said Mr. Gates. “Dat's jes’ it. Sah. Dat's jes’ it. He do nuthin’ but cry out all de time.” —New York Times. Power of Eloquence. “The late ’Jimmy’ Michael,” said a Chicagoan, “met me abroad last au tumn. and we talked together about a young Welsh orator who was arousing incredible emotions among the Welsh people with his preaching.” “ ‘I never heard this man preach,’ said Michael, ’but I have heard men like him. The enthusiasm they create is almost too powerful. I once lis tened to a passionate address on char ity that one of these inspired orators made, and at the address’ end an old lady with whom I was slightly ac quainted turned and borrowed $5 from me to put in the poor collection. “ ‘I let her have the money, and, as it turned out afterward, she forgot both to put it in the plate and to re pay if “—Rehoboth Sunday Herald. The Valley Road. At eventide I shade my ej-es And peer into the west. Where, winding down the shining plain. And round each shaded crest. The high road goes the sunset way. Upon the endless quest. Full many a traveler I have seen (And one was passing fair) Go down the valle> from the door And swiftly vanish there. Some I have d upon their path And lightened some of care. One I too shall take my staff And down the valley go. tor one who went was passing fair, And waits for me. I know. And I shall And her—O. my soul! Beyond the sunset glow. —James Owen T*-yon in New England Magazine. , Calumet Baking IPowdei Health— Economy TEN THOUGHTS. Dawn is the day smiling at night. Humility is often a cloak for hatred. All shores are fair when the tide is full. : It is better to believe than to sus pect. The weak chain wastes the strong anchor. Many brave men have been shot in the back. Few people are strong enough to enjoy themselves. Wherever there is a victory there must be a d?feat. The song that reaches the heart seldom stays there. The center of dramatic emotion is usually in the gallery.—New York World. Like Old Times in Arizona. Interest during the greater part c# yesterday centered around the fait game in the St. Elmo saloon. Arthur Cordiner of the Fashion had in as much as $3,800 at one time, and such high play as this was good for thf eyes of the old timers, who say t used to be common in these parts. When the play got real hot Charley Hooker took the dealer's chair.—Jer ome correspondence Los Angeles rimes. Demand for Old Snuff Boxes. High prices continue to be paid to Paris for snuff boxes of the eighteenth century. At the recent sale of a col lection made by M. Guilhou of Bay onne, one box in gold enamel, ap praised by the official expert at $1,600, sold ior $4,000. One of the interesting items of the sale was a pair of can delabra once owned by Marie An toinette. which went for $3,000, far !sss than was expected. “Skunt.” You have had crope, roke and drug, and what’s the matter with skunt? A young lady a few days ago visited this part of the country who had never seen turpentine worked before and when she returned to her home told them that the pine trees down here were “skunt” up to the limbs.— Charlotte Observer. Danger in Warts and Molee. Warts and moles are regarded as dangerous by a Philadelphia physi cian. He cites twenty-five cases in which they have taken an active ma lignant form and he urges an opera tion before malignant diseases has be gun to develop. Back at Work Again. Buffalo, N. Y., May 22nd.—(Spe cial)—Crippled by Kidney Disease till he could not stand on his feet for the hours required at his trade, F. R. McLean, 90 East Ferry St., this city, had to quit work entirely. Now he's back at work again and he does not hesitate to give the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. “Yes,” Mr. McLean says "I was too bad. I had to quit. I could not stand on my feet for the necessary hours. It was Kidney Disease I had. and a friend advised me to try Dodd’s Kid ney Pills. I did so and after using six boxes am completely cured and cm working as steadily as before I was sick. I recommend Dodd’s Pills to any one afflicted with Kidney trou ble.” There is no form of Kidney Disease Dodd’s Kidney Pills will not cure. They always cure Bright’s Disease, the most most advanced and deadly stage of Kidney Disease. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. A girl that Is engaged Is like a boat carrying topsails in a gale. Maybe it’s the way a widow seems to believe in you that makes you be lieve in her. There is something about a circus that carries a man back so far he al most forgets he is married. A man could have just as much fun drinking soda water if it was against the law and sermons were preached against it. It takes a woman to jam into an inch of space on a street car seat and then look as if you were trying to sit close to her to insult her.—New York Press. Alabastine — Yoi • i Wa s ! ■ Alabastine produces exquisitely beautiful effects on walls and ceil- I ings. 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