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Difference in Icebergs. The icebergs of the two hemis pheres are entirely different in shape. The Arctic bergs are irregular in form, with lofty pinnacles and glit tering dome, while the Antarctic ones are fiat-topped and solid-looking. As Always. The wild hawk to the winsw’ept sky, The deer to the wholesome world. And the heart of a man to the heart of a maid, As it was in the days of old. —Rudyard Kipling. Sir Walter Raleigh wore shoes studded with diamonds said to have cost $400,000. The gallants in Charles n.’s time wore their high boot tops turned down to the ankles to show’ the gorgeous lace with which they were lined. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local app lcations, as they cannot reach the dis eased portion of the ear. There Is only *»ne way to cure deafness. and that Is by constitutional remedies Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing.and when It is entirely closed. Deaf ness Is the remit, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out anil this tube restored to Its normal condi tion, bearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by i atarrb. which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will gtie One Hundred Dollars for auv case of Deafness (caased by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars.free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation. Olive Crop of Greece. The olive crop of Greece this yeai is estimated at 15,000,000 gallons. TO CPKE A COLD IN ONE DAT Take LAXATIVE BROMO.Quinine Tablet*. Drue gists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W GROVE’S signature Is on each box. 25c. Morals to many mean only a chance to meddle in other people’s affairs. Tumors Conquered Without Operations Unqualified Success of Lydia E. PinKham’s Vegetable Compound In Cases of Mrs. Fox and Miss Adams. One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman’s dread enemy. Tumor. So-called “ wandering pains” may come from its early stages, or the pres ence of danger may be made manifest by excessive monthly periods accom panied by unusual pain extending from the abdomen through the groin and thighs. If you have mysterious pains, if there are indicationsof in (lamination, ulcera tion or displacement, don’t wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital opera tion; secure Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound at once and begin its use and write Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., for advice. Bead these strong letters from grate ful women who have been cured: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— (First Letter.) “In looking over your book I see that your medicine cures Tumors. I have been to a doctor and he tells me I have a tumor. I will be more than grateful if you can helo me. as I do so dread an operation.”—Fannie I). Fox, Bradford, Pa. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— (Second Letter.) “ I take the liberty to congratufcte you on the success I have had with your wonderful medicine. “ Eighteen months ago my periods Etopped. Shortly after I felt so badly I sub mitted to a thorough examination by a phy sician, and was told that I had a tumor and would have to undergo an operation. “ I soon after read one of your advertise ments and decided to give Evdia E. Pink ham’ s Vegetable Compound a trial. After taking five bottles as directed, the tumor is entirely gone. I have again been examined Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compoum r 1l— by the physician and he says I have no signs of a tumor now. It has also brought my periods around once more; and I am entirely well. I shall newer be without a bot tle of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in the house.”—Fannie D. Fox, Bradford, Pa. Another Case of Tumor Cnred by Lydia E Piukham’s Vegeta ble Compound. Dear Mrs. linkham:— “ About three years ago I had intense pain in my stomach, with cramps and raging headaches. The doctor prescribed for me, but hading that I did not get any better he examined me and, to my surprise, declared 1 had a tumor. “I felt sur. ■ that it meant mv death warrant, and w as very disheartened. I spent hundreds of dollars in doctoring, but the tumor kept growing, till the doctor said that nothing but an operation would save me. Fortunately I corresponded with my aunt in one of the »w England States, who advised me to try Lydia E. PinkLam'sVegetableCoinpound before sub mitting to an operation, and I at once started taking a regular treatment, finding to my great relief that my general health began to improve, and after three months I noticed that the tumor had reduced in size. I kept on taking the Compound, and in ten months it had entirely disappeared without an oper ation, and using no medicine but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and words fail to express how grateful 1 am for the good it ha« done me.”—Miss Luella Adams, Colon nade Hotel, Seattle, "Wash. Such unquestionable testimony proves the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and should give confidence and hope to every sick woman. Mrs. Pinkham invites aU ailing women to write to her at Lynn, Mass., for advice. I: a Woman’s Remedy for Women’s Ills. MODEL FACTORY AT PEORIA, ILL. Where the Famoiu LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER Sc CIGAR b Made. Formerly the home of the late Col. Robert InpersolL Purchased and remodeled by Frank P. Lewis for the Single Binder Factory. A marvel of Sanitary Cleanliness. It la better to smoke here than hereafter. — In^eraoli. For Your Family and Your Horse it -,A "^he ®est Antiseptic Known. TRY IT FOR Rheumatism, Strains, Sprains, Swellings and Enlargements. Price, 25c., 50c. and SI.OO. Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 Albany St., Boston, Mass. PATENTS for PROFIT mast fully protect an invention. Booklet and Desk Calendar /REE. Highest references. Communication- “Confidential. Established 1861. Fenwick ft Lawrence, Washington, D. GL m m » i For Steel Write W. N. U., Omaha. No. 5-1906. SPOILED THE FOND FAREWELL. Cruel Interruption That Saddened Love’s Young Dream. Prof. G. A. Hill of the National ob servatory vrs describing the duties of an astionomical corps during an eclipse. ‘The eclipse,” he said, “may only last five minutes. Each man in the party has a certain line of work map ped out for him during these precious minutes. One man makes hurried pencil sketches. Another man pho tographs. A third man takes observa tions, while a fourth jot* down his remarks. “And so it goes. Ar, astronomical corps during an eclipse is a very busy body. An interruption would be at unwelcome to it as—as—” Prof. Hill smiled. “An interruption would be as unwel come to it as it once was to a young friend of mine in Elizabeth. “My friend, according to the story, was calling on his sweetheart, who lived on Elizabeth's outskirts. “As the young man was taking leave for the night, his voice, as he stood on the piazza, rose passionately in the still air. “ ‘Just one,’ he said. ‘Just one.’ "Then the young girl's mother in terrupted, calling from her bedroom window: “ ‘Just one? No, it ain't quite that yet. But it’s close on to 12, so I think ve'd better be goin’ just the same.” V HY HE WANTED THE RECIPE. Ingredients of Mince Pie Made Sub ject of Bet. “Once, when I was a reporter.” said David Belaseo at a holiday dinner, “I spent iwc days with a gang of tramps in order to go* material for an article on tramp life “These tramps were a merry lot. They had as many stories to tell as the end man of a minstrel show. The excellent mince pie that we have just been eating reminds me of a mince pie episode +old by one of the wan derers. “He said that a friend of his. one cold day in January, knocked at the kitchen doer of a farmhouse. “ ‘Well,’ said the farmer’s wife. ‘You here again?’ “ ‘Yes, ma’am,’ said the tramp re spectfully. ‘I want to know, ma'am, it you’ll be kind enough to give me the recipe for that mince pie that 1 had here yesterday?’ “ ‘Well, the idea 1 ’ cried the farm er’s wife. ‘Land sakes. man. what do you want that recipe for?’ “ ‘To settle a bet,’ replied the tramp. ‘Mv pardner says you use three cups of Portland cement to one of molasses, but I claim it's only two and a half.’” Almost Sublime. “Yes,” said Pa Nuritch, as he reread his son's letter. "I believe Jonathan is goin’ to be a real poet, blame me if I don’t. I’m—wants ano.her him dred, too. Broke, he says, because he has had to help some of the other boys who are tryin’ to work their way through. It seems to me more'e hail the fellers at that college must be workin’ their way through, accord in’ to the amount of help Jonathan has to give ’em. Oh, well. I'm glad he’s doin’ it. I was a poor boy myseil once.” “But what makes you think he’s go in’ to be a poet, pa?” asked Joanthan’s eager mother. “Why, he says here, right at the be ginnin’ of his letter: ‘Yestere'en 1 did possess a “buck,” but, ah, ’t has went, and ere I send you this I e'en must scare up one more cent.’ By George, ma. that's cornin’ pretty close to bein’ sublime.” Recognized His Step. Gen. Horace Porter was talking about a French artist. “The man is talented, and a good conversationalist,” he said, “but he is too gushing. He is oversvmpathetic. In his desire to be agreeable he goes too far. “Perhaps I can best explain what ! mean by a little story—the story of a young girl. “This young girl’s sweetheart said to her one evening: “ ‘Were you aware that I passed your house last night?’ “ ‘Of course, I was,’ she said. ‘Do you think I would not know your step?’ “But he, at this, grew grave and distrait, for he had passed in a cab.” Via Crucis. “The vision of dawn is leisure, But the truth of day is toil.” The sun comes up like a great, red rose. The perfume over the wide world blows. And O. to work in the pathways fair With the rose trimmed beds and scented air, And far at the garden s end a nook With You and a poet’s dream set book! The sun goes down like a great red fire. And dies in ashes of vain desire. For my pathway lay outside the wall That girdled You and the roses tall. And my footprints show a deeper red And a crown of thorn is on my head! Yet the vision stays with me all dav Sweet solace along the rough highway. Till the nails of Toil and spear of Want. Grief’s bitter cup and the jeer and taunt Are touched by Sleep, and You softl glide Where I, with the dream, am crucified! —Clarence Urmy, in Smart Set. Lava Increases Mountain. Mt. Matutu, on the island of Savaii, Samoan group, has covered thirty square miles of land around it with lava, and a stream twelve miles wide is flowing into the sea. The lava is thrown up 1,200 feet and, at latest ac counts, had increased the hight of the mountain, since August 21, 1905, by 3,000 feet Has Few Visitors. Fanny Y. Cory, one of the foremost American illustrators of child life, lives near Helena, Montana, and she describes her home as "just a little yellow and white dot on the shore of a big open lake, where a few water fowl and the potman twice a week are about the only visitors.” Filipino Students. At the present time there are 178 receiving an education at the expense of the Philippine government. The candidates are selected bv examina tion and one stipulation is that they will enter the Philippine cMl service after Ithey have comp'vad their ■todies. Cats That Eat Olives. A woman in Philadelphia has re cently discovered that her six cats are passionately fond of olives. She says they will leave milk or fish or any of the foods that cats are sup posed to love if any one offers them olives. Although they are an acquir ed taste with human beings, cats seem to take to them naturally, and she found that the cats in the houses of her friends seemed to be quite as fond of them as were her own-pets. In a Berry Bog. The cranberry season is eagerly awaited by the poorer classes of Cape Cod, whole families journeying to the bog with provisions and cooking uten sils for an extended picnic. The work is easily learned, and a child of five can easily pick four measures a day, which means an earning of forty cents. An adult picker can gather from thirty to forty measures a day, which is good wages. “Old Man” Queerest of Cacti. Stranger looking objects perhaps never grew on earth than the cactus which is called the "Old Man.” This plant, instead of being covered with the ordinary pickles, is adorned with a mass of fine white hair, which re sembles nothing so much as the sil vered locks of an elderly man. A fine specimen of the Old Man in the plant kingdom, as among the human race, is a thing to evoke much admiration. Imitations Close to Nature. Imitation soap, looking exactly like the real article, but made of clay, grease, scent and a little pink dye, is of Chinese origin, and the native clerks in China and Indian carry their pencils behind their ears in imitation of their Caucasion bosses, yet the pencils contain no lead, since they are carried only for ornament, the brush being used for all actual work. What Man Hates; What He Loves. He hates a woman who keeps him waiting. He expects his wife to wait at home for him all day, but he chafes if he has to wait for her five minutes while she is dressing. But he loves the woman who is coldest to him. the man wtio can whip him in a fight, the dog that he has to keep muzzled and the lobster that disagrees with him.—Exchange. More Flexible and Lasting, won’t shake out or blow out. by using Defiance Starch you obtain better re sults than possible with any other brand and one-third more for same money. _ The judge may not ask what you have done but why you did it. i CURES SIC _EJ ^ Tablets and powders advertised ^ i as cures for sick-hea lache are gen- ? ? erally harmful and they do not cure J K but only deaden the pain by patting J f the nerves to sleep for a sho-t time £ I through the use cf morphine or ? cocaine. 0 Lane’s Family ? Medicine f the tonic-laxative, cares sick-head- \ ache, not merely stops it for an O hour or two. 11 removes the cause 0 of headache and keeps it away. Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c. CERTIFICATE OF PURITY This is to Certify that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, is purely vegetable and does not contain any calomel, mercury, creosote, mor phine, opium, strychnine, cocaine, nitrate potash (salt-petre), bromide potassium, narcotic alkaloid, whiskey, wine or any harmful or habit producing drugs. Swamp-Root was discovered through scientific research and study by Dr. Kilmer, who grad uated with honors and is now actively engaged in the practice of his profession, which calling he has successfully followed many years. |State of New York, County of Broome, j City of Binghamton, ) S* S* Jonas M. Kilmer, senior member of the firm of Dr. Kilmer & Co., of the City of Binghamton, County of Eroome, State of New York, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the guarantee of purity of Swamp-Root, as described in the foregoing certificate, is in all respects true. Subscribed and sworn to \ I before me April 26. 1898. ) Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything, but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble, it will be found just the remedy you need Swamp-Root makes friends. Each bottle contains the same standard of purity, strength and excellence. You may have a sample bottle of Swamp-Root free by mail, if you have not already had one. When writing to Dr. Kilmer &. Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure to mention reading this generous offer in this paper. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-collar size bottles at drug stores everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name. Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. c, c. c.3h£c. c cage. c. cHec ccS^q C. g jfa $16 AN ACRE I til rtl I Canada* iVtho Iw| P| |4< ivv^.nVi | amount many UjJ oj farmers will ■Ml lj realize from p|j§ SI i "*their wheat I ^1 »*1 25 Bushels to the Acre Will be the |Wl Average Yield of Wheat. UjJ fll The land that this was grown on cost many of fjpilM |wii ^ij i| the farmers absolutely nothing, while those arc c tMt c c^r c c cm c cystc c os who wished to add to the 160 acres the Govern* --fflBg ment grants, can buy land adjoining at from $6 - to $10 an acie. price. j?=\ 25 cts. |i ng hi a |$l$|3^Eiiigi Climate splendid, school convenient, railways ~ " v si MW H g g BJ| g &X S lib close at hand, taxes low. /TOCUEThEGEP in EIM I fl^UIlirBilE pamphlet “20th Century Canada” IN ONE DAY ,fyj «■■ ■ ■ «■■■■ “ and full particulars regarding rate, etc., to lifTB TDirUkir ~~ IS GUARANTEED TO CURE Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, ANIrtmfrw grsp, bad cold, headache and neuralgia. - 10 ^owm* »»*»** Ti'J. ciU !” 1 I wcn'.aell An.l-orlpln. ,0 . dealer who won't ^a'ladlar' Government Apent-W. V. Benneti, MS NO EOIIAL FOR HEI^QAfllE It. Call fervour MONEY BACK IF IT TOVT CUKE. 8J1 New V ork Life Building, Omaha. Nebraska. -f. IT.Diemer, JI.ZIuManalaoturer.gjtrtKjrileid, Jfo. (Mention thia paper.) Swift & Company Year 1905 Sales. TTie total distributive sales for 1905 exceeded $200,000,000. This total is realized from the sale of fresh meats (beef, mutton and pork), provisions, produce (poultry, butter and eggs), soaps, glues, oils, bones, fertilizers, feathers, casings, hides, wools, pelts and other by-prod ucts derived from cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry. Margin of Profit. The industry is operated on a mar gin of less than 2 cents to each dol lar of sales. Swift & Co. do not sell at retail. Their entire output is sold at wholesale to many thousands of dealers in various parts of the world. There are hundreds of local slaughter ers throughout the United States, who buy their live stock in competi tion with the packer doing an inter state and international business. Like wise the packer must sell in compe tition with the local slaughterers. There are no secret processes in the industry, no complicated and expen sive factories, and as live stock can be purchased in almost every hamlet and city, and the preparation of meats is simple in the extreme, local slaughtering will long remain a fac tor in the production of fresh meats and provisions. Economic Advantages. The large packing houses win, how ever, always have these advantages: Locations at the chief live stock cen ters, with the opportunity to buy the best live stock; manufacturing in large quantities, at the minimum of expense; utilization of all waste mate rial; refrigeration; mechanical appli ances; highly efficient business man agement These advantages are re flected in the quality of the packer’s output, a quality that has reached its highest development in the products bearing the name and brand of “Swift” Purchasing Live Stock. The principal live stock centers are Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St i Louis, St. Joseph, St. Paul anc. Fort ! Worth. The same methods of pur chasing cattle, sheep and hogs prevail at all cities. At Chicago, which is the largest market, there are about two hundred and fifty buyers, repre senting packers, local slaughterers in various cities and exporters. Cf this number, less than a score are employ ed by Swift £ Company. The farmer ships his live stock to Chicago, consigns them to a commis sion firm at the Union Stock Yards, who sees that they are unloaded and put in pens. Then the buyers inspect them, make their offers to the com mission dealer, who accepts or rejects as his judgment dictates. All buying must be finished at 3 o'clock each day, and the buyer must pay spot cash. If the commission man has no satis factory offers, he can hold his stock over to the next day. He gets his commission from the farmer, and nat urally strives to get the highest pos sible price for his client. Wholesale Distributing Houses. A wholesale distributing house is a giant refrigerator, but instead of shelves there are trolley rails, from which are suspended hooks to hang the carcasses. Some of the houses cost as much as a hundred thousand dollars to build and equip. As a. rule they are of pressed brick, the insides being lined—floor, walls and ceiling— with highly polished hardwood. The floors are covered daily with fresh sawdust, and all are kept rpotlessly clean. There are over three hundred of these wholesale houses in various cities of the United States, and the public is always welcome to visit them. Packing Plants. All the Swift & Company plants are ocated at the great live stock mar kets, in the heart of the great agri cultural sections, where can be pur chased the finest grades of cattle, sheep and hogs. We have seven iiack ng plants, employing at each from wo to eight thousand persons. The following gives the locations ind sizes of the different plants: Packing Plants. Floor Buildings, Space, Band. Acres. Acres. Acres. Chicago .44% 87% 47 Kansas City . 7% 39 19% Omaha .6 26 23 St. Louis . 7% 197£ 31% St. Joseph-6% 25% 19% St. Paul .5 12 16 Fort Worth ... 3 15 22 Employes. The total cumber of persons em ployed in all the Swift packing plants and branch houses aggregate over 26,000 persons. Conditions for em ployes in the various manufacturing and operating departments is contin ually improving with the construction of new buildings and the installation of new and up-to-date equipmenL sanitation ana Hygiene. The housewife makes no greater ef fort to keep her kitchen clean than we do to keep in sanitary and hygienic condition our abattoirs. They are thoroughly scrubbed at the close of each day’s operations, and automatic appliances are used wherever possi ble in order to eliminate the personal handling of meats. Rigid rules gov erning these points are strictly en forced; laxity means dismissal. Visitors Always Welcome. No other industry In the world gives such a cordial welcome to visit ors as Swift & Co. We keep open house the year around, and maintain a corps of specially trained guides, with special elevators and rest rooms. In one year we have entertained over a quarter of a million of men and women; in one day—Grand Army Day, 1901—we entertained 23,000. Among our visitors have been ambas sadors from foreign governments, prince®, noblemen and distinguished citizens from all lands and eminent folks from every state in the Union. We wish to familiarize the public with our methods, and the best way to do that is to let the public see for itself. We have no secret processes or methods in any department. Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon. Swift’s Premium Hams and Bacon are more widely and favorably known than any other brand. Their popular* ity is due to the uniform quality and flavor of the meat, and to their fln» appearance when received from the dealer. Each piece is branded on the rind, “Swift’s Premium U. S. Inspect ed," and wrapped in cheesecloth anti white parchment paper. Look for the brand, “Swift’s Prem ium,” when buying hams and bacon. Swift’s Silver Leaf Lard Is a strictly pure lard, kettle rend ered, and put up in 3, 5 and 10-pound sealed palls. It Is America’s Stand ard Lard, and enjoys a high reputa tion and an enormous sale. Swift s soaps. An interesting feature of a trip through the Chicago plant is a visit to the soap factory, one of the largest and most complete in this country. There we manufacture numerous toi let and laundry soaps, and washing powders. Among which are: Wool Soap, widely and favorably known; for toilet and bath, and wash ing fine fabrics. Crown Princess Toilet Soap, highly perfumed. Swift’s Pride Soap, for laundry and household use. Swift’s Pride Washing Powder, un. surpassed for all cleaning purpose*. Swift’s Specialties. Swift’s Premium Ham Swift's Premium Bacon Swift’s Premium Sliced Bacon. Swift's Premium Lard Swift's Winchester Ham Swift’s Winchester Bacon Brookfield Farm Sausage Swift’s Silver Leaf Lard Jewel Lard Compound Swift’s Cotosuet Swift’s Jersey Butterine Swift’s Beef Extract Swift’s Beef Fluid Swift’s Premium Milk-Fed Chicken* Swift’s Soaps. Wool Soap Scented Toilet Soaps Swift’s Pride Soap Swift’s Pride Washing Powder