Loop City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, ... NEBRASKA. t Exploitation of the West. Five years ago we who lived in the far west were wondering when the marvelous resources of our one-third of the United States would be discov ered and exploited. To-day, says a writer in The Reader, we awaken to find our forests stripped, the places where we pitched our tents, built our smudges and fried our bacon and game made desolate by the steam saw and the freight car. The rivers where we speared our salmon and the rushing waters of the northwest where we cast our seine have been made to fill the labeled tins of highly capitalized syn dicates, until the preservation of the “sock-eye,” the most delicious of all salmon, has become the subjeot of in terstate conference. The immense plains, whose phenomenal productivi ity made legends of our ‘‘Mussel Sloughs” and our “Yuba Dams,” are being turned into irrigated plalsances, into trolley-strewn highways, into the dense social conditions of Ohio, Iowa and Illinois. Mental Poise and Health. People who reach extreme old age are, as a rule, pretty well balanced, physically and mentally. A poised life is serene, and serenity and harmony tend, to longevity. The mind that is not well balanced is constantly jan gled and out of tune, truly says O. S. Harden in Success Magazine. There is ’a constant jarring which racks the whole human machinery. There is discord in an unbalanced life, and dis cord is always destructive—deadly. The well-poised, dignified life is not thrown off its center quickly. The man who goes all to pieces over trifles is one-sided. There is a momentum in a poised, balanced nature which steadies its progress and helps hold it on its chosen track. Hot temper, con stant mental confusion and disorder are vitality-sappers.—life-shorteners. Don Powers, one of Maine's leading lawyers, was at one time defending some men who had been charged with assault and battery. The case was be ing tried before Judge Peters in .Bangor. The strength of Mr. Powers’ argument was so great that although the accused were thought guilty by nearly every one present the jury re turned a verdict ot not guilty. After the acquittal of the men the judge, who had been impressed by the argu ment, said: "Brother Powers, there is. no doubt as to the man getting a beat ing, but who do you think did it?” “Your honor,” replied Mr. Powers, “I always thought my clients did until the jury said they didn’t.” A London scientist says that life in a metropolis makes young children sharp but not clever; that it often de stroys their chance of ever being clever, for it hastens the development of the brain unnaturally; it makes them superficial, alert, but not ob servant; excitable, but without one spark of enthusiasm; they are apt to grow blase, fickle, discontented; they see more things from the country-bred child, but not such interesting things; they do not properly see anything, for they have neither the time nor ca pacity to get at the root of all the be wildering objects that crowd them selves into their little lives. There is more than a grain of truth in this as sertion. It seems especially incredible that a strong, sturdy, self-made man, who has had to fight his way up from pov erty, and who feels the backache in every dollar he has earned, should let his savings elip through his fingers iD the most foolish investments, with scarcely any investigation, often send ing his money thousands of miles away to people he has never seen and about whom he knows practically nothing except through an advertisement which has attracked his attention, or through the wiles of some smooth, unprinci pled promoter.—Success. Speaker Cannon and about half the members of the house went down the Potomac river to a planked shad par ty. They organized a ball game and ■ put Uncle Joe in as umpire. He was spry as a cat and made some mar velous decisions. His star performance was when Gen. George Harries, having made a home run, started round the bases a second time. "You're out!” shouted Uncle Joe. “Why?” demanded .Harries. “I am entitled to run until they find the ball.” "Not at all,” the umpire said firmly, “your time has expired. Prof. William Lyon Phelps, of Yale, returned recently from a trip abroad on a steamer too crowded for comfort. On the ship with him was a Harvard professor who was not at all pleased with the conditions aboard. The third morning out, the Harvard professor learned that a woman in the crowded second-class cabin had given birth to a child the night previous. At break fast he imparted the news to Prof. Phelps. “Good work, doctor! Gooc work!” chuckled the wit of Yale; “an other berth in the second cabin.” An eastern college professor says that men should do all the cooking. The world has had enough of pies like mother used to make and what it yearns for is sausage like father used to fry and ice cream like daddy turned the wringer for. John Brisben Walker, the editor, was the pioneer in the steam automo bile business in this country. The lazier the man, the more he will have to aay about the great things genius has done. __ 889/ w- * a I J w % W ppn l' ii jj ■ 1 Ib° in>ih"4fir Brooklyn.—There are three new, beautiful houses in Brooklyn that bear “For Sale’’ signs in their win dows. There are three disconsolate young architects who built these houses, but who never go near them. A.nd in a little three-room flat in the Flatbush district Mr. and Mrs. Clive Stevenson are happy. It was for Mrs. Clive Stevenson that :he three homes were built—or rather for Miss Helen Strain. Or rather, to ae exact, one was built for Mrs. Hen ry L. Ryder, another for Mrs. Noble T. Shaw, and yet another for Mrs. M. JL Pettingill. But then Mrs. Steven son, Miss Strain, Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Pettingill are all the same person. She was Miss Strain, she became Mrs. Stevenson, and the three architects who built the three nouses expected her to become Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Pettingill. Was a Spoiled Beauty. Miss Strain was a beauty, and Mrs. Stevenson is a beauty, and she would have been a beauty if she had become Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Shaw, or Mrs. Pet lingill. And, being a beauty, she was spoiled, although a few months ago it would have been hard to convince Stevenson, Ryder, Shaw or Pettingill that she was spoiled—or anything else than the personilication of perfection in femininity—and Stevenson still be lieves she is perfect. She is now 22 rears old, tall, slender, graceful, and is pretty as a girl may be. She was the daughter of Benjamin Strain—he signs it Benj.—wno is a tontractor and builder living on East .*m parkway. Her mother died when the girl was small. She was raised by her father, assisted by housekeep srs, who bowed down before Miss Strain, and the father granted her svery desire. She was a sWeet tem pered, good natured, merry, lovable girl—especially lovable—as is proved iy the experiences of Stevenson, Ry der, Shaw and Pettingill, but, having xad her own way all her life, she con tinued to have it. “Bossed the Ranch.” She was sent, when 17 years of age, *.o an exclusive school in New York, and two years later she returned to her father’s house “finished,” as far gs education was concerned. She knew but few of the girls of the neigh borhood, and her friends were chief ly among her father’s friends and business associates whom she met at the house. She presided over her fa ther’s establishment, lavished her al lowance on dress, and “bossed the ranch,” as she expressed it. It happened that one of her chief delights was to ride with her father in his light runabout while he visited the houses he was building, and in this way she impressed her image upon scores of hearts in many parts of Brooklyn. Her father, who still re garded her as “his baby,” and forgot that she had grown up and become a beautiful young woman, was puzzled because so many of the young archi tects and builders that he met in a business way came dropping into his house in the evenings to talk over un important matters of business with him, and then promptly forgot why they had come and turned the music at the piano while Miss Strain played. And among those that came were Noble T. Shaw, Henry L. Ryder and Myron L. Pettingill—all fair to good looking, and all young contractors who were getting a foothold, and who, through their business dealings with Benj. Strain, had met and fallen in 'ove with his daughter. It wasn’t long before even Benjamin Strain realized that the young men did not come to talk business, and be dropped out of sight or went into the library to smoko his pipe when ’hey called, instead of discussing ma terials, specifications and labor with (hem. During last summer Miss Strain went to her father’s summer home down Long island, and it was druing her stay there that she received three proposals. Each of the young men gnew of the intentions of the others, and they were vastly jealous of each other, but the girl showed no prefer ence. Her answer to the proposals was unique. She did not refuse or accept any of them. She simply stated that she admired and esteemed them all, that she loved no one, and that she in tended to marry the one of them that built the prettiest and best home for her. She stated that on May 1, 1906, she would inspect the home offered to her by her lovers, and if satisfied with the arrangements, tne decorations, the general surroundings, and the archi tectural beauties of one house above the others she would accept it—and its owner. Got Busy at Once. She wanted a home, and she stipu lated that the cost of the nome, ex clusive of the lot and furnishings, should not exceed $7,000, and that the total cost should be less than $10,000, and that not more than half of the cost price should be secured by mort gage. Building operations in Brooklyn im mediately boomed. Shaw purchased a lot on Utica avenue, near Eastern parkway; Ryder bought land in Pros pect park south; and Pettingill, who owned a lot near Bedford park, at once broke ground. The three young architects burned midnight electric lights drawing the plans and specifications, creating ideal homes, and each pushed the work on his house as rapidly as possible. There was much figuring of costs, much planning for convenience, beau ty and utlity to create a harmonious whole—for each hoped that the girl would fall in love with his house. Pettingill elected to build an eight room brick and stone house, with a wide stone front porch facing the lawn, and harmonizing with the quiet, shaded street. His entire id a was for comfort and utility without waste of space. He devoted more time to the kitchen than to anything else, and it was ideal, with an inserted ice box, zapable of being filled from the out side, with excellent laundry facilities. The depth of his walls gave oppor tunity for cozy window seats -in the bedrooms. As for Ryder, he erected a cottagy looking house, half of cement, with wide porches and many nooks and angles. It was set down among the trees and was surrounded by large grounds, and at the rear was a tiny building for an automobile. It had a wide open fireplace in the library. The library, reception hall, stairway and the dining room were done in dark oak, the dining room having leaded windows, opening out upon a trellised veranda overlooking the lawn. He furnished it in mission style. And all the five bedrooms up stairs were in white woodwork, th« floors hardwood, and the walls in th« favorite colors of his bride to be—foi when he looked over the house h« considered her as good as won. H« did not see how any girl could resist it. Shaw adapted his house to the neighborhood, and erected a preten tious place of the modified colonia style. His dining room and library arrangements were much like those of Ryder. He added a den for him self, and, with much forethought, set aside one of the large upstairs rooms as a nursery. He built a big inclosed porch at the second story rear, sur rounded by a five foot wall, wired in as an outdoor bedroom for summei use, and he put the servants' rooms in the garret. Outsider Won Bride. The houses were finished and fur nished early in April, and Shaw, Pet tingill and Ryder awaited anxiously for the test. Each called on Miss Strain and arranged to drive her to what each hoped would be her new home. Ryder was to call at ten a. m., Shaw at two p. m., and Pettingill at five p. m. They called. They grew impatient. They called again. It was not until the next day that they learned that Miss Strain had gone to New York early in the morn ing and married Ciive Stevenson, a handsome young electrical engineer just out of scientific school. Then they were angry. Also Benj. Strain was angry. He was so angry he told the young couple to shift for themselves when they sought his blessing, and he was angrier when Stevenson took him at his word and departed with his bride. And he grew still angrier when, after waiting a week, he discovered that his daughter and his son-in-law were keeping house in three rooms in Flatbush. He sought them, asked them to for give him, and offered to buy anyone of the threa houses that Mrs. Steven son would select, but Stevenson told him he could support his wife. So the young couple are living in a three room flat, while the three beautiful new homes constructed spe cially for honeymoons are vacant. Lights Out. She—But I thought it was a match between them! He—Well, it was—a refusee. American bailors and (Fheir Stgljta By WILLIAM A. FRAZIER, International Secretary of Seaman's Union. The chief reason for desertion front the navy of the United States is, in my opin ion, the poor remuner ation that the enlisted men receive. The sail or in the coastwise' trade receives nearly 50 per cent better wages than the sailor in the service oi the government, while his food is correspondingly of better quality. It is possible, of course, for youths to enter the naval service of the United States and become trained gunners, when their wages are very much better, but even to these expert young men there is little, if any, chance of advancement beyond the strict limit of a noncom missioned officer. I believe that , the American sailor ought to receive better pay, ought to be treated with more consideration, and ought to have a chance to rise beyond the rank of a petty officer. In the old days the men who made the American flag glorious on the seas were not graduates of naval academies. They rose by sheer merit to the high rank that they attained, and they were permitted ttf rise. It seems to me that the solution of the problem concerning the American sailor to-day lies in the direction of more liberal opportun ity to the enlisted man. As the case stads the sailor has little to look forward to beyond a certain strictly limited field of advancement. The sailor in the merchant service, however, has first his eye on a second mate’s position, then on a first mate’s and then on a master’s, and if he have the right stuff in him his efforts for promotion will be rewarded. LETTER FROM THE MTIOMIL ML Wu Ting Fang Booked for Retirement —Aided Us at Time of the Boxer Troubles—Good Salad Story. WASHINGTON.—There is much regret felt In Washington over the news that comes from Peking that former Minister Wu Ting-fang is about to retire from public life and participation in oriental politics. Mr. Wu’s efforts to introduce modern ideas in the government of China have not been very successful and he is now on a journey to visit the tombs of his father’s, preparatory to retiring on his fortune at Shanghai. There have been strong hopes among Mr. Wu’s old friends hero that this shrewd, forceful Chinese statesman would be able to engraft some of the modern western ideas upon the conservatism of the Celes tial Kingdom. The departure of Minister Wu from Washing ton is still well remembered. He had been a par ticularly conspicuous figure in diplomatic circles and had made a place that none of his predeces uau ever ueeu auie iu reacu. ne uaa adapted nimsen to American ways and manners and only remained a Chinaman in religion and dress. It looked as though Mr. Wu was having everything his own way and that he was estab lishing a bond between the two governments that was bound to result to the benefit of both. The minister, who had become extremely popular in a social way and whose face was the most familiar of any foreigner’s in official circles, did not know when that summons came whether he was to bo decorated with a pea cock feather or to have his head lopped off his shoulders at the crooking of the finger of the queen dowager. He did not question the order, but obeyed. FORMER MINISTER WU TING-FANG MANY-SIDED CHARACTER. vv u was a iud.u>-siucu cuaiaaci auu excited both confidence and distrust during his stay in Washington as the representative of China. There were many diplomats who were disposed to regard with suspicion every move made by the Chinaman and especially to look askance upon his cultivation of Americans. There were some offi cials in our government wrho had a similar feel ing. But away up in the highest ranks of the administration, with the late President McKinley and the late Secretary of State John Hay, Mr. Wu was received with confidence. Mr. Hay was very fond of this brilliant oriental and never had cause to regret placing trust in him. One of the most interesting chapters in the history of the Boxer troubles in 1900 was the faithfulness of Mr. Wu and the manner in which he made good all promises. When weeks had passed without a word from Minister Conger at Peking, and when the very (worst was expected, Minister Wu went to the state department and quietly Informed Mr. Hay that he would undertake to get a message through to Min ister Conger and get a reply. Some other government officials advised against trusting the Chinaman with such a message, but Mr. Hay replied that ha .believed in Mr. Wu and was willing to trust him. The message was written and given to Mr. Wu, and within a week a reply was received, though tha same channels, from Minister Conger, written in code and bearing every evi dence of authenticity, all of which was afterwards proven to be absolutely correct. A FAMOUS EPICURE AND FAMOUS RESTAURANT. rsexi m interest 10 uie passing oi \v u 10 oiu Washingtonians is the passing of George Wash ington Harvey, one of the most famous epicures and restaurant keepers this city ever knew. The name of Harvey is cotemporary with that of the late John Chamberlain, prince of hosts and enter tainers and bon vivant of international reputation. Harvey’s has been known for 50 years as the one place in Washington where the best of sea food could always be relied upon. It was he that made “steamed oysters’’ famous the country through. His broiled lobster and diamond back terrapin were no less noted and strangers in the capital city never felt that their visit was complete with out taking a meal at Harvey’s famous restaurant. Harvey has sold out his business and has re tired. He is a little short and very fat old man, who for 50 years has catered in the eating and unntung line lu lovers oi guuu victual*, nc uaa untru *aiu iuai uis mrco specialties were the oyster, the canvas back duck and the terrapin. These he considered the Creator’s finest gifts to mankind. On his bill of fare there were 200 oyster dishes, many of which could not be duplicated in any other place. It was the height of bliss for Harvey to be given an order to prepare a good dinner for some of his congenial spirits. He would select the oysters, grown in his own special beds in the Chesapeake, then he would pick a dia mond back terrapin which now sell for $100 a dozen and finally would pick out the canvas back duck. With these three dishes George Harvey would construct a banquet that would make Lucullus’ mouth water. A LANDLORD OF THE GOOD OLD KIND. narvey was au uiu-iasuiuueu tauuioru wau liked to wander among his guests at the table and see that they were well cared for. He was an artist in the preparation of sauces and often he would waddle up to a guest and drop into the lat ter’s plate a spoonful of some ingredient in order to give just the right touch to the sauce. When terrapin was being cooked he always stood by and saw that the dressing was just right and then, if he knew the people who were to eat the toothsome dish, he would bring out some of his old rare wine that he kept, just for his friends. Like John Chamberlain of blessed gastronom ical memory, Harvey numbered among the patrons of his restaurant the most noted men in public life for the last half century, bn his early days he and Thomas Nast, the great cartoonist, formed the Canvas Back club and gave some notable feasts. Roscoe Conkling, James u. mame, me late ^resident. tiarrison, tiiaeK burn, of Kentucky, and a host of other well-known public men, were glad to stretch their legs under George Harvey s table. Harvey went to Paris a few years ago and, someone sounding his praises as an expert in making a salad dressing, two French epicures, who believed tnemselves masters of that art, challenged the Washingtonian to a contest. The challenge was accepted and the contest came off in a restaurant. After each one had mixed his dressing Harvey took a small leather case out of his pocket, picked out a little bottle and let a drop or two of colorless liquid fall on the’salad. The judges decided in favor of his dressing as they maintained that the last Ingredients gave it an indefinable aroma. When Harvey was asked by his friends afterwards what he had dropped into the salad, he said: ‘‘Nothing but a little plain water out of the pump. I knew the Frenchmen were imaginative and I thought I would appeal to them. Apparently I did.” MUST NOT MARK UNCLE SAM’S MONEY. «jmer wimie, ol me secret service, nas run down another money mystery. Some time ago the subtreasurer at Chicago discovered that all the bills of large denominations coming from the col lector of customs at Detroit bore the names of business firms in ink. The statutes distinctly pro hibit the printing, writing or impressing of any characters on any of Uncle Sam's money. Agents of Mr. Wilkie visited Detroit where these big bills came from, but. it was some time before any clew was obtained to the party who did the writing on the money. It was noticed that the writing was all in the same hand and that no bills of less than $50 were marked with the names of the business firms. At last the mystery was cleared up. A clerk in one of the importing concerns at Detroit happened to -* remember that when he made a payment at the collectors office, using a $iuu Din, tne casaier wno received tne money wrote something on the corner of the note. Upon being interviewed by the secret service men the cashier admitted writing the names of the firms on bills of big denominations. He said that he was new to his job and was not very familiar with big bills. In order to protect himself If any of them should ever be proved to be counterfeit he made it a rule to mark every bill of $50 or over with the name of the man from whom it was received. Th secret service men gave the young cashier a heart to heart talk and suggested that a better way to identify the bill was to take down its check number on a separate slip of paper. The name of the last holder of the bill could very easily be placed opposite the identification number and in the event of trouble he would be Just as well protected as though he had writ ten the name of the concern all over the faces and backs of the bills. The young man was considerably frightened when he learned that he had been violating the laws of the United States, and on his promise to desist from the practice in the future he was not in any way punished for his ignorance. There Is no Rochelle Salts, Alum, Limeor Ammonia In food made with Calumet Baking Powder Health Economy. DIETARY DICTA. Dinner should be of a lighter nature in summer than in winter. A quart of wheat contains more nu triment than a bushel of cucumbers. There is a happy mean between eat ing everything and being squeamish. Two pounds of potatoes contain as much nutriment as 13 pounds of turnips. Light soups, light desserts and light meals should have the preference in warm weather. Vegetables and fruits are to be used most generously at that season of the year in which they naturally mature. Beginning the dinner with soup is the very best way to get the whole system in condition for assimilating • hearty meal. LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA Suffered Untold Agonies — Doctor Said It Was the Worst Case—Won derful Cure by Cuticura. “I used the Cuticura Remedies for eczema. The doctor said it was the worst case he ever saw. It was on both limbs, from the knees to the ankles. We tried everything the doc tors knew of, but the Cuticura Rem edies did the most good. I was obliged to lie with my limbs higher than my head, for the pain was so terrible I could not walk. I suffered untold agonies. One limb wasted away a great deal smaller than the other, there was so much discharge from It. I found the Cuticura Reme dies very soothing, and I still keep them in the house. I am very thank ful to say that I am cured. I found the Cuticura Remedies all that you say they are. I hope that you may be spared many years to make the Cuticura Remedies for the benefit of persons suffering from the torture cl skin diseases, such as I had. 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