Loup City Northwestern <1. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP OTT, . . NEBRASKA. Still a Mission to Perform. It seems the new ways of getting through and over the Alps by railways and tunnels bare not wholly done away with opportunities for the “pious monks of St Bernard” to Bhow hos pitality and even to extend help in « crisis. There are still venturesome souls who disregard the injunction to “try not the pass” and who brave the dangers of the trip through ice and snow, and sometimes they fall victims to their temerity and have a close call before they are rescued by the monks and the dogs. It appears from statis tics on this subject that last year not less than 1,300 persons, snowbound and exhausted, were cared for at the institution maintained by the monks, and numbers would have perished but for the succor provided. A considera ble portion of those thus helped rep resented tourists, including American and English travelers, though more than a thousand were poor peasants or tramps making their way over the mountains because they lacked means to go in more costly fashion. But all had the same care at the hospice, and none was under obligation to give in return anything more than conscience and the state of finances suggested. There is a box at the door in which all offerings may be deposited, but there is no solicitation from any visitor, rich or poor. And the chances are, says Troy Times, that the majority of the thousand were unable to give even a small pecuniary return for the serv ice so readily and mercifully extended When the immigrant officials at Ellis Island learned that Charles Pa ,pernini, late of Italy and now an aspirant for future citizenship in the i United States, was 90 years of age they hesitated about admitting him because of a possibility of his coming on the public for support. They be gan to look for his visible asset, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the first place, he was strong and vigor ous. In the second place, he carried a goodly sum of money concealed about his person. In the third, he had eight Bons and four daughters, all earning good incomes in this country. Also 35 grandchildren, a number of whom are in business, supporting themselves and their children. Also nine great-grandchildren, who are also candidates for future citizenship. A concerto, explains the New York Evening Mail, is a symphony wherein one instrument is given persistent prominence; in other words, an ex tended instrumental solo with orches tral accompaniment, often taking three-quarters of an hour to perform. It is the deification of a single instru ment—the highest ' achievement its player can attain. A concerto is to the pianist, violinist, or ’cellist what grand opera is to the singer. It is a tone drama in three acts—energetic, ten der, then climatic. There are brief intermissions between these three “movements,” and during these pauses the player receives applause like a "star”—bowing and smiling—until again the baton raises, the orchestra starts in, and the performance goes on. When dueling was an actual factor in the social order of this country it had many worthy and notable expo nents, including no less distinguished personages than Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, De Witt Clinton, Stephen Decatur, and others of tije same type; but nowhere on this continent was it so much an estab lished institution as in that peculiarly romantic old city of New Orleans. It was woven into the very fabric of the life of the community, and many a crumbling tombstone in the antiquated Creole cemeteries bears grim and silent witness to the fact, though to understand the situation more clearly one should breathe, so to speak, the atmosphere of the period. With which eye do you wink? This is a question which Sir James Crich ton-Browne of London has asked in a circular sent out to many hundred persons in an effort to learn whether ambidexterity is prevalent. Sir James announced the other day that about 60 per cent of the replffes were from persons who can wink with the left eye only, 30 per cent from those who can wink with either eye, and nine iper cent, from those who cannot wink el; name “Nigger.” It runs this way: “I still remain in your life as I came Into it—that and no more. With the Festive Grippe The grippe is the most vicious, of diseases. It begin* in the night and sleeps not by day. Nor will it let its victim sleep. Where it comes from is not known, but everyone is aware when it gets there, that it has come to stay. U takes a* Its things and puts able tor its host as possible. It pets its feet oa your best furniture, uses your best linen towels to clean its shoes, and takes especial delight in leaving its dirty linen about for yon to pick up. It assaults you from .the front and from the rear. It pounds away at rout head antil you can stand ft runs.up and How Mrs. Louis G, Meyer. Being Sadly Offended By tier Husband. Has Placed Him bn Three Months* Probation by Means of the Strangest Agreement Two Married People Lver Signed; “Breath and death—they savor of rhyme—they show but one little letter difference between us. I am—I re main, yours, NIGGER.’" “My husband,” continued Mrs. Mey er, “met Mrs. Harkness at the Vic toria hotel and became infatuated with her. When I first knew of this my hair was dark brown, without a streak of gray in it. Now it is white. 1 “When I went to the mother of this Mrs. Harkness and pleaded with her, she asked me why I did not get a divorce. I told her that I never would get a divorce, and I never will. I am going to stay by my husband now and nurse him through his trou ble. I do not care what happens to the other woman. I am glad she was injured as she was in the auto accident. She deserved it. Spent Money on Charmer. “My husband is a rich man, but I never asked him to spend money on me the way he did on Mrs? Harkness. Why, he allowed her to spend $140 a week just for hotel bills. And here is a sheet of an expense account I found among my husband’s papers. “ ‘$200 received. “ ‘$153.90 hotel. “‘$10 left with mamma. “ ‘Philadelphia expense: “ ‘$200 received. “ ‘1 Gown $100. “‘1 Gown $65. “ ‘1 Waist $28. “ '1 Matisse $15. “ ‘Pair corsets $12.’ “But I love my husband and he loves me. I had divorce papers pre pared, but he begged for another chance. I am going to give it to him. But he has now got to live up to this agreement.” Now just at the moment Mr. Mey er and Mrs. Harkness are really in a bad way. The agreement between the Meyers would not have been made public had it not been for the ac cident which has laid up both he and Mrs. Harkness, as well as William A. Feigelstock. Mr. Feigelstock took out Mr. Mey er and Mrs. Harkness in his automo bile a few days ago. They were run ning downhill in Bronxville, near the fashionable hotel Gramatan, when the chauffeur mistook the road, and, in stead of curving off to the right, he took a stone wall, with disastrous re sults. Mr. Feigelstock was badly injured. Mr. Meyer had his leg fractured and Mrs. Harkness’ hip was broken. All three were taken to the hotel; the accident was reported to the po lice and printed in the Newspapers. Mrs. Meyer, then at Atlantic City, read the news—her husband was bad ly hurt and so was “Mrs. Louis G. Meyer.” Now, Mrs. Meyer wasn’t hurt at all, and so the indignant wife started out to find out who was. To her anger she discovered that it was the same woman who had tried to arrogate things to herself in the Meyer office. Hence this noveLagree ment. ' Mrs. Meyer kept at her husband’s side; she found him suffering griev ously. She had him taken home. Mrs. Harkness was transferred to Dr. Bull’s sanitarium in East Thirty-third street. Mrs. Meyer did the rest and arranged for the agreement. It still holds good. Agreement Signed by Husband and Wife. "Whereas. ( Ada E. Meyer, of the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, has commenced an action which is now pending in the supreme court against her husband, Louis G. Meyer, for an absolute divorce, in which action the sum mons and a copy of the complaint were duly personally served on the said Louis G. Meyer within the state of New York on the loth day of December, 1906, together with a copy of affidavits and notice of motion for an allowance of alimony and counsel fees in said action, returnable December 24, 1906; and, "Whereas, The said Louis G. Meyer, feeling repentant, is desirious of be ing forgiven by the plaintiff and of having opportunity for reestablishing him self in his wife’s affection and favor, with a view of th -eafter renewing their marital relations, and Said Louis G. Meyer does hereby p.->mise and agree with his said wife, Ada F. Meyer, as follows: “I. That he will in all things hereafter treat his wife kindly and in a prop er manner. “IX. That he will hereafter abstain from all relations of every name and nature, both social and otherwise, with Mrs. William Harkness, and will not hereafter have or maintain any improper or social relations with any other woman or women, but will at all tinles conduct himself In a loyal, honoAble and proper manner, as would be fitting the husband of the said Ada E. Meyer. “III. That he will hereafter, commencing this day, pay to his said wife the sum of fifty dollars «50) on Friday of each week on account of her sup port. • • • “It is further mutually understood and agreed between said Ada E. Meyer and Louis G. Meyer that for three months from this date hereof, which is the period of time contemplated in (his agreement by the parties hereto as a probationary period within which said Ada E. Meyer may determine whether or not she can hereafter impose trust and confidence in her said husband and take him back unconditionally as her husband; • * • that each shall live his own life in his own way, • * * and that in the event that the actions and conduct of the said Louis G. Meyer shall at any time during said period of three months or at the termination thereof be unsatisfactory to the said Ada E. Meyer * • * it is agreed on the part of the said Louis G. Meyer that his said wife may proceed with said cause of action for divorce. “LOUIS G. MEYER, “ADA E. MEYER.” IN GRIP OF CONSCIENCE. Retribution that Follows Lapse From Virtue’s Path. “Thus doth conscience make cow ards of us all,” wrote Shakespeare. It cannot be known how many there be who would feign tear themselves away from the gnawing3 of con science and go hence who are held as in a vise by their conscience. How many men who are struggling in the quicksands of vice who would extricate themselves if they could without having the world know of their inner lives? Companions in vice —aye, there’s the rub; if a man knows and no other does, then he might settle the matter himself, but should he determine to do right how many are there with whom he has asso ciated who would point the nnger of scorn at him and ask: When didst thou get" to be better than I?- How is a public official who, by some hook or crook, has been elevated to a posi tion in which he is expected to bring criminals to justice, going to dis charge the duties of his office when he knows that divers criminals know that he has been a partner with some of the very criminals who may be arraigned for a violation of the laws? With his own life of sin and shame constantly staring him in the face, how can he muster courage sufficient to take hold of others and ask for the judgment of the law and of justice against the offenders? The man who goes into such a position with such a record is like a man engaging in a contest that requires strength and skill wifh both hands and feet tied, and also blindfolded. Fear of what may be told that he wants kept secret is what gives him pause. He may be ever so honest in his desires, ever so earnest and ever so sincere, but con science tells him that others know of his shortcomings, and thus he is too cowardly to do that which he would like to do.—Knoxville Journal and Tribunes Wisdom of Methuselah. My son, wouldst thou flatter wom en? I counsel thee, avoid generalities, say not unto her, Thou art fair, my love, thou rejolcest my heart with thy comeliness. 2. But let thy words be definite; go thou Into details, add it will cause her much joy. t 3. Say unto her, Lo, thy nostrils are proud, they show thy caste; and thine ear is like unto a seashell, it is far too little. How cunning are the tips of thy fingers, and the line of thine eyebrows, naught can excel. 4. For she knoweth her points; good and bad knoweth she them alj, from the greatest unto the smallest. Thou canst not teach her. 5. Het mirror instructeth her, lo, she knoweth her fame. Ask her and she shall tell thee, that thou mayest contradict.—Smart Set. Mikado Fond of Night Rambles. The emperor of Japan, who recent ly celebrated his fifty-fourth birthday, is fond of night rambleB. He is fa mous for his activity, and he is said to be the'busiest man of his empire. At night, when everybody is asleep— and in the country of the chrysanthe mums they go to rest early—the mika do often leaves his palace, and, wit!) his hands in his pockets and a cigar in his mouth, wanders through the streets of Tokio in order to make sore that everything Is quiet in the capital and that his royal subjects sleep the sleep of the just. commission ini destroys your appe tite. The grippe is-the most unfeeling and thoughtless of all diseases. Where some diseases are cpntent with affect ing certain organs or certain portions of the human frame, and letting It go at that; the grippe comes in and lays siege the entire system of human economy. It knows no feelings of de cency or consideration. It laughs you to ncorn, and when you are alone It EXAMPLE OF,TRUE CHIVALRY. Modern Lover Proves Himself Equal to' Heroes of the Past. There was a moment of profound . silence. He 'was the first to speak. “You are richer than I am," he fal tered, with emotion. She bowed her head, replying noth ing. But now the true nobility of his character manifested itself. “Yet for all that I am no better than you are!” he cried, and folded her to his breast. And when, her conscience accusing her, she tried to tell him that not only hdr father but four of her uncles were Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed her Ups with kisses, and would hear nothing.—Puck. THE REORGANIZED NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. The new Board of Trustees of the New York Life Insurance Company, chosen by the policyholders under the Armstrong laws, has taken charge of the company's affair a* and has begun the work of reorganization. % In choosing the principal officers of the company, the Board has adhered to the idea that a life insurance com pany should be managed by life in surance men. The new president is Darwin P. Kingsley, a college bred man of good New England stock, who has been in the company’s service in a ■ variety of capacities for a period of nearly twenty years. In the parlance of life insurance, he “began with the rate book” and has advanced step by step up to his present position. The first vice president of the com pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who has served the company for more than a quarter of a century,—indeed has never had any other business connec tion. Associated with these men are others long trained in the company’s service, each an expert in his own de partment of work. Wm. E. Ingersoll: who has for many years had charge of the company’s great business ir Europe, is one of the second vice pres idents, and will continue at the head of the company’s office iff Paris. Rufus W. Weeks, who has been in the company’s service for nearly forty years, ranks next to Mr. Buckner as vice president, and continuous as chief actuary of the company. The policyholders have expressed their belief in this company in no un certain terms. The upheaval in life in surance within the last two years has resulted in a great deal of misunder standing and policyholders, alarmed on matters which were not very clear to them, have been disposed to give up their contracts at a heavy sacrifice. This has not been true in the New York Life to any great extent. The com pany had $2,000,000,000 insurance on its books when the life insurance in vestigation began, and while the laws of the State of New York now do not permit any company to write over $150,000,000 a year (which is about one-half the New York Life formerly did), the company’s outstanding busi ness still exceeds $2,000,000,000. Policyholders generally will be still further reassured by this action of the Board, as It places at the head of the company to protect their interests men of thorough training ami unexception able character. Good for Evil. One Sunday a teacher was trying to illustrate to her small scholars the lesson, "Return good for evil.” To make it practical she said: "Suppose, children, one of your schoolmates should strike you, and the next day you should bring him an apple—that would be one way of returning good for evil.-” To her dismay one of the little girls spoke up quickly: “Then he would strike you again to get another apple!-” Ambiguous. At the death of a much-loved pas tor some years ago the vestry of a prominent New York church resolved to place a tablet to his memory in the vestibule of the church, tells Harper’s Weekly. In due time the tablet appealed in its place, where it still remains. It has caused not a few smiles; for, after reciting a list of the former pastor’s virtues and la bors, it closes with the quotation: “Now the people of God have rept.” But, They Had Not. At a political meeting the chair man asked at the end of the candi date's speech whether “anny gintle man has anny question to ask?” Some one rose and propounded an Inquiry mildly critical of the prevail ing political belief. A politician be hind raised a club and struck him to the floor. The chairman looked round and asked quietly: “Anny other gin tleman a question to ask?” DOCTOR'S FOOD TALK Selection of Food One of the Most Im portant Acts in Life. -A Mass, doctor says: “Our health and physical and mental happiness are so largely under our personal con trol that the proper selection of food should be, and is one of the most im portant acts in life. “On this subject, I may say that I know of no food equal in digestibility, and more powerful in point of nutri ment, than the modem Grape-Nuts, four heaping teaspoons of which is suf ficient for the cereal part of a meal, and experience demonstrates that the user is perfectly nourished from one meal to another. “I am convinced that the extensive and general use of high class foods of this character would Increase the term of human life, add to the sum total of happiness and very considerably im prove society in general. I am free to mention the food, for I personally know of its value,” Grape-Nuts food can be used'by babes in arms, or adkilts. It is ready oooked, can be served instantly, either cold with cream, or with hot water or hot milk poured over- All sorts of puddings and fancy dishes can be made with Grape-Nuts. The food is concentrated and very economical, for four heaping teaspoons are sufii th» cereal part of a meal, the lKtle book, “The Bond to Fashion would seem to have the blues, and yet to suffer no depression therefrom, but indeed, to welcome them with gay enthusiasm. Every shade of blue is worn and many are combined in more or less happy union. Distinctly happy was the alliance of a blue voile gown of deep China blue with a peacock blue hat wreathed with blue roses, the costume being completed by blue kid gloves taking almost a royal tone. I hate colored kid gloves. I do not think there is any garment upon which fashion could smile which has the power to arouse in me such ire as the sight of brightly colored kid gloves, and yet I have been informed on reliable authority that the colored kid glove is upon us, and that we are to welcome in turn blue gloves, green gloves, violet gloves and mauve gloves. We have no mean choice between the various tones of biscuit, almond and wash-leather, and, by the way, with a blue serge dress and a black tie, wash-leather colored gloves must be reckoned as superlatively attract ive; and talking of blue serge, 1 will return to the popular craze of blue, and note with much satisfaction that the blue serge dress looks extremely well when crowned with one of the hats of the new bright blue, which may best be described as China blue with a strong dash of peacock in it, trimmed at one side with a rosette of IXQUIcSTa GOWfd black satin and at the other with a fluffy feather, soft, downy and light every girl with red hair should wear a hat of this colored blue. To turn to consideration of the cos tumes shown in our large illustration. The figure on the right reveals a dress of the finest ninon, trimmed with thick lace and tassels, and the hat is of crinoline straw with a panache of feathers at one side. It would look well either in a biscuit color or in pale gray, I should say, although I own to a friend who has determined to copy it in dull light pink, and I note parenthetically that all shades of dull light pink are receiving consid erable attention, while I remember with gratitude a costume made of this ninon with the ninon worked into rosettes and tassels, bearing a bod ice of Japanese outline, with a vest and the under sleeves of very fine ivory net. Crowned with a crinoline hat of brown encircled with brpwn leaves and pink and red roses the re sult was pre-eminently satisfying. But I am forgetting that other illus tration, which expresses a costume de signed for dress outdoor occasions, held across the front with coral but tons set in gold, fine lace forming the vest, and ninon the skirt. For grace commend me to the well hung ninon skirt!! The hat you will see is trimmed with a monster bow of ribbon, and in the tying of the rib bon is there much art. sm SIMP STYLES One of the peculiarities of the pres ent season’s styles is the marked ten Simple Afternoon Dress. dency to abolish any definite line of the figure. The ideal line is long, un dulating and undefined; and if by any chance a bodice seems more or less tight-fitting, fashion at once throws over it some loose coat or floating draperies, which give the required suggestion of mystery. This is exem plified in the accompanyihg sketch, which represents a simple afternoon dress for the present moment, when the weather is too doubtful to permit of our sallying forth in muslin. The skirt Is of foulard, a deep cream ground besprinkled with large violet spots, the trimming consisting of two waved bands of quilled satin ribbon of the same color as the violet spot3. With this is worn as bodice a shirt of fjne lawn with a double frill of lace dcwn the front, and a low'-cut waist coat of violet satin. The desired loose outline is given by the quaint little short-waisted sac coat in deep cream taffetas, the same shade as the fou lard. which is trimmed with bands of coarse cream silk braid and tassels, into which a thread of violet is worked delicately, the violet note be ing accentuated by the turned-back cuffs, which are of violet satin like the waistcoat. This original ^ress is completed by a big mushrocm hat in cream straw, covered with a-mass of bows in violet satin ribbon. » Own Their Own Farms. Eighty-seven per cent, of the Cana dian farmers own their own farms. How the Gems Rank. In the gem kingdom the ruby, the diamond, the emerald and the sapphire constitute “the big four,” and take precedence—and in the order named— of all other precious stones, says the New York Tribune. The pearl is of course not a stone. It has a stand ard of its own. The expert test of the gem is its color, its degree of clear ness and its perfection of cutting. Upon the last depends its brilliancy. In the diamond the “brilliant” cut ting holds first place. The other stones are out. altogether differently —they are crystallized in different systems—in fact they differ in another respect, the diamond being a min eral carbon, the finer ruby (the ori ental) a variety of corundum, the em erald a variety of beryl and the sap phire a colored variety of corundum. What is technically known as the “step cut” is an essential to bring out the fire of the last three. New York's Women Dentists, here' are only 3.6 women dentists Civilization in China. The new law cn strangling seems to have met the fate of other Chinese lawn—been put by for a more conven ient season—and the curious crowds were glutted with the usua Jiorrible killing by the sword on the Hth. This was a young man. and, instead of using a sword, a long pole was used with a knife attached.—Shang hai Mercury. A Small Boy’a Answer. At a country school in England it is said that one of the examiners in a general exercise wrote the word "dozen” on the blackboard t,nd asked the pupils to each write a sentence containing the word. He wa3 some what taken aback to find cm one of the papers the follpwing sentence: “I dozen know my lesson.” New York's Railway Tracks. New York city has more miles of street railway tracks than any other city In fhe world. If Us surface, ele vated and subway systems were In one straight track it would! be 1 021'