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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY. - - NEBRASKA. Performing a Useful Mission. 1 The Society for Psychical Research has lately exposed certain pseudo spiritualistic manifestations at Wind sor, Nova Scotia. The whole town had been stirred by the singular behavior of material things. Boxes and barrels were moved, chairs were rocked, and smaller objects flew through the air with extraordinary force. Upon hear ing of this, Prof. Hyslop dispatched his assistant, Mr. Carrington, to the scene, to investigate the report. The latter, who is something of a wizard himself, proved, as Prof. Hyslop says, “that all the alleged phenomena at Windsor which excited public notice were frauds pure and simple.” Great pains had been taken by those who perpetrated the tricks to escape detec tion. A mysterious hogshead, which was said to roll about the streets on its own motion and give forth oracu lar utterances, was found to have been propelled by two young Nova Sco tians, while the voice was that of a boy who was concealed within. Strings had been attached to chairs, and secret openings made in walls and doors. A grocer was found to have been a ringleader in producing the phenomena, having thrown apples, ..broken eggs and moved packing cases. It is a good t£ing to have de ceptions of this kind discovered, de clares the New York Post. Among other things, it helps to give Prof. Hyslop’s society a standing in the community and another reason for ex istence. Dangers Lurking in Cravats. Girls who gave neckties to men used to get into the joke papers. Now, no more. Since the notion of wearing knit ties came in a few years ago, the mightiest is not too proud to display such handiwork. And in this act is there not a quaint and charming sym bolism? The tie, fashioned by innu merable delicate motions of soft fin gers, represents in its final form al most a detached part of the lady her self. Mere thread plus her—that is the tie. And this resultant the man, a willing slave, knots around his neck. Might not one almost say that that silken noose, which, minus what her hands have done, would be mere yarn, is indeed her hands? A noose—aye, there’s the rub! For if once around one’s neck, it is but a step from being caressed to being throttled in the re lentless grip of the Superman. Each must decide for himself. As for us, exclaims the editor of Collier’s, we are willing to risk it, provided we get the tie. No, this is not fishing. A man used to have to ask his friends to send him knit ties from the other side. Now they may be picked up in every Broadway shop and are become almost vulgar. There seems to be no end to the misfortunes attending the French navy, particularly as regards the Toulon station. The latest mishap was a fire on the battleship Hoche, which proved so serious, threatening to reach the magazine and destroy the vessel, that she was sunk to extin guish the flames. From the beginning of the year to the present time there have been 20 more or less notable oc currences in the French navy. The worst was the explosion on the bat tleship Iena while lying at her dock at Toulon, when over a hundred lives were lost Other casualties include the total wreck of the cruisers Jean Bart and Chanzy, the loss of several submarine boats and torpedo destroy ers, damages by collision while ma neuvering and so on. It looks as though an able-bodied hoodoo is work ing overtime making trouble for French ships and sailors. Grumblers. Grumblers who have fallen Into the habit of complaining about their real or imaginary troubles are nuisances to those who associate with them. The business man who is ever grumbling and growling about things makes a blue atmosphere about him. There is no good in grumbling. Grumbling is an evidence that you are looking at the world through blue glasses; that you haven’t the proper estimate of other people. Grumbling is an adver tisement to the world that you are hot a success, says New York Weekly. Grumbling won’t help things a bit. The more you indulge yourself in grumbling the quicker you form the habit, and it becomes so fixed upon you that later on you find it almost impossible to shake it off. That forestry is growing in impor tance is evident from the care given the matter in educational institutions and the number of persons taking this course of instruction. It is announced from Washington that no less than 35 young men who have just graduated from American schols of forestry have entered the government service. They come from Yale, Harvard, Michigan, Nebraska and other universities and colleges. The cause is one to which talent and skill may well be devoted. Another endurance test in connec tion with the automobile is that to which the man is subjected who is paying for it on the installment plan and at the same time keeping the re 'pair bills paid. A man in Paterson, N. J., was killed and his family badly injured* by an au tomobile accident. Paterson is discov ering thaj there are more dangerous things than anarchists running at Washington Gossip Interesting Bits of News Picked Up Here and There at the National Capital YOUNG BARONESS ROSEN MOST CAREFULLY REARED HU 5 WASHINGTON.—The Russian em bassy closed the season here when Ambassador and Barones^ Rosen, with their household staff, left for Magnolia, Mass., the other day where they will pass the summer. The departure of Baron and Baroness Rosen has a particular significance at this time, as they do not expect to return to Washington for perhaps a year, and will sail for Europe on a prolonged leave of absence in Oc tober. They purpose passing the winter in St. Petersburg that their only daugh ter, Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, may make her debut in that capital. This young woman, who is just 17 years of age, will be presented at court early in the winter under particularly bril liant auspices. The young baroness is a petite blonde. She is perhaps the most care fully reared girl of her age in Amer ica, as her education has been con ducted’ along exactly the same lines as though she had never left her na tive land. Five hours each day have been devoted to hard study, exclusive of the time devoted to music and art. The various modern languages being considered the necessary equip ■ ■»—" ■ ■ 1 ment of a young girl of her rank, are not regarded as accomplishments, al though the literature of three or four languages is a part of Baroness Eliza Deth’s recreation. She has taken no part in juvenile society, wherein she would be warmly welcomed by Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss Helen Taft, Miss Bacon and other young people of the adminis tration families, and has made no friends of her own age in the two years’ residence in America. Her constant companions are her mother, her governess and an American friend some ten years her senior, who was originally retained as a social secre tary. At Magnolia, where the schoolroom regime is slightly relaxed, Baroness Elizabeth joins her parents and mem bers of the staff at the midday break fast, always a feature of the embassy life, but never joins her parents’ din ner. Her English is particularly pure and pleasing, with what no doubt will be described in Europe as an Ameri can.accent. French is the language of her home, and in that tongue her ac cent is distinctly Parisian. She also speaks Italian and German fluently. MESSAGES ON EACH SIDE OF NEW POSTAL CARDS ANEW departure in postal cards has been decided upon by the post office department. Beginning August 1 the consumer will get more for his penny than heretofore. The front side, for years reserved by an inexorable rule for the address, will be invaded by advertisements, pic tures and messages. Postmaster General Meyer has pro mulgated an order to this effect. A vertical line will be placed about one third of the distance from the left end of the card. The space to the right of this line will be reserved for the address, and the remaining por tion of the front side may be devoted to details of how all the children are, or any other of the things that here tofore have been confined to the back side. For years people have been sending to the United States from foreign countries postal cards and post cards with messages written on the front as well as on the back of the cards, al though in this country this advantage has been denied the users of govern ment postal cards. Some months ago the United States postal laws and regulations were amended so as tc give that privilege to buyers of post cards, but such concession was not made applicable to postal cards. To day’s ruling will remedy this inconr sistency and so prevent further confu sion. A very thin sheet of paper may be attached, if it completely adheres to the card and such a paster may bear both writing and printing. Hereto fore two cents in postage was re quired if this was done. Advertise ments, illustrations or writing may appear on the back of the card and on the left third of the front. Postal cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel, or other such substances are declared to be unmailable, except when inclosed in envelopes or when treated in such a manner as will prevent the objec tionable materials from being rubbed off or injuring the hands of persons handling the mails. NEW BUREAU TO HANDLE MATTER OF FAR EAST WITH the view of placing all diplo matic and consular matters relat ing to Japan and China in the hands of officials familiar with conditions in the orient, the state department has perfected the organization of the “Far Eastern Bureau,” which will have charge of all correspondence and preliminary treaty negotiations with the oriental governments. This new departure is more or less in the nature of an experiment, which, if it proves satisfactory, may lead to the organization of similar bureaus to conduct diplomatic and consular cor respondence and negotiations with the Central and South American re publics, European and Asiatic coun tries. Huntington Wilson, third assistant secretary of state, who, for a number of years served as secretary to the American legation and embassy at Tokio, is in charge of the new bu reau. His two assistants are Percival Heintzleman of Pennsylvania, for merly student interpreter attached to the American legation at Peking and later vice and deputy consul general at Canton and Dalny, and William Phillips of Massachusetts, formerly private secretary to Ambassador Choate at London and for the last two years second secretary of the American legation at Peking. All of these young diplomats speak and read the oriental languages, are familiar with the domestic politics ol the far eastern nations and wel' versed in questions of diplomacy now pending between the United States and the oriental countries. The pre liminary negotiations between this country and Japan in drafting a new treaty probably will be referred to the Far Eastern Bureau. Another important duty which will devolve upon the n^wly-organizec bureau will be to consider the numer ous petitions and diplomatic “notes” which are annually presented to the state department suggesting changes in the existing treaty between the United States and China. TO BUILD SUMMER HOME Vat house I FOR ARISTOCRATIC CATS GARDENS ■ A LARGE number of prominent so ciety women here have banded together to provide a suitable and at tractive home for cats. It is intended to purchase a tract of land and build a handsome home if possible—if not, a house fitted for the purpose will be bought—ro be fitted up as a boarding house for handsome and expensive cats belonging to per sons who regularly leave the city and must take their pets along. Among those prominent in promot ing the scheme are Mme. Eleanore de Remusat Guys, Miss Mary A. Peet, Miss Mathile Townsend, Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs. A. L. Barber, Miss Mary Robinson, . Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Krouse, Mrs. Solberg, Mrs. Henry L. West, the last named beirg president of the Cat club. The wife of Justice Harlan, who owns three handsome Maltese cats worth $1,000 each, is also greatly interested. Miss i Robinson says she was com pelled to stay at home all last sum mer because she had no place at which to board her six cats, all short haired, to which she is greatly at tached. The previous summer she put them out to board while she passed six months in California, but the one place' available at that time has since been closed, -j ; -.' , > ' ; - i have carried their pets on long trips rather than leave them behind to bf neglected. A Three-Decker Mustache. “I am preparing an article on queer whiskers,” said a barber, “for one of the duller and more expensive maga zines. My latest is the three-decker mustache. I think I’ll lead off my article with it. “This tripartite mustache was worn in Taras Bulba's time by the Cos sacks and the Poles. It was, like a ship, in three decks. “The top deck, directly beneath the nose, was trained to grow inward in stead of outward. The hairs, that is, pointed toward the middle of the lip instead of toward the corners. “The second deck was trained nat urally, as our mustaches are, the hairs all flowing toward the corners of the mouth. “.The third deck was trained straight downward. “These mustaches were very popu lar, but you could not wear one of them and do it justice unless you had a rather long upper lip.” Not Lucky. Bill—Does, your brother carry a rah bft’s foot? Jill—No, but he goes around with a }fWdc/@& °f<b« %7*iomdntr emm(Govm$ Fashion in this year of grace de mands that our hats and our hair shall seem on the closest terms of intimacy —I might, indeed, say of affection. The hat embraces the hair as though passionately attached to it, and the general effect is wonderfully attrac tive. While on the subject of mil linery I must not neglect to speak of the new—and especially charming— idea of mixing white and black laces on hat crowms. At a recent musical reception I saw a beautiful woman wearing a Tuscan cloche which boast ed a full crown of ivory point d'esprit inset with motifs of black Maltese lace. These motifs were circular and of extremely delicate design, and the lace crown was mounted on silver tulle. On the left side of the hat there were several branches of vivid scarlet japonica. But now that summer is coming to its full splendor we are giving the large cloche hat a well-deserved rest and arc turning our appreciative at tention to the close-fitting mushroom. It is, in fact, distinctly an “open-air hat,” and it looks best when very simply trimmed with immense choux of Pompadour ribbons at either side, or with quillings which completely hide the crown. It is my impression that the time has come to call “halt” in the affairs of filet laces! I do not, for the mo ment .deny the effectiveness of these laces, but it seems carrying the mat ter too far to make nine out of every ten women look as though they had taken down the best curtains from their windows and draped them round their graceful selves! Of course, "Fashion” must always be omnipotent, but even Fashion cannot blind our eyes to the fact that filet lace is really suitable as a trimming for curtains and afternoon tea cloths, and for that purpose only. Nowadays we introduce it on our summer frocks, and undoubt edly it is effective, but we can easily have too much of it, and that is why I suggest that “halt” should be called, otherwise we shall have an epidemic to filet lace at the plages in close con nection with white linen and embroid ered muslin. it is a tnousana pities tnat it should be so difficult to accept a new mode in moderation. Everything novel and original is run to death, and this seems inevitable. A most effective costume of the very latest boasts a skirt cut on the cross made of buff and white stripes, a little coat of buff colored cloth displaying facings of white cloth bound with black silk piped with cherry color and white. In front of this from neck to bust appears a double-frilled lawn shirt; that double-frilled lawn shirt, I realize, is immensely popular, so pop ular, indeed, th&t you may buy the double frill “all alone by itself” and attach it to any old shirt, when you may confidently rely upon its passing muster as new. The frills are usually made of white lawn, hemstitched; oth ers, too, there are of spotted batiste, and others again of striped muslin. Which reminds me that amongst the NEED MONEY IN KLONDIKE. Cost of Living Far Higher There Than In the East. U. S. Consul G. C. Cole, of Dawson, writes that everything in the way of living costs from two to three times as much in the Yukon territory as it does in the United States. No article, however trivial, is sold for less than 25 cents, and there is no money of smaller denomination in ciroulation. The cost of living will remain high until there is better means of getting supplies into the country. The only remedy which Mr. Cole suggests is to build a trunk line rail road from the sea coast into the heart of the great valley, which is rich in gold, copper and other minerals, and to keep the road under government control, in order to prevent excessive rates. Some of the prices noted are as fol lows: Coal per ton, $15 to $20; wood per cord, $12 to $15; undressed spruce lumber, $45 per M; fir, $125; oak, im ported* $400; oats per ton, $80 to $120; new plain white gowns are some made of white muslin with a narrow-corded stripe or check in it, very like those which obtained some 20 years ago. Alas! that I can remember! As to the gowns displayed in our large illustration. The one on the right displays a dress of rose pink voile with trimmings of filet net, adorned with flowers embroidered in floss silk, filet net with floss silk em broidery being amongst the extrava gant novelties of the moment. Fanci ful white net and lace make the vest and under bodice, the outlining bands being of soft pink satin, while the hat is of pink straw covered with flowers of various shades of pink and mauve. Amongst many embroideries worthy of notice are those which show thick gold and silver tinsel combined with floss silk designs interspersed with clous made of iridescent kid. The like mounted on gray or blue net lined with silver tissue is amongst the luxu ries of the rich, and may certainly be quoted as an example of what modern handiwork can do in alliance with modern prodigality. The other sketch illustrates the popular short-waisted bodice, and this Robe of Blue Linen, with Embroid eries of Clematis Flowers in a Darker Shade of Blue. dress is of Shantung silk in chestnut brown with the embroidery in oriental colors, the narrow vest being traced with gold and the yoke and sleeves of fine net. The hat is of brown chip with a single crimson rose concealing the stem of a shaded brown ostrich feather of superior detail. 50c; pork, 40c to 50c; ham and bacon, 35c; chicken, turkey and butter, 50c; tea, 50c to 75c; coffee, $35c to 65c; flour, per hundred pounds, $6; domes tic eggs, $2 per dozen and imported $1; milk per quart, 35c; hotel board in, $3 to $6 per day; restaurant meals, 75c to $3; board and room, $90 to $150 per month; draft horses, per span, $1,000 to $1,800; boarding horses, $60 to $100 per month. The wage of mechanics is $10 per day; common laborers, $4 to $5, with board, and $6 witlout; clerks, $150 to $300 per month. A Pointer on Pearls. The lapidary took up a tiny pearl, awl with a skillful movement cut it in half. “That is the way to double your money,” he said, laughing. “Now this pearl will give me not one, but two $10 pins. “Oftfcn done. Oh, yes, It is nearly always done. Nearly all the small pearls for cheap pins and brooches are eut In half these economic days.” Rule for Success. i> '^ykn Wm.A.Radfohd Sir. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the sflrbject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide expe rience as Editor, Author and Manufac turer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The width of this house is greater than the length, a manner of building which has become very popular dur ing the past few years. There are advantage's in this style of building, such as increased light, an opportu nity to get a hall in the center with rooms on each side and the possibility of making one chimney do for the kitchen, furnace, and grate. Old-fashioned houses were built something on this plan. The hall was in the center and there were good square rooms on each side of the hall, and I don’t know that the general plan has ever been improved upon, al though some important changes have been made. In selecting a house design one of the first considerations is to make it fit the lot. Here is a house 38 feet wide, and of course you must have a lot at least 50 feet wide to accom modate such a house properly. Right here its where a book of house plans comes in to advantage. You can thumb the whole book through and se lect a plan that will fit the lot. You may be confined to the locality where your wife’s relatives live, and the size of your bank account may influence you in favor of a small lot on a side street, but you will pick out the lot : before you decide what kind of a ] house you will build, and that is the right way to go about it. Naturally the location comes first, then the lot, and it requires a good deal of study to intelligently select a house plan that just exactly fits in; but it is a pleas ant study, it is one of the most en joyable enterprises ever undertaken. There are many little details of es pecial interest about this plan, one of should always have opposite windows for ventilation. A great many attics are spoiled because the owner wanted to save the price of the windows. This is poor economy. The windows look well, in fact they add more to the appearance of the house than their cost twice over and they make the attic both light and airy. The subject of ventilation is one of great importance. By leaving the attic windows open you get a current of air through under the roof, and by leaving the upper stair door open you get a current of air up clear from the cellar if you want it. This makes a SECOND FLOOR PLAN flue that changes they air in the whole house in short order. When living in a house that is light and airy you have very little excuse to run up doc tor bills. It is a well known fact that fresh air is cheaper than med icine. There is an archway under the front stair which makes a passage through from the front doer to the kitchen. It is easy to get up an argument about the advantage of connecting the front and back of a dwelling with a hall passage, but I have usually noticed that after a person has lived in a house that communicates through in this way that they prefer to have it afterwards. Of course this preference which is the recess for the refriger ator at the rear entrance to the kitchen, where the ice may be put in from the back door without tracking dirt and wet sawdust in on the clean kitchen floor. Many a sour expres sion has been caused by the ice man making too free with a clean floor. Nothing ever comes into the house that is capable of carrying in so much dirt as the ice man’s boots. They are extra large and they are loaded with wet sawdust and mud from the wagon and from the yard, and it is a singular fact that no dirt ever drops off from the ice man’s boots until he gets In on the clean kitchen floor, then they unload automatically. If you don’t believe it just ask any housekeeper who has had experience. Another convenience is the china closet built in the wall between the dining-room and the pantry. Every woman has an assortment of china and glassware that requires Just such a cupboard. It Is too pret ty to have it taken out in the kitchen or pantry with the heav ier dishes. She wants to keep it un der her eye, where she can look after It herself, and she is not displeased when its display catches the eye of her best lady friend. The stairway in this plan is worth more than passing notice. It is a combination front and back stair and it reaches from cellar to the garret. It would be difficult to invent a more convenient stairway, and it would probably be impossible to build an other kind of stair of such utility to occupy so little space. You have heard of cozy little back parlors. Well, did you ever see any thing neater or more suggestive of solid comfort on a cold winter night than the library here shown with its bright corner fire? The room will of course be furnished with a book case stocked with interesting books and a center table with a good strong light. A library suggests reading, but reading is too often rendered im possible in the evening because of a poor light. Two essentials in a li brary are comfort and light. The open fire brightens the room, easy chairs suggest comfort, and a good light com pletes the combination. may be due some to custom. We are all more or less prejudiced in favor of what we have been accustomed to, especially In youth when our habits are forming. Whether necessary or not, the passage is there, and if you don’t want it you can keep the door closed. It costs nothing to build, and I would suggest a door under the stairway, anyhow, because if you don’t want to use it yourself you might some time sell the house to some one who would appreciate it. WHERE IS “DICKENS’ SLAB"? Famous Piece of Mahogany Has Dis appeared From St. Louis. “I would like to know,” said an old saloon man of St. Louis, “what has become of the famous mahogany slab that once formed the bar counter of the old Planters’ house. People called it the Dickens slab, because when the novelist was in this city he staid at the Planters’ house, and they do say that he spent a good deal of his time resting his elbow on that slab, which thenceforth went by his name. When the Planters’ house was taken down the big mahogany slab nearly 20 feet long, three feet wide and two or three inches thick, was bought by a saloon man, but his house, too, a few years later, came under the hands of the wreckers, and the Dickens slab disappeared. A piece of mahogany like that could hardly be bought now for any figure, for mahogany is among the costliest of woods and now used only for veneering* The slab would be worth several hundred dollars to a furniture maker, but more than this to somebody who cherished old asso ciations, for while that slab was in the Planters’ every old citizen of St. Louis who drank at all, and every celebrity who came to town, help to shine the elbows of his coat by friction on that slab.” Nature-Faking Fads. To print.a. photograph on an apple no sensitizer is used, only the delicate art of “nature-faking.” The neces saries are an apple tree bearing a fruit which rapidly reddens as it be comes ripe and a little film negative of your loved one. Simply attach the film to the sunny side of the apple with white of egg and let nature do its work. The whole apple may be incased in a black paper bag and a vignette cut over the film part, which adds to the effect. Young ladies who go to the seaside to acquire a summer coat of tan have made use of the same “sensitizer” to imprint on their arm a photograph of —their father or brother. “Do you really mean to tell me,” de manded Mrs. Hauskeep, “that you are a San Francisco sufferer.” “Yes, lady,” replied Hungry Hawkes. “Yer see, folks has been sendin’ so much grub oift dere dey’ve had ter neg