Loap city Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITT. • . NEBRASKA. The Back Yard. Paris Is s city noted everywhere for beauty, not merely of architecture, but? •f nature, and the art which good teste Is able to evolve from nature. Particularly Is It known for the beau ty of its trees and flowers and parks. The chief gardener of the city of Paris has been spending a two months’ vaca tion in the United States, studying American methods in developing city parks and gardens. He found much to praise, but had nothing but con demnation f • the American city back yard. In New York, particularly, he found the back yards incredibly ugly and neglected—no grass, no trees, no vines, no flowers. The crit'clsm would hold good of almost any American «ity, but the matter is one which young landscape architects are be ginning seriously to consider. One such in Boston, says the Youth's Companion, Is making a special study •f the problem of converting a few square yards of brick pavement into a little secluded bower of greenery, where the family can have a restful hour or a pleasant meal, in surrond Ings far more attractive than the ave> age roof-garden affords. Manufactur ers Interested in this young man’s work have produced special pieces of garden furniture, of cement and terra eotta. A New Yorker has recently told, in print, of the curiosity he felt at the wording of an advertisement of some apartments to rent. One of the attractions mentioned was the outlook •n real trees and back yards which were gardens. Later conversation with the agent disclosed the fact that the modest attempt at beauty which the windows commanded was a real asset. It raised the rentable value of the property. Cultivate the Imagination. He who can read easily and under standing^ possesses the key to all hu man knowledge. If he reads with im agination alert, his mind will be progressive. He will become more and more self-reliant, and will become v self-confident a3 he realizes the strength of his imaginative powers. He will each day become more valu able to himself and to his employer, because he is alert and receptive, and because imagination will permeate all his ideals, his thoughts and his activ ities. The man with imagination is equal to all emergencies, for when one way of accomplishing a desired re sult proves inefficient, he will think «f another, says the New York World. The imaginative gift broadens the out look and creates resourcefulness. To the artist, the student, and the philos opher, the development of the imag inative faculty is of the greatest value, hut to the worker in the business or mechanical world its value is little less. The man who has imaginative strength never can be downed, for when one of his schemes has failed, he always has another ready, and will persist until he achieves success. —---— Not long ago, the Youth’s Com panion, in an article on English historical pageants, made the sugges tion that something of a similar kind might well form a part of anniversary eelebrations in this country. Since then something of the sort has taken place. The observance of "Ohio day” by the town of Rutland, Mass., was made intensely interesting, and also historically valuable, by a pageant in which men, women and children were dressed as were the pioneers of Gen. Rufus Putnam’s band, and drawn by alow-moving oxen hitched to “prairie ■chooners.” More lately still the ap proval by Lord Tennyson of a pageant with scenes taken from his father’s poems, as a celebration of the hun dredth anniversary of the poet’s birth, has led to the suggestion on this Bide ef the water that the coming Whittier eentebary be marked by a pageant of •cenes from the Quaker poet’s verse. The simplicity and historic character ef much of Whittier’s poetry would ■sake this easy. Santos-Dumont again comes to the front in attempts to solve the problem •f aerial navigation. He has a machine which he calls the hydro plane, by which he is confident he can make successful flights, and he has put up a wager to that effect That may show the inventor’s confidence. But the man who can mount in the air and fly at will, In any direction and for as long a time and distance as he may choose, will not be obliged to make bets to convince the public. President Allen of Aurora college may demonstrate that a diet of pea nuts is wholesome and nutritious, but thiB will not disprove the generally accepted proposition that no grade of peanuts fit to eat is ever used by con fectioners in making their peanut candy. Prunes are a cause of baldness, ac cording to a French doctor, but straw- j berries cause rheumatism, accord ing to another doctor, so there you are! It must make the spirit of Cyrus Field sore to think that he wasted all that time and energy on the At lantic cable, when he could just as well have telegraphed across the ocean without wires. Chicago women' do not favor the Idea of getting up stork contests there. Such a scheme might di vert them from the great work of flg oring out what they are going to RISES TO EMERGED CORTELYOU WINS SPURS IN RE LIEVING FINANCIAL TROUBLE. Success of Secretary of Treasury l« Typical of the Man—Astonished Cabinet by Direct Method Last March. Washington.—The success of Secr» tary Cortelyou of the treasury depart ment in handling the recent complex financial situation in New York is thoroughly typical of the man, say his friends, who declare Secretary Cor telyou has never yet failed not only to rise to every emergency with which he has been confronted, but to rise above it It may be forgotten by some that the very financiers in Wall street, with whom Secretary Cortelyou held daily conferences and who accepted his word and his advice as law, were less than one year ago opposing his confirmation as secretary of the treas ury on the ground that he was not fitted by experience for the position. While the senate has rarely ever failed to confirm a nomination of a cabinet officer Bent to it by a presi dent and while the confirmation of Mr. Cortelyou was never seriously in doubt, nevertheless there was a de cided opposition to him in financial circles in New York, which made its presence felt in the senate. Much of this opposition In the senate was charged at the time to animosity of in dividual senators to the policies of the administration in general with which they were out of sympathy. There was, however, a certain amount of slncere'opposition to Mr. Cortelyou for the reason mentioned. Sticretary Cortelyou took hold of the treasury department with a distinct understanding between him and the president that he was to run the de partment without interference. He had certain policies of his own he wished put into operation, not the least; important of which was that he GEORGE B. CORTELYOU. determined to take the treasury not only out of politics but out of the Stock market. This was revolution of the worst sort from a Wall street standpoint, but it took just one lesson to teach “the street” that it was face to face with a new regime in the treasury department. In less than a month after Mr. Cor telyou took his office he got his first baptism of fire. The March panic came on. There is no gainsaying the fact that the new secretary was nerv ous over the situation. He had his Ideas how such things should be handle!, but he had never applied them rractically, although assured by sound financiers that they were prac tical. Right in the heat of the crisis, however, an opportunity came closer at home than he expected for an ex hibition of his own confidences in him self and his plans. That opportunity came' at a cabinet meeting. The cabinet was assembled and certain members of it who had been besieged by friends in financial circles to urge that the government come to their assistance x crowded around the cabinet table with anxious fac6s. At the outset of the meeting not one but several joined in the re quest that the financial crisis be made the subject of the meeting. It is related that the president said he thought it fair that the secretary of the treasury should first be allowed to tell the cabinet what the trouble was and what he had done to remedy It. Secretary Cortelyou in a few words laid the entire framework of the pend ing financial situation before the cab inet. In an equally short time he told the members what he had done to ease the danger of a panic and he concluded his remarks with this sen tence: “That has been done and it is all that will be done.” Until the cabinet fully grasped the comprehensiveness of Secretary Cor telyou’s own remedies 'the members sat in open-mouthed astonishment at his audacity in bringing the discussion so abruptly to a close. It was plain from the position he assumed that he would not welcome any further talk on the subject and when the cabinet members realized that all had been done tha:; could be done anyway, there was really nothing more to be saiu. Big Trade in Peanuts. Over 60,000 tons of peanuts are brought to Bordeaux annually from Africa, and the value of the oil made from them is *2,000,000. Many French families prefer it for table use to olive oil, and it is much cheaper, too, the price being 55 to 82 cents a gallon, according to quality. England's Shorthand Engravers. There are only three engravers of shorthand in England. One lives at Bath. He has, as a joke, suggested to bis two London fellow-workers the Dronrietv of a trade union. LA TRAPPE CHURCH. Ancient Edifice Near Philadelphia to Be Opened for Visitors. Norristown, Pa. — The ancient church of La Trappe, which inspired Longfellow to write some beautiful verses, is to be opened on request to any pilgrims who visit the quiet little spot, a few miles from here, where the historic church still stands, a lit tle shaky in its old age but dignified and beautiful still. If you are suf ficiently interested in such ecclesias tical landmarks as to take a trolley trip to La Trappe the keys will be found for you and the ancient and ANCIENT PULPIT OF OLD LA TRAPPE CHURCH. rusty lock turned for your admit tance. Within the church you will see the unpainted pews just as they wens nailed together by the pioneers. The woodwork is worn smooth by the pressure of successive generations of worshipers on the high backs of the pews, but just as they were construct ed in 1743 so they appear to-day. In one corner a quaint old pulpit of walnut, with the high sounding board of ancient days, is the most ornate feature, while upstairs there is all that remains of the pipe organ that was imported from Europe soon after the congregation settled down in its fine new church. What with the antics of the soldiers during the revo lutionary war, when music for ribald barrack room ballads was played on the old instrument, and the attacks of vandals and relic hunters, there is little left of the organ but the frame. The pews, the records tell us, were occupied by the men on one side and the women on the other, while the apprentices, servants and children were watched over by the sexton in the gallery above. There is some controversy as to the origin of the name La Trappe. It is generally conceded, however, that it originated from the remark of an early settler who had visited a little tavern in the vicinity and who, on be ing scolded by his wife, stated that he had fallen into the “trap” on his way home. A curious inscription in the grave yard adjoining the old church records that one John Favinger was born in 1774 and died in 1721, “aged 47 years and seven days." It isn’t recorded that the “trap” was responsible for this, but such may have been the case. DECLINES DIPLOMATIC POST. Bacon Does Not Want to Be Ambas sador to Germany. Washington.—The resignation of Charlemagne; Tower, of Pennsylvania, as American ambassador at Germany. ROBERT BACON. has been received by President Roose velt and will be accepted. Announce ment was made in Berlin recently that Mr. Tower would retire from the diplomatic service. The president tendered the ambas sadorship to Robert Bacon, of New York, the assistant secretary of state, and in doing so Indicated in effect that he was so much pleased with Mr. Bacon’s administration of his political office that he should greatly regret to have him leave Washington, but he felt that a sellish consideration of that character on the part of the president should not be permitted to stand in the way of offering to Mr. Bacon an opportunity which would be in the nature of an appreciation Of work and at the same time give hint a chance for diplomatic achievement abroad. Mr. Bacon declined the offer, on the ground, it is understood, that he preferred personally to remain in the state department Plenty of the Duet. Owner—They say that town con stable is mighty sharp about catching speeders. Bo you think we might manage to fool him? Chauffeur—I think I could manage to throw dust in his eyes.—Baltimore American. New Invention on Gun. Herr Mauser has Invented what he considers an improvement on his well known rifle by which it reloads itself automatically from a cartridge cham Wellrille," in f kgs. "There’s a Bm> aum.* FINE PEANUT CANDY I - ! RECIPE THAT 13 USED BY THE CHINESE. Orientals Know Well How to Make Thia Favorite Confection—Deli cious When Prepared at Home •—The Pecan Pralines. There is no peanut candy better than that made by the Chinese. Ti e sugar and water are not boiled to the “crack,” but to the “ball” degree e . dently. A slight flavor of lemon p* may be given. The peanuts are added and the soft mass turned Into a re ceptacle which contains a deep layer of little white sesame seeds. More seeds are scattered over the top, a i! these adhere to the hot candy. When cool it is cut in squares or diamonds with a very sharp knife, for if a knife be dragged over it the candy would pull out of shape. Peanut Candy.—A homemade pea nut candy may be made from three pounds of sugar and a pound and a half of peanuts. Allow one pint of water for the sugar and boil it. As soon as it comes to a boil put lu the peanuts and a large teaspoonful of pure cream of tartar. Have a very moderate Are and let It cook until when you lift the wooden spatula you use for candy-making the nuts and syrup will run off easily from it. Have a baking pan well oiled or but tered. When about cold invert the pan and let the sheet of candy fall upon the table. Turn It over and with a sharp knife cut It into strips, or, if not so particular, just knock it smartly and break it into Irregular pieces. Other nuts may be so used. Pecan Pralines.—Pecan nuts should be made Into pralines with brown sugar. Choose the best dark brown sugar and boll it with a little water until it spins a thread. Then put in the nuts and turn into rings, or drop In circles the size of a cooky on paper. If they do not come oft easily, a little moistening of the paper on the reverse side will make them loosen. If you have an old-fashioned grocer who has good molasses barrels, get the sugary deposit in them. Perhaps some baker may have this, but mo lasses in the good old way is not eas ily had since modern mills and trusts came into vogue and rapid methods have driven out old slow ways. Peo ple get syrup in cans and molasses does not play the part it once did. Sorghum will not answer for the old recipes in confectionery or ginger bread or steamed puddings. Cocoanut, when shredded, or brazil nut sliced may be added to white sugar pralines. Boil the sugar and water until it will spin a thread and may be cooled and stirred until it will drop out a creamy mass, but not so stiff but that it will spread easily, and cool in firm cakes. White Mountain Pudding. One pint sweet cream, whipped to stiff froth; one cup granulated sugar, boiled until it threads; one cup mixed nuts chopped fine, two ounces can died cherries, one small can sliced pineapples, whites of four eggs beat en to a stiff froth. Pour the sirup over the beaten eggs, then add this to the whipped cream, also the fruit, cut into small pieces, and nuts. Pack in ice and salt to ripen about eight or •ten hours. It can be served with or without the following sauce: Yolks of two eggs, over which pour grad ually the sirup made as above, with one cup granulated sugar, add juice and grated rind of one lemon; also three large bananas, mashed. ^ Serve cold over^the pudding. Sauce for Desserts. A plain vanilla ice cream, a corn starch pudding, or a minute tapioca becomes a fancy dessert when served with chocolate custard sauce. Beat one egg with on-fourth cup sugar until well Incorporated, add a pinch of salt and one cupful hot milk, beating con stantly to prevent the egg cooking; melt one-fourth ounce chocolate and one-eighth cupful sugar with two tablespoonfuls hot water in basin of hot water until it becomes glossy; then add to the milk and eggs and cook in double boiler until custard coats the spoon; when cool add one fourth teaspoonful ground cinnamon. Idea for a Wash Cloth. A design for a wash cloth which will do away with confusion when several people in the family leave their towels and wash cloths in the bathroom is made as follows: Buy a yard and , three-quarters of linen crash, at 16 cents a yard. Buttonhole the edges in scallops with a dull finish floss and work the monogram in the corner with the same floss. This takes but a small amount of time compared with the confusion it does away with. Improved Mush. To improve the flavor and quality of grated or ground mush heat sifted meal on a shallow pan or two pans, if necessary, in a moderate oven till it is deliciously parched, yet not scorched brown or the least blacken ed. Then stir into boiling water sufll ciently salted. This is less liable to be lumpy or pasty; also cooks sooner than raw meal. Creamed Potatoes. Slice thinly six boiled potatoes. Make a white sauce with a spoonful each of flour and chopped parsley fried in butter. Do not let these get brown. Add a cup of water and last the chopped potatoes. Season with salt and pepper and let boil slowly for 10 minutes, stirring often. Serve hot. Brighten Picture Frames. Gilt picture frames may lie freshen ed and brightened by washing them with a soft brush dipped in the fol lowing mixture: Put enough flour of sulphur into a pint of water to give it a yellow tinge, add two onions cut into pieces, and let them boil; strain into a dish, and when the liquid be comes cold it is ready for UBe: Walnut Waffles. One scant cup brown sugar, two eggs, one teaspoon baking powder, four heaping tablespoons of flour, three-fourths cup chopped walnuts. Drop by teaspoon on, buttered tin. . . i PERUNA A TONIC OF GREAT USEFULNESS. C^5iffrrffnTBWTSr>iBina¥Tii ii ir i Jiii ii ~i ~ ' ... .Tj HON. R. 8. THARIN Hon. R. S. Tliarin, Attorney at Law and counsel for Anti-Trust League, writes from Pennsylvania Ave., N. W., TWhington, D. C., as follows: >g n^ed Peruna far catarrhal € r.s, I am able to teslify to its p irMbil excellence and do not 1. e t > gi re it my emphatic endorse* r a id ear nest recommendation to : .nsafTeciedhythatdisorder. It is a t >nic rf great usefulness. ” * . T. Barne.eo't. West Aylmer, On ta'-.o, Can., writes: 1 Last winter I was ill w i pneumonia after haying la grippe. 1 to :. Peruna for two months, when I he 'a e quite well. I a’so induced a young Indy, who was s!l run down and confined to the house, to take Pe runa. and after taking Peruna for three months she is able to follow her trade of tailoring. /cun recommend Peruna for all such who are ill and require a tonic.” Pe-ru-na Tablets. Some people prefer to take tablets, rather than to take medicine in a fluid form. Such people can obtain Peruna tablets, which represent the solid me diurnal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna. His Word Not Good. John and Jim agreed to settle a difference by fighting it out. It was understood that whoever wanted to quit should cry “’nough!” John got Jim down and was hammering him soundly, when Jim cried “’nough!” But John paid no attention to his cry and kept on pounding him. Again and again Jim called out “’nough! But John paid no heed and kept busy with his fists. A boy standing near asked: “Why don’t you let the feller up? He’s yelled “ ’nough! ” “But he’s such a liar you can’t be lieve him.” £tate of Onio. City op Toledo, I Lucas Couty. ( BB* Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he 1s senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and erery case of Catarrh that cannot be cared by the use of Uall'8 Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this bth day of December, A. D.. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and uiucoub surfaces of the system. Scad for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Bold by nil Druggists. 75c. Take Rail's Family PL13 for constipation. Troublesome Growth. “Does the child ever keep still a minute?” asked the woman as the youngster sprawled noisily over the couch in a dozen squirming positions at once, it seemed to her. “No,” answered his mother. “They are growing when they do that, they say.” “Will you please ask him to stop growing,” implored the woman, "just for this week while he is visiting me?” With a smooth Iroii «il.3 Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt waist just as well at home as the steam laundry .can; it will have the oroper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not rtick to the iron. You can make one kind of an im pression by following a statement with an apology, but it will not be a good one. Lewis’ Single Binder cigar—richest, most satisfying smoke on the market. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 111. The first use of a menu at a ban quet in Germany dates back to 1489. I Taste in me nouin, led Tongue, Pain in the 1 Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Few of Conklin’s Friends Left. Of the 306 delegates who, under Conklin’s lead, fought like giants for a third term for Grant in the mem orable convention of 1S80, there are still living only 73. It’s all right to stand up for your self provided you are not treading on other people’s toes. Omaha Directory One Million Dollars OF A8SET8 protect the policy holders of the BANKERS RESERVE LIFE GO. of Omaha, Nebraska. All policies secured by a deposit of approved securities with the State of Nebraska. Agents wanted on favorable terms. B. H. ROBISON, PRESIDENT. a PIAE10 FREE ON TRIAL > Before you buy a piano wo want you to try a Mueller. The trial won't ooet you any thing. for all we ask 1* your permission t<*> place one In yonr home. If after trying It you are aimed with It. we will mil It to tou for from I7& to 91M) less than you can boy the same grade or piano for eleewker©. If yon are not satisfied ship It back at our ex pense. Beta* manufacturers, we saee yon 1he dealers' p-o flt. Send na your name and ad'irea** and we will writ© yon ail about our Free Trial Plan, bow to w»v© money and get a high grade piano on eitny terms , send yon our Illustrated piano book and tell you how to get sixty music lessons free. Write to-day. SCHMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO CD. Dept. B.OMAHA. NEBR. Special This Week $18.50 OSTEMOOR MATTRESS. This is an extra heavy, jrenuino Os termoor Mattress, made of hand-laid patent Elastic felt, with beautiful Art Twill ticking. Sells everywhere for $18.50. 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By inquiring at once we will sell this mahogany finished Bell Piano (fully guaranteed), for only $165. Terms, cash or payments. A. HOSPE CO., OMAHA, NEB. Cut this out and mail with letter. TYPEWRITERS ^L Prom n« np. New and slightly worn jQKanA machines of all makes at greatly n duced prices. Re in i n ir t on In gmxi repair, *215 00. Oliver ^VMBQBkrnlty guaranteed, *3.’>.00. 55 o nfschlnrs at R and up per Wa>^ menth. Write or mllon nsfor what yon wJnL CENTRAL TYPEWRITER EX CHANGE, 1*07 Farnam St., Omaha. Repairs and Supplies furnished for all makes of machines. n*«T Alnnc 10 Beautiful Art t'erd. 10c PQ\| BAHIIS 3 Embowel Card* lor Chrut ■ wW ■ wMIImu m^gjind New Year*, charming new IOC. *6 Cromotype Art Cards, beautiful female subjects, nth Century Olrl 900 200 Fust cards em bracing eorale, Pietorial, banting acene*, stage beau ties, landscapes, dogs, cats, marine views. *t(>rk cards, flowers, fruits, child studies, etc. 91-30- The best as sortrcent belting for ue. Halo aod Female. Chicago Picture and Frame Co., Manufacturers and Wholesalers of Pictures, Frames, Fortralte. Art Novelttee and (base, 606 south 13th St., Omaha. Write this week, Do You Drink Coffee Why put the cheap, rank, bitter flavored coffee in your stomach when pure GERM AN-AMERICAN COFFEE costa no more? Insist on having It. Your grocer sells ft or can get it. DENTIST 25 years in Omaha. Neb., Room 1. Bushman Block. N. E. corner lflth and Douglas Sta. Good set teeth. W.50; gold crown*. 94.60; bridge teeth, 14.50; Amalgam filling*. 50c.; ■liver Ailing*. 75c; gold fillings. 91 and up. WOMB <*‘t-Alt AKTKCD 10 YKARS. Bring this advertisement with you. IRON PIPE iFiniNGS I CRIIE CO. OMIHI Grain, Stocks and Bonds OMAHA Commission Co., SOL N. Y. Life Bid*.. Omaha,