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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - . NEBRASKA. Horseback Riding. Doctors who prescribe horseback riding for their patients declare that it Is the greatest exercise possible— that is, the most beneficial, because it strengthens the muscles of the arms, back, neck and the nether limbs, stirs up the liver, stimulates circulation and produces a good, round, full, strong, healthful heart action. This particular wisdom of the medical fra ternity has long since demonstrated its worth, and the wonder of it all is that, knowing its corrective blessings in cases of nervousness, with their thousand and one other ailments of which racked nerves is the parent, there are not more persons who will take horseback riding as a. preventive for the ills when it can cure, says Christine McVale in Home Compan ion. A number of answers to this query have been made, and each has in it grains of truth, but it seems that no single word can answer the ques tion. The expense, ignorance of the way to ride, and too frequently, in the case of the feminine, fear of the ani mal itself, and the possibility of bodily injury. Sometimes it is urged that horseback riding is a society stunt, and in a small town makes for ex clusiveness. And there is really some truth in that. A Commendable Movement. The national government has acted wisely and well in prohibiting the use of posters in setting forth the advan tages that the army and navy pos sess for furnishiiTi young men with honest ways of earning a livelihood. There was a lack of dignity that should attend the proceedings of a great nation in this florid way of at tracting public notice, remarks the Boston Budget, and now that it has been discontinued in favor of more legitimate advertising in the newspa pers, it is to be hoped that this move ment will have a good influence in helping to do away with the billboard nuisance in other directions. There are posters, no doubt, that are inof fensive to the eyes and that do no harm, but there are some that are positively demoralizing in their influ ence upon the young, through the gaudy pictures of crime that they ex hibit, while there are others that are often a blot upon a beautiful stretch of rural scenery. The banishment of the most of these is eagerly desired by people of taste, and there now seems to be a determined effort all over the country to make the un worthy billboards things of the past. Indiana ingenuity was never better displayed than in the opening of the choked overflow pipe at the Black burn coal mines, says the Indinapolis Star. It was impossible to get at the pipe with the necessary tools, but a neighboring fisherman, who had caught a large sturgeon, saw a mode. Tying a strong cord to the fish's tail he put it in the pipe. It at once swam forward to escape, and when it but ted into the obstruction with its bony nose he pulled it back and let it butt again. Thus by the simple process of drilling the obstruction was removed. The possibilities of this system are great. By the aid of trained sturgeons, gar fish and shovel-nose catfish almost any old pipe may be cleaned. When the manager of one of the underground railways in London at tempts to force the trainmen to use their H’s in the proper places, it is not surprising that there is resent ment. This manager has called the attention of the employes to the fact that there are no such places as ’Amp stead or ’Ighgate, or even 'O'born, and insists that they pronounce the names properly. If he succeeds, remarks the Youth's Companion, hopefully, there is likely to be a loud demand for his services on this side to train the street car conductors. Those international marriages are not so dreadfully one-sided, after all. To be sure there is rather a prepon derance of titled foreigners capturing American heiresses, but occasionally there is an offset. A fine young Amer ican, one of the Rhodes scholars studying in Oxford, has taken to wife a charming English lady. Perhaps, suggests the Indianapolis Star, it will yet become the fashion for old-world ladies of beauty and rank to appropri ate plain, untitled but studious and worthy young Americans for tneir husbands. Ill-bred Americans abroad, about whom we hear complaints, are no more to be condemned than ill-bred foreigners in this country. Lord All cash, touring in Italy, was.no worse in behavior than the lordlings who come here prospecting for a rich matrimo nial match. No doubt the duchess of Marlbor ough can give her cousin Gladys some facts about matrimonial life among the titled that will prove prof itable to the prospective bride. Since, according to the Rev. Dr. Rummer, man is wholly tainted, doesn’t it seem to follow that there is no money but tainted money? A Pennsylvania farmer spent only three cents of money the past year. But his economy did him no good, for jiow he has up and died. The wonderful part of England's war balloon is not that it can be steered, but that it will stay up in the 0§dM BfldDEDses . .* _ The first consists of a blouse of lace worn with an overbodice of cash mere to match the skirt; the edges of overbodice are bound with silk, th* fronts teing connected by points composed of silk strapping, each point orna mented with little jeweled buttons. The lace sleeves are trimmed with pointed straps of the silk. Materials required; Four yards silk for the blouse, one and a quarter yard cashmere 46 inches wide for overboclice, one and a quarter yard silk on the cross for trimming. The second is a simple skirt blouse of white vincey; the back is cut with a yoke pointing in the center, the front has three deep tucks and a box-pleat; stars are worked with green washing silk in long stitches up box-pleats, and just inside the stitching of tucks; the deep cuffs of the bishop sleeves are or namented to match. Material required: Three yards wincey 30 inches \*ide. The third sketch shows a dinner blouse of spotted silk muslin, it is gath ered at the neck to a high lace collar-band, the elbow-bands also being of lace. The over-bodice is of pale pink and pearl gray chine silk, edged with plain gray silk, on which are worked knot stitches in pink; the points are finished with cilK tassels. Materials required: Four and a half yards silk 22 inches wide, one quarter plain silk on the cross, eight tassels, two and a half yards silk muslin 40 inches wide. AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE Woman Makes Mistake Who Appears at Morning Meal Unbecomingly Or Untidily Attired. The finest compliment we have ever heard told to a woman was by her husband, and he said, in speaking of her: “We always think of her as a morning glory, because she looks so bright and cheery and pretty at the breakfast table.” How many breakfast tables are pre sided over by women who make no efforts to be dainty? and there are a great number who are at once untidy and even uncleanly to look at. The claim that household -duties keep women from looking well in the morning is easily disproved, for in many a household where the lady gives a helping hand in the kitchen a big apron will thoroughly protect her dress, and then, too, cooking, unless one makes it so, is never dirty work. That woman commits an error who looks uncared for and badly dressed in the morning. The other woman who wears any old thing to the breakfast table, is also making a mistake, for that is the time when the men of the household ought to see a woman at her best, and not specially rely on her ap pearance in the evening, when the soft and charitable light of the gas will hide many defects. NEW FASHION HINT. A new jumper effect made of em broidered black voile bands over green taffeta and finished with two large tas sels. A Hatpin Fad. One of the latest fads of ultra-fash ionable women is to have their waist coat buttons, their hatpins and their umbrella handles all to match. One sees the loveliest sets in pink and pur ple quartz set in tiny rose diamonds or in crystal set in thin rims of gun metal. All hatpins are now very large, and in all cases they must bear special relationship to the hat with which they are worn. The Latest in Gloves. Gloves of all thing are of supreme importance. The smartest street model has a strap of suede or kid in front, fastened with a stud button on the outside. Black and white gloves have given place to colors matching the costume, or at least hormonizing with it Glace and suede are both in order, and for street wear the Eng lish stitched kid is preferable. Em broidered gloves are worn by the very dressy, and the glove with fancy wrists is seen now and then among those who can bear the touch of much ornamentation. A Beautiful Figure. A girl noted for her beautiful figure wears he« corset over all of her pet ticoats, save one extremely thin. Lit tle places are cut through the skirts so that her hose supporters may be at tached to her stockings. Of course, she wears the best make of corset, and the princess gowns looked as if she had been “melted and poured Into them.” The main good in wearing her corset in this manner comes from the eradiation of all. wrinkles or gathers of^e skirt*.'*! "" TAKE PROPER CARE OF FACE Many Women Have Poor Complex ions Because They Neglect Simple Precautions. One of the greatest evils that beau ty doctors have to contend with is the fact that women do not properly dry their hands and face after wasting. Nine women out of ten thoroughly wash their face with soap and water, carelessly wipe it off with a stiff towel, then go right out in the wind. It wili take you days, and sometimes weeks, to undo the harm that this careless ness has caused. If you have not time to dry your face and hands then do not wash them. Rub a little cold cream on your face and wipe that off with old towel—this will answ’er the pur pose if you are in a hurry. Then, too, do not wash in “hard” water. If the only water you have is "hard” then add a few drops of benzoin to the basin every time you use it, or throw a handful of bran or oatmeal in the water. Any of these will soften it. Re liberal with your use of cold cream on the face and hands. Use a little of it every time you wash, wipe it off the face and apply a good qual ity of powder. Powder does not hurt the face if well washed off every night with warm water, so that the pores are left well open while you are sleep ing. The use of good powder proper ly applied, never hurt anybody. It is the girl who buys a highly scented powder with a fancy name, dabs it on in spots and never thoroughly washes it off, who has a muddy skin caused by the use of powder. For the hands that are badly chapped the following pomade is good: One ounce of cocoa butter, one ounce of oil of sweet almonds; one drachm of oxide of zinc; one drachm of borax; six drops of oil of berga mot. Heat the cocoa butter and the oil of almonds in a double boiler, and when they are well mixed, add the borax, and also the oxide of zinc. Stir these four ingredients until al most cool and then add the oil of bergamot. The oxide of zinc con tained in this formula has wonderful healing properties. Immensity of Muffs. Sumptuous is the only word that ex presses the newest muffs. Some of them are simply immense in regard to size and all are of the richest furs. Even the fancy muffs are extremely large. One on this order fashioned from caracul was made with flaring ends faced with black satin, box-plaited and edged with a ruching, black silk cords adorning the front, a regular granny muff, indeed. Chinchilla and black lynx muffs re sembled veritable pillows and ten pelts of the little ermine went to make a single muff, while a fashion able one in Persian lamb took as much fur in its construction a3 a small coatee. Old-Fashioned Hair Tonic. One of the best tonics in the wbrld to stop the hair from falling, nourish it and induce luxuriant growth is an infusion of the leaf of the common sag£. Tlje leaves should be as fresh as possible and guaranteed by one's druggist to be grown the year they are used. A liberal quantity should be placed in cold watei; and allowed to stand in a porcelain or agatevrare dish in some place where they will not boil, or boiling water may be poured over them and then be set aside for several hours. They must not be boiled at all; an infusion, not a decoction, i6 the thing needed. When c»’d strain the tea and add to each half teacupful a tablespoonful of fine French brandy, bottle, and keep in the ice box or a cool place. It should be made fresh every week. It should be applied as often as convenient, once a day if possible, for several weeks to get a good start, and twice a week after that. Gold Net. In the Brussels mesh there is a rich gold net for gowns, and laces for flouncing have the design and editing worked in gold thread. fc.s. Washington Gossip Interesting Bits of News Picked Up Hen and There at the National Capital | BROTHERS IN OPPOSITE PARTIES IN CONGRESS HWt, IliOVtYoo, •ut ip you don't nYBT« M I DO I'M GOING \To punch Washington.—Tne t'uiton family Is well represented In the Sixtieth congress. There is a Fulton among the Republicans in the senate and a Fulton among the Democrats of the house. The senator Is Charles Wil liam Fulton, of the state of Oregon, the member of the house, Elmer L. Fulton, who conies to Washington as a member of the first congressional delegation from the state of Oklahoma. The oldest officeholder at the capital fails to recall another case just like that of the Fultons. Brothers have served in congress before. In the last congress Charles B. Landis and his brother, Frederick Landis, represented districts in Indiana. But both are Re publicans. Some years ago there were two brothers in congress at the same time, one in the senate and the other in the house. They, too, belonged to the same political party. But the Fultons are the only brothers who have come to congress together but divided against themselves politically. Senator Fulton was born in Lima, la. It was there, too, that the future Representative Fulton was born. 1 From there the ramlly went to paw nee City, Neb., where the brothers studied law and were admitted to the bar. Charles later went . to Oregon and was elected to a lot of offices as a Republican. . Elmer went first to Stillwater, Okla., then to Pawnee, and finally settled down at the practice of law in Okla homa City. In 1903 the term of Sen ator Joseph Simon, of Oregon, expired and Charles Fulton came to the sen ate as his successor. When congress passed the bill ad mitting Indian Territory and Okla homa to statehood Elmer was announced as a candidate for the house in the Oklahoma City district. He was nominated by the Democrats and was elected, defeating ex-Gov. T. B. Ferguson in what was supposed to be a Republican district. He was as sisted in his campaign by William J. Bryan. Pawnee City is Mr. Bryan's district, and he had known Elmer Ful ton there. Bryan made five speeches for him in the campaign, in each speech emphasizing the fact that Ful ton stood well with the people of the Nebraska town. f I DON’T THINK I A SHALL INVITE I A. THAT ODIOUSLy ) <\«»BeTTY MISS L /^autmego this ^V^TiME?J J MUCH TROUBLE IS SAVED BY SOCIAL SECRETARIES THE season of social gayeties which was ushered in by the opening of congress again calls attention to an eminently useful personage in the realm of fashion—the social secretary. Although the social secretary is a creature of modern development, and a most interesting one at that, her place in the fashionable universe of the national capital has become firmly fixed and there are more positions at good salaries than there are social sec retaries to fill them. The demand is so great and the pay is often so al luring that a number of Washington girls whose social status is near the upper edge of the top crust, but who are not as well favored financially as some of their sisters in society, are preparing to take up this as their life work. Some one has said that “good social secretaries are born, not made,” and there is much truth in the observation. She must be a natural born diplomat or she will not be a success, but she must be more than that. It is neces sary that she shall know intimately the society with whom her patron will have to deal. She must not only be able to segregate the social mounte banks from the real iactors of society but she must have an exhaustive ac quaintance with the maze of prece dents and formulas and distinctions for which Washington society is noted. A good social secretary has all of this information at her tongue's end and is able to steer her patron's social bark past all the reefs and rocks that ren der navigation so uncertain and dan gerous for the tyro. Fashionable Washington is com ing nearer every day to the belief that a good social secretary is as essen tially a part of the household equip ment as a good cook. This view is ac centuated by the sorry spectacles pre sented by women of the ultra fashion able set who come to Washington to establish reputations for polite hospi tality, only to end in sad failure be cause they have no one to inform them as to the real members of the smart set, and the pretenders, or to point out the numerous social distinctions thac are peculiar to Washington life, the infraction of any one of which is counted an unpardonable mistake. ROOSEVELT AND TAFT TO DECIDE OFFICERS’ WEIGHT CONFLICT of expert opinions as to what kind of army officer should ride a horse has brought about such a state of confusion, especially in the engineer corps, that the president and Secretary Taft will be compelled to solve the problem. For instance, one board appointed to determine the fit ness of officers to take the equestrian test prescribed by President Roose velt, decided that the exercise would cost Col. Charles E. L. Davis, other wise known in the army as "Alpha bet Davis,” his life. He was accord ingly ordered here from Detroit, where he was in charge of river and harbor improvements. Try as hard as it could it appears the board which has been known as the Davis retirement board, found no physical disabilities which would warrant his retirement. Oddly enough a testimonial from the Lake Carriers' association came along, telling what wonderful work Col. Davis has been doing. Then an order - ^ was issued granting Col. Davis leava until February when he would be re tired by age. Too fat, as fat as Taft, is the charge that the Davis board has brought against Col. W. L. Marshall, of New York, in charge of the Ambrose chan nel work. The preliminary examin ing board could find nothing the mat ter with Col. Marshall, but Gen. Fred Grant excused the big fellow from the ride out of sympathy for the horse. The last board to examine him could find no disability except his corpu lency. His retirement has been held in abeyance until Taft’s return. The secretary and the president will decide how fat a man can be and yet be serv iceable in constructing a big channel. Meanwhile Col. Marshall is said to be reducing his weight by the delicate process of rolling on the floor. Offi cers are scarce in the engineering corps and a retirement of half a dozen would create havoc. YOUNG QUENTIN A TRUANT; IS FOUND BY DETECTIVE Quentin roosevelt, aged eight, one time the protector of Pete, the White House bulldog, and charmer of snakes that terrified cabinet members and sent chills up and down the spines of diplomats, gave the White House another jar the other day. When time came to dress for dinner, which is seven o’clock, Quentin was nowhere to be found. Garret and cellar were searched, but no Quentin. Then the grounds and the offices were hunted for traces of snakes or bull dogs or bonfires, but never a trace. The secret service squad was called out next, and a search of all Wash - ington was begun for the truant. With knowledge born of experience, a couple of men were dispatched to the humble home where lives a pretty little dark-haired, dark-eyed lass of 12 or 14 years, the object of Master Roose velt’s affections. But he was not there; he had left two hours before, bound, so the ;,irl said, for a snake and bird emporium. But he was not at the em porium. Quentin was finally found playing in Massachusetts avenue, a couple of blocks from the home of his little sweetheart and near the school. The detectives hustled him home. Janitor’s Good Memory. Of the late genial and kindly heart ed Henry Burch it is told that, a good many years ago, while he held the po sition of janitor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, the minister one summer Sunday morning delivered a sermon which, it appears, had been given by him once before, perhaps two or three years previous. On the Sunday in question, and dur ing the progress of the sermon, a violent thunderstorm came up which created some tittle nervonsness among the congregation. After the services were over, and a* the minister was abont to leave the building, he met the Janitor. -Henry,” said he, “that was a pret ty severe storm while I was preaching this morning.” “Yes, Mr. -,” replied Henry, “and the singular thing about, it is that there was a thunderstorm the last time you preached that germon.”—Oil City Blizzard. Wished to Be Truthful. “There are several seats up forward in the car, sir,” said the conductor to the man who was hanging to a strap. “No, thank you,” replied the strap hanger; “I’m/about to write an article for the newspapers on the street car indignities and I want to say honestly that 1’re ridden down town six sue cesfcive days banging on to a strap!”— Yonkers Statesman. • - V'- I’ . :__ GREAT SCHEME. “Are you still troubled by your neighbor’s chickens?” asked one man - of another. “Not a bit,” was the answer. “They are kept shut up now.” “How did you manage it?” “Why, every night I put a lot of eggp in the grass very carefully, and every morning, when my neighbor was looking, I went out and brought them in.” THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE. Whole-Body Covered with Cuban Itch —Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost of Seventy-Five Cents. “My little boy, when only an infant of three months, caught the Cuban Itch. Sores broke out from his head to the bottom of his feet. He would itch and claw himself and cry all the time. He could not sleep day or night, and a light dress is ali he could wear. I called one of our best doctors to treat him, but he seemed to get worse. He suffered so terribly that my hus band said he believed he would have to die. I had almost given up hope when a lady friend told me to try the Cuticura Remedies. I used the Cuti cura Soap and applied the Cuticura Ointment and he at once fell into a sleep, and he slept with ease for the first time since two months. After three applications the sores began to dry up, and in just two weeks from the day I commenced to use the Cuticura Remedies my baby was entirely well. The treatment only cost 75c, and I would have gladly paid $100 if I could not have got it cheaper. I feel safe in saying that the Cuticura Remedies saved his life. He is now a boy of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Fnion City, R. F. D. No. 1, Branch Co., Mich., May 17, 1906.” SORRY HE SPOKE. Hubby—Just look at that idiot, Fitz jones, what a charming, amiable wife he has—seems to me all the biggest fools get hold of the prettiest women! Wifey—You're right, nobody knows that better than I do. Knew Him. It was difficult to hire competent or even incompetent help in Eden Cen ter, and the commuters in that idyllic spot had learned resignation. “Harold,” said Mrs. Crandall, “I haven’t seen anything of that man who was to mow our lawn. Where do you suppose he is? There, I believe that’s he now, over in Meade’s orch ard.” “Is he standing?’’ inquired Mr. Cran dall. “Yes,” said his wife, “he's standing under one of the big trees looking toward our house.” "That can't be the man,” said Mr. Crandall. “He'd be sitting or lying down.” Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also afreets the wear ing quality of the goods. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great er strength than other makes. In the spring the gardener's fancy turns to thoughts of green goods. You always get full value in Lewis’ 'ingle Binder straight 5c cigar. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria. 111. His S|tanie majesty is probably ashamed of some of his associates. HftUtucil Constipation May be permanently overcome by proper which enables onetojorm regular habits dally 50 that assistance To na ture «nay be gradually dispensed with when ho longer needed a$ the best of remedies, when required, are to assist nature and not to supplant the natur al functions, which must depend ulti mately upon proper* nourishment, WpMforfc,and right living generally, to get Its beneficial effects, always buy the genuine J 7 California Fig «mjp Co. only . A_ -j IDLE MEDITATIONS. A woman may be t afraid of tho cook, but a man isn't—unless she's his wife. Some people who say what they think aren’t able to talk more than a. minute. When you hear a married won.it* say that all men are alike it’s a safe bet that she faced the parson with the wrong man.—Philadelphia Tele graph. PUCKERINGS. The silver lining to most of our clouds is only plated. Nobody lives to eat, any more, anil only a few obscure cranks eat to live. Most everybody eats to show off. It is true that public conscience has to be waked up pretty often, but what of that? Young and lusty and grow ing things are bound to be sleepy, it is the wornout and senile that stay awake.—Puck. In Kansas. "How did you make out on your run through Kansas?” queried the friend. "Pretty rough,” replied the motor ist. "Cyclone came along and carried the machine into the next county at the rate of sixty miles an hour.” “Whew! Bet you were shocked!" "Well, I should say so. While 1 was picking myself out of the mix-up and counting the bruises a constable came along and arrested me for speeding. * —Chicago News. More Practical. “Did you hear that the professor had succeeded in squaring the circle?” "No, I didn't; but if he would figure a while longer and tell a man how- to square his wife when he comes home at 2 a. m. I think the would have a more appreciative audience.”—Nash ville American. Oh, the Flatterer! Weary Willie—“Gee, yer a wonder! How did yer manage ter git a hand out. from dat frosty-lookin’ woman?” Hungry Higgins—“Bead easy. W’on she opened de dcor, I sez: ‘Goo'd mornin’ miss. Is yer mudder home?’ ” In Glowing Terms. She—“Mr. Wimbleton spoke of you in glowing terms last night.” He—“I am gratified to hear you say so. I have always regarded him as a fine judge of men.” She—“es. It was one cf theY worst roasts I ever heard.” “Lady,” said the tattered tramp at the gate, “can’t yer snare me a dime on a very urgent collection?” “What do you call an urgent collection'?" > asked the busy housewife. "Why, yer see, I have just been fined 529.240,000 for ridin’ on an oil car, an’ I've only got two days to get it together.” “Of course,” said the analyticalA questioner, “there is a great deal to be* said on both sides of the question.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Too many of us are getting the idea that all a public question is fit for now adays is to serve as the topic for a good talk.” \ Omaha Director I the 1 peopee 1 Enow a thing °^c^d arc •*«“' f(-““nev i» >»e co. 1 Bankers Resei«braskA. 1 “ S ROBSON, t"*»* WifEGRAPHV a number ot P ^nte week. 'Mhy pu NVe Rb*o\uUW to»SSw usedinsSmol^ HtoismFUBS D. ®« "!S wara>,ou*?’Brnit OH»"\,br. o««» MSB? _ S®“*8ETfS‘K l.\V E ST.„,,m. ship »o ‘£V5££ 1 ill H ii ^—