The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917, August 20, 1908, Image 2
Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Pub!l*t'«f'. LOUP CITt. * - NEBRASKA. The Fruit Package. A grey* mi .a' ' <• ha* been made In preparing article*, for tthlpmenl and for » exhibition In attractive ways. The oid slipshod method* have largely disiap peared. a* anyone who use* eye*, ear* and memory can testify. There )» hatdiy an article, from the notion counter of the department store to the varied array of a modern grocery, or even In the sstali* of a market, which 1* not arrayed In a manner Indicating some desire to make a tempting ap- i pearance. HHil there Is niuch to learn, j The parking of fruit and showing off , to good advantage la art art that. , should he cultivated, and the matter In considered of such significance that official notlr <• is taken of It. The l5o* ton Herald aay*. There'* nothing 'hat adds more to the attractIvene** of a ho* or crate of fruit than a l!h‘-ral dr easing of green leave* of one kind or another Our consul at Frankfort contribute* some useful Information on this *ubjcct, leilirig of Ihe advantage* of fern leave* for thl* pnrpoM, not oirty for the decoration, hut for the preservation of the fruit The fern ; leave*, it seem*, posse** a prenerva live quality far beyond any other green*, and they are exlenalv ly used In the foreign rn*»rk<-»e, not only to park fruit*, hut veg«rabies and dairy products, a* we|| More green decora tlona would add much to the altrac 11 venom of our fruit market* and fruit, aland*, and they would help to preserve the fruit at the same time.” Public taste (* increasing, and It !» the attractive tiespa per ad" and the at ttadlvely arranged t.bop which moat surely win customer* Out td Doors Culture. Thin Is the camp meeting season It 1« it I so (he season for Chautauqua gath*-rlfiK'‘. I* I-. the s'-ason when | mountainside ah<l lakeside, seaside and riverside are dotted with culture camps. Kv*-n the t amp-meeting In I*h modem form rims a-. much to culture of the spirit an It does to aggressive attacks upon sin Thousands of butty portions ar«t availing themselves of recreation and cult urn In combination. This la a*sourco of agreeable summer employment for college professors who do not want to rust during the summer season, and to whom a Utile work of a light order and under pleasant condi tions Is an agreeable change from the lo-i routine of I he classroom and the sedentary experiences How much the summer schools affect the educational standards and cultural duality of the people, says the Italtlrnore American, may not lie gathered, itut it Is certain that the summer leaven works through a great mass of the population, and Its quickening effects must me great. Suggestions that the (Tilled States and Mexico Jointly police the Central American couniiles and so pul an end • o the disorders constantly develop log there are being seriously dismissed 1 'retiy nearly every oilier plan appears lo have failed. ICven when the llllle mil Ions are brought to the point of fixing up an agreement all round lo he good there Is no guarantee against one or another breaking the contract with out the slightest scruple. The United Wales naturally Is much averse to anything looking like interference with the affairs of other countries, hut co operation with Mexico would he an uKsurunoo of disinterestedness and would forestall any Latin American objection. What Central America needs and must have for proper politi cal and material development Is con tinued peace, ami Uncle Ham, with Mexico as side partner, would see I hat peace was maintained. The Wealth of the Sea. In representing the wealth con tained in the sea, I’rof Huxley has pointed out that an acre of good fish ing ground will yield more food In n week tlitui no acre of I lie beet land will In u year. He alee haa drawn a vivid picture of a ''mountain of cod," 1-0 to 130 feet in bell'll!, which for two nintilliH In every year moves west ward and southward, past Ihe Norwe gian coast. Kvery square mile of Mils eolonsul column contains 130.000,000 of llslles, which, even on short rations, consume no fewer than 840.000,000 of herrings every week. The whole catch of the Norwegian fisheries never exceeds In a year more than half a square mile of this "cod mountain," and one week's supply of the herrings needed to keep that area of cod from starving. The harvest of the sea. re maiks the New York Weekly. Is truly Inexhaustible. Mrs. Florence Kolloek t’rooker re ceiitly celebrated the thirty-second tin nlversary of her service as a minister of the Ifnlversallst church and the ■fourth anniversary of her pastorate of St. Haul's church, Jutngica t’laln, lies loll. India Is buying many more Ameri cun windmills as the result of wider and more persistent canvassing for orders. An Illinois manufacturer Is shipping a carload <40 mills) to Horn hay for use on the west coast of India. In order to have "live spokes" newly sawed limber must he well racked up and laid In the open air one year to the Inch to season. The average auto mobile spoke requires a two Inch piece of timber; that means two years of Idle lumber. The best anll-EuIcide bureau Is an , Intelligence ofllce that secures work for all applicants. As a rule, busy and Industrious i eo| h* don't have time i to think about shullllng off Ey WILLARD W. GARRISON Jungle Association Decides on Protective Auxiliary for Only Living Ex-President’s Visit IIIS meeting will pleanc t: o tu •: to or d e r," roaroil King rap ping. fur order upon Vice l’rc*l<l»;nt Jumbo'it hard cranium. "Thin executive committee haz MURimoncd the mernher* of the l\a t A frlean Jungle atsaoelatlon, pout haute, to ahiternble her*- for the pur pone of organizing tin- Theodore Supreme Strenuosity Test in Search for Wild Bongo as Well as Elephant, Rhino, Hippo, Lion, Tiger, etc,—Erring Aim Means Gravest Peril When Beasts Are Corraled— Cost of Expedition About $15,000—Over 100 Men Needed for Expedition. Roosevelt must fir<- If hi* alrn for any reason fails, it's time to climh trees. For experts point, out that just at that moment when ’he h j! let fails of its mission, the savage male will charge. Hunting the rhinoceros takes a lot more science than that which lx needed for the lion in African jun gles. The rhino is more savage when wounded ind a;-. ' .nr:.*.;' as itoosevelt Protective auxiliary,” continued the chairman. The giraffe was on IiIk feet Iri an Instant. demanding rer OKU 11 Ion with both hind feet ami his neck. "What? Protect ftoosttvclt? You go—” "Kit down!" again roared King l/oo. "The gentleman from the tall pinoH will ph-aae not get no florid.” Then turning hln hack upon the giraffe, he continued: "The object of the auxiliary will be to afford as much aecurlty for the members of thin society itH may he obtained by cautionary measure* within our commonwealth The motion having been made, I flml that, the majority are In favor, therefore I declare It adopted. Following are the officers of the auxiliary: I.eo, chairman; Kongo, see retary; and Stripes, chairman of the com mittee on predatory privilege. The chair man of the auxiliary will report resolu tions March 4, 1909. 1,'nill that time we aland adjourned." IJr. Monk, who had been kidding Ser geant at-Arms Ithlno, official bouncer, he cauae the latter had Juki begun to see a .ioko which tiiij inrirr (old at a previous meeting hud darted Into the sheltering branches of a cocoa nut palm hut. was compelled to return upon feel Inx the giraffe chewing at his tall. The latter hav ing mistaken Mr. Monk s tall for a comumil leaf, cleverlf changed the subject by Introducing the Roosevelt question again. "Huy, old man. I don't know whether this aux lllury Is Just the best thing with election corning on. Hupposfhg the Jungle guards should he called out during the primaries. Where would we get off at? You nee that auxiliary list of officials Is with the opposition and It'll he Just like them to call out our voting strength to trull the ex-presi dent- I know how It Is In my precinct, and I guess you know where the Congo river hunch stand. Well, so long, tioc. I ton t throw any mushy cocoa nuts at Theodore If he sees you first." I tie habitues of the Jungle disbanded and went their ways, the party Iri power determined that the only living ex president, when In- became such, should not get the upper hand when he made his visit to Alrleu In seareh ot game and the opposing minority determined lo keep one eye on Roosevelt unit the other on King Loo’s hunch. Hear shooting In the canebrakes of Louisiana or trailing Rruln In the Rockies Is tame sport along side of that which Theodore Roosevelt will find In Fast Africa when he goes there after Ills term of office expires. It. will be necessary to take over 100 men on the hunting expedition, If he goes after ull the big game to be found, and. Judging from what the cartoonists say about him, It will be his purpose to deplete the fastnesses of the dark con tinent to the greatest possible extent. How will ho ^GRANARIES (5/^j \TH£ JCE&MJ-KE&Z1% show up against the lion, ele phant, bongo, hippo, rhino, ze- _ lira, tigers ami smaller animals? From Indications, the Democrats declare, there will be no Jungles when Theodore leaves. Five thousand pounds of ammunition will be needed, si* months’ food Is an absolute neces sity and an expert declares that the coRt from the time he steps onto the continent until he leuves will aggregate about $10,000. That is a large amount of money to put. Into six months’ hunting, but British and German sportsmen say it is worth the price. The real heart of the hunting regions of Afri ca is In Rhodesia. There are cannibals there, also hostile tribes, but Itooseveltlan diplomacy may become a splendid unset, and backed up by his fighting experience gained on San Juan hill and In sparring bouts with the senate, there should be no serious danger. One of tlie features of the expedition will be shooting lions by night. This has been authori tatively announced by the magazine which is to pay Mr. Roosevelt $2 a word for his stories of the hunt. In stalking lions by night (lie president must use an automobile headlight, which African ar chives say King Leo hates, lie dislikes It so much that each seuson several dozen natives are killed and carried away while carrying Jungle torches. The lair of the Hon must be baited with a live donkey. One of the hired help holds the light and tho president holds the gun. ulwuys in readiness to end Leo’s career on sight. When tho king of beasts Is sighted, the native swings the spotlight full upon him and in the single Instant that the lion is dazed by the glare, Mr. LUCKY' UliOT AT RHINO y/AOING TWOUSH THE sa<jo in jearch OP W/RTEK_» ELA&TT A P AL / C W HE??C. /ZOOJE.VRLn~ W/EE. HUNT— the cleverest of beasts. The ones we see with circuses look as If they couldn’t run fast or far. Perhaps they can't, but the one who is disturbed in his lair is declared to be the fastest thing afloat. The shot which is meant to kill the big brute must be placed just behind the shoulder. For there the skin is exceptional ly soft and the bullet will pierce his heart. Huntsmen say the safest precaution against disaster is to hit rhino there first. The same precaution holds true in the case of the elephant and hip po. Doth are tough-skinned ani mals and terribly ferocious when cornered. His prey having been killed, the aides with the president will set to work to skin the beasts. Hut the most sought animal Is the bongo, af ter which every African hunter is keen. It's the . rarest animal on the dirk continent. Accord ing to one wealthy European, the market price for a single specimen is $6,000. The bongo is wilder and more timid than the American deer. The great continent of Africa for centuries has held civilized peoples in a hypnotic state. It simply teems with mysteries and to get at the bottom of these, thousands of lives have been snuffed out by wild beasts, natural formations of the country and the novelists as \ 11. Sta tistics, gathered between the years of 1801 and 1876, have it that over one-third of the works of fiction of those generations were based on the darkest continent. Arabs. Portuguese, Dutch, French, Teutons and Hritons have held sway in that order in tho most populated parts of Africa. French, Dutch, Germans and English are still prevalent there and evidences of the subjects of Portugal and the wandering Arabs are still to be found i« tho style of building, customs and costumes. The classics of Livingstone, Speke and Stan ley tell us what it was once like and now we are to have a present-day rehearsal by Roose velt himself. Africa confronts the tiavelcr with the grandest, most mysterious, most difficult touring proposition that is to be found the world over. The Ferocious Mascalonge. In tho bed of a dralnod-off lake was found the skull of a mascalonge with a swan's skull Inside of it, and tho teeth were locked In the bone, show lug that the strong, powerful bird had been attacked during a time when Its bead was under water, and possibly In the florco battle that must have on sued each combatant drowned the other. The flsh Was supposed to have boon about 70 pounds In weight. An other case on record Is that of a five pound fish being found dead, appar ently choked by the partly swallowed body of another fish of three pounds. So voracious Is the mascalonge that It will devour any living thing that comes within Its vision. Full-grown bullfrogs, good sized ducklings, small aquatic birds, as well as many water mammals, become an easy prey to its yawning sepulcher of a mouth.—Met ropotltau Magazine. Decorations Not Necessary. It was Mr. Hobart's first experi ence with waffles and he liked the taste of them. When he had been served twice he called the waiter to him and spoke confidentially. "I’m from Pokevllle," he said, "and we're plain folks there: don't care much for style, but we do know good food when we get It. 1 want another plate ful o’ those cakes, but you tell the cook she needn't stop to put that fancy printing on 'em; Just send 'em along plain.”—Youth’s Companion. Keeping Off Trespassers. How to warn off trespassers without spring guns has been discovered by a canny peasant In the south of Prance. His woods were invaded by nut pick ers. He asked a botanical friend the Latin name for the hazel nut, and put up the following notice: "Caution— All persons entering this wood do so at their own risk. The Corylus Avel lana abounds here, as well as other equally venomous snakes." Not a trespasser has ventured into the wood since. I VISITS WITH VtMMJtY Practical Petition. AM JOS' KH Ofi'e said iha1 ' t. ti UH-UiM-rs *r,o,;*! I*-1 their ligri's. shine hy their a' ti/yfi* 'J he fie / air Jones was tight Vcii car. not go to ru on Honda; he <je VOtlt, > he;, Monday mom icg as for getfal of yoor .<• iSglon as the J< JO* Wf-Cy got 1 .'.•*, 1 he lyarber chair, ar'yir.'.d hi* t,ee r JteitgJon a Hund*) —.. Off vftt whiter shirt and the alj/a/a gown It is. the j.rarfloe of tb* t,re c*e{yt* that (Half' s ' <-r.'j cf set trice to mankind. tyres ;.<•< ' hf he WOUnderJ. SiV'-y ' i.i r.V 7 • e * t might he a. rr. ,' a 5* ..-.cay rehgloji on earth as. there are *in 'a.cs in Mrs Major.'*. a .'*> •. ,* wi’hoor aj/^yhea •Ion it woi.rj no* i tye fit. for the g oat 1 her*- :■ a-.o 1 a- >y;f» sifte-noy *, or,'* day a wei*. • i y* *.r. *.* in the y,iir *,■ of ’he mat. who aiyj/ii'-fj I.;., tical it is j,oc GOO E M (yfnned the jya;ye and le-gan >o ye.-.-j is nothihg if i> is When- tin* river sings anil the ivy clings Anil the willows dip and sway. In a dingy hoat we are both alloat < tn a stream that glides away. Ah. the quiet bliss of a drift like this l?i llie* eventide of day! There Is peace and rest on the river's breast There Is love as yet untold. There Is Paradise In a woman's eyes That the lashes Ions enfold. Who would ask for more by the Iavins shore In the land of the harvest gold! I-ct me float alway from the cares of day In the glint of failing sun. I.et me feel the bliss of a time like this With a woman almost won When a whispered thought is the answer sought And the day is almost done! o o o Chords and Discords. Some young men don't marry, for fear wife will have a crayon portrait of them made by an amateur artist and hung in the parlor. * ☆ ☆ A marriageable young woman is sometimes a fine antidote for a young woman who thinks she wants to go on the stage. ☆ ☆ tr There's a great difference in men. Some are so tender hearted they hate to put the cat out at night, while oth- > ers never go near puss without cuffing or kicking her. <r ☆ ☆ The trouble with some people who try to be cheerful is that they expect the optimistic spirit to preserve them from all sickness, ingrown toenails, pip in the chickens, rot in the sheep, mesalliances, the tongue of rancor and remove the tacks from the barefooted way they walk with baby. Cheerful ness will not remove rust, but it will help to make rust bearable! o o o Not Through Yet. Oh. do not try to kiss the tears From out a woman's eyes ’Til she has hail her cry spell out And used up all her cries! o o o Bothering the Postmaster. •'The Corwith postofflce is disposed to be as obliging and accommodating as possible but it is asking entirely too much when patron after patron calls up the office by ’phone during the time the mail is being distributed in order to in quire about personal mall. This delays the distribution of all mail and one per son is taking up the time of the office that belongs to the general public. We hope that all may see the justice of this request and govern themselves accord ingly.’ —Corwith (la.) Hustler. Favors Woman Suffrage. In Holland where qualified women have long had municipal suffrage, the committee on revision of the constitu tion has reported in favor ®f giving | women proportional representation and making them eligible to parlia- ! ment. -- Kind Man! “Don't follow me, pup,” said the good natured man to the lost dog. "I haven't any more home than you have. I live in a flat.”—Louisville Courier Journal. , LOCKED : % . .. . . "0 Littlt Or •: , - Ar' 1.11 r<- * :: •Crn a fa •■.-. j . >h*: f . a «•/.(,••• f*n<ti:a; */, • • ■ V. i. * * ' - xt. "H* f*!* ; < *f% *:?<• f ji *>< . .• T .'.a’ Tir ■ ' < 0 v. 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Starch, like everything else, is be ing constantly Improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 yea^s ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the lat est discovery—Defiance Starch—all in jurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, in vented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never ai oroached by other brands. Novel Use for Visiting Cards. In connection with the forthcoming world's drawing congress in London, when it is anticipated that 3,000 people will attend the reception at the Royal College of Art, it Is proposed, for tf.. purposes of identification, that men. bers of the British committee should wear their visiting cards upon the lapels of their coats or their dress bodices. The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great im portance. Defiance Starch, being fr< * from all Injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffen er makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result ol perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Why He Felt Sad. “Young man.” said the stern old broker, “I find that you slipped off yesterday afternoon and went to the ball game. Don’t you feel bad about It?” "Indeed I do, boss,” confessed Tommy. “Ah! That's one consolation.” “Yes, I felt bad 'cause the home team lost.” Omaha Directory $ ^’boleaale and retail d-alera in everything for a Gentleman’s table, including Fine Im-f ported Table Dellcaclea. Itthere la any little item yon are nnable to obtain In ynorHomeTaon writ* ua for priceaon aame. aa wewiU be anre to havei Mail nrde-a carefully Ailed. 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