HEADQUARTERS WILL BE
The Christmas Season is at hand and soon our little city will be teeming with happy throngs searching for appropri
ate gifts, with which to fill the Xmas Stockings of the loved ones. This week Gasteyer’s will mail to you an
Announcement
Kir Annual Holiday Sale
Beginning Friday, December 10th. Preparations for this event have been so complete that the oft repeated question,
“What shall we buy for Christmas?” will find a ready answer in the array of Holiday merchandise greeting the view of
even the most casual visitor.
Loup City, Nebraska, Friday, Dec. 10th
THE NORTHWESTERN
TERMS:—11.00 per tear,if paid in advance
Entered at the Loup City Postofflce for tran&
mission through the mails as second
class matter.
. Office ’Phone, - - - 6 on 108
Residence ’Phone, - 2 on 108
J. W. BURLEIGH. Ed. and Pnb
Hay sold in Omaha Monday at $16
per ton. That’s going some.
Hogs sold in Denver Tuesday at
$8.47t£, the highest price on record in
that Colorado metropolis.
It seems to be settled that-the
Jeffries-Johnson prize tight will be
pulled off in Salt Lakt City.
The price of autos is reported going
up. And now aren't you sorry you
did not buy yours last season?
President Taft has warned census
enumerators that the first man of
them who uses his office politically,
oil will come his official head.
The semi-annual school apportion
ment for Sherman county is a frac
tion over 69 cents per child of school
age and amounts to $2,124.35.
Latest reports are to the effect that
King Leopold of Belguim, easily the
most cold-blooded and dissolute mon
arch of the old world, is dying.
Several Nebraska papers are now
strenuously advocating good roads.
It is a nice time to advocate good
roads when l the re is no chance of
action. Why not get busy on such
advocacy when there is opportunity
to “do?”
The U. S. senate was the first of
the week the scene of the hottest
kind of air, burning oratory over the
Nicaraguan affair fairly scorching
the seats. It seems the dignified
seniors of congress are determined
the government shall string Zelaya
higher than Haaman.
The Kearney Democrat wants W.
D. Oldham of that city to be the
democratic candidate for congress,
saying Shumway of Scotts Bluffs,
who has always shied his castor into
the democratic ring for the place,
lives too far away from God’s foot
stool (Kearney) to make a good run.
The president of the Switchmen’s
Union of the United States gives it
out squarely that the switchmen of
the northwest will all be at work
again by Christmas or every switch
man on the Hill system west of
Baffalo will be out on strike. This
ultimatum, together with the reports
of a coal famine in the country gives
the average male the cold shivers.
If you can interpret dreams Joe
Clark of the Ravenna Creamery com
pany, has a problem for you. One
night last week he dreamed that si
turkey-sixteen feet high, with a cast
iron nose, and a tail like a windmill,
danced a hornpipe on his weary
frame, beating time on his skull with
a chicken drum stick, while a fried
oyster sat on the bed post and squirt
ed hot milk stew into his face with
a stalk of celery.—Ravenna News.
The advocates of county division
in Custer county are again at it.
They met at Anslev the other day
and new lines were drawn. The plan
now contemplates five counties, as
follows: Alfalfa county with Calla
way the probable county seat: Arbor
county with Sargent the probable
county seat: Rose county with Ansley
the probable county seat; Victoria
county with Merna or Anselmo the
probable county seat, and old Custer
will go from the north limit of
Broken Bow to the south line of
Custer county and in time Oconto
will probably be the county seat of
Custer county. The divisionists were
unanimous in approving these plans.
—Evening News.
The state normal board will leave
on January 2 for a tour of those towns
which have filed propositions to se
cure the new normal school for which
the late legislature appropriated
$35,000. The school under the law
will l»e located in the Sixth Con
gressional district. The towns which
have filed applications are Crawford,
Chadron, Alliance, Ainsworth, Gor
don and Rushville. Chadron in addi
fco offering 80 acres of land which
each of the towns offered, also in
cluded a $20,000 building. The boa rd
however, has announced that it will
consider the offer of 80 acres of land
sufficient as that is what the law
calls for. Each of the towns had
representatives before the board at
its last meeting.
Dan Bushhousen and his brother,
Henry, were callers at this office one
day last week. Dan Bushhousen In
forms us that he sold most of his
land in this vicinity, retaining but
one quarter, and he is soon to start
out on a tour of inspection to see if
he can find a country that will suit
him better than this. Mr. Bush
housen has lived in southeastern
Sherman county for nearly thirty-five
years, has been unusually successful
as a farmer, and still owns a* good
farm in that locality, and even
though he may wander off after
strange gods for a time, it is a safe
bet that he will eventually return.—
Ravenna News.
Aright in Land of Fog.
Although but a few miles from the
mouth of the river Thames, noted 'for
its fogs, the atmosphere of Herne bay,
England, Is rarely obscurad.
.. _ in ju. . __—
AN ANCIENT RACE DYING OUT.
Veddahs of Ceylon Regarded as Rep
resenting the Stone Age.
The oldest inhabitants of Ceylon are
passing away. These are the famous
Veddahs.
Fifty years ago it was estimated
that 8,000 of them were still living in
the forests, but Dr. Max Moszkowski,
who has recently visited them, says
there are only 50 or 60 of them still
alive and that a few more years will
see the end of their race.
The Veddahs have interested an
thropologists because they have been
regarded as the best living types of
the man of the stone age.
The attitude of the Cingalese toward
them is remarkable. They hold the
poor creatures in great honor and rank
them as belonging to the highest caste
in the island. The reason is that they
are reputed to have descended from
the ancient demons or spirits that
were the original possessors of the
island.
These nomad, hunting people, never
leaving their forests, living under
trees and in caves, without knowl
edge of pottery or any other art ex
cept that of making bows and arrows,
are perishing because of their way of
living and of their inability to stand
up when stronger folk are pressing
closer around them. They are exact
ly what they were centuries ago when
people of India came and conquered
their green island.
COMPLIMENT FOR THE PASTOR.
Remark Not So Intended Really
Amounted to as Much.
Aaron Bancroft, the father of the
historian, was a Massachusetts clergy
man who revolted against the Calvin
ism of the day. The young minister
found himself held at arm’s length by
the surrounding clergy. In “The
Life and Letters of George Bancroft”
Mr. M. A. DeW. Howe quotes the fol
lowing item from the old minister’s
“Memoranda:”
“An honest but very intelligent
farmer of my parish, some ten years
ago, accosted me in this manner:
“ ‘Well, Mr. Bancroft, what do you
think the people of the old parish
say of me now?’
“I answered, ‘I hope something
good.’
“ ‘They say, “If we find fault with
him he does not mind it at all; and
if we praise him he does not mind it,
but keeps steadily on his own way;
we therefore have concluded that It is
best to let him alone.’ ”
“The farmer mentioned the fact as
a subject of laughter, but I thought,
and still think that, taking the declar
ation in its bearings, it was the pret
tiest compliment I have received
through my whole life.”—Youth’s
Companion.
Chance to Make Up.
“Why so sorrowful, girl?”
“We have parted forever. He writes
me to send back the ring.”
"Tell him to call for It,” advised the
experienced friend.—Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
INURED TO POVERTY AND TOIL.
Natives of Shantung Province Live
Liver of Wretchedness.
Of Shantung province, China, a cor
respondent writes: “A little more
than a generation ago one of the
greatest famines in the memory of
man spread devastation in the great
over-populated sections of the west of
this province and now famine faces
the stoical toilers of the land once
again. The Shantungese - illustrate
well the law of the survival of the
fittest, for such dire poverty only per
mits the strong ones to live, with the
result that we find sturdy men of great
endurance all over this province. Liv
ing on the land, which barely produces
a sufficiency for Shantung’s teeming
millions, the people have become
hardy, for they are hardened to all
kinds of privations. Their brains are
deadened by ceaseless toil and this
may account for the reputed backward
ness of this province in progress along
commercial and industrial lines. A
less long-suffering people would have
a revolution every year. It is an
axiom with westerners that discon
tent is an absolute condition of prog
ress, and we who live among the
Chinese know there can hardly be a
race in the world so contented as they
are, considering their lot. This is one
of the factors which makes the regen
eration of China such an enormous
problem.”
Where They Came From.
It Is surprising from whence came
the most common articles of food. The
onion, the leek, garlic and pea were
favorites in Egypt; rye and parsley in
Siberia; the the citron and currants in
Greece, and radishes hail from China
and Japan.
The horsechestnut is a native of
Thibet, “The Forbidden Land;” and
the mulberry tree, walnut and peach
traveled westward from Persia. Very
few consider that oats originated In
North Africa at a time when Egypt
was the granary of the world.
The chestnut came from Italy,
celery from Germany, spinach from
Arabia, the sunflower from Peru and
cucumbers from India. Tobacco is a
native of Virginia.
AAEON WAIL
Lawyer
Practices in all Courts
Loup City, Neb.
R. H. MATHEW,
Attorney-at-Law,
And Bonded Abstractor,
Loup City, Nebraska
O. E. LONGACRE
PHYSICIAN aill SURGEON
Office, Over New Bank.
TELEPHONE CALL, NO. 39
I Cure Nerve-Vital Debility, Weak
ness, Drains, Rupture, Stricture,
Varicocele, Blood Poison, Private
Skin and Chronic Diseases of Men
i I do not ask you to
'come to me flrst if you
believe others can cure
you. Should they fail,
;don’t give up. It is
better to come late
than not at all. Re
imember, that curing
diseases after all oth
ers have failed has
been my specialty for
years. II you cannot
visit me personally,
write symptoms that trouble you most. A
vast majority of cases can be cured by my
system of home treatment, which is the most
successful system ever devised. I make no
charge for private counsel and give to each
patient a legal contract in writing, backed
by abundant capital, to hold for the promise
Physicians having stubborn cases to treat
are cordially invitedLNftMFN cured of all
to consult with me. viria-n womb and
bladder diseaser. ulcerations, menstrual
trouble, etc. Confidential. Private home in
the suburbs, before and during confinement.
Motherly care and best atteution guaran
teed . Good homes found for babies,
rnpri POSITIVELY FREE!
r lltt. uo charge whatever to any
man. woman or child living in LOUP CITY
or vicinity, suffering from any CHRONIC
DISEASE, a 110.00 X-RAY EXAMINA
TION. Come and let me look Inside of you
absolutely free of charge. '
Hr Dieh SPECIALIST. GRAND
Ur. rtlGn, island. NEB. Office op
posite City Hall, 103 W. Second Street.
A. J. KEARNS
PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON
Phone, 30. Office at Residence
Two Doors East of Telephone Central
Lnnp Eiifi, * Nebraska
ROBERT P. STARR
(Successor to M. H. Mead)
Bonded Abstracter
LotJP Citt, - Nebraska.
Oaly set of Abstract bookBin county
S. A. ALLEN.
dejytist,
LOUP CITY, - - NEB.
Offioe up stairs in the new State
Bank bmldinp.
W. L. MARCY.
DENTIST,
LOUP SITY, NEE
OFFICE: East Side Public Souaie
Phone, 10 on 36
Poland China and Shorthorns
I have some extra heavy-boned,
lengthy, fine Poland China Boars
now ready for service, and a few
high grade Shorthorn Bulls for sale at
Wild Rose Stock Farm
One mile east of town.
’Phone, 2 on 12.
L. N. SMITH.
, 5A Plush Robes ^
- These splendid Robes add
to the pleasure J of driving.
They are warm and comfort
able. , They absolutely do not
shed. * The patterns are hand
some and the colors pleasing.
^ Ask for a 5A Plush Robe^
- We Ml Than --
HAYHURST-GALLAWAY
HARDWARE COMPANY
FENCE POSTS
We have a good stock of lumber and all
kinds of building material on hand.
A carefully assorted stock of Fence Posts
ranging in price from 12c to 250
No trouble to figure your bills and show
our stock.
LEININGER LUMBER. CO., Loup City, Neb.
GOAL at $2.00 PEP TON
We are offering our screened alack coal for $2.00 per ton
During the Present piopth
We are making this reduction in price in order to sc 1 it
before Jan. 1st, 1910.
fCE-ySTOPE LUNIBEp GO.
Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps, and Arcadia, Keb.
A Good Stock of Coal on hand at Loup City Ashton. Rockville and Austin
ROBT. P. S TARR
Attorney-at-Law.
LOOP CITY, NEBRASKA.
R.
J. NIGHTINGALE
Attorney ud CouulcMt*Law
LOUP 0ITY. NEB*