Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH. Publisher. LOUP CITY ^ ^ • NEBRASKA How would you like to be the mail carrier? Those eggs from China must be of near-storage variety. Still this is the kind of winter we are all supposed to like. The monorail train is the only rival the flying machine has. Ear tabs may feel heavenly, but they look like the dickens. The Furnace to the Man of the House—You may begin firing when ever you are ready. Age cannot stale the infinite variety of embezzlement. An 87-year-old em bezzler has been discovered at Rock ford. 111. in New Jersey a chrysanthemum bas been picked 16 inches in diame ter. Pretty fair for a little runt like Jersey. Strawberries at one dollar a quart are on sale in Texas. The Texas shortcake must mean all the name implies. Those anxious to escape the moving pictures can find refuge in the Coli seum at Rome. You’re not allowed to see um there. That was indeed a grave offense for which a Chinese viceroy has b:en de- | posed—misconducting the funeral of the dowager empress. A Lake Erie freighter with a cargo of flaxseed, has foundered. Many a Buffalonian with a boil on his neck will await relief in vain. A Yale alumnus offers $100,000 for an adequate remedy for tuberculosis. While appreciating his generosity it would be cheap at the price. The gold production of this coun try just about equals the candy output. “Unlike almost everything else, candy is never subject to overproduction. Here is a problem pleasanter to work on than the "twice zero” enig ma: How long does It take a cake of butter to melt between two hot buck wheat cakes? Doubtless many a married man will | clip out and take home a Chicago judge s ruling that a wife has no real j right to warm her cold feet on her husband’s back. A woman in Milwaukee was operat ed on to remove a sponge left in her body by a careless surgeon. The first operation was evidently one of an ab sorbing nature. According to the Charleston News and Courier a man is at his best at 33. Undoubtedly he is, only some men are 33 at 21, others not until they are 60, and some men never are 33. i Government scientists are planning to rob the unripe persimmon of its astringent qualities. Doubtless they will next try to make a palatable breakfast food out of wild oats. A divorce play which had created a sensation in Paris was a flat failure in New York. It was too much like putting on a play with the cooking of an ordinary meal as the main theme. The new administration in Turkey has decided that Mussulman women must not appear unveiled in the streets of Constantinople. Evidently things over there have begun to slip backward again. A big batch of members of the Black Hand is said to be planning to leave Europe for America. Some of them have been expelled from coun tries where they have been carrying on operations and are represented to be seeking a more promising field here. But our authorities have been duly warned, the immigration officials are keeping a sharp lookout and should the Black Handers arrive they ■will get anything but the glad hand. Those melancholy days have come, in some respects the saddest of the year, when the English tailor reaches out yearningly to make the American man. There are already plates in the papers of the threatened British styles. Condescendingly we are told that Americans are really, though gradually, learning how to dress. An approach to the feminine wasp waist is suggested in the London design as a step further in the right way. Tae world is full of men who would help others, in a charitable or reli gious way, but do not know Low to go abou. it. They are willing to give their money if they knew the actual need, or to lend a hand if the object of their care would be really benefited. In lieu of a definite call to duty, in which one may have absolute conudence, there Is a suggestion to be made, wnicb is, that a manly, upright hope iu . righteous life is itself a powerful promoter of good in a community. Although it is v/ell known that oysters are planted, it seems funny that it is the department of agriculture that is to inspect all the oyster beds and the stations from which the bivalves are shipped. The yearly output of oysters on the Atlantic coast is valued at nearly $20,000,000. A very great part of the trade being interstate, the traf fic becomes subject to federal regula tion and inspection. We may expect to see the oyster swell with pride and become more cleanly than ever in his person and surroundings as a special ward of Uncle Sam. A Cornell university professor has mathematically ascertained that the average lifetime is lengthened one year each century. This does not add much to the length of a man’s life who lives less than a century. A singular incident occurred in New York city the other day, when a po liceman captured a suprosed burglar an. sent a bullet through his own fin ger, the ball then entering the body of bis captive. That suggests the old story of the gun that could shoot around a corner. F EVERY one would be only half as good as he expects his neighbor to be, what a heaven this world would become. “In everything you do, aim to excel; For what is worth doing, is worth doing well.” Some Sunday Night Supper Dishes. After a heavy, late dinner on Sun day, one does not care for anything but a light supper as a rule. Milk toast makes a nice supper dish, with tea, cake and preserves a sufficiently satisfying meal may be made. For those who like a more substan tial supper the rarebits are still favor ites. The tomato rarebit is a little out of the ordinary, and very nice. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan. When melted add two ta blespoonfuls of flour. Pour on gradu ally, three-fourths of a cup of thin cream, and as soon as the mixture is thickened add three-fourths of a cup of tomatoes, strained and mixed with one-eighth of a teaspoon of soda. Add two eggs, slightly beaten, two cupfuls of finely cut cheese, salt, mustard and cayenne to taste. Serve on graham toast. A tomato cream soup Is always a good dish to serve for supper. An oyster stew goes without saying, for almost any occasion. Sandwiches of many kinds, appro priate, may be served with a cream soup. Winter Desserts. In winter it is easier to digest heav ier foods and the complex desserts find favqr. Rich puddings with sauces are never easy of digestion, but in winter they are the least harmful, as we need more hearty foods to supply heat to the body. As eggs are always an item to be reckoned with during the cold months recipes which call for few or none are in demand. A very nice pudding that has not even one egg is the Oyster Rarebit. Clean, parboil and drain one cupful of oysters, reserving the liquor. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, add half a pound of soft, mild cheese, cut in small pieces, one-fourth of a teaspoon ful of salt, a few grains of cayenne and two eggs, slightly beaten. As soon as the mixture is smooth, add the oysters with the tough muscle dis carded. meals. TUDY simplicity in the number of the dishes and variety in the character of the “When anything goes wrong and you can't help it—sing" Popovers. Measure one cupful of flour; add a half teaspoonful of salt and one cup of milk, gradually. Add an egg yolk well beaten. Beat two minutes, then cut and fold in the stiffly beaten white of the egg. Turn into hissing, hot, greased gem irons. Bake 30 minutes in a hot oven. The Gift Hamper. The small grape baskets may be tastefully lined and trimmed with timely greens, then filled with any thing that the friend in mind may especially like. One dainty box or basket might contain a few small tumblers of choice jelly properly la beled. The girl who is away from home will appreciate more than any thing else the home cooking. Daiaty cakes, cookies, small mince pies a little home made candy, some nuts and fruit; not forgetting the little greeting that bears the giver’s thought. For the invalid, the gift ham per is especially delightful. It should be made as dainty and attractive as possible that it may be a delight tc the eye. These little hampers may be given by the friend who cannot afford much of money value, but will be appreciat ed perhaps more than a. costly gift. Here are some cakes that will be very nice to put in the gift hamper: Chess Cakes. Put four ounces of melted butter In a mixing bowl, add the grated rind of two oranges, four ounces of pow dered sugar, half a cup of currants, the yolk of an egg well beaten, twc tablespoonfuls of grated cocoanut and half a dozen crumbed macaroons. Mix the ingredients until thoroughly blend ed and pour into small patty pans that have been lined with puff ps.ste. Hake 15 minutes in a quick oven. Jack Horner Plum Cakes. Take a cupful of molasses, a cup ful of strong strained coffee, half a teaspoon each of allspice, cloves, mace, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon, a cupful of lard or beef drippings and a cup of brown sugar. Mix these in gredients to a thick cream and when very light stir in a cupful of sour milk in which is dissolved a teaspoonful of soda, and add flour enough to form a cake batter. Lastly, add half a cup of chopped almonds, a handful of seed less’ raisins, two tablespoonfuls each of citron and currants. * Bake in cup cake pans and when cold ice, decorat ing the top of each with a small cher ry and strips of citron, to simulate holly. Oculist to T’-eat Dog. A bulldog belonging to Mr. K. T. Creighton of New York is to be taken to Paris to undergo an operation by an eminent oculist. Mr. Creighton and his wife will travel with the dog, and elaborate precautions will be taken for its comfort during the voy age. Truly the Age of Steel. For every man, woman and child in this country there is a manufactured each week more than twelve pounds of finished iron and steel products. NEW PRESIDENT OF BALT1MO. E? AND OHIO WIZARD DANIEL WILLARD, the recently elected president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, has just assumed the duties of that office, and the company is receiving congratulations on having secured the services of one of the most successful railway men in America. Mr. Willard was born at North Hartland, Vt., January 28, 1861, and at the age of 18 began railroad work as a track laborer on the Central Ver mont road. He became a fireman and then locomotive engineer, and in 1881 he entered the employ of the Minneapolis. St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie railway. In 15 years he passed successively through the grades of brakeman, conductor, roundhouse foreman, engineer, trainmaster, as sistant superintendent and superintendent of division. For two years he was assistant general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio, and then successively assistant to president, third vice-president and first vice president and general manager of the Erie. On January 1, 1904, James J. Hill secured the services of Mr. Willard, making him second vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. In this office he has been the chief operating officer of the Burlington in charge of operation ano maintenance, and during his connection with that road the Burlington spent over $60,000,000 in betterments to property. In all his work as an executive officer Mr. Willard has had two paramount aims—to promote safgty in travel, and to see that the railroad deals ; fairly with the public. It has been his policy at all times to have the railroad company treat each community that it serves the same as a public spirited citizen of that community would do. He makes the j railroad a local enterprise in every town through which its lines pass, and this policy has done much to change the sometimes hostile attitude j of the general public towards the railways. PLEASURE IN WOODS Woman Accompanies Husband in North Woods. Interesting Account of Winters Spent in Adirondacks in Search of Health Passes Hours with Woodsmen in Conversation. Boston.—"For four winters my hus band and I have been spending two weeks in the Adirondacks,” a young woman told the reporter. "Oh, yes. it is vastly different from going there in the summer, but we both very much prefer it. "Our first trip was for my husband’s health, but now we go for the fun of. it. We take a guide, of course, just such a one as you get in the summer, only you have to pay him half a dollar more a day. This extra expense is off set by the price of supplies. Every thing eatable is cheaper and much eas ier to get than in th« summer. "We go for the sake of snowshoeing. and my husband does a little still hunt ing. Often we simply follow the game to watch it and never try to kill. Those are the days I have my way. Other days my husband has his way, and wre both have our wmy eating. “On my feet I wear three pairs of all-wool stockings and over them a pair of rubber arctics. My costume consists of a pair of flannel knicker bockers, not too full, a short woolen shirt reaching only to the tops of my shoes, a woolen skirt and a knee length coat topped by a soft felt hat, a size smaller than that worn by my husband. My pack basket contains a duplicate of every article I wear, with the exception of my hat, shoes, skirt and coat. "My husband’s outfit besides the clothes he wears consists of three pairs of woolen socks, one suit of woolen underwear and a heavy sweat er. We have each two pairs of double blankets sewed up at the sides to make a sleeping bag. “Around the campfires at night we often hear the woodsmen discuss many things with our guide. One of their favorite topics is the best kind of snowshoe. According to our guide, no snowshoe is worth putting on your feet unless the strings are of caribou hide, while the woodsmen almost in evitably take the position that raw hide makes a much more durable web bing. My own snowshoes are of cari bou and my husband's are of rawhide. As both have listed well, I can recom mend either or both. The rawhide has one advantage, it is much easier to get and cheaper than the caribou. "Instead of a coat my husband now wears a closely woven woolen shirt over his clothes. He borrowed the idea from an old woodsman, who explained that when tramping through the woods during or after a snowstorm the fall ing snow, if the shirt is tucked in, will settle about the waist, melt and satu rate the shirt. Leaving the shirt hang ing loose, after the manner of a China man, it sheds snow like a duck's back sheds water. "This same woodsman convinced us that sweaters were not good things to wear on a woods trail. The loosely woven wool holds the snow that falls on it, the snow melts and quickly freezes, making it both uncomfort able and unhealthful. "The best camps for winter are those built by woodsmen for their own use. Now that we make a trip each winter, we have made a business to hunt out these camps and visit some of them every trip. Most of them are made of logs, have low roofs and tiny windows. In the summer they look cold and damp, but in the winter, after a long day’s tramp, they are the pictures of cheery comfort once the fire is going in the little sheet iron stove.” When Girls Should Marry. Hamilton, O.—Twenty-five promi nent Hamilton women were asked to send statements to the Life Problem club of the Hamilton Y. M. C. A. of their opinions on questions connected with the marriage of girls. The sum mary of their opinions was as fol lows: That unselfishness is the most de sirable single quality in a husband. That it is undesirable for girls to marry outside their own social sphere. That the best time for a girl to marry is between 25 and 30 years. Napoleon’s Hair on Sale or dered that his body he placed in a canoe-shaped casket, built ol light wood and canvas. This repository was completed before his d • ith. fie bought a large interest in the ceme tery and matte a contract that what ever headstone should be placed over his resting place should never be re moved, no matter what inscription it bore. On April 16, 1862. he committed sul cide by cutting his throat, and was buried, according to his instructions, in a grave adjoining that of his wife. After his headstone was erected, church workers became indignant, not only because of the epitaph itself, but because It should be placed over Mrs. McCracken's grave, and both head stones are side by side in the most conspicuous part of the graveyard. This is the inscription over the grave of Mrs. McCracken: "In memory of Phoebe, wife of Sam uel McCracken, who died March 30, 1860 She died a firm believer in Christ, her Saviour.” AEROPLANE PERIL TO BIRDS Winged Species Becoming Alarmingly Fewer in France as Man Com petes with Them. Paris.—Birds of all kinds are becom ing scarcer in France, say the orni thologists. According to no less an authority than Comte Clary, president of the St. Hubert club, the danger of extinction of the winged species is in creased by the use of aeroplanes. "All who were present during the aviation contests at Rheims," said Comte Clary, “will recall that the be- ' havior of the frightened birds as the aeroplane j rose was a picturesque fea ture in the early part of the week. In some cases they seemed to be par alyzed with fear, while in others they scudded away with loud cries. By the end oi the week few birds were to be seen on the field. The same has been true in other parts of France where aviation meetings have been held." The proprietor of a large estate in the south of France says that he has noticed the greatest alarm among birds, and especially among wild ducks, on the appearance of a steer able balloon over their heads. It is feared by ornithologists and sports men that the advent of flying ma chines will cause a decrease in the number ot game birds. BEAR WORSE THAN GRIZZLY Brown Animal in Alaska Grows as Tall as Horse and Is Feared by Indian Hunters. Seattle, Wash.—Joseph King. United States game warden for Alaska, who has just returned from the north, says that the law for the protection of wild animals Is obeyed with the exception that the provision which provides a closed season for the great brown bear Is utterly ignored, and for good rea sons. This savage beast, the largest bear In the world and the only one which does not flee fjrom man, attains the height of a horse. In the summer months men are afraid to turn out their horses and never venture from their cabins without rifles. •‘In every native village in the Alas kan peninsula the aborigines show 3cars,” says Dr. King, “which have resulted from conflicts with the brown bears, and. although the Indians are equipped with high-power repeating rifles, many have sacrificed their lives in battles with these animals.” WOULDN'T MAKE ANY TROUBLE Mrs. Betsey Baxter a Type of Visitor Many of Us Have Been Called on to Entertain. “La, now. Miss Doolittle, don’t you go to a mite o’ trouble on my acount,” said Mrs. Fietsy Laxter when she ar rived unexpectedly for dinner at the home of Mrs. Dorcas Doolittle. “You know that I'm a person for whom you can just lay down an extra plate an’ set before me anything you happen to have in the house. If you just fry a chicken same as you would for your own folks, an1 make up a pan o’ your tea biscuits that no one can beat, an’ open a glass o' your red currant jelly, an' have a dish o’ your quince pre serves, an' some o’ that pound cake you most alius have in your cake jar— you do that, an’ have some pipin’ hot apple fritters, with hot maple syrup to go with ’em, an’ some o’ your good coffee an' any vegetables you happen to have in the house. I like sweet po tatoes the way you bake ’em mightily, but, la, just have anything else you happen to have. I’m one that expects an' is willin' to eat what's set before me, an' no questions asked nor fault found when 1 go visitin'. So don't you put yourself out a mite for me. If you have what I've mentioned an’ anything ehe you want to have 1 11 be satisfied. I ain't one that cares very much about what I eat. anyhow. As the sayin- is, ‘any old thing’ will do for me.”—Puck. SOFT, WHITE HANDS May be Obtained in One Night. For preserving the hands as well as for preventing redness, roughness, and chapping, and imparting that vel vety softness and whiteness much de sired by women Cuticura Soap, assist ed by Cuticura Ointment, is believed to be superior to all other skin soaps. For those who work in corrosive liquids, or at occupations which tend to injure the hands, it is invaluable. Treatment.—Bathe and soak the hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura Oint ment, and in severe cases spread the Cuticura Ointment on thin pieces of old linen or cotton. Wear during the night old, loose gloves, or a light ban dage of old cotton or linen to protect the clothing from stain. For red, rough, and chapped hands, dry, fis sured, itching, feverish palms, and shapeless nails with painful finger ends, this treatment is most effective. Cuticura Remedies are sold through out the world, Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., sole proprietors, Boston, Mass. LONG TIME BETWEEN DOSES. Doctor—If the medicine is too bit- ! ter you might take it with a glass pf beer, but you should take it regularly, every two hours. Patience—Only every two hours? excused. ‘‘Shame on you! You came home last night actually tipsy.” "So I did, my dear. I just couldn't resist the pleasure of seeing two of i you at once.” Pettit's Eye Salve for Over 100 Years has been used for congested and inflamed eyes, removes film or scum over the eyes, i All druggistsor Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. j The old proverbs depend largely on the point of view. For instance, you j can’t convince a mouse that a black cat brings good luck. DON'T XEGT.FCT THAT COt'CTT Ft certainly racks your system and may run Into someth nc serious. Aliev's Luna Hu I sum will check it quickly and permanently. For sale at all druggists. Nothing that was worthy in the past departs—no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.—Carlyle. 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