loop City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH. Publisher. LCUP CITY • • ^ N EB RASKA A Boiling Down of the More Im* portant Events Here and There f-oreign The unionists gained another seat in the Southport division of Lancaster. Otherwise the few results before an nounced do not change the party strength. The newly elected members of parliament now stand: Unionists, 221; liberals, 202; laLorites, 34; na tionalists, C9. President Madriz of Nicaragua is sued a proclamation giving the details of the causes which have led to a re newal of hostilities. He refers to the offers of peace made to the revolution ists through ltear Admiral Kimball and their refusal to accept anything but complete recognition of the pro visional government, and says ques tions must now be settled by arms. American shoe manufacturers are making extraordinary shipments on orders from their German agents, placed in anticipation of the enforce ment of Germany’s general tariff against American importations on and after February 7. A native runner who has arrived from South Africa reports that Col. Roosevelt has killed three good bulls and two cows of the white rhinoceros family and considtrable lesser game. The naturalists have collected many species of birds and mammals. According to a German consular re port the Kobe-Akashi Electric Rail way company, with a capital of $1. 500,000, has been formed to build an electric railway from Kobe, Japan, to Askashi. The first five miles of the road is to be double track. General. The postal savings bank bill has been introduced in the senate. If Ballinger is convicted it will be a victory for honesty and conserva tism. If acquitted it will be a vindi cation for a much abused man. Baron Komura gave assurance in the •lapanese diet that relations with the United States were excellent. The management of the postoffice department was criticised by the man agement of the Butterick company. A letter from Guadalajara asserts that Conductor Cook, who is in jail in Guadalajara, is failing rapidly un der his close confinement. President Tait cabled to Emperor "William of Germany a birthday greet ing. Foodstuff exports last year fell off heavily as compared with the previous year. General Paulino Godoy has been appointed inspector general of the Nicaraguan army. President Taft has decided to pay a visit to Albany and Rochester. N. Y., some time in March and in both towns will deliver addresses. Ezra Kendall, the comedian, died of apoplexy in a sanitarium at Martins ville. Ind. The supreme court may delay an opinion on the corporation tax. That Harry Kendall Thaw is a bankrupt and that his estate is sub ject to the United States bankruptcy laws is held by Referee William B. Blair. The senate committee on territories perfected the Beveridge measure to create a legislative council for Alaska. Congressman Smith of Iowa will be a candidate for renomination. National Committeeman Taggart of Indianapolis, Ind., who wras accident ally shot by W. H. Morton, while hunting, will lose the sight of the right eye. The senate committee on irrigation will report a bill providing for a $30, 000,000 bond issue to complete irriga tion projects. Armour says beef is high because of increased price of corn. American affairs are being promi nently headlined in the Chinese native newspapers. The speeches of Presi dent Taft and the hunting exploits or Col. Roosevelt are followed with in terest. The petition of the American Fede ration of Labor asking for an investi gation of the operations of the United States Steel corporation has been re ferred by President Taft to the com mittee on judiciary. The United States Banking com pany at Mexico City suspended fol lowing its failure to make the clear ing house settlement of the day’s business. Joseph A. Graham, a widely known editor and author, died at his some in Salisbury, Sid. He was widely known in tho w-“< Cork oak, which grows to a large extent in Spain, is to be tried in the national forests here. All along the line the people are cutting out the meat ration, but the price does not come down. The "beef trust,” so-called, is to be prosecuted by the national govern ment. Millions in royalties to the govern ment from leases of Alaska coal lands was the proposition made by a Seattle man to a senate committee. Business needs of the nation are to be discussed in annual convention of nationa! boards of trades. Judge Wiekersham charged that Taft and Roosevelt had maintained s.b Alaskan lobby. Representative Fowler introduced resolutions providing reorganization of the rules committee. The wisdom of an international rark on the United States-Canadian lice is questioned in the senate. Sixty-seven delegates met in Lin coln and perfected the temporary or ganization of the Nebraska league of municipal ties. The Omaha Indians are united and earnest in their demands of the gov ernment. The executive committee of the na tional education association an nounced that the forty-eighth annual convention would be held in Boston July 2 to 8, 1910. Senator Conger’s exposing New York's state politics scandal is likely to win victory for direct primary sys tem. The British liberal party must de pend on the Irish to secure a ma jority in the house of commons. The twentieth century limited on the New York Central was wrecked and two trainmen killed. There is dissatisfaction among house democrats with the leadership of Champ Clark. Chances favor the passage of the ship subsidy bill this session. The new comet is traveling more than 120 miles per second according to Prof. Winslow Upton of Brown uni versity. Special educational training for rail road men is advocated and predicted by J. Shirley Eaton. Irregularity in grand jury room may j open the prison doors for Charles W. | Morse, and F. Augustus Ileinze may also benefit from a court ruling on this matter. In the memory of senators and representatives now in office, says a Washington dispatch, there never has been a time when the people were j writing so many letters to members i of congress about public affairs. Meat dealers are farm with their prices all over the country and the move now being made has in no wise affected the packers. The intensely colu weather in the east has saved eastern Pennsylvania from disastrous floods. It was stated by a high authority at Paris that no settlement has yet been reached regarding the Hankov; Sze-Chuen railroad loan of $30,000,000. Ezra Kendall, the ^amous comedian, died of apoplexy in a sanitarium at j Martinsville, Ind. President Taft is urging upon sen- i ators to “get busy” with the nation's affairs. The price of extra fancy creamery butter dropped to 30 cents a pound oc the Elgin board of trade. It was a cut of six cents. Liberal forces in Great Britain have not abandoned hope of a substantial victory’. Warner M. Van Norden, a rich New ; Yorker, was robbed on the street ot i $28,000, supposedly by two women. Investigations by the immigration commission were denounced in tie house as a big junket. Mrs. Hetty Green has joined tl e anti-meat crusade because she says the price is too dear. Washington. Senator Penrose introduced a bill to amend the oleomargarine law in accordance with recommendations by associations of dairyman and grangeis. The measure imposes on manu facturers of oleomargarine a special tax of $G00 a year. The tax to be paid by wholesale dealers in uncolored oleomargarine is fixed at $200 and the tax assessed against retailers in a similar product is fixed at $G. Reports which reached Washington from foreign sources declared that Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great liritain, had been offered and had ac cepted an extension of two years of service as the representative of the United States at the court of St. James. Estimates made by officials of the postoffice department indicate 30'J,- j 000,000 one-cent pieces annually are taken by the rural letter carriers front letter boxes for the payment of post age on mail matter deposited. Com plaints against the practice have be come so widespread that the post office department has issued instruc tions to all postmasters at rural de- j livery office that after February 15 the practice will be discontinued. Detailed statements of exports of the United States during the calencar year 1909 ha\e just been completed by the bureau of statistics of the de partment of commerce and labor. They show a reduction in the value of exports of nearly all the important agricultural products except cotton. As a result of the agitation against the increased cost of living. Represen tative Garner (rep. Pa.) introduced a bill in the house to repeal the duty on all cattle intended to be used as food. This is the first bill of the sort intro duced. but it is expected that a flood of similar measures will follow. Personal. Indictments were returned at Chi cago against men accused of com spiring to defraud the city. Governor Shallenberger of Ne braska declines to call an extra ses sion of the legislature. Congratulations poured in on Gomp ers on his sixtieth b’rthday. Friends of Brigadier General Smith of Fort Russell believe he will suc ceed to the command of the Depart ment of the Missouri when Brigadier General Charles Morton, now in com mand, retires from the service in March. Brigadier General Frederick Funston is in line for the command, but it is understood he does not care to be transferred and that Brigadier General Smith will get the place. The prediction was made that it will take nineteen years to finish the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry. There is still a possibility the lib erals will have a majority in com mons. Zelaya, former president of Nica ragua. is preparing to go to Belgium. Liona. Peru, arranged a special re ception for Hon. W. J. Bryan. The election of Gitrord Pinchot to succeed Dr. Charles \V. Eliot as presi dent of the National 'onservation as sociation is announced. Iowa editors will hold their semi annual meeting at Boone. March 17. President Taft Is showing much tact in bringing opposing congressional factions together. The Ballinger-Pinchot committee is soon to start its investigation. Senator Nelson has been selected as head of the Ballinger investigating committee. George Harris, president of the Bur lington railroad, has presented his resignation to the board of directors, j and it will be accepted. The will of the late D. Ogden Mills of New York disposes of his large es tate by division equally between hia son and daughter CONGRESS IS SLOW LITTLE PROGRESS IN LEGISLA TION DEMANDED BY TAFT. II MATTER OF MUCH CONCERN Two Months of Session Gone and Ad journment Already Be:ng Talked About. Washington.—Little headway has been made in the two months con gress has been in session toward the enactment of important legislation de manded by President Taft; yet on every side are heard predictions of an early adjournment. Thoughtful members of congress are asking each other what kind of reception they w ill meet if they go to the White house on April 15 or May 1, with plans to quit work for the summer, if the ad ministration program is unfulfilled. The question is one which congres sional leaders aumit is giving them deep concern. The absence of unani mity of thought on almost every one of the president's measures is such as to make exceedingly difficult the work mapped out for those who have the bills in charge. Bills to create a court of commerce and amend the rail road rate laws, to establish postal sav ings banks, to validate withdrawals of public lands wanted for conservation purposes and to legalize national charters for corporations doing inter state business, which have been placed at the head of the “White house schedule,” have all met with de termined opposition. From a political point of view, re publicans waters seemingly are be coming muddied by the several inves tigations which are in progress, and the minority members appear mot un willing to let this procedure continue indefinitely. Inquiries such as that being made into the affairs of the in terior department and the forest serv ice naturally are having some effect upon plans to amend land laws and enact legislation for Alaska and e»eo bear to some extent upon the Arizjea and New Mexico statehood bill. Other investigations, such as those relating to second class mail matter and the postoffice deficit, and the causes of the increased cost of living, all tend to minimize the chances for a complete redemption of republican campaign pledges. A conference of republican leaders is now being considered and probably will be held soon after Senator Aldrich returns from Florida, as he is expected to do this week, waither he wmnt a week ago to recuperate from a severe cold. Whether this will be held at the White house, so as to enable Mr. Taft to participate, or at the capitol, has not been decided. It has been settled that it will include the more promi nent members o$ both branches of con gress and that vigorous means will be advocated to restore to some semblance of order the chaotic con ditions now existing. The plan most in favor with such republican leaders as are now in Washington, is a rearrangement of the Taft policies, placing them in order of executive preference or in such se quence as it is thought would most benefit the majority party. Jeff Davis Likes Taft. Washington. — Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas paid his first visit to the White House. The senator said he had never met President Taft be fore. “I like him,” he added; “he is a fine man." Americans Are All Safe. Washington.—In answer to inquiries ti’e state department has received a dispatch from Ambassador Bacon in Haris stating that all Americans in that city were safe. WICKHAM STAYS IN ARMY. Commutes Captain’s Sentence to Re duction of Fifty Files in Rank. Washington.—President Taft has saved Captain Frank D. Wickham, Twelfth United States infantry, from dismissal from the army. Captain Wickham recently was convicted by court-martial in the Philippines of drunkenness on duty and sentenced to dismissal. On the recommendaticin of Secretary Dickinson, the president has commuted the sentence to a reduction of fifty files in rank. Troops to Greytown. Bluefields. Nicaragua.—General Es trada has learned that 700 of the Ma driz troops are entrenching north of Greytown and as a consequence he, together with General Matuty, is ar ranging to head an expedition to that district. It is expected that the two generals with 500 men will leave here Tuesday morning in the steam ers Senator and Blanc. General Es trada will direct the troops on the Senator, which was recently chartered by the provisional government. A conflict is soon expected. Price of Bibles Advance. Chicago.—The price of Bibles will go up March 1. according to an announce ment made by a large Bible publishing house which has branches in Cincin nati. Kansas City and San Francisco. The cause for advance is the enforce ment of the new tariff on imported leather and paper. “Bibles are now about 20 per cent higher than they have even been before,” said a mem ber of the firm. “The'materials for the best Bibles have gone up so high in price on account of the tariff that we cannot afford former prices.” Increase In Exports. Washington.—The last half century has seen a great increase in the ex ports of farm products from the United States. From an average of $150,900, OOO a year in the five-year period. 1851, 1855. the agricultural exports rose to an average of $857,000,000 a year in 1901-1905 and in two subsequent in dividual years (1907 and 1908) sur passed $1,000,000,000. Not only have exports increased, but they have in creased much faster than the popula tion. In 1851-1855 the average value per capita was $5.85. Home-Made Easter Hats\ BY JULIA BOTTOMLEY. EVEN' this early in the season the powers that produce our Easter bonnets are working industriously on the millinery which will he in such demand at Easter time, and thereafter. Surrounded by counter parts of all the lovely blossoms we know, and others, born in the brain of the designers, the busy workers enthusiastically assemble braids and ribbons, feathers and flowers into fetching hats. Why should not the tactful home( dressmaker try her hand also, at mak ing up a pretty, simple hat or so, for the coming spring? She has more time now than later and can indulge herself in more millinery or lessen the expenses of her spring headwear by a little hatmaking at home. It is fas cinating work. All the home millin er needs is a little guidance. This does mu mean mai see can inane an suns of hats. The home-dressmaker who turns out a prety lawn dress, well done in every regard does not at tempt the exacting tailor-made suit. It is the same with hats. A good ^ihape, developed in three different ways is shown in our illus trations. The home milliner may feel perfectly safe in attempting this hat She needs to buy a wire frame of this or a similar shape, mull and braid to cover it, and the trimming materials. Suppose our enterprising reader lives far enough south to expect wTarm weather on the 26th of March, for Easter is very ,#arly this year. She may select a fancy braid, flowers and ribbon for her hat. Roses and lilacs are always in style, as staple as rib bon, which is ever present in millin ery. Probably she owns some good looking roses and will need to freshen them up. This is done by care fully trimming the frayed edges of the petals and tinting them with water colors or with oil colors dissolved in gasoline. Two sprays of lilacs in their natural color and two clusters of roses with their foliage will make a wreath. Two and one-half yards of ribbon will make the full rosette bow, which consists of a group of loops four inches deep, sewed to a small piece of buckram. The frame must first be covered with mull or crinoline, but preferably mull matching the braid in colors. A yard will cover the brim and crown, forming a foundation for the braid. Sew this over the frame as smoothly as possible, covering upper and under brim. Bind the edge of the brim with the braid and then cover the entire hat with it, sewing one row after another with the outer edge of each row overlapping the inner edge of the proceeding row'. The under brim may be faced with ribbon like that used in the rosette if preferred. As to color, the amethyst shades are a safe choice. Olive, moss or light greens, navy or light blues, tan, banana and light browns, in fact there is almost nothing in colors that will not harmonize with lilacs and roses. The ribbon should be of the same color as the braid, but need not be just the same shade. Make the flower wreath and sew it to the hat. Then make the rosette, which is sewed on last. Finally the hat is lined with a scrap of silk, and is ready for wear, an achievement of which the clever maker has a right to be proud. If she has any misgivings about bow to proceed with the making, let he.r ex amine any hats made of braid, which come within her reach. Suppose, however, our home-milliner lives where an Easter falling in March is likely to be far from an ideal spring | day. Her needs have been looked after, and she should choose braids in darker, stronger colors, than for flower-trimmed hats. A moss green, olive or clear bright navy, or any of the good shades of brown. The blue of the bluebird is the happiest of se lections. For trimming, velvet ribbon, satin bows and fancy feather quills are the proper choice, or wings may ,be used. Let the satin ribbon be of the same color as the braid. The vel vet ribbon may be a dash of bright ' color like cherry or coral or a darker shade of the same color as the satin j ribbon. For the feather, nothing is much prettier than the iridescent coque, but there are so many to choose from that one may use the individual taste in this matter. The velvet ribbon is threaded through small slashes cut in the covered frame, the fancy feathers are sewed on firmly and over them a group of loops made of two yards of No. 60 ribbon. If the matter of covering the hat with hraid seems too difficult, a shape can be bought ready made and simply trimmed with folded satin ribbon, a cluster of quills and an ornament or flower placed in the cen ter of a rosette made of loops. Five yards of ribbon are needed for this hat and two broad, or a cluster of nar row quills. The ribbon is laid in folds and tucked about the hat in what is known as a “crushed" band. The rosette is a series of loops four inches deep sewed to a little piece of buckram, the size of a silver dollar. This is sewed to the hat after the band and quills have been adjusted. Finally an ornament or a flat flower is sewed at the center of the rosette, completing the trim ming. These hats provide cne with some thing pretty for Easter and very use ful for the spring and early summer, or for general wear all summer, for that matter. The last two described are very handsome in all black. Twelve yards of braid are needed at least for this model, one yard of mull, and a spool of silk thread matching the braid in color. Finally, let me whisper to those interested, the mas culine members of your family will think your achievement w’onderfully clever, if you make your own hat. Shank Buttons Best. Just now. when large buttons are so much in vogue on shirtwaists and tub gowns, a quick and easy way to attach them so they may be removed for laundering is to use buttons with a shank, and fasten in place with small safety pins on the wrong side. The spaces should be measured and marked with a few stitches just where the buttons should be, so they may be quickly attached after each trip to the laundry. In this way one set of buttons will do duty for a number of suits. Practical Traveling Coat. One of the practical coats brought out for southern-bound travelers is the mannish ulster, made of white blan keting, white chinchilla or some simi lar white cloth, which is easily slipped into and out of when jumping into the machine for the ride to 'be links or homeward. The coats are of full or three-quarter length and have the ad vantage of being cozy, smart and of cleaning perfectly. Delicate mosaic pendants, festooned with a fine chain of sterling stiver plated with gold, form some of the im ported necklaces. MAKE GOOD PARTY PRIZES Few Things More Acceptable Than a Pair of the* Fashionable Hatpins. In hunting for party prizes a pair of j hatpins will surely be acceptable. It is no longer fashionable to wear half a dozen different kinds of pins in one hat; thus most women are glad for a set that matches. The amount to be spent upon these pins is only limited by the inclination : and purse of the hostess. Good-look- ! Ing beetle pins set in brass, and dull- ■ colored scarabs can be had for as lit tle as 25 cents. These are especially liked by young girls. The favorite hatpins this winter are those of rhinestones. These vary in price from 75 cents to many dollars. ] according to size and brilliancy. There are various shapes in the rhinestone pins, but those that stand out from the hat. either in a ball or cone shape, show the brilliancy of the stones much more than the flat ones. Some of these pins are in butterfly shape, with both sides of the out- j standing wings studded with stones, while the body is full and thickly jew eled. Other designs are in flower shapes, with the petals distinct. Often the heart of the flower is of a colored stone or enamel, while the petals only are of rhinestone. Monograms on Linen. The engaged girl who is leisurely preparing her home and table linen may be glad to know that the mono- ; •ram is now worked in the center ot table napkins instead of in one corner, as formerly. To show it the napkin is folded in three folds lengthwise and j then in three crosswise, thus bringing the monogram in the center of a square as the napkia is placed on the table.—Harper’s Bazar. An adorable little blouse to accom pany a white suit is of rose-painted ; chiffon over white satin, with a pink satin girdle. When papa wants to get an extra : half-hour's sleep in the morning some , of the chi’dren are sure to give a vol untary irritation of an alarm clock. | tug Can Small fi'irm'f Why it, Pa>5 I To use CALUMET INSTEAD OF CHEAP AND BIO CAN BAKING POWDER Big Biscuit ”FuJ Value" Can. The Cheap and Big Can Kind Id this can yon get mere iukstar.ce bat oot more baking powder. It is great in quantity only — not in economy — not in satisfaction. You simply cannot ret as rood re sults from the cheap and big can kind—the baking cannot be as evenly raised—It cannot be as delicious—It cannot be as pure and wholesome— because the quality Is not there. And It cannot bo any more economi cal. Calumet Is medium in price— the standard 1-lb. size can costs 25c. Less of it Is required and the baking Is certain to be better. Try one can —If not satisfactory your money will be returned. Calumet Received Highest Award — Woild s Pure Pood Exposition. FREE—large handsome recipe book. Send 4o and slip found In pound can. CALLOUS TO CRITICISM. The Husband—As far as I am con cerned, you may scold as much as you like. I am by nature thick-skinned. “CROPE THROUGH A CRACK” Uncle Eph Had at Least One Idea of How His Hogs Might Have Got Away. Uncle Ephraim had two hogs, which he kept in a pen at the rear end of his little lot. They were of the razor back" variety, and although they were fed bountifully with kitchen waste, it seemed impossible to put and fat an their attenuated frames. One morn ing when he went out to feed them they were not there. They had dis appeared. leaving no clew as to the manned in which they had made their escape. “What's the matter, Uncle Eph?” inquired a neighbor, noticing the deep iejection with which the old man was looking down into the empty pen. "My hawgs is done gone, sah,” he answered. "Stolen?" “No. sah. I don't see no signs dat anybody tuck ’em." "Did they climb out over the top?” “No, dey couldn't 'a done dat.” "How do you think they got away?” “Well, sah,” said Uncle Ephraim, “my 'pinion is dat dem hawgs kind o' raised deirselves up on aidge an’ crope through a crack." — Youth's Com panion. His Broad Charity. Imogene—I know papa is cross and surly sometimes and says things that are unjust, but you should judge him. Philip, by his best. Philip—Oh, I do, dear. You're his best. His Face Was Turning Yellow Someone told him that sallowness was Caused by an Inactive liver. He began taking NATURE'S REMEDY, his natural color returned, his brain cleared. Kis liver was again active. NR tablets never fail to correct the liver, they remove the bile, aid digestion and tone the system. Better than Pills for Diver Ills. Take one tonight and you’ll feel better in fbe morning. Get i 25c Box. All Druggists. The A. H. Dewis Medicine Co., St. Douis, Mo. 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