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A Man without a purpose in Life gets as far as a F'isln without a Tail
Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, tHURSDAY. December, 18th 1914. / NUMBER 52
CONDENSED
WAR NEWS
Condensed Happenings of the Past
Week in World’s Greatest Conflict
x LITTLE GAINED EITHER WAT.
Reports are to the effect that
Emperor William will have to
undergo an operation for throat
trouble.
Late success of Servians causes
the Austrians to evacuate the
Servian capital.
It is reix)rted the Germans will
attempt to land 90,000 troops on
British soil, with activities direct
ed toward the commercial cities
of the north part of England.
The pope's plea for a Christmas
truce of the wairing nations has
failed.
Italy has demanded satisfaction
of the Turkish government for
violation of the Italian consulate.
Germans admit their attempt on
Warsaw is a failure.
The Servians have retaken Bel
grade. the Austrians suffering se
vere defeat.
The Russian loss so far exceeds
one million men, half that num
ber prisoners.
Italy faces famine; no work and
prices of foodstuffs soaring. The
govenment is asked to take action
for relief. War responsible.
The allies are gaining on the
west front, the Germans greatly
outnumbered falling back to rear
entrenched positions.
Handling Horses
Horse9 never thrive unless pet
ted.
All a horse gets is bed and
blanket—and very often the blan
ket is an imaginary one.
Any one who love* a horse will
. think of the horse before he thinks
of himself.
Recently I have discovered that
driving a horse with a bitless
bridle—simply a band over his
nose—is a great deal better than
the cold steel in his mouth.
I would not use a checkrein,
either on the average driving or
work horse, any more than I
would use a checkrein on a saddle
horse.
A good rider will always give a
horse lots of head, and drive with
a light rein. You then guide him
by pressing on his neck and sway
ing the body.
I have noticed that the men who
train seals always pay the seal im
mediately after he does, the right
trick, by throwing him a piece of
fish.
Whenever you get in from a
ride you should always give your
hoise a lump of sugar, sweet ap
ple or a carrot. This means that
you are grateful to him and puts
him in an attitude of mind where
he is glad to see you next day.
I have noticed that Ed. Geers
always has a pocketful of sugar,
and when he goes visiting up and
down the sawdust he hands out
the sugar to his friends.
That’s the way you talk to a
horse—by giving him something.
If yon love a horse and look
after him in a friendly way the
chances are that be will never be
sick. Horses that get diseased
and die young are all horses that
have had their spirits broken by
overwork and ill usage, and the
general cussedness of the driver.
If you are going to get the best
out of a horse or out of a mar
you will have to give him a lot oj
jolly and a little play spell even
day.
Horses do not die of overwork
I
AGED LADY
PASSES AWAY
Was Wife of bne of Sherman Comity’s
Earliest Settlers.
SDBVIVES HOSBAND FEW MOMTHS.
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On the morning of last Monday,
Dec. 14, 1914, at about the hour
of 3 o'clock occurred the death of
Mrs. Mathilda Beushauseh, the
aged widow of August ‘Beushau
sen, deceased. She was taken ser
iously ill the evening of the 9th
instant and grew gradually worse
till death claimed her on the date
above.
Grandma Beushausen was very
highly thought of by all who kne'w
her, each and every one dearly
loving the little old lady, who had
the God-given faculty love, kind
ness and affection toward all.
Some six months since, she lost by
death her aged husband and since
that time her health had gradual
ly failed, life losing all charm for
her, and she eagerly looked for
ward to the reunion with the part
ner of her life’s joys and sorrows
beyond this vale of tears. She
leaves to mourn their loss four sons
and families and a host of friends,
who join with the sorrowing ones
in their grief over the loss of that
best of all earthly friends, a lov
and devoted mother.
Mrs. Mathilda Beushausen was
born in Baden, Germany, June
19, 1832. She came to this coun
try in 1854 and located in New
xork City. \\ as married to Aug
ust Beushauseu Oct. 6, 1869.
Moved to Sherman county with
her family in the spring of 1869
and located on a homestead south
of Ashton, later moving oh a farm
east of that village, moving to
Ashton in 1900, and in 1906 com
ing to Loup City, where she lived
up to the time of her death. She
was a member of the German
Methodist church. Her age was
82 years. 5 months and 25* days. 1
Funeral was held from the M. E.
church today 2 p. m.
Fashions of
1830 to Return
New materials for women s
early spring clothes are decidedly
like those of grandmother’s day,
according to the bulletin of the
Fashion Art league of America,
issued in Chicago, December 13th.
Frills and furbelows of 1830 are
to be worn more and more.
Materials consist of narrow
striped silk with a taffeta finish.
Silk in Pompadour, small plaids
and checks are the best of these.
Many crepes and veilings already
are being shown witn a small
Dresden flower pattern, which
was revived a year ago. Cash
meres and satin clothes will be
| among the materials for street
j wear.
Colors will be subdued, with a
prevalence of black and white,
white predominating.
Effects in stripes will be better
form than checks or plaids, being
smarter and suitable to to new
silhouette.
Mrs. Carnes and Mrs. Stevens,
both of Williams, Iowa, arrived
here Tuesday evening for a visit
with their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Theo. D. Wilson. Mrs.
Stevens will return home in a few
days, while the good mother may
remain for the winter season.
Another sister, Mrs. Brandon, of
Fallbrook, Calif., arrived yester
day on her way home from a visit
in the East.
Uncle John Youngquest was up
from Aurora last week visiting his
son and daughters and families
for a few days, returning home
Saturday morning. He was look
ing hale and hearty.
They die of the wrong kind of
work and ingratitude.
A good driver never urges a
horse beyond his gait. He can
work his horses from sunrise to
sunset, and if he treats the horse
rightly when be comes in at night
the horse will frolic and play.—
, New York American.
DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
THIS WEEK SEES CLOSE
Lay Aside All Donbt aad Delay aad Werk as lard as Ever Yea Can From
low Datil The Close ef The Ceatest as it is a Very Short Time aad
These Last Few Days Nil Decide The Winner. '
LOOK THIS OVER CAREFRLLY AID HOSTLE! RUSTLE EVERY MINUTE
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A^ain we say. all that is requir
ed of you is that you work as
hard as you can. One may fall
—at the beginning or at the top
near the end, but in no other way
can the rewards of victory be
reached.
Life is action and the use of
each and every day from now un
til the close of the campaign is
obvious. Opportunity lends a
hand to all who say “I can.”
Make these days your banner
days. Get around to see all of
people who promised a subscrip
tion before the closa of the con
test, and tell them that their sub
scription is essential to your suc
cess. A very few subscriptions
more or less may mean you have
won, or you have lost, therefore
it is absolutely necessary for you
to send in the very best report
you can.
The, great leverage which is
given by the long term subscrip
tions. Your Real friends ought
to help you out to the extent of a
four or five year subscription and
those are the kind of subscriptions
which will make YOU a winner.
Candidates should not pass up a
single opportunity to get a sub
scription. one subscription may
possible decide the winner. Make
every friend a voter and every
day a voting day. Now is the
time to commence rounding up
those people that promised to sub
scribe before the close of the
campaign. The time is short till
the close of the campaign and all
the candidates should be busy
from now until the close in an
effort to bring their name to the
top of the list. Many people who
have the ability for accomplish
ment are destroyed by laziness.
Many others who seem intelligent
are plodding along in the rear be
cause they lack power to force
themselves out of the rut of pro
crastination, *
Long term subscriptions will be
the bi£ helpers to the candidates
at this stage of the campaign. Get
after your friends now and tell
them that they can help most now
by giving you a five or ten years
subscription. Of course the five
and len years subscriptions are a
little harder to get than the one
year subscription, but they are
worth the extra effort to get them.
For the regaining time devote
your efforts to obtain the long
term subscriptions. Remember
that every subscription counts and
the winner may win by a single
subscription. Enthusiasm counts,
so work with a confidence and a
determination to win.
Show what you are made of, the
secret of progress lies in the num
ber of facilities which you bring
to bear in yonr endeavors.
Those who have lost, know best
the meaning of winning.
Intensity of purpose—intensity
of plan—intensity of push, these
give the power that make success.
Put force into your task. Con
centrate.
Can you not contemplate the
great necessity of putting forth
yonr best efforts and making use
of every minute from now until
the close of the campaign?
How about it are you still wait
ing for old opportunity to knock
at your door, or are you pound
ing him on the back to keep him
hustling for ycu* Don't go to
sleep and then wake up when it is
tod late and find tlis.t others have
taken advantage of this self-same
1 opportunity and have been suc
cessful while you dreamed on.
j There are none so blind as those
j who will not see* The candidate
I who is in sueh a condition is stand
j ing on one foot. She has only
| herself to blame ior failure. A
I candid confession is good for the
soul. But how many people in the
world are willing to confess that
they are responsible for own re
aponsible for their own misfor
tune 1 If you want and can use
this auto go after it, stick to it,
and you will increase your profits,
your business standing and your
self-respect.
It’s what you think and feel
about it that makes each day what
it is. You, within yourself can
make each day, everyday, a good
day.
“Each Day is a Life.'T When
you get up in the morning throi^
back your shoulders, take a deep
breath. Meet the new da. y like a
man. Say to yourself “Another
day—Another Life!” For all we
know it may be the only day that
we’ll ever have. Let’s ma'Jte it
the best day we can. Let's strive
to see that it is a day worth vrhile.
Let’s move a step forward in our
work. Let’s do all the good that
we can.
Let's get all the happiness that
we can today. Right now is the
only time that we can con trol. '
Yesterday is a record. Tomorrow
is a secret. Today is yours, is
mine.
Extracts from
State Laws
Extracts from Criminal Code,
Statutes of Nebraska:
8€c. 264. Minors smoking to
bacco—Whoever, being a minor
under the age of eighteen years,
shall smoke cigarettes, cigars or
use tobacco in any form whatever,
in this state, shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding ten dollars.
Sec. 265. Sale of tobacco to
minors under eighteen—Whoever
shall sell give or furnish, in any
way any tobacco in any form
whatever, or any cigarettes or
cigarette paper, to any minor
under eighteen years of age, shall
be fined for each offense, not less
than t wenty dollars nor more than
fifty dollars or be imprisoned for
not less than ten nor* more than
thirty days.
Dr. T. Dirby, a Kearney physi
cian, was arrested by Deputy Mar
shall Sammons last Thursday on a
warrant issued out of the federal
district court at Omaha, alleging
that he made false statement under
oath while a witness for Walter
Sammons in the postoffice robbery
trial two weeks ago. Dr. Kirby
was taken before Commissioner
Cleary at Grand Island where he
waived preliminary examination
and was placed under bands to
appear before the federal court at
Omaha,—Kearney Democrat.
Next Wednesday evening, the
Wrigbt-Hall-Marquette company
of players in a two-hour program
of comedy and drama. Hear them
at tbe opera house.
Etiquette ef the
Prilling Office
Every once in a while someone
brings in printing with a request
that it be kept a secret. Perhaps
a little information concerning the
rules of newspaper offices and
printing plants will not be out of
place. One of the first things an
apprentice is taught is absolute
secrecy concerning anything that
is done in the office. He must not
give out information as to what
kind of printing is being-done nor
give any notice of what is to ap
pear in the paper. Another rule
is that the copy hook is sacred—
that is, outsiders must not read its
contents, neither should they read
the copy on the case before the
compositor. This last is consider
ed by the average printer as ill
bred as the reading of private cor
respondence. All proof sheets and
in fact the paper itself is consider
ed private office property until it
is delivered to the public_Blair
Democrat.
The editor is grandpa again,
and for the eighth time. This
latest edition is a granddaughter,
and arrived the 10th instant at the
home of the editor’s son, Rev.
Frank W. Burleigh, at Roca, this
state. This makes the third queen
which has come to gladden bis
heart. Mamma and daughter are
reported doing nicely, while
Frank’s usually happy smile has
broadened most perceptibly. Of
' course grandpa bears his added
honors meekly, as they pile up.
John Frandsen
For Deputy
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• County treasurer elect, ('has.
A. Gen, informed the Repub lican
this week that he had selected
John Frandsen as his deputy. We
heard the rumor last week and
were informed that John was hook
ing for a residence, but we were
unable to verify the fact.
We are indeed glad to "know
that Mr. Frandsen has been se
lected for this place. He w as em
ployed in the First State Bank
here for some months last year ,
and later went to Loup City to ■
work in the Carlsen bank. He is i
well known in this county, is a ]
good accountant and a very pleas- j
ing gentleman. We feel that we
may properly congratulate both
Mr. Geil and the public, anti we
are glad to have John and his es
timable wife back to St. Pa ql.—
St. Paul Republican.
A minister in a neightx )ring
town a few Sundays ago surpris
ed his audience by reading the
following announcement: *“The
regular session of the Donkey
Club will be held as usual nt the
close of the serviee. Members will
line up just outside the ebo.rch
door make remarks and stare at
the ladies as they pass, as is thoir
custom. Any member known to
escort a lady to church and sit
with her like a gentleman will be
expelled from membership,’’ The
application was to the point aukd
the effect was marvelous,.
P. M. SHOULD
BE ELECTIVE
Ed Brown of Friend Sentinel (Bern.)
Airs That Opinion.
PATRONAGE SYSTEM NAUSEATING.
The sooner all postoffices are put
under civil service regulation the
better. All this scrapping and
bickering by previously unheard
of would be politicians for ap
pointments to postoffices is sicken
ing. In every town in Saline
county where the present post
master's commission expires any
ways soon there are from three to
a dozen aspirants and each aspir
ant has in his possession a petition
signed by all the patrons of the
said office, a letter from every man
who has served as state, county or
precinct committeeman, or if he
has not that committeeman is a
“damphool and does not know his
face from a rat hole,” or words
to that effect. Until all public of
fices are put under civil service
regulations the people should have
the right to elect their postmaster
regardless of politics. The patron
age system is nauseating.
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The next number of the Lyceum j
Course comes to the opera house
next 'Wednesday evening, Dec. 23
and will be the Wright-Hall-Mar
quette Players, a trio of artists in
original comedies and dramas.
The gentleman and two ladies
composing the trio are said to be
splendid artists in their line and
newspaper comment speaks very
highly in their favor.
Along Rural
Route Two
Rural carrier will make his reg
ular trip Christmas day.
•Jas. McBeth fixed his mail box
and put it in a better place.
John Shehan shelled his corn
the past week.
John Juriewicz marketed corn
in town Friday.
Tom McFadden marketed wheat
in Loup City, Tuesday.
Reva and Delpha Baillie have
been sick the past week.
Don’t fail to attend the program
at the Prairie Gem schoolhouse
Friday.
-Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Conger vis
ited from Friday till Monday with
C. R. Conger in Dannebrog.
John Petersen worked the roads
Monday, not with the grader, but
with the shovels.
All the schools on the route will
have from one to two weeks vaca
tion during the holdays.
Henry Bichel bought a new
corn sheller, and has been busy
shelling corn the past week.
Be sure to lie at the Wiggle
Creek church to hear the Christ
mas program.
W. T. Draper returned Friday
from a month's work at Cedar
Blnffs.
MTr. and Mrs. Wells of Roca,
Xebi*., visited with the Fross fam
ily F riday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mcllravv
retumisd home from their trip in
the eastern part of state, Satur
day.
W. H_ McLaughlin hauled the
carrier s jiothe r load of hay Satur
day.
Miss Mable Daddow’s school
will give their program Friday
aftemooDi.
Don’t forget Literary at the
Wiggle creek schoolhouse Friday
night.
Brodoek Bros, had two loads of
hogs on the Loup City market
Tuesday.
Ernest Daddow sold cattle in
GOETHALS ASKS
FOR WAR CRAFT
Requests that Destroyers Be Sent te
Canal Zone at Once.
NO SPECIFIC EXPLANATION.
Colonel Geothals has requested
that destroyers be sent to the
canal zone immediately, but no
specific explanation of the need
for naval vessels there was includ
ed in the message. A reply ask
ing for this explanation was sent
at once, and the governor reiter
ated his request that two torpedo
boat destroyers be sent to the
canal zone water to prevent viola
tion of neutrality through the
misuse of wireless and the taking
of supplies by belligerent vessels.
Because of the confidential na
ture of {Colonel Goethals’ dispatch
Secretary Garrison declined to
make it public.
The government has decided to
send warships to the canal zone a»
per reques t.
A card from Mr. and Mrs. Foss
over in Wisconsin, under date of
Dec. 9, gives the following inter
information: “Arrived, Dec. 7, a
boy, weight 7$ pounds, name un
decided, at the the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Barr, at Palmyra,
Wis.” Mrs. Barr was formerly
Miss Velma Foss, and she and
husband accompanied Grandpa
and Grandma Foss, when they
left God’s country and moved to
the Badger state. The card adds
that mamma and baby are doing
fine, but the papa is seemingly too
dazed with happiness to realize
fully the blessing which has come
to his home.
Looking for Lost
Wife and Babies
A Jew, by the name of M.
Goldstein, and claiming to come
from Omaha, whither he had late
ly moved from Fremont, was in
Ord last week looking for a run
away wife and their three child
ren. He claims she ran away with
another man three weeks ago. He
traced her to Ord, then to Bur
well, and then to Erieson, and as
soon as he could find out bv tele
phone at that time she was at Sar
gent. He took the motor for that
place. He wants to take his wife
and children home, but he would
not promise for sure what he
would do with the man when he
caught him. He says the Jews
have a way of their own to deal
with that kind of men.—Quiz.
Loup City last Tuesday, Ira Dad
dow helping him drive them in.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gallaway
were in Loup City last Friday.
John had another place lanced on
his side.
Ordie Marvel was the only
member of Bethany Sunday school
brave enough to face the cold of
December 13th.
District No. 4 will give a pro
gram Friday afternoon, Decem
ber 18. Everybody cordially in
vited to come.
if
Chris Johnson tried to get to
Litchfield one day last week, but
got stuck in a snow drift west of
Chas. Schwaderer’s and returned
home.
As I will be putting up ice the
next week, these will be the last
route news until the ice is up. So
I wish you all a Merry Christmas
round the route.
The children who are attending
town school from the route have
been having some cold morning
drives, some of them drive as far
as nine miles.
The river is all frozen over, and
in 9 day or two I will begin to
put up ice. Are your ice bouses
ready? Jas. W. Conger.
Bethany Sunday school will give
a Christmas program at 2 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 24th. They want
to raise enough money ($5.00) to
send a barrel of flour to the Bel
gians. If they can send two bar
rels all the better. . -