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A. 1819 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. ill m B ■ g ■ T* ” ....."''7;!T'’::;:?iii1iji!T!!riVIl!iin!inn'llIlC0in!ffil!nll!lii'illllll!’lliiiiii]MHr'll!iBlliiillMn!iIli?!Ti!il]l!:iiiTlir[i! PRE-ELECTION PROPHESIES The political wise-acres are in that condition which comes after election, where in the figures given out by the victors redound greatly to the credit of the lucky guessers. For those who guessed wrong and lost, there is only the solace that in time people are apt to forget all things. PUBLIC SALE. I will sell at Public auction on the S. M. Smalley farm, six and one-half miles south and west of Loup City and 2 miles west of Austin, on Wed nesday, November 29. commencing at 1 o’clock p. m., the following described property: 12 head of horses, consisting of 1 black mare, smooth mouth, weight 1,050 lbs.; 1 black horse. 9 years old, weight 1.050 lbs.; 1 sorrel mare, smooth mouth, weight 1,150 lbs.; 1 gray mare, smooth mouth, weight 950 lbs.; 1 Stay horse, smooth mouth, weight 1,505 lbs.; 1 suckling mule; 4 suckling colts; team of 4-year olds, weight about 2,200. Two head of cattle, cow and calf. Eighteen head of hogs. Farm machinery, etc., one corn sheller 1 wagon and rack, 1 walking cultivator, 1 lister. 1 hay rake, 1 cul tivator, 1 disc, 1 feed grinder, 3 bug gies in good condition cook stove, .heating stove. Lay-by ^0-devil. atr do*eu-chickens «ww household goodss and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of sale: All sums of $10 and under, cash. Over that amount a credit of 8 months time will be given on approved notes bearing 10 per cent interest from date. No prop erty to be removed from premises un til settled for. MRS. WALTER GREGG, Owner COL. J. G. PAGELER, Auct. W. F. MASON, Clerk. HUGHES VACATION. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Commissioner appointed to vacate that part of Road No. 313, laying on the section line between sections 9 and 16, Township 14, Range 14, in Sherman County, Nebraska, has re ported in favor of the vacation there of, and all objections thereto or claims for damages must be filed in the County Clerk’s office on or before noon of the 13th day of January, 1917, or such road will be vacated without reference thereto. L. B. POLSKI, County Clerk. By S. H. RICHMOND, Deputy. (SEAL) A healthy mind is conductive to a healthy body. 'A healthy body pro duces energy and the ability to ac complish things. Start with the mind. Life is full of joys, sorrows, and stomach aches. HIS OWN » ON WAYTO JAIL David Esaacson Hopes in Prison to Invent Something for Government. MAN OF MANY P^riTS Had Premonition of Fate ana Feels He Will Still Be of Some Use —Believes in Uphold ing Law. Atlanta. Ga.—David Esaacson. bowed bv age and troubles, poor as a church mouse, inventor, alchemist, d~eamer swindler, on his way to the federal prison here, hoarded the steamship City of Columbus at her pier in New York city. Searching out Captain Diehl of the steamer. Esaacson an nounced himself as a United States of ficer, charged with taking a prisoner to Atlanta. "And where is the prisoner?’’ asked Captain Diehl. ‘‘I am the prisoner," Esaacson re plied to the astonished captain. “1 am at once prisoner on parole and my own guard, for I have given my word that I will deliver myself." Esaacson, sixty years old, was con victed in the federal court in New York city of having used the United States mails to swindle many persons through a manufacturing company, of which he was president. Esaacson was sentenced to imprisonment of a year and a day in the federal prison here and to pay a fine of $200. Passengers Ignorant. Not knowing who he was. Esaac son's fellow passengers were delighted with him; his conversation proved him a man of the world: the seascapes ho painted delighted the other voyagers. Landing at Savannah. Esaacson” dal lied there a day or two. then came here and relieved himself of his duty as a deputy United States marshal; he delivered himself to the warden of the Jail. Esaacson said: “Marshal McCarthy is one of the best of God's noblemen. He said to me: 'Esaacson. I am going to let you take yourself to Atlanta, not because I am partial to you—for I would do this for any man in whom I had con fidence—but because your case has appealed very strongly to me.’ Such kindness from a man accustomed to handling prisoners penetrated the very core of my being.” Esaacson claims to have rediscov ered an art which the ancient Etrus cans practiced—that of enameling a “I Am the Prisoner.” pebble so that it resembles exactly a ’ precious stone: only an expert can de- 1 tect a false stone. He has not com- j pleted his experiments in this direc- J tion. He added to the correspondent: ! Felt It Was Coming. "It was the saddest moment of my whole life the day I left New York. ! I never felt so crushed in spirit, but I am going to bear it philosophically. For, believe it or not, this series of experiences was preordained. Years ago 1 had a premonition that certain events would occur in my life; I could almost see the future and discern their nature.” Esaacson derided the accusation that he had bled his dupes for $500, 000. “A few thousand, a few thousand,’*' he said, "of which I have not a centime now. "Old as I am, I have not completed my work, my honest work, by a great deal,” he concluded. "While in At lanta I shall continue that work, pur sue my discoveries, and, together with my painting, I shall keep busy. Some day—and I can see it as clearly as I see the light now—I shall invent something that will be of use to the United States government, in the en forcement of whose laws I believe thoroughly. My experience will be one that in years to come will bring some benefit, and if I can devote my self while in Atlanta toward the in vention of something that will be of service to Uncle Sam, I shall not count my time as having been spent in vain.” SOME QUEER STUNTS DONE BY LIGHTNING Drives Nails Bowls Over Men, Makes Children Speechless and Burns Clothes. Frederick, Md.—Three persons lost their speech for a quarter of an hour, two were knocked unconscious and one was stunned early the other morn ing when a bolt of lightning struck the home of Preston Gernand, Myers ville, this county. The same bolt burned holes in bed clothing, drove nails in the kitchen cabinet as neatly as if they had been driven with a hammer and completely demolished the furnishings of two f 111- 1 I I I r ""H Bowled Gernand Into the Yard. rooms, one a bed chamber and the oth er a kitchen. Those rendered uncon scious: Mrs. Henry Gernand, Tallahassee, Fla., professional vocalist, and sister in-law of Preston Gernand; Preston Gernand, owner of the property. Mrs. Preston Gernand was stunned. Two hours after the bolt had struck the home the entire family had fully recovered from the shock. The light ning did not fire the residence. The lightning struck the chimney of the Gernand home, passed through the bedroom of the three Gernand children, burning the bed clothing and rendering the children speechless. From the bed chamber the bolt passed through the floor into the kitchen. There Mrs. Gernand and her 6ister-in-law, Mrs. Harry Gernand, were seated waiting for the storm to pass over. On the outside of the build ing sat Gernand on a chair. The light ning extinguished the light, knocked the two women to the kitchen floor and bowled Gernand from his chair Into the back yard half a dozen feet away, where he lay unconscious. Mrs. Gernand recovered and lighted a lamp. Her sister-in-law was uncon scious, and she found her husband lying on the ground in the yard. Mrs. : Gernand summoned a farm hand anC sent him for a physician several miles j away. The family had partly rec<*» ] ered when tbs physician arrived. WOMAN POTS WHITE DEER I- I For the first time in twenty years a white deer has come down from the Adirondaeks and the lucky shot which killed it was fired by Miss Marion Bea trice Fuller of Boston and she is mighty proud of her achievement. The picture shows Miss Fuller and one of ner trophies of the chase. In a learned discourse, an exchange tells us why hair falls out. We note with regret, however, that it fails to tell us how to fall it back again. The only disagreeable feature of great wealth is in finding a way to dodge the tax assessor. Try Chase’s first. DOG WAITING AT MASTER’S CRAVE Kansas Collie Is Still Hoping for the Return of His Owner. KEEPS ALL-NIGKT VIGIL Animal Each Day Makes Rounds They So Often Traveled Together, Then Trots to New Grave in Cemetery. Buckner, Mo.—Pete is only a dog. Just a collie dog with the gentle, ex pressive eyes of his kind and a good deal of gray about his muzzle. Folks In Buckner, Mo., say that they can no tice the gray the last three weeks or so. but they may be mistaken in that. Pete, being only a dog, is not expect ed to know the depths of emotion that persons feel. He is not supposed to understand about death and sorrow and utter loneliness and that sort df thing. He was a smart dog, people said, and had been a faithful companion to his master, William Hudspeth, who lived on a farm near Buckner. But when Mr. Hudspeth died three weeks ago, everyone forgot about Pete. There were so many things to be looked after that the grief-stricken family left him to his own devices. Beyond a Dog’s Understanding. It had been a strange day for Pete. Early in the morning the people who came to the house had routed him out of his place in front of the door where he had lain during the two weeks his master w-as in bed. They wouldn’t let him in where hie master was, not even in the house, al though he tried to get in several times And then finally they brought his mas ter out in a big box and everybody went down the road with him. Pete went along, of course. They went on across the railroad tracks and up the rock road. He stopped with the rest of them at the place where the white stones stood about in the grass and watched them all go over to a big hole in the ground. But his master wasn’t amongst them. Perhaps he wasn’t in the big box after all. He’d probably stopped in town as he always did, and Pete, foolish dog, hadn’t noticed it. It was much more likely than that his master was in that box they were putting down in the hole. So Pete started back. The loungers on the bank steps called to him as he stopped there but he paid no attention to them. They watched him trot on I - Pete Was Never Missed a Day at the Graveyard. down the street and stop for a moment at each store his master had used to visit. Then he disappeared out the road to the farm. Waiting in Cemetery. The sexton, working late that night, heard a whining among the graves. When he came to the newest one he found Pete. The dog lay on the grass at the side of the headstone and would not come away when he sexton left. The next morning he was still there. Since then Pete has never missed a day at the graveyard. When he turns in from the road he goes straight to the Hudspeth lot and stays there for hours at a time. The sexton has no ticed his restlessness. He haunts around among the stones only to re turn to his master's grave. Finally he goes back to town and makes once more the round of the stores. Sometimes he goes out to the farm then. Sometimes he goes back to the graveyard and the sexton finds him in 1 the morning whining at the mound of j earth. Always he has a restless, troubled air as he searches for some one who cannot be found. And there he sits at his master’s grave. If you simply must open your mouth, whistle. The noise will not be so distressing to other people. -- Daily sells for less. RIDDING TEXAS GF WOLVES i _ Professional Hunters Are Reaping Big Harvest Under New Scalp Bounty Law. Austin, Tex.—Although many thou sands of wolves have been killed since the new scalp bounty law went into effect last June, there is still enough money in the fund appropriated for the purpose to last several more months. Many professional hunters are mak ing considerable money killing wolves, both of the lobo and coyote varieties. An investigation of the predatory wild animals pest was made by represen tatives of the United States depart ment of agriculture, and ranchmen and farmers have been provided with a formula for killing, poisoning and hunting wolves, as follows: "The stock killed by wolves is main ly cattle. Calves and yearlings are j generally selected, but if these are not available, cows and even full grown steers are killed They are usually attacked from behind and lit erally eaten alive. Occasionally an animal will escape the wolf with a great piece torn out of its ham, while the wolf goes on to catch and kill another.” U. S. GETS WORK FOR MANY Secretary Wilson of Department of La bor Pleased With His Employ ment Bureau. Washington.—The federal employ ment bureau is a success, declares Sec retary of Labor Wilson. “We started in a small way.” he said today, but the work has pro gressed far enough to show the pos sibilities of this line of endeavor. We have furnished jobs to about 33 per cent of those who have applied for work. Our aim is to link together in one big chain a'l the state and muni cipal agencies for the unemployed. Some progress has been made along this line already. “The bureau does not merely place unskilled labor; it has applications from many men of training in vari ous industrial fields and has found employment for a large number. We are constantly receiving application? for jobs and from the employers or ders to fill their employment wants. We act precisely as a clearing house for labor.” TWINS ARE SENT BY MAIL Mailed to Postmaster in Nebraska Town as First-Class Parcel* at Cost of 47 Cents. Ewing, Neb. — The four-year-old twins of Postmaster Waugh and wife were visiting 1 the country about seventeen miles out from Ewing and suddenly becoming homesick they wished to return home. Mr. Waugh being unable to go after the young scions, telephoned for their | return by parcels post, and according ly Perry Saiser, who runs route No. 2, brought the youngsters home safe and sound to anxious, waiting parents. The twins weigh 37 and 38 pounds respectively, and their safe transit home cost the trifling sum of only 23 and 24 cents, on each, a total of 47 cents. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB I try to imwjine my mersitJ work. Is really my idet. cf fun And I mi^kt v? well like it not for of course I know tkfci its $ot "to ke done A great many people fondly imagine that if they are honest, pay their debts, and do not speak disparaging ly of other people they are among the mainstays of the town. But such is not always the case. Honesty and a careful mouth are much to be com mended. but this town needs more than that. It needs citizens who will go out of their way to do something for the town, who will labor to bet ter local conditions, who will go their length to bring new industries and new people to our community. Such people as these are in reality the mainstays of a town. And we need a few mainstays. Of course there will be a lot of dead carcasses lying around after the elec tion, but the lure of the public crib will bring them back to life again. The bark of a dog or the grunt of a pig is sublime music to the growl of the chronic grouch. With some men a good wife is respected and admired, while the af finity gets the coin. Skating on thin ice in the game of life is full of zest, until the ice breaks and you take the fatal plunge. The fellow who haggles over little things seldom reaches the big ones. j JEWELERS GIVEN JOLT BY SLEUTH Convention Is Thrilled by Clever Stunt Pulled by Famous Detective. FRISKS SILVER WATCH ( Lifts Timepiece From President’s Pocket Right Before His Very Eyes—Is Found on An other Official. The great detective had Just con cluded his stirring speech. "Thieves had best have a care," be had said, "for the jewelers are now protected against them quite as fully as are the bankers.” Applause filled the room in tha Grand Central palace, where the mem bers of the American National Retail Jewelers' association had assembled for their annual meeting. "We now have just time”—began President Tinley L. Combs of Omaha, Neb., but he went no further. In place of the watch he had started to consult was a void—an aching void, if one might judge from the expres sion on Mr. Combs’ face. The watch was gone. “Gentlemen,” said the president, "if this is a joke, one might say it was a timely one. My watch is gone. A great detective is here. Perhaps he can put into actual operation some of the things he has just been tell ing us.” Detective on the Job. A breathless silence filled the great room. All eyes were upon the detec tive. Quite unabashed by the attention ha was receiving, he hastily rose from his chair. “Let the doors be closed,” he shouted. "Time flies, but not so this timer. “The watch is somewhere in this room. I will personally search every one present If there Is anyone who Just Like That—So Easy. objects he may bring the watch to me and the matter will be considered a closed incident.'' No one stirred. “Very well, then. I’ll proceed with, the searching." From the very first pocket into which he thrust his trained fingers came forth a watch. "Ah, here is a watch,” said the de tective, exultantly. “I scarce expect ed to meet with success quite as soon. Here is a watch for you. Mr. Combs," he said, and promptly sat down. "Thanks," said Mr. Combs, "mine was only silver, but this gold one wilt do.” Finds the Watch. Had the situation been less serioua the laugh that followed mignt have been more hearty. Hastily the watch was returned to its rightful owner. Then the detective continued his search. A moment laier a very guilty look ing silver watch was extracted from, the waistcoat pocket of one of the, members of the executive commit tee. "This is your property, is it not* Mr. Combs?" demanded the detective. It was. “I knew it," said William J. Burns, the detective. “You see, i put it there myself. 1 thought it would bo a good stunt." Then the meeting proceeded. The professionel politician is a queer animal. He says lots, means little, and does less. When walking in the shadow of death it is wise to hunt the sunny side of the road. Life begins with a wail and ends ' with a kick, and there’s a dose of both sandwitched in between. Wisdom is a valuable asset, when one has horse sense enough to ap ply it Try Chase's first, • i