Loup City Northwestern
GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
China Is stiff oponln• port and noth
!bg in the bottle.
As ta Manchuria, Russia also Is op
posed to a policy of scuttle.
After holding off for eighteen years
the sulky record has given in to Ix>u
Dillon.
One’s favorite sin looks awful wick
;d when committed by somebody you
flon’t like.
Next to keeping a good resolution
the hardest thing to keep is a good
uank balance.
No matter how many times tho air
ship problem is solved, It remains as
much a mystery as ever.
The world will give the sultan credit
for being seriously annoyed at the
slaughter of those 50,000 Bulgarians.
Possibly the decision of the govern
ment to cease making pennies is the
first blow af the slot machine octopus.
An Italian naval officer could not
withstand the attacks of a newspaper.
What kind of defense would he make
. in war?
Tell a man that he is smoking too
many cigars, and if he thinks he’s
smart he’ll answer: “I’m smoking
only one.”
Nobody is taking any particular in
terest in the strike of the gold miners
in Colorado. It is the coal strike that
affects the public.
A New Jersey man. 71 years old,
married a woman of 30 "just for a
joke," and still refuses to admit that
the joke is on him.
* One of the London dailies is print
ing a special edition for women. A
newspaper divorce is one of the possi
bilities of the future.
Dr. Wiley saya the time is coming
when the human race will have neith
er hair nor teeth. What will second
childhood he like then?
Following the heavy floods of water
in stocks mildew has appeared in
New Jersey corporations, and tho
year’s crop is seriously affected.
Prof. Langley is becoming almost
as good a loser as Sir Thomas, yet
no one has thought of giving him a
banquet or tlubbiug him a jolly good
iollow.
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Jacques Lebauay, emperor of tho
Sahara, lias just bought himself a
throne, but the Moors have not let
him stay on shore long enough to sit
in it yet.
When it comes to using an electric
whip on a balky horse it really seems
as though human beings were making
an unfair use of their scientific su
periority.
If China will promise not to let
Great Britain have any more terri
tory Russia will agree not to take any
more territory than it has ulready do
cided to take.
While there were some very excel
lent papers read before the American
Pomological Society, most of the mem
hers are willing the society should be
judged by its fruits.
Prof. Stagg of Chicago states thnt
‘‘during the past ten years the great
newspapers have been steadily im
proving”—in spite of the lack of a
Pulitzer cchool of journalism.
Canada is steadily drawing Immi
gration from the United States. By
the time annexation Is ripe the Amer
ican farmers will be in possession oi
the better part of the dominion.
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King Edward sent a gold pin lately
to a shoemaker In Brooklyn who inndo
a pair of boots for him when he was
In this country in 1860. And yet they
say princes have short memories.
At its launching the new cruiset
Maryland slid off the ways and sal
down in a mud bank the moment it
touched the water. Evidently the
Maryland is fully qualified for nava.
honors.
Now that the Servians have taket
to shooting and throwing bricks al
King Peter, he probably will revise
his view about the desirability of get
ting rid of unpopular rulers by the as
sassinatlon route.
Confectioners now sell educatlona
chocolates, In cakes marked off intc
squares', each showing a letter of tin
alphabet. It Is easy to believe tha
children will prefer them to the old
fashioned building blocks.
Lillian Bell wrote In her wishes foi
her baby: “May the public pass het
by in utter ignorance and never know
of the existence of my little maid.*
But the baby has been introduced tc
the public before she is three weeks
old.
The three French professors whe
think that they can cross the Atlantic
4n a balloon from the Canaries tc
Trinidad. British West Indies, are if
no wise to be compared w ith the thra
wise men of Gotham who want to sea
in a bowl.
THE PLAGUE SPOT OF EUROPE
Bishop's Witty Shaft.
Hear Admiral Charles S. Cotton sat
ine evening at a diuner party beside
.he bishop of Durham, a clergyman
aoted for his wit. Near the bishop
was a millionaire manufacturer, a
stout man with a loud, coarse laugh,
who ate and drank a good deal. One
)t this man's jokes was leveled at the
brilliant bishop of Durham, whom he
did not know from Adam. It was
enough for him that the bishop s garb
was clerical.
“I have three sons,” ho began Ln
a loud tone, nudging his neighbor and
winking toward the bishop, “three
tine lads. They are in trade. 1 had
always said that If 1 ever had a stupid
son I’d make a parson of tiim.”
The millionaire roared out his dis
cordant laugh, and the bishop said
lo him with a quiet smile:
“Your father thought differently
"rom you, eh?”
Sympathy Strains Nerves.
Open expression of sympathy is
often a greater strain upon over
wrought nerves than actual harshness
or indifference. A word or merely a
tone of condolence may precipitate the
hysteria which has so far been kept
at bay. In addressing a person who
appears to be on the verge of nervous
collapse avoid any allusion to his or
her condition and also much dem
onstration of tenderness. Strive to
be easy, cheerful and impersonal.
When the mind and heart are full of
pity for the sufferer this advice may
seem at first thought cold and unfeel
ing. In reality it is practical kind
ness. Intense nervousness is a form
of disease, and must be treated as
such. Each successive collapse brings
additional weakness, and it is there
fore to be warded off when it is pos
sible to do so.
Taxes Hard to Down.
Though London bridge has had no
houses upon it for about 150 years,
taxes are still paid on the houses that
formerly stood there. When about the
year 1756 it was decided to clear the
houses from the bridge certain taxes
and tithes survived and have been
paid ever since to the rectors of St.
Magnus and St. Olave churches. Not
less than 1300,000 has been paid to
these two parishes since the decrepit
houses which formerly yielded them
were pulled down. They survived not
only the houses but the old bridge
itself. And now there is a movement
! to stop this seriel ghost story of tax
ation.
Swimmer Makes Record.
A young Englishman swam across
Lake Neuchatel, a distance of four
and a half miles, in 2 hours 50 min
utes.
EMILE BERLINER SATISFIED HE HAS SOLVED
THE PROBLEM OF AERIAL NAVIGATION
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Mr. Rmile Berliner, inventor of the
telephone transmitter and the gramo
phone, which have brought his name
prominently before the public in the
last twenty-five years, believes he has
solved the problem of aerial naviga
tion.
"For the last eighteen years," said
Mr. Berliner, "I have studied the
flight of, birds, being convinced twen
ty years ago that the only successful
aerial navigation must be on the same
plan as that which enables birds to
fly. I constructed a model then, but
it was not successful. I have been
working on my plans ever since and
1 now sincerely believe that 1 am on
the high road to success.
“The flying of birds has been gener
ally misunderstood. Inventors have
tried to imitate the wings of birds in
making flying machines and have
f1 ..
Mr. Berliner went on to explain the
building of his aeroplane. ”1 analyzed
the flight of birds,” he said, "as hav
ing two principal actions, the pro
ducing of a current of compresed air
by the beating of the wings and the
lifting forward on this air current of
the body of the bird. This lifting for
ward, kite fashion, is greatly helped
by the tail, or where the latter is
small by back wings taking its place.
“A successful flying machine should
then be possible by making a struc
ture which when moved forward hori
zontally' would produce a current of
compressed air, a tail surface forlift
ing the structure, and, combined with
these, a sufficiently light motor mov
ing the structure rapidly forward.
"I made a model. Briefly, it is like
three large tubes cut in halves and
joined together, open at the front end,
creased speed the best performance
cf birds, which is the flying of two
pounds of weight for every square foot
of horizontal area, will be consider
ably surpassed. If this prophecy be
comes true we should before long see
persons flying about like birds, be
cause two wings, each five by twelve
feet, would carry a person of average
weight, including a small propeller,
foot or machine driven.
"A large number of cellular models
have been designed, and the tail end
will receive a careful study. I believe
it should consist of overlapping steel
blades capable of being contracted,
spread out or quickly given any angle
above or below the horizontal, in imi
tation of a bird's tail. Enough cork
sheathing will be used in future mod
els to float the machine should it fall
into the water, but it is probable that
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AERODROME
Berliner airship and diagram Illustrating Its flight.
overlooked the Importance of the tall.
Now in my aeroplane the tail is the
important part. The body will be the
sustaining portion. The tail will fur
nish the elevating and descending
power. The motive power may be
produced in three ways—by a fan
propeller, a compressed gas propeller
on the same principle as a gas engine.
"The experiments so far have been
with a model of thirty-four pounds,
which has given a lifting power of
one pound for every square foot of
horizontal surface. The model was
made of aluminum and tin. with metal
tubing and supports, and this material
is heavier than that of which the prac
tical machine will be made, so that
the success of the experiments is on
account doubly gratifying."
the rear ends merging to a point, so
that the air, rushing in the front, will
be compressed and be expelled
against the tail by the force of the
forward movement.
“Wheels were attached, a large one
at the front, a small one at the rear,
to give it the necessary rise. The
power was supplied by two skyrockets
attached to the rear, and the explo
i sion of these sent it running forward
j on its wheels until it arose gracefully
in the air and the flight lasted for
i fifty fe< *. from the ground. The flight
i was perfectly steady and even,
j "The arches exert a parachute ac
tion which helps.to support the struc
ture, but tlie main lifting is done by
the inclined and spread out tail ends.
"I confidently expect that with in
no parachute will be necessary, the
arches appearing to lend enough
cheeking power to prevent too rapid
a descent in case of an accident.”
Mr. Berliner admits that the prob
lem now facing him is the motive pow
er, but he has in mind a plan the de
tails of which he cannot now make
known. Ho believes that he will over
come the difficulties which other in
ventors have had with applying mo
tive power. He thinks a form of gas
engine expelling at the rear a stream
of compressed air, somewhat on the
plan of a turbine engine, will be best.
He also expects to be able to stecu
as well as propel his engine by this
means and also to steer by the tail
movement of compression for expan
sion of the overlapping blades.—New
York Herald.
OFF ON HIS DIAGNOSIS.
The Physician’s Mistake in Siring Uf
His Patient.
Into the office of a doctor came s
tired man who wiehed treatment. The
physician put on his eyeglasses, looked
at the man's tongue, felt his pulse,
sounded his chest, and said: “Same
old story, my friend. M" cannot live
without fresh air; no use trying, i
could myself a corpse, as you are do
could make myself a corpse, as you
are doing by degrees, if 1 sat down in
my office and didn’t stir.
"You must have fresh air; you must
take long walks, and brace up by
staying out of doors. Now, I could
make a drug store out of you, and
you would think I was a smart man,
but my advice to you is to walk, walk,
walk.”
“But, doctor—” interrupted the
man.
"That’s right; argue the questian
That’s my reward. Of course, you
know all about my business. Now,
will you take my advice? Take long
walks every day—several times a day.
and get your blood into circulation.”
“But my business—” said the pa
tient.
“Of course your business prevents
it; everybody says that. Just change
your business so you will have to
walk more. By the way, what is your
business?”
"I’m a letter carrier,” meekly re
plied the patient.
At a Table d’Hote.
If you should chance to stroll one night
Into a table d'hote,
These persons, or their prototypes, you'll
very likely note:
There's the gentleman who, hermitlike,
dines nightly by himself,
The lady of uncertain years, who’s laid
upon the shelf.
They sit at separate tables, although ap
proximate,
And there really seems no reason why
they shouldn't join their fate!
The Beau Brummel, who’s elderly, with
spouse just half his age.
Who wishes very fervently to quit the
gilded cage!
Some artists, who will talk and talk un
interesting ’’shop,”
And who will have to be content to-mor
row with a chop!
Some chorus girls with dresses that you
might well Infer
~ould not possibly be bought on fifteen
dollars per;
Then you’re sure to see some brokers In
spotless evening dress.
Who, if the food Is "bull’’ or "bear,”
don’t eare or give a guess!
The girl who doesn't eut a bit, but just
picks at her food,
The parvenu, who loves to ape his social
brotherhood!
And then you’re bound to come across
the gourmand and gourmet,
The man, who’se sure to make a joke on
"Barlex-vous Francals?"
Th’ Irascible old gentleman, who likes
just this and that.
And says that "he will have them" and
so—well, verbum sat.
The Invalid, who's suffering from dys
pepsia or the grip,
He abuses all the waiters and never gives
a tip!
The man who gulps his coffee down and
eats peas with his knife.
The young and gay Lothario, who thinks
he's seeing life!
And a hundred other specimens, whose
appetites denote
That they never are so happy as at a
table d'hote!
—La Touche Hancock.
South African Governments.
A recent number of the Boer news
paper, Ons Land, contains an article
.describing the experiences of a Boer
who wentf to German Southwest Af
•lea in 1901 to settle there. The moral
condition of the country, he writes,
:s serious. Most of the Germans have
negro wives. To find a German in
the country districts, he says, with a
white wife is a rarity. At a baptism
of the child of a German father and
negro mother, which he attended at
Hehoboth, two German officers were
present with their negro wives. Com
pulsory service is equally applicable
v.o whites and blacks, and both serve
In the ranks together. He concludes:
‘For my part, eighteen months’ ex
perience has brought me to the con
clusion that it is better to be a slave
under the English government than a
tree man in German Southwest Af
rica.’’—Philadelphia Ledger.
Ant-Resisting Trees.
Trees have no foes like the white
ant of Australia. The pests encamp
in myriads of brown mounds around
the boles of forest monarchs, and set
down to the siege of a tree. They
enter into possession of it, eat its
heart out, till nothing of ifr sap* and
wood is left save what has been turned
into a brown dust and a shell—and
at the end of their work die amid its
ruins.
Only one handsome myrtareous
shade tree, growing on the coast of
New South Wales, offers them a gal
lant and prolonged resistance. This
is the turpentine tree; some virtue
which it possesses renuers it distaste
ful to the white ant. Turpentine piles,
dressed only in their own natural
clothing of hark, have been known to
preserve their soundness in even tere
do-infected waters for a period ex
tending over thirty years.
Costliest Knife in the World.
The most valuable knife in the world
Is to be seen in the eolleetion of a
famous firm of cutlers in Sheffield. It
’.s large enough to fit the pocket of
none but a giant, and contains seven
ty-five blades, which close up like
those of an ordinary knife. Each of
the larger blades is elaborately en
graved, and among the subjects of
these strange pictures are views of
Sheffield College, the city of York,
Windsor Castle, Arundel Castle and a
score of other famous scenes. The
hafts are of mother-of-pearl, carved
with great skill. On one side the ar
tist has depicted a stag hunt and on
the other a boar-hunt. When asked
as to the value of this knife a mem
ber of the firm replied:
“Well, we calculated it up to £920,
but that was before it was finished,
and then we ceased to figure on the
cost.”
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