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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1894)
LOVE'SPOWER. 1ifc rimy chluiRc , but it may fly not. Jlop : nt y vanish , but can die not : . Truth Ise vclcd : , but still it burneth ; s , Lora rcpuh cd-but it returnetlh. : Yet were Life a charnel where Y Dope lay cothned n ith Despair : . , t : rrtn Truth a sacred lie. v - Love were lust-if Liberty Lent not life Ito caul of light , H)720 it in' ; of delight , TrutH its lnophet's robe to wear , Love its potrer to live and bear. bear.Shelley. . AN ACCCMMODATNG ( DRIVER. IIo Wan Also Superintendent , So lIe Could Do as ho I'leaecd. "They have a delightful way of being accommodating in some parts of the south , " sitid a gentleman who had traveled - eled considerably in that soction. "Of course it wouldn't do anywhere else in the world , but the way those people forget - - get all about time is absolutely refresh- I mg' "I was down south once and had occasion - sion not to patronize but to be patronized by a little street car line running from L- to LJunction. . The length of the line is half a mile and its equipment - ment two cars , each with a single mule attachment. The official roster is condensed - densed to the name of a single gentleman - man wearing a suit of Coufederato gray , who fills everyposition on the line from snpermtendent to driver with perfect satisfaction to his patrons , and 1 Dmst say with seeming satisfaction to himself. In his capacity of ( .river he was told that I would like to go down to the junction at a certain time. "In his capacity as superintendent I was introduced to him , and assuming tlho authority of his highest position lie advised me that ho would wait for mo near a certain corner. I was watching for him , and about 10 minutes before the appointed time the car stopped on the corner designated. The driver set the brake , but it was the big hearted superintendent - intendent who got down to play with the children by the roadside until I should arrive. He greeted me cordially , and we stttrted , with thomulo in a can- ter. ter."A "A man hailed the car from a house a little farther on , and we came to a snap. There was a short conversation in loud 1' ' tones. Then the driver carefully wound I the lines around the brake alhfl event in- i to the house. In about five minutes he I reappeared , with a trunk on his shoul- , tier , having probably stopped to tie a I + rope around it inside the house. This ll trunk he deposited on the front platform - form , and we were again going as fast as the mule could travel. J "Arrived at the junction , the driver l I was again transformed to the superin- tendeut as ho shook hands with me and bade mo goodby. I told him I had enjoyed - joyed my trip immensely , and that he U was the most accommodating man I had ; over met in the transportation service. Ho promised to call on mo in Chicago , and I'll be glad to see him too.-Chi- cage Post , The Nile by Night. "I suppose no professional 'globe trot- ter' is ever satisfied , " said Jamcs T. Surd of New York , "withouta sojourn ; in Alexandria and a voyage of four or five weeks up the Nile. The river itself , I must say , did at fast sadly disappoint me. We Americans are apt to be rather exacting in the matter of rivers , nat- orally enough , considering the beauty and grandeur of our own When I saw the strong stream in the hot sunshine , 1 looking like floating mud rather than water , I hated to believe it the Nile of my dreams. Beauty , majesty and power - er , not utility , were what I wanted to see in the historic river. But when the sun went downs and the moon gilded , not silvered , the stream , then it became indeed the river of my imagination. The unsightly banks , which by day were steep walls of black mud , like huge unbaked - baked brick , became picturesque and even brautifnl , with waving groves of . palm and fields of grain.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. She Pounded a Cartridge. A woman of Carrolton , Ky. , thought that she would be able to stop a leak in I the bottom of an iron pot by driving a i piece of lead into it. So ehe got one of her husband's pistol cartridges out of a drawer and began the driving process ! + with a hammer. Now , the good lady I didn't understand the philosophy of a cartridge and never dreamed that it would explode from the concussion of a hammer , seeing no powder about the thing. But there is no knowledge as that which comes from experience , although - though the price paid in that way is sometimes very high. This cartridge exploded , and the flesh of the thumb and finger with which she held it was considerably torn. And that old pot still leaks as it did before.-Louisville Courier-Journal Not That Kind of a Load. Tommy Albany ( on board Hudson river boat-Oh , look , mamma , what kind of a boat is that with a big step- 4' ladder in the bow ? Mrs. Albany-That's a dredging boat , -Tommy , ( lC lr , lying close to a sand bar , getting a load. Tommy A.-Oh , mamma , was that what papa brought home the other night when he was so tired , and you asked him where he had been , and he said , "Up against a bar ? " Mrs. A.-No , darling , it wasn't sand. -New York Herald. Dwarf Hudson. The most noted dwarf was Jeffery Hudson , born in 1619. At the ago of 8 he was 18 inches high and was served .upon the table in a cold pie as a present to Charles L At the ago of 30 ho began to grow and reached the height of 3 feet 9 inches. He lived to be.68 and died iii prison , having been arrested on suspicion - cion of being concerned in the popish plot. , Capital Punishineh1t in Denmark is executed publicly with an ax. If several are to be decapitated it the same date , > cne is not present while another is exe- teted. WHAT A CANNON BALL CAN DO. Chance Shots In thu Chilean War That Went Through Ironclads. In dwelling upon the wonderful power - er of the gnus of the Indiana , Albert Franklin Matthews , in an article on "The Evolution of a Battleship" in Th. Csunuiy , gives illustrati3ns from the recent Chilean civil war , showing the effectiveness of the smaller sizes of breechloading rifle guns. A shot weighing 250 pounds from an 8 inch gnu of Fort Valdivia in Valparaiso harbor struck the cruiser Blanco Enca- , lads above the armor belt , passed through the thin steel plato on the side , I r went through the captain's cabin , took the pillow from under his head , dropped his head on the mattress with a thump , but without injuring a hair , passed through the open door into the mess- room , where it struck the floor and then glanced to the ceiling. Then it went througha wooden bulkhead an inch thick into a room 25 by 42 foot , where 40 men were sleeping in hammocks. It killed six of them outright and wounded - ed six others , three of whom died , after which it passed through a steel bulkhead - head 5 inches thick and ended its course by striking a battery outside , in which it made a dent nearly two inches deep. It was filled with sand. Had it released deadly gases no one knows what damage - age it might have done. A 450 pound missile from a 10 inch gun in the same fort struck the same vessel on its 8 inch armor. It hit square on a bolt. The shell did not pierce the armor , but burst outside the vesseL It drove the bolt clear through , and in its flight the bolt struck an 8 inch gun , completely disabling it. Such is the power of the smaller sized guns. LONDON'S WATER SUPPLY. Economy in Its Use as Compared With American Experiences. In London , the largest city in the world , the water is furnished by companies - panies and is charged for by the quan- tity. No one has a free faucet or can afford to waste his water. Every family - ily bargains for as many gallons per diem as it needs , and this amount is placed in tanks. Then the water is shut off. If the family uses it up by noon , it gets no morn until the next day unless it can borrow of its neighbor. There is no waste. The water is all measured and paid for. With three times our population London does not u > ; e one- third as much water as Chicago does , simply because the water is not wasted. In Chicago the city furnishes the water - ' ter , and every one is free to do with it what he pleases , and the result is anarchy - archy in water. The man on the third story has no rights the man on the second - end isbound to respect , and the man on' the first floor clients both of them by running water via the sewers into the river and lake. So long as there is disregard - I regard of human rights by human hogs this waste will continue , and those on the upper stories will suffer because' those on lower stories are running water all day to cool their rooms or to flood their lawns-in other words , are letting millions of gallons run into the sewers without being used at all.-Chicago Tribune. Beginning to Sec the Point , "What have you to say to this charge of assaulting Michael Rafferty ? " asked thejudge "Oi licked 'im , " replied Mr. Dolan , looking the court in the eye. "An wid no disrespect to anybody , it's hopin ( ) i am that Oi done it good. " "Was there any provocation ? "They war thot same. " "What was it ? " "Oi have a goat , yer inner-a foine animal too. 'Does yer goat give milk ? ' says Rafferty to me. 'It does , ' says Oi. ' ' ' ' buttermilk. ' 'It's 'Thin , says he , 'it's as swath an foine as any ye iver saw , ' says 01. 'Certainly , but it is buttermilk - milk , ' says he , an thin we came together - gether : Though Oi must say , yer an- nor , thot when Oi come to repato it over a few toimes an consider the nature - ture av the goat Oi'm compelled to say Oi wor a bit hashty. Bedad , if the court'll give me lave , Oi'll 'pologizo to Rafferty , so Oi wi1LWashington Star. i T io Paradise of Tips. " "The paradise of tips , " as we are told by a writer in The Kleine Zeitung , as Carlsbad. His estimate is that not less than a million marks must be paid during - ing the season in the questionable shape of "voluntary" gifts or gratuities to waiters and others , which do not appear in any bill Everybody who does yor any service in Carlsbad looks for his or her "trinkgeld" before you depart. The waiter gets upon an average from 6 to 10 florins (12 ( shillings to 1) ) . The maiden who serves you with water at the Brennen expects and mostly receives 3 florin , the postman gets a form , and there are various other male and female benefactors to whom you pay what you please A Valuable Play Toy. Miss Olive Schreiner recently told the following story : She and her brothers and sisters had as one of their playthings - things a bright stone that they called the candle stone. It was about the size of a walnut and would flash in a bright and singular way when held to the light ; Not until she had quite grown up and the candle stone had been lost for years did any of them realize that it was a diamond of doubtless immense value. The Kimberley mines were in the unknown future , but this stone had perhaps - haps been washed down by some torrent or brought by other chance from that region. Pulverized Diamond a Painless Poison. According to the Mohammedans of southern India , pulverized diamond is the least painful , the most active and the most certain of allpasons. , According - ing to "Wilke's , History , " the powder of diamonds , isl ept on hand'by the wealthy only , presumably ) tis a last re- source. But.ti belief in. the poisonous character of the diamond also existed in Italy in the sixteenth century.Chicago Timea . . : : i . , I SECRET OF LONG Z CAM A HEALTHY PERSON PROLONG ) i1S LIFE TO 200 YEARS ? The Tlleor ; ' f " ttarding Vital Consump- ticnFr ; : ilia and the Flie-Work the heart Ics-Ececnt Experiment In the P' rt kd Vegetarian System. Among the various fantastic theories for prolonging life one of the most popular - lar at the cud of the eighteenth century was what was called "retarding vital consumption. " Maupertuis fancied that a complete suspension of vital activity , a sort of Rip Van Winkle sleep , might be produced so as to check self consump tion. Bodies in this state could be laid away and then resuscitated after a lapse of two or three centuries. Benjamin Franklin even , while living in France , seems to have had faith in this. One day he received some bottles of wino from Virginia. In.one of them-only one-were a few dead flies , which the great philosopher resolved to utilize in an experiment. The month was July , and these imported flies , which had been on a spree in Virginia , had fallen into the native wino and had been in this state shipped to Franco , where they were exposed to the heat of the French Run. Three hours passed , and the winged Virginians came to life after an appar- eut death of many weeks. At first a sort of convulsive movement seized them. They began then to use their legs , walked around awhile , and seeming - ing to be aware that they were in France immediately concluded to make their toilet by rubbing their eyes with their fore feet , using their hind legs to smooth out their wings. They then flew away to associate with Paris uies. Franklin wrote of the incident : "Since by such a complete suspension of all internal as well as external consumption - sumption it is pcicsiblo to produce a pause of life and at the same time to preserve the vital principle , might not such a process be employed in regard to man ? I can imagine no greater pleasure than to cause myself to be immersed , along with a few good friends , in wino and to be again called back to life at the end of 50 or more years by the genial 1 solar rays of my native country , only that I may see what improvement the state has made and what changes time has brought with It was once thought that people die from lack of what physicians called "tlho vital principle. " It is a phrase that has a fine , vague , mysterious sound , but I it really means little or nothing. Or , in other words , it is now conceded that death comes from disintegration , very gradual often , it true , in all the bodily - ily organs , brat : about by the all im- portlint blood lining blocked up by accretions - cretions which close the channels leading - ing from the heart Most magnificent and most wonderful muscle as the human heart is , it may get clogged in such a way by the earthy salts in the blood as to be unable toperform its regular - ular functions. Then the life fluid cannot - not be kept in proper circulation. Allowing - lowing 69 or "c0 pulsations of the heart -the usual average-every minute , one person has 100,000 heart beats in the space of one day. This means , of course , that the heart and arteries are contracted with such power as to keep 50 or GO pounds of blood in healthy movement. Really it is a wonder that one does not wear out long before lie usually does. And it forces a new kind of admiration - tion from the thinking man when he sees for the first time a human being who has lasted 100 or 115 years , and whose heart is still going on after all this enoromus expenditure of force. The eyes , ears and stomach all have a rest , but the heart keeps on through waking hours as well as through sleep. Pauses between the beats are all the vacation it gets , which seems to be really no rest at all. When one does not dream , even the brain seems to sleep , or at least it gives peace and quiet. Much has been written and talked about vegetarianism in relation to health and its effect on long life. It is not claimed , however , by its strict advo- tates that any of the great number of people who have lived to be 100 years and over were vegetarians In fact , most of these centenarians seem to have lived just like common folk who die at 40 or 50. If they had only taken care of themselves and kept their blood in good condition , there is no telling but 200 years may have been scored as easily as 100. Natural advantages being so great , 'is shown by what they did do , a vague sadness overcomes the social philosopher when he thinks of what they might have accomplished under morefavorablecon- ditions for the success of the experiment As to the admitted advantages of a partial vegetarian system of living , M. Francisque Sarcey , the famous French critic , has been trying it , and iri a com- munieation to one of the Parisian journals - nals gives hie experience. Since April , 1893 , he has touched no meat. In August - gust of the same year hereports that he is only "a moderate vegetarian"-that is , he only eschews meat and admits eggs , cheese , butter , milk and fish to his regimen. Contrary to the expectations of both himself and friends , he finds that he is in much more vigorous health and in better working condition under the influence of his new menu than be- fore. At fast he naturally felt hungry an hour or two after eating , but after a fortnight the flesh craving passed away , and now he not only eats at the same hours as before , but consumes much less food. The advantages of the system are 3o cribed by him as most remarkable.- His mind is clearer , and he feels more disposed for work. He is no longer sleepy after meals , his brain is fresher , his limbs more elastic , and , more astonishing - ishing still , he can stand more fatigue Formerly ho felt the need of stimulants - lants , and now he has done away with inch things. He does not smoke , and ho is endeavoring to diminish his coffee , npply. Altogether he is enthusiastic At first it is rather like self denial , but - one gets to like it in time.-Chicago i'ribune. , . * ' - - - - - - - . . , . , . - , , - - . , - r THEOUES ABOUT BALDNESS. Why Does the flair Tall Out on the Top of the Head and Not Elsewhere ? A question that often arises and is seldom answered twice in the same way is as to why the hair falls out"on the top of the head and not at the back and Gil iii sides. The old fashiei. : d theory is that baldness occurs within the lines marked by a man's hat , and as nobody has ever offered conclusive prWf to the contrary that explanation may be the correct one. The case-was stated the other day to two very intelligent barbers. One of them thought that the reason why baldness - ness occurred at the top of the head was that the brain came closest to the surface - face there , and this being an ago in which many brains are kept going at high tension the abnormal amount of I bided thus carried to the cranium predated - , dated a kind of fever in the upper scalp. Fevers , as is well known , often result in the falling out of the hair. The second barber gave variety to tike discussion by enlarging upon the notion that he had formed from the observation - tion and reflection of many years. "You will notice , " said he , "that the first hair a baby has comes in on the top of the head and falls out before the child is many weeks old. The hair that comes t 3 stay grows thicker and stronger on the sides and at the back , and I have an idea that the growth on the top of the head is always the weakest from infancy on to old age. " I "But how do yon account for the fact that women (1o not grow bald as men do ? " queried a skeptical listener. "Account for it ? I don't have to account - ! count for it , " replied the ready witted' ' second barber. "It isn't so. Why , 1 used to work in an establishment whore they had nine chairs in the men's department - partment and 11 in the women's , and I want to tell you that I learned some things there that tire average man and the average barber , too , for that matter - ter , doesn't know. If you could appreciate - ciate as I do the number of women who have false hair so artistically arranged that nobody caii tell it from their own natural tresses , you wouldn't ask why men grow bald and the other sex doesn't. " Hairdressers have their pet theories on this subject as well as barbers , aud some of them are very plausible. But if you should ttsk a doctor who was not l ashamed to confess his ignorance the chances are ( hat he would tell you he didn't know much about -Washinbg- - ton Star. 1 Blood Stains. To the present day the superstition is + rife that blood stains cannot ho washed out. During the French revolution SO priests were massacred in the Carmelite chapel at Paris , and the stains , so called , of their blood are pointed out today. Sir Walter Scott , in his "Tales of a Grandfather , " declares that the bloo'l , stains of David Rizzio , tine Italian nri- vato secretary of Mary , queen of Scots , who was stabbed at Holyrood palace by ! certain Protestant leaders of her court , aided by her husband , Dannicy , are still # to be seen. I In Lancashire the natives show a stone called the "bloody stone , " which was so marked to show heaven's displeasure - pleasure at some of Cromw ell's soldiers' atrocities at Gallows Croft. In 'Mac- both , " act 5 , steno 1 , Shakespeare alludes - ludes to the idea , "Ycthere's a spot. " The truth is blood cannot be easily - ily expunged. In the first place , if that of a murdered person , it is not attempt- ; ed. In the next place , blood contains oxide of iron , which sinks deep into the + fiber of wood and proves indelible to ordinary - dinary washing. Thus it is true that I stones of a porous nature and wood net of the lmrdret kind are susceptible to the stain of blood produced by the oxide of iron which the blood contains. But the blood of a pig is as good as that of a murdered -Pearson's Weekly.s s A Shower of Wheat. In the year iGOG or thereaboutsit was ! a report in Bristol and thereabouts that it rained wheat about this Town and six or seven Miles round , and many believed - lieved it. One Mr. Cole being carious to find out the Truth of the odd Phae- nomeuou procured several Parcels of it , and upon diligent Examination of them with magnifying Glasses , judged from the Taste , Figure , Size and Smell that they were seeds of Ivy berries , driven by a strong Wind from the Holes and Chinks of Houses , Churches and other Buildings , where Starlings and other' ' Birds had laid or dropped them , but if so it's strange that they should fall in so great Quantities in so many Places. -Cox's "Magna Britannia. " ! A Thief Rewarded. A thief in the act of breaking into a safe was greatly astonished on looking up to see a gentleman quietly watching his proceedings. He tried to escape , but the gentleman stopped him. t "Go on , my friend , " he said. "lam greatly inter' sted in your work. " of "How is that ? " inquired the astonished - t ished thief. "Because I have lost the key to this safe. If you can open it , you shall b well rewarded for your trouble.Ar - ! lequin. _ I Curious. I 1 A domestic , newly engaged , presented to his master one ] Warning a pair of boots the leg of one of which was much longer than the other. "How comes it that these boots are not the same I length. " " I really don't know , sir , but - what bothers me the most is that the t pair down stairs are in the same fix. " -Boston Woman's Journal. Dn Manner's Women. Speaking of "Trilby , " have you ever noticed what an important' part eyebrows - brows play in Du Manner's faces ? No matter how small the face , the eyebrow stands out as the most characteristic feature.-Critic Rubinstein's first teacher was his mother , and his fast concert tour as a -virtuoso was made when he was not f quite 10 years of age. e 4 ° ' . Y' r' ; tr f far fffaflts and ChEBdren. "CaSarla soneU daptedtoc5ildrenthat Castoriacures ColICConstipation , I rcc.mt eud.tass p criort any proscription Sour Stomach , Diarrhtea , Eructation , kncm s to rc. " U. A. Ar.c uz , LL D. , hills worms , gives sleep , and promotes. dl.- 111 So. Oxford St. , Erookiyn , N. T. gestion , Without injurious medication. "Tate use of ' C : . toria t so ualretsal and "For several years I have recommended I _ reel-i:1 so well Lnon n that it seems a work your' Castoria , ' and shall always continue to of supererogation to endorse it. Few arc the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial inte' i , cnt fami is who do not keep Cas aria results. " within easy mach. " EDWIN F. Fannon , Zf. D. , CAnt.os 1arr1 ° v , D. D. , Irth Street and 7th Ave. , New York City New York City. Tn > : Ccsr.n n CoxrLvs , 77 Menhir Srnurr , Nzw Yoax Crrr 6 4 'vl t . . . tie ak.a ' - t c F . , 6 _ _ _ _ © , as , ! . - - rnQng w u . 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