ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS.
Will Purvis will leave , tomorrow , for
Huvelock , where he expects to secure
work at the machinist's trade in the big
Burlington shops at that place.
Conductor and Mrs. H. C. Brown de
parted , Thursday morning on 12 , for St.
Paul , Minn , to attend the meeting of
trainmen. Conductor and Mrs. II. A
Beale xvill al.so yo later on.
No. 6 missed the mail pouch at Strat-
toii , Sunday night , and the pouch went
under the wheels , which mutilated ami
destroyed much of the contents. Some
of the muil matter was simply torn to
pieces.
We are. just in receipt of authentic
information to the effect that the iron
will be laid on the Culbertson-Holyoke
branch of the B. and M. work commenc
ing June ist. The division Supt. at
Holyoke in authority for above state
nient. Iviniar Cor. toj.mperial Tribune
The terms of the traffic arrangeuien
between the Burlington and the North
ern Pacific have been agreed upon and
will soon be placed in effect. It i
settled that all west and east bound 1111
consign . d freight shipments shall be
routed over the Burlington and com
peting lines must either lose what of
ten makes the difference between profii
and loss or increase their freight solicit
ing staffs. The effects of the new ar
rangement will be that no line outside
of the combination will be able to secure
consignments of freight unless at great
disadvantage. Lincoln Journal.
Terms of Burlington Deal.
BOSTON , April 30. ( Associated Press. )
The official circular issued by the di
rectors of the Chicago , Burlington &
Quiucy , making announcement of de
tails of the offer of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern companies to pur
chase the capital stock of the Burlington
road , was mailed to stockholders today.
The circular is an amplification of facts
previously made known concerning the
deal. Besides the offer to purchase the
Burlington stock on the basis of $200 in
bonds for $100 in stock , the circular
says that the bonds are to be the joint
obligation of the Northern Pacificand of
the Gieat Northern company.
Stockholders as desire a part payment
of cash will receive 160 in bonds and
$40 in cash.
As previously stated the bonds are to
bear iuterest at the rate of 4 per cent per
annum from July i , 1901 , and are to mature
x
ture July i , 1921 , but are to be redeem
J able at the option of the two Northern
companies at 105 per cent and accrued
interest on July i , 1906 , or on any coupon
day thereafter. The purchasing com
panies reserve the right to pay off part
without paying the whole of the bonds ;
the number of the bonds to be paid will
be designated by lot.
Report of Relief Department.
Superintendent J. C. Bartlett of the
Burlington voluntary relief department
has issued his annual report for the year
ending December 31 , 1900. The depart
ment has a membership of 19,013 , which
is nearly 58 per cent of the employes of
> \
the entire system , an estimated surplus
of $329,145.29 , and distributed during
the year benefits amounting to $295-
885 14. The following table shows the
distributions :
Disability from sickness $ 83,814.23
Death from sickness 61,110.00
Total account of sickness.$144,951.23
Disability from an accident. . $ 98,584.00
Deai _ .om accident 32,488.34
Surgical attendance 19,861.57
Total account of accidents.$150,993.91
Since June i , 1889 , the department
has paid benefits amounting to $2,671-
510.54 , and had a balance on hand at the
close of the year of $456,133.
Cheap-Terms Easy.
Seven-room dwelling for sale cheap
and on easy terms. Fruit and shade.
S. M. COCHRAN & Co.
No broader distinction can be made
between men than that which divides
them into two classes. To the first class
belong those who always have a good
excuse why the thing required cannot be
done. The second class is composed of
those who manage to DO. Foremost in
this latter class stands out the figure of
General De Wet. Allen Sangiee , who
has just returned from the Transvaal ,
draws a vivid picture of the character of
this most remarkable general of modern
times foi the May Cosmopolitan , and
the article is illustrated with the most
complete collection of photographs and
drawings yet published.
We warrant our Gloves and re
place if defective , the Bee Hive.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the flrm of An
derson & Vanderhoof has this day been dis
solved by mutual consent , Mr. Vanderhoof re
tiring and collecting all accounts. Mr. Ander
son continues the business and pays all outStanding -
Standing debts of the flrm. Books will be found
nt C. F. Lehn's ofiice. 5-3-3ts.
C. E. ANDERSON .
L. D. VANDEUIIOOF.
McCook , Neb. , May 1,1901.
NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS.
( EOADNO.35S. )
To M. W. Moakley and to all whom it may
concern : The board of county commissioners
has established and ordered open a road com
mencing at north-east corner of section thirteen
(13) , in Gerver precinct , Hod Willow county.
Nebraska , running thence west on section line
one milo and terminating at north-west corner
of'said section , and all objections thereto or
claims for damages must be filed in the county
clerk's office on or before noon of the 20th day
of June , A. D. 1901 , or said road will be estab
lished without reference thereto.
< 26-4t B. A. GEEEN , County Clerk.
THE DEADLY COBRA.
How VcnoinnnN Creature 1 Handled
liy IIIiiilou Snukc Charmers.
The creatures were on the defensive ,
but not one of them attempted to
strike at the master , who sat serenely
In front of them , so long as he did
nothing to annoy them. Kullan talked
to thorn as If they were his dearest
friends. Afler a time one or the other
of t'st'n would lower Its head , collapse
Its ' - < I ami begin to try to wriggle
av ' hfreupon Kullau would give
it t little rap oil the tail with
h. ' . . and bring it instantly to at-
tpnt.on iigain. Whether this man pos
sessed any special magic over these co
bras or whether the description given
below of how he could handle and play
with them was simply due to his meth
od I cannot say. He himself repudia
ted the idea of magic and asserted pos
itively that any one who had the nec
essary nerve and dexterity could do
exactly the same.
He used no reed instrument or mu
sic of any kind to propitiate the rep
tiles , lie would simply squat on his
haunches in front of them , and , after
they had been hissing and swaying
their uplifted heads backward and for
ward for a few minutes , he raised his
hands above their heads and slowly
made them descend till they rested on
the snakes' heads. He then stroked
them gently , speaking all the time in
the most endearing Hindoostanee
terms. The serpents appeared spell
bound. They made no effort to resent
the liberty , but remained quite still ,
with heads uplifted , and seemed rather
to enjoy it. Presently his hands would
descend down the necks about three
inches below the heads , his fingers
would close loosely around the necks ,
and he would lift them off the ground
and place them on his shoulders. The
looseness of the grip appeared to be
the main secret. The snakes , being in
no way hurt , would then slowly crawl
through his fingers and wind them
selves round his neck , his shoulders
and his arms. They appeared to real
ize that no harm was to be done them ,
and they made no effort to resent
the handling. He would pick them
gently off one arm and place them on
the other and , in fact , stroke them and
pet them as if they had been a pair
of harmless worms. Cornhill.
A TIGRESS WITH A GRUDGE.
She Gets Furious nt Sight of a Keep
er \Vho Once Beat Her.
There is a lean tigress in the Central
park menagerie who spends a part of
the day beating her head against the
iron bars of her cage in a vain attempt
to spring upon one of the keepers.
Ordinarily the animal is quiet enough.
It is only when this keeper passes
that she ceases to be a purring cat and
becomes a fiend incarnate. The other
morning the tigress was in an extreme
ly bad temper. AVhen her fancied en
emy stuck a mop in through the bars
to clean her cage , she spraug at him ,
growling in thunderous bass. Nearly j
everybody in the crowd stepped back |
Involuntarily. The keeper placed an j
iron bar in the cage at the great cat's :
feet and went on with his work , while !
the animal snarled in impotent rage
and drew back her upper lip over two
gleaming white fangs.
"She doesn't seem to be fond of you , "
ventured a bystander.
"No , there isn't much love lost be
tween us , " replied the keeper. "Her
tantrums show that animals treasure
grudges just like people. That tigress
came here eight years ago. A day or
two after she arrived I had to punish
lier , and she has never got over it.
She watches me all day out of the cor
ner of her eye , and every time I go
ay the cage she makes a jump. I sup
pose she thinks she'll get me some
: ime. If she does , I might as well say
joodby. "
While the man talked the tigress
looked at him with hate plainly stamp
ed on her face. When he went away ,
5he watched him until he was lost to
riew. Then she resumed her nervous
: ramp , tramp. New York Mail and
Express.
Profits In Fractions of Cents.
It is most astonishing that trade
n these days is making its enormous
n-ofits in the fractions of a cent. In
) ne of the cities of the country there
vas a bank president who gave his
nillions for philanthropic purposes.
During his life , even on the days when
le was almost too infirm to walk , he
ivould trudge sadly and brokenly to
iis home. One day a man met him on
: he street and said :
"Why don't you take the street car ? "
He instantly replied , "lly dear
'riend , do you appreciate the fact that
i hundred dollars would have to work
aalf a week to pay that fare ? "
And yet he gave two juillions to a
ibrary and another million to a hos
pital. That is the spirit of modern
noney making. On the one hand it
; ets the millions through the fractions
) f cents , and with the other it spends
the millions without regard to deci-
nals. Saturday Evening Post.
Squares of Consecutive Numbers.
Squares of consecutive numbers , as
) , 1. 2 , 3 , 4 , etc. , may be formed by the
imple rule : To the square of the pro
dding number add the preceding num-
jer and the number itself. Thus :
02 = 0
12 = 0 + 0 + 1 = 1
22 = l-H + 2 = 4
3s = 4 + 2 + 3 = 9
4 = = 9 + 3-H = 16
The algebraic proof is :
New York Sun.
Our first regular factory for manu
facturing glass was established at
Pemple , N. H. , in 1780 and was oper-
ited by Imported German glassmakers.
When you forget there , are others ,
rou are nearing a burned bridge.
Knew All Their TrlcSts.
"Gentlemen , " said Frederick the
Great , "I ara entirely dissatisfied with
the cavalry. The regiments are com
pletely out of hand ; there Is no ac
curacy , no order ; the men ride like
tailors. I beg that this may not occur
again and that each of you will pay
more attention to his duty , but I know
how things go on. You think I urn not
up to your dodges , but I know theui all
and will recapitulate them.
"When the season for riding drill
comes on , the captain sends for the
sergeant major and says : 'I have an
appointment this morning at . Tell
the first lieutenant to take the rides. '
So the sergeant major goes to the
senior subaltern and gives him the
message , and the latter says : 'What !
The captain will be away ? Then I am
off hunting. Tell the second lieutenant
to take the men. ' And th < ; second lieu
tenant , who Is probably still in bed ,
says : 'What , both of them away ? Then
I will stay where I am. I was up till
3 this morning at a dance. Tell the
cornet I am 111 and he must take the
rides. ' Finally the cornet remarks :
'Look here , sergeant major , what is
the good of my standing out there in
the cold ? You know all about It much
better than I do. You go and take
them , ' and so it goes , and what must
be the end of it all ? What can I hope
to do with such cavalry before the en
emy ? " "History of Frederick the
Great. "
By Main Strength.
Mr. Jowders looked gloomily at the
letter to which he had just painfully
aflixed his signature and then cast a
dubious glance at his wife.
"Do you want to just run this over
before I send it to son James ? " he in
quired , and when Mrs. Jowders shook
her head he hastily folded the sheet ,
which bore the marks of hours of toil ,
and thrust it into an envelope , which
he sealed with trembling expedition
and then leaned back in his chair with
an air of relief.
"I was afeared you'd want to read It ,
and then most likely 'twould be all to
do over again , mother , like the last
one , " he said , "but I'm glad James
wrote he didn't mind a word misspell
ed here and there. There's some things
I can do , but I never could seem to get |
a good purchase on the system of spelling - {
ing , some way. i
"As I view it , " continued Mr. Jew
ders , "there's some words you can
spell by the looks and some you can
spell by the sound. Them I can most
gen'ally manage , but when you come
to spelling by jedgmeut and % main
strength my chances are about as slim
as they make 'em. " St. Louis Repub
lic.
Verdi and Bismarck on Titles.
The composer Verdi was offered a j
title of nobility by King Victor Em
manuel. It was intended that he should
be created Marquis or Couite de Bus-
seto , after the estate upon which he
lived. The composer refused the offer
energetically. He considered that Verdi
was somebody and that the Marquis de
Busseto would be nobody.
Even Bismarck was unable to parry
a blow of this character. When the
young emperor broke with him , he
conferred upon him the title of Duke
of Lauenbourg. Bismarck received the
parchment with this exclamation :
"A pretty name ! It will be handy for
traveling incognito. "
Some days after a parcel arrived at
Varzin bearing the address "Mine , la
Duchesse de Lauenbourg. "
Bismarck , to whom it was delivered ,
being then at table , arose and , offering
the letter to his wife , remarked iron
ically :
"Duchess , enchanted to make your
acquaintance ! "
Where He Shone.
A Thespian who spent several years
trying to get beyond "the carriage
awaits milord" station in first class
Broadway productions was induced by
his brother to join him in the dairy
business in the City of Mexico. While
on a business trip to this city recently
buying new machinery and appliances
for his pi-osperous Mexican creameries
he met one of his former companions
who was still struggling for an oppor
tunity to "say lines. " An exchange of
confidences revealed the fact that the
former actor was now making a snug
fortune in the milk business , and his
friend , the persevering player , remark
ed : "You're all right , Billy. You could
never have shone in a theatrical way ,
but you are a star in a milky way. "
New York Sun.
The Word Gazette.
The word "g'azette" is from the name
of an old Venetian coin worth about
one-half cent of our money. The name
is applied to newspapers because it
was the sum charged for reading the
first written journals that made their '
appearance in 1550. After the paper
was read it was handed back to the
owner , who charged the next comer a
gazette for taking a peep at it.
English Robes of State.
Every robemaker in London always
keeps some of the most expensive
robes of state those of a registrar , for
instance ready and lends them out
when officials have to use them at any
great ceremony. Many a peer , when
his portrait is to be added to the family
picture gallery , has obtained the crim
son and ermine from his tailor for a
small consideration.
Why She Discarded Him.
"Don't despair , Edward , even , if fa
ther does say you'll be young enough
to marry five years from now. "
"Oh , I don't care for myself , but how'
about you ? " Philadelphia Times. i
- . '
Puzzling-
"But ze foot of ze bed , " the bewil-1
dered Frenchman said , "it ees not on1
ZQ end of ze laig ! " New York Commer- ,
cia'l Advertiser.
An Abbreviation.
A colonel of a British regiment In
South Africa who was repairing a rail
road after one of General De Wet's
many breakages discovered a fine emp
ty house , which he proceeded to occu
py as headquarters.
When the uews of the colonel's com
fortable quarters reached Blocmfon-
teiii , he received a telegram which
read :
"G. T. 31. wants house. "
The colonel was unable to make out
what "G. T. M. " meant and inquired
of officers , who translated it "general
trallie manager. "
"All right. " said the colonel. "If he
can use hieroglyphics , so can I. "
So he wired back :
"G. T. M. can G. T. II. "
Two days later he received a dis
patch from Bloemfontein ordering him
to attend a board of Inquiry. On ap
pearing in due course he was asked
what he meant by sending such an In
sulting message to a superior officer.
"Insulting ? " repeated the colonel in
nocently. "It was nothing of the kind. "
"But what do you mean , " demanded
his superior , "by telling me I can 'G.
T. II. ? ' "
"It was simply an * abbreviation , " re
plied the colonel "G. T. M. ( general
traffic manager ) can G. T. II. ( get the
house ) . "
The Tobacco Taste.
"Even the best judges of tobacco
can't always be depended on , " remark
ed a dealer to a reporter recently.
"Sometimes their taste goes back on
them , so to speak , and remains blunt
ed for a week at a stretch. One of my
customers , for instance , is a well to do
merchant , who is very particular about
his cigars and one of the few real con
noisseurs in town. When he is in
good form , he can tell more about to
bacco on a superficial examination
than anybody I know , with the single
exception of a dealer who has a big
reputation as an expert. About a
month ago this gentleman began to
complain about a favorite brand of
very high class cigars. I knew the
goods were all right and advised him
to buy something else for awhile. He
finally began smoking a pipe and used
a cheap cut plug that he declared was
the best smoke he ever tried. One
day , all of a sudden , his taste return
ed , and he went back to the cigars.
At present the bare smell of cut plug
will make him sick. Strange , isn't it ?
They tell me that the professional sam
plers of tobacco take a week off every
few months and never look at the
weed until they return to duty. In
that way they keep in condition. "
Washington Star.
Tapioca.
This elegant and delicate starch is
the product of a plant that is culti
vated very extensively in the Malay
peninsula , where its culture is almost
entirely in the hands of the Chinese.
The tubers of the plant ( Manihot util-
isima ) , which weigh on an average
from 10 to 25 pounds , are first scraped
and then carefully washed , after which
they are reduced to a pulp by being
passed between rollers. This pulp is
carefully washed and shaken up with
abundance of water until the felcula
separates and passes through a very
fine sieve into a tub placed beneath.
The flour so obtained is repeatedly
washed and then placed on mats and
bleached by exposure to the sun and
air. It is finally converted into the
pearl tapioca of commerce by being
placed in a crude shaped frame cov
ered with canvas. It is slightly moist
ened and subjected to a rotary motion ,
by which means it is granulated. It is
next dried in the sun and finally over
the fire in an iron pan greased with
vegetable tallow and is then ready for
the market.
When Booth.
William Mestayer , the comedian , once
said : "I never saw Edwin Booth laugh
heartily but once. We were playing
'Julius Crcsar5 at Baldwin's in Frisco.
Booth was Brutus , McCullough was
Cassius , Harry Edwards was Cresar
and Charley Bishop and I were plain ,
everyday citizens. It was the last
night of the run , and we all felt frisky.
So when Caesar spoke the well known
line , 'Let me have men about me that
are fat , ' Bishop and I , both fat men ,
walked boldly up to Crcsar and shook
him heartily by the hand. It broke
Booth all up , and he laughed outright. "
Xo Difference Perceptible.
Jones Very stupid girl , that Miss
Wilpin.
Smith How so ?
"Why , you see , we were guessing
conundrums the other evening , and I
asked her \\l\ut was the difference be
tween myself and a donkey. "
"Well ? "
"Well ? Why , by Jove , she said she
didn't know ! "
"Well , as far as that goes , I don't ei
ther. " London Answers.
lie Had Molted.
"That follow is a bird , " said the ad
miring stranger as he looked after the
fresh young mau.
"Not now , " replied the native , "but
there was a time when your descrip
tion might have been justified. "
"When was that ? "
"The night we tarred and feathered
him about a year ago. " Chicago Post.
Hyprienic.
"Your poetry , " we ventured , "is emi
nently healthy ! "
"It should be ! " rejoined the poet ,
with dignity. "I am always extremely ,
careful to boil my Pierian spring water
before drinking , or , rather , quaffing It ! "
Detroit Journal.
It Is asserted that the idea of the
pipe organ was borrowed from the
human chest , mouth and larnyr.
In poker and politics they bluff the
loser. Atchison Globe.
Carpets , Rugs , Art Squares ,
It will pay you to see us , if in need of a new
carpet. We do not claim the largest stock
on earth , but claim to give you better
values than can be obtained elsewhere.
We Have in Stock
Wilton Velvet , good grade at $1.00 per yard.
Ingrains , two = ply , all wool , at 650 per yard ,
usually sold at 75C.
We also have cheaper grades of Ingrains and
Unions.
Samples of Axminsters , floquettes and Vel
vets to order from.
THE . . . .
as Si
G. L. DeGROFF & CO.
McCook Markets.
Corrected Friday morning.
Corn . 5 .35
Wheat . 58
Oats 40
Rye 33
Hogs . 4 75
15
Butter
Butter fat 14
The Straight Front is the newest in
corsets. You will find thtin at DeGroff
Co.'s.
MRS. S , E. GRIGGS ,
TOILET PAKLOli
Hair dressing , shampooing and < -caIp treat
ment Riven for the benefit of the hair. Massage
treatment given , wriulr removed and all face
blemi'-hes removed. "Phone No. C. Rear of
Firot National Bank.
McCook Transfer Line
J. K. DWYER , Proprietor.
attention paid to
hauling furniture. Leave orders
at either lumber vurd.
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