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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1902)
i rV r w 1WILD TURKEY SEEMINGLY 1 ENJOYED BEING SHOT AT Tli -wild turkey called by Chodawtj and Cherolcees in differing tongues ho -wit of the woods is supposed hy ild hunters to have Intelligence nbrrce that of other birds In general t lias Yet sometimes it nods like Isomer and sometimes it displuys the Indifferent recklessness of a cross be tween DArtagnan and dear Old Ouidas toero Bertie Cecil C S Stribling lives near the lower part of the San Antonio rrver a few miles above its debouchment into the Gulf of Mexico Wild turkeys arc plentiful in the region and he kills u good many of tfiem In winter it is never more than three miles from his house to a roost When he wants turkey meat he sad dles his pony before daylight rides to within a quarter mile fdf the roost dis mounts walks stealthily to the bur dened trees waits till he can see a round black form between him and the sky knocks one over and goes home Mr Stribling does not pretend to bo a sportsman in the liner sense of the term in fact he raises cotton as a means of keeping in Uebt but he likes turkey especially when it is self-flavored with nuts -and wild pepper The river xuns by -his home and is thirty yards wide Directly across from his front yard grows a solitary cypress that 3s iprdhably150 feet high One forenoon while sitting pn his front gallery and enjoying a cob pipe he had been blackening for five years Stribling glanced toward the cypress When Btib Evans Ws HeaLf Deih Rear Admiral TJobloy D Evans al though he has seen plenty of sharp fighting and has ibeen often under fire once came nearer to losing his life on board his own ship and when not en gaged with the enemy than during any battle in which he ever had part He tells the story in A Sailors Log A little before the destruction of Cer veras fleet he had gone below to his cabin with Commander Kimball of the torpedo fleet who had brought dis patches They were sitting at the cabin table -studying the situation when a startled voice exclaimed Look out captain I threw my Jicad to one side he writes to see -what I was to look out for when there was a tremendous crash and I was aware that I was hurt and more or less dazed My first im pression was that one of the Spanish gunboats had sneaked up on us and put a shell into my cabin I had been thinking all the afternoon -what a line chance it would he lor them that night But when I was really con scious I saw that that was not the trouble My cabin was full of men all star ing at me their eyes fairly sticking out of their heads They thought I Vv PALESTINE WAKING UP m and saw perched on its top a wild gob bler whose burnished feathers shono in the sun It stood calmly with head erect enjoying the air 4ind the placid river beneath Stribling laid the pipe down care fully walked into his bedroom picked up his rifle of 44 calibre and went back to the gallery He knew that he would be forced to go a half mile downstream to the nearest ford cross come back upstream go back down stream and come back upstream in or der to retrieve ibut did not purpose to be insulted lie shoots well lie leaned firmly against the end post of the gallery got the tip idt stlie front sight on the J base of the birds black beard which hung from Xhc -gobblers breast held It there for a moment smiled as it occurred to him that the thing was too easy and pressed the trigger firm- ly and steadily There was the usual sharp crack which sounded doubly loud in the still ness of inorning but the turkey was unmoved 7t evinced no curiosity Stribling tried it again a little more carefully and with less confidence same result He said I may be get ting old and wrinkled in my face but Ill bdt the farm and all it costs me that 1 -can make you move Same result That was all the cartridges he had He walked to the bank of the river and yelled at the bird It looked -down at him and sailed away VVWV f lEaLinous Captain TceHs of His Narrow Escape from Fata1 Accident i 4 afc y A AAVAAjfrlB was killed and I suppose they wanted to see the last of the old man I was soon aware that one of the doc tors was feeling and twisting my right arm and that my right shoul der was in pretty bad shape Through it a21 I was sony for Kimbail who I thought was surely killed and I was greatly relieved when I heard his voice -which sounded a mile away The men were running in a steel haw ser and it had picked up the steel hat tie hatch weighing something over 400 pounds which was lying on deck ready to be put on the cabin hatch when aieoded The line had carried it along until it came directly over the hatch under which I was sitting when it slipped off came down edge first and caught me on the shoulder in stead of the head The man who called to me to look out held on to it in his effort to -stop it and came down with it My shoulder was badly mashed and dislocated but the excellent medical men soon wiped the blood off reduc ed the dislocation bandaged my arm to my side and turned me in n my head had been four inches further forward I should never have had the pleasure of writing this book --e- riany Signs of Progress Which Are Due to German Enter- prise According to United States Consular Agent Harris Palestine has shown un mistakable signs of progress during the past decade much of which 5s to be attributed to German enterprise German colonists merchants and horticulturists says Mr Harris are awakening that part of the Levant from a lethargy of a thousand years Three years ago a German bank was established in Jerusalem with a branch in Yafa which exchanged 15 000000 in 1901 The waters of the Dead Sea where no rudder has been seen for centuries are now being plied by German motor boats A direct line of communication has thus been open ed up between Jerusalem and Kerak the ancient capital of the land of Moab which still commands the cara van routes leading across the Arabian desert There is no doubt that Ger man enterprise will also exploit the phosphate fields situated on both sides of the Jordan when transportation facilities shall have been sufficiently developed to insure success to the undertaking For many years Germany has been looking to Asia Minor and other coun tries adjacent to Palestine as suitable PAINTINGS SOLD BY MEASURE Disposed f Indon at from 30 Cents to S125 Per Inch Is the American spirit of commer cialism invading even the English market for artistic wares A poets recent advertisement in the London Daily News seeking a speculative pub lisher for a translucent attractive and apothegmatic lyric had already aroused some comment and now they appear to be selling the paintings o the leading contemporary artists by the square inch The announcement of a sale at Christies says that a painting by the late T S Cooper en titled Sheep Shearing and measur ing 4S by 72 inches was sold for 310 guineas while another representing Six Cows on the Bank of a River and measuring 29 by 44 inches paint ed in 1877 brought 300 guineas This is interesting It seems to in dicate that good painting is worth territories in which to develop Ger man markets The Bagdad railroad which will lead through Anatolia in tersecting the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates to the shores of the Persian gulf is an enterprise of vast importance not only to Germany as the promotor and the Turkish em pire but to the world at large It is the greatest commercial and civilizing factor that could be introduced into this region and will tap the rich terri tories which composed ancient Meso potamia Apart from new avenues of commerce a land will be opened up to students and tourists which owing to expense and unsafe methods of travel has thus far been practically inacces sible The commerce of Palestine to day is not unimportant The products of the country are wheat barley or anges oil wine nuts figs apples peaches pears pomegranates apricots citrons almonds cucumbers lettuce onions wild artichokes and aspara gus truffles tobacco sesame and silk while potatoes and other European and American vegetables are being introduced by German and French colonists between thirty cents and 125 per square inch in London while esti mated as live stock the six cows in the latter picture appear to have been valued at fifty guineas each despite their advanced age which precludes the possibility of their being useful for other purposes than landscape or naments although this is perhaps minimizing the value of the riparian rights along the river What a wealth of conjecture these facts suggest Think of the prices that some of the enormous Munkacsy canvases would bring if sola on iliis basis and of the possible value of Rosa Bonheurs The Horse Fair with stallions at Tattersall prices Let the artist re member to stretch his canvas wide enough or if he be an animal painter to put In a sufficient number of mar ketable beasts and there will speedlly be an end of the cry of the underpay ment of artistic endeavor Harpers Weekly The Dear Girt Yrwre Extravagant The little town of Lincoln In Mid dlesex county N J will soon be no more legally and largely or account of women On July 10 the entire town will be sold at auction by Fred ericic C Wobert who has been nam ed by the court as receiver The town wa3 organized by a real estate syndicate and was not incorporated One of the prime movers suggested that women le electtMl to serve as members of council Soon the fair sex were in control of the municipal government and running things to suit themselves And so it happened that they ran the town into debt and into the bankruptcy courts The Millard Omahas Leading Hotel 13th and Douglas in Center of Bank ing Wholesale and Retail Distriels Convenient For All Street Car Lines New Rooms Newly Furnished Ameri can Plan 200 and up Per Day Euro pean Plan 100 and up More Popular TiumEver With Nebraska and Iowa People Lincoln Hotel Lincoln Oppo site Depots 200 and up Per Day Whatever the cause the open social life of Omaha is concerned with ap pearances not with verities it is made up mostly of postures and show it is continually calling attention to itself in a Joud voice after the manner of those who are rudely affected the world over says William R Ltghton in the July Atlantic There is no thing that appears above the horizon of cul ture which the people of Omaha do not -forthwith import if it promises to be fashionable AVIth all its in tense longing to appear cultured the town succeeds only in being up-to-date In ifact Omaha has no strong collect ive social aims it has no strong aggre gate tendencies Its life thus far has been nothing but a conglomerate of in dividual desires and there 3ias been no adequate means for bringing these de sires to a focus The city has no pub lic art galleries no museums nothing of that sort even in architecture no particular ideals have come to light This condition is a part of the penalty which the town has had to pay for the lack of ideals in its foundation It was begun for no better reason than that Its founders saw here opportunities for 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