BALLOON ASCENSIONS
Vlie
Cloac of the Day In the Bent
Time to Make Them
Did you ever know why it Is that
balloon ascension at a country fair
promised for 2 oclock In the after
noon never occurs until about 0
asked an expert parachute juniper
It alwavs hannons and the oxnlnnn
Important Officials
Whether the officers mentioned by
Mr Whintou in his History of An
trim New Hampshire regarded their
position seriously and lived up to their
official dignity is not told It is certain
that the small boys would have hailed
the opportunity of exercising such
functions with glee and would have
discharged their duties with vigor and
-alacrity
In 1703 the town of Antrim officially
appointed three responsible persons to
fill the position of dog pelters It was
their duty to sit near the meeting house
-door and to pelt drive away or cane
any dogs that dared to enter the sa
cred edifice In the official records
of the town are found votes of subse
quent years continuing the vocation
of the dog pelters
One might question which would
make the most disturbance in the
church the chance dog or the pelters
in the exercise of their official duties
Scolding Reform
It is accepted as a truism among ed
ucators that no child can be made per
manently good by simply scolding The
overscolded child is made worse by the
process and the overscolded politician
is likely to deteriorate and for the
same reason Even a good dog will
try to earn a bad name If he has it
thrust too often upon him Probably
it would be an exaggerated statement
to say that the essential spirit of re
form in this country is the spirit of
the scolding parent but it resembles
it too often George W Alger in At
lantic
An Odd Blunder
When the British admiralty built the
splendid naval barracks at Chatham
they fitted up one of the largest rooms
in fine style for court martials and
had Court Martial Inscribed on a
big brass plate on thp door When it
was about to be used for the first
time the discovery was made that the
regulations require all naval court
martials to be held on the water
3fot Playing1 Futures
Yis mum Oill make yez as good a
Kok as the nist wan
I dont know anything about the
next one but youll have to be better
than the last one Houston Post
Social Axiom
I think I will invite the Bronsons
I know they would be glad to come
But my dear people who would be
glad to come are the very ones you
should not invite Puck
Sweet Girl
Gerald As it is to be a secret en
gagement It would not be wise for mej
to give you a ring at present Geral
dlne Oh but I could wear it on the
wrong hand
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ELECTRIC BAIT FOR FISH
The XeY York Aqunrlnmn Supply
nnil AVhere It Ik Captured
The New York aquarium which Is
the largest and best equipped Institu
tion of Its kind In the world obtains
Its supplies of tropical Ilshes from the
waters of Bermuda Some of the
Hon generally Is that the preparations J est and most beautiful species are ex-
for the ascension could not be made
In time This Is rarely the case for
the oalloonist never had any Intention
of going up earlier than just toward
the close of day The reason for this
Is that not only Is an ascension at any
other time fraught with a little more
danger on account of the winds which
usually prevail but also because by
these same winds the balloon and para
chute are apt to be carried too far
away perhaps so far that Injury may
befall them before they can be recov
ered
The old and experienced balloonist
never makes an ascension except just
at sundown because with the going
down of the sun the winds subside
considerably He can go almost straight
up break away his parachute and
come down in the very lot from which
the ascension was made
There Is really very little danger in
parachute leaping wSien the man who
does It is experienced The parachute
must open and bring him down safely
though he will have a hair raising drop
like a chunk of lead for about 100 feet
ceedingly hard to catch persistently
refusing to take a bait and on this ac
count It has been found necessary to
resort to a very novel and Ingenious
expedient to effect their capture an
electrical contrivance which serves to
stun the coveted specimen and reduce
It to helplessness until it can be made
a prisoner
The device in question consists In
part of a small and compact storage
battery which Is held In a leather
pouch beneath the arm of the opera
tor who wades as quietly as possible
through the shallows and Invades with
as little disturbance as may be pools
among the rocks He carries a long
handled dip net to the handle of which
a wire is attached On the end of the
wire is fastened a small percussion
cap of the kind used for exploding
dynamite cartridges It is the bursting
of the cap that is relied upon to stun
the fish
Luckly for the hunter fishes have as
much curiosity as land animals and
even the shiest one will approach a
bait to look at It though Indisposed to
the distance usually covered before the attempt the slightest nibble Accord
big bag opens Then he can guide Ills
descent readily by raising or lowering
this side or that in order to spill a lit
tle air and thus keep It from drifting
A balloon cant be guided but a
parachute with a man of experience
hanging to it can be controlled as eas
ily as a boat for the reason that by
tilting it on one side you can force it
In the other direction and thus ma
neuver so that if it is desired you can
deposit yourself on the very spot of
the ascension It is only the inexpe
rienced men who drift or those who
fear they may incline the bag too far
for safety St Louis Globe Democrat
BITS FROM THE WRITERS
Audacity stands in the place of an
cestors to those who are not well born
Lucas Cleve
A long slow friendship is the best
a long slow enmity the deadliest
Seton Merriman
Among the quieter satisfactions of
life must be ranked in a high place the
peace of a man who has made up his
mind Anthony Hope
Many men have ability few have
genius but fewer still have character
Character is the rarest thing in Eng
land John Oliver Hobbes
Who steals hearts steals souls where
fore it behooves woman to look that
the lock be strong and the key hung
high F Marion Crawford
Any fool can get a notion It needs
training to drive a thing through
training and conviction not rushing
after the first fancy Rudyard Kip
ling
iugly the percussion cap at the end of
the wire is concealed either by some
thing eatable or by a bunch of grass
wrapper around it Mr Fish wonders
what it is ventures near and has in
stant reason to regret his imprudence
The fisherman closes the circuit the
percussion cap is exploded and the
victim is rendered for the moment life
less though receiving no permanent
Injury Promptly by reversing the
dip net he is gathered In and a few
dnys later he finds himself swimming
about in a tank
The fishes from Bermuda are carried
to New York on steamers of course
and it is a curious fact that during the
first twenty four hours of the voyage
they are liable to become quite seasick
Saturday Evening Post
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Some men work just enough to keep
dirty
Every one wants always to be able
to work but not always to have to
If you dont like certain persons how
you hate to hear their money rattle
Here Is one sign that you are talking
too much when your listener tries to
pull away from you
After a man passes fifty it Is Impos
sible for him to get up any enthusiasm
about anything but his troubles
Ever notice how the big flies avoid
fly paper It Is the same with the real
ly big men They are seldom caught
You can follow directions In making
a cake or cutting out a shirt but there
are no directions that can be followed
successfully in managing a man Some
how he is not like a cake or a shirt
Atchison Globe
Helping Him Oat
For years Squire Latham of whom
many amusing stories are told was a
resident of Bridgewater Mass and it
was while he was living there that the
incident occurred which is related be
low It illustrates his habitual coolness
and whimsical temper
He was awakened one night by his
wife who told him she thought there
were burglars In the house The squire
put on his dressing gown and went
downstairs In the back hall he found
a rough looking man trying to open a
door that led into the back yard
The burglar had unlocked the door
and was pulling it with all his might
It dont open that way you Idiot
shouted the squire taking in the mans
predicament instantly It slides
back
How Tortoise Shell Is Worked
The soldering of two pieces of tor
toise shell together is effected by
means of hot pinchers which while
they compress soften the opposed edge
of each piece and amalgamate them
into one Even the raspings and pow
der produced by the file mixed with
small fragments are put into molds
and subjected to the action of boiling
water and thus made into plates of the
desired thickness or Into various arti
cles which appear to have been cut out
of a solid block
Early Timekeepers
The clepsydra or water clock was
used at Babylon at a very early date
and was Introduced at Rome by Sclplo
Naslca about the year 15S B C Tooth
ed wheels were added to It by Cteslblus
about 140 B C Some writers aver
that they were found to be in use in
Britain by Caesar In the year 55 B C
The only clock in the world is said to
have been sent by Pope Paul I to
Pepin king of France In the year
A D
Hair Raising
Husband I feel in the mood for
reading something sensational and
startling something that will fairly
make my hair stand on end Wife
Well here Is my last dressmakers bill
Washington Life
Many 3IeanlnKS
Traveler Some expressions In the
Chinese language have as many as
forty different meanings
Little Miss Same way In English
You amaze me Mention one
Not at home
His Ilcffret
Blobbs Bugglns wife says he is a
model husband Slobbs Yes and he
used to be such a good fellow too
Philadelphia Record
Commissioners Proceedings
McCookNeb August IS 1905
The board of county commissioners mot pursu
ant to adjournment Present D AWntermnn
Samuel Premer and J II Bennott county com
missioners C EEldred comty attorney and
E J Wilcox county clerk
Minutes of previous meoting were rend and
approved
In the mntter of the application of the Red
Willow County Agricultural Society asking for
an appropriation iu aid of said society laid over
from last meetiug tho board ou further consid
eration finds that the said Agricultural society
has complied with requirements necessary to
entitle them to aid from tho county in tho sum
ofi0780 On motion same was granted and
clerk instructed to draw a warraut ou tho
county goneral fund of said county for SW7S0 iu
favorof the president of said socioty
On motion tho board appropriated j0 from
tho county general fund for tho purpose of
making an exhibit for Red Willow county a
tho state fair held at Lincoln the weekofSop
torn ber 4th
The following claims were audited and allow
ed and clerk was instructed to draw warrauts
on tho county general fund iu payment thereof
as follows
Smith Cochran nidse for paupers 13 90
N J TJerling samo S5 55
A Guy same 9 00
L W McConnell stationery 5 52
McCook Tribune samo 52 55
F M Kimmoll printing 31 35
W T Coleman mdse 0 00
II P Sutton cleaning adder 1 25
American Arithmetic Co ribbon 1 00
Remington Typewriter Co cyclinder 150
R W De voe office expense 1 SO
J E Cobbey supplements for 1905 4 00
DA Waterman services as commissioner 30 45
Samuel Premer same 22 05
J H Bennett samo 23 30
And ou tho county bridge f uud levy of 1905 as
follows
W H Meyers bridge work 7 00
George Teeters same 0 00
Jaclcscn Teeters same 10 50
Jackson Tooters samo 12 00
Samuel Bryan samo 9 00
Harry Poole samo 6 00
Charles Ryden same 0 00
Berth Young same 3 00
August Ryden same 11 30
Ed Cox same 7 00
J C Sedden samo 150
Malen Campbell same 50
John Jones same 9 40
W S Fitch samo 4 00
And on the county road fund levy of 1905 as
follows
Malen Campbell road work i 50
R O Harrison same G 00
Geo Hairison same 150
A T Wilson same G 00
Frank Wilson same I 00
G O Longnecker same 3 00
W B Sexsou same 3 00
I H Harrison same 100
Ted Cain samo 30 00
Frank Cain same 42 00
On motion board adjourned to meet Septemb
er 19 1905 DA Watekman Chairman
Attest E J Wilcox County Clerk
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last Thursday evening
R Funson to J V Harrison wd to no
qr 29-2-27 a 1G00 00
Lincoln Land Co to School District
No 28 wd to blk4 1st Danbury
W McCallum to J Cosgro wd to lots
4 5 and 6 blk 31 Indianola
Lincoln Land Co to H Burgess lot 9
blkS Lebanon
450 00
100 00
75 00
J Lessor to R T Highland lot 1 blk
25McCook 1000 00
M C Shurtleff to J F Cordoal wd to
no qr and no hf s hf 18-2-30 1650 00
Anna E Mather to J W McClung wd
toshf 5000 00
Mary E Zimmer to Eliza J Spencer
wd to n hf 31-4-27 S000 00
W Piko to J W Arbogast wd to nw
qr 17-4-26 1600 00
J Schouormau to H Amen wd to pt
so qr se qr 30-3-29 300 00
H Amen to C Brenning wd to pt se
355 00
S Robertson to R Moore wd to sw qr
24-4-30 1000 00
C A Stone to I M Smith otal wd to
ehfohf
H K Bixler to Margaret Baxter wd
to lots 1 2 3 4 and 5 blk 24 lot 3
1179 00
J V Harrison to J W Dolan wd to
2000 00
R Simpson to J F Cordeal wd to o
hf nw qr and e hf sw qr 29-2-30
Western Land Co to H C Sanders
qcd to e hf ne qr and e hf so qr 19-2-
28
United States to C Bee pat to ne qr
17-4-26
600 00
r7 00
Opening Uintah Indian Reservation
The Uintah Indiah Reservation will be
thrown open for settlement on August
28th Registration will commence
August 1st at Grand Junction Colo
Vernal Price and Provo Utah closing
August 12th Reduced rates granted
Call for particulars George S Scott
Agent
The mills of the Gods grind slowly
but never grind finer flour than Doans
mills produce
fiint - ujiuiliwrw
This falling of your hair
Stop it or you will soon be
bald Give your hair some
Ayers Hair Vigor The fall
ing will stop the hair will
6 WF o
grow and the scalp will be
clean and healthy Why be
satisfied with poor hair when
you can make it rich
My hair nearly all came out I tlien tried
Ayers Hair Vigor and only one liottle stopped
the fallinir Sew lialr canio iu real thick and
lust a little curly- Mrs L M Smith
Saratoga X T
S100 a bottle
All drucclsts
foi
J C ATE It CO
Lowell Mass
Thick Hair
Tliey Shock the Nervoiw System and
Slay Even CuuNe Death
People have actually been killed by
dreams Most persons have suffered
from those terrible nightmare vlsioua
In which the victim is pursued by an
assassin with upraised knife or is
trembling on tho edge of a fearful
precipice or Is in some other Imminent
danger of a sudden and terrible death
These dreams are common enough and
noarly always the sufferer awakes
thankful and happy at his escape But
sometimes he doesnt awake Some
times the knife falls or the sleeper in
his hallucinations plunges down the
precipice These are the dreams that
kill says the Chicago Tribune
In cases where dreams kill there ls a
sort of combined action between tho
dream and the disease through which
death is accomplished In the first
place the dream is usually the product
of the disease A person may have
heart disease which never asserts It
self or allows the victim In any way to
know of its presence until the fact Is
disclosed In a frightful dream More
over terrifying dreams are often the
first evidence of heart disease Then
the frequent recurrence of these
dreams dealing repeated shocks to the
nervous system aggravates the disense
until the heart Is so weak that one
more shock is sufficient to cause death
If a person has had dreams it does
not necessarily follow however that
he has heart disease Dreams Indicat
ing heart disease are usually of a terri
fying nature and relate to death On
awakening the sufferer will notice a
violent heart palpitation Chronic peri
carditis is always preceded by horrible
dreams such as that of being thrown
into a lake of fire or being crushed in
a railroad wreck or burned by a vol
canic eruption
The approach of insanity may also
be revealed by unpleasant dreams or
insanity may be hastened by such
dreams There are many cases on rec
ord where a person has been driven in
sane by a dream
Hotv
AN INDIAN LEGEND
the Autumn Leaves Were
Transformed Into Bird
An Indian story that has been hand
ed down and is still believed by many
Indian tribes is one about the trans
formation of leaves into birds Long
years ago when the world was young
the Great Spirit went about the earth
making it beautiful Wherever his
feet touched the ground lovely trees
and flowers sprang up All summer
the trees wore their short green
dresses The leaves were very happy
and they sang their sweet songs to the
breeze as it passed them One day the
wind told tliem the time would soon
come when they would have to fall
from the trees and die This made the
leaves feel very bad but they tried to
be bright and do the best they could
so as not to make the mother trees un
happy But at last the time came and
they let go of the twigs and branches
and fluttered to the ground They lay
perfectly quiet not able to move ex
cept as the wind would lift them
The Great Spirit saw them and
thought they were so lovely that he did
not want to see them die but live and
be beautiful forever so he gave to each
bright leaf a pair of wings and power
to fly Then he called them his birds
From the red and brown leaves of the
oak came the robins and yellow birds
from the yellow willow leaves and
from bright maple leaves he made the
red birds The brown leaves became
wrens sparrows and other brown
birds This is why the birds love the
trees and always go to them to build
their nests and look for f ood and shade
Kansas City Journal
The Best Bnilttlnc Gronml
The most healthy ground on which
to build a residence is one composed
of clean gravel free from clay and
effete organic matter and having a
porous substratum The advantages
of such a soil are free ventilation and
drainage and a low level of ground
water all essential qualities for a dry
and salubrious situation A soil com
posed of permeable sandstone and
chalk formation Is also good Rocky
and stony situations are usually
healthy Sandy soils may be consider
ed salubrious provided they are clear
and pure and not water bound by an
impermeable foundation Clay and al
luvial soils are generally unhealthy
Ochavior
You cannot rightly train one to an
air and manner except by making him
the kind of man of whom that air is
the natural expression Nature for
ever puts a premium on reality What
is done for effect is seen to be done
for effect what is rone for love is felt
to be done for love A man Inspires
affection and honor because he was
not lying in wait for these The things
of a man for Avhich we visit him were
done in the dark and the cold From
Emersons Essay on Behavior
Goingr East and West
I tell you what said Gotham en
tertaining his western cousin every
things so high here Its almost impos
sible to keep a house going
Well replied the Kansan the
winds are so high out our way its al
most impossible to keep a house from
going Philadelphia Press
Nearly as Good
Did you succeed in breaking your
grandfathers will
No but we managed to bend it so
that a few more thousand dollars
oozed out of the family tree Detroit
Free Press
Sharp tongues like sharp knives are
apt to do a grlt deal of damage in
this world Austin Statesman
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LAND
OWNERS
and buyers if you want to sell be sure and see
me soon I have inquiry for all kinds ol lands
DO IT NOW
If you want to buy call on me and let me quote
my price and thus save you money
LRLindeman
Office East Side Main St
Over McConnells Drug Store
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Building Savings Association
can be paid off in
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mature your loan on smaller monthly payments and
less money in the aggregate than any comepting associa
tion Call on the secretary who will explain
system Office in First National Bank
our
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lentire building
work lor board
uraauates assisted to positions Students may
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