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A RATTLERS BITE
How Under Some Conditions It May
Not Kill tlie Victim
It may seem absurd to claim that
there are cases where he bite of a rat
tlesnake Is not fatal yet such have
happened and to understand these it is
necessary only to understand the man
ner In which this reptile strikes
The spectacle of a rattlesnake at bay
Is one a beholder never forgets The
great long body lies coiled In a tense
spiral the very embodiment of wick
edness Poised in air the white bellied
fore body is bent into a horizontal 5
rigid as an iron bar Raised from the
middle of the spiral Is the tail quiver
ing like a twanged banjo string and
emitting a rattle like steam escaping
from the pet cock of a radiator or like
the sound of a mowing machine in a
distant hayfield Awe inspiring the
dread flat triangular head eyes gleam
ing black and cold as Icy steel is ready
to strike As the grewsome mouth
opens wide and pink the long thin poi
son fangs arise from a horizontal posi
tion and stand upright like a pair of
Blender curved needle pointed shad
bones ready for business Like a flash
far too quick for the eye to follow the
snake strikes sending home its fangs
an inch or two and in that same frac
tion of an instant he has squirted a ta
blespoonful of canary yellow viscous
fluid into the wound and lies colled
ready for a second attack
In this incomprehensibly swift attack
lies the answer why sometimes the bite
of a rattler is not fatal for so won
derfully swift is the attack that a bito
may be imperfect leaving only a pair
of tiny needle punctures with just
enough venom to make a victim seri
ously ill
Another reason why a rattlesnakes
bite is not always fatal Is that tempo
rarily the reptile may be without ven
om The snake may have esausted its
poison on a previous enemy in which
case it would have to wait several days
before the deadly fluid has reaccumu
Iated or again the vipers fangs may
have suffered accident They may have
been broken off and require time for
new growth In any case certain it Is
that a rattlesnakes poison applied in
the proper way will do its work and
then only the most expert and prompt
assistance will save a victim A W
Rolker in Pearsons Magazine
Feared tlie Worst
Friday Vizer a familiar negro about
town in a certain part of Mississippi
had been found dead and being a
member of no church or lodge very
unusual for a negro there was no one
to pray for his soul in the great beyond
A few old intimates however carried
the body to the cemetery in a rude pine
coffin and Bob McRaven one of the
number an old befo de wan darky
was called upon for a few remarks
Bob removed his hat and stepped rever
ently and sadly toward the open grave
and in solemn funereal tones said
Friday Vizer you is gone We hopes
you is gone whar we spects you aint
Lippincotf s Magazine
True Greatness
True greatness first of all is a thing
of the heart It is all alive with robust
and generous sympathies It is neither
behind its age nor too far before it It
is up with Its age and ahead of it only
just so far as to be able to lead its
march It cannot slumber for activity
is a necessity of Its existence It Is no
reservoir but a fountain Roswell D
Hitchcock
Both Strong
For a moment he related I held
my breath
My she Interrupted admiringly
how strong you must be
He edged away blushed and felt in
his vest pocket for a clove Cleveland
Leader
Dlsagrreeaule Economy
Husband You are not economical
Wife Well if you dont call a woman
economical who saves her wedding
dress for a possible second marriage
Id like to know what you think econ
omy is like San Francisco Bulletin
His Line of Reasoning
What reason does he give for not
paying his wife alimony
He says that marriage is a lottery
and hence alimony is a gambling debt
Comers Weekly
vTorse Than She Tuaogbt
Aunt But I thought you understood
that George is a poor young man when
you became engaged to him Niece
Of course I did but I didnt imagine it
went so far as his not being able to get
a new automobile till next season
Judge
Walters Composition
tLittle Walter was told to write a
composition containing the word sel
dom This is what he handed up to
the teacher
My father owned some horses but
s flust week Ceseic
SPEND LESS AND SAVE MOR
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Conductor A G Bump got the paycar
today
Passes dont go on No 1 and 6 since
September 10th Inst Sunday
The board in th8 train masters office
has not been so full for several years
New brakemen this week are L E
Booth at Oxford and Wm A Quirk at
McCook
W F Meyers has been entertaining
his mother who arrived in the city
yesterday
A new switch engine and crew were
placed in service in the McCook yard
yesterday
Switchman M M Fisk is sick and
Edgar Smith an old employe is in the
yard in his place
Steve Dwyer has resigned from the
Burlington and gone into the train ser
vice on the Moffatline
Conductor A G Bump wa8 hurt in
the breast first cf the week by an air
hose bursting at Red Willow
The Burlington run 67 special passen
ger trains during the encampment rush
in addition to crowded regular trains
After being held to his desk at head
quarters for two weeks Trainmaster
Kenyo went west Wednesday night
Engine 1354 came out of the shops
Wednesday from an overhauling No
612 is in for repairs to a broken frame
Brakeman and Mrs C A DeLoy are
visiting his father on the farm near
Alma where the father had a big sale
this week
Brakeman F 0 Roberson will go to
Omaha Saturday morning to receive
treatment for what is supposed to be a
floating kidney
Brakeman J J Barry and F F Neu
bauer expect to leave first of next week
for Hot Springs Arkansas for treat
ment for rheumatism
Master Mechanic Archibald was in
Fort Morgan Colorado Monday at
tending the coroners jury session over
the late wreck at that point
Conductor John Morris was called
to Morris Illinois Sunday on No 12
by the serious illness of his aged father
who is over eighty years of age
Engineer E A Mellen who resigned
from the service and afterwards desired
to recall his resignation was turned
down by the company his request be
ing denied
Since the passenger business has re
turned to normal conditions three
passenger crews have been taken out of
the passenger service Conductor S E
Callen has his old 5 and 12 run again
Mrs W C Hanson wife of the agent
at Holbrook was a passenger on No 6
second sectionSunday nightfor Omaha
being summoned there by the serious
illness of her mother in a hospital there
Waycar 14252 has been placed in
service on the main line Three more
crews are needed to handle the big
freight business Two freight crews
were dead headed to Hastings Wed
nesday to assist in handling the busi
ness out of Hastings
A P Ely left Tuesday for Chicago
to be present at the meeting of time
keepers at headquarters on business in
connection with the proposed new
schedule for firemens pay an in
crease having recently been asked by
the firemen Mrs Ely is visiting her
parents in Red Cloud during his ab
sence
The Denver Times announces that the
Burlington will have extensive ware
houses and f reighthouses upon the block
at Delgany and Fifteenth streets which
it now entirely owns It will also build
very large shops and roundhouses at
Thirty eighth street and Argo These
structures and the land lately purchased
will cost the Burlington at least 8500
000 and maybe more
Engineer and Mrs I L Rodstrom
have deep sympathy in the death of
their new born son Sunday morning
Mrs Rodstrom is getting along quite
nicely at this writing The little one
was taken to Holdrege Monday morn
ing for burial there W H Wyatt
father of Mrs Rodstrom accompanied
Mr Rodstrom to Holdrege on his sad
mission Mrs G H Rugg sister of
Mrs Rodstrom is with her at present
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PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
The September Century is here which
contains The Viking Ship Found at
Oseberg by S C Hammer Haakon
Nyhuns this isa brief description of the
excavation of the Oseberg ship Also
Ole Bull as a Patriotic Force by
Margaret E Noble
There are two very interesting articles
in the August Munsey a The Re
former of the British Navy by Fred T
Jane Sir John Fisher the remarkable
sailor who has resigned King Edwards
fighting fleet and who would probably
command it in case of war b The
Czars of Russia from Ivan to Nicholas
by Edgar Saltus The formation of the
empire The wild tribes of which it
was composed The constructive and
bloody work of Ivan The lines formed
and characteristics developed that have
made Russia what Russia is and has
been for three hundred years All per
sons living in the county are entitled to
take books or magazines from the li
brary Everybody is welcome to the use
of the library as a reading room
Ida McCarl Librarian
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
We never knew any one who did not
talk shop too much
How you admire the man who catch
es you doing a good deed on the sly
What a sorry spectacle a spoiled
child is when away from its mother
A whipping never hurts so much as
the thought that you are being whipped
Some men are washed of their sins so
much that they finally have a faded
look
Tell a bad story without names and
every one will have an enemy to attrib
ute it to
Ambition dwindles away in time like
a cake of soap and by the time a man
is seventy he cant remember that he
ever had any In the tub with him
Atchison Globe
Surf Bathing Abroad
Unlike Americans Englishmen pre
fer to have their surf bath before
breakfast They slip out of their
rooms nd Into the surf as a sort of
duty and prefer a buff bath or one
without the Incumbrance of a bathing
suit if they can be permitted to enjoy
it With them the bath even In the
breakers is more of a duty than a pas
time as it is with the French and
Americans Neither do the people of
continental Europe enjoy the pleasures
of the surf with the same avidity as
marks the summer day along the
American coast There Is more or less
of custom or fashion to dictate to the
temporary dwellers along the seashore
Enough to Kill Io
The Greek room is usually not a
place for humor nor Is the professor
of Greek at the College of the City of
New York a very humorous person
Nevertheless tlie following joke was
sprung on him The class had just re
turned fijom the chemistry room where
they had bravely listened to a dis
course on the elements The Greek
lesson was commenced with a history
of Io and her endless wanderings Fi
nally Professor Tisdall asked What
did Io die of A student who had been
awakened by the question gasped out
ledide of Dotassium
HANDLING ANIMALS
Done Properly Hnrdly the Most Vi
cious Will Resent It
There is hardly a living creature
sqjd a naturalist that will not permit
a hoirasn being to touch it if it is done
in tlie right way It is necessary to
be gentle and patient and at the same
time without fear I have seen natives
scratch the heads of tigers and lions
within a few days after they were
trapped Hunters of wild elephants
often crawl among a herd and rub
their legs The great brutes although
they are on the alert will permit the
caress and stand still until the plucky
hunter is able to slip a rope around
he leg of the animal he wishes to cap
ture i
In our own country I have seen
many men who can creep to a trout
stream and gently place their hands
under a trout Very softly they rub
its belly and the trout will lie quite
still until with a sudden jerk it is land
ed on the iank
I have also seen professional rat
catchers put their hands palm upward
before a rat hole when the ferrets were
driving them As a rat ran out it
would sit still on the rat catchers
hand Then with his other hand he
would stroke it delicately and in three
times out of four he would manage to
lift the rat without alarming it and
drop it Into his bag
I have evn known a man who could
handle the salt water blue crab the
most belligerent and vindictive
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BOER AMUSEMENTS
Among Them Are Pole Climbing- Ax
Throwing and Sonde Racing
The Boer is a firm believer in the
advantage of exercise though his ways
are not ours One favorite form if
pole climbing This consists of hav
ing one arm tied behind the back and
swarming to the top of the pole with
the aid of the legs and the free arm
It sounds simple but it is not half so
simple as it seems
Another exercise is throwing the
hatchet or ax to be more correct An
ordinary wood chopping ax is used for
this This is round the head
until it reaches a sufficient momentum
when it is released Tlie man who
throws the farthest does not of necessi
ty win as it is necessary that the blade
should bury itself in the earth on
reaching its destination It requires a
considerable amount of skill to accom
plish this
Another kind of amusement is spade
racing The men stand with one foot
on either side of an ordinary spade
grasping the top of the handle between
the hands At the signal they start
forward by a series of jumps If a
mans foot leaves its proper place he
is disqualified There is no more se
vere strain on the muscles of the leg
than this The distance for such a
race as this is generally twenty paces
The Boer is gifted with wonderful
endurance At long distances he could
hold his own with any but he would
not stand any chance Avith our men at
sprint racing as he lacks the necessary
speed
The Sacred Scarab
The sacred scarabaus was for many
centuries venerated by ancient Egyp
tians a cult shared recently by Hotten
tots and akin to that of the holy cricket
of Madagascar
In explanation of this Thespesion
said The Egyptians do not venture to
give form to their gods they use sym
bols of occult meaning A black and a
golden green beetle Avere botli regard
ed as emblems of Ra the sun god of
Ptah the creative poAver and of re
birth resurrection and immortality
Every beetle Avas held to be male and
self produced Its thirty toes symbol
ized the days of a month and tlie pel
let of dung in which it rolled along its
eggs was a type of the movements of
the sun
In ancient Egyptian philosophy the
sacred scarab is spoken of as the first
living creature that sprang from the
mud of the subsiding Nile It was
closely connected with astronomy and
used as an amulet of sovereign virtue
for the living and the dead
Origin of Grass Widow
Why should a woman separated
from her husband be called a grass
widow asked a young man of the
antiquary The term grass widow
the latter answered has nothing to
do with the herbage on our lawns
Grass is a misspelling sanctioned by
custom of grace In the past when
divorces were rare a woman separated
legally from her husband was Tailed a
vlduca de gratia by the Roman
church and the French called her a
veuve de grace The meaning of both
terms is the same widow by grace
We took the veuve from the French
and translated it properly into widow
but the grace we incorporated Into
our language misspelling it in the
process You would be technically cor
rect in writing grace instead of
grass widow but it is probable that
no one would understand what you
meant Philadelphia Record
Schoolboy Blunders
A H B of Ascot sent to the London
Globe some specimens of howler3
perpetrated by board school children
and collected by a board school master
On the nature of gases An oxygen has
eight sides In natural history A
cuckoo is a bird which does not lay its
own eggs A mosquito is a child of
black and white parents and A bliz
zard is the inside of a fowl In geo
graphical study we get the following
The equator is a menagerie lion run
ning round the earth and through
Africa A meridian is the place where
they keep the time and The Inhab
itants of Paris are called Parisltes
Among answers we have heard before
Is that of the child who declares Izaak
Walton was such a good fisherman that
ho was called the judicious hooker
One Good
You say he is a financial wreck
Then why is It that he appears so
happy
Well I guess his credits so poor
that he cant even borrow trouble
Cleveland Leader
Disproved
Do you think time is money said
BIffson
Cant be replied Bangs They
gay there Is no end to time and Im
broke Detroit Free Press
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You can do this on your shoe bill in a year with us than elsewhere because we give a little better value
than others for the price asked It will not only save you money but your health too to have good solid
comfortable shoes that keep the feet dry and warm and we have them
We always have dressy shoes for men and women for social and dress occasions but we want to call your
attention to the line for the business and professional man and the busy woman who want something in foot
wear that will not distract their mind from the puzzling questions they have to solve giving them comfort and
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No 1 Mountain Time 1206 pm
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and baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information time tables maps and tick
ets call on or write George Scott Agent Mc
Cook Nebraska or J Francis General Passen
ger Agent Omaha Nebraska
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Rheumatism gout backache and
poison are results of kidney trouble
Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea goes
directly to the seat of the disease and
cures when all others fail 35 cents
L W McConells
MuMillen Druggist has a large as
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the most reasonable
prices is flarshs
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