it H n it IS1 t FIRE ENGINES TO GO The Prediction of Chicagos For mer Fire Chief WILL BELT ON HOSE COMPANIES In the Near Future Cltfeti Will Hnvo Separate Pumping Stations and Water Sin Inn With Wlilch to Fight Flaracii Snytt William II Manhunt Success of Sprlnlcllnjjr Syiteni Within fifteen years there probubly Will not be a lire engine In service in the United States The method of lire lighting is being revolutionized and the big cumbersome lire engine will soon be relegated to the scrap heap The foregoing is the prediction of W H Mushain a former fire chief while recently attending the annual convention of the National Firemens association In Kansas City Mr Slu Bham was chief of the Chicago fire de partment for four years and first as sistant chief of that department for Beventeen jears He was let out of the department last October for political reasons after being In the fire service jfor thirty years says the Kansas pity Star In the future fires will be fought by hose companies said Mr Musham The best fire fighters in the United States have come to realize they ean uot depend on the fire engine for the protection of property interests from fire The change which is under way now Is this The big cities are preparing to Install separate pumping stations for fie service whereby a high pressure supply can be instantly obtained in case of fires and maintained for any length of time What the cities will do and must do is to lay separate fire mains and legislate to force owners of big buildings and factory plants to in stall water mains within the buildings With high water pressure hose compa nies which can reach fires in almost half the time that a fire engine can are able to do better work and get quicker results The hook and ladder compa nies of course will always be in serv ice and for reserve purposes the water towers will be utilized But Avho can Etopfires with water towers The se cretopf successful fire fighting is to get at the flame from within the building and this is why the light hose compa nies quick in action are to become chief reliance of the fire departments Fire engines were never a success They are too heavy bulky and slow in action They often fail to throw a strong stream of water and the failure has never been more noticeable than In the history of Chicago Many large fires in my city could have been pre vented had we had hose companies which could have arrived at the scene of the fire in time to check the flames There is no city in the United Stales which has more rapid progress In this movement than Kansas City Here you have the high water pressure without the separate water system it Is true and twenty one hose compa nies I am told that the few engines in service are becoming rusty You dont need them for your hose compa nies prevent fires of consequence In the future the aim of fire chiefs will be toward preventing fires by quick action and not by extinguishing them after great loss of property or life There are few new devices for fire fighting excepting some patent The newest feature Is the sprinkling sys tem which has been generally adopted and is a success The device has been the means of preventing many large fires Mnrmogets a Society Fad Marmosets may not be things 01 beauty but society women must have them it seems particularly in Boston says the New York Press One matron from the Hub who was seen at the Womans club in New York recently carried one of these little animals tucked up her sleeve About its neck was a tiny jade circlet curiously carv ed and edged with gold Of course the Idea of a Boston club woman carrjing a pet of this kind tickled the fancy of many and called forth some Invidious comments from the cynics The wo man however seemed to enjoy the commotion she caused and exploited the charms of the treasured marmoset dwelling on the Intelligence behind his shining eyes Since these animals have become popular their price has gone up but many women say that a paltry few hundred dollars isnt too much to pay for a toy that gives them so much delight Xovel Wooden Wedding Gift When Mr and Mrs William D Green of East Orange N J celebrat ed their wooden wedding a few weeks ago they received numerous gifts from their friends says an East Orange special dispatch to the New York Times There was some surprise when one of the guests made the an nouncement that he and several others Lad decided to present them with an automobile garage Complications arose over the erection of the structUTe r inasmuch a3 the building code of East Orange prohibits a garage within thirty feet of a dwelling and the plans of the donors had not taken the law Into con sideration New plans were drawn which came within the law and now the garage Is in use Whale Meat Instead of Beef Newfoundland is developing a new Industry in the form of selling whale meat in place of beef says the New York World One of the dealers says that the new meat tastes more like venison than beef and plans are al ready being made to ship some to Eng land where it Is expected that it will sell for at teast 12 cents a pound LMk jffv - L isiiSEllgsf 3JV1 py THE BLUE RACER Jt In About the Fleetest Thlnff In the Reptile Family The swiftest snake I have ever known Is the blue racer as we used to call the reptile in the Arkansas foot hills and I want to tell you this par ticular snake can travel like a blue streak said a man from Arkansas The fact is the name blue racer was given to the snake because of the rep tiles fleetness I have seen blue racers dart across the road at such a rapid pace that you could only see a mere suggestion of blue and if you did not happen to know the snake and its hab its you would not know what it was You could not possibly get the idea that it was a snake you had seen fl inh througli the dust of the country ro d unless you knew something of the blue racer Just what speed the snake makes I do not know but It is a rapid pace The rattlesnake is supposed to have good speed and as a matter tif fact the rattler can whiz along at a pretty swift gait but the rattlesnake is not In it with the blue racer It would be interesting to know just how fast different snakes travel and if we knew I dare say we would find that the blue racer is about the fleetest thing in the reptile family New Orleans Times Democrat ANTIQUITY OF SILK The Product Was Worth Its Welsh t In Gold For Ccntaries The Chinese empress 2G50 B C was supposed to be the first wo man to dress herself In silken raiment though silk was used in the arts nearly 1000 years before her reign She was placed among the Chinese divinities un der the title of Sien Thsan which means first promoter of the silk in dustry Silk was worth its weight in gold in many parts of the world for centuries Its immense cost may be estimated by the fact that a silken garment is men tioned as one of the wanton prodigali ties of the Emperor Heliogabalus while a gown of the same material was re fused by Aureiius to his empress on the ground that he couldnt afford the price Such was the importance of the silk Industry in China that the people in the principal growing and manufacturing district took the name of Seres ami their country Serica from the word Se which in the ancient writings means silk A curious thing about silk is this The raw material is pro duced by the cheapest labor in the world while the finished product- is among the most costy of merchandise VENETIAN WOMEN They Have No Need to Bother Their Heads About Fashions The women of Venice are absolutely free from the rule which Dame Fash ion exercises over their sisters else where They care nothing for modes With them the length of the skirt re mains always the same neither short nor long and they always wear plainly made dark dresses black stock ings and the heelless slippers of the east Hats are unknown The universal outdoor wrap for all ages and all sizes Is the black shawl with a deep silken fringe It is folded with a short point above and a long one below and sometimes it envelopes the figure from head to foot It is nev er fastened at the throat and when it slips off it is gathered up with one outstretched arm which makes the spectator think of a its bird stretch ing its wing In their attire the women of Venice are independent only wearing local clothing but with feminine inconsist ency they are thoroughly up to date In the matter of hairdressing the style of their coiffures changing from time to time according to the vogue of the moment in London and Paris Only a Beginning The rich widower was paying assidu ous court to the handsome young wom an lawyer I dont know Mr Welloph she de murred There are there are settle ments to be considered you know If that is all Miss Maggie he said well have no trouble Here he slipped a diamond ring on her finger How does that strike you he ask ed Hm she rejoined holding it up to the light and inspecting it critically I think it will do quite well as a re tainer Chicago Tribune A Bishops Fall Bishop Peck of the Methodist church was a large man weighing over 350 pounds While on a tour and stopping at the residence of a presiding elder the bishop turned over in his bed and the entire furniture collapsed dropping him to the floor with a tremendous thud The presiding elder rushed up stairs calling What is the matter bishop Is there anything I can do for you Nothing is the matter an swered the bishop but if I dont an swer the call to breakfast tell your wife to look for me In the cellar Excitements of BegrgrlnGr There must be an excitement about begging which Is almost like the pleas ure of stalking taking the measure of the person you sea In front of you and knowing the kind of appeal that is likely Jto weigh with him Bishop of Manchester Hoping He Wont Find li That mans always looking us V uls j for work Yes thats what he says but hes one of those people who go round with a snow shovel in July and a pitchfork in January Let no man talk- of freedom until he Is sure he can govern himsalf Goethe AN OFFENDED BISHOP the Way a Fond MotherH Jolce on Her Son Went Astray Bishop Maxwell is it not Inquir id Mrs Spaulding cordially as her guest came down to breakfast suit case In hand L feel that I know you through my son and J was so glad When he arranged to have you stay with us on your way through the city But what does this luggage meauV Youre going to stay a day or soV No thank you Mrs Spaulding re turned tln bishop I must go right on today Oh that makes It doubly unfor tunate that I had to be away last even- Ing I hope you found my message of explanation The friend I was called to was very 111 and I felt sure you would understand but the fact thit Mr Spaulding waa out of town too made me regret going especially 1 do hope my maid took care of you comfortably and that you rested well I thought you must have been worry when I came In at 10 and found you had retired The bishop replied politely but there was an odd constraint in his manner which lasted until he had bowed him self out of the house after breakfast What can be the matter puzzed Mrs Spaulding as she watched the distinguished gentleman stalking down the street Dick was so anxious he should like us Then a sickening thought struck her and she dated up the stairs K had been Mrs Spauldings custom during the boyhood of her only son to correct his failings by posting about the house little placards which gently pleaded with him on the error of his ways A week or two earlier whan Dick was coming horae for a college vacation she had unearthed some of these old s ns and just for a joke had pinned then up in his room like old times They had been taken down later but she remembered now that after berni summoned to the sick friend the morning before she had j her new and not brilliant maid to Dicks door and had said I wmt this room swept and arranged for Bh op Maxwell exactly as we did it tor Mr Dick last week Do you under stand Wth wirgs on her feet Mrs Spauld ing flew to the room the bishop had oc cupied but at the threshold she paused and gasped On one of the pillows was a staring notice to tnis effect Please put your bed airing in the morning Over the mirror Please dont spatter the glass On the window curtain Please dont throw your shoes on the floor noisily Every where on pictures and wall Please dont leave your coat on a chair Hang it up Please dont leave you toothbrush in the bath room Please turn off the hot water faucet There were at least fifteen of these placards the Please underlined three or four times in each but horror of horrors the largest of all was this on the inside of the door If you take a bath please wash out the tub Its dis graceful not to Youths Companion The American Accent There is no such tiling as the Amer ica accent except in a few words such as advertisement wherein America is superior as to pronunciation and prac tice Nor does the American born man talk through his nose The real dif ference that we all notice is a differ ence in the general pitch of voice The American voice is pitched in a slightly higher key than the English and here you may find the reason why the American assimilates French so easily Put roughly the case is this The Frenchman talks from his palate the American from the top of his throat the Englishman from his chest and the German from his diaphragm London Chronicle First of the Lnzy Men During the civil war a captain of a company which had sixty men in its ranks none of whom was as cATgetic as the officer thought he should be hit upon a plan which he believed would cure the mens habits of lazi ness One morning after roll call the captain addressing his command said 1 have a nice easy job for the lazi est man in the company Will the laziest man step to the front Instantly fifty nine men each took a step forward Why didnt you step to the front Inquired the commander of the one man who did not come I was too lazy replied the soldier Philadelphia Ledger Shopping Troubles Tomorrow is my wifes birthday and I want to buy a present that will tickle her We have a nice line of feather boas No no I mean something that would make a hit with her Anything in hammers You misunderstand I want some thing striking that Ah you wish a clock Thats all Cleveland Plain Deal er When to Find Them Bllmkins No sir I tell you mostj friends are uncertain I want friends who will be friends In need Hodges Take a fools advice old man and look for them before you need them Brooklyn Life Designs Upon Him Gladys He tells me you have de signs upon him Ethel Did the wretch say that Gladys Yes He said your image was engraved upon his heart Judge It often happens that the man who ays thep1per has nothing left for his INDIAN OLA A son was born to Oliver Colling and wife Inst week Mrs Hamilton Ih in Indianola the guest of her many friends Mrp Pucltett senior is very sick at her homo in wess Indianola Wm Porter mncln a business trip to McCook Wednesday evening Mrs Cnra Mick went to McCook Fri day nijjht on a shopping tour Wm Porter and Gooreo Henderson went to Paliside Sunday night Merle Powell took a trip to McCook Sunday via the automobile route Mrs Abbot wont to MoCook Friday evening returning a few days later Mrs R Hatchers sister is here from the west on a visit with tho Hatcher family Mrs Brown of our public school vis ited at her home in McCook Saturday and Sunday Mrs Christona Stevensen of Hoi brook is the guest of her sister Mrs Lawritson this week Mr Simmons who has been visiting his brother Babp has gone to his home in Beaver City Mrs Rodney McDonald went up to McCook Sunday to attend the funeral of Grandma Crockford There was a Conerogntional Sunday school social Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr C Hotze Mrs Flowers and daughter Martha hive gone to spend the winter with Mr Flowers son Eugene who lives on a farm near Havana The election is over and tho candi dates can breathe easier again especial ly those who were elected - Everything parsed off very quietly and in order The meetings at the Catholic church are eliciting a good attendance each night Questions are sont in and answers are given though not always satisfactorily Mr Walters and family have moved into tho old courthouse for the winter a poor place to live in but it seems to bo a matter of Hobsons choice in the way of soniowhern to stay Joseph Carmiehael has bought the place formerly known as the Untied house and will probably move into it in February Joe is at present living out on the Carmiehael farm some live or six miles from town Mr Newman Dutcher died of old age at the home of his son Charles in Bond- ville precinct on Thursday morning at an early hour His age was 92 years 6 months The funeral sermon was preached by Rev E Smith at the M E church A large concourse of friends followed his remains to their last rest ing place DANBURY The election passed of quietly Born to Alfred Ashton and wife a baby boy Nov i G B Morgan shipped one car load of potatoes to St Francis this week Mrs Arnold went to Red Oak Iowa Saturday to see her mother who is very poorly Word was received that Mrs Moss who went to Iowa is suffering with heart trouble Mr Horton of Lebanon has bought five acres of land of J L Sims for S120 per acre Mr and Mrs Ryan who have been visiting with friends and- relatives re turned to their home Tuesday Died Last Thursday night one of Elvin Woods little twins Funeral was preached by Rev Gardner Friday The remains were laid to rest in the Danbury cemetery B E Leisures will give a supper at the Rosemore hotel in honor of their golden wedding Saturday evening Nov 18th Mr and Mrs Leisure are vigor ous old people and have been honored citizens of Danbury for about 13 years BOX ELDER The election at this place was very quiet Everyone is busy husking their large yield of corn T M Campbell lost three head of cattle last week from the corn stalks One of W Y Johnsons horses died lart week from some unknown disease Mrs Martha Johnson returned home Thursday of last week from her visit in the eastern part of the state We are quite sorry to note the illness of Mrs Shaw and her many friends unite in wishing for her speedy recovery The special meetings commenced at the church last Sunday Miss Ina Ashby arrived Tuesday and will assist in the meetings the remainder of the week RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 1 Frank Dudek is hauling out materials for a new hog house Gerald Wilcox is building a large fine strictly up-to-date hog house in prepara tion for hi3 big sale Frank Stillman lost two head of cattle first of the week death resulting from eating too many beets S O Dragoo who has been on the Rozell ranch is staying with his father-in-law W P Burns for the present with his family X I Our New Stock Our UptoDate Assortment Our Extraordinary Values Our Extremely Low Prices MAKE ATISFIED CUSTOflERS and our UNUSUALLY good trade since we opened up has convinced us that the ladies of McCook and vicinity ap preciate First Class Goods at Third Class Prices Our sales on DRESS GOODS SILKS and WAISTINGS were so far beyond our anticipation that RUSH ORDERS were necessary and you will now find NEW PATTERNS NEW WEAVES AND ADVANCED SPRING STYLES in all the latest shades of gray green red brown and blue Our exxeptional bargains in Outings Flannelettes Underwear Hosiery Belts and Bags Fancy Collars and Ribbons are a wonder to the buying community and you are all welcomed to the NEW STORE when in need of any thing in Dry Goods and Notions New Walsh Block Stokes Grocery BARTLE r A J Lohr finished his threshing this week Jinks Fletcher is painting his new house and barn J A Fletcher moved into his new home this week G W Jones returned from his trip to Iowa Saturday night John Theobald left Tuesday morning for his home in Barnville Wisconsin Quietest election ever in Bartley Meeker for surveyor was most talked of Chet Sibbet of May wood was in town this week visiting his sister Mrs E R Moon The ladies of the Baptist church will hold a Bazaar and serve dinner on Tues day Dec 19th Mr and Mrs Ira Ritchie are rejoicing over the advent of the pretty baby girl at their home Elder J E Wilson was called from Trenton to preach the funeral of Mrs Frances Robinson Sunday forenoon A fine 12 pound boy born to M r and Mrs Will Knotts Saturday morning is securing the special attention at their home iur ana iurs iha uavis will move from DefianceIowa to the home of Mrs Davis mother Francis Robinson de ceased Mrs Ivy and Mrs Fuller sisters of Mrs Robinson and Mr Will Theobald and L Ivy who were called here to the funeral returned to their homes in Man illa Iowa Tuesday morning Charley Hoag of Indianola started for Cambridge Monday with his auto and some commercial men At Bartley he sent the men on and gave an extended exhibition of his auto to the amusement of the school children A bucking bron cho is not in it at all with a balky auto Charley returned late in the evening de termined to sell the auto to Bill Short and knock out competition in the livery business Pain may go by the name of rheuma tism neuralgia lumbago pleurisy No matter what name the pains are called Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea will drive them away 35 cents L W McConnell Clapp Phone 56 HcCook HONE 30 CITIZENS BANK BLOCK MCOOK NEB SCHOOL CREEK Otto Webber finished moving to Bart ley last week Charles Seeden purchased a new ouogy last week Burton Roher made a business trip to Danbury Monday Ed Vandervort returned home from Cambridge Tuesday Schuyler Frye has moved in the house vacated by Otto Webber James Seeden lost a yearling calf from corn stalk disease recently The recent snow took a good many by surprise in this community Jake Fritz purchased a team of mules of Jamps McClung last week Frank Lewis has moved on the Rozell ranch in the house vacated by Sam Dragoo Mrs Edson Raymond of Cambridge is up visiting her mother Mrs Mary Vandervort Nothing at All but Bargains at the Ideal Come and see what an armful vou can buy for 50c or 5100 A nice line of Holiday Stock will be offered soon to all keen buyers Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded The Ideal 5 l0c Store Opposite Postofllce McCook HOLLISTERS Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People Brings Goldea Health and Eenered Vigor A fpecAc for Constipation Indigestion Live ana juaney Troubles Pimples Eczema HlOOd Bad Breath fimctrish Imnurft TtntTfkla Poorldna and Backache Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab -Jet form as cents n box Genuine made by Holuster Druo Company Madison Wis XLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE ilfifainl Dr O C Reynolds Rooms 10 20 Ilurr mock Surgery and Gynecology Ftcn5sABiafJBuy LlnCOlU Hell t w 2asr V -41 t i s J i S