The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, January 26, 1906, Image 4

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By F M
I WfWUM
KIMMELL
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
-Official Paper of Redwillow County
The eight auditors now col
lecting fares on trains of the Great
Northern railway are so satisfac
tory that it is said about fifty
more men will be put on trains to
perform this service According
to the Minneapolis Tribune the
conductors will now be able to
give their undivided attention to
the handling of their trains and
if the railroad companys circular
is correctly quoted the auditors
will also be expected to give un
divided attention to the work as
signed to them for they will
under no condition be permitted
to occupy seats with lady pas
sengers
HARSCH FICHTNER WEDDING
Mr L H Harsch and Miss
Lucy Fichtner were united in
marriage January 1 6th 1906 at
the home of the bride Rev E
Pluedemann performing the cere
mony and G H Fichtner Will
iam Fritz Olga Peters and Eliza
beth Fritz being the appointed
witnesses
The parlors were nicely deco
rated for the occasion
The weather Was very favor
able and so a large number of
relatives and friends appeared
from far and near to celebrate the
happy occasion
Many useful and handsome
presents were received embrac
ing silverware chinaware furni
ture etc
Mr Harsch is one of our rust
ling young farmers owning a
farm of his own which is well im
proved and stocked -
The bride is the youngest
daughter of Mr and Mrs Ficht
ner arid will make a charming
and helpful helpmate for Mr
Harsch
The young friends will go to
housekeeping at once with the
best wishes of a host of friends
Communicated
PUBLICATION NOTICE
E S Brown receiver of the Northwestern
Manufacturing and Car Company defendant
will take notice that Joseph H Kin plaintiff
herein has lilod his petition in the district
Ether and Matter
The densest matter is more or less
porous Gold will absorb mercury as a
lump of sugar will absorb water show
ing there must be interstices or inter
atomic spaces in it but the ether shows
no such property If a drop of water
could be magnified sufficiently one
would ultimately see the different
atoms of hydrogen and oxygen that
constitute the molecules of water If
a small volume of ether could be thus
magnified the indications are that the
ultimate part would look like the first
which Is the same as saying that it is
not made up of discrete particles but
fills space completely This Is express
ed by saying that the ether is a con
tinuous medium and is hence Incom
parable with matter
An Odd Birds Nest
The oddest of all birds nests is the
one built by the tontobane a South
African songster It Is built of cot
ton and always upon the tree produc
ing tho material In constructing the
domicile tho female works inside and
the malo outside where he builds a
sentinel box for his own special use
Ho sits In tho box and keeps watch or
sings nearly all tho tlmo and when
danger cornea In the form of a hawk
or a snake he warns the family but
never enters the main nest
A Studied Slight
She How that woman we just pass
ed does hate me
He She looked pleasant enough
She Thats an done for effect but
if you noticed she never turned to take
In my new suit and nat Detroit
Free Press
A HISTORIC JOURNEY
CAESAR RODNEYS GREAT
BACK RIDE IN 1776
court of Red Willow county State of Nebraska 1 the herald of a sultry day
against the above named defendant the object
and prayer of which are that a certain indenture
of mortgage executed on the seventeenth day of
August 18S7 by one John F Clark and Mary
Clark his wife to the said h B Brown receiver
of the Northwestern manufacturing and Car
Company purporting to convey to the said E
S Brown receiver of the Northwestern Manu
facturing and Car Company the following de
scribed real estate situated in Red Willow
countj State of Nebraska to wit The south
half of the northeast quarter and the south
half of the northwest quarter ofsection fifteen in
townshirj three north in range twenty six west
of the sixth Principal Meridian to secure the
payment of the sum of one thousand four hun
dred and fifteen dollars recorded in book 9 at
page 407 of the mortgage record of said county
be adjudged to be no lien upon said premises
and that plaintiffs title to said premises bo
quieted against said defendant
You are required to answer said petition on or
Monday the 26th day of February 1906
Dated this 18th day of January 1906
John H King Plaintiff
By W S Morlan his attorney
HORSE-
How tUc Declaration ot Irulepeuu
ence Watt Saved by a Vote In tlxrt
ScbhIoii of the Provisional CongrcBH
In Philadelphia
It happened on that famous Fourth
of July 1770 the day on which the
American colonies were declared free
and Independent states If Caesar Rod
ney had not made his historic ride there
might not have been any free America
today
The provisional congress was in ses
sion at Philadelphia each of the thir
teen colonies having representatives
there It was a great congress and a
momentous question was before the
distinguished body The great charter
of our freedom had been written by
Jefferson and Benjamin Harrison fa
ther and great grandfather of presi
dents had presented It to congress on
Monday July 1 What would the Con
tinental congress do
In order that our country should be
free and independent the declaration
must be adopted This could be done if
only the colonies were divided and
there were some good men who did not
believe it best to take this step at this
time Four of the seven delegates of
Peunslyvanla were opposed to it and
of the two Delaware delegates present
Thomas McKean was in favor of inde
pendence but George Read was op
posed to the measure Caesar Rodney
the other member was in the southern
part of his state In the capacity of a
brigadier general organizing and drill
ing troops for the coming struggle
Two of the opposing Pennsylvania
delegates were persuaded to absent
themselves and thus the Keystone
State would favor the declaration but
the vote of Caesar Rodney was neces
sary to carry the state of Delaware
A messenger was dispatched in hot
haste to summon him to Philadelphia
and then for four days the patriots
of 70 talked and maneuvered to de
lay the final vote On Thursday July
4 congress was to vote on the mo
mentous question
On the afternoon of the 3d the
messenger found Caesar Rodney in
Sussex county more than eighty miles
from Philadelphia General Rodney
was at that time forty six years old
with a tall lean worn figure his face
scarred by a cancer that was finally
to cause his death The brave patriot
did not hesitate Saddle the black
he commanded and in ten minutes he
had mounted his faithful steed and
was galloping as if for life to the
northward
Eighty miles away from congress
which was waiting for him to declare
the Independence of the colonies The
thought caused him to drive his spurs
deep into his horses flanks and sent
him flying along the long dusty high
way that stretched away toward the
Quaker City It was one of the great
rides of history That black steed
bore the destinies of America and his
rider knew it and there was neither
halt nor delay
The sun went down and the stars
came out one by one in the blue vault
of heaven and that solitary rider rush
ed on his way All through the cool
summer night Caesar Rodney kept up
his reckless pace
The stars faded out of the morning
sky and the sun came up red and fiery
And still
Caesar Rodney kept on his way He
was yet many miles from Philadelphia
His horse was jaded and he was travel
worn and covered with dust but the
patriot did not slacken his rein He
must be there to vote for the Independ
ence of America And he was there
All that hot sweltering July day the
delegates of the colonial congress were
talking and voting in Independence
hall The session had begun The pres
ident John Hancock was in the chair
and the clerk John Dickinson was
calling the colonies one by one Vir
ginia had voted and Massachusetts and
the great state of New York and the
little state of Rhode Island and now
New Jersey was voting and Caesar
Rodney had not come
Anxious and worried Thomas Mc
Kean went out to the door of Inde
pendence hall Would his friend and
compatriot be too late His face
brightened as he heard the sound of
hurrymg hoof beats coming up Chest
nut street A foaming panting steed
dashed into the yard Its dusty rider
leaped to the ground Booted and spur
red and the dust of his long ride thick
on his long- flapped coat and iron gray
hair Caesar Rodney entered the hall of
congress leaning on his friend Mc
Keans arm
He was just in time The vote of
Delaware was being called George
Read voted Nay Aye called the
clear voice of Thomas McKean It was
a tie All eyes turned to Caesar Rod
ney The famous rider cleared his
throat and many a patriot heart beat
with pride as he declared in firm tone
The voice of my constituents and of
all sensible and honest men I believe
Is in favor of independence and my
own judgment concurs with them
therefore I vote for the Declaration
And so Caesar Rodney by his famous
ride and by his noble vote helped to
Bettla tho question of Independence and
Insured the future celebrations of the
Fonrfcj of July
Ho Ato Often
Doctor You must tako a quarter of
an hours walk before every meal
Stout Patient But doctor you surely
dont want me to walk all day long
Fllegende Blatter
COUNTY TREASURERS REPORT
1 1 Summary of collections disbursements and balances for the six
months ending January 3rd 1906
To cash on hand
To 1888 tax
Tol889tnx
To 1890 tax
To 1891 tax
Tol892tnx
TolfeMtax
To 1894 tax
To 1895 tux
To 1806 tax
To 1897 tax
Tol898tax
TolSWtnx
To 1900 tax
To 1901 tax
To 1902 tux
To 1903 tax
To 1901 tax
To 1905 tax
To School L Prin
To School L Int
To School L Lease
State apportioning
Miscellaneous
Bank Interest
Rdmption tax sale
Miscellaneous fees
Less overdraft
nd
and Mrs J
the Powell
S M47l 07
2 45
17 44
17 92
15 42
27 70
119 26
18 14
27 79
42 74
28 14
77 80
4G 70
84 68
77 40
218 69
235 85
8578 SO
t3H3 14
1816 00
575 93
1099 86
2507 49
364 96
554 05
3152 03
222 62
112441 59
MO
Paid State Treas 4833 38
County gcuerul war
rants paidr 50S1 49
County bridge war
rants paid 2105 78
County road war
rants paid 796 50
Soldiers relief paid 46 70
Precinct city bonds 2767 36
School bonds and
couponspaid 611128
School orders paid 3984 87
Road district war
rants paid 1283 18
Poll receipts paid 1295 48
City treasurers 3090 31
Redemption 2656 95
Co treasurers fees 366 87
County treasurers
commissions 1941 40
DANBURY
Miss Hattie Harrison is on the
sick list
Stella Pratt of Beatrice is here
visiting
Hermon Wintjens new barn is
being completed
MissLydia Stilgebouer visited
in Bartley Thursday
Miss Winifred Ashton of Cedar
Bluffs is here visiting
Rev Gardner fell recently and
hurt his side severely
Miss Alma Noe of Auburn
Nebr is working in the Central
office
Wm Eiferts brother of Colo
rado is here looking for his brother
Milton
Rev Hawkins of Indianola is
here assisting Rev Hall in revival
meetings
Mr and Mrs E MWoods who
have been on the sick list are now
convalescent
Al iMetcalf the Sappa cattle
king rented his ranch and is going
to move to Oberlin
H U French and son Eben
are now in Herndon Kansas
looking after their drugstore
Mrs Eifert of Colorado Springs
is here looking for her son Milton
who suddenly disappeared
Mr and Mrs Wm Eifert are
going to move on the Shockley
place Next year to near Oberlin
Mrs Cathcart was summoned
to her mothers bedside Saturday
on account of the latters worse
illness
Mr
Mrs John DeLong
L Sargant attended
sale in Indianola
Tuesday
Mrs Poole -and daughter
Mamie andMiss Scofield of Leba
non 1 visited in Danbury the last
part of last week
The new church on the Sappa
is about completed replacing the
one that was blown away by the
cyclone last year
Ben Smiley shipped two car
loads of sheep and J L Newman
shipped one car load of hogs to
Kansas City this week
Miss Grace Phillips was unable
to teach school Monday but is
teaching now Miss Myra Pool
took her place Monday
There will be an entertainment
in the town hall Saturday night
January 27 Admission 15 and
25 cents Proceeds will go to
buy new books for the library
Mrs VanPelt has sold her place
to Dan Cashen She is going to
Ft Collins where her son-in-law
Mr Furman resides Mrs Van
Pelts son Ed is also going to Co
lorado to reside
Advantages of Travel
AH travel has Its advantage If the
passenger visits better countries he
may learn to Improve his own and If
fortune carries him to worse he may
learn to enjoy his own Johnson
Free will is not the liberty to do
whatever one likes but the power of
doing whatever one sees oucht to ba
Affection soothes It hallows elevates done even in the face of otherwise
subdues and bringeth down to earth overwhelming Impulse There lies
Its native heaven Landon freedom Indeed
16314 55
IIALANCCH
State general 2907 63
State sinking 2 12
State school 356 14
State university 697 67
Statti relief 38
State cupitol 1 74
Stato reform school 53
State InstFeeb5ld 105
Statu live Stk Iiidem 65
State redemption 614 76
Stato Sch Lnd Pr 1797 84
State Sch Lud Int 445 63
State Sell Lnd leaso 27121
County general 1732 60
County bridge over
drawn 171 66
bounty road 386 68
Soldiers relief 204 05
City village bond 2140 62
Precinct bond 13794 75
School bond 21516 61
School district 11758 36
Fiues 26 00
Road district 2802 30
Citv and villago 1063 70
Redumption 825 68
6G29S 70
171 G6
Balance on hand 66127 01
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A Give Away
of a lot of FLOUR could hardly
please any better than these
figures
Those who wish to purchase re
liable
FLOUR
at a reasonable price will do well
to study our quotations The
brands carried are all high grade
Each lot is in perfect condition
and cannot fail to give satisfac
tion
THE McCOOK MILLING
COMPANY
BARTLEY
Baxter Row has moved into
the residence he bought of C E
Matthews
Lyman Jennings has been very
sick for several days but is now
improving
Frank Robins has quit clerking
for G W Jones and will go to
Benkelman soon
C E Matthews has repaired
the house he recently purchased
and moved in Tuesday
Ollie Hanson visited his best
girl in Bartley this week and re
turned to Bloomington
Dr H J Arbogast was the
guest of Mr and Mrs Reuben
Cox to tea Tuesday evening
The Royal Neighbors had a
very enjoyable time last Satur
day evening at their social and
installation
We are pleased to know that
Clay Hoover has recovered from
his recent illness and is now able
to be out again
Land buyers were in this vi
cinity this week and were well
pleased with the outlook and will
purchase farms here soon
The Chas McCollum Robins
law suit came to a short stop
this week a compromise made
and several other suits prevented
Joe Smith a son of EE Smith
killed a large gray wolf with a 22
rifle one day last week He
shot it in the eye while it was on
the run
Robt Fischer and Miss Marie
Reimer were united in marriaere
Sunday afternoon Rev Kirby of
ficiating Everyone wishes them
a pleasant and prosperous mar
ried life
Henry Cozad has sold his resi
dence and forty acres adjoining
town for 2000 and will move to
Frontier county in the spring
He has purchased a half section
of land there
CHINESE ART IN STONE
ICa Bent KxumplcM mid Some of It
Greatent Delect
The spirit of purely Chinese art In
stone is shown in work such as the
great monolith figures of animals and
warriors which Hank the approach to
the tombs of the Ming dynasty and in
the perfectly plain structures designed
for the tombs of the present dynasty
These are composed of enormous
blocks of stone brought with Infinite
labor from distant quarries over roads
and bridges which are hardly capable
of sustaining ordinary cart traffic and
have always to be specially prepared
to prevent the great weights causing
their collapse
The same admiration for the employ
ment of huge blocks of stone is seen
in the case of the bridges over the riv
ers along the coast of South Fukien
where the stone slabs used In 1 e con
struction occasionally measure sixty
feet in length and are estimated to
weigh nearly 120 tons and the bridges
themselves have a length of 1000 to
2000 yards
In almost all cases where the build
ings are not of solid construction tho
weight of the blocks employed has
placed a strain upon the supports which
the architects skill was not competent
to provide against and with the lapse
of time the melancholy spectacle is
seen of slabs fallen from their places
and of noble and costlj structures
approaching ruin In some cases the
interdependence of the arches leads to
tho same result One notable instance
of this occurred during Colonel Gor
dons campaign against the Taipings
when to allow of the passage of his
small steamers it was necessary to
make a gap in a bridge of over twenty
arches and arch after arch collapsed
immediately after the passage of his
small fiotilla London Saturday Re
view
AVERAGE HUMANITY
Slost People Are Not Very Good Jfor
Vet Very Bail
What do we mean by a good man or
a bad one a good woman or a bad
one Most people like the young man
in the song are not very good nor yet
very bad We move about the pas
tures of life in huge herds and all do
the same tilings at the same times and
for the same reasons Forty feeding
like one Are we mean Well wo
have done some mean things in our
time Are we generous Occasionally
we are Were we good sons or dutiful
daughters We have both honored and
dishonored our parents who in their
turn had done the same by theirs Do
we melt at the sight of misery Indeed
we do Do we forget all about it when
we have turned the corner Frequently
that is so Do we expect to be put to
open shame at the great day of judg
ment We should be terribly frighten
ed of this did we not cling to the hope
that amid the shocking revelations then
for the first time made public our little
affairs may fail to attract much notice
Judged by the standards of humani
ty few people are either good or bad
I have not been a great sinner said
the dying Nelson nor had he he had
only been made a great fool of by a
woman Mankind is all tarred with the
same brush though some who chance
to be operated upon when the brush is
fresh from the barrel get more than
their share of the tar The biography
of a celebrated man usually reminds
me of the outside of a coast guards
mans cottage all tar and whitewash
Essays of Augustine Eirrell
Budapest
Americans know absolutely nothing
of one of the greatest cities of all Eu
rope said a returned traveler I re
fer to Budapest Do you believe it has
over three quarters of a million inhab
itants and is foremost in many of the
arts and sciences Take my word for
it Why it has a university with near
ly 5000 students and 230 professors
The trolley Avas developed in Buda
pest Most of the population is Mag
yar Buda has the finest Jewish syna
gogue in the empire The Danube di
viding Buda from Pest is a beautiful
stream spanned by magnificent
bridges The largest electrical works
in all Europe are in this wonderful
city Zsew York Press
The Critlj as a Fisherman
The crab sometimes catches a fish
and it catches it without hook and line
It lies in wait perhaps in some creek
with its jaws extended In front and
open Perhaps a school of killies comes
along and it may be that a killle on the
outskirts of the school may swim un
suspectingly along through the clear
water between the upper and lower
parts of one of the motionless open
claws of the crab When it is well
within them the claw suddenly snaps
together and that particular little kiiiie
goes no farther
Literary Geulnn
Why is genius so often misunder
stood asked the literary person 1
Probably answered the man who
doesnt care for poetry its because
genius so frequently fails to talk plain
ly Exchange
Womans ItlKlit
Mamie I believe in womans rits
Gertie Then you think every woman
Should have a vote Mamie No but
I think every woman should haye s
roter Chicago Kecord Herald
Eceoomr
The under crust of this apple plo t
too tough to eat
Thats the intention It can be used
again you know Cleveland Plain
Dealer
While one finds company In himself
and his pursuits he cannot feel old no
I matter what his years may be
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
In the summer of 1902 Miss
Rachel Berry a former high school
principal and C H Meeker con
ceived the idea of a public library
The business men and railroad
employees were visited and in a
few days 100000 were raised
50000 payable on demand and
50000 payable in monthly in
stallments for six months Many
citizens agreed to contribute books
from their own collections and
Judge LeHew loaned to the libra
ry ico volumes with a case to
hold them
A list of books was prepared
and sent for A room was ob
tained free of cost from the
county commissioners in the court
house the room is heated without
cost to us
The City Council seeing that
the library was an assured fact
appointed a board of directors
nine in number consisting of A
Campbell C H Meeker Den
nis Cullen John Bingham GH
Thomas Mrs W S Morlan
Mrs George Willetts Miss Rachel
Berry and Mrs S Cordeal
The council agreed to levy the
two mill tax allowed by law for
the support of the library
Our first librarian was
Millie Elbert succeeded a
Miss
year
ago by Miss Ida McCarl
The library was formally open
ed to the public on Sept 10
1902 and presented to the city
At the time we had 960 books
now we have 2493 books beside
701 congressional books and 250
bound magazines We take
three daily papers two weekly
and twenty different periodicals
From Sept 10 1902 to Jan 1
1906 we have loaned 44631
books and have had 66284 visi
tors There are 1801 borrowers
Library hours mornings from
1030 to 12 oclock afternoons
from 130 to 6 oclock evenings
from 7 to 9 oclock Sunday
afternoons from 2 to 5 oclock
Ida McCarl Librarian
BOX ELDER
W F Satchell is attending
court this week
W B Sexson finished shuck
ing corn last week
Charlej 1 Wilson is helping Geo
Shields top cane this week
W Yf Johnson sold his team
of buckskin mares to Eliza Ward
Mr and Mrs J A Modrell
visited George Shields and wife
last Sunday
Charles Masters had business in
this part of the neighborhood
last Monday
W B Sexson and family at
tended a dinner at his fathers
last Wednesday
Mr Younger and son Len F
G Lytle and Gus Morosic of this
vicinity attended the Snyder sale
last Tuesday
There will be a basket supper
at the church next Friday even
ing The proceeds go to the M
E hospital at Omaha
Falling hair means weak hair
Then strengthen your hair
feed it with the only hair food
Ayers Hair Vigor It checks
falling hair makes the hair
Hair Vigor
grow completely cures dan
druff And it always restores
color to gray hair all the rich
dark color of early life
Mr hair wm fallinc ont badly and I tras
afraid I would lose it all Then 1 tried Ayers
Ilalr Igor 1 1 quickly stopped the t alllne and
made m hair all I could wish It to be
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