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How Covrnnl Were Punished
Many of the devices by which mill
tary Indifference to life has been ma
tured and sustained are curious In
ancient Athons the public temples
were closed to those who refused mili
tary service who deserted their ranks
or lost their bucklers while a law con
strained such offenders to sit for threo
days in the public forum dressed in
the garments of women Many a Spar
tan mother would stab her son who
came back alive from a defeat and
such a man if he escaped his mother
was debarred not only from public of
fices but from marriage exposed to the
blows of all who chose to strike him
compelled to dress in mean clothing
and to wear his beard negligently
trimmed In the same way a horse
soldier who fled or lost his shield or re
ceived a wound in any save the front
part of the body was by law prevented
from ever afterward appearing in pub
lic
The First Electric Train
The earliest public trial of a passen
ger boat driven by an electric motor
was that conducted by Professor Ja
cobi of St Petersburg in the year 1838
though for four years previously he
h ad successfully experimented with
electric traction in the privacy of his
own grounds The trial of Jacobis
vessel took place on the Neva and was
witnessed by a vast crowd of people
The boat was twenty eight feet long
and ten feet wide and carried fourteen
persons
It was not until four years later that j
we find any record of a passenger car
riage driven by electricity on land and
In this case the inventor was Alexan
der Davidson of Edinburgh The car
riage was sixteen feet long by seven
feet wide and was impelled for a mile
and a half at the rate of four miles an
hour on the Edinburgh and Glasgow
railway
The Game of the Sheep
Among the gypsies of Bosnia there
Is a curious game called the game of
the sheep
You know they skin a sheep or goat
In the east by dragging the skin off
whole over its head This skin the
Bosnians drip and grease most care
fully Then they tie up the four legs
and the neck and blow it full of air so
that it looks like a very greasy badly
shaped sheep This is thrown in the
middle of a ring and each man in turn
jumps on it with bare feet until one
succeeds in bursting it The lucky one
then gets a purse Such a funny sight
as it is to see them jump and sprawl
for of course if they do not strike it at
just the right angle they slip on the
greasy surface as if it were a toboggan
6lide and go sprawling
Proof of Democracy
Ma teacher was tellin us that we
should all be on a e quality in our
schoolroom Nobody should feel any
bettern anybody else
Thats right George
Say ma can I go to school today
without washin my face None of the
rest of em washes theirs Cleveland
Plain Dealer
A Cut Artery
A quick wltted woman stopped the
flow from a cut artery in the leg by
putting the foot in three inches of
flour in a large jar and packing flour
to the top of the jar beating the flour
down with a piece of stove ood
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Start Early
for liiose Easter services Dont
go though until your beast has
Jiis fill of that extra quality
Feed for Easter
that we have provided for his ben
efit Have us send you a supply
Any and all kinds of feed you
require from feed for chickens up
to an ox we have it
THE- McCOOK MILLING
COMPANY
STORY OF THE- GLOVE
IT REACHES BACK INTO THE MOST
REMOTE AGES
CaHtomn of Zidflcrent Times In Which
Glovcn Figured The Ancient Legal
Aliaxc From Which Wan Coined tho
PhraMe Glove Money
Gloves are now worn indiscriminate
ly by rich and poor and have no spe
cial significance excepting as a com
pleting article of the toilet The an
tiquity of gloves reaches into remote
ages As early as In the reign of Rob
ert III glove manufacturers were in
corporated by charter in Perth a guild
being then established that still exists
in name although the town Is not de
voted now to the manufacture of gloves
as a leading article of commerce
A glovers company was established
in London In 34C4 but was not char
tered until 1G83 In 1GC1 a company
for the manufacture and sale of gloves
was incorporated In Worcester Eng
land where the trade flourishes at tho
present time the famous English dog
skin made really from Cape sheep
skin and of a warm tan color being
unapproached in excellence by any oth
er makers
Paris is a glove market for the whole
world In the Swiss mountains kids
are raised especially for this industry
and great pains are taken to have the
animals killed while the skin is fine
and soft Tanneries at Millau An
nonay Paris and Grenoble prepare
them for the stitchers But there are
not enough kids raised in France to
supply the great demand for gloves
and the gamins of Paris find steady
and profitable employment catching
rats at the mouths of the great drains
ot the city to eke out the trade Dogs
and even cats contribute also though
supplying an inferior article of kid
In ancient days a glove represented a
contract or pledge a substitute for the
hand being cast down by one contract
ing party to be taken up by the other
It also represented a challenge to
throw down the glove often being an in
vitation to mortal combat At tho
same time to give an enemy a glove in
a pacific manner was a pledge of faith
to break which was regarded as a
crime The borderers of Scotland were
so particular about this use of the
glove that when one of their knights
broke faith with his glove keeper they
proclaimed his perfidy by riding to ap
pointment balding aloft a spear from
the point of which the dishonored glove
dangled And if the knight was slain
by his own clan it was conceded to be
a righteous punishment
A fur lined glove worn by Henry VI
is preserved in an old mansion that
gave him shelter after the battle of
Hexham 14G4 It is of tan leather
lined with deerskin with the hair on
and turned over to form a cuff
It is recorded of unfortunate Anne
Boleyn that she possessed many pairs
of extravagant gloves and would al
ways wear them to hide certain blem
ishes on her nails which offended the
eye of the king Her royal predecessor
used to delight in making her play
cards without them as it was sure to
result in her discomfiture
Queen Elizabeth took much pride in
her gloves and made an entry in her
book of expenses of one payr of gloves
embrawret with gold which she sent
as a gift to her sister Mary She also
recorded the fact of receiving ten payr
of Spanyshe gloves from a duches in
Spayne
It has been customary for gentlemen
to remove the right hand glove when
shaking hands with a lady This cus
tom descended from an ancient one
which forbade any one to enter the
presence of royalty in gloves because
visitors were to stand unarmed with
the helmet off the head the gauntlets
off the hands to show that there were
no hostile intentions
Biting the glove is looked upon with
disfavor as an unpleasant habit but it
had once a deeper meaning a pledge
of deadly vengeance
Stern Rutherford but little said
But bit his glove and shook his head
Thus wrote Sir Walter Scott in his
Lay of the Last Minstrel
It was considered no crime for law
yers and special pleaders to take the
bribe of a pair of gloves and the cus
tom did not fall into disfavor until the
gloves were lined with coin which
gained the name of glove money To
this ancient custom can be traced the
present habit of presenting gloves to
the guests at weddings or funerals
Gloves were first worn by the clergy
to symbolize that their hands were
clean and not open to bribes
Both the old and the modern poets
have written tender verses to this ca
pricious article of feminine attire
Send me a glove you have lately
worn and I will tell your characteris
tics was the way in which an adver
tisement was worded a number of
years ago Incidentally a fee of 1
was mentioned in consideration but
the people who were enticed into send
ing their dollars were more than sat
isfied with the result The glove
reader told them the most wonderful
things about themselves the color of
the eyes and hair peculiarities of dis
position and many other things Gloves
tell tales and carry Individuality as
does a favorite perfume used by the
wearer New York News
Proud of His Complaint
I understand Jenks is suffering with
rheumatism
He has it but isnt suffering
What do you mean
Hes proud and happy The doctor
says its gout
Good and Bad
She Why do so many men go to the
bad He In their eagerness to be
known as good fellows Philadelphia
Record
ALBERT DOUGLAS
The Man Who Won a Nomination
Avray From Old Flprserii
When Albert Douglas of Chillicothe
won the Republican nomination for
congress in the Eleventh district of
Ohio away from the veteran legislator
Charles Henry Grosvenor popularly
known as Old Figgers the event at
tracted wide attention Mr Grosvenor
has been in public office thirty five
years and was first elected to congress
twenty years ago
Douglas had been waiting for some
years to inherit the mantle of General
AIiBERT DOUGLAS
Grosvenor and becoming convinced
that the doughty warrior and states
man was in no haste to cast it from
him decided on taking it by force
He carried the day at the nominating
convention by a vote of 7S to 20 The
charge was afterward made that Gen
eral Grosvenors lieutenants tried to
bribe those of Mr Douglas and that
the sum of 2000 was passed over to a
certain delegate upon the expectation
that he would bring to the Grosvenor
standard a stated number of votes
According to the story this man took
the money swung the delegation to
Douglas and then handed back the
bribe On the other hand General
Grosvenor has declared that it was a
snap convention packed by his ene
mies Mr Douglas in his address to
the nominating convention declared
for tariff revision control of railway
rates and reform In party organiza
tion He is a native of Chillicothe is
fifty four years old a graduate of
Kenyon college and the Harvard law
school and has been prosecuting attor
ney of his county
RICH IN STATUARY
New Yorks Xew Custom Honsc and
Its Sculptural DecorationN
The New York custom house which
has been erected on a historic site be
tween Bowling Green and the Battery
is one of the most notable of the struc
tures built in recent years by the fed
eral government It shows the influ
ence of the new movements in art and
architecture and its profuse decora
tions of a sculptural character give
proof of the advance made in this coun
try in appreciation of the sculptors art
An elaborate sculptural scheme has
been carried out under the supervision
of the architect of the structure Cass
Gilbert The decorations are all in-
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tended to represent an idea
suggest
something in the history or character
of the nation or remind of the great
ness of other races and civilizations
Over the arch of the main entrance is a
head of Columbia by VIncenzoAlfano
To the right and left of it are heads of
panthers to represent the most im
portant of the wild beasts found by
the colonists Above the attic over the
main entrance is a sculptural shield
representing the arms of the United
States by Karl Bitter Another dis
tinguished American sculptor Daniel
C French has modeled for the adorn
ment of the building four groups typi
fying Europe Asia Africa and Ameri
ca The sculptures above the cornice
of the main front portray In artistic
form countries and cities of Europe
One of these statues is that of Den
mark the work of Johannes Gelert
SUPERFICIAL SENTIMENT
Secret of Po rrer Lieu In Intennlty of
Emotion
Superficial sentiment is without vital
Influence Tho secret of power lies In
the Intensity of emotion but especially
so in poetry art and literature By no
hocus pocus can artists and writers
adequately depict what they do not
feel There should be a thermometer
of temperament as well as for temper
ature Feeling and emotion have their
degrees We are serene when our feel
ings are In the temperate zone indig
nant when we pass eighty three furi
ous when we reach blood heat mad at
boiling point When feeling falls be
low 50 we become Indifferent and
when it reaches freezing point we are
heartless An emotion that does not
attain the seventy sixth degree Is hard
ly worth recording At summer heat
the rarest flowers begin to bloom and
nature becomes poetic While the tem
perate is the proper sphere for pure
reason and scientific observation it is
rarely if ever proper for the highest
achievement In any art In the world
of art imagination and feeling are not
content with a serenity that touches
the borders of indifference The crea
tive instinct Is never effective unless
at a certain pitch of enthusiasm It is
the sharp clear brilliant current of
thought that electrifies the brain But
an Idea Is worthless unless we can find
a form to hold it In the best work
idea form and feeling appear to the
beholder as one An electric bolt seems
a cold thing yet a stroke of lightning
will consume more at one flash than
an ordinary fire would consume in an
hour Francis Grierson in Critic
GETTING THE NEWS
Method Adopted at the Outbreak of
the Revolutionary War
In contrast to the workings of the
newspaper of the day and of the rap
id transmission of tidings without the
aid of even a wire to guide the mes
sage is a document printed in the Berk
shire Courier at the beginning of the
Revolutionary war But evidently peo
ple were as eager then as now to hear
the news
For the Purpose of getting Speedy
and Certain Intelligence from the
at Boston We the Subscribers
hereby promise and agree to Ride from
this town to Tyringham or Sheffield
by Turns so as to bring Inteligence
from thence each Day the Sabbath ex
cepted and to Report the same at the
House of Mr Josiah Smith And in
Case no regular method is come Into
for bringing the News to Said Tyring
ham we promise to bear our propor
tionable part of the Expense in pro
curing Inteligence from Springfield
twice in each Week Witness our
hands this 3rd Day of May 1775
Following this agreement is a list of
days with the names of the citizens
who were to be rlaers Jacob Van
Deusen who agreed to be the first
man to ride to Tyringham or Sheffield
was to go for it oa Monday May 8
and Mark Hopkins was to follow on
Wednesday the service from that time
on alternating except as to the Sab
bath whicli compelled a no news in
terval of two days In the week
SPEED OF INSECTS
A Common House Fly Travels tt Mile
In Thirty three Seconds
It is the popular belief that the flight
of the birds is much swifter than that
of the insects but a number of natural
ists who have been making a study of
the matter think that such is not the
case
A common house fly for example is
not very rapid in its flight but its
wings make SOO beats a second and
send it through the air twenty five feet
under ordinary circumstances in that
space of time When the insect is
alarmed however it has been found
that it can increase its rate of speed by
over 1G0 feet per second If it could
continue such rapid flight for a mile in
a straight line it would cover that dis
tance in exactly thirty three seconds
It is not an uncommon thing when
traveling by rail in the summer time to
see a bee or wasp keeping tip with the
train and trying to get in atne of the
windows A swallow is considered one
of the swiftest of flying birds and it
was formerly thought that no insect
could escape it
A naturalist however told of an ex
citing chase he saw between a swallow
and a dragon fly which is among the
swiftest of insects The insect flew
with incredible speed and wheeled and
dodged with such ease that the swal
low despite its utmost efforts com
pletely failed to overtake it
The Water Pitcher
The following simple method of keep
ing ice water In a common pitcher Is
worth knowing Put a layer of cotton
batting between two sheets of wrap
ping paper three inches higher than
the pitcher Fasten the ends of the
paper and batting together forming a
circle Paste a cover over one end of
the batting and papor This cover
when over a pitcher must come close
to the staud and so exclude the air
and Ice will keep a long time This
paper cover will be found of great
service In a sickroom for both milk
and water pitchers
Devotion
That was a remarkable Instance of
devotion to which an Italian journal
referred some time ago wherein a hus
band on hearing that his wife looked
her best in mourning committed sui
cide that she might have an oppor
tunity to wear it London Queen
Sarcastic
Young Doctor He seems to have ev
ery confidence in my ability to save
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Wear 50 percent Longer
than the Ordinary Kind
Style No 15 The heaviest and strong
est Boys Stockings in the world 25c
Style No 10 A trifle lighter than No
15 but has Triple Knee Heel and
Toe For girls who give stockings hard
wear 25c
Try a pair of the American Beauty Hosiery and see
if you dont find them the handsomest full fashioned
made in the finest embroidery and lace effects
We can also supply you with anything you desire in
infant hosiery Wool with silk heel and toes pretty
little lace stripes in all the dainty colors and black
Also those serviceable fine ribbed lisle
AND FOR MEN
we have a full line of hosiery from the plain 12AC up
to the elaborately embroidered and fine lace patterns
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PAINTING SUNDRIES
BOX ELDER
J C Dedman who has been
quite
sick is reportedjis being better
There will be no preaching at the
church next Sunday eveningon account
of the meetings at Garden Prairie
Mrs EttaBrown who has been visit
ing her sisterMrs DB Doyle returned
to her home at Hardy Wednesday Her
niece Miss Edith Ilowiet who had been
visiting here for some time returned
with her
Mrs James Doyle is visiting this
week with her sister Mrs J H Stevens
of McCook
Call at The Tribune otlice and see
what can be done for you in the way of
reading matter for the coming year It
will save you money
A delicious
wholesome dessert
CALIFORNIA
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Flaked Wheat FoodN
C00ks in two minutes
Served as Blanc Mange
according to our recipe book
Mailed free on request
In two pound packages Sealed to protect Its
purity and flavor All good grocers
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Orders filled for special mixed paints
Painting paper hanging contracting
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REAL ESTATE
51030
Acre Tracts
Alfalfa Sugar Beets Garden Tracts
On First Bottom within one
mile of the round house will
be on the market on easy
terms
APRIL 1st 1906
Call at the office for particulars
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