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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1906)
Slipper Time THE Oxford Time Wo cun and will 10 pliund to t bovv jou a full line of Babies Childrens Misses and Ladies Slippers and Oxford Ties in Whito Canvas Kid Patent Leather Tans in welts hand tnrnid high low and s j ring heel Not the xtunio toe or price but a line carefully selected for stjle fit and comfort Dont forget that we alwajs cany the LOW OMFORT SHOE for home wear GENTLEMENS LOW UTS and DANCING PUMPS If jou aie a customer of ours we will be glad to tnUe crre of jour f otwi ar Nailing and nuvhig iihviijs giatis NOT HIE ONLY ONLY BUT JUST BEE The Farmers Mutual SSFl EYESIGHT OR TEETH Why is it that you -will spend 500 1000 or 2000 yes even 10000 upon your teeth -while you wear a 300 pair of glasses with no thought of the damage you may be inflicting upon your sight The -answer is sim ple The field of optics like the field of medicine dentistry etc must im prove with educational advantages and be taken from the hands of the spectacle peddler no matter fibw elaborate may be his apparent means of testing sight etc and placed into HIV - - - II I II 1 1 I I I I II II II II II I I 1 1 l INSURE WITH Insurance Company OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA The Cheaptst and Most Reliable in the Slate Owned operated and controlled by farmers entirely Over 54000000 in force 51417 1 1 losses paid in 1905 JOHlflUMffiSS IcCook Neb -1 v K E jj Phone Local Agent Free Free This High Grade 8 Day AN IDEAL CLOCK 3wfiBMKwwSwES3tAVniHBfek - EJISgBclHllflMEpHHBjHlK 1 lcllILCl lUttt i will be given away absolutely free with purchase checks One check with every 10 cents purchased i Tiaaorinfinn Roet hlnrlr minmnlpfl wood cilfc 5 feet and t ide oriiutnunts marbleized columns willi Silt embosed capitals Kilt t asli white dial with I fancy silt center cathedral song and half hour ueii striKe o nay i auuut ic This beautiful clock is now on dis play at THE IDEAL BARGAIN DEPOT Opposite P O McCook Neb wffivs Rmsafesf the itive fl m e WLraiitiwvw myyf Dr E Q Valine 1 Office over McAdams Store J Phone 190 o arvjiJ ElfTIST Stokes Grocery i1 PHONE 30 CITIZENS BANK BLOCK MCOOK NEB E J HITCHELL Auctioneer Catalogue and Sale Bills Compiled Stock and Farm write ups Satisfaction Guaranteed With the Republican McCook Nebraska EYESIGHT 00 1 the hands of competent opticians who make a study of preserving eyesight by the aid of glasses properly fitting glasses The Kryptok Invisible Bifo cal Lenses are a wonderful improve ment over the old style bifocals and possess great advantages which are entirely absent In the others If in terested in further information about these lenses -send your name and ad dress to the Columbian Bifocal Co Temple Court Denver Cofo makers and distributors for the west THE PALACE OF DOOM STRANGE LEGEND OF A MYSTERIOUS STATUE IN ROME It Pointed the Way to a Scene of Silent and Daxzlingr Snlendbr The Fate of the Man Who Solved the Enigma of the Finger Mensage There stood in Rome many ages ago a beautiful marble statue the mystery of which attracted the attention of all the wise men from far and near -Nobody could remember when It had been erected and nobody knew what It meant It was the figure of- a woman tall strong and supple She stood erect with her right arm outstretched her mantle falling in graceful folds about her figure on her face a look half smile half frown luriug yet appeal lug but always holding the observer by a strange feeling that it roused of mystery glory and horror But even all that written so clearly in the mystic signs that art uses might have been overlooked by the people bad it not been for a more material nuzzle nresented bv the statue itl S3n nC 4I11 rtiWc4 rtf silirwl linrwl Willi UUgLT Ul LlJi UllliUtHutU Uillili was written in unfading letters Strike here And therein lay the mystery Years came and went and wise men puzzled their brains to find the secret Seers from faroff lands came to Rome attracted by the statue and still it stood mute cold inexplicable One day a young man stood before it lie had grown up with the idea of solving the mystery and ench day since he was a little child he had como for a few moments and stood silently gazing at the strange countenance lie had learned to love the face the wise lips that looked as If they might part and tell the secret that ages had yearned to know but through these ages only he had been sincere in his search Faithful through all disap pointments he had gained strength and wisdom and now as he stood before the statue the sun halfway up the eastern sky shone full upon the image A strange thrill passed through the man and looking in the direction in dicated by the pointing finger he saw some yards away the shadow of the outstretched -hand on the ground He gave a low cry and after noting the spot well he departed That night at midnight he went to the place and began to dig in tho ground where the shadow of the hand had fallen A long time ho worked never ceasing his digging when sud denly his spade struck something hard Then his zeal increased and clear ing a space he saw beneath him a trap door with a great stone ring Grasp ing the ring he pulled open the door and started back dazzled for a Hood of light burst upon him from out of the depths Quickly recovering the young man looked again and beheld a wide mar ble staircase descending from the trap door Throwing down his spade ho passed through tho door down tho steps and found hinvself in a vast hall The floor of this room was of marble pure white while the walls and ceiling were of the same material in many colors The huge pillars upholding the vast dome shone like alabaster Rare paintings hung upon the walls and rich rugs lay strewn upon the floor In the center of the room a fountain stood The water in its basin was as pure as crystal but not a ripple stirred its surface and no pleasant lapping charmed the ear as it does when water falls from on high for though tho fountain was apparently perfect no water rose from it to fall again On seats running around this silent fountain Avere many men in rich bro cades and costly fur robes Lifelike they looked but to the touch they were as marble It was as if in the midst of life death had come and petrified these beings In mockery Around on tables and benches were scattered piles of gold and precious gems Delicate enameled vases and swords inlaid with gems added their wealth to the place But rarest of all the gems was a great carbuncle which stood in a cor ner of the room and from which came the sole light by which the place was relieved from darkness In the corner opposite to this stone stood an archer his bow bent his arrow on the string aimed at the carbuncle On his bow shining with reflected light were the words T am that I am My shaft is in evitable Yon glittering jewel cannot escape its stroke As he looked on all this in silent won der the young Roman heard a voice ut ter one word Beware Then he passed Into the nest room and found it fitted up as magnificently as the one he had just left All man ner of couches were about this room and reclining on them were wonder fully beautiful women But their lips were sealed in this place of silence From there he passed on finding many more wonders rooms filled with treasures of art stables filled with fine horses granaries filled with forage Everything that could make a palace complete was there The young Roman returned to the hall T have here seen he said what no man will believe I know that of this wealth I should take nothing but to prove to them that I speak truth can be no harm Then he took in his arms a jeweled sword and some rare vases but sud denly all was dark The charm was broken The arrow had left the bow and shattered the car buncle into a thousand pieces Pitch darkness overspread the place Then the young man remembered the Warnlng but too late And there he probably adds one more to the silent watchers in the magic chamber- Has this story a moral Let -those answer who have eyes to sea 3 y J HER MARRIAGE A FAILURE Conntciift dl Cantclnienardo and Her Brilliant Social Career The Countess dl Castelmeiiardo who Is suing for separation from her titled husband was formerly Miss Edith Van Buren of New York and was a noted figure In American circles abroad She Is a grandnlece of the late President Martin Van Buren nnd daughter of tho late General Thomas Van Buren who was United States minister to Japan She was married in 1900 to Count Ves slcblo Gurgo dl Castelmenardo son of the Duchess Tortora Brayda dl Belve dere Giuditta Gurgo dl Castelmenardo W Sfawt tSi 111 THE COUNTESS Dl CASTELMKNAKDO of Naples The count lias been con victed of unfaithfulness and as pro vided by Italian law sentenced to three months imprisonment and to pay the costs of the action The countess is a globe trotter she has been around the world several times won fame by roughing it in the Klon dike has traveled in South America has been admired by King Leopold of Belgium and has ruled as a belle at European fashionable resorts A VERSATILE GENIUS Oscar Humnierxteln Impremirio and His Achievement Oscar Ilammersteiii who proposes to give productions of grand opera in New York on a magnificent scale and yet at prices within the reach of the masses believes in legacies lie wants to leave a legacy to the people when he dies Others have left libraries and colleges and hospitals and art galleries but nobody seems to have thought of leaving a home of music an educator of musical taste at theater prices This is what he hopes the Manhattan Opera House which he is now building will be It will be a rival to the Met ropolitan Opera House which has nev er had a rival before Its existence will mean competition for the services o the great operatic singers -with cor responding benefits to the pockets of the latter and Mr Haminerstein prom ises that the works produced at his opera house will reach a high standard The impresario is one of the most versatile men in the theatrical world He has made fortunes and lost them several times Ho has built some half dozen big amusement places in his time and has won distinction in vari ous ways as a purveyor of public en tertainment Mr Haminerstein came to this country from Germany before he had reached his majority and land ed in New York penniless and friend less He found employment in a cigar store and learned to roll cigars One ftiMS n OSCAB HAiniEKSTEIN day he thought out a machine which would make a hundred cigars while a man was making one He had been getting married about that time the rent was due and he had no money with which to pay it There was very little in the cupboard though the Ham merstelns were good eaters Neverthe less he came home to a scanty meal with a cheerful countenance for on the table in front of his plate he laid a certified check for 6S000 the sum realized from the sale of his invention He afterward made over 200000 from another cigar making invention and he has invented and patented many other devices some forty in all has built apartment houses composed operas and tried his hand at a variety of other things This colloquy once occurred between him and an Interviewer How much do you sleep Four hours a day And eat A banana for lunch breakfast and dinner very light and simple My ex penses come easily within 150 a day Drink Not at all No Hkee Never drank a glass of champagne In ray life Nev er touched a card either or bet at a race track or Insured my life ODD WATER WHEELS But Float on Stream IlnRe Ohc Make a Illver Lift Itself The people of Syria and TIflls make their streams do things that Americans do not seem to have learned the secret of persuading the water courses of this country to perform At TIflis the natives have learned how to utilize the power of the current of the river Kur without building dams What they have accomplished possibly might be done by an Ameri can farmer living on tlie banks of a rapidly moving stream and desiring a small cheap power The Caucasians build floats on the surface of the river Into tbem are set water wheels The whole affair is fastened to the bank in such a way that it will rise and fall with any change In the level of the surface of the river so that the power Is about constant all the time In llama the ancient entering In of Hamath the Syrians have accomplish ed a feat that makes one think of lift ing oneself over a fence by tugging at ones bootstraps They have harnessed the historic Orontes or Nahr el Asi as the Syrians call it Into the work of lifting itself many feet toward the ze nith and trained It thus to water their fruitful gardens and orchards As for size the water wheels which do this work are as to other water wheels what Niagara is to other water falls As one stands by one of these great wooden frames revolving upon its wooden axle and looks up at its perimeter forty feet above one thinks it large and is astonished when he turns his gaze up stream to see that relatively it is not a great wheel for In the distance looms up one sixty feet in height Even then he Is not prepared for the spectacle of one ninety feet in diameter grunting around on its cum brous axle just outside the town Life in llama for some people Is like the liking of others for olives an acquired taste because of these very water wheels According as one feels about It It is a musical city or one filled with nerve racking groans Day and night without ceasing these mass ive slow revolving structures utter speech For those who have acquired a taste for their companionship the never ceasing tones are soothing resembling the ocean roar or a slow fugue played on some cjdopean organ The dia pason tones are deeper and louder than the deepest organ stop Now they are in unison now repeating the theme one after another now for a brief mo ment in a sublime harmony never to be forgotten according to one traveler then once more together in a tremen dous chorus The sounds are describ ed as a slow movement up the scale followed with a heavy drop to the key note as Do mi sol do do do do sol la do do do This unceasing Sisyphean music it is said has been going on for a century at least New York Tribune POINTED PARAGRAPHS How hard a man falls after having been boosted too high When a man gets the baby to sleep how proud he is of himself There is usually enough humiliation in all our lives to keep us modest It is not the stingy man who be comes a burden as age approaches it is the spendthrift A pathetic admission older people of ten make is The romance has all been knocked out of me What has become of the old fash ioned woman who called her friends copycat when tlvey bought something like hers When a man is reasonably happy and content it doesnt just happen He is compelled to use common sense and work to an end Atchison Globe Estimating a Horses Height The Arabs have two methods of esti mating the height to which a colt will grow the first being to stretch a cord from the nostril over the ears and down along the neck and compare this measurement with that from the with ers to the feet and the other method being to compare the distance between the knee and the withers with that from the knee to the coronet In the first method It is considered that a colt will grow as much taller as the first measurement exceeds that of the second and in the second method if the proportion is as two to one the horse will grow no taller Birds That Carry Their Young The woodcock it is said has been known to carry away her young when threatened with danger She places them on her spread feet pressing them between the toes and the breast A naturalist says many woodcocks also carry their young down to marshy feeding grounds in the evening re turning before dawn In fact they have no means of feeding their young except by carrying them to their food for they cannot convey their food to them Xot a Bombardment Kissam Has her papa ever fired you Higgins He has never resorted to bombardment His tactics are more In the nature of a passive blockade How is that When I call to see his daughter he remains In the parlor during the whole of the Interview Also When Is n Sea Dog Maw What is It Johnny Do the ocean greyhounds ever bite the ocean tramps Louisville Courier Journal It is very easy to get angry with somebody for doing what it would be very unreasonable for anybody to get angry over if you do It McCook Market Quotations Corrected Friday afternoon Corn 35 Whoat 60 Oats TA Rye 0 Barley 25 Mom v 5 8 Ews 7 ls GoodBnttot IS PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES Kantj Yu Woi Tho lender of tho Re form Association who escaped from China in 1898 when upon tho ordor of the Empress Downpor his associates were beheaded Sinco thon ho has been making a study of conditions in various countries and is now in Mexico writing his observations for circulation in China through tho reform press has written nn article on Tho hostility of China Tho ennses of the boycott of American goods Anger at tho closing of tho Philippines to tho Chinoso Tho now China willing to imitate American ways except in family life A Corn Gospel Train by Eugono P Lylo Jr The story of n trip through Nebraska adding nonrly S100000000 to the wealth of n state by adding a few kernels to tho ears of corn Lectures to farmers that are resulting in a now kind of farming Shall Niagara ho saved The Gigantic circle of Financial interests that are rapidly making certain tho de struction of the Cataract How tho economic forces of this movement toward destruction have passed out of the power of the companies to stop thorn An international treaty tho only rem edy by French Strothcr A personal study of tho Japaneso Emperor His characteristics and working habits His attitude to his people and their worshipful relation to him The important part that ho plays in tho government and in the sentiment of tho nation Anecdotes of his private life and an explanation of the imperial house bold By Mary Crawford Fraser Library hours mornings 1030 to 12 oclock afternoons from 130 to G oclock evenings from 7 to 9 oclock Sunday afternoons from 2 to oclock COLEMAN Geo Troendly has sold his farm R E Divine took a load of potatoes to McCook Wednesday C W Lepper has sold his farm here He is here now visiting his children Rev Holmes of the Baptist church of McCook preached at Zion Hill church last Tunday Jake Betz J N Smith E Bair W M Sharp W M Rozell and several others were in McCook Wednesday Mr and Mrs L II Lindemann of McCook drove through this place last Sunday on their way to attend the wedding of her brother Leslie Jones and Miss Alice Stewart We wish them a long happy and prosperous life BOX ELDER Clarence Stone is working for Stephen Bolles F W Eastons family has been having the measles Mrs S D Bolles closed an eight months school last Satur day The carpenters commenced work on W B Wolfs new house this week Next Sunday will be a rally day in the Sunday School The little tots will give an entertain ment Sunday morning and the cradle roll will be organized Everybody invited to attend the services and especially those hav ings mall children to enroll come and bring them Mow it Looks We want you to step in and see even if you dont buy the goods we have opened and we will open for our spring attrac tions We want you to see the beautiful stationery to arrive soon too in fact how it all looks Plenty of opportunities to make purchases with a small outlay of funds The Ideal Bargain Depot mJ lt Write JAKE BETZ McCook Neb for terms on Auctioneering He will do your work right DR R J GUNN DENTIST pho m Office Booms 3 and 5 Walsh Blk McCook C L Walker - PAINTING and PAPER HANGING First Door North of Suttons Jewelry Store McCook Neb vV ill h I 9 f