THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Some Fact Which Give an Idea of
Ifs Imiucniilty
In nil the heavens with tho excep
tion of passing meteors or meteorites
xiot one body occupies n position closer
to earth tlmn the moon which is some
240000 miles away very far of
course side bv side with any earthly
distances but a mere fraction side by
side with other astronomical distances
Next to the moon our nearest occasion
al neighbor Is Venus and theu Mars
Both Venus and Mars however are
often farther away from us than the
sun which remains always at some
tvhere about the same distance rough
ly at from OOOTOOOO to 93000000 miles
Tills dividing pace between sun and
earth Is of great Importance In think
ing about the stars and It should bo
clearly Impressed upon the mind
Next to the sun in point of nearness
come the more distant planets Jupiter
which is about Ave times as far from
the sun as our earth Is Saturn nearly
twice as far as Jupiter Uranus near
ly twice as far as Saturn and Neptune
nearly three times as far as Saturn All
these planets belong to our sun all
arc members of his family all are part
of the solar system The size of the
solar system as a whole consisting
thus of the sun and his planets includ
ing our earth may be fairly well grasp
ed by any one taking the trouble to
master two simple facts They are
these that our earth Is roughly about
02000000 miles away from the sun
ami that Neptune the outermost plan
et of the solar system is nearly thirty
times as far distant from the sun as
our earth is Chambers Journal
AN ODD BIRD
Vhc IClvri of Sew Zealnml Has Some
- Rciunrkcblc Peculiarities
That queer bird the kiwi is a native
of New Zealand Its remarkable pe
culiarities are first the apparent ab
sence of wings as the plumage so
covers the small rudimentary stick
like appendage of a wing that none
whatever is apparent The situation
of the nostrils at the bills extremity
s a second peculiar feature While
hunting for earthworms it probes the
soft ground making a continual snuff
ing soum Thus the scent is evidently
of great help In finding food and the
reason for the position of the nostrils
quite apparent
A third peculiarity Is the very dispro
portionate size of the egg In compari
son io the bird it being a little less
than one fourth the birds own weight
One kiwis egg found weighed four
teen and one hajf ounces while the
bird weighed just under four pounds
sixty four ounces and was about the
size of an ordinary hen
The plumage of the kiwi is a dull
brown streaked with light gray and
the 2ody resembles a miniature hay
shock rather badly hacked off at the
rear part as nature has not provided
the kiwi with such decoration as a tail
The absence of wings is compensated
for by Its swiftness of foot and the
Large clumsy looking legs which are
sometimes used as weapons are placed
Ear back on the oddly shaped body
St Nicholas
That Was All
A young girl who is always trying
some new thing was present once
when the doctor set a neighbors bro
ken arm She was sure that she knew
exactly how it was done and rather
anxious to put her new knowledge into
practice Some time later a hen out
us Hie chicken yard broke its leg The
girl directly announced that she meant
fo -set it and make it as good as
oew Accordingly it was put Into a
plaster cast and left for the proper
Fength of time to knit When the day
came to take off the cast the girl ran
out to the henhouse In great eagerness
to see the result Presently there was
x scream that brought every member
of the family to her side The chicken
was jumping miserably over the ground
eidewise instead of directly forward
You know a hens leg has a crook
Well she had crooked it the wrong
way that was all
Aliens Iu Old London
Here is a curious report of thealiens
In London in the year 15G7 There
beint a great increase of foreigners in
Ene city her majesty ordered the lord
mayor to take the name quality and
profession of all strangers residing
within the city of London The list
was headed by the item Scots 40
Other nations were represented by
French 428 Spaniards and Portu
gnese 43 Italians 140 Dutch 2030
Bnrgundians 44 Danes 2 Liegeois 1
Sharks Tail For Luck
Attached to the extreme end of the
bowsprit of a sailing vessel there may
sometimes be seen a piece of some ma
terial that looks remarkably like leath
er This seeming piece of leather Is
really a sharks tail It is placed there
because the sailors think that it augurs
good luck believing that pleasant voy
ages will be their lot while it remains
there Instead of the bowsprit the tall
Es at times nailed to the top of one of
the masts London King
Different
Why dont you elope with her
Bnt good gracious man if you are
gerfectly willing for me to marry your
daughter I cannot see any object fo bo
attained by our eloping
Cant you How will it be If I of
fer half of what I save on the wed
ding Houston Post
The Main Point
What do you think That boss poli
tician says he has divorced himself
finnn politics
TChen Ill bet he secured alimony
Baltimore American
Common sense In an uncommon de
gree is what the world calls wisdom
Coleridge
I Gossip About
Literary Folk
IWB
FREDERICK A OBKU
NTEIIEST In
the character
of Columbus
is revived by the
occurrence tills
month of the four
hundredth - anni
versary of his
death Columbus
has been taken
by Frederick A
Ober as the sub
ject of the second
volume of his
Heroes of Amer
ican History se
ries Mr Ober
spent two years
In visiting all places associated with
Columbus In Spain and America as
the result of a commission received
of the remains of the great explorer
In his Columbus the Discoverer he
has this to say as to the long disputed
question of the island upon which the
explorer first set foot on reaching this
side of the Atlantic
No one may positively assert that
he can Identify the admirals landfall
or the coast he sighted on that memo
rable October morn in 1492 To the
first island I found he wrote in his
to pass the Indians call it Guanahani
But where that island lies and just
where Columbus landed are matters of
dispute today Many enthusiastic in
vestigators have tried to trace the
agings of the admiral following after
him with chart and compass but
whether he first landed on Cat island
on Watllngs or on Eleuthera the only J
thing Ave can affirm is that the island i
lies somewhere midchain of the Balm-
mas I
Theodora Peck author of Hester of
the Grants a Romance of Old Benning
ton is a daughter of the Green Moun
tain State and also a daughter of a hero
see she was clover enough not to let
any one know It If she had Insisted
on coming out In public speeches her
actual Influence would have been no
stronger and her husbands position
would have been less agreeable
Then blimmlng Is the saving feml
nine grace Inquired one
I Its a good thing hurts no one
amuses people and keeps the world off
No one ever finds out that a blimmlng
woman Is cleverer than her husband
rmii ji -
and beautiful tilings are lost by it
Hamlin Garland whose stories of
frontier life have done so much to
present the Indian problem from the
red mans point of view makes co-
from the Worlds Columbian pious notes for his novels though he
tion and his Investigations have seldom refers to them again except for
thrown much light on the vexed basic facts He finds that the mere
tions of the first lauding place of Co- effort of writing them down serves to
lumbus and of the final resting place organize them in
his mind Some
times a whole par
agraph takes form
in his mind and
this he sets down
as a keynote or
color note which Is
to govern some
particular chapter
Sometimes as in
makinsr his studies
journal I gave the name of San Sal- j for The Captain IIAMLIJf garland
vador or St Saviour In 0f the Gray Horse Troop he plans a
brance of his high majesty who hath j whole chapter or part of a eonversa
marvelously brought all these things tion His fundamental principle as re-
deed she replied
Is there any particular reason why
Sou should like it asked Mr Garland
Well I find it is a splendid book to
read because there are so many pages
The Iliac In the River
It Is little short of astonishing to
Bee how little water Is required to float
the southern river steamers a boat
loaded with perhaps a thousand bales
of cotton slipping along contentedly
where a boy could wade across the
stream Once however the Chatta
hoochee got too low for even her light
draft commerce and at Gunboat
shoals a steamer grounded As the
drinking water on board needed re
plenishing a deck hand was sent ashore
7 u L mr T7 with a couple of water buckets Just
of married bliss What I object to Is 1
ftt ms moment a northern traveler
the idea constantly rosterea by tne
public speaking women of England
those who insist on doing mens work
that women who dont take part in
such things are not such noble crea
tures as those who do I see nothin
proached the captain of the boat and
asked him how long he thought they
would have to stay there
Oh only until that man gets back
with a bucket of water to pour Into
the river the captain replied
to be gained by taking up masculine I ently tbe han1 retumed and the
burdens and I believe some very sweet
stale water from the cooler was
emptied overboard Instantly to the
amazement of the traveler the boat
began to move
Well If that doesnt beat thunder
he gasped
The fact was that the boat touching
the bottom had acted as a dam and
there was soon backed up behind her
enough water to lift her over the shoal
and send her on down the stream
Harpers Weekly
A Renmrlsnule Career
General Sam Houston was not only
a great Texan but probably the most
striking and commanding figure which
has yet appeared in the public life of
the far southwest born in Virginia
taken to Tennessee at an early age
whence while yet in his teens he went
to war with Andrew Jackson against
the Creek Indians desperately wound
ed in the battle of the Horseshoe Bend
adjutant general of Tennessee and a
representative in congress from that
state governor of Tennessee In his
1 1 S J 1 J 1 i 1n lIn I Tfrtitfli tm n I r 1 tnin yn frtir liic
garUS U1S SUUy IliUblllg 13 IU UUSK Uia jjuum mauicu ociiuiuiuu um
work always upon actual experience
and observation
The author once sat beside a school
girl on a train in western New York
Glancing at the book she was reading
he saw it was one of his own novels
Naturally he was delighted and with
an ingratiating smile said
I beg your pardon miss but do you
like that book
wife in two months resigning imme
diately as governor self exiled for
years among the Cherokee Indians
emigrating to Texas In 1S32 member
of the convention of 183G which de
clared Texas to be an Independent re
public general and commander in
chief of the army which achieved in
dependence at San Jiciuto twice
president of the republic United States
Oh yes sir I like it very much in- - senator and governor of the state
C A in F sribners
John Doe Proceedings
John Doe proceedings were abol
ished by law in Great Britain in 1832
of the civil war General Theodore S j cau sklp Previous to that time John Doe had
reck wnose oravery m tne cause or j rphen he novelist Dut on his thinkinc figured in the old fashioned ejectment
his country was recognized in the be
stowal upon him of a congressional
medal of honor With her youthful
imagination kindled by recitals of
deeds of patriotism and heroism
which her family
had a part she
early began writ
ing stories and
poems of love and
war She was born
in Burlington In
1S82 and her first
poem was pro
duced at the age of
seven When she
was fifteen she
wrote some verses
about the sinking
THEODORA PECK
of the battleship Maine entitled By
the Hand of an Unseen Foe which
were copied widely over the country
She was only nineteen when she wrote
Hester of the Grants Old Benning
ton the scene of the tale Is one of
historic interest around which cluster
memories of the Revolutionary period
It is a story of the New Hampshire
Grants the Green Mountain Boys
and Ethan Allen and among the inci
dents are some relating to the famou
battle of Bennington during Burgoynes
Invasion
Soon after the first linotype typeset
ting machine was installed in New
Mexico said former Delegate Rodey
a friend and myself went over to tho
newspaper office where it was working
and took a look at it It is a wonder
ful machine as everybody knows My
friend was much impressed He walked
around the machine and looked at it
in awe and wonder and kept saying to
himself Gee whiz That Is an intel
ligent machine Aint that the dern
dest most intelligent machine you ever
did see Its plumb human
Finally he was overcome by his ad
miration He took off his hat and
made a low bow to the machine and
said We certainly would feel highly
honored Mr Machine if you all would
consent to come out and take a drink
with us
When Mrs Pearl Mary Craigie bet
ter known as John Oliver Hobbes
came from England to visit America
she brought over here a new word It
ls blimmlng She was talking about
the English women who speak in cam
paigns and remarked Blimming is a
womans forte In public
What Is blimmlng some one In
quired
Why dont you know blimming
said the author
8fSggfj
JOHN OLTVEB
HOBBES
Its just
talking
and talking pleas
ant things and say
ing nothing Thats
what all clever wo
men do in public
There was Mrs
Gladstone she
used to blim all
the time Every
one Bald she was
charming and
sweet and lovely
to look upon but
most persons thought that she did
not know a thing What a woman
Gladstones got they would say She
doesnt understand a thing about big
affairs But he told her everything
and those who know best say that she
was the greatest help to him but you
- l
cap and gazed out of the window
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who pro-
I organize themselves into a motor army
to defend the coast m case of Invasion
hi ft fnc Hienlnva n ri Aif Jnoroaf in I
delivered to B an entirely false state
mHfom mf
military matters almost as much as - -v
nfl J lUf lp P
CONAN DOYLE
Rudyard
JOHN BUHBOUGH3
He was In jail
action for the recovery of the posses
sion of land together with damages
for the wrongful withholding thereof
For various reasons of convenience
I and history dating from the reign of
1 Edward III A did not proceed against
B directly in such a case Instead A
He has taken a
prominent part in
tho movement that
is now on foot to
Increase the num
ber of effective
fighting men by en
couraging rifle
shooting in all parts
of the United King
dom Besides mak
ing many speeches
and writing fre
quent articles on
the subject the author of The White
Company and Brigadier Gerard re
cently set a practical example by hav
ing a miniature rifle range built on his
picturesque estate at Hindhead and in
viting the young men of the neighbor
hood to use it and the result is that
there now exists In the locality a regu
lar rifle club of which the novelist Is
said to be one of the best marksmen
Sir Conan Doyles first story was
written at the age of six and was
about a tiger that swallowed a man
When the budding writer had got the
man inside the tiger he had to finish
the story but as he sagely observed
it was easier to get a man into a scrape
than to get him out of it When telling
stories to his schoolmates he insisted
on tarts as payment leaving off with
some exciting statement such as
Raising the knife in midair or and
then the wicked marquis saw and de
clining to continue without a further
supply of pastry a case to reverse the
familiar saying of no supper no
song
John Burroughs the naturalist poet
and essayist who accompanied Presi
dent Roosevelt on one of his camping
trips in the west has written an ar
ticle for the Atlantic about the experi
ence The poet in describing one of
the evenings spent
with the president
In 4he wilderness
says
One night In
camp he told us
the story of one of
his rough riders
who had just writ
ten him from some
place in Arizona
The rough riders
wherever they are
now look to him
In time of trouble
This one had come
to grief In Arizona
So he wrote the president and his let
ter ran something like this
Dear Colonel I am In trouble I shot a
lady In the eye but I did not Intend to
hit the lady I was shooting at my wife
And the presidential laughter rang
out over the treetops To another
rough rider who was In jail accused of
horse stealing he had loaned 200 to
pay counsel on his trial and to his
surprise In due time the money came
back Tho ox rough rider wrote that
his trial never came off We elected
our district attorney And theJangh
ter again sounded and drowned tb0
noise of the brook near by
tutu L uuu uutiouu tut iuiju lu juuu
for a term of years and John had
been ousted from it by the equally
fictitious Richard Roe Then Rich
ard informed B that he was not going
to defend the action himself but B
must do it and so on Occasional
by way of variety John Doe gave
place to one Goodtitle
Columbia River Tlirlee Named
The Columbia river has had three
names It was first called the Oregon
Afterward it was called the St Roque
but when It was discovered by Robert
Gray in 1792 it was given the name of
his vessel the Columbia in place of
the two floating appellations Oregon
and St Roque According to Whitney
the original name of the river was the
Orejon big ear or one that has big
ears the allusion being to the custom
of the Indians who were found in its
region of stretching their ears by bor
ing them and crowding them with or
naments
Why Is Itt
Here Is a question in naval science
which Is to the average sailor man a
riddle unsolved Take a vessel of say
2300 tons place on it a cargo of 3500
tons This gives you a total of G000
tons nitch a little tug to this ves
sel and she will yank the big craft
along at the rate of six or eight knots
an hour Now put the tugs machinery
in the big vessel It wont move her
half a knot an hour Why is this
When Yon Take a Bath
When drying off after a bath stand
in the bathtub In water up to the an
kles When rubbed with coarse towels
until the body is all aglow step out
and wipe the feet This prevents that
uncomfortable chilly feeling experienc
ed if one steps immediately out of a
bathtub full of water on to the bath
mat
Love
We never can say why we love but
only that we love The heart Is ready
enough at feigning excuses for all that
It does or Imagines of wrong but ask
it to give a reason for any of its beau
tiful and divine motives and it can
only look upward and be dumb Low
ell
A Kindly Provlblon of Nntnre
The codfish said the professor
lays considerably more than 1000
000 eggs
It ls mighty lucky for the codfish
that she doesnt have to cackle over
every egg said the student who came
from a farm
Not Gnllty
Lawyer You say you left home on
the 20th Witness Yes sir Lawyer
And came back on the 25th Wit
ness Yes sir Lawyer severely
What were you doing In the interim
Witness Never was In such a place
We are all wise The difference be
tween persons Is not In wisdom but In
art Emerson
HPWaitcCo
Is Headquarters
FOR HAY TOOLS
Because They Handle the
McCormick Line
OF
Mowers
Self Dump Rakes
Four Wheel Push Sweep Rakes
Two Wheel Pull Sweep Rakes
And Swing Stackers
This is without doubt the best line of hay tools ever
sent out by any firm We have them all in stock right
here in McCook ready for immediate delevery If you
buy these goods you will be sure that you are getting
the best
H P
WAITE CO
SALL5 Hair Ren
INDIAW0LA
Cool weather
GVV Short has returned from Omaha
Wni Rishell who has been seriously
ill is improving
Mr Hedges shipped two cars of cattle
to St Joe Sunday night
Mr Cook the barber will move into
the Ta lor property soon
Gus Kryder was in our vicinity this
week greeting old friends
A portion of Indianolas ball team
played in Lebanon Decoration Day
Tim Haleys new barn is completer
Luke Hayden did the carpenter work
Miss Alma Noe of Danbury is in town
this week visiting relatives and friends
Miss Grace Phillips school at Danbury
closed last Friday and she is at home
now
Elmer Thompson 13 in Kansas City
taking treatment for his health which is
poor
The Widow Baker of Bartley visited
with the family of Norman Baker last
week
Orson Lee returned from Oxford a
short time ago He has been painting
there
John Strunk our hustling real estate
man is out in the county this week on
business
II WKeyes went down to Cambridge
Monday morning returning on No 5 in
the evening
W G Sheppard the jeweler has had
his shop painted which adds much to
its appearance
Mr and Mrs Henry Shouse were the
guests of Daniel Wolfe and family Sat
urday and Sunday
Miss Daisy Dean who lives near Cam
bridge was the guest of Mamie Mann a
few days last week
Eev E Smith of tbe M E church
preached the memorial sermon Sunday
to a large congregation
L BSimmons has been given a sta
tion at Edison and went down Wednes
day to take charge of it
John Balding has rented the R E
Smiths new house and will move into
it about the first of June
Miss Little who has been making her
home at L J Hollands for some time
past has gone to Denver on a visit
And we are going to have another
meat market in town before many moons
Ward Quigley will be the proprietor
Miss Grace Phillips who taught in
Danbury last term is at home for her
vacation She is elected to teach there
another year
E J Mitchell and family and James
Barnes and wife of McCook drove down
to Indianola Wednesday to attend the
exercises here
The ball game which was to have
taken place Friday afternoon did not
materialize The Danbury Juveniles
failed to appear
Mr Webber and family and Miss
Ledia Fiddler were among many Bartley
ites who attended Decoration Day ex
ercises at this place
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VEGETABLE SICILIAN
ewer
Perhaps you like your gray hair then keep it Perhaps not
then remember Hails Hair Renewer always restores color to
gray hair Stons falling hair also
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it r 11111 IU tllUiU3 1 u
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Quite a crowd of Indianola youngsters
drove out north of town Sunday after
noon to watch tho ball game
Mrs Maude Calhoun who has been
visiting her parents here went to Mc
CookMonday night to visit awhile with
relatives
Mr and Mrs W McCulIum drove
down to Cambridge Sunday to meet
Jinimie who arrived there on 13 from
Oklahoma where he has been for tl e
past two or three years
Miss Stella McCool accompanied by
the Misses Streff Miss Ena Gamsby
and Miss Nancy Stevens took supptr
at the McCool ranch north oftown latt
Sunday and took in tho ball game
The commencement exercises were
held in Shorts opera house Friday
eveningand were attended by a crowded
house The stage was prettily decorated
i with the class colors scarlet and cream
also their class flowers White carna
tions were grouped in lovely profusion
on and about the stage Selected music
and singing were pleasant features of
the occasion There were six graduates
this year Thoy were Blanche Crab
tree Bennie Smith Robbin Stewart
Georgia Short Neal Quick and Bessie
Toogood J W Dolan presented tho
diplomas
RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 1
They have a fine boy baby at Frank
Dudeks
Tho Leibbrandt boys killed 13 coyotes
this week
Miss Zella Bowers is recovering from
her illness
Ralph Warfield was kicked above the
right knee and is laid up for repairs
The carrier had a vacation Decora
tion day thanks to uncle Sams gener
osity
The German Lutheran church has
been repainted and nicely overhauled
inside and presents a much improved
appearance
Mr and MrsFrank Dudek mourn tho
death of their baby son Wednes
day May 30th at their home southeast
of McCook The little remains were
mingled with Mother Earth inLongview
cemetery Thursday Rev MBCarman
officiating at the brief services at the
grave The young folks have tendorest
sympathy
CARD OF THANKS
We are most grateful to tho neighbors
and friends for their helpand sympathy
in the illness and death of our son
Mr and Mrs Frank Dcdek -
Dynamo Srlren from Oar Axle
The Great Western Railway of Eng
land is lighting Its corridor trains by
electricity obtained from dynamos
driven from the car axle Storage bat
teries are carried for use when the
running sped is slow and for stops
t5flrytlffical EntbnilMm
It may b soted as an agreeable evi
dence of the spread of Egyptological
enthusiasm la America that nearly
half the aggregate ineosa of the fund
lor the last year came from tha
United Ststac London Spectator
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