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SPECIALS
Opening of
Huntley Lands
33000 acres
near llilligs
system Juno
register for
Finest prize
ment Cost
divided into
Kovernment irrigated land
Montana opened by lottery
20 cheap excursion rates to
these rich irrigated lands
yet offered by the govern
approximately 30 an acre
ten yearly payments Get
details
To Pacific
Coast
Specially low round trip California rates
Jnne Sth to 15th June 22nd to July 5th
Also to Portland Seattle and Spokane
June 20th to July 12th Daily low rate
Coast tours commencing June 1st
Slightly higher via Shasta route
Good Chances
Eastwards
Daily low Jamestown Exposition rates
with tide trips available for New York
Philadelphia Boston Atlantic Coast re
fortsl Also July 3rd to Gth very cheap to
Saratoga with side trips to New York
also July 11th to 13th to Philadelphia
Big Horn
Basin
Wo run personally conducted homeseek
ers excursions Juno 4th and ISth under
guidance of D Clem Deaver General
Agent Landseekors Information Bureau
Round trip 2000
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GEORGE S SCOTT
Ticket Agent McCook Neb
L W WAKELEY G P A Omaha Neb
BEGGS CHERRY COUGH
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PAILU0AD NEWS ITEMS
The pay ear ia scheduled for this
afternoon nt 530
Ed Emberling is arranging to mnko n
Denver visit soon
W F Meyers made Conductor George
Martins run Tuesday
Mas 11 A Roueh is in Chicago for
an operation on her spine
Gang Barn Turner took in the Indian
ola ball game Wednesday
Mrs William Richelieu has been
visiting in Omaha this week
Engines out of backshop this week
NoslXi9 1059 11C9 In 13G9
L W Shirley and mother are back
from their visit up on the high lino
Conductor A I Ely has Conductor
Moso Carmoueys old car tho 14009
Engineers I F Bowen Stevo Flinn
and Ellis Ford now have regular pas
senger runs
Conductor Frank Quigley is on the
Republican City Oberlin run since tho
last line up
Engine 2711 a P5 compound was over
tho drop pit yesterday for a pair of now
front trucks
Conductors A II I3agloy and Moso
Cannoney have tho OrleansSt Francis
branch run now
A third crew has been placed on tho
Denver Alliance run and Conductor
G M Hackett has tho run
Floyd Curran has resigned his clerk
ship to Machineshop Foreman J D
Young and will enter tho telegraph
oflico
Conductor G If Piorco is running on
the Denver Lyon1 branch vice Conduct
or L C WollT who is not ot able to
return to work
Machinists and helpers will havo a
stag picnic at the water works pumping
station park tomorrow There is noth
ing significant about the location
F W Schultz late general foreman
of the Burlington shops here is now
holding a similar position with the
Missouri Pacific at Osawatomie Kansas
Conductors E O Scott and Ncal
Beeler are now running regularly on
the local freight between McCook and
Holdrege formerly held by Conductors
A H Bagley and Frank Quigley
J W Eastman has resigned from
the Burlington service here and expects
in a few days to depart for Osawatomie
Kansas where he has been offered a
position in the Missouri Pacific service
Roswell Cutler arrived home last
Saturday night from Lincoln where he
went a few weeks since for an operation
for an abscess in his left ear He has
quite recovered from the effects of the
trouble and operation
C P Heber arrived home last Sat
urday morning on iNo 2 from Denver
very much encouraged as to his con
dition by the report of the examining
physician there Charlie has gained
materially in weight since his last ill
ness and is in fine fettle
THE SACRED CODFISH
Famous Emblem That Adorns the
Massachusetts Statehouse
A codfish carved in wood hangs on
the white mahogany wall of the Massa
chusetts hail of representatives in the
statehouse in Boston Between two
classic pillars it occupies a place of
honor directly opposite the desk of
the presiding officer This wooden fish
is the renowned original sacred codfish
of the Old Colony and it has assisted
at the deliberations of the lawmakers
of Massachusetts for more than a cen
tury and a half gathering sanctity year
by year It is a relic of the old build
ing which preceded the present state
house and great is the dignity of this
souvenir of colonial art and industry
The following account of its origin
is given in a Boston paper
Captain John Welch of Boston was
the creator and carver of the celebrat
ed fish He was a wood carver of re
nown for his time and in 1747 estab
lished his business in Dock square He
belonged to the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery company and afterward be
came its captain He was called upon
to contribute to the decoration of the
colonial assembly hall and as at that
period codfish was the colonys main
article of export Captain Welch con
ceived the idea of immortalizing the
king fish of the Massachusetts waters
When completed the carving was fin
ished off and colored so as to bo a fac
simile of life and was hung on the
wall of the assembly hall
A Fools Identity
Some of tho best known people pass
unrecognized by those to whom they
should be known Harold Frederick
sat one night at dinner next a man
whose very silence and taciturnity
caused him the more closely covertly
to survey him Not a word was ex
changed between the two Who was
that hopeless idiot that I sat next to at
dinner asked Frederick at the close
of the meal That hopeless idiot was
Cecil Rhodes he was answered It
was the fact The Colossus had been
In one of the moods In which he would
not talk and Frederick though he had
seen his portrait a hundred times had
not recognized him St James
The Human Brain
The human brain has not steadily
Increase I since paleolithic times and
as Professor Lankester tells us by
way of concrete illustration the brain
of Isaac Newton was not much larger
than that of an Australian black
London Outlook
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During reconstruction days a venera
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peace In a backwoods district of Geor
gia His first case was one in which
the defendant asked for a trial by
jury When the testimony was all in
and the argument had been concluded
the lawyers waited for the judge to
proceed with his instructions to the
jury The Justice seemed somewhat
embarrassed Finally one of the law
yers whispered to him that it was time
to charge the jury Looking at the
jury with a grim judicial air the judge
said
Gentlemen ob de jury sense dis is
a very small case Ill jes charge ye a
dollar an a half apiece
what is
I nm the mote in the sunbeam and I am
the burning sun
Rest heie I whisper the atom I call
to tho orb Roll on
I am the blush of morning and I am the
evening breeze
I am the leafs low murmur the swell of
the terrible seas
I am the net tho fowler the bird and Its
frightened cry
The mirror the form reflected the sound
and its echo I
The lovers passionate pleading the maid
ens whispered fear
The warrior the blade that smites him
his mothers heart wrung tear
I am intoxication grapes wine press and
must and wine
The guest the host the tavern the gob
let of crystal flue
I am the breath of the flute and I am the
mind of man
Golds glitter the light of the diamond
the sea pearls luster wan
The rose her poet nightingale tho songs
from his throat that rise
Flint sparks the flame the taper tho
moth that about it flies
I am both Good and Evil the deed and
the deeds Intent
Temptation victim sinner crime pardon
and punishment
I am what was is will be creations as
cent and fall
The link the chain of existence begin
ning and end of All
Oriental Lyric Translated by Fanny
Raymond Ritter
His Villainy
A lady in New York who had been
tenderly reared married an adventurer
who had many ups and downs She
stood by him bravely and faithfully
through poverty and even in disgrace
He served a sentence In Sing Sing for
forgery she todk a room near the
prison to be near him and by her de
votion secured a commutation of his
sentence Late in life she abandoned
him informing her friends that he was
a villain She had discovered that all
the love letters he sent to her were
copies of letters sent to his first wife
A Memory For Faces
Six-year-old Marie is a ministers
daughter svs Lippiucotfs Magazine
and Christmas 1903 found half a doz
en dolls under the Christmas tree
There they stood during the Christmas
week when realizing that six or seven
dolls in addition to other toys was too
much of a good thing mother who
had the look ahead temperament re
solved to kidnap one of the family and
put it by for the next jear To all ap
pearance the scheme was carried
through successfully as no inquiries
were made So on Christmas 190G
the last years baby reappeared under
the new tree Next morning Marie
accompanied by the usual number of
admiring grownups was taken to view
the tree Fixing her eyes on the ab
sentee and holding her dimpled chin
with a chubby hand after a period of
deep thought she remarked in a puzzled
tone
Where the dickens have I seen that
face before
About Bach
Mr W S Gilbert was once visiting
at the house of a Avealthy woman She
asked Mr Gilbert several questions
about musical composers to show that
she knew all about them
And what about Bach she asked
Is he composing nowadays
Xo maam answered Gilbert He
is decomposing
Gave Back His Money
A fabulously rich man who is quoted
for his economies died He appeared
at tho gates of heaven He was met
by St Peter Gabriel as recorder of
deeds sat near by St rotor said
What have you done to cause you
to think you should come into heaven
Well said the applicant timidly T
met a crippled child and gave it two
cents
Um m replied St Peter that was
something Is it all right Gabriel V
Yes grudgingly answered Gabriel
That is not enough Anything elbe
asked St Peter
Yes I met a newsboy He was ey
ing because he was stuek with hi s
evening papers I bought a paper
Um m said St Peter that wis
good Is that all right Gabriel
Gabriel referred to his books and an
swered in the affirmative
St Peter thought an instant then
walked over to Gabriel They consult
ed in low tones Finally Gabriel closed
his records with a bang and said im
patiently
Oh give him back his three cents
and tell him to go to hell
Couldnt Fool the Newsboy
You know how lean Senator Ingalls
was said a Kansas man to a Tribune
reporter Well down in Atchison
there was a doctor who was a great
friend of his This doctor had been
greatly annoyed by a newsboy who
would come Into his office very uncere
moniously and pester him by trying to
tell newspapers
One day when Injralls was in the
j Sffice the boy was heard comlngiup the
etulrs and the dot p utvfletlto pui j
1 up a job on hlu lie rushe l out an
articulated skeleton placed It In a
j chair by the desk and then the two
l men withdrew to the buck room
In rushed the boy and without no
ticing what was at te desk came di
rectly up to the skeleton When he
looked up and saw It grinding at him
he was nearly scared Into convulsion
g bloody
murder The joke tickled the doctor
but Ingalls conscience pricked him
and going to the window he looked
out at the boy who was standing be
low crying
Gome upstairs my boy he said
Ill buy one of your papers
Hut the newsy began to yell harder
than ever ami between his sobs he
managed to blubber out
Oh you cant fool me even if you
have put your clothes on Minneap
olis Tribune
Minnies Prayer
There had been a dressmaker In the
house and Minnie had listened to long
discussions about the very latest fash
Ions That night when she said her
prayers she added a new petition ut
tered with unwonted fervency
And dear Ionl please make us all
very stylish E rerybodys
The Engine and the Cow
A cow that wore a bell having been
run over ad killed on the railway
the owner brought suit against the rail
way for damages It was proved that
the driver blew the whistle loudly and
tried to frighten the cow off the track
But the farmers lawyer also proved
that the cow rang her bell and tried
to frighten the engine off the track
and so the jury decided in his favor
Taking Chances
A small boy had been punished and
in consequence was feeling at enmity
with all the world but with his father
in particular When he came to say
his prayers at night he gabbled through
them at a high rate of speed and while
asking for the customary blessing on
all the other members of the family
including the cat he left out his of
fending parent
His mother understood but thought
It best to appeal to his better self
Harold she said sweetly what
about papa You forgot dear
Didnt Dont want papa blessed
Why Harold When you love him
so Just think dear papa has gone
downtown now and how would you
feel if he got lost or hurt because you
hadnt prayed for him
This rather worked on the boys
mind and slowly he began to clamber
out of bed when just as he got on his
knees he heard the familiar click of
his fathers key in the lock I guess
Ill risk it he announced and jumped
back into bed LIppincotts
An Alibi
Guest in restaurant Bring me a
Welsh rarebit a broiled lobster a hot
tie of imported ale and a piece of
mince pie
Waiter Will you please write out
that order and sign it sir
Guest What for
Waiter As a sort of alibi for the
house to show the coroner sir Chi
cago News
Story of Three Boys
Three boys were told to go and take
the exact time by the town clock The
first came back and said It is 12
oclock ne became in after life a
bookseller The second was more ex
act ne said it was three minutes aft
er 12 He became a doctor The third
looked at the clock found out how
long it took him to walk back to the
house returned to the clock then add
ed the time of his walk to the time
shown and reported the result thus
It is at this moment twelve hours ten
minutes and fifteen seconds Thai
boy came to distinction as Helmholtz
the scientist
The Jury Panel
Look sharply after your jury panel
says Mr Warren Only the other day
I saw at Guildhall the brother of the
defendant upon the jury And a
friend to whom I mentioned this cir
cumstance assured me that he him
self almost fancied that he recollected
some years before seeing the plaintiff
himself sneaking into the jury box
An Incident of Shiloh
During the battle of Shiloh an officer
hurriedly rode up to an aid and in
quired for Grant Thats him with
the fieldglass said the aid
Wheeling his horse about the officer
furiously rode up to the general and
touching his cap thus addressed him
Cheneral I vauts to make one re
portSchwartzs battery is took
Ah said the general now was
that
Yell you see cheneral de sheshen
Ists come up in front of us and de she
shenists flanked us and de sheshenists
come in de rear of us and Schwartzs
battery was took
Well sir said the general you of
course spiked the guns
Yat exclaimed the Dutchman in
astonishment schpike dem guns
schpike dem nice new guns No it
would schpoil dem
Well said the general sharply
what did you do
Do By jirainy we charge the
Cherman brigade cheneral we charge
and took dem back again
The Writ of Habo Scorbous
The following is a literal copy of an
indorsement on the back of a warrant
returned by a Michigan constable
I do hereby certify that I arrested tho
within wiles as I am directed and Should
have taken the horses but they ware
with held from me by -warren wiles and
Blper Wiles by fisical Strength and the
defendant Blger Wiles was taken iroTm me
by a writ of Habo Scorbous
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PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION
Good speaking Chorus of 500 voices Up-to-date amuse
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Music by McCook Band
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