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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1907)
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with two of his subordinates on either side They leaned over the rail peering into the wall of fog I went forward Three of the crew were bent double over the bows seeking the black mass that might be moving toward us 1 could almost fancy I heard the crash the shouts and the rush of feet The air was damp I went below A dozen passengers were gathered around the breakfast table sipping tea and toying with toast When the siren wailed my neighbor a girl who was about to eat a mouthful replaced the crust upon the table and folded her hands A woman cried silently A large flabby man took the seat adjoin ing mine rested his elbow upon the ta ble and covered his eyes I thought he was praying but when the steward ad vanced and stood inquiringly before him he raised his head for a moment and said Ham and eggs Those homely and unfamiliar words relieved our depression also the vessel began to move faster Soon the siren ceased and when the captain slouched into the cabin and called for a cup of hot coffee we well I think some of us could have danced a jig I went on deck There was Holland The sun was scattering the fog We passed the place where the Berlin was wrecked Pooh Who minds fear on the morning after with all the adventures of a new day waiting ENGLISH LOCAL SPEECH Peculiar Way the Names of Some Towns Are Pronounced We English are horribly phonetic and think nothing of spelling our name Featherstonehaugh and pronouncing it Beecham If you motor you must twist your tongue to the local speech There is a quiet village in Kent that is spelled Stalisfieid and has achieved the distinction of keeping a railway station at nine miles distance But if you ask your way to it you must call it Starchfell or you will never find it Huntingdonshire claims the purest English as Hanover the purest Ger man But by the peasants Papworth is called Parpor And not far distant is another village of beauty The mo torist turned upon a rough road and asked the intelligent laborer where it would take him That road said the honest countryman wiping his brow will take you to Ell sir The courageous motorist went on and found Ellsworth which is merely El ser The trouble as to the pronunciation of place names makes one very diffi dent a correspondent complains as to venturing upon pronouncing any that one knows only by the eye and not by the ear Being a Suffolk man he knows that Waldringfield is Wunner ful and Chelmondiston is Chimston while in the adjoining county of Nor folk Happisburgh is Hazebro and Hunstanton Ilunston and visits to the west country have revealed that Badgeworthy is Badgery and Corn wood Kernwood The result is that he would not dare to make a shot at Uttoxeter or Bathampton never hav ing happened to hear either referred to by a native After all there are unfortunate differences of opinion among Londoners even as to South ward Brompton and the twTo Broin leys London Chronicle Dont Be Too Thoughtful Some people are often accused of be ing thoughtless but better that should happen sometimes than always being regarded as too thoughtful The habit of thinking too deeply on every item has an immense amount of failure at the bottom Whether it was best to learn short hand or a language perplexed one in dividual for seven months He could not make up his mind as to which he would derive the most advantage from He miglit have learned any one of those accomplishments in the time he took to think about it This is the case with many people and Fortune has an awkward habit of crushing the too thoughtful just as much as the thoughtless London An swers Vhat Is Sound The natural question What is sound opens up a world of mystery and of delight to those that like that sort of thing Anything that sets up vibrations in the air where there is an ear to receive them makes a noise An alarm clock in a vacuum jar may whir ever so busily but it makes no noise There must be air or there is no sound and there must be an ear to carry the vibrations to- the brain or there is no noise Delineator Majesty My wife adores the majesty of the Alps whereas I the majesty of the ocean said Pfeif And your dr ghter inquired a friend Oh she just adores majesty by it self Lustige Blatter aatai3qitei6JiMwiTMM mm A CASTILIAHBRflVADO Revolting Scene Pictured by a Spanish Novelist MPRVF OF THE HAUGHTY DON Striking Description of the Daring and Courage Displayed by the Old Gen eral Who Would Not Permit an Eng lishman to Outdo Him The realistic Spanish novelist Valdes in one of his most popular stories Sister San Supllce trans lated by Nathan Haskell Dole gives a description of a retired Spanish gen erals afternoon out which will illu minate many chivalric incidents in Spanish life and aptly Illustrates the reckless daring and courage of which the average haughty don is liberally possessed The scene is a sort of pic nic grounds in the outskirts of Seville Meantime the animation had been on the increase among the ruffians The period of unmannerly action had come One of them climbed upon a table to make a speech and then the others by way of applause threw sherry and manzanilla in his face Another was trying to lift with his teeth a companion whom drunkenness had stretched out on the floor He did not succeed ne merely tore his sack coat Still others were committing absurd and extravagant actions mak ing a great noise and uproar The count remained grave and silent drinking one glass of sherry after another But his eyes were no longer as usual incomprehensible and unfathomable like those of a man tired of life Though he did not speak or move about he seemed a different man The Englishman had taken off his jacket and waistcoat and rolling up his shirt sleeves was exhibiting his biceps which were really powerful and trying to break empty bottles on his arm Once blood had come but he went on breaking the bottles without paying any attention to it Then he asked the waiter to bring a bottle of rum and a large glass He filled this to the brim with the liquor and then slowly without moving a muscle or even winking lie drained it to the bot tom Then he sat down at the table opposite the count and said solemnly You cant do that A flash of fury gleamed through the harebrained noblemans eyes but he succeeded in restraining himself and turning the rest of the bottle into the glass he calmly ordered the wait er to bring him some pepper He threw in a pinch of it then threw into it his cigar ashes heaped up before him and without saying a word with the same scornful contemptuous smile drained the glass and not content with that bit it in pieces We saw his lips spotted with blood The company re ceived with oles and shouts of tri umph this proof of an unconquerable stomach in which it seemed as though the national honor were concerned Our neighbors in the other booths must have reached the same happy grade of temperature for nothing was heard but extravagant shouts the crashing of glasses coarse laughter and swearing The count was not yet satisfied with his victory over the Englishman While he was swallowing with appar ent calmness the glasses of liquor which were offered to him he did not cease to devour him with his eyes carried away by a dull madness which soon broke out nis eyes which were the only part of his impassive face that moved gleamed more and more ferociously like those of a madman when a straitjacket has been put on him The Englishman continued to boast of his strength ne was now thoroughly intoxicated and talking im pudently enough to the others who were not so drunk So you are very valiant are you asked the count still smiling disdain fully More than you retorted the Eng lishman Don Jenaro started to spring at him but the others restrained him Soon calming himself he said If you are so brave why not put your hand on the table What for To pin it down with mine The Englishman without an in stants hesitation stretched out his huge brawny hand The count took out of his pocket a damaskeened dag ger and laid his delicate gentlemanly hand on the Englishmans and with out hesitation and with a ferocious grip he raised the point with the other and drove it through both into the ta ble The women uttered a cry of terror All of us men ran to their assistance A few left the place in search of help In an instant our booth was filled with blood From the wounds great drops of blood streamed staining the hand kerchiefs which we applied to them A doctor who happened to be among the bystanders dressed the wounds provisionally with the few means at his disposal The count smiled while they were dressing his hand The Englishman was as sick as a horse and soon the count was the same and both were taken to such rooms as the establishment had to offer and went to bed Every one left commenting on the barbarism of the deed Hit Harder Woman is considered the weaker vessel she remarked and yet Well she queried as she hesitated And yet she continued man is the oftener broke Exchange Be rich in patience if thou In goods be poor Dunbar MEETING A CROCODILE The Animal and the Hunters Wero All Taken by Surprise While looking for a hippopotamus it was the fortune of the author of Uganda to Khartum to encounter a crocodile under somewhat unusual cir cumstances He was following a fresh track leading through the dense under growth from the lake inland Two men accompanied him one carrying his camera and the other his second gun while he shouldered his rille Suddenly I heard n rustling noise In front of me and realized that some creature was approaching but what It could not be the hippo because there was no thunderous tread but I had no time to think for the creature what ever it might be was upon me in a sec ond At two yards I discovered what it was an immense crocodile more than twelve feet long I was right in its path and there was no possible escape on either side so I stood still with my riile at shoulder and waited The crock did not wait however and In some remarkable way it hustled me to one side almost knock ed me over and endeavored to make his way to the water To dispute his right of way would have been folly I realized only a hor rible soft wriggling mass pressing against my legs In a most sickening way Why ho did not bite me I do not know At first I thought he had done so as he brushed against my leg but I found It was only his horny scales that scraped my shin And he was more taken by surprise than I was and for got all about his huge jaw and the lasting impression he might have made upon my legs After he had passed I turned to see how the men would fare One had got back to the shore and so was no longer in view The other man with the cam era was the funniest sight His head was stuck fast in the thick brambles and his legs were in the air the cam era of course in the mud beside him I do not think the crock could have seen him for he had literally taken a header into the bush and his legs were far above the crocodiles jaws THE SNEEZE In Past Ages It Played a Very Im portant Part In Life Many odd notions still exist as to sneezing and some persons may be heard to exclaim Bless my soul once Bless my soul twice and so on after each sneeze But in past ages the sneeze really played a very important part In ancient Greece the people saluted each other whenever any one present chanced to sneeze As Xenophon was addressing the Greek army in a mo ment of defeat on a historical occa sion a soldier sneezed The lines of battle were formed at once for the sneeze was deemed a good omen and the Greeks were successful Among the Hebrews when a person sneezed the bystanders would ssr Tobinz chaiim A long life to you1 In India criminals on the rack of tor ture have saved their own lives by sneezing accidentally A humorous story about sneezing Is told in that wonderful collection of oddities The Arabian Nights A schoolmaster was particular in teach ing his pupils the value of politeness He also told them that whenever he sneezed they should clap their hands and say Long live our noble master One day master and pupils went out for a stroll The air was hot and all soon grew very thirsty Great was their joy at last to find a well But the bucket was at the bottom of the well and so the schoolmaster went down to bring it up The boys seized the rope and tugged for dear life Just as the schoolmaster reached the top of the well he sneezed The boys let go the rope and clapped their hands shout ing Long live our noble master As for the poor schoolmaster he fell to the bottom of the well where he may be to this day for all one knows Milwaukee Wisconsin Swords Bent Double to Test Them If you have an opportunity at any time of examining a sword such as is used in naval and military services you may notice that just below the hilt an inch or two down the blade there is a small disk of brass welded into the blade The meaning of this brass might well escape any one not possessed of a well developed sense of curiosity Swords are subjected to very severe tests before being issued and this brass piece indicates that one of the tests to which the sword was subjected was to have its point bent right back until it touched the hilt at the brass spot Swords that have suc cessfully withstood this severe test are trustworthy London Chronicle Tested It Willie said the boys mother who was preparing to go out you mustnt eat that cake in the pantry while Im gone It will make you sick Three hours later when she returned Willie said You didnt know what you were talking about mamma That cake didnt make me sick a bit Chi cago News Too Willing Oid Lady in tears to chemist Wi will you poison my dear lit little Fido Hes in such such agony Chemist po litelyWith pleasure madam Old Lady indignantly With pleasure you nasty unfeeling man Then you shant do it London Answers A Fast Train Passenger Does this train stop any where for dinner Brakeman Nah it dont Passenger Then I understand for the first time why it Is called s fast train Judge gGXSSXsXsXSSXjS JC JHI 1 J X Oc W ILlu 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