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OUR PRESIDENTS
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ANDREW JOHNSON
The seventeenth president of the United StateB wag born at Raleigh N OL
Sp 1S08 He served in both houses of congress and as governor of Tennessee
lie was elected vice president on the ticket with Lincoln in 1864 and suc
ceeded to the presidency upon the death of the latter April 15 18G5
the president was impeached in after a long series of disagreements
ith congress escaping conviction by a single vote in the senate The ac
quittal of Johnson is now generally approved He was elected to the senate
from Tennessee in 1875 and died in office a few months later
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China Wakens
Something Doing These Pys In the
Flowery Kingdom New Reform
Programme of the Dowager Em
press Tsi An The Empires New
Constitution -1 3 J
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is something doing in
THERE days in China At last
there is an awakening in the
ancient empire and things aro
ftappening which nobody would have
dreamed could occur Not only have
various measures of reform of a rad
ical character been promulgated but
steps are actually being taken under
e progressive influence of the real
raler the dowager Empress Tsi An
for the formation of an elective body
resembling in some ways a parliament
and for the adoption of a constitution
The rest of the world awoke to the
fact that strange things were occurring
in the Flowery Kingdom when a cable
fiispatch from Peking announced re
cently that the dowager empress had
appointed Yuan Shi Kai to be a mem
Trer of the board of foreign affairs and
grand councilor of the fourth class
and that he had been summoned to
Peking to consult with the empress
also that Chang Chi Tung had been
appointed a grand councilor of the
fourth class Chang Chi Tung is Chi
aas greatest scholar and Yuan Shi
3ai is the most liberal and progressive
ef the Chinese statesmen- The empress
in surrounding herself with these men
is subjecting herself and her govern
ment to the advice and Influence of the
most learned and progressive minds In
lier realm
Hitherto Yuan Shi Kai has not been
popular at court because he is not an
SHE OH AND NEW Ef CHINESE EASHIONS
admirer of the poetry of the dowager
empress and Is so great an innovator
as actually to propose the simplifica
tton of Chinese literature by the intro
duction of a new alphabet of fifty let
ters in place ofsome 60J0 ideographs
erjicture Ietter5noEJtnUe ButitJis
believed that the logic or events com-
I pelled the aged woman who holds the
I destiny of China in her hand to sum
mon him to her aid One thing that
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brought this about is the growing
tility between the Manchus who form
the ruling class in China and the real
Chinese To lessen this antagonism the
court has abrogated or modified certain
customs of ancient authority so as to
lessen the distinctions between the
Manchus and the Chinese Most sig
nifloant perhaps is the decree pertain
ing to the abolition of the binding of
the feet of Chinese girls of the upper
class This change is closely related to
the change in popular estimation as to
the occupation of a soldier and the
growth of the military spirit For
merly the soldier was looked upon as
belonging to the very lowest class in
the community He was placed at the
bottom of the ladder along with the
poor fellow who gathered up the offal
from the streets But now that an
army of 100000 foreign drilled men
has been created by the new imperial
war department and the new national
spirit demands the service of men able
to defend the empire a new honor has
been conferred upon the soldiers call
ing The cry has gone abroad that a
woman who binds her feet is not fit to
become the mother of a soldier hence
the success of the crusade of the Vice
roy Chang Chi Chung and the Viceroy
Yuan Shi Kai against the time hon
ored institution of foot binding
The Impact of western ideas has
forced the Chinese to alter their ways
their habits of living dress methods
of work and even their religion Yuan
Shi Kai and many of his followers are
forsaking the tenets of Confucius and
the customs founded upon them The
visitor to China now finds Chinamen
riding in automobiles setting type in
printing offices working as telegra
phers engineers and surveyors though
the time has not yet arrived for Chi
nese to build their own railways with
out foreign aid Much of the progress
made in recent years is due In part
no doubt to emulation of Japan but
whethar this bodes well or 111 to Ja
pan itself is a matter for debate Some
think that it makes even less probable
than before any alliance or defensive
agreement between the mikados em
pire and that of the son of heaven
Didnt Want Much
Here la an advertisement from an old
copy of an English provincial journal
Wanted for a sober family a man
of light weight who fears the Lord
and can drive a pair of horses He
must occasionally wait at table join
the household prayer look after the
horses and read a chapter of the
Bible He must God willing arise at
7 oclock in the morning and obey his
master and mistress In all lawful com
mands if he can dress hair sing
psalms and play at cribbage the more
agreeable Wages 15 guineas a year
Nerve
By the way Jinks can you pay
that hundred I lent you last week
I just lost all my ready money at
bridge
Look here Binks I hope you dont
think Im going to pay your gambling
debts Brooklyn Life
His Mistake
Gallyer What mistakes men do
make I was just reading that Colum
bus thought he had discovered the In
dies Aspley There are worse mis
takes than that Whei I married first
I thought I had discovered paradise
There are so many kinds of mistakes
that a man can go through life with
out repeating one and yet never do
tight St Louis Globe Democrat
STAGE FRIGHT
Actors Have Been Known to Die From
the Malady
Perhaps the most terrible malady
which can attack the actor In the
course of his performance in the pe
culiar disease known as stage fright
Through its evil effects strong men and
women have been known to faint
break down and do many other queer
things and there are even on record
eeveral cases of people who have died
through this horrible seizure
Some years ago a young novice who
was to appear for the first time ar
rived at the theater very white and
shaky Brandy being given him he
appeared slightly better but no sooner
had he set his- foot on the stage than
be clapped his hand to his heart with
a low cry and fell down dead The
overwhelming sensation induced by
stage fright had attacked his hearty
and his theatrical career ended thua
even at its beginning
Quite as ghastly wae the case of tho
young amateur actress who strangely
enough had never experienced stage
fright when playing with her fellow
amateurs but who was seized with the
attack on making her first professional
appearance Bhe went through the
scene aided by tho prompter her eyes
glazed her hands rigid and when the
exit came It proved her exit from lifes
stage as well ftB the mimic hoards foi
she staggered fb her room and
fell Into a comatose state from which
she never recovered
Perhaps however the most peculiar
Instance of all was that of the veteran
performer who had gone through thirty
years of stage work without experienc
ing this malady One night however
he confided to a fellow player that a
quite unaccountable nervousness had
suddenly taken hold of him and that ho
did not think he could ever act again
His comrade laughed at the notion
and urged him to go on as usual but
his astonishment may well be conceiv
ed when the poor old player went on
the stage and after making several
vain efforts to speak fell back and ex
pired The doctor who made the post
mortem examination stated that death
was due to failure of the hearts action
evidently induced by the presence of
an attack of stage fright Pearsons
Weekly
TYBURN TREE
Lord Ferrers Tragi Journey to the
Famous Old Gallows
Park lane was Tyburn lane and It
seems as if the gallows described in
an old document as movable at one
time stood at its east corner It wa3
there the ferocious Lord Ferrers was
hung in 1760 for murdering his serv
ant Horace Walpoles words paint
the picture well He shamed heroes
He bore the solemnity of a pompous
and tedious procession of above two
hours from the Tower to Tyburn with
as much tranquillity as if he were only
going to his own burial not to his own
execution And when one of the
dragoons of the procession was thrown
from his horse Lord Ferrers expressed
much concern and said I hope there
will be no death today but mine
On went the procession with a mob
about it sufficient to make its progress
slow and laborious Small wonder that
the age of Thackeray with Thack
erays help set up its scaffolds within
four high walls Asking for drink
Lord Ferrers was refused for said the
sheriff late regulations enjoined him
not to let prisoners drink while pass
ing from the place of imprisonment to
that of execution great indecencies
having been committed by the drunk
enness of the criminals in the hour of
execution And though said he my
lord I might think myself excusable
in overlooking this order out of regard
to your lordships rank yet there is an
other reason which I am sure will
weigh with you your lordship is sen
sible of the greatness of the crowd
we must draw up at some tavern the
confluence would be so great that it
would delay the expedition which
your lordship seems so much to de
sire But decency so often paraded
by those who outrage it ended with
the murderers death The execution
ers fought for the rope and the one
who lost it cried the greatest tragedy
to his thinking of the day London
Sketch
When io Lift Your Hat
In answer to the question Please
tell when and where are or is the cor
rect time for a gentleman to lift or re
move his hat we reply Without con
sulting authorities of etiquette in fact
giving it to you offhand so to speak
we should say at the following times
and on the following occasions re
spectively the hat should be lifted or
removed as circumstances indicate
When mopping the brow when taking
a bath when eating when going to
bed when taking up a collection when
having the hair trimmed when being
shampooed when standing on the
head Wichita Kan Beacon
A Curious Anomaly
Until a few years ago the Philippine
Islanders held their Sunday on the day
which was Monday to the inhabitants
of the neighboring island of Borneo
This curious anomaly arose from the
historic fact that the Philippines were
discovered by Spanish voyagers com
ing from the east round Cape Horn
while Borneo was discovered by Por
tuguese coming from the west and sail
ors lose or gain a day according to
their direction in crossing the Pacific
His Title
Papa said little James what do
they call a man who writes comic
opetas a composer
No my son the ojd man answered
he Is usually called a plagiarist
Los Angeles jTnts
A Wasted Present
What in tho world shall I send
Aunt Betsy John demanded tho mas
terful lady of the mild little man
A workbasket or a book he sug
gested
Dont be a fool John Youve no
taste Ill send her one of those fancy
boxes of soap
And she lifted to her nose a box
containing six round tablets of per
fumed soap
Yes she continued this is the
very thing
But my dear really he protest
ed
You be quiet John Now wrap
this up miss
Two days later a packet arrived from
Aunt Betsy and in haste they opened
it to see how she had taken their
thoughtful present Under the wrap
ping was the affectionate message
Niece Herewith I return the box
of shaving soap you sent me I am
too old to appreciate the joke of be
ing regarded as a bearded lady Your
aunt Betsy
Then but only for a moment the
mild little man smiled Pearsons
Weekly
A Dreadful Assault
Justice Ball an Irish judge was
noted for his amusing manifestations
of ignorance but whether they were
real or pretended has never been clear
ly established Ho tried a case in
which a man was indicted for robbery
at the house of a poor widow The
first witness was the young daughter
of the widow who Identified the pris
oner as the man who had entered the
house and smashed her mothers chest
Do you say that the prisoner at the
bar broke your mothers chest said
the judge in astonishment
He did my lord answered the girl
He Jumped on it till he smashed It
entirely
The judge turned to the crown coun
sel and said How is this Why is
not the prisoner Indicted for murder
If he smashed this poor womans chest
in the way the witness has described
he must surely have killed her
But my lord said the counsel It
was a wooden chest Cornhlll Maga
zine
Tho Buds
Old Dr Ryland clergyman and ed
ucator was greatly beloved in the
south and his visits were always en
joined by his former pupils and par
ishioners In his later years it was
his custom to offer prayer whenever
he made a ministerial carl On one
occasion he called at a house where
three of his former pupils wece stay
ing These ladles were all past the
thirtieth year mark but la the eyes
of the old gentleman they were still
girls which explains the petition he
offered
Lord bless these dear riris just
budding into sweet womanhood
This was too much for ne of the
number who taking advantage of the
doctors deafness added this clause
sotto voce Alas Lord budded bloom
ed faded and still unpicked
Got His Discount
The other day I was in a village
general store said a drummer en
deavoring to make a sale of jewelry
when a farmer entered
Give me said the farmer a half
pound of tobacco three bars of soap
five yards of blue baby ribbon and a
pair of good suspenders
The articles were brought forth In
spected approved and wrapped up
They came to 95 cents
Yes said the farmer 95s right
But theres the discount You adver
tise a 5 per cent discount dont you
We do sir said the clerk but
only on purchases of SI or over
On the counter lay a basket of pock
et combs marked at 5 cents apiece
Well Ill just take one of these
said the farmer Thatll make us
square
A Stingy King
In the beginning of the eighteenth
century the now so powerful German
empire was nothing more than the lit
tle kingdom of Prussia having just
dropped its title of duchy of Branden
burg The country was very poor and
the military discipline very harsh
Frederick William I was hard cross
and stingy and did not even know
what it was to make a present His
reputation was so widely spread that
it became a byword to say that a man
had worked for the king of Prussia
when he had done an unprofitable task
Maximilian and La Paloma
Wherever that haunting air La Pa
loma is played the memory of the
Emperor Maxmilian shot by the Mex
icans on June 19 1867 should be pre
served Maxmilians final request was
that La Paloma should be played
while he stood up to meet his doom
He died with the tune in his ears and
his wife went mad with the shock of
his execution
Papa Is Brave
Elschen Mamma Is papa ever brave
Mother He is always brave I hope
But what makes you ask Elschen
Because I thought if he were he
wouldnt let my governess pull his ears
so Fliegende Blatter
Lincolns Sarcasm
Probably the most cutting thing Lin
coln ever said was the remark he
made about a very loquacious man
This person can compress the most
words Into the smallest ideas of any
man I ever met
Certain Difference
Do they never forget their differ
ences
Why yes in a way He forgets
that hes a gentleman and she forgets
that shes a lady Puck
CITY LODGE DIRECTORY
A r A M
McCook Lodco No 135 A F A M moots
every first and third Twwlay of tho month at
8 AX p m in Masonic hall
CHAULK3 li FAUNESTOCK W M
Lon Cone Sec
DUOKEK OF HONOK
McCook LodKO No 3 D of H moots every
second and forth Fridays of each month atS OU
p in in Gauschows hall
Mns Lauka Osbukn C of H
Mrs MatiuG Welles Rec
EAGLES
McCook AerioNolSU F CME moats the
second and fourth Wednesdays of oach month
at 800 pm in Gauschows hail Social nieot
iuKS on tho nrt and third Wednesdays
v H Commins W Pros
H P PETEBSOV W SOC
EASTERN stab
Euroka Chapter No 86 O E S meets the
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
800 p m in Masonic hall
Mrs Sarah E Kay W M
Sylvester Cobdeal Sec
G A R
J K Barnos Post No 207 G A R moots on
the first Saturday of each month at 230 p m
Gauschows hall
J M Henderson Cmndr
J H Yarqer Adjt
KNIGHTS OF COLUMB08
McCook Council No 1126 K of C moots tho
first and third Tuesdays of each month at 800
p m in Gauschowb hall
C J Ryan G K
F G Leciileitee F Sec
KNIGHTS OF r YTHIAS
McCook Lodgo No 42 K of P meets evory
Wednesday at 800 p in in Masonic hall
J F Cordual C C
C W Barnes K R S
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
St John Commandery No 16 K T meets on
tho second Thursday of each mouth at 800 p
in in Mabonic hall
Emerson Hanson E C
Sylvester Cordeal Rec
LADY MACCABEES
Valley Queen Hive Ko 2 t O T M moets
every first and third Thursday evenings of each
month in hall
Mrs W B Mills Commander
Harriet E Willetts K K
locomotive engineers
McCook Division No 623 13 of L E moots
every first and tiiird Saturday of each month at
8 00 in Berrys hall
W C Schenck C E
W D Burnett F A E
locomotive firemen
McCook Lodge No 599 B of L F E
meets overy Saturday at 800 p m in Gaus
chows hall
W R Pennington M
W S Bixlee Sec
modern woodmen
Noble Camp No 663 M W A meets every
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
830 p m in Gauschows hall
JonN hunt v u
Barney Hofer Clerk
odd fellows
McCook Lodge No 137 1 0 0 F meets every
Monday at 800 p in in Uantchow s hall
E H Doan N G
Scott Doan Sec
p e o
Chapter X P E O meets the second and
fourth Saturdays of each month at 230 p m
at the homes of the various members
Mrs C W Britt Pres
Mrs J G Schobel Cor Sec
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
Harvey Division No 95 O R C moets the
second and fourth Sundujs of each month at
300 p m in Diamonds hall
Joe Hegenbeeger C Con
M O McClche Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Bronson Lodge No 487 B of R T
meets every Friday at 800 p m in Berrys
hall
H W Conover M
F J Huston Sec
WORKMEN
McCook Lodge No 61 AOUW meets every
Monday at 800 p m in Diamonds hall
Web Stephens M W
C B Gray Rec
R A M
King Cyrus Chapter No 35 R A M meets
every first and third Thursday of each month at
800 p m in Masonic hall
Clarence B Gray H P
Clinton B Sawyer Sec
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
Noble Camp No 62 R N A meets every
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
230 p m in Gauschows hall
Mrs Mary Walker Oracle
Mrs Augusta Anton Rec
b s M
Conncil No lGRSM meets on
the last Saturday of each month at 8 00 p m
in Masonic hall
Ralph A Hagberg T I M
Sytlester Cordeal Sec
w o w
Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 8
oclock in Diamonds hall
Chas F Maekwad C C
W C Moyee Clerk
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