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MAIN LINK KA8T DErABT
No 6 Control Time 1027 V M
2 5ii A M
12 715 a m
10 725 r m
MAIN LINE WK8T DEPAI1T
No 1 Mountain Timo 950 a u
3 1112 P u
5 Arrives 8H0 p m
13 1025 am
15 1217 am
imiekial line
No 170 iirrive8Mountuin Timo 505 p m
No 175deiaru 710 am
Slcopiufr dining and reclining chair cars
scuts frco on thrnli trains Tickets sold
and baRKntio chucked to any point in tlio United
States or Canuda
For information timo tallies maps and tick
ets call on or writo It K Foo Agent McCook
Nubrufakn or L W Wnkoloy General Labson
4 Ker Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
N V Franklin will spend Sunday in
Eu6tis
Engine 704 is recoiving droppit re
pairs this week
A W Austin and wifo will be Hast
ings visitors Sunday
John Hunt and wifo will go to Lin
coln Sunday on a short visit
Doctor Smith left for St Joseph
Mo last night after the family
D O Hewitt went in to Omaha
Wednesday evening on business
Fireman Roy Hiller is entertaining
his father and mother from Edgar
Brakeman C D Chilton departed
Wednesday on a visit to friends in Mis
souri
Engine 1912 is a new arrival from the
Havelock shops on tho division this
week
Way car 1421S was pulled out of ser
vice Wednesday on account of light
business
Bruce Berry is on the job in the
trainmasters office while Rogers is on
vacation
Conductor A II Bagley was off mid
week looking after some business
matters in Akron
Trainmasters Clerk Rogers and wife
left last night for a weeks outing in
the Colorado hills
EngineB 1092 and 1331 have been run
out of the backshop and the 1331 will
be taken out today
Engineer Ainsworth Monks has been
having some trouble with a sore foot
caused by a rusty nail
Switchman Overleese of the Hol
drege yard is on furlough and Warner
of Oxford is relieving him
Mrs E O Scott and baby departed
on No 2 Tuesday morning to visit
friends in Lincoln and Omaha
Adam Getman aud family and J C
Hoffman and daughter left last night
for Fruita Colorado on a visit
Theodore Diebold and R C True are
in Akron part of the week repairing
the gasoling engine of the coal chute
Conductor Carmoney had Burns run
on 1 and 6 while the latter engaged in a
limited bout with hay fever this week
The stationary boiler from the Hol
drege roundhouse is in the shop here
for new flues and several patches to her
firebox
W J Russell is off duty this week
on account of the berious illness of his
child a sufferer with a severe summer
sickness
Conductor Cox and crew with Engin
eer Marshall have the pile driver at
Oxford driving a foundation for a new
concrete bridge
Louis Meyers night man at Cam
bridge has taken a long vacation and
John White formerly of Indianola has
taken the position
C G Oman wife and daughter will
leave this week for Fresno Calif to
be absent a few weeks going by way of
Billings Portland etc
Albert Fredricksen night man at
Trenton for some time has been trans
ferred to Roggen Colorado as agent
Harold Weyl from Stratton took his
position at Trenton
Engineer Jake Matz returned from
his Denver visit Tuesday morning and
resumed work on the Holdrege local
Wednesday Mrs Matz went on to
Franklin to visit her parents briefly
The examination of conductors and
engineers began Wednesday Train
master Weidenhamer is conducting the
examination and is handling the men
in classes of ten or twelve half of them
from each branch of the service
D C Woodring superintendent of
bridges and master carpenter of tho
Lincoln division fell from the Burling
ton bridge at Fremont Sunday and lost
his life He received perhaps fatal in
juries about the head in falling His
body was not recovered from the river
for several hours afterwards
The Nebraska Military Acad
emy Lincoln
A high grade Military Boarding School
for boys Ideal location outside the
city vet close enough to derive all city
benefits Large -well-equipped build
ings forty acres of campus drill
parade ana athletic grounds
Strong faculty the best academic
military business and industrial train
ing Preparation fr college university
or business A clean and inspiring
school home Careful attention given
to health habits and home life of boys
Special department for boys under 12
j ears of age School opens September
16 1903 For information address
B D Hatwabd Superintendent
Bos 153 Lincoln Neb 7-3-mo
THE WEST POINT RIOT
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5t Happened Durifj the Cadetship of
Jeffersoh Davis
Closely connectej with Benny Ha
vens was the great cadet riot of Christ
mas 1S2G In the middle of Jefferson
Davis third year Before Christmas it
was rumored through the barracks
that Davis and other southern and
southwestern cadets were going to ex
plain to the other members of the
corps the mysteries of eggnog Cadets
Davis Tilghinnn and Temple were to
get the necessaries from Bennys hut
It seems that something prevented and
others had to get the materials The
authorities were suspicious and or
dered the Inspectors to stay up all
night to keep order This angered the
cadets and the preparations for the
eggnog went on In the dark of the
raoruing of Dec 23 the invitations
were sent out Robert E Lee and Jo
seph E Johnston declined J B Ma
gruder Drayton C J Wright and oth
ers accepted Davis was extending the
invitations when he heard a rumor that
Captain Hitchcock was abroad He
ran back to No u north barracks
where the refreshments were collected
called out Put away that grog boys
old Hitch Is coining and looked up to
find that Hitchcock was already in the
room Davis was sent to his quarters
under arrest fortunately for him for
after pome hilarious noise he went to
sleep and did not get into the riot
which then began The instructors
and officers were chased out of the
halls into their own rooms and there
besieged The cadets obtained arms
and organized the Helvetian league to
protect themselves against the bom
bardiers who they heard were or
dered out to subdue them Davis room
mate Walter B Guion of Mississippi
was the leader of the Helvetians He
secured a pistol and tried to shoot
Captain Hitchcock Some of the offi
cers were badly bruised with stove
wood that the cadets threw at them
After an hour or two the riot wove
out Later nineteen cadets among
them Guion were court martialed and
dismissed Davis with others was
kept long under arrest and given de
merits Professor W L Fleming in
Metropolitan Magazine
NEW ENGLAND WITCHES
A Small Record Compared With That
of Other Countries
Yankees have so long and so loudly
confessed their ancestral sins that the
facts in the case are little known So
much is said about Salem that the exe
cution of witches in Pennsylvania Is
overlooked The scant score of persons
hanged for witchcraft in New England
causes more comment than the many
thousands legally burned for that
crime in Europe
In all New England according to
Nathaniel nawthorne nineteen per
sons were executed as witches One
more was accused of the crime and
for refusal to plead was pressed to
death after the custom of the day
The facts concerning the widespread
belief in witchcraft and the enormous
number of witches killed may be
found in any encyclopedia Haydns
Dictionary of Dates says More
than 100000 perished mostly by the
flames in Germany Chambers En
cyclopedia says In England and Scot
land the witch mania was somewhat
later in setting in than on the conti
nent but when it did so it was little
if at all less virulent the reformation
notwithstanding The number of
victims in Scotland from first to last
has been estimated at upward of
4000 Dr Sprenger in his Life of
Mohammed computes the entire num
ber of persons who have been burned
as witches during the Christian epoch
at 9000000
Witchcraft persecutions in New Eng
land took place in 1G92 They were all
done in six months In England they
continued till well into the next cen
tury In 1SG3 a reputed wizard was
drowned in a pond at Hedingham in
Essex Says Chambers It was con
sidered worthy of notice that nearly
all the sixty or seventy persons con
cerned in the outrage were of the small
tradesmen class none of the agricul
tural laborers being mixed up in the
affair Springfield Republican
A Book She Wouldnt Read
There is one book of Mr Steven
sons that I myself have never read
said Mrs Stevenson once I refused
to read it aud held to my refusal I
make it a rule never to read a novel
the scene of which is laid in a bygone
age The author always deems it his
duty to make his characters talk in
what he considers the language of that
period and I am always sure that ho
doesnt know positively how they did
talk so I wont read such hooks I
would never ivad the Black Arrow
and Mr Stevenson thought it such a
good joke that he insisted upon dedi
cating it to me
Her Goodness
Bridey My i a viry unod cool
Wise Get out Her riither told nip
she was jit trt IirT r her trt
when you marriel her Bridey Ex
actly She was ci enough not to
continue her lessons on in Philadel
phia Press
Mixed
Mrs Browne Shes forever com
plaining but I think she merely lacks
stamina Mrs Malaprop Ob no shes
got it at any rate thats what the doe
tor calls her disease She cant sleep
you know Exchange
Willing to Take Chances
The Man Id give anything if you
would kiss me The Maid But the
scientists say that kisses breed dis
ease The Man Oh never mind thaL
Go ahead and make me an invalid for
life Philadelphia Inquirer
LAKE MANGISHLAK
lis Strongly Perfumed Waters Are
Mauve In Color
Grasse clinging to its Alp high
above the Mediterranean is supposed
to give the stranger a headache on ac
count of its perfume said a perfumer
Grasse makes the worlds perfumes
You see mountains of flowers there as
In a milling country you see moun
tains of wheat Tho odor is powerful
but as far as headaches no
But in the Caspian district there is
a lake so strongly perfumed that if the
stranger boats on it or swims in it he
really gets a headache This lakes
banks are of white salt crystals its
waters are mauve in color and from it
an odor of violets is exhaled
It is Lake Mangishlak I visited it
to see if I couldnt bottle it up and put
it on the perfume market No go
You see it Is the presence of the
seaweed Polydcystia violacea that
gives the lake its hue and smell When
you bottle the waters the seaweed at
oms after a few days die and rot
Then the odor changes from violet to
pah
But if you are ever in the Caspian
visit the Mankishlak peninsula and
take a look at the lake It is in its way
as curious as the asphalt lakes of South
America New Orleans Times-Democrat
SHE WAS INSULTED
The Sting In the Letter That Came
For Her Husband
Harry love said Mrs Knew to her
husband when he entered his home a
few evenings ago Ive been dread
fully insulted
Insulted repeated Mr Knew in
dignantly By whom
By your mother
My mother Flora Nonsense dear
Shes the kindest woman in the world
And how could she insult you She
isnt here shes miles away
But Harry she did insult me per
sisted Flora and it was done in a
ietter
Show it to me
Ill tell you about it A letter came
for you this morning addressed in
your mothers handwriting and so of
course I opened it
Of course said Mr Knew dryly
It was written to you all the way
through you understand
Yes I undertsand that but where
does the insult to you come in
In the postscript When I read
along to that it said Dear Flora
Dont fail to give this letter to Harry
I want him to have it Now tell me
wasnt that an insult Pearsons
Weekly
Tho Unprodigal Son
The president of a club of New York
waiters said the other day of a par
simonious young man
He resembles a chap they tell about
in Bucks county
This chap lived alone with his
father On the old mans death he
would inherit the farm
Well finally the old man took sick
His end drew near The son sat up
with him a night or two expecting
him to pass away but he lingered on
On the fifth or sixth night the son
instead of sitting up put a lamp
turned low very very low on a table
by the bed and went off to his own
room with the caution
When you feel that it is all over
with you father dont forget to blow
out the lamp Washington Star
A Rare Souvenir
A curious souvenir is preserved in
the Bank of England in the shape of a
note for 1000 with which Admiral
Lord Cochrane paid his fine when he
was falsely accused of spreading with
an interested object a rumor that Bo
naparte was dead in 1S14 so as to
cause a rise in the price of stocks
The sum mentioned was raised in sub
scriptions of a penny by his Westmin
ster constituents The note is indorsed
with the name of the intrepid but ill
used salt and has inscribed on it a
sentence in which he expresses the
hope that one day he will prove his
innocence and triumph over his ac
cusers That consummation was not
effected until eighteen years later
when he was reinstated by William IV
Loudon Telegraph
Submarine Navigation
The idea of the submarine is certain
ly as much as 200 years old but most
of the earlier plans were Hat failures
In 1771 an inventor named Day lost his
life during an experimental descent in
Plymouth sound Bushnell of Con
necticut in 1773 contrived a subma
rine vessel propelled by some kind
of screw Robert Fulton also in 179G
invented a box which when filled with
combustibles might be propelled un
der water and made to explode under
the bottom of a ship It is hard to say
who was the originator of the idea of
the submarine boat unless it was Day
New York American
A Hard Case
His wife earns her own money
Indeed I did not know she was
employed
Oh yes hard at it all the time
What does she do
Works him to give up New York
Journal
Why He Fretted
Amateur Sportsman after shooting
his best friend Too bad too bad But
f thought you were a deer The Vic
timDont fret Amateur Sportsman
Dont fret Why man I promised my
wife a pair of horns Illustrated Bits
Whats the Use
Ought we not to do something more
for the preservation of our forests
Oh whats the use answered Sen
ator Sorghum impatiently Trees
cant vote Washington Star
FOR SALE FOR RENT ETC
Foi Salk A ladys saddle not a
side saddle Make inquiries at this of
fice for price and particulars
Von Sale -room house nnd two
lots Some One trees Price t900 In
quire of IJarger at the clothing store
Foit Salkok Thank One Ideal hot
water heater good as new Wo have
been usirifr it to heat our residence and
greenhouse but as wo have a large
greenhouse and boiler room under con
struction and have purchased ai 50 horso
power steam toiler wo have no further
uae for the heater It is tho exact size
and make as used in tho residoueo of
Mrs Dr Easterday Will trade for a
good carriage or horse or anything that
I can use or will eell cheap for cash A
real bargain L M Best
For Kent A line ground floor furn
ished room in the F D Burgess resi
dence Phono black 102
To Rknt 5 robni cottage with bath
Mrs J A Snydor 910 McFarland st 17
Fou Rent Some furnished sleeping
rooms and one suito for light house
keeping Frkd Bruns
Lost A small ladys pocket book
containing a till and somosmall change
Finder will bo suitably rewarded upon
returning same to N J Johnsons resi
dence
Girls Wanted At tho McCook
Steam Laundry
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
Wo chronicle a week of benefactions
A bound volume The National Abritra
tion and Peace Congress has been re
ceived from tho proceedings committee
of New York with the compliments of
Mr Andrew Carnegie It has for it-
frontispiece a fine full page portrait of
Mr Carnegie who was president of the
congress besides many portraits of men
and women who were prominent in tho
movement for universal peace The
book is of largo interest to any student
of present day international relations
Mr A C Hippie has presented to
the library two bound volumes of the
Century one of the Review of Reviews
and several other books while Mrs
Coglizer donated The Story of the
Seer of Patmos A large number of
the Breeders Gazette part of them
bound were brought by Mr E J
Mitchell and another large collection
of the Musical Courier by Dr Hare
The library management would acknow
ledge these gifts with thanks
The dictionary may be said to hold a
libaral education between its covers
and that is a progressive student who
knows how to use and cultivates The
Dictionary Habit The library diction
ary has been kept in hiding behind the
door and must be ased for before
being discovered A new adjustable
rack has been added to the equipment
this week and the big book may now
be found in the main reading room
where it is easily accessible at all times
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last report
Frank H Coleman and wife to
Thomas A Clapp wd to lots
IS 19 20 blk 8 Willow
Grove add McCook ISO 00
Charles T Harris widr to Al
bert Shera wd to lots 12 13
blk 10 West McCook S00 00
Hiram C Rider and wife to Al
len Barrett wd to lot 12 blk
18 Riverviqw cemetery 15 00
Nettie E Hamilton and bus to
L D Barger wd to lot 1 blk
9 2nd McCook 1123 00
T M Brown to Ball Bros lease
to lot 2 blk 54 Bartley 720 00
Taylor fll Cameron and wife to
Jacob and Joshua Gerverwd
to lot 1 blk 2 West McCook 1400 00
George F Pronger and wife to
Elizabeth B Monks wd to
lot 11 blk 13 1st McCook 1400 00
Sarah F Mann to W D Spencer
wd to lot 1 blk 17 Indianola 10G0 00
GERVER
Mr andJMrs John Rowland departed
Monday for the haunts of their child
hood in Ohio They also expect to visit
relatives at various eastern points as
well as taking a trip west
H Beck who has quite large land
holdings in this vicinity with his agent
Peter Foxen and chaoffuer Dallas Di
vine was looking alter his interests here
Wednesday He reports corn in this
immediate neighborhood as looking as
well as any corn he has seen between
here and home This is very flattering
andjencouraging to us as we were fool
ish enough to suppose we were not in
it with those high priced land fellows
Miss Ethel Lant is heme from attend
ing normal at McCook
A representative of the Grand Island
business college was around getting the
young people interested in acquiring an
education to fit them for life work
Thayer Rowland is working with Bert
Goodenbergers heading gang
Rev Young is putting in good licks
on his new house
The Relph Austin Header Co broke
their header last week and had to lay
off for a day or two
Everybody who can is putting in
good time plowing corn Those who
are Btill harvesting are nervous because
they cant
Lets dress up clothes
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U911I we cler our store of II tle unner
goods ve lve we sfyaJI keep 09 rpkiQ sucf
low prices tlpt wlpetlper you wis unirer
tipipejs or 901 you c99ot keep fron buyi9g
tlpen fron us if you corrje to our store
Ve re eo9te9t to cler out tle rest of our
unner stock for very low prices
I9 our store tle dollars will jurrjp riojlpt out
of your purse because tlpey will feel tlt it is
di cringe to rendd9 U9spe9t wle9 dollar C9
get so 117UC17
Wo9t sone of tese tlgs terrjpt you AW
wsl fabrics t reduced prices 09e lot of
Cdvs dlpoes 7 7 c 09e lot of C9VS oesB
9 8c forrner price 09 prt of tlpis lot ws
5150
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raised by the Mower and Binder Trust is only to make Ne
braska farmers pa their large ousted lines forced by Kansas
Oklahoma and Texas
G W PREDMORE SONS have Mower Knives
Sections Wearing Plates Clips Pitmans and Pitman Straps
Boxes and Bolts Guards and Guard Plates all kinds and
sizes of Rivets for the McCormick and Deering mowers and
we can soon get them for any other that you ma have
We have bought from the same manufacturer for iS
years the same goods and we are selling at the same old price
We are not controlled by any trust combination or associa
tion We buy for cash and sell for cash Come and hear
our whispering and we will sell you the goods
G W Prcdmore Sons McCook
Shop Phone 19 Residence Phone Ash 3605
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