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I1EN the late
Russell S n g e
was in t li e
flcsli he was
regarded as a
precious inher
itance by news
paper men of
every degree
It was not be
cause he was
an ideal man to
interview He
had little to
say to those
whose trying
duty it Is to
gather knowl
edge at first
hand
little
was
ways
to
and the
he said
not al
adapted
reproduc
tion It was rather because willy
nilly the man and his millions wore
au ever present inspiration When all
other sources of information were seal
ed hermetically when there was ab
solutely nothing doing -in the news
gathering activity it was still possi
ble to evolve a romance with Uncle
Iluss for a hero At the time of his
passing he was regarded from the
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newspaper writers viewpoint as the
safest material in the market He
resented nothing denied nothing and
protested never If he were hurt he
never made any sign He seemed to
accept tacitly everything written or
said of him or at least to ignore it
And yet it was only the other day
that his widow with a quaver in her
soft voice that was not due alone to
advancing years assured me that the
world had made a cruel mistake in its
estimate of Russell Sage that be
neath his cynical and uninviting ex
terior there throbbed a heart which
yearned for a closer fellowship with
man She protested earnestly that the
dead financiers reputation for par
simony was entirely undeserved That
he had a distaste for the luxuries of
life she admitted freely but that he
was miserly she denied firmly
I know I cant take the stuff with
me and I wouldnt if I could he
once said to her when she suggested
ilRS SAGE AND HEK JIH1TIONS
that it might be well to unload some of
his accumulations on charitable ob
jects But Id be sure to make a
mess of It if I tried to dispose of it as
you suggest Better wait until you
have a free hand yourself
Granted that all this sounds like a
fairy tale isnt it just possible that the
world has blundered Wasnt Mrs
Sages opportunity to get at the real
truth of the matter better than that of
anybody else and hasnt she proved
herself to be a woman of rare good
judgment
One of the most manly men I know
is a Gotham preacher and a good one
His name is Peters not Madison Clin
ton but John Punnett and he is the
rector of big St Michaels church with
its membership of lSOO souls in every
one or wnom
rosy cheeked
and pudgy little
Dr John seems
to take a vital
interest Most of
his parishioners
are plain work
ing people and
it doesnt mat
ter especially to
them that their
pastor is the
foremost Assyri
ologist and au
thority on Bib
lical antiquities
in this country
and very likely
in the world
that he has con
ducted explor
ing and excavat
ing expeditions
for the Univer
sity of Pennsyl
vania and for
the Metropolitan
Museum of Xat
ural History
NO GOD SATE tUat U3S
aixah ten ks sev
eral of them which are used as text
books in the universities that he is ac
knowledged to be Americas premier
Hebraist Perhaps the majority of
them have never heard of all this
What they do know is that their pastor
is interested in them and In their daily
lives and that he has the trick of mak
ing them just as Interested in him It
is impossible not to be interested when
Dr Peters Is speaking I have tried It
and know whereof I speak
This same clever little Dr Peters
has aiways been a law uffto himself
in an ecclesiastical sense that is He
wait for the house of bishops
to pass the widely discussed canon 19
There has always been an open pul
pit at St Michaels Men yes wo
men too of all shades of religious
belief have been given an opportunity
to say things In this spacious tem
ple All that Is essential Is to satisfy
Dr John that you know something
really worth while and lie will do the
rest It neednt be theological either
Any well defined sociological text will
do quite as well Anything that makes
for the betterment of mankind Is good
enough for the rector of St Michaels
He does not as a rule encourage oth
ers to discuss political questions in his
pulpit but he docs not deny himself
lie believes that politics Is quite im
portant enough to have a place in the
church and he acts accordingly No
ilogma at all but the dogma of right
living Is his creed yet he Is not con
sidered heretical He has the most
profound respect for the religious con
victions of everybody and cannot bo
drawn Into a doctrinal discussion
The doctor was the guest of a promi
nent Turkish official in Constantinople
a very Intelligent Moslem and a warm
admirer of the American scholar As
an unusual mark of his esteem the de
vout follower of the prophet invited
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THE CRITICS WIELDS HIS UATON
Dr Peters to accompany him on his
regular visit to the mosque Before
entering the holy pWo he made up his
mind that he would jin in the worship
as far as his conscience would permit
He followed his host in the prelimi
nary prostrations and silent prayers
and all went well until the Moslem
raised his arms heavenward and ejacu
lated fervently There is no God
save Allah and Mohammed is his
prophet There is no God save Al
lah repeated the doctor and and
according to Koran Mohammed is his
prophet
The busiest man in Gotham he ad
mits it is Oscar Hammerstein pro
prietor of the Manhattan Opera House
and sundry other metropolitan enter
prises designed primarily to benefit the
public and then if anything is left
over to make life a trifle less strenu
ous for the philanthropic impresario
Do not conclude
hastily that he
is in Europe
pegging away
at the soul
racking b u s i
ness of engag
ing artists for
next season at
his opera house
Havent you
learned that It
isnt at all nec
essary for Mr
Hammerstein to
follow the ordi
nary exhaust
ing and rather
debasing meth
ods of obtain
ing the best -
there is on
earth Show
me a diva who
has made her
contract with
o u t affording
the magnani
mous Oscar an
opportunity t o
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exploit her on his billboards and I will
give her a place in my museum of rari
ties Oh no Mr Harunierstein is do
ing something much worthier of the at
tention of the man of genius which he
undoubtedly is He is converting the
roof of his Manhattan Opera House into
a tropical garden glass covered in
winter a charming jungle of palms and
gorgeous orchards It is to this aerial
greenery that one may retire when he
needs resuscitation from the eccentrici
ties of De Bussy most modern of com
posers with his patent scale and pat
ent applied for harmonies Melba
Tetrazzini and Mary Garden are all
coming and so is the roof garden
What is there left for the future
The last time I saw Mr Hammer
stein at close range he insisted on
limifincr nir
f j I TTXE versa tion to a
J V rfT discussion of the
of Gotham and
their methods I
inferred from
what he was
saying that he
was of the opin
ion that the gen
tlemeii w h o
make or break
pro f essional
singers were not
always qualified
to speak and I
asked him point
blank if such
were his honest
belief
I remember
that he wore at
the time a huge
red carnation in
his coat lapel
and before he
answered my
query he disen
gaged it gently
from his button
hole took a long and lingering sniff of
its spicy sweetness and handed it to
me with an amused expression on his
face Those musical critics those
half dozen fellows who arrogate to
themselves the duty of directing the
public taste why man they dont
know any more about music than
than I do he declared sotto voce
Even for the sake of a comparison that
was a very frank admission for Mr
Hammerstein
STUYVESANT BROWN
Th Prig and Hi3 Cane
Iu the number of the Tatler for Oct
0 1700 it la observed that a cane is
part of the dress of a prig this by
the way shows tha erroneous notion
prevalent that prlgglshness Iu a
modern word and always worn upon
a button for fear heshould bethought
to have an occasion for it or be esteem
ed really and not genteelly a cripple
In the number of Nov 1S a rural
squire In town Is sketched who Is the
prototype of one of the pavement nui
sances His arms naturally swung at
an unreasonable distance from his
sides which with the advantage of a
cane that he brandished in a great va
riety of Irregular motions made it un
safe for any one to walk within sev
eral yards of him
And under date of Dec 5 there is an
amusing sketch of a lively fresli col
ored young man who was among the
applicants to Isaac Bickerstaffs court
of censorship for license to use canes
perspective glasses snuffboxes orange
flower waters and the like ornaments
of life This young man had his cane
hanging on his fifth button and was
an Oxford scholar who was just en
tered at the temple
A Wedding Superstition
It lias been considered unlucky to be
married in May ever since the days of
Ovid and those people who have spent
their time in looking up roots and
reasons have given what they consider
to be the origin of the superstition as
follows
In ancient Rome there was hold in
May a festival called the Lemuria or
feast of the Lemures which was a
ceremony in honor of the speeches of
departed souls It became with the
Romans what we should call bad
form to have matrimonial feasts at
the season of a solemn ritual being no
doubt thought to be an insult to the
dead to marry at such a time From
this a number of stories grew of the
revenge made by the outraged ghosts
upon those who dared to disregard
thein and if anything unfortunate hap
pened to a couple who had been mar
ried in May it- would of course have
been put down to retribution So the
tradition of ill luck arose and its in
fluence has lasted ever since even to
our time
Towed by a Halibut
About the mouths of the streams on
which salmon camps are situated the
Indian dogs and children amuse them
selves catching the fish Some of the
youngsters are so small that after they
have succeeded In cornering a fish
the combined efforts of the party are
often required to dispatch it and carry
it to camp I have watched dogs run
ning about in a rift snapping at the
salmon and apparently having the time
of their lives
One of the most amusing sights that
I saw during my stay ill Alaska was
two Indian boys being towed about
the harbor at Kadiak by a huge hali
but they had just hooked Utterly un
able to land the fish they had fastened
the line to the stern of the boat and
while they pulled with all their might
each one at an oar they rallied each
other for not exerting more strength
and shouted loudly for help Finally
an Indian put out in a boat and the
fish was landed Forest and Stream
Bewildering France
There are in France two Bordeaux
the one in the Gironde and a tiny place
in the Lolret There are two Tou
louses the old town in the Haute
Garonne and Toulouse du Jura a vil
lage with COO inhabitants near
There is Tours in Touraine
Balzacs Tours in the
and Tours a village in Savoy near
Albertville There are seven St Cyrs
simple St Cyrs that is and twenty
four with something tacked on to
them seven St Denises and forty
seven with some addition fourteen St
Germains and 11 1 with something
tacked on
Great Lovers of Water
The Siamese are more devoted to the
water than any other nation ii the
world They are nearly vys bath
ing generally with their cist lies on
and they never go aaywhciv by land
if they can pafibly go by vrater 71e
streets of Iagck e like those of
Aenicc and the iucabitunta suy that
their iCcix of piracle would b a town
with canals where there were run outs
in both directions o that tiiv might
be spared the elTjvt of rowing
The Gcrrcw cf t
Its loo bad ojrnid the man wh
seemed to Le
Whats too brc qorcc the part
who had overheard th observation
That cur rplphljrrs always knov
when we uire frird riov for supper
but never get uot vrhsu we have
strawberries atrd ke Tenm explainer1
the noisy thinker Chicago News
Do yru iuSi tuiv is any rcliabh
way of foretell i g the weather
Yep answered Iar ier Corntos
sel Jos ihlul of the kind you dont
want and then prophesy it Wash
ington Star
Fuil of It
Mrs Caterby In a short time now
we will do all our heating by alcohol
Caterby Thats good All well have
to do will be to connect your Uncle
Jake to the furnace and range Life
Foolish Question
Why my boy did you fall in that
open coal hole
No course not I wuz in here an
they built a pavement over me Il
lustrated Bits
By the streets of by and by one
arrives at the house of never Cer
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HATEVER else he may he
the average American Is two
things he Is a politician and
a sportsman Whether he
makes either of these branches of ac
tivity a business or a pastime the
American citizen of average tendencies
will pay considerable attention to one
or both of them no matter what other
courses his life may pursue The sport
ing Interests of American life are In
creasing day by day England once
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rightfully boast
ed that she was
supreme in every
line of gentle
manly sport
whether competi
tive or solely rec
reative and not
competitive but
of late years
Britain lias been
forced into a
practically ludi
crous second place
through what the
leading authority
in America terms
athletic degener
acy
America take
first place in the worlds sporting life
and the present period of the year
marks the high water mark of each
years operations It is now that the
major leagues baseball campaigns
draw the biggest crowds except the
worlds championship series It is now
that the baseball pennant races are
most bitterlj fought The national ten
nis championships and national rowing
races are topics of the hour Interest
in forthcoming golf championships is
at fever pitch Swimmers strive to
smash worlds records The most val
uable horse races of the year are being
run Football coaches and captains are
forming plans for their fall campaigns
Yacht racing is enthusiastically fol
lowed
One of the most sensational develop
ments of the season has been the rise
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HAYES AT THE MOMENT HE FINISHED THE
MAItATHON EACE
of a young New York dry goods clerk
to the honor of being hailed as the
greatest long distance runner in the
world This lad is John J Hayes of
New York winner of the Marathon
race in the Olympic games in London
Hayes need not work for his living
during the remainder of his life unless
he absolutely insists on so doing lie
is the candy kid of Uncle Sams family
of good boys Twice thirteen or twenty-six
is nayes lucky number He
wore No 25 in the race covered twenty-six
miles from Windsor castle to the
finish lino in the stadium and some
day he will be twenty six years old if
lie lives
When Queen Alexandra presented
Hayes with a gold cup at the stadium
the lad was so nervous and excited
that he slipped and almost fell head
long down the steps of the royal box
Who ever heard of a one armed golf
er who was of real championship cali
ber or who was of any caliber at al
List to this story of a one armed Eng
lishman who has beaten a score of
supposed two armed stars Haskins
the professional at the Hoylake links
is the man and he makes the novel
claim of being the one armed champion
of the world though Ivor Botcazou
professional at the La Boulis links is
reported to have beaten him Haskins
has covered the difficult Hoylake
course in TS Haskins makes some re
markably long drives considering his
aandicap and is very clever at getting
the ball away from bunkers
Javelin throwing is a new form of
sport that is gaining many followers in
the United States This is a peculiar
instance of the transplanting to Amer
ican soil of a pastime first developed
among the barbarians of central Af
rica There are two official ways of
hurling the javelin One is the free
style and the other provides that the
thrower must grasp the spear iu the
middle A Danish athlete now holds
the worlds javelin throwing record
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
Thoro comes to tho library desk a vol
ume Pooms nnd Sketches ofNebrns
kafrom tho pen of Addison Erwin Shol
dondiroctor field work of the State His
torical Socioty Tho poems brentho tho
atmosphero and spirit of Nebrnskn nnd
aro dedicatod To tho Pioneers of Ne
braska One poem Before So Many
Peoplo Built Their Houses in Between
will apponl with significance to tho old
sottlers on the prairies
The librnry koops many magazines on
file in patent binders and these aro
loaned the same ns the hooks Wo find
the following numbers of recent dates
are missing
St Nicholas for Jan 190S Harpers
Monthly for Feb 190S Cosmopolitan
for Feb 190S McCluro for Nov and
Dec 1907 Harpers for Mnrch April
nnd Sept 1907 Everybodys for Juno
and Oct 1906 Anyone having these
numbers nud willing to take them from
their file will confer a favor by making
it known to thu librarian who will bo
glad to purchase them if they are in suit
able condition for binding
Tho first of September is tho time for
the annual appointing of n librarian and
applications for the position should be
in tho hands of the secretary of the li
brary board before that time
Prizes Advance Price of Land
Lands in Northern Mississippi ad
vanced from 15 per acre to S25 and 30
per acre because of an award won by a
grower of alfalfa on his exhibit at the
St Lcuis Exposition
This story is told by Captain J F
Merry general immigration agent of
the Illinois Central railway who has in
his possession letters and reports which
substantiate his word which in itself is
good with every newspaper man in Iowa
and Illinois
There aro some lands particularly
adapted to certain crops No one knew
just what somo of the Mississippi lands
would produce until the farmers experi
mented with alfalfa When one of tho
Mississippi growers won tho prize it
became apparent that the Mississippi
lands were alfalfa lands nnd five crops
per year are now being produced on
them Tho result is that tho lands
have increased in value
The National Corn Exposition which
is to be held at Omaha December 9 to
19 will show tho varieties best suited to
certain sections of the agricultural re
gion even better than they were shown
at one of tho worlds fairs or industrial
expositions To learn more about clover
and alfalfa as soil rejuvenntora is worth
a trip to the exposition at Omaha
These crops not only feed the soil but
also furnish a much needed protein feed
Better crops means crop rotation and
this means an effective way to get rid of
many insect pests The results of seed
ing fields to clover and alfalfa in regular
rotation with other crops will be shown
at the Omaha Exposition
Henry George Jr
TheRedpath Chautauqua System was
very fortunato in getting Henry George
Jr of Now York City to fill the seasons
dates for Dr Peter McQueen who was
taken sick while in Africa preparing
material for a new illustrated lecture
Mr George has two great lectures both
illustrated with stereoptieon slides In
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HENRY CEOKOE JU
his Wonders of tho New Japan he
has not kept in the be iten path of the
tourist but has taken some elegant
pictures which he explains with telling
effect But it is in Princes of Privi
lege that ho is at his best not so en
tertaining perhaps but vastly more in
structive In this address he points
out the difference in tho modes of life
of New Yorkers very rich and very poor
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ADVERTISED LIST
Tho following Iottors canto and pack
ages romain uncalled for nt tho McCook
postofilce August 7 ll0S
tkTTKUS
Arthur Mr S A Hrown Mr Jack
Loh Mr Clin M IW Mr Demito
Payne Miiw Aha Ituuil Mr Hob 1
Tiioiim Mr II V WhII MrJ 1
CAKDS
KrtiffKcr Mies Auntx Dolpli Mint frthur
Dunn Mr Walter heita Miw lolilio
SreKory Mr A O Hull Mr Frank
Hall Mrs Laura Ketrkel Mr Frank
Millfr Mr Emory Stover Mr Ma
Snndstctlt Earnest Wrixht Mr C A
Leisure Mr ami Mrs Kov
Uncalled for August 21
LKTTKHS
Adams Mr iioro Harclmnlt Mr It M
Calhvoll Mr M C Fnfrchlhl Mr J W
Flowers Mr Cecil W Jreen Mr Clevu
Graves MrsiTliursu Howard Mr Kilwin K
Jonw Mr Earl lolin ton Mrs Florunati
Koms Mrs Mary E LovhII His Lottie
LeVinaon Mr S McDonald Mrs Win
OHn Mr Earl IiiiftHlMis9 FIomhic
Ifrns ouer Mr Elian Steuer Mrs Ida
Turner Mr W H Uimmiv Mr Timothy
CAins
Axtcll Miss Florence Exert on Mr Geo
Gnskill Hay C one MNs Itertlm
Miller Mr Emory SeamaiuU Mr S It
Wooley Miss Etta Wrilit Lynn C
Wood Miss Eva Wright Mr C A
When calling for these plunsu say
thoy were advertised
S U McLkn Postmaster
BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER
CURES catarrh of the stomach
OHDER OF HEARING
State of Nebraska Ited Willow county as In
the county court
To all iHr on interested iu the estate of An
drew It Hamniell Into of stiid county dw
ceased You ure hereby notified that on tfm
Kith day of August IOS Edith V Fowler ttlel
her petition iu the county court of Miid county
for the appointment of John It Hammell Au
the administrator of the e iateof Andrew It
Hammell late of it id county deceased and
that the said petition will lx heard at the coun
ty court room iu the city of McCook iu said
county on tho I2th day of September K at
the hour of one oclock in It i ordered that
notice of said hearing be piven to all persons
interested in said estate by the publication of
this notice for three succe sive weeks in The
McCook Tribune a newaier published
printed arm circulated in stud county
Dated this 1Jtli day of AuKiist ltOb
sii c Mookk County Judge
Cordeal it McCnrl attorneys
NOTICE OF SC1T
Charles G Wallace defendant will tiika
notice that Marie Wallace as plaintilT liatt
tiled her petition in the District Court of Hud
Willow county state of Nebraska tho object
and prayer of which are to obtain a dirorce
from him on the grounds that although of
suilicient ability so to do lie has without jitt
cause 05 provocation grossly wantonly and
cruelly failed and refused to support or to in
any manner contribute to the support of plain
tilT for more than four mouths last past and
that her maiden name Marie Wandhorti bo
restored to her
You are required to answer said petition ou
or before Monday the 21st day of September
A DlJ0S
Makie Wulach PlaintilT
HyJ E Kelley her attorney
ORDEE OF HEARING
In the county court of Red Willow county
Nebraska State of Nebraska county of Red
Willow ss To Frank Magtier Hnttie Morris
George Thompson and to all per ons interested
in the estate of Penelope Thompson deceased
On reading the petition of Nellie Weston pray
ing that the admiui trutiou of said estate bo
granted to her or to such as she may
designate as administrator It is hereby order
ed tliat you and all ier orjs interested in said
matter mav and do appear at the county
court to be held in and for -aid county on tho
1Mb day of August A D IVjs at one oclock p
in to show cause if any there be why tho
prayer of the petitioner should not be granted
atid that notice of the pendency of aid petition
and that the hearing thereof be given to all
per ons interested in said matter by publishing
a copy of this order in the McCook Tribune a
weekly newspaper printed in said county for
three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing
Witness my hand and seal of -aid court thw
22nd day of July A D V0
J C Mookh touny Judge
John C Stevens attorney for M titioticr
sealJ
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