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TEMPERANCE COLUMN
J Conducted by the McCook W C T V
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t the prohibition national convention
Stmrles R Jones chnirman of the pro
hibition national committee presented
a report showing tho progress of the
prohibition idea in tho four yenrs from
1IK1 to1908 Tho following statements
uro copied from it
During the four years the amount of
jrohibition territory has been doubled
and 20000000 people added to those liv
ing in prohibition cities counties and
states making an aggregate of over
10000000 now in saloon free districts
Nearly two thirds of tho territory of the
Waited States and nearly one half of the
people are under prohibition protection
In 1901 17000000 peoplo in tho south
were under prohibition in 1908 25000
BQ0 Thorp are today 250 prohibition
cities in the United States having n pop
ulation of over 5000 each with a total
population of nearly 3000000 In 1904
ibero were scarcely a hundred prohibi
tion cities of 5000 or over there are
xow 90 prohibition cities of 10000 or
over The prohibition party is organ
ized and at work in practically every
state of the union Since 1904 five new
prohibition states have been gained
Sow York Sun
A farewell reception was held at the
ionio of Mrs Viola Austin on Tuesday
evening in honor of Mrs Bertha Berry
yho with her children loft for her new
home at Minneapolis Minnesota Wed
aesday evening Tho reception rooms
were crowded with tho many friends of
Mrs Berry who are sorry to part with
her She has been a devoted church
worker having practically built up tho
JSpworth League by her zeal and untir
ing efforts since she came hero nearly
four years ago She is also a W O T
U worker and will be missed from that
organization Many friends were down
at the depot to see them off
We are rejoicing over the victory of
county option at the recent primary
-election W C T U Press Sec
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
During the months of June July and
August the library has had visitors to
the number of 4S74
Books loaned during tho same period
2439 districuted among the classes as
follows Philosophy 5 Religion 10
Sociology 7 Philology 1 Natural
Sciencej 3 Useful Arts 9 Fine Arts 1
Literature 70 History Biography and
Travel 41 Fiction 11SG Juvenile 1100
iotal 2439
A good book is often so adjudged
oacause of its worn fringy bedraggled
appearance telling eloquently of it use
but by no means a safe criterion for
sstimating its usefulness
Compare the appearance of most of
the five dollar bills which come into
jour possession with that of the twenty
dollar bill which occasionally finds its
Tray into your purse You would never
place a higher value upon the much
Trorn much soiled much circulated five
dollar bill because it bears the marks
sf greater use Its purchasing power
determines its value While it is true
hat the five dollar bill passed on four
times will purchase twenty dollars
Trorth of goods yet no man has received
ihe value of twenty dollars from it
Carrying the analogy into the world
of books A books usefulness or en
tertaining power cannot be rightly de
termined by its appearance It is quito
possible for it to look respectable and
ybt contain between its covers a most
delectable feast for the reader whose
mind is hospitable to its message It
is true of books as of bills their value
cannot be determined by their circula
tion
It is true of the feast of books as of
the feast of the table we get from them
in the measure of the appetite we take
tOthem and each reader must make
his own discoveries and train his mind
to a right estimate of what is good to
him
What Ten Ears Will Win
Advance sheets of the premium list
of the Jrtional Corn Exposition which
is to be here in Omaha during Decem
ber show that a 10 ear sample of corn
tvHI win 1000 in gold on the ground
oHsaipion sweepstakes award and in ad
ditfsa the sample will also win the
Grand Premier Commonwealth Trophy
valued at 31000 Besides this large
aiSount in qualifying for tho sweep
stakes and trophy the sample will have
soti several hundred dollars in cash and
merchandise premiums thus making it
fte largest amount ever offered in a
grain or grass contest This is certainly
niaking money on corn at least 8250
p3 ear and according to Omaha papers
iho announcement of such a prize has
excited so much wonder among tho
basinssa men that many declare their
intention of renting a patch of ground
next year and if money will buy good
seed and give a crop of corn good care
jump in after some of the prizes Un
til they heard of the prizes which the
National Corn Exposition offered they
did not think it worth while to play
Tvith corn growing but 2500 is more
ihaa they win at the horse shows golf
tournaments and horse races
The Tribune all home print
Initial Clerk Carrier Examination
Information from tho pobtoftice de
partment announces tho initial clerk
carrier examination for McCook to be
hold on September 2Gth 1908 for which
a suitable room in the new high school
building has been secured
Clerks and carriers in second cluss
offices are divided into four grades
First grade salary 8000 second grade
salary 8800 third grade salary 8900
fourth grade salary 81000
Promotions are mude successively to
the higher grades after a years service
provided satisfactory service has been
given
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below and weight
ed as indicated
1 Spelling twenty words of averago
difficulty in common use 10
2 Arithemtic simple tests in addi
tion subtraction multiplication and
division of whole numbers common and
docimal fractions and United States
money 20
3 Lottor writing a letter of not lesB
than 12o words on some subject of gen
ornl interest Competitors will bo per
mitted to select one of two subjects
given 20
4 Penmanship the handwriting of
the competitor in the subject of copying
from plain copy will be considered with
special reference to the elements of
legibility rapidity neatness general
appearance etc 20
5 Copying from plain copy a tost
in copying accurately a few printed
lines in the competitors handwriting 10
G United States geography rela
tive to the boundaries of states and to
capitals largept cities rivers and other
bodies of water and the location by
states of prominent cities etc 10
7 Reading addresses test in noting
with pen or pencil on a printed sheet of
addresses differences between the print
ed addresses and the written of which
they are copy 10
100
Age limit 18 to 45 The age limit is
waived however in the cases of persons
honorably discharged from the military
or naval service by reason of disability
resulting from wounds or sickness in
curred in the line of duty
Male applicants must be at least 5
feet and 4 inches high iu bare feet and
125 pounds in weight without overcoat
and hat
Applicants must be physically sound
and in good health Hunchbacks per
sons having defective hearing bight or
speech persons blind in one eye one-
armed one handed or one legged per
sons or those having crippled arms or
legs or those suffering from asthma or
hernia Applicants having above-mentioned
physical defects will be rejected
unless such persons are honorably dis
charged United States soldiers or sail
ors
For application blanks instructions
and further information applications
should be made to Edward J Brady at
the McCook postoffice or to J M Shoe
maker secretary of 8th civil service dis
trict St Paul Minn
No application will be accepted unless
properly executed andjfiled with Mr
Shoemaker prior to the hour of closing
business on September 22 1908
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last report
Samuel J Pitzgibbons et ux to
Paulina Dobson wd to se qr
1 2 28 5000 00
Edward P Daharsh et ux to
William Uerling wd to lots IS
and 19 blk 23 Indianola
pt sw qr ne qr 30-3-29 2 5a
C W Snyder et ux to James W
Wentz wd to n 50 f of lot 1
blk 1 West McCook pt sw
qr ne qr 30-3-29 2 5a hf int
700 00
Anna A Walker et cons to Ed
ward H Daharsh wd to lots
2 and 3 blk 17 Indianola 1200 00
William G Flint single and
Ivan B Clark et ux to Prank
Ball wd to lot 3 blk 3 Cen
tral addition to Bartley 1200 00
R E Jennings et ux to C W and
H IVI Snyder wd to n 50 f of
lot lblk 1 West McCook and
950 00
425 00
Wesley M Rozell to Nels J John
son wd to hf int in lots 19
and 20 blk 4 McCook 1250 00
Lincoln Land Co to Con
hard wd to lot 8 blk G Mc
Cook
Conrad Eckhart et ux to Julius
Houn wd to lot 8 blk 6 Mc
Cook
100 00
225 00
Fred Blair et ux to Margaret V
Mecham wd to lots 1 2 3 4
5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 blk 1
HEsther park add to Bartley 2200 00
J M Little et ux to Wm B
Whittaker and C B Gray
wd to lots 48 49 50 blk 1
South McCook 825 00
Levi Brown vs Edgar G Brown
et al m lien to lots 71 70 1
2 3 4 5 blk 2 Welborns add
Indianola
L D Vanderhoof et ux to
Charles K Dutcher wd to
ehf 2100 00
Ernest Pearson to A J Pear
son wd to n hf sw qr se qr
sw qrnw qr se qr 12000 00
Meda Carney unmd to Clar
ence C and Clara H Hariess
wd to lot 4 blk 2 4th Mc
Cook 100
Clarence C Hariess et ux to
Hattie Wait wd to lot 4 blk
24th McCook 950 00
Clara H Hariess et cons to W
S Wait wd to lots 12 blk 1
6th McCook 3000 00
DIDNT WEED IT
Vhy Scotch Farmer Refused a Por
tion of Dessert
Could the funny sayings and Inci
dents at the tenants dinners In Scot
land be collected they would make an
unrivaled book of humor Mistakes of
amusing and sometimes embarrassing
nature occur frequently at such func
tions One story Is told of u guest at
a Scottish tenants dinner who tasted
Ice cream for the first time on that oc
casion lie pushed a largo spoonful of
the frozen mixture Into his mouth and
jumped from his chair with agony ex
pressed on his face He let out a yell
and cried out Ow ow ma rotten
tooth and could not be Induced to
eat any more
At another Scottish affair of the kind
a good old farmer was seated next to
the hostess She served him a bit of
savory omelet which seemed to cause
the old man deep disappointment His
Idea of an omelet had always been a
dessert with sugar or fruit or jams
and after tasting the sample before
him he turned to the hostess and said
Wool ma lady I canna compliment
you on your puddins
The late Duke of Buccleuch told a
story of a tenant at one of the farmers
dinners on his estates who was asked
by the duchess if he would take some
rhubarb a dish she was fond of The
farmer was surprised but answered
politely Im muekle obleeged to your
grace but I dinna need it
FINDINGS NOT KEEPINGS
Lost Articles Are Always Crying Out
For Their Owners
When one is on the public thorough
faro or in the street car or train or
boat and picks up an object that is
valuable is it his
True he may find something which
is too small and trifling to
warrant
searching to Cud the owner such as a
handkerchief a pair of gloves etc
But when he finds something of value
it Is not his until he has done every
thing in his power to find the owner
The street railways and trains are
so systematized today that if when
one finds an object of value he re
turns it to the companys representa
tive it is almost sure to catch up with
its owner Every person of intelli
gence Knows tuat the first place to
inquire for it is at the lost and found
department
When however one is on the street
and finds something which if he lost
it himself he would very much like to
have returned there are the columns
of a newspaper in which to advertise
If he fails to find the owner after
this then he can rightfully call it his
own and have a clear conscience but
if he avoids looking over the lost and
found columns and fails to do his part
toward finding the owner he is almost
as dishonest as if he took the goods
Chicago Record LTerald
Serious For Once
An army captain on returning homo
from India brought with him a goodly
stock of souvenirs Among them was
a pair of laughing jackasses which he
intrusted to one of the sailors Tom
Pinch
Alas The unaccustomed shipboard
life did not agree with the creatures
and in spite of all Toms care they
pined and Gnally died
When he discovered the catastrophe
Tom was in despair
I darent tell the captain
Dont shirk it mate said his pal
Break it to him gently Youll find
itll be all right
The advice seemed sound and Tom
sought the gallant captain
Scuse me sir he said you know
them things below what you call
larfln jackasses Well sir they aint
got nuffin to larf at this morning
London Scraps
Kis Choice of Veapons
M Victor Noir an illiterate bully
of the time of the second empire for
no real reason whatever sent a French
statesman a challenge to fight a duel
Noir was a densely ignorant man
and nearly every word in the challenge
was misspelled The statesman re
sponded with the following letter
Dear Sir You have called me out
without any good reasons I have
therefore the choice of weapons I
choose tho spelling book and you are
a dead man The duel was never
fought
Counting It Up
There is a son of Erin in Newton
Mass who is quite a character He
has a number of children and was
asked one day how long he had been
married Well he said thorps Eu
gene is forty and Norah thirty Jive
that makes siviuty tivo aud Lizzie is
thirty two and how mmv do that
make
The Visa One
Thin liuardtM i tlnu l sec how you
managi to fiiv - wHl ai this hoard
ing I iiavi Isliistrifiusly funn
ed the lai ilalv and all hw daughters
but Im half served 1 Boardr
I courted tln runk City Itdt
pendpm
Arrsrmc ts Ccrnplcte
Arrangiiiis fr the wedding arc
all coiipit
Everything artiMidwl rn
Yes wi have ovn made a deal
with a photographer to have his cam
era smashed - Louisville Courier
Journal
The Cards Are Out
Ysobel do you think you
learn to love me
could
Learn to love you Oh Reginald
I could give lessons in loving you
St Louis Republic
Fortune brings In some boats that
are not steered Shakespeare
ansr
MRS PHILIP N MOORE
The New President of the General
Federation of Womens Clubs
Mrs Philip X Moore the new presi
dent of the General Federation of Wo
mens Clubs was chosen to that office
as successor to Mrs Sarah Piatt Deck
er at the recent ninth biennial session
of the federation In Boston
Mrs Moore defeated Mrs May Allen
Ward of Boston the candidate named
by the nominating committee
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MRS PHILIP 2f MOORE
51G of the 90U votes cast
She
was vice president of the General Fed
eration and is prominent iu society
and musical circles in St Louis Mrs
Mooro was one of the most active
members of the board of lady mana
gers of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition of 1904
Edgar Jepson
Edgar Jepson author of Tangled
Wedlock is a writer of the day whose
youthful experiences have undoubtedly
helped him in the art of the romancer
In a little tin pot of a steam yacht he
and two of his college friends in or
der to see the world coasted along
the shores of the Mediterranean and
in six months had as many narrow es
capes from drowning as the average
seaman enjoys in thirty years Then
came a year as schoolmaster in a prim
itive Welsh village and after that
three years in the West Indies from
all of which quite naturally was ac
cumulated enough experience for the
demands of romance
Queer Virginia Oysters
Cut sure enough did you know there
were some oysters and Virginia oys
ters at that which cannot live alwavs
under sheets of water The seaside
say over ten feet and the most and
best of them grow in water so shoal
that it is dry ebb half the time These
latter are the most prolific seed bear
ers we have but they will die if
planted in deep water or in the Chesa
peake bay The inside or bay oyster
should never ebb bare to thrive best
Singular isnt it that the Virginia
oysters one and the same bivalves
can lead a double life but only one
phase of it at a time The seaside
fellow must be out of water a good
portion of his time to thrive while the
bay and river fellow will die in sum
mer and freeze in winter if exposed to
the air Virginia Citizen
The Roast
To judge woman by her looks is to
court error said a well known wo
man I know a man who while
carving at a dinner wished to say
something that would please the pale
deep eyed spirituelle girl at his side
How do you like Maeterlinck he
at last inquired
Well done she answered not once
lifting her eyes from the great roast
he was working on Washington
Post
A Difficult Case
A physician received late one even
ing a note from three of his fellow
practitioners
Please step over to the club and
join us at a rubber of whist
Emille dear he said to his wife
here I am called away again It ap
pears to be a difficult case there are
three other doctors on the spot al
ready
New
I want you said the stage man
ager to play the part of a banker
and I wint you to try to play it with
a touch of originality
All right responded Vorlek Ilamm
Ill leave ulT tho mutton chap whisk
ers Kausii Tity JorrurJ
Could vrii Iiri ycrcrsolf to live in
a Cat on 4 a wet-
I could narold answered the pain
pored yet unspoiled irig But I d
not know j u h r it wtuld suit m
French maid rc i Taier
The RcM Question
Where dies he ret hi money
I dont know wIkmv hi rois his
mid I dont care Wli u I ni iMer
tsted in is knwig ji t how he gets
tnine Nashville Anic rican
The Sea Serpent Myth
It is possible even probable that the
sea serpent myth started in all good
faith In the southern seas grow the
gigantic algae the largest of which
measure from 400 to GOO feet in length
These when rolled on the beach form
enormous cables several hundred feet
long and as thick as a good sized tree
trunk Such cables washed out to sea
by storms may very easily have given
rise to the farfamed but yet undiscov
ered sea serpent New York Ameri
can
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WHAT IS A DAY
You Probably Think It Is Twenty four
Hours but It Isnt
Nine persons out of tun yes 099 out
of every 1000 if asked how long it
takes the earth to turn once on Its
axis would auswer twenty four hours
and to the question How many times
does It turn on Its axis in the course
of the year the answer would be
3G5Vi times Both answers are wrong
It requires but twenty three hours
and fifty six minutes for the earth to
make one complete turn and it makes
3GGV1 turns during the year The er
ror springs from a wrong Idea of what
fs meant by a day
The day is not as Is commonly sup
posed the time required by the earth
to make one turn on Its axis but the
interval between two successive pas
sages of the sun across the meridian
that Is to say the time which elapses
after the sun Is seen exactly south In
its diurnal course through the heavens
before it is again seen In that position
Now in consequence of the earths
revolution in its orbit or path round
the sun the sun has the appearance
of moving very slowly In the heavens
In a direction from east to west At
noon tomorrow the sun will be a short
distance to the east of the point in the
heavens at which it is seen at noon
today so that when the earth has
made one complete turn it will still
have to turn four minutes longer be
fore the sun can again be seen exactly
south
THE ANCIENT SPARTANS
They Flogged Men Who Grew Too Fat
For Military Service
Among the ancient Spartans every
thing was considered secondary to mil
itary efficiency and with a view to se
curing this the boys and men were by
law kept in a continual state of train
ing No deformed child was allowed
to live Boys were taken from their
homes and subjected to military regu
lations at the age of seven They were
compelled to wear the sauic single gar
ment winter and summer At twenty
they joined the ranks and from that
age till they reached sixty were re
quired to dine at the public tables
where only a certain quantity was sup
plied for each man The magistrates
interfered in absurdly small matters
They regulated the degree of fatness to
which it was lawful for any citizen to
extend his body
Those who dared to grow too fat or
too soft for military service and exer
cise were sometimes soundly flogged
Aelian in his history relates that
Nauclis son of Polytus was brought
before the ephors magistrates and the
whole assembly of Sparta and his un
lawful fatness was publicly exposed
TJTL Tter I ireou SiSTpSSS
banishment if he did not bring his
body within the regular Spartan com
pass and give up tho culpable mode
of living -which was declared to be
more worthy of an Ionian than a
Spartan
Clock and Watch Freaks
A watch isnt exactly dirty when it
requires cleaning saj s a watchmaker
It may need cleaning when it hasnt
even been worn
A common cause of this is that the
oil in the works has dried up and be
come sticky causing the watch to go
slow or even to stop In this case it
not only -wants cleaning but also the
addition of fresh oil
The best oil for this purpose is ob
tained from the jawbone of a porpoise
or kindred fish Many watchmakers
mix their own oil from various kinds
Clocks also stop for no apparent
reason During a thunderstorm for
instance a clock may stop only resum
ing work when minutes days or even
weeks have passed
Thunderstorms again have been re
sponsible for the restarting of old
clocks which have apparently retired
altogether from active service Lon
don Answers
Brides and Wet Weather
A Breton bride rather likes to have a
wet wedding It is held to signify that
all her tears are now shed and that
she will therefore have a happy mar
ried life know of no similar belief
in the British isles
The Erza of Simbirsk call the day
before the wedding the weeping day
and the bride and her girl friends weep
all they can with the idea it would
seem of getting the mourning of life
over so that only joy may remain
The Badagas of the Neilgherries at
tain the same end by sousing the bride
with water Some Greek tribes have
a similar belief in the virtue of a
drenching bringing good fortune
The Omnipresent Rose
Every continent on the globe with
the exception of Australia produces
wild roses There can be little doubt
that the rose is one of the oldest flow
ers in the world perhaps grown from
the wind blown seeds iu paradise In
Egypt it Is depicted on numbers of
early bas reliefs dating from 000 to
CoOO B C Ilosewater or the essence of
roses is mentioned by Homer in the
Iliad and the flower is spoken of in
the Froverbs of Solomon
Cholly
Truthful Cholly
have you ever
loved be-
fore
My dear girl 1 will be honest with
you I have been engaged so many
times that my ex fiancees have per
fected an organization and adopted a
yell St Paul Pioneer Press
Must Have Been a Prize
But how could you tell darling
that I had never proposed to anv other
girl
Because you were not married
Bhe murmured rapturously and admir
ingly Judge
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