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Miss IoIq lliclcefBOfi or tooyraour
Iowa is visiting with bur undo 0 M
Babbitt and family
Prof John and wife of Cambridge
were Sunday visitora with Dr and Mra
ArboguBt
The Iflesos Borthn and Pay Babbitt
of Cambridgo wore visitora hero last
week with their brother 0 M
Leo Sinipaon visited Cambridgo friends
over Sunday
The wife and children of Prof Lon
Carnahan of Columbus Neb are here
on a visit with Mr and Mrs James
Carnahan
Charles McKnight and family moved
from hero to Gothenberg Neb last
week whore Mr McKnight will farm
We wish them success Mr McKnight
is an honest industrious man and
although considered a poor man his
word and credit wero good for all he
contracted It ia our belief no man ever
lost a cent by giving credit to Charles
McKnight
Considerable excitement at the depot
Sunday morning when No 12 arrived
Drunken man landed Attempted
arrest Depot door kicked in Sundry
threats etc
The suddendeath of L O Davis here
Friday morning was a shock to tLe
whole community Mr Davis wns a
painter and pnper hanger Ho and hit
wife came here from Cambridge a few
months ago and made every one their
friend by their daily walk and work
Mr Dnvis bad been sick a few days be
fore but had so far recovered as to be
able to work again and the day before
he died painted John Ritchies barn
He went to bed feolinsj as well as com
mon was awaken by the alarm clock
in the morning and on attempting to get
up fell back in bed and expired in a few
minutes
A H Barrows made a business trip
to San Luis Valloy last week
E E Smith and son Joe returned
from the stock show at Denver Satui
day evening on No 6
Aunty Smith suffered with facial
paralysis last week
Homer Borden brother of Mrs C M
Babbitt returned to his home at At
lanta Neb after a weeks visit here
C E Garrett one of our painters got
a fall last week by stepping into a bad
ger hole and is laid up with a badly
sprained ankle
Rev Davis Evangelical minister of
Cambridge with his daughter and a
friend were in attendance Friday at
the funeral of L O Davis son of Rev
Davis
Charles Peters is up from Kansas on
a visit He says work is plenty and
wages good
Ira Sheets manager of the Perry
Bee yard nt Bartley was at Omaha last
week attending the lumbermens con
vention On his return he stopped ou
at Lincoln and visited with our former
citizens W F Miller and daughters
Maude and Blanch They are getting
along nicely in Lincoln
Will Ault and family were in Bartley
this week They are now residents of
Hayes county and are in this vicinity
visiting relatives and former friends
Mr and Mrs C E Garrett are proud
parents of a fine boy born Monday of
this week
Mr and Mrs Dewey returned Wed
nesday evening from their wedding
trip and are with Mrs Deweys father
J B fiaiuing
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As Many a McCook Reader Knows Too
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Nature tells all about it
The urine is natures calendar
Infrequent or too frequent action
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Curious Mistakes That Have
Been Made by Preachers
A CAUTIOUS SCOTCH ELDER
The Way Ho Qualified In His Petition
His Praise of the Pastors Wife
The Blunt Appeal of Father Taylor
the Boston Preacher
The most frequent cause of inappro
priate petitions Is no doubt the per
sistence of hublt Certain phrases are
used again and again until they come
to be repeated without any thought of
thejr Immediate application says the
Christian World We may similarly
explain the stories of the workhouse
chaplain who prayed that those pres
ent might not trust In uncertain riches
and the prison chaplain who besought
the Lord that he conduct the worship
ers in safety to their respective place3
of abode
The sense of humor must surely have
been lacking in the old man of eighty
supported by crutches who regularly
included among his petitions at the
weekly prayer meeting the request that
he might be kept from running with
the giddy multitude to do evil Fa
miliarity with conventional phraseology
was the undoing of the minister who
after the sermon on the Pharisee and
the publican asked that there might
be poured out upon his hearers a dou
ble portion of the publicans spirit
Not very complimentary was the use
of a well known Scripture passage
made by a minister at a wedding
May these persons live together in
such harmony in this life that they
may finally attain unto that state of
felicity where they neither marry nor
are given in marriage As a conclud
ing example of the thoughtless use of
familiar language one may quote this
remarkable amalgam 0 Lord we
praise thee that we are thine we feel
that we are thine we know that we
are thine Lord make us thine
As iu a sermon so in a prayer the
attempt to correct a hasty utterance
sometimes leads to surprising results
A cautious Scotch elder it is said had
taken supper at his pastors house and
in returning thanks after the meal en
tered upon a detailed exposition of
various causes of gratitude He con
cluded by invoking the divine blessing
upon the pastors wife as his godly
helpmeet who had always upheld his
hands in every good work at least
he added in a saving clause as far
as we know It is related of a com
patriot that in a moment of- forgetful
ness he once thanked God for the sal
vation of all men but immediately
redeemed himself from heterodoxy by
the qualification which O Lord as
thou kuowest is true iu one sense but
not iu another
There are some men who seem to
think that an indirect manner of ex
pression is especially suited to sacred
things as the Scotchman quoted by
Dr Boyd as saying For as thou
knowest men do not gather grapes of
thorns nor ligs of the national em
blem and the Englishman who thus
pledged himself And O Lord if thou
wilt move the heart of any young man
to enter thy service we will show our
approval in a way which thou wilt
appreciate
Father Taylor the Boston sailor
preacher was one of the most direct
of men and on the one recorded occa
sion when he essayed a roundabout
style nature triumphed over artifice
It was the Sunday before the state
elections and he was praying fervent
ly that a man might be chosen for
governor who would rule in the fear
of Gcd who would never be afraid of
the face of clay who would defeat the
ringleaders of corruption who would
defy his own party if it yielded to wire
pullers who suddenly Father Taylor
paused and then exclaimed 0 Lord
whats the use of boxing the compass
in this way Give us George N
Briggs for governor Amen
The temptation to use public prayer
as a vehicle for the conveying of infor
mation has sometimes been too strong
to resist In his lively reminiscences
published some years ago in the Wes
leyan Methodist Magazine the late Dr
Benjamin Gregory recalled how a cer
tain Methodist minister of an earlier
generation was accustomed to convey
all necessary directions to his younger
colleagues through the medium of the
throne of grace ITere is an example
O Lord bless thy dear young servant
Thou knowest his appointment for to
morrow is at and he will have to
stop at Brother s who keeps a lit
tle shop opposite the church Oh grant
that thy dear young servant may not
forget to let the people have the maga
zines and to bring home the moneys
The famous Dr McCosh of Princeton
was accustomed to meet the students
in th college chapel every morning
when he would make any necessary an
nouncements as well as conduct devo
tions One morning in the prayer with
Avhich the -service concluded he prayed
for the president of the United States
the cabinet the members of both
houses of congress the governor of
New Jersey the mayor and other offi
cials of Princeton and he then came to
the professors and instructors in the
college At this point there flashed
into his mind a notice which had been
communicated to him orally and which
he had omitted to include in the an
nouncements made just before To
the surprise of the assembled students
President McCosh continued And O
Lord bless Professor Karge whose
French class will be held this morning
at 9 oclock Instead of 930 as usual
He who hesitates much will accom
plish little Von Moltke
How Can a Pound of Food Make One
Thrse Pounds Heavier
Here are two personal experiences
of my own that are equally striking
After having put ou rather too much
weight probably through excess uud
1 other mistakes of food and drink
played u severe tennis match and lost
teveu pounds in weight Then 1 took
a glass of wine and at once by this
put on two pounds Then L took a
meal slightly larger than usual and
put on another two and a half pounds
though the meal itself weighed jjuly
one pound
On another occasion when I had
fasted for a day or two and had natu
rally lost two or three pounds a day
I ate a meal weighing about one pound
and went up in weight not one pound
but three pounds
How can only one pound in food
add three pounds in wejght
How in the case of other people
can three pounds a days food and
drink add uothing at all
In mj own case one principle ap
pears and this is that my nature is
at any rate rapid in getting toward the
normal but comparatively slow in get
ting far below or far above the nor
mal
A not uncommon but very striking
phenomenon is that of the shampooer
In a Turkish bath in London He finds
that after his days work which in
volves copious sweating and hard
physical exercise and scarcely any
thing to eat or drink he goes up in
weight some two or three pounds mere
ly by resting Eustace Miles in Metro
politan Magazine
STRANGER THAN FICTION
The
Way the Captain of a Slave
Trader Was Convicted
Romance writers are often blamed
for making the plots of their stories
turn upon slight chances and improba
ble incidents but here is an incident
in real life stranger than fiction
In 1799 the cutter Sparrow brought
the brig Nancy into harbor at Kings
ton Jamaica under suspicion that she
was engaged in the slave trade But
although many circumstances pointed
to this fact no clear proof could be
obtained as the brig had no papers
from which the charge could be sub
stantiated The suspected vessel was
therefore discharged but the day be
fore she left the harbor a man-of-war
arrived bringing some documents
that clearly proved her guilt
These papers had been obtained in
a highly improbable manner While
cruising off the coast of Santo Domin
go the crew of the man-of-war had
amused themselves by fishing for
sharks One monster was captured
and cut up on deck and in its stom
ach was found a bundle of ships
papers the very documents flung over
board by the captain of the Nancy
when he was boarded by the Sparrow
Curiosity led the captain of the man-of-war
to clean and examine the
papers and the result was that he
brought them before the authorities at
the nearest port The unlucky brig
was condemned on this romantically
acquired evidence St Paul Pioneer
Press
A Lame Excuse
A French sentinel in Algeria said
a playwright had for his colonel a
very tall lanky round shouldered man
This round shouldered colonel one
night was making a quiet inspec
tion Passing the sentinel he found
to his rage and indignation that he was
not challenged So he returned to the
man and roared
You didnt challenge me
N no sir faltered the sentinel sa
luting
Well why didnt youV the colonel
demanded
Excuse me sir said the sentinel
but I thought I beg your pardon sir
I thought you was a camel
His Denomination
A man who had been playing golf
with a clergyman heard him swear
two or three times under his breath
Suspecting the lapse he em Id not be
sure of it until one monosyllable
came out with unmistakable
After he had finished the match a
friend of his said I saw ou play
Ins just now with the Rev Xi Dash
Of what denomination is he Some
people say he is a Congregaiiinalist
replied his late opponent but I should
call him a Profanitarian Argonaut
An Air Loving World Wanted
Once get a nation into inviting fresh
air instead of barring it out and hot
only is that nation going to repel con
sumption but it is going to better it
self physically in such a measure as
to be practically immune from other
diseases An air loving world is what
the scientists are aiming at Philadel
phia Inquirer
All Provided
Mrs X away from home John
did you leave out anything for the cat
before you started Mr X who dis
likes the beast Yes I left a can of
condensed milk on the table with the
tan opener beside it Boston Tran
script
Bad and Good
Miss Sue Brette And you saj
IS jC -
he
look aim and threw an egg at you
Foote Lighte He did
Was it bad
The egg was but the aim was not
Kansas City Independent
The Old Moons
Little Dot Is there a new moon ev
jry month mamma Mamma Yes
dear Little Dot And does God cut
the old moons up and make stars of
them Chicago News
8urvival of a Curious Old Ceremony
Called Feoffment
Our remote ancestors did not sell
land as It Is sold nowadays the seller
merely giving to the buyer an ac
knowledged deed of the premises
According to their qustoms no land
title could pass except by transmuta
tion of possession and this they ac
complished by a solemn ceremony
called by an old term a feoffment
The seller and the buyer went on
the land together in the presence nf
Witnesses usually most of the -village
folks The seller took a tuft of grass
or a clod of earth and handed it to
the buyer declaring with a Joud voice
his intention to transfer to him the
possession of the land in question
Centuries have elapsed since the
English race has sold land in this
way and it has been supposed that
the practice had become extinct A
few years ago however a New Kng
land lawyer returned from Bolivia
gave the following account of a land
sale within 100 miles of La Paz the
Bolivian capital
The American had climbed the An
des to a height of 1400 feet accom
panied by a native Bolivian who had
agreed to sell some mining property
The subprefect of the province and a
notary went with them The Indians
living on the route were called out
as the party passed along until finally
the complete company numbered about
300
When the party reached its destina
tion the prefect called the assembly
to order declared what was to be
done and the notary wrote it down
The seller then tore up dirt and
grass with his hands and handed it
to the buyer who at once began to
run wildly about the land turn somer
assaults and cut up all manner f
funny capers
This the notary told the party was
to convince the native Indians that the
purchaser had actually taken legal
possession of the land and he furthei
stated that the Indians and their de
scendants would defend the newcom
ers title against any and all intruders
until he or his heirs should see fit to
transfer the possession of the land
to still others in a similar manner
Boston Post
THREATENED THE DEITY
An Impious Relic of Arizona While
Under Spanish Rule
Among primitive peoples gifts are
made to the gods in the hope of se
curing favor Quite logically
also when a god does not respond his
worshipers cut otf their gifts to him
and sometimes oven desecrate his im
age But it is odd to find a survival
of this notion among Christians bow
ever simple minded they may be
A very curious instance is contained
iu a report filed in the Smithsonian
institution at Washington It tell of
what happened in Arizona while un
der Spanish rule and is amusingly
naive in its story of how the people
of one department tried to threaten
the Deity and thereby make him Rive
them rain The report says
Considering that the Supreme Creator
has not behaved well in this province as
in the whole of last year only one shower
of rain fell that in this summer not
withstanding all the processions prayers
and praises it has not rained at all and
consequently the crops of Castanas on
which depend the prosperity of the whole
department are entirely ruined it Is de
creed
Article 1 If within the peremptory pe
riod of eight days from the date of this
decree rain does not fall abundantly no
one will go to mass or say prayers
Article II If the drought continues
oisht days more the churches and chap
els shall be burned and missals rosaries
and other objects of devotion will be de
stroyed
Article III If finally in a third period
of eight days it shall not rain all the
priests friars nuns and saints male and
female shall be beheaded And for the
present permission is given for the com
mission of all sorts of sin in order that
the Supreme Creator may understand with
whom he has to deal
Scrap Book
Economy
Economy is always admirable A
Cheyenne hatter though was disgust
ed the other day with the economical
spirit of a visitor to his shop The
visitor a tall man with gray hair
entered with a soft felt hat wrapped
in paper in his hand
now much will it cost he said
to dye this hat gray to match my
hair
About a dollar the hatter an
swered
The tall man wrapped the hat up
again
I wont pay it he said I can
cret my hair dyed to match the ha
for a quarter Household Journal
No Burglary
Judge You are charged with bur
glary How do you plead
Prisoner Not guilty boss an I
tell yo why In de fust place i
chicken coop doah wasnt oben locked
in de see on place dar wuz no burglar
alarm in the third place dar wuz in
bulldog an in de fourf place dar wij
no steel traps Now dat aint bar rv
et all boss dats jes simply findin
chickens an I leabe it toe yoselt -Exchange
Not So Here
Every London man shoud remember
that in the ordinary way if he has
readied 3 p m without getting mar
ried he is by a merciful dispensation
of ecclesiastical law safe for that
day at any rate London Punch
Driven to Drink
Artist My next picture at the acad
emy will he entitled Driven to
Drink His Friend Ah some power
ful portrayal of baffled passion I sup
pose Artist Oh no its a cab ap
proaching a waterisg trough
LuiruuiiuUDDniiGun
Westminster Clock Tower Is the
Finest Jail in England
BUT IT IS ALWAYS- EMPTY
The Tower Is tho British Parliaments
House of Detention and Charles
Bradlaugh Was Its Last Occupant
Tho Old Prison In Former Days
If the average sentenced criminal
were allowed to select his place of
confinement Jils choice would prob
ably fall on the Clock Tower prison
at Westminster as that Is the very
finest prison in Great Britain and is
able to supply comforts and luxuries
quite unknown to the ordinary Bill
Sikes
But the law decides that members
of parliament only may be confined
in that jail although rank outsiders
eould be committed to the Clock Tow
er for certain offenses against the
rules and regulations of parliament
The Clock Tower prison as it ex
ists today was erected in connection
with the house occupied by the ser
geant at arms This official is in com
plete charge of any member com
mitted to the Clock Tower and a
member cannot easily make his es
cape because in order to do so he
must pass through the house of the
sergeant
Very few members of parliament
are committed to the Clock Tower iu
these days We have to go back many
years to find a precedent Mr Charles
Bradlaugh being the last member to
occupy the cells at the Clock Tower
and he did not occupy them long lie
was handed over to the custody of the
sergeant at arms on June 23 1SS0
committed to the Tower and released
next day
There are two sets of cells in the
Clock Tower an upper and a lower
but both suits of cells are much the
same In each there is a sitting room
of very ample proportions well car
peted and furnished and replete with
most of the things which go toward
making one comfortable
In each suit there are two bedrooms
one for the use of the imprisoned
M P the other for the convenience
of the jailer who must always he on
the spot in order to see that the
legislator makes no attempt to escape
Any member of parliament sent to
the Clock Tower by order of the
speaker would be required to pay for
his own food and if he did not do
so he could be sued in court Any
legislator incarcerated in the Clock
Tower would be allowed to rise in
the morning just when he pleased and
he could retire to bed when the spirit
moved him no could read to his
hearts content and smoke as much
as he liked there being no restrictions
over such matters his punish
ment would lie In being prevented
from joining his fellows and mixing
with them
He would be taken out to exercise
but would always have two officials
beside him to guard against any at
tempt at escape and his exercise
would be taken on the terrace before
the house sat for the day Under
no circumstances would he be al
lowed to hold converse with his fel
low men One way or another an im
prisoned M P would not have a bad
time of it and he would not be kept
in confinement for any lengthy period
But if the Clock Tower is not much
used nowadays the Tower the prison
of the house of commons of a former
day was much in evidence In olden
times a passing remark an observa
tion obnoxious to the house or indeed
any trifle was sufficient to send the
culprit forthwith to tho Tower and
not to the Tower only for a member
could be committed to Newgate
Sometimes the reason for committing
a member to the Tower was somcwlrit
amusintr n wins the rase of a
member for Southampton who once
entered fh uci i i drtnkn condi
tion and mi M suftor fr an
owl sitting in an hv reod
him as - Tinvr
However iicr i r wa rod
next daysvd - rriTrMlid
for hn vU v - r
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Ion pTTrPt hi i ty rnanv
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a uote of the fee- - hi com to l
vis the tic1 geiitleuau
porter 20 IcitkVnn snuiicr tlO
When a member offends in these
days and require to be named a
ways a neecjiry before committal he
it not sent to the dock Tower but is
suspended from duty and is not allow
ed to enter the house for so long as the
members decree Pearsons Weekly
Her Idea
Mrs Muslins I hear your husband
Is speculating in stocks Is he a bull
or 1 bear Mrs Bugjdns Judging
from result I should think he was a
jackass Philadelphia Record
Know thyself and your own place in
the universe about you Fear no phan
tom but face realities Grant Allen
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NOTICK TO CHEDnORS
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laiins mid demands auninst tho KMuto or
iteeph Duditlori iMd that they nro ruquircd
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oiiuty Judtru of Mild county tit- his ollice iu Mc
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