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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1884)
CASH ! CASH ! CASH ! WE WISH TO SAY TO r- - * - * That as we have no high-salaried book keepers to pay , n © bad debts to loose , and no large debts to carry at . " a heavy expense of interest , etc. , and that by . cutting down our expenses we are ena bled to sell our goods at prices AVERAGING LOWER Than any other Finn ever offered Goods at in t > led Willow County ! : - . A PARTIAL PRICE LIST. "Prairie Kose" [ New Process ] Flour. Warranted. Per hundred weight. . . ' . $2.25 . ArbucHes Coffee , 6K > s. for ' 1.00 > Light "C" Sugar , 131bs. for 1.00 LAWNS ! LAWNS ! Lawns ! Per yard 7c. TEA ! TEA ! Tea ! From 25c.to75c. REMEMBER ! We will pay the HIGHEST market price for PEODUCE in exchange for goods AT CASH PEICES. All Everybody Gome and See Us , All WILCOX BROS. I have for sale some of the FINEST UPLAND in RED WILLOW COUNTY. For terms and particu lars apply to CEO. HOCKNELL. D. KENDALL'S BILLIARD HALL & FAVORITE RESORT , THE PLACE Ice Cold Lemonade , Ginger Beer , Pop , Nuts , CHOICE CIGARS , CANDY , ETC , BILIIAKD and POOL TABLE. CALL and ENJOY YOUESELYES SUBSCRIBE . * - < ' i F O R . .t * j He McCook Tribune ! SUBSCRIPTION $2 PER YEAR. THE CURIOUS DEAD SEA. ' A Traveler's Experience Effects oi the Water. [ Jerusalem Cor. JCansas City Journal. ] Then I prepared for that rare luxury ( ? ) a bath in the Dead sea. The heat was terrific , but I could not resist the temp tation. 3Iorcover , I wished to test the buoyancy- the \vatcr ; so I threw away the umbrella upon which most bathers rely , and disrobing , boldly waded in. I substantiated the statements of those who maintain that it is impossible to sink in the water , by throwing myself recklessly in with closed eyes. Not only was it impossible to sink , but I could scarcely regain my footing , so lightly did I float ou the surface. I had been warned about getting the water into my eyes or mouth , but could not help it. Bah , what a malignant , nauseating mixture it is ! I could not eradicate the smart from my eyes or the deadly taste from my mouth tor a long time. "Oh , I hate the Dead sea , " blub . bered , as 1 emerged , blinking and drip ping , from the water , and proceeded to scrape the saline incrustation from my body. But the worst sensation was an awftd smarting and burning about my ankles. Iliad been five days in the saddle , and my ankles were somewhat chafed from wielding the spurs. Mr. Floyd told of bringing forty two cadets down to the Dead sea once who had poor ani mals , and had consequently become very sore from the long ride. They would bathe , and paid for the privilege by walking all the ten miles back to Jeri cho. They were too sore to sit in the saddle. My hair proved to be very sticky for an hour or so. I don't think I ever got so thoroughly salted down be fore. Nevertheless , there was no salt visible at the north end of the ? en. It is at the south end , where there is no Jordan to partially purify the water , that the famed mountains of literal rock salt are to be seen. Ordinary sea water has about 4 per cent , of salt in it , while the Dead sea has some 2G per cent. This per centage is fixed and steady despite all that the Jordan and other streams can do to "heal the waters. " Yet the effect of this water upon ani mal life has been exaggerated. If birds do not fly across it they certainly circle oer it , and I am told that ducks some times swim far put on the sea. Of course no fish can live in it ) but scientists have lately detected some very inferior organisms in it. There are also spots on the shoiu , remote from the point which I visited , where canebrakesj' willows , tamarisks , and even wild oleanders , flourish with their stems partly im mersed in the waters. The presence of this vegetation is due to the presence of some fresh water streams near by. At various points ' "SWphur springs exhale clouds of vapor. It was to these that Herod the Great went in order to be cured of his loathsome disease. There must have for merly been a smaller fresh water lake where the Dead sea now is , since we read that prior to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , the plain was well wa tered , fertile and like a garden. An imflammable bitumen , which crops out plentifully after earthquakes nowadays , is supposed to have been the , material upon which the conflagration fed. The Dead sea itself , occupying the lowest depression on the face of the earth , has a maximum length of forty miles and a maximum breadth of eight and a half. The din'erenee in level between it and the ifeditteranean is no le&s than 1,312 feet , and to that extent woiild the pro jectors of the Palestine ship canal have to flood the Jordan valley , obliterating i\ \ > vast tract of country , and changing the climate here altogether. Earthquake Etiquette. [ Storms mid Sunshine of o Soldier's Life. ] A tremor in the earth was perceptible throughout the remainder ot the day , and the Afghans were , for the time Jjeing , overwhelmed with terror. Briga dier SheltPU had quarrelled with almost every one of tlie pfljpeys except Macken zie , with whom he happened tp bp sitting on a bench on the roof of a house when the shock took place. He looked round fiercely to see AVho was shaking his bench. Mackenzie cried : "It's an earthquake brigadier ! " and , calling to Lady Sale , made toy the stairs , which were cracking and falling about them , and , by God's mercy , they all reached the bottom in safety. In the evening Shelton came up and said : "Mackenzie , I want to speak to you. " "Very well , brigadier. * ' In a solemn tone , to make him teel the enorm ity of the offense : "Mackinzie , you went down stairs first to-day ; " to which the latter coolly replied : "It's the fashion in an earthquake , Mr. Brigadier. I leaint it among the Spaniards in Manila. " America. iTlio Current. ] This is America. Here letterless grown men become learned ; here entry clerks become leading merchants ; here laborers become landlords. "Where this thing is dreamed of in the old world , here we have its sxibstance.Vhatis \ most glorious is that it is right. Caste and snobbery arc its antagonists ; justice , its support. > T\vae Ever Thus , [ Burlington Hawkeye. ] "How long have you been in the mining country ? " asked the tourist. "Ever since ' 68 , " replied the native. "Strike anything ? " "Yes , " said the gold hunter , "struck bottom , first year. And , " he added , plaintively , "I've been there ever since. Stand a fellow a grub stake , pardner ? " Magnetic Mons. Halley , a naval lieutenant , stationed at Madagascar , states that the soil of that island contains much iron , and .that in approaching it the compass undergoes considerable and totally ab normal variations. It is therefore sug gested that Madagascar may be an enormous magnet. Kev. "W. Kirkus : There is scarcely an easier or a more dishonest way of mis representing a man's real teaching than by quoting some part only of the very words he used. ' Chicago Current Ericsson's : sun- engine goes. It will be useful in the desert whore wood and coal cannot to had. Burdettc : Why is it "that the man who snores always gets to sleep first ? Tg "agUgr' PJiTlBml I " -T ri | i > i n mtm M t g- , . _ U-MII-T. , , . . _ , .a , , amt , i ii PI i ' Protection In the Jordan Country. [ Jerusalem Cor. Kansas City Journal ] On the day previous to starting on our journey we called upon Sheik Rashed , the Bedouin authority from whom trav elers obtain their escorts. Sheik Rashed holds sway over the Jordan country , and is quite a character. His face is all scarred and mutilated , there is a big hole in his brca.st , and he has had either five or seven bullets in his body some of which remain there still. The hole in his breast has quite a history. He was along in person protecting a com pany of tourists at the banks of the Jor dan when an encounter took place with a band of wild Arabs. The party of Europeans of course took to their heels , according to custom ; but Sheik Rashed stayed behind to oppose the robbers. He succeeded in vanquishing them , but came out of the conflict with a barbed spear passing entirely through his body. He rode on to Jericho hi this condition a distance of six miles. The barb of the bpear was then filed away and the spear extracted. At another time Mr. Floyd had a party at the Dead sea who had just entered the water for a bath , when a baud of sixteen Bedouins hove in sight. "Fly ! " shouted the sheik in Arabic , and Mr. Floyd repeated the injunction in English. The pilgrims emerged from the water , seized their clothes , mounted their horses unclad , and a mad gallop for Jericho was begun , with the bullets whistling over the heads of the fugitives. Sheik Rashed stayed behind and fought the sixteen single-handed , killing one and routing the rest These arc rather ex treme instances , inasmuch as the Bed ouin robbers prefer to accomplish their nefarious operations without bloodshed , if possible. Sheik Rashed is also an exception to the rule hi point of bravery. Ordinarily the escorts sent with tiavelers , although from the number of his own followers , are quite cowardly. Their presence with tourists is doubtless a considerable safeguard , but in case of an actual at tack by Bedouins , whom want renders reckless , the chief hope of the traveler lies in the fact that the escort will flee , leaving the robbers to simply strip you of everything and let you go , horseless , hatless , shoeless , garmentlcss , in the wilderness ! I think it was one pound sterling that I paid for the escort , with the under standing that I should feed him during the trip. This money must bo viewed as black mail , since while.it secures you pro tec tion , nominally at least , from hostile tribes , you would be liable to molesta tion from Sheik Rashed's own tribe if you got independent and insisted upon going unattended. According to the Arab code of honor , yon are not a "brother , " and therefore not entitled to protection , until you have paid a black mail. In the present instance it is better to compromise principle a little' and pay one set of rogues to protect you fron the others. Most of the fee goes to the sheik personally , and the guard hangs around the hotel after you get back , a whole day if necessary , in order to per suade you to give him "a present" be yond the amount of the fee. The Young ITXan of the World , [ Chicago News. ] The individual concerning whom one who can never be mistaken , and who can be located to an exactitude , is the smart young man from the somewhat large town that prides itself on being a city , and exaggerates its population. This is the young man whose energy is devoted to conveying the idea to the wondering city looker-on that he is. very "fly" and conversant with the entire universe. Nothing so quickly betrays narrrow as sociations and lack of extended acquaint ance as the loud attempt to impress everybody that one is thorovghly posted and can learn nothing in the city. The man and woman who know the world never seek to expose their world- liness. They know what they want to do , and do it unobtrusively. Not so with this young man. He or ders prodigally from the menu ; ] \o \ bul lies the waiter and throws him a quar ter with the grandiose air of an Oriental potentate. He orders wine without looking at the price. On his face con sternation is delineated when his bill is produced , and he goes home without a dollar two days sooner than he expected to for lack of means to stay longer. This is the ypung man who , if he at tains his heart's desire and secures em ployment in the city , Avithin three months always professes to his former neighbors to know every man and woman of celebrity or note in the city. By his own account he becomes the intimate friend of every lady in his boardinghouse - house , and is able to furnish not only her complete history , but choice and racy bits of fiction concerning her to any of her chance acquaintances. It takes about seven years of rigorous and constant snubbing before he gets toned down to cosmopolitan pitch. The Fresh I'oun : ? Chicks. [ Merchant Traveler. ] Once upon a time two fresh young chicks were promenading along the gar den walks hunting for a free lunch. Presently they espied a Juno bug , and , without the ceremony of an introduc tion , they set upon the stranger , and the larger chick took him in and cared for him , while the smaller chick was fain to content himself by hoping for better luck next time. He , however , expressed himself freely and remarked : "You may be larger than I , sir , but you have no ancestry. " "I have , sir. My ancestors are of the best Puritan stock , straight from Ply mouth Rock. " "That's nothing , sir. I happen to know the eggs from which the members of your immediate family were hatched , cost only 8 cents a dozen , while mine cost 50 cents , and scarce at that. Fudge , sir ; you need not converse with me rela tive to the pride of lineage , for I am too smart for you , " and he strutted away. MORAL. The winning aristocracy is the aristocracy of wealth. Mono-Poets. [ Texas Sittings. ] Mono-Poets is the new name for bards who write one bit of verse and then die. Why is it that this kind of of poet is so scarce , and { ho other kind that having scribpled one ode never quits sending effusions in to the editor , is so plentiful ? NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY 44-- WatchesClocksJewelry OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Rings , Vest and Guard Chains , Pins , Cuff Buttons , Neck Chains , Sets , Etc. AT LOWEST PRICES ! ENGRAVING artistically done. Special attention given to repairing. All work warranted. F. L. McCRACKEN. ARAPAHOE STAR MILLS FLOUR. WARRANTED TO BE TH FINEST FLOUI ( 112 THE MARKET. FOR SALE BY HAYDEN f CO , AGENTS , McCOOK , - NEBRASKA. FREES & HOCKNELL , PROPRIETORS OF THE ir ji DEALEES IN Lumber , Lime , Cement , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Hard and Soft Coal. YARDS AT McCook , Indianola , Cambridge , Arapanoe , and Oxford. Dree ! Western Furnitore Emporium , a m O r O - - T S = 'o ° 32 CO 02 JO - * - O 'S "is * ? si C/2 - "r1 'o " " "I.'S -2 9 * * P "o CO I o f-i O P J. E. BERGER , Proprietor , McCOOK , NEB. Gliallengejfiiid Mil Superior to any on the market , beInB Heavier , Strong , , , JJoIIr- and therefore a more Durable Mill. U , s'thc - aVsolutcly safe Mill built ; ana out of Thousands Erected During 12 Years past , not one has ever WOTTU undfa * . A record no other Mm elute * * * to put npanjr of i' uj WQWrUMPlXG MILLS ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL . . , _ . . _ And If they don't . give MUtfacttoa. * , own expense. Also Manufacturers Chnncnse Feed Mil , , COmSh of with brass cylinders , , Iron Pipe Tanks. v > For estimates , catalogues and , prices apply to G. B. NETTLETON , jfcCook , XeB Agent