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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1893)
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The Leading Weekly in West ern Nebraska. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. * . v-- , « THE 8WEET, SAD YEARS. Tho sweet, sad years, the Bun, the rain, Alas, too quickly did they wane! For each some boon.some blessing bore; Of smiles unil tears each had its store. Its checkered lot of bliss and pain. Although it Idle be and vain. Yet cannot I the wisli restrain That I had held them everisora, Thu sweet, sad years! Liko echo of an old refrain That long within the mind has lain. I keep repeating o’er and o’er. “Nothing can e'er the past restore; Nothing bring back the years again. The sweet, sail years." -Kev. Charles D. EeU. Working on Mountain Tops. Sonto practical facts are furnished by the experience of tho workmen engaged hi the construction of tho new Central railway over the main range of moun tains in Peru. The lino starts from Lima, in latitude 12 degs. The summit tunnel of this line at Galeriu is at the height of 15.645 feet, or a little under the height of Mont Blanc, but it must be remembered that the climatic condi tions aro very different and more un favorable in Peru than in Europe. Mr. E. Lane, the engineer in chief finds that tho workmen up to an altitude of 8,000 to 10.000 feet do about the same relative quantity of work as at sea level, provided they have been inured to the height or brought np in tho country. At 12,000 feet the amount of work deterio rates, and at 14.000 to 10,000 a full third has to be deducted from tho amount that the samo man could perform at sea level. Mnles and horses are found to do about the same efficient work proportionately as human beings up to about 17.000 feet in the district.—Nineteenth Century Remarks About Snow. The snow was particularly light and fluffy, and it settled on the sidewalks like fine goose feathers. The janitor of a certain flat is a son of Ham. built like a Hercules. The janitor of the next flat is a son of Erin. The two recognize no color line, and are great friends. Before the sun they rose to clear the sidewalks of tho snow ero it should be trampled down by pedestrians. Both wero equipped with snow shovels. “By golly. Pat.” shouted tho herculean son of Ham, after he had been working for a few minutes, “dis yar snow am so feadery dat snovelin it ain’t no good no how. ’Minds me of pushing fog." “Well, begorra.” replied Pat, without looldug up from his work, "get a fau and fau it off.”—Now York Times. Dig Salvage in New York Harbor. In 1889 the City of New York, on her first voyage to this port, ran ashore off Sandy Hook. A leading wrecking com pany of this city took a score of lighters’ down to take off her cargo so that she might be floated. A number of tugs aided in the work The wrecking company put in a claim for salvage and was awarded $75,000 Including the compensation to the tugs which worked with the wrecking com pany the total amount of salvage award ed was over $100,000.—New York Even ing Sun. Ills Retort Courteous. A well known New Yorker, famous for his bon mots, was asked by a friend upon returning from Boston recently if ho had renewed his acquaintance with a certain lady well known for fler im pressive style and blue stoekingish qual ities. “No,” he replied with a smile. “She invited mo one evening to ‘meet some minds at tea.’but 1 had an engagement— to meet some stomachs at dinner—at the St. Botolph club, and so 1 had to forego the pleasure.”—New York Herald. The Smallest Painting. Erobably the smallest painting ever made was the work of the wife of a Flemish artist. It depicted a mill with the sails bent, the miller mounting the stairs with a sack of grain ou his back. Upon the terrace where the mill stood was a cart and horse, and in the road leading to it several peasants were shown. The picture was beautifully finished, and every object was very distinct, yet it was so amazingly small that its sur face could be covered with a grain of corn.—New York Press. Working in Great Altitudes. Owing to the absence of malaria the percentage of efficient labor at the great est elevation is a very high one. Men coming from the coast are not found capable of doing efficient work for abont two weeks on an average, when taken to high elevations. The capacity gradually increases and reaches its maximum in a few weeks or months, according to the constitution of the individual.—Nine teenth Century. The Egyptians and Romans. The Egyptians and the Romans among ancient nations present characteristic examples of inequality in the develop ment of the different elements of their civilization, and even of the different branches of which each of these ele ments is composed.—Popular Science Monthly. We are told by Livy that when Hanni bal had vanquished the Romans in the battle of CanuiP two women, seeing their sons whom they had supposed dead re turn in good health, died immediately from excessive joy. Lenity’ will operate with greater force in some instances than rigor. It is there- j fore my first wish to have my wholo conduct distinguished by it.—Washing ton. In public house signs three seems to play an important part, such signs as “Three Bells,” “Three Jolly Sailors.” “Three Bears.” etc., being often used. A fast peuman will write at the rate of thirty words a minute, which means that in an hour’s steady writing be has drawn his pen along a space of :i00 yards The Chinese women, who have coarse hard hair, though beautiful, use a curi one mixture of honey and Hour to cleanse and soften it. NEW YORK’S POSTAL SERVICE. Interesting Facts About the Growth of the Itelivery System. The fair of the postoffico employees was an incentive to resuscitate ancl revivify every postal article obtainable that was quaint, ancient, and antique, even to an exhibit of a picture of the building used for the first postoffice. In connection with this might have been mentioned the fact that it was in 102:1. nino years after the construction of the first fort at tin southern end of Manhattan Island, that the first postoffice saw its beginning. Previous to this, masters of vessels bringing letters from domestic and for eign ports brought them on shore and left them at a coffee house, where the merchants, the burghers and the loung ers met to discuss the topics of the day. Hero the letters were deposited in a rack, where they might be obtained by the persons to whom they were ad dressed. In 1660, when New Amsterdam con sisted of straggling groups of one story houses with peaked roofs and gable ends fronting the street, and when the city extended no farther north than Wall street, there was the town winding near the Battery, and the government house stood in Water street, near Whitehall. It was in this year that the letter carrier first appeared—the lounger who carried the mail to the merchant or burgher. It was not until 1692, however, that the first city postoffice was established, near Bowling green, the postmaster being Richard Nichel. In 1710 the British postmaster general established the general postoffico in this city and ordered that all mails coming by vessels should be sent there. A year later post routes between New York and Boston and New York and Albany were established, and the mails were carried on horseback twice a month. In 1740 a similar route was established between New York and Philadelphia. In 1753 Benjamin Franklin was ap pointed postmaster general of the col onies. Alexander Colden soon after ward succeeded Richard Nichel as post master of the city, which office lie held until the beginning of the Revolution, when the postoffice was abolished by the British officials and remained closed for seven years. William Bedlow, after whom Bedlow’s island was named, was the first post master appointed after the war, and in 1786 he was succeeded by Sebastian Bnr num, at which time the postal revenue was $2,7S9, and the city directory con tained 920 names only.—New York Trib une. Hound to Say Something. Among other anecdotes cf university life Dean Hole tells of an occasion when there was some doubt as to tho locality of a city mentioned in a Greek text, and the lecturer addressed a youth who had just come up from the famous Shrews bury school."Now, Mr. Bentley, you are a pupil of our great geographer. Dr. But ler. the Atlas of our age, who carries tho world not on his shoulders, but in his head, and you can probably enlighten us as to the position of this ancient town.” “I believe, sir.” was the prompt reply, "that modern travelers are of the opnn ion that the city ought to bo placed about ten miles to tlio southeast of the spot it now occupies on our map.” After receiving respectful thanks for his information, the informer told Dean Hole as they left the lecture room that he had never heard of the venerable city before, but that for the honor of Shrews bury and the reputation of Dr. Butler ho felt himself bound to say something. Mr. Iiement’g Cabinet of Minerals. The largest and richest private cabinet of minerals in America is said to be that of Mr. Clarence L. Bement, of Philadel phia. His collection fills nearly a whole floor of his large house, which is lighted with special reference to seeing his treas ures to advantage, and none of the pub lic museums have specimens of a size, beauty and perfection to surpass those that he has been patiently gathering for the past twenty years or more. The leading dealers in this country have standing orders to send him the best of what comes to them, and they willingly do so, for he is prompt and liberal in his payments, being a gentleman not only of of enthusiasm, but of ample fortune. What he does not take is sent to the British mnsenm as the second best buy er. While it is difficult to set a price on a scientific collection, it is said by those who should know that Mr. Bement’a cabinet is worth at least $125,000.—New York Sun. The Old Way. Mr. Halloran, an up river pilot of ce lebrity, who was studying the lower Mississippi river, told niethat herein- -n bered when it was the custom for tho mates to hit lazy negroes on the head with a billet of wood “and knock them stiff.” The other negroes used to laugh, presumably as tho sad faced man laugh ed when tho photographer clapped a pis tol to his head and said, “Smile, or I’ll shoot you.” When the felled negro came to the others would say, “Lep up quick an git to work, nigger; do mate’s a-com ing.” They do not urge tho help with cordwood now—so the mate of the Prov idence told me—because the negroes get out warrants and delay the boat.—Ju lian Ralph in Harper’s. No Longer an Experiment. The kindergarten is no longer an ex periment. It is not now on the defen sive. either on its educational or on its philanthropic side. It is rather for those who ignoiantly oppose the kindergarten to show cause for their opposition in the face of the almost unanimous approval of experts and the enthusiastic indorse ment of all that part of the general pub lic who have had the opportunity of be coming familiar with its methods and results. —Century. Invention Succeeds Invention. The new hook and eye that are pe culiar because tho hook has a hump in it have been succeeded by a hook that is peculiar for two humps between which the eye is held in place. Thus rapidly does invention succeed invention in this land of novelties.—New York Sun. AMERICAN BEAUTY. COMPARATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF GIRLS IN TWO CITIES. The California Young Malden Is Claimed to He Nearer 1’erfect us to Fo'/m Thun Her Sister in New York — Interesting Comparisons us to Feet. A sculptor's ideal of beauty is evolved on mathematical principles. A perfect woman is 7 or 7* or 8 heads tall: her shoulders aro two heads wide; her legs are 3J to 8f heads long: her waist is 3 heads in circumference. But the sizo of heads varies in women who are equally perfect in shape: the head of the Venus de Medici is nearly ono-eiglith less in pro portion than that of the Venus of Milo or the Cnidian Venus of Praxiteles, which ■was esteemed by the ancients the most perfect statue in existence. The Medici Venus is a slim, slender girl, whose pro portions resemble the statues of Psyche. Living reproductions of her are more frequently seen in New York than here. There fell into The Argonaut’s posses sion a list of measurements of the pro portions of a young lady of San Fran cisco, who is looked upon as being beau tiful and having a fine figure—in short, a typical California girl. With these we have compared a similar ground plan of a New York girl which we secured at the time Professor Sargent was collect ing statistics concerning the young women in eastern seminaries; likewise the measurements of Ballow’s well known ideal beauty. They compare as follows: van- new liiii fornia York Iow’h girl. ideal. It. In. Ft. In. Ft. In. Height.5 6% 5 5% 5 « Length of head. 8*4 8 8% Circumference of bust.. 35 30K» 32 Circumference of hips.. 35 30 32 Circumference of waist. 24 1V% 213 Circumference of neck. 12% 12% 13 Width of shoulders. 17% 15% lt% Tho weights of the first and the last are between 130 and 135 pounds, v.-lale the New York girl weighs about 120. Polycletos, an old Greek sculptor from Licyon. left rules governing the relative proportions of the female frame. He said that twice the thumb was once round the wrist, which it is not, unlesd the thumb is unusually largo and the wrist unusually slender; that twice the wrist is the size of the neck, which is about the case in a well proportioned woman: that twice the neck is once round the waist, which is about so. But he also says that the hand and foot and face should all be of the same length, which is very rarely the case, and that the body should be sis times tho length of the foot, which would limit most men, whose feet average ten inches in length, to a stature of five feet. The gentleman from Licyon is evidently not a trustworthy guide. Referring to the above table, it will be observed that the waist of the New Yorker is much smaller than that of the other two. Tho fashion of small waists is the rage in the east, and the desired result is obtained by tight lacing, which is carried to such an extent that the physiognomist is lost in amazement as to where the lady has bestowed her vital organs. No statue in existence exhibits such a disproportion between the waist and those portions of the trunk which lie above and below it. The compression of the girth is a mere fashionable fad which good taste must condemn. Our California girl wears a 24-incli corset, which might easily bo reduced to a 23 inch if the wearer saw fit to sacrifice comfort to eastern fashion. There are belles in New York who are not satisfied till they ^ave squeezed themselves into a 17-inch corset. Such persons, it would seem, would havo enjoyed the Scottish boot. The bust and hips should, in a perfect ly formed woman, be exactly the same in circumference. They are so in Bal low’s ideal, in the Venus of Milo, in the Cnidian Venus and in the California girl. In the New Yorker the circum ference of the bust is half an inch greater than that of the hips, which is probably the work of art, not nature. Ballow does not give the dimensions of his ideal’s feet or hands. He merely _i.1. 11___1*_M . 1 • t 0€*J O LAH4V IUV. J U1U 111 UU11, » 1ULU is rather vague. The rule among sculp tors is that the foot should measure one head, which is unsatisfactory, as some large women have small heads, and somo small women large heads. The female foot is probably smaller in New York society than here, for the sim ple reason that it has less to carry. Shoe makers say here that they sell more 4 and 44 shoes than any others, but many ladies in society buy 34, 3, and even 24 shoes. The knights of St. Crispin do not believe in the sculptor's rule about feet. They say that small feet, like large wits, are a gift from heaven, and may be found attached to persons of any di mensions. Everybody has observed that there is no necessary connection between the hands and the figure; that some slim girls have large bands, and some girls with opulent figures small liands and fingers. Take all the measurements together, and the conclusion is forced that the Californian girl more closely resembles the Cuidian Venus than the Venus of Medici, and that a representative Cali fornian statue should be cast after a study of that masterpiece as well as of the Venus of Milo and the Venus Calli pyge.—San Francisco Argonaut. Tli« Worthy Novel. The novel that is worthy of the name, and which is calculated to render a broader service than the pecuniary com pensation of its author, is the one which takes the problems of life as they present themselves to us all, and by the example of the characters portrayed teaches us the way to their proper solution; that presents us with types of manly and i womanly character that may inspire tho reader to emulation of their excellences, and that i6 withal a natural, helpful, ■ concrete story of a life of lives. Such a novel is worth all the literary freak3 j that ever have been or ever will be pro- j duced.—Donahoe's Magazine. WING WINDS A CLOCK. An Ingenious Contrivance of on Inventor In Ilelgluui. The <iarr.» do Nord, Brussels, has lieen fitted with a mechanical wonder in the shape of a clock, which, although con stantly exposed to all kinds of weather, never gets out of repair, nor does it need to bo wound by tho hand of man. It is a perpetual timekeeper of tho most unique and original design, the ginning weight being kept in constant motion either through tho influence of gravitation, as when on the descending trip, or by the wind’s action on a fan attachment which causes tho weight to riso to a level with the top of the framework. The winding attachment is not a windmill of the reg ulation type. Imt is a fan placed in a common chimney, the paddles being act ed upon by tho natural "up cast’’ or "draft." As soon as this fan has raised the "running weight” to its extrenio height, the cord to which the weight is attached acts on a wheel which throws a brake into gear, and the more rounds of cord that ure added, so much more strongly does the brake act to prevent tho weight from rising any higher, tho cheeking tendency being transmitted to the fan wheel with every revolution. A simple pawl arrangement prevents the down draft from exerting any con trary influence on the fan wheel. There is not. as one might suppose on first thought, any necessity of having a tire in tho stove or fireplace of tho chimney to which this odd clock is attached. Tho natural tendency of air is to ascend through sucli vents, the draft thus cre ated being always sufficient for weight winding purposes. The clock might be placed at the top of a hollow treo with a bottom opening, or any other cylinder from fifteen to twenty-live feet in height. With its present attachments this clock runs but twenty-four hours after tho winding l'an stops, but by tho addi tion of another wheel or two, might be made to run a month or two even though the up draft were not sufficiently strong to turn tho winding wheel in tho mean time Tho inventor is a native of Bel gium.—St. Louis Republic. The Marriage Tie. Said a brilliant woman, whom not one of the relined coterie who heard her thought of calling ••immoral:” "At eight een 1 married, of my own foolish will, a man of fifty, who adored me. At twenty 1 had learned that it would bo a sin to waste my full young life—tho only life 1 could know this side of tho grave—iu so monstrous a union ELe was a good man. and. according to his lights, a model husband. 1 could not but respect him, but wo had not one emotion in common. Wo were wholly incompatible in feeling, sentiment, in nature. Upon this ground, and this alone. 1 obtained a divorce.” Tear away sentimental verbiage and this woman’s case stands thus: Her hus band's ideas and tastes were not, to her apprehension, favorable to the develop ment of what, she sketched as the life she ought to lead. Her individual hap piness outranked all other considera tions in her mind. The marriage vow, uttered of her own free will, because she then fancied that she was forward ing her selfish interests by tho union, be came a rope of sand when inclination veered to another quarter.—Marion Har land in Harper’s Bazar. A Prize Paslly Won. A set of topers were carousing in the Old Boar, and relieved tho monotony by cracking jokes and telling funny stories. After an interval cf rest one of their number sprang to his feet and shouted: "I’ll give ten bottles of wino to tho man who shall most closely imitate the voice of any animal.” The offer was accepted, and there waa a neighing, a croaking, a grunting, a quacking, a howling and a growling fit to deafen the hearers. Tho last man then stood in the ring, and—did nothing. After five minutes’ silence he perceived that his companions were growing im patient, when ho quietly remarked: “There, gentlemen, that wa3 tho voice of a fish I” General hilarity. Ho won the wine. —Kalender. Prosperous Nejrroes. When the war closed there were about 000 negroes owned by the Creek Indians. When they were free the Indians at tempted to drive them out of the terri tory. The government wouldn’t permit it, but made them citizens of tho Creek nation and clothed them with all the rights and privileges of a full blood. The Indians were compelled to accept this state of affairs. For awhile they badly treated their black skinned broth ers. heaping all sorts of indignities upon them, which wero borne with patient fortitude. When tho lands wero divided the government gave them a pro rata share. They have increased in popula tion. now numbering about 2,000, raised respectable families and are doing well. —New York Advertiser. The Origin of an Expression. Mr. McElroy tells this: A few years ago some one defined a Mugwump to be “a person who is educated beyond his intellect.’’ Tho remark was credited te several leading New Yorkers. But one day, in reading Matthew Arnold's essay “On Translating Homer” I came across this sentence: “Tho late Duke of Well ington said of a certain peer that ‘it was a great pity his education had been so far too much for hisabilities.’ ’’—New York World. Looking for Gold. Mr, R. T. Imbrie. of Washington conn ty. Or., found a piece of pure gold about the size of a pea in the gizzard of one of his chickens. Ho is now on a still hunt for the feeding grounds of that particu lar chicken, and is thinking of assaying tho entire barnyard company.—New York Sun._ It Wouldn't Pay. The North Carolina boy who went out to shoot birdswith a gun made of a brass tubo shot himself of course. And we don’t know that we are even sorry for his parents. It would not pay to raiso such a fool.—Buffalo Express.
