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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1902)
i M m i A J V c Properly Rebuked the Youngster When the great chemist chevreul who- statue was recently unveiled in France attained his 100th birthday ho was entertained at a public dinner at which his son a high official in the department of justice 67 years of age was also present The old man made a speech and in telling an anecdote made a slight slip which his son sor rected Old Chevreul turned around quickly and said in a sharp voice Hush youngster when I ara talking and the youngster held his tongue The Shah is It One of the most absolute of tho worlds monarch is the shah of Per sia who is master of the lives and goods of all his subjects The whole revenue of the country being at his disposal recent shahs have been able to amass large private fortunes That of the present occupant of the throno is reported to amount to 25000000 or 30000000 most of it represented by diamonds Vlrchow an Octogenarian Prof Rudolph Virchows 80th birth day will be celebrated in Berlin on Saturday October 12 when he will personally receive delegates with con gratulatory addresses from various scientific bodies foreign as well as German Prof Virchow is not with out a certain youthful vigor especially in thought Jesse Haney is Dead Jesse Haney one of the pioneer comic paper publishers of America is dead The New York Picayune was started by him away back in the 50s It was succeeded by other comic pub lications which led up to those we have today After His Own Heart Miss Anne Tracy Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan is a systemat ic business woman keeping books of her expense and income and overlook ing all her investments herself Capable Young Colored Man The chief train dispatcher of the Colorado Northwestern railroad at Boulder Colo is Spencer B Mackey a young colored man of 24 Supreme Judge Turned Down The days of whispered conferences in the White House are past says a correspondent The president sees most of his visitors in the bis recep tion room He goes from one to an other and says what he has to say m i a voice that reaches to every part of the room A day or two ago says the Baltimore News a justice of the su preme court came in with his son Then he leaned over and whispered a few words to the presidents ear I am sorry said the president and fifty people heard him rasp it out I am sorry but it cannot be done All promotions must be on merit A very much abased justice of the supreme court with his son in tow left ths While House hurriedly Letter Carriers Clever Invention a letter carrier of Morristown N J has been allowed eighteen claims by the patent office at Washington for a collectors recording mechanism for letter boxes The device locks the boxes preventing them being tapped during the night and by an electrical mechanism connected with the post office much the same as a time lock permits the carrier to open them at the schedule hours in the morning at the same time recording the time in the office There is nothing on earth to be compared with a virtuous and lovely woman Arabian After you have learned to unlearn you are in a fair way of learning to learn The key to happiness opens treasure house of the mind rr v s sr U the It sometimes happens that love i3 the only wisdom of a fool Two bores never get ment out of each other any amuse- Many a game leg is the result of a foot ball game Has marked characteristics tcoed man -the HERE Ts IS IT Know by tho sign Si Jacobs Oil CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia SQistica Lumbago Sprains j Bruises Soreness t Stiffness 25c cwnd 50o B v buiiyyt ruins BCTerermjIJIIMI n I GREAT CUT PRICE PIANO SALE Our prices Trcre never bo low as at the present time Scvr pianos In beautiful Ma hogauy Walnut Oak and Birds Eye Maple canes at tl3f iw tm ana up Asiar irom the above we arc raaklnz spcIal nrlccj on H our mntch83 Mock of tlnwny hipett Kmtrooii anu otc rianu rue i alienee pilecs and terms or pay us a Tlslt of I inspection Schmoller Mueller 1313 Farnam Street Omaha 9 9 c e e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 e 0 o o 0 o 0 0 0 0 e 0 o 0 0 0 0 9 0 O 0 0 O 0 C 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 e o 0 0 o i i I I sLSjfizR - tecteaeeiteeocsissso e THE DUST OF WASHINGTON i The tombs of Englands honored dead Arc like her annals grand Loaning oer Chathams burled head Z Drooping by Nelsons trophled bed i As If their hearts of marble bled vfvJJ Arts silent mourners stand But how my country hast thou shrined Thy patriot heroes dust Hath he In whose majestic mind j All human virtues were combined cii 3 Hath he tho champion of mankind Carved urn or laurel bust No from his tomb th unsculptured stones Mildewed and broken fall No marble warders guard his bones His grave nor state nor nation owns And lie who startled Europes thrones Neglected lies of all The monuments that Nature gavo Are melting fast away The branches that were wont to wave Liko banners oer the good and brave Torn rudely from his hallowed grave Are speculations prey Conquered Cornwallla rests In state So Howe and Clinton lie For Britain bars not glorys gate Against een her defeated great While we to him whose sword was fate A fitting tomb deny Sons of tho soil heirs of the fame Earths purest patriot won Let not hl3 memory be your shame The sordid ransom give and claim The dust of Washington - 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i ii i r r - ty which trust he discharged with all the faithfulness and assiduity of a father till the son became of age and till the daughter died in her nineteenth year This union was in every respect felicitous It continued forty years To her intimate acquaintances and to the nation the character of Mrs Washington was ever a theme of praise Affajale and courteous exem plary in her deportment remarkable for her deeds of charity and piety un ostentatious and without vanity she adorned by her domestic virtues the sphere of private life and filled with dignity every station in -which sho was placed Miss Lenore Allen 407 Dowcll Street San Francisco Cat writes consider Peruna an infallible remedy for catarrhal diseases For several years I have been troubled with influenza especially during our rainy season I used to catch cold so easily that I was afraid to be out when the weather was the least bit inclement or an the evening air Bat since I have used Peruna J have nothing whatever the matter with me I am in perfect health and find that Peruna acts as a tonic and seems to throw all sickness and disease out of the body I go anywhere now and in all kinds of weather seem to have an Iron constitution and enjoy life because I enjoy perfect health LENORE ALLEN Mies Mattio Douglass 133 Thomas Ave Memphis Tenn writes From my early womanhood I havo boen troubled with occasional headaches I took different powders and drugs at times getting temporary reliof One of my friends advised me to try Peruna which I did I soon found that my general health improved and my entire system was toned up I felt a buoyancy of body and lightness of mind I had not known before and my headaches has entirely disappeared and I have enjoyed perfect health for over a year I gladly endorse Peruna MATTIB DOUGLASS Women from all parts of tho United States and Canada are testifying daily to the virtue of Peruna Only a few of these letters can ever be published Write A quarrel is not supposed to be as good as new when its patched up CTjJ permanently cured No fits or nervousness otter IT 1 1 rlret days use of Dr Klines Great Nerve Restor er Send for FItEK S3 00 trial bottle and treatise DKRH KLiiE Ltd S31 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa There are times when even bright young blade feels dull Hit Si t fijif WL 5 1 - 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