McCook Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Brief Telegrams
Five thousand tin plate workers in
Pittsburg want an increase In their
wages
The trial of Senator Mitchell for
complicity in Oregon land frauds has
commenced
Governor Magoon at Panama has
Teported four new cases of yellow
fever on the isthmus
The appointment of Benjamin Moss
man as chief clerk of the Union In
dian agency at Muskogee I T was
officially announced at the interior de
partment
Mr W A Shoemaker secretary of
the Cincinnati New Orleans Texas
Pacific railway has offered his re
signation
Additional pay of 1 a month to en
listed men in the army who qualify
as expert riflemen is offered in gen
eral orders Issued by General Chaffee
chief of staff
The united Norwegian Lutheran
church convention closed at Minne
apolis The question of uniting with
the other Lutheran churches was left
to the trustees
Eight candidates for membership on
the Vanderbilt university football
team for the coming season left Nash
ville Tenn to work in the harvest
fields of the west
Counsel for the plaintiffs in the fa
mous Hoyt will case who are trying
to break the will of Mrs Hoyt which
gives 100000 to Judge Bunn closed
their side of the case
At San Francisco after holding
1000 persons at bay for two hours in
Eddy street shooting nine people and
defying the police Thomas Lobb a
maniac killed himself
Arthur Ford Mackenzie the cele
brated chess player problemist and
author died at Kingston Jamaica He
was about 45 years old and had been
an invalid for many years
Bessie Abbott the American singer
of the Paris Grand Opera house will
make a concert tour of America dur
ing the coming season under the man
agement of Henry Wolfsohn
The call for the sixteenth annual
meeting of the trans Mississippi com
mercial congress to be held at Port
land Ore has been issued The meet
ing will be held August 16 to 19
Prince Windeschgratz of the royal
house of Austria arrived in San Fran
cisco from the Orient on a tour of the
world He is traveling with Field
Marshal Count Huebner of Austria
The Mexican Central Railway Com
pany which is a Massachusetts cor
poration filed with the secretary of
state a certificate of an increase in its
capital from 48875000 to 100000
000
The state department has been in
formed that the Chinese government
has conferred upon Minister John Bar
rett of Colombia the Order of the
Double Dragon second class first
grade
The St Louis San Francisco Rail
road company announced that a spec
ial train will be sent on a Southern
tour for the purpose of educating
farmers in the raising of wheat and
other grains
An extra dividend of the unusually
large amount of 120 per cent in ad
dition to the regular quarterly divid
end of 25 per cent has been declared
by the directors of the Fifth Avenue
bank New York
Former Congressman George Fred
Williams of Boston Mass who ar
rived at Havana Cuba from Mexico
on his way to New York was taken
from the steamer suffering with erysi
pelas of the right leg
A dispatch to the London Telegram
Sxchange company from St Peters
burg says the commission appointed
to investigate the capitulation of Port
Arthur finds that the surrender of the
fortress was justifiable
The directors of the suspended
Merchants Trust company New York
voted to accept the offer of 850000
made by a syndicate for the Hudson
Valley Railway Company stock which
Js held by the trust company
Orders have been given by the navy
department to place the cruiser May
flower in commission by August 1
after certain repairs are made so
that she may be available for use in
the entertainment of the -peace en
voys of Russia and Japan
Postmaster General Cortelyou is
sued an order amending the postal
regulations so as to provide that no
postmaster assistant postmaster su
perintendent of delivery assistant of
superintendent of delivery clerk let
ter carrier or any employe at any
postoffice shall act as collector or
agent for any firm in the sale or
manufacture of letter carriers uni
forms or any portion thereof
Lightning struck a great oil tank
at Lima O and 33000 barrels of
naphtha were destroyed
A new and more searching investi
gation of the Equitable is to be start
ed under orders of Paul Morton the
newly chosen chairman of board of
directors of the society
The pope has issued an encyclical
encouraging Catholics to participate
In public affairs
The New York Herald is -out In a
bitter attack on the department of
agriculture which it declares is a
power unto itself with which no one
dares meddle
the news in Nebraska
A NEBRASKA MAN
DIES AT ACE OF 1 02
FULLERTON Orren W Sherman
the oldest citizen of Nance county
and presumedly the oldest man in the
state died of cancer at his home in
this city and was buried in the Ful
Jerton cemetery Rev Mr Vallow
pastor of the M E church officiating
Mr Sherman was born in Windom
county Connecticut October 10 1802
and was 102 years and eight months
and seven days of age when deaths
summons came to him
His boyhood was spent on a small
farm in his native state where he un
derwent the hardships Incident to
farm life of that day
THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR
Secretary Bassett Issues Circular cf
Importance
Office of State Board of Agriculture
Lincoln Neb The following circular
has been issued by Secretary Bassett
Some misunderstanding has arisen
in regard to the provision in the Ne
braska state fair premium list relat
ing to what are termed senior
calves The provision reads six
months and under one year not per
mitted to have nurse mother The
board of managers rules that during
the state fair such calves are not
permitted to nurse but one cow such
cow may be the mother of such calf
or not in either event during the
week of the state fair such calf to
nurse but one cow
This provision in regard to not to
have nurse mother was inserted at
the suggestions of the secretary of the
Illinois state board of agriculture and
applies to senior calves only that is
six months and under one year
The classifications in regard to
senior and junior calves in the beef
breeds was made at the request of
breeders of beef cattle and was not in
tended to apply to the dairy breeds
In both exhibitors herd and
breeders herd in class B Cattle the
premium list provides for animals
under one year and makes no men
tion of nurse mother therefore in
exhibitors herd and breeders young
herd an exhibitor can show animals
under one year regardless of whether
they have nurse mother or not
In dairy breeds class B Lots 8 and
9 premium numbers 175 179 191 and
195 should read under one year in
stead of under six months
The secretarys office has been
moved from Brownville to Lincoln
and S C Bassett appointed to fill
vacancy
For premium lists or other infor
mation in regard to state fair matters
address S C BASSETT Secretary
HAIL AND RAIN
DAMAGE THE CROPS
NORFOLK Reports of the hail and
rainstorm which visited northern Ne
braska indicate that the area of the
disturbance was general in the sec
tion extending west to Long Pine and
north- to the NeDraska South Dakota
coundary Hail fell with terrific force
in many localities literary pounding
the crops that it struck into the earth
scripping fruit trees cutting the limbs
from ordinary trees and shattering
windows
Fatalities in Fire at Elkhorn
ELKHORN Fred Paash a Ger
man farmer residing near here is
dead and his wife seriously burned as
the result of an explosion of coal oil
Mr Paash started to light a fire in
the stove After igniting the fuel he
poured oil out of a five gallon can on
the fire Flames were immediately
communicated to the can which ex
ploded covering the unfortunate man
with burning oil His wife came to
his assistance but obuld do nothing
to save him and he fell to the floor in
an unconscious condition burned from
head to foot His wife suffering from
burns and the flesh falling from her
body which was then practically
nude walked to tne home of a neigh
bor where she was given such treat
ment as could be administered She is
in a critical condition
Promotions on Elkhorn
NORFOLK By a change in the
Northwestern railroad headquarters
E O Mount chief train dispatcher for
Nebraska and Wyoming is promoted
to trainmaster of the lines out of Nor
folk the territory of Trainmaster
Roach of Fremont is diminished and
E Sly is promoted to fill the vacancy
made by Mr Mount
Discouraging Fruit Prospects
NEBRASKA CITY Fruit growers
are authority for the statement that a
less amount of fruit will be raised in
this county than for many years past
The cherry and peach crops are a
total failure There will be a few early
apples but the late apples have all
fallen off the trees
Great Northern Right of Way
FREMONT The right-of-way of
the Great Northern south of the rail
road in this city will take about seventy-five
lots on which there are
houses and some activity in real es
tate in that vicinity is therefore look
ed for
Sheepman Killed by Lightning
KIMBALL Thomas Dinsdale a
prominent sheep owner living in the
southern part of this county was in
stantly killed by lightning on his
ranch
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OVER THE STATE
The Commercial club and business
men of Beatrice are contemplating an
excursion to Omaha in the near future
The store of R F Dovel at Howe
was broken into and a quantity of
flour candy canned goods and cigars
stolen
Ben Harper a bachelor and wealthy
farmer living three miles northeast
of Humphrey committed suicide by
hanging
Money is declared to be easy by the
bankers of Nebraska and deposits
loans and reserves have increased ma
terially during the last four months
At the city council meeting of Ne
braska City an ordinance was passed
prohibiting spitting on the sidewalks
and provides a penalty for its viola
tion
As far as known McCool is the only
place in York county that will cele
brate July 4 It has not sent out pro
grams but will soon advertise the
celebration
Henry Nue one of the leading farm
ers of Berlin precinct Otoe county
was arrested on complaint filed by
Mrs Lillie Comstock charging him
with assaulting and beating her
Captain and Mrs W S Mapes for
merly of Fort Niobrara Neb left
Norfolk last week for the Philippine
islands where the captain goes to
take charge of a company of scouts
During a neighborhood quarrel at
Beatrice a woman named Nelson
threw a can of concentrated lye into
the face of Mrs Martin Ossowski The
woman was badly burned on the face
and arms
C D Schell and wife and child are
in Beatrice from the Philippine is
lands for a visit with Mr Schells
parents The former is employed by
the government as a teacher at Sanis
ador P I
News has been received at Platts
mouth of the death of Mrs Illisana
Mickelwait which occurred recently
at Jonesborough Ark Mrs Mickelwait
was one of the very earliest residents
of Plattsmouth
Farmers in the vicinity of Beatrice
say that the last rain has practically
insured the wheat crop and while the
yield will not be heavy it will be of
fine quality Oats is looking well and
corn is fully up to the standard
At Leigh at an adjourned meeting of
the village board a special election
was called for the purpose of voting
8000 bonds for the purpose of erect
ing a system of water works The
election will be held on Tuesday July
11th
Sheriff Trade of Gage county left
for Denver armed with requisition pa
pers and will bring back Oscar
Shores who is wanted on a charge of
alleged criminal assault preferred by
May Hurless of Adams Shores is un
der arrest in Denver
Mr and Mrs Elmer Pense were
visiting the home of her parents ii
Harvard when their child 2 years of
age found a box of Paris green tak
ing quite freely of the contents before
discovered Prompt work by a physi
cian saved the childs life
Claude Sutton 21 years old was in
stantly killed at Silver Creek Sutton
was crossing the Union Pacific tracks
and was struck by No 10 the east
bound fast mail Both he and the
team were killed outright Sutton was
thrown high in the air and fell about
sixty feet from where he was struck
Crop conditions for Banner county
were never better than at the present
time although about two weeks late
The stand of corn is good and all
kinds of small grain are looking fine
The Hessian fly has made its appear
ance in several places but no fears
are entertained that they will greatly
damage crops
A live pig in the haystack for foui
months without food or drink is the
unique experience of a beast that be
longs to E M Martin at Fairfax S
D just over the Nebraska line The
pig disappeared during a snowstorm
in January and had not been found
since He was discovered in a little
cradle that he had made for himseli
right in the center of the stack
Gerald Lammers a boy 11 years old
of West Point was the victim of a self
inflicted accident which resulted in
his death a few hours later The lad
found an old toy pistol in the after
noon and by some means he secured
a 22 calibre cartridge which he in
serted in the barrel of the pistol and
proceeded to discharge it by beating
it against a stone with the barrel
pointing into his face
Manager Ferrar of the American
Beet Sugar company Grand Island re
ports the condition of the beet crop as
having materially improved in the last
few weeks In some places in lowei
lands much work will have to be done
to catch up with the weeding and
thinning process and the crop is still
a trifle late but with the more encour
aging weather the prospects for a suf
ficient crop are now regarded as excel
lent
Bustles have been put to a new use
in Pierce county A farmer from Os
mond last week walked into a Pierce
millinery store where he seen bustles
on display He bought twenty of them
and took them home to muzzle his
calves
The board of managers of the Sew
ard county fair held a meeting and de
cided to hold a stock judging contest
for young men under 20 years old un
der the supervision of an expert judge
from the state farm The object of this
is to stimulate this branch of farm
work Liberal prizes will be given the
winners
ADDS TO SPLENDOB
MEN OF BUSINESS RECOGNIZE
ADVANTAGES OF ACETYLENE
Famous Summer Hotel the Grand
Union of Saratoga Has Installed
This Beat of All Artificial Lights
Means Increased Comfort and
Health
Saratoga June 27 The very name
Saratoga brings to every mind
health giving springs unsurpassed
hotels and beautiful drives It
has been for many years the
Mecca for all who admire nature
enjoy good living and are searching
for health or are simply taking a va
cation
The Grand Union the largest sum
mer hotel in the United States set
among green trees with its long wings
enclosing a court with fountains and
flowers grass and trees music and
light is throughout the season throng
ed with guests With the progressive
spirit always shown by its manage
ment the Grand Union has again add
ed to its attractiveness by introduc
ing acetylene gas to make still more
brilliant the evening hours The ge
nial proprietors believe in furnishing
their guests with the best of every
thing and now after investigating
and finding that Artificial Sunlight
can be had they have installed a com
plete acetylene gas plant to produce
it and have connected upwards of six
thousand acetylene burners in and
about the house and grounds to this
little gas plant
Like many discoveries of recent
years which are coming into popular
favor acetylene one of the most re
cent is very simply produced It is
adapted for use wherever artificial
light is needed and the necessary ap
paratus can be understood and oper
ated by anyone
The generator in which Acetylene
is produced by the automatic contact of
carbide and water might be termed a
gas plant as it performs all of the func
tions of a city gas plant The acet
ylene generator can be purchased for
a few dollars and in any size from
one adapted to furnish acetylene to
ten or a dozen burners for a cottage
up to the large but still simple ma
chine such as is now furnishing
Acetylene for six thousand burners
in the Grand Union
Outside of large cities the use of
Acetylene is quite common The
owner of the country home now de
mands running water gas and other
conveniences which a few years ago
were considered as luxuries and
acetylene gas has met his require
ments and gives him a better and
cheaper light than is ordinarily fur
nished in cities
It is well known that rooms lighted
with Acetylene are more comfortable
because cooler and more healthful be
cause the air is not vitiated
Why Butter is Eaten
There are generally scientific rea
sons for dietetic habits Butter is eat
en with bread the Dietetic and Hygi
enic Gazette explains because while
bread is rich in starch and contains
a fair proportion of proteid it has not
the fat which the body craves Mill
is taken with rice pudding to make up
the deficiency of proteid which rice
lacks
Giving Away a Secret
A Birmingham church warden says
the London News was reading at a
vestry meeting a list of subscriptions
to the parochial funds The list be
gan as follows The vicar a guinea
Mrs half a guinea an anony
mous donor myself twenty five shil
lings
Quicksilver Mining
In the Alamaden Spain quicksilver
mines the miner cannot work more
than four and one half hours a day
and cannot work more than seven or
eight days a month without seriously
injuring his health
Alligator for Dinner
After promising to get some fish for
dinner Max Hartmann having gone
mad went to the Hamburg Zoo re
moved a young alligator from a pond
and took it home for his wife to cook
Of Wide Interest
Breed Wis June 26 Special
Chas Y Peterson Justice of the Peace
for Oconto Co has delivered a judg
ment that is of interest to the whole
United States Put briefly that judg
ment is Dodds Kidney Pills are the
best Kidney medicine on the market
to day
And Mr Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment He says Last
winter I had an aching pain in my
back which troubled me very much
In the morning I could hardly straight
en my back I did not know what it
was but an advertisement led me to
try Dodds Kidney Pills After taking
one box I can only say they have done
more for me than expected as I feel as
well now as ever I did before
Pain in the back is one of the first
symptoms of Kidney disease If not
cured by Dodds Kidney Pills it may
develop into Brights Disease Dia
betes Rheumatibin or some of the
other deadly forms of Kidney Disease
Colorados Forest Reserves
The forest reserve system in Colo
rado now includes near 7000000 acres
nearly double the amount found in any
other state in the union
Church Trustees
should investigate Acetylene Gas See
ad of Acetylene Apparatus Mfg Co in
this paper
The great thing is not so much to
get people into the church as to get
Christ into the people
STRAWBERRY A PERFECT FOOD
Fruit Juices Admirably Adapted to Those
Requiring a Light Diet
Although the strawberry has been
in cultivation for nearly two hundred
and fifty years the wild strawberry
dates back Into the times of antiquity
This luscious berry which to day we
-so much enjoy was peddled about the
streets of ancient Grecian and Roman
cities by hucksters many centuries in
the past Virgil sings of it in his pas
toral poems and Ovid mentions it in
words of praise
The cultivated strawberry plant
reached Europe about the year 1712
but attracted little attention and made
little progress until about 1750 or
17G0 when another kind than those
previously raised was brought from
Chili one having a pleasant pineap
ple like aroma which was known as
the pine strawberry
In America during the early colon
ial days the wild strawberries of the
field were abundant and furnished a
much prized article of diet These
wild plants were transplanted to the
garden and produced fruit of in
creased size The garden strawberry
is therefore an American product It
adapts itself to a wider range of lati
tude and to greater extremes -in en
vironment than any other cultivated
fruit There are a great many varie
ties each peculiar to its section of the
country
As the strawberry contains abund
ant salts of potash lime and soda its
value as a food can not he over-estimated
What is more refreshing on a
warm day after being fatigued from
labor in the fields or perchance after
returning from a long walk than to
sit down to a dish of these luscious
berries which our Creator has so
kindly caused to grow for us As you
cut them with the spoon and the fine
red juice begins to flow note the con
trast between this sight and the one
so horrifying of cutting a piece of
bloody meat causing the oozing out of
the blood which is the life
Take not the life you cannot Rive
All things have equal right to live
For persons very ill with fever or
for any others who require a light
diet there Is nothing better adapted
than fruit juices This is the lightest
diet which can be taken digests easily
and is very refreshing because of the
valuable acids which the berries con
tain Further the fruit acids are
germicides keeping the stomach and
in fact the whole alimentary canal to
a great degree free from germs
which would otherwise do much mis
chief overpowering the body weaken
ed from battling against disease Ac
cording to some authorities beside
the antiseptic property of the straw
berry it possesses more a curative
property Linnaeus it is said was
persuaded to take strawberries dur
ing a severe attack of sciatica with
the result that a sweet sleep ensued
and when he awoke the pain had sen
sibly subsided On the next day he
ate as many strawberries as possible
and on the following morning the pain
was gone and he was able to leave
his bed Gouty pains returned at the
same date in the next year but they
were dispersed as soon as Linnaeus
was able to get strawberries As the
strawberry excels all other common
fruits in the amount of mineral salts
it is likely that this fruit is beneficial
in gouty states
Strawberries are best eaten just as
they come from the vines after being
thoroughly washed with as little su
gar as possible as much sugar ren
ders fruit less digestible The straw
berry as well as all other acid fruits
does not combine well with milk or
cream so this should be avoided
Canned berries are very nice for use
when fresh ones are out of season
Fruit Soup In one cup of straw
berry juice cook one teaspoonful of
sago until transparent Add one cup
of pineapple juice one tablespoonful
of lemon juice one tablespoonful of
sugar Serve hot as soon as well
heated
Strawberry Minute Pudding Cook
a quart of ripe strawberries in a pint
of water till well scalded Add sugar
to taste Skim out the fruit and into
the boiling juice stir a scant cup of
granulated wheat flour previously
rubbed to a paste with a little cold wa
ter cook fifteen or twenty minutes
pour over the fruit and serve cold
with whipped cream
Strawberry Toast Take fresh
strawberries and mash well with a
spoon Add sugar to sweeten and
serve as a dressing on slices of zwie
back previously moistened with hot
water or hot cream When fresh ber
ries are not obtainable turn a can of
well kept berries into a colander over
an earthen dish to separate the juice
from the berries Place the juice in a
porcelain kettle and heat to boiling
Thicken to the consistency of cream
with cornstarch rubbed smooth in a
little water a tablespoonful of flour
to the pint of juice will be about the
right proportion Add the berries and
boil up just sufficiently to cook the
flour and heat the berries Serve hot
Rest
Few people really know how to rest
Exercise is very necessary to health
and many do not take enough of it
but on the other hand perhaps even
more people rest too little or what
amounts to the same thing do not
rest properly No matter how well de
veloped the muscles are if they are
rigid and stiff they will not do the
best work They must be readily re
laxed when not in use Even athletes
if they really understand the laws of
exercise strive for relaxation as well
as for well developed muscles
Rest means relaxation not only of
the body but of the mind also la
America particularly wp are apt to
forget this That is why nervous
prostration is such a popular phrase
just now The Germans as a nation
go more slowly than we do in all
things the English andj even the
French take life more easily Perhaps
our atmosphere conduces to energy
and hurry At any rate the popularity
of such words as strenuous hustle
and the like in this country show our
attitude as a nation
Of course we cannot immediately
change all this Wo do not wish to
Enthusiasm and energy hard work
and hard thinking have brought us
to our present state of prosperity and
we cannot afford to fall back now Nor
do we need to Hard work whether
of hand or brain does not kill but
continual work and worry do If wo
would secure the future generations
from nervous degeneration wo must
learn how and when to relax
This is very hard for some tempera
ments Some people must have their
hands constantly occupied in some
way and it is difficult of course to
remember that haste is often j Tower
than deliberation We say that have
no time to go slowly
A great fault In busy people Is their
failure to relax thoroughly at night
Many go to bed and sleep after a
fashion but with tense nerves The
mind should be as divested of worries
and cares at bedtime as the body Is of
clothes The muscles must be relax
ed If exercises are taken at night
they should end in a few especially
for relaxation Some of the most
helpful of these relaxing exercises
may be mentioned
1 Stand easily erect chest raised
and abdomen in and let the head fall
gently forward then arms and trunk
above the waist All this must be
done without effort the breath being
gently expelled at the same time Aft
er a little pause raise the body slowly
2 Stand erect raise the arms
above the head and let them fall
first the fingers then the wrists then
the arms
3 Let the arms hang at the sides
then slowly and gently swing them
from side to side gradually letting the
head and then the body swing with
them
Remember that your object Is to re
lax the muscles and do all these exer
cises easily and with as little exertion
as possible
Its All Dead
A physician recently related an inci
dent which had come under his ob
servation showing the aversion a cer
tain little fellow of 4 entertained for
dead chickens On being seated at a
table upon which was an uncarved
chicken he cried out in evident dis
tress Its all dead mamma I must
have hurted it and he could scarcely
be persuaded to remain at the tablo
until the dead creature was carved
past recognition
Children are naturally tender and
sympathetic not only toward each
other but also solicitous for the wel
fare of the lower animals The parents
of this child will probably congratulate
themselves when his tender nature be
comes so calloused that the sight of a
dead animal being devoured will seem
to him entirely consistent and will no
longer excite his pity
Many of the boys in the stock yard
districts of our large cities are further
advanced in education in this line for
they consider it rare amusement to
torment the live stock before they are
unloaded frcm the stock cars One
method is to poke them with red hot
irons until the animals give vent to
the most piteous outcries
The barbarous custom of college
hazing is another manifestation of
this same spirit of crueltv which
when implanted early enough In the
childs mind and then carefully fos
tered and cultivated will invariably
in due time produce a bountiful har
vest of undesirable fruits in various
shocking manifestations of human
cruelty
Breathing and Digestion
The stomach lies just below the
diaphragm and a portion of the me
chanical work of the stomach the
mingling of the food and the digestive
fluids is performed by the diaphragm
which as it moves up and down
kneads the stomach and its contents
and so greatly aids digestion In or
dinary breathing in a quiet person the
movements of the chest are so slight
as to be scarcely noticeable and the
action of the diaphragm produces lit
tle enect but by moderate exercise
these movements are greatly in
creased more than doubled and the
stomach is energetically kneaded In
this way moderate exercise after eat
ing is beneficial The practice of
breathing movements is also very
helpful for persons who have slow
digestion
Exercise out of doors is especially
helpful Fresh air and especially
cold air sharpens the appetite and
creates a demand for food by burning
up the waste matters with which the
tissues are clogged and preparing the
way for new material which digestion
introduces into the blood
Claims to Be 157 Years Old
Manuel Del Valle of Menlo Park a
suburb of San Francisco Cal claims
SrHfinV5 J yeatS of a He has
certificates
showing that he was born
in Zacatecas Mexico on Nov 24 1745
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