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GRAVITATION
Its Wonderful and Far Reaching Ef
fects Upon the World
The effects of gravitation are so fa
miliar as to demand only the briefest
mention yet most of us perhaps sel
dom stop to consider how far reaching
these effects are says Dr Henry
Smith Winiams But for gravitation
the winds would not blow the waters
would not descend and the mountain
tops would not crumble Into the val
leys Each particle of pulverized rock
would remain where it was formed
and there would be no such thing as a
mixed soil
But as matters are actually arrang
ed gravitation Is perpetually active
and every particle of matter Is being
eternally tugged at and urged to get
nearer to the earths center So no
sooner does a fragment of rock at a
mountain crest become loosened than
gravitation hurls it crashing down into
the valley shattering it into frag
ments perhaps or at the least grinding
off some portions of Its surface as
well as of the surface of the rocks
against which It is dashed
By such means and with the fur
ther aid of Its handmaidens wind and
water gravitation works its unceasing
purpose of leveling the surface of the
earth In a few brief geological mo
ments It rounds the shoulders of the
haughtiest mountain and given time
enough it will bring every particle of
rock back to the sea bed whenqe it
originally sprang Short of that as a
transition stage it is forever mixing
the different soil constituents on the
one hand and sorting them out again
on the other Appletons
FINE SPIDER THREADS
Cultivated Especially For the Use of
Astronomers
The cultivation of certain species of
spiders solely for the fine threads
which they weave for scientific uses
has an important bearing upon astron
omy
No substitute for the spiders thread
has yet been found for bisecting the
screw of the micrometer used for de
termining the positions and motions of
the stars Not only because of the re
markable fineness of the threads are
they valuable but because of their
durable qualities
The threads of certain spiders raised
for astronomical purposes withstand
changes in temperatures so that often
In measuring sun spots they are unin
jured when the heat is so great that
the lenses of the micrometer eyepiece
are cracked
These spider lines are only one flfth
to one seventh of a thousandth of an
Inch in diameter compared with which
the threads of the silkworm are large
and clumsy
Each line Is made up of several thou
sands of microscopic streams of fluid
Under the most powerful magnifying
glass they appear true and round
The work of placing these lines in
the micrometer requires the delicate
touch of experts who operate with the
aid of microscopes which magnify the
line a thousand times The lines are
placed parallel with each other and
two one thousandths of an Inch apart
Stray Stories
Buying Cooked Food
In France it Is a common thing for
the wife to be out at work as well as
the husband From this circumstance
no doubt have developed the facilities
that country affords for obtaining
ready cooked food outside the home
Whole meals can be purchased outside
and they are very good meals too A
whole fowl or a half one or a smaller
portion can be bought hot or cold from
the rotlssier Soups and salads can be
bought in the same way and In shops
where eggs are sold there Is always a
basket of red eggs as well as white
ones the red color being used to indi
cate that the eggs are cooked All
these things are sold at prices within
the reach of all and In many homes
scarcely any attempt Is made to do
cooking
Belgium Blows Its Horn
Belgium like many continental coun
tries has its national board of adver
tising The state owning as it does
the railways must do everything in its
power to increase the passenger traffic
and so England and the adjacent coun
tries are extensively placarded with
posters showing Belgiums beauty and
pleasure spots The principal attrac
tions are Ostend and its casino and the
pictorial records of this resort have
adorned the boardings of England for
many years past London Graphic
Chileans Aro Mongrels
There is a good deal of mongrel
about Chilean society Chileans will
tell you that they are descended from
old Spanish families but the old Span
ish families were mostly turned out or
massacred In the revolution against
Spain which arose mainly out of the
wrongs of the mongrels The descent
in short usually Includes a slave native
Indian woman years back and the two
types have mixed well with handsome
but very fiery results Exchange
Her Willingness
You must have been dreaming of
some one proposing to you last night
Laura
How is that
Why I heard you for a whole quar
ter of an hour crying out Tes File
gende Blatter
Natural
Proud Father My child Is only a
month old and he cries for the moon
Proud Mother Mine Isnt a week old
and he cries for the milky way r
Puck
Every age has Its problem by solv
ing which humanity Is helped forward
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Wit said Humor
of
BEN TILLMAN
LHHHHHHHHHUhk IiIv
the old
UNDER of Till
man as the
typical Are eater he
Is about the last
man that would be
suspected of any
thing so genial as
humor That con
ception of him is
now becoming some
what modified or
nossiblv he is be
coming mellowed himself At any rate
a rich vein of wit has been found in
the South Carolina senator though his
thrusts are somewhat rough and sav
age like the man
When Tillman was governor there
was a revolt against his famous liquor
dispensary law He called out the
militia and the members of one com
pany tendered their resignations The
governor dismissed them In a charac
teristic letter closing as follows
You can depart to your homes You
do not deserve it but I will pay your
i uuiui uju uuu uusl luut i uiuy nuvei
be bothered with any more such band
box and holiday soldiers
In his first speech In the senate the
South Carolina man paid his respects to
President Cleveland In rather savage
fashion He recounted how he had
come to Washington as governor to
attend Clevelands inauguration stand
ing out for several hours In a drizzling
rain to see the first Democratic execu
tive since the war Then THIman
raised a laugh by vehemently exclaim
ing
God forgive me for being such a
fool
It was some time before this that
Tillman had made the thrust at the
president which fastened on the South
Carolinian the sobriquet of Pitchfork
Ben It was as follows
But If I go to the senate I promise
that I will use a pitchfork In the presi
dents fat old ribs
At another time Senator Tillman ex
claimed
I would rather go to hell with my
followers than to heaven with the oth
er crowd
To a Columbia audience In his own
state he said This is the fifth time
Ive tried to poke some sense into the
heads of you people but I suppose you
dont want It and I think you had bet
ter beat your drums and stampede like
a lot of cowards as you did the second
time I came here
Later at the same meeting
You are a set of old fossils and you
can go to the devil in your own way
I dont want your votes
This is rather grim humor It must
be admitted Of a somewhat gentler
quality Is the following given at the
time of his row with his colleague
Senator McLaurin A young reporter
was gathering statistics as to the fa
vorite recreations and books of Wash
ington notables When the South
Carolina man was approached he look
ed the reporter over quizzically and re
plied
Every one knows my favorite recre
ation having fun with McLaurin My
favorite book Is If Christ Came to
Congress
The reporter thanked him and asked
where Senator Depew might be found
Why said Tillman Chauncey Is
In Europe but he continued with a
sly gleam in his one eye I can give
you the information you seek De
pews favorite recreation is playing
penuchle and his favorite author is E
P Roe
Can you tell me his favorite work
Certainly Senator Depews favor
ite work Is Opening a Chestnut
Burr
Senator Tillman dropped into the war
department one day to see Secretary
Taft
See here exclaimed the secretary
who had just assumed spectacles see
here what you have driven me to with
your attacks on my character and mo
tives You have forced me to take to
glasses
Well responded Senator Tillman
I hope sincerely it will enable you to
see the constitution now
The South Carolina man got dry fun
out of the rate bill fight When Aid
rich accused him of abandoning his
own measure when the Hepburn bill
was placed In his charge Tillman re
sponded
I never deserted my baby but the
senator from Rhode Island Insisted
upon putting his own dress upon It
That was distasteful to me and the
bantling is sleeping peacefully Then
some one dropped another kid in my
house and I am holding It I wont
deny that I am suspicious of the pa
ternity of the brat and of the brat
Itself
During one of the daily colloquies
that occurred between the two Senator
Spoon er said
The last cartoon I saw of the sen
ator from South Carolina represented
him as down In the straw and being
kicked by the Democratic donkey
The last one I saw said Tillman
represented me as riding the donkey
with the Republican elephant tied to its
tail
Whats before the senate anyway
Mr President demanded a senator
during a lull one day
I am before the senate Senator
THIman declared without a imlla
mtanmmftriK
imvshi i9
LETTING A FLAT
The Agent Found There Were Two
Sides to the Question
The agent of the building did not
like the looks of the man who wanted
to rent the second floor fiat
We require the payment of the
rental monthly In advance of course
he said
That will be all right answered
the man The rooms suit me and I
am willing to pay a year in advance if
necessary
You dont object to music perhaps
Theres a piano on the first floor and u
harp and zither on the third
No objection to that I am fond of
all kinds of music
We dont take renters who have
children you know
We havent any My family con
sists of my wife- myself and a grown
son
Also we require the best of refer
ences
Here they are
The agent looked at them and hand
ed them back
They are all right Ill have to let
you in You are fortunate Mr Spon
doo In getting the apartment at this
particular time By order of Mr
Hunks I have had all the rooms thor
oughly
Does old Hunks own this building
Certainly As I was saying
Great Scott The only object I have
In moving is to get out of one of old
Hunks apartment houses I wouldnt
live here rent free No thanks I can
find my way out without any assist
ance Morning sir Chicago Tribune
THE STRAWBERRY
It Was First Cultivated by a Blind
King of Hungary
Where Eperies the picturesque Hun
garian town is now surrounded by
beautiful gardens and fruited fields
there was at the time of King Bela II
nothing but thick wilderness Once
this blind and unhappy sovereign was
traveling in his realm It was a hot
sultry summer day and while search
ing for a shady spot in which to rest
he became lost Deadly tired in con
sequence of his long wandering he
asked his attendants for a drink of
water They seated him on the soft
green grass in the cool shade of big
old trees and then the cavaliers sep
arated to hunt for a refreshing spring
Meanwhile the king wanted to find
out more about his resting place and
began to grope about him with his
hands Thus he discovered strawber
ries growing all about him says the
New York Herald He ate them so
partly quenching his thirst he waited
quietly for his gentlemen After a
short time they returned some with
empty cups some with pearly spring
water
The king then said to his attendants
Have the trees cut down around this
place where my hands found the re
freshing strawberries Here shall rise
a town whose name shall be Eperies
strawberry in remembrance of this
day for all time
As the king commanded so It was
The wilderness was cleared and in Its
place Is a town whose arms carry the
strawberry even today
His Idea of Scoring
At a country cricket match in Lan
arkshire a local farmers boy was ap
pointed scorer his duties being care
fully explained to him The first in
ning was not very productive of runs
and soon came to an end and every
one made a rush for the scorer Judge
of their surprise however when they
found that not a single mark had been
made in the carefully ruled book that
had been provided
When reproached In somewhat strong
terms the boy was not In the least
disconcerted but with the most in
genuous air In the world said
I was sae eenterested In the sport
that I quite forgot to mak the crosses
But It dlsna matter that wee laddie
wi the red face Is the smartest runner
among ye London Tit Bits
Arms and the Tax
There are sufficient people in Eng
land and Scotland paying the annual
tax Imposed by the Inland revenue up
on the use of armorial bearings to pro
duce a sum of 350000 each year The
great bulk of this sum Is paid by peo
ple who care not an atom either about
their family of their arms but pay the
tax regularly simply because they have
carriages or plate heraldlcally decorat
ed The really old families of the
realm however use armorial emblems
for decorative purposes to an extent
almost Incredible in the eyes of those
familiar with them only on note paper
table silver and carriage panels
A Curiosity
Polite Shopman showing goods
Here Is something I would like to call
your attention to madam It Is the
very latest thing out Mrs Rounder
absently If theres anything out lat
er than my husband Ill take it if only
for a curiosity Strand Magazine
A Fellow Feeling
I dont believe said Mrs Henry
Peck that I would be afraid of a
man eating tiger
I dont believe youd need to Mria
responded Hen Peck Hed recognize
a kindred spirit Houston Post
No Ballast Needed
A dear old lady on reading that sev
eral aerolites weighing five hundred
weight each had fallen in the Ghazlpur
district of India remarked that these
balloonists appeared to be astonishing
ly heavy people Punch
At the end of some generations race3
perish or degenerate in towns It Is
necessary to renew them and It Is al
ways the country which furnishes this
renewal Rousseau
t C5
To George Lillie non resident defendant
You nro horobv notified that on tlio 12th dny of
August 1107 Amite Lillio tiled a ietition against
s
mi Hi inu uihinck court in iieuwiuuw cumiij
iirnska tiiu obicct and nrnvcr of which nro
to obtain a divorce from you on tlio ground
that voti hnvo been iruiltvof extreme cruelty
toward this pliiintilT and tliatyou have willfully
abandoned tlio plaintiff without good cause
for the term of two years last oast You are re
quired to answer said ixitition on or before
Monday the 23rd day of September 1907
Annie Lillie rinintiir
By Starr Itecdcr her attorneys
NOTICE OF HEAH1NG
On petition for distribution of residue of os
tate State of Nebraska lied Willow countyss
To all imrsons interested in the estate of James
Cain deceased
Notice is hereby Riven that Mary Cain ad
ministratrix of said estnte has Hied her peti
tion in the county court of said county the ob
ject and prayer of which nro that a decree of
distribution may bo made of the residue of said
estate now in her possession to the parties en
titled by law to receive the same
You aro hereby notified thnt said petition will
bo heard by the county judge at the county
court room in the city of McCook in said coun
ty on the thirty first day of August 1907 at ten
oclock a in
It is ordered that a copy of this notice bo pub
lished once each weelc for three successive
weeks in The McCook Tribune a newspaper
printed and published in said county
Dated this sixteenth day of August 1907
heal J C Moore County Judge
No 8823
NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION
Treasury Department
Ollico of Comptroller of tlio Currency
Washington 1 C August 5th 1I07
Whereas By satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned it has been made to appear
that THE McCOOK NATIONAL BANK in
the City of McCook in the County of Red Wil
low and State of Nebraska has complied with
all the provisions of tho Statutes of the United
States required to be complied with before an
association shall be authorized to commence
the business of Banking
Now Therefore I Thomns P Kane Deputy
and Acting Comptroller of tho Currency do
hereby certify that THE McCOOK NATIONAL
BANK in tho City of McCook in tho County
of Red Willow and State of Nebraska is auth
orized to commence tho business of Banking as
provided in Section Fifty one hundred and sixty
nine of tho Revised Statutes of the United
Stntcs
In Testimony Whereof witness my hand
and seal of this oilice this Fifth day of August
1107 T P KANE
t official f Deputy and Acting Comp-
sea f troller of the Currency
First August 9 1007 Last October 11 1907
ORDER OF HEARING a
In the county court of Red Willow county
State of Nebraska In the matter of the estate
of Angelo I Welles deceased
State of Nebraska Red Willow county ss
To all persons interested in tho estate of An
gelo P Welles deceased You aro hereby noti
fied that on the sixth day of August 1507 Matio
G Welles administratrix of tho estato of
Angelo P Welles deceased filed in said court
her final account as said administratrix and
that said final account will be heard on tho
twenty fourth day of August at the hour of ten
oclock a in at the county court room in the
city of McCook in said county and you aro
hereby cited to appear at the time and place
above designated and show cause if any such
exists why said account should not be allowed
It is hereby ordered that said Mattie G Welles
administratrix give notice to all persons inter
ested in said estate by causing a copy of this
order to bo published in the McCook Tribune a
newspaper printed and published in said coun
ty for three successive weeks prior to the date
set for said hearing
Dated this 9th day of August 1907
seal J C Moore County Judge
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A V k A M
McCook Lodgo No 135 A F A M rnoeta
every first and third Tuesday of the month at
800 p rn in Masonic hall
Charles L Fahnestock W M
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degree of honor
McCook Lodgo No 3 D of II moets every
second and forth Fridays of each mouth at 800
p in in Ganschows hall
Mrs Laura Osburn C of H
Mrs Mattie G Wells nee
EAOLKS
McCook Aerio No 1514 F OK moots the
second and fourth Wednesdays of each month
at 80 pm in Ganschows hall Social meet
ings on tho first and third Wednesdays
W H Cumminh W Pros
II P Peterson W Soc
EASTERN STAR
Eureka Chapter No 86 O E S meets tho
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
800 p rn in Masonic hall
Mrs SARAn E Kat W M
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KNIOnTS OF COLUMBUS
McCook Conncil No 1126 K of C meets tho
first and third Tuesdays of each month at 800
p in in Ganschows hall
C J Ryan G K
F G Lechleitee F Sec
KNIOnTS OF PYTHIAS
McCook Lodgo No 42 K of P meots every
Wednesday at 830 p m in Mnsonic hall
J F Cordeal C C
C W Barnes K R S
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
St John Commandery No 1C K T meets on
the second Thursday of each month at 800 p
m in Masonic hall
Emerson Hanson E C
Sylvester Cordeal Rec
locomotive engineers
McCook Division No 621 B of L E meots
every first and third Saturday of oach month at
8 00 in Berrys hall
W C Schenck C E
W D Burnett F A E
LOCOSIOTIVE FIREMEN
McCook Lodge No 599 B of L F EM
meets evory Saturday at 800 p in in Gans
chows hall
W R Pennington M
W S Bixler Sec
MODERN WOODMEN
Noble Camp No 66 M W A meets every
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
830 p m in Ganschows hall
John Hunt V C
Barney Hofer Clerk
odd fellows
McCook Lodgo No 137 1 0 0 F moets every
Monday at 800 p m in Ganschows hall
E H Doan N G
Scott Doan Sec
p e o
Chapter X P E O moets the second and
fourth Saturdays of each month at 230 p m
at the homos of the various members
Mrs C W Britt Pros
Mes J G ScnoBEL Cor Sec
railway conductors
Hurvoy Division No 95 O R C moets tho
second and fourth Sundays of oach month at
300 p m in Berrys hall
Joe Heoenbeeger C Con
M O McCluhe Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Bronson Lodge No 487 B of R T
meets every Friday at 800 p m in Berrys
hall
H W Conoveb M
F J Huston Sec
E A 31
King Cyrus Chapter No 35 R A M meets
every first and third Thursday of each montbat
8 -CO p m in Masonic hall
Clarence B Gray H P
Clinton B Sawyer Sec
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
Noble Camp No 862 B N A meets every
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
230 p m in Ganschows hall
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in Masonic hall
Ralph A Hagberg T I M
Syvlester Cordeal Sec
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McCook Lodge No 61 AOUW meets every
Monday at 800 p m in Berrys hall
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