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RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Engineer V C Sehonck was nn
Omaha visitor foro part of the week
Dnniol Wilhird passed up this part
of tho McCook division in Inst weeks
inspection
Fireman R E Lovo roturnod foro
part of the week from a visit to his
homo in Pender
Oscar Hammond formerly with the
McCook Laundry is now n fireman out
of Alamosa Colorado on tho Rio
Grande
Will Chlandn who sorved out his
timo hero is now foreman of tho back
shop for the Rio Grande at Alamosa
Colorado
Engineer Barney Lewis has been under
the weather for a few days with crip is
hotter and expects to return to work in
a fiw days
F W Schultz formerly master
mechanic horo is giving a good nccount
of himself on tho Rock Island system as
master mechanic
Conductor William Ilegenberger is
now on tho Orleans St Francis run with
headquarters at IIorndonKansns where
tho family is now located
During his recent visit down in Colo
rado Engineer V C Schenck met C
L Eaton who is now superintendent
on the Rio Grande at Alamosa
G E Bailey of the telegraph office
force returned first of week from Cres
ton S Df where he has been with the
family for several weeks on tho farm
Engineer Ben Bowon has been confin
ed to bed for a few days with a threaten
ed attack of pneumonia It is thought
the pneumonia has been gotten under
control
Second Vice President Daniel Wil
lard has just been over much of the
Burlington territory and reports about
200 locomotives and 6000 cars out of
commission on account of slack busi
ness
R B Archibald who for years
sorvedtho Burlingtonatr this place as
master mechanic with ability is now
back in harness again in a similar posi
tion with the Snta Fe at LaJunta
Colorado
Engineers W A Cline and FARitchie
who feft the Burlington employ some
months ago and who have been work
ing out of Omaha on the Union Pacific
have both been unfortunate in losing
their positions on account of burning
the crown sheets of thbir locomotives
Ritchie expects to work for the Sante Fe
in the near future but Cline has not
secured a place yet The Cline family
a few days since was visited by the
stork who left a little girl with them
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Tho pay car will ho hero tomorrow
Now flues aro being given to tho 016
Frank OConnoU machinist appren
tice is on tho sick list
Both high and low cylinders of tho
2705 got now packing yesterday
Conductor Kent has been laying ofi
this week and Bontly has tho 1J221
Conductor Heeler was off on a trip first
of tho week and Wilcott had his car
Gus Budlg is happy over being back
to work after that fall of over thirty
foot
Tho 123 had her nose pulled off tho
other day and yesterday was given a
new pilot
Thirteen brakemen wero lot out of
sorvico on tho Wynioro division close
of last week
Lahey western representative of tho
Crucible Steel Works was at headquart
ers yesterday
Engine 1108 and 32G aro both down on
their pegs and will bo out of tho back
shop in a day or two
Switchman Englehorn has been at
Holdrego for a week relieving Overleese
of the yard force there
Machinist W P Hewitt went down
to Plattsmouth last Friday an a brief
visit at tho former home
Engine 102G which has been in tho
round house for repairs is on her wheels
and will bo ready soon for service
Tho freight engines have all been
pooled again but the old bonds aro
Htill in the klondike on 7G and 77
Conductor Wilbur Fitk and family
hnvo gone up to Colorado on a visit to
relatives at Wray going west on Tues
day
W II Stout machinists helpor took
his young son down to Omaha a few
days since for an operation on ono of
his eyes
Tho wheel department of the shops is
rushed all the time turning out nearly
500 wheels monthly with a shift of
three men
iardmaster Ltimberry of Oxford has
been off duty for a week on account of
sickness Brakoman Chas Pedigo is
relieving him
Master Mechanic H E Culbertson is
being bothered by the formation of ab
scesses but his condition is regarded as
favorable and improving
Conductor Win Ilegenberger has
been transferred to the west end of the
St Francis branch and will move to
Herndon relieving VanHorn who will
have the Oxford Red Cloud run
Conductor Utter is off duty with a
fractured wrist received by falling off
the engine pilot while switching in Ox
ford close of last week Wyman has
his car on tho McCook Holdrege local
Jacob Matz had the misfortune to fall
from his engine cab at Oxford Monday
night while taking water at that point
and received injuries to his left ankle
which will lay him out service for a fow
weeks
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture says that the unbounded
prosperity of the agriculturist is not due
to chance but is the result of intelli
gent scientific business methods A
reader of The Weekly Inter Ocean has
nlaced before him each week the prac
tical and approved methods to which
Secretary Wilson refers It is a good
investment Only 125 for The Weekly
Inter Ocean and this p pe one year
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Not the Same
A young woman who has recently
taken charge of a kindergarten enter
ed a trolley car and as she took her
seat smiled pleasantly at a gentleman
sitting opposite lie raised his hat
but it was evident that he did not
know her
Realizing her error she said in tones
audible throughout tho entire car
Oh please excuse me I mistook
you for tho father of two of my chil
dren
She left the car at the next comer
PETITION OF THE PLODDER
Lord lot mo not be too content
With life In trilling service spent
Make me aspire
When days with petty cares are filled
Let me with Meeting thought be thrilled
Of something higher
Help me to long for mental grace
To struggle with the commonplace
I daily find
May little deeds not bring to fruit
A crop of little thoughts to suit
A shriveled mind
I do not ask for place among
Great thinkers who have taught and sung
And scorned to bend
Under the triiles of the hour
I only would not lose the power
To comprehend
Independent
Competition With the Almighty
When the first tracks of the Illinois
Central railroad were being laid In
southern Illinois the superintendent or
construction went one day for a drink
of water to a well beside the cabin of
an old Kentucky darky who had
found freedom and philosophy on the
north side of the Ohio river The old
man was smoking his corncob pipe In
the shade of his sycamore tree
Well Uncle Sambo said the rail
road builder as he hung up the gourd
on the well sweep again dont you
do any work at all
Me Yass sahr I work six months
every winter on a flatboat on dat river
yonder
Well I suppose when we get the
railroad through you will want to come
in with us and get a job on a fiat car
No sahr Aint nevah goiu to be
nough work on your railroad to keep
no man busy six months in the yah
Cant yo see dat river yonder flowin
flowin Lord he made dat river to
float things down on and der aint no
use buildin a railroad to enter into
competition with de Almighty
Polite James
James I wish you would not come
to school with such dirty hands WThat
would you say if I came to school with
soiled hands
I wouldnt say anything was the
prompt reply Id be too polite
An Evidence of Good Training
When young Meagles took the train
for Harvard his father said
As soon as you find out let me know
if you have passed your entrance ex
aminations
Two days later In the midst of mak
ing a heavy deal he received the fol
lowing telegram Yes J Meagles
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Somewhat preoccupied and puzzled
lie telegraphed back Yes what
The well trained son wired back
Yes sir
A Safe Remedy
His sleep had been disturbed nightly
by the howling on his own hack fence
of his neighbors cat At last in de
spair he consulted his lawyer
There sits the cat every night on
our fence he explained and he
yowls and yowls and yowls Now I
dont want to have any trouble with
this neighbor and I want you to sug
gest a remedy I am well within my
rights if I shoot the eat am I not
I would hardly say that replied
the legal light The cat does not he
long to you as I understand it
No
And tho fence does
Yes
Then I think it safe to say that you
have a perfect right to tear down the
fence Lippincotts
Before He Ran For President
When I was in congress said Wil
liam Jennings Bryan I was asked to
speak in Ohio in one of the campaigns
I went out loaded with a long address
The meeting was a big one I was
fourth on the list of speakers The
chairman looked me over as the third
i man was finishing Apparently ho was
j in doubt about something for he tip
toed over to my chair and asked in a
whisper Excuse me Mr Bryan but
do you speak or sin
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Train the Faculties
Nikola Tesla was talking about
his
student days at Prague
I remember well he said an old
professor of great originality and acu
men This professor insisted on the
value of a free use of the perceptive
faculties and was always pointing out
the need for this use in strange ways
One day on arising to lecture he be
gan
Gentlemen you do not use your
faculties of observation as you should
He laid on the table before hiin a
pot filled with some vile smelling
chemical compound a thick brown
stuff
When I was a student he wont
on I did not fear to use my sense of
taste
He dipped his finger deep into the
pot and then stuck his finger in his
mouth
Taste it gentlemen taste it he
said smiling grimly
The evil pot passed around the
class and one after another we dipped
clean The taste of the thick brown
compound was horrible We made
wry faces and spluttered The pro
fessor watched us with a grim smile
When the pot was Anally returned
to him his thin lips parted and he gave
a dry chuckle
I must repeat gentlemen he said
that you do not use your faculties of
observation If you hud looked more
closely at me you would have observed
that the linger I put In my mouth was
not the oho I dipped Into the pot
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Vicarious Punishment
A mother brought her little boy to
school for his first time and said to
the teacher
This little boy is very delicate as
he Is aftUer a fit of harmouya on the
loongs hut if he does anything bould
and I know he will bate the wan next
to him an twill frighten him
A Record Breaker
A clergyman one Sunda3 morning
was exhorting those who had troubled
consciences to be sure and call on their
pastor for guidance and prayer
To show you my brethren tho
blessed results of these visits with
your pastor said he I will state to
you that only yesterday a gentleman
of wealth called upon me for counsel
and instruction and now today my
friends today he sits among us not
only a Christian but a happy husband
and father
A young lady in the audience whis
pered to a matron Wasnt that pretty
quick work Ladies Home Journal
A Farcical Vengeance
A magasiine editor was congratulat
ing Richard Harding Davis on the suc
cess of his farces
You handle the farce said the edi
tor as skillfully as you used to handle
the short story You have the gift of
seeing everything in a farcical light
Could you treat farcically the situation
of a wifes elopement with her hus
bands friend Would you get any fun
out of a situation so grimly sad and
hoprible as that
Mr Davis laughed
One of the principals in just such a
situation lie said got a good deal of
fun out of it I allude to the deserted
husband He got fun and a terrible re
venge as well This deserted husband
sent the aforesaid best friend a packet
and the following letter
Dear Sir Please hand the inclosed
set of false teeth to my late wife and
ask her to he so good as to return my
fathers which in the hurry of the mo
ment she took by mistake
Making Home Attractive
A district visitor in the slums of Lon
don asked the wife of a notorious
drinker why she did not keep her hus
band from the public house
Why dont you make your home
look more attractive she asked
Im sure Ive tried ard to make it
omelike maam was the reply Ive
took up the parlor carpet and sprin
kled sawdust on the floor and put a
beer barrel in the corner but lor
maam it aint made a bit of differ
ence
Where Johnny Put the G
A teacher in a New England school
had found great difficulty in training
her pupils to pronounce final g One
day when a small boy was reading he
came to a sentence that he pronounced
as follows What a good time I am
havin
No Johnny interrupted the teach
er yoa made a mistake Dont you
remember what Ive been telling you
Try that last sentence again
Johnny reread as before What a
good time I am havin
No no said the teacher a little im
patiently Dont you know all Ive
told you about pronouncing the g
Johnnys face lightened and he be
gan again confidently Gee what a
good time I am havin Everybodys
Easily Satisfied
Shaughuessy hearing that the bank
in which he kept his savings had fail
ed rushed around with his bankbook
and demanded his money Tho teller
began to count it out
Oh yeve got it have ye said
Shaughnessy with a sigh of relief
Kape it then Oi dont want it as
long as ye have it
Pals of the President
Colonel Harry Hall of Pittsburg was
in London riding on top of a bus ne
asked the driver several questions
and then the driver said You hare
not one of hus sir
No Hall replied I am an Amer
ican
Hamerica is a fine place sir Hi
lived there once
Where
Why sir Hi lived in Washington
Hi was coachman for Sir Frederick
W Bruce when e was minister there
sir We was most familiar with the
hold Grant sir when he were presi
dentmost familiar
How was that inquired the as
tonished Hall
Why sir my marster was is per
tickler friend most pertickler Manys
the night I have driven im to the
White House and sat there im on the
hiuside an me hon the houtside for
ours at a time
Little Acts of Kindness
Walters mother had made a point of
teaching him to be kind to animals
Oh mother be exclaimed one day
Im sure you will like the little girl
whos moved in nest door Shes so
kind to animals
She looks like a nice little girl
said Walters mother and I think I
shall like her but how is she kind to
animals
We had some chestnuts just now
and she found a worm in one inn she
j our fingers In It and then sucked them j
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