The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, January 31, 1908, Image 7

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Like Finding Money
O R Woodworth Co tho popular
druggists are making an effort that is
juat like Undine money for thoy nro soil
ing a regular 50 cont bottle of Dr How
ards celebrated specific for tho euro of
constipation nnddyspapsinnt half price
In addition to this largo discount they
agree to return tho money to any pur
chaser whom tho specific does not euro
It is quite unusual to be ublo to buy
fifty cont pieces for a quarter but that
is what this offer really meant for it is
only recently JLbrough the solicitation
of Druggist Woodworth that this medi
cine could he bought for less than fifty
cents they urged the proprietors to al
low them to hell it at this reduced price
for a little while aggreeing to sell a cer
tain amount The result has justified
their good judgment for tho sale has
been something remarkuble Anyone
who suffers with headache dyspepsia
dizziness sour stomach specks before
tho eyes or any liver trouble should
take advantage of this opportunity for
Dr Howards specific will cure all theso
troubles But if by any chnnco it should
not C R Woodworth Co will refund
your monoy
A Handy Receipt Bock
Bound duplicate receipt books throe
recoip to the page for sale at Thh
Trihunk office
Havo you over tried an eraso ink
eraser See one at Thk Tkibunk of
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Our time customers
invariably becomet
permanent
Large stocks of
building material and
coal on hand con
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BURIED IN CEMENT
Tho Story of an Arab Boy Who Re
nounced Mohammedanism
According to hlBtory there was horn
about the year 1520 an Arab boy
named Geronlmo Lie was captured in
Infancy by the Spanish garrison at
Ornn and when about eight years old
he escaped from his captors and went
back to his family living as a Moham
medan until the age of twenty five
He then volutarlly returned to Oran
and resumed the Christian life which
he had adopted previously when In
the hands of the Spanish authorities
A few years later he went on a coast
ing raid with a party of Spaniards
but the raiders were themselves cap
tured by a Moorish corsair and
brought to Algiers Here the attempt
was made to convert him to Moham
medanism but he persistently refused
to embrace that faith so that he was
tried and condemned to die Ills hands
were tied behind his back and he was
cast alive face downward into a block
of concrete then being prepared for
the Fort des Viugt Quatre Heures
then building Careful note was taken
of the spot by Ilaldo a Spanish Bene
dictine missionary to Algiers who
prayed tho time might come when the
Lord would pave the way for his ex
humation and Christian burial In
1S53 the French found it necessary to
destroy the fort and the data left by
llaido were found to be correct for the
designated block of concrete on being
cut open disclosed the bones of Geron
imo and the cavity left by his body
The bones were removed Dec 27 1853
and given Christian burial and they
now rest in a massive stone sarcopha
gus in the cathedral A plaster cast
was made of the cavity and afterward
photographed Cement Age
AN UNCONQUERED PEAK
Lizard Head on Mount Wilson Ha3 De
fied the Climbers
The mountains and peaks of the San
Juan in northwestern Colorado pre
sent a different appearance from any
of the northern Rockies
They are grander more precipitous
with sharper pinnacles and more jag
ged in outline In height Mounts Mass
ive Elbert and Blanca slightly out
rank those of the San Juan but no
where else can bo found whole groups
of mountains rearing their heads to
and above 14000 feet
Mount Wilson 14250 feet the dom
inant peak is one of the most massive
hi the entire Rocky mountain range
Just east of this mountain is the re
markable trachyte obelisk called Liz
ard head The vivid imagination of
an early pioneer who had been seeing
things is said to be responsible for
the name
The summit is 141G0 feet above the
sea From a ponderous base the pin
nacle rises 200 feet with a diameter at
the footof only about sixty feet grad
ually tapering to less than half that at
the top
Lizard head has defied all attempts
of mountain climbers to reach its sum
mit The foot of the pinnacle is easily
accomplished but thus far the steep
sides of the 290 foot shaft have proved
insurmountable No doubt the time
will come when the venturesome
mountain climber will find a way but
many a failure is the record of the
past
Trains circle this mountain for miles
on the way from Telluride to Rico
New York Post
Two Horse Tales
An Albanian who had been in an
eastern state while freshets were in
full swing told the following about a
horse which had been attached to a
footbridge crossing a brook to keep
the structure from going adrift The
flood finally swept horse and bridge
down stream Later the bridge was
discovered lodged against the bank
with the horse sitting quietly on the
former
A bystander who had listened intent
ly to this tale remarked quietly
I see suthin similyar oncer
Indeed What was it asked the
story teller
Ye see was the reply arter the
hoss I see was took down stream no
buddy ever spected to see him alive
agin But he was a powful sort o
brute an bout a hour afterward we
see him a comin up stream a pullin
the blame old bridge arter him Al
bany Journal
Mortar Tossers
There Is no hod carrying in Japan
The native builders have a method of
transporting mortar which makes It
seem more like play than work to the
onlooker The mortar is mixed in a
pile in the street One man makes
this up into balls of about six pounds
weight which he tosses to a man who
stands on a ladder midway between
the roof and the ground This man
deftly catches the ball and tosses it up
to a man who stands on the roof
San Francisco Chronicle
Women and the Theater
The first aim of the modern play
wright Is to please the women in the
audience The second thought is for
the female characters in the play If
a play finds favor with the women It
is bound to be a success The men
will go if only because she is there or
to act as her escort Theater Maga
zine
Had to Keep Ideals
Why dont you get married
Oh it would be absolutely fatal to
my literary work
What do you write
Love stories Cleveland Plain
Dealer
When a quarrel Is the breakfast
food look out for marital indigestion
Manchester Union
HIS PAPERWEIGHT
Travels of a Bottle of Wine and Its
Ultimate Fate
A paperweight consisting of a piece
of thick glass with a tokay wine label
fastened on the back and showing
through Is a part of the desk furniture
In the library of a man who goes to
Europe nearly every year People
look at the thing lie said and won
der what the wine label is doing there
and when I see the question coming I
always tell the story
Some yjirs ago I went to Ilaab in
Hungary where I called on an old
lady who in Vienna years before had
shown much Interest in and befriend
ed a young American student at the
university The poor student had
grown to be a rich phjsiclan and he
wanted me to call and present his
compliments - When I was about to
leave after a pleasant visit the wo
man handed me a bottle of wine which
had come from her estate and asked
me to take It to our mutual friend I
carted that bottle all over Europe
paid duty on it several times and Anal
ly landed it safe and sound here in the
house A few days after my return
wo Invited the doctor for dinner and
the bottle was brought in with much
ceremony I made a little presenta
tion speech and then In handing it to
the doctor dropped it on the floor
where you see that stain Thats the
label under the glass New York
Tribune
HORSE AND DOG
Contact With Civilization Lessens
Their Cunning and Sagacity
The dog is no doubt the most intelli
gent of our domestic animals and I
yield to none in my affection for him
I can almost eat and sleep with a flno
dog winter and summer But I try not
to deceive myself about his intelli
gence It seems to me that if the dog
had the least spark of wit akin to our
own that is power of reason his
long association with man would have
fanned it into a flame however small
But after all these thousands of
years of human companionship and
love he has less wit in some respects
than his wild brothers the fox and
the wolf Having been spared the
struggle to live that falls to their lot
his cunning and sagacity have deterio
rated Tho same is true of the horse
which has less Intelligence than the
wild stallion of the plains and for the
same reason
These animals do not grow wiser as
they grow less wild They do not civi
lize or develop We train them into
certain ways that make them service
able to us we humanize them without
adding to their mental capacity In
other words we cannot cross our In
telligence upon theirs and make it
fruitful in them The germ will not
take John Burroughs in Outing Mag
azine
English House Names
House owners are sometimes rather
unfortunate in their selection of names
for their abodes and in suburbia house
naming is occasionally rather ludicrous
Thus The Maples has never a ma
ple near The Rosary only exists in
imagination Sunnyside is the most
depressing villa residence and houses
named after the English lakes no more
suggest the lake district than Fleet
street suggests the Bois de Boulogne
The Anglo Saxon word hyrst sig
nifying a forest or wood has become
hurst in house naming and wood
and holt have the same meaning
All house names ending with these ter
minations are pretty and not unsafe to
choose
It is curious to note that in Hastings
and St Leonards quite a number of
houses have typically Saxon names
perhaps to commemorate the great
Saxon tragedy of which the name
Hastings is reminiscent
Pomp of English Mayors
Chichester arms its chief magistrate
with a gold mounted malacca cane of
office while the mayor of Guildford
carries the stick presented to the bor
ough by Queen Elizabeth At York
both the lord mayor and lady mayor
ess are equipped with the silver mount
ed oak staves which have marked their
authority for centuries Among the
official retainers of the mayor of RIpon
is the municipal horn blower who
everj night at 9 oclock winds three
blasts upon this aged musical instru
ment before the mayors residence and
again at the marked cross London
Standard
Hardened
Listen to this Maria said Mr
Stubb as he unfolded his scientific pa
per This article states that in some
of the old Roman prisons that have
been unearthed they found the petri
fied remains of the prisoners
Gracious John replied Mrs Stubb
with a smile I suppose you would j
call them hardened criminals
Truthful
Mark Twain once missed the train
which should have taken him to his
work He did not wire any excuse
His telegram to his employer took this
form My train left at 720 I arrived
at the station at 735 and could not
catch it
Lack Right Qualities
Mrs Hix Mrs June strikes me as
heing entirely too masculine for a wo
man Mrs Dix Yes indeed Why
every time she has an ache or pain
she makes as much fuss about it as a
man would Smiths Weekly
Retrenching
I tell you they are retrenching
But they still have their auto
Which they run well within the
speed limit Bah Louisville Courier
Journal
SLEEP IN THE DESERT
Impossibility of Keeping Awcko In
Riding Across Gobi
Hitherto I have thought that travel
ing by carts over stony roads and stay
ing in Chinese inns at night was the
hardest thing a foreigner traveling In
China was called upon to endure but
since I have traveled with a caravan
of camels I have changed my opinion
The monotony of the desert by day
and the bed of camels saddle at night
the evil smell of camels and the slow
ness of their drivers and the acrid
choking of the little fire on which ones
food is cooked none of these things Is
so trying to the foreigners as the sleep
iness which attacks one in this high
region This to me was a rea torture
Traveling the cold night with no other
company than dull Chinese who seem
to sleep while walking alongside the
camels or while sitting on their backs
and being weighed down by heavy
sleepiness is the worst thing I have
endured
You sit on your horse and in spite of
every effort fall asleep Presently you
wake up and find yourself on the
ground with your horse standing be
wildered at your side wondering
whether you are alive or dead Then
you try to keep yourself awake by
walking and talking a bit to the camel
drivers but you soon find that they
are just as sleepy as yourself A few
words are exchanged and tlieu you
are too tired to nen your mouth to
talk or even to tl of anything but
sleep sweet sleep Oh for Just a few
minutes there at the roadside in the
soft sand But no you must go on
and fight against this desire It is too
dangerous to sleep by the roadside on
the ground The caravan cannot wait
and your servant would not watch
over you He would soon fall asleep
like yourself The wolves would then
have an easy time
Yet In spite of all this reasoning you
feel as If you were drawn to the
ground by the power of a thousand
strong magnets and soon yield to sleep
again Suddenly your watchful horse
whose reins you have kept slung
around your neck this is a wise thing
to do pulls up starts and jerks you
wide awake You jump up not know
ing where you are for some seconds
but you see your hdrse trembling and
realize that danger is near
For a few minutes you are fully
awake and feel glad and refreshed
You jump on your horse and catch up
with the caravan which has gone a
few li a 11 is G54 yards ahead
After another ten li or so sleep creeps
on again like a huge boa constrictor
embracing you in its irresistible grasp
The same fight has then to be fought
over again Then at last the caravan
arrives at the halting place for the
night North China News
C0RSICAN CUSTOMS
Curious Observances Connected With
Death and Burial
When a Corsican woman dies she is
always buried in a new costume which
sometimes witli the poorer classes
takes up most of the family savings
and as the heat of the climate renders
burial imperative within twenty four
hours the new gown is generally com
menced directly the dying persons ill
ness assumes a serious form
Corsicans reverence the dead and a
feature in a funeral is the improvisa
tores women whose business it is to
improvise prose poetry to the mourn
ers Often this improvising is won
derfully beautiful and breathes the
true feeling of sorrow
The death hunters attend funerals
and afterward wrestle with the mourn
ers If a relative of the deceased gets
the better in the combat it is assumed
that his affection for the departed rel
ative was absolutely genuine
When the corpse leaves the house
the women gather at an upper window
and tearing out handfuls of their hair
throw it on the coffin The rich hire
women mourners who scratch their
faces and are paid in proportion to
the injuries they inflict on themselves
in their paroxysms of grief
A Corsican widow wears a strip of
black material tied on her eyes for a
week and during that period rhe is
fed and lel about by lie friends No
room in her house is cleaned and no
fire lighted for the same period
In the cemetericr i a snec ecsion of
little builCinjs with Zxt roof- vd
high openings These are the tombs
and inside them are rich htrtiTkijrs
flowers poetry ai 1 lainp which tio
mourners place there in remembrance
of the departed
Qu int frkt Custom
There exiss rt Totnes market a ci
tom Avhich is believed to be witlm
parallel in the history of markets A
dealer chalks rp the prire he gives for
butter and eggs on a strIl and nil the
other dealers par the sme Th cyu
tem has gone on rid surprisiiigy little
friction has resulted Kcri fie agi
an attempt was irade to break down
the custom ami induce producers to
stand in the iahet and make the best
price they could It was however
short lived and the old system was re
verted to St James Gazette
A Joker
The Congressman sternly You seem
to forget madam that there is such a
word as obey in a marriage contract
The Congressmans Wife Is there
Why isnt it funny how jokers do
creep into things Puck
The Skinflint
You are too hard on Mr Skinflint
You should treat him with more of the
bilk of human kindness
Hed churn It Into butter and sell it
if I did
Precaution is better than repentance
Greek Proverb
INDIANOLA
Tho young people have boon malting
good use of tho Ice thooo lino evenings
Mrs James Cosgrove who has been
quite sick is improving
Leonard Smith has returned from his
visit to Crete
Mrs W Byfield of McCook was a
visitor in tho homo of her son hore last
week
T B Hardosty is moving into his
new drugstore this week
Tho now Christian minister comes
from Belvidero and will live in ono of
J Townleys houses His iiamo is L
B Cox
Mrs Martin Anderson and sou War
ren are on the sick list
John Murray who is working in Mc
Cook camo homo Sunday for a short
visit He was accompanied by a lady
friend
A C Teol took a trip over to tho
Btavor county this week
Two of- Crockers children living
north of town aro very sick with pneu
monia
A light snow fell here Tuesday night
Ray Anderson went down to Orleans
to see his brother married Tuesday
and was also best man at tho event
Mrs Mabel Purvis wife of tho agent
at Bartley is down with tho smallpox
The place is quarantined and all business
pertaining to tho office is being tran
sacted remote from tho depot in a
shanty shipped there for that purpose
Miss Gaitha Noo is now a resident of
Indianoia having accepted a position
in Mr Byfields printing office
A report came to our town of the
death of Miss Young daughter of Sam
Young who died from smallpox Tues
day morning at her home south of
Bartley
Charles Broomfields baby who has
been very sick is getting along nicely
now
The meetings at the Methodist church
are still in progress with large crowds
in attendance each night Also preach
ing every afternoon at 3 oclock
Miss Nora Silvernoil has given her
pupils a vacation in order that they may
have a chance to recuperate from the
grippe
A N Puckett and brother Cass and
little daughter have gone to Kansas to
visit relatives
Mrs Northrup of McCook was in In
dianoia Wednesday the guest of Mrs
Leonard Hethcot
Mrg Rose Ferree of McCook camo
down Wednesday morning for a visit
with relatives
Arlie Pennington of McCook was in
Indianoia Tuesday evening
Frank Allen was in town awhile Wed
nesday enroute from McCook to his
home in Danbury Mrs Allen is the
proprietor of the Danbury hotel
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KSsyZr
Dan MoKillip shipped a cnrlond of
horsos east from this place Tuesday
Tom Ilaloy nmdo n business trip to
ilolbrook Monday
Patty Anderson in anticipation of tho
event which wo chronicle- below gavo
hiB bachelor frionds a farowoll oyster
supper at tho band hall- Saturday ovo
ning
Patty Anderson and Miss Kotio
Keohlin wore married in Orleans Tues
day morning They arrived homo on 13
somo day Tho young couplo will oc
cupy ii neat littlo cottage near his
patents in Indianoia
RED WILLOW
Mr Ruggles had a relapse but is now
improving
Mrs Calvin was an over Sunday visit
or at Owens Longeckors
Mr Holland has been very ill again
After a visit of three weeks with his
sister Mrs F C Smith Hal Rozello on
Thursday irorning returned to his
homo in Valparaiso Nob
Mr and Mrs King and Mr and Mrs
Soxson called on tho now boy at Owens
Longneckers on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Lowis Elmer wero visit
ing friends on Saturday
Mr Vaddlo has been sick again
Mrs Smith Mrs Longneckor and
Gabriolla spent Tuesday with Mrs
Taylor
Otto Gladys and Fay Randol on
Sunday visited their Uncle Frank
Hess north of Indianoia
R F D No 1
Mrs John Broitling and Carrie
Fiechtner were visitors over on School
Creek closing d iys of last week
Miss Nettie Endaley Friday-
Sunday with her sister Mrs W P
Broomfield
William Karp has been shelling corn
on Ash Creek this week
The fanners of that neighborhood
met at Red Willow Monday and or
ganized a Farmers Elovator Co for
the purpose of handling their own wheat
undsoforth on the market
They I ad n threshing boo at E F
Mnrkwads Monday of this week
The nighbors indulged in a carpet
rag sewing party at Hari Myers Wed
nesday of this week
Charles Roper is a guest of Joseph
Downs and family this week
BOX ELDER
Frank Wilson is on tho sick list
D B Doylo filled his ice house Tues
day
Miss Hatcher visited tho Box Elder
school Tuesday
Fred Lakin and family visited over
Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs
E C Lakin of Indianoia
Mr and Mrs F G Lytle have re
turned from their visit at Alma
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FENNEY WALKER
GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTERS AND DECORATORS
Not How Cheap but How Good with Us
Office and Shop west of First National Bank
Steel Ceilings Sold Put Up and Decorated
Make your friend a present of some
Monogram
Stationery
We have an excellent line of samples from
which you can choose embossed in one
or two colors or in bronze or gold any
letters or combination of letters Call and
see samples of the monograms and stock
The TRIBUNE Office