ih M s h ts 7 y AF T LIE controversy between W 1 1 Hani 1 Bryan and Colonel James M Guffey of the Democrat ic uutionulcoinmittee from Pennsylvania recalls the fact that It was Mr Guffev JAMES m guffey who wag urgeIy Jn fitruniental In bringing about the nomi nation of Judge Alton B Parker for president in 1001 Colonel Guffey is one of the best known oil producers In the world lie has been so success ful in discovering new oil territory that oil men used to say If Jim Guf fey dropped out of a balloon hed light on top of a new oil Held lie was in strumental in the discovery of the great Beaumont oil Held in Texas Lie is interested In gold mines as well as oil and a Colorado town not very far from the meeting place of the Demo cratic national convention is named after him Colonel Guffey is of Scotch ancestry and is descended from Wil liam Guffey who came to America in 173S and fought at Fort Duquesue Hear Admiral William Sheffield Cowles chief of the bureau of equip ment of the navy who represents the United States navy at the Quebec ter centenary is a brother-in-law of Presi dent Roosevelt Ilis cruise to the wa ters of the St Lawrence to participate in the Canadian festivities marks the lirst important voyage of the battle ship New Hampshire which conveyed him thither She is the newest largest and lleetest vessel HEAR ADMIKAL COW1ES v r department At the recent election for presi dent in Panama Senor Obaldia had no opponent the other candidate Senor Rcardo Arias withdrawing previous to the casting of the votes of the American navy now on the Atlantic coast Ad miral Cowles mar ried Miss Anna Roosevelt elder sister of the presi dent He was a favorite at the navy department through half a doz en administrations but has naturally come into frequent notice since Mr Itoosevelt became president Five years ago this mouth he celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his entrance into the navy and lie has seen a great variety of service He was in command of the gunboat Tope ka during the Spanish war and made a notable record in connection with the operations against Spanish vessels in West Indian waters About fifteen years ago he was appointed naval at tache at the United States embassy in Loudon and it was while serving in this capacity that he met the lady who is now his wife and who was at the time visiting the British capital The Xew Hampshire lay at Newport when Admiral Cowles boarded her previous to the start for Quebec He was received with honors due his rank The ships company was called to quarters aud the rear admiral read his orders from the navy department His pennant was then run up and sa luted When it comes down the mili tary mast of the Xew Hampshire after she returns it will not be raised again as he retires next month Captain Cameron McR Winslow is in com mand of the Xew Hampshire Senor Don Jose Domingo Obaldia the newly chosen president of the republic of Panama was minister to the United States from Panama and so is Avell known at Washington Judsre Tafts first visit to Panama to straighten out differences between the government of the canal zone and the government of the republic was undertaken in his company and the Latin American dip lomat and statesman has always been a warm admirer of the man who won a reputation as secretary of peace while nt fhe head of the I SEXOR OBALDIA in order to avoid any conflict at the polls which might have imperiled the reputation of the yomg republic for maintaining good order in its bounds Notwithstanding this a large number of voters registered their choice and demonstrated the overwhelming ma jority of Senor Obaldias supporters The elections were carried on in an or derly manner and Senor Obaldia re ceived all the votes cast At the conclusion of the balloting en thusiastic crowds headed by a baud of inusdc paraded the streets of Panama cheering continuously for the newly elected president There appeared to be an absolute lack of ill feeling be tween the former supporters of Senor Arias and the adherents of Senor Obaldia Never before had such a friendly spirit been shown so quickly after an election It is an Interesting coincidence that both the Democratic and Republican c TiD i sTi ew Names on ongue Guffey of Pennsylvania -- Rear Admiral William S Gowlcs and the New Hamp shire 2P Ambassador OBrien and His Views William J Bryans Brother Charles Se- nor Obaldia f candidates for president have brothers named Charles and that they were each active In the conventions at Den ver and Chicago in behalf of the Inter ests of their respective relatives Charles P Taft was a prominent fig ure in the convention which nominated Judge Taft for president and Charles W Bryan was conspicuous at Dein er during the preliminaries to the naming of Mr Bryan for the presidency Both men are rated as good politlfians Mr y iA t 4 - Jllfllllilf r vy CHARIES W BRYAN Charles Bryan is not an obtrusive man but he is not a bit slow in the game of politics despite his seeming modesty and is a pastmaster of concili ation He tried his hand at this with excellent results during the gathering of the Democrats in Colorado Mr Bryan does not greatly resemble his more distinguished brother He has aided much in carrying out the politi cal plans and policies of the latter and is apt to figure quite a little in the campaign now beginning He is business manager of Mr Bry ans paper the Commoner Thomas J OBrien ambassador to Japan who is home on a leave of ab sence is very emphatic in asserting that he has found no feelings of hos tility toward Americans in the land of the mikado Congressman Hobsons speech at the Democratic convention predicting war with Japan the resolu tions adopted on the subject of Asiatic THOMAS J OiJniEN exclusion laws by the convention and the report that Bra zil is having war ships built with the view of selling them to Japan have combined to renew public inter est in the question of our relations with the Yankees of the orient Am bassador OBrien said on landing at San Francisco So far as my personal experience goes I have never received the slightest demonstration of ill feel ing on the part of the Japanese toward Americans There is no anti American feeling Complaints have been made by Americans that the Japanese man agement of the Manchurian railroad has indulged in a system of robbing and of rebating detrimental to Ameri can traders The Japanese do practice rebating just as we did up to a recent date but the Americans have not been particularly discriminated against be cause they were Americans There is a great deal of talk about the reception to be given the fleet Its coming cannot but help to do a great deal of good for both countries The Japanese fleet will be mobilized in Tokyo waters all the time of the visit This action of the Japanese should not be looked upon in any other light than as a courtesy to the visitors In fact the visit of the fleet coincides with the period set aside for the annual review of the Japanese warships England intends to mobilize her ships in Asiatic waters in the same manner Avhen the fleet visits Australia for the purpose of escorting Uncle Sams fighting ma chines into Sydney Speaking of emigration Mr OBrien said he believed that Japan was sin cere iii its desire to preserve the home policy of discontinuing immigration of its citizens to America Benjamin F Butler of Massachusetts was a tireless worker when he started on anything He and his secretary Clancy oftentimes sat in the library until almost daylight when the general wanted to finish up anything During the night sessions of the sen ate toward the close of congress a sen ator called on General Butler one morning at 5 oclock The same sen ator called again when the senate ad journed the following morning at day break and found the general and Clancy still at work Dont you ever stop the senator asked No General Butler said Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do General I never knew before just who my employer was Clancy said bowing OUR SAILORS UNIFORMS Copied From England and Not Rep resentative of America All are familiar with the American man-of-war sailors suit but has any one ever stopped to consider how he conies by it and what the origin of it is With the exception or the lit itself and the stars In the corner of the coll ir the whole suit is copied from the Eng lish One would have thought that by this time the American nation would have fallen upon some original cos tume for its navy hi some way more representative of America In the early days of the British navy it was still the custom to tie the hair in a cue after well greasing it but mucli annoyance was felt by the men In consequence of the oil getting on the rough serge of their jumpers or blouses Tills caused the blue collar of the same material as the juniper to be added but without much success aa the collar looked quite as untidy so at length the idea of putting the blue drill one over the serge was adopted the drill collar being a separate ap pendage and therefore easily washed aud kept clean The lanyard was worn to represent the ropes and rig ging of the ship and the jackknife in dicated that to be paradoxical the bluejackets object in life was death to liis enemy In those days the neck was exposed but as time went on and more thought was given to the welfare of the men this was found to be injurious to the health hence the substitute of the white neck flannel white being used to give the effect of the uncovered neck The two rows of white braid at the top of the cuff represent England and Ireland the one row at the bottom showing that Scotland had not become annexed The rows of braid on the collar represent wholly and solely the victories of Nelson At the opening of Lord Nelsons grand career and his first groat vic tory at Aboukir the first row of braid was put on the collar and Jack was a proud and happy man and he became still prouder and happierjyhen Aboukir was followed by Nelsons greater vic tory at Copenhagen and the second row was added But he became the proud est and happiest man and alas also the most sorrowful and grief stricken when that great hero and magnificent example of naval courage lost his life in his last victory at Trafalgar and so the third row of braid went on but there was no more to come after it for the last pipe had sounded for the gallant sailor his last fight fought his last victory won To signify the mourning -which filled the hearts of all English sailors the black scarf was added This was the origin of the British tars uniform which is both historical and biographical and dear to the heart of all English people New York World A Rather Novel Complaint An English traveler orice met a com panion sitting in a state of the most woeful despair and apparently near the last agonies by the side of one of the mountain lakes of Switzerland He inquired the cause of his sufferings Oh said the latter I was very hot and thirsty and took a large draft of the clear water of the lake and then sat down on this stone to consult my guidebook To my astonishment I found that the water of this lake is very poisonous Oh I am a gone man I feel it running all over me I have only a few minutes to live Remember meto Let me see the guidebook said his friend Turning to the passage he found Leau du lac est bien pois soneuse The water of this lake abounds in fish Is that the meaning of it Certainly The dying man looked up with a ra diant countenance What would have become of you said his ftiend if I had not met you I should have died of imperfect knowledge of the French language A Great Mans Simple Speech I was lately told a dclicirfu story of a great statesman staji wit a humble and anxious host who had In vited a party of simple and taut pcope to The statesnni ner aud Was i He made a series bows in all dirwthr in a positiju to 7r The grMt man t the cenioy tirre meet te ct irrn in Hte for um- mIhcu X t piy of t f but no c fell ajy olervatiiMS fli iivl Ion o I t hi- lust r said in tose ijat hl ofrcn ilriiie s listening seut What v -v coivn ieut jugs you have in ymiv bedroo us They pour wol Ti ial fo t n th ritnuv v as ilt liglUcl to find that t givar mn was in iinr matter of a kind on which every out mirlit b pernitiei to haw an onioi ad the con versa starring froi the humble 1 con n ienies of daily life meltei into more liberal subjects- C Benson in Putnams ami Readcv An American Admis er In a small way an American figures in the journal kept by Itotlie Lamor liere during the revolutionary days of 1793 in France and published under the title The Last Days of Marie Antoinette Rosalie Lamorliere a girl of Picardy was servant to the queen in the con ciergerie One day Rosalie has re corded M de Saint Leger the Amer ican who was coming from the regis ters office noticed that I was carrying a glass half filled with water Did the queen drink the water that has gone from the glass he asked I answered that she did With a quick gesture he uncovered his head and drank the water that re mained with every indication of re spect and pleasure it BIG TREES The Cloud Piercing Sequoias of North crn California The sequoia In Humboldt is the tall est tree Jn the whole United States But the tourist from the east or west knows it not What would he say to the information that In the northwest f California grows a mighty continu ous forest of these great trees and lhat It takes days to travel merely from end to end of that forest which Ir longer than the distance from Boston to New York or from Chicago to St Louis Yet such is the case On the ridges and flats of Humboldt Is the forest and in that forest the trees grow to twenty six feet In diame ter and tower -100 feet toward the sky Do you know what those figures mean Measure the room in which you are now sitting If It is a very large room the longest dimensions would just about contain one of these great trunks Look out of your window and see the people more than a city block away That is the distance from which one sees the topmost bough of these stupendous giants The redwood of California is the great tree of the Pacific coast Two thousand acres of it exist in Oregon along the Chetco river South of the Chotco a continuous redwood belt be gins and increases in width from ten miles at Del Norte county to eighteen or twenty miles and keeps on un broken to southern Humboldt couirty Here is a gap but in Mendocino the belt becomes dense again and widens out to thirty five miles South of that county the tree grows in isolated patches Humboldt Standard THE MIGHTY LION Is Easy Enough to Scare Him if You Know Just How If a lion or a tiger suddenly appears before you just hold a chair out in front of him and he wont do a thiug Allen Williams who in the course cf Ids experience with wild animals has ueen in that predicament often enough to know says These creatures have a much more limited intelligence than is generally supposed They can take in only one thing at a time and the four legs of a chair would keep any lion busy thinking for a long time That is the reason why animal trainers carry two whips when they are in the circus ring One for crack ing and awing the performers the oth er for emergencies If one of the lions tries to attack him the trainer siinpty holds the reserve whip in front of him The two objects together are too inueh for the lions intelligence and he is im mediately subdued Another proof of the limited intelli gence of the cat tribe say trainers is the fact that their performances must always come in the same order of suc cession If by some accident the order is broken the animals are completely lost and the trainers are few who can keep them in submission once they be come confused In fact most trainers consider themselves lucky in a case of this sort if they can get the lions quietly back into their cages The whole cat family moreover is as treacherous as it is stupid Milwau kee Sentinel Amount of Rainfall Over the Earth The discussion of observations on rainfall made first by Sir John Murray and later by Bruckner and Fritsche permits an estimation to be made of the mean rainfall on continents which is found to be about thirty inches per year The rainfall on the ocean is more difficult to measure but it has been estimated by Supau and Fritsche taking account of all the known facts estimates the mean annual rainfall for the entire surface of the earth at about thirty six inches Making use of this number it is easy to calculate that the total rainfall amounts to 404 million millions of metric tons per year 1272 thousand millions of tons per day 53000 millions of tons per hour SS3 000000 tons per minute or 15000000 tons per second Scientific American Simple Method of Cooking Cabbage The simplest and quickest methods of cooking cabbage are the best Cab bage must be trimmed and well wash ed in cold salted water then cut into quarters and tied together again with a string before going into the sauce pan because the heart is more tender than the outside and uniform softness is desired Have plenty of boiling water with a heaping tablespoonful of salt to the half gallon of water Let it bo boiling when the cabbase is put in and cook it with the lid off and if it be fresh it will keep a good color The time depends more upon the age than the size from twenty to forty minutes Delineator A Crab Habit Catch a fresh crab mash the end of one of its claws and watch with what fierce wrath it will tear off the muti lated member Is it pride that causes him to do this bit of surgical work or is he afraid of blood poisoning or is it because the maimed claw might ob struct his speed or entangle him in the submarine botany The crab is an in teresting creature and like his big cousin the lobster is as scrappy as a game bantam often losing a limb in a scuflle Exchange His Society Tho west side Avoman observed an old darky in violent altercation with the driver of a cart What is the matter she asked I done tell im he cnynt huse dat hawse said uncle excitedly an he say it none o my business an 1 done tell im Ise a membeh ob de human beln society New York Press Ambition Is like love impatient both of delays and rivals De lham Judge Alden of boston to Speak It will Iih iiitpr iii To chautauqua patrons to know thnt u -Hong lecture him lon anl ti tin iiPrHofori published prnrjiin for ii Mi iIc ic sumbly Jucii G- ri Aldfii of Ho--ton u proiniiiti t tit in r of Ui l in h iind bar from tin O i I unoinh SihH will he Ihtm to jm - nt xiMtvlih s art dress on Phi X f tin Hour Ir isof ititireft m know tHt tin- jurfuf 11 IX K l DFV traces his lineaue hm it to tin union of John Aldon ind Pri cillv Mullens o beautifully immortnlizfd by LungMlmv in his Courtship of Miles Standih Jiidi Alden bus nnothrr address tint ho is giving by request occasionally Witard Humor of the Bar This illustrious scion of the Maxfl iuurcnlony is one of the greatest on tin American continent and McCook peo ple should hear his message of optim ism The McCook chautnuqna will open Siturday afternoon August 22 and con tinue nioe das Arrange to attend Season tickets now are 82 CO after chautauqua opens 6250 PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES In the introduction to counsel upon the reading of books Henry Van Dyke gives a few pl iin maxima drawn from experience Here is one Rend the old books those that have stood the test of time Read them slowly care fully thoroughly They will help you to discriminate among the new ones The ability to discriminate among the multitude of new books is an at tainment much to be desired and if the old can help us to that end why not take the pains to rpnd them slowly carefully thoroughly Several of the new volumes recently purchased are works of the old authors added to the library collection because they are be lieved to be worthy of such a place If read with no other purpose than to contrast with the present day effusions which are poured out by the publishers in a ceaseless flood made to sell regard less of their power either to entertain or instruct it would be worth while Is ic well known that the library re ceives weekly the Official Gazette ot tha United Stntes Patent Office These pamphlets are amply illustrated and minutely describe the patents issued We have too a number of magazines The Horseless Age and regularly in addition to the three dailies we receive The Commoner and The Socialist Herald each week So the public library is striving to meet the needs tasts and opinion of the public who are its owners hoping that these same owners may enter irto possession in the fullest and highest sene The McCcok chautauqua will open Saturaay afternoon August 22 and con tinue nine days Arrange to attend Season tickets now are 8200 after chautauqua opens 6250 BSGGSJ8LGGD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach NOTICE OF SUIT Charles G Wallace defendant will take notice that Marie Wallace as plaintiff has filed her petition in the District Court of Ifed Willow county state of Nebraska the object andprajerof which are to obtain t divorce from him on the grounds that although of siifhcient ability so to do he ha- without ju t cau e or provocation sro sly wantonly and cruelly failed and refused to support or to in any manner contribute to the support of plain tin for more than four months last past and that her maiden name JIarie Wandbers be re tored to her You are required to answer said petition on or before Monday the 21st day of September A D 190S Marie Wallace Plaintiff By J E Kelley her attorney ORDER OF HEARING In the county court of Red Willow county Nebraska State of Nebra ka county of Red Willow s To Frank Magner Hattie Morris George Thorn p on and to all persons interested in the estate of Penelope Thompson decea ed On reading the petition of Nellie We ton pray ing that the administration of said e tate be granted to her or to such person a- she may designate as administrator It is herebyorder ed that you and all per ons intere ted in -aid matter maj and do appear at the county court to be held in and for said county on the lith day of August A D IMS at one oclock p m to show cause if any there be why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted and that notice of the pendency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in -aid matter by publishing a copy of this order in the McCook Tribune a weekly newspaper printed in said county for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing Witness my hand and seal of said court this 22nd day of July A D UHK J C Mooke Couny Judge John C Stevens attorney for petitioner seal Counly Commissioners Proceedings McCook Neb A hit 1 IUK Th county hcuid of eiiiiiillzntiou met n ten ant to adjournment Present FS LoftimS 1romer timl P irnj comitiiMdoimrs I K Rot dor county nttoriif and Chn SkaMu county clerk The stute bonrd of Muiiliittimi not liavftuc inndo it report county htmrd djnurmi lo meet August 10 lOh IS tonoN Chairman Attest Ciu t Ska IIA Clerk McCook Nebraska A inc I ItOt The hoard of county coutuuViniuir mut j Mitint to adjournment Trident P S LoffoiuiL Premer and It Jra comuiiiwioinirs IH feeder county uttnruc mid Chn ty clerk The ollicinl bond of jI New Ion a sttilile of Red Willow Grove precinct wa tv uinincd and on motion approved I The following claims wore nuditml nml at 1 lowed and the clerk wmh instructed to dmvr I warrants on the road fund of the- rntprctivu commissioner districts u follows F Mlfiiniiig roud uorkCmu ltstXu3MJM Joiner Turpi F ed Hede Claud Widiek I iraukHedford Win O lrinu JH Huntwork WMMeDowoH Wesley Shoop Ubert Allen Hert - Kuj Springer I L Iojd Lrvin Karl Spri imer Haruj Sprinwr H T WiUiaiiH ixai 701 uu 201 aoi JLW all mft am U tin- loir of ton nVlot k n in to nmtUtr ff tiiiIH tniiiu of J A Piuiiugttii and otliuw lue tacutiou of that portion of XolirHslca in the illeof Hartley described as Utr low- tn nit To ncntv nil of Hint part of Nebraska nvejwc iti the villain of hartley Kt d Willow coimf Nebra ika described as follow to wit X j strip 11 feet in width olT from the north aid at taiil street vxtuiidimr from the wet Iiihj of Coke incline in said illume to the wt st lurnHM ntion of -aid Nebraska n et and nl o a stri l feet in width olT from the vide of mid Nebra ka street extending from the west lut of said Coke aenue to the wet termination of -aid Nebraska street came on for heuriui In fo re the board of count commissioners mc consideration whereof the board finds that due notice of -aid application hits been givun for thirty dais by posting live notices of Miiil aj plication in fhe of the most public placet wilfc in the limits of the said Village of Hartley which notice contained a particular dosorip tion of the portion of Nebraska street dusrfMI to be vacated and the time at winch thv ap plication would be to the Loan for a order of vacation as required by law hnC proof of compliance with the pro isious of sws t ioni of chapter III compiled statutes of W braskn for 1W1 has been made by the oatfe of two person- and the applicants having giwt good and sullicient security for costs incurred in said matter payable to the county ft is therefore ordered by the board that F7 Stilgebouer I A Ljmaii mid Ira Sheets threu disinterested householders of the Village ot Hartley be and they are hereby appointed tr examine Nebraska street in the Village of Hartley a portion of which is desired to be va cated and at the next regular meeting of th board report whether in their opinion any in justice or inconvenience will be worked by the vacation or that portion of said Ashbury ave nue as is prayed for by the petitioners in sid application Cu ShAtLA CiKiirc K S LOFTOX ClIAIUMAN On motion the clerk was instructed to for sealed bids to make a j early contract for the construction and erection or the snjwr structure sub structure and approaches of aK bridges to be built in said county for a year from the 2nd day of September IMlS aud foe furnishing materials in the construction af same and as far as can be estimated and dur termined the following 3 bridges will be re quired to be built during said iear one across Heaver creek on notion line between sections 1 1 ami 11 town 1 range 27 west of tho 0 p uu -aid bridge to be a steel bridge with one M foot span with steel piling and 10 foot roadway one across Heaver creek on the half z tween ne ir and se qr of section 1U town I range 2i we t of the p in said bridge to ba a steel bridge with oneW foot span w itlt steel piJ ing and lG foot roadway and one across Modi cine creek on the section line between sections 1 and 12 town 4 range 2t west of the C p said bridge to be a steel bridge with one 12 foot -pan with steel piling aud I5 foot roadway The bridge across Heaver creek on the section line between sections 29 and 32 town I nuaps 2S having burned out and whereas an emer gency exists the board on motion resolved to enter at once into contract with the Standard Bridge Co for the erection and construction of a new bridge at -aid place On motion board adjourned to met t Aug Kk KlS F S Lof ton Chairman Atte t Cn Couut U rk NEILL BROS Contractors and Builders Estimates Furnished Free Phones Shop Black 321 He idence Black 312 liix Updike Grain Co Phone iff S S GAKVEY Mgr Fly Nets at 130 per pair COME QUICK All IGoods at Lowest Possible Market Price Whole Wheat Rye and Graham Flour Special prices on lots of ten sacks or more SEMOLIA A fine breakfast food un excelled in 2 lb Dackages All kinds of Mill Feed Corn Barley Chop Bran Shorts etc Orders Promptly Delivered McCook Milling Company EJH DOAN Proprietor Phone 29 McCOOK