I THE HAUTAU QUA OUTLOOK Everyone seems to be interested In the coming of the Chautauqua As the dates draw nearer the de mand grows for season tickets Things to Remember More good fun and entertainment greater variety in musical attractions and more prominent men on this program than ever before assembled on one Chautauqua platform r if Hi Marion Ballou Fisk A unique attraction on this Chau tauqua program will be this clever lady cartoonist Mrs Pisk with her interesting New England stories and skillful crayon creations will please old and young Chas F Horner Wt PI Mr Chas F Horner is manager of the Western Redpath Chautauqua System and its marvelous success and growth are due to his excellent business ability and fine discrimina tion In the selection of talent Mr Horners greatest ambition Is to give the people of this community the greatest Chautauqua program that years of experience can bring together CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Christian Bible school at- 10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m C E it 7 p m All are welcome R M Ainsworth Pastor Episcopal Preaching services at St Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p m Suuday school at 10 a m AH are welcome to these serviceb E R Earle Rector Catholic Order of services Mass 8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday school 230 p m Every Sunday War J Kirwin O Al I Methodist Sunday school at 10 am Sermons by pastor at 11 and 8 Class at 12 Junior League at 3 Epworth League at 645 Prayer meeting Wed nesday night at 715 M B Carman Pastor Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m Preaching service at 1100 a m Even ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m A most cordial invitation is extended to all to worship with us E Burton Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Regular German preaching services in frame building of East Ward every Sunday morning at 1000 All Germans cordial ly invited Rev Wat Brueggeman 607 5th st East Chkistian Science 219 Main Ave nue Services Sunday at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p m Eeading Room open all the time Scienoe literature on sale Stfbject for next Sunday Truth Congregational Sunday school at 10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m by pastor Junior C E at 3 p m Senior Endeavor at 7 p m Prayer meet ing Wednesday evening at eight oclock The public is cordially invited to these services G B Hawkes Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Congrega tional Sunday School at 930 a m Preaching at 1030 a m and 730 p m by pastor Junior C E at 130 p m Senior C E at 400 p m Prayer meetings every Wednesday and Satur day evenings at 730 All Germans cordially invited to these services Bkv GustavHenkelmann 505 3rd street West Foleys Honey and Tar not only stops chronic coughs that weaken the consti tution and develop into consumption but heals and strengthens the lungs It affords comfort and relief in the worst cases of chronic bronchitis asthma hay fever and lung trooble A McMillen druggist tK - HIS FIRST RECOGNITION The Turning Point In the Career of Nathaniel Hawthorne The first reading of The Scarlet Letter has been told In T W Higgin Bona book of essays Coiiteuij pa ries The reading was given to nu authors dourest critic his wife Dur ing the entire winter when he was al work- upon the book lie seemed op pressed by some secret anxiety There was a knot in his forehead nil the time said Mrs Hawthorne Finally one evening he went to her nnd said that he had written sonic thing which lie would like to read aloud The work amounted to very little but still he would like to read il All that evening he read but as the romance was unfinished at bedtime hi wife made no comments knowjug that he disliked criticism until one had heard the whole The next night he read again and now her suspense grew so unendura ble that In the midst of a moving scone she sank from her low stool t the floor pressed her hands to hei cars and declared that she could not bear to bear it Hawthorne pur down the manuscript and looked at her in amazement Do you really feel It so much he asked Then there must be some thing in It The nest day the manuscript was delivered to the publisher and ou the following morning James T Fields the publisher appeared at the authors door When he was admitted he caught the little boy of the family in his arms and asked You splendid lit tle fellow do you know what a father you have He had sat up all night to read the manuscript and had posted out to Sa lem in the early morning After his interview with the publisher Haw thorne came dowustalrs with a firm step and walked about his face illu mined by new hope and vigor The world bad found him out Recogni tion was at the door THE CAMEL Characteristics of the Patient Strong and Useful Animal As far back as the middle of last century General von Moltke in his de scriptive letters from Asia Minor had many good words to say about the camel This animal he said can carry a burden of nearly GOO pounds and is used by the nomads aud Ara bians in taking their women children old men tents food water etc from place to place It is able to withstand a march of ten days without drink and a fifth stomach ever reserves a drink for its master in an hour of ex treme distress The hair of the camel is used for clothing and tents The milk and flesh are healthy It exists on the most miserable food such as grass and thistles Such are the char acteristics of this patient strong de fenseless and most useful of all ani mals A camel is never relieved of its load from the beginning of the journey to its end It eats walks aud sleeps un der its burden often for weeks at a time The training of a camel is no easy matter as it takes about three years to teach it to bend the knees in order to be loaded and unloaded While as the time passes the camel will not be able to withstand the keen competition of the new railways which are piercing every part of Asia Minor yet thanks to the power of tradition over the Turkish inhabitants of the country and their fondness for these animals the caravan routes today are still able to hold their own side by side with the Anatolia Cassaba and Aden railways Hundreds of camels pass over the caravan bridge into the city of Smyrna every day and in the market place in front of the mosque of Mohammed at Constantinople many camels may still be seen Philadelphia Ledger Not Since the Flood Sir Henry Irving once received what he at the time considered a very pal pable snub delivered him by a high lander While touring in Scotland the actor visited some of the notable tradi tionary scenes associated with Shake spearean drama As a matter of course one of the first pilgrimages was to the blasted heath where Macbeth met the witches In an agreeable mood Sir Henry as they drove along turned smilingly to his driver Are there any witches about now he asked The driver whipped up his horses Not since the flood he replied in his curt Scots way Pitch and Toss The professor happened in at the doctors the other morning and found him polishing the belongings on the sideboard Improving the shining hours are you he said No sir replied the doctor Im improving the shining ewers Hm ejaculated the professor Whose are they Theyre ours Well isnt that what I said Chi cago Tribune Worth the Price There said Borem thats what I think you should do in the matter Im no lawyer but this is just a little bit of advice that costs you nothing What do you think of it Well replied Wise Its worth It Exchange - A Lucky Mischance At the last moment Fakem lost his nerve Then pray kind fate that nobody else will ever find it Baltimore American Kt - - Madams a la Mode Now In dresses tlshtly drawn New m skirls full blown Now In gowns of whitest lawn Now of startling tone And everything shell dare If but fashions code Says this Is the style to wear Madame a la Mode Golden hair or black or brown Pompadour or straight In a stack or hanging down Who can tell its fate What next fall will bring about No one can forebode Ah what should vc do without Madame a la Mode La Touche Hancock In New Tort Press Charitable Si Summers Was It really the big gest show on earth as they advertised in the country papers Wes Winters Waal makin allow ance for the leeMeness of the tcntx an consider the fewness of their animals an takin account of the small number of performers I reckon it was Tuck A Quick Lunch Enter Set Napkin Wet Order Mush Gobble 7 Rush Water Pie Exit Fly Joe Cone in Boston Heralfl Answered Bobby WbnlB the simple life pa Father Doing your own work my son Bobby And whats the strenuous life Father Doing some other fellows work Now run along and play Lip plncotts Magazine A Song of Finance Sing a sons of finance A pocket full of chink Four and twenty lambkins Hover on the brink When the market opens The lambs bepin to bleat Come ye kings of finance And share the dainty treat Judge The Arriving Hour In Edwins home there is a clock which strikes with a soft chime much like the ringing of a silver bell The other day he thoughtfully listened to its stroke then said solemnly Mam ma another hour is ringing to get in Womans Home Companion Widow Crimss Old Grimes is dead that good old man We neer shall see him more He used to ear an old gray coat All buttoned down before Eut Mrs Grimes who still survives No longer wears the black But sports a gay and festive gown All buttoned down the back Cleveland Plain Dealer The Happy Family Mr Scrappingtou Only two weeks ago I paid for a new spring suit for you Mrs Scrappington Yes I know you did and you screeched as loudly as if you were paying for a lawsuit Puck Retort Pert If I should lend a ten to you And youd keep every cent That would be a lent sacrifice And also keeping- lent Nay I vould call It neither one Though you may think me dull If youd lend me a ten Id say It was a miracle Kansas City Times To Be Sent The Bride I want you to seud me some coffee please The Grocer Yes maam Ground The Bride No third floor front Womans Home Companion Whats the Use None can be all he wants to be The man Who would be strong some fatal weak ness grapples I posed once as a vegetarian Then found that I was eating wormy apples Cleveland Leader Uncle Allen If I was a doctor said Uncle Allen Sparks it would puzzle me to know whether I ought to thank the Lord or not when I prosper in my business Chicago Tribune And So May She Ever Shes given up candy and matinees And bridge and she will not dance But still from her pew with mischievous eyes She easteth that little glance New York Telegram cvcrion Whats the pril uf hippopota mus asked the grammarian You dont hive t4iM any plural A hunter is Iu ky to see one of em Washington Star Both Cut of Business Dan Cupid drew tiny bow And aimed his fotal dat Now they aie oroe s in their woe She had a marble heJit J O Connell Killing Time She I heard you singing in you room this morning He Oh I sing a little to kill time She You have a good weapon Bos ton Transcript The Flowing Fountain A splendid poem flows from Doms fountain now and then But most of those In print like this Flow from a fountain pen Kansas City Times Painful Progress Ton dont seem to be getting along well groaned the victim in the chair No rejoined the dentist I have evidently struck a snag Brownings Magazine 3 SHOOTING WHALES Modern Whalers Use a Cannon and an Explosive Harpoon WhaIng with modern methods In Alaskan waiters Is an exciting game especially for those who are new to the business The modern whaling steamer Is a little vessel almost round on the bottom which enables it to be turned and managed with the greatest ease Mounted at the bow Is a small cannon thin shoots a harpoon weigh ing more than 100 pounds and having an explosive head called the bomb If the shot is good and the harpoon Is planted squarely behind the tin the bomb crashes into tin lungs killing In stantly if not the struggle 111113 Inst for several hours After a whale has been killed the carcass Is brought alongside the boat and Inflated so that It will float A long coil of rubber hose one end of which Is attached to a pump and -the other to a hollow spear pointed tube of steel with perforations along its entire length is used for this purpose The spear is thrust well down into the whales side the air pump started and the body slowly filled with air When inflated enough to keep it afloat the tube is withdrawn the incision plugged with oakum and the carcass cast off A buoy with a tlag is at tached to the body aud it is then set adrift to be picked up at the end of the days hunting The whaHng station is a group of buildings situated In a bay or cove near enough to the feeding grounds to allow the steamer to come in each night with the days catch The whales are anchored at a buoy in front of a long inclined platform upon which they are drawn tail first by means of a steam winch The saying tluft every part of The pig but the squeal is now of market value is also a fact with the whale Not a particle of the animal is wasted After tue skeleton is stripped of flesh It is disarticulated and the bones chop ped in pieces The blubber is tried out for oil and the meat and bones are boiled for the same purpose Later tue tiesn is arn for fertilizer Even the blood Is boiled storm of rain came on aud as there was no shelter on the moor the shoot ers got thoroughly drenched through At least all but one suffered the pro fessor He had mysteriously disap peared when the rain came on and he did not rejoin the party until the sun was shining once more To the amaze ment of the others the erudite one was as dry as a bone The others In Bed With a Snake For one thing East Africa must have credit snakes are not numerous as they are in the south at least I never have seen many There are pythons but they do not appear to be danger ous I shall never forget how down in South Africa during the war 1 once awoke and found a black mwamba in bed with me The snake is absolutely deadly It frightened me so that after the whole thing was over I went out and was sick Fortunately I was quite ignorant of the fact that it was under the blankets with me and rolled out unconcernedly Had I known it was there in all probability it would have struck me Forest and Stream Women In Japan Like most oriental races the Japa nese regard women as the inferior sex A Sin pin Reason Scientific -17 in a stroll You see out there in the street my son a simple illii trriiMi a principle in meehani i e ii with that pushes it in 1 it f Ium Can u guess I he reai Pmbnbly not I will ask III ii3 Nore hh answer my son To the ceten My iroed man why do you push that irr instead of pulling it Coster Cause aifr i boss yer old thickhead Iiadon Express Word of Caution Never propose to a girl by letter Why not I did it ence and she stuck the let ter In a book she was reading and lent It to my other girl There are about twelve generations of flies a year the sexes about equally divided each female laying about 1000 eggs i I iir rrJJ itim Tho Cold Water Cure If you feel a cold coming on drink tt jfc glass of cold water uot Iced and re- peat at half hour intervals uutii relief 1 1 is felt If hot water is easier to taue - r It can be substituted for tlw cold par- l ticulariy in the morning and at night jtj Takiug an abundance of liquid matters more than Its temperature It Is there where the putlents fall short They will drink a glass or two of water then declare they can take no more and ceasing deUle water cannot drive out a cold This water cure is not so modem as the most of us thiuk It In an old prescription book of a famous physician of more than a hundred years ago this curious remedy for a cold is found Let ye patient who W leeis a coin coming on ear or a Hue 1 1 -big salt herring Just before going to i bed This will make ye patient drink i plenty of water If you have not r etrniifth nf mirnnsn in ilrillk freelv nt l Not the Kind He Wanted Professed politicians who have re- sifted fine J11 PnWc olRce to exact sen flclnlly dried and making a guano aud the bones are ground up find the independent voter a sad stum bling block a fact which is amusingly closed by a story found in the life and dried with the flesh and the wa j of the late George Monro Grant the ter in which the blubber has been tried out makes excellent glue The C1 - -- - fins and tail after being sliced into thin strips are salted and barreled and snipped to Japan as an article of food Worlds Work man Toward the end of Sir John Macdon alds life he and Principal Grant then the head of Queens college met at a dinner at the house of the premiers brother-in-law Professor Williamson How He Kept His Clothes Dry now r h tu nremler saia to Among a large shooting party on a the nrmpinoi Hlnr vnn wnuM h n northern grouse moor was a certain steajy friend of mine elderly professor whoso skill with his j My dear Sir Tolin tlie principal gun was hardly equal to the profundity 1 replied I have always supported you of his intellect Suddenly a heavy -when vou were rltrht The premiers eyes twinkled and he laid his hand upon the shoulder of the principal My dear man said he I have no use for that species of friendship Greatness Net Free From Shame The transcendent power and fame with which great genius has at differ- rtflf nnirlo riir1r intl t i - e - i self stripped otl my clothing and sat anaer uanniuai caesar ana Anpoleon il on them until the storm was over London Telegraph The- general judgment of mankind has conceded them the first place in the lines of action for which they were severally distinguished Yet they all met with melancholy deaths Two of them suffered for years the keenest humiliations which a total destruction of their hopes could bring Two per ished at the zenith of their power just as they might have expected a long enjoyment of the fruits of their tre mendous achievements Exchange The Greatest Wealth Is there any compensation in money for a starved stunted dwarfed mind Can lands and houses stocks and bonds pay a man for living a narrow i rutty sordid life- How much money would match the wealth of a trained j mind of unfokled possibilities Is thej JU1 luk uiqueciULluu Ol II1C meaning of life of the lessons of civi lization worth no more than ones bread and butter and roof Can any 1HP rnnpptve nf rreitnr nnccoccinna 1 Tnnrn n lfll t e- T J1 - than an intellect well trained and dis dorses the doctrine t once said a - tlin ft ciplined than broad full orbed globe trotter sat down to dinner at a hotel iu Vancouver where there was a Japanese waitress With me at the table were two Canadian women but to my surprise the waitress uot only gave me priority in serving the meal but was very particular iu seeing that I had the largest portion of every thing I was rather puzzled until I remendjerel that In Japanese eyes I was as a man regarded as far moie important than a woman and treated accordingly a deep mind responsive to all beauty all good Orison Swett Marden in Suc cess Magazine Optimistic My wife is a very optimistic wo man Indeed she 13 Noticed it have you Yes when I was talking with her yesterday she said that if you ever died she would marry again because she felt sure that she could do better next time Houston Post Triumphs of Travel Now hes bragging about how he did Venice What do you mean Most tourists spend a week In Ven ice He did it In a day Kansas City Journal No Excuse Is that horse you bought a kicker A kicker answered Mr Slrlus Barker I am the fellow who paid twice his value and who Is buying the feed What ha3 the horse got to kick about Washington Star His Misfortune The PQet Poets are born not made The Girl I know I wasnt blaming you Boston Transcript There are certain flowers the per fume of which It Is said la produced by microbes Hiiiri iimrrrM r ijeBrlnri8iTiiWtTf8 jymiywytTVIyyHyyf Co W W Crittenden GENERAL AUCTIONEERING McCook Nebraska Furni sales a specialty Dates may bo mnde at the Citizens Rank J S McBRAYER H P SUTTON mccooR f f iliitfriiif iWf ttii lii1 A G BUMP Real Estate and Insurance Room Two over McConnells drug store McCook Nebraska BWjTJf1iVTriTyW VW 1 W Real Estate Farm Loans and Insurance water for the colds sake make your- r Office over Marshs Meat Market self thirsty as best you can only take JaiiAj J t it l foiA uliJi t M f 1 f f all the water possible Philadelphia Press Hanged For Violating Smoko Law Curious and little known facts about the house ire were mentioned by E H Blake addressing the surveyors Institution on warming and ventila tion Fires were at one time a gret luxury he said and even the right to use the fire had been bequeathed Thus the will of one Richard Pyrchett 151G read I will yt sayd Nell my wyfe shal have ye chamber she lyes In ad lyberte at ve fyer in the house all yese thyngs shal she have so long as she ys wido Coal continued Mr Blake was first Imported into London at the end of the thirteenth century but the smoke pro duced by burning it In improperly con structed grates caused such a preju dice against it that in 1300 a law was passed making It a capital offense to burn coal in the city The Tower rec ords give 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