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BUX ELDER
Mr and Mrs J S Modrell returned
Saturday from Imperial where they
visited their daughter Mrs W F Satch
ell
Mrs I H Harrison and Mrs J C
Dedman who have been very sick are
reported better
The social given at the church last
Saturday evening was a success and
much credit is due the young ladies who
worked hard and faithfully The pro
ceeds which went toward the new lights
and the ministers salary were twenty
three dollars and twenty cents
Rev V J Miller of Danbury attend
ed the social Saturday evening and
preached at the church Sunday eve
ning
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aa Protons
Every program contains something
you will want to hear
All subjects occupying the attention
of the nation will be discussed by
able men
Hear Lou J Beauchamp the Sun
shine Orator
William Rainey Bennett of Indiana
one of the best orators on the plat
form and a dozen other big men
Strong double programs each
afternoon and evening
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Miss Marguerite Kirk
smith
Miss Kirksmith displays marvelous
ability on the cornet in her solo
as well as concert work with the
orchestra
Her coronet solos will be one of
the features of the Chautauqua while
the Kirksmiths are here
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D Donald Plumb
Motion Pictures are as popular ai
ever and the management has se
cured D Donald Plumb an expert
with motion pictures for this Chau
tauqua Mr Plumbs wide experience
and good taste In selection is guar
antee that the latest and best mo
tion pictures obtainable will bo ex
fcibited -at the Chautauqua
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Some Pyrotechnic Products Must
Dry In the Open Air
TRYING FOR NEW DESIGNS
Staffs of Artist3 Continually Devising
Color Schemes to Be Worked Out In
Fire The Construction of the Set
Pieces Work of the Chemists
The first step In manufacturing fire
works is the making of the cases or
shells as the cylinders or other recep
tacles In which the explosives and the
chemicals are placed are called Prac
tically all of these are mude of Innu
merable sheets of tissue paper pasted
and rplled together until the thickness
required Is attained Most of these
cases are made by machinery and are
delivered as wanted to the places
where they are to be filled or charged
with the materials that have been pre
pared All the charging Is done by
machinery except In the big shells that
throw forth sets of stars of varying
colors In these each star has to be
placed In a certain position so us to
explode In just the right way at the
proper Instant
Out of doors In pleasant weather the
long lines of fuse quick match they
are called are made These are wound
on reels six or seven feet across Their
basis is loose cotton cord covered with
various highly inflammable chemicals
Quick match romun candles and a
number of other pyrotechnic products
cannot be dried by artificial heat They
must lie in the open air until the mois
ture used In mixing the chemicals
evaporates
All the year around the artists on
the staff of the pyrotechnic manufac
turers are taxing their brains design
ing color schemes to be worked out In
fire Outside of the big set pieces
which are much in vogue a great deal
of attention is given to rockets
bombs and rocket bombs of which
there are innumerable kinds When
the artist has evolved some striking
color effect he turns over his painting
to the chemists whose task it is to
combine various combustible Ingredi
ents so as to reproduce what the
painter has put on his canvas The
race between the art department and
the staff chemists is unending It is
the boast of the chemists that they
can duplicate in their burning colors
any combination of paints that can be
presented to them
These colors are imparted by the
heated vapors of certain metals So
dium for Instance gives a yellow
light calcium red strontium crimson
and barium green The number of
chemicals common and rare employed
In the manufacture of fireworks is
prodigious Take blue stars for in
stance These are commonly produced
by a combination of chlorate of potash
calomel sulphuret of copper
ride of copper dextrin stearin black
oxide of copper copper filings and sal
ammoniac
Every fireworks manufacturer has
his carefully guarded trade secrets
Pyrotechnics in its various branches
and as a whole is taught In no uni
versity and there is little printed lit
erature on the subject
The construction of the set pieces
especially if they are large is a huge
task First the artist draws the pic
ture It is complete in every detail
of outline and shade of color This is
marked off into equal squares each of
which represents a square foot in the
actual reproduction in fire Sections
of light boards say 20 by 25 feet are
built and laid flat on the ground and
rectangles a foot square are marked
thereon On the section is outlined
the picture that the artist has made
with the different colors indicated in
their proper groupings Loose over
this is built a checkerboard frame
work of light lathe Then come men
with strips of rattan They tack these
to the framework following exactly
every Hue that has been indicated on
the boards below leaving practically a
huge Hue drawing in rattan
Then come men with thousands of
big pins ordinary pins hut about an
inch lon These are set in the rattan
an inch apart These are followed by
other men who cut the heads off the
pins After tins comes a jiaug of men
with bundles of little fireworks two
inches long by one quarter to three
quarter iucbes in diameter in varying
colors or combinations of color to cor
respond with the original drawing
These are called gerbes When ig
nited they emit sheaws of tire Those
are stuck on the pins ami glued each
shade of color in it proper place along
the framework
After this has Iieei done another
gang with hundreds of fet of
quick match and coimei ts all these
thousands f gerbes tegetn Loose
ends are left here and there for tiring
When the piece is in place ready to be
set off Then these sections are hoist
ed into their proper positions and aft
er infinite labor everything is ready
for the wonderful delight to the eye
which may Inst between one and four
minutes So swiftly does the fire run
from gerbe to gerbe through this
quick match that the biggest pic
ture that is usually shown will be
aflame In every part in three seconds
There is said to be little or no dan
ger about firing these set pieces or
even In setting off the bombs that ex
plode with such fearsome noise The
ends of the quick match where the
port fire is applied by the men who
do the Igniting are carefully timed so
that they have plenty of chance to gat
out of the way New York Press
Without a friend the world Is a wil
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FAMOUS JH ARTIST
Mme Tussaud Had an Exciting
and Dramatic Career
IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
During That Era of Bloodshed She
Modeled Some of the Heads That Fell
by the Guillotine and Was For a
Time In Prison Herself as a Suspect
This Is the story of Mme Tussaud
who was born in Berne in 17tu and
died In London in 1850 and who dur
ing the stormy time of the French rev
olution modeled in wax some of the
heads that fell by the guillotine
Marie Gresholtz was the daughter of
an of Geueml Wurmser
in the Seven Years war She was
born after the death of her father
Eler mother was the sister of Dr
John Christopher Curtlus of Berne
This Dr Curtlus had made many
anatomical and other models in was
and had attracted the attention of the
Prince de Contl This nobleman upged
Curtlus to come to Paris and establish
himself as a modeler in wax
The Curtlus studio became the ren
dezvous of the fashionable world and
In connection with this he had a muse
um of curiosities Among his patrons
were Voltaire Jean Vieques Rous
seau Mesmer Mirabeau Diderot Ben
jamin Franklin Paul Jones and many
other notable persons
In his visits to his sister at Berne
Dr Curtius had taught his niece Marie
many of the secrets of modeling in
wax She showed such ability In this
that her uncle urged her mother to
make a home with him In Paris and to
allow him to adopt Marie as his daugh
ter
Marie began earnest study with Dr
Curtlus and she was so skillful Ui
the modeling of wax flowers that this
art became a craze Even the royal
personages In the palace took it up
and Marie spent some time giving les
sons to Mme Elizabeth the youug sis
ter of Louis XVI
When the revolution broke out Dr
Curtius took the sidp of the people and
sent for Marie to come from the pal
ace It was rather singular that two
of his wax models should have played
a foremost part in the opening scenes
of that awful period In his collec
tion of modols was a bust of the min
ister Necker father of Mme de Stael
and one of Philippe duke of Or
lenus Two days before the storming
of the Bastille a mob took these two
busts from his museum in the Palais
Royal draped them in black crape to
show their sympathy and started to
parade the streets with these
As the procession tiled across the
Place Vendome a troop of dragoons
and one of the regiments charged A
sword stroke cut the bust of Necker
In halves and the man who was carry
ing It was hit by a musket ball inthe
leg and received the thrust of a sword
in his breast
The bust of the Duke of Orleans
escaped injury but in the fight to de
fend it several persons were killed
The soldiers made desperate efforts to
demolish it
At the taking of the Bastille Dr Cur
tius was active and for his services to
France was rewarded by the national
assemblj A badge of honor was pre
sented to him and this was inscribed
with the famous date and a memorial
of his bravery and patriotism Uis
house was a favorite place of meeting
with the leaders of the revolution so
Marie had an opportunity to see them
all
There was only one time when Marie
was in any danger during this des
perate period She was suspected
ana sent to prison Here at the same
time was Mme de Beauharnais who
had barely escaped the guillotine and
who was later the Josephine of Napo
leon Bonaparte Her uncle was able
to get Maries release from prison and
she came out in time to see the down
fall of Robespierre Danton and Des
moulins
In the days of their power she had
been called to model the heads of
many who fell by the guillotine She
was obliged to take them just after the
fall of the fatal knife She did this
awful work with the heads of poor
Marie Antoinette and of the Princess
Lamballe the queens friend When
the leaders suffered by the guillotine
in their turn she modeled their heads
After the revolution her uncle died
and in 17ff she married M Tussaud
She could not overcome the shock of
her experiences during the revolution
and she persuaded her husband to
take her and the valuable collections
of wax mo lels left her by Dr Curtius
over to England
They e iahiMied this collection in
the St ratal The collei tion was taken
all nlxiii the cuimtry and in 1SJ it
was In- to IouIcu and made
a permane exhibition Her sons con
ducted th ii is took an
active ii t ok was right j
years of listen jli he
Thci
Tit en
It was a I man who gave his
four daughters the ft Mowing names
Do re So la Ti lo The fiixt es
caped with the nickname Dora the
second answered MilTy the third own
ed up to Solly while the youngest gen
erally got Tiddy
The case of the musical man is
matched by that of the provincial
printer who named his children from
the type fonts he used Ruby Pearl
Diamond The first two are no uncom
mon names for girls only Ruby hap
pened to be a boy He followed in his
fathers footsteps and afterward be
came a printers manager In London
London Chronicle
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
Nye Wimeb is home from Denver
Miss Henslek is a guest of her Bister
Mrs J M Wynns
Mrs H P Sutton and Velma are
visiting in Ainsworth
Mrs 0 M Bailey and Mrs H P
Sutton visited the Hastings chautauqua
Sunday
N D Wyckoff wife and daughter
of the Beaver slope were city visitors
last Fiiday
Mns A C Wiehe went down to Lin
coln on No 2 Wednesday morning on
a short visit
Miss Eltha Rodstrom of Holdrege is
visiting her brother Engineer I L
Rodstrom and wife
Helen Schwab arrived home last
Friday night from her visit with her
grandmatber at Crete
Mrs L S Viersen and children are
taking in the cboutauqua and visiting
Hastings friends this week
R W Devoe was over from Lebanon
Wednesday meeting the boys and
lining up things politically
Miss Roth Campbell departed Wed
nesday morning on No 2 for Aurora
Nebraska on a visit to a friend
Mrs J G Schobel and Marjorie
went down to Minden Wednesday
morning on a visit to her parents
Peter Miesen and family went up to
Denver last Friday to visit relatives
and friends in that city for a while
Miss Lknor Fitzgerald is home on
a vacation arriving from the Kearney
State Normal school last Friday on
No 1
Mr and Mrs Dexter Knight of
Lincoln arrived on No 1 Friday on a
visit to their daughter Mrs S M
Spencer
Mrs H P Sutton and Velma ac
companied thejband to Hastings and
went on to Lincoln Sunday evening on
a short visit
Miss Cleo Rector went up to Den
ver Sunday to enjoy a vacation of a
few weeks in the mountains before the
opening of school
Miss Love Ballard of Nebraska City
on her way home from Denver was the
guest of McCook friends close of past
and fore part of present week
Mr and Mrs Fred Schwab and
Louis SueES were called over to Oberln
Kansas Sunday by the death of a
nephew son of their sister Mary
Mr and Mrs J E Kelley and Mr
and Mrs C W Kelley and baby are
away on an auto trip to Denver and the
mountains to be absent until the 20th
Dr W F Jones arrived home Tues
day night from his visit east embracing
several weeks coming here from Nor
folk where the wife and baby are still
visiting her people
Mrs D Y Dorwart received a short
visit from her brother Mr Proudfoot of
Friend Wednesday The brother and
wife were on there way home from a
long visit in California
Misses Mintie and Joy Eddy of Aud
ubon Iowa were guests of Mr and
Mrs Howe Smith early days of the
week while on their way to Denver and
the mountains on a visit and outing
Mr and Mrs J H Stephens and
Miss Ethel will depart tonight for Salt
Lake City Utah to be absent a few
weeks visitiDg his sister there They
will also visit briefly in other western
points
Will Rolfe of the First NatioLal
Bank has resigned as bock keeper and
will enter the employe of C DeGrofT
3 Co commencing Monday morning
as book keeper etc at an advanced
salary
Mrs J G Schoeel and Marjorie
went down to Minden Saturday night
on a brief visit to her parents going
from there to Hastings following morn
ing and returning with Mr Schobel
and the band on No 3 Sunday night
Harry Cole of Sious City Iowa a
brother of R A Cole the engineer is
visiting in the city The boys will
make a short visit to Denver and the
mountains Harry left here when a
lad in short pants and is now grown to
young manhood
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We have just added coal to our
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a full stock of both Colorado and
Pennsylvania coals such as
Chandler Canon
Sunshine Maitland
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Susquehanna Anthracite
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20 percent Discount on all Oxfords
for Cash
Womens Oxfords in Green Red m
London Smoke and Black Suedes
Patent Tan and Gunmetals
Mens in Patent Tan Oxblood and
Gunmetals Any and all of these
Oxtords will go as we are re
ceiving our new fall shoes and
we want to make room for them
We have no cheap Oxfords we
bought the best on the market
Come in while we have your
sizes and assortment is large
This Sale to Last till August 1 5th
ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish to announce to the voters of
Red Willow county that I am a candi
date forSheriff subject to the Demo
cratic Primary election to be held at
the regular voting places on August
17th 1909
J L Sims Danbury Neb
We are authorized to announce the
candidacy of Norman J Campbell of
McCook for the Republican nomination
for county judge of Red Willow county
Nebraska at the primary election on
August 17 1909
COUNTY CLERK
1 hereby announce mself as a candi
date for the office of county clerk sub
ject to the decision of the Republican
primary election August 17th 1909
C W McMillin
SHERIFF
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of Sheriff of Red Willow coun
ty subject to the decision of the Repub
lican Primary election to be held Aug
ust 17th 1909 Sam D McClain
Viersen Osborn
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Matters of Discipline
H E Byram who as assistant to
Second Vice President Willard of the
Burlington is in charge of matters of
discipline is now holding conference
with superintendents of the various
divisions of the system in Chicago
Records of employes are being trans
ported from division headquarters to
Chicago and hereafter matters of dis
cipline will be largely handled by this
new department under a system not
greatly different from the Brown merit
system Lincoln Journal
ANNOUNCEMENT
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for renomination to the office of
County Clerksubject to the Republican
primary election August 17th
I invite a thorough investigation in
to the manner in which the office of
County Clerk has been conducted
during the past two years and pledge
myself to a continuance of this policy
of fair and square dealing to all if
favored with a re election
Chas Skalla
ANNOUNCEMENT
I hereby annonce myself a candidate
for re nomination to the cilice of County
Treasurer subject to the decision of the
Republican voters at the primary elec
tion August 17th
During my present term of office I
have endeavored to treat each and
everyone fairly in all matters pertaining
to the records and business of this office
and have made it a point to keep the
work up to date If re elected my
present record will continue and any
support extended in my behalf I trust
you will have no occasion to regret
Tour vote will be much appreciated
C Naden
COUNTY JUDGE
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for re ncmination to the office of
County Judge subject to the Republic
an primary election to be held August
17th
If re elected I shall continue to devote
all my time to this office will endeavor
to maintain the high standard of effi
ciency set by my predecessors and any
support given me will be greatly appre
ciated
J C Moore
CIRCUS DAY
McCook Wednesday August 11
Campbell Bros
Great Consolidated Shows
and Mighty Menagerie
Nowtwice its former size earring over 500 people
42 Double Length Railway Cars 42
350 HORSES 350
20 FUNNY CLOWNS 20
2 Herds Performing Elephants 2
30 Lady and Gentlemen Acrobats 30
12 Mile Hippodrome Race Track J
Special Engagement
The marvelous Renallo who will positively appear
at each performance turning a complete somer
sault on a bicycle while leaping the gap - -
Stupendous Street Parade Over One Mile of
Gorgeous Splendor Every Morning at 1000
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