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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1909)
rseTX TI MOUNDBUILDERS Mystery of the Great Monuments Found In This Country RELICS OF A VANISHED RACE The Strangely Shaped Structures Are Thought to Be More Than Two Thousand Years Old The Enigma of Those Who Reared Them Scattered through the middle west and in other parts of the United States are more tlmn 10000 monstrous odd eliaped mounds Some are built like forts others in queer sharp geo metrical figures others shaped like huge serpents crocodiles buffaloes turtles eagles lizards dragons with eggs in their mouths etc Some of these mounds are a mile long some much smaller In Newark O stands a continuous- mound constructed in a perfect circle more than 5000 feet in circumference The mounds are often covered with trees that are many cen turies in age These strangely shaped structures are thought to be more than 2000 years old Who built them Certainly not the North American Indians The Indians have tfver been a lazy roving race making their live lihood chielly by hunting and fishing seldom remaining long in one neigh borhood and using tents or the rudest huts as their dwelling places The mysterious people who built the mounds were not a race of rovers An infinitely long time must have been required for erecting each huge earth shape Nor were they ignoiant savages for the mounds show deep knowledge of geometry as well as of astronomy and of the principles of building Carefully laid out military fortifications abound in the mound builders country indicating that rhc aboriglues had martial lorcaiid en gineering skill and that they under stood many modern principles of at tack and defense There are also sepulchral mounds some of them sixty feet high These contain human bones skulls etc as well as copper utensils and bits of pot tery The bones when exposed to air crumble at once to dust As the bones of Europeaus who died twenty cen turies ago are often found intact and strong many authorities believe the mourid builders date back at least several centuries before the time of Julius Caesar Cleverly made pottery and copper or bronze implements of war and peace are fouud all through the mounds Aucieut abandoned copper mines on the banks of Lake Superior show that the mound builders well understood the art of mining The workmanship of the copper bracelets bronze knives etc prove their skill at the forge In one of the prehistoric Lake Su perior mines has been fouud a mass of copper weighing eight tons resting on a high platform ready for removal to the upper earth This implies the use of well constructed mine machinery Pictures that have been found etched upon copper and Ivory portray much artistic skill From all this it seems that in some remote age the central part of Nortli America was inhabited by a race of warlike industrious decidedly civi lized beings who had splendid skill at building at the arts of mining en gineering and higher mathematics and who flourished apparently during nu merous centuries Yet so long ago did the mound builders cease to exist that in all Indian folklore there is no men tion no memory of them Nonp know where the Indians them selves came from Yet they apparent ly settled in America long after the mound builders had vanished The skulls discovered in the mounds are not shaped in the least like skulls of Indian nor even of Europeans Some archaeolcirists Haim to find strong re semblaiK i between the mound build ers skuiK mti those of the ancient Eiryptiaix If there were any connec tion heiwrpM tfip two who can explain how an Ivvittiau race chanced to flour ish in th middle west The fe of the mound builders is as mysterious as the strange people thenisele After reaching so high a civilization and thriving for so long a time it seems strange that they should have been completely destroyed No satisfactory explanation has ever been offered Perhaps the mound builders moved south and became merged with the Mexican Aztecs or Peruvians or some savage race from the north may have swept down and utterly destroy ed them or a wholesale pestilence may have wiped out their nation The weird looking earthen monu ments the purpose of most of them a puzzle to the best archaeologists are the sole remaining proof that this great lost American race ever existed New York World How He Managed A man in an up state county owns a number of horses and has a great rep utation for skill in the treatment of them One day a farmer who wanted some valuable information approached the horse owners little boy and said Look here my little man when one of your fathers horses is ill what does he do Do you mean slightly 111 or serious ly ill asked the boy cautiously Oh seriously ill said the farmer Because said the child if a horse Is only slightly ill he gives it medi cine but if it is seriously ill he sells It New York Press Troubles must come to all men but those who are always looking for them will have the largest share Iim - mmia DR VON BETHMANN H0LLWE6 Successor of Prince von Bulow aa Chancellor of the German Empire The successor of Prince von Bulow as chancellor of the German empire Dr von Bethmann LIollweg was a col lege friend of the Emperor William and they were members of the Borus sla corps at Bonn He is fifty three years old and lias Hebrew blood in his veins His grandfather was a pro fessor at the University of Bonn and received a patent of nobility for his learning lie was also a member of the cabinet as minister of education The new chancellor studied law and has served as a judge as president of the government at Bromberg and as minister of the interior In Ills polit ical principles he is a mild Conserva tive but he is most particular in the DR VON IJCTHMANN HOIjLWEG application to himself of the tradition al policy that the servants of the crown must be nonpartisan The new chancellors speeches on social questions while minister of the interior were liberal in tone This was particularly marked in an address in which he condemned certain aspects of morality in Berlin and defended warmly the need of the German work man of proper recreation He has de voted himself to improving the condi tion of the artisan class whereas al most all social legislation has been ap plied up to the present time to the working proletariat As minister of the interior he distinguished himself by preparing an imperial insurance law and a law controlling a right of assemblage both of which passed the reichstag He possesses an excellent knowledge of the English language and is a student of American affairs GREAT GENERALS NAMESAKE Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant 3d and His Good Record The country is proud of the fact that Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant 3d one of the namesakes of the great hero of the civil war is making a record so worthy of the family name Lieuten ant Grant who is a son of Major Gen eral Frederick D Grant and grandson of the General Grant of civil war fame was recently appointed to the responsible post of superintendent of the state war and navy departments building The order was issued by Secretary Dickinson of the war de partment with the approval of Secre tary Knox and Secretary Meyer who have concurrent authority with Secre tary Dickinson in directing the man ner in which the affairs of the big building shall be administered Lieu tenant Grant who is of the engineer corps succeeds Captain J H Poole of the same branch of the service who iCJMif v5 LIEUTENANT ULYSSES S GRANT 3D has been ordered to enter the next class of- the army school of the line at Fort Leavenworth Kan on Aug 15 The post given to Lieutenant Grant Is one eagerly sought by officers of the engineer corps to which it belongs It gives the incumbent opportunity to exercise a wide authority and besides affords him a chance to advance his interests Lieutenant Grant has served as one of the aids to the president He was married not long since to a daughter of Senator Elihu Root y E1EH Wanted ttf Know His Nans Ik tills the niitoiioblle registration department of the state of Ohio The voice over the plume was ilutelike and sweet It is replied the oflice man Do you have records of the num bers of all the machines in Ohio Of all that are registered yes Can you refer to any particular number without a great deal of trou ble It takes only a few moments Can you tell me who owns machine No umpsteen thousand and ump steon Only she gave the actual number of the machine Just hold the phone a moment The ollice man returned in less than a minute The machine Is owned by Mr So-and-so of Cleveland he said then hastened to inquire Is there any trouble about it An accident perhaps Oh no said the sweet voice The machine lias been in front of Miss s home in East Broad next door every Sunday evening for several months and I was just curious to know who was calling upon her Ever so much obliged And the receiver went up Ohio State Journal His Nightcap Privilege Among the many strange privileges granted by English sovereigns to their subjects probably the most remarkable was the permission given to the Earl of Sussex by Queen Mary to wear his nightcap or even two uightcaps If he so wished in her royal presence The earl was a victim of colds in the head which like the law are no respecters of persons and as he considered ca tarrh in the head too heavy a price to pay for loyalty he petitioned the queen for permission to wear his nightcap in her presence The patent conceding this unique privilege is one of the most amusing in royal aitnals It runs thus Know ye that we do give to our beloved and trusty cousin and counselor Henry earl of Sussex Viscount Fitzwalter and lord of Egremund and Puruell license and pardon to wear his cap or nightcap -or any two of them at uls pleasure as well in our presence as in the presence of any other person or persons within this realm or any other place in our dominions wheresoever during his life and these our letters shall le sufficient warrant in his be half About Matches John Walker an English chemist was expetimenting in 1S27 with an in flammable mixture for use on ship board One day Walker happened to rub a stick dipped in this mixture across a table There was a report the stick took fire and because John Walker was no fool the match wis born The matchs inventor put his wonderful invention on the market in April 1S27 The Walker match was as big as a lead pencil and it cost a shilling a box Because it could only be lighted by drawing it through a piece of sandpaper folded in two the Holden match supplanted it in 1S33 The Holden was a lucifer It ignited more easily than the Walker so it put the Walker out of business Sweden is today the home of the match in dustry Sweden exports annually about 2000000000 boxes of incompar able matches But there is no statue to John Walker Exchange The Trinket Worm Among the novelties in nature is a small worm called the trinket worm characterized by this peculiarity which gives rise to its name On the leaves of a wild vine called the trinket vine is found a small worm which looks at first like a small piece of white thread and is almost motionless If the leaf be taken off and placed under a glass case in the room this little thread will in the short space of twenty four hours grow into a good sized caterpillar beautifully colored and studded with golden spots When matured it will climb up the glass fasten one of its extremities to rhe glass roof and leaving the other hanging in the air will curl itself into a variety of forms presenting exquisite patterns for gold trinkets such as earrings brooches and clasps changing from time to time in great variety whence its name is derived What Fried Liver Is Good For A guest at an Atchison home came for three days and was still there at the end of five weeks I like all kinds of meat she remarked one day as she passed her plate for the third helping but fried liver That night there was fried liver for supper fried liver the next day for breakfast din ner and supper and the next day when the guest was asked to have fried liver she packed her trunk and went home Atchison Globe His Bad Break Oh yes I saw the man in the moon when I was a little girl she said co quettishly He must be pretty old by now dont you think V he remarked thoughtless ly Exchange Indefinite Instructions Lady to clerk in clothing store I want a pair of trousers for my hus band Clerk What size madamV Lady I dont know the size but he wears a No 15 collar Smart Set The Answer Widow and window much alike are very Well and whats the answer When I get near either I always look out A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives but has no respect for him self He would make a dupe of him self too If he could Hazlitt aa jaa w Jimik - iwa wwumwo feaauaiKM The Curved Ball It was not until 187S that the ques tion of pitching a curved ball was set tled once for all George Wrights Boston nine was playing the final se ries of that year In Cincinnati The curve ball controversy raged in the city of the Bed Stockings Wright was asked to prove that a ball ould be curved He agreed to test the mat ter after the final game The Cincinnati team put up two ten foot fences about twenty yards apart with a post between them all on a line Tommy Bond a right handed pitcher stood at the left of one fence After tN trials he threw a ball which went to the right of the post and fin ished to the left of the second fence lie repented this six or seven times The wind did it said the doubters Then well try it the other way around said Wright He stationed Mitchell of Cincinnati a left handed pitcher to the right of the first fence Mitchell threw a curve ball to the left of the post which finished to the right of the second fence News of this telegraphed to every part of the coun try settled the question forever Col liers Weekly His Shipwife The suburbanite was entertaining a friend who followed the sea Showing him his room after his arrival the host noticed that there was but one pillow on the bed By the way captain he asked do you use more than one pillow Well I use one for my head re plied the captain and one for a ship wife Shipwife What in the world is that Its evident that youre a landsman Every sailorman knows what a ship wife is Its an extra pillow placed under the legs or arms to ease the po sition It isnt so necessary on land where you have a wide comfortable bed but its almost a necessity at sea where you are crumped up in a nar row berth with no room to stretch Any one who has been at sea fr a lotig period knows what a- shipwife is We get o used to using one that were not fully at home on land un less we have one Better let me have another pillow for a shipwife John New York Press Henry Clays Fame Erskine M Phelps of Chicago was Introduced at Nice to Lord Blank of England As he was smoking he said to Lord Blank Will you have a ci gar Thank you but I smoke only one brand the Henry Clay All right Ill order some said Mr Phelps The box was brought It was em bellished with the familiar picture of Harry of the West As he took his cigar Lord Blank said When old Clay was alive he made a good cigar but his sons dout keep up his reputation Henry Clay Why he didnt make cigars lie was a statesman and ranked as high with us as Gladstone and John Bright do in your country I beg your pardon said the noble lord Ive smoked these cigars all my life and I tell you old Clay made a sight better cigar than his boys do Argonaut How Victor Hugo Proposed Adele bolder and more curious than Victor for she was a girl wanted to find out what was the meaning of hi- silent admiration She said I am sure you have secrets Have you not one secret greater than all Victor acknowledged that he had secrets and that one of them was greater than all the rest Just like me cried Adele Well come now tell me your great est secret and I will tell you mine My great secret Victor replied is that I love you And my great se cret is that I love you said Adele like an echo Love Letters of Victor Hugo Women In Trousers In the pretty Alpine village of Cham pery iu the canton of Valois Switzer land the peasant women wear trousers and waistcoats in place of skirts and boleros and the only distinguishing CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Episcopal Preaching services at St Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p m Sunday school at 10 a m All are welcome to those services E R Earle Rector Catholic Order of services Mass 8 a m i Mass and Bermon 1000 a m Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday school 230 p m Every Sunday Wm J Kikwin O M 1 Mkthodibt Sunday school at 10 am U - 11 nn4 Q Hlnoa Baptst 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 Pa3tor Evangelical Lutheran Regular German preaching services in frnmo building of East Ward every Sunday morning at 1000 All Germans cordial ly invited Rev Wm Brueggeman 607 5th st East Christian Science 219 Main Ave nue Services Sunday at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p m Reading Room open all the time Science literature on sale Sifbject for next Sunday Spirit 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 Prajor meetings every Wed nesday and Satur day evenings at 730 All Germans cordially invited to thee services Rev GustavIIenkelmakk 505 3rd sfcreet West No matter how long you have suffer ed Foleys Kidney Remedy will help you Mrs S L Kowen of Wayne W Va writes I wag a sufferer from kidney disease so that at times I could not got out of bd and when I did 1 could not stand straight I took Foleys Kidney Remedy One dollar bottle and part of tho second cured ma entirely It will cure you A McMillen Picture framing The Ideal Store S mmm wsmm m f iJumruwwiViTr AAAAW1W1 Conducted by the McCook W Vvvs V I TT TlTTVCTi A TVC PAT TTMW lElUrERAllUE UJ uiin C T V I uftftj yvfVttwiirMi Illinois Thirty seven o f the 102 counties ara entirely without saloons Under the local option law enacted in 1907 about 1600 saloons were closed within the first year atd a half The results of the local elections have been illuminating as to the great strength of the temperance sentiment existing in the state In the city of Chicago con- 1ZZ ZnZ It X Epo i ditto- b littl duria Leaguo at 645 Prayer meeting Wed- nesday night at 745 M B Carman Pastor the nast year Under various lorms or prohibitory law largo districts of the city nre without saloons About one half tho area nnd one fourth the popula tion of Chicago are included in this pro hibition territory The spring elections of 1U09 added a number of places to tho dry list Indiana No license gains in Indiana are so rapid that it is difficult to keep statistics up-to-date Out of 92 coun ties 25 were without saloons under the remonstrance law and 9iuco tho enact ment of the county option law at a spe cial session of the legislature in ber 1908 43 other have voted dry Thus there nre 68 entirely dry counties besides a largo area dry by township remonstrance A prohibition bill introduced in the legislature during the special session failed by only a small vote An effort is now being made to haven prohibitory amendment i ed to tho people Real Estate Filings The following real estato tilings have been made in the county clerks office since last report William Brink et ux to Adam Fritz wd to ne qr 27 2 27 2700 00 Charles A McCoy et ux to Li vonia Drew wd to nw qr 19 130 ISOO 00 ilurle F Dje et ux to Roy V Cad man wd to 3 in 21 1st McCook 2500 00 Benjiruin F Olcott et ux to James N Woolard wd to 1 in 10 2nd McCook 2000 00 Have you a farm to sell or exchange It costs only a cent a word per day to run an advertisement in the Omaha Bue It will reach over -10000 sub scribers and is almost sure to find a buyer Write today fn sail kfiK m psfri aawral eEt i I Mr I aFa EsatlX af 3 farv PMSfT on clorful displays of live StockilciiitiireMachlnerg Splendid Racing Idberaiis Band and Grand Opera Singers Pains Baiile in the Clouds - with Airship Carnival OliE AND ONE HALF RATES FOUND TRIP ON ALL RAILROADS ror information Premium List or entry Danhswnte MMgfe LINCOLN N EB HiySj 0- M OMB BMM Get Free Land While You Can BIG HORN BASIN This rich land is fast settling up with homesteaders taking up the choicest government irrigated tracts The B12 Horn Basin will T- - n a 1 11 H SHriH 1 ill Ti a nnpiinnrnn n n n tm 1 I l - uauge 01 tueir sex is a scarr Knotted 1 a - uwiu hub turouga central Wyoming pro- around their hair the bright red ends uutit wm Ue auecz access to tne best maikets in the west Land values am of which float coquettishly over their shoulders TV women of Champery tit- 11 rlir 91 ian ill nftrfnimino Mini V r - same kinds of labor as the men and long ago their ancestors found that they could work more easily in trou sers than in skirts Line of Least Resistance A man will scrutinize the menu card for half an hour and then order a steak Or examine a bushel of summer re sort folders and then go to his usual place Kansas City Journal Mystified Mabel Mother at lunch Yes darling these little sardines are sometimes eaten by the larger fish Mabel aged five But mamma how do they get the cans open Boston Transcript Three a Day Tourist in Ireland to rural postman now many mails have you here in the day Three breakfast dinner and tay London Fun Strange Case First Physician Any unusual symp toms about that last -case of yours Second Physician Yes He paid me 50 on account yesterday Wisconsin Sphinx A Shooting Trip He Did yon shoot anything while you were up in Canada She Yes in deed We went out in a boat one day and shot the loveliest rapids you ever saw fast increasing Get hold of a farm in the Basin before it is too IatP QOO AflPl TAVno miiL iiu o oiio xuisis iie size iarm you can homestead in east nnd uocuau etc oomo or tne Unest lands in the west with IS inches of moisture annually can be taken under the Mondell Act These 320 acre homestead tracts are a new thing in the distribution of Government lands and deserve your attention I personally conduct excursions the first and third Tuesdays of each month to these lands and am employed by th2 Burlington to answer all inquiries and to assist you in every possible way to locate along the Burlington line Write me zmmz3232 D CLEM DEAVER General Acest Land Seekers Information Bureau Omaha Nebraska V Fr Pres R A Green Cshr FMrnir MttfMpgrfy v - Jas S Doyle Vice Pres G II W atkins Asst Cshr The Citizens National Bank of McCook Nebraska Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 25000 DIRECTORS V Franklin Jas S Doyle R A Green G H Watkins Vernice Franklin Vii 1 it 1 1 il HUA 1 il 1 ildl i i 1 - - Yrtftt rtfftft t turt ir1 fo 1 i - S i J J H 1 t r Mi J 4 Vi d i vi V VI ii
