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No 175lopartB 720 am
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For Information timo tables maps and tick
et rati on or writo 11 F Hoituttar Acent
McCook Nebraska or L W Wakeley General
PaBRoniter Agent Omaha Nobraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
J O foreman of the boiler
department was a Linooln Havolock
business visitor Saturday
Davo Booth C P Sexton Kir by Ir
win and C H Nash wore given con
ductom outfit first of the week
The stock pink up wet wns run on
Tuesday instead of Wednesday this
week account of no market Thankngiv
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Onoof Fenneys crows is preparing to
move the dept t nt Cambridge across
the track north and about two hundred
feotwest of where it now stHiids
Locomotive No 2040 exploded at First
and A streets Lincoln last Thursday
afternoon killing Fireman OR Meacham
and badly injuring Engineer George A
Pierce and Brakeman M H Upton
Lack of water in the boiler is ascribed
as the probable cause of the explosion
This is the first explosion of an engine
on the Burlington system in over forty
years according to Supt Bignell
Tho Baldwin Locomotive Works haB
just completed for the Atchison Topeka
Santa Fe Railway tho most powerful
passenger locomotive now in use Apart
from it tender this locomotive weighs
376450 pounds and is Gu feet long
The tender carries 12000 gallons of wa
ter and 4000 gallons of oil which will
be used as fuel Tho length of the
locomotive and tender is 105 feet The
tractive power of the locomotive is 53
000 pounds There are five pairs of
driving wheels 73 inches in diameter
working in sets of two the loconiothe
being of the Mallet articulated type
The locomotive is the first for passenger
service to be built of this type and is
the first to combine feed water heater
superheater and reheater in one ma
chine Its firebox is built on an entire
ly new plan which eliminates staybolts
Harry Murphy is a new machinist
this week
New tires wore fitted onto tho 2012
anil 1758 this week
A train of fifty Denvor and Rio Grande
flit cars passed through the yard Tues
day
During tho trying rush times the dis
putcherB ar civMij occasional day lay
offs to recuporate from tho strain
Tho Thanksgiving bulletin discontin
ued work in the locomotive and repair
track service as far as possible
IiPitchT Tom Campbell enjoyed a
vacation Monday which ho happily
utilized in celebrating his 28 h wedding
anniversary
J P Snider alias Put left f r
McCook last night wLero he expects
to work for our friend Jimmy Hill
Arapahoe Pioneer
Tho big viaduct is fast approaching
completion A pang of men was placed
on tho final grading at tho north ap
proach yesterday
Engineer Martin Scott of Brush
Colo has hp nii advanced to passenger
run and after December 1st his head
quarters will be in Denver
Engiueer George A Pierce who was
terribly injured ir tho engine boiler ex
plosion in Lincoln last week Thurs
day died on Saturday and was buried
in Wyuka cemetery of that city on
Tuesday of this week
Tho funeral of Jacob Lebsack who
was killed last Friday in the Burling
ton yards was ono of the largest held
this fali Over a thousand of his friends
and neighbors turned out to do his
memory honor Lincoln Journal
Orders have been received to instal
two new up-to-date drop pits in round
house hero They will provide for the
dropping of wheelsand allow of their
removal to tho backshop for work Tho
present ones only provide for dropping
the wheels
Wednesday nfternoon Amelia tte
eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John
B onning who reside on the Latta
ranch east of town was married to Mr
Earl Newkirk of McCook at the home
of the grooms parents and left Thurs
day morning for a trip to Denver and
other western points Cubbertson Ban
ner 19th
Tho tool room of the McCook back
shop is tho best on the line west of tho
Havelock shops and the backshop is
second to none west of the big shops
Still Foreman Langston insists upon
orderly arrangement and more logical
lining up all the time While the shop
was shut down today some of the ma
chines were overhauled and rearranged
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The Secret of
Holiday Success
lies largely in knowing where to buy the right
goods at the right price and in plenty of time
Our stock has been assembled in anticipation
of a holiday rush and with the idea of making
it respond quickly to every demand made upon
it In
Diamonds
we have anything you may want in loose or
mounted and at a very advantageous price
Watches
Watches will be in demand We offer any
thing from a Fine Railroad Watch to the Boy
Proof one dollar one
Jewelry
At this time we offer you unusual opportunities
in Jewelry and Jewelry Novelties The line
contains anything and everything you may
want and is well worth your careful inspection
Spend a Few Minutes
in fly Store
H P SUTTON
Watch Inspector
C B Q R R
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JEWELER
AND OPTICIAN
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How Cugar Malts
If we drop a lump l stiyar Int
cup of tea we llnd it rakes a nuisiur
able time to melt if allowed to ivm U
at the bottom of Hie v rl Inn U
hold It up in the spoon uesi ttie m
face of the liquid It dissolve- mil
mure rapidly This is uz to te
sugar as it melts ivuderni Hie port us
of the tea containing il Heavier I
sweetened pari therefore
the suar coiisiaiuly in riue
with unsweetened or only part mil
Bweetened tenant fart a i outlaua
circulation of Mulil prmuoletl uiiti
the whole is dissolved When Hi
sugar Is place or permiticd to lie t
the bottom of the cup it dissolves until
the layer oj lluld next il is ihoroiihl
sweetened or salhraied when it prac
tically ceases to dissolve any tun her
the sweetened and Heavier stratum
above it acting for a considerable time
until the law of diffusion comes gradu
ally into play like an impervious cov
ering In keeping hack the lighter un
sweetened lluld above hence the rea
son also why stirring in breaking up
the saturated layer and allowing ac
cess to the unsweetened portion Is so
effectual In bringing about the uni
form sweetening of tea Life is not In
frequently sweetened by the same stir
ring up process
The Family Pair
The wriggly stillness of the study
period was broken by a slamming door
and a thin boy in dirty ragged clothes
slouched across the room Halfway to
the teachers desk he drawled Pa
wants that you should let Mm go home
right now As Miss Davis looked a
little doubtful he added He kin come
hack right away
The permission given the two badly
soiled half starved sons of the most
shiftless family in the district studied
down the stairs Very shortly Jim re
turned wearing a pleased and impor
tant smile on his pathetic little face
I come as soons could Pas
brothers dylu to Poplar he announc
ed cheerfully Thats why pa wanted
me
But you werent gone long you
didnt stay home 1 cant see why you
went at all answered the bewildered
Miss Davis
Why pas goin explained Jim
Yes but what has that to do with
you asked the teacher
Pa had to have his suspenders
was Jims matter of fact reply Ex
change
The Power of Snails
One day by way of experiment 1
Harnessed two common garden snails
to a toy gun carriage to see if they
could pull it along says a writer iu a
London magazine Although the guu
carriage was a heavy leaden one the
snails pulled it so easily that loaded
the body of the carriage with smaU
shot The snails however were more
than equal to the task Anxious to
test their powers still further I at
tached a toy cannon made of lead and
brassi behind the guu carriage but tue
snails and their additional load moved
on once agaiu with the same apparent
ease Out of curiosity I decided to
weigh the cannon gun carriage and
shot and to my great surprise found
the total weight to be almost one
pound I venture to think this a very
good load for two snails to manage
The Frying Pan
People are always decrying the fry
ing pan said an experienced cook
but the thing they refer to cooking
meat etc in a shallow pan with but
ter as fat isut really frying it it is
sauteing The real fryiug pan is a
deep kettle Oiled with hot clear lard
or olive oil In this the food dough
nut croquette or whatever it may be
is immersed just long enough to make
it crisp and brown on the outside and
feathery and light on the inside Food
cooked in this way is entirely digesti
ble if properly made But so mauy
cooks make the mistake of putting too
much shortening in the mixture to be
fried and the fat inside combining
with the fat outside prevents the for
mation of the crisp crust and makes
the food soggy
Meanness to a Blind Man
A man with dark glasses over his
eyes touched the conductor ou the
shoulder as the car ueared Euclid ave
uue and East Fifty fifth street
Pardou me the man said but if
youre the conductor 1 want to ask a
favor Im blind and I want you to
lead me over to the curb when the car
stops if youll be so good
Not that I minded the little bother
of doin that for him remarked the
conductor when he got back ou his
car but taint right to let a blind
man go around all alone like that at
night trying to find his way around In
the dark Cleveland Plain Dealer
His Idea of Economy
Its all very well for you to preach
economy said his wife but 1 notice
whenever I cut down expenses that
you smoke better cigars and spend
more money for your own pleasure
than at any other rime
Well confound it what do you sup
pose I want you to economize for any
way Chicago Record Herald
Up and Down
Mistress 11 eres the man for that
clock to be repaired Get it for him
Nora And shure where is it Mis
tressUpstairs of course Nora
Faith an I thought it had run down
New York Press
She Was Willing
Man Well its just this way If I
buy you a new coat Ill have to wear
my old one another season Wife
Yon sweet generous thing you
None but the ill bred ridicule the pe
culiarities of others
Gladdening a Humorist
The tinanclal burden which Mark
Twain carried years ago weighed
hi his mind heavily In those mo
ijenls of despondency there was one
tactful friend who could make Hit- hu
morist forget his troubles This was
Dan Heard the artist who Illustrated
Miiiie of Twains books
Dan Heard there is no tonic that
an equal the company of a cheerful
ihau -aid the humorist as he entered
tin artists studio
Ah but I have such a pleasant sub
icfi to work upon that I am not in
nerd of either man or tonic for my
ehecrf nines- reiorted the artist
Heg parti on it is I that need tlie
tunic and that is why I am here
said Twain lorlornly
-Then allow me to prescribe a dose
of your own medicine And Mark
was handed a copy of his book which
Heard had been studying
I thank you replied the humorist
It took me a year to tret that medi
cine out of my system and I do not
propose to imbibe It again
A discussion of the book was fol
lowed by a hearty dinner and Twain
left his friend having received the
cheer that he needed
The Alligators Tongue
On one occasion when travelii
along the west coast of Africa with an
old skipper who had known many
missionaries but did not see the u
of them nishup Taylor Smith was
obliged to endure a string of taunting
questions such as What was the
good of spouting at Kxeter hallV and
What did missionaries know any
way
At last the bishop could stand it no
longer Turning to the skipper he
said I know yon are an expert Can
you tell me the length of an alligators
tongue
Certainly was the reply but it
depends on the length of the alligator
Very well then given an alligator
fifteen feet long what would be the
length of its tougue
Three feet was the answer
But the bishop who had kept alli
gators and watched their ways knew
better It is evident that you are an
authority on the west coast of Africa
he said but it is also evident that
some people see more lu ten minutes
than others in twenty years Let me
tell you that an alligator has uol
tongue
Declined the Job
A writer of cheap fiction relates a
trick played on him by a collaborator
in the days when dime uovels were
longer than they are uow and the
compensation made it worth while for
two men to write one story between
them After his partner had finished
the first chapter of their initial col
laboration it was handed over with
the following announcement
There Tve just thrown the hero
over a thousand foot cliff and told the
reader that nothing could prevent the
lad from falling to death on the rocks
below It Is up to you to save the
boy
The other writer said nothing but
sat down and wrote furiously for an
hour Then he quietly banded the
manuscript back A glance at the
second chapter showed the funny man
that his friend had completely ignored
the events in the first part of the
story introduced a new set of char
acters and left the hero still hanging
over the cliff waiting to be rescued
bv his creator New York Suu
Poetry Didnt Save Them
A New York prisoner accused of
drunkenness who pleaded his case in
rhyme before a magistrate got a sen
tence of six months on the island
for as the judge remarked his jag
was bad enough but his poetry was
worse Over in Loudon a plain drunu
put forth this
Ive been drinking wine that is drawn
from the wood
No bottle rubbish but sparkling and
good
But U got in my head so my friends all
explain
That the wine has gone back to the wood
onoeagain
The effusion and the celebration cost
him 10 shillings New York Tnbuue
College Sentiment
Br Blank about twenty years a
professor in a certain college was on
the eve of a trip to Europe to be ab
sent two years In pathetic and rath
er harrowing tones he made his fare
well address to his class
Yes I am about to part with you
This is more than distressing to me
Would that there was a window iu my
breast my dear boys that you might
see the innermost recesses of my
heart
A stripling in the rear seized with
a happy thought shouted
Professor would a pane in the
stomach do Lippincotts
Unusual Luck
So youve rented that haunted
bouse which was on your hands so
long
Yes rented it to an actor
Did be find out its reputatiou
Thats the very thing which de
cided him to take the house
Rather surprising
He said it would be such a comfn t
for him to get uiside of a house where
the ghost walked every night Balti
more American
Mrs Malaprop
You mustnt think you ought to run
around barefooted Iohuny said Mrs
Lapsllng chidingly just because Bob
by Stapleford does Hes no cenfuriou
to go by Cassells Journal
Engagement Broken
Merchant 1 have had hard luck
lost all my money Suitor Surely you
would not wish to lose your daughter
also Fliegende Blatter
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THE FUR SEASON IS HERE
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We are anxious to show you THE RELIABLE
ANNIS BRAND at prices most reasonable
Mens Fur Coats at 15 to 50
C L DeGroff Co
White House
Grocery
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TE have just made a killing
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on -PICKLES While we
did not buy a carload we
bought inO sufficient quantity so
that the difference between our
price andD the wholesale price is
scarcely perceptible
They are composed of the fol
lowing varieties Sweet Gher
kins Spiced Gherkins Dills
Olives Sweet Mixed and others
We have also large quantities of PRE
SERVES such as Plums Peaches Strawberries
Marachino Cherries Blackberries Raspberries
Mince Meat Apple and Peach Butter
We solicit your Thanksgiving business as
we are prepared to furnish you with all season
able delicacies
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