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CARE OF PAftROTS
Tho Proper Way to Feed Cage and
Teach the Birds
Ao few people who own pnrrots real
ly know how to cure for them a few
good rules may be of interest
As to their food It should be seeds
canary hemp but not too much mil
let boiled maize linseed rape and the
like Bread soaked in hot water is
good given twice a day and fruit in
moderation and in variety is whole
some such as grapes apples and
pears an occasional raisin and let
tuce
Gray parrots are very fond of rice
and almost all parrots appreciate rice
pudding and have a taste too for
bread and butter Meat Is bad for
thera Clenn fresh wood should be
given them to gnaw bits of elm birch
larch and chestnut Fresh dry gravel
must be sprinkled at the bottom of
tho cage every day and fresh water
be put in the glass
It is important- that parrots should
havo the opportunity to stand flat foot
ed so if the cage has wires at the
bottom it is well to remove them Al
ways to have his claws clasping a
round perch is injurious to any bird
and two perches of different size are
advisable so that he may change his
posture at will
When a parrot continues to scream
he wants water or food or feels ill
and uncomfortable or maybe is mere
ly dull Music which he loves will
cheer him up at all times
A parrot learns to talk only from
one who speaks very slowly and dis
tinctly to him and preferably when he
Is about to fall asleep Last but not
least a parrot should be carefully
covered at night London Mall
THE PYGMIES
Curious Mode of Lifo of the Dwarfs of
Rhodesia
Of the pygmies of northwestern Rho
desia a modern traveler writes The
Batwa stand about four feet high and
are long armed short legged and ugly
being unusually prognathous The
legs are disproportionately short the
feet large and the body is covered
with a sort of down Both sexes af
fect a state of complete nudity They
have their own tongue but usually
know a little of the language of their
big neighbors No attempt is made to
till the open forest glades They de
pend for food on game and what they
steal from the fields and plantations
of the surrounding tribes
Though there are seven different
tribes of pygmies they appear to have
no tribal organization It is the cus
tom for a group of families to attach
themselves to a negro chief and in re
turn for food to assist him to fight his
enemies The standard of morality of
these little people is high and strange
to say they are remarkably intelli
gent
The wild beasts living in this for
est are killed for food even the ele
phant Pitfalls snares and heavily
weighted spears are used but their
favorite way of hunting an elephant
appears to be with bow and arrow
Poisoned arrows are shot into him
and the great beast is followed until
he falls when the little hunters camp
around the body and feast on the car
cass until it is finished
Catch-as-catch-can
She gave him a playful pinch on the
cheek
New suit she exclaimed And
what a beauty
Rather nice isnt it he agreed
surveying himself proudly in the glass
It was a spring suiting of the very
latest style Even the editor of the
Tailor and Cutter could have found no
fault
And doesnt it fit well she cried
Turn round To a T Lovely It
must have been expensive
He put his fingers on his lips
His other hand wandered affection
ately down a very pronounced crease
and his eyes filled with a look of
pride
Hush he whispered Not so very
Five bob down and five bob every time
the collector sees me first London
Answers
Hoar and Evarts
On one of his later birthday anniver
saries Senator Hoar wrote to William
M Evarts and congratulated him upon
his length of years In his reply the
aged lawyer said it brought to mind
an old lady in New England who had
occasion to write to a friend about
some matter of trifling importance and
when she had reached the end of the
thirteenth page awakened to the fact
that she had been rather diffuse and
added Please excuse my longevity
Out at First
The hammock was built for two
tut she was occupying it alone
I have noticed said the man on
the porch chair that the prettiest
girls always marry the biggest fools
Say no more Mr Slowboy rejoin
ed the fair maiden I appreciate your
friendship but 1 can never be your
Trife Chicago News
Rewarded
Actor I have been in your company
ten years Is it not time that you do
something extra for me Manager
Yes From now on you shall play all
the parts in which there is eating
Fliegende Blatter
The Modest Man
A modest man isnt one who has a
poor opinion of himself He merely
keeps still about his good opinion of
himself Cleveland Leader
Life Is not so short but that there ie
always time for courtesy Emerson
ENGLANDS LIGHTHOUSES
Controlled by a Board Known as tho
Elder Brethren
The lighthouse service of England is
controlled by a board composed of
thirteen elder brethren When a va
cancy occurs one of the younger
brethren Is selected by tht elder
brethren to fill it The position is
for life and the salary is 000 a year
Any commanding oflicer of the navy
or master of the merchant marine is
eligible for election as one of the
younger brethren b5 the elder
brethren There Is no salary attach
ed to the position but they are eligi
ble for election as one of the elder
brethren
England is divided Into seven light
house districts each in charge of a
superintendent The superintendents
are persons who enter the service as
apprentices at the age of thirteen and
have worked up to the position of
master on board of a steam tender
They are selected for the position of
superintendent by the elder breth
ren A superintendent has control
of his district and its employees
Lightkeepers are appointed for life
They enter the service between the
ages of nineteen and twenty eight and
their salaries are regulated according
to length of service and not according
to station Lightkeepers as well as
the other employees of the lighthouse
service are pensioned when too old to
perform duty There is a regular
lightship service also for life and the
officers are selected from the men
The men enter between the ages of
nineteen and twenty eight but must
have been at sea They are then eligi
ble to work up to lamplighter mate
and master These men are pensioned
when too old to serve
FAMOUS GOODWOOD
Something About a Historic English
Race Course
The Goodwood race course is quite
unique It Is a long way from a sta
tion and is not near any town says the
Loudon Tatler It is on a hill the top
of which is shaped like a horseshoe
the space between the two horns being
represented by a deep ravine The
course runs round the horseshoe the
start being at the end of one horn and
the finish at the end of the other The
result of this is that the equestrians
who on other courses contrive to see
both start and finish by the simple
process of riding across while the rnce
is in progress cannot do so at Good
wood They must elect which they
will see and remain there On the
other hand the course is very easy to
folloAv with glasses
The races as an institution are com
paratively modern but there must
have been hunt races and matches on
this course since the days of William
III when we hear of the Goodwood
hunt as Jn existence In 1S0O how
ever the then Duke of Richmond
made a new course which is practical
ly the present one In 1S01 the course
was completed and in order to cele
brate meeting was got
up by the duke with the assistance of
the hunt and some officers of the Sus
sex militia and yeomanry and prizes
to the value of about 1000 were put
up This meant a good sum in those
days This was the first Goodwood
meeting of importance and from that
year it became an annual event
Microscopic Measurement
The measurement of microscopic ob
jects is done by rulings on glass
which are produced by wonderfully
delicate machines These rulings are
constructed so as to accurately divide
an inch or any other unit of measure
ment into any desired number of
parts as for instance one one-hundredth
of au inch or one one-thousandth
of an inch or even one ten
thousandth of an inch The finest rul
ings thus far produced by any of the
machines are at the rate of something
like 200000 to the inch Some idea of
the closeness of the ruled lines can be
obtained from considering that a thou
sand such lines would occupy only the
space included in the thickness of a
sheet of ordinary writing paper New
York American
An Old Family
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn talking
to a friend about the antiquity of his
family was told roughly that he was
a mere mushroom
How is that he asked indignant
ly
Why said the other when I was
in Wales a pedigree of a particular
family was shown to me which filled
more than five large parchment skins
and near the middle of it was a note
in the margin About this time the
world was created
The King In Wrong
The king can do no wrong quoted
the wise guy
Oh thats all rot retorted the sim
ple mug who had been up late the
night before Suppose you were
drawing to a straight and wanted
either a deuce or a seven spot Phil
adelphia Record
He Knew
Say pa
Well what is it
Pa what is alfalfa
Its a slang term for whiskers son
replied the city man as he resumed
his novel Washington Herald
What He Remembered
Who was the man in the iron
mask
I dont remember the catchers
name but 1 can tell you who pitched
New York Press
By refusing to listen to secrets one
Is saved unlimited trouble
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MAIN LINE EAST DEPART
Central Time 1135 P m
715 P M
500 A M
5M A M
705 a M
942 p M
5a P M
MAIN LINE WEST DEPAET
No 1 Mountain Time 1220 p m
1142 P M
5arr850pm
13 905 AM
lo 1230 A M
0 BI5 A M
1 930 am
imperial line
No 17B arrives Mountain Time 345 P M
No 175 departs A m
Sleeping dininp and reclining chair cars
aeatj free on through train Ticket sold
baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information timetables maps and tick
et call on or write D F Hostetter Agent
McCook Nebraska or L W Wakeley General
PaEnneer Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Mrs Sam Pickard has been very ill
tbii week
Tbe 1074 was given a pair of new pony
wheels this week
The tank of tbe 1050 was given a new
frame this week
They aredoine son e cylinder work
on the 371 this week
Theodore Prowse has been transferred
to Sterling Colorado
Tho plnt and driving rods of the 1757
iepairtd ibis weeka
Driving rod olindpr and other re
pairs on the 1765 this wepk
Engine 13 is down on her whepls and
will shortly be ready to go out of thp
baeksbop
John Hunt ard son Frank went up to
Cherry county Wednesday on a land-
sepking trip 7
IMiss Pearl Converse is up from Hend
ley visiting her brother Ira E Con
verse this week
Mr and Mr A O Wiehp were Lin
coln visitors Monday returning home
on tbe nigbt train sp
NT W Ridenour will bave to explain
to thp boys whv bp took out a hunting
license the day of his marriage
Dave Knowles was down from Sterl
ing Colorado Tuppdny night and was
made a Mastpr MaFon while here
J M Smith and daughter returned
home Monday evening from an over
Sunday visit up in Cherry county
The white wash brigade are at work in
the round bouse tidying the plant up
some and giving hpr a clean appearsnep
Engines 1662 and 2710 are over pits 1
and 2 respectively for the usual drop
ping of wheels cylinder and brasses re
pairs
Mrs Fred Fuller arrived Monday
from Sheridan Wyoming called here
by the illness of her daughter Mrs Sam
Pickard
Word from Lincoln announces that
the condition of John Easton who was
recently operated upon for appendicitis
is improving
Mr and Mrs Fred Fuller and Miss
Gladys are down from Sheridan Wyom
ing called here by tbe serious illness of
Mrs Sam Pickard
Conductor W T Wilcott has bought
tbe corner lot south of Engineer Bur
netts home and will build him a cozy
six room cottage thereon
The 2F64 which went into the round
house for some new flues just before tbe
boilermakers went out is now ready fo
prvice going out today
They are expecting a new wheel lathe
t he backshop in the near future to
replace the one now in use which is be
ow the point of efficiency desired in the
hop for such work
Agent and Mrs T G Rees of Imper
ial who have been visiting for a week
or so in eastern Nebraska returned to
the city Monday and on Tuesday
morning left for his work at Imperial
station
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CURTAINS
Nets in Ecru Green
L White and Red per yard
Scrims in floral and
conventional designs per
ard 20 to 35c
For Bungalow and
cottage curtains these are
elegant and some beauti
ful window and door ef
fects can be brought out
ESTERDAY well thats past whats the use of looking backwards anyway
H Ttihf fimo Yr tli nrtnr Ir Trlor Ic tla n i
v- j v wvUv v - WIC muaL iiupuiitiui matte ii count
for the most While you have an opportunity to select from a large
uety and at prices that are within your reach
Tomorrow these same articles may be gone the very thing thatexactly suit
ed your taste sold to some one else
Rugs
c L DeGROFF CO
The 1950 is receiving front end re
pairs
A portion of the boilermakers return
ed to work Monday but most of them
went out again Tuesday evening A
grand lodge man is now said to be in
charge here
BIZET AND HALEVY
The Story of the Origin of a Popular
Air In Carmen
Bizet the composer of tbe world fa
mous opera Carmen and Ilajevy
hisMibrettist once occupied apuitmeiils
whose outer doors opened on the same
landing As soon as he bad iuLsiicd
an air Bizet would hasten to submit it
to his neighbor who subjected it t
the most severe criticism From morn
ing to night tbe piano resounded in
the composers apartments One nigh
Bizet finished a dramatic bit in which
he tlattered himself he had success
fully sketched tbe pride of a trium
phant toreador after a successful bull
fight But Ilalevy listened in silence
and showed but a moderate ciitliu
siasm Bizet somewhat piqued asked
the cause of this coldness
Its good I admit said Ilalevy
In fact its too good It lacks move
ment it lacks snap in short its not
popular enough
Not popular enough shouted tin
piqued u omposer Do you want to
write for the slums lie went out if
a- huff but soon relented and in at
hour returned with another air LN
ten to this said be Ilere is m
toreador idea written down to your
popular level It was indeed the
song of tbe toreador and the only om
which on the first night received au
encore and seemed to move the firs
night audience from its torpor
Ax Head Money
When Schliemanu was digging ar tin
supposed site of Troy he discovered
masses of silver in the form of ax
heads CJotze suggested that these
were intended not for implements but
for money Bronze ax beads have also
been discovered in ancient remains
mingled with metal pieces in tbe form
of rings in such a manner as to sug
gest that all alike were intended to
serve as money and the conclusion is
drawn that in ancient times the metal
ax head had come to be a popular
unit of value for purposes of barter
After it had disappeared as actual
money the memory of it according to
this theory was preserved in the coins
of Tencdos which bore tbe figure of
an ax head It has been suggested
that the wedge of gold which Achan
stole from the spoils of Jericho and
for the stealing of which Joshua had
him stoned to death was a specimet
of the ancient ax head money liar
pers Weekly
A Youthful Joke
When Mark Twain was tbe editoi
of the Virginia City Enterprise said
an essayist at the Franklin inn in Phil
adelphia a servant tirl in the neigh
boring town of Lovelock unexpectedly
fell heir to S300000 Her name was
Miriam Rogers A day or two after
the announcement while all Virginia
City and Lovelock hummed with Mir
iams good luck Mark Twain printeo
on the editorial page of the Enterprise
this paragraph
If Miriam Itogers of Lovelock
who recently inherited a large fortuue
will call at this office she will heai
something greatly to her advantage
We are bachelors New York Press
Surmounting a Difficulty
A man of tact always manages to
get out of a difficulty The clerk of a
parish in England whose business it
was to read the first lesson in the
church came across the chapter II
David in which the names Shadrach
Meshach and Abednego occur twelve
times
Finding it extremely difficult to pro
nounce these names he went through
the chapter referring to them as the
aforesaid gentlemen
Her Self Possession
Miss Oldcastle Is always self pos
sessed no matter what happens
Well she ought to be seeing that
she has had practice in the self pos
session line for at least thirty five
years Chicago Record Herald
FOR SALE FOR RENT ETC
Fok Rknt Two furnished roomF
Phone red 422 17
FOR RENT Three nice unfurnished
rooms 1st door east of Conductor JH
Burns residence Mrs Ed JoiftsrsEast
McCook
WANTED A girl or woman for gen
eral housework Phono 124
Mrs II L Kennedy Ebert residence
Fok Sale A driving horse appL
to J F Cordeal for price and particuhiru
Fou Sale Alfalfa hay of lust cutting
for cows Phone ash 3852 1
J A Schmitz
Foil Rent Three rooms furnished for
light housekeeping Mrs J I Lee
Phone 43
Fok Sale All or part of my alfalfa
and fruit farm Call or inquire W M
Morrisey Phono blaok 292
For Sale A Singer sewing machine
in excellent condition Phone red 290
FOR SALE OR RENT Cottage and
two lots Phone birch 982
To Loosen a Wick
When a lamp wick is too large for
the b ner and does not turn up read
ily instead of cutting down the side
to make it smaller which makes the
ravelings draws two or three threads
from the middle of the wick
Mens Oxfords
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Axminster Wiltons Body Brussels all sizes with exceedingly beautiful designs veiy best
weayes and very serviceable l600 to 4000 y
Floor Oil Cloth for kitchens and pantries per yard 40c
Linoleum best inlaid with tile effects for bath rooms per yard QOC
Be sure and bring the size of your room
McCOOK
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Henry lusher will build n fine Inrga
barn on his farm this spring odh of
thp be t in lint neighorhcod
We Make Portraits
That are Different
Styles Up-to-date
Methods Modern
Kimmell Studio
1st door north
Commercial Hotel
Phone red 428
See our line of Mens Oxfords in Tan
Gun Metal and Patent Leathers New
Toes High Heels Etc
Boys Oxfords
Best line of Boys and Youths Oxfords
made Gun Metal Tan Calf and Patent
Leathers
Misses 5 Childrens
Pumps and Oxfords
Our line of Misses and Childrens Pumps
and Oxfords are all new up-to-date styles
Bring your children here and have them
fit properly
The Model Shoe Store
FISHER PERKINS
201 Main avenue
McCOOK TRANSFER COMPANY
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