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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
A Monument to Adam.

Atlanta Constitution
General Spinola's bill, providing
for the erection of q monument in
Brooklyn to p~erpetuate the memory
of certain revolutionary soldiers, has
excited the violent opposition of Con-
gresham KilgOre, of Texas. Mr..
Kilgore w goesso far as to threat
en- the introduction of a bill to erect
q monument to Adam in his Texas
district.
Congressman Kilgore is not so far
wrong, after all. The truth is, Adam
has been shamefully neglected. We
have raised monuments in honor of
a host of smaller men, but the father
of the human race has been ignored.
Yet, in his day, Adam was q big
a He was an original man, es-
pecially in his ideas about clothes
and such matters. He was the
monarch of a llbe surveyed, although
his surveying was conducted in a
very primitive fashion, because the
state of his finances made it possible
for him to supply himself with the
proper instruments for the business.
Still it should be recollected that
Adam was one of the old pioneers.
Whenever he saw anything that he
wanted, he simply reached out and
helped himself to it, a method of bust
ness which has been utilized by many
of our most successful men down to
the present time.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
Three Brave Women.

There were eight persons in the
mountain wagon. They were at the
steePest pitch in the descent from
Mount Washington, and both
springs had already been broken on
the trip and We're bandaged with
wooden splints, when the horses
tumbled. The woman on the seat
with the driver turned an eve of ter
o to those behind her. In q mo-
ment q of the two mem in the party
had jumped from the wagon, and or
dered the ladies TO dismount as
quietly as possible. The other man
Of the party, stricken with terror,
ran into the woods. The driver, sat
speeehless, holding his reins inland.
One woman FASTENED to block the
wheels with q stone The woman on
the front seat unhitched the two
span OF leaders from their fallen COM
paniOns and led them TO a position
out Of danger and petted them until
they were quiet. Another woman,
and a Boston ladywho swell known,
stepped up TO the kicking and groan-
ing horses and disensaged ~thetraees.
at the same time lodging the heels
of the disabledanimals and then the
driver, who had held the fort till his
assistants hadmade the lifting OF the
team from its pressure on the dis
abled horses possible, dismounted
and speedily put his team in order
again-White Mountain Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
Attacked by Mon ster Owl.

Dan NJ. Banks, of Elizabethtown,
I'LL, had a singular experience with a
large owl He was awakened by his
chickens saualling, and going to Il e
house TO investigate matters, he W, 8
attacked by an owl, which ran 8
large. sharp talons almost thror h
his arm. He defended himself W b
bis other arm and had an ugly h e
torn In his right hand by the bi IS
beak. His cries for hep attracted
the attention of his wife, who ran 10
his assistance and succeeded in Gis-
patching his Owlship, whose cit VS.
were still fastened in her husbaI DIS
arm physician was sent for, WHO
dressed his wounds and pronounced
them as being OF rather a serious ra-
turethe owl was Oftheh horned species,
andan unusually large one measuring
i've feet troatiptotip of its wings.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
Cisfern Filters.

A cheap filter and one easily con-
strueted may be made by walling off
One-third of the cistern with a wall
the thickness of u brick. The brick
should be soft and porous, so that
the water will soak through into the
larger compartment, from which TIE
water viii be drawn for use. Room
enough should be left at the top fer
apersontOget down into the filter TIC
eleanit out occasionally. Rainwator
falls from the clouds contains ii e
least foreign matter of all others ex-
eept distilled water, and ranks first
In wholesale qualities, along with
spring water and water from deep
wells.
Or a small and shallower cistern
may be made near the main one fora
receiver, and the two connected by n
piece of drain tile with q bit of fire
wire strainer fitted over the receiviI e
end Of the tile. A still cheaper ole
can be made out of a tight cask, with
a false perforated bottom, leaving a
few inches of space below it. On this
false bottom lay a little clean straw
or n new gunny sack, and cover with
clean gravel and sand for straining
material, and connect the bottom
with the cistern by a pipe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21

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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
An italian

Another musical prodigy has ap-
peared. This oneisag girl 10 years old,
who plays the violin and interprets
works of the greatest musicians in a
waythat arouses the widest enthusi-
asm in Italy, if We to believe those
who are about to bring her beforethe
public. Giulietta Dionesi, the girl in
question, comes of a musical family
of Leghorn. Her father, who is a
violinist, was her first teacher, but
although he is an accomplished must
clan she has already far outstripped
him. AS the season is over in LON
don this infant pheDomenon win
probably be taken to Amortization.
don Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
Chicago Herald.

ChIedgo Herald.
"The whole house roared and
roared again. There was no let-up
on this merriment, and amidst cat
calls and shrill whistling the curtain
had to go down." 1t was at the
theatrical agency on Clark street,
and the speaker was "a young come
dian in search of an early engage
ment for the fall. "And what was
the cause of it alp" queried a by
ISLANDER who had just dropped in.
'sIt was just like this" hesaid. eve
were making a tour of sone-night
stands in Michigan. One of our
most successful plays was an adap-
tation of Deborah There is a
ehild's part in it. The little girl who
usually played it happened to be
sick when we got to Battle Creek, SO
we had to get the only available sub
stitute, a small boy. to assume the
part. The little fellow was fresh
enough and not likely to be m
barrassed by the crowd and lights.
Of he was put in girls clothes,
and with his piping voice and small
featured face he made as good a lit
tie stage girl as one could want. He
had only a few words to say, and
they were repeated to him over and
over again. until he knew them thor
oughly. The performance went off
all right until Deborah stood in
front of Joseph's house and vas met
at the threshold by Joseph's little
girl. His child? All, l must kiss the
dear little girlI' exclaimed Deborah.
oh, it's you, poor woman? Father
is looking for YOU replies the child.
Deborah (imprinting Il burning kiss
on the child's lips): And what is
thy name, my sweet child?' Here
the little pseudo girl, forgetting his
lesson, or bewildered by the unusual
situation, blurts out: Tommy o.
Houlihan, please ma'am.' His faith
er keeping q particular saloon in
town, and being knowntoe everybody
in the audience, a burst of laughter
broke loose such as I've seldom
heard in a theater. And that's why
the curtain finally had to go down."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
ITO Take the Cake"

American Notes and Queries.
This expression-applied to one
who does a thing prominently well,
or, sarcastically, and more usually
to one who fails conspicuously-un-
doubtedly had it's origin in the negro
cake-walks common in the Southern
States, and not unknown in the
northern. The walk usually winds
up a ball, Couples, drawn by lot,
walk around a cake especially pre-
pared for the occasion, and the UNI
pires award the prize to the couple
who, in their opinion, walk most
gracefully and are attired with the
greatest taste. Hence they are said
sto take the cake" an expression
which has attained it's wide currency
through the burlesques in the negro
minstrel shows.
Yet the negro cake-walk has re-
spectacle ancestry in the medieval
past. Gorard's "Herball" C1635 in
forms us that sin the springtime are
made with the leaves hereof newly
sprung up, and with eggs, or tansies,
which be pleasant in taste and good
for the stomache" and a contempt
rary, speaking of the Puritans, says
'all games where there is any hazard
ofloss r strictly forbidden-not SO
much as a game of football for a
fancy" According to Brand, in the
Easter season, foot courses were run
in the meadows, the victors carrying
off each a cake, given to be run for
by some better person in the neigh
borhood. In Ireland, at Easter and
Whitesuntide, the lower classes used
to meet and dance for a cake raised
on top OF a pike decorated with flow
ers, the prize going to the couple who
held out the longest; and in some
parts of England a custom prevailed
of riding for the bride-cake. "This
riding took place when the bride was
brought to her new habitation. A
pole, three or four feet high, was
erected in front of the house and the
cake put on top of it. On the instant
that the bride set out from her old
home a company of young men
started on horse back, and he who
was fortunate enough to reach the
pole first and knock the cake down
with his stick, received it from the
hands of q damsel. This was called
taking the cake The fortunate
winner then advanced to meet the
bride and her ATTENDANTS"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21

and lifted the lid off. You could
have knocked me down with a feath-
err. 1t was filled 10 the brim with
silverware-spoons, knives, forks,
etc. The rascal had been Disgusting
the burglar under the signal service
officer.
81 began to put the lid on again
and had just finished putting in the
last screw when / heard a step be-
hind me. l turned quick as a flash.
Thompson had returned and the car
pet had deadened the sound of his
footsteps. He was standing just be-
hind me with a revolver pointed at
my head. / never thought what |
was doing so far as / know, but by a
sort of reflex action of the muscles |
knocked the revolver up with the
screw driver I had in my hand. 1t
went off against the ceiling and we
closed for a life and death struggle.
Thompson was taller than | and
more powerful. l was and always
have been short-winded. 1t is all
right with me for a minute OF SO, but
then l am played out. Back and
forth we wrestled, and he was begin
ing to get the best of me when l
thought of the old track at wrestling
taught me at Trinity College Dublin.
l felt for his collar bone with mychin.
l found it and down he went.
"All this time, they told me after
ward, / had been yelling murder and
police loud enough to wake the
whole town. Just as Thompson fell,
in dashed my fresh friends at the
dinner table. An accomplice of
Thompson's? Oh, no-a Chicago
detective, who had the singnal officer
in his bracelets quick as a flash.
Thompson got five years it the peni-
tertiary, and l got a dinner from the
prominent citizens of the town.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
A Doc Attempts Murder.

A valuable bird dog and the pet O
the family owned by a W.llingfoId
man, vas recently eompelled to divi6e
his attentions with a little span Ell
added TO the household. But the
bird dog did not take kindly to t e
innovation. A few days ago both
dogs were missing for q time, and
upon search being made it was found
that the old dog had dug a deep hole
In the ground and had put the un-
welcome intruder into it, and when
discovered was covering up the hole
as fast as possible. When the little
fsllc- was rescued his would-te muir.
derer showed quite as much discom-
nture and shame as a human sinner
m~tsht-Wallingford Conn. Witness.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
Points About HydrophoSia.
st. Louis Post.

SC. LOUIS IOSU.
The custom of killing dogs that
have bitten people is a great erro
The idea that the death of the dog,
if he be rabid, protects against the
development of hydrophobie is one
of the most absurd superstitions
that remain in this enlightened nine
tenth century. fla man has had
the poison difused through his veins
it is immaterial whether the dog
from which it was derived is dead or
alive. The only good that can re-
suit from his death is the protection
of the unbitten: On the other hand,
if he is killed, and was not rabid,
there remains the i~neffaceable belief
in the mind of the bitten man that
he was.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
American "reminiscences.

From the Literary World.
There is q young Englishmnn In
that amusing novelette,, "The Ro-
nance of q Quiet Watering Place,
whose views of American society are
interesting. Said he: "a few months
ago / was at a reception given by
the American embassy in London.
Now, as arule, an embassadorial re-
ception in London is q meeting OF
friends of the nationality represented
by the embassy-just as one knows
that in Paris, Berlin, Rome, and so
on, one is certain to meet at the re-
ceptions of ones minister exclusive
ly people of ones own 'set'-that is
to say who know the same people
and move in the same society as one
does ones self. But at your minis
ter's reception it was different. L
was seated with a reigning American
beauty in the recess of a window,
and we listened to the sounds of rev
elry by night, whilst we compared
notes upon the ceaseless panorama
which passed us continually. l OBJ
served that whenever | pointed out
anyone whom | had reason to sup
pose came from New York-her own
city-and ask, DO you know the So
and-So's?' she would turn her shape
ly head, look at me for q moment IN
mild establishment, and say, oh, no,
they are not at all in our set Will
you excuse me, said /, at last, If L
say that it appears to me
that none of you know anybody
else or one another. in America?
and she said, 4 don't think thatthat
is the case; but you see my father
was a Van NATHAN and my mother
was a Van Huyderhauser; SO natur-
ally we know only people of that set.
For instance said she, pointing
out a handsome woman who was at
that moment entering the room,
like Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Roster
mann, who is over there. Will you
excuse me? And with that she ose
and tripped across the room to
greet with effusion this representa-
tive of the haut Knickerbocker re-
gime, who, alone, among the 1,2SO
'peopleNin the saloon of legation, was
worthy to be recognized by the in
herited concentration of the Van
Huyderhausen and Van NATHAN
pedigrees.
81 tried a similar experience with
one or two other ladies who were
there, and / found that, IN the rar
instance in which | got for an answer,
The Van So-and-So's? OF course;
dear Mrs. Van So-and-So is one of
my dearest friends The truth was
to be arrived at by reversing the
process with Mrs. Van So-and-So,
who would raise her lorgnon, and
after inspecting her dearest friend
for a moment, would say, 'Olh that
little Mrs. Thingummy? Yes, l be-
lieve that she was brought up TO me
by somebody at the Van Closes one
day and had herself presented
Finally, l came to the conclusion
that in America noone knows any
body else; and, at tie same time,
that if, in Europe, one abuses n
of your countrymen as an Americans,
all the other Americans in the COM
pany will stand up for him vehement
ly, whilst if you remotely suggest to
any OF them that he is one of their
set at once there descends upon
your devoted head Il gentle breeze
of mild expostulation."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
THE HEATED TERM.

] sat upon an ice machine
One suitry day of August,
Fearing that / would de~ssicate,
Like heather god or sawdust.
Itook my pen to write a sketch
OF what ] saw about,
And lit my pipe with point of it,
While underneath a spout.
] saw o star just tip our air,
And leave with fiery tail;
Upon a piece oftoasted bread
There came and sat a quail.
A dog picked up a marrow bono,
But dropped it with a howl,
My fingers boiled like parsnips,
As ] lanced his blistered jowl.
A cat let off it's midnight best,
And climbed a charred post,
which saved a little red-hot nous
It's little red-hot ghost.
The milkmaid lost her plumpness,
As she melted on her stool,
And said she could not milk again
Until the cows got cool.
laid my scorched paper down,
For rome the power Of writing,
When fingers dry burst into fame
And matters grew exciting.
-ToBE HODGE.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
blindfolded, an the cross mari

blindfolded, an the rOS mark
meant death.
"Then Dart Bowden began draw
ing the slips.
at was awful.
"The first slip was Eugene Wright.
There was no mark on the front o
the slip, an as Dart turned it over
to see if the cross mark was on the
back, / fairly quit breathin.'
looked at Gene. He was fixed like
he was cut in marble.
'Dart shook his head, dropped
the ticket, and reached for another.
Scene Wright lay back an threw
his sieve across his eyes-saved.
"The mex ticket was the same way,
an the mex was mine.
II saw Darts face turn pale as a
corpse-just q fash-like look, an !
felt the blood surge in great tides
through my body.
"He shook his head an smiled,
turned over the paper, an shook his
head again.
Before / could get my wits togeth-
er again the mex name had been call
ed, an he too was saved.
"Then Dart called his own name.
"He looked aroun' with a smile on
his face and then said quiet like:
Well, boys, it's me-
81 was up before / knew it with my
arms aroun' his neck, an a cryin'
like a baby.
"They had to tear me loose, an
boun' and gagged me.
"Dart sat down an wrote a letter.
He was as cool as ever saw him.
He folded the letter an kneeled down
beside me.
Jack he said, this is for mother
an Mary. When you are married
an happy, old shipmate, remember
me. 1t is best that Ishould die, Jack.
Goodbye, lad
He stopped and kissed me twice,
an then he walked out steady an
erect.
"The minutes seemed like hours. /
would struggle like a maniac to free
myself, an then Iwould listen. Then
l would struggle again.
SIT came at last, three shots al
most together, an my very heart
stopped beatin' as / listened.
"All was still for a minutt or two,
an then 1 heard, faintlike an far
away, another shot.
"They must have heard it outside,
for presently one of u men fired
again.
~ listened again, an presently it
come again, but nearer an clearer.
Then another n come, an another.
"We were saved!
"They unbound me, an, l lef' them
talkin' an cryin' in the tent. They
had brought bread with them, an [
was %starvin,' but l couldn't eat.
II followed the tracks in the now
till l found Darts body.
ellis face was turned upward, an
the old smile still lingerin' over it.
The blood was oozin' from the wounds
over the heart an had clothed in the
snow.
81 knelt beside him.
"Still clasped in his right hand were
two of the slips. recognized them
at once
"The first one read:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
A Pale Faced Mrs. 10.
the Newark journal.

From the Newark Journal.
Justice Snyder, of Gloucester City,
exhibited a new So greenback, the fee
he had received formarrying WAIKIKI
kaw Capt. Stubbs), the Kaw chief
performer at the Wild West show, to
Miss Annie Harris, q white woman.
The ceremony took place at the close
of the afternoon performance, and
was witnessed by more than 5000
persons. The Indians at the close
went through their form of marriage,
and presented the pair with moe
casins, robes, blankets, and trinkets.
The bride was attired in a full r.
dian costume, a present from Pawnee
Bill. The chief and his brida, headed
by the cowboy band and all the In
dams in camp, made a parade
through th~e streets ofGloucester City.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21

and remained with me abcnta an hour
and a half. Ny recollection is that
We stayed at that place until we re-
eeived information that General Lee
and General Grant had agreed"
-Philadelphia Call.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
DART BowDEN.:

"There was no cross mark on the
front. | turned it over.
"There was no cross mark there.
Il rubbed my eyes and looked
again, but there was no cross mark.
"Then / looked at the other one.
1t read:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
Tramp-'I know it ma'am; I'm al

Tramp-"1 know it ma'am; I'm al
ways out of work, but it's all my
cussed luck" Woman-"Howi is that,
poor MANI" Tramp-"It's this way,
ma'am. In the winter / feel like NOW
ing lawns, and in the Summer / just
actually crave to shovel snow, and
nature continually balks me. Have
you such a thing as a piece of pie in
the houseP"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21
: JACK INVEST.

"The death mark was there. Dart
Bowden had died for mean Mary.
$50 all alone l cut his grave in the
ice just thirty-two years ago"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-09-21

"No.'
"tGunning?'
"sNo.'
Thought I saw a gun On your
shoulder this morning.
"eNot much
Fishing rod. then?'
Nor fishing rod, either
"ePurspeetin'"
"'1nspecting.'
"'What might a tenderfoot like
you be a doing out here inspecting'?'
"'What is that your business, sir?
And who told you that I was a ten
derfoOt? said I. Il was out here on
these plains before you were born, as
1t is plainenough to seefrom the way
you wear your Disguise
SAT this last word he colored up
and soon after left the table. A
gentleman on the other siGe of me
said:
"'Who is that fellow?'
"1 haven't the ghost of an idea,'
said L.
81 think he's q stranger in town.
he said, after a moment. There have
been a good many burglaries here
lately and we have watched strangers
pretty closely
"sNothing more was said, and after
dinner l went down to the Signal
Office. / noticed that Thompson did
not have on a uniform. So I asked
him:
where's your uniform
Haven't any, said he.
4This made me regard him with
still more suspicion. He hadto take
an afternoon observation and tele-
graph it into Washington. After he
took it he said:
"'ITl go down to the telegraph
Office with this
"'How long will you be gone?'
"sAbout an hour
swell, said 1. I'll wait here until
you return, as / have some writing
to do
"He went out, and somehow or
other began to wonder what was
in that box that looked as though it
wer newly screwed up and yet was
hidden away under all the Others.
The idea Of looking iuto it grew up
Oh me until / decided to unscrew the
id. / went into the closet and pulled
II out. I soon had all the screws out