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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
AN UNUSUAL ANESTHETIC.
A Dentists Experience With a Womana and
an Aching Tooth.

A Dentists Experience With Il Woman and
an Aching Tooth.
The drummer had told a commercial
story, and the dentist, who had been ez-
tracing much pleasure therefrom, fol-
lowed with a professional yarn.
AT one time in my early practice in
a country town." he said, there came
to me a very nervous woman to have a
tooth extracted. She carried on so that
I could scarcely get her into the chair,
and as soon as | put the forceps near her
mouth she screamed and bounced
around so I couldn't do anything with
her. After two or three visits, each
worse than the other, | suggested that |
take her to the nearest large town, where
a dentist administered gas. Well, the
tooth hurt her so that at last she cOn
scented, and | took her there, about %
miles by rail.
II went armed with a pair Of forceps
as a matter of habit, and when we got
to the place and she saw the gas bag and
other appliances she had them again
worse than before, and l had to give it
up and take her back home. was thor
oughly provoked and felt like taking q
club to her, but she had money and was
paying for her foolishness, so I tried to
restrain my feelings. About 10 miles
out from town as the train was plugging
along about 60 miles an hour, and she
was holding her jaw and l was holding
-. =. H. -..4 l,.ns1o L., ,,n ,,,n1 r.
broken rail, and the last thing I knew
we were rolling down an embankment
and being piled up at the bottom i'll a very
promiscuous fashion. don't know how
it came about, but [ wasn't hurt much,
and when my senses were fully restored
1 dragged my patient out through a
window and laid her ON a bank near by.
She was pretty badly bruised and had
been knocked senseless, and as l was en-
deavoring to restore her q brilliant
thought occurred to me. The next mo-
ment I had out my forceps, and the next
I had out the COMPOUNDED tooth. Two
hours later one of the physicians who
had been summoned had restored her to
consciousness, and as she opened her
eyes and saw me standing by her side
she clapped her hand to her jaw and ex-
claimed:
"'Oh, doctor. I knew it would be ter
rible, but I didn't think it would be so
bad as that. However, though, it is out
at last
"Ehen she went to sleep, and it was a
week before she knew the real facts in
the case"
Did she pay you anything extra?"
queried the drummer doubtfully.
mo" smiled the dentist, but the rail
road company did-$5,0 00-and 1 got
half."-Detroit Free Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
Where Iron Is Sacred.

Among the Baralongs. a great African
people, iron is a sacred object. They are
expert workers in metal, which they still
smelt from its native ore by the most
primitive methods ever devised by man.
This art was to them in former days a
source of wealth, influence and power
and the legend is that when people did
not know the value of the stones found
in their brooks a ''wise man" saw a
vision. The spirit of his chief stood be-
side him and said, "Gather stones and
burn them to make spears" The sage
thought it vas a dream and that the
chief was hungry, sc he sacrificed an ox.
But the vision returned, and the chief
looked sorrowful. He stood a long time,
and at last said:
my son, why do you not obey your
father? Go to the river, gather stones
and make a hot fire. After that you will
see iron with your eyes,"
The sage was greatly frightened and
fear2d some calamity, but dared not re-
fuse. When he had made a hot fire, iron
came out of it, and then he knew the
chief had taken Dity on his children. He
told his son the secret before he died.
but he was a vain coxconb, and win
ing to show his WI wisdom made iron
in the presence of strangers, and SO the
secret of the art was lost to his tribe,
but they have always continued to re-
gard iron as sacred above all other met
als.-Million.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
White With a Vengeance.

Herei is astate of things which probably
not the wealth Of the Astors could buy
in America. Lord and Lady Abingdon
have a place in Dorset known as the
White farm. Everything is accordingly
white. All the farm buildings, the
house itself, and even all the animals on
the place are white. Rabbits, cats,
guinea pigs, hens, horses, COWS, donkeys
and all the creatures are spotless.
But this is not the most remarkable
feature. The free and independent Brit
ish men and maids who till the soil and
churn the butter are compelled to attire
themselves in white smocks and white
frocks to bear out the general impression
of whiteness.-New York Recorder.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
BESIDE THE BAY OF MONTEREY.
Beside the bay of Monterey,

Beside the bay of Monterey,
When morn is on the mountains,
What Joy to hear and know not fear,
The cry OF seaborn fountains!
Across the bay of Monterey
The sea fog, thinly drifting,
The LAND reveal or shore concea1s,
Soft scenes, like magic, shifting.
Beside the bay of Monterey
How sweet to walk at even,
When softened dyes from sunset skies
Steal up the sapphire heaven!
Along the reach of rocky beach
Oh, joy it is to follow,
Where blooms the sea
In every waveworn hollow.
On giant rock that fronts the shock
The spray wet grasses glisten.
Where breaks the wave on cliff and cave
h flowers bend and listen.
Icount the years by all my tears
And all life's stormy weather,
Since by the bay of Monterey
We wandered, love, together.
l walk along the changing shore,
Oh, sad and strange it seemsi
And If you lear the pillows roar,
You hear them but in dreams.
For you have slept now many a day
Upon the shore Of Monterey.
Sarah l.. Stillwell in Overland Monthly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
Frogs Eat Wasrs.

Some time ago | discovered accidental
ly that frogs are voracious eaters OF
wasps. Ihave in my garden a tank for
watering, with an island of rockwork,
which is a favorite haunt of the frogs.
The wasps just nov are carrying on a
raid against my fruit, and when l wish
to crafty at once my revenge and my
frogs | catch q marauder between a post
card and an inverted wine glass, carry
him off to the tank, wet his wings to pre-
vent his flying, and set him on the rock
work before the frogs.
After a moments pause a frog ad-
vances, and in an instant the wasp has
disappeared, drawn into the frogs mouth
by a single dart of his long tongue. Oc-
casionally the wasp reappears, wholly or
partially, having made it unpleasant for
the frog, but he is almost always swal-
lowed in the end. Usually convulsive
movements may be noticed in the frogs
throat and body, as though the process
of deglutition were not quite easy, but
that they like the diet is evident from
the fact that a single smallish frog has
been known to take three wasps, one aft
er another.
Indeed it is remarkable what very
small frogs, quite infants, will swallow
a wasp with avidity. This afternoon a
tiny frog swallowed a full grown wasp,
when a big relative went for him quite
savagely, like a big schoolboy thrashing
a small one for presuming to be helped
before him.-R. E. Bartlett in London
Spectator.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
The Worlds Parliaments.

The British parliament compares ia
vorably in size with those Of other ma
tons. With go members in the house
of commons and over 553 in the upper
house, it is far and away the largest in
the world. France comes nearest with
584 in the chamber of deputies and 300
in the senate. Spain ome next with
431 in congress and 361 in the cortes.
Then comes the Austrian reichsrath
with 353 and 245 in the lower and upper
houses respectively, followed by Ger
many with 327 in its reichstag and IS in
its bundesrath. The United States has
356 representatives in congress and IS
senators.-London Tit-Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
ApDrOpriate.

One day while his apparatus for deep
sea soundings, by mea of steel piano
forte wire, was being constructed, Lord
Kelvin entered Mr.. Whites shop in Glas-
gov along with the great DR.. Joule, cele-
brated for his determination of the me-
chanical equivalent of heat. Joule's
attention was called to a bundle of the
pianoforte wire lying in the shop, and
Thomson explained that he intended it
for sounding purposes" ''What note?'
innocently inquired Joule and was
promptly answered, "The deep Car
gonaut.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
Raphael.

Raphael experienced temptations to
suicide. He himself says: Il tied the
fisherman's cords which I found in the
boat eight times around her body and
mine, tightly as in a winding sheet. I
raised her in my arms, which I had kept
free in order to precipitate her with me
into the waves. n = = At the mo.
ment I was to leap to be swallowed for
eve with her, I felt her pallid head turn
upon my shoulder like a dead weight
and the body sink down upon my knees"
New York Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
One of His Tricks,

81 thought you said you were going
to bring a friend home to dinner with
you," said Mrs. Chugwater.
"He couldn't come, Samantha" re-
piled Mr.. Chugwater as he sat down
with great satisfaction to the first good
dinner he had had a chance to attack
for a long time.-Chicago Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
Women's Patents.

Among the patents recently taken out
by women are mes for a new folding
bath, folding dish, cup and glass holders
for use on shipboard, improvements in
artificial eyes, new method of sounding
whistles and the like in combination
with bellows, and a regulator for slow
combustion freplaces.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
The Truth Out.

Clara-There! knew it. He has O
posed this evening and she has accepted.
Dora-They are acting like other peo-
pie. Merely polite, that's all.
"That's only a blind. Look at her
yachting cap"
"It's on hind side before"
eyes. A man can't kiss a girl under
one of those peaks. New York Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03

A vine at Hampton Court, which was
planted in 1868, is believed to be the
largest in the world. Its branches ex-
tend over a space of 1890 feet. 1t usu-
ally bears upward Of 1900 punches of
grapes annually.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
Rooms to Let.

Mrs. Fangle-Have you secured a
ledger for your second floor yet, Mr..
Goslin?
Goslin (horriied)-I haven't been look
ing for a ledger, madam.
Mrs. Fangle-Why, I'm certain my
husband told me you had rooms to let in
your upper story.-Waif.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03

Palmistry assumes to tell what the lines in your
hand indicate. IL will amuse you, if nothing more.
length OF the LINE OF LIFE indicates probable
age to which you will live. Each BRACELET
gives you thirty years. Well marked LINE OF
HEAD denotes brain power clear LINE OF
FORTUNE, fame or riches. Both combined mean
success in life; but you must keep up with modern
ideas to win it. You will find plenty of these in
Democrats Family Magazine, SO attractlvely pre-
sented that every member of the family is enter
tanned. 1t is a dozen magazines in one. CLEAR
LINE OF HEART bespeaks tenderness; a straight
II OF FATE. peaceful life; the sTeyerse il
spares you doctors bills SO will the health hints
in Demorest's. No other magazine publishes so
many stories to interest the home circle. You will
be subject to extremes Of high spirits or despond-
ency if you have the G1RDLE OF VENUS well
marked; keep up your spirits by having Demorest's
Magazine to read. By subscribing TO it for 1884
you will receive a gallery of exquisite works OF art
Of great value, besides the superb premium picture,
Ix22inches, I'm q Daisy!" which is almost a real
baby, and equal to the original oil painting which
cost $500; and you will have a magazine that cannot
be equaled by any in the world for its beautiful
illustrations an subject matter, thar Will keep
yoI posted on all the topics of the day, and all the
fads, and different items of interest. about the
l9Gsehold, besides furnishing interesting reading
natter, both grave and gay, for the whole family ;
md while Demorests is not a fashion magazine,
It's fashion pages are perfect, and you get with 1t,
free of cost, all the patterns you wish to use during
The year, and in any size you choose. Send IN
your subscription at once, only So co, and you will
really get over 525 90 in value. Address the pub
lishcr. w. Jennings Demorest, IS East l4th St,
titw York. If you are nnacquainted with the
Magazine, send for a specimen copy. A largeQUAD-
NiNGLE means honesty a large
generosity: long FIRST DIVISION OF THUMB,
strong will; LONG SECOND DIVISION, reason
ing faculty. The MOUNT OF JUPITER betokens
: nbiCion that of SATURN, prudence the SUN,
love of splendor: MARS, courage; MOON imagina-
ion: VENUS. love Of pleasure and MERCURY,
i. diligence. Take our advice as above and you
VIII he sure to possess the last and most valuable
i-a..ty.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03

It is an old belief of native Hawaiians
that the spirits of their warrior chiefs
inhabit after death the bodies of their
favorite horses. There is a fine white
stallion in Honolulu in which, it is pop
ularly believed, lives the spirit of Boki,
who led a rebellion in Tahiti years ago.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03

The greatest naval review of modern
times was by Queen Victoria in 1854, at
the beginning of the Crimean war. The
feet extended in an unbroken line for
five miles and comprised 300 men-of-
war, with twice that number of store
and supply ships. The fleet was manned
BY 40. 900 m
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
An EXPLANATION,

Teacher-"For men must work, and
women must weep" What is the mean
ing of that line, Tommy Figg?
Tommy-It means that men has to
work to get money, and then the women
has to cry before the men will divide
with 'em.--Indianapolis Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03

It has been computed that in a single
cubic foot of the ether which fills all
space there are locked up 10000 foot
tons of energy which has hitherto es-
capped notice. To unlock this boundless
store and subdue it to the service of mar
is a task that awaits the electrician of
the future.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03

The stock of paid notes for five years
in the Bank Of England is about u, 745,-
900 in number, and they fill 13,4O0
boxes, which, if placed side by side.
would reach 2t miles.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-03
We TELL YOU

nothing new when we state that it pays to engage
M P ,hat ratmrns mos ! nr neait ny anu arar pie day,a w ouIi'
Such is the business we offer the working class.
We teach them how to make money rapidly, and
guarantee every one who follows our instructions
faithfully the making of o 90 a month.
Every one who takes hold now and works will
surely and speedily increase their earnings; there
can be no question about it; others now at work
are doing it, and you, reader, can do the same.
This is the best paying business that you have
ever had the chance to secure. You will make a
grave mistake if you fail to give it a trial at once.
II YOU graSp fne slIuatd9a' ana acL quLckly, you
business, at which you can surely make and save
large sums of money. The results of only a few
hours work will often equal j weeks wages.
Whether you are old or young, man or woman, it
makes no difference, - do as we tell you, and sue
cess will meet you at the very start. Neither
experience or capital necessary. Those who work
for us are rewarded. Why not write today for
full particulars, free ? f. G. LIE & CO,
Box No. go, Augusta, Me.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
A GREAT SEARCHLIGHT.
Adolph Sutro's Marvellous Electric
Light Plant.

The great swimming baths at the ocean
beach near Sutro Heights, which have
been in course of construction during
the last seven years, will. when completed
take rank among the wonders Of the Pa
cifc Coast. Mr.. Sutro has already ex-
pended fortune in this enterprise Every
visitor views with amaZement the progress
thus far achieved. The tanks are now
being rooted over. They are six in num-
Der. the largest being 2S5 feet long and $50
broad. There are to be SEQ dressing-r0oms.
Mr.. Sutro's provision for electric lighting
is on q scale of unexampled grandeur
The plant will cost not less than $50.
1t includes 1000 16 candle-power inoan-
descent lamps. 20 arc lights of 1000 candle
power each, a 10000 candle-power search
light aud great reserve storage system.
BY means of chromatic lenses the search
light will make the waves luminous with
different colors, creating a spectacle worth
travelling many miles 10 see. Mr.. Sutro
selected one of the most ACCOMPLISHED
electricians in the country TO superiutend
The installation of the electrical work. His
name is L. II. Forst of the California
Electric Supply and Construction Com
pany, 1887 Mission street, who supervised
the electrical lighting for the German Saw
ings Bank buiidingx
The morning call., 1893-08-20
\ BURGLAR=TRAP.

Although the bank al Ferndale was
called the "Ferndale Royal Bank, Linz
lted." and was supposed to be a private in
stiiutien. it was really one of the seven
branch banks belonging to London SYM
dlcate OF bankers. | was simply in charge
oil 1t on moderate salary and under heavy
bonds. and / had the credit of being a
capitalist where no credit was due. The
syndicate erected one-story building for
the bank. The front of this was rallied off
IN the usual way and the rear was divided
into two rooms. One was used as private
room In which business apDertainug to
the bank was transacted. and the other as
my bedroom. / was young man and single,
ana had not only 10 act as PRESIDENT,
cashier and teller during the day, but
as watchman at night. The only help l
had was bo0kkeeper, and he was with
me only three days per week. The re-
mainder OF his time was put IN wit h a
shlpping firm in the same town. You will
say TINS was curious way OF running a
bank: hut can find you dozen banks in
smaller towns of to-day conducted on the
The morning call., 1893-08-20

did not use plates and they ate on the
bed or wherever their fancy dictated, and
ate with their fingers.
When Mrs. Yang Yu's own elaborate
coiffuTe had been triumphantly com mpleted
she set TO wsrk 10 comb and braid her
children's funny little queues, labor of
love in which she was interrupted by the
entrance of tho ambassador.
That august parsonage smiled upon his
family and began 10 play with the baby.
He clapped his hands and talked non nsense
to 1t In Chinese. and the baby laughed
with delight Then the head of the Iega-
ton watched a bed being made. The pro-
cess was evidently revelation to him,
and be studied it with interest. The use
of carpet-sweeper nearly puzzled Mr.
Yang Yu, but when the brushes in its in
ternal economy were shown To him by
Della he smiled and said, "GoodI good !"
Evidently he is of a progressive turn of
mind, and is ready to admire American in
ventons.
The rooms were swept and garnished at
last and we gathered up our brushes and
pals and left Mrs. Yang Yu about to
change her wrapper for q gorgeous en-
brOidered gown.
In spite of her exclusiyeness and elabo-
rate toilets the Chinese Embassador's wife
keeps up less ceremony aud etiquette in
the bosom Of her own family than the wife
of an American mechanic generally does.
MARIE EVELYN.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
BALLAD OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS

In the covers OF the Island OF Treasure,
On the tropical beach of FaieSe,
have taken unlimited pleasure,
waited there by fayoring breeze.
have fingered with Lang and his Bookmen,
have GosSiped the day long with GoSse.
But have wearied of Stead and his spook-men,
And have stesdfastly wished for their loss.
have studied Vanbrugh aud Pinero,
Ford aud Webster, KIT MarlOwe and Jones;
W mist TO me oscar Wilde was hero,
with his wttily cynical tones;
But SO long as "A DolI's House" the craze Is
am sure that the public might see,
IL they wish for play that amazes.
They can get one much better from me.
l have shared in each joy and each sorrow
VI the RarrulouS ''Warriors Three"
nave Travelled in Spain with George Borrow,
nave tasted the Autocrats tea;
nave listened to Barries sweet rnrumming,
And enjoyed Lady Windermere's Fan"
But think OF the writer wno's coming,
And 1 wonder If am the man.
The Spectator.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
IN THE SACRED APARTMENTS.

woman wished US to stay. The sick WON an
held out her hands to be examined. The
tips of her fingers were incased in long
sheaths of wrought silver, and when she
good-naturedly drew them off for our in
spection her nails looked like three or
four inches of macaroni
I'VE will go to the Minister'S rooms
next" said Della. and / quaked, being
afraid that the bodyguard would recognize
me. But he was holding lively CONVEX
sation with a compatriot in round spec
tacles. and, having no suspicion of
chambermaids. let us enter the inner
corridor nnchallenged.
This is their psrlor," saiG Della, throw
ing open a door that led into a large.
handsome apartment, "but they are all in
the children's bedroom now" She added.
"Come this way" and after knocking at
the door facing us she opened it and
walked in.
To enter that room was to realize at
glance the difference between the position
Of our own women and those of China. 1t
was nursery, and the women were as
mnch part and parcel OF the nursery as
the children themselves. No books OF
writing materials were to be seen, but the
floor was strewn with toys. candy. nuts
and orange peel. while the personal be-
longings of Mrs. Yang Yu. her three chill
dren and her fur maids were scattered
around in the widest profusion.
Mrs. Yang Yu herself was sitting before
her toilet table. dressed in a loose blue
cotton wrapper, and her maid was dressing
her hair and telling her stories which
made her smile. The Minister'S wife is a
TALL slender young woman, who. l soon
found, can move about gracefully in
The morning call., 1893-08-20
MRS. w AT HOME.
rIarie Evelyn Crosses the
Guarded Portals.
DIPLOMACY IS NECESSARY.
The Ambassadors Seen at Her
Toilet.
THE BABES AND THE NURSES.
An Interior View of Chinese Domes-
tic Life in the Higher Man
DARN Classes.

Mrs. Yang Yu, the wife of the Chimes Q
Minister. is a very exclusive lady. She
not only refuses TO see visitors. but even
the cards Of callers at her rooms in the
Palace Hotel are turned with scorn from
her doors.
The Minister employs a strong-minded.
able-bodled Chinese servant to prowl in
the corridor. ready to pounce like hawk
upon stray visitors.
"NO, nor' exclaimed this hireling. wav-
ing his hand majestically, the first time /
The morning call., 1893-08-20
A Raid on JeWeIrY.

James Hswley, who was arrested last
Monday night for lootng the house OF S.
c. Harris ON Guerrero street. had another
charge of burglary entered against him
last night. His room at 721 California
stree; was searched yesterday by Detec-
tives Bee and Harper, who found in the
apartment lot of iewelry that was stolen
from the house of 5. AttelI. 1881 Poet
street, on the night of May Il. The jew
elry stolen from the AtIell house was
valued at 10000
The morning call., 1893-08-20
DRY GOODS.
Of Extraordinary Occasions

This week we intend increasing our sales two
Iod over last week. We will force merchandise
out OF our establishment. Price is our torcer and
In making the following quotations the true
value OF each article has been overlooked.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
DRY GOODS.
THE MAZE ;!
A WEEK
Of Famous Offerings!

We can safely say that nowhere In the United
States has merchandise been offered as low
intend quoting this week. our list comprises
only the finest and best standard goods. It's your
gain and our loss This week will be long remem-
Dered By all who visit u.s.
The morning call., 1893-08-20

In aces
During this week will show the
LARGEST assortment of LaceS
ever shown in this city at about
half what they have been usu-
ally sold at. You are invited TO
call and inspect them.
The morning call., 1893-08-20
IiheIed the Shin

III. Lewis has libeled the British ship
Falkland in the United States District
Court. for SaSS. for supplies said to have
been furnished by him.