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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Eat Bananas and Turn Brunette,

Those who eat heartily of bananas may
run some risk Of becoming tawny or
copper colored. This may be inferred
possibly from the peculiarities of plum
age in the turacos of Africa. AS long
as the weather is dry these birds are gay,
the primary and secondary feathers be-
ing ~gorgeously crimson, but when rain
comes the color is washed out, and the
birds seem to be Inundated and ashamed
at the transformation. But the color
returns in dry weather. The cause of
the celebration has been traced to copper
in a very pure state. A single feather
burned gives the characteristic indica-
ton. The source of the turacin has now
been traced to bananas, on which the
turacos feed chiefly. All the aborigines
who make bananas a diet are very deep
ly tinted, but the color is sooty rather
than red. The North American Indian
cannot owe his coppery hue to bananas.
He has only known of this fruit on reser-
vations and chiefly by the peelings.-
San Francisco Call.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Success In Matching Sturgeon.

An important step in fish culture has
recently been made by the United States
commission of fisheries. Commissioner
Marshall Mcdonald will be able to DEM
onstrate that the artificial culture of the
sturgeon is as practicable as that of the
shad or trout. The sturgeon fishery pro-
duces a most important export in its
caviare. 1t is M of the most valuable
of the coast industries, and its present
condition seems to warrant all the efforts
of scientific fish culture. In 1888 exper-
iments in the Matching of sturgeon were
carried on at Delaware City, Del, by the
commission, but they were SO little sue
cessful that until the present no further
efforts were deemed advisable.
The results that have just been at
tanned at the same locality by an assist
ant of the commission, DR.. Bashford,
dean of Columbia college, New York,
seem, however, to be most important.
In his trial experiment he has employed
a floating Matching case of his own de-
sign and has succeeded in Matching sew
eral thousand young sturgeon. The
floating cases were filled with fortified
eggs and moored in a strong, brackish
current. The eggs were Matched in 81
hours.-New York Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Keeping Still Half a Minute,

There was no sound except the faint
and regular tick of a watch. Otherwise
silence and gloom pervaded the elegantly
furnished drawing room.
In one chair sat a beautiful girl, her
lips tightly closed, her eyes staring
straight before her and her every mus
Gle tense with a powerful effort of self
control. In another sat a young man
whose face expressed seriousness but
confidence. In his hand he held an omen
watch, which he observed closely, only
raising his eyes now and then to glance
at the beautiful girl, who seemed to be
in such agony. Five seconds, 10, 10, 20
seconds passed. The position of neither
the young man 0 beautiful girl had
changed. Suddenly her eyes cleaned
with a wild light; her bosom heaved; she
clasped her hands convulsively.
81 must speak," burst from her blood
less lips.
"Twenty-four seconds" said the young
man as he closed the watch and put it
back into his pocket. "You lose the
caramels by six seconds exactly"
He had bet on a sure thing, but she
wot nct.-Truth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
A Commencement Costume,

A pretty commencement gown may be
made of white embroidered muslin, the
tiny flower being done in white, and upon
close examination proving that it is a
forgetmenot. The skirt, which is full
and round, just barely escapes the floor.
At the foot it is finished with five narrow
''milliner's folds" of white satin. A
quarter of a yard above these are three
narrow folds, and a quarter of a yard
above these is one. The bodice is round
and belted in with a broad, white satin
belt laid in fine folds like those on the
skirt. Just in front, where it f~astens,
are four white satin ribbon bows knotted
in the square style, so that they look like
forgetmenots themselves.
The gown is open at the throat, turned
over in very broad revers, faced with
the muslin and outlined with Irish lace,
that has the stitches necessary to keep it
in place hidden under folds of the satin.
The sleeves are very high puffs of the
satin, reaching quite to the elbows, and
below them fall frills of Irish lace. The
gloves are white undressed kid, and the
fan is a white gauze one. The slippers
are white Satin and the stockings white
silk. The hair is parted in the center,
drawn back and arranged low on the
neck in a loose knot.-Isabella Mallon
in Ladies' Home Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
A Napoleon of Literature.

The man was as thin as a rail and had
the cadaverous look of a poet out of a
job. At leNst that's the way he appeared
to the editor as that gentleman raised
his eyes from his work to see what it
was shutting across the floor toward his
desk.
GOOD morning" said the visitor.
"Good morning." responded the editor.
"You are the editor" said the visitor
inquiringly, half in doubt. Eyes, 1 know
you are. I a always tell an editor by
mis- intellectual expression. 1 have here,
sir, an article for the press"
"Prose Or poetry" queried the editor,
not regarding the hattery.
"Both, sir; a combination effort, I
may say"
"Ah, you must be a genius?"
well, sir" and the visitor plumed
himself, 81 am considered by my friends
a Napoleon of literature, SIR"
The editor didn't like that a little bit.
"Um," he said, looking him over.
Gum, [ didn't know you were a Napo-
leon, but I knew you were a bony part
of literature. Anybody could see that
with half an eye."-Detroit Free Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
The Government of Spain.

The government of Spain is a limited
monarchy under the constitution which
wa drawn up and proclaimed in 1876.
The power to make laws belongs to the
c%ortes, which consists of a senate and a
house of deputies, the senators number
ing $50 and the deputies 431. The sena-
tors are of three classes-those holding
Office in their own right, those nomi-
mated by the crown and those elected by
the civil and ecclesiastical corporations
of state. In the election of deputies all
male Spaniards may vote under certain
restrictions, and deputies are elected in
the proportion of n deputy to every
$4,000 souls of the population. Both
houses of the cortes meet every year, and
the ministers are responsible thereto
New York Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
From Beggary to Wealth.

Simon Oppasich, a millionaire who has
been sentenced in Vienna to seven years
hard labor for repeatedly perjuring him
self, was born without feet or arms. His
father and mother were professional
beggars, and in his twelfth year he was
put on the street by them to solicit aims.
His physical defects brought him an ex-
ceptional amount of sympathy and
guldens. He saved his money, and in
1880, at the age of Al, he had accumula-
ted $50, 1000. With this sum he began
business as usurer and real estate specu-
lator. In 1888 he had increased his for
tune to 1926, 900 in cash, and some $780,
600 in Trieste and Parenzo real estate.
Since then he has quadrupled his wealth
by trading on the Boerse. His miser-
illness led to his present troubles.
He had promised to marry a woman,
but eventually threw her over to avoid
mourning the expense of a wedding.
When she threatened him with legal
proceedings, he bought her ~forbearance
for 4 cents a day. This expenditure was
impoverishing him, he told her after a
few months, and so he discontinued it.
In the trial of the case which she then
made against him he swore that he had
never contemplated marrying her, had
never promised to do so, and had never
paid her 4 cents a day. After all this
had been proved false, he was tried and
condemned for perjury.-Boston Jour-
nal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Then said Thord, II have something

Then said Thord, II have something
with me that 1 wish to give to the poor"
He rose, laid some money on the table
and sat down again.
The pastor counted it. at is q great
deal of money" he said.
"1t is the half of my farm, which I
have sold today"
The pastor remained long sitting in
silence. At last he asked, but gently,
what do you intend to do now"
Something better"
They sat there awhile, Thord with
downcast eyes, the pastor with his raised
to Thord. Then the pastor said slowly
and in a low tone. Il think at last your
son has really become a blessing toyou."
Eyes, 1 think so myself Also" said
Thord. He looked up, and two tears
coursed slowly down his face.-Bjorn-
stjerne Bjornson. Translated For Rc-
nance.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
WONDERFUL!

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If you are a sufferer from any disease
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write for information about this treat.
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This book aside from its great merit
IS a medical work, giving as it does
the result of years of study and expert
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one.
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN,
5129 Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
100 Suffer St., San Francisco, Cal
Please mention this paper.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Making Marble Out of Chalk,

In nature marble is made out of chalk
by water, which %percolates through the
chalky deposits, dissolves the chalk par
ticle by particle and crystallizes it, noun
tain pressure solidifying it. 1t has been
found that similar results may be &C.
complished by chemical a First,
slices Of chalk are dipped in a color
bath, staining them with tints that will
initiate any kind of marble known. For
this purpose the same mineral stains are
used az are employed in nature. For
example, to produce counterfeit ''verde
antique" oxide'of copper is utilized. In
like manner green, pink, black and other
colorings are obtained. Next, the chalk
slices go into another bath, by which
they are hardened and crystallized, COM
ing out to all intents and purposes real
harble.-London Science Siftings.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Petroleum For Diphtheria.

In the village of Neuville- Champ-d'Oi-
sci, about nine miles from Rouen, a ma
lignant type of diphtheria broke out last
year. The country doctor, M. Frederic
Flahaut, treated the cases in the usual
way, but the deaths We're numerous.
Remembering, as he says, that the Eng
lish use petroleum as an antispasmodic
and an antiseptic, he determined to try
it as an experiment. His first trial was
in the case Of a little girl z years old.
He had already given her up and pro-
posed to the parents to make the expert
ment, which consisted in swabbing the
throat with common petroleum. He had
little hope of the success of his new
method, but to his astonishment he no.
ticed an improvement after the very first
application. He continued the treat
ment, and the child recovered. Then he
tried it successfully with his other pa
tents.
This year he had 40 cases of diphtheria
to treat, and he was successful in every
one. In order to be perfectly sure that
the cases in question were genuine ones
of malignant diphtheria he had the ex-
perforated matter submitted to the anal
ysis of Professor Francois Hue of the
Rouen College Of Medicine, and the pro-
fessor reported that he had clearly dis
covered the presence in it of numerous
bacilli of diphtheria. Moreover, his di-
agnosis was confirmed by Drs. Deshayes,
Lerefait and Ballay of Rouen, the last
named being the physician in chief of
the hospital of that city.
The treatment presents little difficulty
OF danger. The swabbing is done every
hour or every two hours, according to
the thickness of the membranes, which
become, as it were, diluted under the &C
ton of the petroleum. The brush, after
being dipped in the petroleum, should
be shaken to prevent any drops falling
into the respiratory channels. The pa
tents experience relief from the very
first application. The disagreeable taste
of the petroleum remains for a few mo
ments only.-Normnandie Medicale.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
HI LITTLE
Nobody sits In the little armchair:

Nobody sits In the little armchair:
1t stands in a corner dim,
But q white haired mother gazing thera
And yearningly thinking OF him
Sees through the dusk of the long ago
The bloom Of her boys sweet face
As he rocks so nerrily to and fro
With q laugh hat cheers the place.
Sometimes lie holds q book IN biz hand.
Sometimes a pencil and slate,
And the lesson is hard to understand,
And the figures hard to mate,
But she secs the ned of his fathers heatl
So proud CT the little son,
And she hears the word SO often said,
n fear for our little one."
They were wonderful days, the dear, sweet
days,
When a child with sunny hair
Was hers to scold, to kiss and to praise
AT her knee in the little chair.
h lost him back in the busy years
When the great world caught the man,
And he strobe away past hopes and fears
To his place in the battles van.
But now and then in q wistful dream,
Like a picture out of date,
She sees a head with a golden CLEAN
Bent over a pencil and slate.
And she lives again the happy day,
The day of her young life's spring,
way,
The center of everything.
Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Bazaar.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Ninety-two Years In a Workhouse.

The death has been reported to the
Sheppey board of guardians of Eliza
HUMPHREYS, who has been an inmate of
Sheppey Union workhouse, S~heerness,
for 90 years. The deceased was born in
the establishment and remained charge
able until her death, a somewhat weak
intellect debarring her from earning
her own living. She was afectionately
known IS the mother of the house.
Frequently she would ask the visiting
guardians whether her long residence
had not entitled her to a pension.-Ex-
shauRA
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
When Learning Was Despised.

Abraham Fabert, who in the seven
tenth century became a marshal Of the
French army, lived in an age when learn
ing was despised and mere animal cour-
age Won the plaudits of court and people.
"The king has no need of philosophers
in his armies" said one who knew the
signs of the times. HE wants soldiers,
stirring, active and ~resolute men. De-
baters are only useful in the schools"
1t was at this period that the Marquis
Of Cramail, at a critical moment, ad-
dressed his rear guard, imploring them
not to ride away from the field, and his
eloQuence was at once destroyed when
some one cried:
"Why listen to him? He has written
a book"
II mend my pen with my sword" said
a noble of the time to a poet, and the re-
tort was prompt:
"Then I am no longer astonished that
you write so badly"
But young Fabert, who became a pri-
vate at the age Of IA, was determined to
master all the branches of his profession
from the simplest to the most complex.
He fulfilled all his practical duties per-
fectly, and at the same time studied with
~unfailing zeal. He taught himself the
rudiments of geometry, fortification and
drawing. He read history, studied Ger
man, Spanish, Italian and Flemish and
was always eagerly seeking to improve
his knowledge OF geography.
"This," he used to say, sis as necessary
to an officer as arms are to the soldier"
The result was that when France
needed the service of a trained mind and
well disciplined will Fabert was at her
service. Moreover, he was the frstmar-
shall who rose from the ranks.-Youth's
Companion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
An Energetic American Girl.

Miss Jennie Young, the American girl
who built a railroad to the extensive salt
deposits she owns in chihuahua, has re-
ceived from the Mexican government a
valuable concession in the form of a
privilege for the establishment of colo
MES in the states of Chihuahua and Coha-
hula. Miss Young has gone to England
to make arrangements for bringing over
several thousand English families to set
tie upon the lands she has secured from
the government.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07

lobe was triumphant and Sary crest
fallen. Further inquiry brought out Lit.
tie that was new ON either side. After
admonitions on my part and good PROM
lses on the part Of the children we set
out for home together. Our road was
the same for 100 yards perhaps; then the
children went up the mountain, and I
went down. | stood still in the road
and watched them until n turn hid them
from view. The last glimpse l had of
them they were waving hats and sun
bonnets at me.
That evening l sat alone on the noun
tainside until the shadows darkeaed
round me, and the fr~eshening wind of
the twilight brought sweet odors from
many a flower. was building air cas-
ties, and, as is the habit Of mothers and
teachers. they were peopled with other
forms and faces than my own.
For more than 10 years | did not see
Raccoon mountain, though every year,
especially in the spring and summer, my
heart was sick for the sight of it, its
trees, its flowers, its cliffs, and with but
q breath of wild ho%neysuckle there came
the music Of the wind among the pines.
the tinkling of cowbells and the notes of
the schoolbell mingling with childish
laughter. The desire grew upon me
year by year, and when last summer I
stood among well remembered scenes on
Raccoon mountain l felt | was home
again. 1t is true the babies l had known
were boys and girls; the boys and girls,
young men and women; the young men
and women, middle aged; the middle
aged, old, and the old-gone.
l was thinking of all this when some
n called my name. 1 looked into a
homely face, bright with a welcoming
smile.
"Why, it's Sarah"
"Oh, you knowed me, didn't you?
After 10 yurs you knowed me" and Sary
laughed, and we looked into each others
face to see the changes that we knew
must be there. Then Sary stepped back
and drew a man, whom l had scarcely
noticed, to her side. With a smile and
something of a blush she said:
''This Isl
''This is lobe. OF course it is" The
cross eyes were the same, though the
hair was somewhat darker. AS | looked
at Sary and lobe the years fell away
from us, and we were back in the little
schoolhouse on the mountain once more.
The stirring of a tiny bundle in Tobe's
arms brought US all back. AS l took the
little atom of humanity in my arms I
knew that l was looking down in the
face of the most wonderful baby that
ever existed, although its nose was a de-
cided pug and its eyes slightly at cross
purposes. Sary and lobe watched it
with pride as it blinked at me wisely
and took its fist out of it's mouth t. COO
at me.
Sary and lobe, with many others,
came to the little station to see me off
when l left Raccoon mountain. AS I
stood on the platform of the rear car, and
old friends waved their adieus, my eyes
were misty. When my vision cleared, I
saw Sary and lobe climbing the noun
tain together, and lobe was carrying
the baby. Then I remembered the air
castles | had built as l sat on the noun
tain 10 years before. Fair castles they
were, but not SO fair as the one Sary and
lobe had built for themselves.-Mar-
garet Mclaughlin in Cincinnati Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Buckfen's Arnica Saivs.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, letter, chap
ped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price Is cents a box. For
sale by A. McMillen. s23-lyr.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Went After Dinner.

Patrick-It's poor advice we've been
givin me. Didn't ye say tn best tonne
to ask a mon a favor was afther dinner?
Bifkins-I certainly did.
"Well, Oh whit to ould Buffers wild TIL
schmallest koind av a request, and he re-
fused. 1t was afther dinner too.
care you sure he had had his dinner
Faith it's little Oh know about ould
Buffers ingoin's and outcomin's, but Oh
had moine."-New York Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
Getting Points From the Savage.

It is said there is a tribe in Africa
where speakers in public debate are re-
quired to stand on one leg and are not
allowed to speak longer than they can
stand in that position. With all our
boosted civilization we discover every
now and then points in which savages
surpass us.-Exchange.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
The Great Difference.

There is not much similarity between
u ways of earning a livelihood" said
the dentist to the paint manufacturer.
NO." admitted the manufacturer,
"there is not. Igrind colors while you
Gull grinders. Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
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A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy was FoiIed.

The following graphic statement will be
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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-07-07
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