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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
THE ANGLER FISH.
1t Secures Its Prey Like an Artist, with
Regular Strategy.

RcSuiA strategy.
There is a fish that secures its prey
like an artist. with regular strategy,
and, strange to relate, nature has fur
nished it with a full equipment for the
purpose, rod, line and bait. The an
gler, as it is called, is by no means a
beauty. 1t is about a yard long and
has a huge, toadlike head, an enor-
nous, gaping mouth and a formidable
array of teeth. The first dorsal, or back
fin, is almost wholly wanting, its place
being occupied by two or three long.
slender, movable spines which are fas-
tened to the body by means of joints.
One is attached by a hinge, which per-
mits of only backward and forward mo-
ton.
The first spine is connected by IA reg
ular ring and staple and admits of
movement in all directions, as it is pull
ed this way or that by the muscles.
This is the anglers pole, which contin-
ues into a fine 6lament or line, and at
the end there is a loose, shining slip of
membrane, which plays the part of a
bait.
The angler fish is a slow swimmer, and
1t would have but little success if it had
to chase the swift, active fishes upon
which it feeds, SO it snares them. Par
TALLY hiding itself in the mud or sand,
it waves its long filaments with their
glittering tips. AS is well known, fishes
are attracted by glistening objects
moved about in the water. The neigh
boring fishes, following the instincts of
their inquisitive nature, come to exam
inc the curious object, and suddenly
they find themselves snapped up in the
wide jaws of their hidden foe.
The angler is a very voracious cIea-
ture, and on several occasions it has
been known to seize a fish that had been
hooked and vas being drawn to the
surface. In one such cast the angler
seized a Goldfish and would not loosen
its grip until it was struck on the head
with a boathook. On another occasion
the fish fell a victim to its own glut-
tony, for having dashed at a conger eel
that had just been hooked, and having
taken it into its mouth, the eel con
trived to escape through one of the gill
apertures, and thus it was the uncon-
scious means of involving its captor in
its own fate.
Even the cork floats ON lines and nets
have been swallowed by the greedy
fish, and when taken in a net it de-
yours it's fellow prisoners with perfect
unconcern.-Mary NJ. Friend in Phila-
delphia Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
FLEET FOOTED zEBRas.
Their Dash of sypced When Alarmed by taen
WIKI of n Rife BAN


The rapidity with which the different
zebras have been exterminated, owing
to the advance of civilization in South
Africa, is shown by reference to such
works as that of Sir CORVALLIS Harris,
written in 1910, IN which th5 author
tells us that the quagga was at the time
found in ''interminable herds, " bands
of many hundreds being frequently
seen, while he describes Burchell's 70
bra as congregating i'll herds of so or
100, and Astounding to "a great extent,
but now, after the expiration of but so
years, the one species is extinct or
practically so, while the other has been
driven much farther afield and its num-
bers are yearly being reduced.
This authors description of the COM
mon zebra Is well worth repeating. He
says: Seeking the widest and most
sequestered spots, naughty troops are
exceedingly difficult to approach, as
well on account of their extreme agility
n ~f1eetness of foo as from the abrupt
and inaccessible nature of their high
land abode. Under the special charge
VI d ocutlllcJ, 81 pOSIeu Ou sOll0 auJd-
cent crag as to command a view of ev-
cry avenue of approach, the checkered
herd whom painted skins adorn' is to
be viewed perambulating some rocky
ledge, on which the rifle ball alone can
reach them. No sooner has the note Of
alarm been sounded by the vedette. than,
pricking their long ears, the whole
flock hurry forward to ascertain the ma
ture of the approaching danger, and
having gazed a moment at the advance
ing hunter, whisking their brindled
tails aloft, heller SHELTER away they
thunder, down craggy precipices and
over yawning ravines, where no less
agile foot could dare to follow them"
Of Burchell's zebra he says Fierce,
strong, fleet and surprisingly beautiful,
there is perhaps no quadruped in the
creation, not even excepting the noun
tain zebra, more splendidly attired or
presenting a picture of more singularly
attractive beauty" Zebrass are by no
means amiable animals. and though
many of the stories told of their feroc-
ity are doubtless much exaggerated they
have so far not proved themselves
amenable to domestication.-Saturday
Review.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
The Last Lion Sermon"

The last annual lion sermon has
been preached in the city, and the leg
acy, left for the purpose ~ centuries
ago, will in future be devoted to other
uses. Sir Richard Guyer, who subse7
quently became lord mayor. so the story
uns, while travelling in Arabia WIS at
tackled BY a lion. He fell upon his
knees and vowed to devote his life to
charity if spared from the lions jaws.
TIL lion ~thereupon walked quietly
away.-London Tit-Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

A species of woodpecker inhabits the
driest parts of Mexico, where during
the droughts it must die Of starvation
unless it made a store. To prevent this
it selects the hollow stem of a species of
aloe, the bore of which is just large
enough to hold a nut. The woodpecker
drills holes at interval in the stem, and
fills it from bottom to top with the
nuts. the separate holes being apparent
ly made for convenience Of access to the
column of nuts within.
The intelligence which not only con-
structs a special storehouse, but teaches
the woodpecker to lay by only the nuts.
which will keep, and not the insects,
which would decay, is perhaps the high
est form of bird reasoning which has
yet been observed. London Spectator.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
Hollow Spars.

The use of hollow spars for boats de-
signed to attain great speed has intro
duced a new and novel industry requir-
ing workmanship of the finest charac-
ter. The stick for this purpose is re-
quired to be Of exceptionally fine and
straight grain, and after being roughly
shaped is split l~ongitudinally from end
to end; the center of each of the halves
is then followed out, and a greater or
less amount is removed, according to
the intended location of the spar, the
upper spars being much the lighter.
These hollows run nearly the length of
the spar, great care being essential to
have them follow the taper of the out
side of the spar exactly, to insure uni
form thickness at every point-ot course
when this has been done and the two
halves of the span replaced in their
original position, a circular hole is left
in the center of the spar, running near
ly the whole length, and following its
taper from end to end. After this the
two halves are fastened in place again
by means of wooden bowels, which fas-
ten the split together, being placed al
ternately on either side of the central
hollow, and both bowels and split are
carefully glued. These bowels vary in
size with the size of the spar, but are
usually as long as they a be made
without piercing its outside surface.
They are placed slightly nearer the CEN
ter hollow than the outside, in order to
give them all the length possible. In
small spars the glue and the bowels
suffice, but in large ones metal bands on
the outside are added.-New York Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
On the Free List.

Poor Hankinson, who had come to
make an evening call, paused at the
doorway of the parlor. Young Fergu-
son was there ahead of him.
II can hardly hope for any inter
change of ideas this evening, Miss Ka-
Jones" he said, with a CHASTITY attempt
to be facetious, ION the basis Of unre-
stricted reciprocity. You seem to be
fully protected"
"~Protected?" exclaimed Miss Ka-
jones, with a ravishing smile. Mot at
all, MI. Hankinson. Raw material is
on the free list here. Walk in."-Chi.
cago Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
How to Save Slippers.

A recent advertisement emanating
from a bootshop reads like this: Slip
pers for ladies should never be used for
spanking purposes.
Careful mothers with unruly chill
dren will be presented with a fine, we'll
made rattan carpet beaten with every
pair OF shoes. The wearing quality
of cur slippers will not then be endan-
gered by using them for correcting pur-
poses.
Bring your boy with you, and we
will show you how to use the carpet
heater. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
Spanish Etiuuette.

There is a curious story of how the
Duke d'Aoste, when king of Spain, told
a muleteer to whom he was talking to
over himself, the SUI being hot, for
getting that by so doing he made him a
grandee. Marshal Prim, to prevent this
catastrophe, knocked the mans hat out
of his hand, and according to some the
muleteer had something to do with the
assassination that followed a few days
Observation-Disclosures Spectator.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
A Missing .'V" Discovered.

The Buffalo Express says, Pack my
box with four dozen liquor jugs is the
shortest sentence which contains every
letter of the alphabet. Says the Roches-
ter Post-Express, Where's the letter
v in that sentence?''
To which the Rochester Herald re-
piled, Probably they went to the man
who sold the jugs"
None seems to have seen that it was
probably originally five DOZEN etc.
journal of Education,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
Dumb Luck.

I saw a case of luck awhile age that
nearly made ne crazy. l was in a pool
room down in Baltimore, and I was
playing close to the cushion. Nothing
came my way, and l had but a few dol
lars between me and the touching of
some friend for a stake. | saw a little
fellow come in there with a So bill and
get out with 81, 400 in cash. | wasn't
next, and l didn't get a cent of it. After
it was all over he told us his system.
and it almost made me daffy to think
that any such fool scheme would 90
through.
There were five races that after
noon, and he played them all. He par
leyed his money, and $l,402 is what he
pulled out. If he'd had a good sized
roll when he started, he'd have broken
the sure, and every other room in
the city. And what do you think his
system was? You couldn't guess in a
thousand years. He placed the seventh
horse in every race. He started at the
top and counted down to the seventh,
and she won. Then in the next race
there were but four horses, and he count
ed one, two, three, four and then start
ed at the top again and counted five,
SIX, seven. He played that horse and
won. That was his scheme. His pick
won every race. And what do you think
made him do it? His girl told him to.
Luck? Why, some people have it to
burn, and he was one Of that kind. Not
again in 81, 600 years would that
scheme work. 1 tried it for a week,
and 1 know. Buffalo Express.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
He Married Her.

He (after the honeymoon)-Why did
you use to talk so much about being
afraid that some one would marry you
for money?
She Ia smart woman)-Because if any
one did marry me for money, it would
be such a terrible mistake, You know,
because l haven't any.
He-Oh-um-yes, yes. of course
New York Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16
An Office Secret.

Junior Partner-Our traveller ought
to be discharged. He told one of cur
customers that am an ignorant fool.
Senior Partner shall speak to him
and insist that no more Office secrets be
divulged.-Boston Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

This is a progressive age. The king
of Corea has purchased an electric light
plant in this country, which will have
1000 incandescent lamps and will illu-
inmate the kings palace and grounds.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

In front of his early home, in Swe-
den, stands a monument with this in
scription, John Ericsson was born
here" 1t is a large granite monument
and was built by the miners of his ma
tive region wholly at their own charges.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

Conductor James McEntee of the Un-
ion Pacific railroad claims to have las
seed a deer with a bellcord, an expert
ence that is vouched for by the train
hands. The train was going at full
speed near Echo, U. T., 1t the time.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

And so your son has finished his col
lege course? Did he graduate with
honors?"
"Oh, yes, but he tells me that some
of the other fellows carried them off.
Rascally. wasn't it?"-Boston Tran
script,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

One of the largest retail dry goods
houses in Boston has a standing con-
tract with a daily newspaper to take all
The small change received each day by
The newspaper.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-16

The average cost of building an Eng
Iish ironclad is e48 per ton; French.
e55; italian, EST; German, $50
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11
Production Of silver

The amount of silver mined in the
United States during the calendar year
1893 is now known, and proves to be
greater, and not less, aB many antici-
pated that it would be, than the amount
mined in either OF the two proceeding
years, the total product of the silver
mines in all the silver producing states
and territories of the union during the
twelve months ending Dec. 81, 1893, was
almost exactly &C, 600, 900 Ounces-greater
by two millions ounces than the product
Of 1892, aud by four and half million
ounces than the product of 1891.
The following tabulated statement
shows in what states it was produced,
the states being ommitted in which the
output did not exceed 1000 ounces.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11
Woman Suffrage Movement.

Houston Post
The woman suffrage movement har had
little encouragement in the east while
making such rapid strides in the west
Only the professional agitators have
been prominent Ia advocacy of the suf
fragc for their sex i'll the section which
boasts the higher civilization and intel
lectual culture, and these have simply
been ridiculed
But New York has recently taken hold
of the woman suffrage movement III earn
est and has enlisted in the cause the
women Of the smart society set, as well
rs the strong minded the wives and
daughters Of the millionaires as well Us
the wOrkingwOmeu. and the village bellies
as we'll as the city DANES and demOiselles
Suffrage for women seems to have become
all at once fad, and. in the language Of
a New York paper, ''the mere fact that
they, women of society, with the right of
entry to the most extravagant and not
least frivolous social circle in the world
have come ont for sucl sober, demo
cratic belief, is Il sign of the times most
pOrtemtOus,' A woman suffrage meeting
in the drawing room of Mrs Russell Sage
was attended by the fashionable women
of the metropolis many Of whom spoke
enthusiastically in favor Of the new
movement. Mrs Runklc presented
little pamphlet which sh" had prepared
stating the objections urged against
woman suffrage and her answer to them
i'll parallel columns. Here is sample
at is objected on the one hand that
women are too good for politics, and
must not be contaminated by them, and
on the other hand, that they are too
Enthusiastically aud too unimfOrmed to be
permitted to vote"
But, politics, whether considered as a
science Or an art, is one Of the lsftiest
Studies known 10 the human mind.
Neither man nor woman can he to good
for that study; and, if women are uu-
trustworthy aud uninfOrmed, then the
most efficient remedy for these short
cOmings will be the opportunity and the
necessity for Improvement which the duty
of voting would bring"
The New York women appear to be
very much in earnest just now, bnt it
may be only fad which will soon die
out
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11

The convention of the Wonans Chris
tian Temperance Union, which was held
In shreveport, La, April II, II, aud Ii
was one OF the most successful ever held
IN the state. So large was the attendance
shat the e0Hrt room in wliieh the meet
ings were first held soon proved iuade-
qElate and the e0nyentiOn WAS compelled
to adjourn TO the opera h0use. Among
the valuable workers whose energy and
ability made them important factors III
making the convention a memorable one.
were Mrs. Davis, Mrs Robert Blanks
and Mrs White, OF Monroe: Mrs. Alice
Liable, Misses Baer aud SchTively,of New
Orleans, Mira. Henry Blanks, Columbia.
Hrs. D. N. FharT, of Morgan City, Mrs.
Mary Read 6oaslale, of Baton R0nge, Airs
Ridley and Alrs. Claiborne Foster. OF
Shreveport, and alias Della Nenl. Of Lake
gharles. Mrs aiclsee smell, Of Afissiasip-
81. ana Mrs. Clara Hoffman created hlnel
enthusiasm whit their remarkable p0wers
0f OFafBrv. speaking before packed audi
eneas at the convention of the ~. G. 4.
ii At shreveport. both Indies have
completed arrangements to return 10
Shreveport iar lecture courses. "A clever
w0inan inst returned from ntllaeenseafi0n
draws this comparison betNeen these Two
brilliant aacakare. Mrs. Anell, appeal
iae % the eIantions. sgill sway great
masses, while Mrs. ifptmaD, with her
lagie. appealing 70 the intellect VIII
attract and easNegt the thiniser Miss
Della Neal, tie HaR state Treasurer 9f
Tie ". G. 4. n, Is the youngest oaieef
holding d state position. hlias Neal be-
longs - G'alrasien parish, and L a prom
iaelit w0siser II the interest of the naFi&h
~ her adoption, as she came south only
i lew years age 8f0m her native state,
iowa. besides being al able ionFaalist,
lsaine on She s3aAe Of The Lake Charles
8Weaga ahf possesses femass asie exeeu-
Aige aliiiifv. iAa telling apeakef as Was
proven l3f tia interest ahs afonRad ID the
Worlds aif ezbiilit Size has been
lealanine ann organizing iof the w. q.
a. III more tiana geay A. sHeaAaE
aaa h ha pGMer ~ inatan8iT aGtgaesipe
EisHtloE 81 any aggesEiQH slia nag lfe
Shout make AS IA AaMitsl pna
ne y ksa# lee oaH a. alie
efed hx ne way hH
fst aaI NNa 8ad 6leaH. SIG
baHi aaf ha net
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11

From the South Seas comes the Hews
to San Francisco that Charles Wells
Banks, cashier of one of the big depart
mentB of the WellsFargo Express Com
pany, who cmbezzled $50, 600 and fed to
Tahiti eight years ago, is beachcOm-
Der at BarartOnga on the Cook Islands.
Banks was trusted implicitly and his
flight was a great surprise. He left a
wife and two children, but in Tahiti lac
married native woman. He sguandered
his own stealings as well as his wifc's
money, and has now sunk to the level Of
the three wretches pictured in Steven
sons The Ebh Tide"
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11

The Ave chief silver producing states
and territories,in their oriler of impor-
tance, are Colorado, MONTANA, Utah.
Idaho and Arizona; and each of the
five showed an increase of output for
the year over the year before, with the
single exception Of Montana, whose
production the year before was Il, 800, e.
000 ounces. Colorado, OH the other
hand, which easily holds the pride Of
place, offsets Blontnna's decrease with
handsome increase of !, 800, 900 ounces
over 1892
The coming value of the 60.OOO. O0O
ounces output of 1888 is S77.575, 600: hut
it is needless 10 remark that, with the
prevailing low price of silver, the market
value Of the output of 1898 would not
amount to the half of that sum The
present price OF silver is but 81 cents and
the entire product of 1895 would be
worth at that figure only S3I, 200, 600
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11

Writing about the white house occu-
pants, correspondent says: ''Ehc
president has already commenced to
enjoy a little Of the outdoor life which
is the chief feature of his country home,
lie finds the requisite privacy for walk
ing in the white house grounds, which
are kept locked nearly all the time lately.
As the nurses and children spend every
bright afternoon there, the gates are
kept closed during these hours and again
after5, so that the garden is .no longer
the public thoronghfaTe it has always
been. The president, however, cares very
little about walking esDeeially since
attacks Of gOut in his feet have been
more annoying than usual, He likes to
60 riding, and it is very seldom that
day passes without his enjoyment of an
hour or two with Mrs Cleveland of his
favorite country drives. Between and
> every day is their usual hopr for going
out. Mrs Cleveland used to spend her
mornings leisure in driving, bnt now
she has taken to walking instend,
aud almost every day she has enjoyed Il
long walk through the West End, accom-
panied By some Indy friend. The world
at large sees sgery1 little Of the white house
babies Ruth goes riding every day with
her new gevelness, and has learned some
German, mneli to the delight Of her pre-
oeptress when ale Is IN tlewlite house
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11

The newspaper accounts Of election re-
turns this spring have furnished pleasant
reading for prohibitionists, and especial
~ for white-ribbOners. Never before
has the saloon question been So promi-
nent in local politics, never has anti
license achieved so many victories, never
have so many prohibition men been
elected to office, 1t appears in Illinois,
where license was very generally the
issue, and where the result has been
almost universally favorable to prohibi-
tI0n, there is no Law authorizing munich
pal authorities TO submit the question 10
the people. Hence the vote is not bind
ing aud city and town officials may
proceed in accordance with their own
views on the subject. Nevertheless the
popular voice has been heard and if the
viii of the people is ignored by the poll
tician, sacrificed to his party OF Idols, it
will only tend to hasten the time when
this same people will rise to their rriyi-
leges and be4sOyerign, not only in name
hut In fact Union Signal.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11

Those who would have to pay the in
come tax Iif lcvied) should get together
and publicly denouncc as slanderers the
mel who are opposing such taN on the
ground that it will be evaded through
puriury. If snch All argument is good
against an income tax, it is equally as
good against takes Ou personal property,
and if men will swear falsely to escape
the former, il is very certain that they
are nov resorting 10 like methods to
cvadc the latter.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11
HOW is THIS ?

Something unique even in these days of
mammoth premium oilers, is The latest effort
OF Stafford Magazine, a New York monthly
OF home and general reading
The proposition is to send tue Magazine
one year for one dollar, the regular subscrip-
lion price, and in addition 10 send each sub
scriber fffty-two complete novels during the
twelve months one each week,
Think OF ii! You receive new aud COM
plete novel, by mail post paid, every week
for fifty-two weeks, and in addition you get
the magazine once month for ;welve months
all for one dollar. Il is an offer which the
publishers can only afford to make in the con
fident expectation Of getting hundred thou
sand new subscribers.
AmOug the authors ia the coming series
are WiIke Collins, Walter Besant, Mrs Oil
phant, Mary Cecil Lay, Florence Marryat,
Anthony TrolloPc, A. Conan Doyle Miss
Braddon, Captain Marryat, Miss Til lckery and
Jules Verne. II you wish to take advantage
Of this unusual opportunity, send one dollar
for StafTords Magazine one year. Your first
copy Of the magazine, and your first number
Of the flfty-two novels lone each week. which
you ale to receive during the year will be sent
you by return mail.
Remit by P. 0. Order, registered letter Or
express. A idress,
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Publishers of
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P. 0. Box 2264, New York, n. Y.
Please mention this paper.
4-'9+ly
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-11
Women at the Polls.

When lovely woman sbo0ps to folly,
And finds too late the polls bore,
What charm can sOo,h her melancholy
What art her ruined frOcks restored
The only art her grief to cover,
To show the men they've found their match,
To square accounts with brutes who shove her
And spoil their prospects is--to scratch.
-Ncr York Tribune