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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01

cuRRANTs FROM GREECE.
A Cheap and Dirty Food That Gets Mixed
Into the American Pudding.

Currants are dried seedless grapes
from Greece, produced from the black
or white Corinth varieties, the word
''currant" being an English corruption
of the word ,Corinth.'
There are other forms Of dried seedless
grapes-such as sultanas, from the seed
less sultana, and especially in California.
also, the Thompson seedless and the seed
less muscatels.
All such dried seedless grapes serve
h same purposes-viz, they are used
in cooking, in pies and pudding and
cakes, being desired because the absence
of seeds saves labor in preparing them
FOR the kitchen.
Currants, however, have a technical
trade name limited to the dried grapes
of the Corinth varieties. They are filthy
products which do not deserve n IA
vor, being dried on the bare ground and
gathered together with the dirt and
gravel, which every housewife under
stands. If she is clearly, she picks out
the gravel and washes out the dirt. The
slovenly cook saves the dirt and permits
you to crack your teeth on the gravel.
"Raisins" are technically dried grapes
of the muscatel and other varieties, rec
ognized by size and appearance, having
seeds, and sometimes with, sometimes
without, the stems.
"Dried grapes in our markets are
usually the same as ~raisins, but from
varieties which have little pulp-such as
dried ~zinfandels, ETC., not suitable for
dessert purposes.
The terms ''raisins and other dried
grapes" might not be construed to in
clude currants, but ''raisins and all other
kinds Of grapes preserved by drying
would certainly include c%urrants.-
1t costs as much or more to produce
''currants' in California as it does to
produce sultanas or seedless musca-
tells, because all our methods are clean.
The Grecian dirty methods would not be
tolerated with us. If Grecian c~urrants
are cheaper, it is because their methods
are such that their goods should usually
be excluded from our own markets. A
low tariff on ''currants" is a premium on
dirt. The labor required to clean them
makes them cost more than clean Cali
fornia goods-a consideration, however,
not appreciated in trade.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
ARTISTIC CoTroN Gowns 0 LADIES.

ARTISTIC COTTON GOWNS o LADIES.
The materials for these gowns are
the Scotch ginsham>, light weight
Iephyrs, heavier Chambray and the
Madras cottons. The new patterns
show small figures, corded lines, stripes
small dots. Some oi the ginghans
are more elaborate aud have intr-wopen
white designs to initiate tambnur I'm
broidery, raised ELK or linen dots or
stripes and some ii crrpe-like surface.
Colors are light aud dainty. Their
styie OF making is similar 10 that of
the cloth dresses, and very frequently
the elaborate giughams are shown with
the dark coior u,ed as trimming. Dim
ity muslin, too, Is IN vngu" this year,
in striped and fancy patterns. The
Mcdowell Fashion Journal. from
which these fashion items are taken,
contain "A great variety "f models for
the Use ."t th+se materials. Their
coupon patterns. moreover, which are
so popular, show many new designs
which are unique in point OF artistic
taste, style and practicahility. OF
these fashionable publications, La
Mode de Paris aud ''Palis Album Of
Fashion" cost only So 80 each per
year or 30 cents a copy. The
French Dres>makrr" is $500 per an
mum or 30 crnts IA c"py. ola Mode"
a family Journal which has no superior
aud no equal III this country, only costs
the trifing sun Of $3.50 per year or
Is cents copy, TIE three first men
toned publications offer $l.00 worth
of coupon patterns, and Ola Mode
fifty cents worth of patterns as IA pre-
minm for Il yearly subscription. If
you are unable to procure any of these
journals from your newsdealer, do o
take any substitute from him, but ap-
ply bv mail 20 Messrs. A. Mcdowell &
Co., 4 West l4th street, New York.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
The Cat Came Back.

A remarkable story of a cat is told by
DIR. W. O'Neill of Lincoln. The owners
of the animal took it with them in a bas-
ket by train when they moved to London
from Lincoln, where it had been born and
reared. In about a months time it disap-
peared, and eventually turned up at its
former residence at Lincoln. 1t is COM
puted that pussy performed tho journey OF
140 miles in about eight days, travelling
at the rate of over II miles per day, and,
although the cat was travel stained and
rather thin in flesh, still it was in fairly
good condition when it reached Lincoln.
Gloucester (England) Citizen.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
NOTICE OF SALEUNDER CHATTEL MORTGAGE


Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
chattel mortgage executed on the 22d day OF
April, 1893, and duly filed in the Office of the
county clerk of Red Willow county. Nebraska
on the 18th day of May, 1885, executed by
James M. Starr to Winnie D. Stoddard to Sc
cure the payment of the sum of SI75.oo and
interest at seven per cent. from date, and upon
which there is now due the sum of SIS7.75, de,
fault having been made in the payment Of said
sum, and no suit or other proceedings at law
having been instituted to recover said debt OF
any part thereof, therefore l will sell the prop.
erty therein described, viz: One bay mare six
years old, weight about LOO pounds, and one
brown mare seven years old, weight about
1900 pounds, at public auction at the ~intersec-
ton of Main and Dennison streets, in the city
of McCook, in Red Willow county, Nebraska,
on Saturday, the ninth day of June, 1894. at
one o'clock p. m. of said day.
Dated this 10th day of May, 1894.
WINNIE D. STODDARD, Mortgage
BY w. S. MoRLAN, her Attorney 52-3ts.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
The cuckoo


What cares the cuckoo
For his counIry's veal.
When Growers favor
Rewards his fawning zeal?
The shops are closed
And famine stares.
What cares the cuckoo
When his master dares?
The cuckoo doubts not
So that Grover guides
And dares not question
Aught that he decides.
But the peoples wrath
Most surely will
Lay out the cuckoo
With November's chill.
George A. Claim.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
The Prettiesf Girl in Town

Has been using Parks Tea and she
says; My complexion is much i'm
proved. That muddy look is all gone.
| take "a EMP OF Parks Tea three nights
a week and feel just elegant" Sold
by McMillen.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01

What's the difference between a
good boy aud AL elephant? Why.
good boys always take Haller's Sure
Cure Cough Syrup and elephants don't.
For sale bv Mcdonnell & Go.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01

A life Of crime is often the result OF
running in debt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
DR.. HATHAWAY & Co.,
%SPECIALISTSA
Regular Graduates.)
Are the leading and most successful specialists and
will give you help.
Young and mid
die aged men.

ReinnrkAble re-
suits have follow
ed our treatment.
Many of
varied and success
fui experience
In the use OF cura-
I've methods that
we alone own and
control for all dis
orders OF men who
have weak, unde-
aveloped OF dts
leased organs. or
who are suffering
u rom errors OF
youth and excess
for who are
Iand snlpO g,
sthe scOrn of their
sfcllows and the
contempt Of their
friends aud com
panions, lead5 US
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01
MYSTERIES
The Nervous System the Seat
of Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries.

No mystery has ever compared with that OF
human life. 1t has been the leading suDJecs
OF professional research and study In all ages.
But Notwithstanding this fact it Is not gener-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-01

ally k n o W II
that the seat
of life Is loca-
ted the up-
per part OF the
spinal C o r. d.
near tho base
of tho brain
and so sensi-
tive is II
portion of the
nervous sys-
TEN that even
the prick ola
needle Will
cause instant
death.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

ITO fully explain this system, which
has been dubbed the integral by race
goers, table OF the first day OF the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

they were taking, for so far they we're
counting only on natures aid 70 their
scheme.
DIVERSION OF THE PLOT.
The day be married the heiress it did
not seem as though any other would be
needed. She was so frail she could
scarcely stand, and so dim Of eye she
ran her fingers over her new husbands
face as a luckier woman might have
looked at him. He took her away 10
the West Indies. His sister" left De-
hind, heard from the pair but rarely,
until word came that they were coming
home 20 the house now shut up, which
in their absence the "sister" had bought,
fitted up aud furnished exquisitely with
part OF the brides money. There she
awaited them, there she saw coming
over the threshold blooming young
creature. clear eyed light footed, love
healed aud love Illuminated, a pattern
OF delight.
There, TOO, she saw that her copart-
ner was caught TO his own net-he had
grown 10 love his new wife as he had
never loved her Still, she was unpre-
pared for what came later. She nerved
herself TO give them q cordial greeting
to smile and turR aside the BRIDES
eager thanks for all her trouble. She
even put the new mistress at the head
OF the table az dinner, in spite OF her
blushing protest As they sat over their
desert the husband drank much wine.
BY and by he filed three glasses and
babe the two women drink with him TO
health and success. AS be juggled with
the glasses his wife saw him drop some
thing into one of them-then pass 10 10
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

her. Instantly her resolve was made.
She drank half It's contents, then man
aged TO substitute hers for his own
partly emDtied glass. Then she said,
her lips already twitching:|
DRANK THE DEATH DRAUGHr.
you must driak every drop-Or the
charm Will not work
He at once drained ,he drauRht The
freDzied woman sprang up and caught
him 10 q straiEing embrace.
"YOu are inine-at last, >" she shrek
ed; "mire-and Deatl's.'
ONLY the servants saw and heard.
Later on they sent for the good priest,
wao buried the man and woman In one
grave, and sent the poor girl, a ravlng
maniac, TO safe retreat. The story
was hushed up as not good TO the use
OF ediiying. Then after a year or such
matter a desirable tenant was found for
the house.
But the desirable tenant did not stay.
He went out 40 the end of week, and
after an interview with the agent had
bis lease duly cancelled. That was 10
May. Another person took il In the
kIIa nc NtlI A.lllgA q NiNNhtAf Ne-N-- =
10 up, rendering no public reason. But
third family talked with a vengeance.
They could get oct sleep o. nights, they
said, because of o woman who went
wai.ing up and down, beating her breast
and crying ont that she was deserted.
Then, just before midnight, came the
piercing shrieks as OF one
in mortal agony-aud after them the
words, growing faint aud fainter, mime
and Deatb'sl Mine and Death's.'
Examples might be endlessly multi
piled. There is not o nook or corner Of
the and that has not it's own sufficient
ly authenticated sppartitiOn. The real
marvel lies 10 finding out that the most
modern thought no longer
rsckous these appartiJiOns such stuff as
dreams are made Of.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

ITO leave the actual working OF the
scheme for the present, will go into
its advantages as a means Of specializing
in this particular field. In the first
place il relieves a man who has become
habituated TO race track betting OF
vast amount OF study. Men who, either
for livelihood or for the pleasure Of
betting and winning, go TO the races
every day OF the season, often spend
two or three hours Of each evening
studying the card for the next day aud
comparing weights and performances.
This, at the best, is unsatisfactory
work. Some horse that you
have figured has an excellent
chance goes up in the betting.
not because lac has less chance OF win
mag than he had at his lower price, but
because several big fish have passed him
by in favor OF other starters. You be-
come undecided, and begin to weigh
the chance OF the horse you know TO
have been backed for hundreds, al
though he isn't the favorite, or even
that ordinarily tempting animal, the
second choice. Some betting men can
not dissociate race horse and his
price. Figuring on the rarity Of long
shot wins, as compared with the great
number Of long shot starters, and the
prevalence OF first. second or third
choice winners-snd here we have
eighteen short price horses each day
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

Hoods pills e h5 ia % } per-
fedt IL proportId "a 9. 25c.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

take him nom the ci " or tho
time OF peace he hears the bu go
war time then it's Tom my 70 the
Tom my cear, .we'l back you 'gainst the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28
HOW HE BEAT THIN RACES.
BETTING By A 4SYETEM" WHICH tREALIzED
$3.50 FOR TIE SEASON
Clear Of E1psnsss-Did i! With Small Capital
One Mans Race Track E1psrisncssiTOld, With
All the Facts and Figures.

Il has been for many years a question
whether a man not favored by inside in
formation could succeed In ''oeating"
the races. Any one who is in the habit
of going to the races, or who watches
the returns, can occasionally pick out
horse which is almost sure to win In the
company in which he starts, and very
many bettors have the patience to walt
for races where the best horse can be said
to have what is called "ciAch" Or he
doesn't fall down. But ninety per cent.
OF the men who bet want TO have
wager on almost every race and as
large percentage OF these men have no
means of getting information as to the
condition of the horses in purse races,
II is the easiest thing in the world for
them to make the wrong selection In
four cases out OF five. In an effort TO
recoup they may, and often do, main
tain a high average OF losses for con-
stantly increasing sums uBtll, their
NERVE" gone, they reduce their bets
and ind that when winners begin to
come their way the old score is wiped
out very slowly, il al all.
An old timer, speaking OF racing and
betting, gave the writer his experience
OF the season just closed. This man
played a system, and, as tbs result was
fairly gratifying, the account, given In
his own words, may prove interesting.
my system" he SAID, provided for
playing favorites with an original in
vestment of So, a second bet Of S10i the
first Que lost, third bet of first and
last losses If the second lost, and so on
along the line of the favorites for the
day.
GRAvEsEND's FIRST DAY.
ITO fully explain this system, which
has been dubbed the integral by race
bio ~ fha fri lau of the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

went to the post at to 5, which Is
really what small bettor should con-
slider a prohibitive price. He won.
Then Don Alonzo won at 3 TO 5. This
closed another series 50 winner. Their
Will Fonso won az II to and another Sc
ries closed. Raceland, the next favorite,
with only five dollar bill on his chances,
lost, aud Nanki Pooh won S12 for the
$40 invested. Pickpocket now lost So.
This closed two days play with four
series closed, one loss on the fifth series
and total win Of sol on an investment
of $50. This latter amount put away
and il has never been reintroduced into
the war against the bookmakers. There
was no necessity for my using In other
ways the capital which from this time
on grew slowly but surely, and just Tor
the novelty Of the thing I determined
to adhere TO the system as long as 1t
proved self-supporting.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28
HALLOWEEN
TIE ORIGIN or TIE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF
F0RTUNE-TELLING.
Ca The Eve Of All Saints-A Night When
Spirits Wa.k-Slns Of the Many Ways Of
Finding Out Ones Fate.

While civilized man is rapidly out
growing the IDEAS Of the past, yet there
are some customs that have come down,
hallowed by time and surrounded with
an atmosphere Of sacred mysterlousness.
For every one has a tinge Of supersti-
tion, faint tiat 10 may be that scarcely
colOrs the duIiness of commonplace
lives, but 10 is there. And like the moss
on some ancient ruin, the observance Of
Halloween has come down the years,
nurtured by tender sentiment that
has kept 10 green.
The feast of Halloween is so ancient
that 10 is difficult 20 discover just when
it originated. But it seems % have
been 10 reality, a outstanding Of a
Pagan worship. To ancient Rome the
first OF November was celebrated with
elaborate ceremonies In honor OF the
goddess Pomona, who was the tutelary
deity OF orchards aud supposed 10 re-
present the plenty Of earth as typlted
ln the AuWmual fruits and harvests.
At the beginning OK the Christian era,
it was natural 20 substitute for heather
ceremonies, the rites of the new Faith.
And as the first OF this month was the
feast OF All Saints, the two became
blended or rather the one was merged
into the the other, aud the day Of All
Souls following next, the observance
acquired a supernatural and ghostly
character.
Itcan be readily seen that these obser-
vanceS were common % almost all ma
tions of antiquity. With the Inhabitants
of she isle OF Lewis IL was customary 10
sacrifice TO a sea-god called Shong aud
the ceremonies were Of strange char
acter. On this day all the Inhabitants
collected and each fanny brought With
them peck of malt This WIS made
into beer, a cup was filled with the
LIQUOR aud one Of the men, TAX ng il in
mis- hand, waded into the Sea,A Hold
log Il aloft, be prayed that the would
give them peace and pl The
whole assembly then repaiFSf ouse
whersan altar had BEEN and
upon II burnt s solitary ere
they remained for som ee
until some opa aTtip 6
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

by concealed way Of ingress, so after
barring the door securely they went 90
looD, each with his money under his
alllow and cooked pistol handy. Along
oward two o'clock the relatOr aWose 60
and big, sinewy hands, with strang-
Bog grip on bis throat, ADD what seemed
lke a squat, heavy figure kOeeling upon
BIZ chest
THROTTLED BY SHADES.
He could not CRY out. but being an
Exceptionally strong man, rose upright
in bed, struggling dercelY with his as
sailant, who felt as though he were ma
B cd and covered with long hair. After
a minute he managed 90 cast the thing
Violently from him. 10 fell upon the
door With bard, dull, Earring sound.
His comrade who had BY this time
awakened, called aloud:
"What's tbat?"
''Thievesl Stranglersm painted the
bther "strike a ight-or we shall be
murdered"
But when the light was struck 10
showed nothing whatever. There was
n0 one In the room but their two selves.
The door was fast, the windows had not
been touched, there was no crack nor
.crevlce ia the log wall through which
anything bigger than a mouse could
have come and gone. The two men
'tat up the rest of the night each
with finger on the hammer or
bis pistol, tut they saw nor heard any
.ihiog more until they left az daylight
But some weeks after they heard a
grewsoms tale Of another traveller who
had been found dead Ia the room they
had occupied, with cruel black marks
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

Gravesend spring meeting will be neces-
sary. There were six races TO be played.
As will show later, the outside cost OF
these races, leaving expenses out OF the
account. would have 0eeu sos. took
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

TIE MOST remarkable cures OF scroll
ula on record have been accomplished
by Hoods SsrsapariliR. This medicine
is ubequaIled for DISEASES Of the blood.
naha only Honda
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

Composed by Sidney Jones'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-11-26
BALL Lightning.

The occurrence Of what is known as
ball lightning is SO rare that every in
stance of il is Of some interest. The
London Lancet describes a narrow es.
cape from death by this form of light
ming, which was experienced by dis
tinguished surgeon of Louvain, who had
gone TO visit patient in neighboring
town. He was overtaken by n thunder
storm, and what he described as a ball
of fire descended upon and rendered him
for some time unconscious.
On coming TO himself he found that
the cloth of the umbrella which he had
been holding was completely burned Of
its steel framework, the metal being
twisted into every shape. He attributes
his safety TO the circumstance that the
umbrella had wooden handle. Had il
been of metal be II ust have been instan.
taneously killed. Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-11-26
Don't Forget the date,
Monday Night Nov. 26
sARceVs FAMOUS DUEL.
The Noted Partisan Critics Own story Of
the Encounter.

The Noted Partisan Critics Own story Of
the Encounter.
At this moment appears gentleman
whom all Parts knows and almost all
Parisians adore-namely, Francisque
Sarcey. Knowing himself TO be among
friends, he talked freely. For half a
century nearly our great critic has held
the pen, at first timidly, and now he
wields il with unquestioned authority.
Like most Partisan celebrities, he was
born in the provinces. at Dourdan,
where his father kept school after the
fall of the first Napoleon dissolved the
army in which the elder Sarcey had in
sisted on enlisting in spite Of his excess
i've nearsightednoss, transmitted to his
son. There Sarcey's parents toiled with
varying fortunes, and thence Francisque
took his flight for Paris and walked
firmly in the footprints of tho late Jules
Janin, who also devoted his life TO
dramatic criticism He makes an idol of
the drama He lives for his work. He re-
spectfully considers dramatic criticism
an art and not a trade, and perhaps for
that reason is the greatest critical au-
thority in France
He told us Of his duel with Hector
Pessard, the musical critic and comic
opera composer, who is very charming
man, by the way. Sarcey, in 1865,
wrote scathing attack ON Girardin's
paper, La Liberte. Emile de Girardin
objected ON principle to duels, so the
editorial staff, considering their literary
style insulted by Sarcey drew lots as to
who would call him out and kill him ii
possible. The lot fell ON Pessard. Now
Pessard and Sarcey were great friends,
but ii was necessary to obey the call Of
honor, so Pessard sent the challenge,
which Sarcey accepted with dignity
The adversaries took off their coats and
vests and faced each other, swords in
hand, when, lol the four seconds took to
squabbling over some detail. The dis
pute was long and ferocious, and the
two adversaries fell into conversation,
sword in hand.
Quoth Pessard-I am frozen. Would
you mind if put ON my coat?
Sarcey-A good idea. We can kill
each other later.
Pessard-Let me tell you, my deaI
Sarcey, how greatly admire your tai
ent
Sarcey-I can say tho same to you,
but why are we going to killeach otheri
Pessard-I don't quite know. II
seems you grossly insulted me, and if
do not succeed in killing you that yor
must certainly slay me in expiation.
Sarcey (meditatively)-I do not re
member having insulted you, but if yot
say so suppose it is true.
In the meantime the four seconds
were quarreling furiously One gentle
man was shaking his fist in his oppo
| nent's face and another was brandish
ing his riding whip, whereupUh Sarcey
suddenly burst out laughing aud said;
Come, Pessard, let us separate on
seconds, and then, instead Of cutting
each others threats, We will go anC
have some breakfast. "
Which was no sooner said than done
and the two duelists have been fas
friends ever since Paris Letter il
Philadelphia Telegraph