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The herald., 1894-05-04
Japs Going In For Matchmaking.

The enterprising Japs, ever on the
lookout for the chance of turning a few
honest pennies, have just gone in for
matchmaking. a large company with
headquarters at Yokohama has been
started, and as labor in Japan is Cheap
and the Japanese possess in remark
able degree the mechanical skill which
Is so essential in the business its pros
poets ought to be good. London Figaro.
The herald., 1894-05-04
IT NAV Do az Much for You.

Mr. Fred Miller OF Irving. III writes that he
had severe kidney trouble for many years,
with severe pains in his back, and also that
his b adder was affected. He tried maj so
result About yenr ago he began the use of
Electric Bittcrs and found rsli 81 at once. Elec.
trio Biiters H. especially apted to the cure OF
almost instant relief One trial Will prove orr
ststement Price emily SOC for large bottle. At
The herald., 1894-05-04
Brecllinridge's Sadness.

Congressman Breckenridge of Ken
lucky has a sad way of speaking when
he wishes to be impressive, which al
ways is intensified in the last part of
his speech. Tom Reed came into the
house the other day while Breckenridge
was winding up speech and listened
for moment. Then he turned to Gen
eral Cogswell and said, Can you tell
me the Tnams,of the deceased?" San
Francisco Afgonaut.
The herald., 1894-05-04

In his story of the last moments Of
Lincoln Horatio King relates that Stan
ton, when the attending physician, with
his finger Cd the great martyrs pulse,
announced that the end had come, said
with deep feeling, He now belongs to
the ages. "
The herald., 1894-05-04
A 90 Rhyme.

A queer little boy who had been to school
And was up to oil Sorts of tricks
Discovered that when upside down
Would pass for the figure 6.
So when asked his age by a good old dame
The conical yotngster sold,
I'm when stand on my feet like this,
But when / stand on my head"
--Cnatterbox.
The herald., 1894-05-04

A Boston paper states that Chicago
grocer sells soap every tenth cake of
which contains in it's center gold dol
lar, and that the citizens Of Chicago are
in consequence getting to look tolerably
clean.
The herald., 1894-05-04
Among INC degenerate Romans from

Among the degenerate Romans from
A. D. 100 to A. D. 500 titles were grad
ed with almost mathematical exactness,
and men of different social rank insist
ed on being addressed as illusters, spec
Tables, clarissimi, perfectissimi, eyre
gil, and SO on, according to thcir posi-
ton
The herald., 1894-05-04

The centurion, as the name implies,
was the commander of hundred men
IN the Roman army.
The herald., 1894-05-04
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Michael zadora, Pianist.

Ten-year-old Michael zadora is re-
markable child. He is the only son Of a
New York music teacher, and at the age
of s would toddle to his fathers piano
and astonish his parents by his manipu-
lation Of the ivory keys. Long before his
tiny hands could span more than half an
octave on the instrument he was receiv-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
Oratory,

The most eloquent speakers are not
the most powerful" says Hon. John
Fithian of Illinois. There are men
who could hold an audience spellbound
with a speech about cockroach and at
the close of it the people would not
know whether the cockroach was an
animal, a bird or a piece of machinery.
I saw an illustration of this one time in
> political meeting. One of the most
eloquent speakers in the country is En-
erson Etheridge, and l heard him deliver
y speech that swayed the hearers like
music at the hands of a master. There
was nothing that he could not do with
The crowd while they were under his
control. His opponent had a voice like
a big bass viol, halted and stammered,
but confined himself to homely Ian
guage and rather coarse ridicule. |
watched the vote in that precinct, and
the measure advocated by the eloquent
speaker scarcely received a vote, while
the other man had carried everything
before him as if by Storm"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
Sensitive HOrses.

Harsh treatment, though it stop short
of infiicting physical pain, keeps a nerv-
GUS horse in a state Of misery. On the
other hand, it is perfectly true, as a be-
sotted but intelligent stable keeper once
observed to me, "a kind word for a boss
is as good sometimes as a feed of oats"
A single blow may be enough to spoil
a racer. Daniel Lambert, founder OF
the Lambert branch Of the Morgan fam
lily, was thought as a 3-year-old to be
the fastest trotting stallion of his day.
He was a very handsome, stylish, intel
ligent horse, and also extremely sensi-
tive.
His driver, Dan Mace, though one of
the best reinsmen in America, once made
the mistake, through i'll temper or bad
Judgment, of giving Daniel Lambert a
severe cut with the whip, and that sin
gle blow put an end to his usefulness as a
trotter. He became wild and ungovern-
able in harness and remained SO for the
rest of his life.
In dealing with a horse more than with
most animals one ought to exercise pa
tience, care and above all the power Of
sympathy, go as to know if possible the
real motive of his doing or refusing to
do this or that. To acquire such knowl-
edge and to act upon it when required
is a large part of the ethics of horse.
keeping.-Youth's Companion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
A Climbing Bullock.

At the great slaughter houses in the
Partisan suburb of La Villette there is
a granary from which the beasts await
ing execution are fed. The way to it is
up a substantial ladder staircase. One
of the bullocks, having escaped from the
pens, climbed up this staircase before he
could be stopped. When his escape was
first discovered, he was seen on the
stairs, slowly and laboriously making
his way upward. AS soon as he reached
the granary two or three attendants fol-
lowed him and endeavored to get him
down, but all their efforts we're unavail-
ing. There was nothing to be done,
therefore, but to leave the beast there
to eat his fill and then see whether he
would be clever enough to return by the
way he went. Possibly some thought
of exhibiting him in public may have
crossed the minds of his guardians, but
if so they were doomed to disappoint-
ment. The stupid animal, instead of
trusting to the staircase, got out of a
window on the opposite side of the
building and put n foot on q little
thin ladder standing against it. There
was a crash, the ladder broke in half
and the too adventurous bullock fell.
breaking all his legs, 80 that he had to be
killed on the spot.-Paris Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
AbrogRting the Fees.

Mrs. Pigg, a very charming and viva
cious widow, called recently on a legal
friend of hers to consult him on a matter
Of interest to her.
"You know, sir" she said to him, "that
when the late MI. Pigg died he left me
all his fortune, much to my satisfaction,
Of course, but he handicapped me with
the name of Pigg, which l me-: a-y I
don't like"
well" ventured the attorney, 81 pre-
sumo a handsome woman isn't especially
complimented by being left a Pigs"
Il should say not" she laughed.
"Now, what l came to BEE you about was
whether or not l must apply to the legis-
lature to get it changed"
"Um-er." he hesitated as if wrestling
with a great legal problem. "um-er-
yes, but an easier way is to apply to o
parson, and I'll pay all the expenses my
self"
It was sudden, but q widow is eve
caught mapping, and she appointed that
evening for another consultation.-De-
troit Free Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
THE BALLOON IN BATTLE.
How 1t Is Managed and Information Trans
mltted and Received.

mItted anu heceiveu.
Balloon and wagon have formed a juno
ton and are ready to start with the
troops. Away goes the wagon, with tho
balloon hanging on to its tail, while the
attendant sappers on each side keep it
steady. The train movts along at a good
round pace. easily keeping up with or
even passing the infantry, and makes for
the particular spot'at which it has been
determined to commence balloon opera
tons, which is usually ON the top Of q
good high hill.
An ascent is an easy enough matter
and is soon accomplished. The balloon
is securely fixed to the end Of the wire
rope. and the two men who are to ascend
take their places. At the word Of com
mand the men who have been holding
down the car let go, and up shoots the
balloon, unwinding the rope as it rises
and allowed sometimes to ascend to a
height Of 1000 feet. And suppose the
officer receives instructions to move Tire
position Of the balloon, is it necessary to
haul it down? Not a bit Of it. A man
is placed at the end Of the wagon who
carefully guides the connecting rope 30
that it cannot get entangled or run risk
of being cut, and away goes the wagon,
sometimes at a trot across fields and up
and down hill. until the balloon itself is
a long distance away from its original
station. Next, suppose that it is neces-
sary to lower the balloon. Is it needful
to wind in all the wire rope that has been
paid ont from the reels2 No such thing.
The balloon is brought to earth in a
much more expeditions manner.
A long, stout pole, in the middle of
which is a pulley wheel, is laid across
the rope. Half a dozen men seize the
pole and run it along the rope, and their
weight soon brings the balloon down to
the ground. Passengers can then be ex-
changed, or any other operation can be
carried on, and then the men run the
pole back, and up shoots the balloon
again many hundreds of feet into the
air, without having been away from it's
| exalted position more than a few minutes.
But it is not necessary to lower the bal
loon in this or any other way whenever
it is required that messages should be
exchanged between those below and those
above. There are various contrivances
for doing this. Sometimes, for instance,
a wire is attached, through which mes
sages can be sent to a telephone. Another
plan is to send messages down the wire
cable. A little wire hook is fastened
around the cable, and the letter or pa
! per, weighted with a small sandbag, is
sent luttering down. The human voice,
it may als5 be added, can be heard both
from a considerable height and depth, so
that verbal communication isnot difficult
If there is no wind.-Good Words.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
YOUNG wINDesANk.

They shot young W~indebank Just here.
By Merton, where the sun
Strikes on the wall. Twas in a year
OF blood the deed was done.
At morning from the meadows dim
He wAsched them dig his grave.
Was this in truth the n for him.
The well beloved and brave2
He marched with soldier scarf and sword,
Set free to die that day
And free to speak once more the word
That marshaled men obey.
But silent on the silent band
That faced him, stern as death
He looked, and on the summer land
And on the grave beneath.
Then, with a sudden smile and proud,
He waved his plume and cried:
"The kingi The king!'' and laughed aloud
1.-THE kingI TIT kingl' and died.
Let none affirm he vainly fell
And paid the barren cost
OF having loved and served too well
A poor cause and q lost.
He in the souls eternal cause
Went forth as martyrs must
The kings Who make the spirit laws
And rule us from the dust.
Whose wills, mistaken by the breath
OF adverse fate, endure
To give us honor strong as death
And loyal low as sure.
Margaret s. Woods.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
ROYAL German Dinner.

A characteristic of all dinners given to
the court and military officials by the en-
peror and empress of Germany is that
there is always provided a dish of sweet
meats, which holds az well pictures of
the royal pair and their children, each
bonbon having a likeness painted upol
it. And when the hosts retire there is
something approaching ascramble among
the dignifed officers and fupctionaries
for one of these much valued souvenirs
to take home to equally eager wives and
daughters.-New York Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
dangerously i'll. Would Colonel Hardy
mentu come al once in the cab sent2

menu come III once III Jne can senbs
He jumped in, was driven off rapidly
along the embankment, the long line of
lights on which were the last things he
distinctly remembered. Somewhere there
he lost consciousness-a vague recollec-
ton of the odor of chloroform chung to
him-and only came to himself long
afterward, as it seemed. and then he wa
awakened by a sharp sense of discon-
fort and pain.
He found that he was bound hand
and foot to the bench or which he lay.
Then the pale dawn broke and gave a
dim light into the den in which he was
imprisoned. 1t was a back scullery OF
probably a long empty and deserted
house.
He made frantic, fruitless efforts to
free himself and shouted at intervals
! till he was voiceless and faint from ex-
haustion. At last in one of his widest
struggles the bench to which he was
fastened toppled over, and he came heavi-
ly to the ground.
He must have lain senseless for hours.
When he regained consciousness, he
heard voices. Two men We're in the
kitchen too busily engaged to take any
notice of him.
"'Where1l We stow it?
Here in the chimley, high up above
the damper. It'll lie there safe until TO-
morrow: then we'll fetch in key to
trade
"'And this cove" said the first speak
er, giving Hardyment a savage kick.
"'Let him rot. Leave him where he
is. Maybe tomorrow We'll do for him.
It'll be safest, Ell?
"Then the two ruffians-one of whom
the colonel recognized as his discharged
servant, Raskelf-departed without an
other thought Of their captive.
There was no hope for him. Present
torture prolonged past endurance per-
haps, then a violent death. He rolled to
and fro, now above and now under the
bench, continually injuring himself and
yelling often with the pain of some sud-
den collision or blow.
''Then he struck against something.
The fingers of his right hand touched it,
and with the exaggerated sense of touch
due to his position he realized that it was
a matchbox!
although his wrist was bound, his
fingers were free, and at last, after end
less attempts, he opened the box, and
then ensued a long struggle before he
could strike a match. But he succeeded,
finally succeeded also in applying the
light to one of his bonds.
IA second and a third match were
necessary, but at last the cord caught
fire and was burned-oh, so slowly
smoldering, smoldering, all the night
through. The dawn had broken before
his right hand was free.
"To escape from the house was an easy
matter. But it took three hours to drag
himself to Pail Mall from Seacole street,
Stratford, and he was well nigh done
when he reached his home.
"In less than an hour a watch was set
upon the house in which the colonel had
been imprisoned. The two scoundrels
who had been first his captors, then his
jailers, and one at least Of them his per-
senator, were taken red handed as they
returned in search of their "swag."-
English Exchange.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
THE woNDE rs or ATOMS.
Even the Smallest speck Visible Contains
Millions of Particles.

Millions Of Particles.
There are but few persons outside of
the ranks of the biological students that
have any idea of what is meant by the
expression IAN atom of matter" When
the microscope is applied to the exami-
nation of living tissue. whether that
tissue be of animal or vegetable life. Il
is soo observed that all living things
are made up of minute bodies called
organisms" Experts in the various
branches of biological research VIII also
tell you that no essential difference can
be distinguished between those cells
which go to make up the sum total Of
animal life and those which give the
vegetable its existence. These life cells,
although wonders within themselves,
are made up of minute particles called
''atoms," which are so small that they
must over remain invisible to the hu-
man eye. Some critical reader will SAY.
If this last remark be true, how CAD
it be proved that such infinitesimal par
ticles as your 80 called atoms exist
To this query the reply would be that ii
is only when an untold number of these
atoms unite themselves SO as to form a
single body, like the grains in a pop
corn ball, that they become at all visi-
BILE and then only by the best appliances
that optical science has been able ,o
furnish.
This being the case. it is not an exag,
geration to say that every little piece ii
matter which we are able to see Is bIilt
up of millions upon millions of these
atoms which are 80 small that no mind
can comprehend their minuteness, ever
when taken in aggregations of thou
sands. There are, of course, many dit
ferent kinds of atoms, such as atoms Of
carbon, hydrogen. oxygen, ETC.. each Of
which IS believed to have its OWE par
ticular size and weight. Then. too,
they probably differ in shape as well as
size. According to the specialists IN
this line, they combine together by mu-
tual attraction, which is in some cases
called cohesion and in others chemical
affinity, according as the atoms are of
the different elements. This being the
case it is easy to understand why myr-
lads Of these atoms Of all sizes and
shapes, fitted snugly n against tie
other, combine together in varying de
grees Of Intensity to build up structures
possessing all the various degrees Of
stability and solidity. Some of the most
wonderful theories ever advanced on
the atomic theory are by Sir William
Thomson, the English scientist. In one
of these articles he proves by three diff
ferent trains of arguments that an atom
cannot be greater than the one one hun
dred and fifty millionth of an inch nor
lees than one-fve billlonth of an inch
st. Louis Republic.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
OLD FRIENDS THE BEST.

Grandpa looked at his fine. new chair
On tho twenty-sixth Of December,
Baying: santa Claus Is 30 good to mel
He never fails to remember.
But my own armchair is thu one for me-"
And he settled himself In 4. nicely.
u hope ne won't mind IL l cling to it.
For 1t fits my back precisely
Papa came home that very night
He had plowed his way through the snow
And the Christmas twinkle had left his eva.
M his step was tired and slow.
Warming for him his slippers lay.
The lovely, embroidered In gold ones
That hung on the Christmas tree last night.
But he slipped his feet in the old ones.
And when dear little Marjory's bedtime came
On the parlor rug they found her,
The long, dark lashes adroop OH her cheeks
And her Christmas toys around her.
Neglected Angelique's waxen nose
The fire had melted completely,
But her precious rag doll, Hannah Jane,
On her breast was resting swcetly.
independent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
Oscar Wilde's Memory.

Oscar Wilde has enough Irish blood
In his veins to occasionally make a bull.
In London an American, who had met
Wilde previously, rushed up to him and
grasped his hand. Oscar drew back a
little.
why. don you rememb Der Ine?" ex-
claimed the American, rather taken
Aback.
We'll, to tell you the truth" re-
marked Oscar placidly. Il remember
FOUR name perfectly. but for the life
If me l can't recollect your face
Exchange.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30

Mrs. jackson Parke-What in The
wcrld is keeping you up SO late:
Mr.. Jackson Parke-1 am writing an
article for the papers on How I Killed
Ny First Hog" These literary chaps.
with their stories Of how they wrote
their first books, are not going to have the
field all to themselves, not by a jugful.-
indianapolis journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
How to Buy Collars.

Note for bachelors: When you buy
collars, you will save yourself much
,nspeakable anguish by asking for a
ape and measuring the collars from
outtonhole to buttonhole. They will fire.
luently be found to vary half an inch or
o from the size with which they are
tamped, but that little half inch is one
# the things that are making ne prema-
urely bald.-Boston Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
Beginnings of the Income Tax,

In 1877 a tax unheard of before" was
imposed by parliament, which took the
form of a poll tax, graduated chiefly &C
cording torank, though partly according
to property. Dukes had to pay &c lbs.
i'd; earls, ga; barons, GO; knights, 81;
squires, 6s. 3d., or, if they had no land,
Be-. Id. Beggars were exempt. Yet the
whole amount collected was under e25,-
600. The poll tax having failed, the
country reverted to the previous system
of granting ffteenths and tenths.
The first indication of an income tax
occurs in 1896, when an act was passed
imposing a tax IN every person "seized
of manors, lands, tenements, rents, an
nuities, offices or any other possessions"
But, although we have here the idea of
income tax, yet this mode of raising 8
revenue is generally considered to have
been introduced by Pitt in 1899. The
rate was 10 per cent, and it produced
about $4,000, 900. After the peace of
Amiens, Arlington repealed it on the
ground that it ought to be exclusively
reserved for times of war, but reimposed
it, for the same reason, when the war
broke out again in the following year.
It was very unpopular and was repealed
in 1906, as Don as possible after the
close of the great war.
The tax was reimposed by Peel in 1912
for four years, his object being ''to re-
lieve trade and commerce from the tram
mels by which they were bound" by re-
pealing other taxes in his opinion more
injurious. We were. however, over and
over again promised that it should be
only temporary, and it is still only i'm
posed from year to year.-Sir John Lub.
book in North American Review.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
A Presuming Creature.

Gus de Smith-At the ball the other
night you only danced once with Miss
Esmeralda Longcofin.
Johnnie Masher-I can't afford to en-
courage that girl. What do You think !
smell whenever she is around?
"Onions?"
"Worse than that. l smell orange
blossoms. She means business; hence !
must discourage her. She is not able to
support q husband. How presuming the
girls are getting to be nowadaysr'-
Texas Siftings.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30
Wild Plunge of Horse and Man.

Mr.. Richard Sutherland of Anderson
county had an experience Sunday after
noon that he will not soon forget. He
was approaching the bridge at Bonds
mill, in that county, when the horse
which he was riding took fright and
leaped over an embankment 80 feet high
into the river. As the horse went over
he turned a complete somersault, throw
ing the rider headlong into the river.
The wonder is that both man and horse
were not instantly killed. MI. Suther-
land received some severe bruises, es-
pecially about the lower limbs, but his
injuries are not Of a serious nature. The
horse came out without a scratch.-Lon-
isville Courier-Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-30

Cholles Gin the Softly clubeAh you a
Wepublican or a Democwat?
Fwedewick-Ash me man Jeames. He
attends to al that sort Of thing fob me.
Chicago Record.