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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
Fishing tackle at McConnell's.
To California in a Tourist Sleeper.

30 SolAIO Il0 j G 1ONBISl oISSpS1
The Burlington Route personally con
Quoted once-a-week excursions TO Colo
RADIO, Utah and California are just the
things for people of moderate means.
Cheap, respectable comfortable, expe-
ditious. They leaF naha every Thurs
day and go throT 0ithout change, to
San Francisco an Los Angeles. The
tourist sleepers in which excursionists
travel are carpeted, upholstered in rattan
and have spring seats, spring backs,
mattresses, blankets; curtains, pillows,
etc. Only S. for a double berth, wide
enough and big enough for two. Theroute
lies through Denver, Colorado Springs,
the wonderful canyons and peaks of the
Rockies. Salt Lake and Sacramento.
For rates and also for illustrated folder
giving full information, call on the near-
est agent of the Burlington Route OF
write to J. Francis, c. ?. & =. E,
Omaha, Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
To Subscribers of The Tribune.

Readers of THE TRIBUNE will please
remember that cash is an essential in
the publication of a paper. The pub
Usher has been very lenient during the
past few years, on account Of crop fail
ures and hard times, and as a conse-
quence many hundreds OF dollars are
due Oh subscriptions. We are now COM
PEELED to request all who can 20 call and
make settlement in full or in part. IN
view of the facts, our subscribers must
feel the justice and urgency of this re-
quest. The PUBLISHER.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

Women pin from left to right, men
from right t o left. Women button from
right to left, men from left to right.
Women stir from left to right, their tea
for i~nstance,) men from right to left.
Women seldom know the difference be-
tween a right and a left shoe, and if a
housemaid brings mp a mans boots, she
will nine times out of ten, place them SO
that the points will diverge. Can these
peculiarities be explained?-L
Truth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
The Orleans Chautauoua.

One of the most attractive features OF
this years Orleans Chautauqua is that
the Burlington route will sell round trip
tickets at the one way rate from all sta
tons within $50 miles. Ask nearest
B. & NJ. R. R. agent to give you full in
formation, not only about the cost of
visiting the Chautauqua and when the
low rates will be in effect, but also about
what there is to do and see and hear
after vou get there.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
Notice to Bicycle Riders.

Riders of bicycles will please observe
the ordinance against riding on the side
walks, and parents shonld see to it that
their children refrain from riding Oh the
sidewalks and rapid coasting within the
CITY limits. Due attention must be Civ
en- these requests, public safety and re-
gard for life and limb demand it.
ED. JORDAN, Marshal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
Colorado.

One fare plus $500 for round trip,
tickets on sale June 18th and 18th; lin
tied for return, leaving Denver not earlier
than June 20 and not later than June IS,
except by depostitng ticket with joint
agent before June 20 extension Of return
limit may be obtained mp TO and includ-
ing TuIv Is.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
Orleans Chautauoua Dates.

T. Dewitt Talmage. Sunday. June 9TH.
William Hawley Smith, June 1. ?, 3.
David c. Cook, June II TO y. Joseph
T. Berry, June IS to IS. NJ. NJ. Park
hurst, week of June 10th. Write to J. L.
McBrien Or a. R. Easterbrook, Orleans,
Nebraska, for catalogue.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
C~hautauQua Assembly

At Orleans, Neb., June 1-2!. One
fare for the round trip from points with
in $50 miles of Orleans; tickets on sale
June Ist, I'd, 9Th, 9TH, 9th, 18th. 10Th,
18th, 10Th, 10th, 23d and II. Good for
return until and including June 18th,
1SoS
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
Chautauoua Assembly

At Beatrice, Neb., June 1925. One
fare for the round trip from all points
within $50 miles of Beatrice; tickets on
sale June 18th 10 18th inclusive. Good
for return until and including June 2eth,
1896.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

You should have one of those hand
some Is to badges at Beck's, first door
south Of the p%ostofdce.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
DR.. z. L. Kay.

Office, upstairs in the Farmers ant
Merchants bank building. Residence
room q, Commercial hotel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
Plenty of Farms for Rent.

A number of good farms for rent
Call early and get your choice. Appl,
10 P. A. WELLS, over Citizens bank.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

Fifteen (I5l cents will buy a box OF
nice writing paper a. this Office, con.
tanning "a sheets of paper and "a envel-
opes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
For Sale.

One fire proof safe, weight about 1000
pounds; also one Howe platform, double
beam counter scale. /. NJ. SMITH.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

Solid Copper Wash Boilers SI.S7, al
LaTourette's.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

Scythe, Snath and Stone, SI.2o at La
Tourette's.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

Preserving Kettles at cost at LaTour.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19

Screen wire 10 cts. per I'd. at LaTour-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
NlCKELS N DIMES.
Fishing tackle at McConnell's.

Nails 4 cts. per pound at LaTonrette
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

Hall Y..tl LII >,
aImn', ,",h ror Mr. a uon",I @ now comes mo hatL
hnnn,. ;f ;fh9 h.9 va. an' s"!s Nv .o"iu rue
,n ,,S "a. - Ae VII! n"u so'''e o''e u heip MN
lS;mn'n w.. ,,
Sr ""' De ii'hD
% SlA.E of NEW YORK, 80.
'o.Hil S.s of srEuhEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
.2nd day OF May, 1876.
W. p. FISH, Notary Public.
A few days after the foregoing interview
WIN Mr.. Hnbbell | met his nephew, Mr..
William IL. Hailock, at the latter's bank in
i;ath. lie stated that his advice to Mr..
liubbell try Pink Pills for his rheumatism
was due to the wonderful cure OF which he
ilau been an eye witness, which one of the
customers at his bank had experienced from
the use OF tins remedy. The gentleman to
whom he referred was Mr.. William Nc.
Adams, OF the town of Howard, in this
county, and he gave the following interest.
ing account OF the incident;
Mr.. McAdams, who Is about seventy, was
IN the bank IN December, 1874, and in speak.
ing with Mr.. iiallock OF the poor health Of
the lattcr's father, the late George w. Hal.
lock, Mr.. McAdams SAID that he expected
that Mr.. Ha!iock Sr. would outlive him.
lie had been troubled with slceplcssness and
rhe!imatism TO such degree that he was
rapidly running down and he had given up
nope OF hndlng anything that would cure
I.'', ''"e - A""p "i' M'autiiS huu
iried everything that he could find to re-
l,cve ms rhcnmatlsm, without obtaining the
siIsntSst ftiie1. Mr.. hailock stated that Mr..
McAdIms appearance fully showed the con.
u''oh ne was Ill, ana tiiot ne never expected
'osce MN aiiNe again.
In feoruary OF lSoo, Mr.. George W. Hal.
iock oied. rev months later, while busy
IN thc bank, Mr.. William iiallock saw man
enter VINO rrsemhied Mr.. McAdams and
prepare check al the side counter. When
!he check was presented TO MIR. Hallock, see
ing 'he name McAdams at the bottom, he
remembered the conversation OF the pre-
vlous winter, ana asked the man it his
oro,hcr was sun alive; NAlr: McAdams smil-
ingly SAID that he had no brother, and that
IT was evident that Mr.. Hallock did not re:
c"ehize IN nm the same man who had had
inc conversation with nm III the bank the
prrsedlmg winter.
MI. McAdams said that shortly after his
conversation WIN Mr. Hallock in the pre-
ceuins pecemhcr ne had con come across u lit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

help him out for her sake. But the sell
fish beggar would not do that, and
stuck to his point that she could heln
him herself if she would. My poor lit
tie girl hadn't more than ten pounds or
so by her. and she told him So Look
here he said. you've got star ON that
i'm itself would fetch more than want.
Give me that and I'll raise what want
on it. If you don't. he went on. I'll
just blow my brains out and with mat
he whipped out a revolver and put 1t to
his head. of course, my poor little
girl took off her star at once ana gave
it to him; and she has been possessed
of dread ever since that | should
think there had been something be-
tween them. ! didn't know just what
she had in her mind till l heard her
babbling about it these last few days,
though, of course. ! knew that some
thing was troubling her-my poor little
girl
| don't know that ever pited any
human being more than l pitied that
rich man sitting there so anxiously
awaiting the issues of life and death
then hanging in the balance in that
upper chamber. ! watched him for
minute as he sat huddled up all in
lump and then | put my hand on his
shoulder. Sir Thomas" l said, God
Is very merciful."
Il wish ! dared comfort myself with
that, Mr.. Dallas he replied.
| left him then. and twice every day
! went round to inquire how the in
valid was. Each time the servant gave
me the same mournful and vague re-
ply: No change the master almost be-
side himself" Then. early on the fourth
morning, before I was out of bed, in
fact received line scrawled on Il
a note she is out of danger now 1t
said. God is merciful. Bless you for
having cheered me.-YOurs, 7. p"
CThe End)
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Mr.. Hubbcll said that this was the first
spring in twenty years in which he had been
free from his old enemy, sciatic rheumatism.
He thought he had contracted this disease
while running as express messenger on the
Erie and other railroads between 1S49 and
1859, although he did not feel its acute
symptoms until some fifteen years later. Mr..
man in the United States and recalls many
interesting "reminiscences of these early days.
In 1876 he went to the western frontier, and
has suffered from scatic rheumatism ever
since. Speaking of the many efforts he had
made to get relief from this painful ailmcnt,
he said that while in New Mexico he visited
the Las Vegas and IIamas springs, and later
he tried those at Manitou, Colo. and Little
Rock. Ark. Coming east he tried the White
and Clifton and Avon in New York, but
without being able to get the slightest relief.
As he advanced in aye, his trouble became
more painful. why" heeyclamcd, point
Ing to the farm house of William Burlcson,
about six hundred feet distant, 81 would
yell so when those twingcs caught me, that
they could hear me down there"
William II. IIallock, owner of IIallock IS
Bank in Bath, is u nephew of Mr.. lIubbell,
Billy" should try Pink Pills for Pale People
Cor his rheumatism. Mr.. Hubbcl is free to
say that he had no faith in the pills what
ever, and only tried them because of the in.
sistcncc of Mr.. lIallock. He had already
tried "mOre than million remedies" before
he came to Pink Pills and as none had rem
dercd him the slightest benefit, he was pretty
well discouraged. However, to please Mr..
IIalock. he got II box of Pink Pills. Since
bell has not felt 4 single trace of rheumatism
onl il nn,v IN hi, tnurth hny of tho Mile
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

not often troubled by fears of that kind.
He turned and led the way upstairs,
and / followed him.
AS matter of strict etiquette. l
ought, of course, to have had permis-
sion from the rector of the parish; as 1t
was. | felt that to tell him afterward
would. under the circumstances. be suf-
ficient.
| saw at a glance that Sir Thomas
fears were well founded. Lady Peach
was evidently desperately i'll. She did
not know me, but lay rambling feebly.
her poor hands stretched out helpless
ly over the sheet which was spread over
the bed. She was quite quiet while
performed my office. and as | rose from
my knees she began to talk again.
Yes, he was SO good about it-some
men would have killed me-a star like
that-ad hadn't had it-I hadn't had
it q day-a year. a week-ho" long was
1t, nurse?'
Two weeks. my dear" replied the
nurse so you told me yesterday"
"Ah. yes-and you took it. you took
it.-He never said q word-he is so
good told him you said and then
Sir Thomas, his face working and his
eyes blind with tears, drew me away
out of the room.
Come in here" he said. as we
reached the door of his own little room.
you heard what she said; always on
about the star, curse it. Oh, beg
your pardon. shouldn't have said that!
But | feel savage with the thing, for it
has worried her. and it is there on her
poor mind yet. taking away what little
chance she has
IF that did not worry her something
else would | said, by way of cOnsola
ton.
He seemed to catch at the idea. You
think so; you really do? | wish | could.
You see I know how she has troubled
over it-far more than the thing was
worth"
In a moment the vague hints that
had heard concerning the loss or DIS
appearance Of young Lady Peach's dia-
mond star all came back to me. Let
me see," ! said. Lady Peach lost q
star, or 1t was stolen, or something OF
that kind. Has that been troubling
herr"
"Trouble her! Yes. Mr.. Dallas. far
more than ever the thing was worth"
Sir Thomas rejoined. Look here he
continued. as If moved by some special
impulse to tell me all about it. You're
a good fellow and a gentleman. and
she has always liked you: I'll tell you
how it was. My wife is lady-yOu
don't need a rough old fellow like me to
tell you that. She came of good old
stock, and If there wasn't very much
money. well. there was everything else
that people are proud of. She mar
ried me. God bless her. and-and If
lose her I shall just put a rope round
my neck, for life wouldn't be worth
living without her. AS said. she mar
ried me, and she has made me happy
happier than I've ever been in all my
life. and meaning no disrespect to my
first wife. either. If helped her moth
er bit 1t was nothing to none. but
1t seemed to be great deal to her. and
she was never tired OF telling me how
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14
PART I.

, There are some things in the world
which are hard. very hard. to under
stand, ami the reason why Lady Peach
never said so much as IA word when she
lost her best diamond star was one or
those things.
When Rosey and l first went to
Northtowers. which We did soon after
our marriage. on my appointment to
minor canonry, Sir Thomas Peach mad
just received the honor of knighthOod
on account of having entertained roy
atty. and having. as everyone SAID, done
il remarkably well. l remember so
we'll that when he called upon us we
We're out-we found his card lying on
the hall table when we came in. Rosey
picked it up and looked at it with great
interest Him." she remarked. Sir
Thomas Peach. l suppose he is some
old swell or other"
On closer acquaintance, however, sir
Thomas turned out to be anything hut
a swell; on the contrary, he was an eN-
ceedingly hOmely person. having the
appearance of u well-to-do tradesmah
or merchant. Society in Northtowers
was pleased at that time to he dell
Cately satirical on the subject of the
honors which had SO lately deVolVeu
upon their ellOw-townSman.
Poor old Sir Thomas" one lady said
70 US when we returned her call, ne Is
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

good I was-I, when she had married
an old hulk like me- Well, l was tell
ing you about that star. You know
gave 1t to her on an anniversary. and
she valued it as such, besides liking 1t
for what ii was worth. as any other
young thing of her age would. l hap
pened. not very long after l gave 1t to
her. to be away for a couple of days.
had run up to town on business. was
10th to leave her, somehow. and the
moment l got back l saw that some
thing or other had ha3pened to upset
her. At first could not get her to tell
me what it was: then she told me at
last that a cousin of hers, who had been
brought uD by her father and mother.
had turned up suddenly. asking her
to help him out Of some mess. She
poor innocent, begged him to wait for
my return, saying she knew l would
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14
QUEER TRICKS WITH FIGURES.
Seemingly Magical Characteristics
Possessed by the Numeral D.
From the Sun.

From the Sun.
Figures are funny thirgs. They may
be and often are manipulated in a
most marvellous manner, so as entire
ly to deceive the uninitiated. OF course
these remarks do not refer to ladies'
figures. but to the common numeral of
arithmetic. Strange tricks may be
played with them; tricks as amusing
and perpleXing as with those time-hon-
ored confederates of conjurOrs--a pack
of playing cards. In most of these the
figure is the important factor. There
are some pecularities about that Little
bullet-headed gentleman which are
really startling. He has a ph0eniv-lik
power of ing him e frC M his ashes.
Smother him up as you Will, multiply
him by any group Of his fellow figures
until his identity is completely lost, and
he will bob up again, if not in shape,
at least in spirit and substance. as the
sum of the result obtained by the pro-
cess of multiplication.
Thus-Twice 9 is Is. Add one and
eight together and you get o. So. for
example, II mines are 153. which, add d
together make nine. or 13S mines make
1,2d2. and thus the same Sc f-asss rive
little chap pops up again in different
form. A seeming except on is when APP
piled to II. or to multiple Of eleven;
then the little joker comes in pairs as
- mines give 1873. or seventy-seVtn nine;
make 6O3. But even then the except on
Is only apparent. for adding | and .
and 8 gives IS. and | and gives 8;
and and and make o.
The process of reversing and sub
tracing cause our rieprC ssible 8 to bob
up 3erenely. and thus arises a simple
trick. The willy operato" "a Ks his sub .
ject to put down secretly three figures
then inVert these and Subt' act tie eSs-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14
lie Entertained What Patrons Came
to Him Under Most DiscOurnSing
(total given)

TO Him Under Most DlScOurOSlnE
Circumstances.
From the Washington Star.
II stopped at very small town in
Kansas a few weeks ago" said l.. NJ
Martinez, of Chicago, at the Raleigh
II had been in the place once before and
knew where the hotel was. 1t was late
at night when | got off the train and
went to the hotel. After repea ted
knocking and shaking the door the
landlord came down and !et me in.
The next morning breakfast was not
ready when | got up, but the landlord
was in good humor about it, saying:
Everybody is sick about the house.
You are the only guest. so | didn't get
breakfast ready He went out into
the kitchen, and in half an hour served
very good meal for me. found that
my customer was out of tOwna so had
nothing to do but stay around the hotel
all day. The landlord got dinner and
supper for me. and | asked, Who is
sick?
My wife, two children, the cooks,
the waiter and the porter.
81 should think you would get some
one lse.'
"'rhey are all afraid of the smallpox
I'm teh only one who hasn't got 1t, and
feel the symptoms. I'll be in bed to-
morrow. but l think the porter will be
well enough to run the hotel by that
time. He is sitting w today
81 paid my bill very suddenly and put
myself under medical treatment when l
reached the next town.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

ROsey were sitting together. I went
straight across the room toward them
and sat down near them. Just i'm
time to hear Rosey say: Yes, I like
you in pink. but why have you not put
on your beautiful starr
I never shall forget the start Lady
Peach gave when she heard the words,
She flushed vivid scarlet and caught
her breath with what was almost
sob. 'Don't-dOn't speak about my
star, Mrs. Dallas" she said. with a
nervous little stammer. lat least
I mean-well. the fact is I've lost it,
and-Sir Thomas is SO vexed about 1t
he"
And ! don't wonder at it," Rosey
cried. impulsively. ~. too. should be
vexed-furious-if I had lost such a
thing as that. How did it happen
Were you wearing it, or did you have
it stolen from you? Surely not that?'
II don't knOw-it's gone; Sir Thomas
says l am not to think about 1t any
more"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

1t is curious fact that any sum Of
money, dollars and cents. manipulated ed
In certain manner will produce the
inevitable total of $l0S9. provided the
original capital is not more than $40.
This looks like profitable business
on paper The process is this: The
tortured trick bearer is told to put
down sum of money (again on pa
per. he probably will not do it other
wise). then to reverse the figures and
subtract the lesser from the greater.
Again the figures must be reversed ana
the two lines added together. The un
failing answer is SlOS9. Here are eX-
lmpleS:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14
Almost a MI iirac|e
A SUFFERER FROM SClATlCA
REGAImS HIS health,
Another Man so Greatly Changed that His Friends
Failed to Recognize Him-B0th Loud in
Their Praises Of the Remedy Used.
From the Advocate, Bah, N. Y.

Residents Of Gath, n. Y, have taken a
great fancy of late to Lake Salubriu, which
lies just outside the village, and during
the past two Years score of new cottages
have gone upon its shores. Choice locations
are becoming scarce and the early settlers
are careful now to keep what doOryard they
have left. Your correspondent visited the
Lake recently and dropped in to see "Unclc
Billy" liubbell in his comfortable cottage
under the pines. Mr.. llubhcll established
himself at the L.skc before the boom com.
mcnced, and has one of the prctticst locations
there. Allcr inspecting some black bass
spawn which he is carefully guarding from
the intrusion of small boys, remarked how
well he was looking Cor his sixty.tour years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14

Perhaps a more puZzling trick pro-
vided by the eccentric ties Of the figure
. is the following: Let your subject
put down any odd number of figures.
three. five. seven. or even more: then
add them together and subti act the re-
suit. Now he may cross out any one
figure and tell the tlckster the oilers.
1t is easy. by mentally adding them,
to discover the value Of the figure
crossed out. as this is the one needed
to make up the result to the nearest
multiple of g. Thus:
1910 33.loi-li 1923, i5S-3j
10 or II or a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14
PART II.

She seemed 50 desperately anxious to
say no more about 1t that I came to
the rescue with a bit of news that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-14
Sos.

Perhaps the neate3t trick with figures
is that by which one can discover the
day and month any one was born, and
also his or her age. 1t is net a popular
performance with ladies. 1t is done as
follows: The subject must first put
down, concufrCntiy, making one group
of figures, the day Of the month and
the number of such month. reckoning
January as l and December as Il. This,
of course. the performer does not see,
but he asks the subject to double this
number; then to add 3 to II. The re-
suit he must multiply by fifty. next
add his age. then subtract 365. and
tell you the grand total. BY mentally
adding 1l5 to this, in every instance
the figures plainly show. first tie day,
second the month. ard finally the age
OF the subject. Thus, for instance, if
woman were born on TIE first of
April and she was Is years old. her fig
ureoscope would be worked out as fol-
lows:
OaY IA month
.S
90
%
1850
IS (agel
1868
800
1903 lher totaO
ll5 added mentally
Ills
Her chaneIon was AZ last Dec. 81.
This is how j. was found out:
2l--l2
422i
5
!,229
so
.il,i50
42
?il i92
$50
ELL total givem
ll5
2l-l2-i2
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ILLS
(Day) IA (month'

Her chaneron was AZ last Dec. 81.
This is how j. was found out: