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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
THE BEST OF 1T.
And SHn Lovely Woman Is CIamoring
for Her Rights.

And SHn Lovely Woman Is CIamoring
for Her Rights.
Every man has his day; but thanks
to his ~gallantry, woman has every day.
If reasonably i%ndulgent, she is mis-
tress of her destiny. She has her fin
ger in all sorts of pie, writes Jean Po-
tage in the Boston Home Journal. Her
sins are forgiven her. If she murders
a man who has failed to treat her like
the perfect lady she was not, the jury
is pretty apt to acGuit her, taking into
consideration the naughtineEs of the
man. On the other hand if she treats
a man hastily, and he does her quietus
make with a large bodkin, twelve good
men and true disbelieve his story and
order him to the scaffOld. If h sues
her lover for breach Of promise, she
gets at least a part Of what she sues
for. If he sues her he gets the ha-ha
from all the newspapers. In case of a
| quarrel in which she is to blame, she
has a court of last resort which is
closed to mankind-she ear always
shed tears when she finds things are
not going her way. If she loses a
part of woman's glory-her golden
locks-she may piece out the remain
der with some adroitly commingled
curls. to the eternal deception of the
public, and so never hear the remarks
of derision turned toward her bald
headed husband. If she's an actress
she can play Juliet and Hamlet both,
while the male T%hespian, though he
may make a better Hamlet, is preclud-
ed by public prejudice and an insipient
black beard from ever looking at the
moonlight and asking Romeo where
fore he is Romeo. And still she asks
for her rights and seeks for power"
The first person who asked for the
earth, and then scolded because it was
not fried on both sides and turned
over, must have been of the sex that
brought Adam to grief with an apple.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
THE TORTOISE
Knows When 1t Is Going to Rain and
Makes for Shelter.

Knows When 1t Is Going to Rain and
Makes for Shelter.
The tOrtise is not In animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely to be
afraid of rain, but it is singularly so.
T~wenty-four hours or more before rain
falls the Galapagos tortoise makes for
some convenient shelter. On a bright,
clear morning, when not a cloud is to
be seen, the denizenS of a tortoise farm
on the African coast may sometimes be
seen heading for the nearest overhang-
ing rocks. When that happens the pro-
during the day, and as a rule it comes
down in torrents. The sign never fails.
This presentation, or whatever you
may call it, which exists in many birds
and beasts may be explained partly
from the increasing weight of the at
mosphere when rain is forming, partly
by habits of living and partly from the
need of moisture which is shared by
all. If we want to find a country where
nature has turned things topsy-turVy-
that is, according to our notion-We
must go to Australia. Many things are
reversed in that country. 1t is sum-
mer there while it is winter in Amer
lea. Trees shed their bark instead of
heir leaves; fruit has the stone or
kernel outside; swans are black; there
is a species of fly that kills and eats
the spider, and a fish, called the climb
ipu noroh fhof uo11-c 1n1ihorcfo1u ont
of the water and, with the aid of its
fins, climbs the adjacent trees after the
insects that infest them.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
Friend of Dickens Dead.

London Correspondence to Chicago
Record: An old friend of Charles Dick
ems has just died. His name was John
Chipperfeld and he held the post of
lampman and subsequently lamp in
spector at the Tilbury railway station.
Dickens, who was a frequent traveller
from London to Tilbury on the South
End railroad, made his acquaintance
and spent many an hour with him.
He immortalized C~hipperfield as Lamps
in the Christmas number of All Year
Round, entitled "Mugby Junction"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
Western Intellectual Products.

"The Farmers Cheerful Helper" is
the title of a book for which a copy
right has been granted to the author,
C. w. Hamilton of Des Moines.
Patents have been allowed but not
yet issued as follows: To w. H.. Lyon
and j. C. Wallich, of CrestOn, Ia, for
a mail pouch that is adapted to be
opened and closed quicker than the old
style and when closed and locked ac-
cess to the contents without a key is
impossible except by cutting a fleX-
IDLE part thereof. To W.D. Weir of Gill
more City, Ia, for a portable and trans
formable hosting machine. A mast
is mounted on truck, a boom swlV-
eled to the mast and e for oper-
ating it, a crane mounted On the truck
and means for swinging i. horizontally
and vertically and a fork adapted for
lifting corr shocks detachably con-
nected Herewith and all the parts so
arranged and combined that they can
be readily adjusted to transform the
machine to adapt it to be used advan-
tageously in doing various kinds of
hard work on a Iarm.
Authors and inventors entitled to
protection for their intellectual pro-
ducts pursuant to our copyright and
Patent laws can consult us in person
or by letter without charge.
THOMAS G. ORWIG,
j. RALPH ORWIG,
REUBEN G. ORWIG.
Registered Attorneys.
Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 10, SO.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
A Find.

A lad of Rhaiard, Wales, while look
ing for foxes on the hills the other day
discovered a gold ring, a gold armlet
and a gold necklet. Mr.. Reed of the
British museum p%ronounces the arti-
Giles to be distinctly Celtic, of exquisite
workmanship and of great antiquity, al
least 1000 years old. According to the
Law of treasure-trove, the boy will re-
ceive the full antiquarian value of the
articles, less 20 per cent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
"June 18th. 49,

"My Dear Coz.-T'm open to a COM
promise; tell your lawyers so. l will
make over Forest Lea to you'll don't
care to live there-and you will pay me,
say, half of the income. In the alb
sence Of the will which Fort asserts
was made by our uncle, but which he
has never produced. l can of course
claim the whole. But we are cousins,
and 1 dent wish to be hard on you.
The old governor ought to have left
you something, if he didn't.
"Messrs. Smithson and Wright, of
Russell street, Russell square, have in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

At a temperance gathering held in a
cathedral city in the south of England
the chairman thought it desirable to
reply to an attack which had been
made upon him in the local press.
MY opponent" said he, 'calls me an
a~scetic. I hurl the accusation back in
his teeth. have been a total abstainer
from my birth"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
CURIOUS PETS FOR WOMEN.
And l am no longer jealous.
(The End.)

Some minds are strikingly original,
even in the choice of pets. Certainly
this was the case with the wife of a
gentleman farmer who made a pet of a
pig. The animal lost its mother early,
and the lady, taking pity on the little
orphan, bore it off to the kitchen,
where she succeeded by the aid Of a
feeding bottle, in rearing it.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

The pig became a great pet, and
used to follow its owner like a dog. 1t
could hardly have been its outward at
traction that won her heart; it must
have been it's qualities which endeared
it to her.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

A lady who was confined to her room
had a fowl which, before her illness,
was a constant companion. 1t used to
be regularly brought to her room every
morning to see her and be fed by her
own hands, and allowed to take a
short walk about her room.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

A planter in Yazoo county. Missis-
sppi, reposes faith in the katydid as
predictOr of frost. He says the katy
did began to play his littel fiddle this
year about June 6, and that if the first
frost m in just four months from
that time, las it surely will" it will
so reduce the cotton crop that it will
bring a good price and good times in
the south will follow.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
Are You Csing Aliens Foot-Ease?

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken INTO
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
CHAPTER XVIII.

One week after our wedding day an
epistle reached my wife, the audacity
of which simply overwhelmed us. We
read and reread it, and finally INDUCED
in a hearty laugh over it. 1t was word
ed as follows:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

Another very singular pet was that
of a frog, which was tanned by a young
girl in the country and would come out
from under the leaves at her approach
to be fed with a strawberry.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

When buying a package of ''Faultless
Starch" ask YOU grocer for the book that
goes with it free. 1t will afford you lots
of amusement and add to your stock of
knowledge. All grocers sell it. 1Oc.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

Sailors are noted for their strange
pets gathered in all n Of the
world, but of all animals they love,
the cat holds the foremost place in
Jacks affections.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
DO Your Feet Ache and nurnY

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At Mi Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample sem FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

A much more extraordinary instance
of a strange pet, for a woman, at any
rate, was where an old lady so far
overcame the natural r~epugnance of
her sex as to tame a house which had
been caught in her store cupboard. So
successful was her treatment that at
last the tiny animal would take crumbs
from it's mistress fingers.-Woman's
/ ifa
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after
first days use of DIR. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
Dr. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

To what deep CULTS a single devia-
ton from the track of human duties
leadS.-Byron.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

Another member of the feminine
gender actually made a pet of a tur-
key, and declared it should never be
eaten, but die in its W good time
which it did of old age.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

A kind heart is a fountain of glad
ness, making everything in its vicinity
to freshen into NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

The most costly parliament in
Europe is that of France. 1t cost ST.
SOC, coo a year.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

The man who marries a telephone
girl soon becomes familiar with the
central form CT government.
In idleness there is a perpetual des-
pair.-Carlyle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

If there is any person whom you
dislike, that is the one of whom you
should never speak.-Cecil.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08
Pleasant. PaIatable. iOtent.

Easy to Buy. easy to take. easy in action. easy in
escarets Candy Ca:hartic. ideal liver regu-
latOr and intestinal tonic. All druggists, 1Or, p SO.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

thing more?" l inquired. THAT day,
when l met you together, for in
stance?"
you have 70 right to ask me such
questions" Mona replied with dignity;
land if you please, W. will talk bust
ness"
Yes, we will talk business" I as
sented. do you know, my dearest,
that in the present phase Of the affair,
1t is Mr.. Branscombe who gives you
the half of Forest Lea-not you who
give it to him. Without the will, which
clearly he does not intend to surren-
der, he is the possessor of the estate"
Does it matter?" asked my wife.
NO" l answered, Struggling my
shoulders. 1T is simply a detail"
And there will be nothing to pre-
vent the COMPROMISED" asked this de-
termined little woman, anxiously.
Nothing excepting the restitution
Of the will. You could not, in that case,
give away anything"
Then l hope it will never be re-
SIOISu. LII ldCl, cd!u my Vile Will
emphasis, Il would not receive it; l
would destroy it."
Then you must not take me into
your confidence" l laughed. Il can't
have anything to do with compromising
a felony"
Mona was never tempted to carry
her threat into execution. Charlie
Branscombe's troublesome career came
to a sudden end by the bursting of an
overcharged rife on a hunting expedi-
ton; and amongst the papers handed
owe to us by a foreign banker was the
missing will.
1t was not without some natural
tears to his memory that his faithful
hearted cousin accepted at last her in
heritance; and, if she is now cOnsoled
by the fair bright face of a young Har-
old Branscombe Fort, who, as second
son, is to be the heir-as he is the
n~amesake-of the good old colonel, she
still loves to trace in the frank, deli
cate features a likeness to the lost
playmate Of her youth.
And l am no longer jealous.
(The End.)
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

Mrs. WinsIow-s Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, sOttens the gums. reduces In
tammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. &c a bottle
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

Any feeling that takes a man away
from his home is q traitor to the
hOuSehOld.-H. ". Beecher.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

1t is still undecided whether fishing
for suckers is IN obtuse or an acute
angle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

An Industrious man with good sense
doesn't have to depend upon luck.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is O constitutional cure Price. 75c.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1899-09-08

An industrious man with good sense
doesn't have to depend upon luck.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-30
ESCAPED ONCE MORE.

We have been deviled so much
with book agents during the past
year, that we purchased II VIM
chester repeating shotgun and a
Marlin revolver to use on the next
one that blew in here with ''the
latest and greatest work of the
age,' and with u box OF cartridges
for each, and the gun at home and
the revolver in our Office desk,
where we could reach it at a mo-
ment's notice, we felt ready for
book agent blood, and ha3 decided
that the next book-worm who
crawled in over our trocha should
bite the dust, but we got laid out
again this week. A we'll dressed,
digniied looking old gentleman,
came in on US, with no book in
sight, aud introduced himself as
Lord, and before we could ecoyer
from our astonlshment at meeting
the Lord, he had out a Prospectus
and was explaining to us that we
couldn't possibly continue our
business without taking advantage
of the especial Proposition" now
being offered for a short time only,
to procure a copy Of the limited
edition Of he only great work of the
period. We had not heard that the
Lord had gone into the book BUSH
ness, and didn't feel justlfed In
shooting him if he had. We in.
quircd il he was an English Lord,
and no said that as his ancestors
had come over from England IN
1885, he felt that he had been in
this country long enough to become
naturalizcd, and his right to vote
had never been questioned. lie
further explained that when he
went home they Put him off at
Buffalo We ''put him out at
Kingwood' and let him escape,
but the next agent that comes
along will get bo.h barrels, no diff
ference If ho claims 10 be the Lord.
the Holy Ghost, the World, the
Flesh or the Devil, and il he amt
a ghost, wei make one out Of him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-30
REPUBLICAN FREE TRADERS.

The rim's H1rld. the A?minis-
tons personal organ in the West
says elitori,l lily
When the St. Paul Pioneer Press
declares tn 1t il is the duty OF tn.
Republican Party @ repeal every
protective duty undrr the shelter
OF which it's beneficiarics have
org lnlztd II trust or combination OF
any sort Ia u incr prices. il meets
The views Of the Tunes Herald to a
dot. The purpose of the protective
tariff was TO foster industries, not
to protect mDuopolies.
No mercy or consideration should
be shown any combination Of CAPT.
tai that takes advantage of a pro
tectlve tariff to mulct American
consumers.
Wherever the protective tariff
enhances the price of the product
OF u trust to the American con
sumner, il should be red uced or re
moved entirely. Its adoption will
remove the stigma of fostering
trusts from the Republican parry.
The Chicago Times Herald
and the st. Paul Pioneer Press are
the leading Republican papers of
the West and We want our readers
to note particularly that they are
coming to it at last and taking
good old Democratic doctrine
straight. This will be q sad blow
for some of the protection and
prosperity shouters, but this trust
business is going to be the death
of the Republican party yet, for a
trust has been, or is being formed
on almost everything that is sold
or used ard, if in accordance with
the demands Of the above papers
we take of the tariff ON everything
controlled by a trust, we will have
almost absolute free trade. o, we
are bound to coms to it some time
and these leading papers Of the
great West are only in advance of
their leaders and are sounding a
bugle call of warning to their
party, which is advancing straight
to the brink Of destruction and
oblivion while blindly following
the big trusts and monopolIcs of
the country.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-30
EILDow's SWIFT WORK.

The following item in which
Rev. j. T. Kildow Of the Beverly
Enterprise, is one Of the star per-
formers, is gong the rounds OF the
State press, witb big double lead
lines aud will likely cause jeff
Lipsc)mb to bretk out again
Miss Lille G.. Wiseman and Mr..
Bruce SbIhott, Of Randolph county.
were married On The passenger
train running between Beverly and
Hutt0Dsyiile, last Thursday. The
young couple boarded the train at
a small station. When 10 was we'll
unler way a minister was seen To-
whisper cobfdoutially a moment
and then he invited all into the
baggage coach ahead, where there
was none room. Hero tho couple
were married in the pr3scucc Of the
passengers, Rev. j.. I'd KIdow.
editor Of The Beverly Enterprise.
ohoausg. The train was running
a. Luil speed al the tlMc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-30
LEGISLATIVE TX TRAYAGANCE.

Here is a correct list (for it is
taken from the Appropriation bilI)
of the attaches Of tho l.te State
Senate and House of Delegates. re
spectiyely. In point of namber
this list breaks all records. and
shows conclusivcly that each House
must have rackcd lis ingenuity to
discover places for men in search
OF jobs and for whose services there
could not be any dem sud whatever:
Senate clerk; s assis ant or
desk clerks; II committee clerks;
9 pages or u for every three
members; l sergeant -at-arms and
l assistant; : d%oorkecpers and l
assistant; l cloak keeper and / as
s%istant; librarian and l stem )gra
pher-39 in all for IA Senate mem
bership of 20.
House, clerk with IL assist
ants; , extra clerks; II com mittee
clerks; l stenograper; 2 printing
clerks; / private secretary for
Speaker; l6 pages; l sergeant-at-
arms and l assistant; 2 do~orkeepers;
l librarian and 1 cloak keeper-52
in all for a House mem bershipof II.
While both Houses had more
employees than were necessary and
simply to make fat places for
friends and politicians, the Senate
broke the record aud went way
beyond all reason, 80 employees for
26 Senators, just one and a half
each, while the House had but 81
for II memters, only about half as
many in proportion to the size Of
the two bodies. Now, here is the
point we want to Impress upon our
readers most particularly The Sen
ate was Republican and controlled
entirely by Republicans. while the
House was Democratic aud con-
trolled entirely 10y the Democrats.
You pay your money aud take your
choice.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-30
STATE SCHOOL REPORT.

We alt III tfttID VI ~ copy vi
the Biennial Report Of the State
Supt. Of Free Schools Of w. Va.
for the two years cndingJune 30.h,
1898 and We desire To congratulate
Supt.J.R Trotter on getting out the
best report that has yet been
made. IL makes Il han lsomc book
OF 284 pages. printed on good paper
aud bound i'm cloth. so that it maSes
aytlu, bile addition TO any library.
There are many features Of in
terest ia the report, the County
Institutes, program and lists for
the years OF 1S97-'93 ; Arb)r Day
exercises State Elucationa. As
ISOLATION Report OF the State
Board OF Examiners for the two
years and list of questions for
1898; The School Funds;Libraries;
Normal Schools aud Teachers; In
stl'ute Resolutions; Uuiyersi.y and
list OF Professors and Tetchers;
Uniform ExImin ,tlons /; Reports
of all the County and City Supts.
for the two years; Receipts andDis-
bursemeus of the Teachers and
Building Funds IN all the counties
for two years; Rates of Salary paid
Teachers in all the counties for the
two years for the different grades;
receipts and expenditures Of Boards
OF Elk 'miners; Cost Of Education
per capita per term In each county;
Valuation of Property and Lovies
in all the counties Valua-
ton of School Property Elumcra-
ton and Enrolment Of Pupils;
age, sex, attendance and studies
pursued; Hardness, Truancy,
Gases of Punishment, Suspension,
Dlsmisslon and visits Of parents:
Institute Enrolment and attend
ance andTermsTaugh byTeachers,
etc., and much other valuable 10
formation we'll classified for ready
reference.
The following Preston teachers
were granted State certificates
during 1897 aud 1898 Miss f.
Irene llarshb,rger, Tunnelton.
Miss Ida Marie Spthr, Kingwood,
r. l.. Brooks, Sinclair, A. l.. Glib.
son, Valley Point, q. Hartmeyer,
Bruceton, II. $. Whetsell. King
wood, K. e. Burke, Terra Alta,
and Miss Lynne Waddell, Bran.
donville, a total Of s. There are
AZ teachers at the University an
30 in the six State Normal Schools.
Supt. Whetsell's report for Preston
tor 1897, shows an enumeration of
7.106 and an enrolment of 5,44l.
Amount expended for Building
Fund, $S.12l.58 and for Teachers
Fund SIG, 46l 76 and for 1898.
Enumeration, 1896 and Enroll-
ment G,066, Building Fund Elk
pended $1,000 81 aud Teachers
Fund $l7,00J 81. For 1897 the
Board Of Examiners for Preston
collected 1920 from t e,chers, paid
themselves 800 and charged sri
''for notices, etc." In 1898 col
lected $l2S, paId themselves sl04
and charged $24 ''foI notices. etc"
Well bet our boots they didn't
pay u any such amount for
notices." but we don't know how
much was expended for the "etc."
For 1898 there were "a total of
1917 cases reported for prosecution
under the compulsory School Law
and only 81 in fines collected in
the whole State.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-03-30
LET Us HAVE THEM.

Preston county is not being over
looked in the want Of improvement,
to say nothing Of Kingwood's
electric lights and new sidewalks
and Terra Atlas prospective build
ing boom, the extending of our
coal mining and our railroad
mileage is more assuring than for II
number Of years past.
We hope u county court at It's
next session will fall IN with the
current, and provide guide boards
for our highways. 1t is really no
triAiug matter. 1t is SIC to say
that at least each week every county
road is passed over by some one
who IS unfamiliar with it and who
has to stop and Inquire whether or
not he is on the right road. Those
who know the roads do not need
them, but other people who do not
IRE deserving Of consideration and
It IS not fair TO subject them TO
needless vcxntion.