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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Four Legged Weather Prophets,

Though the tortoise is an excellent
weather prophet, the fact is known to
comparatively few people. Tortoise
farmers ON the African coast notice
that w "a hours before rain falls
these curious animals prepare for it by
seeking the convenient shelter of over
hanging rocks. 1t may be a bright,
clear, sunshiny morning, but the farm
ers believe implicitly in the tactics of
the tortoise, who is seldom mistaken,
for the downpour is certain to come
within the time stated.
A pet tortoise would be a practical
present to bestOw on ones friends.
This curious %premonition of the ap-
proach of rain is shared by many other
animals and birds and may be explain
ed partially by the fact that while rain
is forming the atmosphere is increas-
ing in weight, but there may also be
some need of moisture which makes
them aware of it's approach or some
habits of life which make them thus
senSitive.-ChicagO Record.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
NIGHTMARE.
The Sensation That Always Makes n
Man "a Coward.

h Sensation That Always luke "A
Man "a Coward.
Strange that we are always so cow
ardly in nightmares" remarked a New
Orleans lawyer who has a taste for
the bizarre. II don't believe anybody
ever lived who stood up and made n
square stand against the %amorphOus
horror that invariably pursues us In
such visions. When / have n night
mare and the usual monster gets OH
my trail, my blood turns to water. and
my conduct would disgrace a sheep. I
am beside myself with stark, down
right fear, and | have no idea left In
my head except to run like n rabbit.
All pride, self respect, dread of ridicule
and even the instinct of self defense
are scattered to the winds, and 1 be-
lleve, honestly, l would be capable OF
any infamy In order to escape. | have
no hesitation in cOnfessing this. be-
cause. as far as I have been able to
find out, everybody acts exactly the
same way in the thrOes of nightmare,
and | feel certain ! would not make
such a pitlable spectacle of myself in
real life, no matter what might befall.
81 think that the explanation of the
nightmare panic is to be found in the
fact that the dream is almost lnvari-
ably accompanied by Il ems of suffO-
cation. 1t is well established that
chOking-the shutting off of ones
wind to use Il hOmely phrase-has an
effect upon the mind which is entirely
distinct and different from that pro-
duced by any other form of pain or
peril. 1t fills the victim with such hOr-
rOr and distraction that he is for the
moment insane. He will do anything
TO get relief. This has been brought
out on more than one occasion in the
defense of men who have been chOked
and killed their assailants, and Judges.
have held that the circumstances Of
such an attack should be given special
consideration as eXtenuating the deed.
In dreams the entire nervous system Is
relaxed, and it is natural to suppose
that the mental effect of suffOcatiOn
would be intensified. At least, that is
the best apology | have to offer for my
sprints through nightmare land."-New
Orleans Times-DemOcrat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
4 Test of AccurncX

Drawing from memory is one Of the
most difficult things in the world to do.
Even professional artists find that they
must rely largely upon hasty jottings
made upon the spot as suggestions for
their pictures. Those who are not art
lists need to look keenly and closely at
what they wish to recollect, for they
must depend upon their memory to
bring details back to them. 1t is an ex-
cellent corrective of superficial observa-
ton to sketch Il scene as we think we
saw it and afterward return to the
scene and take another view. 1t is a
training both in accuracy and humil-
ity, for we learn how easy it is to de-
ceive ourselves as to what we have
remarked.-Florence Hull Winterburn
in Woman's Home Companion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Better to Have Waited.

at the office ever later than usual.
His employer, tired of waiting for him,
had himself set about registering the
days transactions, usually Jones' first
duty. The enraged merchant laid his
pen aside very deliberately and said to
Jones, very sternly indeed, Jones, this
will not do!''
No, SIR" replied Jones gently, draw
ing off his o "a as he glanced over his
employers shoulder, sit will not. You
have entered McKurken's order in the
wrong book. Far better to have wait
ed till 1 came!'-Pearson's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
WHEN DOGS r SICK.
The Way to Give Medicine to These
Highly Sensitive Patients.

In all treatment of q sick dog re-
member you are dealing with a highly
sensitive and nervous patient. Be very
gentle, avoid r~oughness or anything
likely TO alarm him. In giving him any
liquid medicine do not open his mouth
but, placing him between your knees,
with his face looking in the same direc-
ton as your own, gently raise his jaw
and, pulling his lips away from his
teeth on one side of his mouth, to form
a cup or funnel. very slowly pour from
bottle or spoon the quantity he is to
have into it.
Keep his head raised for a minute or
two and IL he does not swallow the
dose insert a spoon between his front
teeth. This will have the effect OF
drawing off his attention from the
medicine and he will usually swallow
at once. If the dose is a pill, bolus or
anything solid, hold his head the same
way as before mentioned, but with the
left hand under lower jaw, press firmly
on each side with thumb and finger at
the junction of upper and lower jaws.
This will usually cause him to open
his mouth, when the lose should be
put into the mouth as far back as
possible over the tongue Tor he will spit
1t OUT and close the jaws somewhat
sharply, and in most cases the deed is
done. If any trouble arises with the
action Of his front paws this may be
got over by wrapping him round with
a shawl or coarse apron.
When once you have got into the way
of it, you will be surprised how simple
it is. l am quite sure a practiced own
err or kennelsman would dose a dozen
dogs while a novice was making a
bungle over one.-"All About Dogs"
by Charles Henry Lane.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Why He Carries a Cane.

"You wonder why l always carry a
can except when l am carrying an
umbrella" remarked a well known
Philadelphia the other afternoon.
"Well l don't mind telling you. It's all
on account of umbrellas"
Cant see the connecticut" rejOined
the friend to whom he was talking.
Didn't suppose you could. But you
will when l have explained. YOu lose
an umbrella every once in awhile, don't
you? Put it down somewhere and
walk off and leave it?'
Eyes; l have had that happen to me
frequently"
"Well, l used to, but not since | took
to carrying a cane An acquaintance
in Chicago put me on to the scheme.
Get a cane of some kind he said to
me one day, and carry it every day
and every night that it doesn't rain.
By that means you become so accuS-
toned to having something in your
hand you are lost without it. Then
when a rainy day or evening m
and you are compelled to carry an UNI
brella about with you the benefit comes
in. Say you have gone into a restau-
rant and when you come out the rain
has stopped. You walk out into the
street without your umbrella. Presto!
After you have taken perhaps a dozen
steps you miss something. Your cane
carrying hand is minus the burden it
usually bears. Back go your thoughts
to your umbrella and back go your
steps to get it. Simple? Of course it
is, but the simple things oftentimes
prove the most valuable."-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
She Got III New Pair.

Sarcasticus and his wife were going
to the theater.
evil you please go in and get my
goats off the dressing table," said Mrs.
S.
"Your goats?" queried the puzzled
Sarcasticus. "What fangle have you
women got now"
"I'Il show you." snapped the wife,
and she sailed away and soon returned
putting on her gloves.
Are those what you mean? Why, l
call those kids"
Il used to-" replied Mrs. S%arcasticus,
'but they are getting so old l am
ashamed to any longer"
He took the hint.-Pearson's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Habit In n uorse,s work.

"When | retired from the contract
ing business a short time ago." said q
well known man, Il had q number of
horses that | was anxious to dispose
of. Among them was one named Jer-
ry, which for several years had been
used to working on q drum. In such
work Il horse becomes accustomed to
lifting his feet high to avoid striking
the hosting ropes. When the horses
were put under the hammer, Jerry
went to a Harlem grocer.
"AbOut a week later the purchaser
of Jerry called at my house and told
me that he had n lot Of trouble with
the horse. He said that Jerry would
go a short distance. when he would
stop short and lift his feet high, and
after doing this would 90 a little far
ther, only to repeat it again. l told the
grocer why the horse stopped short
and lifted his feet and also advised
him to look up some contractor and
sell the animal to him for hosting pur-
poses. He did so, notifying me that he
received a larger price than he paid
me for the hOrSe."-New York Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Ec0nOmy-

whats this?" exclaimed the young
husband. referring to the memorandum
she had given him. 'One dozen eggs,
one pound Of raisins, a bottle Of lemon
extract, a tin of ground cinnamon and
half a pound of sugar-what do you
want with all these things, Belinda? '
1--WE got a stale loaf" replied the
young wife, chat I'm going to save
by working it up into a bread pudding.
l never let anything go to waste,
Henry."-LondOn Fun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
THE COLLAR BUTTON.
Its Blessings Realized Only by Those
Who Have Lived Without 1t.

Its Blessings Realized Only by Those
Who Have Lived Without 1t.
"In looking over a trunk full Of old
truck the other day." said the elderly
man, 81 came across a lot of old shirts
with the buttons sewed on. and as l
looked at them / realized anew what
the collar button means to humanity.
There have been greater inventions,
surely, but not many that have con-
ferred a more unmiXed blessing on
mankind.
The younger person of today, ac-
customed to the collar button always,
cannot realize what it was to be with
out it. He can never know what 1t
was to have shirts with the buttons
sewed On-or not, as the case might
be. Not so very many years ago., when
the collar button was yet comparative
ly new, before persons had come to
keep, as everybody commonly does
now, a lot Of buttons on hand, the a
who had lost his collar button thought
himself entitled to the sympathy of his
fellows, but wrung as he might be by
tndL ioSS lc COulu uOC SNcH SutSS dL
the anguish that in the sewed on but
ton days filled the heart of the man
who. when he came to put on his last
clean shirt, found that key button, the
n on the collar band, most important
n of all, gone entirely or only just
hanging by a thread!
Il knew a man once who had this
H. - Tl-I
was the only great thing he eve did,
but l have always thought that that
alone was enough to stamp him as a
most extraordinary man."-New York
Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
The Blue

This" said the man who was show
ing the visitors about the Office of the
metropolitan daily, lis the copy read
ers' room. 1t is the place where the
matter sent in for publication is boiled
down to the right dimensions."
Doesn't that make it warm?" gig
gled one of the young women.
NO" he replied. But the men who
write the stuff get pretty hot owe it
sometimes."-Chicago Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12

Doctor-GOod morning. Mr.. Love
What a l do for you?
Mr.. LOyer-I-I called, sir, toto as
for the hand of-of your daughter.
"Humph. Appetite good?"
Not very"
How is your pulse?"
Very rapid When-when l am wit
her, very feeble when away"
Troubled with palpitation?"
lawfully when l think of her"
"Take my daughter. You'll soon |
cured. One guinea, please."-Pearson
Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
THE HEDGE.
Fair neIrbbor OF The tbatcbed cot,

Fair neighbor OF the matched cot.
With gloire dc Dion clustered ghble.
So star sweet, on from plot 10 plot
Thou trippest. like a nymph Of fable.
So biithe thy smile. 50 soft thy tone.
Thy love 80 good a life 10 lead In.
I'd fain the hedge were overthrown
And our two gardens made one Edeni
But moi" cries Wisdom. Spare tn fence.
The thorn. the ivy blackbirts nest in:
Leave something for the finer sense.
Some dream Of Joy to hope and rest in.
Some glad surprise. some mystery
OF inconceiyably sweet meaningi'
Wisdom is wise. My friend and I
Scarce press the topmost twigs by leaning
&C. ID. G. in Good Words.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
HAM SMELLING A BUSINESS.
Peculiar Occupation For Which Only
Few Are Qualified.

The ham Smeller's only tools are Il
long steel trier and his nose. He stands
in a barrel to keep his clothes from be-
ing soiled by the dripping brine, and
the hams are brought to him, and he
plunges his sharp pointed trier into
them, withdraws it and passes it swift
ly beneath his nose. The trier always
goes down to the knuckle joint.
In testing meat in that name the
man with the trier judges by the slight
est shade of difference between the
smell of one piece of meat and anOth-
er. The smell of the meat is almost
universally sweet, and that is what he
smells. The slightest faint or devia-
ton from the sweet smell is therefore
appreciate. 1t is not the degree of
faint that he expects to find, but the
slightest odor that is not sweet.
When he detects an Odor, he throws
the meat aside, and if it is not un-
wholesome it is sold as rejected"
meat, but if it is tainted it goes to the
rendering tank. The han tester smells
meat from 1 o'clock in the morning IN
til 5 o'clock at night, and his sense
must never become jaded or ineXact or
his usefulness would be at an end.
Ham testing is not a pursuit danger
u to the health, as tea testing is sup
posed to be, but the han smeller with
a cold in his head is like a piano player
who loses his arm in a railroad wreck.
Kansas City Star.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
4 Thieves, Trick.

A mastiff was trained to assist
thieves in Paris. 1t was in the habit
of bounding against old gentlemen and
knocking them over in the street. A
LADY" and "gentleman"-owners of
the dog-would then step forward to
assist the unfortunate pedestrian to
rise, and while doing so would ease him
Of his watch and purse.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Dress Well.

1t is not enough that people shall be
clad; they must be dressed. Costly
thy habit as thy purse can buy" was
the advice of Polonius to his son;
rich. but not gaudy, for the apparel
oft proclaims the man." and the advice
is just as good today as it was 300
years ago.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Leisure Class.

Lord Sayvan-De Livrus All, but
your leisure claws in this country
have no titles.
Miss Sharpe-Nonsense! What's the
matter with "hobo," Weary Willie,"
DUSTY Roads," and so on?-Philadel-
phia Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Chinese az Cooks.

Second only to the French are tn
Chinese when it comes to culinary skill
and with simple materials they will
contrive to put together a meal which
would shame an ordinary American
cook. In peasant families the wife O
daughter does the cooking, but in al
large establishments the cooks are in
variably men.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12

1nnumerable are the illusions ant
legerdemain tricks of custom, but of all
these perhaps the cleverest is bel
knack of persuading us that the mirac
ulous by simple repetition cease to b
miraculous.-Carlyle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12

TITS no fun being married. My wife
is coming to me all the time and ask
ing for money!"
You're lucky! 1 have to ask nv
wife always for money when 1 want
any!-Heitere Welt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
His Advice.

as it hard to propose to a girl?" ask
ed the novice in affairs Of the heart.
sometimes it's a good deal harder
not to propose" returned the man Of
worldly experience thoughtfully. TITS
always well to be on your guard"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
How He Got 1t.

In one of Chauncey NJ. Depew's
stories he told of meeting a man az
funny as himself.
zone day." said Mr.. Depew, Il met
a soldier who had been wounded in the
face. He was a Union man, and L
asked him in which battle he had been
injured.
"In the last battle of Bull Run, sir
he replied.
"'But how could you get hit in the
face at Bull Rum | asked.
"'Well, sir said the man. half apoi
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12

Bangkok is a city of waters. 1t Is an
1ndo-Chinese Venice. More people live
In floating houses on the Menam, "the
Nile Of SIAM" and the many canals
than in permanent buildings.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
Nearer at Hand.

"Did you ever reflect on the immen-
sity Of the solar system"
mo. I've got my mind full rejecting
on the size Of the note l have to pay
next week."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12
A Scotch Custom.

In many parts Of Scotland it used to
be the custom to place or a mans
tombstone the symbols of his trade.
Thus a sugar cane would decorate the
grave of a grocer; an ak and saw, with
hammer and nails, would be found on
that of a carpenter. an awl and a ham,
mer on q shoemaker's grave, and so on.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12

Among the aborigines of Australia
the most common form of punishment
less than death is the spearing of the
offender through different parts of the
body.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-10-12

The sorrow of yesterday is as moth
ing; that of today is bearable; but that
of tomorrow is gigantic. because in
distinct.-Euripides.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-06
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

Robert Bolan of Summit street has returned from a short vacation in Bridgeport.
 The St Thomas Cadets are com pieting preparations to give the pub- lie Of Waterbury one of the greatest games ever seen in Waterbury on Thanksgiving day. They intend to bring here on that day the strong Firth Artillery eleven of Fort Ham, 1lton, N. T., one of the strongest ele- Vens ln this part of the country The Cadets will spare no pains or expense ln Furnishing to the sporting public or Waterbury an excellent article of football. The Fifth Artillery have a clean record for the season and the Cadets will endeayor to place a spot ca it.
 The democratic leaders of this sec uen were up and doing at very early hour this morning and from that time untll the polls closed at 5 o'clock they were working like beavers to poll as large democratic majority as was ever given in Waterbury. Aldermen Aahaney, Constable Donahue, Chris Dunphy, Water Commissioner O'Brien were hustlfng around every where and IT every old voter wasn't brought from the snug hreSide to the polls it wasn't their fault. Several bets on the gen. eral result of the national election were made in this section The largest one, or which we heard S25 to S1OO that Bryan would win. A prominent young democrat, welI-known in sport lnS circles, took the Bryan end.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-06
MRS ALVORD KEEPS FURNITURE
Sherin's Jury Decides It Did Not Be- long to Her Defaulting Husband.

Sherih's Jury Decides It Did Not Be-
 long to Her Defaulting Husband.
 New York, Nov G.-AIi the furnish. lngS and other contents of the mansion CT Cornelius L. Alyord. Jr, who robbed the First National bank of S69OOOO, were held yesterday to be the proper ty of his wife. A sheriff's jury in Mount Vernon also decided that if the bank wishes to continue the attach ment 1t has placed upon this property, 1t must give the sheriff an indemnity bond. An appraiSement a few days ago valued the effects in question at a little more than 5000.
 The Sheriff's jury examined only two witnesses, Mrs Jennie B. Alvord. wife or the defaulter, and her sister-in-law, Corneiia L. Alvord of Stockport. N. Y. The former testified that tine property was her own and not her husbands, and that in the past year only one lamp, cabinet. a dining room set and gilt table had been bought Mrs Cornelia L. Alvord asserted that the wife of MT Alvord had frequently told her that the furniture in the house be- 1onged to her. a good deal of it hav- ing been given her by friends.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-06
CHARLES NJ. DENNISON DEAD.
He Was Conkling's Right-Hand Man
in Central New York.

He Was Conklings Rfght-Hand Man
 in Central New York.
 Utica, Nov 6.-Charles NJ. Dennison died in his home in Whitesboro yes terday From 1872 until the office was abolished MT Dennison was supervise or of elections for the northern dis trict of New York.
 He held many state offices and was Roscoe Conkling's right-hand man in central New York. He was 7S years old.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-06
HERO OF MINE DISASTER.
Went Back Into Colliery After Explo-
 sion and Saved Two Brothers.

" eut back lnIO COlllery After EXpio-
 sion and Saved Two Brothers.
 Philippi, w. Va. Nov G.-The lates; reports from the ill-fated mine in Be1- rysburg show that thirteen are dead, eight of whom have been recognized. and three of the wounded are injured so seriously that they cannot recover.
 Two men were fOunG dead in a part Of the mine which had been abandoned. The door at the mouth of the mine was shut. and the two .ncn were blown 250 feet from the mouth
 The hero of the disaster is a young man nGmed Marks. 17 years old He had left the mine only few moments when he Eaw the flash. He at once ran back and got into the mine, where he found his brother. Ollie. the boss. who weighs more than 200 pounds and carried him out after tearing off his clothing. which was ablaze. Then the boy again went back into the mine for his brother Will. lie had to crawl over dead horse and had no light but he found his brother and carried him from the mine.