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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
AN INDIAN LEGEND.
How the Autumn Leaves Were
Transformed Into Birds.

Transformed Into Birds.
An Indian story that has been hand
ed down and is still believed by many
Indian tribes is one about the trans
formation Of leaves into birds. Long
years ago, when the world was young,
the Great Spirit went about the earth
making it beautiful. Wherever his
feet touched the ground lovely trees
and flowers sprang up. All summer
the trees wore their short green
dresses. The leaves were very happy,
and they sang their sweet songs to the
breeze as it passed them. One day the
wind told them the time would soon
come when they would have to fall
from the trees and die. This made the
leaves feel very bad, but they tried to
be bright and do the best they could
so as not to make the mother trees IN
happy. But at last the time came, and
they let go of the twigs and branches
and fiuttered to the ground. They lay
perfectly quiet, not able to move eX-
cept as the wind would lift them.
The Great Spirit saw them and
thought they were so lovely that he did
not want to see them die, but live and
be beautiful forever, so he gave to each
bright leaf a pair of wings and power
to fly. TEen he called them his birds"
From the red and brown leaves of the
oak came the robins, and yellow birds
from the yellow willow leaves, and
from bright maple leaves he made the
red birds. The brown leaves became
wrens, sparrOws and other brown
birds. This is why the birds love the
trees and always go to them to build
Kansas City Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
The Best Building Ground.

The most healthy ground on which
to build a residence is one composed
Of clean gravel free from clay and
effete organic matter and having q
porous substratum. The advantages
of such a soil are free ventilation and
drainage and a low level of ground
water, all essential qualities for a dry
and salubrious situation. A soil COM
posed of permeable sandstone and
chalk formation is also good. Rocky
and stony situations are usually
healthy. Sandy soils may be consider
ed salubriOus provided they are clear
and pure and not water bound by an
i~mpermeable foundation. Clay and al
luvial soils are generally unhealthy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Behavior.

You cannot rightly train m to In
air and ann except by making him
the kind of man of whom that air is
the natural expression. Nature for
eve puts a premium on reality. What
is done for effect is seen to be done
for effect; what is done for love is felt
to be done for love. A man inspires
affection and honor because he was
not lying in wait for these. The things
of a man for which we visit him were
done in the dark and the cold.-From
Emerson's Essay on Behavior"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
ELECTRIC BAIT FOR FISH.
The New York Aguarium's supply
and Where 1t Is Captured.

The New York aquarium, which Is
the largest and best equipped institu-
ton of its kind In the world, obtains
Its supplies of tropical fishes from the
waters Of Bermuda. Some of the rar-
est and most beautiful species are ex-
ceedingly hard to catch, perslstently
refusing to take a bait, and on this ac-
count 1t has been found necessary to
resort to a very novel and ingenious
e~Xpedient to effect their capture, an
electrical continuance which serves to
stun the coveted specimen and reduce
1t to h~elplessness until it can be made
a prisoner.
The device in question consists in
part of a small and compact storage
battery which is held In a leather
pouch beneath the arm of the opera
tor, who wades as quietly as possible
through the shadows and invades, with
as little disturbance as may be, pools
among the rocks. He carries a long
handled dip net, to the handle of which
a wire is attached. On the end Of the
wire Is fastened a small percussion
cap of the kind used for exploding
dynamite cartridges. 1t is the bursting
Of the cap that is relied upon to stun
the fish.
Lucky for the hunter fishes have as
much curiosity as land animals, and
even the shiest one will approach a
bait to look at 1t, though indisposed to
attempt the slightest nibble. Accord
ingly the percussion cap at the end of
the wire is concealed either by some
thing eatable or by a bunch of grass
wrapper around it. Mr.. Fish wonders
what it Is, ventures near and has in
slant reason to regret his imprudence.
The fisherman closes the circuit, the
percussion cap is exploded, and the
victim is rendered for the moment life
less, though receiving no permanent
injury. Promptly, by reversing the
dip net, he is gathered in, and a few
days later he finds himself swimming
about in a tank.
The fishes from Bermuda are carried
to New York on steamers, of course,
and 1t is a curious fact that during the
first t~wenty-four hours of the voyage
they are liable to become quite seasick.
Evening Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
BALLOON ASCENSIONS.
The Close of the Day lis the Best
Time TO Make Them.

Time to Make Them.
"Dld you ever know why it is that
q balloon ascension at a country fair,
promised for 2 o'clock In the after
noon, never occurs until about 6f'
asked an expert parachute jumper.
ut always happens, and the explana-
hon generally Is that the preparations
for the ascension could not be made
In time. This is rarely the case, for
the Dalloonist never had any intention
Of going up earlier than just toward
the close Of day. The reason for this
Is that not only is an ascension at any
other time fraught with a little more
danger on account of the winds which
usually prevail, but also because by
these same winds the balloon and para
chute are apt TO be carried too far
hefall them before they car be recov-
cred.
'The old and experienced balloonist
never makes an ascension except just
at sundown, because with the going
down of the sun the winds subside
oDAJ L NNii 81 IliO u
up, break away his parachute and
cope down in the very lot from which
the ascension was made.
There is really very little danger in
parachute leaping when the man who
does it is experienced. The parachute
must open and bring him down safely,
though he will have a hair raising drop
like a chunk of lead for about 100 feet,
the distance usually covered before the
big bag opens. Then he can guide his
descent readily by raising or lowering
this side or that in order to spill a lit
tie air and thus keep it from drifting.
"a balloon can't be guided, but a
parachute with a a Of experience
hanging to it can be controlled as cas-
lily as a boat, for the reason that by
fitting it on n side you can force it
In the other direction and thus ma
newer so that if it is desired you can
deposit yourself on the very spot of
the ascension. It is only the ineXpe-
rienced men who drift or those who
fear they may incline the bag too far
for safety."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
DREADFUL DREAMS.
They Shock the Nervous System and
May Even Cause Death.


May Even Cause Death.
People have actually been killed by
dreams. Most persons have suffered
from those terrible nightmare visions
in which the victim is pursued by an
assassin with appraised knife or Is
trembling on the edge of a fearful
precipice or Is in some other Imminent
danger of a sudden and terrible death.
These dreams are common enough, and
nearly always the sufferer awakes,
thankful and happy at his escape. But
sometimes he doesn't awake. Some
times the knife falls or the sleeper IN
his hallucinations plunges down the
precipice. These are the dreams that
kill, says the Chicago Tribune.
In cases where dreams kill there Is a
sort Of combined action between the
dream and the disease through which
death is accomplished. In the first
place the dream is usually the product
heart disease which never asserts it
self or allows the victim in any way to
know of its presence until the fact is
disclosed in a frightful dream. More
over, terrifying dreams are often the
first evidence of heart disease. Then
the frequent recurrence Of these
dreams, dealing repeated shocks to the
nervous system, ~aggrayates the disease
until the heart Is so weak that one
more shock is sufficient to cause death.
If a person has had dreams it does
not necessarily follow, however, that
he has heart disease. Dreams indicat-
ing heart disease are usually Of a terri
flying nature and relate to death. On
awakening the sufferer will notice a
violent heart palpitation. Chronic peri
carditis is always preceded by horrible
dreams, such as that Of being thrown
into a lake Of fire or being crushed in
a railroad wreck or burned by a vol
canic eruption.
The approach Of insanity may also
be revealed by unpleasant dreams, or
insanity may be FASTENED by such
dreams. There are May cases on rec
ord where a person has been driven in
sane by a dream.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Early Timekeepers.

The clepsydra, or water clock, vas
used at Babylon at a very early date
and was introduced at Rome by Scipio
Naslca about the year 15S B. G. Tooth
ed wheels were added to it by Ctesibius
about 40 B. G. Some writer's V
that they were found to be in use in
Britain by Caesar in the year 55 B. G.
The only clock in the world is said to
have been sent by Pope Paul l.. to
Pepin, king Of France, in the year
A. D.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
How Tortoise Shell Is Worked.

The soldering of two pieces Of tor
totse shell together is effected by
means Of hot pinchers, which, while
they compress, soften the opposed edge
of each piece and amalgamate them
into one. Even the raspings and pow
der produced by the file, mixed with
small fragments, are put into molds
and subjected to the action Of boiling
water and thus made into plates of the
desired thickness or into various arti-
cles which appear to have been cut out
of a solid block.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
An Odd

When the British admiralty built the
splendid naval barracks at Chatham
they fitted up one of the largest rooms
in fine style for court martials and
had Court Martial" inscribed on a
big brass plate on the door. When it
was about TO be used for the first
time the discovery vas made that the
regulations require all naval court
martials to be held on the water.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Opening Uintah Indian Reservation.

The Uintah Indian Reservation will be
thrown open for settlement on August
28th. Registration will commence,
August 1st. at Grand Junction, Colo,
Vernal, Price and Provo, Utah, closing
August 18th. Reduced rates granted.
Call for particulars. GEORGE S. SCOTT
Agent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
"Going," East and West.

81 tell you what" said Gotham, en-
tertaining his western cousin, every
things so high here it's almost impOs-
sible to keep a house going" .
"WelI," replied the Kansan, "the
winds are so high out u way it's al
most impossible to keep a house from
going."-Phfladelphia Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Not Playing Futures.

"Yis, mum, Oil make yez as good a
cook as the mkt wan"
81 don't know anything about the
next one, but you'll have to be better
than the last one."-Houston Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Nearly as Good.

did you succeed in breaking your
grandfather's will?"
mo, but we managed to bend it so
that a few more thousand dollars
oozed out Of the family tree."-Detroit
Free Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Hair Raising.

Husband-I feel in the mood for
reading something sensational and
notwithstanding that will fairly
make my hair stand on end. Wife
Well, here Is my last dressmaker's bill.
Washington Life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Many Meanings.

Traveler-Some expressions In the
Chinese language have as many as
forty different meanings.
Little Miss-Same way in English.
"You amaze me. Mention one"
"Not at home"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Sweet Girl.

Gerald-As it is to be a secret en-
gagement Ii would not be wise for me
to give you a ring at present. Geral-
dineAOh, but I could wear 1t on the
wrong hand.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Social Axiom.

81 think 1 will invite the Bronsons.
I know they would be glad to come"
But, my dear, people who would be
glad to come are the very ones you
should not inyite."-Puck. g.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Real Estate Filings.

The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks Office
since last Thursday evening:
R. Funson to j. V. Harrison wd to ne
or 1927. ....-...-.S l,6U w
Lincoln Land Co. to School District
No. rs wd to blk 4, 1st Danbury..... $50 90
w. McCallum to J. Cosgro wd to lots
4, 5 and 6, blk 81, Indianola..... -. 100 90
Lincoln Land Co. to H. Burgess lot 8,
blk s, Lebanon. 10 w
]. Lesser to R. 7. Highland lot 1. blk
%, Lulu w
NJ. c. Shurtleff to ]. F. Cordial wd to
ne or and ne hf S hf 1S.2-30........... 1850 90
Anna E. Mather to J. w. McClung wd
to 5 hf 2-3-2S 5,UUO W
Mary E. thinner to Eliza j. Spencer
wd to n hf 5000 90
W. Pike to ]. W. Arbogast wd to NV
or 11-426. 1,6O w
j. Schouerman to H. Amen wd to pit
Sc or Sc or 0-3-29 300 90
II. Amen to c.. Brenning wd to pit Sc
or Sc or 0-3-29. 800 W
S. Robertson to r. Moore wd to wv Or
244sO. 1000 90
c.. A. Stone to L. NJ. Smith, etal wd to
e Inf e hf
H. K. Bixler to Margaret Baxter wd
to lots l, 2, 3, 4 and 3, blk q, lot 3
blk 25-3-29. Liz 90
j. V. Harrison to ]. W. Dolan wd to
ne or 1927. 1000 90
r. Simpson to j. F. Cordial wd toe
hf NV or and e Inf sw or 292-90....... 800 90
Western Land Co. to II. c.. Sanders
qcd to e hf ne or and e hf Sc or 1872
500
United States to C. Bee pat to ne or
17-426.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25

Sharp tongues, like sharp knives, are
apt to do a grit deal of damage in
this world.-Austin Statesman.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
His Regret.

Blobbs-Buggins' wife says he is a
model husband. Slobbs-Yes, and he
used to be such a good fellow too
Philadelphia Record.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25

The mills of the Gods grind slowly,
but never grind finer-four than Doan's
mills produce.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-08-25
Commissioners Proceedings.
McCook. Neb., August IS, 1905.

The board of county commissioner met pursu-
ant to adjournment. Present; D.. A. Waterman,
Samuel Premier and j. II. Bennett, county COM
missioners, C. Z. Eldred, col nty attorney, and
E. J. Wilcox, county clerk.
Minutes of previous meeting were read and
approved.
In the matter of the application of the Red
Willow County Agricultural Society asking for
an appropriation in aid of said society laid over
from last meeting, the board on further consid-
Grafton finds that the said Agricultural society
has complied with requirements necessary to
entitle them to aid from the county in the sum
of$D7. 50. On motion same was granted and
clerk instructed to draw a warrant on the
county general fund of said county for S3O7.SO III
favorof the president of said society.
On motion the board appropriated $50 from
the county general fund, for the purpose OF
making an exhibit for Red Willow county a
the state fair held at Lincoln the week of Sep
TENDER 4th.
The following claims were audited and allow
ed and clerk was instructed to draw warrants
on the county general fund in payment thereof
as follows:
Smith & Cochran, mdse. for paupers IS Is so
N. j. Uerling, 33 50
A. Guy, ........ 90
l.. W. Mcconnell, stationery. 3 81
McCook Tribune, same. 50 55
F. M. Kimmell, printing. 81 35
w. T. Coleman, = %
H. P. Sutton, cleaning adder............. l %
American Arithmetic Co, ribbon........ 1 10
Remington Typewriter Co., cyclinder.... / 80
R. W. Devoe, Office expense. ............. 1 50
J. E. Cobbey. supplements FOR 19O5........ A
D.A Waterman, services as commissioner 30 40
Samuel Premier, same. Observation-Disclosures Y 10
J. II. Bennett, IS ~
And on the county bridge fund levy of 1905 as
follows:
W. H. Meyers, bridge work.. ..-...... 10
George Teeters, same ............ ..... b w
jackson Teeters, ....... 10 50
Jackson Teeters, II 90
Samuel Bryan. 9 90
Harry Poole ame.......... 6
Charles Ryden, same. g.
Berth Young, same. 800
August Rydep. ame........... IL 30
Ed. Cox. same. 7 90
j. G. Sedden, same............ ........... l 81
Malen Campbell, 30
John Jones. same. 40
w. S. Fitch. LOO
And on the county road fund levy of 1905 as
follows:
Malen Campbell, road work.. ......... 4 80
R. O.. Harrison, e. 600
Geo. Harrison, same......-.... $500 L oO
A. T. Wilson. 6 90
Frank Wilson, 4W
6. o.. Longnecker, 3UO
W, B. Sexson, same.......... ......... 3 90
|. II. Harrison, 4 w
Ted Cain, 80 90
Frank Cain. SAM AZ 90
On motion board adjourned to meet Septemb-
er 10, 1905. D. A. WATERMAN, Chairman.
Attest: E. j. WILCOX, County Clerk.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05

made aliii more pr0iItable BY replacine
it. manufacture By the usual crude
methods with the improved mill. after
the style OF the creamery and custom
Touring mill IN the North.
The farm mill with insufficient ap-
paratus gets hardly more than half the
Juice, and still the farmer realizes from
$40 10 $50 an acre, double the amount
cotton brings
To set the pace for the Southern
syrup maker, the Department OF Agri.
culture has established an experimental
mill az Wsycross. Ga, where a syrup
Of high market quality and uniform
color and grade Is being manufactured
Or. Wiley favors the dark colored
syrup for the reason that II contains
more caramel and favor than the light
varieties. Artificial makes OF syrup |
are usually light and while perhaps |
not Injurious. they lack the flavor and |
tone Of the real article.
Diversity Is making gains IN the
agricultural methods OF the South as II
X In the North and West, and when
his improved system becomes an es-
abolished fact In our Southern States
prosperity unknown since early days
viii take hold Of the country.
Experiments are being made In VA
ious parts OF the South 20 utilize the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
OLD FASHIONED SYRUP BOILING.

stock exported does not represent one
half the value OF the sugar brought In
every year from foreign lands.
Our Southern States alone could pro-
duce all our sugar, 10 say nothing OF
the sugar possible from beets I'm the
North aud West. The sugar from the
beet crop of 1904 amounted 20 200,
tons or $4,000 tons less than the cane
sugar produced IN Louisiana alone. Ex-
tend the sugar product as diversified
crop 10 other Southern States and we
have achieved one more agricultural
triumph.
DIR, IL, w. Wiley, Chemist OF the De
nartment Of Agriculture. who has ex-
haustiyely investigated the sugar and
syrup possibilities OF the Southern
States, says that the people OF this
country are singularly III Informed con-
cernlng the household value Of q pure
article OF cane syrup; he always keeps
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
SUGARS AND SYRUPS.
We PAY $3.50. 600. 600 A YEAR
FOR SUGAR MADE ABRO1D.

Millions Of Acres Adapted TO Cane
and Bects ln the South and West.
The Maple Sugar Industry.
Sugar IL the only Important farm
product which the United States i'm
ports. Notwithstanding the fact that
IL can be- probably produced here from
both cane aud bcets We use more than
100000 tons Of sugar annually. or
onehfth Of the entire product OF thu
world. and Of this we produce only
about one third.
IL Is estimated by the Department Of
Agriculture that not less than 10000
square miles 81 country IN the Gulf
and South Atlantic States viii grow
good sugar canes. a region sufficient TO
make all the sugar We need
Cotton, a product OF the States I'm
question. IL our largest agricultural ex-
port, and excepting IL no two other
staples exported boy us equal the value
of the sugar imported. All the live
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05

become somewhat slower. and fhf
chauneur seemed able to steer with
ease.
Just as she was going 10 ask him II
he could not turn back and find the
others the cnr gave a sudden swerye
aud pulled up-inside the gates OF
Ranelagh.
The chauffeur calmly got down and
handed her out Taking OF his cap
aud mask he cody remarked:
II gave you due warning that Daven.
try should not drive you down here To-
day"
Bob" she exclaimed. Then. sud.
denly remembering how Indignant she
ought 90 be, she turned 90 him How
dare youl This Is nothing more nor
less than a gross piece Of impertlnence
Never speak 10 me again. Mama will
oh, It's disgraceful Drive me back at
once, sir"
"Where tof" he asked
Where you left mama. Of course"
MY dear girl, you don't imagine
that your respected parent IL still sit |
ting I'm the middle Of the road nj |
Shepherds Bush waiting for n runaway |
motor 20 come back and pick her up"
Il don't believe the motor ever did
run away" she remarked.
"Of course Il didn't" he observed
And think we had better have some
tea"
II shall do no such thing. Besides.
L would not be- proper with you alone"
she added
"Oh, yes you will" be answered.
and II will be- quite proper. as we are
what 10 you mean, Bob? After
our disgraccful behavior do you think
hat r.
For answer he took her In his arms
Nd kissed Der.
A quarter % an hour after when they
we're slipping their tea on the lawn she
sked: How did you manage 20
hango places with the chauffeur
"Oh. tcn-pound note and n promise
D take him on n he got discharged did
le trick" he answered.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05

syrup aud sugar. While the demand
for both these commodities has con
stantly Increased, the output from
maple trees has decreased during the
last twenty years. The trade has been
supplied only by radically adulterating
the pure goods, or by manufacturing a
product entirely from foreign materials.
10 is cOnServatively estimated that
seven-eighths OF what is sold as maple
syrup aud sugar Is n spurious article.
The fault does not lie with the pro-
ducers, those who tap the trees and re-
duce the sap TO syrup and sugar hut
with the dealers. and so-called refiners.
who buy the real article and mix and
adultorate IL I'm ways most profitably
for themselves. The most common sub.
siltutcs used I'm the adulteration are
other sugars and glucose with flavor
ings Of vanilla or extracts from corn
cohs and stalks. Formerly there was
a good deal OF maple sugar produced In
the South, but now Vermont, New
York and Ohio are the largest pro-
ducerS. Attempts have been made In
the West to produce sugar from sor-
ghum cane, but the syrup can not be
successfully graduated, and so far the
manufacture has been limited 20 the
making Of molasses for local use
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05

bagasse. or waste. from cane mills,
using II as an absorbent 10 make the
m0lasses available as dry stock feed.
Commenting on these experiments the
Agricultural Department recently pre-
dicted that the time will come when
the manufacture Of stock feeds contain
Ing molasses will be a great industry.
The belief Is expressed that the sugar
cane world Will find in molasses feed for
live stock a by-product OF sugar manu-
facture as essential TO it's success as
IL the feeding Of cattle and horses 20
the manufacturing distilleries In the
Northwest one Of the large sugar re-
fnerles In Brooklyn. n. Y has been mix
ing molasses with the feed for its truck
horses. and finds II not only successful
but also about 25 per cent cheaper
than oats and hay. When properly pre-
pared, the molascult. "a the bagasse
compound has been termed, carries
with IL an acceptable flavor 10 stock
and Il has the additional value OF I'm
proving the flavor OF any other food
with which IL Is mixed.
The maple tree now furnishes but a
small per cent Of the commercial maple