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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
DR.. PierCe'S FaYOrite Prescription

Is a powerful, invigorating tonic, impart-
ing health and strength in particular
TO the organs distinctly feminine. The
local. womanly health is so intimately
related TO the general health that when
diseases of the delicate womanly organs
are cured the whole body gains in health
and strength. For weak and Sickly
women who are "Worn-out," rrun-down"
or debilitated, especially for women who
work in store, office or SchoOlroom, who
sit at the typewriter or sewing machine,
or bear heavy household burdens, and for
nursing mothers, DR.. Pierce'S Favorite
Prescription has proven a priceless
benefit because of its notwithstanding
and strengthening powers.
As a soothing and strengthening nerv-
inc. "Favorite Prescription is I'M
equaled and is invaluable in allaying and
Subduing nervous e~Xcitability, irritable
ity, nervous exhaustion, nervous proStra-
ton, neuralgia, hySteria, spasmS. chorea,
or st. VituS'S dance, and other distressing
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic disease of
the womanly organs. 1t induces refresh
ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety n
dependency.
Cures obstinate cases. "Favorite Pre-
Scription is a positive cure for the most
complicated and obstinate cases of ufe-
male weakness" painful periods, irregu-
l~aritieS, prolapSuS or falling of the pelvic
organs, weak back, bearing-dOwn SenSa-
tiOnS, chronic congestion, Inflammation
and liberation.
DIR. Pierce's medicines are made from
harmless but efficient medical roots
found growing in our American forests.
The Indians knew of the marvellous cura-
tive value of some of these roots and i'm
parted that knowledge to some of the
friendlier whites, and gradually some OF
the more progressive physicians came to
test and use them, and ever since they
have grown in favor by reason of their
superior curative virtues and their safe
and harmless qualities.
Your druggists sell the "FAvoRITE PRE-
SCRIPTION and also that famous altera-
tive, blood purifier and stomach tonic, the
golden MEDICAL DISCOVERY" Write
to DR.. Pierce about your case. He is an
experienced physician and will treat your
case as confidential and without charge
for correspondence. Address hin at the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, n. Y, of which he is chief con-
sulting physician.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
The Sardinfan6.

Sardinia was a wild place in the mid
die Of the last century. A traveller
says: 1.-The men are clothed in goat
skins, one before and another behind,
without breeches, shoes or stockings,
and q wooden or skin cap on the head.
The women have no other habiliments
than a long wooden gown and a wooden
cap. The peasants always go armed
to defend themselves from one another,
so that travelling in the interior is ex-
tremely unsafe without an escort, and
it Is even dangerous for ships to send
their people on shore for water unless
they are well armed. In short, the
Sardes are the Malays of the Mediter-
ranean."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
n ELEPHANT
He Is Good Natured, Docile, Obedient
and Long Suffering.

he Is Good NatureO, DOcIie, ODeuAeht
and Long Suffering.
1.-THE elephant is the best natured
beast in all wild creation" said a cir
Gus man. "Most people have an idea
that the big beast is apt to go wrong
any time and make all kinds Of trouble
for everybody. Now, as a matter OF
fact, 1 have never but once seen a
freak Of this kind. Then the result
was directly due to the intolerable
abuse of fat headed grooms. 1t seems
to me that if some one was putting a
steel point or hook into a soft joint OF
yours or mine many times a day n
without any good reason for 1t we
would show temper and tear up things
too. The only difference Is the ele-
plant has more patience. He is docile,
obedient and long suffering. When
an elephant gets a little out Of sorts
there is always some lightweight at
tendant, it seems, to fly off and say he
Is 'daffy.' Ninety-nine times out of a
hundred the poor elephant has been
badly treated, and, as he cannot talk,
he does about the only thing he can do
and trumpets his disgust or possibly
goes a step further and eases his feel
ings by taking a crack with his trunk
at something within reach. Elephants
are as kind hearted and tender as Wo-
men and respond to little attentions
the same way, and in the same way,
Just like a woman, when they get sour
ed, 1t takes a long while to sweeten
them again if it can be done at all."-
Chicago Chronicle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
Fearless Firemen
Hllrty thousand of Them Fighting Flames
In the United States-Daring ResCues
on Dizzy Ladders - New
York'S Army.

NINCE fire fighting has become a
- regularly recognized and well
compensated employment In the
large cities of this country a
great change has taken place In the
discipline In vogue among the forces
Of fire fighters and in the methods en-
ployed In extinguishing fires. In the
old days Of volunteer firemen there
may have been more glory In assisting
at putting out flames when they had
burst into action unbidden and mex
pected, but there was much less sci
ence about 1t then. Making fire fight
ing a paid service under u regularly Or
ganized branch Of the municipality has
cost the large cities Of the United
States a great deal of money, but it Is
a change which has paid for itself
many times over In the reduced amount
of the losses due to outbreaks of fire.
Credit should be given the volunteer
companies, however, for tie work
which they did and which many are
still doing in the smaller towns or in
larger cities as forces auxiliary to the
Ddlu uCDdl tIllthJS. IOi instance, III LIN
city of New York, which has $500
paid fremen, the largest number en-
ployed by any city In the United States,
there are also volunteer companies
with a membership Of 1900. These
companies exist mostly in the suburbs
In parts Of New York to which the
service of the regular city department
has not yet been extended.
Although fire fighting Is necessarily
a dangerous occupation and requires
qualities akin to those Of a soldier in
men who would enter it, the perils
have been much reduced by the perfec-
ton attained in many cities in methods
of discipline and by the Improvements
In apparatus. On the other hand, the
study given to the subject has resulted
in such high efficiency Of service that
the proportion Of disastrous fires is
small compared with the number Of
outbreaks of flames. In such cities as
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
A Taste For Dogs,

Mark Twain was once talking Of war
and of the hardships and prtvations of
sieges.
"a Frenchman," he said, "called one
day on a woman who had two dogs.
They were ugly little brutes, and when
they came near him the nan pushed
them out of the way with his foot.
"T perceive, SIR said the woman
coldly, that you are not very fond of
dogs
"The man started in surprise.
"I not fond of dogsp he exclaimed,
why, madam, I ate more than twenty
of them during the siege Of Parish"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
COG AND MAGOG.
Various Traditions Relating 10
These Two Famous Giants.

Various Traditions ReintinS w
These Two Famous Giants.
Who were Cog and Magog? English
tradition says that they were the last
of q a C of giants who infested Eng
land until they were destroyed by
some of the Trojans who went to the
British isles after the destruction OF
Troy. Cog and Magog, 1t Is said. were
taken captive to London, where they
were chained at the door Of the palace
of the king. When they dice wooden
images of the two giants were put in
their places. In the course of time a
great fire destroyed these, but now, II
you go to London, you will see In the
great hall of one Of the famous build
Ings - the Guildhall two immense
wooden effigies of men called Cog and
Magog.
But there are other traditions of the
two giants. One Is to the effect that
when Alexander the Great Overran
Asia he chased into the mountains OF
the north an impure, wicked and mar
eating people who were twenty-five ma
tons In number and who were shut up
with Il rampant In which were gates OF
brass. One of these nations was Goth
and another Magoth, from which we
readily get the names Of the mythical
giants. 1t is supposed, however, that
the Turks were meant by Cog and the
Mongols were the children of Magog.
We shall find mention made of Cog
and Magog in many books. including
the Bible, but there are the greg wall
and the rampant of Cog and Magog,
whatever may have been the fact that
gave the names of the two giants to
that portion Of the structure.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
A Patient Man.

The endurance Of the music lover who
sits out one Of Wagner's long Ring
operas has often been commented
upon, but perhaps not more forcibly
than In London. Well up above the
stage was a bury figure in homespun,
evidently a Scottish farmer who had
come to London to see the sights and
hear the sounds. After sitting through
three long acts he murmured audibly,
"'Twas a patient mon that wrote all
thisv'
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
DistinRufshed,

Visitor Gn penitentiary)-WhO is that
distinguished looking convict? Ward
en-He is known here as No. 1147.
Visitor-He seems to hold himself aloof
from his fellows. Warden-Yes; you
can hardly expect him to associate with
the common herd. His trial cost the
state 100000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
A Lake of Acid.

In the center Of Sulphur island, of
Few Zealand, Is a lake Of sulphuric
acid fifty acres In extent. The water
contains vast quantities of hydrochloric
acid and sulphuric acids, kissing and
bubbling at a temperature Of no de-
grees F., and great care has to be
taken In approaching 1t to avoid suf-
location.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
Tho ONLY Nav

A person Of little tact once remarked
to the octogenarian Auber, What a
sad thing it Is, this old business
YES" agreed the old musician, at
Is sad; but" he added, with witty
philosophy, "up to the present time no
surer way has been discovered to live
q long time"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
Where the Rub Comes

"Well," said the good natured board
er, there's one thing about u board
ing house-you can eat all you like
there"
"Of course; same as ours" replied
the grouchy one "You can eat all you
like, but there's never anything you
could possibly like" Philadelphia
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27
A Cautions Dnmnel.

Dearest, with you by my side, I
would willingly give up all 1 possess
wealth, position, parents-everything."
st know, George, but In that case
what would there be left for me-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27

Man carries under his hat a private
theater, wherein a greater drama Is
acted than Is ever performed on the
mimic stage, beginning and ending In
eternity.-Carlyle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-07-27

It's a queer fact that the higher a
man rises the less chance he has Of be-
ing above suspicion.-Puck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
DISASTER WAS
A UNIQUE ONE
Dynamite Killed White Man, In
dian and Five Negroes Mule
Blown from Tunnel Ran Off.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Dec. 10.-One
white man, five negroes and Il Chero-
kee Indian were literally blown into
fragments by the explosion of dyna-
mite in a tunnel on the right Of way
of the New South and Western rail
road Saturday night.
The white man had been expected to
open Il box of dynamite for blasting
purposes and started to comply. One
blow from a hammer exploded the
contents, and only Il small fragment
of the white man, who was blown
through the tunnel, has been found.
Six others were dismembered and sew
en- were seriously injured.
A mule and car were blown through
the portal of the tunnel and down the
mountain side. The car was wrecked,
but the mule escaped u~nscathed and
Of his own v~olition galloped off to the
stable.
Not Il single person in the tunnel es-
capped injury. The construction force
is tunneling through a mountain in q
remote corne of the state, and owing
TO its inaccessibility and inability to
secure telephone connection the names
of the dead and injured cannot be
learned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
TUNNEL FROM LII.
Subway Contractors Push a Pipe
Through to New York.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-When a ten
inch pipe was forced through from the
Brooklyn shield of the rapid transit
tunnel to the shield ut the end of the
New York bore at 3 o'clock on Sat
urday it opened up the first commune
cation under the East river between
Long Island and New York through the
transportation tunnels now building.
The engineers expect that the headings
will meet tomorrow or Wednesday.
When the pipe was sent into the
Manhattan bore there was great re-
joicing among the workmen and en-
gineers at both ends of the tunnel. The
pipe was put through for the purpose
of checking up the lines of the tunnel,
and when measurements were taken it
was found that the lines of the bores
came to within one-tenth of al inch of
alignment.
ID. l.. Hough, president of the New
York Tunnel company. which has
charge of the work, is arranging to
have the mayor, the borough presidents
of Manhattan and Brooklyn and mem
bers of the rapid transit commission
walk through the completed tunnel.
The tube is thirty-two feet below the
river bed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
W SHOT AT MILLTOWN
Continued from Page IL

lew, to the scene, and the hotel was
closed and Richter arrested.
After consulting with the sheriff
and the prosecutor, and as~certaining
from DR.. Riva that Richter was in no
condition to be taken to New Bruins
wick on account of his injuries, the
warden permitted Richter to stay at
his home at Midtown through the
night in custody of Constable Buck
elew. His condition permitting, Rich
ter was taken to New Brunswick yes
terday morning and formally COM
mitted by Justice Sedan.
Richter brought several bondsmen
with him, but in view of the fact that
DR.. Riva could not report favorably,
at the time, upon the condition of
Fine and his sister, Judge Booraem
refused to permit Richter to be re-
leased On bail. AS soon as DR.. Riva
gives a favorable report, Richter, it
is said, will be released on probably
a bail of $4,000.
Fine was also arrested Saturday
night by the sheriff's men with the
assistance of Marshal Wilde, of Mill.
town, and committed by Justice of
the Peace Headley, before whom he
gave $1,000 bail.
Richter is a German past fifty
years of age, has been twenty years
in business at Midtown, and is d
property owner of some means. Fine
is 20 years old, but is tall and heavy
for his age. He is well known here
as a professional baseball player. Il
is said that when arrested, both Fine
and Richter were somewhat under
the influence of liquor.
It is said that in view of Fines
age, there is talk of making a COM
plant against Richter for selling
liquor to minors. Three men besides
Richter and Charles Fine were in
the barroom when the quarrel started
but ran out when the shooting be-
gan. They were Jacob Miller, Will
lam Kuhlthau and Joseph NIGEL
haney, all of Midtown.
Drs. Slack and Forney, of New
brunswick, were called to attend
Fine yesterday morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
EX-SENATOR SHOT.
Mrs. Anna M. Bradley Creates a
Sensation at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Ex-United
States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah
lies in a critical condition in the Emer-
gcncy hospital from a pistol wound in
the abdomen inflicted by Mrs. Anna M.
Bradley of Salt Lake City, who arrived
here from that city. The shooting &C.
Cured in Senator Browns apartment
in the Raleigh hotel, where Mrs. Brad
ley also had registered under the name
of A. B. Brown. She was taken into
custody and was locked up in the ma
irons room of the First precinct police
station.
Senator Brown was conveyed to the
put upon the operating table. Two
shots were fired, one grazing his left
hand and the other entering the abdo-
men and lodging in the liver. After
working over him for nearly two hours
the surgeons decided that for the pres
ent at least they would make no fur
Their attempt to find the bullet.
After being assigned a room upon
her arrival here Mrs. Bradley imme-
diately went to Senator Browns apart
ment. There We're no witnesses to the
shooting, but a floor maid heard the
shots and at nee notified the manage
ment. According to her statement at
the police station. where she talked
freely with the newspaper men, Mrs
Bradley came to Washington to de.
mand that Senator Browa marry her
She said that their relations were wei
known in Salt Lake City
Il asked him if he was going to dc
the right thing by me-" she said, main
tanning a remarkable composure. Hi
reply was to put OH his overcoat ant
start TO leave the room. and l sho'
him. | abhor acts of this character
but in this case it was fully justified"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
HAVE SOUND DEEPENED,
Central Railroad Interested in Eliza
beth Improvement.

ELIZABETH, Dec. 10:-The Cen
trail Railroad Company has IKE an
interest in the proposed plan to deep
en- the Staten Island sound and re-
move the bar which has heretofore
prevented the landing of boats at the
docks between the chancellor's dock
and the Central railroad wharf. A
meeting of the river and harbor com
mittee of the Board of Trade and
officials of the Central railroad will
be held shortly to decide upon what
is thought best to do in the matter.
Thre years ago the Board of Trade
took steps toward the widening and
deepening of the channel, and the
government awarded a contract for
the work to the Taylor Dredging
Company. The channel was to have
been widened 800 feet, with a low
water depth of 81 feet. The work
was commenced at the northern end
and a channel $50 feet wide was
made, it being the plan to dredge $50
feet down, turn and dredge $50 feet
back, making the total width, as re-
quired, 900 feet.
When the dredging company reach
ed the part of the Kill opposite Mid
dlesex county it was retained, the
M~iddlesex supervisors keeping the
men until they had accomplished all
the work the county wanted done.
AS the result, the 300-foot width in
the channel exists up as far as the
Chancellor dock. Beginning at the
end of the Chancellor dock, a long
bar extends all the way across in
front of the Central railroad property
and, with only a 150-foot channel on
the New York side, prohibits the
landing of heavy vessels of more than
II feet draught.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
JERSEYMEN TO BE THERE
The Y. M. C. A. Convention at
Washington Being Planned.
tFrom the NEWS Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Dec. 10:-Former
Jerseymen will take a prominent part
in the international convention which
will be held by the Young Mems
Christian Association in this city next
November. Edward A. Hearne, the
local general secretary, was formerly
state secretary for New Jersey. DR..
Merrill e. Gates, vice chairman of
the committee on religious meetings,
was formerly president of Rutgers
College, New Brunswick; and Miles
H. Shand, who will act as chairman
of the committee to foreign guests,
which will be a feature of the conven-
ton, lived at New Brunswick before
he accepted a place in the State De-
partment.
1t is expected that delegates to the
number of $500 will come here from
all parts of the world. The conven-
ton will meet in the Memorial Hall
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the night sessions
will probably be held in Convention
Hall. The date for the convention is
November 20 to 26, 1906. 1t is ex-
pected the list of speakers will in
clude many men prominent in the
affairs of the world. The m will
be announced at an early date.
c.. s. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10

CRY BRIEFS

A special session Of Amboy Chap
ter No. Al, Royal Arch Masons, will
be held Wednesday night.
A meeting of the Raritan Yacht
Club will be held tomorrow night.
A number of small boys were
skating on a small pond Saturday af-
ternoon on one of the vacant lots near
the post Office.
The store windows of a number
of merchants about town are already
decorated for the holidays.
The alterations on DR.. G.. w. Filth
ian's house on High street neal the
park are now nearly completed, and
it will be ready for occupancy
The Palace Arcade Company has
opened offices in the Flatiron build
ing, formerly occupied by |. Mann.
Albert Shadow, a diamond ex-
pert, of New York, has taken a posi-
ton in Louis Perelman's jewelry
store in the Flatiron building.
The Shoemakers' Association
will hold their monthly meeting To-
night in Washington hall.
An important meeting of the
Eagle Athletic Club will be held at
the clubhouse in King street tonight.
AT a meeting of the Cheese
brough Mutual Aid Association Sat
urday afternoon a report was re-
ceived stating that tickets are selling
well for their coming ball.
Oscar Wilson, of Woodbridge,
reported to the police this morning
that he had lost $25 in FIVE and ten
dollar bills in this city Saturday
night, on Smith street between Elm
and High streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
CONCERT WAS
PLEASING ONE
Juvenile Temple |. 0. G. 7. En-
teriained Saturday Might
Largn Audience Present.

The Juvenile Temple of the indie
pendent Order of Good Templars held
an entertainment and concert in l. o.
G. T. hall in Prospect street Saturday
night. The hall was well filled.
Peter Peterson, of New York,
showed colored lantern pictures. The
views were from all parts OF the
world, mingled with comical pictures.
Mr. Peterson gave explanations with
each view.
Chris Boilson gave a sort opening
address. He spoke on the good work
OF temperance societies, especially
the good results that were accom-
plished with the young folks aid.
Following Mr.. Boilson's address,
members of the juvenile society rem
dered a song. Jens Lorensen gave a
violin solo, PLEASE Come and Play in
My Yard"
A. Tallakson made an address,
which was followed by an address by
w. P. Bradley, members of the juve-
nile society, then sang. Walter Ger
lafsen played a violin solo, Star
light"
Miss Lydia Christensen sang
Where the Golden Rod Is Growing,
Molly Dear" which was followed by
a song from the juvenile society.
Peter Peterson and Miss Lydia Chris
Jensen sang a duet.
Several recitations were given by
the children of the juvenile society.
The entertainment was concluded
with a song by Miss Cathrine Peter
son. Following the entertainment a
social hour was enjoyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
NEW FACTORIES IN RAILWAY.
Tobacco Concern to Move There from
New York.

RAILWAY, Dec. 10:-Realty sales
for large manufacturing concerns
have been active in Railway this
week. A plant located along the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks at
Maple avenue has been sold to a to-
bacco concern from New York, which
expects to employ from $50 to 200
hands. Thomas Allen, of Metuchen,
will be it's manager, and already he is
looking for houses for his employees
who wish to come here.
Charles Koenig, a Railway mer-
chant and resident, has purchased
the property of the Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Company, on Main
street, containing, among other struc-
lures, a large brick building, which
latter place he will convert into a
store.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-10
Testimony in Bankruptcy Case.
gyecfaI tn the EVENING NEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. TO-
Former Judge J. X. Rice, as a Su-
preme Court commissioner, is taking
testimony here in the bankruptcy
Ease of the Chemical bank of New
York city, against Mrs. Amy Kellogg,
wife OF a New York lawyer, who re-
Gently went into voluntary bank
ruptcy. The bank holds notes OF the
bankrupt on which they seek to re
cover upon the ground that the trans
fer of a certain farm tract at Oak
Tree to Mrs. Lake, of New York, was
fraudulent, it having taken place
within four months of the filing OF
the bankruptcy proceedings.
Mrs. Kellogg claims the transfer
was made in accordance with an
agreement made in 1904 and had nc
connection with the bankruptcy mat
ter.