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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Tn. Indian and the Railroad.

Gall Hamilton said If there never
were to be any railroads 1t would nave
been an impertlnence In Columbus 10
have discovered America. The Indians
knowledge of the location and direction
Of the rivers and lakes and of the po-
sitions of the portages and his readi
ness under the right sort Of persuasion
to put this knowledge at the service Of
explorers, missionaries and settlers
''stood off, this stigma from Columbus
before the railways came. Indians
guided Captain John Smith, Champlain
and La Sale through the wilderness.
Indian trails blazed pathways for the
pioneers through forests and over
mountains. Sometimes these trails
were utilized by the railway builders.
At the Louisiana Purchase exposition
at st. Louis and at the Lewis and
Clark fair at Portland were monu-
ments to the heroic ShOshOne girl, Sac
cajawea. who piloted Lewis and Clark
across the Rocky mountains and
through the wilderness on each side OF
that range in their exploration of the
Pacific.-C. NJ. Harvey in Atlantic.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Boarding Houses, Take Note.

In view of the part that electricity
plays in our modern life it is amusing
to recall that when Benjamin Franklin
evolved the lightning conductor he was
called to account by certain individuals
for sacrilege in attempting to divert
the Almighty's lightning"
Restaurant proprietors and boarding
house keepers have apparently over
looked a valuable hint which DR.. Frank
lin afforded them, as follows: He took
an ancient rooster and killed it by a
powerful shock from II of his Leyden
jars. When subsequently the bird was
served at his table Its flesh was found
to be as tender as that of a young par
fridge" or so he declares. This is one Of
the discoveries which should make the
name of Franklin forever honored.-
Success Magazine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
NINE. FALLTERES.

chases, which she does with a view to
pleasing her husbands appetite. Not
that President Fallieres is a light eat
er, for, on the contrary, he is quite
fond of his dinner, but he has strong
preferences in the matter of diet, and
it is his good Wife'S pleasure to crafty
them. Both husband and wife believe
in exercise as a means Of keeping in
good health and keeping down their
weight. In the latter endeavor they
are not particularly successful. The
president is usually up early in the
morning and after his first meal takes
a brisk walk occupying about two
hours time. He returns about 10
o'clock. usually in a dripping perspira-
ton, and takes Il vigorous rub down
before going to his official duties. 1t
is not q valet who assists him in this
task. Oh, no.; it is Nine. Fallieres her.
self, for the head of the French ma
ton does not like to have servants
around him, and the first lady of the
republic has no high flown notions
about what a lady should not do.
Nine. FalliereS is the daughter of an
attorney Of Nerac of some note in his
time. When she was known as 1.-THE
beautiful Jeanne BessOn" her standing
in the social scale was higher than
that of NJ. FalliereS, for he was the
grandson of a blacksmith and was
born in a over his grandfather's
forge. His career as a youth had not
been promising, and his parents de
SPARED of making anything of him.
but the young girl who accepted his
love saw the elements of greatness in
his character, and her influence in the
forty years since that time has had
much to do with his occupying the posi-
ton he does today. Her kind face re-
fleets the goodness and generosity for
which she is noted.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
The Towns Crooked Dividing Line

The Towns Crooked Dividing Line.
There is a reason for most every
thing" said a Cumberland county man
when he was asked how in the world
they came to have such a crooked line
between two towns in his county.
There's q reason for this crooked line.
You see, some of our towns establish
ed in pioneer times, when land was
abundant and people were few, had a
big territory, which was afterward
sliced off to make new towns. 1t was
SO in the cas- you mention, and when
the cut off was made people along the
line of division were of different minds
as TO which town they wanted to be in.
So the legislature drew Il straight line
between the two parts and then pro-
vided that persons dwelling on lands
adjoining either side of this line might
be in one town OIL the other, as they
should decide within ninety days after
passing the act. Some went one way
and some the other, and the line was
all skewed up to accommodate them"
Lewiston Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Resting q Model.

Many artists have the reputation Of
being memorable in their demands up
on the models strength. A character
istlc example appears in an anecdote
Of the late Adolphe Manzel, the Ger
man painter, who at II time was en-
gagged on a work of mural decoration
and kept a man posed in an exceeding
ly fatiguing position on a scaffold for
two hours. The great painter worked
away, needless of his models discom-
fort. Finally the victim called down,
Herr Professor, how about the re-
cess?"
Certainly, my dear sir. Come down
right away, and you shall have your
recess"
AS the model was descending from
the scaffolding his limbs assumed a
position which was one for which the
artist had long been looking.
Stop" Mcneil Numbered. Hold!
All, fine! Keep that while l make a
little sketch Of it,"
The artist drew vigorously for hall
an hour, at the end of which he called
out i~mperatively: There, that will do
for now. Get up on the scaffold again.
We have had our recess"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Golden Nose.

Tycho Brahe, the famous Danish
mathematician, was known as the
Wizard of the Golden Nose" While
at the university he lost his nose in a
duel and replaced it with a nasal or
gan of gold, held in place by cement
and a pair of spectacles. This addi-
ton to his countenance gave him a
very peculiar appearance and caused
him to be much feared by the common
people, who attributed to him many
supernatural powers, largely on ac-
count of his remarkable nose.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
The Sultan's kiOsks.

In every city of the Ottoman empire
there is a kiosk set apart for the
sultan, who never even sees it.
These palatial abodes r built of
rare marbles and finished in fine
woods, enameled in silver and gold,
with mirrors and lusters from Vienna,
mosaics from Florence and Rome, and
are nominally guarded by major domos,
who live there in royal ease and lux
ury unparalleled. Hundreds of mil
lions of francs are thus squandered,
while not a % is spent in making
roads, fertilizing valleys or construct
ing ports.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
The Christian Era,

The Christian era was suggested OF
devised by DiOnysius Exiguus, a Ro-
man monk, who, in 527, began its use
and proposed that all public and private
documents should be dated 'in the year
of our Lord" 1t did not come into gen,
eral use in France until the eighth cen,
fury nor in England until July, SIG; in
Spain it was not adopted unit! the
eleventh century; in Portugal it was
made legal in 1415; in the empire Of the
east is was established by royal edict
in 1853, a few weeks before the fall Of
Constantinople.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
NINE. FALLiERES.
The Ii nd Hearted Democratic First
Lady of France.

Lazy OF France
The wife of the new president Of
France, NJ. Clement Armand Fallieres.
Is a person of much the same type az
her husband. He is democratic. home
loving, short and stout and devoted to
his extensive vineyard. She is also In
clined to stOrtness, has Il rotuld. cheer
full face, is blessed with good nature
and common sense and cares more for
her home and family than society,
though she is a woman of culture who
knows how to carry herself in the
Elysee palace. the presidential resi-
dence.
President Fallieres is very fond of
long walks, and when he gets hungry
he often steps into a bakeshop, buys a
roll and eats it in the shop. His wife
matches this democratic habit by go
ing to market and making her pur-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Where Circulation Is Feeb1est.

Those who lead q sedentary life find
the circulation feeblest about the nose
lips and temples, and those parts OF
the face should be theoretically knead
ed several times a day. When the
pores become distended the fine, invis.
IDLE dust in the air enters and clogs
and blackens them. Mere ordinary
face washing, even when warm water
and soap are used, is not sufficient to
remove the dirt in the pores, but the
vigorous acid of the lemon will cleanse
and carry off all such unsightly blem-
iSheS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Tasmanian Girls.

For many years Tasmania has been
known as the "Circassia of the colo
MES" d tribute to the exceptional love
Illness of its young women. There have
been Tasmanian peeresses, but the
pretty Tasmanian girls are mostly in
demand as barmaids for Sydney and
Melbourne. Some years ago it was
elected in evidence at an official in
curry in Melbourne that Tasmanian
barmaids command double the ordi-
nary wages for this kind Of work.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

height by a foot in length. OF course
In order to travel by such means of To-
comotion one has to wear a foot auto
mobile on each foot. The price has
been set at about SIP per pair. The
wheels make from 1000 to $500 rev
olutions a minute, and the inventor
claims that a pair of these novel skates
will enable a person to travel at a
speed Of twenty-five miles an hour.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Not EYenIH Mafched-

Have you anything to say why sell
tence should not be pronounced upo1
you?" asked the judge.
Nothing, your honor, except that
hope you will make allowances for the
fact that the lawyer who convicted me
had a louder voice than the one who
defended me."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Care of the Feet.

The feet should be bathed az night,
and this treatment is an excellent
sleep producer. The water should be
sailed. The feet should be scrubbed
all over with a nailbrush. which will
often prevent the formation Of corns,
while hard spots on the soies may be
reduced with Il piece Of fine emery pa
per or fine file before the feet are
placed in water.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

Here is an extraordinary coincidence:
The island lying between the American
fall and the Canadian fall at Niagara
is called Goat island. What is now
called Livingstone island at the Vic
toria falls in Africa is called Kempon-
go by the natives, and this signifies
"goat island"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

oCNCl lllClllUSlS Vi ll!C ldCully
attended the musical at Neb. City,
last Friday night.
Several members of the faculty
attended, and took part on the
program, the schoolmaster's club
which met in Omaha, last week.
April 25 there will be a meet
ing of the Board of Education at
Peru. At this time they will Of
~icially accept the new chapel and
gymnasium.
Miss Ohler, of the Nebraska
Teacher, spent two days in Peru
interviewing the Seniors and
Trainers in regard to securing
positions for them this year.
The f%ortnightly Art Club has
received from lockwood factory
several very valuable pieces of
pottery to add to its collection.
The original lockwood is a beau
tiful brown but now many other
colors are beng used in the manu-
facture of it.
Sunday March 18TH a joint
meeting of Y. w. c.. A. was held
in the chapel at which time the
Nashville delegates gave their re-
ports of that wonderful conven-
ton. We certainly deem it a
great privilege to be brought in
touch with that immense assem-
blage of students-fve thousand
for the evangelization of the
world and betterment ofhumanity.
Memorial exercises were held
in the chapel, Friday morning for
Ex-Gov.T hayer. The cadets at
tended in a body. Special and
appropriate music was rendered.
A short biography of the Ex-Gov.
and some interesting events of his
life were given by Prof. Beck who
was not only an intimate andlong
standing friend of his but served
with him in official capacity.
Prof. Duncanson, head of the
geology department of Peru, gave
an interesting and helpful talk
in chapel, last Thursday morn
ing on the new coal mine that
has been discovered near Peru.
President Crabtree and Prof.
Duncanson have visited the
mine several times. There is no
one in the state as able to discuss
this new question as Prof. Dun
canson. The vein of coal dis
covered is a "A inch one, 8 inches
more than is required for the
state bounty. The thickness of
the vein is increasing as the work.
ers go into the earth. The farm
e1sof that vicinity are refusing to
sell their land at any price.
The following letter has been
received from the chairman of
the State Board of Education of
Cali am pleased to report
that the Nebraska State Normal
School at Peru was fully ~accredit-
ed by our State Board of Educa-
ton at the meeting held March 3.
This enables graduates of that in
stitution to be fully certified in
Cali. without any examinations"
This action on the part of the
State Board of Education of Calf.
places the highest grade of certi-
hcate.issued by this school on a par
with the highest grade certificate
issued by the Calf. State Normal
School. Likewise the kindergarten
and Primary certificates of this
institution just as thekinder gar
ten and Primary certificates of that
institution. This news is all the
more gratifying because of the
great care exercised by Calf. in
the matter of accrediting institu-
tons outside of the state.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
1--WE

The instructive and universal taste Of
mankind selects flowers for the express.
sion of its finest sympathies, their beau
ty and their f1eetingness serving 70
make them the most fitting symbols of
those delicate sentiments for which
language itself seems almost too gross
q medium.-Hillard.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
A Study In Anatom>.

Mamma, what part of she ~oJy is
the trombone?"
No part of the body, my dear"
Yes, it is, because it says IL the pa
per here that last night whi!a returning
from the symphony concert Professor
Gridel fell and broke his trombone"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
COntradicted,

Its impossible to have too much Of
a good thing" said the thoughtful
thinker.
ooh, 1 don't Know" rejoined the con-
trary person. "Matrimony is a good
thing, but what the law does to a
bigamist is plenty."-Chicago News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

Says Charles Baudelaire: This life
is a hospital where every patient Is
possessed with q desire to change his
bed. This one would prefer to suffer
by the stove, and the other thinks be
would recover by the window"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30

They say that money does rot bring
happiness. This Is an experiment. how
ever, which every one wishas 10 try
for himself.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
A FOOT AUTOMOBILE.
New Invention For Fast Travel MAJ
Be Next Fad.

Skating on automobile roller skates
bids fair to be the next fad. If an in
vention shown at the late Paris auto
mobile show proves popular the fabu-
lous seven league boots will be almost
o~utdistanced by the fleet boots of the
man who has Il pair of auto skates"
The foot automobile, or motor roller
skate. is about one foot and a half in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
Posted.

Visitor-Johnny, give me the name Of
the largest diamond. Johnny-The ace.
Boston Globe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-03-30
A Good
Teacher

goes a long way to-
ward helping make
us perfect in our
lessons 1t takes
years of experience
to attain ~theknowl-
edge necessary for
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28

train, running seventy miles an hour
dashed through an open switch into a
freight train at Catlin, ILL.,, Wednes-
day. Three bodies have been taken
fran the wreck and eight persons are
missing. The list of injured is large.
Jennings Withers, farmer near
Stephenson, Ind, claims the record for
big ears of corn. An ear in display
window weighs p pounds, ounces. 1t
has % rows of grain and 81 such ears
would make bushel. The corn is of
the litter variety, and comes from a
patch of six acres, which produced 500
bushels of corn.
Although the imports of farm prod
ucts were larger in 1905 than any year
since 1890, says report of the depart
ment of agriculture, the value of ex-
ports exceeded that of imports by more
than one-half, and there was a balance
of trade of $2S5,000,000 in our favor.
Walter Wellman, leader of the Well
man Chicago RecordHerald Arctic ex-
petition, has arrived in Paris from the
North. He viii remain there several
weeks to superintend the reconstruction
of his airship, which will contain i'm
portant and new features.
For the third time within a few
months college president has been
called to take pastorate in Vermont,
The First Congregational church at
Springfield has been notified by Rev.
John K. Morley, president of Fargo col
lege, N. d., that he has decided to ac
cept call recently rendered by the So
eictv Rev. Mr., Morley is native of
Hartford, CT, and is a graduate of Will
liams college and Andover seminary
The other former college presidents
now pastors of Vermont churches are
Rev. Edward d. Eaton at st. Johns
bury. from Beloit college, Beloit, Wis,
and Rev. Joseph II. George at the First
church, Burlington, from Chicago theo-
logical seminary. Both men are Con-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28
State Notes.

The Rutland county fair which closed last
Thursday, will more than pay expenses for
the first time in two years. The total re-
ceipts were about $3000 and it is expected
that there will be a balance of about $500
after the bills are paid Under different
management last season the fair did not even
pay premiums.
That. a PERSONS leg is not under all, cir
cumstances his own personal property is the
opinion of Judge John Watson of the Frank
lin county court at st. Adams. The opinion
was given during the trial of damage suit
brought by Leonard L. Morgan against Ly-
man and Walter B. Hendricks to recover for
being kicked by horse belonging to the de-
PENDANTS. Morgan leg was injured, but he
refused to allow experts for the defence to
examine the injured member, although it was
shown to the jury. Judge Watson ruled that
Morgan had placed the injured leg in the
case as an exhibit, and whenever an exhibit
is in evidence it ceases to become the ex-
elusive property of the person offering it,,
but is the property Of the court for use in the
case by either side. Counsel for the plaintiff
took exceptions to the judges ruling.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28
wARpsBoRo.

DIR. Heflon, who has been quite III, is Inn
proving slowly,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ], Martin are visiting
in Halifax this week,
Pearl knight, who has been working Tor
Mrs. George Briggs, has returned to her
home.
Mrs. Arthur Prouty OF wnhall Is here
TO assist In the. care OF her brother, A. NJ
Farnum, who is quite III,
yinton Gardner, who has spent the past
week at J. A. Wilber's has returned to his
home in Greenfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morse and Mr. and
Mrs, Edward knight visited their sister.
Mrs. Ovid Allen of Wilmington. the first OF
this week,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. h. Ramsdell OF Gardner,
Mass. have been visiting their many friends
here the past week, returning home Wednes'
day morning,
Mrs. A. l.. Wheeler is visiting her sister,
Mrs, stetson, In Greenfield, Mass and viii
also visit relatives in Troy, n, " before
returning home.
J. A. WILDER gave husking last week
which was well attended and the corn was
all husked. After the husking all adjourned
10 the house where refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Knight OF Mt Hoi'
~. have been visiting Mrs. Knights brother,
George Morse, and also at c. W. Martins
Mrs. l.. G. Eames visited in Brattleboro
last week.
The body OF Mrs. William May OF Brat
tleboro was brough, here for burial, Friday
evening, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs.
Hall, and husband, who had cared for her
and with whom she made her home; and
by her sons, Sidney May and wife OF Spring
field, Mass and II. A. May Of Seymour,
Conn. and Mrs. Parks Of Brattlebcro.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28
New York Republicans Name Hughes.

The New York Republican state con
vention at Saratoga adjourned at l:23
Wednesday afternoon, after nominating
the following state ticket; For gov
ernor, Charles f. Hughes of New York;
lieutenant governor, NJ. Lynn Bruce for
reelection; secretary of state, John r.
O 'Brien for reelection; controller, Nor
ton e. Lewis; attorney general, julius
NJ. Mayer for reelection; state treas
urer, John G. Matchmaker for re-
election; state engineer and surveyor,
Henry A. Van Alstyne for reelection.
This ticket was nominated by acclama-
ton, without opposition or divis-
ion of any kind, and amid notable en-
thusiasm. 1t marked the clearing up
of tense situation which at times
seemed almost impossible of harmo-
Nous solution. President Roosevelt
strongly urged Hughes nomination and
is much pleased at the result. Hughes
is regarded as probable winner, who
will get the votes of many anti-Hearst
democrats.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28
News Briefs.

A dividend of 70 per cent. is being
paid the depositors of the defunct Peo-
pies National bank of Swanton, which
failed about two years ago This makes
As l-3 per cent. that they have received.
Another small dividend probably will
be paid before the affairs of the bank
are closed up.
James r. Hill, colored hostler, was
sentenced to not less than one, or more
than two years in the state prison at
Windsor, by Judge w. M. Ross in the
city court at Rutland, Wednesday, for
grand larceny Tuesday he broke into
a desk at a livery stable where he was
employed and distracted $50. He was
captured at Pittsford. He had served
a term for embezzlement in the house,
of correction here.
Eight or ten persons were killed and
many hurt when the Wabash fast mail
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28
Children $ Lives Sacrificed by Ice Trust

The shutting down of pasteurization
plants in New York city, due to the
high price of ice, in six weeks has cost
1867 lives of children. While 100000
quarts of milk were daily purified of
harmful germs by pasteurization, the
death rate among children dropped to
the lowest point ever known in that
city. In nine weeks Ss4 lives of little
ones were saved, as compared with the
death rate of June and July, 1900
Then the pasteurization plants were
shut down owing to the ice trust boost
ing prices and cutting off discounts. In.
stead of 100000 quarts of pasteurized
milk a day, the supply was cut to co.
600. Instantly the infantile death rate
went up In six weeks the increase in
deaths of babies under one year was
554. At the rate of Improvement shown
while pasteurization prevailed the de-
crease for the entire season should have
been 1928. Instead it was only 240.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-28
SOUTH NEwFANE.

Mrs. Love attended the county Sunday
school convention at Saxtons River Friday
and Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs Ernest Sparks have been Wis
iting their grandmother, Mrs Elliott Sparks,
and other relatives the past week.
Miss Grace Pierce is availing herself OF
the advantages Of high school course at
the Wiliamsyille school. Mr.. Perham, the
Williamsville teacher, conducts the class.
Misses Lillian and Bessie Wildwood Of
South Rawdon, n s., sisters OF Mrs. Miles
G.. Upper, arrived at the parsonage last week
Thursday. Miss Lillian left for Boston We'd
nesday morning where she expects 70 remain
through the winter.
Misses Marion and Georgiana Kendall Of
San Bernardino Cal, who have spent the
summer with their grandmother Mrs. Samuel
Morse, left Wednesday morning for Brattle'
boro, where they attended the Valley fair
and went TO East Somerville Mass, Thurs
day. Georgiana Kendall will resume her
studies at Wellesley college.