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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Difference 1otween Instinct and
Reasoning Power.

Measuring N"N''
Most animals have little self con-
seriousness, and their reasoning powers
at pest are of n low order, but In KIM
at least the powers are not different
from reason in man. A horse reaches
over the fence to be company to an
other. This Is instinct. When 1t lets
down the bars with its teeth, that Is
reason. When Il dog find its way
home ut night by the sense OF smell.
this may be instinct; when he draGS Il
stranger 10 his wounded master, that
is reason. When Il jack rabbit leaps
over q bush to escape a dog or runs IN
a circle before a coyote, or when II
lies fat in the grass rs a round ball OF
gray, indistinguiShable from grass,
this is instinct. But the same animal
is capable of reason-that is, of Il dis
tinct choice among lines of action. Not
long ago Il rabbit came bounding across
the university campus at Palo Alto.
As it passed Il orner it suddenly faced
two hunting dogs running / by side
toward it. 1t had the choice of turn
ing back, its first instinct, but a dan
gerous one; of lcaping over the dogs
or Of lying on the ground. 1t chose
none of these, and its choice was in
Simultaneous. 1t ceased leaping, ran
low and went between the dogs just
as they were in the act of Selling 1t
and the surprise of the dogs as they
stopped and tried to hurry around was
the same feeling that Il man would
have in like circumstances.-"EVolu
ton and Animal Life"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
4 Curious hncr1alV.

Until q few years ago the Philippine
Islanders held their Sunday on the day
which was Monday to the inhabitants
of the neighboring island of Borneo.
This curious anomaly arose from the
historic fact that the Philippines were
discovered by Spanish vOyagers COM
ing from the east round Cape Horn.
while Borreo was discovered by Por-
tuguese coming from the west, and sail
ors lose or gain a day according to
their direction in crossing the Pacific.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
An Unhappy Compsrison.

A country minister had just received
his first call to the charge of a small
church, and his wife, Of course, was
highly eXcited-so much so that she
was obliged to tell everybody of the
good news.
One day she met a farmers wife and
began the conversation.
do YOU know, Mrs. Close" she said,
"my husband has just secured the in,
cumbency Of a church, and can't tel
you how delighted l am. p
YES" replied the sympathetic Ole
lady, az quite understand your feel
ings. 1 felt just that way when oul
pig took the gold medal at the cattle
show.'-Pearson's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
MISS GLADYS VANDERBILT.

fine musician, having studied in Paris
under Jean de ResZke, and is very ac-
complished. The count was born in
Egervar. Hungary, in 1879 and is the
youngest son of the late Count En-
erich Szechenyi, who was for some
years ambassador from Austria-Hun-
gary to Germany. Miss Eanderbiits
fiance was educated for the army AID
is a reserve lieutenant in the Ninth
hussars. He has the rank Of imperial
chamberlain, is a hereditary member
of the house of magnates, the upper
house of the Hungarian parliament,
and divides his time between Vienna,
Budapest and his country estate at
Horpatsch, Hungary.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
TYBUnN TREE.
Lord Ferrers' Tragic Journey to the
Famous Old GalIows.

Park lane was Tyburn lane, and If
seems as if the gaIlows-describcd III
an old document as mOyable-at one
time stood at its east cOrne 1t was
there the feroclOus Lord Ferrers was
hung in 1860 for numbering his serv.
ant. Horace Walpole's words paint
the picture we'll: "He shamed heroes.
He bore the solemnity Of Il pomDouS
and tedious procession of above two
hours from the Tower to TyDurn with
as much tranquility as if he were only
going to his own burial, not TO his own
execution and when Il of the
dragons OF the procession was thrown
from his horse Lord Ferrcrs expressed
much concern and said, y hope there
will be no death today but mine"
On went the procession, with 4 mob
about it sufficient to make its progress
slow and Iaborious. Small wonder that
the age of Tbackeray, with Thack-
eray's help, set up its scaffoIds within
four high walls. Asking for drink,
Lord Ferrers was refused, for, said the
sheriff, late regulations enjOfned him
not to let prisoners drink while pass
ing from the place of Imprisonment to
that of execution, great indecencies
having been committed by the drunk
enness of the criminals in the hour of
execution. "And though" said he, my
lord. l might think myself eXcusable
in overlooking this order out of regard
to your lordship's rank, yet there is an
other reason, which, l am sure, will
weigh with you-your lordship is sen
sible of the greatness of the crowd
we must draw up at some tavern; the
! confluence would be so great that il
would delay the expedition which
your lordship seems so much to de
sire" But decency-so often paradec
by those who outrage tended Will
the murderer's death. 1.-The execution
ers fought for the rope, and the one
who lost it cried-the greatest tragedy
to his thinking, OF the day!'-Londor
Sketch.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.

Lucius Flint is temporarily helper at
the Atwood station.
Engine 27O3 is over the drop-pit for
usual repairs, this week.
c.. NJ. Smith has been transferred to
McCook from Republican City.
Railroad business, both freight and
passenger is exceedingly brisk now.
Earl Gaddis, civil engineer, did some
track work for the company here, last
week.
Nelson Rance was here from McCook
several days, this week.-Red Cloud
Chief.
Harry e. Amos of Wilmerding, Penn,
a machinist, went to work for the com
pany, yesterday.
Engineer A. G. Nash now sports a
spanking good pair of young mules
Herndon Nonpareil.
Conductor w. F. Myers is enjoying a
brief respite from road activity on &C
count of hot journal difficulty.
Miss Sadie Evans of McCook is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Chas. Mchenna
this week.-Arapahoe Pioneer.
w. Fletcher is acting as substitute
for night operator Showalter, who is Ill
of typhoid fever.-Arapahoe Mirror.
Several railroad mems families from
Oxford and McCook expect to locate IN
Red Cloud soon.-Red Cloud Chief.
William Boyles, helper in the black
smith-shop, was called to Liberty, this
week. by news of the death of a sister.
The company's fire apparatus was
sent to the fire, Thursday afternoon,
but happily was not needed. Right
spirit, anyhow.
The company is unloading sixty cars
of coal in the yards here, in addition to
the large surplus now piled in the yard
for emergencies.
Conductor and Mrs. Worth Humphrey
have deepest sympathy in the loss OF
their infant child, born and died, Wed
nesday of this week.
Mark Parkes of McCook, conductor
on the Burlington, is visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Parkes, Sr., here thl:
week.-Red Cloud Chief.
Conductor and Mrs. Will Brace O
Curtis are visiting his brother Arthur
formerly a Burlington employ a
Curtis in Portland, Oregon.
The company has added a new hos
cart to the fire-fighting equipment o
the shops, putting the department Their
in good shape to handle all emergencies
Engineer Jay H. Snyder is in tn
Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, seeklni
relief from his ailment-the result of a
injury more than a year since-by an
other operation, which all devoutly hop
may be successful.
It is with regret we chronicle th
intended removal of Station Agen
Fred Tomblin to Denver, where be goe
to accept a position in the B. Il. NJ
freight Office. Mr.. and Mrs. Tombli
expect to leave Arapahoe in the cours
of a month, and in the spring may b
Joined by Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Tomblin.-
Arapahoe Mirror.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08

guides previous to Mr.. R~OoSeVeltS adj
vent to learn what the chances Of
game were. Mr.. McIlhenny is 4 Demo-
crat and formerly served as 4 member
of that party in the Louisiana state
senate, but he and the president have
been close friends since the time when
as fellow rough riders they went up
San Juan hill together. The civil serv-
ice commissioner is athlete, yachts
man, globe t~rOtter, pepper sauce maker
and plantation owner. He is thirty
sever years old and expects in Decem-
Der to lead to the altar an old sweet
heart. Miss Staulfer, daughter Of a
leading Wholesale merchant iii New
Orleans, granddaughter Of General
Dick TAYLOR Of the Confederate army
and Observation-Disclosures Of President
Zachary Taylor. His best man will be
Captain Jack GreenaWay OF Minneao-
tn. another rough rider. The commits
sfOner was growing peppers and MAX
ing sauce on Avery island, i'll Iberia
narish. when the Spanish war broke
out. He Ionged to smell powder and
be in a real fight, 50 he joined the troop
of which Mr.. Roosevelt later became
colonel. His achievements with the
troop are described by the president in
his book about the regiment. He makes
reference to the galIantry and daring
of John \. M~cIlhenny," characteristics
which won the young soldier promo,
ton to the rank of second lieutenant.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08

An amateur astronomer writes Of the
Gladly in the moon:" at is a very beau
tifuI face seen in profile and uplifted,
as though in proud disdain of things
terrestrial. The curve Of the throat is
exquisite, and indeed the entire outline
is marvelously lifelile. The moon
lady may best be observed through Il
small opera glass when our satellite is
at half. At that time the tip of the
chin about touches the Termination
that is, the dividing line between the
light and dark portions of the lunar
surface. Most people can recognize
the man in the moon. Well, the hair
of the lady, in which I can always fan
CIV 1 see a spray of orange blossom,
forms the mans left eye, the nose and
mouth his nose, and the chin and
throat the mans mouth"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
His Tite.

papa" said little James, what do
they call a man who writes comic
operas-a composer:
$50, my sor," TIE Old mar answered;
che is usually called a plagiarist. -
Los Angeles '}IsS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
Practical.

What asked the dreamer, "would
you do if you could be 4 king for a
day?'
"Me?" answered the practical man.
I'D borrow enough money to live on
for the rest of my life."-London Tele-
graph.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
Very Plain.

Two country women, mother and
daughter, were at the circus for the
first time. They were greatly taken
with the ~menagerie. At last they came
to the hippopotamus and stood for
several minutes transfXed in silent
wonder. Then the mother turned to
her daughter and said slowly and sol
EMMY: My! Ain't-he-plain:"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
An ADVANTAGE.

"Now." said Tommy's mother, Il
hope you'll profit by that spanking and
not be such a little savage hereafter"
"Boohoo!' blubbered Tommy. Il
wisht | wuz 4 little savage. Little
savages' mammals don't wear slippers"
Exchange.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
FOUGHT WITH PRESIDENT.
John A. Mcllhonny, Host Of Mr. Roose-

John A. Mclihenny, Host OF Tar. hooSS
Welt on Hunting Trip.
81 have never told the president thar
he was sure Of bagging a bear in Lou
isiana, but | have said to him that !
consider the prospects excellent de-
clared Civil Service Commissioner John
a. McIIhenny just before Mr.. Roose-
welt started on his hunting trip in the
Louisiana canebrakeS. Commissioner
McIlhenny is something of a hunter
himself. and to prepare for his duties
as the host of the president during II"
latter's stay in Louisiana he had the
thickets of Tensas parish explored by
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
Possible Disturbances.

DO you think there will be wal with
Japan?' asked the nervous patriot.
No" answered the easy going citi-
zen. Nothing worse than a little
q%uarreling over here about whether
there will be war or not."-WashiEG-
ton Star.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Latest international Match ard
the Parties to 1t.

The latest American heiress to
choose a foreign nobleman for a hus-
band is Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, whose
engagement to Count Ladislaus SEE
chenyi of Hungary was recently IN
nounced. Miss Vanderbilt is the young
est daughter of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt and, it is said, Inherited
about S12,OOO,OOO from her fathers es-
tate. Her intended husband is rich,
like herself, and belongs to one of the
greatest families in Hungary. Miss
Gladys is in her twenty-first year, is a
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08

It's so much easier to congratulate Il
man on his success than it is to SYM
pathize with him in his misfortune
Chicago News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-11-08
EEMg3l Time Card nFIFN|SkNIIII
aJQILglllA EllIggl9gNl
sti4ssig McCOOk, Neb. E19&SI0i
MAIN LINE EAsT-DEPART:
LINE

No. 176 arrives. Mountain Time) ... :05 P. NJ.
No. 175 departs. ..-..o:4' a. NJ
Sleeping, dining and reclining chair cars
(seats free) on through trains. Tickets so!d
and baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada.
For information, time tables, maps and tick
cts, call on or write George Scott, Agent, Nc,
Cook, Nebraska, or l.. W. Wakeley, General
Passenger Agent. Omaha Nebraska.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-04

panied by his mother, Mrs. G. A.
Strother, left last Tuesday for the
Jamestown exposition. They are IN
Washington this week and from there
will visit other points North before
returning home. They will be absent
about two weeks.
Rev. J.C. Spann left Saturday for
Madison, Fla, where he goes to take
charge of graded school.
Miss Anlinee Cartedge, of EDGE
field county, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Eva Edwards.
Mr.. James II. Hope, of Peak, visit
ed his brother-in. law, DR.. w. P. Tim
norman, Saturday and Sunday. He
made many friends during his stay
here who will be glad to welcome him
back again.
Miss Annie Lee Etheredge, grad
uate of MacFeat's Business college in
Columbia, has accepted the position
of assistant postmaster in the Bates
burg postofice, vice Mr.. W. S. Hite,
who resigned on account of failing
health. Miss Etheredge has COM
pleted courses in typewritlng and
stenography, which eminently quail
fies her for Office work of any kind.
Capt. VIM. M. Carter and Mr.:
Lowry S. Gown, assistant cashiers of
the Citizens and National banks re-
spectively, have returned after spend
ing several days vacation. The former
at Glenn Springs, the latter at James
town and Washington. M.
Sept. 8, 1907.
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White Rcck News.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
Why is there not another candidate
out for the House? 1t seems that peo-
pie don't appreciate legislative honors
now as in the past, and we think
there will not be many votes cast in
these parts unless they get another
man out.
Mrs. Burkett visited her daughter,
Mrs. j. B. Shealy, a few days last
week.
MIR. Sam 0. Derrick, of High Point,
N. c., visited his mother, Mrs.
Amanda Derrick, a few weeks.
The school at this place has closed
until October.
Mr.. Hairless L. Shealy went on a
flying trip Monday to Newberry on
pressing business.
Mrs. w. P. Crompton is again quite
i'll.
We will have harvest service at
Mt. Vernon church Sunday, Septem-
Der Sth. We think it a very appro-
pirate service for the time of year. \
Mr.. Joe Eargle has sold out his
whole plantation near White Rock
and will go to parts unknown. Several
real estate men have been prospect
ing around White Rock. Femme.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-04
Ballentine T. :>ings.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The weather has been good for the
past ten days, and great deal Of fod-
der has been saved and some cotton
picked.
Mr.. S. J. Riddle met with an acci-
dent last week. J While at work on
his barn piece of timber, twenty
feet long, fell distance of ten feet,
striking him on the head with such
force that he was rendered uncon-
scious for short while. The skull
was not broken, however, and he is
now at his work as usual.
The trustees of Ballentine school
have secured the services of Mr.. r. G..
Glenn, of Gastonia, N. c., as teacher.
Mr., Glenn comes highly recommend
ed and we feel sure he will give gen
eral satisfaction.
Miss Lula Eleazer has just closed a
music school at Ballentine.
Mrs. Jas. w. Shealy is spending a
few days this week with the old folks,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Eleazer, on Broad
river.
We are glad to note that all the pa
tients at the Columbia hospital and
Knowlton's infrmary from this sec
ton are doing nicely and will return
to their homes in few days.
Boys, Uncle Sam says the roads
over which our mail carrier travels
must be worked. It will be well for
all those Interested to give this mat
ter immediate attention.
Ballentine, Aug. 80. OLD BOY.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-04
Pretty Post Cards.

A beautiful line of post cards, senti-
mental and comic, just received at
The Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-04
From South America.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
We arrived here yesterday, July 20,
at 8 a. M, according to old Lexing-
ton time, after being at sea for eight
davs, and seven days before from
Moutevidio, Uruguay. We stopped
at Sandy Point, Chilli, for ten hours,
but no one went ashore, except a
couple officers on duty. This is the
most southern city in the world. [
would liked to have gotten ashore
there, but it was impossible.
Moutevidio, Uruguay, this city and
it's people, are more like North Amer
lea than any place I ever saw. The
people are little larger than the rest
of the South Americans that I have
seen and are healthy and robust. The
city is large one and plenty of busi-
ness. We anchored in the Reodela-
Plata or River of Silver. 1t is fifty
miles wide at this place and discharg-
es a larger volume of water than. the
Mississippi, but not as large as the
Amizon in Brazil, which throws a
stream of fresh water over 200 miles
into the Atlantic. Since the Revolu-
ton the government is doing well and
the country is growing rich and the
people are contented.
From Moutevido, Uruguay, we went
to Sandy Point, Chill. 1t is in the
Straits of Magellan. One of the
grandest pieces of the works of nature,
if not the grandest and most sublime;
is the backbone of the world, that
mighty range of lofty mountains and
huge pillars of rock that stretches
north and south from pole to pole.
The Atlantic and Pacific has worn a
passage at each end and makes the
Arctic and the Ant Arctic oceans and
now we are piercing it at Panama and
will have to dig portion of it over
1000 feet deep to give a sea level.
Such is nature and such is man.
We were day and a half coming
through the Straits. The scenery is
grand and sublime in the extreme.
On both sides the innocent mountains
loom skyward and are covered with
snow. There are two glaciers in
sight, one on each side of the strait
over 1000 feet high of solid ice that
it has been countless centuries in
making. We got into a snow storm
at Sandy Point. The snow was Il
inches deep on the deck.
We hit the Pacific in a good humor
and it has been calm and fine weather
all, the way up the west coast have
not been ashore here and cannot say
what the city is like and may not get
on shore at all, as we will have to
coal here and as there is strike
pending here now, we may have to do
the coaIing ourselves and it is no easy
matter to get coal, the supply being
short all over the world. We take on
from $4,000 to 10000 tons at coaling
and can burn 100 tons in four hours,
which we did on our trial trip. It
takes about 10000 horse power for
one of these boats.
We can send our mail, but can get
none. A. S. Nunnamaker, Jr.,
Valparaiso, Chill, S. A., July 80.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-09-04
From Fairbanks.

TO the Editor of The Dispatch:
The singing school at Piney Woods
is being rapidly taught by Prof. W.
A. Counts.
The school at Pine Ridge closed on
the 23rd of August.
The parishoners Of St. Peters (Piney
Woods) pastorate have kindly granted
Rev. e. J. Sox a months vacation,
which he will take in September.
Mr.. V. L. Fulmer and his sister,
Miss Nettie, of Fairbanks, left yester-
day to resume their studies at Lenoir
college.
Friday, August soth, was big day
for the little orphan children at
Chapin, which brought people from
far and near.
The picnic in front of the parsonage
at Piney Woods, August 31st, was at
tended by more farmers than ever
before. The addresses which were
delivered by Rev. E. J. Sox, Hon. D.
F. Efrd, Prof. s. J. Derrick and Mr..
J. B. O'Neal Holloway were Of the
highest order. They advised the
farmers to join the Farmers Union. d
September 2. A Friend.
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Farmers Ahead Thousand
Million Dollars.

New York, Sept. 2.-The American
farmers's earnings are a thousand mil
lion dollars greater this year than last,
according to preliminary report on
crops which will be published in the
next issue of The American Agricul-
turist. This big gain will be entirely
due to the increased prices of farm
products, as the production in general
will be fully 10 per cent. less in guam
tity than in 1906, which was the bump
er year. o..
''The farmer was never in so healthy
a position as he is today-fnancially,
socially, politically, mentally and spir-
itually," says the report. ''The in
crease in the value of his real estate
has been prodigious. He owes less
money than ever before. He has great
er assets than ever. Again, the farm
ers' wants are greater. He is in the
market for more and better breedin g
stock, farm implements, household
goods and other merchandise"