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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-14
Tariff

We welcome the belated promise OF
tariil reform now offered by the repub
lican party in tardy recognition Of
the righteousness of the democratic
position on this question: but the PEG
pie cannot safely entrust the execution
OF this important work to party which
is so deeply obligated to the highly pro
tected interests as the republican par
ty. We call attention to the signiii-
cant fact that the promised relief was
postponed until after the coming cleo
tiOn-an election to succeed in which
the republican party must have that
same support from the beneiciaries
of the high protective tariff as it has
always heretofore received from them:
and to the further fact that during
years of uninterrupted power, no action
whatever has been taken by the repub-
lican congress to correct the admitted.
ly existing tariff iniquities.
We favor immediate revision of the
ny tuO ISOuAOOI vi uu-
ties. Articles entering into competition
with trust-controlled products should
be placed upon the free list and mater
ial reductions should be made in the
tariff upon the necessities of life, es-
pecially upon articles competing with
such American manufactures as are
sold abroad more cheaply than at
home; and graduate reductions should
be made in such other schedules as
may be necessary to restore the tariff
to revenue basis.
Existing duties have given the man
ufacturers of paper shelter behind
which they have organized comblna-
tons to raise the price of pulp and
paper, thus imposing tax upon the
spread of knowledge.
We demand the immediate repeal OF
the tariff on wood pulp. print paper,
lumber, timber and logs, and that these
articles be placed upon the free list.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
RED

Mr.. Ruggles had a relapse, but is now
improving.
Mrs. Calvin was an over Sunday visit
at Owens Longecker's.
Mr.. Holland has beer very ill again.
After a visit of three weeks with his
sister Mrs. f. G. Smith, Hal RozelIe, on
Thursday morning, returned to his
home in Valparaiso, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. King and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sexson called on the new boy at Owens
L~ongnecker's on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Elmer were visit
ing friends on Saturday.
Mr.. Waddle has been sick again.
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. LoDgnecker and
Gabrielle spent Tuesday with Mrs.
Taylor.
Otto, Gladys and Fay Randel, on
Sunday, visited their Uncle Frank
Hess, north Of Indianola.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
EnqIish House Names.
aZine.

House wner are sometimes rather
unfortunate in their selection of names
for their abodes, and in suburbia house
naming is occasionally rather ludicrous.
Thus "The Naples" has V a ma
pie neal, The Rosary only exists in
imagination, "Sunnyside" is the most
depressing villa residence, and houses
named after the English lakes no more
suggest the lake district than Fleet
street suggests the Bots de Boulogne.
The Anglo-SaXon word "hyrst," sig
nifying a forest or wood, has become
hurst in house naming, and wood"
and "holt' have the same meaning.
All house names ending with these ter
limitations are pretty and not unsafe to
choose.
1t is curious to note hat in Hastings
and st. Leonards quite a number Of
houses have typically Saxon names,
perhaps to commemorate the great
Saxon tragedy of which the name
Hastings is reminiscent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
AN UNCONQUERED PEAK.
Lizard Head on Mount Wilson Has De-
fled the Climbers.

Lizard Head on Mount Wilson Has De-
fled the Climbers.
The mountains and peaks Of the San
Juan in northwestern Colorado pre-
sent a different appearance from any
Of the northern Rockies.
They are grander. more p%recipitous,
with sharper pinnacles and more jag
ged in outline. In height Mounts Mass
i've, Gilbert and Blanca slightly out
rank those of the San Juan, but no
where else car be found whole groups
Of mountains rearing their heads to
and above 1900 feet.
Mount Wilson-14,25O feet-the dom
inant peak, is one of the most massive
in the entire Rocky mountain range.
Just east of this mountain is the re-
markable trachyte obelisk called Liz
ard head. The vivid Imagination Of
an early pioneer who had been seeing
things is said to be responsible for
the name.
The summit is IA, 160 feet above the
sea. From a ponderous base the pin
nacle rises 300 feet, with a diameter at
the foot Of only about sixty feet, grad
ually tapering to less than half that at
the top.
Lizard head has defied all attempts
of mountain climbers to reach its sum-
nit. The foot of the pinnacle is easily
accomplished, but thus far the steep
sides of the 300 foot shaft have proved
insurmountable. No doubt the time
will come when the ventureSome
mountain climber will find a way, but
many a failure is the record of the
past.
Trains circle this mountain for miles
on the way from Telluride to Rico
New York Post.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Like Finding Money.

Q. r. Woodwork a. Co., the popular
druggists, are making an effort that is
just like finding money for they are sell
ing a regular 80. cent bottle OF DIR. How
ards celebrated specific for the cure of
constipation and Dyspepsia at half-price.
In addition to this large discount they
agree to return the money to any pur.
chaser whom the specific does not cure.
1t is quite unusual to be able to buy
fifty cent pieces for a quarter, but that
is what this offer really means, for it is
only recently, through the solicitation
of Druggist Woodwork that this medi
cine could he bought for less than fifty
cents, they urged the proprietors to al
low them to sell it at this reduced price
for a little while, AGREEING to sell a GER
tain amount. The result has justified
their good judgment, for the sale has
been something remarkable. Anyone
who suffers with headache, dyspepsia,
dizziness, soul stomach, specks before
the eyes, or any liver trouble, should
take advantage of this opportunity, for
DIR. Towards specific will cure all these
troubles. But if by any chance it should
not, G.. r. Woodworth 81 Co. will refund
your money.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

in-possibiIity of Keeping Awake in
Riding Across Cobb.

h'oiH9 HCTooS SOpi.
Hitherto l have thought that travel
ing by carts over stony roads and stay
Ing in Chinese inns at night was the
hardest thing a foreigner travelling in
China was called upon to endure, but
since l have travelled with a aravan
Of camels / have changed my opinion.
The monotony of the desert by day
and the bed of camel's saddle at night,
the evil smell of camels and the slow
ness Of their drivers and the acrid
choking of the little fire on which ones
food is cooked-none of these things is
80 trying to the foreigners as the sleep
mess which attacks one In this high
region. This to m was Il rea' torture.
Travelling the cold night with no other
company than dull Chinese, who seem
to sleep while walking alongside the
camels or while sitting on their backs,
s%leepiness is the worst thing l have
endured.
You sit On your horse and. in spite of
every effort, fall asleep. Presently You
wake up and find yourself on the
ground, with your horse standing be-
wildered at your side, wondering
whether you are alive or dead. Then
you try to keep yourself awake by
walking and talking a bit to the camel
drivers, but you soon find that they
are just as sleepy as yourself. 4 few
words are exchanged, and then you
are too tired to OMEN your mouth to
talk or eve to tLe<s of anything but
sleep, sweet sleep. Oh. for just a few
minutes there at the roadside in the
soft sand! But, no; you must go on
and fight against this desire. 1t Is too
dangerous to sleep by the roadside on
the ground. The caravan cannot wait,
and your servant would not watch
like yourself. The wolves would then
have an easy time.
Yet in spite of all this reasoning you
feel as if you were drawn to the
ground by the power of a thousand
strong magnets and soon yield to sleep
again. Suddenly your watchful horse,
whose reins you have kept slung
around your neck-this is a wise thing
to do-pulls up, starts and jerks you
wide awake. You jump up, not know
ing where you are for some seconds,
but you see your horse trembling and
realize that danger is near.
For a few minutes you are fully
awake and feel glad and refreshed.
You jump IN your horse and catch up
with the caravan, which has gone a
few Ii "a Ii is 654 YARDS ahead.
After. another ten Ii or so sleep creeps
on again like a huge boa constructor
embracing you in its irresistible grasp.
Over again. Then at last the caravan
arrives at the halting place for the
night.-North China News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Two Horse Tales,

An Albanian who had been in an
eastern state while freshets were in
full swing told the following about a
horse which had been attached to a
footbridge crossing a brook to keep
the structure from going adrift. The
flood finally swept horse and bridge
down stream. Later the bridge was
discovered lodged against the bank,
with the horse sitting quietly on the
former.
A bystander who had listened intent
ly to this tale remarked quietly:
ST see suthin' similyar oncet."
Indeed? What was it?" asked the
story teller.
aye see," was the reply, carter the
boss 1 see was took down stream no.
buddy ever 'spected to see him alive
ag'in. But he was a pow'ful sort O.
brute, an bout a hour afterward we
see him a-comin' up stream a-pullin'
the blame old bridge arter him"-Al-
bany Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
CORSICAN CUSTOMS.
Curious Observances Connected With
Death and Burial.

When a COrSican woman dies she is
always buried in a new costume, which
sometimes with the poorer classes
takes up most of the family savings,
and as the heat of the climate renders
burial imperative within twenty-four
hours the new gown is generally COM
menced directly the dying persons ILL
ness assumes q serious form.
Corsicans reverence the dead, and a
feature in q funeral is the "improvisa-
tores"-women whose business it is to
improvise prose poetry to the mourn
ers. Often this ~improvising is Won
derfully beautiful and breathes the
true feeling of sorrow.
The death hunters attend funerals
and afterward WreStle with the mourn
ers. If a relative of the deceased gets
the better in the combat it is assumed
that his affection for the departed rel
ative was absolutely genuine.
When the corpse leaves the house
the Ome gather at an upper window
and, tearing out handfuls of their hair,
throw it on the coffin. The rich hire
women mourners, who scratch their
faces and are paid in proportion to
the injuries they infict on themselves
in their paroxysms of grief.
A Corsican widow wears Il strip of
black material tied on her eyes for a
week, and during that period size is
fed and lei about b. hcc friends. 40
room in her house is cleaned and no
fire lighted for the same period.
In the cemeteries is 4 succession Of
little buildings With fat yooc.3 -!
high openings. These are t.e to-HJs.
and inside them are rich k&2TiHGs.
flowers. poetry AMI lamps. which tie
mourners place there in remembrance
Of the departed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
BURIED IN CEMENT.
The Story of an Arab Boy Who Re-
nouncod Mohammedanism.

According to history, there was born
about the year 1920 an Arab boy
named Geronimo. He was captured in
infancy by the Spanish garrison at
Oran, and when about eight years old
he escaped from his captors and went
back to his family, living as a Moham-
medan until the age of twenty-five.
He then voluntarily returned to Oran
and resumed the Christian life which
he had adopted previously when in
the hands of the Spanish authorities.
A few years later he went on a coast
ing raid with a party Of Spaniards,
but the raiders were themselves cap
tured by u Moorish corsair and
brought to Algiers. Here the attempt
was made to convert him to NOLAN
mechanism, but he persistently refused
to embrace that faith, so that he was
tried and condemned to die. His hands
were tied behind his back, and he was
cast alive, face downward, into q block
of concrete then being prepared for
the Fort DIES Vingt Quatre Heures,
then building. Careful note was taken
of the spot by Haido. Il Spanish Bene-
dictine missionary to Algiers. who
prayed the time might come when the
Lord would pave the way for his ex-
humation and Christian burial. In
1853 the French found it necessary to
destroy the fort, and the data left by
Haido were found to be correct, for the
designated block of concrete on being
cut open disclosed the bones of Geron-
imo and the cavity left by his body.
The bones were removed Dec. q. 1858,
and given Christian burial. and they
now rest in a massive stone s%arcopha-
gus in the cathedral. A plaster cast
was made of the cavity and afterward
observation-disclosures Age.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
r. F. D. No. /.

Mrs. John Breitling and Carrie
F'iechtner were visitors over on School
Creek, closing days of last week.
Miss Nettie Endsley spent Friday
Sunday with her sister Mrs. w. p.
Bloomfield.
William Karp has peel Smelling corr
On Ash Creek, this week.
The farmers of that neighborhood
met at Red Willow, Monday, and or
g~anized a Farmers Elevator Co., for
the purpose of handling their own wheat
andsoforth on the market.
They tad a threshing bee at E. F.
Markwad's, Monday of this week.
The neighbors INDUCED in a carpet
rag sewing party at Hari Myers, We'd
nesday of this week.
Charles Roper is a guest of Joseph
Downs and family, this week.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Pomp of English Mayors.

Chichester arms its chief magistrate
with a gold mounted malacca cane of
office, while the mayor of Guildford
carries the stick presented to the Dor
ough by Queen Elizabeth. At York
both the lord mayor and lady mayor
ess are equipped with the silver mount
ed oak slaves which have marked their
authority for centuries. Among the
official retaiuers OF the mayor of Ripon
is the municipal horn blower, who
every night at 8 o'clock winds three
blasts upon this aged musical instru-
ment before the mayors residence and
again at the marked cross.-London
Standard.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
HORSE AND DOG.

Contact With Civilization Lessons
Their Cunning and Sagaeity.
The dog Is no doubt the most intelli-
gent of our domestic animals, and ]
yield to none in my affection for him.
I q almost eat and sleep with a fine
dog winter and summer. But l try not
to deceive myself about his intelli-
gence. 1t seems to me that if the dog
had the least spark of wit akin to u
own-that is, power of reason-his
long association with man would have
famed it into a fame, however small.
But after all these thousands of
years of human companiOnship and
love he has less wit in some respects
than his wild brothers. the fox and
the wolf. Having been spared the
struggle to live that falls to their lot,
his cunning and sagacity have deterio-
rated. The same is true of the horse,
which has less Intelligence than the
wild stallion Of the plains and for the
same reason.
These animals do not grow wiser as
they grow less wild. They do not civil
lie or develop. We train them into
certain ways that make them service
able to US; we humaniZe them without
adding to their mental capacity. In
other words, we cannot cross u in
telligence upon theirs and make it
fruitful in them. The germ will not
take.-John Burroughs in Outing Mag
1Zinp
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Quaint LARK: Custom.

There exists g Tones market 4 cCs-
tom which is believed to be without
parallel in the history of markets. \
dealer chalks ZIP tie price he gives for
butter and eggs or Z sail. and I'll tie
other dealers pa. tie sane. This SIS
tenn has gone on. and surprisingly little
friction has resulted. Soc tine ago
an attempt was made to break down
the custom AID induce producers 10
stand in the r.8-.:et and make the best
price the.T could. It was, however.
short lived, and the Old system was re-
verted to.-St. James Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
HIS PAPERWEIGH1.
Travels Of q Bottle of Wine and It's
Ultimate Fate.

A paperweight consisting of a piece
of thick glass with u tokay wine label
fastened on the back and showing
through Is a part of the desk furniture
In the library Of a man who goes to
Europe nearly every year. People
look at the thing" he said, land Won
der what the wine label is doing there.
and when | see the question coming |
always tell the story.
"Some ysars ago l went to Raab, in
Hungary, where l called on an old
lady who I'm Vienna years before had
shown much interest in and befriend-
ed a young American student at the
university The poor student had
grown to be n rich physician, and he
wanted me to call and present his
compliments. When / vas about to
leave after a pleasant visit the wo-
man handed me a bottle Of wine which
had come from her estate and asked
me to take it to our mutual friend. |
cartcd that bottle all over Europe,
paid duty on it several times and final
ly landed IL safe and sound here in the
house. A few days after my return
we invited the doctor for dinner, and
the bottle was brought in with much
ceremony. l made a little presenta-
ton speech and then in handing it to
the doctor dropped it On the floor
where you see that stain. That's the
label under the glass" - New York
Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

Dan MoKiliip shipped a carload OF
horses east from this place, Tuesday.
Tom Haley made a business trip to
Holbrook, Monday.
Patty Anderson, in anticipation Of the
event which we chronicle below, gave
his bachelor friends a farewell oyster
supper at the band hall, Saturday eve
ming.
Patty Anderson and Miss Katie
Keohlin were married in Orleans, Tues
day morning. They arrived home on 13
same day. The young couple will oc-
cupy a neat little cottage near his
parents in Indianola.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
INDIANOLA.

The young people have been making
good Use Of tic ice these fine evenings.
Mrs. James Cosgrove, who has been
quite sick, is improving.
Leonard Smith has returned from his
visit to Crete.
Mrs. w. Byfield of McCook was a
visitor in the home OF her son here, last
week.
L. b. Hardesty is moving into his
new drugstore this week.
The new Christian minister comes
from Belvidere, and will live in one of
j. Townley's houses. His name is l..
b. Cox.
Mrs. Martin Anderson and son War
rem are on the sick list.
John Murray, who Is working in Nc
Cook, came home Sunday for a short
visit. He was accompanied by a lady
friend.
A. @. Teel took a trip over to the
Beaver county this week.
Two of Crocker's children, living
north of town, are very sick with pneu-
monia.
A light snow fell here Tuesday night.
Ray Anderson went down to Orleans
to see his brother married, Tuesday,
and was also best a at the event.
Mrs. Mabel Purvis, wife of the agent
at BARLEY, is down with the smallpox.
The place is quarantined and all business
pertaining to the office is being tran
sacted remote from the depot, in a
shanty, shipped there for that purpose.
Miss Gaitha Noe is now a resident of
IndianoIa, having accepted a position
in Mr.. Byfield's printing office.
A report came to our town of the
death of Miss Young, daughter of Sam
Young, who died from smallpox, Tues
day morning, at her home south of
BARLEY.
Charles Broomfield's baby, who has
been very sick, is getting along nicely
now.
The meetings at the Methodist church
are still in progress with large crowds
in attendance each night. Also preach
ing every afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Miss Nora Silvernail has given her
pupils a vacation In order that they may
have a chance to recuperate from the
grippe.
A. N. Pickett and brother Cass and
little daughter have gone to Kansas to
visit relatives.
Mrs. Northrup of McCook was in In
dianola, Wednesday, the guest of Mrs.
Leonard Hethcot.
Mrs. Rose Ferree of McCook came
down, Wednesday morning, for a visit
with relatives.
Arlie Pennington of McCook was IN
Indianola, Tuesday evening.
Frank Allen was in town awhile, We'd
nesday, enroute from McCook to his
home in Danbury. Mrs. Allen is the
proprietor of the Danbury hotel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
NJ ortar Tossers.

There is no bod carrying in Japan.
The native builders have q method Of
transporting mortar which makes it
seem more like play than work-to the
onlooker. The mortar is mixed in Il
pile in the street. One man makes
this up into balls of about six pounds
weight, which he losses to a man who
stands on a ladder midway between
the roof and the ground. This man
deity catches the ball and losses it up
to a man who stands on the roof
San Francisco Chronicle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
BOX ELDER.

Frank Wilson is on the sick list.
d. B. Doyle filled his ice house, Tues
day.
Miss Hatcher visited the Box Elder
school, Tuesday.
Fred Lakin and family visited over
Sunday with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G.. Lakin of %Indianola.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Lytle have re-
turned from their visit at Alma.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Hardened.

Listen to this, Maria" said Mr..
Stub as he unfolded his scientific pa
per. This article states that in some
of the old Roman prisons that have
been unearthed they found the petri-
fed remains of the prisoners"
Gracious, John" replied Mrs. Stub,
with a smile. Il suppose you would
call them hardened criminals"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Truthful,

Mark Twain once missed the train
which should have taken him to his
work. He did not wire any excuse.
His telegram to his employer took this
form: "My train left at 100. l arrived
at the station at T:35 and could not
catch it"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Lack Rioht Qualities.

Mrs. HiX-Mrs. June strikes me as
being entirely toe masculine for a wo-
a Mrs. DiX-Yes, indeed. Why.
every time she has an ache Or pain
she makes as much fuss about it as a
man would.-Smith's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
The Skinnint,

You are too hard on Mr.. Skinfint.
You should treat him with more of the
hilk of human kindness"
He'd churn it into butter and sell 1t
If l did"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Women and the Theater.

The first aim of the modern play
wright is to please the women in the
audience. The second thought is for
the female characters in the play. If
q play finds favor with the women it
is bound to be a success. The men
will go if only because she is there or
to act as her escort.-Theater Maya
zine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
a Joker.

The Congressman (s~ternly)-You seem
to forget, madam. that there is such a
word as "obey" in a marriage contract.
The Congressman's Wife-Is there?
Why, isn't it funny how jokers dc
creep into things?-Puck.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Retrenchinq.

81 tell you, they are r~etrenching."
But they still have their auto"
(Which they run we'll within the
speed limit. Bah"-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
Had to Keen Ideals,

"Why don't you get married?"
ooh, it would be absolutely fatal to
my literary work"
what do you writer"
Love stories. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

When a quarrel Is the breakfast
food look out for marital Indigestion
Manchester Union.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

Have you ever tried an ''ERAso" ink
eraser? See one at The TRIBUNE of
flee.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31

Precaution is better than repentance.
Proverb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-01-31
A Handy Receipt Book.

Bound duplicate receipt books, three
receip 20 the page, for sale at The
TRIBUNE Office.