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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

| Mrs. Beecher." 1t was rumored tina
she was not widow, but a DIVORCE,
and one fine day, shortly after the ar
rival of some fashionable New Workers
at the Hotel Chaurin, we began TO hear
lot of gossip of a most unsavory ma
ture concerning an cscapade and sub
sequent flight from New York. Mrs.
Beecher's social star set naturally af-
ter this, and she left Nice precipitately.
Some years later friend called on
us as he passed through Chicago on
his return trip from China, and during
the conversation told US Mrs. Beecher
had married the Count de Pourtales
and was moving in the best society in
Japan. There had been some hesita-
ton on the part of the American ladies
resident in Japan on her first appear
ance among them, but her charm OF
manner and pleasing address. together
with her perfectly correct life, which
at that time was above criticism, had
disarmed the most censorious, and at
the time our friend related the incl
dent the Countess de Pourtales was at
the head of the best Anglo-Japanese
society. A resume of the rest of this
beautiful wretch's career has been
printed in most of the dailies within a
week, with appropriate and highly
moral warning thrown in.
Few, l venture to say. are sufficient
ly hardened to have read the account
of Mrs. Beecher's death unmoved, and
the picture presented so wildly to the
mind of the beautiful woman, defense
less in the arms of her barbarous as
sassins, pleading for life, after brave
ly though vainly attempting to defend
herself, denied that, and begging to
be mercifully shot, only to be brutally
strangled to death and her body
thrown into the river-sent to eternity
without one moments warning, with
all her sins unrepented of-without
shudder of horror and throb of pity
for the miserable unfortunate. The
frightful story has haunted me since l
first read it, and twenty people at
least have said to me within few
days: 81 can't get the awful death of
Mrs. Beecher out of my mind" To-
day an old friend met me. and in the
course of conversation the subject was
again referred to, when to my aston
ishment, my friend said: ''You mean
to say you believe all that nonsense
about Mrs. Beecher? Why, it is moth
ing in the world but sensational hoax.
Mrs. Beecher is alive and well, and
pursuing the somewhat uneven tenor
of her way in London. How the story
originated no one knows, but that
Mrs. Beecher's pretty head is still at
tached to her shoulders and that she is
in no bodily danger at present, either
from the prime minister or from his
base minions, is an undoubted fact"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

selves, well knowing that they can not
do so safely when their own Judgment
is distorted by ill-health and therefore
unreliable. But we consider quinine
in small doses to be tested and in
creased after carefully observing its
effect as one of the safest and most
universally useful medicines for ordin-
airy illness.
1t has a specific effect in destroying
malaria in the system, and is an anti
dote for intermittent fevers and many
other ailments. In our own experience
of its use we reason thus: Strength,
recuperation from low condition OF
system, can only come from good food
well digested; but il the system and
especially the digestive organs, be
out OF sorts, be weak, they will not di-
gest food well. Now, one, two, or
more grains of quinine taken before,
or even with the meal, tones up the di-
gestive organs, enabling them to per-
form their appropriate work. The
food thus digested enters into and
builds up the system and thus restores
strength and vigor. So, when weary
and languid at the close of days
work, if before partaking of late
dinner on arriving home, one takes a
grain or two, or more of quinine, it
tones up the system to appropriate a
a good neal, which in turn furnishes
the vigor and strength needed for an
other days toll. AS the quinine itself
is vegetable or organic substance, it
is digested along with the food, and is
wholly out of the blood in few hours.
During the past eight years the writer
has probably taken from $4,000 to TO-
600 grains, seldom over ten or twelve
grains in one day, and often none.
Contrary to the long-held opinion of
physicians it does not lose its effect
from continuous use. When in full
vigor and not over-worked, it is omit
ted, but in this case, usually within a
week, the old malarial SYMPTOMS, the
heritage of the war camp, reappear
very plainly.-Prdirie Farmer.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
Two Beautiful Americans.

Thirteen or fourteen years ago,
writes New York correspondent of
The Pittsburgh Chronicle, we CHANGED
to be spending the early part of the
gay season in Nice, the French water
ing place. 1t was a most brilliant
winter socially, dozens of pretty wo-
men daily held their court triumph
antly, and it was conceded that there
had not oeen gathered together for
many year such a garland of beauty
as a glance at the ballroom of the
Casino would nightly display to adj
miring hundreds. There were great
many Americans, of course, as where
are not our ubiquitous country man
or woman to be found? Of course
there was no lack of gossip, and prom
inent among those talked about were
two ladies, compatriots of ours, the
one widow, neither young nor pre-
tendeng to be, of magniticence pres
ence, rich and charming, giving superb
entertainments, and living like prin-
cess.
This ladies name has since become
in its way famous enough, for it was
no other than Mrs. Hicks, now Mrs.
Hicks-Lord, with hyphen. The 9TH
er lady was one of the most beautiful
and fascinating women 1 have ever
seen. A perfect siren among men,
she was young, of perfect manner,
faultless of form and features, with a
voice enchanting sweet in speaking,
and leaving nothing to be desired
when, as rarely happened, she conde-
seemed to sing to the two or three IA
vored ones counted among her friends.
Both of these ladies were usually
seen surrounded by gentlemen, and
rarely were they found in public with
other ladies. At first they did not
seem to know each other, but finally
they appeared to have formed a friend
~ acquaintance, and from thenceforth
were often to be discovered the center
of one of the cliques which always
abound at wateriDg-places. The sec
ond of these ladies was then known as
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
Vanderbilt and a Cripple.

AS nearly as 1 can ascertain, Van
derbilt's gift of 100000 to the New
York College of Physicians and Sur
geons all came from small incident.
Vanderbilt stopped at wayside inn
in upper New York, as it is his custom
of an afternoon, to rest his horses and
take glass of gin and water. The
place is known to our horsemen as
Barry's, and is commonplace enough,
except for being the stopping place
for Vanderbilt, and for that reason a
resort for the chronic roadsters. While
he stood with his back to the bar, his
elbow on it, and a glass of grog-
1.-TWO fingers of Holland gin, two of
hot water and spoonful of sugar.
a pitiable cripple entered-a little boy,
with misshapen legs and back awry.
"How did you get in such a shape,
sonny?" Vanderbilt asked.
81 was ruined over" the urchin re-
piled.
An accident on the road had special
interest for the qNestioner, and he in
quired the particulars. The little fell
low had been overturned and trampled
on by fast horse. He was too poor
to be doctored at home, and his mother
had foolishly objected to his removal
to. a hospital where he might have re-
ceived proper treatment, but he had
been taken to the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, where applicants
get inadequate attention, or only such
as will serve as illustrations to the les
sons which the students are learning,
the facilities being so limited as to
preclude anything further.
1t CHANGED that Prof. Doremus. the
specialist in chemistry, dropped into
the bar-room at this juncture. In an
swer to the king of mammon's ques-
tons he said it was a pity that this
college, with the most skillful of sur
geons in its faculty, and the incentive
to utilize injured persons at once to
their own benefit and the teachings of
the students, was prevented from do
ing SO by the limited quarters and
scant facilities. He said that a big
building would serve as good pur-
pose as he knew of in the whole range
of New York charity. From that di-
rectly came Vanderbilt's unexpected
$500, 000.-NeW York Cor. Albany Jour-
NAL
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
Is the Moon Inhabited

SAT the astronomical observatory
of Berlin" says a translation from
Ma PreSSe1a Helsingf0r, "a discovery
has lately been made which, without
doubt, will cause the greatest sensa-
ton, not only amongst the adopts in
science, but even amongst the most
learned. Professor Blendmann, in
that city, has found, beyond a doubt,
that our old friend, the moon, is not
mere lantern which kindly furnishes
light for the loving youth and gas
companies of our planet, but the
abode of living, intelligent beings,
for which he is prepared to furnish
proofs most convincing. The ques-
ton has agitated humanity from time
immemorial, and has been the object
of the greatest interest. But the
opinions have always differed very
widely, and no two minds held one
and the same. Already in ancient
times the belief prevailed that the
moon was inhabited by some higher
organized, intelligent beings, some
what resembling man, and in order
to communicate with them, the earth
ly enthusiasts planted rows of trees
several miles in length, so as to form
the figure of the Pythagorean theorem.
The celebrated astronomer Schroeder,
in the beginning of the present GEN.
fury, fancied he could detect places
on the surface of the moon which
periodically grew lighter and darker,
and from this fact he derived the con-
clusion that the phenomenon was the
proof of existing vegetation. During
the last few decades, however, the
idea of life on the moon has been held
up to ridicule, and totally scorned by
men of leaning. But, nevertheless,
it has now been proved to be correct.
By accident DR.. Blendmann found
that the observations of the moon
gave but very unsatisfactory results,
owing to the intensity of the light
power of the moons atmosphere,
which is so strong that it affects the
correctness of the observations in Il
very high degree. He then conceived
the idea to make the object-glass of
the refractor less sensitive to the rays
of light, and for this purpose he dark
ened it with the smoke of camphor.
1t took months of experimenting
before he succeeded in finding the
right degree of obscurity of the gla-s,
and when finally found he then with
the refractor took a very accurate
photo of the moons surface. This he
placed in sun microscope, which
gave the picture a diameter of fifty
five and half feet. The revelation
was startling. Itperfectly overturned
all hitherto entertained ideas of the
moons surface. Those level plains
which formerly were held to be oceans
of water proved to be verdant fields.
and what formerly were considered
mountains turned out as deserts and
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
How a Taunt Originated.

New Jersey is sometimes jocularly
referred to as foreign country by
persons who do not know the origin of
their little joke. after the downfall
of the first Napoleon, his brother Jo-
seph, who had been king of Spain, and
his nephew, Prince Murat, took refuge
in the United States, bringing with
them great wealth. Joseph tried to
induce several states to pass an act to
enable him as an alien to hold real
estate, but they all refused. Finally
the New Jersey legislature granted to
him and Prince Murat the privilege of
purchasing land. They bought a
tract at Bordentown, built magnificent
dwellings and fitted them up in royal
style with pictures, sculptures, etc.
Joseph Bonaparte's residence was the
finest in America. He was liberal
with his money and made many friends.
The Philadelphians were envious of
the good fortune of the Jerseymen in
securing the two millionaires. and
tainted them with being foreigners,
and with importing the king of Spain
to rule over them" The taunt stuck,
and is still repeated by many people
who have no idea of how it originated.
atlanta Constitution.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
White Bread.

1t appears to be fact that this small
quantity of alum whitens the bread.
In this, as in so many other cases of
adulteration. there are two guilty
parties-the buyer who demands i'm
possible or unnatural appearance, and
the manufacturer who supplies the
foolish demand. The Judging of bread
by its whiteness is mistake which
has led to much mischief, against
which the recent agitation for ''whole
meal' is, 1 think, an extreme reaction.
If the husks, which is demanded by
the whole-meal agitators, were as di-
gestible as the inner flour, they would
unquestionably be right, but it is easy
to show that it is not, and that in some
cases the passage of the undigested
particles may produce mischievous-
Irritation in the intestinal canal. My
own opinion on this subject Git still
remains in the region of opinion rather
than of science) is that a middle course
is the right one-vis. ;: that bread
should be made of moderately dressed
or seconds" flour rather than over
dressed ':firsts'' or undressed thirds, ="
e., unsifted whole-meal flour.
Such seconds flour does not produce
white bread, and consumers are I'M
wise in demanding whiteness. In my
household we make our own bread,
but occasionally, when the demand
exceeds ordinary supply, loaf or two
is bought from the baker. 1 find that,
with corresponding or identical flour,
the bakers bread is winter than the
homemade, and correspondingly in
ferior. I may say, colorless in flavor,
it lacks the characteristic of wheaton
sweetness. There are, however, ex-
captions to this, as certain bakers are
now doing great business in supply
ing what they call ''home-made'' or
farmhouse bread. 1t is darker in
color than ordinary bread, but is sold.
nevertheless, at higher price, and 1
find that it has the flavor of the bread
made in my own kitchen. When their
customers become more intelligent,
all the bakers will doubtless cease to
incur the expense of buying packets
of "stuff'' or rocky" or any other
bleaching abomination.-The ChenaiS-
try of Cookery" in Popular Science
Monthly.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
The Rabbit Market.

A corner is reported to exist in the
Denver rabbit market, and the gentle,
lOng-eared, downy little nuisances
have advanced to the unprecedented
price of $3.50 per pair. The corner
known as tame rabbits, the long-legged
and free-living jack rabbit. the lordly
monarch of the great American desert, /
still selling by weight, and being regu-
lated in price by competition with
other kinds of meat and game. The
advance in tame rabbits has been
marked and rapid, jumping in few
weeks from an average of 10 cents a
pair to the quotations of yesterday,
when they were strong at $3.50, with
every indication of future rise.
A Ne,cs reporter who was commits
stoned to investigate the causes of the
rise in rabbits yesterday, interviewed
quite number of people in references
to the matter, but without finding any
exact cause, although several reasons
were advanced, none of them, how
ever, wholly satisfactory.
The rabbit is known to be very
fecund animal, and there should be no
trouble about the supply. Its fecund-
ity is, however, an objection in the
eyes of many. This fact would not of
course account for the advance in
price at this particular time, as it is q
cause existing always. Anybody who
has ever attempted to raise rabbits and
trees or shrubbery at the same time
can not but be aware of the temptation
to attempt an determination of the
former after the destruction of the lat
ter has been accomplished. An in
crease in the demand was looked for
as atfording more probable explana-
ton. This was found to exist. The
increased demand appears to grow out
of the fact that the tame rabbit is now
esteemed as an ornament to degree
never before reached. 1t is not in his
most aggravating shape, however,
alone, that the appreciation for him is
felt. 1t is when prepared by taxi
dermist. In this respect the rabbit APP.
pears to nave been adopted as the.
legitimate successor of the sunflower
and the owl. Parlors are now orna-
mented with pretty pink (glass) eyed
white rabbits, and the latest styles of
bonnets have nesting in them in sweet
innocence pretty little stuffed rabbits
of all degrees of smallness. They are
SAID to be much prettier and more.
artistic than the birds formerly so much
in vogue.
1t is claimed that there will be no
great difficulty in restoring an equilib-
rum in the rabbit market. The pres
emf high prices may, it is feared, lead
to overproduction. When it is consid
cred that new family of rabbits to each
old one of the feminine gender comes
into existence every six weeks, and
that the progeny commences breeding
at an extremely early age, the danger
of final overproduction can not be con-
cealed. But it must be reflected that
the demand is yet but in it infancy,
and it is safe to say that prices will
have tendency upward for some time
at least. Against the danger of over
production is the fact that the demand
is for dead rabbits and not for live
ones, and dead rabbits are not danger
ously prolific-DenUer NeoCS.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18

sand and oceans of water. Towns
and habitations of all kinds were
plainly discernable, as well rs signs
of industry and traffic. The learned
professors study and observations of
old Luna will be repeated every full
moon when the sky is clear"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-06


They also urged that the Commits. Toner
be taken before the Grand jury and in
dicted, charging them with both thief.
and fraud.
Mr.. J. F. Ellis, United States distribut
ing officer and a corps of assistants arriv-
ed in Topeka a few days ago with one Of
the D. S. fish distributing cars. The fish
are kept In tanks bentath the car and
are placed in cans containing twenty fish
each. When the car left Washington il
contained 1900 German carp. 1t sup
piled Missouri and Arkansas. At this
point 325 lots were distTi buted for Kan
sas. From here they went to Denver,
then to Cheyenne and Ogden.
The Circuit Court of the United States.
November term, was convened at 2
o'clock on the 24th inst, by Judge c. G.
Foster, of the United States District
Court, in the new Temple of Justice that
has just been completed by Uncle Sam,
in the Government building. On taking
the bench Jugde Foster said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR:-It might ap-
pear to be a lack of appreciation or salts
faction to dedicate this magnificent court
room to the purposes of justice without
some proper recognition. 1 think the
bench, the bar and the officers of this
court have great cause for mutual con-
graduation. After wandering up and
down the earth for 10 these many years,
without a suitable place for the Federal
Courts, that they have at length reached
what might be termed a haven Of rest
and we certainly have here a room with
all the convenience and accommodations
that could be desired for the administra-
ton Of justice, and should the acoustic
properties of the room be as satisfactory
as everything appurtaining to 1t, there
certainly can be nothing further desired
for the accommodation of our Courts.
a large audience of lawyers was pres
ent. There are 749 cases on the docket.
the shooting of JOHN c. Crouch by John
Wallen, and the hanging of the latter by
the excited pOpulace. The shooting of
Crouch was in cold blood, and utterly
without provocation. The shooting Oc-
cured at halfpast ten o'clock at night
and the murderer was hanged to a post
IN front of the billiard hall at about
midnight.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-06
CAPITAL TOPICS.

The Board of County Commissioners
OF Shawnee county have purchased a
site for q new court house and jail.
The Grand Jury of Shawnee county
recommended that necessary repairs and
alterations be made to the county Jail
and Court House.
Capital Grange No. 16 viii celebrate
the anniversary of the order of Patrons
of Husbandry, at Odd Fellows Hall, To-
peka, Kan, December 4, 1884.
Henry johnson, nineteen years of age,
was sentenced to three years of hard
labor IN the penitentiary, for grand lar
ceny in Judge Martins court.
George Weber alias Rock and Nenge-
baur, the crook and safe cracker who
was arrested in this city some time ago,
has gone crazy and been released from
jail.
The Secretary of State is sending out
certificates of election to the 125 mem
bers of the House of Representatives; 40
Senators, Z Congressman, 8 Judges and 8
State officers.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Kansas has convened at the English
Lutheran church, on Harrison and Fifth
streets. About 100 delegates were pres-
ent at the Convention. The opening
sermon was preached by Rev. A. J.
Kissell, of Abilene, Kan.
The coal dealers of Topeka have pre-
pared an Injunction against the city in
which they propose to restrain that cor
poration from collecting weights on coal
for thirty days, and in that way test the
legality of the ordinance, by taking
their case up to the Supreme Court.
The following prisoners convicted at
this term of the Distsict Court, were re-
Gently sentenced by Judge Martin to the
penitenuary: VIM. FOOly, for horse
stealing; ThOs. A. CuTrans, same crime,
i've years each; Chas. WhitlOck, convicted
Of forgery, three years; Henry Johnson,
lcolOrei1 guilty Of grand lasceny, three
years.
Chss. JOckeck, a saloOn-keeper, was
arrested, charged with stealing the deed
for some partly paid for lots. The paper
was in possession of a man named
SchWosrtz, a barber, who committed
suicide. On the morning of his death,
It is claimed. JOckeck entered the de-
eeased's residence and stole the deed.
Mr.. r. N. Watson and Mr.. G. L. Dunn.
President Of the Nescatunga Town Com
pany, were in the city few days ago,
for the purpose of obtaining the neces-
sarY papers for the organization OF
Coman0he county. Gov. Click has des-
iQnated December 18th as the day for
the hearing, when amended affidavits
viii be presented.
Thirteen taxpayers of this city assem-
bled q few evenings since and adopted a
FeDOrt of a committee, most saVagely
oondsmning the recent action of the
Board Of County Commissioners in pur-
chasing q site for new Court House.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-06
Is There a Cure for Consumption

We answer unreservedly, yes! If the
patient commences in time the use of
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Disco very, j."
and exercises proper care. If allowed to
run its course too long all medicine is
powerless to stay it. DR.. Pierce never
deceives a patient by holding out false
hope for thesake of pecuniary gam. The
Golden Medical Discovery" has cured
thousands of patients when nothing else
seemed to avail. Your druggist has it.
Send two stamps for DR.. Pierce's com
plete treatise on consumption, with nu-
merOus testimonials. Address Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
Ny.
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a Roogter,g smarfnesg.

MaUeTTa J0UrIaI-
A chicken rooster entered a lady's
house the other day, and seeing himself
reflected in a large, handsome mirror,
deemed it his bounden duty to 90 for
the reflected intruder, and he imme-
diately threw himself against the mir
rOr. shattering it all to pieces. With the
breaking Of the glass his shadow disap-
peared, and he concluded he had demol-
ished his supposed antagonist. The noise
brought the good lady into the house,
when she found her valuable mirror in
ruins, and the rooster perched on the
marble slab, growing for victory.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-06

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