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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17
Once DDOn q Time.

BurQeLte III sTOOHlyn
How quiet was the farm that after
noon! Everything nodded and oozed
in the sun or rested in the shade. How
the sun streamed down on meadow and
field! The corn blades dropped and
wilted. In the old hill field l could see
the men in the wheat, their arms sway
ing in perfect rhythm with the swing
ING cradles. And how like the silver
the bright blades flashed as they turned!
The bees droned and drummed lazily
about the old-fashioned "cypress" un-
der the sitting-room windows. We
always called it "cyprus," you know,
because that wasn't the name of it; and
they buzzed in vagrant fashion up and
down the long rows of flowers that
lined the path to the front gate. The
morning-glories had closed their bright
eyes of blue and pink, but a forest of
four-o'clocks were getting ready to
wake up; the hollyhocks stood up like
blossoming bean poles. always used
to think that Aaron's rod, when it
s'brought forth buds and bloomed bios
soms," looked like a hollyhock; it
yielded almonds, but it looked like a
hollyhock, know. The breath of the
old-fashioned pinks-no, dear, they
were not carnations; he had no
carnations then; they were just
pinks-came sweetly on the air;
and the frowsy bush of sold man"
at the corner looked old and wilted in
deed; in the blazing heat a tall group
of sunaowers stood up like a cluster of
hospitable umbrellas; the big bunch of
"ribbon-grass" looked as seasonable as
striped summer silk, with the lark
spurs dropping over it on one side, and
on the other group of ''rugged
robins standing up, cherry and blue
as the skies. AS though it was not SEN
sibly warm enough to sight as well as
feeling, a colony of peoples stood blaz-
ing away above their pale leaves, while
the coxcomb and prince Of Wales
feather, add an unnecessary touch of
warmth to the parterre. And here,
there, everywhere-and trying to get
somewhere else-the sBouncing Bets"
swarmed all over the garden, crept
through the garden-fence, and ran right
along in the corners and right by the
dusty roadside, among the disreputa-
BILE dog-fennel and p1ebeian rag-weed,
clear down to where the big slough
crossed the road. I lay under the big
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17
BENEDICT ARNOLD'S VAULT.
Light Let Into a Secret Chamber in the Old
Arnold House at New Haven.
New Haven Dispatch in the Boston Globe.

New Haven Dispatch in the Boston Globe.
An interesting discovery has been
made by Thomas Alling at the Benedict
Arnold house in Water street. In tax
ing out portion of the garnet floor he
found vault, which is supposed to
have been used by Arnold during the
war of the revolution as hiding place
for suspects or fugitives whom he
wished to befriend. The lifting of some
of the garnet floor planking revealed
the pocket or vault underneath. 1t is
about four and one-half feet deep and
six feet square, and is plastered on the
sides. Two or more persons could re-
main in concealment there without
being crowded.
The vault is located by the side of the
large old-fashioned chimney: On the
floor adjacent to the vault formerly
stood large bookcase, and it is sup
posed that through this entrance was
obtained to the hiding place. Inside
the vault are plain evidences of a former
staircase extending to a small enclosed
space on another side of the chimney.
This place, which is now plastered up,
is supposed to have been a sort of q
closet. Whether Arnold used the vault
for secreting Tories or the patriots, or
built it to afford retreat for himself,
no one knows. That it should have re-
manned undiscovered until Mr.. Alling
accidentally found it shows that it was
we'll designed for the purpose which led
to its construction.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17
How Mrs. O'Harris Turned.


The other night a laboring man
named O'Harris was drinking beer and
PLAYING cards in Grand River avenue
saloon, when somebody asked him
what sort of q wife he had.
'The humblest, docilest little wo-
man in all this world" he replied.
''Doesn't she ever say anything about
your spending your evenings away
from homer"
"Never a word"
"And has she no objection to spend
ing half of your wages in beer and
cards?'
eff she has. she doesn't state 'em."
ssBut won't she turn on you some
dryp You know that even worm will
turn"
s'Faith and she will that. I've been
going on in this way for the last four
teen years, and for the last two I've
been looking for climax. A wife suf-
fers about so long and then she turns
on YOU"
Not more than five minutes has
passed, and the men were busy wi tn
their cards, when woman. opened the
door and slipped in. She stood for q
moment to get a range, and then made
bee line for the laborer. Off went
his hat, the hair flew in showers, and
over went the table with its glasses
and cards. Five or six frightened men
rushed out doors in body, the last
one helped along by push from a
chair, and as the laborer took the
middle of The street and gathered him.
self together for some tall running he
cried out, with lump in his throat:
''It's my wife, and she's turned at
last. I'd like to see the worm which
would upset seven men and saloon in
the elegant manner just witnessed in
cido -
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17
GEN. EAGAN IN DISGRACE.
Sad Downfall of Man Who Fought In tho
Battle of Gettysburg.

N. Y: World.
"You have indeed fallen low" was
the sad remark of Justice Scion r..
Smith at the Tombs yesterday to an
aged man, who showed every indica-
ton of tramp.
"For Gods sake forgive me, Sol"
pleaded the man. ''Liquor has been
my curse. For ten years / have been
its slave. But from this day forth 1
will be changed man. l will quit
drinking and make solemn vow that
not another drop of that poison will
pass my lips again."
SIT has now such a strong hold upon
you that you couldn'tstop it if you tried
ever so hard," remarked the Judge.
"And besides, where could you goP
You have no home, your wife won't
recognize you any more, and your
friends pass by with horror and dis
gust"
swell, what of itP" said the prisoner.
81 can live on forty millions, can't Up
What need 1 care for themp"
"Forty millionsp Why, you haven't
got forty cents" said Justice Smith.
SCI tell you, Sol, l have it."
elbow did you become possessed of
itp"
"Why, I've earned it, to be sure.
Where else do you thinkP"
"Drinking has somewhat unbalanced
your mind and I'll change the conf
plant against you into insanity" said
the court. "You will be better treated
in an asylum than in the workhouse.
Officer, remove him.
"Please, judge, will you let another
officer take him?" said Court Officer
Maurice Finn, whose eyes were filled
with tears.
"Why can't your" said the justice, in
a tone of surprise.
"He was my general in the war, your
HONOR" said Finn, "and he was so kind
to me that 1 don't like to repay HIM in
this way, though 1 know it is done for
his good. He treated the men who
fought under him as he would his
brothers. 1t is sad for me, sir, to see
my old, dear commander in such a posi-
ton as this, and 1 and others will see
that he is properly cared for at the
asylum"
The man was none other than Briga-
der General Thomas Eagan, who
fought in the battle of Gettysburg under
General Meade, and was a participant
of almost every battle at that time. At
the close of the war he was made an in
ternal revenue officer.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17

Morello cherry tree by the new we'll
the one near the house, you remember,
seyenty-eight feet deep, and yielded
the coolest, clearest water in America
and lazily watched o few struggling
feecy clouds sailing aimlessly across
the blue skies, as though they had lost
their reckoning, and were only waiting
to be picked up and set right. | could
hear the old clock tick solemnly
away in the sitting-room. 1t limped
little on it's way around the
dial, and always licked loudest on the
left-hand swing of the pendulum; and
it had startling way OF going of at
unexpected times in q funny sort OF
noise that sounded like cough or
chuckle, whichever would scare you
most. The girls had gone to town.
Grandma sat in the open sitting room
door sewing. Grandfather stood in the
cool shade at the long workbench at
the end of the kitchen, making a new
single-tree for the light wagon. They
could not see each other. / doubt If
they heard, or at any rate observed
each others voices; but i could very
plainly see and hear each one, and
forgot my book, listening to them, and
trying to guess their thoughts from
their disjointed, changing, abrupt frag,,
ments of song. And the occasional
flutter of leaves stirred by wandering
breath of wind, the shadows dimpling
the second growth of red clover, the
stray note of restless bird, the long,
dusty road, stretching far away past
the woods to the "high PRAIRIE" the
flash of a butterfy's wings-how it all
harmonized with the broken songs that
fell almost unconsciously at times from
the old lips, while "the singers were
over with the business of the house,"
while the whole earth is at rest, and is
quiet, they break forth into singing.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17
Alcohol and the Heart Beats.

AS rule, it is well to let the pro-
cesses of life in our bodies go on with
out noticing it, for doubtless it would
make us very nervous to have the in
ternal machinery in motion before our
eyes. But to prevent people from
abusing that delicate machinery, it of
ten becomes necessary to show it; and
if person addicted to wrong indulgence
is made NERVOUS" by the sight, it may
save him from being made something
far worse.
DIR. N. B. Richardson, of London, the
noted physician, says he was recently
able to convey a considerable amount
of conviction to an intelligent scholar,
by simple experiment. The scholar
was singing the praises of the "Ruddy
Bumper" and saying he could not get
through the day without it, when DR..
Richardson said to him:
evil you be good enough to feel my
pulse as stand here?"
He did so. 1 said, "Count it care
fully; what does it say?"
"Your pulse says seventy-four."
| then sat down in a chair and asked
him to count it again. He did so, and
said, "Your pulse has gone down to
seventy"
then lay down ON the lounge, and
said:
"Will you take it again?"
He replied, "Why, it is only sixty
four; what an extraordinary thingp"
1 then said, "when you lie down at
night, that is the way nature gives your
heart rest. You know nothing about it,
but that beating organ isresting to that
extent; and if you reckon it up, it is a
great deal of rest, because in lying
down the heart is doing ten strokes less
minute. Multiply that by 60 and it is
600; multiply it by hours, and within
fraction it is 5000 strokes different;
and as the heart is throwing six ounces
of blood at every stroke, it makes diff
ference of 30, 900 ounces of lifting during
the night.
"When 1 lie down at night without
any alcohol that is the rest my heart
gets. But when you take your wine or
grog you do not allow that rest, for the
influence of alcohol is to increase the
number of strokes, and instead of get
ting this rest you put on something like
$4,000 extra strokes, and the result is
you rise up very seedy and unfit for the
next days work till you have taken a
little more of the 'ruddy bumper which
you say is the soul of man below"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17
COMEDY IN coURrsHIP.


Watch each other through the room,
Hate the gaslight, love the gloom,
Give the bonbon men boom;
Just engaged.
Speak of CANCELS without WINGS"
Watch the style OF wedding rings,
Do thousand foolish things;
just engaged.
Fawns around her brother Mike,
Brings her ''Dreams' by Marvel TX
Which the maid assumes to like;
He's engaged.
Leaves of smoke and beer from date,
Goes to church to sit with Kate,
Puts two dollars on the plate;
He's engaged.
Hastens on her friends'to call,
Blithe and gay announces all
Schemes for keeping sold Maids HAIL."
She's engaged.
Chooses bridesmaids ten or eight,
Buying gowns to deck her fete;
She's engaged.
Go to play and opera,
Sing the "gobble'' and the "baa,''
Have fight about ''Rochat;'
Disengaged.
Maiden weeps the long night through,
Lovers beautifully blue,
Life's tragedy for two.
Not engaged.
Deep the chasm tween the twain,
Morning-has 1t come it vain?
But to rouse despair again?
Not engaged.
Hark! ringing at the door,
And voice, "Miss Kitty Moore?'
Kisses bridge the chasm o'er;
Ra.p,DaUpd
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17

Itwas Boston lobster which aston
ished New York fish dealers, after all.
The creature was two feet long, had
tail spread out like full grown fan
and a claw measuring seven inches
across, and from tip TO tip the claws
measure forty-two inches.
Women in the churches at Bowling
Green, Ky, have to take out boarding
house licenses before they can give
charitable suppers and the like.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17

Ladies at Newport ride before break
fast with q groom 'half a mile be-
hind" It is said to be good for the
omplexion-the ride not the groom.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-17

oUOHos
After exchanging few friendly
words the postman remarked:
81 found little lady in some per-
plexity this morning concerning your
name; it was little Miss Ellison of
Beach street. She said she had adj
dressed you as Mr.. Frank Dinsmore,
but feared there was some mistake. l
told her she was all right, and re-
MEMBER" he added, s'that mailed a
couple of letters for her few evenings
ago, one addressed to you, and. the
other to Miss Frank somebody. 1t
looked kind of funny to see the same
given name on both letters, and one
for lady and the other for gentle
man. oodday, SIR" and the postman
continued his rounds.
Then Mr.. Dinsmore's naturally acute
senses came to his assistance. The
companion little Miss Ellison. was ex-
pecting was the Miss Frank somebody,
and by mistake he had received her
letter. What dolt and an idiot he
had made of himself, to be sure! But
he would 60 the next night, the night
of the Fourth, and as kindly as possible
explain her mistake, and assure her it
was the merest mishap possible.
"I'd 60 tonight" he soliloquized,
eonly that other Frank has probably
just arrived, so instead of going to the
city I'll remain here and make Fourth
of July call"
He was surprised and half ve1ed to
Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-15

what Cane From plhIttIlnx Thas Ar
tfaeinl Member to a sharp Point.
ID d g. ~ -

It was published in oar local con-
temporary, the Union, ef last Thurs
day that @On Thursday evening, just
before sunset, Otto Anderson, a one
legged woodchopper, went on the roof
Of his cabin at the Live Oak Mine to
shovel off the remaining snow, and in
order 10 better retain his fooshold on
the roof sharpened his wooden leg to
quite a fine point Concluding his
iabors he rs-entered the house, and his
wife aud himself sonn retired. placing
their four-months-old child at the foot
Of the couch to warm them. Ander-
son was somewhat restless during the
night, and after having risen in the
morning the screams Of his horrifsd
wife attracted his attention to the fact
that the child was impaled upon bis
wooden leg. The infant was quite
dead
A gentleman came from the Live Oak
last evening and gives us the follow
ing sequel to the accident Anderson,
after the death Of the child, was incon-
solable in his grief, and all day Friday
and Saturday he wandered around the
house calling the name Of little Otto,
bis child. His wife was also distract
Cd with grief, and that fact added 20
Andersons remorse. The neighbors
were active IN their sympathies and
many Of them, as neighbors often do,
told Anderson how he might have
avoided the accident TO his boy BY un-
sirapping and taking Of his wooden
leg before be went to bed. and that a
wooden leg IN bed is uncomfortable at
All times. Anderson became convinced
that he vas not only the SLAYER Of his
infant, bat that be was also a fool into
the bargain He determined to end
his miserable lilc.
Sunday morning he was found dead
il an outhouse Of his premises, aud
bis wooden leg was sticking through
his body It appears that the unfor-
tunaie man went into the outhouse
and there took off his wooden leg. lie
set the broad base Of it upon the floor,
leaving the sharpened end pointing
upward. Then he fell apon the sharp
end, and the force was So great that
the wooden leg was forced through
the man, entering in front Of the
stomach and the sharp end coming out
n1ar TIE spine.
Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-15
- nARL Il -.
Tie RemarkabIe Freak or = spend
shrif Crsny Of the Prince o. wales.


shrif Crony Of the Prinee q wales.
lnx spring letter d. sbe 81. Lonls rostDispaiehi
There IS an earl out here. and be
rasses for a good fellow, bat that's all.
The democratic cowboy repudiates his
title and calls him athe Judge, which
Its bis lordship no better than it does
many Of tie Judicial persuasion. The
noted Earl 81 Aylesford is here. He
made bis appearance last August, IN
charge Of an agent Of jay Gould. a
pleasing location at the head Of acreek
twelve miles north Of this village,
seemed to strike his fancy, and be
bought a large tract Of the Texas &
Pacifc land grant, and settled down,
as be says. to stay. lie insists that
this IS to be bis future and permanent
home. and that no inducements could
coax him back to the fogs Of London
Why did he come here. aud why does
be stays By referring to Burke
peerage you viii see that the seventh
Earl of Aylesford IS Mr. Hencage
Finch. and that be inherits his title
from q famous juriss OF that name He
was born in 1S49, and came into his
estates. which are the largest and
most profitable in England, about the
time he reached bis maturity. In
1871 he married Edith. the daughter
of Colonel Peers Williams, M p. Of
Temple House, Berks. and has two
children. Hilda Gwendolin, born in
.is72, and Alexandra Monica, born in
1875, to whom the Princess Of Wales
IS godmother The Earl has three
brothers, Clement Charles and Daniel,
an officers IN her Msjestys service.
he was an intimate satellite 'f the
Prince of Wales, accompanying his
Royal Higbness On his India expedi-
ton, and being bis companion in
famous frolies that her Majesty sub
iects are willing to forgive and forget
At one time tue Earl was said 10 be
the greatest spendthuft in Europe
ard when the Grown Prince Of Russia
visited England he entertained him OF
q scale of inordinate extrayagancc.
After being divorced from has wife
tie Earl wes banished from society.
and limited TO an allowance Of 85000C
. year Tie eame 10 America, and at
ter spending some time in New York
sought q place IN waich to bury him
self and finally selected Texas
Nr Gculd sent a laid agent with
mm and when the location ior q
ranch eas decided upon the Earl de-
posted $4,000 d the hank Big
Spring ana commenced the erection
81 hoa upon his pgepey 81 a
laia unfaiRiea Ifa'ne ailair. oae-
Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-15

Ambitions Youth--Pa. I want yoa
to let me SO to ireland.
Pa-~And what fors
Ambitious Yopth-"I should stay
there fer several years until I caught
the brogue, and then come over in the
steerags and open a saloon il New
York
Pa-"G0od gracious! such talk from
youi I thought you aimed high
Ambitious Youth do.
Pa-~And what doyou expect 10 be-
come by such a aeourseas You suggests
Ambitious Youth-''A member Of
Congress from New York City. -
Philadelphia Cali.
Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-15

lFron tie u Faso Tme,.l


Taylor. the wizard, gave a sbow in
the theatre at Pass del Norte the other
night. in which be advertised TO per-
form the most wonderful legerdemain
tricks. The Mexicars turned out en-
masse TO witness the performance.
The receipts aggregated about $50 or
so and then be walked upon the stage
and addressed the audience in some
thing ike the following style Ladies
and gentlemen, I appear before you
this evening as one Of the most Won
derful men now living. I viii show
sou trIUk tonight that sill make
you open your eyes. It's called The
Mystic Man or the Disappearance.
Here he brought out a large box and
placed it on the stage and then pro-
ceeded. Il viii now shut myself up
IN this box and the trick Is to ind me.
At this point the wizard entered the
box and closed the lid. After waiting
sometime the audience became anx-
ious to see tbe man. and as he did not
they proceeded 10 examine Il e
box. and 10 and behold. there was no
man IN it. The box was So constructed
that the man could escape from the
rear and this be had done, taking with
him. in addition to the funds he had
collected al the door, coat containing
So. belonging to oae Of tie men con-
neeted with the theatre That was
the last seen Of him.
Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-15

Ton may get through the world bet twin
be very slow
II yoh listen 10 al that Is said M yon Sc.
You'll be worried and fretfed aod kept IN a
Stew.
For meddlesome tongues must have some
thing to do.
and people VIII talk
# qaist aud modest, 3oan have it pre-
sumed
That your humble position S onls a.
snmed-
You're a wolf IN sheep's clothing. or else
yoa're a fool;
Bat don't get excited--iyeen pefleeii5 cool r
For people VIII tax
And shen e yen siion flse aness of
lnast
or slight ineiinatlon to take your own
part
They WIN call sou an gpstaFt coneeiied
and vain;
But keep straight alead-dont stop 20 ez-
plain
For people win talk.
II uueadbare yonr dress. or cid Fashioned
your hat
some one win surely take notice Of that
And hint rather strongly that you can't
pay yoUr way,
But don't get excited. whatever thes say-
For people VIII talk.
u your dress Is tle fashion. don't think to
escape,
For they eriticise then In q different shape;
Your ahead ~ your means. o. your taiiors
unpaid;
Bot mind your own business, sheres naaght
70 be made,
For people VII tax.
Vow. the best way to do IS to do as yoa
please.
Tor youg mind. II you have one, win then
be at ease,
OF course you will meet with an sorts q
abuse.
But aou's thlnk 70 stop them--lt ann ans
use-
For neop5e wlll tax
Arizona silver belt., 1884-03-15

The interior is plastered and hand
somelF decorated. In looks the Earl
IS as fine a specimen Of manhood as
one often encounters. lie is SIX feet
two in bis stockings, broad, robust and
bearded BIKE Turk. His gray fan
mel shirt and cream-colored eorduroys
are very becoming. and a scarlet tie
under his chin gives a good contrast
to his sonburnt face. He bad not
been here long when bis two brothers.
the Hon. Clement Finch and the Hon.
Daniel Finch, arrived, bringing with
them a retiuue Of Eve servants. twelve
dogs, coach and a dog cart, and good
81 quantity of eommissary supplies.
Clement renamed bat d few weeks
and returned to England. but Daniel
shares the Earl's exile and appears to
enjoy life on the frontier as much as
bis celebrated brother. Although the
Earl has 1900 acres Of land, he has.
so far. purchased no cattle and shows
no signs Of making such an invest
meDt The popular opinion is that he
lacks the means. There are twenty
horses in the stable, but no cows.
The $4,000 which was deposited in
August is pretty nearly exhausted,
but a draft on England for 10000
was placed in the bank for collection
on the lst Of january. which is sup
posed to represent the Earl's annual
allowance. and the people expect him
to purchase a herd Of cattle when the
cash comes back.
The Earl and BIS brother spend their
time riding. hunting and having fun
with the cowboys. with whom they
are very popular There was a good
deal Of guYiDg at first. but his lord
ship took It So good naturedly and re-
sponded 50 promptly and aptly in
kind that it soon ceased, and the cow
punchers now regard the seventh Earl
Of Aylesford as one Of them. and treat
him accordingly As l have aia,
they cali him tbe Judge. and his
brother eibe Kid. and tie familiarity
does not end there. Scarcely a knife
IS lifted at the Earls table without the
companionship Of some cowboy from
a neighboring ranch. and the boys for
miles around know that a fresh bottle
is opened whenever a guests enters
the house. Many anight has the Earl
slept beside the eamp-fres or in the
cabins Of The herders. and as often has
shared his bed with them.
Only once during his stay here has
be met with accident or injury, and
that was when be attempted to seps-
rate a couple Of fighting cowboys in
a Big Springs saloon and received a
crack over the head with a bottle that
laid him Eat on the aoor.