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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
BEATS HER oWS TIME.
he Famous Horse Maud 8. Makes a Mile In
300 Ia.

The Famous Horse Maud 8. Makes a Mile In
300 IA.
Lexington Ky) dispatch: The day was
bright for November. At The track there was
q large gathering OF the very best people in
the blue grass region, among them hundreds
OF church-goers and several divines. A
placard was vonspicuously posted on tho
grand stand. "No betting allowed" The judges
and timers were Major II. @. Mcdowell. Col.
Is West and W: H. Wilson. In the opposite
son, Z. r, Tsroadhead, Richard Anderson and
Hamilton Busby. The conditions were: Maud
o. 10 beat her own record OF 2:09A for q cup
bred. Barr logged her around the track, went
to the head of the stretch. came down AID
nodded for the word. Not single mistake
was made, and IL will be difficult to imagine
more superb spectacle than the one presented
by the noble animal as she came into full view
OF the expectant throngs on the grand stand.
m Mnen the three-onarter pole was reached Mr.;
TO sulky. The finish was magnificent and,
though the judges stopped their watches at
2:O9h, the majority of the visitors watches
made the time 200. The scene when the
queen returned to the stand for Bair to weigh
was Understandable. Crowds filled the quarter
stretch and cheered themselves husky. II
was the greatest performance of the kind
ever witnessed in the world, and Kentuckians
shouted as only Kentuckians can. Mr.. Bon
ner was congratulated on every side. While
Grant, the colored groom, was cooling Maud
S. on the lawn, scores of ladies gathered
around and asked the privilege of touching
her on the nose. Bonner, quickly as possible,
hurried to the telegraph office. where his first
The mare will now be turned out for the
winter"
The whole town tonight is talking about
the wonderful performance. Interest in the
election has been intense here, but is SUBJ
merged by the tidal wave of excitement pro-
duced by Maud s. Among the many dis
hyyP ia hn FOL nWjn
from the owner of Jay-Eye-See:
Allow me to congratulate you on the won
derful performance of your great mare. Maud
s. (Signed) j. CASE.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
CJeretand's Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Cleueland's Thanksgiving Proclamation.
State of New York, Proclamation by Grover
Cleveland, Governor: The people of the state
of New York should permit neither their
ordinary occupations and cares, nor any I'M
usual cause of excitement, to divert their
minds from a sober and humble acknowledge
ment of their dependence upon Almighty
God for all that contribute to their happiness
and contentment, and for all that secures
greatness and prosperity to our proud COM
monwealth. In accordance with the long con-
tinued custom, hereby appoint Thursday,
the 9th day of November, 1854, to be espe-
cially observed as a day of thanksgiving and
praise. Let all the people of the state ut that
time forego their usual business and employ
ments, and in their several places of worship
give thanks to Almighty God for all that He
has done for them. Let the cheer of family
reunions be hallowed by the tender remem-
brance of the love and watchful care of our
Heavenly Father, and in social gatherings of
friends and neighbors let the hearty good will
and fellowship be chastened by a confession
of the kindness and mercy Of God.
Done at the capitol in the city of Albany
this eighth day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-four.
GROVER CLEVELAND, Governor.
DANIEL LAMONT, Private Secretary.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20

his arm around and-crash! The orna-
ments lay. in a confused heap on the
floor.
''Oh, dear!' 'murmured Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, trembling from head to foot.
SCOT enoughp' demanded Mr..
SpOopendyke, surveying the wreck with
distended eyes. WANT the rest of this
scene, or will you have the play with
drawn on account of sickness in the
family? Want to act any more, do
YEP" he howled, his gorge rising. SCOT
some kind of notion fastened to your
head with hair pins that the whole
dramatic business depends on you, and
that you only want wig and
curtain to be a whole theatre with
spectators out in front and bar next
door! Oh, go right on and actr' he
yelled, and then striking high falsetto,
he squeaked: ''Henrico, me own Hen
rico-ah!-pardon these tears! Oh,
God! how can l tell him? Concealment
is useless! Henrico!-ah!-me own
Henrico! The carriage awaitsr' and
Mr.. Spoopendyke fell over backwards
on the bed and fired his feet up in the
air. ''On with the dancer' he roared,
springing to perpendicular again.
Bring on the ballet!' and spinning
around like top in the excitement of
his wrath, he lost his balance, came
down hard on the smashed china, and
then went speeches. to his couch.
81 dom care, murmured Mrs. SpOop-
endyke, brushing away the debris so she
could safely sit on the floor to take off
her shoes. 81 think could act as well
as most of them, though of course 1
couldn't play villain parts as well as he
can, and l don't think could smash as
many things. When he gives me an
other lesson, / think I'll take him in the
field where he can't break anything but
his back.
And with this thrifty resolution Mrs.
SpOopendyke fell upon a microscopic
hole in the heel of her sock, and lost
sight of the stage in the interest the
abrasion excited,
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
vInconnes by Mrs. DR.. Mason. highly re-

vincennes by Mrs. DR.. Mason, highly re-
spected lady Of that city. She walked up to
the polls and said she wanted to vote. Her
appearance created great surprise, but
through courtesy the crowd of politicians
stepped back, lifted their hats, and allowed
her to approach the window. The inspector
asked her what she wanted, and Mrs. Mason
replied with smile that she wanted to vote
for Mrs. Lockwood. Mrs. Mason handed him
a little piece of white paper on which was
written:
For President of the United States-Mrs.
Belva Lockwood.
Mrs. Mason then withdrew and the work OF
electioneering proceeded as usual. The ballot
WAS counted
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
The Suns Light.

The sun is, in round numbers, says
the Edinburgh Revieao, SO, 000,O 900 miles
from the earth. But the vibrations of
light pass across the vast chasm that
lies between the SUN and the earth
in eight and one-fourth minutes or
in 495 seconds of time. In order, how
ever, that they may accomplish the long
journey in such time, they must travel
with speed of nearly $4,000 miles in
second, VI, in other words, with a We
locity 100000 times greater than that
with which the vibrations of sound are
propagated through the air. The dis
covery of the rate of the propagation of
light was made in very ingenious and
remarkable way by the Danish astrono-
mer Roemer just two centuries ago.
lie was at that time residing at Paris
and engaged in observing the move
ments of the satellites of Jupiter, and,
while doing SO, he happened to notice
that the return of the first satellite into
the shadow of the planet took place
after perceptibly-longer interval with
each successive recurrence. After 100
returns, the satellite was fifteen minutes
behind what should, to appearance,
have been the proper instant for its
plunge into the shadow. While re-
fecting upon the possible cause
of this retardation and irregularity,
it occurred to Roemer that, dur
ing the entire period of this observed
retardation, the planet itself had been
getting further and further away from
the earth, as it swept on in its vast Or
bit, and that, if the indication of its
position and behavior had to be con-
veyed to the earth by an agent which
required time for its progress, that
agent would obviously need more time
for the performance of its passage
when the planet was far away than
when it was near. Subsequent calcula-
tons of more refined and exhaustive
character established the fact that the
eclipse of the satellite occurred ISL
minutes later when the earth was on
the opposite side of the sun to the
planet than when it was between the
sun and the planet; or, in other words,
that the vibrations of light required 16i
minutes to make their way across the
entire breadth of the earth's orbit, or
ST minutes to traverse the half Of that
breadth, which is the same thing as the
distance of the sun from the earth.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
Shot Into the Procession.

The democrats had a ratification at Wash
ington the other evening. While the process
sion was passing through part Of the city in
which great many negroes reside, a colored
man, standing in the crowd on the sidewalk,
without any provocation, shot into the NOV
ing column, the bullet striking torch-bearer
named Sullivan in the temple. He fell in the
ranks and a number of the processionists
charged on the crowd of colored men who sur
rounded the man who did the shooting. The
latter ran and in the confusion escaped, but
was afterwards captured by the police and
locked up. Sullivan is not expected to live.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
Civil Service Examiners IN Iosca and Ne
braslea.

Civil Service Examiners IN Iosca and Ne
braslea.
WASHINGTON, November ia series of ex-
amnations, for the examination of applicants
for departmental servicein Washington, have
been arranged for December for the west and
south, including Monday, December l, at Des
Moines. Wednesday, the Sd, at Omaha. These
examinations will be for the two grades, "lim.
tied" and general" The limited Is fer copy
lists at a salary of $72O to $500 year. and gen.
eral is for clerkships at salary Of $1,000 and
upward. Persons desiring to make applica-
ton and be examined at these examinations
can obtain application blanks and copy of
the civil service laws and rules apd regula'
tons of the postmaster at either of the places
named, or of the civil service commission at
Washington, and as in most cases there will
not be time TO admit of application being for
warded to the commission and notice of ap.
plication returned to applicants, the applica.
ton duly executed may be brought to exami.
nation and delivered to the chief examiner.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
Il Veteran Tofer.

Hartford Comm dispatch: jeremiah Aus
tin, of South Coventry, Conn.,, is the oldest
voter probably in the United States. He is
lOl years of age. and cast his presidential vote
for Cleveland on Tuesday. He voted for
Thomas Jefferson for president in 1sO4-eighty
years ago. His physical faculties are but
slightly impaired considering his burden of
years. and his memory is good. The writer
conveyed an old revolutionary soldier to the
polls in the state of Maine nearly thirty years
ago, and when he was closely verging on his
hundredth year. The old gentleman could
neither read nor write but requested to be
supplied with the ''same ticket that George
Washington would vote If he were alive"
Der of that party being in nomination, the
veteran preferred to cast democratic ticket
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
The Cholera Feared.

The governor of New York has transmitted
to the state board of health long commune
cation from the national board of health on
the subject of cholera. Immediately upon
its receipt the state board of health apprized
the local board of health officers of the rapid
advance of cholera in Europe and which
threatens the invasion of this country, and
asking the establishment and enforcement of
quarantine.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20

Deputy Marshal Menshon has just re-
turned from the Indian territory, where he
had a fatal encounter with Indians, who at
tackled his party and rescued thirty United
States prisoners whom he had under arrest
from Fort Smith. Two of the attacking In
dams were killed and several wounded. Two
of the marshars posse were seriously wound
ed. Nineteen prisoners we're brought in by
the marshal and his deputies.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
One Vote for Belra.

Probably the only vote in Indiana for Belva
Lockwood was cast at the sixth ward polls in
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20

right side ana hip above. "a
FOR sALE-improyed Decided Farm
and hay Land. Timber and water. Two
farm houses, with other improvements.
Convenient to No. school privileges. Sit
uated on Republican river, near .nouth of
Red Willow creek. Call on J. F. Black,
on premises, or address him at Indiano
Nebraska.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20

II don't care" demonstrated Mrs.
Spoopendyke; 81 know / could act if l
could get chance. Now see me scorn
my lover when l find out that he loves
me not and has been paying his adj
dresses to the heiress.'' and she threw
her head back, stretched out one arm,
and covered her face with a pale cast of
loathing.
THAT might do" said Mr.. Speopen-
dyke slowly. cit looks to me like an
attempt to borrow $3.50. Stick out the
other hand and make it five. [ don't
know though" he continued, "both
arms would look like bring me me
che-ild!' I guess you'd better stick to
the original amount. You'll be more
apt to collect.
"Ferhaps you think I'd do better in
comedy" faltered Mrs. Spoopendyke,
her spirits dashed by adverse criticism.
''Now, we will suppose that l am the
cook who boiled the watermelon, and
you, as the master of the house, are en-
ragged with me- How will this do for
the cooks attitude of bewilderment and
penitence?" She struck comical atti-
tude and gazed at him aghast.
Don't! don'tr' exclaimed Mr.
Spoopendyke, burying his face in his
hands and pretending to be overcome
with emotion. cit is beautiful, but it
reminds me so much of mothers death!
Please let,up! can't bear it!'' and Mr..
Spoopendyke sobbed aloud.
81 didn't intend it that way, dear, !"
sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke, embracing
him tenderly. Forgive me, but I
thought was acting funny
That's all right snorted Mr..
Spoopendyke, recovering himself with a
jerk. "You talk about acting! Look
here, now; I'll just give you one passage,
and then let it be the end of the whole
business"
Mr.. spoopendyke arose, thrust one
hand into the breast of his coat,
set his teeth tight and growled.
Then he rolled his eyes around and
roared, "Ahar' Advancing one foot
with the stamp of an elephant, he swung
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
RELICS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Some Interesting South Carolina An
fiuuities.

Some Interesting South Carolina An
tiquities.
For many years past, says Columbia
special, large, lOng-leaf pine tree has
stood near the ford of Gum swamp, in
Kershaw country, where Gen. Gates was
defeated by the British forces in the war
of the Revolution, it has been handed
down by tradition that Baron De Kalb,
who received mortal wounds in that
battle, was laid under this tree to rest in
its shade until vehicle could be procured
to carry him to Camden. From that time
forward the historic associations con-
nected with the tree had saved it from
mOlestation until the great forest fires
which prevailed in that section of country
the past spring, when it was so badly
injured by the fire that it recently fell to
to the ground and has almost disap-
peared.
Mr.. Nathan p. Whitmire, of Newberry
county, has small trunk ten inches long,
four inches wide, and three inches deep,
made of pine and covered with leather,
which belonged to LOckland Leonard, who
was killed at Hayes' station in 1880, dur
ing the Revolutionary war. He had this
diminutiye trunk buckled around his body
when he was killed, and in it was $500 in
Continental money. The residence of Mr..
| Leonard was about two and half miles
| from the battle field. The dead body of
! the patriot escaped the notice of the tories,
who were the authors of the massacres at
| HAYES station, and after the battle Mrs.
| Leonard (his wife hauled the body home
/ on a sled and buried it near her door under
! a sycamore tree. The money in the little
/ trunk was divided years ago among the
| descendants Of Leonard. Three of the
! bills were given to Mrs. Whitmire-two
1 $50 bills and one $35 bill, all issued in 1873,
/ in accordance with an act of the Con-
/ tinentaI Congress passed that year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
A MONKEY WITH A CRUTCH.
Queer Surgical Operation on Dumb
Brute.


Brute.
Armed with a select assortment of sur
gical instruments and accompanied by
reporter Saturday afternoon, says the
Boston Herald, DR.. Watts approached
large cage in the upper part of his reposI-
tory, on Kneeland street, in which poor
little monkey clung desperately to his
perch. This particular monkey was
native of Bahia, and belongs to the ring
tailed species. Three weeks ago he es-
caped from his owners and broke his right
leg, Just above the knee. Modification
had set in, and amputatlon was neces-
sarV to save the animals life, so he had
been turned over to DIR. Watts for treat
ment. He weighed but five pounds, and
was very weak from his injury. 1t was
the doctors purpose to take of his leg,
so he adjusted his eyeglasses, rolled up
his sleeves, made a cone out OF towel,
inserting a sponge soaked with ether, and
then proceeded to put the little sufferer
under the influence of the anasthetic.
After the monkeys struggles ceased, the
doctor went to work. Selling his knife,
he cut up the skin about two inches
lower down the leg than where he in
tended to cut the bone. Upon turning up
the flaps of skin, it was observed that the
monkeys leg was exactly like that of
human being. DIR. Watts first severed
the arteries, picked them UP, and tied
them securely with silk thread. lie cut
the muscles, and then with a fine saw
severed the bone. More ether was admin
istered the reporter acting as his assist
ant. Great care and skill were neces-
sarv. for the animal was very much eX-
hausted. but the doctor knew just what
to do and how to do it. Scarcely quar-
ter of an ounce of blood was lost during
the operation, which was thoroughly sue
cessful in every way. The doctor next
drew down the flaps of skin and seWed
them over the stump with silk thread. A
few bandages, and all was over.
Tenderly the doctor took his dumb pa
tient to an open window and allowed him
to breathe fresh, cool air. The express
sion of the monkeys face was study.
His every look was like that of a human
being. His eyes opened, and he stared
wildly about at first; then he acted more
naturally. AS he saw his amputated leg
and seemed to realize what had happen
ed and that he was still alive, an express
sion of wonder and astonisment could
plainly be seen upon his little face. Care
fully he was}laid upon mound of clean
straw i'll his cage. He tried to walk about
with the leg which was not there. Then
he smelled Of the bandage and rolled
about bit, finally curling up and goi ng
to sleep as if perfectly satisfied. He
seemed TO know that what had been done
was for the best, and he looked through
the bars at the doctor with grateful
expression on his face. In six weeks
from now he will be as lively and as in
teresting as ever, and viii scarcely miss
his lost member.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
HER BONNET.

When meeting bells began to toll.
And piOus folk began to pass,
She deity tied her bonnet on,
The little, sober meeting lass.
All IN her neat. white curtained room. before
her tiny looking glass.
SO merely. round her lady cheeks,
She smOOthed her hands Of glossy hair,
And innocently wondered II
Her bonnet did not make her fair
Then sternly child her foolish heart for har
boring such fancies there.
So square she tied the satin strings,
And set the bows beneath the child
Then smiled TO see how sweet she looked;
Then thought her vanity a sin,
And she must put such thoughts away before
the sermon should begin.
But, sitting meath the preached Word,
Demurelv in her fathers pew,
She thought about her bonnet STILL
Yes. all the parsons sermon through
About its pretty bows and buds which better
than the text she knew.
Yet sitting there with peaceful face,
The reflex Of her simple soul,
She looked 10 be a very saint
And may be was one, on the whole
Only that her pretty bonnet kept away the
aure0le. The Century.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10

1t is said that trained dresses win be
worn again in the fall.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
Raising on Two Thousand Pairs.

"Chicago is a great city" said one trav-
cling man to another, as they got off the
train in that town.
eyes, it's big place. Did you ever see
them raising houses and building the first
story last?"
'sNo; do they do thatT'
eyes, all the time. Why, some time
ago they raised the whole fremont House
with 1000 jacks"
Chow manyp
"Four thousand
Thunder! 1t didn't take so many, did
it? By gravy, saw a fellow down in
Cincinnati, about week ago, go into one
of the biggest establishments there, and
Pm a sucker if he didn't raise the whole
house with two jacks. Prettiest game of
bluff ever saw"
The other man gave Cincinnati the lead,
and Chicago came in a very fair second.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
Spiders That Have Been Overrated.
Louisville C0Drier-Joa'rndt'

A good deal of nonsense is written
about the sagacity of the spider. The
spider is not ,sagacious. At night it will
crawl into the tea-kettle, make its web
lust above the spout hole and wait for
flies. In the morning, when the kettle
begins to get hot, it loses its presence OF
mind, runs to the outside of the kettle,
then down to the stove, and is astonished
to find that the stove is still hotter than
the kettle. Unless a friendly hand brushes
it off, it perishes miserably. A very
little observation, with a small allowance
of sagaclty, would be great help to
cTidarc
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
RnRNETT,s COCOAINE.

Promotes the Growth of the Hair,
And renders it dark and glossy. 1t holds,
in a liquid form, a large proportion of de-
odorized CocoANUT OIL, prepared ex-
pressIy for this purpose. No other com
bound possesses the peculiar properties
which SO exactly suit the various condi-
lions of the human hair.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
HORsFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE.


DR.. i'll. Willis, Eliot, Me-, says; "Hors-
ord's Acid Phosphate gives most excel
ent results"