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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
Wouldn't Stand it 4ny Longer.

Henry Irving has a great fund of
aneedote, and he RECALLED an audience
on board the Partisan on the last Eight
of the voyage to Quebec with one of his
best stories After various members of
the Lyceum company had entertained,
warbled and recited, Mr.. Irving made
a little speech, in the course of which
he said that many years ago he hap
pened to be playing in Liverpool, and
seized rare opportunity to spend a
holiday in Wales with three brother
actors, one of whom was not at all
lavish with his money, but allowed his
companions to bear the burden of the
days expenses. When the party re-
turned to Birkenhead and were about
to cross the ferry over the Mersey, the
cost of which was one penny, this gen.
tleman rushed eagerly forward and
said, ''Now, look here, gentlemen, 1
won't stand it any longer. You three
have paid enough for to-day. This ex-
pense shall be mine!" Mr.. Irving re-
marked that, coming in at the tail of
that evenings programme, his contri-
button was very like the generosity of
his early friend
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
LINES.

Suggested by the dying words of the late
Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel III. Mclean, u
.. army, who died In Cincinnati, June %, 1884
The weary day is DER,
And can march no more;
With folded hands across tired breast
1 lay me down to rest,
To rest and sleep, without foe to fight,
Because Gods angels are on guard tonight
Through storm and cloud and shine,
My step has measured time;
But now the tiresome tramp is done,
/ greet the setting sun.
The setting sun, in whose bright beams see
The reflected glories of the life to be.
The journey has been long,
ana no more am strong,
Though oft my bruised feet on thorns have
trod
The way leads up to God.
To God, who giveth all the weary rest,
And maketh his beloved always blest.
From every burden free
L lift my song to Thee,
And from out my tent, through portals riven,
l seek glimpse of heaven.
OF heaven, where, wanderings DER, I'll be,
Satisfied fully TO appear with Thee.
yield my heart to Thee,
From every conflict free,
And at the signal of the Evening Gum
III shout the victory won.
The victory won, and asleep in Thee,
Until thy joyous call of "Reveille."
-[Army and Navy Journal.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
THE PROHIBITORY LII.
The Io,ca Supreme Court Passes Upon an
Important Question.

The state supreme court of Iowa, at Dubu-
que on the oath, rendered an opinion on one of
the sections of the state prohibitory law, the
effect of which will be that justices of the
peace have Jurisdiction to try certain cases
under it where the fine is 800 or less. One
month ago Judge Hayes of the district court
at Muscatine decided that on the question of
Jurisdiction of a justice the costs as well as
the fine should be counted in. If both were
over 800 the case should go out of the justices
to the district court. This was regarded as an
anti-prohibitOry decision. day or two
afterwards Judge Stutsman. of the district
court at Burlington, decided the contrary, that
costs should not be counted, which was re-
garded as a prOhibitOry decision. His decl-
sion, the supreme court alfirms. The case was
that of a salOOnkeeper arrested under the new
prohibitory law, not for selling. but for keep
ing intoxicating liquors to sell the same con-
trary to the new law. He was taken before
justice of the peace, plead not guilty. but was
convicted and fined 300 and costs which
amounted to S52.T0. In default of payment
he was sentenced to Jail for forty-fiVe days.
He presented petition to the district court,
Judge Stutsman presiding, and was granted Il
writ of habeas corpus. On the hearing t
court decided he should be remanded to Jail,
and on this he appealed to the supreme court
The point was, as above stated, on the ques-
ton of the jurisdiction of the justice to an
amount over 500 and that an indictment was
first necessary. The court gave its unani-
Int us OPINION, Judge tleGu ~
affirming Judge Stutsmans decision; The
important point in the opinion, which is a
lengthy one, is this: 1.-The claim is that the
costs which are taxed against the defendant
and the Imprisonment to which he is sub
jected in case of default in the payment of
the fine and costs, constitute d part OF the
punishment for the Offense; and, hence, that
he can be held to answer therefore only TO an
Indictment. but we think this claim is not
well founded. The costs, which under the
statute may be taxed to the defendant, are
such as accrue in the proceedings for its en-
forcement against him. These costs are
merely incidental to the proceedings; They
are collected for the compensation of the pub
lie officers who render service in the case and
the witnesses who give testimony in it. but
they in no proper sense pertain to the penalty
which may be imposed on the defendant by
the judgment of the court, by way of punish
ment for the violation of the statute" The
opinion goes on to say the definite sum called
fine is alone the penalty, and the costs are
merely incidental. The court therefore at
firmed Judge Stutsman's decision.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
Potting Roses for Hinter.

Fruit Recorder.
1t is little use trying to save the buds
of flowers on monthly roses taken up
from the ground in the fall. Occasion
ally plant can be lifted with ball of
earth about the roots, and the buds up
on it preserved, but this may be consid-
cred an exception to the general rule.
. If roses are desired for blooming in
winter and none have been grown in
pots for this purpose, those growing in
open ground can be taken; but when
potted, every shoot should be cut back
severely, and if every leaf falls, or is
taken off, so much the better. For in
stance. plants foot or two high at this
time should be cut down to within six
or eight inches of the root, and then set
away in cool, shady place for month,
giving only enough water to prevent act
ual shriveling of the stems. After this per-
iod of rest bring the pots into the room
or house where they will receive sutfi-
Gent heat to excite growth again.
There is no difficulty in bringing the
Bourbon and Tea roses into bloom in
January which are taken up this fall
and treated in the manner described.
Of course this is not the way our florists
treat their roses, from which they ex-
pect to sell large number of flowers
during the holidays, but it will do for
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
The Sorghum Industry.
DeS MOineS RegiSter.

DeS MONIES register.
So far as we can learn those engaged
in raising and manufacturing cane
sugar and strip in Iowa are doing a
profitable business this year. The mills
are now busy night and day. The cane
is in excellent condition and the crop is
yielding largely. We hope to receive
some reports from the mills.
At Sterling, Kansas, they raise cane
largely and the crop this year is heavy.
The cane is yielding sixty-two per cent
of juice and about 500 pounds of sugar
is obtained per acre, besides the sirup.
At Hutchinson, Kansas, there is very
large sugar mill, and it has been run
ming for nearly a month at its fullest
capacity. Crop good and prolific of a
highly saccharine juice. They are
manufacturing an excellent quality of
sugar and sirup. 1t is as important for
these mills to work while the frosts
hold off as it is for having to proceed
while the sun shines.
1t is reported that there is to be this
fall large supply of the choicest sorg-
hum syrup, which is destined to break
down the strong prejudice against it.
1t is now the only real good and pure
article of syrup which can be had, all
others being badly adulterated with
glucose, etc. But the improved syrup
is very desirable article, and now has
regular commercial value and is
sought with eagerness by wholesale and
retail dealers. Sorghum producers are
mainly business men, and are producing
sugar and syrup on business principles,
and propose to put none upon the mar
ket but good commercial articles. viii
the manufacturers in this state report
to us what they are doing?
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
A Story of a Boy and a Pin.
Hartford COurant.

Hartford COurant.
Roger S. Austin's ten-year-old Wal
lingford boy has paid for wisdom in ex-
perience, and he gave a good price at
that. He wound yarn around the head
of pin and used it to fire through a
blow gun. 1t was very funny until one
day he sucked the pin back into his
throat so far that a dozen doctors
couldn't get it out. Then they sent the
boy to a New York hospital, where
some doctors cut hole in his throat.
as they do sometimes when child is
very sick with diphtheria. The hole
worked well enough, but still they
could not reach the pin. They con-
trived to keep the boy alive by a silver
breathing-tube until they sent to Phila-
delphia and had an instrument specially
made for the case, and then they
managed to hook the pin out
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
AGRICULTURAL:
Practical Stock Breeding.
yylvoDia Enrrnar

PENNSYLVANIA Farmer.
A scrub heifer bred to thoroughbred
bull for the first calf and then repeated
ly bred to the same bull will improve in
her breeding so that each succeeding
calf will be better than the preceding
one, and this to a greater extent than
if she had been bred to different bulls,
though all equally good and of the
same blood. This rule holds good with
horses and sheep as well as cattle.
Stick pin right here. If you are
breeding cattle get a good bull and
keep him. If you conclude to breed
Durhams, do so; if Holsteins or any
other breed, do so; but don't breed to a
Durham bull one year and Holstein
the next. You must stick to the one
thing if you expect to breed good
grades of either. And more than this,
COW that has once been bred to
scrub bull, if bred promiscuously to
different bulls, even of the same breed,
will never produce as good calves as
she would if bred several times in sue
cession to the. same individual bull.
The man who has good heifers, high
grades of thoroughbred, and does not
want to raise their first calves, and who
uses a scrub bull because it is cheaper, is
saving pennies to-day at the expense of
dollars in the near future. Use nothing
but thoroughbred males on all stock,
and, all things being equal, the longer
you can use the same animal the better.
L do not mean by this that it is advisa-
BILE to use him on his own progeny, but
on the original animals it may be con-
tinued indefinitely.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
4 Point for the Pig.
New England Farmer.

New England Farmer.
Professor J. w. Sanborn, of the Mis-
souri, State Agricultural College, is con-
stantly making experiments in feeding
animals, and gives the public the re-
suits, as far as determined, in the form
of bulletins Bulletin No. 10 shows the
value of shipstuff as compared with
corn and corn meal for feeding pigs.
His experiments show that although
corn meal is better food than whole
corn for pigs, yet when the cost of car
rying to mill and paying toll is reckon
ed in there is very little if any gain to
the western farmer from grinding his
corn. He also finds that shi pstuffs (the
waste of the Touring milD is worth far
more for pig food than most western
farmers have been willing to believe.
In late trial about ninety-four pounds
of shipstuff gave the same grain in
growth that was made from 100 pounds
of corn meal, and the professor says
that this accords with the experiments
made by him for the past six years. He
advises western farmers to feed more
of their wheat wastes, instead of sending
it off to eastern feeders, who find it one
of the cheapest forms in which to pur-
chase fertility for their farms.
The professor further finds that corn
fed to steers will not produce more than
half the meat that it will when fed to
pigs. But as people are not grease
eaters, we learn to feed our swine in
way that will give more muscle and
less lard. By exposing sections of the
carcasses of the pigs fed upon corn and
upon shipstuff, he found that the latter
showed a very much better quality OF
meat. The conclusion to be drawn is
that mixture of corn or corn meal
and wheat wastes is far better for pig
feeding than corn or corn meal alone,
the exclusive use of which is detrimen-
tai to vigorous and healthy musclar
development, producing pig easily
subject to disease, distasteful to our
patrons and more costly than is neces-
sary. We might add to this that an
other experimenter has found that the
same amount of feed given to poultry
will produce twice as much meat and
eggs in weight as if given to swine.
This would make poultry four times
more profitable as consumers of grain
than steers.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
The brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

The brotherhood of locomotive Engineers,
Once year the locomotive engineers
of the country meet together in con-
vention to discuss matters relative to
their calling. This year they met in
San Francisco, and, being body of
men who, when on a vacation, wish to
make the most of it in the way of recre-
alton and comfort, they naturally
choose the route to their meeting place,
which guarantees them greatest i'm
munity from danger and the most IA
cilities for sightseeing and enjoyment
en- voyage.
They have an open credit with rail-
roads, for all lines transport them free
of charge, hence their choice is a vol
untary act upon their part. This year
the great bulk of the fraternity chose
the Great Rock Island Route, and were
carried toward the Occident in half a
dozen of the magnificent new Pullman
cars, for which this great route is noted.
They chose wisely and well, since they
passed over road with the smoothest
of track, through country of surpris-
ing fertility and loneliness, and while
journeying ate the best viands the mar
ket afforded, cooked and served in the
very best manner, and at night slept in
the most luxurious sleeping cars to be
found in the United States.
A true engineer is observant and
quick to discern danger. There is moth
ing needless or reckless in the compost
ton of the Knights of the Foot-board,
hence their choice of the Rock Island
route, was a compliment and testimon-
ial from men best qualified to Judge,
that they believed that the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway, COM
bines in its road-bed, equipment and
management all the qualities that
makes a railway worthy the patroage
of the public.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
HayJ0r Stock.

Experiments have been made in Eng
land as to the comparative value of
good hay for stock, with the result that
it is estimated that 100 pounds of hay
are equal to 275 pounds of green Indian
corn, 400 pounds of green clover, 442
pounds of rye straw, $50 pounds of
wheat straw, 160 pounds of oat straw,
$50 pounds of barley straw, 153 pounds
of pea straw, 200 pounds of buckwheat
straw, 400 pounds of dried corn stalks,
10 pounds of raw potatoes, 504 pounds
of turnips, 800 pounds of carrots, 81
pounds of rye, 46 pound of wheat, 50
pounds of oats, As pounds of mixed peas
and beans, "a pounds of buckwheat, 81
pounds of Indian corn, IS pounds of
acorns, 105 pounds of wheat bran, 1877
pounds of wheat, pea and oat chalf, 179
pounds of mixed rye and barley, SO
pounds of linseed, 339 pounds of mangel
wurzel.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
advancement of Sheep ii. Winter.

Shepherds, like poets, are born, not
made. You may find dozen men who
can be trusted to take care of horses,
COWS or pigs, to one who is fit to be
entrusted with the management of
sheep. Why, we do not know. All
the great sheep-herders of the world
have given much of their own time and
labor to the care and supervision of
their focks. We have not space here
to 60 into details, and in fact it Is not
necessary, as these vary greatly, ac-
cOrding to circumstances. Much must
be left to the common sense and eX-
perience of the shepherd. If any of our
readers are going to keep sheep this
winter, and have had little experience,
we would advise them to consult some
good farmer in the neighborhood, and
in addition to this, the following hints
may be useful: Sheep must have dry
quarters. Nothing is so injurious as
damp, ill-ventilated cellars, barns or
sheds. Donot think you can make such
places warm and dry and comfortable
by the liberal use of straw for bedding.
This only makes the matter worse.
There is nothing a sheep dislikes more
than fermenting manure pile. To
compel a flock of breeding ewes to lie
on mass of damp straw and manure
several inches deep, is almost certain
to be followed by weak, puny, sickly
crop of lambs. We once knew valu,
able flock of South-downs that has en-
tirely disappeared. Goitre destroyed
the lambs. We know another flock of
Long-wool sheep that suffered severely
in the same way. In the former case
the sheep were shut up in a small shed
and yard. Straw was thrown in from
time to time, and the poor sheep were
compelled either to stay in the shed or
stand on this mass of wet straw. In
the other case the sheep had damp
sheds and cellars to sleep in, but as
they had the run of large yard, the
results were not so disastrous. Many
lambs died of goitre and infantile
pneumonia, but as soon as dry
quarters were provided, the ami
mails gradually improved in health.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
FIRM NOTES.

The secretary of the American Carp
culture association states that $4,000
persons in this country are now engaged
in the culture of carp.
The second annual meeting of the
national convention of stockmen will
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30

amateurs, who, like myself, want few
flowers in the winter without going in
to the business on the most approved
and scientific system of culture.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30

L
Chicago, on November ID and IA.
The first point to be learned in sue.
cessful stock-raising is, never allow an
animal to lose pound of flesh. This
is equivalent to throwing two pounds
away.
For the eight months of this year the
breadstuff exports has been 1896, 0O3. 25O,
against S114, 239, 476 for the correspond
ing period of last year.
The yield of onions this season
throughout Massachusetts ranges from
800 to 700 bushels per acre. In some
localities in New York the yield was
1000 bushels per acre.
Whole oats, wheat, bran and corn.
meal forms an excellent ration for
young stock. The health and complete
and symmetrical growth of the body
are best secured by feeding a variety OF
grain.
The Mississippi valley produces 1885,
600 tons of cotton seed, oue-fourth OF
which is marketed in Memphis, much
of it being shipped in crude state from
that point to Italy, whence it is returned
to this country in the shape of 'pure
olive oil"
A man who begins Bookkeeping with
the idea that he has a good lazy job of
it, and that bees work for nothing and
board themselves" will get left, and
blame somebody for misrepresenting
the business.
The approximate number of sheep in
the world is set down at 415, 10000
This does not include large number of
sheep in the Asiatic and some of the
North African countries, as well as
upon certain of the more important
islands, of which no enumeration has
been attempted.
A correspondent of the Indiana Far
mer says the man who plows and har-
rows his land to get rid of Canada
thistles makes a grave mistake. Every
root not removed will serve as the nu-
cleus of new colony. He prefers to
get the field into pasture and salt them
lavishly while they are small.
One of the principal studies of the
farmer should be to keep his land free
from weeds and trash. Green weeds,
if put on the compost heap, or if plowed
deep under ground make good manure.
But weeds left to grow and seed the
ground are as bad as the sheriff with a
warrant of ejectment. Every farmer
now has moving machine, or he can
get the use of one, so that there is no
good reason for letting weeds take any
farm, or field, or garden.
Farmers who have kept strict &C
count with their stock say that a pound
of poultry can be made for less than a
pound of pork, yet the laboring man
who has to buy both feels that he can
not afford to buy poultry very often, as
it costs more than other meats. This
leads the Concord Mirror to remark
that the poultry growing business may
be much extended before the market
will be overstocked so as to bring the
price down to where it will not pay to
raise.
In clearing new land it should not be
forgotten that the soil has been ex-
hausted by the growth of timber, and
when the timberis deadened or removed
to be sawed the soil is left as poor as it
it had been producing regular crops all
those years. This is the reason for
what is called the lifeless condition of
such land. If the timber had been cut
down and burned and the ashes spread
over the land it would be in far better
condition and would produce crops for
many years.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30
Very Odd.
New York Mail and Express.

"What a very odd girl that Miss
Smith is, remarked New York young
woman; ''she must be from the coun-
try"
Il have noticed nothing peculiar
about her," was the reply. ''She seems
to be unusually bright and pleasant,
and her manner is certainly charming"
Eyes, she is ax fat in matters of that
sort, but when we were introduced she
took nv hand and actually shook it. y
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30

A correspondent asks if sorghum or
sugar cane seed is feed for animals. 1t
is good fat-producing feed.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30

The New Us. Cattle Rancho Co.. Limited.
Stock brand-circle on left shoulder; also
dewlap and a crop and under half crop on
left ear, and crop and under bit In the
right. Ranch on the Republican. Post
office, Max, Dundy county, Nebraska.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30

FOR SALE-lmprovsd 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 1nouth of
Red Willow creek. Call on j. z. Bl ack,
on premises, or address him st Indianola,
Nebraska.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-30

Suggested by the dying words of the late
5. army, who died I'm Cincinnati, June %, 1884. |
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-26
NEWS OF THE DAY

Advices have been received at Montreal
that a strong English syndicate has pur
chased Sl0,000,0O0 stock Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway.
The Executive Committee Of the prohbi.
ton party in Maryland has decided to
make fight for local option coDstitu
iional amendment
The advance guard OF Wolselcy's com
maud has advanced twenty miles beyond
Dopgola Gordon is said 10 have repeatedly
repulsed the attacks of the Mahdi.
The Alabama Legislature yesterday re
elected James l.. Pugh TO the United States
Senate He received the unanimous vote
in the House, and all but one in the Senate
The Mayor Of Philadelphia has received
a communication from Mayor GuilIot'e, oil
New Orleans, enclosing an ordinance of the
New Orleans City Councils requesting that
the old Independence bell be sent 10 the
New Orleans Exposition.
VIM. w. Houghton, Of Mobile, has been
ordered by the court in New York to show
cause why divorce which he alleges he
nbained from his wife in 1866 should not
be set aside, on the ground Of false swear
ing. He has since married lady in Mobile.
An iron safe in the late Duke of Bruins.
wick's villa at Heitzing, which was be.
uueathed to the Duke Of Cumberland, was
supposed to be empty. Investigation, how
ever, has revealed the fact, that far from being
empty, it contained coin and paper money
to the value of $500, 900.
With solemn ceremonies, the second cres
matorium completed in the United States
was dedicated at Lancaster, Pa, yesterday
afternoon, when the body of Mrs. Christiana
Beseler, lady who died on July 6 last at
Jersey City, was incinerated. Several clergy
men and physicians and members Of the
Crematorium Association were present, the
ball.