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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
THE GIRLS WILL MARRY.
Experience Witch People With Pretty Maids
Have at the Summer Resorts.


Have at the Summer Resorts.
Philadelphia Times.
While SO many mammas with daugt-
tiers and carriages are watching the
coachman there are good many mis-
tresses of households who are watch
ing the maids. Few family necessities
are so rare as good nurses and cham
bermaids. When they are good ones
they are priced and their mistresses
are afraid of losing them. This is
more than ever the case during the
summer with nursemaids who are taken
away to summer resorts with the chill
dren. Nurses are as much affected by
moonlight nights on the beach, roman
tic country surroundings and the per-
sistent attentions of ardent SWANS as
the rest of their sex, and as natural
consequence a good many OF them
about the time summer is over ''give
warning" and go off and get married.
Only those who have been brought
face to face with the difficulty know
what a trial it is to lose in this manner
a clean, tidy, obedient nurse, who is
intelligent and faithful, and who not
only takes great interest in the chill
dren, but is liked by them in return.
But these, of course, are most likely to
be the first ones to go off. For some
unaccountable cause the summer season
just closed has been a remarkable one
in the number of maids at ser
vice in prominent Philadelphia
families who have married or
made their arrangements to
marriage before the winter. There are
few families that went off anywhere
with maids at all attractive but have
had their maids matrimonially assailed
or completely captured. In many
cases the sources of danger were the
walters at the fashionable hotels where
the families were staying. Some of
these walters are very gentlemanly and
agreeable, as well as good looking fell
lows, and they manage to wreck havoc
in many of the handmaidens' hearts.
There were some very amusing cases,
where families ran away from the places
they were at to prevent their maids
falling in love with the walters. At
the Berkeley Arms, the most fashiona-
bic place on the coast, where Cupid
ran amuck in the kitchen and ante
chamber, several families took their de-
parture from this cause.
In one case the girl is now on trial
as daughters are sometimes tested.
The family suddenly concluded to go
to Europe and took their nurse with
them in the hope of breaking her infat-
uation for the waiter, a handsome
Ia ,al,
tie nurse is French also, the mistresses
have a hard time of it. On Monday
night Emile Campi, one of the popular
walters at the Bellevue Hotel, married
Mrs. John o. Scott's maid, whom he
met at Berkeley. Louis Vale is to
marry one of Mrs. Howard o. Roberts
maids, met at the same place. Half a
dozen similar affairs are disturbing the |
down stairs parlors of Walnut and
Spruce streets.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
SMALLER PARAGRAPHS.


The sting of wasp is said to be fatal
to Cinnamon.
Milwaukee has five citizens named
Devil, two named Satan, and three
Hells.
w. ii. ii. Murray has become the
proprietor of "Snowshoe Cafe in
Montreal.
Sitting Bull has learned to eat with
knife and fork, and is putting on airs
over it. F-sr .-....f-+a ,-.sl,.-...
The Egyptian farmer with ten acres
OF ground pays more tax than an
American with 100.
The name of the latest English pro-
fessional beauty is Kate Blake. She
travels on very wonderful COM
plexion.
About 100 Christian Chinese women
have been married to Christian Chinese
in the mission chapel at San Francisco.
New York sells annually about 100,-
100000 pounds of butter, of which the
commissioner of agriculture claims
over one-half is bogus.
Tennyson's new alleged dramatic
poem is in the hands of his publishers.
and early next month will be in the
hands of his admirers.
In Lower California there are four
mountains of peculiar composition.
Two are of alum, one of alum and
sulphur mixed, and one of sulphur.
Both substances are almost chemically
pure. The amount of sulphur in the
four mountains is estimated at l,000,-
900 tons, and that of alum ut 100000
900 tons.
Newspapers printed at sea are not
uncommon. The practice of publishing
Il paper on board ships was Inaugural
ted on the steamer Great Britain, which
started for Australia on the 21st of Aug
ust, 1852. These seaborn journals do
much to relieve the monOtony of the
passage, filled as they are with stories,
burlesque kilograms and jokes by the
passengers, and all the drift of spicy
incidents that happen from week to
week on ship board.
The horse cars and elevated railroads
in New York are fast destroying the
business. The present out
look, says n writer in the Herald, is that
within Il decade the omnibus, with all
its cCnveniances and annoyances. and
pleasures and displeasures, and profits
and losses, will have been banished
from the city, and that in the eyes of
the coming generation the numbering
of to-day will be Il quaint and
mysterious curiousity.
In Schenectady, N. Y, there is
crow which seems to be possessed of al
most human sense. The bird has IL
great habit of tearing into strips and
destroying every scrap of paper upon
which it can put its claws and beak.
One day, however, the owner noticed
that the crow had a scrap of paper
which it guarded most carefully, and to
which it seemed anxious to attract his
attention. The gentleman picked up
scrap of paper, and upon smoothing it
out found it was 81 bill.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
OCTOBER RETURNS.
The Shotcing Which Is Made by the Depart
naeM of agriculture.

The Ntotcing Which Is Made by the Depart
mem Of agriculture.
The October returns OF corn average higher
for condition than In the past five years, but
not so high as in any of the remarkable corn
years from 1875 to 1879 inclusive. The general
average is 90, which is very nearly an average
with any of series of ten years, and indicates
about twenty-sfx bushels per acre, the breadth
approximating 70,000,000 acres. The region
between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountain
slope again presents the highest figures which
IN every state rise a little above the normal
standard for the full condition. No state east
OF the Mississippi returns a condition as high
ms lO0 The lowest figures are IN West Vir-
Rinia rs, Ohio "a. Louisiana IA, Texas So Souti.
Carolina 50. The reduction was caused by
drought. There is complaint of drought in
the Ohio valley and In the Atlantic and Gulf
seriously the yields. Early planted corn =.
everywhere maturcd Late plants in south
ern states suffered for want of summer rains,
and will be light and not well filed. Very
little injury has been done by frosts. There
was frost in Vermont on the 18th of August,
and in several border states about the middle
OF September with slight injury to late corn.
me damage by chinch bugs and other in
Seets had been slight. The wheat crop will
exceed that of last year by about l00,000.00O
bushels. Threshing is slow and late with the
results thus far, confirming the indications of
former reports. that the yield per acre will
average about thirteen and one-third bushels
per acre. The quality of the present wheat
crop is generally very good, especially in the
eastern and middle states, on the western
slope of the Alleghenes, Michigan, Wiscon-
Sin and Minnesota. Some depreciation in
quality is noted in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa.
Missouri and Kansas. The average for the
entire breadth is sc.
The indicated yield of rye is about twelve
bushels per acre, and the quality superior
The yield OF oats Is a little above the aver
age, yielding about twenty-seven bushels per
acre. and making a crop approximating 270,.
OOO.0O0 bushels, of good quality.
The barley crop makes yield of nearly
twenty-three bushels per acre, and the pro-
duct exceeding 50.000,000 bushels of average
quality.
The condition of buckwheat averages s..
indicating crop slightly under the average,
of good quality.
The condition of the potato crop is repre-
sented by So, five points lower than in October
last year, two points lower than in 1879 ami
1857, and the same as in 1880.
October returns of cotton indicate a reduc.
ton of nearly eight points in the average con.
dition, as the result of continued drouth in az
resting development and destroying the vital
ity of the plants. The drought has been gen.
cra, and its effects are manifest in every
state. OF ten successive crops only two have
averaged lower in condition in October. These
were 1881 and 1888, when the averages were &c !
and 6S respectively. The average was IS in
the great crop year of 1882.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
R1KS OF MIRTH.

STOPPING over to pick up a fair lady's
handkerchief loses its joy when it sacri-
fees suspender button.
Talk about man turning wOman's
head! 1t is passing another woman
with new bonnet that does it.-Cin-
cinnai Satoerday Night.
Husband -. Mary, has the dog been
at this meat?' Wife-''No, dear, |
carved when you were away yester-
day. ''-Harper's Bazaar.
When q maiden becomes a fisher of
men she should use genuine bait. Men
are shy of hook that is ''too fly" as
the English say Philadelphia call.
While it is better to be born lucky
than rich it is better to marry poor
girl with q sweet temper than a rich
one with a red-headed one.-PhiiadeL-
a,ltin ChrOnicLe-Herald.
''Sixteen feet make a rod saws the
old arithmetics. But then the Chicago
girl did not figure so largely in litera-
ture then as she does BurIinqtOn
Free Press.
At marriage the bride always meets
on, but after marriage she generally
handles her husband without gloves
Y0nkers StdtcSm0n.
An English clergyman, waxing sar-
castle in the pulpit over the enormities
of the age, exclaimed: And these
things, my brethren, are done in the
so-called nineteenth century. '-An0n.
Il lost my dog" said Mrs. Rarity.
.'Why don't your husband look for
him?n some one asked. .sWho, Jim9
Why, you know Jim's on the detective
force. He can't find anything. -
ArI.aasaec Trareiier.
Husband 1.-The Browns are still liv-
ing in New York. Very nice people,
and we are under obligations to them"
Wife-s.I'd ask them here to spend the
summer with us if | was certain they
couldn't come-Puck.
Parent-s.You have been in the waterI
You were fishingn Son-.'Yes, ma am,
| was in the water; but got boy out
who might have been drowned:" Parent
Indeed, who was it?" Son-..My-
self. "-Judge.
A man whose knowledge is based on
actual experience SAYS that when call
inc on their sweethearts young men
should carry affection in their hearts,
perfection in their manners and cOnfec-
ton in their pockets.-BoStOn Journal
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
!SItIicd3l, the BruiSer.

John L. Sullivan says he intends to train
down to 200 pounds Or less, for the set-to with
Latin. He is willing to wager 81 900 to S25 600
that he will have the best of Latin from the
start, and is confident that he can easily dis
pose of him. After the Latin fight he desires
matches with Alf Greenfield, the English ath-
lete, and with Mitchell, if the latter is so in
clined. He declares solemnly that he has
stopped drinking for all time and is deter
mined to take care of himself. After COM
pleting his engagements in this country he
will give some farewell performances and
then make tour of England, Ireland, Scot
land and Australia.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
IN .IftelnDted Train RObbel.u.

Ten miles west of Emporia, Kansas, an at
tempt was made to rob Santa Fe passenger
train. The robbers evidently intended to ditch
the train. Two rails were unspiked, but not
removed, and when the passenger train came
along it was running at such speed that it
passed safely over the rails. When the rob-
booty boot they evidently became M enraged and and
fired a volley after it. bullets striking the cars
in several places. No one was hurt. Follow
ing the passenger ceme a freight train, which
was ditched, and the fireman killed and en-
gineer seriously injured.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
4 Heinoms Crime IN Io,ca.

The report of a heinous crime, perpetrated
in Spring Valley, a small settlement in Du-
buque county, was received few days ago,
A farmer named Treanor having occasion to
leave home his wife requested a young lady,
Miss Susan Trentz. living near by, to stay over
night. While getting ready for bed a strange
ragged The young lady. Mrs. Treaner jumped
from a second story window, and, although
seriously hurt ran for assistance, but the vii
liam escaped and is now being eagerly sought
for by the excited neighbors. If caught he
will be lYnched.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Il Long Felt UdRt.
Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald.

PhlIadeIpnla JhTOnlcIp-FItTdiU.
The numerous uses to which cleo
tricity is being put promises to remove
cause of many secret disagreements
of married life Before long, by SIM
ply pressing a button on the side of the
bed, the electric spark will light the
fire in the range, or shut up the stove
and put on the kettle, and thus no
longer necessitate an early trip to the
kitchen on a cold morning. when the
is below zero, and the oil
cloth feels as if it had been hanging
out over night on the north pole.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Table Talk.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
1.-The cream of the joke was, said
the new boarder. that the
IF you say skim milk of the joke,
we'll understand you better, said the
bread-pudding man.
Don interrupt, continued the new
boarder. 1.-The landlady herself heard
him giving out the cOnundrum.
and what was it?" asked the chronic
Joker oIoomilv, after a long wait.
why are we all martyrs?
There was dead silence as the feeble
old Joke struggled to its legs, revealing
the brand. B. c. %.
Then the new boarder answered IN
voice he tried to render steady and
truthful:
Because we all perish at the steak. >
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Children supplant Beasts of Burden.

a Mormon family of six passed through
Nashville, Tenn, few days ago. a boy and
a girl aged ten and twelve were narnessed in a
small cart containing their earthly posses
sions. The ankles of the children were swol-
len and bleeding. The father and mother each
carried child. They said they came from
Lewis county and were going west, but the
man in evident terror said in answer to
question that they were mot exactly Nor
mons, but were suspected and were forced to
leave.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Glandered Horses IN, Io,ca.

Eight horses at Vineennes, Ia, are reported
afflicted with CHAMBERS. The state veterina-
has been notified, and is expected to investi-
gate. A meeting of citizens was held, and the
diseased animals were ordered quarantined
and viii be shot should the state Veterinarian
concur in the conclusion as to the nature of
the disease. The diseased horses had been
permitted to run at large. 1t is feared other
cases will follow.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
The Refinement Of Cruelty.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
A Tennessee man whose wife ran
away with neighbor was approached
by a friend with beaming counte-
nance. johnson" said he to the de-
serted husband, Il know where that
fellow Greenfield and your wife are,
and YOU can catch them if you are
spry." Catch them?" replied the be-
reaved. Not much. The fellow beat
me in horse trade once. and l always
said I'd get even with him."
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
The Baltimore and Ohio Notified.

The Baltimore and Ohio railway company
has been given notice by the Pennsylvania
company that on and after October 18th it will
be deprived of the privilege of running trains
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
Does q Han O,rn His Head.
ical and Surgical Reporter.

One of the questions which an
Englishman recently left his heirs to
quarrel over was the right to his head.
The deceased had sold it to the local
physician in consideration of his paying
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16

over the Pennsylvania lines between Balti-
more and New York, and that neither passen-
the west via the Baltimore and Ohio lines will
be received by the Pennsylvania company.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16

Many of the Chinese in California are
getting rich growing and drying peaches
for the foreign m arkets.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Ten The Trush.

The venerable statement OF the Eatlo
of losses in the collection aud dis
bursements Of the governments rev
enue has been brought down to date,
and is already IN use upon the stump.
Gen. llaNlcy made il ihe text OF some
eloquent remarks recently, pointing
ont that during President HayeS' term
the loss iii collecting WAS Qniy cents
Tor eash 81 Gao. aaa the less IN paving
0ut ihe money only 3 mills for each
Sl@0. Comparis ms were made for
the purpose of showing how much
greater The ratio Of loss was under
democratic rule than il has been since
She war We must remind Gen. Haw-
ley and other gentlemen who are using
THIS statement that the voters won't
swallow il lhis year. What would be
the ratio of losses in HAYES term If the
money taken fTauauleutlg bE tae second
assistant postmaster general and his
associates IN the Star-ruute ring were III
cmfled in the statemont3 The attorney
general has said that tae ring stole
SfNW8A Iu the four years from ISIS to
lSS2. Is his loss repreSen ted IN the
published ratio OF 3 mills for 81 -0o0s
1 And when Is government officer allows
defendant teeScape from paving dam
/ ages amounting 10 S2{hQ0a bv paying
$500 is that loss considered in tine col
/ lecliOnSt And what about the frauds
committed by marshals aud district at
/ tomcvs2 No, Gen. liaWley, ii is very
4 pretty table OF figures. but it won do,
-Srr York Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
The SIM and Butler.

The New York STA has not alwass
been an ardent admirer Of Gen. BCTLER,
and Is an evidence Of It's insincerity II
constantly declaring chat Gen. BUTLEE
Is a better Democrat than Gov. CLEyE-
LAID, and that he Is superior IN al the
qualifications for the Presidency ID
either CLEVELAND OF BLA1SE, weprint
What il said Of Gen. BuTLEE June
e, 1873:
The life and career Of Ben Butleg lily
illustrate DaHton's maxim, sAudaci1y, mere
aadacity always zudzcitg Whatever 8
/ Ectifious consequences be has or Uf grss.sgT-
[ able success be may have attained can =
( traced 70 that Que governing rule oi bis
conduct. Without II he would be lost ia
+ The crowd Of trading demagogues and
kuaves to which he Northily belongs
With it he has become power in TIE party
which, while affecting 70 despise his val
gar practices, vet abjectly accepts his lead
ership and humbly boss before his power
/ Hated By some, condemned By many ans
distrusted by al, this bad man. with 81
crooked ways, foul methods, distorted mins
and wicked heart, glories in these mo-a
deiormitories. hauuts them constantly Sc
fore The public eye and trafiics in them 81
political merchandise. The natorie3
which deceney shrinks from a. a degrada
ton he seeks at any sacrifice. He treats III
reprosch which follows such exhibitions q
so much capital added 20 the stock Of III
fame that had already made his nan
, odiously conspicuous in and out Of congres
E f ID
: m0neg from open venality, discariing an
! preteHce Of principle. bound By no ties ,
honor, soothing At religion, making poiitIs
q trade, despotie when clothed With AZ
} thority, cowardly BY nature, mcrcenar
from habit and destitute Of one ennobiin
quality for manly attributes 10 lift him u
T. above these wreiched characteristics, be
I to-day the leading candidate for the higl
p est honor in enlightened and moral Ma
sachusetis. TO this complexion have 3
come al last.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
Barksdale and Singleton

These veterans in the cause Of Democ-
racy have been nominated by their re-
spective districts by reclamation and
without opposition. 1t has been all the
time known that such a result would
follow their candidacy, and it has been
as well known that should they be nom
mated they would be elected
BARKsDALE and SINGLETON are en-.
phatically men of the people, and what
ever may be the difference in their per
}sonal characteristics, as servants of the
people each has won for himself an
enviable and a lasting reputation
They have the confidence of the masse.
and are strong in the affections of those
who believe that the public officer is q
public servant, whose first duty is to
those vino have selected him as their
agent. Each has been in the service Of
the public in some capacity for a long
number of years, and each .can point
with pardonable pride to the record lie
has made. They have been faithful to
their trusts, and the integrity of THEN
official lives has never been clouded with
even the shadow of suspicion.
Col SINGLETON has fairly earned for
himself the title of the "Old War Horse,
as in every contest which the Democra'
cy has waged for nearly half a century
he has been always in the thick Of the
fight, and to Mai. BARKsDALE's unerr
ing sagacity, indomitable will and
splendid courage, the people of the State
are largely indebted for their redemp
ton from the rule Of the alien and cor
ruptionist. The Democrats Of Missis
sippi have been singularly fortunate il
their nominations for Congress, and the
campaign is started under such favora
bic auspices that We regard the election
of all as assured.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03
last Days Of Harris, Brigade.

We publish this week the first INSTALL
ment OF an interesting sketch Of the
last days Of Harris Mississippi Brigade
by member Of that gallant and famous
command. The sketch win run through
Eve or six numbers. We shall be
pleased to publish similar sketches Of
other commanded companies, regi-
ments or brigades. The actors in the
great struggle are yearly passing away,
and with them the recollectiOns. and
"reminiscences that, If written out, would
be valuable 10 history, and that would
be read with interest not only by those
who participated, but by their descen-
dents Of the present ana coming time.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03

InE E1tn tsuateEIli4iss- No leea NsS
gwen to his warning. and AieNlcQ took
The very course which It WAS bisi2e s
pflrg0se to prevent
Nr. FLAMES foreign policy WIS
conspicuous failure for tie simple fe4-
son that he never thoroughly eonsld-
cred the questions presented, was n
capable Of seeing two sides 70 any SUD
iect CT approaching the position OF
those he was dealing with. but SIMPLY
rushed hea2long into controversles OF
which he could not sea he outcome
Moreover. he had such a propensity Tor
iobberv that he was even ready 70 use
the caIamities Of friendly nauOns toT
the purpose OF promoting a gaano
Scaeme- such 4 ruaicy might get US
into no end Of complications and trol-
bIes and get US out Of sympathy with
every nation On the face OF the eartha
including those af the " esteTu CONT
nent. but il could rs no possibility IN
crease cur dignity or influence or pro-
mote the friendly alliance Of Amerl-
can repuhlies.--A. i. I9asss.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-03

RECENTLY it was stated in the public
prints that some one entered the grave
yard at Augusta, Me, and mutilated
the record on the grave-stone of Mr..
BLAINE's eldest child by chipping of
the last figure of the date of its death
June iS, 1851. This it was charged was
done TO help out the scandalous story
concerning Mr.. BLAINE which was pub
lished by the Indianapolis Sentinel, in
which it was alleged that Mr.. STAN-
WOOD, the father of Mrs. BLAINE,
forced BLAINE to marry his daughter.
And now comes a woman claiming to
be a sister of Mrs. BLAINE, who is an
employee in the postoffice at San Fran
cisco, and says that her father, Mr..
SrANwooD, died in 1916, and that Mr..
BLAINE did not see her sister until six
years later, which makes 1851
The question very naturally arises,
which is true, the statement that
BLAISE's child died June IS, 1851,
or the statement by Mrs. BLAINE's sis
ter that be did not meet his wife till
1882 1t is hardly possible that both
are true.