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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
Colds and Their Cure.
Golden Rule.


1 think that one cause. of your fire.
quent colds may be too much contine-
ment in hot room, with too little ex-
ercise-"hovering." You do not say
what are your symptoms of cold,
whether there is shriveled condition
of the skin, a general feeling of chill
ness, quickened pulse, flashes of heat.
etc., or whether sore throat, intlam-
nation of the nasal passages and the
like, are the evidences. Let me say
that these last are no evidences, only in
dications, since they may result from
various causes. A stomach derange-
ment produces more infamed sore
Threats than colds, for a reason easily
understood. First, the stomach is in
famed, and then, by law that all con-
tiguous membranes are similarly effec
ted, the inflammation extends upward,
efecting the throat, eventually appear
ing on the tongue, which is the reason
why we examine the tongue so care
fully to learn the state of the stom-
ach.
What shall be done? I hope that you
do not battle in the ''heroic'' style, in
ice water, and that you do not vibrate
to the other extreme, having "hydro-
phobia,'' never using any water to
battle, aside from hot. Those who
."baby themselves" will have colds,
while those most in the cold air, well
clad, will have the fewest. The lum-
Der men who sleep on pine boughs. in
rude hut, far from human habita-
tons, seldom have colds, though bet
ter room would be better for them,
with their abundance of cool, bracing,
life-giving air! 1t may be that your
colds result from the too free use of
lard, butter, sugar and the like, irrita-
ting the stomach and the throat. q
think that my "health rules" and
"good digestion" would aid you in
avoiding such colds.)
But, in addition, would advise the
thorough use of the flesh-brush as a
substitute for good bath, especially
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
Timber of the World.

The timber interests of the world are
reported to be in a bad way, the de-
mand for lumber everywhere being in
excess of the supply. The forests of
Sweden and Norway have been drawn
on to excess; those of Northern Russia
fail to meet the demands even of st.
Petersburg; the 100000 acres of
woodland in Germany produce lumber
of poor quality; the timber lands of
Bohemia, Gallicia and Pennsylvania
are not easily accessible; the shores of
the Atlantic are bare; Great Britain
has no merchantile lumber worth men
tioning, and the forests Of Central At
RIGA are too remote to give a supply.
The aggregate woodland of Europe is
estimated at 500, 900, 900 acres, or about
20 per cent. of the area of the CONT
nent. Under the circumstances it
would be the proper thing for the peo-
pie of the United States to husband
their timber land to the last degree.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14

if you have been in the habit of using
warm water. While there are few
who cannot, with safety, battle in cold
water, all Ilay use the brush with safe
ty, comfort, and with good results. The
dust which is accumulates in the brush
proves that great deal of waste mat
ter flows to the surface, which cleanli-
ness, at least, demands should be re-
moved. The thorough use of the brush
removes the dead and poisonous mat
ter constantly accommodating on the sur
face, opening the pores, stimulating
them to remain open-a cold is closed
pores-inviting the warm blood from
the heart to the surface, where about
one-half of the contents of the body
should be, of necessity, equalizing the
circulation, relieving internal longest
ed organs, and promoting the general
warmth of the body. l can conceive OF
no harm from general use of the
brush. Of allowed to refer to person
al experience, will say that l have
used two of adams brushes-the
hand, excellent, and the long, curved
one-for many years with great advan-
tage, and see no reason why they will
not last longer than shall survive. l
will add that, as "break colds in this
way, not deeming it safe for me, a for
mer consumptive, to neglect cold, L
have not been SO sick for thirty years,
that could not attend to others, not
for whole dayD 1 recommend my
custom of taking a very light supper,
often but the simple juices of food, as
of an apple, the grains, etc.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
1nrsREsr1No INCIDENT.

A Scene at the Recent Grand Army EN-
canpnsenf.
Major w. w. Alcorn, who was pres
emf at the Grand Army encampment
in Minneapolis last week, relates the
following incident:
An exciting scene in the Grand ARMY
encampment occurred Friday morning
last. The encampment being cailed
to order, and being about to proceed
to the general order of business (elec,
ton of commander-in-chief), Corporal
Tanner, of New York, advanced to the
stage, and asked unanimous consent
to introduce q matter of some import
ance, which was granted. He there
upon delivered the speech which IS &C
credited to Commander : in chief
Kountz as a speech of acceptance, in
the papers all over the country, IN
which he stated that comrade from
Dakota, being in the city attending
the reunion Of his old regiment (the
LIST Minnesota), had been run over by
street car the day before and injured
to such an extent as to necessitate the
amputation of one of his limbs, and
moved that the encampment appropri-
ate $500 to assist him in his going
through life.
When the cheers subsidized, Commo-
dore Lloyd, of Ohio, assembled the plat
form and closed a neat speech by
seconding the motion with donation
of 800 [cheers1 from the department
of Ohio. A delegate from New York
also begged leave to second with 800
from New York. An Illinois delegate
arose and said the department OF 1lli-
nois seconds the nomination with $500.
GGreat applause The New York del
eeate, again on his feet, said, l find
that l have not half represented my
delegation, who authorizes $500 from
New York. Laughter and cheers.
Gen. Wagner, of Pennsylvania, took
the platform and said, the Pennsylva-
MIA delegation desire to ''see" the gen.
men from New York and Illinois and
will Ego $50 BETTER" and second the
motion with $3.50. Long and loud
applause Commander Lloyd, taking
position on the platform said, the Ohio
soldiers, in the days of the war, never
took position in the rear, and they do
not on this occasion. Ohio "calls''
f6nuSylVdUld anu UldkcS ucI COutilUu-
ton $3.50. Fever heat. Corporal
Tanner, of New York, again on his feet,
said: am very much confused by the
terms used by our comrades from Ohio
and Pennsylvania [laughter], but L
have dim recollection of having heard
them in my early experience in the
army, and, desiring to answer in the
same vernacular, my friend who is at
my side says tell them you ''see" them
$3.50. [Cheers.l Then followed like
contributions from nearly all the vari-
Gus departments, in sums ranging from
$25 to 800, until over $4,000 was
raised, and by resolution turned over
to the department of Dakota, with in
structions to use it as in their judgment
seemed best for the disabled cOmrade.
The scene occupied less than half an
hour, and was characterized by con-
slant outbreaks on every new donation
hats in air and delegates standing.
1t was scene worth visiting so dis
tant city as Minneapolis to see.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
What We Have Learned From
Animals.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is favorite theory of some that an
imals are initiative, and what man does
they follow and try to perform. Posi-
bly, man learned first from the animals.
Many animals are born armed and
weaponed both for offense, capture and
defense when attacked or pursued.
The gorillas of Africa fought the SOL
diers of Hanno, and apes use hand
stones to crack nuts. In the days of
Strabo, that historian tells us that In
dian monkeys climbed mountains and
rolled stones down on their pursuers.
Take throwing, for example. The prim-
tive man learned it from beasts. The
squid (cuttle fish, defends itself by dis
charging its ink-bag, imbedded in the
liver, and escapes in the blackened
water. The toxotes or archer brings
down insects with drop of water when
they are three or four feet high in the
air. The archer fish of Japan is kept
in a glass jar and fed by holding flies
at the end of rod few inches from
the surface of the water, and it never
fails to hit them. The lima or guanaco
throw their acrid and fetid saliva some
distance and with accurate aim. Men
"Ouiu icdlu W ny
blow of the bear, and the kick of those
animals which defend themselves by
kicking, as the horse, zebra, the camel
and giraffe, while the ostrich, eagle and
larger birds of prey would teach
him a lesson in assaulting with ready
wings. The whale raises its head
with such force that it has
sunk a whaler. Combats of goats,
stays, buffaloes and wild bulls, all of
which rush forward with their heads
down and drive their horns into their
enemy's body, would suggest the thrust.
The bittern, the peacock and the Amer
lean white crane stab at the eye. And
the black rhinoceros, the fiercest of
any, when angered his horn becomes
hard and erect, and, diving beneath
the canoe, he pierces hole in its bot
tom and sinks it, and with the same
weapon attacks and rips open the huge
and ungainly elephant. The pheasant
and partridge, the cock and quail,
would suggest, with their spurs. the use
of the poniard. Pliny says that dol
phins which enter the Nile have knife
edged spur on their backs to protect
them from the crocodiles. The bull
Hedu ISL HAS mdHy -DdrDeu norm on
its dorsum which must have taught the
Equimaux and savages of South Amer
lea and Australia the use of their spears.
Poisoned dagger-makers took a hint
from the sting-fsh, or adder-pike,
whose dorsals and spines have double
grooves, in which a poisonous secre-
ton is found. The sting-rays twist
their long slender tails round their en-
envy and cut the surface, inflicting a
wound not easily healed The sting
sometimes breaks off in the wound
The Fiji islanders, the Samoans and
Tahitians use this poison extensively.
These things in animals would suggest
the poisoned dagger with which the
Italians of the middle ages were so
handy.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
FAITH.

will not think the last farewell hear
Is more than brief good-by that q friend
~ u 4, saith
Turning toward home; that TO our home lies
will not think 80 harshly of kind death.
will not think the last looks of dear eyes
Fades with the light that fades of our dim
air,
But that the apparent glories of the skies
Weigh down their lids with beams too bright
to bear. la $50
Our dead have left US for no dark, strange
go lands,
Unwelcomed there, and with no friends to
meet;
But hands Of angels hold the trembling
hands,
And hands of angels guide the falterig feet.
will not think the soul gropes dumb and
blind,
A brief space through our world, death
doomed from birth
will not think that Love shall ever find
fairer heaven than he made on earth.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
A Close Call.
Albion News.

AlDOn NEWS.
One of the most remarkab BILE cases of
narrow escapes we ever heard of trans
pired near town last Sunday after
noon. Mr.. John Garrigan was out in
his field cutting wheat. The storm
coming up, he unhitched his horses,
got onto one of them, and started for
home leading the other. A bolt of
lightning killed both his horses and
came as near killing him as could well
possibly be. 1t struck his head, tear
ing a hole in his hat large enough to
run ones fist through, and made a
mark about two inches long on his
scalp. The horse he was riding fell
on him, in which condition he was
found some time after. He was taken
to the house and DR.. Brown was called.
He acted like man afflicted with GER
ebro-spinal meningitis, and it took sew
eral men to hold him. The doctor
soon brought him out of that and he
lay in a sort of drowsy sleep, from
which he could only be aroused by
considerable effort, but was not in his
right mind. The last report we had
from him was that he was up around,
apparently in his right mind, but
could remember nothing previous to
the stroke. He is impressed with the
idea that he was kicked by a mule.
The lightning bolt must have first
struck his head, and then glanced and
killed the horses. 1t was indeed a
close call. The doctor thinks he will,
in time, entirely recover.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14
One More Lincoln Story.
Denver Tribune.

DenVer IrlDuue
An amusing incident in the unwrit-
ten history of Abraham Lincoln is
told by the Hon. Ward H. Lamon, of
this city:
While the gentlemen were law part
ners in Illinois, and before Lincoln
was thought of for president of the
United States, they happened to visit
an agricultural fair in an inland town
of Tennessee.
Lincoln was in high spirits and
seemed bent on fun. While casting
about for such amusement as the ex-
hibition afforded Lincoln discovered an
attraction in the shape Of turned
down flour barrel containing badger.
''Fifty dollars for dog that will haul
the badger out of the BARREL" shouted
the red-headed man who owned the
outfit. 'Fifty dollars, say, to the dog
that can haul out the badger"
There were few takers of the badg-
er mans offer, but the luckless dog
owners who invested % cents in the eX-
pertinent invariably lost in the specula-
ton, for the badgers teeth were sharp,
and every dog that entered its strong
hold came out in jiffy, while the ferO-
cious animal inside held the fort and
grinned all over.
Mr.. Lincoln hit upon happy
thought. Taking Ward to one side
they found lank countryman with a
still tanker mastiff.
"Want to make $50 with that dog?"
asked Lincoln.
"Course 1 d." replied the hayseed.
''The dog was bartered for, and as
Lincoln approached the badger man,
elbowing his way through the crowd,
he said:
'I'll invest a quarter in your game,
sir.''
The badger man looked at Lincoln's
hungry dog and smiled as he took the
silver quarter.
Lincoln caught the dog and led it
up to the barrel. Hastily grabbing
the mastiff, he threw it into the open
ing 'tother end first. There was a
pause only for second, and then
followed lively scrape inside the
barrel.
''Hold on there cried the manager.
"Fair play"
But he was too late with his remon-
STRANGE. Out sprang the badly fright
ened dog with the badger sticking to
his hind quarters. The crowd parted,
and away went the dog and badger
into the inner field of the race-track.
The badger stuck like brother, teams
ran away, women tainted and the crowd
roared. Lincoln fairly went into
spasms of mirth, the fun was so enjoy
able.
The countryman owning the dog was
paralyzed, as was the badger owner,
who set up great howl and was mad
enough to fight.
Produce your $780," said Lincoln to
the badger keeper.
Foul play, foul play!'' cried the
chagrined gamester, land I'll never
pay it."
Here is where Lamon came in SER
viceable. Catching the badger friend
by the neck, he cried:
"Give up the $50 or I'll wallup you"
Lannon's herculean proportions
were too argumentary to be trifled
with. and the money was handed to
Mr.. Lincoln, who in turn gave it to the
countryman.
The dog was well paid for, and the
badger business closed up for the want
of badger.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14

He that observes his Sabbaths is sure
he is in the right way, and that he loves
God, because he uses the means.-[W,
Wogan.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-14

1 feel as if God had, by giving the
Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in
every year.-[Coleridge.
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
Horrible Double Murder.
Dy Western Associated Press.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23. Information is
received by tho police this evening of a
horrible double murder committed near
the little town of Fenton, Jefferson
county. 20 miles from this city, some
time during last night. Louis Boedeck-
er and wife Josephine occupied two
rooms in log house on rented farm
at the place named, and although very
poor were we'll liked and had many
friends. About 8 o'clock this morning
u neighbor found both dead in the
house and the furniture and floor
smeared with blood. Boedecker was
IN bed with his throat horribly cut and
haggled with an AK. Mrs. Boedecker
was stretched ut full length on
the floor with the back of her
head crushed in with an ak and
her neck broken. The indications
are that the woman escaped from the
house when the attack was made, and
was pursued and struck down on the
road a short distance away, and dragged
back to the house by her hair. There
is no clue to the murderers. but the
theory is that some unknown person
was received as a lodger last night and
that he committed the diabolical deed,
and then robbed the house and fled. A
good white shirt, badly blood stained,
which did not belong to Boedecker,
was found IN the house, and bucket OF
bloody water IN which the murderer
washed his hands was standing on the
floor. A trunk in the rear room was
broken open with the bloody axe, and
q wardrobe in the same room had beer
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
The Case of Amelia Olsen.
Western Associated Press.

by WcsttTu hbcoCidtcu iNce'
CHICAGO, Jan. 90. The police are IN
possession of additional facts in regard
TO the manner in which Amelia Olsen,
the young seamstress whose dead body
was found on the prairie on the out
skirt of the city week ago, met her
death. That u great crime had been
committed was suspected from tho out
set, but very little could be definitely
stated. A young man named Thomas
Sheeban, was suspected OF having some
connection with the girls death, and a
number of arrests were made up 10 yes,
terday. Late last night six additional
arrests were made. Two men are
charged with actual murder, but the
names are not disclosed. A hackman,
an Italian restaurant keeper, n woman
and three others, alleged accessories,
have been arrested. 1t is reported also
that the police have arrested in Wlscoh-
sinlone Martin jacobson. a sailor, n DIS
appointed suitor of Amelia Olsen. who
IS supposed to have left the city imme-
diately after the tragedy. The post
mortem disclosed the fact that the
young girl had been repeatedly out
ragged, and the theory is she was in
duced to enter the restaurant, drugged,
driven out on the prairie in a hack,
where she was assaulted and choked to
death owing to the struggle she made
to defend herself.
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

HAMILTON, Ont. Jan. 23.-The Spec
tator printing Office was burned this
morning. Loss $50,0OO; insurance $9l,-
600.
TROY, N. Y, Jan. 23.-Tho Perkins
stove foundry, at Port jackson, was
burned. Patterns valued at $4,000
were destroyed.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-B. w. Mahoney,
n broker, was knocked down just after
dark last evening. receiving wounds
from which he died at 8 o'clock.
Robbery was the object assigned.
There is no clue to the perpetrators.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. .23.-The Penn
sylyania railroad earned last year 81,
707. SCI over the surplus earnings
of 1882. =,
RALEIGH, N. c., January &C. j
jerks, a white man of 90, deserted his
sick wife and three children and elopet
with Variena Pierson, aged IL. Jenk'
was a merchant at Apex. and the girl .
daughter of his clerk and very small fo
her age. They have gone to Illinois.
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24

later, when the miners get down from
the hills. At the close there was in the
bank $74 in cash, and the officers claim
$4,000 in the hands of correspondents
Dewalt refused to allow any one TO see
the general balance book last night, and
this morning the book is missing from
the bank. The deposits had run down
since Saturday from 1915, 900 to $3.50, 900.
The loans and discounts were about
$500, 900, and overdrafts about $40, 900.
There were time certificates to the ex-
tent of $50, 900, which were mainly held
by poor miners, aud from them music
is expected when the news reach them.
There is much talk about crookedness
on the part of Dewalt and Finn, and
Finn, and one of the directors freely de-
clares his belief that the former Is short
$50, 900, caused by stock speculations.
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
Mutt Recovered from ImbecilitY.

Nv Western Associated Press.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 3.-fhe investiga,
ton of James Nuts present mental
condition took place tins morning before
Judge Stowe, and resulted in the prlS5-
oner's release. The physicians all
agreed that at the present time Mutt Is
OF sound mind and fully responsible and
thought it would be perfectly safe to
restore him to liberty. He was then
discharged, and in company with his
friends left the court room for Mayor
Browns Office, where his mother, sister
and other relatives were waiting TO re-
ceive hlm. On the way he was rendered
perfect ovation. The scene in Brown
office was very affecting. H!s mother
and sister wept bitterly as they threw
their arms around him, and the JOY
thus expressed seemed to know nc
bounds. This afternoon at 4 O'Clock
James and family take the, train FOL
their home at Uniontown, where prep
arations are being made for grand
reception.
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
Death of an Escaped Lunatlc.

BY Western Associated Press.
PAINEsvmLE, o., Jan. 23--Cornelius
Van Setback, an attorney of Chicago,
who has been violently insane and has
been confined for some months at the
Riverside santarium, gainesville,
forced the lock of his room last night
and escaped. This morning hls corpse
was found under the Nickle Plate
bridge at Willoughby. with skull and
both arms broken. l. is not known
whether he was struck by train or fell
through the trestle.
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
Failure of Leadville National Bank


LEADvILLE, Jan. 80. Tho failure of
the first national bank absorbs public
attention today to the exclusion of
everything else. Everything is at sea
at the bank, and none of the attaches
are able to make a statement that would
be at all comprehensive. George II.
Newton is in charge as temporary re-
ceiver until action shall be taken by the
comptroller, and Sheriff Breeker is
guarding the bank with an ample posse /.
Dewalt, president, and Finn, vice
president, left the city in a carriage at
daybreak this morning, their destina-
tion not being known. These two men
deceived the other directors of the bank
up to the last moment and ugly talk in
regard to their conduct is being in.
dulged in. A warrant for their arrest
will doubtless be issued. Up to noon
everything is quiet about the bank. bul
the excitement is expected to run high
Las Vegas daily gazette., 1884-01-24
]. ]. FITZGERRB|,L
THE GIV Ell
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Facts, Opinions and Gossip Around
the National Capital.
BY Western Associated Press.
COMMITTEE WORK.


COMMITTEE WORK.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Thc senate
committee on public lands has decided
to recommend repeal of the timber
culture act. Senator Ingalls, bill tG
promote the efficacy of the general lano
Office was ordered to be reported favor
ably. .,
The house committee on agriculture
instructed Aikens TO report bi'i max
inc the commissioner OF agriculture 4
cabinet officer.
The committee on Indian affairs IN
s,ructed WiIborn To report favorably a
bill granting the right of way for the
Gulf. Colorado Il Santa Fc rai'road
through the Indian territory,
The secretary of war has sent to inc
house u detailed statement OF eXpend
iturcs by the government on account
of the Improvement of rivers and har-
bors from March 4, 1879, to June 30, 1882
The grand total is $l05. 1876, 400.