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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
In the Coils Of q Serpent.

One of the most intrepid wild-beast
tanners in Europe, Karolyi, Magyar
of colossal stature and extraordinary
physical strength, fell victim to his
perilous profession. He was perform
ing before a crowded audience in
Madrid on certain day one of his most
sensational feats, which consisted in
allowing huge boa constructor, over
twenty feet in length, to Unfold his
body in its tremendous coils, when sud-
denly piercing cry escaped him which
was greeted by the public with round
of applause, under the supposition that
it's utterance constituted part of the
performance. It proved, however, to
be the outcome of strong mans death
agony. The gigantic snake had tight
ened its coils, and crushed poor Karol-
Wis life out of him with one terrific
squeeze. As his head fell back and his
eyes became fixed in CLASSY stare, the
plaudits died away, and were succeeded
by the stiffness of utter CONSERVATION.
The snake and its ifeless victim
swayed for a second or two of mex
pressible horror, and then toppled on
the boards of the stage. But the boa
did not in the least relax his grip upon
the corpse, which remained fer more
than an hour imprisoned in its hideous
thralldom, nobody daring to approach
the 1.-the monster, of whose powers
such appalling proof had been given.
At length it occurred to one of Karol-
yi's attendants to place bowl OF milk
in a cage within sight of the mighty
serpent, which slowly unwound itself
from the dead body and glided into its
den, irresistibly tempted thereto by its
favorite dainty. A post-mortem exam
ination of the unfortunate athletes re-
mains discovered no fewer than eighty
seven fractures of his bones, effected
by the construction of the serpent's
coils. His death must have been al
most instantaneous, as the spine was
dislocated in several places.-Londo,s
Telegraph.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

To FIX SEAwEEDs IN BooKs.-H not
too fine the weeds must be soaked in
salt and water, then dried in a towel,
laid on table or suitable board and
pasted over on one side with Gamers
hair brush or pencil dipped in a solu-
ton of gumdragon; the gummed side
must be applied to the paper; when this
is satisfactorily achieved, for which pa
thence is exceedingly requisite, stretch
a piece of clear muslin ever the speci-
men, and then put eight or ten pieces
of blotting paper, cut to size, upon it,
afterward placing heavy weight on the
top. Leave it for twenty-four hours,
then remove the top, gently take the
blotting- paper and muslin and replace
them by fresh pieces, taking great care
not to disturb the specimens in the
least degree. In three or four days, if
the weather be dry, the specimens will
be dry also. They will retain their
color for years, if prepared as above,
directly after they come from their
briny home.
On the Mariposa road, near Tuo-
lumne,, Cal, there are two snow drifts
each mile long and $50 high.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
HAdyertiSed."

Putting her head into the postofice
window, she shouted at the astonished
custodian of the mails, Advertised"
Marm," said he, after partially recov-
ering his elf-possession, what did you
wish?" Advertised" she repeated,
louder than before. By force of GUS
tom he managed to ask: What name,
marm?" Again came tina. same reply,
Advertised! but this time supple
mented with the demand, SAN how
long wild yez kape body shtanding here
while yez be a garruping loike moon
calf in q shtable? Wud yez liver give
me me letther, I soy?" "But what is
your name, my dear woman?" "Och,
don't yez dear woman me, yez ouId
sinnerl Don't yez name to abode by
yez own DIRECTIONS entoirely, yez ould
bald-headed devil? Didn't yez put
Until the papers Persons calling for
letthers will place say Advertised? ~
And haven't Oh made mesif hoarse wild
saying advertised advertised! adver-
tisedl' Give me me Ietther, Oh soyl
That liver Bridget McSbaugnessy should
ha' been trifed wild by the loikes of
yezt" The letter was forthcoming ere
she had done, and the Postmaster sank
back into the chair with sigh of relief,
while Bridget left the Office with q
very red face and perfect cataract of
rs escaping from her mouth.-Boston
Transcript
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
Taking Care Of Caesar.

"Late one evening Col. Don Morri-
son, of st. Louis, and party of boon
companions were returning home from
downtown, where they had been enjoy
ing whist and wine. Pausing in front
of his elegant residence, Col. Don insisted
upon the party's coming in and taking a
parting glass. mo, no, Don; we'll go
home. It's very late, and we won't keep
you up These and similar expostuIa-
lions were made, but Col. Don kept on
insisting. At last one of the gentlemen
suggested that mebbe Mrs. Morrison
might object. The Colonel seemed
deeply offended at this. He drew him.
self up proudly and said, scornfully +:
Now you shall come in, for I intend to
show you that am Caesar in this house I
Scarcely had he uttered this proud
declaration than second-story window
raised, and feminine voice, cold and
cutting, rang out on the pale air you
are right, gentlemen !; go home to your
wives. I'll take care of Caesar 7 OF
course, the party went home, and Col
Don pensively retired"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
"Proposingn in Texas.

They manage these things differently
in Texas. This is how q fond couple come
to an understanding, according to one
who pretends to know. He sits on oneside
Of the room in q big white rocking chair |;
she on the Other side, in a little white
oak rocking chair. A long-eared deer
hound is by his side, basket of sewing
by hers. Both the young people rock
necessarily. He signs heavily and looks
out of the west window at myrtle tree |;
she signs lightly and gazes out of the
east window at the turnip patch. At
last he remarks:
"This is mighty good weather for cot
ton picking"
otis that" the lady responds, IF we
only had any to pick"
The rocking continues.
whats your dogs namep" asks she.
"Coony!" Another sigh-broken still
ness.
whats he good for?"
whats he good for?" says he alb
stractedly.
"Your dog. Coony."
"For ketching 'possums."
Silence for half an hour.
"He looks like deer hound"
"Who?"
"Coony."
Gle is, but he's sort O. bellowsed, an
gettin' old an slow, an he amt no count
on cold trail"
In the quiet ten minutes that ensues
she takes two stitches in her quilt, a
gorgeous affair made after the pattern
called Rose of Sharon"
your ma raising many chickens?"
"Forty-odd."
Then more rocking, and somehow
the big rocking chair and the little
rocking chair are jammed side by side,
and rocking is impossible.
maxim quilts?" he observes.
eyes," she replies, Frightening up, for
she is great on quilts. 1--WE just fin
ished gorgeous Eagle of Brazil a
Setting Sum- and Nations Pride
Have you ever saw the yellow Rose OF
the Prairie?'"
mo"
More silence. Then he says
do you love cabbage?'
II do that"
Presently his nand is accidentally
placed on hers, of which she does not
seem to be at all aware. Then he sud-
denly says:
"I'se a great mind to bite you"
what have you great mind to bite
me for?"
"Kase you won't have me-"
"Kase you amt axed me-"
@WelP now, I ak you"
"Then now I has you"
Coony dreams he hears a sound of
kissing, and next day the young man
goes after marriage Cham
berS' Journal.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
Fancy SOAPS.

Fancy soaps, which are made in great
variety for the toilet, are usually scented
with some aromatic oil. For this branch
Of the trade the ordinary commercial
soaps are used, after undergoing a pro-
cess OF refinement, or soap is specially
made for the purpose from almond oil.
or the like. Much taste is shown by the
best makers in the selection and combi-
nation of the perfumes, which, along
with the coloring matters, such as YER
million, yellow ochre, aniline, etc., are
usually boiled up with the soap. To ia
cilltate this operation, as a well-dried
soap does not readily melt, it is usually
cut up in fine shavings, and after boil
ing is well worked under rollers until it
presents uniform appearance. If the
soap is intended to be highly scented, or
very expensive perfumes are to be en-
ployed, the cold process is adopted, as
much of the strength of the scent is lost
by boiling. In this case the soap is
shredded as before, and the perfume
and coloring matter well amalgamated
with it by being worked in a mortar with
pestle. 1t is then divided into Jumps,
and roughly nodded with the hand into
something near to the shape it is finally
to assume. After being left on the rack
to dry for about a week it is pressed into
mold, which imparts to the cake the
form and device which may be required,
and when taken out the edges are
trimmed, and the surface polished with
the hand. Transparent soaps are pre-
pared by taking an ordinary hard soap
and dissolving it in hot alcohol, after
having stored it for the purpose Of driv-
ing off all the water. Soap being COM
pletely soluble in this medium, any ex-
traneous matters which it may contain
can be readily separated by filtration,
care being taken to keep the solution
hot during the process. The alcohol is
then evaporated out of the tiltrate, and
or cooling it hardens into transparent
soap. These soaps are colored, accord
ing to fancy, with vegetable colors dis
solved in alcohol.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
Untamed ShreWs.

"Look here" said man to his bust
ness partner, one day, "we have stood
your fault-fnding, when there is no cause
for it, about long enough. If you can
not live with your wife without quarrel
ing, why, then, quarrel with her and be
done with it but do not bring your
quarrel at home to the store with you,
and vent the spleen you gather there on
the unoffending clerks here!"
This mans remonstrance was we'll
founded. The partner had been pros
porous young business man until he
married fair-faced, well-educated girl,
who turned out, in practical, welded
life, an untamed shrew. Then his fort
unes began to fall; the patience of his
partner at length became exhausted the
firm was dissolved, and the young man
went into bankruptcy, and found the
reproaches from his shrew-wife's tongue,
for his Encouragement and misfortunes,
much sharper than those from any of
his numerous creditors.
A curious scene occurred in the course
of a trial in court in this city. A man
had sued his wife for divorce on the
ground of cruelty ON her part-not a
very common allegation in behalf of the
husband, in proceedings ior divorce.
Unexpectedly there appeared upon the
stage, at this juncture, another man
who informed the complaining husband
that the woman had previously been
married to him and had never been di-
vorced, 80 that prosecution for bigamy
would lie. The two men conversed to-
gether, aside, for few moments, when
the second husband, turning to the
court, said 81 have no doubt of the
truth of this mans story for he has re-
lated to me particulars of the woman's
prosecutions such as I do not believe any
other aUonaap aCas ever guilty Of"
It was a remark which, while it Illus
trated his keen appreciation of the evil
spirit of this one woman, who had oc-
cupied to him the relation of wife, at the
same time testified his mistaken conf
dence in women in general, notwith-
standing his own bitter individual ex-
perience.
And this general confidence was right
and well founded. The conclusion of
the most profound student of human
nature, on the subject of women, that
they are better and worse than We are,
is entirely sound. But, fortunately, the
crooked-tempered, though considerablei in
number, in comparison with the amiable
and good are but few. 1t is true, as
we said at the beginning, the career OF
many a husband has been blighted By
his having unwittingly married an un-
tanned shrew; but in reference to far
greater number of men it may be truth
fully said: "His life has been expanded
and sweetened by the companionship
and devotion of an angel-wife. "-New
York Ledger.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07
The Cat and the Bees.

Charles Kaiser, who has the only hive
OF bees in town, says that when he first
got his colony, his old cats curiosity
was much excited in regard to the
doings of the little insects, the like of
which she had never before seen. At
first she watched their comings and
goings at a distance. She then flat
tened herself upon the ground and crept
along toward the hive, with tail hori-
zontal and quivering. It was clearly
evident that she thought the bees some
new kind of game. Finally she took up
position at the entrance of the hive,
and when a bee came in or started out
made dab at it with her paws.
This went on for time without at
tracing the attention of the inhabitants
of the hive. Presently, however, old
Tabby struck and crushed bee on the
edge of the opening to the hiye. The
smell of the crushed bee alarmed and
enraged the whole colony. Bees by
the score poured forth and darted into
the fur of the astonished cat. Tabby
rolled herself in the grass, splitting.
spluttering, biting, clawing and squat
ing as cat never squalled before. She
appeared mere ball of furs and bees
as she rolled and tumbled about. She
was at length hauled away from the
hive with garden rake, at the cost of
several stings to her rescuer.
Even after she had been taken to q
distant part of the grounds the bees
stuck to Tabby's fur, and about once
in two minutes she would utter an IN
earthly @yowl" and bounce a full yard
into the air. On coming down she
would try to scratch her ear, when q
sting on the back would cause her to
turn . succession of somersaults and
give vent to running fire of squalls.
Like the parrot that was left alone with
the monkey, old Tabby had dreadful
time.
Two or three days after the adventure
Tabby was caught by the owner, who
took her by the neck and threw her
downnearthe beehive. Nosooner did she
strike the ground than she gave dread
full squan, and at a single bound reach
ed the top Of the fence full six feet in
height. There she chung for amoment,
with tail as big as a rolling pin, when,
with another bound and scuall, she was
out of sight, and did not again put in
an appearance for over q week.-Tir-
giaia City (Neu.) Enterprise.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

JONES, who goes to the lodge" quite
often, says Mrs J. could give the Mill
lists several points on blowing up.
OLD railroad conductors say the num-
Der of people travelling on Friday is less
than that of any other day in the week,
and they ascribe the cause to the super
stition entertained by great many per-
sons against beginning an undertaking
or setting out on q journey on Friday.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

Twelve million dollars will be paid
out in Philadelphia next month as
semi-annual dividends and interest,
s1,934, $50 of the amount being interest
on the city debt.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

The production of raisins in Califor-
mia now reaches 100000 boxes annu-
ally.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

Oaxaca, Mex, has ordered twenty
more electric lights.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

CHIMNEY SWEEP Is the name OF trot-
ting horse. It is said that at his last
race he fairly Aue.
The debt of Boston has increased ST.
4S5, 677 during the year.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

JB. MESERVE,
Ranch, Spring Canyon on the Frencbman
River. in Chase county, Neb. Stock branded
as above; also '717'' on left side; opp on
right hip and ''L.' on right shoulder:
'fL.' on left shoulder and OK - on left
jaw. Half under. crop left ear, and square
crop right ear.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

HENRY 7. CHURCH.
Osborn, Neb. Range: Red Willow creek,
In southwest corner OF Frontier county, cat
tie branded go l. o. on right side. Also,
an over crop on right ear and under crop on
left. Horses branded ''S' on right shoulder
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-07

JOSEPH ALLEN.
Ranch on Red Willow Creek. half mile
above O,born postotfice. Cattle branded on
right side and hip above. 81
FOR SALE-Improved Decided Farm
and Hay Land. Timber and water. Two
farm houses, with other improvements.
Convenient to No. school privileges. Sit
uated nu Republican river, near mouth of
Red Willow creek. Call on j. F. Back,
on premises, or address him at Indianola,
Nebraska.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
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Ancient Wonders,

Nineva was fourteen miles long, eight
miles wide, and forty-six miles round.
with a wall one hundred feet high, and
thick enough for three chariots abreast.
Babylon was fifty miles within the
walls, which were seventy-fve feet
thick and one hundred feet high, with
one hundred brazen gates. The temple
of Diana at Ephesus, was four hundred
and twenty feet to the support OF the
roof. 1t was one hundred years in
building. The largest of the pyramids
is four hundred and eighty-one feet in
height, and eight hundred and fifty
three feet on the sides. The base covers
eleven acres. She stones are about sixty
feet in length, and the layers are two
hundred and eight. 1t employed $780,
600 men in building. The labvrinth of
Egypt contains three hundred chambers
and twelve halls. Thebes, in Egypt,
presents ruins twenty-seven miles
around, contained $4,000 citizens and
100000 slaves. The temple Of Delphos
was so rich in donations that it was
plundered of SlO,OOO,OOO and the empe-
ror Nero carried away from it two hun
dred statutes. The walls of Rome were
thirteen miles around.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
The New Capitol.
Bismarck Tribune

The warm weather of yesterday per-
mitted the resumption of work upon
the new territorial capitol building.
The structure now stands forth in all
its architectural beauty, and three more
DAYS OF warm weather will see the
building completed externally, with the
exception of the tower, which alone
will cost 100000. When it Is remem-
bered thatonly ten months have elapsed
since the passage of the act removing
the capital from Yankton, the work
that has been accomplished is both mar
velous and creditable. Before the meet
ing of the next legislature Bismarck
will have completed and furnished as
fine capitol building as is possessed by
any of the western states. The mag
nificent structure and 32O acres Of valu-
able land to-day stands in the name Of
the territory as a monument to the lib
erality and enterprise of the citizens of
Burleigh county and as free gift to
the taxpayers Of the territory. Not Il
dollar of the 100000 contributed and
the $4,000 arising from the sale of lots
has been wasted CT recklessly appropri-
ated, and the territory has more to
show for the money expended than has
ever heretofore been the case in the
erection of public institutions.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
Sorghum ssrup Changed to Sugar.
Sioux Falls Press.


For years experiments have been
made to find out way toschange.sor-
gum sirup into sugar. The attempt
was unsuccessful up to last year. when
the state Of Illinois offered bounty to
any one who would succeed in granu-
lating the sirup into sugar. Experi-
ments made at the state university of
Illinois, in Champaign, by Professor
Weber and Scovill, succeeded in accom-
plishing the result. a. ready sale is
found for all the sugar and sirrup made,
and the success will cause large num-
Der OF sugar works to be erected all
over the west, for sorghum cane will
grow where corn can be rrised and
where farmers can make fifteen dollars
per acre in raising corn they can realize
thirty dollars an acre in raising sorghum
cane to sell to these factories. The
Scientific American says that the result
of this discovery is likely to make a
great change in this country as the
making of beet sugar has in Europe,
where to-day two-thirds of all the sugar
in the world is made.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
TOWN ORDINANCES.
An ORDINANCE regulating the constrne1lon an

An Ordinance regulating the construction ana
Repairing of sidewalks,
Re il Ordained by The Trustees Of the Toien oI
Hurley n The manner fOlto,ct0, to-icu:
Section i. All sidewalks shall be built OF Two
inch ,,lank laid crosswise and spiked to, ana sup
ported by timbers at least Two inches III tnick-
ness and four inches deep, placed moi more thah
two feet apart. ,,., ,nd
See. 2 All sidewalks along any one block; ana
fronting on the SAME street. shall be oi uniform
;ydth and the outer edge OF all shall pe ~ ulii,
form distance from the line OF lots OH the saliie
street. t ~,
Sec. S. In case the owner of any lot, piece or
Marcel of real estate shaH fail to comply With
any resolution directing any sidewalk 70 pc cor M
structed or repaired along the front oi said iQt,
piece or parcel or before thir ty days from tne
last day of publication OF such resolution N tle
clerk shall cause notice to be publisleu III tlle
Turner Cobnty Herald for not less than Two
weeks, succeeding, at least once caen week. ior LOT
sealed proposals to be made to the board oI
trustees for the making such Improvements
ordered in such resolutions, and such proposals
shall be considered by the board OF trustees ana
the contract awarded to the lowest bidder, VINO
shall give bond to the town with sufiiGient s1-
rety. or sureties to be approved by the eoara OIL
trustees, who shall have the right to reject any
or all bids Said contract shall be upon condition
and it shall beia pant thereof, unless otherwise
ordered by resolution. that the contractor shall
be paid out of, and as rapidly as the taxes are
collected or received from tile parties entitled to
pay the same - -
Adopted and ordered printed by the board Of
Signed: NJ S. ROBINSON, President.
Attest: ROWLAND REEs. Clerk.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
Turner County Herald.
Published Every Thursday.
HURLEY. DAKOTA, JAN. "a, 1884.


Dakota has thirty banks with an ave-
rage capital of s25l,s33, an aggregate
of 1851 800. She has more banks than
either of the states of Virginia, Colo
RADIO, Maryland, Missouri, California,
Georgia, Delaware, North Carolina,
South Carolina, West Virginia, Alaba-
ma, Oregon, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Florida, Nevada, or any of the other
territories, and more bank capital than
any state in the above list named after
South Carolina, and more than any one
other Of the territories. She has a
greater population than the states of
Colorado, Delaware, Oregon, or any of
the other territories, and yet many
statesmen look upon her as an insigniti-
cant province of the nation.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24

Y. s. Land Office, Yankton, D. T., Dec. 1s, 1883.
by Michael j. Hogan against Marion A. Young
for failure to comply with law as to timbcr-cuf.
tnre No 1874, dated June Goth, 1878. upon the
81, in Turner county, Dakota, with a view to TIE
cancellation of said entry: contestant alleging
that said Marion A. Young has wholly abandon.
or cuttings on said tract either the sd or All
years of said entry that said tract is not cultiya
ted as required BY law and that no trees are now
by summoned to appear at tits office on the
18th day OF March, 1884, at 0 o'clock a. M, to re.
spond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged failure.
emp Il. A. WErrER, Register