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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-03

crawled to dress his wounds or die. The
burning of the court house was wholly aim
less and malicious, except that one might
find excuse in the feeling that the crowd
was angered at the place where failure to
do justice had been SO marked. 1t did not
aid at all in getting at the prisoners nor do
ing harm to the militia. 1t was purely
wanton. Nor was there any excuse for a
failure to protect this property. The crowd
was permitted to go to the very windows
and break them without resistance when
opportunity offered some deyilish commun-
list, who gloried in pure destruction, sug-
gested to cast some light on the subject.
talked: ''This will be the Paris of Amer
lea sure enough" With this leadership
and with these motives, chairs, carpets and
desks were broken and piled in heaps in the
treasurer's office and the match applied.
AS this was done the silly headed or
drunken hoodlums in the crowd cheered
and yelled, Burn the id militia out. -
There was no use in trying to stop the in
cendiaries. They went from Office to Office
starting fires, and In a few minutes, with
the windows all broken out in the side, the
court house glowed like q furnace. The
fire engines were powerless, first, because
the fremen refused to go out without an
escort Of troops, and, second, because the
crowd could easily have cut the hose and
prevented the use Of engines; so the fire had
its way. Office after Office was reached BY
the flames, and as the floors crashed and
fell the crowd cteered.
Everywhere solemnity prevails. The ap-
palling loss Of property and frightful de-
struction of life brings the people to real
ization Of the awful calamity. II anything
could intensity the honest indignation di.
rected against the first cause Of this out
break, the revelations of this morning does
it. There was notable absence of mere
curiosity seekers iocking to the scene to.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-03

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slant relief, quick cure. 15c. Druggists.
Every member of the Utah legislature is
a Mormon
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-03

Easy to use. A certain cure. Not expensive. Three
treatment in one package. Good for Cold
in the Head, Headache, Dizziness, Hay Fever, &C.
Fifty cents. By all Druggists, or by mail.
+. II. HAZELTINE, Warren, n
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adjacent to the coasts are nominally Greek
Christians, and swell the adherents of that
faith in Alaska to 5000 or 1000. OF the
5000 Indians of Alaska, over 5000 are in the
southeastern portion, and are no better nor
worse than their congeners in the United
States and British America. Indolent and
improvident, ten might live comfortably
where one scarcely subsists. The same is true
of the 3 1000 Indians west of Prince William
sound. The great interior of Alaska-an area
as great as Dakota-is inhabited by the
Ingaliks. OF these Indians there are over
1000. Their blood is suffused on the lower
Yukon, with that of the Innuits, whose women
they have stolen in old time wars, to make up
for curious deficiency of women among their
own nation-a repetition of the Sabine treat
ment of the Romans. All these peoples are
short-lived. Aleut, Indian and Eskimo die
mainly of consumption, to which exposure,
climate, lack of pure air and wholesome food
make them notably liable. Whole families
bear the marks and scars of scrofulous disease,
which is next in fatality to consumption, and
receives as little care. A man or woman
who rounds his fifty years is rare example
in these tribes and even then, if
free from rheumatism or general debility,
they are never without injured vision, most
being affected with granular ophthalmia,
due to the combined influence of the smoke
within and the snow without Smallpox,
through Russian intercourse, swept the whole
country in 1889, from the Aleutian chain to
the Arctic sea, destroying one-haf of the
whole population, while measles, another i'm
portation of civilization, is an exceedingly
dangerous complaint in Alaska, because of the
climate. In 1915 this disease, in the black
form, ravaged Kodiak island, and produced a
panic at Sitka. The native tribes are indif-
ferent when living, and face death with the
apathy of fatalists.
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In the Museum.

Down a staircase, into a basement. In this
shady bower are fat man, and giant. looking
trife sheepsh, and Circassian beauty, who
happens to be Zulu, granddaughter of Cete-
wayo, and Punch and Judy, and lady who is
bodiless head floating in the air and black
Michigan bear a vertable soft-furred old bear
with the sharp, knowing phz of the nursery
books, whose MASTER in a circus suit tells him
to ''set here" and set there, and go up steps,
and waltz, and promenade, and fumbling
Straightforward man.
But the crowd; observe the crowd! Young
working girls, honest-eyed farm boys in town
for holiday, country folks here on shopping
excursions, young farmers wives, kind-faced
old women, wholesome mothers with chubby
children, shabby, meek old men, who luckily
had ten cents in their pockets, city school boys
in their broad collars and knee-breeches, half
grown boys and so on. For some reason it
happened to be a purely American crowd. and
nothing can so inspire you with respect for this
country as an American crowd. They have
gentle ways, they speak in quiet tones they
make no disagreeable noises, there is no hard
breathing among them, and no hustling nor
jostling nor pushing, nor humping, nor crowd
ing nor reaching across other people to talk,
nor loud talking nor boisterous laughing. All
are friendly and deferential, and ready with lit
tie neighborly offices of making room and lift
ing children; all are agreeable.
Were a prince to enter among them
they would behave the same; without
cringing or establishment they would give him
as much room as they have themselves. When
the crowd is marshale0 up to the ''theatrum' to
hear the piano, and violin and the two or three
songs, and to see the clog dance, the women and
children are allowed to go first and the men
kindly consent to sit in the rear. o, Columbia,
land of the free and the brave, thou art also the
land Of the gentle and kind Nowhere else in
the world could such a crowd be assembled.
Those who advise the people to vote down high
learning in the public schools, to vote down
splendid public buildings and great public inn
provements in general, know little of the people
themselves. MARY DEAN.
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Some things in life are unaccountable One
is shoe backing. 1t is dirt and the leavmgs of
those smearings and daubings which the
painted Picts," our savage ancestors used to de-
light in. That we must paint our feet with dirt
is strange. Another strange thing is stove
backing That is dirt, too, and the dirtiest kind
of dirt. yet we have to paint our stoves with it,
and cannot consider ourselves neat persons with
out it. Still another strange thing is walking
about on polished floors and fine carpets in the
same rough, dirty shoes that we wear in the
streets The Orentas and the ancients never
did this. Still another mystery is this: Re-
formers are generally young people-for the old
do not trouble themselves with reforms-and
they almost invariably exert their enthusiasm
against fried cakes hot-air furnaces feather
beds, "nobby" clothes, and the like. Why is it
that fried sausage, mnce pie, or
buckwheat cake awakens the re-
formers zeall Why does he insist
on growing weak and pale on Graham
mush and other medicine buildings, while his I'M
reforming brother grows stalwart on fried dough
nuts and coffee? The zeal of some reformers
takes the form of washing themselves, nobody
can tell why, but they wash and wash till they
have no vitality left One young fellow has
made himself deaf in both ears taking cold
shower baths this winter. Sometimes the re-
forming zeal takes the form of exercise, and in
such case the reformer walks before breakfast
and comes in looking as blue or he rows himself
around in boat until he is quite thin Some
times the reformer makes war on salt OF pepper.
or tand declares the world is going to pieces
because it does not agree with him. And the
zeal with which an air reformer will insist on air
ing everything, is perfectly unaccountabe.
Beds are damp and chilly from airing in the
damp wind halls are breezy, draught like a
gimiet bores you in the ear II draught like ser
pent creeps around your feet, old folks die of
bronchitis, and young children die of Group when
ever an airing reformer gets into house. If the
reformers would unite and endeaYor to have al
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foundland although not punched together in
such masses. Spruce timber abounds in the
south The mineral resources have been but
little developed. Cereal grains are unknown;
potatoes and turnips are sparingly raised The
main products and exports are furs and fish.
The 100000 sealsEins are worth 81, 600, 900;
the 5000 sea otter, 5000, 900; the land furs,
$50, 900; Goldfish, 600, 900, worth 10000; sal
mon, $4,000. Alaska is something more than
a land of snow and ice.
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La Fontaine Revised.

NJ Benassit, the distinguished French artist
recently stricken by paralysis, was widely
known for his originality, as well as for his artist
ic ability He was fond of revising La Fontaine's
fables in the following style;
"a dog who had stolen a piece of beef, and
was passing over log across a brook, looked
into the water, saw his shadow, and remarked
Well, there is another dog who has also piece
of beef which is larger than mine Suppose [
take it away from him. However, that will
require strength 1 will go and eat
my piece first and then return and
jump on him Having been well fed, will be
much stronger So the sagacious dog went away
softly, ate his piece ofmeatin corner and, having
licked his chops, FASTENED back to the brook for
the second course There, to his establishment,
he still found the dog, but, alas without the
meat in his jaws. Wexation,' said he to himself,
that rascally dog must have had the same idea
that had; so he adjourned, with his tail between
his legs.
Moral-Never put off till tomorrow what you
can eat to-day.
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POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

THE Plainfield Progress dominates Hon. John
v Hadley as Republican candidate for Congress
in the Fifth district, and claims that he can de-
feat either Matson or Henderson. Mr. Hadley
served in the State Senate with distinguished
ability and is first-cass man in all respects.
w. F. BRowDER, for eleven years Deputy Re-
porter of the Supreme Count is a candidate for
the Republican nomination to that Office He
certainly is well qualified for the position being
perfectly familiar with the duties, and able to
discharge them. He has made many friends,
and will be heard from in the convention.
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON says that in the
Democratic national convention caucus of the
delegates from New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut, and Ohio Indiana and California,
should be allowed to say what man would be
most likely to carry the greatest number of them
for the Democracy, and that the convention
would do well to take that man as its candidate
for President wherever he may come from.
THE consent of Col. Dudley to accept the nom
nation for Governor if rendered him by the
State convention, has raised the question of the
status of the candidacy of Mr.. W. T. Noble of
WAYNE county for the authorship IL IL 1,.e Mr.
Noble to have it known that he entered the race
with Il personal understanding with Col. Dudley
that the latter would not accept the nomination
in any event; and now that the situation has
been measulably changed, both Mr. Noble and
his friends think it should not interfere with his
chances. He is still in the field, and evenif Col.
Dudley is the nominee for Governor, Wayne
county Republicans will insist upon pushing Mr..
Noble with as much zeal as if the condition of
things had remained as it was when Mr.. Noble
began his canvass.
FOLLOWING is the letter of Col. w. w Dud-
ley announcing his willingness to allow his
name to be used as a candidate for the nomina-
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ton for Governor The letter was written in
response to the unanimous Endorsement of the
Wayne county Republican convention:
yt ttr Sui nave your letter written since o9e
and the complimentary resolution calling upon to
be the candidate of the Republican party for Govern
or Any man who would not be stirred to his hearts
core with gratitude for such commentator from the
friends of his youth and home would be an inate and
unworthy of such friends and such home. | feel
most profoundly the honor conferred upon me by the
Republicans of Wayne county. Against my better
Judgment, and against what believe to be my
persona interests in view OF this most emphatic call
from those among whom have passed the years of
my manhood and who know me best, am constrained
to say that if the State convention in June shall
second the call of Wayne county and without any
seeking of my own tender the nomination for Govern
or to me, shall accept the trust and do what in me
hes toIead our party to victory in November,
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In a paper in the February Nineteenth Cen
fury on '"The Inspiration of the Scripture"
Cardinal Manning takes the ground that in
spiration extends only to matters of fact and
morals. The declaration is remarkable, as
coming from the man personally and
as representative of the Church
of Rome. The attitude of the Catho-
lie Church has been in favor of
the stlictest and most literal Interpretation of
sacred writings Its whole tendency has been
towards infalibility in the EXTREMIST degree
upon all matters OF faith. AS the forerunner
of possible concessions this utterance of the
learned Cardinal must carry weight. The big
otiy of churchmen of all denominations has
been and is altogether too strong and AFRO
CANT. Denominations have been quick to per-
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3 COMMENTING on the opinion of Bishop
Pierce, that the whites can never tamely sub
nit to the intrusion Of colored people into
places of trust and profit, and that they have
no rights on juries or in public Office, the
Western Christian Advocate of Feb. 81 says
Gloomy indeed, will be the day when, by
any untoward influence, the national govern
ment shall fall into the hands of men who
teach and who follow such doctrines as these
If men, on account of color, may be disfran-
chised by violence, why may not unfortunate
and poor white men"
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secute and cruelty because Of differences in
matters wholly irrelevant to the central idea
of the Christian system, and to such degree
puerile as to ALLEVIATE strong men. But the
world moves
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leys cleaned or streets paved with stone, or
would set about the task of having all tobacco
splitting stopped, OR would insist having all
sidewalks kept clean, THEN enthusiasm would
not be so unaccountable
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FHNEREAL MnnKERY.

FUNERAL MOCkEBY,
According to Rev. George II. Hepworth, in
the Congregationalist, cit is a very serious
question whether minister shall tell the truth
at funeral" If we approach the merits Of
the case and consider it in all its bearings
there will be no question whatever If the
truth cannot be spoken, nothing should be
said. 1t matters not how the character of an
unjust man may be gilded and polished by the
preacher who stands by his coffin side. No
body is deceived, and not one item of the dead
mans account is changed from debit to credit
side of the ledger. De mortuis nil nisi bonum.
SO be it, If we may not say something good
of the dead, let us say nothing.
But who is to judge of that
marvellous thing called human character
Who can enter the recesses of his neighbours
experience, weigh and understand all that has
moved him to good or swayed him to evilG
Who knows it allg Who comprehends per
fectly even a littleg The gnarls and wrinkles
that spoil the symmetry of man-whO can
analyze them and discover the cause? Even
the most ingenious man carries with him in
Vulnerable secrets hopes that have been
blighted, ambitions foiled, wrongs put upon
him in such manner that he cannot shake
them off nor lay them bare to serve as an
apology for the bitterness he may feel
Many human being has grown despond-
ent and learned to distrust his fellows
because of the unfaithfulness of friends
Many one of fine sensibilities and warm i'm
pulses has been repressed into cynicism by
hostile fortunes. The mystery of mans
motives, the shadow that covers the power be-
hind the throne of the will, must ever remain
unsolved. No mortal has fathomed it-none
ever will. How, then, may we presume to
lift voice against him who sees the SUMMER
and purer side of any man and would speak
an approving word. The human heart is full
of bitterness and suspicion. We are not fit
to judge, either to praise or to blame.
Then what shall we do with those who are
linked by ties of blood and love with him who
lies stretched at such fearful length before
usP Must he whose duty it is to speak as of
God above the remains seek to fatter the ear
of his listeners with praise that is undeserved
and full of deceitl Who will it deceives
Not those who knew the dead while living.
Not the dead, for he cannot hear. Surely not
God, for he knoweth ALL 1t is vain thing
to eulogize the undeserving dead. 1t is an
empty performance to praise the noble.
A mans works must speak as far
as they can of their author. But even then
the measure is unsatisfactory, since we cannot
see the inner mantle unseen battlefield Of
human struggles. Better for all commemorative
friends, and for those who presume to know
the man even better than did those who knew
him best-that few and formal words be spoken
in the services that consign the body to earth,
Those who loved him will love him still, and
those who did not understand him still will
criticise and doubt. Let it all go. God shall
Judge ''The thought of God is wider than
the measure of mans mind" and human
words at a funeral are but mockery.
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THE INDIANA SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
The following contributions to the fund for the
Indiana soldiers monument have been made
Il = L .E.l IL..,,a

Other contributions no matter what the
amount, will be acknowledged. 1t is hoped the
response will be prompt and general. Let it be
peoples monument to the soldiers and sailors
of Indiana
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Lincoln University.

Lincoln University is located forty-seven
miles from Philadelphia, Pa, and is devoted ex-
clusively to the thorough education of colored
men. Its progress in this work has been much
blessed, and its graduates are doing a grand
work for their countrymen. The voices of some
of them have already been heard, with great &C
ceptance, in many large assemblies. To give
our people an opportunity to know more of this
work Rev. j. Chester, agent of the institution
will accompany three of the graduates in a tour
through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan
where they will address the people on topics of
vital importance to the best interests of the long
neglected race The second mass meeting of the
series will be held in the Second Presbyterian
Church, in this city, on Tuesday, March a, at
7:30 p. Nj Among the subjects discussed will be
THE Negroes Need" and Negro Capabilities
and Progress" The public are cordially invited
to hear them.
THIS day comes but once in four years. Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, Feb %.
This day never comes again. 1t is as ire
trievably lost as though it had passed when the
foundations of the pyramids were laid
Dr. HENRY FLOOD has been nominated for
mayor in Elmira by the Republicans Exchange.
A man by that name could not get ten votes in
Cincinnati
Mrs. HAIGHT the murderess, wants to be
hanged in a silk dress She wants to enter the
other world in the Haight of fashion
WHAT kind of resolutions will Congress pass
when Bismarck goes to a better land?
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DIR. HENRY FLOOD has been nominated for
mayor in Elmira by the Republicans, Exchange
man by that name could not get ten votes in
Cincinnati
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LMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
TWELVE PAGES.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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Mrs. HAIGHT, the murderess, wants to be
hanged in a silk dress. She wants to enter the
other world in the Haight of fashion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-02
4 STORY Of CAPT HOWGiTE.
How he Laid Tenn O'IBrien ,y the Heels
Aud All the Time - ThIef HimseiE

Aud All the Time ThIef HimseiE
WASHINGTON, March 1.---When Capt. How
gate was in tho prime of his power in the Signal
Office 1t was his duty to assign to duty the
graduates from the semi military meteorologi-
cal college Mt Fort Myer. over on tho Arlington
Heights. When Tom O'Bricn had passed his
examination in watching tho wind and water
gauges. In flirting signal flag and drinking
Old Stag wliskey safe from the vieiant eyes OF
the gay Howgate. :" Howgate." said 0'Brien
sr Hys hs Smiling
Hewgate. What station would You iiksf"
dSSf san SSa
SAY New sS1 YORK ss 9! p qxa eSS
,, Make 4 NV York: think New York would
o'Brisn and your papers viii be made ont and
sent right up within half an hour: They'll be
o''Brlen sas 90 'hsr ,S that he stopped only
ut headqnsrters sober. With a smile On lis
arrested him and put him In the guard house. sn.
The smiling Howgate had made out poor
o,Briens papers" in the shape Of an order
chief Office wi thout leave.
This little incident occurred several years
ago: and at least eight years ago the, authori,
Corps that Howgate was a thief. But lie was
allowed to stay until no got ready to 70. And
now thathe is within three hours ride Of WASH
at Fort .Ieavenworth. What is the secret atG OF
Howcate's long immunity from annoyance
ing. and his present security In his audacious
but not unpleasant retrement2