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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11
The Best Land for Melons.

From the Nashville American.
The best land for growing melons is a
dark, sandy loan, having a gravelly sub
soil, through which water rises within 2
or 6 feet of the surface. Such lands
are seldom found outside of the first or
second bottoms of large Or small rivers.
The high or upland which nearest APP
proaches in character river bottom is
the best place to grow melons. The
best manure is w%ell-rotten stable dung,
in connection with that of pigeons,
chickens and turkers; and the best fer.
%tilizer, guano, with or without the acid
phosphate. The land should be plow-,
ed, narrowed and fined in the fall, and
laid off so the melon hills will be from
ten to twelve feet apart each way.
Where each hill is to be an opening
should be made a foot deep, and in cir
cular shape. three feet across. Into
this the manure and fertilizers should
be put to the extent in quantity that
will a third fill the hole, the earth
returned and filling the remaining
t~wo-thirds. This should be done in the
fall, so as to give a chance for the man.
ures, fertilizers and earth to become in
c%orporated with each other. Plant q
dozen seed in a hill as soon as the earth
is well warmed up and there is nothing
to fear from frost. Commence c~ultiva-
ting as o. as plants are fairly above
ground, and when the cut-worms have
done their work, thin to two plants in a
hill. Continue cultivating, and keep
the land clean till the vines begin to
run, but beware of disturbing them in
any ay'after that period of growth has
been reached. If our correspondent
will find the right kind of land, and will
follow these directions, he will be pref
ty sur to get large. if not early, mel
ons. But still he will find many diff
culties in his way, and we advise him
before lie undertakes growing melons
on any considerable scale to take a tour
amongthe melon growers, near and re-
mote, and he will return home feeling
the time and money well spent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

"sBut it's pretty hard to have to work
for him, isn't it? asked Miss Snlper,
n I felt it in my heart to hate her for
asking such q thing.
"But Annie only smiled. 4 consider
myself fortunate to be able to earn such
good wages, she says, n then she walked
away smilin' still.
~ was glad Miss Sniper didn't know
about that black silk dress. If she'd
said anything about that, Annie would
"a broke down. She's got it packed
away at the bottom of her trunk, poor
soul, m she's never speaks about it,"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11
Shall We Sleep With Open windowsq

This question introduces a subject
upon which there is a diversity of
opinion, both among medical practi-
TONERS and individuals. 81 have no
bad colds since l learned to sleep with
my window open" remarked a gentle
man in the Office of the medical and sur-
gical reporter the other day. In reply,
the editor says that the only "hard
colds" he ever suffered from were con-
tracted by sleeping in rooms to which
the night air had free access. The edi-
tor adds that it is we'll known that the
bodily temperature sinks slightly dur
ing sleep: the physiological functions
act with diminished activity; and hence
the resistance of the economy to morbi-
fc influences is proportionately lessen
ed. But it is also well known that at night
these influences are more potent and
noxious. The air is charged with great
er humidity; miasmetic and malarial
poisons rise to higher levels and extend
with greater rapidity; the chill of the
damp night air is penetrating and dam
gerous the emanations from organic de-
cay are more perceptible. Against these
the sleeper is less protected than in the
daytime. He has Invested himself of
his wooden external clothing to put on
or linen, and lies between sheets
of the same material, between which, at
the tops and sides of the bed, the air
gains ready access to his unprotected
surface. If he is restless, he renders
such access yet more easy. A greater
risk awaits him. A sudden fall intemper-
ature at night is no unusual occurrence.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

lngton and he is hfr4stenfused here.
and is called upon to associate with peo-
pie who have plenty of money. As a
natural result he soon becomes involved
financially. A man who feels the sharp
pressure of debt cannot always afford
the luxury of indulging in the
most rigid ideas of what is strictly
honorable. None of them have n
better pay than the department
clerks and bureau chiefs. Yet these Of
fcers live at the best hotels as a general
thing, have carriages, dress well and
are seen everywhere. The department
clerks, who have equal salaries live in the
back rooms of cheap boarding-houses,
wear shabby clothes and never 90
in society. A second lieutenant has
$l,4O0 a year; a first lieutenant, 81, 900.
that is if he is mounted. An unmounted
first lieutenant gets 81, 500. A captain
not mounted is paid 81 800. A captain
mounted has $4,000. 1t will be seen
that up to the grade of captain officers
rank with the department clerks 30 far
as salary goes. When you get above
captain you strike the salaries paid to
the chiefs of bureaus. A major is paid
50, 800; a lieutenant-colonel, S 5000; a
colonel, $500. It is only when you
reach the rank of brigadier- general that
the pay of a Senator or member is
reached. A brigadier- general is paid
$500. A major-general 81, 500, and a
acknowledgement $1,000 per annum.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11
The Wiuter's Lesson.

If any farmer has gone through the
past winter and learned no lesson, he
is not the man we write for. 1t has
been a severe schooling to many. Some
will become disguised with the State,
and resolve at all risk to sell out and
go somewhere. But where will it be ?
Running away from Iowa billiards.,
what country will you find which has
not something worse? With your pres
emit knowledge of the good health and
prolific character of Iowa, can not am
pie preparations be made to avoid the
bad effects and annoyances of Iowa
storms cheaper than you can sacrifice
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11
Handsome Mante1 Lambrequins and Hat
Crowns.

"
A handsome lambrequ1n which I am
making is of crimson velvet. For a
mantel two yards long take one yard of
velvet and cut in two lengthwise; fold
one of these pieces in half and cut,
making two strips one-half yard long,
and another n yard in length. The
short pieces are tackled around the ends
of the shelf. then tack the longer strip
also. Pleat one end of the long piece
and fasten it up to the shelf I'M
der a handsome bow of ribbon.
This Grapes the center strip quite
gracefully; place another bow of rib
bon at the other end of it and trim
all the lower edges with crescents and
tassels. One of the smaller pieces
paint in Kensington painting a spray of
pansies, and the other carnations; the
long strip has a large, graceful spray of
Virginia creeper. Hat crowns, so much
in vogue now are very easilymade. Take
one third of a yard of satin, cut the
flat piece from n corner. then divide
the remainder into two strips and pleat
around itthe material should be on the.
bias). Ihave both painted and en-
broidered them. One, painted ON gray
satin, was a wreath of pink, blue and
yellow daises, with the initial in guilt.
I painted the same design on pale-blue
satin, and embroidered in chenille on
crimson and on dark blue. Another
one On pale-blue, was a spray of peoples
and wheat. A pretty design for an old
gold lining is a wreath of pansies.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

ESTATE TRANSVERSE. B.
ttleton sold his decided h~alf-section
uated about three miles south of this
y, last week, for the neat little sum
s., 900, or nearly so per acre. \ +
G. Ebert also disposed of his timber
i'm, which is located in the Ash Creek
ghborhood, some six miles from town,
$3.50. The purchaser was one of a
mber of Russians, who are settling in
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

your property, and go to some other
region where rose-colored letters are
written from by bold spectators, and
where the country never keeps half
pace with Iowa IN production, prosper
ity and population.
There will this spring probably be
stampedes from the best States in the
Union TO Oklahoma and the two Indian
reservations just brought into market
in Dakota, south of Pierre. In either
case, in two years they will wish they
were back at their old homes.
Stay in Iowa, and prepare your
farms by evergreen wind-breaks, and
fast-growing groves for fuel, and pro-
vide cheap but warm and comfortable
stock barns and sheds. Then when
winter comes you have wood on your
farm, and your stock and food where
you can take care of them in comfort
to yourselves, with an increased profit
on the stock. This is not a hard
question to solve. There is no need
of facing suffering in Iowa billiards..
They can be provided against. Then
stay home with your family through
the winter, which ought to be the
happiest place in this world, and the
most profitable place for any farmer
in or out of Iowa.-Des MONIES Register.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

: carload Of picked potatoes at Will
Bros.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

lily. After the work is finished, and
troubled waters settle, the supply
be clear as usual.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-06-11

pantry on the lowest shelf to the right.
"But I saw that hot water n camphere
wouldn't be no use, nj told her SO as
gentle as I could n begged her to come
away. She wouldn't listen to me at
first, but after the doctor had come, n
he'd told her it was all over, n poor
Luther'd died from apoplexy of the
stomach, she let me take her to her own
room.
As we was crossin' the hall she heard
the dress rustic, m she stopped short n
looked at me pitiful.
"'He never saw me in it, after all,
n she broke down and cried as if her
heart would break.
after poor Luther was buried n
there was a stone put over him n his
debts were all paid, there wasn't moth
in left for Annie, n she was glad to
take a place in the mills. We wanted
her to come here, but she was too
proud to eat bread she hadn't earned,
she said. About q week ago 1 YVES out
with Miss Sniper gettin' subscriptions
for the church carpet, n we met Annie
on the street. Miss Sniper, she amt
over-sensitive herself n she don't give
no n else credit for being so, n She
up N asks Annie if she didn't ever
wish she'd said yes stead of mo- to
young Tom Layton.
Never" says Annie. Had I nv
Life to begin again l would not altar it
as far as Tom Layton is concerned"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
IMPORTANT.
The Late Appropr alton Can be Used to
Stamp Out the Cattle Plague.

The Late Appropr alton Can be Used to
Stamp Out the Cattle Plague.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 22.-The
First Comptroller of the Treasury has given
an opinion to the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture in regard to his authority under the ap-
preparation for ''such diSinfectiOn or quar-
antine measures as may be necessary to pre-
vent the spread of the cattle diseases from
one State or Territory to another" under
the bill for the establishment of a bureau
of animal industries. He holds that
the power of the Commissioner is
broad and unlimited as to the means
to be used by him to carry out the diSinfec-
ton and quarantine, that he can cause
such investigation as he deems proper and
use such means as he may think best to
carry out the purposes of the act. The
slaughter of infected animals may be Or
dered if it is deemed best, and any other
means employed that do not exceed the
limits of the appropriation. Commissioner
COlman to-day sent the following dispatch
to Governor Marmaduke, of Missouri: 1T
las been determined that have full dis
erection in regard to the eXtirpatiOn of
pleurO-pneumOnia. l am preparing rules
and regulations under the act of Congress
approved May 26, 1884, to be submitted to
the Governors of the respective States, in
order to secure their cooperation, and they
will be sent you as soon as they can be pre-
pared. The rules will be full and effec-
tualD
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
A TEXAS CYCLONE.
A Tornado Visits the Prairie Grove Neigh
borhood With Death and Destruction.

A Tornado Visits the Prairie Grove Neigh
borhood With Death and Destruction.
MEXIA, TEN, April 24.-The Prairie
Grove neighborhoOd, eight miles south OF
Mexia, was visited about two o'clock
Wednesday afternoon by severe cyclone
which caused at least five deaths, several
injuries and much damage of property. The
two-story school house in which were about
fifty children was blown down and torn to
pieces, killing one girl and wOunding sew
eral. The dead and injured are: Lizzie
Falling, the fOurteen-year-Old daughter Of
J. Failing. killed: Estelle Cook, leg broken;
two children of f. Herring, legs and arms
broken; two children of Mr.. O'Harra, legs
broken and injured internally. The house
of S. MeKinnon was blown down and he
was seriously hurt; the stone house and
pOst-Ofiice owned by S. ID. Hughes was
blown down and goods prOmiscuOuSly
scattered; the residence of NJ. b. Cox, ii.
Thompson and l. j. Williams We're de-
molished; Larkin Gentry's house some dis
lance from the village was also demolished
and himself, his wife and two children
killed. Other serious results are probable
as the country was thickly settled i'll the
direction the storm took.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
NoN-EoREEIIARLE BONDS.
L Bit of Advice to a Defeated Presidential
Candidate.

'.Mr. Cleveland's administration is
under bonds, Ike his party" says Mr..
Blaine. in the New York Tribune. Yes,
bonds of union with the peoples in
terests, which it has cheerfuly assumed
and which it has not the slightest in
tention of breaking; bonds of friend
ship with every measure that tends to
promote the public veal, and bonds of
! confidence with the Nation which gives
it such unstinted support and encour-
agement. The American people knew
too well the flimsy nature of the bonds
Mr.. Blaine was willing to furnish in
order TO get into the White House, and
they preferred the more substantial
guarantees offered by Mr. Cleveland
The correctness of their judgment has
been proved already, although the ad-
mnistration they chose is scarcely more
than a week old. Economy has taken
the place of wilfuI waste of the people 5
money, and although Mr.. Blaine
affects to sheer at the good work
in this direction which has been
inaugurated at the White House. it
has received general commentator
and hearty Endorsement Economy,
in Mr.. Blaine's eyes, is nothing but .po-
litical clap-trap. or a device to escape
the provisions of the Civil Service act. :"
While he NAV be excused for his TO-
norance of something so foreign to his
notions of the administration of public
affairs as economy, he should not insult
the intelligence of the people by sneering
at it and giving it false Interpretation.
One would conclude from his ill-natured
filings in the Tribune of every appoint
ment made by the President or his Cab
met that Mr.. Blaine has made up his
mind not to be pleased with the new
Administration. This is to be regretted
solely on his own account, as he must
be prepared to be unhappy for very
long time, in fact, for the period of his
natural life. The people will not be
inclined to change from a Democratic
Administration, having found it. so adj
mirably suited to them. He can get
along without a crowd of hang
ers-on in sinecure positions, and
how every one in the public service
should be expected to earn his salary by
honest work. His way would have been
50 different had he the handling of the
peoples money. No reduction of cleri-
cal force for him; no regard for the
National treasury as sacred trust.
Hence his inceSsant fire of objections in
the columns of the Tribune. As his
friend Burchard has just been retired
with the soothing title of pastor enc
rituS, can not Mr.. Blaine be induced TO
remain in the ob5curity assigned him
by the Nation under the appropriate
designation of scold emeritus? We
have gently reminded him several times
that this is Mr. Cleveland's administra-
ton, not his. But he will insist upon
tiinging himself every day into the col
umns of the Tribune. 1t is a sad sight,
especially as there is no padded cell in
politics to prevent a defeated candidate
from doing himself grievous injury
albany ArguS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
A KANSAS WATER SPOUT.
The Town of Kingman Flooded-A Numb,
OF Lives Lost.

The Town of Kingman Flooded-A Number
OF Lives Lost.
WICHITA, KAN, April GA special
from Kingman, Kan, gives details of de-
structive and fatal flood which occurred in
the Minnesota River and which is supposed
to have been the result of a waterspOut 1t
seems that about nine o'clock yesterday
morning the Minnesota River at this point
began 20 rise at a tremendous rate. But
little attention was paid to it, as the pre-
ceding night had been one of heavy rains,
and the morning was bright and clear. The
river rose five feet in thirty minutes, and in
little while was out of its banks, but still
the people did not fear any particular dam
ger, as it was generally believed that some
mill dam above had given way, and that the
waters could not rise much more.
Soon, however, small OuthOuSeS, sheds,
boxes, hog pens. wagons and nearly
everything lose began to move and
in a few minutes the whole of
South Main street was under a rush of
water which tore houses from their fOunda-
tons and sent them across the street and
on their way down stream with the families
in them, screaming for help. The flood
soon reached the floor of the bridge and
his caused the water to flow into the River
side Hotel. The inmates fed precipitately
across to the north side. Fifteen dwellings
were swept away and into the angry current
with men, women and children in them.
The full number drowned is unknown, but
four women and one man are known to
have lost their lives besides certainly several
children. At three o'clock in the after
noon the waters began to recede. A meet
in of al; hoo 90, To-
dead
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
A REPUBLICAN KICKER.
The Chicago Pension Agent-A Creed
and Selfish Female.

The Chicago Pension Agent-A Greedy
and Selfish Female.
Miss Ada Sweet, the Pension Agent at
Chicago, has a temper which bellies her
name. Having received a message
from General Black. in which she was
politely requested to send in her resig-
nation at the close of the fiscal year,
this pert, clipper and sassy damsel
proceeds to insult the Commissioner
and to send a whining letter to the
President, eulogiZing her services, and
in effect begging that she NAV hold on
longer. General Blacks request was a
reasonable and proper one. and it was
not necessary that he should state his
reasons for asking for Miss Sweets res
ignaGon. While it is conceded that her
management of the office itself. so far
rs its routine business is concerned, is
good, the office has been used by the
leading Republican politicians of Hi
nos As political machine. 1t is
said that Miss Sweet, in return for
the powerful influences which have
kept her in the place, has yielded to them
the control of the patronage of her
place. Whether this is. or is not, true,
there is good reason for making a
change in the office. Miss Sweet has
held it for more than eleven years, dur
ing which time she has drawn in salary
and perquisites over 100000. If now.
it is settled custom to give this office
to the widow or daughter of a Union
veteran, it is high time that Miss Sweet
should step down and give another a
chance. General Black desires that the
widow of the gallant Colonel Mulligan
shall be appointed, and we hope his
wishes will prevail 1t was tn woman's
husband whose famous reply to Con-
feGerate demand that he surrender the
post of Lexington, Mo, is still well re-
membered. The country has long
known how hard it is for Republican
of the male sex to give up an office. but
it had not expected that the females of
the organization would be even mort
greedy and selfish.-BOston Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.

An Important National Gathering to be
Held at Atlanta, Ga, May 10, go and ell
Circular Issued by the Executive Com
mittec-Programme.
ATLANTA. GA. April 22.-The citizens
of Atlanta having determined to invite
delegates to the National Commercial Con-
vention, to assemble in this city OH the 10Th
of May next, II. l. kimball, Chairman Of
the Executive Committee having the matter
in charge, has issued circular explaining
the objects of the convention and giving
the following programmes:
]. The convention will be composed of
delegates to be selected. as follows: Every
local body organized for general CONNER
cal. aud not for special private purposes
shall be entitled in this convention TO the fol-
lowing representation: Each association hav-
ing fifty members or less. shall be entitled TO
one delegate; associations having more than
nifty members, shall have one other delegate
for each additional fifty members; 10 be ap-
pointed by the association. Any city or town
of two thousand inhabitants not hav-
ing an organized body as above
shall be entitled to one delegate,
hsbitants shall have one other delegate for
every additional five thousand inhabitants.
Delegates TO be appointed by the Mayor or
Chief Magistrate. The Governors of each
State shall be entitled to two additional dele
gates-at-large, TO be appointed by the Gov
ernor.
:. There are TO be eight National delegates,
to be selected by the Executive Committee.
,. All delegates shall present credentials
under seal from their respective constituent
cies; said credentials shall certify the num-
Der of delegates to which the constituency is
entitled.
4. The subjects to be considered shall be
o. Commercial and reciprocity treaties be-
tween the United States and foreign coun-
tries. O. A National bankrupt law. 81
The compulsory coinage of silver. "a Rail-
way transportation. ~ Such other ques-
tons touching National, financial and com
mere al interests, as the convention may
deem proper for discussion and action.
Very favorable rates of passenger trans
portation to this convention are given by the
different railroads, and il is the purpose of
the committee to arrange as far as possible
to give the delegates on the two days of the
week after the adjournment of the cOnven-
ton excursions to places of interest and
importance
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-30
The Medicine Lodge Flood.

WICHITA, KAN, April pa special
from Medicine Lodge gives the following
additional details concerning the awful ca
lamity of Monday night. The search for
bodies was continued yesterday morning
among the drift piles and along the bottoms
for miles. The remaining bodies of the
IIaddux family, who were among the
campers, were found, the mother and two
children making six recovered at that point.
Maddux, himself and two children escaped.
Jerry Gibbs body was also recovered. The
body of a young man by the name of Smith
was also found, but the campers only knew
him by that name and the survivors do not
know where he was from. Four of the
Paddock family have been found, all
children, but the father and mother are
still missing. Frank Shepler's wife and
child, whom he left on the roof of his drift.
ing home. have not been found or heard
from. Ten bodies had been recovered at
the lodge and four above town, making
fourteen in all.