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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
A Remarkable Woman.

Mrs. Alice LIE Plongeon, now in
New Orleans, is remarkable woman.
scientist, and inguist, says The New
Orleans Picayune. She has accompan-
led her husband in all his travels, ana
is devoted and learned archaologist.
She is an English woman, quite young,
with spiritual rather than hand
some face. During their journeys in
Yucatan forests Mrs. LIE Plongeon
wore always a bloomer costume and
carried her rifle and revolver. She is
dead shot and expert hunter and
horsewoman, and can cook quite as well
as she can talk, write, or make photo
graphs. She is in manner shy, mod
est, but with that admirable and ador-
able self-possession without which the
charms of the most charming woman
are imperiled. At the time DR.. LIE
Plongeon and his wife discovered the
statue of Chaacmal, now in the mus
cum of the City of Mexico, their In
dian guards revolted, being super
stitious, and did not want the statue
to be removed from it's hiding-place.
Mrs. LIE Plongeon, with rifle and re-
volver. kept the Indians at bay until
help could be summoned. This lady
is correspondent of The Field and
Country Gentleman, and a constant
and valued contributor to The Scientit
&c american, to several illustrated
papers of Madrid, and to scientific
publications generally. She is grace
full speaker.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
InhOspitabIe New York.

A Western man who has settled in
New York declares that it is the most
inhospitable town on the face of the
earth. Heis from Omaha, and two
years ago bought $4,000 house on
Thirty-sixth street and settled down.
He says: "We are not country people
by any means. Both of my daughters
and my wife spent five years of their
life prior to 1880 in travelling about
Europe, and the girls are bright and
rather pretty. The neighbors own
their houses on either side of us, and
the block is filled with people who
have lived there for many years. I
am acquainted with several business
men who reside on the block, and al
together felt that was moving into
decidedly pleasant neighborhood.
In the course of two years not soli-
tary neighbor has called on US. Men
l have met down town have visited me
in one or two instances with their
wives, but the acquaintance have
never ripened into friendship. and if
either of my daughters should give a
party tomorrow it is doubtful if their
mother could ask score of present
able people to the house. Boston
JO1rpuI
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
Selecting a Church.

On the question of selecting church
"a question of deep interest affect
ing church growth-The AdUance has
the following: "Some Christian men
look mainly to the effect which the
decision will have on their business.
A lawyer, physician, or merchant,
entering new place, is strongly in
clined to go to the church that has
the largest numbers and the greatest
influence. 1t will give him large
circle of influential acquaintance who
may be helpful to him in his business.
The temptation is to select church
with an eye to business. Some dis
tinctly avow this as reason for
choosing the strongest church. Others
are almost unconsciously Influenced
by this motive. Some Christians de-
eide the question on the basis of social
surroundings. They gravitate to the
church where there is the most wealth,
culture, fashion, and society influence.
Of course these are generally found in
the central or first church. Another
class is drawn to the church where
the crowd goes; where they can hear
eloquent preaching and artistic music.
This, as rule, takes them to the GEN.
trail, strong church. The eloquent
sermon may be full of the gospel, or
it may be very thin dilution of it.,
but this matters little to them, pro-
viding it is smart and popular. These
are self-indulgent Christians. Others
consider, not, like the first class, what
will come into the pocket, but what
will 60 out, and they prefer the church
where their Sunday entertainment will
cost them little or nothing. Generally
this is the wealthy, central church,
where there are many to bear the
financial burden. AS rule then. all
these motives operate to draw new
corners to the largest and wealthiest
church of their denomination. But
these motives are selfish. They are
unworthy of Christian man. They
surely are not such as our self-denying
Lord would approve. Doubtless there
are sometimes good reasons why new
corners should &c to the largest and
strongest church, but they are not
such reasons as above. The newcomer,
or the new convert, should settle the
question by honestly asking and in
telligently answering these questions:
Where can 7 lest help in building up
Christ's Kingdom? Where am most
needed?'
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
General Grants Peril.

The latest rumor regarding Gen.
Grant is that he is suffering from a
swelling of the tongue that threatens
to develop into.a cancer. 1t will be
remembered that the late Senator IIill,
of Georgia, suffered from this terrible
malady. Gen. Grants family physi-
clan, DR.. Fordyce Barker, was asked,
recently, if the report is true, and said:
well. won't say whether there is
danger of cancer or not. 1 can not
state, either, whether the trouble was
caused by smoking, but Douglass and
1 thought that the smoking irritated it
and made it worse. By the use of the
new local anssthetic, muriate of
cocaine, the pain of the tissues has
been greatly controlled and the whole
appearance as to swelling and to red
ness has improved. l can not say
about the similarity of the generals
case to that of Senator Hill, because |
do not remember what Senator Hills
trouble waSH
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29

the high-heeled court slipper. or the
sensible walking shoe of the English
and Americans, proclaim their nation
atty to the tyro. An amature might
not readily recognize the characters
tics of different districts within single
nation but the practiced designer must
know that in the United States, for
instance, your northerner wants his
shoe comfortable, neat, and stylish;
the Southerner asks for something
fancy and handsome; the agricultural
west demands solidity, fullness, and
an article stout to break the land for
coming population. "a pair OF
shoes" is one of the most typical pro-
ducts of modern industry. To make
them the animal kingdom contributes
from the herds roaming on western
plains or South American pampas, or
from the barnyards near at home; the
vegetable, from dotted groves of hem
lock and oak, or from great forests
still left to us. Great textile manu-
factories supply cloth and thread;
mines, furnaces, and FORCES combine
to furnish nails or wire. A hundred
machines have been invented, one of
which has changed the whole course
of great industry, and produced
large cities. Through scores of pro-
cesses, the forty-four pieces of pair
of shoes require to bring them together
the co. operation of fifty men, women,
and children; the division of labor is
pursued to the utmost, demanding in
turn for its successful maintenance the
dispensing of product the world over;
until, as result, you, well-shod read
er, can buy for $3 what would have
cost your forefrthers Sc. AS the read
er buys pair of shoes his next pair
may at the same moment be lodging
the lasso of the cowboy on some far
away plain, or perhaps be in process
of slaughter at Chicago. The perish
able beef promptly reaches the market,
and one day soon you dine from fat,
juicy roast, little thinking as you
smack your lips after dinner that the
fine pIiable skin which once protected
the delicate norsel may at some time
contribute to your outward comfort.
Stranger things have happened. The
skins or hides meantime are sailed,
and the buyer of sailed hides sends
part of them, say, to Peabody, Mass,
to be tanned for upper leather, and
the rest to central New York, to be
tanned for sole leather.-Harper's
Magazine.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
lected at any spot on this side Of China.

lected at any spot on this side Of China.
They have in this respect been govern
ed by the shape of the ground. 1t is
not improbable that considerable
numbers may be collected at Harlem
before the high hills to the southwark
of it shall be bdilt upon as city, and
it is improbable that Gor centuries to
come) the grounds north of Harlem
Flats will be covered with houses. To
have come short of the extent laid out
might therefore have defeated just
expectations, and to have gone further
might have furnished materials to the
pernicious spirit of speculation.-New
York San.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
Gun of PrOdigiOus Power.

Experiments nave lately been made
by the French government with new
kind of siege gun of prodigious power.
1t is described as made of steel and
nearly thirty feet long, and the tube is
strengthened with ten coils of plated
steel wire one millimeter, or .039 inch
in diametre. The composition is such
that the cannon, after few discharg-
es. becomes elongated by three milli-
meters. The weight of the gun is so
tons, and it projects shell weighing
297 pounds, capable of penetrating
armor plates nearly six inches thick
at q range of u miles.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
Foreign Papers in the United States.

There are 623 newspapers and peri
odicals published in foreign languages
in the United States, the New York
World says, and of these 483 are pub
lished in German. Next in number
come the French publications with Al,
the Scandinavians with SO, the Span
ish with Is, Bohemians with u, Hol-
landish with IL, Italians with 6, the
Welsh with 4, and the Poles and He
brews with each. There is one pa
per published in the native Irish, one
In Cherokee and one in Chinese.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
A Pair of Shoes.

A great naturalist said: 'Show me
a scale, I'll draw the fish," Had he
been q shoemaker he might have said:
..Show me shoe, I'll tell the wearer."
The sandal of the Arab, the tiny shoe
of the high-bred woman of China, the
wooden dancing shoe of the Dutch,
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29

The suspicion exists that the Crown Solicitor
in Ireland, the notorious Bolton, against whom
atrocious crimes have been alleged, win be
left to gerrvmander Ireland after his OVID
sweet Wnl.-R.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11

NAV, and most probably does, think that
he has suffered for righteousness sake;
but will he choose to so suffer again? 1t
is of a mans actions not OF his thoughts
that the law takes cognizance
Mr.. Fotheringham has felt the
power of the law once, but
is lac liable to so conduct himself as to
feel it again? 1t is a trite saying that a
"burnt child breads the fire." and his
dread is Just as great, no matter how he
was burnt. If a burnt child breads the
fire. the chances are that he will avoid the
fire i'm future; he will not think of the
cause for which he was burned, but will
only remember the pain. Was the joy of
suffering for righteousness sake such as
to make Mr.. Fotheringham wish to en-
dure it until the end of time? Was it
sorrow or Joy that he felt upon his re-
lease? The Nelos of last night said con-
cerning his release:
1T is unnecessary, perhaps, to state more
now than that life in the Penitentiary is
devoid of a solitary redeeming feature be-
yond the fact of the prisoner being con-
scious of suffering for the sake of principle,
as in the case of the brethren
This is not quite so cheerful and defiant
as the tone of the Herald, and so it may
be of interest to know what comment
was made by the Ne,cs as regards Mr..
Fotheringham's release. The sentence
just preceding the one above noted is in
these words: ellis jog at has release is
beyond oppression" 1t is joy, then, to
be released from suffering for the sake of
principle. There is more in the sentence
of the Ne'cs than at first sight appears,
and men will not be over anxious to suf-
fer a second time, even for the sake of
principle, when their JOY at their release
from a first suffering for the sake of prin-
ciple ''is beyond expression"
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11
OUTRE MER.

Beyond the sea, in England's isle,
politics are not in the most satisfactory
condition, and the coming campaign this
fall bids fair to exceed in gross personali-
ties the Presidential campaign of last
year. The Liberals have found it neces-
sary to circulate a statement that Sir
Charles Dixie denies that his relations
with Mrs. Crawford were criminal.
While they may not have been criminal.
they were certainly very improper and of
a most compromising nature. The lady
herself has withdrawn the confession she
made to her husband, and now says that
her confession was the result of hysteria.
Sir Charles should profit by her example,
and lay his conduct TO temporary insan-
ity. Whatever there may be of truth in
the scandal, certain il is that the name of
Sir Charles Dixie has been expunged
from the list of speakers for the coming
electoral campaign. To be compelled
to have his name withdrawn from
the list of speakers must be severe
blow to his pride and reputation.
Had his name remained upon the list and
had he gone to the hustings and adj
dressed the electors, he could easily have
lived down the odium which now attaches
to his name; but TO retire to his villa,
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11

whether from advice or from choice, is to
confess the charge and to show weak
ness by retreat English electors will
forgive anything but weakness and re-
treat, but them never True, Sir Charles
has written to his constituents denying
the charges made against him, but to
have convinced his constituents
of the truth of his denial he
should have gone among them personally.
But the entire campaign in England
bids fair to turn as much upon accusa-
tions and counter-accusations of personal
immortality as upon the Afghan question
or the disaster in the Soudan. The pres
ent campaign will be rival in scandal
and unclean things to the elections in the
times of pocket boroughs, when seats in
Parliament were obtained through the
influence of court favorites and the mis-
tresses OF great men. The days when
pocket boroughs might be had by paying
homage to court favorites are gone,
but the days are not yet gone
when seats in Parliament can be
lost by doing that which once won them.
Our English cousins beyond the sea have
discovered that Americans are no worse
than themselves, and not nearly. so bad
as they thought them last year. The
locus of crime has much to do with its
enormity.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11
AT LIBERTY.

Mr.. William Fotheringham, who has
been paying the penalty of the law for
unlawful cohabitation, is again at liberty.
Mr.. Fotheringham has been IN the Peni-
tentiary two months and half, he hav-
ing had the benefit of what is known as
the Copper Act" which takes off SO
many days in each month for good be-
havior. The Herald this morning, in
commenting upon Mr.. Fotheringham's
case, asks:
docs anybody imagine that he is less
Mormon, or that he is less devoted TO his
religion than he was the day before the
court pronounced the sentence committing
him to the Penitentiary? Does any one
think that, had the Imprisonment been five
or ten times as long and the punishment
twice as severe as II has been made, Mr..
Fotheringham's faith would have been
shaken, or that he would have denied any
part of his religion?''
To these two questions generally it may
be answered no. But had they been
changed and had it been asked: Does
any one suppose that Mr.. Fotheringham
will cease to violate the law against un-
lawful cohabitation and be less notorious
in his violation than heretofore? could
the general answer NO have as readily
given? Mr.. Fotheringham was not inn
prisoned because of any beliefs he may
have entertained, but because he violated
a law Of the United States. 1t is true
that it may be said that Mr.. Fothering-
ham only did what he believed he had
right, aye, Constitutional right, to do;
but the Constitution does not give to Mr..
Fotheringham, or any otherman or set OF
men, the power to say what is and what
is not Constitutional. That power is
lodged in the Supreme Court, and can
not be delegated
The Herald begs the real question,
which is What are the probabilities
that Mr.. Fotheringham will obey or dis
obey the law in future? That is the inn
portant question. Mr.. Fotheringham
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11
An Irisbman who had lately arrived

An Irishman who had lately arrived in
AmeEica, and who had never seen
cross-cut saw was passing along country
road one day when he observed man
and boy saving log with one of those
saws. Paddy could not understand it,
and gazed upon the two for long time,
and was impressed with the idea that the
man was trying to take the saw away
from the boy. He thoughtithat the latter
would not be able to succeed in getting it
away from the former, so he ran up be-
hind the man and struck him in the back
of the head, knocking him down, at the
same time shouting to the boy: "Now
take it and run, We little divil !"
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11
OFF WITH THE FENCES.

The President has issued proclama-
ton ordering all fences upon the public
land to be taken off, and requires that all
United States officers whose duty it is to
see that the requirements of the act of
February %, 1885, are enforced at once.
This is most proper thing to do and one
that has been too long neglected. In
Utah there has been comparatively little
unlawful fencing done, but still enough
to annoy people travelling through some
of the canyons and into the mountains.
But in Texas, and somewhat in
Kansas, the fencing in of public
land has been carried to such
an extent that travel in large districts
was practically stopped, for the wire fences
stretched for miles and miles across the
open country and it was a dangerous OPP
Grafton to undertake to cut the fences.
The law was to a certain extent in favor
of the fencemen. They were clearly
trespassing upon the public domain and
impeding travel, but as they were upon
the public domain and the Government
did not see fit to complain of the trespass,
private individuals had no legal cause of
complaint, and if they ventured into
court they had no standing and were ruled
out on demurrer. The fencemen took
advantage of the legal maxim
that where trespass is committed and
the owner of the property trespassed up
on does not complain, no one else has a
cause of complaint on account of the tres
pass. Technically they were working no
injury to any one except the Government,
but actually they were working great in
jury TO hundreds of thousands of people
1t was time that something was done
go upon the public land and make homes
for themselves and occupy the land as it
has always been the intention of the
Government that it should be occupied.
Or, as the President says, "public
policy demands that the public do
main shall be reserved for the
occupancy of the actual settlers in
good faith, and that our people who seek
homes upon such domain shall in no wise
be prevented, by any wrongful interfer-
ence, from the safe and free entry thereon,
to which they may be entitled" Such
should be the true policy of the Govern
ment, without reference to the party that
may be in power. The President is show
ing himself most thorough going ad-
ministrator of all laws, and that is what
the country needs and expects. This
proclamation concerning public lands is
fitting sequal to the Presidents order for
the removal of cattle from the Indian
Territory, and shows that the President
has far more respect for the law than for
the monetary interest of wealthy and in
fiuential men, or great corporations whose
wealth equals that of many nations. The
people of Utah would do we'll to heed the
Presidents determination to enforce the
laws although business interests suffer
and values of all kinds are unsettled and
property is put in jeopardy. Let them
remember that in all governments the
law is supreme and that its honest, rigid
and impartial enforcement is the sole
guaranty that liberty will be preserved.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11

Adam Smith was cattle-dealer, and
was a very wicked man. A camp-meet-
ing was in progress in his locality, and
among many others who were converted
were several members of his family. At
last he consented to visit the meeting,
and during the progress Of the service
one of his daughters came around to
where her father was sitting, and, in
tears, she said to him: ''Father, | am
welded to the Lord" "Wedded to who,
did you say, Mary Ann?' ''The Lord,
father "If that's SO, b'gosh, the
Smiths have got into a good family at
last"
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11

Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Exchange.
Careful attention given to Collections and re-
mittances made on day of payment.
Long Loans made on City Real Estate at low
rates of interest.
Special attention given to the Selling of Ores
and Bullion, of which ConsgnmentS are
solicited
Advances made on ore. Base Bullion, Gold
and Silver bars shipped for refining.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-11
Wells, Fargo & Co.. s
B a NJ *.

General Banking Business Transacted.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and
sold.
Special attention given to the purchase and
sale of ores and bullion.
Returns for collections promptly made at cur
rent rates.
Telegraphic transfers made and commercial
and travellers credits issued, available in the
principal cities of the world
Having in addition to our Bank correspond
ents, an Express Agency in almost every
town West of the Rocky Mountains affords us
special facilities for making collections and
executing commissions.
Accounts of Banks and Bankers, mercantile
and manufacturing firms, corporations, min
ing companies, stock growers and individual,
received on favorable terms