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LONDON, March 16-In the house of commons Gladstone announced that an agreement had been arrived at between Russia and England, by the terms of which neither Russian or Afghan forces would advance any further on either side of the frontier.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-03-19
THE AMBASSADORS oPINIoN.

PARIS, March 16-Baron Nohrns i'm, the Russian ambassador, has been interviewed in regard 10 the present Anglo-Russian difficulty. He expresses the opinion that En- peror William would exert an infiu- enceto avert war. and also endeavoI to induce England to make somes concessions. He secuted the idea& that Russia would withdraY
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20

feet, and complete. with seam
nor rent, has been put upon 1t. The
courts have declared its lnviolable
character, and this decree affirms the
negro, the liberated slave, q citizen.
But does the declaration make him
suchp | mean does it, can it impart
the intelligent life, the moral con-
which shall vivify the dead
mass and make it a helpful member of
the body politic? We have had decla-
rations from every department of the
Government that the negrois a citizen;
but they are as powerless to effct their
purpose as were the oft-repeated acts
of the Confederate Congress to make
the paper dollar worth more than two
cents; as nugatory and vain as the
old-time legislation of Virginia that
there should be a town at such and
such a designated cross-road. The
negro is a citizen, and he has the
rights under the Constitution and the
laws that any white man has; and yet
he needs help, though it may be the
black and white demagogues would
dislike him to think so,-he needs help.
personal, individual, patient, loving
help, that he may be fitted to exercise
his covenanted rights, and to do the
duties which these rights impose"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
The Capture OF John Brown.


From an account in the June Cent
ury of John Brown at Harper's Ferry.
written by one of his prisoners, who
was in the engine-house during the In.
surrection, and afterward held the
rank of captain in the Confederate
army, we quote the following: ''When
Lieutenant Stuart came in the morn
ing for the final reply to the demand
to surrender 1 got up and went to
Browns side to hear his answer.
Stuart asked, Are you ready to
surrender, and trust to the mercy of
the Governments
Brown answered promptly, No! l
prefer to die here
''His did not betray the
least fear.
"Stuart stepped aside and made the
signal for the attack, which was in
stantly begun with sledge-hammers to
break down the door.
Finding it would not yield, the
soldiers seized a long ladder for a bat
tering-ram, and commenced beating
the door with that, the party within
firing necessarily. ] had assisted in
the barricading, fixing the fastenings
so that [ could remove them upon the
first effort to get in. But 1 was not at
the door when the battering began,
and could not get to the f~astenings
until the ladder was used. I then
quickly removed the fastenings, and
after two or three strokes of the lad
der the engine rolled partially back,
making a small aperture, through
which Lieutenant Green of the marines
forced himself, jumped on top of the
engine, and stood a second in the
midst of a shower of balls, looking for
John Brown. When he saw Brown he
sprang about twelve feet at him, and
gave an under-thrust of his sword,
striking him about midway the body
and raising him completely from the
ground. Brown fell forward with his
head between his knees, and Green
struck him several times over the head.
and, as 1 then supposed, split his skull
at every stroke.
81 was not two feet from Brown at
that time. Of course [ got out of the
building as 20 as possible, and did
not know till some time later that
Brown was not killed. 1t seems that
in making the thrust Green's sword
struck Browns belt and did not pene-
trate the body. The sword was bent
double. Tine reason that Brown was
not killed when struck on the head
was that Green was holding his sword
in the middle, striking with the hllt
and making only scalp wounds"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
Farmers Vacations.

At this season of the year when the
farmer is cup to his eyes" in work,
thousands of other folks are either
taking their annual vacation or plan
ming for one to be presently enjoyed.
A large portion of these pleasure seek
ers are residents of hot and dusty cities
or large towns from which they are
glad to escape during some portion OF
the heated term.
We are glad to observe, however.
that during later years it has become
a growing fashion among the popula-
ton of rural districts to follow the
example of city folks and take a change
of air and scenery. This is as it should
be-. The rural citizen will find just as
much benefit as his ''city cousin" by
changing his surroundings for a few
days or weeks every year. Therein
lies the whole secret of the annual
outing.
1t is of course a difficult matter to
convince farmers that a summer vaca-
ton is possible for them. To some,
perhaps, it is almost out of the ques
ton. but in thousand of cases farmers,
if they are so minded, can snatch a
few days from the active duties of the
farm and HE away TO the seaside or to
some other favorable locality and de-
vote themselves to the task of physi-
col ~recuperation, social intercourse
and intellectual growth. Forest, ForQe
and Farm.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
Riers Inspiration Racket.

A Canadian volunteer writing home
from Duck Lake after the recent col
lis,on with Riei's rebels there tells how
the half-breed leader plays the inspira-
ton game on his Indian and French
followers:
At the battle of Duck Lake he had a
o with him, and he scratched it in
three places and showed it to the In
dians, and told them the cross was
struck three times with bullets from
the enemy and he never got a scratch.
A few days before the late eclipse of
the sun he called all the Indians to-
gether and had a council with them,
and told them he vas inspired by the
Big Spirit. He told them that on a
certain day and at or about a certain
hour the sun would get dark. This
was the eclipse, and he got his inspira-
ton from the almanac.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
Bishop Dudley OH the Negro Question.

Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, has a
paper in the June Century, entitled
H ow Shall we Help the Negro?"
We quote the following: 'Still the
problem remains, how shall these alien
races dwell in safety side by side, each
free and unhampered in the enjoyment
of life and liberty and in the pursuit
of its happiness? They are the decend-
ants of n father, the redeemed chill
dren of one God, the citizens of one
nation, neighbors with common inter-
ests, and yet are separated by the re-
suits of centuries of development,
physical, mental, and moral,-separa-
ted pv inherited traditions, by the
spirit of caste, by the recollection of
wrongs done and suffered, though it
may be in general as innocent in the
perpetrators as in the sufferer. How
shall the rights of all be duly guarded?
How shall the lower race be lifted up
to higher stages of human develop
ment, for only so can the rights of the
superior race be made secure for the
present and for the future, and this
is the chiefest rights of them who are
now cast down?
81 answer, by the personal endeay-
ors of individuals of the higher race;
by their personal contact with these,
their ignorant and untaught neighbors,
exhibiting before their wondering eyes
in daily life the principles of truth and
justice, purity and charity, honesty
and courage. Perhaps this may seem
to be but the veriest platitude, the
gush of sentiment, the twaddle of a
maudlin religion, but in all truth and
soberness 1 mean exactly what l say.
Let me try to explain more fully.
"These people need help, that they
may be lifted up. l mean, then, that
in my judgment that help must be
personal and not official, the hand Of
a friend rather than the club of an
officer, the patient counsel of q neigh
Dor rather than the decree of a court.
the enactment of a Congress, or the
proclamation of a President. The
solemn sanctions of the organic law
are thrown round about this liberty,
and the robe of citizenship, full, per-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
Some Characters at the Exposition.

From an illustrated paper on the
New Orleans Exposition by Eugene V.
Smalley, in the June Century, we quote
the following anecdotes of some of the
types seen at the fair; "The odd char
acters at the fair are the terror of ex-
hibitors. A Cincinnati furnitnre-mak-
er discovered a countryman from
Arkansas whiting a handsome ma
hogany cabinet ito see what the wood
was like The mans knowledge of
furniture was evidently limited to
articles which could not be damaged
by a seasonable use of the jack-knife.
Another exhibitor, who had fitted up
a room with the finest specimens of
his art, was Mortified to find an old
lady eating her lunch of fried chicken
seated in one of his satin upholstered
chairs. what's the cheer good for if
it amt to set down in?' she placidly
remarked, in reply to his earnest re-
quest that she would go somewhere
else with her victuals. The same eX-
hibitor one day found that some visitor
to mis- alcoves had left a token OF ap-
proval on the polished surface of a
costly mantal, in the words This is
pretty good scratched with a knife.
1.-The Turks who sell o~live-wood,
beads, and other trinkets from Jeru-
salem'-all made in Pari are pic
turesque additions to the ornament
personnel of the fair, tht Igh their
genuineness, like that of their wares,
will not always bear inspection. An
amusing scene occurred one day at
one of these Oriental bazaars. A tall
man, with. a rural air, stopped before
the stand and appeared to take a 1--we
ly interest, not in the goods but in the
features of one of the salesman in
scarlet fez and baggy trousers. He
surveyed the Oriental in front aud in
profile, and then. slapping him on the
shoulder, exclaimed, Hello, Jake,
when did you come from Indiana?'
The turk from Indiana acknowledged
his old acquaintance and begged that
he would not give him away"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
A FOREST HYMN.

The glowing sun is riding high
Amid the arches of the sky,
The dreamy air lies still,
No sound disturbs the leafy glade
Save that by busy woodbill made
Up some ancient trunk, decayed-
Calm broods DER vale and ill.
In such an hour / love to stray
From haunts of toiling men away,
Mid forest depths profound;
There, in a bliss of solitude,
Where no dull cares of earth intrude,
And Nature breathes sweet q~uietude-
The grand old trees around
The heart by daily cares oppressed,
The wearied spirit findeth rest,
As, piHowed on the sod,
With nought above but leaf and sky,
And loving look Of Heavenly Eye,
Perchance with angels lowering nigh,
dream of Natures God.
-Edward ". Richards, In Tile Current
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
"Ah Mingl" coolly replied the many

lamed individual.
No attempt was made to control hit
movements until the steamer was
nearing the port Of Bombay, when 8
private signal from the masthead an.
nounced to the. authorities that two
police officers were wanted.
Before the vessel had yet anchored,
a boat came alongside, and two police
men stepped on board.
ARREST that mani" said Powell,
showing himself for the first time to
the astonished Chinaman.
Yung Faa, alias Chan Fong, alias
All Ming, made an attempt to leap
into one of the numerous small boats
that were now surrounding the steam
er, but the officers were too quick for
him, and oon securely h%andcuffed,
he was transferred to the prison at
Bombay.
Two weeks later Powell with his
prisoner. appeared in Hong Kong.
The first man who met them upon
their landing was Ralph Somers.
"YouG" gasped the Chinaman.
eyes, mel" responded Ralph, un-
grammaticallv-"and also you, l per-
~ceive," he added, coolly.
Again in Hong Kong, Yung Faa was
speedily brought to justice and the
firm of Gilbert & Mason we're repaid
their losses by the sale of the property
of the Batavian merchant.
Nablar was not forgotten, and is
now the proud possessor of a hand
some carriage of his own. He can
any day be seen, shouting as vocifer-
ously for a flare" as any of the hum
dred h~ack-drivers of Batavia.
Ralph Somers visited England after
all a little later, but with a handsome
reward from Gilbert & Mason for con-
senting to be a dead maj for awhile,
and very proud of having been the
means of outwitting a Chinaman.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20
Bill Nye at a Military BANQUET.

am not much of a military man.
I once undertook to hold a claim in
the North Park, but a bitterness
sprang up between myself and the
Indians, and L lost my front hair.
Cholera, chief of the Utes, came to the
Boomerang mine n day and said he
would give me two sleeps to get away
in. L didn't want any difficulty with
him. and L thought II sleep was
enough, and so | hurried right away.
l said to him: Noble warrior of the
knock-kneed Utes. take my mine, you
can.have it, it's already sailed; it will
keep through the hot weather all right.
Help yourself to anything you can find;
take my grub. take my whisky; drink
yourself into a premature grave at
my expense. fire up with my nitro
glycerine and drop on yourself. And
then l got o~ut.-BoStoB Globe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-08-20

A bid of 5 cents more than his competitor
secured a house and lot for a man at a recent
sheriff's sale in Hartweu, Ga.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14

WORD comes from Brazil that DIR.
Dominigas Freire, who has been expert
menting with view to ascertaining the
effects of vaccination against yellow fe-
yer, has been practically illustrating his
theory upon himself and some hundreds
of wharf-laborers and British seamen.
1t is noted that not one of the men thus
operated upon by attenuated virus has
been stricken with the fever, though it
has been prevalent among their unvac-
cinated companions. This is carrying
the point good deal beyond Pastron's
hydrophobia incubation, and if the ex-
periments are rightly reported will place
DIR. Freire's name beside that of Jenner
as the virtual destroyer of dreaded
and dreadful disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14

In the good time coming, Christian
men and women-and the benevolent
rich who desire permanent betterment
of the race-will do less in tracts, lect-
ures, and libraries, and more in build
ing tenements where there are pure air
and health and sunlight. The vitiated
poisoned air of crowded tenement
houses, allowed in great cities, will poi
son every fountain and every source of
good. 1t would be as reasonable to ex-
pect to gather crop of figs from this
ties as to gather genuine American men
and women from children reared and
educated in the "black holes" of Ohica-
go and like districts in other cities.
Just now there is movement in Bos-
ton in this direction. The idea is upon
a large plan to build tenement houses
to rent at moderate prices, where all the
sanitary laws will be vigorously enforced.
There may be great deal more practi-
cal Christianity in house-building than
in the many schemes which have long
occupied the thoughts of the benevolent
rich
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14

PEOPLE can live comfortably upon
very limited variety of nutritious food
when required. Sydney Smith intimat-
ed that this had been his experience
and that of other eminent Scotchmen,
when he gave as motto for the then
new Edinburgh Review, the Latin of
I'VE cultivate literature on little oat-
meal" The favorite food of many
colored child in the South is what is
there termed "a long breakfast" which
is simply piece of sugar cane. With
this as his sole food day after day boy
will grow fat and mischievous. That
other vegetables may alone furnish sub
sistence has been demonstrated in the
experience of two shipwrecked sailors
recently rescued, who had spent seven
years on an island where their only food
during the entire period was cocoanuts
and an occasional flying fish. This ex-
perience will be of immense value to
vegetarians.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14
A FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 8.-The find
ings of Justice Rumsey in the celebrat-
ed case of 81. B. Clafin & Co.. of
New York, against Daniel Gordon, were
FLED to-day. The plaintiffs recovered
Judgment nearly year ago against
Daniel Gordon, large dry goods deal
er, for 100000. An execution issued
was returned wholly unsatisfed. In
December, 1883, Gordon made a gen
eral assignment to Abraham E. Wolff.
Among the preferences was claim of
Mary Gordon, his wife,. of about $50
900 for services alleged rendered. The
judge finds that the assignor was not
indebted to her, but she owed him, and
that the preference was made to de-
fraud. He also found that Wolff has in
his hands about 100000 and was not q
party to the fraudulent intent of the
assignor. The assignment was set
aside and the plaintiffs directed to be
paid the amount of their judgment and
costs of action. A referee was appoint
ed to take account of moneys which
have come into the assignee's hands.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14

The New York court receiverships
are evidently very fat affairs. In
recent case receiver by misconstruing
law relating to his fees pocketed $780,
600 more than he was entitled to for his
services, and had only partly finished
winding up the estate. This sum was
merely the fruits of mistake. What
his undisputed fees were, of which this
amount was only fraction, may be
imagined. Of course there was but lit
tie of the estate left for either the cred
itors or the debtor, and it is said that
even some of the poor lawyers did not
get over a few thousand dollars each for
the attention of part of day which
they gave to the case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14
A NEW RAILROAD.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Representa-
tive Ellis, of Louisiana, introduced on
Monday bill to incorporate the Utah,
Santa Fe & Gulf Railroad Company,
which was referred to the committee on
Pacific Railroads and has some chance
for life. The incorporators are Edward
E. Holman and W. W. Jackson, of
Washington, D. O.. l.. Bradford Prince.
Giles 0. E earce and Walter V. Foyt. of
Santa Fe, N. Mex; Edward E. Culp, of
Salina, Kas.; J. F. Chesebrough, G.
D. Van Name and Charles Nickerson,
of New York City. The company is
empowered to construct railroad and
telegraph line, from point about II
miles south from the government light
house at the end of Mustang Island,
in the Gulf of Mexico; of
the coast of the county of San Patricio,
Tex; thence to Santa Fe, n. NJ; thence
to Salt Lake City, Utah; thence
through Nevada or Idaho to Portland,
Ore. and to construct branch railroad
from the Muscalero Indian Reservation,
N. M. thence to Socorro, San Antonio,
or San Marcial, on the Rio Grande
River; thence to the line of Arizona,
near Escucdilla Mountain peak; thence
to Phoenix, A. T.; thence to Aubrey
Landing, via Prescott, A. T.; thence to
San Diego, CAL; and to construct a
branch railroad from Aubrey Landing
to Pioches, New; thence to Frisco, q.
T.. and thence to a point of connection
with said first-named line of railroad, on
the line between Santa Fe and Salt
Lake City, near the thirty-eighth paral-
lei. And this company may construct
such other roads to and from any mines
or outlying towns.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14
Deeds of Blood.

John L. HInsley farmer living near Pen
dleton, Ind, suicided by hanging on the 10th.
No cause.
Near Leidersville, Pa, on the 10th. Charles
Carl, aged 81, was fatally stabbed by his father
for having interfered to prevent the latter
from beating his wife.
At Jackson, Mich, on.the evening of the 10th
the jury in the Crouch murder trial, after being
out three hours, returned verdict of not
guilty as to Daniel A. Hocomb. AS the same
evidence applies to Judd Crouch, now awaiting
trial, his acquittal also appears certain
George Jackson, conductor, and James Wilson
brakeman on freight train on the Louisville
Lexington railroad, engaged in duel on the
top of the train while the latter was running
thirty miles an hour OH the night of the 10th,
Both were taken to the hospital at Louisville.
Both will probably die The weapons used were
bowie knives. Cause: woman.
Mrs. Josephine Chapman, widow, COM
mitted suicide at Eden Prairie, MIMI, op the
8th. Brooding over the loss of her husband
had unbalanced her mind.
Maj. Chas. B. Brody, until recently subscrip-
ton clerk in the Office of the st. Louis Repubii-
can, shot himself through the head on the
evening of the 9Th.
Fred. Ecker and Israel Smith were killed in
bar room fight at Louisville, KY, on the 9th
inst.
In q drunken row at Cedar Rapids, Ia, early
on the morning of the 7th, a German named
Mundbrood was stabbed to death by another
named Peter Irelich both packing-house en-
ployes. The murderer was arrested.
Striking minres at Angus, Ia, started riot
on the evening of the 7th, and drove those
who had taken their places out of town. One
man was killed and six others seriously injured
Louis StlllWell, farmer living near Tilson-
burg. Ont, was found dead IN the woods, on
the 9Th, shot through the head. Foul play is
suspected.
Or. John Maxwell, who poisoned his three
children a short timegsince, hung himself in the
jail at Springfield, o.. on the 9Th, with towel.
Jacob Michaels, a hitherto respected citizen
of Hardenburg, Ind, committed forgery for
the paltry sum of 300 and shot himself dead
in the presence of the officer who attempted to
arrest him on the 9Th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14

The foreign immigration into the
United States fell off about 20 per
cent. last year, but it still reached the
tidy little total of $4,000 souls-a num-
Der eloquently expressive of the poverty
that reigns in the crowded countries of
the old world. One-third of all these
came from Germany, nearly three times
as many as from any other country.
The fact is significant of the true mean
ing of Germany's newborn colonial
policy. The draft upon the country s
energies which this steady exodus is
causing is making itself sorely felt.
How to turn it to her own advantage is
problem that Bismarck seems to have
seriously set before himself for solution.