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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-10-29
Gen. Sheridan and Mackey.

John Mackey has gone to Washing
ton tolobby through a claim of $780,
900 which, he holds, the government
owes the bank of Nevada on account
of MONEYS advanced to land specula-
tors and surveyors and sharks. 1t is
not exactly known where Gen. Sherl-
dan is now, but it is hoped he is not
in Washington. If Sheridan should
eyer meet Mackey at close taw, there
is no knowing what the result might
be. Sheridan is short, Mackey is tall,
but one is q fighter and the other
isn't. Mackey once got Sheridan to
IN the Sierra Grande mine at New
Mexico. This was the famous George
Roberts steal, and most Of those who
rot jammed never whimpered. Sheri-
dan would not, perhaps, have squeal-
ed had he not heard that Mackey
claimed to have nothing whatever to
do with the thing; that he had no
money IL it, and was merely backing
George Roberts, an old boaster, in the
latter's scheme. When Little Phil got
on to the scheme he never squeaked,
but layedfor John Mackey. He made
q Journey from Chicago to New York
expressly. He saw the husband Of
Mrs. Mackey and the "Arc de
Triomphe," and the man with the
pick under ground gave way to the
man on the black horse. History
will. perhaps, never contain the rec
ord OF that interview, but the story is
that the c%avalryman raided the miner
and got at his sluice boxes. He got
his $4,000 back.-Chicago Herald
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-10-29
Modern improvements.

When a brave voltigeur of the Imperial
Guard wrote from the Crimea to his faith
er in Alsace, asking him to send him
a pair of strong shoes and a .5-franc
piece. the father, bethinking himself Of
the telegraph's speed, put the money
into n of the shoes and hung the shoes
upon the wires. Anill-shod fellow COM
ing along SOC afterward made an ex-
change +; and the old man upon discover
ing the substitution went home to tell
his wife that their boy had not only re-
ceived his new shoes bat had returned
the old ones "a
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-10-29

VEAL HAsH.-Take a teacup of boil
ing water in a saucepan, stir in an even
teaspoon -four wet in q tablespoon cold
water, and let it boil five minutes: add
one-half teaspoon black pepper, as much
salt, and two tablespoons butter, and
let it keep hot, but not boil. Chop the
veal fine, and mix with it half as much
stale bread crumbs. Put it in a pan and
pour the gravy ON it, then let it sim
mer ten minutes. Serve this ON buttered
toast.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-10-29

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things
are bitterer than to feel bitter. A mans
venom poisons himself more than his victim
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02

The Chinese and Thibetan week con-
sists of five days named after iron, wood,
water, feathers and earth.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
The Taking of Tips"

1t is a curious and significant fact that
white native Americans of the working
classes are not greatly addicted to the
acceptance of gratitudes. Something in
the genius of American institutions has
hitherto kept our poorer people from
falling into this degradation. The
American has been taught that he Is a
sovereign; and he feels the force of Pro-
fessor Summers deduction from this
principle. The takers of tips in this
country are largely negroes and persons
of foreign birth. The e~mployments in
which tips are regularly accepted, as
those of servants in hotels and restaur-
ants, porters and stewards on ships and
steamboats, and sleeping-cars, are almost
wholly monopolized by foreigners and
negroes. The white native American
has his faults and his vices, he is often
an extremely disagreeable person, but he
is not often found clamoring for back
sheesh.
The taker Of the tips acknowledges
himself to belong to IN inferior class,
and there is no foundation for any such
distinction; the only difference between
himself and the man from whom he
takes the tips, is that the other has a
little more money. For a dime he de.
grades himself. Undoubtedly many of
those who bestow these gratuities are
well pleased to do so for this very reason.
The ceremony symbolizes the fact that
they belong to a superior class. Whena
man takes a dime from our hands, it is a
confession on his part that we are supe-
rior beings. He knows full well that we
do not accept a dime at his hands. The
proclamation and acknowledgment of
this superiority pleases the vanity of
some people. On the other hand, the
adherence felt by many persons for this
practice arises chiefly from the fact that
they are unwilling to allow any man to
make the abjcct confession concerning
himself that is involved in the taking of
tips. -Century.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
An Indian Tale of the Deluge.

A recent writer gives us the following
version of the flood, which he says is
believed in the East Indies; In East In.
dia there is a legend that ages ago man
kind became so very bad that God de-
tcrmined to destroy all except just
enough to begin with new The excep-
tions were mostly preserved, along With
pairs of all sorts of animals, in a golden
palace on a mountain top. A boy and
a girl, born of parents who were
&" neither good nor bad" had been pre-
v~iously carried off by an angel from their
respective homes on the day of theiI
birth, and were brought up in a crystal
palace suspended in mid-a iii where they
were tended by a mute figure of gold.
When they grew up they were married,
and q girl was born to them. The de-
struction of the wicked having been eff
fected by fire, the earth was thereby
greatly smirched. So giants were sent
TO wash it clean. They used SO much
water that a deluge WAS produced, and
the water rose so high that the golden
palace and its inmates were in danger Of
being submerged.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
Shaving Hats.

Zone of the hardest posts in a hat
factory" said a boss hat maker, ycster-
day, sis that of a shaver. Few people
know that there is such a person in a
hat factory; but there is, and his work
is as important as it is difficult. He is
armed with thin, narrow-bladed knife,
twelve inches long, and as sharp as steel
a possibly be made, in which condi-
ton it must be kept at all times. The
hat body comes to the shaver in its raw
condition. 1t is in the shape ola V. and
is covered with short, fine hair, and per-
fectly dry. The hat body is placed over
the knee cap of the man, who is to shave
it with the point up. The knife is then
taken in the right hand, and, with the
edge from the body, is drawn back and
forward with such %quickness that you
would wonder that an arm could be
moved so fast. In the meantime, great
care must be taken, as the least pressure
of the edge of the knife cuts the hat, and
it is spoiled.
I'm the factories where nothing but
tirst-class goods are made these cut hats
are thrown on the hands of the work
men, but in others the workmcn lose only
about one-half of the value of the hats
and the firm sells it to some second-clas
manufacturer. The only difference is
that IA smaller sized hat is made, the
body being first worked over, so that the
top point is drawn away from the cut I'M
til the latter is about midway between
the top and the outer edge, after which
the hat is made up in the usual way.
Hats made IN this way from bodies
which were intended for the highest
priced hats can be sold for about halt
price, and also be of the best material.
A number OF retail houses who sell low
priced goods deal in these hats.
"When the knives are worn down by
constant sharpening, the workman takes
them home for use in his kitchen, and
they are without doubt the finest knife
ever made for such use. The blade be.
ing so thin, its own weight will almost
take a slice from a loaf Of bread, and the
thinness OF a slice of roast beef which il
shaves off would make your mouth water.
The only trouble is that whenever the
edge touches a bone, or other hard sub
stance, it is dented or bent. The edge
of one of these knives would make
BARRIERS razor blush. "-NeU York Sun.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
Public Hospitality in India.

The people of India, says Youths Com
pautoh, shame us by some of their Gus
toms. There is not, so far as we are
aware, a single place on any American
road where respectable travellers, much
less tramps, are provided with food free
of cost. We draw the line at water
troughs. The Indian goes much further.
A writer says:
"The waysidc hospitality is a peculiar
feature noticeable in Indian travelling in
the summer months, which, as an act
of love and charity, deserves commenda-
ton. This institution is no respector OF
persons or castles, and beasts of burden,
and ever the deapisel dogs, are included
in it with genuine fraternity. On the
high roads of travel, all through the
country, there are cottages built at inter-
walls by the hospitality of individual per-
sons and rich men of the localities, where
tired passengers are rested and refreshed.
Each cottage has a hired host, who is a
Byahmin or other high caste person. aud
it is his duty to ask the passer-bv to
walk in and be rested. Any one may
come in and be entertained with soaked
peas, molasses and cold water free of
charge. Often an old couple, retired
from the world, spend their evening
days and whole savings in such acts of
charity. Large tubs full Of water are
placed outside the cottage for cattle and
other beasts.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Cocoaine is more expensive than gold.
1t commands 1924 an ounce and 50, 500
a pound.
The Confederate battle-lag was de-
signed by Colonel Walton, of Louis
vile, Ky.
A lobster yields from 90, 900 to 80, 900
eggs annually. The lobster is not pretty
but its industry is unquestioned.
A very brilliant light is obtained in
China from candles-only of late years
imported into Europe-made of wax sup
piled by insects specially reared through
Chinese ingenuity.
Charles Dunster, a Leesville (Ohio)
blacksmith, has made a steel clock
which strikes hours, quarters, and min
utes, and has eleven dials, correspond
ing to the eleven leading cities of the
United States.
An FISHERMAN at Pascagoula, Miss, the
other day on opening some oysters found
a small fish occupying a shell and living
the life of a bivalve. The fish was with
out scales and its fins perfectly soft. 1t
has been preserved in alcoho; as a curl.
osity.
Mr.. Norris, a farmer of Pleasant town,
ship, Ky, is in possession of a curiosity
in the shape of a colt-puppy, beast half
dog and half horse. The head is that of
a greyhound, devoid of name; the body
is long and slender, covered with fine
hair, and the tail is that Of a dog, while
the hoofs resemble those of a horse. Mr..
Norris has been offered $3.50 for it.
The diameter of trees varies not only from
summer to winter, but from day to day
They are larger from noon until twilight
next morning than from twilight until
noon; they are smaller in the winter than
in summer. Water and the sap Of trees
expand not only in proportion as they
rise above, but also as they go below, the
freezing point. Low temperature as
we'll as high promotes evaporation, and
the trees evaporate from their branches
in winter, and so the colder the weather
the more they shrink.
The wife of the consul of Cologne,
Retchmuth, apparently died of the plague
in 1871. A ring of great value, buried
with her, tempted the cupidity of the
gravedigger, and was the cause Of many
future years of happiness. At night
the p%urloiner marched to his plumber,
and she revived. She lived to be the
mother of three children, and, when
really dead, she was reburied in the
same church, where a monument was
erected, upon which the above particu-
lars are recited in German verse.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02

"What has that to do with settling met
Is every clergyman who comes to Lennox
obliged to propose to Lucretia Shaw as
a preliminary preparationT'
"Wcll, no, not exactly, laughed Mr..
Phelps, mot unless he's give the parish
reason to expect it. You know we don't
want the credit of settling a p%hilander-
ing parson who makes love right and
left. I'd no idee the thought would be
new to you, but the parish has set its
heart on the match, you see, and we
wouldn't like to see a man, if he was
eloquent in prayer, who'd trifle with the
affections of one of the flock, you know"
"But. my dear sir" said Mr.. Lindsay,
''I'm not in love with Lucretia Shaw.
You wouldn't have me perjure myselfF"
'tNot in love with Lucretia? The par
ish won't believe its own eyes agin, l
reckon"
"Well, said MIR. Grimm, severely, 1--WE
couldn't think of settling a preacher
that hadn't no more principle than to
throw over Lucretia Shaw after tax
ing tea so much to her house, and rails
ing her hopes, as 1t were"
Perhaps" said Mr.. Lindsay, after a
pause-"perhaps pou will be able to for
give me for not proposing to Lucretia
when l tell you that | have already pro
posed to Susan. You see, it would com
plicatc matters a little if were to accede
to your wishes. However, | have lately
received a call from a Western parish,
and should feel obliged to decline the
Lennox parish, even if you had thought
me worthy of it, as this other furnishes
q wider field of usefulness"
"And larger salary, l suppose" added
Mr.. Grimm.
"And larger salary" allowed Mr..
Lindsay. "Double, in fact"
Il suppose" persisted Miss Rich, al
ter the wedding-"I suppose Lucretia
must have refused him first. "-Harper's
Rnznr
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
An Every Day Occurrence.

Once upon a time a Donkey fell into a
deep hole, and, after nearly starving,
caught sight OF a passing Fox, and i'm
plored The stranger to help him out,
Il am too small to aid you," said the
Fox, ''but will give you some good ad-
vice. Only a few rods away is a big,
strong elephant. Call to him aud he
will get you out in a jify."
After the Fox had gone the Donkey
thus reasoned to himself; 81 am very
weak for want of nourishment. Every
move I make is Just so much ad-
ditional loss of strength. If raise my
voice to call the elephant | shall be
weaker yet. No, l will not waste my
substance that way. 1t is the duty of
the elephant to come without calling"
So the Donkey settled himself back
and eventually starved to death.
Long afterwards the Fox on passing
the hole saw within it a whitening skele-
ton, and remarked: iii it be true that
the souls of animals are transmigrated
into men, that Donkey will become one
of those merchants who can never afford
to advertise. "-PAaadelphia Call.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
N BY ONE,

Though from the boughs to which they've
long been clinging,
The autumn leaves are dropping one b
one,
Yet from their dust, new forms of beauty
springing,
Shall smile again in summers gentle sun.
Though one by one the pearly drops of morn
ing.
From dropping flowers, on viewless pinions
rise,
Well see them yet the gorgeous clouds adorn-
ing
With glowing arches of celestial dyes.
Though one by one the stars are fading
slowly
That all night long kept vigil in the sky,
The distant mountain peaks, like prophets
holy,
Proclaim that mornings light ard song are
nigh.
Though with slow step goes forth the sower
weeping,
And on earth's lap his precious treasure
leaves,
Yet comes the harvest, with its joyous reap
ing,
When shall be gathered home the ripened
sheaves.
Though one by one the friends we fondly
cherish
Withdraw from ours, the cold and tremb-
ling hand,
And leave us sorrowful, they do not perish
They yet shall greet us in a fairer land.
Yes, from all climes, where'er the faithful
slumber
Meath scorching suns, or Arctic snow and
frost,
Stainless they'll rise, in myriads without
number;
All, all, shall meet-there shall not one be
lost.
Chambers Journal.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02

A cent seems of little value, remarks
an exchange, but if it is only doubled a
few times, it grows to a marvellous sum
A young lady in Portland caught her
father in a very rash promise, by a
knowledge Of this fact on her part.
She modestly proposed that if her
one day, and double the amount on each
successive day for just one month, she
would pledge herself never to ask of him
another cent of money as long as she
lived. Paterfamilias, not stopping to
run over the figures in his head, and not
supposing it would amount to a large
sum, was glad to accept the offer at
once, thinking it also a favorable oppor-
tunity to include a possible marriage
dowry in the future. On the twenty
fifth day he became greatly alarmed, lest
if he complied with his W acceptance
he might be obliged to be declared q
bankrupt on his own petition"
But on the thirtieth day the young
girl demanded only the pretty little sum
of SIS, 1868, 709.12! The astonished mer-
chant was only too happy to cancel the
claim by advancing a handsome cash pay
ment for his folly in allowing himself tc
give a bond-for his word he considered
as good as his bond-without noticing
the consideration therein expressed, and
by promising to return to the old Gus
tom of advancing smaller sums daily un
Ill otherwise ordered.
Our arithmetical reporter has beer
Figuring on it," and says that if the
old gentleman had fulfilled his prom
Use, the daughter would have had, upon
the receipt of the thirtieth payment, the
snug little sum of $40, 430, 6l7.4
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02
How "copper" Mine Was Found.

The big eagle that dropped Sinbad
into the valley of diamonds was a ''story
Bird" and it may be fiction that tells US
the first gems Of the now famous Trans
vaal were discovered in the crop of a
South African Dutchman's hen; but it is
unquestionable that more than one reve-
lation of the riches of the earth to men
has been unconsciously made by the act
of a dumb animal. In this line of SER
vice the poor pig has beaten all competi-
tors if what a correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader tells us is true:
| have Just returned from the shores of
Lake Superior, where | spent some time
visiting the copper regions, the greatest
in the world.
Throughout the rocky, barren Ke-
weenaw peninsula, good for nothing as
farming lands, the immense copper de-
posts have caused large towns to spring
up, and they now give employment to
thousands of men.
About eighteen years ago a pig strayed
from the drove to which it belonged, and
fell into a pit on a spot where the city
of Calumet now stands. In roofing
about, it uncovered a mass of native
copper, and showed to the world the To-
cation of the greatest copper mine it has
ever known.
As the result of the pigs roofing, hu.
mainly is now thirty-ive million dollar,
richer in the use of the copper there dis
covered. and the stockholders, who, led
by the pig, have helped the world &c
this wealth, have received about twenty
five million dollars for their trouble. A
town of siS thousand inhabitants has
gathered around the pigs hole, and near
~ two thousand men are employed in
operating the Hines beneath it.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-02

Street lamps at Berlin are extinguisheu
at midnight, and the police carry Ian
terms instead of being preceded by a
brass band.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05

- TATE OF WIscoNsIN.-IOWA CorSr,.
CcOuTt. in probate -'eNll
~ tIe mater OF the estate Of Elizabeth Y-s
Letters tesiamentary on the estate az F1i,.s-.,
hrier, deceased, having been Issued u "a
krier. 80 SOM
1T Is ORDERED, that six months fro..
alter this date be, aud are hereby ailo.r-5 s.la
the creditors of said Elizabeth Krier dace.,l l2'
10 present their claims for examinatior e,,.i
lOWance. -0 ~
ORDERED FURTHER that the olst..
demands OF all persons against said deeeets@ l l
received and examined and adjusted Fy ,t]s
court az q regular term thereof 10 be hel5 =. M, .t
Court Horse. IN the village OF Dodgeviile In s.i5
county, on the first Tuesday of Aprfl A b ~.
aud that notice thereof be given BIZ publi.stf.-
for four weeks successfully in the Mineral pm
Tribune. weekly newspaper published A. ,t-'
city OF Mineral Point in said cou niy.
By the Court
4lW4. JOHN T. JONES. County Judo.
Dated Dodgeyiile, wis Sept IL iss-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05
REESE & CARTER. Attorneys.
Notice 10 Creditors.

= TATE or WIsCONsIS-lOwA COUNTY
DcOurt-in probate.
In the matter of tie estate Of David Humbert.
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate Of David
Humbert, deceased, having been issued 10 jere-
miah J. Humbert
II Is ORDERED, that six months from and
after ihi date be, and are hereby allowed for
the creditors of said David Humhsrt deceased,
TO present their claims for examination and
allowance.
ORDERED FURTHER, that the claims and de-
mandS OF all persons against said deceased be
examined and adjusted by This court al regular
terms thereof. 70 be held al the Court House, in
NE village Of DOdgsyille, in said county on the
first tuesday OF May A. D. 1856. and that
notice thereof be given by publication Of
this order for four weeks successfully in the
Mineral Point TRIBUNE, z weekly newspaper
published at The city Of Mineral Point, in said
county. BY the Court,
43w4 JOHN T. JONES County Judge.
Dated Dodgeyille, Wis, Oct 10Th, lSSj
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05
Natice 10 Creditor.

STArE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
Ccourt-in probate
In the matter of the estate Of Christopher
Nicholas deceased.
Letters Of administration on the estate Of
Christopher Nicholas, deceased. having been is
sued 10 Grace Nicholas
II is ordered, that six months from and after
this date be. and are hereby allowed FOR the
creditors of said Christopher Nicholas. dcceas-
ed, 10 present their claims for examination and
allowance
demands Of all persons against said deceased be
examined and adjusted hy this court at regular
terms thereof, TO be held al the Court House,
in the village Of DOdgeville, in said county,
on the first Tuesday OF May. a d. 1855,
and that notice thereof be given by publi-
cation Of this order for four weeks successive
ly IN the Mineral Point Tribune, q weekly
newspaper Published al Mineral Point. in said
county. By the court;
83wi JOHN r. JONES. County Judge.
Dated D0Sgeyille, vs.. October 18th, lSS5.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05
Legal Notices.
LIP. sNrIKrs. Attnrnev.

= 7 : Y y
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA COUNTY
> COURT-IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
Of the Iowa County Court TO be held in and for
said county at the court house. in the village
cg Dodgeyille. IN said county. on the lst day Of
December A. D. 1855. being the first Tuesday OF
said mouth, at o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, the following matters VIII be heard and
considered
The application OF Catherine Hays t. admit to
probate the last VII and testament OF John l.
Hays, late Of the tewn Of RidgewaY, in said
county. deceased.
And il is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given % all persons interest ed by
publishing a copy OF this order for three weeks
successfully, prior 10 said day Of hearing in the
Mineral Point Tribune, a weekly newspaper pub
lished in said county.
By order OF the Court,
Avs JOHN 7. JONES Judge
dated Dodgeville. Wis. oct 81 lss5.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05

4 wo'AN's colony is 70 be located
in Tie San Luis yaliey-no men to
De admitted. The women viii ca-
gage in the raising Of small fruits
and domestic animals, and in the
manufacture Of preserves and jelhes.
Some enterprising man who viii
start q chewing-gum factory in that
vicinity will make a pile.