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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
Poisoning the Children.

Talking will be in vain and laws
will be in vain against gambling as long
as the very children are inoculated
with the virus of gaming. Even at
the Charity Carnival last night, while
the children's ball was in progress,
they. had to have a lottery running,
one of the prizes in which was wax
doll.
The foundation for gambling is the
desire to get something in exchange
for nothing. to pocket money that
others loose, to acquire something that
has never been worked for or deserved.
A more lamentable spirit to inspire
in young hearts it is not easy to inn
agine, and there is none more difficult
to subdue when it is once aroused.
1t is surprising that our church peo-
pie, who encourage raffies and our
charity people, who hold lotteries, do
not see the harm they do. They
would be Mortified if it were suggested
that they would serve out gin cocktails
and whisky toddies to their young
friends, gathered around the stalls of
SER fairs and bazaars; but the alcohol
would do far less harm than the prizes
do.-San Francisco Daily Report.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
Modern Luxury in Dress.

Some years ago Tenniel published
cartoon respecting the Discrimination
of men in upper and middle classes to
undertake the responsibilities of mar
rage. On one side was man of re-
fined manner sitting at his club in
dulging in a cigar and the newspaper.
The character figured was precisely
such one as would have adorned the
household of which he might have
been the chief. The question "Why
do men not marry?" was answered on
the opposite page, in which lady in
the same rank was shown all the ex-
penses extravaganza of modern dress.
These cartoons would be equally ap-
plicable at this time. There is no
doubt that the expense of female dress
is one of the serious evils of the age.
By persons of wealth the pressure is
not severely felt. But in the care Of
younger sons, and the bulk of profess
sional men, the evil is of serious char
acter. A married woman will find it a
struggle to keep up an appearance on
f100 a year for her dress and q maid.
A young lady can perhaps manage
with G40 and her maid, and married
woman in the country may find EGO,
quite enough. Such a state of things
is appalling. 1t means that the large
bulk of the upper middle class, are
condemned to one of two evils, either
to marry and become genteel paupers,
or remain single and form associations
which are injurious TO society. 1t is
hardly necessary to say which of the
two evils is frequently chosen. The
public are apt to regard the income of
professional men as greater than they
really are. The majority of young
physicians, barristers and clergymen
have but few hundreds annually. That
they should have been prevented from
enjoying domestic life by ''the I'M
bridled luxury of woman" is one Of
the serious evils of the time.-Londoas
p,,bl1o OYin;n,a
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
The Art of War.

In coming to see me Gas he had done
the day but one before September y he
(the duke) had chosen to walk from
the station to our house, and without
even guide. He said he had found
it rough walk, and the ground inter-
sected in way he had not expected;
so l said to him: cit seems you for
got to guess what was at the other
side of the hill" This was in allusion
to circumstance which had occurred
between him and me some thirty years
before. When travelling ON the north
road, we amused ourselves by guess
ing what sort of country we should
fluid at the other side of the hills we
drove up; and when 1 expressed sur
prise at some extraordinary good
guesses he had made, he said: ''Why,
have spent all my life in trying to
guess what was at the other side of the
hill.''
we were driving across the rayine that
lad impeded him, and he turned
around to Mrs. Croker to explain it
to her, adding: ''A]l the business of
war, and indeed all the business of
life, Is to endeavOr to find out what
you don't know by what you do; that's
what [ called guessing what was on
the other side of the hill. "
He said the perfection of practical
war was to move troops as steadily and
coolly on a field of battle as on
parade. ''Soult's fault was that,
though a great strategist, he never
seemed to know how to handle the
troops after the battle had begun
/ then told him that Guyzot told me
of Lannes having said that 'Ge plus
grand general etait celui que la can
nonnade faisait rnieux entendre. ct que
la fumee faisait voir plus clair
Duke-Humph! A pause. That's
only a clever phrase for what l have
just been saying-sang froid-pres-
ence of mind; but that is not enough;
the mind besides being cool must have
the art of knowing what is to be done
and how to do it. -CrOker's CoRUerSa-
tons aOith the Duke of Wellington.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
Petriiied Wood.

The petrifed wood which is so
abundant in the United States terrific
ries of Arizona, Wyoming, and the
Rocky mountain regions is rapidly be-
coming utilized by the practical Amer
lean. In San Francisco there is now a
factory for cutting and polishing these
petrifactions into mantle-pieces, tiles.
tablets, and other architectural parts
for which marble or slate is commonly
used. Petrified wood is said to be sus-
ceptible of finer polish than marble,
or even onyx, the latter of which it is
driving from the market. The raw
employed comes mostly from
the forests of petrified wood along the
line of the Atlantic and Pacific rail
way. Several other companies have
also been formed to obtain concessions
of different portions of these forests.
will regret the destruction
of such interesting primeval remains,
and some steps ought to be taken to
preserve certain tracts in their original
sta.e.-Engineering.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
Gold Mining in Georgia.


Recent discoveries in the gold min
ing regions of Georgia in Carroll,
Murray, and Dahlonega counties, are
such as to revive the interest which
was turned away by the California dis
coveries Of forty years ago, says a
special to The .Ne,o York Tribune. The
miners have invested heavily in the
necessary machinery. The mines near
Villa RIGA, from which $2,000,000 were
taken in the decade preceding 1850,
are now yielding large sums daily.
The Cloption mine has a vein $500
feet wide, which grows richer as it is
penetrated. Thirty stamp mills will
be running this winter. The Falls City
mine is yielding rich returns. The
most extensive work, however, is be-
ing done by the ,,Ernestine company,
composed of Louisville people, who
have invested $1,000.O00 in machinery.
1t is said that $4,000 more will be in
vested in machinery near Dahlonega
and Nicolsville, so well-known to min
ers of forty years ago, over 200 stamps
are in operation.
The great sensation of the Georgia
gold belt, however, is connected with
the Legal Tender mines situated in
Cahuttah Mountain, six miles from
Spring Place. For years it has been
tradition among the natives that the
mountain was mass of solid gold,
that it had been worked by De Sofa as
he crossed the continent seeking the
great river. Those who had penetrat-
ed the Businesses, reported that evil
ipfo hot ho1
carried on there. An old furnace of
crude design was described, and those
who had examined it found nuggets of
gold worth from 500 to $50. One of
the inha bitants of Murray, who visited
the Chicago Republican Convention,
met there an old New-Mexican miner,
named Wrinkles, to whom he told the
tradition. With the spirit of advent
ure characteristic of his calling, Wink
les found his way to the SPOT. He
spent week in the mountain, and
when he came back with such glitter
ing tales of gold he was regarded as a
visionary man. His persistence was
such that a few gentlemen formed a
company and gave him small sum of
money to work on. This was about
SIX weeks ago. Inc ianoS Oh WHICH
the mines were discovered were pur-
chased on conditions and the small
company went to work with a hearty
good will. The mountain has been
penetrated only fifteen or twenty feet
and tunnelling has just been begun.
The deeper the miners 60, the richer is
the yield. The first assays which were
made averaged S2.40 per ton, the Sec
ond assay averaged $40 and the third
and last assay made shows an average
of over 800 per ton of ore. The value
increases as the mountain is penetrated,
and some specimens will assay $4,000
to the ton.
1t is asserted that three other mines
have been struck equal to the Legal
Tender Mine, and men are now buying
machinery to begin work at once.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
Grants Going to West Point,

SIT was a mere accident that put
me into the army" said Grant to his
old comrade. 81 hadn't much fight
in me and didn't want to 60 to war. l
thought of being a farmer, ! thought
of going to sea; but of all the possible
futures dreamed of when boy, being
soldier was not one of them. am
not sure l had ever heard of West
Point when my father told me to get
ready to GO for my preliminary exam
nation. This is the way it was: Our
neighbours boy got a chance from our
congressman to go to West Point. He
went. and failed to pass the examina-
tion-for physical reasons, | believe.
He did not come home after that, and
the family did not allude to his failure,
but his mother, who felt very sore
about it, came and told my mother,
contidentially, what was troubling her.
Mother told father, and father wrote
straight to our congressman and got
the chance for me. Oh, yes, know
that those who remember my boyhood
can tell about my firing pistol with
out fiinching when was two years old,
and crying for more of it, but l don't
think such tendencies were strong. 1
never thought of being soldier. Co.
ing to West Point was just the acct
dent Ihave told you"
"How came you to pass the examin-
ation?" asked my informant.
almost any boy can do that" an
swered the general. 81 was II years
old, and all that was required was
some knowledge of reading, writing,
spelling and arithmetic to decimal
fractions. If [ was superstitious
should think there was some fatality
in my going to West Point, for when
the war was over | figured up, and, as
near as could find out, the little
country village Of Georgetown, Ohio,
from which 1 went-a place of 200
people-sent to the war one full gen.
eral (myself), three major generals,
two brigadier generals, three colonies,
three or four line officers and one pri-
vate soldier! The private deserted, L
think. [ had no very easy time of it
at West Point. In class of more
than hundred / was behind them in
almost everything. Inever succeeded
in getting near either the head or the
foot of the class. / was within three
of the foot in languages, L believe, and
within five of the head in mathematics.
l was at the head in horsemanship,
but that didn't count. Igraduated as
No. 81, and was glad to get it."
''Not few" said the general, "who
had to leave school because of fail
ure to keep up with the class have
since taken commanding positions in
life, and would probably have sue
ceeded in the army if they had only
got into it. ''-Crofat's Letter. u.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01

strange marriage, for you will have to
change your name. It was all my
fault putting her arms around his
neck.
mo, it was mine. / was always
your inferior and at that time hadn't
the sense to realize it. Let US go at
once and be married. Then | may 60
home with you, suppose-or rather,
you must come home with me. Car
rie, AS though he would never tire
of repeating her name--''your face
beams with happiness or is it the re-
Election of my own heart? Come on,
love. "-ArEdnsaw Traveller.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
Taking Precautions.

"Ain't you going to take some of
your clothes off before you go to bed?'
asked Mrs. Spilkins of her husband,
who is a prominent merchant of Dal-
las, Texas.
mo, | dreamt last night that 1 had
found the North Pole, and l may have
lust such another dream tonight.
/ don't care to freeze to death if | can
prevent it. Help me on with this over
coat. TEENS Stttinqs.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01

American capitalists have bought
the pick of the coal and timber lands
of British Columbia, and are getting
substantial grip upon the northwest.
Minneapolis capitalists have purchased
a large tract on the Deer river, which,
it is claimed, is huge reservoir of pc
troleum. and they are now sending to
the territory drilling machinery and
men.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01

like mercantile service. Matters for
eign to his past career he seems to
have no fondness to discuss. He seems
not to be a man of much curiosity.
The literary and the reportoriai facul-
ties are hardly there.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
One evening, just year after s'Sal-
larura'' and Lagson had met, they sat
in the editorial room. Mrs. Bobbin
was reading the proof of Christmas
story.
''Are you not afraid to stay so late,
Mrs. Bobbin?''
mo, sir. lean get on car almost
at the foot of the stairs. Iwould have
taken these proof sheets home but 1
understand that the printers must
correct the galleys early in the morn
ing
'sYou look tired. Can assist you?''
mo, sir, ! have about finished. :"
Carrie, IL she started. excuse
me-"
She bowed her head, and the editor
turned to his work.
"Well, that much is DONE" she said,
arising.
care you going home, now?"
eyes, sir.''
sWait moment and I will accom-
pany you"
''That would be quite unnecessary,
sir. am not afraid"
''Slt down just moment.
'tNo, Haven't time"
''He arose, and er regarding her
for moment, said:
''Carrie don't turn away-Carrie. !"
She looked at him. 81 love you.''
Her eyelids dropped.
"When we were husband and wife,
I did not appreciate your worth. 1
had dyspepsia very badly then, Car
rie."
$50 did IT, she replied.
"Love and dyspepsia cannot har-
monte, Carrie"
''No, they are untitled for each
others society"
81 am we'll now, Carrie"
$50 am l.
''Little woman, / love you. A
glory there is about you which [ had
not the sense to appreciate. Will you
be my wife?''
He caught her in his arms. Her
great brown eyes were full of sympa-
thy and love.
Yes she said. ''but it will be
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-01

The wheat crop of America has doubled dur
NO the last ten years.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. May 81
The market quotations on the board OF
trade to-day were as follows: Wheat-No;
June, opened s71sc, closed s64c; July,
q opened & sss shs slSssd ssS AuS9st 0pssSa msx
opened 46xc, closed 1870; June, opened
d cIossd 45%c. Oats-No. 9 May, opened
Ss5Sc. closed S2<c; June, opened S2s<c, |
closed s2Kc; July, opened SsHe,
closed SHc. Pork-June. opened 5000,
closed $40 52k; July opaned SO TN, closed
'a0; & & Sss. IaFa-'un'' opened $780, closed
Live suock-The Onion stock yards report
the following range Of prices: Hogs
Market Quiet and rather slow at decline OF
1Oc. shippers and spectators buying, out
packers holding off for further reduction;
light grades, sS.so@4oO; rough PaeEmg' aaag'
Cattle~Slow, 5@l6c lower; shipping, s47s
@56O; bulk, $5.co@5 IS; butchers, $3.50
I4 SO: Texans, S375@4 40; stockers and
feeders, $S.6O@47 10 Sheep-Slow, 104eoc
lower; shorn, 81. 30@39O; wooled, $500
450
Produce: Butter-Fins creamery, 16@lSc;
good to fine dairy, l2@l5c; poor to good
| packing, 6@7c per Id. Eggs-l2@ l23Sc per
| doz Potatoes-Good to choice early rose
Poultry Chickens, &c per lb for hens and
| 506c for roosters. Apples-Poor to fine,
| SSO0G4 90 per bbl Strawberries to
| fine selections, $l.75@2 25 per "A at. case.
| Hay-Good to fine timothy $l4000l6.OO
and do prairie, s120o@l40O per ton.
New York.
New York. May 81
Wheat Heavy and X@7sc lower, with a
fair degree of activity; No. l white, nomi-
nal; No. 2 red June, $lO01s@l.00%; July,
$L0lX@L02&; August slO3S al 0SA
September, $l05@1.05h, October, sLO6hj
November, sl07ss. Corn-1s@Ssc lower and
fairly active; mixed western September
52@54Ac; future, 52%@4%c. Oats-h
axe lower; western, 37@44c. Provisions
Beef dull; new extra, $ll. 5O@l2.oO Pork dull
and easier; new mess, Sll 75@l20o Lart
Heavy and lower; steam-rendered, S6.771
st. Louis.
> ST. LOUIS, May %.
Wheat-Lower and fairly active; No.
; red cash, s.. .Ol% "a |. W; June, 81. l.0214@l034
b Corn Higher but slow; cash, 441S@44s4c
r May, 44lc; June and July, 44Sc. Oats
}. Lower and dull; cash 3415c; May, SSc bid
D Proyisions-Pork dull; sll. Lard nominal
Whisky-Steady; sl.13
MILWAUKEE Wis, May 21
Wheat Steady; Milwaukee No. 2, s5s4C
IL 2. 46xc Oats-Dull; No. ,. 32Ac. Ky
Easier; No l, 75c. Barley Quiet; NJ
2, SIC.
DETROIT, May 81.
y Wheat-Weak; No. l white Sl.0015 cas-
S1OOh asked June; SL0l&, nominal, Jul
! $l0lM nominal August; No. y red, 99t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28
A Forper Who Meant Business.

PITTsBURG, May 2S-Charles Boyd. who
committed forgeries amounting to over
800 900, while connected with Hamilton q
Co. music dealers of Steubenville, Ohio,
arrived here Tuesday in custody of de-
tective who captured him in Columbia, ..
c., where he was engaged in an extensive
lumber business on the money realized by
his forgeries. He had established himself
as a leading and most admired and re-
sDac+ad citjzpn tbare
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28
Tho Thief Had Some Soul.

G1RARDvILLE, Pa, May q. Adam Mort
a crippled pensioner who lives by peddiing
groceries was recently robbed of $500 which
he had saved out of his arrears of pension.
Tuesday morning he found the money on
his door step neatly wrapped up 1t is sup
posed that the thief became conscious
stricken at the thought OF having robbed so
unfortunate and industrious an old man
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28

NEW YORK, May 2S.-The vast furniture
factory of H. Herman Bros, at Mangin and
Tompkins streets, was discovered to be on
fire at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday morning. 1t
is a fve-story brick building, and occupies
the whole block, fronting 200 feet on De-
lancey and $50 feet on the other streets. 1t
was the old building occupied by
the Singer sewing machine FAC
tory, and was saturated with OIL.
The whole building Is surrounded by miser-
able tenement houses occupied by the poor
est classes in the city. The fire was in
tensely hot and nearly 100 families were
driven from their homes They rushed out
in their night clothes and were compelled to
camp on the river side, where they shlvered
in the chilly winds of morning, The
factory was wholly destroyed, and at
one time the danger of terri
the fire was 80 great that nearly the whole
city fire department was on the ground
| Five hundred men ara thrown out OF EN-
ploymet, and lost all their tools. Th'
damage is placed at the following figures
Stock of Henry Herman, S25O, 900; building
500, 900; damage to adjoining property
s22, 900; workmen's tools, 10000; total
| S392 600
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28

Hogs-2i, 900: light, 1Oa4 80: mixed, 95a4 10;
heavy, 15a4 80
ROCK ISLAND.
Oats-36c
| Hay-Timothy-SS 90.
| Hay-Wild-S6.01
Corn-45c.
| Potatoes-40c.
| Onions-90c.
| Coal-Soft Il; hard IS 50,
| Cord wood-$4 CO.
| Straw-S5 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28

E. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office ovei
pock Island National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28
Woman and Baby Burned.

New YORK, May 2S-Another disastrous
and probably fatal fire took place at $3.50
o'clock Wednesday morning at 25o east
Fortieth street. Mrs. Emma Derner was
burned probably fatally and her baby, 10
months old, was terribly scorched about the
head. 1t may die also A fireman, and
young man named William F. Mcdonnell
were also badly burned. The fire was caused
bv the explosion of a kerosene oil stove.
The wounded were carried to Bellevue hos
pital
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28

The Cafe de Ia Rotonde, the resort OF
Partisan chess players for over q century,
fas been closed and will probably ce
razed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28

Advancing spring warns us to be pre-
pared for warmer weather. Strengthen
the system, purify the blood, by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-28
SUBURBAN SIFTINGS.
CoRDovA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM THE UPPER
END"

END"
CoRDovA. May 27.
Business is rather better than last re-
ported.
A nice shower made vegetables fairly |
Jump out of the ground on Sunday last.
Hammocks made of barrel slaves and
laced with rope, are all the rage in our
village.
Mrs. Metsgar, of Port Byron, was vis>
iting her son, Homer Metsgar few days.
w. d. Webster has entered the grain
business, he will no doubt make 1t warm
for his opponent, W. G. Marshall.
Assessor Vandeburg commenced his
tour of inspection OF the wealth OF THIS
village and township on Wednesday.
We hear no more complaints from far
mers about the weather; they no doubt
acauiese in the justice of all things.
Ice cream is dispensed at the parlors of
Mrs. C. B. May and A. s. Marshall
Travellers take notice.
W. B. Phillips, former resident OF
Cordova, was here on Saturday in the IN
terest of J. King & Co., wholesale drug
house, Chicago, which firm he represents
Will, is genial and one of the old time
boys. and was welcomed by a hearty hand
shake all around. He spent quiet Sun
day in and around his old haunts.
A match game of base ball was played
on the grounds of the Cordovas on Sat-
urday afternoon between the Cordova
and Zumas, resulting in a so-called VIC
tory for the Zumas. Score 33 to 27. Z
so>called victory for the Zumas from tn
fact of the unfair decision of the umpire
Mr.. ]. E. Williams. of Rapids City. Al
spectators united in saying his decision
4 was unfair and ungentlemanly. Our hom
club protested against him, but rathe
Q than have the game broke up in row
y they suffered him to proceed, whlc
J, showed a great deal of forbearance IN ou
boys and courtesy to the visiting clul
e We will say in behalf of our home clu
that we do not acknowledge beat, an
= that with fair umpire they can redu6
= the score of the Zumas one half or NOR