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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
Bonaparte,s FaYoriIe Sister.

/ am reminded of curious story
Nine. PATTERSON Bonaparte once told
me. She said: ''While Napoleon L.
would never publicly acknowledge me
as the wife of his brother jerome he
did so privately by allowing me to be
ON terms of intimacy with the men,
bers of his family, who, without an
exception, received me as if L were
one of themselves. One day 1 called
on Caroline, Bonaparte's favorite Sis
ter, and the greatest beauty of her
day. She had just emerged from her
bath and was lying on lounge in her
bed room.
The scantiness of her clothing re-
vealed to me one of the most perfect
forms that heaven ever bestowed upon
woman. In particular her feet were
of the most exquisite shape and color,
the soles and undersides of the toes
being of the tint of a tea-rose, the up
per portions rivaling the lily in white
ness. Noticing my steadfast gaze
Caroline smiled and said:
lis not the blended color divine ?''
l admitted that 1 had never seen
anything more lovely.
Il have it done every morning after
my bath"
Have it done - / exclaimed.
''What do you mean by having it
done ?''
''Why, after the manicure has at
tended to my hands the chiropodist
polishes my toenails and pinks and
pearls my feet ''-CeliG Logan, ~ Ncto
York HOrLd.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02

"Oh, no, I wouldn't do that You
might not feel safe in walking the
streets"
The coal hole is one of the local in
stitutions of New York. There is a
coal hole in front of every house. I'm
like the banana peel, the coal hole is
always in season. 1t is covered with
a round iron plate of about the size of
piano stool, and it is always loaded.
When the cover is properly secured,
the sufferer merely slips up and sits
down on it. The cover is made of iron
and is never injured. even by the con-
cusslon when. fat man sits down on
it with sufficient emphasis to shake the
birds out of their nests ut the anti
podes,
Very frequently, as was the case with
poor Van Slyck, the cover is not prop
erly secured and then the man who
steps on it puts his foot in it. In that
event, it is miracle if the victim is
not MANNED for life. Falling over
wheel barrow in the dark is o childish
sport in comparison to it.
| asked another New. York gentle
man II there was not some remedy for
the man whose legs is bruise, all up
by falling into a carelessly closed
coal hole.
"Oh, yes" he replied, "there is a
remedy. Rub arnica on it.-ALeI. h.
SUeet, in TEXAS SittingS.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
Ne,c .JerscY Affer Fife Reaters.

The bill to punish wife heaters with thirty
lashes on the bare back occasioned serio-
comic debate in the New Jersey assembly.
Mr.. Jenkins, of Morris, who introduced the
bill, said he did not care whether it passed or
not. MIR. Gangewere, Of Burlington, said
there ought to be no opposition to beating
ark, a bachelor, said he would vote with the
majority, having no experience of his own
on the subject. Mr.. Besson, of Hoboken,
pointed proudly to Delaware for its vigorous
dealing with wife beaters. He added that
locking them up only deprived the woman of
her husbands support After further flow
of gallant oratory the bill passed-3y to Is.
The octogenalian, Mr.. Wildrick, voted Wig
oIous aye. Bachelor Jenkins, who introduced
the bill, voted with the negative side.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
Around q Snowy Neck.

In suite of rooms stood two ladies.
One was a devotee of fashion aud
pleasure. The other was q pale-faced
woman, whose manner displayed
great energy. She held in her hand a
slip of paper, with which she measured
around the neck of the fair creature of
fashion.
THAT will do" she said.
"What! you fit my dress by measur-
ing my neck?'
THAT is all / want" was the reply.
Dear me-" said the lady, show
strange 7
"Gynametry is the name of the
SCIENCE" said the lady with the paper
measure. 1.-The system of measuring
the female figure was discovered by
me after years of patient study and
hard work. The rules. however, which
apply to the female figure apply with
equal and absolute force to the male
fgure.n
''Dou you mean to say that you can
make my dress fit by simply measuring
my neck'"
Il do, if / see YOU"
''And if you don't see me?"
''Then L must know the measure of
your neck. the measure of your waist,
and which toe is longest?"
'Dear me! Why do you want to
know which toe is longest?''
"If your big toe is longest your
shoulders are square. If your second
toe is longest your shoulders are
dropped, and the waist is correspond
lngly shorter. Dropping shoulders are
those that slope from the neck out
ward-not stopped shoulders"
elias your system any connection
with the theory OF twice around the
wrist is once around the neck, etc. Pr
''Not at all. That is fallacy. It
will not work out. My system is on
different basis, and one that has never
failed 10 make fit. 1 am constantly
making dresses for ladies that | never
saw in nay life, and never yet had any
complaint. 1t is impossible to mea ure
the human form with a tape line.
You simply cannot measure the back
to save your lite. But my system does
it, and L can make a lady's dress and
never see her by simply having the
that L have named
atlanta Constitution.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
Not Creditable to E,,alish Troop

London dispatch: The press here is far
from enthusia 'tic over the fight at Hasheen.
The bravery displayed by the Arabs in the
recent skirmishss causes grave misgivings as
to success of General Graham's efforts to
establish a defensible summer camp. 1t Is
certain thai there will be bloody campaign
at the threshold of the march t. Berber, and
the success of the undertaking is very doubt
full. The truth is very slowly coming out that
the fight was not specially creditable to Brit
ish arms. As a matter of fact, the Arabs
chased the Bengalese all around, and the
English officers are much discouraged at the
revelation of Indian unfitness for the field
which involved in the affair. 1t is understood
that Oman has vastly improved his tactics
since year ago. and if he sticks to the idea
of not fighting in the open field he can render
ty and enormous cost of life.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02

bold highlands OF Scotland, and from the
wave.kissed shores of the Emerald Isle; from
the vine-cIad hills of France; from beneath
the fair italian skies, and from the castied
banks Of the Rim; from the broad steppes
OF Russias: the cold peninsuas of Norway
and sweden, and from the owanis OF the
Iuyder Zee-leasing behind them tn scenes
OF their childhood. the graves of their ances-
tors and the traditions of their fatherland.
They have TO come to us, for upon our roll
ing prairies they have found home. peace and
Without enlarging further. submit to
your deliberate consideration the fol owing
carefully-prepared tables. showing the
marked increase of our population, products
and wealth." Mr.. Thurston then read a mum.
Der OF statistical tables, from which It was
learned that Nebraska has now population
of G94 20 as against 452 402 in 1890: that in 1880
Nebraska raised I47,s 67 bushels of wheat and
!.4S2,03o bushels of corn. while in 1884 the pro-
duct OF the st,fe was 14,U0,0N bushels more
Of wheat and corn than Iowa, Missouri. Kan
sas, Colorado. Utah and Montana raised in
!s6O. The immense growth of the cattle in
dustry OF Nebraska was also shown In the
number OF oxen and other cattle, Nebraska
excels every other state save Iowa and Texas.
Mr.. Thurston continued: "a word should
be said for the railroads of Nebraska. They
nave rid-irnned the state with their iron
tracks, and We made the markets of the
land available for her farmers They have
ex ended their lines far in advance of temper
airy profitable investment, and have done
much to secure our population and build up
mencin to reap the benefits. While Nebras-
ka Is more especially an agricultural state,
she already his many and successful manu-
factor es Ia operation, which time will not
permit me to des ribe. | need only to say
that Omaha, the metropolis of the state, is the
la lest nanufactur ng point on the Missouri
river and west of Chicago and st. Louis. She
gives steady employment to over 5000 skilled
mechanics. Her population. which In 1870
was not quite 1900 in 1880 little over $4,000,
is now upward of $1,000 and is rapidly increas-
ing. She has five miles of paved streets,
magnificent system of water works, five pub
lie bui dings AMI the best free schools in the
land. AS financial business center, the
clearing house repOris place Omaha among
the prominent cities OF the country, ranking
next to Detroit and leading Cleveland Mem
phis, indianapolis, Har ford, New Haven,
Columbus oJ., Peoria, Syracuse and others.
And now, delegated by the governor
and people of Nebraska, [ formally
deliver this exhibit of its resources t. the
authorized TO receive the same
upon behalf of the general government. AS
we have proved our loyalty and fidelity in the
years gone by, SO we will ever stand ready to
join with our sister states in that united ad-
of our common country TO its
future whose realization will
surely eclipse the widest dreams of the most
Utopian of us ALL"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
THE OKLAHOM4 TROUBLE.

The Matter to Receive Speedy official At
tention.
The cabinet did not consider the Oklahoma
question at its recent session. Secretary La
mai said, however, that speedy attention
would be given to it, and he hoped that some
decision would be reached at an early day.
MIR. Lamar is much in earnest in this declara-
ton. and he really has been greatly embar-
raised by the condition of the departm mt.
He has not as yet had any help in the admin
istratiOn of the important matters Of his de-
upon whom he cared to rely. Mr.. Clark, who
died on the 9th, never performed an hours
work, and Mr.. Lamar has not only had the
whole routine OF the department upon his
shoulders, new as he is himself to all of its
details, but he besides nearly all of the night
aud much of the day has been nursing his
sick friend, the assistant secretary. He died
in Mr.. Lamar's own rooms. new assistant
secretary has been ""pointed, and Mr..
Lamar hopes within few days to come to q
conclusion. 1t is believeo mat that conclusion
will be that commission shall be apo Mt
ed under the provisions of the Indian ap-
preparation bill to come to some agreement
with the Indians as to the occupation of Okla
homa. The president also said to an inqu rer
greatly Interested in the matter that he was
convinced that the Oklahoma question was
very important and vital issue in the west,
and that it should soon receive speedy consid-
Grafton. The inquirer became imp esSed
more from the presidents manner than from
anything that was said that the decision will
be very much like that indicated as the pur.
pose of MIR. Lamar-namely, the appointment
of a commission.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
Going to the Front.

The secretary of the navy has directed, by
telegraph, the commanders Of the Wachu-
sets and Shenandoah. of the North Atlantic
squadron, now near New Orleans, to proceed
at once to Central America. The command
ers of the three vessels of the squadron Law
ing near New Orleans were directed to hold
themselves in readiness for similar orders.
OF the North Atlantic squadron three vessels
tho Galena. Powhattan and Swaiara-are
now in Central American waters. The entire
squadron will be held subject to orders from
Washington. The movements are UNDER
stood to have direct reference TO theendeavor
of Gen. Barrios to make him self the supreme
military chief of Central America.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
THE RU1IPUS WITH RUSSIA.

Queen Victoria Calls Out the Reserves and
Nilitia-Str0ng Indications of q Clash Of
Arms.
A London dispatch says the calling out Of
the reserves and militia has increased the ex-
cltement over the Anglo-Russian dispute,
especially in military circles. Orders for q
thousand rifles and revolvers have been sent
to Birmingham. Arms will be sent to Bombay
as rapidly as completed The factories at
Birmingham are working night and day. The
queens message calling out the recruits and
militia is as follows: ''The present state Of
public affairs and the extent Of the demand on
her majestv's mill AIRY forces for the protec-
ton of the interes! of the empire having con-
stituted, it is the opinion Of her majesty,
case of great emergency, her majesty has
deemed it proper to provide additional means
thought it right to communicat. to the house
of commons that she is about to cause the re-
serve forces and such proportion Of the mi'it a
as might be deemed necessary to be called out
for permanent service.n
At Aldershot orders have been received
providing for raising 5000 troops for India
One battery of horse artillery proceeds from
Woolwich to India Immediately. The govern
ment Of Burmah is sending thousands Of
camels to India to be employed in transport
service on the frontier of Afghanistan by Gen.
Stewart, British commander. The militia
called out by the queen number Lac, 600 men
and the reserves about 10000.
In political circles at Constautinople it Is
thought that in the event of war between Rus
STA and England the fighting will not be con-
fined to the Afghan frontier, but will extend
to the Black sea. 1t is rumored that Great
Britain las already sounded the porte in re-
gard to obtaining permission to pass the OAR
danelles in case of war.
A special CABINET council was held at Wind
sor castle by command of the queen. Just as
the ministers were leaving the castle, mes
senger arrived from the foreign Office bringing
dispatches for Lord Granville from Sir Ed
ward Thornton, British minister to Russia,
and Lord Dufferin, viceroy of India. Tho
ministers returned to the castle and second
council was held.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
Terrible Suffering n, Tirginio.

Charleston West Va dispatch: So great is
the suffering of the people in the drouth-
stricken districts of this and other counties
adjoining that the authorities and people of
Kanawba county were appealed to yesterday
and quantities of provisions were ordered
sent by the county board for the sufferers.
Tales of suffering by men, women, children
and beasts reach here from portions Of Jack
son, Gilmer. Calhoun and Roam counties.
The mountain farmers in these counties are
unable to purchase either food or seed, and,
as the season for planting is near, everyth
looks distressing. Kanawha county can take
care of her stricken people. but help will be
needed for the other counties.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
TIE EARNINGS and EXPENSES.
What the Great National Highway Has Done
and IS Doing-Operations for 1884.

What the Great National Highway Has Done
and IS DoimG-Operatiomsf for 1884.
summary of the operations OF the Union
Pacific for the year 1884 has been made public
and is as follows: For the last six months the
earnings, excluding the st. Joseph and West
ern railroad, were 81, 73s, COO; expenses, So
s07, 900; taxes, $4,000. The surplus earnings
OF the entire system for the last six months of
1884 were 81, 3S1 coo. The other receipts from
miscellaneous sources make the total incoEe
So $50 Co., as against total ire me for tie
first six months of the year of S s 5000. The
expenditures for the last six mo tbs were 3d.
195, 900. Of this :mOunt s2,614 90 was paid
for interest on bonds. The total surplus for
the last six months of tie year is S4.o96.
900. From this is deducted $3.50 Geo for
United States requirements, leaving a net sur
plus income for the last six mouths of S., 346,-
Geo, as against a deficit OF 600 for the
first six months of the year. The report says
it is necessary to bear in mird that the vari-
Gus measures of economy which had been ma
tured and entered upon during the first half
of the year did not produce their effect until
the second half. The total earnings for the
year. excluding the st. Joseph and Western
ard the income from investments, was $685.
2O5 600. In 1888 the earnings were $40, 241.-
COO. The surplus for 1854 was 50, 962 900. For
1853 1T was s., 1861 G0. During the year the
floating debt has been reduced to So, 337, 050
During the past year there have been ex-
penses and loss in receipts not likely 10 occur
again. The increase in the taxes were IS, 243,-
753 owing to "a new law in Nebraska. The
tolls due from the St. Joseph and Western
read to the st Joseph bridge building COM
papy have not been paid. These tolls, amount
ing to SOL, S64, are properly receipts of the
system. The, will soon be paid. The accu-
mu ated deficiencies, open accounts and dis
pute of credits since the consolidation in 1850
have been charged off against the surplus in
come of 1854, VIII ch sufficed to meet them all
after paying dividend of ~ per cent and yet
leave balance Of 81 ,033, 444, equal to 1 40
per cent on the company's capital stock. The
total outstanding funded d BIT of the company,
which does net include the favored debts Of
auxiliary Independent organizations in which
the company is intere ted, amounted, On Dec.
81, 1884, to $84, LIS, 2S5, as Compared with $751;
49s, 332 for the previous year, showing de-
crease of 1886, Oh. The net reduction of the
entire debt, funded and feating, during the
year, was $47S. coo. The land sales of the
company during the year, after deducting the
sales cancelled, were 4,41, 044 acres for the
Union Pacific proper, which realized Sc, 517-
773; for the Kansas Pacific, 452, $50 acres;
amount realized, 81, 917,S
THE OKLAHOMA TROUBLE.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02

A Clearfield county, Pa, man considerably
boards at hotel in order that his wife can
have time to attend skating rink.
The Union ,cifc depot at Scotia was re
Gently broken into and about $1C0 taken
There Is no clue TO the robbers. Agent Col
Inns Ii exhonerated from all blame.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02

Some interest attaches to the proposed
chang in the examination system at Oxford,
especially as one Of the indirect results will be
lesseDing if not total abolition of Greek as q
pecessary subject OF study.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
An Interesting Table.

The following table shows the num-
Der of words our presidents have en-
ployed in their inaugural addresses !;
also how often the personal pronoun
..I'' was used:
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02

The suppression Of newspapers and books In
Russia during the reign Of the present Car
las been so considerable that the Russian
pross Is pronounced to be ''nearly dead"
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-01
the hood may be lined with surah silk shade
of ribbon. if wished
Household Recipes.

Buns-One half of yeast cake well
dissolved in little warm water, one pint of
warm milk, salt; make sponge and let it
rise; then add one teacupful of sugar, two
beaten eggs, cup of butter, worked well
into the dough, adding more flour; let 1t
rise. Roll out into sheet butter it and cut
biscuits, fold them over, place in tins sepa-
rate little, let them rise again for short
time and bake.
Tomato Savoy-Four pounds of tomatoes,
one pint of vinegar, two pOnnds of sugar,
cinnamon, cloves and mace. Peel and slice
the tomatoes, adding the vinegar, sugar and
spices. Boil half an hour and bottle, cork
ing tightly to exclude the air. Ii not ex-
posed to mold, this will keep for years in a
dry closet.
Milk Cookes-Two cups of sugar, one
cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, three
eggs. one teaspoonful Of soda; sour milk is
so little used since the advent of baking
powders that few modern cooks know how
to dispose of cup of sour milk or cream.
Here,is an old time and most excellent recipe
for sour cream or milk cookies. Mix the
butter and sugar together, add the milk and
soda and the eggs well beaten; mix soft, roll
thin. When the cookies are cut out, slft
granulated sugar over them and roll 1t by
pressing the rolling pin gently over the
cakes, taking care not to flatten them too
much.
Paradise Pudding-Six eggs, six apples,
one and half cups of bread crumbs, the
grated peel of half a lemon, half teaspoon
ful of salt, half teaspoonful of grated nut
meg. six ounces of sugar, one glass of brandy;
peel and chop the apples very fine, then mix
the ingredients thoroughly with them; beat
the eggs well before mixing, and stir in the
brandy; boil or steam in well buttered
mould for two and half or three hours.
Serve with wine sauce.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-01
The Short-kiair Craze.

The girl with short hair is now the most
striking feature of contemporary history.
She is rapidly growing in numbers, influence
and general crankiness. She seems to be
largely living in Detroit and its environ
ment. She generally leans strongly to-
ward spectacles and an indescribable air Of
literary melancholy. If she happens to be
under 55 OF 40 summers of consecutive eX-
istence she is bashfully kittenish. Her
crowning glory in most cases has been so
long master of the situation in all its pris-
tine and other shades of loveliness that when
it is Delilahed the general effect is sort of
cross between a wheat Stubble and bristle
embroidered whitewash brush. There is
generally an obtrusive attempt to curl the
stubble end of the spectacular exhibition
that can be felt in every nerve. The result
sets the teeth of the sensitive spectator on
edge with all the certainty of cranberry pie
mile and aquarter from the sugar barrel.
This new thing in the lack of hair is bound
to occur about ever so often-if not little
oftener. Its ravages are generally extensive
and terrible. There is no particular reason
for it beyond that which subsequently
comes to light with the booming of false
hair to repair the general wreck of female
lOyelineSS
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-01
Gastrononaic Gossip.

Butter to be kept for some time of course
should have salt added to it, but for every
day use it is much better without salt, the
delicate flavor of butter is ruined the
moment salt is added to it, and it is fortu-
nate batch of butter that does not take from
the salt rank, fishy, or other foreign flavor
the moment they are blended together.
Various recipes for cooking sweet potatoes
are given, but only an old soldier who
climbed the mountains of Tennessee, and
marched through Georgia, knows what this
vegetable is when properly prepared; i. e.,
baked slowly in the ashes of wood (fence
rally fire, and served hot, with expedition
sauce.
'.Schrod," said Gen. Benjamin f. Butler
to representative of The Cook, lis dish
known well in Boston. You will find it on
the bills of fare of good Boston hotels.
Take small Goldfish, not too thick, clean it
thoroughly, open and draw it, split it, and
lay it with the back down; pour salt and
water-a prepared brine-over it, and let it
lie over night. l. the morning drain him.
and broil him, first face down and then
with the back down, in a plenty of good
butter 1t isn't fresh cod and it isn't salt
cod. It's schrod."
The topic of hoe-cakes and corn-dodgers
thus settled by Southern writer: when
he old negro cook makes dodger she mixes
some water with corn meal in the bread tray
and works it up into stiff dough, takes a
handful and pats it into an oblong ball be-
tween both hands, and drops it into the pot
that is boiling the bacon and greens, and as
the pot boilS the white ball of dough lodges
up and down. Hence its name, dodger.
The hoe cake of to-day is corn meal dough
baked on a griddle, first on one side and
then on the other. But in old colonial times
the negroes made griddles of old cast-away
wedding hoes, and baked their cornbread on
them. Hence the hOe-cake."
At a dinner party in France, not long ago,
dessert was brought in in novel form. A
tray which appeared to be filled with hard
boiled eggs was placed before the hostess,
who gave each guest a couple, and poured
over them some sort of syrup or dressing.
In strange country the tourist is always on
the lookout for odd things, but this seemed
to cap the climax-hard boiled eggs at a
swell dinner party for dessert. But it soon
was discovered that the white of this egg
was blanc mango. and the yolll was made Of
ounce Jelly, egg shells being used for
mOuldS