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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
Strong at Eighty.

Mr.. David Dudley Field: "My recipe
for Misrepresentation is exercise. 4
am a firm believer in exercise. VIII
tell YOU nv mode of life. l am very
temperate man, and have always been
so. | have taken care of myself, anu
as have a good constitution lsuppose
that is the reason l am so wen. Iou
must ask the Almighty why nave
lived so long, and how long 1 snaii
live. L am perfectly healthy ana
strong, aud, though have nominaiiy
retired from the law, am busy as you
see from morning until night. Anoth.
er reason am so well is that my mind
has ALWAYS been occupied am
never idle; in fact have no time to be
i'll.
"When / was a young man l had
very severe headaches. In 1916 L
bought a horse, and / have not had q
headache since. Every morning L
arise at 6 o'clock. L have done SO Tor
forty wears. / take an ice-cold bath,
dress myself, jump on horse at
O'Clock, and ride for an hour. L then
breakfast and work at my house until
II o'clock, when l walk down town, u
distance of four miles. l remain at
nv office until 3 o'clock, then walk
home, and dine at 6. At seven sleep
for half an hour after which L am
ready for anything. l retire between
10 and IL O'Clock. L have done TINS
for over forty years. attribute my
hardihOod to horse back-riding. have
[ ever taken drink? No, sir, never,
except a glass of claret at dinner.
Like Pere Hyacinthe, Imust have my
claret at dinner. Whisky, brandy, or
any liquid of that kind [ never touch.
'.My advice to young men is to get
eight hours sleep every night, and
drink only chocolate, coffee, and tea.
The young men of to-day are too fast
The candle can not burn at both ends
and last long. l have never smoked
tobacco in any shape and never will
Do as l have done, and you will be
strong at 80 and probably at 80.
Mr.. Field was at his Office busy with
some details OF his civil code now be-
fore the legislature. 1.-THE code, he
said, lis favored by great number of
lawyers There are some old fellows.
to be sure, who are opposed to 1t
What they want is large library
They seem to think that a civil code
is an alteration of existing things. By
no means; it is condensation, and is
calculated to save much labor and re-
search. These old lawyers have learn
ed the law in one way, and they be-
lieve in a civil code about as much as
4 Mohamedan believes in Christianity
-NeU York Commercial Advertiser.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
Old Eli Bah.

Old Eli Bah was the noted sot of the
Dwyer Ford neighborhood. He was a
kind hearted man, but children were
taught to shun him. The home of the
wretched man. if it could be called a
home, was the picture of misery's His
wife was broken-hearted and his chill
dren were miserable.
"Old Bab's in town. said man,
entering saloon and addressing a
party of idlers.
ssThen look out for trouble" some
one replied. ''Id rather know that
the seven years itch was coming
Bah came in, leading or rather drag
cling after him, little boy. The child
was begging nim to go bome.
Hello, fellers," said Bah. "Want
drink"
The party of idlers promptly arose
and approached the bar.
PA, please come on" implored the
child.
"Oh, dry up, won't you! Fellers,
what'll YOU have? Sold a cow this
morning and am flush"
Taking from his pocket a shoe,
nearly worn out, he struck the bar
with it.
..Wife told me to have this thing
fixed. as though mans got money &c
throw away"
The boy pulled at his sleeve.
"Now, want you to stop that. Tvs
stood about as much of your foolish
ness as I'm going to-"
The men drank. "Fill 'em ur
again." said B ID, striking the bal
with the shoe. No one objected. The
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
New Proverbs.

A white lie often told makes black
story.
It's poor Musician who can't blow
his own trumpet.
He who would eat the egg must first
break the shell.
Every back has It's pack.
The man who wishes to continue
believing in his friends should never
put them to the proof.
Look after Your wife never mind
Yourself, she'll look after you.
The want of money is the root OF
much evil,
Egotism is an alphabet with one
letter.
If you'd know mans character,
follow him home.
Men love women, women love man,
The surest road to honor is to de-
serve it.
Only whisper scandal and its echo
is heard by all.
It's not the clock with the loudest
tick that goes the best.
Home is the-rainbow of life.
Don't complain of the baker until
you have tasted his bread.
They who live in a worry invite
death to hurry.-St. Louis Republican
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
JacksOn's Generosity.

1t seem, that the young man whose
estate General jackson had admins
cred, on taking possession of it when
Of age, and on examining the accounts
thereto appertaining, had not found
the customary charges which admins
traitors bring in for their services. and
had expo,tulated with General jack
son for the emission. The answer 10
worthy of the man, it bears date May
90, 1926.
81 have no charge" he says.
against your estate; never charged
an orphan one cent for either time or
expense, and I am sure l will not
begin with you. "-Nagazire of Amefs'
can History.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
don't you say something, Johna
Aren't you glade Don't you believe

don't you say something, joint
Aren't you glade Don't you believe
itp'
Mr.. Rutber was intently studying
the precious coin, which, though dark
from long lying by, was as perfect as
when first issued. He looked up now,
with face of infinite satisfaction and
relief.
81 was waiting for you to get
through your story he said. land
really don't see what there is left
for me to say. If this newspaper par
agraph is true, and dare say it is,
your grandfather's dollar will take us
safely out of the woods. I'll take it
to Burdin's tomorrow and see how
much it is worth, but don't set your
figures too high.
So the next day the coin was taken
to the principal dealer in curiosities
in the city, who gladly bought it on
speculation; and though he did not
pay 81 900 for it, he did pay enough
to more than make it possible to ac-
cept Mr.. Whittemore's otfer.-Mrs.
AZ. z. Handu.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
HAPPY CHILDREN.

They sent him round the circle fair,
To bow before the prettiest there;
Pm bound to say the choice he made
A creditable taste displayed;
Although, can't say what 1t meant,
The little maid looked i'll content.
His task was then anew begun;
To kneel before the wittiest oRe.
Once more the little maid sought he,
And bent him down upon his knee,
She turned her eyes upon the floor;
l think she thought the game bore.
He circled then, his sweet behest,
To kiss the one he loved the best;
For all she frowned, for all she child,
He kissed that little maid, he did,
And then though why / can't decide
The little maid looked satisfied.
-PhladelDtiG Record
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
A New Malady.

"Psychopathy' is malady which
has only recently come to the notice
of the doctors. For the enlighten-
ment of the multitude it is explained
that a psychopath is an individual
devoid of all moral notions who at the
same time thinks logically. distinguish
es good from evil. and acts according
to reason so far as his own interests
are concerned. Aside from himself
nothing is sacred to him. The Pal
Mall gazette suggests that psychopathy
is an abnormal development OF
egotism, and that when a fully
fedged psychopath is discovered he
should be Immediately hanged.--St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05
LIFE.

When violets bloom and soft winds play
! When Reckless skies float DER the earth,-
When all is youth, and Joy, and mirth,-
Lies aim is happiness. We say,
When violets bloom, and soft winds play.
When summer joys have all gone BY
When frowning skies hang DER the world,-
When Hopes gay banners all are furled,-
Lies aim is usefulness, we sigh,
When summer joys have all gone by.
Emma Carleton, IN The Current.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05

: A North Wilmot, \. H., little girl has now
living two grandmothers, three grcat-grand-
mothers, and one great-greai-sr grandmother bui
has neither uncle por apnt
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-05

Early next morning, traveller dis
mounted to examine something ne saw
in fence corner. Il will never for
get that sight," said he in speaking of
it. 1.-The boy had his arms around
the fathers purple neck, and had
pressed his cheek close to the rough
face of the drunkard. Both were dead,
and on the dead mans breast, there
lay little WORKOUT shoe. '''-ArkanSaa0
Trarelcr.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


A German engineer has invented an
electric target on which hand indicates
the exact point where the bullet strikes
1t. That ingenious arrangement will do
away with human pointers, and effectu-
ally prevent many accidents to life and
limb.
A process has been invented by Pro.
fessor Elder of the State industrial school
at Vienna, which he calls orthochromatic
photography, and which enables the
photographer to reproduce colors in ex-
actly the same tones as they appear to
the eye.
Cork, when carbonized, produces
$3.50 per cent. pure charcoal, the great
est per cent. of any known wood. Will
low, wheat straw and oak rank next in
the order named, while maple and poplar
are 80 IS and 31.12, or at the very foot
of the list.
Several agricultural chemists of Ger
many have been studying to improve
heavy Soils and now recommend lime as
a dressing. The crop for the first season
should be potatoes; for the second, oats :;
for third the tares, or peas; and for the
fourth potatoes again.
There are nineteen known metals val
ued at over 81, 900 per avoirdupois pound.
The most costly is vanadium, which is
said to be worth $40, 600 pound OF
these nineteen metals only one is pro-
duced or used to any considerable ex-
tent, and that is iridium, which is valued
at 81. O9O per pound. 1t is sometimes,
but very sparingly, used in electrical ex-
periments.
TEMPERATURE PERCEPTIoN.-A Ger
man Psychologist, Professor Gutenberg,
has found that different parts of the
body are very unequally sensitive to diff
ferences of heat and cold, the sense of
temperature being most acute in the
forehead and the back of the hands, and
least active in the back and the upper
part of the abdomen. At the former
spots differences of about a third of q
Fahrenheit degree were distinctly per
ceived, but at the other two points diff
ferences were only detected when reach
ing nearly two degrees.
The use of chemicals as an antidote to
fire is urged more strongly, and seems to
meet with more favor every day. The
latest application of the principle comes
in the form of recommendation by
Mr.. Schlumberger, that a bottle of am
monia be placed in every barrel of
petroleum. On ignition, from any cause,
the bottle would break, and the ammon-
ical vapors would at once extinguish the
fire. An ltaliant savant, NJ pictro
santo, proposes to apply the same method
to collieres liable to fire damp Tanks
filled with ammonia and set in convenient
places, would, it is claimed, stop the
combustion, which could not subsist in
an ammonical atmosphere.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
True Even Unto Death.

That was touching story told by Mr..
Gladstone when announcing the death
of the Princess Alice in parliament. She
had been cautioned by the physician not
to inhale the breath of her little boy,
who was i'll with diphtheria. The little
fellow was tossing in his bed in the de-
lirium of fever. The princess stood by
the side of her child and laid her hand
on his brow and began to caress him.
The touch cooled the fevered brain and
brought the wandering soul back from
its wild dclirium to nestle for a moment
in the lap of a mothers love. Then
throwing his arms around her neck he
whispered, "Mamma, kiss me-" The in
stinct of mothers love was stronger
than science and she pressed her lips to
those of her child. And vet there is not
woman in all the world but would say
she would not have mothers heart if
she had not kissed her BARN. And so it
will be to the end of time The mother
will kiss her child, the wife her husband
and the lover his sweetheart, though
death in a thousand forms lay concealed
beneath the vermilion coloring of the
pouting lips. ST. Paul Globe.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

G.. w. Truesdell, western Massachu-
sets dairyman, in feeding cows gives a
mixed diet of hay, bran and cob meal /;
does not feed cotton-seed meal would
not give mich cows all the hay they will
eat; prefers grade Jerseys for butter
makers; would not have poor mixer
in his employ if he would work for moth
ing; sets his milk in pans that stand
from twenty-four to thirty six hours be-
fore skimming. His time to sell beef is
when he can get the most profit on it,
which is at the age of twelve or fifteen
months. Had calves at that age that
dressed 440 pounds and 573 pounds.
For supporting raspberry canes, No. 0
or 10 wire is stretched from post to post
along the rows and about two feet above
the ground, not directly over the plants,
but about three inches to one side. The
posts may be 100 to $50 feet apart A
wire band or loop having hook turned
at each end and to catch on the horizontal
wire is placed around the canes in each
hill. This band should be made of a
piece of No. wire 10 inches long, bent
into the form of pail-bail The hooks
in the end should go over the main wire
loosely enough to allow of being easily
unlocked when it is desirable to put
new canes into position within the loops.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

y very dramatic narrative of an en-
counter with lion is published by an
Algerian paper. 1t appears that for
months past farmers residing near a
forest in the African colony have been
victimized by the lion, which carried off
their cattle, and especially cvinced a
Partially for their sheep. Exasperated
by the gaps made in their small locks
it was determined to make var on the
depredator, and seventeen settlers, with
five or six Arabs set out on what proved
a very perilous adventure. They took
up their position in parties of four an d
five, at certain spots in the forest which
it was coniectured the animal would
pass, and toward nightfall the enemy
was seen coming leisurely along by one
of these parties, numbering five men.
After consulting together it was decided
that they should fire simultaneously, and
at given signal they did so, the lion
roar of pain. He was not dead, how
ever, as the men too quickly imagined,
and when they approached the animal he
rose TO his feet, crushed one of his as
saiants with blow of his powerful paw,
and selling the head of his victim,
smashed It at bite. Turning from the
mangled remains the brute next tackled
another man, biting off his arm and
otherwise njuring him. Two other mem
bers OF the party were also grievously
torn and bitten by the enragcd animal,
and might have lost their lives had not
their uninjured comrade leveled his gun
mt the lions ear and been lucky enough
TO stretch him on the ground dead.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
W hen He Came Home.


manded George Wellsby, turning with
an annoyed air toward his little girl.
Learn to let things alone, will you2
There now, tune up and howl"
George don't speak to the child that
way said Mrs Wellsby, dcpositing a
shirt on a chair.
"Well, why can't she behave herself
Every time she sees that l am getting
ready TO go any place, she makes point
of hindering me. Let that cravat alone. :"
"Put down papas cravat, darling.
She's too young to know any better"
"No she isn't. Other peoples children
know how to behave. I'll bet I'll miss
the train. | am sometimes tempted to
wish that she had never been born"
ooh, George" exclaimed the wife,
81 wouldn't say that"
"Confound it, she worries me so.
haven't more than time to catch the
train, " hurricdly kissing his wife.
kiss me, too, papa
Il ought not, you are so bad" stoop-
ing and kissing her. "Good-bye. Will
be back in three or four days"
Mr.. Wellsby is a commercial traveller,
a kind and tender hearted man, but sub.
jected at times to nervousness. Seated
with viyacious acquaintance, speeding
over the country, a little voice would
steal in between the roars Of merry laugh.
ter and say:
Kiss me, too, papa"
In the sample room Of the village hotel,
between the inquiries of purchasers, he
could hear the voice, and at night when
he lay down he could see the little hands
reaching toward him and could hear,
"Kiss me, too, papa"
At morning when the sunbcams fell
across his bed he thought of the bright
little face at home and said:
"God forgive me for wishing she had
never been born"
lowe" asked a companion.
They were in a conveyance riding to-
ward an interior town.
81 don't feel very we'll to-day"
"Do any business back here2"
eyes, did very we'll"
81 didn't do anything, but I won't let
it weigh me down. Got letter from
the house this morning. The old boy
is kicking about expenses. Got bottle
of cocktail here
IL don't care for any"
"Thcn there must be something the
matter with YOU"
On night train going home. lie
could see the little hands. "Clack,
clack, clack-kiss me, too; kiss me,
too
whats the news?' he asked of
friend, when he had stepped upon the
platform and called a hackman.
Nothing, believe; everything's
quiet"
"No scarlet fever or diphtheria raging,
is therel"
'No, not that | have heard"
The familiar scenes brought rest to
his NINA. He looked back upon his
trip with a shudder, like one who
awakes and contemplates nightmare
through which he has just passed.
"Good night" he said, paving the
hickman. "A light burning: Julia is
expecting me" he mused, ascending the
steps
A CHASTITY face met him at the door.
A voice in agony whispered: ''Oh,
George, our little girl is dead. Louis.
oWe Courier-J0urndt.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
Teaching Children.

A glance backward at the so-caIlcd
good old times" will soon convince the
veriest pessimiSt that in the matter of the
treatment of children the world has adj
vanced rapidly of late. There was time
in the history of European civilization
when the father had the power of life
and death over his children, and there
are still parts of the world where this
idea is not extinct There was time.
and it was not very long ago-scarcelv e
century-when the only idea of the
school was a place where a schoolmaster,
armed with rod or whip, forced unwil-
ling youngsters to devour the contents of
books with their eyes and regurgitate
them from their mouth in vain repetition
of words. This idea is not dead vet, be-
cause the old style of teacher is not dead
yet; but it is dying, as dies the darkness
of night, before the dawn of the idea
that teaches that children must be taught
to think, and that their weakness gives
no man or woman the right to i'll treat
them.-PhiLddeLphia record.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
SELECT SIFTINGS.


Pendulums of clocks were invented in
1641.
Russia has twenty four public holidays
each year.
Paris contains 100 dealers in old post
age stamps.
A melon on shrub is the latest fruit
novelty reported from California.
Cedar-wood fires are fashionable lux
uries, giving out a delicious fragrance
not unlike that of simmer roses.
It's not very generally known that
Queen Victoria was once called Queen
Alexandria Victoria, and that the oaths
OF allegiance were in that name.
Gunpowder has been known in Europe
between five and six hundred years But
the Chinese and people of India are said
to have used it as early as the time Of
Christ.
On moonlight nights Cubans have
curious custom of betaking themselves
to sheltered balconies and carrying UNI
brellas. They are all more afraid of the
rays of the moon than Of sunstroke.
In China they have recently intro
duced new tea for summer drink which
is called ''Yu Isl Lam" or fish egg flow
ers, from the fact that the seeds ex
tracted from the flowers resemble fish
eggs in shape and size.
The Scientific american has an illustra-
ton of toadstool received from a New
York correspondent, which has a re-
markable resemblance to the profile of
The great duke of Wellington as he APP
peared in later years. The shrunken
mouth and lips and the prominent nose
are strikingly reproduced.
The traditions and stories of the darker
ages abounded with examples of the
lions generosity. 1t is recorded by Pliny
that the lion alone, of all wild animals,
is gentle to those that humble themselves
before him, and will not touch any such
upon their submission, but spareth what
ever creature soever lieth PROSTATE be-
fore him. 1t was also supposed that the
lion would not injure royal prince.
We know better now. There is nothing
noble about the lion except his appear
ance.
Washington is the only one of the
Presidents of the United States who has
been honored by a unanimous election.
James Monroe, however, virtually re-
ceiyed the same compliment upon his re-
election to the presidency in 1920, when
231 out OF the 232 votes of the electoral
college were given him. The odd vote
was cast by an elector from Vermont for
John Quincy Adams not on account of
illwill to Monroe, but because he was
unwilling to see any man share the rare
distinction of Washington in receiving a
unanimous election.
slang or cant phrase once familiar
was the query, GLOW are you off for
soapF 1t originally long puzzled me as
well as a majority of those who ever
thought about it at all. Recently fell
into conversation with friend who was
in Texas d...ing its struggles with Mex
leo and aftcrward when the Lone Star
banner floating in the breeze proclaimed
new republic. In one of the fights of
this period, said my friend, a number of
Texans were taken prisoners They
were confined in Perote Castle, between
Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico, which
gives its name (Perote) to the village
which clusters about its base. In the
barter and exchange of commodities soap
became a sort of standard or measure of
value. Hence the phrase, GLOW are you
off for soapW
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
A Losing Joke.

"a prominent physician OF Pittsburg said
TO lady patient who was complaining Of her
continued ill health, and of his inability to
cure Ter, jokingy said: Try Hop Bittersl"
The lady took it in earnest and used the Bit
ters, from which she obtained permanent
health. She now laughed at the doctor for
his joke, but he is not so well pleased whit,
as it cost him good patient.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20

A man in Lewiston, Me-, bought COW
of local cattle dealer. Some one iok-
ingly asked him if he knew that the COW
was so old as not to have any teeth in
her upper jaw. The man went home,
and upon examining the COW found that
she had no teeth in that region, and
promptly returned the cow 1t was with
some difficulty that he was made to I'M
derstand that cattle never have any teeth
in their upper jaws.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-20
Thousands fastened to their Graves.

BY relying on testimonials written in vivid
glowing language of some miraculous cures
patent medicine has hastened thousands to
their graves; the readers having almost in
sane faith that the same miracle will be per-
formed on them, that these testimonials men
ton, while the so called medicine is all the
time Fastening them TO their graves Al
though we have