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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-16

RIel, the detunct and shifting rebel of
the Northwest, is to be defended on the
ground OF insanity. Certainly, OF course,
aud Mr. Riel will succeed, toe, in his case.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-16
. ouCE TO EASTERN ADVERTISERS.

MR II. c, SNYDER, % Park Row, New York, is
the GLoRE-REPUBLIC's special representative, to
...H all Eastern advertising business, must be
...l
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-16
MEDICINAL,
EXXH
Typhoid Fever !

am sixty-seven years old, and have lived in
this (HaID county Sl my life. Up TO twenty eight
wears ago ] was regarded as the strongest man in
the neigh borhOoi-the most robust in health. In
November, 1886. had long and serious spell of
typhoid fever, 1t left me emaCated and a cripple
in my right leg. At times that limb was swOl len
an enormous size, being twice IS large as its nat
ural condition, and iuhamei and angry in appear
ance. From my knee down small sores came, and
at the an kle large ulcer came which discharged
poisonous matter. My whole system became in
feCted. The doctors would patch me up for awhile
but the ulcer would never heal The mercury and
potash with which they dused brought on
rheumatism and dyspepsia. | AN object of
pity 10 all my friends Some thought that the
only hope 10 save lie was amputation. contin-
ued 10 grow worse, and for three years have not
worn shoe. Hope had almost left me. Swft's
Specific was suggested, and / commenced its use
at once. From the very first | began to feel bet
ter had taken thirty-siS bOttl =, and the shad-
ows which had darkcned my life for twanty-eight
years have all been dissipAtcd The effect of the
medicine has beer wonderful indeed. Today am
able 10 attend to all my farming interests, and
walk from one to five miles per day. am salts
fed that the disease Is entirely broken up and
henceortb am TO be free from those terrible ap-
prehensions and suffering which formerly made
my life miserable. Swits Specific has done In ore
Tor me III one year than all the drug store medi-
cine prescribed by physicians did in twenty eight
years, aud most chcerfully bear this testimony
Of its merits. VIM H. REED
Hall County, Ca, Feb, 2S, 1855
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-16

Springfield, o., is making strenuous efforts
to secure the Democratic State Convention
Commercial Gazette.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-16

Like the fellow trying to quit chewing
tobacco, you know, we must have some
thing to "chaw on"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Cost Her Weight In Gold.

MRS. Jesus Castro, an aged Mexican
lady, now residing at American Flag,
in the Santa Catilina mountains, is per-
haps the only woman living who, liter
ally speaking, ever cost her husband
her weight in gold. 1t is said that in
the early gold-digging days of Califor-
MIA she was a resident of Sonora, in
which state she was born and raised to
womanhood. When about the age of
IL paternal uncle, but few years
her senior, returned with his compan-
ions, golden-laden, from the FL Dorado
of the west and became desperately en-
amored of her.
He sought her hand in marriage and
was accepted, but the church refused,
because of the near relationship exist
ing between them, to sOlemnize the
marriage. Persuasion being in vain,
he tried the power of gold to win the
church his way, and succeeded only by
the payment of her weight in gold.
She at the time weighed III pounds,
and against her in the scales the glitter
ing dust was shoveled. Her affianced
husband still had enough of this world S
goods to provide a comfortable home,
and they were married. They lived
happily together, and she bore to her
husband eleven children. In the course
of years he died and she married
again, Mr.. Castro being her second
husband. The above is fact and not
fiction, as living witnesses can prove
Tucson Star.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Senator Vests Dog.

81 have dog" said Senator Vest,
who had just heard a precocious crow
story, ''who is very sagacious. One
morning he watched intently while a
negro boy BACKED my shoes. The fol-
lowing morning he came to where [
was sitting with backing brush in
his mouth. You may not believe it,
but that dog got down on his launches,
spit on nv shoes, took the brush in his
teeth and rubbed away like house on
fire. But must admit that he did not
get up much of polish. One Sunday,
while 1 was living at Sedalia, this dog
followed me to church. noticed that
he watched every movement of the
preacher. That afternoon I heard a
terrible bowling of dogs in my back
yard. went out to see what was the
matter. Ny dog was in the woodshed,
standing on his hind legs in an old
dry-goods box. He held down torn
almanac with one fore paw and gesti-
culated wildly with the other, while be
swayed his head and howled to an
audience of four other dogs, even more
sadly than the preacher 1 had heard
that morning." The narrator of the
crow story 'sthrew up the SPONGE
Memphis appeal.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
MHERR STYLES COME FROM.
Interview With Man Who Gets Up Mems
Fashion, Plates.


FashiOn-Plates
1--WE are always on the lookout for
something new" says writer in The
american Tailor. "Sometimes we get
a suggestion or hint from tailor or
other person, and will work on it until
we produce something acceptable.
After getting suggestions from tailors
and others. and considering them,
perhaps getting the views of lady,
we go off and do as many newspaper
men do, 'act as we please 1t is well
enough TO get the ideas of others, but
when we come down to work we have
TO boss the job and use our own ideas
1t is one of those businesses in which
there is no well-defined method as to
originating styles. Observation and
study are required. Formerly chang
es were made in February for spring
and summer styles. and in August for
fall and winter, and the greatest
changes are still made at these peri
DDS. The trade for the past ten years
at least, has, however, not been con-
tent with but two plates per year, and
; must now have them quarterly, many
of the foremost demanding them
monthly. The great changes are In
the spring and fall, however, and the
others are notifications or improve
The business of making style has in
creased greatly within the past few
years, and there are n number at it,
but the bulk of it is done by two or
three houses. Of course, there are not
80 much change in style demanded by
gentlemen as by ladies. No, we do
not get up any styles for particular
sections of the country. When we
publish the plates they are sent to ev-
cry portion of the country, and some
times it is found that one style will
become popular in one section and an
other in an other section, but, as a
rule, the tastes are as much different
In one section as another. There are
about $4,000 merchant tailors of stand
ing in the country-those who keep a
stock and are fully up to the times,
having the best goods-and with these
the fashion magazines have come to
be as essential as the newspaper. Such
progress have we made thai even
Europeans are adopting our patterns.
Formerly the representative merchant
tailor might be said to be son of poor
parents, receiving pattern plates twice
year, and being fully satisfied. Now,
however, the merchant tailor is not
content with even the quarterly plates
issued, and it is surprising those of
other countries. They are now ever
alive for something new, to have not
only the latest improvements in tools
and conveniences for their business.
Some were content a few years ago
with modest unassuming places of
business, but now the merchant tailor
has as fine an establishment as any
tradesmaa.D
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Il TRIBUTE TO GEN. GRANT.
Gen. Beale's Recollectio,as Of the Suffering

Gen. Beale's Recollections Of the Suffering
Hero.
Gen. Beale of Washington, one of the old
commanders dearest friends, in speaking OF
Gen. Grant, says: II have been a very init.
mate friend of Gen. Grant for fifteen years.
In all my daily companionship with him, al
home or abroad. I never heard Gen. Grant
make remark that could not be repeated
with propriety before roOmful of ladies,
His character was wholly pure and free from
guile. AS to the reports that he drank to ex.
cess ought not to refer. for they are sense
less and untrue, but l will say that during the
who period that have known HMM rid.
ing to and from my farm near this city two or
three times week, in dining at the same
table, in walking the streets of Paris until
o'clock in the morning for amusement-1
have never seen him when he wasn't as clear.
headed as you and 1 are now. His even dis
position was something wonderful to me, and
1 have seen him tried almost beyond hu.
man endurance. He never cursed and swOre
at people. and he never lost control of him.
self. He was always able to do what he con-
sidered right. L saw him once while at
white heat of yexation in the library at the
white house put personal prejudices and
wishes aside and do his duty without ques-
ton. He had been abused and slandered by
certain person to such an extent that he
could only recognize him 8 personal enemy.
The question arose whether that person
should be nominated to the senate or not for
a position. l knew all the circumstances and
do about it?' DO about itY he repeated; L
will send his name to the senate. He has de-
served his appointment by his services to his
country and no personal ill-feeling on my
part shall prevent his obtaining what he
deserves He sat down and signed the nomi-
nation and it was sent to the senate at once.
He was generous in the extreme. 1t was al.
ways difficult for him to refuse requests made
of him. 1 cou d tell you instances Of his
great kindness of heart which you could
scarcely believe, but little things will show
tnlS TRAIT as well aS great ones. When Gen.
Grant had been visitor at my house. chill
dren would overwhelm him with requests for
his autograph. Often when we would return
home late at night from some reception. tired
and sleepy, on the table would be a pile of
autograph albums foot or two high. Mrs.
Beale would say, Come, general, it is time to
retire. You are tired. and need rest. Don't
stop to write in those books tonight, but wait
till morning No. Gen. Grant would reply
I'll do it tonight. These books belong to lit
tie children, and they will stop for them on
their way to school in the morning, and
don't want to disappoint them.' and he would
write in every one"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Why are Onions Difficult to Raise ?

Many of our readers seem to have
trouble in raising onions from seed.
The seed will grow, and so do the on
ions, but they do not form bulbs.
They produce thick necks and keep
green and growing until cut down by
frost. Many think this is due to eli
mate. Possibly this is so, but in many
eases the trouble is more likely to be
due to some of the following causes
namely: Poor seed, poor land, late
sowing and weeds. By poor seed we
do not mean seed that will not grew,
but ill-bred seed. seed grown from
crop of onions, the best of which have
been sold and those not good enough
to sell, planted for seed! A scallion-
ISh onion, or one with "a small bulb and
a thick. immature neck, will produce
quite as much and quite as good look
ing seed as the best formed bulb-in
fact more seed and better looking seed.
Seed grown from scallions, or from
thick-neclsed onions will be very sure
to produce scallions. We can row
down stream faster than we can pull
up against the current. The onion
has been brought to perfection by high
feeding and careful selection, and if
we would maintain what we have
gained, we must continue our efforts,
but must not select the poorest Onions
to breed from. BY poor land, we do
not mean land that will not produce a
good crop of corn or wheat or pota-
toes or grass. Land might be too rich
for wheat, but not rich enough for on
ions. This same land might, without
any manure, become rich enough for
onious. We know low mucky land
where onions are successfully grown
year after year without manure, but
which at first produced a very poor
crop. 1t needed the thorough tillage
and freedom from weeds which all
onion growers find so essential. Onion
seed should be sown the moment the
frost is out of the surface soil The
land should have been made ready the
autumn previous. If this is not done
and you have to get the land ready in
the spring, you may get fair crop of
onions, but can hardly expect Il full
yield. Even if everything else liz fav-
Orable, if the onion patch IS not kept
free from weeds, you will be pretty
certain of getting liberal sprink king
Of scallions. To certain extent. rich
land and freedom from weeds have the
same effect; both are favorable te rap
id growth. Onion roots spread out
very little on the surface: they strike
straight down. This is probably why
land that has been thoroughly titled or
heavily MANFRED for years is best for
onions The fertility has had time to
get down towards the subsoil. Amer
;cn,a AaricnlEurist for Apr.I.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Curious Payment for Land in England.

Gloves of various kinds were fire.
quently presented in service for lands.
Thus, two farms at Carlcoats, in York
shire, paid "the one a right hand, and
the other left hand glove yearly;"
and some lands in Elmesale, in the
same county, were held of the king
"by the service of paying at the Cas-
tie of Pontefract one pair OF gloves
furred with fox skin, or eighteen pence
yearly" while for the manor of Els
ton, in Nottingham, were rendered
two pairs of gloves, together with Il
pound of cummin seed. and steel
needle. Needles are met with several
times, but one instance must here suf-
fice-where "Roger, for some time
tailor to our lord the king held
lands in Hallingbury, Essex, by paying
at the kings eXchequer lone silver
needle yearly" Still more curious is
the service for certain lands in Rode,
Northampton, which consisted in
finding zone horse of the price of IS.
and one sack of the price of 1-2d.,
with one small pin, for forty days"
Probably this ''small PIN was similar
to the skewer noticed above, and was
uSeu 10 hasten, OF 2CLacn, inc Suck,
which mayhave been employed to car
ry fodder to the horses. That the
horses were tolerable cared for, even
in those days, seems to be proved by
the fact that the manor of Cherburgh,
in Dorset, was held ''by the service of
one horse-comb, price 4d., to be paid
yearly" and that certain lands in the
hundred of Losenberg, in the same
country, were held ''of our lord the
king, by the serjeantry of finding
certain hOrse-comb, or currycomb,
etc. :" Among other miscellaneous
services by which lands were held
may be mentioned certain instances
of hose. Thus, Cottington. in Not
tlngham, was held by the service of
presenting to the king pair of scar
let hose yearly; Bakersfield, in Wor-
cester, was held by rendering to Ro-
bert, Earl of Gloucester, hose of scar
let on his birthday, and Henley, in
Warwick, was held by Edmund, Lord
Stafford, by the service of IS, or pair
of scarlet hose.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

1t is Dangerous to tamper with irritating
liquids and exciting snuffs. Use Ely's Cream
Balm, which is safe and pleasant and is easily
applied with the finger. 1t cures the worst
Fever, giving relief from the first application.
All druggists have it. Price so cents. By
mail 60 cents. Ely Bros, Owego, N. Y.
l have been bothered with catarrh for
about twenty years. l could not tell how many
different remedies l have tired. and none
seemed to reach my case like Ely's Cream
Balm. l had lost my smell entirely for the
last fifteen years, and l had almost lost my
hearing. Nv eyes were getting so dim had
to get some one to thread my needle. Now
have my hearing as well as 1 ever had, and l
can see to thread as fine needle as ever did,
aud my smell Is partly restored, and it seems
to be improving all the time. 1 think there is
nothing like Eiy's Cream Balm for Catarrh.-
Mrs. E. E. Grimes. e. Valley ST., Rendrill,
Perry Co., Ohio
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Battle of Flowers.

Among the features of the carnival
at Nice this year, writes correspond
ent. was the Battle of Flowers, which
took place on Friday, Feb. 13, and
was repeated on the following Mon
day. Precisely at 2 o'clock on the
first day named the gun at the chateau
gave the signal for beginning the hos
tilities and by ) o'clock the battle had
really begun. Vehicles richly deco
rated with flowers, fruits, ribbons.
straw, and other decorative material
parade the Corso and bouquets fell
thick as hail upon the crowds, which
extended in a thick mass from one
end of the course to the other. The
people on foot responded with vigor
to the attacks of the riders, many of
them having provided themselves
with large baskets full of small bou-
quets, in the manufacture of which
whole army of florists had been en-
gagged during the whole of the preced-
ing day and night. There was a con-
stant shower of violets, mimosas,
lilacs, pinks, anemones, roses, and, in
fact. every flower to pc found in bloom
at the season in that portion of France.
Some of the vehicles were remarka-
BILE pretty, and among the most notice
able was a victoria entirely hidden
with scarlet pinks, even the wheels
being covered with these flowers. An
other vehicle was cart covered with
verdure and vegetables and occupied
by three pretty peasant girls, who
threw leeks, carrots, caulifiowers and
even large cabbages as well as flow
ers among the people. There was of
course a great variety of costumes
ton and beauty.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
The Mistress ofThe White Houss

In looks Miss Cleveland reminds
one of Anna Dickinson, perhaps be-
cause she wears her hair in the same
style. Yet there is nothing mansish
about her, and in private she is rather
too modest than otherwise. Her
voice is clear and her articulation
distinct, making her fine speaker.
She has given frequent lectures at the
Elmira Female College, which have
been very popular with the Young
ladies. Her name is found in the last
catalogue in the faculty as lecturer
on medieval history. The country
may congratulate itself upon having
so intelligent and public spirited a
Christian woman in the White House.
-EUdn0eliSt.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
Foes of the Oyster.

A bill has been introduced in the
New York Legislature, at the sugges-
lion of Fish Commissioner Blackford.
for the destruction of star fish, which
are said to be one of the most dam
gerous foes of the oyster. The bill
authorizes reward for star fishes
taken in quantities from any of the
oyster-beds in the waters of the State,
the reward to be at the rate of % cents
per bushel when the number of star
fishes taken amount to thirty or more
bushels at any one time.-Boston Jour-
,,H1
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

The hunting dagger which belonged
to Col. James Bowie, and which has
served as pattern of all subsequent
bowie-knives, has been sent for exhi-
bition to New Orleans. 1t is for
midable double-edged weapon, with a
horn handle and curved blade fifteen
inches long and an inch and quarter
wide at the hilt. Like DR.. Guillotin,
Col. Bowie unwittingly gave his name
to an invention that has earned for
itself rather unfortunate reputation.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

The Valley Springs (Dak.) Enterprise"
says: "We are informed that Mrs. Matte
johnson, who lives four miles west of town,
was doing her housework, when her daughter
Annie, two years old, got hold of bottle of
CHARACTERISTICS Cough Remedy, and in place OF
half teaspoonful as general dose drank the
full bottle. 1t cured her cough and she is
doing we'll"
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09
The Power Of Niagara Falls.

These wonderful falls have often
filled the hearts of those who regret to
see power wasted, with grief alto
gether too deep for tears. This sorrow
generally finds vent in a pathetic statis-
teal account, showing the amount of
the loss. For example, taking the
height of the falls to be $50 feet, it is
estimated that 1,165, 100000 cubic feet
of water fall over every hour. Exclu-
sive of the velocity with which the
water reaches the brink, the power of
the falls is calculated to be about 5,000,-
600 horse power, or nearly one-fourth
of the whole steam-power of the earth.
Accordingly, four such falls as those of
Niagara, working day and night, would
replace the work now done for man by
the steam-engine. By the time the
power of the existing falls has been
fully utilized, perhaps the three other
falls may have been discovered
Gatherer, IN CasseWs Family Magazine
for Apri2.
The prison labor question will yeX a great
many statesmen and philosophers in the com
ing years.
When you visit New York City, via Central
depot, save Baggage Expressage and So Car
riage Hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel
opposite said depot. Six hundred elegant
rooms fitted up at cost of one million dollars;
81 and upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
Horse-cars. stages and elevated railroad to all
depots. Families can live better for less
money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any
other frst-class hotel in the city.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

"Where do policemen go when they dep
asked little Flossie. $50 heaven, dear" re-
piled the father, tenderly. ''Oh, no, papa,
they don't" quickly replied the little pbiloso-
pher, ''for mamma SAYS its always day there
and nobody ever sleeps."
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

Judge Given, of Des Moines. rules that un-
der the Fritz decision he shall place injunc-
tions on buildings where intoxicants are kept
for sale.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

Mr.. James Staten, of Orange county, North
Carolina, has alemon which weighs six pounds
and ten ounces and measures twenty Eve
inches in circumference.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

PRICKLY ASH BITTERs is not an Intoxicating
beverage. but pleasant, mild laxative and
efficient Tonic, acting directly on the Liver,
Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

At the mouth of a Cornish mine there is
this advice: ''Do not fall down this shaft, as
there are men at work at the bottom of it,
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

Miss Parloa declares that the art of cooking
should rank with paintings, music and sculp-
ture; if anything, higher, because more bene-
fetal to the human race.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

A Kansas man has six children unnamed.
He has left them to name themselves when
hey have reached years of discretion.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

A negro after gazing at some Chinese, ex-
claimed, eff de white folks is all so dark out
dete, wonder what's the color of the mig
gers ''-dnOn
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-09

Oscar Wilde now advocates the abolition Of
the coat and vest. We suggest that Oscar be
locked up in his room before he goes any
further.-Life.