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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Use of the Telephone on Railways.

A novel application of the tele-
phone has been made on the rail.
way between Saint Valerie-sur
Somme and Cayeux CFrance), with a
view to facilitate communication
between a train broken down on the
line and the nearest station. Indus
tries says the stations on this line
are already in telephone communi-
cation by means of an overhead
wire, and in the guards van of an
experimental train was fitted up a
telephone, with battery of ten Le-
clanche cells and call bell. One pole
of the battery is put to earth by be-
ing connected to the frame work of
the guards van, and the other ter
minal of the latter being connected
with a wire, by which connection
with the existing telephone line can
be made at any point. To facilitate
this operation the wire is enclosed
in a ! light steel tube, long enough
to reach the overhead wire, from
the roof of the van, and provided at
the end with a hook for attachment.
Upon ringing up, the stations in
front and rear of the train receive
the signal, and conversation can
be carried on with both simultane-
ously. The object of this arrange
ment is to enable the guard of a
train, delayed or broken down on
the line between two stations, 20
call for assistance. The apparatus
carried in the guards van is self-coE-
tanned, inclosed in a box, and weighs
only about twenty-five pounds.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

fcave 81 until the next one is finished.
Now squeeze them out of the rinse water
hut On no account wiring them. Roll
separately in u dry cloth. Now take
tho stockings, iron them each on the
wrong side and finish them on the right,
taking care to leave no creases. II these
instructions are properly carried out,
you may wash with safety the most
brilliant colors For the ''soup jelly"
take half a pound of yellow soap and
shave it finely into a saucepan with one
quart of water. Stand it by the fire
until it SINNERS, and let it remain un-
til cold, when it will have the appear
of O stiff Jelly. Philadelphia Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Howto wash silk stock,n.s.

Do yodr silk stockings ever get spoiled
in the wash? Have them done at home,
and make the maid follow these direc-
tons, advises an English correspondent:
"No soap must be rubbed on the articles.
Before commencing, have ready two hot
irons and two pans of water. In one
pan pour hot water and in the other
cold, adding a wine glass of common
vinegar to each. Make the hot water
into a creamy lather of suitable con-
sistency, from the recipe given for
.'soup jelly" Wash each stocking sep
arately in the hot water, and rub care
fully, commencing at the toe. Squeeze
it out, place it 10 the rinse-water, and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
A Plan. PropaSatins Nest.

The accompanying illustration repre-
sents a simply made nest for facilitating
the handling of large numbers of plants.
1t is designed to take the place of earth
en- pots, and gives to each plant separ-
ate soil and drainage and facilitates trans.
planting without disturbing the soil and
roots. This plant-nest is the patented
invention of a Nebraska genius named
Louis Vaughan and has recently been
introduced to the public by the Scien-
tifc American, from which we learn the
particulars:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
HER ANSWERS

'I'm going to be married" he softly said,
She looked up in sweet surprise;
The color from out his bright face fed,
The light grew dim in her eyes.
"You're going to be married" she echoed
low,
Her voice had q steady tone.
81 hope you'll be happy where'er you CO."
A cough hid u little moan.
know that your bride will be good and
true,
You never could love any other"
She steadily looked in his eyes, dark blue:
tender you joy, my brother"
"I'm going TO be married-that Is, 1 hope
TO be, though hardly know
Dear love. shall | longer pine and NOPE?
! tremble for fear of no."
The color that out of her face had fed
Came bach with a brighter hue.
why, isn't it funny?' she shyly said;
"That Pm to be married, too?"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
An Amusing C0medy-T Tragedy
ON the Hartford Courant

From the Hartford COurant.
The observer vas going from New
York to Hartford a few days ago.
In front of him were seated a very
stylish youngish woman in a Con.
nemara cloak, and a small French
capote trimmed with %buttercups.
The gentleman was little, fierce and
dark and middle-aged, and he, too,
was in brave apparel. About hall
an hour after leaving Bridgeport the
train slackened its pace. 1t is re-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

There is nothing in the world which will
give prompter relief to all sufferers from
neuralgia than Salvation Oil. Price only
% cents Il bottle.
The recent cyclones in the South and
West have lone terrible damage TO life and
property, but thers's one comfort left-the
people clamor for DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Tx GUYS (London) Hospital Reports,

In Guys (London) Hospital Reports,
vol. 1. mage 800, is found the statement:
''Simpie hypertrophy enlargement OF
tho heart. especially Of the left yentricle,
il found without v~alvular incompetency.
In this numerous class the cardiac is.
secondary IN symptom to the renal nffec-
ton" This explains why Warmers Safe
Cure is effectnal in cases OF heart dis
ease. It removes from the blood the.
kidney acid which causes the heart dis
ease.
Fifty years ago the frat normal schoof
was organized at Lexington. Mass.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

The Continental Divide Mining Invest
ment Company. of Aspen, Colorado, is
paying monthly dividends on it's
preferred stock OF two ceLts a share,
which is two per cent. a month
interest to the holders on this in
vestment. The treasurer has twenty
thousand shares yet that he is compelled
to sell at one dollar n share.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Complaint has often been made that
meals on dining cars are expensive. On
the Union Pacific solid vestibuled train
from Omaha to Denver, passengers are
furnished the best the market affords for
15 cents.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Charles Allen, a farmer, living six
miles south of Grant, was caught in
the gearing of his cornshelller, end had
his right hand horribly crushed. The
hand wa amputateds
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
The nix Hat.

Dove colored straw, lined with DARK
gray velvet and adorned with a wreath
of shaded poppies, in the centre of which
rise clusters of wide loops in striped rib
bon,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Large hat. in fancy straw, draped
with Grape and trimmed with Il cluster
of black feathers. The aureole brim is
lined with black lace, along which trail,
a band of tinted ivy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

The object OF the manufacturers of Dob
bins Electric Soap has been for "a years
TO make this soap OF such superior quality
that it will give universal satisfaction.
Have they succeeded? Ask your grocer for
it. Take no other.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

HALLS CATARRH CURE is a liquid and
is taken internally, and acts directly upon
\ the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys.
sem. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by
ruggists. 75c.
y. CHENEY & CO., Proprs., Toledo, o.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Graduates of the Lincoln Business Col
lege readily obtain profitable employment.
Business men select them for their fitness.
Catalogue and specimen free. Address
LnLIBRIDGE & RoosE, Lincoln, Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
FOR THE LADIES'
Dresses for Young Girls-Hats fur Go
Ladies.
Together with Fresh Go~sip About
We'll . known Women and
Hu mor0us Chit-Cha..


A Maiden Song.
She ties her strings Of lighted hair
And DER her comely forehea.l bare
She nimbly draws a wimI~n;
With lissome speed athwarr the mead
She sings through CHEEKS thai dimple.
"Oh, yiolets are blowingw
Her buoyant arm q basket swings;
The boyish winds her kirtle toss,
And rimple DER her ~tresses' floss,
With siding ear she seems TO hear
A voice that sings 10 silver strings;
"Oh, yiolets are blowing!W
The sweeping swallows dive to set
In airy rings q coroDet
Upon her head that dances,
And on the bill of birds that trill
The burden sweet she fancies:
"0h, violets are blowing!"
Within the brooks that break AWAY
To bargain mt the booths Of Spring,
She drops her face, and hears them sing
OF sunbeams' worth and sweets of earth
But with their lay she dreams they say:
"Oh, yiolets are ~blowing!"
Through grasses lush, with rise and dip,
Along her winged ankles trip,
Where thoughts OF Spring are vieing,
To where she hears with woodland ears
The fairies softly crying:
"Oh, yiolets are blowingi"
EDWARD ABkAM VALENTINE
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

For two two-cent stamps we will send
you one OF the handsomsst almanacs in
the country. Homestead" Omaha, Neb.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
What ia sweeter than roses

What ia sweeter than roses
That bloom in the beauty OF June?
Or the stately and fragrant lilies
Whose bells ring a summer tune?
All. sweeter the roses blowing
On the cheeks of those we love,
AMI the lily OF health that's glowing
TIL cheeks red rose above.
But how soon the lily and the rose
wither in the faces OF our American women.
Why is it? Simply because SO many OF
them are victims OF weaknesses, irregulari-
ties and functional arrangements incidnn-
tai to the sex. II they would use Dr..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription all these
beauty and Notwithstanding ailments
might be warded off, and we would neal
less about women growing old before
their time"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Fnlly 5000 Chinese have already settled
in New York City.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

A six weeks electric exhibition is pro-
posed tc be held in st. Louis next Septem-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

An English syndicate has bought five
large Detroit breweries for 500, 900.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

MAN wants but little here below"-a
postofiice or department clerkship will do.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Oats and bran are the most suitable
foods for the mare.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Bosss,n has lost S2s, 600, 900 by the col
fspse Of the copper trust.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

1t is fifty years since the Massachusetts,
abolition party was organized.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Massachusetts has officially declared
ts,sa hard cider is the bulwark OF our lib
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

When Rahy was sick. we gave her castoria
When she mas a Child. she cried for Casroria.
When she herams Miss. sine clunr TO Castoria-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

Nud. eeuabie climate, certain and abundant crops.
Best frufx. arain. grass and stock country in the
word Ead Information free. Address the Oregon
Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

EAfcbacco trust is the plug ugly OF mo-
nope lies
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmer.

The women in England exceed the men
Inv S.o00.0 o0.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

If flicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac Thomp:
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell IL. 25c.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

There is not much milk of human kind
ness in the pale of civilization.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24
An Innovation.

Kansas City has sixty miles of cabl,
road.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

London's police force numbers 1925
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

To regulate the stomach, liver and bOw-
els, DR.. Pierce's Pellets excel. One IL dose.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

The anarchists are fomenting land agits
ton in Lombardy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-05-24

TTT%rr%I%T+T
Tac n.Iu VINO has invested from three
70 five dollars in Il Rubber Coat, and
81 his first half hours experience in
a storm finds to his sorrow that it Is
hardly q better protection than q mos
Quito netting, not only feels chagrined
at being so badly taken in, bur alSo
feels If he does not look exactly like
ASK tor the WISH Brand sLIcKEE
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A CASE FOR THE REGULATORS.
Cold-Blooded Murder of Mother and Her
Half-Witted Boy by Tennessee Ruffians.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June IA special
from Knoxville, Tenn, to the American
says: Particulars of one of the most brutal
tragedies in the history of East Tennessee
has just reached here from an out
of-the-way section of Scott county. Z.
X. Reynolds, aged forty five, and Thomas
J. Lloyd, aged twenty-one, both noted
hard cases, went to the house of Rev.
Jacob Harness, Baptist minister. believ-
ing him to have a large amount of money
concealed in the house. They reached the
house, about midnight on Wednesday night.
and demanded admission. Rev. Har-
ness was away from home, and
his wife and half witted son,
aged sixteen, were sleeping in the same
room. Mrs. Harness, who was about fifty
years of age. went to the door and told the
drunken cut-throats that they must leave.
They broke down the door. rushed in,
shooting the old lady dead in her tracks
the first thing. The boy, awakened by
the noise, rushed out at another door.
They followed him ont and oyertaking him
carried him back and threw him in
They next ransacked the house, Sc
cured s74, and then, to cover up
their horrible crime, applied the torch:
Neighbors next morning found the charred
limbs of the young man, and that was
all. The murderers were arrested in "a
saloon at Jellic0 last night and Off
GERS started to Huntsville, the county
seat of Scott with the prisoners. 1t Is re-
ported here tonight that they were taken
lynched. The rumor has not been con-
firmed
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vastation we do not have all the consider.
alton for minor matters that we would
have had at a local disaster of less fright
full character. Strict orders have been Is
sued this morning. let me say, TO arrest any
person found throwing any rubbish or
dirty water of any kind into the streets
not only in Johnstown proper but In the
suburbs. We propose to continue TINS
work of searching the wreck until the
miasma grows so strong as TO DEFY science,
and then We may well Tecede. l do not
believe. however that that time will ever
come. The greatest consideration is being
given this matter of the recovery of the
dead. and the treatment of tie bodies after
discovery.
II think an impression has gone abroad
that the dead are being handled here very
much as one would handle cordwood. but
this is great mistake. As soon as possible
after discovery they are borne from public
gaze and taken to the morgue, where only
persons who have lost relatives or friends
are admitted. OF course the general ex-
clusion is not applied to attendants physi-
clans and representatives of the, press. but
it is righteously applied to careless sight
seers. We have no room for sight-seers in
Johnstown now. 1t is earnest workers and
laborers we want, and of these we can
hardly have too many
Probable Extra Session of the Leeisl .ure.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 7.-Go ,rnor
Beaver will call special session of the
Legislature. So it was said tonight
Acknowledgment Hastings sent telegram
to the Governor at Harrisburg, declaring
that an extra session of the Legis-
lature was necessary for the pur-
pose of making an appropriation of
S2,OOO0O0 for the relief of the people,
of Johnstown. General Hastings was at
the wire this evening, and had long and
earnest talk with the Governor. He told
him that in his judgment special session
of the Legislature should be called at once.
He said he had carefully gone over the sit
uation, and had sought the opinions Of
others. He was extremely anxious to know
how the contributions were coming
in, and said that 1t would be neces-
sary to make heavy daily draft on
whatever amount might be raised outside
in order to keep the work going on. He said
If the contributions reached a million it
would take that amount to clear out the city
debris and pay the people OF Johnstown
outside. In addition, he thought the State
should give 2,000. 600. General Hastings
told the Governor that if he thought his
(Hastingssl judgment too high, he would
be glad if Governor Beaver would come to
Johnstown for day or two and look it
over.
After the talk over the wire with Gov.
Beaver, General Hastings sa :: "The
work that is going on now SO
nicely cannot last longer than a week or SO
at the outside, unless the money for con-
Quoting 1t on permanent basis is fur
nished either by the State OF the people of
the United States" 1t is stated on almost
undoubted authority. late tonight, that
Governor Beaver has decided to call an ex-
extra session of the State Legislature.
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WOman's Noble Work.

JOHNsTOwN, June THE Waits Mission
is doing a noble work in Johnstown. Miss
H. w. Hinckley and her assistant. Miss
Cornelia Hancock. are the heroines of the
hour Within an hour after their arrival
upon the scene of horrors they had estab-
lished bureau and were receiving the
children and wee babes that had been
orphaned by the cruel food and flames.
Miss Hinckley talked cheerfully OF her
work this morning.
I'VE have been very bnsy from the very
first hour" said she. land feel that we have
been able TO render good service. Within
few minutes we had received notification
of perhaps hundred orphan children, and,
as the press was kind enough to send out
our addresses. we were within a few hours
more in receipt of offers from all over the
country to take charge of some of the little
ones In many cases the children reported
hearts gladdened by the sudden apparition
of a mother or father, who, after all, was
not lost in the flood, but had
found friendly refuge on the river
side miles below. The scenes Of these
are such as to almost tighten the heavy pail
that hangs over this field of death with
which we are surrounded. From Cleve-
land, Indianapolis, Altoona, Pittsburg, and,
in fact. throughout Pennsylvania and the
from societies and families Offering to take
charge of certain number of the little
ones. We received. through the Mayor of
New York, message from Leaks Il Watts's
receive twenty-five of the orphans. of
course we gladly accepted the offer. In
deed we can respond to many more such
kind offers. 1t is yet impossible TO esti-
mate how many children will fall upon
our hands, but it will probably run into the
hundreds.
The Associated Press representative
strolled through one of Miss HInckley's
little nurseries and found score of little
ones playing and laughing. gaily oblivious
of the cruel blow that had been dealt them.
In one group nine children of the same
family were seeh-the eldest not over fif-
teen. They were Germans, and both father
and mother had. through the inscrutable
ways of Providence. found a watery grave,
while the nine little waits had escaped in
the floating debris of their humble cottage.
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THE DEsf1TUrE AND NEEDY.
Residents of the Suburbs Suffering for Food
and Clothing.

Residents of the Suburbs Suffering for Food
and Clothing.
JOHNsTOwN, Pa, June 7.-Father Smith,
pastor of the Catholic Church at Ebensburg,
Cambria county, reached here to-day, after
a twO-days' journey from South Fork. He
says the residents of Mineral Point. Coop
ersville, Dutchtown, East Conemaugh and
other small settlements along that valley
are in destitute circumstances and are in
need of immediate supplies of groceries and
clothing. Reports from each of these VIII
lagos show that between seventy and eighty
lives were lost between Woodvale and the
hamlet of South Fork.
At the commissary station at the Penn
sylvama railroad depot this morning.
there was considerable activity. A crowd
of about one Thousand people had gathered
about the place after their days ratlons.
The crowd became so great that the SOL
diers ha d to be called up to guard the place
until the relief committee was ready to
give out the provisions. Several carloads
Of clothing arrived this morning and was
to be disposed of as coon as possible The
people were badly in need of clothing, as
the weather has been very chilly since Sat-
uTday.
The following was issued tonight:
To the Associated Press-A Masonic relief COM
mittee has been organized. and sOlicits aid for
distressed Freemasons and their families. Re-
mittances should be made By New York or Pitts
treasurer, or William +. Meyer, secretary. ~
VIM. A. DONALDSON, Chairman.
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Opposed to the Torch.

JouNsTowN juno THE Associated
Press correspondent had an interview with
James b. Scott, the chosen dictator of the
valley. He was asked: What Is the con-
dition of the valley noww
1T is improving with every hour. The
perfect organization which has been eff
fected within the last day or two has grad
ually resolved all the chaos and confusion
into semblance of order and regulation.
Of course. we have had to proceed in a
somewhat arbitrary but not unjustifiable
manner. In many cases. and at many times,
have been forced to exercise an authority
which, while it might almost seem
despotic, was, hope. judicious. have at
all times endeavored to be discreet"
"Are many bodies being discovered
now?"
few. Of course as the waters recede more
upon bodies here and there as they were
exposed to sight. The probabilities are
that there will be q great many bodies yet
discovered under the rubbish that covers
is that the vast majority of all the dead
may be recovered and disposed OF in
Christian manner"
"How about the movement to burn the
rubbish, bodies and all!"
Il do not think that will be done. At
least only as last extremity. While
there is great anxiety in regard to the sani-
tary condition. all possible precautions are
being taken, and we hope to prevent any
disease until we shall have time to thor
fast as each pile of rubbish is searched it
is heaped up. and the torch applied, but
that is the only burning that will be done.
There will be no general confagration.
because, in my opinion there is no unyied-
is of any value is extracted from
these heaps of debris before the
fire is applied and it is certain that no
house will be burned that is worth repair
ing. Naturally in this scene Of general de-
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tions may not find exit through the crevices
OF the earth. Another committee is making
a house-to-house inspection throughout the
stricken city to ascertain the number of
number of the sick. and to order the latter
TO the hospital whenever necessary One
great danger is the overcrowding of houses
and novels, and that is being prevented as
much as possible by the free use of tents
but little contagious disease. and we hope,
by diiigeDt and systematic efforts, to pre-
vent any dangerous outbreak"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-08
A secret-RaIlat Bill Defeated.

HARTFORD. Conn, June 7.-Governor
for a secret ballot. He holds that the biz
is too radical, too cumbersome In its details,
too expensive. opens the door to fraud, and
will result in DISTINGUISHING voters. The
House passed the bill over the Governors
under the previous question. with no op-
portunity for discussion. After the vote
was declared Mr.. Brandegee protested
against the discourtesy to the Governor,
and moved to reconsider. The bill was re-
considered and tabled, and the House ad-
iourned until Tuesday.