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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES.

The house at its session on the 22d
completed the consideration of about
one-third of the general deficiency bill.
Among the items agreed to was one APP
propriating SIS, 900 for repairs of build
ings at TT. Sidney. Neb.
Mr.. Springer, on the 22d, received a
note from the president announcing that
at II o'clock he had signed the terrific
rial bill. The message was shown about
the house, and the friends of the bill
gathered in knots and congratulated
each other over the successful compile
tion of a long and tedious work.
The house committee on war claims
has reported a bill to authorize the court
Of claims to try the case of the Citizens
bank of New Orleans against the United
States and adjudicate the claim. 1t is
alleged that General Butler, at the time
Of his occupation of New Orleans, at
tached S219, 600 in gold in the bank, and
it was subsequently turned into the
treasury.
Representative Morrow, of Califor-
MIA, who returned from Indianapolis,
says he does not know any more about
the cabinet than he did before he left
Washington. He does not speak with
authority, but he thinks only four men,
hers of the cabinet are absolutely set
tied on. These are Blaine, Window,
Wanamaker and Noble. The remaining
places he thinks will not be filled until
after the arrival of General Harrison in
Washington.
Another meeting of the conferees on
the land grant forfeiture bills was held
ON the 22d, and considerable progress
made. 1t is probable at the next meet
ing a final conclusion will be reached.
Indications are that the position of the
senate conferees, who want the forfeit
ure to take place from the date of APP
prevail of the bill, will be sustained.
The house conferees have been stand
ing out for the forfeiture of lands CO.
terminous with that portion of the roads
not completed at the date fixed in the
original grants.
The Iowa members are very indignant
over the second veto of the Des Moines
river lands bill. 1t was their under
standing that the present bill would not
be objected to by the president, and that
lie would sign it if it were passed. He
was waited upon by several delegations
of citizens, who claim to have received
assurances that the bill was framed to
his satisfaction, but it appears that they
we're misled, and the disappointment
is therefore greater. An attempt will
he made to pass it over. the veto, but it
is not likely it will succeed.
A committee of Dakota people called
on the president on the 22d and asked
him to celebrate Washington's birthday
by signing the territorial admission bill.
At the same time they presented
him with a handful of feathers plucked
from a Dakota eagle from which to make
a pen to use for the purpose. At ex-
actly II o'clock, with the pen made
from one of the eagle feathers, the pres
ident attached his name to the bill, and
sent the quill as q memento to Repre-
sentative Springer. who will pass it
down to his posterity as an heirloom.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01
The Indians White Bride.

Yankton (Dak.) special: A letter
from the Yankton agency gives the
nam of the white woman who married
an Indian as May Britton. and describes
her as a beautiful blonde, employed as
The groOm's name IN English is Eugene
Wellington, and he is an ignorant red
skin. having only snch knowledge of
the English language as he has been
taught during lessons given in the g
ing. He proved an attentive scholar,
and the intimacy ripened into love, and
man, an employe of the agency, paid
court TO the girl, but in vain. The mar
rage and its probable results is the Cos
sip at the agency.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01

1.-The Use of Oil to Still the Waves"
is the title of N article in the next num-
Der of the Century, by Lieutenant
Beehler, q. s. N. It appears on the
eve of the assembling of the Interna-
tional Marine Conference. when this
and other plans to protect life at sea will
be discussed. The article is intended to
show the necessity of international reg
ulation requiring all vessels to carry oil,
and the necessary apparatus for its use
at sea. Another practical article in this
same number will be on Something
Electricity Is DOING" by Charles Barn
ard.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01
The President Full of Business

Washington dispatch: The following
notice was issued from the executive
mansion tonight: 1.-THE president an
nounces that TO enable him to dispose
of pending business requiring his per-
sonal attention before the close of his
term of Office, il will be an absolute ne
cessity that he have this week for such
work free from Interruptions and he
must therefore be excused to nil callers.
The nsual receptions on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at half past
oBewiA be continued.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01

offices being. by the oldest rule in poll
tics. within the control Of the members
Of the house representing tile districts,
where the politics of the members are in
harmony with that OF the administration,
as is true with Nebraska's three members
of the next lower house OF congress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01

Thomas Calf testified in q trial before
q Detroit court that he had been drunk
-sparalyzed," as he put it-for three
years, and that it took him two months
to sober up.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01

The empress of Japan, who is soon
coming to this country, will have in her
suite two maDicnres, a dentist, fourteen
doctors, ten fan bearers. and q vast
number OF female attendants
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01
A Feature Of the Inauguration.

Denver {Uolo.J dispatch: Inc great
west is to be represented at General
Harrison's Inauguration by a genuine
cowboy brigade. Sombreros, ''chapps"
and blue shirts will distinguish the del
egation. The brigade will comprise
n hundred leading citizens of Denver.
They will start from here on February
DC for Washington, and will be joined
by other Cowboys" from other cities.
At Kansas City the Dodge City cowboy
band will head the brigade. Most OF
the brigade are splendid specimens OF
western manhood, who, attired in true
cowboy style, decked ont with revolver,
knife, cartridge belt and lasso, will GER
tainly be among the most picturesque
features at the inauguration.
It is against the law in Mexico for any
one to read q newspaper aloud; but no
n cares for that, as few people want
10 read them anyhow. You can get
more news in Mexico by sitting down
half an hour at q popular cafe than you
conld get by reading q Mexican paper
Cor q month.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01

Real estate in Valparaiso has been
active since opening of the year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
n KISS NOW AND THEM,

OF flowers.
The dairtiest noroe,s 81 ,< ,,on.- o,n brv
10 cheer me and comfort me in the dark bonrs.
When under the shadows ~ s,ctnees INe.
The couch NAV ha soft and tho noisea around ma
Sabduea. so hear No, sing1e footfau
And thouob ,-o,at, g. 80; - 49, -. ,.,,
thinIsing
That &c ~, ,,a 49,, WOULD 10 .,o..o.
than an.
Ak1ss now and then How it lghtens our laborsi
II brghtens our homes, and it sweetens the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
ARTESIAN WELLS.

One of the Most Important Modern Nat
ural improvements of Dakota.
The artesian wells of Dakota are
probably the most remarkable for pres
sure, and the immense quantity of
water supplied, of any ever opened.
More than a hundred of such wells,
from 500 to 1000 feet deep, are to-day
in successful operation, distributed
throughout twenty-nine counties, from
Yankton, in the extreme south, to Penn
bina, in the extreme north, giving forth
a constant, never-varying stream,
which is in no wise affected by the in
creased number of wells, and showing
a gauge pressure in some instances as
high as $780, 10, 175 and 1877 pounds to
the square inch. This tremendous
power is utilized, in the more impor-
tant towns, for water supply, fire pro-
lection, and the driving of machinery,
at wonderful saving on the original
cost of plant and maintenance, when
compared with steam. In the city Of
Yankton forty-horse power turbine
wheel, operating a tow-mill by day and
an electric-light plant by night, is
driven by the force of water flowing
from an artesian-well, the cost of OBJ
tanning which was no greater than
would have been the cost of a steam
engine developing the same power, not
counting the continual outlay neces-
sary chad steam been employed) for
fuel, repairs and the salaries OF engi-
neer and fireman. What has been ac-
complished through the aid of natural
gas and cheap fuel in building up
manufactures elsewhere, may some
day be rivaled on the prairies of Dako-
to by tapping the inexhaustible power
stored in natures reservoirs beneath
the surface.-P. F. Mcclure, in Har-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
BAYARD'S VICTORY.
An Episode That Is Entirely Creditat
to American Diplomacy.

An Episode That Is Entirely Creditable
to American Diplomacy.
Few points in the policy of the
United States are more firmly estab-
lished than the desire and intention to
remain on friendly terms and to avoid
ENHANCEMENT with the great powers
of Europe. In the most emphatic
sense of the words, the Republic il
Peace, and yet the occurrences of the
last two weeks show how readily AM
how quickly the war feeling can be
aroused among the American people
under what seems the provocation OF
an intentional affront to the National
dignity. Had the news from Auckland
regarding German doings in Samoan
waters been confirmed, without any
further explanation on the part OF
Germany, there can be no doubt that
within a week some such resolutions
as those introduced by Congressman
Thomas in the House of Representa-
tives would have been adopted by
Congress, and with their adoption war
would have become imminent.
1t is very doubtful if wa" could have
been averted had Germany persisted
in the attitude which she has recently
assumed, and those who have per-
ceived this will read with satisfaction
the announcement that Germany has
receded from her untenable position,
and that Prince Bismarck has given
assurances regarding Germany's at
titude and intentions in Samoa that
will no doubt prove entirely satisfac-
tory to the American Government and
people. The German Minister at
Washington, under instructions from
Prince Bismarck, has formally notified
Secretary Bayard that the demand
made upon Mataafa by the German
Consul at Apia that the administra-
ton of the islands of Samoa should be
temporarily handed over to him (the
German ConsuD, had been withdrawn,
because ''not in conformity to our
previous promise regarding the neal
trality and independence of Samoa"
This language comedies every thing
that has been claimed by the United
States Government. and is a great
triumph for Secretary Bayard. He
has been Wiley abused by the Repub-
lican press, and the Republican SEN
ators who were preparing for a con-
certed onslaught upon him in the hope
of making party capital. The end
crowns the work, however, and it is
now seen that his firmness, tempered
by Cancellation. has accomplished
what certainly could not have been &C
complished by truculent bravado.
Few episodes in the history of the
State Department are more entirely
creditable to American diplomacy
than this Samoan episode, which has
been thus happily adjusted without
rupture between two peoples who have
peculiarly cogent reasons for remain
ing at peace with one another.-St
Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
Lime as a Soil improver.

From what little experience 1 have
had with lime, I am satisfied that it
would be very beneficial on some soils
and for some crops. If l had heavy
clay soil and wanted to grow corn,
wheat, oats or a crop of cabbage. l
would use air-slaked lime freely, and I
would also use it on a sandy soil for
the same crops. I have always thought
that our black, rich soil of the West
had lime enough in it for all crops. /
am sure we do not need to apply lime
here yet, except on such soils as have
mentioned. Lime applied to plants
has a very drying influence, and it
should be used sparingly, and if it is
applied to the soil it would seem that
more could be used in a wet than in a
dry season. l have used lime several
seasons in my cabbage ground, aud
find it slow to mix with the soil here.
Different soils and different localities
would show different results, so think
the advisabllity of using lime is ques-
ton to be settled by practical expert
ment. The cost of lime is another
question to be considered. We could
not afford to use it here, unless the
prices of our crops were higher.-F. $.
White, in Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
PlTH AND POINT.

He is not q thorough wise man
VINO can not play the fool on occasion.
The strongest men are the most
tender-hearted. The coolest and
sweetest waters flow from under the
greatest rock.
There is not much future for a
young man who has learned how to
spend fortune before he knows how
to make one.-N. o. Picayune.
Toll, feel, think. hope. A man Is
sure to dream enough before he dies,
without making arrangements for the
purpose.
Men suppose that their reason has
command over their words; still. it
happens that words in return exercise
authority on reason.-Lord Bacon.
One must fall in love with duty in
order to do ones duty with content
Such love is passionless. Duty gives
neither kisses nor caresses.
When man pays his debts he
breaches in a language that is under
stood by more men than when he
breaches in almost any other language
that is spoken.-Beecher.
Some men never succeed in their
pursuits, having too many partners.
Farmers should observe closely, think
much, consult with their sensible
wives, and have no ornamental or dog
matte partners.
We are all of us made more grace
full by the inward presence of what we
ho1; IN 1>,>
actions move to a hidden music-"a
melody that's sweetly pitched in tune"
George Eliot.
The happiness of mankind is the
end of virtue, and truth is the knowl-
edge of the means, which he will never
seriously attempt to discover who has
not habitually interested himself in the
welfare of Others -Coleridge. !
Literature, poor but widely-read
type of it, is responsible for some Of
the f1ippant manners of American
youth. But, as the home must be
credited with the merit of intoxicating
good manners, so the lack of courtesy
must be reproach to home training
Christian Register.
-One OF the most Important 1emalo
qualities is sweetness of temper. Heav-
en- did not give to women insinuation
and persuasion, in order to be surly,
did not make them weak that they
might cultivate imperiousness; did not
bestow upon them a sweet voice to be /
employed in scolding.
I am not so interested in who was
my ancestry ten million years ago, as
I am to know where l will be ten
million years from now. / am not SO
much interested in the preface to my
cradle as I am interested in the ap-
pendix to my grave.-Talmage
No affection ought to make US
blind to the faults of those we
love. We may accept them as part
and parcel of the beloved, but we
ought not to ignore them or call them
good. EVIL, be thou my goodp' is
not the right kind of invocation in love
or in aught else. and the person loved
beyond reason gets weary of it all. It
is too much for menta! digestion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
BLAINE AND HARRISON.
A Clear and IndisputabIe Case of "Like
Master, Like Man."

A Clear and IndisputabIe Case of "Like
Master, Like Man."
There seems to be no longer doubt
in any quarter that NJ. Blaine is to be
Secretary of State. It is entirely safe
to say. however, that he has not a
friend in the administration household.
Mr.. Blaine will not become a member
of the Cabinet because he is liked by
the President-elect. The s'plulned
knight and his friends assert that he,
more than any of the rest of the party,
is entitled to the first place in the Cab
inet-an1 Ne is. General Harrison
could not have been nominated with
out the Blaine influence. With few
exceptions the corporation representa-
tives, the cormorants and boodlers
were Blaine men, and they dominated
the convention. General Harrison
knows this. Why, then, should he
have hesitated about gratifying
Blaine's present ambition?
1t is Idle for Harrison to pose as a
man of special integrity in politics.
He deceived no one by his recent
utterance in Grand Army post in
favor Of honest elections. 1t is
known that the workers of his party
in Indiana submitted all their plans
to him, and that he largely directe d
the campaign in that State. He was
with the committee daily for weeks
before the election, and no scheme of
fraud or corruption could have been
concocted without his knowledge
Within ten days of the election his
son came from indianapolis to Chi
cago, and it was said he collected
large sums from rich men here to
promote his fathers chances. This
money, it was said, was solicited and
contributed for use in Indiana. Does
any one believe that the young man
visited Chicago without his fathers
knowledge, or that the money was
needed at that late day in the cam.
paign for legitimate purposes? Ger
tainly not! Never before in the
history of the country has it been
suspected that son of a Presi-
Dental candidate and a member OF
his fathers household had been en-
gagged in such despicable business. II
is true that, on his return to Indian
apolis. in an interview with the rep
resehtative of Chicago newspaper,
the son denied the charge; but there
are many here who do not believe he
told the truth. Some of the Chicago
men who were said to have given ST.
900 each are well known. The sons
denial is doubtless entitled to as much
credit as the fathers protestation in
favor of an honest ballot.
And again, knowing Dudley's char
acter and methods, General Harrison
caused him to be placed on the Execu-
tive Committee of the Republican Ma
tional Committee as his friend and
representative. Did he do this be-
cause he desired to be elected honor
ably Or not at all? General Harri.
son then knew, as he now knows, that
Dudley has been for years reputed to
be political corruptionist. Efforts
were lately made to indict Dudley for
corrupt conduct in connection with the
Indiana election; but through the in
fiuence of General Harrison's friends,
these efforts were in vain. Dudley
was protected because he is General
Harrison's friend.
General Harrison is no better thar
Blaine. Chicago Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
NOTES AND COMMENTS

The election of Washburn in
Minnesota adds another to the long
list of millionaires in the Federal Sem
ate. American politics are getting to
have strong SAVIOR of the auction
block all around. Haven News.
DO what he may, Mr.. Sherman
will never convince the American peo-
pie that he is a great man. He has
never even been able to convince a
National convention of his own party
that he is remarkable person. -Cou-
rier-J ournaL.
-Every true American must re-
joice that John Sherman has never
been President. A man who thinks
that Congressional elections should be
regulated by the President is about as
near to monarchy as he can well get
on this side of the water
Courier-J ournal.
The New York Tribune uses
twenty type-setting machines, and a
stockholder says that ''machine-work
pays. If there is a paper in New York
where machine work" can be made
profitable, it is the Tribune, as its rec
ord in the last campaign showed. -
Springfield Republican.
1t is related that in Indiana SO
many of the Republicans want to go to
the Inauguration and stay to get an Of
flee that in many localities they draw
lots to see who shall stay to look after
the cattle and saw the wood. The
story is probably exaggerated. as the
women could attend to such incidents.
st. Paul Globe.
The New York Evening Tele-
gram thinks that if lingo Blaine is
Secretary of State in the Harrison
Administration there is one circum-
stance that may deter him from rush
ing madly into strife. 1t isn't easy,
at present, to see where any nitrate or
guano bed jobbery could figure in a
war with Germany. 1t would be a
warfare involving principle, and this
is not exactly in Blaine's line.
The Philadelphia Telegram, a
Republican paper. says: 1.-The opin-
ion is gaining ground-and with suffi-
Gent cause-that the protection idea
is being pushed for illegitimate pur-
poses beyond its proper bounds; and
we are compelled to say that this
opinion will be strengthened rather
than lessened by certain features OF
the Senate bill" A number of other
Republican papers are talking in the
same strain, and good many intelll-
gent men in the old party are not al
together happy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14

CHAPTER IX.-CoNTTNUED.
Harry liked him better in this defiant
mood.
swell, please EXPLAIN" he asked, more
courteously.
"Miss Frobisham-'
"Whatr' Winthrop cried, the very men
ton of her name setting his heart leaping.
You came as messenger from her:''
al debut, oh Winthrop, believe me,
though there has been little love lost be-
tween US two, hate to bear the tidings
bring''
"Ah, she is illr'
"She is dying. Yesterday, while riding
in the woods, a rife bullet struck her in the
side. We carried her to the farmhouse
where she now lies, scarce dozen miles
from here. / could not bear to listen to her
prayer to see you once before she died, and
50, reckless of consequences, l even vent
ured to your camp
Tears started to the mans eyes as he
spoke. As for Harry, he was speechless
with dismay.
"You will go with me, will you nots'' the
Frenchman continued. 81 will stake my
lite on your safe conduct"
"No," Harry said. pale as death. "God
help me, Lecroix, can not go, even if my
presence would save her life. am in COM
mand here. 1 dare not, can not leave my
post"
The Frenchman's face fell.
Sand that IS your love-" he sneered.
"Oh, you repay her grand devotion with
half-hearted proofs of your affection. Why,
man. if she but whispered Come to me,
and loss of honor, danger, death stood in
the road, would fly to her side"
The words cut Harry like the lash of n
whip, but he checked the passionate reply
which rose to his lips.
Pint in MI n
croix,'' he said, calmly, "and our ideas of
duty differ. Like you, I would gladly peril
life and limb to save Miss Frobisham one
pang of disappointment, but
'YOu will not go to her In Der distress"
cit is no question of uiU. / simply can
mott
$50 be it. Then, as time flies, had
better return to carry her your regrets.''
"You return! All. yes" Then it dawned
across his mind that his visitors departure
might entail some trouble upon him.
Lecroix read his thoughts.
1t is nearly dusk now, and all you need
do is to see me safely past your outpost. The
rest L will provide for myself he said,
eagerly.
With very bad grace Harry consented
to the proposition. But what could he dos
1t was not for Il moment TO be supposed
that he could repay the mans devotion to
Kate FrobiSham by OBTAINING him as prs
oner. Such treatment would be simply
brutal.
s.Yes,'' he sighed, Sc will see you safely
beyond our lneS.n
Without attracting much observation,
they reached the last picket, and Harry add
vanced farther than prudence warranted
with Lecroix, pouring into his ears many
messages of love and sympathy for the dy-
ing girl.
'sIf you are man, Lecroix,' he said,
with deep emotion, - tell hur that she is
dearer to me than all on EARTH that if she
dies her memory will be forever to me
All, what means this!n
With "a cry of dismay he sprang back.
The wood was alive with men.
yield, or you are dead man. Lecroix
cried.
"Never, you treacherous hound" Win
throp shrieked, as with one blow of mis-