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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

The presence of two or three inferior
COWS in a herd affects the average profit
OF the whole. If dairying is to be con-
Quoted as a paying business, the N96<l
important requisite is a GO
place of an inferior one.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
WOOD ASHES.
Their Value When Applied to Diferons
Kinds of Soil.

49, SC
Leached wood ashes contain about o
per cent Of phosphoric acid and "a per
cent. of potash-two valuable fertilizers
for a number of crops-and about "a per
cent. OF lime, which, when applied to
The soil, has the effect of rendering
available plant food that is already IN
the soil. On and hat has been cropped
until at least some of the elements oil
plant food have decreased so that full
average crops can not be made, wood
ashes are worth, says the st. Louis Re
public, all the way from IS to rs cents
per bushel.
They can be applied to nearly all
kinds of fruits with profit. With potatoes
they are especially valuable, either ap-
piled in the hill or scattered broadcast
and worked well into the soil. Onions
sra anntbap cpop tho CON IN mauU cagRQ
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
FIG. 1.-SHEEP-sHEAR-

FIG. l.-SHEEP-SHEAR
ING
chine, however, as
details, is a very i.
mechanism. The ma
clever way in which
of the main spindlel
the reciprocating m
the cutter, and
the necessary pre-
First we have a
about two inches b
the teeth, which
underneath. This
being fixed to the
in one hand by tt
work, while with
down the sheep. /
the comb is the cutter
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

shaped and about one and a-haIf 1nch2
wide. When in operation this cuttU1
moves to and fro at the rate of about
two thousand vibrations a minute, mo-
ton being impaired to it through a fiex-
ible shaft. The novelty comes in be-
tween the shaft and the cutter. which
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
A LABOR SAVER.

A New strengthening Machine-It Does
It's Work Well and Quickly.
, The machine depicted in the accom-
panying cuts has been used with more
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
CaStOria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DE-. G.. G. OseooD,
Lowell, Mass.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14

| the same in very strong language. He
| could see in his candidacy the underground
/ work of Macune, the alliance boss, wao is
I known TO be a republican, and his opnosi-
/ ton was not because Of any dislike OF Nor
wood as a man. but because OF MacUne
| being mixed aud mingled uD IN the affair.
/ Now since Norwood has annOunc. mmse4t
| a candidate for the United States Sc ate,
on identlcally the same line as was his oD-
/ position to Congressman Lester, Editor Hill
! ton cones out fiat-footed for him. Surely
our friend must have two pairs Of political
I glasses in bis sanctum.
Athens Ledger. The question Of senator
ship is no longer one between men. IL is
whether the farmers of Georgia have the
right to choose their own representatives in
the United States Senate. We believe that
every true Georgian, whether he be alli-
anceman or merchant, will repudiate out
side interference with their local affairs
They will resent TO a man any dictation
from Washington city. What right has
DIR. Macule a western republican, who
wants cotton seed oil taxed, to dictate to
the Democratic party Of Georgia No
doubt there are other republican schemers
and politicians bes des DIR. Macune who
would like to have Gen. Gordon beaten for
the Senate. The farmers alliance, In Dr.
Macune's own state, not long ago passed
resolutions demanding an increase of fed
eral pensions. W nen the pension graDDerS
ard high tariff republicans Of the north
west begin to attack Gen. Gordon it is time
for Georgians TO stand by him.
Vadosta Times Gordon straddled the
sub-treasury plan until he Thought he had
the fight viii pped, and then he repudiated
this plank in the alliance platform. Nor
wood swallowed it at =. one gulp and then
proceeded to give the most astute reasons
therefor-reasons which capture those who
arc that way inclined, but which, neverthe-
less, will not stand the cold analysis of
sound logic. Gordon trimmed" until he
felt safe, and Norwood, with no certainly
of success, appealed to catchy sophistry
which served him we'll. 1t is a unique situa-
Jion. Both have played a game in
politics which custom has made legiti-
mate, and without which there can be no
degree of success in these degenerate days
But the issue Is made. The main body of
alliancemen are against Gordon, although
some have kicked out of the traces and will
support him. The most of the non-alliance
vote la the state is for him. If it was an
original question-if nearly all the nomina-
lions had not been made before this issue
was joined-the result would be involved in
greater doubt Tbs chances seem to favor
Gordon now, although there is no GER
tainJY about it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14

a dog more than two years ago at friend s
house while he went to sojOurn abroad
Returning q few months ago late at night,
he was surprised the next morning by the
dog bursting into his room and leaping upon
the bed In an ecstacy Of delight.
"HOw on earth did he know l had
arrived y asked the master of the servant,
who brought the water.
80, SIR said the man, sit is the most
curious thing As | was cleaning your
boots the dog recognized them and became
excited, and | was not able to quiet him.
and when he saw where / was taking them
he rushed after me and in here"
Another dog had been separated from her
master for eight years. The latter thus
describes their reunion: 1.-THE dog met me
at first as a stranger, and then with little
animated shifts of inquiry, going round and
round me. l remained still for few mo
ments while she grew more and more eX-
cited. At last stopped and patted her and
called her by her name, dee On hearing
my voice the poor beast gave what can
only describe as scream of rapture, and
leaped into my arms. From that moment
she attached herself TO me as if she had
never left me-"
The police Of st. Paul. Mimi. recently
discovered that a gang Of hoodlums had
been successfully purboining newspapers
from doorsteps with the aid of big New
foundland dog. which had been carefully
trained TO grab the paper in his mouth and
carry it Off to the youths around the corner,
Who would take the paper from the dog and
direct him to another dooryard. After
collecting the papers they took them home
to their mothers, had the cceases
carefully ironed out, and sold them on
the streets
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
A BOYS ADVENTURE.
In the Embrace OF a Monster Black
Snake-Saved by Faithful Dog.
from he Near Vo,.l. ca,,,

rum Vte 4'SW 1OTh SNn.
OTTAWA, Sept 1.-THE 9-year-old son of
Henry Hoover of Selkirk met with a singu~
lar adventure on Wednesday last. Mr.
Hoover has farm about mile from the
village, where he lives, upon which there is
brush pasture, TO which the boy was sent
to bring the COWS. Not noticing where he
was stepping. his foot rested on what he
thought to be dried stick about the thick
ness of his arm, but which proved to be a
black snake five feet long. The snake, irri-
tated by the unusual pressure coiled itsslf
so tightly about the boys legs that he was
unable Co free himself from its embrace
and there is no doubt he would have been
killed outright had it not been for the
assistance of large dog which accompanied
him. The dog seized tue snake in his teeth,
and the boy, by bracing himself in an oppo-
site direction, allowed the dog to tear the
snake loose. So great was the shock to the
little fellows nerves that he became tenn
porarily blind, and would in all probability
not have reached home that night had it not
been for his dog. Placing his hand on the
back of his dog, he was piloted safely to the
house. He has recovered his sight, but his
mind is shattered, and he has frequently re-
curing spasmodio fits. His recovery is
doubtful
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
Why It Is Popular

Because it has proven its absolute merit
over and over again, because it has an un-
equaled record Of cures, because its bust
ness is conducted in thoroughly honest
manner, and because it combines economy
ana strengtn, beng the only medicine Of
which 100 Doses One DollarS IL true-these
strong points have made Hoods Sarsaparilla
tue most successful medicine of the day
AdR
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14

WAS there nothing on his body when
foundY"
Nothing except a halfempty bottle of
whisky"
That makes It as bad as ever" commented
the coroner. "AS far as that goes he might
be either from Kentucky or Maine. However
we'll split the difference and say, probably
native of Iowa W PHILADELPHIA Times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
OUR loss, YOUR GAIN,
Improve Your Opportunity.

Fast Color Lawns, linen finish, reduced 10
234c.
Crinkle Seersuclser, Cream Ground, Pink,
Blue, Brown and Black Stripe, Sc, worth
10c.
Scotch Ginghams, new styles, reduced TO
SIC, former price 1890 and 15c.
5000 yards Sheer White India Linen
Lawn at &C. worth &c.
Fine Shear White Plaid MusIins, Satin
Stripes, $40, reduced from 1219c.
Best American Challies, new styles, form
erly sold for 10 and 121Sc, now DC yard.
Five cases best yard wide Shifting, soft
finished, S3sc, price everywhere 10c.
500 pieces "a White Mosquito Nets, re-
duced to SOC.
Ladies' Swiss Ribbed Undervests, Pink,
Blue, Cream and White, at &c, formerly
sold for 25c
Ladies' Black and Tan all Silk Lace Mitts
reduced to 15c, former price 35c.
One lot Ladies' Lisle Thread and Silk
Gloves at 15c, worth 40c.
Children's Black Ribbed Hose, warranted
fast, regular made, at 15c, worth Csc.
Job lot Ladies' regular made Hose at 100,
regular price Csc.
We sell the best SOC, 75c and 81 90 Corset
in the market.
Cents Fine Balbriggan Half Hose, reg
ular made, at l5c. Sold everywhere for
25c.
Buy our Gents Unlaundered Shirts at
4Sc. cannot be duplicated anywhere less
than 75c.
1000 dozen Gents Apply Linen Collars in
all the leading styles at 10c each. Sold
everywhere for 15c.
100 dozen Ladies' Striped Blouses at 49c.
worth S5c.
Ladies' Nightgowps, Torohon trimmed, at
$50, reduced from 800.
Ladies' Nightgowns, Torchon and Ham
burg trimming, at Toe, reduced from 81 90.
Ladies' Chemise at 22c. So, 49c and 7sc
each, worth from 10c to 25c each more.
Ladies' Skirts at zoe, SOC, Acc and Csc,
reduced rs per cent.
50 dozen BOYS Percale Shirt Waists. size
to IA years, at zoe each, worth Soc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20
NO. II.


How many young ladies of to-day.
would laugh at the absurd idea, as
they express it, of kissing mother,
bat yo1 cannot, dear girls, imagine
how it will brighten her dear face.
Besides, you owe her n kiss or two.
Away back, when you We're a little
girl. she kissed you when no one
cise was tempted by your fever
tainted breath and swollen face.
You We're not so attractive then as
you are now. And through those
years of childish sunshine and shad-
ows she was always ready to cure
by the magic of mothers kiss the
little, dirty chubby hands whenever
they were injured in those first slxir-
mishes with the rough world. And
then the midnight kisses with
which she routed so many bad
dreams rs she leaned above your
restless pillow have all been on in
terest these long, long years. OF
course, she is not so pretty aud kiss
able as you are, but if you had done
your share of work these last ten
years the contrast would not be so
marked. Her face has more wrink-
les than yours, and yet if you were
sick that face would appear far
more beautiful than an angels as it
lowered over you, watching every
opportunity to minister to your
comfort, and every one of those
wrinkles would seem to be bright
wavelets of sunshine chasing each
other over the dear face.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20
He WasIn sayle.

One day when Thomas Crafty,
the Chicago lawyer, was a young
man, he received an invitation to
swell ball. In the lower left
hand corner of the invitation were
the letters "R. S. v. P.," and they
were too much for Crafty. He
puzzled over them for a while and
then went to a friend.
"What does 'R. S. V. p stand
for?" he asked
"Respondez, sill vous plait," re-
piled the friend.
"Responde silver PLATED" ex-
claimed Crafty. "what does that
mean2 Have 1 got to send my
regrets on a salver2"
mo; it means Respond if yon
please The hostess wants an
answer
CAN right, I'll send one"
Crafty went out and bought
some cream coIored note paper
and thon ponnod his rosrots They
read: =
"Mr. Crafty regrets his inability
to accept Mrs. Blanks kind invi-
tation.
at. Ii. N. c."
OF course the hostess was puz-
zled. She couldn't make head or
tail out of T. II. n. c. and so SUBJ
mitted the strange missive to her
husband. He proptly gave it up,
but resolved to secure an explana-
ton. He met Crafty and asked
him about it.
"oh, / like to be in style, said
Crafty. Proper thing to put letters
down in the corner, you know.
"But don't they mean anything?'
"Of course they do. T. II. N. C.
Tom has no clothes. &C Chicago
Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20
The Laugh OF a Child.

Robert G. Ingersoll is a peculiar
man. lie is not bad man. We
may call him infidel, agnostic and
pagan Bob" and it can not be de-
MED he has earned the titles. but
lngersoll has big brain and big
and tender heart. He is a good
man who has gone wrong. He who
is capable of honestly uttering such
sentiments as these about the laugh
of child, cannot be bad all the way
through:
Strike with hand of fire, oh, weird
musician, thy harp strung with Ap-
pollo's golden hairl Fill the vast
cathedral aisIes with symphonies
sweet and dim, deft TOUGHER of the
organs keys! Blow, bugler, blow.
until thy silvery notes do touch and
kiss the moOnlit waves that charm
the lovers wandering over hills vine
clad! Yet know ye that your music
is all dlscord compared TO the laugh
OF child-that laugh that marks
the boundary line between beasts
and men, aud every wayward wave
OF which doth drown some fretfuI
fiend of care. o, Laughter, rose
Tipped daughter of Joy, there are
enough dimples in thy cheeks to
catch and hold and glorify all the
tears of grief
Who knows but that it may be
the laugh of little child that will
lead this brainy but mistaken man
back to the right path2 The great
inidel, with chiId's heart, who has
combatted the most eminent and
learned philosophers and divines
OF the world may be persuaded by
his analysis of so simple a thing as
the laugh of child into adopting
the simple faith of a Wheel.
ing Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20
knowledge wllhoul sleht.

Republished by Request.
A clergyman was once accosted
by doctor, a professed deist, who
asked him: "Do you follow
preaching to save sOulsI"
"Yes.'
"Did you ever see a sOuIa"
mo"
"Did you ever taste soul2"
"No."
"Did you ever smell soul9'
"Did you ever feel soull"
4well," said the doctor, "there are
four of the five senses against one
upon the question whether there be
soul"
The clergyman asked care you a
doctor of medicine2"
eyes"
@Did you ever see painY'
"No."
Did you ever hear a pain?"
"Did you ever taste a pain9''
@Did you ever smell pain2'
"No."
@Did you ever feel paine"
@well, then, . said the clergyman,
"there are also four of the senses
against one upon the question
whether there be a pain. And yet,
sir, you know that there is a pain
and l know that there is a soui.'-
st. Louis Republic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20
NOBODY wILL EvER See IT.,
A Story for the Benefit Of
Those Who "DOn-f Believe in
Advertising"

- FNADNL TOT VIC MbellenL Ol
Those Who "DOn-f Believe in
Adyertising.o
The advantages of thoroughly ad-
vertising whatever one has TO sell
have been set forth by the newsaa-
pers in the strongest light, SO that
most people acknowledge the evil
dence to be overwhelming. The
Vallejo (Cal) Chronicle contains the
following, which illustrates this sub
ject, and proves that a man may be
a doubling Thomas, yet have CON
siderable faith when il becomes
aroused by some extraordinary cir
cumstance:
A short time ago we called upon
"a certain man in business in Vallejo,
and asked why he did not adver-
tise in the CArohieie.
aoh, because" he answered,
'swhat's the use2 Nobody viii ever
see it.
"You're mistakcn," said we; Gov
cry page in our paper is read.'
"Nonsense," he replied; "even if
they did read my 'ad.' people would
never think of it again. don't
want to advertise"
"But"
"No butts at all. don't want to
advertise and don't bother me any
more, I'm busy" And he walked
back into his store and strangled a
poor little fly that was helpinghi
self from barrel of sugar.
Time passed and we never again
intimated advertisement" to him,
although meeting him daily.
Yesterday the gentleman called
at our sanctum, looking a little un-
certain as to how he would be re-
ceived. We cherished no hard
feeling, and motioned him to a
chair.
| suppose you heard of that little
affair of mine below2"
ooh, yes,'' said; we ''that little es-
capade on Kcarncy street night be-
fore last
"Yes, we've got the particu-
lars
"Hushl Not so loud, please, .
said he; "of course you are going to
say nothing in the paper about it."
"And why not?" It's matter of
interest to your friends and the
people generally"
"Heavensl Why, it would ruin
mel
"oh, no, guess not. Nobody will
ever see it."
Yes. they Will. And VIII ruin
me as sure as I'm sitting here. I'll
be the laughing stock of the town.
They will see itl''
We rose and touched him impress
sively on the shoulder.
"WelI we will admit that the peo.
pie will see it, but then, you know,
they will never think of it again.
His words came back to him like
a flash and he trembled so violently
that his eyeballs fairly iinglcd; and
he was such an object of commisera-
tion that we promised to keep mum.
This little moral, as drawn from
the above, is applicable the world
over. Ask man to advertise and
he will Immediately say, in the
majority of cases, that Nobody will
ever see it," but advertise gratis
some little indiscretion he may com
nit and he Immediately grows in
dignant over the certainty that the
whole world will know it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20

"There isn't salt enough in the
sea to make Indiana. Republican
this year. says W. W. Dudley
Therefore it becomes necessary to
look elsewhere for majorities, and
the Force bill is expected to manu-
facture these in the South. But it
is safe to say that for every Con-
gressman gained by this method in
the South, two will be lost in the
North. The American people do
not like manufactured majorities.-
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20

Before man is married and he
has asked the fatal question, he
sometimes has to beg her to break
through her shyness and only give
him one little word. But-he never
has occasion to beg for a word after
marriage.-PhiLadelphia Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20
must taIse ler trom this Too marrow

4 ~~0
tomb"
seizing her at hazard by the
shoulders, he began TO lift her to-
ward him. Three times he raised
her, and three times was he forced
to let her fall back. She seemed
terribly heavy, as ii some enormous
weight were suspended from her
feet. At last. gathering up all his
strength, he succeeded and dragged
forth something which he did not
at first dare to look at, and placed
1t near him on the stones.
But he had scarcely cast his eyes
on it when he uttered a piercing
cry-a cry of rage and horror.
His wife dead, with hair loosely
flowing. an ecstatic smile on her
lips, held i'm her arms-a mani Obi
how she strained him to her, with
hands tightly clasped behind his
back And he-he had thrown one
arm around her waist, while his
left hand, hanging by his side,
grasped white rose, not yet faded.
The. count had fallen on his knees.
In fash, he had measured all the
depth of his dishonor. The years
of love and happiness, he saw them
suddenly illumed in all their start
ling reality, polluted by lying ca
resses and deceitful kisses.
He approached and leaned over,
to view the features of him who had
culled the last sigh, the last VOW of
the pcrjured wife, but he recoiled in
disgust. The head of the man,
crushed, almost detached from the
body, was but a bleeding mass of
flesh. Life had guarded their Sc
cret, and now death seemed still to
favor them, giving up to the dis
honored husband nothing but an
unacceptable and disfigured body.
He looked again, searching for some
trace, some mark which would flash
a name out from the darkness-the
name coveted by his jealousy and
his rage! The white hands bore no
rings.
The body, slender and elegant.
appeared to be that of young man.
1t was an impenetrable corpse, re-
solved 10 guard it's secret. The
count questioned the motionless lips
of his wife, which must have so Of
ten let pass the name of the beloved
they remained mute. In fren-
zied prayer, broken by blasphemies.
he called on God to deliver up to
him, on the instant, the abhorred
name. God answered not. Only,
on the wall overhead, the turtle
dove cooed in its gildcd cage. Ah!
If the bird of love could only speak.
Then, after passing his hand
across his brow, the count, moving
mechanically, stopped down and
placed one knee on his wife's breast,
ahd' hoidlng her thus, endeavored
to separate her from this mans
Dohy-this body on which Love and
Death had crucified her. 1t was a
.ons anu dlthcult task As well try
~ u"'"ine SorPeh's or 10 tear away
'"e IVY from the trunk OF the an
''e"' oak
az '"S. '"0 rig'd arms relaxed on
I''"' I ''uc' anu 'he outraged nus
oanu' putting an ehd 10 TINS odious
e.nprace' repossessed himself OF the
10Y u us w"e' wn'cn tue corpse
- '"e ,USer ~, hau sun uisputed with
ni" ihen ne sat down between
day.
In the early dawn, with the aid
of some peasants, he buried his wife
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20

Do not attempt to grow onions in
the vicinity of trees. They demand
an open exposure. The soil on
which the onion will do best is a
deep, rich, friable, warm mold.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20

The judicial execution of Kemler
by electricity has provoked an ex-
preston of horror from all parts of
the country. But the almost unex-
ampled brutality of the murder for
which he was executed brought
forth hardly an exclamation of dis
appreciation. He got much less than
he deserved, and it is the maudlin
sympathy of the stupids that makes
crime so unobjectionable and its
punishment so offensiye.-S Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-20

1t is when he is brought to trial
that the swindler regrets that he Is
not nonhest man.