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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
AMID the whole dishearte

AMID the whole disheartening
mess into which the Irish cause is
plunged, the one poignant regret
to every lover of human freedom is
that it practically wrecks what a
few days ago promised to be the
browning act Of Gladstone's life
the granting Of home rule to Ire
land. To this cause he has devot-
ed an almost supernatural energy
during the past seven years. Sue
cess was as certain as day follows
night. Yet the hopes Of Gladstone
no less than the relief of a people
from the oppression Of centuries
are dashed to pieces in an hour.
Such a disaster on the threshold Of
triumph is a source Of profound re-
greet to all friends Of liberty and
human progress.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

MIR. GOULD announces that his
return to power in the railroad pro.
vinces Of the west means a general
advance in rates. He proposes tc
raise his properties to a dividend
paying basis, and that the welfare
Of the country will not weigh
against the profits of the stockhold-
ers. In other words, it makes no
difference how much water has
been injected into the capital Of
these corporations, the resources of
the tributary country will be taxed
to pay not only liberal dividends,
but to initiate the market value of
the inflated stock so that Gould and
his hackers may unload and
squeeze the lambs for a few more
millions. -Bee.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

For the third time within two
years the federal courts remind
Minnesota that the diverse interests
of the nation cannot be circum-
scribed by state law. The bloom
ing statesmen of Minnesota attem-
pied to shut out dressed beef,t to pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale Of
eleomargarine and do other selfish
things tending to close her doors
against the products Of her neigh
bors. The last to receive the at
tention of the courts was the oleo-
law, specimen Of legal
absurdity SO glazing the Judge did
not deem it worthy of a written
opinion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

MIR. PoWDERLY will attend the
national convention of the Farm
ers' alliance at Ocala, Fla. He is
credited with a desire to annex the
alliance to the Knights of Labor.
The Knights and the farmers have
a good many objects in common,
but if there is to be any absorbing
it will be done by the Alliance.
The farmers + sufficiently famil-
lar with natural history to know
that the tail should not wag the
dog.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

ScHAEFER's victory over SLos-
SON ought tc settle the question OF
superiority in billiards, which
SLossoN so presistently raises.
ScHAEFER is easily the champion
at any game on the billiard table,
and Of this fact the public is now
pretty well assured, whatever may
be the private feelings of ambi-
tious young players or cutters
like SLossoN.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

The young Kansas girl who de-
cided not to drown herself because
the water was to cold was quite as
wise as the Irishman who changed
his mind when he found the water
was SO deep. Committing suicide
is a very foolish and undigniied
proceeding and contrary to the
laws Of nature, as the two incidents
illustrate.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
The first need i'm this country {

The first need in this country of
magnificent natural resources is a
blow at the great greed Of capital
by way Of equitable laws for rich
and poor. Tens Of millions Of dol
lars are too much in the Golfers of
one man whose employees are
starving in huts in the shadows of
his great mills and factories.
These are causes that reach down
to the root of the trouble. When
are our statesmen, who are also
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of their
kind-to take the matter in hand
intelligently, fearlessly and vigor-
ously?
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

COLONEL Polk, president of the
National Farmers alliance, is in
town, says the Star, and they do
say that he has been walking up
the avenue past the White House
and looking over the fence with
the air of a man who wanted to
take a house in Washington for a
few winters.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

The Lincoln Herald signs for a
breath of primitive christianity in
this wise: "Just now the most
earnest, honest, old-fashioned ex-
FOUNDER of the word of God in
this city is generally esteemed a
oropID
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

IT seems proDable that the vote
of all cities of the second class that
did not.register can be thrown out.
The list includes Red Cloud, Min
den, Holdrege, Superior, McCook,
Wymore, Blue Springs, Pawnee
City, Aurora and a number of 9TH
ers.-Hastings Gazette Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

UNDERany system Of %apportion-
ment that may be adopted by con-
gross, Nebraska is sure to double
its representation in the lower
house. Congressional aspirants
will govern themselves according
l1r
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

A Blue Hill newspaper is re-
sponsible for the statement that
McKeighan will deliver a series of
lectures for the benefit of the des-
titute settlers of western Nebraska.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

WHO'S governor? S-s-h-death
Whisper it not in Centoria. Di-
vulge not the secret in Omaha.
Thayer still stands upon the burn
ing deck-Thayer is governor
Kearney Hub.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

The vote of public opinion, the
world over, is against the contin-
uance of Parnell's leadership by a
heavy majority.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
The public does not trust the
trnsta
trusts.

THEY do say that since being SO
badly mutilated in the local cleo
ton Herr Rosewasser Of the Omaha
Bee signs for "dreamy dissolution"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05

AFTER all their fuss the Indians
will hardly be 80 successful in the
scalping line as was the farmers
alliance.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
There is Nothing!

That the heart desires in the
line Of E that Sutton
does not have-and what can be
more acceptable for a Christmas
Gift or a New Year Present than
a Diamond Ring, d Watch, Silver
Tea Set, OF in fact any OF the 100
things of beauty and joys forever
to be secured at
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
ybe mtGnnk Urihntt.
BY F. M. kIMMELL.

The state Legislature will assem-
BILE Monday, December 29th.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

rately, with some charming plates by
Sto+hard in 1916. In 1868 French
Translation appeared under the title of
LES Hommes Volants, on Les Aven-
lures de Pierre Wilkins" and in 1867 a
German translation was published hav-
ing for title Idle fiiegenden Menschen,
oder Munderbare Beige benheiten Peter
Wilkins" Coleridge admired the book,
calling it a work of uncommon beauty.
Southey called Paltock's winged people
''the most beautiful creatures of imag-
nation that ever were devised"
Sir Walter Scott entertained a warm
liking for the work; the story was a
favorite with Charles Lamb; and Leigh
Hunt seemed never to tire of discours-
ing about its beauties. Notwithstand-
ing all this, the book is almost un-
known in this country, and a recent
"History Of Fiction" published in New
York, does not even mention it. 1t is
only within the past few weeks that 1t
has appeared on the shelves of a local
library and, as was said at the COM
mencement, our novel readers know it
not. But the book has been known to
novel writers, as was also just now said,
and as will be now shown.
After number of minor adventures
Peter Wilkins, who had been obliged TO
ship from England as a common sailor,
Is wrecked upon q rock down within the
Antarctic circle, against which rock the
vessel had been drawn by an irresistible
current Leaving ths vessel in boat,
be starts to skirt the rock, when he is
sucked under it, and down a cavern, and
over waterfall, and through horror
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

coves, etc. Among this people Wilkins
lives until ne becomes an old man,
| teauhing the Glums and Gawries his
| own religion, and learning from them
much that is valuable and strange.
Many of these, the chief points of the
| story, have doubtless already been rec
ognized by the. reader, as old friends.
The chasm through the mountains has
become accepted by dozen authors as
the recognized means of communica-
ton between the known and the I'M
known worlds. Haggard uses it in
"Allan Quatermain," and so does Poe
in his ''Strange Narrative of j., Gordon
Pym." This latter, by the by, is rec
ord of what was seen and done within
the Antartic circle and sopresents an
other point of resemblance. In .sUnder
the ,Auroras," said to be written by an
American author, playwright and jour-
nalist, the Toltus live in houses and
palaces cut out of the solid cliff, many
of the halls being ''grand in dimensions
and magnificent beyond description"
and all lit by some hidden source of illu-
mination. Instead of the elastic ''graun-
dee'' or wings of the flying people, the
Toltus are covered with a thin dress OF
silken floss, and in ''Under the Auroras"
as in '.Peter Wilkins" one Of the most
stirring incidents is the subjugation of
a rebellious race by the visitor from
without, aided by firearms.
But the most remarkable claim of
similarities is that which runs through
-''The Strange MS. Found in Copper
Cylinder" The" theater of action is
within the regions of the South Pole.
and access to it is gained by a cavern
which runs through the rocky barrier
lying between what has been discovered
and what is only dreamed of. Through
this cavern the narrator is swept by
q torrent which runs along an "unpar-
alleled abyss" and is the ''very black
ness of blackness," and out into a new
world with green fields and groves
The race that he finds himself amid
lives in rock-hewn cities, wherein are
splendid far-reaching halls lit. in some
peculiar way from the roof. Then, too,
this race can not bear the light, and
while it does not fly it keeps trained
flying monsters as animals of locomo-
ton. \
But it is not as the house of
ideas which other writer's have diligent-.
ly sought out that peter Wilkins" is
alone valuable. 1t is a charming book
to read in the coy comfort of armchair,
lamp, fire and slippers. Without any
great literary pretension, amusing
sometimes because of its absolute sim.
plicity, it is nevertheless a romance
whose originality, wholesome morality
and the beauty of it's principal char
acters warrant it place among the
standard volumes of our language.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

q blackness, and then out Into the light
and lovely lake, bordered with woods
and meadow land. Here Peter lives .
sort of Robinson Crusoe life until he is
loined by flying woman, who had been
Injured in fight over the place. She
is charming companion, and they are
married and live happily together be-
side the little lake.
After some years Youwarkee, the wife,
decides to visit her father, and finds
when she does so that the appearance Of
her husband was the subject of an old
prophecy, its further burden being that
he should deliver the kingdom, of
which Youwarkee is subject, from the
attacks of revolving chieftain. Ac-
oordingly Peter Wilkins is sent for and
carried to the threatened kingdom,
which he, of course, saves, tho chief en-
gines of defense being firearms procured
from the ship. He finds the flying peo-
pie peaceful and gentle folks, not given
to cruel idolatrous customs, and that
they live incities followed out of rocks
and can not bear the sunlight. Their
rock-hewn homes are Lit with glow
WORMS inclosed in crystal globes set in
the ceiling, while some of the homes,
notably the Kings palace. are magnifi-
cent constructions of mammoth proper,
tons and carved into bewildering sue.
cession of chambers, pillars, halls, al
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

glued. This done, we began to unron the
wrappings of the holy corpse. Setting my
shoulders against the sarcophagus, / sat
upon the rocky floor, the body resting on
my knees, and, as turned it Cleopatra un-
wound the cloths; and awesome was the
task. Presently something fell out; it was
the scepter of the Pharaoh, fashioned of
gold, and at the end thereof was pome-
granate cut from a single emerald.
Cleopatra seized it and gazed thereon in
silence. Then once more we went on with
our dread business. And ever as we un-
wound, other ornaments of gold, such as
are buried with Pharaohs, fell from the
and bracelets, models
of sistra, and inlaid axe, and an image of the
holy Osiris and OF the holy Khem. At
length all the bandages were unwound,
and beneath we found a covering of
coarsest linen; for in those days the
craftsmen were not 50 skilled IN mat
tiers pertaining to the embalming of the
body as now they are. And on the linen
was written in an oval, ''Menka-ra, Royal
Son of the Sun" This linen we could in
no wise loosen, so firm it held to the body.
Therefore, faint with the great heat,
choked with mummy dust and the odor
of spices, and trembling with fear of our
unholy task, wrought in that most lonesome
and holy place, we laid the body down, and
with knife ripped away the last covering.
First we cleared its head, and now the
face that no man had gazed on for three
years was open to our view. 1t
was great face. with q bold brow yet,
crowned with the Royal ur@us, beneath
which the white locks, stained yellow by
the spices, fell in long, straight wisps.
Not the cold stamp of death, and not the
slow flight of three Thousand years, had
found power to mar the dignity of those
shrunken features. We gazed thereon, and
then, made bold with fear, stripped the
from the body. There at last it
lay before US, stiff, yellow and dread to
see; and on the left side, above the thigh,
was the cut through which the embalmers
had done their work, but it was sewn up so
deftly that scarce could we find the mark.
1.-THE gems are Within" whispered, for
felt that the body was very heavy. Snow,
thy heart fail thee not, must thou
make an entry to this poor house of clay
that once was Pharaoh" and gave her the
dagger-the same dagger which had drunk
the life Of Paulus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

in Fig. having been wedged open and
inserted, in Fig. =. forming perfect
union by con tact through the whole
length of the cleft 1t is hardly neces-
sary to inform any one who has ever set
graft that the line Of union between
the bark and wood should coincide In
both stock and graft IS shown in Fig. S.
The grafting-shears, on which the sue
cess OF this operation depends, may be
easily made by any ingenious mechanic.
The cutting-blade. A, may be riyeted to
the iron handle, may be two and a half
inches long, and will be about right in
breadth II cut from the broad blade Of a
common table knife. 1t should form an
angle with the handle of about one hun
dred and twenty degrees This .anfle
is necessary, in order TO giveit the drswL
cut as 1T approaches the concave bed, C.
The handle on which this concave bed
is cut is entirely of one piece Of wood,
OF a hard and nonsplitting kind, out Of
which it is cut The pivot on which
these two portions Of the shears move
must be set a short distance from the
angle. in order to obtain the draw-cut
this distance being correctly represented
in the figure. This simple instrument
will enable the CRATER to set gratis
nearly twice as rapidly as with knife
in the common way. aura
One Of the difficulties in grating in
the common way. comes from the I'M
even and split surfaces caused in making
the cleft and this difficulty is increased
when the stock is hard wood Of ifrexu-
lar or crooked growth.
II the cut is made with a very sharp
and thin blade, the difficulty is les
sened; and if the edge of the blade
presents the uneven shape shown in
Fig. it cuts inward toward the center
of the stock on both sides. and Is less
apt to split it. The blade should be
broader and thinner than the cut seems
to represent. The point, made of good
steel, is used as wedge for opening the
cleft, and if placed at the junction of
the blade and handle. it will more
nearly balance the instrument and pre-
vent it from failing ont Of the cleft
while setting the graft.
Both this and the shears are of great
value in regrafting and changing the
tops OF any fruit trees from poor to ex-
cellent varieties, but the gratis set
with the aid of the shears will be more
certain to succeed if the latter are well
made and work well.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
GRATING.
Bsst Method Of Performlng-Tools Re-
aulrad.

Best Method Of Performlng-Tools Re-
quIrsd.
The accompanying figures present an
improved mode for performing cleft
grating, which we described many
years ago, says the Country Gentleman.
but which appears to have become little
known and is still adopted by few. The
instrument by which it is performed
being quite peculiar in its simple con-
struction and not manufactured, by any
one for sale, Is doubtless the reason that
grafters have rarely brought it into use.
With nursery-men it would not be gen.
orally required, as their work is mostly
applied to small seedlings with what is
termed whip-grafting, while this mode
more properly belongs to the stock
grating in the nursery row of such
stocks as may have made growth of an
inch more or less in diaIneser. = 1t has
proved specially useful in grating the
cherry, and as a proof of it's efficiency
and value We have grated two-year
cherry stocks without losing one in q
hundred, performing the work eat rs
spring. and before the buds had bSa3
to swell in the slish test degIAeA L.!
The grating shears. Fig. 2, are 30
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
CELLAR DRAINAGE,

Some Very Practical Hints on an Impor-
tant Subject.
A stranger passing into the apart
ments of the cellar should be unable to
perceive any thing but perfect purity
in the air. To secure this desirable re-
suit, perfect drainage, usually by artifi-
cial drains, is required. One point
which should be well understood is, to
give the bottom of the drain a form
which will aid the free flow of any water
which might otherwise accumulate. A
broad, fat bottom, as shown in Fig. 1
of the accompanying cross-sections
would cause the water to spread thinly
over it and not run off; but sharply
narrow channel, bringing all the water
together, as shown in Fig 2, would pro-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

MODES OF DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION
FOR CELLARS.
duce current which more freely carries
off all sediment.
In Fig. the old mode of using fiat
sole for horseshoe tile is obviously de-
fective. 1t would be better to invert
this kind of tile. as represented in Fig.
4, where the water is more nearly con-
fined in narrow limits. For this reason
tubular, or pipe tile Gig. 81, is to be
preferred. A small pipe tile is much bet
ter than very large one. The angular
bottom is best of all for combining the
water to an acting channel. Pure air
may be partly had through windows
hung on hinges, to be opened or partly
closed as required. A small stove in
room above may also be employed for
effecting constant ventilation for the ar
rangement represented in Fig. 6. The
pipe Immediately connected with the
stove becomes filled with heated air,
which rises in it and causes an upward
current in all the pipe above, drawing
the air upward in the pipe from the
cellar.-Country Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

WHAT may properly be termed leaks
in dairying, through which all profit is
filtered, may be summed up in a few
words, says the Farm Journal Improp-
er care Of milk and cream; 'churning
cream at too high or too low a tenpera-
ture; too much working ofsthsA ntter;
poor salt, the lack of a well balanced
ration for the cows; a lack of cleanliness
in dairy utensils and in the dsiry room,
and uninviting, rusty packagssJ Butter
made in such surroundings and hyssuch
methods always has and always will sell
for price corresponding to its value,
which is usually about ten. cSnts a
pound. if snapped for Goldfish and kero-
sene oil at the village grocery store.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
How to Utilize Bones.

Bones from the table can be most
prof Sably utilized by feeding them to
pigs and poultry. The bones that are
small and soft, such as fish and poultry
bones, will, be eaten by pigs, and the
larger bones can be broken up on a
large, fat stone, with wooden frame
around to keep the pieces from flying
off. 1t is surprising how many flock
of hens will consume. Keep the hens
housed at night and on cold. stormy
days, and the hen manure will be very
rich, and the eggs, also, as their quail
ity, as well as their quantity, is affected
by the quality of the food.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

Won Doodlees-Waggs called me
fool to-day, don'tchewknaw.
Van Simpre-Aw, WEAKLY? What did
you do, deaw chawppie?
Won Doodlees-Oh, / got even with
him; happened to have me old chest
nut-bell in me pawcket, and l wang 1t
at him veal hawd, don'tchewknaw.
Van Simpre-Baw Jawve! Thswt
was awful good, chawppie.-Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
Didn't Like the business,

"What are you going to do for Iv-
ing?" asked one boy of another.
I'm going to learn taxidermy."
Il wouldn't"
"Why not?' y.FkE Is
''It's such stuffy business. Wash
ington Capital.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
Compliments of the Season

Mrs. O'Pod-An' it's small particle
of lady We ar, Mrs. McPhad.
Mrs. McPhad-Indade, Mrs. OPod!
''Yis, an it is, an Oil niver slip me
fut in yer dirty house agin at all. Mrs.
McPhad."
''Oi hope not, at Taste ontil we git
new foundation under it, Mrs O'Pod. +"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

SHEEP on WORKOUT land are cheaper
than commercial fertilizers. II the
owner of such land will put sheep on 1t
and adopt a system of green manuring.
he will have good land the first thing
he knows.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
Not an Inteliirence once.

Customer-Have you got any rye
bread?
New Clerk-No.
swell, have you got any graham
bread?"
mo. Do you think this is an intelli-
gence Officer"
20, no; quite the reverse. "!Texas
Siftin1s.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

TIE TOMB OF THE DIVINE MENKA-RA; TIE
WRITING ON TEE BREAST OF ABNKA-RA; THE
! DRAWING FORTH OF THE TREASURE; THE
DwELLER IN THE TOMB; FLIGHT OF CLEO
PATRA AND HARMACHIS FROM THE HOLY
! PLACE. .f.-.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02

constructed that the thin cutting-blads
A makes a drau-cut or saving motion
as it approaches the wooden cavity or
furrow by the closing Of the handles.
This gives it strong cutting power, and
if the operator will press the tree slight
ly from him with his left hand
as he applies the shears with
his, right hand, tree AN. sirch
or more in diameter will be- gut
squarely off with as much esss al q
jack-knife will cut . carrots Another
stroke of the cutting-blade will make
the cleft for the insertion of the graft
This cleft being thus smoothly cut in
stead of being split as in common graft
ing, admits a perfect contact, or joint
with the graft and the smooth surface
of the cleft, and renders the union and
success more perfect. To make this ex-
PLANTATION more plain, we represent in
the figures the common mode of cleft
grating, the smooth-cut thus madel
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-05-02
CLEOPATRA.
Being an Account of the Fall and
Vengeance of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
AS SET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND.
BY II. RIDER HAcGARD,

Author OF King Solomon's Mines
"She," "Allan Quaternain,"
ETC., ETC., Etc.