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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
"REAL LONDON SOCIETY,""
It Contains Two Glasses Whose Rights to
Be So Identified Differ Radically.

It Contains Two Glasses Whose Rights to
Be So Identified Differ Radically.
A London correspondent in a recent
letter to a New York paper says: We
have been told this week by Lady
Charles Beresford that the real London
society, which includes ''those who are
there by right, and whom nothing can
remove as long as their fortunes sur
vive," consists of only 30 or 40 families.
So called London society, she declares,
includes two classes, one of them being
those who are there, not of right, but by
force, and who remain by dint Of labor,
thinking no cost too excessive to pay for
the privilege of meeting with the great.
The other section consists of those who
are still anxious to obtain admittance
into what appears to them to be a social
paradise, and who still hope, and have
every right to hope, to succeed, despite
all the ridicule lavished upon them.
On the delicate and much-vexed ques-
ton of the morals of society, Lady
Beresford says that the real question is
whether the circle in which immortality
is 80 openly practiced is widening. She
thinks it is not. It is generally noticed,
she says, that the most pronounced set
has, for some time, found it difficult to
gather fresh recruits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
Negroes Who Pass For Whites.

At the census of 1880 nearly "a per
cent of the colored population was un-
der 10 years of age, while at the census
of 1890 only % per cent was under 10
years Of age. Samuel E. Tatum, a
Washington negro, in explaining this,
says: lit may be a fact that the colored
population is constantly falling off in its
increase, for which there may be a great
many reasons. We should first take in
to consideration the vast number of peo-
pie of color leaving the race yearly.
There are thousands who emigrate from
the south so light in complexion that in
the north they are supposed to be white,
and in this way a vast number of fam
lilies in the course of a decade lose their
identity as people of color. "-Washing-
ton Special.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
A LONG ISLAND MYSTERY.

A Skeleton Declared to Be That of an In
dian, but There Are Some Who Doubt 1t.
Justice Cooper and a jury, in the alb
sence of Coroner Moore, held an inquest
at Babylon, N. Y, the other day over
the skeleton which was unearthed on
the property of John S. Foster yester-
day by some men engaged in digging
post holes. A number of old residents
Of the village were sworn, but were I'M
able to throw any light on the subject
OF identify the remains. They all stated
that they could not recollect the sud-
den disappearance of any man. The
oldest witness, however, said that the
ground where the skeleton was found
had never been used as a graveyard.
Charles 1. Bedell, a resident of that
portion of the town and a farmer. owner
of the property, stated that he hadplowed
the ground in question about eight years
Ago.. From this it would seem that had
the body been there then it would have
been unearthed, as it was only IS inches
under ground. The jury returned a YER
dict stating that in its opinion the skel-
eton was that of an Indian who had
been buried about 40 years and had come
to his death from natural causes.
The village people generally believe
that it was the skeleton of a murdered
man whose body was brought ashore
and buried.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
Mrs. Grants Hunt For a Home.

Mrs. Grant has determined to make
her future home in Washington, and
during her recent s~ojourn here spent
most of her time in house hunting. AL
most every available residence in the
West End now vacant was offered for
her consideration through the various
real estate agents, and it is safe to
assert that she made an exhaustive ex-
animation of no less than so before
leaving for New York with her daugh-
ter, without coming to any definite con-
clusion in regard to a selection. Those
that suited her fancy did not suit her
purse, and when houses desirable in both
these respects were offered for her ap-
proval, the locality, as a rule, proved
unsatisfactory. Mrs. Grant has not Civ
en- up hope of ultimate success, and can
didly AYERS her preference for Washing
ton Is a place of residence
Post,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
SOCIETY WOMEN BURGLARS.
A Woman and Her Daughter, Both of Ex.
cellent Repute, Arrested For Stealing.

A Woman and Her Daughter, Both of Ex-
cellent Repute, Arrested For Stealing.
In an Adrian justice court sat two
well dressed ladies. Both were comcly
and apparently refined. The air and
dress of the women indicated that they
belonged to the upper walks of life and
were people of quality. The elder of the
two, still below the middle age, sat erect
and wore an air of defiance. The other,
ayoung lady of real beauty and Hastily
attired, was bowed with an air of sor-
row.
No n unacquainted with the circum-
stances would have suspected for o mo-
ment that these ladies were a pair of
burglars whose work rivals that of some
of the best men of the profession. But
such was the case. They were mother and
daughter-Mrs. Alice Church, a widow
of excellent repute, residing in Tecum-
sch, a village of 1000, 10 miles from
Adrian, and Miss Bessie Church. They
were under arrest charged with break
ing into the residence of Editor S. C.
Stacy Of the Tecumseh Herald during
the absence of the family and taking
therefrom a feather bed, bedclothing,
a big job lot of ladies' underwear, sever
al pairs of shoes, a quantity of groceries,
etc.
Entrance was effected in the night.
Saturday morning the man about the
premises noticed that a window had been
forced, and investigating he found that
the house had been ransacked and the
front door key taken. Officers We're no
tilted, and as the absence of the key de-
noted an intended return of the burglars
two men were stationed in the house
that night. Near II o'clock the key soft
ly turned in the lock, and the forms Of
two persons, apparently men, as they
wore mems clothing, appeared. There
was a sudden rush, a clasping of the in
truders in strong arms and a terrific
squabble, embellished with female
screams. Astonishment caused one of
the officers to let one of the burglars slip,
and she fled. The other fought like a
tigress and laid about right and left with
what proved to be an insect powder
spray loaded with cayenne pepper. One
of her captors, Abner Wilson, ''got it in
the eye" but held his girl, and the pris-
oner was secured. Then she confessed
her identity and ''gave away" her daugh-
ter Bessie as the other burglar. Bessie
was followed to her home and arrested.
"What do you plead?" asked the court
as he took off his glasses after receiving
the information. 1--WE waive examina-
ton, sir,"was the firm, clear and bust
nesslike response Of the elder prisoner.
81 will make your bonds $500 EACH" re-
joined the court. "Your honor, that is
too high; it is excessive" again spoke the
elder lady. II must make it $500" said
the court. Very well, sir, but it is too
high; l cannot get it; we must go to
jail" The prisoners then signifed to the
officer that they We're ready, and the rus
tie of the silk skirts Of the burglars was
heard moving down the stairs. They are
in Jail awaiting trial.
The affair is the greatest surprise and
sensation Tecumseh has had in many a
day, and society experiences a tremen-
dous shock.-Chicago Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
THE MARBLE MAN"
A Patient Suffering From a Peculiar Dis.
ease In q St. Louis Hospital.

ease In a St. Louis Hospital.
There is a marble man" at the City
hospital. He is whittier than the alabas-
Ter statue Dixey makes in 'Adonis," and
the ''driven snow" would soil his cheeks.
Lot only is his skin absolutely colorless,
Int his tongue, gums and finger nails
are devoid of all hint of blood dyeing.
He is believed to be the first patient suf-
fering from the peculiar ailment he is
afflicted with that ever stepped inside
st. Louis. AS IS proper with such a
very distinguished disease, it has a very
aristocratic name-anchylostomum do
denale.
A very, very rare little worm is en-
gagged in merrily sucking the red cor
puscles, or life giving element. from this
poor fellows blood, and if the unwel-
come tenant is not gotten rid of pretty
soon the patient will fade away to a
shadow and die from sheer lack of nour-
ishment, though his stomach be full of
food. Albert Abbink, a young man who
came from Germany. is the patient, and
he isn't at all proud of it either. He
looks like a marble statue, and a very
skeletonish one at that, and has great
difficulty in moving around owing to his
weakness.
Though this peculiar disease, or afes-
ton, is very rare in this part of the
country, it is common enough in Italy
and Germany. The worms are supposed
to be in certain kinds of muddy wafer,
and it has been noticed that brickmakers
and pottery operatives in the old country
are peculiarly apt to get them. When
the great st. Gothard tunnel was be-
ing dug it was discovered that nearly
every workman engaged upon the job
suffered from this plague. 1t was first
noted in Egypt, and from this fact the
weakness wasnamed Egyptian chlorosis.
Scientists are pretty certain that the
Pharaohs had it, and some are inclined
to believe that the plague of toads men
toned in holy writ was none other than
the plague of anchylostomum dode-
male.
DR.. Marks believes he can assist Alb.
blink in getting rid of his high toned
parasites, several of which now occupy
a glass slide under his microscope. They
are about an eighth of an inch in length,
and underth magnifying glass look like
white %alligators. They have tremendous
jaws and wear their eggs scattered along
their backbones.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Ocrat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
Browne ON Insomnia.

Sir James Crichton Browne, the Eng
lish expert on brain diseases, asserted in
a popular lecture last week that insom-
MIA is not attended with such DISASTROUS
consequences as is commonly supposed.
It is not as dangerous as the solicitude of
the sufferer. He suggested that the
brains of literary men, who are the most
frequent victims, acquire the trick of
the heart, which takes a doze a fraction
of a second after each beat and so man
ages to get six hours rest in "a. Some
brains in cases of insomnia sleep in Sec
lions, different brain centers going off
duty in turn.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10

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The above diagram almost explains itself. The
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gives You thirty years. Well marked III OF
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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
Exhibited the Remains.

In Philadelphia the other day there
was a striking evidence of the intense de-
sire of some people to exhibit the re-
mains at funerals. A man had died of
d~iphtheria, and the authorities very prop
erly refused to permit a public funeral.
So the family had the coffin containing
the corpse stood on end in front Of a
window of the house, so that the face of
the dead could be viewed from the street.
Philadelphia Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
DENTAL SONG-A r o

Drill, drill, drill,
With thy dental machine, said she;
And l would 1t were seemly to utter
The groans that arise in me.
Oh, we'll for The laughing maid
Whose teeth are pearly and soundi
Oh, well for the youth in whose molars
No cavities deep are found!
And they pass the dentists office
Without a thought of fear;
But, oh, that my name need nevermore
In his little blank book appear!
Drill, drill, drill,
With thy cold, gray steel. said she;
But the tender nerve of u tooth that is dead
Will never come back to me.
Mary S. Lothrop in Boston Transcript
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
A Mighty

He-I should think it would be very
hard work to write a modern society
novel.
She-Whatc can there be so hard about
it?
He-To restrain the impulse to kill off
all the leading characters.-New York
Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
Sunaower

The paper mill at this place has made
from sunflower stalks several tons of pa
per which will be sent to experts in the
east. The paper is regarded as superior
to straw paper. The mill is now buying
sunf1owers. Last evening The Daily Re-
publican ran its entire edition on the
sunHower paper. - Salina (Kan.) Dis
patch.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
4 French Epitaph.

In a French churchyard is a monu-
ment having an epitaph of which the
following is a translation: "Here lies
Jean Pinto, the Spanish vocalist. When
he reached heaven, he united his voices
with the voices of the archangels. As
soon as he heard him. the Deity cried,
Keep quiet, all you fellows, and let US
hear alone the illustrious singer, Jean
Pintor"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-10
Works Both WAYS.

Goodman-Do you eve think of the
good old saying that it's more blessed to
give than to receive?
Pugsley-Yes; when I've got the box
ing gloves on I do.-Vogue.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
SHORT SNAPPERS.

Editor Brann pitched a red-hot
brick this morning.
Col. Hoefling feels better today,
as his demand was granted.
Manager Walker will guarantee
the Nellie McHenry company.
Our enterprising business men
require all the LIGHTS extra
space.
The defeat of the county road
bonds, will also\ jeopardize the
sewers.
Mayor Paschal's friends seem to
cause him more trouble than his
enemies.
Plant your money in good real
estate. Ask John. T. HambletOn
about it.
The friends of Charley King are
betting that his majority will be
not less than 200.
The man capturing the burglar
in the act should be presented
with a diamond medal.
Nellie McHenry's company will
make up for all the disappoint-
ments of "Baby Ruth"
The advertising space Of the
LIGHT is, too valuable to waste
upon little jealous newspapers.
Those candidates for alderman
in the Third ward, are invited to
take Il drive out on Castro street
befor" the election.
High taxes, and high insurance
helps to keep up high rents, and
the three combined eat up the
business mans profits, and capital.
Will one of the aldermanic can
didates try and turn on that old
rusty fire hydrant on Castro street,
opposite EX-Alderman Webber'S
house.
The taxpayers are getting little
weary voting for bonds, and the
chances for getting sewers and
water-wOrks, soon, doesn't look
encouraging.
Capt. Brendel's artesian well is
now down 272 feet, and has struck
white sandstone rock. He expects
to get flowing water in about 30
feet more boring.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06

and Houston streets. There
will be two bands in the parade,
and colored lights and fireworks
will enliven the merry scene.
After the procession promenade
concert will be given at the grounds
by the eN-Fireman's band,
followed by a ball and the
most brilliant display of fire.
works. The ball platform
is cOmmodious and the floor is
smooth. The campus for the ath-
letic sports and games tomorrow
and Sunday afternoons, is being
nicely wetted and smOOthed and
will be in fine condition for good
sport, though the track for racing
is rather contracted.
There will be 500 torches in the
procession tonight. One hundred
wheelmen will be in line, in two
divisions.
Tomorrow afternoon promptly
at o'clock, the grand street pa
geant, the browning glory OF the
celebration, will move along on
principal streets in the order
named in yesterdays report in the
LIGHT. Uniformed societies, such as
the Belknap Rifles and the German
Veterans, will be in the procession.
Uniform Rank, Knights OF Honor,
although invited, cannot partici-
pate. as the Uniforms have not ar
rived, Other societies will send
delegations.
The admission to the grounds
has been placed at % cents for
adults and 10 cents for children
under II years. No return checks
will be given out, and once in the
grounds the visitor can remain, or
going out and returning must pay
again.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
No Proclamation Issued.

Mayor Paschal left for Chicago
before issuing his proclamation for
a special election for an alderman
of the Third ward. a reporter for
the LIGHT called on Acting Mayor
EImendorf this morning and asked
if proclamation would be issued
before the mayors return.
81 cannot say" said he, "as soon
as | know where to address Mayor
Paschal / will communicate with
HIM relative to the matter. He
told me the other day that he would
publish his election notice before
leaving"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
ENJOYABLE Band Concert.

The twenty-third infantry band
gave a concert at the post head
quarters last night, and the follow
ing programme was rendered:
POlOnaise "Presidential" Sousa
Selection, 81 lombard" Verdi
Waltz, "The Flower Girl" Godfrey
Medley, 1.-THE Old and New"
Dyer.
Mazurka, "Let Czarine" Came.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
Alleged Ham Thief.

Officer Walter Beck yesterday
arrested one Emelio Estrada, on
the charge of vagrancy. He was
arraigned before the recorder this
morning and fined $40 or fifteen
days. Estrada was seen trying to
sell large ham for % cents, which
he is thought to have stolen. The
evidence was not sufficient to war
rant more serious charge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
Take Notice

On Saturday October 18th
We will sell
Regular 35f Gents Scarfs
Sale Price log
Regular $50 Cheviot Shirts
Sale Price 75c
Regular 2Jc Hose all cOlOrs
Sale Price 3 pair 5Or
These Prices Saturday only.
10 ) 2t WOLFF & MARX.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
Accused of Rape.

Carolina Harris, an old colored
woman living on East street, has
made an affidavit against Willie
Lampkin, a young cOlored boy,
charging him with rape. She says
that Lampkin entered her house
at IL o'clock at night and assaulted
her and that he fled and is now in
Luling.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
THE PEOPLES FEAST.
INAUGURATION OF THE
VOLKSFE6T TONIGHT.
Cherished IN Tradition, Honored in
Usage, and Perpetuated in the
Hearts of Every Son of the An
cient Heroes of the Shores of the
Baltic Sea.

Since the way beyond ages of
Christianity, when the then known
globe was peopled for the most part
with savage tribes and but a small
portion of the civilized world was
centered about Troy and the Egyp-
tian RameSes, the German nation
has lived and fiOurished, steady
growth, and as strength indicates,
not always refined and polished
as other nations whose people
have lived, become famous and
then died, as many hundreds of
such can be cited. The ancient
Latin word Germinni, (brother-
hOod?) was always used in refer
ence to to the Germans or ancient
Barbarians of the north, and it
fully describes the national charac-
teristics, wherein lies the fame and
strength of the sons of the father
land. When we first see this ma
ton, far back in antiquity, it was,
however like, full grown and full
armed. Wave after wave Of Roman
invasion beat against it's bulwarks
in vain. Nurtured in the forest,
the restless waves of the Baltic Sea
sang the lullaby of it's children.
Germany has advanced up to date,
quite as well as other nations,
though wherever they be and with
whatever blood they are mixed,
her sons ever cherish their old
loves, their old customs and tastes.
This is why the VOlksfest, PEOPLES
Feast, is celebrated today in San
Antonio by our German citizens.
though they are thousands of miles
away from home, and many have
now grown to think OF their
native land as a foreign coun-
try to which they owe no allie
glance. AS old as Germany
itself is the Volksfest, celebrated
annually in the open air, under
green bOughs, with song, and
mirth and revelry, with games
of strength and valor, with wine
and dance, woman and song, and
after the carnival is ended, the
duties of husbandry, the labOrs of
the artisans, the household cares,
and cares of state are again re-
newed with more than wonted
vigor, so gained by the relaxation
INDUCED.
Central Garden is the beautiful
spot chosen for it's celebration and
hundreds of workmen are today
busily putting the finishing
touches to the electric incandes-
cent archways, the booths for re-
freshment and the fountains and
grottoes. Bunting and flags are
everywhere, placed in seeming reck-
less prOfusiOn and the whole makes
pretty picture that pleases the
eye. The chairs and benches
placed around the small auditO-
rum will seat 1000 persons, while
the grounds will accommodate ten
thousand, if necessary.
The festivities will begin at 7
o'clock this evening with a
grand torchlight procession and
bicycle lantern parade through
our Plazas and Commerce
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
WHEN NATURE

Needs assistance it may be best to
render it promptly, but one should
remember to use even the most
perfect remedies only when needed.
The best and most simple and
gentle remedy is the Syrup of
Figs, manufactured blythe Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
Turtle Soup.

Dick Strayhorn supplied his
friends and customers with a big
bowl of turtle soup at the Diamond
Front today. 1t was so good some
of the old fishermen said they
could not get enough Of it. Dick
says he will have more soup next
Friday, and will put on a larger
pot, if the turtle is big enough.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-06
An Alleged Swinder.l

w. l.. Fowler, of this city, has
been arrested at Victoria on the
charge of swindling, alleged to
have sold watch at auction, rep
resenting it to be gold, when it
proved to be cheap yellow metal.
He has given bond and will have a
hearing in Victoria today.