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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02
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Whfx OF u Rifle Ball.
The rapidly with which the different
xebras have been exterminated, owing
to the advance of civilization in South
Africa, is shown by reference to such
works rs that of Sir CORVALLIS Harris,
written IN 1910, in which ths author
tells M that the quagga was at the time
found in "interminable herds" bands
Of many hundreds being frequently
seen, while he describes Burchell's re-
bra as c~ongregating in herds Of so or
100, and Astounding to "a great extent,
but now, after the expiration Of but 80
years, the n species is extinct or
practically so. while the other has been
driven much farther afield and its num-
bers are yearly being reduced.
This authors description of the COM
mon zebra is we'll worth repeating. He
says: Seeking the widest and most
sequestered spots, naughty troops are
exceedingly difficult to approach, as
well on account Of their extreme agility
and fieetness of foot as from the abrupt
and inaccessible nature of their high
land abode. Under the special charge
Of q sentinel, so posted on some ada
cent crag as to command a view of ev-
cry avenu of approach, the checkered
herd whom painted skins adorn' is to
be viewed perambulating ome rocky
ledge, on which the rifle ball alone can
reach them. No sooner has the note Of
alarm been sounded by the vedette. than,
pricking their long ears, the whole
flock hurry forward to ascertain the ma
ture of the approaching danger, and
having gazed a moment at the advanc-
ing hunter, whisking their brindled
tails aloft, heller SHELTER away they
thunder, down craggy precipices and
over yawning ravines, where no less
agile foot could dare to follow them"
Of Burchell's zebra he says, "Fierce.
strong, fleet and surprisingly beautiful,
there is perhaps no quadruped in the
creation, not even excepting the noun
tain zebra, more s%plendidly attired Or
presenting a picture of more singularly
attractive beauty" Zebras are by no
means amiable animals, and though
many of the stories told of their feroc-
ity are doubtless much exaggerated they
have so far not proved themselves
amenable to Observation-Disclosures
Review.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02
London Million
Fact and Fiction.

Burglars recently broke into a jewel
~ store in New York and stole among
other things a gold snuffbox that once
belonged to Queen Isabella of Spain.
The newspapers seriously announced
hat the snuffbox was given to Queen
Isabella by King Ferdinand in 1859.
The longer we live the more we unIearn.
We imagined that tobacco had some
hing to do with snuff, and, as school
boys were taught. that tobacco was not
Known in Europe till many years after
Ferdinand presented this snuffbox to
ais queen.-Jewelers' Circular.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02

Old authorities taught that a peer, if
he wasted his property so as to be IN
able to support the dignity, could be
degraded by the king. 1t is now held
that degradation can be effected only
by vote of his peers.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02

Court life in Stockholm is reduced to
the simplest proportions. Each of the
young princes is devoted to some spe-
cial study, and both the king and queen
have always striven to be their chill
nren's chief friends and confidants.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02
Unappreciated

A single word sometimes reveals a
mans inmost thought.
"Who are those girls playing a duet on
the piano?'' asked one man of another at
an evening party.
some of them is the daughter Of the
hostess" was the answer.
"And who is her accompliceP'-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02

The kings Of Sardinia formerly de-
scribed themselves as by the grace Of
GOD, king of Sardinia, of France, Spain
and England, of Italy and Jerusalem,
of Greece and Alexandria, of Hamburg
and Sicily. ruler of the Midway sea,
master of the deep, king of the earth,
protector of the Holy Land"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02
Excusable.

Customer-Waiter, this bullock's heart
is very badly cooked.
Waiter-Well. sir, the fact is, the
cooks been crossed in love, and when
ever he has anything to do with O cart
it so upsets him that he doesn't know
what he's a-doin of.-London Million.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02
AReminder.

New Father-in-law-Well, sir, the
ceremony is over, and now that you are
the husband of my daughter 1 want to
give you a little advice. What would
you do if you should wake up some
night and find burglars in the house?
Bridegroom should tell them that
my father-in-law forgot to give my wife
a wedding dowry, and they'd go away.
London Punch.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02

The Oldest ruins in the world are
probably the rock cut temples of Ipsam-
bul, or Abon Samboul, in Nubia, 81
the left bank of the Nile. They aT
over 1000 years old.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02
A Pleasant Position

Gazzam-What made you lend Bilker
! dollar3 You'll never get it back.
Harduppe-No, but it puts me in a
position I've been trying for years to
,ccupy.
whats that2-
"I'm somebody's creditor now."-
Boston Traveller.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-02

All Catholic princes give the pope the
1tle Of holy father or venerable fathe.
In replying he calls them s'my dearest.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

Captain Jack Mellon, who runs
a steamer on the Colorado, has
started with IS men to go as far
up the river as possible. He in
tends to use capstan and gradu-
ally pull the steamer up; his object
is to try to get up far enough to
establish an electric plant to run
the machinery of the White Hills
Mines, Arizona. If he accom-
plishes his object he will enjoy the
honor of being the only man who
has succeeded in getting that far
up the river. The Captain de-
ppnds upon the high water to reach
his destination. The mines OF
White Hills are extensive and have
attracted much attention since their
discovery. --R Resources of Southern
California.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28
The Border vidette, published

The Border vidette, published
at Nogales says: Many persons
coming up from Sonora having in
their possession small quantities of
cigars or mescal, imagine them
selves hardly treated at having
their goods con6scated, though
they are willing to pay duties.
Travellers should understand that
the customs laws are emphatic in
prohibition of cigars in less guam
tity than 5000 or spirits less than
IA gallons. Bona ide travellers
may bring in not to exceed so
cigars, but many think they have u
right to bring in an indefinite num-
her of boxes, provided each is
broken and one or more removed.
This privilege does not exist and
the maximum number is so, in
whatever manner packed.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28
E,l4ere.s ssene wed.

| :. -. 80 s- esss ~
A document was filed in the re-s
corler's cffise Thursday which may
be of interest te residents of the
Salt River valley. It was the as
signment of a mortgage given by
the Hudson Reservoir and Irriga-
ton company. The assignor is
Wells Hendershott, the assignee
Wm Mann of New York aud the
consideration $4,000. The pap.r.
was executed in Now York on June
I5. Interest in this transfer is
increased by an incident which oc-
Cured in Justice Kincaid's court
last Monday. A suit was i,rou-$ht'
by Thomas E. Farish to recover.
about $500 advanced by him in
support of the irrigation project in
which confidence had disappeared
with whatever Investments had
been made. The promoter was
gone and there was generally little
expectation that he would return.
Upon the issue of the suit would
hang the disposition of the survey
ing records, etc, which had come
to be considered of little value.
After the usual attempts at delay
the attorneys for the defense sur
prised the court and bystanders by
bringing in the amount Of the
Judgment in cash:
A rumor grew on the street in
the course of the day that Judge
Hendershott had succeeded in OBJ
tanning control Of. capital to carry
out the immense irrigation pro-
gram upon which he labored for !
nearly two years. The paper filed
yesterday was sent here By ex-
press. ss.-Republican. g
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

Secretary Elwell of the asylum
board has completed statement of
the amount expended fer salaries
and supplies during the year closed
May 81, 1894, which shows a saw
ing of $3,062 80 Beside, during
the year just closed permanent i'm
provements have been made
amounting to $2,374.70 and there
has been paid to the secretary for
produce sold from the farm $4l.O5,
and for the N .intenance Of patients s
$10.27 making the total saving
over the proceeding year S., ,4S8 80.
Other figures show that the net
cost Of maintaining the prisoners
whose daily average is 81 has been
for the year $239.42; per month,
$l9 95; Per day 66 2 cents. On
May ! there were in the asylum
lo9 patients, 81 men and Is
women. Notwithstanding the sav.
ing shown above the average num-
Der Of patients for the past year is
greater than for the preceding
year.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

That Colorado will have it's eyes
anxiously csntered OIL one portion
at least Of this fair territory is
shown from the following editorial
comment OF tha Denver Republi-
can: "The faith of capitalists in
the future of the Salt River valley
Arizona is shown by the fact that
some 50 100000 are to be expend-.
ed in the construction of ditch to
irrigate a tract of fruit land in that
valley. There no longer is any
question that the Salt River valley
is one of the best fruit regions IN
The United States 1t is ahesd Of
California in the time Of the ma
turity of its orange crop. Theirs is
in this a decided advantage. With
in a comparatively short tine a
large acreage has been set to fruit,
and in the course OF a few years,
when better rail connections are
secured and the orchards have at
tanned a better growth, the slip
ments Of fruit from that valley will
he an important feature of south
western traffic"
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

The Tennessee mine, near King
man Arizona, is shipping ten car
loads monthly through that city to.
Pueblo. It's ore runs nearly 20 per
cent in lead and. twenty ounces in
silver. What a big haul in trans
portation would be saved, and how
much cheaper the ores OF Arizona
aud the southw estern portion of
this Territory could le benefited
if Albuquerque had a smelter.-
Albuquerque Democrat. ....,s.e
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28
In no part of the country are

In no part of the country are
there more promising veins of ore
than right here in Mohave county.
The lodges are of good size and the
ore all that can be desired. Look
over the mines that haye produced
hundreds of thnusands, of dollars
without the aid Of Q dollar of out
side capital and then show US
another country. that has done SO
well.-Mohave Miner 49,.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

Anson H. Smith, editor Of the
Mohave County Miner, announces
himself q candidate for the terri
torial conncil from his county. Il
he makes as good legislator as he
does a paper his services should be
engaged by the voters Of his section
of the territory -Prospector.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28


! 1t now looks as if the two Lead
ing national parties will both be
forced to make q bid for the sup
port of the silver men. When this
period arrives the time will net be-,
far off when the United States will
restore silver to its former position,
make free coinege dogma of their
political creed and favor the dis
enthrallment of this country and
continent from the financial dicta-
ton of the money centers of the
old world. ' 1i ses "
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

The cattle exports of Arizona
during May were very heavy.
Wilcox led with an export Of
7,477 head, Holbrook vas 2 good
second with 5,e23, while Tapaea
took third place with s,l5s.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28
Dangers OF Chicke n-Raising.

converslng,
EYES," said the young man, Il
am going into chicken farming. ]
am convinced that there is no bust
ness in the world in which there is
mole money to he made | have
/, figured on it and think | know
what | can do. Why. look at the
wsy they increase. In tour or five
years L."
my FRIEND" said the old man,
II haze had experience in tht.
business. Be warned do not EN- :
bark in it. You know not what
you do"
"What!" said the young man;
ahave you tried it and failed p !.
II mean to tell you that [ tried
it and gave it up" answered the
other. II got ten hens, intending
to get rich, as you purpose doing.
Installed them in a coop and
awaited returns. But before they
had laid an egg I happened to pick
up a pencil and a bit of paper and
do some calculating At a low
estimate / saw that each of my
hens could raise three broods the
first summer. Allowing for one
bad egg in each sitting, there would
b.. twelve chickens to each brood.
Calling half of them pullets, this
would give six to each brood, or Is
to each ben for the season, or 1870
for the entire flock. Adding my
original ten I would have 100 hens
Mt the end of the fist summer.
Figuring at the same ratio, / saw
that | would have 3,6lO at the end
Iof the second summer. I was en-
lcourssged. and went on to find that
I would have $500 when the
third summer closed. ] sharpened
my pencil and bent over my paper
with f-verish int rest. The fourth
summer, I discovered, would leave
me with l,3o3,2lo. likely hens.
When the autumn leayes of the
fifth dying summer should swirl
about me / would have "a, ,76O,-
$50 oscklers. Another year of
joys and sorrows-my sixth
would find me surrounded by 470,
458,Sl0 live and enterprising hens.
Once again when the seventh sum
mer should fade into glorious
autumn, | found that matter of
8.9387l7,390 distinct hens and
rooster or two wonld be with me
in the gallinaceous flesh. The in
spring figures for the eighth year
! have forgotten, as, likewise, I
have those of the ninth. | only
know found that at the. end of
ten years I would have more prime
hens than there was space for on
the surface of the gIobe, counting
the arctic regions, and supposins
roosts across all rivers and twenty
fowls in each tree. I was dumb
founded. But I did not hesitate.
| saw what | owed to the human
race. l seized an axe and hurried
to the coop. My boy, I loved
those hens, but I loved humanity
more; and [ led them to the block
like a Spartan, and chopped off
their heads. 1 breathed more
freely y when it was all over and the
horrible vision was gone of the
whole earth four feet deep in hens,
and every blessed one of them
cackling Young man, do not go
into the chicken business it leads
to awful things"
The young man started up.
eGrrat Caesar" he exclaimed. "I
won't. ] did not realize what |
was DOING Harper's Magazine
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

Attorney General Olney has sent
-
out instructions to arrest and de-
port all unregistered Cinnamon.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28
NOTICE.

All persons knowing themselves
to be indebted to Gray & Weller
areArsqussted TO call and settle at
once.
Mesa free press., 1894-06-28

The Grand Canon of the Colorado, the most
sH bllme Of Nature g work Oh the earth, indes-
crib BILE, can cas- ly be reached via Flagstaff,
Williams or Peach Springs on this road. To the
Natural Bridge OF Arizona and Monteznma's
Well ycu-can uruey most di ectly by this line.
Hbser the A icient In ian Civilization Of La.
enna or OF Acolla, ''The CITY Of tn Sky" Visit
the Petrifei Forest near Carrizo. Sec and
marvel at the freak Of Canon Diablo. Take a
hunting tripin the mayn'icent pine forests OF
the San francisco Mountains. Find interest in
the ruins of the prehistoric cave and cliff
dwellers. View the longe It cant lev IT bridge In
America ecross the Colorado River
T. R. GABEI., WA. BIssELL,
Gcn'l Super,ntendeut Gen Pass 1Ageut
Albuquerque, N M San Francico and
vANSLYoK. Albuquerque
Genr Agent, Albuquerque
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which he had not dreamed. Thou hast
taught him TO ask Norwegian blessing
a. his table during the campaign and TO
swap his vulcanized conscience for the
Scandinavian vote.
Thou hast taught him TO love the rich
nut brown flavor OF Morse convention
and TO look into the glazing eye-6slls
Of Pop SvensKe man even as a smooth
checked boy might look upon a laugh
ing girl.
Recently I have been raking autumn
leaves of the lawn.
Dear sedentary reader with the lack
luster eve, didst ever rake the autumn
leaf 10 order 60 promote healthful
glow? II is about the most attractive
task for one who looks on and about as
iOyless for the one who is doing IL as
anything Of which l know.
You begin with a bounding heart and
a sharp to0thed iron rake, and the sun
comes down warm and welcome on your
corrugated back, but ere long you ind
that most OF the time you are pulling
autumn leaves of the sharp teeth OF the
rake. and shs wind is blowing them
back over the little patch which you
have raked.
One can rake autumn leaves Of the
lawn until the 1st OF April In some eli
mates, and then some more leaves will
grow and get ready for him 70 rake by
September.
A bidebound Republican here who
bought me a hat on the New York
State majority said that with a little
more combined Manchester and West
Virginia tariff legislation be al
lowed that by year from next fall
rakiug autumn leaves would be the
principal Industry.
Politics here is carried to excess, l
thjnk. am able, though, 70 take poll
tics or let 10 alone.
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copvri ~ 1924, 0y Ei7ar ". NE.
HUDsON, WIS, November, ls9

hIDSONt WIS., 4NQN q u lGAa AoaHs
Here I am in the great northwest,
where I grew up as lad aud where my
early life ran quiet as the clear brook by
which / sp0rted.
NY ancestors came from the high
bush cranberry bills and cltrOn groves
OF Souaw mountain, Maine, and settled
northwest Of Sparta, Wis. / did not
then know what war was, but my cheek
burned, knew not why, aud one even
Ing when the sheep we're all folded my
grandsire, an old man, was resting his
rudy gums on the top Of his spiral cane
and telling Of Marathon and Leuetra
aud how a small band Of Spsrtans at a
narrow pass on the Pennsylvania road
had wiihstoOd a whole army.
Listened till at last my mother kiss
ed my thrObbing temples and babe me
20 20 rest, 70 soak my head and think
no more OF those Old tales and savage
wars
That very night tho Norwegians
landed on our coast I saw the bread
that should have nOurished me fed to a
hollow Norseman with a red cOwlick
on his brisket and nine pairs Of pantses
on az one and the same time.
o Christiania, thou hast been tender
nurse TO me. Thou hast given 20 that
sender shepherd lad ideas On politics OF
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Duchess remained until the battle OF
Sedan had been fought aud the En-
press forced 10 fy from Paris. There
are many well known European states
men now living who attribute TO the
intrlgues OF these two ladies the secret
cause Of the inexplicable Franco-Ger-
man war, which led TO the overthrow
of the Napoleonic Empire and the con-
sequent withdrawal of the French
army OF occupation from Rome. The
kept OF the last French soldier had no
sooner vanished from the Eternal City
than Victor Emmanuel, with his be-
sieging army, made his appearance be-
fore the gates OF Rome and took forci-
BILE possession OF the capital.
FAIR RUSSIAN INTRIGUANTE.
Another pettcoated diplomatist Is
the Russian Princess who acts as lady
In waiting to the mother OF the Khedive
of Egypt Her record is snch as TO
render 1t preferable for her government
TO utilize her services. not 10 Europe,
but on the banks OF the Nile, where so
many damaged regulations have found
home. Through her the imperial
chancelIsrle at ST. Petersburg obtains
an early report OF every fresn state Sec
ret which the English government finds
il necessary to Communicate to the Khe-
dive.
1t would scarcely be falr to include In
this list such eminently respectable and
respected ladies as Princess Lise Tron-
betskoi and Nine. de Novkof. Yet
they, too. form part OF that hiRhly-pald
corps of female diplomatic agents who
are remunerated out OF the secret ser
vice fund at the disposal Of every con-
tinenta government. 1t is a corps
which owing to the persuasive powers,
the intuition aud the for intrigue
of its mem bers. is OF infinitely greater
value TO the governments employing
them than the regular staff OF ambassa-
doris, ENJOYS and attaches.
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DIPLOMATIC DELILAHS.
SKIRTED SPIES WHO WORM STATE
SECRETS ABROAD.
Women Of Rank and Boauty-Captain Drey-
fuS Sly Marquese How General De CiSSy
Was Ruined-Demi Monde, Too, Serve
ETOpeS Courts

OF all the cases OF treachery that have
taken place in the French army since
the war of 1870 there has been none OF
more aggravated, fragrant and alto
gether inexcusable character than that
charged against Captain Alfred Drey-
fus, of the Headquarters Staff, who has
hitherto occupied confidential posi-
ton in the intelligence bureau of the
War Department.
He stands accused Of having aVailed
himself of his position to communicate
to the Italian Government and through
it to the German and Austrian govern
ments, not only all sorts OF plans, draw
ings and specifications. the secrets con-
corning the manufacture Of the smoke
less powder in use by the French army,
the mechanism OF the new rifle ana OF
the improved ordnance: but also or haV-
ing betrayed the entire project OF mooll-
i2ation of the French army in the event
of declaration of war. This document
is Of a most voluminous character and
arranges for the assignment OF the va
rious regiments. brigades and divisions
to their respective posts, for the proVl-
sloning of the troops, for the means OF
conveyance of the latter, even going so
far as to state the hours at which the
various railroad trains conveying the
forces and the war material are TO start
and to arrive at their destination.
Nor was this all. For he is alleged to
have disclosed to the Italian War Office
the names of all the French officers and
agents who have hitherto been secretly
employed 10 procuring information OF a
confidential and military character in
Germany, Austria and in the dominions
of King Humbert, the result being that
almost every one Of them has been ar
rested and is likely TO undergo pro-
longed term Of imprisonment imposed by
the governments OF the countries In
which they were engaged in spying at
the time of their arrest.
II all this is true, there seems no ex-
cuse for Captain Dreyfus, unless the
rumors be true, according TO which he
was an unfortunate butlnveterate gam
bier, for his father is one OF the
wealthiest cotton spinners OF Alsace,
while his wife is the daughter OF the
richest jeweler of the Rue de la PAX,
Paris The feeling against him is one
of intense bitterness, especially in the
army. and there Is unanimous demand
in military as we'll as In civilian circles
for the infection of the death penalty
upon him. Nor is the government likely
TO offer any very strong opposition to
this sentiment, for the trouble and ex-
pense to which it has been put by the
black treachery of Captain Dreytus is
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presence. It was only after ths war
broke out that they discovered that she
was In the pay of Bismarck and that
everything that she heard was reported
al Berlin, the Information thus secured
proving most valuable in 1870.
After the war she married the
wealthiest Of all German mobiles, Count
neutrality-suspicious.. and having
granted her spite agains; the Empress
Eugene by buying most Of her jewels,
withdrew to Germany, where she with
drew few years aiterward.
Others whose names deserve to be
mentioned in this category are the tai
ian Duchess OF Litta aad the Comtesse
de Castiglione, both celebrated for thslr
beauty, and who played so prominent a
role az the Court OF the TullerieS during
the reign Of Napoleon III. as to cause
much misery to Empress Eugene. The
latter may be said 10 have obtained her
revenge on one of them; for she took
advantage OF the power conferred upon
her as a regent after the departure OF
Napoleon for the seat OF war in 1870, to
imprison the beautiful Duchess of Litta
at Vincennes on the well.founded charge
of being German sry, and there the