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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-07

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-07

Incomplete returns indicate the election
Of Molloy, the regular Democratic nomi
nee, by a majority OF 100. The BoarC
of Aldermen will remain under Demo
cratic control.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
LIFE WORK DONE IN SIX HOURS.
The Heroism of a College Youngster
and What 1t Cost Him Afterward.

From the Northwestern Christian Advocate.
had for my room mate in college at
Evanston frail lad, born on the banks of
the Mississippi. He had learned in its
waters to swim and dive until he seemed
almost as much at home in the water as
on land. One of his first accomplish
ments acquired at Evanston was not in
Greek or Latin, but in swimming in the
lake in time of storm. He would dive
through the breakers or toss upon their
tops, or play with them as a giant might
with tiny fountain. He was wonder
full swimmer.
One day there came trucking down
through the village news of a great steam
snip wrecked at / o clock in the morning,
ten miles out in the lake, whose 400 pas
sengers were struggling with the waves
or were already drowned. My roommate
heard bugle blast in his soul that morn
ing. He said he seemed 10 hear these
words: who knoweth but thou art
come into the kingdom for such time as
thisf" Two hundred others volunteered,
one OF whom is now a bishop in the Meth
odist church and afterward became presi-
dent of the university.
Ihey put rope around my roommate's
waist, that they might recover his frail
body IL he should be killed by the floating
pieces of wreckage. Backward and for
ward he went for six hours, helping to
save human life Through his great
familiarity with the surf he was enabled
to do much more than all the rest put to-
gether. Some We're saved by a tug far
out In the lake, but Of the nearly 400 pas
sengers only thirty came through the
breakers alive, and of these my roommate
saved seventeen.
He put into that one day the struggle Of
threescore years and ten. He was com
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
WING AND BUCK DANCERS.
Fancy and Difficult Footwork Done by
zunis of the Southwest.
From the Fort Worth Gazette.


From the Fort Worth Gazette.
1.-THE Zuni Indians are the original
wing and buck dancers" said George
Sherman, a Denver man, to reporter.
"rve seen the genuine plantation ne
groes in Louisiana and Mississippi, and the
MINISTRIES article, but they are simply
not IN il with the Zunis. / went out to
Tucson, Arizona, several years ago, one
spring, and we visited a pueblo near
where there were many Zuni Indians A
fellow with US asked if we had ever seen
'em dance. We said we hadn't, and he
said we'd missed a treat, for they took
the cake for fancy foot movements
He spoke to the old alcalde of the setUle-
ment, and he called two men. They were
fne-looking men, not very tall, but
sinewy, supple and well made.
"Without any preliminaries, they set
to, and all Of the high jumping, side leap
ing heel-and- toe work, sliding and Snuff
ling1 ever saw, that dancing was the
best They were light on their feet,
graceful and quick as lightning in all
their movements. They whirled away
from each other with pretty heel-tap
movement, spun around at the same
time, touching the tips Of Their toes,
turned a back somersault, and came down
like feathers, keeping up this same figure,
and in perfect time The only accompani-
ment they had was rude sort of tom
tom and the whistling of boy. They
danced for three-quarters Of an hour, and
weren't broken down. This was on the
bare ground. mind you. Then a fine
looking boy brought square stone not
more than foot square, threw it on the
ground, hoped on it, and gave the finest
clog and double.shuffie ! ever saw He
had on cheap. worn shoes, with the heels
nearly worn off, but he didn't mind that.
He spun around on his toes, on his heels,
danced with one foot held in his hand,
jumped up and clapped his heels together
twice, whirled about on the toe of one
foot. Then he beat sort of tattoo with
the heel of one foot and made some fancy
movements with the other He gave
few wing movements that caught the
crowd. After ne got through with a
number Of difficult fancy movements he
jumped down as fresh as a daisy. There
were other dancers, and for eccentric
movements, fancy steps and pretty fig
ures, I've never seen the like. / under
stood that Primrose, the minstrel, saw
these people dance once and got stuck on
lem, and tried 10 get 'em with his show.
They would make great hit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
Four Babies at a Birth,
From The Philadelphia Record

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 24.-Four girl
babies. weighing four pounds each, and
well formed, were born Sunday 10 Mrs.
Alexander Clifton, of Acme Two were
born dead, however, and the other two
died two hours later. The mother smoked
pipe at the time and thought the event
nothing unusual
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
New Styles Outings Now Open.
New Hercules BraidS Received.
New PerCaIeS and Cinghans.
soc Ladies' Black Hose at SIC.
All Coaks at Cost Best Shngs, Sc. Dress Goods at Cost
All Skirts at Cost Fast PerCaas &c. Black Goods at Cost
All SaW at Cost Checked GinghamS, &c. All FanneS at Cost.
GUSTAVEECKSIEIN& eco
IMPORTED AND DOMssTlC DRY GOODS.
80 o N M AR CT =
- ~ Bull Street. -
a WEEK OF BARGAINS.

Another Cut in Fine Dress Goods. Sold
at half other houses sell at
Get prices on all goods at the Bon
Marche before you buy. Come and look at
our Laces, EmbrOideries, White Goods,
Table Linens, Lace Curtains, Hosiery, Cor
sets, ETC., etc. We will convince you that
our prices are 20 to so per cent under any
other house.
/. LEVKoWTCZ.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
ECKSTE EMS
75Cts. LAST week rs cts.
OF OUR GREAT SALE OF
IS Cents SILKS. rs Cents.

Gustave Eckstein & Co. Have the Largest Stock of
Fine Embroideres brought to Savannah. For Nice
Materials, New Patterns and Low Prices Our Stock
Cannot be Beaten.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09

There exists a general and deeply root
ed idea that direct current dynamos of
very high potential are not at all prac-
tical. The actual historical and prac-
teal facts are that the high potential di-
rect current machines were more extern
sively and successfully operated when
the dynamo first came into general use
about 1880 than any other type, either
direct or alternate. Furthermore, their
number and size have largely increased.
and the voltage at which they can be
practically worked has been steadily
raised until we now have 60 light dyna-
mos as the standard size of large ma
chimes, generating about 5000 volts and
10 amperes.
Arc dynamos of 30 light capacity are
also regularly made by several manu-
facturers, and 100 or even 1876 light ma
chimes are built and used. I happen to
know of one station where there are four
arc dynamos rated at 1876 lights each
which run every night with a load of
from 100 to 1O5 lights. These machines
must generate about 5000 volts each.
No great practical or other difficulty is
found in operating arc machines, except
that of danger to persons, but this is
merely due to the high potential and does
not depend very much upon the type of
machine or character of current.-Cas-
sier's Magazine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
STATESMEN's ECcENTRIClTlES.

Kate Field Says Our Senators Would BE
Lost Without Trousers Pockets.
"Do you prefer side or slant or top
pockets in your ~trousersP"
Il don't care, I'm sure. All I want
is pockets that I can get my hands in
to-"
This was the conversation overheard
the other day between a tailor and his
customer, and / was reminded of it an
hour later as l looked down upon the
floor of the senate chamber and watch
ed our grave and reverend lawmakers
going through their work. In the mid
die aisle, carrying on a triangular de-
bate, were Senator Proctor and Senator
German, each with his left hand in his
trousers pocket, and Senator Allison
with both hands similarly incased.
They were presently joined by Senator
Brice, who had his right hand pocket
ed, while Senator Lindsay strobe from
the Democratic over to the Republican
side, with both his hands in his pock-
cts, almost running into Senator Lodge,
who was carrying his in the same way.
I could not help thinking Of the old
story of Daniel Webster and the button
on his jacket, which he always used to
twirl while making his best Rotations
in school. It is said that a little girl
who had long stood next to him in his
spelling class, and who was ambitious
to pass him, contrived one day to snip
off this button, and at the next recita-
ton, when Daniel felt for it and found
it missing, he was SO overcome that he
missed the world put to him, and his
clever rival went to the head of the
class. Suppose some malicious person,
bent on destroying the comfort and dig
nifty of the senate, should contrive TO
have the trousers pockets Of all the SEN
ators sewed up over night, what would
become of American oratory and Iegis-
lation the next day?-Kate Fields
Washington.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
He Lost His Case.

"Judge Emerson, one of the most elo-
quent men Illinois ever produced, was
once taken down completely in a speech
at Decatur" said e. F. Layman, an at
torney of Chicago. "He had a case in
which there were some peculiarly pa
thetic circumstances, the rights Of a
young girl whose property had been
squandered and who was reduced to des-
titution being involved. Judge Emerson
made the most Of it, and as he closed his
speech a solemn hush had fallen over the
courtroom.
clears stood in the eyes of the jurors,
and even the judge coughed sympathet-
ically and hid his head behind the trial
docket. His opponent. whose name I
have now forgotten, saw that the spell
had to be broken in some way, or his case
was lost. Arising slowly to his feet, and
in a voice Of deep solemnity, and with
slow elaboration, he said, Gentlemen
Of the jury, let as continue these solemn
exercises by singing the one hundred and
fifteenth psalm A roar of laughter
followed from the audience, and Judge
Emerson lost his case"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
Died While the Doctors ouarreled.

Here is the latest episode of Partisan
life. The cold weather Of late has been
rather severe on the simian population
of the gay capital, and it was keenly
felt by Maurice, the orang-outang of
the Jardian d'Acclimatation. When
Maurice fell ill, it was decided by the
managers of the Jardin that inasmuch
as Maurice possessed far more resem-
blance to a man than to an animal, a
regular doctor should be summoned,
and accordingly the services Of a physi-
clan were invoked. On his arrival how
ever, the doctor declared that, as the
patient occupied an intermediary place
between the quadrumanes and the hu-
names, its treatment should devolve
upon a veterinary surgeon, who. how
ever, hesitated to assume the re-
sponsibility on the ground that Maui
rice was more human than beast.
While the discussion was in progress
between the two medicos the monkey
died.-Boston Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
NOW A DESERTED VILLAGE.

Virginia City, New, Once Gay and Prosper
Gus, Rapidly Falling to Ruins.
"a poet could write on The Desert
ed Village with Virginia City as a sub
ject and surpass Goldsmith's immortal
production on the same topic" said E.
l.. Hearne of San Francisco to a Globe
Democrat man. "The first time that I
was v e there the population of Vir-
ginia City was greater than that of the
entire stats now. Everything ran wide
open. Magnificent hotels and opera
halls, palatial residences, stores that
would have done credit to New York,
miltionaires who spent money freely,
maintaining a society that for brillian-
cy and gayety could not be equaled in
the United States. I was there a short
time ago. The hotels and opera houses
are closed, the residences empty, the
stores removed to other and more pros
porous places. Dwellings that cost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are given
over to the bats, and the broken panes
of glass, the shutters hanging upon a
single hinge or tapping in the wind,
give a grewsome sense of loneliness.
In years to M it will afford magni6-
cent spectacles Of ruins, and even now
in some sections of the town there is a
sense to the beholder Of being in a city
of the past. Millions were made and
lost, and the history of Virginia City
would be one of the most thrilling sto-
ries ever written. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
4 ROYAL klo.
Bulgaria Went wild with Joy Over the
Visit OF the Baby Prince.

Bulgaria Went wild with Joy Over the
visit Of the Baby Prince.
A man Of 81 years and a boy Of as
many hours are the two most conspicu-
Gus figures in Europe today. One, it is
feared, must soon close one of the most
remarkable public careers Of this on any
other age. The other, born in a palace.
may some day sit upon a rather shaky
throne. All Europe has smiled indul-
gently over the e~xtravagant welcome
with which Prince Ferdinand and his
subjects received the wee bit Of human
ity at Sofia. The royal youngster must
think this world an awful humbug.
Before he had a chance to enjoy his
first meal he was frightened half to
death by the firing of 101 cannon under
his window. He had hardly donned his
swaddling clothes before he was con-
demned to be Bearer of the Collar of
the Order of St. Alexander" The poor
child would have howled in protest, but
the royal decree informed him that as
the chief of three regiments Of infan-
try, cavalry and artillery no such weak
ness would be tolerated. Some ordina-
~ infant indulgences might be permit
ted him as prince and duke, but as a
full 1edged Knight of the First and
Fourth Class Military Order of Valor''
he must preserve the stern dignity of
his rank.
It was a hard week for him. In the
first place, the palace yard was thronged
night and day by his singing, dancing,
affectionate subjects. His royal daddy,
in spite of the nurses protests, persisted
in dangling him at a window several
times q day, to the frantic delight of
the cheering crowds. The whole pIin-
cipality took a weeks holiday, and the
rejoicing was SO spontaneous and unre-
strained that the nation found the spec
tacle a welcome relief from the solemn
croakings about war.-New York Suns
London Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
HER AToNEMENT.

Pathetic Story Of . Wealthy woman's
Theft, Confession and Restitution.
Iheard a little story today that makes
it seem conscience, Christianity and self
abasement are something more than
mere words, after all, and it is SO nice,
too, to hear such a story Of a distress
ing1y rich woman. The heroine-and
she is a genuine heroine-none other
could do as she dds the wife of a
magnate. whose wealth is inestimabIe,
whose income is ~incalculabie. She lives
in n of the most gorgeous mansions
of the metropolis and is famed for her
piety and charity. But she wal not al
ways rich-indeed she Once was actual
ly poor. When she was a girl at board
ing school, she had probably less pock-
ct money than any of her classmates.
One time a collection was taken up
among the girls for a most worthy and
needy object. Our young heroine longed
to help, and she was SO ashamed not to
be able. A schoolgirls pride is a dis
torted, disproportionate sentiment any
how. So, in a moment of temptation
and weakness, she stole S. from her
chum, who was the richest girl in school.
The latter, with the happy careless
ness of a petted child, who has more
than she wants, never v missed the
money at all. The end of the term came,
and the girls all went home. The rich
girl never returned. She became lost
to the ken of her former schoolmates-
all save one, who remembered her with
agonizing and conscience quickened dis
tinctness.
Finally, in the course of many years,
q poor heroine had become the wife
of M Of Americas richest men, and
n day she heard that the girl she had
never relinquished the search for was
poor, ill and a widow, with little chill
dren. She hunted her up, invited her
to come to dinner. and without telling
her invited also 90 of the friends whose
friendship and esteem she most valued,
among them her pastor.
After dinner, to every ones amaze
ment, she had every servant summoned
to the drawing room. There, before
her most cherished friends and her paid
subordinates, she confessed her petty
pilfering of 80 years before and ended
her confession simply, "But l will pay
back the money tonight" There wasn't
a dry eye in that stately drawing room
when she finished, but only very few
who listened to her self abasement knew
that the widowed friend took home ST.
900 for the pilfered S., and besides a
promise of education and subsequent
care for her three little children.
Don't you think my heroine had in
her the spirit of the early martyrs-or,
indeed, l believe it a higher type of
soul?
God bless her!-Mollie Knickerbock-
er in New York Recorder.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
PREHISTORIC REMAINS.
The Skeleton of Another Tall Man Recel
ly Discovered Near Mentone.

The Skeleton of Another Tall Man Recent
ly Discovered Near Mentone.
Fresh discoveries of human remains,
probably prehistoric, were found this
week on the Italian frontier near Men,
tone. Two years ago the skeleton of a
man more than s feet high was unearth-
ed at the same spot under the direction
Of an English arch@ologist. Workmen
in a ave recently uncovered several
slabs of stone which seemed to form a
part of a dolmen. The earth contained
many bones of animals, broken evil
IDENTIFY, for the extraction of the mar
row, and there were indications of fire
close by. Several small, pierced shells
which nee formed a chaplet and a
row of stag's teeth were neal at hand.
The skeleton of a man 6 feet 2 inches
in height was lying or its back. The
legs were crossed below the knee. The
right arm was extended and bent back
ward toward the head. The hand was
clinched. The left hand was placed
under the head. The same position has
been frequently observed in early neo-
Iithic burials. A fine crystal of carbon
ate of lime beside the skeleton was prob
ably a talisman. Further excavations
in the cavern revealed innumerable
bones of animals, notably a fine verte-
brB of a mammoth. Still another find
is a flint implement, which appears to
be of ~palaeolithic age.-Paris Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
Sayages In Modern War.

Il was curious to see the effect Of
the seven FOUNDER and hotchkiss shells
upon the Matabeles when they were re-
treating. On the shell bursting among
them we could g through our glasses
the Matebeles turn round and fire at the
place where tle shell had burst, think
ing it was some diabolical agency of the
white man. From information we re-
ceived after this fight we learned that
the enemy had intended attacking us at
10 o'clock the previous night, but ow-
ing to the rocket having been sent up
to recall Captain Borrow they were
afraid to do SO, thinking that we were
holding communion with u gods by
shooting at the stars and bringing them
down.-London Telegraph.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
THE LION PATH.

1 08ro uOt--
Look-the road Is very dark
The trees stir softly, and the bushes shake:
xhe long grass r~ust1es, and tho darkness moves
Here-there-beyond-
There's something crept across the road Just
nowi
And You would have me 60?
Go there-thrpugh that live darkness hideous
With stir Of crouching forms thai wait to kil7
All lookI See there-Rnd there-and there
again
Great yellow CLASSY eyes close to tho groundi
L0okl Now the clouds are lighter, / can see
The long, slow lashing Of the si4ewy tails
And the set CULVER Of strong jaws that wait.
Go there2 Not II Who dares to 60 who sees
30 perfectly the lions In tho path7
Comes one who dares.
Afraid at first, yet bound
On such high brands as no fear could stay.
Forth goes he, with the Lions in his path.
And then-
He dared q death of agony
Cutnumbered battle with the king of beasts;
Long struggle in the horror Of the night;
Dared and went forth to meet-O ye who fearl
Finding an empty road and nothing there
A wide, bare common road. with homely fields
And fences and the dusty roadside trees-
Some splitting kittens maybe in the grass.
Charlotte Perkins atetson In Boston Wom-
ans Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
THE NICKEL STEEL GUN.

Interest at the Government Ordnance Shops
Over the New Method of Assembling.
The force at the Washington ordnance
shops has nearly completed the assem-
bling of the first nickel steel gun for the
navy, and the result is awaited with in
terest. The ordnance officers have been
engaged some time in the construction
Of a furnace for heating the tube of
this gun, which is of s inch caliber.
The furnace will apply the heat to the
gun in a horizontal instead of in a per-
pendicular position. The jacket, the
piece of metal which fits over the base
of the tube and gives it greater strength,
will be forced v the tube while the
latter is kept beyond the expanding in
fuences of the heat by the constant ap-
plication of a stream of water.
The delay in assembling the gun, the
forgings of which have been ready for
some time, has been caused by the diff
fculty in securing a pyrometer, a deli
cate instrument for registering the fear
full heat of the furnace. This instru-
ment has been received, and everything
is ready for the assembling of the gun.
There is naturally much interest among
ordnance experts owe the result of the
new system of putting great guns to-
gether, for, if the proposed method is a
success, it will take the place of the old
way, which required a good deal of
shifting of heavy weights and the use
of a shrinking pit.
There is also much interest in the
trial of the nickel steel gun. 1t is ex-
pected that it will prove stronger and of
longer life than the simple steel gum
Washington Star.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
Picture Owners Getting Tired.

The owners of works of art not only
in England, but throughout Europe,
complain Of the injustice of the increas-
ing demands for the loan of their treas
ures for international, national and 10
cal exhibitions, says a New York Sun
correspondent. The pictures just re-
turned from Chicago are wanted imme-
diately for Vienna and then for Ant
werp. English owners are openly talk
ing Of refusing. To refuse to lend seems
churlish, however, and might prove
damaging to the reputation, not merely
of individual artists, but of the British
school. On the other hand, il the own
eTs lend whenever they are asked they
have possession of their own pic
lures. The Royal academy viii prob
ably soon consider the dilemma.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
A Little Learning.

We have been often told that ssa little
learning is a dangerous thing" and we
may be just as well assured that a little
bread is not the safest of all things. It
would be far better to have plenty Of
both, but the sophism Of those who use
this argument is that they represent the
choice between little and much, whereas
our election must be made between little
and none at all. If the choice is to be
made between a small portion of infor-
nation IT of food and absolute igno-
n or starvation. common sense gives
its decision in the homely proyerb, "Half
a loaf is better than no bread."-New
York Ledger.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-09
Buddhism In Paris.

A fresh propaganda of buddhism is
being undertaken in Paris, says a corre-
spondent. 1t is asserted that 80, GOO Pa
risians now profess the ancient religion.
Many well known women describe them
selves as eclectic Buddhists. A little
volume gives a summary of the doc
trines of the new creed. 1t has just been
printed, and large numbers have been
bought by wealthy neophytes and will
be distributed next week among al
classes. The converts are not expected
to desert the churches of which they
are members. The copies Of the book
have been bound in black morocco. gid
ed to resemble prayer books.