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The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
Reciprocity Prospects.

The Dingley law is only about four
months old 1t has not had time to
justify itself as a revenue producer,
owing to the heavy anticipatory i'm
ports during the tine that congress
was giving it final shape, but its pro-
visions have been clear from the day
it was signed by the president, and
foreign countries are fully advised as
to it's bearing and significance. Is
there a single sign of a tariff war
against the United States on the hor-
lion? Is there not, on the contrary,
a sign of commercial good will in every
direction? Foreign governments are
putting the same high value on our
markets that We ourselves in the
Dingley law have put upon them. In
stead of making war Oh Us, they are
making overtures to trade with us on
terms of mutual benefit. The reci-
procity clause Of the new law prom
ises to be one of the most useful fea-
lures. Great Britain invokes it in the
interests of her possessions in the
West Indies. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is
now in Washington willing to discuss
terms for increased trade between
Canada and the United States. France
desires to negotiate a reciprocity treaty
and Peru does also. 1t is not too much
to say, indeed, that the United States
has only to show willingness on the
subject to extend her trade by means
of reciprocity on advantageous terms
in nearly any direction.-Washingt
"Star."
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Rags and buttons, and lots of things.
No matter how busy she is, she'll stop
To see how well you can spin your top.
She does not care-not much. mean
If fellows face is not always clean;
And II your trousers are torn at the
knee,
She can put in a patch that you'd never
see.
"a fellows mother is never mad,
And only sorry if you're bad;
And l will tell you this, if you're only
true,
She'll always forgive you. what'er you
do.
I'm sure of this said Fred, the wise.
With a manly look in his laughing eyes,
I'll mind my mother quick every day;
fellows a baby that don't obey"
Selected.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
The Crooked Sweet Pea Stem.

In the queens garden was planted a
long row Of sweet peas which grew
and blossomed as only sweet peas N
queens garden could grow and bios
som. How lovely they were, and what
delight were they to the queen.
One bright June morning three tiny
buds commenced to feel their way out
to the sun, and that they might see
the queen when he passed by. But
long before it was time for the little
buds to bloom, they were caught by
one of the tendrils of the vine which
held them fast, so that the stem on
which they grew was bent all out of
shape.
One afternoon the gardener passed
by, and he saw the little crooked stem.
"Oh," said the flowers, she will snip
us off and throw us away; for would
not the queen feel sorry if she should
come along and find us growing here?"
And this the gardener was just
ready to do when something attracted
his attention, so that he forgot all
about shipping them off, and for a
time they were safe.
Just at sunset the queen passed by.
"Oh," cried the poor little flowers, 'let
us hide, so that the queen cannot see
our deformity."
But the queen did see them. What
sweet little flowers" she exclaimed,
"and this evening in my hair will l
wear you. Would God that my crown
were one-half as fair as the sweet
faces of these lovely flowers
All that evening the good queen
wore the happy little flowers, and
then, when she retired for the night
she placed them in tiny jeweled
vase, that they might keep sweet and
fresh for the morrow.
"Oh," exclaimed my poor little de-
formed boy, sis that truly true
story?"
Almost" 1 replied.
Tell me the true part Of it." he
asked eagerly.
'sYou are the little sweet pea bios
som, my boy, and mother is your
queen"
How the little lads eyes shone when
he joyfully cried out, ooh! Oh, Oh.
and the queen loves me. I knew she
did. 1 am so glad, mamma"
Yes" 1 replied, hugging him close
to mothers breast, Il do love you
But Jesus loves us more than we can
possibly love each other, and He has
seen me, and He has seen my darling
boy, and we know Him; so that by
and by He will come and take US home
to dwell with Him; there all the
crooked shall be made straight, my
precious boy" "Oh, how lovely" ex-
claimed the little lad.
Bay City, Mich.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

BY feeding poultry and stock with
cooked food during the winter months,
at least one-third of the food is saved;
also having stock i'll a healthy cOndi-
ton, preventing hog cholera among
your hogs, and insuring the hens lay
ing freely during the winter months
when eggs are always wanted at high
prices. This Cooker will pay for itself
in one weeks time and is without
doubt the best and cheapest on the
market-just what it's name implies, a
Farmers Handy Feed Cooker. Upon
application to the Empire Manufacture
ing Co., 615 Fl street. Quincy. H.. a cat
alogue, giving a full description, may
be obtained. They are made in all sizes.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

President Mckinley speaks in hope
full terms, in his message, of the pros
poets regarding reciprocity treaties
with European and American coun-
tries. He expresses the belief that ''by
a careful exercise of the powers con-
ferred by the recent tariff act some
grievances of our own and other coun-
tries, in our mutual trade relations,
may be either removed Or largely elm
mated and the volume Of our CONNER
cial exchanges enlarged with advan-
tage to both contracting parties
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

The monument which the members
OF the Iron Brigade" will erect to
the memory of General John GibbOn
in the Arlington cemetery across the
Potomac from the national capital
is rapidly nearing completion. A
bas-relief of General Gibbon appears
on the front of the granite and the
whole will be one of the handsomest
monuments in the cemetery.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
Sport on the Ice.

One of the most exciting of winter
sports is the sled merry-go-round. 1t
IS built very much like an ordinary
boys whirligig, only it is placed on
the ice. And for genuine fun it cannot
be equaled.
Any boy can make q sled merry-go-
round. All the material necessary is a
stout post, long enough to reach
through the ice and find a secure rest
ing place in the mud or sand in the
bottom of the pond. 1t should reach
about three feet above the surface
When it is put in place hole may be
cut in the ice just large enough to ad-
nit it, and heavy mallet will drive
it into place in the bottom of the pond.
If it is left over night the water will
freeze close around it and hold it solid.
In the top of the post a large, round
bolt or spike should be driven The
whirligig part of the merry-go-round
is a long plank or scantling with a
hole IN the middle just large enough
to fit over the bolt or spike. When
this is in place the merry-go-round is
complete. Before it is used, however,
it is we'll to grease the top of the post
and bolt so that the plank will slip
around easily.
Any number OF exciting games may
be played with the sled merry-go-
round. Perhaps the best of these is
the sled contest. Two stout sleds are
attached to the ends of the plank by
long ropes. A boy sits on each Of
them. Then half a dozen other boys
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
Not a Bad Showing.

The customs collections at the port
of San Francisco for the month of Oc-
tober were $432 2,167, or $4,000 more
than they were in September. Not a
bad showing for the third month of
the Dingley Bill.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

The United States Patent Office will
expend $4,000 in making a display OF
models at the Trans Mississippi and
International Exposition. to be held at
Omaha from June to November, 1898.
To bring this exhibit up to date. in
ventors will be invited to exhibit
their meritorious inventions. and in
this connection, Inventor Thomas A.
Edison has pledged himself to mako
an exhibit of one of his latest inven-
tions. Inventors having models OF
clever inventions, should address
Sues e. Co, Patent Experts, Omaha,
in charge of the section of Inventions,
for free information.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
FOB BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
The Crooked Sweet Pea Stem-Spcrt
on the Ice-WhiriigIg Skating-why
a Horse Hates a CamcI-Jo dining the
Salvation Army.
A Fellows Mother.

FELLOWS moth
er, said Fred, the
wise,
With his rosy cheeks
and his m e rry
eyes.
KNOWS what to do
If a fellow gets
hurt
By a thump or 8
bruise. or a fall In
the dirt.
"a fellows mother
has b a 6 s Il n q
strings.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Truth is the band Of union and the
basis of human happiness. Without
this virtue there is no reliance uDon
language. no confidence in friendship.
no security in promises an1 aaths -
Jeremy Collier.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Scrcfula ant
All other blood
Diseases are promptly
And Permanently Cured
BY Hoods Sarsaparilla.
If you suffer from
Any form of Blood
Disorder, you should
Take Hoods and
Only Hoods.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
Seyen-YPar-OJd Hero,

New York Telegram: Monday sew
en-year-old Abraham Eckerson Of
Guttenburg, n, J., was playing soldier
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Diggs-They say that it is lawful
for a man to gamble his wife away in
Siam. Biggs-A law like that would
be of no benefit in this country. Digs
Why not? Biggs-It would be i'm
possible to find a man to take the bet.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
WILL BE NO DEFICIT.
DEMOCRATIC SCREAMS ABOUT
THE FAILURE UNFOUNDED.

The Formal Estimate OF the Secretary
for 1898 of 81 1909 600, but the Facts
Point to a Probable Surplus in That
Year of S3O,OOO,OUD.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Recent insurance statistics show
that if the wife dies first the husband
On an average survives nine years,
while if the husband dies first the
wife survives eleven years
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
fsRMER,s HANDY FEED COOKER.

We desire to call our readers atten-
tion to the Farmers Handy Feed
Cooker. which is sold at the low price
of $3.50 for so gallon capacity
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Man is creations masterpiece, But
who says so? Man.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Ruskin's sixty-four books bring him
in $20,000 a year.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07
Do You Dance Tonight?

Shake into your Shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
COrns, Bunions, Chilblains and Sweat
ing Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, n. Y.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Swinburne, who writes very little
makes $4,000 a year by his poems.
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Smoke s1edge Cigarettes, 20 for cts. 4
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

re CURE COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative BroLno Quin.ne Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money ii tGils 70 cure. $50
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Returning Tourist (after July "a,
1890: mo, sir; not this time I'll
wait till get back to America, where
the finest and the best fitting clothes
N ..le world are c-ade."
The McCook tribune., 1898-01-07

Returning Tourist (before July "a,
1870: "Pack it full; there is no duty
to pay, and 1 won't have to buy any
thing at home for the next two years. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13
TO REFORM THEIR WOMEN.

Most of the reforms of the times are
attempted wrong end to, by putting the
cart before the horse. There are some
dissolute women in the world, some
very bad specimens of femininity. But
in ninety-nine cases out of every hun
dred men are responsible for the dire
lection of the strays. The way to re-
form women is to protect them in the
first place, when very few will ever
stand in need of reforming. The most
successful and efficient plan for reform
ing women and for keeping the other
disobedients from going astray would
the bottom of every woman's trouble
will be found some man. A sociological
innovation in the nature of an expert
ment is being made in New Zealand
cities. 1t is a practical effort to turn
aside from the downward path way
ward girls and women. The govern
ment has drafted bill for the appoint
ment of discreet women as inspectors
and examiners Of girls and women
found on the streets at night unaccom-
panied by escort or chaperon. These
inspectors have extensive powers.
Should a girl be discovered in a noe
turnal solitaire ramble, they are vested
with authority to escort her home and
see that she is safely deposited beneath
the protection of the paternal roof; or
if the offender be a known public char
acter, to take her to specially provid-
ed establishment and leave her in
charge of the matron, pending inquiry.
1t is believed that in this way many
girls can be saved from a wicked life
and many fallen women reclaimed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13
He Reckoned without His Host.
(From the Detroit Free Press.)


Wethersby had dropped in to the mat
inee to see the comedy. He was seated
alongside of pretty little 5-year-old, who,
like many beguiling innocents of that age
take advantage of a paucity of birthdays
to make the acquaintance of cookbook
ing young man, or anyone else who hap
pens to suit their fancy, without the for
mality Of an Introduction. Wethersby
usually found himself fearfully tangled
after an attempt TO mix up with an infan-
tile conversation, but the violet blue that
peeped out from under the beautiful LASH
ed canopies and the innocent smiles that
were lavished on him inveigled him again.
I'm going to see my grandpa after
while" said the little miss, with the char
acteristic bluntness that children usually
employ to open up conversation.
ooh, you are, are you?" said Wethers-
by, with startling originality, and trying
to make his remarks commensurate with
infant understanding he added:
You like your grandpa, don't your"
Yes. like him awful well; he tells me
stories"
We'll, you must always like your grand
pa" said he, with mock paternal air.
know, and then you'll want little girls to
like YOU
The little maid smiled a sweet, beguil-
ing smile, and Wethersby felt that he was
gettin on famously.
'Dous your grandpa walk with nice
big gold-headed cane, and does he have
long white hair and whiskers?'
How funny you talk, don't you?" said
the little girl, looking up in puzzled steadi-
ness into Wethersby's face. There's my
gran'pa on the stage. He's dressed like
a tramp, an, see him, see him! he's dane
ING a cIOpr'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13

The annual festival Of 81. GORGE the
Saint and Martyr was celebrated today BY
the wearers Of the Military Cross Of THAI
name IN the Winter Palace. az usual at
the invitation Of the Car. All persons
possessing this decoration. whether az
present in the service OF out of e
they are 70 be counted by thousands-
are entitled 10 be present The great halls
Of the Winter Palace are crowded most 81
the day by masses Of sildiery. priests. and
others taking part IN the ecclesiastical
and military ceremonies and the banquets
wHica follow The young Gar IS one %
the distinguished few IA thss vast though
select throng who do not wear the 81
Georges cross, but his Majesty and ths
Fuoress are. nevertheless. the Ru.diuE
spirits and the amiabie and condescending
host aud hostess at these ceremonies ard
entertainments.
At haIf-past eleven IN their Imperial
Maiastfes. with the other members ~ t5c
lr1perial family. iesui from their private
apa rtuentE and paced through The halls,
preceded by several hundred cavaliers -
ali ranks and brauches Of the army auS
navy. two By two 80 far az the chapel
Here the Metropolitan and priests ioifi@a
the procession. which returned ln similar
order 20 the great hail % =. Gorge.
name of the CANT The Metropolitan then
sorinklsd the persons ~ their imperial
Sga.estles. the troops. and their cpiors
wifb holy water. after which The I'm
r7resg and the Grand Dscbezs and court
ladies'. as well a. the clergy. retired. ard
.ha Gar remained for q while - vitEee.
fhe .ereu0rin1s carrying away ~ fhe
military standards N the Fllar6-roorn ln
the palace. where they are sl~ays ke2t
In the afternoon the rark and Gla wers
rtortainad a. q banquet. ~ The lower rpor
q the palace TIE car. - 8snal. Salk-
ed rpgnd tie tsbles ard drank - th@
health ot the usen- Who finally carTiei
home with them the plates and mugs -
souvenirs o. fhe occasion ~ haI<r-st
1--WE tbs e-enfng their IA sestiez gave az
other han4oet En- the &lclolaE Hal - fhe
Officer knights q ;ss crter. 3 sas-@ ~zH
a-s-l fru-a TIRE guns & the fortress -
,-l-,or q the festival. --T>aza1a Times g.
Esz.a~xts1rx C'creN-scsrsEeree December =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13
gaAl0 ~ GdgW
NJ. VI. MURDOCH. Editor.
BAKERS BACKBONE.

Kansas senior senator is a "Davy
Crockett stamp of a man. Lucien Bak-
ker is not inclined to proper until he
knows that he is right" but once that
fact determined he "goes ahead with
out reference to the number or kind of
obstacles which may happen to con-
front him, caring little who is response
bic for the impedinents. He holds his
forces in such reserve that he is often
estimated to be very conservative,
when exactly the opposite is true. In
short, it has, after a considerable lapse
of time and an all-around test OF
strength, dawned upon the politicians
of Kansas that Senator Baker, in spite
of his reserve and caution, when occa-
sion demands, possesses backbone suffi-
'cient for two or three ordinary states
men. Having once determined his duty
to his state and party upon the one
hand and his prerogatives upon the
other, there is no hesitancy or lack Of
Nigor in his movements. The posses
sion Of these characteristics, which
possession he has most satisfactorily
demonstrated render him both safe
statesman for radical Kansas and a de-
sirable man for his party.
It seems that the. new comptroller Of
the currency has a brotheI-in-law in
Nebraska, who, in turn, has a partner
in the pratcice of law at Lincoln, by
the name of John B. Cunningham. The
new comptroller when it came to the
appointment of a bank examiner for
the state Of Kansas, named his Nebras-
ka friend in face of d dozen applica-
tons of we'll qualified Kansans. The
nepotism Of the action, the unquestion-
able injustice to Kansas was more than
Baker could overlook or brook and the
successor of Mr.. Eckles found himself
Unexpectedly confronted by the pres
ence of d United States senator with
demand which could only be met in one
way, and that by an explanatory apol-
ogy and a promise to right the wrong
The Kansas senator, who was accom-
panied by Representative Curtis, very
emphatically informed Mr.. Dawes that
If the matter was not righted he would
personally lay it before the president.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13

deposits were simply formed by the ac-
ton of water. 1t is now reported from
Alaska that the mother VEIN has
been discovered up there. The Law
renee Journal observes that that is
what prospectors and miners have
been looking for all these years since
gold was discovered in the western
mountains. The story is most likely a
fake, but if it is true, and if the source
from which comes all the uncounted
millions that are scattered from the
summit to the sea, has really been
found, then in ten years gold will be
worth but little more than silver, and
possibly not so much.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-13

forever against the throne OF God. in ten
der, tireless cadence-the united voices of
many women pleading for the souls of
men
The violin slips from the governors
hands and his head sinks upon his breast
When witnesses were found who corrob
GRATED the statements OF the prisoner, and
Jail wardens certified TO 20 years OF ex-
emplary behavior inside the prison walls,
the Governor sent for Abner Hill to be
brought to his private office
The day he expected him he placed the
violin in a conspicuous position on the
desk.
There was ushered into his presence
tall, angular man with the worn face and
STOPPING shoulders OF three-score years
hair scanty, muscles fabby, eyes dull;
nothing to bespeak youth but the faint
red that crept into his sunken cheek when
the servant announced his name. A single
stroke of sin and its after-writing on the
brain had done the work of twice 20
years.
He stood inside the door with downcast
eyes and nervous. f1uttering hands.
The Governor called his name and some
thing in the kindly accents gave him cour-
age to look up.
Something else in the homely. humor-
Gus face that no man ever looked into
without loving gave him courage to speak
and his eyes caught sight of the violin.
Reaching a trembling hand out to his
dumb friend as though for confidence, he
whispered, hoarsely:
Gunner what did she tell you fer me?
What did my old fiddle tell your
The Governor waited for a moment, per-
Eaps to steady his voice; then, laying
both hands on the shoulders Of the 9TH
err his eyes reading with a fathers ten
derness the piteous. expectant face, he
said:
"Abner, she says-the old fiddle says
that you can go back to the mountains
And, my man, may God be with you'll!
The convict stood for moment like one
struck dumb, womanish pallor over
spreading his cheek; then, with a cry
which his listener never forgot, ne threw
his arms around his liberator and sobbed
like a heart-brol1en child.
And the Governor was not ashamed to
admit that something frightened in his
throat and broke out at his eyes, too
Nora c. Franklin, in Lippincott's Maya
zine