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but the Won Mohl Co invariably declines - make
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The Beers and the Blacks.
Frank Leslie's Populor Month

The Beers owe their political existence
to the Nation against which they are now
engaged in war. AT any moment during
the past decade the black hordes of Zwasi-
land, Zululand, Basutoland, Bechuana-
land, and Matabeleland, who have fore
sworn the assegai for the KragJ Jorgensen
and Lee-Metford arms. could have overrun
the Transvaal and exterminated the Dutch
usurpers who dispossessed them of their
domain. England has held the restraining
hand, for the black races both respect and
fear their Imperial conqucror and pro-
tector. The natives entertain implacable
hatred for the Beers, for by them they have
been robbed, beaten, and enslaved; but to-
ward the British, who have organized the
tribes and given them forms of self-goy-
ernment, tho Kaffirs on the whole are
friendly. In 1868 the great Basuto race
sought refuge from Boer aggression by
voluntary submission to England.
One Of the secrets of the Great Trek
was determination on the part of the
Beers to establish O system of slavery,
which in British territory Is forbidden
The treatment Of the blacks by the Beers
is a tragic story of injustice and cruelty.
In Johannesburg and Pretoria to-day a
black man is not permitted TO walk on the
sidewalk; he must keep to the middle of
Ii sent on an errand which makes il neces-
sary for him to enter building, he must
crouch as he hurries from the gutter to the
store or stairway to which be is bound
One day in my office In johannesburg
the door was pushed open by Kaffir prone
on the floor, dragging himself by his ell
bows. Thinking he was wounded, rose
to assist him. He grihned and handed
me letter. IT was from a Government
official, and the Kaffir was merely an ap-
prentice messenger delivering n public
document. | made him get up and take
a chair while answered the message
When | gave him the notc lie skunk away
trembling and much mystitied. After
ward | spoke to the Boer official about the
episode. He protested that | had done
very wrong. Il always kick them as they
go out he explained; then they know
who Is the superior. Another law prohibits
Kafirs from whistling or singing in the
streets; and asIthe spirit Of the black man,
however much he is oppressed. finds en-
" violated, and for their musical indis-
erea3n err p, Keffi{s p o are dragged in great
ed route. The Boefs explair that this Ia v
vas passed to suppresS the eSasperafing
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EVERYDAY LIFE OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
CONTINUED from first page. }

will, this is the naked front and aspect of
the measure, and in this aspect it could
not but produce agitation. Slavery is
founded in the selfshness of mans nature;
opposition TO it, in his love of justice. These
principles are an eternal antagonism, and
when brought into collision so fiercely as
slavery extension brings them, shocks,
throes, and commissions must ceaselessly
follow. Repeal the Missouri Compromise;
repeal all compromises; repeal the Decla-
ration of Independence; repeal all past
history-you still can not repeal human
nature. 1t still will be the abundance of
mans heart. that slavery extension is
wrong, and, out of the abundance of his
heart, his mouth will continue to speak
When Mr.. Petit in connection
with his support of the Nebraska bill, called
the Declaration of Independence "a self
evident lie, he only did what consistency
and candor require all other, Nebraska
The National tribune., 1900-02-08
Pleased with the Tea Set.

RIVER FALLS, WIS, Jan. !. 1900.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: hereby
acknowledge receipt of the silver tea sci
which arrived Dec. %, 1899, in fine shape
"coffeecooler's" table in grand style. II is
a puzzle 10 me TO know how you can give
such nice presents TO club-raiscrs. just
Eeep this thing up and the old NATIONAL
TRIBUNE will top all the weeklies in the
United States. | have been reader OF
IHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for the past %
years, and so long as can raise dollar il
viii still find me in front on the firing line
ana fetching it into camp every Friday
night. Thanking you for all the books
You have sent me, am, yours truly,
&. II. ELLIS.
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G.. A. r, Notes.

Comrade Findley I. Thomas has been
Installed for the 14th term as Quartcrmaster
Of Post 5S, Harrisburg. He served in the
$7th Pa; was brevetted Major, and is
now Secretary of the Regimcntal Sur
viYors' Association.
Commander Charles II. Barber, Phillips
Creek, n. Y, writes that Revere Post,
assisted by the High School, held appro-
pirate services at Belmont. n. Y. on the
Tooth anniversary of Washington's death.
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about five years in Gen. Wheaton's COM
pany when he was Captain in the Goth
Inf, as a Sergeant OF his company.-GEO.
W. BoYNToN, Barnegat. Ore
IGen. Wheaton enlisted in the 8th III. in
April, 1861, and became Il Sergeant. He
re-enlisted in the reorganized regiment,
became Lieutenant. and was successfully
promoted until he became a Lieutenant
Colonel and Breyet Colonel of the regiment
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in 1864. He entered the Regular Army III
1866 as Captain in the S4th E. s.. was
transferred to the 2Oth L. S. in 1859; be-
came a Major Of the regiment in 1891: Lieu
tenant-C Colonel of the 22d L. S. in 1895;
exchanged back TO his old regiment; and in
1898 became Licutenant-Co!oncl Of the I'd
Z. S. He was appointed Brigadier-General
of Volunteers. May -. 1s9S.-EDITOR
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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An Obstacle.
DBL

O'Brien (the Fenian, in a stage whisper,
Are yez in favor av invadin' Canady?
Casey-Oi am that; but there's wan
thing that's bOtherin' me.
O'Brien-Phat is it?
Casey How the divil will we be able t
git olr arms pasht tn coostoom officials
widout payin' dooty?
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independence and mbilant bravado of the
blacks, and TO instruct them In the ways
of true humility. Possibly the law is also
due 10 the creed of the Doppers, the party
long in control of the Government, who
regard all music as a PROCLAMATION, and
who have accordingly renounced even the
intoning of psalms in their solemn services.
The drastic subjugation of the blacks
has produced deep determination among
the tribes to he avenged if opportunity ever
The National tribune., 1900-02-08
Well Satisfied With Dishes.

MILLER'S CREEK, KY, Dec. 8, 1899.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: | re-
ceived my dishes all o. K, and am exceed
ingly well satisfied with them. | am
going to get another club for the silver set
DUDLEY MCINTOSH.
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Gen. Lloyd Wheaton.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Will YOU
kindly through the columns of THE ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE give short history of
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, his services. and if his
father was ever in the army?
My reasons for asking is that served
The National tribune., 1900-02-08
DO YOU SCRATCH?

Eczema. Itching. Piles. and all Skin Dis
eases Cured. 1 made the discovery of method that
permanently cured me of eczema. do what no physi
clan can do. Send cents for trial treatment
W. A RULLARD, 3is Theodore Street, Detroit Mich
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

rangement of heavy travelling wheels,
forming a practically continuous rolling
surface enables it to hang over al en-
bankment almost half its length with
out disturbing it's balance. 1t would
be thus possible for it to cross a deep
ditch, almost half as wide as the ma
chine is long, without topping over.
1t is scarcely possible to give an idea
of the resistless force with which this
mighty engine quietly crushed down
every obstacle that came within its
path. Part of its force comes from its
great weight, part from its powerful
machinery and part from its momen-
tum which, owe part Of the cross coun-
try course, brought it up to a speed OF
40 miles an hour. While going at this
speed, a stone fence, two feet thick,
was crushed into and the masonry was
scattered like chaff, leaving a smooth
passageway the width of the engine,
much in the form of a bullet going
through a rigidly framed pane Of glass.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Eneland,s Latest
War Machines

The new Pennington motor has been
given a trial in England, and the latest
wonder of military mechanics" is not
the ridiculous failure it was expected to
be. AS a matter of fact it seems not
only to be the strongest but the fastest
yet in existence, and its use is expected
to revolutionize modern warfare. This
is to be accomplished by mean of a
travelling fortress capable of running
at the speed of an expires strain over al
most any kind Of ground. A most
stringent series Of tests have lately
been made with the new machine. Last
week it was run across country for Is
miles without any deviation from its
straight course for distractions it met
with on the way. The engine jumped
bitches, hillocks and large rocks, and
crashed through fences with ease.
The motor itself sets low to the
ground, and is so rigidly built that it
can withstand any shock, while the ar
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

until, worn out in patience, Lieutenant
General Sheridan ordered the pursuit,
capture and destruction of the merci-
less chief and his followers. The ex-
petition was led by the late George
Crook, who effected a meeting with
Geronimo March rs, 1886. To the de-
mand for an unconditional surrender
the Apache chief declared that he
would give himself up only on con-
dition that the band, with it's families,
be sent East for a period not to ex-
coed two years and then return to the
reservation. On the way the Indians
escaped and General Crook withdrew,
his place being taken by General Miles.
Then followed the famous pursuit Of
Geronimo and his last capture by the
present general of the army.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Problem Before Planters.

A letter from Greensboro, S. c..
printed in the New York Commercial.
asserts that the South is suffering
from a scarcity of plantation labor. It
is said that fully 70 per cent of the
workers who handle the cotton croD
consists of negroes, and the umbe
of these who are willing to work on
plantations decreases each year. AS a
result the cotton planters are suffer-
ing, for there is no substitution of
white labor, and during the picking
season there is an inadequate supnlv
of workmen and the planters find !,
difficult to gather their rop
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Current Notes
~ 5anoe"SS
Cure for Bran Fac.

President Jordan of Stanford univer-
sity, California, is a hard worker him
self, and has but little patience with a
person with indolent habits. In spite
OF everything, however, the tasks i'm
posed on the youths under his care
have proven too much for them. Here
and there n or two would drop out
of the race and were soon forgotten by
almost everybody at the university.
These fallings by the wayside were the
subject Of frequent thought on the
part Of John ]. levin, chief electrician
of the university, whose misfortune 1t
was to have a special friend drop out
through inability to maintain the pace.
Mr.. Levin set himself to the task of
discovering some way of giving back
ward students such aid Is would pre-
vent them from falling behind. That
was five years ago., and Mr.. levin is
now ready TO give the necessary stimu-
lent in such cases. His Investigations
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
H U

have convinced him that electricity is
a sort of elixir Of youth; that it is a
sure cure for brain flag, and that it will
nurture the mind of youth and stimu-
late the wisdom of age. Mr.. Levin
has ponderous and exact ways of de-
scribing just how all these miracles
may be performed, but the young men
at the university express the same
ideas when they refer to the treat
ment as hitting the brush" They
unanimously agree that by following
the electricians instructions the human
brains ability to Withstand the fatigue
of labor is vastly increased. Those
who have taken the treatment are also
at one in the assertion that no harm
comes therefrom.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Americonizing Canada.

Now that the Canadian parliament
has adjourned, after a session of six
months, the newspapers Of the domin-
ion are calling attention to the lcngth
of its session and are discussing E1sA
in which it may be shortened. 1t is ad-
mitted generally that six months is
rather long to spend in t~ransacting the
business of 5000, 900 people, and that
unless the members change their pres
ent methods of doing business the
length of the session will increase.
The members themselves say that the
chief fault is that they get only 81 200
for six months work, and say that
their pay should be increased or made
proportionate to the length of the
sessions. This remedy, however,
would not be likely to shorten the
duration of parliament. A better plan
is that suggested by John Charlton,
NJ. p, who says that some way should
be found to check the "wind-jamming
style of Oratory that mistakes guam
tity for quality He favors the in
PRODUCTION Of the plan used in the
American house of representatives Of
limiting the time for debate and then
dividing it into five and ten minute al
lotments for certain members.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
TITO British Beauties.

The beautiful Cunning sisters a cen
fury ago, the lovely Moncrieffe sisters
forty years back, and now the hand
some Wilson sisters, whose beauty is
the talk of English society, keep alive
the tradition that once in every fifty
years nature is pleased to create in
one family a group of physically per-
feet women.
Two of the Wilson ladies, the young
Countess of Chesterfield and Miss Lou
Use Wilson, made their bow to the
queen a few days ago; in fact, the
countess was presented only this year,
and though there were scores of fair
young m%atrons and ~debutantes at the
drawing room, she easily distanced
them all by her marvellous red-gold
hair, brown eyes and matchless COM
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

S"O up
anese he was made a prisoner. A few
weeks later he escaped and after a
month of hardship and wandering he
finally landed in Honolulu. There one
night he was drugged and "shang-
haied' on board a schooner engaged in
smuggling opium to the United States.
When the little vessel finally came
to anchor in a bay on the coast OF
southern California he took the first
opportunity to slip overheard in the
darkness and swim to shore. He was
entirely without money or acquaint-
ances, and the next few months he
had a hard time to get food and shell
ter. He served as bootblack, as a dish
washer, a fruit picker, and as a min
ing prOspectOr. He was knocked
down by a highwayman and robbed OF
what little he had accumulated. At
last a letter came from home bringing
plenty of money. He started on his
travels. In Chicago he worked for a
time as reporter on n of the great
newspapers. Then he drifted to Bos-
ton. Since his arrival at the Hub he
has published two novels and a book
Of verse, and the critics declare that
he is likely to make a name for him
self in the literature of this country.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Cbe Orion fo Go,

New York is seriously considering
the question of banishing the hand Or
gan, and if that city frowns upon the
other cities will follow the example.
The hand organ is looked upon as
a rather doubtful blessing, and, while
there are some people who are like
George Eliot's heroine, Maggie Tulli-
yer, and think any barrel organ splen-
did, others dislike to have their rev.
cries and their work interrupted by
the floods of it's tempestuous melo-
dies.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Or. Barnddo'S HomeS.

At the thirty-fourth annual meeting
of the directors OF DR.. Barbados home
in Great Britain, statistics were given
showing the enormous extent of this
charity. Last year the disbursements
reached nearly LOCO, geo. During the
year BOIL children were admitted to
the homes and, adding these to the
4,448 children in the institutions at
the beginning OF the year, the number
maintained wholly or in part during
the year was no less than 1859. The
boast of the homes is that during the
year no application made by or in be-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
II Chinese american.

A little over twenty-five years ago a
rich Chinese merchant of San Fran
cisco, well educated and well born,
fell in love with the daughter Of a
white man who owned a ranch high
up in the foothills of the Santa Cruz
mountains. The father threatened to
shoot the Monaghan on sight, but the
girl loved him well enough to leave
home and parents and run away with
him to China. They were married, and
two years later they had a son, All
Foo Lin. The child grew up, speaking
English as we'll as he did Chinese, and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

half of a destitute child was refused.
Dr.. Barbados homes now number
twenty-five in the United Kingdom,
besides which there are four in Can
ada, and it is proposed to establish
others in Australia. Another branch
OF the work is the sending out Of chill
dren as emigrants TO the British col
onies. and thus far IL ,609 boys and
girls have been sent, most Of them to
Canada.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
s3s Weekly
pQnOrQmQ
May FtGbf Duel.

1t is believed by many that a duel is
not unlikely to be the outcome of the
Astor-Milne insult incident. The half
hearted apology printed In the Pail
Mall Gazette a few days ago is not
sufficient to satisfy the friends of Sir
Berkeley Milne or that gentleman him
self, and 1t is believed that the code,
which still obtains to considerable ex-
tent in the higher classes of English
society, will be resorted to.
The Prince of Wales and other
friends of Sir Berkeley feel that the
indignity placed upon him, not only in
his private capacity, but also in that Of
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

for the most wretched people on earth.
In setting sale for the war-stricken
East she has no computations, no re-
grets.
Not on her rich sisters account will
it be any sacrifice to her to leave for
ever this hemisphere. Mrs. Howard
Gould, rapt in the gayeties of Paris,
which her husbands millions bring
within her reach, holds no communi-
cation with the votary and allows it to
be understood that she has nc sympa-
thy with her self-sacrifice.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

membered that there Is a population of
10000, 900 within a radius of 500 miles
Of Paris and excursion trains are run
daily.
In other respects the Paris show does
not differ much from the Worlds Fair
of 1893. Nearly all the leading fea-
lures Of the Chicago exposition are re-
tained. The Midway Plaisance is re-
produced with great p~reciseness. The
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
C6icoio'S "AufopanS,"

Automobile rides for a nickel each
have been added to the other joys
Chicago offers to country visitors. A
dry goods firm put three electric omni-
buses into commission last week.
Seven more carriages will be added to
the line as fast as they can be turned
out of the factory. The new carriages
look like overgrown theater wagons,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

On last Sunday the attendance at the
Paris exposition reached the enormous
total of $4,000 for the day. This is
within 200, 900 of being as high a figure
as was made at our own worlds fair on
Chicago day, Oct. 9, 1893. The daily
attendance at the Paris fair is, how
ever, much above the Chicago average,
being about 100, 900. While this beats
the Chicago record, it should be re-
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

The wedding was
solemniZed in New
port and was INK
of the principal
events of the sea-
son. The princess
is a young woman
of striking beauty.
The strong Inca
ments of the hero
are reproduced in
the face of his
~grandchild, soft
and %beautified,
of course, by her
sex. She has the
brown hair and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

when the war with
Japan broke out
he was given a
commission on a
Chinese man of
war. He was pres
ent at the battle
of Yalu river and
was wounded by
fragments of a
shell. When the
ship on which he
served fell into the
hands of the Ian
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

eyes of her mother, Mrs. Fred Grant,
and her figure is tall, willowy and
slender. The Cantacuzenes trace their
descent back to the Emperor of By
zantium, for, although they are Rus
sianized now, they are Greek, or By
zantine, rather. in blood.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

IL AulOpuOIS.
to the operator is
made by a mechanical buzzer, which
a be heard through the telephone.
The coin is placed on the horizontal
slide shown, which is pushed into the
box. The coin drops, tripping the
huzzer, the spring of which has been
previously wound by the act Of push
ing forward the slide. If the coin is
a nickel it is shown at the glass in the
center, but if a small coin it falls
through without tripping the buzzer.
The hole i'll the slide is exactly the
size and thickness of the nickel, SO
that it is impossible to use a mutilated
coin. This is one of the strongest fea-
lures claimed for the device, since slot
machines are frequently thrown out of
order by being clogged.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

Streets of Cairo" is the great drawing
card in that section, just as it was at
Chicago. The camel ride is as popular
over there as it proved here.
Occasionally we hear that the Paris
exposition is not a success. Perhaps
it isn't an artistic success, but finan-
cially it has proved a splendid invest
ment for Paris and likewise for
France. To date it is a success.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03
Grants

Princess C~antacuzene, to whom a son
was born in Paris the other day, was
Miss Julia Dent Grant, the grand
daughter Of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia
Dent Grant. Miss Grant became the
Princess C~antacuzene last summer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

musical
in Chicago. While
in Munich she re-
ceived an offer
from the Grau COM
pany to sing at the
c t G a + d en-
Theatre in London.
While fulfilling the
engagement she
succumbed to an
attack of nervous
prostration brought
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-08-03

constant fretting
and "a growing de-
~spondency over his
C a ptivity have
wrecked Geroni-
o mind.
The Apaches led
by Geronimo e r
known as the Chi
ricahuas, predatory
"hostiles." W h 0
ranged the terri
tories of Arizona
and New Meyico