PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Webster. Neb. , Oct. 25 , ' 90.
To the Patrons of Neb. :
You are hereby notified that
the next Annual Meeting of
our State Grange P. of H. is
hereby called to convene at
Pawnee City on Tuesday , Dec.
rj -9th , 1890 , at 1 P. M.
It is desired that we have a
full delegation from each Po
mona and Subordinate Grange
in our State , and Masters and
Secretaries will see to it that
this matter is brought before
their respective Granges. We
also desire a written report of
all business relations had by
each Grange for the benefit of
their members , and especially
the amount of binding twine
used and whether the same
was bought through the agen
cy of the Grange or not. Have
these reports ready to hand to
the executive committee on the
opening of our meeting.
Kailroad rates have not been
fully secured , but we expect
the same rates as were granted
us at former meetings. Dele
gates will take receipts for
tickets purchased at starting
and all transfer points that
will entitle them to reduced
rate home.
' { ' Now , Patronsthere hasbeen
no time in the history of our
State when the welf ore of the
agricultural interests of the
State were so much in your
hands as at the present time ,
and we trust that we shall be
greeted with your presence at
this meeting.
In the short time interven
ing before pur State meeting
we urge upon all our Deputies
to make a special effort in per
fecting new organization at
the reduced fees as promulga
ted from our State Master's
office. Fraternally ,
J. R. GATLIN ,
Chairman Executive Com.
State Grange P. of H.
" New Secret Society for Both Sexes.
The Guild of Royal Ameri
cans is the name of a new order
recently organized in the east ,
, which it is proposed to spread
over the country if possible.
Its object is to unite frater
nally all American citizens ,
whether native or foreign
born. It has life insurance
and weekly benefits to the sicker
or disabled , introducing some
new features. It encourages
citizenship and reverence for
the flag of our country , up
holds the free public school
system and advocates indus
trial education , temperance
and sociability. THE TRIBUNE
would like to see the new ordei
effect an organization in this
city. .
The Prodding Pessimist.
When medical science shall
have isolated all the germs-
and found out how to prevent
or cure all the diseases , so that
every human being shall be
free to live out his natural life
in health , then will arise somt
pestilent pessimist to spoil it
all by prodding us perpetually
with the nagging question
"Is life worth living ? "
Owing to Circumstances.
A man "stops" at a hotel
when he lodges for one night
he "stays" when he is well fix
ed ; he "puts up" when he ifc
given a sky parlor ; he is a
"guest of the landlord" when
he does not pay.
The demand for corn reme
dies has dwindled to almost
nothing with the spread oi
sensible shoes.
Irrigation is doing wonders
for the farmers of Pecos Val
ley , Texas , the alleged alkali
country.
" One hundred per cent , ad
vance in the price of sealskins
is reported from London.
JUDGING SHEEP.
Some Tricks of Sharp Exhibitor * Ex *
poiod. V *
It was our good-rfortuno'lust fall to ba
a preferred spectator at one of the
largest and most'wide-awako fairs in
the West The show-rings were well
filled with the best specimens of ani
mals in each class. The sheep-pens
were of more than ordinary interest ,
both in numbers and excellence. Ths
awards were made by export judges. No
one had a doubt of the perfect fairness
of each decision , although it was evi
dent at times that the contest was close.
Often a ring would have fifteen or twen
ty sheep , and none but an export could
have given justice.
The animals were in splendid show
condition. Nothing could bo done that
was not done to have'the very best pos
sible display of points that characterize
perfect animals of their breeds and ages.
Even the shears had been resorted to in
the hands of men who knew how and
where to shape a model sheep. Why
was this done ? was the question that
came up continually , and was never
fully answered. The sheep wore good
enough to please any one , but they were
trimmed to deceive somebody.
In places the wool was th'ree inches
long , and again it was only an inch and
a half , so that the fiat places might be
full enough and the outlines bo made
to represent the model sheep. It was
evident the judge had to depend on his
hands to determine what his eyes could
not see. The onlookers could toll noth
ing about it. If they found the ribbon
on the sheep that their eyes decided
was the wrong one they were liable to
reflect upon the judge as making a mis
take. They , of course , could not handle
the sheep , and if they could would very
likely not understand the "trick. "
Just how far the judges were governed
by this deception is not known , nor
whether any notice was taken of it or
not Suppose the judge did not use
his hands at all as one not an expert
might not there would be an injustice
done , as was hoped by the exhibitor.
Then the trick was done to get money
by unfair means. Is it not time for
good sheep to win prizes by fair exhibi
tions ? Is it not time for fair associa
tions to insist upon the strictest fairness.
Breeder's Gazette.
Chnte for a Silo.
The sketch shown is intended to show
how to handle the silage in feeding.
The chute is 2 % feet square and at the
bottom is fixed as shown in the engrav
ing. A floor ( a ) is built about three feet
above the stable floor and supported
by legs made of fence boards ( b b ) . The
cart is left under the chute in the posi
tion shown while the silage is being
thrown down. Enough for two feedings
for all the cattle is thrown down at
once. About half runs over into the
cart which is backed along the gangway
CHUTE FOB SILO.
and the silage is shoveled out with a
scoop-shovel into the mangers on eitner
side. At the other end of the gangway
is the "feed-bin where the cart can be
filled and the feeding finished on the
return trip. After again placing the
cart under the chute the remaining
silage is raked into it with a common
garden rake. The main end of the cart
is left open ( with the exception of the
small board c ) for convenience in shov
eling. Kural New Yorker.
Early Tomatoes for Family Use.
Nearly every family can have a few
extra early plants for tomatoes before
the general crop is ripe. Select a dozen
or so of small flower pots , fill them
with rich earth mixed with a small
quantity of sand. Make a box that
will hold those pots snugly , and project
slightly above them. Fill the crevices
between the pots with sand and keep
this moist Plant a few seeds in each
pot and place the box in a warm win
dow. When there'are bright , warm
days set the box with a pane of glass
over it in a sunny position.
It will be necessary to watch that it
does not become too warm under the
glass , and the heat can be regulated by
raising one end of the glass. The plants
will make substantial growth , and
should be thinned to one in each pot.
This method will be satisfactory when
but few plants are needed. As the
plants become of considerable size ,
larger pots may be necessary. When
the ground becomes warm the hills
should be prepared with rich earth into
which the contents of the pots are
placed. The seed should be sown in
February. Popular Gardening.
The Good Cow.
"Can a naturally good cow be made a
very poor one by bad management ? I
see it stated that a good cow has certain
marks by which she can be dis
tinguished. Now , I desire to know if
bad management can utterly discount
these natural indications. " Well , no ;
not utterly. Of course the value of a
cow may be greatly decreased by bad
management The calf may bo stunted
and the milk organs "contracted so that
they will never reach their normal de
velopment Bad habits may be encour
aged , and , comparing the animal with
at she might have been , wo might
say she was ruined. , But a naturally
good cow , however badly treated at any
period of her life , will quickly respond
to generous care and feeding. It is
pretty difficult to utterly turn the
tendencies of nature. The way to make
a good cow , however supposing that
nature has laid a good foundation is
to give the animal the best of care and
best of food all through its life.
What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
' other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
" Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children. "
Da. G. C. OSOOOD ,
Lowell , Mass.
" Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
for distant when mo there will consider the real
interest of their children , and use Castoria in
stead of thovarious quack nostrumswhich ore
destroying their loved ones , by forcing opium ,
morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats , thereby sending
them to premature graves.1'
Da. J. F. KracHXLOE ,
Conway , Ark.
Castona.
"Castoria is BO well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me. "
H. A. ABCBXB , H. D. ,
Ill So. Oxford St. , Brooklyn , N. Y.
" Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence hi their outside practice with Castoria ,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products , yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it. "
UNITED HOSPITAL JLMD DISPENSARY ,
*
Boston , Mass.
AIXZN C. Surra , Pres. ,
The Centaur Company , TT Murray Street , New York City.
W. 0. BTTLLAKD & CO.
LIME , HARD
CEMENT , LUMBER.HARD AND
DOORS , LUMBER.
BLINDS.LUMBER. . SOFT
BLINDS. COAL.
RED CEDAR AND OAK POSTS.
. xf. WARRE.N , Manager.
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'DEALERS INE
LU1 E
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , CEMENT , LIME ,
Also Hard and Soft Coal.
well satisfied
MT&IM 4 IPS
is-iie ? BEST LAUNDRYSopPHjflje v/or/d /
use ii : in ajj t vVksl c &nrl cle
KEEP IT.
QOODB.
H. KAPKE , The Lead ing Tailor ,
Announeesthe arrival of his fall stock ,
comprising the LATEST and MOST FASH
IONABLE GOODS of the season. His prices
are lower than any other tailor's in MeCook.
DONT FAIL TO SEE HIS LINE !
CHICAGO'S FIRST RAttKOAD.
It Was Known as the Galena and
" *
Chicago Union.
Difficulties Under Which the Uae WM
Unlit The First 'Western Locorao- .
tlvo and Ita Engineer Start
ling Changes.
[ Special Chicago Correspondence. !
The railroad center of America. Chicago
cage has frequently been called many
flattering names , but none docs she deserve -
servo with moro justice than this one
the railroad center of America. At
present writing there are located in this
oity , according to the latest official
tables , the offices of one hundred rail
way corporations whoso tracks reach
from the Atlantic to the Pacific , from
Lake Superior to New Orleans , from
Portland , Ore. , or Seattle , Wash. , to the
Bouthernmostextremity of Florida. It is
true that many of the companies alluded
to do not operate their own lines , but
have leased them to moro powerful cor
porations ; still they are compelled by
law to maintain their independent ex
istence , and this they do by electing an
nually a board of directors with a presi
dent and secretary.
Their profits , however , are derived
not from operating their roads but Jby
parceling out their privileges among
companies able and willing to pay
handsomely for rights of way and depot
privileges. Out of the hundred
panics having a legal existence
haps sixty-five have thus dispose ]
operating privileges to thi
others whoso business covers , as al
indicated , the whole of the-
the city the road was completed to
Elgin , a distance of forty-two milcff
from Chicago. By May , 1852 , It ex
tended to a point twelve miles west of
Elgin ; another twelve miles was opened )
in October of the same year. In 1858
the road had been completed to Troe-
port , ono hundred and twonty-ono miles ,
and a branch had boon built to Beloit ,
Wis. , twenty miles. Another road , pro
jected by the same company , the Chicago
cage , Iowa & Fulton line , had boon
constructed from Freeport to Fulton in
1855 , and other switch and branch lines
had been added to the system , which iu
18G4 was consolidated with the Chicago
& Northwestern railway and is at pres
ent known as the Galena division of the
latter company.
The Pioneer , the first locomotive of
the first "Western railroad , was used un
til 185S. Like all machinery at that
time , it "had to
bo brought from
the East by way
of the lakes.
After it arrived
in Chicago 11
proved an ole-
FJIIST DEPOT IK CHICAGO.
/ \
States as well as portions of CanadA and
Mexico. The amount of money invested
in these enterprises is beyond ordinary
calculation and so is the volume of
traffic carried by them over their in
numerable branches. The passenger
branch of the service alone requires
seven depots of extensive proportions ,
among which the new station of the
Wisconsin Central line , the most com
plete structure of its kind , erected at a
cost of $1,000,000 , deserves especial men
tion.
tion.This
This immense system of railway
tracks and depot buildings and freight
yards and oar and locomotive equipment
unparalleled by any city in the world
had , like every thing else in this won
derful city , an hurtblo beginning , and
while wo view with astonishment the
things we see to-day , it might be well to
look back for a moment at the year
1845 , when some enterprising citizens of
Chicago then a thriving village of a
few thousand inhabitants and a com
mercial feeder for the booming city of
Galena , 111. , met at Eockford , 111. , with
delegates from other parts of the State
for the purpose of organizing the
Galena' & Chicago Union Railroad
Company.
William B. Ogden , at that time one of
the prominent citizens of Illinois , was
elected presi
dent of the
meeting , and
succeeded in
forming a com
pany two years
later , or , to bo
more exact , on
August 10 , 1647.
A line of rail
road was at once
to bo built from
Chicago to Ga
lena , but before ' $ & ///N * ?
operations could
be commenced WILLIAM B. OGDEN.
money had to be secured. Emissaries
were sent to New York to raise
$3,500,000 , but returned without having
accomplished their purpose. Chicago
enterprise , even then proverbial in the
West , took hold of the undertaking. The
directors of the company levied an as
sessment on the stock already sold in
Illinois , and completed a strip of road
running.from Chicago to the Desplaines
river , a distance of eight or nine miles.
At the same time Mr. Ogden , seconded
by another officer of the road , bought
the Pioneer , a small second-hand loco
motive , from the Utica & Schenectady
Railroad Company , for which they
pledged their personal security. The
locomotive , a good picture of which will
be found elsewhere , weighed but ten
tons , had but two driving-wheels , and
was altogether a primitive piece of ma
chinery. She was built in 1S3G , and
THE
was the thirty-seventh locomotive
turned out by the Baldwin locomotive
works.
The little machine is still carefully
preserved in the round-house of the Chicago
cage & Northwestern railroad at Turner ,
111. Shortly afterward the company
completed its equipment by purchasing
ono passenger car , sis four-wheeled
gravel cars and eight four-wheeled
freight cars. Another locomotive was
added a few months later , and the man
agers of the Galena & Chicago Union
announced with a flourish of trumpets
that the road was now in a condition to
meet all the requirements of commerce.
A year later the first depot was erected.
It was a humble two-story structure
with a tower more useful than artistic
and a freight-shed attachment. While
these imnrovements were being made in
is not
Befo
reaohf
begun
known asj
Pacific raf
river sever
parent compl
while Chicago
mercial center <
the objective p
enterprises of
its importance. / Eastern roads seokLngvj
a Western terminus centered in Chicago'
and Southern lines headed in the same
direction. The West grew in population ,
her resources were developed by pro-
gresaivo settlers , and soon railroad com
panies , instead of receiving subsidies
from the city , wore glad to pay hand
somely for the privilege of laying their
tracks within the city limits.
The early railroads enjoyed franchises
and rights which made their owners
rich and which even to this day make
their old stock a gold mine. Several
companies secured rights of way for tha
solo purpose of leasing them to other
companies , as , for instance , the Chicago
& Western Indiana railway , whoso cor
porate property consists of a right of
way and a handsome station building
which are rented at an exorbitant figure
to seven or eight Eastern , Western and
Southern trunk lines.
And what a change has occurred in
railway equipment , since the consump
tive Pioneer pulled its Qrst load of pas
sengers from Chicago to the Desplainca
river ! Mogul engines capable of draw
ing thirty heavy freight cars at a rapid
rate and beautiful passenger locomo
tives running at the rate of sixty miles
an hour ! Pullman sleeping coaches and
Mann boudoir cars have taken the place
of the simple Galena & Chicago Union
passenger cart which no self-respecting ;
street-car company would dare offer to
its patrons in our day.
What a transformation in less thaa \
half a century ! Chicago in 1847 the com
mercial satellite of Galena ! Chicago in
1890 the second city in the Union in
point of population , the first in point of
enterprise ! Galena forgotten , known
only as the place in which General
Grant lived a few years in obscurity !
G. W.
A Journalistic Slip.
Exchange Editor Well , welll I sea
the man who wrote so many funny
things for the Hayseed Chronicle is
dead.
Obituary Editor Dead ? I should saj
so ; he's been dead ton years.
Exchange Editor Well , by gum ! And
here I've been quoting local news from
the Chronicle all this time thinking1
they were jokes. Puck.
Wouldn't Let Him Start In.
Jones I suppose you take lots of
comfort with your now baby , Brown ?
Brown Well , I should say so. Let
me tell you how cunning ho is. \
Jones I'd very much like to hear , butte
to tell the truth I'm due in the next
block in four hours from now. Some
other time , Brown. Judge.
The Professor's IJusiness.
"I never did see such * a forgetful man
as Prof. Tingle , " exclaimed Mrs. Small
to one of her boarders. "I believe he'd
forget his head if it wasn't fastened on ,
I wonder what he does for a living ? "
" he teaches his celebrated
"Why , sys
tem of cultivating the memory. " Mun-
sey's Weekly.
At the Cafe.
Smith Where did you sleep last
night ?
Brown In a buggy.
Smith Why didn't you go to a hotel ?
Brown I did , but it was buggy.
Smith Oh , I see. That's the reason
you are sulky. Arcola Record.
"Why Appreciation Failed.
Merchant ( after refusing an. applicant
for work ) I'd like to employ you , but
you see how it is. I hope you appreciate
the situation.
Applicant I could appreciate it better
if-1 had it. Munaey's Weekly.
