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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1884)
. SUMMER DAYd HATK COME. The summer days have come , dear , I'll toll you bow I know ; Amidst the dandellonod grass "White headft begin to show ; -And as I Bat with book Intent Last night , it came to pass -A. big Juno beetle came to warm His feet beside my gas. Ho dropped down In a shriveled heap ; I stabbed him with my pen , And laid a book upon his corpse To hold him down , and then I turned to write a letter To a friend ' 'about my age , ' ' And ere my first apology "Was half way down the page , "Full twenty bugs had come to see What kept their comrade so. They lifted up "Poetic Gems" And brought him forth , and lol He straightened out his broken legs , Unfurled hie singed wings , Humped up his flattened backandslruck The strain the Juno bug sings. "Then sang they all about my ears And drove mo from the room ; And by these presents do 1 know That summer dayshavo come. [ Barbara Moss. PIONEER PLUCK. 33ow Mrg. McShane Defended Her Home Against Savages. Jiocky Mountain News. Nineteen years ago this season an enterprising Irishman and his wife started for Pike's Peak , with thousands of others , from the states. The young couple hailed from Pittsburg , Pa. , and after tarrying a few days in Denver -started for Kusseville , near the head waters of Cherry Creek. This point " "was then , as now , a great center of at traction for gold seekers , prospectors and others. Arriving there with a slender outfit of provisions and tools , David McShnne and his wife , the sub jects of this sketch , concluded to pro ceeded a little further toward the set ting sun. They looked the country over carefully and decided to take up a homestead on the beautiful Monument Oreek. Although it was six miles from the nearest settlement , yet the pros pective advantages overruled the pres ent , and in a short time a rude home was built , a crop put in and prepara tions made for the coming winter. As time passed on four sturdy children came totgladden this home in the far west , neighbors settled within a few hours' ride , and the pioneer's cabin was made to resemble the home they had left in the east as far as possible. The McShanes prospered , and as time wore on became noted for considerable possessions. In 1868 a band of Chey- ennes and Arapahoes swept through the country , killing the defenceless , burning houses and driving off stock. At this time the father was absent at Colorado City , attending to neceessary business. The predatory savages swept down from Ilussellville , where they had established a camp , upon the home of the devoted couple. But here they met an unexpected ob stacle. Mrs. McShane had learned to handle a rifle , and on the approach of the Indians she collected the children , barricaded the doors and windows and * waited patiently for results. Near the house were some small stacks of hav , and in a field was the live stock , con sisting of horses and cattle. The Indians circled around the place , keeping out of range of the defenders , as it was easy for them to see the house was occupied. Finally they sent for ward a messenger , who imperatively -demanded a surrender , promising all sorts of pleasant things. The reply was a rifle snot , and then another , telling them that there were determined de fenders in the barricaded place. They knew that the country behind them was aroused , and that at any moment an attack could be expected in the rear. MpShone's prowesss as a marksman was well known , and atter a council , the attacking party decided to move on , not before , however , collecting all the stock of horses and driving them off. To prevent this Mrs. McShane was powerless , and was only too well con tent that the hay stacks and house were not burned. Emerson's Hope , Carlyle's Despair. Lecture on Kmersou. You will find many earnest preach ers of our popular religion to be fer- yeut in their praise and admiration of Carlyle. His insistance on labor , righteousness and veracity pleases them ; his contempt for happiness pleases them , too. I read the other day a tract against smoking , although I do not happen to be a smoker my self. " " said the " "Smoking , tract , "is liked because it gives agreeable sensa tions. Now , it is a positive objection to a. thing that it gives agreeable sen sations. " Shortly afterwards I was in specting a school , and 1 found the children reading a piece of poetry on the common theme that we are here to-day and gone to-morrow. I shall soon' be gone , the speaker in this poem was made to say ' 'And I shall be glad to go , For the world at best is a dreary place , And my life is getting low. " How usual a language of popular re ligion that is , on our side of the Atlan tic at any rate ! But then our popular religion , in disparaging happiness here below , knows very well what it is after. It has its eye on a happiness in a future life above the clouds , in the New Jeru salem , to be won by disliking and re jecting happiness here on earth. And so long as this ideal stands fast , it is very well. But for many it stands fast no longer ; for Carlyle , at any rate , it had faCed and vanished. Happiness in labor , righteousness and veracity in the life of the spirit here was a .gospel still for Carlyle to preach , and to help others by preaching. But he baffled them and himself by choosing the paradox that we are not born for happiness at all. Happiness in labor , righteousness , and veracity ; in all the life of the spirit ; happiness and eternal hope that was Emerson's gospel. I hear it said that Emerson was too san guine ; that the actual generation in America is not turning out so well as he expected. Very likely he was too san guine as to the near future ; in this country it is difficult not to be too san guine. Very possibly the present gen eration may prove unworthy of his high hopes ; even several generations succeeding this may prove unworthy ol them. But by his conviction that in the life of the spirit is happiness , and by his hope that this life of the spirit will come more and more to be "sanely understood , and to prevail , and to work for happiness by this conviction and hope Emerson was great , and he will surely prove in the end to have been right in them. In this country it is difficult , as I said , not to be sanguine. Many of your writers are over-sanguine , and on the wrong grounds. The Boss Snake Story. The News of Berrien , Ga. , prints the following : Last Friday Messrs. R. Q. Houston , B. R. Johnson , George Mc Millan and W. K. Roberts went on a deer hunt in the Alapaha river swamp , about three miles Irom town. Afte taking their respective "stands" Mr. Houston went below about three miles to "drive" up the swamp. "When he was near the Brunswick and Western railway bridge which crosses the Ala paha three miles east of this place , on his return , an immense rattlesnake sprang from the brush and buried its fangs in the calf of his left leg. He at once called for help , and fortunately Mr. J. P. Loyd , section master , who was having some work done near by , heard and responded to his call. By the time Mr. Loyd reached him , Mr. Houston's leg below the knee was swollen to twice its usual size , and he was suffering great pain. Mr. L. bound a ligature around the leg above the knee , and then boarded his hand-car to .come to Alapaha for a physician. Dr. Fogle was soon found and hastened to the scene of suffering. When they reached Mr. Houston's side , wonderful to relate , he was found sweetly sleeping and the swelling was almost gone from his leg. Around him were lying dead nearly a half bushel of mosquitoeswho had drawn the poison from him. The gentlemen , in great surprise , aroused Mr. Houston , who , barring a little weakness from the loss of blood , was as well as he ever was. This is a won derful story , and some may be inclined , just as we were , to doubt it at first , but we are personally acquainted with all the parties mentioned , except Mr. Houston , and we do not believe they would vouch for a story not true in every particular. The snake was killed by the section hands , and measured five feet and four inches in length , and had nineteen rattles and a button. The Country Editor. Oakland Acorn. Somebody has written up the coun try editor in about two columns of non pareil for a New York paper. The subject is not so unpromising as it may first appear. The country editor has a hard road to travel. He is the re porter , the book-keeper , mechanical superintendent , business manager , col lector , mailing machine and soliciting agent of the establishment. His work is hard , his receipts small and his cred itors numerous. In a small town an editor has to steer his course so as to avoid giving offense to different circles of society , the religious denominations , the business community and the rural population. If an influential old farmer svanls a three column notice of his new barn , it must appear , or Ihe editormust lose a hundred subscribers. Patchwork quilts , big beets and phenomenal eggs also clamor for space in the columns of : he country paper. In the course of ime the rural scribe becomes either jocose or morose , but in either frame he continues to make friends who de mand free advertising , and enemies who work against him. The country editor is always getting ready to aban don journalism for something else , but be rarely carries out his threat. He generally dies in harness. In some wild communities editors occasionally meet with rough treatment. Some- Limes they are driven out of the coun try , and when other methods of getting rid of them fail , they are sent to the legislature. The city editor gets a good deal of fun out of the country editor's work , but the man who bears the bur den regards it as serious business. The little local weeklies scattered all over the country are all in their way poten tial factors of civilization. They de velop their localities , bring their re sources before the world , and in aman- ner educate their readers. They are always on the side of the churches , the school , progress and reform. Men who ive and die working for such objects are permanent benefactors and deserve a substantial reward. Nebraska's Crops. listings Gazette-Journal. A boiling down of the crop reports of all our state exchanges may be ex- iressed about as follows : Spring wheat , ) ats and rye are looking fine and prom- sing an extraordinary good yield. Rye is heading out in good style , with long , veil filled heads and a good strong growth of straw. Corn has come up as well as the average of years ; the tand is much better than had been loped for from the great cry that was raised about poor seed. Grass is mak- ng a heavy growth and pasturage and lay will be plenty this season. Small ! rnit prospects are exceedingly good. Fhere has been no serious delay of arm work from excessive rains. Tree ind hedge plants are taking an extra growth. The entire farm prospect is as good as it ever was at this time of year. Every farmer is looking ahead o a bountiful harvest and a consequent relief from debt. The Country Press. American Journalist. There is one thing that strikes us as ) eing most remarkable in the conduct of United States journalism , and that is he pith and strength of expression that runs throughout the so-called country > ress. It really is the country press hat thought finds the strongest expres- iori. Occasionally a country editor ) etrays ignorance or carelesness of the ule of Grammar ; sometimes he gets a 'little off" on the matter of propriety ; but the country editor , like the country voter , has a large force of shaping the lestinies of the people for whom we ournalists all write , than the so-called metropolitan press combined. Indeed , the facts lead to the following kind of a formulation of the use of newspapers : The papers of the great cities supply current news in the mass , as is their province to do ; the country newspaper digests the news into the shape oj practical and effective thought. The man of the counh y has time to think ; he of the city has barely time to record , and if he attempts to make deductions , his time" so short and his opportuni ties so liable to be tinctured with bias , that he frequently comes to grief and has to eat his own words. It is in the city that the doctrine has grown that a newspaper has neither conscience nor memory ; such a doctrine would ruin the most successful country newspaper in the union. The great dailies of the great cities are magnificent organiza tions for the collection and dissemina tion of news , but there their functions , except as to the manipulations of loca. political and social affairs , cease. The .country newspaper should be a vehicle of thought , and generally is so. The facts are spread before them by the great city dailies , and they control or guide public sentiment. Blissfnl Babyhood. "Oh , mamma , " said little Paul , when the new baby was shown him for the first time , "can I wear baby's dresses when I grow tall enough ? " [ Philadel phia Call. Scene , a Sunday school : Young lady o.atechising the children on the plagues of Egypt. "Y. L. "And what became of the plagues of locusts ? " A pause. Then s'lnall boy at the bottom sudden ly : "Please miss , I know ! John the Baptist ate them. " [ Boston Tran script. "Bobby"said his aunt at the dinner table , "will you have a piece of the rhubarb pie or a piece of the peach pie ? " .Bobbie thought for a moment and then replied : "I guess I will try a piece of the rhu barb pie first. " [ Philadelphia Call. "No , I must not play hookey , " re sponded a nice little boy to his rough- looking school companion. If I do , my father will chastise me. " "Whoa ! Is that all your pap does when ye play hookey ? My daddy licks me , " "he said roughly. [ Kentucky State Journal. There was company at tea the other evening , and Miss Eight-Year-Old was discovered wtth a battered nose. "Why , Jessie , how did you bruise your nose so ? " said one of the sympa thetic ladies. " to kiss the curb-stone " "Trying - , was the brief , but perfectly lucid , response. [ Washington Hatchet. Our Leisure Classes. Boston Journal. "Aw , well , don't you know , " said the distinguished titled Englishman who was being entertained at a prominent club the other afternoon , "what I miss here in this country is the existence of people who are not in business * and money-making you have no leisure class here , don't you know. " And his iriend told him he was altogether mis taken ; and , when they went out for a stroll on the street , pointed out to him an organ-grinder who was playing dolefully upon his lugubrious instru- irent , and piloting a monkey up the side of a house after pennies , while a crowd of several hundred lined both sidewalks and filled the roadway , and when the performer and his companion moved on accompanied them in a body. And later the pair observed ninety- seven persons watching five men who loisted a safe into a four-story window , and eighty-six others who killed time by inspecting a dozen Irishmen en gaged in digging a cellar. And the Englishman expressed himself as hav ing gained a new notion of American society , and learned that the leisure class flourished in this country to a most extraordinary degree. How He Came Out. Merchant Traveler. 4'1 understand"said Charlie to Fred , that you went up last night to see your girl's father and ask him to adopt fou as a son-in-law. How is it ? " "Yes I meandered that- , up thatway about the time that twilight and day light get mixed up so you can't tell a. m. from p. m. " "Did you see the old gentleman ? " "Of course I did. That's what I went for. " "And did you make the proposition previously cited ? " "I did , for a fact. " "Well-how did you come out ? " "Darned if I know. The old man caught rue under the eaves of my pant aloons with his foot , and as the windows dews and doors were both open , I don't really know just how I did come out , but as I saw the carpenters putting in a section of new sash this morning , I am led to believe that I came out of the window. You see , I was in some what of a hurry and didn't stop to make a careful investigation as to the exact locality of my exit. Good morn- iug , I'll see you later. There comes the old fellow"now. . " A Little Account of Thirteen Years Standing. Rutland ( VtO Herald. An occupant of one of the oilices in the city building in Rutland told Friday evening a little anecdote that we repro duce. "The first part of the story took place about thirteen years before the mam event that I am going to tell you about. I was a young fellow and was taking a girl to ride. We drove into Greene to a party in winter. We got out at the house where the party was to be , played games for half an hour , kissed the girls , perhaps , and then drove home. Well , sir , thirteen years afterwards , a number of years ago , a man dropped into my store. He said , 'How d'ye do , ' and so did I. He said , 'Your name's R , ain't it ? ' Said I , 'Yes. ' 'Let's see'said he , 'you was out to my house to a party , warn't you , once ? ' 'Yes , sir , and had a good time , ' said I. Then the old fellow drew a piece of paper out of his pocket and passed it to me. 'You owe me a little bill , don't you ? It's all writ down on the paper. ' The paper was a bill of forty cents for baiting the horse thirteen years * before. I made him sit down and reckon interest before I paid him , and then I told him to get right out of the store. " UNCLE SAM'S PAY EOLI. What it Coat * to Bon the Government and "Where the Money Gee . People who think it does not cost anything to run a great government like this , even on a basis of "economy and reform " should read , an appropri ation bill or two to be undeceived. The house appropriations committee is struggling to make a record in the way of economy , yet its appropriation bills , considered in detail or aggregate'are astonishing. Take the legislative , ex ecutive ana judicial bill , as reported , for instance. It shows that the sala ries of congressmen , taking both branches into account , are over two millions of dollars per year. Al least the bill appropriates this sum for sala ries of members , § 380,000 being for salaries of senators , and § 1,695,000 for members of the house. For mileage the appropriation is § 143,000 and for salaries ot officers and employes of the house and senate almost three-quarters of a million. For the botanic garden , which furnishes the members with free bouquets , 821,700 is appropriated. The sum allowed for the civil service com mission and its traveling expenses is $27,300 : The department of state is quite moderate in its demands , the es timates being but $131,000. The treas ury department makes up for this lack of enterprise on the part of the state department by calling for $9,242,000 to run its business , and gets $9,130,064. The war department , which is largely run by army officers , whose pay is pro vided for by the army bill , only costs in this bill $2,069,000 , while Mr. Chandler's navy department , with characteristic modesty , only wants $362,000 , and is cut down to $282,000. The interior department's estimate is $4,128,785 ; the sum allowed in this bill is $3,817,779. There are some curious features in the bill. For instance , it allows the chaplain of the senate but $900 per year , nnd pays the messengers to the committee rooms $1,440 per year , or one-half more for legs than for praying ability. To the telegraph operator in the senate it pays but $900 per yearthus giving to skilled labor but little to run with legs only. For reporting the de bates in the senate it allows $25,000 , all of which is paid to one man. Of course he must pay something out of it for help , but he is said to make about one- half of it "clean net cash. " For report ing the house debates it allows $26,000 , but it divides it among five men , the "chief" getting $6,000 , the others $5,000 each. Out of this they pay their assistants who write the reports at "dictation" from these stenographers , taking it first in short hand , and then writing it out on foolscap paper in broad lines , so that the member , if he desires to revise it may have plenty of room between the lines for correction. For "page" boys , whose duty it is to be at the house and senate and run at the call of members , on the most trifling duties , too , as a rule , the bill allows $15,000 , paying them $2.50 per day. Under the head of "executive" it gives to the president's assistants the following : Private secretary , $3,250 pefcyear , two executive clerks , $2,000 edch ; stenographer , $1,800 ; six clerks at salaries averaging about $1,400 each ; three ushers , who get in all $3,800 ; five messengers at $1,200 each , one steward at $1,800 per year think of this , ye who pay your cook $100 per year and tht reluctant ; two doorkeepers ers , at $1,200 each ; one watchman $900 ; one fireman , $864. There is also a "contingent fund" of $8,000 for miscellaneous expenses , while the "sun dry civil" bill makes allowances for the expense of furnishing and keeping up the white house irom kitchen to office and bed room. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Defect in manners is usually the de fect of fine perception. Elegance comes of no breeding , but of birth. Emer son. son.The The sufficiency of thy merit is to know that thy merit is not sufficient. [ St. Augustine. As the fire-fly only shines when on the wing , so it is with the human mind when at rest it darkens. [ Addison. A miser grows rich by seeming poor ; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. [ Slienstone. By struggling with misfortunes we are sure to receive some wounds in the conflict ; but a sure method to come off victorious is by running away. [ Gold smith. There are few , very few , that will own themselves in a mistake , though all the world deem them to be in down right nonsense. [ Swift. Modesty is to merit as shades to fig ures in a picture , giving it strength and beauty. [ Bruyere. I think it must somewhere be written that the virtues of mothers shall , oc casionally , be visited on their children. [ Dickens. Good nature is the very air of a good mind , the sign of a large and prosper ous soul , and the peculiar soil in which virtue prospers. [ Goodman. Indolence is a delightful but distress ing state ; we must be doing so mething to be happy. Action is no less neces sary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. [ Haz- litt. litt.It It is one proof of a good education and of true refinement of feeling to re spect antiquity. [ Sigourney. Politeness is like an air cushion. There may be nothing in it , but it eases our joints wonderfully. [ Bulwer. Pride is increased by ignorance. Those assume the most who know the least. tGay. Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking. [ Ed wards. A Pennsylvania man left his wife Because she always made him enter the louse by the back door. We naturally infer that the cook was not particularly good-looking. [ Burlington Free Press. Henry Dore , of Rochester , was kick ed by a horse Sunday and received a jroken leg. Now let somebody sing "Never take the horseshoe from the Dore" to him.The Hatchet. M. A. SPALDING , AGENT FOR THE COO COO O 70 tfu 70O CO 111 Sold Low for cash , or on easy payments or rente ! until the rent pays for the organ. M. A. SPALDING , Agent , McCOOK , NEBRASKA. STOCK DIEECTOEY DENNIS M'KILLIP. Ranch on Red Willow. Thornburg , Hayes County , Neb. Cattle branded "J. M. " on leftside. Young cattle branded same as above , also "J. ' ' on left jaw. Uuder-slope right ear. Horses branded "E" on left shoulder. FOR SALE. My range of 1,000 acres of deeded land in one body , including the Black and Byfield hav lands ; timber and water with two good farm houses and other improvements. Convenient to No. 1 school privileges. Situated in the Republican val ley west Red "Willow creek. Call on or address J. F. BLACK. Indianola , Neb. W. J. WILSON. Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; also dewlap and a crop and under half crop on eft ear , and a crop and under bit in the risrht. Ranch on the Republican. Post- office , Max , Dundy county , Nebraska. HENRY T. CHURCH. Osborn , Neb. Range : Red Willow creek , ; n southwest corner of Frontier county , cat- lie branded "O L 0 * ' on right side. Also , an over crop on right ear and under crop on . Horses branded ' ' 8" left. on right shoulder. SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO. Indianola , Neb. Range : RepublicanVal- ey , east of Dry Creole , and near head of Spring Creek , in Cuase county , J. D. WELBORK , Vice President and Superintendent. JOHN HATF1ELD & SON. McCook , Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast , on Republican river. Stock branded with a bar and lazy on left hip E J. B.TV1ESEKVE. Ranch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman River , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded as above ; also " 717" on left side ; " 7" on riirht hip and "L. " on right .shoulder ; "L. " on left shoulder and "X. " on left jaw. Half under-crop reft ear , and square- crop right ear. C. D. PHELPS. Range : Republican Valley , four miles west of Culbertson , south side of Republi can. Stock branded " 1G1" and " 7-L. " P. O. Address , Culbertson , Neb. THE TURNIP BRAND. Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock branded on left hip , and a fewdouble cross es on left side. C. D. ERCANBRACK. STOKES & TROTH. P. O. Address , Carrico , Hayes county , Nebraska. Range. Red Willow , above Car rico. Stock branded as above. Also run the lazy ei brand. GEORGE J. FREDERICK. Ranch4 miles southwest of McCook , on the Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the left hip. P. O. address , McCook , Neb. PROCTOR. McCook , Neb. , range ; Red Willow creek , in southwest c > rner of Frontier county. Also E. P. brand on right hip and side and swal low-fork in right ear. Horses branded E. P. on right hip. A few branded ' 'A' ' on right hip. ALL LIVE DRUGGISTS SELL SPRING- BLOSSOM I f THE * - ' GBEAT Anti-Bilious and Dyspeptic dura.