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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1885
Page
2
Poem excerpt reflecting solitary tone as autumn fades to winter. The speaker roams alone among leaves and memory, hearing church bells and distant music over sleeping graves. Mention of springtime lilies, dreamless tombs, and silent worship. Credits T. E. P. Stewart in The Current.
In a tale set around a black and white exhibition and Mrs De Morris Brown’s soirée, Mark Hepworth hides stained gloves to keep his chemistry ties secret. A ruined plan to join Share, a romance with Flora McGregor, and an accidental reveal doom his hopes as Uncle Mark and Share turn on him, leaving him to choose chemistry over a failed future.
In the Gentleman's Magazine account a large leaf cutting ant of South American origin is described as an intelligent agricultural insect. It farms fungi from stored leaf beds, defends its colony in planned battles, and prioritizes the public good over personal aggression. Wars are rare but decisive battles occur over several days with orderly cleanup after combat.
Lamented George D. Prentice prose poem on death’s inevitability recalls mortal fading and the search for immortality. It cites Ion and Clemanthe to ponder meeting again, asserting love's enduring glow beyond mortality.
A regional piece argues Arizona's name derives from Aridus and zona meaning dry belt. It notes the term arid describes moisture loss and asserts zones mark sun heat. claims the name Arizona is misapplied to much of the territory.
A historical survey details the post presidency fortunes of U S presidents. It notes Jefferson’s debts and mortgage sales of Monticello and Montecello lottery, Madison Dolly Madison’s poverty, Monroe’s frugal end, Adams wealth trends, Jackson debt, Van Buren Lindenwald and Polk, and Lincoln Johnson Grant Garfield in modest means.
Seth Green is famed worldwide as a naturalist and master of rod and gun with deep knowledge of fishes birds and their foods. He blends observation with practical experiments including using boards under melon vines to feed toads that control vineyard pests. He pursues facts over speculation and has turned years of study into useful agricultural results per American Agriculturist.
A Rome study details Italian communities abroad listing totals by country and city. France leads with 274,825 including 57,861 in Marseilles and 21,577 in Paris, while Argentina's La Plata hosts 103,595. The United States counts 170,000 Italians, with 20,286 in New York.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes a town named Ilim in Irkutsk, Siberia, where 4500 inhabitants have no schools and all remain illiterate. Four churches exist, but no formal education system persists, yet local governance stays traditional.
A historical comparison notes Germany's 1882 population at 45,222,113 versus France at 37,622,448 in 1881, predicting Germany will exceed France by about 11.5 million by 1900. It contrasts farming, mining, and crafts between the two nations, highlights larger German manual industries and commerce, and counts official and domestic labor differences, including idle wealth and domestic service.
The City of Mexico features an extensive police system with lanterns at street intersections. Roundsmen patrol on horseback with carbines and sabers, resembling cavalry. Policemen are courteous and assist passengers, including helping ladies onto streetcars, in a genteel, Castilian manner.
The London Saturday Review imagines future British use of American phrases in politics. It foresees a statesman citing his Record and denouncing those who bolt the regular nomination or fail to vote the straight ticket. A small group of party managers may draft the slate and mugwumps could break it.
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