i - Qur roM l llt ne anl gooJitttUa. . , nnd In olw nd Chcolcnl r.rpcrlmcnl , , * . of ' ww5iSli ht to perform huaJr.U t In Tmijic and In.truetire cxp-nmcuU wUh AmVV > 3oU d amllr PT. | . Home Cook ? n f * a , erflntere tni na Initra . - . of t it anJ cu.tonu Us tUe i culUr life. haWt , man9cH pcuple of fordsa lountriti ; llHutriti.1. . Aurtv. , . Hlrtccn Complete Btorlcn hr Popular cl love. huu.orou and d-tect'rt urlc . ! > life , ut ilvciture , of rMvzr Hfc. cuS. all cry io- | to-il.a thcfuuu ? uri-V. ! , . " " ' ' . et , - . of * , - . * * J : , ; and K tfcath cUMirlMfii f"01"0. ? ' " 'X V eJsu tur tho Million. ! > anaj Sa f r U. up a mauy nd rl * AKovcl. r.jHuEhConr.r. author ' u.irucrtj. . - 1C. Atti.u.iru . ; e Mirror 'the HoUy Tree. A .Vo l. tlmr uf Uuri Thome. , , . * . A p. A Xotrl. _ , : : Ef Mrs. SVKac.k to Ibe OM Home. A S d. By W Cecil tt SBSffij , * * " { av &ssr Hay , author of _ A : 'oTcl. Pr TfilUc Colllna , cctfior ci - No Vjinc , " etc. . _ . , . SI. Ba WKunt. A .Novel.tfyH authcrof ration and F.minc. . rU. I f FREES & HOCKNELLj PROPRICTQUS 0V T P DEALERS IN i Lumber , Lime , 6ement , Sash , Doors , Blinds HARD AND SOFT CQAU YARDS AT HcCOOK , IBDIASOLA , CAMBRIDGE , ARAPAHOE , ABD OXFORD. Superior to nny oa tlir tniirftct , Ijpinp JIrn * ipr , Striipp-r ! | | nad tlicro.'ore tj filQi P DuraMe $ { ! ! . } t i3 She op Thousands Erected During 1 ! Years past , not one lias CUT blown away and M-ft tliu Tower stnadlng. \ i ceo : d no other Mill can vtiow. We olTer to put up any of our 1'UMPIXG MILLS ON THIRTY DAYS TR1AI 4ril , ] \ they iaiU | gi > § , iisffptipnrill | n-io\e iUH ul our p > Vi | pspenvAj ! ° Slanuf Jcuntri. o.f flic pplel'mtt-d Clpllcr.pi * Toed Mills. Corn She'.lcrs. Iroji 1'myp * p 111 : lirnss f j lipdprs , jrpn 1'ipp , T jjkj. Fur estimates , catamgnc * nnd prices , apply to G , B. SETTJ.3TOS , ScCpqlc , u ! . , Ageatfor SuHlr..i-stirn | Nl'-u-jska and 3rurliv.:5tfia | : K 53TOniPO and Salesroom in thp Wind To'-ver Grist MjH , cast qf Russell's Ijqni. THBX McCOOK OF MeCOOK , NEBRASKA. Makes First Mortgage Loans on Farm Propertj OFFICE IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. A. CAMPBELL , PRESIDENT. B. M. FREES , 1ST VICE PRESIDENT. GEO. HOCKNELL , SECRETARY. R. O. PHILLIPS , 2ND VICE PRESIDEN F. L. BROWN , TREASURER. CHEAPEST AND BES\ - CtV < v- < UNEQUALLED FOR \ Power , Simplicity. Estimates made of Mill and Tump complete upon application. . ' " ' " " i i t i Every Mil ! Warranted , Ssnd for Catalogu THE WOODMAH3E This mlllis a "so'.M wheel" and the liest self-regulator made. 1 Woodmanse No. G. Pump Is tl-i * Lest sfncle acting force pump In market. Will nork in wells from 10 to COO feet iu depth , and has hi atuchments to force water into cc\ated ! tanks. Can bu used l > yv. or windmill. Parties conttmplatliis the erection of a Windmill i consult their best Interests bj ealllr.s at my Hoinestcp.d , 1J2 mllos N. of McCook. or at 15. Johnston's , 3 miles fc. E. . and at Hewitt's Mai Garden , S. E. of McCooK. and examine tlie working of the Woodinar T. M. IRWIN , Agent , Woodmanse Windmill Co. , Preejicrt , I - > , ? -rl' ! vr. * McCOO - ( D C. A. NETTLETON , Prop. CORN SHELLED AND GROUND , BOLTED , ET.C. . , . \ . i * - . - 2. BLOCKS EAST OF gUSSELL'.S | fa , NEBRASKA san. McCOOK , - the i STOCKSRECTORY KIJjPATKTCK BROTHERS. Horses brumliM on left hti | or left shoulder. V. O. address , I'stollc , Hayes county , and IJeut- p > rice , Nob. Itungo. Stink- HSii-jr Water and French- Jiian creeks , Cbiso Co. , Nebraska. Jirand ai5 cut on side oJ ' 'onio animals , on hip and silles o f ° ll0' .op " " > ' , - * witerooa thcaminal. STOKES & TROTH. P.O. address. Carried. Hayes county. N b. ii'unge : Ued Willow cieeJc , jibove I'avtlco Stoek "Bianflc'd as nbovc Also run tlie lazy CJ brand. EATON BRQS. 4 = CO. P. O. address , McCook Nebraska , llango.soutl * ' Cattle hip. ' 'Also , 10 , 5 , A am 11 brands on left hip. Horses branded the same on left shoulder. PAXTON CATTLE C0 ; . . I } . MESEUVE. General - anch : A1 yon on the frcncliinan Hiver , Chaa ( county. Nebraska. Stock branded as above also 717 on loft aide ; ] OT wTsSSlflScrT Lonlqtf sftgu or Hip ? isrV. 'JlftW i qpu QP left e r , ant iroji right ear. HENRY T. CHURCH. PostofTice.Osborn. Nob Ucd Willov icreck , in S. W. earner o 1 Frontal' goii tv" " , , on over crop uu I'lflht oa and inwl'jr crop on left Horses branded 8 on right shoulder. SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO. J. D. WEMSOUN , Vice President sSnpt. { . P , 0. address , Indinnc , In , Nebraskq. 11 s11 -1 s c. : Ilcmiblicai ' - . * si. f 'ni SprJiiV county , Nebraska. JOSEPH ALLEN. Postoffico address , Os- born.KcbrasUa. ' Ituuch on I' ed Wil'.ow - U niila : ibqve Qs- - Oattlc briinOedon right | < side nnd hip asTibove. J > " - ! "b GEOIIGE J. COQ' C , N Hancli : Four mile southwest of Me Cool on the Driltwood. Stock branded AJ o the lelt hip. JOIIN F. BLACK. Breeder cl" IMPHOVED SHEEP. Dclniic , Met no nd Soutl down.Persoi al inspectic and aorro ! pondoncc S ( licitcd. Address liii ntlted Willo Nebraska. bp fully appreciated by its title. ] is a design of n book , about two and half inches thick. At the bottom en of .the book is an openingfor the ii sertion of the flask , the opening bein afterward neatly closed with a sprinj the surface of which is marbleized lik a book end of leaves. At the top a seems correct and regular , witt'tt pressure of thy th inlv\brows"open' r , > _ ' , , ii-ij i ' > . i circular hole ana at the sametur raises the neck of the , h thcrty.hiddc vessel about two vicles.Ct \ \ wjthi ei\sy \ range of te nionth , This e : cee'diiigly clever invention is for tl tempttranuo and prohibition district The decoy book is labeled "Leg- : Opinions5 or "Holy Bible" revisf version , of course or "Scientific Ri searches , " or something of the sort i suit the occupation or pretensions i the owner. It can be carried oenJ traveling throush Maine p.r. j aiisa C * * I 1 * M V * * t and shows how Gasiiy tiic"15ckef law : may be'upheld without personal d pri.vuli.on. It is ti jjreut scheme. E Captain .J.M.Stovey of Greensbor N. C4. , was struck twenty times by bu lets in the late war , and is alive ye * ' ' ' - " -l A BALLAD OP SAKE , [ Algernon Charles Swinburne. ] High beyond the granito portal nrchsd across. Like the gateway cf soino godliko giant's hold Bneepand swell the bfllowy breast of moor and moss East and westward , and the dell their slopes enfold Basks in purple , glor.-s ia green , emit * in gold. Glens that kuow the dove and fells that hear the lark Fill with joy tho rapturous island , as an ark Full of spicery wrought from herb and flower and tree. None wonM dream that grief even here may disombark On the wrathful , woful marge of cailh and SCO. Rocks emblazoned like tho mid shield's royal boss Take tho sun with all their blossom broad and bold : Nona would dream that all this moorland's slow and glo s Coult ! be dai k us tombs that strike the , spirit a-cold Eve.i in eyas that opened here , ami heio behold NOW iiu sail relume from hcje's bslatod spark Vny comfort , nor may cars of mourner * hark Though tho ripe wood ; riujj with golden- throated prloo Whila tho soul lies shattered lika a. strand. ! ' ' " " l'-irk Or. tho W4lfuLofu " \ marge of earth and SJH. Death and doom arc they whoso crested tri umphs to-s On pi nail plume : ! waves whoico mourning notes ne tolled ; rVal of perfect woe qnd rn vi ; f-ur. utter losi llui cthn I'VJiiluyui { through the graveyard on tUo Void Whcrothe bride-bed keci > s the bridegioom fa > t in mould ; Where tho bi He , with death for priest and doom for clerk , 'S1- r sr.iM Cu llo wrathful , v.'oful marge of earth aiU Prince of storm atyrtyjmfpst , lord whose ways \Vind vttjose'wings are spread for , flight that ' iioiie maymark. . Lightly dies the. ' joy that lives by Sl'ftPQ Of thpe. " " Love through thaslhi * bleeding , hope lies col J UUcl Stark' , On the wrathful margn of earth and tea. "Cobs" and "Hacks. " " . . .V.Vy * r lld fcomo of our readers seem o suppose that they arc u&cd to desig- lato certain breeds that * arc known by licso names. This is a mistake. Tho erms arc not used to design ? , lRQ < i , jut to indicateh.c. . type , ojf.animal , q his sizu aiVt "coflftupraation , no dif- jovenca V' t h:3 blood or whether he las any blood. A "cob" is a sliorl- .eggcd , stout , block and compactly built inimal , varying in height from thirteen "lands three inches to , on.vcv liroe inches. " 1\Q h ok" is tho srucc iiu.imc\l , vapyiug in height haiuU three inches to Iwuda three inches. Tlie hack is than the cob and the cob is larger than the pony , and tho sizes we have y\-- dicated arc after the bestEng\ig ! usage. The Morgan horse. iij. , original type , would liajp , ijteu tlie Englishman's true \doal of'the cob. The First Visitor t In all tuavh RCCU recorded about § "VaVfcnue { no fcatisfactory evidence lias ever been produced as to the first white man's footprints on tho. where the beautiful Merced. ae from the rock-b v\j chasm , "We ' ' cede { hnhonpp'tQ Louis Saimaanu , a M iio , county man , now ve-HidingatMono lake. Louis is a pioneer , an old hunter and a guide in that portion of the Si erra , and figured in many e capiU\t'S during ths Indian troubles. W has abundant proof of a n\ejnoH\blotiip into the valley in 48&V "When hunting for jir < t.mo ho Tollowod tlio sinuosities of an fqdian trail from the dh-ection of Coul- villi ) , and brought up in the vicinity of Bridal Veil fall. He had kiJM 8 deer , and , being nearly yj ru outvitt fatigue , was seeding tha nearest water , when 1 tftuuft unexpectedly upon : lui o oamp of hostile Indians.'whieh ha < i tho effect of settling all desire for thh'ot , As may be supposed , his visit was oi short duration , . X. i i In tlie Early Centuries. [ Exchange. ] Dr. French , in a recent work , "Nine tcon Centuries of Drink in England , ' says that mead was the intoxicant of UK ancient Briton. Tho Komans introduccc wine. Cider was known at an curb date , but the SaxonDanes , , and Xor mans brought in the secret of strpnge ; beverages. Distilled liquors were intro duced , under , . the . Plantageiicts. , , . f .ii * , * . Uj iiy. ( jts.yti. biiuti m uvuuuemifso. pvftValcnt' ir\temporanco of the sev eu'teentlcentury is said to be duo t ( theac to onoourago distillation , the ex hiustion of light wines , the innucuci of the court , and the development o toasting and club life. Dr. French prc diets that moderation will increase un til intoxicating beverages shall be usei and not abused , and thus become one o our blessings. IIoiv the SpellA , Krojiou. [ T telcuj. Transcript. ] s tTuppii the shelving rocl ; fore them as spread ; out. rich and 'grand pano Hfiia imturt "How. " awf u , ! ! te\v jkubjimel" though Miss f cssioVand \ Charlie's soul , lik H\ino , is in sympathy with tho scene. He like mo , is lost in admiration. He , lik mo , thinks it were profanation to brca the stillness with a single word. " Involuntarily she turned her heai Charlie was fast asleep. 'A sudden an strange emotion filled her bosom. Lisi She speaks ! "Charlie , you great dunce ! Coy&e , let go into the house ! " [ Texas Sittings. ] "Mamma , tho weather is redhot"sai a little Austin boy. "It's pretty warm , sonnjiVi6 ; 1 don think that it is reel hat" "Yes \ \ i& } ii says in the paper thi tljo thermometer is at blood heat , an you know blood is red. " D. Z. ET ans : A padlock is not an ui necessary ornament to a duck-house. THE MOUNTAIN'S BROW. [ D. G. Carpenter. ] So hard , ho hittvr seemed tho "world to me , I longed but from its contact to bo frto. "WL o arc tlio hermit ! ? , ' ' cried 1 in iuy grief ; uThev know tho only way to iind relit- . ' . Death would be sweet , but sines Prhtu bid * its stay And grope on 'mid the shades , wo mu.t nboy. Yot will I leave tho world bohiutl , aul now Sun my despair upon tha mountain' * ; brow. ' ' Breaks "neath my foot tho brittle mountain sod ; Over my heart tho forest monarch' nod ; Keener my vision as , the thick woods past , Gain I tho sparse growths of tho heights nt last. Then my licart leaps ! "Whence doth tho world , and how , Show its such beauty as from mountain's brow ! I sit and gaze upon tho view beneath- Gray i > caks , green woods and purple lengths of hoath. Steals there upon my fretted soul a calm , The mountain winds blow blessed breath * of balm. "Men are not bad , " I ciy. "I am tho knave , I , to my seliwhness and greed a slave , I will bo butter .sacredly I vow I will bu b itter on the mountain's brow. ' ' When thou , art , sad , when earth sueins cold ufldivar , I not to sorrow till thou standcst here ; i thou t.halt Olid thy bitter griof as suaged , Here wonder at tho poor fight Uiou hast waged , Hure fintl thy sonl so sweetly comforted "f ills-eem as thoAvert rising from tha dead As. h\Thoi.\vurd ; turneth tlie weary prow , tiepartiug blest thus seek tho mountain's brow. FINGER-NAILS AND PENMANSHIP. Blow tHii Jnudivritlus : Corresponds With the Shape of the IVails. [ Harper's Bazar. ] Since the new science of reading ehar- actor by the handwriting has ooino in , it is even saidu \ \ thovp taken of the IUV\K \ a-i'v&mhQ liandwvithit ? . Tho long , nl nond.-.shaped ntU : in a gi'cxTt support to the midillc lingervhich guidi's the pen. One can fouXUr imagine a person with short , sUlbby nugor-iiails which are cov- ui' l Y\'ith skin , writing tho long , grace ful English hand which ho delights th.Q recipient of a note from a grande dtimo. It is sajd that poets and p.-oplo with imaginations areupt to luvvo long , taper fingers rnul beautiful tingcr-nails. They UftYOft haudwnting in which the long np-strokas and down-strokes cut into tho lines above and beneath them. TUo heads of their capital letters are largo. This handwriting shows lU'tiov1 or im pulse. When it has. ft markedly down ward inoveft\ont , xhls handwriting shows a tcud ijov1 tu melancholy. An aptitude ix > p Qviticlsm is shown amongst people who bite their nails. They are cyuitftil and severe , uncharitable and bitter. They write a small. crair\\ic4 \ and illegi ble hand. HoweYWj they may be goocU natured.crfties . , men with vorsatilitj 01 QOUipJsfieMsion , They would have small hut well shaped nails , and their h ud- writing would be somewhat angular , showing penetration aiuftue se * The nails of a , xftti.slefcn. aro of course to be observe rfthoujjh tlie piano some- timqjyftrcs them. The great musicians v4a sloping handwriting. TUf-w is however , an eccentricity pce'uliar to the handwriting of executive musicians , as witnessed iitU l of' Beethoven. fh filY'WM t mathematicians : uv apt Bqxutro and not beautiful , Haiul- of such persons iV < ws a quiet movement of the vj&a. * The lines are straightvtth the paper , the nivis * Sei and the dowu- ftro short , while the capitals small and angular. Diplomaoy lias < \ loisg , hiipple hand , and n loutf , beauti fully kept slender finger-nail. But the handwriting of a dramatist is not apt to be clear ; it fclwttys looks like a snake glidingv } \ There are no clear , jjigan- tio Qifdtulb like John Hancoc-k's , none of ill ® fine curves suggestive ot gviierooity and expansion ; all 5b compressed and impenetrable. Certain tnfioxiblo natures express thcmso-lvcs both by finger-nails and by \n\ntl\\Titing both are bluni and Oat ol' tho lontlis or Kates. [ Philadelphia Cull. ] Little Dick llovr can you lell true stories from fairy stories ? Little Sell Why , that's ea > y. Fain siorie.always begin , "Once upon t time. " Little Dick Ye1 , but sone truehtorie begin that way. I've got a book o : Bible stories that do. Little Xell Oh , now I know. It ain'i the beginning , but the end that yoi must go by. Little Dick How do you knqit V T true by looking at the end ? . Little Nell BecsiiUw * ii > , fairystorie : the people.whugci married always "livi - 1' * Kdlsou Electric SlaSIroad. Mr. Edison , the electrician , chattin : with a reporter in New York the othe day. .said : * 'I liave built a railroad thro miles long at Menlopark , on which 1 rai at the rate of forty-two miles an hon my electric motor and carried sis o eight freight cars. It is a real , uruc-tiea tiling. 1 could not go onith it beeaus I had no time. 1 Imd. too many othe things to attend t < \ especially in connec tion with eleetrieal lighting. I Jtm goin ; ii\ta original axptrimenting : igiin. Fl get out a new crop of inventions durinj the next vear in the electrical line. " It a Little. In 1701 Benjamin Franklin made th city of Boston the trustee ot a fund o 1,000 pounds sterling , to IKlent t young mechanics , calculating that ii lb'01 the lund would amount to"iS:2GOJ : ! His ligures must have been faulty , how ever , for the fund now onlv amounts l § 201,000. T \Yiec It cad. I [ Aitansas Ti-aveler. ] j A Chicago gentleman , in iraitatio i ol IFawthorne , has issued ft volum which he terms "Twice Kead Tales. Yes , by compositor aud thcu by tli proof reader. L Thoycau : The youth getstogether & nxr.terials to build a bridge to tlm IIIOOT or , perehance , . a palace or temple on tli earth ; at length the iniddle-tgud ma concludes to build r. woodshed wit them. Tho Advance : The habit of stingiuca w easily and quickly formed. It is better that we are not infonae than to be misinformed. .1 i < il l SUPPLEMENT. THURSDAY , DECEMBER 17. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. * "WN ' W"S ' Walker. Walker boots. Violins and accordeonsMcCracken's. Those silver cups at JJallard's are beauties. 2 J. Swan made a Hying visit to this city on Monday. Frevh and salt meats of the choicest quality at Brewer Bros. t linen legal cap with numbered lines at this office. Charlie L'ii-her made a trip to the r.uich on the Frenchman , Monday. An unusually line display of hanging lamps at the Metropolitan drug store. The celebrated Cumberland smithing coal al Ilallauk & Howard's lumber yard. Novelties of the season in all depart ments : , at Lowman & Son'sPate , Block. Listen ! J ] very pair of the Walker * f i nuts ami shoes warranted. Sold by C. . F II. 1'ogcrs. To TIIK LAWKS We have a nice as sortment of calling cards ol' latest style and best quality. LOANS Col. Suavely informs us that be is now procuring farm loans quite easily at 10 per cent. llemeinber tho Episcopal services at the Opeia Hall , next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock , mountain time. Christ service. mas sermon and communiiin FOR SALK Lindner & Eruian have work oxen , steers , cows and heifers for for sale at their barn , one block west of the Commercial House , JMcCook , Xcb. The varnishedpay wagon , " with its load of uucats , lolled into this station , last Friday , bringing the wherewithal to the railroad boys lor a "Menu ; Christ mas. " Ov fairly smart men the world bus quite enough , but men of comprehen sive minds , of thorough integrity ; of bigli purpose and pure , unselfish aims , tiicre is a great scarcity. TIIK TUIBUXE has the very best facil ities and workmen for doing Job Work- in Southwestern Nebraska. We guar antee neat and tasty work , and entire satisfaction in execution. Gilmaii (111. ( ) Star : Frank Fowler , who recently bought Fowler Wilcox'a interest in the dry goods business of Wilcbx "Bros. , at McCook , Neb. , expects to remove to that place either the la&t of this or the firat of next month. * A small building has been moved just \ cast of the Eating House for the ac commodation of conductors and brake- * men. The conductors will hereafter have a more convenient and accessible place in which to make out their reports , the brakcmcn to clean their "slims. " The first of this week , W. who has been agent for the Plienix and. a number of oibcr fire companiestrans ferred bis entire insurance business to- the firm of Boyle & Kelly , who nowrcp- rece t , with tho companies for whonr they have been agents , quite a list of tirst-clasrS companies. Gazette-Journal i L. G. j of McCook , IKW been appointed a rail way postal clerk ontheroute between ? JMcCook and'Pacific J unction. Win. Jv Ilouck has been transferred fooiu the * Omalia. & Ogden loute to the Pacific- Junction to McCooi ! . W. J. Nash has been transferred from the Granger & Iluntiiigton louto to the Omaha & Ogden route. TIIKRK may bo .swoeter music than a mother Dinging to her child , but it is never heard on earth : Co to schlaiie me babby , Shet veer eyes to waii t , YCCNtlie iniajie of yccr daddy , ( Jo tO hC'll Arrah , of yer don't bhet ycr two eyes and shtop ycr liowlin" this blessed min- nit , Oi'll wring the neck of yccs yces cross little brat.1 Yes it is very sweet. Hot Springs New ? . Land and Legal Blanks. o We have now in stock a full line of land and legal blanks. Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention. ANY ONE In nccil of : i irnoil linimojit. plcitfe call at our store and petuliottleof IlKOO'sTitoriCAi.Oiu one ol' the most iH-rfect medicine.ever jnfv- duecd unil warranted to curtht.tlds. . burns , bruises , etc. . and relieve puin of ul ! kinds. 1-or sale by M. A. Spaldinb and S. L. Green. _ . - - * - - " - * jf