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II .Leading Tailor ,
II " as move ( across Dennison street into
III * the building recently vacated by P. Penner.
I I His stock of spring goods is new and complete
mmt and he will make clothing at LOWER FIGr-
111 XJRES than any tailor in McOook.
I ( W. O. BULLARD & 00.
I' ' LIME , HARD
3E , LUMBER- AND
I ' BLINDS. COAL.
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| THE CITY BAKERY.
l | ) A. PROBST . , Proprietor.
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If Fresh Bread delivered every day Free of Charge
EI PIES-CAKES-CANDIES-NUTS-OYSTERS-CIDER
. fl , CIGARS-TOBACCO-ETC-ETC.
J1 LUNCH ROOMS IN CONNECTION
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| DRYSDALE ,
fil LEADER IN
I HONESTPRIGES !
jK / ' And what is of more importance ,
| [ } Quality- . - - andStyle. .
I 5f \ Why not have a suit that fits you ,
I Km when one which is both stylish and
I It < serviceable can be bought for $22.00.
Lw A pair of browsers which are really
Mm * elegant , Drysdai/e will build you for
P ) $5. Fine fabrics cost but little at
ft I DrysdaIjE's now , less than misfits in
| | ' fact. Look him over. You will place
Iff C your order. Save money. Peel better
M i and look better. Buying forcash and
# | \ light expenses does the business at
fj DRYSD ALE'S.
m ALLEN'S TRANSFER ,
H Bus , Baggage Dray Line.
l F. P. ALLEN , Prop. ,
f McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
P ? "Best Equipped in the Citr. Leave orders
at Commercial Hotel. Good wellwater fui
1 Btebed on short notice.
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' I will buy stock cattle of any age ,
from calves up. Also , stock hogs.
| At Brush creek ranch , $ } 4 miles
southeast of McCook , Neb.
t J. IS. MKSKItTE.
R A. COLE ,
Merchant Tailor.
E/r Leading .
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If Will sell English , Scotch , French
flj and American cloths AT COST for
| | > c the next sixty days. Come and get
'I' a first-class suit of clothescheap. .
i i It is a rare chance. Shop two doors
' I ' y wes * o * the Citizens Bank , McCook ,
M Nebraska.
| j FOR MEN ONLY !
Ill If J J " 4 11 * JfflFor MST or FAILING KA2TH00D ;
LI \ KjUSrWlHSfnenl * & * HERVOUS VEBSJTZ ;
fI I { 3 14 iH I ! | weakness of Body osdKind , Effect *
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MMriptlra Book , rxpluttlon sad pror > nulrd ruttedOn.
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KILPATRICK BROTHERS.
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Horses branded on left hip or left shoulder
BratP P.O. addressImperial ,
VV bob > mm Chase county , and Reat-
wHHQV nrice , Neb. Ranjre. Stink *
1 0K MTil7inr * WatL'r and French-
H &SffiJggsgf man creeks. Chase Co. ,
. KZ' JrkBrand \ as cut on side of
JiSsaflS&bgBttiktk some animals , on hip and
* * SIBBKiJrn * sides nf some , or any
SWEN - CrVDnXEW JSEVtMTV
To euro Biliousness. Sick Headache , Consti
pation , Malaria , Liver Complaints , take
the safe and certain remedy ,
SMITH'S
BILE BEANS
Use tbe SMALL Size (40 little Beans to the
bottle ) . Thev are the most convenient.
Suitable ior All _ A.ajes.
Price of eitlicr size , 25c. per Bottle.
ItlVWIIIU Mailed for 4 cU. ( copper , or jtamps ) .
J.F.SMITH &CG.Makenof"BILEBEAXS , ' 'ST. LOUIS MO.
J. S. McBRAYER ,
House Mover % Drayman ,
McCOOK , NEB ,
lST House and Safe Moving a Spec
ialty. Orders for Praying left at the
Huddleston Lumber Yard will receive
prompt attention.
F. D. BURGESS ,
PLUMBING ,
Steam and Hot Water Heating ,
North Main Avenue ,
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA.
83T" A stock of best grades of Hose , Lawn
Sprinklers , Hose Keels and Hose Fixtures ,
constantly on hand. All work receives prompt
attention.
Hurrah for Huber !
I am prepared to do all kinds of
ivork , such as contracting and ex
cavating , tree planting. Carpet lay
ing a specialty ; ten years experi
ence. All work guaranteed. Leave
Drders at this office.
FHAND HUBER , Jr. |
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ADVICE TO SUICIDES.
To Follow Aunt MeMtabel's * 'erj
Sensible Example.
Hostpn Transcript.
That , at least , was theoxplanntioi
chat sujriresteil itself to the listcnei
ns hi' shivored through the.strce's
SoiiipIiow tii raw chill brought tf
his mind the case of Aunt Mehitabo
I "ofHn , who not more than a shorl
generation ago lived in a cold oh
j house down the cold side of Cap <
. Cod , with a houseful of rathpr frigid
maiden ladies , her sisters tind nieces
Becoming a little unsettled in hei
mind , Aunt Mohitabel resolved thai
she would battle no longer with ar
inclement world. She announced tc
the family , one particular ' chill . }
mornimr. that she had fully made ur
her mind to commit suicido.
' Law's sakes ! " exclaimed hei
younger sister Abigail , incredulously :
' 'how do vou think you ' re going tc
kill yourself , Mehitabel ? "
"The most nat'ral way 'round
here , " said Aunt Mehitabel , with a
shiver , "is to freeze yourself to death.
An' that's the wav " I'm going to dc
it.
The rest of the family laughed hei
to scorn. But when she had made all
her preparations to go , and even
given away her Paisley shawl and
her string of gold beads , their scepti
cism turned to alarm. lb began tc
look as if she were actually in earnest.
The next nightthethermometerwent
down almost to zero. Aunt Mehita-
ble told them all a wailing good-by at
about 9 o'clock in the evening , and
went up to the spare room , which
was , of course , the coldest room in
the house. She put up the window ,
sat on the sill , and hung her feet out
into the icy north wind.
There was no man in the household ,
and no woman strong enough or
brave enough to compel Ann I Mehit-
able to get back into the room. So
the sisters and nieces gathered about ,
shivering in the intensified cold ol
the spare room.
By-and-by the suicide began to
show signs of uneasiness in her perch
at the window.
"Wal , " she said , "I guess it's'bout
's easy to freeze to death on the floor
as 'tis out here. "
She crept back into the room , and
crouched down upon the hard floor ,
moaning and complaininjr. By this
time the other women of the house
hold had fled back into the passage
way , and stood waiting in the dark
ness.
"Beats all , " they heard Aunt Me
hitabel murmur presently , "how hard
this 'ere old floor is ! I guess I'll set
on the rug. "
She moved to the rug , and set up a
new series of world-weary lamenta
tions ; but afti r she had sat here for
some time , and had experienced none
of the positive symptoms of freezing
to death , she rose and sat down on
the foot of the bed.
"This damp old bed always was
'nough to freeze anybody , and I
guess it'll fetch me , " she exclaimed ,
"if anything will. " .
Presently , almost without her own
consciousness , she sank down upon
the bed , and then one of her nieces
glided into the room and softly cov
ered her with a quilt.
"Oh. dear ! oh. dear ! " Aunt Mehita
bel shrieked. "I'm goin' to sleep , an'
that's a sure sijrn that I'm freezing
to death. Yes , I'm goin ' ! Good-by
to a cold , cruel world good-by ,
good-by ! "
Aunt Mehitabel slept soundly un
til morning , and awoke in a irreatly
improved mental condition. She did
not renew her attempt at suicide ,
and never made any reference to it
as lon < r as she lived.
To people who are born to commit
suicide , Aunt Mehitabel's method of
shuffling off is , perhaps , to be recom
mended.
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Sweet but Costly Revenge.
Some years ago one of the promi
nent banks of thestate failed for many
thousands of dollars , says the Indi
anapolis News. The crash was pre"
sipitated by a "run , " and many peo "
pie suffered. A gentleman was talk"
ing with a Newa reporter of the fail
ure.
"There is a story connected with
that bank failure that is known to
3ub few persons , and has never been
n print , " he said. "In that town ,
ten years ago , there was a poor boy
ivho had patented an invention with
ivhichhe expected to make a fortune ,
* mt he had no means. He called on
the president of the bank for help ,
) ut was repulsed and told to return
to his work and give up such foolish
x3ea3.
"The young man struggled along
br a couple of years before he got
lie needed financial assistance. I
shink all he wanted was $1,500.
"The invention was a success , and
nfour years he was worth § 150,000.
Ee purchased some of the bank
stock enough to be on the inside
md made deposits sufficient to be on
riendly term s with the officials of the
bank. In a few months he discovered
that the bank president had loaned
argesums of mone } ' on poor security ,
md that a 'run' would bring about
i failure.
"Hesold his stock and began check-
ng his deposits , claiming he needed
; he money for investments. When he
md a small balance on hand he went
: o several heavy depositors and told
ihernthebank was phaky , and ad vis-
id them to get their money. This
started the run , and in two hours the
junk was closed. "
"How much wa3 the balance he left
n the bank ? "
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"Fifteen thousand flollnra. Tin
helo t. but he his told me frequent !
that the$1.1,000 he lost was nothinj
to 1 lie trnti.s action he had in seeinj
the bank go under , and the wcaUlr
president , who had treated bin s <
harshly , made penniless. "
B-O-i
Death and Windmills.
A farmer drove up as we wore sit
ting on the side porch of the hot4
anil after fastening his horse he cam
around to ut > , and began :
"Gentlemen , mebby it so happen !
that one of you is a preacher ? "
We put in a denial one after an
other , and he continued :
"Wall , the ra" is this. My hirec
man diad vesterd y. He hain't got
no friends around here , and he didn't
amount to much , bat we've got tc
hold some sort o * : t ruaeral over him ,
Kin ary one of you do any talking ? '
It was finally decided that ar
Ohio man , who represented a wind
mill manufacturer , should "do tlu
right thins : by the late lamented , "
and that afternoon the landlord car
ried us out to the farmhouse in n
wagon. Four or five farmers had
assembled , a grave had been du
down on some waste land near the
railroad , and the coffin was the
cheapest affair to be had for the
money. It was evident that the de
ceased hadn't laid by any cash foi
such an occasion. When all was
ready for the windmill man he
stepped out from his chair and pitched
the tune and we joined in singing.
Then he said :
"My friends , death is a sad thing.
It must come to all. Our poor
friend here was hardly prepared for
death when he took to his bed. He
had been carrying water co the stock
a long distance , and this exertion
pulled him down. Had this farm
been supplied with one of our 'None
Such' windmills , warranted to pump
150 gallons of water per minute ,
this man's life might"
"Hold on a bit , " interrupted the
farmer , as he rose up. "I've got
that very windmill on this farm , and
it was owing to the blame thing
being out of order and then falling
down that Jim got his death. This
hain't much of a funeral , gentlemen ,
but what there is of it has scot to be
straight. Proceed , brother , and
perhaps you'd better skip windmills
and get in sunthin' about our loss
bein' his gain , the good die youngj
death cometh to the high and loWj
and so on. "
But the windmill man had lost his
grip and he led off with the "Doxol-
ogy" and closed the business in
seven minutes from the start. New-
York Sun.
Where Potatoes Came From.
The potato is a native of Peru.
When the Spaniard first visited the
west coast of South America they
found this esculant cultivated by the
natives , although it grew naturally in
uncultivated places , wherever a suffi
cient degree of moisture enabled the
plant to live. Tradition has it that
it was on the top of Mount St. Lo
renzo , the island in the harbor ol
Calloa , where the Spaniard lound the
first potatoes , and from whence they
took the seed to Europe. When
Minister Hicks first saw the wild po
tato vine on San Lorenzo he could
hardly recognize it. It was about
six inches high , with delicate little
vines , and a pretty blue blossom
scarcely larger than a violet , while
the potato on the roots below was
no larger than a hazel-nut. From
this insignificant plant has been
evolved , by cultivation , the numerous
family of the potato , which , within
300years , has made its way to every
part of the civilized world , and now
forms an important item in the
world's bill of fare.
The minister's American ideas were
agooddcal shocked one day when he
came upon a company of laborers at
work digging potatoes in a field in the
valley of the Itimae. A team of oxen
plowed up the hills with a light plow ,
leaving the tubers exposed on the
ground. Sixlndian workman picked
jpthe potatoes , and carried them to
i pile in one corner of the field , while
the overseer , a Spaniard , stood watch-
ng the work. The men who were pick-
ng up the potatoes had neither pail
ior bag nor box in which to carry
ihem. Two ofthem put the potatoes
n their hats , and the others carried
: hom in their hands , each one going
rom every part of the field to the pile
none corner , carrying five or six po-
; atoes each trip.
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A Cure for Obesity.
All persons afflicted with obesity
vill be interested to hear ofthesurgi-
: al operation which has just been
) erforroed at Paris upon M. Hiro-
quelle , a well known literary man ,
Those fame as a gourmet is only
equaled by that which helms achieved
vith his pen. Unable to bring him-
eff to abandon the delights of his
mtive cuisine or to submit to the
Spartan diet and severe regimen pre-
icribed by the "Banting" process , he
) laced himself in the hands of Drs.
ifarx and Demars. The latter , after
mtting him under chloroform , raised
lis cuticle and cut awayfour and
hree-quarter pounds of adipose
• issue. The skin was then stitched up ,
md a week later M. fliroguelle had
juite recovered from the effects of the
iparntion. which is known as "de
rraissage , " and bids fair to become
herageamongfatmen. He is report-
la to be overjoyed with the improve-
nentof his figure , and to have decid-
d shortly to undergo further pariuge
n other parts of his body.
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.Harfl . Times will Leave You II Yoa |
BUY 0 > US. !
B3Wc do not sell ONE ARTICLE J i
BELOW COST and make it back sev
eral times by selling * other goods for j
MORE THAN THEY ARE WORTH ,
but we can SAVE YOU MONEY on j
Dry Goods , Notions , I
Hats and. Caps , I
Boots and Shoes , > I
Groceries , Flour. I
Everythingat Bed-Rock Prices ! I
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Wiles : & Fowler. 1
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
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TO GET A
TAILOK-MADE SUIT AT SOST. 1
$5,000 WORTH I
of goods MUST BE CLOSED OUT AT COST IN I
60 DAYS. I will make up goods or sell suits and
pants patterns AT COST. Take advantage of tins H
Great Closing Out 8ale ! I
as you may never again have the same oppportunity , M
Satisfaction in Everj Respect Positively Guaranteed.
L BERNHEiMER , Merchant Tailor. I
H BostandchoapestVeterinaryRomodlos. I
Stewart'sKealiiig-Powder 1
H SO years in use for all open sores , I
1 on man and beast , barbed wira I
ffi cutsgallsbarnschRfins.etc. It 1
W cannot be equaled. Onlyl5cabx. 1
| Stewart's Stock .Remedy |
Is not made of bran , ashea and I
I Ea\7dr.t , to show b'rge box for B
H little moncv ; bnt is a Tonic and B
y Blood Pnnfler , for all live stock. 1
H It is the best condition powder in K
H the "World. 51325 cents a bos. Mj
MSTEWAKT'S lilNHHENTl
H Is the best remedy for EhenmH
B atism , Lameness , Swelllng.BackH
H ache , Sprains , etc. , in use for 0
jg man and beast. A trial order will K
S prove it. Largo bottle , 25 cents. m
1 STEWART'S HOOF OIL |
thing like it for Dry , Cracked , U
ttlo or Contracted Hoofs 1
bes them soft and tough. Keep R
m in good condition with this Q
, It pays to use it. Remember n
y foot no horse. Large bottla H
: ents. Jr3 = "Sold Everywhere. E
art Chemical Co. , - St. Louis §
3 io Stewart BeallngPowder Co. jl
SCHOOL BOOKS
AT
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At Publishers' Prices.
BLANK BOOKS. LEGAL BLANK *
Private Medical Aid
flFFIftF ST. tOBIS , MO. Special attention ,
, ui i iul , given to all diseases or troubles in male '
or female , married or sinple. brought about by 1
exposure , abuses , excesses or improprieties. )
THE OLD DOCTOR. JiSSSS' - SS K
consulted by irail , or at ttie office , free ot charge.
X3-Reliabfe , Skillful Treatment Guaranteed.
Board and apartments furnished to those " ho
desire personal care. Send P. O. stamp for circu
lars , etc. Address letters ,
Dr. Ward Office , 116 N. 7th Street , St. louls , Mo ,
THB OL.O DOCTOR'S
"T1 LADIES' FAVORITE. I
Always Reliable and perfectly Safe. Ths
Mmeas used by thousands of women all over the
United States , in the Old Doctor's private mid ,
practice , for3S years , and not a single bad result.
, INDISPENSABLE TO LADIES. I
Money returned It not as represented. Send i ,
cents ( stamps ) for sealed particulars , and receiva '
toe only nover known to fall remedy by mall.
DR. WARD & CO. . 1
US Kortn Seeuih S t. , St. LouLj. 219.
S jT'lilank books , scale books , copy
ing boo'es. school books , etc. , at The
Tribune office.
11. M. SXAVELf , k\
ATT0RXEY--AT--LAW ,
TNDIAXOLA , NRHUASIvA. H
Will practice in nil the State and United _ |
States Courts. Also bctore the Land Otlice at H
Mccook and the department at Washington. H
Dr. Z. L. KAY , M
PHYSICIAN AN D SURGEON- H
MCCOOK - - NEBRASKA. JmWM
Booms over Frees & Iloclcnell's lumber office. H
L. J. SPICKBLMIEIl , 31. D. , H
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON H
Cpe.iil Atteztiss She : ti Fesals : : ; : : . H
Office hours , from 0 to 11 A. M. , and 2 to 4 P. H
M. . mountain tira . Office over Farmers & mmU
Merchants bank. UUU
A. J. WILLEY , M. D. , AwM
B. & M. SURGRON , Lf
McCook , Nkb. , |
Olrers his professional services to the people > |
of McCook. Will not pn in the country ex- |
cept in consultation u ith other iiiiysieinns. H
T. B. STUTZMAN , M. D. , H
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON- H
OCULIST AND AUKIST. H
McCOOK NEHRASKA. H
"Office over old First National hank. H
SaYde rSOX & " STARrt H
Sign , Carriage & Wagon Painters , km
Paper Hanging and Decoratin < r. H
Shop in old land oilice building. H
W. 11. COLE. l'AINTER. ' mU
PAINTING in all its BRANCHES |
Graining and Decorating spec- H
ialties. Leave orders Avith E. A. H
Cole , the tailor. | H
diTm anta , H
arc om vohCe ; BY r KY.siCIAHa. H
SIGHTI8PRI0BLESS H
Call on H. P. SUTTON and be k k\ \
fitted with a pair of the celebrated . H
Diamanta Spectacles orEyegl asses. H
He can-ies them in all styles of ' |
old , silver , alumnium , steel and H
L-ubber. A good fit guaranteed. H
iV. trial set for fitting eyes in a sci- H
sntific manner. |
irEP Ve have just received a new | |
ine of fine-writing papers in boxes. |
The largest and finest assortment oi |
jueensware in Western Nebraska is to |
ie seen at Noble ' s. You should not |
' ail to inspect his line before making H
purchases. H