H. KAPKE
Tailor ,
Has moved across Dennison street into
the building recently vacated by P. Penner.
His stock of spring goods is new and complete
and lie will make clothing at LOWER FIG
URES than any tailor in McCook
W. 0. BULLARD & CO.
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-tot-
RED CEDAR AND OAK POSTS.
m *
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BUY OK UB.
do not sell ONE ARTICLE
BELOW COST and make it back sev
eral times by selling1 other goods for
MOKE THAN THEY ABE WORTH ,
but we can SAVE YOU MONEY on
Dry Goods , Notions ,
Hats and Caps ,
Boots and Shoes ,
Groceries , Flour.
Every thing at Bed-Rock Prices !
We Mean Business !
GAlAli AND SB.R US.
Wilcox & Fowler.
ot andohoopcot Veterinary Remedies-
Stewart's Healing-Powder
20 years in nso for all open sorea ,
on 13" and beast , barbed. Tflra
catsflrsllsbumschaflneetc. 16
cannot bo equaled. OnlylScabx.
| Ste-nrart'B Stock .Remedy
la not made of bran , ashes and
B3.Trdr.it , to show lrge box for
little monoj ; but Is a Tonlo and
Blood Pcrfflcr , for all live stock.
It io the best condition powder la
the "World. 3 25 oenta a box.
STEWABT'S LINIMENT
la the best remedy for B&enm-
ollcin , 'LamenessSTrelllng'.Bcct-
rchc , Sprains , etc. , in. HBO for
snan end beast. A trial order will
proTolt. Largo bottle , 25 cents.
STEWAKT'S HOOF OKj. |
KothSng Ilka it for Dry. Cracied ,
Brittle or Contracted Hoofs
makes thcra aoft and toagh. Keep
tbcci ia good condition with this
oil. Itpayatonflolt. Remember
Ko foot no horso. Largo bottla
25 cants. 53"Sold Everywhere.
Stewart Ctomlcal Co. ; St. Louis
Buo'rn to Stewart HeallngPowder Co.
Private ftledfca ! ASd
ST.tOITIS.MO. Spedl atteatkra
t jrlTentoalldlieases or trouble ! in mila
- r Icmale , married or single , brought about by
-exposure , abuses , excesses or impropriotias.
THE OLD DOCTOR. ggSSa-STK
consulted by uiaii , or at too office , tree of cav e *
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Board and apartments furnished to tbose who
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practice. Tor S3 years , and notasiaglc > > sd result.
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Uouer returned If not as represented. Send i
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lib Norm Serentli 8U , St. Louis. V *
t3jf Blank books , scale books , copy-
irp boo'cc , school books , etc. , at THJI
IBIBONB office.
E. M. SNAVELY ,
ATTORNEY--AT : - : - LAW ,
INDIANOLA. NEBRASKA.
Will practice in nil the State and United
States Courts. Also before the Land OlBce at
Mccook and tbo department at Washington.
A. J. WILLET , M. D. ,
B. & M. SURGRON ,
JIcCooK , NEB. ,
Offers his professional services to the people
of McCook. Will not fro in the country ex
cept in consultation with other physic-inns.
SANDKKSON & STARR ,
Sign , Carriage & Wagon Painters ,
Paper Hanging and Decorating.
Shop in old land office building.
Do. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS arc scientifically and
carefully prepared prescript : ; used for many
years In private practice Ithsuccess.andforover
thirty years used by the people. ] Every single Spe
cific Is a special cure for the disease named.
These SpecIHcs cure without drugging , purg
ing or reducing the system , and are in fact and
deed the sovereign remedies of thcWorld.
usTOFraixciPAi.xo3. CCHES. FBICES.
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2 Worms , Worm Fever , Worm Colic. . .25
3 Cryinar Colic , orTeethlngof Infanta .25
4 Diarrhea , of Children or Adults 25
5 .Dysentery , Griping , Bilious Colic.25
( i Cholera M orb as , Vomiting 25
' 7 Coughs , Cold , Bronchitis 25
8 Neuralgia , Toothache. Faceacho .25
9 Headaches , Sicklleadache , Vertigo .25
10 Dyspepsia , Bilious Stomach .25
11 Suppressed or Painful Period * . .25
12 Whites , too Profuse Periods 25
13 Group , Cough , Difficult Breathing 25
1 * Salt llhcnm , Erysipelas , Eruptions. .25
15 Rheumatism , Rheumatic Pains 25
] ( > Fever and Acne , ChillsMalaria 50
17 riles , Blind or Bleeding - .50
19 Catarrh , InQuenza.'ColdlntheHead
30 Urinary Weakness , Wetting Bed. -j' .50
32 Diseases of thcUcartPalpltatloul.iP
Sold by Druggists , or Bent postpaid on receipv
of price. DR. HniiriiRETS' MANUAL , (144 pages ,
richly bound In cloth and gold , mailed free.
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SPECIFICS.
KILPATRICK BROTHERS.
Horses branded on left hip or loft ehoulder
F. O. add res * . Im parti ] ,
Chase couutr , and Beat-
rlce , Nob. Itanire. Stink
ing Water and French
man creeks , Cbaso Co.
Nebraska.
Brand as cut on sldo of
some animals , on hip an/
sides of some , or anj
thi pnlm 1
nm * CIYtHTtSV stvonv
To euro Biliousness , Sick Headache , Consti
pation , Malaria , Liver Complaints , take
the eafo and certain remedy ,
SMITH'S
Vie the SlIAIiIi Size (401Ittl < j Beans to th
bottle ) . THET ARE TUB MOST CONVKNIEHT.
Snltn'blo * ox > all A. Cm.
Price of cither size , 25c. per Bottle.
J.F.SMITHACO.Hileriof'BILEBKANS.-ST.lOUISMO.
J. S. McBEAYER ,
House Mover Drayman ,
McCOOK , NEB.
E3T * House and Safe Moving a Spec
ial ty. Orders for Dray ing left at the
Huddleston Lumber Yard will receive
prompt ; attention.
F. D. BURGESS ,
PLUMBING ,
Steam and Hot Water Heating ,
North Mala Avenue ,
McCOOK , - NEBRASKA.
stock of best grades of Hose , Laim
Sprinklers , Hose Heels and .Hose Fixtures
constantly on hand. AH work rocelres prompt
attention.
DRYSDALE ,
LEADER IN
IOHEST.--.PRIBES !
And what ia of more importance ,
Quality---and---
Why not have a suit that fits you ,
when one which is both stylish and
serviceable can be bought for $22.00
A. pair of trowsers which are really
elegant , DRYSDAI.TS will build you fo *
55. Fine fabrics cost but little at
DRYSDALE'S now , less than misfits in
ract. Look him over. You will plao
four order. Save money. Feel bette ?
ind look better. Buying for cash an <
light expenses does the business at
DRYSDALE'S.
ALLEN'S TRANSFER ,
Bus , Baggage Dray Line.
F. P. ALLEN , Prop ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
E Best Equipped in the Citr. Leave order ;
lit Commercial Hotel. Good well water fui *
abort notice.
I will buy stock cattle of any age ,
from calves up. Also , stock hogs.
At Brush creek ranch , 3 miles
southeast of McCook , Neb.
J. B. MESKKTJB.
R A. COLE ,
Leading Merchant Tailor.
Will sell English , Scotch , French
and American cloths AT COST 01
the next sixty days. Ome and get
a first-class suit of clothes cheap.
It is A rare chance. Shop two doors
west of the Citizens Bank , McCook ,
Nebraska.
CEl'BIC ' THE WISE ,
N that town of
ourdearlandof
England , in
t which I was
born and grow
up to manhood ,
che folk arc
wont to toll
many tales
anent the good
King Alfred-
Albeit those
who dwelt at the same time as that
good king have had sons and daugh
ters , and these in their turn children ,
and these again yet other children ,
and so on till the years be many
that lie betwixt our time and his , yet
does the renown of King Alfred last
among us , and is spoken ofeven now.
He it was who fought the wicked
Danes and beat them , driving them
all out of our country to their own ,
save only those whom he slew so
that they could work no more wo ;
and this , indeed , is the only sure way
to forefend against a Dane doing ill ,
for they are of a truth bad men and
given to all manner of knavery and
sin.
Now my father has often told me
how that when King Alfred haddriv.
en out the Danes he ruled so wisely
STirl fin TVoll t.linf : man nr nlil linnn *
} hains of gold and jewels by the
roadside , and there they would stay
untouched save by him who owned
them. And this was so not because
there were no evil men in the land
for these are everywhere to be found
save in the kingdom of our Lord
alone but because doomsmen were
set up by the king , before whom were
haled all who did not righteously ,
and according to their faults they
were doomed. It followed in its
course that among these doomsraen
some were wiser than others and
more even handed ; but among them
all was none to be found more righte
ous and more blameless in his find
ings than Cedric , the son of Hend.
In Eeading was his dwelling , and
over the men of that borough lie sat
in the doomsman's chair every day
in the church yard , setting straijrht
that which was crooked and uplifting
the small against the great , the feeble
folk aga inst the stronjr. Now the talk
of his righteousness spread , as when
a stone drops in a mere the ripples
of it spread until they touch the
shore , so that even to the king's ears
came the name of Doomsman Cedric ,
the son of Hend.
And the king said unto himself :
"Perchance these be but fond tidings
which are told to me , and yet again
there may be truth in them ; but
strange it is that a man should be
not only so righteous but so wise that
none make plaint touchingany of the
dooms he gave forth , " and he so
pondered over this thing that in the
end he habited himself like unto a
simple knight at arms , and rode forth
from London , taking the high road
to Eeading to see for himself what
manner of man this Cedric might be.
Ditton he passed and Windsor also ,
and whenever he tarried for the night
asfolkatetbeirsupper he heard them
talk as they quaffed their ale or mead
of Credric the Poomsman and the
wonder of his wisdom and his rightfulness -
fulness , until the king began to grow
hot within him at the endless babble ,
as it seemed to him , concerning the
worthiness of this one man.
So he rode until he came to Staines
and as he was about to pass over
the bridge he saw , lying in the dust
at the wayside , a begjrar , habited in
rags , and begging alms 'from the
passers by.
"Help me , oh , stranger ! " said the
Megger.
"With all my heart , " answered the
king , and took from his pouch three
pennies , which he gave to the beggar.
"Help me , oh , stranger ! " quoth
once more the beggar.
"Thou art a greedy varlet ! " said
the king ; "what more dost thou
WUIlLi
"I am old and weak , " answered
the beggar. "Wilt thou not set me
behind tliee on thy horse and carry
me to Beading town ? "
"With , all my heart ! " replied once
more the king , and straightway set
him foul as he was upon his horse ,
and in that wise rode over the bridge
and along the high road into the
townofKeadiug. As they went down
the High street the king said to the
beggar , "Where wiit thou that I set
thee down ? "
To which made answer the other :
"Nay , but rather where wilt thou
that I set thee down ? "
"Thou art a saucy varlet , " quoth
the king ; "and it would be using thee
not unscurrily were I to pitch thee
off my horse into the runnel thdre by
the side of us. "
"Hast tliou the face to call it thy
horse ? " quoth the be < rgarman.
"Thou shameless thing ! thou
knowest well the horse belongs to
me. "
"Thy horse ? " shouted the king.
"Ay ! mine , " said the begga'r.
" \Ye will see about that , " said the
' We truly will , " said the bejrgar ,
4nd with that he made a loud out-
Jry , calling aloud ; "Thief ! thief ! so
Jhat they \vho passed by stopped
Ind , wondering at the noise ,
asked who njght be the thief , and in
what the beggar , who was a foreign
er to them all had been wronged.
Then both the beggar and the king
eac h his tale. Now the tale of
the beggar was in this wise : That ho ,
riding toward the town of Reading ,
had met the kin ? , albeit ho know not ,
nordidthoReadinir men , that he was
a king , but thought him a simple
wayfarer , and seeing he was afoot and
weary , had offered to him to ride be
fore h 'm on his horse. "The which , "
said the begpur. "does ho now , with
foul threats and evil knocks , try to
take by force from me , say ing it is
his own , though it is plain to bo
seen that I am old and weak and he
is young and lusty. "
And after the king had told his
truthful tale , how that it was he who
had been riding toward the town and
had in kindness set the beggar be
hind him and helped him on his way
with but scurvy payment for his
pains , the men of Heading were sore
beset in their minds as to which of
the twain might be the truth teller
and which the liar. After some had
talked this way and some that , an
elder among them said : "Let us
hale them both and also the horse
before Cedric , our doomsman , and
Ld will tell us which we shall believe. "
Nothing loath was the king , nor
did the beggar dare to saythpmnay ,
and so it * came to pass that in no
great while they stood before Cedric ,
the son of Hend , in the church yard
where his seat-was. But they were
not the first comers , and so had to
wait until two trials had been held.
The first was a quarrel between a
scrivener and a hedger concerning a
woman. The scrivener said that she
was his wife , and had been taken
from him by the hedger , and the
hedger , indeed , said no ; that she had
always been his wife , and that the
scrivener had no lawful right to her.
The woman said nothing , whereat all
marveled. When each had told his
tale Cedric pondered and said :
"Leave the woman here and return ,
each of you , on the morrow , " and
they went away leaving the woman.
Next came a fleshe and a miller ,
the miller holding in his hand a sum
of money. "I went , " said he , "at
noon to the flesher to buy meat for
my household , and when the time
came for me to pay him I drew from
my pouch these coins of silver , the
which , when the flesher saw , he made
as if to clutch and took me by the
wrist , so that both of us are now
come before 3-011 , I holding my silver
and he clutching my wrisb. He says
the silver is his. I say it is mine.
Yet do I make oath that to me and
not to him does it belong. "
Then said the flesher :
"Nay , but this man lies. He came
to my house as he says , but that is
all the truth there "is in his tale.
When he had taken his meat he
asked me whether I had silver to
give to him in place of gold coin.
'Ay , ' quoth I. and Laid out on my
fleshing block a handful of silver
coins , which , wheu he saw , he caught
up with his hand , and so was mak
ing off when I clutched him by the
wrist and haled him before thee , our
doomsman. To this I will make
oath and say that he the miller , is a
roerue and a rascal , while I am an up
right man and the rightful owner of
me silver.
And when the doomsman asked it
of them , each of the twain , the flesh
er and the miller , stuck to his tale ,
nor altered it a jot. Then quoth
the doomsman , "Leave ye the
silver with me and come again on the
morrow. " And they went their own
ways.
Then came forward the king and
the beggar , and the king snid :
"I was riding toward this town ,
and when I came to the bridge of
Staines I saw this man seated by the
roadside , and when he asked me to
lift him on my horse I , seeing that
'
ho was old and feeble , said ye's with
good heart and curried him in o
this town of yours , in the which he
was no sooner come than he claimed
my horse to my own ince , savins :
that it was his and not mine. This
on the word of one who tries to be a
righteous man is the truth , oh , dooms
man. "
And the bpjrgar :
"I was riding toward the town on
this my horse when I met this young
man , who , saying he was nigh dead
irom hard going , asked me to help j
him on his way. With a good heart i
I did so , putting him before me on j
my horse ; but when we were come in
to the high street he roguishly
claimed of me my horse , and when 1
I would nou give ID up im iiau me
haled before thee. This on the
word of an old and righteous man
' is the truth , oh , doomsman ! "
i Said Cedric , "Leave the horse here
' ' with me and come again on the mor-
row. "
1 So the king and the beggar went *
[ their own ways , and on the morrow
| were in the church yard , as were the
1 others also , to hear the doom that
Cedric would give.
I The scrivener and the hedgp.r were
} called.
I "Take thy wife , scrivener , " said
Cedric , "and let the ears be cut from
offthohedjrer. "
So the hedirer lost his ears nnd the
scrivener gained his wife , and yet
some said their Iocs were equal.
Then were called the flesher and
the miller.
"Take thy silver , miller , " said Ce
dric , "and let the right hand be cut
from off the flesher. "
So the miller got his silver and
the flesher lost his hand.
Then the king and the beggar were
called.
"Come with me , " said Cedric to the
king , and he took him to a stable
hard by where were a score of horses.
"Pick out thinejown horse. " said Ced
ric : and the king did so.
Then Cedric sent for the beggar
and said to him : "Pick out thine own
horse from amongascoreof horses ; "
and the beggar , whose eyes were keen
and whose arts were nimble , picked
out the king's horse.
"Now , " said Cedric , "como both
ofyou to the doomsman'o eeat , "
and when they were gathered there
once more Cednc said to the king :
"Take thy homo and let the old
man be hanged. "
And the king married at the wis
dom of he doomsman , and said to
him :
"Now I know that all I have heard
is truth. Thou art as full of wisdom
as is an egg of meat. Know then
that I nm King Alfred : " nnd when
Cedric had bowed his knee before him
the king said :
"Tell me-I pray thco , hew thou
gavest such rightful doom , for I dare
swear that thou dealt as righteous
ly with the scrivener and the miller
as with me. "
"All three were but small matters ,
oh , king , " said Cedric , "but this was
the manner in which I settled them.
Thou sawest how that I kept all
night the three things anent whicb
there was a bickerincr. "
"I did , " said the king.
"Well , " said Cedric'in , the morn
ing I turned hastily to the woman
and said , 'Smooth me down a skin ,
for I need to write , ' and she took a
skin and rubbed it after the fashion
of a scrivener's helper , and then I
knew that she belonged to the scriv
ener and not to the hedger's for
how would a hedger's wife know
aught of writing or of making ready
skins whereon to write ? "
" 'Tis well , " said the king.
"The silver , " Cedric , "I put in ti
pot of water and left it over night.
In the morning there floated on the
top of the water a fine white dust.
Then I knew it belonged to the miller ,
whose hands and clothes were cover
ed with ground wheat , and not to
the flesher , whose hands were greasy
with his meats. Had it been his , oil
and not dust would have been on the
water's top. "
" 'Tis very well , " said the king. "And
my horse ? "
"Truly therein I had pains to find
the truth. For though of course
thou knewest thy beast among the
score , and doubtless wouldsb have
known him amid an hundred , yet
when I called the beggar in so did
he. too , and I was puzzled. "
"Then didst thou but guess the
truth"said the king.
"Nay , " replied Cedric. "To guess
is not true wisdom. Isaw that while
the beggar knew the horse , yet di I
the horse not know him. Yet th
it knew , and whinnied when the 1
earnest anigh to it ; and so I gav >
thee and hanged the beggar. "
The king pondered awhile ,
then spoke.
"Truly , Cedric , " quoth he , "thou
art better fit to be kinjc and I to be
doomsman. And yet I know neb ;
for while I make a passing good king
I fear I should make a passing bad
doomsman. " Horace Toivnsend in
Independent.
- r e -
A Gruesome Curiosity ,
Of all the hideous. unrann3r objects
says thp Boston Globe , the one that
hgp gsinthe window of the Hall Ilub-
ber Company is the uncanniest and
most hideous. It is the preserved
head of a South American Indian.
The head is five centuries old and
belonged to an Indian chief named
Hambrsn who was killed during the
war with the Augaruna Indians on the
Itiver Santiago. The head was cut
from the body by its Brazilian cap
tors , and with consummate art , all
the bony matter was removed from
the interior , leaving nothing but the
flesh and skin. Then , by some long
lest process , it was embalmed ; so per
fect is the work that all the features
ure preserved in their exact proportions
tions , but so reduced in size that the
whole head is neb larger than a good
sized orange.
Attached to the top of the head ,
and run through the upper lip , are
long strands of bright-colored hemp ,
used in carrying the head at the
waist as a troph- , after the fashion
of the North American Indians.
Black silken hair , about eighteen
inches long , hangs down on either
side , and the chin.is adorned with a
black imperial. Even the eye-brows
and the short hairs within the nos
trils are preserved.
The curiosity is valued at § n,000 ,
and will be presented to the Boston
Mueseum of .Fine Arts.
Amiable Tall Men.
There exists a sentiment of rathe *
amusing amiability among exces
sively tiill men. In the Boreel build"
ing the other day a man about iix"
foot four in height entered an eleva
tor where another giant of similar
proportions stood fanning himself
wiih complacencv. The two men
looked one another over with entire
frankness , and then the first said :
"You must be pretty well above
three inches. "
"Six , four , " said the other laconei-
ally. "Is that your height ? "
"I'm just a shade under it , " said
the other tall man , with great solem
nity ; then hestepped out of the eleva
tor , leaving the other gmnt standing
there with his companion.
"It miiy strike you as odd to see
two men address one another in that
fashion , " he said. "Men of unusual
stature grow so accustomed to look
ing down into the eyes of other men
that wnen they are suddenly con
fronted with a man whose height
causes them to lift their heads and
look at him in a leval way the effect
is almost startling. A little chat
about unusual height comes as a
matter of course. Big men ure pro
verbially good-natnred you know. /V
You have no idea how rare an expe
rience it is for me to meet a man of
my own height. Sometimes I move
along for a year in New York with
out encountering one. " New York
Sun.