What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and % Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years * use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
fevcrishncss * Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency *
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach ,
and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
'Castoria.
" Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chil-
iren. Mothers have repeatedly told mo of its
good effect upon their children. "
Da. G , C. OSQOOD ,
Lowell , Mass.
* Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
xrhich I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
Interest of their children , and use Castoria In-
Etcad of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved onefi by forcingopium ;
morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throits , thereby sending
Ijghem to premature grp&s. "
! W. rJB , J. F. EracnELOK ,
Conway , Ark.
Castoria.
" Castoria is so well adapted to children tha %
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.1 *
H. A. ABCHKR , M. D. ,
Ill So. Oxford St , Brooklyn , N. T.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence In their outside practice with Castoria ,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products , yet we are free to confess that tha
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it. "
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DISPXXBAKT ,
Boston , Mak
AT.TJOT Q. SlOTH ,
, HT Company , 77 Murray Street , Now York City.
ircf e Front fetver
DD _ IB.
The Best Equipment in the Republican Valley ,
W. Co BULLAED & CO.
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LIME , HARD
CEMENT , LUMBER.HARD AND
DOORS , LUMBER.
BLINDS.LUMBER. . SOFT
BLINDS. COAL.
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RED CEDAR AND OAK POSTS.
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u. J. WARREN , MANAGER.
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: DEALERS IN =
LUMBER !
Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement ,
HAED AM ) SOFT COAL.
HUMPHREYS'
DB. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS arc scientifically and
carefully prepared prescriptions ; used for many
These Specifics euro -without drugging , purg
ing or reducing the system , and are In fact and
deed the sovereign remedies of the World.
. . CURES. nuccs.
UST OF f XU tVUT A-U KOS. * * w * * - * * -
1 Fevers , Congestion. Inflammation. . . .25
2 WormsJWormFever. Worm CoUc. . . {
; Cryin Colic , orTeethlng of Infants
. .Diarrhea of Children or Adults. . . . .2
m.jf MJim. * MCUf % * w * * - - " - - * - -
O Dysentery Grlplng-BUlousColla. . . .2
Cholera tuorlms , vomiting
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JJ > BPC17B1U , X v * i j. * TT'
Suppressed or Painful Periods. .25
Whites , too Frofuso Periods 25
fllteathlnsr. . . . 25
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A J J * UaI * f * A p * * - - - - - - - irn
1 Fever and Acne , Chills , Jlalaria 50
17 Tiles , Blind or Bleeding .flO
19 Cntarrh , Influenza , ColdlntheHead .SO
aO Whoopinir Coneli , VlolentCoughs. .50
4 Uencrnl Ilcbllitv.I'nyslcalMreakness .50
U7 KidneyUiscnue 5O
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HHmphreys'McdiciueCo.109 Fulton St.NY.
SPECIFICS.
ChiIdrenCry.forPitcher's Castoria , '
THE WHITE LINE TRANSFER ,
W. M. ANDERSON ,
PROPRIETOR.
The beet equipment ir. the city. Orders loft
at the office on L * > wer Main Avenue will re
ceive prompt attention.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Baby -was sick , we gave her Castoria ,
When she was a Child , she cried for Castoria ,
When she became Miss , she clung to Castoria ,
When she had Children , she gave them Castoria
E' r ' MEN ONLY !
tUbul , lobK BAH1IOOD Mir RtrtorttHTw t.V ! e7Sl
p J g S X :
aSS S@S , &
KILPATRICK BROTHERS.
Horses branded on left hip or loft ihouldM
P. O. address , Imps rial ,
Chago county , and Beat
rice , Nob. itnuKc. Stink
ing Water and French
man creeks , Chase Co. .
Nebraska.
Brand as cut on side of
some animals , on bip an <
sides of some , or an ]
Wrbfirnnn thn
CVtN
lo cure Bilioasneu , Sick Headache , Constt *
patlon , Malaria , Liver Complaints , tales
the safe and certain renedy ,
SVITIZ'B
Via the SHAZ.Ii Sice (401Ittl < jBeanstoth
bottle ) . THBT ABB TUB HOST CONVENIENT.
Price of cither I e , 2Bc. per Bottle.
I.F.SMITH &eO.HU.riof"BILEBEAMS-ST.lOUIS 119 ,
J. S. McBRAYER ,
House Mover % Drayman ,
McCOOK , NEB.
ouse and Safe Moving a Spec
ialty. Orders for Praying left at tha
Huddleston Lumber Yard will receive
prompt attention.
F. D. BURGESS ,
PLUMBING ,
Steam and Hot Water Heating ;
North Main Avenue ,
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA.
A stootc of best grades of Hose , Law *
Sprinklers , Hose Itoela nud Hose Fixture *
constantly oa hand. Ail work recei Yea prorapl
attention.
DRYSDALE
LEADER IN
And what is of more importance ,
Quality- --and- . - - Style
Why not have a suit that fits
when one which is both stylish and
serviceable can be bought for $22.00
A pair of trowsers which are realty
.elegant , DBYSDALE will build you foi
$5. Fine fabrics cost but little at
t&YSDAiJs's now , less than misfits in
ct. Look him over.You will plac *
your order. Save money. Feel bettej
and look better. Buying forcash ane
light expenses does the business ai
P.flYSDALE'S.
ALLEN'S TRANSFER ,
Bus , Baggage Dray Line ,
F. P. ALLEN , Prop. ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Beat Equipped in the Citr. Leava order *
Hotel. Good well water fun
short fiotloa.
I will buy stock cattle of any age ,
from calves up. Also , stock hogs.
At JBrush creek ranch , 3 miles
southeast of McCook , Neb.
y. IS. aiESKRYJE.
R. A. COLE ,
Leading Merchant Taiior.
Will sell English , Scotch , Frenct
and American cloths AT COST foi
the next sixty daysCoaae and get
& first-class suit of clothes cheap.
It is a rare chanoe. Shop two doors
west ol the Citizens Bank , McCook ,
Nebraska.
THE FASHIONS ( N HAIR.
Hirsute Styles Morn JDimcult to Cn Hg
Than AaOther. .
There l a French saying that if a
woman is well gloved and well abed aho
is well dressed , uo matter what may bo
the texture of her gown. This is all
very wollbut / / she happens not to hava
taken pains with hoi
hair the boots and
gloves arc of little
avail. A French
woman ia never neg
lectful of her hairnet
not even the most
humble serving
maidand that is ono
reason why she
bears out the repu
tation of being of nil
women in tbc world
STYLE , the most chic.
But American ladies are quick 19 fol
low the lead taken by the imtty Parisian ,
and if it is the fashion in Franco to put
the hair on top of the head up it goes in
a trice , and if the decree were to shave
it close to the scalp our dames , like the
sheep in the fold ; would follow the
lender. English styles , as n rule , find
but little favor , and when Ellen Terry
cut her hair short and half the ladies in
England did likewise the example was
but little noticed here.
There is more difficulty in changing
the mode of wearing the hair than in
accomplishing almost any other whirl of
fashion's wheel. The lirst time a lady
appears with her hair dressed low after
she has been wear
ing it high B ho
startles all her
friendsand the ver-
d icit is generally
against the innova
tion ; therefore she
has usually little
courage to make
tnc lirst attempt.
The hair-dressers
have been trying
for the last few
months to introduce ENGLISH STYLE.
fxfnshiou by which ladies would require
a large supply of hair , obviously to in
sure a greater patronage in the sale of
false locks ; but as yet little headway has
been mude. It was about n year ago
that a wcllknown Parisian hair-dresser
resolved that the hair should be worn
long in the neck , Cadogan shape , and
gradually the fashion is being adopted
here. To n lady with n long neck this
style is especially becoming.
The lady with a round face takes bet
ter care of her good looks by wearing
her hair high. The ladies' maids of most
Indies of fashion are experienced hair
dressers , but not a few capricious god
desses prefer to coif their own hair.
Among these is Ade-
lina Patti.who quick
ly and expertly rolls
up her auburn locks
into five becoming
puffs on the crown of
her head , while the
front is a mass of he-
witching little ring
lets.
y -N A u > A lady-with experi
ence in hair dressing
CADOQAN BHAID. arts asserts that
those women who have high foreheads
should display but little hair upon the
temples ; those with low foreheads should
arrange loose curie on the temples and
keep the rest of the hair back , and those
with receding foreheads and high cheek
bones should bring the hair forward in
becoming frizzes.
Mahogany colored hair is the name of
shade now most fashionable in Paris
the delicate blonde color having been
given up by all except actresses. It is
surprising to know how many ladies
change the color of their hair , and it is
only a vain woman who dyes her locks.
AlasI how many vain woman there are.
If they could change the color of their
eyes doubtless they would do it.
Ornaments for the hair consist chiefly
of jeweled hairpins or aigrettes. These
are of course for evening wear , and in
the case of ladies of wealth are extend
ed even to diadems and magnificent
tiaras.
Hats are getting very much simpler ,
not being tortured
so much by pinch ,
plait.and bend from
their original form.
A sample of a re
fined shady hat is
sketched herewith ,
and it will be noted
that little feather
tips , starting from
the center , make a
complete crown. As
wide bri B are only
bent in broaddroop
ing ways , these hata
LATEST SHADY are generalized as
HAT IN LONDON. Wattcau , t h o u g h
there is little enough likeness in most of
them to the headg ear familiar on the
figures of Watteau's dames. Jf. ! T.
Herald ( Paris edition. )
Another Tie-Up.
Pup "Well , old Graveyard , what's the
matter with yon ?
Other Dog Oh , only another tie-up
on the line. Judge.
An Anti-Piano Movement.
In Cnrlsruhe. the official capital of
the Grand Duchy of Baden , pianoforte
playing spread so as to excite a de
cided movement against it. First , the
city passed : i law fining any one who
phiyed with the window op'eii. That
offered little help , though , to the house
next door , and the next step was the
formation of a , bachelors' anti-musical
society , sworn not to marry girls \vlio
played the piano. The society al hist
jiccouuts numbered over 300 , but the
CarLsruhe girls had many of them
taken to the liddle und the Freuuh
horn.
Support of Parents.
It has becu decided by the Pennsyl
vania. Supreme court that the children
must support the father and mother
where the latter are without means.
The case was started in Clinton county
by an iml'geut old mau who hud alol
WINGED MISSILES.
Cranberries flourish in Oregon , and there
is a probability that the succulent berry
will become n staple production there.
The British authorities find it very
difilcult to break up sheep stealing In
Cyprus. The pcoplo do not regard it as a
crime.
An association of Philadelphia liouso-
v.-ivcs will abolish kitchens in their homos
and start a co-oporative central cooking
house.
Babies are now very scarce in Franco.
One may pass a hundred houses without
finding u cradle in it. Such a country Is
doomed.
The Australian tailor who traveled in a
trunk from Vienna to Paris has just made
the trip from Paris to London in the same
manner.
Ilclic-sellcrs at Gettysburg are said to
import wagon loads of junk from southern
battle Holds and sell them for Gettysburg
battle rdics.
A dog in Trenton , N. J. , minus an owner ,
lodges in a car barn. Ho boards street cars
regularly to and from meals , which ho
picks up at the market.
An artesian well was driven oighty-fivo
feet through solid rock at Pullman , Wash. ,
when water was struck. The discharge is
said to bo 1,000 gallons a minute. :
The chiine of bells being made in Troy
for St. Patrick's Cathedral , New York
City , will comprise fifteen bells and will
weigh in the aggregate 30,000 pounds.
Electricity has been introduced as light
into the British Museum , thus enabling
that institution for the first time in its ex
istence to be kept open in the evening.
A box of Italian rabbits has been
received in Palatka , Fia. The animals
arc noted for the length of their ears , some
of them measuring 18 inches from tip to
tip.
tip.There
There are COO native Armenians in New
York City. Many of them are engaged in
prominent business enterprises , and are
much esteemed for their intelligence and
activity.
The police force of India numbers 17,000
superior and subordinate ofilccrs and 1UG- ,
000 constables , not reckoning the 17,380
police of Upper Burmah and 5,000 village
watchmen.
A drunken man in East Providence , R.
I. , fell asleep in the gutter and snored so
loudly that he was arrested and lined not
only for drunkenness but also for disturo-
ing the peace.
They have queer oyster suppers in
Georgia. A Georgia paper says .that a
gentleman made a purchase of 100 pounds
of candy and 100 pounds of iish for an
oyster supper.
Susan La , Flesh , an Indian girl who
graduated in medicine after going through
the Hampton , Va. , school , is practicing
amonjr her tribe , the Omahas , and with re
ported success.
A man who earns $2,000 a year and is
xvorth $20,000 sent in an application to the
Wilkesbarre cvclono fund committee re
cently for § 30 loss caused by a chimney
falling on his kitchen.
Miss Lon Cochrane , a compositor at
Oregon City , successfully manipulates an
engine that runs the presses , and thorough
ly understands the workings of the ma-
chinerv to the minutest detail.
9t
The Indians at Big Pine , Inyo County ,
California , hired a school teacher for four
months and sent their children to school.
The children were model pupils , and near
ly every one can now read and write.
A prominent member of the New York
Stock Exchange has been arraigned before
the governing committee on the charge of
indecorous conduct in the board room.
His offense was resting his foot in a chair.
A Morgantown , Pa. , girl thought she
had found the long-looked-for man under
the bed a few days ago , but after arousing
the whole neighborhood the supposed man
was nothing but a pair of boots and a gum
coat.
coat.For
For a considerable time Mr. Isabell , of
Rivera , Cal. , has been troubled by bees ,
which took possession of the upper part of
hisjhouse. A few days ago he had them
cleared out and gathered 0,000 pounds of
choice honey.
D. H. McCarty , of Lexington , has a dog
which not only trees the 'possums , but
llimbs the trees and brings them down.
Eo was seen to do the like a few nights
since having climbed twenty feet from the
ground up a straight sapling.
It has been suggested that the study of
the influence of diet and habit upon the
color of hair iu different nations of men
may cause discoveries by which the color
jf the hair of the human race ma.v be modi
fied by judicious treatment.
Philadelphia is becoming noted for its
large number of physicians and the number
is rapidly increasing. Within a distance of
five or six squares on Chestnut and Walnut
and the cross streets there have been
counted more than 200 doctors.
It is said that in many shops in Portugal
at the present time the sign "American
Spoken Here" has replaced the traditional
"English Spoken" which is put out as a
bait to foreigners. This is because of the
intense hostility to the British nation.
There are growing on a farm in San
Antonio , Cal. , two large fig trees tnat are
as old as the state. They are thirty feet
in height , have a very large spread and
are marvels of productiveness. It is
thought they will yield 1,000 pounds of
fruit each. *
A sentence in Massachusetts in ItiPjo , dis
covered in a search of old records ; Robert
Coles find 10 for "abusing himself shame
fully with drink , " and enjoined to stand
with "A Drunkard "in
great letters on a
white sheet on his back , "so longe as the
court thinks meete. "
Ten years ago China had almost a mo
nopoly of the English tea market , but now
India and Ceylon furnish 59 per cent of the
quantity consumed. The India and Ceylon
teas are salu to be stronger than the Chi
nese. Coffee is rapidly being superceded
by tea as a beverage in England.
Sammy Brazeltou was caught in one of
his own bear traps at Trafton , Cal. , and
while waiting for assistance nearly starved
to death. Postmaster Esterbrook hap
pened along , however , as Sammy was
about to faint from hunger and released
him from his unfortunate predicament.
Gin Non , a Chinese merchant of River
side , cal. , is about to return to China to
secure himself a wife , and , in order tote
to be allowed to land upon his return , ho
has drawn up a certificate setting forth
who he is , and had his photograph pasted
on the same sheet , and had the different
county officials sign the document- .
THE TALKING DOLLS.
They Would JJ More 'Entertaining V
IVc Could Undarctund What Thej
Say.
The talking dolls havacomo to town.
Six dollars and ninety-eight cents
apieca is dirt cheap for such conversa
tional powers as theirs. For entrails
they have sfnall phonographs , and to
make them speak 3'ou have only to
turn a crank connecting with then
spinal columns. Something of n mo
notony thery is about their speech , for
each has only to say for itself a singU
short nursery poem , though it will
repeat that as'often as ma } * be desired.
Si * of the speaking doll babies wera
seated iu a row yesterday afternoon in
a down-town shop. Their remark *
were listened to by an audience con
sisting , at the moment when the Star
reporter looked in , of ouo freckled-
faced boy , two giggling young women ,
who were dressed precisely alike for
the purpose of exhibiting the fact that
they were twins ; ono consumptive ]
youth , with a pretcr-naturally high
collar , a fat woman , an old man with
a beard like a goat , and a door-mat
poodle that was evidently the property
of some one in the party. Behind the
counter was a pretty girl witli frizzed
hair and a coquettish ribbon at the
throat , whoso business it seemed to be
to keep on grinding out talk from the
dolls one after another.
Tin' tirst ono was labeled : "Talking
Doll No. 1. " It had a placard of con
siderable size fastened beneath its chin ,
which said not the chin but the pla
card that this doll recited "Old
Mother Hnbbard. " When the pretty
girl turned the crank , the doll saiil
with great distinctness :
"Yah yah yah yah yah yah
yah yah. yah yah yah yah yah
yah yah ; yah yah yah yah
ya'h yah yah , yah yah yah yah
yah yah yah yah. ' *
It was fortunate that the placard be
neath the doll's chin told what it was
saying , else yon never would have
guessed it in the world. But the two
young women whose similarit } * of cos
tume proclaimed them twins exclaimed
in unison :
"Oil. ain't it wonderful1'
The fat woman gasped stertoronsly ,
the old man pulled his goat beard
reflective ! } ' , the consumptive youth
readjusted his eye glasses , the boy with
the freckles projected his lower chin
derisively , and the door-mat poodle
remarked :
"Bow-wow ! "
Talking doll No. 2 so its placard
announced was accustomed to say :
"Now I lay mo down to sleepAs
was the case with No. 1 , the poem in.
question was printed out in full , so
that the listener should be able to fol
low without dillicnlty the verseswhich
were as follows :
' 'Yah yah yah yah yah yah
yah , j'ah yah"yah yah yah yah
vah vah : vah vah vali rail
yah yah yah , yah j'ah yah yah
j'ah yah yah yah " vah vah ! "
That last "Yah-yah" "was "Amen ! "
You would never have guessed it , how
ever , unless j'ou had been so informed.
As for the freckle-faced boy , lie said :
"Ah , rats ! "
And then he walked out of the shop.
But the twins , the fat woman , the con
sumptive youth , the old man with the
goat beard and the door-mat poodle
staid to listen to "Talking Doll No. 3 , "
which was advertised to repeat the
words of "Jack and Jill. " If it had
been placarded with any other nursery
rhyme it would have been just as well ,
for no one could possibly have told the
difference. But encouragement was
given to the imagination , which , after
ill , is the most elevated faculty of
mman mind. Washington Star.
The Sultan at Dinner.
The sultan never uses a plate. He takes
all his food direct from the little ket
tles , and never uses a table , and rare
ly a knife or fork a spoon , his bread ,
a pancake , or fingers are found far
handier. It requires just twice as
many slaves as there are courses to
serve a dinner to him.
The whole household is at libertj' ta
take meals where it suits him or litf
best , and thus every one is served with
a small tray , with a spoon , a great
chunk of bread , and the higher ones
only get the pancakes.
Nearly one ton of rice per day is re
quired for the inevitable pHlailc , 600
pounds of sugar , as much coll'ee , to say
nothing of the other groceries , fruit ,
vegetables and meat. Itice and mut
ton and bread form the greater part
of the food for the majority of the
Turks , together witli Iish. sweetmeats ,
confectionery , nuts and dried and fresh
fruits.
That there is an enormous waste and
extravagance in the kitchen is obvious ,
and it is said that enough is thrown ,
away daily to maintain 100 families.
AH the water for the sultan's use and
the drinking water for the household
is brought in barrels from two pretty
streams at different places in th Bos
porus toward the Black Sea.
No Evidence to the Contrary ,
A young1 Catholic priest , shortly alt
er beginning his labors in hilirst
pariah , received a viiit from one of the
older fathers. Anxious to show the
progress lie Had made , lie called up a
class iu catechism for questioning.
"Biddy Maloney. " he began , -'stand
" '
up.
A slip of a girl , with blue eyes and
brown freckles , arose in her place.
"What , Biddy. " said the young fa
ther , "i- ? meant by the howly state of
malriinou- ? "
Shure. " began Biddy , glibly , " 'tis a
savson of tormint upon which the .soul
inters to lit it fer the blissid state to
come. "
Och ! " cried the questioner , angry
and mortiiied : "to the foot of th'e
class wid ye. Biddy Maloncy. It's the
m'aning of purgaton * ye're afther
givinV
But here the old priest interposed ,
with smile. "Not far
a quizzical too - < r ,
me young brother , " he aid. restrain-
inglj' "not too fast. Fer aught you
and I know to the conthrary , the
gurnil may be perfuctljright. . " ' /cr
per's Magazine.
Fanny Davenport's board co > ts he :
$3 a we'ek. She lives wholly on toast
almost black with carbon and '
green tea.