13y F. M. KIM * '
OFFICIAL COU TROUBLE.
, juT of Motherhood is the
5f Much Anxiety to All.
an dreads the ordeal
> .vhich she must pass in beconv
other. The pain and suffering
W Sh Js in store for her is a source oi
constant anxiety , fear and dread , tc
f Bay nothing of the danger which the
coming incident entails. The joyous
anticipations with which she looks for
ward to baby's coming gives way to an
indescribable dread of the ordeal when
she fully realizes the critical and trylnn
event which will soon approach and
have to be endured.
Women should hail with delight a
remedy which insures to them im
munity from the pain , suffering and
danger incidental to child-bearing.
Such a remedy is now offered , arid
women need not fenr longer the hour oi
childbirth. "Mother's Friend' ' ! * a
scientific liniment and if used before
confinement , gently and surely prepares
the body for the great requirement ! ]
and changes it is undergoing , intures
safety to both mother and child , and
takes her through the event with com-
ease and comfort. This won-
Sarative
erful remedy is praised by eyerj
woman who has used it.
What woman is not interested in
"Mother's Friend ? " This wonderful
remedy has been tested and its price
less value proven by the experience of
thousands of happy mothers who
have used it during the most critical
period of woman's life the approach
nd culmination of motherhood : .
It has won their everlasting praise ,
for it gave them help and hope in
their most trying hour and when
most needed. Every woman may some
day need "Mother's Friend. " The
little "book , "Before Baby is Born , "
telling all about it , and when it should
be used , will prove of great interest and
benefit to all expectant mothers , and
"will be sent free to any address upon
application to the Bradfield Regulator
Company , Atlanta , Ga.
Two More Excursions to Hot Springs.
Those who find it inconvenient or im
possible to leave home during the sum
mer months will be interested in the
announcement that on the r4th and aSth
of February , the Burlington Route will
sell round trip tickets to Hot Springs at
half rates.
Tickets are good for thirty da } s from
date of issue long enough for visitors
to receive substantial benefit from a
course of treatment at the Springs. Hot
Springs' largest hotel , the Evans , as well
as its principal bathhouses are open
through the year. Hot Springs' climate ,
even in midwinter , is clear , dry and
sunny not nearly as cold , as a rule , as
that of Nebraska.
For tickets and information about
train service , apply to nearest B. & M.
R. R. R. ticket agent , or write to J.
Francis , General Passenger Agent , Om
aha , Neb. " " 2-3-413.
THE TRIBUNE and Demorest's Family
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advance.
The Ravages of Crip.
That modern scourge , the Grip , poisons
the air with its fatal germs , so that no
home is safe from its ravages , but multi
tudes have found a sure protection
Against this dangerous malady in Dr.
King's New Discovery. When you feel
a soreness in your bones and muscles ,
have chills and fever , with sore throat ,
pain in the back of the head , catarrhal
symptoms and a stubborn cough you may
know you have the grip , and that you
need Dr. King's New Discovery. It will
promptly cure the worst cough , heal the
inflamed membranes , kill the disease
germs and prevent the dreaded after ef
fects of the malady. Price 500 and $ r.
Money back if not cured. A trial bottle
free at McCounell's.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on
each tablet.
Grip's Ravages Doomed.
So much misery and so many deaths
have been caused by the grip , that everyone
-one should know what a wonderful rem
edy for this malady is found in Dr.
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stubborn cough , that inflames your
throat , robs you of sleep , weakens your
system and paves the way for consump
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in the back of the head , soreness in
bones and muscles , sore throat and that
cough that grips your throat like a vice ,
you need Dr. King's New Discovery to
cure your grip , and prevent pneumonia
or consumption. Price 500 and $1.00.
Honey back if not cured. A trial bottle
free at McConnell's.
Tablets and Box Papers.
"You will find a fine line of tablets and
box papers at this office for sale at very
reasonable figures and of the best qual
ity.
La grippe is again epidemic. Every
precaution should be taken to avoid it.
Its specific cure is One Minute Cough
Cure. A. J. Shepherd , pnblisher Agri
cultural Journal and Advertiser , Elden ,
Ho.says ; "No one will be disappointed
iu using One Minute Cough Cure for la
gripple. " Pleasant to take , quick to act.
A. McMillen. . _
McConnell's Balsam cures coughs.
To insure a happy new year , keep the
liver clear and the body vigorous by us
ing DeWitt's Little Early Risers , the
famous little pills for constipation and
-liver troubles. A. McMillen.
THE TRIBUNE will club with any pa
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Are you restless at night , and harassed
by a bad cough ? Use Ballard's Horehound -
hound Syrup , it will secure you sound
sleep , and effect a prompt and radical
cure Price 250 and 500 at McConnell's.
One Minute Cough Cure , cures.
That Is what It was d for.
Box Elder Circuit.
Sunday-school at Box Elder churcl
every Sunday at ro a.m. Church services
at ii a. m. every two weeks dating fron
Sunday , Dec. 4. Sunday-school at Re (
Willow school house every Sunday at :
p. in. Church service at 3 p. m. ever ]
two weeks dating from Sunday , Dec. 4
Sunday-school at Garden Prairie ap
pointment every Sunday at 10 a. m
, Preaching at 11 a. m. every two weeki
dating from Dec. n. Preaching Bervict
at Spring Creek at 3 p. m. every tvn
weeks dating from Dec 11.
D. L. MATSON , Pastor.
George Kern Passes Away.
Afier an illness of some length , GeorK <
Kern of East McCook died , yeslertlaj
morning. The funeral will occur on Sat
urday from the German Congregationa
church , Rev. W. F. Vogt conducting tht
services. The deceased was born ir
Russia , March 1st , 1841 The faniilj
moved here from Holdrege not 1onj
since.
For La Grippe.
Thomas Whitefield & Co ,240 Wabash
av , corner Jackaon-st. , one of Chicago's
oldest and most prominent druggists
recommended Chamberlaiu's Cou > ; l
Remedy for la grippe , as it not enl )
Hives a prompt and complete relief , bnl
also counteracts any tendency of ! ; <
grippe to result in pneumonia. Foi
sale by L. W. McConnell & Co.
McConnell's Balsam cures coughs.
Coughiug injures and inflames sort
lungs. One Minute Cough Cure loosem
the cold , allays coughing and heal ;
quickly. The best cough cure for chil
dren. A. McMillen.
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Trie Deadly Grip
Is again abroad in the land. The air
you breathe may be full of its fatal
; erms. Don't neglect the "Grip" or
rou will open the door to pneumonia and
consumption and invite death. Its sure
signs are chills with fever , headache , dull
leavy pains , mucous discharges from the
nose , sore throat and never-let-go congh.
Don't waste precious time treating this
cough with troches , tablets , or poor ,
cheap syrups. Cure it at once with Dr.
king's New Discovery , the infallible
remedy for bronchial troubles. It kills
he disease germs , heals the lungs and
) revents the dreaded after effects from
he malady. Price 50 cts. and $1.00.
Honey back if not cured. A trial bottle
ree at McCounell's.
SCALE BOOKS For sale at THE TRIB
UNE office. Best in the market.
Paul Perry , of Columbus , Ga. , suffered
agony for thirty years , and then cured
lis piles by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve , It heals injuries and skin dis
eases like magic. A. McMillen.
- McMillen's Cream Lotion.
These are dangerous times for the
icalth. Croup , colds and throat troubles
ead rapidly to consumption. A bottle
of One Minute Cough cure used at the
ight time will preserve life.health and a
arge amount of money. Pleasant to
ake ; children like it. A. McMillen.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salv-
Cares Plica. Scalds , Burns.
QOLDENROD.
I know a field , a sunny field.
But not in sunny France ,
And there is neither glint of shield
Nor gleam of pennoned lance ,
Nor does the wind toes knightly plnmea ,
Nor silken tents unfold ,
And yet in anttunn it becomes
The field of the cloth of gold.
For when the haze of summer days
Baa melted from the skies
And we , without reproof , may gaso
Up into heaven's eyes ,
A host their plumes and banners shake
In joust with breezes bold ,
And goldonrod's bright champions make
The field of the cloth of gold.
The butterflies with blazoned wings
Are heralds for the fight ,
And many a lovely lady flings
Her token to her knlaht.
And so amid their gorgeous suite.
With pomp and wealth untold ,
Bnmmor and autumn royally meet
On the Held of the cloth of gold.
Martha Hartford in St. Nicholas.
FEAR OF RAIN IN CUBA.
The Evil Effect of Water 1 * Not a
Snperitltlon There.
The average Cuban is
afraid of rainwater. He believes
drenching in a rainstorm , followed by
exposure to the rays of the sun , pro
duces fever not necessarily yellow fo
yer , but an attack something similar to
what is known as swamp fever in Mis
sissippi or chagres in the isthmus ol
Panama.
The same belief prevails in Central
and South America , but in a greater
degree. On both coast lines of Nicaragua
a light shower is the signal for a gen
eral scampering indoors and a disin
clination to come out again until the
eky is perfectly clear. Up on the high
plateau on which the city of Caracas in
Venezuela is situated and where there
should be little or no fear of fever the
natives are afraid to get even their
faces wet At the first appearance of a
rainstorm the cab drivers , of whom
there are more than 400 , put up oiloloth
screens in front of them and direct the
course of the horses through a couple of
peepholes , avoiding even a slightsplash
in the face.
All strangers from northern latitudes
visiting Caracas are advised that not
only is rain dangerous , but that it is
not safe to take a bath within ten
days after their arrival. Men accustom
ed to a daily plunge find this advice
difficult to follow , especially in such a
warm climate. Most of them disregard
it and find that it does them no harm ,
and that it is a superstition based upon
the laziness that follows a residence in
an atmosphere so enervating that the
dogs are too tired to get out of the way
of the horse if the horse wasn't too
tired to step on them.
The Cuban fear of rain , however , is
based upon experience and is not a mere
superstition. New York Press.
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Swapping : Telephones.
The following story conies from the
Grand Rapids Press and has to do with
a man and a woman who are employed
in different offices in one of the large
buildings of that city. Each office has a
telephone , but as it happens one is an
instrument belonging to the Citizens'
company , the other a Bell instrument.
One day the man had occasion to use
the Citizens' line and stepped across the
hall to the lady's office.
"Have you a Citizens' phone ? " he
asked , and she replied in the affirmative.
"Well"he ventured : "I'm a citizen.
May I use it ? "
Why , of course he might use it , but
Inwardly she was inclined to envy his
ability to stand up and assort his citi
zenship in this way , for some of her
womanly propensities were of the "new
ish" sort. An hour later she balanced
accounts with him.
"Have you a Bell telephone ? " she
asked on stepping into his office. He did
not try to deny it.
"Well , I'm a belle. May I use it ? "
The Hofyell Torpedo.
Commodore John A. Howell , who
baa just been promoted to the rank of
rear admiral , is the inventor of a self
propelling torpedo that differs in sev
eral respects from the "Whitehead. The
chief novelty of the American system
relates to the mode of driving the screw.
Whitehead stored compressed air in
a chamber in his torpedo and placed in
an adjoining compartment a small en-
jine which should be operated thereby
at the right juncture. Howell employs
a heavy flywheel , which is put in rapid
revolution , just before the torpedo is
launched , by connecting its projecting
axle with a steam engine that is entire
ly independent of the torpedo. The
Sowell system has been improved since
it was first patented in 1871 , and it has
been extensively used in the United
States navy.
The Barest Bird. i
The rarest bird in existence is a cer
tain kind of pheasant in Annain. For
many years its existence was known
only by the fact that its longest and
most splendid plume was in much re
quest by mandarins for their headgear.
A single skin is worth $400 , and the
iving bird would be priceless , but it
Boon dies in captivity.
Uses of the Fan In Japan.
The uses of the fan are many and
various in Japan , where it is carried
jy men , women and children. A but-
: erfly shaped fan in the hands of the
umpire at wrestling and fencingmatches
is made to express anumbercf messages
perfectly understood and promptly at
tended to by the combatants.
Ocean waves have on a number of
occasions dashed over the tops of light-
nouses which are 150 feet high. As a
wave in the open ocean is accompanied
jy a depression as deep as the wave is
ligh , a ship in the trough of the sea
encountering such waves would be
> ankod by hills of water , if the term
may be used , 800 feet high.
Economy is half the battle of life. It
B not so hard to earn money as to spend
t well. Spnrgeon.
THE AMERICAN SAILOR.
Jacky Has Become a Specialist and m Credit
to the Navy.
Jacky , who used to be more sailoj
than gunner , is now more gunner than
sailor. Just in proportion as be hat
ceased to be a part of the great engine
on which he lives , so he has come moie
and more into the control of it , and ai
the cardinal purpose of a warship is tc
hit things with her projectiles Jack ;
has become a specialist in getting thai
work out of her. He does it in two
places at the. gnns and at the engines.
Correctly pointed guns are of no use
unless the platform on which they rest
is put in proper relation to the thing to
be hit and kept there. Equally it is use
less to get the ship into proper place
unless the guns are correctly pointed.
Men who can do either of these things
must have natural capacities and be sus
ceptible to education , and only men of
this sort are eligible for our navy.
Accordingly the "beach comber , " or
the "rock scorpion , " or any other va
riety of that ruck of marine refuse
which drifts around the great maritime
ports and ships in any croft where
"grub" is plenty and work light , no
longer slings his hammock on Uncle
Sam's berth deck , as he used to do , to
the shame of the service , in years gone
by. Nor can the tramp nor the jailbird
nor even the incorrigible black sheep of
the family thus be provided for , to the
relief of constables and long suffering
relatives. No man or boy can now pass
a United States naval recruiting officer
unless he is clean , healthy , honest ,
young , strong and intelligent , nor can
he afterward get that advancement ,
whioh is certainly open to him without
fear or favor , unless he continues to
show aptitude and ability. Park Ben
jamin in Independent
ARMY AND NAVY GUNS.
A Vast Difference In the Number of Men
Required to Handle Them.
The number of men required to man
naval guns of the British , French , Ger
man and American navies is about the
Eame , although the French are under
stood to have more men as a rule for
some of the larger guns.
For the 4 inch and 5 inch all services
require four men to workeach _ piece ;
for the 6 inch , six men are needed , and
for the 10 , 13 and 13 inch the same
number.
As nearly all our 8 , 10 , 19 and 18
inch guns are used in pairs and mount
ed in turrets the 12 men working them
are protected by heavy plates of steel.
For the little 1 pounders three men are
necessary tovork them rapidly , and
for the 8 pounders and 6 pounders four
men ore assigned , and for the Hotchkiss
three men.
Treble the number of men seem to be
required to work the same caliber of
guns in our coast defense system , al
though there is no special reason for
this , unless it be due to the fact that
the army guns are mounted on disap
pearing carriages and are not provided
with turrets , which naturally limits the
space of the operators. An army 8 inch
gun takes 15 men to work it ; a 10 inch
gun requires 18 men , and a 12 inch
gun , the largest now constructed by the
army , calls for 21 men.
It will be seen , therefore , that a 13
inch naval gun is operated by sis men ,
while an army gun of one inch less cali
ber calls for 21 men. The navy gun can
be fired just as rapidly with its sis men
as the army gun can be fired with its
larger number. Boston Herald.
At Sea on Maskat.
A funny scene occurred many years
ago in congress. A present of Arabian
horses , a sword , etc. , arrived from the
imam of Mnskat for President Adams.
A western member with some heat
moved that the gift should be sent
back , with a letter from congress , in
forming the ruler of Maskat that the
president of the United States was no
king , but the servant of the people , and
was not permitted to give or receive
presents.
Another member rose. "Such a let
ter , Mr. Speaker , " he said , "can easily
be written. But where is it to be sent ?
Where is Maskat ? "
There was no response. Apparently
not a member of the house was prepared
to answer , nor could Maskat then be
found in any atlas published in this
country. It was found at last on a Ger
man map. A civil answer was returned ,
and the geographers made haste to in
sert Maskat in the nest edition of their
maps. Eschanga
The Other Way Around.
The loyalty of the Scottish highlander
to his kilt is a picturesque thing. He
will never admit that it makes him
cold , and highlanders who were suffer
ing from cold in the ordinary dress of
civilization have been known to substi
tute the kilt for it in order to get
worm , though this would be much like
removing one's coat and waistcoat and
rolling up one's shirt sleeves for the
same purpose.
It is said that a stranger , seeing a
soldier in full highlander uniform shiv
ering in a cold wind , asked him :
"Sandy , are you cold with the kilt ? "
"Na , no , mon , " the soldier answered
indignantly , "but I'm nigh kilt with
the cauld ! " Exchange.
Hurrah I
W. J. Spratley , the Egyptologist ,
thinks that "there can be no doubt that
the Egyptian soldiers in ancient times
went into the battle to the inspiring
cheer of the 'Hoo Ra I Hoe Ba I Hoe Ha 1'
and if the average questioning man
asks why ho replies with this , 'Because
Eoo Ba ( in the tongue of the Barneses )
means 'the king , the king , the kingl' "
Turning the Stock.
A writer in The Dry Goods Chronicle
says : "A good point for the retail mer
chant to remember is that it is not how
arge a business he does , but how many
imes his stock is turned in the course
of the year , that" really indicates the
successful merchant. "
The Kind You Have Always Bought , and which has been
in use for over 30 years , has home the signature of
. and has heen made under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in tliis.
All Counterfeits , Imitations and Substitutes are hut Ex
periments that trifle with and endanger the health or
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil , Paregoric , Drops
and SoothingSyrups. . It is Harmless and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium , Morphine nor other Narcotia
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles , cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food , regulates the
Stomach and Bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
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