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We have shoes to fit them all.
In good style , best make and
low in price.
The time is fast approaching
when all the children must have
shoes for school. Don't fail to
see our line and get our prices
on good goods ; we warrant every
TYRONE.
Some are strenuous at hay-catting.
J.W.Norton from Lincoln county is visiting
friends here.
s If'rain comes soon , corn will make
bushels to the acre.
Rev.and Mrs. Robertson and their son Paul
returned from Lincoln , Friday.
Florence Moore starts , today , for University
Place to resume her school work.
August Broman is expected home from
Chicago , next week , for a brief stay with
friends here.
After many intricate experiments , scientists
have discovered methods for obtaining all the
natural digestants. These have been com
bined in the proportion found in the human
body and united with substances that build
up the digestive organs _ , making a compound
called Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests
what you eat and allows all dyspeptics to eat
plenty of nourishing food while the stomach
troubles are being radically cured by the
medicinal agents it contains. It is pleasant
to take and will give quick relief. D. W.
Loar.
Can any one explain why it is that when a
robbery is committed by two men , one man is
always tall and the other short ?
The law holds both matter and circulator
t > f a counterfeit equally guilty. The dealer
who sells you a dangerous counterfeit of De-
Witt's \Vitch Hazel Salve risks your life to
make a little larger profit. You can not trust
him. DeWitt's is the only genuine and orig
inal Witch Hazel Salve , a well known cure
for piles and all skin diseases. See that your
dealer gives you DeWitt's Salve. D. W.
Loar.
Loar.W.
W. T. Stead says the Chinese war will last
300 years. Well , if he has correctly sized it
up , our sigh of relief when it closes will be
all the more fervent.
Constipation , impaired digestion and a tor
pid liver , are the most common ailments that
are responsible for that tired , listless , fagged-
out feeling that makes the summer a dreaded
period to so many people. Herbine will cure
constipation , it improves the digestion , and
xrouses the liver to normal activity. Price ,
50 cents. A. McMillen.
One Minute Cough Cure is the only harm
less remedy that produces immediate results.
Try it. D. W. Loar.
IND1ANOLA.
Ilarlovv W. Keyes had legal business in
McCook , Wednesday.
Speaking of political rot , this "paiamount
issue" business smells badly.
Mrs. Ida M. Howland and son Roy are
down from McCook , this week.
S. R. Smith was a red stand-pipe town vis
itor , Tuesday evening , on business.
The Smith-Phillips controversy has already
culminated in a personal set-to between the
combatants , this week.
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Indianola's "Siamese-twins" newspapers
are giving us some wide and cheap advertis
ing. But we can't help it , can we ?
Miss Clara Happersett arrived home , last
Saturday , from visiting Bloomington friends
in company with Miss Nellie Brown of Mc
Cook.
Mrs. G. S. Bishop is down from McCook on
a week's visit to her sister , Mrs. James Heth-
erington , arriving here on Wednesday morn
ing.
Misses Jennie McClung and Grace Barton
and "Dub" McClung attended the Brigade
band concert in McCook , last Saturday even
ing. And it was worth while.
Jim McClung , the Indianola horse dealer ,
bought a horse of Mike Owene and a mare of
W. C. Wollam , yesterday. The mare is a line
animal and Mr. McClung will track her.
Stockville Faber.
OBITUARY Bernard Skalla , a well and fa
vorably known farmer of Bondville precinct ,
died at his home , last Tuesday afternoon at
12:30 , after a short illness about a week
caused by the heat. Mr. Skalla was a native
of Austria , of German birth , and came to this
country in 1889 , eleven years ago , and directly
to Red Willow county. He lived south of
McCook for four years , and since 1893 has
lived south of Indianola. ' Mr. Skalla was
known most favorably to a host of friends in
his neighborhood , and his death is sincerely
mourned and regretted by all. He was 54
years , 9 months , 3 days old at his death. His
remains were buried on Wednesday in the
Catholic cemetery at Indianola , Rev. Father
Lawrence , officiating. The deceased leaves
to mourn his departure a wife , who came
across the ocean with him , his son Charles
and daughter Mary , besides many neighbors
and friends.
, s The only sure test of the worth of a
cigar is in the smoking. But bear in
3j mind these words of warning : 95 per
cent , of nickel cigars are impure ; that is
they are made of scraps of inferior tobacco and
doctored. As a rule they are machine made ,
and no machine has yet been found that will
make a cigar as well as the hands.
D. B. LONG & SON'S
Sportsman
Best 5 Cent Cigar on Earth.
is made of the best whole leaf , by the hands of
! | the best American workmen , and without
If doctoring. There's not as much "margin" seli-
| j ing the Sportsman as selling other nickel cigars
p but that's in the smoker's favor. It means the
best possible for the money.
Get ; -titie Sportsrin
Stamped irtth the name and sold everywhere ,
NAVE * McCORD MERCANTILE CO. , Distributors ,
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St. Joseph - Missouri. s
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS.
JOHN R. ROXBY may 'return to Mc
Cook to live.
Miss WVATT of Holdrege is visiting
Mrs. I. L. Rotlstrom.
REV. W. F. VOGT was over from Herndon -
don , yesterday and today.
GEORGE HOCKNEU. has gone to join
the family in Los Angeles , Calif.
L. MORSE of Benkelman sojourned
briefly with us , Monday evening.
H. L. FISHER is over at Oberlin tak
ing in the base-ball tournament , this
week.
j Miss HATTIE YARGER entertained
the "Awl-Os , " Tuesday evening , hand-
' soniely.
MRS. FRANK NEUBAUER went over to
Beaver City , Wednesday , on a visit to
relatives and friends.
MRS. R. D.ROGERS departedMonday
morning , for Illinois , on a visit to con
tinue several weeks.
R. E. GEORGE and Henry Hall of
East Valley precinct were in the capital
city , yesterday , on business.
MR. AND MRS. C. H. MEEKER accom
panied his mother as far east as Chicago
returning home on Wednesday night.
MRS. "MEEKER , mother of C. H. , de
parted for her home in Illinois , Friday
night last , after visiting her son for a
few weeks.
MRS. W. S. MORLAN "chaperoned" a
large neighborhood picnic in the park ,
last Friday evening. It had every ap
pearance of being a joyous event.
MISSES IDA AND BLANCHE MCCARI. ,
who have been enjoying a delightful
visit in Chicago , Illinois , Elkhorn , Wis
consin , and other eastern points , arrived
home , close of last week.
W. F. LAWSON returned home on I ,
Saturday , from his visit to Wisconsin.
His mother accompauied him and his
parents expect to go to house-keeping
and to make this their future home.
Miss GRACE HUSTON , who will teach
the Seventh grade of the city schools ,
coming term , arrived from Eldon , Iowa ,
close of last week , and is making her
home with her sister , Mrs. J. J. Curran.
H. W. MAINS , the Queen City steam
laundry man of Hastings , and R. B
Wahlquist of the Hastings Democrat
were city visitors , Saturday , Mr. Mains
being here on business of the Queen
City.
MRS. A. P. THOMSON , Miss Elizabeth
and the two younger children arrived
borne , Wednesday , from their delightful
outing at the Boulder Chautauqua , where
Miss Elizabeth has been attending a
summer-school.
JAMES DOYI.E of the Willow expects
shortly to occupy his town residence
the Engel property for the winter.
Traveling Engineer Dixon and family
will move into the Brewer residence over
on Melvin street.
MRS. P. F. McKENNA and the chil
dren , who have been making Chicago
relatives quite a long visit , arrived home
on last Friday night. Miss Genevieve
Feeny of Hastings accompanied them
borne and will visit the family a week or
two.
MR. AND MRS. E. E- MAGEE arrived
in the city , last Friday night , from
Hayes Center , where he has been instructing
in two-weeks insti
structing a - county
tute. They remained here over Sunday ,
departing on 6 for Fairmont , where they
will settle for house-keeping. Mr. Magee
will fill the office of superintendent of
the Fairmont schools for the next term.
The Official Line.
Department Commander Reese of Ne
braska announces that the Burlington
Route has been selected as the official
line to the national encampment of the
G.A.R. at Chicago , August 27 to Sept. i ,
and that the headquarters train will
leave the Burlington station , Omaha , at
7:30 p.m.Saturday , August 25. This is
the train all members of theG.A.R. ,
Woman's Relief Corps , Ladies of the G.
A. R. , wives and daughters of veterans
and their friends will take. It will have
standard and tourist sleeping cars and
free reclining chair cars and will arrive
at Chicago , 9:30 a. in. , August 26.
The lowest of low rates are always
made for the G. A. R. encampment.
This year the rate will be one fare for
the round trip to Chicago. Tickets will
be on sale , August 24 to 27. 8-10-313.
J : FRANCIS , G. P. A. ,
Omaha , Neb.
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EASY LIFE IN NICARAGUA.
When the Family IB Broke , the Wife
DlKS n Little Gold.
"When I was In the Olancho district ,
In Nicaragua , " said a visitor who la
largely Interested In mining In Central
America , "I had an opportunity of see
ing bow the lazy natives tap nature's
till when they need some small change.
"Near our camp by the river was a
hut occupied by a typical Honduranian
family , consisting of husband and
wife , grandfather and grandmother
and a dozen or so of assorted children.
The only one of the crowd who did
anything except rest and smoke was
the wife. At Intervals of perhaps a
week she would sally out with the
family tlnpan , erstwhile used for cookIng -
Ing , and proceed to an old placer dig
ging on the river hank. There she
would squat , throw a few gourdfuls
of dirt Into the pan , fill It with wa
ter and begin the usual circular motion
of gold washing- .
"She was very skillful and would
keep a little sheet of dirty water sprayIng -
Ing over the edge like a miniature
cataract. When the water was ex
hausted , a few spoonfuls of sand
would he left In the bottom of the pan ,
and , spreading it out thin with a bit of
stick , she would go over It grain by
grain , looking for 'color. ' Whenever
she saw a speck of gold she moistened
the stick on her tongue and picked up
the particle by adhesion. Each bit of
the precious metal was stored away In
a quill , plugged with clay at the ends ,
and I have known her to take out as
much as a quarter of an ounce in the
course of one day.
"Usually her limit was about ? 2 ,
and when she got that she stopped.
Then the head of the house would
arise languidly and start for the near
est store , 12 miles away. Sometimes he
would trade the whole amount for
whisky ; hut , as a rule , he brought back
tobacco , salt , meal or calico.
"There are hundreds of native fami
lies who live In exactly that manner
In Olancho. Sometimes the woman
will be lucky enough to strike a rich
pocket that will yield a dollar or more
a pan , but they never dream of washIng -
Ing it out at once and getting a stake.
It simply means that they can secure
their usual amount with less work. "
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
NO "PROPERTY" ESCAPES.
Some Queer Things to Be Seen In a.
C 111 M cue Theater.
Over the audience rests a settled ,
Immovable stillness , unbroken even by
SLr-S k. % osfxpoasleu referable to
sorrow , sympathy , joy or tears lightens
the blank , dead wall of the faces.
The Chinaman is impregnable. Only
once do his eyes change , and that is
while the property man Is on the stage ,
and he Is never off it.
The Chinese property man sees hi °
duty to the management and puts it
Into practical effect. No "property"
shall escape him. He gathers all things
by the way. When the Chinese Romeo
slays Tybalt , the property man steps
on to the stage , gathers up Tybalt's
sword , cap and cloak and things and
walks off with them. He would ente
Macbeth's banquet hall while that 'i '
weak kneed monarch was exercising *
Banquo's ghost , gather up the goblets (
and plates in one arm and Macbeth's
chair with the other and carry ther-
away. He would pluck the roses from
Elaine's breast ; he would take the
dagger fro'u Juliet's dead hand ; he
would interrupt Hamlet's soliloquy In
the churchyard with a request for
Yorlck's skull , and he would Interpose
in the murder of Desdemona to remove
the pillows from her bed. Saqui Smith
in Leslie's Weekly.
London' ! * Great Clock.
Whatever complaints may be made
against the tone of Big Ben , the famous -
mous London clock and musicians say
It Is a terribly bad "E , " at any rate
every one will acknowledge that the
clock in the house of commons tower
Is a wonderful timekeeper , not vary
ing a second In time all the year
through. The mechanism for setting
In motion the massive hammer which *
brings out the tone of Big Ben's 1C
ton bell is very Interesting. The strik
ing machinery is driven by weights of
about a ton and a half , which hang on
a shaft 174 feet deep , and It Is so ar
ranged that after the chimes are over
the hammer falls on the big bell with
in one second of Greenwich mean
time.
Books.
When I consider what some books
have done for the world and what they
are doing , how they keep up our hope ,
awaken new courage and faith , soothe
pain , give an Ideal life to those whose
homes are bird and cold , bind together
distant ages and foreign lands , create
new worlds of beauty , bring down
truths from heaven , I give eternal
blessings for this gift. James Free
man Clarke.
SOUTH SIDE.
John Randall is quite sick with an attack of
pneumonia.
The late corn has been suffering , lately , for
want of rain.
W. S. Morlan of McCook lias bought W. G.
Higby's place.
James Lee of McCook is hauling hay for
W. S. Fitch , this week.
Alfred Fitch was visiting in Prospect Park ,
the fore part of the week.
Leslie Jones of Pleasant Ridge is helping
M. H. Johnston , this week.
Roy Jacobs and Linford Fitch visited over
in Valley Grange , last Sunday.
Remember the preaching services , next
Sunday ; all are cordially invited.
The Ladies' Circle of McCook is going to
have a social at Mrs. W. G. Dutton's , Fjrtday
evening.
May Hileman of McCook was a South Side
visitor , the fore part of the week , guest of
Nettie Dutton.
Merton Bunnell of Boone , Iowa , and a
former resident of Red Willow county , was a
South bide visitor , last Sunday.
Misses Eurilla and Geneva Fitch visited
up on Pleasant Ridge , Wednesday of this
week , the guests of Audrey Jones.
The County Christian Endeavor conven
tion will be held m South Side , this fall , in
W. S. Fitch's grove ; all are cordially invited.
The entertainment people are getting along
nicely with their programme. There will be
a chorus of about twelve voices , and this , to
gether with vocal solos , duets and quartets ,
besides various numbers of instrumental mu
sic , will make a concert worth going to. One
of the most attractive features of the enter
tainment will be the tableaux ; Mrs. W. G.
Dutton will have charge of them and they
will be fine indeed. The entertainment is to
be held on the 27th of this month , and the ad
mission fee will be 25 cents. All are cordially
invited.
A gentleman recently cured of dyspepsia
gave the following appropriate rendering of
Burns' famous blessing : "Some have meat
and can not eat , and some have none that
want it ; but we have meat and we can eat ,
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure be thanked. " This
preparation will digest what you eat. It con
stantly relieves and radically cures indigestion
and all stomach disorders. D. W. Loar.
"I'd paint her eyes as a shimmering lake , "
writes a St. Louis poet of his best girl. In
water colors , eh ?
It has been demonstrated by experience
that consumption can be prevented by the
early use of One Minute Cough Cure. This
is the favorite remedy for cough , colds , croup ,
asthma , grippe and all throat and lung
troubles Cur 6 quickly. D. W. Loar.
Even the mosquitosof New Jersey are being
classed as blood-thirsty anarchists.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and reconstructing - , f
structing the exhausted digestive or-1 j
gans. It is the latest discovereddigest- *
auc and tonic. No other preparation
: an approach it in efficiency. It instantly - A
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia , Indigestion , Heartburn , , j
Flatulence , _ Sour Stomach , Nausea , | *
Sick Headache , Gastralgia.Crampsand >
all other results of imperfect digestion.
Price 50c. und $1. Large size contains ZV times
small size. Book all about dyspepsiamailedf ree
Prepared toy E. C. DeWITT a CO. . Cblcago.
D. "W. IOAE , Druggist.
For burns : injuries , piles and skin diseases
use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is the
original. Counterfeits may be offered. Use
onlv DcWitt's. D. W. Loan
II. P. SUTTON
JEWELER
MUSICAL GOODS
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
C. H. BOYLE ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McCook , Nebraska.
Telephone 44. P. O. Building ;
McCOOK SUEGICAL HOSPITAL ,
D.W. V. CAGE.
McCook , - - - Nebraska.
Office and Hospital over First National Jiank.
JOHN E. KELLEY ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McCooK. NEBRASKA.
EB Agent of Lincoln Land Co. Office- -
Rear of First National bank.
DK. FTCKES
Gold and Aluminum Plates.
Crown and Bridge Work
Office over McConnell & Herry's Drug Store
J. B. 8ALLARD.
® DENTIST. O
All dental work done at our office is guar
anteed to be first-class. We do all kinds of
Crown , Bridge and Plate Work. Dr. 1.15.
Taylor , assistant.
McCook Transfer Line
J. H. DWYER , Proprietor.
JSIT'Specinl attention paid to
hauling furniture. Leave orders
at either lumber yard.
McCOOK , NEBR.
Iron. Lead and Sewer Pipe , Brass
Goods , Pumps , an Boiler Trimmings ,
Agent for Halliday , V/aupun , EC ! pse
Windmills. Basement of the
Phillips Building.
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A BLIND MAN
Is one who fails to profit by experience , even though he has use of both eyes without the aid of
glasses. Time and again people buy clothing that is half made and containing mostly "Shoddy
and Flock. " Remember that three years among you has taught you that we carry no satinet
goods in the house ; what you buy of us is reliable and made by the best equipped factories in the
kutfdje in the country. Our prices are the lowest named for good goods ; we carry no other.
FRANK J. MORGAN , McCook , Nebraska.
