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It is everywhere admitted to be the most
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and the only one that never fails. It is pleas
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Take life as it comes , and make the most of
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take Ballard's Horehound Syrup , the best
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Price 25 and 50 cts. A. McMillen.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
William J. Iloltschneider , npn-robidout. You
are hereby notified that there is an old well , un
covered and not in use , into which stock may
fall and receive injury , situated on the south
west quarter south-oast quarter section 29 ,
township 1 , range 30 , west of Cth P. M. , in Ne
braska , and that complaint of the samp has
been made to the road overseer' of the district
in which said land is located. You are hereby
notified to fill or cause to bo filled with dirt sairt
well , from the bottom to the top , as required by
law , or the same will bo filled by said overseer
and the expense thereof taxed to said real
estate.
Dated , August 24th , 1900. S-24-3ts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Mary E. Johnston , non-resident. You are
hereby notified that there is a well , uncovered
und not in use , into which stock may fall and
receive injury , situated on the south-west quar
ter of section 15 , township 1 , range 30 , west of
6th P. M. . in Nebraska , and that complaint of
the same lias been made to the road overseer in
which said land is located. Yon are hereby
notified to fill or cause to be filled with dirt
said well , from the bottom to the top , as re
quired by law , or the same will be filled by said
overseer and the expense thereof taxed to said
real estate.
Dated , August 24tb , 1900. S-24-Hts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO-FILL OLD WELL.
Hartford Theological Seminary , nonresident.
You are hereby notified that _ there is an old
well , uncovered and not in use , into which stock
may fall and receive injury , situated on the
south-west quarter of section 31 , township 1 ,
range 30 , west of Gth P. M. , in Nebraska , and
that complaint of the same has been made to
the road overseer of the district in yvhich said
land is located. You are hereby notified to filler
or cause to be filled with dirt said well , from
the bottom to the top , as required by law , or
the sarao will be filled by said overseer and the
expense thereof taxed to paid real estate.
Dated , August 24th , 1900. S-24-3ts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Georce S. Cundiff , non-resident. You are here
by notified that there is an old well , uncovered
and notj in use , into which stock may fall and
receive injury , situated on the south-east quar
ter north-west quarter , east half south-west
quarter , touth-west quarter south-east quarter ,
section 28 , township 1 , range 30 , west of 6th P.
M. , in Nebraska , and that complaint of the
sumo has been made to the road overseer of the
district in which said land is located. You are
hereby notified to fill or cause to bo filled with
dirt said well , from the bottom to the top , as
required by law , or the same will bo filled by
safd overtecr and the expense thereof taxed to
said real estate.
Dated , August 24th , 1900. S-24-3ts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale , issued from the
district court of Red Willow county. Nebraska ,
uuder a decree in an action wherein Phebe E.
Boyd ct al. are plaintiffs , and Lo > al M. Hajes
ot al. are defendants , to mo directed and de
livered. I shall offer at public sale and sell to
the highest bidder for cah , at the cast door of
scribed real estate , to-wit : The south-west
Dated this 2 Jth day of Ausu t , 1900.
G. F. KIXGHOUK , Sheriff.
t2lfc = . Bv A. C. CK.VBTREC , Deputy.
W. S. JIonL.vx , Attorney.
ORDER OF HEARING.
STATE OF NEBUASKA. )
Red Willow County , f
At a county court , held at the county court
room , in and for said county , August 28 , A. D.
1900.
Present , G. S. Bishop , county judge.
In the matter of the estate of Eliza G. Nettle-
ton , deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of T. B.
Graves , praying that administration of said es
tate may be granted to him as administrator.
may appear at a county court to be held in and
for said county , and show cause why the prayer
of petitioner should not bo granted ; and that
notice of the pendency of said petition and the
hearing thereof , bo given to all persons inter
ested in said matter by publishing a copy of
this order in THE McCooK TRIBUNE , a weekly
newspaper printed in said county , for three suc
cessive weeks , prior to said day of hearing.
[ SEAL ] & 31-3ts. G. S. BISHOP , County Judge.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at McCqok , Neb. , August 27,1900. *
Notice is hereby given that the following-
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim , and
that said proof will bo made before Register or
Receiver at McCook. Nebraska , on Satnrdav ,
October 6,1900 , viz : George B. Cooper , on H. E.
No. 10.974.lfor the SEJi Sec. 15. Twp. 1 , N. R. 30 ,
W. 6th P. M. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and cul-
vntion of said land , viz : Wilson H.Hartman ,
Thomas C. Kellev , Andrew Anderson , Abraham
Peters , all of McCook , Nebraska.
831ts. . F. M. RATHBUN , Register.
MCDONNELLS
BALSAM
CURES COUGHS
PLEASANT RIDGE.
MR. EDITOR : It has been a long time
since Pleasant Ridge has been represented in
THK TRIBUNE , and we wonder if there are
not many who read your paper who would
like to hear from us through that medium , as
we like to hear from other neighborhoods in
the same way ; and while to us news or any
thing out of the ordinary is scarce , still there
may be now and then something that will beef
-of interest.
Fred lioone will work for Frank 15rott for a
few weeks.
School opened the 27th with Bertha E. Lin
coln as teacher.
J.V. . Jones and children visited a brother
near Trenton , Sunday.
Miss Bertha Lincoln is threshing her crop
of wheat and rye , this week.
Henry Moers is off to Kansas threshinr' ic
reports plenty of grain to thresh.
A new baby girl at Frank Green's is one of
the latest additions to the neighborhood.
Mrs. Henry Moers is much improved in
health ; she was able to ride to town , last
week.
A. G. Culbertson expects to leave the neigh
borhood soon ; will move on to the Sensintaffer
place east of town.
E. W. McAninch and family returned , Sat
urday evening , from a visit to a sister of Mrs.
McAninch , who lives in Kansas.
Ben Starbuck came home from Hastings
to attend the-wedding of his sister , Miss Flor
ence , and will remain in the neighborhood for
awhile.
Mabel Kelly from Banksville will attend
school in this district , making her home with
Miss Bertha Lincoln. Ruth and Percy Esher
will also attend from Vailton.
Will Hunter is helping Mrs. E. M. Starbuck
and son put up cane , this week. The two
boys claim they are doing four men's work ;
still they think four men would have an easy
time.
The wnd , last week , made sad havoc
among the windmills , hayracks , buggies etc.
A. J. Hatcher's barn came near blowing over ,
W. F. Esher's granary was moved from foun
dation and Frank Brott's windmill was blown
to the ground.
Mrs. J.V. . Jones and daughter Winona are
visiting in Richardson county , this state ; they
went by way of Omaha , to have a specialist
perform an operation on Miss Winona's
throat , which has been giving her more or less
trouble for the past year.
J. W. Speer and family left , last week , to
make a visit to Mrs.Speer's parents in Taylor
county , Iowa , with the hope of benefitting
Mrs. Speer's health , which seems thoroughly
undermined ; and all think the trip overland
will be better than medicine for her.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Great
Favorite.
The soothing and healing properties of this
remedy , its pleasant taste and prompt and
permanent cures have made it a favorite with
people everywhere. It is especially prized by
mothers of small children for coldscroup and
whooping cough , as it always affords quick
relief , and as it contains no opium or other
harmful drug , it may be given to a baby as
confidently as to an adult. For sale by McConnell -
Connell & Berry.
The Cleveland Plaindealer says : "All the
ladies are anxious to know what the empress
dowagar wore when she jinrickshawed away
from Pekin. " A look of wild alarm , probably.
Cuts and Bruises Quickly Healed.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied to a cut ,
bruise , burn , scald or like injury will instantly
allay the pain and heal the parts in less time
than any other treatment. Unless the wound
is very severe it will not leave a scar. Pain
Balm also cures rheumatism , sprains , swell
ings and lameness. For sale by McConnell
& Berry.
An Atlanta man has been fined $5 for dig
ging in his garden on Sunday. He may in
future know enough to go fishing on that day ,
as other Christians do.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are famous
little pills for liver and bowel troubles.
Never gripe. D. W. Loar.
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is not a
panacea , but it is Recommended for blind ,
bleeding or protruding piles and it will cure
the most obstinate cases. Price 50 cents in
bottles , tubes 75c. A. McMillen.
Another clinching truth of the olden saying
that "Everything was created for some wise
purpose" comes from a Kansas town where a
swarm of bugs broke up a brass band contest.
Loved by the people , hated by its would-be
rivals ; the foe of disease , the friend of human
ity Rocky Mountain Tea , made by the Mad
ison Medicine Co. Ask your druggist.
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. .
Says a Missouri paper : "A Saline county
man says he saw a ten-inch cat fish on thereof
roof of his house after a late rain. " What
was the ten-inch cat fishing for , may we ask ?
If you are troubled with odorous breath _ ,
heart-burn , flatulency , headache , acidity ,
pains after eating , loss of appetite , persistent
melancholy , or low spirits , you need a tonic.
A few doses of Herbine will give you the re
cuperative force to remove these disorders.
Price 50 cts. A. McMillen.
Until the troubles over there are settled it
might be well for the societies to recall some
of the missionaries from China and assign
them to duty in Ohio , with headquarters at
Akron.
People who burn the Lamp ot Reason need
Rocky Mountain Tea. Greatest reason pro
ducer known. 35c. Ask your druggist.
Half Rates to sTate Fair.
Sept. 3 to 7 , , the Burlington Route
will sell round-trip tickets to Lincoln at
half rates , plus 50 cents for admission to
the state fair.
Ask ag nt about special trains to Lin-
cold ancling passengers at fair grounds ,
liome same day. 8-24-2ts.
M. E. Shultz , G. M. W. of Nebraska ,
is here from Beatrice on Workman busi-
ness/today.
Pointer's Term Will Close With
a Deficiency of at Least
$100,000.
Facts and Figures Taken From the
Official Kecorcls Which Will Ad
mit of No Dispute ,
Important Statistics Ileiiring on the
Wealth and Itesources of
the Farm.
Omaha , Auf , ' . 27. It Is a low esti
mate to say that at the close of the
fiscal year the state of Kebraska will
be facing a delicit In the funds for the
maintenance of the various state in
stitutions of not less than $100,000. If
anything , the amount will be larger.
Neither is this mere conjecture. Al
ready the records in the auditor's of
fice at Lincoln reveal a large short
age , and , assuming that there will be
no increase in the rate of expenditures ,
the deduction leads up to these figures.
At best the shortage cannot fall below
the ? 100,000 mark.
This is certainly a bad showing for
the Poynter administration , consider
ing the fact that the last legislature
appropriated for general purposes
more than $2,000,000.
More thiu $500,000 was appropriated
for salaries and wages alone and yet ,
generally speaking , there will be a
large shortage In these funds.
The records in the auditor's office at
this very time , with six months' ex
penses unprovided for , show a shortage -
ago in the funds appropriated for the
Normal School at Peru , the Institute
for the Blind at Nebraska City , the
Pish Hatchery at South Bend , the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Milford -
ford , the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
at Grand Island , the Institute for Fee
ble Minded Youth at Beatrice , the
Asylum for the Insane at Norfolk , the
Industrial School at Kearney , the Asy
lum for the Insane at Lincoln in
short , they show a shortage in the
funds of every state institution.
These facts are taken from the offi
cial records and they cannot be suc
cessfully refuted. The records also
show an utter disregard for law in
the matter of diverting funds. While
the law contemplates that specific ap
propriations shall be used only to meet
obligations against such funds , the
practice in general is to use many
specific funds as general funds. The
custom is , where a fund is exhausted ,
to draw on some other fund specific
ally appropriated for other purposes ,
an act clearly in violation of law.
That the present fusion administra
tion has been an expensive luxury to
the people of Nebraska can no longer
be denied. It is a fact , which the of
ficial figures will substantiate , that at
the end of Governor Poynter's present
term the state of Nebraska will have
paid out more money and incurred
more indebtedness in the way of def
icits and unpaid bills for the main
tenance of the public institutions than
for any other two years since the
state was admitted to the Union.
Neither is there any excuse for this
large deficiency. The last legislature
was liberal in its appropriations , and ,
while it did not appropriate the large
amount demanded by the heads of the
various state institutions , for the sim
ple reason that it would have imposed
a hardship on tax payers , it appropri
ated an amount which , had the insti
tutions been honestly and econom
ically managed , would have been
abundantly sufficient.
Fallacious Prophecy.
Back in the olden times , when the
people were less tolerant and the lamp
of reason and intelligence shone less
brightly than today , false prophets
were frequently exiled and false
prophecies were put under a ban.
Not so today. The spectacle of to
day is that of a false prophet running
for president on the Democratic ticket
with his false prophecies recast into a
platform of principles.
Of all the prophets , Bryan has been
the most prolific and at the same
time has made more and greater
mistakes. In the campaign of 1S9G he
said that a Republican victory would
bring untold distress and suffering.
Is there one man in Nebraska who be
lieves it today ? On the contrary , isn't
it the universal belief , and is it not an
established fact , that the country is
more prosperous in general than for
many years ?
Bryan said Republican victory meant
industrial slavery. Where is it ?
Bryan said Republican victory
meant low prices for farm products.
Has that come true is there a farmer
In Nebraska today who believes it ?
Bryan said a gold standard would
Impoverish the masses and decrease
the purchasing capacity of labor and
farm products. Has. this come true ?
Is there a farmer who will say that he
fs getting less for his cattle , hogs ,
corn , wheat , oats , butter , wool , or any
other product of the farm , than he re
ceived four years ago ? Is there a la
borer who will say that he is getting
less pay for his work than he received
four years ago ?
Bryan's philosophy was fallacious
then and it is just as fallacious now.
There is no more logic or truth in his
philosophy of today than there was
four years ago. It was without foundation - "
dation in fact then and it is without
foundation In fact now. It was in
tended to frighten the people then and
It is Intended to frighten the people
now.
Everybody admits that he was
wrong In 1890 , not in one prophecy ,
not in one Instance , but in all. What
right , what excuse has any one to of
fer for pretending to believe In his
vagaries today ? Bryan has himself
deserted his philosophy of 1S9U. He
has taken another tack , not o/ifiils own
volition , but his philosophy of 1890
has been shattered by the logic of
events and there is nothing left of
them but the reverberating echoes of
the calamity forebodings of the "boy
orator , " so he has been forced to seek
shelter behind a new orthodoxHe
has taken cover behind "militarism"
and "imperialism , " something new to
the voters and something therefore
with which they may be more easily
duped. If elected , his peculiar brand
of "militarism" when analyzed would
bo found to be that hydra-headed
monster , free trade ; and his "impe
rialism , " free silver. Bryan and his
party may rant about "militarism"
and "imperialism , " but behind it all
and the hidden motive , is to get into
position to promote the cause of free
trade and free silver. No one knows
better than Bryan that his free trade
and free silver sophistry has lost
caste with the people. No one knows
better than he that it would be politi
cal suicide to attempt to conduct a
campaign in defense of these princi
ples. Free silver and free trade are
dead. Republican prosperity has dis
credited thorn in the minds of the people
ple and has stamped them out forever.
Mr. Bryan still adheres to them , but ,
with all his boasted fortitude , he dare
not attempt openly to impress them
upon the minds of the electors.
The Farmers Prosper.
The American Agriculturist will
hardly be accused of being a partisan
publication. It is one of the oldest , as
well as most substantial of the period
icals devoted to the interests of the
farmers , and whatever appears in its
columns is worthy of credence and
consideration. In the Issue of this
magazine for March 17 , 1900 , an arti
cle appeared which gives very clearly
the condition of the farmer today as
compared with his condition during
the years of Democratic suprem
acy in the ' 90s. These figures were in
most part derived from sources which
the Agriculturist vouches for as accu
rate. The editor indulged in a little in
dependent investigation along these
lines and from answers from a list of
many hundred correspondents , in
whom he placed great faith , he de
rived the figures which he gives in the
article from which we condense the
folloAving :
The advance in farm values in the
United States in the year 1900 as com
pared with the years of Democratic
depression , 1894-90 , is shown by the
following figures :
Gain in value live stock. . . $098,000,000
Gain in value staple crops. 401,000,000
Gain in value live stock
products 70,000,000
Gain in value other prod
ucts . . . . ' . 200,000,000
Total gain $1,009,000,000
Gain in real estate $2,530,000,000
Total advance. $4,219,000,000
The above figures show that the pro
duce of farms of the United States in
the year 1899 realized to the farmers
$1,000,000,000 more than in any
of the years 1894-90. The farm values
for 1899 are given as follows :
Land , buildings , etc $14,500.000,000
Live stock 2,538,000,000
Improvements and ma
chinery 500,000,000
Total $17,538,000,000
The total of these items in the Dem-
cratic year 1893 was $14,200,000,000
and the highest previous figure
reached was in 1889 , when the total
was $13,984,000,000.
The prices received by the farmers
per head for live stock in 1900 com
pared with the lowest point since
1892 , which was during the years of
Democratic depression , is shown in
the following table :
Low Point 1900
Horses $33.03 $43.00
Mules 39.CO 48.07
Cows . 21.40 31.12
"
Cattle 14,15 24.83
Sheep 1.00 2.97
Hogs 4.13 4.99
The editor of the Agriculturist turns
from these figures , showing the pros
perous condition of the farmers , to an
other line of argument , which is also
a very telling one. He takes up the
question of farm mortgages and he
finds that ten years ago the farms of
the United States - were encumbered
to the amount of $1,080,000,000. This
rear fins large amount has been re
duced to $800,000,000. In 1890 the av
erage size of each mortgage was
$1,224. In 1900 the average size was
$1,000. In 1890 , 74 per cent of these
mortgages were for purchase price
and improvements , the rate of interest
was' 0.3 per cent and the percentage
of value of the farms mortgaged was
SSG. This year 78 per cent of the mort
gages are for purchase price and im
provements , the rate has declined to ( I
flat , and only 27 per cent of the value
of the farms of the United States fire
covered by mortgage. These figures
are undoubtedly as nearly correct as
it is possible to obtain. They were
gathered , as stated above , by a period
ical which is non-partisan and the re
sults given were not shaded in favor
of either party. That they indicate ,
however , a large gain in all that
goes to make .for the prosperity of the
farmer is a fact , and one which should
call the attention of the people bene
fited to their duty to vote the Repub
lican ticket.
We have stacks of good
clothes at prices which can
not be duplicated in the
west
Now is the time to buy School Suits
for the boys/ New lot just received ;
ball and bat free with each boy's suit
costing $2.50 or more .
All summer stuff is going at a sacrifice to
make room for fall and winter goods.
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Don't
taking Scott's Emulsion because
' v/eather.
cause it's warm /
Keep taking it until you are
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It will heal your lungs and
give you rich , blood in sum
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50c. and $ 1. All druggists.
Endured Death i Agonies.
Only a roaring fire enabled J. M. Garrettson
of San Antonio , Texas to ' ' down when at
tacked by asthma , from which he suffered
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Consumption wholly cured him. ' 1 his mar
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