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COD OVER OIL
WfTH' HYPOPftZSPMTES orLIMESSODA
will generally correct this !
difficulty. I
If you will put from one-1
fourth to half a teaspoonful f
in baby's bottle three or four I
times a day you will soon see |
a marked improvement. For |
larger children , from half to f
a teaspoonful , according to s
age , dissolved in their milk , |
if you so desire , will very j
soon show its great nourishing - f
ing power. If the mother's |
milk does. not nourish the I
baby , she needs the emul-1
sion. It will show an effect 1
at once both upon mother
and child.
500. and $1.00 , all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE , Chemists , New York.
To California in a Tourist Sleeper.
In no other way can you go to Cali
fornia so quickly , so comfortably , and
yet so economically , as in a tourist sleep-
iug car.
The tourist cars used for the Burling
ton overland excursions are models of
comfort and convenience. They have
wide vestibules , high back seats and
double windows. They are lighted by
gas. The heating arrangements are ad
mirable and the bed furnishings are
clean and of good quality.
The Burlington excursions leave
Omaha every Tuesday and Thursday and
go through to San Francisco and I < os
Angeles without changes or delays of
any kind. You can join them at Lin
coln , Hastings , Oxford , or any other
station at which the train stops. The
route is through Denver and Salt Lake
City , past the finest scenery visible from
car windows anywhere on the globe.
An experienced excursion manager is in
charge of each excursion party and a
uniformed porter accompanies each car.
Folder giving full information mailed
on request. Beautifully illustrated 72-
page book about California sent on re
ceipt of six cents in stamps.
J. FRANCIS , G. P. A. ,
io-26-nts. Omaha , Neb.
McCook Markets.
Corrected Friday morning.
Corn f .38
Wheat 55
Oats 40
Rye 33
Hogs 4 - 25
Eggs 20
Butter 17
New Potatoes 65
Butter fat at Creamery 17
In Egypt the custom is for Princesses
to hide their beauty by covering
the lower part of the face with a veil.
In America the beauty of many of
our women is hidden because of the
weakness and
sickness pecu
liar to the sex.
If the Egypt
ian custom pre
vailed in this
country , many
i sufferers would
be glad to
I , cover their
prematur e
wrinkles , their
sunkencheeks ,
their unnealthy
complexion , from the eyes of the
world with the veil of the Orient.
F
brings out a woman's true beauty.
It makes her strong and well in those
organs upon which her whole general
health depends. It corrects all men
* strual disorders. It stops the drains
tt z \ f of Leucorrhcea. It restores the womb
to its. proper place. It removes the
causes of headache , backache and
nervousness. It takes the poor , de
bilitated , weak , haggard , fading
woman and puts her on her-feet
again , making her face beautiful by
making her body well.
Dni slst5 sell it for 51 a bottle.
Send for onr free illustrated book forvroraen
The Bradneld Regulator Co. , Atlanta , Ga.
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BOX ELDER.
Mrs. Lou Hanlein , is visiting her paren s
Mr. and Mrs. James Kinghorn.
Miss Gertie Moore rejoices m the possess
ion of n new watch , cold-standard.
Uox Elder precinct registered its prefer
ence for McKinley by a safe majority.
Uain Kinzer is inclosing , with fence , a
large acreage of prairie for winter pasture.
I. W. Spauldmg marketed a load of fine ,
fat porkers , Saturday , last. $4.10 cents was
the price paid per cwt.
Mrs. Richie of Wymore has come to care
for her mother , Mrs. A. W. Campbell , who is
suffering from a long and painful illness.
Geo. Young is in the east end of the county ,
working at his trade. His boys have just
finished putting in a large acreage of rye.
After much advertising the M. E. people at
this point have at last secured the services of
a minister. Your correspondent did not
learn his name.
Wm. Doyle , having increased the size of
his ranch by the addition of several quarters
over in Frontier county , is wintering a large
bunch of cattle.
Wonder if Mr. Bryan will now proceed to
write another book , "The Second Battle. "
The slaughter , however , was much greater in
the second battle than in the first.
M. Stewart has just finished moving hi.- ,
household goods and farming implements
from his old place over in Frontier county to
his recently acquired real estate on the Willow
in Red Willow precinct.
P'riday night last , a dance took place at the
Woodmen hall at Center kPoint , over in
Frontier. Many people from this point were
in evidence. An enjoyable time is reported
by all. I. W. Spaulding furnished the music ,
which fact'speaks for its good quality.
The Spring Creek school-board , over the
line in Frontier , has at last secured the serv
ices of Miss Greve , as teacher , to take the
place of Miss Molring , who was obliged to
resign on account of ill-health. This is one
of the largest and best country schools in
Frontier county , the enrollment being between
forty and fifty.
Brave Explorers.
Like Stanley and Livingstone , found it
harder to overcome malaria , fever and ague ,
and typhoid disease germs than savage can
nibals ; but thousands have found that Electric
Bitters is a wonderful cure for all malarial
diseases. If you have chills with fever , aches
in back of neck and head , and tired , worn-out
feeling.a trial will convince you of their merit.
W. A. Null of Webb , 111. , writes : "My child
ren suffered for more than a year with chills
and fever ; then txvo bottles of Electric Bitters
cured them. " Only 50 cents. Try them.
Guaranteed. Sold by McConnell & Berry.
White's Cream Vermifuge removes the un
healthy tissue upon which worms thrive ; it
brings , and quickly , a healthy condition of
body , where worms cannot exist. Price 25
cents. A. McMillen , druggist.
If you have religion by proxy you may have
heaven in the same way.
Made Young Again.
"One of Dr. King's New Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me in my 'teens'
again" writes D. H. Turner of Dempseytown ,
Pa. They're the best in the world for liver ,
stomach and bowls. Purely vegetable. Never
gripe. Only 25c at McConnell & Berry's.
It brings to the little ones priceless gift of
healthy flesh , solid bone and muscle. That's
what Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35c. Ask
your druggist.
The artillery of skepticism often opens up
new mines in the mountains of God.
To remove a troublesome corn or bunion :
First soak the corn or bunion in warm water
to soften it , then pare it down as closely as
possible without drawing blood and apply
Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily ; rub
bing vigorously for five minutes at each appli
cation. A corn plaster should be worn for a
few days , to protect it from the shoe. As a
general liniment for sprains , bruises , lame
ness and rheumatism , Pain Balm is unequaled.
For sale by McConnell & Berry , druggists.
The "King of Rome. "
What became of Napoleon's son Is a
question often asked , as little mention
Is made in history of the young prince ,
the desire of his father's life , who was
born March 20,1811 , amid great rejoic
ing In Paris and hailed as the "king of
Rome. " In January , 1814 , Napoleon
embraced his wife and child for the
last time , and this really ended the
reign of the little king "who never saw
his kingdom. " He was reared in the
Austrian court under the name of Duke
of Reichstadt and grew to be a hand
some young fellow and quite a brilliant
scholar. He had one short year of mil
itary life and then contracted pulmo
nary disease , from which he died In his
twenty-second year. He worshiped
the memory of his father and always
spent the anniversary of his death , Ju
ly 22 , in his own rooms. He Is buried
in the , Carthusian monastery of Vien
na , which is the Austrian Westminster
abbey.
Hovr 3In Us Arc Made.
Paper masks are made by doubling
one sheet of a specially prepared pa
per , wetting it and molding it by hand
over a face form. It is then dried by
artificial heat. Openings are cut for
eyes , nose and mouth , and it is painted
and decorated by hand as desired.
Wire masks are made by stamping a
piece of wire netting about a foot
square over a face mold in a large ma
chine , inclosing the rough wire edges
In a narrow strip of lead. Then it is
painted. The painting is done by hand
In oil colors. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Must Discriminate.
"For mercy's sake , Mildred , " ex
claimed Mrs. HIghmore , shocked at the
negligee attire of her youngest daugh
ter , who had gone to the front door to
look at a fire on the other side of the
street , "don't you know you never
ought to appear in public with your
collar xinbuttoned and your sleeves
rolled up except when you are playing
golf ? " Chicago Tribune.
Tnlile Tnllr.
"They say the er late departed , "
said the first cannibal , indicating the
dish before them , "was a very learned
man. "
"Indeed , " replied the other , helping
himself for the third time. "Then this
is truly what the white men call an 'in
tellectual feast' " Philadelphia Press.
An Acrobatic Spider.
A carious instance of the ability of
an Insect to successfully measure dis
tance was evidenced once while I was
traveling through northern Argentina.
I first made the acquaintance of ray
friend on the back veranda of a little
village tavern. I was lying In a ham-
mo"k. About two feet from me was a
3 by 3 inch hand rail of wood , support
ed by wooden balusters. As I lay there
I noticed a fly alight on the top of the
wood. While I watched him , the fly
apparently turned Into a spider. I
could not believe my eyes , but on
closer Inspection I saw that a spider
Jumped from somewhere and alighted
on top of my fly.
I thought this worth watching and
found that this was bis method of
procedure : A fly would alight on top
of the railing , the spider would take In
the distance at a glance and would dis
appear down the side of the rail , walk
along toward the fly , but out of sight ,
until he reached the place on the side
of the rail at right angles to the posi
tion occupied by the fly when he last
saw It. Then he would walk nearly
to the top of the rail and fasten his
web , then walk down , paying out his
web as he went till he was as far
from the place where he had fastened
his web as was the fly , then one vig
orous leap , the web swinging him
round in the arc of a circle , and he
would alight on top of the fly.
I have never seen one miss this
seemingly difficult leap , except when
the fly left his position before the
spider had finished his preliminaries.
B. A. Suverkrop in Scientific Ameri
can. *
Black Sea Pecnliaritieu.
The Black sea has peculiarities
which distinguish it from the Mediter
ranean , Atlantic or Pacific. The great
est ascertained depth is 1,200 fathoms.
A surface current flows continually
from the Black sea Into the Mediter
ranean through the Bosporus and
Dardanelles and an undercurrent of
salt water from the Mediterranean
into the Black sea. This undercurrent
of water is warm and sinks to the
bottom and in consequence of its great
density prevents vertical circulation.
The result is that these deeper waters
are rendered stagnant. They are satu
rated with sulphureted hydrogen , and
consequently life Is impossible. In an
expedition in which Sir John Murray
took part the water brought upby
means of a water bottle from a depth
of 300 fathoms smelled exactly like rot
ten eggs. No life therefore is possible
In the Black sea beyond a depth of
100 fathoms , which is a striking con
trast to what happens in the open
ocean , where there Is an abundance of
animal life at that depth. This brings
about another extraordinary condition
with reference to the deposits that in
all the deeper deposits there is an
abundant chemical precipitate of car
bonate of lime , a condition not obtain
ing as far as is known in any other
ocean.
Rotten Fish as Food.
One of the national delicacies of
northern Russia is "tresca , " an ap
palling dish , consisting of codfish
caught the previous summer , and eaten
in an advanced stage of decomposi
tion. Its odor alone Is beyond words ,
its taste tL writer fortunately does
not know. It is difficult to stay long
in the room with it , and yet it is pre
ferred to fresh meat or fish , both of
which are cheap and easily obtaina
ble in most villages and obviate'the
trouble of drying and rotting , which
dried tresca implies.
"The poor , " says Chancelour , "are
very innumerable and live most miser
ably , for I have seen them eat the
pickle of hearing and other very stinkIng -
Ing fish. Nor the fish cannot be so
rotten but they will eat it and extoll
It to be more wholesome than other
fisher fresh meates. In mine opinion
there is no such people under the sunne
for their hardness of liveing. " Gentle
man's Magazine.
The Mystery of Radium.
The substance called radium emits
radiations resembling the X rays with
out the application of work or energy
from external sources and without ap
preciable loss of weight. This seems
to be inconsistent with the law of the
conservation of energy , but the mys
tery is explained by the calculations
of M. Becquerel , which show that a
loss of weight so infinitesimal .that in
a thousand million years it would
amount to no more than a milligram
would suffice to account for the ob
served effects. According to this ex
planation the emanations from radium
consist of material particles. But how
infinitely minute must those particles
be !
Experience Verstis Theory.
"Marcus Aurelius says , " the profess
or began , "that nothiughappens to
anybody which he is not fitted by na
ture to bear. "
"Oh , thaf s rot ! " replied the man who
had eloped at the age of 21 with a girl
whom he had known three weeks.
"Just tell Marc for me that he has an
other guess coming. " Chicago Times-
Herald.
A Candid Opinion.
An old servant was asked by an art
ist what she thought of her master's
portrait , which he was painting.
She looked at it critically , "Ye might
have made him a trifle better looking ,
may be , but if ye had ye'd ha' spoilt
it" Pick-Me-Up.
Saved $1O.
"Did you see Jones ? He was looking
for you. "
"Yes ; I saw him , but I managed
things so he didn't see me. " Chicago
Record.
I Interference with digestion is a by
no means uncommon effect of excess
ive exercise , and , so far as training is
1 concerned , it is one of the most de-
j strncti ve.
Twice Hundred.
A lonuer police sergeant of this city
interests his friends occasionally with
reminiscences of his career on the
force. One of his stories Is that of a
man who was hanged twice. The old
man had become weary oMlfe and de
termined to end his earthly existence
by hanging himself. lie arose one
night after the other members of the
family had retired. Procuring a rope ,
he fastened one end carefully around
his neck and the other to the stair rail ,
and then threw himself over the balus
trade.
His sons awakened at the usual hour
In the morning , but upon starting down
stairs were horrified to see their old
father hanging at the end of a rope.
They cut down the body and then has
tened to apprise the neighbors of the
tragedy. Some of the neighbors , being
great respecters of the law , advised
the sons that in cutting down the body
before obtaining permission from the
police or coroner made them liable to
Imprisonment In the penitentiary.
Frightened by this information , the
sons hurriedly returned home and , ob
taining another rope , fastened it about
the neck of their father and let the
body down in the position In which
they had found It.
They then hunted up the police ser
geant and told him of the suicide of
their father. When the police sergeant
reached the house , he cut down the
body , but was quite surprised to find
that there wore two ridges around the
throat. He asked for an explanation.
The sons hesitated for a time , but
finally confessed to the whole affair-
Baltimore Sun.
Freed by Witty Retort.
Few if any judges can be severe
with a prisoner who has made them
laugh. Just why this should be so Is a
problem for the psychologists , but that
such Is the case can be testified to by
any one who has much to do with the
courts. A case in point occurred not
long ago In Center street police court.
An old darky had been arraigned on a
charge of shooting craps.
" 'Deed , jedge , I didn't shoot no
craps , " protested the prisoner.
"How about it , officer ? " asked the
court
"I saw him with my own eyes , " said
the policeman.
"No , no , jedge , " still protested the
darky , "he didn't see me shootin no
craps. I wasn't playin , 'deed I
wasn't. "
"Now , look here , " said the magis
trate , "which am I to believe ? The
officer swears positively he saw you
playing , and you swear equally as
positively that you were not. What
am I to do ? "
The prisoner evidently appreciated
the unfortunate position of the court.
He scratched his head in perplexity ,
heaved a long sigh and said :
"Waal , I dunuo , jedge ; we all has
our troubles. "
He was discharged. New York Mail
and Express.
"When Cats "Were "Worshiped.
A mummy cat Is a very curious
thing. Tons of these embalmed crea
tures were brought to England a few
years ago to be ground into bone ma
nure. What an unromantic ending
after 4,000 years' mummification !
Some of the cats were bound with
the ears standing erect , others laid
flat. The cloths were still adhering
to the mummies , though in one ship
load , supposed to contain 180,000 cats ,
very few really complete specimens
could be found.
It is supposed that the cats were of
the species known as Felis maniculata ,
a kind formerly found in north Africa ,
and probably tamed by the ancient
Egyptians , from which we get our do
mesticated pussy.
As early as 1GOO B. C. tablets record
ed that cats were kept in the Egyptian
temples as an object of worship.
Fast BoTvlinj ? .
Below is a story found in a recent
book , "Talks With the Old English
Cricketers , " which prompts the reflec
tion that "there were giants in those
days" of the "old" cricketers.
A man who did a private business in
athletic requisites at his home in
Blackpool was one day approached by
a man who asked him if he kept a full
supply of cricket requisites.
"Certainly , " was the response.
"Then , " said the man gravely , "wrap
me up a bottle of arnica , a paper of
court plaster and an arm sling. I am
going to play in a cricket match this
afternoon against Jack Crossland. "
Keeping : His Promises.
Mrs. Synnex When Tom asked mete
to have him , he promised me that my
lightest wish would always be law
with him.
Mrs. Sauer And of course that was
all the promise amounted to merely
empty words.
Mrs. Synnex No , I won't say that
Tom always respects my lightest
wishes. It is in matters of importance
where he is bound to have his own
way. Boston Transcript.
Enforced the Rnles.
Museum Attendant You'll plaze lave
your umbreller or cane at the door ,
sor.
sor.Visitor
Visitor Very proper regulation. But
it happens I have neither.
Attendant Then go and get wan.
No one is allowed to enter unless he
laves his umbreller or cane at the door.
You may read the card for yourself ,
ser ! London Tit-Bits.
The difference between a fort and a
fortress lies 5i the fact that the former
is designed to contain solely the garri
son and their munitions , while the lat
ter is often a city containing a large
number of aoncombatnnts.
Eggs as an article of diet were first
used by the Malacc-ans. and when we
epenk of Shanghai chickens we but
mention an Asiatic name.
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Thoroughbred Jersey
. . . .can be found at my farm , l 1-2
miles south of McCook. He has no re
lations in the county. Fee $1 at
time of service.
FRED W. CARRUTH.
DON'T BE FOOLEDI
Take the genuine , original
ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA
Made only by Madison Medi
cine Co. , Madison , Wis. It
keeps you well. Our trade
mark cut on each package.
Price , 35 cents. Never sold
in bulk. Accept no substi *
INCORPORATED 1B82 tute. Ask j our druggist.
The power of a tear drop is in that it rises
in the heart.
You little knew when first we met
That some day you would be
The lucky fellow I'd choose to let
Pay for my Rocky Mountain Tea.
Ask your druggut.
for all fresh cuts or wounds , either on tlie
human subject or on animals , Ballard s
Snow Liniment is excellent ; while for corn
huskers' sprained wrists , barbed-wire cuts and
sores on working horses , it cannot be too
highly commended. Price 25 and 0 cents.
A. McMillen , druggist.
A Topeka paper chronicles the advent 'n
that city of twenty cases of diphtheria and 2co
cases of beer m one day.
Many people are suffering fearfully fr "n
indigestion or dyspepsia , when one single
bcttfe of Herbine w ould bring about a proirpt
and permanent cure. A few doses will < io
more for a weak stomach than a. prolonged
course of any other medicine. Price 50 cents.
A. McMillendruggist.