By F. M. KIJMMELL.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co ,
Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance
The Auditorium Fund.
Previously reported $3 > * 75 ° °
Au Fait club 12500
K. of P. lodtje 50.00
U. S. land office 25.00
A. P. Welles 25.00
A. L. Knowland 25.00
Total $3,425.00
THERE has never been a time' in the
histor3' of America when one could more
proudly be an American.
THE preachers claims to be finding ,
much "new truth in a clearer light , " 1
but is it worth more than the old truths ? '
IT IS Governor Savage now. We
violate no confidence in thus publicly ;
proclaiming the fact that "he's all
right. "
So many outspoken critics are finding
fault with he failures in spelling wind
bring discredit upon the pupils int ou
public schools , and even upon the grad
uates of American colleges and univer
sities , that some extremists are loud ii
demanding a return to the "spelling
bee" practices of early New England
To master the whimsical eccentricities
; of English spelling is so formidable a
task as to require constant training from
the cradle to the grave. New York
Tribune.
THE developments in the commissary
department in Manila made one want to
get his gun and do a little homiciding on
a small scale. It is a national humilia
tion , and is difficult of explanation on
any other theory than that too many
Americans unfortunately esteem thefts
against the government or corporations
a virtue ; a sentiment which has found
expression in "public offices , private
snaps. " Such offenses merit severer
punishment than is ordinarily metec
out in civil and unofficial life , being a
breach of public and official confidence
which effects the nation and disgraces
the flag.
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THE champion liar has not been
snowed under in the north-west. It
seems that the other day a train was run
so fast on the Chicago & Northwestern
road that it became invisible. "Watchers
at the station did not see the train ; they
had fled from the platform to avoid the
danger of suction and were watching
from a window. " And yet the rate was
only ninety miles an hour. Travelers in
the east those between New York and
Boston , for instance will remember
that the speed of trains here has not yet
closely approached the point of invisi
bility. The great west still leads. New
York Mail and Express.
IT IS the belief of well posted finan
ciers in New England that the bulk oi
the stock of the Burlington road will be
tempted from its hiding places by the
offer of $200 of 4 per cent bonds for every
$100 of the face value of the stock.
While the road is earning more that S
per cent just now , these are times of ex
traordinary prosperity. A single serious
crop failure might bring the dividend
down to 5 or 6 per cent , and two failures
in succession might-bring it still lower.
A conservative Yankee prefers the equiv
alent of 8 per cent guaranteed , with the
face value of his capital doubled , than to
share in such dividends as the company
may be able to earn during the varying
seasons and under fluctuating business
conditions. Lincoln Journal.
Paints ! Paints !
A good paint for $1.25 per gallon.
The Lincoln , guaranteed for three years ,
is better. The "Asbestine" . water paint
kept in stock. Call , we can save you
money on paints. 'A.
Seed Wheat For Sale ,
Velvet Chaff seed wheat * . Write or
call on S. C. KING , McCook , Neb.
$1.00 buys a fine Kid Glove at the
Bee Hive.
If you want the best and most for your
good money in the meat line don't do a a
thing but go to Church & Marsh's
market. They are it.
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Had you noticed how the Gloves
are being sold at the Bee Hive ?
When you paint your house , carriage
or barn , buy the best paint from H. P.
Waite.
Go where the best line of Gloves
is for sale , the Bee Hive.
Alfalfa seed for $4 a bushel at S. M.
.Cochran & Co'a.
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
METHODIST Sunday-school at 10.
Preaching at n. Junior League at 3.
Epwortli League at 7. Preaching at 8.
L. M. GIUGSBY , Pastor.
CATHOLIC Mass at 8 o'clock a. m.
High mass and sermon at 10:30 a. ui. ,
with choir. Sunday-school at 2:30 p. in.
All are cordially welcome.
REV. J. W. HlCKEY , Pastor.
SOUTH McCooK M. E. Sunday-school
at 3 p. m. Preaching , Sunday evenings ,
at 7:30. Prayer-meeting , every Thursday
evening at 7:30. All are welcome.
T.G. , GODWIN , Pastor.
EPISCOPAL Services during summer :
Sunday-school at 10. Evening prayer
8 o'clock.
and sermon every Sunday at
Sunday morning service , also Friday
evening Litany , discontinued until fur
ther notice. Holy communion to be an
nounced. HOWARD STOY , Rector.
CONGREGATIONAL Sunday-school at
10 a. in. Preaching at II. Y. P. S.C.E.
at 6:45. Preaching at 8:00. : Prayer-
meeting on Wednesda ; * evening at 8:00. :
Morning subject : "The Great Love. "
Evening subject : "Ought Men to Be
lieve ? " W. J. TURNER , Pastor.
CHRISTIAN Bible-school at TO a. m.
Endeavor , 7. Prayer-meeting , Wednes
day evening. All are invited to attend.
Morning subject : "Whose We Are. "
Evening subject : "Means of Repent-
ence. " C.W.B.M. meeting , Wednesday
evening. All are welcome.
J. W. WALKER , Pastor.
BAPTIST Sunday-school , 9:45 a. m.
Object lesson,10:45. : Sermons , n a. m.
and 8 p.m. B. Y. P. U.,7p. m. Prayer-
meeting , Wednesday evening , at the
church ; Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Porter in West McCook. Rev. C.
W. Brinstod of Omaha , who is our gen
eral missionary for Nebraska , will preach
in the morning. Every member and
friend of the church will consider it a
real privilege to hear and meet him.
GEORGE L. WHITE , Pastor.
1 The young people of the Baptist church
gave a seth century social at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Burgess , Tuesday
evening. The young men most profic
ient in making shirt waists , baking
bread and trimming hats were given
diplomas. Harry Walters proved in
competition with the twenty other young
men present to be the best dress-maker ,
Ernest Osborn the best cook and Fred
Peterson the best milliner. Refresh
ments and music closed the eveiiing.s
enjoyment.
To California and Back.
If you realized as do those who have
been there what a delightful experience
a month in California is , you would not
fail to take advantage of the low rates
to San Francisco which the Burlington
offers on account cf the Epworth League
meeting in that city in July.
The cost of reaching California will be
reduced one-half. Add to this that the
summer climate of San Francisco is very
nearly perfect , and it is easy to under
stand why tens of thousands are eagerly
looking forward to what , in their opin
ion will be the holiday of a lifetime.
Beautifully illustrated folder , giving
full infotmation about rates , scenery ,
route , stop-over privileges , through cars ,
etc. , mailed on request.
J. FRANCIS , G. P. A. ,
Omaha , Neb.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters were advertised
by the McCook post-office , April 29,1901 :
David E. Booth 2 , Mr. Fred Loll ,
Mrs. Jane C. , Clarence Carmon ,
Charles Huffman , Harry Kizer ,
Maude E. Meyer , Emma McLaughlin ,
Mrs. S. F. Moore , Boyl P. Powell ,
Mr. M. Reed , Mr. Frank Spear ,
Mr. Frank Wicher , Miss Pearl Wildman.
In calling for these letters , please say
that they are advertised.
F. M. KiMMELL , Postmaster.
Michael Rider Dead.
L. A. Hurlburt received a telegram ,
Thursday , announcing the death of his
father-in-law , Michael Rider , whose re
cent mental misfortune will be remem
bered by readers of THE TRIBUNE.
Burlington's New Dividend.
BOSTON , April 29. ( Associated Press. )
The directors of the Burlington railroad
today declared a dividend of $2.00 per
share for the four months ending July i ,
Dayable June 15.
Mr. Jacob A. Riis' autobiography ,
published under the significant title ,
'The Making of an American , " in The.
Outlook , continues to attract attention
and forms one of the most popular serial
features ever published in that periodical.
The instalment contained in the May
Magazine Number dwells in a somewhat
lumorous way on many incidents and
adventures which befell the young
Danish immigrant in his attempt to gain
foothold in American life. The full
> age illustrations are by Mr Thomas
Fogarty , who is rapidly coming into
rominence as one of the best of Ameri 1 ;
can magazine artists. ( $3 a year. The Lu
Outlook Company , 287 Fourth Avenue , u
New York City. ) g
Church & Marsh will be open Sundays 1 (
from 6:30 : to 9 o'clock. No delivery. 9
Ladies , have you noticed the new
line of Kid Gloves at the Bee Hive ?
Alfalfa seed at $4 ; extra choice at
4.60 ; at S. M. Cochran & Co.'s.
Organized an Alumni.
Pursuant to call , a number of the grad
uates of the McCook High school met in
the High school building , last evening ,
and organized an Alumni association ,
adopting a constitution and by-laws for
the government of the same , and select
ing the following officers : Miss Selina
Noren , president ; C. C. Northrup , secre
tary ; Louis Thorgrimson , treasurer
These officers , together with Misses Edna
Dixon and Olive Rittenhouse , form the
executive committee. The purpose of
the organization is to bring the gradu
ales together and for social advantages
This year it is proposed to give the class
of 'oi a banquet Tuesday , May 28. Sec
retary Northrup is anxious to secure the
names of all the graduates at the earliest
possible moment , and all parties at
interest are requested to report to him
promptly.
Bids for Breaking.
I want bids for doing breaking on 80
acres of land on the south-east quarter
of section 34-1-30 , in Red Willow county.
Write me at Lindell hotel , Denver ,
Colorado , at once.
* JAMES MCCARTHY.
Get a Rock Island disc and disc your
corn ground well before listing your
corn , and disc your alfalfa now before it
gets too high , and after each cutting.
The Rock Island is just the thing for the
work. S. M. Cochran & Co. sell them.
Speaking of the strenous life , what's
the matter with this weather ? It ought
to be Rooseveltian enough for anybody.
ROOMS TO RENT. Furnished or un
furnished single or en suite. Opera-
house block.
Lawn mowers of almost every grade
and price at S. M. Cochran & Co.'s.
Ladies' fine kid Gloves in all
shades , $1.00 , at the Bee Hive.
Sundays , Church & Marsh will be
open from 6:30 till 9. No delivery.
Sharp wits often cut themselves.
Pleasing preaching js rarely profitable.
Chaff may be ground as fine as flour , but it
will not make bread.
Knew Her Fntlent Was loaded.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer : Wo
men nurses are proverbially cool and
collected in danger and at all times ,
so when one does lose her wits tem
porarily it is generally very funny. A
short time since Miss F. , one of the
smartest and best-skilled nurses at Cin
cinnati hospital , had a very sick man
in her care , who was only kept alive
by heroic doses of nitro-glycerine , and.
whose recovery from the terrible com
plication of diseases from which he suf
fered was considered almost miracu
lous by the medical fraternity. The
nurse saw the dose written in her in
struction book and questioned the doc
tor about it , and was told to follow the
dose as directed , but she had the idea
of it being a deadly explosive so firm
ly rooted in her mind that she handled
him gingerly with a furtive look in her
eye , as if she was watching the fuse
end of a firecracker. One midnight ,
when all were sleeping , a typhoid pa
tient in another ward arose from his
bed in delirium , slammed doors , over
turned tables and chairs , and crashed
through a window on to the pavement [
below. The nurse ; hearing the succes- I *
sion of noises , the crash of the glass , i *
the cries of the awakened men in their ) c
cots , without taking a look or a breath , j
with distended eyes and hair upright , '
ran shrieking to the doctor's door , and
pounding upon it in an agony of ter
ror called out : "Oh , doctor , doctor ,
come quick ! Your nitro-glycerine has
exploded himself ! "
It is needless to say she was more
than pleased when she found he was
still intact and not dismembered , while
the true cause of the commotion was
picked up stunned and bleeding and t
cared for tenderly.
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Rating Unimproved tand Values.
The system of rating on the unim "
proved land values seems to be growg
ing in favor with the local authorities
of New Zealand. Hitherto the land' ' :
:
and improvements have been equally
liable to be taxed for local purposes , ;
but a recent act of parliament made it
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optional with boroughs whether they g :
would continue the old system or adopt
the method of taxing the unimproved S ; (
values only. A good many Vorough ? ti
are making the experiment in spite of
the strenuous opposition c ; landholdsi
ers. The boroughs adopting the new ei
system are mainly those in which ai
there are considerable quantities oi sc
land lying unimproved , being held in BC
fact by the owners for a rise in values.
-Robert M. Hack > t , In Chicago Hecm
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Comfort the Aged. ;
The communings of the hearts of al
the old are with the scenes of the past , re
and the companions of other years ta
who have long ago passed away. Lover
and friends have been taken from tl
them and their acquaintances laid in si
darkness. The forms
they admired si
and loved are gone , the eyes that look th
ed Into theirs with the tenderest affec th
tion are sightless , and the voices that thV
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cheered and stirred their souls have [
long since been silent. They are "On
ly waiting till the shadows are a little
longer grown , " to pass on to the re
union that awaits them , and the glad ai
greetings of those they love. Who
in
would not do what he can to cheer the
hi
loneliness of the aged , to smooth their
pathway , and comfort them in their
declining years ? The Churchman.
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thin
Cowardly Flih.
The goldfish Is a great coward , and a in
Jny fish , with the courage to attack it , 81
MC frlchton it almost to deal *
6KRANBMAS OF TODAY
THEY KEEP IN THE RACE WITH THE
YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE END.
The Old Fitwliloned Grandmother , tlic
One Who Placidly Sat In the Chim
ney Corner Darning SloclcIiiprN , IH a
of the Pnst.
I was bemoaning the fact that I had
never known my grandmothers. One
died before I was born ami the other
when I v/as a few months old. I
thought it would be so comforting to
have a grandmother because they al
ways regarded their grandchildren as
being incapable of doing Avroiig. At
least they were sure to multiply one's
virtues and minimize faults. Their
chief object in life , as I picture them ,
was to minister to their descendants'
comfort , to make the crooked places
straight. The grandmother of my fan
cy would keep my clothes in repair ,
darn the stockings , knit plenty of wash-
rags and silk mittens , surprise me with
my favorite dishes , laugh at my jokes
and generally submerge her life In the
affairs of mine. What was I jjoing to
do in return for all this unselfish devo
tion ? I would be her granddaughter.
That , according to the old traditions ,
was quite enough compensation.
I was holding forth , exploiting my
views and desires on the grandmother
question in the presence of one of those
people who delight to take a person
down and make him feel cheap , espe
cially if they imagine one Is posing as
younger than the family Bible records.
This individual spoke up and said :
"Why , if your grandmothers were liv
ing they would be so aged that they
would be mummified. Instead of darn
ing your stockings , knitting your mit
tens , they would be blind , deaf and im
becile. You would have to tend them
with greater slavishness than a mother
a newborn babe , and without the
sweet recompense in the latter case.
When people become imbecile with
age , they grow repulsive , and the pro
longing of this state is dreadful , while
each day the unfolding of a budding
life is filled with mysterious delights. "
Of course I did not want a grand
mother that was deaf , blind and imbe
cile. I thought I would drop the sub
ject , as it appeared to be getting * per
sonal. But my companion continued :
"Besides , could it be possible in the or
der of things for you to have a vigor
ous , industrious , capable grandmother ,
she would not be sitting at the chimney
corner darning your stockings. She
would be out attending to her lodge or
club business , visiting the millinery
openings , ordering a fashionable gown ,
playing cards or attending a high tea.
The old fashioned grandmother is as
much a thing of the past as the spin
ning wheel , the canalboat , stagecoach ,
making candles and family rendered
soap. "
I protested that I did not believe my
grandmothers would be of the modern
pattern. I had heard my mother tell
often of how completely her mother
lost her taste for society and outside
affairs after she had grandchildren.
She had raised a large family , but
these reproductions were just as much
a delight as had been the originals. She
infinitely preferred their society to that
of grown people. Their prattle , school
experiences , little ambitions , filled her
life completely. She was constantly
planning surprises fqr them by making
animal cakes , individual pies , candy ,
aprons , hoods , doll clothes.
"Yes , but if she lived now she would
be different. The air she Avould breathe
is ; filled with assertive germs which de
clare that every woman owes it to her
self to have a career and stand at the
helm and steer it to the very end. She
must not allow her life to be submerg
ed in that of her own children , as they
make their appearance rather unwel
come frequently , but must have outside
missions. As soon as her offspring is
married off , which is accomplished
with as great dispatch as diplomacy
2an secure , then she is free to carry out
pet schemes and natural desires un-
tramineled. ! "
"Perhaps you are right , " I replied.
Such a grandmother as this would be
ao comfort to me as a grandmother ,
svhile she might be a most helpful
"riend , and I could be proud of her po
sition ! in the literary , artistic or philan-
hropic world as her tastes might dic-
ate her pursuit.
A grandmother of my acquaintance
aid to me not long ago : "It would be a
reat trial to me to have my grand-
hildren ] or any children in the house
vith ine now. I could not adapt iny-
elf to their demands and interrup-
ions. I have raised my family and
low want my time for individual pur-
iiiits. " This woman has especial tal-
mts and necessities for using them ,
md in her case these feelings may not
eem unnatural. But this is much the
entiment that possesses the grand-
nothers of the age who have no special
nissions or avocations outside the do-
aestic circle. If they have means ,
hey buy handsome gifts for their j
randchildren and wish them to have i
11 the advantages possible that do not
epresent personal self sacrifice or cur-
ailment of freedom of action.
Women are imbued with the spirit of t
he age , which demands that there |
ball be no old ladies with caps and j
hawls who stay at home and guard
be fireside , but that they must keep in
be race with tbe young people to the
ery end. Susan W. Ball in Terre
aute Gazette.
Betrayed by His Feet.
Sherlock Holmes I have not looked
round , but a very tall man just came
and sat down in the opera chair be-
ind me.
Miss Marvel It is true ! Say , you do
he most wonderful things. Now , tell
ie how you knew without looking of
tie tall man's presence.
Sherlock Holmes His feet arc stick-
ig through under my chair. Ohio
tote Journal.
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HAVE JUST ARRIVED ,
WE HAVE THE MOST
COMPLETE LINE OF
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NEW , AND UP-TO-DATE
DRY GOODS EVER-
BROUGHT TO MeCOOK.
OUR GROCERY DE
PARTMENT I S OM-
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MeCOOK NEBRASKA
PRODUCE AS GOOD AS CASH.
NATIONAL-
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Authorized Capital , $100,000.
Capital and Surplus , $60OOO
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GEO. HOCKNELL , President. B. M. FREES , V. Pres.
W. F. LAWSOM , Cashier. F. A. PENNELL , Ass't Cash.
A. CAMPBELL , Director. FRANK HARRIS , Director.
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