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By F M KIMMELL
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
Thkre is at least ono right that
thoughtful gentlemen might well waive
in public places used by both pexes at
the same time- smoking Say for in
stance in the McCook postoflic lobby of
a Sunday afternoon
If there isa county among theeighteen
in tho Fifth district that doesnt have a
favorite son or two for the Republican
nomination for congress will some ono
please mako tho fact known Theres
plenty of timo yet to repent however
TiiK cable announces that Kaiser
William tho bold has tackled tho Chris
tian Scienco friends over in tho father
land Tiik Tkiijunk admires tho em
perors courage but cannot commend his
judgment In this instance ho will meet
his Waterloo
COURT HOUSE NEWS
COUNTY COURT
License to wed was granted to Ralph
Whitledgo Haggard and Selma Con
stance Noren Wednesday
Luther E Daharsh of Tndianola and
Lizzie Premer of Bartley
Mrs Emma Ellis has been appointed
administratrix of the estate of her late
husband Edwin Ellis
Advertised Letters
Tho following letters were advertised
by tho McCook postoflice Feb 10 1902
Mr Conrad Blaen
Mrs Clark
Miss Maudio Myers
Mr Ed Morris
Miss Florence Henzior
Mrs R T Lord
Mrs Maud Mooro
Miss Mary Tomas
Bort Whitney Esq
When calling for these letters please
say they were advertised
F M Kimmell Postmaster
McCook lodge of Workmen received
88000 this week the pay the following
loses James Kilpatrick Edwin Ellis
J D Belnap A H Wasburn
W Z Taylor of Culbertson was in
McCook yesterday on business
A Legacy of the Grip
Is often n run down system Weakness nerv
ousness lack of appetite energy and ambition
with disordered liver and kidneys often follow
an attack of this wretched disease Tho grcat
ost need than is Electric Bitters tho splendid
tonic blood purified and regulator of stomach
liver and kidneys Thousands have proved that
they wonderfully strengthen tho nerves build
up tho system and restore to health and good
spirits after an attack of Grip If suffering try
them Only 10 Perfect satisfaction guaranteed
by McConnell Berry
Bucklens Arnica Salve
Tho best and most famous compound in the
world to conqueraches and kill pain Cures
cuts heals burns and bruises subdues inflam
mation masters piles Millions of boxes sold
yearly Works wonders in boils ulcers felons
skin eruptions It cures or no pay 25 cents at
McConnell fc Berrys drug store
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You have used all-
sorts of cough renie 1
I dies but it does not j
f yield it is too deep 1
f seated It may wear
itself out in time but f
fit is more liable to
produce la grippe f
1 pneumonia or a seri 1
I ous throat affection I
I You need something I
fthat will give youf
strength and build
fup the body
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will do this when everything
else fails There is no doubt
about it It nourishes
strengthens builds up and
makes the body strong and
healthy not only to throw
off this hard cough but to
fortify the system against
further attacks If you are
run down or emaciated you
should certainly take this
nourishing food medicine
coc and Stoo all drureists
SCOTT BOWNE Chemists New York
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COllOMY
The diyFercnce in
cost between an alum
baking powder znd
t h c h i r c st class
cream ci tartar
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amount for a familys
supply to one dollar
a year
Dr Prices is the
standard crearn of tar-
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wiakes the food de
licious and healthful
Noti You r wro ii you
value jood health nnord to
upc chwij Jew grade alum
baking powders They are
apt to spoil the food they do
endanger the health All
physicians will tell you that
alum in food is deleterious
The Cruelty of Ill Temper
I do not know why her story should
have arrested my attention I had been
around the court house for several years
and had grown so accustomed to hear
ing the testimony of men and women
seeking judicial separation from the
mates to whom they had been bound
for life to listen to the pitiful tales of
domestic infeicity that were repeated
with slight variations morning after
morning that my thoughts usually wan
dered far from my immediate environ
ments when duty called me before tho
tribunals empowered to untie the martial
knot
Not only is there a monotonous simi
larity among the tales that are told but
but I feel like an eaves dropper when I
listen I feel that what is being said
from the witness stand is not intended
for my ears and when I do overhear the
sad stories I feel shame not for myself
alone who have heard something that I
should not have heard but for humanity
that the necessity should exist for the
publication of mans infamy
Every man has weaknesses known to
himself Nearly every man is pos2ssor
of a conscience that rebukes him for the
sin that he commits However closely
he may guard his secrets from others he
is in no wise ignorant of them himself
Not only is it his right but it is his obli
gation to conceal them and in the privacy
of his own chamber to do penance for
them It is not dishonesty that impels
men to avoid revealing their true selves
It is shame and so long as a man is
capable of feeling shame there is hope
for his reformation The instant he be
comes indifferent to the opinion of others
of his kind he is irretrievably lost He
knows himself unworthy but he is
prideful He wants to maintain his
standing in the community in which he
lives He is jealous of his reputation
And if he be a good man he will desire
for his own peace of mind to deserve the
esteem of his friends all of which will
spur him on to higher thoughts and
better deeds But if his secrets are re
vealed if the only person in all the world
who knows him nearly as well as he
knows himself goes upon the witness
stand in a crowded court room and
under the solemnity of an oath tells all
mennot of his villainy for perhaps he
is no villain but of his failings of his
short comings of his miserable littleness
if this person humiliates him so that he
dares not look other men in the eye so
that he believeSihimself the despised of
others then there is one chief object of
existence gone and the result may be
his utter ruin
There was nothing remarkable in the
appearance of this woman I would not
have noted her in any manner extraor
dinary He story was not unlike the
stories toldjby perhaps a hundred other
women that same morning For in
stance there was the wrinkled woman of
nearly seventy whom a boy of barely
twenty had woed and won for a few
hundred dollars she possessed her sav
ings of a lifetime He had robbed her
of her last cent and fled There was the
girl wife with a baby in her arms whose
boy husband had deserted her within
three weeks after the ceremony had
been performed and whom she had not
seen since There was the poor woman
with the frightened haunted look who
for years hadjendured the cruel treat
ment of a drunken husband The case
of any of these it might be supposed
would have proven more entertaining
than the case that attracted my notice
She was a small thin bloodless woman
of thirty five years neither light nor
dark of complexion with brown hair
and sad grey eyes pinched features and
nervous temperament a good woman
but weak Sho was modestly clothed in
a black dress that had seen much wear
Her testimony vas given in a clear firm
voice without falter yet reluctantly re
gretfully with lowered eyes The
grounds for the divorce was cruelty
The court room was a large box like
apartment with oak panelling and tinted
plastered walls Three window set so
high that it was impossible to look from
them into the street admitted light
The noise of traflic filled the room A
railing divided the place in two unequal
parts Tho smaller of these was oc
cupied by tho bench upon a platform
the clerks bailiffs and stenographers
desks and the witness stand The
twelve chairs in the jury box empty on
this occasion were set in one corner
The floor was carpeted On the other
side of the railing were two tables and a
scattering of chairs Tho place was
crowded with lawyers litigants and
witnesses In the rear of the room a
group of women conversed volubly in a
distressing monotone Tho bailiff was
devoting his efforts to tho maintenance
of order but tho women would not bo
silenced The majority of the spectators
were listening eagerly with indecent
curosity to the poor woman upon the
stand The judge a venerable elderly
man with grey hair and beard heard pa
tiently for the thousandth time since his
term of oflice began tho distressing tale
Hers had always been a hard life
The death of her father while she was
still a school girl left her mother without
means and the head of a large family of
small children She tho eldest sought
and found work behind tho counter of
ono of tho great dry goods stores in the
city of which she was a native There
she met a man a few years older than
herself who on Sunday afternoons and
summer evening was accustomed to
take her for long walks in the park
They would stroll along the lake shore
on warm evenings or seating themselves
watch the moon a great red sphere rise
out of the waters or the endless proces
sion of carriages on the drive way or
seeking some leafy lane saunter along
the light flecked winding path until she
would say it was time for her to go
home when they would turn out of the
park and he would take her to the great
brick barracks where she livod
After a few months he proposed their
marriage to which she assented but
said that it must not be for a long time
because her brothers and sisters were
yet too young to render the assistance
that her mother required So the love
making went on for two years on
frosty winter nights in the little pailor
of her mothers flat or on the ice ponds in
the park when the weather was warm
on the borders of the lake with tho water
slopping against the piles on a bench
set in the friendly shade of the elms
where notwithstanding the passing
throngs they could without fear of being
overheard repeat the volumes of noth
ings that lovers find to say
How impatiently they waited for the
long day to be over so they might bo
together in the evening How eagerly
he hurried to her when his labors were
done How anxiously she awaited his
coming If he were detained she feared i
some accident had befallen him She
watched for him at the window She
listened for his ring at the bell They
begrudged the hours they were forced
to spend apart lost hours they seemed
Sometimes he was morose and silent and
the evening was a period of untold tor
ture to her and when he had taken her
home hers was a night of wakeful anx
iety She questioned whether his love
for her was as great as it had been But
the next evening he would be his old self
again and her fears would be allayed
After their marriage she gave up her
position and he took her to a flat of her
own not far from where her mother
lived His salary was not large but
with the utmost economy they could
live within their income
Before their marriage she thought
she knew his ever idiosyncracy She
believed him to be a man without faults
She learned after marriage that he was
not flawless He did not have any of
the habits upon which the world frowns
with most displeasure He was merely
irascible He was difficult to please
He found fault with her way of doing
things But she was patient and
though he caused her untold suffering
she did not complain She worked on
and tried to satisfy him but she could
not At times he was gentle and loving
but often he was gloomy silently so
or goaded into anger by some tactless
blunder of hers he would lose control of
himself and say cutting and unkind
words
A year went by and a child a girl
was born to them and for a while he
was more considerate But he soon
drifted into his old ways again and the
birth of a boy two years later had only
a temporary effect upon his temper
After ten years of married life exist
ence with him had become intolerable
to her He was a model husband in
many respects He was sober and in
dustrious He had no vicious habits
He was simply ill tempered Yet he was
guilty of the greatest cruelty to her
acts which she could less easily endure
than physical blows She was broken
in health and in spirit Her life had
been a failure One of his growing
faults was miserliness She weDt as she
told him of asking him for money with
which to buy Christmas presents
asked her if ten cents would bo enough
She replied that it would have to do if
he would not give her more
she added he did not even
But
give mo
that and at this she could go no
further for the tears that choked her
Tho daughter a pretty child of nine
corroborated her mothors testimony
The complainant was granted an abso
lute divorce with the custody of her
two children
Washington Dinner
A Washington dinner with bazaar will
will be given by the Ladies Aid Society
of the M E Church Feb 22 1002 in
the Coleman building first door south of
Pades furniture store
HILL Of KAHK UlNNEIC
Roust Turkey Cranberry Sauce
Roast Ileef Hrown Gravy
Creamed Potatoes French Peas
White Broad
Celery
Cabbage Salad
Pie Lemon Mince
Doughnuts
Hrown Hreail
Pickles
Apple Pumpkin
Fruit
CoiTeo
SUPPER
Cold Meats Jolly
Saratoga Chips Pickles
Cheese
Assorted Cake Fruit Salad
Coffee Tea
PUBLIC SCHOOL ITEMS
Eeport to Board of Education for half
month ending February 7 1902 of all
grades of McCook schools C
Thomas superintendent
N umber of boys enrolled M
Number of girls enrolled 5C0
Transferred 1
Withdrawn hut not re entered VJ
Present membership
Average daily attendance by boys i01
Average daily attendance by girls tt9
Average number belonging
Per cent of attendance on enrollment
Per cent of attendance on number be
longing
Not nbson t during half month
Half days absent
Cases of tardiness
Number of person tardy
Visits by board
Visit by superintendent
Visits by others
Half days teacher was absent
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701
20
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672
91
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For the information of those having
children to start to school for the first
time it is announced that a spring class
for beginners will be formed in tho South
McCook school and in the preparatory
department of the West ward school
during the week beginning Monday
March 17 Pupils will be received for
two weeks only or until Friday March
28 Parents are urged to cause the little
ones to enter promptly when these
classes are formed
G H Thomas Supt
The lecture on X Rays and Wireless
Telegraphy in the assembly room Mon
day evening by Prof J W Bowlus of
Pittsburg Pa netted tho school S15
The lecture was interesting and instruct
ive although nothing startlingly unique
was presented
Favorite Nearly Everywhere
Constipation means dullness depression head
ache general disordered health DoWitts Litle
Early Risers stimulate the liver open the bowels
and relieve this condition Safo speedy and
thorough They never gripe McConnell Berry
Hay Reduce Expenses
Nothing is known hero of the general
order said to have been sent out some
time ago to officials of the Burlington
j system that expenses must be cut In
view of the showing of earnings recently
made such an order would not come as
a surprise when the matter of meeting
fixed charges is considered It is said
however that it will not be possible to
reduce the running expenses greatly
while the present volume of business is
being handled and the attempt to main
tain the efficiency of the service is con
tinued However should the word come
from Mr Hill that expenses must bo cut
it is probable there would be some
changes made in every department on
tho system Lincoln Journal
Receives Hogs on Mondays
D C Marsh wishes to announce that
in the future he will receive hogs on
Monday of each week This arrange
ment will be in the interest of the farm
ers as by confining himself to receiving
hogs on one day he will not be put to
the expense of feeding them until he has
secured enough to make a shipment
He will be able to pay better prices
under this new arrangement
McConnell Sc Rerry druggists will refund you
your money if you are not satisfied after using
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets
They cure disorders of the stomach biliousness
constipation and headache Price 23 cents
Corn
Wheat
Oats
Rye
Hogs
Eggs
McCook Market Quotations
Corrected Friday morning
3 to
70
60
58
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Butter 17
Cot Rid of His Rheumatism
During the winter of 1S9S I was so lame in
mv joints in fact all over my body that I could
hardly hobble around when I bought a bottle of
Chamberlains Pain Balm From the first ap
plication I began to get well and was cured and
have worked steadily all the year R Wheeler
Northwood N Y For sale by McConnell
Berry druggists
For Rent on Favorable Terms
Northeast quarter of section 14 town
ship 3 range 29 Red Willow county
This land is four and one half miles
from McCook Nebraska is all broke up
J B Blanchard South Omaha Nebras
ka or C F Babcock McCook
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Produce Good as Cash
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CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Baptist Sunday school at 91 a in
Preaching 11 a m and 8 p in Voting
Peoples meeting Glo p m Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 8 There
will be baptismal services before and
after tho sermon Sunday morning
Methodist Sundav school at 10 a
m Preaching at 11 a m Junior
League 3 Epworth League 030
Preaching 730 p m Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening 730
L M Gkioshy Pastor
Rev M V Sheldon of McCook has
been holding protracted meetings here
all week in the Methodist church He
is of the Adventist faith and is a very
logical reasoner and interesting talker
Imperial Republican
The young people will give a Valentine
social at the home of Mr and Mrs S A
Moore this evening All are cordially
invited
The revival meetings just closed at the
Pickens school house have been attended
with remarkable success
Tho new Congregational minister will
be here between March 1st and 15th
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure
E V Groves signature is on each bos J3c
Dont irritate your lungs with a stubborn
cough when a pleasant and effective remedy
may be found in Ballards Horehound Syrup
Prico 25 cents and 50 cents A HcMillen
FOR SALE
A farm of 160 acres situated 10
miles north of Benkelman Dundy
county Nebraska in Section 10
Township 2 Range 38 will be of
fered for a short time at a bargain
Good land good settlement
and near to church and school
About 25 acres broke up and
under cultivation For further
information address the owner
F E RODERICK
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4 When he
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returns well
you all about it for he will
bring back a very full and
complete stock of
Dry Goods
IBoots and
Groceries etc
Which he will sell at the ow
est price possibeand thats
always the very lowest in this
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coffee to the pound I
1 Coated Coffees are j
I only about 14 ounces I
1 of coffee and two j
j ources of eggs I
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Are you restless at night and harrassed by a
bad cough Use Ballards Horehound Syrup it
will secure you sound sleep and effect a prompt
and radical cure Price 25 cents and 50 cents
A McMillen
Faults of digestion cause disorders of the
liver and the whoe system becomes deranged
Herbinc perfects the process of digestion and
assimilation and thus make puro blood Price
50 cents A McMillon
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he has a hard enough time Every- I
thing that the expectant mother
can do to help her child she should i
do One of the greatest blessings
she can give him is health but to
do this she must have health her- H
self She should use every means ij
lu improve ner paysicai conuiuon
She should bv all means suunlv W
herself with
Frlenclc
It wilt
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take her
the crisis
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quickly It is a
liniment which
gives strength
and vigor to the
muscles Com
mon sense will
show you
that the
stronger the
pnyj muscles are
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pain there will be
A woman living in Fort Wayne
Ind says Mothers Friend did 2
wonders for me Praise God for
your liniment
Read this from Hunel Cal
Mothers Friend is a blessing to
all women who undergo
ordeal of childbirth
natures
Get Mothers Friend at the
drug store S per bottle
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