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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
Thky hnvo acquired the oil fever in
Red Cloud and are trying to organize a
company to drill foroil or coal Well
they want to keep a goin
Loins B Paktimdok postmaster of
Konesaw Adams county committed sui
cide Tuesday noon It is claimed that
he is short in his accounts about 1500
Not a few NelrasKa newspapers
apropos of all this persistent
rot are becoming too
insistently virtuous They aro coming
to bo objects of proper suspicion
Aftek Colonel Merwin of the Beaver
City Tribune got through with Samuel
Randolph recently there wasnt any
thing loft of S R but the coat tail of
his prince albert and it was sadly in
need of repairs
The question of Sunday selling of
liquor may cause some trouble yet
Even tho shrewdest violators of the
Sunday law occasionally trip themselves
up and it is pretty generally agreed in
McCook who is guilty of tho offense
The Nebraska law demands that only
law abiding citizens of good character
shall bo granted license to sell liquor
Persons who persistently break the Sun
day law aro neither law abiding nor of
good character and the people of Mc
Cook should demand tho protection of
this law
Congressman Wheeler of Kentucky
referred to Prince Henry as the little
Dutchman Tho prince is six feet and
half an inch tall weighs 182 pounds and
always keeps in the pink of physical
condition What do they call a good
sized man in Kentucky anyway Chi
cago Record Herald
The seniors of the Nebraska univer
sity have decided to cheerfully accept
Booker T Washington as commence
ment orator It would have been in ex
treme bad taste to do otherwise He is
in every way worthy of the honor and
Nebraska university several years ago
took an advance stand on this question
by insisting on playing a colored student
on its foot ball team Bee
Wisdom and prudence dictate that ob
vious and notable abuses springing from
combinations should bo corrected now
while the combinations are in good odor
rather than be left to pile up for a dire
day of reckoning which if it comes will
amount to an industrial revolution The
combinations should submit to discipline
at the hands of their friends rather than
wait for punishment from their enemies
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All well all happy lots
of fun That is the regular
report from the monkey cage
of Barnums Circus ever since
the keepers began dosing the
monkeys with Scotts Emul
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every year and the circus had
to buy new ones
One day a keeper accident
ally broke a bottle of ScottV
Emulsion near the monkev
cage and the monkeys eagerly
lapped it up from the floor
This suggested the idea that ii
might do them good Since
then the monkeys have received
regular doses and the keepers
report very few deaths from
consumption Of course its
cheaper to buy Scotts Emul
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that suits the circus men
Consumption in monkeys
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An April Matinee
In the city by the lake there are but
three seasons Summer fades into a
glorious golden autumn and autumn
merges into winter but from winter we
are plunged into mid summer The
trees burst into leaf and flowers into
blossom and the birds return from the
south at their appointed times but tho
wind sweeps down from the north until
far into June Then suddenly the winds
aro stilled and a wave of humid heat
inundates the city
It was such a day as one might expect
in Chicago in April The grey veil that
had been gloomily dripping for days
had broken and was driven before
a furious northwest gale The ragged
patches of blue were expanding tho
misty clouds were being torn into smaller
and smaller shreds the intervals of sun
shine were growing longer The weather
was in harmony with Wagnerian music
At two oclock when we made our way
through the thronged streets to tho
great building on the lake front where
Lohengrin was to be sung that after
noon the sky was almost clear
From every direction people were com
ing Up the avenue rolled the carriages
Depositing their burdens at the doors
they took up positions in double rows
near the curb or sped away to return
later Along the pavements hurried
broadening rivers while down the steps
of the elevated railway station tumbled
a veritable cataract of human beings
The several streams converged at the
entrance into a surging sea that like a
flood breaking the dykes intended to
hold it in check trickled through by the
ticket takers into the foyer beyond
Once inside tho crowd directed by at
tendants distributed itself about the
house threaded its way through devious
corridors and swarmed up the marble
stair case
The auditorium was shrouded in semi
darkness Day had given place to
night The lofty ceiling studded with
softly burnirg lights was like a star
aprinkled sky on a moonless night The
audience was arriving rapidly and the
uniformed ushers with arms full of
librettos and programs were busied tak
ing care of the people The rustle of
silken skirts the sharp quick clatter of
seats lowered the subdued undercurrent
of conversation seemed but to intensify
the silence An atmosphere of almost
sacred solemnity prevailed and oppressed
us with its sentiment
Suddenly the great arches overhead
the balustrades on balcony and galleries
blazed with prisoned fire Artificial
light is not nearly so beautiful during
those hours when the sun shines as it is
after the days glories have departed
Men are blessed with short memories
The reigning monarch is the idol how
ever splendid his predecessors career
may have been
It wasj a matinee crowd consisting
largely of women -few men have time Jor
an afternoon performance A matinee
audience has a business like appearance
It is not given over wholly to pleasure
It comes not essentially to be amused
but as a relief from cares and worries it
comes to be diverted It comes from its
work whatever that may be after a
hurried closing of desks a hurried eat
ing of luncheons Its men have attired
themselves in their better-than-working
clothes but not their best Its women
are darkly clad There are no gleaming
shoulders no fluttering of laces no glit
tering of jewels on white throats
Stray notes from the violins reached
us and soon the members of the orches
tra crawled from beneath the stage and
took their places Finally the conduc
tor himself appeared and was greeted
with applausp to which he responded
with profound bows A signal was
flashed The foot lights shone whitely
Every light in the auditorium was extin
guished There was a cessation of all
noises a momentary hush of expectation
The conductor rapped sharply with his
baton and in a moment tho stately strains
of the overture were sounding through
the vast reaches of the house conveying
to the listeners hints and suggestions of
what was to follow in the Opera The
violins wailed a sad sweet song The
brasses sounded a note of treachery
The drums crashed out a challenge
Then discordant conflict the clash of
swords homage to virtue triumphant
and a glad swelling chorus of thanks
giving
The old Duke of Brabant having died
his son Godfrey has succeeded to his
titlo and estates Godfrey and Elsa his
sister go for a walk in the forest from
which Elsa returns alone Frederick ac
cuses Elsa of having killed her brother
and claims the dukedom through his wife
Ortrude Elsa when questioned as to
her brothers disappearance does not
not reply but tells of a vision she has
had of a knightin silver mail Frederick
reiterates his charge and the king de
crees thatElsas guilt or innocence shall
bo determined according to ancient usage
by ordeal of battle between Frederick
and anyone Elsa may choose Elsa
promises whomsoever shall successfully
champion her cause her hand in marri
age In response t o tho summons
sounded by tho kings herald a knight
in silver mail comes in a boat drawn by
a swan He agrees to defend Elsa if she
will not question who he is or from
whence ho came to which she accedes
In the combat that ensues he worsts
Frederickwho with Ortrudeis disgraced
Frederick and Ortrude endeavor by
every means to ruin Elsa and the un
known knight Ortrude instills into
Elsas mind the poison of suspicion
Elsa urged to it by the treacherous
Ortrude insists upon knowing the name
and rank of her knight
The stranger knight grieved at Elsas
want of faith gives her into the chargo
of her bridesmaids and goes before tho
king whom he tells of the broken prom
ise Elsa i s summoned before the
throne and comes supported by her
women The knight then tells them
that he is Lohengrin the son of Percival
guardian of the Holy Grail and that the
revelation of his name within a year ne
cessitates his return to his fathers
realms The boat drawn by tho swan
than reappears Lohengrin disenchants
the swan who proves to be Godfrey
whom Ortrude by sorcery had caused to
take the form of a swan Lohengrin
then stepped into the boat which is
drawn away by a dove
The curtain rising upon the first act
discloses a bit of meadow upon the banks
of the Scheldt The second act takes
place in the square before the palace and
the cathedral The third is in the palace
and in tho fourth act the scene is the
the same as the first
The story is laid in the mythical past
in tho age of poetry and romance when
all men were brave and all women beau
tiful and when valiant deeds were done
The king magnificently robed is en
throned beneath a crimson canopy His
court surrounds him The ladies are
richly clothed The knights are clad in
armor It is a gorgeous spectacle such
as one imagines might have been seen in
medieval times among the
ous hordes of ancient Germany We
idealize those days We think of those
meetings of kings as scenes of unparalell
ed splendor May they not have been
a little more imposing than the meetings
in more recent times of Indian chief
tains May there not in fact have
been little more ceremony than there is
about a modern war dance
After each act the curtain falls to
rise time after time in response to the
voiced demands of five thousand fren
zied people The principals bow their
acknowledgements but the crowd will
not be satisfied until they come before
the curtain and walk across the stage
When the applause has died away the
hum of conversation fills the place there
is movement everywhere glancings
round searchings for familiar faces
interchange of greetings And what a
sight is that packed house that ocean
of humanity stretching from the foot
lights to the dim distant heights just
beneath the roof where the fringe of
men silhouetted against the back ground
of light lose semblance of human form
and become objects on a far horizon
The opera is an exhausting intellectual
diversion The mind must comprehend
the orchestration the vocal scores the
story told by the singers the scenery
and the costumes The presentation
appeals to us not only through the sense
of hearing but through the sense of
sight as well The music must charm
the women must captivate the men
must arouse admiration the story must
interest
After the curtain has fallen upon the
the last act when the soloists have for
the last time humored their worshipers
one goes forth wearied in body and in
mind into the dirty crowded streets
into the prosaic world of work
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Northeast quarter of section 14 town
ship 3 range 29 Eed Willow county
This land is four and one half miles
from McCook Nebraska is all broke up
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McCook Market Quotations
Corrected Friday morning
Corn S 75
Wheat - 70
Oats 60
Rye 00
Hogs
Eggs 22
Butter 13
Dr Caldwells Syrup Popsin thats what keeps
your head clear jour boweli regular Sold by
A McMillen
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 bo in tho interest of tho farm
ers as by confining himself to receiving
hogs on one day he will not bo put to
the expense of feeding them until ho has
secured enough to mako a shipment
Ho will be able to pay better prices
under this new arrangement
Tablers Buckeye Pile Ointment isiio panacea
but is recommended for piles only These it
will cure Price 50 cents in bottles Tubes 75
cents A McMillen
Burlington Reaching- Into Montana
Walla Walla Wash Feb 15 The
Union today says that according to the
plans outlined by a civil engineer pro
fessing to be in tho service of tho Burl
ington railroad system that that rail
road is contemplating building from
Billings Mont across the Blue moun
tains striking Walla Walla valley at
Milton Ore and bridging the Columbia
river at Wallula The road will go to
Portland along the north bank of that
stream
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Railroad Spotter With Camera
Las Vegas N M Feb 17 The
railroad fraternity in this city is greatly
agitated over the finding in the city of a
spotter He was found in a saloon
with a kodak taking photographs of
employes found therein Under a recent
order sent out by the Santa Fo company
any employe found going in or out of a
saloon is subject to discharge forthwith
Upon identification a large crowd of
men formed and would have done vio
lence had the citj officers not intervened
The affair is the topic of conversation
among railroad men tonight and consid
erable interest awaits his disposition
McConnell Berry druggists will refund you
your money if you uro not satisfied after using
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets
They cure disorders of tho stomach biliousness
constipation and headache Price 23 cents
Will Defend Dead Wifes Reputation
Chicago Feb 15 Filled with deter
mination to defend the reputation of his
dead wife Walter L Nichol is coming
from Nashville Tennessee to Chicago
next week Tho shock of the tragic
death of Mrs Charlotte Nichol shattered
the nervous system of her husband He
is now lying ill at Nashville but today
he telegraphed Assistant States At
torney Newcomer that he would come to
Chicago next week The case was
thereupon continued before Judge Dunne
for next week
Dr Orvillo S Burnett who is to be
tried for the alleged murder of Mrs
Nichol is ready for the ordeal He
says he has told the truth of the un
fortunate affair from the beginning It
is a love tale Dr Burnett still declares
he intended to die with the woman who
sacrificed her life for love of him and
that he failed was not his fault He de
nies absolutely the allegation of murder
A Burlington Enginemens Event
The Burlington Enginemens ball will
be the event of the season Each and
every year they give a ball and each is
entirely different in all ways except the
dancing They dont believe in repeti
tions something new and novel is their
watchword and all who attend the fifth
annual ball given by them at the audi
torium February 21st will be well en
tertained The concert will commence
promptly at 830 p m and one and one
half hours will be devoted to showing
our citizens the moving pictures of Lin
coln streets and railroad trains taken by
Mr Selig of Chicago when is Lincoln
last week Elegant music will make
merry the entertainment Then comes
the grand march led by those in colonial
costume This has many new and novel
features The decorations of the build
ing are colonial and entirely new Tick
ets have been selling so fast that they
now know the capacity of the auditorium
will be taxed Special trains from
Havelock and Omaha will help to make
it the merriest crowd ever assembled
under the spacious roof of the audi
torium Lincoln Journal
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is 11
right but you want something that will relieve
and cure the more severe and dangerous results
of throat and lung troubles What shall you
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Yes if possible if not possible for you then in
either case take the only remedy that has been
introduced in all civilized countries with success
in severe throat and lung troubles Boschees
German Syrup It not only heals and stimu
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but allays inflammation causes easy expectora
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Good land good settlement
and near to church and school
About 25 acres broke up and
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And now well tell you all about it
About what Why about
What Honest Jolm
Did Down East
lie acted wisely
And not otherwisely
If you doubt this fact
call and see
Those ricli new colors in SILKS
Those silk striped GRENADINES
Those sensible BATISTE LAWNS
Those beautiful SILK GINGHAMS
Those handsome new TRIMMING BRAIDS
Those stylish new weaves in DRESS GOODS
Those pretty figured MERSERIZED SATEENS
Those new designs in CARPETS AND CURTAINS
We have also a swell line of gents colored and white
shirts and an up-to-date assortment of neck ties on
the road All 125 shirts now in stock 98c
Special sale in ladies belts this week
When ordering groceries dont forget our place and
phone number 16 Our new and fresh stock is
rolling in every morning
Our stock of shoes is also complete
JOHN H GRANNIS
Produce as good as cash
or cash for produce
Always the highest price
McCook
Nebraska
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Episcopal- At St Albans Episcopal
church next Sunday second Sunday in
Lent Holy communion and sermon
at eleven oclock subject of sermon
Faith as a practical Power in Life
At 7 30 Even song and sermon subject
of sermon The Pagans Prophesied
Even song on Friday evening at 70
You are all cordially invited to be pres
ent at all of these services and take part
R M IIaudmax Rector
Baptist Sunday school 94 sharp
Preaching 11 a in and 8 p in Young
Peoples meeting 7ir Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening 8 Baptismal ser
vices Sunday morning A Washington
Birthday social will be given for the
benefit of the assistant pastor George
L Snyder Saturday evening February
22nd at the home of Mrs Paulina
Philippi four miles southeast of town
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
Preaching 11 Junior League 3 Ep
worth League G30 Preaching 730
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
730 L M Grigsijy Pastor
There will be preaching services at
Pickens school house Sunday afternoon
Rev R M Hardman of St Albans
Episcopal church will conduct a mission
in Indianola Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday of next week Mrs Hardman
will accompany him
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Price 25 cents and 50 cents A McMillen
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Every woman loves to think of the
time- wnen a soft hnle body all her
own will nestle in her bosom fully
satisfying the yearning which lies in
the heart of every good woman But
yet there is a black cloud hovering
about the pretty picture in her mind
which fills her with terror The
dr3ad of childbirth takes away much
of the joy of motherhood And yet it
need not be so For sometime there
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liniment called
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easy as nature intended it It is a
sreng ierrg penetrating liniment
wnich the skn readily absorbs It
gives the muschs elasticity and vigor
prevents sore creasts morning sick
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An intelligent mother in Butler Pa
say Were I to neej Mothers Frieni
again I would obtain 9 bottles if I had
to pay 3 per bottle for it
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