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By F M KIMMELL
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Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
WAS A WINNER
Trip Around the World Lib
erally Patronized
LIBERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Dorcas Ladies and Friends Score
Large Artistic and Finan
cial Success
The Trip Around tho World con
ducted by tho Indies of tho Dorcas so
ciety of tho Congregational church last
Friday evening was a large and profit
ablo success from every aspect of the
case
Starting from tho church atsixoclock
the first stop was made at Boston the
home of Mrs Louis Suess on schedule
time No disappointment at this station
as every one expected baked beans serv
ed in generous quantity with brown
bread meat pickles and cpffeo Mes
dames Ilofer Hare and Stokes dressed
as Priscillas served assisted by Mes
dames tianson Oyster and Miss Mokko
in the kitchen Mrs Z L Kay and Mrs
C W Britt had charge of room one
which represented art and music Mrs
Britt -singing in her charming way to
the passengers Mrs A P Welles and
Miss Slaby guide and historian were
in room two whore a miniature tower
representing that of Christs church
famous in history Mrs Welles read the
story of Paul Reveres midnight ride
very effectively Room three contained
a little ship and rocks reminding the
traveller of the Mayflower and Ply
mouth Rock And here wore John
Alden and Priscilla impersonated by
Harriet Rankin and John Randel Then
to Salem and the forest of the witches
all suggestive of the old days of sup
erstition Pictures of men famous in
colonial history were the chief decora
tive feature
Thence the tourists were transported
to Deutchland Germany being for
this occasion at the home of Mr and
MrsACWiehe who greeted the guests
in the German tongue as did several of
the assistants The porch hall and
parlor were decorated in the national
colors black red and white The walls
of the dining room were lined with
green foliage Refreshments consisted
of sauerkraut wienerwurst rye bread
and coffee The ladies serving were
dressed in white with while dutch cap
black apron and red flowers German
songs were sung by Miss Brenning and
recitations in German were given by
Miss Everist
Ireland was next station the home of
Mr and Mrs O M Knipple Here
green was most in evidence White and
green bunting was festooned fiom the
corners of the parlor and green shades
covered the electric lights Naturally
enough potatoes with the jackets on cod
fish with cream and buttermilk were
refreshment items And the blarney
stone was another suggestion of the
Emerald isle Mrs Knipple was assist
ed by Mesdames H P Waite J M
Trammell Viola Kenyon W P Bross
and Mary Campbell
The station of Japan proclaimed itself
to the tourists by its lighted Japanese
lanterns and a large painted sunrise
on the porch Inside the decorations
were of many Japanese screensparasols
fans lanterns butterflies vases and
statuettes with strings of tiny colored
incandescent lights On entering this
station the travelers were greeted by
the odor of incense from the burning
joss sticks Four young ladies in Jap J
anese array received the guests with an
elaborate salutation
A fall to the knees
A turn of the toes
A cross of the hands
A dip of the nose
It takes all this just to say Good day
In Chrysanthemum land so far away
These polite people expected a return
of the salutation from the visitors who
for the most part went through the
ceremony very gracefully A Japanese
orchestra consisting of Miss Kiau Lau
tamborine Miss Yoki Su renowned
comb soloist Miss Yan Kee low string
ed guitar and Miss Wo Sin with a
Japanese instrument known as a fiddle
entertained the company with a few of
their choicest national airs after which
Miss Marjory Schobel a small Japanese
nightingale sang Whoa Sam very effec
tively while Wide-a-Wee performed in
a courtly fashion
Being ushered into the dining room
the tourists were seated upon cushions
at a very low table with Japanese de
coration Boiled rice in boullion to be
eaten with chop sticks tea and wafers
were served by the hostesses Mrs Cur
ran and Mrs Schobel assisted by Misses
Freda Curran Florence Simmons and
Anna Johnson all in Japanese costume
As they departed one of the American
gentlemen was heard to remark Oh
arent they cute little people I wonder
how long they have been over
The trip ended at Washington the
hom9 of Mrand MrsJE Kelley which
was in colonial attire for the occasionTho
porch was decorated with old glory and
picturps of tho presidents ferns and
palms Thee small cannon frowned
from tho ront yard The dining room
was decorated with flowershatchets arid
cherries The general house decorations
were patriotic George Washington was
here in tho corporeal presence of C W
Barnes while Mrs A G Bump repres
ented Lady Washington Helen Knip
ple made a pretty diminutive Goddess
of Liberty and Freddie Archibald a
bravo lilliputian Uncle Sam Coy Bur
nett was the big chief of the Poor
Lo aggregation and Galen Perry Helen
Burns Myrtle Rupp and Master Albert
Barnes made up the rest of tho band
Demure Priscilla was represented by
Miss Elsie Asten Music was a feature
of this station Mrs W B Mills and
Mis Lillian Campbell played selections
and Mrs Lerroy Kleven and Miss Elsie
Campbell sang numbers during the
ovoning In the refreshment line ice
creanvand cake were served Mrs Albert
Barnett and Mrs W E DeWitt served
at the table and Miss May Hileman and
Chester Rodgers assisted while Mrs T
B Campbell and Mrs William Lewis
were in charge in kitchen E J Mitchell
personally conducted the trip which
ended hero as auspiciously as it com
menced a credit to the promoters and a
delight to the participators with a neat
profit to the ladies of the church
4 Much Work and Some Play
The McCook Tribune has issued a
fine special number devoted to tho
junior normal which opens there June
11 to continue in session until August
17 The special TuIbune is well illustrat
ed and there is a most entertaining write
up of the normal and of those who will
contribute to its success Strickland W
Gillilan a humorist well known in Lin
coln Frank R Roberson and the Dun
bar company are among the attractions
in the entertainment course The teach
erswill have much work and some play
at McCook and the prospects are bright
for the most successful normal ever held
there Lincoln Daily Star
Judge Norris Will Arbitrate
Judge Norris has been named as a
delegate to the International Confer
ence of Arbitration at Mohawk Lake
N Y May 29 30 and has accepted
Representation in this conference is re
garded as quite an honor and the judge
has received quite a number of congrat
ulations by reason of the appointment
He does not understand that a speech
will be expected of him yet he will
likely participate in the debates for he
is deeply interested in the principles of
international arbitration Lincoln Star
Souvenir Postal Cards
The McCook Souvenir Postal Cards
printed by The Tribune are on sale at
A McMillens
The Ideal Store
The Tribune Office
L W McConnells
The Post Office Lobby
Ten different views printed
Other designs are in preparation
Price Two for five cents
COURT HOUSE NEWS
COUNTY COURT
Marriage licenses since last report
George H Wilson 56 and Julia A
Dow 65 Both of McCook Neb
Alfred F Sharbaro 50 of Champion
Neband Elizabeth Vean 40 of Shelby
Neb by County Judge J CMoore May
19th 1906
Pasture for 150 Cattle
I have 400 acres in pasture Plenty of
grass and good care Prices reasonable
Fred W Easton on Ben Shultz ranch
Centerpoint Neb
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take laxative bromo quinine tablets
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure E W Groves signature is on
each bos 25c
Cream in sealed 10c an 20c bottles
Jor sale at Marshs meat market
Just keep your good right eye on one
Edward Kosewater fellows
If you want some serviceable goods
and some that wont fade call at
Honest Johns
It pours the oil of life into your sys
tem It warms you up and starts the
lifer blood circulating Thats what
Hollisters Rocky Mountain leu iuos
35 cents Tea or Tablets
L W McConu il
Have you weakness of any kind
stomach back or any organs of the
body Dont dope yourself with ordi
nary medicine Hollisters Rocky Moun
tain Tea is the supreme curative power
35 cents tea or tablets
LWMcConnell
Bring the good old bugle boys
And start the march along
Bring them to the Grannis store
A hundred good and strong
Grannis sells the summer goods
The finest ever seen
Come and be convinced for ever more
Hurrah Hurrah
Lot owners and every one interesetd
are requested to make a special effort to
clean up and beautify their lots in River j
View cemetery There is now a regular
sextion for the full water season and all
the grass plants and trees will be
watered Take out your water tax at
once and help the committee
Ed Hober Secy
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Da Comica Man
iIACOMO FINELLI so funny oh myl
By tweestin hees face an by
weenkln hees eye
Ho maka you laugh teel you theenk
you weel die
He dont gatta say all he
ees do
Ees maka da face an how moocha you
try
Tou no can help laugh wen ho lookln
at you
Glacomo Flnelll so funny oh my
I dceg een da tranch weeth Glacomo
wan day
Giacomo ees toss up da spadaful clay
An beeg Irish boss he ees gat con da
way
Da boss he ees look at Glacomo an
swear -
So bad as he can but Glacpmo so sly
He maka pretand ho no see ho was
dere
Glacomo Flnelll bo funny oh my
t
But wen da boss turn an ees starta tot
go
Giacomo look up an he maka da face
so
I laugh an I laugh lika deesa Ho ho
Da boss he com back an1 ho poncho
my head
He smasha my nose an he blacka my
eye
I no can help laugh cef I gona bo dead
Giacomo Flnelll so funny oh my
T A Daly In Catholic Standard and
Times
Quite Enoncli of III in
Bertie T know I often wish that
there was more of me
Angela But that would only make
matters worse London Scraps
A Speedy Meter
went the office telephone and
the gas companys manager took down
the receiver
Hello said a gruff voice Is that
the gas company I am talking to
Yes What is it asked the man of
gas
Well I wanted to know when the
Entries for the races must be In
We dont know anything about
races This Is the gas company
Just so But I thought you could
tell me
But why do you ask us What do
you want to know for -
Oh nothing in particular Only Ive
frnr nnr Twmr mpfprs Iinro Tfa
would like to enter thats all
Without a word the gas manager
hung up the receiver with an angry
slam Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
A Narrow Escape
Now said Miss Passny trying on
a very gay hat I rather fancy this
one
Oh no said the milliner that hat
might do for a young lady of a certain
age but
You mean that my age is uncertain
The idea
Pardon me yes between eighteen
and twenty five a young ladys age Is
always uncertain That hat is too old
for you Philadelphia Press
Three of a Kind and a Pnlr
Hewitt Our actor friend claimed
that he plajed to a full house last
night and It turned out there were
only five people In the audience
Jewett Well It was the regulation
full house There were three men In
the gallery and a man and his wife
downstairs New York Press
At the Minstrel
Sambo What am de dlffrunce
tween a mute walking long de street
an a conversational bore
Interlocutor What Is the difference
Sambo
Sambo Well one goes wiffout say
ing an de udder says wiffout going
Puck
The Mosquito Im glad you came
have been nearly worked to death
The Fly Well you can get a good
rest now Ill take care of him tilt he
gets ready to get up Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune
An Impression
That orator is a most explosive
speaker remarked one statesman
I should say so answered the eth
er One of his speeches makes me
think of a lot of exclamation points
with a few wordB scattered through
them Washington Star
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Morn In fir Conversation
I
Thumb Nail Stories
Told to Cause Laughter
A
BURLY broad shouldered man
passed through the gates at the
Central station a few davs aeo
and hurried with his two solid looking
suit cases toward a Pullman porter
who stood stlflly and erect beside the
steps of a parlor car attached to the
train The passenger who was long on
5 suit cases but short on brenth asked
the proud looking porter
Does this train stop at Rahway
No sah replied the negro in a su
perior manner This train do not stop
at Rahway salu It do not even hesi
tate at Rahwny
A gentleman recently found the fol
lowing letter in the chamber of his ne
gro coachman who had lately been dis
missed from service
Dear Mr Goings Last night I dreamed
that you and me was walking in a gar
den full of beautiful flowers lilies and
roses and pineys but you were the beau
tifuiest of nil Mr Goings I would risk
my lire crossing tho ocean on a spider
web to kiss your sweet sugar lips Mr
Goings let me give you a hint of my love
Please send me a bottle of colone From
your lovingest LILLIE LUCINDA
During n golf match between the
Rev Dr Sterrett and Justice Ilarlan
of the United States supreme court at
the Chevy Chase Golf club near Wash
ington the doctor discovered his ball
teed up in tempting style for a fine
brassle shot With the utmost delib
eration he went through the prelimi
nary waggles and with a supremo
effort missed the ball
For fully a minute he gazed at tho
tantalizing sphere without uttering a
word At length Justice Harlan re
marked solemnly
Doctor that was the most profano
silence I ever listened to
An Irishman stood on the corner of
Sixth and Chestnut streets waiting to
board a trolley car to take him to the j
ferry The cars had been somewhat
delayed and the motormen of those
that came first refused to stop After
several had passed a motorman was
considerate enough to stop and permit
him to get on As he stepped upon the
platform the conductor remarked in an
aggrieved tone that there were plenty
of cars after him
Yis replied the passenger but
you will bate them all Philadelphia
Ledger
The Dizzy Thins
pi jB
My head is going round said she
Said Chollie growing bolder
My dear when it gets round to me
Ill rest it on my shoulder
Philadelphia Press
Too Much For Him
Jack Too bad about young Ney Isnt
It
Tom What about him
Jack He was sent to the insane
asylum last week
Tom You dont say What was the
cause of It
Jack He undertook to study Greek
and shorthand at the same time and
got the characters mixed Chicago
News
The Mans Way
Hyker Ardupp doesnt seem to wor
ry about anything He makes light of
all his troubles
Pyker Thats right Every time a
creditor sends him a bill he cuts It into
strips and uses it for cigarette wrap
pers Detroit Tribune
A Different Epoch
Visitor Your youngest son doesnt
seem to get along very well with the
other children
Mr Gotrox No he was born after
we got our box at the opera Trans
lated For Tales From Meggendorfer
Blatter
Preference Franfcly Expressed
We must all be capable of some
sort of sacrifice said the philosopher
WeJJ answered Mr Yan Root a
sacrifice is all right In Its place But
I prefer a line drive over second base
Washington Star
Where Romance Falls
In novels
They quarreL
They say farewell
She decides never to see him
He calls
She says she is not in
He sends roses
Still she remains obdurate
He sees her at the theater
She bows coldly
He writes craving forgiveness
She yields
Happiness
But In real life
They quarrel
They say farewell
He goes to his club
She remains in her room
He calls on other friends
She listens for the doorbell
He attends the theater
She spends her evening alone
He meets another woman
She waits for a note
He sees her at a restaurant
She smjles
He bows coldly
She writes him
Ho does not reply
Misery
San Francisco Town Talk
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LOSS OF SOIL BY EROSION
One of the Lnrprcst Leaks For Money
on the American Farm
The moving of soil by water Is not
confined to large streams as many
farmers know to their sorrow Every
tiny rill trickling down the slope car
ries off some of the finest and richest
soil on the farm After a heavy rain
the spring is solly aud the puddles In
the hollows are muddy with it The
deep furrows left up and down the
slope by the cultivator teeth become
miniature water courses and the tric
kling water exacts a tribute of rich soil
before it joins the large rill by the
road The soil of the cornfield that
was left bare all winter has lost some
of its best loam by planting time
Gullies appear on the farm here aud
there widening and deepening after
every rain The soil on the knolls aud
hillsides becomes thin and yellow for
the rich black surface part of It has
hurried off to help build up some excel
lent farming land about ten miles
downstream
After a heavy rain the farmer can
see the best part of his soil creeping
running racing away from him A
thousand murky rills slowly meander
acros3 his plowed ground and gather
forces in the hollows A hundred tur
bid rivulets pour down the hollows and
join the water in the gulch A dozen
muddy brooklets rush down the gulch
swell the brook into a creek and race
downstream bearing away tons of
the rich silt and loam that make plants
grow When the rain is over and the
soaked soil has dried out enough to
till there are gravelly places that the
farmer finds It hard to make pro
ductive and rocks are exposed that
have never been above the surface be
fore
Unchecked erosion has ruined many
farms and seriously hurt many others
Thousands of acres of valuable farm
ing land particularly the red clay soils
of the south and the loose shaly soils
of the north are gouged and gullied
every year until they become practical
ly valueless for cropping I have seen
many hundreds of acres ruined by
washing in the Carolinas Tennessee
and Georgia On most farms however
the loss is less conspicuous and more
iaidious Every farm that has an Ir
regularity of surface however slight
pays tribute to the force that does
more leveling in an hour than all the
patent leveling machines have ever
done or ever will do
A very important problem for the
farm owner to consider is how to check
erosion cheaply and effectively The
plan that will be most successful de
pends upon the locality the lay of the
land the kind of soil the crop and
many other local matters In extreme
cases it has been found necessary to
retain wooded areas running across the
slopes that are subject to washing and
otherwise disposed so as to prevent the
gathering of water The water course
should be looked to carefully A little
work directing streamlets into legiti
mate channels is time well spent There
are various methods of holding the soil
with plants A cover crop of rye clo
ver vetch etc sown in the orchard
or cornfield in late summer may do
much to prevent surface washing dur
ing the winter Steep banks may be
held with quack grass slopes may be
put into meadows Cultivating across
the slopes instead of up and down will
save many tiny Jeaks that amount to a
serious loss in some cases Many other
methods of checking erosion will sug
gest themselves to the man who has
this problem to solve and the methods
born of personal need and local expe
rience are apt to be most efficient
The loss by erosion is I believe one
of the largest leaks on American farms
today It is bound to Increase as our
wooded area decreases This loss can
not be entirely prevented as long as
the rain falls upon land that is not per
fectly level But a large part of it can
be prevented How to do this Is worth
considering by every man who has the
problem on his hands Country Life In
America
Dovottwanx
a horse
If you want a horse or a bicycle a
gun a camera or anything else youve
set your heart on do what other boys
are doing to get these things sell
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McCook Market Quotations
Corrected Friday afternoon
Corn 15
Wheat 60
Oats 23
Rye 40
Barley 25
Hobs 5 fcO
Eggs lr
GoodButtei 15
CUT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Sunday school at 30 and
Christian Endeavor at il oclock every
Sunday morning All are welcome
Episcopal Serviceson Sunday at 31
a in
and 8 p m Evening prayer at
730 oclock Wednesday
All are
come to these services
E R Eakle Kector
Catholic Order of services Mas3
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
J J Locghran Pastor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 am Christian Endeavorat 630 p m
led by Mrs G A Conrad Notice the
early hour Prayer meeting Wednesday
at 8 p m No preaching services
Geo B Hawkes Pastor
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
B Y P U will meet at 7 p m There
will be no preaching services next Sun
day on account of the union services at
the ME church Prayer service every
Wednesday evening at 8 p m You are
invited to attend our services
A A Holmes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
Lesson Mark G30 44 Union G A K
Memorial services at 11 a m Junior
League at 3 pm Brotherhood meet
ing at 4 p m Union High School Class
sermon at 8 p m Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 8 p m Sunday school
and preaching in South McCook next
Sunday afternoon
M B Carman Pastor
Garden hose and fixtures of the besi
grades constantly in stock
F D Burgess-
BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER
CURES catarrh of the stomach-
Georgia Brown
Fashionable
Dress and Mantau Maker
New Walsh Bldg Phone 289
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HnKP Etc
xJRSEHBSS Remember
irMbt Goods
Bi Price a
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Opposite P O McCook
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Farm Buildings a Specialty
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