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Six gentle high headed high bred
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We carry a full line of
Carriages
Surreys
Road Wagons
Stanhopes
Spring Wagons
in fact everything on
wheels We buv di
rect from the factory and ship in carload lots thus giving
our customers
THE BEST POSSIBLE
FOR THEIR MONEY
We deal with firms who guarantee their goods and we are
here to see that they make good
McCook Hardware Co
W B Mills R B Simmons
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For information time tables maps and tick
ets call on or write George Scott Agent Mc
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Reduced Rates Summer and Fall
Reduced rates will be in effect during
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RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
JHEllis late storekeeper at Alliance
has been transferred to the Ilavelock
storehouse
Mrs H E Culbertson and children
were guests of Mrs E A Bocock in
Holdrege part of last week
The taking off of one of the trains on
the Orleans St Francis line brings Con
ductor Frank Quigley back to the main
line and McCook
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
How hard a mau falls after having
been boosted too high
When a man gets the baby to sleep
how proud he Is of himself
There is usually enough humiliation
in all our lives to keep us modest
It is not the stingy man who be
comes a burden as age approaches it
is the spendthrift
A pathetic admission older people of
ten make Is The romance has all
been knocked out of me
What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who called her friends
copycat when they bought something
like hers
When a man is reasonably happy and
content it doesnt just happen He is
compelled to use common sense and
work to an end Atchison Globe
A Polite War
A little boy with an interest in the
meaning of unfamiliar words said to
his mother What is the meaning of
civil Kind and polite answered
his mother A puzzled look brooded for
a second on the boys face Then he
said Was it a kind and polite war
that was in this country once Pa
cific Unitarian
The Jester
He that will lose his friend for a jest
deserves to die a beggar by the bar
gain Such let thy jests be that they
may not grind the credit of thy friend
and make not jests so long that thou
becomest one Fuller
Placid nnd Contented
Mrs Burnes Cache seems to have a
placid and contented mind
Undoubtedly she has replied Miss
Cayenne She knows how well her
new gown becomes her Washington
Star
I have somewhere seen it observed
that we should make the same use of
a book that the bee does of a flower
She steals sweets from it but does not
Injure it Golton
A Rnilivny Ball
The recent intimation of an Irish rail
way that there would be no last train
to Cork has apparently induced the
Great Eastern Railway company to
issue a placard stating that trains to
Walthamstow will run all through
the night on week days St James
Gazette
Before and After
I think that every young woman
should learn to play the piano before
she is married
Thats rightf And forget it after
ward Cleveland Leader
THE PARLOR
It Im Rapidly Becoming an Apartment
of the IliNt
The American parlor is a thing of the
past according to architects says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer No more will
there be a room reserved for state oc
casions such as the receiving of form
al calls the visit of the minister and
for Aveddings and for funerals
We never take the parlor into con
sideration any more said a Cleveland
architect recently The parlor is
merged into the living room The good
old fashioned parlor which was held
in so much reverence in the old days
has no place in modern architecture
The demand is for a large living
room in a small house together with a
dining room and kitchen In a larger
house there is usually a large living
room library den dining room and
kitchen
I had a client yesterday who desired
to have a reception room or parlor not
connected with the living room ne
decided later to have a sort of recep
tion room In connection with the hall
way
When the parlor idea began to lose
ground we did not make a radical
change but reduced the parlor to a
small reception room Isolated from the
others where formal calls could be re
ceived Now we make no provision
for the parlor
In these days the reception rooms
do not have to be closed only to be
opened on the occasion of the visit of
the family minister or the physician
There may be many who will regret
the passing of the old fashioned coun
try parlor with all Its memories of vis
itors courtship and occasions which
left Impressions wliich have not been
eradicated by the strenuous age of to
day
TRIAL BY ORDEAL
The Queer System Thnt Exists In the
Sinni Peninsula
In the Sinai peninsula trial by ordeal
is still practiced In all criminal cases
where no witnesses are forthcoming
the judge el mabashaa tests the
suspected person by fire by water or
by dream In the first the judge places
an iron pan in the fire until it is redhot
and gives it to the accused to touch
three times with his tongue If marks
of burning are shown on the tongue
the accused is pronounced guilty The
theory apparently is that if he Is not
guilty the moisture on the tongue pre
vents it from being burnt if guilty his
tongue would dry up from fear of be
ing discovered
The test by water is described as fol
lows The mabashaa sits with the
accused and the spectators in a circle
with a copper jug full of water placed
In the center This jug is then made
to appear to move round the circle by
means of witchcraft or hypnotism If
the jug returns back to the judge the
accused is pronounced not guilty but
if the jug stops opposite the accused
he is pronounced guilty
This description is rather wanting in
detail and it is difficult to know how
a jug which only appears to move can
be a trustworthy index In the test by
dream the mabashaa sleeps and sees
In a dream if the accused is guilty or
not Chicago News
Famous Bnths
Marie Antoinettes bath which was
prescribed by her doctor was a com
pound of aromatic herbs mixed with a
handful of salt She took It cold in
summer and tepid in winter
Later on Mme Tallien had brought
every morning to her house twenty
pounds of strawberries and two pounds
of raspberries which were mashed in
her bath of warm milk and water An
other preparation used by the eastern
women is composed of barley rice
horrage thyme and marjoram boiled
together and then thrown into the wa
ter
Ninon de lEuclos took a bath every
night in which there were salt soda
and three pounds of honey mixed with
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Cause For Liberality
An old Georgia darky who had buried
his money forgot to blaze the tree
which stood near the spot Getting
mixed as to the locality he knelt down
and asked the Lord to guide him to the
place While he was praying a storzxi j
came up and ligutnmg struct tne near
by tree and he found his cash
Dar now he muttered look how
Providence answers de righteous I
got a great min ter put a nickel in de
collection hat next Sunday Atlanta
Constitution
The Soft Ans rrer
If nature had made me an ostrich
said old Grouch I suppose I could eat
your cooking
Wouldnt that be nice answered
his imperturbable spouse Then I
could get some plumes for my hat
Boston Transcript
PHONE 18
HE LONDON COSTER
3 In the KiiifC of the Curb In the
BritiNh Metropolis
Londons outdoor mau is the coster
He is the Ishmacl of the gutters A
very jolly Ishmacl it is true who is
more than content to acknowledge the
line of demarcation between himself
and the true cockney But neverthe
less in a modified twentieth century
way he is still the wild man whose
hand is against every mans and every
mans against his He is probably the
ast remnant of the worlds old race of
wanderers the last suggestion of the
primitive man left to the cities He is
to us town dwellers what the gypsy is
to the countryside His descent seems
to spring from the same roving stock
And he is regards from a safe dis
tance with the same contempt by
those who dont know him His habits
and his impulses sil savor strongly of
the days when tribe warred against
tribe and every mans arm was for
himself and his clan And although
his pitch Is below the curb his caravan
a barrow and his beast of burden a
Russian pony a donkey or himself he
is as free and exclusive as any other
lusty scion of the people who live under
the skies Ishmael he is and Ishmael
he chooses to remain And the chances
are ten to one that whoever goes
for information among the barrows
will come back with an empty creel or
a fine show of fishermens tales for
your coster knows both how to keep
silence and how to use his tongue pic
turesquely in defense of his jealously
guarded traditions and the internal
economies of his existence Outing
THE ELEPHANT
He Is Good Xatured Docile Obedient
and Iionff Suffering1
The elephant is the best natured
beast in all wild creation said a cir
cus man Most people have an Idea
that the big beast is apt to go wrong
any time and make all kinds of trouble
for everybody Now as a matter of
fact I have never but once seen a
freak of this kind Then the result
was directly due to the intolerable
abuse of flat headed grooms It seems
to me that if some one was putting a
steel point or hook into a soft joint of
yours or mine many times a day and
without any good reason for it we
would show temper and tear up things
too The only difference is the ele
phant has more patience He is docile
obedient and long suffering When
an elephant gets a little out of sorts
there is always some lightweight at
tendant it seems to fly off and say he
Is daffy Ninety nine times out of a
hundred the poor elephant has been
badly treated and as he cannot talk
he does about the only thing he can do
and trumpets his disgust or possibly
goes a step further and eases his feel
ings by taking a crack with his trunk
at something within reach Elephants
are as kind hearted and tender as wo
men and respond to little attentions
the same way and in the same way
just like a woman when they get sour
ed It takes a long while to sweeten
them again if it can be done at all
Chicago Chronicle
At Anchor
A chief of bureau in the navy de
partment tells a good story of the time
when one of the secretaries of the navy
got the notion Into his head that of
ficers should not permit their wives to
reside at the foreign stations to which
their husbands might be attached So
an order to that effect was promulgat
ed Soon thereafter considerable per
plexity and no little amusement was
afforded the secretary when he receiv
ed the following cablegram from Com
modore Fyffe then in command of the
Asiatic squadron
Secretary Navy Washington
It becomes my painful duty to report
that my wife Eliza Fyffe has in dis
obedience to my orders and in the face
of regulations of department taken up
her residence on the station and persist
ently refuses to leave
Harpers Weekly
Male Birds Lend the Way
When birds are migrating the males
usually precede the females The rob
ins for instance which are seen early
in the year are almost invariably males
which apparently traveled on before
their mates The female birds follow
perhaps because they are not so pow
erful and also perhaps because they
like to take their time and gossip with
one another In the fall the male birds
leave first the old ones while the fe
males travel along together with their
young solicitous for their welfare and
still training them after the fashion of
mother birds
Differences of Opinion
Women are hard to understand
said the callow philosopher
Not at all answered Mr Meekton
Henrietta has never yet spoktn her
mind to me without making herself
perfectly clear Washington Star
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VACATION SEASON
FclkC it F3SV Dont WoiTV Or FlPf Nothing worries one somuch nor makes one so fretful as an uncomfortable shoe Your fe
want to enjoy yourjjjvacation Its foolish to pinch your feet in one place just to have your
feet ought to be comfortable if you
shoe come somewhere near fitting
in others Come to THE MODEL and get a perfect fit in a cool comfortable stylish summer slipper Get style and
comfort in the same shoe it costs no more and gives better satisfaction Everybody knows THE MODEL sells the shoes of quality Dont waste money buying cheap
shoes when it costs less to get the good serviceable kind at
THE MODEL SHOE STORE
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THAT WE SHOULD ALJYS
Look out Tor surprises
THIS STORE Hasem JK
QUALITY STYLE fit PRICES
IF YOU DOUBT THAT HONESTY
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WHY NOT ALL OF YOUR
FRIEND S WHO THINK YOU CANT
AS WELL AS THEY Do AND THEM
how pretty you can look when you
try and you certainly are not
going to let the fourth go by with
out dreeing up and paying your
to uncle he gave u s
freedombut really can you feel
free to do jvst what you please and
go jjst where you please if you are
not for the occasion the
fu se hae burnt clo se and nearly
bunted -several of our line s which
we wi sh to clo se out while -sea-son
isqatit5heifiht wa 5h fabrics and
white canva s and oxford s
the seare -Some ofthe thing s we
especially wi sh to -sell
re spectfully
G L DeGROFF CO
BARTLEY
Mr and Mrs Henry Powell of Indian
ola were visitors in Bartley last Thurs
day
MrsEnlow of Cambridge visited here
last week with her daughter Mrs Dr
Arbogast
The Junior ball team of Indianola
played the Bartley Juniors hereThurs
day of last week and won the game
Miss Royce of Danbury visited Mrs
Fletcher last week
Jake Grimes returned from his visit
to Canada Monday evening of this
week
M D Hobbs was a business visitor
here Tuesday
One of the pleasant events of the sea
son was the large party at the homo of
Mr and Mrs S W Clark lastFridav
evening in honor of Miss Lula Hanford
a niece of Mrs Clark Everyone pres
ent is loud with praise of the pleasant
entertainment
Miss Kate Dietsch left on 5 Satur
day evening for Boulder Colorado where
she will remain for a year or two
Howard Jones walks with a cane on
account of a sprained knee caused by
jumpiug
JgMr Rouse and family drove to Corn
bridge Sunday visiting with friends
Bartley first nine played ball at Cam
bridge last Friday Score 5 to 6 in favor
ofCambridge ZXZZ
jSTBorn to Mr and Mrs Frank Premer
a finergirl last Friday5 Commissioner
Premer and family drove over Sunday
to see the new grand daughter
Fred Premer of Lincoln is here on a
visit with relatives and friends and cal
ling on his best girl
The best celebration ever is the un
animous voice of the people who at
tended the Fourth at Bartley
Bartley and Coon Creek played here
the 4th and was the best ball game oE
ball played here this season Score 7 to
5 in favor of Coon Creek They are a
splendid lot of boys and play ball welk
No accidents no tights or quarrels
All peaceable at the celebration One
gentleman got a little too much river
water and dedicated our new jail
Burlington Bulletin--July 1906
Opening of the Shoshone Reservation
Register at Worland for the Government
drawing entitling you to draw 1C0 acres
of fine irrigable lands in the Shoshone
Reservation only S100 an acre one
third cash 400000 acresor 2o00 farms
to be drawn for besides this there are
SOOOOO acres Lof timber and mineral
lands that may be taken in the usual
way some of these lands are supposed
to be of great value One fare for tho
round trip to Worland with maximum
of SiOOO from Omaha Lincoln and Ne
braska points Tickets sold 12 to 29th
final limit August 15th Take this
grand trip through the rich irrigated
lands of the Big Horn Basin This wili
be one of the greatest events in the his
tory of the distribution of Uncle Sams
domain
To Pacific Coast Daily low excursion
rates for this the greatest railroad jour
ney in the world
To Colorado and return About half
rates daily and even lower raters for the
Elks big gathering at Denver July 10th
to loth inclusive
Also daily low rates to Eastern resorts
frequent homeseekers excursions in
fact tempting excursion rates in all
directions throughout the bummer
Consult nearest Burlington Ticket
Agent 7-6-4 ts
G S Scott Agent C B Q Ry
L V Wakeley GPA Omaha