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true spirit of Christmas into the
hearts of his readers
Dickens himself says of it My chief
aim was in a whimsical kind of a mask
which the good humor of the season
justified to awaken some loving and
Jorbearing thoughts never out of sea
3on in a Christian land
Lord Jeffrey assured the author that
ie had done more good and not only
listened more kindly feelings but
prompted mora positive acts of benevo
lence than can be traced to all the pul
pits and confessionals since Christmas
1S4
OJd Mr Scrooge grasping avaricious
repulsive pronouncing Christmas a
Humbug The ghost of Christmas
past the ghost of Christmas present
and the ghost of Christmas yet to come
What can we not make of the Christ
mas yet to come Christmas a Hum
bug If that is what has been we can
turn it into a blessed reality this year
Set into the spirit of itj by reading the
Christmas Carol again Go to Bob
Cratchits for dinner where There
never was such a goose Bob said he
didnt believe there ever was such a
goose cooked Eked out by apple sauce
and mashed potatoes it was a sufficient
dinner for the whole family And the
pudding Everybody had something
to say about it but nobody said or
thought it was at all a small pudding
Jor so large a family It would have
been rank heresey to have done so Any
Oratchit would have blushed to have
hinted at such a thing
And after the visitation of the Christ
mas Ghosts and Mr Scrooge had been
so transformed people laughed at the
alteration in him but he lot them laugh
His own heart laughed and that was
snough for him t
lie knew how to keep Christmas
well if any man alive possessed the
knowledge May that betruly said of
as Aud so as Tiny Tim observed
God bless us every one
Librarian
Thousands Of Them
That new post card case in this office
contains thousands of post cards and
exhibits hundreds of them to view Just
turn it around and makevopr selection
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No alum no lime pliosphates
Food officials state and national
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of alum in food and deplore and
denounce the dishonest methods
by which alum baking powders
are imposed upon the public
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
A book that is worth while is the one
tant you can ind n second time with
zest a third time with keen relish and
in a fourth reading discover some new
joy which had eluded you before
The December magazines are coming
in and the cover of every one speaks of
Christmas in gay colors with holly and
mistletoe Santa Clans and Christmas
greens The Night Before and The
Sarly Morning
During these early days before the
joyous celebration lot us invite every
one to read again Dickens Christmas
Carol No other writer has ever
been able to so thoroughly put the
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m C E
at 7 p m All are welcome
R M Ainswokth Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albana church at 11a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m All
are welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
3 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M I
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Burton- Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Regular
German preaching services in the frame
building of the East Ward scdool every
Sunday morning at 1030 All Germans
aud Russians cordially invited
Rev Wm Brueggeman
607 5th st East
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
Sermons by pastor at 11 and 8 Class
at 12 Junior League at 4 Epworth
League at 645 Official board meeting
Monday night at 730 Prayer meeting
Wednesday night at745
M B Carman Pastor
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
m Meetings held in the Morris block
Room open all the time Science litera
ture on sale Subject for nest Sunday
Ancient and Modern Necromancy or
Mesmerism and Hypnotism
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and S p
m by pastor Junior C E at 3 p m
Senior Endeavor at 7 p m Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at eight oclock
The public is cordially invited to these
services G B Hawkes Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Congrega
tional Sunday School at 930 a m
Preaching at 1030 a m and 730 p m
by pastor Junior C E at 130 p m
Senior C E at 400 p m Prayor
meetings every Wednesday and Satur
day evenings at 730 All Germans
cordially invited to these services
Rev GustavHenkelmann
505 3rd street West
RED WILLOW
Mr and Mrs Cox from Indianola
spent part of the week at Owens Long
neckers
Mrs Sexson left on Friday for an ex
tended visit in Iowa to her children
relatives and friends
Mrs Charle Rinck is able to go
about much to the gratification of her
many friends
Horace Taylor has begun preparations
for building a large barn
Mr Gregg after closing a successful
meeting in Indianola begun a weeks
meeting at the Red Willow church
preaching to crowded houses
Homesteads
Homestead land will soon be a thing
of the past nave you used your home
stead right If not there never was a
better opportunity than now Wo have
a number of fine claims on which you
can file if you come at once Good
level land black sandy loam soil which
will raise the best of crops For further
information write D J Sexsmith
Wray Colorado
BEGGS CHERRY COUGH
SYRUP cures coughs and colds
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BATHING AT DIEPPE
When the Comtecsc dc Boigne Tried It
In the Year 180G
The Comtesse de Boigne in ler mem
oirs gives an account of a visit she
paid in 1S0G which Is Interesting In
view of the position Dieppe now holds
among French watering places
The poverty of the inhabitants
she Kays was frightful The Eng
lishman as they called him and for
them he was worse than the devil
was cruising Incessantly before their
empty harbor With much difficulty a
boat was able to escape from time to
time and go fishing always at the risk
of being captured by the foreigner or
confiscated upon the return journey if
the telescopes of the watchers had
seen It approach a vessel
As for the comforts arranged for
the convenience of bathers which
Dieppe has since organized they were
nonexistent at that time My brother
was able to find a little covered cart
and with great trouble and great ex
pense notwithstanding the universal
poverty a man was hired to lead the
horses down to the sea and two wo
men to go Into the sea with me
These preparations raised the pub
lic surprise and curiosity to such a
pitch that my first bath was watched
by a crowd on the shore My servants
were asked if I had been bitten by a
mad dog
I aroused extreme pity as I went
by and It was thought that I -
being taken down to be drown1 An
old gentleman called on my father to
point out to him that he was assuming
a great responsibility in permitting so
rash an act It can hardly be imag
ined that the Inhabitants of a sea
shore could be so afraid of the sea
But at that time the people of
Dieppe were chiefly occupied in
of sight of it and in protecting
themselves from the disasters which
they feared the sea might bring so
that It was for them nothing more
than a means of annoyance and suffer
ing It Is curious to think that ten
years later bathers were arriving in
hundreds that special arrangements
were made for their convenience and
that sea bathing of every kind went
on without producing any astonish
ment in the neighborhood
I have thus attempted to point out
that the custom of sea bathing which
is now so universal is comparatively
recent in France for Dieppe was the
first place where it began
TREE DWELLING ANTS
South American Insect That Acts as
Plant Guardian
Ant defenders of plants and trees
are some of natures pretty marvels
The Cecropia adenopus is a remarka
ble tree of south Brazil widely dis
tributed through the tropics Its slen
der trunk is crowned with long leaves
at the ends of the branches
A few active auts run continually
along the branches and the leaver but
if the tree is shaken slightly an army
of ants rushes out by small apertures
ready for a savage assault on the in
truder The ant is the terrible guard
ian that the tree has retained to pro
tect it from its most formidable ene
my the leaf cutter ant
The defenders rarely leave their re
treat where they live on small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one twelfth
of an inch long known as Muellers
corpuscles These are formed of deli
cate tissue rich in proteids and ail as
rations for the garrison of defender
ants to feed upon The curious ar
rangement by which entrance is made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
W Schimper
Just above the point of insertion of
each leaf extends nearly to the supe
rior node a superficial groove at whose
end is a rounded depression There
the tissue is thin like a diaphragm in
a tube and it also is soft The hole
by which the ant enters is always
pierced at this spot The ants seem
to have made their entrance through
the groove originally because it was
at the top In the course of this
plants further development natural se
lection augmented these natural ad
vantages so that finally the thin frail
diaphragm as it exists today was de
veloped Chicago Tribune
Married the Day They Met
Horace Greeley and Mary Young
Cheney were married the first day
they met They had corresponded for
some time a common friend who was
something of a matchmaker having
brought tuis about She was all his
fancy painted her but she was much
disappointed in his appearance so
much so that when he appeared be
fore hr r having proposed and been
accepted by letter she frankly told
him that although she married him
she was not in love with him Their
married life was long and happy and
the loss of his wife was a blow which
Greeley did not long survive
Tommys Lunch
Uncle who left his nephew refresh
ing Well Tommy you see Im back
Ar you ready What have I to pay
miss Waitress Three buns four
sponge cakes tAvo sandwiches one jel
ly five tarts and Uncle Good
gracious boy Are you not ill Tom
my No uncle but Im very thirsty
London Tit Bits
British Pride
British hypocrisy is gradually disap
pearing Until a few years ago most
Englishmen fancied that to be born in
the United Kingdom was to be a para
gon of all the virtues Brussels Soir
Envy
Dont be covetous said Uncle
Eben Envy in what yoh neighbor
has is mighty apt to put de opportu
nity in yoh neighbors way fob handin
yoh a gold brick Washington Star
THE WHEATFIELD
Whero the Billowing Golden Wavea
Stretch From Sky to Sky
Take a loo at the whciGd that
has been brought up to perfection as
Ic stands yellow as gold with the
sheen of the sea billowing from sky
line to sky line like an ocean of gold
where the wind touches the rippling
wave crests with the tread of Invisi
ble feet In California In Oregon in
Washington in Dakota in the Cana
dian northwest you may ride all day
on horseback through the wheatfields
without a break in the flow of yellow
heavy headed grain no fence lines
no meadow lands no shade trees
no knobs and knolls and hills aud hol
lows of grass or black earth through
From dawn till dark from sunrise in
a burst of fiery splendor over the
prairie horizon to sundown when the
crimson thing hangs like a huge shield
of blood in the haze of a heat twi
light you may ride with naught to
break the view between you and the
horizon but wheat wheat It is like
the gold fields It goes to your head
You grow dizzy looking at it You rub
your eyes Is it a mirage The bil
lowing yellow waves seem to be
breasting the very sky You look up
The sky is there all right with the
black mote of a meadow lark sailing
the azure sea lie drops liquid notes
of sheer mellow music down on your
head does that meadow lark and that
gives you back your perspective your
sense of amazing reality You are
literally absolutely really in the
midst of a sa of living gold It is you
and not the lark that ii the mote
You begin to feel as if your special
mote might be a bonni that would get
lost in infinity if you stayed there long
and so you ride on and on and some
more on and by and by come ut of
the league long fenceless fields with
an odor in your nostril thU iit ex
actly like incense its too fugitive too
fine too sublimal of earth It is aro
matic a sort of attar of roses the im
prisoned fragrance of the billions upon
billions of wheat flowers shut up in
the glumes of the heavy headed grain
there And thats the odor of the
wheat Agnes C Laut in Outing Mag
azine
A CHINESE STORY
The Way a Mandarins Wise Wife De
cided a Baby Case
Two women came before a mandarin
in China each of them protesting that
she was the mother of a little child
they had brought with them They
were so eager and so positive that the
mandarin was sorely puzzled lie re
tired to consult with his wife who
was a wise and clever woman whose
opinion was held in great repute in
the neighborhood She requested five
minutes in which to deliberate At the
end of that time she spoke Let the
servants catch me a large fish in the
river and let it be brought here alive
This was done Bring me now the
infant she said but leave the two
women in the outer chamber This
was done too Then the mandarins
wife caused the baby to be undressed
and its clothes to be put on the fish
Carry the creature outside now and
throw it into the river in the sight of
the two women The servant obeyed
her orders flinging the fish into the
water where it rolled about and strug
gled disgusted no doubt by the wrap
pings in which it was swaddled
Without amoments pause one of the
women threw herself into the river
with a shriek She must save her
drowning child Without dcubt she
is the true mother she declared and
the mandarins wife commanded that
she should be rescued and the child
given to her And the mandarin nod
ded his head and thought his wife the
wisest woman in the Flowery King
dom Meanwhile the false woman
crept away She was found out in her
imposture and the mandarians wife
forgot all about her in the occupation
of donning the little baby in the best
silk she could find in her wardrobe
Bystander
White nd Red Wines
White aud red wines owe their dif
ference to the fact that while the for
mer is permitted to ferment without
the grape skirts these are allowed to
remain in the case of the latter The
color of the grapes makes no difference
whatever to the color of the wine
which they produce for the juice of
all grapes is as nearly as possible col
orless For instance the grape w1ikIi
yields champagne is almost black in
outward appearance
Over the Telephone
Is this Dr Smith
Yes
Well this is Mrs Jones I wish you
would over as soon as conven
ient My enckco clock has a little
throat trouble Harpers Weekly
His Mentor
From the time a boy sits under a
street corner electric light playing
with toads until he is blind and tooth
less lie hasto account to some woman
why h didnt come home earlier
Atchison Globe
Not Like Hi- Parent
Do you think Mr Skinnums baby
will take after its father
Not at all The other day they per
suaded it to cough up a nickel it had
swallowed Exchange
Doing Good Service
Bill Is that watch your father gave
you ten years ago still doing good serv
ice Jill Yes I pawned ic again today
for the twentieth time London Opin
ion
It never occurs to fools that merit
and good fortune are closely united
Goethe
Real Estate Filings
The following real estato filings havo
been madi in the county clerks office
since last report
C L Adams et ux to J R Stnns
berry wd to 7 und8 in 23 Mc-
Cook
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ACT QUICKLY
Harry Pool to S C Lyon bill
of sale to chairs lamps etc
belonging to barber shop 175 00
Emory E Rogers et ux to Ben
jamin Meyers wd to e hf 8
nhf neqrl722G fHJOO 00
Edward Hanshaw et ux to
Verna M Ilaushaw wd to i
in4McCook 500 00
Edward Fitzgerald et ux to J
W llupp qcd to w hf nw qr
1C0
J A Scott ut ux to A M Shoroy
wd to w hf nw qr w hf sw qr
31 1- 2000 00
Lincoln Land Co to Laura A
Hughes wd to lot 9 bik 11
2nd McCook 250 00
County of Red Willow to An
diow J Crawmer qcd to part
lots 9 11 bik 48 Hartley 1 00
Charles F Bush et ux to Belle
Osborn Webber wd to lot 1
bik 27 2nd McCook 1650 00
W II FergiHon et ux to John
E Kelloy wd to hf int lots G
7 shf so qr 31 3 29 no qr G
nw qr nw qr5 2 29 100
II P Waite Co to The Public
Cert of Co Partnership
Delay Has Been Dangerous in McCook
Do the right thing at the right time
Act quickly iz timo of danger
Backache is kidney danger
Doans Kidney Pills act quickly
Cure all distressing dangerous kid
ney ills
Plenty evidence to prove this
Mrs B Hurley of 201 E 24th St
Kearney Nob says Last winter I
caught a heavy cold which settled on
my kidneys aud made mo miserable
I was rarely freo from a dull aching in
tho small of my back and the kidney
secretions passed so frequently as to
annoy me greatly I drank largo
quantities as I always felt thirsty aud
a doctor whom I consulted told me I
was in the grasp of diabetes He treat
ed me for the trouble but I became no
better and was suffering intensely when
Doans Kidney Pills came to my atten
tion I used this remedy and tho first
box brought me such relief that 1 con
tinued with it until completely cured
I sincerely hopo that my statement will
be tho means of benefiting other persons
alllicted as I was
Plenty more proof like this from Mc
Cook people Call at L W McCon
nells drug store aud ask what custom
ers report
For sale by all dealers Price 50
cents Fostor Milburn Co lhiilalo
New York solo agents for the United
States
Remember the name Doans and
take no other
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles
Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles Druggists refund money if
Pazo Oiktmext fails to cure any case
no matter of how long standing in GtoLl
days First application gives ease and
rest 50e If your druggist hasnt it
send 50c in stamps and it will be for
warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co
St Louis Mo
Patronize home industry by smoking
Commercial Club 10 cent cigar and
the Smoke 5 cent cigar
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Ptffl Baking Powder old at M
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That is the No of ONE of the best Lumber and Coal Concerns in a
No ONE town which is located on ONE East Street But if you cant
find it call phone No ONE when you will be informed that you can get
No ONE lumber No ONE coal No ONE service No ONE treatment
in fact No ONE first last and all the time
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Ballard Lumber Co
TEMPERANCE COLUMN I
Coaducted by the McCook W C T U
t SAr
What Is the Price
What is tho price of the boy who stands
Noble and fair as a god of old
Reaching to life his innocent hands
Dreaming tho dream that lips never
told
Whnt is his prico kind fathor Bay
What is his pricf f nd mother I pray
But tho runisler says To make him
my pre
I bid ono thousand dollars
What is tho price of tho daughter who
leaus
On the arm which supports her noble
and fair
A being of beauty one of oarths queens
Pure as a lily glorious and rare
What is her price Oh ask of thy heart
Parents who love her whoever thou artl
But the rumseller says For her in my
mart
I bid one thousand dollars
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Moscow home of the University of
Idaho and one of the most progressive
cities in the Inland Empire of tho Pa
cific Northwest has struck a telling
blow for practical prohibition and nailed
as false tho chief argument used during
the recent campaign that a closed town
means a dead one
Merchants travelers and visitors com
ing to Spokane declaro that without
reservation any apprehension which may
have been felt in the minds of business
men in rogard to a depression caused by
prohibition has been dissipated as all
line of trade have established new sales
records in tho last two months Not
only have tho morchants been doing a
greater volume of business but they
havo been making better collections in
adjusting old accounts
Business is brisker than it has been
and the sales of every morchant havo in
creased while the hotels havo been
filled with a throng of traveling men
who secure largo orders for fall delivery
Six merchants who may bo classed as
leaders in their respective lines declared
that never in the history of Moscow have
business conditions been better With
fair crops good prices and general pros
perity tho shoppors have plenty of mon
ey which thoy are spending liberally for
a better grade of goods
Three of these men were originally op
posed to closing the saloons believing
that business stagnation would follow
but they are now thoroughly converted
to the principle of practical prohibition
The factors in their conversion are the
growth of business and the greater per
centage of cash payments A retail mer
chant said that many of his customers
who formerly spent considerable money
in the saloons are now buying more of
the necessities as well as the luxuries of
life and are paying cash for groceries
TAKE THE BLUE BELL LINE TO HEALTH
THEY MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A BLACKSMITF
Ask for and try once BLUE BELL Cough Syrup Pile Remedy Mans Pain Liniment oi
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General Tonic Bright Sunshine Heart Worm Kidney Headache Summer Complaint Soothwf
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