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Just
OneHalf
the money you blow in
foolishly if invested in a
bank account would soon
put you on 4easy street
You owe yourself the
protection a Savings Ac
count will afford you
If you are spending all
you earn it is unfair to
yourself and those who
may bo dopendont on you
You havo noticed tho
manner in which small
amounts expondod count
up in ajnonth a part of
such expenditures saved
will allow you to have an
account at this bank
Start with a dollar
have money in the bank
The
First
National
Bank of Mccook
By F M KIMMELL
Laired circulation in Red Willow Co
ubsc iDtion 1 a Year n Advance
The supreme court of Nebraska has
decided the non partisan net of the last
legislature as unconstitutional and void
It is not tbat Seuutor Aldrich loves
the corporation tax more bat the in
come tax less If he has bis way finally
both will be throttled
The vaunted power of the press seems
to have received a set back in the pas
sage of the Payne Aldrich tariff bill
which is neither Republican nor Demo
cratic and at best is only a monument
to the broken pledges of the dominant
party
JUNIOR NORMAL NOTES
Examinations Friday and Saturday
The faculty and local tennis players
have had a few contests this week with
results favoring the locals Monday
Mr Davis of the faculty and MrShirlej
of the city played singles the latter
winning Tuesday Messrs Garrett and
Taylor of the faculty and Messrs Mc
Uarl and Tborgrirrson of the city played
doubles to the advantage of the locals
Special program in assembly this
morning
Mrs Leiter tomorrow morning and
evening See announcement elsewhere
Delay in commencing treatment for a
slight irreeularity that could have been
cured quickly by Foleys Kidney Remedy
may result in a serious kidney disease
Foleys Kidney Remedy builds up worn
out titsues and strengthens these
organs A McMillen druggist
ANNOUNCeiENT
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for renomination 1o the office of
County Clerk subject to the Republican
primary election August 17th
I invite a thorough investigation in
to the manner in which the office of
County Clerk has been conducted
during the past two years and pledge
myself to a continuance of this policy
of fair and square dealing to all if
favored with a re election
Chas Skalla
ANNOUNCEMENT
I hereby annonce myself a candidate
for re nomination to the ctfice of County
Treasurer subject to the decision of the
Republican voters at the primary elec
tion August
During my present term of office I
have endeavored to treat each -and
everyone fairly in all matters pertaining
to the records and business of this effice
and have made it a point to keep the
work up to date If re elected my
present record will continue and any
support extended in my behalf I trust
you will have no occasion to regret
Your vote will be much appreciated
C Naden
COUNTY JUDGE
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for ie Et mtation to the iffice of
Countj Judge subject to the Republic
an jrrinai elrcticn to be held AugUBt
17th
If re rh rlrd I il all rrnticue to devote
all iry tin e to ibis iffice will endeavor
tcntiiifii tl iU fctncid of effi
rimj Mi 15 J jHcicmcir and any
supjijt pnifc n f will te gitatly
ciated
J Kccb
REAL THREAD OF LIFE
A Tiny Wisp of Tissue Imbedded In
the Hearts Wails
According to trudlUuu It was Atro
pofl the blind Fury with the abhorred
shears who silt the thiu spun life
and tuutiy of Miltons reuders tuu
have wundiml whether there was uuj
thread in he uutiiomy of man tut
severance of which would be iuimedi
Mfely fatal Injmies to the biulu tine
heart in both or which the priueipii
of life has Peeu supposed to reside
may be survived for shorter or lougei
periods but as an article by Dr 0 h
Lea reminds us physiologists have ol
lute yen Im discovered u nerve or him
die of nerves which might well be de
scribed us the threud ol life One ol
the developing sciences of our time V
cardiography the science of the Mean
beat The heart as most people art
aware Is divided into auricles and
ventricles The vein rides are the
pumping chambers the auricles an
the collecting chambers of the blood
and like the stroke of a raring eight
set the rhythm of the heart beat A
little instrument called the sphygmo
graph is placed on the wrist pulse and
magnifies its movements and traces
them with a recording pen in a zigzag
curve telling the observer what the ven
tricles are doing Another instrument
the polygraph placed on the Jugular
records the more delicate vibration
of the auricle With the aid of these
two instruments the physician can find
what all the four chambers of the heart
are doing Now the auricular con
traction acts as a stimulant oi start
iug shock to the ventricular contrac
tion Most stimuli are conveyed alone
nerves Therefore a little nerve in
the heart to act as a telegraph wire
between auricle and ventricle was to
be expected Such a thing has been
found by physiologists but rather than
a nerve it is a specialized sensitive por
tinn of the heart muscle itself It is a
little wisp of tissue not an Inch Ion
and only one twelfth of an inch thick
On this delicate communicating wisp
called the anriciilo ventricular bundle
hangs existence Itself Evolution has
arranged rhat it shall be so small and
so sheltered in position in the heart rhat
it Is rarely damaged even by large in
juries to that organ Bur if it is sev
ered rhen the ventricles must stop and
life must instantaneously cease Lon
ilon Post
THE POSTOFFICE
It Seemed to Be Located In a Rather
Lonely Place
A veteran stagecoucii drivel in Idaui
used to tell ot an incident that hap
pened when he drove the stage ovei
to Boise City from the Union Paeihc
line tie had on one trip only a single
passengei a little teudertoot of a New
England sclioolma am going to takt
charge ot a scbool in that town Shi
had never before been farther trow
Boston than the Hudson river Alouy
about dusk one eveuiug as she sat ol
the box b trie driver and the tealu
wound its wa around the shouidei oi
u bleak mouutain a highwayman sud
deulj stepped intoThe middle ot the
roud and held up his hand A cocked
ride rested easily in the hollow ot bis
arm and its muzzle pointed straight
at the drivers head He quickly pulled
up
Throw over Wells Fargos box
said the man with the guu
The driver reached down and thin
the box into the road then he started
to gather up the reins
Hold ou the other cried impatient
ly Wheres the mail bag Dont you
think 1 want rharV
For reply rhe driver swiftly kicked
It overboard
All right said the man on th
ground in affable tone you can drive
on now
For half a mile they rolled along it
silence schoolmaam and driver The
former seemed to be In deep study At
last turning to the driver she said I
dont know anything about the west
of course but that certainly does seen
to be an awfully lonesome place x
have a postoffice Washington Post
A Useless Implement
Aunt Anu Arkwright the hustllnp
spouse of Dncle loshua Arkwright
proudly showed him a silver imple
ment which a friend had given her as
a birthdav present It was shaped
somerhing like a spatula but broad
ened considerably toward the handle
Uncle Joshua inspected it with some
curiosity
What is it he asked
Havent you any idea she said
No not the least in the world
Well said Aunt Ann its a pie
knife
Uncle Joshua picked it up inspected
It critically and laid it down again
I havent any use for it he said
as far as Im concerned Its toi
wide I couldnt eat pie with it tuoat
rutting my mouth Youths Com pan
ion
Dyed Articles
In dyeing at home amateurs often
make the mistake of putting the dypri
article through rhe wringer possible
to avoid staining the hands for one
reason or perhaps hopim to dry thi
garment more quickly This however
should never hp done for the crease
fo formed are most obstinate and in
fact often only disappear with wear
despite all pressing Dyed article
should be squeezed from the bath and
hung out of doors to dry
Adversitys Compensation
Rlehlelgh -1 wish I were youk Poor
lelgh For goodness sake why Rich-
lelgh Why you can have the fun of
proposing to every girl you mfcet and
be sure of being refused New York
JournaL
The road leading to justice la the
safest HesloA
2GSSS3SBS3XS2SL
JOHN E CHILBERG
President of tho Big Fair at Seattle
Which Is Now Open
The success attending the opening of
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at
Seattle on June 1 Is In great part due
to the energy shown by the president
of the exposition company J E Cbll
berg The management of the fair up
to this point has been characterized by
exceptional aggressiveness and enter
prise and President Chllberg has en
deavored In his direction of the affairs
of the exposition to have it make a
record for efficiency promptitude and
economy of administration He has
been a pioneer in the development of
the wealth of Alaska and Is at the
head of some of the largest financial
Institutions of the region especially ex
ploited In tlie fair at Seattle Mr
Chllberg made an address at the open
ing of the fair
The exposition management made a
special effort to have everything In
readiness for visitors on the opening
day with the result that when the
JOXN R CHILBEItO
gates were flung wide to the public
carpenters and painters were nowhere
to be seen All exhibits were in place
except a few in the Hawaiian and
Philippine sections which were de
layed by nonarrival of a governmeu
transport
Seattle has undertaken the task of
introducing to each other three-quarters
of the world which know of each
other comparatively little The Occi
dent and the orient will be brouzht
close together and Alaska will bo
haled out of the north to make the
acquaintance of both There have
been expositions in the past which
have covered more territory possibly
expended larger sums in buidings but
there has been none It Is claimed so
vast in Its scope or covering so many
unknown peoples and lands
All in all something like 20000000
has been expended on the fair
THE ROCKHILLS AND RUSSIA
A Family Well Equipped For Diplo
matic Duties
The post of American ambassador
to Russia Is one which demands in its
Incumbent a thorough knowledge of
diplomatic usages and a more than or
dinarily keen perception of the way
to conduct oneself amid the pitfalls of
a society which considers itself ex-
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Mas w w
KOCKHILTj and miss b rock-
hill
tremely exclusive An American who
goes to St Petersburg as the accredit
ed representative of Uncle Sam has to
step careful iiur 1 t oVcri
any one Mr William Woodville Hock
hill who h - Hy b rpjoite
to the pot ha a ivj itatiou as a very
clever 1 at v c a shcl
of eAcii iiS i iciio His re
ord v V niliter t iiMn wrs a
envIV Trt do idec
on 1 him ior that service b
- T cub
sy where he an - rM will h
more clnu o re al tiii
tle expveof 1 ic up a
ment at the c ir c ifa will be some
what of a strain 1 rie khill
for the r f I not
wealthy rin He has bci niarrie
twice and his present wife i a worn
an of much resource w u ill je abl
to assist him Mly in kceMinr uj
the -social state which Is considered
essential for the had of an embassy
Miss Rockhill too will be of help In
this task The ambassadors familj
have a cosmopolitan training and ac
quaintance having- lived In almost all
parts of the world at one time or
another
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SHAKESPEARES POISONS
They
Are Taken Too Seriously
by
Some Modern Chemists
It Is one of the penalties of Shake
speares position as a great poet that
his words are taken seriously
A learned doctor lii a foreign scien
tific review has been molding an iuqiil
tuition Into the poisons mentioned b
him He points out that the juice or
cursed hehetion which Claudius Is
en Id to have poured Into the ear of
Hamlets rather is incapable ot pieiv
Ing the tympanum of the ear and
therefore could not have penetrated
the body and poisoned the blood as
the ghost alleges Again the narcotic
which Friar Laurence administers to
Juliet was probably either Datura
stramonium or innndrngnru root The
first Is used by rhe convicts in New
Caledonia when they wish to rob their
companions but its effects do not last
forty two hours nor anything like that
time A scientist who experimented on
himself with niandragora found that
intense sickness is caused on waklm
and this did not happen to Juliet As
for the poison which was clven to Ro
meo it was probably aconite or one of
those mixed poisons composed of vege
table alkaloids and ptomaine since it
was so remarkably rapid in Its effects
But that is the fault or too serious
people They will take everything se
riously Shakespeare probably knew
nothing nt all of poisons or of nar
cotics He was a poet and not a chem
ist and inislit Therefore he allowed rhe
usual poetic license- London Globe
TWIN EARTHQUAKES
Two Distinct Series of Shocks Are Felt
Almost Simultaneously
Among the most Interesting earth
tremors from a scientific point of view
are those known as twin earth
quakes where two distinct series ot
shocks are felt separated by an inter
val of two or three seconds In each
series the vibrations increase to a
maximum and die away rhe whole
duration including rhe quiet interval
being eight to twelve seconds In some
parts of the earthquake zone the most
powerful shocks are nearly always of
this kind When they occur how
ever there is always a strip of coun
try where only one shock is felt
Apparently there are two distinct
points of origin for these shocks and
the strip where a single shock is felt is
that where the two sets of vibrations
arrive simultaneously The fact that
this hand is straight shows that the
twiu shocks occur togethei and that
therefore one is not a consequence ol
the other Probably there is an S
shaped bend in some interior layer ot
rock and the twin foci are at the points
of greatest displacement namely the
bends of the S The movement that
causes such a twin earthquake there
fore results in accentuating the form
of the fold in the earths crust New
York Herald
The Fightinq Maoris
Some 300 Maoris were shut up in In
trenchments at a place called Orakaw
Without rood ex ept a few raw pota
toes without water pounded at hy ar
tillery and under a hall of rifle hnllcts
and hand grenades unsuccessfully as
saulted no less than five times they
held out for three days completely
surrounded Jeneral Cameron hu
manely sent a flag of truce invirina
them to surrender honorably To this
they made the ever famous reply
Enough We tight right on forever
Then rhe general ottered to let the wo
men come out and the answer was
The women will tight as we At
length on the afternoon of rhe third
day the garrison in n body charged at
quick march rinht rhrouirh the Knglish
lines fairly jumpiiu over the head of
the men ot the Fortieth revriment as
they lay behind a hank Half of them
fell the remainder got clear away
The earthworks and the victory re
mnined with us hut rhe glory was
theirs - The Long White Cloud by
W P Reeves
Forgot Himself
Absentminded persons are not infre
qietiriy met among the medical pro
fessiou who of all men should al
ways have their wits about them It
is related that a well known doctor
was once present in a public place
when an accident occurred and see
ing a wounded man went about call
ing A doctor A doctor Somebody
go and fetch a doctor
A friend who was by his side ven
tured to inquire Well what about
yourself
Oh dear answered the doctor
suddenly recalling the fact that he be
longed to the medical profession I
didnt think of tbat
To Ferment
You know Elsie that ferment
means to work said the teacher
Now you may write a sentence on
the blackboard containing the word
ferment
After a moments thought Elsie
wrote as follows In summer I love
to ferment among the flowers in our
garden Chicago News
The Real Object
Induigent Papa Why my dear you
had a party last month How often do
you wish to entertain your friends
She This one Is not to entertain my
friends papa but to snub my enemies
-Life
He Struggles In Vain
The cynical bachelor rises to remark
that when a girl makes up her mind
to marry a struggling young man all
hls struggles are useless Philadelphia
Record
Man must always In some sense cling
to the belief that the unknowable Is
it
M5fr5f Sf
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Great
Reduction
b21e on all
Millinery
We have a large assortment
of very pretty hats that we
are selling at 50 per cent
discount to reduce the stock
WINTER WOOD
lakes the Best and Most Lasting
Kind of Timber
It has long been known that winter
was the be t time of the year for cut
ting down trees for their timber but
until the American bureau of forestry
published the results of some experi
ments no one was sure why The bu
reau of forestry selected four pine
trees of the same age and of equal
vigor growing In the same soil and
felled them the first at the end of
December the second at the end of
January the third at the end of Feb
ruary and the fourth at the end of
March They were hewn into logs of
the same size and dried at the same
place Then the legs were tested
The December log resisted a flexile
strain twice as strong as that which
the March log resisted It furnished
piles which were still perfect and un
decayed sixteen years later while the
piles made from the March log had
rotted within three or four years
Wnnfl thnt t follofl iti December Is
South Americrn Drtz3 2 vl Imi
tated lha Frmch Dcsi
The dictatorship f X in Vcie
zuela has been compared with that ot
President Francia who ri J iv
aguay for over rhlity years Fra vl 1
was a worshiper of Xawieou whom
he endeavored to imitate in every pos
sible way lie possesses only one por
trait of his idol a German caricature
which depicted the emperor wearing
an exaggerated version of the famous
gray overcoat Francia took this pic
ture seriously and for many years pa
raded the streets of Asuncion clad in
a gray dressing gown and a cocked
hat which he fondly believed to be
the habitual garb of the French des
pot
Castros most distinguished predeces
sor was also a Napoleon devotee but
Bolivar had seen his idol and could
thus imitate him more faithfully He
managed to acquire the emperors
brusque speech and other mannerisms
pulled peoples ears when in a good
humor and dictated dispatches to sev
eral secretaries at once He founded
an order closely modeled on the Le
gion of Honor surrounded himself
with a guard of negroes from Haiti
after the stvle of Napoleons mame
lukes and endeavored to codify the
laws of his country When he return
ed to America after witnessing
I ieon s curuuaiiuu uuinui kuicicu
racas standing In a Roman chariot
j drawn by twelve maidens belonging to
the first families of the town London
Chronicle
The Newsboy
Do you see the newsboy
You can hear the newsboy a long
time before you can see him
What does the newsboy say
It doesnt matter what the newsboy
says You know he is the newsboy
because he has the papers to prove it
What has the newsboy concealed in
his hand
The newsboy has a cigarette butt in
his hand He saw it smoking In the
gutter and was afraid it would set
fire to the street so he picked it up
JJood little newsboy you will be a
fire chief some day
Did ever you try a trick on the
newsboy
Give him a nickel some time for your
paper and tell him to keep the change
Ten chances to one he will do It
Does the newsboy never sleep
Oh yes the newsboy sleeps but
never on his job
P S Lots of people can learn some
thing from the newsboy Boston Her
ald
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Now is the time to get your mid summer hat
Miss Anderson
217 Main Ave
McCook Neb
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Miss Nellie Coupe of Falls City is
the tjuest of C J OBrien
D E Eikknukkky is down from the
San Luis valley Colorado on business
C W SHUUTLbyF of Stratton had
business in the city Monday and Tues
day
Da J A Token is absent from the
city for a while on u vacation for his
health
Mas C J OBkikn arrives home to
night from visit itig in Falls City for a
few weeks
Miss Peaul Mitchell arrived from
Lincoln Tuesda on No 1 joining her
mother hern 4K
Miss Sadie Cciylk arrived home last
Thursday night from a phabant vaca
tion absence of a few weeKH
Mb am Mas C D Ritchie are now
ensconced in their cosy new bungalow
borne on north 1st Htreet east
Walter McCarty who has been
few months in the west
spending a
less porous than that cut at other j
tlmes It has been proved that oaki ved in the cit lastaiuroay ana win
felled in the spring allowed water to
percolate throuch It In from two to
three hours while similar wood cut in
December was seeminly impermeable
There is a very im le irethrd of as
three hours while similar wood cut in
winter or in spring Th former con
tains floury particles -which turn blue
when tincture 01 iodide is pcurccl upon
them The latter 1 rescr it natural
tint or merrly bc cm a li tie darke
at the contact of iic pw Ycr
World
coii
visit awhile
J 11 Snyder who is running a mov
ing picture thow in Norton Kansas
came over to the city Werineeda on
matters of business
Mr and Mrs G II Watkins are
much interested in that young man who
came to their home and hearts Tues
day afternoon of this week
E S Byfield of the Indianola Re
porter was in town Monday securing
advertisements for the premium list of
the county fair association to be issued
by him soon
M i3s Lucy Young arrived from Cleve
land Ohio Tuesday on No 1 and with
her sister Mist Jennie who recently
came from Denver is a guests at the S
B Rankin farm on the Driftwood
Mios Emma Burrows principal of
one of the Fond du Lac W19 public
schools arrived in the city last Thurs
day night and wii spend her summer
vacation with her sister Mrs Herman
Pade
Clarence Peitygrove wife and two
children who have been tcuring in
Colorado in their automobile drove in
to the city Monday evening on their
way home to Oxford and were the
guests of his sister Mr9 E S Koller
over night
H C Clapp writes from Washington
that he and Mrs Clapp have been en
joying several days at the national cap
ital and with the assistance and courtesy
of Congressman Norris have been doing
a lively stunt in seeing places of inter-
1 est and sights there
Prof W R Eastman of Winona
Lake Indiana spent a few days in the
city guest of bis aunt Mrs E S Waite
this week He left Wednesday for
Denver and the coast He is a graduate
of Ames collpge and is a teacher in the
agricultural college at Winona Lake
Mrs W F Jones left on 14 last
Thursday night for SaliDa Kansas to
visit until Saturday the 17th when the
doctor will join her and they will pro
ceed to Ohio to the doctors old home
Returning west later via Chicago and
Omaha they will make Norfolk where
Mrs Jones will visit the homefolka a
couple of weeks
Mr and Mrs C T Eller formerly
of this city offtlate years of Long
Branch California are now at Hastings
oa a visit We are sorry to learn how
ever that Mr Eller is ill with an at
tack of typhoid fever He is receiving
every medical attention and nursing
and the case is progressing to date regu
lar andfaTorably
Mr and Mrs Howe Smith arrived
last Thursdayjnight from a visit to rel
atives at Atwood Kansas They drove
over to Atwood from Trenton and re
turned via the Orleans - St Francis
branch Howe Bays he never witnessed
such a marvelous wheat crop panorama
as is presented on the way over to At
wood and that corn in the Beaver val
ley coming home was simply Buperb
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