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During December
During the month of December t
in our store will be sold at a discount of 20 per
cent Including our large and
Superb Stock of
HOLIDAY CHINA
and remember we have everything in both
Domestic iiul Imp l i t i tul Hdnd
Pimted Chinaware embracing
American and English Dinner Sets
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BERRY SETS
FANCY PLATES
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jxi2 Smith A mmster Rus be t grade reduced from
2503 to 2000
27x34 reduced to 2dD 36x72 1 educed to t
All other sizes reduced proportionately
Prices Good Only to
January list
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The Leaders in Low Prices
Christmas Bags Made of Ribbons
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If Athena revisits her proteges the
spinners and weavers the divinity
must rejoice at the products of their
looms Even a goddess might wonder
at the beauty and splendor of ribbons
In them the colorist indulges his dain
tiest and most gorgeous fancies This
allows their use in dress accessories
giving to the toilette a touch of that
splendor dear to women
Just now the vogue of the fancy
hand bag nearly all of them made of
brilliant ribbons helps solve the prob
lem of selecting a Christmas gift Bags
are always a good choice but never
so popular as now Six new ones are
shown here made of various kinds of
ribbon No 1 is a vivid rose colored
confection made of brocaded and plain
satin ribbon Two panels of brocade
are set together with a puff of the
plain ribbons The ribbon is rounded
at the top and the edges and seams
finished with tiny blue glass beads
strung on a thread wire A casing is
mn in about the top and narrow satin
ribbons serve to close and suspend
the bag It is finished with two little
bead tassels at the sides
No 2 is a bag of black moire lined
with deep purple faille ribbon It is
decorated with tiny roses made of
ribbon in purple and old gold and
- - jjreen sewed flat to the
frj Jpiall blacK silk tasscis finirh
the Lt It is suspended with narrow
purple satin ribbon terminating in
little rosettes of loops
No 3 pictures a brilliant flame-colored
bag made of four strips of satin
ribbon and four cf gold gauze ribbon
Narrow satin ribbon suspends the bag
j terminating in ends finished with a
rosette at each side A tassel made
of the narrow ribbon finishes the bot
tom The bag is drawn up by an elas
tic cord run in a casing about the top
No 4 This lovely handbag is made
of brocaded faille ribbon showing dark
red and purple roses and dull green
foliage on a black ground It is lined
with dark red and bound with old gold
braid A loop on the flap fastens over
a button covered with the gold braid
Gold thread tassels and a gold cord
finish the bag
No 5 This new aeroplane hand
kerchief bag is made of pink Dresden
ribbon with printed flowers It con
sists of six lengths shirred over sup
porting wires It is tied with narrow
pink satin ribbon and suspended by
this with rosettes of loops finishing
the ends
No C A bag of brocaded satin is
iined with dark natier blue faille rib
bun and finished with many loops and
ends at the sides of narrow blue
satin ribbon It is drawn up at the
top by a casing through which the
narrow ribbon is run
Julia Bottomley
DOGS HUNT THE TRUFFLES
Kow That Table Delicacy Is Obtained
Vith Their Assistance
in France
Truffles like mushrooms belong to
the family of the fungi but are a dis
tinct and very peculiar genus They
are cryptogamic plants and
that of a pecan to that of a ducks
egg Their surface is watery and cov
ered with a skin Their exact meth
od of growth is not precisely known
They are of course regarded as
great luxury by the epicure
Truffles are mentioned by Juvenal
Pliny Plutarch and Martial The
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THE JEWELERS
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Best On Earth
This is the verdict of It J Howell
ean their position underneath the soil of - who boughtFoleys Hon-
varying from two to three inches
two feet in depth
to c anu iar uompouna ior rns wue
Her cas was the worst I have ever
They have no root stem or leaf seen and looked like a sure case of
and vary in color from light brown consumption Her lungs were sore
to black They are sometimes glob- an1 she COUghed almost incessantlj
uiar in lorm ana vary in size irom
anu her voice was hoarEe and weak
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound
brought relief at once and less than
three bottles effected a complete
a cure A MoMilln
We wish to call you attention to
the fact that most infectious
enian epicures were acquainted with es such as whooping cough diphth
them and a story is told of a bon vi- eria ajia SCarlet fever are contract-
vant who freed a whole family of
slaves who had invented a delicious
method of preparing them
France has the credit of producing
the finest truffles Dogs are common-
ly bred to search for them
ed when the child has a cold Cham
berlains Cough Remedy wilL quickly
cure a cold and greatly lessen the
danger of contracting these diseases
This remedy is famous for its cures
The method of breaking these of colds It contains mo opium or
dogs is to give them for a time pieces other narcotic and may be given to
of truffles every morning before they a child with implicit confidence Sol
are allowed to partake of any otheri yy ay druggists
iooa Alter a certain penou wnen
their appetite for truffles increases
pieces are hidden in the ground and
they are made to find them Thus
they are gradually taught their busi j
ness though it often takes as long as
IS months before a dog becomes skill i
ed in the art
In some parts of France Poitoul
Magners groceries meet fully
the pure food law requirements
Mrs J M Edmiston mciblier
of Ray Edmiston the Union Cen
tral Life insurance man was in
stantly killed in Lincoln Wed-
and Perigold for instance pigs are nesday by being struck and run
trained for truffle hunting and by
seme they are deemed to be better fit j
ted for the work than dogs
Blind Girls Poultry Yard
Recently the writer had the pleas i
ure of meeting a young Scotch girl
who though almost blind is active and
accomplished to a very remarkable
degree One of her principal interests
is her poultry yard and there her ali
most unaided efforts have met with
truly wonderful success
Her yearly balance sheet shows sub
stantial and increasing profits while
the care of her birds proves a source
of much interest and provides a good
deal of healthy outdoor exercise She
keeps careful and accurate accounts a
Braille slate being used for memoran
da She uses a typewriter for corre
spondence Feathered Life
Preparing the Ground
Here is one domestic servant who
did not intend to lose her place or
her perquisites through any lack of
frankness with her employer
Cook on the day of her arrival
Please mum Im a bit fierce at times
and when Im fiery Im apt to be a bit
rough spoken but you neednt let that
put you out With a little present you
can always bring me round again
over by an automobile
City Council Meeting
Minutes of regular meeting Le
cember 11th The mayor and
eouncdl met in regular session
Present Mayor MeAdams
eilmen Stansberry Middleton and
Brown Minutes of previous meet
ing read and approved
The following bills were read
and approved and on motion or
dered paid
Ed Fitzgerald 55 00
Jim riarmon 55 00
Welsbach Lighting Co 154 00
McCook Electric Co 93 73
Same 8 70
Lacy Cotton 3 00
V Gunderman 5 55
J A Wilcox Co 1 75
Barnett Lumber Co 1 80
Prank Amann 2 00
John Eckstedt 75 25
P M Kiinmell 16 05
A N Shepherd 2 75
Neb Telephone Co 9 25
Charley Cross 17 25
Fred Sehlagel 65 00
IT N Rosebush 152 98
L DeOroff Co- 8 75
E C Underbill o5 00
I A Underbill 50 00
II P Wait Co 2 20
Same o 00
McCook Ildw Co 30
Pade Furniture Co 2 00
V Gunderman 10 M
David Diamond S3 33
Fire warrants of 2 each as fol
lows
J A liousli E Sinner R W Mc
Brayer Lee Wccittoii Ohas R
Knowles Floyd Berry II E Dur
ham R D Ileskett C A Leach
Following fire claims of 3 each
Paul Perrenoud AY F Gollohon L
E Ilegenbi rger A Loshbaugh A
J Dillon Joe Vincent C A DeLoy
E L Hawkins
The following business was tak
en up
Bnd of F M Kimmell was
read and on motion approved
Bond of J S LeTIew as police
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magistrate was read Moved by
Stansberry seconded by Middle
ton to be laid over until a fu
ture meeting
Police judge s report read Mov
ed and seconded that same be ac
cepted Carried
Treasurers report read and
filed
Moved by Brown and seconded
by Stansberry that the bond of
the First National bank of Mc
Cook given in accordance with
the provisions of ordinance No
212 be approved as to form of
bond and sufficiency and number
of sureties Motion carried
A sidewalk resolution by Stans
berry was on roll call unanimous
ly adopted
A telephone complaint resolu
tion by Middleton was unanimous
ly adopted
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