THE FIRST BABY. Its Coming is Lookod Forward to "With Both Joy and Fear and its Bafo Arrival is Hailed With Prido and Delight by All. Tho arrival of tlio first lmhy In tho hoiJBohold to tho happiest and most Im portant event of married life. Tho yotmR rvifo who is to become- a mother doHghta to think of tho happiness in storo for her ivhen tho littlo ono shall ncstlo upon her breast and latterly eho flhall hoar it lisp tho Bwoot and holy name, "mother." Uut her happy anticipation quickly van ishes when sho realize tho terrible pain and suffering through which sho must pass wliilo bringing tho littlo ono Into tho world. An ftideHcrlbablo four of tho innger attendant upon tho ordeal noon dissipates hor Joyfulncra. ThousamlB of women liavo learned by oxporlcnco that thoro is absolutely no necctwity for tho Bufferings which at tend child-birth; they know that by the uso of "Mother's Friond" a Bcien tifio liniment for n few weeks boforo the trying hour, expectant mother can to prepare thcmBolvoa for tho final hour that the pain and Buffering of the ireodod ovent are entirely obviated and It in safely passed through with com paratively littlo discomfort. All women aro Interested, and es pecially oxpoctant mothers who for tha first timo have to undergo this trial, in iucharcmody;forthoy know tho pain and suffering, to any nothing of tho dan ger, which Is In store for them. "Moth er's Friend" is woman's greatest bles ilng, for it tnkes hor safely through the leverest ordeal of her life. Every woman ihould bo glud to read tho littlo book "Before Haby is Horn," which contains Information of great value to all. It will bo sent free to nny ono who sends their address to Tho liradfleld ltegu Intor Co., Atlanta, Ga. R. D. BEDFORD, Rr.Ai. - Estate, - Insurance ANI COLLECTIONS. Agent lor tho Kotitaiilk IjIkk Assuu anokSooikty. FRED E. McKEEBY, M. D. Surgeon B, 6? M. R. R. ompany, and V. S. Penson Surgeon. City and country calls promptly an swered tiny or night. OkfickovkkLinhsky's Mkat Maiikf.t nioiit calls at oiwcb. Dr. E. A. Crkigiiton, Honorary (iraduntu As Silver Meilalist Western University, Canada. Calls Answi:kki Day ami Nioiit. Orrrcr. Oven Cook's 1'iiaiimacv. J. S. EMIG-H, 33KNTIST. PAINLESS DENTISTRY IK YOU WANT IT. Crown Q Bridge Work or Teelh Without l'latei POltCKLAIN INLAY And all tho latent Improvement lu dental rooch antsra I. 1J.COLV1N, REAL ESTATE FARM LOANS. Lock llox si. (iiildc Hock, Neb." All kinds of property bought, sold and exchanged. COLLKCTIOXS MA1K TliltMs IIKAMIXAIILK OVERMAN iV- BLACK I.E DOE RTTORNEYS - HT - L.HW. Office over lit Otttcc. UVAi CLOUD, NKHKASKA. Chimney brick, Cistern brick, AND Foundation Brick. Ludlow Bros. SOUTH SIDEi SAMPLE ROOMS. JOHN POLNICKY, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN .Vines, . Liquors, California randies. PABSTMILWAUKEE'Beer ALWAYS.ON TAP. fl IdMS WMlKt ALL HSfc tAiLVp1 ISA Hurt Coiwh Syrup. Tii-mIioihI, trupjl Prl III llmo. Howl tv druniriM. Ji Council Proccding. Council met at Fireman hall pursu ant to adjournment on May I, with tho mayor and all aldermen present. Minutes of Jast meeting wero read and approved. Upon motion council adiotirncd to the court house to hoar evidonco on rcmonstratico against issuance of li cense to M. M. Stem. Council reconvened at court houso with all aldertnon present. Miss KullogK was engaged ns sten ographer to take testimony in case The remonstrance was read by tho attorney for tho rcmonstrntors. Tho first charge, tho legality of tho bond, was argued by tho attorneys, the attorney for tho rumnnslratois al leging that a guarantoo bond was no good, mid tho attorney for the pe titioner contended that a guarantee bond was good in nny case whore a bond was required, nnd after listoning to tho arguments oifcred tho council overruled tho objection and approved and accepted tho bond. Council then proceeded to listen to testimony of witnesses on tho other charges until O.-flO p.m. when a recess was taken until 7 p.m. Council reconvened at 7 p.m. with all moaibers present. Hearing of testimony resumed until 10:25 p.m. when it was requested by attorn oy for remonBtrators that caso bo continued until Saturday morning, and upon motion tho council decided to continue with the hearing of evi dence. After examining a fov moro witness es the defenso rested, nnd after hear ing the arguments advanced tho coun cil retired to the jury room to rondor a loeisioti. Council returned tho following mo tion which was adopted. That from the evidence adduced on the hearing of the remonstrance tiled against the issuance of a licenso to soil malt, spiritous nnd vinous liquors byM. M. Stern in Red Cloud Nebraska, the council hnds each and every allegation in tho remonstrance to bo not snstninod by tho oridenee and that tho rcmonstranco bo over ruled. That upon compliance with the laws and upon the payment of tho sum of $1,000 into tho city treasury by Mycr M. Stern, a Ihonso bo issued to said Myer M. Stern to soil malt, spiritous, and vinous Illinois as prayed for in liis petition .). K Mercer, attorney for rcmon strators gave notice of appeal. Council then adjourned to meet on Satin day, May 5. Council met on Saturday pursuant to adjournment, and tlieio being no quorum present adjourned to meet on Tuesday, May 8th. Council mot pursunut to adjourn ment on Tuesday, May 8th. Minutes of tho lust meetiug were read and approved. T. .J. Ward appeared boforo tho board and requested that some action be taken in regard to city scnlos and motion prevailed that it bo declared the sense of this council that the loca tion of ajnihlie scales on he streoto of the city of Red Cloud be granted, the ONnct loealion thei rof to be determined by the council as soon as funds am raised to buy same. I.. A. llaskins appeared before coun cil and leqiiested permit to build shed to his bant Permit denied. Request of .Ins. Peterson for a per mit to build extension to his building on tho corner of Fourth avenue and Webster street was donicd. Council adopted cstimato of expen ses for ensuing year which will bo found in nnothor column of this issue. Tho mayor and ojty clerk woro in structed to correspond for prices on material for the water works exten sion and the time for receiving bids was extended to May UUIi. The stteet commissioner was ordered to have all fences removed which were M't out in the street and have the -.nine put on th- collect line On motion tho water commissioner was itisiiueted to collect tho annual water rates by June loth, and to cut oil the water in all, cases where full .settlement i not modo on or befuro that date. Council adjourned to meet Saturday May 12th. Thirty years ngo tho 10th day of tho picsent.nionth the first houso was built in Webster county. It was located southeast of town near tho Republican river about twenty rods east of the oriugo. u was outu by wbat was known as tho Rankin coony, of which I). McCallum and E. Peters aro the only inombcrs remaining in this vicini ty. It has been suggested to tho Sig nal that it would bo a good plan to have n picnic annually on tho abovo date in celebration of tho occasion and wo beliovn if a littlo active work was done tho first one might bo held this month nnd arrangements made for a more elaborate allair next year and tho following years. Tho Signal would suggest that Messrs. McCallum and Peters form themselves into a commit tee to give the matter a shove mid see what can bo done toward a celebra tion tins year. (iitide Rock Signal -I'itu ki.i Ami Hit ikiis cures tlie kut (leys, icgul.itcs (he nver, tones up the stomach and pun lies tho bowels'. Sold by C. h. Coiling. S' lALESWOMEN understand Constantly on their feet whether well or ill. Compelled to smile nnd be agreeable to customers while dragged down with some feminine weakness. Backaches and head aches count for little. They must keep going or lose their place. To these Mrs. Pinkhnm's help Is offered. A letter to her nt Lynn, Mass., will bring her advice free of all charge. Miss Nancib Show., Florence, Col., writes a letter to Mrs. Pink ham from which we quote : "I had been in poor health for some time, my troubles hav ing been brought on by standing, so my physician said, caus ing serious womb trouble. I hnd to give up my work. I was just a bundle of nerves and would have fainting spells at monthly periods. I doctored nnd took various medicines, but " li-'rk'cOaHii J? ni iwgsmm T cnnMM fit uVttrJl- 4 i3 Mmm medicine. . for Kan., . 1 KW VI 1 1 11 BaaaaaaaaMaaM v. - rsivvsui mTt "k7nk lO-Iiaaaatfl mk .aaaaaaBPSMRaSrYVVMrXa left ovary being so swollen and sore that I could not move without pain. Now, thanks to your wonderful medicine, that tired feeling is all gone, and I am healthy and strong." BLUE HILL. Mr. Rowlands visited with Rev. Geo. Hummel last Thursday nnd Friday and brought some Lino seed corn home with him. John Picl is busy listing and will soon havo in over 100 acres of corn. Jesso McCoy has his ground all disced ready to list and in this way has it in better shape for a crop. Mr and Mrs. Waterbury spent Mon day with Mr. McCoy's family. The Welsh people of Blue Hill neigh boihoud who were intending to visit Wales aro about to tho end of their j'jurney. We still have grand showers-. If we have such showers in July and August wo will have to build extra granaries and corn.cribs. Wheat is getting over tho "la grippe." There was a social in tho M. K. church Tuesday evening Ice cream and cake were served and af tet wards all visited the art gallery in connection, which was a grand success as it brought many lino ideas into-play. Tirey real ized from tho supper about seven dol lars. Tho school teachers wero very prominent at tho ico cream socials, The pupils of tho Bluo Hill high school aro beginning to talk of the coming examination and outsiders of tlio closi ig exercises. Charles Waterbury is busy putting a brick foundation under his residence. Some of tho fai mors tako advantage of tlfO wet- weather and are taking their hogs to market while they are a good price. Special Exclusions- Juno 21st, July 7 to 10 inclusive, July 18th and August2d,toDcnvor,ColoradoSprings, Pueblo nnd Glcnwood Springs, Colo rado, Salt Lake City and Ogdeu, Utah, Hot Sprincs, Spcattish, Dcadwond and Custer, S. 1)., and to Sheridan, Wyom ing. Ono faro plus $2.00 for round trip, final return limit October 'list. F.stes Park, distant from Denver lifty miles as the crow Hies, is readied by top lsiirlington uouto Denver to iyons, thenee stage into the park. The park itself hemmed in by big snow-capped peaks ami laced with siheiy trout streams l an ideal resoit. Fare Di-n vet to Kstos Paifc .111(1 tetuin 'i OK A CoNOVLit, Agent. 5100 Reward $100 Tho readers of this paper will bo pleased Jo learn that there is at least one dreaded diseaao that science has been ablo to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure isthe only positive euro known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho system, thereby destroying tho foundation of tho disease, and giving tho patient strength by building up tho constitution and 'assisting nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they olTcr Ono Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Addtess, F J. Chunky & Co .Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75o Hall's Family Pills aieihe best. A pretty down east young school m t'uiii Imping to M-ciire nn ctilur .it ti ii!-ti'.( i- .it Keliodl, pioimi d I. :i tbe Hi's' c!mI:ii at sebool eiy linn n ing and now the big boys havo taken to t ousting on the fence all uight. what torture is. WOMEN WHO EARN THEIR LIVING got no relief, nnd when 1 wrote to you I could not walk more than four blocks at a time. I followed your ndvicc, tak ing Lydia E. Pinkhnm's Blood Purifier in connection with the Vegetable Com pound and began to gain in strength from the first. I am getting to be a stranger to pain and I owe it all to your There ij none equal to it, I have tried many others be fore using yours. Words cannot be said too strong in praise of it." Miss Polly Frame, Meade, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham I feel it my duty to write you in regard to what your medicins has done for me. I ennnot praise it enough. Since my girlhood I had been troubled with ir regular and painful periods and for nearly five years had suffered with falling of the womb, and whites. Also had ovarian trouble, tho SCHOOL NOTES. Last Friday the base ball nine of our high school went to Guide rock and played with their nine, but returned homo with tho news of their own de feat. Lnwrcnco Pierce mndo his appear ance on the bull ground tho other day and atetmpted to bat up a few llies but rtc y all turned into fouls. Karl Pond gavo the seniors a very pleasant reception last Friday even ing The time was largely taken up in erokinolo playing. "Ethel Hosmer was champion. They weie well enter tained ami all report a good time. The scniots have Miccetdcd in h1 curing tint &ci vices of Rev. Hussong to preach their class seinion which will take place tho first Sunday after com mencement in the Chiistian chinch. The seniors are btiy picpniirg their hoi'b.irittius and botanical specimens to hand in. A Sotkn Indian printer, in making up tho fcrms one day got a marriage notice and a gtocery stoic local mixed and it read something as follow;: "John Knox and Mary Beau wero ono dav last week united in bonds of holy saner kraut by the quart or band. .Mr. Knox is one of our well known codfish at tin cents per pound, ni d thc.lnide Mi-s Iti-ttn hits some til o pigs feet which will bo sold clieapir than at any store in town " What Do the Children Brink. Don't give them tra or crtl'eo. Have 3 on tried t li- new food drink called Grain O? It is delicious and noutish- inir and takes the place of colTco. Tho more Grain-0 you give tho children tho more health you distribute through their pystenis. .Grain-0 is mado of pure grains and when properly pre pared tastes like the choice tirades of coffee but costs about one-fourth as much. All grocers sell it, lflc and 25c. Kilurnto Your Ituwrls M'llli C uieurotn. Cumly Ciitn "-til care t-oiiNtip.it Ion forever lOc.i'ic lf( P C fail, lMi.vihisrir"tiii money USE PRICKLY ASH BITTER5 .FOR KIDNEY DI8EA8E, 8TOM- AOH TROUBLE, INDIQEB kTION. LIVER DISORDER OR a CONSTIPATION. news 1 In every town and village may be had the Mica Axle Grease that makes your horses glad. F- H1 fltV kL nrm 1 Wit 3. v Mude I' Hlundurd (III lu. The Way to Go to California Is in a tourist sleeper, personally con ducted; via tho Burlington Route; You make fast time. You sco tho finest scenery on the globe. Your car Is not so expensively fur nished as a palace sleeper, but it Is just as clean, just as'coinfortnblo, just as good to rido In and nearly 820.00 cheaper. It has wile vestibules; Pintsch gns; high backed scats; a uni formed pullninii porter; clean bedding; spacious toilet rooms; tables and a heating rargo. Being strongly nnd heavily built, it rides smoothly; is warm in winter andjcool in summer. In cliargo of oach excursion party is an uxpcrlusicod excursion conductor who accompanies it right through to Los Angeles. Cars leave Omaha, St. Joseph, Lin coln aud Hastings every Thursday, ar riving San Francisco following Sunday, Los Angeles Monday. Only thrco days from the Missouri river to tho Pacific coast, including n stop-over of 1 hours at Donver and 2 hours at Salt Lake City two of tho most interesting cit ies on tho continent. For folder giving full information, call at any Burling ton Route ticket office, or write to J. Francis, Gen'l Passenger Agent Omaha, Neb. Shake Into Your Shoes. Allen's Foot Ease, a powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet, ingrowing nnils, and instantly takes tho sting out of corns and bunions. It is tho greatest comfori discovery of tho age. Allen's Foot Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous, and hot tired, nclting feet. Try it to day. Sold by all druggists and shoo stores. By inril for 2!io in stamps. Trial packago free. Address Allen S. Olmstcad, Lcro.y, N. Y. Try Graln-Ol Try Grain-Ol Ask your grocer today to show you a packago of Grain-O, tho now food drink that tnkes tho place of coffee. Tho children may drink it without in jury asjwell ns the adult. All who try it, like it. Grain-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is mndo from pure grains, nnd tho most delicnto .stomach receives it without distress One-fourth tho price of coffee. 15o and 2oc per packago. Sold by all grocers. ,s,?.J?t. -?.?. VamsVi.s-n. 'A You need not lose flesh in summer g if you use the proper means ! to prevent it. You think j you can't take SCOTT'S i EMULSION in hot weather, but you can take it and di 9 gest it as well in summer as .' in uinfpr If ic not like the $ " : ; ,. . " ". v"l : piain cou-uver on, wnicn is $ J difficult to take at any time. ' If you are losing flesh, '4 you are losing ground and a ie you need ? J Scott's Emulsion 9. 1 and must have it to keep up 2 your flesh and strength. If you have been taking it and prospering on it, don t tail to I continue until you are thor 9 oughly strong and well. 50c. and J1.00, ill druggists. jK SCOTT & BOWNE, ChtmlsH, New York. $v-v.-,)Vv.-v-,K-,v.-' Eai PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Clfinin aud brtuiinct tb hair. 1'rmm.t.i a luiurljnt crowth. Mover i'.IU to llcstore Oray iinir to ita loiiuiiui voior. Curt, .rain ditB.ti ft liair talhDg. TIMETABL)- .. l !.CI, A-;. . . - 1 1.I.7.I (.IUf.l'iO St. J OK KANSAS CITY S'l. LOUIS utul all points ca.il ana south. liKSVtir llb'LEXA itcriK SAL'I LAKH t" PORTLAND S.IA FR.WGISCU and' all points west. THaiMa leave as rotLowg; No. J3. IiuetiKer dally for Oberlln anilHt. KrMiclibraiicb.ei.Ox, ford, Mccook, DcuTerand all polnti wct 8:15 a.m. No. 14. Pacnger dally fpr St. Joe, Kama City. Atchison, at. Louli. Lincoln via Wymore aud all polnti cast and noutb 8:40 a.m No. 17. Pttenger. dally, Denver, all polnuln Colorado, UUh and California..-..-........- 8:40p.m No. 18. ttpwr.""..-.". Jo' inula and all uolnti east and outb -.- 10 :S0 a.m No 144. Accommodation, dally except Sunday. Haatingi, Grand U land, Olack UUIi and all point In tho northwest. HOOp.m No. 143. Accommodation, dally except Sunday, Oberlln, Kansai, and Intermediate statlotis, via Ho publican - .la.oup.m 01. Krclgbt, dally, Wymore and St. Joo and Intermediate No. j miction polnti isiiap.ra KrclRbt, imlly for Hoptibllcnn orlinim. Oxford ntulall point No. 63. went 10:40s.re No. BO. VrclKlit, dally except Suiidny for Wymore nnd all point earn a . I.r a.m No, IT3, Krolslit dally lo Oxford and Intermediate points li.Tup.m SlecpliiB, illiilnif, and reclining ctmlr rare, (n'HtH free) on through trains. Ticket t-old nmt Iihrkoko checked to any point In tho Unite) StaickurCaiiinlA. For liifnrniuilon. time tatilfH, map or ticket cull on or ntlilrt' A. t'unoer. Agent. Hed Cloud, Nelir. or J. KrauolB, Ceiicrul 1'iun'tigct Agent Omaha, Nebraska, BUSINESSJAILDRE Is Frequently Caused by the Worry Attendant On Dyspepsia. If you would win in the Battle of Life you must have a clear brain, keen senses, perfect vigor, shrewdness, en ergy and ambition. Dyspepsia kills these needful quali ties. You can't succeed If you arc con stantly tortured by dyspepsia or indi gestion. But you can get rid of dys pepsia, Indigestion, biliousness, sour stomach, or any other ailment of stom ach or digestive organs by simply taking one or two of Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal. With a perfect digestion go a strong, healthy body, a clear, capable brain, vigor, ambition, determination, ener gy, activity, keen, alert senses. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets ensure all these. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets have nev er failed to cure any or all of the dis eases named when they have been fairly tried. They cannot fall. Dr. R. B. Strong, New York City, writing In the American Journal of Health, describes Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy which could not possibly be more efficacious though it emanated from a council of the leading physicians of the world. AGRICULTURAL LAND SEEKERS rAWssiiK? ti nave tlmp nd money ami Im prove iliplr con- ,5r.7-r' AMPfli.'teK? r INK r. W: r k1i"'1 I lrlrrt rnri If t1nm tn ttiu union ir ineir PFREE HOMESTEAD LANDS in wtaitrtn uanaua Secure for youm If ami j our fond n lierlt Kf, coKilnit )ni iiothlntf In tliecourto uf nfr-)iarnlt lll YIELD YOU A COMPETENCE an It linn done tliomnnili nf others who fnlllnK cNcu hcle, today hurt- comforta ble liorncK Yield of wheat l ihenonicnal and prlcct thn hlifhcat, owing to eitra quality of irraln and LOW RAILWAY RATES THAT EXIST.. CUmato healthy, fuel plentiful and taiefl merely nom inal. Write for particular and experience of farmert to thencarett aeent of the Canadian flovemment or Supt. or ImmlKiatlon, Ottawa, Canada, or to XV. V. BENNETT, Canndlan Government Aiient. o)l .Si'" York J.ifu lliilUllliK. Omnhfi, Neb. A CHICHESTER'S CNQLISM Pennyroyal pills jVV u ...,,r,l,"' ""d ""I (Jenulne. W-'.JfPHVlU Al.mniiiii. I.H.tlr. OriKflit r.r i;muni.M i.it'.s i;.(;i.lN!I lu I(K1 ittil (ic.1,1 mtuliu- tot,, aeil.) wlihLliMtlMain Tiil.r no other. Itcru.o Iaii3i-rnu Suh.lllutlnna und Imlln- llnw. IluT nl vttur Ilruff.tif aw tn, .In. in lamn. 1 f.r I'urt leiilp.ri. Tr.tltnnnlnl. 0 1 " It, lit t f.ir l.u.lli , ttlitr, I). r- lUPlI f.tll. I ll.llill, I i.lllriinUli hl-l . ... afciHonlMucr. Mnill..i.il,url-.1'IIII.A.. l-.V. Our Coat is SUPERIOR COLORADO COAL. STILI. SKI.L AL TIIK SAMK OLD I'UICKS Waqon Soales Back of Offioe. Buy mid sell Buluil Hay, Corn, O.its Millet, Barley, Ktc. Full lino of Flour nnd Feed on band. W. B. ROBY, No. 1 Tiukii Av. Phone No. Gl MM) '?,? O. A, OOAnZ, lilacUsmitliiiiK - find - Repairing I Ol' MS. KINDS, HORSESHOEING. S.VTISKACriON (St'AltANTi;i:i). Tlio best collars mado tiro to bo littd of us. Neck comfort for your horse is es sential, if you expect him to do Rood work. An ill-liuing, pomiy.miulo collar is n sotirco of continual irrita tion to tlio hrrso. For HORSe-COLr-KRS tiro mndo with a vlow to comfort, dur ability, and jjooil nppoarance. Wo will soli you THE FINEST HRRNGSS nvorytlmij fompUti', for yfiur mi . Good for hanl worn, good for show oi-C'isioiis J. O. Butler, the harness m '-ft mm - lis rcPIiiJ j m, -ra-'. rSnl.h Um . I- 1 H7 kii'lif Minkki, i. IP I ,.tfi, dtK-hU.aW-l 1 1 in-' . ",'irri 3 .1 1 aa I t 1 1.1 M.Pi."irjftrii irnirxii 11U1".1 r i umcLWMmnrn , . zac2mmw&r "ara-: r MmfmeWrW i 1 &t&smmi&3 1 -isSSSiC--' :-jm T1 M S V -i R"''SW,A -&. iwa!iH''r