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PUIIblStlED KVIMrt HtllUV
Bntorcd M tho pout oRlco nt Hcd Cloud. Nob. a
econdcliBimall mtttor.
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Locul nilvcrtlnliiB f cctiln r lino icr Ivuo
Load AihcrtliliiK for cntertaliiinvtil", con
tertn,ofliil, etc., Riven by ctiiirchci, charitable
Mclctlei. etc.. whero nil moncya mImmi inero-
trom arc incil wholly for church or charitable
oclellc", tlmt ten lino frco and all over ten
Unci 3Sf coin per lino per Imiio.
Local mlvorilMng of cntcrtalnmciita. concert,
recltata, cir,, where per cent la jrlten to pro
tnotera, 6 cents per line per liwue.
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Onfi rolnmn ncr month 17 Ui
One half column icr month ......... 3 M)
One fourth column per month . .. . ... 1
(Icneral illnplaj' wltcrtlsliiR I 'i tent per
Inch tf Hsmic
Tin) terms of subscription for Editor
llryan's Commoner tiro cash in advance.
Hut don't send tin oiinco (if silver bul
lion or you wont got credit for but six
months.
King Edward of England can bo sure
of ono thing, tlmt Ids reign will not bu
as long us was tlmt of bis mother.
However whntit will lack in years inny
bo made up in ovontfiillness.
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According to Mr. Hryntis paper the
people of tho United States are divided
into two classes, tlio deserving mid this
undeserving, nil lie is t lio lender of tho
deserving class. However tho pnrt of
tho people ho condemns trc consider'
nbly numerous on cileotion dny.
P ttigrow could find congenial society
(by tho piiMlng'of next summer cm
tho Island of Guam in company with
IhoTngHl hnsttls who Iihtii been do
ported thero from the Philippine. Ho
might secure oinendv-inced ideas on
his pcriiiin brand of liberty which
would bu very beneficial to him in tho
future.
The Army of the United Sates will
lemalti in the noiglihniliood of tho 100,
(100 mat k only so long a tho conditions
inipsmtively demand it, ws ln'V do now.
After tin complete anil final pacillen
lion of tho Pullippines, which may rca
sonablv be e)oeted in two or three
years nt the outside, reduction will ho
made in tho military forces of the
country. Hut tho army will never
again bo t educed to tho low level of
tho time before the Spanish war. Tho
'-27,000 marl; in the downwatd move
ment will never bu reached.
The Mates which aio now conti oiled
by tin Uopublionns guio nineteen of the
twenty-nine extra nomheis of tho
houNo of lopiosentativos and tho elec
toral college which the Hinlctgh re-
uppoilionmout im-asinc provides, and
those now swacd b the democrats
get tell addition il iiiouibei Tne til
vision is as fair, however, us could htto
been made, and nojdeinocrat is opposed
to it on tho ground that it would dis
criminate against tils party. Tho re
publicans are in tho ascendant through
out tho country, and any scientifically
fair rcallntmoiit of members under tho
otisus of 1000 would be sure to benefit
tbein.it the expense of tho democrats.
A now rill established by the great
Pennsylvania system which promises
to bo adopted by other roads, announc
es that moil who weigh less than HO
pounds or moro than 180 pounds stand
no show of securing employment ns
tirctuun or brcakmen on their lines.
Nor may tho applicant for these po
sitions succeed who stand less than live
and ono half or more than six feet in
their stockings. Tlio youth who is
laying his plans to some day run n
train on one ot th" great railroads mtit
therefore b gin to itotoh up ami lie
careful and not stretch too far, a'ao lay
in tho kind of food that makes good
bune, s:i nig muscle and weight, yut
not eno t,;h to ovcido the matter.
Win. J Uryan, editor of our esteemed
contemporary, the Lincoln, (Nebr.)
Commoner, and one of the brightest
young writers of tho country weeklies
of our neighboring stato camo in this
afternoon. Mr. Bryan informs us that
crops look well in Ibis section, that ads
aio plenty, itid that subscribers tiro
bringing in a good deal of cord wood
and hay to square up their paper,
lobwork is a little shy just now, but
ho looks for u good many ;iiono bills
when spring opens up. William -J.'s
writings are uiikingjliiiii well known,
and we predict ih n bo will orontiiii y
tako a pi ic on soiim onterpriiing d til ,
Cill again, William Abilene, K ui.,
Kclloctor.
This is an ago of results. Tho man
or medium most in demand at this day
of keon competition is tho one that pio
duces most satisfactory iosiilts. A
farmer who sows a now kind of seed or
makes use of a now kind of fertilize r
waits for results. The mauufacluur
who Is employing u now patent or a
now method eagerly watohos result.
A very sick una in nuod ofiiuodical nil
vieo must h ivo a nhvstoUii, who will
produce iinuimliato, favirablCrestillF,
or ho will boon have no further need
for the services of a plnsioiin. I ho
biHine-is m in who is in huuiv'i of u
advoit'Miig iiiudiuiu invougii winch to
roach the public wants and 'demands
tho bust results.
Wit, tlio Chinese minis t, pis l.i
respects t i the mob which burnt d the
negro at.Leavcnwoith, Kits , in these
winds. "What do I think of lynching?
Well, that's stt icily an Ameilcaii in
st'ution China is tuc jcd of mnny
barhatlties, but lynching is not one of
llieni. Ho ilicd protesting innocence.
Guilty men don't do Unit. Tho dilll
cttily seems to bo that you regard tlio
negro as n savage and treat him ns
such. Ho feels himself an outlaw and
bohnves as such. Why not assimilate
him benovolont. Thero is only o e
way to lo this rind that is to make him
white, not in color, but in nature. I
would say encourage j negro men to
marry tho lower class of whito women
and your negroo women to marry the
lower class of whito mon. If this is
done tho negro in a few generations
would bo extinct. The crime for which
Alexander sultored is unknow in China.
It Is n crime that stirs men's blood."
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Tho tu inured cruiser Nebraska now
being constructed, will bo in cvoiy
way a credit to ibis great young state
whoso name she bears. Dining the
Spanish-Aineiican war much was
heat dot the armored cruisers Brook
lyn and Now Yotk, but.tho Nebraska
will ho as far ahead of them ns thov
were ahead of tho old sailing ships of
hfty years ngo. It will bo ono of tho
fastest ships in tho navy. The lieures
of tho armored erusicr Nebraska will
bo of interest to tho neoiilo of this
stnto: Length'of load water line, 135
feet; beam, 7(1 feet '2 inches; service
Misplacement, lO.'OO tons; mean
dtaught, SO 5 feet; speed in knots an
hour, ".2; complement olliccrs, seaman
and marines. 822. Tho limit of cost is
placed at $1,250,000. Six of these
hi mined cruisers ate being built, but
only tin oo are to have coppered hot-
loin, the Nebraska, tho California tiuii
the e..t Virginia.
Few farmer boys live who have not
at some time longed for the life of a
iiiiiroad man in sonio oapaoitv. The
quint solitude of the farm at many
time become- uksouul to the active
glowing joting miiid and body. Sight
of the huge mi I powciful engine to
cause tlio very earth to ticiulilc us it
moves oil' with its burden of almou in
conceivable weight, an I the thought
that within a tew bouts it will be sweep
ing powerfully noross distant plains
and atnongscenes land people unknown
tw tho wondering young mind, has
caused the heart of many, a man to
yearn for the varying scenes and ox
pet ietices of that life. It ha- its danger
ous ot uiiplonaiit side, howuver, as
has neatly every other avocation of
life, which is hidden fiom the mind of
tho young enthusiast, as lie j earns for
a change of the monoioiiv of the kind,
old faun Think twice or more before
yoii le-iNo the slower but in most cases
mote HiiiMarion life of tho farm tor
one that K to oii an tiutiied Held. If
you leave it, stick to jour new choeu
Held until joii b:ie climbed far up the
rocky hill, a winner.
Boar for Sale.
1 unv n fw choice thoroughbred
Plund China boars for sale cheap.
K. L Kawcett, Cowles, Ntbraska.
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1'Ik nio.'-t beautiful thing in
the world i the baby, all
ilinipKs and joy. The mobt
pitiful thing it that .same baby
thin and in pain. And tho
mother does not know that a
little fat makes all the differ
ence. Dimples and joy have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
fat, that was comfort and
color and curve-all but pity
and love--is gone.
The little one gets no fat
from her food. There is some
thing wrong; it is cither her food
or food-mill. She has had no
fat for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
little body of hers; and that is
gone. She is starving for fat;
it is death, be quick !
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the fat she can
take; it will save her.
The genuine han thlspkturcou
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li vii lntf nut trlc.l it. wuj
for r t- k.tmpic. in nxrccaulc
tu-u vill uipii!-e ou.
SCOTT St DOWNE.
Chomlsts,
lODPoarl St., N. Y.
MORTUARY.
AMMtKW O IIKIK1.
Ono bj ono they go This time wi
are called upon to chronicle the deaMi
of Andiew O. Beig, one of Ketl Cloud's
oldtstand be.stiespectcd litiz-ns, who
died last Tuesday January SUlh, alter a
long and painful illness of a eni-dumtlon.
Andiew O. Beig jviis born near Dtoti
lien, Norway, January 1st, 1819. He
came to America from his native coun
try in 1879. and settled in Alnmnkee
county, Iown. In 1873 ho wns married
to Miss Augusta Soverson, who died
tho same year. Ho was mart led Hgain
on May 1, 1873 to Miss Julia Uitigland
at Davenport, Iowa, who survives him.
Ho camo to Bed Cloud immediately
after his second martiage, at living
hero on May 8, 1878, and has lesidctl
hero ever since Ho has always been
very pioniiuent in business circles, a
good citizen, and ever ready to lend a
helping hand to one in need In the
early days during the first settlement
of the county ho was in great demand
as an interpieter, being nbio to talk
soino six or seven languages, and 'iis
always ready to help his fellow country
mon and others who could not speak
tho American language. Through his
ability to speak theso .several langunges
many foreigners, who otherwise could
have done nothing, havo been located
in this county. As a business mm lie
nlways stood in tho front ranks, and
has through his strictly honest methods
prospered exceedingly well. Up to tho
limoof his death ho was engaged in
tho boot and shoo business, being a
member of iho fit in of Berg & Smith.
Ho was a member in unod standim? in
live scciei Noddies, viz.- l.U O F,
M. W. A , A.O U W.. UcL'ieo of Honor
and Fraletnal Aid Association. By his
leque.Nt the Odd l-Viiowt, took chuigcof
tlio luueral services, which was panic!
paled hi oy the otliei lodges I'm tu
idiil set vice-, were iit-bi at tin Moth-! V. "" ""
odist church on TiiuiMlav afteiiioou
it 'J ii cool;. Tnc fiiucr tl addivss was
deliveied by ltev.J. II N.Cobb of tint
chut cb. 1'lie remains wi le followed tu
their last testing p. .ice by a huge on !
coins- of son-owing fi lends and i.li-
tnes. At the grave tho solemn Iniiitil.
lites of the Odd Fellows was given and
all that was mortal of Andiew Bem I
was consigned back to mother cattb
from whence it came.
Deceased leaves a wife, an adopted
son, one sister in this country and one
in his native land to mourn his loss,
and also a large host of fiiends. l'he
bereaved wife 1ms the sympathy of the
entire community.
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50c. and $1.0O
all druaslsts.
MIES MAHV IIANSKN.
Mrs. Maty Hun-en, wife of V. A.
Hansen, departed this life .January 27,
l'.lOt, at 12.15 a in. after a In lef illness.
Mis .Miiiy .lueolxcu was li'un in Di-n
in.iih, Kiinipe, on N.vnnlier 1, 18111
Sim came to Ametici in lbiW, and was
married to l'eter A. Hansen in Decem
ber 17, 1873. TnLs union was blest
with four cliildtcn, two of whom havo
gono before nnd two, Peter A., Jr. and
Mrs. Oliver SchalTnit, survive her.
Deceased came to this city with her
husband in 1884, and in connection
with her husband engaged in tho laun
dry business, which business they havo
successfully conducted over sinco. She
was a member of the Fraternal Aid
Association of this city. Tlio funeral
services were conducted roni tho resi.
deuce on Wednesday, January 30, and
tho remains wore laid nt rest in tho
Ued Cloud cemetory. Deceased leaves
a husb.iiid, t.vo children, and a largo
host of friends to mourn her loss. H
h. Sudor, paste rof tho Christian chinch
conducted the set vices.
MltS .11,'I.IA MKItlllMAN.
Mi.-. Julia MetrMii.m died at the
home of her son in law, Win (1. Ciopp
in Oxford Wednesday at 10 30 a. m.
Deceased was born in Winchester,
Vngi.ia in 1832. Sho c.itno to thisoity
in 188(1, and has test led hero most of
the time since. At the time of her
death she was visiting with her son-in
law. She was tho mother of Mrs (J. W.
Francis of this city and Will anil Chas.
Mathoney who livo at Campbell, Tlio
remains were brought to this city oti
Wednesday evening and tnken to tho
homo of Mrs. (J. W. Francis, her
daughter. Tho funeral services will bo
conducted from the residou:o to day
at 2 p.m. and tho remnins will bo
laid to rest in the Bed Cloud cemetery.
Low Rates, West and Northwest.
At a time ot cnr when ihoii,inds
will take ud vantages of them, tho Hurl
iugtou Route makes sweeping reduct
ions in i s rates to the West and North
westto Ulah, Montana, Washington,
Oregon ahd British Columbia.
'J.itcs: February 12, 10 and 20
March 5, 12, 19 and 211. Apiil 2, !), 10
23 and 80 Hates are tdiown below:
To Ogden, Salt Lake, Hutle, Helena,
Anaconda, and Missoula' $23.
To all points on tho Not thorn Pacific
Ky. west of Missoula, including Spo
kane, Sealile, Tacom i, Portland, as
well as Vancouver, and Victim la, B C.
$23.
To all pnliiisou iho SnUne Fills A:
Noitiiein and the Wti-luiigton A;
Co'unibin lliver U H $28.
Never has the P.idllii Nollhwest
bieu as propiiotis as now. Labor is
on constant demand and wages tiro
high. Tho money making opportuub
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We will commence our annual invoice about
February 17. To further reduce our stock
we will make special cut prices.
Ladies Fine Shoes.
In heavy welts and McKay at manu
facturers prices.
We have 31 pairs of Friedman liros.
$2.50 shoes which we will t- q
close out at pJ..OO
30 pairs of Hamilton-Brown $2.50 and
$3.00 shoes, lace or button. t- a q
narrow toe, to close at pJ-fco
iS pairs of ladies fine kangaroo calf
shoes, cheap at $2.00, sale 31 iK
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SPECIAL PRICES ON
DRBSS GOODS.
Linings free with dress goods over 50c
per yard.
6 yards Skirt lining.
1 1-2 yards Waist lining.
11-2 yards Duck.
Alberta Satines,
81 inches wide well worth 35c, sale
price 17c per yard.
Apron Ginghams 4, 5 and 6c.
Percales 7 and 10c.
Outing Flannels, special, 5,
6, 7, 8 and 10c.
Underwear.
Men's fleece lined unnerwear 75c per
suit. Ours is the best wear
offered for one dollar.
BLANKETS, we are out. That tells
the storv.
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T0r1ATCKa VFCAS J
GROCERIES.
I;ancy California Evaporated Peaches 5c.
Etrv P'ancv California Evauorated Peaches SJln.
Extra Pine California Evaporated Peaches 12c.
Silver Prunes 5c.
Nice California Evaporated Prur.es, 5c. .
Extra Fancy Evaporated prunes. 3 lbs. for 25c.
Good Coffee, 2 lbs. for 25c.
We sell Lebanon Flour, Red Cloud Flour, Riverton
Flour and Aniboy Flour.
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"What Shall We Have for Dessert?
This question arises in tho f.imily
every day. Lot lis answer it today.
Try Jell-O, a delicious desseit. Pre
pared in two minutes. No baking! add
hot wa.or and sot to cool. Flavors:
Lemon, orange rajpherry and straw
hoi ry. At your grocers, 10 cts.
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Aoents Wanted: We wnnt anact.
ivo 11 Kent in Hcd Cloud and vicinity to
icprcsunt I lie largest Evergreen Nur
series in tho U. S. A full line of hardy
fruits, shade and ornamental treo,
slirubs, etc. Four plans, pay weekly.
Addte.ss at once, Tho Elgin NutM-ries,
Eliiii, Illinois
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Oisease makes many a wotii.iu nrciu.i
turely old. Dark-riniined eyo, hollow
cheeks and wa.stcd form arc accompan
ied by lmtlcssiicsa and loss of nuibitiou.
Home duties arc a weariness, and social
pleasures have no attraction.
One of the commonest expressions of
women cured by
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip
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has made a new
woman of me."
There's n world
of meaning in the
words. It means
the sparkle
brought back to
the eyes; the coin.
plexion tinted
with the rosy biu
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the form round. .1
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graceful curves; the whole body radiant
with health.
Dr. Pierce's Pnvorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and .sick
women well. It dries debilitating
drains, heals inflammation and ulcera
tion and cures female weakness. It
makes new women of those prematurely
aged by disease.
"I)r Werce'n mnlicines nre the best I have
eer usej," writes Mrs C Neloii. of Cltctnnwa,
Marion Co, Oregon. .Mv health was bailly
run down when I ronsiilttd him tiy letter. My
limbs were cold nml my hi-nil hurt me cnutinn
ally 1 was o iienuus tint the least lltinc
oulil startle ine nlmot into convulsions. I hail
pilplntiou of the In-art .o 1ml that I coulil
scarcely walk wimetliues I fetl utterly illscouiv
nRcil. tml two IkjuIcs of lir l'lercc'i. l'ajrile
)rciicriillnii ami one of 'OoltU-ii Meillcnl J)lk
icncry' mailc u new uman out of inc "
Dr. Pierce's Cotimiou Sense Medical
Adviser ih Riit tree on receipt of stamps
to pay epi use id tuuilitig only. Send
21 one-cent sumps for the book in paper
covers, or 31 stamp for it in cloth bind
ing. Address t.Pr. K. V. Pierce, No. 663
Main Street, llufTulo, N. Y.
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IN FORMA TION
Is what everybody is looking for. In
formation about what they want to buy.
They all read the papers. If you want
their trade tell them about what you have
iui Liieui. iiyouraus taiK business and 2
you do as you advertise you will get their
pau uiiage. if
We can nrenare the rnnv tli ,a,,m:.-i,,.. 2
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can get it the before the people, you take
care of the trade.
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