CASH ! CAHS ! CASH !
WE "WISH TO SAY TO
That as we have no high-salaried book keepers to pay ,
no "bacLdebts to loose , and no large debts to carry at
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a heavy expense of interest , etc. , and that Jby
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Than any other Finn ever offered Goods at in
Red Willow County !
A PARTIAL PRICE LIST.
"Prairie Eose" [ New Process ] Flour. "Warranted.
Per hundred weight $2.25
Arbuckles Coffee , 6R > s. for 1.00
Light "C" Sugar , 131bs. for 1.00
LAWNS ! LAWNS ! Lawns ! Per'yard 7c.
TEA ! TEA ! Tea ! From
REMEMBER !
We will pay the HIGHEST market price for PEODUCE in
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WILCOX BROS.
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I have for sale some of
the FINEST UPLAND in
RED WILLOW COUNTY.
For terms and particn-
lars
KNELL
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Ice Cold Lemonade , Ginger Beer , Pop , Nuts ,
CHOICE CIGARS , CANDY , ETC ,
BILLIARD and POOL TABLE. CALL and ENJOY YOURSELVES
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The McCoDk Tribune !
SUBSCRIPTION $2 PER YEAR.
TRADE IN SEA-SHELLS.
Bliapc , Size , Color and Characteristic *
In Endless Variety.
[ 8k Louis Globe-Democrat ]
The trade in shells is growing to such
proportions as to form one of the lead
ing branches of industry in not a few
quarters of the world. Shells are the
growth of animals , being exuded from
their bodies and hardened by the action
of the air or water , are always in layers ,
and in shape , size , color and character
istics are in endless variety. The shells
of the strombus and triton are used for
horns , trumpets , lamps , vases and gen
eral ornaments ; other shells are used by
fishermen for ladles and spoons , others
still in the manufacture of boxes and
bangles. The painter's mussel is used to
hold gold and silver colors , while in
China the shell of p'acuna placenta
serves as a substitute for glass.Cowries
are still used for money in parts of
Africa and India , while in Europe many
kinds are used lor- buttons , and some
even for jewelry.
In commerce , shells are divided into
those used for making pearl buttons ,
iridescent shells for ornamental work ,
those used for shell flowers and for
ladies' bracelets , those used for cameo
jewelry , those of which knife handles
and similar articles are made , those used
for lime and those used for enamel.
The bull's-mouth is the one most com
monly Employed for cameo jewelry , and
the extent of this business may bo
judged of from the fact that in Pciris
alone there are over 3,000 cameo cutters
who work in shells alone. Cowries are
still considerable articles of trade , one
Hamburg house sending out fourteen
ships , annually to Zanzibar for cowries ,
with which they purchase cargoes of
west African produce. The value of the
shell depends on the locality. In British
India 4,000 of them are worth a shilling ,
and near Calcutta a church which cost
4,000 pound sterling was paid for en
tirely with cowries. In western Africa
the market price of a first-rate article of
wife is 100,000 cowries , or 7 pounds
10 shillings , while a cheaper article
may be had for 20,000 cowries. The
tiger cowry is often handsomely engraved
and made into inkstands , snuff boxes
and the like. The common mussel shell
is often used for ornamental purposes ,
and the Maories also use a pair of them
as tweezers , while the Bashee islanders
make pipes from several kinds of spiral
shells.
Some years ago a sailor presented
Queen Victoria the shell of a nautilus on
which he had engraved the royal arms ,
the prince of "Wales' arms , the images of
two steamships and a number of verses
from Pope , amounting altogether to
1,500 words , the lettering being so
minute as to require the aid of a micro
scope to decipher it , all the work having
been done with a jack-knife. Formerly
a number of valuable dyes were obtained
from shellfish , but the mineral and
vegetable dyes are now so numerous and
beautiful as to have completely sup
planted the shellfish product. Marine
silk is seldom heard of , yet is a reality ,
and a very beautiful reality , too , ob
tained from the Mediterranes Peima
nobilis or sea-wing. It is really the
bunch of filaments by which the shell
fish fastens itself to the rocks , but when
properly treated becomes a pretty fair
article of silk , capable of being woven
and spun into cloth , and robes have
been made of it , more , however , as curi
osities than for any real use they might
have.
Stage Glitter and Sparkle.
[ New York Times Interview. ]
"It strikes me that there are effects in
scene painting which cannot begot by
colors alone. "
"You are quite right , " replied the
scene painter , "and that's where we have
got the 'dead wood' on the other paint
ers. Ordinary gold and silver leaf are used
to a great extent on the stage in gorge
ous architectural scenery or in spectacu
lar sets. So are colored foil "papers.
Then we have bronze powders , as they
are called , of all shades. A coat of glue
is laid on and the bronze powder thrown
upon it. It produces" rough , metallic-
looking surface. Another dodge is the
counterfeit presentment of precious
stones. For a very moderate sum I can
get you up a splendid palace , studded
with gigantic , sparkling jewels. "
"How do you do that ? "
" "We use what we call 'logies. ' They
are made of zinc , and can be got in all
colors. Then we can produce polished
marble of varying hue , or the sun-
wrought sheen upon polished metals ,
just as easily as we can walk. All we
have to do is to paint the thing in col
ored lacquers , put plenty of gaslight on
it , and there you arc. The sparkle of
an iceberg comes from 'frosting' of
crushed glass sown on a coat of glue. "
TVliat a Boy "Won't Uo.
[ Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. ]
A boy won't smoke his father's cigars
when the box is kept in a burglar-proof
safe and none of the stumps are left
lying around loose.
He won't pour a nest of red ants down
his little sister's back if the latter wear.- ;
a high necked dress and there is snow
on the ground.
He won't eat a pie , if the pantry-door
is locked.
He won't tie a tin can to a cat's tail if
there is a dog handy.
He won't go in swimming when his
mother tells him not to , if skating is
good.
He won't play marbles for keeps when
he is busted , suck eggs when the nest is
empty , nor play hookey when school is
out. In fact , a boy that is a boy won't
do anything ho ought not to do , unless
he gets a good chance and "nobody's
looking. * *
Pocket-Glue.
[ Exchange. ]
Dry pocket-glue is made of twelve
parts of good glue and five parts of
sugar. The glue is boiled until it is en
tirely dissolved , the sugar is then put
into the glue , and the mass is evapor
ated until it hardens in cooling. Luke
warm water melts it very readily , and it
is excellent for use in causing paper to
adhere flrmly , cleanly , and without pro
ducing any disngreeble odor.
Julia 0. K. Dorr : To choose and to
hold fast to the very best that is within
our individual reach is not this the
true philosophy af life ?
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Watches , Clocks , Jewelry
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Rings , Vest and
Guff Buttons , Neck Chains , Sets , Etc.
AT LOWEST PRICES ]
ENGKAVINGr artistically done. Special attention .
given to repairing. All work warranted.
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WARRANTED TO BE
TH FINEST
1C THE 'MARKET.
FOR SALE
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McCOOK , - NEBRASKA.
FREES & HOCKNELL ,
PROPRIETOKS OF THE
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Lumber , Lime , Cement , Sash , Doors , Blinds ,
Hard and Soft CoaL
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Superior lo any on tlie market , liciiiR IIcaier. . Stronger Rulit.
ami therefore a more Durable Mill. It la the only
absolutely safe Mill built ; anil out of
Thousands Erected During 12
Years past , not one lias ever blown away and left the Tower
standing. A record no other Mill can show. We oiler
to put up any of our Pf.MPIXG MILLS
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL ,
Ami If they don't gl\c satisfaction , will rcnuvc Mill at our
own expense. Also Manufacturers of the Celebrated
ChaUengc Feed Mill' , Corn Sheller ? . Iron Tumps
with brass cj linders , Iron Pipe , Tanks.
For estimates , catalogues and prices , apply to
G. B. NETTLETOX , 3IcCook , Neb. ,
Agent for Southwestern Xcbroska and Northwestern Kansas
Uncomfortable Genlns.
[ Xnto Field in The Manhattan. ! -
Half a dozen hearts are worth n world
of heads. Once upon a time I _ wor
shipped intellect. .Brains were all that
wore worth having. Brilliant men were
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ciuating genius may be in public , it is
not the sweetest of boons in a pnvato
family , for nine times out of ten genius
is intensely selfish. It wants to bo cod
dled ; it rarely coddles. It wants to bo
heard ; it seldom listens.Ego is the
burden ot its song. Who and what you
are , matters little. Accustomed to bo
adored , it accepts devotion as a .divine
right. To receive is its duo. To give is
the privilege of lesser mortals. Now , if
I have a talent , it is that of apprecia
tion. If tnere is a good listener among
women , I am that she. I delight in
genius , but I've found it out , and have
ilo moro illusions.
It is a charming companion for holi
days , but for daily breakfast , dinner ,
and supper nothing is so satisfactory as
a combination of common sense and un-
selfishnlss. The humblest of us have
longings , affections , sorrows , pleasures ,
and like to be treated as though we filled
a place in the world. Wo want to feel
* that those upon whom wo lavish thought
are not unmindful of our welfare.
Genius hasn't time for such common
places. It is too engrossed in the
evolution of a sublime idea to dwell
upon the individual head or heart ache.
I'm persuaded that this is the reason
why very clover men and women marry
those who are considered their inferiors.
The know by introspection the egotism
of brains , and seekan unselfishness
which will minister to their comfort. \
Intellectual companionship maybe found
in books or society , but that thoughtfulness -
ness and care upon which the happiness
of daily life depends , can only proceed
from human beings possessed of hearts.
As there are exceptions to all rules , so
are there great hearts allied to great
heads. Such creations are the glory of
the universe , and to bo honored with
out stint.
War Songs.
[ Philadelphia Times. ]
Songs that appeal forcibly to some
strong sentiment which is uni
versally felt are apt to have a wide
sale and hence the late civil war
afforded golden opportunities to popular
song writers , of which they were not
slow to avail themselves. It would be
difficult to enumerate the authors and
the songs which made triumphant suc
cesses during that time. One of the
most pronounced of these'was that
achieved by a ballad called "When This
Cruel War is Over ; or , Weeping Sad and
Lonely , " of which more than 300,000
copies were sold in a few months , real
izing a fortune for the publisher. George
F. Koot wrote and published a song
called "Tramp , Tramp , Tramp , the
Boys Are Marching , " whieli made him
rich in both money and reputa
tion. "Just Before the Battle ,
Mother , " "Who Will Care for Mother
Now ? " and "Kally 'Round the Flag ,
Boys , " also enjoyed widespread popu
larity. Among the greatest favorites of '
the war time was "John Brown's Body
Lies a-Mouldering in the Grave , " while -4
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" is a
very pretty ballad which has outlived
the ephemeral popularity of most of the
other war songs , and still has a steady
sale , being sung by children's voices at
the firesides of many who in the saddest
days of our country's history did indeed
tent on the old camp ground.
Of comic and serio-comic war songs
there were a host and they all sold
largely. Among the best known of
these were "Dixie's Land , " by an old-
time negro comedian named Dan Em
met , "Kingdom's Comin' " and "March
ing Through Georgia , " the two latter
being the productions of Henry C.
Work , who died only the other day :
The last named of these has continued 4
one of the most popular of all campaign
songs to the present stime. "Johnny
Comes Marching Home" was also one of
the cleverest and most successful of the
war song hits.
Origin of Sonic Queer Words.
A correspondent of Notes and Queries
writes : "Modern fiction has contributed
but few common nouns , adjectives or
Terbs to the English language , and it is
curious to note the souices' whence these
come. Thus , 'Gulliver's Travels' fur
nishes three words , 'brobdingnagion '
'lilipution' and 'yahoo1 ; but from , the
whole of Shakespeare wo get only one ,
'benedict , ' while from Scott I can recall
no example. Other instances from
English literature are 'braggadocio' 1
'eaphuistic , ' 'lothario , ' 'Utopian. ' Cer
vantes gives us 'dulcenia' and 'rozinante ' >
as well as 'quixotic ; ' and to the list may
be added 'chauvinism , ' 'knickerbockers'
and 'rodomontade. ' It might be consid
erably extended by examples from
Greek and Latin writers. Has an ex
haustive list ever been attempted of the
English words derived from the proper
names of real life ? I believe 1 could
give upward of 300 , from 'mausoleum'
and 'laconic' to 'boycott'and 'magenta ' "
The editor points out that Scott con
tributed to the y
language at least one
word "Dryasdust. "
Appreciation In Pompeii.
[ Texas Sittings. ]
It has been said that the ancient Ro-
mans did not appreciate women RoWe
are not sure of that. The frescoes and
wall painting unearthed at Pompeii dis
close the fact that all the choppnV' and
sawing of wood was done by the'softer
sexThl , ; - - ? ldca is corroborated by the
additional fact , that all the axes and
bucksaws found in the ruins of Pompeii
are of light make , as if constructed es
pecially lor women's convenience The
ancient Piomans knew
what they were
about.
Prompter tlian ilial. .
[ Xorristown Heral J. ]
An Atlanta man who was given a let
ter to mail eighteen years
ago , posted it
last week. If the letter containedTre-
mittance for a suit of clothes bought
on
"tick , " the creditor will not manifest
any surprise at the long delay. He will
r.iu-ely remark as he pockets the
money : "Barkins is a'little moro
prompt than usuaL"
During the present century 150.000 .
000 copies of the Bible have been printed
in 026 different languages. ,
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