© E. MePHERSON
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Ad Real Estate Brokers.
OFFICE : West Dennison Street ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
Challenge Wind Mill ,
Supeilor Iu any on the riarkct , licliif : Ilea\ler , Stroncer Uullt ,
and therefore n more Durable MM ! . U Is the only
: ik-oUilcl } t-afc Mill built ; anil out of
Thousands Erected During 12
Yrar * | > i t. not our | IIH : i'\rr liloun away mid Ipfl
.MiiinllnA innnl no oilier Mill ranilionWe offer
10 put iiinny | ofourlMIMi'lNG MII.I.S
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL ,
And If they ilou't she natUMi'i Ion , will remove Mill at on r .
O\MI CApetiMAlf'O .Mnniif.ii tiirersof the Celcliralril
riialleiise Kcei ! MillCorn Sheller. . Iron I'ltinjK
nllli brass llnilers , Iron ripe. Tanks.
7or estimates , catalogues ami prices , apply to
( i. JJ. NETTLETON , MfcCook , Neb- ,
t for Southwestern Nebraska anil Xorlhnestcrn Kansas.
ce asi Saloroa is. tic iTcCcoi Feed Mill , Bailrcid St.
Republican Yalley Lands.
NO. rowxl HANOI : rorxrv 'STATI ' :
S. E.S.\\r. Sec.M. K. - ' X. W. N. P. . S. W. : ! 1 ' i 21 I.'cd \ \ illow Xili.
10 X. K. " 24 1 : : < ) ,
10U S. W. Id o kit *
12 S.V. . X. W. Lois'J , : : , and 4. * }
IK S. K S.V. . Sw. . " . and X. X. \ \ ' . S
14 X. W. S'i ' -2T
S. K. i . 2Tr
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42 S. K.
18 S. ] { J.K.A : S.W.S. K. Sif. 11 & X.\V.S.\V. i- ! ; jc. Fiontier
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41 S.V. . ! ) I ( i
These Lands were carefully selected , are of an excellent qual-
ity.and are for sale on easy terms.
4 < Ktu. ! J. C. McBRIDE , Lincoln , Nebraska.
IMC 1:1 :
OF McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Makes First Mortgage Loans on Farm Property ,
OFFICE IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
OIF'IFT.OEIRS :
A. CAMPBELL , PRESIDENT. B. M. FREES , 1ST VICE PRESIDENT.
CEO. HOCKNELL , SECRETARY. R. O. PHILLIPS , 2ND VICE PRESIDENT
F. L. BROWN TREASURER.
O. P.
-AGENT FOR
FARM IMPLEMENTS ,
WAGONS , BUGGIES , WIND MILS AND PUMPS.
jfcgpH-.iviiuc re-opened my establislmient iu JFcCook , I will l > e pleased to see till of my
old patient and many new ones , as I will vll bolterroods at Ioer ii uies than e\er before
offered in McCook. Call and > ee me. -W
CORNER MAIN AND RAILROAD STS. McCOOK , NEB.
The Howard Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Lumber & Coal
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
LOUISIANA ROCK SALT FOR CATTLE ,
Rain Does not Affect It.
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KILPATHICK BROTHERS.
( Successors to E. D. Webster. )
s branded on left hip or lelt shoulder.
1' . O. address , TCstclle ,
1 [ ayes county , and IJeat-
rice. Neb. Itantre , Stink
ing Water and French-
mail creeks , Chase Co. ,
Nebraska.
Brand as cut on side of
some animals , on hip and
sides ot Minn , or any
whereon the animal.
J01IN LULACK. .
lirccdcr ol IMIMIOVKD SIHKI :
Dcliinp. Mori
no and Soutli-
ilou ii. Person
al inspect inn
ami corres
pondence so
licited.
Addicss him
al Kcd Willow
Nebraska.
11KNKY T. CHCmCII.
I'ostollice , Osltnrn , Neb.
Ittuigc. Kcd Willow cieck
in southwest corner of
Frontier county.
Cattle branded O L O
on right , side. Also , an
over crop on rtelit ear
and undPi crop on lelt.
Also , run O brand on
HoiEess branded Q on right
J. FREDERICK.
PostoIIice address , Me
Cook , Nobrafckit.
Ranch : Four miles
southwest of McC ook ,
on th < > Triltwood.
Stock bianded AJ on
the lelt hip.
SP1UNG C'KKKK CATTLE CO.
.7. T ) . AVKI.UOIIN , Vice President and Supt.
P. O. address , Indiano
la , Nebraska.
Kaiiire : Republican
Valley , cast of Dry
Creole , and near head of
Spriiifr Cicek , in Clmse
county , Nebraska.
EATON BllOS. & CO.
P. O. address , McCook ,
Nebraskii. liange , south
, of McCook.
Cattlo branded on left
hip. Alto , } ( ) , 5 , A lllld
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11 brands on left hip.
Horses branded the
same on lelt shoulder.
STOKES & THOTI1.
P. 0. address , Carrico ,
Hayes county. Neb.
i Uan-re : Red Willow
creek , above Carrico.
Stock branded as above
AKo run the lollowinjr
'biands ' : S , J-f , U , X
% Hoi so brand , lazy CO . L
THE FULL BLOOD FRENCH NORMAN ,
YOLT-AIRE.
Will make tho season at the barn ol H. V.
OLCO'IT IN McCOOK. Neb. , commencing
April 1st , and closing July 1st , ISSii.
40 A. H. J5ALJ/UR.
The Fine Clydesdale and.Sweet Briar ,
BIRD OF THE WEST ,
BONNIE SCOTLAND ,
AVill commence the season the 1st of April.
Will be found at my barn south of the Badger
Lumber Vard , McCook , on Mondays. Tuesdays
and Wednesdays. At W. 1C. Lynch's barn , In-
dianohu on Thursdays , Fridays and Satin-days.
See liilN. -J- A. J. V.vrr. , Pi-op.
HruT LrFKiN , Groom.
THE RED WILLOW MILL
Is now in operation and will do
Genera ! Custom Work ,
TinMill incomplete andvo
Guarantee Good Work ,
J. W. PICKLE & CO.
Send 10 cen Is post ape , and we
will mail you FHKE a royal , val
uable , sample box of soods
tlmtwillimtyoiiintliewayof
ing more money at once , than anything
else in America. HotJi sexes of all ngcs can
live at home and work in spare time , or all the
time. Capital not required. A\'e will start you.
Imaiftise pay sure forthose who start at once.
4-115-lyr. &HNSON < fc Co , , Portland , Maine.
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A CURE FOR SNAKE-POISONING.
Inoculation as Practiced by Btishraeu
"Nothing New bat the Forgotten. "
fniicaso Times. !
Let a now discovery in science , Jtrt or
mechanics bo announced , and some ono
comes forward to show that it is very
old and has long been used in some part
of the world. The like is true in rela
tion to alleged ne\v discoveries in reme
dial agents. The report of Pasteur's
discovery in regard to the prevention of
hydrophobia by inoculating the sufferer
with virus obtained from an animal
that had died in consequence of having
been bitten by a rabid dog had been
published but a few days before Ir.
rui-ini , a distinguished Oriental traveler ,
stated in an English journal that the
native.of ? many parts of Asia and Af
rica used dried snake poison as an anti
dote for the bite of a serpent. He states
that there a do/en varieties of snakes in
Asia and Africa which have the power
to inject deadly poison into the animal
system by means of their fangs.
The subtle poison is certain to pro
duce death in a man or beast in a very
short time unless an antidote be imme
diately administered. AH beasts of
burden as well as human beings are in
constant danger of being bitten by these
poisonous snakes. As the natives gen
erally go naked , they have no protec
tion against them. "Still they exhibit
no fear of them. Every man going out
in the forest or jungle or upon the des
ert carries in a pouch hung to his side
either the dried body of a poisonous
reptile , called N'anboo , or poisonous
sticks of the puff adder , yello\v cobra ,
or capcllo. As soon as they are bitten
they make some .slight incisions in the
llesh close to the place where the poison
ous fangs entered , into which they
sprinkle some of the dried and pulver
ized virus. The swelling , which com
mences immediately , very soon subsides
and the person becomes sleepy. After
a few hours' rest and sleep he is able to
walk , and in a day or two is as well as
ever.
ever.Mr. . Farini states that while exploring
the Kalahari three of his oxen were
bitten by poisonous snakes , lie sup
posed that he would lose them all. bite
a Bushman , who was their driver , in
formed him that there was no possible
danger. JIc proceeded to inoculate
them , and after a short rest they were
able to continue their journey. This
Bushman w is constantly stating that ho
had no fear of the bite of any snake.
One day as the traveler was walking in
advance of the wagon train he disco\-
ered a full-grown capello lying under a
bush , lie called his driver and asked
him to catch it if he was not afraid of
being bitten , lie replied that ho would
catch it and allow it to bite any part of
his body for a plug of tobacco. .Mr.
Farini refused to promise it to him as ho
did not wish to be an accessory to his
death.
"While he went to get a whip with
which to kill the horrible creature , the
Bushman coolly went up and kicked it
with his bare foot , into which the poi
sonous fangs were thrust , lie then sac
down , drew from his skin pouch some
poisonous sacks , cut a little piece from
one , reduced it to powder in his hand ,
pricked his wounded foot near where
the swelling had begun to appear , rtnd
rubbed in some of the powder. While
he was doing this another Bushman
killed the snake , extracted the poison
cysts , squee/ed a drop out , mixed it
with water , and handed it to his com
panion to drink. The bitten man fell
into a sort of torpor that lasted several
hours. At first the swelling in
creased , but in a short time
it began to abate. The next
morning the inoculation was repeated ,
and before night the swelling had al
most entirely disappeared. On tho third
day tho man pronounced himself as en
tirely well , and demanded his roll of
tobacco. .Mr. Farini brought homo to
Europe the poison of several snakes and
a portion of a N'anboo , all of which he
has sent 31. Vasteur to use in experi
ments in cases of snake-poisoning.
Probably the expression "Tho hair of
a dog will euro the bite' ' is older than
"Similia similibus curantur. " Quite
likely homeopathy was practiced by ig
norant savages in the wilds of Asia and
Africa centuries before Hahnemann was
born. Solomon informs us that "there
is nothiug now under the sun , " and a
French proverb declares that ' 'there is
nothing new but the forgotten. " Xo
one should be astouishecl that the. dis
covery of some empiric Bushman in re
gard to inoculation antedates that made
by the great French saant. .
Burmese Ijuly's Ciinr Case.
fCnr. St. Jar.e- , ' Gi/eU-.l
The Burmese smoke to a man , to a
woman , I miglit almost say to a child.
I was physician-in-chicf to those under
me , and I soon learned to rely upon it
that when a patient ga\e up smoking he
or she was really ill. The Burmese
ladies have a very peculiar cigar case.
But there are two objections to its ever
becoming popular her , of which the
less important is that each cigar case
only holds one cigar. And then the
cigar case is the lady's ear. Instead of
wearing ordinary earrings , the Burmese
women have a large hole in their ears
and wear a cheroot in it till wanted.
The really great advantage of this cigar
case is that it is never left behind. The
men would think it beneath their dig
nity to carry cheroots in this manner ,
but they do not mind helping them
selves from the wife's case. When the
king of kings wants to keep his women
folk together or to punish them , he
strings tueru , so to speak , by the ear. A
long cano is passed through the holes
made for cheroots , a dozen women or
evenmo re going to one cane.
How Prairie Dogs Are Caught.
[ New York Star. ]
A prairie dog's trap is ingenious.
Place a headless barrel over the prairie
dog's hole , and half fill it with fine
sand. The little burrower will soon
scratch his way to the top of the sand.
But the fine sand falls into the hole and
fills it up , and it can not dig another
through the half-fluid particles , neither
can he climb up the sides of the barrel.
All he can dp is to reverse the familial-
lines of Virgil , and exclaim : "The
ascent to the upper air is easy , but to
recall one's steps and re-enter Avernua
how hopeless the attempt : " This is
without doubt the way : n which the
prairie dogs in Central pat'k were cap
tured.
A man in Crowley , Tex. , claims to
have the biggest hog ever raised in this j
country. It weighs flOO pjunds. !
AUSTRALIAN ARGONAUTS.
Recklessness of nish Old Time * When
tin Kloli YellowVa Plentiful.
"I've digged for gold , and I've found
gold wherever gold was to bo digged foi
and found , " obstinately remarked an
old Australian , in reply to some obser
vations just made by a California gold
minor. "I've digged in California as
hard as you ha\o , and I've digged , foi
my pains , in Ireland , when a follow
'salted a holo in Galway and raised a
company to plough up the gold that he
had sowed. But there was more gold ,
and redder gold , and maybe better gold
in Australia m 1832 than there has been
in any other part of tho world before 01
since. And there was moro fun in got-
tin' the gold than you could shako a
stick at.
"Tho harbors of Melbourne and Sid
ney were crowded with ships that
couldn't get away , because their trews
had deserted them and run off tho dig
gings and tho towns wero crowded wit h
tho sailors , and lots of others , too ,
comin back with their pockets full
for nobody seemed at that lime to be
tryin' to make a fortune and go homo.
All thoy wanted to do was to raise
enough money for a good spree in one
of the towns ; and their notions of what
a spree meant would , I think , havp as
tonished a ralifoniian. A dozen times
I've seen a fellow walk into a liquor sa
loon with a crowd behind him. call for
drinks for all the rest , and issue a spe-
'cial order foradoxeu of champagne ami
a tub for himself. Soll'.sh oh , no ,
there was nothing aeliisli about it. He
merely poured champagne into the
tub , pulled off his shoes and stockings ,
and washed his feet in it. Of course
ho was cra/.y ; but doesn't gold make
nino out of ten men cravy , whethei
they dig it out of the earth or get it iu
Wall street ;
"Everything had to be paid for in gold
dust , and every bar had weights and
scales to test the value of the dust , which
was then current t oin. For what ; i
miner then paid for an ordinary round
of drinks he could now buy a heavy
gold ring , but such a ring then would
have been of smallaluo in Australia
compared with tho worth of a pint ol
whisky. The eccentricities of success
ftil miners coming to tho cities to spend
their gains extended to their clothing.
Almost all of them wore fond of tall silk
hats , but their tastes varied as to the
part of the hat that was most becoming ,
some preferring the top and some the
bottom , and a common night was a inai :
walking in a crowded .street wearing tht
highly polished crown of a silk hat , fol
lowed or accompanied or preceded by a
man whose head showed itself above
the low walls encircling the rim that
had thus been cut"off trom the upper
portion of the hat.
"Elaborate weddings took place every
day. As often as not the brido and
bridegroom sat together on tho drivers
scat of a furniture van , both drunk , anu
still drinking health and long life to the
crowd that was cheering them on their
way , and exchanging . .o'-vcs with the long
procession that drove or rode after the
happy couple. 1 don t know whether
such weddings resulted well or not , but
they were celebratedery often. "
Hmi : > risti < | iies" of 1'ari-t.
[ London Trill h.J
What are called "brasseries liumor-
istiquos"are all the vogue in 1'aris.
They began with "Aubergcdes Adrets , "
where tho garcons wear Knee-breeches
and doublets. Then came the "Chat-
Xoir. " whose customers are served by
elderly men dressed as academicians.
After this a needy revolutionist started
the "Tayerne dn Bagne , " with waiter *
in convii-t uniforms. Finally , another
enterprising publican was about to open
the "Abbey do Thcleme , " with bar
maids got up as nuna and barmen as-
monks , but tho government , although
ijrcat admirers of Rabelais , thought this
yas carrying "humor" little too far ,
snd , therefore , refused tho license.
"Olil I'roli , " iii China.
f Frank l.e-Oie's.
Regarding typhoons , the government
istronomer of Hong Kong states that
the signs of these phenomena in the
China seas are clouds" tho cirrus type ,
' .ooking like fine hair , feathers , or small
white tufts of wool , traveling from east
to north , a slight rise in the barometer.
clear and drv , but hot , weather , and
light winds. These portents are fol
lowed by a falling barometer , while the
temperature rises still further. The
air becomes oppressive from increasing
dampness , and the sky presents a
vaporous and threatening appearauce.
An Anti-Cholera Specific.
Borax , as aa anti-cholera specific , is
recommended by an Italian physician ,
in does of live or six grammes about
seventseven grains a day. lie be-
lievos that it destroy > the microbes in
the intestinal canal and even in the
blood , and grounds hia faith on the ex
perience in seven contiguous borav fac
tories in an Italian village during the
terrible epidemic of laG-Mio. The
workmen in these establishment ! , were
quite free from the disease , which car
ried off a third of the inhabitants in
and about the village.
Americans ill Mexico ,
i or U ston HeriM.I
The American who comes to Mexico is
responsible for hK behavior , not only to
himself , but to the American people. 1
cannot blame thu Mexicans for having a
general idea of the I nited States as a
countrv peopled by a Tough , discour
teous , aggressive and rather unscrupu
lous class of humanity. A gentleman ,
ouce minister of the I niled Mates here ,
said very truly that almost every Ameri
can arriving here seemed to be vaving
an invisible American flag , and defying
the sentiment of the country. '
A Oiiiiinti-N " .i. iialci n r ii < t.
In Santa Clara county , California ,
there is a rat allied to the ground-nest
making species , which climbs small
trees and makes a compact nest of
twigs among the branches , something
after the manner of a gray squirrel.
KtisMan Catarrh Cure.
( IM.-JV.TO Herald. ]
Kussiaii physicians cure catarrh by
the application of ice-cold water to the
extremities , which are then rubbed
vigorously with a coivse towel.
There is an artesian well in Franca
in wl ifh water was reached at a depth
of 5UOU feet.
SUPPLEMENT.
THURSDAY , MAY 2Oth , 1886.
F. 31. AND E. M. KOO1ELL ,
Editors and Publishers.
BONDVILLE GOSSIP.
A. McGriffin spent Sunday in this
burg.
Miss Burns spent Saturday with her
aunt Mr ? . Downs.
i ttrind is .setting out a Cne lot
of trees on his claim just south of thu
P.O.
P.O.Mi
Mi > s Katie Collinjis of this place and
31 r. I'etcr Giddcn of Indianola were uni
ted in the bonds of matrimony , Tuesday
last.
The season for 'spring chickens"
will soon be here , and then the editor of
this .sheet will be as happy as any other
preacher.
We notice a large number of our far
mers have sown timothy and clover this
spring. This move is right , more grass ,
more stock and more money will be the
result * . GOSSIP.
TIIK TKAVKLKKS INSURANCE COM
PANY began business in April , 18G4. and
i.s .still managed by the men who started
it. It is not only the oldest , largest and
strongest Accident Company in America
but the only one of any considerable
si/.e. Its Uasb Assets have steadily in-
crcn.soil year by year , ami now reach
$7,821,000. ; the liabilities being f > , S79 ,
000. leaving a surplus to policy-holders
of $1I17,000. ! It has-written nearly
1,100,000 General Accident 1'olicie ? ,
and paid cash benefits to over one in nine
of the insured , amounting to over
§ 7 , . " > 00.000. Xo better or surer invest
ment of the small < um required can be
made than in a Yearly Accident' Policy
in THE TUAYKLEKS. which secures the
principal sum in event of accidental
deathor , a weekly indemnity for injury
causing total disability anil loss of
time. An } agent will write a policy at
short notice. 15. ? . COOLEV , Agent ,
McCook , Neb.
The gray haired sage of the McCook
Democrat undertakes to point out tbe
line of duty for die Kaber and emli-ar-
ors to parry oft" the effect of a eertain
reference to McCook , made in a late is
sue ol their paper. .MeCook is a flour
ishing town none better inVestern
Nebraska and no other sn beautiful : but
its name abroad would be greatly mag
nified bad it a few less of such scabs and
scavenger ? as tbe editor of the Democrat
to besmirch its fair name. The Faber
said nothing but tbe truth and that with
no intention to ilo injury to a town it
holds in as high esteem as it does Me
Cook. Frontier County Faber.
Lonsdale or Fruit of tbe Loom mus
lin 10 cents a vardat Wilcox& Fowler's.
.Judd Ualx-iK'k. receiitlv nl'I'uiitiaf , lllinui ? .
lia puiflinseil ( Mil .Stiiide\aiitV residence
propcrh and will cnirajre in some kind of
iiificantile bii-iiifss at this place soon. The
Kaleidoscope in behalf ot" itmany readers
welcomes him and liN famih on btKrouiinj
one of us. Cambridge Kaleidoscope.
I\ ! the wax the .McCook Democrat
dNhc-s up scandalouseruptions it will soon
he the env > of the Police Uarette. Cam
bridge Kaleidoscope.
TMK boycott i * fa t following
tinguished precedent established by Hc-rr
Most , and seeking seclusion by creeping
urnler tbe bed.
TIIK indication' are that tbe propo ? ii
Department of Agricnltnre ami Labor
will become a reality. This will givr
G rover another cabinet advisor.
from tbe reports already in ,
with a number of rural districts to hear
from , the politicians of tho valley want
tbe earth. Fueb a whole hoir or none
fcj
policy will doubtless result in none.
Tin : first of tbe boodle aldermen ,
lacbne. has been convicted of bribery
in New York , ami .Jake Sharp is tremb
ling in bis boot.- < = be awaits tbe inevit
able call of "next from tbe district
Utonipv's office.
Tin : Justice of 1'loomington seems
to be energetically circulating Van's
speecbe.these days. J\\t what Cole
will reali/.o out of bis devotion to our
aristocratic granger senator tloe not
appear on the premise- .
KIUK.NOK seems to be accumulating
that Van AYyck igoing over to the
Democracy bag anil baggage. Vide :
Mr Wells , v > ho ha * been postal clerk
on the Missouri Pacific since its opening ,
was removed the other day and one Sin
clair appointed in his place. There were
no charge' against Wells , be being an
efficient clerk , but bi.s place was wanted.
Tbe boy naturally suppo'cil that Sin
clair was a democrat , but on questioning
liim he said. Ob ! no. be wasn't a demo
crat , be was a Van AVyck man. Com
ment is unnecessary. Nebraska City
Journal. .