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I GEOIiUE IIOCKNELL , Trcsident. B. M. PliEES , Tice President. W. P. LA.WSON , Cashier.
I . A. CAMPBELL , Director. S. L. GREEN , Director.
W . /i S . TtiB Gitizuns Bsnk of lioCook *
JJMHliiB'Slff ' General Banking Bt&insss.
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\ PETER PENNER
| wishes to announce that his stock pf
Saner Lap lobes aid Huts
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1 I , finest ever brought to "Western Nebraska.
I "West Dennison St. McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
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j $50,000.00 !
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i Improved Farms in Red Willow County
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I * McCook Loan and Trust Co ,
I "Offioe in First National Bank.
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I GRAY & EIKENBERBS , Props.
I The Best Equipment in the Republican Valley.
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C. H. BOYLE ,
LAND - ATTOENEY ,
Six years' experience in Government
Land Cases.
Real Estate , Loans and Insurance.
KOXARY PUBLIC.
3 * 0ffice upstairs in the Ecott building ,
Bouth of Commercial Hotel , McCook , Neb.
THE • COMMERCIAL HOTEL ,
GEO. 3E. JOHNSOX , Prop.
McCOOK , - NEKRASKA.
This house has been completely renovated
and refurnished throughout , and is first-clasi
in every respect. Rates rcasonabel.
A. J. Rittenuocse , W. R. STAnn ,
SIcCooli. Indianohk
EITTENHOUSE & STAKE ,
Attobneys-at-Law
OFFICES AT
McCOOK and INmANOIjA.
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J. BYRON JENNINGS ,
Attorney-at-Law
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"Will practice in the state and "United State *
courts , and before the U. S. Land offices *
Careful attention given to collections
Office over the Nebraska Loan and Banking
Co. , McCook. i ]
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THOS. COLFER , }
Attorney-at-Law
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AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Real Estate Bought and Sold and Collec1
tions made. Money Loaned on real cstata <
and final proof. Agent Lincoln Land Co. .
Officein Phillips-Meeker block. '
HUGH W. COLE , <
LAWYER. {
ITIcCOOK , - NEBRASKA. r
Will practice in all courts. Commercial 1
and Corporation law a specialty.
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Rooms 4 and 5 First NationalBankBuildina \
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Dr. A. P. WELLES , i
XOZCEOPATHIC \
PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON ,
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McCOOK , - NEBRASKA. j
Special attention given to diseases of Women f
and Children. The latest improved methods Of ,
Electricity used in all cases requiring such treatt
ment. OiHce ovm McMillen's Drug btore. Ees- ]
idence , North Mtin Street. r
B. B. DAVIS , M. D. , ]
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON {
XcCOOK - NEBRASKA.
OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 11 a. m. , 2 to 5 p. m. , T c
to 9 p. m. I have associated with me in practice , i
Dr. c. n. joives , ]
who wllJ answer calls promptly In town oi ,
country. Rooms : Over First National Bank. l
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LOSSESSw ,
Speed lind not served , strength had not
flowed nninin ,
Heart had not braced mo for this journey's
strain ,
Had I forseen what losses must be met ;
But drooping lose ! was I never yotl
So rich in losses through long years 1'vo
grown ,
So rich in losses ( and so proud. I own )
Myself pity not. but only such '
As havo not hud , nor therefore left so much
Behind mo ever grown hungry Vast
Which travellers fear to lace , but call the
Past ;
So much it won from mo I can but choose
To oxult that I've so littlo lost to lose.
When that shall go. as fain it is to go
( Likesomo full sail when winds of voyage
blow ) ,
At. this late nick of time to murmur sore
Were idle , since so much I've lost before !
So much 1'vo lost , lost out of hand , ah. yes !
But wore that all my fortune 1 could blebs ;
For whensoever aught has slipped away.
Some dearer thing has gone to ndtho stray.
And then , to find the finder loth and slow , '
Yet dearer thing my wistful honrt let go ,
With hope like his whose glancing arrow
gave
The clew to Pari-Banou's palace cave.
Perclianco one .loss the moro regains the
whole ,
Lost loves and faith and young delight of
soul ;
Pm losing , what ? ah , life , join thou the quest ;
\t may be , to be lost , is not unblest !
Edith M. Thomus in Tho Independent.
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LOSING HER HOLD.
schoolmas
ter and liis wife ,
after morning
meeting was
THE , took their
way as usual
d o w n P r out's
Lane , an d i
across the lxill i
homeward , The path was narrow * '
the dominie walked first. He made
a remark at long intervals to his wife
behind him , but without looking' '
back.
"Squire wasn't out. Beckon his
lumbago's worse ? "
" \S "
• likely.
"The doctor had his little grand ,
child with him. I suppose his daugh- '
ter has come for the Summer. j
"I reckon she has. "
There was a long silence after that ,
broken only by the buzz of the bees
in the red clover and the ch-k-k of' ' i
the grasshoppers through the hot
grass. The old man stopped as he
always did on Sunday , to see how j
much corn in the lower field had .
grown during the week , and to gaze , s
meditatively at the pigs in their pen. j
But Mrs. Holmes had no thoughtsi i
to-day for the pigs or corn. She j
walked with her head bent on her i\
breast , almost forgetting to hold up '
the skirt of her Sunday merino out' .
of the grass. There had been a
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strange preacher that day an old ' n
man with a quick , sharp tone , like s
the call of a horn to wandering sheep j ,
very different from Father Lang- ' _
ley's prolonged drowsy hum. One i
or two of his sentences rang in Ann h :
Holmes's ears : I
"While you live , live ! You wran
yourselves in selfishness and fat conSi
tent as in grave-clothes before you u
are dead. The world is full of your
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brothers , starving , cold ignorant. '
Go i to them ! You owe them service i ni
to the last breath of your life. " j w
Mrs. Holmes had asked the doctor ' s { C ;
fiife anxiously what she thought of i S
the sermon , as they came out ol the '
churchyard. <
Mrs. Perry shook her head con
temptuously 1 , j
"He's one ofthesehalfcrackedsenj j "
sation ' preachers. What has Amity !
township to do with the starving sj
j poor ? We keep up our almshouse * 1
well. Let the big towns see to their ' Sf ;
own paupers ! " j
Ann was confounded for the mo- '
ment , butsheremained uneasy. That P <
hint about the grave-clothes seemed ol
personal hit a t herself. Could the w
man know ? d *
She hurried past the schoolmaster bi
when they reached their own gate , a
going up the spotless board-walk cc
with , beds of geraniums and roses '
on either side , to the door. She cc
could not resist a complacent glance c
at those beds. Not a weed ; the bl
brown earth sifted fine and smooth ! ' st
There was no such garden in the vil- [
lage ; no kitchen so exquisitely neat , • ai
no parlor so speckless and prim. • '
Surely , her conscience told her , she , ° 1
was a good Christain woman , fulof
filling her dutj' , and had no cause at
lor the wrench and misery of sul * ?
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which she felt just now. i vi
She went up the stairs to her own ( sc
chamber , laid off her bonnet caresc
iully , and then unlocked a drawer in ' to
the press. She did not need to lift
the white towels , She knew perfecttii
ly well what was pinned up in them. , co
The underclothing of snowy white j in
linen , the worked flannels , the woolen
shroud. She had put in every stitch th :
in them. Could the man have tir
known ? Hi [
Every matron in Amity had her w
"funeral suit" provided. It was a
matter of pride to them , just as Mrs.ir ]
B. in Boston would delight in her W (
old Satsuma or her Corot. The , feh
Amity people gloried in their new | to
cemetery. The Holmeses had their j an
lot like the rest ; a narrow one. for i an
there were only two to be buried '
in it. Ann had her choicest roses
set out thpre. She had directed in S °
her will every detail of the trimming • * e
on her eoffin. | r
Site thrust her hand under the.ex' '
shroud now , and pulled out a little
bag of gold coin. Thoy were the
savings offyears ; pennies scrimped
out of clothes , milk , meat. They
were to pay for tho handsome gran
ite monument , "Erected to the mom-
ory of Daniel Holmes and Ann hia
wife. "
"While you live live ! "
She dropped the bag as ifsome one
had spoken at her back , locked the
drawer and went down stairs.
Tho "piece" was spread as usual
on Sunday noons ; flaky bread , clover-
scented honey , delicious pies. Ann ,
as she cut the pie , was confronted by
a sense of spiritual well-being. No
woman made such crust in Amity.
No woman was more faithful at
meeting , at Sunday-school , at mis
sionary society. In what had she
come short ? her starved soul demand
ed of its Maker. Every duty great
and small , had been well finished.
Mrs. Holmes was fifty-live years of
age , but she was used to speak of
herself as near her grave. She twist
ed up her hair in a wisp , and wore
the scuttlebonnetsproperto old age.
The work of life , she held , was finish
ed for her and Daniel. They had
paid for the farm , so that when ono
died the other was sure of mainten
ance ; the farm and house were in per
fect order , the cemetery lot was
bought. The money for the monu
ment was a kind of frilling embroid
ery on this perfected life the hand
some flourish to the signature which
closed the deed.
As she sat pouring out tho tea ,
thinking those things over , her hus
band "reckoned" again that
the squire's lumbago was bad ,
and that the doctor's daughter was
at home. Then ho yawned drearily ,
and fell asleep in his chair in the sun ,
How much of his time he spent in
yawning and sleeping : Yet thirty
years ago Daniel Holmes was an ea- [ i
ger teacher , keeping well abreast j
with the knowledge of histime , living
in : the world of books , newspapers , I |
] music and pictures. She too had
been ' a live woman then. But they
had come ' out of town into this vil
lage i and set themselves to scrape
together money to buy thin farih.
What was this change that had come
to 1 them ? Had they been really spin
ning j their grave-clothes out of self- j ! l
ishness ?
Ann went to afternoon service : but '
she did not hear a word of Father '
Langley's 1 discourse. She was back
in town : longforgotten A'oices sound-1
ed in her ears. "There was Dan's '
brother Jack , poor fellow ! She saw
him ] plainly in the crowd. A gaaf
fectionate lad who might have turn- |
cd out well if he had been guided ! i
But he had married a feather-headed
girl , and Ann , out of patience , had
turned them both adrift.
As they walked home that evening
she said to her schoolmaster , "How !
long ! is it since we heard from John ,
Danell ? "
He did not reply at first , but when
he ] did it was with a strained , an-
noyed \ voice.
"Twenty-six year. "
, "I wish I and Abby could have hit
it of ! together. I am 'feared that it '
ivas not right to shove him off , with
neither monev * nor raligion 'for a I
staff. ' " j
Daniel made no reply , but Ann un- | {
ler-stood his silence as a more bitter j \
reproach ( than words. i r
The next morning she brought to I
iim a small canvas bag. , '
"There is some money I havesaved ' 1
or buryin' expenses , Danell , " she r.
iaid. "I'd like to take it instead for
is to spend a week in Philadelphia. " o
"What tomfoolery's that ? " ' s
"There's no poor folk in Amity , 'n s
naybe we might see some there as a
ve could give advice to. And you I
ould look up the libraries and mu
seums.
"Nonsense ! "
But his eye paused , attentive. b
"And maybe we might meet John. " i p
"Herer put the money away ; I'll
ank it , " he growled. [
But four days later Amity was
haken to its centre by tho news that tl ! ;
he : schoolmaster and his wife had b ;
one for an outing in Philadelphia. ' jx
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"There ' s a queer customer , " wins- •
lered one of the attendants in the
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ild Franklin Library to another a i
reek afterwards. "He comes every
ay , and goes from shelf to shelf jt
ireathless , as if he had not touched )
book for years. Been buried in the
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ountry , I suppose. "
"And why should anybody who
ould live out of doors and dig , want L ;
smell this leather ?
musty grum-
led the other lad , who was lean aud
tooped , with an ugly cough. " r
He went up to Daniel , however , " '
nd helped him in his explorations.
Our country pilgrims put up at an *
ld-fashioned inn in the lower part i
the city. Daniel came back to it ,
night fairly panting with the , '
riumphs of his researches. He had
isited kindergartens , industrial
ihools and museums , where art and *
y
lience were taught without charge
the poorest. w
"As lor the libraries , whole contl
inents of knowledge have been disa _
avered while I was dozing and snorHi
lg : in Amity , " he excl.iimed. er
Ann had made her rounds among tl
ie asylums , the hospitals for chilof
ren , and free classes , the creches. ' of
er coli grav eyes were dim and bi
et. "J
"Half the > .7orld seem to be cold fu
nd humrry. and the other half are fie
orking to warm and feed them , ' " p :
tesnid. "And I could find nothing
do but to make fine my shroud a (
nd gravestone But have you get er
ny trace of John or Abby , Danell1' tli
"No ; I doubt it's no use , Ann. " bi
But as Ann woke day "by day , and ( tli
ot her hold upon the world again , wl
r search became more energetic , in
ne day she came in atnooni-ed with be
ccitement. • L <
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> 'Tve found tlioraDanoIU ; * . Tha1 ; 4
is to say , John and Abbj' ' are dead : v * h j
but they've left three children. Th |
oldest.boy supports them , and ho ie .if
that consumptive lad in thelibrary * / |
you took such a fancy to. Come right j
alongl Don't stop for dinner ! Come' • ;
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Three children ! And the Lord novel
before gave us one ! "
Mrs. Ann Holmes ' s house is no * x ,
longer the neatest in Amity. The fi
chubby littlo girl of fourteen who •
helps her in tho kitchen leaves her ' *
work and school-books here and *
there , and the baby who tugs after '
Ann from morning till night drops
her greasy bread and butter even in •
tho sacred parlor , unrebuked.
"What's a clean floor compared j
with the flesh coming on to their j
bones ! " she asked , triumphantly. „ '
"Look at Albert ! lie's another boy.
He's a born farmer. That library
was killing him. "
"I'll havo no abuse of libraries , "
Daniel says. "I'm going up lor .
study twice a year. It dosen't do to I
lose j'our hold oh the world. You've 1
got to k ep step while you live. " I
"Yes , " Ann replies absently. She i
is looking out a hymnsimpleenough • j
for Abby to understand , andafter I
that sho is going to mako some
flannel petticoats for baby before
cold weather comes. They are cut
out and folded neatly in her basket ,
and the drawer up stairs which held {
her fine shroud is empty. Congrega- J
tionalist. j
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The Number Seven in The Bi
ble.
Americnn Notes and Queries. !
On tiie seventh day God ended hia
work.
On the seventh month Noah's ark '
touched the ground.
In seven.days a dove was sent.
Abraham pleaded seven times for !
Sodom. '
Jacob mourned seven daj'S for
Joseph. '
Jacob served seven years for Ra- /
chel. 'Z
And yet another seven years more. j
Jacob pursued a seven da3''s jour-
noyby Laban. J
A plenty of seven years and a farn- S
ine of seven years were foretold in |
Phm-ioh's dream by seven fat and J
seven lean beasts , and seven years of i
full and seven 3'ears of blasted corn. i
On the seventh da } ' of the seventh /
month the children of Israel fasted
seven ; days and remained seven days
in their tent.
For seven days the land rested. J
Every seventh day the law was #
read : to the people. 1
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In the destruction of Jericho seven
persons bore seven trumpets seven
days. , On the seventh day they sur
rounded tho wall seven times , and at
the 1 end of the seventh round , the
walls fell.
Solomon was seven years building
the \ temple , and fasted seven days at .
its j dedication.
In the tabernacle were seven lamps. \
The golden candlestick had seven 1
branches. ] j
Naaman washed seven times in the |
Itiver Jordon. ' (
Job's triends sat with him seven
days and seven nights , and offered
bullocks and seven rams for atone
ment. A
Our Savior spoke seven times from < > .
the cross , on which he hungforseven • /
hours ; , and after his resurrection ap- ' )
peared seven times. 5
In the Apocalypse we read of seven \
churches , seven candlesticks , seven \ \
stars , seven trumpets , seven plagues , i |
seven thunders , seven Virgins , seven Jf
angels and a seven-headed monster , \
Always Carry a Bible , (1 (
A clerk in one of the Third street J
banks made himself solid with the I' '
president of the bank some years j
igo , probably by accident , says the {
Jincinnati Enquirer. He lived up
he road and carried a good-sized
asket , in which he bronght his lunch \
in the morning and took out his
uarketing and groceries in the even '
ng. One day after finishing his lunch
le left his basket on a desk in tho
innk. The president came along
lfter awhile and accidentry knocked
t off onto the floor. In the fall the '
asket ! came open and a Bible fell
nt. "What are you doing with a
3ible in your basket ? " asked the '
resident. "I read it every day on
he train going to and from the
jank ' , " answered the clerk. The - * " sj
resident immediately increased his \ \
alary and told him that his plate
ras secure so long sis he remained ' ,
iresident. The president retired sev- '
ral years ago , but the clerk still
lolds his position in the bank. !
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The Spoils System Must Go. { (
A distinguished clergyman of New
ork , whose theme on Sunday last j
ras that of the misgovernment of j
hat : great city , said : "If it were not
hard fact of the last decade of the
lineteenth century of the Christian \ \
ra who would believe that among '
he most generally intelligent people ,
the world it is a cardinal principle {
the average man that the vast jj
lusiness affairs of civic , state , and ] |
ational government can be success- 11
ally managed by making public of- v |
ces the booty of political cam- i
inigns ? " ;
This statement , as it is made , is an * i
.dmissiou that anionic themost gen-
rally intelligent people of the world \ \
he average citizen intrusts the vast * • ' j
usiness , the government ' itself , of j
he city , state , and nation , to those * j
hose political creed is all contained I
the maxim that "to the victors \
elong the spoils. " Philadelphia (
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