. . . , 5 Famous Ride.
The greatest t physical achievement/
ever accomplished this country , ' '
said John F" . Grahnm , "was the ride
of F. X. Aubrey from the plaza of
Santa Fe , N. M. } to the publicsquaro
nt Independence , Mo. , a. distance of
nearly * eight hundred miles , through
a country inhabited by warlike Indians -
dians , a large part of which was"
then a sandy desert. "
Being urged to give an account of
the great ride Graham proceeded :
"It was about the year 1851 that
Aubrey gave his wonderful test of
human endurance , before , which all
other attempts ot the kind pale into
insignificance. lie was a short , heavy
set man 38 years of age , in the prime
of manhood and strength. His busi
ness for ton years as a Santa Fe
trader had made him perfectly famil
iar with the trail and all the stop
ping places. He was a perfect horse
man , and although there were great
riders in those days , none of them
- cared to dispute the palm with Au
brey. On a wa-rer of $1,000 ho un
dertook to ride alone from Santa Fete
to Independence inside of six days.
It was thirty-nine years ago that he
undertook the terrible feat. "It waste
to be the supreme effort of his life ,
and he sent a half dozen of the swift
est horses ahead to be stationed at
different points for use in the ride.
"He left Santa Fe in a sweeping
gallop and that was the pace he
kept up during nearly every hour of
the time until he fell fainting from
his foam covered horse in the square
at Independence. No man could
keep with the rider and he would
have killed every horse in the west
rather than to have failed in "tfie un
dertaking. It took him jusfc five
days and nineteen hours to perform
the feat and it cost the lives of sever
al of his best horses. After being
carried into a room at the old hotel
at Independence Au.brey lay for for
ty-eight hours in a dead stupor be
fore he came to his senses. He would
Sever have recovered from the shock
had it not -been for his wonderful
constitution. The feat was unani
mously regarded by western men as
the greatest exhibition of strength
and endurance ever known on the
plains. "
"What became of Aubrey after
ward ? " was asked.
"After his lide he became the lion
of the west and was dined and feted
at St. Louis as though he had been
a conquering hero. He finally met
his death at the hand of a friend.
One day in 1854 , in an altercation
with Maj. Kichard H. Weightman ,
the great -rider was stahbed to the
heart and dropped dead in Santa
Fe. Hs was buried in an unknown
grave and all that is remembered of
Aubrey is his remarkable ride.
Weightman was tried upon the
charge of murder , but was acquitted ,
and joining the Confederate army
was shot at Wilson's Creek while
leading his brigade into battle. "
Denver News.
American Fables.
THE ASS WHO PREDICTED.
An ass who heard a goose observe
that the water in the pond was get
ting very low , at once offered his ser
vice to predict rain. This having
been noised about , the hens asktd
for continued dry weather , the foxes
demanded a snow storm , the oxen
wanted frosty mornings , and the
mule , the wolf the dog and the pea
cock each denuinded that he be fav
ored with weather made to order.
As a result the ass could please no
one , and ns his failure was charged
to his obstinacy , the whole crowd
fell upon him and wounded him al
most to death. He was complain
ing of this to the peasant , when the
latter replied :
Moral : He who speaks to please
all will end in pleasingnobody at all.
THE BEETLE AND THE GRASSHOPPER.
A beetle and a grasshopper met in
a path one day , and although there
was plenty of room for both neither
would turn aside.
"Come , now , but why don't you
give way ? " demanded the beetle.
"Who are you that I must give up
my rights5 said the hopper.
"Be careful of your language , sir ! "
" * ks.d don't you rub against me ! "
And they were on the point of com
bat when a peasant coming along
the path espied them both and gob-
tied up both of them.
Moral : Men who go to law for
their rights always become the
victims of their lawyer.
THE SAGE'S ADVICE.
A sage who was noted for his wisdom
* received a visit one day from a man
who said :
"Oh , sage , but I have a very bad
neighbor on my left hand , and I
have come to ask what steps I can
take to make him very tired. "
"Shoot his hens , " was the brusque
advice.
"But he has none. "
"Kill his cat. "
"He keeps no feline. " '
"Poison his dog. "
"But his dog died weeks ago , and
he refuses to get another. "
b "Let your wife hire his cook on the
sly. "
"She has tried it and.failed. "
"Have you presented his children
n-ith toy pistols ? "
v "Alas ! he has no childern ! "
"Can't you hire his church pew
away from him ? "
"I have tried but failed. It is on
account of these repented failures
that I have come to you. "
"Well , there is always one recourse
left. Build a high fence and shut
ont his view and light.-
"Hurrah ! That's jfcl I can darken
his flitting'-roon : until he must burn
frns ! Thanks , OSnge many thanks !
You have renewed my youth ! "
MORAL. And he-erected the fence ,
and every passer-by halted to look
nnd to observe : "Ah , but the ass
has built a stable for himself ! "
Titles From Over the Teacups
Oliver cnclell Holmes , Jn the Atlantic.
It is n very curious fact that , with
all our boasted ' -free and equal" su
periority over the communities of
the Old World , our people have the
most enormous appetite for Old
World titles of distinction. Sir Mi
chael and Sir Hans belong to one of
the most extended ofthe aristocmtic
orders. But we have also "Knights
and Ladies of Honor , " and , what is
still grander , "Eoyal Conclave of
Knights and Ladies , " "Royal Arca
num , " and "Royal Society of Good
Fellows , " "Supreme Council , " "Im
perial Court , " 'Grand Protector , "
and "Grand Dictator , " and so on.
Nothing less than "Grand"-and "Su
preme" is good enough for the dig
nitaries of our associations of citi
zens. Where does all this ambition
for names without realities come
from ? Because a Knight ofthe Gar
ter wears a golden star , why does
the worthy cordwainer , who mends
the shoes of his fellow-citizens , want
to wear a tin star , and take a name
that had a meaning as used by the
representatives of ancient families ,
or the men who had made themselves
illustrious by their achievements ?
It appears to be a peculiarly Ameri
can weakness. The French Republi
cans of the earlier period thought
the term citizen was good enough for
anybody. At a later period , "le .Roi
Citoyen" the citizen king was a
common title given to Louis Philip
pe. But nothing is too grand for
the American , in the way of titles.
The proudest of them all signifying
absolutely nothing. They do not
stand for ability , for public service ,
for social importance , for large pos
sessions ; but , on the contrary , are
oftenest found in connection with
personalities to which they are su
premely inapplicable. We can hard
ly afford to quarrel with a national
habit ; which , if lightly handled , may
involve us in serious domestic diffi
culties. The "Right Worshipful"
functionary whose equipage stops at
my back gate , and whose services
are indispensable to the'health and
comfort of my household , is a digni
tary whom I must not offend. I
must speak with proper deference to
the lady who is scrubbing my floors ,
when I remember that her husband ,
who saws my wood , carries a string
of high-sounding titles which would
satisfy a Spanish nobleman.
A Cold Hell.
According to the Scandinavian' '
mythology , writes F. A. Fernald , in
the Popular Science Monthly , all who
die bravely in battle are snatched
away to Valhalla , Odin's magnifi
cent banquet hall in the sky. Those
who , after lives of ignoble labor 01
inglorious ease , die of sickness , de
scend to a cold and dismal cavern
beneath the ground , called Niflheim
i. e. , the mist world. This abode is
ruled by the goddess of death , whose
name is Hel. The place of torment
for reprobates is Nastrond , deeper
under ground than Niflheim , and lar
toward the frigid north. This grim
prison is described in the following
passage from the Prose Edda , writ
ten in Iceland in the thirteenth cen
tury : "In Nastrond there is a vast
and direful structure with doors that
face the north. Ib is formed entire
ly of the backs of serpents , wattled
together like wickerwork. But the
serpents' heads are turned toward
the inside ofthe hall , and continual
ly vomit forth floods of vemon , in
which wade all those-who commit
murder or who forswear themselves. "
According to the Voluspa , a poem of
earlier date , the evil-doers in Nas
trend are also gnawed by the dragon
Nidhogg.
Telling Time By Flowers.
Detroit Frets Press.
There is not an'hour in the day
that is not the beloved hour of some
blossom. Linnaeus , the celebrated
botanist , conceived the pleasant no-
tiun of a flower clock. Instead of a
rtide metal bell to thnmp the hour ,
there is a little flower bell ready to
open at 3 o'clock , a flower star that
will shine forth at 4 and a flower cup ,
perhaps , that will appear 5 o'clock
to remind old-fashioned folks that
it ; s near tea time. Claude Lorraine ,
although he did not , like Linnaeus ,
make a clock of four and twenty
flowers in his garden , was a land
scape painter most familiar with
nature ; and when he was abroad he
could at anytime know what o'clock
it was by askingthe time ofthe field.
Past and Present
Her mother found the young bride
of only three months in tears.
"What is it , darling ? " she asked ,
with that solicitude of mothers-in-
law anxious to make out a case.
"Why , Albert , " shesobbed , "spoke
this morning before he left of what
he used to say was love's kiss on my
chin. He said the dimple there
was"
"Well , well ? "
"He said when he came to look at
it closer it was nothing but a pirni i
ple.Philadelphia Times. (
I
How They Carry Money.
One of the queerest sijrhts istose
how different immigrants carry their
money.
Most English immigrants carry
their coin in a small cnse attached tea
a chain , which they keep in a pocket
as they would a watch.
Irishmen always haye.a little can
vas bag in which notes and coin are
crammed together. Irish girls , on
[ the other hand , generally have their
money sewed on the inside of their
dresses.
Germans carry their money in a
belt round their wnists , and the belt
is usually an elaborate and costly
affair , no matter how poor the im
migrant may be.
. The French mostly carry a small
ornss tube in which they can place
forty or fifty twenty franc pieces and
remove-them very rapidly one at a
time.
There are very few Italians who do
not carry a large tin tube in which
they keep their paper money or silver
coins , and this tube is hung round
their neck by a small chain or cord.
Swedes and Norwegians are sure to
have an immense pocket book thut
has generally been used by their fa
thers and grandfathers before them ,
and which has in it enough leather
to make a pair of boots , f
The Slavonians r.nd Hungarians
carry their money in their long
boots , together with a knife , fork
and spoon. Chatter.
riood and the Hypochondriac *
Hood used to tell a story of a hypo
chondriac who was in the habit , two
or three times a week , of believing
himself dying. On a certain occa
sion he was taken ill with one of big'
terrors while out riding in his gig
and happening at the time to see in
the road ahead his family physician
riding in his carriage in the same
direction , he applied the whip to his
horse to overtake the old doctor as
soon as he possibly could. The doc
tor , however , seeing him coming , ap
plied the whip to his own horse , and
ns he had a nag that was considered
a "goer" they bad a close time of it
for about three miles. But the
hypochondriac , driving a fast horse ,
finally came alongside of the doctor ,
and exclaimed : "Hang it , doctor ,
pull up pull up instantly. I am dy
ing. " " 1 think you are , " cried the
doctor. "I never saw any one go
ing so fast. "
Hot Water Always Ready.
The boiling lakes of Sierra Nevadas
are a greatsource of interest to trav
elers west. About one hundred miles
north of Oroville , at the foot of old
Lassen , there is a boiling lake cov
ering several acrps. The depth of
the lake is unknown , but its entire
surface constantly boils like a huge
kettle. It would scald the skin from
the fingers in a very few seconds , and
would boil an egg in lour minutes.
The smell of sulphur prevaded the at
mosphere about thelake , and around
its borders something like sulphur
could be scraped up in handmls.
This hake is near Hot Spring Val
ley , at the base of Mount Lassen.
Between it and the mountain there
are perhaps , a thousand boiling ,
bubbling , hot springs , and in tramp
ing about these springs the soles of
a person's shoes become uncomfort
ably warm.
The Stock of a Cigar Store.
Ottawa Corr. Toronto Empire.
The order from the Indian Eevenua
Department , requiring the destruc.
tion of cigar boxes as noon as their
contents have been sold , was loudly
complained against by the small
dealers , their plea being that the
empty boxes "were used by them to
fill up vacant shelveb and give the
appearance of carrying alargestpck.
Several ot these having complained
to the commissioners , that the order
was rather a hardship 1 o them , that
official replied : "Well , just knock
the bottom ont of the boxes and
keep them if you wish. " Mr. Miall
informed your correspondent that
this treatment of empty cigar boxes
would be considered a compliance
w it'll the law.
Origin of the Word "Fence. "
The orgin of a slang phrase ia
sometimes a difficult thing to trace ,
but surely it is easy to understand
why a person who buys stolen goods
from a thief is called a "fence.3 *
Obviously if a robber were seeking
to hide the evidence of his crime
when the officers of the law were in
hot pursuit of him he would , if he
could , hide his "swag" behind the
nearest fence. Hence "fence , " a
place to hide his swag , and by easy
transition the person who provides
Buch a place. New York Press.
Ants in Ansonia.
Ansenians up in the little Nutmeg
State were treated to a shower of
ants lasting for two hours a day or
two ago. The air was completely
filled with the insects. They seemed
to come out of the ground. They
came out along the street for a hun
dred yards , and after circling around
in the air started in a body down ,
the street. They evidently had mid
air combats , as the streets were full ,
of dead and injured and the wings of ]
other unfortunates.
KILPATRICK BROTHERS.
Rorsei branded on left hip or left abouldet
P. . O. address , Impsrlal ,
Chase county , nnd Beat
rice , Neb. Knutre. Stink-
Injc Water and French"
man creeks , Cuaso Co ,
Nebraska.
Brund as cut on aids of
some animals , on hip an/
sides of some , or an ]
To euro Biliousness , Sick Hcadaofco , CouatU
pation , Malaria , Liver Complaints , tolt
the cafe and certain rewcdy ,
SMITH'S
pss
Use the 831 AI/LSIzo (40 little Beans to th.8
bottle ) . THET ARE TUB HOST CONVENIENT.
Suitciblo ox * all -A-goa.
Price of either aizo , 25c. per Bottle.
17 * " Tfr'PHOTOQRAVURE PANSI , 8IZB.
. ( copptri or tt&ayit )
J.F.SUITH * CO.Uakeriof"BILEBBAH3"ST.lOUIS 120.
J. S8 McBRAYER ,
House Mover % Drayman ,
McCOOK , NEB.
| 3F" House and Safe Moving a Spec
ialty. Orders for Draying left at the
Huddles ton Lumber Yard will receive
prompt attention.
F. D. BURGESS ,
PLUMBING ,
Steam and Hot Water Heating ,
North Main Avenue ,
McCOOK , - - .NEBRASKA.
A BtocTc of best grades of Hope. Latca
Sprinklers , Hose Keels and Hose Fixture *
oonttantly on band. All work recoirea prompt
attention.
DRYSDALE ,
LEADER IN
And what is of more importance ,
Quality--and.--
Why not have a suit that fits you ,
when one which is both stylish and
serviceable can be bought for $22.00
A pair of trowsers which are really
elegant , DRYSDALTS will build you fo
$5. Fine fabrics cost but little at
DRYSDALE'S now , less than misfits in
fact. Look him over. You will plac *
your order. . Save money. Feel bettej
and look better. Buying for cash an <
light expenses does the business af
DRYSDALE'S.
ALLEN'S TRANSFER ,
Bus , Baggage Dray Line ,
F. P. ALLEN , Prop. ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
p3T"Be8t Equipped.in the City. Leave order ?
at Commercial Hotel. Good well water fun
Ubed on abort notice.
I will buy stock cattle of any age ,
from calves up. Also , stock hogs.
At Brush creek ranch , 3 miles
southeast of McCook , Neb.
J. IS.
R. A. COLE ,
Leading Merchant Tailor.
Will sell English , Scotch , French
and American cloths AT COST foi
the next sixty days. Come and get
a first-class suit of clothes cheap.
It is a. rare chance. Shop two doors
vrcsof the Citizens Bank , McCook ,
'
Nebraska.
I
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-"W ?
f
. Has moved across JJennison street into ?
the building recently vacated by P. Penner.
His stock of spring goods is new and complete
and he-will make clothing at LOWER FIG
URES'than any tailor in McCook
. CL BTTLLARD & CO-
-JoJ-
LIME ,
CEMENT ,
DOORS ,
WINDOWS ,
BLINDS.
-Jot-
RED CEDAR AND OAK POSTS.
Ti ill
BUY OK US.
do not sell ONE ARTICLE
BELOW COST and make it back sev
eral times by selling1 other goods for-
MORE THAN THEY ARE WORTH ,
but we can SAVE YOU MONEY on
Goods , Notions ,
%
Hats and. Caps ,
Boots and Shoes ,
Groceries , Flour.
Everything at Bed-Rock Prices !
We Mean Business !
AND SRE. US.
Wileos $ Fowler.
Boat andchoapcot Veterinary Rcmedlee-
Stowart'sHealingr Powder
20 yearn in use for all open sores ,
cm man acd beast , barbed "wira
cnta.ffslla , bams , chnflnx , etc. 16
cannot bo equaled. OclylCoabx.
Stock Eomedy
Iflnot made of bran , nabos and
eaiardnt , to show iTge box for
little money ; bat is a Tonic and
mood Pniiflcr , for nil live stock.
It io the beat condition powder la
tha World. 3 ° 25 cents a box.
STSWABT'S
2s the beat remedy for Ehecia-
, Lameness , Swelling. Back-
echc , Sprains , etc. , in nso for
con and beast. A trial order will
Large bottle , 25 cents.
STJSWABT'3 HOOF OH ,
Hothlng Ilka it for Dry , Cracked ,
JJrittto or Contracted Hoofs
xaaScea them soft acd tough. Keep
then in good condition with this
oil. It pays to use It. Remember
2fo foot no horse. Large bottle
25 canta. 3rSold
Ciomlosl Co. ; St. Louis
Suo'rs to Stewart HeallngFowdor Co.
Private EKledlcaS Aid
ST. tOUIg.BIO. Special attention
1 j an to all diseases or troubles to mal
cr feraale , marrtad or cln le , brought about by
expos nre , abases , excesses orimproprietioo.
TK OLD DflGTOR.
"comulteii by wall , or t tfce office , free ot charge ,
id-Reliable , Skillful Treatment Guaranteed.
Board and apartments furnished to those Trad
dwlre penonal c re. Sand P. O. tamp lor circu
lar * , etc. AddiiJi letters ,
Br. Tferd Office , 110 K. 7tb Sbrsst , ft. oals , Ko ,
CI-O DOCTOR'S
. _ LADIES' FAVORITE.
Always Reliable and perfectly Sofa. Ths
pane as uiad by thousands of iroRien alt over tha
IJidteaSiet < .Inthe Old Doctor's prtrate U
practice , for 38 yean , and notaalaglo bad rwultJ
, 1KDI8PBHSABIJS TO LADIES. <
Money returned If not as represented. Sand 1
rent * ( rtaajpgfor lesltd particulars , aad recelra
the cnlj o T r k&aira to fall remedy br P 'V
. B. 7TARD & CO. , ' i
116 Nona Sore'nUi 8U , St. i iUaKa. .
J3gf Blank books , scale books , copy
ing booVs , Bchool books , etc. , at TttE
office.
HAUD
AND
SOFT
COAL.
. O
R. M. SNAVF-LT ,
ATTORNEY--AT : - : - LAW ,
INDIANOLA , NEBRASKA.
Will practice in all the State and
States Courts. Also before the Land Office a
Mccook and the department at Washington. .
A. J. WILMST , Jf. D. .
B. & M. SURGRGOST ,
McCoos. NEB. .
Otters his professional services to thepeoz > 7
of McCook. Will not no in the country ex
cept iu consultation with other physicians.
"
SANDERSON & STAKR ,
Sign , Carriage & Wagon Painters ;
Paper Hanging and Decorating.
Shop in old land office building.
Dn. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS ar
carefully prepared prescriptions ; u eil f or many
ydare in.private nractk-e with&uixe * } , EdforoTer
tnirtvyearsusea by the people. Every single Spe
cific Is a special cure for the disease named.
These Speclflcs euro -without drujrsinfr. FOTC-
Jng or reducing the system , and are In fact and
deed the sovereisu remedies of thc"VVorId , "
LISTOFPEnfCIPAt.S03. CERES. TRICES.
it IJryine Colic , orTeethingof Infanta SJ5
4 Diarrhea , of Children or Adults. . . . .25
9 Heailach es , SickKeatlache. Vertigo .25
JO I > yspep < iia , Bilious htomoch , i5
31 Suppressed nr Painfnl Periods. .25-
1-J Whites , too Profuse .Periods
33 Croup , Congb , DJSlcultBreathlngr. . . . , ti5
14- Salt it he nin , Erysipelas , Eruptions. , y. -
Ithcnmatiatn , KheumaticPalr ? . . . . .iiS >
1O Fever and A sue , Chills , 3alaria .5O >
17 Piles , Ullnd or Bleeding. .30-
.39 Cntarrlt , Influenza , ColdlntheHead . .Itt-
ao Wlioopinjr Co u eli Violent Congha. ,5I >
! i4 < Jcneral nehilUy.l'hysicalWeaknesa .flU
5i7 KidncyUisonse. . . . . SO
a8 Nervous Jlobilitr l.OU
3O Ilrinary Weakness , WettlnjrBed. .5I >
3' t Uiseascs of thellcarttPalpltatloal.oy
Sold by Druggists , or cent postpaid on recdji
ot price. DK. HUMPHBETS * JIANUAL , ( M4 pase-
richly bound Jn cloth and gold , mailed trtc
Hnmphreya-'JIedtciacCo.lCarviUonSlLyT.
&PEC9F8CS.
