WALL PAPEE
JS NOW COMPLETE ,
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And we are prepared to show
L
-In the city at
Prices That Can't Be Beat ,
A full line of
Mixed Paints. Varnishes ,
Brushes , Alabastine. Etc.
L. CCONNELL & co. ,
DRuaaisrs.
Driftwood Jce
-AT-
5O CENTS A HUNDRED.
I am delivering an extra pure , clear quality of ice , Drift
wood Creek ice , at the low and very reasonable price of 50
cents a hundred pounds. Wait for my wagon.
IF.
HERE ARE MAMY
USES FORTe
To clean tombstones. To rene-w oil-cloth. To renovate paint. To brighten metals.
To polish , knives , To scrub floors. To wash out sinks. To scour bath-tubs.
To clean dishes. To whiten marble. To remove rust. To scour kettles.
EVERYBODY USES IT.
Dentists to elein folia teeth. Engineer ! to eleam parti of machine ! . nomemaldi tt > scrub narbl * floors.
Bnigeons to pollib their Initrnments. Ministers to renorato old chapels. Chemists to remove some tMas.
Confectioner ! to sconr their pans. Sextons to clean the tombstones. Carreri to sharpen their knlres.
Hechulca to brighten their tools. Hostlers on brasses and white horses. Shrewd one ! to sconr old straw hats
Cooks lo clean the kitchen link , Artists to clean their palattes. Soldiers to brighten their arms.
ralaters to clian off surfaces. 'Wheelman to clean blejclet. Kenoratori to clean carpets.
EVERY ONE FINDS A NEW USE.
Tk Lilii ! Co.
DEALERS IN :
LUMBER !
SASH , BOOKS , BLINDS , CEMENT , LIME ,
Also Hard and Soft Coal.
S
B. & M. Meat Market.
FRESH AND SALT
,
MEATS
. ,
BACON. BOLOGNA
,
CHICKENS , . , .
TURKEYS &C. &C.
R. A. COUPE & CO. , Props.
OH THE FRONTIER.
Our motto in starting out was , "to take
everything as we found it and make the best
of it , " but there were times when in loneliness
and homesickness , I would stand at the tent
door and ponder the wisdom of our coming
to this country ; and seeing my shadow cast by
the burning sun on the parched earth , I found
myself tearfully wondering : "Is it possible
this is I ! and this NEHRASKA and not Ken
tucky ! " I was indeed transplanted , but must
confess after nearly twenty years , thoutrh I've
never been out of the county , have not taken
root.
I lay on my pallet and saw toads hopping ;
and centipedes were the bane of my life.
Rattlesnakes of enormous size abounded
and gartersnakcs four feet long and bugs and
worms of all kinds ; but the most appalling
pests were the mesquites ! We were not ac
customed to them ; never had seen but a few ,
but they were a terror here. It was impossi
ble for the men to work in the woods without
some kind of pungent oil on face , hands and
neck and a towel over the head ; and when it
happened to be damp or cloudy , my life was
a misery.
One impression made at first has never
been effaced. The dark , swift , silent water of
the creek always seemed like the stealthy
tread of the Indian ; as different from the
noisy , babbling brooks , rollicking over the
pebbly bottom to which I was accustomed , as
the loquacity of the white man was different
from the taciturnity of the Indian. The wind
murmuring through the trees seemed as if it
must be the mutterings and meanings and
wailings of the departed Indians. The large
trees by the creek were worn smooth and
glossy by the buffalo rubbing against them
and hair was caught here and there , and the
trampled ground showed where they came to
drink and rest in the shade.
Wood rats were numerous and there was
nothing they could handle but what they car
ried olt. Une ot the settlers had a store on
his claim and traded in hides and furs. There
was one family with several boys , and the
trader offered these boys ten cents a piece for
rat hides. When they took him two hundred
and forty in one batch , he told them he didn't
want any more ! We laughed at him about
glutting his market so soon.
The soldiers were stationed here for our
protection , and the sound of the bugle at camp
recalled war times. Some of them came to
our tent and were kind to me , when I was
hurt , fiom being thrown from a running wag
on. I suppose they , too , classed me as
"tenderfoot , " for I was ignorant of military
etiquette and knew nothing of the CASTE of
the Regular Army. I remembered the high-
toned privates during the Civil War. I had
much to learn !
It become necessary , during the fall , to re
plenish our provisions , get flooring , shingles ,
doors and windows for our log house , which J.
was building. This involved a trip of one
hundred and eight or ten miles as to distance
and two weeks as to time and the question
was , what was I to do. The only woman on
this side of the creek , in a tent during winter !
the other settlers were all on the other side
of the creek , and a strip of dense woods be
tween. One of the soldiers had been very
kind , when I lay suffering with spinal trouble
and he heard us discussing the situation and
he , wishing to show still further kindness.pro-
posed that we speak to the Col. and he would
detail soldiers , two at a time , to stand guard
over me during the night ! I told him I should
be more afraid of the soldiers than of what
they would protect me from. He said , they
all knew how I had been hurt , and what kind
of a lady I was , and there wasn't a man but
what would do all he could for me. If ever a
woman fell desolate , it was I. durincr T.'s
absence.
At first , buffalo and antelope were plenty.
Afterwards , it become the custom to go "on a
hunt" for winter's supply of meat. Sometimes
the men would be gone only a few days , but
as game grew scarcer , eight and ten and more
days , and , as is always the case , to the lonely
watcher at home the time seems longest.
One morning I was standing in the tent
door waiting for J. to come. He had gone
around a bend in the creek , to try to shoot a
buffalo , which had come down there. Saw
something coming from the soldiers' camp
which looked like women , I wondered why
they wore such short dresses. As they drew
nearer , I found they had no dresses on at all ,
and then it flashed uponme.it must be Indians !
My heait seemed to stop beating , but I man
aged to keep calm and smile when they came
up and shook hands. One of the settlers had
only a few days before turned back from a
hunt on account of the Indians , and he had
casually remarked to me , that no matter how
dirty and bloody an Indian's hand was , I
must not refuse to shake hands. I remember
ed that , but when they asked "Where my
white man was , " I was afraid to say he wasn't
there. I did not know what to do didn't
know what they were or where they came
from. They were the Pawnees , however , on
their return from their annual hunt. All that
day and all the next they kept coming until I
was pretty well tired out. The soldiers had
told us , since morning , not to give them any
thing to eat , if we did , the whole tribe would
be there. Once again I was frightened. There
were eight at the tent , when five of them start
ed off , but came running back , saying in their
way , that there was a buffalo out there and
they wanted "the white man" to get his gun.
J. got on his horse and went over the hill ,
when a tall Ponca , came , shook his head , leer
ed and said , "Now ! White man gone ! MUST
have some to eat ! " I said , "No ! " He look
ed quite threatening , but it was only done to
scare me , as the soldiers were near and he
didn't dare to harm me. The Col. said , "J.
should have picked up a stick and struck
him. " They all called me "Squaw. " The
next day J. was in the patch of corn and
twenty or more Indians around him , when
this same Ponca came and asked for water-
melen. J. said , "No ! You bad Indian ! You
scare Squaw ! " "Me good Indian ! Me no
skeer Squaw ! " he replied. One chief they
said he was came to the tent and asked for
breakfast. J. told me to put on a plate what
I intended him to have and not give him any
more. He saw where I put the eatables and
when he wanted more , he pointed to the box ,
saying , "Squaw coffee ! Squaw lasses ! " and I
hurried to give him what he demanded. He
kept looking at me and when he was through
eating , went to his pony and talked to J. he
motioned to me and said "Squaw , " and I al
ways thought he wanted to trade his pony for
me , though J. did not so understand him.
Afterwards when we were in company , I al
ways joked J. about it , telling how I stood in .
fear and trembling , knowing how impecunious
he wa. , I was afraid he would make the trade !
We lived in the tent fourteen months , then
moved into the log house , with one more in
family , for one cold , stormy Easter , our little
firstling came to us. Not a physician within
one hundred miles we had primitive ways.
In sickness my husband was physician , nurse ,
friend , washerwoman and cook. The scourge
of grasshoppers come upon us , three years in
succession. Various plans were resorted to ,
to prevent their ravages , but all of no avail.
Smokes Were made , burning sulphur dragged
over the field , two persons , each taking the
end of a rope going over the corn , but we
sat on ourjporch and would see the growing
crops disappear as if by magic , only the bare
stalks remaing. The trees in the woods were
stripped and sometimes they were in such
clouds as to cast a shadow on the ground and
dim the sunshine. They looked like smoke
as they rose from the hori/tm and disappeared
below it. We managed to buy a sow , but hav
ing nothing to feed her , had to kill her , con
vert the whole into sausage and then boil in
water , because there was no fat to cook it
otherwise. Potato bugs were destructive , too.
We went through the patch time and again ,
with a stick to knock them into a pan and put
them into boiling water , but still they destroy
ed the crop. Afterwards , in later years , we
got in reach of Paris Green and this enemy
was conquered. Ropes were scarce , and J.
learned of the soldiers how to braid rawhide
and he braided lariats one hundred feet long.
The lariat was used for all purposes. I lorses
and cows were tied out , and if a hog kept
getting out of the pen , or a rooster scratch
up the garden , or an old gobber persist in
silting , the lariat was resorted to and the of
fender fastened to a stake. Various kinds of
meat were tried in times of scarcity. Before
the Uostonian become disgusted with the life
and lefthe cooked and ate prairie dog and pro
nounced it good. One of our neighbors gave
us part of a beaver and I liked the spicy flavor.
Some of the hardships would be better told
than written , and would be appreciated by
mothers. Sometimes when J. would go on one
of the necessary trips for provisions , I had to
undergo what would be appalling to those
who know nothing of a new country. Drouths
added to the privations and prairie fires to
the labor. One time a fire rushed in burning a
quantity of fencing. Another time , one came
on us so fiercely , while J. Was busy at one
place , my little boy had to help me fight near
the house. The five small children were shut
up in the sod house , in which we then In cd ,
and while my eldest and I were trying to save
the haystack Hooked back and saw the huge
flamesrollingfrom the burning wood-pile over
the top of the house. Fortunately the heavy
timbers under the dirt did not take fire , as the
usual pole and willow roof would have done.
That night we were too much exhausted to
cook anything to eat , so we gave the children
what there was , gingersnaps and J. and I ,
very hungry went to bed , but not to sleep.
This fire burned a mile of fence , which had
only been built that summer , and from being
overheated my hair came out.
And so the years passed , bringing cares and
trials. One by one little urchins came to us ,
until we contributed four boys and two girls to
the native population. Changes were con
stantly taking place , and at one time nearly
vcrybody Was away ; those who had not left
for good , Were seeking work elsewhere , so , for
months at a time , I did not sec a woman. One
miserable summer was ended with the "In-
nian Scare , " which forms an epoch in our
lives. Sometime I'll tell about that and of
the society and the gradual settling up. Much
more might be said , but this is written that the
young people of to-day , enjoying all the ad
vantages which have come with modern im
provements , may Know what women's lives
were in the early days. The manner of living
lacking even the picturesqueness of the old
country peasantry ; with nothing to develop the
heroic sides of our nature. ENDURANCE was
the quality most needed by the pioneer wo
men of Southwestern Nebraska !
UMPH REVS
Dn. 11 wu'UKEYs'SPECIFICS aresclentlflcallyaud
carefully prepared prescriptions ; used for many
years In private practice with succes.sandforovcr
thirty-years used by the people. Every single Spe-
clflc Is a special euro for the dbeaso named.
These Specifics curu wlthouc drugging1 , puTtp-
Ing or reducing the system , and are in fact and
deed the sovereign remedies of the World.
LIST OF PRINCIPAL SOS. CUKES. PRICES.
Fevers , Congestion , Inflammations. . .25
\VoniiM , Worm Fever. Worm Colic..VJ5
Crylnor Colic , orTeethlngof Infonta.a.'J
IInrrlien , of Children or Adults U.'S
UrHcntery , Griping , Bilious Colic 145
Cuoleru nlnrbuH , Vomiting .M.'S
CouirliH , Cold , llrouchltla v > 5
NeurnlKla , Tootliache.Foceacho V55
_ Headaches , Sick Headache. Vertigo. ' 5
10 liyspepaia , Bilious Stomach J4 ;
11 SiipnrcHHca or Painful l > erIod'jS
12 WhHe.H , too ProfiLse Periods IS. i
15
u > Fever anil Ague , Chilli , juuurla " " Kit
17 1'iles , Ullnil or lileeJiiiK. . . f. . . 156
IS Oplulmliuy , or Sore , or Weak Eyes .5(1
1J > On ta.rrhIullucnz.i , Cold lnthuIIuad.5O
20 Whooping Couich , Violent Coughs. .5U
sA ALKW ' . .9 ! l1 s'Hll.l.l alJ > iK : " - 3
25
24
25 Uropwy. and Kcanty "Secretions ISO
2li SoaSicIcncs'j , KlcknessfromRiding.SO
Kidney DiseaNp 50
Ner\-ans l > ebility J-Ymlnal Wcak-
nefi , or Involuntary Discharges..l.OO
2f ) SorcMoiitli , Cnnkcr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SO
31
32
: 3 KpHepMy , Sasm. ht. Vims' Dance..l.OO
3'J Diphtheria , Ulcerated Sore Throat. . ,1O
Chronic C'onggBtipiiH & Eruptions .50
Sold liy Druggists , or sent postpaid on receipt
of price. Dit. HujirimEis * JIAMJAL. ( in pages )
richly bound in cloth and gold , mailed free.
HUMPHREYS' MEDICINE CO. ,
Cor. William and John Streets , New York.
HUMPHREYS' VETERINARY SPECIFICS.
Unedby all owners of Florae and Cat
tle. A Complimentary copy of Dr. Humphreys'
Veterinary Manual (500 ( pages ) on treatment and
care of Domestic Animals Horses , Cattle , Sheep ,
Hogs and Poultry Sent free. HUMPHREYS *
o. , cor. William ana John Sts. , N. Y.
HONG SING LAUNDRY.
White Shirts , 10 cents.
Cuffs 5 cents.
Undershirts , S for 25 cents.
HONG SING LAUNDRY.
Consumption Cured.
An old phyplelan. rotlrcii from practice ,
ImvliiK bad placed in lua hands by HII East m-
dlii mlBBlonnry iho formulii of u Bimplo vcgct-
ullo remedy for the speedy and pcrmunont
cure of Consumption , Bronchitis. Catarrh ,
Astlimu und all tliront and Lnujc AlToctlons ,
nlao a posltivo and rudlcal euro for Nervous
Debility and nil Nervous CoinplalntH. after
hiivliiR tested Its wonderful curatlvo powcre
In thousands of CUSCH. bus felt It his duty to
innko It known to bis suffering follows. Actu
ated by this motive and n dcsiru to relieve
human sufTermK. I will Bond free of charge , to
all wbo desire It. tills roulpu. In German.
French or English , with full directions for pre
paring and uBliiK- 'nt by mall by addressing
with atHinp. namlnir this paper. W. A. Noyce.
KM Powers' Illock. llochester. N. Y. IW-ly.
Merit Wins.
Wo dcslro to say toourcltlzonsthat foryoars
wo have been soiling Dr. Kind's Now Discovery
for Consumption. Ur. KIHK a New Lifo Pills.
ItucKlen'B Arnica Salve and Electric Kilters ,
and have never handled remedies that soil as
well or that have Klveu such universal satis
faction. Wo do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time , and wo Btand ready to refund the
purchase price If Hatlsfnctory results do not
follow their use. These remedies have won
their great popularity purely on their merits.
T -4ts. A. McMir.i.KN. Druggist.
Buck fen's Arnica Salve.
TIIK HKST SALVE in the world for cuts. eorcB ,
bruises , ulcers , salt rheum , fever sorca. tetter ,
chapped hands , chilblains , corns , and all skin
eruptions , and positively enrefl piles , or no
pay required. It Is guaranteed to give por-
U-ct satisfaction or money refunded. Price
5 cents per hox. For sale by A. McMillen.
Humphreys' Specific No. 10
Cures Dyspepsia. Indigestion. Biliousness
and Constipation. For poor nppctitf , weak
stomach , sluggish liver , feeble kidneys , de
pressed strength , want of vigor , and as an
anti-bilious and anti-malarial protective and
curt * it tins no equal. Thousands are cured by
it. Sold by dealers.
DRYSDALE
THE-
TAILOR ,
From New York City , lias the most com
plete stock of Spring and Summer ( Joocls.for
men's wear , between Lincoln and Denver.
His stoie is just replete with tlm latest nov
elties from New York and Chicago , and as
he buys strictly for cash lie can alford togive
yon first class Clothing at very reasonable
prices. He has guaranteed every garment
he has made up in McCook for nearly six
yeais and has never had a misfit in that time.
Call and see him. One door north of the
Commeiciall louse.
THE LARGEST * -
AND
- FINEST STOCK.
. A. COLE
i
Wishes to call public attention to the fact
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that he bus received more goods which makes
liis the largest and finest stock to select from
in McCook. He guarantees n fit and his prices
are the lowest in McCook. Two doors xvest of
Citizens Hank.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
First tona l
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,
$60,000.
GEORGE HOCK NELL , President. B. M. FREES , Vice President. W.F. LAWSON , Cashier.
A. CAMPBELL , Director. S. L. GREEN , Director.
The Citizens Bank of McGoofc ,
JT-- Incorporated under State Laws.
Paid Up Capital , $50OOO.
-DOES A
General Banking Business ,
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn
directly on principal cities in Europe. Taxes paid
for non-residents. Money to loan on farming
lands , city and personal property.
ft Tickets For Sale to and from Europe
OFFICERS :
V. FKANKLIX , President. JOHN E. CLABK , Vice Pres.
A. C. EBERT , Cashier. THOS. I. GLASSCOTT , Ass. Cash.
CORRESPONDENTS :
The First National Bank , Lincoln Nebrska.
The Chemical National Bank , New York City.
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l Hotel ,
H. M. WOLF. PROPRIETOR.
DAVID C. BENEDICT , CLERK.
Headquarters for Traveling Men.
Electric lights , hot and cold "water batlis ,
free bus to all trains , and strictly first class
in a3 of its appointments.