Established 1886. Strictly One Price. •...... .. • • • * ||t SMMt fton/** By F. M. K1MMELL. $1.60 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. The average annual gold yield of the world for the last ten years has been $32,000,000. The question with the Nebraska democracy is “what shall we do with this young man Bryan ? ” And the echo answers, “what can you do ? ” Hon.Edward Rosewater thinks that Hon. John Thurston’s silver views are absurd. It might be of interest now to hear John’s opin ion of Edward’s silver view’s. The McCook Times-Democrat is bellowing for a congressional candidate “with a spine as well as brains.” Well? What’s the mat ter with Andrews? He has the brains and Col. Deitrich the spine. —Hastings Tribune. Jack MacColl seems to have a pretty good following in the west ern part of the* state. It looks like a neck and neck race for the gubernatorial nomination between Tom Majors and the man from Lexington.-—Hastings Tribune. The experience of those eastern coal barons and others with their foreign laborers cannot draw out one tear of western sympathy. Men who import that sort of labor ers for the purpose of forcing down American wages are not entitled to much consideration. The assassination of President Carnot of the French Republic will cause sorrow and indignation throughout the civilized world. Anarchist Santo's dagger did the cowardly deed, Sunday night, as the president was on his way to the opera house in Lyons. Church Howe dropped in on Norman Musselman of the Falls City Journal, the other day. una wares. This was Musselman’s in troduction to this popular cormo rant, and he was quite taken with the clever, genial Church’s fetch ing smile, though disappointed because he had left his horns, and cloven feet and spear-headed tail at home. The McCook Tribune says that “four more years for Grover and then it will be all over.” We don’t grasp the meaning exactly. Will Grover be all over or will the four years be all over Grover; perhaps in four years it will be Grover all over with the same unanimity that it was in 1892?—Hastings Demo crat. Politically it will be all over with Grover. Commercially and financially the country will be in it all over—in the soup. The annul cry is now going up that our assessment laws need a general and thorough reformation. To be sure they do need the jag cure, and everybody knows it, but our law makers seem to be very shy about tackling this outrageous ly rotten system. Why, the ques tion naturally arises? There should be a state law absolutely requiring under the severest pen alty a full value assessment. This would increase Nebraska’s valua tion by millions, though the amount of taxes to be raised would remain the same. The per cent, would of course be much lower, and the basis more just and equit able. Will the next legislature do its duty in the premises ? The investigation of New York city’s police has uncoveied a depth of infamy absolutely unimaginable. It has shown that the police of the metropolis annually receive from houses of ill-fame, unlicensed saloons and other institutions con ducted in violation of law $20. 000,000 for so-called protection. It has developed the fact that the police appointments cost the ap pointees $500,000. Such bound less corruption and unfathomable infamy do not seem possible in this Christian age, and shows more than ought else to what immeas urable extremes men will go to satisfy their selfish greed for gold. This condition of affairs is not of course confined to Gotham, but prevails measurably in all our cities. The system needs chang ing radically. McCook Mercantile Co. Has opened dp a General Merchandise Store on Dennison St. in the A. 0. U. III. Temple Block. They Sell . . . Dry Goods . . . . . . And Groceries, And they sell them cheap. Spend your Dollars where they will go the farthest and buy the most these hard times. Go and get their prices and look at their goods before buying elsewhere and you will always save money by so doing. ...PRODUCE... Taken in Exchange. W. H. DAVIS, P. A. Wells, Manager. Proprietor. M. Casimir-Perier is the new president of the French republic. Yive la France! It is stated on the authority of J. P. A. Black that Franklin county’s delegation will be solid for the blue shirt. — ■ — The U.P. engineers are the hrst | brotherhood engineers to apply for admission into the federation of railway employes of that system. J. J. Burke of Fillmore county, who is well known in Red Willow county as an educator and county superintendent, is now editor of a Populist newspaper printed in Geneva. v This talk of Cruzen going into the next state convention with the solid vote of the Fifth congres sional district for him for secre tary of state is veriest bosh. Wind! It can't be did. Too Late for Classification. Buy beefsteak at Erewer's at 7c. cash. Brewer sells boiling beef at 3c. a pound. _ The season for snake bites is about red ripe. Patronize the Sunny Side Dairy of Carson & West. A nice variety of ink and pencil tab lets at this office. Roadmaster Josselyn was a headquar ters visititor, Thursday. Get your “likeness” taken at Hall & Reinhart’s photograph gallery. James McAdams is in Stratton push ing the work on the new school house. Miss Holland of Lowman's dress making debartment has been visiting her mother at Seward E. R. Curtis and wife have a daughter a bran new one, this week. Also a baby at F. C. Stuby’s, this morning. W. F.West was throwing cigars around rather profusely, this morning, all on account of the arrival of a fine io-pound lad at his house, yesterday afternoon. Colonel Cowgill of the Third reginient U. R. K. P. and Captain McLaughlin of the Kearney division were in the city on Tuesday evening, consulting with H. P. Sutton of the Brigade band and other Knights concerning the August encamp ment at Washington. Photographs. We warrant all our work as good as can be produced in McCook. Hall & Beinhart. The national republican league meeting at Denver, this week, adopted the following regarding the silver question: We believe in the use of gold and silver as money metals, maintained on a perfect parity and incontrovertibil ity. We do not believe that there will be a permanent return of pros perity to our country until the full use and highest position of silver shall be restored, and we favor such legislation as will bring about such result. — In a few days we will be brought face to face with the glorious Fourth of July. And theD, dear people, you will realize what a ruthless curtailer of blessed priv ileges is the present administra tion. We fear firecrackers, red lemonade and imported orators will be sadly missed by many communities, but local talent may get in its work by mounting a dry goods box and telling how it hap pened. Let the spew of the buz zard be substituted for the scream of the eagle; let every man do his dirtiest to appear patriotic.—Ex. $10 Reward Will be paid to the subscriber who will send us the first correct list of the the three men who will be nominated for governor in this state by the three parties this year in the reg ular state conventions. Each guess to be ac companied by a campaign subscription to the Weekly Bee with 25 cents. This subscription will entitle you to the Weekly Bee from July I to December I. Any old subscriber can send in his guess and receive credit for it and have the paper sent to any address he may see fit. The award will be made immediately after the three state conventions have ad journed. In case no correct guess be sent in, the money will be awarded to the first guess that is nearest correct. Awards will be made only on the choice of each convention and not on the result of any action taken after the adjournment of the convention. Send in your guess in the following shape: ? Guesser's Name.—. 2 l p. o... S » State. | I Gl’ESS: 5 C * 5 5 J Republican . J 1 Democratic. » ; s i Populist.2 Unless otherwise directed, the paper will be sent to the name and address of the guesser. Address all orders and guesses to THE OMAHA BEE. Omaha, Nee. £g“No guess received after August loth. Protestants and Catholics in Chicago have united in a petition to the board of education asking that a reading book of selections from the scriptures be prepared for use in the public schools. The petition recites that the whole re ligious world unites without ob jection in the universal prayer, “Our Father, which art in Heaven,” and that right-minded Americans will agree on the daily reading of suitable selections from the script tures in the public schools, fixing in the minds of the children the “vital, spiritual principles on which good citizenship and the future welfare of the country so largely depend.” Here is a move ment that is destined to spread over the whole nation. It is dif ficult to find a single objection to the 00,000 Chicago petitoners. Considered as literture alone there is nothing more perfect than por tions of the sacred scriptures. It is impossible to gather more in spiring matter for the daily reading of pupils than selected passages from the old and new testaments. Books containing these selections properly classified for school use are already in existence. Their general adoption cannot be too strongly recommended.—Journal. bow (ring),will never have oc casion to use this time-honored crv. It is the only bow that cannot be twisted off the case, and is found only on Jas. Boss Filled and other watch cases stamped with sr this trade mark. Iff Ask your jeweler for a pamphlet, cr send to the manufacturers. Keystone Watch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. Famous Clothing Co. -^WARM WEATHER GOODS.^ STRAW HATS, BOYS’ WAISTS AM) BLOUSES. ALL AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. JON AS ENGEL, p=l—_Manager. Mr. Kocknell went down to Be atrice, Wednesday night, on some busi ness. W. O. Bond, clerk of the district court, was up from Indianola, last even ing, on business. Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria. Elmer kowell. —NOTARY PUBLIC.— Real Estate. Collections, AND INSURANCE. McCook, - - - Nebraska. Mrs. e. e. utter. -MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR.— Piano, Organ, Guitar and Banjo. VOICE TRAINING A SPECIALTY. STUDIO 204 MONItOE ST. McCook. - - - Nebraska. SPECIMEN CASES. S. H. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with neuralgia and rheum atism, his stomach was disordered, his liver was aff ected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three of Electric Bitters bottles cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg. III., had a running sore on his leg of eight years’ standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Cataw ba. 0.. had five large fever sores on bis leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle of Electric Bitters and one box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold by Mc.Milen. Baled Hay. McCook Commission Co. To J. A. WILCOX & SON’s! THEj— Where They Are Offering Goods At Unheard-of Prices. Below is a Partial List -S- -Jf -f -h -k -x Of the Many . . . BARGAINS. Seven Spools Coates’ Thread, only..$0.25 One Hundred Yard Spool Silk, only.07 Fifty Yard Spool Silk, only.04 Twist, per spool.02 Dress Cambric, all colors, per yard.05 Indigo Blue Prints.00 German Blue Prints.10