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Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor 011.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
I IUiillions of lIotliers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles , cures constipation and. flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
' and bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
. toria iS the Children's Panacea-the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
"Ctstorb is an excellentfcr chli
t ren. Mothers have rep atcrtld : me of its
good effect upon their chilflrea.
, D : . . G. C. Oscoon ,
Lo + reli , 3tasS.
1 Castoria is the best lumclly for children of
which I am acquainted. I hops te day is rot
far distant when mothers will cousi'er the real
interest of their children , and use Castoria instead -
stead of the variousquack nostrums which are
' destroying their loved ones , by forcing opium ,
morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats , thereby sending
them to premature graves. "
- Da. J. F. nr.cuuLon ,
Conway , Ark.
Castoria.
/ ' Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me. "
H. A. AacnEn , M. D. ,
. 111 So. Oxford St. , Brooklyn , N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart-
went have spoken higidy of their experience -
ence in their outside practice with Castoria ,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products , yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won u , to look with
favor upon it"
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MAIN AVENUE , MCCOOK , NEB.
Stock of Iron , Lead and Sewer Pipe , Brass Goods : Pumps and Boiler Trim
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President , Vice Presidents Cashier ,
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T118 Gitizofis 5dllK 0 ? M6Gooh
INCO.t1 0RATEt ) UNDER STAT : : L111a.
Paid U Capital , - - - $50,000.
Surplus , - - - - - - 10,000.
BUSINESS.
. Collections Made on all Accessible Points. Drafts Drawn on all
Principal Cities of Europe. Taxes Paid
for Non-Residents.
Tickets or sae o a ro Ebro e
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CoRRESroSDESTs-The First National Bank , Lincoln , Nebraska. The
Chemical National Bank , New York City.
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To Save Drowning People.
The drowning season has set in with
rnusual severity this summer. The necessity -
cessity for every human creature to learn
to swim has been emphasized till the
world is weary of hearing it , yet almost
every day there is news that hapless mortals -
tals have lost their lives through not
knowing how to keep their heads above
water. Next to being able to swim , the
most important thing in connection with
accidents on the water is to be able to
rescue from drowning somebody who
cannot swim. Thefollowing , directions
for this contain useful hints :
It is essential that the man in the water be
reached as speedily as passible. Therefore a
rapid plunge into the water nearest him would
be the first thing to do. It is bettor to ran
along the shore of a river to a point above
where the man is in order to have the assistance -
ance of the current in reaching him , thus saving -
ing your strength , which will be needed later.
Be sure to approach him from behind , grab.
bing him in such a manner that your left
hand , which passes under his left arm , may
grasp his right wrist firmly and press him
firmly toward you. Then swim toward the
shore upon your back , being careful to make
use of the current all you can. The right hand
is kept entirely free and can be used in swim-
ming. Only the faces of the two tvi11 be visible -
ble above the water , and both bodies will be
carried more by the water ( according to the
specific weight ) , the rescuer having the task of
moving forward.
The rescuer cannot be grasped by the one
rescued , as the latter cannot turn to the right ,
because his wrist Is firmly held , nor can he
turn to the left , because then the rescuer
would pull the left shoulder closer to his own.
If the first attempt to grasp the drowning man
be not successful , try it again. The objection
that if a drowning man grasp you it is impossible -
sible to shake him oft is groundless. The man
drowning will always try to keep his head
above water. Therefore all the rescuer has to
do is to dive under the water , and the man will
immediately let go. The method is advocated
by the leading swimming societies everywhere ,
and it has been stateti that , except in extraordinary -
dinary circumstances , one cannot drown so
long as he retains his presence of mind and is
occupied with one person only. Let everybody
remember that to save a fellow being from
drowning depends in every case not so much
on the rescuer's skill as a swimmer as on his
cool headedness and quickness of action.
Does It Pay ?
Dr. Cornelius Herz , the briber in the
Panama blackness , sufficiently recovered
' at last to return to Paris. There is no
reason to suppose he was shamming in
the matter of the terrible illness which
it was claimed overtook him immediately -
ly his nefarious manipulations of French
senators and deputies were found out.
The wonder is that he is alive after the
abuse and hatred he brought upon him-
self.
Coming nearer home , it may be remarked -
marked that one of the gentlemen who
was said , justly or unjustly , to have
used his official knowledge of the sugar
question in the upper house to benefit
his own private pocket is greatly out of
health and has been for several weeks.
At the same time it is to be observed
that one of the men of New York city
who has been charged -with wholesale
acceptance of bribes in connection with
the police department and with other
wrongdoing to enrich himself is shattered -
tered in health , and his recovery is doubt-
ful.
ful.It is to be observed that when heavy'
charges of corruption or official misconduct -
duct are broughtagainsta publieman he
falls ill. There is usually no pretense
about it either. Often his health is irretrievably -
trievably broken , and his death is only a
question of time. His reputation is irretrievably -
trievably gone , too , as a general thing.
This has been true over and again so
often that it is the rule. On the whole ,
does getting rich in this manner pay ?
When they saw they must come to
time , the 110,000 Chinamen in the United
States set an example of obeying the
laws. All but 3,000 have registered.
Those that did not will wait to see what
the government is going to do about it.
The law says they must be sent out of
the country , but there is no money to do
this till congress appropriates some.
Meantime , with Chinese laundries almost -
most as plentiful as beer saloons , is it
possible that there are only 110,000 Chi-
namen in the United States ?
Probably the wheat exporting business -
ness in the United States has seen its
flush days. Besides the immense quantities -
tities raised at home to bring down the
price South America will hereafter be
most likely even a stronger competitor -
tor for the European trade than either
Russia or India. During the first quarter -
ter of this year over 1,000,000 bags of
wheat were exported from the city of
Buenos lyres alone.
The aluminium watch , which is becoming -
coming such a favorite in Paris , will
soon make its way in this country. It
will be admirable for ordinary use in all
ways. Its weight is scarcely more than
that of its works. It will never tarnish
and will not tempt thieves to steal it so
often as the gold watch does.
Between manufacturers who will be
damaged if raw materials are taxed by
import duties and farmers who will be
damaged if raw materials are not thus
taxed it is hard for congress to make
precisely satisfactory tariff laws.
It is to be read between the lines that i
the nations of Europe begin seriously to
consider bimetallism , appareutly knowing -
ing that they will be forced to it in future -
ture unless there are shortly some rich
gold discoveries.
"As a substitute for the kitchen range ,
either the oil or gasoline stove is very
dangerous when handled by idiots , inexperienced -
perienced housekeepers , servants or children -
dren , " observes the Philadelphia Times.
The boat races of the college girls at
Wellesley , Vassar and elsewhere are beginning -
ginning to excite as much iuterest as
those of the Yale and Harvard boys
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LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS.
Superstitions of Modern Gamblers Which
Are "as Old as the Iillls
If there is one active principle that
enters into gambling , it is superstition ,
and for almost every man that hunts the
elusive dollar over the desolate waste of
the green baize cloth , or on the race
track , or in any of the other multitudinous -
nous ways or places that one may lay
siege to alluring fortune there is a separate -
arate fancy.
Jack McDonald , one of the best known
bookmakers of America , believes that
ho is most successful in those years
which are indicated by odd numbers ,
and if you are doubtful of the truth of
it ho will offer you figures to prove it.
" " ookmaker Woolf is
"Carley B , as $
best known , has a steadfast belief in ,
" 3 , " and after he has selected a horse
to bet upon he will place an extra heavy
wager on him if he discovers that lie is
numbered " 3" on the programme.
Several superstitious betting men at
the Morris park races a few years ago
noticed the coincidence that the thirteenth -
teenth day of the meeting fell upon
June 13 , and they straightway sought
out a horse numbered " 13" on the cart.
They found one and bet upon him , and
to maho the coincidence most strange
he won.
That this belief in luck as applied to
certain numbers is as old as our philosophy -
phy is shown by the fact that centuries
before the Christian era the Pythagorens
and Platonists , who represented all
movements and phenomena of nature by
numbers , invented the science of arith-
nomancy , consisting of the use of magical -
al squares and applying occult powers
to numbers. On the combinations of certain -
tain numbers depended systems of divination -
nation , and particular virtues were ascribed -
cribed to numbers accordingly as they
were odd oreven.
"There's luck in odd numbers" is a
saying as old , as the hills. As ancient a
writer as Virgil says the gods themselves
esteemed the numbers odd , for in the
eighth eclogue he wrote :
Around his waxen image first I wind
Three woolen fillets of three colors joined ;
Thrice round his thrice devoted head ,
which round the sacred altar thrice is led
Unequal numbers please the gods.
The Chinese have similar ideas. With
them heaven i ; odd and earth even , and
the numbers 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 belong to heaven -
en , while the even digits are of the
earth earthy.
So it is little cause for wonder that
our modern gamblers stick to their be
lief that fortune abounds in odd numbers -
bers only.-New York Herald
Ueforiued Geometry.
Almost 100 years ago two men set
out from Virginia to visit the Scioto
valley , of the beauty and fertility of
which they had heard alluring reports.
On the third night they reached Clarksburg -
burg , where they put up with a man
who appeared to be honest , but oldfash-
ioned and illiterate.
'Can you tell us how far it is to Marietta -
rietta and what sort of a road we shall
find ? " asked one of the travelers.
"Yes , " answered the host ; "that is
axact1 what I can do , for I was appointed -
ed ono of the viewers to lay out the
road and have just returned from the
performance of that duty. "
"That is fortunate. What do you call
the distance ? "
"Well , the distance on a straight line ,
which we first ran , was 75 miles , but on
our way back we discovered and marked -
ed another line which was much near-
er. "
The two travelers had each spent some
years in the study of surveying and were
more or less amused at the idea of a
line shorter than a straight line between -
tween two given points.
However , the next morning they took
the route which their informant had
pronounced the shorter , and true enough
they found his statement correct , for
the crooked road went round the hills , I
while the straight one went over them ,
and the distance round was less than
the distance over.-Youth's Companion.
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Gifts at Baptism.
Gifts to infants on their baptism are
of ancient origin. Formerly the sponsors -
sors generally offered gilt spoons to the
child. These spoons were called apostle
spoons , because the figures of the 12
apostles were carved at the top of the
handles. Rich sponsors gave the complete -
plete set of 12 , while for those who were
not so opulent four was considered the
proper number , and poor sponsors would
content themselves with offering one.
In the latter case the handle of the spoon
generally exhibited the figure of any
saint in honor of whom the child received -
ed its name. It is in allusion to this
custom that , when Cranmer professes
himself to be unworthy of being sponsor -
ser to the young princess , Shakespeare
makes the king reply :
"Come , come , my lord , you'd spare your i
spoons.
The mug or spoon and fork offering
of the present day appears as a very
debased survival of a really beautiful
. Re-
christening offering.-Westminster -
view.
Business.
"Say , old man , I want to talk busi .
ness to you a few minutes. "
"Certainly ; go ahead "
"Could you lend me $25 without in-
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convenience ? "
"Yes , I think I could"
"Thanks. I'll return it shortly. "
"What security will you give ? "
"Why-er-I-didn't think any nec-
essary. "
" Oh , probably I misunderstood you.
I thought you said you wanted to talk ce
business.Indianapolis Sentinel.
Japan and Foreigners. '
In the last century there was a JaPanese -
nese law providing that no ship or native -
tive should leave Japan under pain of
forfeiture or death ; that any one returning -
ing from a foreign country should be
killed ; that no one should purchase anything -
thing from a foreigner , and that any
person bringing a letter from abroad
should die , together with all his family.
-Chi' igo Tribune. i
Cameron's Holaae-
GroWn Seeds. Send
for Illustrated Ctata-
lague to James Oalil-
eron at heaver City ,
Nebraska.
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PROPRIETOR OF THE
McCook Transfer .ioet
BUS , BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS.
'Only furnitilre(1I 11) the
city. Also have a first class house
moving outfit. Leave orders for
bus calls at Commercial hot 1 or
at office opposite the depot.
IL M. OSRORI.
I'ROPRIETOR OF THE
WHITE LINE TRANSFER.
; am well ec1uippetl to do
anything and everything iii the
line of drayiug business. I will
move pianos or household goods I
promptly and safely. .Your patronage -
ronage is solicited. Baru opposite
the Central hotel.
Chaseo , Laod and Jviook Co.
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P. 0. atldresi Imperial.
Chase county , and Beatrice -
rice , Nebraska. Range.
Stinking Water and the
Frenchman creeks , in
Chase county. Nebraska.
Brand as cut on sideof
soineanimalson hip and
sides of some. or anywhere -
where on the animal.
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AND INSURANCE.
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Ofiice over the Famous Clothing Store.
DIRS. E. E. UTTER ,
-MUSICAL INSTRGCTOR.-
Piano , Organ , Guitar and Banjo.
VOICE TRAINING A SPECIALTY.
STUDIO ROOM 3 , OVER r.ANSCHOWS.
3lcCook , - - - Nebraska.
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Over One Million People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes i {
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give the best value for the money. ,
tit.
They equal custom shoes in style and .
Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed.
The prices are uniform-.stomped on sole.
From 5I to $3 saved over other makes.
If your dealer cannot supply you we pn. Soldby
DEALER whose name will shortly ap-
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OF McCOOK ,
Has just received a new stock of CLOTIIS
and TRIMMINGS- you want a good fit- 1
tin ; suit made at the very lowest prices for
good work , cal'on him. Shop first door west
of Barnett's Lumber Office , on Dennison
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Harness & Saddlery
Repairing Promptly
Attended to.
East Dennison St. IlicCeok , Neb.
w. V. CAGE ,
SuraGon ,
MCCOOK , NEBRASKA.
p'Orrxcz HOCRS-9 le 11 a. m. , 2 to 5 anQ
f to 9 p. m. Rooms over First National bank.
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Son's store. REsrnENca--lO3 McFarland St. ,
two blocks north of McEntea hotel. Prompt
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