Hi • I F. M. KIMMELL , Hi' ' Hi' ' McCCOK , NEB. I Printer H i H AND I Stutter. . B PUBLISHER OF B AMD DEALEK IN I Legal Blanks I Note Books , I . - Receipt Books , I ! , Scale Books. I _ l I Hi , OKAXEU Et K j E I Office Supplies B ' i i 11 j AND I i STATIONERY H ' 1B l OF ALL KINDS. B * I TRIBUNE OFFICE , Hj BTKST DOOS WORTH QW , f THE POSTOWICE Hj I SfcCOOK , - NEBRASKA. H NORTH DIVIDE. After several months absence , Reuben Hauxwell is back from his work near Hastings and vicinity. Currte Kimball returned , oh Saturday night , having spent u delightful holi < ia\ week among Bnrtley friends. Frank and Charley Cashen reun-ed on Tuesday night , from Gage ( Oiuu\ , where they have been at work for thr pa6t two or three mouths. Annie Gibbons has accepted a school at Liucoln , having resigned her position here. The remainder of the term will be completed by her bister. Wm. Doyle and his two sons GeorLe and Arthur will leave for New Mex < , early in the spring , where he will estab lish them in the cattle business. Edwin V Piper of the state uuiversi y visited briefly at the home of hittrotlur Morle\ , going back to his stud es at Lincoln the early part of last week During the past five or six weeks the weather has not been favorable for skat ing , but during the past few days many have enioyed a good spin on the ice Realizing her excellent ability as a teacher , the Coleman people have * < - cured the s-ervices of Annie Irwin to h' - ish a three months' term of school in that prosy neighborhood. After a short vacation during the holi days , Martha Johnson was to ha\e re sumed leaching on Monday morning , but was detained by a short though se vere spell of sickness. Herbroth < r Ben has had charge of the school during the week. On Friday night a gav and happy throng of young folks invaded the peace ful home of Lulu Kinghoin in response to invitations to come and give the New Year a good beginning. Many ami var ious games and charades , were ch verl\ played , to the evident delight and amuse ment of everyone. The comparative-It new game of "crocomo" tried one' .s skill and patience but was a sonrce of much amusement. Instrumental music and finally a bountiful and mo * > t eiegint repast concluded a thoroughly dtliglrful and auspicious event. Read the best coun ty ne wspaper t ha t's The McCook Tribune ever .y time. DeWitt's Witch HazeJ _ . Cures Piles. Scalds , Burns REPORT OF THE CONDITION . . .OK THE. . . Citizens Bank of McCook CHARTER NO. 276. at McCook. in the State of Nebiaska , at the close of business , Dec. $1 $ , iSob RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 95,120.75 Overdraits , secured and unsecured. . 117.73 Stocks , bonds , securities , judgments , claims , etc too oo Other real estate & 711 50 Current expenses and taxes paid. . . 2,317.68 Checks and other cash items 945 iq Due from National , State and Priv ate banks and bankers 11,735.96 Nickels and pennies S 69.59 Gold and silver 2,170 00 Bills 2,966 00 Total cash on hand 5.205.59 Totai 124.25431 uakimtiks. Capital stock paid in $ 50,00000 Surplus fund 10,000 00 Undivided profits 4.023.29 Individual deposits sub ject to check 42,273.91 Demand certificates of de posit 7,400.60 Time certificates of deposit 5,170.00 Cashier's checks outstand ing 26S.75 Due to State and Private banks and bankers. . . 3,117.76 5b" ,23i.02 Bills payable 2.000.00 Total 124.254.31 State of Nebraska. County of Red Willow.ss I , A. C Ebert , Cashier of the above-named bank , _ do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. A. C. Ekkrt , Cashier. Attest. . S V. Franklin , Director. } u t. Church , Dhector. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of January , 1S97. Elmer Kowki.i. , Iseal.1 Notary Public. My commission expires June 5th , 1900. . AsHi * SO YEARS' * JB IL EXPERIENCE. Bb B B TRADE MARKS , IIBBPl * DESICNS , r " COPYRICHT8 &o. Anyone sending a sketch and description mar quickly ascertain , free , whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. Oldest agency for securing patents in America. We have a Washington office. Patents taken through iiunn & Co. receive special notice in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN , beautifully Illustrated , largest circulation of any scientlflo Journal , weekly , terms 13.00 a year ; * L50sLr months. Specimen copies and Hand Book on Patents sent free. Address MUNN & CO. , 361 Broadway. New York. ? 5 Ancient \ / M Egyptian / A - jsmethods ( of agriculture are not ap- / /1 , /Mir plicablc to the-work of the Ameri- L alrMk can farmer of today. If you wish 1 J m Z KtL" ° keep fully infonned of the best H Hpp2v | ways and means of successfully , flF jf growing both farm and orchard , B Hh I crops by the aid of irrigation you , Hj fM must read a journal devoted to this , B K I particular subject. Do you wish to IS HnJM Profit by what others have learned $ H Ullll at the expense of an immense out- H jMIHj lay of time and money ? lOca num- mm mmWBB berorl a year is the cost of the KB " * * " only magazine which will give you W fffljM thedesired information. It is hand- [ Ml KHHV some , practical and Instructive. lllOJa SJTHE IRRIGATION AGE. CHICAGO. • .TH HMf } Published by fi. K. GIKLIKO. > • • HBH < iiiu iiih i j 1111111 B srtalBed the Motloa. Ill ode of the townships nour Cbicmgo the people ouco elcrtod as justice of the peace a man known U.t his strict nppli- oation of parliamentary rnlea to every thing possible. Among bis first oases was one of trifling importance , nu as sault. Epler and Delew , t\ffc Chicago lawyers who know the justice's peculi arity , represented the defendant aud a mau of the name of Smith the prosecu tion. Both sides announced they were ready for trial. Just as the court was about to proceed Mr. Epler arose aud I said , "If your honor please , I move that this case be dismissed * " "I second the motion , " quickly put in Mr. Delew. "It is moved and seconded .that the case bo ! dismissed , " was put by the court. "But your honor , " quickly interrupted Mr. Smith , with great surprise at such pro cedure. "Mr. Smith , this court has pre sided over meetings before and is thor oughly familiar with parliamentary pro cedure. It needs no assistance from you in this matter. " "But , your honor" "I shall fine you for contempt , Mr. Smith , if yon continue to disturb this court" The court then put the question again , adding , "All in favor of the mo tion will rise. " Epler and Delow and the prisoner arose. "Those opposed will rise. " Smith and the prosecutor arose. "The motion is carried by a vote of three to two , and the case is dismissed. " declared the justice. San Francisco Ar gonaut. What a "Wed" Means. Arrong the Anglo-Saxons the bride groom gave a pledge or "wed" at tbo betrothal ceremony. This "wed" in cluded a ring , which was placed on the maiden's right hand , where it remained until , at the marriage , it was transfer red to the left. English women at one time wore the wedding ring 011 the thumb. Many portraits of ladies in Queen Elizabeth's days are so depicted. In the reign of George III brides usually removed the ring from its proper abid ing place to the thumb as soon as tbo ceremony was over. In Spain the gift of a ring is looked upon as a promise of marriage and is considered sufficient proof for a maiden to claim her hus band. It is a custom to pass little pieces of brido's cake through the wedding ring , and those to whom these pieces are given place them under their pillows at night to dream of their lovers. These "dreamers , " as they are called , should be drawn nine times through the ring. Many brides , however , are so supersti tious that neither for that purpose nor at any other time will they take the ring off their finger after it has once been placed there. Philadelphia Times. Each Man's Share of the Globe. | There is no immediate prospect that the lauded surface of the globe will bo divided up and allotted in equal shares to each of its human inhabitants , but if uch a time ever does come it will bo found that ; each will get a little truck farm of 23 y acres. The landpd surface of the globe contains , as near as it is possible for the geographers to ascer tain , 33 , GOO , 000,000 acres , which , di vided among the 1,500,000,000 inhabitants - ' ants which-the world contains , accord ing to the latest official estimates , would give each of them a tract of land of tbo area mentioned above. , Taking the entire population of the world into consideration there are al most exactly 28 inhabitants to each' ' square mile. The followiug figures showing the .number of persons , omitting - ' ting fractions , to a Equare mile in the several divisions of the globe are from the best authorities on human family statistics : Europe , 88 ; Asia , 40 ; Africa , 18 ; North America , 9 ; South America , 4 ; Oceanica and the polar regions , 2. St. Louis Republic. His Middle Name. Cassius Marcellus Loomis of Chicago tells the Chicago Tribune how he found out what his middle name and that of Cassius M. Clay was. At his birth he was named Cassius M. , after Clay. "But , " he says , "no one thought to in quire what the letter M stood for in the name. Time ran on for some 88 years , when the newly born , having inherited an inquisitive turn of mind , wrote Mr. Clay for the desired information. Mr. Clay responded , sending his namesake a photograph of himself and a friendly note , in which , instead of stating direct ly what his middle name was , he quoted two lines from Pope's 'Essay on Man : ' "And more pure joy Marcellus exiled feels Than Cresar with a senate at his heels. and added , 'You will find your name in the above couplet. ' " A Yale Prank. The Hartford Conrant tells a story of Yale in the old days. The boys used to bribe theprinters' "devils" to get proofs of the examination papers for them. When the college authorities put a stop to this practice , a bright idea seized one fellow , and he saved the whole suffering party. He hired one of the printers ( it was summer ) to wear a pair of white trousers to the office and at noon to sit down on the form in which were lockf the precious questions. The inky seat ol that pair of trousers sold for a deal more than the clothes were worth in their original spotlessness and relief was se cured. Cured. Mother You say your husband no lomrer spends his evenings at the club ? Daughter I soon broke him of that. "How did you manage it ? " "Bofore going to bed I put two easy chairs together by the parlor fire and then held a match to a cigar until the room got a faint odor of smoke. " Pick Mo Up. The wheat fly feeds upon the flower of the wheat , while the hessian fly lays its eggs in the stem. The former thus renders the flower abortive , while the injury done by the latter affects the whole plant • A bushel of potatoes equals 56 pounds in Peunsyl Miia and (10 in nearly all the oilier Mures. I A Hut U ed by Wasblagiea. While hundreds of pilgrimn dailj crowd the shrine of Mouot Vernon , ont of the most interesting relics of Wash ington remains unknown and unnoticed and is rapidly falling into decay. This is a small cabin which was used by Washington when a youny man en gaged in eurvoyiug the lauds of upper Virginia. The house is locttted iu Clarke county , the district being formed in 1880 from Frederick and named for the illus trious general , George Clarke , of early days.Near Near Berryville , in Olarko county , General Daniel Morgan of Revolution ary fame builtahandsomo home , which ho called Soldiers' Rest. About 200 yards from the site of this manor is lo cated the cabin , which is regarded with almost religious veneration by the people ple of the neighborhood and which is being slowly oaten by the tooth of time. The house is 12 feet square , and there are but two rooms , ouo on the ground floor aud one for a garret. Beneath the building flows , or rather did flow dur ing the last century , a small stream , which was used for cooling purposes. The upper chamber is lathed aud plas tered. Only one window lights it , while a rough door gives access to the visitor , who mnst mount by a ladder. Hero it was that Washington was accustomed to keep his instruments when on a survey ing expedition. New Haven Journal. Spoiled the Party. "Yon weren't at the Joneses' , * * said the girl with the brown capo. "No , I wasn't , and I'm awfully sorry. You see , I would bavo been there , but you" "Well , you ought to bo glad that yon weren't. " " "Why , what was the matter ? I al ways thought everybody had a good time when they went to the Joneses' , for I believe" "It was the dullest thing I ever saw. Yon know , it was to be a sort of talk party. " j "Yes. Everybody was to get in groups and talk about things. Now , for mv part , I like" ' "But it wasn't. Wo jnstsat and look ed at each other all the evening , and everybody went homo feeling uncom fortable. " "You don't say 1 Why , what was the matter ? Did anything happen ; " "I am not sure whether to say yes or no. You see , it was this way : The pian ist didn't come , and there wasn't any body there who could play the piano , so of course we couldn't talk , and wo • .all sat there bored until it was time to | go. ' ' Chicago Times-Herald. j • An Actor of Shakespeare's Day. ' ' , He had trim , straight lees , thisstran- ger , and a slender , lithe body in a tawny silken jerkin. Square shouldered , too , was he , and over one shoulder hung a plum colored cloak bordered with gold ; braid. His long hose were the color of j his cloak , and his shoes were russet leather , with rosettes of plum and such high heels as Nick had never seen be- < ' fore. His bonnet was of tawny velvet. J with a chain twisted round it , fastened r by a jeweled brooch through which was ( thrust a curly cock feather. A fine white Holland linen shirt peeped through his jerkin at the throat , with a broad lace collar , and his short hair curled crisply : all over his head. Ho had a little pointed - ; ed beard , and the ends of his mustache ' were twisted so that they stood up fiercely on either side of his sharp nose , t At his side was a long Italian poniard , i in a sheath of russet leather and silver ; " filigree , and he had a reckless , high and i mighty fling about his stride thac 1 strangely took the eye. John Bennett ' in St. Nicholas. I \ Choked a Leopard to Death. I Carl Akoley , taxidermist of the Field ! Columbian museum , who went to Africa with other scientists after specimens of j largo game for the institntion , has had an experience out of the common. Ho and a native were hunting one day , when he saw a leopard crouched all ready to spring upon him. A shot hur riedly fired from a rifle pricked the beast in one hind leg , and the next in stant the man and leopard were in a mix up that was mighty serious for both , but more especially for the man. Akeley , however , has got powerful arms and a good grip , and that saved him. Ho got the leopard by the throat and choked it to death , with no other injury than a lacerated arm. New York Sun. Caution. A highlander was tried for a capital offense aud had rather a narrow escape , but the jury found him "not guilty , " whereupon the judge , in discharging , though fit to admonish him. "Prisoner , before you leave the bar let me give you a piece of advice. You have got off thi3 time , but if ever you come before mo again I'll be caution you'll be hanged. " "Thank you , my lord , " answered Donald , "and as I'm nee uugratefu' , I beg to gie your lordship a piece of advice in return. Never be caution for ony- body , for the cautioner has often to pay the debt. " Scottish Nights. How Papa Said Grace. "At our house the other night we had a Methodist minister to tea , " said a friend. "The dominie said grace , and when he ceased asking the blessing the 4-year-old daughter of the hostess , who sat opposite the minister , looked up and said , 'That's not the kind of grace my papa says. ' " * No ? What kind of grace does your papa say ? ' asked the minister. 'Why , he came home last night , and when he sat down to the table ho just said , "Good God , what a supper ! " ' was the reply. " Buffalo -Courier. The first mention of a crown in the Scriptures is in Exodus xxv , 11 , where a crown or ornament of gold was direct ed to be placed above the sacred ark. The ornament is here mentioned as be ing well known and was probably long in use among the Egyptian kings. 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Every Thursday afternoon , a touris sleeping car for Salt Lake City , Sai Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Oma ha and Lincoln via the Hnrlingtoo Route It is carpeted , upholstered in rattan has spring seats and backs and is pro vided with curtains , bedding , towels soap , etc. An experienced excnrsioi conductor and a uiiifoiuied I'ulluiaii porter ter accompany it through to the l'acifii coast. While neither as expensively fin ished nor as fine to look at as a palaci sleeper , it is just as goods to ride in Second class tickets are honored and tin price of a berth , wide enough and bij enough for two , is only $5 00 For a folder giving full particulars call at the nearest H. & M. R R. ticke office , or write to J. Francis. Gen'l Pass'i Agent , Burlington Route. Omaha , NTebr For a Mere Sonfr. A limited number of novels by besl living authors for s-ale at this o'tice al five cents a copy. Only a few left. 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