t. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR BIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORtA , " AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA , " AS OUR TRADEMARK. 7 , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER , of Hyannis , Massachusetts , was the originator of "CASTORIA , " the same that has borne and does now boar f on every the fac-simile signature of &as $ > ffl& & wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought / jf on- the and has the signature of & jffi& &x wrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company , of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 24,1898. / ? / * , > r / Ly l S &P J' \ % * - < * < AiS St L&t > rD. . Do Not Be Deceived , Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you ( because he makes a few more pennies on it ) , the in gredients of which even he does not know. 1 "The End Yon Have Always Bought" BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF , Insist on Having Th.e Kind That Never Tailed Yon. . , . THC CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STRICT NEW YORK CITY. ALL ROADS ARE AU&E ' l ft Perfection Is the rec-v i o ? our long experierGs. ? are the product of mechanical ingenuity. Monarch ChainSess $800,00 Send for 1898 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. ftflONARCH CYCLE MFG. CO. , Lake , Halsted and Fulton Streets , Chicago. Branches New York. London and Hamburg. Send ten 2-cent stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing Cards Illustrating Lillian Russell , Tom Cooper , Lea Richardson , and Walter Jones. FRANCIS E. DIVINE. CANCER DOCTOR , McCooK , NRURASKA guarantee a cure. No cure , no pay. Write me at above address , or call at 1113 * home in Colemau precinct. Tablets and Box Papers. Vou wiii Iii.fi a tine line oi tabiets itntl box paiitrat ; n ; > < 'ilu-e fur - le at vcr\- rcasoiiiible IIL'U"-S H-nl of iht- i t-t qtirtl- ity SCAI.H BOOKS I'or S lie . .t TlIK TlilH- XJNuffice. . Hest in 'he market. > O < KXX > OO < > CKXXKKKXKX > O < XXKX > < ? % s a Successor of the" I ' The One Great Standard Authority , So viTitrs Hon. 1 > . .1.r.rrw < T , In tlce l . supreme Coiirl. Stariclurcl of the t" . S. < .ov't rrint'.ii ) . ' OllHi-.llif t'.S. SniiK-nii- Cotnt. sill tinMan - MI- iin'iiH'fourts.iiiiiliir near ly all M-lioolliixiks. . XV'sirjiiIy l > v Slate of Schools , rolJi'Bi' 1'ifbi- ( leiiUan lotli Titliicil < almost Mltliout imiiibtr. Xijvalwalile In the linnseljolil. and lo tin- teacher , scholar , vro- U-Mioiial 111:111. and sclf- cdurator. $ & -S ] > ccimcn puyes scut on npiiUcation to 5 G. & C. Merriaiti Co.rutollslicrs , Springfield , Mass. Do not be deceived In "Webster's Dictionaries' " All authentic ' alri < Iioiie t of Webster's l'ltpnrI"rni1S1J211 100' } : J Tirlons sizes bear our traae-marK on > Hi i s > ry tn < > , tliu front cover sis shown In tlie cuw. McConnell's Colicure Cures Colic , Cholera Alorbus and Diar rhoea Money refunded if not as repre sented. See McMillen's new stock of WALL PAPER. THE TRIBUNE and The Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer fori.5oayear , strictly in advance. E. C. Blanks of Lewibville , Texas , writes that one box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve was worth $50 lo him. It cured his piles of ten \ears standing. He advises others to trit. . It also cures eczema , skin diseases and obstinate sores. A McMillen Machine Oils at McConnell's Sick headache , biliousness , constipa tion and all liver and stomach troubles can be quickly cured by nsin those fa mous little pills known as DeWitt's Lit tle Earlv Risers. They are pleasant to take and never gripe. A. McMillen. THE TRIBUNE and The New-York Tribune for $1.25 a year , strictly in ad vance. B. S. iSETON , Prs : . T. Z. UcDONALD , Casa. CLIiTOED 1U3S1T , Asst. Cash. BANK OF DANBURY DANBURY , NEB. A General Banking Business 3f Any business you may wish to transact with THE McCooK TRIBUNE will receive prompt and careful atten tion. Subscriptions received , orders taken for advertisements and job-work. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sah Cures Plica. Scalds , Burns. livP IP1 IT 'P WQPin ? .iJjitlJ ItnOL/UJ . U.iJ / . HOW SERGEANT VAUGMAN SAVED A LIFE AT A HOTEL FWE. A ? loutlier of tit * Nn r Vurk lN > | inrtin < < iit Who ttmtaii | ; r it III * Own l.lf * to H v n < lvir t of the lintel Uojrnl Who Unit Altout tllvou t'l * All ll > i > o. laooli A. Ill in , mttlinr of "How the Otliur Half LlvvK , " wi-lturt of "liuroon Vf\m \ Wit 1'W 1 Tlu Century. The urtlelo IH onu of the M < rl * "lU rtnin of IVaoo. " Air. Kiln U lln the rolluwlnw Htory of n horoio ronouo at the Uutnl Uoyal tire in Now York HOUIO y nrn I K < > : ijoiwaiit Vuuijhiui wont up on the roof. The HittoKoVIIH H > dciiM * there ( lint ho wmhl mm llttlo , hut through it ho hoard a cry for lutlp and iiituht out the slmpo of a man HtandhiK upon a window will in ( ho llflh ulnry overlook- j ( UK the courtyard of the liottil. The yard \vns btitwoun thoni. DiddiiiK hi * mon follow they were live all told ho ran down and around in the nuxl street to the roof uf the IIOUHO that fonuod an an lo with the hotel \vinj { . There .stood the man holow him only a j jump away , hut a jump wliiuli no mortal - | tal might take and livo. HIH fticn and j hands were hhiuk with sniokn. YmiKlmn , looking down , thought him a nc ro. Ho was port'ootly ralm. "U is no UMI , " ho said , glancing up. "Don't try. You can't do it. " The sorwanl looked wistfully ahout him. Not a > hck or a piwo of rope was in siyht. Every shml was UMd holow. There was jiliMilutcly nothing "Hut I couldn't let him , " huxiid to me months after , when 1m hr.d cuujo out of the hos pital a whole man a ain nnd was bark at. work. "I ju t ei.uldn't. htamiiii there so quiet and brave. " Tu the men lie said sluirply : " 1 want you to < 7u CM'.ctly as I tell you now. Don't &r\b me , but lot mo j got the lirat jjrab. " lie had nuticud that the man wore a heavy overcoat , and hau already laid his plan. "Don't try , " urged the. man. "You cannot save me. I will stay hero till it gets too hot , then I will jump. " " .No , you won't , " from the sergeant , as he lay at full length oil the roof , look ing over. "It is a pretty hard yard down j there. I will get you or go dead myself. " j The four sat on the sergeant's legs as , ho s\vr.ug free down to the waist , so ho > was almost able to reach the man on the j window , with outstretched hands. "Now , jump quick ! " he command-j ed , and the man jumped. Ho caught him by both wrists as directed , and the sergeant got a grip on the collar of his coat. "Hoist ! " ho shouted to the four on the roof , and they tugged with their , might. The sergeant's body did not j move. Bending over till the back creak- ed. it hung over the edge , a weight of 203 pounds suspended from and holding it down. The cold sweat started upon his men's foreheads as they tried and tried again , without gaining an inch. Blood dripped from Sergeant Vaughau's nostrils and ears. Sixty feet below was J the paved c-ourtyard. Over against him was the window , behind which he saw the back draft coming , gathering head way with lurid , swirling smoke. Now it burst through , burning the hair and the coats of the two. For an instant he thought all hope was gone. But in a flash it came back to him. To relieve the terrible dead weight that wrenched and tore at his muscles he was swinging the man to and fro like a pendulum , head touching head. He could swing him up ! A smothered shout warned his men. They crept nearer the edge without letting go their grip on him and watched with staring eyes the human pendulum swing wider and wid er , farther and farther , until now , with a mighty effort , it swung within their reach. They caught the skirt of the coat , ' held on , pulled in , and in a moment lifted him over the edge. They lay upon the roof , all six , breathless , sightless , their faces turned to the winter sky. The tumult of the street came up as a faint echo. The spray of a score of engines pumping be low fell upon them , froze and covered them with ico. The very roar of the fire seemed far off. The sergeant was the first to recover. Ho carried down the man he had saved and saw him sent off to the hospital. Then first he noticed that ho was not a negro. The smut had been rubbed off his face. .Monday had dawned before he came to , and days passed before he knew his rescuer. Ser geant Vaughan was laid up himself then. Ho had returned to his work and finished it , but what ho had gone through was too much for human strength. It was spring before ho re turned to his quarters , to find himself promoted , petted and made much of. A Bureau of Courtesy. "A curious innovation , " says the Bos ton Transcript , "at the coming Omaha exposition will he a bureau of courtesy. Not only is the idea novel , but it is sur prising to learn that nearly all the people ple of the city will bo enrolled in the committee. Every member will wear a badge , and visitors will be at liberty to address any ono who wears the badge and ask for information just as much as he likes. The member , on the other hand , will be pledged to treat the visitor courteously and answer his questions , or put him in the way of getting them answered. " Coke In Diflereut CouutricH. The prices at which coke is quoted in different countries are given as § 1.44 in : the United States , § 3.18 in Great Brit ain , $8.24 in France , $3.30 in Germany , 58.48 in Belgium , and in Spain $5.08. These figures are based on the quantity of coke used in the manufacture of a ; ton of bessemer pig iron. ; The proportion of deaf mutes to the population is one to every 2,048. In 1851 there was one deaf mute to every 1,738 of the population. Physicians > jlaim that this decrease is mainly trace- iblo to greater knowledge and c'-aro in ' the treatment of scarlatina in children. HOW LACES ARE NAMED. of rnttrrn nml I Klltr of Munu- fnrturp Mt Un the DUllnctluu. Orh'mi 1 * . .ShachMord , in "OnturJes of I < an , " in The Woinnu'ii Homo Com- jmnlon , | ; lvyi lhw * lnt.'ro ti i ( ; fnctrt on Inco iimmifiuuuro : "Thy noiiu-nclaturo of lace i decided oy certain p < vul ! : rltlni of jmttrrn , iiuth or Mltohii * thttt ) x > lt > iiK to certain locull- UOH , and it In rittalm < d nvun wuu thn lontlltiffi lutvo IOIIK fftUMxl to produce thnir dUtliu-tlv. ) futiricutloiiM , Vulnu- ( ikmntiH IIIIM not for many yuarn wrought the liHT ( hut hmtr tin imiim , th ir mtui- n fitc turn Imvini ; Iniitf xineo hem Irnnn. fnrnut lo Ypru * . Uil hmi , whli thu vhantilly lttu ' mo nil iiuuh * at Itayoux. "Tho llmmi J'nmeh I JUT * nrw ) i do in Normandy , thn olimtpiT oucn oonm from the AnvcrKii" , uhlrh WHM thn Jir l Kri'iiHi province to jinxlunt pillow luc < . liayonx , with her tributary mirrotimi- 1 * ( ho liir ful uml In-xt produoor of lure * . Her chitntilly ! * juir i-x- O'lll'IK'tt ' till ) lllMWt OVCf IIIUllc. < , ' | H ! | | in alho n center for blade luui * . Nuriniuidy producer * K < HM ! hhtrk and while blond * . Cuiputi'h aruinudi ) In tlio Auvur im. hut the llnont rome from ( tin YOK HM. .Mini- court I tmiihht' ; * Hint jiointiuiil pillowluni. ItrtiHMlri furniNhiiii mont of lint nwdlo point * , though oant llrnh.int and Huinuolt now nupply lurK' ( Itiiuitities. The nld laci-n lor which Hiiicliu. Jtrugi'M and I'MnndiTH WIT oncti so celohratud are no longer tliu nitxlu , though htill much prized by cuiii.oi- hiuirn. Thin is aUo trim uf mulim-h , or muchlin , lace aixl vah iirieiineH , the latter is returning tolavur. makes a round mc.shilencieiiMi'H , not beautiful as the lo/en u ground , and coarMir quiilitics coniu from ( Jourtrai and ditl't-rent part * < tf I-'landor" . Lillu and Yah'nrii'nm'.s formerly behjugcd to the Netherlands , which account H for their early proficiency in lacomaking. "Flemish guipures arc noted for their excellence. The LJe.lgian and French laces are the finest , in point of fabrica tion , in the world. Paris is to a largo extent an emporium for Belgian lace.- ; . She is the birthplace of fashions and novelties and dictates lace designs , keep ing alive emulation and rewarding merit through her Society of Decorative Arts. To Franco must be accorded the palm for black laces , while Belgium may claim it for the vaporous lint-ness of her points , nothing equaling in ethereal del icacy her famous point de gaze. " Nervous Prostration. Dr. J. Curtis Webb , an eminent Eng lish physician , recently lectured on this | subject. The lecturer said that hysteria was a symptom of nerve exhaustion and was a state in which the ideas control led the body and produced morbid changes in its functions. If allowed to ' go on uninterrupted , nervous exhaustion J and breakdown followed. The seeds of j this really terrible disease were in 99 i cases out of 100 sown and watered dur-1 the of education and ing period training j of girls at and after a critical period of i life. Such cases were more frequent since the introduction of the system of , higher education of women , for the ad vocates of this made the great mistake of assuming that there was no real dif ference between girls and boys between , the ages of 14 and 21. Ho mentioned ' the frequent occurrence of cases of | angina and breakdown among girls and j attributed this to excessive mental work | and the lack of healthy exercise. j He advocated golf , cycling , lawn tennis - nis and other games as a preventive and j corrective and insisted upon the neces sity for regular indulgence in physical exercise. It was not work which hurt , but perseverauco in work after nature had held out her danger signals in the shape of constant lassitude , loss of ap petite and irregularity of functions. Nervous exhaustion sometimes occurred as a result of cxces.-ive physical exer cise , and among middle aged ladies as a result of worry. The remedy in the lat ter case was to live easier and according to rule. The complaint was also met with in young children and was in these cases generally duo to the forcing of mental faculties or constant scolding and nagging. An Estimate of Henry Henry George had all the popular gifts of the American orator and jour nalist , with something more. Sincerity rang out of every utterance. Sparing in book knowledge , ho had hammered out his thoughts upon the forgo of personal experience and showed them hot from the hammer , rude and unfinished in form. For this very reason "Progress and Poverty , " a stumbling block to re sponsible politicians , to the economic professor foolishness , struck the common mind of the thinking people with con vincing and dramatic force. The influ ence of this first book of serious eco nomic import which ever reached the outer circle of the English reading pub lic is not to be slighted. It is a matter of deep significance that such a book ; should have reached a circulation of far upward of 100,000 copies. Upon the pressure of the early popularity of his book Henry George throw the weight of his present personality , and his great gifts as orator and debater secured his influence and widely advertised his doc trines at a time particularly favorable to their reception. Fortnightly lie- _ now. A NVtv I'll rase. A very expressive phrase was evolved by a school board inspector at South- svark police court. A woman whoso hild had been remiss in attending jchool admitted that on a previous oc- jasioii she had told a lie tosavo her lusbaud , whereupon the inspector ro- iiarkod that these mothers who keep heir children from their classes in or- ler to escape fines "lied like gas mo- > ers. " Notes and Queries. . A Ke.il Need. "Do yon know a good tonic for uorv- us persons , Simpkius ? " "No. "What I want to find is a tonic 'or people \vho have to live with them. " : Boston Traveler. AVTIIOKITV.J Commlattipntira' ProcooQin McC'Aok. Ncbra k . J lv . iluaid uf cowntv ct MiNttM < M er > met Ml lo MijotttnincMt. Piocwt , StcpWtt jamc * A. Kui Mt , ci , and K. A. GICCH , county etal. W. S MofiM appealed M atu c7 * " * tl pctltkMicn. ami ictf et4nl U at tkc peUUMt to ! c v * { * * * * ! tin oj fitc rmlU fa ibc > c r | .V > H ami jjy/j H lk UiaWc ) M fKtr of Kcd \Yllt M cuwHtx. { ' * the pwipcn * at > * ! ami CUM ( bow * ? IN MM ! cutttUf , IK tbc cmt im < tuM * i. Oti Hello , , ) i .iim ni i n < i " T ' 'firtrlfirr.tMnmnttanfi * . \Ui\r , \V. K ) r . wrt W ttoi r > . JMd Th - to MM tb CO M ) 8M * * i iWMl.i w ! John W : mU. ttt J S pt. Irftt. W . 1 t I Iritir Ci blr c. rvto * > wmmit'mt. 14 < ( Me } > b Ik4r ! , Ami nn cwtut < y Uid tad. hrvy tit H IHII Lumber And on CMMMV loud i * 4. I * T u < iy * . lulluw * . ill Cox. i o * l ! i Uiutefto/ tart i O AHr t K. A. GlUtttN. COMB ? < Icrk I'or tbs ? N vr tct c f of temAer * ot , we bkv made tltr folowinf ! | aewapftpers Mtd wbtrreby we c o supptr Ibew in with TMH TBIJKTXX t tb - fi > law ng wry low pncr : flfl UCATION. MUCK Detroit ! ree I're . $ ieo Weekly. . . . , . 400 ' , l'arm . i oo 125 Chicago Inter-Oc aa- . I a > 135 Cincinnati Enquirer. . 100 I jo i New- York Tribime. . i oo 15' ' Dernoreit' * Magazine . . . . i oo i 75 . 1 u'cdo liiaiie . i GO I 25 i N'el.raska Farwer . too 165 Iowa Homestead . i oo ' 75" Lincoln journal . i oo I 75 Campbell's Soil-Culture . I oo I 99 f New- York World . IKS 165' Omaha Bee . I oo 190 Cosmopolitan Magazine. . I oo I So \Ve are prepared to fill orders for may othrr papers published , at rednced rates. THE TSIBCNE. McCook. Neb. \Viii your battle's against iistra ! = e by acting promptly One Minute Cough Cure produceimm : di < tie results. When takin i-arlv it prevent cou ttpt. .or3 And in later s.ti je < Tt furn : hes prornr' : relief. A. McMiIlet : Go to L iid wick's SecondHand ond-Hand Store for tinwork and repair ing * of gasoline stoves and so wing * machines. DeWitt's Colic & Cholera Cure , Pleasant , Quick Results , .sate to take. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION. 031 All A. FLOWER DAY AUGUST 2. Brilliant Floral Cavalcade' INDIAN DAY AUGUST 4 Opening1 of Indian Congress. Forty ] Tribes Represented. j WAR DANCES AND FESTIVALS i ! REDUCED RATES ! : ON ALL ROADS i For These Occasions. . ' Admission to the Grounds reduced to 25 cents for Sunday. July Jtst. The Chief HtirKess.it Milesbm . Trt. . ! IKWitt's Kittle ICinly Utscrs to . the best ] ills be over ii > -i'il it\ his t'jiuiilv j 1 during lorty jous ot bousokooiii They cure coiistipiitton. siok bo.-ubiobo j | ind stoniacb and liver tioiibb-s. Sinoll ' . in s/e but great in icsults. A. M len. , TjticTuiiM'N'K and Dcmotest's l-'amilv Magazine for $1.75 a year , stiictly in advance. v I\lr. A. C. Wolfe , of Dundee , Mo. , wbo travels for Miinsnr it Ttbbetts IniTo- | inent Co . of St. l.ouis , i\os traveling men and traveler1 ? in general , .some ijood ndvice. "lein ? a Kniilil of tbe Gup. " lie savs , "I have lot tbe past tbrec yeats , tnade it a rule to keep myself .supplied ivitb Cbamberlain's Coltv , Cboleta and Diarrhoea Remedy , ami have found nu | I merous occasions to test its meiits , not sidy on myself , but on others as well. I : an truly say that I never , in a single instance , have known it to fail. 1 con sider it one of the best remedies travel ers can carry and could relate manv in e stances where I have used the remedy on kepttcs , much to their surprise and le- icf. I hope every traveling iinui in the J. S. will carry a bottle of this remedy .n his grip. " Ior sale by AloCoiinell. Thousands of persons have been cured f piles by using DeWitt's Witch Ila/.el salve. It heals promptly and cures ec- ema and all skin diseases. It gives 5m- nediate relief. A. McMillen. ? i CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You HIM Always Boifht ' Bears th'o j Sigsataroof 0 L EVERIST & CO. . I MLorxttl-'Kk T TXK 'McCook ' Transfer Line BUS. BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS. furniture ran i * tbr cilr. O2ic * o * Woei north of 13jr Ht .Lumber Yard L tv ar dor * for bo * -t fth A O. " Sfttttsffcftlf'tl F. I ) . Hi KOKSS Plumber and Steam Fitter KXJtX JCLIL'S IvU.VHJtT. Carpel Unng. Carpet or beftocv JOHN . ASL.1.EY. ATTORNEY AT * * * Ofc.- Kt-ar J. B. 3AL2Jk = D © DENTIST. O AL itrt 0 re wr i * 7 H -an . orvaa. n : -X. , --rrxi Or. W. V , GAGE- In Webster ix Mo-n. r x minor chiKirm crsi I < Kc riAv ! ] FVvd l nv s h < - > rsJrtw oi Hc-lcn noSnxthut on ! > < J h > tc t S MorUn. th the ohwct * hj yyrw ol the tiMe m him to * * > - : in. n < to N\\KS , > t 5 the S - ot S f ? K if > ; OV -hip i > UMttv , K S ot A. * 4 \ \ XjoC SK S elK K .X > the S\V ; H ot - S > AW ts n.Mth. K ; - . tW SW ot 't -t > ship t worth , K J tlWu , -4 N\V S o > ss o u t-ox\- * > :7. the MY K > ! . N i7 ; o NYV V ot * vst north. K ir. : th * X\\ o ( Morth , U JS. ih * Nu tM \ wM < h , K ? S. ? . 'Xf | \ h p \ o iK K e. * w X\V OUHIV irtul vo < s hat the licrclt m uny a You th i&Uv ol Bob Moore of hat lor c.Mt5ti | > A ) tl s l.mtc Untlv Rit he v never Ktirc. Tty them KM md liver tumble * , \ Mo Hr. J. I. Tcrrv , of T ipciikuivr of OhixinbovlniuN v ra and Ouurhoea Ucmod\ Ucmodv * las always become imv * * m in tomity " This is the bet ww Ax he world for who. cholcm morh v \ \ ntcry nud dinrrhoo * , nnd i < t\v is n nece i\y wherever itn KVtxt incut become known xo xSlhc . enicaviss.0 prompt or olUvhmU or ilcnsnnt to tr.ke. Sold bv McOinn\cl ) Dc\Vitt'5 Little Karly The famous tittle pUl. .