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By F. M. KIMMELL.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co.
Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance
Republican National Ticket.
For President ,
WILLIAM MCK.I.MLKY of Ohio.
Republican State Ticket.
For Governor
C. II. DIETRICH of Adams.
Kor Lieutenant Governor
E. A. SAVAC.I : of Custer.
i'or Secretary of State
GKOKGE . MARSH of Richardson.
Kor Treasurer
WILLIAM Srunri'ER of Cuming.
Kor Auditor
CHARLES WESTON of Sheridan.
Kor Attorney General
FRANK N. PROUT of Gage.
Kor Land Commissioner
GEORGK D. FULLMER of Nuckolls
Kor Superintendent of Schools
W. K. FOWLER of Washington.
Congressional Ticket.
For Congressman
W. S. MORLAN of Red Willow.
B men , tramps and Coxey's armies
furnish but poor markets for farm pro
duce.
THE Democrat's of Milwaukee have
nominated Peck's Bad Boy for congress
Representative Lentz was a sufficiency
in that particular line.
His patient and laborious work am
the successful result of the war with
Spain alone entitle President McKinley
to re-election at the hands of the people
WASHINGTON excercised the veto pow
er twice , Monroe but one time , Lincoln
three times , and McKinley four times.
Tolerance and confidence in the coordinate
nate branches of the government have
characterized the actions of our great
est presidents.
IN farming , as in the law , nothing
short of success goes with Deacon Mor-
( lan. The courage and energy and money
he has invested in his farm near this
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city and the demonstrations made and
results secured are a common inherit
ance for every farmer in South-western
Nebraska.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has strenuous
ly urged the fulfillment of every cam
paign promise made in the Republican
platform of 1896. In this he has been
supported by the representatives of his
party in congress , and the result has
been much legislation of a valuable char
acter , as well as faith kept with the
people.
IT was plainly manifest in the Repub
lican national convention that the part } '
is determined that two great national
undertakings shall be inaugurated before
the close of the first McKinley adminis
tration. They are : The restoration of
American ships to our foreign carrying
trade and the conetruction of the Nica-
raugua canal.
IT seems to be the Fusion idea that it
will take a stronger man than Governor'
Poynter to successfully race with Charley
Dietrich for the governorship. And they ; 1
are in the dark as to the man who can.
run with the speedy gentleman from
Adams county , whose winning gait is"1 t
the admiration of his friends and the !
terror and nightmare of the opposition.
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No political party has ever met under
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such favorable circumstances as did the-
Republican national convention in Phil tb
adelphia. The unanimous nomination
of both the candidates for the offices of jo
president and vice-president was unprec to
edented. Mr. McKinley has earned , thor ;
and well deserves , the compliment.
The prosperity of the country under his si or
administration alone merits it , without
into consideration his able
taking con -
duct of our affairs of state during our
war with Spain. There was a noticeable
difference between the harmony of the
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St. Louis in y
Republican party at 1896 nc
and at Philadelphia. Last mouth every Tl
Republican was working for the strong te
est ticket , and there was a unanimous fo
verdict for McKinley and Roosevelt. The Hi pa
latter has endeared himself to the people re
by his clean and honest administration Se
of such public offices as he has held , as TI th
well as by his bravery iu Cuba. They
are both strong candidates , politically
and personally , and will gain in strength
as the campaign progresses. 01
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WILLIAM J. BRYAN was nominated
for president at Kansas City , yesterday
afternoon , by the Democrats. The con
vention then adjourned till this morn
ing. The platform opposes imperialism ,
militarism and trusts and specifically de
clares for the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to i. The vice-president
is still unnamed.
THE treasury department has made a
net saving , to June I , of $7,268,818 on
the refunding provision of the gold stand
ard law.
IMPERIALISM is a poor scare-crow , but
it will serve the Democratic purpose. No
thoughtful or intelligent citizen will be
frightened by it , however.
Do not lose sight of the Dingley bil
as having passed under this adniinistra
tiou. It opened the mills and gave wage-
earners a chance to again earn a living
HON. JOHN R. MCLEAN is going
abroad this year and the Ohio delegation
to the Democratic convention will have
to pay its own way. This renders the
heavy charges of the Kansas City hotel
keepers all the more distressing.
THERE was more important legislation
transacted during the last session of
congress than in any similar period. At
the next session two of the most iinport-
aut measures will be the Nicaraguan
canal construction bill and the restoration -
tion of American shipping.
THE farm price of wheat on December
1st in each year of President Cleveland's
administration averaged 54.1 cents per
bushel. Under the McKinley adminis
tration the average price has been 67.5
cents perbushel.au increase of 25 per
cent over the Democratic price.
THE Republicans assembled in na
tional convention at Philadelphia put
themselves on record squarely enough
n favor of legislation for the upbuilding
of our merchant marine in the foreign
trade. Congress will plan out the method
of doing what a majority of the people ol IEhi
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the country desire. hi
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the Black Hills' Banner Year. Ir
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1900 is the banner year for the summer
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mer resorts of the Black Hills.
The season at Hot Springs opened at eim
least a mouth earlier than usual. The m
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hotels were comfortably filled by the g
middle of June. Basing one's estimate a
on the number of inquiries which the fo
the : passenger department of the Burlington fete
ton route is receiving , twice as many te
people will visit the Black Hills this h
summer as in any previous year. Two lil
factors have contributed to bring about
this : condition of affairs. One is that the ar
Burlington route will run more cheap ex th :
cursions to the Black Hills this summer re
than has been its custom in the past. th :
One other factor is that the Burlington's
train service to the Hills has recently ar
been greatly improved. Its fast express cr
trains for Hot Springs and Deadwood
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now carry dining cars as well as the usu
al equipment of sleeping and free reclining se
chair . fn
ing cars.
During July the Burlington route will of
run ten cheap excursions to Hot Springs. on
The dates are : July 3-7-8-9-10-14-17-18- er ;
21-28. The rate is one fare plus $2 oo , th
for the round trip. Tickets bear liberal fr
return limit and the Burlington's service
pi.
the Black Hills is unrivalled. ,
Call on the local ticket agent of the B. s
M. R. R. R. and let him tell you what sp
will cost you to make the trip. sci ;
J. FRANCIS" ur
General Passenger Agent , un
Omaha , Neb. frc
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A Colorado Opportunity. thi
To Colorado at about half usual cost ed
June 21 ; July 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 and 18 ; August fas
; via the Burlington Route. fcgjggg
There's an announcement that will
interest thousands. "
It brings a trip to the cool retreats of
the Pockies within everyone's reach.
It solves the question , Where shall I
this summer ?
Tickets are good to return until Oc-
ober3t. See the local ticket agent of
he B. & M.R R.R.and get particulars.
Beautifully illustrated book about Col-
rado 72 pages , 56 pictures sent for )
ix cents in stamps.
J. FRANCIS. G. P. A. ,
i-i5-4ts. Omaha , Neb.
25 Cents to 1901. otb
That big state paper , the Semi-Week- to
State Journal , will be mailed from wa
low until January i , 1901 , for 25 cents. pla !
Phis is the biggest offer of reading niat- he
: ever made in the west and is done am
: the sole purpose of introducing the cha
mper into thousands of new homes ,
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lere's your chance to getan up-to date , j
eliable ! state paper for a mere song. | * " "
send in your quarter and you will get w it
paper the rest of this 3 ear. Address anI
rhe State Journal at Lincoln , Neb. his
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"I've got a new idea. " "Hmh ! It pro
Dught , then , to be a bright one. " Ex. Inv
COLEMAN.
Good rain , Tuesday afternoon.
W. S. Bixler lost a valuable mare , recently.
Bert Wales had hogs on the McCook mar
ket , Monday.
R. J. Traphagan brought out a new hay
loader , Tuesday.
M. 11. Cole marketed two loads of hogs m
McCook , last Friday.
Robert Traphagan , George Simmerman
and Robert Moore have jointly bought a
header ; it was brought out on Monday.
Lou Carothers hauled a load of wheat to
the McCook market , Monday. C. Wales was
there on Saturday for the same purpose.
Vina Divine , who has been receiving medi
cal treatment in McCook for some time , has
so far recovered that she was brought out to
the fai m home , Thursday.
Mr. Slagel , who lived just west of tins pre
cinct , had a stroke of paralysis in March , ' 97 ,
while sowing wheat , and has been helpless
ever since. On Tuesday night about ten
o'clock he had another stroke and died at
11:30. lie was buried at Zion Hill cemetery ,
in this precinct , on Thursday. Rev. E. II.
Gould , of Culbertson , conducted the funeial
services.
McCook Markets.
Corrected Friday morning.
Corn $ „
Wheat
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Oats
Rye : : : : : . : : : : . : : : ; :3s :
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Eggs oS
Butter
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New Potatoes
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Butter fat at Creamery 16
SAMOAN CROWING SNAKE.
Great Natural Curiosity That Infests
Jungles of Hcautlful Island.
There are no venomous snakes in
Samoa , always excepting the snake
which crows. In proof of the existence
of this reptile there may be offered the
testimony of witnesses , eye-witnesses ,
ear-witnesses. Any quantity of Samoans -
ans , and white people as well , will give
you detailed accounts of how they
heard the snake in the dense recesses
of the bush. They tell how their ears
caught the sound of stealthy move
ments in the tree tops overhead , an'l
how the faint sound stopped when they
halted to listen closer , or how it began
soon as they resumed the march.
Inevitably the narrator closes his ac
count by a description of his escape :
he either overtook some other wanderer
ei in the bush and found security in
numbers , or else he made particularly
good time homer/ai-d , or remembeie'l
charm which had much power. Wh ° : i
for any of these reasons the snak °
found he was to lose his victim he al
tered his silent tactics. He could be
tieard thrashing the trees and crowing
like a rooster , only many times as loud ,
ind as he sought some other part of
he forest the crowing was frequently
repeated , until at last it vanished in
he distance. When asked more par-
ilcularly as to his crowing , the Samo-
ms say that it is exactly like the
jrowing of roosters. There is an equal
lost of eye-witnesses , men who have
seen crowing snakes. They never vary
rom one another in their descriptions
what they have seen. Except for
me spot of special conditions it is nev-
seen on the ground , but always on
.he tops of the highest trees , gliding
rom < tree to tree with remarkable ra-
idity. . It is long and slender , rarely
one spoken of as under two arm
ipans or twelve feet , seldom is one de-
cribed as exceeding twice that meas-
irement. Its color is spoken of as
miform , a steel blue or slate , and free
rom spots or other markings. When at
est : it is difficult to distinguish it from
branch on which it may be stretch-
; when in motion it goes far too
ast for any detail to be observed.
The Invention of the Telescope.
One day , nearly 300
years ago , a poor
ptician was working in his shop in the
Dwn of iliddleburgh , in the Nether-
mds , his children helping him or
musing themselves with the tools and
bjects lying about , when suddenly his
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ttle girl exclaimed "
"Oh , papa , see
ow near the steeple comes ! " Anxious C'
learn the cause of the child's amaze-
icnt he turned towards her , and saw tle
lat she was looking through two
his
inses one held close to her eye , the of
ther at arm's length and , calling her in
his ! side , he noticed Ct the eve-lens ci
; plano-concave while
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other was tii
ano-convex. Taking the two glasses tiiw
repeated his daughter's experiment , m
soon discovered that she had did
lanced to hold the
lenses at the prop-
focus , thus producing the wonderful
feet that he had observed. His quick
saw in this a wonderful discovery
,
ing
he at once set about making use of
new knowledge of lenses. Ere long jo :
had fashioned a tube of pasteboard ,
which he set the glasses at their the
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oper focus and so the telescope was ]
vented.
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SHAVING ACCIDENTS.
THE BARBER DISCUSSES THEM WITH
THE MAN IN HIS CHAIR.
ChaaccH to Cut Tlir < mt That Are .V < it
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E cai oM From SerluiiN Mlslmii-4 A
Fntlior'H Dream.
"Did it ever strike you , " asked the
little barber , "how easy it would be
for the man that shaves you to kill
you ? "
The man in the chair sat up quickly
and looked carefully at the barber ,
who was feeliug the edge of the razor
with one finger. The barber smiled
to reassure bis customer and said :
"It seems a queer question , I know ,
but It is a wonder to me that there
are not a number of people killed in
that way every year. It would be
the easiest thing in the world for the
barber as he wielded his razor to make
one sweep with it and sever the jugu
lar vein , and you would be dead almost
on the instant. Suppose , for instance ,
that the barber should go insane.
. There would be nothing to prevent
his doing such a thing , and yon would
have no warning nor any opportunity
to save yourself.
"There Is al ivays a chance of a seri
ous accident happening to the man in
the chair. 1 have seen a number of
such accidents and have a horror of
even nicking the man I am shaving.
In fact , such an occurrence makes me
feel out of sorts for the rest of the
day. It was only a few days ago that
I almost had an accident that gave
me a great fright and completely unnerved -
nerved me. I was shaving a young
man , and in passing from one side of
the chair to the other a button of my
waistcoat caught in his hair. It pulled
a trifle , and he moved his head sud
denly just as 1 went to put the blade
to his face. I came within an ace of
slashing him , and only a quick jump
back saved him. The perspiration
stood out on me , and I had to call one
of the other men to finish shaving my
customer.
'But the worst accident I ever saw
in a barber shop occurred while 1 was
working in a small town in the west.
One of the patrons of the place was
a business man whose 8-year-old
daughter was lying at the point of
death. Her father put in most of his
time at her bedside. One afternoon
while she was asleep he came in here
to get shaved. He was so exhausted
through lack of sleep that he fell
asleep immediately after he had taken
lis seat in the chair next to the one
behind which I was at work.
"He dreamed that some one had
come into the place to tell him that
his child had died. With a cry of
alarm he started up just as the barber
laid the razor against his neck. Into
the flesh it sank. lie was not yet
thoroughly awake , and as he imagined
that some one was holding him back
from his child he threw out his hand
to free himself , and his fingers closed
over the blade of the razor. So dazed
was he that he could not realize what
had happened , but sat there in the
chair , with the blood streaming from
his throat and fingers.
"The man who had done the cutting
was the first to act , although half
crazed. He hurried for a doctor while
we stanched the fiow of blood the best
we knew how. Even as the doctor
was at work sewing up the wounds
a messenger came to say that the little
girl had died suddenly in the greatest
agony , calling for her father just be
fore she died. He was under the in
fluence of ether at the time and did
not know , but afterward , when he
heard of the circumstances attending
her death , he insisted that he had
heard her call as he lay there asleep
in the char and that it was her cry
that had caused him to make his sud
den movement.
"For years after the accident he con
tinued to shave in the same shop
Avhere it had occurred , and it was
never mentioned. He carried a re
minder of it for the remainder of his
life , in addition to the scar on his
throat , the fingers of his right hand
were all drawn up and useless.
"Sudden movements while in the bar
ber's chair n re always apt to be n tteud-
ed with serious results , and I could re
call dozens of instances where it has
been only the merest chance that has
prevented serious if not fatal mishaps.
Nine times out of ten where the person
getting shaved receives a nick and lays
the blame on the barber he should
thank the wielder of the razor that it
was no worse. The probabilities are
that it was quick action by the barber
that prevented a bad cut. A slight
nick often vould have been a case for
the doctor or coroner were it not for
the watchfulness of the barber. Here
yesterday I happened to draw blood
from a young fellow's face near his
car , and he made a great fuss about it ,
until I showed him that it was only
the sudden withdrawal of the razor
which resulted in the slight nick that
prevented him losing a good part of his
ear. Then he was grateful and thank
me , besides promising to be more
careful in the future.
"But there are other ways the barber
has of petting even , " continued the lit
barber after relatheriug one side of
customer's face. "There is no need
his slashing a man. He can inflict
injuries that will make his ictim de
cidedly < uncomfortable , and at the same
time the latter will not be aware of
what is being done. " What the barber
meant by this last remark his victim
not ask. New York Sun.
Didn't r-nnssli AVita the Rest.
Joues What were the boys all laugh
so heartily over ?
Brown Smith got off one of bis
jokes.
Jones Why didn't you laugli with
rest ?
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Brown It was on me. Columbus (0. ( )
State Journal.
pedal
hirt Waist
'ale.
Beginning July 6 we in
augurate a special sale'
of SHIRT WAISTS that will
interest every intending
buyer of Waists and cause
many to secure an addi
tional Waist or two beyond
their first summer plans.
This we do just in the time
when these goods are most
needed and when there re
mains yet to endure three
months of hot weather.
, - ' si Ls ii&iaEi > a/
f9 3iJg3SBE&SE&8 !
WE KNOCK THE PRICES
Our 82.50 and 82.2,1 Waists , ineluclim , ' our hand
somest White Waists and our most expensivey ! trimmed
Waists , dainty and desirable , such as lace fronts , line
embroidery insertions , soft milles at wrists instead of
cull's , etc. , etc. $1.50
we offer in this sale for .
Our 82.00 and 81.7. ) Waists , including our best sell
ing White Waists and some very handsome colored ones ,
$1.25
we price for this sale at .
Our 81.50 and 81.25 Waists ; , our most popular pricec'
' Waists , and embracing the quickest selling numbers of
this season's stock 95c
\ve offer vour choice for
Our 85c and 81.00 Waists , amongst which ? ire our
nicest dark Waists , such as black and white stripes
and medium dark styles , also some very dainty lace
trimmed ones 65c
vour choice for
58c
Our 75c Waists for
39c f
Our 50c Waists for.
Our 40c Waists for. 29c
300 Waists to select from. Sizes : 32 , 34 , 36 , 38 , 40 and 42.
Not a homely Waist in the lot.
TV IS ADVISE A PROMPT VISIT ANI ) SELECTION
Yours for Quick Returns ,
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Postoffice Per
in same Building. GEO. E. THOMPSON. McCOOK , NEB.
ONE PRICE PLAIN FIGURES CASH ONLY
o / Reaf J3ar gains ,
Are always to be found in the big storejin'the First National
Bank block
OURSTORE _ IS CROWDED WITH FRESH ,
NEW GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Dress Goods
Organdies , Lawns , Dimities , Percales , Prints , Calicos , and
TRIMMING SILKS , BRAIDS , LACES. ETC.
Rugs
° UPetS
to the already
Summer Underwear
A mense , ine of mis seasonal
arUde for Mcn
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Women an ( ,
Shoes
Our Shoe stock is
large and the
assortment .
in Hen's , Boys' , Ladies' or Children's Shoes. good. See it fnr anything
Parasols
Everything from a handsome and
dainty sun-shade ,
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umbrella ; and at prices that are winners. g00d' durable
Groceries
We keep our Groceries on the move and
our
stock is
always fresh.
"XeveiSleeps. .
HOMEST JOHN
Farm produce as good as cash.
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