IThe
The Greatest Variety of Seeds Ever Of
fered to the People of flcCook and Red
Willow county has just been received
by S. M. COCHRAN & CO.
Here are a Few of the Varieties They now have m Stock :
fl
4 Little Navy Beans
< Prolific Black Wax Beans
Henderson's Bush Lima Beans
Early Dark Red Beets
Sugar Beets
Early Sweet Corn
* All Season Cabbage
I
Early Flat Dutch Cabbag-e
4 Early Cluster Cucumbers
Large Pickling Cucumbers
Small Pickling Cucumbers
Early Curled White Edge Let
tuce
Large Late Variety Lettuce
Nutmeg Musk-Melon
Round Yellow Musk-Melon
Large Green Musk-Melon
White Russian Water-Melon
Rattlesnake Water-Melon
Mountain Sweet Water-Melon
Cuban Queen Water-Melon
Early Red Onion Sets
Early White Onion Sets
Tom Thumb Peas
4 Dv/arf Gray Sugar Peas , Edi
ble Pods
4
White Marrow Fat Peas
Field Pumpkins
Large Golden Pumpkins
Sweet Pumpkins
Early Turnip Radish
Long : Scarlet Radish *
Early Breakfast Radish J |
Long- White and Purple Radish I
Hubbard Squash
Crook-Neck Squash jj
Early Red Tomatoes
Red Tree Tomatoes g
Early Flat Dutch Turnip *
White Flat Strap Leaf Turnip jj
White Egg Turnip
Early Rice Pop Corn
Sweet Corn for Fodder
Iowa Gold Mine Seed Corn ,
Nebraska Grown
Early White Seed CornNebras-
ka Grown
Kentucky Blue Grass for Lawn
White Clover
Extra Lawn Grass
White Kaffir Corn
Red Kaffir Corn
Assorted Flower Seeds
Sweet Peas
We also have the Everitt Man = Weight
Garden Seed Drills and Hoes
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- M j Nebraska.
To Salt Lake and Pacific.
Alexander Campbell , a veteran railway
superintendent , for many years with the
Burlington road , with headquarters at
McCook , Nebraska , claims there is noth
ing that the management of the roac
starts out to do that it cannot find money
to accomplish. Mr. Campbell is an en
thusiast and his long service with that
corporation qualifies him to speak as one
having authority. He appears to have
exercised this right while in Denver ,
Saturday.
"The Burlington , " said Mr. Campbell ,
"is going to Salt Lake and to the Pacific.
No newer on earth , can stop it. The
great ambition of Mr. Holdrege , the
manager of the road , is to extend the
line to the waters of the Pacific and it
will not be long before his desire is ac
complished. We are going to the coast ,
for Holdrege is dead set on it , and what
is the use of arguing the question ? The
talk about Mr. Holdrege meeting Presi
dent Burk of the Union Pacific to listen
to an argument against extending the
line to Salt Lake and Ogden is nonsense.
Nobody conld argue with Holdrege on
that subject , for he knows it is going to
be accomplished. " Sheridan ( .Wyo. )
Post.
Epworth Leaguers !
Send me your name and address and I
will mail you about April i , a beautifully
illustrated folder giving full information
about the special rates and train service
to California via the Burlington Route ,
at the time of the Epworth League meet
ing at San Francisco in July.
The folder will enlighten you on every
point in connection with the trip to San
Francisco cost of tickets ; how to make
the trip most cheaply and comfortably ;
what there is to see on the way , and why
your tickets should read via the Burling
ton Route.
The round trip rate open to everyone
from Omaha to San Francisco via the
Burlington Route is $45. Tickets are
good' by the way of Denver and Salt
Lake City.
J. Francis , General Passenger Agent ,
Burlington Route , Omaha , Neb. 3-8-413.
McCook Markets.
Corrected Friday morning.
Corn $ 35
Wheat .53
Oats , - .40
Rye 33
Hogs 4-75
Eggs .15
Butter
Butter fat
SCALE BOOKS For sale at THE TRIB
UNE office. B st in the market.
Don't fail to see the bargains in WallPaper -
Paper at Loar's.
INDIANOLA.
There is much illness in and about town ,
just now.
Harlow W. Keyes had legal business in the
metropolis , Thursday.
William McCallum went to Omaha , Sun
day morning , on business.
E. O. Scott was down from McCook
Wednesday , on a short visit to friends.
Mrs. Greenway was over from Danbury
last week , on a visit to her daughter Dora.
"Coxey" Bell returned on Wednesday from
Kansas , where he lias been located for some
time.
Rev. Lawrence Blanderfield , late tempo
rarily at McCook , is now for the present at
tins place.
Dennis Fit/gerald came out from Omaha
Tuesday night , on a Httle business , and will
return'tonight.
Mrs. James McClung is quite seriously ill.
Her son Clark arrived from Oklahoma , re
cently , to see her.
C. W. Dow lias purchased an interest in W.
II. Wadsworth's implement and hardware
business , coming here from Danbury.
Mrs. A. C. Teel departed for the western
part of the state , Sunday , on order business ,
going up to Imperial first , and from there will
go over onto the Curtis branch.
See that you get the original DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for it. The
genuine is a certain cure for piles , sores and
skin diseases. McConnell & Berry.
NORTH COLEMAN.
The man who bought the Thos. Ryan place
arrived , last Monday.
They have offered the old school-house for
sale in district 74 which is indicative of a new
one.
The literary at Spring Creek was so affected
by the parties on Friday nights that it has
stopped.
Chas. Cox offered his alfalfa for sale and
it was quickly disposed of among the farmers
on the upland.
A big grade is being worked up near H. K.
Uixlers which has given several day's work for
a number of persons and teams.
E. Osbaugh and family moved to their
new home , the Eppely place , on Tuesday.
Mr. Osbaugh's health is not very good.
"The happiest life that ever was led is al
ways to court and never to wed" is apparently
the motto of some of our young people.
Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Church have been in
Wisconsin for some time. Mrs. Church being
called there on account of the serious illness
of her sister. Mr. Church went there to sell
a carload of horses. They are expected home
f not there already.
Monday was the great moving day for the
Spperlys and Parsons. Mrs. Parsons intend
ed to visit at Dr. Marian's in Lincoln and
Mrs. Eppely was going to see her sister Mrs
Adams , some miles north of Omaha. Both
families are probably settled by this time.
The best of wishes go with them.
Her Own Selection.
Through oceans of remnants and ribbons
bens the pulling big woman towed the
ini't'k little man.
"What In the world shall I send her ,
John ? " she blustered. "Come , suggest
something that would please Aunt Bet
sy. Something Inexpensive. Why
don't yon say something ? "
"Stationery , books or worklioxcs , "
suggested the meek little man.
"Nothing of the kind. You couldn't
select a w xsent for the ashman. I
will look at some of those fancy boxes
of soup. "
They were before the soap counter ,
and she had her finger on an elaborate
box containing six round cakes of
white soap.
"Fancy and perfumed ! " she said ,
lifting a cake. "The very thing that
would please her the most. You may
wrap that up. miss ! "
"But. my dear , " protested the meek
little man.
"Youjust keep quiet. I don't care
for any suggestions from a person
tvithout taste. "
"Really"
"Keep quiet , John Tenbrook ! "
It seemed as if her voice Jind pene
trated every corner of the great store ,
and the little man shrank away in mor
tification.
"Well. John , what did she say about
the little gift ? Something nice , I
know. "
"She returned it. "
"What ? "
"Yes : you will find a note in the box. "
She unfolded the missive and read :
"Niece I return the box of shaving
soap. I am a little too old to appreciate
: he joke of being called the 'Bearded
Lady. ' Your Aunt Betsy. " Chicaco
News.
Fnte of Old Ovorcontn.
'Where do the old overcoats go ? " is a
query that is u natural successor to the
old riddle , "Where do the Hies go in
winter ? " The old overcoats seem
somehow to fade away , no one knows
just how. The overcoat starts its ca
reer on the back of its owner , who paid
$13 for it. It keeps him warm and
shelters him from cold winds and from
storms until it commences to get fray
ed at the edges and the pockets are
torn down the sides. Then the owner
uses the coat for rainy days only , and
no more does he take it to call on his
fiancee or to recline on the back of a
chair while he is reading at the.club. . .
He keeps it another summer , and the
moths get into it , and when he takes it
out in the fall it has holes here and
there. So the owner gives it to the
janitor , if the janitor is not a cold ,
haughty man , and the janitor wears it
awhile until his wife gives it to the
tramp who wheeled out the three bar
rels of ashes. The tramp wears it until
the old coat commences to fall apart , j ,
Then he gives it to another tramp , and
it falls apart still more. And then
some day the coat has entirely disap
peared. No one knows how or when.
The coat just simply faded away.
That's all anybody knows about it-
Chicago Tribune.
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to Keep Ont.
A sick man who was really near to
death could not resist the temptation to
have a little fun with his spiritual ad
viser , fie had a lingering malady , but
his days were certainly numbered by a ,
few weeks at the most He had not .
been known as a man of strong reli
gious convictions , and yet there was
little if anything which could be said
against him. It was one of those delicate -
cate cases in which it is hard for the
minister to do anything. Some one
l
suggested to Rev. Paul Weyand , then
stationed at Morningside , that he make
a call upon the patient
Going to the house , he found the man
propped up in bed to relieve a smother
ing sensation. The sick man could
scarcely talk above a whisper , and Rev.
Mr. Weyand began to make subtle in
quiries about his spiritual welfare.
The invalid's answers were all non
committal and evasive , and finally in
despair the pastor asked :
"Do you really want to go to heaven.
Mr. Blank ? "
"Do 1 want to go to heaven ? " repeat
ed the dying man in a hoarse whisper.
"Why , that's the place I've been fightIng -
Ing so bard to keep out of for the last
two vears ! " Pittsburg News.
Met on n. Screen. „
One of the happiest uses served by
that wonderful and many named In
vention , the moving picture machine ,
appears in a story told in the London
'
Music Hall.
A party of gentlemen were watchIng -
Ing the pictures when in one of the
South African scenes they recognized
an officer friend. The wife of the
officer , on being told of this , wrote to
the manager and asked that this pic
ture might be put on on a certain
evening when she would purposely s
journey from Glasgow.
She had not seen her husband for
r
over a year , but at last observed him s
Jn a group on the screen of a cine
matograph.
Too Strong : n Temptation.
"Yes. George asked me how old I
would be on my next birthday. "
"The impudent fellow ! Of course
you said 1 ! ) ? "
"No ; I said 2(5. ( "
-Mercy , girl , you ain't but 24 ! "
"No. but George Is going to give me
a cluster ring with a diamond In it for
svery year. " Cleveland Plain Dealer.
FIr t Need. < ,
"
"What ten books would you take If "
you had to pass the rest of your life
on a desert Island ? "
"Oh. 1 wouldn't take books at all :
I'd take things to eat. " Exchange.
A federal union of vegetarian socie
ties exists in London. London has a
vegetarian hospital with 20 beds in
connection with it y (
Wluit FrlKhtcned Him.
While crossing the isthmus of Pana
ma by rail some years ago the conduct
or obligingly stopped the train for Mr.
Campion to gather some beautiful
crimson ( lowers by the roadside. It
WHS midday and intensely hot. In his
"On the Frontier" Mr. Campion tells a
peculiar story of this Hewer picking
experience.
I refused offers of assistance auu
went alone to pluck the llowers. After
gathering a handful I noticed a large
bed of plants knee high and of delicate
form and a beautiful green shade. I
walked to them , broke off a Hue spray
and placed it with the llowers.
To my amazement I saw that I had
gathered a withered , shriveled , brown
ish weed. I threw it away , carefully
selected a large , bright green plant
and plucked it. Again I had In my
hand a bunch of withered leaves.
It ( lashed through my mind that a
sudden attack of Panama fever , which
was very prevalent and much talked
of , had struck me delirious.
I went "off my head" from fright In
a panic I threw the llowers down and
was about to run to the train. I looked
around. Nothing seemed strange. I
felt my pulse. All right I was in a
perspiration , but the heat would have
made a lizard perspire.
Then I noticed that the plants where
I stood seemed shrunken and wilted.
Carefully I put my linger on a fresh
branch. Instantly the leaves shrank
and began to change color. I had been
frightened by sensitive plants.
A Hit of Hod Tnpe.
The absurdities of ollicialism have
perhaps never been better illustrated
than by the incident in tliu career of
Lord Shaftcsbtiry which the author of
"Collections and Ill-collections" relates :
One winter evening in 18(57 ( he was i
sitting in liis library in Grosvenor (
square , when the servant told him (
that there was a poor man waiting to I
see him. The man was shown in and , :
proved to be a laborer from Clerken- !
well and one of the innumerable recipients - i <
cipients of the old carl's charity.
lie said , "My lord , you have been
very good to me , and I have come to I
tell you what I have heard. " It ap
peared that at the public house which
he frequented lie had overheard some j
Irishmen of desperate character plot
ting to blow up Clerkeuwell prison.
He gave Lord Shaftesbury the in
formation , to be used as he thought
best , but made it a condition that his
name should not be divulged. If it
were , his life would not be worth an
hour's purchase.
Lord Shaftesbury pledged himself to
secrecy , ordered his carriage and drove
instantly to Whitehall. The authori
ties there refused , on grounds of ofli-
cial practice , to entertain the informa
tion without the name and address of
the informant. These , of course , could
not be given. The warning was re
jected , and the jail was blown up.
Youth's Companion.
Her AVeilcllnpr "Tower. "
An accommodation train on a dis
tant railroad was dragging along , when
i long , leau and sallow woman , in what
ippeared to be subdued bridal finery ,
leaned across the aisle of the car and
said seriously to a lady sitting opposite
lier :
"Dear me ! It's a kind of a solemn
thing to be travelin with two hus-
jands , now , ain't it ? "
"I do not know what you mean , " re
plied the lady.
"Oh. mebbe not. Well , you see. my
Irst husband died "bout a year ago an
ivas buried over in Patrick county ,
in last week I was married ag'in , an
ne an my second husband have been
> ver in Patrick couuty on a little wed-
liu tower , an I thought I'd kind of
ike to have my first husband buried
u the graveyard uigh where I'm goin
o live uow. an my second husband w
vas willin. so we tuk my first hus-
) aiid up. au he's in the baggage car
iloug with our other things. My sec- :
md husband is settin out on the
) latform takin a smoke , an I been
iettin here tliinkin how solemn it is R
o go on a weddin tower with two Pi
msbamls. It's a tumble solemn piece Pim
if bizuess when you come to think ac :
if it. " Laurence Lee in Lippincott's tli
.lagazine. .
Why Cnliles Get Tireil. d :
There has been some question , says fem
"he Electrical Engineer , as to the rea- m
on why certain cables lose their cou-
lucting properties and have in some so
ustauces to be replaced. A learned to
frenchman has submitted a paper on lit
he subject to the Academie des Sci- se :
nces. In this paper he states that >
fben cables lose their electrical prop-
rties it is because they are always te
ised for one kind of current only , ei- tedi
her positive or negative. If used to
ometimes for positive and sometimes 6'
or negative , they will , he states , pre- of
erve their conductive qualities indef- ca
litely. Experiments with nine wires caCi
unning from Paris to Dijon demon-
trated this , he says.
Unsympathetic. da
"You haven't much sympathy for the
equpt from your employees for short-
r hours. " then
"Not much. " answered Mr. Cumrox. thM
It goes to show that men don't know M
; ben they are well off. If they had
een Invited around to musicales and
rairged through Europe by Mrs. C. on
nd the girls like I have , maybe they'd
ppreciate the privilege of staying in sir i
nice , comfortable , businesslike office we :
ine or ten hours a day. " Washington
tar.
Hi
Still Anxious. on
"Have you fastened the windows ,
par ? " she asked , as they were about
at
> retire for the night.
to
"No. What's the use ? I gave you
je last dollar I bad to buy that new
nt. and we needn't fear burglars. " laj
"But they might sit down on the hat ReM : )
DU know. " Washington Post. As ;
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COLEMAN.
Now boys get in your best licks.
II. K. liixler sold a horse recently.
II. B. Wales was in McCook , Tuesday.
Roy Coleman intends sowing twenty acres
u wheat.
Mrs. Johns visited with Mrs. Coleone day
Iris week.
Eli Blair biought home a cultivator , last
aturday.
I. Kelly brought out a buggy , last Saturday.
Jew old girls look out.
J. B. Smith is feeding a lot of hogs ; he sold
ver § 600 worth last year.
Thos. Real and family will spend the sum-
icr near Grafton , among friends.
\V. II. Epperly and T. J. Parsons , with their
ives , will visit in Iowa untill fall.
Clarence Wales took 45 bushels of cane
ed to McCook , Saturday , and brought out a
arrow.
School in District No. 65 has closed , W. M.
.ozell was teacher. On closing a lengthy
rogram was rendered , the most interesting
umber , and one that all present took an
tive part in , was dinner. Xo stuttering
icre. They all had a fine time.
Uncle Billy sent a big soup bone to his
aughter Gertie , and fastened to it was the
illowing : "Put me in the pot at seven keep
ie boiling hard till 'leven then if cabbage
ju will add it will make your palate glad put
ne turnips in the stew and some irish taters
10 and you'l find it very nice if you add a
ttle rice at 12 you take us from the pot and
rve us in a turrene hot then you eat until
u cry Oh dear me what's the matter with I. "
Prof. Ivison , of Lonaconing , Md. , suffered
rnbly from neuralgia of * he stomach and m-
gestion for thi-teen years and after the doc-
TS failed to cure him they fed him on mor-
line. A friend advised the use of Kodol
yspepsia Cure and after taking a few bottles
it he says , "It has cured me entirely. I
in't say too much for Kodol Dyspepsia
ure. " It digests what you eat. McConnell
Bern- . , ,
PROSPECT PARK.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dunham spent Sun
ty at John Shy's.
The farmers in this neighborhood are
inking about sowing wheat.
May Thompson , who has been sewing in
cCook , has come home to stay.
I. T. Birdsell and family are going to move
ito the place vacated by Len Stevens.
Edward Hoover expected to go to Wiscon-
, Monday. We haven't heard whether he
nt or not.
Charley Boatman is going to move on the
olbrook place and William Tuttle will move
lo the ranch.
Fred Larson had a very interesting paper
the literary , last week. Essie Dunham is
continue the good work , this week.
Roosters often crow over eggs they did not
jr. Same with people who sell an imitation
cky Mountain Tea , made famous by the
adison Medicine Co.'s advertising. 350
k your druggist.
A Square Man.
Q. As a constant reader , from whence
came you ?
A. From a happy home where
we re
ceive Tine TRIHUNI- : once a week.
Q. What came you here to do ?
A. To shake hands with the editor
and pay my subscription.
Q. Then you are a geiit.eman and a
happy man , I suppose ?
A. I am so taken
by all my neighbor- :
\vho borrow THE TRIJJUNH.
Q. What makes yon a gentleman ?
A. My promptness in paying my
subscription.
Q. How should I
know you to be a
gentleman ?
A. By having been tried for one year ,
never denied , and the editor willing to
try me again.
Q. Will you be off or from'
A. OfT.
Q. Off , where to ?
A. To the merchant who advertise- .
Q. Why do you patronize tlie adver
tisers ?
A. Because they are square.
O. Why are they square1
A. Because they advertise audl are 0:1
the square.
Q. What is a square ?
A. The man who advertises openly
to the public that he is here for business.
O. Have you any signs'
A. I have several.
Q. Will you name them-
A. A pleasant countenance , an opes
smile and a clear conscience.
Give me a token.
Here's a dollar for a year's subscrip
tion in advance.
Correct. The signs are right , the
token is right.
Q. What do they denote ?
A. Friendship.
The editor being satisfied he is willing
to vouch for the brother in any-assembly
of citizens on earth.
COURT-HOUSE KE'.VS.
COUNTY COVR' .
License to wed to J. Maiden Klou-i
and Etta I. Crowe , both of McCook.
Married by II. II. Berry , justice of the
peace , Saturday evening , March 2nd.
Mrs. Jessie Hodgkin has been appoint
ed by the court as guardian of J. Berne
Hodgkin.
DISTRICT COURT.
J. W. Hupp vs. Anna Kuiamer etal. ;
attachment.
FEBRUARY RECORD.
Farm mortgage filings , $7,0.56.97 ; re
leases , $6,792.46. City filings. $4,720.0- : . ;
releases , $1,208.56. Chattel filings ,
$20,236.16 ; releases , $9,293.63.
A large assortment of Stock Foods and
Poultry Supplies at McMillan's.