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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1901)
By F. M. KIMMELL. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co. Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance TUB Holdrege Progress figures it out that Holdiege would soon have a popu lation of 10,000 if the people of that city would destroy nil of their catalogues , kill off all the peddlers and support the home merchants. The same conditions would soon raise McCook a to second class city. WHAT a wonderful era of generosity and good will to institutions of learning is that of the present ! The ambitious boy or girl who desires a college train ing in these days in any part of this country experiences far less difficulty in obtaining it tlian did the generation of thirty years ago. If there are any Abra ham Li n col us at humble firesides at the dawn of this century they need not con fine their studies to borrowed books painfully conned by the flickering and uncertain light of pineknots. May there not be some little danger that to some extent here and there the higher edu cation may be made too luxurious and too facile ? New York Tribune. THE government will soon be paying $1,000,000 a year on account of the war with Spain. The pension office returns now show that the payroll is about $834- 750. The total applications for pensions up to June i , on account of this war were 37i ° 95- They are now coming in at the rate of 1,400 a month. The June returns will doubtless show a great increase in number of applications. This is due to the fact that an army of pension attor neys has massed at San Francisco and make it their business to corral the mus- tered-out soldier and see that he becomes an applicant at once for the government's bounty. It makes little difference , they assure him , whether he is sick or has been wounded in the service ; he has un doubtedly filled his system with germs of future trouble , which , when they have incubated a sufficient time , will ap pear as rheumatism , defective vision , deafness and all the other ills flesh is heir to. They warn him that other men are applying and that now is the ap pointed time ; they will , ' of course , take the case on commission. Portland Oregonian. IT requires only a short study of the map of the Burlington , Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads to con vince the average man that one of the early moves of the new owners will be to connect the central part of the Burl ington system with the Great Northern by means of a line from Sioux City to Omaha or an'extension of the Pacific Short line from O'Neil to the Burling ton road at or near Thedford. Possibl both of these connections will be founc advantageous. Gossip has it that this connection will be one of the first things taken up after the return of Mr. Hil from his summer vacation. It is also rumored that the Great Northern system of accounting is to be adopted on the Burlington immediately , and that othe changes of more or less importance may I be looked for in the near future. The ll patrons of the road hope that the changes will not go so far as to cause changes in the personnel of the offices and employes or in the historic policy o the corporation. It does not seem to old citizens of the territory served by the Burlington that any important changes are likely to improve the management of the property. Lincoln Journal. Socialism of the Future. The Denver physician who is said to have "electrified" the people of that city by proposing government regula tion of marriages and the removal by poison or otherwise of mental and physical defectives suggests nothing that has not been advocated over and over : again by other savages. It is a good sign that communities in which this revival of ancient heathen ism takes place are shocked by the pro position , forjt is thus seen that human ity revolts at it , but there is no reason why anybody should be astonished or electrified by a barbarism as old as the : human race. The frequent renewal of this idea of late probably emphasizes tin * growth of socialistic ideas among the idle and ill- informed. When government shall per form all the duties which individuals have been in the habit of attending to for themselves advanced thinkers will naturally enough undertake to clothe the state with power to drown babies and hang the aged and feeble. After the family has been broken up and personal pride and natural affection destroyed it ought not to be difficult to introduce the pagan practice of exposing infants and stoning the decrepit. Chicago cage Chronicle. While we are advertising many desir able remnants in wall paper at a very low price our stock is still the most complete we have ever shown at this season of the year. Prices you know are lower than they have ever been before. & BERRY. 50 cts buys a good cherry pitter at the Bee Hive. ADDITIONAL PERSONALS. 1J. C. KBLLOGC has returned from his trip to Buffalo. MuS. F. F. NEUHAUKR celebrated the Fourth in Denver. F. M. HAUGEN of Trenton was down from Trenton to celebrate \vilh us. STATK SENATOR Ar < r UN and family of Arapnhoe were our guests , yesterday. D. C. BENEDICT of Culbertson was one of the crowd , Fourth of July evening. MRS. V. H. SOLLIDAY went up to Denver , Thursday , on No. 13,011 a short visit. MRS. L. F. GuiGGS has been viewing the sights at the Buffalo exposition since last week. Mrs. J. F. FORllES and the children are spending the week with her parents in Arapahoe. Miss NELLIE SLABY has been visiting her sister in Denver , this week , going up on Monday. MRS. FRANK HARRIS came down from Denver , Monday night on 6 , re turning home on i , Wednesday. SUP'T G. H. THOMAS returned to Harvard , Tuesday night , after spending a week here on school business. REV. FRANCIS LAWSON arrived home , Thursday on i , from visiting relatives in Chicago , St. Paul and Minneapolis. MRS. I. J. OWEN came down from Yuuia , Colorado , and visited her sister , Mrs. J. H. Ludwick , over the Fourth. MRS. McMANiGAL and little son , of Auiarilla , Texas , were the guests of Jack Cook and family the past week. Oxford Standard. MRS. L. W. STAYNER of McCook was here , this ( last ) week , visiting with Charley Ball and family. Red Cloud Chief. MR AND MRS. HOWE SMITH departed on 2 , Tuesday morning , for Binghatnton , New York , to spend about a mouth at the old home. GEORGE HOCKNEM. goes to New York on a business-pleasure visit , Buffalo and New York city being among the points he will touch. MRS. F. F. NEUBAUER returned home , close of last week , from spending a few weeks visiting over at St. Francis and other points on the brauch. MR. AND MRS. SAM PATTERSON of Arapahoe were with us on the Fourth. Saui is manager of Arapahoe's base ball aggregation , a clever fellow and a player of good ball. Miss EMMA BURROWS , a sister of Mrs. Herman Pade , arrived iu the city , close of last week , to visit her sister Miss Burrows has for years been a valued teacher in the public schools of Feud du Lac. Wisconsin , and has for some years jeld a princioalship in that city. O. B. THORGRIMSON will leave , to morrow , via Lincoln , for Seattle , Wash ington , where he contemplates locating in the practice of law. At Lincoln he will be joined by Sam W. Pinkerton , who will accompany him to the North west for the same purpose. Both of these boys were graduated from the law de partment of the Nebraska university at the end of the last school year , and they go to that land of promise and opportu nity well equipped to make their mark and it is the hope und confident expec tation of their many friends that they will hew their way through to success and its financial reward. To Union Men. Smoke the "Vivo Cigar" made and run by union cigar makers. The finest cigar iu the United States. You can buy them at the following places : J. H. BENNETT . D. W. LOAR'S. Take A. C. CLYDE'S. W. M. LEWIS' . ' no J. C. KNOX'S. other. A. McMlLLEN'S. 2 large cakes Parafine 35 cts at he Bee Hive. Monogram extracts , good as the jest , 2 for 25 cts at the Bee Hive. It is probably true that almost every nan has in him certain qualities which vould draw some woman to him , but it s difficult to frame a statement in gen- ral terms of "What Women Like in Hen. " This is the task which a very veil-known author , under the nom-de- ilume of Rafford P3'ke , has undertaken n the Cosmopolitan for July in a clever issay , which proves him to have made Foman the subject of thorough obstrva- ion and comprehensive study. "The oreign girl , " says the author , "marries he man with whom she will be happy , he American marries the man without rhom she will be unhappy. " THE CASH MARKET. B.&M. Meat Market MAGNER WALSH , Props. The Best of Everything Kept For Sale in a First- Class Market. > Poultry of All Kinds Bought. 53 * > Market now open and ready for business. Your patronage respectfully solicited Il The PlucUy Hector. Dr. W. S. Rainsford had started a mission school In the back rooms of a saloon on Avenue A and at one of the flrst sessions found n big ruffian In possession , greatly to the discomfort of the teacher. Told to go out , the fel low Informed Dr. Ralusford with an oath that he would see him further flrst. The doctor talked peece.ibly enough to the blackguard , hoping to avoid a disturbance , but when he swore at him again gave him his own medi cine In a blow that felled him like an ox. The fellow arose , dazed and grop ing , to find the doctor standing over him , ready to have it out. "Have you got enough ? " he asked. The man cried quits and went his way. The Sunday school session proceeded. A week later there was another flght. The rector started In to clear the room , persuasion having failed , and found the burly ruflian of the previous en counter at his elbow. "I thought I was in for It , " he said , telling of It , "and that they had come to clean me out. I made sure my back was free and turned upon them. Im agine my surprise v.'hen I saw my cus tomer of the week before grab the oth er by the neck a'ld rush him to the door. " 'Here. ' he said , firing him out , 'the rector and 1 can clean out this saloon ! ' That was the last flght we had. " World's Work. IIlH Sail Blander. Yes , it was a sad blunder. He thought the children were in the other room , but it so happened that It was occupied by his wife and a lachry mose neighbor. We all know these sen sitive women who weep on the slight est provocation , who begin to sniffle when they talk of their woes , this be ing really little more than a bid for words of comfort , and this woman was one of them. What had happened is quite immaterial. Something had been said or done that had completely upset her , and in her appeal for solace she sniffled. As before remarked , he thought the children were in the other room , and one of the children had been suffering from cold in the head. Of course ev ery one knows how annoying a young ster with a cold in the head can be , and he was not in the best of humor anyway. "For heaven's sake , blow your nose ! " he cried at last. Oh , yes ; it was a sad blunder , but even blunders have their compensa tions. The lachrymose one does not come to that house for sympathy as she formerly did. Chicago Post Ilia Titles. It was evident in his swagger that he was a scion of the British aristocracy , and the most casual observer could not have failed to note that he was a stranger to the city. He touched a well dressed , auburn haired young man who was lolling in front of a Broadway ho tel on the shoulder. "Pardon me , me dear man , but could I trouble you for a match ? " After lighting his cigar he continued : "Bah Jove , this is a remarkable city ! This Is me flrst visit to New York , d'you know. I'm a deuced stranger , but on the other side I'm a person of impor tance. I am Sir Francis Daffy , Knight of the Garter , Knight of the Bath , Knight of the Double Eagle , Knight of the Golden Fleece , Knight of the Iron Cross. D'you mind telling me your name , me dear man ? " Replied he of the auburn hair in a deep , rich brogue : "Me name is Michael Murphy , night before last , night before that , last night , tonight and every night Michael Mur phy. " New York Sun. The Way to Force Plants to Branch. There is only oue way in which a plant can be forced to branch , and that is by cutting off the stalk. The plant thus interfered with will make an ef fort to grow , and either a new shoot will be sent up to take the place of the lost top or several shoots- will be sent out along the stalk. If but one starts , cut it back. Keep up this cutting back process until you have prepared as many branches as you think are need ed. Persistency and patience will oblige the plant to do as you would like to have it do. Ladies' Home Journal. Poor Tnrset Practice. A general was hard pressed in battle and on the point of giving way when suddenly a spirit soldier came to his rescue and enabled him to win a great victory. Prostrating himself on the ground , he asked the spirit's name. "I am the god of the target , " replied the spirit. "And how have I merited your godship's kind assistance ? " in quired the general. "I am grateful to you , " answered the spirit , "because In your days of practice you never : ance hit me. " From "A Century of f Chinese Literature. " s ; si i What They Got. On his way home from the lodge ; Mr. Jymes was held up by footpads ind relieved of all his valuables. "What did they get. Rufus ? " ans- ously asked Mrs. Jymes after he had cached his home and reported his loss. "Everj'thing except the password I" ic groaned. Chicago Tribune. ' To Drive Ants Prom the Lnvrn. Fine coal ashes sprinkled about the ( jurrows of ants will cause them to eave. Ashes may be used on the lawn ivithout injury to the grass. Sifted , ishes are best , but those fresh from he stove , shaken from the stove shov- sl , will answer the purpose very well. Ladies' Home Journal. The Japanese , although a cleanly eople , are not fastidious on a Journey. Jore than 90 per cent of their passen gers go on third class rates. Statistics show that women marrj ater In life than they used to. y < What FriKlitcnca 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 criinscn flowers by the roadside. It was midday and intensely hot. In his "On the Frontier" Mr. Campion tells a peculiar story of this flower picking experience. I refused offers of assistance and went alone to pluck the flowers. 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 fine spray und placed it with the flowers. 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 flashed 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 flowers 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 Bit of lied Tape. The absurdities of officialism have perhaps never been better illustrated than by the incident in the career of Lord Shaftesbury which the author of "Collections and Recollections" relates : One winter evening In 1807 he was sitting in his library in Grosvenor square , when the servant told him that there was a poor man waiting to see him. The man was shown In and proved to be a laborer from Clerkeu- well and one of the innumerable re cipients of the old earl's charity. He said , "My lord , you have been very good to me , and I have come to tell you what I have heard. " It ap peared that at the public house which he frequented he had overheard some Irishmen of desperate character plot ting to blow up Clerkenwell 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 Wcddlnj ? "Tower. " An accommodation train on a dis tant railroad was dragging along , when a long , lean and sallow woman , in what appeared to be subdued bridal finery , leaned across the aisle of the car and said seriously to a lady sitting opposite her : "Dear me ! It's a kind of a solemn thing to be traveliu with two hus bands , now. ain't it ? " "I do not know what you mean , " re plied the lady. | "Oh. mebbe not Well , you see , my first husband died 'bout a year ago an was buried over in Patrick county , an last week I was married ag'in , an me an my second husband have been over in Patrick county on a little wed- din towi'r. an I thought I'd kind of like to have my first husband buried in the graveyard nigh where I'm goiu to live now. an my second husband was willin. so we tuk my first hus band up , an he's in the baggage car along with our other things. My second end husband is settin out on the platform takin a smoke , an 1 been settin here thinkin how solemn it is to go on a weddin tower with two husbands. It's a tumble solemn piece of bizness when you come to think of it" Laurence Lee in Lippincott's Magazine. Why Cables Get Tired. There has been some question , says rhe Electrical Engineer , as to the rea son why certain cables lose their con ducting properties and have in some instances to be replaced. A learned Frenchman has submitted a paper on the subject to the Academic des Sci ences. In this paper he states that ivhen cables lose their electrical prop erties it is because they are always jsed for one kind of current only , ei- her positive or negative. If used I sometimes for positive and sometimes j 'or negative , they will , he states , pre- j erve their conductive qualities indef- nitely. Experiments with nine wires mining from Paris to Dijon demon- ! trated this , he says. fJnsjrm pathetic. "You haven't much sympathy for the equcst from your employees for sliort- r hours. " "Not much. " answered Mr. Cumrox. 'It goes to show that men don't know vhen they are well off. If they had leen invited around to musicales and ragged through Europe by Mrs. C. nd the girls like I have , maybe they'd ppreciate the privilege of staying in nice , comfortable , businesslike office line or ten hours a day. " Washington Itar. Still Anilons. "Have you fastened the windows , ' ear ? " she asked , as they were about o retire for the night "No. What's the use ? I gave you he last dollar I had to buy that new at , and we needn't fear bnrglars. " "But they might sit down on the bat on know. " Washington Post ' 3Do Ifjon See * 9j Any reason why a shopper should doubt the evidence of his or her senses ? There isn't any such reason ; 3 ? and that's why we ask you to come v and see for yourselves how well this store is prepared to give you special service and unequaled merchandise at a great saving. It is but a A O O Si G tit To buy where you can secure the best | f and most good for the least money. 1 ? Hence we urge you to try us on any = J ? thing in the line of Jf I % For we are here to sell goods and O please and satisfy our customers in $ every particular , especially in highness of quality and lowness of price. f o if e s t I o li 11 ty y McCOOK , NEB- i Produce just as good as cash. 8 j V" < V * 1 > N ATI O N A iLx < sNi / V VNA * Authorized Capital , $100,000. Capital and Surplus , $6OOOO ooo GEO. HOCKNELL , President. B. M. FREES , V. Pros. F. A. PEN NELL , Cash. LOUIS THORGRIMSON , Ass't Cash. A. CAMPBELL , Director. FRANK HARRIS , Director. f sg-js & & Before the Eyes of the World we paint the merits of the " Sole of Honor , " Selz' "R-oyad Blue" S3.50 Shoe. In the shoe is the best of work and leather and "back of it" is the name of Selz. Selz means perfection and stands for satis faction. In all such kinds and styles .50 and leathers as are right . m at one price , Selz , Schwab & Co. , Chicago , the largest manufacturers of good ahoes In the world , make this good shoe for men. For sale by C. L. DeGroff & Co. RHEUMATISM. 'hat this malady which has steadily baffled the skill of tne brightest and mo t intelligent physicians should now be so readily curable seems almost bevond realization. But strange as it may appeas to some , all acknowledge "its truth after a trial of Palmer's Rheuma Compound the great uric acid insolvent the BLOOD PURIFIRR THAT PURIFIER It lestoaes these BED-RIDDEN FOR YEARS. A blood purifies that ACTS. Palmer's Rheuma Compound. 'rice , 50 cents - - - McCONNELL & Berry. McCook , Nebraska.
