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The stato committee at a meeting
held in Lincoln Wednesday decided to
hold one Republican state convention
and that that ono should bo held on
May 18th
The recommendation of the First As
sistant Postmaster General that The
clerk hire allowances of third class
po3toflicos bo fixed by law as follows
Whore
Postmasters BalyisSlOOO to l100allowanceK0
1200 U 18X 200
1100 to iioo soo
l0to 1700 400
1800 to 1900 500
Should become n law The recom
mendation is reasonable in amount and
place every ofiice in the United States
on tho same bnsis eliminating many
difliculties well known to tho depart
ment and to postmasters The Tribune
hopes the entire Nebraska delegation
will give tho recommendation as offered
to congress in a proper bill their hearty
and active support
Whats In a Name
Everything is in tho name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salvo E C De
DeWitt Co of Chicago discovered
some years ago how to make a salve
from Witch Hazel that is a specific for
piles For blind bleeding itching and
protruding pilos eczema cuts burns
bruises and all skin diseases DeWitts
Salvo has no equal This has given
rise to numerous worthless counterfeits
Ask for De Witt Mm genuine Sold
by L W McConnell
Advertised Letters
The following letters were advertised
by the McCook postoflice Jan 21 1904
Armstrong II A
Burdock Mnrearat
Borren Mrs Win
Bunker Jolm
Brown Lowis
Bonvefie Win
Berry Mrs Allen
Cockier Mr Mind a
Cole it A
EddinKton Hattie
Futliner John
Fellers EG
Foster George
Grandy JJ
Hardwick L
Harbaush J M
Harrison J H
Ifolywood Georgo
Jeffords W V
Kline John
McKay Mrs Georgo
Martin Harvey
McLaughlin Leila
Montgomery W E
Marden James T
Nelson Mabel
Oliver Charts It
ORoarer C F
Osbora Mr
Ols on W V
Rogers O C
Roberts J V
Iioch Peter
Styer Mrs
Smith Mrs
Smith Mrs Sallio
Saunders Mrs Frank
Sheeley Clias L
Scott Lottio
Singer John
Strentley C P
Sullivan Win
VanCleve Wm
Wood Mrs Nannie
White E A
Wilson May
Whalen Wm
Walters M A
Welsh P J
Walston Rozella
Warren D C
Weaver F W
When calling for these letters please
say they were advertised
F M Kimmell Postmaster
Best Liniment on Earth
Henry D Baldwin supt city water
works Shullsburg Wis writes I have
tried many kinds of liniment but have
never received much benefit until I used
Ballards Snow Liniment for rheumatism
and pains I think it the best liniment
on earth 2oc 50c and 81 bottles at A
McMillens
Simple Colds
cease to be simple if at all prolonged
The safest way is to put them aside at
the very beginning Ballards Horehound
Syrup stops a cough and removes the
cause of colds 25c 50c and SI bottles
at A McMillens
A specialty of office supplies
The Tribune
RUTS
The walking sick what
a crowd of them there are
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed
Chronic cases thats
what the doctors call them
which in common English
means long sickness
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
Scotts Emulsion For the
feeling of weakness they
need Scotts Emulsion
It makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system
Scotts Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut It makes new
rich blood strengthens the
nerves and eives aoDetite
for ordinary food
Scotts Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time
Theres new strengtli
and Mesh in every dose
We will be gad
to send oa a few
doses free
Be sure that this picture n
the form of a laoj is on the
wrapper of every bonis ol
Emubion you buy
SCOTT BOWN
Chemists
409 Pearl St N V
50c and all druggist
Fifty Years iha Standard
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Improves the flavor and adds fo
the healthfulness of the food
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO
CHICAGO
BARTLEY
A hotel is very much needed here
Born Tuesday a fine boy at the home
of Ira Ritchie and wife
Wm Bush and wife made a busiuess
trip to McCook this week
Smith Cochran will get ice for their
meatmarket from Cambridge
Mr Theobald and family are tempor
arily residing over the postoflice
Myrtle Keyes went to Indianola this
week to visit her sister Mrs Clarence
McCord
Hiram McCord and wife and Effie and
Tolman McCord were McCook visitors
Saturday
Mr Walker and wife of Farnam
visited at the home of Henry Burton
and wife this week
Joe Burton left Wednesday for Oma
ha where he will attend school taking
up some special branches
Robert George and family have moved
here and are living in the Rollings
building with Mrs Burton
Mrs C W Hodgkins has returned
from Cambridge whore she has been at
tending the sick wife of Smith Brown
Mrs I W Stephens grand daughter
from near Freedom visited with Pearl
Lyman and other young friends here
last week
Parties are getting out the stone for
the foundation of the new mill Work
will be pushed every day suitable that
tho mill may be completed as soon as
possible
W V Vickrey and son Frank board
ed No 6 at Cambridge Monday morn
ing for different points in Nebraska and
other states They are looking for a
location to engage in the banking busi
ness
Mr Eastonson and wife parents of
Mrs James Sipe who have been visiting
the Sipe family here for two weeks left
Tuesdey morning for their home at
Camp Fort Supply Oklahoma They
will stop on the way in Bourbon county
Kansas and visit his sister who resides
near Fort Scott
Cured After Suffering 10 Years
B F Hare superintendent of the
Miami Cycle Manufacturing Co Mid
dleton O suffered for 10 years with
dyspepsia He spent hundreds of dol
lars for medicine and with doctors with
out receiving any permanent benefit
He says One right while feeling ex
ceptionally bad I was about to throw
down the evening paper when I saw an
item in the paper regarding the merits
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure I concluded
to try it and while I had no faith in it I
felt better after the second dose After
using two bottles I am stronger and
better than I have been in years and I
recommend Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to
my friends and acquaintances suffering
from stomach trouble Sold by L W
McConnell
Offers New Contracts
Grand Island Neb Jan 15 Spec
ial The American Beet Sugar com
pany has just issued its new contracts
for the raising of beets during the sea
son of 1901 and a much more favorable
contract than has ever been issued is
presented to the farmers The beet
raiser has indeed the choice of two
contracts one the same as last year and
the other a flat contract which regard
less of the sugar content of tho beet
provided only as always that it must
be a sound beet pays 475 to the farm
er within hauling distance to the factory
with 20 cents additional for such of the
beets which toward the end of the sea
son have been siloed before delivery
It is the expectation that the beet rais
ers in this vicinity within hauling dis
tance of tho factory will largely take
advantage of the flat rate contract
It is the first time the choice of such
favorable contracts as these has been
submitted Some of the farmers have
been favorable to the flat rate price ow
ing to the fact that they could not with
out expense to themselves satisfy them
selves thoroughly as to the correctness
of the tests Others have preferred the
sliding scale 84 per ton for 14 per cent
beets and 25 cents additional per ton for
every additional per cent of sugar con
tent found by chemists The flat rate
contract is here regarded as the most
liberal ever made by a Nebraska beet
sugar company
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PUBLIC FREE LIBRARY NOTES
Tho Saturday Evening Post announces
a series of papers by Mr Spearman on
tho larger strategy of railroad competi
tion Tho first article of this sories ap
peared in tho issue of that publication
for January 16th under the title The
Fight for Pittsburg It tells in Mr
Spearmans characteristic forceful style
the story of George Goulds successful
efforts to secure entrance into Pittsburg
for tho Wabash railroad Heretofore tho
Pennsylvania railroad has had a monop
oly of tho carrying trade to and from
Pittsburg which Mr Spearman calls
our traffic gold mine a city that
originates not only more freight tou
nage than any one of our cities but more
than our three greatest cities New York
Philadelphia and Chicago combined
a traffic that aggregates 75000000
tons a year The story is ono of dra
matic interest as all such stories are
The Atlantic for January contains a
number of good things Thomas Went
worth Higginson writes iu the happiest
vein of Tho Sunny Side of tho Tran
scendental Period Tho title may not
sound attractive to tho average reader
who s rather inclined to scoff at tho
Brook Farm experiment but the article
is enlivened with anecdotes that make
it readable Tho popular sentiment in
regard to that strange colony is not so
difficult of explanation when we remem
ber the estimate in which it was held by
the people of tho day The transcend
entalists are defined by a contemporary
as a race who dove inro the infinite
soared into the illimitable and never
paid cash Carlyle said of one of their
members that he was a Socinian min
ister who had left the pulpit to reform
the world by cultivating onions and
even Emerson who is not credited with
being a humorist who on tho contrary
is accused of being a chief priest of the
sect compared a certain meeting of tho
I Transcendental Club to going to heaven
in a swing It may be somewhat diffi
cult for tho ordinary mind to appreci
ate the sensation
The first installment of a novel by
Robert Herrick entitled The Common
Lot a story of Chicago life appears in
this number of the Atlantic The auth
or is one of a widening circle of Chicago
men and women that is making its in
fluence felt on the literary world Alice
Brown ono of the best short story writ
ers has an excellent contribution
Bachelors Fancy in this issue The
opening chapters of a biography of Fra
Paola Sarpi by Andrew D White be
gins in the number Jack London one
of the mostbrilliantof the young writers
of this day and a Westerner has a so
ciological study which he calls The Scab
It deals in a lucid way with some phases
of that most perplexing problem the la
bor question Few people know why the
sky is blue T J J See who writes on
scientific subjects in a popular manner
explains the phenomenon in an instruc
tive article This number of the maga
zine contains so much that is good that
it is difficult to make selections
Created Wealth
Something from nothing a garden
from a desert Such is the history of
irrigated sections Take land that sells
for 50 cents an acre put water on it and
it sells for what There are quarters
of land in irrigated sections of Colorado
that cannot be purchased for 20000 and
which earn a remunerative interest on
that valuation
And yet you can purchase irrigated
lands where the soil is perfect beyond
belief where the water supply is plenti
ful and inexhaustible where climatic
conditions are healthful and exhilarat
ing where fuel is abundant and cheap
for from 15 an acre up
THE REASONS
The North Platte Valley extending
from Bridgeport Neb to Guernsey
Wyo and the Big Horn Basin Wyom
ing have been but recently made avail
able for settlement by the extension of
the Burlington railroad into those sec
tions The irrigating companies must
have settlers along their ditches and
they offer substantial inducements in
shape of low priced water rights and
lands
HOW LONG WILL THIS CONDITION
CONTINUE
None may say surely but it wont be
for long and the sooner ou invest the
cheaper will you be able to do so for the
advance is just as sure as has been the
advance in the price of similar lands in
other sections
For further information write to J
Francis General Passenger Agent Bur
lington Omaha 1 22 5ts
A Very Close Call
I stuck to my engine although every
joint ached and every nerve was racked
with pain writes C W Bellamy a lo
comotive fireman of Burlington Iowa
I was weak and pale without any ap
petite and all run down As I was
about to give up I got a bottle of Elec
tric Bitters and after taking it I felt as
well as I ever did in my life Weak
sickly run down people always gain new
life strength and vigor from their use
Try them Satisfaction guaranteed by
L W McConnell Prica 50 cents
Rev Carlisle P B Martin LL D
Waverly Texas writes Of a morning
when first arising I often find a trouble
some collection of phlegm which pro
duces a cough and is very hard to dis
lodge but a small guantity of Ballards
Horehound Syrup will at once dislodge it
and the trouble is over I know of no
medicine that is equal to it and it is so
pleasant to take I can most cordially
recommend it to all persons needing a
medicine for throat or lung trouble
25c 50c SI bottles at A McMillens
A TRICK OF HAYDN
The Note That Mosurt Tlionsht It
Wa ImpuHxlblc to Vluy
Haydn and Mozart were great
friends When either had composed a
masterpiece the other was invited to
the house of the composer to enjoy the
first sweetness It chanced to be
Haydns turn and Mozart came full of
expectation Contrary to custom Haydn
invited his guest to give his interpreta
tion of the theme instead of playing it
over himself Much pleased at the com
pliment Mozart played brilliantly for
the work was beautiful and his musi
cians soul was stirred
Suddenly he halted and looked across
the piano at his friend
Theres a mistake here he said A
passage written for three hands would
be Impossible for a soloist Of course
those notes must come out
Oh said Haydn quietly I can
play it
Mozart laughed
My friend you have not three
hands
Perhaps not answered Haydn
Nevertheless I contend that I can
play the passage I would net have
written it otherwise
A challenge cried Mozart Trove
your word And he yielded his place
at the piano
His excitement rose as Haydn reach
ed the disputed passage when to his
amazement tho composer brought his
noso to the keyboard and the notes
rang out clear and true
The Ordeal of Bollinsr Oil
In Ceylon the system of witch find
ing is both unique and terrible Some
oil from newly gathered king cocoanuts
is manufactured by one of the friends
of the complainant This is poured into
a primitive stone vessel and heated to
the boiling point Each of the suspect
ed witches is then brought upon the
scene and is then and there compelled
to dip three fingers of the right hand
into the seething caldron each having
a right under her ideas of justice to
throw the oil remaining upon her fin
gers into the face of tho complainant
who stands near by
While this ordeal is being undergone
a single exclamation of pain on the part
of the suspected person is constructed
to be an admission of guilt If no such
exclamation is made the innocence of
the accused is supposed to bo estab
lished It is said that every tenth per
son on the island of Ceylon has maimed
fingers as a result of having met the
ordeal of boiling oil
Swimming Sailor Fashion
It was a redheaded boy from across
the tracks on his good behavior at the
swimming hole above the dam that I
first saw swim hand over hand or
sailor fashion as wo called it right
ly or wrongly I know not I can hear
now the crisp staccato little smack his
hand gave tho water as he reached for
ward
It has ever since been my envy and
despair It is so knowing so sporty
I class it with being able to wear a
pink barred shirt front with a dia
mond cluster pin in it with being gen
uinely fond of horse racing with being
a first class poker player with being
delighted with the company of actors
what wouldnt I give if I could be like
that My life has been a sad one but
I might find some comfort in it yet if I
could only get that natty little spat on
the water when I lunge forward swim
ming overhand McClures
Animal Longevity
Some curious statistics have been
published upon what an insurance ac
tuary would describe as the expecta
tion of life in animals Among the
larger species of cattle there is some
approach to uniformity Thus for the
horse and the ass the extreme limit is
about thirty five years and for horned
cattle about thirty For the dog it is
given as twenty five while sheep
goats pigs and cats are grouped at fif
teen But there are stranger dispari
ties among birds While a goose may
live thirty years a sparrow twenty
five and a crow as many as 100 ducks
poultry and turkeys die of old age at
twelve years The palm for longevity
is divided between elephant and par
rot Both pass the century
Found a Cure for Indigestion
I use Chamberlains Stomach and
Liver Tablets for indigestion and find
that they suit my case better than any
dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried and I
have used many different remedies I
am nearly 51 years of age and have suf
fered a great deal from indigestion I
can eat almost anything I want to now
Geo WEmory Rock Mills Miss For
sale by all druggists
New Firm
Old Stand
ANTON iWAGNER
PROPRIETORS
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Meat Market
David Magner has gone
into the firm which seeks
a continuance of public
patronage guaranteeing
the best of everything sea
sonable at the most rea
sonable prices
Anton Magner
A Brief Water Famine
The residents on tho hill experienced
a water famine for a day or two this
woek It was so dry Tuesday night
Wednesday and Wednesday night that
tho dwellers on Quality Hill couldnt ex
pectorate without being primed Tho
water shortage was caused by shutting
down ono of tho pumps for necessarj ro
pairs and tho other pump didnt rise to
the requirements of the occasion By
Thursday morning tho situation was en
tirely relioved It was pretty inconven
ient from a domestic and ticklish from a
fire standpoint while it lasted
Just a touch of winter this week No
snow bright and sunny but tho ther
mometer about zero oarly in tho morn
ings Fino winter weather
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Thedfords Black Draught is
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country miles from any physi
cian have been kept in health
for years with this medicine as
their only doctor Thedfords
Black -Draught cures bilious
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There are difliculties in the treat
ment of germ diseases Perhaps you
have been tho victim of the inevitable
disappointments of trying so called
guaranteed rempdies
Your Hogs Are Full
Of Worms
Try a quart of Liquid Koal and see
what it will do Take notice how it
increases the appetite We will tell
you what we want you to do Take
a can of Liquid Koal and give it a
fair impartial trial in the treatment
of hog cholera swine plague pink
eye black leg or any of tho other
germ diseases of animals use accord
ing to directions and if it is not sat
isfactory when you have used a can
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around here lot very heavily by hop cholera
I do not wish to write yon a Iodct flattering
statement about your medicine but will ay
that I boucht a quart can of Liquid Koal
and the improvement was so marked that I
boucht a callon can and used it with the re
sult that my hops all recovered and 1 did
not loe one My herd of over 200 are in fine
condition and you may put me down as a
coustant titer of Liquid Koal
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