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REPUBLICAK OBERLIN LINE
Billie Lyon who has been
doing a knock about specialty
since leaving Republican early in
the summer returned Wednesday
morning to resume his job at the
operators table
M R Sheldon who has been
breaking for Conductor Lyman
went in to head quarters Wed
nesday on 13 looking for a place
to light He was accompanied
ly Mrs Sheldon
Clifford Churchill Agent David-
son s ngnt nand man at JNorton
for a couple of years past has
gone to Heartwell to take charge
oi that station He is succeeded
at Norton by Extra agent Evans
Friday Vierson and Fireman
Briscoe with the 146 comprise
the head and front of the passen
ger train Billie Koll and Lee
Egbert do similar stunts on the
freight train which runs every
little while
Brakeman Yates of Quigleys
crew received injuries while
switching at Norcatur Wednesday
morning on No 144 that will lay
Mm up for awhile There wasnt
100m enough between the cars
for him and he got squeezed in
the neighborhood of thekitchen
painfully but not seriously
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Messenger Lawrance and Mail
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over the new time card since it
adds much to their layover time
at home Oiriin
Conductor A Lyman fell heir
to the passenger train and resem
bles an Irish policeman in his
blue broadcloth and sfilt buttons
E O Scott loads the cream cans
and jollies up the cabbies for him
George Hart who has been
filling the operators chair at Re
publican since the retrenchment
fever jarred the McCook officers
has been given the station at
Cowles going down on 16 Wed
nesday to take charge
According to the new time card
the Oberlin line drew a passenger
train and the freight service is
reduced to a train each way every
other day The passenger train
consists of a baggage car and
coach except when they are pre-
ceeded by merchandise stock or
other cars
George Dyer who has been sit
ting up nights with the engines at
Republican failed to meet up
with the specifications and was
given the fresh air mid week
He was succeeded by A Karal
one of Jernbergs pumpmen who
becomes master mechanic in
connection with his other duties
Acquire the Habit
of saving We furnish a handsomely finished Perpetual Cal
endar Bank which costs you nothing Try
Saving all
Your
Nickels
and
Pennies
Never spend one and you will i
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count will grow
Call and get one of these banks
today
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at the Robin Told
The Holly Sprig
By MARY BAIN BILTON
N a mountain side grew a sprig
of holly Beneath in the val
ley nestled a village and the
holly could see the people
moving about the cattle going to and
from the brook for water indeed there
iwas constant motion while the holly
bprig was always still except when the
wind set it in motion One morning a
robin lit on the holly sprig clutching
It wjjh its tiny claws
How I wish I were you said the
eprig to the bird You can fly any
where and see what is going on while
I am doomed to hang here passing my
life in one spot
Yes said the robin I can go about
and see th world and I have opportu
nities of learning The other dav it
was Sunday I perched on a limb near
a church and heard the clergyman say
that one of the greatest blessings was
contentment
Then the robin flew away
One winter morning when the snow
had fallen the holly sprig heard merry
voices sounding very loud in the moist i
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presently a number of children ap
proached They were gathering holly
and one of them took hold of the little
holly twig and twisted it off its parent
bush Then it was thrown into a bug j
with other sprigs and taken down to j
the village For a time it lay perfectly
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THE HOLLY SPKIG SAW A NEW SIGHT
all came in together The candles were
lighted and all stood about admiring
the beautiful tree
What a happy change for me ex
claimed the holly sprig Had not the
children come and brought me down
here I should now be a Dart of mv
parent bush out in the cold wind with
nothing above me but a murky sky
nothing- beneath but the cold snow
Then some of the elder people who
were present went to the evergreen
tree and took off boxes and packages
they had hung there in the night when
the children were in bed and distribut
ed them among the little ones Each
package was marked with the name
of the child for whom it was intended
and was opened eagerly The holly
sprig hanging high in the center of the
room could see everything and as
each child opened its package watched
eagerly to see what was being unwrap
ped There was frequent clapping of
hands shouts of laughter everything
expressive of happiness
This is delightful said the holly
spring to itself I wonder if they are
going to do this often
By and by when the merrymaking
had lasted a long while the candles
on the tree were extinguished and the
children were sent to bed Then their
parents put out the lights and the
room was dark But tho holly sprig
haQ so much to remember that it did
not feel lonely during the night ex
pecting that it would again have plenty
of company on the morrow
In the morning before the sun was
up servants came into the room and
took out the evergreen tree then tore
down the evergreen from the wall
The holly sprig looked on terrified
One of the servants said to another
Its a pity master doesnt like to see
these things about after Christinas
They would look pretty for weeks
With that the holly was pulled down
and thrown into the general heap all
of which was taken down into the cel
lar
j Then the holly sprig wished itself
back on the mountain side where it
I could see the sun sparkling on the
biiow and icicles by day and the stars
and the moon by night but as the
juice of life dried out of it it gradual
ly lost sensation
I One spring morning a servant came
down into the cellar and looked about
for some kindling Seeing the holly
sprig she took it upstairs put it on
the hearth in the room where the treo
i had been laid wood on it and touched
a match to its dry leaves As it burst
into a name it thought of its home on
the mountain side where the buds were
sprouting the soft south wind was
stealing up the valley and the sweet
summer time was at hand Its last re
membrance was what the robin had
heard the clergyman say
One of the greatest blessings is con
tentment
CHRISTMAS TREES
hag was opened a hand thrust in and I Where Tie Come From mid iiorr
the holly taken out j
Then for the first time the holly j
sprig saw a new sight It was in a
lighted room where boys and girls
were -sit work The
girls were tying i
evergreens together and making ropes
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each tree
Tliey Are Sold
Where do all the Christmas trees
come from You would think there
were not enough to supply the huge
demand but in almost all parts of the
country there are big pine fir and
of them while the hoys were standing ce1u tree forests that remained un-
on
tables and stepladders arranging
the rones on the walls in festoons
tnsturued for centuries until Mark
Carr gave Americans the idea of cut-
Some of the girls were making ever- i tiuS tbem for Christmas
green wreaths and hanging them in Ifc usetl to oe tbat Maine furnished
the windows One little girl took the 90 Per cent of them and for two
holly sprig and hung it to a chandelier souths before the holiday the wood-
The holly sprig
py IIow much more
was supremely hap- men were busy chopping and the farm
delightful was ers were busy carting them to the
this than the bleak mountain side with tions where they were loaded into
no change from day to day It was cars and sent west and south to be sold
somewhat disappointed Avhen the boys to tlie dealers Today Maine has
and girls put out the lights and went I rivals and all the northern border
out leaving the room in darkness It states deal regularly in Christmas
could see nothing whereas in its j trees Christmas tree selling is a pay
tain home on clear nights it could see ing business nowadays and it is en-
the stars and often the moon lighted j tered into with all the formality and
up the trees about it and the valley j shrewd business methods that you
below However in the morning the j might use in disposing of acres of
children came back to view their work land
and people were coming and going all j The woods that furnish spruce and
day so that the holly sprig was not fir are sold on contract and the iobber
j lonely Indeed it was charmed with visits them in October to size them
j its altered condition which it sup- up He offers so much apiece for
posea wouiu last torever as the trees run usuallv
That day a young evergreen tree was
brought into the room and stood be
fore the chimney piece The children
1 brought in boxes from which they took
J little wax candles and fixed them all
1 over the tree From other boxes thev
Clerk Johnson are properly elated t0k Ir1fscent ami gilt globes span-
r r J gles and tmsel chains which they scat-
about a a hundred and makes the
money payable on receipt of the pack
age of trees at the nearest railroad
station On their arrival In the city
the jobber sells them to the whole
saler getting about 7 a hundred for
the trees after which the wholesaler
sells them to the retailer at a good
tered in profusion among the branches 1 profit and the retailer does his best to
But the climax o delight to the holly
was in the evening when the children
get big prices from the housewife and
the head of the family
The boughs of fir bring the highest
price because of their symmetry and
grace After them come the stiffer
pine and cedar but when they are cov
ered with gorgeous tinsel and brilliant
baubles and strung with popcorn can
dy toys and presents you really do
not see much of the form of the tree
One of the most remarkable facts
about the Christmas greens lies in
connection with the people who handle
them Christmas tree merchants do a
rushing business and work steadily
from October to the 1st of January
after which they take a vacation and
are the laziest of all idlers from Janu
ary to the next October Their sea
son is only three months long but they
have to step lively during that time
or it will pabs them by unremunerated
Washington Star
ChrlstimiH In Betlileliem
Christmas in the Holy Land is an in
teresting experience Indeed it is one
never to be forgotten and every Christ
mas thousands of persons from all over
the world make a journey to Palestine
in order to witness the various ceremo
nies held there during the festive sea
son Every one almost puts up at Je
rusalem and on Christmas morning
makes his way to Bethlehem which
lies almost due south about six miles
away as the crow fiies over a range of
hills No highway the world over pre
sents such a motley crowd as may be
seen streaming along this thoroughfare
early on Christmas morning
Where tlie Henvcns Open
In Poland it is believed that on
Christmas night the heavens are open
ed and the scene of Jacobs ladder is
re enacted but only the saints are per
mitted to ee it In Holland the peo
ple enter tuorougniy into the spirit or
the Nativity In nearly every Dutch
town at 2 oclock Christmas morning
the young men assemble at the market
place singing the Gloria and other
hymns One of them carries a large
star on a pole This is supposed to
represent the star that guided the steps
of the three kings to the stable at
Bethlehem
A Holiday Jingle
Cedars standin in dc cold
Trim dat Christmas tree
Maplo drops a bunch o gold
Trim dat Christmas tree
Stars a shlnln In de night
Make de snowflakcs glisten bright
Gwlno to hab it lookln right
Trim dat Christmas tree
Rabbits track runs roun about
Trim dat Christmas tree
Slmmon3 fallln hyuh mo shout
Trim dat Christmas tree
Is my eyes a gettin dim
Whats dat hangln Ium do limb
Possum An Is proud o him
Trim dat Christmas tree
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Iday Message
We feel that we have a message of import
ance to every household in the fact that WE
HAVE WHAT YOU WANT in a well se
lected stock of desirable and appropriate
Gifts As to price we are sure we can please
you It will afford us pleasure to show you
our goods andyou need not feel under obli
gations to purchase
Few of
the Goods We
Stock
Dolls all sizes and prices Doll Buggies
- Go Carts etc Toys in variety substantial
and durable Bibles large assortment Lin
en Books Gift Books Standard Books
Latest Novels and Booklets
A large line of Hand Painted Austrian and
Mikado China a large variety of Imported
and Domestic Vases Mantle Ornaments
Stationery Novelties in Abundance Parlor
Lamps Gold Plate Finish with improved
burners Albums Toilet Cases and Sets
Collar and Cuff Boxes Traveling Cases
Manicure Sets Glove and Handkerchief Sets
Shaving Sets Purses Peggy of Paris
Oxford and Skirt Bags Perfumes in fancy
boxes Atomizers Games Pictures etc
Yours for Business
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DRUGGIST
Doesnt Respect Old Age
Its shamefal when youth fails to show
proper respect for old age but just the
contrary in the case of Dr Kings New
Life Pills They cut off maladies no
matter how severe and irrespective of old
age dyspepsia jaundice fever con
stipation all yield to this perfect pill
25c at L W MeConnelFs drug store
R F D R NO 1
Mr and Mrs James Lee were
Cambridge visitors Tuesday on
business
James Hatfield and Frank
Stillman are dipping their sheep
They have between them perhaps
2000 head
Material is now being delivered
on the ground for a new school
house to replace the Pickens
school house It will be built of
cement same material of which
the handsome new Methodist
church is constructed
The telephone line from Dan
bury is now about completed to
H H Pickens farm southeast
of McCook where it will join the
McCook exchange Several have
already expressed the purpose of
taking phones although there is
some dissatisfaction as to rates
A Runaway Bicycle
Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of J B Orner Franklin Grove Ill
It developed a stubborn ulcer unvieldin
to doctors and remedies for four jears
Then Bucklon s Arnica Salve cured
Its just as good for burns scalds skin
eruptions and piles 23c at L W Mc
Oonnolls druggist
DeWITTS
WITCH HAZEL
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THE ORIGINAL
A Well Known Cure for Piles
Cures obstinate sores chapped hands ec
zema skin diseases Makes burns and scalds
painless We could not improve the quality
if paid double the price The best salve
that experience can produce or that money
can buy
Cures Piles Permanently
DsWitt3 is the original and only pure and
genuine Witch Hazel Salve made Look for
the name DeWITT on every box All others
are counterfeit
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E C DbWITT CO CHICAGO
For Sale by L W McConnell
Of Interest to Mothers
Thousands of little ones die every vear
of croup Most of them could have been
saved by a few doses of Foleys Honoy
and Tar and every family with children
should keep it in the house It contains
no opiates and is safe and sure Mrs
George II Picket San Francisco Cal
writes My baby had a dangerous at
tack of croup and we thought she would
choke to death but one dose of Folevs
Honey and Tar relieved her at once after
other remedies had failed We are never
a minute without it in the house Sold
by A McMillen
NOTICE FOB SEALED BIDS
Notice is herein Riven that the County Coin
mifioners of Red Willow county Nebraska
will receive sealed bids for tlie fiirnihint of the
loIIoniuK supplies to said county duriiiR tho
jear 190 to wit
1 treasurers cash book
Record to be full bound extra enK band
niid froiKand to be made of ir0n Weston
ib lb medium linen ledger paper
Legal b anks full sheet pur hundred
Legal blanks- sheet por hundred
Legal blanks J sheet per hundred
-Legal blanks 18 sheet per hundred
STATIONERY
bpenccnan Glucinum or Tadella puns por
Vanadium pen por gross
Perfection pencils orequal round rubber tip
per
A W Faber pencils ier gross
il as sessors liles
i sets of fo11 books per book
baot lP fr votes cast per dozen
sets envelopes for poll books pur dozen
Election pencils per dozen
1 dozen Magic City letter files
1 great gross rubber bands No 11
1 gross rubber bands H inch
2 lockages senate legal pads
iWO triplicate tax receipts
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Parties receiving contract to furni h good and
fr the faithfuI IrforiSISco of
the me
wiIbViS 1f1Hed th tho contv clerk on or
before the Ust
day of December 1104
Dated this 2ath day or November 1904
E J Wilcox County Clerk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In County Court within and for Red Willow
county Nebraska In the matter of the
t staio
of Angelmo Johnson deceased
To tho creditors of safd estate
iou are herobj notified that I will sit at tho
count court room in McCook in said countv
on the Uth day of March iftB at h hour of
on o clock pm to receivo and examine all
cia ims against said estate with view
a to their
adjustment and allowance The time HmitPi rr
tl of claim- Z
prestation againt id e tate s
1P01 and the time m l limited l el5th for n pament f September of debts A D
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State of Nebraska Red Willow county s
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deceased lul OI Amos Grosser
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