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Lon Cone Brother Successful After n great deal of effort and corres pondence Lon Cone Bro the popular druggist have succeeded in getting the Dr Howard Co to make a special half price introductory offer on the regular fifty cent size of their celebrated speci fic for the cure of constipation and dys pepsia This medicine is a recent discovery for the cure of all diseases of the sto mach and bowels It not only gives quick relief but it makes permanent cures Dr Howards specific has been so re markably successful in curing constipa tion dyspepsia and all liver troubles that Lon Cone Bro are willing to re turn the price paid in every case where it does not give relief The old fashioned idea of dosing with mineral waters cathartic pills or harsh purgatives will soon be a thing of the past The best physicans are prescrib ing Dr Howards specific because it really gives the desired results and on account of the small and pleasant dose that is needed Headaches coated tongue dizziness gas on stomach speck9 before the eyes constipation and all forms of liver and stomach trouble are soon cured by this scientific medicine Burlington Bulletin Rates Chicago and return S2510 on sale daily St Louis and return S2665 on sale daily Portland Tacoma and Seattle and re turn 4500 on sale daily Salt Lake Provo Price and Ogden Utah and return 82790 on sale daily Grand Junction and Mack Colo and return 2790 on sale daily Yellowstone Park through and in cluding hotels and stage and return 7500 on sale daily Cody Wyo Black Hills and Hot Springs S D approximately half rates all summer Milwaukee and southern Wisconsin points Michigan resorts on Lakes Michi gan and Huron Canada Maine and New England St Lawrence and Lake Champlain regions very low tourist rates all summer If you will call or write it will be a pleasure to advise you about rates train service to reserve you a berth and to try to make your trip a comfortable one Geo S Scott Agent C B Q Ry invested in a package of nutritious It Is Easy to Order this Outfit We positively guinn tee to it you perfectly a Biscuit teaches you many truths That soda crackers are the best of all food made from flour That Uneeda Biscuit are by far the best of all soda crackers That Uneeda Biscuit are always fresh always crisp always NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ETTVFG3 istfftaaiiiasi NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIEN j The southwest quarter of the southwest quart er of section 29 the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section 2in townl north ran so 30 west of the Gth principal tnoridianand Eli Titus will take notice that on the 28th day of August 1003 Edward IJ Cowles plaintiff filed his petition in the district court Of Red Willow county Nebraskathe object and prayer of which are to foreclose a tax puchasers lien upon the abovo doscribcd laud for the taxes for the years lMKi IfcJO 1897 ISflS 1S99 1900 1901 and 1902 that there was due to plaintiff Jit the time J cruing interest and attorneys fee plaintiff prays a decree of foreclosure and a sale of said premises You are required to answer said pe tition on or before the 9th day of October 1905 Edwabd B Cowles Plaintiff NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIEN The north half of the northwest quarter of section 21 in town 1 north range 30 west of the Ctli principal meridian and Almoii E Davis will take notice that on tho 28th day of August 1905 Edward B Cowles plaintiff filed his pe tition in the district court of Red Willow coun ty Nebraska the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a tax purchasers lien upon the land above described for the taxes for the years 1897 189S 1899 1900 1901 and 1902 that there was duo to plaintiff at the time of filing said petit ion the sum of 3525 for the payment of which sura together withcosts accruing interest and attorneys fee plaintiff prays a decree of fore closure and a sale of said land You aro re quired to answer said petition on or before the 9th day of October 1905 9-1-4 ts Edward B Cowles Plaintiff If a Cow gave Butter mankind would have to invent milk Milk Is Na tures emulsion butter put in shape for combines the best oil with the valuable hypo phosphites so that it is easy to digest and does far more good than the oil alone could That makes Scotts Emulsion the most strengthening nourishing food - medi cine in the world Send for free sample SCOTT BOWNE Chemists 5 Pearl Street New York 50c and SlOO All druggists EAT MAIL xsc SEMD US YOUR ORDER k 2150 fians Outfit Complete for THIS IS WHAT YOU GET Suit absolutely pujfe all wool -worth - 1300 Fine soft Hat any style or color worth - 200 Pair of stylish Shoes worth ------ 250 Madras or Percale Shirt worth - - - - 75 Par of Fine Suspenders worth - - - - 25 Pair of fancy or plain Socks worth - - - - 10 Nice Handkerchief colored border worth - 15 Four-in-hand or made up silk Tie worth - 25 Fine Leatherette Suit Case worth - - - 250 TOTAL 2150 SFNn IR flNF flfl I AR B ordeF nnd va win send thl on complete In OLI1U VO UIIL UULLHII suitcase by express to any address sublecttnpxnmln ation and if everything is satisfactory pay express agent 11195 balance and express charges Slzas and Mouromont Coat comes in 35 to 12 chest give chest measurement Pants come 20 to 12 waist and SO to 31 inseam give both measurements Shirts come 11 to 17V Hats come 6 to 7X Socks come 9JJ to 11 Shoes come 5 toll Oive sizes of all and state whether you wish suit of fine cassimere or cheviot cloths PLEASE NOTE THE MEASURING DIRECTIONS fMttefMme E22SXLnSS6 a NOTICE OF SUIT James O Hammond Josephine MHammond James O Hammond as guardian of Josephine Al Hammond a minor and Ardeu H Purvis defendants will take notice that ou the 9th day of August 1905 the plaintiff herein Milton II Hammond Ada A Hammond and Mary E Hammond filed a petition in the district court of Red Willow county Nebraska tho object and prayer of which are to obtain a judgment confirming the undivided one sixth interest each of the said plaintiffs and defendants un der tue win ot Mireiaa nammona deceased I 5t nnrl tn flir Tirtrflitvncf niuirtop confirm f liirrt of filing said petition tho sum of 11100 for the i flve township two north ranee thirty Red - - n -1 Annn payment of which sum together with costs no Willow county Nebraska and for the partition of said real estate according to the respective rights of said parties or if tho same cannot be equitably divided that said premises bo sold and the proceeds thereof divided between the parties according to their respective rights You are required to answer said petition on or before Monday October 23rd 1905 Dated this 12th day of September 1905 Milton H Hammond Ada A Hammond and Mary E Hammond Plaintiffs By Boyle and Eldred their attorneys NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIEN Tho north half of tho northeast quarter of section 29 in town 1 north range 30 west of the 6th principal meridian and Charles T Bogus will take notice that on the 2Sth day of August 1905 Edward B Cowles plaintiff filed his petition in the district court of Red Willow county Nebraska the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a tax purchasers lien upon the above described land for the taxes for the years 1894 1895 1896 1897 189S 1899 1900 1901 and 1902 That there was due to plaintiff at the time of filing said petition the sum of 6700 for the payment of which sum together with costs accruing interest and attorneys fee plaintiff prays a decree of foreclosure of 6aid tax lien and a sale of said premises You are required to answer said petition on or be fore the 9th day of October 1905 Edward B Cowles Plaintiff p j xJI x I west quarter and the south east quarter of the v 4 nyci jti is ca i norm west quarter ana 1 tremely nourishing- but it has to be emulsified before we can digest it cotfs Emulsion NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior land oilice at Lin coln Nebraska August 31 1905 Notice is here by given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before R W Devoe clerk of the dist rict court at McCook Nebraska on October 14 1905 viz Homestead No 1225S Christian Smith Osborn Nebraska for the east half of the pouth tho smith west nnarter of the north east quartor of section 29 towns hip 5 north ranee 30westtixth urincinal meridian He names the following witnesses to prove hi continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land viz Jacob Betz of McCook Nebras ka Truman F West of McCook Nebraska Elijah Beebe of St Ann Nebraska Casper Kakankamp of Osborn Nebraska W A Greek Register The State of Nebraska Red Willow county To all persons interested in the estate of A Campbell deceased Whereas Mary Campbell of said county has filed in my oilice an instru ment purporting to be the last will and testa ment of A Campbell late of said county de ceased and said Mary Campbell has filed her petition herein praying to have tho same ad mitted to probate and for the issuing of letters testamentary which will relate to both real and personal estate I have therefore appointed Saturday the 23rd day of September 1905 at 10 oclock in tho forenoon at the county court mum iu sum vuuuty us iuo tune anu piaco ior the hearing of said will at which time and place you and all concerned may appear and contest the allowing of the same It is further ordered that said petitioner give notice to all persons interested in said estate of the pendency of this petition and the time and place set for tho hearing of the same by causing a copy of this order to be published in The McCook Tri bune a newspaper printed and published in said county for three weeks successively prev ious to tho day set for tho hearing In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 6th day of September 1MV PnivvMnnur I seal County Judge PROPOSITISjJi m fM mm for TMfTl jM I WMBIffilWj 71 Vv I 4r7 wo tm 5 Jjy jr r To Cure a Cold is Onu Day Take Laxative Bromo gssissin TMets y iwnsoa fcoxei soM In Mst 13 montba hh signature SfJyr JJ ZiaZiiUA2i3f 3iaiit Cores Grip In Two Days or every rrwtbox 25c CHAPTER I MTV rllf nminrrv rOim ifv pnrnra no sins The speaker finished his re inark with a short laugh He was a big stout man His name was Karl Steinmetz and it Is a name well known in the government of Tver to this day He spoke jerkily as stout men do when they ride and when he had laughed his good natured half cynical laugh he closed his lips be neath a huge gray mustache So far as one could judge from the action of a square and deeply indented chin his mouth was expressive at that time and possibly at nil times of a humor ous resignation No reply was vouch safed to him and Karl Steinmetz horse which was stretched out at a gallop Evening was drawing on It was late in October and a cold wind was driving from the northwest across a plain which for sheer dismalness of aspect may give points to Sahara and beat that abode of mental depression without an effort Steinmetz looked round over this cheerless prospect with a twinkle of amused resignation in his blue eyes as if this creation were a little practi cal joke which he Karl Steinmetz ap preciated at its proper worth The whole scene was suggestive of immense distance of countless miles in all di rections The land through which these men were riding is the home of great distances Russia They rode moreover as if they knew it as if iney naa nauen tor days and were aware of more days in front of them The companion of Karl Steinmetz looked like an Englishman He was young and fair and quiet He looked like a youthful athlete from Oxford or Cambridge This young mans name was Paul Howard Alexis and fortune had made him a Russian prince If however any one even Steinmetz called him prince he blushed and became con fused This terrible title had brooded over him while at Eton and Cambridge But no one had found him out He re mained Taul Howard Alexis so far as England and his friends were concern ed In Russia however he was known by name only for he avoided Slavon ic society as Prince Pavlo Alexis This plain was his Half the govern ment of Tver was his The great Vol ga rolled through his possessious Six ty miles behind him a grim stone cas tle bore his name and a vast tract of laud was peopled by humble minded persons who cringed at the mention of his excellency All this because thirty years earlier a certain Princess Natasha Alexis had fallen in love with plain Mr Howard of the British embassy in St Peters burg With Slavonic enthusiasm for the Russian is the most romantic race on earth she informed Mr Howard of the fact and duly married him Both these persons were now dead and Paul Howard Alexis owed It to his mothers influence in high regions that the responsibilities of princedom were his but he entirely failed to recognize the enviability of his position as he rode across the plains of Tver toward the yellow Volga by the side of Karl Steinmetz This is great nonsense he said suddenly I feel like a nihilist or some theatrical person of that sort I do not think it can be necessary Stein metz Not necessary answered Steinmetz in thick guttural tones but prudent This man spoke with the soft con sonants of a German Prudent my dear prince Oh drop that Vhen we sight the Volga I will drop it with pleasure Good heavens I wish I were a prince I should have It marked on my linen and sit up in bed to read It on my nightshirt No you wouldnt Steinmetz an swered Alexis with a vexed laugh I You would hate it just as much as I do especially if It meant running away from the best bear shooting in Eu rope Steinmetz shrugged his shoulders Then you should not have been charitable Charity I tell you Alexis covers no sins In this country Who made me charitable Besides no decent minded fellow could be any thing else here Who told me of the League of Charity I should like to know Who put me Into it Who aroused my pity for these poor beg gars Who but a stout German cynic called Steinmetz Stout yes cynic If you will Ger man no The words were jerked out of him by the galloping horse Then what are you Steinmetz looked straight in front of him with a meditation In his quiet eyes which made a dreamy man of him That depends Alexis laughed Yes I know In Germany you are a German In Russia a Slav In Poland a Pole and in England anything the mo ment suggests Exactly so But to return to you You must trust to me in this matter I know this country I know what this League of Charity was It was a big- iiy By Henry Seton IMerriman Copyritfht 189 5 by HARPER t BROTHER S ger thing than any dream of It was a power in Russia the greatest of ail above nihilism above the emperor himself Ach Gott It was a wonder ful organization spreading over this country like sunlight over a field It would have made men of our poor peasants It was Gods work if there is a God which some young men deny because God fails to recognize their importance I Imagine And now it Is all done It is crumbled up by the scurrilous trenchery of some miscre ant Ach I should like to have him out here on the plain I would choke him For money too The devil It must have been the devil to sell that secret to the government I cant see what tho government ted it for growled Alexis mood bumped along on his little Cossack No but I can It Is not the emper or He is a gentleman although he has the misfortune to wear the purple No it is those about him They want to stop education they want to crush the peasant They are afraid of being found out The live in their grand houses and support their grand names on the money they crush out of the starving peasant So do I so far as that goes Of course j ou do And I am your steward your crusher We do not den it we boast of it but we exchange wink with the angels eh Alexis roue in silence tor a lew mo ments I wish he said abruptly that I had never attempted to do any good Doing good to mankind doesnt pay Here I am running away from my own home as If I were afraid of the police The position Is impossible Steinmetz shook his shaggy head No No position is impossible in this country except the czars If one only keeps cool For men such as you and I any position is quite easy But j these Russians are too romantic they give way to a morbid love of martyr dom they think they can do no good to mankind unless they are uncom fortable Alexis turned iu his saddle and look ed keenly into his companions face Do you know he said I believe you founded the Charity league Steinmetz laughed in his easy stout way It founded itself he said The angels founded it in heaven I hope a committee of them will attend to the eternal misery of the dog who be trayed it I trust they will but in the mean time I stick to my opinion that it is unnecessary for me to leave the country- What have I done I do not be long to the league It is composed en tirely of Russian nobles I dont ad mit that I am a Russian noble But persisted Steinmetz quietly you subscribe to the league Four hundred thousand rubles they do not grow at the roadside But the rubles have not my name on them That may be but we all they all know where they are likely to come from My dear Paul you cannot keep up the farce any longer You are not icrvl X fix J Jo mm Vlf 4i ByjfSi WW It dragged its dead master along the ground an English gentleman who comes across here for sporting purposes You do not live in the old castle of Osterno three months in the year because you have a taste for mediaeval fortresses You are a Russian prince and your estates are the happiest the most en lightened in the empire That alone is suspicious You collect your rents yourself You have no German agents no German vampires about you There are a thousand things suspi cious about Prince Pavlo Alexis if those that be in high places only come to think about it They have not come to think about it thanks to our care and to your English Independence ldt that Is only another reason why we should redouble our care You must not be in Russia when the Charity league Is picked to pieces There will be trouble Half the nobility In Rus sia will be in It There will be con fiscations and degradations There will be Imprisonment and Siberia for some You are better out of It for you are not an Englishman You have not even a foreign oilice passport Your pass port is your patent of nobility and that is Russian No you are better out of it And you what about you asked Paul with it little laugh the laugh that one brave man gives when he sees another do a plucky thing I Oh I am all right I am no body I am hated of all the peasants because I am your steward and so hard so cruel That is my certiticate of harmlessness with those that are about the emperor Then you turn back at Tver in quired Paul at length breaking a long silence YesI must not leave Osterno just now Perhaps later when the winter has come I v Ill follow Russia is quiet during the winter very quiet Ha ha He shrugged his shoulders and shiv ered But the shiver was interrupted He raised himself in his saddle and peered forward Into the gathering darkness What is that he asked sharply on the read in front Paul had already seen it It looks like a horse he answered a strayed horse for It has no rider They were going west and what lit tle daylight there was lived on the western horizon The form of the horse cut out in black relief against the was weird and ghostlike It was standing by the side of the road apparently grazing As they approach ed it its outlines became more defined It has a saddle said Stejnmetz at length What have we here The beast was evidently famishing for as they came near It never ceased its occupation of dragging the wizened tufts of grass up root and all What have we here repeated Steinmetz And the two men clapped spurs to their tired horses The solitary waif had a rider but he was not in the saddle One foot was caught in the stirrup and as the horse moved on from tuft to tuft it dragged its dead master along the ground r b 1 CHAPTER II niS is going to be unpleasant muttered Steinmetz as he cumbrously left the saddle That man is dead has been dead some days hes stiff And the horse has been dragging him face downward God in heaven this will be unpleasant Paul had leaped to the ground and was already loosening the dead mans foot from the stirrup He did it with a certain sort of skill despite the stiff ness of the heavy riding boot as if he had walked a hospital in his time Very quickly Steinmetz came to his assistance tenderly lifting the dead man and laying him on his back Ach he exclaimed We are unfor tunate to meet a thing like this There was no need of Paul Alexis medical skill to tell that this man was dead a child would have known it Before searching the pockets Stein metz took out his own handkerchief and laid it over a face which had be come unrecognizable Paul was unbuttoning the dead mans clothes He inserted his hand within the rough shirt This man he said was starving He probably fainted from sheer ex haustion and rolled out of the saddle It is hunger that killed him With his pocket full of money added Steinmetz withdrawing his hand from the dead mans pocket and displaying a bundle of notes and some silver There was nothing in any of the oth er pockets no paper no clew of any sort to the mans identity The two finders of this silent tragedy stood up and looked around them It was almost dark They were ten miles from a habitation Steinmetz had pushed his fur cap to the back of his head which he was scratching pensively He had a habit of scratching his forehead with one finger which denoted thought Now what are we to do he mut tered Cant bury the poor chap and say nothing about it I wonder where his passport Is We have here a trage dy Paul was still examining the dead man with that callousness which de notes one who for love or convenience has become a doctor He was a doctor an amateur He was a graduate of an English medical school Steinmetz looked down at him with a little laugh He noticed the tender ness of the touch the deft fingering which had something of respect in ir Paul Alexis was visibly one of those men who take mankind seriously and have that in their hearts which for want of a better word we call svmpa thy Mind you do not catch some infec tious disease said Steinmetz gruffly I should not care to handle any stray moujik one finds dead about the road side unless of course you think there is more money about him It would be a pity to leave that for the police Paul did not answer He was exam ining the limp dirty hands of the dead man The fingers were covered with soil the nails were broken He had ev idently clutched at the earth and at every tuft of grass after his fall from the saddle Look here at these hands said Paul suddenly This Is an English man You never see fingers this shape in Russia Steinmetz stooped down He held out his own square tipped fingers In comparison Paul rubbed the dead hand with his sleeve as if it were a piece of statuary Look here he continued the dirt rubs off and leaves the hand quite a gentlemanly color This he paused and lifted Steinmetzs handkerchief dropping it again hurriedly over the mutilated face this thing was once a gentleman It certainly has seen better days COXTIXCSD OS THIRD PJL A 1 M i tK i A Vj I ti V