By F M KIMMELL
Xargfest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
The fourteenth national irrigation
congress will moot ir Boise Idnbo
September 3 8
Herb is success to President Roose
velt the greatest chief executive since
Washington and Lincoln Power to Lib
big stick
Hall county is early in the field this
yqar with a strong endorsement of Hon
George L Rouse for govornor on a quite
satisfactory Rooseveltian platformThero
are several favorite sons to hear from
yet
McCook Market Quotations
Corrected Friday afternoon
Corn i 35
Wheat CO
Oats 25
Ryo 40
Barley 25
Hors 590
Egga 12
GoodButtoi 15
Died at an Advanced Old Age
Mrs E S Dutcher of Driftwood pre
ciuct passed away on Thursday evening
of last week June 14th after an illness
of some length
OllITUAKY
Mrs Johanna L Dutcher was born
January 10th 1812 in New York State
She moved with her parents to Penn
sylvania when three years of age In
1865 moved to Iowa vVas married to
E S Dutcher August 10th 1871 They
moved to Nebraska in 1887 where they
haye resided since Mrs Dutcher died
Thursday evening June 11th 1906 She
leaves to mourn her loss a husband two
daughters and two sons besides a host
of friends Funeral at residence twelve
miles southeast of McCook at 9 am
SaturdayJune 16th conducted by Rev
A A Holmes
Burial in Riverview cemetery of this
city
CARD OF THANKS
For assistance and sympathy during
the illness and after the death of our
dear wife and mother we are grateful
beyond the power of mere words to
E S Dutcher and Family
express
Quick Work by Fire Department
The west frame building on the lot
just back of the city hall was pretty
thoroughly gutted by fire Wednesday
morning about 715 The fire caught
on the inside and the contents of the
building were burned or damaged for
the most part
The building is owned by G F Ran
cel A family by the name of Jones
recent arrivals from Cambridge are the
tenants The building was damaged to
the extent of about S200 Insurance S
The tenants do washing for a livelihood
consequently there are a number of
small losers by the fiie although the
total loss of chattels will not be heavy
The response to the alarm by the de
partment was very prompt water being
thrown on the building in a little over
one minute after the alarm was sounded
ciy church ANNOUNCEMENTS
Episcopal Services on Sunday at 11
a m and 8 p m Evening prayer at
730 oclock Wednesday All are wel
come to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
J J Loughran Pastor
Christian Sunday school at 10 am
Preaching at 11 am and 8 p m G T
Burt formerly pastor here will speak
Morning subject A Day With God
Evening subject Life Liberty Hap
piness Christian Endeavor 7 p m
Baptist Sunday school at 1000 a m
B Y P U will meet at 7 p m Miss
Sadie Everist will lead Mr C H Mil
ler will sing at the evening service AA
Holmes will preach at 11 am and 8 pm
We welcome you to our services
A A Holmes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
Illustrated sermon to children at 11 a
m Class at 12 Junior League at 5 pm
Epworth League at 7 p m Childrens
day program at 8 Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 8 p m Sunday school
and preaching in South McCook next
Sunday
M B Carman Pastor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 am Preaching at 11 a mand8
p m Christian Endeavor at 7 p m
Morning subject The Internal
Growth of Christianity Evening
subject Christian Endeavor Prayer
meeting every Wednesday night at 8
p m A cordial invitation to all
Geo B Hawkes Pastor
Indianas Gold and Sliver
Excitement of the wildest character
prevails In Warwick county Indiana i
orer the discovery of gold and silver
near Lynnvllle The land where the
ore has been found is of the poorest
but owners are paying up back taxe3
in the hope of realizing handsomely
Hotels and restaurants ars crowded
with strangers and many more are ar
riving dally
GODFREYS TANKARD
A Seventeenth Century Relic of the
IlnRue In London
A curious historical relic of London
Is the large tankard of solid silver pre
sented by Charles II to Sir Edmund
Berry Godfrey for his valuable services
during the plague and the Are of Lon
don for which he received the honor of
knighthood in 10GG The tankard
which Is of plain silver has a hinged
cover and weighs nearly thirty six
ounces Its front Is engraved with the
royal anus nnd the crest of the recipi
ent together with Inscriptions In Latin
and engravings of scenes connected
with the fire which are still In excel
lent preservation The engraving of
the pesthouse men carrying corpses to
the dismal plague pit and that of the
crowded blocks of houses surmounted
by flames are very quaint and curious
Sir Edmund who was born In 1G21 at
Sellinge in Kent was a timber mer
chant possessing wharfs at Dowgate
city and at Charing Cross He prosper
ed became justice of the peace for
Westminster and member of parlia
ment for WInchilsea In history as no
reader of Macaulay and Green will
need to be told his name Is most fa
mous in connection with his mysterious
murder which was popularly attribut
ed to the zeal with which he had devot
ed himself to unraveling the alleged
popish plot His body was found In a
ditch near Primrose hill face down
ward and penetrated by his own sword
under circumstances which precluded
the Idea of suicide or robbery
The excitement caused by this still
mysterious event is Indicated by the
fact that when the funeral procession
left the with great pomp and
pageant for the burial ground of St
it was preceded
by 70 clergy and followed by upward
GZ 1000 persons of distinction
THE JAW AND THE TEETH
What May Happen If We Continue
lining Soft Foods
The teetli are really appendages of
the skin and not of the skeleton as
people generally believe The jaw is
formed in accordance with the neces
sity for providing a hold for the teeth
that is if there were no teeth to come
the jaw would grow differently and
would not have Its present shape The
jaw is not an independent part as it
would like to be it has to form itself
to accommodate tenants with which
strictly speaking it has no ties of kin
dred
The use of soft foods decreases the
size of the teeth and they will ulti
mately disappear unless we make
more use of them
As there does not seem to be any
likelihood of a change in our habits
we must expect to lose them in course
of time Then the jaw will assume
probably another shape Further the
gums might disappear for there can
be no use for them after the disappear
ance of the teeth
The loss of the teeth makes the lips
fall in and brings us near to the Punch
form of face We find it impossible to
pronounce sounds such as t d sh ch
The change of face so to say will cer
tainly lead to a modification of the
tongue and this in turn to the inability
to pronounce other sounds
Atonic Dynpepsla
The ultimate cause of atonic dys
pepsia is constitutional depression It
may be due to overwork and especial
ly to prolonged worry Sometimes the
dyspepsia is the first manifestation of
tubercular poisoning Again there
seems to be an inherent failure of the
digestive organs Once established
dyspepsia is in turn the cause of loss
of strength of mental inertia and vis
ceral -weakness Some degree of sim
ple anaemia is almost inevitable The
exciting cause may be an illness of any
kind the excessive use of tea coffee
or other beverages the lack of proper
food some error In habits of eating
Often it Is not discoverable
Consolatory
A correspondent of an English paper
tells how some one visited a wild beast
show and saw a countryman come in
bearing unmistakable signs of having
had a glass too much A tiger scratch
ed the back of the hand with which the
man grasped a bar of the cage The
laceration was severe and the pain
was great The sufferer danced about
and twirled his shillalah crying Let
him out Let him out till I have me
will av him A companion tried to
soothe the irate dancer with this neat
impromptu Never mind Pat Sure
he only wanted to scrape acquaintance
wid ye
He Knew
The first witness called in r rotfv
lawsuit in Cincinnati was an Ir nan
of whose competence as a witn - op
posing counsel entertained doubt At
their Instance there was put to him be
fore being sworn the usual Interroga
tory Do you know the nature of an
oath
A broad grin spread over the face of
the Irishman as he replied
Indade your honor I may say that
It Is second nature with me Harpers
Weekly
Variety
She Dont you get tired of this mod
ern life with its heartburnings Its
longings its cruel disappointments its
unutterable inadequacy He Oh yes
but alwa ys just about that time some
new girl comes along Life
cr Status
The Captain Thats a handsome wo
man Is she unmarried The Belle
Oh yes Captain indulges In pleasing
reflections Shes been unmarried sev
eral times London Mail
Glory Is like a circle In the water
which never ceaseth to enlarge Itself
till by broad spreading It disperse to
naught Shakespeare
A J CASSATT
Biff Railroad Man Whoie Realrna
tlon of Office Is Rumored
Alexander Johnston Cassatt presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad
whose resignation from tliat post has
been rumored has had a very active
and strenuous career The inquiry of
the Interstate commerce commission
into the relations between coal compa
nies and railroads in the coal mining
regions has brought out some facts
which It Is said have greatly disturb
ed Mr Cassatt and made him feel that
he had been misled by his subordi
nates This Is given as the cause of his
alleged purpose to resign
It was Mr Cassatt who gave the fa
mous order of May 21 1003 which re
sulted in the destruction of 2000 miles
m
mJVX Va vry
ALEXANDER J CASSATT
of poles belonging to the Western Un
ion Telegraph company This occurred
during the fight between the Pennsyl
vania railroad and the Gould-Rockefeller
interests Mr Cassatt Is a man
of marvelous executive capacity and
controls directly or indirectly more
than 17000 miles of railroad lines
He was born In 1S39 in Allegheny City
Pa and received a liberal education
graduating from Heidelberg univer
sity Germany and from Rensselaer
Polytechnic institute Troy He began
work as a civil engineer in 1859 and
rose steadily in the railroad service
until he was first vice president of the
Pennsylvania road Then at forty
three he retired from active business
and spent about seventeen years in
travel recreation and the cultivation
of his famous stock farm He returned
to business life in 1899 becoming head
of the Pennsylvania at that time
VISCOUNT AOKL
Career of Jnpnns First Ambassador
to the United States
Viscount Siuzo Aoki first ambassa
dor of Japan to the United States who
was officially received by President
Roosevelt a short time ago is a figure
of especial interest for several reasons
In view of the warm friendship exist
ing between Japan and the United
States and the admiration felt in this
country for the way in which the Jap
anese conducted their campaign in the
war against Russia any one represent
ing them at Washington would be re
ceived with sincere cordiality But in
the cabinet Viscount Aoki ranks close
ambassador to the American republic
the mikado selected one of his most
valued subjects and a man who at the
first vacancy will it is said be ad
mitted to that powerful circle of ad
visers of his majesty known as the
elder statesmen Among these coun
selors are such men as the Marquis
Ito Field Marshals Yamagata and
Oyama and Counts Matsukata and In
ouye and though they have no definite
standing In the government of the
realm they are more powerful than
the cabinet Viscount Aoki ranks close
viscount siuzo aoki
up with these men and is reputed to
be the most prominent man in the
northern half of the island of Nippon
The viscount is also a character of un
usual interest from the fact that he is
the first Asiatic diplomat to introduce
a European wife to the ambassadorial
circles of Washington for the Vis
countess Aoki is a German and a
baroness in her own right She was
Fraulein von Rad Funkhazen a mem
ber of one of the most aristocratic fam
ilies of Germany and at the time she
married the viscount was the Baroness
von Rahden widow of a German cav
alry officer The new ambassador
is sixty one years of age and has been
twice minister of foreign affairs of his
country and twice minister to Ger
many where he studied as a boy
The Story ot an Invention
The power loom was the invention of
a farmers boy who had never seen or
heard of such a thing He fashioned
one with his penknife and when he got
It all done he showed It with great en
thusiasm to his father who at once
kicked It art to pieces saying he would
have no boy about him who would
spend his time on such foolish things
The boy was sent to a blacksmith to
learn a trade and his master took a
lively interest in him He made a
loom of what was left of the one his
father had broken up and showed it to
his master The blacksmith saw he
had no common boy as an apprentice
and that the invention was a valuable
one He had a loom constructed under
the supervision of the boy It worked
to their perfect satisfaction and the
blacksmith furnished the means to
manufacture the looms and the boy
received half the profits In about a
year the blacksmith Avrote to the boys
father that he should bring with him
a wealthy gentleman who was the In
ventor of the celebrated power loom
You may be able to judge of the as
tonishment at the old home when his
son was presented to him as the in
ventor who told him that the loom
was the same as the model that he
had kicked to pieces the previous year
The Pointer
There is as much fallacy in attempt
ing to prove the origin of pointing as in
a like attempt to prove the origin of
eating As a matter of fact the point
ing act commonly exhibited by the
pointer and setter is an incident of the
capture or attempted capture of food
by dogs and also by wolves and foxes
Coyotes have been seen to draw and
point on prairie dogs and grouse in
precisely tho same manner that the
pointer and setter draw on game birds
There were the same rigidity and
stealth the pause to judge of distance
and opportunity and the final rigid
pause when all the energies are con
centrated for the final spring to cap
ture All the phenomena displayed by
the dog family indicate that the draw
ing and pointing in the pursuit of prey
were ever natural traits It may be
reasonably believed that man could
not breed the pointing instinct out of
the dog if he attempted to do so
Forest and Stream
A Gentle Wish
It was their honeymoon They had
moved into a pretty suburban house
and were getting settled cozily at last
I have something for you she said
when he came home from the office
A present
Yes You have no night key so I
had one made for you Here it is
That was very thoughtful of you
But how did you come to take so much
trouble
I wanted it as a kind of barometer
Youll let me look at it now and then
wont you
Certainly
Im not going to say you mustnt go
out evenings and Im not going to sit
up until you come home when you are
out late I only hope she said coax
ingly that every time I look at it the
key will be a little bit rustier and then
I will know that home pleases you
more than any other place
The Fountain Pen
The fountain pen is not an invention
of recent years In Samuel Taylors
Universal System of Shorthand Writ
ing published in 17SG we find proof
of the fountain pens great age
I have nothing more to add wrote
Samuel Taylor for the use or instruc
tion of the practitioner except a few
words concerning the kind of pen prop
er to be used for writing shorthand
For expeditious writing some use what
are called fountain pens into which
your ink is put which gradually flows
when writing from thence into a small
er pen cut short to fit the smaller end
of this instrument but It is a hard
matter to meet with a good one of this
kind
The Fork
It is about 1900 years ago since the
fork made its appearance in Europe
In 09 A D a son of the doge Pietro
Orsolo had wedded in Venice the Briz
zantine Princess Argila who produced
at the wedding breakfast a silver fork
and gold spoon Then the high Vene
tion families followed suit and these
martyrs to fashion pricked their lips
with the new instrument The fork
prospered however and spread over
Italy In 1379 it had traveled as far
as France and in 1G0S a traveler
brought it direct to England
Both Hate Him
Funny thing remarked Wilson
musingly Tom Wilkins and Edith
Brown used to be great friends of
mine I introduced them to each other
They got married and now neither of
them will speak to me Wonder what
the reason can be
Cross Purposes
Mrs Klubbs severely Ive been
lying awake these three hours waiting
for you to come home Mr Klubbs
ruefully Gee And Ive been stay
ing away for three hours waiting for
you to go to sleep
A Lady Boantlfn
Tramp Kin you give a poor feller a
cold bite mum Housewife Yes On
your way out youll find some icicles
on the gate Womans Home Compan
ion
The Clever Ones
Griggs Some men are born great
others achieve greatness Briggs Yes
and others simply have the trick cf
making other people think theyre
great
I have lived to know that the great
secret of human happiness is this Nev
er suffer your energies to stagnate
Adam Clark
HOUSE FURNISHINGS
CARPETS good serviceable colors
and neat patterns the best for the
money
Fine line of ART SQUARES all
sizes
Beautiful RUGS that will match
any carpet and brighten your
room
MATTINGS by the yard all desir
able patterns
LACE CURTAINS any kind you
may wish at all prices
WINDOW SHADES and WHITE
CURTAIN RODS
NOTIONS
Fancy and Plain Back Combs Side
Combsland Dressing Combs
Hairpins Curlers Brushes for the
clothes hair teeth and nails
Crochet Hooks and Knitting Need
les both in wood and steel
All kinds of Pins Jewelry Tablets
EnvelopesPenholders Pencils etc
Our line of MENS and LADIES FUR
NISHINGS is complete and up-to-date
You will find our GROCERIES always
fresh clean and of the best quality pp
We also carry all FRUIT and VEGETA
BLES in season
John Grannis
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Do You Want
I A Pair of
Elbow Lengths
We have them in mitts and we have
good prospects of getting
More Elbow Length Gloves
In black and white Call in next Tuesday
June 26th We may have them
Beautiful White Waistings
Our stock of white waist goods and dress
goods is very complete and presents
NEW WEAVES and NEW DESIGNS
at all prices ranging from 1 5c to 90c
per yard
Fine Linen and Linen Finished
Suitings
We can supply you with linen suitings
1 yd and 2 yds wide for 45c 50c roo
and 125 per yd OUR LINEN FIN
ISHED SUITINGS are i2Acand 15c
per yard
Dont Fail to Look -Over Our
STOCK OF
Summer Dress Goods
EZZ
We have just received a new assortment of
NEW PATTERNSInd COLORS
H C Clapp
EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS
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