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We find as the summer season is nearing its close that the
INEVITABLE is again APPARENT Remnants have
accuinnhited and in order to close them out AT ONCE to
make room for our large assortment of FALL GOODS
we will hand them over to you at
SHAMEFULLY
LOW PRICES
and they are ready for your inspection NOW Among
these remnants are many WAIST PATTERNS and
lengths of use in every home Come in and get your firsi
selection
Lots of Elbow GlOves
NOT long wrist gloves BUT 12- 14- and 16 button
lengths and we are selling them at prices below tnose
asked by the city stores that have them DURING THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS we will offer you extraordinary
values in many lines of dry goods including
DRESS SKIRTS
PETTICOATS
SUMMER UNDERWEAR
BED SPREADS
HOSIERY
- BELTS and BAGS etc
H C Clap
EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS
New Walsh Block
INDIAN OLA
Sirs Millgate who has been away for
several months arrived home Tuesday
Miss Eva Gamsby went to McCook
Tuesday
The railroad gang at this place expect
to go to Sheridan Wyoming Thursday
James Ryan went to McCook Mon
day on business
The Indianola band boys went to Pal
isade Tuesday night to play there on
the 4th
A number went ta Bartley to celebrate
Miss Edith Allen has gone to Iowa on
a visit to relatives and friends She ex
pects to be gone a month or so
The grand master of the Masons was
here Thursday afternoon and held a
meeting with the Masons of this place
The Mis3es Mamie Mann and Alice
Carmichael arrived home Tuesday
night from Lincoln
Harry C Letts our well known trav
eling man was married last Thursday
morning to a Miss Howard of Missouri
They left Friday morning for a short
redding trip
The Great and Glorious 4tb was
celebrated in the Harrison grove west
of town A fair sized crowd was in atten
dance and a good time had
The Misses Vering are expected home
shortly The girls have made quite an
extended visit They participated at a
wedding of a friend while away Miss
Alary being one of the bridesmaids
Mrs Jennie Hendershott of Wyom
ing is here for a visit with relatives and
friends
Rob Ervin went to daigler the 4th
to pitch for the Cracker Jacks of Red
Willow He is a champion base baU
twirler to use their terms
A good shower visited this section
Sunday afternoon which laid the dust
and will be a benefit to the vegetable
kingdom
Mrs Arthur of Cambridge is visiting
at the homes of Tim and Thomas Haley
Lucile Hagerof Omaha is in town for
a few days the guest of relatives and
friends
Mrs Annie Price and little son visited
-pith her sister Mrs J Balding Satur
day
Mrs C B Hoag has returned from
Edison where she went a few weeks
ago on a visit with LBSimmons family
A large and appreciative crowd met
at ihe opera house Wednesday- evening
to enjoy the musicle given by Mrs Cal
tid and pupils
BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER
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Miss Ella Yates went to Beaver City
Saturday on a visit
Mr and Mrs Doud went to Lebanon
Friday oh business
Miss Cora Shirley came down from
Atwood Saturday on a visit with
friends and to help with the music at
the Christian Sunday school She re
turned home Monday
Quite a number spent the Fourth at
Oberlin and the rest at Cedar Bluffs
Mrand Mrs Hermans came over from
Indianola on a visit Saturday
Alma Noe went to Indianola Sunday
Mrs J L Sargent and family went to
Indianola Wednesday
Mr and MrsW J Stilgebouer went
to Bartley to spend the Fourth
J L Newman shipped one carload
of hogs Tuesday evening
The town was about deserted Wed
nesday some went to Cedar Bluffs
some to Oberlin some to Lebanon and
McCook others went fishing
Sam Minniear got his big toe broken
Wednesday by letting a piece of ice fall
on his foot
The report in the Bartley items last
week of the ill treatment of the Bartley
boys by some party from Danbury was
not approved by the better class of citi
zens from Danbury because it was done
by outside parties and the citizens of
Danbury regrets very much that it oc
curred especially the doctor and his
lady should have received better treat
ment Come again boys and wo will
see that it dont occur again The
Bartley club although defeated gave
the best game that we have seen in this
town The scores stood 34 in favor of
Danbury
RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 2J
Geo Henderson is heading his wheat
William Doyle returned from Wyo
ming last week Mr Doyle purchased
a fine cattle ranch while there His
family are now living out there
School district 41 held there annual
meeting June 25th and elected D C
Shaw treasurer and J W Proctor mod
erator
Everyone in this neighborhood cele
brated the 4th some went to McCook
others went to the Willow
A little love a little wealth
A little home for you and me
Its all I ask except good health
Which comes with Rocky Mountain
Tea LW McCoonell
A COIN 01 COURTESY
THE GUINEA OF THE ENGLISHMAN
IS NOT A COIN AT ALL
Ah u Piece oi Ileal Money It Huh 3n
lSxIstcnco niul II Im LhoiI Only In
Imagination an n Rather Awkward
Standard ot Monetary Value i
Of all the obstacles that confront tho
Englishman the guinea is the most
amazing The other day mi American
guest Inquired of me What Is a j
ca lie had been asked for one by i
circulating library It seems an easy
question to answer but as I had baei
piu zling over the division of an imagi
nary guinea into four parts the expla
nation took time It was as difficult as
explaining cricket to a German in
German
Show me one said the American
I confessed that I did not possess
one
What not o25
Yes but not a guinea We dont
have a guinea in England any more
But you talk in guineas
Thats our fun I replied lamely
Nevertheless there is something to bo
said for our system Indeed one might
argue that this incessant obstacle race
over the multiplication tables that we
have to enter insures a bracing of the
muscles We are always kept on the
alert to fathom the relations between a
pottle a perch and a guinea or some
such abpurl and fortuitous combina
tion And one may suspect that this
tightening aul stivi rthening of tbj
muscles in tVs obstacle race is lvally
the source of Er lan ls greatness
For all practical purposes the guinea
in which we tall is te mnrt prepos
terously absurd coin in the world for
It does not osl corporeally Some
few honest ctiers wer sp i3e guineas
on their watch chains But if they tried
to pass them over to the bookng clerk
on ihe underground railway they would
be In danger of the judgment There
are no guineas in England Yes in
imagination they enist
And never more accuse yourself of
belonging to an unimaginative nation
of shopkeepers The guinea Is the coin
of courtesy just because it is not a
coin at all And its preservation as an
anomaly is a curious proof of the in
nate courtesy of the Englishman who
will face any arithmetical Inconven
ience rather than put a slur on a
friend
This you may see from the lists of
subscriptions for the gentleman in dis
tress You cannot offer him the neces
saries of life When the friend falls
by the wayside it must be guineas not
sovereigns that you supply and one
feels glad that the remarks of the
meanest sport that exists the sport of
kings offers prizes in sovs It is
merely the analogue of that convention
which regulates gifts between equals
Etiquette forbids your sending a
friend a leg of mutton that is a sov
ereign the ordinary humdrum coin
But you may send him pheasants oys
ters grouse or salmon more especially
If the salmon is the victim of your own
rode pole and perch Fossibly the
real explanation is that as a matter of
courtesy you may not give a man
what he could obtain at the nearest
shop It must be something that is not
easily obtainable
Now a guinea is not easily obtaina
ble and the difference between-offering
a man a guinea and offering him a
sovereign is the difference between
sending a man a leg of mutton and
sending him a barrel of oysters That
little silly shilling stuck on to the sov
ereign that retention of the ghost of a
coin long dead and borne on a watch
chain with the locket containing a
twist of great-great-aunties hair was
its significance
It is the embodiment of the English
mans innate idealism It is like the
equally silly Esq which we tack on
the names of friends There are no
esquires nowadays and no guineas but
we see them with the eye of faith
And we sacrifice to our faith consider
able muscular exertion many blobs of
ink and sundry shillings that might
otherwise stock our houses with cheap
reprints of the worlds best books
You will naturally conclude that I
did not put this view before my Amer
ican friend He would scarcely under
stand it I led him gently to the paia
tial bank premises into which I hur
riedly cast my weekly wage for fear I
should lose it on the way home and
pointed out to him lowering my voice
discreetly as becomes the suppliant in
the temple of wealth
Note that young man I said ne
is adding up three columns of figures
There are guineas things that wont
fraternize with half crowns or four
shilling pieces or florins or half sover
eigns or sovereigns but you will per
ceive that this young man Is taking
them in his stride Now what about
his muscles V
I should conclude said the Ameri
can guest thoughtfully that a young
man who can put 12 guineas together
and make em dollars can do any
thing
The guinea I explained as we
went out into Piccadilly is the source
of Englands greatness And the
American guest remained thoughtful
London Chronicle
Kind of Him
No dear said lie I dont intend
to have you do your own -work after
we are married
Is that so dear she cooed
Yes he -went on I have just
been looking up your business affairs
Mr and Mrs Jamen Doyle were called INind I find that you are perfectly able
to Wennerthis week to see Mrs Doyles io keep a hired girl Detroit Free
brother who is very sick
Press
Power unless managed with gentle
ness and discretion does but make man
the more -hated Ne Intervals of good
humor -no starts of bounty will atone
for tyranny and oppression Jeremy
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Sonic FamonN Retorts Made Dnrlns
the Heat of Debate
One of the most famous of Reeds re
torts was made at the expense of
Springer of Illinois The Maine giant
had just read one of Springers own
speeches in refutation of the latters
argument Just concluded The Illi
nolsan launched Into philosophy upon
the privilege of progressive thinkers to
change their opinions
I honor them for it he continued
An honest man is the noblest work of
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A peep into the heavens through a
modern telescope is a peep into the
very depths of mystery With such an
instrument one may gaze upon 100
000000 stars each of them a burning
blazing sun From what little we
know of creation we cannot but be
lieve that each of those suns is giving
light and heat to a train of planets
just in the same manner that our sun
gives light and life to his little flock of
worlds Beyond those 100000000 suns
there may be hundreds of millions
more Thus they may continue sys
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A Serloun Breach
Intimate Friend What was the
breach of senatorial courtesy of which
you accused Senator Graball Senator
Grafton fiercely Why the scoundrel
approached the Interests I represent
and offered to work for 23 per cent less
legal expenses than theyre paying me
Puck
The Poets Trouble
Friend What did you find the most
difficult thing when you wrote your
first verses Poet To find some one
who would let me read them to him
Fltesentfe Blatter
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THE SPANIARD
nis Courtesy Him Cigarette and His
Lottery Ticket
Of the courteous maimers of all Span
lards a traveler writes So anxious is
every one to he of service to others
that the stranger is apt to consider the
Spaniards Very inquisitive people An
experience in a Madrid tramcar was
enlightening in this direction A wom
an iii getting into the car appeared to
have slipped and hurt her foot She
and her husband began an animated
discussion upon the incident and of
the dozen others in the car every one
except ourselves craned forward to lis
ten The passengers were well assort
ed ranging as they did from a captain
in uniform down to a woman almost
of the beggar class But one and all
In turn joined in the discussion without
exciting the least resentment opinions
being apparently welcomed Gentle
men arriving at their destination ceased
arguing raised their hats and went
out leaving others in possession until
the principals left
There is no hour of the day or
night which a Spaniard deems inappro
priate to the practice of smoking the
same writer observes Whenever he
finds time hanging heavily which is
frequently he lights a cigarette Time
hangs heavily on a Spaniards mind in
the brief interval between the courses
at lunch and dinner whenever he
wakes at night- when traveling be
tween station and hotel in an omnibus
and always when in a railway train
regardless of ladies The practice of
smoking is so universal in Spain that
railway compartments for nonsmok
ers exist in theory only and the habit
combined with that of loud talking nt
all hours of the night and morning
makes the average Spaniard undesir
able as a traveling companion especial
ly at night
Of the sturdy beggars who overrun
Madrid The beggars usually have
some pretense for asking alms in the
shape of a decrepit guitar or fiddle un
der the cloak where it remains An
other plea Is the sale of lottery tickets
the lottery being a great Institution in
Spain Each ticket costs 5 pesetas
about 1 and beggars in absolute
rags as often as not children rush
about with strings of these for sale
Chicago News
God As for me Mr Chairman in the
words of an eminent American states
man I would rather be right than be
president
The gentleman from Illinois neednt
worry Mr Chairman drawled Reed
Hell never be either
During the bitter fight against Reed
rules the house was thrown into con
vulsions by General Spinoia who
pointing to the painting of the Siege
of Yorktown hanging in the hall
gravely accused Speaker Reed of count
ing the Hessians in the background of
the picture in order to make up a quo
rum
The general always wore a tremen
dously high collar so high in fact that
Representative Tim Campbell tapped
it one with the ferule of his cane
and inquired to the amusement of the
house Is General Spinoia within
During the famous deadlock fight in
the house over the civil rights bill Gen
eral Ben Butler favored a Sunday ses
sion
Bad as I am I have some respect
for Gods day replied Sam Randall of
Pennsylvania
Dont the Bible say that it is lawful
to pull your ox or ass out of a pit on
the Sabbath asked Butler You
have thirty seven asses on your side of
the house and I want to get them out
of this ditch tomorrow I think I am
engaged in holy work
Dont do it replied Randall 4I
expect some day to see you in a better
world
Youll be there as you are here a
member of the lower house flashed
back the general with tolling effect
A merican Magazine
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
The New Hope of Farmers by
David Fairchild The introductions of
durum wheat which earned 1500000
in a year New grains fruit9 and vege
tables being brought into our food sup
ply by government experts and wide
awake farmers less than two percent of
all known edible plants cultivated in
America
An Agricultural Revolution Dr
Seaman A Knapp government agent3
demonstrating to farmers on their own
acres how to get more profitable crops
Whole sections raised from poverty to
prosperity by the new methods exhibit
ed on a few selected farms Stories of
the stimulating work
Is Our Cotton Monopoly Secure
The continued efforts of the English to
find profitable cotton lands in Africa
and elsewhere are but repetitions of
previous efforts Some historical in
stances The outlook for Americaa
cotton for an indefinite timeby Clarence
II Poe and Charles W Burkett
The Picturesque Jamestown Fair
by Charles Russell Kelley An exposi
tion with the distinctive purpose of tel
ling the story of our colonial beginnings
and our national growth In an ex
hibition of great historical interest to be
held on historic ground
A great American Cathedral by
Robert Ellis Jones St John the Divine
now building in New York fourth in
size among the worlds Cathedrals An
impressive structure all of stone and
built to last Voluntary contributions
made to the 10000000 construction
fund by poor a9 well as rich A new
kind of church for New York conditions
The Rebound of San Franciso by
French Strother How the disaster
brought out the temper of an indomin
itable people returning at once to the
work of building a new city from the
ruins of the old Incidents by an eye
witness illustrating the way in which
the city met this test of American civi
lization The Burnham plans for an
ideal city
The3 may be found nt the Public
Library
j iiurary uours luorning 1U30 to 12 i1
oclock Afternoon 130 tn fi rrii r
Evening 7 to 9 oclock Sunday after
noon 2 to 5 oclock
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take laxative bromo quinine tablets
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure E W Groves signature is on
each box 25c
Wanted Laborers at the Brush
Sugar Factory Brush Colorado Good
wages paid
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