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MAIN LINE EAST DEPAET
Central Time
Bill
930 P M
513 A
715 A
1000 P
710 P
MAIN LINE WEST DEPAET
Mountain Time 800 a m
1158 P M
Arrives S30 P M
95t A si
1223 A M
IMrEBIAL LINE
No 176 arrives Mountain Time
No 175 departs
505 p m
645 A M
Sleeping dining and reclining chair cars
seats free on through trains Tickets sold
and baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information time tables maps and tick
ets call on or write George Scott Agent Mc
Cook Nebraska or L W Wakeley General
Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Engine 610 was broken in in the
local yards Wednesday
T B Campbell is out on the road on
the regular dispatchers inspection trip
J E Morrissey has his trick meanwhile
Everton JToe telegraph operator at
the B M depot at McCook spent
Sunday at his home here Red Cloud
Argus
W Fletcher night operator at Arapa
hoe has been transferred to Holbrook
and Operator Nash succeeds him at
Arapahoe
Gertie and Charlie Milligan who have
been visiting with friends here left for
their home at McCook Sunday Red
Cloud Argus
Mr and Mrs Frank Purvis departed
Wednesday evening for Hastings and
Fremont where they will visit relatives
for a few days after which they will
spend the remainder of their vacation
at Denver and other Colorado points
Special agent C R Bauer of Minden
is in charge of affairs at the depot dur
ing Mr Purvis absence Bartley Inter-Ocean
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PURE healthful grape cream
of tartar powder the only
kind that can be used with
out impairing the healthfulness of
the food Makes the biscuit
cake and pastry more digestible
and wholesome Absolutely free
from alum and phosphate of lime
Chemical analyses show the low priced powders made
of alum to contain large quantities of sulphuric acid
and that a portion of the alum from alum baking pow
ders remains unchanged in the food You cannot afford
to take alum and sulphuric acids into your stomach
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RED SAUNDERS
By Henry Wallace Phillips
The story of that celebrated cow puncher some time
miner and later peaceful citizen most charmingly told
Illustrated by Berneker
You have had glimpses of Red Saunders in the
magazines from time to time and have doubtless split
your sides laughing at his funny adventures
In this we follow Red Saunders through some
hair raising adventures with Indians jolly experiences
on the ranch and his lucky hit in placer mining until
he turned up one morning in his native New England
village with his pockets full of money greatly to the
surprise of his cousin Mattie living alone in the old
home
You can bet your last dollar there was something
doing every minute after Reddy struck that village
not painting it red either for our cow punching hero
had the elements of true manhood in him
We leave you gentle reader to find out how it all
ended It will prove a most delightful quest for while
the story is interesting to the point of enthrallment it
possesses also the rare quality of humor It will be
Printed in This Paper
The wind blows through it and the meaning
of it is health and joy New York Sun
Instantly Killed
Ernest Hazel was struck by train No
14 Tuesday evening on the embank
ment between the city and West Mc
Cook and instantly killed It would
appear that the man was walking along
the side of the track but was too near
to clear the engine which struck him
and hurled him down the embankment
with fatal effect the impact and shock
apparently being the cause of his death
as there are no particular evidence of
injury sufficient to cause death
Deceased was little known here hav
ing come from the old country some
months ago He had been working
around at different places the last
place being in the Perry neighborhood
He had been complaining of being sick
during the past few days
The remains were buried by the coun
ty authorities in Longview cemetery
Thursday morning
R M Douglass Co draying in all
its branches Call up phone 68 Call
at office in Bump building lower Main
avenue
The drop pit is occupied by the 619
this week
Engine 322 is ready for the road now
after minor repairs
The new cinder pit is being used
though its extension is still progressing
CarlKetler agent at Benkelman has
been transferred to Minden in a similar
capacity
Passenger as well as freight traffic is
going some There were three 3s on
Wednesday and Thursday nights and
two 15s on Thursday night
F E Larson clerk for Machmeshop
Foreman Young has resigned and will
take a vacation of a few weeks before
resuming work A visit to his old
home at Holdrege will be a diversion
Mr Monks brother of the engineer suc
ceeds him
HONEY GUIDES
African Birds That Lead Men to tho
Nests of Bees
For many ages says n writer the
small birds which are known In Afri
ca as honey guides have been in the
habit of leading human beings to tho
nests of bees The first notice of the
kind of which I have knowledge is in
Lobos Travels In Abyssinia publish
ed by Le Grand In 1728 The moroc
or honey bird says this author Is
endued with n peculiar instinct or fac
ulty of discovering honey When the
moroc lias discovered any honey he re
pairs Immediately to the roadside and
when he sees a traveler sings and
claps his wings making many mo
tions to invite him to follow him and
when he perceives his coming Hies be
fore him from tree to tree till he comes
to the place where tho bees have stor
ed their treasure and then begins to
sing melodiously The Abyssinian
takes the honey without failing to
leave part of it for the bird to reward
him for his Information Sparrman
who traveled at the Cape in 1775 70
gives also a jvery good description of
the bird as observed in the southern
part of the contiuent
The honey guides lead human be
ings to the nests of wild bees not so
much for the honey as for the grubs
or larvae found within the comb The
natives are for the most part well
aware of this fact and if they reward
the honey guide which they usually
do to some grudging extent break off
for it a piece of the comb in which the
grubsare hatching Sparrman has a
curious note upon this detail He says
I was informed by my boshiesmen
bushmen as well as by the colonists
that a man who makes it his constant
business to go after the bees should
not at first be too grateful and gener
ous to this officious bird but leave for
it only Just as much as will serve to
stimulate its appetite by which means
it will be induced in hopes of obtain
ing a more liberal reward to discover
another swarm of bees
When it desires to feed upon some
comb which it has discovered it makes
Its way to a human being flutters
about restlessly and hops from branch
to branch or from bush to bush or
from one ant hill to another until it
succeeds in attracting the mans atten
tion During this time it utters a shrill
cry of cherr cherr frequently re
peated If the man is a native who
understands its habits and Is willing
to follow it he often gives a soft
soothing whistle and taking with him
a hatchet accepts the restless little
creatures guidance The honey guide
now goes on ahead never keeping very
far away and always jealously notic i
lng whether the man is really follow
ing At length the honey nest is reach-
ed and the birds object accomplished
While the native or natives attack the
nest and rifle the comb the bird still
flutters about chirping When the busi j
riess is concluded and the men depart
the honey guide descends from its
perch and helps itself to as much of
the larvae as it can find
When thus following a honey guide
the native goes as a rule very quietly
taking care not to frighten his small
adviser If the man by reason of bush
or other obstacle travels in the birds
opinion too slowly it will repeatedly
come back to him fly closely and an
grily about him and with restless twit
ters and evident impatience urge upon
him the necessity of hurrying up
Roaring Wags
Specialists modern scientists are
bound to be But they are not the
shriveled specimens so often pictured
by the man in the street all cold in
tellect and devotion to the pursuit of
an abstract idea They know how to
play Like other men they are gre
garious and play together
The Red Lion club was composed of
great Englishmen and Huxley was
one of the members The club used to
meet during the session of the British
association To a certain meeting at
Ipswich England which Huxley de
scribed in his Letters some foreign
ers were invited the Prince of Canino
Bonapartes nephew among them and
greatly astonished they were at the
exceedingly human behavior of the
learned professors The Bed Lion men
had a custom of roaring instead of
cheering and of wagging oue coat
tail the lions tail when applauding
The prince was much impressed by
these proceedings and when he stood
up to respond to the toast of his health
instead of making a speech he gave
three mighty roars and three wags
Youths Companion
Lucky Editors
When the late N Villemessant the
proprietor of the Paris Figaro died lie
left the paper to the three men who
had done the most to aid him But
there were many old contributors on
the paper men with well known
names who made an outcry at this
division of property They insisted
that they ought to have been consult
ed and they threatened to found an
opposition paper to Figaro
This alarmed the three principals
and they made a proposition to the ef
fect that they themselves should take
each 7000 out of the concern yearly
and that the other men should each
have a salary of 1500 for the work
they were to do and at the end of the
year draw a like sum out of the prof
its thus insuring them 3000 a year
each Yet these men did not write an
average of more than half a column a
day each if Indeed that much so
that they had a very easy time of it
It was one of the conditions that
when any one of them dies his share
goes to the others so that the last sur
vivor will have an enormous income
London Observer
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FOR SALE FOR RENT ETC
Fou Sale -Heating stove used one
winter S D Hughes Mnin avo
Wanted Roomors young men pre
ferred Second bouse south of green
houso Mits J G 1NOLI3
Estrayh Taken up Saturday morn
ing tho 19th at my farm 11 miles north
west of McCook live two- or three-year-old
horses C W Nelson 10 25 3ts
ITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 8 p m
Sunday school at 10 a m All are
welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
i 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 Rev J S Miller will
preach in the Christian church nest
Sunday morning and evening Bible
school 10 a m Y P S C E at
7 p m All are welcome
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8
p m Subject Adam and Fall
en Man Meetings held in Diamond
block Room open daily from 2 to 5 p
m except Sunday Science literature
on sale
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Burton Pa3tor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching by pastor at 11 a
m and 8 p m Junior Christian En
deavor at 3 p m Senior Endeavor
at 7 p m The public is cordially invit
ed to all of these services Next Sun
day is Membership Day Morning sub
ject The Great need of our Ohurch
G B Hawkes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Sermons by the pastor at 11 and 8
Junior League at 4 Class meeting at 12
Epworth League at 7 Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night at 745 Bharp
Sunday school and preaching in South
McCook next Sunday afternoon at 2
and 3 oclock
M B Carman Pastor
MUCH MERCHANDISE STOLEN
Burlington Has Lost 500000 While
In Transit
Denver Colo Oct 10 Over S500000
worth of merchandise has been stolen
on the Burlington railroad hi transit be
tween Chicago and Denver during the
past year and 300 Italian laborers have
been discharged according to a report
published in the Times today It is
said that secret service agents ferreted
out the system by which the robberies
were constantly committed but failed
to secure evidence sufficient to convict
any of them
Aim iny
FELLOW SUFFERERS
Each Had Throat Troublo Just Like
the Other
As the commuter who always board
ed the train at Paradise Hills seated
himself he was conscious that the
young man next him looked at him
with some curiosity as they exchanged
good mornings For the first few min
utes neither one spoke then the young
man broke the ice You have a deli
cate throat I see he said commis
eratingly I used to be bothered that
way myself
The commuter hesitated There was
something about his seat mate which
invited confidence
Have you been married long he
asked with apparent irrelevance
Not so very admitted the young
man Why
The commuter cautiously loosened
the bandage round his throat and
turning toward his companion display
ed an absurd looking polka dotted tie
Weve been married less than a
year he muttered and she gave me
six for my birthday
The hand of his seat mate grasped
his in a cordial sympathetic grip
I thought so he said Its only a
year since I had my attack of throat
trouble Youths Companion
Blowing the Nose
Medical experts are calling the atten
tion of the public to the importance of
performing the nose blowing operation
in a scientific and hygienic manner
First one nostril and then the other
should be blown without undue vio
lence Doctors state that the two nasal
passages should never be closed at the
same time If they are obstructed as
in the case of a cold the back of the
throat is filled with compressed air
and this together with the discharge
and the microbes which it contains
may be driven through the eustachiai
tube into the middle ear and lead to
serious results A great authority on
the subject used to forbid his patients
to blow their noses when suffering
from a cold The course is hardly one
which will commend itself to those in
the habit of catching colds The best
advice would seem to be that when it
is necessary to blow the nose blowing
should be done gently London Mail
The French gardener who has to
carry water in pails to remote parts of
the garden has an Ingenious device
for easing his task He fastens the
handles of his two pails to a barrel
hoop Stanling in the circle of this
he has no fear of either pall striking
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Cold air is drawn up from the
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State W C T U Convention
Some of the best things we heard at
the W O T U conventian held at Lin
coln October 16th to 18th
Wednesday devotional services led by
Mrs Stevens The Twenty third called
the Crusade Psalms was read The
pledge was recited in union by all pres
ent Greetings were sent by Mrs Whee
lock and Mrs Walter ex presidents
Mrs Harriet Vance told how to conduct
the L T L work The L T Ls now
number 1500 Miss Wintringer gave
instructions every morning on L T L
work which was very interesting Mrs
Adelaide Road gave an address on press
work Give to papers news while fresh
be active let the people know what you
are doin hold one press meeting during
the year
Our president said in her address
there were 212 new members this year
We are now 35000 strong Watchman
what of the night The morning dawn
eth 56 out of 61 lodges refuse to have
members who frequent saloons To sell
liquor gives a right to make insane
asylums penitentiaries and reform
schools Six of the old crusadera were
present and each one told of her meth
ods of work in the days past A vote
was taken and carried that the words
cas a beverage be stricken from our
pledge Revs Thouseman Long and
Battin gave short addresses Kev
Thouseman said the temperance cause
was of God We are opposed to alcohol
because it leads to sin Rev Long said
in his address that his house of worship
had been glorified by the presence of the
W C T U co workers with Jesus
Sayings by Mrs Stephens national
president What a robber is the liquor
traffic what a murderer is he Because
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cause of this the W C T U was organ
ized Miss Willard is our inspiration
still Never was there such a time
when there was so much abstinence
Commercalism is coming to our help
Germany must overthrow beer or beer
will overthrow Germany The people
who believe in abstinence ought to be
lieve in prohibition The liquor ques
tion wiil not be settled until we have it
international Prohibition at the very
worst is better than any form of license
Why sell the right to sell liquor to ruin
your boys or your neighbors boys
Many flowers were presented to na
tional and state officers Greetings were
sent from different unions and the Com
mercial club of Omaha The club also
requested the convention of 1903 be
held in Omaha but it was decided te
accept a previous invitation to Hastings
Mrs J G Inglis
Mrs J W Wisiek
Died of Diphtheria
Evarena the five-year-old daughter
of Louis Thayer of West McCook died
of diphtheria Tuesday night The re
mains were interred in Riverview ceme
tery Wednesday afternoon privately
on account of the nature of the disease