7 i V CITY LODGE DIRECTORY A P A A M McCook LodKO No 135 A F A M moot every first and third Tuosduy of tlio month at 800 p m in Mnsonic ball Charles L Fahnkbtock M Lok Cone Sue n s M Occonoxoo Conncll No 16 It S M moots on the last Saturday of each month at 800 p m a Masonic hall KALric A IlAaBEUO T I M SlLVESTEtt COUDEAL SoC B A M Klnfr CyniB Chapter No 35 R A M moots every tlrnt and third Thursday of each month at 800 p in in Mabouic hall Justin A Wilcox II P Clinton B Sawybk Sue KNIGHTS TEMILAU St John Cotiininnilery No 10 K T mcoU on tho second Tlmrfday of each month at 8X p in in Mabouic hall Emeeson Hanson E C SylvesteuCokdeal Hec EAHTEUN 8TAE Euroka Chatitor No 80 O E S meots tho Hocoud and fourth Fridays of ouch month at 800 p ni in Masonic hall Mus Sauah E Kay W M F M Kimmell Sue modern woodmen Noblo Camp No GK5 M V A meota ovory socond and fourth Thursday of each month at iSW p m in Uauschows hail Pay assessments at liito JIouso Jrocorj J M Smi ni Clork S E Howell V C rOYAI neiciiidoes Noblo Camp No 802 K N A moots overy second and fourth Tliursday of oacli month at 230 p in in Ganschows hall Mrs Maey Walker Oraclo Mes Augusta Anton Hoc w o w Moo Is second and fourth Thursdays at 8 oclock in Diamonds hall Chas F Mabkwad C C W C Moyer Clork WORKMEN McCook Lodo No Gl AOUW moots ovory Monday at 800 p in in Diamonds hall C B Gray Bee Wm Wooton M W I M Smith Fiuancior DEOREE OF HONOR McCook LodsoNo 3 D of II meets evory second and forth Fridays of each month at 800 p in in Ganbchows hall Mrs Laura Osburn C of H Mrs MatieG Welles Roc locomotive engineers McCook Division No C23 B of L E moots ovory second and fourth Saturday of each month at 2 30 in Morris hall Walter Stokes C E W D Burnett F A E LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN McCook Lodge No 599 B of L F E moots ovory Saturday at 730 p m in Gau3 ehowshall I D Pennington M C H Uusted Sec RAILWAY CONDUCTORS Harvoy Division No 93 O R C meets the second and fourth Wednesday nights of each month at 800 p m in Morris hall at 301 Main Avenue A G King C Con M O McClcre Sec RAILWAY TRAINMEN C W Bronson Lodge No 4S7 B of R T moots first and third Sundajs at 230 p m and second and fourth Fridays at 7 30 p m oach month in Morris hall Neal Beeleu M R J Moore bee RAILWAY CARMEN Young America Lodge No 436 B R C of A meets ou tho first and third Thursdays of oach month in Diamonds hall at730 pm John Hunt C C N V Franklin Rec Sec machinists Red Willow Lodge No 5S7 I A of M meets every second and fourtli Tuesday of tho month at S00 p m in Ganschow hall D O Hewitt Pres W H Anderson Roc Sec BOILERMAKERS McCookLodgo No -107 B of B M I S B of A meets first and third Fridays of each month in Odd Follows hall KNIGHTS OF 1YTIUAS McCook Lodge No 42 K of P meets overy Wednesday at 800 p m in Masonic hall M Lawritson C C J N Gaaede K R S ODD FELLOW S McCook Lodge No 137 1 0 0 F meets evory Monday at 800 p m in Ganschow s hall W H Ackeeman N G W A Middleton Sec EAGLES McCook Aerio No 1514 F O E meets the second and fourth Fridays of oach month at 800 pm in Diamonds hall Social meetings on the first and third Fridays R s Light W Pres G C Heckman W Sec KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS McCook Council No 1126 K of C meets the first and third Tuesdajs of each month at 800 p m in Diamonds hall G R Gale F Sec Feank Real G K DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Court Granada No 77 meets on tho first and and third Tuetdajs of each month at S p m in tho Morris hall Anna Hannan G R Josethixe Mullen F S LADY MACCABEES Valley Queen Hivo No 2 L O T M meets every first and third Thursday evenings of each month in Morris hall Mrs W B Mills Commander Harriet E Willetts R- K g A E J K Barnes Post No 207 G A R meets on the first Saturday of oach month at 230 p m Ganschows hall J M Henderson Cmndr J H Yaeger Adjt belief corps McCook Corps No 9S W R C meets every second and fourth Saturday of each month at 250 pm in Ganschow hall Adella McClain Pres Susie Vandeehoof Sec L OF G A B McCook Circle No 33 L of G A R meets on the first and third Fridays of oach mouth at 250 p m in Diamonds hall Jessie aite Pres Mattie Knipple Sec p e o Chapter X P E O meets tho second and fourth Saturdays of each monta at 230 p in at the homes of the various members Mas G H Thomas Pres Mes C H Meekeb Cor Sec ADVERTISED LIST The following letters cards and pack ages remain uncalled for at the McCook postoffice October 23 1903 IKTTERS Bunnell Mr Huprh Baily Wm Bass Mr Walter Bronnufih Mrs Chester Mr John T Carlton Doot y Mr On ille L Herman Mrs Mngie Johnston G C Milton E V Michcn S H Scott Chas M Stone Miss Anna Streckler Hubert Smith M F Wilcox Mrs W A Wigman Mr Jacob Zimmerman Chas CAKD5 Augler Mrs D L 3 Bymer Mrs Rose Doherty Mr V A Franklin Miss Lena Franklin Mrs Bettie Garm Mr Bete Howard Mrs Rebecka Hardin Ray 2 Moshcr Mr Thos Swartsh Ethel Stewart Mr Bennie P Smith Miss Dolly Spancer Mr E E Starr Mr Mortimer Wilson Mrs Katie Wilson Miss Rheta When calling for these please say they were advertised S B McLkan Postmaster OUR EARLY STATESMEN Monroes Expansion Views and Madi sons Population Guess Some of our early statesmen were not expansionists Washington was opposed to assuming the ownership of tho Mississippi river and James Mon roe when a member of the Virginia convention in 1788 argued against the adoption of tho federal constitution for geographical reasons Consider he Bald the territory lying between the Atlantic ocean and tho Mississippi Its extent far exceeds that of the German empire It is larger than any territory that ever was under any one free government It Is too extensive to be governed but by a despotic mon archy And this from the man who thirty years later was elected president of the United States extended far be yond tho Mississippi and who became the author of the Monroe doctrine A year after tho adoption of the con stitution James Madison thought he was making a bold guess when he estimated that the population of tho country might In some years dou ble in number and reach 0000000 lie lived to see far beyond that Yet it Is true that for a number of years the population was largely confined to the original thirteen colonies In 1TS9 when tho constitution was adopted Now York city had 33000 inhabitants In 1S17 It had lir000 Philadelphia 112000 Baltimore 53000 Boston 40 000 Providence 10000 Hartford SOftO Pittsburg 7000 Cincinnati 7000 and St Louis SHOO Chicago was but a fort and Indianapolis was an unbroken wilderness The country was not crowded yet Exchange CONSOLATION The Musician Reminded the Poet of the Case of Guarnerius The musician with a compassionate smllo watched the poet trimming the fringe from his cuff if ter all he said your verse may live irhen Marie Corelli Winston Churchill and Hall Cnine himself are rgetten Itemeniber the case of Guarncrins Who was ho the poet asked A pauper and a violin maker Qkiaroetrius ia the seventeenth century made Tilolins that everybody thought too tilick hence thoy brought only 2 apieoe Musicians would buy them and have them pared down Guaa ncTlus insisted that they were uot too thlok When he heard of one of his instruments being pared down he flew into a frightful rage He had a grouch against tho world because it wouldnt agree with him about violin making He died a pauper because the world would have none of his violins A Guarnerius is now and then to be picked up Usually it is a pared in strument and its value is not very high But find an unpared Guarnerius and you can get anything you like for it It is one of the worlds few per fect violins But Guarnerius died a pauper The Hall Caines and Winston Churchills of the violin world of his day refused with sneers to drink with him He too trimmed his cuffs Los Angeles Times Fascination of an Old Bookstore There seems to be a fascination about an old bookstore that some persons find it difficult to overcome observed the proprietor of one of those establishments While we have a large number of good patrons there are some who delight to come in and just pore over old volumes I have seen men stand in this store and prac tically read a book through in an aft ernoon They seem to forget their surroundings for the time being and when they emerge from their abstrac tion they are apt to observe that they have just been looking over the books and ask for some volume that they are quite sure is out of print Yes sir the old bookstore is a free library in a way but it is an interesting business and fairly profitable Philadelphia Record Fake Remnants A country storekeeper a pair of long bright shears in hand calmly cut a roll of silk into remnants Women lie explained to his city cousin are remnant mad There are women who never buy except at rem nant sales Such women will pass by goods in the piece at a quarter a yard and snap up tho same goods in rem nant lengths at 30 cents So great is the demand for rem nants that it is impossible to keep up the legitimate supply The country storekeeper winked Hence he said my present occu pation Los Angeles Times Silenced Wasnt that young Mr Tiff who left the house as 1 came in asked the judge of his eldest daughter Yes papa Did I not issue an injunction against his coming here any more Yes papa but he appealed to a higher court and mamma reversed your decision Run Down Tom Of course the bride looks love ly as brides always do Nell Yes but the bridegroom doesnt look altogether fit seems rather run down Tom Hun down Ob yes caught after a long chase Philadelphia Press Woes of the Amateur Wifey I wonder why the grass doesnt come up Hubby Im sure I cant tell You dont suppose you planted the seeds upside down do you London Tit Bits Pride went out on horseback and re turned on foot Italian Proverb The Campaign Some Names Which Figure In the Talk of the Politicians Ebcn S Draper of Massachu settsCleveland Letter Dispute E BEN S DRA PER the pres ent lieutenant governor of Massa chusetts who was recently nominated by the Republicans for governor is not ed particularly for two things his part in framing the cold ebev s dbapeb stamlard resolution Of the Republican platform of lSJU and his work in raising 200000 for the hospital ship Bay State in the Spanish American war The lieutenant govern or is fifty years old and is connected with several banks and industrial cor porations but is an especially impor tant factor in one of the largest textile manufactories in the world This was his fathers business and after the son got his diploma from the Massachu setts Institute of Technology he don ned overalls bought a dinner pail and joined the crowd of boys who worked in the factory for a living He re mained in each department until he had learned the whole business from the bottom up Not long since he had an appointment to meet an agent In regard to the sale of a large bill of goods As he failed to tarn up when expected the man he was to see went in search of him and found him under neath a lathe tinkering away on a machine which had broken down and so Interested he had forgotten all about the appointment A man dropped in to see the man ager of the press bureau at the Chica go Republican headquarters recently You see he said I am a profes sional hypnotist I have studied the art for many years and I am confi dent that by means of my power I could hypnotize voters into voting for Mr Taft Its the best thing that has been put forward this year in the way of a novelty and to show you what I can do I will hypnotize any one you may bring forward I dont see how it would be to our advantage said the man in the press bureau Some of the voters might object and suppose you couldnt get them back into their natural condition again Oh that Is perfectly simple said the hypnotist Theyll come back of their own accord Bring in your man and Ill hypnotize him Well I dont quite seo my way clear to take the proposition up now was the reply You might go over to Democratic headquarters where theyll be likely to need you The dispute about the authorship of the article published In the New York Times over the signature of the late f iiniimiiinin i i ii ii i iiui11 I BROUGIITOX BEANDEXBDKG Grover Cleveland bids fair to take rank as one of the historic incidents of the campaign As the article con tained an indorsement of Judge Taft the importance of the document in the campaign was at once evident It was sold to the Times by Broughton Bran denburg who claimed as a literary agent to have offered the late ex president 2000 for a series of three articles of which the one published was the first The others were not completed before Mr Clevelands death Mr Brandenburg is a magazine writ er who has attained note for his ar ticles on immigration Tho charge that Mr Clevelands signature to the Times article was forged has been under investigation by District Attor ney Jerome Mr Brandenburg claims that the question raided as to the docu ment was tho result of a conspiracy among certain Democrats who he says thought that the best way to offset its adverse on the Demo cratic canvass would be to cast doubts on its genuineness A Clever Chinaman Yi Kuyin W Koo member of the senior class of Columbia college and editor in chief of the Columbia Spec tator the college paper returned to the university recently after a trip around the world in which he stopped at his home near Shanghai for a month and visited his parents He has en tered the Columbia Law school and will prepare himself to enter the diplo matic service of China He says China is in a state of peace and that the yellow peril is a myth as China is large enough to provide territory for a population much larger than it has at present KNEW HIS BUSINESS Why the Colored Cook Remained Bo low During the Blow A story is told of a well known ama teur yachtsman who was one night anchored near a rocky and dangerous shore Suddenly Just before dinner a stiff inshore wind started up Tho an chor began to drag Another was rap idly thrown overboard but In the iu cieaslng squall that too failed to hold The schooner seemed in imminent dan ger of drifting on the rocks hut at last another anchor gripped and the dan ger was past The yachtsman nearly exhausted from his efforts dropped on the deck to recover his breath and rest In the quiet that followed there came to his cars the click-click-clack-click-clack of a busily manipulated spoon against a bowl He listened for a moment and then went below The cook was preparing salad dressing Why Sam he exclaimed In aston ishment didnt you know that we nearly wont ashore Oh yassir yassir came the undis turbed reply I thought she was goiu on de rocks suah Well In a case like that dont you ever go up on deck We had a mighty close call Well you see Its like this You cant leave mayonnaise a minute cause itll turn right back Youths Companion COMPOUND EYES Insects That Can See Thousands of Ways at Once We can see the single eyes of some insects without a lens as in the locust In viewing the house fly wo need a lens The big visible bulging eyes we see are composed of thousands of unit cone shaped eyes bound into one com pound eye each of more or less spher ical shape Under a lens they look like glass eyed pavement bent to convexi ty Their faceted corneae are various ly set in square hexagonal or prismat ic frames Each glistening facet is the corneae lens of a distinct self working eye iTheir number in each compound eye is enormous There are fifty such eyelets in tho ant 1400 are allowed the drone bee and 3300 the workers Our pet kitch en fly has S000 chances of seeing food crumbs the beetle over G000 while more than 13000 aid the dragon fly in his eleemosynary pursuit of the mos quito offset somewhat by several thou sand awarded the latter for a sport ing chance The hawk moth gets pic tures compounded by 20000 contribu tors Over 23000 window the brain of the mordella beetle and G0000 so it is claimed contribute to the happy lives of some butterflies Dr Edward A Ayres in Harpers Magazine Ready Courage The Duchesse de Berry whoso hus band was the son of Charles X of France is described in the Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne as one of the most courageous characters the writer ever knew One day when she was driving with her husband the Due de Berry the horses took fright and ran away Tho duchesse had continued the conversa tion without changing the tone of her voice and at last her husband ex claimed Why Caroline do you uot see what has happened Yes I see but as I cannot stop the horses it is useless to trouble about them The carriage was upset but no one was hurt Shop Well well well Is this Bill Snoo per Yes and this is let me see can this be my old friend Tom Grigson Thats who it is I havent seen you forfor Twenty seven years Thats right Twenty seven years Well well What are you doing now Bill Im a traveling evangelist Are you a member of any church Tom Not yet Im a life insurance solic itor I represent the best company in the world Carrying all the insurance you want Bill Chicago Tribune Tho Cheapest Sport Falconry is about the cheapest sport in existence so there is no reason why the workingman should uot enjoy it that is when there is common land It is also the most humane blood sport The pursued has always the advan tage Then when the end does come how often death is instantaneous There is too no escaping with an ugly wound If escape at all is ef fected the quarry gets away j ed Frys Magazine Recognizing His Limitations Cholly Let me see whats that quo tation about a nod being as good as a wink and so forth Freddy Why er I cant think Cholly Oh I know that Im asking you to try to remem ber Chicago Tribune Too Inquisitive Magistrate Why did you strike the telegraph operator Prisoner It wuz like this yer honor 1 give him a mes sage to send to me gal an the feller started to read it Then I swiped him London Telegraph The Honest Man Nearly every man in the crowd looks as if he were trying not to blush with modesty when some one observes that an honest man is the noblest work of God Ohio Stato Journal Refinement which carries us away from our fellow men is not Gods re finement Bsecher 3Wecji IWDIAN0LA A O Tool arrived homo from Omaha Thursday night on 5 somewhat im proved ia health A small delegation wont to McCook from hero Friday last to hear Bryan Mrs J Williams from near Danbury was a passengor on 13 Thursday going to McCook for a visit with frionds Mrs W S Coleman is very sick with inflammatory rheumatism W II Smith and wife and Mrs V II McCarrich and children spent a very pleasant day with relatives in Mc Cook Thursday of last weok Tho Misses Josephine and May Mur ray were county Boat visitor Thursday Miss Florence Middleton of McCook was a Sunday visitor in Byfields home Mrs B B Duckworth is quito sick at this writing I M Smith and daughter Miss Graco camo down from McCook Sunday morning and spent tho day with the W II Smith family Henry Shouso and family havo gono to Indiana where they will live iu tho future Khody Jones bought his resi dence property and may more to town some time Mrs Ursula Walker and three child ren of McCook were tho guosts of W II Smith and family from Friday even ing until Sunday night J C Puckott Co dedicated their new store building Saturday after noon by serving coifee and doughnut3 to their customers Fred Mmnick late of Cambridge is a resident of our little town having purchased tho drug store of Lotts Uardesty Tho family occupy tho Widow Collings residence The finest rain of the season fell here this week commencing on Sunday night and continuing through the hours of Monday and Tuesday with a very generous supply of what was most needed Elmer Thompson arrived homo mid dle of the week from his trip to the northwest JFrank Howe has hiB new house well under way and when completed will be amongst the most cozy and comfort able homes in town The house will bo of brick and will bo two stories high GRANT Number of people of Grant wont and heard Mr Bryan speak at McCook Fri day Vauhn Benjamin who has been visit ing relatives at Haigler Nebr return ed home Friday night on 1G Miss Nettie Maisel who has beoa doing somo sowing for MrB Lunkwitz is staying with C R Lees again A fine rain Sunday night and Mon day morning this rain is lino on wheat and makes the farmers feel bettor Edwin Towle is expecting his sister Miss Lida Towle from Holbrook Nebr to stay with him this winter Bert Benjamin has the misfortune to pull his pump again he has to water his stock at Ed Towles at presont We understand that Harve Rowland will move on the B Fox farm in the future I J Brinegar of Hebron Nebr visit ed John H Wesch Tuesday RED WILLOW Miss Rozell who had been staying with Mrs Jake Longnecker has return ed to Mr Smiths Mrs Wadell who has been very ill is still quito sick Mrs Louis Longnecker and children returned on Saturday from a five weeks visit to Jacob Longneckers near Flem nung Colorado Paul Smith and wife left on Monday morning for their Colorado homestead They shipped their household goods last week so as to be at Flagler when they roach there Louis Longnecker returned with his family on Saturday having spent a week with his brother He reports an abundance of vegetables and farm pro ducts To save their watermelons from the coyotes thoy had a stake at each hill with several tin cans tied to each so the rattling and jingling in the wind frightened the varments away BEGGS CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds BARTLEY Tho three inch rain Tuosday was of great bonorit Fred Hontloy ia down from Bridg o port with a fine car of cabbage and po tatoes which sold quickly at 85c per bushel for potatoes and 200 per cwt for cubbage Sovoral persons aro towing wheat and rye since tho rain A small twistor in tho east part of town Monday heforn tho rain turnod ovor somo smnll buildings and destroy ed somo trees Roeco Arnolds sale Wednesday was a hummer and everything sold at tv good price showing no indications of hard times or discourngad farmers Mr and Mrs C M Babbitt woro Cambridgo visitors ovor Sunday Mr and Mrs Fred Limp of Pomona California aro hero on a visit with old neighbors Thoy wero farmorly resi dents of this place and moved to Cali fornia 19 years ago Thoy wero quito surprised with tho improvement in this vicinity sinco they moved from here Our Hello Girl Miss Webber is hap py in her now quarters and will give the patsons efficient service C F Gallatin is building a nico ad dition to his residence Grandmu Hodgkinn camo down from Waunota Thursday overling last weok and will visit hor relatives and friends for a while Politics is warming up cousiderable Geo Iluntwork returned from In dianu Wednesday BOX ELDER Albert Johnson ia working for J A Modrell Mrs Robert Larington entertained an uncle latter part of tbo week from Kearney He made tho trip in an auto mobile Robert Larington has returned froai the western part of tho stato whoro he has been making improvements on tho homestead he has recently taken Mrs Martha Johnson is staying with her daughter Mrs T M Campbell A W Campbell si ont tho latter part of last week and tho first of this week with his son J L Campbell of Osborn T M Campboll and family Mrs Martha Johnson and Georgo Shields and family called on Mr and Mrs Chas Wilson Sunday afternoon A fine rain visited this section last Sunday night and Monday R F D No I C M Broomfield and family and Mrs Myrtle Haskins and family both of Hastings this stato spent Sunday at tho homo of W P Broomfield Mr Bolls and some yourig peoplo from School Creek visited with J B Fiecht ner Saturday last William Dubarko was quito severely injured last week by falling from a load of hay Bert Masters and Mary Downs were married by County Judge Moore Wed n2sday of this week John Troesters child discovered fire in tho house and by hard work tho loss was kept down to 150 the winter sup ply of clothing being either burned or damaged When I vas nominated for Gover nor In 1906 Mr Bryan said that I was a good fellow but that the other man would make a much better Governor I can now truthfully say that Mr Bryan is a good fellow but that tho other man would make a much better President Governor Sheldon ad dressing the Taft Club at Lincoln Neb July 2nd Mr Bryan was a professed bl metalist but he has proven himself a tri metalist He coined American gold out of political brass while talk ing on free silver Chas H Sloan of Geneva Neb addressing the Taft Ratification Meeting at Beatrice on Friday June 26 On March 14 1907 tho state debt In round numbers was 1483950 July 1st 1908 it had been reduced to 542 100 or a net reduction under the present state administration of 942 000 By the first of July 1909 the state will be out of debt provided tho present Republican gait is maintained MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING THE SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS Crush and mix in feed or salt Proper dose in tablets MAKES YOUR STOCK LOOK LIKE THE TOP PRICE Contain no Sawdust Ashes Chop Feed or Bran Ask for and try once SKIDOO Condition Tablets Worm Kidney Chicken Cholera Blister Heave Fever Hog Cholera tablets 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