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A STEADY lR vIN
ScHJnjntys Weaken the Whole Body
Hake You 111 Languid and
Depressed
kidnejs wenkeu the bol
wzh the oiitinunl oraiciaurt of life
K f altuitnun from the Mood into
c - mu itnd the hub ttlut n of
i - urn- niid that eos broadcast
X rituxM the system poking the seeds
J Lo s o albumen cause1
v languor depression Uric
uta causS iheuni itic pains ner
v nausea cricks in the back
atrJ bd kidney stones The proper
5 ckxlC s a kidney treatment and
th5 fcesc csaiedy is Doans Kidney Pills
WtLtesst Parkes Irving in Red Cloud
7rn sey For about three years
r3 fe5oa s were in a disordered condi
r gci sod I was obliged to get up three
at night to void the
I was aUo subject to dizzy
sWti have now used Doans
iHU for Bonie time and have the
txv test relief therefrom My kidneys
cie km no further troubles and the
tXsy spelts are a thing of the past
Vtaty more proof like this from Mc
Grifc people Jail at a drug store and
tiSic wftat customers report
frc sale by all dealers Price 50
ors Fuiler iMilburu Co Buffalo
York sole agents for the United
Rtuiembor the name Doans and
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Rial EbUte Filings
The folio viny renl estate filings have
b atudein ihe county clerks office
last reprr
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Vfiarl P Ilb r w 1 to 3 in
72nd McCook 450 CO
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fcj i - wd to 23 in S Willow
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Peter tCiesen vs George C
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ADVERTISED LIST
Rie Sallowing letters cards and pack
ages cectiain uncalled for at the McCook
poitcEce May 2 Est 1909
LETTERS
Fifejv Mrs J J Brown Mr William
Gastunaiv Sir Dan Daily Mr Owen
Darti Mr- W C Knight Dexter
EIst EL E Ralan Mr Jalsah
Snitlhe 32ss ITazel Troyor Mrs JooE
CARDS
Byasex Mr Frank CIoughMr Fred
Cockle Wm Cedergrew Mr G P2
Kennady Miss Ellen Malen Mr T H
Eowcts3s Robert Roiswig MrSConrad
Schnreri He Will 2 Smith Marilla
TrorcriXE2
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tirey were advertised
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A LETTER PRESS
Football as Played In Labrador
One must not imagine it is all work
and no play with the Labrador Eski
mos Much to my surprise 1 found
that our good old game of football had
taken hold in Ungava The game is
played with a ball of sealskin stuffed
with grass The goals are placed much
the same as in our own game and
each player is armed with a short
handled sling made of several thongs
of seal hide bent in loops and attached
to a wooden handle The ball may
either be tossed in the sling kicked
or should opportunity offer picked up
and carried Rough tactics are not
barred I have seen a man tossed in
the air and pitcied headforemost into
a snow bank while pushing tripping
and blocking are all freely indulged in
Recreation
The Clarinet
The clarinet has the richest sweet
est voice of all the wood wind instru
ments although its sound does not
travel quite so rar as that of the oboe
Whenever as sometimes happens
there are two melodies to be played at
once the clarinet takes the lower of
the two while the violins play the
upper and more important one But
In a military band where there are no
strings at all the clarinets play the
chief melody The bass clarinet Is not
so smooth or so sweet as the higher
ones It has a rather choky sound
though softer than that of the bas
soon St Nicholas
Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right
3
tt Was a Great Bargain but He Know
It Too Late
One of the smokers had been ex
hibiting a diamond pin which he had
purchased cf a hard up traveler and
made at least a hundred dollars on
when the gray haired man heaved a
rlgh and remarked
As for me I never had but one real
bargain offered me and I was fool
enough not to take that
Something in the way of jewelry
was asked
No it was a letter press
But I dont see how much of a bar
gain could be offered in that
No Well I will tell you I thought
I was in love and was writing the girl
two letters a day Six months later
when I knew that I wasnt in love
with her 1 busted up things and she
sued me for breach of promise
But you had been careful in your
letters not to pledge yourself
I told my lawyer that she couldnt
exhibit one single loving sentence in
any of my letters that is any having
connection with matrimony
Yes
But when the suit came to trial she
exhibited over forty letters in which I
said that I should die if she turued
me down and the jury awarded her
2X00 for her broken heart Yes sir
and I could have bought that letter
press for 7 and had copies of my let
ters as fast as written and knew what
1 was up against at the end Great
bargain gents great bargain aud yet
I turned it down Baltimore Ameri
can
THEATRICAL STARS
Some Famous Ones That Started
on
tho Variety Siago
Edwin Booth was in his younger
days a member of a minstrel company
and unless 1 am mistaken appeared
in some of the variety shows of that
period He lived to become one of the
most noble and dignified figures of his
day as well as one of the most distin
guished actors that the English speak
ing stage has ever known Joseph Jef
ferson was also a minstrel in the early
part of his career and prior to that he
and his sister both mere children had
been wont to perform1n Boston Com
mon and pass the hat among the by
standers
Lotta was known in the mining
camps of California and in the early
variety theaters of San Francisco long
before she came oast in the sixties to
win money and fame a dramatic
cocktail John Brougham called her
in the legitimate houses of Broadway
William EL Crane used to play the
tambourine in a wandering minstrel
company Nat Goodwin Lillian Rus
sell and May Irwin came to the front
In the oarly eighties at Tony rasters
theater Mr Goodwin gave imitations
of popular actors and lived to become
an extremely popular actor himself
Miss Irwins remarkable humorous
gifts were shown in the condensed
versions of comic operas that brought
Mr Tastors entertainments to a close
and it was in one of these that Miss
Russell leaped into fame in a single
night James L Ford in McClures
Magazine
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Offerings
Jvcgend of the JSfcv
Memorial Da
By RICHARD WYSE
A MAN who tottered under many
I 1 years met beside a grave a maiden
vho was fair to look upon He
stooped to place across the little mound
a wreath and as he rose she put a
bunch of fragrant flowers beside his offer
ing
The old man looked at her and there
was wonder in his eyes
My son lies buried here he said
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MY SON IiITS BUEIED HEKE
Tears trembled on the maidens droop
ing lashes but she was silent
His grave the old man said was
here a score of years ere you were bom
and yet you come to decorate it and you
weep above him as one who mourned a
brother or a dearer one
The maiden twined her fingers to
gether and looked down at the liule stone
whereon was carved the name of the
hero who had gone
You decorate his grave she said at
last because he was your son
Yes the white haired man replied
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THE SPIRIT OP THE NEW MEMOBIAIi PAT
he was my son and he died for the
cause that was near to my heart
And I put flowers upon his grave
the maiden said not that he was my
father not that he was my brother not
that he was my lover but because he
was all three and more to me I am
the spirit of the new Memorial day
Then she drew closer to the man up
on whom rested many years and sought
to take his hand when lo she found
that it was without substance He was
AT THE GKAVE OP THE I1EEO ALOXE
the wraith of Sectionalism and at hef
touch he vanished
As the sun went down the beautiful
maiden stood weeping at the grave of the
hero alone
Origin of the Johnnies
The opposing armies applied many
different names to each other during
the war At the outset Iteb and
Secesh were favorite terms as ap
plying to the Confederates Along in
1SG2 Grayback and Butternut
were often used botli derived from the
uniforms the Confederates wore Many
of their uniforms were of a butternut
color dyed reddish brown with butter
nut bark But some time in 1SG4 us
the story goes two pickets oue from
each army were taunting each other
The Unicn man said it was as bad to
be n rebel as to be a Johnny Bull Tho
uame Johnnies because cf Englands
supposed friendship for the Confeder
acy sprung into great popularity ana
has survived
General Ccrcorans Irish Legion
The Corcoran legion was much In
pvldence around Washington during
the civil war It was raised by Gen
eral Corcoran after he was released
from the Confederate prison at Rich
mond and consisted of the One Hun
dred and Forty fifth One Hundred and
Sixty fourth One Hundred and Seven
tieth and One Huudred and Eighty
second New York regiments mostly
Irishmen From July 1SG3 to May
1SG4 the legion was stationed near
Washington after which it joined
Grants army General Corcoran who
commanded the legion up to the time
of his death died at Fairfax Va Dec
22 1SG3
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AN INTERRUPTED BATH
How Sherman Caught Five Thousand
Confederates In Adams Gsrb
Inch by inch relates an ex Confed
erate the gray jackets hud retired
from the Tennessee mountains contest
ing every vantage ground down to
Konesaw But strive as they might the
advancing column of Shermans legions
as too much for them and even iioiu
the heights of Kenesaw mountains we
wen driven down through the Allatoo
ua hills to the Chittahochiv river On
July IS 1SIM dusty and battlo siumcd
we stood on the banks of that htteaui
and gazed upon its waters rolling along
far below Masking our cannon on the
bluff that overlooks Nickajack creek
wa made a break for the river The
water was so alluiing that we would
have plunged into it had the risk ot
being surprised by the enemy been
even greater
In a few minutes the river was full
or naked robs disporting in the waters
so deliciously cool alter that long hot
march through the Alkitoona hills We
were only 000 or 700 yards above the
mouth of Nickajack and the water was
quite shallow as the lung drought had
brought the river down
Suddenly from the direction of Nick
ajack there was a pow pow pow
Imagine the amazement with which we
beheld a squadron of Federal cavalrj
at the mouth of the Nickajack liliziug
away at us with their carbine and
only pt evented from completing oui
surprise by their inaliilif to asctnd
the almost potpendiciiiir hu1 thai ns
on our side ii the stiesni Iheie were
some of is t cwr iiumlers
counted liTte when v e had nut ei
the protection ot ai imdfihi t Irom
those vicious bullet ard mine of us
knew what moment scie gn mstrlit
prove superior ad mi i i ball into
some of our nikel bodies Our bath
was spoiled and ueei did Oi0 men
dress mote quick thsu we did
In a twinkling we wee in line and
the waters of the Chattahoochee were
gliding along again undistisrlie 1 We
stocd off the Yankees until nirlit and
all the next day when fsermaii niovea
up the river and we chanced ost posi
tion accordingly Atlanta Constitu
tion
The Phantom Army
And I saw a phantom army come
With never a sound of fife or drum
Cut keeping step to a muffled hum
Of wailing lamentation
The martyred heroes of Malvern Hill
Of Gettysburg and Cliancellorsville
The men whose wasted bodies fill
The patriot Rraes of the nation
And there came the unknown dead ths
men
Who died in fever swamp and fen
The slowly starved of prison pen
And marching beside the others
Came the dusky martyis of Pillows fight
With limbs enfranchised and bearing
bright
I thought twas the pale moonlight
They looked as white as their bi others
nd so all night marched the nations
dead
With never a banner above them spread
Ho sign save the bare uncovered head
Of their silent grim Reviewer
With never an arch but the vaulted sky
With not a flower save those which lie
On distant graves for love could buy
No gift that was proper or truer
So all night long moved the strange ar
ray
So all night long till the break of day
I watched for one who had passed away
With a reverent awe and wonder
Till a blue cap waved in the lengthening
line
And I knew that one who was kin ot
mine
Had come and I spoke and lo that sign
Wakened me from my slumber
Bret Harte
O you know what It moans boya
and girls
Who halij from tho north and the
south-
Do you know what It means
This twining of greens
Round the silent cannons mouth
This strewing with now era tho grass
grown grave
This decking with garlands the statues
brave
This flaunting of flags
All in tatters and rags
This matching and singing
These bells a rlnging
These faces grave and these faces gay
This talk of the blue and this talk of the
eray
In the north and the south Memorial day
Not simply a show time boys and girls
Js this day of falling flowers
Not a pageant play
Nor a holiday
Of flags and floral bowers
It is something moie than the day that
starts
Warm memories a throb In veteran
hearts
For across the years
To the hopes and fears
To the days of battle
Of roar and of rattle
To the past that now seems so far away
Do the sons of the blue and the sons of
the gray
Gaze hand clasping hand Memorial day
For the wreck and the wrong of it boys
and girls
For the terror and loss as well
Our hearts must hold
A regret untold
As we think of those who fell
But their blood on whichever side they
fought
Remade the nation and progress bought
We forget the foe
For we live and know
That the fighting and sighing
The falling and dying
Were but steps toward the future the
martyrs way
Down which the sons of the blue and the
gray
Look with love and pride Memorial day
Wide Awake
THE DRUMMER BOY OF SHIL0H
Colonel John L Clems Story of How
He Got Into the Regular Army
An interesting story is told of the
way Colonel John L Clem the famous
drummer boy of Shiloh and uow
assistant quartermaster general got
into the regular army In the early
days of General Grants first term a
president Clem without aid secured
an audience
The president said What can I do
for you
Clem said Mr President 1 wish to
ask you for an order to admit me to
West Point
But why said the president do
you not take the examination
I did Mr President but I failed to
pass t
That was unfortunate said the
president How was that
Why Mr President you see I was
in the war and while I was there those
other boys of my age were in school
What said the president amazed
You were in the war
Clem was then scarcely eighteen and
boyish looking
Yes Mr President I was iu the
war four years And he related his
experience
The president then wrote something
sealed it and handing it to Clem taid
Take this to the secretary of war
I guess it will fix you all right
Clem went to the secretary to whom
he had already applied and was re
ceived somewhat coldly He delivered
the note The secretary read it and
said
Do you know what this is
No said Clem but 1 supposed it
was an order to admit me to West
Point
Well it isnt said the secretary
Its an order to commission you sec
ond lieutenant in the regular army
Leslies Weekly
Hookers Grsnd Chestnut Charger
General Hooker probably had the nn
est looking horse in the Union armies
This was Lookout a horse of rich chest
nut color standing seventeen haudb
high and possessing all the dainty and
elastic of the most delicately
fashioned colt This was the horse
Kentucky bred which bore Hooker
during the battle above the clouds
The horse was intended for exhibition
in England but got no farther than
New York where Hooker bought him
although having to compete with the
agent of the emperor of France who
wanted him for his majesty Louis Na
poleon
Cloce Guarters
At the battle of Charleston Mo In
August 1SG1 Lieutenant Colonel Ran
som of the Eleventh Illinois was urging
his men to the charge when an officer
rode up to him and said What do you
mean You are killing our own men
I know what I am doing replied
Ransom Whom are you for I am
for Jeff Davis was the reply You
are the man Im after returned Ran
som and instantly two pistols wero
drawn The Confederate fired first
hitting Ransom In the arm Ransom
shot his antagonist -dead
The Watch Below
Bring hlossoms for the sailor dead
Who sleep in ocean graves
Bring fragrant lilies pale and pure
To float upon the waves
And dewy purple lilacs too
From many a cottage home
And starry daisies white and gold
To mingle with the foam
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