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By F M KIMMELL
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Entered at postofllce McCook Nebraska as
second class matter Published weekly
It is the impression in Holdrege
that the recent sale of a controll
ing interest in the Phelps County
Telephone Co places that system un
der the Nebraska Telephone Co con
trol
A new life is stirring among the
dry hones of formal platforms and
artificial issues Morality has broken
into politics Political leaders trust
bred and trust fed find it harder and
harder to conceal their actual charac
ter The brass bound collar of priv
ilege has become plain upon their
necks for all men to see They are
known for what they are and their
time is short But when they come
to be retired it will be of little use
to replace an unfaithful public ser
vant who wears the collar with an
other public servant with the same
collar around- his neck The motto
in every primary in every election
should be this No watch dog of
the interests should be allowed
Pinchot
GALLANT FIGHT
Congressman Norris May Fight for
Progressive Platform in Ne
braska Convention
According to reports emanating
from Washington Congressman Norria
probably will attend the Nebraska
Republican convention and will fight
for a progressive platform
This statement has aroused much
interest among the politicians for it
has been reported for some time that
the brewers and the railroads had
agreed on the Nebraska platform Or
ders have been and will be given to
the democratic party also it is said
Victor Rosewater has been made
the custodian of the republican
planks while the democrats have
been flirting with the Omaha inter
ests for two or three weeks
The advent of Norris would put
real ginger into the republican pri
maries and might defeat the machi
nations of the railroads the brew
ers and the politicians Lincoln
Star
iTi vfr iH liill lif j jp III
Accidents Will Happen
on the Glorious Fourth Better ba pre
pared with a supply of linseed oil ar
nica lotion absorbent cotton etc
Better get them now too To delay is
to forget
You Will Find at McMillens Drug Store
everything needed for emergencies
We will make you up a suitable assort
ment if you say so
A McflllLLEN
Druggist and Stationer
NORRIS SHUNS STATE CONTEST
Congressman Decides Not to Seek
Senatorial Nomination for
Two Reasons
Lacks the Money and He Confronts
an Issue Big Enough in
His Own District
Washington D C June 13 Ge
W Norris will not be a candidate fdr
the senate Today he authorized
statement to the effect that he ap
nrppJiJtpd Min kind words of manvV
friends who had urged him to be a
candidate against Senator Burkett
the race
There are two reasons for this
decision he said In the first
place I do not have money enough
to make the fight In the second place
the issue will be squarely joined on
my record in congress in my own dis
trict I am anxious to meet the is
sue without spreading it over more
territory than I am able to handle
It has been known for some time
that his insurgent colleagues of the
house have been urging Norris to
stay out of the senatorial race They
feel that they need him in the house
Special to the Lincoln Star
The public buildings bill passed the
lower house of congress on Tuesday
night It required less than one hour
to put through the house the great
pork barrel measure which carries a
893000 appropriation for McCooks
postoflice and federal court building
State Supt Bishop has formally ac
cepted the tender of a position in Ames
collego and will assume his new duties
first of nest year
Arizona and New Mexico can now
come in out of the rain any time
President Taft has signed the state
hood bill
THE MONTENEGRIN
He is Hospitable but Dearly Loves the
Vendetta
To listen to a Bulgar singing is to
make ones flesh creep or want to
weep The centuries of cruel oppres
sion are only too manifest in Bulgarian
music and words but a Montenegrin
grows restless over his songs and
curses the powers that forbid him to
emulate his forefathers deeds en
masse across the frontier lie does
so whenever he can but only in twos
and threes
When the Montenegrin goes raiding
across the border it is really a more
sporting affair than the well equipped
and organized outings of the Bulgar
Comitatchis With him it is usually
a private act of revenge or vendetta
to which he invites one or two friends
Then they steal across the border at
night lind their man do their best to
kill him and then make tracks home
ward with the whole district at their
heels Perhaps the method of killing
is not up to the standard of western
sport for they shoot their victim sit
ting so to speak and do not give him
a chance but as it is the recognized
system on both sides little can be said
v This custom makes men very wary
and the stranger can appreciate the
reason when he sees a plowman for
instance attending to his duties with
a rifle slung over his baclc But in
spite vof this they are the essence of
honor1 and hospitality As their guest
no one can come to any harm and
they will do all in their power to make
his stay among them pleasant and
safe Wide World Magazine
THE HORSE
His Appeal to His Master For Humane
Treatment
To thee my master I offer my pray
er Feed me and take care of me Be
kind to me Do not jerk the reins Do
not whip me when going uphill
Never strike beat or kick me when
I fail to understand what you want of
me but give me a chance to under
stand you Watch me and if I refuse
to do your bidding see if there is not
something wrong with my harness
Do not give me too heavy loads Nev
er hitch me where water will drip on
me Keep me well shod Examine my
teeth when I fail to eat I may have
an ulcerated tooth That you know
is verj painful I am unable to tell
you in words when I am sick so
watch me and I will try to tell you by
signs
Pet me sometimes I enjoy it and
I will learn to love you
Protect me in summer from the hot
sun Keep a blanket on me in winter
weather and never put a frosty bit in
my mouth but hold it in your hands a
moment first
I carry you pull you wait patiently
for you long hours day or night I
cannot tell you when I am thirsty
give me clean cool water often in hot
weather
Finally when my strength is gone
instead of turning me over to a hu
man brute to be tortured and starved
take my life in the easiest quickest
way and your God will reward you in
this life and in heaven Amen From
the Swedish in Our Dumb Animals
Taxing the Language
Daughter Mamma cant I have a
little money for shopping this morn
bng Mrs Malaprop No dear tberes
the taxes to pay and I expect the tax
idermist around any moment Boston
Transcript
A UGHTATMOSPHERE
Vyhy Smoke Beats Down When It
I Leaves a Chimney
Its getting ready for a storm See
how the smoke bents down just as
soon as it comes our of the chimney
Thats because the air is so heavy it
pushes the smoke down before it has
time to rise
One often hears this stated as fact
concerning that most generally talked
of subject on earth the weather Tlw
speaker was probably right undii
those conditions in prophesying n
storm but he was scarcely right in
assigning as a reason that the air N
en lirviT If- nnclioo tho vmnl o flnwti
i Nearly everybody knows it Is easiei
4VS A 1U OUli HILL IAJ1A 1 J A 1 711
water As salt water is heavier than
fresh water it is evident that the boav
ier the liquid the greater the buoyant
ioree
The atmosphere exerts a buoyant
force upon the smoke from chimneys
in exactly the same way that water
exerts a buoyant force upon a swim
mer Therefore when the smoke beats
down as soon as it leaves a chimney
it must be concluded that the buoyant
force exerted upon it is relatively
small and that the air is not heavy
but light
A light atmosphere or rather a
sudden lessening of the pressure of
the atmosphere generally takes place
before a storm Therefore the smoke
from chimneys If observed intelligent
ly furnishes a pretty good weather
indicator Chicago Record Herald
VEGETABLE FOODS
Spinach Rich In Sulphur and Iron
Pumpkin In Phosphorus
The French have a saying that pars
ley is a broom to sweep the stomach
Lettuce is a nerve food Radishes
build tissue and are rich in phosphor
us and in iron
Horseradish contains a higher per
centage of sulphur than all the other
vegetable roots spinach ranking next
in value Spinach also contains a large
proportion of iron
A mayonnaise dressing with lettuce
is especially desirable for thin people
but for the overplump French dress
ing is to be recommended The ac
tion of vinegar on the digestive organs
however is not to be considered The
acid of lemon juice is preferable
While apples are a most excellent
fruit for brain building which phos
phorus aids in the humble pumpkin
desecrated to the uses of pie aud jack
o lanterns holds the prize Pumpkin
rates 270 in phosphorus wbile apple
is but Ao
When in search for this special ele
ment take up a pumpkin diet But as
winter squash would stand the same
analysis it can be used as a vegetable
in many varieties aud thus the needed
phosphorus supplied Cm umbers rank
next in phosphorus value to pumpkin
being 2US Vegetarian Magazine
The Tricky Fox
A gentleman while hunting near a
river one winter day saw a fox run
out ou the ice aud make at full speed
for un opening in the ice where the
rushing water of the river could be
plainly seen from the bank says the
Scotsman At the edge he stopped
turned followed his tracks back to the
bank aud then ran some distance down
the stream and sat there Soon a dog
came crashing out of the woods bay
ing tinely hot ou the foxs trail Now
dogs when on a chase of this kind
trust almost entirely to their uoses
This one was no exception He ran
along the ice head down and when
he reached the hole he could not stop j
but plunged into the water and disap
peared forever Then the fox trotted
away with every sign of satisfaction
The Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian guard was a select
body of troops instituted by the Em
peror Augustus to protect his person
and consisted of ten cohorts each ot
1000 men chosen from Italy They
had peculiar privileges and when they
had served sixteen years were retired
on a pension of about 300 Each
member of the guard had the rank of
a captain in the regular army Like
the bodyguard of Louis XIV they
were all gentlemen and formed grad
ually a great power like the janizaries
at Constantinople and frequently de
posed or elevated the very emperors
themselves
The Dead in India
Three distinct methods of disposing
of the dead are in vogue in India
While the Mohammedans inter the
dead the Hindoos prefer to throw the
bodies into the purifying waters of the
Ganges and even now there are con
stant infractions of the severe regula
tions framed to suppress this danger
ous practice The form of funeral
adopted by the Parsees is that of sim
ply exposing their dead at a great alti
tude to the scavenging services of
crows and vultures
Procrastinate
Teacher What is the meaning of the
word procrastinate Pupil To put
off Teacher Right Illustrate it in a
sentence Pupil I tried to steal a ride
on a street car yesterday but I was
procrastinated Toledo Blade
Not Fussy
The Missus No I tell you I object
to giving money at the door
The Tramp Well niartn perhaps
youll hand it out of the window Im
not pertikler Ladies Home Journal
Strictly Accurate
Lawyer So you say the defendant
pushed you against your will Wit
nessNo sir I said he nushed me
PICTURE PLAY
An Interesting Story Relating How
Lorna Doone Was Trans
ferred to the Screen
Who has not read the beautiful story
ot Lorna Doone that beautiful tale of
English life 250 years ago The story
of days when the division of families
and the injustice of the courts drove
men to desperation and they became
outlaws
Some little time agothe noted actor
lecturer and traveltr Albert Arm
strong conceived the idea of present
ing this beautiful story in the form of
a play all of the principal scenes in
the book to be thrown upon canvass by
means of the modern projecting ma
chine while he himself a past master
in platform art related the story
Tt ic n wront tncJr tViot nf copnrinoi
I WEISS EGERY
A Coming Chautauqua Attraction
MRS BROVNS CHOIR BOYS
World Renowned Harpist an
Worker Coming to Chauta
the lengths to which the management
on our Chautauqua programs
Sarah Wathena Brown a noted slum
worker in the great cities herself an
against the door Baltimore American universally pleasing
THE BARGAIN CHASE
American Women and the Shopping
Game Mania
More money is wasted every year by
women buying needless things under
the excitement of the bargain hunt
than is spent lu all the gambling
houses and nice tracks put together
says Mary Ileatou Vorse In Success
Magazine When you say that 1 have
no statistics to prove this I answer
that I have common sense and have
spent much time in city shops 1
know too what I am capable of and
I am but a half hearted hunter I
know what my friends do It Isnt for
nothing that I have seen earnest young
students of economics succumb to this
hunting instinct and fare forth to buy
ninety eight cent undergarments
It is not only in the stores frequent
ed by poor or uneducated women that
I have seen the more brutal instincts
of the human race come to the sur
face I have seen a charming looking
elderly woman in a high class store
snatch a dress length of gray voile
from the hands of another elderly wo
man and the reason I happened to see
these sights was because I myself was
at the sale looking at garments I didnt
want and didnt need and buying them
The bargain chase the shopping
game passion or sport life work or
recreation for it may be any one of
these according to the temperament
of the woman has American women
well in its grip Hardly one of us es
capes some one of the psychological
deviations from the normal which I
have mentioned
READ HIS FACE
material for such a play but Albert the lnim wss il mn of commanding
Armstrong is accustomed to great dif l figure massive brow and serious ex
ficulties He went to the historic piession Splendid face one of them
points in England where the scene ol
the novel were laid He studied the
country he read everything pertain
ing to the people and their customs
two hundred years ago Next he
urAfAiminiinl il r rfft
ing them in the costumes of that day
he had them portray the characters
of the novel
With Mr Armstrong
were a corps of photographers who
took countless pictures ofjthese play
ers in action and of these 227 of the
The Youthful Amateurs Were Sure He
Was a Philanthropist
They were youthful enthusiasts in
physiognomy On the seat opposite in
explained What do you suppose his
life work has been
A lawyer suggested the other
No o theres too much benevolence
in that face for a lawyer
Maybe a banker
Oil no A man with an expression
like that couldnt have spent his life in
merely turning over money
He might be an editor
An editor Cutting and slashing his
finest pictures were selected which enemies at everv turn and even his
Mr Armstrong throws upon the screen friends occasionally for the sake of a
while presenting the play Mr Arm-
smart pnraripn You canM reul
strong is a great artist actor and an - 41
v5 u tiU - faces That mau s a philanthropist or
impersonator without a peer He is
i engaged m some sort of public
coming to this city for Chautauqua
i ed work Why there isnt a line that
doesnt indicate strength of purpose
and nobility Look at that curve there
on the left
I At the next station an old country
man took his seat beside the man with
massive brow and soon entered into a
conversation with him in the course of
which he asked the latter what was
his line
I The two opposite held their breath
in tlm tiitoncifi tf flint r infnrocf
once and Rome At Cologne the man
ufacture of genuine mediaeval metal
work and antique carving is a thriving
involves the weariug of special gar
ments and abstinence from animal
food At the death of a husband or
real or adopted parents the custom de-
mands thirteen mouths of mourning
apparel and tifty days abstinence
from meat Grandparents are honored f next week
by 100 days if they are on the paternal
side if only common insignificant
maternal grandparents they have to
put up with ninety The same rule
applies to maternal uncles and aunts
It is one way of introducing the orien
tal contempt for women
Superior Wisdom
I t
terfainmpnt TIip rPvPlntinn nf what u iUUWUua wuuieu
niay be made of these unfortunate and rior t0 men ia intelligence
neglected creatures is not the least in- A bald headed man buys hair re-
teresting feature of the performance
The boys appear in different cos
tumes representing the Scots Holland
ers Germans Italians Spaniards and
Americans They do a dance in im
mitation of the Highlanders But their
Base Ball song is the number that
gives the freest swing to their native
tastes and never fails to bring down
the house
Their representation of an Episco
palian choir arrayed in the conven
tional surplice and majestically enter
ing to the dulcet tones of the harp
singing sweetly Holy holy holy
and used as a closing number is a
clever and beautiful piece of work and
storer by the quart doesnt he
Er yes
Well a woman doesnt waste time
on a hair restorer She buys hair
Houston Post
A Natural Cause
Do you notice that most dog stories
are funny ones
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
E S Hill of Indianola was up on
business yesterday
Rev Howo is attending tho Epworth
league convention at Bonkelman this
week
T M Phillippi and J S Stansborry
aro building each a cottage on north
2nd street cast
Miss Pearl Mitchell returned enrly
in the week after anjibsenco of few
weeks on a visit
J S Stansberry hnd V Fniuklia
wont up to Bonkelman Tuosday on
somo business matters
Mrs Neal Beeler went over to Beaver
City Wednesday morning called by tho
illness of a sisters child
Father James I lagerty of our city is
relieving rather Kelley at Cambridgo
who is visiting in tjie northwest
Mrs C M Bailey was up from
Wymore Monday having some busi
ness matters to arrange here
Clarence Kozell left Tuesday night
for Chicago ami New York on a business-pleasure
visit of a week or two
Koy CJreen now playing behind bat
for Atapahoe has a record of but one
error in twelve games this season
F S Wilcox was down from Den
ver closing days of last week look
ink after business matters here
C F Lehn returned from York
Monday night on No S bringing his
son home from school at that place
Conductor William Hegenboiger bus
commenced the construetionjof a now
dwelling house for himself on north 1st
street east
Misses Tewksbury of Lincoln are
guests of S B Rankin and family on
the Driftwood farm arriving last Fri
day night
E J Mitchell writes from Deshler
that the family and eireetsarrived O
K and that they aro settling down and
getting on nicely
CliUbrd Sipe and J L Newman the
latter editor of tho Danbury News
were in the county capital Tuesday on
business in the court house
Mr and Mrs A F Drebert are en
tertaining a niece Miss Clifford ot
St Paul Minn daughter of a promi
nent Northern Pacific official
Mrs C J Ryan and Pauline depart
ed Monday on a mouths vacation
which will be spent visiting reatives
and friends in Omaha Lincoln Graf
ton and other oints
A McMillen and Mrs W W Mc
Millen departed on Wednesday morn
ing for their old heme in Somerset
county Pa to visit suveral weeks
among relatives there
County Judge J C Moore and family
aro enjoying a visit from Mrs Hunt
and her daughters Miss Ruth and Miss
from Wilson ville old neighbors
j
Oh Ive got a little tavern nm
butcher shop back in the country a j in the carl lustory of Red Willow
bit was the proud reply My wife j county
tends to the meals aud I do my own j Mrs Rev O T Moore of Harvard
killing -Youths Companion j this state arrived in the city last Fri-
I day on a visit of a few davs with iht
Picture Forgeries family of County Judge L C Moore
There are three or four times as
ewas anted by her
accomi nephew
many Corots in existence as the French
tlenn Garlile
painter produced in his lifetime He j
lived to be nearly eighty but at Mont- Mrs R J Moore and daughter
mart re his posthumous canvases are joined Conductor Moore at Red
still being turned out to meet the de- CIoud Tuesday of this week Bob
mauds of the market The old
has
been on the R d cloud0xford
ters never die 1 hey are std workmg
vi nrMnn m tlu rnnms nf h nr - 11J
will make their home there
M L Ruby returned home last Fri
day night from a weeks visit
industry These foreign forgers may mouth visiting relatives and friends
be scamps but their tireless energy ne reports crons better than he PTiiintl
id Slum also testifies to the reverence in which jed to Und thenj mt thc are needJ
posterity holds the great names of by- l
uqua j moisture Jfe stoppodofr ljrkfl
gone ijcnuus il aiu uul bu
iiitry
Omaha 1 ii 1 n -
J and attended the Nebraska
1 wjat inducements would
A talentPd Indv mnsielan with a Si1
thre oeor auly t0 tme
50000 harp and four boys taken from fwaste
and muSle aUlu
the slums of Chicago furnishing Pwnt f
eut and imitations and pass
cal entertainment that is varied and - f pies
them off under false pretenses
interesting is one of the evidences of S
Our millionaire collectors are not con-
of the Western Redpath Chautauqua stantly exposed to the risk of buying
System will go to provide wholesome high priced forgeries where the
variety in the offerings they present nals have no value New xork World
Mourning In Japan
The Japanese code of mourning is
accomplished harpist gathered almost pinnrntn ni pnmnitrnprf aq
ni n n n m - T rvlavv hir - P Ohitn
at i uuuil num uicuiw followed by the well to do classes it
go four boys whom she has trained to
a point of perfection in the art of en
Plumbers convention
R F D No 3
Some of the crops look damaged
badly the late barley and spring
wheat are burned considerably
W C Cooper cut his beardless bar
ley it is good He will cut his June
oats on the 23rd they are good
C M Lofton has painted his barn
George Sigwing has 80 acres ofT
wheat which will yield 20 bushels to
the acre the rest is not so good
Don Thompson delivered hogs to
market on the 21st
Harvest will be on in full force
They will celebrate the 4tli on Dry
Creek everybody invited
The Unemployed
The legislation of the thirteenth
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
abounds in bills concerning the unem
ployed In the reign of Edward VL
several laws were passed against
idlers most of them such because
they could get nothing to do In the
reign of Henry VHI the kingdom waa
infested with rogues vagabonda
and idle persons and it Is said that
during Henrys reign more than 70000
of this unfortunate class were hanged
Ho Girls
Dont be concerned because of ynur
Why not A dog story ought Iack of good looks savs a
rally to be something of a waggish i13 the real dope girls Take it from
tale New York Journal jU3 that a freckled skinny girl with
ja codfi J complexion who can draft a
Few things are necessary for the I design for a toothsome mince pie Is
wants of this life but it takes an In- jneaa afld shoulders above the peaches-
finite number to satisfy the demands
of opinion
and orpnm hit
uuuijr ni aon t Know a
flour sifter from a bo eball mask
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