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Testing Seed Corn
The majority of wide awake corn
growers realize the advantage of
testing the germination of their seed
corn before planting The ear to
row method of improving corn has
emphasized the need of selecting seed
corn on the ear Altho the apparat
us required for testing the germina
tion of ear corn need not be expen
sive still it is believed that there are
many who hesitate to undertake this
work through fear that it will in
volve the expenditure of much time
and labor To satisfy this demand
and arouse a greater interest in corn
improvement the Nebraska Seed Lab
oratory has arranged to make single
ear germination tests of seed corn
for Nebraska farmers Not more than
fifty such tests however can be
made for one person If you wish
your seed tested write us to that ef
fect and we will send you fifty small
envelopes in which the samples can
be sent to this Laboratory Let us
know at once if you wish us to
make this test Address Nebraska
Seed Laboratory Lincoln Nebr
New Postmaster at Lebanon
Sanford E Ralsten for many years
postmaster at Lebanon has resigned
and Marion J Walters has been ap
pointed his successor Mr Ralsten
has given the people of Lebanon a
first class service and if Mr Walters
fills the place as well the patrons of
that office will have no complaint
Sedentary habits lack of outdoor
exercise insufficient mastication of
food constipation a torpid liver wor
ry and anxiety are the most common
causes of stomach troubles Correct
your habits and take Chamberlains
Stomach and Liver Tablets and you
will soon be well again For sale by
all dealers
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Shoes
Made In many different styles all
the latest creations or street or dress
wear These shoes have the material
style and workmanship of 500 shoes
but sell for 300 and 350 Each pair
of Calendar Shoes have a small calendar
attached Mark down the date on
which you begin to wear them when
worn out count the days of comfortable
wear you have had Tou will be sur
prised and more than satisfied and will
never hesitate to buy another pair
VIERSEN OSBORN McCook
THE INTERMISSION
for all kinds
MAGAZINES AND DAILIES
Temple Building
Kansas City Post 5c week
McCOOK MACHINERY
AND IRON WORKS
Machine Work
Blacksmithing
Horse Shoeing
We are agents for the Celebrated
Ford Auto
206 1st st E -- Phone red 450
REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and
8 p m The public cordially invited
R T BAYNE Pastor
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Services
Sunday at 11 a m and Wednesday
at 8 p m Meets now in the north
east corner of court house basement
CATHOLIC Order of services
Mass 830 a m Mass and sermon
1030 a m Evening services at
800 Sunday school 230 p m
WM J PATTON O M I
Methodist Preaching by the pas
tor at 11 a m and 8 p m Sunday
school at 10 a m Epworth League
at 7 p m
LESTER E LEWIS Pastor
EPISCOPAL Sunday school at ten
oclock Morning prayer and sermon
at eleven oclock Evening prayer
and sermon at eight Choir rehearsal
as usual every member please attend
ALFRIC J R GOLDSMITH Rector
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CON
GREGATIONAL Sunday School at
930 a m Preaching at 1030 a m
and 730 p m by pastor Junior C
E at 130 p m Senior C E at 730
All Germans cordially invited to at
tend these services
HENRY KATJERZ Pastor
GERMAN EVAN LUTHERAN Ser
vices every other Sunday afternoon
at 230 oclock
JIEV GROTHEER Pastor
Corn Contest
Announcement of the 1911 corn
growing contest for boys in Nebraska
in competition for prizes awarded by
the state board of agriculture has just
been made
To Nebraska boy under 18 years
of age growing the largest yield of
corn from one acre of Nebraska land
in year 1911 50 the second 25
third 20 fourth 15 fifth 10 and
to the sixth seventh eighth ninth
tenth and eleventh 5 each
The entire labor of preparing the
ground planting cultivating and har
vesting of this acre of corn to be per
formed by the contestants who enter
contest by recording his name in the
office of W R Mellor secretary Lin
coln not later than May 20 1911
Said acre to be measured husked
and weighed in the presence of two
disinterested freeholders residents of
said county in which the acre of corn
is located Said committee to for
ward affidavit as to weight and re
quirements of specifications in this
contest to the secretary of the state
December 1 1911
The coneestant shall file with the
secretary a full and detailed account
of his method of performing the work
fertilizers used if any whether bot
tom hill of table land and the char
acter or kind of soil on which the
crop was grown with an accurate
account of the cost of production ren
of ground cost of plowing harrowing
disking planting cultivation husking
and oeiy feature of in labor
focJ fertilizer etc based on the act
ual time that entered into the pro
duction of this acre of corn
On request prize winners must for
ward a sample of ten ears of corn
grown to W R Mellor secretary
Lincoln Neb
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County Teachers Programme
Following we give the programme
of the Red Willow County Teachers
association meeting to be held in
the opera house Bartley Saturday
February 25th 1911 at
ten oclock in the morning
10 A M
Pupils Spelling Contest
1 P M
Music Instrumental Solo Bernice
Stilgebouer Bartley
School Athletics from the Stand
point of Sanitation and School Pro
gress Supt F F Gordon Indianola
Discussion Prin E H Husmann Le
banon
Grades Anna Hannan McCook Dis
Ppfirlr Rmreles Indianola
Take Hairs Family Pills for con- jiCk of preparation Few if any of
stipation those who have had normal training
in the high school fail to pass the
examnations The larger number of
failures are by those who have only
attended hisrh school a short time or
Was it hard work for you to quit
v novop Jlftpnf1 aTlv Rhnnl flhnve
tlie eighth grade
Superintendent Taylor of McCook
suggested that the examination ques
tions in theory should be based on
some standard text so that prospec
tive teachers may have something 1o
guide them in their preparation
This seems to be a very good sugges
tion and for the remainder of this
year I believe it will be wise to fol
low Barretts practical pedagogy in
making out questions in theory
The law requiring that only one
third gradi cetificate may be is
sued causes injustice in some z iso
where teachers pass frcm one coun
ty to another When a third gnrh
is issued on grades earned in exami
nations in one county the candidate
should be privileged to teach during
the life of the certificate even thougl
she may remove to another countj
The law should be amended to mee
such conditions or the ruling of th
state department should be that hold
ars of third grade certificates coult
pass from one county to another whei
conditions demand it
My observations led to the con
elusion that rules on certificatioi
hat may be satisfactory in easten
and central Nebraska are not adapt
3d to conditions in western counties
These matters are worthy of you
careful consideration and deliberat
action
Hie Vay of Getting Even
You know tint fellow Tim Mrflm
arty the lad thats always cnuuif up
an thumpin ye on th chest and yellin
How aer ye
I know him
Til bet hes smashed twinty cigar
for me some o thiui clear navannys
but Ill get even with him now
How will ye do it
Ill tell ye Jim always hits me
over the vest pocket where I carry me
cigars Hell hit me there just once
more Theres no cigar in me vest
pocket this mornin Instead of it
theres a stick of dynamite dye
mind Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Matter of Business
I cannot understand sir why you
permti your daughter to sue me fur
breach of promise You remember
Hint wm vnri hiH prlv nnnntsprl tr mir
this is business
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Mark Twain Dearly Loved Chil
dren as Playmates
THE ANGEL FISH SOCIETY
A Delightful and Touching Story About
1 Little Margaret One of Its Members
1 and the Genial Humorist A Pretty
Compact and a Quaint Letter
Like many another great man Mark
Twain was fond of children lie never
How to Obtain Material for Busy outgrew childhood and he always
Work Myrtle Redfern Danbury chose young playmates where they
to f0UIuL rmd cmious
j ber
cussion Alta Morgan Banbury
of Uieae gir friends Back
The Blacksmiths Primary cffics
Song
ouui xi e
-on m the nineties when he was living in
and Intermediate Boys Bartley EuronCe he created a club wllIcn was
schools j to consist of -me only one girl in each
Language in the Intermediate country of te globe the duty of said
member being to write occasionally to
the chief officer who faithfully replied
ul oi om TVnHt to tleSL random and far faring mes
i sages Of course these little girls were
bv Effective Correlation Rachel 0
board of agriculture not later than V T T1
ffkr Discssion 7
i WnitaKer Manon Discussion PVen to the last years of his life the
beth Daugherty McCook
Drill The Little Grandmas Pri
mary and Intermediate Girls Bart
ley Schools
Hygiene and Sanitation Dr D
F Smith Bartley General Discus
sion
Music Selected
Round Table
EVENING SESSION 730
Illustrated Lecture Yellowstone
Park Rev Reed Taft Bayne Mc
Cook
Music Bartley Commercial Club
Quartette
Attention is directed to the fact
that passenger train No 15 will stop
at Bartley on that date February 25
to accommodate teachers from east
of that place
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- Penneys Report
fivard for any case of catarrh that I The report of Examiner C M Pen
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh ney February 4 1911 is as follows
Cure F J CHENEY CO j According to your request of Jan
Toledo O uary 31 I spent Saturday February
We the undersigned have known j 4 at McCook in conference with Su
F J Cheney for the last 15 years perintendent Bettcher and teachers
and believe him perfectly honorable members of school boards and pat
in all business transactions and finan rons
cially able to carry out any in general school conditions are
tions made by his firm much better in Red Willow county
Walding Kinnan Marvin than in most of the western counties
Wholeasle Druggists Toledo O JFew of the districts have been de
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter- prived of school the past year on ac-
nally acting directly upon the blood count of a lack of qualified teachers
and mucous surfaces of the system in regard to teachers who fail to
Testimonials sent free Price 75 cents paSs the examinations I believe the
per bottle Sold by all druggists failure to pass is generally due to
member who signed herself France
remained faithful to the law
Another club of girls little girls be
came one of the chief interests during
his final years It had its becinninc
in Bermuda during one of his freernt
visits to those happy islands It was
called the Augel Fish club after a
gorgeous swimmer of those waters and
he gave to each member an angel fish
pin as a society badge It was a suc
cessful club and on his return to
America he elected other members
enough to make twelve in all
nis home at Redding Conn Storm
field had been originally named In
nocence at Home and as Angel Fish
headquarters Innocence at Home it
always remained Members with their
parents visited him there and the bil
liard room where the fishes were
likely to spend most of their time
knocking the balls about under the
chief members instruction was called
the Aquarium and gay prints of
many Bermuda fishes were hung along
the walls to carry out the idea Each
member had the privilege of selecting
one of these as her patron fish and of
identifying it with her name
It was in Bermuda one day when he
was walking along the beach with one
of his angel fish members that he pick
ed up a small iridescent double shell
delicately hinged together He sepa
rated it and handed his companion half
You will be going away from me
pretty soon Margaret he said and
growing up and I wont know you
any more
Margarets and now and then one of
them will say she is my Margaret but
I will say No you resemble my
you are bigger than my
Margaret and I cant be sure Then I
will take out this shell and I will say
If you are reallj my Margaret you
will have the other half of this shell
and it will fit exnctly Then if she
SHOCKED THE GUIDE
Antics of an Irreverent Visitor at the
National Capitol
A btp man with a fierce bristling
gray buard and wearing a broad brim
med slouch hat marched dowu the
main corridor of the capitol cloel
followed by a guide at a dogtrot
They had inspected statuary hail anc
the rotunda and looked in at the chain
ber of the supreme court and the vis
itor had made no other comment on
the sights shown him than to utter an
occasional grunt snort or growl
The big man paused at the end of
the corridor and jerked his head to
ward a carpeted passage
Whats them burglars doing to
day he demanded
The senate is not in session sir
said the guide in a shocked voice
After the visitor had departed the
guide sat down on his chair in frout
the statue of Daniel Webster a 1
mopped his heated brow
Thats one kind that comes here
he said We have all kinds but his
style is the hardest to deal witli
Called the senate burglars you heard
him and lie kicked at everything el -e
I showed him That kind comes pr
pared to kick They aint got no pa
triotism at all and a United St te
senator aint no more to thein than
doorkeeper Why Im afraid to take
men like him into the supreme court
Likely as not theyll say souiethLi r
disrespectful right out loud Do yon
know what that one said when I shew
ed him statuarj hall He says Who
are all these crooks Then he wanted
to know how much all them statues
cost the government and who got t
rakeoff I told him they were giv n
by the states and he said that wi
once when the states put one over
You wouldnt think said the gride
with a sigh that patriotic Americ ins
could come here and be so caIos
about the things they see They siji
to begrudge giving a dollar to be showi
the place where Webster stood when
he made his reply to Hayne I duil
know what the countrys coming to
Ive been a guide here twenty years
but I never thought Id live to her
the senate called burglars Washing
ton Cor Kansas City Star
LIGHTNING VERSUS STEAM
Testing the Telegraph In the Early
Days cf Its Invention
Years ago when the electric tele
graph was a new idea and a mystery
to the masses there came trouble one
Saturday night in the Bank of Eng
land The business of the day had
closed and the balance was not right
There was a deficit of just 100 It was
not the money but the error that
I shall see a great many must be found For the officers and
the clerks there could be no sleep until
the mystery had been cleared up All
that night and all Sunday a force of
men were busy money was surely
gone from the vaults but no one could
discover whence
On the following morning a clerk
suggested that the mistake might have
occurred in packing for the West In-
has the shell and it fits I shall know j dies some boxes of specie that had
that it is really my Margaret no mat
ter how many years have gone by or
how much older she has grown
All this he said very gravely and J the powers of the telegraph lightning
earnestly and the little girl took the
shell thoughtfully and promised to
keep it always Next morning when
she came running tip to meet him on
the hotel veranda he looked at her
quesrioningly
You look like Margaret he said
but I cant be sure If you are really
my Margaret you will have a shell I
gave her once the mate to this one
He got no further The talisman was
promptly produced and it fitted ex
actlj He returned to America and
somewhat later Margaret received a
letter one of the pretty letters he was
always writing to children In it he
said
1 am always making mistakes When
I was In New York six weeks ago I was
on a corner of Fifth avenue and saw a
smalt girl not a big one start across
from the opposite corner and I exclaim
ed to myself joyfully That Is certainly
my Margaret so I rushed to meet her
But as she came nearer I began to doubt
and said to myself Its a Margaret that
is plain enough but Im half afraid it Is
somebody elses So when I passed her
I held my shell so she couldnt help but
see it Dear she only glanced at it and
passed on I wondered if she could have
overlooked it It seemed best to find out
so I turned and followed and caught up
with her and said deferentially Dear
miss I already know your first name by
the look of you but would you mind
telling me your other one She was
vexed and said pretty sharply Its
Douglas if youre so anxious to know I
know your name by your looks and Id
advise you to shut yourself up with pen
and ink and write some more rubbish I
am surprised that they allow you to run
at large You are likely to get run over
by a baby carriage any time Run along
now and dont let the cows bite you
What an idea There arent any cows
on Fifth avenue But I didnt smile I
fldnt let on to perceive how uncultured
she was She was from the country of
course and didnt know what a comical
blunder she was making
Margaret with her mother called
when they returned to America When
j the cards were brought to him he look-
ed at hers and said
Well the young lady her name
seems familiar but I cant be sure its
my Margaret without a certain token
I which she is supposed to carry as a
proof The shell came up without
delay He took the two halves now to
a Jeweler and had them set in gold as
charms One of these Margaret wore
on a ribbon about her neck and the
other he linked to his watch chain
j where it remained till he died What
a sweet fancy it all was
He spent the last months of his life
in Bermuda in the home of one of his
angel fish nelen vHen daughter of
the American vice onsul there She
iv ion- m1 t
s dilir com
engagement because I wasnt good
Ier lifpon r lnv meinrv
oe v
enough for her and would disgrace
suo gteed and omfortcd his final
the family
flays Albert Bige P in Ladies
Youmr man that was sentiment
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World
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been sent to Southampton for ship
ment His chief acted on the sugges
tion Here was an opportunity to test
against steam and steam with forty
eight hours the start Very soon the
telegraph asked a man in Southamp
ton Has the ship Mercator sailed
The answer came back Just weigh
ing anchor
Stop her in the queens name
flashed back the telegraph She is
stopped was returned
Have on deck certain boxes marks
given weigh them carefully and let
me know the result telegraphed the
chief
This order was obeyed and one box
was found to be somewhere about one
pound and ten ounces heavier than its
mates just the weight of the missing
sovereigns All right Let the ship
go was the next order
The West India house was debited
with the 100 and the Bank of Eng
land was at peace again Harpers
Weekly
Hallucinazicnc of Henbane
Henbane bears a remarkable reputa
tion for creating the most extraordi
nary hallucinations Dr Houlton re
lates that some monks who ate the
roots by mistake for parsnips trans
formed their monastery into a lunatic
asylum One monk rang the bell for
matins at midnight and of those of
the community who attended some
could not read others fancied the
letters were running about like ants
and some read what was not in their
books Even the exhalations from
these pretty but very poisonous flow
ers produce these weird effects West
minster Gazette
The Adoration o the Wig
Wis were never so popular as in th
reign of Charles II The author of
The Beaux and the Dandies toll
us that when Cibber played Sir Fop
ling Flutter his wig was so much ad
mired that lie had it carried to th
footlights every evening in a sedan
chair from which it was handed to
him that he might put it on his head
Flacinjj the Blame
Judge to burglar on trial i H ve
you anything to say prisoner Pur
glr Yes your honor I was only act-
In
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afore goiu tor bed Boston
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dont go shopping
Xe irby any more Wife
last time we went slit wnnt
mrint that I wanted Judge
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oE3ctyii that make life worth
looking at O W Holmes
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PiUr AND
h0 DIRECTORY
I carry a complete line of
hair goods Switches puffs
and curls made from your
combings L M CLYDE
PHONE 72 Ill W B St UP STAIRS
DAVID MAUL
Tuner of Pianos
South McCook
Leave orders with
in Rishels store
Dentist
Phone 112
Office Rooms
building McCook
C C Brown
ROLAND R REED M D
Physician and Surgeon
Local Surgeon B M
Phones Office 163 residence
217 Office Rooms 5 6 Temple
building McCook Neb
DR J O BRUCE
Osteopath
Phone 55
Office over Electric Theatre on
Main Ave
DR HERBERT J PRATT
Registered Graduate
Dentist
Office 212 Main av over Mc
Connells drug store Phones Of
fice 160 residence black 131
DR R J GUNN
3 and 5 Walsh
DR J A COLFER
Dentist
Phone 378
Room 4 Postoffice building Mc
Cook Neb
R H GATEWOOD
Dentist
Phone 163
Office Room 4 Masonic temple
McCook Neb
DR EARL O VAHUE
Dentist i
Phone 190
Office over McAdams store Mv
Cook Neb
C E ELDRED
Lawyer
Bonded Abtracter and
Examiner of Titles
Stenographer and notary in office-
Nebraska
JOHN E KELLEY
Attorney at Law and
Bonded Abstracter
Agent of Lincoln Land Co and of
McCook Water Works Co Office in
Postoffice building McCook Neb
JAMES HART M R C V S
Veterinarian
Phone 34
Office Commercial barn McCook
Nebraska
L C STOLL CO
Jewelers Opticians
Eyes tested and fitted
pairing McCook Neb
H P SUTTON CO
Jewelers
and Opticians
Fine re-
Watch Repairing Goods of quality
Main avenue McCook Nebraska
JENNINGS HUGHES CO
Plumbing Heating
and Gas Fitting
Phone 33
Estimates furnished freeBasement
Postoffice building
A G BUMP
Real Estate
and Insurance
Office 302 over Woodworks dm
store
Go to NELMS FEED STORE
for the
FAMOUS CAMBRIDGE FLOUR
and all kinds of feed
Phone 186
Your combings
made Into switches and puffs
MRS L M THOMAS
Phone Ash 2S54
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