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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
King George and the Piano.

The King of Greece was fearfullv
buried, when at AK. by the sets made
at him by professional beauties who
had not the talent to conceal their art.
One of them hired the flat near his
lodging. and a piano. Her musical
education was neglected. But she
knew how to play the Greek hymn.
Whenever his Majesty returned from
the baths she struck it up.
If there is an air the King hates more
than another it is that one. He has had
to listen to it many times every day a.
Athens for twenty -seven Years. When
eve he goes to a casino. concert, or
opera, the orchestra gives him several
bars. In short. it is to him so fearful.
ly hackneyed that it CRATES on his
nerves if, when it is being played, he
cannot think of something else. and
thus shut it out from his ears. But the
professional beauty stumbled. and got
so involved in false notes that he could
not be deaf to her performance. He
lost his t ,mper over and over again,
and sent message after message to the
landlord to beg hat he would silence
her pianoforte. This the landlord
feared to do. AS the lady spent money
far more freely than the potentate, and
drew to the hotel rich fools, who paid
for poor champagne lis though it were
Widow Cliquot's best.
The affair was arranged by a Greek
from Marseilles making the acquaint-
ance of the lady and confiding to her
some of his Majesty's defects. One of
thn,n ,raS :. horn ha rad of music which
he thought noise. and the other IL taste
for frumpish German women, who
never painted. kept quiet, and had not
a soul ADORE knitting and darning
stockings. The beauty changed her
tactics accordingly. His Majesty was
no longer bored by the Greek air. and
l should not wonder if he sent an
Order to the diplomatic person who in
duced his fair neighbor to shut up her
piano.-Paris Letter in London Truth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

But what produces the most novel i'm.
preston on the stranger is the singulari-
~ and brilliancy of the women's cost.
umes. They were developed ut least a
HUNDRED years ago by a curious sumptu-
airy law regulating the dress of slaves
and colored people of free condition, a
law which allowed considerable liberty
as to material and tint, prescribing only
form. The couture especially is strik-
ing. 1t is only an immense Madras
handkerchief, which Is folded about the
head with admirable art, like o turban,
one bright end, pushed through at the
top in front, being left sticking up like
a plume.
Then this turban, always full of bright
canary color, is fastened with great
golden or silver brooches. one In front
and one OH either side. The remainder
o. the dress is an embroidered low-cut
chemise with sleeves; a skirt or jupe
quite short in front and very long be-
hind, but caught up and fastened in
front below the breasts SO as 10 bring
the hem everywhere TO q level with the
end of the long chemise; and finally q
silken kerchief thrown over the should.
ers.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
The Farm Tools.

1t would seem as if, after years o
good counsel on the subject, some
farmers would at least take the him
and look after the farm tools-partic.
ularly after the seasons work is done
but it will require a good deal OF
preaching from the text before ICON.
version is accomplished. So one
would think who rides far in almost
any direction this time of the year.
Mowers and horse rakes still out in
the fields, plows astride a rail fence.
barrows leaning up against trees
these r some of The not uncommon
objects which one may see on some
farms. Get them in, give a coat of
paint where needed. and save dollars.
independent.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
An Equivalent for Suicide.

If We allow our bodily infrmities to make ava,
with US through neglect, have We such an i'm
mense moral advantage over the deliberate sui
eide: Scarcely. For example, the deadly pro
gress of Bright's disease. diabetes, acute nephiti.
and gravel is sure-often terribly swift in the
catastrophe. Most people of average information
know that this is the simple, unvarnisied trutl
in regard to those widely prevalent maladies. To
delay judicious medication is specially suicidal in
such cases. The means of restraint is to bt
founa in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Give al
impetus to the action of the kidneys with this
safe and reliable diuretic, and the infant com
plant is shorn at its birth of the power for evil
Allow it to grow. and anticipate the worst. Tho
Bitters, which annih1lates these growing troubles
also eradicates dyspepsia, rheumatism, malarlaI
and liver complaints: Appetite, sleep and vigol
ere also promoted by it.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
A BeIIamy Apartment House.

Omaha will soon have an apartment
house that will be built according to
the Edward Bellamy idea. j. II. Van
Dorm is o having the plans for such
Il building prepared. 1t will be stu
ated ut Twenty-second and Leaven-
worth streets. 1t will be a brick struc-
ture, four stories high, and containing
twenty-five apartments. The plan of
living in this building will be cooper
ative, as all of the cooking will be done
in one kitchen, each Individual sharing
his or her expense. The house will be
put in operation about January L.
Omaha Bee.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
A Thoughtful Parent.

Petted Daughter-"Papa. what has
come over you? lever had a wish you
were not anxious to crafty. and you
even anticipated my wants. and handed
me money for all sorts of things l hadn't
even thought of. Bat now | have TO ask
you for every cent l need. and YOU growl
aud grumble. and ask If l think you are
made of money. and you rail at woman's
extravaganza and invariably ask me
what on earth l did with the last check,
or dollar, or dime you gave me. Don't
yon love me any more?'
Pada-'.My darling. l love you as
much as ever. but you are soon to be
married. and ! am trying to gradually
prepare you for the change."-A r.
Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
! Failur. OF n ReIIamy scheme.

1t is probable that ere long the CO.
operative boarding house established
in Decatur last spring on the Edward
Bellamy plan will soon collapse for
lack of sufficient patronage. 1t started
out with fifty-two members. under the
most favorable circumstances. and all
OF its patrons were enthusiastic in
praise of the novel manner of living.
The patrons got day board at s.. 40 a
week, and there was n fairprofit in the
enterprise for the lady manager so
long as there were fifty-two boarders.
But, from one cause or another, the
patrons have quietly departed, until
now there are but forty left. This
number is not sufficient to continue the
Alliance longer at u profit, and it is
expected that the cooperative plan
will be abandoned TO return to the 81
and So rates.-Cor. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
The school-Hook Question.

1t is pleasing to be able to record in
these days, when the prices OF almost
every commodity In daily use are adj
vancing. either on account of high tar
LII protection, or from some othey SYM
pathetic causes. that there is one sta
pie which has undergone, and is stirl
undergoing a reduction in price. We
refer to school books. There Is per-
haps no article which has been the
subject OF so much discussion through
out the farming communities as that Of
the schoolbook. There has been
much complaint about high prices, and
these prices have generally beer
charged to the publishers, but not
r%ightfully, for investigation proves
that the publishers prices are reason
able. The trouble is traceable to those
retailers who charge outrageous prices
to make large profits. and to the peo-
pie who do not avail themselves of the
cheapest market.
The contract system inaugurated by
the American Book Company. of Chi
cago, the largest single book publish
ing concern in the country, and whose
books are used throughout the length
and breadth of the land, has resulted
in wide awake school district boards
and close buyers of books purchasing
direct from the company at contract
prices. These contract prices are
twenty per cent lower than the former
wholesale prices.
The question has often been asked,
WHO are some of the sc%hool-book
publishers, outside of the American
Book Company" There are to-day
over fifty reputable school-book pub
fishers competing for the business OF
the country. We name q few: Cow
perthwaite & Co., Philadelphia; CHM &
Co., Boston; d. C. Heath & Co., Bos-
ton; Henry Holt & Co., New York;
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, Boston; J..
b. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia;
Efingham, Maynard g. Co., New York;
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York;
Porter & Coates, Philadelphia; Sheldon
& Co., New York; George Sherwood
& Co., Chicago; fainter Bros. & Co.,
New York. Many others might be
added to this list.
The American Book Company has
led off in cutting the prices of school
books where contracts are made with
school boards. We find upon referring
to their price list that they also offer
to send their books to any man, woman
or child in the United States, postage
or express prepaid upon receipt of the
list price, thus placing in the hands of
the consumer, even in the remotest
and smallest village in the country, an
effective safeguard against extrava-
giant charges. We believe that print
ers' ink is too plenty, and good authors
r ever too ready to work. to allow a
monopoly in the school-book trade.
As school boards have the power en-
tirely in their own hands, there is no
doubt they can secure books atgreatly
reduced prices by contracting direct
with publishers for a term of years.
Let school officers take advantage of
the new contract plan and put the best
books in the hands of the consumers at
the lowest price possible. Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
Grew over 100 Feet in Nineteen Years.

Grew over 100 Feet in Nineteen Years.
Monday morning the tall blue gum
tree standing at the northeast corner
of German Senter's house was cut
down. A careful measurement of the
tree showed it to be about 115 feet
high from the ground to the topmost
branch. 1t was four feet in diameter
and about twelve feet in circumference
at the ground. We are informed by a
Portuguese that he set the tree out
nineteen years ago. Think of it! A
tree only nineteen years old, 115 feet
high and showing a diameter in pro-
portion The residents of that quar-
ter watched the fall of the monarch
with genuine regret, but its great
height made the cutting of it down
necessity, as it was liable to break
and fall on some of the residences near.
Santa Clara (Cal.) journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

The SPIRIT OF THE TINES, of New York,
says:-"An extraordinary advance in the use
OF cocoa seems to have taken place Of late
years in England In the House of Com
mons this last session the Right Hon. G. j.
Goschen, the Chancellor of the EXchequer,
called attention to it as q cause for much of
the falling off OF the use of coffee. He
attributed it in u measure to the position a
preparation of cocoa now as Grateful and
Comforting had taken. In accord with this
suggestion it may be interesting to follow
the course cocoa has taken in England since
1882, when the duty which had been stand
ing at I'd. per lb., with an importation of
under half a million pounds, was reduced to
I'd per 10. and not long alter we find the
homoeopaih C doctrine of medicine intro
duced into The kingdom, and that the use of
cocoa was specially advocated by physicians
adoptin that mode of practice. Soon after
we find the first homeopathic chemists
established in England (the firm of james
Epps " Coz produced a special preparation,
which only needed boiling water or milk to
be at once ready for the table, and the super
Tor character of this production has. no
Coubt. lone much. as the Chancellor of the
Exchequer said, to lring about (backed as it
IVES by a further reduction of the duty to Id.
per To- the advance maze"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
A WOMAN OF RANK.

These kerchiefs, however. are bright
crimson, bright yellow, bright blue. bright
green, lilac, violet, rose. sometimes
mingled together in plaidings. or check
erings; or stripings, black with orange.
sky-blue with purple. To this display
add the effect of costly and curious
jewelry, immense earrings. each pendant
being formed of five gold cylinders
Joined together. the cylinders sometimes
two inches long and one inch at least in
circumference.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

We offer One Hundred Dollars rev ard for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Eall's Catarih Cure.
We. the undorsigned, have known f J.
Cheney Tor the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons, and financially able TO carry out any
obli. atoms made hy their firm.
WEST X ThUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
co, o.
WALpISG. kISNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. o.
hairs Iaiarrh Cure is taken internally,
set ng directly upon The llood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Ir.ce &c. per bottle. Sold by ali
druggists.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
BEAUTIFUL WEST INDIES WOMEN.
Gorgeous Dress and Graceful Caring 20 Of
tho Half breeds.

Gorgeous Dress and Graceful Carriage Of
tho breeds
The half. breeds Of the West Indies are
called the finest mixed race Of the An.
titles. Tall. supple, straight as palms.
these colored women and men impress
one by their dignity of carriage and
easy motion. They talk without swing
ing the shoulders; the perfectly set torso
seems to remain rigid, yet the step is a
full stride. and the whole weight is
poised springily on the very tip of the
bare foot. All. or nearly all, are with
out shoes. and the passing of hundreds
OF naked feet makes a great whispering
sound over the pavements.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

They sat under the moonlight, with clasped
hands trying to guess what star would be
their home whea love became immortal'' but
soon, alas how soon she caught Il cold and
they lad temporarily TO stop guessing. They
cured her, however, with one bottle Of DR..
Bulls (Ouuh Syrup.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup, for Chill
dren tceth.aG, softens the gums, reduces indanma-
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. q bottle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

oNH ENJo4S
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
Its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for SAG in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA w SYRUP CO..
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. Nv
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

The people at the Worlds
Dispensary of Buffalo, N. Y.
have a stock-taking time once
a year and what do you think
they do? Count the number
of bottles that've been re-
turned by the men and women
who say that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery or
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton didn't do what they said
it would do.
And how many do you
think they have to count.
One in ten? Not one IN foe
hundred!
Here are two remedies
one the Golden Medical Dis
covery, for regulating and in
vigorating the liver and purify
ing the blood; the other, the
hope of weakly womanhood,
and they've been sold for
years, sold by the million bot
ties; sold under a hosatz0e
guarantee, and not one in five
hundred can say:
1t was not the medicine for
mel"
And-is there any reason
why you should be the one?
And-supposing you are what
do you lose? A6soAsteD
nothing!
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

Washing powders are strong a~lkalies, and
ruin clothes. The purest soap obtainable is
the best and cheapest. Doblins' Electric
Soap has been acknowledged for a years to
be the purest Of all. Try it right away.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

@Catnipped!7 saueaked the mouse a.
Tabby got "a grip on him.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

CoUGHs AND CoLDs.-Those who are suf.
fer:ng from Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat, etc.
should try BRowN7s BRONCHIAL ThoCHEs.
Sold only in boxes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

The survival of the fttest is the doctrine
that always wins in a dog fight.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

1t is hard to make a cheating grocer see
the errCr of his weighs.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

Does the fev1 make men so lad, or IS It
the Len wLc make the Gev.l SO lail
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

lbs a question of rest or arrest with the
Sabbath reformers.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19
ASH
BITTERS.

One OF the most important organs OF the
human body is the LIVER. When II fails to
properly perform its functions the entire
system becomes ~deranged. The BRAIN,
KIDNEYS, STOMACH, BOWELS, all refuse
TO perform their work. DYSPEPSIA, CON-
STIPkTl0N, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY DIS
EASE, ETC., are the results, unless some
thing is done to assist Natura in throwing
of the impurities caused by the inaction
OF a TORPID LIVER. This assistance so
necessary will be- found In
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

AS they parted: "a lass" sighed he. "Ah
men, wept she.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

Before the use of Prickly Ash Bitters be
came general throughout the South and
W est, it was n fearful dose of Blue Mass
and daily doses OF o%uinine, that was forced
Down the threats Of suffererers from all ma
hrarial troubles In place of such obnox
ious, narrowing curatives. Prickly Ash Bit
tiers, with its mild, soothing action now
holds supreme sway, and after one trial, its
use when necessary, is forever established.
You who have sick headaches, sour stom-
achs, diseased liver or kidneys, can do no
better than 10 give it a trial.
Dresses can be trained to follow their
owners.
"You're just the man I'm laying for" as
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

"What makes that JOY, that merriment7"
Rheumatic pains, neuralgia govt,
Salvation Oil has put to rout-
Salvation Oil, for 1t ealing sent,
Salvation Oil, the lin iment.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

SWEDISH AsTHMA CURE never fails. Sem
Your address. Trial package mailed free
Collins Brothers Drug Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

"You're just the man I'm laying for,h as
the brickmason said to the contractor.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

In close application to business nothing
gets much ahead of a mustard plaster.
Garfield Tea: harmless herbs. acts on liver,
kidneys L i'd bowels. creates an appetite, cures dys pep
STA and const patton.
One wouldn't object to hold the mirror up
to Nature if it was a good-looking lass.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-19

Dresses can be trained to follow their
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-06
BITS or INFORMATION
'npnn coins are iron.

bNloN COlns are iron,
IN 1880 we had no rail oads.
In Italy 100000 people live In
cellars.
The French Republic has passed
its twentieth birthday.
America has 900, 900 telephones
the world 100000
Out Of every million people there
are 500 who cannot q.
IN Yokohama, with a population
Of 10000. the number Of electors is
under 800.
The earth is the greatest distance
from tie sun on the morning Of
July 9th.
There are more than 10000 mud
cabins in Ireland, consisting of but
a single room.
London has 10000 streets, and
their collective length would reach
over 32 900 miles.
The Alps altogether stand in six
States, of which Austria claims the
largest share of them.
1t is estimated that The number OF
passengers carried by all the rail
ways IN the world averages 6, AGO.
600 day.
The number of hairs on the hui
man scalp varies from 10000 to
l20, 900; single hair can sup
port weight of two ounces. aud is
so elastic that it may he stretched
TO onethird Of its entire length and
then regain its former size and con-
diton.
Earwigs differ from all other in
sects in both their origin and struc-
ture they are Matched from eggs,
like chickens naturalists often re-
port seeing the maternal earwig with
her newly-hatched brood crowded
under her like chickens under hen.
In discussion lately carried on
in Europe as to the distance at
which large objects on the earth S
surface are visible, it was stated
that the Himalaya Mountains have
appeared to view from the great dis
lance of 224 miles and Mount Blanc
210 miles.
London has an area larger than
| New York, Paris and Berlin, all put
together; Berlin has an area of
twenty-nine square miles: Paris is
only a trifle larger New York has an
area of forty-two square miles, and
London has an area of 121, being
seven miles larger than Chicago.
The chief religions OF the world
may be classified as follows: Christ
ianity, $1,000, 900; Confuciansm,
800, 100000; Hindooism, 0,0O0,-
600; Mohammedanism, 5000, 900 /;
Fetichism, 100, 900, 900; Buddhism,
100, 900, 900; Spirit Worship, 3d.
900, 900; Shintoism, $4,000, 900 ;
jew, 5000, 900; Parsees, 100000.
Total ,449, 600, 900.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-12-06
Barry'S TriCOpherOuS



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