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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10

is Their way ye waste, yer tlycS while /
am away. Curse sc, Yer mother vas
fool 'nough, but ye're worse" so'H'
She rose up slowly to her full height
and confronted him. Her soul was In
her eyes and his shrank from it.
"Father, say what you like of me:
you shall not say nothing Of my
mother; she is beyond your power
now" u. .s,i,. t-Ii5 3.lg ..5a .ttl
The book had slipped from his hand
and fallen to the ground; he kicked It
contemptuously. The fash depend
liz her eye,r but she had had her say,
and sat down. The moonlight was
on her face and hair; her shadow lay
long and dark behind her. ID,
Lavina Ketcham made a gentle
wife; she gave up much for peace,
and at first she had loved her hus-
band; afterwards she found out his
brute nature. Her nature was fine,
and she was true to him always, brt
love was out of the question then. He
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
He watched her face.

forbade her the use of her books, and
in that only she would not obey him.
For a nature like hers to die men
tally or even stagnate was impossible.
She was above him as the stars she
loved were above her, and she knew
it, and he knew it also; he hated her
for It.. go,
+ She was a school teacher, and as
school teachers did not thrive that side
of the mountain he offered her home,
AID she accepted his offer, believing
him noble because of this generous
act, as women will believe OF the men
they love until they have been proved
otherwise, when the sweet if rather
blind faith in them can eve return
once being destroyed.
Her daughter inherited her nature
only in a far higher degree. Her nus
band knew it, and the neighbors knew
it. Never, however, did the girls
father know that her mothers books
were her constant companions; that
she lived in them and on them; that
nearly every word of theirs was known
.# -HfHL 4..
to her by heart.
Betsy Glenn had been her mothers
Ischoolmate and friend. Betsy Glenn
taught Dolores with all the power she
was capable. She had long been dead,
but the seed she sowed grew and
grew; some time it would ripen and
bear fruit.
Had her father known of this he
would have stopped it from the first.
He did rot know it, for he had never
taken enough interest in her to know
it. Had. he asked her she would have.
told him, but he neveT asked.
The jealousy he had already felt to,
ward his wife for her love Of books
seethed and scorched in his heart as
he stood facing her daughter and his.
She possessed not one of his traits;
the mothers nature had deepened ten
fold in his da1ghter.-
Ito Be C~ontinued.) e..fs
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
A STAND PAT
SENATOR HANNA To9THE OHIO
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. .l-
Human Liberty and Protection to
Our Labor and Industries" Let
Well Enough Alone; for Gods Sake
Keep Letting II Alone!"

The Republican party is fortunate
in 1.-THE character and quality of its
leadership. 1t is fortunate in having
as chairman of it's National Committee
a man OF the stamp of Hon. Marcus
A. Hanna. The need of the hour is
stalwart, uncompromising Republican,
ism on the part of the men ~intrusted
with the duty of directing the party's
politics. Senator Hanna is nothing if
not straightforward and practical. He
does not know what it is to be am
biguous or evasive. OF himself he
might truly say:
I am no orator, as Brutus is;
But, as you know ME all, a plain, blunt
man. .,gEr
I only speak right on.
To be a plain, blunt man, and to
speak right ON, is an admirable char
acteristic in a campaign leader and
manager. Senator Hanna never tex-
hibited these valuable traits to better
advantage than in his speech before
the Ohio Republican State convention,
June 3, 1903. Such a speech was most
opportune. 1t was time that some big
mantle bigger the better-stood up
and proclaimed the dignity, the glory
and the splendid record of unadulter.
ated Republicanism; time to show o
just pride in the party's principles and
achievements, without apology, quail.
fication or saving clause of any kind.
Senator Hanna was the right man in
the right place. A lifelong member of
the American Protective Tariff League,
this virile Ohioan is a believer in the
doctrine and policy of protection
through and through, first, last and
all the time. He does not think the
Dingley tariff shelters monopoly" he
knows that it does o He does not
recognize the present existence or
probable occurrence Of anything in the
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
II BELONGS to Democrats.

Changing a tariff schedule that hap
pens to be more or less out Of harmony
with the time is quite a different thing
from tariff reform" When Samuel
J. Tflden was alive the modified Nor
rili law was in force. 1t was in force
when Grover Cleveland was president
for the first time. The Morrill, law
vas changed tw~enty-three times, but
these changes in schedules did not
prevent tariff reform" from being the
slogan of the democracy under both
Tilden and Cleveland. In other words,
tariff reform" is quite different from
changing a schedule that is out of
time Tariff reform" is'ithe Demo
cratic version OF the Industrial issue.
It was then, Is now and viii continue
to he. Republicans might as well stay
on their own side OF the issue, for
when it comes to the next national
campaign they VIII either have to
stand for proseations without apologies,
or compete with Democrats on their
side Of the discussion. -
We are aware that there are some
Republicans who imagine that their
party by taking the Democratic posi-
ton In part viii be able to crowd the
Democrats of the political map. But
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
Trust God,
:, how limited

How little is knowledge. how limited
thought,
How helpless and puny are Wet
We think what we lea and believe as
were taught,
But learning and science seem littlf or
naught
In the solving Of life's mystery.
Confronted by marvels on sea and on
plain.
And in words that above us r~evoIve.
Dur undetermined reason may Try to
explain,
But only to find all our efforts in vain
Creations great problems to solve.
We study the planets and think we are
wise,
We measure the orbits they trace;
We weigh the bright stars and can
reckon their size.
But none can determine the height of tha
skies
Or measure the infinite space.
All things that are born in their grave
are soon laid;
Time seems to the living a foe;
We wonder why anything ever was made
If only to bud. and to blossom, and fade
Or vanish like fast-meIting snow.
There are those who live long with honor
and fame
And seine in their infancy die.
And some have TO struggle with sorrow
and shame
We-wonder- why an OF Us are not the
same:
The wisest can never tell why.
We turn to our reason to settle a doubt.
Yet knowlnot what reason my be;
Its substance and form We know moth
ing about,
The cause of it's being we cannot find
out,
So dull and so foolish are we.
There seems no foundation where reason
may stand -r
In realms where no mortal has trod;
4nfsnity raeeks~us on every hand
Our learning and logic are ropes made Of
.-.- ssand;--
There's nothing to rest in but God.
Frank Beard il Rams Horn.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
Two Tales,

Justice Gaynor OF the Supreme court
of New York hasa reputation for dry
sayings not altogether devoid of hui
NOR, and two which are going the
rounds among lawyers are these:
A petition for an injunction, based
upon somewhat doubtful assertions of
fact, recently came before the justice.
After considering the affidavit OF the
petitioner, he remarked:
In this case an injunction VIII not
lie, even if the relator does"
Under circumstances somewhat sim
lar, an attorney sought to discredit
statements contained In an affidavit.
But counsel should remember" OBJ
served Judge Gaynor, that the truth
sometimes will out, even in an aft
dapit.-New York Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
Who Will Do the Dodqinq2

No political maneuvers or eyasions
will, prevent the tariff from being the
issue of the next presidential contest.
It's shadow is already in the door
Philadelphia Record.
fsthere are any political maneuyers
or eyasions to keep the tariff out of
next years presidential contest they
will be on the side of the Democrats.
Republicans are not afraid Of the
tariff as an issue. They will welcome
it as the governing issue. The Dem
ocrats may dodge and straddle in de-
Hning their tariff policy. Very likely
they will. But not the Republicans.
Their convention declaration will, we
predict, be for straight protection
without apologies or trust sheltering'
admissions. 2
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10

Yer the pros and Ons of protection as
a national policy. Most CT these con-
tentions are the merest emptiness and
ordinarily serve to vex the air and
mems ears to no conclusive purpose.
As the Journal has said before, the
record made by the operation of the
protective tariff in this country is the
only absolutely determining proof of
results. Every American citizen knows
what that has been; he knows that
under the tariff the American republic
has steadily, rapidly, substantially,
permanently advanced in wealth pro-
ducing prosperity in a name and to
an extent approached by 10 other peo-
pie in the worlds history. It is true,
that, incidentally, domestic manufac-
lures have been made possible and
that they are fostered by the tariff,
but who believes that to have been
all that the tariff has done? And who
believes that prices of protected prod
ucts have in any single instance been
sustained as a result solely of protec-
ton? At a time when the country
was solely dependent upon Great Brit
ain for free. wire. nails, English wire
nails sold for IS; under a later duty
of Sc a key, homemade wire nails sold
for less than 81 q key. The duty on
lumber is a factor in this great system
that has brought the American people
unparalleled employment and wealth
why tamper with It? OF what con-
sequence Is theory when pitted against
the teachings of eyents?-The Lumber
Trade Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
DOING BUSINESS IN RUSSIA.
Free-and-Easy Methods OF the Subjects
of the Gar.

Free-and-Easy Methods OF the SUBJECTS
of the Gar.
We have learned in the past few
years to regard Minister de Witte OK
Russia as one of the greatest financial
administrators in the world. Yet every
book on Russia gives fresh evidence Of
mismanagement on the part of the
government in the details of business.
Writ Gerrare's Greater Russia. the
Continental Empire of the World"
illustrates the Russian way of doing
things by this account of the p~ostOafice
service:
At the chief postof1ces in st. Pc
tersburg and in Moscow there is only
L clerk selling stamps. He closes
his office at 2 o'clock. He cannot
reckon change without a counting
board.
There are about half a dozen branch
Offices in these capitals, but stamps
are as rare as a postal order in a
country store in an American village.
At one branch p~ostofice in Moscow
the letter box was full to overlooking
when Mr.. Gerrare called. He took his
letters inside, but the clerk in charge
declined to accept them.
But the letter box is full"
Find a letter box which is not full"
replied the clerk. rs,
That will be difficult"
Then wait until one is emptied to-
morrow.'-Youth's Companion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
p II.
The STRANGER.

When Dolores was twenty her father
ewoke to the fact that she vas no
longer a child.asT The knowledge of her
age and comliness came to him sud
denly one day.
Johnson was a blacksmith, and
young Green, whose father was judge
IN the town across the mountain, was
riding up the valley when his mare
cast a shoe, and he stopped at the
shop to have it replaced.
The day was warm and sultrs, and
after a few minutes young Green asked
for ON water-Johhsen sent him to
the house for it, SAYING that Dolores
would give It to him. Green returned
in 4 Flew minutes. There wasia strange
expressionKo on his face, and he did not
the shop at once; he stood in the
Aoofway, watching the hammer fall on
slo&ing iron.aC
cen had a college education, and
friends were { a certain extent
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
ga ELJsa
nh.
Her Learning.

Dolores was, sitting on the door
steps one evening.9bH Her father was at
the tavern as usual, and as her house
hold duties were finished she sat in
the mellow moonlight that Hooded the
mountain withpraidiance.9 She was no
longer, listless. Her lips, were parted;
her eyes larger and darker than USUAL;
her face, raised to the starry heavens
was full of light. On her knees lay
an old astronomy, and one slender
finger marked the place of her read
ing.
8She=was lost to herself and ker urr
roundings; she did not hear the heavy
footsteps approaching along the mar
row path; she saw nothing until q
rough hand pulled the book from Under
her. fingers. A deep oath sEaote the,
air.. ~ -A e
Curse yet" her father muttered, be-
tween his elenehed teeth. Curse ,em
as Invented books an learninst Thes
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10

nature of shifting needs that now
do Or are likely to call for any aban-
donment, any abatement, any relaxa-
ton Of the system of protection to
American labor and. iadustry.svHere is
the pith and the core of Mark Eanna's.
position, on tariff tinkering:, ~, -, )
.Is there anybody in this great au-
dienca-a aye, is there anybody in the.
State of Ohio-who hesitates for one
moment, q under all the conditions
which have gone before, under JaIlsthe
environments of the present, under all
the hopes Of the future, to see one
sing gle cause as to why the Republi-
can party should change one iota in
those principles? sat(Longi continued
cheering.1f- "sut-'sai& tt, 49, tt-s
Human liberty, protection tolAmer-
lean industries and Jul w~orkingmen.
slogan many years ago. 1t went forth
and reached the hearts of every fire
side in the land, and if we needed any
additional tribute, or an accessory to
add to the ulster of that monument,
it would be the continuation Of hap
piness and i~conteRtment atp~erceptible
everywhere around us. = L onc said,
Let we'll enough alone (Applause.)
For Gods sake keep letting it alone!"
(Renewed applause.)
Phat is the gospel that Republicans
want to hear. That is the doctrine to
preach from every Republican pulpit.
Let protection alone a. Let the tariff
alone. 1,"Let well enough alonel For
Gods sake keep letting it alone!" u
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
8 eHosT@gEFTHis MARX.
Gave Lasting Proof Of His Visit to His
Couxtnr

Cousin.
The story goesgthat Lady Tyrconnel
-or her OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES asleep
in her xbed,~and awoke TO ind her
cousin, Eord Tyrone, standing by her
pillow. He told her that he was dead.
She jeered at the statement. He re-
peated the assertion, and added a for
chile description of the world his spirit
had entered. She still doubted.
Whereupon Ne twisted the curtains
of her bed through a ring in the cell
ing, placed his hando on her carved sat
lnwood bureau where the ominous
.markof his five fingers remained, and
finally touched her wrist, which
shrank and withered beneath his pres
sure.
Then he foretold many family events
(which, of course, all came true) and
vanished. From that hour until the
day of her death the lady's wrist was
beheld by mortal eye. When
she died the grim mark was seen,
eaten deep into the delicate iesh.l
Lady, Betty was a famous COM
FOUNDER of "simplesp-which, indeed.
were veryafar from being simple
and a chilblafnplaster made from her
recipe, is still sold in the west of Eng
land.
She used to tell with glee how she
once met q man who saluted her ef
fusively, ~whereupon she asked his
name. Ah, then, myaIady, you don't
remember me? I'm the husband OF
the woman your ladyship brewed the
medicine for; she took it, but she died
the next day. Long life to your lady
ship!" H.. .svf -l.
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Nervous Customer Jumped at Con-
cIusion and Fled.

fIE
cIusion and Fled.
A queer remiEiscential CLEAN crept
into the eyes of the barber, with the
long, low, rakisn forehead, as he sud
denly rested his razor hand while
shaving the Adams apple of the lean,
nervouslooking mar in the chair. '
81 was King Louis XIV, Of France
last night" said the barber, suddenly,
the razor still poised about half an
inch above the lean customers Adams
apple TET Aw'If w n 81 s7's
The customer blinked and breathed
hard. The SHAVED sidelof his face
became nearly as white as the. still
lathered other side. @a4''as 81
wait arminute," he said, placing a
shaking hand on the BARRIERS shaving
arm. He up sat straight in the chair
with a Wild look, and then made. a bolt
for the. door. Gonna,
i, Wow" he yelled as he went What
anreaeape! King Louis KY Bug-
house! Hewouldn't have done a thing
to !fne-Ans and, with the towel stream
ing in the breeze and one side of his
face still 1athered, he loped down the
street, ..ro..'"~ -
. The barber with the long, low, rakr,
ish sfoEsheadgwent to the door and
stared after theu galloping customer
with amasement.E9 ass - zEIuDn s2l
ewsql,s PH:be dad-binged!!' muttered:
the barber: Now what kind O. ccogs
has that Teller got in his conk? 1 was
only tryin' to tell him that l was King
LouiszxE. at the BARRIERS masquerade
ball last, night, and look at him goin'
after 'Salvator's mile rscordt"-Wash.
ington Post. -
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o4lAsprtRi..lE1M
The Girl.


a.tN The Girl.
The day was dreary when she was
born, not only because the rain was
falling in a DRILLING fashion Ahd:,a
mist hung over the hills, but because
she was born. Her mother. nhaying
a soft heart, felt aIlvher tenderness
aTaking, for her weak daughter and
gathered her into her. arms with a half
plying ,caress,. But, her mother did
nqt live Tong, and some Of her friends
went so far as to say that it was well
she did not, for she would have spelled
the -girBl-i Ts!aGsF j. nJJLJ4
Her father-weifs ~thereDwas noadanf
ger Of her father spelling the girl
with tenderness, He; considered her
bifth one Of the blows. fate dealt him,
and he said he had had many blows
from fate. He said fate was against
hin people said he was shiftless; they
said also that there was hardly a
doubt thai the girl would be the same,
NSneEo of THE Johnsons Samountsd1to
mtch-at least. thattbranch OF the fam
ily. Lemuel Johnson, this mans
hTpther, was rich, rumori satd. and they
not blame him1forrhaving nothing
toI do with his shiftless brother He
lived in a fine house in New York;
was enterprising and shrewd;z how
could anyone, blame, him for dropping
this ne'erdo;wel brpther? r-uszxssua.
His. brother thought differently.
Lemuel was rich; fate had been good
to him; it was but right that he should
help him; it was an unheard of thing
that he had never offered to help him.
especially when this added burden was
laid upon his already too heavily laden
shoulders. OF what good to him vas
a girl? Girls were of little use. Had
she been a boy-but she was not
boy, and she was metherless from the
time she was three weeks old.
With a pathetic appreciation of the
fitness of things her mother named
her Dolores. And from the time she
was taken from the dying mothers
arms her large brown eyes, shaded
by long curling lashes, looked out upon
the. world with a. strange. graYity-an
a knowledge of what it meant to be
brought into the world unwelcome and
unloyed. N
She seldom cried She " cooed
as other and happier babies do. And
as, she grew older Silence grew upon
her. She said little and the neighbors
seldom ran in to gossip with hep,as they
did-with each other, -fof-there-%was'
no use; she took no interest IN them
or their gossip; no n could talk
easily with her eyes upon them. So
when she grew-old enough to attend
to the household matters herself, they
left her alone; even the children Of
her own age dropped her a though
she had been dead '|ot.:JI
She was an excellent cook, and kept
the house well. In these things her
Esther had no fault to find. He sci
dom spoke to her; if the food were
well cooked he never found fault; he
never praised it or her; he ate his
meals in silence, and went out of the
house. She saw him only at meal
times his evenings weFe-speHt at the
tavern; hers were spent at home
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
y az foonsk ones. party

luey UTE VeIy IUUIisH UHeS' u pdIfy-
is seldom Sble to win victory by taking
the position that logically belongs to
the other party.
Republicans Have no. reason TO be
dlssausfr6d' with what has been accom-.
plished under protection m recent
tines they can continue 't1i p6ihtVt8
it with pride. They do point to it
with prideAcedar Rapids Republican.
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The Real Cause.

Maude-"What makes you so aw-
fully nervous, dear?"
Clara-"Why, Fred is to have an In
terview with papa this afternoon
Maude-"Oh, and you are afraid your
father will no. give his consent?"sVs
Clara-No; I'm afraid Fred won't
show up"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
WHY TAMPER WITH 1T?
Discard Theory and Accept the Facts
-. OF, History.

.-,rr,rr of History 7f-7 :.
It has long been a fayorite doctrine
among .protectionists that their policy
was necessary for the purpose princi.
pally of affording Infant industries" a
chance to get a foothold at home
against the competition of foreign
products of pauper labor. That, every
body recognizes as a familiar formula
once vigorous enough, but now de-
crepit with years and employment.
The Journal has but little concern
about the theories, the party cries OF
any Of the usual forms Of 'jawing"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
1HVerVomersnt.

During these discussions OF revision
of thesfarlff it should be distinctly re-
membefed that there IS little II any
more Similarity Between the Demo-
cratic ideasof tariff reform and the
Republican idea Of changing the tariff
than There is between the old Demo-
cratic tariff for revenue only idea,
which has been popuiarly known as
free trade,Sand3he Republican policy
of thorough protection to Americans In.
dustrfes. As Hon. Sterling Morton,
Presidents leyeland's Secretary of Ag-
riculture,ss he wouid burn down
every custom house in the land. The
Republican party has favored a high
tariff primarily for the protection and
uplifting of Americansipdustries and
incidentally to provide necessary rev
enue for running the guyernment. The
Democratic idea on the other hand has
always BEEN that we shoufd5have free
trade {or iustas near freetrade as it
was nossibfesto construct tariff sched
ules SO as to proyide the necessary-in-
come for government expensesAwar.
rem (Ohio) Chronicle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
The Idea.

The main Iowa idea appears to be
to get something. They are after the
VicsSeJpresidency now.-Philadelphia
Press
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mending his clothes or doing whatever
was to be done. II III
And to every one in the tiHage-out
Of it she knew no one-she was sim
ply that girl of Johnson's."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
Anti-Microbe,

Prosperity has been an efectiys
antirtoxin in fighting the microbe Of
Populism.-Albany Evening Journal
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10
Strenuous Treatment.

F. Larry-"Did yez liver troy massage
treatment, me bye?"
.Denny-"Oi hod face steaming
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-07-10

IaTryS@Who gave ut to yez?"
Denny2"Me ould woman wild a kit
tie av hot wather." .
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BARBER WHO WAS A KING.

(To Be