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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Advancement in civilization. and
prosperity appear to affect the vital
statistics of all nations alike. In
modern times France has shown the
most marked decrease in the ratio of
births to deaths. From 1915, the last
year of the NapOleonic wars, to 1880,
the proportional excess Of births over
deaths for every 10000 inhabitants
was 81. Between 1881 and 1850 it
dropped to fl. In the following TWEEN
ty years there was further decrease,
the excess Of births numbering only
25. In the decade ending 1900 the eX-
cess was reduced to 6, and in the lat
ter year the proportiOnate excess OF
births over deaths in every 10000 in
habitants of the republic was only 8.
France entered the nineteenth century
with Z population of 26,000,000 she
closed it with 38,0O0O0O. But Great
Britain had meantime started with 12,-
600 0G0 and ended with II 100000, and
the population of Germany had grown
from 10 600 900 to. 5000 900.
During the last forty or fifty years
the people Of each of these nations
than they did before. While the death
rate in England, through the introduc-
ton OF improved sanitation, has been
steadily declining since 1861, the vital
statistics Of the country show very
marked decline in the birth rate. Now
the minister of public instruction and
medical affairs finds that the vital sta
tistics Of Prussia, which comprises
thrae-ffths of the population OF Ger
many, show a steady decrease in the
birth rate there also since 1861. In
the latter year it was 40.9. now it is
only 36.5. In the city of Berlin the
birth rate has fallen from 46 in 1861
to 2G.6 this year. The latter is only
A above the rate in France, which is
the lowest in the world.
The question of race suicide thus
seems to be one that is disturbing all
OF the more prosperous of modern ma
tons. as it did Rome during the Au-
GUSTAV age, when legislation had TO
be enacted in order to encourage the
growth OF population. France has
been seriously discussing various
methods OF arresting the decline OF
the birth rate. An extra parliamentary
commission has been appointed to
seek means of increasing the number
OF births and diminishing mortality,
and government bonuses for large
families and heavy taxes on bachelors
and childless couples have been sug-
gested. 1t is expected that the Ger
man emperor will take cogniZance OF
the conditions existing in his realm
and suggest drastic means OF arrest
irg there the race suicide which Presi-
dent Roosevelt SO vigorously attacked
IN this country-San Francisco Chron-
icle.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Origin of Spinster.

''Spinster." said the philologist, sis
the term that the law applies to the
woman who is unmarried. The origin
of the word dates back to the days
when spinning was not done by ma
cninery, but by hand. At that time
every girl learned to spin, as matter
of course, the same as she now learns
to spell. She was obliged to spin a
couple of hours every day, and what
she produced belonged 20 her Thus.
every girl, by the time she came to
get married. owned great quantity
of linen of her own make that she
brought. as a kind of dover. 70 her
husband. Every girls leisure, up al
most to her wedding day. was devoted
to the spinning of linen for use in the
household of her spouse. Therefore,
every unmarried girl was called a
spinster''
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

your water frequently night and day
smartins or irritation in passing brick
dust or sediment in the urine headache,
backache. lame back dizziness, sleepless-
ness. nervousness. heart disturbance due
TO bad kidney trouble skin errptions from
bad blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes,
bloating, irritability, wornout feeling, lack
of ambition. loss of flesh, sallow COM
plexion, or Bright's disease
IT your water, when allowed to remain
undisturbed in 4 glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours, forms a sediment or
settling or has cloudy appearance, it is
evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is tlc great discovery of
DR.. K;lmer. the eminent kidney and blad-
der specialist. Hospitals use it with Won
dcrtul success in both slight and severe
cases. Doctors recommend it to their
patients and use it in their own families,
because they recognize in Swamp Root
the greatest and most successful remedy
Swaap-Root is pleasant to take and is
for sale a drug stores the world over in
bottles OF two sizes and two prices-ffty
cents and one dollar. Remember the
name, .Sst'amt- Root. DR.. H12aa:er S
.SsOam3-Root. ara Tie addrssS. Bsmg-
Gamton, ". y, on c1'c,y 6ottLe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION.
Institution Ranks Thirteenth in Score
of Attendance.

VI IASlenudnCS.
LINCOLN-Regist at the
State university for the first semester
of the present school year number
-,,.403. Allowing for the number of
students who will flock in during the
last half Of the year the attendance
will probabl- reach $500. Last year
the registration was 1850. The State
university now stands thirteenth in
the roster OF colleges in the United
States in point of attendance, accord
ing to the figures of Rudolf Tombo,
Jr., registrar of Columbia university
The registrations at the State univer-
sity have been as follows: Industrial
and literary colleges, 1892; college Of
law, 172; college of medicine, 139;
school Of agriculture, 102; dental
school, 10; school of music, 320; grad
uate school, 8S; summer session, 1871:
short course agriculture and dairy
school. estimated. 100; total. 2.603; de-
duct for repeated names, estimated
16G; total, 2,453.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Increase in Students.

LINCOLN-Scientific farmers are
going to be plentiful in Nebraska. ac-
cording to the records of registration
at the school of agriculture. Regis
tration for the new term began on
Tuesday and by o'clock 178 had en-
rolled Last year the opening day
records showed but 132 new students.
Another encouraging point is that the
majority OF the newcomers are regis
tering for the long course" The
faculty is much pleased.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
NOISE AS A CURE.
Perhaps the Chinese Know More
About Medicine Than We Do.

Perhaps the Chinese Know More
About Medicine Than We Do.
The Chinese doctor sets up terri
BILE racket when called to treat the
sick. This is supposed to drive evil
spirits away, and it unQuestiOnably
acts well in a great many cases.
Civilization demands rest and quiet;
all noise is barred from the sick
room The Chinese have demonstrate
ed, unlnowinGly. a great psychologist
cal or psychopathOlogica fact.
A patient of mine had received the
last rites of the church, the pulse had
ceased at the wrist and he had sunk
into that coma which precedes death.
Someone in the next house struck up
the Anvil Chorus" from II Trova-
tore" l was very much annoyed and
distressed, and tried to stop it.
Suddenly the pUlsation at the wrist
began again, the patient gradually
opened his eyes, motiOned to his sis
ter. She bent low, and he whispered
in her ear. 'Te dunn, te dca, that is
my favorite tune" says he. We
reused him, fed him, and to-day, ten
years after the event, he weighs 240
pounds.
The therapeutics of vibration or
noise is yet to be written. So | have
discovered that anything that can
arouse the subcOnscious, subliminal
self will cure my patient wien all
drugs fail, and noise is very cheap
agent.-Medical Brief.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Ministers After MIR. Smoot.

LINCOLN-i-incoln ministers art
preparing to issue manifesto against
Senator Smcot of Utah. The coming
session of the ministerial association
will be devoted to a general discus
sion of the Smoot case, and resolu-
tions will probably be prepared to be
sent to congress. The matter has
been assigned to a committee for in
yestigation and two weeks OF inquiry
will preceGe the discussion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Mickey Sends Sympathy.

Governor Mickey expressed the sym
pathy of the people of Nebraska for
those afflicted by the recent theater
fire in Chicago in this telegram:
ITO Hon Carter Harrison. Mayor OF
Chicago: The people Of Nebraska
are inexpressibIy shocked on account
of the terrible calamity which has be-
fallen your city. I extend to you and
to all the bereaved and suffering ones
the heartfelt sympathy Of the citizens
of this STATE.
JOHN H. MICKEY, Governor"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
HOw'S This :?

We orer One Hundred Dollars Eewkrd FOR any
case or Catarrh that cannot he cared by Ha!Ts
Catarrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo o.
We the undersigned. have known r. j. Cheney
for the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions and financially
able To carry sny obligations made by his hrrn.
WALDIgG, ktSXAS MABvIE.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls CatRrrh Cure ;s taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free Price % cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
He Knows.
spinSter.

O dear little heart. don't worry so:
;od is watching YOU: he will know
How hard, the toiIinG. how drear the
way:
He will comfort you, dear. some day
Poor little soul don't mind the pain:
Others may garner the ripened grain.
And the empty huSks De all your share.
God sees all-you are in His care.
In this selfish world rot one may care
How hard you struggle. or how you fare:
Hut One there is whose love OVertlO|S-
Dear little girl He knows-He knows.
Irene L. Bearing in Boston Transcript.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Parker Becoming a Statesman.

Sir Gilbert Parker. the author, has
achieved prominent place in the
house of commons in short time. A
good deal CT this is due to the unusual
magnetism of his personality. which
always attracts people.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Fawcett for Commissioner.

Judge Jacob Fawcett Of Omaha has
been appointed supreme court COM
missioner to take the place made va
cant by the elevation of Commission
cr Barnes to the supreme bench.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
To Prove what SwampROOt, the Great Kidney Remedy,
Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of this paper May
Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys for
sickness suffering
through neglect other kidney
continue, fatal results follow.
other need
they attention
KilrneF
SwampIcoot kidney remedy
kidneys
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

EDITORIAL NOTICE.-If YOU
have the slightest symptoms OF kidney or
bladder trou5ie, or if there is trace of it
in your family history, send at once to DR..
Kilmer & Co, Birghamton, N. Y, who will
gladly send you By mail. immediately. with
out cost to you. anpie bottle of Swamp
Root and book containing many of the
thousands upon thousands of testimonial
letters rccei2ed from men and women cured.
In writing, be sure to say that you read
this generous offer in this paper.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
Boy Shot by Playmate.

GRANT-Albert Cookie, aged 13
years. was accidentally shot by play
mate The ball. a 22-calibre, passed
entirely through the knee.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Mother Grny's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurSe
in the Children's Home i'll New York, cure
Constipation, FeverishneSs, Bad Stomach.
Teetbing Disorders. move ana regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 20, 0O0teS-
timonials At all Druggists, a1;:- Sample
FREE. Address A. 5. Olmsted, 1cRoy, Z.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
FREE MEDICAL ADV CE3 TO

Dent hesitate to write TO Mrs.
Pini1ham. She viii Understand
your case perfectly, and !! II treat
vou with kindness. flC:' advice
IS free, and the address - Lynn.
nFaSS. No woman eve regretted
having written her, and she has
helped thousands.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Opportunity comes TO mlny per
persons, yet how few recc.1ize the
chary visitor
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
The Best Results in starchino

can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch. besides getting i OF. mere for
same mOuey-no cooking required.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

The mid AID immediate effect Of DR..
Ki!mers Swamp-Root, the great kidney
and bladder remedy, is soon realized 1t
stands the highest icr its wonderful cures
of thc most distressing cases. Swamp
Root will sci your whole system right,
and the lest proof of this is i trial.
IL EAST 10Th ST.. NEW YoEx CRY.
DEAR SIR; OCT. 18TH 1902.
Il had been suffering severely from kidney
trouble. All symptoms were Oh Eand; my former
strength and power had left me; | could hardly
drag myself alorG Even my mental capacity was
giving out, and often wished to die. 1t was then
I saw All advertisement of youiS Ii 4 New York
paper bat would have paid any attention 10 it.
had II nos promised sworn guarantee with every
bottle of your medicine asserting that Swamp
Root is purely ve&e:able, and does contain any
harmful drugs ! am seventy years and four months
Swamp Root to ell sufferers from kidney troubles.
-Four members OF my family have been using
Swsmp-Eoot 10. four different kidney diseases.
with the same good results"
With many thanks TO you. remain.
Very t.uly yours,
ROBERT BERNER.
You 1aay have a sample bottle of this
famous kidney remedy. Swamp-Root,
sent free by mail. postpaid, by which you
may test its virtues for such disorders IS
kidney. bladder and uric acid diseases,
poor digestion, being obliged to pass
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption IS al inrall,bls
nediciue for coughs and cOlds.-N. y. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove, y. D., Feb. Ia. 1850
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

The art OF restful convers lfinn con
sists in allowing the other person TO
carry the big end OF the ioGd.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Some men drink TO drown heir sor.
row. OF course drink brings mere sOr-
row, but then there's mere drinks
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Persons who are extremely careful
OF their dignity usually have very
little TO spare.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Go Your Clothes Look Yellow?
Then use Defiance Starch j. viii keep
them Whlte-I6 or. fer IT. GEMS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

"DEAE Mrs PCKHAM: i suffered
with stomach complaint for years. i
got SO bad that I could not carry my
children but FIVE months, then would
have a miscarriage. The last time
became pregnant, my husband got me
to take Lydia u. PinkkaIa's VeSe-
table Compound. After taking tho
G-st bottle | was relieved of the sick
ness of stomach, and began to feel bet
ter in every way. / confined its use
and wcs enabled 10 c2-ry. Ely baby to
maturity. now have 4 ice baby
girl, and can work better tn [ ever
could before. / an ike = nc:v woman"
--MRs. FRANK Ei-YE::::, 80 ). Second ST.,
Mcridcn, Conn. - 5000 forfeit f original Of
otcye letter proginI GcnaHeness C4AOt be Pr0dlced
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Keep them white with Red Cross iiaII Blue.
Ali grocers sell large : or. package, ) con.&
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
The Wonderful Cream senarntor.

Does its Work in thirty minutes and
leaves less than l per cent butter fat.
The price is TiGicuIously low. accord
ing to size. $2.75 to $500 each. and
when you have one you would not part
Herewith for fifty times its cost
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE.
with sc stamps for postage . the John
a S;aIzer Seed CO., La Crosse. W.s.,
and get their big catalogue. fully de-
sc-i5ins this remarkable cream Sepa-
ator. and hundreds of other tools and
farm seeds used by the farmer. CIV. y. u
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Only q smart man can conceal from
a woman the fact that ne isn't as
smart rs lie would wish her TO think
he is.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

The grievance Of not 4 few women
against their husbands is that the lat
ter give them no ground for griev-
2nCPS
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
CAUSES THAT AFFECT VITAL
STATiSTlCS.

Advancement in Civilization and Pros
perity One CT the Chief Reasons FOR
the Decline in the Birth Rate Noted
in So Many Countries.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

It's tough turkey that is able to
hold over for another term.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Business is a mantel that covers
d multitude of queer transactions.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

A man who is looking for trouble
can usually ind it without trouble.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

When Yea Buy Starch
bUy Defiance ard get the best Is o. for
70 cents. Once used. always used.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Economy IS the road to wealth.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYE is the
road 10 economy.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Woe unto the politician whose
nerve has become effetc.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15

Were It not for the foo.s the wise
guys would get left.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-15
BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH

SYRUP cures coughs and colds.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10
Unions OF
Government
Employees.

gressmen who refuse
they cannot in consci
istration has already
and punish abuses of
be wise for the Cong
action by legislation.
Much can be done
labor matters merely
certain conditions. T
done excellent work
different directions.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10

as no other body of
Tho Pension Bureau
tory been managed
manner than Is now
The progress OF the
ton. though not rap
could be hoped for,
stances. Within the
have shown. in q d.
The oasis., 1904-12-03

It seems impossible for some people to conceive of anything but a man in politics. It is the very fact that women are different from men, will always remain so, that they need the ballot and our gov ernment in turn needs them.
 Women have no desire to be- come like men, nor vote like men. they want to be women and vote like women. Women being spec ially interested in the spiritual, moral and home side of life would look after these interests in our government.
 Our commercial interests are al ready well looked after but gooc men are in despair over the mora side of our political life.
 Women are especially interested and strong along the lines in which our government is weak. Combin, the vote of the man and the wo man and we will have a complet' whole. A government with mer only to look after its interests is not complete any more than is a home with only men to look aftel it.
 ELNoRA MONROE BABcocK
The oasis., 1904-12-03
Will Woman's Nature chauge When
 She Votes?

A recent editorial upon Woman Suffrage in the Pittsburg Gazette closes with this sentence:-
 "rhe only question is whether it is adapted to woman's nature to participate in politics, for no amount of education can make a woman more like man than her grandmother were"
 The above sentence contains the sum total of the so-calIed argu- ments against woman suffrage, the only trouble being that one class of opponents tell Us women should not vote because thy would be- come like men if they did SO, and the other class, like the writer of this editorial, that women should not vote because no amount of education could make them like the men.
The oasis., 1904-12-03
N0CALES NOTES.

Ladies' silk hose as swell Xmas present at La Francesa. tf
 A great deal of mining activity in the vicinity of Nogales, and upon all sides of the town, is re- ported.
 "The American Gentleman" the finest and handsomest shoe for gentlemen's wear, at the Red House, Ramon vasquez.
 The Jarillas Mining Company MT. P. E. Murray, manager, have bought from Roy < Titcomb a hoist and equipment.
 Mir. H. B. Fryer of Harshaw and Mrs. Geneva NJ. Pavitte, both of Harshaw, were united in matri- mony Monday evening by Judge w. A. O'Connor.
 Last week MT. F. Peltier, man. ager of the local branch of the Banco de Sonora, went to Douglas, called by the sudden death of the father of Mrs. Peltier, Mir. Teodoro Riyas.
 Saturday last Miss Mercedes Montague, the fonrteen-year- old daughter of the late George Mon tague, died after short and severe illness, and was buried the after noon of the same day.
 Useful Christmas presents for little mon Y can be found at La Francesa If
 Mir. Charles Stein of Chicago, manager of the Monarch Brewing Co.,, and the Art Wall Paper Co, who is also secretary of Los Coches Mining Company, was at Nogales Tuesday returning home from a visit to the company's property near Gabilan, Sonora.
 Miss Edna Hallock, last year a teacher in the Nogales public school, who resigned to accept a similar position in Redlands, Calif- ornia, was recently very severely injured in an accident--a runaway horse. She was taken to her home in New York, where it is reported she has since died.
 
 Monday morning Mr. George Watt came up from La Brisca, where he had been some weeks en- gagged in working on the dredging apparatus for the Greene Cohsoli- dated Gold Placer Mining Com Pany. He reports the work pro- gressing finely: the towers are up, the cable stretched, and the car riers in course of installation. The pumps will be soon in operation, and within four weeks the mach inery will be running.
The oasis., 1904-12-03
COFFEE

The doctor comes occa- sionallY the cook is here all the time.
 Your grocer returns your uAney f you don't l@ Schinings Best.
The oasis., 1904-12-03

Ladies silk hose as swell Xmas present at La FTancesa. if.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-29
Island
pop. 1850

are now ready for work. Following
are the teams:
Guards, . Laura Bickell, Maudt
Head, Ethel Smith, Jessie Nico
and Louis Hastings, Capt.
'Trojans, Ethel Burroughs, Ethe
Perry, Mollie Whitley, Beulah Phil
ip, Alice Blancet and Gertrude Bick
ell, Capt.
'Invincibles, Myrtle Bickell Ora
Gle Fry, Ethel Whitley, Cora Bur.
roughs, Christina Nicol and Mary
Cramer, Capt.
The teams will be told by the fol
lowing colors: Guards, green; Tro-
jams, red; Invincibles, yellow. The
first game was played at the [. O. O.
F. hall last evening between the Tro-
jams and the Invincibles. The win
ming team will play the Guards next
Friday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-29
DEER HARBOR

r. K. McLac. Ian spent Saturday
and Sunday with NJ. S. Donahue, at
East Sound.
D. Murray has returned to his
home here after a business trip to
Bellingham and Seattle.
The meeting of the Lincoln Club at
the home of J. F. Pressey Tuesday
evening was well attended.
P. Peterson went to Victoria the
first of the week, where he is to be
employed during the winter.
Mr.. Pointer and family have re
turned home after a few days visit
with relatives on Shaw island.
E. Heines, of Bellingham, came
over Tuesday to dig his potato crop,
which is not so large as he expected.
Quite number of Deer Harbor
people were present at the unveiline
of the monuments at American and
English camps.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-29

Hrea 10 So. NJ.
LOPEZ

Whitman and Dill will supply any
entertainment with sheet music. APP
ply to their secretary, Mrs. George
Bolton.
The social at the home of J. P.
Paine was well attended, over fifty
being present. All report splendid
time. Receipts, $40.
Twelve ladies were present at the
sewing bee at Mrs McNallie's. Ten
garments were completed and sever
al more nearly so.
Thos. Upston was quite sick the
first of the week He had just been
appointed a member of the Demo
cratic committee.
The Royal Neighbors are prepar.
ing program to be rendered in the
near future to raise funds to pur.
chase robes for the order.
Our merchant, P. I. Whitman, hai
the hardest time in his life finding
the key to piece of music he found
lying on the floor. Mrs. Mead came
to his aid and solved the problem fol
him. It proved to be A Flat Dill.