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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1894)
GO SOUTH to the i m nr sunshine and plenty. The Grand Prairie of Arkansas County Offers Great Inducements for Good Land Good Timber Good Air Good Water Good Climate Good Health Good People Good Towns Good Schools Good Markets Good Bain Fall FARMS AND HOMES. NO COLD SNAPS, NO HEATED TERMS, NO CYCLONES, NO BLIZZARDS. Rich, productive timber and prairie lands at from $3 to $8 per acre, high, dry and healthy, on most favorable terms. • This county offers greater inducements for the poor man who wants a home where he can grow anything that mother earth produces than any country in the world. See for yourself. Special excursion on November 6. We want some Holt county farmers to go with us on November 6 and will make very low rates. Come in and talk it over. W. D- MATHEWS, C. H. ODELL, Land Com. Stuttgart <fc Ark. R. R. Dist. Land and Passenger Agt., Mo. Pacific Ry. I ( the time j i go to * Arkansas to purchose farms. Two million acres of fine I farming, fruit and timber land for sale by this com- < pany on easy terms. j Colony now organizing. Go with the Crowd on No • vember 6. Maps and pam phlets furnished free. GRAND LAND EXCURSION TO THE SUNNY SOUTH Via the MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY. ONE FARE FOR the ROUND TRIP. Call on or address CHAS. H. ODELL, District Land and Passenger Agent, Peoria, 111., or O’Neil], Neb. PROOF POSITIVE. Tha fkotofraph of the Fish Better la these days of sophisticated ad vancement no one believes a fish story unless the proofs are at hand. A Chicago artist who is much given to angling makes periodical visits to Wisconsin lakes and invariably brings hack large and terrifying yarns re f garding his catch. Formerly one of his favorite yarns was that he pulled out a black bass that seemed to be ' eighteen inches long, and just as he was taking it in over the side of the boat it got away from him. One night at his club he related how he and a man from Milwaukee went out before breakfast and got over 180 pounds of croppies. "What became of them?” "Well, we ran out of ice and had to give them away," which explanation was greeted with derisive laughter. He brought home once a long pine stick on which were two notches, in dicating the length of a pike taken one evening just as the sun went down, and which lasted the camp J' three days. "Anybody can make a couple of ; notches in a stick,” said the skeptics It is very trying. He would return from an expedition full of enthusiasm and large claims, only to meet some alleged friend who would take him aside and ask, seriously: “Mow, between you and me, did you catch Finally, driven to an extremity, he adopted the scheme which gave him reputation. He painted An a screen (he picture of a small house, such as , ' may be found at any fishing camp. Against this screen he would hang Than an AtSdnvIt. • six-inch fish, the average size of his catch, and would then take a photo graph of the fish and the background. According to the photograph the fish would reach from the eaves almost to the ground. The length would be, apparently, anywhere from four' to six feet. When thoy hoot at his claims and discount his narratives he says: "Gentlemen, the camera tolls no lies. Here is a photograph of the monster, the largest ever taken from the lake. See for yourselves.” PACKING TRUNKS FOR A LIVING An Occupation Which Ought to Suit Women and Should Fay In Season. What is really a sensible occupa tion that could be managed from the women's exchanges would be that ol' trunk-packer. In these days of wide spread summer travel, packing has come to be a dreaded necessity with women. The difference between skilled and unskilled trunk storing cannot be fully appreciated until the two are compared. There is an economy in it that is obvious. It means fewer trunks, less destruction to con tents, and, above all, the blissful relief to bodies and brains taxed to the last degree in leaving a house in deserted summer, trim, putting finish ing touches to the family wardrobe, looking after the comfort of those to be left, and all the rest There was a woman who wrapped a silk dress skirt last summer around a jar of grandma’s preserves, which she could not resist attempting to bring home with her, who would bet ter have employed a professional packer at $1 a trunk. The cleaner’s bill was SI, and she ** V too. The occupation would not be so laborious' to the professional packer as it is to the amateur. The con fidence of knowledge is a great relief in itself, and the “professional" would insist upon the trunk being set upon a rest and all its intended contents spread out before hei*, serious helps to packing which the woman trying to be in half a dozen places at once on pocking day often ignorea Mean time, if you must pack your own trunks, dear sister, spike your hats and bonnets to the trunk tray with your hat pins, discard boxes, pack bdttles only in cork-lined cases that come for the purpose, carrying them in a separate bag otherwise and don’t pack on a damp day near the window or you’ll find your beautifully starched muslins and linens limp as a rag when they are taken out A Queer Name. “Fair-play men” was the title given to a part of Lycoming county, Pa., now densely populated and dotted With prosperous towns and cities. The proprietary government, with a view to protecting Indians from intrusion, had forbidden the survey and settle ment of the region, but some hard treated and hard-handed Scotch-Irish pioneers found their way into the for bidden territory, and. being outside the immediate jurisdiction of any properly constituted tribunal, they chose three of their number to settle disputes, and called them fair-play men. The decision of this tribunal, especially as to boundaries, were en forced by the whole community, and came in time to be respected even by the courts. When a chief justice of Pennsylvania asked one of the first i .. f .1v '!• . .V .. j ’ r - . '- A pioneers what were the features of the fair-play code, the pioneer is re ported to have answered that since his honor's court had found its way into the region fair play had fled and law had taken its place. An Arch ot Gold Coins. A novelty in the way of triumphal arches was seen when the governor general of India visited Rangoon not long back. One structure, very hand somely decorated to begin with, was still further enriched by being covered with gold mohurs and real sovereigns —valuable coins in India—worth ovei 850,000, each mohur being equal to fifteen rupees. The coins were stuck to the red cloth with a glue that had been specially ^prepared for the pur pose, and was no doubt sufficiently strong to keep the gold pieces quite safe from any attempt to steal them. For The Campaign. The campaign this fall will be of the greatest interest to all the citizens of Nebraska. The Omaha Weekly Bee will handle all the issues of importance during the campaign in its usual able manner and proposes to make a price of 20 cents for the balance of this year to all Nebraska subscribers who may desire to keep thoroughly posted on the im portant issues that will be discussed. Send us 20 cents in silver or stamps for the 13-page Weekly Bee up to Jan uary 1,1895. Address, The Omaha Bee. Omaha, Neb. they cooked the rain. And With Msbtnlue *nd Snow Made a Satin factory Meal. “Perhaps one of the most peculiarly prepared luncheons ever laid before hungry people was one which we had not Ion- ago, when we were snowed "p in a theater of a small Western town," said a theatrical man. “Upon this night, within the brief interval after the people left the theater, while we were dressing to go to our hotel, a terrific snowstorm such as you can find only in the West—came up The snow drifted against our doors and all about the streets, so that we had to remain all night in the theater. Of course, we got hungry, as actors will sometimes do, and we began to search for something eat able. “We prowled around the property room, and we were about to give up in disgust when one of the company struck a box of beans, which were used to imitate the sound of rain. By shaking the box a stage rain Btorm could be produced. IVe took this •rain’ as the profession is pleased to call it, but saw no way of cooking it. Some one suggested that the ‘thunder’ might be a good thing to cook it upon,in lieu of nothing better. The’thunder'was a sheet of tin or iron, which was shaken to make the roar of heaven’s artillery. We bent the •thunder’ so that it would hold the beaDS, but wore at a loss for means for producing heat. Our property man suggested that we use ‘light ning,’ a powder of lycopodium, used for making flashes upon the stage, for the fire. We found quite a lot of this, and with the addition of some ‘snow’—little bits of paper used to represent the beautiful—we started quite a fire and succeeded in cooking the beans, which we ate with a relish. Resolving into stage parlance, we used ‘thunder,’ ‘lightning,’ and ‘snow’ to cook a lunch that consisted of ‘rain.’” A LUXURY. It Wu Well That HU Wife Didn't Know One evening' about 6 o’clock in Mis souri, when the festive train robber .was not so rare as he is now, a dust covered traveler rode up to a cabin on the bank of a small stream and ac costed the man of the place, who was out in front shopping firewood to get supper with. “Can I get something to eat here?” asked the traveler. “You can’t git much, stranger; but you can git what the rest uv us gits," was the hospitable reply. “Can’t I get it quick?” “Soon’s the old woman cooks it; she’s at it now, and she sent me out here fer more stove wood.” “I’m very much obliged to you,” said the traveler, “but before coming in I want to tell you that I am a fugi tive and there is a reward of 31,000 on my head.” " The prospective host took a look at the visitor’s head. “It’s more’n I’d give,” he said quietly. The traveler laughed. “It mightn’t be if you knew who I was,” he said. “One of them train gents, I reckon,’ replied the man at the woodpile as serenely as if he entertained sucb angels as a business. “You’ve guessed it.” “I WKzn’t guessing, stranger; I knowed. But git down and come in and take a wash. I’ll take care uv your hoss. Don’t say nuthtn’ to the old woman, though, ’bout who y’air, fer ef she knowed I wuz indulgin’ in this sort uv a thousand-dollar lugshury thar’s no tell in’ what ud happen; she’s so almighty pertickler ’bout some things. ” Why He Didn’t KUs Her. The prosecuting attorney in the breach of promise case thought he would make life a burden to the un fortunate young man who was the unwilling defendant “Do you mean to say,” he asked after a lot of embar rassing questions, “you did not kiss the plaintiff, to whom you were en gaged to be married, when you first 6aw her on your return?” “I do ” re sponded the defendant firmlv. “Will the Secret. in the court room smiled attorney. exce pt the benlns and Phyglcai Beauty. Ou!da proceeds to show that men ol genius are fine, handsome f So they are, as a rule: witness Ten™, son, Musset, Scott-the strongest ™h Ooett «°U"h C1—Marfbo^ ou^n, uoethe, Bonny Dundee srti's" «»r, c.;. 5; beauties Thi ,! "ron~ri gallery ol ueauiies. I he Popes and Voltaires are the exceptions. Now, if Gem™ gets money renown, the affection of natms^ Ch °Ulda ad°™- victory stroT;PTVnd is besides “ taU, Genius’ ha^a^h®® pe.rson’ surely disregard the m?PP^ time, and may stupid h misc°nceptions of the . , ,Tho s,10e Drawer. A shoe drawer, divided P«rto„„ „ tl;t 0«ikpdai ”“ «« by a busy woman who h^ not"?1 isea^°rSey-coAnvteOP- d kept in order if nanir®1 “nd easi compartmenU ofParvt°,ned °ff in laces, ribbons, veils, cte ^!,Bt0^° when filled with v n 14 holding the commodfueSb°ard ba* LEGAL ADVERTISED NOTICE FOB PUBLICAN Land Office at Notice Is hereby given 8' named settler has filed notirjT„.tbf to make final proof in suntv?« lll*l and that Bald proof will bR«!u register and receiver at n've '* November 16, 1894, viz: u WILLIAM ALLEN, H P v For the NE )4 section 10, town'.M'l 12 west. ’ loWa»hlp j He names the following wit. hts continuous residence unn.PSse,i tlon of, said land, viz: John Colburt, of Slocum and Barney Kearns, of O’Noin .A H-e JOHN A. HABM0\e^ NOTICE. MaryE. Calhoun, Grids r»n Calhoun. Ida Daugherty. r iS Guy Calhoun, Clark Calhoun' and J. H. Keith, partners 'un^ f name of Ford & Keith, defend^? notice that on the 2nd day of J. H. Keith, trustee, and Emil? eP plaintiffs herein, filed their dm', district court of Holt countvv against said defendants, the'?! prayer of which are to foreclose": trust deed executed by one s.11 houn and the defendant Marvr"? upon the northwest quarter of seen four (31) of township twentvfLJ1 range twelve (12) west of the shS81 uier.dlan, in Holt county, NebrisL, ■ the payment of a certain bond nV„1* May 1.1836, for the sum of five h„ lurs, due and payable In five year.”" date thereof, said-bond oruoW payable to Eugene Westervelt "i endorsed and assigned to plaintiff Stuart, and said trust deed W, plaintiff, J. H. Keith, to secure ,* there is now due upon said bond trust deed the sum of *500 and intern? on fron November 1, 1888, at cltrhi per annum, also Interest upon mat,,2 est at the rate of ten per cent On $20 from May 1,1880; on $20 ft™ her 1, 1889; on *20 from May l S from November 1,1890 and on S20 tw 1891. The plaintiff also claims th? recover in said action amounts oft,, on said real estate and a lien there? same as follows: *24.80 and intere? cent, from November 10,1891- «|oi' terest at 10 per cent, from Novemli 822.52 and interest at 10 per cent * vember 21, 1893; *19.66 and Interest n cent, from September 13, 1894. and,, pray said premises may be deoreedtl to satisfy the amounts due thereon* said, and that all the defendants! may be foreclosed of their right c!r est and lien in said premises, atidt respective interest therein may be to be junior, subsequent and litter!, lien of said trust deed. You are required to answer said w or before the 17th day of Decembers Dated November 5,1801. J. H. IfEITH.TErf and Emily! Sit By B. B. Diet Martin i. br«, Alta MERCHANT TAILOR_ D. H. Garbartbii up to do a gen I chant tailoring tafl in O’Neill. ■ He will be found in the Mack building 4 doors east of Hotel Evans, where he Will be pleased to show samples and take orders for nJ suits. 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