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 Rain Fal
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 youiself. 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- MATllEWS, C. H. ODELL,
Land Com. Stuttgart & Ark. R. R. Dist. Land and Passenger Agt., Mo. Pacific Ry.
'is the time
to go to
Arkansas to purchose farms.
Two million acres of fine
farming, fruit and timber
land for sale by this com
pany on easy terms.
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
GRAS. H. ODELL,
Distinct Land and Passenger Agent, Peoria, 111., or O’Neill, Neb.
PROOF POSITIVE,
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Batter
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Photograph of tlio Fish
Than an AfBdarlt,
In 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
back large and terrifying yarns re
garding hts catch. Formerly one of
his favorite yarns was that he pulled
ont 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 120 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
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: “Now,
between you and me, did you catch
anything?”
Finally, driven to an extremity, he
adopted the scheme which gave him
reputation. He painted on a screen
the pietere of a small house, such as
may be found at any fishing camp.
Against this screen he would hang
a 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 they hoot at his claims and
discount his narratives he says:
"Gentlemen, the camera tells no lies.
Here is a photograph of the monster,
the largest ever taken from the lake.
8oe for yourselves.”
PACKING TRUNKS FOR A LIVING
An Occupation Which Ought to Salt
Women and Should Pay In Season.
What is really a sensible occupa
tion that could be managed from the
women's exchanges would be that oi'
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 fl a trunk. The cleaner’s
bill was $*, and she ,'w* »v
• ■ :. ‘ , . - i :
too. The occupation would not bo so
laborious to the professional packer
as it is to the amateur. The con
fidence of knowledge is a (Treat relief
in itself, and the “professional” would
insist upon the trunk being set upon a
rest and all its intended contents
spread out before her, serious helps to
picking which the woman trying to
be in half a dozen places at once on
packing day often ignorea Mean
time, if you must paek your own
trunks, dear sister, spike your hats
and bonnets to the trunk tray with
your hat pins, discard boxes, pack
bottles 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, la.,
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 uumber 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
pioneers what were the features of
the fair-play code, the pioneer is re
ported to have answered that since
hjs honor s court had found its way
into the region fair play had fled and
law had taken its place.
----
An Arch of Cola 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 rnohurs and real sovereigns
—valuable coins in India—worth ovei
$50,000, 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 sufllciently
strong to keep the gold pieces quite
safe from anv attempt to steal them.
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THEY COOKED THE RAIN.
And With Lightning nnd Snow Made a
Satisfactory Meal.
‘ Perhaps one of the most peculiarly
prepared luncheons ever laid before
hungry people was one which we had
not long ago, when we were snowed
up 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 wo 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, wo 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
storm could be produced. We 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 bo a good thing to
cook it upon.in lieu of nothing better.
The‘thuuder’wns 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
beans, but were 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 tc
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 01
‘rain.’ ”
A LUXURY.
It Wu Well That Hit Wife Didn't Knov
the Secret.
One evening about 6 o’clock in Mis
souri, when the festive train robbei
was not so rare as he is now, a dust
covered traveler rode up to a cabin or
the bank of a small stream and ac
costed the man of the place, who was
out in front -Shopping firewood to gel
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 oui
here fer more stove wood.”
"I'm very much obliged to you,’
said the traveler, “but before comin
in I want to tell you that I am a fugi
tive and there is a reward of $1,000 01
my head.”
The prospective host took a look a
the visitor’s head.
“It’s more’n I’d give,” he sail
quietly.
The traveler laughed.
“It mightn't be if you knew who
was,” he said.
“One of them train gents, I reckon,’
replied the man at the woodpile ai
serenely as if he entertained sucl
angels as a business.
"You’ve guessed it.”
“I wuzn’t guessing, stranger; 1
knowed. But git down and come ii
and take a wash. I’ll take Are ui
your hoss. Don’t say nuthln’ to the
old woman, though, 'bout who y’air,
fer ef she knowed I wuz indulgin’ in
this sort nv a thousand-dollai
lugshury thar’s no tellin’ what ud
happen; she’s so almighty perticklei
'bout some things.”
Why He Didn’t Kiss Her.
The prosecuting attorney In tli<
breach of promise case thought hi
would make life a burden to the un
fortunate young man who was the
unwilling defendant “Do you mear
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
saw her on your return?” “I do,” re
sponded the defendant firmlv. “Will
yon make the statement to the jury?”
"Certainly, if necessary.” "Do you
think they would believe you?” “One
of them would, I know.” “Ah, indeed.
And why he. pray?” Because he was
present when I first saw her. Ho was
at the gate when I rode up, and she
stuck her head out of the second storv
window and I told her ‘how d’ye,’ and
said I’d be back to supper in half an
hour. I’m no giraffe,” and everybody
in the court room smiled exce pt the
attorney.
Genius and Physical Beauty.
Ouida proceeds to show that men ol
genius are fine, handsome fellows,
bo they are, as a rule: witness Tenny
son, Musset, Scott—the strongest
man of the Rough Clan—Marlbor
ough Goethe, Bonny Dundee, Burns,
wf ^°r Sir Henry Taylor, Napol
leon, Shelley, Byron—a gallery of
beaut!es. The Popes and Voltaires
are the exceptions. Now. if Genius
gets money, renown, the affection of
the sex which Ouida adorns, victory,
palms, pieans, and is besides a tall
strong handsome person, surely
ha* a happy time> and may
stupid^ the misconcePtioDs of the
The Shoe Drawer.
nartm°VlraWC/’ divided **> com
payments so that each pair of shoe
toZbp°“™*°
compartments of varyinn- sixes to um
laces, ribbons, veils »t«.“ 1! to.hol<1
wh»n mi j . etc-. than it ii
holding the boMi
LEGAL ADVERTISEMEU
NOTICE FOB PUBMOATio*
Land Office at O'Nv,, . .
Octobers",
Notice Is hereby Riven that the .?
named settler baa filed notice of I01
named settler baa filed notice of IS.,
to make final proof in support nfj"
and that said proof will be made u)
register and receiver at O’Neill >
November IB, 1894. vis: °‘u' &
WILLIAM ALLEN, H. E.Nno,
For the NE !4 section 10, townshln *
12 west. v *•
He names the following witnesses.
his continuous residence upon aV."
tion of, said land, viz: Ed Bo,;^*
John Colburt. of Slocum. and Jnh»
and Barney Kearns, of O'Neill '
14-0 JOHN A. HARMON, 11$
NOTICE.
Mary E. Calhoun, Orles Calhn„«
Calhoun, Ida Daugherty. E.a7 jft.
.lhr-— ' *
Guy Calhoun, Clark Calhoun and?“l
and J. H. Keith, partners under a'
name of Ford & Keith, defendants is
- — - - -, dfiffifldftnta Min
notice that on the 2nd day of NovemlS
J. H. Keith, trustee, and Emily t “2
nlnlntiffa lipruhi fllnH tkal. I
plaintiffs herein, filed their net'itiA
district court of Holt county nSw
against said defendants, ttae ohu
prayer of which are to foreclose i «
trust deed executed by one Samuel
houn and the defendant Mary E.c
upon the northwest quarter of socha.
four (31) of township twenty-seven _
range twelve (12) west of the sixth Sa
meridian, in Holt county, Nebraska in
the payment of a certain bond or nm,
May 1.1338, for the sum of five hundm
inrK. flii« unn navRiilA in flwo _
lars. due and payable In five years aft.
date thereof, said bond or note belle
payable to Eugene Westervelt and
endorsed and assigned to plaintiff c
Htunrt. and said trust, rtrmH k«$ ' a
and
Stuart, and said trust deed belnv
plaintiff, J. H, Keith, to seoure sam«.
there Is now due upon said bond or nil
trust deed the sum of $500 and Intern.!,
on fron November 1, 1888, at eight
per annum, also interest upon matured!
eat at the rate of ten per cent as n*
On *20 from May 1,1889; on $20 from V.
ber 1, 1889; on 1:0 from May 1, 1800- al
from November 1,1890 and on 820 fmm«
1881. The plaintiff also olalms the rta
recover In said action amounts of tanJ
on said real estate and a lien thereon
same as follows: $24.80 and Interest nil
cent, from November 10,1891; $12 40 U
tercst at 10 per cent, from November ■ i
$22.58 and Interest at 10 per cent fw.
vember 21, 1893; *19.88and interest at!
cent, from September 13, 1894. and nta
pray said premises may be decreed to Sr
to satisfy the amounts due thereon as al
said, and that all the defendants afm
may be foreclosed of their right, claimU
est and lien In said premises, and tbui
respective Interest therein may be On
tn liu innlnp uiihapniianf n»rl ™
to be junior, subsequent and Inferior?
lien of said trust deed.
You are required to answer said petltia
or before the 17th day of December, i*l
Dated November 6,1894. »
J. H. Keith, trcibi
and Emily L. Sto*.
Plait*
By B. B. Dicawi
on
Mahtin I. Broi
Attm
MERCHANT
TAILOR_
D. H. Garbart has opg
up to do a general!
chant tailoring huiii
in O’Neill.
He will be found in the
Mack building 4 doors
east of Hotel Evans, where
he will be pleased to show yoi
samples and take orders for nei
suits. Repairing and cleaniif
done neatly and promptly.
D. H. GAKB1
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