STATIC. i orenzo Crounse .1 T. J. Majors ,vcrnor. J. C. Allen Hate.J. S. Bartley er. .George 11. Hastings •ral. .. T:,i- ”■ .. ..Eugene Moore id iiiillinks--3cor^HK,"Jj,oudy ""TtTE'lIMVKUSITY. ■ . . I hjiv 111 Burnham, ■■ IJ"''ol m F I' Holmes, Haiti. Alma, r- j Hull ulhiicu. KfAinty, SO-liESSlONAL. „ Mnnderaon, of Omaha, Mad Ison ,.s -Win. - Bow; Wm " Win Bryan. Lincoln; O. ,s " a. JlcKelshan, Hod JUDICIARY. .Samuel Maxwell '.'judge Post and T. L.Norval Hi JUDICIAL dibtbict. M. P- Klnkald, of O Nelli ,!.J. King of O Nelli ''' A. L. Bartow of Chadron ’"a. L. Warrick, of O Neill si) OFFICES. . John A. Harmon. " _Elinor Williams. COUNTY. Geo McCutcheon court ....John Sklrving nirict Court- () M. Collins mis... . ...I. I*. Mullen .. ..Sam Howard . ...Bill Bethoa .*..Mike. McCarthy . ..elms Hamilton . ..Chas O’Nolll .W. It. Jackson ' Mrs. W. U. Jackson . l)r. Trueblood M. K. Norton .H. E. Murphy SUPER VISORS. .Frank Mooro . ..Wilson Brodlo . .Willie Calkins . ..George Eckley . Fred Schindler . .1.8. Dennis . W. B. Haigh . .D. O. ltoll . .. .8. Gillison .11. B. Kolly . It. .1. Hayes .It. Slaymaker I. E. M. Waring . . ..S. L. Conger . . ..John Hodge i. . H. Wilson . .. .John Murphy ... ..George Kenuody ,. .John Alts r. ...James Gregg _F. W. Phillips ..Peter Kelly .John Crawford L. A. .Tillison .. U. O. Wine "T. E. Doolittle J. B. Uonohoe .... G. H. Phelps ..J. E. White ,.. D.Trullinger Y OF O'NEILL. Inlin Murphy; Justices, E. H. ]\. Welum; Constables, Jolm >rkins Brooks. M’lLMEN—FIRST WARD. enrs.—John McBride, it Yunnan. For one SECOND WARD. urs-Jake Pfund. For one year THIRD WARD. in*—Elmer Merriman. For one VlllRTS. CITY OFFICERS. U. Dickson; Clerk, N. Martin; .ir CHUUCH. Sunday t-Preacliing 10:30 a. M. and 7:30 ui. 1 u:3d a. si. Class No. a (Ep eu'ujhp.ji. Class No. 3 (Child i Mind-week services—General « Thursday 7:30 P. M. All wiU "ine. especially strangers. K. E. HOSMAN, Pastor. TiST NO. so. The Gen. John 'no, No. hti, Department of Ne a ill meet the first and third 1::‘ Ot each month in Masonio S. J. Smuh, Com. .LEY LODGE, I. o. o. \Vodnesday evening in isitiug brothers cordially C. L. BniCiHT, Sec. N VAI '• every hull, t ml. N.U. v-u,vr I KK, H. A. M 'miv'halltlllrd Thur8dll5- of eao11 ' UA5. i/AVIb, l "'•'.IHER. K. Ot K. and 8. no. 80.1. l8e\ery second and fourth 1:11 Uuutii in (WdFeWaSS! Scribe, H. M. UiTLir. ®£;£i*JS£PSP**«B C. Harnisii, H, P ■HELMET LOIKii, 11,1 everv MiiMb* u. u. "* w*- U. 1). ry Monday at 81 ‘clock p. ntill. Viiitinp- brothers ( has. Da rife, C. 0, K nf 14 u il0Wg 5»Wura« Fellow*’ Dali, month in Odd luuowr wail, v;SSIE A. Bright,N. Q. ■">>. secretary. ?“SSr^2i 'ae' A. UTuwu, W. M. ■ •“? Masonic hull. L A H. Ouhbiv , oler W ltec' E. Burl; ji. W t°efice dihcetor Arriv»I Of Mau, 'M Tl| J. rcy ^ "‘Hud ltn. Arrive, • A, rlve« (av.'iv A,*nrjlE,.sit4 ui;u^LandV.?acK V o,i ’AO DOCK ‘I'y.Ti *'and Frill,,j.', 1 ur“- *nd sat5.‘ SE!,., v “’“'•I CmV. \V(V(,D X,,)BHaPa f-iv.Ti ,,'and Erl.#t* „ C1C,M'‘,n8VIE The young ladies Gould are oer tainly progressive. For many years people knew that Jay Gould lived on Fifth avenue, had a big family and was a very good domestic, sleepless little man who boiled milk on a gas stove for insomnia and made enough money to keep the wolf from coming in the oak front door. The public knew nothing further about tne do mestic life of the Goulds. Then George married an actress. She was good, beautiful, young, and old Jay Gould was very fond of her. That was all the public knew about it. Then Jay Gould died. Helen made her debut and George bought a yacht. Helen was philanthropic and enter tained but little; she preferred poor boys and mission houses to society people and dances. She soon left the “world" for home and charitable works. George raced the Vigilant against the prince of Wales and got badly beaten. Now Helen and Anna, two of the wealthiest young women in the coun try, are about to take up a law course. They are both said to have inherited their father's business in stinct!, and are devoting their time to spending in ways wise, judi cious and charitable the fortunes which were left to them. Helen is interested in the building of houses for the poor, and has much property as well as countless philanthropic schemes which she attends to herself. Anna has been seriously thinking of becoming a princess, and wants to know how to keep her royal husband within bounds. They are going to take a full law course under the tui tion of Professor Russell. Of course, in a very short time they will know the difference between American and Roman law, the rights of property holders and how to creep out as well as into a lawsuit, and these fair wo men will not force Howard to pay out $10,000, or wicked lawyers will not impose on the young millionairesses and foreign noblemen demand their purchase price down, or the young ladies will “know the reason why.” AT THE DENTIST’S. the Forceps- Wlelder Is Told a Rather Unpleasant Thing. A well-known Chicago dentist tells an excellent story on himself that will bear the light of day. The gentleman is the owner, among other possessions, of a cottage on Congress street and, as with most old-fashioned buildings of the kind, it has an out house and other primitive con veniences in the rear of the premises. A new tenant of the cottage made it a sine qua non that before he signed the lease the service of a scavenger should be engaged and accordingly one of those useful but extremely malodorous functionaries was en gaged. About a week after this a well dressed man called at the doctor's office at the corner of Madison and Ashland boulevard with a bill. It was the scavenger. The doctor promptly paid the bill, remarking that the work had been well done. The man lingered around a few mo ments and finally said: “Doctor, you’re a dentest, ain’t you?” “Yes.” “You have to pull and fill teeth?” “Certainly; have you anything you Wish attended to?” “Naw,” drawled the scavenger, “but I couldn’t help thinking you must be in an extremely unpleasant business.” “1 could have stood this from pretty nearly anybody but a scavenger,” de clared the doctor. Told of Professor Swing. One winter morning, the late Pro fessor Swing was sauntering slowly along near his home in Chicago. The stone pavements were coated with ice, and a woman who lived in the neighborhood was cautiously picking her way along. Suddenly her feet flew out and she came down hard upon the sidewalk. Professor Swing paused to satisfy himself that she was not seriously injured. Then he dryly remarked: “Mrs. S-, in my opinion you aro a good woman.” Piqued at his remark, and at the same time at her predicament, she retorted: “I don’t know why you think so. What do you mean?” “Scripture has it,” gravely replied Professor Swing, “that ‘the wicked stand in slippery places.’ You seem to be sitting down.” Mystery of tha Oyster Bed* One of the greatest natural curiosi ties in the world is the Texas oyster bed. This bed extends across the entire state from south to north, and has lain long enough to become strat ified. The shells are soft when first taken out, but harden upon exposure to the atmosphere. At Henrietta, in the Panhandle, a number of beautiful buildings have been constructed of this material. At Weatherford and San Antonio shell roads have been made. The oysters embrace several species long since extinct, and while geologists agree that Texas must at one time have been at the bottom of the gulf of Mexico, they are at a loss to account for the presence of that oyster bank, there being none found east or west of the strata. A own With a History. The city of ’Hamburg has been en fete,for it celebrated the other day the 1,000th year of its existence. lu the churches festival services were held, the burghers gave receptions and all sorts of rejoicings took place among the people. Hamburg, or ileimburg, is a city of lower Austria, on the Danube, twenty-seven mles from Vienna. It was there that, A. D. 907, the Magyars gained a great victory over the Germans. Hamburg is fa mous for its royal tobacco factory. i Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powdci World’s Fair Highest Medal and Diploma. JOHN’S FESTIVE IDEA But It Discouraged the Young Lady ' fl ho Was Teaching Him. A clever girl, who would make a sensation in society if fate had been a little more kind to her in a material way, lives on a side street and is a constant source of amusement and joy to her little circle of friends. She is poor; site is compelled to turn and return her goWns; trim and retrim her bonnets and make all sorts of lit tle sacrifices, and all because fate de creed that her father should be a quiet, unambitious, conscientious, dreaming sort of a fellow, instead of a bustling, money-making, successful merchant. This girl amuses herself with all sorts of tilings that other girls seldom think of. Her latest ex ploit is a class of Chinamen, into whose wooden heads she is endeavor ing to inject a faint idea of the limita tions of tlie English language and in cidentally the Christian religion. In her class on a recent Sunday, she was giving Ching Poi an object lesson on the wonderful creations of God. ‘‘See, Ching,” she said, “see this beautiful rose. God made this rose, lie made it to look pretty and smell sweet. God made all things, Ching. lie made you and He made me. Now, tell mo, Ching, who made the rose?” Ching grinned and said: “God; He makee lose.” “riiat’s right, Ching. Now, why did He make the rose?” “He makee lose to look pletty and smellee sweet.” “That’s right. Who made you, Ching?” “God makee me,” replied Ching. He makee mo to look pletty and smellee sweet.” She is endeavoring to teach the Chinamen a few other things, but will let personal similes with the rose rest for awhile. OUR FIRST ADMIRAL. A I'ropoteil HI on inn m t to Knelt Hopkins of Providence. Patriotic Rhode Islanders propose to erect a monument at Providence to •Commodore Ezek Hopkins. This worthy was born on his father's farm at Chapumiscoolc, now Chopmist, Scituatc, Ii. I., April 30. 1718. When the seven years’ war broke out in 17f>0 he wont out in one of his vessels as a privateer captain and returned to Providence with a valuable Spanish vessel, which he renamed the Desire in honor of his wife. The first official service he rendered in the revolution was as the com mander of a battery of six eighteen pounders erected on Fox Hill, over looking1 Providence harbor, in the summer of 1775. Upon the organization of the “con tinental navy” he was appointed by congress “commander-in-chief” Dec. 23, 1775. He was relieved of his mili tary command in Rhode island and immediately proceeded to Phila delphia in the sloop Ivaty with 100 men specially enlisted for naval service. On Feb. 17, 1770, he sailed from Delaware bay witli a squadron of eight vessels, and conducted the suc cessful Nassau expedition. John Paul Jones was a lieutenant under Adams who, until his hitch with the marine committee of congress, was practically “admiral.” A NEW FRENCH TIRE. Intended to Replaoo the Pneumatic Tire—Hade Y1 ith Compartments. A new bicycle tire has just been devised by M. M. Gerard, city engi neer of Bordeaux and Picon, which is intended to do away with the defects of all other tires. It consists in sub stance of a thin rubber tube whose inner surface is intersected by rubber disks perpendicular to it and placed close to one another; disks and surface are all moulded in one piece. The disks are thicker at the circum ference than at the center, to pre vent the tube from sinking into the interstices between supports,and they are made eccentric so as to distribute the resisting power of the surface without increasing the weight of the tire. They divide the tire into a very large number of air chambers, perfectly independent of one another, so that if one is pierced the others are not affected. These add to the elas ticity of the tire, and do not need to be filled with compressed air. The motion is as easy as that of the best pneumatic tires, while the accidents to which pneumatic tires are subject are done away with. The tiro can be applied at once to all rims for solid or hollow tiros. For pneumatic tiro machines some slight but inexpensive modification of the rim will be necessary. TIio Lnwjrnr's Threat. The hook peddler had called at the lawyer’s office to sell him a book and the lawyer very peremptorily didn't want any book. The peddler insisted and the lawyer continued to decline. At last the lawyer rose in wrath. “Now, look here,” he said emphatically, ‘T’ve told you I don’t want your book, and I meant what I said. Furthermore, my advice to you is to get out of this promptly, or I'll throw you out.” The peddler was about to make a remark. “And,” in terrupted the lawyer, “let me also say if vou hesitate, I shall charge you for that advice, and levy oa your books to satisfy judgment. Now git,” and the suppressed peddler got. February May Have Five Sunday.. It is only possible for February to have live Sundays three times in each century, unless,through some chrono logical freak the century comes in with a leap year, with the first day of February a Sunday. The five Sunday Februarvs of this century have been those of ISM, 1852 and 1883. The next time this oddity will occur will be in the year 1920. FORTY MILLION CAKES YEARLY. For flour, corn, bran and all kinds of feed go to the O'Neill Flour & Feed Co., J.L. Mack Manager. 89-tf HARD-PAN BUSINESS.' . _ i There Was no Sentiment In This Par ticular Transaction. He stepped out of a doorway on a city avenue the other night and con fronted a pedestrian to say: “Time is money and I will detain you but a moment.” “That's right—what is it?” was the query. “You have no money for such as me?" “No, sir—no, sir!” "Because 1 would make for the nearest saloon and spend it for drink?" “That’s it exactly.” "Ilut, on the other hand, you are a humane man and would not see me want for food?” “I might be willing to fill you up at a restaurant, but I’m not buying boer for tramps.” “Certainly not. We now come to business. To fill me up at the cheap est restaurant in this town- would cost you from $0 to S3, as I have eaten nothing for a week. On the other hand, you can buy me ott' for fifteen cents in cash. Sentiment does not enter into the question. You either pay out at least $0 or only fifteen cents. It’s for you to say which. Ow ing to the hard times you—” “Here's your fifteen,” said the pe destrian, as he jingled two coins in his palm. “Thanks—that’s business.” “But as you have consumed thirty cents' worth of my valuable time I’ll replace it in my pocket and send you a bill for the balance. Straight busi ness—no sentiment—good night.” And the tramp watched him out of sight and heaved a long sigh and whispered to himself: “That’s a horse on me, and I guess I’d better look around for a saddle or harness.” In Vino Veritas. It was a convivial party, and it had reached that stage where the “invis ible spirit of wine” makes itself de cidedly visible. One of the party was of the kind that carry well a heavy load, and even when fully cargoed present but few evidences to the eye of such a condition. Another was of exactly the opposite nature, one of those individuals who when in their cups look it, smell of it, and are alter nately laughing and crying, aggres sive and affectionate. The quieter looked the noisier over while the lat ter was making an unpleasant exhi bition of himself and remarked to a neighbor: “How—hie—how much a drunken drunkard disgusts a sober drunkard!” Heart Disease 30 Yrs! Short Breath, Palpitation. Mr. G. W. McKinsey, postmaster of Kokomo, Ind., and a brave ex-soldler, says: “I had been severely troubled with heart disease ever since leaving the army at the close of the late war. I was troubled with palpitation and shortness of breath. I could not sleep on my left side, and had pain around my heart I became so ill that I was much alarmed, and for tunately my attention was called to Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure I decided to try it The first bottle made a decided improvement in my condition, and five bottles have com pletely cured me.” G. W. MCKINSEY, P. M„ Kokomo, Ind Dp. Miles Heart Core la sold on a positive ffuarantee that the first bottle will benefit. All druggists sell it at tl, 6 bottles for t5, or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co.* Elkhart, lad. For sule by all Druggists. What Women Know * About Rubbing, Cleaning, Scouring* Scrubbing* Santa Claus Soap. «-5-*'j®WUMBM®1 MANHOOD RESTORED! iioo8,hI1 drillin' mid Iohh of poworlu ItonorntlvoOrKana of either mjioauhm ?/d Vuk’KbM l^A mlr rEK/EU UEUICAL AUS’Si, Chieugo, Dlf Sold by. Morris & Co, PARK ENNYROYAL ILLS the celebrated female regulator are perfectly safe and ulwuys rellablo. For all irregular* ItleM, painful menstruations, suppression, eto., they never fail to afford a speedy and certain relief. No experiment, but a scien tific and positive rolief, adopted only after years of experience. All orders supplied direct from our ofllce. Price por package 91 or six packages for 95, by mall post paid. Every Package guaranteed. Particulars (sealed) 4o. All correspondence strictly confidential. PARK REMEDY CO.. 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Our fee not due till patent ia secured. 4 A Pamphlet, “How to Obtain Patents,” with * cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries J sent free. Address, 4 C.A.SNOW&CO.j » Opr. Patknt Office, Washington, O. C. t P. D- A J. F. MULLEN, PROPRIETORS OP THB GOOD TEAMS, NEW RIGS Prices Reasonable. Bast of MoCufferto’s. O’NEILL, NUB, Purchase Tlokata and Consign your Freight «la the F. E.&M.V.andS.C.&P RAILROADS. TRAINS DEPART! OOISO EAHT. Passenger eaat, 0:20 A. X Freight eaat, - 10:80 A. x Freight east, - • - 2:10 p. x. OOItlO WEST. Freight west, 2:10 p. x Passenger west, • 9:27 p. x Freight, - 2:10 P. x. The El It horn Line la now running Reclining ObalrCara dally, between Omaha and Dead wood, jroe to holders of first-class transpor tation. Fer any information call on Wa J. DOBBS, Aot. O’NEILL. NEB. A strictly high-grade Family Sewing Machine, possessing all modern improvemvn^. Guaranteed Equal to the Best Price* very reasonable. Obtain them 'rum your loea1 dealer ami me*le. comparisons. ELDREDGE MANUFACTURINS CO. BEsVIDERE. II