AL DIRECTORY r tTit■ Silas Holcomb ’ K. E. Moore '"'..J. A. Piper ' J.S. Bartley ;'EuKOue Moore A. S. Churchill . <1. H. Hassell ililmus*.. ^(jorbett n-t ion. ' _,v ,, ate UNIVERSITY. I.-‘"ir^V^olIZ. fc'.'u.lcearneyiM.J.Hull. r; /; RS8I0NAL. MIindorson, ot Omaha; ’'"■wtrlot.J.BB.rode Third. 3oo. I). Mlkel laiin'i". Fifth, W. E. And PIC! AH y. .Samuel Maxwell l ji'.jjro I’ost and T. L. Norval II JUDICIAL D^TKICT. M. H Klnkald, of O Neill .1. J. Kinj! of O Neill Hiirtow of Ohadron A u Warrick, of O'Neill js-n OFFICES. O'NCILL. . John A. Harmon. Klmor Williams. COUNTY. .Oeo McCutcheon V'ourt.'....John Sklrvlner ruioourv .. M i v.l I It. ■ ■ ...O. M.Collin* . .1.1’. Mullen ..Ham Howard - ...11111 llethea “ ..Mike McCarthy ....Chas Hamilton ..Chas O’Neill . \V. K. Jackson Mrs. W. K. Jackson ... Dr. Trueblood .. M. F. Norton . H. E. Murphy I'l'Kli VloUlte. .Frank Moons .Wilson Brodle ... W. F. Elsele ....Guorge Eckley .U. 11. Maben ...A. 8. Eby . ....A. C. Purnell . ....D. G. Koll . John Dickau .U. B. Kelly '• . .K.J. Hayes .'....K. Slay maker . .K. 11. Murray . .8. L. Conger .John Hodge . .Wm. Lell ..'..E. J. Mack .’.'.George Kennedy .John Airs . I ames Gregg . ,.F. W. Phillips . A. Oberle .Hugh O’Neill n n u .,.l). C. Blondln .John Wertz ... 11. C. Wine ,T, E. Doolittle .. J. B. Donohoe ... G. H.Phelps .J. E. While .A. O. Mohr 7Y OF O'NEILL. K. J. Mack; Justices, E. H. s. M. Wagers; Constables, Ed. Perkins Brooks. SC1LMEN—FIRST WARD. mrs.—I). H. Cronin. For one IcEvony. SECOND WARD. «rs—Alexander Marlow. For ike Pfund. THIRD WARD. srs—Charles Davis. For one Merriman. i CITY OFFICBRS. F. Biglin; Clerk, N. Martin; John McHugh; City Engineer tv; Police Judge, II. Kautzman; >iice, Charlie Hall; Attorney, ; Weighinaater, Joe Miller. 1TTAN TOWNSHIP. it. J. Hayes; Trearurer. Barney !lerk, J. Sullivan; Assessor, Ben at Ices, M. Castello and Chas. stables, John Horrisky and Ed. ;k1 overseer dist. 'Mi, Allen Brown 'im KnrJglit. RELIEF C0MNI8SI0N. iming first Monday in Febru 'car, and at such other times as ecssary. ltobt. Gallagher, Page, \m. Bowen, O’Neill, secretary; Atkinson. K'K’8 CATHOLIC CHURCH, every Sabbath at 10:30 o’clock, ’assldy, Postor. Sabbath school toliowing services. BIST CHURCH. Sunday !es-preaching 10:30 a. m. and 7:i» No. 1 y::«j a. m. Class No. 2 (Ed rue)ii:;Wp.M. Class No. 3 (Child u. Mind-week services—General [ting Thursday 7:30 p. m. All will u>‘ume. especiallv strangers. E. E. HOSMAN, Pastor. “lts Sw. J.C. Haknibh, H. P [--helmet lodge, u. d, ntion every Monday at 8 o'clock p, fellows' hall. Visiting brethern ,„TV T. V.GOLDEN, C.C. Allrv- k.ofh. and 8. kuKK a u1"-*1 ’I, V UOIITEUI month in UddVKefiowi' UaU.3 1’OST NO. 86. The Gen. John * CUjtfMi MoQ*iwSiHnd ^ridi “• and I/Belng satisfied his enemy was dead, '■/Ferguson" resumed his right name of Harris, and moved to. Bozeman. There Tret attended school, and she Is now one of the most cultured and charming young ladles of the place. LOSING THE EMPEROR. Why Napoleon Was Angry and Refosed to Ride. As to Maj. Poppleton’s letter, dated March 15, 1817, It may be stated that some little sensation had recently been occasioned In the Island by the reputed “losing" of Napoleon by that officer when accompanying him on one of hls daily rides, says the Gentleman's Magazine. Alluding to this circumstance Maj. P. writes: ¥yilu rugaru iu my encounter witn his majesty, It Is erroneously stated. We never exchanged a syllable. In con sequence of his riding at a very great rate I lost sight of him altogether, but, being perfectly satisfied as to his ulti mate safety, I did not trouble myself about him, but left him to return to Longwood when he pleased. This he did in due course. I afterward related what had happened 10 Admiral Sir George Cockburn and he desired of me "If we rode out again not to lose sight of the emperor, but to ride near him.’ In the course of a day or two he (Bona parte) sent to me to say he wished to ride. I sent word to him that I should attend him with pleasure, but that for the future I should ride near him if I chose, not as his servant; that X should behave toward him with every delicacy possible; that I would not Interrupt nor listen to his conversation, and If a wish were expressed by him to be left alone it should be complied with. The horses were Immediately unsaddled, his breakfast equipage was unloaded ' and he gave out that he was unwell. We have never ridden together since. A most terrible business was made of It all. but not a word of truth in the whole of it. The French officers who were with him were determined at that time to misrepresent everything and to make him dislike the English. In this they completely succeeded for a length of time, but Napoleon has for some time past been of a contrary opinion and ex pressed himself highly pleased with my self personally. I have no doubt but that all I desired to be told him was misconstrued.” An Indignant Mother. "Look here,” said a lodger to his land lady, “your daughter has been using my comb and brush again!” “I beg your pardon,” said the land lady, indignantly. "I never allow my children to meddle with my lodgers' belongings In any way.” "But I am sure she has been using them.” said the lodger, "for there are long black hairs on them and she Is the only person with black hair In the house.” "Oh, now I remember, she did hav' them to comb and brush our dear olft poodle,” said the landlady, "but I am quite sure she did not use them for her self—she’s too honest to be guilty of that sort of thing.” Strange, but True, Nearly all of us complain of the shortness of time, and yet most of us us have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent fn doing nothing at all or In doing noth* Ing to the purpose, or in doing some I thing that we ought not to do. We aie • always complaining that our days are few, but acting as though there would be no end to them. ... ... W. K, Vanderbilt, L*vl T. mMh nl Theodor* A. limmtfm Vf R. Vanderbilt and Leri P. Mor* ton are firm believer* in the saying that a chicken born in Marah is bet ter morally and physically than a chlckcu whose birthday comes in any other month. Vanderbilt has a fine chicken farm at Oakdale, and the ex vice president has one at Rhinebeek. Mr. Morton has six incubators and Mr, Vanderbilt has four. Sometimes they meet and compare notes, and Mr. Vanderbilt maintains that he can raise just as many chloks with his four "machines,’ as Mr. Morton oaa with his six. .Mr. Morton has had more experience than his rival. He started to raise chioks according to the primeval plan of a fat and con tented hen and thirteen eggs—a larger or smaller number would "hoodoo" the whole “setting”—and some of his early earnings were made by carrying eggs to market in a little New Hampshire town. When he pur chased his farm at Rhinebeek he went in for blooded cocks as well as blooded cattle. Mr. Morton favors Wyan dottes and bantams, while Mr. Van derbilt favors Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks. j.neodore A. Uavemcyer, the sugar magnate, has also a number of inou bators at his farm at Wahwah, and raises high-class fowls. He entered some of them at a recent poultry show in New York, but they were not very successful. It is said that Mr. Morton was not exactly sorry. All three of the millionaires raUe chickens for market. but if Mr. Uavemeyer, Mr. Vander bilt and Mr. Morton were not promi nent men, they would hardly be con sidered in the race, at least as to the number of chickens they raise. Long island, New Jersey, Southern Con necticut and Westchester county are festooned with henneries. The pro prietors are not men of wealth, but they are trying to acquire wealth in the poultry business. THE FATE OF A FOOL MULE. ft Would Have a Quarrel With the Old Bull and Lott by it. There is a dead mule back in Ken tucky, a sun-colored, fool mule. For a long time this mule and a swagger young bull have lived on the farm of the Benedictine monks, beyond Cov ington. When the brothers rose one recent morning there was an unearthly sound in the pasture lot below the monastery. It was the mule and the bull fighting. The blood ran in streams from the bull’s nose and mouth. The mule was unhurt. He was moving On a pivot, with his heels ever toward the big, angry brute on the circumference of the circle trod den in the grass. Suddenly, with lowered head and a bellow like thunder, the bull rushed at the mule. There was a flash at steel, a thud, and the bull was on his knees, the mule was on the kick. Time and again the bull went down before the mule’s lightning feet Once more he made the rush, then re tired, seemingly beaten. The mule looked about, shook him self and began to eat grass. The first time his eyes had left the bull the latter saw his chance. When he had finished with the mule there was scarcely enough left to bury. One of the monks said he was a fool, like any other mule; then they killed the bull to put him out of his misery. Strong Perfumes. Strong perfumes are decidedly in jurious to the sense of smell. By their frequent use the secretory glands of the nose and throat are overtaxed and weakened. Some day the person observes that the hearing Is less acute than usual, and the sense of smell seems defective. This is, of course, credited to a cold, and but little is thought of it. After u time, the entire head becomes affected, and there are throat and lung com plications which are likely to end in chronic, if not fatal, illness. Smell ing salts are a prolific cause of deaf ness; ail strong and pungent odors, particularly those which'act upon the secretory processes, should be avoided as far as possible. On a Summer Might. The Norwegian summer-night festi val is duly observed on the 81st of June. In the evenings—if evening it may be called, for oue can read a newspaper at midnight quite as well as by daylight—bonfires are lighted on all tlie mountain peaks; the fjords are covered with all manner of craft decked with lanterns, and burning tar-barrels, discharging fireworks etc.; and all the people in the boats— for the Norwegians are a very musi cal people—sing gaily. No one ever thinks of going to bed on this north ern summer night, in which there is no darkness. From the boats the •merry-makers adjourn to the islands and danct and sing until morning A Canadian National Park. There is a movement in Canada for having a national park created in the Nepigon country in order that the trout fishing may be eternally per petuated. The movers hope to see five miles of the Nepigon river north of Lake Superior set apart and guarded and the river kept stocked with fish. Constituted an Alibi. Among the Saxons a person accused of crime would clear himself by means of compurgators—that is to say, he induced twelve persons to come in and swear to his good repu tation and that they did not believo him guilty. She Was Mot Musical. Teacher—Tommy, what was Nero’s greatest act of cruelty. Tommy—Playin’ the fiddle, mum. Teacher—Take your place at the head, Thomas. —Texas Siftings. AMERICAN RECKLESSNESS. A rimknu Itri Wi Aim All Bleh Who Know* OnlliMi A Frenchman who haa been travel* lng in this country aays that what atruok him moat in the United States waa the American habit of filling1 the teeth with gold. About *300,000 worth of gold is thus used every year, he says, all of which,of course, Is burled. So he figures that at the end of three centuries the cemeteries of America will contain gold to the value of *150,* 000,000. "I am afraid,” lie adds, ‘•that this will prove too tempting to the praotlcal mind of tho future American, and we shall see the day when companies will bo organized to mine the cemeteries and recover the gold secreted in the jaws of dead ancestors.” The writer then goes on and figures up the average amount of gold in the teeth of each dead person He has evidently been consulting the record of vital statistics, for he says that 875,000 people died in the United States in J88U. This would bring the value of gold In each dead person's teeth to an average of about sixty five and three-fourth oents, and he thinks that in well crowded ceme teries the mining of this gold could be carried on profitably despite the small average value. CAN'T BUY THE BARGAINS. Saleswoman Not A Hawaii to Taka Ad> vantage of llargaln Salaa. I naked a young' saleswoman who served me In a large shop tho othei day whether the employes of tho es> tublishment were allowed to take ad* vantage of the “bargain sales” In buying goods. “I can’t speak for any other places, was her reply, “but I know that we’re not. “Why, what chance would the pub lic have after we’d had a whack at tho counter? “There are over 600 women and girls employod here, and the cream of the bargains would be gone before the customers had fought their way through the front door. “Of course, If we’re smart we can send poople here to buy for us. “One girl did this some time ago, but her friend got lost In the shuffle and couldn’t crowd her way to the counter. “So Mary Ann—she worked next to me—got so wild that she gathered up the things that she wanted and waved em at the woman as much as to say: ’Come on, why don’t you?’ “But the floorwalker saw the whole business, and it was ‘good-by, Mary Ann.’” __ THE OLD LOO 8HANTY. It Is Giving Way to the Tenement la the Cun) Region. One charm of the anthracite coal re gion of Pennsylvania has almost dis appeared, and that is the comfortable and even picturesque log shanty of the Irish miner. The best of these were well chinked from the weather, and within their flattened logs were whitewashed and spotless. The floor was scrubbed until it was nearly as white as the walls. On one side was a great fireplace, with a large grate piled high with perhaps 100 pounds of glowing anthracite. Wrinkled old Irish women, in the whitest of starched caps, sat in front of the grate knitting stout blue woolen stockings. To the tiny breaker boys coming heme on winter nights after a hard day’s work these shan ties, with their cheerful flres, were welcome resting places, where they might stand in front of the Are unrebuked while black streams ran from their grimy boots over the shining floor. The shanties have given place to formal tenements, and the Irish miners are retreating before thousands of even poorer la borers from continental Europe. Pea and Ink Untaihlonabla. A new fashion that is just begin* fling to grow in vogue is thatof writ ing letters in pencil rather than with pen and ink, and when onee it is fairly established it is doubtful whether anything but legal docu ments and business papers that must be preserved will ever be prepared in the old style. Letters are generally shorter nowadays than they formerly were; are more hastily written, more frequent and seldom worth keeping for any length of time. They are not the elaborate efforts of bygone days, that were often cherished for their intrinsic worth. The pencil, which is far more convenient than tbo pen, is taking its place in the great mass of casual correspondence AN APT SCHOLAR. He Knew Philadelphia's Strongest i'a trlotlc Point. The class in geography was reciting and there were several visitors. The subject for the day was the state of Pennsylvania. “Now, children,” said the teacher, “who can bound Pennsyl vania?” Half a dozen hands went up and waved wildly in the air and a little girl gave the boundaries of the state correctly. “What is the largest city in Penn sylvania?” asked the teacher. □ “Philadelphia!” shouted the little boy with the jersey suit. “Now,” continued the teacher, “who can tell me what building there is in Philadelphia about which no true American should think without a glow of love and patriotism? What building is there which we should all revere and which is the pride of every loyal son of the United States?” This was a poser and no one an swered for a time. Finally a boy who sat on the front row raised his hand. “Well,” said the teacher, ‘ you may tell, Sammy Einstein.” “Der mint!" shouted Sammy, tri umphantly._ Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder Awardad Gold Modal Mid winter Fair. San Frandaca PAINLMS PBNTIWTWY. Had an Bsparlanoa irilh Uo|khi| Oa* and Will Never For|«t It, "Hoes It hurt very much to have • tooth pulledP” inquired a Boston Herald man of a dentist. "That depends," was the reply. "If the affected tooth happens to be a molar, with the roots at right an gles with eaoh other or If It Is de cayed so as to loavo the nerve un covered or If It Is worn down even with the gums, so that It is neces sary *o dig the flesh away In ordar to get u good hold with the foroeps, then the chanoes are that you will kick a little." Then the tall man trembled from head to foot, and in a shaking voice said: "What do you think of that onoP” accompanying his words by opening his mouth to its fullost ex tent and indicating with his finger the soat of his trouble. The doctor took up a small Instru ment with a little round looking glass at one ondv and, returning it Into the cavern that yawned before him, made a caroful inspection of the interior. "That looks llko a stubborn old follow," remarkod the doctor, as he replaced the instrument upon the working table. "What would you advlseP" timidly inquired the tall man. "Laughing gas," replied the doctor. "Will I be oblivious to the pain?" •Tiii aroiy bo. The tall man settled himself In the operating chair, and the doctor In sorted between the patient's teeth au old ehampagno cork. Then he placed a funnql-shuped pleeo of rubber over tho tall man’s mouth and nose, and told him to breathe heavily. Gradual ly consciousness gave away under tho influence of the gas, but not until the man to be operated upon had suffered the sensation of being smothered under an old-fashioned feather pillow. The tall man was now In dream land. He first imagined that he was on his way to the world's fair and when the train was on a down grade and going sixty miles an hour the wheels left the track. The air brakes broke and the cars rushed along at a terrible speed. It was with the greatest difficulty that the dreamer kept in his berth. Tremen dous jolting was caused by the wheels running over the ties. The suspense was something awful; the wreck of tho train was Inevitable. The car was filled with the shrieks of the terrified passengers, mingled with the crash of glass and the rat tle of the train. Suddenly there was a deafening report and a tremendous concussion, and tho cars appeared to crumble away. The tall man found himself in total darkness, but suddenly, to his horror, ho discovered a streak of lurid flame through the wreckage, which told him that he would be roasted alive if immediate succor did not roach him. He could hear voices directly over him, but do as he would not a sound eould he utter. The flames were making rapid pro gress toward the place where he was confined, and their hot breath was beginning to singe his whiskers Then came tho crash of ao axe direct ly over his head. The first blow struck him squarely in the back of tho neek, and he felt that his time had surely come. The next one out off his left ear, and the third opened up a space in his cranium the size of a saucer. The fire had now crept up to his feet, and the left one was slowly roasting, when another blow from tho axe, greater than all the rest, knocked his head clean from his body. He experienced a singular buzzing In his ear; there was a gleam of light in the distance and with a bound he returned to consciousness. The doctor was standing over him, holding a double tooth in his for ceps. “That was an old stager, and no mistake. How he did hang! It took nil my strength to dislodge him," und the doctor wiped his dripping forehead with his handkerohlef. ••Where a-a-am IP" were the first words of the tall man. “Why, right here in my office,” responded the doctor. “You would have bad a tough time if you hadn't takea the gas.” “Well, if it had been rougher than It actually was I would now be a corpse," and the tall man paid the $1.50, and went out Into the street feeling as If he had been walking in •. a treadmill for a week. Traveling la nog. First American—Have a gooi time abroad? Second American—Fine. I trav eled Incog. Went where I pleased and escaped the vulgar curiosity of the gaping crowd. “KhP How did you travel?" “Incognito, 1 said. I didn’t let 'em know I was a rich American. Just pretended I wasn’t anybody but an ordinary English lord.—New York Weekly. Shifting the Keepoaalbllltr. “But I don’t see how you ever col lected that $5,000 insurance on his life when you had previously man aged to get him on the pension list for injuries received during the war,” observed the friend of the family. ■•The hand of Providence was in it,” said the widow, with a gentle •igh of resignation. Lather'* t*l*u of Education* In 1528 Luther and Melanchthon drew up a scheme of popular educa tion which was followed in the Her man schools for seventy-five years. The first class learned to read, write and sing; the second class studied Latin, grammar, music and scrip tures; the third, arithmetic, Latin and rhetoria -Mi it Your Owp Price for the Next 30 Pay at ^UWrAWT,