The
Annex.
Annex;
In order to better display our floe new
line of
Holiday Goods
and to make It more convenient for the
trade, we have opened up a Holiday.
Annex in the building first door west of
onr drug store, where we now have
ready for the Inspection of the public,
at suprisingly low prices, the most com
plete assortment of Christmas goods
ever offered for sale in Holt county.
The goods are all new; no shelf worn
stock. The designs are the lateet; no
chesnuts. The public is solicited to call
and inspect the stock. We have pres
ents for everybody at prices for anybody.
The way to have a ,
Merry Christmas
la to make other* happy. Make then'
happy with suitable gifts* Oaretoek
answers the question; answers it fully,
perfectly. Come anti see. Novelties
without limit. Such an array of daiding
desirable gifts. Something for every
taste. Olfts that will All your requlre
ments without emptying your purse.;
To look through our splendidassort
ment is a pastime; to price tiieae goods
is a pleasure; to poesese them is a
privilege. . *.
l{eco]jti)tei)<le<l k|) Sai^U ClaUs.
Prettjfggifts! Suitable gifts! Useful gifts. Everybody is delighted
with our holiday display—See it.
The? Best of Everything for Christmas.
A very fine assortment and a variety for all tastes in fancy goods and
^ novelties, toilet articles, notions, etc.
We Offer a Great Variety of
Appropriate presents for ladies, gentlemen and children. We can
supply an appropriate gift for old or youg, at any price.
CHRIBTMA8 MORNING!.
Christmas morning, and broad darllghtt
Who do yon think was here last night? ii'i
Bundled In furs from top to toe;
I won't tell, fo. I think you know.
Who was It oame from cold Snowland,
Driving gaily hie elght-ln-hand. >i;.
Sleigh piled up with wonderful toys?
Who waa It? Tell me, girls and boys. ^
Who was It down the chimney crepr,
While everybody soundly slept:
Pilled the stockings, and tapped them all
with “Merry Christmas, one and all.”
Who went back’neath the Might starlight,
Reindeer seampering with all their might?
I wont tell, foiftta verp dear,
If you are good, he’ll oome next year.
Ohristmas morning, and hurry away,
Cousins and aunties are waiting to-day
Waiting to weloome the big and the small,
Hark I hear them shout “Merry Christmas
to all."
rAUR NEW stock is beatifu], appropriate, desirable,
|J and within your means. You can come an^ see for your
self that all this is so, without feeling the slightest obliga
tion to purchase unless you find it to your best interests. All
visitors are welcome and no questions asked. Feel free to come, one
and all. You cannot afford to miss ouo elegant display of new Christ
mas novelties. Never was a collection of beautiful gifts offered at lower
prices. We make it an object for all visitors to come and see us. We !
do not propose to be excelled in quality, style or any other desirable
feature; neither do we propose to be undersold in a single instance. ^Te
shall show you just the righr thing you want and we shall make the
price just right. We know we can please everybody because our stock
includes a variety for all sorts of people. Babies, boys, girls, young
men, young ladies, grown ladies, middle-agod men, old ladies and old
gentlemen were all remembered when we bought our holiday stock.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR
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«| ■ ■AKE IT a point to look oyer our Christmas gifts that are
lYI especially adapted and designed for the little ones. Such
pleasing, well selected goods for the young you have never
(0* see offered at prices so uniformally and unmistakably low. Come
and see. them. It is a sight to be remembered with pleasure. No mat
ter how much better you think you are going to do by buying your
Christmas presents somewhere else, don’t let go of your money until you
have seen our goods and learned our prices. You may think this little
speech is made wholly in our own interest, but if you take otir advice
you will find.there is money in it for you. If you want a present .,that
is just right in every way and at the same rime wish to enjoy the advan
tage of a scale of prices as low as honest goods can be sold anywhere,
come in an see our splendid hoilday line. We are making it an object
for the people to trade with us this year. We provide selections for all
kinds ot people and make the prices right.
DOLLS?
....Well, we ahonld eayl We have
over 500 of them to sell at all prices.
But we have reserved this space to
speak of one doll in particular. It is
a beauty and would sell readily any
place for $30. We are not coins to
sell it—we are going to GIVE IT
AW AT, and every- 60 eta. worth of
goods yon buy will give yon an inter
est in this grand gift, which will take
place on December 27.
- We open our doors to the Holiday Trade with thee firm determination
to make this ' , ‘ ‘
THE BEST CHRISTMAS UP TO DATE
Are you coming in for your share? This season is certatnly the
GIFT MAKERS’ GREAT OPPORTUNITY
The presents were never nicer and never so cheap.
Suitable Gifts for Old and Young,
EVERYBODY’S VANTS SUPPLIED.
The tied for selection is the widest; the prices are the lowest. You cant help
being pleased when you see our beautiful holicay stock, which is as com
plete as it is handsome and fully equipped to meet all your wants. .* r .• ;
COME AND SEE US BEFORE YOU PURCHASE
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CEN’L OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATU.
Governor.811a* Holoomb
Lieutenant Governor..J. E .Harris
Secretary ot State.Wm. F. Porter
State Treasurer....John B. Meserve
State Auditor.John F. Cornell
Attorney General.C. J. Smythe
Com. Lands and Buildings.J. V. Wolfe
Sunt. Public Instruction.W. B. Jackson
REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY.
Ohas. H. Gere. Lincoln: Leavitt Burnham,
Omaha; J. M. Hiatt, Alma; E. P. Holmes,
Pierce; J. T. Mallaleu, Kearney; M. J. Hull,
Edgar.
Representatives First Dlstriot, J. B. Strode
Second, H. D. Meroer, Third. 8. Maxwell,
Fonrth^W, L. Stark, Fifth, H. 0. Sutherland,
Sixth, w. L. Green. ,
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senators—W. V. Allen, of Madison; John
M. Thurston, ot Omaha.
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justloe.A. M. Post
Associates...T.O. Harrison and T. L.Norvall
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Judge.M.P. Klnkald, of O’Neill
Reporter...J. J. King of O’Neill
Judge.W. H. Westover, of Rushvllle
Reporter.■ ''bn Maher, of Rushvllle.
LAND OFFICES.
o’mu.
Register.
Receiver.
..8. J. Weekes.
. .K. H. Jenness.
nnnuTY
Judge.Geo McCutcheon
Cleric of the District Court_John Sklrvlng
Deputy.. .6. M. Collins
Treasurer.J. P. Mullen
Deputy. 8am Howard
Clerk...Bill Bethea
Deputy.Mike McCarthy
Ilf..
Sheriff.. Chas Hamilton
Deputy.. ..Chas O'Neill
Supt. of BohooU.....W. K. Jackson
Assistant....... ..Mrs. W.K. Jackson
Coroner...Dr. Trueblood
Surveyor..M. F. Norton
Attorney.'.. W .R. Butler
8 UPEB YJ80R8. f
TIBET niSTBIOT.
Cleveland, Sand Creek, Dustin, Saratoga,
Rock Falls and PleasantvlewiJ. A. Robertson
SECOND DISTRICT.
Shields, Paddock, Scott, Steel Creek, Wll
owdale and Iowa—J. H. Hopkins.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Grattan and O'Neill—Mosses Campbell.
TODRTH DISTRICT.
Ewing, Verdigris and Delolt—L. 0. Combs
TITTH DISTRICT,
Chambers, Conley, Lake, McClure and
Inman—8. L. Conger.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Swan, Wyoming, Fairview, Francis. Green
Valley, Sheridan and Emmet—O. W. Moss.
BSVKNTH DISTRICT.
Atkinson and Stuart—W. N. Coats.
OUT OF a NEILL.
Supervisor, fi. J. Maok; Justloes, B. H.
Benedtot and S. M. Wagers; Constables, Ed.
McBride and Perkins Brooks.
OOUHCILMIH—MUST Will).
For two years.—D. H. Cronin. For one
year—0. W. Hagenslck.
SSOOHD WARD.
For two years—Alexander Uarlow. For.
one year—W. T. Evans. <
THIRD WARD.
For two years—Charles Davis. For one
year—E. J. Maok. •
oitt orriocua.
I Mayor, H. E. Murphy; Clerk, N. Martin;
Treasurer, John McHugh; City Engineer
John Horrlsky: Police Judge, H. Kautzman;
Chief of Police, P. J. Blglln; Attorney,
Thoa. Carton; Welghmaster, D. Stannard.
ORA TTAN TO WN8H1P.
Supervisor,H. J. Hayes; Trearurer. Barney
MoGreevy; Clerk, J. eullivan; Assessor Ben
Johring: Justloes, M. Castello and Obas.
Wilcox; Constables, John Horrlsky and Bd.
McBride; Koad overseer dist. 88, Allen Brown
Uist. No. 4 John Enright.
SOLDIERS’ RELIEF COMNI88ION.
Regular meeting first Monday In Febru
ary of each year, and at suoh other times as
j Is deemed neoessary. Hobt. Gallagher, Page,
chairman; Wm. Bowen, O'Neill, secretary;
I 11. H. Clark Atkinson. ‘V,
W'i'.i'ATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHDKUH.
O Service* every Sabbath at 10:80 o'clock.
Verv Uev. Cassidy, Postor. Sabbath sohool
Immediately following services.
\f KTHODIST CHURCH. Sunday
i.*X services—Preaohlng 10:80 a. m. and 8;00
v. u. Class No. 1 8:30 A. M. Class No. 2 (Ep
worth League) 7:00 p. u. Class No. 8 (Child
rens) 3:00 p, u. Mind-week services—General
prayer meeting Thursday 7:80 p. m. All will
be made welcome, espuclallv strangers.
E. T. GE014G& Pastor.
12 A. R. POST, NO. SO. The Gen. John
UT. O'Neill Post, No. 88, Department of Ne
braska G. A. K., will meet the first and third
Saturday evening of eaoh month In Masonle
hall O'Neil) B. J. SMITH. Com.
LUKHORN VALLEY LODGE, I. O. O.
IJ F. Meets every Wednesday evening In
Odd Fellows' hall. Visiting brothers oordially
Invited to attend.
W. H. Mason. N. G. O. L. Bright, Sec.
month in Masonic hall.
W. J. Dobbs Sea 1. C. Habnish. H, P.
KOI P.—HELMET LODGE. XT. D.
• Convention every Monday at 8 o dock p.
m. In Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brethern
oordially Invited. _ _ ,
Arthur Coyiindall, C. 0,
E. J. Mack, K. of B. and 8.
VICTIMS OF A BAD HABIT.
Man VkoM Absent-SIlndftdlteu Lndi
Them Into Stormy Paths.
The abeent-mlnded men are hope
less oases. One of them played one
of hu old tricks the other day. He
was walking down ulfth avenue states
the New York Tribune when he saw
some one coming toward him whose
face seemed to be familiar. HU own
story best explains the situation.
"1 was eonsoloun” he said, “that I
knew the man very well, but I was
thinking of something and his ap
proach did not make a clearly defined
impression on my brain. 1, was also
oonscious that when he saw me he
gave a start and took a step toward
me with hU hand outstretohed. And
yet all that did not recall me suffi
ciently from my thoughts to enable
me to realise clearly just what was
httppening. I said, in an absent way,
-How do you dof and walked on as if
I were in the habit of seeing him every
day or as if I were only slightly ac
quainted with him. Even in that
luuiuve i waa bwui u me ian mac
there waa a queer light In his face and
that he returned my bow very stiffly.
"It was not until I had gone a
couple of squares down the avenue
that it flashed into my mind that the
man was one of my oldest and most
intimate friends, whom 1 had not seen
in several yearn and that when he
had started to greet me oordlally I
had worse than -cut' him by giving
him a cold bow. I theft as a man
will da turned to hurry baolc after
him, but of course he was gone."
Here is another extreme case which
seems improbable but for the truth
of whleh the writer can vouch. A
New Yorker who made a trip to Cal
ifornia was met at the pier in Oakland
by a man, who rushed up to him and
wrung his hand heartily.
"How do you da WiilP" orled the
stranger with delight «*I heard you
were oomlng and I thought yon
would like to have me meet you.”
The New' Yorker looked at the
other man in.blank astonishment
•Tm afraid.” he Mid. >that there
is some mistake. I do not seem to
'!■ « .«T
know you."
‘•Well” Mid the other with a
laugh, *you are a oool fellow to joke
in that way. But how long are you
going to stay out here? I want you
to come to our houaa"
. ‘/But my dear sir,” deoiared the
New York man earnestly, “J don’t
know you. I never saw you before.
I can't Imagine what you can mean.”
“Oh, if that's the case," was the re
ply in tones of indignation, “I will not
trouble you. But just to refresh your
very remarkable memory I propose to
tell you that I know you. 1 am your
cousin. George-. We were boys
together, we went to sohool together,.
and you haven't ohaqged in appear
ance and 1 do not think that I have.
Good day. sin” and be started to
walk away in disgust but the New
Yorker ran after him, offering a thou
sand apologlea He is a man who
cannot remember even faces.
STORY OF A MAD POO’S BITE.
How i I«n( Woman Oocaalonad a Croat
Daal of Kxettomont*
“The girl had been bitten bjr a mad
dog,” Bald the basinets woman, “and
had neglected to have the wound
cauterized, although it was much in
flamed and the marks of the animal’s
teeth showed plainly. Her grand
mother tried the old-fashioned reme
dies; they put milk poultloos and
things on it. and the girl came to the
office regularly and went on with her
work.
‘ One day, about two weeks after
the acoldent, she came to my desk.
Her eyes were glittering with fever,
her face burning and her features
seemed swollen. She threw herself
against me with a cry of despair.
• ••I'm sick;' she gasped, d must
give upt I'm burning up with fever,
and my throat—I—I—can’t swallow.’
••I looked at her, and my heart
stood stllL She read my thoughts.
■1 know,' she said, <1 know, but help
me to be calm until I get home. I
am holding myself together by a su
preme effort Help me and don't be
frightened. I’ve felt this coming on
for three dayn’
“The hand she laid upon my shoul
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aer tremoiea visibly; ue spoke with
an evident effort
“I went down itaira and sailed (or ,
a cabi wrapped her up. put her in
and followed. It waa a loaf ride up
town and she huddled together over
In one corner as If she eould not en
dure to be touched. I tried to talk •
little, and to treat the matter lightly,
but I assure you that this ride waa
the most terrtble experience of my,,
life Every moment I expected that
she would fasten her teeth in me
•■We reached her home she w«a
put to bed and a lot of doctors nak :
moned.
"She had (and rscorarsd frees),—
not hydrophobia but a very seveCOv
case of diphtheria!" ■
There was an audible silence and
then a general sigh of relief. , H
• A. Saak* la Armor. ' Vvj
While gathering flowers in the>;
woods a farmer recently stirred *p a;?
snake which he attempted to kilt
with a stone. Contact of fee stoop
with the snake’s body gave back .47
mstalllo sound, and thereupon
hammered the reptile upon the head'
until it was dead. He then discovered’
that two-thirds of the snake’s body
was Incased in a section of gas pipe
one lnoh in diameter. Whether the.
snake had crawled into the pipe when
young and grown fast or was wearing
it for self-protection is a conundrum.
Hard to KU1.
Carp is known to be hard to kill,
but one sent to Pendleton from Port
land. Ore., lately beats the reoord.
It had traveled all the way from Port
land on ice and there were bruises on
its head, showing that an attempt had
been made there to take its li e Out
when the box was opened this • fresh
fish’’ was found to be moving around
as though accustomed to suoh trifles.
PChlelMrter’a CigUik DUmid Bind.
ENNYROYAL PILLS
Mali«l ud #»ly Cwnwlae.
-art. always reliable. m*
MHffUtk Dim
Gold metallic'
1» rug gist for Chichester # _
mend Brand in Ked and O'oi--- ----
*xe«i scaled with blue ribbon. Take
._!• wilier. Mefuie dangerout tubstitu
fiotuund imUationi. At Drttfxicta, or BCt>44a.
for panic olars, testimonials and
LadlM,” ** Utter, by retail
Nil
_Name Pammr,
$y*paflxik fiwfentf*.
"M:
fog^MlmtK^lA^rittyfliing to in enn
tant' mother, especially daring her £r4
ordeal. George Layton, Bsq., a promi
nent druggist of Dayton, O., gives the
following case:
-A customer of mine, whose wife has used
four bottles of ‘Mother's Friend" before com
fincment, nn sfter seeing the effects of the
remedy, that if she had to go through the ordeal
again, and there were but four bottles on the
market, and the coat was $100 per bottle, she
would have them. . '
■ “ Mother’s Friend'* is a scientifically
compounded liniment which affords cer
tain relief in the various ailments pre
ceding childbirth, and assures proper
elasticity to the cords and musclea in
volved m the final ordeal.
Mother’s Friend ” Is sold by drug
or expressed on receipt of one
illar.
Valuable book, " Before Baby fi
Bean,” mailed free on application.
TRfi BMDFIELD RE8ULAT0B COm Mlaata, fia.
Yon can't afford to risk your life by
illowlng a cold to develop into pneu
monia or consumption. Instant relief
ind a certain cure are afforded by One
Minute Cough Cure. Hershlser ft QU
igan.
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