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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1898)
f i;kn’l official dirfctory .....T=r=-==a.^ . STATjb. CIovwqop,...iSlliis Holcomb LicuM-mint Governor.J. K .Harris SecrRary of State. Wm. F. Porter Stero Treasurer.John B. Meserve State Auditor .John F. Cornell Attorney General.C. J. Sniythe Com. Lands and Buildings.J. V. Vt olfo sup;. Public Instruction-W. K. Jackson HEGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY. Ghas. H. Gere. Lincoln; Leavitt Burnham Omaha; J M. Hiatt, Alma; K. P. Holmes Pierce; J. T. Mallaieu, Kearney; M. .). Hull. Edgar. Representatives First Distrlot, J. 11. Strode Second, M. I). Me.ioer, Third. 8. Maxwell, Fourth. \V. L. Stark. Fitth, It. O. Sutherland, Sixth, W. L. Green. HO A’UK ES81ONAL. Senators— W. V. Allen, of Madison; John M. Thurston, of Omaha. JUDICIARY. Chief Justloe.... • • ■ A. M. Pos*; Associates.. .T.O. Harrison and T. L. Norvall FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Judge.M. P. Klnkaid,of O’Neill Reporter.J - J- King of O Neill judge.W. H. Westover, ot Rushvllle importer.• 'bn Maher, of Rushvllle. land officer. o’lrarLL. Register.. Rooeivor... .8. J. Weekes. .It. H. Jenness. COUNTY. judge.Oeo McCutcheon Clerk of the District Court ...John Sklrvlng Deputy.9-Siiol!,in8 Treasurer.P v?*u*le2 Dierk y .Bill Bethea . Deputy.'."."..Mike McCarthy Sheriff..Chas Hamilton Supt. of Schools.W.R. Jackson Assistant.Mrs. W. R. Jackson oroner. .Dr- Trueblood .r.yeyor.M. F. Norton .Wttorney.W It. Butler I SUPERVISORS. trillDA UlBlHlVi' Cleveland, Sand Creek, Dustin, Saratoga, llock Falls and Pleasantvlew :J. A. Hobertson SECOND DlSl'II ICT. Shields, Paddock, Scott, Steel Creek, Wil owdale and Iowa—J. H. Hopkins. THIRD DISTRICT. U rattan and O’Neill—vlnsscs Campbell. FOURTH DISTRICT. Ewing, Verdigris andDeloit—L. O. Combs. FIFTH DISTRICT. Chambers, Conlev, Lake, laieClure and 1 nman—S. L. Conger. SIXTH DISTRICT. Swan. Wyoming, Fairview, Francis. Green Valley, Sheridan and Emmet—0. W.Moss. SEVENTH DISTRICT. Atkinson and Stuart—W. N. Coats. Oil Y OF O'NEILL. Supervisor, E. J. Mack; Justices, B. H. Benedict ana 8. M. Wagers: Constables, Ed. MoBride and Perkins Brooks. OOCNCILMEN — FIRST WARD. For two years.—D. H. Cronin. For one year—C. W. Hagenslck. SECOND WARD. For two years—Alexander Marlow. For uneyear-W. T. Evans. THIRD WARD. For two years—Charles Davis. For one l y ear—E. J. Mack. citt orriciRS. ’ Mayor, H. E. Murphy; Clerk, N. Martin; treasurer, John McHugh; City Engineer John Horrlsky; Police Judge, H. Kautzman; Chief of Police, P. J. Biglin; Attorney, Thos. Carlon; Weighmaster, D. Stannard. GRATTAN TOWNSHIP. Supervisor, B. J. Hayes; Trearurer. Barney McGseevy: Clerk, J. Sullivan; Assessor Ben Jolirjkg: Justices, M. Castello and Chaa. Wile®,; Constables, John HorrlBky and Ed. Mod wide; lioad overseer dist. 23, Allen Brown uiSkfTtlo. i John Enright. SOLDIERS’ RELIEF COMNISSION. ltegular meeting first Monday in Febru ary of each year, and at such other times as is deemed necessary. Itobt. Gallagher, Page, chairman; Wm. Bowen, O’Neill, secretary; II. H. Clark Atkinson. uT.PATBlCK’8 CATHOLIC CHUKCH. O Services every Sabbath at 10:30 o’clock. Very Hey. Cassidy, Postor. Sabbath aohool Immediately following services. KTHOD18T CHUKCH. ITs. services—Preaching 10:30 A. M. and 8:00 Sunday i*. M. Class No. 1 0:30 A. M. Class No. 2 <Ep worth League) 7:00 P. M. Class No. 3 (Child rens; 3:00 p. M. Mind-week servioes—General prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 P. M. All will be made welcome, especially strangers. E. T. GEOHGE. Pastor. CX A. R. POST, NO. 86. The Gen. John O’Neill Post, No. 30, Department of Ne braska G. A. K., will meet the first and third Saturday evening of each month in Masonle hall O’Neill S. J. Smith, Com. (iUKHOBK VALLEY LODGE, I. O. O. Ej F. Meets every Wednesday evening In Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brothers cordially Invited to attend. W. U. Mason. N. Q. O. L. Bright, Sec. GARFIELD CHAPTER, B. A. M Meets on drat and third Thursday of each month In Masonlo hall. W. J. Dobbs Sep J. 0. Haknish, H, P if KOF P.—HELMET LODGE, 0. D. . Convention every Monday at 8 o dock p. I>m. in Odd Fellows' hall. Visiting brethern Voordlally Invited. Arthur Coykendall. C. C. R. J. Mack. K. of U. and S. O’NEILL ENCAMPMENT NO. 30.1. O. O. F. meets every second and fourth Fridays of each month In Odd Fellows* Hall. Ohab. Bright, H. P. H. M. Tttlby, Scribe HDEN LODGE NO. 41, DAUGHTERS JlI OF REUEKAH, meets every 1st and 3d Friday of each month in Odd Eellows’ Hall, Aones T. Bentley, N. G. Dora Davidson, Sec. P ABF1ELD LODGE, NO.0S,F.<fe A.M. VJT Regular communications Thursday nights on or before the full of the moon. J. J. Kino, W. M. Harry Dowlino, See. HOLT*CAMP NO. 1710, M. W. OF A. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month In the Masonic hall. Neil Bhennan, V. C. D. H. Oronin, Clerk AO, U. W. NO. 163, Meets seoond • and fourth Tudsday of each month in Masonic hall. O. Bright, Kec. S. B. Howard, M, W. A Clever Triok. It certainly looks like it, but there Is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has lame back and weak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles. We mean be can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulent to the liver aDd kid neys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness and melancholy. . It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, apd restores tbe system to its natural vikor. Try Electric Bitters and be con Evinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents a bottle at P. C. Corrigan’s drug store. FOB BALE—Thirty head of white face Hereford young bulls. 17tf Jacob Kraft, Stuart, Neb. DEAR LITTLE MOTHER. Dour little mother of Poverty Row Rooking your baby mid sorrow and toil, Waonce is the light that transfigures you so? Mr*acute is that beauty no sin can assoil? Now 1 must look at you there by the door, I who am fortunate, buoyunt and strong; You who are hunted, and wretchedly poor, I.U'ling your babe with a lullaby song! Dear little mother of Poverty Lane, ViThero are the roses that bloomed In your cheek? Blighted I fear by deception and pain, Men are so cruel and women so weak. Ragged and torn is the dress that you wear, Making you squalid from head unto feet, Still I must own you are womanly fair, Still I must paint you as tenderly sweet. Brat e little mother of Poverty Place, Motherlove houleth the stripes of the rod, Hence is the beauty that lizhteth your face, Loving your baby and trusting in Cod Hear now my prayer for your beggar-bora boy Grcat in all honor and good may he grow, Bringing you solace and glory and joy— Dear little mother of Poverty Row. —George Horton in Chicago Herald. THE LETTER w hen a man has battled with pov erty all his life, fearing it as he fought it, feeling for the skinny throat to throttle it, and yet dread ing all the while the coming of the time when it would gain the mastery and throttle him—when such a man is told that he is rich, it might be imagined he would receive the an nouncement with hilarity. When Richard Denham realized that he was wealthy he became even more so bered than usual, and drew a long breath as if he had been running a race and had won it. The man who brought him the news had no idea that he had told Denham anything novel. He merely happened to say: “You are a rich man, Mr. Denham, and will never miss it.” Denham had never before been called a rich man, and up to that mo ment he had not thought of himself as wealthy. He wrote out the check asked of him, and his visitor depart ed gratefully, leaving the merchant with something to ponder over. He was as much surprised with the sud denness of the thing as if someone had left him a legacy, Yet the money was all of his own accumulating, but his struggles had been so long and he had been so hopeless about it, that from mere habit he exerted all his energies long after the enemy was overcome. VVheri Mr. Denham left his office and went out into the street, every thing had an unusual appearance to him. He walked along, unheeding the direction. He looked at the fine residences and realized that he might have a fine residence if he wanted it. He saw handsome carriages; he, too, might set up an equipage. The satis faction these thoughts produced was brief. Of what use would a fine house or an elegant carriage be to him ? He knew no one to invite to the house or to ride with him in the carriage. He began to realize how utterly alone in the world he was. He had no friends, no acquaintances even. The running dog with its nose to the ground, sees nothing of the surrounding scenery. He knew men in a business way, of course, and doubtless each of them had a home in the suburbs somewhere, but he could not take a business man by the shoulders and say to him, “In vite me to your house; lam lonesome; I want to know people." Suddenly, a girl rose before his mental vision—■ a modern girl. She was the only wo man in the world with whom he was on speaking terms, and he knew her merely because her light and nimble fingers played the busi ness sonata of one note on his office typewriter. Miss Gale was pretty, of course—all typewriter girls are— and it was generally understood in the office that she belonged to a good family who had come down in the rr nuu iiiuv^uucuv air deepened this conviction and kept the clerks at a distance. She was a sensible girl who realized that the typewriter paid better that the piano and accordingly turned the ex perience of her white fingers on the former instrument. Richard Denham sat down upon a park bench. “Why not?” he asked himself. There was no reason against it except that he had not the courage. Nevertheless, he formed a desperate resolution. Next day, business went on as usual. Letters were answered and the time arrived when Miss Gale came in to see if he had any further commands that day. Denham hesi tated. He felt vaguely that a busi ness office was not the proper place for a proposal; yet he knew he would be at a disadvantage anywhere else. In the first place he had no plausible excuse for calling upon the young woman at home, and, in the second place, he knew if he once got there he would be stricken dumb. It must either be at his office or nowhere. Sit down a moment. Miss Gale,” he said at last; “I wanted to consult you about a matter—about a business matter.” Miss Gale seated herself and auto matically placed on her knee the shorthand writing-pad ready to take down his instructions. She looked up at him expectantly. Denham, in an embarrassed manner, ran his fin gers through his hair. “I am thinking,” he began, “of taking a partner. The business is very prosperous now. ■ In fact, it has been for some time.” “Yes?” said Miss Gale, interroga tively. “Yes, I think I should have a part ner. It is about that I wanted to speak to you.” “Don’t you think it would be better to consult with Mr. Rogers? He knows more about business than I. But perhaps it is Mr. Rogers who is to be tho partner?” “No, it is not Rogers. Rogers is a good man but it is not Rogers.” “Then I think in an important matter like this Mr Rogers, or some one who knows the business us thor oughly as he does, v ould be able to give advice that would be of some value.” “15ut Kogors wouldn’t understand.” “I’m afraid I don’t understand, cither. It seems to me a foolish thing to do—that is, if you want my advice.” “Oh, yes, I want it. But it isn’t as foolish as you think. I should have had a partner long ago. That is where I made the mistake. I’ve made up my mind on that.” “Oh, very well,” said Miss Gale shortly, bending over her writing pad. It was evident that her opinion of Denham’s wisdom was steadily lower ing. Suddenly she looked up. “How much shall I say the annual profits are? Or do you want that mentioned?” “I—I didn’t think I would mention that. You see, I don’t wish the ar rangement to be carried out on a monetary^basis—not altogether.” “On what basis then?” “Well—I can hardly say. On a personal basis, perhaps. I rather hope that the person—that nay part ner—would, you know, like to be associated with me.” “I am afraid I shall not be able to compose a letter that will suit you. There seem to be so many difficulties. It is very unusual.” “That is true, and that is why I know no one but you could help me, Miss Gale. If it pleases you, it will please me.” Miss Galo .shook her head, but af ter a few moments, she said, “How will this do?” “Dear sir” “Wait a moment,” cried Mr. Hen ham; “that seems rather a formal opening, doesn’t it? How would it read if you put it ‘Dear friend?’ “If you wish it so.” She crossed out the “sir” and substituted the word suggested. Then she read, the letter. “Dear Friend—I have for some time past been desirous of taking a partner, and would be glad if yon would consider the question and consent to join me in this business. The busi ness is. and has been for several years, very prosperous, and, as I shall require no capital from you, I think you will find my oiler a very advantageous one. I will-” “I—I don’t think I would put it quite that way,” said Denham, with some hesitation. “It reads as if I were offering everything, and that my partner—well, you see what I mean.” A moment later she read. “ * * * Join me in this business. I make you this oiler entirely from a friendly, and not from a financial standpoint, hoping that you like me w"ll enough to he associated with me.” “Anything else, Mr. Denham?” “No, I think that covers the whole ground. It will look rather short, type-written, won’t it? Perhaps you might add something to show that I shall be exceedingly disappointed if my offer is not accepted.” “No fear,” said Miss Gale. “I’ll add that though. ‘Yours truly,’ or ‘Yours very truly?’ ” “You might end it ‘Your Friend.’ ” Next morning Miss Gale came into Mr. Denham’s office with a smile on her fuce. “You made a funny mistake last night, Mr. Denham,” she said, as she took off her wraps. “Did I?” he asked in alarm. “Yes. You sent that letter to my address. I get it this morning. I opened it, for I thought it was for me and that perhaps you did not need me to-day. I saw at once that you put it in the wrong envelope. Did you want me to-day?” It was on his tongue to say “I want you every day,” but he merely held out his hand for the letter, and looked at it as if he could not account for its having gone astray. The next day Miss Gale came late and she looked frightened. It was evident that Denham was losing his mind. She put the letter down before him an said: •• i ou aciaressea tnat to me the sec ond time, Mr.Denham.” There was a look of haggard anx iety about Mr. Denham that gave color to her suspicions. He felt that it was now or never. ‘■Then why don’t you answer it, Miss Gale,” he said .gruffly. She backed away from him. “Answer it?” she repeated faintly. “Certainly. If I got a letter twice, 1 would answer it.” “What do you mean?” she cried, with her hand on the door knob. “Exactly what the letter Eays. I want you for my partner. I want to marry you, and—financial considera tions-” “Oh!” cried Miss Gale, in a long drawn, quivering sigh. She was doubtless shocked at the word ho had used, and fled to her type-writing room, closing the door behind her. Richard Denham paced up and down the floor for a few moments an:l en rapped lightly at her door, but co was no response. He put on his hat and went out into the street. After a long and aimless walk, he found himself again at his place of business. When he went in Rogers said to him: “Miss Gale has left, sir.” “Has she?” “Yes, and she has given notice. Says she is not coming back, sir. ” “Very well.” He went into his room and found a letter marked “personal” on the desk, lie tore it open, and read in neatly type-written characters: “1 h ivc resigned my place as typewriter sirt bavins been offered a better situation. I am offered a partnership in the house of Richard Denham. I have decided to accent the position, not so much on account of its financial ctl fic tion as because 1 shall be clad, on a friendly basis, to be associated with the centletn l have named. Why did you put me to all t > t worry writins? that idiotic letter, when •> i„w words would have saved ever so much i-o, , r You evidently need a partner. My motle r wili I e pleased to meet you any time vou m ly call \ ou have the address. Your friend, Makoakkt Cams." “Rogers!” shouted Denham, joy fully. “Yes, sir,” answered the estimable man. puttinghis head into the :•. n. “Advertise for another type v. ,„or girl, Rogers.” ••Yes, sir,” said Rogers.--Detroit Free Press. MESSAGES ON A SUNBEAM. Sending Sound* Along a Ray of tight— Ur. Bell'* Experiment*. When walking through the labora tory of the "Volta bureau” with Dr. A. Graham Bell, the inventor ot the tele phone, I picked up on one of the shelved a piece of pine board about half an Inch thick and eight inches square, says World’s Progress. Out of the cen ter of It extended a speaking tube, which apparently rested against a thin disk of bright metal sunk into the op posite side. This metal was like a silver mirror and was about as large around as the bottom of a tumbler. I asked Dr. Bell what it was and he told me it was a perfected instrument whose original construction enabled him to project his voice from one point to another through the medium of a sunbeam. It enabled him, in other words, to send sounds along a ray of light without the aid of an electric wire. He took the In strument and put the tube to his mouth, holding the mirror so that It caught the sun and cast a little shadow disk of light on the opposite wall. Then by breathing slightly he made this shadow Increase and diminish and as sume various shapes by the action of his breath against the mirror dia phragm. ‘‘That shows you,” said he, “how the action of the diaphragm is carried along the ray. Now, if you will put a little bottle with some soot In it where that shadow is on the wall and speak Into the tube you will find that the sound will travel along the ray of light, and by having a receiver con nected with the bottle one would be able to hear what you were saying. We have spoken by this means to and from points 200 yards apart, and there seems to be no reason to doubt that speech may be sent along a beam of light for great distances. In our ex periment in thlB we first used saienlum, a very rare substance and very sensi tive to light. We have found, how ever, that we can produce very good results with common soot, and the dis coveries may yet be made which will make such an invention commercially practicable.” now TO urow Aquatic Plant*. The cultivation of aquatic plants In tubs makes It possible for any one to try his skill with them. Of course, he need not expect to be able to grow the rarer sorts of nymphae, but he can succeed with many beautiful varieties of water lily and other plants of that class. A half barrel Is not very attrac tive in itself, but Its lack of beauty may be concealed by plants, or It may be sunk Its depth in the earth. When it contains a fine specimen of some aqua tic plant we forget all about its lack of grace. When preparing for these plants put in rich black mud from the bed of Btreams or muck of swamps, to the depth of a foot, then plant your roots in it and fill with water. Add enough water from time to time to make up for that which is lost by evaporation, and give the tub a sunny place in the yard or garden. If you want to grow more plants than one tub will accom modate it is a good plan to take four, five, half a dozen, or as many as you may decide on, and have them sunk in the ground close together so that the general effect will be something like that which a large tank would give. A better plan, though a more ex pensive one to carry out, is to have a tank constructed of heavy planks. These should be securely bolted at the ends, and the joints made tight by white lead in the grooves.—Ladies’ Home Journal. Wants to ltolld an Immense Globa. “Large maps" may (as Lord Salis bury has been recently reminding us) be exceedingly desirable for certain pur poses but In the opinion of M. Ellsee Reclus the need for large globes is even more clamant. In a Belgium review that geographer submits a plan for the construction of a terrestial globe on the scale of 1-100,000th. The diameter of this microcosm would be 127 meters, or about 400 ft. The best of maps, says M. Reclus, are deceptive. They do not ac curately represent the relative dimen sions of different regions. The globe on the other hand, shows the actual structure of the planet. It gives each country its exact proportions and ren ders accurate comparisons possible. On the suggested scale, moreover, a true idea of the height of mountains and the depths of oceans would be readily gained. Thus the height even of Montmartre would be quite perceptible. —Westminster Gazette. Why It Waa Disbanded “I understand the Woman’s Literary and Art club has been disbanded/’ he said. “That’s true," she replied. “Broke up in a row, I suppose.” “Well, there was some lll-feellng," she admitted. “And I venture to say it was all about some mere trifle, toe; some ab surd little detail." “On the contrary, it was a very ser ious matter." “Indeed? Tell me all about it’’ “Why, we couldn’t decide whether to get a larger clubroom or abolish big sleeves at all club meetings.”—Chicago Evening Post. R> W. Emerson. The first article of Emerson’s reli gion was the existence of Mind in the universe, and his second article was the fact of man's relationship to the original Mind from whom man derives all heroisms, character, virtues, aspira tions. 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No One Ii Allowed to CrltleUe the Kalian As a well-konwn German newspaper has said, it has now come to this—that any adverse criticism of the kaiser's ut terances Is a penal offense, says the Contemporary Review. Praise or si lence—these are the alternatives. And yet never perhaps was there a monarch whose speeches more loudly challenged criticism; but they are sacred. To comment on them In words that raise even a suspicion of disapproval is suffi cient to consign the speaker or writer to Jail for at least three monthB, more probably six, possibly twelve. Nay, as tonishing as it may appear, it is none the less a fact that lese-majeste may be committed by saying nothing! In Octo ber last, the Cologne Gazette had an ac count of a man—a German who had been in America—who was unfortunate enough to offend in this way. He was at a cafe with some companions, and they fell to discussing the comparative merits of the German and American constitutions. Of course, the man who had been in America was in favor of the American constitution. He waxed elo quent on the subject, and went on to say, “As for the kaiser"—ihen suddenly realizing the dangers that beset that word, he stopped short. But he had al ready said too much. He had been overheard by someone who denounced him to the police. They arrested him and he was ultimately sentenced to three months' imprisonment. It was not asserted by the prosecution that he had said anything against the kaiser; he was condemned on the facts as I have stated them. It was assumed that, if he had finished the sentence, it would have contained an insult to his majesty, and this was enough. a later example is, 11 possible, more astounding still. An upholsterer In Dantzic was asked at a restaurant to estimate the value of a plaster bust of the empress, and said that It was worth only a shilling. For this he was tried. At the trial the bust was produced, and, being found of very inferior quality, the man was acquitted. But that he could have been tried at all on such a charge Is significant enough. Such cases are ludricrous except for the victims. But occasionally the over sensitive loyalty of the German leads to results still more absurd. Thus at Bonn last summer a party of friends were chatting at a restaurant, when one of them said: "What a fool that Kaiser is!” The audacious words were not al lowed to pass unavenged. A policeman was at once called In by an eavesdrop per and the culprit given Into custody. Then It came out that he had been merely referring to an acquaintance of the name of Kaiser (a not uncommon name In Germany). Even then he was taken to the police station, and had some difficulty in obtaining his re lease. Beauty la aft Beauty Doee. “You think the Ugly Duckling never becomes a swan?" writes Ruth Ash more In Ladles’ Home Journal. “Rachel, who was said to have had the most expressive face of any wom an in the century, and to have been the most graceful, was counted by her family as an exceedingly ugly child. She adored beauty, and tells in one of her letters that suddenly one day, after looking at herself, she made up her mind that she would be charming. And she said, ‘I studied every hour of my life to be ugly no longer.’ History tells how she succeeded. Adelina Patti was the Ugly Duckling, it being thought by her parents that her sister, Carlotta, was the beauty. Mary Anderson, the ideal, classical beauty of the last two decades, was considered in her own home an awkward, ordinary-looking girl, rather quiet, for she spent most of her time readlngShakespeare. George Eliot never became a beauty, but the forced thoie people who deapleed her lack of attraction aa a child to recog nize the great genlua of the woman. The old mammlea down South alwaya scorned a pretty baby, and, oddly enough, there la wisdom In this." VUtage Improvement. An exchange thus chronicles a local improvement: "Mr. Hebron, of Nelson street, has signally improved the ave nue by setting up a hitching post In front of his palatial residence. This piece of statuary Is of chestnut, and re ceived its graceful proportions and deli cate finish from the well-known Italian b&w mill of Ike Giddlngs in Dumping Hole district It Is painted yellow, and has a beautiful knob on top. To the wayfaring man It Imparts a feeling of security and rest that beggars descrip tion.” city Ufa. The city Is the battlefield of the hour, and will become more so aa humanity gathers In great masses In city life. There Is a providence In the human de sire to gather In multitudes In com mercial centers. It seems strange that humanity, like ripe fruit, decays faster In heaps than In any other form. We have not as yet found the secret of sav ing cities.—Rev. Dr. Hickman. Hoism Cheaper. Than Blayelee. At the recent silt of the assets of a riding academy In New Tork city the saddle horses brought on an average less than $30 apiece. This is said to be the lowest price on record for horses of this description, and the fact was generally noted that in New Tork the market value of a horse la lower than that of a bicycle. Equally Kuj. Tommy—"Ma, when the lire goes ont where doee It go toT” Tommy’s Ms— "How should I know? Why don’t you ask where your father goes when he goes out?”—Philadelphia Record. A dramatic college for ladles Is shortly to be.started In one of the su burbs of London. Marvelous Basalts. From a letter written by Rev. J. Guodermao, of Dimondale, Mich., we are permitted to make this abstract: “I have no hesitation in recommending Dr. King’s New Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While 1 was pastor of the Baptist church at Rives Junction she was brought kown with pneumonia suc ceeding la grippe. Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery; t was quick in its work and highly sat isfactory in results.’’ Trial bottles free at P. C. Corrigan's drug store. Regular size 50 cents and tl .00. Something to Know. It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centers it the stomach, gently stimulates the liver and kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing off impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50 cents or SI per bottle at P. C. Corrigan’s drug store. W '