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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1899)
A SENSIBLE LETTER, A Western Canadian Settler Write* to •n Illinois Friend. In writing to Mr. T. Ilawkyard, of Rockford, 111., Mr. G. Simpkins, of Leduc, Alberta, Western Canada (and to which points especially low rates are being quoted over all lines of rail way), says: Dear Sir:—Rec’d your letter the 14th inst. We have had no snow till after Christmas and the cattle have been able to live out, and are all in good condition. It is snowing now. That is what we want; have about 6 inches now. The old settlers say when we have lots of snow it means a good crop the coming season. It never drifts here. The weather is calm and bright. We do not have to dress any heavier than in Illinois, and the horses never shiver with the cold when we take them from the warm stables, as they do in Illinois. It has not frozen in the stable this winter. The most of the stock runs out, but there is no need of it, for timber is plentiful and there Is no expense to build good stables and houses. We have good log houses and they are very warm. Two men can put up a house 1G.\24 in two days. There are good rails for fences. We live ten miles from the coal district, the price being from 50 cents up to $2.00. The land is a very rich, loamy soil, from 6 inches to several feet in depth; the hills have the deepest. It is a rolling country, and excellent for stock of all kinds. Sheep do well, and there are plenty of small lakes where the cattle can get good water. The cattle got out of grass last year, about the middle of April, and run at large; unless in charge of a herdsman, we have to fence against them. Wheat goes from 35 to 60 bushels per acre, oats 80 to 90, very often over a hun dred. As to potatoes, a neighbor planted 7 bushels and dug 226 bushels and no bugs. Roots of all kinds do well. There are lots of strawberries and lots of red raspberries, black and red currants, and gooseberries, where the fire has not burnt them. Cattle are scarce. I have been trying to buy some for 8 months and have got only three two-year-old, and paid $o0 each. Hogs are scarce, but can be got. They sell for C cents dressed, and cost more for stockers. Wheat 50 cents per bu., oats 25 cents, eggs 30 cents a dozen, butter 15 and 20 cents, poultry was 10 and 11 cents dressed. Sheep are scarce, if you come, bring your farm tools, but bring no seeders; wre use drills. Bring cows, but do not bring horses unless you are an experienced hand in shipping them, for so many of them are hurt in shipping. There will be plenty of w'ork for a binder. Two good horses will bicak, but three light er are better. The horses you get here can work without grain, but are better with it. It will be hard to tell what prices horses will be, for the immigra tion will be very large the coming spring. They could be had last spring at one time. They claim the best time to break is June, but my experience Is to break in the spring and work it. You can break till the middle of July. Ail Evidence of Prosperity. It is generally conceded by econo mists, who study the commercial sit uation of the country, that the great arteries of railway travel are a sure indication of its condition. A depres sion in commercial lines means aban doned business trips and the cancella tion of pleasure travel, while a healthy condition of affairs means business trips and an increase of passengers on pleasure bent. A good evidence that a business re vival has gone broadcast over this country is the “Lake Shore Limited,” the star train of the Vanderbilt sys tem, between New York and Chicago, which is daily comfortably filled. With a view to taking the best possible care of its patrons, the New York Central has arranged to increase the equip ment of this train by placing an addi tional standard sleeper on the trains leaving New York and Chicago Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. To the regular traveler the appointments and comforts of this train are well known, but if you have never made a trip on it, you owe it to yourself to see and enjoy the advance made in comfort and luxury in modern railway travel. Remember the fare is no high er on tnis train, except between New York and Chicago, while the accommo dations and service place this particu lar train conspicuously at the head of the list, when compared with other lines.—Albany Journal. " TO CURE A COLD J« ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A11 druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. 11 Q. on each tablet. He who neglects present duties may never overtake future opportunllies. Balzer'a Seed Corn. Does your seed corn test, Bro. Farmer? Balzer’s does—it’s northern grown, early and good for 80 to 150 bu. per acre! Bend this notice and 16c for 8 corn samples and low prices to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. [w. u.J Some people look happiest when they have had bad news to tell. f Try Grain-01 • |TryGrain=OI J Ask you Grocer to-day to show you $ a package of GRAIN- O, the new food ♦ drink that takes the place of coffee, £ £ The children may drink it without ♦ injury as well as the adult. All who * try it, like it. ' GRAIN-O has that i rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, ♦ but it is made from pure grains, and + the most delicate stomach receives it J without distress. ^ the price of coffee. ♦ 15 cents and 25 cents per package, a Sold by all grocers. ♦ Tastes like Coffee J Looks like Coffee ♦ Insist that your grocer gives yon GRAIN-0 * J Accept no imitation. ♦ : ! ♦ t ♦ : ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ FOI£ SALE. Grain Elevator and Feed Mill on the Burlington railroad, at one-half its value Best location in Nebraska. Address OWNER, 503 Paxton Block, Omaha. The News Briefly Told. Sat n relay. Havana exports of tobacco during February aggregated 13,448 bales. The United States transport Conne maugh has arrived at Honolulu, carry ing mules for Manila. A reception was tendered General Douglas at Havana Friday night as a farewell. Several hundred members of the Seventh corps were present. Captain James McQueen Forsythe, who has been recovering in the naval hospital in Philadelphia from a se vere illness, received word from Wash ington of " his appointment to the cruiser Baltimore now in the Philip pines. Robert J. Burdette, the humorist, and Mrs. Clara B. Baker were married at Pasadena, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Bur dette will make their future home in Pasadena, where the humorist will fill the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church. The Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post says: in their desire to effect friendly settlement of the Sa moan difficulty, the German officers have decided to discontinue their sup port at Mataafa, hoping that this will induce the United States to recall Chief Justice Chambers. The United States cruiser New York and the gunboats Vicksburg and An napolis arrived in Santiago. Rear Ad miral Sampson, accompanied by Cap tain F. E. Chadwick, called upon Ma jor General Leonard Wood, the mil itary governor, a salute being fired in honor of the admiral. President McKinley spent a quiet and restful Sunday at Tliomasville, Ga., at tending to no business save a few ar rangements for the return trip to Washington, and listening to what Postmaster General Emory Smith had to say of his observations of condi tions in Cuba. The weathc^ wag very warm, the thermometer registering 8» degrees, but a breeze was blowing. Colonel Henry C. Egbert, whom General Otis reports among the killed, was born in Pennsylvania am! ap pointed a first lieutenant in the army from civil life on September 23, 1861. He served continuously as a line offi cer for nearly forty yeat’3. He was more closely identified with the Twelfth infantry than any other or ganization, having served with dis tinction in that regiment during the civil war. Monday. The Fifteenth Minnesota has been mustered out at Augusta, Ga. M. Delcasse has presented the An glo-French-African convention to the French chamber of deputies. The American Telephone company of New York has increased its capital from $25,000,000 to $75,000,000. The state department has received word from Honduras that no Ameri cans are arresetd there, as reported. Minister Loomis, at Venzuela, re ports many opportunities there for American investors and manufactur ers. General Royal T. Frank, assigned to the command of the department of the Gulf, is exected at Atlanta Wed nesday night. The order of a British railroad to the Baltimore locomotive works for twen ty engines is exciting much comment in the British press. It is reported that the Baldwin lo comotive works has received orders for a number of engines to be used in India and Australia. The Minnesota protest against the censure passed on \the Fifteenth Min nesota regiment has ben sent to Wash ington by Governor Lind. Lieutenant Wells, commanding the naval recruiting station at Chicago, will enlist an unlimited number of first-class machinists for Dewev's fleet at Manila. Brigadier General Pennington, re cently mustered out of the volunteer service, expects soon to resume com mand of his former regiment, the Sec ond artillery, at Havana. Canadian and New Yoork capitalists have organized a corporation to ex hibit the Yukon resources at the Paris exposition. Among the exhibits will be $5,000,000 in old dust aud nuggets. The extradition warrant for Mrs. Ingersoll and John Collins, alleged ab ductors of Gerald Lapiner of Chicago, has reached Painesville, O.. but ser vice is delayed by habeas corpus pro ceedings. The paymaster’s department of the army has decided that volunteers who enlisted prior to the act of April 20 are not entitled to extra pay, even though promised it by the published notices to recruits. Tuesday. Henry B. Cooper has teen sworn in as attorney general for Hawaii. Today’s statement ot the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $282,0..* ,686; gold reserve, $242,802,766. The reception given Secretary Alger at Havana on his arrival was attended by a large corps of American and Cu ban officers. The failure of congress to pass leg islation for Hawaii has caused the loaning of an Immense number of ves sels with sugar for the United States. Among supplies upon which bids are received at the New York navy yard are 60,000 pounds of cannned cornea beef and 50,000 pounds of canned roast beef. The Inao-Egyptian Compress com pany is the latest thing .n trusts from New Jersey. It will control the manu facture of cotton compresses. Capital, $15,000,000. Health Commissioner Fritzsche of Rochester, N. Y., reports that beef cut in small pieces and packed in barrels is being shipped into Rochester for sausage beef, An inspection will be made. The will of Joseph Medill, late edit or oi the Tribune, was filed in the pro bate court c Chicago. The estate, vvhicn is estimated about $2,000,000 net, is bequeathed in equal shares to his two daughters, Mrs. Robert \V. Pat terson and Mrs. Robert S. McCormick. The Tribune stock is left in trust to Robert W. Patterson, Robert S. Mc Cormick and William G. Beale, who are given full power to vote and man age or sell as the majority may decide. Wednesday. Secretary Alger has gone to Cienfue gos from Havana. Allentown, Pa., rolling mills will make a slight increase in wages April 1. The Indiana supreme court holds that if a man marries a woman who owes him the debt is cancelled. It is reported that Myron T. Herrick has been offered the presidency of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, when it is re organized, but declines. Funeral services were held at Chi cago over the remains of the late Bishop Dugan, who died at St. Louis. Interment was in Calvary cemetery. ■Commander J. M. Forsythe has been assigned to the command of the Balti more, now on the Manila station, vice Captain Dyer, who has been invalided home. Suit has been brought against Wil liam Martindale. Emporia, Has., for $1G6,000, claims growing out of the fail ure of the First National bank of Em poria. Surgeon General Sternberg received mail reports from Manila concerning hospital and medical affairs there. In the main they dealt with routine nat ters and showed satisfactory condi tions prevailing. A Filipino commissioner to negoti ate for the release of the Spanish pris oners in the hands of the Filipinos ar rived in Madrid. The cabinet has de cided to sell the transports Rapido, Meteoro and Patriota. The commissions of the large num ber of postmasters appointed by the president since the adjournment of congress will be signed at once by the president and postmaster general. These have accumulated to the number of about 150 and the appointees have been querying the postofflee depart ment on their status. The six additional mountain guns asked for by General Otis a short time ago are now on their way to Manila. These guns are two-pounders, and can be taken anywhere that mules or men can go. General Otis had eight of these guns, besides four guns of the Astor battery. The latter, however, are twelve-pounders and much heavier to handle. Thursday. Baroness Hirsch, widow of the He brew philanthropist, is critically ill at Paris. Lieutenant Whittlesey has been se lected as Admiral Howlson’s flag lieu tenant. The rebels of Bolivia are credited with capturing the important city of Cochabamba. Spain has secured a credit of $13, GG6,000 for the payment of interest on the Cuban debt. Advertisements are ordered for bids for 24,000 tons of armor plate, to be opened May 31. Germans are to hold a big meeting at Chicago to protest against an Anglo American alliance. The census ofllce appeals to people to cease applying for jobs. None will be given out for several months. The American Glass company has shut down all its factories at Pitts burg, indefinitely, owing to a strike of its men. Ambassador Cambon has presented to President McKinley an autograph letter from President I.oubet of France announcing his election. Attorney General Monnett of Ohio decides that manufacturers of liquor in other states must pay taxes on all liquor sold in Ohio by them during the last thirteen years. The Marine Review issues a warn ing that the buying up of steamers by the steel trust means an intent to not only control prices, but trans portation of ore. The Missouri house passed a bill making the contract rate of interest 7 per cent, a reduction from 8. The bill provides also that property sold under mortgage for a note satisfies the debt in full. The London Daily Graphic announces that the Marquis of Salisbury has ap proved the draft of the convention dealing with the British and Russian spheres of influence in China and that the convention awaits the signature. At a meeting of the directors of the Buffalo Pan-American exposition Colonel John Weber was appointed commissioner general of the exposition at a salary of $6,000 per annum. Mr. Weber will leave at once for Wash ington, where he will institute rela tions with the diplomatic represent atives, particularly with the South and Central American countries. Friday. Ex-Secretary Sherman continues to improve steadily and last night was resting comfortably. The transport Logan has arrived at Savannah with the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana volunteers. It was stated at the war department that the provision of the army law allowing the retention in service for six months of the volunteers in the Philippines has been construed to mean the officers as well as the men, and that the volunteer organizations would be retained just as they now exist. Lieutenant Fred S. Perry, who Is reported as wounded in the recent fight near Malolos, is with Company E of Boulder, Colo. He is 22 years of age and gave his vocation as a stu dent. He was promoted only a few days ago to first lieutenant. His near est relative is given as J. M. Perry of Joliet, 111. The transport Logan has broken t:ie record, making a trip in ninety hours from Savannah to Havana, loading the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana and reaching Savannah ahead of the quarantine. Captain William J. Watson of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, injured at Malolos, enlisted at his home in Pittsburg, Kan., under the original call for troops. He went in as a first ileutenant in Company I) and was afterward promoted to be captain of Company E. He is 2G years of age, a lawyer by profession and a graduate of the law department of the Slate university. His nearest relative is A. M. Wilson of Pittsburg. THE pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well-known remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company, illustrate the value ot obtaining the liquid laxative principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxative, CLEANSING THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY, DISPELLING COLDS AND HEADACHES, PREVENTING FEVERS, OVERCOMING HABITUAL CONSTIPATION PERMANENTLY, Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and substance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, gently yet promptly, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs arc used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but THE MEDICINAL QUALITIES ARE OBTAINED FROM SENNA AND OTHER AROMATIC PLANTS, by a method known to the California Fig Syrup Company only. In order to get its beneiicial effects, and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. Consumers of the choicest products of modern commerce purchase at about the same price that others pay for cheap and worthless imitations. To come into universal demand and to be everywhere considered the best of its class, an article must be capable of satisfying the wants and tastes of the best informed purchasers. The California Fig Syrup Company having met with the highest success in the manufacture and sale of its excellent liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, it has become important to all to have a knowledge of the Company and its product. The California Fig Syrup Company was organized more than fifteen years ago, for the special purpose of manufacturing and selling a laxative remedy which would be more pleasant to the taste and more beneficial in effect than any other known. The great value of the remedy, as a medicinal agent and of the Company’s efforts, is attested by the sale of millions of bottles annually, and by the high approval of most eminent physicians. As the true and genuine remedy named Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only, the knowledge of that fact will assist in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other parties. For Sale by All Drusjgishs , Price 50$ Per Bottle. A L A B A S T I LtABASTINE Is the original and only durable wall coating, entirely different from dll kal somlnes. Heady for use In white or twelve beautiful tints by adding cold water. AD1ES naturally prefer ALA BASTINE for walls and ceil ings, because It 13 pure, clean, durable. Put up In dry pow dered form. In five-pound pack ages, with full directions. LL kalsomlnes are cheap, tem porary preparations made from whiting, chalks, clays, etc., and stuck on walls with de caying animal glue. ALABAS TINE Is not a kalsomlne. EWABB of the dealer Who ■ays he can sell you the “same thing" as ALABASTINE or “something Just as good." He is either not posted or Is try ing to deceive you. ND IN OFFERING something he has bought oheao and tries to sell on ALABASTINE’S de mands, he may not realize the damage you will suffer by a kalsomlne on your walls. ENS1BLE dealers will not buy a lawsuit. Dealers risk one by selling and consumers by using infringement. Alabastlne Co. own right to make wall coat ing to mix with cold water. HE INTERIOR WALLS Of every schoolhouse should be coated only with pure, durable ALABASTINE. It safeguards health. Hundreds of tons are used annually for this work. N BUYING ALABASTINE, see that packages are properly la beled. Beware of large fo«r pouad package light kalso mlne. offered to customers a* a five—pound package. UISANCE of wall paper la ob viated by ALABASTINE. It can be used on plastered walls, wood ceilings, brick or can vas. A child can brush it on. It does not rub or scale off. Established in favor, shun all Imitations. Ask paint dealer or druggist for tint card. Write for "Alabastlne Era," free, to ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan, WE CAN’T MAKE anybettcr ink than we do — we don’t know how to. We can make poorer and cheaper ink, but wc won’t GARTER’S INK Is the best that can be made. It costs you no more than the poorest. Funny booklet “ How to Make Ink Pictures "free. CARTER’S INK CO.. Boston, Maag, Have You a Disease We Successfully Treat? i A klfSTD All of Tumor. Skin. ' l\ lllood.und Nervous Diseases siicntitli allv cured. Consult or correspond with THE FAltNII AM HOME KAN! l’AKIL’M, Ur. (IK<>. O. W. I’A’.tNnaM. Prop. Ink So. 10th st.. Lincoln. Neb. Or. 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