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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1899)
QUALITY AND NEWS. FAME AND EXCELLENCE ARE DETERMINING FACTORS IN SUCCESSFUL DEVELOP MENT. On« of tbe Important Functions of High-Class Newspapers. In presenting interesting phases ot scientific and economic problems, high-class newspapers frequently give information of as great value in their advertising columns as in those de voted to the publication of the prin cipal events of the day; and when the fame of a product is extended be yond its natural limits into foreign lands, and a large demand created throughout Great Britain and her col onies and the principal seaports and cities of Europe, Asia and Africa, it becomes a pleasant duty to note the fact and to tell of the points of ex cellence on which so great a success is based. We refer to the now world famed laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, the product of the California Fig Syrup Company. The merits of this well-known excellent laxative were first made known to the world through the medical journals and newspapers of the United States; and is one of the distinct achievements of the press. It is now well known that Syrup of Fig3 is an ethical proprietory remedy, ap proved by the most eminent physicians ’everywhere, because it is simple and effective, yet pleasant to the taste and acceptable to the system, and not only prompt in its beneficial effects, but also wholly free from any unpleasant after-effects. It is frequently referred to as the remedy of the healthy, be cause it is used by people who enjoy good health and who live well and feel well and are well Informed on all sub jects generally, including laxatives. In order to get its beneficial effects, it Is necessary to get the genuine Syrup of Figs, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. Not what other people think, but what I must do is all that concerns me.—Emerson. Selling Patents. During the past -week 413 patents were issued to in ventors of the Unit ed State, and of this number 103 sold either the whole or part of their inven r tions before the issue of the patent. Amongst the prominent concerns who bought patents were the following: — Aeolian Co., Meriden, Conn., , Pope Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass., Victor Cash Register Co., Chicago, Ill Stover Bicycle Manufacturing Co., Freeport, 111., .^praper Co., Portland, Me., and Hope daie, Mass., Mergenthaler Linotype Co., of New York, Standard Automatic Gas Engine Co., Oil City, Pa., U. S. Automatic Gas Lighting Co., Auburn, Me., Adams & Westlake Co., Chicago, III. Parties desiring information as to selling or obtaining patents may ob tain the same by addressing Sues & Co., Patent Lawyers & Solicitors, Bee Bldg., Omaha, Neb. The engine may be built in a day but it takes years to perfect the en gineer. Ask for Hie Beit Rendin;. Liberal religious literature sent free on application to Mrs. H. D. Reed, 132 N. 38th ave., Omaha, Nebr. A special to the Minneapolis Times from Winnipeg says: The striking Canadian Pacific machinists and the company have reached an agreement and the men are all at worfl. The set tlement arrived at today is as follows: The union is recognized; journeymen get 25 to 30 cents per hour; minimum wages, according to location, and gang bosses 31 to 35 cents. Overtime for nights and holidays and Sundays is fixed at time and a half, and fifty-five hours to constitute a week’s worn. Diagrams prepared by an expert t'oi one of the large life insurance com panies to illustrate the comparative longevity of clergymen, farmers, f&achers, lawyers and doctors show that 42 out of every 170 ministers ot .»* the Gosepl reach the age of 70. The farmers come next, their proportion for 70 years of age being 40 out of 170. Next comes the teachers, with 24; tbe lawyers shows 25; the doctors are last, with only 24 out of 170. In the town of Rising Sun, Ind., is a man who occupies a unique position. In 1852 a company was formed, under the name of the Rising Sun, Aurora and Lawrenceburg Telegraph com pany. The line was built and operat - ed by the company, and was sold by y~ the stocknolders in 1872 to J. T. Whit lock, of Rising Sun, who has since been both day and night operator, lineman, president, board of directors and general manager. Anybody who was far-sighted enough to lay in a few pounds of dia monds a year ago can make a hand some profit on them now. President Loubert has signed the pardon of Emile Arton, who, in No vember, 1896, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for complicity with Baron de Reinach and Dr. Cor nelius Herz in the frauds on the Pana ma Canal company. M. Collier, writer of leading articles for the Dreyfusard organ Aurore. fought a duel with the son of General Mercier, formerly minister of war. M. Mercier was pinked in the chest, and is not thought to be seriously hurt. The greatest motive forces are toe ones that cannot be moved. x > FAEM AND GAEDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some rp-to-Date Biota About Cul tivation of the Soil and Yields Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and Floriculture. Uattleboz. The Latin name of this weed Is Crotalaria sagittalis. It Is popularly known as Rattleweed and wild pea. A government bulletin has this to say of it: It is a hairy annual three to eighteen inches high, with simple un divided leaves one to two inches long and small yellow pea-like flowers ap pearing in July. The seed pods are about an inch long when mature and are nearly black. They are much in * «-Tiattlebox (Cretainvia lagitlalit) a, whole plant; b, cross section of seed pod— both one-third natural size. Dated, and, as the walls are stiff and thin and very resonant, they make ex cellent miniature rattles when the seeds have become detached from their fastenings inside the pod. The rattle box is native in low sandy soils from the Atlantic westward to Minnesota and eastern Kansas. It is also found in New Mexico. It is common in Con necticut, New Jersey and North Car olina, and in some years is very abund ant in bottom lands along the valley of the Missouri, in South Dakota and Iowa. The poisonous constituent is un known, but it resides both in the leaves and in the seeds. Horses, and sometimes cattle, are killed by eat ing grass mixed with the plant. They are not poisoned so often by eating the plant in the fields. Public atten tion was first called to the poisonous nature of the rattlebox by Dr. Stalker of Iowa, who, In 1884, while investi gating the cause of “bottom disease,” then prevalent among horses in Iowa, was led to believe that it was mostly if not altogether, attributable to this plant. Experiments were made that proved the supposition to be correct. The percentage of rattlebox in meadow hay will be much reduced ir the fields are burned over when the seeds mature the preceding summer. The growth of perennial grasses will not be materially affected thereby. Kceplns; Squashes In Winter. From Farmers’ Review: It is a common complaint of people who grow squashes for winter consumption that the fruits will not keep for any length of time after removal from the field to the vegetable cellar. Sometimes this trouble may be in the choice of varie ties, but this seems to be seldom the case, since even the old reliable Hub bard is complained of as much as the rest. Generally the fault rests with the grower, who, busy with other de tails, allows his “hardy” vegetables to lie in the field long after they should be in the cellar; grumbling, when he does remove them, because these un wieldy things must be left “until it’s ’most too cold to work outdoors.” From our experience and observation we think it safe to say that a frost that will kill a melon, pumpkin or squash vine will also have some harm ful effect upon the fruit it bears, par ticularly if the squashes or melons or pumpkins are not fully ripe. At any rate we find that these fruits when re moved from the vine to the cellar be fore a vine-killing frost has touched them will keep better than those al lowed to remain after the plants have been killed. In many cases immature specimens, if not too young, and If gathered before the frost, will keep better than ripe ones gathered after wnrd. We have found that gathering all the fruits at one time and sorting them according to their stage of ripeness is the best plan. The fully ripe ones are stored at once; the immature ones laid together in a sunny place where they can be covered at night and exposed during the day. They are allowed to remain here until the approach of severe weather, when they are taken to the cellar. Here we put them in the warmest place, provided it be dry, and allow them to continue ripening. Our home supply, principally imma ture specimens, is stored around the furnace, a bricked-up affair that is not very warm at any time, but is warmer than the rest of the cellar. We use the ripest first and thus prolong the season. Of course there is such a thing as gathering these fruits too young. In such cases they will rot in spite of anything. If the rind be soft there will be no use trying to ripen the squash, but the grower will know at jiist what point he may pick with rea sonable prospects of success In ripen ing. This stage varies to some extent with the different varieties. M. Q. KAIN3. The Roadster. An authority on horses thus de scribes the roadster: A typical roadster should stand from fifteen to sixteen hands high, weigh close about 1,100 pounds, be sound and straight in every way, have a good, solid color, a level head, bold and reso lute. capable and willing to road twelve miles an hour or 100 miles in ten hours, and when put upon his speed will shew a 2:30 gait or there abouts. He should not only be able but willing to do whatever is asked of him, and this without resort to spur, boot or whip. Such an animal, mc*’ lng along without paddling or strad dling, is In great demand, orovlded he has been properly educated and abounds in nervous energy. Form, size, color, symmetry and substance are essentials in the make-up of a typ ical roadster, but they do not always insure the road horse. To these must be added a certain individuality that is always the result of intelligent breeding. It manifests Itself in what we term nervous energy, the inherited ability to get up and get there. It is true that no class of horses are so difficult to breed up to a high standard of excellence as the roadster. We can not produce him from animals that have only individual merit to recom mend them. They must be descend ants of families noted for their extraor dinary qualifications along this line. To breed the draft horse, size and soundness are the main points to be taken into consideration; In breeding the race horse everything is sacrificed for speed; but in producing the road ster we must look well to every point of excellence that is to be found in the make-up of all other classes of good horses. The Foil Web-Worm. The Latin name of this worm Is Hyphantria cunea. The Colorado Ex periment Station gives the following description of this insect: This is a yellowish or brownish caterpillar with a black head, that forms a large loose web or tent in a great variety of trees, beginning to appear about the first of July and continuing through the sum mer. The larvae are rather sparsely covered with long hairs that are whit ish or yellowish in color, with occa sional black ones for variety. This in sect is readily distinguished from the Tent caterpillar In habits, as the larvae of the Fall web-worm form a very loose tent with which they inclose the leaves upon which they feed, and they do not appear until the Tent caterpil lars have nearly or quite disappeared. In the illustration “a” and “b” are full grown larvae showing light and dark forms: “c” is the chrysalis; “d” is the moth, showing dark spots. All are some enlarged. The lines show the actual length. Usually the moths are entirely white. Remedies.—If the webs are noticed when small .they should be cut out and the larvae destroyed. If the web has become large, enclosing many branches of the tree, it may be better to burh out the web with a torch. Where there is no danger of poison ing fruit, Paris green may be sprayed * \ \ I • or dusted upon the foliage immediately surrounding the web. These leaves will soon be enclosed for food and the worms eating them will die. Arsenical Poisoning of Potato Leaves.—In many sections where Paris green in water is applied to potatoes injuries are produced which can not be distinguished from early blight by any ordinary examination. It fre quently happens, therefore, that far mers are led to believe that their po tatoes are affected with early blight and other diseases when the trouble lias been brought on by themselves through the improper use of Paris green. Injuries resulting from the use of this substance are very apt to occur where flea beetles have eaten the foli age. The arsenic attacks the tissues at such points, and as a result more or less circular brown spots are pro duced, having for their centers the holes eaten out by the flea beetles. Green Bone and Animal Meal.—Ex periments that have been made show very conclusively that the cheapest and best foods are those that induce the hens to lay, and that reduced bone and animal meal are more valuable considering the results therefrom than has been supposed, although such foods have ranked high as egg-producing ma terials. As less than one-third the quantity of animrj meal is required compared with corn, the cost is even less than for corn, with the difference that corn is not sufficient, while anl pal meal is more complete.—Ex. IT. R. Bostwlck, who has been having trouble with the natives in introduc ing electric cars in Korea, is a San Franciscan. He says the trouble be gan through his allowing women to ride on street cars, a step toward wo men's rights theretofore unknown and hence much opposed in that country. Sand stored in a large tank, from which it can be sifted automatically to any or all parts of the building, in such a manner as to smother a tire effectively, is a new idea to be used in a new telephone company's ex change at Indianapolis, Ind. A Korun rkuble Career. Jno. M. Smyth, head of the great house of* Jno. M. Smyth Co., of Chi cago, commenced life in a very humble way, but by dint of hard work and great business ability has built up the largest concern of its kind in the world. His name is a synonym for honesty and fair dealing. The great guitar bargain shown in another col umn of this paper should be of interest to those who are musically inclined, and their mammoth catalogue of everything to eat, wear or use should be in the hands of everyone. The Berlin Neuste Nachrlcliten de clares that the colonial council has adopted a resolution declaring it com patible with German colonial inter ests to abandon Samoa in return for sufficient indemnification. The Na tional Zeitung, which confirms the statement of the Neuste Nachrichten, says: “This, however, is not the view of the imperial government, whose policy is directed now, as hitherfore, to acquiring at least Upotu island.” • 834.00 Per Week Salary. We p»y r.t per week for a man with a rig to Intro duce our smuts tu the country. Wrlto for tarina. Kauras Food (Jo., Dept. t>.. Kansas City, Mo. The cheerful live longest in years, and afterward in our regards.—Bovee. The same fire that makes the dross evident, purges the gold. The centenary of Count Von Moltke will be celebrated on October 28, 1900, the 100th anniversary of his birth. Apropos of the vent two young artists have received commissions to paint two frescoes at Kreisau castle, the resi dence of the Moltke family. One will represent the netrance of the French troops in Lubeek on November 8. 1800, which was witnessed by the 6-year-old Moltke; the other the entrance of the Prussian troops into Paris in 1871. No man ever thinks he has attained his proper position in the world until he is able to look down on somebdy. Baltimore, Oct. 21.—Should the pres ent rate of increase In the net earnings of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad con tinue, almost the entlro interest charges and the rentals for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, will have been earned by Dec. 31, 1899. This was foreshadowed today when the net eurnlngs for September were made public. The estimated gross receipts were 12,804,293. the largest for one month in the history of the company and an increase of $218,597 over Sep tember, 1898. The net earnings for September, 1899, were also a record breaker, being $1,030,493, an increase of $271,804 over September, 189S. The net earnings for the first three months of this fiscal year—July, August, and September—aggregate $3,042,759, an Increase of $1,174,668 over the same months in 1898.—J. H. Maddy. Dime contributions in the last ten years have built a million dollar Ho man Catholic cathedral In Elizabeth, N. J. It will be dedicated, it is ex pected on the 5th or the 12th of No vember next, and the chimes, It Is in tended, shall ring for the first, time ou New Year's eve, to usher in the year 1900. We cannot count it death to falter, not to die—Simonides. Conduct is three-fourths of life.— Matthew Arnold. MRS. PINKHAM says that irritability indicates disease. Women who are nervous and snappish are to be pitied. Their homes are uncomfortable; their dis positions grow constantly worse. Such women need the coun sel and treatment of a woman who understands the peculiar your Vegetable Compound has done for me. It has helped me more than anything else. I suffered for a long time with ner vousness, pains in back and limbs and falling of the womb; also had neuralgia in my head and could not sleep. I told troubles of her sex. EVERY-DAY TALKS WITH WOMEN Mrs. Anna E. Hall, of Mill dale, Conn., was all run down in health and had completely lost control of her nerves. She wrote to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for advice. Now she writes: •• I wish to thank you for what my husband that some thing must be done, for I was nearly frantic with pain. Having lead of < the wonderful cures Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound had performed, I determined *8 to try it. I have taken o/c_, . it and am happy to say I am cured. I recommend it to all my friends and never tire of telling the benefit I have derived from its use. I have you alone to thank for my recovery.” Mrs. Ellen Flana gan, 1810 Mountain St., Philadelphia, Pa., writes: 0 “Dear Mrs. Pinkham 8 —Three years ago I was a sufferer from chronic dyspepsia, was irritable and cross, and can say g* that after taking seven g bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound was entirely cured I uike great pleasure in writing this to you and would be pleased to be interviewed by any one who is afflicted with that distressing complaint. I am very grateful to you.” "A remarkable old gentleman,” Kays the Indianapolis Sentinel, “was a guest at the Occidental hotel yesterday—Mr. Robert Watts, of Connersvllle. He is 78 years old and one of Fayette coun ty's oldest and most respected citizens. In all, forty-seven state fairs have been held, and Mr. Watts has attended for ty-six of them. This undoubtedly beats all other records. He is hale and ac tive and has never been ill in his life with the exception of a slight indis position from the grip last winter.’* The truest wisdom is a resolute de termination.—Napoleon. t M IIV . JWUJ * VI IOU • acting well. Yoj suffer from bilious ness, constipation. Ayer’s Pills act directly on the liver. For 60 years the Standard Family Pill. Small doses cure. .,25c. All druggists. Want your moustache or board a beautiful brown or rich black? Then use > BUCKINGHAM’S DYE WUE™ RQ_£T>, Of f^>,r^isTa, r^ W. P, H^_^A Co.r_NMMU>J N. Rider Haggard’s ’’tme" no doubt at tracted attention in part by the odd brevity of its title—more of a novelty then than now. An English woman novelist has just established a new record by publishing a sfory with the title “I:”_ I know that my life was saved by Pino’s Cure for Consumption.—John A. Miller. Au Sable, Michigan, April 21, 1806. God never rises but one moment at a time, and does not give a second until he withdraws the first.—Kenelon. Knowledge Is what 1 love; and the men who dwell In towns are my teach ers, not trees and landscapes.—Socra tes. Things don’t turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.—Gar field. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.50 SHOES “»'«!» Worth $4 to $8 compared with other mokes. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES THKOKKI IXIi ka<* W. L. Draylis* siat and |»rl«a iliati«4 aa boUoM. Take no substitute cleaned to l>e as good. Largest. maker* of W and in.fW) shoes In the world. Your dealer should keep ■MURmtifrvmm mem— ir nut. we win Bonn you PiWWTO n pair on receipt of prlco. BUm» Klud of leather, *!/.o am) width, plain or cap t<« Catalogue A Free. W. a. DO'ifiLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. M.v nCHCinilC Rpantiili amt flfll AVaro. Nol UEHJIlrKa dters, Sailors, WidowsChildren, • Puttiers and Mothers. Nofeeitnk hsmicoosk fUl. K. II. UKI.STOJi CO., Allnnoj., ITioklnglou, D. C. Vuur Pension rCIllllURv DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRKtX. Pension Agent, Miff New York Avenue. WASHINGTON, D. C. w.itionnn. gbniaiun \V«slilIiuton, 1*. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. I.aie Principal ExaminerTlS. Penaion Bureau. 3 > min civil war. 16 Hiliiiilliulinif claims, atty allied. tM.Diabete5.3one ini ddCnr AND ALL OTHER DISEAStS Rt*| SUITING FROM URIC ACID IN THE BLOOD P'i - if.vc'ly fu<«rt ser<a (r» tx'ohfel THE SWISS-AMERICAN CO r»i.«c« o»**c« 4 qpi »■». r.ocn. H"XQ5on,pwT Pf.T Pr^MIClrU^gjJ LADY HD AA A Al wanted to travel and Ull Iwl #% IwapiKiintaiWiitH.WOO per month aalaty andnli rxpenaea. 7.1 kolerCo.718 Motion UldK.ChtcaKO Craa <a I aHIfle t-ftter ami parlhiilara rt-aurdlnc llOC ID LhIIICS "I'nu tlrul Devit o" no lady Bhoiml bo without. Confidential. Kwloae Mamn. Lady eyeiitf* wanted. Korrka Appilattte Co., fitful tu id# Building, Baltimore. Md. Ittii MARK. POMMEL The Best Cl Saddle C»l Keeps both rider and saddle per fectly dry In the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint. Ask fer 1897 F ish Brand Bommel Slicker— it is entirely new. If not for sale In your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWhR. Boston. Mass. DR, ARNOLD’S GOUGH CURES COUGHS AND COLDS. |#|| I PQ PREVENTS CONSUMPTION. RlLLCll All I>niSKittat iiSc. CARTER'S INK Makes millions think. k arnica wia. i Thompson’s Eyo Wator. w»re eyes, use f 'MAMMOTH MAILORDER! HOUSE 150 TO 166 ?WCST MADI&OH 8T<. CHICAGO 5,000 GUITARS AT $2.65 This Guitar is made of the finest imita tion mahogany with either solid rosewood or walnut finger board, pearl inlaid position dots and German silver raised frets} it has fancy in lay around sound hole and best quality American patent heads; the top of Guitar is beautifully bound with celluloid; it is strung with a full set of best quality steel springs and is ready to play upon. THIS ELEGANT QUITAR FOR $2.65 No more, no less, than 5,000 of them, probably the largest contract in gnitnm ever made — an instrument that posi tively sells from $3.50 to $7.00. When this lot is exhausted wo cannot duplicate this oiler. Quantity talks. Only by oper ating on such a big scale, together with our well-known small profit policy, could such an ollering bo possible. Another reason for dispensing such a bargain broadcast is the confidence we feel that every guitar sold will win for us a per manent patron and a friend whoso recommendation we ran count upon. Wo will forward the guitur to any addresu C. O. D„ subject to examination, poo" receipt of 50c. We, however, advise that cash in full be sent, as that saves return charges for money and t»e stand per fectly ready to refund n.ouey if the guitar is not all and more than we claim for it. Remomberour special price, on r»,UUtl of them only is. kli«i U t«L lltltiu $2.85 _za «£Tiri|iiniu»uiiffn WfLOGUE |fn which is listed at lowest wholesale prices l| everything to eat wear and use,is fi d on receipt of only 10? to partly postage or expressage and as ev jof good faith the 109 is allowed on first partly pay and as evidence . ..allowed on first purchase amounting to *19? or above, d II QUH MONTHLY 6B0CERV PRlCC UST fREC-lfl ONE OF THE GRANDEST OFFERS EVER MADE. The first five persons procuring the Endless Chain Starch Rook from their grocer, will each obtain one largo lOo. package of *‘REI> CROSS” Starch, one large 10c. package of “HlIlilNGKlt'S REST” Starch, two Shakespeare panels printed in twelve beautiful colors, as natural as life, or one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, the finest of its kind ever printed, all absolutely free. All others procuring tho Endless Chain Starch Rook will obtain from their grocer two large 10c. packages of starch for 6e. and the beautiful premiums which are being given away. This offer is only made for a short time to further introduce the famous “HKD CROSS” Starch, and the celebrated ‘‘HL'BINGER'S BEST” cold water Starch. Ask > our grocer for this starch.