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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1900)
The Frontier. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY D. H. CRONIN, Editor. ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Associate. I e s. An afterthought means no thought at all. Just writing at random without thinking or knowing what you’re talking about. --►♦#*-« The Frontier observes a striking similarity of editorial products in several of our exchanges. It is ‘ really better to have no editorials at all than to use the warmed over output of political press bureaus. ---- If J. N. Killian don’t want a very bad resord and a worse inclin •ation shook in the breeze, those editors who are talking of him for lieutenant governor had better keep .•till. .. A Philadelphia jury awarded a man 1 cent damages in a case where he sought $10,000. Another cent would have bought him a postage stamp. The moral of this incident is that it doesn’t pay to rush into court because you think you have the law on your side. The jury may not think so. _— - The Frontier has at hand a copy of the Kemmerer Camera, published at Kemmerer, Wyo., by George A. McArthur, formerly of Atkinson. Mac is an old time Nebraska printer and can’t get out anything but a good paper, and here’s hoping his Camera will focalize plenty of the necessary article of commerce. * “Even now,” exclaims the Rev. t>r. J. W. Foster of Boston, “we hang a man for murder, and I be lieve that those who persist in vi olating God’s sabbath (Sunday) should be put to death!” That’s the way to do it. Give them a dose Of lyditte or a spike from a 16-inch field piece. The preachers arn’t doing much with their bibles to hinder “violating of God’s sabbath” and an obstreperous people can Cither be brought to time frith a shotgun or else be blown to thunder. \Vt | /, Senator Kyle: Though I am a bimetallist and have been so from conscientious convictions for twenty five years, I would rather take the most undiluted gold standardism than accept bimetallism with the in grediants of socialism that are now tasooiated with it We have been ^tactically operating under the gold Standard for thirty years,and having brought ourselves into harmony with the monetary systems of the world, it is a doubtful proportion whether it is right to again disturb values in the world when by such potion we do injustice to the creditor Class and at the same time put our selves out of joint with the rest of thp world. ■ Atkinson Plain-Dealer: Dr. Hall, aeoretary|of the State Banking board, is compiling his annual report of the condition of the state banks of Ne braska for the year 1800. The con dition of the banks as shown at the dose of the banking year, December 2, so far as compiled, shows that oar banks are not likely to be em barrassed by the panio now raging in the east, as they were by the panio of 1803. They are not bor rowing as they were then from the east, but are banking on Nebraska money. Nebraska, the leading free Silver state, is in condition to let the gold standard states of the east en joy the beauties of the gold standard by reveling in panics and business disaster. The esteemed Plain-Dealer un wittingly deals itself a knockerout on the solar plezis. Nebraska bank ers are banking on Nebraska money because the horny handed sonB of toil in Nebraska hare got their hooks on the coin bags of the east, for the very evident reason that the wise men of the east want the pro ducts of our prairies, and they hare the money to buy with. All of which is due to the good old repub lican policy of prosperity and pro tection. Id 1890 the forces of calamity denounced the republican party with a fairy tale of how prices had steadily declined Bince the fatal year of 1873. In 1900 the same calamity forces denoonce the republican party because of steadily advancing prices. Consistency, thou art a jewel. The Local Boer Meeting. Characteristic of our citizens is the movement among the Irish pop ulation in particular and all classes in general for giving moral and fi nancial aid to the Boers in Africa. The men in the movement commend it to the public. They are actuated by a genumo sympathy, and seek not a name nor personal fame. Many of them have lived under British authority in Ireland. An appeal for aid for a people fighting for home and freedom always strikes a responsive chord in the breast of an Irishman. It has been the dream of the people for centuries to lay aside the yoke of Britain’s rule and a sense of the wrongs endured by his own burdened land causes him to bhow a substantial sympathy for others in their struggle for liberty When the call went out from Washington asking for volunteers to go to the unhappy island of Cuba and beat back tho oppressor, Holt county was among the first to re spond. No official call comes to aid the Beer people, the need of help is scarcely urgent, but the men em bued with a living anxiety to see the sacred right of liberty become a permanent heritage where’re the foot of man has trod are ready to give their aid. We do not all agree on method, but we all love liberty, and where ever the banner of free dom is unfurled we are ready to aid in planting it upon the dome of victory’s capital. -- Political Drift in Kansas. [Appleton City, Kan., Journal.] Chase county appears to be the only one in Kansas that elected a straight populists ticket. From the beginning of populism down to 1898 Barber county, the home of Jerry Simpson, gave each year a huge majority for the calam ity ticket. On November 7 last Barber county elected the straight republican ticket. Edwards county is another of the populist strongholds in which the republicans eleoted their straight ticket. A scrutiny of the returns reveals that the republicans made enermous gains in every county in which Jerry Simpson delivered his copperhead speeches. In Wichita the republicans carried every ward in the city, a thing whioh had not been accomplished before since populism was born. In 189(1 Cherokee county gave Bryan a majority of 1,603. Last November the average populist ma jority was 200, and the republicans elected one man on their ticket. In 1890 Cowley county gave Bry an a majority of 539. In the elec tion of November 7 the entire re publican ticket was chosen by ma jorities from 250 to 700. Bussell county performed a feat which perhaps has never had a par allel in the state. In 1897 the re publican ticket was elected by ma jorities averaging 200. The same men were nominated this fall and every one of them more than doubl ed the majority received two years ago. Kansas went republican by 25, 000,000. A year ago Stanley had 15,134 plurality. On the issue of sound money, prosperity and ex pansion the republicans expect to have next year a majority of more than 35,000. Jewel county, with 400 majority for Br} an in 1896, elected the straight republican ticket in 1899. Osborne county, with a big major ity for Bryan in 1896, elected the straight republican ticket with a majority of 300. NATIONAL MATTESS. The statement of the treasury on the evening of December 29, •which practically closed up th«* business of the month, showed that the ava li able cash balance in tba treasu ry was $297,500,386.09. Tb» total ire 1 ceipts of the government for Decern ber were $44,999,791, as compared with $38,450,348 the December pre vious. The expenditures for the month were a million and a half less than for December, 1898, and were exceeded by the receipts seven million dollars. The total receipts for the six months of the fiscal year beginning July 1 were $283,034, 181, as compared with $243,007, 444 for the same period in 1898. In the meantime the expenditures for the six months of 1899 were $64, 864,505 less than for the same period in 1898, and show that the government receipts are now ex ceeding the expenditures by over three millions per month. In 1898 the balance was on the other side. All this steady improvement in the finances of the government is a matter of record and can be inspect ed daily by anyone inclined to med itate on prosperous figures. It is poor comfort for the calamity ites. It can easily be figured up that since 1897 the United States has made eleven acqusitions of territory amounting to a total of 2,977,875 square miles. Of this vast accre tion to our territory, 2,292,975 square miles were added under dem ocratic administrations, Thomas Jefferson being the most anxious of all to extend the domains of the United States. In the light of history, an auti-expansion campaign by the democrats will be ludicrous. The cheerful news comes from Boston that nearly every person en gaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in the New England states received a New Year’s present in the shape of an increase in wages. The raise effects 40,000 men, and amounts to $35,000 additional wage money each week. The yarn mills took similar action, and today the people of New England are more able than ever before to buy and pay for the farm and stock pro ducts of Nebraska. Just at the time when the calamity howlers were predicting and hoping for a general collapse in condition, wages were everywhere advanced, strikes were declared off and business moved along better than ever before. It is not a good time for Bryan to come east There is too much smoke in the air and people are so busy that they will run over him. The railroads are too crowded with loaded freight cars to admit of the passage of observation cars with rear end platforms such as the Lincoln prophet likes to patronize. F. A. Harrison. To be Knight of the Thistle Is a big honor, of course,” remarked an old quartermaster serges at, amidst a dis cussion among some military men at Chatham, says Pea; ;o;. j Weekly; “but I can claim a dietine.ion lots in front at that, or of kissing hands with the queen, as they say of the custom observed by cabi et ministers when taking over the seals of office.” “You’re .chucking it, mon," observed a stalwart aergeant frae the far north. “Well." the veteran non-com. went on to explain, “the rood fortune which be tel me was to be kissed by the queen,” an intimation which caused the little party to gather round yet closer. “You’re having us. .'ock,” observed a credulous corporal, ' and if you want the hatchet say i for the present holder is fair outcl.laced.” “No,” the distinguished soldier, as he claimed to be, contended, “it is you that’s out of it, as you wiP see. You may have heard of my be; \g the youngest bugler that took part i <. the * .’rimes, and such fact secured for me a dace among the survivors who were ; ispected by the I queen after pcac vai proclaimed.” I “When the w» me <. we, t by, some in chairs”— “Qu_. > s \ Well. I was than a little flaxe; h» re' *ed-cheeked youngster, very : la l 1„ • uy age, and I suppose contra ted a >od deal with the worn vetersur. When my turn came to pass he; majesty asked how old I was, and on replying a iittle over thirteen, at the same time giving quite the best salute possible, the queen said: ‘Dear little fellow.’ and then gave me a kiss on the cheek. So you see how I came to r< cei. ■> e, gracious dis tinction which 1 om enerals down ward no other toldie; has ever been able to lay claim to. That honor’s mine alone.” M’CAFFREY ITEMS. Harry Osborne went to O’Neill Saturday. Mesdames. Roy and Morgan visited with Mrs. Jones Thursday. Will Moagan and Frank Tapets had business at Chambers Sun day. Walter and Ben ltoy attended a dance in Garfield county, Friday night. Misses Bea Morgrn and Myrthle Manchester visited with Ella Mc Caffrey Sunday. A number of the young folks gathered at the McCaffrey home Friday night and surprised the in mates. All had a good time. A dinner party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lamberson New Years day in honor of Mr. Lamberson’s mother who was visit here. She left Thursday morning for her home in Fremont. During her stay here she made many friends. MIDWAY ITEMS. M. A. Summers and son were at O’Neill Saturday. H. Willey was ap O’Neill visitor Wednesday. Several of oar farmers went to Ewing Wednesday. Boy Balp bought a line young team and hrrness, of Jim Wellman. Jack Anderson has his shop com pleted and will be ready for business soon. Nobody can excuse themselves for not leaving their corn out on account of the weather. The young people of this commun ity enjoyed a pleasant dance at the Welley home New Years. A pleasant dancing party was given at the home of Mr. Bruce Wednesday evening. All who at tended enjoyed the affair very much. EMPORIA. (Left over from last week.) Lem Will is visitiing a brother at Scribner. Ed and Kate Gallagher have re turned to Ewing to attend the high school this winther. Gilbert Ely’s little girl age three years, died of scarlet fever a ferw days ago. Mrs. Ely is also ill. Mr. Wikle has resigned in the Emporia schools. A woman from O’Neill will complete the winter term. Jay. B. Farnsworth starts soon for Garrison, lo., to attend the wed of a cousin. While there he will visit his brother Ambrose at High land Park and a number of other frinds in different parts of the state* fksba d|utu» tf OASTORZAf Bit Kind You Han Always Bought Wine John Waller the Greet Men. From Scribner’s tor December: No Ttmn lived nearer ittae center than John Wesley. Neither (Clive nor Pitt, neith er BUT J01U180D- YOU C&H aot cot i>i« out ot our national life. 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