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The Frontier. r. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING OOMPANY D. H. CRONIN, Editor. ROHAINE SAUNDERS, Associate. »yvwvwws tAAA^ c a HOLT COUNTY, t 1 OFFICIAL PAPER OF : *r Convention Dates. National—Republicao, Philadelphia, June 19; democratic, Kansas City, July 4; populist, Sioux Falls, May 10; silver republican, Kansas City, July 4. Republican state convention, Lin coln, May 2. Sixth district republican‘■’congres sional convention, Kearny, Apr il 26. \ Republican State Convention. ' Tho republican state convention is hereby called to meet at Lincoln on May 2, at 2 p. m. for the purpose of selecting four delegates and four alternate delegates to the republi can national convention, which con venes in Philadelphia on June 19, 1900; also to place in nomination candidates for the following offices: Eight presidential electors. ’ Governor. . Lieutenant governor. ; Secretary of state. •" Treasurer. !. Auditor of publio accounts. .£• Attorney-general. I Commissioner lands and buildings. ’ Superintendent publio instruction. The basis of representation is one delegate at large and one delegate for each 100 votes and major frac tion thereof cast for Hon. M. B. Reese at the election held in 1899. The apportionment is: Adams.. 18 Antelope. 10 Banner. 2 Blaine... 2 Boone. 13 Box Butte. 5 Boyd. 6 Brown. 4 Buffalo. 1? Bort. 16 Butler. 14 Gass. 24 Cedar. 11 Chase. 4 Cherry........ 7 Cheyenne. 6 Clay. 17 Colfax. 8 Cuming. 10 , Cutter. 18 ' Dakota. 7 Dawes. 6 Dawson. 18 Duel . 4 Dixon. 11 Dodge. 20 Douglas.. 96 Dundy. 4 FUlmore. 17 Franklin. 9 Frontier. 10 Furnas. 14 Gage. 84 Garfield. 8 Gosper. 5 Grant. 2 Greeley. 4 Hall. 19 Hamilton. 14 Harlan. Hayes. Hitchcock.. Holt. Hooker.... Howard. 9 4 6 11 1 8 3 offers on. 16 Johnson. 13 Kearney. 9 Keith. 3 Keys Paha.... 4 Kimball. 2 Knox. 12 Lancaster. 58 Lincoln. 12 Logan. 8 Loup. 2 McPherson.... 1 Madison. 17 Merrick. 11 Nance. 9 Nehama. 14 Nucko 13 Otoe. 21 Pawnee . 15 | Perkins ...... 3 Phelps.. 11 Pierce. 8 Platte. 12 Polk. 0 Red Willow... 11 [ Richardson ... 23 I Rock. 5 Saline. 18 | Sarpy . 7 Saunders. 18 Scotts Bluff... 4 Seward. 17 Sheridan. 0 Sherman..'.... 5 Sioux. 2 | Stanton. 7 Thaver. 17 Thomas. 1 Thurston. 6 Valley. 14 Washington... 14 Wayne. 10 Webster. 12 Wheeler. 2 York.... Total, 21 1.033 Orlando Taft, Chairman. • Jf Congressional Convention. . The republican electors of the Sixth congressional district are re quested to send delegates to a re publican congressional convention to be held at Kearney, Neb., on Thursday, April 20, at 4 p. m., for the purpose of nominating a can didate for congress and selecting two delegates and two alternate del egates to the national republican (convention to be held at Philadel phia June 10, end to transact such other business as may properly come before it. Each of the several coun ties shall be entitled to one delegate at large and one delegate for each 100 votes and a major fraction there of, oast in said oounty for Judge M. B. Reese for supreme judge in the •lection of 1899, as follows: Banner.2 Blaine.2 Box Butte. 5 Boyd.6 Brown .4 Buffalo.17 Cherry.7 Cheyenne ...6 Custer.18 f)awes. 6 Dawson.18 DueH.4 Garfield.8 Grant .2 Greeley..4 Bolt..11 Hooker......... 1 Howard.8 Keith.. Keya Paha.4 Kimball. 2 Lincoln.13 Logan.2 Loup. 2 McPherson.1 Rock. 5 Scotts Bluffs.... 4 Sheridan. 5 Sherman.5 8ionx. 2 Thomas. 1 Valley.8 Wheeler.2 Total.178 Ik is recommended that no proxies be allowed, bnt the delegates pres ent oast the full vote of the conven tion. N. P. McDonald, Chairman. F. M. Dorrington, > Secretary protein. '%V'* ii-; ‘ . v~V' ' c'‘ •• The esteemed Independent assures the public that Admiral Dewey has not aleniated the populists’ effoction for Colonel Bryan. •-» Baring the poetry, the paper re cently established at Naper by Abraham Mathusala Church is about the best article of newspaper north of the Niobrara. --— With Mrs.* Dewey chairman of her husband’s presidential candidacy and the acceptance of Mr. Andrews of the chancelorsbip of Nebraska’s university hinging on the decision of his wife, the new woman is sure here to stay. -»-•*-•* E. Benjamin Andrews, he of some more or less note on account of his connection, or rather disconnection, with Brown university, has been tendered the chancelorship of the Univeristy of Nebraska. This has been the thought of the populist regents for a long time. Andrews is now superintendent of the public schools of Chicago. World-Herald: “Angeline”: No, dear; Mr. McKinley and Mr Hanna are not playing for the trust vote. They labor under the delusion that at least one more election can be purchased and they are playing for the trust campaign contribution. If the World-Herald presumes that the voters who elected Mr. Mc Kinley were “bought” there is little encouragement that same paper will elicit for Mr. Bryan among the great body of Americans who resent such impeachment of their manhood. Since the World Herald accuses the voter of selling out it assumes that he is dishonest. And no man takes kindly to one who calls him a thief, -- This is the opinion held by the Portland Oregonian after hearing one of Colonel Bryan’s speeches: “Mr. Bryan is a ready speaker; he has a good voice; his flow of lan guage is uninterupted. But he speaks commonplace; he has no depth of thought; his sentences do not bend under the weight of ideas, as do those of orators who are also thinkers, he contributes little to knowledge or to useful counsel, but is heard by many with interest and satisfaction, because he gives ex pression in some sort to things they have vaguely in mind. What he says moreover, never calls for close thinking; which is too hard work for such as want merely to be en tertained, or who are content, per haps delighted, to hear a voice that translates their feelings or longings into speech. But orations of that discription are not the orations that live and rule the world.” The trust movement is developing portentiousdimention*. It started in small communities and later covered state, then spread into dis trict and lastly included the nation. The next step will embrace the world. And this last step is to be made by the very ones who hitherto have been the most active, in word at least, in fighting the trust. It is said that the farmers of the world will or ganize an international grain growers’ association, the objeot of which is to restriot the production and raise the price of wheat. This organiza tion is hoped to be effeoted at the international' agricultural conference at Paris July 0 to 11. Back of the movement in America are the four powerful organizations, the Farmers’ Alliance, National Cotton Qrowers’ association, Farmers’ Federation of the Mississippi Valley and the Na tional Grain Growers’ association. J. C. Hanley of St. Paul, Minn., is leading the movement in America, and Prof. G. Buhland of the Uni versity of Fribourg, Switzerland, is the chief promoter of the plan in Europe. Mr. Hanley points out that if a reduction of 5 per cent in acreage can be secured it will reduce the world’s crop of wheat 125,000, 000 bushels, whioh is enough to bring the price at Liverpool up to (1 a bushel. The Frontier does not say that the farmer gets or does not get enough for his wheat, but it takes exception to the proposition that there is too much wheat pro duced. There never will be an over production so so long as there are hungry people in the world. Every j year that passes by thousands of | human beings die for want of bread. In one city in the United States alone last year 20,000 children starved. Until this record of death no longer occnrs with each succeed* ing year and every hungry man and woman and child has abundance of good, wholesome bread there will be none too mnch wheat produced. The Turkish government has dallied along with the claim of the United States for $90,000 in dam age done American missionaries at Marash during the Armenian massa cres of 1895 until the Washington government has become thoroughly aroused. Repeatedly Turkey has j promised to pay the claim, but has not done so. Now our government proposes that the sultan satisfy the claim or know the reason why. It has struck thirteen for Turk. rHE WORLD GROWING BETTER rba People M k Whole Infinitely Better Off yhkn t Century Ago. That the world is constantly grow ng better Is evident to any observer vho will take the trouble to look about lim and compare present conditions vith those existing a century ago. In 1 contribution to a New York paper .his tact is strongly brought opt by ?rof. John Bach MeMaeter, the weli tnown historian. A century ago, Bays he professor, labor was performed in lie south almost exclusively by slaves, tnd in the north largely by ‘‘redemp ioners,” who were in effect temporary slaves. When the redemptioner finally jot his freedom he had to work for vages that would barely sustain life; ir he had the alternative of pressing item nature and bloodthirsty savages lor the right to live. And woe be to :he poor wretch who fell sick and got nto debt. In New York as late as 1816 .here were 1,984 persons jailed for Jebt, and 729 of these owed less than i 25 each, and had been imprisoned Tor spite," Thday the workingman . ionger toils from sunrise to sunset, s he did then, He is no longer subject ■ o imprisonment for honest debt, V\ ages a century ago were paid when .lie employer pleased. Now they are laid daily or weekly, and the laborer is protected by lien laws. Railroads and machinery haY£ enabled him to eat oetter food and wear better plgtheg «han ever before. Increased blessings of the same kind are enjoyed by wo men. Nor is the increase of happiness confined to any class. The steady march of civilization has made every body broader minded and more hu mane. Disease? once the scourge of i he world are feared no more, A face pitted with small-pox is as rare now :is it was common a century ago. Yel low fever and cholera have lost their (errors with the increase of cleanliness. Anesthetics have almost annihilated pain. Cheap books, magazines and newspapers have made ignorance and narrow-mindedness the badges of dis grace. Cruel punishments are aban doned and a spirit of humanity and charity pervades the thought and tb« activities of the civilized world. Prof. fdcMaster may well remark that the man who can contemplate these ihanges apd gtjll he a pessimist is men tally diseased, FINE COFFEE CROP. Peculiar War In Which the Native# Prepare the Dean. Coffee Is exported from Puerto Rico In larger quantities than is any other native product, and while but little of it finds its way into the American mar xe^upder the brand “Puerto Rican,”an immense quantity, according to Gen. ftoy Btone, is SQlil here as genuine Mocha and Java. Tbs average Puerjq Rican countryman, even though bis children have neither shoes for their feet, nor clothing for their backs, owns his private coffee patch, from which by occasional pickings, he secures enough of the little round harries to keep the family supplied. The exporting, how ever, is done by large growers—mep who have plantations which cover hun dreds of acres, mostly upon the well drained mountain sides. The plants, or “trees,” as they are sometimes call ed, are grown at intervals of from six to eight feet, and after reaching a higbt of about Aye feet are trimmed off that no strength may be wasted ip surplus foliage. The flowers, which are pure white in color, have rich fra grance. Each berry contains two seeds, ^r beans, and as these are gathered before fully fippped, they are dried in the run. ft is $ conuqou sight tp p§p coffee dry.ng op burlaps, or mats, ip the city streets. The average Puertp Rican has little or no use for a coffee mill. Be baker his coffee until it is black, and than grinds it to a powder in a huge mortar. When ready for use it closely resembles gunpowder, the beverage made from it looking very much like ink. Some of the natives since the close of the Spanish regime, have learned to prepare a cup of coffee on the Amartcap plan, but these belong to a very small minority of the popula tion.—Leslie’s Weekly. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you if you used Dr. King’s New Life pills. Thousands of sutlers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and build up your health. Only 25c—money back if not cared. Sold by Corrigan, THE GUILTY MEN FLEE WHEN NO PERSON PURSUETH THEM. A Han Guilty of Smuggling Ha* a Vary Miserable Trip — 1 bought Ha Waa Halng Shadowed—The ‘‘Shadow’* Was Also Alarmed from Same Cause. O "I was never mixed up with a smug* gling transaction but once In my life,'* said a New Orleans business man, whose name may as well be left out, "and my experience was so painful that I swore off then and there. I had a deal In West Texas on hand at the time and had made a short trip over the Mexican frontier, during which I picked up a handful of very fine opals. A wicked friend showed me how easy it was to carry them over the line with out paying tribute to Uncle Sam, and I was weak enough to yieid Co the temptation. When I got on the cars at El Paso, however, to come east to Dallas I was haunted by a guilty con science and had a horrible premoni tion that some secret service officer was on my track. Presently my at* tention became attracted by a man with a black beard, who kept looking at me furtively from a seat across the way. I tried to persuade myself that it was all Imagination, but a number or things occurred during that ride that satisfied me I was really befng watched. I went into the smoker, for instance, and before long caught a glimpse of the black beared chap peer-: ing through the end of the window from the platform. It was the same ih the dining par. and. to make a long Story short I reached Dallas thoroughly unstrung. That evening I began to think I had shaken the fellow off my track, when I happened to stroll out of the hotel, and there he was, stand ing behind a pillar. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep a wink, and when I bumped into the sleuth next morning and saw that he had shaved off hla beard I gave, myself up for lost. How ever, that was the last of him, and for the balance of my stay I was un molested and gradually regained my equanimity. That the man had beep shadowing me was undeniable, but What his purpose could have been and why he dropped the game so abrupt ly were mysteries which I was forced to leave unsolved. It was two years before I found out. Then I ran across the man one day by accident in a St. Louis restaurant, and he owned up. It seems that he had been a public of ficial in a small Texas town, and got mixed up in his accounts. He swqre tP me that |t was only bad bookkeep ing. but the grand jury indicted him for embesslement, and he skipped un til things calmed down. I happened to coincide with a description he had of a detective, and all hi3 strange moves were actuated by exactly the same mo tive that prompted me to run—name ly, to gee whether he was "being wateh ed, We were both fooled by our fears. His affairs had since been 'Pitb-d up and we enjoyed a good laugh and a cold bottle together. But I am a re formed smuggler for life.” The Nightmare of Microbes. A woman who had purchased a pair of gloves was given three one-dolla? hills In change. “Do It up In paper, please," she said to the salesgirl. The request was compiled with, and the wrapped-up toil’s were put in a pocket hook. “Some persons are microbe mad,” said a physician in explaining the incident. “Many have it so bad that they will not even pick up a pin, because It bus bp§n said that all sorts pf disease germs can be collected up* der their heads. Dread of microbes U a common form of hypochondria. I cun sympathise with a person who does not like to see ft woman with a bundle of dirty clothes for washing get into a public conveyance, but there Is no use In going to extremes. Ever since the researches of Koch and Pasteur have attracted attention the number of mi crobe maniacs has steadily increased.” tfQ*epl)(UP Bfapofeon's Son. Apropos of the French Napoleonic drama now being played at the Nou veau theater, and entitled “Le Rol de Rome,” an Interesting communication to the Gaulois states that Joseephine only once saw Napoleon’s boy. It had long been her ardent wish to set eyes pn hipn. #P(j at length Napoleon him self took tbs child, tbep two years old. to Malmatson. The little fellow took a great fancy to Josephine, and said: “I love you; you are good. You must come back to Paris with us.and live at the Tuileries.” The emperor U said to have been much moved by the in terview, and hastily terminated It, say ing. “We must go, my boy; wish the lady good-bye."—London Chronicle. New Devices In Cameras. Films on rolls were introduced into phqtpgfaphy to overcome the burden pnd trouble pjf carrying q Jqt of glas§ plates In plateholders. Films are not as capable of fine negatives as glass plates, however, and now the leading makers of photographic materials are pfferlng cameras which carry a dozen plates, each Qf lyhlch can be moved after being exposed to the rear of the camera and out of barm’s way by means of a flexible leather bag at* tached to the side or top of the instru ment. free Charity. JWrs, JJpppequp-r ’gp yoq did db §Pt of charity today tQ commemorate the tenth anniversary of our wedding?" Mr. Henpeque—“Yes. One of my clerks wanted a rise in salary so that he ppuld get mgrrled, and I refused him." •—Spare Moments. A cheap coat does not make a cheap man, but it makes him feel that way at THE REASON WHY^^f 1 sell the J. I. Case and Morrison farm imple ments and the world-famed Plano harvesting machinery is because of their popularity. EVERY FARMER KNOWS That there goods are the best on the market. I have riding and walking plows, cultivators and listers, disc harrows, corn planters, end-gate seeders, and the tamous Daira hay goods, and in fact anything you m^y need in the line of farm implements. When a man wants the best buggy made he goes to_ EMIL SNIGGS and gets one of those fine Staver buggies. This is also true of wagons. I have the Milburn, Rushford and Bet tendorff, any size you want. 1 also desire to call attention to the Kaw feed grinders and the old reliable Freemau windmills, Cypress tanks, etc. When in need of anything in my line give me a call. I will save you money. N Yours for business, EMIL SNIGGS. The Old Reliable Dealer for HARDWARE *£2. FARM MACHINERY In tlie Retail Battle for Life we always lead, be cause we sell Good Goods at prices that defy compe tition. The Majestic Range leads.them all and is a household necessity. The Anti-Rust Tinware is another standby, and one the people all admire. For Barb Wire we take a back seat for no one, because we always did and always will handle the best goods and at prices none can excel. When you are ready to start your Fall plowing come and get one of the John Deere new improved riding plows and the rest will be easy. Genuine Moline and Birdsell wagons, the best on the market. NEIL BRENNAN. Chicago Lumber Yard Headquarters for . . . LUMBER AND ^ COAL H3T 0. 0. SNYDER & CO. Mammoth Jack ; Will stand t* limited num ber of mares. Coming 3 years, weight 800, color blue, Rate $10. Colt held as seeurity. A. MERRELL First hoase east of cemetery, 0?NglUU Prince This fine Belgium stallion weighs 1,540, is a dark brown handsomely built, active and trim and sure fold gt^ter. Rate $5. Colt held as secur ity for fee. rllK ^fl1 ff“'■■■Duroc Jersy Hogs and pigs; Light Brahma and Barred Plymouth Kook Chickens; Imperial Pekin Ducks; Egg in season; all kinds of poultry supplies, including Lee’s Lice Killer, Prats Poultry Food. Hogs eligible to registry. Chickens standard b***_*d< Call and see them or write for prices Time given on sales over $15.00 for next thirty days, with security. H. M. UTTLEY, O’Neill, Neb.