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The Frontier. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BT THE FROSTIER PRINTING COMPANY D. H. CRONIN, Editor. ROM AIN E 8AUNDERS, Associate. I OFFICIAL PAPER OF ( * O’NEILL AND HOLT COUNTY, >UNTY. 1 i i*nn*f*n**r '•Ssio*'’ Convention Dates. National—Republican, Philadelphia, June 19; democratic, Kansas City, July 4; populist, Sioux Falls, May 10; silver republican, Kansas City, July 4. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. STATE TICKET. Governor.Charles H. Dietrich, Adams Lieutenant-Governor ...E.P. Savage, Custer Secretary of State. .G. W. Marsh, Richardson Auditor...Charles Weston, Sheridan Treasurer.William Steuffer, Cuming Attorney-General.^ran*F Commissioner Public Lands and Build ings .G. D. Kolmer, Nuckolls Superintendent... W. K. Fowler, W ashing to. Presidential electors—John F. Nesbitt, Hurt county; A. B. Windham, Cass county ; Ad Boyse, Custer county; J. L. Jacobson, John L. Kennedy, Douglas county: John J. Danger, Saline county; R. L. Hague, Buffalo county; 8. P. Davidson, Johnson county. __ CONGRESSIONAL. Congressman Sixth district—M. P. KlnkaU* Holt county. People are so busy they are apt to forget election. ——— Bryan and Towne is the slated democratic combination. --- The strongest support to republi cans this year is the arguments they have back of them. -- According to Mr. Butler’s state ment, he has made Holt county a present of $400. He is a bigger chump than we thought he was. -«•<-.— The Frontier feels safe in ventur ing the assumption that at least one of the Nebraska delegation will vote for Mr. Rosewater for national com mitteeman. -- «•» -- The selection of S. J. Weekes of this city as state committeeman for the 13th distriot is a wise choice. Mr. Weekes is one of the wheel horses of republicanism in this dis triot - .... , — . « . “Unsophisticated country dele gates” is the way the esteemed Omaha Bee refers to them. The oountry delegates were sophisticated sufficiently to knock the tar out of the Bee editor’s nicely laid plana -- Among th9 candidates on the re publican ticket, there is but one lawyer, that the candidate for at torney-general. It is a good idea to depart from the notion that lawyers are the only pebbles On the beech. -- - .—.. The democrats howl at the admin istration for taking in hand the affairs of the United States in the Philippines and call it imperialism. At the same time they howl at the administration because it does not take a hand in South African affairs. ‘ The esteemed Independent serves notice on Congressman Neville that his dock has struck thirteen. Neville deserves a back Beat on the bench with Omer M Kem, but they will have to trot out a whole lot better man than Barry if they beat Judge Kinkaid. The editor of the Independent most have ohanged hie mind about that “complete and impartial airing” of the Butler disbarment case. Like John a, he said nothing. Eddie has a habit of promising to set the po litical world ablaze and then the next week forget all about it. M-,. ; ■ _ __ 1 York Times: Any man or party can better afford to be beaten than to get the reputation of being in sincere. The republican party has always been fair and candid with the people. It has put no planks in its platform that it would not stand by, and there is not one of all its declar ations that it does not stand by to day, including those upon which Fremont, Lincoln and Grant stood. How many of the declarations in the democratic platforms of ’56, ’60 and ’64 would that party dare advocate today f How many of its statements in its succeeding platforms will it embody in its declaration of princi ples this year, and how many o them has it ever tried to crystilize into law? Grover Cleveland took the free trade plank in earnest and secured the enactment of a law along those lines, bnt the result was so fatal to the party and so ruinous to the country that no democrat of any judgment will ever again want to see an effort made to coin the declarations of his party into law. -«-•••-■ Besides making a strong and winning state ticket, the convention last week selected a quartette of delegates to Philadelphia that will show up with any in the convention. There are times when certain com binations work chaps into nomina tions that aught to be in jail, but the men picked out by that conven tion last Wednesday are represent ative sons of this fair state, and will make a strong guard for the repub lican party in Nebraska this cam paign. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: There is no real search in Kentucky for Gcbel’s murderer. All that has been done, beginning with the sup pression of the inquest and the offer of the $100,000 corruption fund, is part of a scheme for sellish political and personal advantage. If the murderer in known to the Gobelites they are hiding him in order to smirch republicans and to strengthen the Gobel law for its one single purpose —that of substituting the will of the people for the will of a gang of cheats and usurpers. So much for Kentucky. Here in Nebraska a populist county attorney leads men to the bar of justice and with a triumphant look on his coun tenance and with a dramatic tone in his voice declares by the great horned toads that thieves and adulterers shall be stoned. In the room across tho hall, back in the vault, lie a bunch of summonses with figures de faced and badly added which have passed through this same county at torney’s hands. And such is the hypocracy of human justice. Bryan held a conference with the democratic leaders in Chicago last Sunday and made known his wishes respecting the democratic nominee for vice president. Charles A. Towne of Duluth, Minn., is Mr. Brayn’s choice, and it is understood that the colonel’s wishes will be carried into effect. Towne is what is oalled a silver republican. In 1894 he was elected to congress as a republican, but during the days of silver agitation following, he de serted his party and joined the bolt ers. Mr. Towne tried to keep his seat in congress as a fusion candid ate, but was defeated in 1890 and again in 1898. The party Mr. Towne represents comprises but a mere handful; he has been twice repudiated by his own district and is openly opposed by many popu lists. What, therfore, the democrats hope to gain by his name being on the ticket is hard to figure out But certain it is that the republican party is ready any minute for a combination like Bryan, Towne and the Chioago platform. The bitter fight on Senator Than* son in the late republican conven tion was, in the main, fought by men contending for what they believed to be right, principles which in fact are accepted by the whole party. The error of the senator’s opponents was making political matter out of Senator Thurston acting as attorney for the Standard Oil company. Whether right or wrong to defend this or any other trust before a court is for the senator to settle with his. own, conscience. But every fair minded man understands that a public official may with propriety engaged in any private business he may choose so long as he does not neglect his official duties. It is fair, too, to say that in this instant Sen ator Thurston was merely attending to private business. The business was legal. If morally wrong, then he must answer to the moral Ruler, not to his constituents. A man’s conception of moral rectitude should not be made an issue in a political convention. Senator Thurston is one of the wisest, most important and brainest men in the national senate today, and his victory in the late convention is a tribute from Nebraska republicans to Senator Thurston—not to him in private business. Republican Candidates. Governor—Charles H. Deitrieb has been a resident of Nebraska since 1879. At present he is engaged in banking at Hastings. In 1875 he went into the Black Hills from Illi nois and worked at cntting logs. He advanced rapidly and in a few years was able to embark in banking. He has had an important part in the development of the west, and while he has always been identified with movements for the public good has never sought political preferment. Mr. Deitrich is of German |parent age. Lieutenant-governor—E. P. Sav age is a prominent stockman of Custer county. He has resided in Nebraska for twenty-five years, and at one time was identified with the agricultural department of the state university in the management of the state farm. Secretary of state.—U-. W. Marsh is a prominent newspaper man con nected with the Falls City Journal. He was private secretary'to Speaker Clark daring the last session of the legislature. Treasurer.—William Stueffer is a banker at West Point, and is also engaged in the creamery business. He was in the legislature one term. Auditor—Charles Weston is a banker of Hay Springs. Mr. Wet son has served as regent of the university with distinction. Attorney-general.—F. N. Prout has been a resident of Gage county since 1881; is a prominent lawyer of Beatrice; was a member of the sen ate at the last session of the legis lature. He is a man of ability and has always been an energetic worker for the republican party. Commissioner.—G. D. Follmer is an implement dealer at Oak, Nuck olls county. Mr. Follmer has been a strong worker in the republican party and through his efforts much bas been done toward keeping the political contest about equal in a county that at one time was very much against the republicans. Superintendent.—W. K. Fowler of Blair has been a teacher in the schools of the state for twenty years. He at present is identified with the executive council in national edu cational affairs. Mr. Fowler has been identified with the State Teachers' association for years. -- Advance in Farm Products. Next to the wage earner, the class mostly benefitted by the revival fit prosperity are the farmers. The general rise in prices in all agricul tural products has transformed their industry from depression to thrift. Experts have estimated that the pro ducts of agriculture last year were worth a billion and a half dollars more than any year during the Cleveland-Wilson depression from 1892 to 1896. This is an average increase of 31 per cent. Live stock in general has gained in value 38 per cent, and crops show an increase of 25 per cent. The products, of live stock, including meats, dairy products, etc., have increased 40 per cent over the lowest point daring the period mentioned. Horses have increased one-third, cattle about 40 per cent., and sheep have doubled in value. In value of farm lands there is a decidedly upward tendency and sales are far more numerous, as a result of better prices for farm j products, and the number end) amount of mortgages is materially decreased. A brighter day has dawned for the farmers of America, and the restless, panicky class of agricultur es who in 1896 were proae to be lieve in free silver as a panacea for, their ills, are now contented and' happy and confirmed in the belief that protection and prosperity go hand in hand, and that sound money and cofidence are the foundation of all industrial progress. Cybliata abound -always carry a bottle of Ballard’s Snow (Liniment, in case of aecident, if applied immediately, it will subdue the pain, prevent swelling and discoloration, and .QUtekty -teal the wounds. Price, 45 aud -cents. P C Corrigan. _ u. • When the liver fails to secrete bile,the blood becomes loaded with billions pro oertles, the digestion becomes impaired and the bowels constipated Herbine has a direct aotiQn on the liver and excretory organs, and a few doses will cure any case of billiousness Price, 60 cents P C Corrigan. A DOO WITH A SALARY. He Ie Regularly Employed »• * Street AdTertUInx Agent. One of the familiar sights about the business section and one attracting much admiring attention is a hand some black, curly dog, which walk0 along with Bedate dignity, wearing a hat on his head, spectacles on his nose, a pipe firmly clenched between his teeth, and bearing a large advertising sign on his back. This canine adver tising agent, who attends to his busi ness with a diligence, perseverance and decorum . which many of his human rivals might do worse than imitate, is named Chester, and is the property of Ernest Jones, who usually accompanies him and who has trained him to the work. Chester is about five years of age, and is partly Newfoundland, part ly Gordon setter. He has the long, in telligent face of the setter, with almost human soft brown eyes, and the black, curly coat of the Newfoundland, the white on his breast being the only White about him. He is quite accom plished, though his training dates but a little before Christmas. He can open doors, goes obediently and intelligently on errands, can climb a ladder, jump through hoops, and play leapfrog like a boy just out of school. He understands the sign language, and will obey a command communicated to him by his master’s fingers without a spoken word. He is not only docile, but ex ceedingly affectionate, and is very po lite. But he is not without spirit, as he showed one day when a mischievous newsboy tried to take away his pipe, and succeeded in knocking it out of his mouth. He sprang upon the scared urchin and protested so vigorously and forcibly against interference that It took a policeman to rescue his tormen tor from him, the sympathy of all the bystanders being with the animal. He has a deep sense of the proprieties, and will not go out of doors without his hat. He has cause for his dignified pride and evident self-respect, for he earns a regular salary. Now he has a companion In a younger Newfound land, who is also learning the adver tising business. This is a handsome dog, about 18 months old, named Gro ver Cleveland. He is being broken to bat and spectacles, but does not taka to them very kindly as yet, while Ches ter rather resents the loan of his old hat, which he is compelled to make the newcomer. The pair made a striking team of workers in their novel voca tion.—Baltimore American. FEEL EARTHQUAKE COMING Animals Bum to Hava a Sixth Sanaa Ft* People l’os»«s% When, in December, a woman refus ed to remain more than one night at Amalfi, saying she was sure that the earth was moving, and when next day the landslip occurred, it was said, “Here, at all events, one human being with the premonitory sense of earth quakes, with whioh most animals ap pear to be endued." I have been told of instance after instance of horses, dogs, a monkey, and even ,ducks, who showed unmistakable signs of panic for a day, two days, and even longer, be fore the last great earthquake in the Riviera. Only to name a few: A wom an at Nice remarked the miserable con dition of the horse she usually drove, and told her coachman to take him home and order a brougham from the livery stables for her. The hired horse was as timid, and seemed as weak, as her own. The driver said all the an imals were “off their feet.” A mon key, two tame ducks and other pets, at a villa near Villefranche, on the Shrove Tuesday—the day before the Bhock which destroyed so much life and property—refused to enter the house, where they were generally very happy. They were all spiritless, dull and scared. A little white lap dog, who sat on the wide arm of his mas ter’s chair at meals, and was the most sociable of pets at all other times, re fused also to “come home to roost." Other dogs also evinced an unwonted terror of being under a roof. Cattle belonging to the dairies supplying the winter resorts sickened and seemed terror-stricken—the quantity and qual ity of the milk suffering considerably. The woman of Amalfi is thought to owe her presentiment to hypersensi tiveness of nerves, which gave her a share of this “sixth sense” which the animals possess.—London News. Opening* for America. Wttfcin the next few years t-.< .e will ihe tremendous opportunities for civil, eoeohauical And electrical engineers in Asia- 'When the Chinese cast the first railway ffrom Shanghai to Woosung into fche riyer they were only preparing t&ymstflyse ftogr » network of railways ^ver the whole of China, When the (Koreans in §£oul destroyed the new .electric line £»d burned the cars they exhausted the forces of conservatism, and before ' long concluded that the electric railway Who the best scheme for saving extra exertion ip walking that had ever been devised,—Ainslee’s Magazine. * Lady Churchill s wit* L*df Randolph Churchill has inher* ited the wit of her father, “Uncle Lar ry” Jerome, as she demonstrated upon one occasion to an eminent British politician. We was somewhat annoyed at the campaign she bad made, and said: ‘“I really don’t understand, ma dam, why or how it is that American ladies refuse to enter political life in their own country, but overwhelm us here in England." “That is because you ,never traveled in the states. The men there are so intelligent and patriotic that they do not require the service* of our sex as an educating force.”—The Argonaut. THE REASON WHY A 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 famous Daim hay goods, and in fact anything you may 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 baggies. This is also true of wagons. I have the Milburn, Rush ford and Bet tendorff, any size you want. I also desire to call attention to the Kaw feed grinders and the old reliable Freeman windmills, Cypress tanks, etc. When in need of anything in my line give me a call. I will save you money. Yours for business, EMIL SNIGGS. The Old Reliable Dealer for HARDWARE *E2r FARM. MACHINERY In the 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 Mve 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 0.0. SNYDER & GO. i O’NelU Page, Allen. Prince This fine Belgium stallion weighs 1,540, is a dark brown and handsomely built, active and trim and sure fold getter. Rate $5. Colt held as secur ity for fee. Mammoth Jack Will stand t' limited mum- ■' l>er of nta es. Coming 3 years, veight 800, color blue. Rate $10. Colt lield a$ security. A. MERRRLL First hdase east of cemetery, O’NEILL. Flln SALE"""Duroc Jersy IIog8 ^ight I Wll Brahma and Barred Plymouth Rock 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 bred Call and see them or write for prices Time given on sales over $15.00 for next thirty days, with security. H 71. UTTLEY, O’Neill, Neb.