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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1901)
The Frontier. TVBUSIIBD EVERT THURSDAY BY MB FRONTIER FAINTING COMPANY D. n. CRONIN, Editor. ROMAINB SAUNDERS, Awoclat*. ' For Forestry The work undertaken by the divi sion of forestry of the government agricultural department to ascertain if forest prod action on a large scale is possible in Nebraska is somethin g that should receive every encourage ment from the people of our state and all the aid possible should be given to the department While the examination to be made is to be general throughout the state, it is more particularly for the westren half, or the section with the least forest production and most subject to drought <; The idea is pretty generally held that a more abundant growth of timber in the partially arid regions of the w$st would be of value in augmenting the rainfall, but the immense force which the forest exerts m equalizing the evaporation and peroipitation is not so generally understood. - It is stated by authorities that a single tree of good size draws though its veins and pours 123 tons of water during the months it is in leaf. This immense amount of water is lifted from the earth by the tree, is evaporated and rises to form rain clouds. Hundreds and thousands 6f trees are engaged in this same prooess and the value of forests in sending moisture into the air and thereby providing for rainfall is readily seen. The earth has an in exbanstable reservoir of water under neath the crust. It is possible that the investigations of the division of forestry may result in the inaugera ti >n of an era of tree growing that W 11 solve the irrigation problem in tit* semi-arid regions. Instead of biilding reservoirs, cutting canals and conducting water to a limited amount of the earth’s surface why not plant trees, lift the water from the •earth and send it to the heavens to form rainolouds which will return again in refreshing showers. .. No More Bryan. * In discussing the political side of the national life the Chioago Inter Ocean’s Washington’s correspondent says that both democrats and republi cans are getting ready for the work of the next national oampaign. The democratic leaders have tried to re organize, without success. They are still divided into camps, like Indian tribes, under their various chiefs, and so far they have, like the Indian tribes, no other end in view than the success of their va rious ohiefs. Ex-Senator Gorman is pulling one set of wires, Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, has another set, Mayor Garter H. Harrison is believed to have another line, and David B. - Hill of New York another, while - William J. Bryan is thrumming on the same old silver strings, trying to • mo democratic ear au>uuea to . his old, familiar musio. These dem ' ooratic tribal ohiefs are all looking ' forward to 1004 with an ambition to . grasp the nomination from the dem ocratic national convention. If they ' continue as they have begun there ; will be as muoh divisoin in the next presidential convention as there was • in that at Chicago in 1806 or that i at Kansas City in 1900. It will be another war danoe of braves without a peace pipe at the close. It is hard to say what the demo crats will centralize upon as an issu e. i Mr. Gorman at present is unques tionably the most prominent of dem ooratic leaders. He it was that aounded the anti-imperialist keynote for the party in 1000 though his subsequent efforts in behalf of the ' ticket were none too enthusiastic. Mr. Gorman is beginning his presi «dential campaign in what may seem . a peculiar manner to people in the north. He is following in the foot • steps of ^Tillman and other negro .phobes in the south. He has com ! polled the democratic governor of ‘ Maryland to call the legislature in extra session and has wrung from that legislature a new election law which has a Massachusetts model with South Carolina interpretation, so that it will disfranchise a large part of the negro voters. It is in line with the democratic methods in North and South Carolina and Mississippi. In this new move Gorman has two purposes. First, he proposes by that means to regain control of Maryland, making it a democratic state again, and, second, he puts himself at the head of the southern democracy as a formidable leader. He will first try to return to the senate and resume his plase as democratic leador there, and then he will be in position to shape the democratic campaign for president in 1004. He will relegate silver to the background, and if the developments in the Philippines warrant a new assault upon tha republican policy as to the islands beyond the sea he will make that his leading issue. While it oannot be stated as an assured fact to whom the democratic presidential nomination will go, such a thing as Mr. Bryan again being chosen leader in considered ont of the question. Aside from the few straggling populists of the west, Mr. Bryan’s following has deserted him. The Stuart Herald is a new vent ure soon to be launched on the held of newspaper work in Holt county, W. P. Davis being the publisher. Will is another O’Neill boy that has grown up and acquired the mastery of the art in The Frontier office. In the twenty years and more of this paper’s existence many good print ers have graduated from the case in our office and gone into the world to oarve fame and fortune from un certainties, and a fatherly interest is felt in all. Will has the make-np to make friends anywhere, the abil ity to give Stuart a first-class local paper and tbe hustle to make busi ness a winner. Stuart is a growing and sprightly town, and nothing adds more to the vim and ginger of a community than a live newspaper. Will is deserving of the best luck in the world and with the thoroughly up-to date plant with which the Herald starts there is no reason to doubt but that it will have a pros perous career. The paper will headquarter in the Shank building, whioh Mr. Davis has bought. Mrs. F. M. Smith, wife of tbe borax king of California, has evolved a plan 'for the expenditure of her millions that is an object lessou for women who squander wealth in idle ness and luxury. Mrs. Smith will adopt lOO girls. The girls are to be of all ages—girls needing homes, and will be paired off in families to oocupy ten cozy homes near Abor villa, the Smith mansion, one of the finest residents in Oakland, the city of-mansions. This woman of wealth will mother her family of a hundred girls, educate and train them to lives of usefulness. If the thousands of other women throughout the United States who are abundantly able to do it would adopt a similar plan, a world of good would result. An exchange (not edited by Carry Nation) Bays that in order to dis credit the new anti-canteen law, the liqnor element of the country is using the newspapers to reverse publio sentiment. They furnish de tailed accounts of all actual troubles with drunken soldiers in soloons, and vividly describe brawls that never occurred, to show that such things would not occur should tho the army canteen be re-established at military posts. It is needless to say that it is the wholesale and not the retail liquor dealers that want the canteen re established. The bold stand taken by Japan in threatening to. declare war upon Russia if the latter persisted in her designs upon Manchuria is likely to put a different face on what otherv wise would be a complete Russia nizing of the whole Chinese contro versy An unusual heavy demand for seeds has been made this year on the agricultural department, which has distributed free 560 tons of seeds. j Discussing the war in Booth Africa the amiable Mrs. Richard Cham berlain, sister in law of Joe Cham berlain, England's colonial secre tary, takes a right-hand poke at the Hon. Joe: “It is all very well for men like my brother-in-law Joe to say that farm burning is all right, but how can he know about farms or farming? Who was his father? He was a little screwmaker, a very respectable profession, but it does not teach very much about farms. It is no good sending out screw makers or anything of that sort. The war was not made for England, but for Johannesburg capitalists who could not speak English.” State Journal: The Omaha pres bytery, by a vote of sixteen to four, decides that a man’s sister-in-law is not his sister, and hence the confess ion and catechism do not forbid him, after the death of his wife, to marry her sister. The delegates to the general assembly are therefore in structed to get that body to rule that way and thus put an end to a long and bitter controversy. If the Presbyterian general assem bly will refer to that much neglected book of religious teachings, the Bible, book of Deuteronomy, twenty-fifth chapter and fifth verse, it will learn what the Lord Almighty has spoken to the world on this same subject Through the decision in the suit brought at New Orleans for an in junction to prevent the shipment of horses and mules to the British in South Africa is firmly established only what is a natural right. The court held that the transaction was that of a private citizen with the British government and it had no right to interfer in such action. -*-*^*~* Although the esteemed Independ ent was shorn of official dignity more than a year ago when the county board designated The Fron tier the officiul paper of Holt county for 1900; although the Peoples’ Advocate of Ewing was ranked official for 1901, Mr. Eves of Amelia is advertising the Independent as the official paper of Holt county. Gov. Deitrioh was succeeded by Mr. Savage the 15th inst. Mr. Deitrich’s career as governor has been short, but glorious, and if he goes after the senatorial business in the same business like way he will tie as good a senator as Nebraska ever had. Oil is being discovered in the va cinity of Beaumont, Tex., in quanti ties so great that the operators dont know what to do with it, and tests are being made to utilize the oil as fuel. The most cordially hated Stan dard Oil company is liable to encounter a form id able foe in the bil lion dollar oil trust that is brewing in Texas. --- Speaking of corporations, the United States Steel corporation amending its charter and increasing capital to $1,100,000,000 isnt bo slow. IMPORTANCE OP EXERCISE. Inactivity a Fount Cant* of Atrophy and Degeneration. Regular exercise is essential to the preservation of health; inactivity is a potent cause of atrophy and degenera tion. The vigor and equality of the circulation, the functions of the skin and the aeration of the blood are all promoted by muscular activity, which thus keeps up a proper balance and relation between th/i important organs of the body. In youth the vigor of thq system is often so great that, if one organ be sluggish, another part will make amends for the deficiency by acting vicariously, and without any consequent damage to itself. In old age the task cannot thus be shifted from one organ to another. The work allotted to each sufficiently taxes strength, and vicarious action cannot be performed without mischief. Hence the Importance of maintaining as far as possible the equable action of all the bodily organs, so that the share oi the vital processes assigned to each shall be properly accomplished. Pot this reason exercise is an important I part of the conduct of life in old age; but discretion is absolutely necessary. An old man should discover by expe rience how much exercise he can take without exhausting his powers, and should be careful not to exceed the limit. Old persons are apt to forget that their staying-powers are much less than they once were, and that, while a walk of two or three miles may prove easy and pleasurable, the addition of the return journey of sim* liar length will seriously overtax tits strength. j | WHITTLING FOR FUN. Md to Bo ■ Uralthrnl Relaxation for ! a Tired Mind. j People who flock southward during the winter as a relief from the cares at home take on some new and strange occupations. At present the passion la for whittling, says the Washington Post. In fact, It is the amusement of the hour of the banker, the merchant and the tired-out millionaire. But it Is not the same aimless chipping away of a stick that delights the schoolboy; very pretty things are made by these grave designers, paper cutters being one of the most general. After a num ber of men congregated at some resort have been attacked by the craze, it is amusing to see them starting out to unu me wooa. mey go loria ciaa m knickerbockers and armed with great jack-knives, as serious as though in search of the buck of the season. More prized than any other are the woods of the laurel and rhododendron. Both are exquisitely white and receive as high and line a polish as satin. Straight i pieces of considerable lengtiware chos- j en to be cut and it is desirable that i they should terminate In a fork. The ! forked part Is left undisturbed in Its ! natural state for the handle, while the j other end is whittled down into the blade of the cutter. Various are the ways of achieving this apparently simple end and every man findB con tentment in the conviction that his own knife and tools are the best. The final polishing is universally done with sandpaper and a broken bit of glass. Knitting needles are also popular among the things that are being whit tled. They are finished at the top with a round ball, which has carved upon it the Initials of the one who is to be their possessor. The greatest achievement in whittling, however, is an endless chain that was recently done by quite an old gentleman who had gone to the south to rest Wltn in each link rested a little revolving ball. It was truly a chef d’oeuvre. Scientifically it is claimed that there is something about the mechanical calm of whittling which is most restful to an overtaxed mind. RESTORED TO LIFE. Experlmen ■ 1b Mastaglng a Ifrart That Had Ceased Pulsating. » Dr. Maag of Nasted, Daainark, re cently made an experiment in revivi fying a man apparently dead, which has convinced him that it is possible, in favorable circumstances to restore the dead to life by massaging the heart, says the St. Louis Star. The doctor was attending a charity patient, a laborer, who apparently died under an operation from the effects of chloro form. Artificial respiration and other methods of the usual “revive” treat ments were tried, but all to no avail. The other attending surgeons gave up the case, and said when they did so that the man had been dead fifteen minutes. Dr. Maag, however, declar ed that. he would save the man. He cut open the dead man’s side and be gan to manipulate the heart. He timed the squeezing of the organ by the beat ing of his own pulse so as to get a natural rhythmic action, and soon be gan to feel the heart respond to th9 treatment. The other doctors began working at the artificial respiration again, and in thirty-five minutes the dead man was breathing again and his heart was beating. His side was seWn up and he put to bed, where he ceased to breathe, and all attempts at artificial respiration were powerless to start the lungs working once more. The heart, however, kept on beating for eight hours, when it stopped, and the man was finally “allowed” to be dead, even by Dr. Maag. In all this re viving process the patient did not re gain consciousness, but the doctor be lieves that he nevertheless began to live again after the heart had been started working by massage. Some people will say that the action of the heart was simply a case of muscular reflex, responding to irritation and not real life. Dr. Maag, however, be lieves, that the reason the man died a second time was that his treatment was largely Impromptu, and that the proper conditions and instruments for a thorough and scientific test were not at hand. Maine*! Modern Ships. Maine shipbuilders are developing the schooner rig to such an extent that they are putting together a vessel of that type with no less than seven masts. Big six-masted ships, rigged in schooner fashion, have proved to be remarkably economical and successful in carrying huge cargoes of coal and other heavy stuff, and now a step on ward to seven masts is on foot, says the New York Tribune. The new giant of its class will have a keel length of 335 feet, a breadth of 54, a depth of hold of 32, and a tonnage of about 4,000. This is a rarely interesting movement in the construction of sail ing vessels. How much further is to go? Will the seven-master, if satisfac tory, be followed by an eight-master, and possibly a ten-masted schooner, in e score of yearo or less? It may even be that the middle of the century will welcome a sailing leviathan with % dozen masts of the schooner rig. Yan kee inventiveness and energy take long looks ahead. CsnaUjr with Membership ot 425. Joseph A. Marbut, a member of the Missouri legislature, belongs to a fam ily with a membership of 425, all liv ing within five miles of the village of McDowell. The family consists of four generations and there has never been a bachelor or an old maid among them. They are also noted for their longevity. There is a tradition that one Marbut voted the republican tick et at a local election. NEARLY A OUTER F A CENTURY Twenty-two years selling to the users of farm machinery of Holt county is a good guarantee time wnat we put out is giving the best service. Right at the front again this year with the celebrated— JOHN DEERE MACHINERY —every bolt and bar and bur of which is genuine. Plows, harrows, cultivators and everything that is needed to cultivate the soil as it should be. Poor machinery can’t do good work any more than poor flour can make good bread; it costs you more for repairs in a year than the original machine. The beauty of the Deere is simplicity, durability, easy running and perfect work. You are looking for farm tools; here is the place to get the verry best manufactured. It pays to buy none other. We can give you a deal this spring that will make you smile. Buggies, wagons—the best made. HARDWARE A long standing reputation gives us pre-eminence in the hardware business of this section. The Majestic Steel Range has won fame all over the country; we have them. Exclus ive agent for the Lick and Elliott anti-rust tinware and Stan skey steel ware—every piece guaranteed. Stockmens’ attention is called to the Prussian food—the best thing yet put out to feed stoed and keep them fat and healthy. A full line of guaranteed grades of cutlery, guns, amunition and all kinds of sporting goods.'" NEIL BRENNAN OT BARGAINS at Berger’s Cash Store ONE DOOR WEST OF GILLIGAN ft STOUT’S Men’s suits. Boys’ 3-piece suits ... Ladies’ wrappers.. Men’s heavy calf shoes. Men’s dress shoe. Misses shoes.. Men’s and boys’ hats. Lace curtains.:. Portier curtains.. Men’s and boys’ fancy shirts for Also other new goods which we $2.85, 2.95, 3.00 and 3.50 1.75, 2.00, 2.25 and 2.50 75c, 82c, 85c, 95c to 1.25 1.00, 1.25 and 1.65 1.98, 2.25 and 2.50 49c, 98c, 1.00 and 1.25 25c, 35c, 75c and 98c 48c, 75c, 98c, 1.48, 2.50 2.18, 2.97 and 3.48 less than $1. . will be glad to show you. A. A. STANTON, Proprietor. A quiet orderly resort where the best brands of CIGARS AND LIQUORS are always at nd. f-TRY OUR-;-, 7 0 year old 0. F. G. Taylor 8 year old I/ll. H. McBr/ar 8 year old imported Cherry Wine , CASE BEER $2.75 PER CASE I i IT- ^ 1..J I .Idl I I is the... 1 HG XjJjD J. Cheapest If you want to buy the best Buggy, Carriage, Farm Wag on, Spring Wagon, Road Wagon, Farm Truck, Cart, Wind mill, Feedmill, hand or power Corn Sheller, Plow, Disc Cul tivator, Sweeps, Stackers, Rakes, Mowers, Binders, Headers, Threshers, Steam or Gasoline powers, call and see Prop. Elkhorn Valley Blacksmith, Wagon, Carriage, Shoeing & Machine Shop. P. S.—Just reeeived another car of Rnshford wagons, complete stock ot all sizes; they are the best wagons made. The Frontier | One year.. Six months $i 50 .. 75