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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1901)
IN HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA For Sale by M. 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S.—Just received another car of Rushford wagons, complete stock sizes: they are the best wagons made. 1 W'Sh *° 08,1 V0Ur attention to ^ | VV one of the finest lines of Blank- | I ets and Comforts that has ever been | I shown in Holt county. Our comforts 1 I range in prices and qualities, from $1 1 to $8; this latter price gets a fine down filling with mercerized cover! n I | blankets we have everything from | 1 cotton sheets to the finest wool. J. P. MANN g "MEALIE MONDAY.” University Holiday for Poor Students to Kcp'enUli larders. A characteristic feature of the Scot tish university which is worthy of spe cial mention is that it has always af forded an opportunity to poor students of obtaining an education. There has always existed in the universities a fine spirit which has regarded with honor the struggles of students who are endeavoring to support themselves. And these students have so prized an education as to lead lives of strenu ous self-denial, with their eyes deter minedly sot upon the far-off goal. Many students from their Highland homes have appeared at the beginning of the academic year with a bag of oatmeal and a barrel of potatoes, representing the sole store of life and energy for months to come. So common was this practice that a holiday in the mid year was appointed, known as “Mealie Monday,” in order to give the students an opportunity of returning home to replenish their larder. This day is still observed as a holiday. In his rem iniscences of Edinburg Robert Chal mers tells the story of his early ex periences at the university—how a friend, his brother and himself had lived together, and each had brought to the common store a bag of oatmeal. The three bags hung from one of the rafters of their room, and the landlady would scrupulously take a handful of the meal from each hag, in order to mix the morning porridge, according to a strictly equitable principle of dis tribution. It must be remembered also that, in many cases, untold sacrifices must be borne in the homes whence the sons set forth to secure an educa tion, in order that they may live In a university town at all, even in the simplest possible manner. It is by no means an isolated case, that story of the father who had hut three cows, and one of them he sold in order to send his son to St. Andrew’s.—Scrib ner’s Magazine. FOUR BEARS AT A SHOT. The Phenomenal Good Fortune of a Nimrod In Maine. About seven years ago Mr. Withee ■was presented with two fine hounds, and, wishing to try their training and their grit, he took them out to do a little bear hunting. The first morning Withee let the dogs out for a run while he was getting breakfast, expect ing them to be back in a short time. When breakfast was over the dogs had not returned, so, taking his gun, Mr. Withee started out in the direction they had taken. After traveling about a mile the faint barking of dogs could be heard, and it was then plain why the dogs had not returned. They had scented game and were in pursuit. The sound of the barking led him far up the side of a mountain, and soon he came in sight of the dogs standing around the upturned roots of a tree. Mr. Withee crept up cautiously until within about fifteen feet of a cave that was near by, and then a black shaggy head could be seen Just above the roots. Taking good aim he fired his 44 caliber and awaited results. After several minutes he ->ut up to the cave and what he saw there gave him a shock from which he has never re covered. Two bears lay dead and two more were so stunned that a few quick passes with a knife settled them. For ihe four bears Mr, Withee received $20 bounty. $27.50 for their hides, and $42 for the b^ar oil; making $89.50 for one day’s hunt.—Boston Journal. Leprosy in United States. According to scientific investigation, directed from Washington, which have been icing on for several months, there are about 275 reported cases of leprosy in the United States. It is thought probable that the real number may be nearer 1,000. For various rea sons physicians who have cases of this disease, in many instances either fail or refuse to report them. But the num ber reported is sufficiently large to oc casion some alarm. Seventy-four of the known cases are in New Orleans, chiefly among the Italian population There are 23 in Minnesota, mostly among Scandinavians in the rural set tlements. There are 15 eases in North Dakota and two in South Dakota, among the same people. Chicago has five cases and New York six. It 13 noteworthy that nearly all of the 275 reported victims are foreigners, The Scandinavians seems peculiarly sus ceptible to the disease. They either pad it when they landed in America, or contracted it shortly after landing. Every one of the cases in the Dakotas and Minnesota is located in the coun try, in localites rather remote even from small towns. The disease seems to be spreading most rapidly in Louisi ana, and for several years there has been agitation there in favor of effi cient supervision and control of all leprous patients, either by the state or by the government. Pretty Poem, Ugly Tablet. By order of the city council of Cam bridge, Mass., an ugly stone tablet has been placed on the sidewalk of Brat tie street, near Story street, old Cam bridge, with an Inscription on its faoe Jn black letters, reading: “Near this spot stood the spreading chestnut tree and the smithy referred to in Long fellow's poem, 'The Village Black smith.’ ” The tree was cut down some years ago, against the protest of Long fellow and many others, because It was an obstruction to ttavel. Origi nally it was on private property, but the street was widened and the tree was thus with others brought into the public thoroughfare. In 1879, three years after Its fall, the school chil dren of Cambridge presented to the poet on his birthday a ehalr made of wood from the tree. On the same day Longfellow wrote a poetical reply to I the children, “Prom My Armchair." Earn Mo tar It -ruins IT»I<. A new industry, which is proving a source of considerable revenue to small boys who live near the suburban pleasure parks. Is that of "hat rescu ing.” The youngsters station them selves around the scenic railways and toboggans and whsn the headgear of some unlucky passenger Is blown off during the rapid ride—an accident which occurs at almost every trip of the flying cars—one of thsm seizes it and hastens to the stopping plaoe. Very few persons have nerve enough to send the polite rescuer off without rewarding him.—Philadelphia Time*. Flla One-Cent Conioianea. The Conscience fund at Washington was enriched by 1 cent contributed by a Toledo citizen who recently pur chased a lead pencil from a Canadian at Buffalo, paying 2 cents for It He learned subsequently, to his great hu miliation, that the Canadian had not paid the duty, amounting te 1 cent. To relieve a conscience-stricken mind he inclosed a 1-oent postage stamp In a letter to Treasurer Roberts. The writer did not disclose his name.— Boston Evening Transcript Improving the Potetoi A new method of Improving the po tato Is credited to M. Mlchalet, as a result of experiments made in the De partment Vaucluse, France. He ad vises that the potato plant should be stripped of its blossoms and the crop tubers will be improved In quantity and be richer in starch. The flower is not at all necessary to the well being of the plant, which in the pro cess of blossoming consumes starch and other vegetable substances. Brown Straw Hat® In Mew York* A student of men’s summer hats says there are fewer brown straws worn In New York than any other city in the eountry. “I have never heard any explanation of It,” he said, “but I suppose it is because the atmosphere in New York is not foul as it is in cities where soft coal is burned. I know that in St. Louis and Pittsburg you will see almost as many brown as you will white straws.”—New York Sun. Parrot*® Melancholy Words. One of King Edward’s pets which has long been kept In the hall at Sand ringham is a small green parrot, which his majesty purchased personally from a boy In Trafalgar square while pass ing through there privately with hie equerry one day. The bird is a splen did talker. What has always been his favorite expression is a meloncholy one now: “Now, then, hip, hip, hurrah for the queen!” Mixing Commerce and Art. The subject is under discussion in France of substituting fruit trees along the roads In place of the fine speci mens of arboriculture now in exist ence. It is argued that the fruit trees will bring in some evenue to the gov ernment, and in that respect will be of greater value than those which pro duce only leaves and blossoms. Timber About Puget Sound. Probably no place on earth will aver age acre for acre the timber that the Puget Sound region can furnish. It is flr, cedar, spruce, hemlock, and ald er, as well as maple and other woods, Its Douglas fir—the most common vari ety—has been found superior to yel low pine and other woods heretofore used for car building. — Timber of German Fore.t*. The total annual production of tim ber and firewood of the German for ests is estimated at 38,000,000 tons, and this is supplemented by an import of 4,600,000 tons. The material progress of the country would not be possible had it not the large home production to fall back upon.—New York Post. 14.ti<W of Cli' Han Epoch. Some scientists believe that in the Ohellan Epoch, which ended 160,000 years ago, Europe and America were connected by way of the British Isles, the Faroes, loeland and Oreenland. Since the the great waters have washed away or submerged this stupendous bridge. Dtut Particles, Water Corpuscles. Dr. Burns of Brown university, Is In vestigating the origin, activity and growth of the condensation producing dust particles, their mutual relations and their relations to electric radia tions, etc., as well as similar study of the corpuscles of water. Government Ownership In Montana. Montana owns more than one eighteenth of Its area, as the govern ment granted to the state two sections in each township for the benefit of the public schools and an aggregate of 668,000 acres for the various state Institutions. Agricultural College for India. Jewell B. Knight of Belchertown, Mass., a graduate of the Massachu setts Agricultural college, has been ap pointed by the British government to go to India and establish an agricul tural college. Bridge with ISO-Acre Berfeee. The Forth bridge is constantly be ing repainted. So vast Is the structure that it. takes fifty tons of paint to give It on* coat, and the area dealt with is something like 120 acres. What Will Heirs Get? Contestants for an estate of $400,000 in Minneapolis are represented by thir teen lawyer*. Puzzle: Find how much the heirs will get.—Chicago Trfbune. ni»0k« (itlnlnt la Australia, One of the problems before the Au* tralian federal ministry is that of the preservation of a white Australia. M. Barton has recently paid a visit to northern Queensland with a view to better understanding the problem of gradually prohibiting black labor on the sugar plantations. One of the plantations ho visited has 2,500 acres under the cane and is irrigated by the waters from the Burnes river. The proprietors are about to spend £30,000 ($150,000) on a new pumping plant to lift water at the rate of 10,000,000 gal lons a day. Indian* Ilavo Pianos. As an llustration of wealth among Indians it Is officially stated that the homes of the most progressive Osages compare favorably with the dwellings of white people of equal wealth. Their houses are richly furnished with car pets and modern furniture, and in many homes there are pianos, upon which the daughters are taught to perform. Horses and carriages are not Infre quent, and, though the automobile has not yet made its appearance, it is not an Impossibility of the future. I.ars:rst City South of the 1.1 ne. Ten census returns for the metro politan district of Sydney, N. S. W., have just been published and show that during the past ten years its pop ulation has increased by a little over 100,000 persons. The total is now 386, 869, of whom 197,227 are males. 189, 632 females. Sydney now ranks as one of the large cities of the world. It is the largest city south of the line. The United States only contains six larger cities. —New York Commercial Advertiser. Law Library Refuses Legacy. The stockholders of the Milwaukee Law Library association havo decided not to accept the $10,000 legacy left the association In the will of Ammi R. R. Butler of that city on the condition that the name be changed to the Butler Law Library association. It wa3 thought that the suggested change would be unfair to the late B. K. Mil ler, who made a handsome gift to the association a few years ago. The Naming of Dotson* Dotson, a hamlet ten miles east of Middlesboro, Ky., was founded many years ago by a pioneer named Lewis Dotson A few days ago there was a double wedding there, the grooms be ing William and John Dotson, broth ers, and the brides Anna and Daisy Dotson, sisters. The officiating clergy man was Rev. John Dotson and all parties were descendants of the origi nal Lewis. Kn.lowmeut of 0100,000. J. V. Thompson of Uniontown, Pa., nas given $100,000 for the endowment tif the president's chair at Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. This is to be a memorial to his father and mother, the sum being just what he received from their estate. His father, the late Jasper M. Thomp son, was trustee of the college. Monument to Martyred Governor. A monument has been erected In Santa Fe, N. M., to Governor Albino Perez, who was assassinated with other officials during the revolution of 1837. The monument was placed on the spot of the vasa-slnatlon by Sun set Chapter, D. A. R., which has un dertaken to mark all historic spots In the territory. Gift of Redemption Rock. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who some years ago bought Redemption rock, in Princeton, Mass., where Mrs. Rawlinson was ransomed from the In dians by John Hoar, the first of the name in this country, in 1676, has pre sented the property to John Hoar, son of the late Sherman Hoar of Concord. Bristle Portrait of Washington. Gustav Korn, a Now York brush maker, has made a life-size portrait of George Washington in bristles of vari ous colors, taking Stuart’s celebrated painting for a model. The bristle pic ture is said to be quite a work of art. It is on exhibition in the window of a Pearl street store. The Biggest Living Man. The biggest living man is said to be Lewis Wilkins, who was born near St Paul, Minn., in 1874. When but 10 years old he measured G feet in height, and now has grown to 107V* inches—just three-quarters of an inch less than 9 feet—and v.'eighs 364 pounds. Arl.toeracy’. Donation to Charity, At a charity benefit recently given and attended by New York society peo ple the proceeds, which came from a basket collection, amounted to exactly ?30, an average contribution of five cents for each of the 600 persons pres ent. Brow-Fnrrow., Troa.e-Crea.a., Judge Jenks of the New York Su preme Coourt told the New York law school the other day that "the man with the furrows on his brow wins against the man with the creases in his trousers every time.” Jersey Euchre Prise*. A woman who entertained the West Hoboken (N. J.) Euchre club last week furnished kittens for the booby prizes and #ox terrier pups for the man and woman with the highest ecore. Forty Countl.. Without Cawyovn. There are forty counties in Texas which have to seek legal advice out side their limits, as they have not a •ingle attorney of their own. — . =st SEA IS UNSYMPATHETIC. The 8«a Khor« »ud the Monalttaa CflB* tratted by HoIbm. I have lived by the tea shore and by the mountains. No, I am not going to say which Is the best The one where your place is Is the beet tor yen. But this difference there Is: Yon — domesticate mountains, bnt the aea la feroe naturoe. You may hare a hut or know the owner of one, on the mountain side; you see a light half way up Its ascent In the evening, and you know there Is a home, and you might share It You have noted cer tain trees, perhaps; you know tho par ticular zone where the hemlocks look so black in October, when the maples and beeches have faded. All its re liefs and lntaglioe have electrotyped themselves In the medallions that hang round tho walls of your mem ory’s chamber. The sea remember* nothing. It Is feline. It licks your feet, Its huge flanks purr very pleas antly for you; but it will crack your bones and eat you for all that, aad wipe the crimsoned foam from its Jaws as If nothing had happened; the moun tains give their lost children berrlea and water; the sea mocks their thirst and lets them die. The mountains have a grand, stupid, lovable tranquil lity; the sea has a fascinating, treach erous intelligence. The mountains llsr about like huge ruminants, their broad hacks awful to look upon, but safe to handle. The sea smooths its silver scales until you cannot see their Joints —but their shining is that of a snake's belly, after all. In deeper suggestive* ness I find as great a difference. The mountains dwarf mankind aad fore shorten the procession Of its long gen erations. The Bea drowns out human ity and time; it has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity, and of that It sings its monotonous song forever and ever.—Oliver Wendell Holmes, the "Professor at the Break fast Table." QOT A MATCH ALL RIGHT. Powerful lmi< Haunt! Iiunlt M Raw ly-Landad Olrl. He was the conductor of one of thoeo big trucks that transfer Immigrants who are simply passing through New York from South ferry to the dock or train that they are scheduled to board. He was very officious, feeling his au thority as well as his superiority ever the young men and women consigned to his care. They, with that half startled and altogether conciliatory smile which characterizes the newly landed, were taking his abuse and per haps congratulating themselves that they didn't understand the language, although his meaning waa perfectly clear. "Here, there!" he shouted to a very pretty Swedish girl. “Sit down, you!” At the same time he caught her by the shoulders and brutally pushed, almost knocked, her over on a basket filled with immigrant effects. Her offense had been to take an In terest in one of the tall buildings or lower Broadway. She didn't protest— but someone did. It may have been simply a fellow-countryman or it may have been a big brother who had eome on to New York to greet the new comer. At all events, he was not a "greenhorn." He had the easy air, the substantial clothes and the self-reli ance that comes from several years’ residence In tbe country. Besides he had the shoulders of an athlete and a fist like a sledge hammer. Stepping from the walk Into the street, he caught the offender exactly as the fel low had handled the girl, and, thun dering In excellent English, “Sit down, you!” he brought him sprawling to the sidewalk. "How you like It?” he asked innocently. The Immigrants looked on and smiled. Italian Tniptbenn Annoying. What annoyances Italians are sub jected to by the taxgatherers fe shown by a recent scandalous caes la the courts. General Cosens, one of the heroes of the liberation of rtaly, Garibaldi’s chief of staff In the con quest of the two Sidles, and later chief of the general staff of the Ital ian army, died some time ago, leav- , lng the military decorations he had won to his heirs. The Treasury of ficials demanded death duties on these and fixed the amount of the tax at $16.80. The heirs refuse to pay, and the civil court at Rome has Just decided that ‘‘decorations and medals are part of the historical and patri otic patrimony of the country and are. therefore, not subject to the In heritance tax.—New York Sun. Cnmlut Method of gabaorlblng. In Sweden a person may go iato the smallest postolfice, and If he wants to subscribe for any publication In any of the countries of the postal union, or at least of that part of It which has united In this business, all he has to do Is to fill cut a blank and pay the price. A quarterly government publica tion, much like a telephone book In ap pearance gives the sum charged for each newspaper and magazine for the various periods, six months, three months, etc. The postmaster remits th« receipts from this source with bis oth er business returns, and bis general bond covers the transactions. Population of Osman Cities. In Germany there are thirty-three cities having more than 100,000 In habitants (Berlin baa 1,884,161). More than 16 per cent of the entire popula tion. In Great Britain thirty great cities contain 29 per cent of the total population. In Austria five great cities contain 8 per cent of the popula tion. In Russia nineteen great cities contain 4% per cent and in the United States thirty-eight great cities contain 18.64 per cent of the population of the country. .
