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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1902)
The Frontier. Published by D. H. CRONIN ■ .50 tbo Year. 75 Cents Six Months ADVERTISING KATES; Display advertlsments on pages 4,5 and 8 are charged for no a basis of 50 cents an inch (oneooluinn width' per month; on page 1 the charge Is It an Inch per month. Local au vertlseuients, 5 cents per line each Insertion. Address the office or the publisher. License had a narrow escape in Lin coln election day. Prohibition came within 83 votes of winning. The Omaha News considers Mayor Moores’ order that gambling joints must be closed as a 1st of April joke. Other people are a good deal like the News—they will have to be shown. Editor E. W. Caldwell of the Sioux City Journal was elected mayor of Sioux City with 1,000 plurality. Good for the editor, and good for Sioux .City. # j Easter was celebrated by the Ilolt County Independent with a special edition folded in a handsome colored cover. It was a commendable news paper prod uct and speaks well for the artist at the Independent office. A Missouri husband of thirteen wives is having more trouble than twenty married men. He has been arrested under the bigamist laws and in troubled tones makes this explanation: “1 was a bachelor until I was 56 years old and kept out of trouble, but then l got married and just see what a tix I’m in now.” Carrie Nation’s tour of Nebraska so far has been void |of hacliet throw Ing. As one contemplates this aged woman going through the broth-pot districts of Omaha|holding out a help ing hand and speaking of a better way to the blear-eyed, beer soaked thieves and harlots, with a longing in her soul to lift them from degra dation and despair, the harsher feel ings|aroused by “Carrie the Smasher’*' melt away, and we are forced to admit that if there were more Carrie Na tions today the world would be better. One who will get down where the thieves and harlots live will do them infinitely more good than sermons preached at them in gilded temples high above their wallows of appetite and lust. The celebration of Good Friday at Casper, Wyo., by lynching Charles Woodward, who had killed Sheriff Tubbs in a fit of desperations, is one of the blackest deeds in the annals of modern butchery. In many respects it resembled thecrucittcition at the dawn of the Chrfstain era. Foor Wood ward sent his prayers to a God that had more pity than the brutes who Mrere thirsting for ids life that “it might not be laid to their charge.” Amid the cries for compassion and prayers for forgiveness the crowd of heartless ruffians pulled the noose about his neck, and soon the deed of blood was done. Wyoming no doubt has bad men to deal with the same as other places, but they will never be made any better by this process. Governor Savage intimates that lie has a scheme up his sleeve for the col lection of Nebraska’s back taxes. lie is quoted thus: “The condition of the state finances needs attention. There are more delinquent taxes upon the books of the county treasurers in the state than ever before. We are almost as good a state as Iowa, yet that state has money to lend, while we are running behind. We will save about 9150,000 to the taxpayers this year by a reduction of expenses in state departments as compared with the last two years, but we will still be behind and I am working on a plan to be recommended to the next legis lature which will change this condi tion, for it will require legislative ac tion to bring about the desired re sults.” The governor may have a weakness for pardoning crime and criminals, but he is able to see the folly of keeping men locked up in Jail while the masters over them reckless ly squander the peoples’ money. I>ur ing thesix years of populist possession of administrative affairs more state money was squandered than the en tire Bartley shortage. None of those fellows are in jail. Whatever the governor’s plan may be or whether iie will live long enough officially to carry it out it is eminently proper that Ne braska’s back taxes should be paid. It will be to the tax payers’ interest to do so. It would soon put the state upon such a basis that a considerable reduction in assessments would quick ly ensue. Mrs. John Jacob Astor has added a little to her notoriety if nothing else in saying that a man not college bred is not a gentleman. Strangely enough the American people refuse to adapt themselves to the New York society queen’s measurement of men, and go on just the same regarding every man a gentleman within whose bosom throbs a heart of tenderness and pitty and whose hand is strong to extend succor to the distressed—whose life is controlled by the principle of eternal justice and who does nothing to his neighbor that he would not have done unto himself. The “smart set” of New York doesn’t know what it is to come in contact with the real men and women of A merica, and it is a lucky day for the United States and Philippines that there are others be sides these drivelling fashion gods. THE PRINCE BEWILDERED A Berlin cablegram says: From the privacy of his flagship, Prince Henry permitted a few confidential reflections on his trip to drift to Ber lin. He declared that he was chiefly impressed with the territorial magni tude and commerlcal strength of the United States. He found President Roosevelt a marvel of frankness and energy and cordially liked his habit of saying what he meant and meaning what he said. The. members of the prince’s party say that the Presi dents animation was occasionally l>e wildering. The prince is anxious to pay a visit to the United States at some future time, traveling incognito, free from the restrictions of reception com mittees, with unlimited leave of ab sence and a large letter of credit. He was disappointed because the time at his disposal made possible only a superficial estimate of men and con ditions. He found the people the best behaved in the world, and specially remarked their individual determination to keep order. The prince says that he never feared anar chists, after having seen a typical Americrn crowd handle itself. lie discovered that American millionaires have other tastes desides money-mak ing, and was astonished at, their keen insight into political and economic conditions in Europe. The riding exhibition at, West Point convinced the prince that the American cavalrymen are the most dashing troops in the world. He found the new warships paragons, but thinks that a conisderable part of the navy will soon be out of date. In his opinion, the American sailors are inferior in some respects to the German salts. He admired the lake marine. The rich floral displays he saw everywhere are among his most abid ing memories, and he was particularly pleased with the receptions at St. Louis and Milwaukee, because of their marked simplicity. The prince de clared thatlChicago’s lake front is an ideal setting for a great city, and re grets his inability to make a tour of the great lakes. One of the deepest impressions of several of Henry’s suite is the charges of American hotels and cabdrivers. LET IT BE KINKAID. Ainsworth Star-Journal: Hon. Frank Beeman of Kearney was in Ainsworth Monday looking up his chances for the republican congres sional nomination in the Big Sixth. Mr. Beeman is one of the brightest young lawyer’s in the south part of the district and if the lightning should strike him the republicans will not have cause to regret it. However, as J udge Kinkaid is the logical can didate for the honor and entitled to it from every just standpoint, Mr, Beeman should, and undoubtedly will, be obliged to give away to the Moses of the district, who will receive, as he should, both nomination and election. Let it, be Congressman Moses P. Kin kaid. MATTERS OF NEWS Floods in the state of Mississippi have done great damage to property and suspended railroad traffle. Senator M. A. Hanna otlicially and positively refuses to have his name mentioned as a probable presidential candidate in 1904. It is stated that the late Cecil Rhod es,left the bulk of his fortune, except some personal and family bequests, to the promotion of his vast imperial plan of education. This project em draces every land where the union jack flies. Its purpose is the intellec tual betterment of the British race throughout the world and fostering of the imperial sentiment. The government is making provison for coining a Philippine dollar of the same weight and fineness as the Mexican dollar. The coin will carry an American device on one side and an Oriental design on the other. Subsidary coinage sufficient to meet the wants of the Philippine is also provided. The coinage of this silver will be done in America and in the Philippines. The provisions in regard to mintage is that the Philippine currency shall be coined in the Philip pines as soon as facilities are provid ed, but that in the meantime it may be coined in the United States mint at San Francisco. The dollar provid ed is made a legal tender in the Philip pines, but not in the United States. The disappearance of 15. F. Ilarkins of Guide Rock. Neb., in April 1899, lias just been cleared up by the dis covery of his remains under a rude shelter of logs and bark near I). B. Pecks’ sheep ranch, about thirty miles northeast of Gillette, Wy'. Two years ago Ilarkins started from Guide Rock for Spokane, Wash. When he got this far lie left the train, went to a little grocery, bought 15 cents’ worth of crackers and started olf over the hills. After going out some distance he returned, lie acted as if he were notin his right mind, and was taken to a hotel. In the night he disappeared, and long since search by the Crook county officers for any trace of him was in vain. A few days ago hunters in the woods near Peck ranch came upon what proved lobe Harkins’ skeleton, from which the clothing was falling away, lying between two logs, across which other logs and bark had been laid. In one of his pockets was found this note: “Who finds me will please tell my wife. I died here from starvation and cold. Have a wife and nine children near Oketa, Kas. Have on my person $46.25. “B. F. Harkins.” The money was in currency and silver, and was in good condition. Identification was further established by the finding in a phcketbook, along with the note and the money, of trunk checks foi; baggage from Guide Bock to Spokane. The irrigation bill is booted, for a presidential veto, unless it is altered to agree with the chief executive’s ideas on the subject. President Boosevelt conveyed this unpleasant information to Senator Hansbrough, Representaves Metcalf and Raeder on Monday, who had called upon him to talk over the measure. The president objects to the section in the senate bill providing for state control of the water which he believes should be under national supervision. Unless the senators who passed the bill in the senate, agree to the presi dent’s terms the chances for the bill will be very slim. It would be impos sible for its backers to secure sufficient Strength to pass it over the president’s veto. Colonel Edwards, chief of the divi sion of insular affairs of the war de partment, has made public a compara statement of the commerce of the Philippines for ten months ended October 31, 1901, and 1900. The figures are exclusive of quarter masters’ supplies. It is shown that the total value of merchandise im ported during the ten months ended October 31, 1901, was $24,388,141 as against $20,148,152 for the correspond ing period of 1900, and the exports of merchandise during the ten months : ended October 31, 1901, amounted to $20,884,395, as against $19,372,830 for tiie same period of 1900. These figures show an increase of 21 per cent for the improts and8 percent for the exports. The value of merchandise coming from and shipped to the United States during these periods shows a decided increase for the ten months ended October 31, 1901. There was imported $2,935,895 worth, an increase of $1,195,686 over the corresponding period of 1900, while the exports for the period of 1901 amounted to $3,534, 669, an increase of $1,191,448. When you lack energy, do not relish your food, feel didl and stupid, after eating, all you need is a dose of Cham berlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets. They will make you feel like a new and give you an appetite like a bear. For sale by. P. C. Corrigan. A teacher in a New York pub j school discovered that some of her p pile were deficient in the little a;ue . ties of polite life, and took it up herself to instruct them in the grar of courtesy. She observed that whi ever one of the boys passed in frr of the visitors at the school, a stran puzzled expression came into tin faces. The secret came a few days lat when, happening to stand near t visitors, she heard this boy jerk on., as he shambled awkwardly by: ‘'bak ing-powder.” She hastened to expla.i that the difference beween “Beg you pardon,” which she had told him „o say, and “Baking-powder,” which ..e had understood her to say, was wi .<? enough to justify farther instruction. _a A recent traveler In Central Africa gives several instances of the capaci ty for sleep developed by his Arab ser vants. He mentions one of these men as being undisturbed by the discharge of firearms within two feet of h;s head. Another is described as follows: Salam, our Arab boy, sleeps more soundly than any one else I have ever come ai -oss. It is a task of no ordinary magnitude to wake him. He tells a story in regard to himself to the effect that one night, when he was traveling with an Arab in North Africa, he had to sleep with their donkey tethered to his leg to keep it from running away. When he woke in the morning he found that the donkey had wandered away to a considerable distance, and had dragged him along. Judging from our own experience of his sleeping powers, we do not think the story in credible. A number of years ago Castle Rising, in the eastern part of England, was a flourishing borough, returning two members to Parliament and possessing a mayor, one Wakefield, “a character” who might have stepped out of a nov elist’s gallery. On one occasion the bearer of some election dispatches ar rived in hot haste at Rising, and asked for the mayor. Wakefield was engaged in the exercise of his high calling, which happened to be that of a thatch er; he was thatching a barn. On hear ing that his presence was required, he sent a message to the dispatch-bearer to this effeet: “If it’s John Wakefield that he wants to see, I’ll come down at once. If it’s the mayor of Castle Rising he has business with, he must come up here to me.” And on the roof of that barn in Arcady the mayor re ceived the dispatches, with dignity be fitting his position, official and other wise. For Stomach Troubles. “1 have taken a great many diffe rent medicines for stomach trouble and constipation,’’says Mrs. S. Geiger of Dunkerton, Iowa, “but never had as good result from any as from Cham berlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan. 1 For Coughs and Colds in Childnm “I have not the slightest hesitancy in recommending Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to all who are suffer ing from coughs or colds,” says Chas. M. Cramer, Esq., a well known watch maker, of Colombo, Ceyon. “It has been some tw'o years since the City Dispensary first called my attention to this valuable menicine and I hav repteatedly used it and it has always been beneficial. It has cured me quickly of all chest colds. It is espe cially effective for children and seldom takes more than one bottle to cure them of hoarseness. I have persuad ed many totry this valuable medicine, and they are all as well pleased as my self over the results.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan. B. Washington Entertained President. It Is now remembered that in De cember, 1898, the President of the United States and the governor ot Alabama were entertained soc: ly at Tuskegee, Ala., by Mr. and Mrs iiook er T. Washington. The New ; leans Picayune said at the time: ' ; hite hosts or hostesses could h ■>en more courteous in attend' **ul more thoughtful in foresta <ry want of their is than .sso refined and ed.ic. .3 Afrl. Good for Rheumatism. 'v Last fall I was taken with a very severe attack of muscular rheuma tism which caused me great pain and annoyance. After trying several pre scriptions and rheumatic cures, I de cided to use Chamberlain’s Pain Balm which I had seen advertised in the South Jerseyman. After two appli cations of this Remedy I was much better, and after using one bottle, was completely cured.—Sallie Harris, Salem, N. J. For sale by P. C. Corri gan. __ < Steel U Now King. Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel corporation, is au thority for the statement that steel has supplanted cotton in industrial king ship; that it exceeded the cotton in dustry in 1900 by ’■.ors than $100 000, 000, and for 1901 will exceed it by more than $250,000,000. “A neighbor ran in with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera atfrti Diarrhoea Remedy when my son w<iis suffering with severe cramps and was given up as beyond hope by my re gular physician, who stands high in his profession. After administering three doses of it, my son regained consciousness and recovered enhftsly within twenty-four hours,” This Remedy is for sale by P. C. Corrigan IT BLIC; 14 MI, » molLvejll. ^ In a 0 0 § 4 H k fo P a ? a i I For a quarter of a century I have been in O’Neill in the Hardware and Implement business, and am here yet, with a carload < . of new Implements for the spring trade. Following is a partial list of goods carried by me; John Deere Plows! Buggies, Planters, New Pilot Tongued Cultivators, Riding and Walking Listers, Discs and Seeders( ' lBiarnMTM —UMiii u I ■ nil ■iiiwiiihuiiiiiwmim I—win ,1 imumn nrwm. rrirmiFTmimmTinTr.iniHTHrT-Ti-titt ri¥ irruinin mi iwihi—«■■■■■■■■■■ iiwiiMiiiHinnn ^ These goods are beautiful iu construction, durable and have no equal. The Moline wagon, none better on wheels, having muny points superior to any wagon on the market. The cele brated Champion binders, mowers and hay rakes. I also handle bale ties. In the stove liue I carry the best known steel range, the great aj estic; also many other makes of 3toves and ranges. I am the only dealer west of Norfolk who carries the Stransky Steel Ware, every piece warranted for live years. I also handle enameled ware. I have the Lisk and Elliott nnti rust tinware, | none better. For any rusty piece returned I will gladly give a I new piece. Nickel plated copper ware, such as tea and coffee I U pots, tea kettles and other articles in profusion. Anything you want in silverware, cut glass, glassware or Rogers 1847 table cutlery. In the cutlery line I carry no imported goods, nothing but the products of Ameaican factories and American workman ship. I have all grades, from the cheapest to the best. I have the Sioux City garden seeds; also other garden and Held seeds, I" such as millet, clover, etc. I have the best kerosene, the “Eocene,” gaseline, machine oil, and axle grease. A very nice line of sewing machines. In barb wire I have the genuine I Glidden, no imitatiou, every pound warranted to run one rod. It is always my aim to treat customers iu the best possible manner and to give them honest labor and good goods for every dollar they may think well to turn my way. If you cannot give me all your trade, give me what you can, and it will be appreciated. I will say in conclusion that no man in my line will give you aoy more for you dollar than I will and my guarantee or warrant I will make good. I 1ST E I L O’lfcTZEXXjIL, 2STEE. * *