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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1902)
i.iLUKbLNb^S DIRECTOR*' £(- H. BK> JK.D1LT, LAWYER, t Otltop to the Jutltre Koherts hnlldfn*, north or i> i> .-iinter’* mother yard, > \wti.i. nhi> tt. DICKSON ATTORNEY AT LAW Reference First National Bank Q’N EILL, NEB 3. 3. KING ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and notary - PUBLIC - office opposite U. 8. land office O'NEILL. NEB. >\I{N“"Y SlKWAItT, » I'H.MTU'AL auctioneer. ■ " n ..oiaranteed. Address. Paire, Neb ■ JU. f .1 FLYNN P>IY< (AS IVl) stTROKitM lj| »rk' c tv- r ('orr'i/nn\ firm to rie* V N j;i» chN* promptl) attetuleii. [ M. P KINKAID I.AVVY' R Jtb,-. v -i fc'.IMl 'll, V sites B "U O'NEILL. NEB. | ,lt. t . »*. trt LI.ILAN, PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON. t'm. in Holt ('otinn Bank ttuildtn inters left nt our druti store or at tin esidenoe first -treet non ft anil Ital* ■ ‘..eft east of stand pipe will reeetv i.| .mpt response. as I have telephon connect ions. o’N El 1,1, NKU SCOTTISH SHARON, OF GT Y t W£3 153330, Ass sted by Imported ICING TOM 171H71). Both prize-winning hulls of tlie Pan-American, heads the Ak-Sar Ben home herd of Shorthorns. Young hulls for s'i le. .1. M. XLDEHSON' & SONS, ('ha mt., is. - - - Nebraska. H ;' f \ A I » J \ ! y , i I ii m- i .'i •1 vs i I f >*m I ( 1|"-UI II li oil easy • - 11 kind of ! fill ’■•isi ‘ --|i. pi 1> il le. <1- il lo. I< |ji,,si*ii,« Hd ie •'! the hnsi J itisiirnncr e«)iu|)sniies iliiiiiij tins J ■no*** in » V:». ? N . ' ... Hx- II la j y.f t IlIf.Cttl&M OVU SPfeC'AT I S: • y£, Ear. ■ fcNO Th^oa Sp ciiif e* corretly ttH and « pplb’d O'NEILL. N£3. ij F j D i s TT n i; r su>' Kssot! TO A. B. NEWELL I KLAL t.S I \ IT I j <) \J^I I I. \KHKASK \ | , Selling and n,a«iiit! farm** and rnn< h B Taxer* paid an*< anil** o speeded for * V residents. Part>•*•*• iesiring to bos rent land owned l»s non-rest Ii-ii - ?v me a rail will lo*k (jp pn ovu**.-* •* procure ’be land for s -m O’Neill -* Abstracting Ce C^mpi'es ^ Abstracts of Tit 13 ONLY COMPLETE SKT OF AH STRAVT HOOKS IN IIOL I COON/ ) (I’NKIU,, NKK. HOTEL Y-[ ^ V A ' Enlarged Refurnished Refitted Only Hirst-class Hotel In the City W.T. EV ANS, IV. The New Market Having leased the Cra*z Market E and thoroughly ren vated the E same we are now ready to sup- E ply you wtih choice Fresh and l Halt Meats, Jiam. Bacon. Fish. E in fact everything to be found E in a hirst-class market We E Invite your patronage : : : E Leek & Blackmer; DRIVING A C.?'0 BAR: IN. Customer Was I ov, ng for tbs Best Te rms Obtainable. A salesman of a now ilefuntt Philj delphia dry goods commission h. us. reported to the tin. one day that he was in treaty wia. a buyer of an im portai.t St. Louis House for a heavy bill of goods, ar.d received from his principals practically carte blanche as to prices and terms—the state of the market being uncertain, and it being especially desirable on account of other circumstances to clinch the sale Mr. Rogers, the salesman, accord ingly was unusually generous in the matter of price, and the purchase in size greatly exceeded his expectations. The memorandum of the sale was written out and was about to be signed when the buyer asked, “Mr. Rogers, vat terms vlll you gif?” Carrying out the instructions of his firm, and more than pleased with his success in making the sale, Mr. Rogers replied warmly: "All the time you want, Mr. R-” Mr. R- leaned over and confi dentially whispered: “Ish dat the best you can Jo?” Great Baritone’s Peculiarities. Charles Santley, the celebrated Eng lish baritone, recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his first appear ance before the public. For many years he was the acknowledged non pareil of baritones, being equally at heme in opera, oratorio or concert. He never muffled up his throat, no matter what the weather, and when in his prime looked when walking about the streets much like the typical sea cap tain with his double-breasted pea jack et, low-cut collar and loose necktie. Beautifying Automatic Machine. A beautitying automatic machine is the latest slot novelty that is now to be seen In Berlin. The machines are to be placed in dressing-rooms at dancing halls, in cafes, on railway stations, and like places where people corgregate. You drop your penny in tie slot, and in return you receive powder, eyebrow pencil, lip pomade, rouge and other adjuncts to female beauty. With the aid of a mirror o’ e’s money’s worth can then be sat isfactorily used. Co s o;... End. Peter McArt.hu . talking about a ■ cvellst who sa: arranging for the 'ramaHzation ci a novel that he had ot yet completed, remarked: “He is 1 good d-’al like a Canadian friend of nine who went hunting with a dog. Pile t ip was all right for a time, but ho e came a sudden end when the eg uvdertcck to jump over a deep ell at two jumps.” Fire Business Woman. Mrs. Mary Ccggira of California is i sucre nl v,'c;r.a.i lumber dealer. She has esta'-i bed a box factory, of which me of her sons is general manager, bile she signs the checks, pays off he cmn’-yes and holds the purse kings generally. Mrs. Ccggins also •ips In the man ay .°me: t of two saw and many thousands of acres of t land Blessings of the Railroad. “The new railrca'1 has been a great blessing to us,” says a rural ex change. “In less than six week3 we got enough damages out of it to build a town hail and grade the cemetery. A few more enterprises of this kind, and our town will rise to heights un dreamed of in the history of new set tlements!”—Atlanta Constitution. Appreciated His Mercies. Bishop Willicf rce used to tell a tory of a greedy clergyman who, when asked to sa • g ace, looked anxiously to see if they were clam ’agre glasses cn the table. If trere ■ere he began: "Bonn ■! Jehovah!” Cut if he saw only cla glasses, ae said: “We are not rthy of the least of thy mercies.” Disgusted the Sailor. Here is a campaign story: “A ailor once left his snip and came upon the land. He wandered around and finally reached a cemetery. He <ame across a tombstone on which Mas printed, ‘I am pot dead, but sleepirg.’ The sailor read the words several times, and then said: ‘Well, if 1 were dead Id own up to it!’" Will Work Much Hardship. The recent closing of the various convents in France, it is learned, will cause the industry and art of lace making to die out. This charming and profitable work was fostered chief ly in religious institutions where the nuns were past mistresses in the art and the peasant girls of the neighbor hood were pupils. ‘‘Forever and a Day.” The other day Sir Charles Wynd ham, the actor, was given a dinner in London at which he made a speech declaring that hs would remember his friends’ kindness “forever and a day”—a phrase which appealed to him, he said, because it sounded like “adding a matinee on to eternity,” Good Haul of Sharks. An immense shark was caught late ly by the marines of his majesty’s guardship Urgent at Port Royal, Ja maica. It was so big that the most stalwart seaman aboard could have passed through its mouth without touching the teeth. No fewer than forty-three young ones, all alive and kicking, were found in the mother’s stomach. Sermon Causes Trouble. I eaning over to her neighbor in a Dublin church, one Sunday recently, a woman whispered: “There’s a tip for ycu,” alluding to the preacher's re marks on proselytism. The other woman gave an answering glare and struck the speaker across the face. In an instant the church was in cn uproar, and in a rush to the doors sev eral persons were knocked down. Dean Stanley’s Marital Felicity. Tne late Dean Stanley, it is said, worshiped the very ground his wife. Lady Augusta, trod on, and many aro the compiimeuts he paid her. “If I were to epitomize my wife’s quali ties,” he once said, “I couldn’t do it ’■etter than in the words of a cabman vho drove us on our honeymoon. 'Your wife,’ he said, ‘is the best wo man in England,’ and I quite agree with him.” Why This Feverish Haste? ftfow there is talk of three-day ships across the Atlantic. Why should rea sonable human beings bo wildly im patient to he thrust from one side of the ocean to the other in the amaz ingly short time of seventy-two hours? What will they gain? Will they hope in time to excel on the sea the pace of the fastest electric en gines and the swiftest automobiles on land. Little Soap Used in India. v-'r.f ii. h firms are trying to secure a arket for scap In India, but up to the ■ant time that country has re i ed practically soapless. Indeed, oi" heut Hindustan soap is regard 1 a.s rather a curiosity, and rarely, if t, kept in stock by the native store ::por. Remembered Old Employes. ■ silver wedding anniversary .1. Swanson, a Minneapolis >rer, gave to each of nine of • <cyes who had been with h'm ■ ty years a deed for forty acres >roved land in Anoka county. >al value of the gifts was $5,500. :ct Sues Prison Doctor, or virt named Brown, at n. New Zealand, Is suing Dr. p.iscn surgeon, to recover .un.agcs for unskilful trnat 1 : Incarcerated. The chief the cclcny has decided that . Jen is legal. India's Married Children. In India there are 100,000 boys and 627,000 girls under the age of 14 who are legally married, while 8,600 boys and 24,000 girls who have not attained the age of four are under marriage bends, as arranged by their parents. Tablet Unveiled. A tablet was unveiled recently at the Devil’s hole in the Niagara gorge to mark the spot where, on Sept. 14, 17C3, occurred the massacre of a large body of British sold.ers by Seneca In dians. French Officer's Coolness. During the Franco German war a French officer was pointing out a place when a bullet took off his finger. Stretching out another, he continued: “As I was saying, gentlemen-’’ A King's Playful Pastime. Alexander the Great used his sword against women rather than for them and (.nr of his favorite pastimes was beating his wives wilh the flat of his steel blade. Fifty Years’ Service as Usher. Stephen M. Griswold, hank presi dent, ex-state senator and churchman, will soon complete fifty years as an usher in Plymouth church, Brooklyn. Teeth of Elephants. An eleph„ut has only eight teeth itcgether. At fourteen years the el "hant loses its first set of teeth and an new set grows. Record Nugget of Tin. The biggest nugget of tin on record has been found at North Dundas, in Tasmania. It weighs 5,400 pounds, and is 67 per cent pure tin. Decried Use of Starch. In 1583 Philip Stul)be3 inveighed with great energy against the use of starch, which he called “the devil’s liquor.” For Overworked Seamstresses, Overworked seamstresses in Berlin are to benefit by a legacy of $25,000 left by a German bookseller named Batin, Lions Born In Captivity. Two hundred and seventeen lions nave been horn at the Dublin Zoo dur ing the last seventy years. Good Thing to Remember. An eggshell is porous, and filth on it affects the meat. Segregation Surely >4eeciod. The segregation of t\ r-3 at the university of Cnicago m' ently wise in the light of t!i k : at the iart football ram ■ - -is j swooped down from the hioache.s and ! hugged the muddy but ti.u. .nt j heroes of the e.even before they had a chance to wash up. Not Officially Reported BY EDGAR WELTON COOREY. (Copyright, 1902, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) 1 "A number of years ago, while traci ng the movement of a registered pack age that had been lost in the malls," said the old secret service man, "I missed train connections and was forced to lay over for several hours in one of the cities in’a certain southern state. So, as the local postmaster was i personal friend of mine, I called upon him. "While wo were conversing in his private office a young man entered and the postmaster presented him to me as his chief clerk. I have reasons for not revealing his identity, even at this late date, so 1 will give him the Incorrect name of James Bradford. "As a matter of course I prefer, at all times, that my profession should be hidden from the public and especial ly from government employes, but, un thinkingly. my friend introduced me or this occasion as a member of the secret service. “I was looking keenly into the young man’s eyes and noticed him start and tremble. But he Immediately regain ed his composure and offered me his hand, which I clasped warmly. “I knew at once that his was a guilty conscience. A thousand thoughts flashed through my mind. I tried to, in some way, associate him with the tase upon which I was working, but T could not do so since the missing package could not have passed through his hands. "At this moment the postmaster was called from the room and I immediate ly determined to test the young man's nerve to the utmost. So I arose and elostd the door. Then I turned to him. ’Sit down,’ I said. ’I wish to talk with you.’ i nauncu uis uitv uiv./nci.y. i Daw it grow suddenly scarlet, then pale, and I noticed that he clasped the arms of the chair so tightly that the nails were forced into the wood. “But I was at a loss how to proceed. That he was guilty of some criminal act I felt assured from his agitation, but I had absolutely no theory upon which to work. “Determined to unravel the mystery upon which I had so accidentally stumbled, I felt disposed to allow him to nurse the evident fear that I was In possession of certain facts regarding the crime he had committed, whatever it might be. Yet, so far as possible, I desired to disabuse his mind of any thought that I suspected his connec tion with it. So, drawing a chair in front of him, I laid my hand upon his knee and said, in a confidential tone: “ ‘Mr. Bradford, it is true that I am an agent <of the secret service. But I beg that you will do me the kindness to keep that fact to yourself. I am here to investigate certain irregular ities in this office and, since you know my mission, you may be of vast as sistance to me.’ “He promised to do my bidding, but while he seemed somewhat assured it was plain to see he was ill at ease. Then I dismissed him. “When the postmaster returned we continued our conversation. Present ly I referred to the business of the of fice and casually expressed a desire to see the last statement of the postof fice inspector. My friend brought me i copy. It was dated but ten days pre viously and the accounts of the office were certified to as being apparently correct. “ ‘That is a good showing,’ said I. Who hanr'es the funds of the office?’ “ ‘Mr. Bradford,’ he replied. " ‘Is he married?’ “ ‘Yes. He has an estimable wife and a beautiful baby boy.’ " ‘Reliable man, I suppose?’ said I. “ ‘Perfectly. There is not a dishon orable hair in his head. He’s been em ployed in the office six years.’ “The young man’s reputation cer tainly seemed good, but I determined to shadow him. I did so. Without arousing suspicion I watched his every « I I _- I , "Sit down,” I said. movement during the remainder of the day. I learned that he was alone in the office from six o’clock in the even ing until it closed at nine, and that it was he who placed all the stamps and casii in the vault before closing for the night. ‘ Whi’e idly inspecting the office dur ing the afternoon I discovered a knot hole in the board ceiling. The second floor of the building was divided into office rooms, and I found that the par ticular room, the floor of which con tained the knot-hole, was empty. I obtained the key under pretense of ex amining the room with a view to rent ing. “To my delight r found that I could set uro a good view of the postofflce bj looking through the hole. So 1 renteu the room, making a small payment. “That evening, from six o’clock un I til *lne, I lay mi the floor with my eye to the hole, watching Bradford. "During the entire time he appeared nervous and excited. In moments of teisare he would stare absently at the wall or at his desk, every feature of his face marked with despair and wretchedness. "Finally the hour for closing arrived. I saw him lock the outside door; I saw him place the stamps In the vault and return with the money box. filled with bills and coin; I saw him count the small change that was In the money drawer In the desk; I saw him make a note of the amount and enter It In a book. "Then he glanced around the room, apprehensively, frightened, a wild look In his eyes and perspiration on his brow. "Suddenly he set his jaws together determinedly and with feverish haste filled his pockets with the bills and stiver. When he had emptied the box he placed It back in the vault apd closed and locked the door. Then he advanced a few steps and paused. “What thoughts must have passed through his mind at that moment as he stood upon the threshold between honor and disgrace! Never before nor He gazed at it in silence. i since have I seen such agony on a hu man face as r saw then. “Presently he staggered to his desk and picked up a baby’s photograph. For a few brief moments he gazed at It in silence. Then he pressed it to his lips and, turning, reopened the vault, took the money from hia pocket, placed it back in the box and locked the door. On his face was a bright gleam as of a great happiness and up from the depths of my heart there surged a cry, ‘God bless him!’ "With a smile on his face he turned out the light and I hurried from my hiding place. I met him at the door. He was startled when he recognized me, but I held out my hand. “ ‘Bradford,’ said I, pressing his hand in mine, ‘you couldn’t do it. could you?’ “ ‘No,’ he said, a tremor in his voice, 1 ‘I couldn’t do it; I couldn’t break my 1 wife's heart and bring everlasting dis- 1 grace upon my baby boy.’ 1 “ ‘Now, my boy,’ said I, kindly, ‘don’t turn back. Tell me the rest— perhaps I can help you.’ "He looked me in the eye a moment. ' Then he said: “ 'I will trust you, sir. I have been 1 too extravagant in my living and have used about $600 of the office funds. I did not intend to steal; I expected to 1 make it good, but I do not see how I 1 can. I decided to run aw'ay, but I can’t do it, sir; I can’t do it.’ "I rested my hand on his shoulder. ‘Bradford,’ said I, ‘I believe you are honest at heart. It is not too late to rectify your mistake. Go home now and go to bed. In the morning I will | see what can be done.’ He looked at me with tears in his eyes. ‘Thank you, sir,’ he said. 1 "Well," continued the old secret i service man, after a pause, “I told the ‘ postmaster everything, but secured a i promise from him to give Bradford another chance. Between us we made up the deficit, taking Bradford’s notes. : These notes were paid long since and : to-day Bradford is holding an import- i ant government position and is entire- i ly trustworthy. As I had not been de- ; tailed upon the case, I made no report of it, but I have always been thankful that I missed my train that morning." | To Caro the Stammering Habit. i A new method of curing the stam- i mering habit is being advocated. It is 1 based upon the alleged fact that stam- j merers rarely if ever show any im-1 pediment of speech when talking in a whisper. What may be called the i “whisper cure” is as follows, says the i New York Press: For the first ten ; days the stuttering person is not al- i lowed to speak at all. This allows rest for the vocal cords and is the first stage in the cure. After ten solid days of absolute silence the patient is al lowed to speak, but only in a whisper. He generally is kept in this second stage for a space of fifteen days, some times more, sometimes less, according to the severity of his case. After the whisper period Is passed, the patient is allowed gradually to Increase his tone of voice until a conversational one is reached. This is the most criti cal period of the cure, and the transi tion from the whisper to the conver sational tone must be very gradual. There is certainly one thing to be said ror the new cure: it does not cost any thing, and any stammerer can try it | tor himself without calling in a medi- | cal adviser. The only objection might | be that the preliminary ten days of i : lence might interfere with the pa- | Lient’s prosecuting his usual business i He might, however, try it when on hi* ] next vacation. I Whosoever loveth big temper shall lose it. Mayor Low’s new official nlcltnama is “His Smiles." New is the time for Prince Henry to begin studying up on liver pills. How will the reduction of the course it Harvard to three years affect ath letics The man who underftands the pres snt baseball situation can understand inything. A Kentucky bank has Just been robbed of $35,000. No, it wasn’t the rashler. Burglars. We gather from the various accounts Jf his doings that President Castro of Venezuela is a strenuous man If Chamberlain is not more n his speeches the Liberal part: England may come to life a-taia Some women would buy a last 'alendar if it were displayed bargain counter.—Washington F-. The president made no mist selecting a newspaper man to n sent the American people at the co nation. With an income of $5,000,000 a year, Herr Krupp, the gunmaker, the rich est man in Germany, is a pretty big Sun himself. The richest man in Germany is the man who makes guns; the richest men n America are those who issue bonds, —Detroit News. Violinist Kubelik says he loves the women, but they worry him. This, lowever, is an experience that men lave in common. And now Britain i» said to b^ Comi ng a steel trust that will make the Vmerican combination look liko an lid-style strap rail. When the new glass company a t he glass trust get to throwing st it each other prudent persons ake the other side of the street. Mrs. Nation has been Ir ' d England. There Is a su sver, that the Invitation was ip through diplomatic circles at Owing to the Intemperance of t leople It Is said that the birth rr if France has become stationary. Tt lrtnk habit usually keeps things mov ng. The railroad combine la to be fought n the courts. By the time that con gest is decided the combine will be ilther dead or Invincible.—Philadelphia Ledger. L. Gashaway of St. Louis has been ten fenced to two years in prison be sause he stabbed a fellow-citizen. Tbe lame of the man alone Is worth a life lentence. A New Haven youth has died from njurles received in a football game our years ago. This la a much longer ange than the popular game was sup tosed to have. The New York Central Railway cot >any has decided to spend a lot of noney in Improving the tunnel where he recent disaster occurred. Better ate than never. Army physlciana admit that a dan news service from the United Star, vould do more to relieve the feel • if homesickness In the Philipp.n han all their medicine. Scientists say that Chicago can hi ighted by windmills. Scientists do no leem to be aware that Chicago has vays been lighted by windmills anil he world is none the wiser for it In the by-elections for the dominion larliament the Canadian liberals have nade a gain of six seats. English 11b irals might learn something to their idvantage by studying awhile in the irovinces. Here's another Chicago professor >roclalming that the eating of Lim rnrger cheese makes drunkards and igarette fields. No tender mystery iscapes the pitiless vivisection of the Chicago professor. The Georgia train was running on nldnlght ragtime when the famous linger’s wearing apparel was rent and icattered in a thousand directions, "lordica will reverse her aprovai of hat kind of music. The Emperor of Germany recently alked in eight languages during one lay. Still, that isn’t so much. A 'lorth Side man who pounded his humb the other evening used eleven n about four seconds. A Chicago man recently made the argest conscience contribution to Un de Sam known in the history of the [overnment. He sent to the proper >fiUdals $18,669.60, representing the luty on Jewels Imported by his wife, vhich had escaped the vigilance of the nspectors. Sir Robert Ball’s prediction that an ither glacial period will come, when a ;reat field of ice will sweep across the lemlspheres, crushing, grinding, be lumbing all things for hundreds of housands of years, and in its nature irorse than famine, flood and pesti ence, is safe enough. It Isn’t due, lie 4ds. for several thousand yeare.