The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, January 08, 1903, Image 4
’ .,»■ -... T* - Tiie Frontier. Published by D. H CBORIN. it SO the Year. "5 Cent* Six Months Official piper of O'Neill and Holt county. AnVBHTlSINO KATES: ftbplay advertlsmeni-s on paires 4, Sands are cna ged for o»» a b •«!« of nO cents en inch (O'lHOolumn width) per month; on pag<- 1 th« Oharge is fl an inch per month Local ad vertlsements, 5 cents per line each Insertion. Address the office <>r the publisher. It is now speaker Mockett. The legislature h 'S begun to grind. What will the grist be? The present legislature will have several interesting bills to consider. This is one of Hie winters when stockmen need plenty of hay, and no place in the state is better, if so well supplied with hav, as Holt county. The land graubing Syndicate bemoans the late decision of the su preme court relative to tax sales. It gets too close to their business for comfort. -^ - The deatli of the widow of Geneu 1 John C. Fremont is rep >rted. She was a daughter of Senator Th nnas II. Benton of Vlissoarl,who wisa United States senator from that state, dur ing a period of thirty years. Tire press dispatches from Washing ton now indicate that tire secretary of Interior Is oppored to the proposed land leasing bill. I hat was agreed upon by the cattlemen at that city, looking after the passage of a leasing measure. It appears that while the draft of the bill has been agree ! upon, no bill has as yet been Introduced and we cannot at this time give an outline of the features of the proposed bill. Congressman Neville of the big Sixth district has Anally been heard from again. It is tire first chirp for a long time. He has permitted himseli to be interviewed in New York and thinks that so long as there are such prosperous conditi ins in Nebraska as there are, the chances for fusion are hopless. Out of their own mouths ue have the testimony that they thrive on calamity.—Grand Island Indepen dent. THE BUSi a ci >3 YEAR. The Business Age is the designation by which this present time seems like ly to be known in history. It will be at least as fitting as such appellation of any preceding era—Stone Age, Bronze Age, Golden Age or what not. Never before in the Ids ory of the world was business of all kinks so widely practised, so fully developed, so highly specialized. Time was when the warrior was supreme and plunder ed the helpless tradesman at will; but today the military leader turns sub serviently to the merchant and the financier for permission to engage in war, or receives from them his orders to go and fight for the promotion or protection of their superior interests. Time was when kings and nobles look ed upon the business man with conde scension, and the most scornful fling Napoleon could give at hated England was to plagiarize Samuel Adams’s re mark, that the English were a nation of shopkeepers; but today the success ful merchant and the master of fi nance are greeted by royalty as honor ed guests, and nations pride them selves upon their shopkeeping more than upon their armies and tbeli fleets. In this significant development o the closing years of the nineteentl and opening year of the twentietl centuries beyond question the Unitec States has played the leading part If Samuel Adams’s description o England was true, then this Nev England of America is and has eve been more English than old England The war for independence began as i tradesmen’s revolt against financia oppression—against the tea tax am the stamp act. In the century and i quarter since the Industrial and com mercial growthof this nation has beei the most striking feature of its his tory. Vast as has been our territoria expansion and our gr< wth in popula tion, the increase of business has beei greater still. The development o agriculture, of manufactures and of commerce has far surpassed our na tional development in any other direc tion. More than that, it has had a direct influence upon the industries and commerce of other lands, stimu lating them, through competition and example; so that the United States is properly to be credited with much of the general business growth of the whole world. At the present time we shall scarce ly be charged with undue “spread eagleism” if we claim for the United States the for most place in industry, commerce and finance among the na tion of the glo ie. We believe it is commonly th is regarded by intelli gent observers in other lands. In s me departments, no doubt, other countries still lead. But when the sum total of agriculture, manufac tures, commerce, engineering and fi n ince is taken into account the United States overtops them all. It was tin ier the sound Republican policy of protection to American industry that o ir industrial independence and su premacy were attained. It has been under the sound Republican policy of honest money and a dollar always worth a hundred cents that in these last few years our financial primacy has been won and the monetary cen re of tiie world lias been transferred so largely from London to New York. It is no new thing that the United states is a “world power.” It has been that for more than a hundred years. But now It has become in a oecullar sense the world power, primus liter pares, the typical business na tion of this business age. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A man without hands can never feel well. Never kick a live electric wire when It’s down. Honesty Isn’t the kind of policy found In policy shops. It’s a put-up job on a man when his wife orders a new stove. Some brokers make ft a point to see that their patrons go broke. No man can ho expected to foot .Is wife's bills without kicking. It Is easier to make a dollar than t Is to avoid arrest for counterfeit* ug. Wives fear burglars will break In and husbands fear the baby will break out. The more checks a man receives In ' <s business career the sooner he gets Lhere. Some lawyers prolong the outcome of a case In order to increase their income. Hops are said to be a sedative, yet nn st frogs are troubled with chronic li.somnia. A bachelor who has been rejected by seven girls says that feminine beau ty Is on the decline. It sometimes happens that a man agrees with you because your argu ments make him tired. All men have their troubles. Many a man who Is seemingly happy Is wearing a shirt made by his wife. There is nothing an old woman likes better than to get hold of a sick man who Is willing to try homomade reme dies. It is said that butter was unknown to the ancients, but It is hard to make patrons of cheap boarding houses be lieve It. It’s usually easier for one father to support ten small children than It is for ten grown-up children to sup port one father. The wise husband remembers that nls wife would rather have kind words and some new clothes now than silver handles on her coffin a few years hence.—Chicago News. He Fears the Worst. "The senior editor of the Saccharins (Colo.) Gazette went to Denver Tues day.” says the junior editor. "He la probably married! We do not know whether It was with ‘malice and afore thought,’ but ’tis done. ’Blessed bs . the ties that bind.’ We know nothing of this, but had grave suspicions when Monday evening he borrowed the only , white shirt this office possessed.” 1 - I Monograms on Peaches. The peaches placed on the table al [ a London dinner party bore the mon • ogram of their owner traced distinct , ly in the velvety bloom. Letters had been cut from paper and pasted or the growing peaches. When the frull I was ripe on removing the paper let . ters the monograms were found picked out in most delicate green. th« 1 rest of the fruit being rosy and dacj f trued. Just a Man *w| a Woman. BY BDW^nD E. WEBB. (Copyright. 1!X)2, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) The small cabin of logs looked eyrie enough high on the knoll, scarce ly discernible amid the torrents of rain that enveloped it as with a mist. The fringe of trees between it and the river wept in sympathy with the mournful soughing of the wind through their tops. The patter on leaves, root and river steadily in creased in volume until the fall par took of the nature of a deluge. The stream, swollen by heavy spring rains, flowed swiftly between its dripping banks and on the opposite shore a rude blockhouse and barracks were dimly outlined against a sky almost as black. From out the gloom on the fort side a small boat emerged. Although pointed directly across it bore more down than over the stream. For a minute the solitary occupant per mitted it to take its course, then, ap parently becoming conscious of the igression pointed the hark up stream at an angle of forty-five degrees. Aft er much effort the prpw stuck in the soft clay and a slight water-proof-en veloped and hooded form arose, and that the figure was feminine was evi denced as skirts were raised and a girl stepped to the shore. Tying the boat she passed quickly through the fringe of trees to the cabin. Grasping a cudgel she shattered the solitary window and after an Instant’s hesitation and some difficulty, entered. Once inside she drew from the folds of an inner garment a small candle and matches. With these she made a light and pressed the waxen taper into the yielding earth. A stalwart fellow of perhaps five md-twcnty years lay on a thin bed af straw, his hands and feet manacled to Iron stakes. As the feeble light waxed penetrating it disclosed that he wore the fatigue uniform of a cav alryman of the United States army. Evidently it has been no easy task to thus spike him to mother earth, for his face showed an ugly gash and he appeared a man who loved not inac tivity. The girl’s face was pale; her large blue eyes were dilated and her full red lips trembled. For an instant she stood as though forgetful of her er rand, then sank to the Straw and drew from the folds of her dress a large coarse file. Intense femininity showed in every action of her graceful, al most childish figure and she smiled apologetically, almost indlseernibly, as she pushed the dank, blonde hair, which moisture had robbed of its waves, back into the recesses of her hood and vigorously applied the edge of the file to the man’s chains. Neith er spoke. A slip of one of the tender hands brought blood to the tip of one of the white fingers and without a word the man took the stained digit Into his mouth and dried it on the edge of his shirt. The chains severed, the man sat erect. Still mute she took his hand, assisted him^to arise and drew him to the shattered window. As his cramped limbs trembled and he leaned against the rude wall, his com panion, with a sob passed her arm about him and lent the support of her body. Reverently, fearfully, his arm stole around the little figure and aft er a minute the girl broke the long silence. “Come,” she said, withdrawing from the close contact. "Where? Why?” “Never mind, come.” In respectful, obedient silence he passed out and half drew, half lifted her through the aperture. Still hold lnd his hand, she led him beneath the dripping boughs and down the slip pery path now' glittering in the rays of the moon. At the boat he hesi tated. “You are making a mistake, little girl"—and the great voice trembled. She turned on him fiercely. “If I did not believe you innocent, do you think I would release you?” A storm of passion shook the soul Applied the edge of the file to the man’s chains. Ci 40 nan. He essayed to speak, hcst tSt, _ and finally 6aid: "I am glad you believe me guiltless, Madge. I did not kill him.” "There! I knew you didn’t! Come." His feeble objections availed noth ing and for half an hour the boat urged on by current and the swift strokes of tbs girl sped down the , stream, while the man sat with bowed , head. I "?,'hy don’t you talk to me, Jim?” asked the girl at length, resting her oars save for an occasional splash to keep the course clear of the shore. ‘‘See, how fast we are drifting!" < "Yes, we are drifting fast,” he re plied sadly. Then with sudden energy, as though his powerful frame were forcing utterance against hit will, he exclaimed: “Madge, I killed Lieutenant Bever ly!” “Jim, I knew you did." Both were white to the lips and th» vide lustrous eyes of the girl were on him with an intensity that rivaled the brightest star above. “I know what he said about me, and ' love you for what you have dona, Jim.” “But—you were to have married him.” “Yes." "Then you can forgive me?” "That question is answered.” “I couldn’t tolerate the things he said about you, Madge. He boasted and talked of the time you were in St Louis at school and he went there on a furlough. I wouldn't speak of this but to Justify myself In your sight— but he said—” “Don’t tell me, Jim. I know what he said.” "He lied! He lied! and I’m glad I killed him!” Never for an instant did the girl’s eyes leave his as she crept to where “I’m not going back home, Jim.” he sat and put her arms about his neck. “Kiss me, Jim.” After a moment she said sorrowful ly; “I was engaged to him when I was but sixteen—before I knew you, Jim. But I love you too much to lie to you. What he said was true!” The man smiled tenderly as he car essed the wind blown tresses and kissed the white lips. "That was why I killed him, Madge,” he said. The girl sobbed and her arms tight ened around his neck. “I’m not going back home, Jim. I'm going with you!” NEW STATUE OF RUBINSTEIN. Made in Paris and to Be Set Up in St. Petersburg. The Russian sculptor, Leopold Bern stamm, who has lived and worked al his life in Paris, and has made statue1 and busts of a great number o. French and Russian celebrities, has just flnisheu a fine life-sized marble statue of Antoine Rubinstein, to be placed in the conservatory of St. Pe tersburg, says the Brooklyn Eagle. Bernstamm personally knew the great pianist; he had made a bust of him about twenty-five years ago, and having afterward repeatedly seen him, he was able to study the model, and the statue has, therefore, turned out to be one of the most striking ones of contemporary celebrities, so far as likeness and demeanor are concerned. Rubinstein stands with head slightly bent downward, as was his mood when about to perform at one of his con certs. He has one hand resting on a music stand; his attitude Is one of great ease; it is the same as I saw him take many years ago, standing near the mantel piece of Mme. Maf chesi’s classroom, when he refused to give his autograph to the young wom an of the opera class, whom he had just heard sing, and when he said: “I am sorry, but I never pay for having heard voices, however good they are, and however well they have sung.” German Forestry the Best. In the preservation, development and economical management of for ests, the Germans, perhaps, excel any other nation. The government, as well as the people, recognize that for-, ests have not only a commercial worth but a national economic value of ut most importance. The German for ests, as a rule, are free from weeds, undergrowth, washouts and dead and decayed woods. High stumps are a rarity; the trees are sawed about six to twelve inches from the ground, thereby adding to every log (of the first cut) one to three feet in length, compared with what the same tree, would yield if cm on the American style. Snatched Bald-Headed. “The feelings of women axe far deeper and finer than those of men,” cried the lady orator, in a fiery tone. “We are told by those who style themselves the stronger sex that wo are much inferior. Is it so?” A loud chorus of “No!” from the ladles greeted this question, and the' orator went on. “I say that woman feels where man thinks.” “Is that the reason your husband is bald?” inquired one of the few male members of the audience. It was lucky for him that he got two seconds’ start in the race for the door. ^SMiaBflggaanBg^iggw^agggis^jgitgi^iSttiaBi^iiggBhjhiMwaBwBuBMaBasaB nsrasMiBJBnsEiss I | ®®E®MasaEEjaEEiaiafa^HUHttSSiMH ejd^^I | j 15he Time For Gifts 11| Elgin Has arrived and in order to prop- : % E S American erly commemorate the occasion we , 1 1 Waltham have decided to give a present to or each customer purchasing goods to | | s > the value of <10.00. To each pur-,. 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