O’Neill mblNESS DIRECTOR * ^ E.H- bicn®dic'1' LAWYER, Offloe In the Judge Hebert, building, nortl v or O. O. Bnvder’a lumber yard, O NRILL NRI< R. DICKSON ATTORNEY AT LAV Knferenoe First National Bank O’NEILL, NEE 3. KING ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AND NOTARY - PUBLIC - Office opposite U. S. land offlc> O’NEILL, NEB. JLi JJARNBY STEWART, PRACTICAL ADCTIONEER. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address, Page, Ne' J-JR. P. J. FLYNN PFYCIAN AND SURGEON Office over Corrigan’s, first door to rigli Night call, promptly attended. M. P. KINKAID LAWYER. Offloe over Elkhorn Valley Bank. O’NEILL. NEB. .1. P. GIL.LIGAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in Holt County Bank buildim Order* left at our drug store or at m.' residence first street north and bal' block east of stand pipe will receiv prompt response, as I have telephom connections. O’NEILL. - NEB SCOTTISH SHARON, OF GREYT'WER 153330, Assisted by Imported KING TOM 171879. Both prize-winning bulls of the Pan-American, heads the Ak-Sar Ben home herd of Shorthorns. Young bulls for sale. J. M. ALDERSON & SONS, Chambers, - - - Nebraska. C. i_. BRIGHT | REAL ESTATE AND IN-\ SURANCE. p Choice ranches, farms and town « : lots for sale cheap and on easy * terms All kinds of land busl- 1 ness promptly attended to. 1 l Represents some of the best 1 ► Insurance companies doing bus J loess in Nebraska. J ► __ ' | Notarv Work Properly Executed j Be 3.T.TciuMft»a speciatlieb: Eve. Ear. Nose and Throat Spectacles correctly ntted and Supplied. O'NEILL, NEB. 1 Fry." DISHNER I! SUCCESSOR TO l A. B. NEWELL I REAL ESTATE j ON KILL NEBRASKA ^ Selling anil leasiuir farms and ranebe. Taxes paid and lauds inspected for non residents. Parties desiring to bttv roblem of faring sumptuously on a lime, and the head waiters are on the lookout for these clever beats. The restaurants rambles through several rooms and has entrances on two streets. The man who has discovered how to make 10 cents satisfy his hun ger goes Into one of the side rooms and orders soup, receiving a check calling for the payment of 10 cents. This course properly disposed of, he goes out into the main dining room as if looking for a seat and finding a place to his liking he orders meat, vegetables, dessert, and coffee, and rolling the check up Into a little ball he drops it under the table. Going out by the entrance most remote from where he has eaten last the man pre sents the first check he receives and escapes with the payment of 10 cents. Charcoal Eph’s Daily Thought. "Dey am some men dat got too much conscience t’ fool wid money," said Charcoal Eph In one of his ruminative moods, “an’ den dey am some dat got too much money to’ fool wid con science, Mistah Jackson."—H. E. War ner in Baltimore News. Iowa Banking Law. Iowa authorities have decided that any one can open a savings bank in that state so long as he does not use the word,, "savings bank” or "savings institution” in describing the busi ness of the concern. ... > American Brewery in Ghent. An American brewery has been es tablished at Ghent. Belgium. The en tire plant of the American brewery, with the exception of some copper ves sels, has been brought from America. The nine glass-enameled steel tanks, each weighing 5,500 pounds empty and holding 135 hectoliters (3,445 gallons) when full, were likewise sent from America. The beer never comes in contact with the atmosphere. Steril ized air only is admitted, under per fect regulation, during fermentation. The yearly output will be about 300, 000 gallons. A Test of Faith. "Now, brother,” said the conserva tive, "1 want to convince you that your what you call higher criticism is wrong, and that the only way to do is to take the Bible as a simple act of faith. I .have answered every one of your arguments, and, looking at it talrly, why shouldn’t you believe as 1 do?” “Do you believe,” asked his opponent, with solemnity, “literally be lieve, that the whale was swallowed by Jonah?” “Of course I do!” replied the conservative, eagerly. "Well,” the other observed, over his shoulder, “I am afraid you will never convince me of that. Good night.”—Washington Times. Good Guessers. It is quite remarkable that not less than six persons guessed the exact number of votes cast at the recent elec .ion in Kansas, and more than half a dozen came within one vote of ap proximating the actual ballot. The true figures—287,168—were not what are called round numbers, and it seems little less than marvelous that they should have been foretold, with out any data excepting the returns of previous elections.—Kansas City (Rio.) Star. Wife or Donkey. It. may not be generally known that amongst the peasantry in Connemara it is the custom for the women to draw turf and seaweed in baskets on their backs whilst the men stand about and smoke. A bank manager was once electrified by being solemn ly asked by a young peasant whether, as the turf season was approaching, he ought to marry a wife or buy a donkey. The Season. “Ah!” sighs the gentle damsel, “see the bare limbs on the beech. Does not that bring forcibly to one’s mind the sorrowful fact that summer has gone? How many pleasant recollec tions of the summer such a sight calls up, don’t you think?” “Well, to tell you the truth,” replied the caidid youth, “I have never been ci the beach in summe* ”—Twtpp Old Egyptian Manuscripts. The National Museum at Washing ton helps with funds to support the explorations in Egypt which Dr. Flin ders Petrie, the great Egyptologist, is making. As its share of this year’s finds it has just received ten papyrus manuscripts, dating from about the birth of Christ. They are mostly bills of lading for camel trains, receipts for goods, etc. Value of “Worthless” Material. In addition to the collection of old junk from private houses the salva tion Army colony in London is now systematically gathering up waste pa ler. Nearly 6,000 tons of this material vns collected last year, sorted and re ou, nearly 2,000 business houses be -ig visited every week. The colony •ow gives employment to 360 men simply in recovering materials that would ordinarily be destroyed. Growth of Japanese Navy. An idea of the wonderful growth of the Japanese navy witiyn the past few years may be gained from the fact that Japan has decided to establish a squadron on our side of the Pacific ocean, and is also thinking of station ing a fleet in European waters perma nently. V.. V. - . ... Aged Irtm&tes of Poorhouse. In Sculcoates workhouse, Hull Eng land there are sixteen inmates wnose unite! ages amount to 1.218 years. Cur Superiority In Coal. Britain’s coal measures cover 9,000 square miles, against the United States' 222,500 square miles. "Coming" and “Arriving.” “And so,” said the talkative person to the man who had just undergone that particular form of financial hem orrhage known as crossing the conti nent, “you came through without change?” “No,” responded the pa tient man, “I didn’t state it so. When I used the term 'wholly without change’ I referred only to the condi tion in which I arrived here.” Nelson’s Old Flagship. Nelson's old ship, the Victory, is still to be accessible to the British public, although she i& shortly to be superseded as the admiral’s flagship at Portsmouth. Chamberlain’s Trip to Africa. One hundred thousand replicas of a special medal struck to commemorate Mr. Chamberlain’s tour have been ordered for the Cape. Celluloid Eye Shade Burned. Congressman Hilderbrandt of Ohio is going about Washington with a startled look in his eyes and no orows above the optics. Mr. Hildebrand! was sitting at his desk in his com mittee room, wearing a green cellu loid eye shade. He struck a match to light his cigar, and the flamt touched the celluloid. The shade ant his eyebrows went up in the taim puff.—Philadelphia Press. Kansas Working Overtime. Two crops of strawberries and the second yield of early apples is the reported record of Kansas during tha past season. What’s the matter with the Sunflower State? Blessing the Danube. In Roumania tnene is a custom ol publicly blessing the River Danube on Christmas day. A large cross of ice is carried before the procession. Not a Protest. Representative Mudd of Maryland has frequently been in conflict with the other members of his delegation over the question of patronage. “At last I have succeeded in placing two men without receiving protests from every other member of the delega tion,” declared Mr. Mudd. Who are they? Charles Carroll of Carrollton and John Hanso:., two of Maryland’s most distinguished sons.” Mr. Mudd meant the two new bronze statues Maryland has placed in Statuary hall. Trees in England. Christmas trees were unknown In England until the reign of Queen Vic toria. The first one was ornamented by Prince Albert for the amusement of the Princess Royal and the Prince of Wales, who were children of 3 and 4 years old at that time. Work of American Astronomers. Within twenty-five years American astronomers have won as many an nual medals of the Royal Astronomi cal Society of England as astrono mers of all other countries, except England, combined. The Largest Holly Trees. The largest holly-trees in the world grow in the Northern United States and in Canada, where the tree attains a height of 70 feet, and a girth of six to eight feet. Superstition in Venice. There is a curious superstition in Venice that if a stranger dies in a hotel the number of his room will be lucky at the next lottery. Brilliancy Versus Plodding. “Some men.” said the original phil osopher, “see more than others sea at first sight and then devote so much time and energy to the task of being pleased with their own brilliancy that they miss all the benefit of the sober and maturer second thought that comes to those less gifted.” Irrigated Lands In America. The irrigated area of the United States is 7,510,598 acres, of which Colorado contains 1,611,271 and Cali fornia 1,446,119. Origin of “Gazette.” The earliest newspaper was pub lished in Venice and called a’gazette from the name of the coin for which it was sold. BRO- DICKEY’S PHILOSOPHY. "Don’t rain’ a man w’en you hear him Bayin' de devll’B to pay. De devil la de patlenteBt creditor in de country. “I makes no doubt but what deys a few politicians in heaven—but dey ain’t makin’ no stump speeches ter do angels. "De sayfn’s is. Poverty teaehes les sons ter folks, but w’en I secs him cornin’ I mighty quick decides dat I don’t need a eddlcation. “Ef dey wus a raHroad runnin’ ter heaven some folks would wake up too late ter ketch de train, en den blame de engineer for not blowln’ de whistle. "Dcy’s so little er de place what Satan lives at preached in dls day en time dey has ter put stsam heaters in de churches ter climatiro f.e sinners.” —Atlanta Constitution. ttHW i ~ . J - - '.W. .— -. V ■ ■■ THOUGHTS of prayer. "Pray often, and you shall pray of toner.” "God is nearer to us than we aro to ourselves.” "Are you living for the things you are praying for?” "Let us ask God to teach us what "he would have us do, and do with out." “Prayer is the attitude of the needy, helpless soul, whose only refuge is In Gn-> ” . _ Tombs of Cur Presidents. An argument in favor of having our dead presidents buried in a national cemetery at Washington may be found in the proposition to increase the guard at the temporary tomb of Presi dent McKinley, it is proposed to put the garrison on the basis of an army post. Hospital and dispensary facili ties are to be increased, and a new site selected to accommodate sixty-five men. Recommends “Volcano Cellars.” Prof. T. A. Jagger, Jr., Harvard, who has been making investigations of the eruption of Mont Pelee, believes that people of volcanic countries can escape destruction by building cel lars or chambers of masonry In which they can seek shelter when the erup tions occur. The Liberty Cap. The red liberty cap was really the headgear of the galley slave. The Swiss of the Chateauroux regiment, sent to the galleys for their share in the Nancy riots, on their release re turned to Paris with their caps and were hailed a» victims of despotism. Many Specimens of Clover. Specimens of four, five, six, seven, eight and nine-leaved clovers have been presented to Queen Alexandra by a Welsh lady. Few Churchgoers In London. The bishop of London sayB that only one in every eighty of the popu lation of London go to church or chapel. Pin Has Seen Long Service. At the marriage of Miss Aimee Stagg and Augustus Post in Paterson, N. J., recently, the bride wore a pin which had been worn by sixteen other brides in the same family. It was first worn by her grandmother, Mrs. Ste phen Courter, 66 years ago, and since then all the girls in the family have tried to make it a part of their mar riage outfit. Australian Song Bird. Another marvelous voice has come out of Australia. It is that of Miss Marie Narelle, and is described as "the nearest approach tp (he pure dra matic soprano that New South Wales has produced since Miss Kate Slat tery retired from the concert plat form." Miss Narelle is now having a large success in London. Merely Precautionary. “You succeeded in life in spite of the fact that you did not give much attention to study during your youth.” “Yes,” answered Mrs. Cumrox. “But that doesn’t prove that education isn’t a good thing. I was so much afraid that people would make fun of my spelling that I was compelled to hustle and get rich in self-defense." . -■• - Status of the Lottery. It is told of an East Indian law student that he once threw his examin ers into confusion by declaring matri mony to be an illegal state. “How so? How so?” he was aBked by the perturbed examiners, many of them married men. The student smiled beatiflcally. "Marriage,” quoth he, "is a lottery, and lotteries are forbid den by law.” Long Lawsuit Decided. The ownership of a plot of land near Brooklyn has just been decided by the courts after a lawsuit of thir ty-five years. _ Oldest Printed Calendar. The most ancient printed calendar in the world has been found in Wies baden. It was printed by Gutenberg in 1448. Tailors’ Resourcefulness. If men knew the many artifices the tailor has to resort to in order to make them presentable they would be less ready to make him the butt or ridicule, says the Tailor and Cutter. Truly the tailor has need of padding and wadding, haircloth and canvas, to enable him to clothe his customers In such a way as to hide their defor mities and bring into prominence their points of beauty. BITS OF PHILOSOPHY. Remedy the follies of the past by omitting them from the future. The touch of kindness that makes the world kin is seldom applied. Men who travel in a circle will get home occasionally, at all events. Life’s comedies do not hesitate to ’tread upon the heels of its tragedies. It is easier to criticize another’s mistakes than it is to avoid them yourself. It is probably impossible for a man to be on the right side of every ques tion, but he should manage to be on the right side of some of them. . ^ —- -■ ■■■ - in (lie House of the Prophet. BY TIIOMAS BARGE. (Copyright, 1908, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) In the background among the shad ows behind the desk—-a man of medi um size with white, luxuriant silken heard and mane, thin of frame, albeit ■somewhat wiry, with white anae mic skin, a marvellously shaped head, showing great intellectuality and dominant will power, albeit strangely uneven; light-blue eyes into which shot now and again the light ning flash of the eagle and the shifty uncertainty of the lunatic—altogether a most compelling personality. In the foreground a woman bearing at once the marks of refinement—those un mistakable evidences of "quality folk” which never come except to those possessed of birth and breeding; not a strong face, however, the weak re treating chin and nervous mouth kill ing the effect of the high forehead, which latter, truth be told, was a trifle too bulging. She was well dressed and her entire aspect be spoke a person well to do. Near the door a burly man with burning, fanat ical eyes, stout jaw and heavy beard, standing with arms folded across his brawny chest, grim and menacing. This was the inner sactum of Dow furth, the self-announced Prophet and reincarnation of the Deity—according to his own claims and those of his followers. “I "ill willingly give all that Is fairly mine to the cause,” the woman was saying in pleading tones, “but is it right to give up that which be longs to the boy? I have the legal power, I know, but is It right?” "Oh, thou of little faith,” replied the Prophet In deep solemn tones, at which tho woman shuddered and bowed her head contritely, “how long must thou go on stumbling in the darkness? How long before thou ac quirest faith and walk In the light?” Then raiding his voice into a men acing key: “Would the chosen of God give false advice?” “Oh, no, no,” she replied passion ately, “I do believe, I do, 1 do. But—” “There are no ‘buts’ to the true be liever,” the Prophet Interrupted im peratively. “I see that thou art not fit for communion with the elect. Deacon, see that the sister leaves Elysium at once. Her presence here can only contaminate the elect.” “Verily, I hoar,” replied the heavy man near the door, grimly moving a step learer the woman. “Oh, no, no; not that,” screamed the woman, paling, “I will sign the papers. I will do what you say. You know what is for the best. Who am I to set my judgment against yours?” “Very well,” replied the Prophet, permitting no sign of triumph to come into his voice, and extending a pen toward the woman at the same time. “But I fear a long course of training will be necessary before you learn to submit your strong and obstinate worldly will to come into subjection to the Holy commands.” Weeping silently the woman signed her name to the paper, relinquishing all her right and title in the property left her by a provident and trusting husband for the maintenance of herself and the curly-headed little boy who bore the father’s name. Silently the burly figure near the door signed his name as witness and the woman was dismissed looking, with silent and pathetic appeal, but in vain for a sign of aproval from (he Prophet. His face was set and stern. When the door closed on her retreating figure, the Deacon relaxed just a trifle to say: “Blessed is the name of the Lord,” responded the deacon piously “I -. _ . Mill! Tv //I '■ “Oh, no, no, no,” she cried passionate ly, “I do believe, I do-” would speak with you about the wo man—McClellan—who has abode with us for the past two months. I would take her to wife, Most Holy One. She is comely, and I am passing lonesome since Jeannette passed to the other shore.” The Prophet started and frowned slightly. “It would stir up trouble, Jonathan. She is married according to the law of the land, and the out side world do not yet understand our divine law.” “But she is married to an un believer and renounced all ties when she became one of us. The inildel husband shall never know. Verily out siders know naught of what happens in Elysium.” Then raising his voice until there was a suggestion of menace in it he continued: "I have been a faithful disciple, and if the rewards are not for the elect who are to have them? I do not question the stewardship of the funds and the properties. It is due that I should have some of the lovs of the world.” The two men looked into each other's eyes & moment Then ths Prophet said: “It shall bo as you wish. I will speak to her this evening." The door opened and there enter ed a thin, lanky man with a lanky law and a scrawny growth of beard. Ills eye was furtive and he 'seemed to glide rather than walk. “Well, Benjamin?” said the Propir Interrogatively. "It Is about the girl, Rose," replied the newcomer deprecatlngly. ”!• pleased your holiness to give her to me to wife, and she will have none of me, nor does her mother urge her she might. She has a goodly inhe ance. It should be kept In the fold. "Summon the girl and her mother,” commanded the Prophet to Jonal Presently they came, a thln-fa< shlfty-eyed woman and a girl of r beauty just budding Into yoi womanhood. "I hear that the girl Is obetk and refuses to obey the will of t; I- ■ -.i Doubled him up like a jack;.. Prophet," remarked Dowfurth sten addressing the elder woman. "Liston; unless you make her see the error of her way all your sacrifices shall e as nothing and you will be cast o t of the fold.” "The woman trembled, and replo “I have told her she must. W more can I do?” “She Is your daughter. You m make her obey. To-night at r o’clock Elder Lanson will comp your room for his bride. He will with him enough of tho elderB t< sure her obedience if you show proper authority. See that she a arrayed for the bridegroom.” The girl wrung her hands in des pair. During the months she had resided in Elysium she had •> enough to know how helpless was. “Oh, mamma, mamma; not to Crawling thing. Let us leave a terrible place. Or you stay ami let me go. I can make my own way. i know I can. Let them have my in heritance, but let me go.” Just at this moment the door opou ed, ar ’ an illy-dressed, foolish-lool.li boy shuffled in with a pail of wan in on° hand and some cloths in the other. "Who is that, and what does he in here?” exclaimed the Prophet, fro a • ing. “It is a new boy to do the me I work. I took him in because he ~a I he was a believer in the faith. What do you in here boy.” “1 was sent in to wash the win dows.” xou nave maae a mistaice—not at this hour. Get out." Jonathan strode toward him fo eject him and the Prophet turn -d toward the woman. "It shall be as you say,” she replied. "The girl will be ready.” The girl threw herself on her knees In a paroxysm of grief. “Oh, Harry, Harry,” she shrieked, "save me; save me now or It will be too late.” And then a rew kind of miracle happ'ned In Elysium. Jonathan had just reached the boy and reach ed out his hand to eject him when the lad lost his shuffling gate and foolish looks, straightened up Into an athletic young man, and gave the Elder a punch In the pit of his stom ach that doubled him up like a jacknlfe, and followed It with a blow under the chin that sent him rolling to the floor in contortions Quick as a flash he let Elder Lanson have one in the chest that caused him to expectorate blood for many days. Then seizing his pail of soapy water he dashed It into the face of th^ Prophet who had risen to give an alarm. Then throwing open the win dow which opened onto the broad verandi. he exclaimed: “Rose, Rose; now or never. Come." With a startled cry of “Harry,” she sprang toward him, and they leaped from the veranda and In a moment were tearing out of the grounds sur rounding Elysium in the Prophet's own carriage, which had been stand ing awaiting for him. When the carriage and horses were returned late that afternoon the burly colored man who diove them carried also a note to the Prophet. It read as follows; “Lest you should want to take any action regarding the escapade of this afternoon, I will give you my correct name and address. Should you do so, however, or make any son of trouble regarding the estate of my wife, nee Rose Walker, I will be pleased to meet you in a legal battle that will go a great deal further than you suspect.” “Harry L. Pearson, Attorney-at law, “Room 114, No. 327 Fifth St". There was bo sign from tt« Prophet and his followers.