' The Frontier
Published by D. H. CRONIN
ROMAJNE SAUNDERS. Assistant Editor
and Manager.
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The Colorado coal miners strike
borders closely on the anarchistic.
The czar must be a heavy drinker
seeing he had 8,400 bottles of wine in
his cellars to send to the sick and
wounded at Port Arthur.
Perhaps the farmers know best, but
to the agricultural editor It looks like
beans at 82.50 a bushel would pay bet
ter than putting everything to corn.
Mr. Bryan is at New Haven fighting
for bis interests in the “widow’s
mite,” and Incidentally sermonizing
in a ministerial pulpit on the sublimi
ty of the ways of peace.
Sioux City and Council Bluffs both
went democratic at the municipal
elections, but that is no sign that
the Hawkeye state is getting ready to 1
depart from the right path.
It is announced that Mr. Carnegie 1
wiil double his donations this year. Per
haps he would do something for the
Nebraska university or Omaha school
board if the World-Herald is willing.
Some rich and phllantrophic news
papers are furnishing free trips to the
St. Louis fair. The Frontier would
like to send all of its readers to the
great fair, but the best we can do is
to give them their money’s worth in
newspaper.
One of the special claims of the
Hearst boomers is that the gentleman
stands for the equality of all classes.
As a matter of fact, Hearst and his
string of great newspapers are notori
ously of the “class” stripe. After all,
it is no doubt the 91,500,000 pledged
to the democratic campaign fund that
gives Mr. Hearst his prestage with
the party machinery.
No one doubts for a moment but
what Representative Klnkaid will
carry the Sixth district by a greatly
increased majority. Yet it is no time 1
for republicans to go to sleep. The
opposition will notallow the campaign !
to pass without a determined effort !
and it is well enough for republicans
to keep actively at work until the !
victory is won. 1
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Senator Burton of Kansas, under (
trial before the United States court
on charges slmiliar to those preferred ]
against Senator Dietrich of Nedraska, <
was found guilty by the Jury. Lovers
of cleanliness in official circles are *
pleased to note the recent movements i
toward bringing these offenders to i
Justice and it is to be hoped such ex
amples will be made of them that will
have a tendency to keep others in the
path of rectitude.
The municipal campaign inspires a
Wisconsin editor to write: “I regard
Fred Snigger Parker as being one of
the most measly little animals that
ever came down the political pike.
Withoutelther top or bottom or width
or breath—with no more executive
ability than my old Tom cat—with
out a thing under heaven to recom
mend him to the people of the city
but a glad hand and an oily smile, it
seems incredible to me that the fel
low should be considered in connec
tion with tne office of mayor for the
flicker of a moment. One would nat
urally suppose that two years of a
vacuum in the mayor’s chair would
be enough to last the people of this
city a lifetime.” The Wisconsin town
is notalone with that claa^f patriots.
It seems that the voters of the average
country town take the matter of fill
ing the city offices altogether too
lightly. It has been remarked that
certain of the least substantial of the
citizens of O’Neill could run for
mayor and be elected.
TIIE POLITICS OF IT
The Lincoln staff correspondent of
the Omaha Bee throws a side light on
the recent action of Judge Harring
ton in removing John G. Maher from
the position of court reporter and ap
pointing C. B. Scott, vice chairman
of the democratic state committe.
From this source it is learned:
“The removal was made by Judge
Harrington for the reason, so it is re
ported here on good authority, that
Mr. Maher advocatee at the demo
cratic state committee meeting the
holding of one convention at a late
date, Judge Harrington acting under
orders or upon advice given him by
friends of Mr. Bryan.
“At this time Mr. Maher is out of
town and until his return this cannot
be confirmed, but an intimate friend
of Mr. Maher stated that Judge Har
rington had written a letter dismiss
ing Maher, In which he stated that
many members of the bar had made
complaints against him for being so
much in politics, and that besides,
owing to his action at the democratic
state committee meeting held re
cently, many Bryan democrats had
demanded his removal. Judge Har
rington is quoted as saying that he
believed with these men, and as they
were men of prominence he could
not do other than to act upon
their demands.
“While there is no doubt that Mr.
Maher received the letter of dismissal
from Judge Harrington and there is
no doubt of the reasons for the dis
missal, there are some here who do
not believe that Judge Harrington
would have discharged Maher even at
the request of Mr. Bryan himself, for
the simple fact Judge Harrington
owed to Maher ills election. During
the campaign and before, Maher act
ed as Judge Harrington’s press agent
and before the election he worked
night and day for his success and is
in a large measure responsible for
Harrington being on the bench at
this time.
“But Maher has been discharged and
C. B. Scott, who at the democratic
state committee meeting stood for
those things that Mr. Bryan wanted
him to stand for, has been appointed
In his place. This action of Judge
Harrington in dismissing Maher and
making the mistake of giving his
reasons in a letter, it is said, will
materially increase the fast widening
breach between the Bryan and anti
Bryan democrats, with the result
that a magnificent fight will be pulled
oft in the state convention.
“The removal of Maher is believed
to be the beginning of a crusade by
the Bryan managers on all democratic
or populist aypointees who have in
the least expressed an opinion that
could be construed as antagonistic to
Mr. Bryan or free silver. With these
men out of office it is believed their
influence for harm, so far as Bryan is
concerned, would be materially
lessened.”
If the Lincoln democrats under
stood the popocratic element of Holt
county better they would not say
“there are some here who do not
believe that Judge Harrington would
have discharged Maher even at the
request of Mr. Bryan himself, for the
simple fact that Judge Harrington
owed to Maher his election.” No
matter what mountainous debt of
gratitude the popocratic rlngsters of
Holt county owe to any man, when he
has served them all they need he is
shoved aside.
The last paragraph of the above is
significant. It serves notice on all dem
ocratic or populist appointees that
they must stay by Bryan or lose their
jobs. A little coercive work to keep
the boys in line.
After all, humanity profits but little
by the experience of the past. Take
for example the disciples of socialism.
History furnishes in the gone and !
nearly forgotten Republic of Rome a
striking example of the utter failure
of socialism when established as a
concrete fact. Time after time the
Roman government parceled out the
farms of the realm and the money in
its coffers to the citizens only to find
at last that the system was a failure
and resulted only in filling the historic
streets of the city of seven hills with
idlers and loafers. Socialism is natur
ally attractive to the dreamer. It
presents alluring pictures of equality
and easiness, notwithstanding the
divine pronouncement rests upon
mankind that by the sweat of his
brow shall he win his bread. Those
accustomed to measuring things by
the rule of hard facts are aware that
an equal division of material things
among the varigated inhabitants of
the earth would only result in a short
time in the same old thing—the rich,
the thrifty, and the poor. Otherwise
men would not be men.
Before
YOU
BUY
Your Spring Outfit visit our
store and let us show you our
lines of New Dry Goods, Hats
and Shoes. Our stock is char
acterized by three essentials.
STYLE, vg
QUALITY
PRICE ^
We can furnish yon these points
in our lines of Ladies’ „• .* .•
Shirt Waists (®L Skirts
We also ask you to look over
our line of Gent’s Furnishings.
We will provide for your Easter
dinner with a full line of veget
ables and fancy groceries.
We pay highest prices for Country Produce
J. P. GALLAGHER
The money-making presses of the
’hiliadelphia mint are running night
.nd day under high pressure, observes
he Omaha Bee, and turning out $1,
KX),000 in gold every twentyfour hours,
md all the machinery of the mint
vill be kept in motion^ for at least 100
lays, until $100,000,000 in half eagles,
■agles and double eagles shall have
neen delivered to the national trea
mry. Nothing else is doing; not a
iilver coin is being handled. Whether
his fact will impress itself sufflcient
y on the mind of W. J. Bryan to con
vince him that there is another con
ipiraoy against silver that justifies a
popular uprising is, however, proble
matic. _
A blood clot on the yoke of an egg is
paused by the rupture of a small blood
vessel in the ovary, says Farm Journal.
It may come from an inflamed condi
tion brougt about by feeding highly
stimulating food. If common among
a flock of hens, reduce their rations
and feed mostly vegetables and grass
with a very little corn. Put pulsatilla,
3x, thirty drops in a quart of water
and let the whole flock drink of it for
a few days.
Little Informers.
The Union Pacific and Burling rail
roads announce an advance of 1 cent
In grain rates from Nebraska points
to St. Louis.
Chancellor Andrews is said to be
confident that the “Rockefeller
temple” to be erected to the universi
ty will be a reality by another year.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer: Better put
up your own strawberry jam when the
dear berries are cheap enough. The
state chemist of Nebraska recently
analyzed a sample of jam and found it
was made chiefly of pumpkin, coal tar
dyes giving it its lovely tint. It v^as
preserved in benzoin and the seeds
were ordinary grass seeds. Presum
ably they don’t put jam on the Ne
braska bread any more.
Laurel Advocate: From present in
dications Omaha and Sioux tity will
be connected by an electric railway
within a year or two. It won’t be
very many years until trolly cars will
be running in all directions through
out the country, thus bringing farmers
who now are a long distance from
town almost, you might say, within
the suburbs of the city. They will be
one of the greatest conveniences the
farmer has ever had.
PHOENIX
Little Ruth Coburn has the measles.
Frank Domero was in Atkinson
Tuesday.
Mr. Smith was an Atkinson visitor
Saturday.
Perry Miller took dinner at L. G.
Coburn’s, Thursday.
Harmen Damero was an Atkinson
visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Nilson visited Mrs. Shepardson,
Tuesday of last week.
James and Charley Reiser were up
to the supper, Saturday evening.
Edith Damero visited her parents
in Atkinson a few days last week.
TFE5 funeral of Fred Storjobann oc
curred Sunday, at his brother’s home.
Henry Bartels and A1 McMain spent
Thursday evening at R. R. Coburn’s.
Mr and Mrs. Sweet of Atkinson
visited at Morton Greeley’s over Sun
day.
Arthur Shepardson moved his build
ings on to an adjoining place last
week
Two prairie fires raged in the south
country lastWednesday, which caused
great losses.
Perry Miller and Ralph Coburn
visited friends at Paddock the latter
part of the week.
The box social came off as reported
Saturday'evening and all present re
port a fine time.
Mr. Smith entertained the people
at literary last Saturday evening with
his new phom>graph.
County Supt. Slaymaker / came
out from O’Neill Tuesday of last week,
returning Wednesday.
Ben Kinney and Otto Nilson, with
their famlies,spent a pleasant evening
at Rudolph Jeppeson’s, Friday.
Mrs. Christensen and Colmer and
Estella Ross of Ray attended literary
and the supper at Phoenix, Saturday
evening.
Rose Hahn, Den and Isabel Mc
Kathnie, George Golder, Mr. Briscoe
and Friend Keeler were down from
Brush Creek to attend literary and
the supper Saturday evening.
NEBRASKA NOTES
A 12-year-old lad at Odell was shot
and killed while he and another boy
were toying with a gun.
The mill dam in the Elkhorn at
Neiigh has gone out, entailing a loss
of $3,000 to the owners of the mill
property.
The editor of the Newport Republi
can excuses him self from editorial
duty by saying he spent two days and
one night fighting prairie fires last
week.
F. W. Barber’s large alfalfa barn
and cattle sheds at Franklin was
burned last week with about two
hundred tons of hay. The loss is
estimated at about $2,000.
The Lincoln Commercial dub has
decided to take an extended jaunt
over the Northwestern, into the north
west part of the state, some time in
May. The expedition will be for the
purpose of extending Linooln whole
sale territory..
Arnoia Martin or uuttois win start
an experimental farm at College View.
He claims to be able to raise as much
on twenty acres as is the general yield
on 160 acres.' By a system devised by
himself he claims he can raise" three
Drops in one season on the same
ground.
During the destructive prairie fires
last week in the vicinity of Basset and
Newport, the Northwestern railroad
sent out a special train with fire figh
ters to aid in extinguishing the
flames. The fire resulted from sparks
from a Northwestern engine and the
claim agent of that road is now out
abjusting the losses.
Must Nebraska pay taxes on green
backs? This is a question that At
torney General Prout must answer
at the request of the state board of
equalization. Several members of
the board thinks that the greenbacks
are not taxable. The greenbacks are
the treasury note of 1863. They are
part of the public debt.
It begins to look as if Adjutant
General Culver, P. H. Barry and C.
D. Evans will have to pay their own
expenses to St. Augustine, Fla. Audi
tor Weston has refused to issue war
rants for their claims. The joint ex
pense bill amounts to $304.13. Vouch
ers were filed and claims presented,
but the auditor is obdurate, and if
the warriors wish to press the matter
they will have to resort to mandamus
proceedings.
A disastrous fire swept over the
prairies of Rock county last Thursday,
The fire originated in Loup county
and driven by a high wind burned a
strip from five to ten miles wide from
the south line of the county to the
railroad near Newport, a distance of
forty miles. Thousands of tons of bay,
many residences, outbuildings and
stock were destroyed. A special train
carrying seventy-five men was sent
from Long Pine and Bassett to assist
the town of Newport. No fatalities
" .1
have been reported, but several of the
fire fighters were injured.
The first spadeful of dirt on the new ’ (
state insane hospital at Norfolk was
turned Wednesday. The excavating
for the main building will be finished
by the end of the week, it is thought.
There are now about seventy-five to
one hundred men at work, hoisting
the scaffolding and cleaning the old
bricks, which are to be bought by the
Captfal City Brick company and used
in the new institution.
Climatic Cures.
The influence of climatic conditions
In the cure of consumption is very
much overdrawn. The poor patient,
and the rich patient, too, can do much
better at home by proper attention to
food digestion, and a regular use of ~ (
German Syrup. Free expectoration in ^
the morning is made certain by Ger
man Syrup, so is a good night’s rest
and the absence of that weakening
cough and debilitation night sweat.
Restless nights and the exhaustion
due to coughing, the greatest danger
and dread of the consumptive, can be
prevented or stopped by taking Ger
man Syrup liberally and regularly.
Should you befcble to go to a warmer .
clime, you will find that of the thous- I
ands of consumptives there, the few
who are benefited and regain strength
are those who use German Syrup.
Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c.
Forty thousand deaths from bubonic
pleague were reported from Bombay
for the week ending March 19.
Wakeful Children.
For a long time the two year old
child of Mr. P. L. McPherson, 59 N.
Tenth St., Harrisburg, Pa., would
sleep but two or three hours in the
early part of the night, which made
it very hard for her parents. Her
mother concluded that the child had
stomach trouble, and gave her half of
one of Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets, which quieted her
stomach and she slept the whole night
through. Two boxes of these Tablets
have effected a permanent cure and
she is now well and strong. For sale
by P. C. Corrigan.
This is grafting season with the
tree men. The politicians have been
at it all the year.
$550 '*
Takes the swi sec. 17, tVp. 29, ranga
12, In Holt county, being 160 acres six
miles northwest of O’Neill. Write or
wire Ernest Sweet, New York Life
building, Omaha.
Cattle Wanted.
For the coming season I will take
cattle to run in herd. Have plenty
of good range, plenty of water and
first class oare guaranteed.—Mary
Cavanaugh._37-6pd vfK
Fine Farm For Rent.
The Carlon farm adjoining O’Neill
for rent. Apply to O. F. Biglin O’Neill,
Neb. _
Money to loan on improved farms.
15tf F. J. Dishner.
Proverbs
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“ When the butter won’t
come put a penny in the
churn,” is an old time dairy
proverb. It often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them Scott’s Emul
sion.
It is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
Scott’s Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs. * J
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be
cause it is so perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children Scott’s Emulsioip*
is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
We will send you
the penny, /. c., a
sample free.
Be sure that thisjpcture in
the form of a label is on the
wrapper of every bottle of
Emulsion you buy.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
Chemists,
409 Pearl St., N. Y.
5or, aadfi.oo; all druggist*