r—r __ __ _____- -- LOCAL MATTERS Farm Loans—See R. EL Parker. Onion sets, 5 cents per quart at Iloriskey’s. • Attorney Johnson of Stuart was an O’Neill visitor Monday. Cash paid for hides at Davison’s harness shop. 2t»-tf Levi YanValkenburg was up from Inman Tuesday. 'Go to Horiskey’s for onion sets at 5 cents per quart. August Shroeder of Page was an O’Neill visitor Tuesday. All kinds of the best type-writer paper at The Frontier. County Surveyor M. F Norton was in the city the first of the week. C. II. Stowell, postmaster at Francis, was in the city yesterday Mrs. John Carton went to Norfolk 'J uesday for a visit with her daughter. Episcopal services will be held at the Odd Fellow hall next Sunday at 11 a. m. Andy Gallagher came up from Laurel Tuesday for a visit with his mother. Go to Davison’s harness shop for whips, blankets and all kind of horse furnishings. 43-tf Rev. M. Dolan of Chadron was visit ing his many old friends in this city Wednesday. .■standard makes of pianos sold at 1 he lowest possible price by W. B. Graves, the je'weler 43-tf J. MuVey and P. Burns of Spauld ing, Nebr., were transacting business In the city Monday. Watch, clock and jewelry repairing promptly and satisfactorily done at Gra'es’ jewelry store. 43-tf W. P. Mohr, the hustling real estate dealer of Spencer, was an O’Neill visitor Monday. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, will be in O’Neill, May 3, 4, 5, 6,10, 11, 12, 13, June 7, 8, 9 10, inclusive. R. W. McGinnis was up from Lin coln the first of the week looking after his creamery interests. J. A. Cowperthwaite arrived home Saturday from Excelsior Springs, Mo., where he had been for a month. Complete line watches, clocks,jewel ry and kodaks to select from always found at Graves’ jeweiery store. 43-tf Rev. T. D. Flannery of Alpena, Mich., is in th$ city visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. D. A. Doyle. William Luben of Emmett was a business caller at these headquarters last Friday, renewing his subscrip tion. Carl Lorenz and Miss Anna Miller, both of Tonic, Neb., were granted license to wed on Monday by Judge Malone. I have eastern money to loan on farms in Holt county. My otlice is next to Dewey hotel.—R. H. Parker, O’Neill, Nebr 45-4 Lost, between my home and St Patrick’s church, a gold broach. Bears figure of a serpents head. Finder notify John Carton. Miss Bea Ryan, who has been visit ing her sister, Mrs T. Duggan, at Roanoke, 111 , the past eight months, returned home Tuesday afternoon. The Most Direct Route to Chicago and the East is via The North Western Line, the Only Double Track Railway between the Missouri River and Chicago. Maximum travel safety and everything for the complete comfort of patrons is provided, with splendid service to Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Ashland, Superior, Duluth and all points east. Be sure your ticket reads via the Chicago & North Western Railway Thereby surrounding yourself for the journey with a perfection of service that includes the Best of Everything. Meals in dining cars a la carte. For sleeping car reservations, tickets and full information, apply to Ticket Jlgents, The Worth Western Line. S O’Neill S& Sors * 0 — T y direct the affairs of the bank. In 0 p IV I k* - — I otlier words, they fulfill I he duties g pi I xl Tl flfl >1 I imposed and expected from them a 0 X ’(C'l'HV/iIvili in their official capacity. p _ One of the by-laws of this bank is §> 1 T"\ \ (and it is rigidly enforced) that no a 0 f\ 4^ Ijp* loan shall be made to any officer or 0 g I J^J. I stockholder of the bank. jfj I You and your business will be wel- a corne here, and we shall serve you 0 CCH non HO tothebestoiourabilltyatalltlmes. 1 If you are not yet a patron of ours we @ want you tocome in. get acquainted S a .•&, and allow us to be of service to you. S V^dpiLdl t We welcome the small depositor. 2 5 per cent interest paid on time 0 p deposits. S; a a a | OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 0 M. DOWLING, PRES. O. O. SNYDER, VICE-PRES. S. J. W EEKES, CASH IER a dr. J. P. Gilligan. h. p. Dowling 1 gaaiaasisMaMaiaMfflaiaiajsisiBjsiaiaiaiajaiaaMaiaEEiaifflEEiaHSJMaiBiMaaaiasiai® , m »-Ui 16/>e Obligingj I | Reformer. J By STELLA CADMUS. ; \ f _ < • <*• < > V Copyrighted, 19<19, by Associated * * T Literary Press. ' j ItWMWtM I11 IH I HI There was uo use denying that Sid ney Gerald was a dawdler. He had wealth, good looks, youth, and was a society favorite. Now and then he went hunting or yachting, but most of the time he simply dawdled. That meant his club, the races and society. He was accounted a catch, but no one caught him. He didn't really try to dawdle, but pursued his lymphatic way simply because there seemed nothing else to do. “See here, you good-for-nothing,” said the widow of the late Hon. Charles Spofford one evening at a re ception as she drew him down to a seat beside her. “I have a duty to perform.” “I wish I had,” he replied. “People aro saying you have no energy, no ambition, no aim In life. You linve too much money—too much time on your hands. You are throw ing your years away.” • “Tell me what to do,” replied Syd ney, yawning. “Get married.” “Too much trouble—too many emo tions.” “Take a trip around the world." “Too much change of scenery.” “Ah, I have It!” exclaimed Mrs. Spof ford after a moment’s thought. “You are rich. Why not turn philanthro pist? Not In the way of hospitals or asylums, but go among the poor and give a few of your dollars to alleviate distress and misfortune. You don’t know the real people as I do. There Is no day that I am not feeding the hungry and giving out alms. Only this afternoon I gave a one legged man half a dollar, and you ought to have heard hls words of gratitude.” ".Tust so,” replied Sydney Gerald, with a bit of a smile as he thought of tho many one legged men he had tossed quarters to. “Try It for a few weeks—for three months. It may lead to your becom ing a reformer. At any rate. It will rouse you up and give you something new to think of. It is positively sin ful for you to be dawdling along this way.” “Yes, I think so.” “If you should turn out to be a re former I shall take most of the credit to myself. Three months, Mr. Gerald —try it for three months, and at the end of that time I -will arrange for a little gathering to hear your report. It cannot fall to be Interesting. You will have a hundred different Incidents to relate. Don’t you feel a new and strange ambition already?' ■ •". - “Yes, I think I do. Yes, I think I will turn reformer. I may not make a success of it, but I’ll make a try.” The relict of the Hon. Charles spread the news. As Sydney Gerald did not entirely drop society while fitting him self for a reformer, he was lauded and quizzed on numerous occasions by numerous people. Only a scanty few credited him with the necessary energy to pursue the object, and the most that was predict ed of his efforts was the depletion of his purse without corresponding gain. There was a great deal said about the unthankfulness and ingratitude of the world in general, but it didn’t seem to affect him much. “You know you must not look for too much gratitude,” cautioned Mrs. Spofford. ".No, I shan’t.” “You will feel that you have done your duty, and your conscience will reward you.” “Just so.” “Many and many a time I have given pennies and got never a word of thanks. In fact, I have got black looks as the wheels of my carriage happened to throw a little mud, but I drove on feeling that I had made the world a trifle better. That feeling must be your reward.” “Yes, I shall look for it.” When the three months had expired Sydney Gerald announced his readi ness to report. A score of ladies gath ered In the drawing room of the Hon. Charles’ widow. There were no men among them. Charity and reform did not touch that sex. When he was ushered in it was re marked that he seemed to have ac quired energy and gained ambition, and there was great curiosity as to what he would report. “Ladies, I bog to say,” began Sydney, “that in my ignorance of how to go to work I began my investigations in the house of a wealthy lady. It came about almost by accident. I found that she was in arrears to all her serv ants and that tradesmen were clamor ing for their bills. I relieved the dis tress. I gave each servant two months’ back pay and paid each tradesman something on account. I have a mem orandum of her name.” Here Sydney Gerald paused. Mrs. Spofford turned pale, but her nerve was with her, and she managed to force a smile. “By accident again,” resumed Syd ney. “I turned a corner one evening and bumped against a young woman in tears. I was a stranger, but when she understood that I had taken up the business of reformer she told me the cause of her distress. She was a seamstress. “She had worked a week on a gown for a well known lady and on carry ing it to the house had been told that she must wait a couple of weeks for her pay. She was going home penni less, hungry and the rent unpaid. The I I rr- .1 - ,■!!■■ 'i'n"w .w— ' I I nun lady In the case bought a diamond tiara next day that was mentioned In all the papers. She could have paid the bill a thousand times over, but she needed the diamonds first. I paid the seamstress.” There was an uneasy movement np and down the room, and for some rea son all eyes were directed on Mrs. Somerville. She was conscious of the fact, hut with a sang froid that did her credit she put up her lorgnette and stared at a picture on the wall. "I happened in at a milliner’s,” said Sydney, with a smile, 'tjueer place for a man to be, hut I happened. Can’t say that I was looking for a hat, but In searching out subjects for re form you have to drop Into various places. Milliner a nice little widow. All her capital In the business. Just received a letter from a wholesale house threatening suit on bills over due. Her customers all rich, but they didn’t pay cash down. Don’t pay in three or six months. In fact, they didn’t pay for a year or so and only when forced to. I have seen many of the hats that were bought there that way. Believed the distress and passed on.” Every lady In the room except the Hon. Mrs. Spoflferd had on an expen sive hat. Each lady started to look at the other, hut gave It up and cast down her eyes with proper modesty. They might not all have known the milliner referred to, hut they had thoughts. After a painful silence Mr. Gerald continued: “Happened to meet the butler of a house where I frequently call. Just happened, you know. Down In the mouth; looked bilious. As a would be reformer X spoke to him and got his Btory. I.ady of the mansion hadn’t paid his wages for five months and had borrowed his savings besides. He dared to speak to her about it, and she had sent him packing. Saw the same lady buying a $600 ruby ring the other day." Every lady In the room helplessly glanced at the hands of every other lady. A poodle dog belonging to one of them seemed to be the only thing In the room at ease. “Happened to call on a florist,” said the obliging reformer when the silence had endured to the painful point; “Just happened so. One of his statements of accounts sent out to a lady had been returned with a very sharp note. The account was two years old, and be cause he sought to collect It the debtor Informed him that she should take her patronage elsewhere. It was only one case out of a score. Sympathized with the florist and passed on. Happened across a discharged coachman, dis charged for hinting that he wanted his wages. Helped hliu out with a five dollar bill. Happened to run across a governess in the same fix. That's all. Good evening, ladles.” For two minutes after the reformer disappeared no one spoke. Tlieu one lady after another rose up to go aud, turning to the honorable widow, work ed up a smile and said: “Isn’t Sydney Gerald just too charm ing for anything! And how awful of people not to pay their bills!” MINOR MENTION On Saturday, April 24th, someone lost some money in my store. Owner stating amount may have same by calling at store.—P. J. McManus. Mrs. A. Baker and children of Chey enne, Wyoming, arrived in the city Tuesday for a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Galla gher. Spencer Advocate: Phil Anderson has traded his automobile to the Townsend Bros, of O’Neill. They came over after the machine the lat ter part of last week. Miss Kemp of Stuart has taken a position as stenographer in tne law office of R. R. Dickson, Miss O’Don nell, who has filled the position the past year, having resigned. The Frontier extends its con gratulations to Harry Dowling, now of Grand Island, upon his appoint ment as state bank examiner, to which position he was named by Gov ernor Shallenberger last week. Little Zella Zeimer presented her mother with a very substantial birth day gift yesterday, $23, money she had earned herself. Mrs. Zeimers’ birth day anniversary doesn’t occur for some three weeks yet, but that doesn’t make the present any the less acceptable. B. E. Short of Sioux City, who built the K. C. hall hele, was last week awarded the contract to build the new parochial school to be erected by the members of the Catholic church at Randolph. The building will be three stories and basement, 58x81 feet. The contract pride is $17,200. Farmers are taking advantage of the high hog prices, in consequence Of which many are being marketed every day. The first of the week they were upas high as $(>.90 per hundred but have dropped down to $6.60 and $6.70. One string of ten loads were brought in from one ueighboorhood northwest Tuesday. Last Monday Rev. M. F. Cassidy received a letter from ex-Senator Thomas Kearns of Salt Lake, Utah, instructing him to draw upon him for $5000 when he commenced the erec tion of the new church. This is the largest donation received for the church and Father Cassidy is greatly pleased over the Senators liberality, and it shows he has not forgotten his old-time friends at O’Neill. •' ‘"' 'f' ~~~7. “^nu'mnn wn Yesterday Franz Klaner of Lake townihlp was examined by the board of Insanity. Klaner was brought to O’Neill Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Harding. He acts strangely and has taken no nourishment or drink since taken into custody. His mental con dition is said to be due to illness. Last Saturday the board adjudged Anton Noziska, a tailor who had been at Atkinson several years, in sane and he has been committed to the asylum. The Holt County Telephone com pany have put in a new switch board, the business of the company having outgrown the capacity of the old board. The new one is mucli larger, being known as a 330 line board. The company is also making other im provements on its lines in the way of new cables. D. F. Rosenborough of the Western Electric company of Omaha was here the first of the week and fitted the local company up with its new supplies. Two inches of ice the morning of May 1. Winter gave us a final pinch and a hard one. Coal dealers did as big a business last Saturday as any day the past winter. But weather conditions since makes it easy for us to "forget it.’’ One thing about what appears to be the final freeze up, it did no damage as vegatation had not aroused from winter hibernation sufficient to be injured by the freeze The cold wave seemed to have been general throughout northern states, while the south was swept by de structive storms. Patrick Vaughan, an old-time resi dent of this county, passed away at his home in the eastern part of this city last Friday, at the age of 86 years. Mr. Vaughan was born in Ireland on March 17,1823, and at an early age emigrated to New York state. After spending a few years there he moved to Iowa where he resided until 1872 when he moved to Lancaster county, Nebraska, where he remained until the spring of 1881 when lie came to Holt county and settled on a farm about three miles west of O'Neill where he remained The Deere No. 9 L^ads the Field Why? Because it leads in accuracy—act ual accuracy. We demonstrate it. Because it leads in perfect check ing, independent of speed of team. Because it leads in easy opera tion. Instantly changed from hill to drill. Has spring lift. Auto matic reel, perfect foot drop, etc. Because it leads in simplicity and strength of construction. Front frame is tied in eight places. Because it leads in substitution of malleables in place of common castings at all vital points. Because it leads in lightness of draft. No strain on the check wire, hence no side draft. ; Because it leads in ability to suc cessfully plant not only corn, but practically any kind of seed. Because it leads in number sold each year —and this number is every year increasing. Drop In and get a copy of our booklet, “More Corn —and Better Corn.” Contains a lot of boiled down practical seed corn f information. ' Brennan’s until a few years ago, when general disability caused by his advanced age, compelled him to give up farming and moved to this city where he has since resided. Deceased leaves a widow, two daughters, Mrs. P. S. Hughes of this city and Mrs. Mary Campbell of McCook, Nebr., and one son, M. J. Vaughan of this city. The funeral was held from the Catholic church last Sunday, the pall bearers being old settlers who have lived in this community for over twenty-five years, the remains being interred in the Catholic cemetery. * 1 * - M EMPIRE Cream Separator The machine that will give you absolute satisfaction and insure you the greatest returns on your milk. The latest improved thing in a cream separator. Ball bearing and light running, absolute accuracy in separating and sold at the lowest possible price. Made in six sizes. Secondhand separators taken in exchange. H. J. ZIMMERMAN, Agent O’NEILL, 42-3 m NEBR. Not a Dull Spot in the May EVERY BODY’S MAGAZINE. That’s why it holds the undoubted supremacy. Even if you are not a mag azine reader, try it. There is an unusual line of fiction this month. Read “ Grimsden House ” if you like a “ thriller.” For sale at Oilligan