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FOR THE HORSES' SAKE
Investigation of Swamp Fever in
Holt County.
The agricultural experiment station
of tlie University of Nebraska is
again entering upon the investigation
of the cause and method of trans
mission of swamp fever in horses.
Tlie field work is being carried on by
Prof. Leroy D. Swingle, Ph. D., head
of the department of zoology at the
Wesleyan University. He will try to
determine whether or not biting in
sects such as flies and mosquitoes are
capable of carrying the disease from
an infected horse to a sound one. No
other problem of swamp fever is so
important to the owner of horses as
the method of its dissemination.
Generally, the most successful way
to combat an infectious disease is to
prevent its spread. This is impos
sible without a knowledge of the
medium of contagion. It is com
monly, but unfortunately, stated,
that this disease is not contagious.
Notwithstanding the fact that it
probably is not cantagious in the
popular sense of the term, yet, no one
should say it is not a contagious
disease until rigid experiment has
shown it to be such. As yet nothing
is known regarding the ratehod of
transmission, and but little more
about the cause, which is possibly a
germ belonging to the group of ultra
microscopic organisms.
Dr. Swingle is making his head
quarters at Inman. He is especially
anxious to interview over the
phone or in person anyone having
Swamp Fever cases, or in an any way
interested in driviag this plague from
our borders. Such interviews may
become helpful in the final solution of
tlie problem, which is indeed an
enigma. He can be reached by
phone at Ralph Clark’s Inman, Neb.
Do you want to sell, or exchange
your business? The Omaha Bee will
run an advertisement for you at one
cent a word per day. There will be
many out of their 40,000 readers who
will answer your advertisement.
Write today.
Summons Was Sudden.
The Butte Gazette gives the follow
account of the deatli of G. A. McCut
chan at Lynch last week:
G. A. McCutchan, one of the best
known men in this part of the
country, died at Lynch, Tuesday
about 4:30 p. m. He had been attend
ing tlie republican convention and
was on his way to the depot to take
the train for home when he dropped
dead on the street within a block of
the station. Heart trouble was the
cause.
In conversation with Mr. McCut
chan a few minutes before his demise
lie said he had been very ill all morn
ing and had been advised by the
doctor not to attend the convention,
but he did not think the trip had
hurt him. He was in the best of
spirits but spoke several times of the
end being near and of his making
preparations for the final summons.
G. A. McCutchan was at one time
couhty judge of Holt county and for
two years prior to Jan. 1st, he was
county attorney of Boyd county, and
held the responsible position of U. S.
Commissioner at the time of his
death.
He leaves a wife, two daughters and
and a son. All but the son, who
resides in California, were present to
ai tend the funeral.
The officials of Boyd county did
what they could to show their respect
to their departed friend, by ordering
a beautiful floral emblem and attend
ing the last sad rites in a body, to
gether with many other Butte friends
of the deceased.
Just a little shower now would in
vigorate the corn.
When the
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The little book in each package gives
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After reading you will know w hv this new
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Kola Items.
Mrs. J. H. McPharlin drove to
O’Neill last week takiDg the youngest
children, who were ill and in need of
medical treatment.
Miss Louise and Grace Pfund ar
rived at Kola from O’Neill, the
former to help make hay on her home
stead and the latter to spend her
vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin made
Kola a pleasant visit last week on the
way out to their Kinkaid homestead
near Gracia postotflce, southwest of
Kola about twenty miles.
The Misses Maud and Mary Morrow
of Orawford, Neb., surprised Grand
ma Kennedy last week at the home
of John A. Kennedy where they will
spend their vacation.
Mrs. Monroe and H. Bruner return
ed from West Point last Tuesday, and
on the following Saturday were noti
fied by telephone of the death of their
mother, Mrs. Bruner and that same
evening they drove to Atkinson to
take the 3 o’clock passenger for West
Point, Miss Lily Monroe also going
with them.
On Tuesday last the country south
of Kola was visited by a severe prairie
fire, burning up big groves of trees
and fine hay meadows, although the
grass was green it burnt just as old
dead grass would, the wind being very
strong, the fire so hot it scorched the
grass before it and some one sustained
quite a severe loss.
Have you a farm to sell, or ex
change? It costs only a cent a word
per day, to run an avvertisement in
The Omaha Bee. It will reach over
40,000 subscibers and is almost sure to
find a buyer. Write today.
Methodist Church Items.
Services at the Methodist church
next Sunday will begin with the
class meeting at 10 a. m. Our leader
is away from home for a few weeks,
but the service is nevertheless help
ful and should be loyally supported.
Sermon by the pastor at 10:30 a. m.
and at 8 o’clock p. m. The subject
of our morning discourse will be,
“The Christ Represented by the
Christian.” In ihe evening our
theme will be, “The Impartial God.”
To these services we most cordially
invite everybody.
Sunday school at the close of the
morning service, to whicti we invite
all of our friends to tarry for the
study of God’s Word,
On Tuesday, August 3d, our annual
Sunday school picnic will be held.
Members and friends of our school
will meet at the church at 9 a. m.
The Junior League service is held
every Wednesday evening at 1:30.
As the service lasts but one hour,
the children can attend and get home
before dark. All of the boys and girls
are invited.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening at 8 o’clock, to which every
body is invited.
The Ladies’ Aid Society meets
every Tuesday afternoon, in the class
room. All ladies of the church and
congregation are invited to attend.
T. S. Watson, Pastor.
Wanted—Intelligent man or woman
to take territory, and appoint can
vassers to sell our water filters. Ex
clusive territory, and nice profitable
work for the right party.
Seneca Filter Co.,
Seneca, Mo.
750,000 Acres Government Lands
open for registratson daily, July 15th
to August 5th, in the Coeur d'Alene
Reservation in Idaho, the Spokane
Reservation in Washington and the
Flathead Reservation in Montana.
These lands are to be opened uuder
the U. S. Homestead Laws, at $1.25
per acre up to $7.00, payable in easy
annual installments. Registration
takes place at Spokane, and applica
tions may be sworn to at Coeur
d’ Alene, Spokane, Kalispell or Mis
soula. Round trip homeseekers
tickets at special low rates via The
Chicago & North Western Ry, July
20th and August 3rd. For informa
tion apply to Ticket Agents The
North Western Line.
Estray.
Taken up on my place, six miles
north and three miles east of O’Neill,
one black sow weight about 400.
Owner can have same by proving
property and paying expenses.
4-5 J. A. Brennan.
But little interest is manifest in
political conventions this year, indi
cating that people are satisfied with
conditions. The roll call at the dem
ocratic county convention in O’Neill
last Saturday showed nine delegates
present.
For Sale—One 15 horse Case engine,
one 32-54 Case serarator with feeder
and blower. One 12 barrell water
tank, one eight barrell tender and
tank. E. A. Graham, O’Neill, Neb.,
R. F. D. No. 1.
If you need help of any kind, tel
as many people as porsible. There
are more than 40,000 people who sub
scribe for The Omaha Bee. You can
tell them all for one cent per word per
day. Write today.
Dr. Corbett, Dentist, will be in
O’Neill, August 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Nurse and Nursery Combined.
A recent visitor to Brittany de
scribes in the New Orleans ,Tlmes
Democrnt the two story closed bed of
the Breton peasant, in many cases a
richly carved and ornamented heir
loom and always highly prized.
One day the visitor was expressing
her admiration of a certain “llt-clos,”
when madam pulled the sliding pan
els apart and revealed the figure of
her husband sleepily rubbing his eyes
and wanting to know what was the
matter. She calmly explained to him
that the visitor wanted to see the in
side of the bed and then explained to
the visitor that her good man had been
out fishing since dawn and was very
tired. The visitor begged him to close
the panels and go to sleep again, which
he immediately did, but not before she
noticed that he was fully dressed. It
seems that the Breton peasant always
disappears into the "lit-clos’’ fully
dressed and always emerges therefrom
in the same condition. While her hus
band slept madam enlarged on the
advantages of a “lit-clos” in bringing
up a family.
"I have had six children,” she said,
“and when they were little I used to
put three in the top story nnd three
in the bottom, then close the panels
and leave them with an easy mind.”
A Singular Meal.
One of the most singular meals ever
eaten was that given to a select few
by an antiquary named Goebel In
Brussels some years ago. The bread
was made from wheat grown before
the children of Israel passed out of
Egypt, and It was spread with butter
made when Elizabeth ruled England.
For fruit ^iero were apples which
ripened before the Christian era, and
the wine was older than the white
man’s knowledge of the new world.
The bread was made from wheat taken
from a chamber In one of the pyra
mids. the butter (of which there were
several pounds) had been found In nn
earthen crock on a stone shelf under
the Icy waters of a well In Scotland.
A pantry In the ruins of Pompeii had
furnished the jar of apples (which
were as sweet nnd finely flavored ns If
only a few months old), and the flagon
of wine had been recovered from an
old vault In Corinth. Six guests en
joyed this amazing meal.—Chlcngo
News.
The Englishman and His “Bawth."
“I had a bachelor apartment at one
time with an Englishman, who was
always talking about his 'bawth, you
know,’ ” said a New York banker.
“The first thing of a morning he said:
‘I must take my bawth, you know.
Really, now, I must take my bawth—
haw, haw!”
“He did so much talking about his
’bawth' that I stayed one morning to
see him take it—to see if it was dif
ferent from the bath of the American.
“It was. This is what he did: First
he spread a soft towel at the bottom
of the bathtub, then turned on the
water until it was about lwo‘ Inches
high.
“ ‘So as not to chill my feet, you
know—haw, haw!” he explained to me.
“Then he stood on the soft towel in
the two Inches of water, turned on
the spray, sprang through it, leaped
out and rushed for a towel.
“He had taken his ‘bawth, you know
—haw, haw!’ ’’—Washington Tost.
Doors In China.
In China doors nre often round, leaf
shaped or semicircular. In placing
them the builder usually avoids having
one opposite another lest evil spirits
find their way from the street into the
recesses of the building. The door
ways separating the courts of a gar
den are usually of an elaborate kind,
and the octagonal form is one of the
most popular. Religious superstition
asserts itself In Chinese architecture,
and the universal sacredness of the
numerals 3 and 0 is shown in the ar
rangement of temple doors. There Is
a triple gateway to each of the halls
of the Imperial palace, and the same
order prevails at the Ming tombs. The
Temple of Heaven has a triple roof, a
triple marble staircase, and all Its mys
tic symbolism points either to 3 or Its
multiples.
The Color of Lakes.
Some lakes are distinctly blue, oth
ers are of various shades of green, so
that In some cases they nre scarcely
distinguishable from their level, grass
surrounded banks. A few, too, are al
most black. The I.ake of Geneva Is
azure hued, the Lake of Constance and
the Lake of Lucerne are green, while
the color of the Mediterranean bus
been called Indigo. The Lake of Brlenz
Is greenish yellow, and Its neighbor,
Lnke Thun, Is blue.
Fashion, Not Health.
In nine eases out of ten, snys the
Iowa Health Bulletin, If a physician
tells a woman that In order to Improve
her health she must wear her clothes
In a certain way she will follow the
advice of her dressmaker Instead.
A Total Abstainer.
• Excited Individual—Is this where
they swear people? Commissioner For
Oaths—Yes. sir. What can I do for
you? Excited Individual—I want to
take an oath never to put down an
other carpet.—London Telegraph.
Accommodating Him.
Youth—Oh, I don’t want to take that
character. I’ll make a fool of myself
sure. Malden—Well, you said you
wanted an easy part.—Detroit Free
Press.
Chased by a Sea Serpent.
“Ever see a sea serpent?”
“I was chased by one once.”
“What did you do?"
“Got up and lit the gas.”—Pittsburg
Post.
Nature aa a Designer.
Not tho least mysterious of all tho
wonders of the earth Is the extraor
dinary cleverness of Dame Nature as
a carver and designer. Her tools are
air, rain, rivers, springs and frost.
Any one who has ever seen the mar
velous Queen Bess rock on the north
Cornish coast, that wonderful present
ment of Queen Elizabeth, who Is seat
ed so grandly upon the sands, must
have asked himself the question as to
how much a thing could hnve bec*ac-t
compllshed. Continuous trickling of
water wears away the face of the rock.
Haphazard it was until at last a weird
pattern Is formed that sometimes re
sembles a man’s face, sometimes nn
animal. All over the world Nature
has placed her picture gallery and her
collection of statuary, the biggest free
show In the world.
Another work of Nature’s that very
often results In extraordinary changes
being effected Is a landslip. And land
slips have arisen from the tiniest pos
sible causes. A little underground
flow of water had gradually under
mined a hill or cliff until at last the
earth became like a hollow nut. Then
the soil became top heavy. The sea
bent against its foundations, and mil
lions of tons of earth were flung into
the sea, which proves the nxlom that
the tiniest beginnings often produce
the mightiest ends.—Iamdon Standard.
English Luggage Lifters.
English railway companies suffer
severely through the purloining of pas
sengers’ baggage and other articles by
platform thieves, and In some cases It
Is a difficult matter to find out the mis
creant. One o^these luggage lifters
was on an occasion some time ago
seen keeping vigil over a barrow of
luggage, and In his hand he cnrrled
apparently a good sized portmanteau.
He walked up and down the plntform
several times and at last stopped op
posite the luggage. Placing his bag
on the barrow for a moment, he then
picked It up and walked off. Hut the
lynx eye of one of the railway officials
had also been watching the barrow,
and, going up to the mnn, had him ar
rested and searched. It was found
that his apparent portmanteau was
only a skeleton and Inside had a set
of springs, etc., which, when placed
over a smaller bag, held the lntter In
position. But for the smartness of the
official another traveler’s bag would
have been missing.—London Answers.
The Hollow Bones of Birds.
The hollow bones of birds are fre
quently cited as beautiful Instances of
providential mechanics In building the
strongest and largest possible limb
with the least expenditure of material,
and this is largely true, and yet birds,
like ducks, which cleave the air with
the speed of an express train, have the
long bones filled with marrow or satu
rated with fat, while the lumbering
hornblll, that fairly hurtles over the
treetops, has one of the most com
> pletely pneumatic skeletons Imaginable,
permeated with air to the very toe tips,
and the ungainly pelican Is nearly as
well off. Still, it Is but fair to say that
the frigate bird and turkey buzzards,
creatures which are most at ease when
on the wing, have extremely light and
hollow bones; but, comparing one bird
with another, the paramount Impor
tance of a pneumatic skeleton to a bird
Is not as evident as that of a pneumatic
tire to a bicycle.—Exchange.
An Earl’s Duel With a Butler.
About the middle of the last century
the Lord Itosebery of that time was In
Paris, and In paying a call one day he
was received so rudely by the butler
that he complained to his friend of the
servant's conduct. But the butler had
been a noncommissioned officer In the
French army, and ns such he chal
lenged Lord Rosebery to a duel. The
earl accepted, and two shots were ex
changed without result. But Lord
Rosebery was angered at his own con
descension and afraid his antagonist
might lay aside his military rank and
resume his duties as a servant, thus
exposing an earl to the reproach of
having fought with a butler. So he
settled an annuity of £250 on the man
on condition he did not return to do
mestic service. The condition was
faithfully observed on both sides.
Lord Rusaall'* Retort.
Lord Russell once presided at a din
ner given for Sir Henry Irving on his
return from America. While the din
ner was In progress Lord Russell sug
gested to Comyns Carr that he propose
Sir Henry’s health. “I can’t make
speeches, you know," he said.
Sir Henry gently replied, “I heard
you make a fine speech before the Par
nell commission."
To which the pungent Irishman an
swered, “Oh, yes, but then I had some
thing to talk about!”
Before and After.
“That couple used to be inseparable
a year ago,” he observed, “and now
you hardly ever see them together.
WThy Is It? Do you know?”
“Yes,” said she. “They weren’t mar
ried n year ago.”—New York Press.
Their Preeent Names.
“What are the names of that young
couple next door?”
“We won’t be able to find out for
several weeks. They’ve Just been mar
ried, and he calls her Birdie, and she
calls him Pettle.”
The Touch.
“Shadbolt, did you ever have a touch
of anything like the appendicitis?”
“Once. Have you forgotten, Dlnguss,
that when you were operated on for It
you touched me for an even hundred?”
—Chicago Tribune.
Be sure to put your feet In the right
place, then stand firm.—Lincoln.
ALDERSON’S GOT EM!
GOOD AND PLENTY
Not the Measles, nor the jim
jams, but pure bred young
bulls of the best families.
Mostly Red, sired by Scottish
Sharon of Grey tower, 153330,
one of the Pan American prize
winners, and Golden King
152918. Two of the best bulls
on the upper Elkhoru valley
today. Time will be given on
bankable note to responsible
parties. Delivered to nearest
R. R. station free.
JOHN M. ALDERSON
Chambers, - - • Nebraska
♦^•The Cash-4*
Meat market
FULL LINK OF
Cured and Fresh Meats
FRESH FISH EVERT FRIDA T
W. F. Girlish, :: Proprietor
THE O'BEILL
ABSTRACT #00.
Compiles
Abstracts of Title
THE ONLY COMPLETE SET OF AB
STRACT BOOKS IN HOLT COUNTY
FRED L. BARCLAY
STUART, NEB.
Makes Long or Short Time Loans on Improved
Farms and Ranches
If you are In need of a loan drop him
a line and he will call and see you.
A. <1. HlRROli
Abstract Cnentt
Title Abstractors
Office in First National Bank Bldg
E. H. BENEDICT
LAW & REAL ESTATE
Office flrgt door ioutb of C. B. Lend Offloe
dr- j. p* gilligan
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention given to
DISEASES OF WOMEN, DISEASES
OF THE EYE AND CORRECT
FITTING OF GLASSES
Dr. E. T. Wilson
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
(Late of the U. S. Army)
Successsor to Dr. Trueblood. Surgery
and Diseases of women.
SRECIATLIES:
EVE. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Spectacle* correctly fitted and Supplied.
O'NEILL, NEB.
D. W. CAMERON
Practical Cement Worker
Manufactures Cement Walks, build
Foundations. Caves, etc. In fact all
cement work neatly and promptly
done. Address, Atkinson or O’Neill
If You Want To See
a really beautiful
magazine, ask for
THE AUGUST EVERYBODY'S
Western Lands for Sale
fFine Bargains. In Perkins and Deuel countiea*
All smooth, level land. lilack, rich soil. Near
railroad. Good towns and adjoining farms. $15
to I20 per acre. Terras reasonable. Correspond
ence solicited. Will send maps, literature, etc.
Writ# today. \
The Western Lean A Trust Co., Holdreoe, Nebr.
The Frontier Six Months for 75c
with your name
and address
printed on them |
ONLY 500
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those wanting small quantities
(Lbs Frontier.
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HOTEL
EVANS
ONLY FIRST-CLASS
HOTEL IN THE CITY
FREE BUS SERVICE
W. T. EVANS, Prop
McGinnis
Creamery Co.
Pays I cent more
for Cream deliver
ed at the Creamery
Patrons who do not want to de
liver at the creamery can leave
their cream at Yantzi’s butter and
and egg store and get the same as
other companies are paying down
town. We have raised Jthe price
and believe we have benefltted you.
All we ask is to give us a trial.
Fresh Creamery Butter and Ice
Cream always on hand.
E. W. McGINNIS, - Proprietor
F. E. CLARE, Manager
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, 42-3m NEBR.
J. H. Davison
A full stock of everything in
Harness and Horse Furnishings
Guaranteed Goods and Satisfied
Customers. Highest Price Paid for
Hides. Come and see me.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough.'