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CORSET TRUST CAN’T SQUEEZE WOMANKIND But There's a String to the Gallant Defense of Retail ers’ Union. Chicago, Special: Now the corset trust has taken a steel-ribbed grip upon the neck of the down-trodden public and garroted It with lien strings. But the squeezed and gasping common peo ple has found a champion. The Retailers’ Commercial union has come to the rescue, determined to en force the rule of trade that: "Free strings go with the corset.” At the Grand Pacific hotel today a shot was fired that will be heard around the world. It was this: “That a corset luce Is a part of the original construction and as necessary to the corset as laces In a shoe or but tons on a man’s trousers, and should not be considered a by-product for which an extra charge should be made; and that w'e vigorously condemn all manufacturers In the corset trust for refusing to Include a pair of laces In the sale of each corset.” The pullback on corset strings was denounced by President W. H. Gentner, of Farmington, la., as "unfair, unjust and Illegal, and an Injury to the middle classes and laboring people who stand the burden of the extra cost.” "A long pull and a strong pull and a pull altogether on this corset string thing and we’ll break the trust’s back bone,” said another speaker. Off Duty. From the Delineator for September. Winfred, « years old, was tying paper boots upon the kitten's paws when his aunt remonstrated with him for teasing the kitten, saying, "I thought you belonged to the Band of Mercy.” “Yes, auntie, I do,” said Win fred, “but,” he added, apologetically, “my badge is on my other coat.” Shake Into Your Shoes. Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Make* new shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. Don’t accept any sub stitute. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Helen Frick Is Caring for Waifs. From the New York Presa Helen Frick, daughter of the Pitts burg millionaire, is putting her sum mer to better use than dawdling around Newport or other of the exclusive sum mer resorts. She is giving her time and personal attention to the waifs of Pitts burg. A few months ago she took control of one of her father’s farms near the city. She had a playground laid out and altered buildings for the convenience of the children. Then she chartered a steamboat and, since the middle of June, waifs have been taken down the river to the farm for an out ing. The most important part, of the work, however, is the system of vaca tions, which gives the children one or two weeks at the place. Sick children are kept indefinitely, and all the good work Is personally supervised by Miss Frick. The young woman Is of medi um height, with luxuriant auburn hair. She cares little for society and in Pitts burg it is believed she will become a second Helen Gould. OLD TIMER TELLS OF FAST TRAVELING Our Modern Idea of Rapidity Not in It With Old Time Pace. From the Nebraska State Capita!. "Talk about high living and swift travel,” said the middle aged old timer, "they are nothing to what I ex perienced 26 years ago." “In 1884 Blaine was about to be nominated at Chicago, and four of ua young fellows from Pawnee county had a railroad pass that gave us the priv ilege of going there to help swell the spontaneous crowd. In the party was Clyde Barnard, now a Lincoln coal merchant and drill master for the leg islative employes; and also that fellow from Grand Island who Is writing the Cat Creek stuff for the Capital. None of us had traveled much beyond Clear Creek precinct except Barnard, who had attended a semester at the uni versity and knew the chorus of one song which ran: "I Am Rocking on the Billows of the Dee-ce-eep.' "We rode from Tablo Rock to Wy more on the Burlington after midnight, walked to Blue Springs, bumped up along the Union Pacific to Omaha, and walked across to Council Bluffs Just In time to miss the Wabash. That great road was in the hands of a receiver, and only ran one train a day, so we remained In the Bluffs 23 hours, and finally went to Chicago by way of St. Louis. It took three full days to make the trip from Table Rock, and Just as bad coming back. I guess the mail who gave out the passes those days was interested in a string of eating houses. And when I look at the map of that trip, I realize that anybody but farm boys would have viewed that pass as an expensive Insult. But we thought tv a a a irr,. a ♦ fnimr "Well, I started out to tell you about the eating. When we tramped Into Council Bluffs In search of the departed Wabash we were awful hungry. Bar nard took the lead. H* had never been In the Bluffs, but at the university he chummed with a fellow from there who had told him of a fine eating place. " ‘He told me it was about the slick est place in the country,’ said Bar nard, and I want to hunt It up. He called It a caffy, and 1 have always wanted to eat at one of them caffys. It’s my treat, now you remember. I want to give you u good meal.’ “After much inquiry we found the caffy. It was pretty slick with marble tables, and a big nickel coffee urn such as we had never seen before. The waiter brought around a program of the grub, and we went after It. Bar nard urged us to take the best there was. We had all heard of spring chicken on toaBt, so we each took some. Then there were a lot more of frills that I forget, winding up with pie, ice cream and coffee, with a cracker and a piece of cheese about as big as your thumb nail. "When the waiter brought the bill to Barnard we needed the ambulance. It was $7.50. None of us had ever paid more than 25 cents for a meal before, except Barnard, who had once taken a 35-cent dinner at the old Commercial house In Lincoln. In that Bluffs place, ! It seems, we had been eating on the piece-work system. The waiter ex plained to Clyde that everything there was ‘a la carty,’ and Clyde said It was ’dog gon steep,’ but he paid It. “After we got out of there we held a meeting and decided that there should be no more treating on that trip. It W’as going to cost too much. So we elected a treasurer, which was a good j way, and let him settle all the bills after that Barnard still has a $1.85 treat coming from each of us, but he : has never mentioned it since. He j never forgave his Council Bluffs friend, and chums no mpre with people who live east of the Missouri.” ab a woman leEtmes. Prom the Indianapolis Star. Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton was questioning a woman witness on the j standi in the criminal court the other day. "Why did you leave the hotel?” he asked. The attorney for the defendant ob jected to the question. He said that it was irrelevant and incompetent, and the reasons for leaving the hotel had I nothing to do with the case at issue. “I submit your honor.” Mr. Hooton said to Judge Pritchard, “that the state has a right to know why this witness left the hotel.” Then followed a five minute argument, at the end of which the judge ruled in favor of the state. “Now,” said Mr. Hooton, "you may tell the Jury why you left the hotel." ‘Well, because.” she said. Dear Old Mother Eve. Prom Everybody's Magazine. A chocolate darkey and his "yaller” girl were walking along logetlrer. “I’se skeered mos’ to def, Rastus." "What am yo’ skeered ob, woman?” "I’se skeered yo'se gwine to kiss me.” "How kin I kiss yo’ when I’se got a bucket on ma haid, a wash pot in one han' an' a turkey gobbler in de udder?” “Oh, well, yo' fool, I wuz thlnkin’ yo' | could set do bucket ob watah on de groun’, put de turkey down an’ turn de wash pot ovah him, den set me on de wash pot, frow yo’ arms around me an' des hep yo'sef.” Etlquet for Any African Jungle Hunter launch with the gay hyena. Weep with the crocodile; Attune your mood To the jungle brood: When others are smiling, smile. Add with the busy adder. Chatter with chimpanzees; If porcupines Have fretful spines Be tactful, and strive to please. Clean the spots from Ihe leopard; Return the bear's fond hug; When tigers bound. IJe on tin* ground, And act like a tiger rug. With zebras wear striped clothing; , With camels a camel's hair shawl; Adapt your tone To the beasts' own. And you'll have no trouble at all. —Carolyn Wells. In Harper’s Weekly. Hit Lina. From Judge's Library. A number of drummers were sitting In a hotel lobby when one of them began to boast that Ills firm bad the most number of people pushing Its line of goods. There was a little argument, and then a drummer who had not had much to say before suddenly rose and said, 'Til bet any man In the house that my firm has the most number of people pushing Its line of goods!" "Done!” exclaimed the boastful one. The money was accordingly put up with a stakeholder, and then the boasting drummer asked, "Now what Is your firm's line of goods?" "Baby carriages,” murmured the quiet man, as he took the money and made for the side door. What Is PaintT The paint on a house Is the extreme outside of the house. The wood Is sim ply a structural uuder layer. That is as It should be. Unprotected wood will not well withstand weather. But paint made of pure white lead and linseed oil Is an Invulnerable armor against sun and rain, heat and cold. Such paint protects and preserves, fortify ing the perishable wood with a com plete metallic casing. And the outside of the house Is the looks of the house. A well-construct ed building may be greatly depreciated by lack of painting or by poor paint ing. National Lead Company have made It possible for every building owner to be absolutely sure of pure white lead paint before applying. They do this by putting upon every package of their white lead their Dutch Boy Painter Trademark. That trademark Is a com plete guarantee. Saved by the Court. Prom the Cosmopolitan Magazine. A supreme court Judge tells this story about a famous character around the minor courts. Tall, gaunt and gawky, he had a fund of ready Irish wit and a dig nity of presence and carriage which, combined with a booming bass voice, was humorous In Itself. All the Judges knew him and were lenient with his Infractions of court rules. The character, who was a lawyer of the shyster class, was defending a case In court, one day before a Justice who was particularly fond of him. He went to luncheon with his client. When court re sumed after luncheon It was evident that he had enjoyed his midday meal. Real izing the situation, the Justice leaned over and said: “This case Is postponed until tomorrow. The counsel for the defense Is In no con dition to proceed with it." The lawyer rose to his feet unsteadily and gazed earnestly at the court. Then his deep voice boomed out: "Your honor, I have known you, man and child, for thl-rty years—on the blnch and off the blnch—and It Is the first time In all thase years I have known you to make a rulin' In accordance with the facks.” Then he sat down. The prejudice against fishing on rainy days may be either natural or acquired. When acquired, a man Is wet both outside and Inside and Is said to be waterlogged. Mr*. Winslow'* Sooruigo Btbvi* for Children teething, .often* the gum*, reduce. tnftemmatt on, all*} .pain, cure* wind colic. }9c a bottl*. New Kind of Joshua. Prom Lipplncot’s. During a recent term of the United States court at Frankfort, Ky., there appeared by Judge A. J. M. Cochran, a tall, lanky, awkward specimen of hu manity from the mountainous regions of Jackson. Ky., where the chief Indus tries of the natives are feuds and illicit stills. "What is your name?” said Judge Cochran, when the mountaineer was brought before the bar. "Joshua—Joshua Duncan," was the halting response. “Joshua, hey?” remaked the Judge with a twinkle In his eye that strange ly belled the gravity of his counten ance. “Are you the Joshua that com manded the sun to stand still?” “No. jedge,” responded the prisoner with a corresponding glint In his own shrewd gray orbs. “No, Jedge; I'm the Joshua that made the 'moonshine' still." A little bottle of Hamlins Wizard Oil /s a medicine chest in itself. It can be applied in a larger number of painful ailments than any other remedv known. An Ominous Outlook. From the Baltimore American. “Oh. 1 don’t want to go sailin’,” wailed little Willie, when the rest of the excursion party was about to board the yacht. ”1 won’t go sailin’.” ‘But, Willie,” said his papa, “you wanted to go so much before. What’s the matter? Are you afraid of the wa ter?” “No. ain’t afraid of the water.” pro tested Willie. ‘But I ain’t goin .” “Then what’s the matter with you, child? Come along.” “No,” protested Willie. tearfully. "Ain’t goin’. Uncle Tommy said there was such a spankin’ breeze.” PERRY DAVIS' PAISKILLKU. Chronic. dyt*popsl* often result* from neglecting alight gttnek* of indigestion. Avoid trouble by taking l'aln biller for cram pa and Indlseation. U5e.. 36c. Jfc 60c. sUaa From “The Garden of Proserpine.” We are not sure of sorrow. And joy was never sure; Today will die tomorrow, Time troops to no man’s lure; A i*l love grown faint and fretful Wnh lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure. From Poo much love of living. From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives forever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Then star nor sun shall waken. Nor any change of light; Nor sounds of waters shaken. Nor any *ound or sight; Nor wintry leaves nor vernal, Nor days nor things diurnal, Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night. - Algernon Charles Swinburne. Come Home From the North. Come home Walter Wellman, this warn! air Is freighted With news from the north land afar; Your punk old balloon need no more be inflated— Come home; you are slower than tar. While you were Inclined over trifles to stutter. Afraid to cut loose for the goal, Fred Cook hurried north with his dogs and his cutter And skated all over the pole. Come home, Walter Wellman, a snare and delusion You are—now do take my advice. Your gas bag created some talk and con fusion, But you didn't cut any Ice. You started out boldly two times without urgin’; Your face toward the northland afar, Then, struck with cold feet, you put bade to Spltzbergen And said twas the fault of the car. Come home Walter Wellman, and bring back that ’’soarer" From off the bleak Island of night; You can’t make a hit as an Arctic ex plorer. You do better work when you write. Come home to the land where kind friend* now await you, Nor hold you severely at fault; Come home and keep still, and I will not berate you, Nor call you a "four-flusher," Walt. —Lincoln Journal. A Classio in Kentucky. They have been telling this story down In the Blue Grass so long that the Louisville Courier-Journal says It Is regarded as a classic: "Mnjnh," announced the colonel, "I'U bet I’ve sweat no less than 17 gal lons!” “Begging your pardon, kunnel," re turned the major desisting from a long libation, "gentlemen don’t sweat; they perspire. Horses sweat." “Well, then," returned the now irri tated colonel, glaring at the calm and contented critic of his diction, "by gad, suh, I’m a hossl" i WOMEN’S KIDNEYS Are the Source of Moat of Women’* Slekneaa. Mrs. Rebecca Mock, 1795 E. Rich Street, Columbus, Ohio, writes: "I believe I would still be a victim of kid* - -never Doan’s Kidney Pills, for when I started using them I was In constant pain with my back, and no other , remedy had been of any use. The kidney secretions were Irreg ular, and I was nerv ou8 and lacked energy. But Doan 8 Kidney Pills gave me prompt relief and continued use cored me.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Mosquitoes and Our Puritan Ancestors,. From the Philadelphia Record. Discontented settlers at Plymouth In. the year 1623 wrote home dlver9 com plaints of the country and of their com panions. These were submitted to th# authorities of the colony for a reply and Governor William Bradford In his “History of Plymouth Plantation.” thus summarizes the 12th objection and the answer thereto: 12 ob: The people are much anoyed with muskeetoes. Ans.—They are too delicate and un fitted to begine new plantations and colonies, that canot enduer the biting of a muskeeto: we would wish such to keepe at home till at least they bs muskeeto proofe. Yet the place Is as free as any, and experience teacheth that ye more ye land is tlld, an ye woods cat downe, the fewer there will be, and in the end scarse any at all. The mosquito was one of the greatest terrors of the "adventurers" who laid the foundation of the United States. His Spanish name proves how widely bo was distributed, his first victims being the Castilian invaders of South America. William Bradford and heroes of hlH type may have been able to treat this pest as a small matter, bat their successors less Inured to hardship, have walled long and bitterly over the attacks of a wretched little Insect. The Worth of a Woman. Whatsoever the wage of the world may bo At the close of the tolling day, For a task too slight for the world to see. As it measures men’s work for pay. He is rich in the tribute of rarer lands That reckon world’s wage above— In the touch of a woman who under stands— In the thought of a woman's love. —Charlotte Louise Rudyard, in Harper’s Bazar. About the worst thing that could happen would be for the women to dress to please the men and cook to please themselves. WE CAN SELL or exchange your farm, business or property. Our system brings buyer and seller together Write for par ticulars. Western Land & Investment Co., Jefferson, la. SEND for my big free list of good agri cultural lands for sale on easy payments In central Minnesota with price and map. John McElroy, St. Cloud. Minn. WANTED—Everybody to try my apple and potato preserving method. Apples and potatoes kept all winter in same con dition as when taken from trees or ground. Kept in barrels or boxes. No burying. No trouble. Send 25c cash, -oat every thing. Box 103, Alleghaney, Pa. IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT—160 acres good farming land, rich soil; house cost s?ood well; R. F. D. and farmers’ telephone by land. Must have cash by September 30. Goes for $1,800. $800 mortgage. Biggest snap ever offered here. John S. Johnson. Ryder, N. D. Honored by Women When a woman speaks of her silent secret suffering she trusts you. Millions have be stowed this mark of confi dence on Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. Every where there are women who bear witness to the wonder working, curing-power of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription —which saves the suffering sex from pain, and successfully I grapples with woman’s weak- I nesses and stubborn ill*. IT MAKES WEAK WOJTEN STRONG IT iTAKES SICK WOMEN WELL. No woman’s appeal was ever misdirected or her con- \ fidence misplaced when she wrote for advice, to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R. V. Pierce, President, Buffalo, N. Y. amt Pelleta Induce mild natural bowel movement once a day. . " ■ . ■ .- ■ "is-." A Lack of Confidence. From the Delineator for September. A minister, frequently away from home, was In the habit of getting some one to stay with his wife and small daughter in his absence. Once, however, he went so unexpectedly and hurriedly that he had no time to make such provision for them. The wife was very brave until night came, when her courage began to fail. After exhausting every reasonable excuse for staying up, she put the child to bed with the Injunction to pray especially for God’s protection during father’s ab sence. "Yes, mother, we will do that tonight,” said the little girl, "but the next time we will make better arrangements.” These candy tablets do just as much as salts or calo mel. But Cascarets never callous the bowels. Theynever create a continuous need, as harsh cathartics do. Take one just as soon as the trouble appears, and in an hour its over. Vest-pocket box, 10 cents—at drug-stores. 855 Kach tablet of the genuine is marked CCC. This Trade-mark Eliminates All Uncertainty in the purchase of paint materials. It is an absolute guarantee of pur ity and quality. For your own protection, see that it is on the side of every keg of white lead you buy. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 1902 Trinity Building, New fort r’G CO., 1,312—38, 1909 Hoch tier Zeppelin! Who Iss It sails der atmosphere As light as foam on stein of beer, Und has Chon Bull knockkneed mit fear? Meinself—Count Zep. Who iss it always in a smash, Und in der trees iss going, crash! Und swears der German -three-em dash? Meinself—Count Zep. Who patches up his cloud machine Und buys more Chon D. gasolene, Und sails again, calm und serene? Meinself—Count Zep. Who beats all sky men in a flight, All but dose Yankee Brothers Wright? Who does admit dey’re ausgesight? Meinself—Count Zep. —Denver Republican. quick n. Wink. If your eyes ache with a smarting, burning sensation and dizziness use PET TIT'S EYE SALVE. All druggist* or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. New York’s Water Supply. The Catskill mountain water system for New York, now under way, ranks as the greatest municipal water supply enterprise ever undertaken, and as an engineering work Is probably second only to the Panama canal. An account of "The World's Greatest Aqueduct” has been written for the Century by Alfred Douglas Plinn, engineer, head quarters department of the board of watsr supply of the city of New York. He shows how, ranking with the inter oceanlc canals at Suez and Panama, the Assuan irrigation works in Egypt, and the projects which are converting west ern America's arid wastes into fruitful fields, the Catskill aqueduct, with Its tributary reservoir, probably surpasses any one of them In the variety of prob lems to be solved. Rome’s longest aque duct was 57 miles In length; the Cats klll aqueduct will be 92 miles long. The Croton supply can safely furnish 336, 000,000 gallons dally. Five hundred mill ion gallons dally is promised from the Catskill source, at an initial cost of 1162,000,000. The enjoyment that some men derive from fishing is in thinking how they can make a story that will sound right without delivering the goods. The strongest butter produced on the farm is the goat. What Is Castoria. ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups, It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. \The Eind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of Chast H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and u Just-as-goodH are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. 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Is not its age, its continued use by mothers through all these years, and the many attempts to Imitate It, sufficient recommendation! Kfhat can a physician add? Leave it to the mothers.” Dr. Edwin F. Pardee, of New York City, says: “For several years I have recommended your Castorla and shall always continue to do so, as it has Invariably produced beneficial results.” Dr. N. B. Sizer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: “I object to what are called patent medicines, where maker alone knows what Ingredients are put la them, but I know the formula of your Castorla and advise Its use.” GENUINE C ASTORIA ALWAYS Sears the Signature of ^ The Kind You Have Always Bought j In Use For Over 30 Years. 1 TM* CENTAUR COMPANY. YT MURRAY RTRCCY. NEW YORK CITY. 1-^ I b --- r~-J BRUTAL MATHEMATICS. She—I reached my thirtieth birthday yesterday. He—It must have takes you at least forty years to get thsrs. CONSTIPATION BELIEVED PRICE 25 Cu. 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