Did You Ever Notice
Did you ever notice what a big difference in a hcuse a
nice front door makes?
Did you observe that SNYDER’S TEAM took a nice
fpont door to your neighbor's the other day?
And they have been selling so many nice front doors of
late that they have bought quite an assortment, aud storm
deors to match. Storm sash orders handled promptly.
AND MY, that “Acme” lump coal is a danely. It makes
makes no soot nor clinkers either. 'Phone 32 about it.
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O. O.
LAND
THAS WILL HAKE YOU RICH
The greatest combination of industrialism and farming, now rapidly de
veloping, is to be found along the Burlington route in tbe vicinity of
SHERIDAN. WYOMING.
HARDIN AND BILLINGS. MONT*.
AND IN THE BIG HORN BASIN.
Where large, deeded alfalfa ranches that have made millionaires of tbe
owners, are being divided Into small farms, and where Government irri
gated homesteads and Carey Act Lands are available.
A Wonderfully Rich Country: You can get hold of an irrigated farm with
in a radium of a few miles of an excellent coal natural gas, illuminating
oil, building materials, fast growing towns that have varied Industries.
Personally Conducted Excursions On the first and third Tuesdays I per
sonally conduct landseekers’ excursions to seeltbese lands.
C. S. KEEFER,
Ticket Agent, O’Neill, Neb.
L. W. WAKELY, General Passenser Agent, Omaha. Nebr.
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Tj 4 (and it is rigidly enforced) that no i
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want you tocome in, get acquainted I
I artf+al and allow us to be of service toyou.
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M. DOWLINO, PRES. O. O. SNYDER. VICE-PRES. S.J. WEEKES, CASHIER |
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WIT OFTHE INDIAN
The Dignified Red Man Has a
Keen Sense of Humor.
STORIES OF STANDING BEAR.
The Race the Old Chief Was Willing
to Run Against a Government At
torney—A Gallant Brave and Hie
Mirror—An Invisible Bridge.
The Impression prevails widely that
the Indian lacks the saving sense of
humor—“that most characteristic of
all American qualities.’’ To the cre
ating and the spreading of this Im
pression many recognizable traits of
Indlun character have Indisputably
contributed—his ancestral pride, his
exclusiveness, his gravity of face and
dignity of manner in public.
Nevertheless an injustice Is done
him, for among no primitive peoples
Is the sense of humor keener or more
spontaneous and kindly.
Years ago I wns conversing with a
group of children of the Omaha tribe.
They were on their way to a reserva
tion school, and directly in their path
lay a swamp an eighth of a mile
wide, and straight through this they
were required to wade twice a day.
“I* Is too bad,” I remarked. “Can
you not go around the swamp? Your
.feet will be wet, and you will be un
comfortable and possibly 111.”
“Oh,” cried a girl of about twelve
years, her dark eyes dancing with
merriment, “we walk over the $1,200
bridge.”
AUCJ ail lUUgUCTJL Ub tuio. TtllUb
could It mean? I saw no bridge; there
was no bridge to be seen. It made
them merry to see me mystified, and
I heard them laughing and chatting
as they went through the water and
mud. Afterward I discovered the hu
mor In the remark. Some years pre
vious to that time the government had
appropriated $1,200 to build a bridge
over this swamp, but somehow the
money had vanished Into somebody’s
pocket knd the work was not done.
One evening I saw a gallant young
brave making his way swiftly over
the prairies of the Omaha reserve.
He was dressed In all his finery, and
at his side dangled a small mirror.
Manifestly he was an ardent lover.
This I should have surmised from his
dress and eager haste, even if I had
not known him. As he was a friend
of mine, I had Inside Information of
his hopes and purposes; also I ven
tured to stop him for a moment, pre
cious as I knew him time to be.
‘‘That mirror at your side,” I re
marked, “Is to give opportunity for
Prairie Flower to discover how lovely
she Is, is It not?” He considered a
moment, and then, with a twinkling
eye, he replied:
“No. Maybe so she will talk tod
much to me. and then I will look into
my mirror to see how tired I am."
This certainly was the humor of ab
surdity.
Examples of Standing Bear’s humor
I could give almost without number.
During the trial of his case before
Judge Dundy the contention of the
government attorney was that an In
dian Is not a person within the mean
ing of the law. This puzzled the old
chief greatly. It also amused him.
One day at my table he was vigor
ously plying a knife and fork when
suddenly he parsed In his eating, lift
ed up his hands, and, a humorous
smile lighting up bis noble, storm
scarred face, he remarked: “The attor
neys say I am not a person. But 1
can use a knife and fork. Does a bear
do that? If he, the attorney, Is a per
son I am one also. We both eat with
knives and forks. Indeed, I think I
can use them faster than he can. If
he wants to race gie eating I am
ready.” We all laughed^.t this. When
we were quiet Standing Bear added,
"That is, I will run an eating race
with the attorney If he will pay for
the beefsteak.”
*uu urst puouc aaaress scnnaing
Bear ever made was given In my
church. In the course of It while he
was pleading for assistance he address
ed various classes of people present—
the men, the women, the clergy, the
business men, the children. When he
was pleading with the women he said:
■‘I appeal to you because you are brave
and patient. Whenever you have any
thing hard to do you never rest until
It Is done." This was a gallant senti
ment worthy of a chief. But Frank
La Flesche, who was Interpreting, ren
dered the sentence thus: “You women
are patient. When there Is anything
hard to be done we men let you do It."
This was so true to Indian custom
that the audience laughed.
Standing Bear was puzzled. As he
stood silent a moment wondering what
mistake he had made Bright Eyes, the
beautiful Omaha maiden, stepped for
ward anl said. “My brother Frank
has made a mistake in interpreting the
chiefs thought” Then she gave the
proper rendering.
The Chicago papers took liberties
with Standing Bear’s name, one of
them referring to him constantly as
Upright Bruin. When this was ex
plained to the chief he took the matter
with great good nature.
“What does It matter?" he remarked,
his face beaming, “I am all tied up
with names. I am like a iftny tangled
In his lariat Father Hamilton, the
Presbyterian, calls me elder. The
Episcopalian clergyman calls me ward
en. For I am an officer In the little
church In our village, where both these
good men preach. And now the papers
call me—what is It? Yes, Bruin. No
matter. The judge Tn Omaha says I
sm a person, and th*t*nsttsfle* me."—
Southern Workman.
Sheriffs Sale.
By virtue of an order of sale, direct
ed to me from the cleric of the District
Court of Holt county, Nebraska, on a
judgment obtained before Judge Har
rington, J udge of the district court of
Holt County, Nebraska, on the 24th,
lay of October 1910, in favor ofJ. J.
Jones as plaintiff, and against P .11
LaTson realname.unknown. Ida M.Lar
son, his wife, Andrew Larson, and Ag
nethe Larson, his wife, Charles Mur
phy and Jane Murphy, his wife, real
name unknown, as defendents for the
sum of $666 and 50 cents and
costs taxed at $31.50 and accruing
costs, 1 have levied upon the follow
ing real estate taken as the property
of said defendent, to satisfy said order
of Sale, to wit: The north east quar
ter (nei) of section seventeen (11)
in township thirty two (32), north of
range eleven (11), west of the sixth
principal meridian, in Holt County,
Nebraska.
And will offer the same for sale to
the highest bidder for cash, in hand,
on the 16th, day of January A. D. 1911,
in front of Court house in O’Neill,
Holt County, Nebraska, at the hour
of 101 o’clock a. m. of said day, when
and where due attendance will be giv
ein by the undersigned.
Dated at O’Neill, Nebraskajthis 12th
day of December, A. D. 1910
H. D. Grady,
Sheriff of Said County
HOTEL
EVANS
ONLY FIRST-CLASS
HOTEL IN THE CITY
FREE BUS SERVICE
W. T. EVANS, Prop
Dr- E. T. Wilson
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
(Late of the U. S. Army)
Successor to Dr. Trueblood. Scrger
and Diseases of women.
speciatlies:
Cve, Ear. Nose and Throat
Spaataala* oorrtatly fitted and Suppii**
O'NEILL. NES.
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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.
Notice
As I have sold out and am going
to move away I request my patrons to
call and settle their account at once,
as I need the money.
24-3 J, J. Schweitzer.
Christmas!
GUTS
We> are unquestionably the best I
equipped we ever have been for the
holiday season. It is impossible to J
tell you through the newspapers all \
of the splendid display of Christmas §
goods we have this year; it is equal- f
ly impossible for you to fail to find j
just what you waut for presents if j
you look over our magnificient |
assortments, and if you don't know
what you want it ts our business to
assist you in making selections.
We call special attention to the
tact that we have the largest assort
ment of China and Cut Glass in the j
city. Silverware, fancy novelties,
toys, books, post cards, ets. We
have recently added a fine line of
candies and can supply your Christ
mas wants in the line of sweets. Give
us a call. * |
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FRANK BOWEN, Proprietor J
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KCfCMENCCi TINOT NATIONAL OANK, • Him
FRED L. BARCLAY
STUART, NEB.
Makes Long or Short Time Loans on Imnrond
Farms and Ranches
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i line and he will call and see you.