THE American Adding | | Machine The latest Adder Costs but $35 See our exhibit—ask for 10 day’ trial Here is a new price on a eompet fin. Adder. On a machine that is rapid, full-size and infallible. The very latest machine, huilt try men who know, in one of the taigest metal-working simps I> is an individual Adder, lobe placed on one’s desk, Clue to one’s nooks and papers. To lake the plm--1 of the cential machine re •Tiiring skillful operators ' It is also intended for offices and stores where costly machines are a luxury The price is due to utter sim plicity and 1 o our enormousnutput. Seven keys do all l lie work Sach copied number is shown up for checking before the ad dition is made. The machine will add, sub tract and multiply. With very little practice anjoue can compute a hundred tiy iires a minute And the ma chine never makes mistakes Countless Olliers, la rye and small, are yettiny from these machines the highest class of service. Now we make this offer so that offices every where may learn what this machine means to them. Ten Days’ Test We will gladly place in any office one American Adder for a ten days’ test. There will be no obligations, and charges will tie prepaid Compare it wit It anv non-lister— even tlie costliest. Let anyone use it See is anv machine can serve better titan this Just send this coupon and we’ll send .he machine. J. H. HIBER, O’Neill, Nebraska: Please send',us an American Adding Machine 1 for ten days’ free trial. Same .. ... _ _ __ _ Street Ad (Irene... Citi/ . .. State t _ Manufactured and Guaranteed by AMERICAN CAN COMPANY. CHICAGO Sold in O’Neill by J. W. HIBER. ---— 1 Go To 1 IPlatt’s Paint SKop For prices on Faints, Oils, Lead and Interior Flat paint. Know where you are at, gel estimates covering cost of Material and Fainting complete. Everything as reasonable as good Material and Workmanship will permit. Special attention to Interior decoration and Farmer’s orders for : Material. :: :: :: :: | GRADE STALLION I MARK TWAIN Mark Twain is Percheron. I He weighs 1630 and will make the season of 1914 as follows: Wednesday and Saturday at the Mellor and Quilty livery barn. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at the Gallagher farm 1T4 mile east of the Burlington round house. TERMS:—$12.50 to insure a colt to stand up and suck. Parties disposing of mares or removing the * same from the neighborhood before knowing mares to be in foal, will be held for service fees. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. T_ ZEsIILTOnP, OTxmer. PAID ADVERTISING. Onion Seed—$1.00 a pound. Phone 227.—C. E. Burch. 43-tf. Dr. Corbett, dentist, in O’Neill everd day. Lady assistant. 35-tf Closing out all Hats at $1.98 and 98c. Afternoons only.—Josie Neiers. For Sale—480 Acres—Ranch and Farm—E. D. Henry, O’Neill, Neb. 43 Wanted—A good girl for general housework.—Mrs. S. J. Weekes. 47-tf See the grade shorthorn and black poll heifer and cow sale at Kola, May 13th. For Sale—My Modern Residence. Terms to suit purchaser.—Cam Tinsley. 44-tf Own your own home. Monthly op tional payment plan. Call on John L. Quig, O’Neill. 2Stf. Fine Candies and Hot Chocolate.— McMillin & Markey’s Bakery and Candy Kitchen. 22-tf. Star Brand Shoes are better, no substitute for leather ever used. For sale by Fred Alberts. 51 -tf. WATCHES—Ask to see our special for Graduation.—John W. Hiber Jeweler and Optician. 47-1 For Sale—Cattle of all kinds; will sell either for cash or on time.— Cowperthwaite & Son. 46-tf The city will give steady employ ment for the summer for a good man and team. Apply to P. D. Mullen. Special deals and prices on buggie3, wagons, feed grinders, gas engines, manure spreaders, at Brennan’s. 24-tf. Sterling Silver Spoons for Gradu ation, engraved with new High School —John W. Hiber, Jeweler .and Op tician. 47-1 Spring time is photo time. Bring out the baby, before it gets all sunburned, and have a nice photo taken—O’Neill Photo Co. 47-1 For Sale—White Wyndotte eggs.. Flock Chalky White, $1.00 for 15, $4.00 per hundred.—Versaw’s Ranch, Box 16, Stafford, Neb. 45-tf Home Grown Seed Corn for Sale— Iowa Silver Mine and Mortgage Lifter. Tested 95 per cent. Sample at First National Bank. Leave orders at bank or write M. W Spry, Meek, Neb. 44-4 Carey-Ized Block salt, 2 blocks for 75 cents; 100 pound sack 65 cents; 70 pound sack 45 cents; 50 pound sack 35 cents; All other salt accordingly. Bound to Rise flour 10 sacks for $11.00; North Star 10 sacks for $10.50, for cash at Gaughenbaugh’s. 44-tf For Sale—To close up an estate we offer for sale 160 acres of good hay land, 3 miles from Emmet, being the southwest quarter of section 3, town ship 28, range 13, at $25.00 per acre, cash. For further information enquire of George Gaughenbaugh, O'Neill, or John Gaughenbaugh, Emmet, Ne braska. 42-tf. 350 DAPPLE GRAY HORSES The Finest Horses on Earth Carried With the Yankee Robinson Show. Without question the horses of the, Yankee Robinson circus and Texas Bill Wild West are the finest ever carried with a traveling concern. These horses are all young and of the very highest class. They have sev eral blooded animals, all of which are displayed in the horse tents free of charge. If you come to town for noth ing else than the parade, do not fail to go to the horse tent and view these fine animals. Attendants are on hand to conduct you through the stables and no charge is made for this service. —Advertisement. The City Council. The retiring council and mayor met in session last Thursday night and after transacting the regular busi ness coming before the meeting ad journed sine die and Mayor Biglin, who has been the executive head of the city government for years, retired to private life. Friday morning the new council, which was the old with the exception of Samuel Barnard, who takes the place of R. S. Hillard, met with Mayor Golden in the chair and the following business was transacted: M. H. McCarthy was elected presi dent of the council for the ensuing year. Mayor Golden then announced the appointment of the following com mittees: Judiciary, Finance and Official Bonds—Meredith and Cronin. Streets and Alleys—Mullen and Ryan. Water Works and Sewer—McCar thy and Mullen. Fire Department—Barnard and Cronin. Auditing Committee—M c C a r t h y Ryan and Barnard. The mayor then presented the name of Jack Kane for nightwatchman and upon motion the appointment was confirmed. The mayor presented the name of R. J. Jennings for city weighmaster, with the statement that at any time Mr. Gordon, who has been city weigh master for several years, feels able to assume the duties of the position that Mr. Jennings will resign and Mr. Cordon will be appointed to the po sition. Upon motion the appointment of Mr. Jennings, under the above con ditions, was approved. The question! of granting saloon licenses then came up and there being no remonstrances or protests saloon licenses was granted to the following applicants, and their bonds were ap proved: J. J. Thomas, J. W. Sulli van, O’Connor & Enright and R. J. Marsh. Action was not taken upon the application of Ryan & Moore as the notice of application had not been published the required number of times. Sevaral matters of importance to the city was discussed and will be ta ken up for further discussion and act ion at the regular meeting of the council this evening. MANY JAPANESE PERFORMERS Greatest Japenese Troupe in the World Here With the Robinson Circus. Beyond all question the greatest troup of Japanese in the world are with the Yankee Robinson circus. This Japanese troupe were imported to this country last season for the New York Hippodrome, where they appeared for thirty weeks. They were then en gaged for the Yankee Robinson cir cus and made the greatest hit ever recorded under a circus tent. This Japanese troup immediately went back to Japan, left the port of Yoko homa on March 27, landed at Seattle April 12, going direct to circus winter quarters. They are in this country by permission of his Royal Majesty, the Emperor of /Japan.—Advertisement. Corn Planting Order of the Day. Many farmers in the north country started planting corn the first of the week. The soil is in splendid con dition and farmers are of the opinion that they will have a splendid stand, as the seed corn is extra good this spring. Arthur Ryan Recovering. James Moore received a letter from Arthur Ryan the forepart of the week in which the latter says he is getting along nicely and will be able to come home in a few weeks. Arthur has had quite a siege and his many friends here will be glad to learn that he will son be his old time self. Mike Buerish Dead. Mike Buerish, an aged gentleman iiving south of this city about seven miles, died at his home last Monday after a lingering illness of infirm ities due to old age. Deceased was nearly 80 years of age and had been a resident of the south country for over twenty years. The funeral was held last Wednesday morning, inter ment in Calvary cemetary. I’est House Empty. Jack Horiskey, who has been con fined in the pest house the past four weeks suffering from a light attack of small pox, was released Wednes day and that institution is now with out an occupant. The few cases that were here were very mild and the disease has about played out as no new cases have developed during the past three or four weeks. Greatest Wheat Crop In History. The first official estimate of the wheat crop for 1914 was made the forepart of the week by the United States department of Agriculture and shows that this year this country will harvest the greatest crop in history. They estimate that the crop this year will amount to 630,000,000 bushels as compared with 523,651,000 bushels in 1913. The condition of wheat on May 1st is indicative of a yield of 17.8 bushels, assuming average variations to prevail hereafter. INMEN ITEMS. (From the Leader.) Mrs. Shaw of O’Neill, and her daughter, Mrs. Ela Plank, of Spear fish, S. D., were in the city this week guests of Mrs. Anna Clark. Max Wilde, state bank examiner was in the city yesterday and ex amined the Inman State Bank. He found everything in its usual first class condition. Grover Baker of Brownville, Nebr., arrived in the city Thursday and has taken the position at Edwards & Bradford store made vacant by the resignation of C. C. Fenske, who has gone to Coleridge. H. H. Luebka, of north of Page, loaded his personal property into a car Monday and shipped same to Mer riman where he will reside on a Kinkaid homestead. The family left for their new home Tuesday. A record of 240 car loads of hay shipped out of Inman during the month of April is a pretty good record from a business standpoint and further shows that the principal product of this locality always finds a ready mar ket in world’s business. Those ship ping during the past week were— Watson Hay Co. 24 cars; A. Tomp kins 0; Geo. Coventry 7; II. Bradley 1; F. Colman 5; Edwards & Bradford 4; C. I). Keyes 2; W. H. Riley 4; and John Anspach 1; making a total of 56 cars during the week. Miss Esther Wadsworth who has so successfully filled the position as in structor in the grammar department of the Inman schools for the past two years, has been hired by the board of education at Ewing for the coming year. The Rev. Norfleet, who has held the pastorate of the Methodist church in Inman for the past several months, has resigned and on last Sunday even ing occurred his farewell sermon t the people of this community, which was attended by a large congregation. Mr. Norfleet is undecided as to his future plans but expects to take a test from active service during the next few months. He left Monday noon for Omaha. Will Carry Mail With Auto. Chambers Bugle: C. Elkings who has been awarded the O’Neill and Chambers mail contract, made a deal last week in which he become owner of the W. O. Jarman touring car, while W. O. has taken to driving mules and instead of the electric horn when he comes to town you may now expect to hear G! ha! ho! Jinnie. Nebraska Notes. The Elmwood school house, 10 miles north of Holbrook, and several barns and sheds belonging to farmers in that teritory was completely destroyed by a tornado last Sunday. No lives were lost Chris Schluter, of Cleveland town ship committed suicide because of in ability to secure aid! to manage his farm. He was 57 years old and hung himself to a arfter in the barn. John Carse’s 3-year-old son, of Fos ter, was killed when a can of gasoline exploded. The boy dropped a burning match into a can and his head was completely blown off and his chest crushed. Rev. Joseph Ruesing, rector of the Church of the Assumption and rural aean of the Omaha diocese at West Point, will leave his work after hav ing been there for 30 years. The reason, given is failing health. ± Headquarters for Holt County People THE SCHLITZ HOTEL EUROPEAN With Cafes in Connection 15he PH1LBIN-MURPHY HOTEL CO. Popular Kates and Rated well with Everybody. Center of Shopping District 314-322 South 16th St. OMAHA. NEBR. Grade Stallion TEDDY! The Spotted Horse Will make the Season of 1914 at the Palace Livery Stable Old Hilliard Barn TERMS—*15 ror colt to stand and suck. If mare is sold or traded then service fee becomes due and collect able at once. Good care taken of mare, but do not assume responsibil ity for accidenls. Phone No. 108. I. N. Boggs GREATEST RIDIN6 SHOW EH* EXHIBITED INCLUOlNO ALBERT DAVENPORT, Champion Bareback Rider of the World. FRED u4 BESSIE COSTELLO. World Champion Jockey Riders. MARIE DAVENPORT, AND Mile. MINNIE SWEENEY, Acknowledged Cham pion Lady Principal Equestriennes. RALPH HOWSER, England’s Famous Jockey. *—■" .J 300-REAL CIRCUS ARTISTS-300 60-REAL FUNNY CLOWNS-60 10-ROYAL TOKIO JAPANESE-10 “BUCK DIAMOND.” THE BALL-ROOM BORSE Ross Ashcraft's High-School Horses FAMOUS WIZARETTE WIRE FAMILY TEXAS BILL’S WILD WEST INCIUOINO OKLAHOMA DAN, Champion Bucking Bronco Rider of the World. MOUNTAIN NELL, Champion Rifle Shot of the World. ORIGINAL DEADWOOD STAGE COACH. /One Hundred People In a Thrilling Spectacle “THE HANGING OF THE HORSE THIEF.” A Real. Genuine Western Story. Slonx Indians. Cossacks, I Mexican Ball Fighters, AND no Greatest Bunch of Bucking Broncos ever exhibited. K -Largest Beast that Walks—Larger than Jnmbo I - LARdEST ^ ELEPHANT ^ ON EARTH. LAROER THAN JUMBO. 10 KEEPERS TO GUARD HIM. > i i. POSITIVELY EXHIBITED WITH YANKEE ROBINSON. THE BIOQEST BRUTE THAT WALKS THE EARTH. It KEEPERS TO CHARD RIM. "Alice. The Famous Bear Girl Finest Horses Ever Exhibited THE PARADE TELLS THE STORY 101 STARTLING HEW FEATURES FOR 191. Yankee Robinson. Texas Bill. Kongo. The Largest Elephant on Barth. The World’s Greatest Bareback Riders. Including A'bert Davenport, Ered and Bessie Costello. Marie Davenport. Ml*. Sweeney, Ralph Mowscr. Ross Ashcraft's High-School Horses, Capt. Buck's Sea Hons. Panton a Zouaves, together with 300 Circus Artists. Cowboys. Cowgirls. Cossacks. Indians. Mexicans Hun / Fighters, and the Oreatest Bunch of Buck.ng Broncos ever Exhibited. f Two Shows - Circus and Wild West—f or One Admission < WILL POSITIVELY EXHIBIT RAM OR VHINC _ O’Neill, Thursday, May 21 Supported by The Best Company They Have Ever Brought to this City Will Begin Their Annual En gagement at the Opera House Three Nights Starting Monday, May II Everything New The Company Consists of U-CLEVER PEOPLE-U 5 Vaudeville Acts Cabaret Orchestra All Special Scenery Temtation prices: 26, 36 and 50 cents Seat Sale at Pixley’s