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Fresh and Cured Meats, Pure Horn*
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John Miskimins
Naylor Block Phone 150
Dr. E. T. Wilson
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
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Spectacles correctly fitted and Supplied
Office and Residence—Rooms No. 1,
and 3, Naylor Block
O’NEILL, NEB.
FRED L. BARCLAY
8TUART, 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.
DR. J. P. GILLIGAN
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention give to
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND
/ CORRECT FITTING OF
GLASSES
DR. P. J. FLYNN
Physician and Surgeon
Night Calls will be Promptly Attended
Office: First door to right over Pix
ley’s drug store. Residence phone 96.
DR. JAMES H. HALE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Naylor Building :-: O’Neill, Neb.
Office Hours: 9-12 A. M., 2-5 P. M.
Phone 262.
To our Patrons and Prospective
Patrons:
THE SCHUTZ HOTEL
is not closed, nor will it be for
some time to come.
The same Splendid Service, at
Popular Rates, will be maintained
in the future as in the past.
P. H. PHILBIN, President.
314-322 South 16th St.
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W. K. HODGKIN
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Reference: O’Neill National Bank.
O’Neill, :: :: :: Neb.
Title Abstractors
Office in First National Bank Bldg
WELSH ©RAIN CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Solicits your consignments of Hay.
Prompt returns our Motto.
Brandeis Big. - - Omaha, Neb.
“MONEY”
The mint makes it and under the terms
of the CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE
COMPANY you can secure it at 6 per
for any legal purpose on ap
pi. red real estate. Terms easy, tell
us your wants and we will co-operate
with you.
PETTY & COMPANY
513 Denham Building Denver. Colo.
Old Settlers Picnic.
The Old Settlers Picnic will be helc
at Stein’s Grove, sixteen miles north
of O’Neill, on Thursday, August 19th
All concessions will be let to th«
highest bidder and bids to be in tht
hands of the committee on or before
July 24th.
R. D. Spindler, Meek,
D. Harrison, Black Bird,
J. C. Stein, Meek,
Committee.
This Little Old World.
You c’n talk about pearly gates
about them streets of gold, and then
there mansions in the sky which some
day we’ll behold; the walls may be od
jasper made, the mansions fair to see;
but this here little world, 1 guess, is
good enough for me. You c’n tali
about your golden harps} of songs
seraphim that fly the clouds among;
the streams with honeyed milk maj
flow—on that point I’ll agree—but
this here little world, I guess, is good
enough for me. It may be full oi
trouble—well, one can’t have every
thing; an’ every morning must its
share of joy an’ sorrow bring; it ain’t
a puffick world, I guess, nor never like
to be; but this here little old world jes'
is good enough for me.
Take the Temperature.
The man who has not the time to
take the temperatures and vaccinate
accordingly has no busines vaccinna
ting hogs. Without taking this pre
caution, the operator is working in the
dark. Failure to take temperatures
in infected herds and to give an increa
ed dose of serum has been the cause of
bringing the whole serum treatment
into disrepute in certain communities.
All pigs vaccinated showing a high
temperature should be marked either
by placing a nose ring in one ear or
cutting across the hair with a pair of
shears. If the cut is made of good
length and always in the same place,
those pigs can easily be picked out.
For accurate information this is im
portant.—Department of Animal Path
ology, University of Nebraska.
Sounds Old Slogan.
As the threshing season advances,
the College of Agriculture again sound
the old, but ever important, slogan of
saving the straw stacks. The Depart
ment of Agronomy of this institution
says that the crying need of Nebraska
soils as a whole is more organic mat
ter. This can be supplied at home
with the adoption of proper farm
practices. A straw pile from a 20
acre field, for instance, is worth from
$50 to $75, or $2.50 a ton, in nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, and potash telone.
When the straw pile is burned, only
3 per cent of the former value is re
tained.
The means of disposing of straw
varies. On a Nuckols county farm
during the seasons of 1911 and 1912
the wheat straw from a 40-acre field
for two years was distributed by hand
on a windy day on a 20-acre plot.
The adjoining 20-acre plot was left
without straw. The yield of wheat
during 1913 on the plot to which the
straw had been applied was 26 bushels,
and on the other plot 7 bushels.
Late Corn Cultivation.
Some farmers claim to have increase
ed their yield of corn very greatly
by late cultivation between the rows.
It may be that under certain condi
tions late cultivations may be of value.
For instance, if the ground packs and
runs together during a heavy, dash
ing rain; if later this ground comes
up to weeds, crusts badly, and be
comes filled with cracks, there is reas
on to think that cultivation would
have been or some value. Under
such circumstances, however;, culti
vation must be given early enough
after the rain to prevent the field
getting into this condition. Attempt
ing to cultivate a field, once it has
reached this condition, seems to do
more harm than good. On the other
hand the repeated stirring of soil
which is already dry, weed-free, and
loose on top would seem to be useless.
Unfortuately such few experiments
as have been carried on thus far
have not proved that late cultivation
is beneficial.—Junior corn bulletin,
College of Agriculture.
Reform In 1999.
(As reported by The Star Gazer in
The Future Age.)
As the verdict was pronounced and
the prisoner led from the court-room,
escorted by the sheriff and a cordon
of police, the long-suppressed feelings
of the crowd broke loose. Fearing the
mob spirit and a display of violence,
the mayor took immediate steps to
curb the passions of the angered multi
tude. The soda-water fountains were
closed, as were also the pop stands and
lemonade dives. The licenses of two
near-beer resort’s were revoked, and
the proprietors were warned not to
permit the sale even of buttermilk.
Dance halls and other public places
where ginger ale is sold received
notices to close down within an hour.
Investigators were sent out to the
hotels and cafes to determine whether
grape juice or other beverages were
being served. Prosecutions were
threatened in case any proprietors
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Charles A. Calkins
were detected in a violation of law.
The Dry Town committee had its own
investigators scattered throughout the
lemonhde district, and announced that
it would attempt to make this the be
ginning of a crusade for the per
manent suppression of all drinks.
Thousands of citizens during the day
crossed the bridge into the next state
where pop resort keepers transacted a
land-office business.
Baseball In 1895.
Remember how the festive scribe
used to write about the baseball games
back in 1895? Maybe you’ll have to
get a translator, but here’s the way it
went: The glass-arm toy soldiers of
this town were fed to the pigs yester
day by the cadaverous Indian grave
robbers. The flabby one-legged Reu
bens who represent the Red City in
the reckless rush for the pennant, had
their skins toasted by the basilisk
eyed drivers from the West. They
stood arond with gaping eye-balls, like
a hen on a hot nail, and suffered the
visiting grizzly yaps to run bases
until their necks were long with
thirst. Hickey had more errors than
“Coin’s Financial School,” and led the
rheumatic procession to the morgue.
The home boys were full of straw and
scrapiron. They couldn’t hit a brick
wagon with a pick-axe, and ran bases
like pallbearers at a funeral. If 3
base hits were growing on thp back of
every man’s neck, they couldn’t reach
’em with a feather duster. It looked
as if the Amalgated Union of South
American Hoodoos was in session for
work in the thirty-third degree. The
geezers stood about and whistled for
help, and were so weak they couldn’t
lift a glass of beer if it had been all
foam. Everything was yellow, rocky
and whangbasted like stig tossed full
of doodlegammon. The game was
whiskered and frost-bitten. The Hogs
were bad enough, but the Sox had
their fins sewed up until they couldn’t
hold a crazy quilt unless it was tied
around their necks. Roast the scarey
eyed crocodiles, anyhow!
Inman Items.
Miss Rena Gannon visited with Miss
Mayme Stein at Meek a few days last
week.
J. E. Candee and nephew, Lawrence
Malone, went to Alton, Kansas, last
Thursday to visit relatives, also to
drive Mr. Candee’s car back.
Miss Lucy Judd went to Tilden
Thursday to see her brother Clarence,
who was in the hospital at that place.
Miss Barbara Souviener came home
from Battle Creek Thursday, where
she had been visiting the past week.
Mrs. Deville Butler and children of
Ewing were guests at the Candee
home last week Miss Fannie Warner
and Miss Alice Bain of O’Neill were
the guests of Miss Dorothy Wilcox
last Sunday.
Dr. Campbell of Tilden was in In
man last Thursday on business.
J. P. Cunningham of Basset was in
Inman Wednesday visiting his sister,
Mrs. E. C. Sharp.
Lark Davis, who was visiting his
brother-in-law, Myron Lewis and
family at Pearson, Iowa, was accident
ly drowned last Sunday while swim
ming. The body was brought here
YOU go just where
you drive —
straight, sure, in all
weathers—when
you equip with
United States
“Chain Tread” Tires
—the famous, popular
priced, long-mileage,
anti-skid tires.
Ask us the price of the size
you use—and let us show
you why "Chain Treads”
are real economy tires.
WARNER & SON
O’Neill, Nebraska
Tuesday afternoon and the funeral
was held Wednesday morning.. Lark
Henry was the eldest son of Mrs and
Mrs. George Davis of Inman township.
At the time of his death he was
25 years, six months and twenty-one
days old. He was born at Franklin,
Franklin county, Nebraska, in 1889
and resided there a short time, then
came with his parents to Holt county
where he resided up to the time of
his death. He was a young man of
quiet disposition and exemplary habits
and was loved by all. He leaves to
mourn his untimely death his father,
mother, three sisters and seven
brothers, and a host of other rela
tives and friends. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of all who
know them.
WITH THE JOKERS.
Seven Charges.
“The good business man turns
everything—weather, war, chrops—
to practical use in his business.”
The speaker was George W. Perkins,
the millionaire of New York. He con
tinued:
“Just as the clever girl turns every
thing to practical use toward getting
settled in life, you know.
“I said the other day to a gir:
“ ‘Well, have you learned to -swim
yet this summer?’
“‘Oh, yes,’ she answered; ‘seven
times.’ ”—New York Globe.
Reassured.
“Say, looky yur!” snarled Sand
storm Smith, widely known Oklaho
man, emerging from the elevator in
a Kansas City hotel five minutes after
he had apparently retired to his room
for the night. “Who in blazes is that
cuss in the next room to mine?”
“A guest who was in an automobile
accident this afternoon,” replied the
clerk. “The gasoline caught fire and
burned him pretty badly. I am sorry
his groans disturbed you, but-”
“Aw, that’s all right I thought it
was one of them infernal cabaret per
formers practicing on an accordian.”
Yankee Fodder.
Christian Herald: Senator Hoar
used to tell with glee of a southerner
just home from New England who
said to his friend: “You know those
ittle white, round beans?”
“Yes,” replied the friend,” the kind
we feed to our horses?”
“The very same. Well, do you
know, sir, that in Boston the enlight
ened citizens take those little, white,
round beans, boil them for three or
four hours, mix them with molasses
and I know not what other ingredients,
bake them, and then—what do you
suppose they do with the beans?”
“They—”
“They eat 'em, sir,” interrupted the
first southerner impressively, “bless
me, sir, they eat 'em!"
Quick Wit Saves Him.
Chicago Herald: A minister in a
local church, known for his absent
mindedness by the members of his
»wn family, but not to his congre
gation, saved himself from complete
exposure at a recent service by his
juick wit.
He had studied his sermon care
fully, but had neglected to make any
notations of the number of the chap
ter and verse from which the text
was taken. In the pulpit he announ
ced the text and then stopped short
while the congregation waited to hear
from what place in the Bible it was
;aken.
As he noticed the absence of notes
to this fact he quickly announced,
‘I’m going to give you a week to find
from what chapter and verse this
phrase was taken.” So the exposure
was averted.
Benefited by Chamberlain’s Linament.
“Last winter I used Chamberlain’s
Linament for rheumatic pains, stiffness
»nd soreness of the knees, and can
lonscientiously say that I never used
inything that did me so much good.”
—Edward Craft, Elba, N. Y. Ob
tainable everywhere.
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many an O’Neill Household Will Find
Them So.
To have the pains and aches of a
aad back removed—to be entirely free
from annoying, dangerous urinous dis
arders, is enough to make any kidney
sufferer grateful. The following ad
vice of one who has suffered will
prove comforting words to hundreds
af O’Neill readers.
J. J. Lingel, farmer, Page, Neb.,
says: “I had a lot of trouble from
aackache and an almost constant sore
ness just over my kidneys. If I took
:old, the pain got very severe and left
me so lapne for a few days that I
:ouldn’t work. I tried several medi
:ines but with no benefit. Finally, I
used Doan’s Kidney Pills and they
jured me.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
:ured Mr. Lingel. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Cyrus Delano, an American, went to
Italy when he was twenty years old
and was so delighted with the coun
try, the climate, the historical associ
ations, that he found it hard to get
away. Finally he settled in Rome and
became a foreign resident of that In
teresting city. Several years passed,
during which Delano became intimate
with many Italian citizens of promi
nence and was Invited to social func
tions in the royal circle. On several
occasions he met the king, who seem
ed to take a great fancy to him.
Then like a bolt from heaven came
the great European war. Italy found
herself in a very equivocal position.
A member of the triple alliance with
Germany and Austria, u bitter hatred
existing on the part of Italians against
the Austrians, unprepared to enter the
fray on either side, the government
was in a quandary. Nevertheless the
sympathies of both the government
and the people were strongly in favor
of the allies.
One day when Cyrus Delano was
walking Idly down the Via Natlonnle.
watching the knots of people discuss
ing the advance of the German troops
Into Belgium, he felt a tap ou his
shoulder. Turning, he saw a gentle
man he did not remember to have seen
before, who said to him:
"Signor Delano, will you please ac
company me. The minister of foreign
affairs wishes to speak to you.”
Wondering what In the world so dis
tinguished a functionary wished with
him, Delano accompanied the man to
the foreign office and without any de
lay whatever was ushered into the
office of the secretary. There was an
other person present whom Delano
recognized ns the French ambassador.
The former asked the American to be
seated and then began to interrogate
him. When he had finished the ques
tions he said:
“Mr. Delano, this is the ambassador
from France. He desires to send a
very important message to his govern
ment at Paris. In this I am equally
Interested on behalf of the Italian gov
ernment. We are beset by spies. If
we send an Italian or a Frenchman he
is liable to be waylaid by secret emis
saries of the members of the triple al
liance. An American will have a far
better chance to get through with the
message than one of a different nation
ality. Besides, you Americans are fer
tile in expedients. Indeed, you are a
very bright people.”
Delano, though he had no preference
for either side, was quite pleased with
the idea of such a service and at hav
ing been chosen for it He accepted
the mission and was told that the dis
patch would be sent to him the same
afternoon and it was desirable that he
depart at the earliest possible moment
afterward.
“However," said the secretary, “we
have decided to Intrust you with a
knowledge of what the message con
tains. If you are waylaid and robbed
of the document you can in that case
proceed and deliver your message
orally. We shall send a person
knowm to be in our confidence to con
firm what you say. What we desire to
Impart to the French government is
this: As members of the triple alliance
we are expected to threnten France in
the south while she Is attacked in the
north. All the French troops will be
needed on the northern border. We
are sending word by you that we have
no intention whatever of attacking
France. For the present at least we
shall remain neutrnl.”
“I confess, your excellency,” said De
lano. “that I feel highly flattered at
having been chosen to carry a message
of such vital importance.”
Delano was then furnished with
funds for his journey and given In
structions as to the different routes he
might pursue. Then he took his de
parture and began preparations for his
journey.
The shortest route from Rome to
French territory Is by wny of Genoa.
Therefore If spies were on Delano’s
track they would naturally expect him
to proceed by this route. It was there
fore decided that he should go by
Switzerland, passing through Lucerne,
Berne and Neuchatel.
linking received the dispatch, which
was written in as small compass as
passible, Delano called a cab and was
driven to the railway station. Walk
ing back and forth on the platform
was a lady whom he had met at func
tions at the Qulrlnal palace, Mme.
Tatiani, a Greek, who he had un
derstood was distantly related to the
queen of that country. The lady on
seeing Delano smiled graciously, though
he did not remember to have been pre
sented to her.
“Oh. Signor Delano! Are you going
on the train? Yes? I am so glad. I
dislike traveling very much and shall
be glad of your company."
Delano said that he was going to
Switzerland, since he could no longer
stand the midsummer weather of
Rome. He expressed himself pleased
In words at the lady’s company, but
his brows were knit, for he had been
assured that he could trust no one. and
the most effective spies were women
of high degree. However, resolving
to be on his guard, he made the best
of what he considered a misfortune
and at Mine. Tatiani’s Invitation took
a seat In a compartment that she bad
engaged for her own exclusive use.
The lady was a woman verging on
thirty and had been very beautiful.
That beauty had but little faded, and
her mental attractiveness was at Its
best. Delano soon became aware that
she was endeavoring to fascinate him. ,
She adored Americans, pronounced
them a marvelous people, and the ab
sence of European conventionality In
them gave them a freshness that other
people did not have. Her eyes were
very expressive, and she kept them
constantly fixed on Delano’s.
At 10 o’clock Delano left the lady’s
compartment after she had exacted a
promise from him to see her the next
morning. He was Intending to give
her the slip at Lucerne and tried to do
so, but when he was hurrying away to
a train for Berne a man stepped up
to him and informed him that a lady
wished to speak to him. Resigning
himself to another meeting with his
fair companion of the evening before,
he followed the man to the waiting ,
room, where he found her.
“Ah, Mr. Delano,” she exclaimed,
with a reproachful look, “were you go
ing to desert me? Did I not tell you
that I was going on the same route as
yourself? What have I done that you
should treat me so?” The last words
were spoken with a tinge of sadness
and a look from her beautiful eyes that
would have conquered almost any man.
Delano was certainly affected by her
apparent preference for him, and had
he trusted any one he certainly would
have trusted her. He would have re
signed himself to travel further with
her without reluctance had he not been
sensible of the great Importance of the
message he bore.
On reaching Berne the lady begged
him to see that her trunks were put ou
the train for Neuchatel, which did not
leave for an hour. Delano went off to
look for the trunks and was directed
from one railway official to another till
be was in a far distant part of the sta
tion. Suddenly he saw a man coming
hurriedly toward him and two others
from another direction. They closed in
on him and were dragging him to an
exit when they were In turn attacked
by several others.
Delano, whose brain worked very
quickly, saw at a glance what this all
meant The Greek was an agent of
others and bad sent him after her
trunks to get him where he could be
attacked by agents of the secret serv
ice with a view to robbing him of his
dispatch. What be did not know was
that the Italian government had sent
men to follow him and be ready to as
sist him should he be interfered with.
He supposed those who had come to
his rescue were persons who had seen
a stranger attacked and considered It
their duty to help him.
The rescuers were all powerful men
and soon drove off the assailants.
Then one of them picked up Delano’s
hat that had been knocked off In the
fray and offered it to him. The others
disappeared In different directions.
Then the one who was left said to him
In a whisper:
“Follow me."
Leaving the station, the man struck
into the town and after turning In dif
ferent directions went into a wineshop.
Delano followed him and was told by
him that he was an officer of the Ital
ian carabineers, or national police. He
and half a dozen men In plain clothes
had been sent by the government to
shadow and protect him.
“There is another train tonight,’* ha
said to Delano, “which we will board
at the first station west of Berne. My
men will meet us there.. Any one ot
us Been to get on the train here would
give us away. I do not expect to avoid
them, but it is possible by the plan I
propose to do so.”
“But how,” asked Delano, “did they
get word of my coming on my mis
sion?"
“Spies—spies everywhere. They are
among the clerks even of the govern
ment offices. Doubtless your visit to
the foreign office was reported immedi
ately.”
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where they were till dark. Then the
latter sent out for a cab, and, entering
it with their hats drawn down over
their faces, they were driven some ten
miles to a station, where they boarded
a train. The other members of the
party got on at different points, and
Delano was informed, that there were
In all a dozen men, stout and well arm
ed. All were In citizens’ dress and
many of them disguised.
Evidently the arrangements made
for Delano’s protection were far more
perfect than those of the other side,
for, though the officer in command of
the carabineers pointed out various
persons who were secretly watching to
take him, they were not in sufficient
force to do so. However, on changing
trains at Neuchatel they made one last
effort Delano was walking through
the crowded station when some one
cried out:
“A spy!”
Immediately there was a rush for
him by many persons. But the cara
bineers, who came from all directions,
formed a circle about him, and some
with their fists and others with their
canes repelled the crowd till the police
began to arrive, when the ringleaders
vanished and the rest dispersed. Then
Delano, guarded by the Italian chief,
entered the train and was whirled
away to Paris.
When the messenger was driven to
the president’s residence and sent in
word that be was the bearer of dis
patches from the Italian government
he was admitted Immediately.
“This.” said the president, “is the
most important announcement 70a
could have brought”
