DORSEY AND O’NEILL PLAY
Chilly Weather But a Fair Game on
the Latter's Diamond.
The Dorsey ball team came in last
Sunday and entertained the locals on
the O’Neill diamond in the afternoon
and succeded in getting the long end
of a 6 to 5 score. The day was quite
cold and fast playing was almost im
possible but the game was thoroughly
enjoyed by the handful of fans pres
ent. Richter brothers were the bat
tery for the Dorsey boys and Charley
showed the effects of the many hard
games he has pitched the past month
as he did not twirl the game he is
capable of pitching. While he was
touched up for only seven hits during
the session five of them were bunched,
two in the third with a sacrifice, net
ting the locals one run and three in
the eighth with two errors, netting
the locals two runs. Three errors, a
passed ball and a hit gave the locals
their first two scores In the first inn
ing. Outside of the innings in which
the locals scored they never had a
look in. Hugh Coyne started in the
box for O’Neill and Eddie Alberts
behind the bat. Hugh got away in
the first inning in nice shape but
in the very next inning two errors
and a hit put one score across the
pan. But the third inning is where
the locals lost the game. The first
man up in this inning was out on a
high foul to the catcher. The next
up drove a high fly to right field
which the fielder dropped and the
man made second. The next up got
a hit and took first, the other taking
third. Coyne hit the next man, filling
the sacks with only one down. The
next up sent a warm one to Coyne
which he fielded nicely and instead of
sending it home to head off the man
coming from third on a forced run he
threw to first and the man scored.
The ball was thrown from first
home, but was a little wide and went
clear across the race track clearing
the bases. The next man up was
retired by being hit with a batted
ball. In the next inning a hit, a
fielder’s choice and two errors gave the
Dorsey boys two more runs, which
was the extent of their scoring. Jack
Foreman mounted the rubber in the
fifth inning and thereafter no man
suceeded in reaching second base.
During the five innings he officiated
they secured two hits, one in the
seventh and one in the eighth# He
also fanned seven men, fanning the
three Richter boys in the last inning.
It begins to look as if Jack was some
pitcher. Herb Hammond and Ben
Grady played with the Dorsey boys to
fill up, two of their men having failed
to appear, and the work of both of
them materially assisted the boys
from the north in winning the game.
Hammond connected for two nice
singles and hauled down a nice fly.
While Grady was unable to connect
safely he pulled down three flys that
put the country boys safe when
O’Neill commenced to look dangerous.
The score was as follows:
O’Neill.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0—5
Dorsey.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0—6
Batteries: O’Neill; Coyne, Fore
man and Alberts. Dorsey; Richter
and Richter. Hits: O’Neill 7; Dor
sey 6. Struck out Richter 4; Fore
man 7.
North Nebraska Conference.
The twenty-eighth annual session
of the North Nebraska Conference
will be held at Neligh, Nebr., begin
ning Wednesday, September 22d,
Bishop J. L. Nuelson, of Omaha,
presiding. Rev. T. S. Watson, pastor
of the O’Neill Methodist church,
being a member of that body, will
attend this session, which will con
tinue over one Sabbath. It is cus
tomary to hold no service in the local
church on Conference Sunday, but
this year will be an exception.
On Sunday, September 26, Miss Ur
dell Montgomery, who has done ser
vice as a missionary in China for
seven years, will occupy the pulpit of
the Methodist church both morning
and evening and will also hold a meet
ing for the ladies in the afternoon.
Those who have heard Miss Montgom
ery recommend her very highly as a
speaker and the people of O’Neill are
to be congratulated on having secured
her services for that day. The public
generally are invited to these ser
vices. ***
Methodist Church Items.
Next Sunday marks the close of our
Conference year and we should be
pleased to see every member of the
church and all of our friends at each
service of the day.
Class meeting as usual at 10 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor at 10:30 a. m.
and at 8 o’clock p. m. The subject of
our morning discourse will be, "A
Query for the Year’s End,” and in
the evening our theme wili be,
“Judges Brought to Judgment.” To
these services, as to all other services
of our church we most cordially invite
everybody.
Sunday school at the close of our
morning service, to which all are
cordially welcome to remain.
Epworth League service at 7 o’clock
Sunday evening and anticipate hav
ing another equally interesting next
Sunday. Our young friends are es
pecially invited.
The Ladies’ Aid society will meet
in the class room on Tuesday after
noon at 2 o’clock. All ladies of our
church and congregation are invited.
The Junior League service and the
Thursday evening Prayer meeting
will be omitted next week, owing to
the absence of the pastor at Confer
ence. T. S. Watson, Pastor.
Educational Notes.
By the County Superintendent.
The Holt county exhibit at the
state fair compared very favorably
with the school exhibits from other
counties in the state. On the thirty
two entries made we were awarded
sixteen honors. Three of these were
for first places and eight for second
places. The list of entries had been
carefully studied and no work was
taken but what could be entered on
some special list. All the work taken
had been selected by the judges,
Superintendent Pilger and Superin
tendent Ward, from the county work
exhibited at our meeting, June 5.
Ex-State Superintendent Jackson
was judge of the entries exhibited in
educational hall.
Next week we expect to give a com
plete list of honors won by Holt
county.
The school people of Holt county
are manifesting unusual enthusiasm
in the commencing days of their work
this year. We have eight schools em
ploying two or more teachers. Celia
A. Gorby has charge of the schools at
O’Neill, Charles A. Mohrman at At
kinson, Bessie Eaton at Stuart, Chas.
I. Hutchins at Ewing, John P. Cun
ningham at Inman, Berkley Burch at
Page, Mary Lovitt at Chambers and
Anna Neiter at Dustin.
The average length of school terms
in Holt county for the year just closed
was nearly seven months. Three
years ago the aveaage term was five
three-twentieth months. The num
ber of teachers employed during the
past year was 218. Of these twelve
had professional life certificates, nine
elementary state certificates, nine
teen first grade county certificates and
129 second grade county certificates,
forty-five third grade and four emerg
ency certificates.
The total amount of money used
for school purposes during the year
was $87,158.20. The total amount on
hand in the district treasureries as
shown by the annual reports of direct
ors for 1909 was $15,849.60. The total
amount on hand in the county treas
ury belonging to school districts,
July 1, 1909, was $26,223.34. In 1900
121 districts levied the limit, 25 mills,
in 1907 114 districts levied 25 mills and
for 1908 and 1909 104 districts levied
the limit. For the year 1908-9 the
county received from the state funds
$9,880.38.
The Live Stock Market
South Omaha, Neb., Sept.14.—Spec
ial market letter from Standard Live
Stock Comimssion Co.
Notwithstanding the increased re
ceipts of last week our cattle market
showed an Improvement in values on
all classes and this week opens up
with a very liberal run but the mar
ket is holding fully steady so far.
There seems to be a brisk active tone
to the trade and all offering are picked
up readily at good prices for their
kind. Continued heavy receipts may
break the market some by Wednesday
but it will probably be only tempor
ary if this good demand continues.
We quote:
Choice range beef.$5 00(a>*5.75
Choice corn fed beef.6.75(a) 7 70
Common to fair. 5.00(a) 6 70
Cornfed cows and heifers 5.00
Good butcher grades. 3 00(g) 3 60
Canners and cutters. 1.75(a) 2.75
Veal calves. 4.00(a) 6.50
Bulls, stags,etc. 2 50(a) 4.50
Prime feeding steers..4-50(a) 5.50
Others down to. 3.50
Stock heifers. 2.60@ 3.50
The hog run comes very light this
week with shippers paying a little
stronger prices. Bulk $7.85 to $8.00,
top $8.20.
Sheep receipts are the heaviest of 1
the season but the advance of last
week is well maintained.
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j RURAL WRITINGS 1
(.Items from the country are solicited for
this department. Mail or send them In as
early In the week as possible; items received
later than Wednesday can not b e used at all
and It is preferred that they be in not later
than Tuesday. Always send your name with
Items, that we may kuow who they are from.
Name of seuder not for publication. See that
your writing is legible, especially names and
Fdaces, leaving plenty of space between the
ines for correction. Be careful that what
you tell about actually occurred.!
■ Inman Items.
Mrs. Brewer is on the sick list this
week.
Wilbur Hancock came home from
O’Neill Sunday to spend the day.
Mrs. Grant Davis was on the sick
list last week, but is better at pres
ent.
Jesse Goree and family of Neligh
have moved to Inman where they
will make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fauquier drove over
from Bliss last week for a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. John Coleman.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry and
children of Norfolk are visiting with
Mrs Perry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Goree.
Miss Lena Fowler went up to
O’Neill Tuesday and will go from
there to Page to give her music class
their lessons.
Henry Fraka returned from Cedar
Rapids Saturday after a visit with
his son John Fraka, and also other
friends of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Hebe Asher drove
from Page Sunday to spend the day
with Mrs. Asher’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Van Avery.
Don’t forget that there will be Sun
day school every Sunday morning at
10 o’clock, preaching services at 11 a.
m. and also at 8 o’clock in the even
ing. You are cordially invited to at
tend any or all these services.
Mrs. Emeline Malone of Kansas,
who has been visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. Eb Candel of Plain
view, and with her son, Judge Malone
of O’Neill came down to Inman Sun
day where she spent a few days with
her many friends here returning to
O’Neill Tuesday.
Disney Items.
J. Fesler attended the sale at
Love’s last Saturday.
Ernest Goodrich attended the sale
at Love’s last Saturnay.
Clarence Simonson bought a fine
mare and colt at Love’s sale.
J. B. Berger is engaged in cement
ing a cellar over which he will erect a
house 16 x 26.
Colmer Simonson has had very bad
luck in his hay this year. A heavy
rain wet a bach of it the second time
last Friday night.
Berger brothers and F. A. Hatch
went to the Niobrara river after
plums last Sunday. They are said to
be very plentiful down there.
A large crowd attended the sale at
A. J. Love’s last Saturday. All the
farm machinery went cheap but the
live stock brought a good price.
The Mineola band had another wet
night last Saturday. It would seem
that the fates are against them as it
rains three Saturday nights out of
avery five this summer.
1 noticed in last week’s Frontier
that a Mr. Hartman of Staplehurst,
Seward county, Neb., was in O’Neill
one day last week. Seward county
is the place where your humble writer
spent his boyhood days, having moved
there with his folks in 1869 while he
was only a baby, from Lawerence,
Kansas, where he resided until 1884,
when he emigrated to Holt county.
Seward is the richest if not the oldest
county in the state and a comparison
with the crops that were raised here
and there this year would convince
any skeptic that old Holt is forging
ahead to first place in crop production
among the leading counties of the
state. The writer used to pass
through Staplehurst with his folks
when he went with them to. Seward,
the couny seat.
Ironsides.
Kola Items.
A. J. Mohr returned to O’Neill last
week.
Miss Lily Bruner Is home again
from West Point.
A little son came to brighten the
home of I. L. Shaw.
John Kennedy and Thomas Duffln
have contracted to put up hay on the
Monroe ranch.
Mrs. George Kline, who has been
with Mrs. Monroe the past month
returned to West Point, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of
O’Neill are visiting at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. I. L. Shaw.
The D. S. land inspectors are out
in this country looking over the land
that has been proved up on lately.
The three hay crews that have been
making hay on Miss Louise Pfunds’ <
place for the past two weeks will
finish this week.
P. J. Kennedy and family are help
ing J. B. Barnum. P. J. is helping put
up hay and Mrs. Kennedy is getting
ready good things to eat.
J. V. Howarth returned to Norfolk
last week to resume his duties ai
janitor of the high school.
FREE LANDS IN WYOMING.
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Send for booklet telling how tc
secure 320 acres of U. S. Governmenl
lands in Wyoming free of cost, anc
describing various Irrigation projects
and the most approved methods ol
scientific dry farming. Homeseekers
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Government Homesteads.
One and a half million acres of farm
ing and gaazing land will be opened
for settlement in the Cheyenne river
and Standing Rock Tndlan reserva
tions, October 4th to 23d. Registra
tion to be made at Aberdeen, and at
Pierre, the capital of the state.
Fast daily through trains via direct
lines to Pierre and Aberdeen via the
Chicago & Northwestern railway.
For full information regarding rates,
with pamphlets, telling how to secure
a homestead of 160 acres from the
Government, apply to any ticket agent
the Northwestern Line 11-3
GAMBLER’S LUCK.
The Lackey Who Changed Places With
Hie Former Master,
Some years ago a remarkable occur
rence transpired at Nice, ■which Is very
near to Monte Carlo. A notorious
habitue of the casino, who had made
his money principally there, had set
up an English vehicle, a pair of horses,
“tiger” and all, and cut quite a swell
driving in the neighborhood, says 11
lustrazlone. One day he was riding
In the environs of the town when his
servant, sitting upon the raised box
behind, who had been feeling some
what uneasy at not receiving bis
wages for some time, seeing his master
quite alone, ventured to ask him
through the back window if he would
not make it convenient to pay him.
The master was In a good humor and
asked:
"How much Is 1L La Fleur?”
"One hundred and twenty-five llvres,
may it please you, monsieur.”
"Very well; here it is,” said the
master, spreading the sum in paper
currency upon the seat of the vehicle.
“Now. La Fleur, have you a pack of
cards with you?”
“Certainly,” answered the obsequious
lackey. “1 always carry them, mon
sieur,” producing the cards at once.
“That Is well. Now, I will be bank
er, and yotf shall play against me. I
will take the front seat the back one
shall serve for our table, and you can
look through this back window.”
The lackey assented to this, amused
at his master’s condescension. Luck
was rather on the master’s side, but
both men became quite eager In the
game, thinking of that, and that onlyf
Little by little the footman’s money
went until all that was left of his
wages was 5 llvres. He began to feel
anxious, when suddenly bis luck
turned, and he won the whole sum
back, with every sou his master had
about him.
Piqued at his loss, the master wa
gered a horse, which the lackey won;
then its mate, next the harness and
lastly the carriage Itself. Luck ran
all one way, and the servant. La Fleur,
won everything. The master took out
his watch and put it down against a
given sum. The cards were shuffled,
and the lackey won.
“I have nothing more. La Fleur. You
have cleaned me out,” said the half
desperate gambler.
The servant was In high spirits at
his strange run of luck.
“Here are a hundred livres, monsieur.
I will stake them against your posi
tion. If you win they are yours. If
you lose we change seats.”
“Agreed!”
The cards were shuffled. La Fleur
won, and the vehicle returned to Nice
with its former master occupying the
servant’s box behind and La Fleur sit
ting inside!
The Last Speaker of Cornish.
In the little village of St. Paul, near
Penzance, there is a monument erected
to the memory of Doll, or Dolly, Pent
reath, who attained the age of 102
and was the last woman who spoke
the Cornish tongue. This is the in
scription: “Here lieth Interred Dorothy
Pentreath. who died in 1777. said to
have been the last person who con
versed in the ancient Cornish, the pe
culiar language of this country from
the earliest times till it expired in
the eighteenth century in this parish
of St. Paul. This stone is erected by
the Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, in
union with the Bev. John Garnett,
vicar of SL Paul, June, 18(50. ‘Honor
thy father and thy mother that thy
days may be long upon the land which
the Lord thy God glveth thee’ (Exodus
xx, 12).”—London News.
The Youngster Hushed.
When the great French chemist Che
vreul attained his hundredth birthday
he was entertained at a public dinner,
at which his son, a high official in the
department of justice, sixty-seven years
old, was also present The old man
made a speech and in telling an anec
dote made a slight slip, which his son
corrected. Old Chevreul turned around
quickly and said in a sharp tone,
“Hush, youngster, when I am talking.”
4nd the “youngster” held his tongue.
1 A SNAKE STORY."
The Yarn That Wat Spun by a Trav
eler In Australia.
An Australian traveler says that ha
was one day walking In the thick
scrub, collecting specimens, when he
came upon a large light brown snake,
a species of python, coiled upon the
ground.
He was by for the finest one he had
ever seen at large. He was probably
ten or twelve feet long and as thick
as n ninn’s leg at the knee.
He looked savage enough to devour a
man, and at first the collector felt half
inclined to run away.
He recovered himself, however, and
was on the point of shooting the ser
pent with a charge of dust shot in
order to carry home his skin when it
occurred to him that he would be
worth five times as much ir he were
taken alive.
“1 had,” he says, “a leather strap
with a buckle in my game bag, and
with this l determined to noose the
snake.
"I started toward him, but when I
came near he partly uncoiled, opened
Ills mouth very wide, thereby disclos
ing his sharp teeth, and. hissing spite
fully. struck at me. I dodged behind
a small tree and. leaning out as far
ns I dared, tried several times to
noose him.
“After I had teased him for some
time he suddenly started off at full
speed. I caught my gun and by dint
of hard running through the thick
scrub managed to head him off. He
colled, and again I tried the noose, but
he put his head under his coils In a
very sulky manner. I reached out from
my shelter behind a tree and caught
him by the tall, but he pulled away
with great force and glided off again.
"This time he took refuge under a
fallen tree and before I could head
him off was gliding down the bole of
some wild animal.
“I reached the spot just as the last
two or three feet of his body were
disappearing, and, seizing his tall with
both hands, I bung on desperately.
With my feet braced against a limb
of the tree I pulled till the tail cracked
and snapped as if it would break asun
der. Sometimes he pulled me to with
in a few Inches of the hole, and then
I would brace myself against the limb
and drag him halfway out
"At last I grew so tired that I bad
to let go my hold, and with many re
grets I saw the last few inches of the
tail disappear beneath the earth.”
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THE DUTCH KITCHEN.
Largast Room In the House and Haa a
Bed In the Corner.
Holland, of all countries, is a memo
rial to the unceasing labor of man’s
hands. It exists not because the sea.
higher than its green stretches, suffers
it to, but because mnn by the labor of
his hands and of his brain has kept
the water back. The Dutch people
have not only earned their land—they
have made It.
‘‘When have they found time to do
it all?” you ask yourself. Hut you are
to know more of the work which in
Holland never ceases. Of the work
which goes on within those houses you
know nothing until at Delft you make
your first acquaintance with a Dutch
kitchen.
The kitchen is properly a large room
ns compared with the other rooms in
the bouse, for ft is the gathering place
nt all times for the family. The table
is round and stands not quite in the
center of the room, but so that the
mistress, sitting at one side, can reach
her hand out to the stove without ris
ing.
In one corner of the kitchen is such
a bed as you have never seen before.
The stiffly starched white muslin cur
tains make It look like a blind window,
but the grandson pulls the curtains
back, and In the recess formed by the
closet on one side and the corner of
the room on the other you see the
place where your hostess sleeps. There
are a high feather bed and many cover
ings.
The stove is a brick one. set in a
deep old fireplace. The old mantel is
piled with brass vessels, which the
*!d woman uses as though they were
common tin. On one side Is a china
statue of the Virgin. On the other side
under a glass globe is a waxen statue
of Queen Wllhelmina in her wedding
gown.—New Idea Magazine.
The Oldest.
Three old sports were chatting after
a copious dinner, when one of them
said, "I bet $5 my name Is the oldest.’’
The bet was Immediately accepted,
and he produced bis card, reading “Mr.
Abel."
“Oh. dear $5!" said the second, show
lng his card. “I am Mr. Adam.”
“Mine Is the bet.” replied the other,
producing bis card, and they could
read “Mr. B. Ginning” printed on it.—
Judge's Library.
A Bright Boy.
“Now, Tommy," said the teacher,
“you may give me an example of coin
cidence."
“Why—er,” said Tommy, with some
hesitation—"why—er—why, me fadder
and me mudder was both married on
de same day.’’—Harper’s Weekly.
Shrewd Girl.
Ella—Bella Is an economical girl.
Stella—There is no doubt about that.
She is engaged to a clergyman, and
he says that she asked him If be
couldn’t perform the marriage cere
mony and save the wedding fee.—New
York Press.
National Pride.
Sleepy Silas—I see dis paper says
England and Wales have 750,000 pau
pers. Weury Watkins— Dat’s Just like
de English, alius blowin’ about some
thin’:—Yonkers Statesman.
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The Red Sea.
Id the Red sea reefs of bright pink
coral are clearly to be seen. Much of
the rocky bed of this sea is the work
of the coral Insect. But probably the
true reason for the name of the Red
sea is because along its eastern shore
lies ancient Edom. This word signifies
"red." It was given to the region not
from the color of its sandstone hills,
but from its people. These are the
descendants of him who came in faint
and weary from hunting and said to
his brother. “Feed tne, I pray thee,
with that same red pottage, for I am
faint;” therefore was his name called
Edom.
Only a Man.
Little Muriel flew Into the house
flushed and breathless.
“Oh. mother,” she cried, “don’t scold
me for being late to tea, for I’ve bad
such a disappointment: A horse fell
down, and they said that they were
going to send for a horse doctor, so of
course I had to stay. And after I’d
waited and waited he came, and. oh,
mother, what do you think? It wasn’t
a horse doctor at all. It was only a
man I’’—Everybody’s Magazine.
A Concise Explanation.
“How does that man always manage
to appear as the leader of you people?”
“I suppose,” answered Farmer Com
tossel, “that It’s simply because he's
smart enough to get ahead of us.”—
Washington Star.
Dr. e. T. Wilson
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
(Late of the U. S. Army)
Successor to Dr. Trueblood. Surgery
and Diseases of women.
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Speetaelee correctly fitted and Supplied.
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DR. J. P. GILLI6AN
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention given to
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