——:—-i,.... .j. ___■■ — ROYAL BAKING I WDER Abaoiuit re MAKES HOME liM EASY :c es fs i ty y y. I ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Automobiles. Having secured the 1911 contract for the sale of Ford Automobiles I will aim to carry a full line of supplies. You will always find me ready to dem onstrate the Ford and to show you every detail of its construction. Write me or call for any information desired. 31-tf Walter Wyant, O’Neill, Neb. POLTON No. 46941 Progressive Farmers and Lovers of Good Horses: I call your attention to the black Imported Stalliom POLTON No. 47941, imported by Frank lams of St Paut, Nebraska. Polton is the most perfect type of the Percheon horse ever seen in Holt county. He was foaled May 1, 1902, and weighs 1300 pounds. He will make the season of 1911 as follows: Monday’s at Andrew Schmidt’s. Tuesdiy’s at J. R. Thomas’. Wednesday's at Charles Wrede Sr. Thursday’s and Friday’s Mike Hull's. Saturdays at the old Bowden farm half mile south and quarter west of Agee. JOHN L. QUIC M. O. McManus, Manager. 5 An Awful Drouth at Orleans. The town of Orleans went dry by just eight votes dnd according to a report by the Chronicle at that place it is awful dry? in fact it is so dry, says the Chronicle that the wagons are going around with their tongues banging out. Ice has to be soaked in water over night before it is wet enough to make lemonade. The cat fish kick up so much dust in the bed of the stream that the river has to be sprinkled before j oa can go fishing. A spark from a locomotive set fire to a pond and burned up a lot of bull frbgs before the blaze could be extinguished and the ground is so dry and bard that crawfish holes in the low places are being pulled up and shipped out for gas pipes. __ _ District Court. District court,convened in this city last Monday with Judge Harrington oh the bench, and T. J. Coyne and Arthur Barrett officiating as bailiffs. The jury reported Monday and the contest over the will of Prank J. Reckner , deceased, was taken up and will probably occupy the attention of the court the balance of the week Reckner was a resident of Atkinson and died last fall. He left property valued at about $8,000 and left a will which left about $3,500 to various lodges and churches at Atkinson, the balance of his property he left to a cousin. A couple of aunts of the de ceased contested the will on the grounds that be was of unsound mind and not responsible for bis aots when the will was drawn, and they contest ed probate thereof. The case was tried before Judge Malone in the coun ty court and the probate of the will denied. The case in district courtis an appeal from the county court filed by the administrator of the estate. No. 21448. Lyon is a French Draft Stallion and will be 3 years old the 28th of August; weight about 1700 pounds thin; bred and raised by North & Robinson, Grand Island, Neb. Sire: Majestic 19191. Dam: Annie N. 18355. Lyon will make the season as follows: Monday and Tuesday at E. A. Graham’s farm, 6 miles north west of O’Neill. Wednesday and Thursday fit the John Hickey farm. Friday and Saturday at Hill ard’s barn in O’Neill. Terms: $15 to insure colt to stand and suck; $12.50 to insure mare with foal; $10 for single service. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but should any occur we will not be responsible. In case mare is removed from the county service fee becomes due at once. HICKEY & CARNEY __Owners. ■ - . . ' - CONVENTIONS IN MUSIC. Rules Which Song Composers Seem to Feel They Must Follow, Why is it that all our musicians in writing a nautical song invariably use a portion of the best known hornpipe as the introduction, "vamp.” or coun ter-melody? Why do the open fifth* in the bass always appear In rustle songs? Because it can’t be helped, it seems. Our popular Irish songs al ways have a bar or two of a well known old Irish melody or a drone bass, otherwise they wouldn’t be Irish. The exhausted old Turkey and his partner, the straw, come to the rescue of every “rube” song or dance that Is perpetrated, and our natloual uirs must run all through the accompani ment of patriotic songs to give them "flavor." Because all of these things are “set” they are conventions. Why must ev ery song end on the tonic note, with the preceding tone either the second or seventh of the scale, unless we ex cept the detestable third or the hollow fifth? Because our audiences expect it. Should one of your composers In a moment of bravery or recklessness produce a score in which he disregard ed these many conventions his first night hearers would go away remark ing that the music was crazy. They do not realize that they expect to bear the same old thing, served up a trifle differently, of course, but still the same.—From Where Have I Heard That Tune Before?” in Metropolitan Magazine. TELESCOPE_LENSES. Th* Small Glaaa Magnifies the Picture Made by the Large One. People sometimes wonder why a tele scope has two glasses, one at the big end and one at the little end, and they want to know the difference. The glass at the big end Is to gather light. It Is simply a big eye. If It is a hundred times bigger than the eye In your head it will gather a hundred times more light. It gathers the rays of light com ing from a star and bends them all into a common meeting point called a fo cus. which Is a picture of the star. You can look at this picture of the star with your naked eye If you like. But you can see It better and examine It more closely if you look at it with a small magnifying glass. And this is the glass at the small end of the tele scope. It magnifies the picture made by the big glass at the other end of the instrument All telescopes are buijt on this principle. Sir William Herachel was the first to arrange matters a*lit tle differently. He took away the glass from the big end and admitted the rays coming straight into the tube In parallel lines. Then at the bottom of the big tube he placed a bright con cave mirror made of burnished metal. When the entering rays fell upon fhls mirror they were again bent to a poigt^ called a focus, which was the' picture of the star. To look at this picture he had to place the little magnifying glass at the side of the tube becnuse the mirror had stopped up its lower end. —Louisville Courier-Journal. Somettfng Blind. In one of the crowded streets of New York a beggur was In the habit of taking his stand every day and ap pealing to the charity of the passers by. By means of a short string he held a dog. around the neck of which a card was fastened with the words, “I Am Blind.” A very kind old gen tleman. who bad been in the habit of dropping a penny into the beggar’s hat, passed rapidly one morning with out doing so. Instantly the beggar rushed after him and asked for tbe penny to be given, as usual. Tbe gen tleman. turning in surprise, said: “Why. I thought you were blind?" “Oh. no. sir!" was tbe cool reply. “It is tbe dog that is blind, as the card says." Why a Horae Rolls. Horses are fond of rolling on the ground, and no animal more thorough ly shakes itself than they do. After a roll they give themselves a shake or two to remove anything adhering to the coat The habit is of much service to horses living in open plains. On being turned loose at the end of a Journey an Arab horse rolls In the sand, which acts as blotting paper, absorbing exudations from the body. A shake removes the sand; and the coat soon dries. Cavalrymen in hot, climates sometimes put sand on their horses as the simplest and quickest way of drying them.—Selborne Maga zine. * - Untainted. Tempted by.*n offer of considerably more than the property had cost him. Mr. Kreezus. who counted his wealth In millions, had parted with his subur ban villa. •‘You didn’t need the money,” said bis disgusted business partner, who bad just beard of the transaction,; “yet for a little filthy lucre you sold that beautiful home.” “I didn’t!” exclaimed the equally in dignant Mr. Kreezus. “I sold it for clean cash!”—Youth’s Companion. Bell Tones. The peculiar magic in the tones of a bell is due to its striking not a sin gle note, but a chord, and to obtain the perfect octave entails an Immense amount of calculation as well as'skill. Thp bell caster, therefore, has to be not a mere mechanic, but a highly trained specialist. Regular Turn. "What? You’re engaged to Mr. Brown? Then you won’t marry Mr. Jones, after all!” "No. not after all, but perhaps after Mr. Brown.”—Milwaukee News. \MRiSb HIS VIEWS. A Broad Minded Candidate and a Pa tient Constituent. Farmer Gordon was engaged for a fortnight to drive a political candidate about the county in bis buggy. They traveled by day, each town being a stage, and the politician spoke every evening. The man was honest and well mean ing. but careful local partisans had tried the temper of each community in advance and reported to him with suggestions. So it happened that from his extreme anxiety to please his ex pressed conviction on the issue varied considerably from time to time. "Well, Mr. Gordon,” said the candi date one day at the beginning of the second week, "how do you stand on the election? How are you going to vote?" The farmer was silent, thinking. “I really don’t know.’’ he said. "I can tell better, maybe, at the close of our engagement.” “Can’t make up your mind yet? You’ve heard all of my speeches.” “Yes. and I like you personally, and I’m hoping to get to vote for you. Don’t worry—at least, not yet"’ “Not yet! Why do you say that?” asked the puzzled candidate. “Well, you’ve had several points of view, and I'm Just waiting and! think ing maybe before the end of the week you’ll get round to mine too.”—Youth’s Companion. MISSED THE KANGAROO. -1 The Hunter Wee After Meat, but Got Instead a Stone. Id 1889 a hunter in New South Wales took a fancy for some kangaroo meat, so he made a trip through the mulga with no companion bnt bis gun. He had no need of either guides or dogs, as ho was an experienced bush man. The first kangaroo Sighted was wounded by him, bnt not badly enough to disable it. Before he could get in another shot it made off through the salt bush at a terrific pace, but leaving a plain trail in drops of blood, so the hunter followed as fast as he could. The trail gradually grew fainter as the wounded animal bled less freely, and Its pursuer was often obliged to stoop and examine the ground closely for the telltale signs. After several hundred yards had been covered with out seeing any more crimson spots the hunter began to think his quarry had escaped, when he saw a single fleck of red before him. As he bent to look for more flecks the red changed to an iridescent pale green, and he say it was a gem stone that lay before him. The kangaroo was not bagged, bnt the White Cliffs opal fields were discovered.—New York Press. A Fish Aide Science. -There appears to be no limit to sci entific curiosity, especially in Ger many. Not long ago a scientist of Leipzig, wishing to ascertain whether fish are warmer than the water they live in, stuck a needle connected with a thermoelectric circuit into a living fish in an aquarium. The needle formed one element of the circuit while the other element was immersed In the same water that contained the fish. The latter was not seriously injured by the needle and quickly became Indif ferent to it Then as the fish swam about, carrying the needle, the ingen ious savant closed the circuit and kept watch of the galvanometer. It show ed no deflection whatever, from' which be concluded that the fish and the water were precisely equal in tempera ture, for had either been warmer than the other a current would have been generated in the circuit.—Chicago Rec ord-Herald. The Furtive Leek. Here Is something worth while for bachelors to consider. A Boston woman says she can detect a bachelor as far as she can see him. She always knows a bachelor by his furtive look. The furtive look, she ex plains, Is something akin to that of a hunted animal, always on the watch for snares and pitfalls. Of course this may apply only