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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 <to Boston bachelors,
but it would be well for all other sin
gle unfortunates to take a good look
at themselves In the mirror' and find
that telltale look. If they. do. there Is
an easy way to efface • iL—Clereland
Plain Dealer.
No Excuse at All.
A noted comedian condemned at a
dinner in New York a new comedy.
“Its climax," be said, “la false and
unsatisfactory—as false and unsatis
factory as Rowndar’s excuse. On
Rowudar’s return at a very late hour
his wife said reproachfully:
“'You used to vow I was the sun
shine of your life, but now you stay
out night after night’
“‘Well, my love,’ sold Rowndar, ‘1
don’t ask for sunshine after dark.'
New York Tribune.
Impertinence.
Mr. Todgers—Why have yon sent
Marla, the servant girt, away so sud
denly? Yon told me yesterday that
she was the best girl you'ever had.
Mrs. Todgers—She’s an Impertinent
hussy. I wanted to borrow her rub
bers. and she said she was afraid* I
couldn’t get them on.
Two Classes.
The world is divided into two classes
—those who go ahead and do some
thing and those who sit still and in
quire. “Why wasn’t It done the other
way?”
A man should be grateful even to hl9
enemies when they open bis eyes to a
| sense of his own faults and failures.
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