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12 'THE FALLS CITY TRIBPKE Ft-'brllary 5 , 1904
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MEDAL : IN PAWN
Badges : of Courage That Tell of
Pathos , Romance or Crime
'Phis soldier pawned > his valor
for live ccnts
In n window of H Philadclphia
Plt\vrtshop hangs the bronze octagonal -
tagonal uH'dal ( for which a YOtlllg'
soldier face ( loath , Ha } 's the
Press. I
Driven I ) t.o despair I'UY huugcI' and
wa111 , this pI'i'eless treasnrc'enl
for a trifle ( , Nor did it. come to Uw
wnHhop alone , for hy itself it
would bring s'al'c'elj' ( euongh to [
huy It loaf of hl'pad
' 'i ' he medal fn chief hangs HUS'
fended ( bJ' two t chains < of I'Otll' err
r fin small links from a cI'oss-hal' ,
hearing IItP 1 wo'd'ulo ) ) ' , " A
I'aised : figure of a : soldier in cam- )
¶ 1 paigu unifol'm slands at parade 1 > )
I'PSI" Ul'11path ; him are OIP words :
'JnlyA11gtlst , " 1808 "
Orel' IhC t head are the words :
"I'resenI(1 1 to , " a111(1 directly i un ,
der hpt11 1 is a blank paee ! : ! for tIll'
11a111e 01' tIlt' I'Pl' pient of' t.w ! awal'l1
1'01' sPI'\'ices in Ihit 1 \ 'iI'VIIIi Rpaiu
" 011 , , yes " Slid the 1 1l1011.y-PIH1- ]
,
PI' , in a maHel'-o-fad , ( / way , , "I have (
hild a number 01' t hem l'll'y ain' !
I worth auyt.hing , 1'llOUgh ; i only ]
take them along ; with a lot of
ocher stulL No , they are seldom
I'ed eemed. (
, "After the time 1 runs out em
tlwm , .r [ hang 1IIP111 up in the wiu- \
.low and ' lI.tIn'ssed din
( some WP ( ( p )
C'OUH'H iu and buys 011C' The only ]
kiud i of service lP'H ] seen was 1- (
l1ind counter bit when lIP
( a , POP ;
1 out of (0"11 ( ! wl1I'c nobody kllo\\
him ) he'll pose ' liS a i hC'I'o "
" 'l'hl' badge ! -m't ! worth any -
'I hing- You see this l\iuc1 of' badge
is cut 01' style 1I0W 1'hp h " 'l'wc1 : 1
: \ I'mP1PI'HIIH , mostly ! wpal' (
bronze bnt10m ; ill their button
holl's Fears ! :1 : ; ; O a soldier ) would ] ]
I hink it a diRg1'a'e to HC'P this in
I wiudow of' a Iit\\'n5hop I ] ) , and lIP
would haHtl'1I 101mil" , .
h1 1 guess \ I'll keep iI for Inck. I "
"PI'PRPnll'd by citizens of Phil ,
. . 10 " hut ' '
adelphia - , pC'I'mis8iou
10 inspect and to hpal' 1 tlw story of
a : ' ItUIil'ul ) \ t i nll'da I , OJ' rather 1 I wo
of 11\'m \ , wldeh stand 0111(01151)X- (
,
nOI\ ly agaillsl a mass of rings , I'P-
' ; I\'PI'S , boxing gloves ; , 1\11i\"P ,
; ' leru ) ) glasses , etc. , in the t willllow
of a pa1l8ho ) on front si reel was : ! ;
given oily on the IH'omisp that
tllp t nanH ? 1\'ollld ] ] not hl' ulentione(1. (
' h'l.'hl'H ' uwdals are compullions ,
On one is pngl'a'ed the above Iluo-
cation. : 1 011 hp 1 ottier is : iI orlln-
iiumnity ) aml ' isplaypd ( in
Hescuillg Ilk PaHspngl'l'H Itlld }
( ( ' ! 'ew of the Steamship C'Jllllal'k I
. in i I idoc'C'a , I S99. ! ) Ii'l'om l ( 'i 1 tizens
of Philadl'lphia 10 Olli'PI's and
Crew of S1C'amshipl\lissoul'i. ' "
l'he ' medal is extremely l'au1i. l >
fn 1. The crossbar is fully two t
inches loup ; : 11Uc1 represents . .1 .
heavy timber of a wrecked ship
In the eentpr of the crossbar iH
It life 1H'PRPI'\'PI' ( 'oill'c1 : \I'otllHl \
. either end of the t bur Hlal exteu(1-
iug ( diagOJm d0wn\\urd:11'0 : two 1 )
( 'ahlps , stnddp 1 with m illlaIii1 t ' (
' , 'l'I1\ ' ' he 1 medal ]
Imlle\'s 'l'I1sUPPo.l't
pr0Pet' } . '
l'he ' ' figure \ of a minister l.ing an-
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.
. . ; . ' " _ " 1 " _ ' ir xV .x4.11..117 ' , . : , " - .
gel on penlllnt > wing graces one
side of the el list ; . In one hand she
offers a \vrcatIi t of laurel to a
kneeling figllre. , 'Vith Ore other
the sign of a blessing is giyen
'I'his one is made of sil\'e ) ' 1'11(1 '
other in ' ' ' 1w ]
, gold , represents } )
Amel'il'au eagle son ring aloft with
crossbar of ' ' ' . '
H ( WI'p'kagl' tightly
grippc(1 > in its powPl'ful talons.
I-Iaugiltg front ) 1 lie en gle'a prize are
two chains which ' ' ' the '
< carry } story
of the 1 , 'PSC'\Jl' ) \
'l'his iH the stop , } ' of their Pawning -
ing :
" 1'filly } eight 'eal'H ago a man
aonlPwhat past the Prime of life
came into my shop atHI drew thiH
case c from his Picket } with 11'em'
1)1 lug hanel , " said the itvnbroker. ,
"I saw , that 1 t ht WIS : up against
.
stal'\'a1ioll I-1P said t.o me : 'f
have not a < pll in the wOl'ld
B\'l'I'rthing else has gone Now
IheHe lIlllSt go ; too , 1'01' I must li\'t'
Kl'pp hem 1 ) ( 'al'l'full.1'01' . nlt' , Somc
clay I will comp for tlwlIl-if I ever
g-o t.o spa again ( ( tire me as inn (11 (
as Pen { 'an ancI ( taw ] two "eal's' interest .
terest 0\1 \ L' .
"I did so and I guess he wen t. to
sea again , for I have received
three PpmiItaaces of interest
' front m ; ilrel'en 1
monC'Y many < t
' ' eoun1I'ip
foreign . .
"I ha yel'I ) ( 1'lll'd ] ( f'I'om Him 1'01'
I\\'o 1 years. 1'erllaPS hp's ( dead I
will ] keep } : Il1ps ( itleluls Iwhil :
longer ill 1I0\lp \ Ilia I 1 he will tarn \ \1)1. \ )
aside ( ( 1'0111 ) t hph' sentimental
value her t are worth consider-
able "
BIRTH 0..1' A SA1'.L.f.LITE
! Moon' ' Origin mffarcll fl:0In That of
Any Other Eody.
1'he ' planets Mars , Jupiter , Sat.
urn \ , Uranus and Neptune hare
their satellites , and it. would not
bp unnatural to ciassPfj' our own
moon as simply 011 ( ' 1ll00'p in a SC'
Pies of ubjCets'it.h precisely ] ] sim ,
ilal' histories. Of ' ' ' ' '
l'S t'O\11'SP \ , sa'y'd :
Hal'WI"S } Magazine , the earth is
5illlilar in that it is a planet at-
.
teuded 1)a , satellite , but felt
books of astronomy scarcely ) give
sullicieiit t'mphasis tot'lw fact \ ( that
the 1 cart h and' moon Pearly do differ -
fel' widely from other Planets : \ and
-mtt'llitl'H : The earth is , in tact ,
onlY , SO ) times as heavy as tl1
moo1l , whcl'ew : Saturn is lO/ , ( ) / )
limes I all heavy as ilH ( satpitt' ] ] 'Pi-
tau , itself by far lie ( largest satel- ,
site in the solar HYStt'JIl tIt st't'ms ,
then , that i here ltlily be l'pa80Il 1'o (
SUR1)C'ct ) that the modp of gene ,
sis of satelliterela ( ' ' . ' '
a ( > l'elal'iI.rsolat.g'l' (
as the mooIlllHl'y , ha n' liti'C'I'cd ( mn
tel'ially froth that of all other sat
ellUl's Such a suspicion ! \ is confirmed -
firmed bj' the investigation of thp
pa I't whi'h t tidal friction hats \ probably .
ably plaJ'pd ill the CVOl11tion I 1 of our \
plaJlPt The Present article would
bC' expaulded to wldue \ pl'OpOl'tiOIl
if 1 were t.o aUempt to touch ful'-
then on this point , but the 1 argu-
ment woulll have seemed'eaket'
than it is if it had been entirely
passed o\'el'
accepting , then , the subslantiaI I
COI'l'cctJIt'SS of the nebular ] hypothesis -
esis , I . Ilu'oout the conjecture
that there is a second tYi C'r
,
= A GREAT DEAL
.
Of satisfaction small '
1n -5 1 ) 1CC 1S ( I
I
w . , ? what you get with every lump of , r
' Coal von get from u5. Satisfaction -
\ . . . . - tion sells more Coal-than all the
I - . - - . - d' ' boasts that were ever made , and 4 , ,
the satisfaction that Quit' Coal
, ( ; 1\'CS the customer 1s what we
\ dep ( n(1 upon to hold , his trade.
E. AL MAUST & SOJSQ
PHONE NO. 38.
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birth in which the suboi'ilinate
body is born all in one pieee H is i
l'asto , imagine a c'ontinllotls gra-
( htti0n between these two ex
tl'emes for ' imagine n -
, Wt' may lop-
sided < ring , and if the t absence of
balance were extreme it : might be-
" "
lOI'P" I exact to regard it 1'1'0111 the
first as being a single satellitl'
\YWll ] , then \ , I say that the birth
of' the t moon was pl'obaby1nli1 ] \ t'
chat 1 t of all nIP other bodies of our
system , I mean that 1 w'e shall UP
1Ipal' the tt'utIi in classifying the
origin ; of' the 1 Planets ami of the
other satellites as belonging ] 10 the
Laplal'ian l'ypCVliile that of the
moon should be l'egal'dC'd as mote
Meanly [ I''sembling' ( the see'oJ\(1 \ (
type )
RUN.3 BY PNETMA TIC POV/ER.
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Small But Marvelous : Machine Dis-
placas Fourteen Mcn.
A new J'llel1llIas invaded the
great pill ( ' forests : 1 hlI : l fringe Uw
base or'IoU111 : Shasta mid : spread )
away for htllHll'pds oi' miles ill
) ' ' il'eci ioll. 1 1 rlt t I ' ' '
l\'el''y q ) } real : \ Pees ) ; ,
lh'pt' [ , tire , SC \'Cll feet iu < 1in1llpll'I' ,
that pace all but defeated the
slow wo'k ) 01' woodsman 1 , who
with ax and saw on shoulder
lllal't'hed against the forest giants ,
' before the ] modl'I'n
al'e falling ) ( en-
hives. .
The axman : i8 bound to disappear "
pear from the 1 forests 0f the 1 coast
l'anpp ; The m'\\ , : , , lumberman ] ; ; ' in
the fOl'm of a pnCU111atie png-inp
has come < into the forests and iH
clisplat'ing scores or the braW'iy
wil'ldl'I's of the ax
Several I of these t C'1lg-inps sire
now ill use in the forests of Shasta
( 'olmty , some ; ' ) 12 : 01' 1.1 milps front
, Ionnt Hhasta Each crew OrSP\'PI
l11e11 does flip ] work that f'Ol'uH''IY )
l'pqnil'C'd 25 WOO S11W11 , Eaph
has traction 1 ' which
gang n : engilie'llicll
t'arl'ips a ( < 'omI'l'ssed ) ) air I'PSPI'\'oil' ,
Long rubber tulles lead ] fl'om the
1ank to that part of the forest
\\'hel't' the gang is wOl'kiug' ' 1'0
the fair pm1 of the tubes- are at
sachet ilnelllllatt } ( , engilles , whieh
drive great t ( 'I'OS8'PU t saws \ at a
Ier'rilic 1 speed #
One of these saws will rut
through a pine tree live { feet in di
anwtel' in five minu1es , whereas
1 lie Sallevork ( , done by two 1 mel1
( 'onsumed at least one hour.1 'hel1
ilk bees harp been felled two 01'
1ll0l'P of these mmmatic } saws al'p
set to wOl'k cutting the tree into
logs , and the t work that woodsmen
could not do in three hours is now
clone in .15 in inutes. Two men
wii hone of Ow saws . . can . easily ,
cut 7GOOO feet of logs in n day.
Of the seven ! : men in a gang the x
first two go among the trees after
they are felled and fasten on the t
frees hooked framesvhicll hold , } .
the sa\\ The third 1 man conies .
Along and spac1t's ) out the earth beneath .
ncnth the Jog , < 1i1'pc1Iuudel' , the
franks. TIll' next 1 two men in tarn t \ I
attach \ the Sa\vs and engines , anc1 (
following these ' two
come more ,
who watch t I1w 1 SU ws HS they cat . -
their way tluougil tile ( I'cca. r
THE MADNESS OF HOOPS
Ridiculous Fashions in Dres ; of'
Forty Years Ago Rec1. ; ld. :
.Iress ] ) reformers'ho ) 1hillk ' '
that WOllH'll'H garments still do
not conform to good sense and hy I
IrienC' surely have foi , t' 'otICIIvhat
they wore 10'pal'8 , ago , fllHt ill
1lcC1u'ttiy in some ' ' I ' >
, IH'l'sona r'Cc- ,
ollec'1 ious published in llal'lel"S }
Magazine , dest'I'jJ.JPs'Olll'n'H t '
dress in Ow early sixties in terms - . - . . '
slut HJ'P not C'xag-gPI'at.C'd\R : : \ those
who al'e . now hpc'o1l1ingC'l < lPI'ly ] will "
tpstify ,
If these years ) had not been so
rich in claims ] to hhtol'iC'al ( ' tpc ) 1-
ledion , hp l'e1l1\l'ks : \ , crinoline
would yet have ] secured IhpllI Inn : \
hic1ino"-plH'p : il1 the , } 'PCOtls ) ) of
hU111a11 pl''pnf.1oi'itips. J !
: No one who has not SC'I ( it can ( ;
j
have : \ allY idea of 1 hl' g'I'olpSQu ( ( ef . It
fpd I'oclut'ed } on fC'1l1inin c'os. ( . . . / , ;
tunH' by 1 his ; one arl ice ! t lie 11001' ' _ . . . ,
It defied ( 'al'Icattu1'e hecaluse the t \
reality was more rich ill hlll'll'sq ( . "
efp1s ! ( thou iiny Pencil I.'olllt ! Possibly \ , .
sibly rCnlizp. A whole school ! / 01' " '
t
sat'iJ'ic'al ( hU11101' \ya5 : dp\'nt ) I(1 ( in I ( '
rain to the l'ic1it'lIlp of c'l'illlllillC' ,
The hogs in Ilk 'oiti'C'el ' Sit hg ' , 'omic' !
songs ahout it , but ladies : wl11\(1l : ]
unmoved , 11101101)01iZilrg ) the ( )1n ) : \ : - - . - "
111\111. It was a strange Illa(111pss : } 1
of fashion , an(1,111c a fever ! , l it ! had ' ;
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to run ) its 'O\l1'SC' \ ,
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Profess anal Dinner faster . . .
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:1 1110st curious '
: : ocetllatioll 1 conceived -
ceived ] bya woman is that of a din ( , . ' l '
net tasteI' She spends a pHI.t of ;
each day visiting ! houses ! > and { listing - ( )
ing- dishes intended for ( (1illllC'I' ) . " ' \ . , j
She suggests impl'o\'empnts and } I
shows ilie t cook new WHYS or ph - - . . .
IHll'ing ( lislll'H ' . . - ;
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Cha 1ty . " t ,
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II is well enough ) for ehal'itto
begin at. ( home ; but it has 110 C'XCllsc ; : ' - ,
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for sitting , ; down there and gain .r' . ,
tate ; a trunce t . . '
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