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February l 19 , 1904 THE FALLS CITY . TRIBUNE . 7
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FACTS AND FANCIES
BY ALLAN D. MAY.
, Familiar to most people
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On this terrestrial
globe :
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- , - Is the oft repeated story-
The lfard luck talc of Job.
Yet from the cup of trouble
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- 'rhe scriptures do not mcntion
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'rhat he ever had thc g'dp.
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i A vote at the polls is worth
two at the caucus.
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When a man swears. " bout it- ;
. he weakens his arg-umcnt.
What is more useless than , an
j , alarm clock that won't work ?
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\ Hc is a wise fool who realizes
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thc foolishness of his own folly.
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Did you ever know a man whom
-you really and truly considcred
, J . 111ag'iHl11imous ?
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, Vlhel1 wc see a woman wearing
: ' ; it Idmona wc : arc tempted to been
on thc Czar's sidc.
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Some times it requires a won-
' + \ ' dcrful insight to 'fi : , the connection -
tion between thc sermon and thc
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It takes it man of much firm-
. . . ness and dctcrmimition to stop a
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friend who starts to tell an old
story. . .
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\Vouldn't you like to h.tvc . all
thc money that will be spent for
t . , fireworks luring thc coming cam-
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pmg-nt .
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. . A woman can always tell just
. how many cans of fruit there arc
in the cellar without going to
comet th111.
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All signs arc subject to fail ure.
Last Saturday wc saw several
small boys flying kites and Sun-
' ' seemed
day morning spring
farther away than cver.
The Japanese believe that there
" . . . . arc sixteen hells , eight hot and
eight cold. They probably want
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'E to leave . plenty of room fur all the
Hussias . . and thc inhabitants
thcrcof.
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I i I - . , If you could suddenly hccomc a
, boy again and goo to school it
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f . vouldn.'t sce.m. natura . The
I ; : poem beginning "Old Ironsides
: ! . ' - . . . . . . . , . . at anchor lay , " isn't in thc fourth
' readers . that they use now.
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' - ' man's sweetheart
( Long , long ago a -
heart . . who has long been . dead . . - ,
gave him a red , red ' rose and all
' . , these years hc had kept it i pressed
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" between the leaves of a bible.
I \ it : , Yesterday hc discovered it was a
I _ paper rosc.
- Last summer il woman had
thirteen black cats. They suddenly -
. denly disappeared and yesterday
thc woman was seen on the
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( street wearing a new fur boa
j . with thirteen long tails to it.
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A school teacher has a hard
timc. If a kid is too dull to
learn the } father blames thc teach-
cr ; if thc kid learns rapidly he
soon knows more than his father
and ; the father bears secret resentment -
scntmcnt toward thc teachcr.
It.is reported that two Russian
war ships have been sunk in Russian -
sian harbors by .mines placed
there for thc destruction of Japa-
ncse ships Either the Russians
"a-r.e bung-lcls whcn it conies to
navigation or thc Mole : St. Nich- '
olas liar has changed his base of
opera Hons.
Twenty years ago a boy sent a
girl a valentine on which there
was a little verse declaring that
hc would be true to her , and her
and her alone , forcvcr. 'rhc
other day she came across this
old valentine and learning that
he was still a bachelor and very
rich , she sued him for breach of
promise.
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A R.unawa.y.
\V. C. 1\IcDcrmand hitched up
his spirited team 1\Ionday morn-
ing' and left them standingwhilc
hc went into his house to get an
ovcrcoat. While he was gone
the team ran away , g'oingcast on
Steele street at a rapid pacc.
They collided with fences as they
procceded and also scattered fragments -
ments of thc buggy all along thc
street. They finally ran into thc
fence in front of Sam Vah1's res-
idcncc and stoppcd. Cass 1\'lead
and his little laughter had a Marrow -
row escape from being run o\'cr.
. Watches for the Boys.
Thc Lincoln Daily Star is . making
ing' it possible for any boy in Ne-
braslnl to bc thc owner of a hand-
some American watch. 'rhc
watches arc open face , stem wind
and stem set , and are guaranteed
by thc maker to be good time
keepers. Many boys throughout
thc state have already secured
one of the watches , iud they arc
invariably well pleased.
Fred Robinson , Tckamah , says
HI am very mach pleased with
thc watch I g-ot. It keeps l very
good time. Thank you'- " A. M. :
Linncr , Holdrcge , writes . . after
g'cttinghis watch as follows : 'I
think it is a g-oocllittlc watch you
sent me.'e could give thc
names of many more Nebraska
boys who have secured watches
and arc more than pleased.
Any boy who will write to us ,
wc will tell him how hc may ob-
tain one of. . these watches. We
do not ask him to send us money
for thcm. You can do as well as
thc othcr'boys who have already
obtained their watchcs. Write
us a postal card or a letter now ,
asking for particulars.
Address-\\Tatch Department ,
Daily Star , Lincoln , Ncb.
Staple and
Fancy Groceries
FRUIT IN SEASON
Try Our 1775 1 Coffee
Highest Market Price
Paid for Butter and
Esgs.
First Door North
of Post Office. . .
PHONE 14
A. G. HOPPOCK
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Building Association
At a meeting of business men
at I-Iumboldt Saturday evening ,
steps were taken looking toward
thc organization of a local build-
ing' and loan association. l'hc
stock subscriptions came in so
rapidly as to Insure : thc SUCCCSR
of thc move and a committec was
appointed to 'draft constitution ,
by-laws , articles of incorporation ,
ctc. Thc probable plan wil1 be
to confine thc operations of thc
concern to this immediate vi-
cinity.
Prof. Barbour Lectures.
The second number of' thc
teachers lecture l course was given
itt the l'.Icthodist church on 'l1es
day c'cning'rhc lecture was
by Prof. Barbour of thc University -
sity of Nebraska and his subject
was Roman An tiq ui tics. Prof.
Barbour had rcccntly visited thc
Eternal city and described to his
dclig'hted hearers his rambles and
observations among its ancient
ruinR. 'l'he lecture waR Profusely -
ly illustrated with stcrcoptici
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\1ews.
Cord Wood
Good hard wood , oak and
hickory for sale : C. F . Hca \ ' s.
Notice.
First publication February 19 , 1904.
' 1\ ) Mary A. Gilman 1lnd Joscph Til-
mall herhnsbaml anal their hcirs. You
arc hereby notified that at a public tax
sale of lamlfot' delinqucnt taxes , at thc
county ) ' treasurers oOice in l'alh ; City ,
Richardson county , state of Nebraska ,
Oil thc 21st day of Juana 1902 , Clarcnc
H. Wiltse of mid Richardson county
for thc use and benefit of himself , his
heirs or assignees did bid on' and purchase .
chase thc following described real estate -
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tate towit : Pat.t of lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5
in block seventy (70) ( ) commoncing' at a
stone thirty feet west of thc northeast
corner of block number seventy (70) ( ) ill
Falls ; City and runl1ing thence twenty-
five feet west to n stone thus south one
hundred.twcnty-t1'\'e $ (125) ( ) feet to a
stone thence cast twenty.five (25) ( ) feet
thence north .
onc-huudred-twcnt.y.five
(125) ( ) feet to thc place of beginning , all
being ill said block uumhct' ) seventy in
the town of Falls ; City , Richardson
county , Nebraska according to thc recorded -
corded platt of said town. Being the
same property as is dcscribed in thc
deed which is t'cc)1"led 011 pagc363 in
book No 18 in record of deeds und cou-
vcred to Mary A. Gilman ( by Isaac Min-
nick and wife , Ializabetlt Minnicl by
warranty dced. The samc was thcn
and there offered for sale for deln- }
Cuel1t } taxes for thc ytm' ! ' 1900 and there
being 110 other bidder for the same.
'l'hc ) said laud was taxed ill thc l1al1lC
of : Vary A.Gill1lau al1d said tax was as-
sesscd for thc , year 1900 , and that thc
timc of redemption from said sale will
expire on the twcl1ty.fit'st day of Junc
A. D. 19)4. ) { ) 7.3 C. H. Wiltse.
Another ase of ) Rheumatism
Cured by Chamberlains
ain Balm.
'rhc efficacy of Chambc'rlain's
Pain Hahn in thc relief of rhcu-
matism is being demonstrated
daily. Parker rriplctt , of Grig'-
sby , Va. , says that Chamberlains
Pain Balm gave him permanent
relief from rheumatism in thc
back when everything else failed ,
and hl would not hc without it.
For sale by A. G. Wanner.
Hcduced prices on lard and all
kinds of cured meats ; at Coupe &
'l'horntons. , .
One dollar buys 100 envelopes
and : 100 sheets of writing paper
at thc Tribune officc. Good qual-
ity and neatly printed.
finnouncement ,
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Having Purchased the Hardware Stock
of . Frank Uhlig , I am now open for I
Business and respectfully solicit the
Patronage of the People of Falls City
and vicinity. : : : :
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My Motto- .
"Prices Always Right
filex F : Meyer
, At F. Vhlif s aid Stand
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