. tiff , t _ February I 26 , 1904 _ _ TI-IE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE I 1 Educational1Jepartment .l Conducted by County Superintendent Crocker Preston School Notes. . . ' " : Miss'Vattc\'nc has been on thc sick list for several days. : jkt ? Our eighth grade arc working like thc Japs are fighting-to . W111. will.We We are studying thc Panama qucstion ( and our society will dc- bate it on Friday evening , : March 4th. 4th.Wc Wc arc striving for thc highest " possible mark in thc Preston ; I .schools , Wc strive to lead our , pupils to see thc great necessity : ' x" : or being trite men and womcn , n + ; + < ; mentally , morally and physically. ' : \ Rcv. J. lI. Kinkaid of Rule ' : . < paid us a pleasant and profitable . : visit on : Monday of this wcek. . . He visited both rooms , spencling nca'rly thc whole day and gave : each room a splendid talk that - was encouraging and profitable 11 to both pupils and tcachcrs. , " . , j' The eighth grade pupils have " organized by electing Laura ( f i , Pribbcno , president ; June IVlc . . : Millcn , vice president ; Elmer , - , , - - Pri bbcno , treasurerj ; Alma Daesch- tlcr , secretary ; Howard Pribbeno and John Ncitzcl , sergeants at arms. 'rhcy also extend a unan- i mOllS invitation to Hon. J. L. . 1\icBrien , dcputy state snpt. ' and ; Sl1Pt. Geo. Crocker to ( leliver ad- { . ( tresses ' at the close of school which will ] be the first Friday in J l1nc. - - - - ' - . Date Cunningham has resigned her school in Dist. No. 80. - - - - - - - - - , Our institute this year will beheld held during thc third wcck in Augu t. t i ' Thc people of Dht. 94 have dc- . cidcd to have a new school house before school begins next fal1. Coral Stephenson is teaching in thc DuBois schools ' for a few i ' ' . weeks , during the sickness of one If - . . I- , f of thc tcachers. r' Marie : ' 1' . Smith , teacher in . , . . . . Dist. No. 20 Was on the sick list a , few days last week , her school ! closes Friday. February : ! 6. The county stlperintenlcnt never betrays secrets but thc birds . are telling that another . Richardson county teacher is soon to be ma1'ric(1. - . 'l'odd 'Vagg ncr has resigned : in No. 14 to acccpt a position ju the Dawson schools made vacant by Anna rdartins rcsignation. Lots Spencer has been engaged to 1n- : " 1 ; ish thc terns in No. 14. \ . . Parents often make a mistake . . . . b ' for by selecting an occupation their children and then educating them for this alonc. A boy has as much right to select his work , [ ' in life as he has to select his \ . r WI f c. w L . . . - . _ _ . _ _ . _ . _ , - . - Sunny Valley , Dis t. 50 IL L. Klocpfcl , tcachcr. ' \Ve arc get- tin ; ; along very wcll , every one being enthusiastic and wil1ng ! to ' work. Our history and physiology classes are doing unusually wcll. In a recent examination Edwin Obcrst madc a ) aide of one hundred - red per cent in history. WTe arc using thc "Hol1 of Honor" Spelling book , and thc scholars seem to bc delightcd with it. Vc have a total { enrollment of forty nine for thc year , of which forty arc in regular attcndancc. ' rhc school house and : , rounds arc in fine condition. The school has excellent slate blackboards. ' 1 ' lme district does not furnish thc books , hut the patrons are generally waking up to the fact that this greatly retards the the good work ; atlll there is i little - tIe doubt that hooks will bc furn- ishcd next ycar. List of books for school libra- recommended by thc Nebraska - ka Public Library commission have been sent to all the teachers in thc county. l uch tune and considerable of the states money have < been expcndC l in preparing and distributing this list , in thc hope of helping the schools of Nebraska to establish school lia- brarics , to select thc best books , and to get them for the least moncy. Since thc commission will not print a new list for two years teachers should regard the copies distributed to them ' as thc property of thc school districts and care should he taken to pu : them where the teachers can find J them nest fal1. . - - - - - - The Southeastern Ncbraska Educational association , will be held in Beatrice , larch 30 and 31 and April 1st. It will be one of thc most helpful educational meetings ever held in Nchraska. It is hoped Richardson county will be well represcntcd. - - - - Ora < Draper who taught school in Dist. 18 last fall is now , M rs. Lee R. Swiscgood. Thc teachers of Richardson county extend con- gratulations. They will bc at home to their friends , about two miles vest of crdon , after \ [ arch 1st. rfeacner-Johnnie , this is thc worst composition in thc class , and J am going to write to your father and tell him. Johnni -Don't kecr if you do hc wrote it for me. l\Iaud Boyd has resigned her school to attend thc State Nor- mal l\IrR. Bri ncg-u r who has just - - . . . . - - . = . - - - - - - - ----r - - - - - - MAIL BOXES i - - - - I have tile Signal nail Box best made , water proof. Oorl't buy a cheap affair , but call and inspect the Sigllal. They are reliable. - . Alex 'F. 11.eyer At Ulllig's Stand ' _ . . . . . - - . . - - - " ' - - " . . - - . - _ _ . . . - - - - - - - - completed a Very \ succcssful term of school in DiHt. 91 will finish Miss Boyd's term in 53. . _ - - Dist. No. 15 reports that the school is broken up py sickness this mouth , but that will be able to rcsume their work next wcck. . N-Rays. TheN-r:1ysof H.lliondlot should interest us especial lI.r ueca use tlH''y ' are so common about us. 'l'Ill'\ , were diseo\'pred ' while the light I : from \Yelshaeh burner was bp- lug concentrated on a Sulphide of ( 'alpium , screen , the lens eaus- iug the luminosity of the screen to persist aftel' ; the light was I'emo\pd. ' [ 1'he. are now known to exist not only in the incandescent - candescent but also in the " { gas , OJ" dinal'J' gas flame burning without a chimney , and iu the ; radiation from rrd-hot of silver ' a - plate OJ' talc l , and they excite radioactivity in various substances , such as a pIa te of Jead. The invisible rays can ue detected by the slight in- crease of luminosity of a phos" pho1'cscen t screen 01' of a very small gas flame. These rays seem to UP given off ' by time human body , and D'Arsonval has shown that a screen of platino ' cyanide of barium - um , mad slightly luminous bJ' radiumumlighs ( III' 011 approach to a muscle , and if RO sensitive that it can show time 'OUl'He of a nerve under the skin. Facts in Legends. Legends are useful , because sometimes Ihey t pat t us on time track of nut hcntic facts. In the Homeric ' ] reference period ( was made to f lie race of pygmies , and yet nobody believed iu their exist- (1nce. It was only in connpara tivcly mod'rn times that igno1" once had to yield to evidence when races of pygmies were found in Africa and in Asia. Numerous skeletons of dwarfs are found in Egyptian necropoli , in Greek and Roman stauarJ' , in the frescoes of Pompeii and in some ornamental ceramic vases of Roman Gaul. . . HORSTMAN THE Auctioneer is not dead yet , but is i very much alive when it comes to crying saleVhile he is btISV he is i not too bus\ . to " cry four next bigale. . His Record Speaks For Itself . . . . . For dates ' and terms call ' personally - onal1y , write a letter or use telephone No. 44g- W. E. HORSTMAN IL f' . D. No. 2 Falls City , Neb. W. H. MADDOX REAL ESTATE AGENCY Land bought and sold Hartford Fire Insurance Houses in city for sale Honey to to .d Telephone 178 WM. J. MORAN LAWYER Practice in all courts. Col- lections a specialty. Falls City - - Nebraska Xumcrous skeletons of pygmies , - with those of of ' mingled men ordinary - dinar.r stature , have been found in a number of prehistoric sepuJ- chrs.Ve should also mention the skeletons of pygmies found iu i he sepulchres of the neolithic pe rind at the time of the excavations in Switzerland under the direc tions of lliiesch and Kollman. . From One German City. One German city , Cbemnitz , Bold in the United States Just year $4,919,011 worth of stockings and $2,330,000 worth of gloves. .