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March 25 , 1904 THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE II
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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; Eat Sowle's Candy.
C. H. : Marion drove to Merrill
Monday.
. . . . . . l ! red Windl of Salem was in
t town 1\10nday.
; Sam Edgar and wife drove to
I : i Barada Monday.
! . Jim Dewald was in Reserve on
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. business Wednesday. .
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i Rib roasts and chuck steak for
1i 8c at Knox & Simons.
, W - Bert Whitaker was in Pawnee
1 City on business dnesda.y.
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County Treasurer look went to
Humboldt yesterday afternoon.
Do not forget Coupe : & Thorn-
ton when you want , good meat
, , cheap. -
Johnstons will save you moiley
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on cor ets. See their offer else-
where. 1t
_ . J. H. . Haver t Hiawatha was
in the city on business the last of
, the week.
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horntons corn fed beef and pork
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cannot be excelled.
One of the big white horses belonging -
longing to the Chicago Lumber
& Coal Co. died Tuesday.
We are still making special low
prices on lard and cured meats of
an kinds.-Coupe & 'rhornton.
- ; - Peter Kaiser came down from
II .YA Nebraska City Wednesday to look
after his business interests here
1 : Mrs. Shaffer wife of Dr. Shaff-
. : . er of Merrill , Kansas , was visiting -
ing in this city during the week.
Mabel llil1yard. daughter of J.
S. Hillyard has been very ill this.
' . week , but her condition is now
improving.
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i\lrs. Beachel sold four lots to
the officials of the Brethren church
. on which they intend to erect a
7 ' parsonage at once.
,1. j\ , \ - - J. L. Slocum placed a new
. . , -J. drain pipe on his new building
- . i located where John Oswald's old
. photo studio used to stand.
" . Two automobile loads of peo-
ple came down from Nims City
Wednesday evening to take in the
. . play at the Jenne opera house.
Practically everyone in Falls
City is a convert to the dragging
. ' . prOCeSS of improving the roads.
Thc good results of the plan as
, applied to the streets of Falls
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City are convincing. .
t 1\1rs. 'riehcn and little child of
. , Dawson , who have been visiting
her parents , vIr. and : Mrs. Tom
" „ * i Murphy , in this city , left Wed-
.nesday for a visit with her sister ,
. lrs. E. C. Hill , jr. , near Stella.
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Although I have been unfor-
l tunate in sustaining an accident ,
I have been fortunate in securing
a first class tailor and my , business -
j , . ness will go on just thc same
I CaB and examine our line of new
spring woolens.-Chas. Hoffman.
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Now is the season of thc year
when man has to contend with
his ncighbor's chickcns. These
domestic fowls have caused more
neighborhood quarrels and more
hard feeling than almost all other
causes combined. A man who
cares for thc good opinion .of his
neighbors will not allow his
chickens to run at large .
_ Church Announcemenis.
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Rev. Robert P. Howie of Hansen -
scn , Ncb. , will occupy the pulpit
at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning and evening
and a full church membership is
requested to bc present at these
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serVIces.
There win be services at the
Brethren church oil Saturday
evening also regular morning
and evening service on Sunday.
Rev. Chas. Ii' Yoder of Ashland
Ohio will preach in the city Sat-
urday and Sunday evenings and
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on Sunday morning at c" ocr
Cre k.
Service at the Christian church
Sunday morning and c'cningas
follows : C0l11111'ijilion and sermon
11 a , m. ; evening song service
and sermon 7:30 : p. 111. ; Bible
school 9:45 : a. m. ; Junior 3 p. 111. ;
Endeavor 6:30 p. 111. A cordial
invitation is extended to al1.-J.
Elza _ Holly , pastor , u
Palm Sundar , larch 27 services -
ces at thc usual hours and Catechist -
chism at nOOI1. During Holy
week there will be an address
each afternoon at 4 :30 o'c1oc\ ! : .
Sermon on the Blessed Sacrament
Thursday 7:30 : p. m. Thc Three
Hours Devotion win begin , prom-
ptly at 12 o'clock 111. The rector
of St. Thomas church especially
invites all Christian people to
attend the Good Frida services.
The 1 sermons will be very plain
and easy to fol1ow.-Rev. H. B :
Smith , Hector.
BOSTON'S JEWELED - ' . TREE.
Chinese Imperial Treasure in the
Museum of Fine Artl.
Recently story has been go-
ing the rounds of the press of the
country about "the famous jew
elect tree belonging the imperial
family of China" which found its
way into the Boston museum of
fine arts in some mysterious u-
ner and that "an effort has been
made to restore it to the Chinese
goyernment. "
The article also stated that "for
more than two centuries this
treasure , made of native Chinese
'precious stones , standing two and
one-half feet high , and radiating
a brilliant mass of colors , had
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been closely guarded duy and
night , few persons knowing of its
existence Q.r where it was kept.
Its disappearance several years
ago caused a furor among Chinese
omeials.
Now , there is a somewhat fa
mous Chinese jeweled tree , 01'
branch , in the Boston museum of
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, SPRING HATS ARE I
NOW ON DISPLAY
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Our line of spring millinery . 'rI '
K. > is attracting much atttention. ,
ELYSIAN The newness and : beauty of r- -
Toilet Articles design have caused much fav-
K' A full line of these orable conlment. Our line
Ii excellent goods and has been proven to be the
, they are sold under most varied and artistic ever ,
A a. positive guaran- brought to this city. And the
tee. . . . . . . . prices are as satIsfactory as
tIJ the goods. We want you to
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investigate and be convinced
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Mrs. C. W. Breithaupt !
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fine 'arts which in a sense answers .
swers thc description of the
above , but its history is fairly
well known and there is no record
at the museum that the Chinese
government ever took the slight.
est notice of the fact that the mu ,
scum possessed this treasure ,
which has been on exhibition in
the ceramic room on the second
floor for more than ten years , says
the Boston IQbp. It is a gift of
the late Frederick I. Ames , or
rather it is a portion of a magnificent .
cent collection of jades and crystals -
taJs which that llliHionaire pre-
sen ted to the uSPUJn.
There is no doubt that this tree
belonged to the imperial family ,
but there is considerable doubt fiS
to its "sacl'ednpss , " for the Em-
pel'or Tung Cure , who preceded the
present empress dowager on the
throne of China , is known to have
resented it to Chung Ho , at one
time Chinese minister to Russia ,
when the latter was about leave
Peking for St. Petersburg to negotiate -
gotinte a treaty with the Russian
government. It was probably one
of the presents which the Chinese
emperor sent the Russian emperor .
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tom of the Chinese emperors
whenever an envoy was sent away
on any important diplomatic mis-
sion.
However that may lie , certain it
is that the "sacred trce" never
reached the Russian emperor and
probably never left Chung . . . . . . . . - , - Ho's . "
palace in Peking. .
Chung Ho made a very bad mess
of his diplomatic mission at thc
time and he was recalled in dis-
gruce. He was tried and sen
tenced to imprisonment for life , a
sentence which was subsequently
commuted and a tine of 2,000,000
taels imposed instead. This was
about $1,400,000 and Chung Ho ,
not having 80 much ready cash on
band , sought some wealthy pawnbroker -
broker and disposed of some of his
personal treasures , among which
waR the so-caUed "sacred tree. "
In some way Herter , the big
New York dealer , through his
agents , heard of Chung Ho's
pawned treasures , and ! among
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other things he purchased the
"sut.red : l'ee. ' " At the time It was
suspected I that Hertel' was pur-
tuNing ! for \Villiam K. Vander
bill and Cornelius Vanderbilt ,
whose mansions in Fifth avenue . '
be was then building and furnish.
ing How it came into possession
of the late Frederick L. Ames only
mcmhers of the family know.
Mr' Ames for . . years had been
colleting ! oriental jades and crys-
tals , and these he presented , aH
bas been said , . to the museum of
fine arts. There are several finer
specimens in this collection than
tire "sacrpd tree "
, although the
hatter is the largest in the case.
It is about two and one.balf feet
in height and consists of a Inc-
guered base with a fine design ,
into which is set a beautiful light
greenish : { jade vase ; out of the Jat.
tel' apparently grows the branch
or tree with gold stems , dark
green jade 01' jadeite leaves und
blossoms of brownish purple hue
with white jadeite magnolia blossoms -
soms on top of the braneh.
Curious Motor Race
The most curious motor . race
ever organized was held in Paris
The competitors were taken to the
top of the Efffel tower , and a dis-
taut ( 'hurch.spire was . pointed out
to IW1I1. t Then they had to de.
8CPI(1 ) , gent aboard their machines ,
and find their way through the
maze of streets to the church.
_ Diving Pi28. .
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As a rule pigs are generally .
averse [ to water , but Mr. .T. Tur-
ner.Turner reports some diving
pigs , which , he says , live in on almost -
most wild condition on certain of
the islands off Florida , and sub.
gist chiefly upon the refuse fish
cast away by the netsmen. Fro obtain .
tain this the pigs dive under wa-
ter , walking on the bottom at a
depth of five feet below the sur-
race.
Fli2hty.
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Some women are almost a.
flighty as some bank callbierl.-
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