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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1905)
J . i 'v r " / ! F . I + ' . O , .D 1 - l t- S : ( 1l&J 6J tt' ' . Languages. I have ) , n little neighbor whom I very often meet . He wears ; 1. coat of nedtIlsh fur nt home mill on till street. " ' 0 often stop tn haa chat Oil sunny wlntf1r dny , Ills mannel"s very plf'lUmnt-hul I can't tell what he all'H I thin I he tallls about the woods \ and how the beechnuts taste , , And how he loves the hrf'IHIcl'llsts that J'm rather apt to WIIst ( ' , And how he wl\hes spl'llIJ would come- there ! I must confess I cannot IIllel'HIII n tvurd , antI so I have to gUe s , - ' ' _ . My sister studles German and my broth- 1'1' udles Cheek , Hilt those are not the languages thaI I should care to speak ) , I I.'or none of all their lexicons CHn male It clear ! to the ! 1 Just what the little squirrel means hr , t "Chi ! " ulld 'hlt'-I'-I' ! " HIII1 'C'hef' ! ' ' , ' -Hannah 0 , Fernald In YOlllh's Com- Imnlon f''Oio - - - , Some Well-Known Expre&slons. . . 'fho expression "me , too , " means " . "I will do as you have done " It was first used by 01' about United Stales Senator Thomus C. Platt. Because President Garfield would not appoint his man collector of the port of New York , United States Senator Roscoe Conl.llng resigned. Ills colleague , Senator Platt , also resigned because Conldlng had done so , hence he was called " 1\le Too Platt. " "To go on It wild goose chaso" means "to go after something you cannot . not get " "Sour grapes" Is used when wo accuse a person of not IIIdng a thing which he cannot have It Is de rived from the fable of "The Fox and the Grapes " The fox wanted to get , the grapes , but they were out of his A. . reach , and ho said , " 0 , I do not care for them , anyway . " The expression " 'Volt ! Wolf ! " Is i . . . . C' used whenever any one hoops : con tlnually } warning us that some fate Is to befall us. It Is based on the fable of the boy who frequently notified the shepherd that a wolf was after his sheep. The boy did It for fun , just to fool the shepherd , as the sheep were not troubled by ; the wolf At last when the wolves did come for the sheep and the boy notified the shep herd , the shepherd would not pay and ' attention to him The result was the shepherd lost his sheep. , , t. . Eye Errors and Ghosts. A few experiments with the eyes will be found very Interesting , and , to the uninitiated , very queer. If you i will hold up your forefinger about a foot from your face , and look at a tree beyond It or at any tall object , you 1 1c will see your finger double. 'I'hen loot c directly at your finger and you wl11 1 see the tree douhle. The explanation Is that each Oy 'e ' , . LMG - The First Experiment. sees separately , and when both arc looking at the finger the right eye sees the tree on the right side of the finger and the left eye sees it on the left When , however , you look at the , tree directly with both eyes , each ey 'o sees the finger apparently In a dl f . ferent place If you will cover one eye and look with the other you cannot . ) not see either the tree or the fingel' - double , which Is the proof of the ex- periment. Place two hits of white palter about a foot apart on n tuhle. Cover the right eye mid look steadily at the right . lunul piece of paper with the left eye. 13y stepping hacltward ) 'ou will reach n spot where the left.hand piece of paper will disappear. You can mnl\O the rlght.hand piece of 111\- 1101' dhHtppeul' by looking at the left- hand pleco of paper with the right eye , When you have made one disappear In this tt'uy , move your hl'I\(1 ever so slightly bllclwal'd 01' forward , und the ( paper will Instantly renppeu' 'rhe reason of this Is that every 1I00'son's eye plus u 111111(1 spot on the retina and when un Image of the piece of " pa- pel' ) faIls on the spot It cannot be seen e c The Ghost. Physicians use this principle In the correction of vision. Place on a gray background a piece of colored paper In any design , and Dolt ] steadily at It for a minute or so Snatch the colored piece away , Ilnd a design exactly IIIto It will be seen In the same spot , but In a different col. or If the design was green the replt- ca will be red ; If yellow , the replica will he violet Instead of snatching the ( paper away after looking Ilt It steadily , look I up at the ceiling , and the Image will I . be seen there. These "gho : ts , " as. they are sometimes called } , arc caused by the action of light on the retina of the eye. Look at the accompanying Illustration . tlon steadily for a little while , and then look up at the ceiling ; you will see the Image In black , Instead of white , on a white bacgrounc1. ] The "ghost" will always appear In the op poslte or complimentary ] color of the original A Few Conundrums. When a Illlhllc speaker has had the misfortune to lose one of his hands , what appellation ] would ex press his condition ? Offhand speak el' . Why Is a lame dog like a schcolboy adding six and seven together ? Because - cam he puts down three and carries one. one.When . When Is a boat like a heap of snow , When It Is adrift. What three letters change boy into than ? AGE. Who can speak all languages ? Echo. Why Is gooseherr pie like counterfeit - felt money ? Because It Is not cur rant. rant.Why _ Why arc corn and potatoes like certain - tamp sinners of old ? Because , having cars , they hear not , and , having eyes , they sec ! not. What Is } the difference between a man looking upstairs and one going gl downstairs ? One stares : up stops ] and l the other steps up stalrs.-Exchange. , Usefulness of School. Boys why do you go to school ? First , that you may reckon yon r wages a . Saturdnys ; second , that yet t may think accurately and rapidly ] ; 1lrd , that yon may enjoy the "beanti fl ' , l , the true , and the good.-'rhe - Dpys' World. ( , - - - - - gfrrma--1 [ ttt , SIIns Angry "h' 1111 bnllll'UH real mud 10-l1l1r , " Hllitl Atts , SIIIII GIII\ , " Outeun ' Jol tall It'11 III her rope , All' I'holll'd herself ! to'llay \\1'\1. \ Ila hind tune cloII to the shIre , I Hl'1. 10 little IJI'I : 'HIIII tell 'I'I' daddy \tout \ the coW , All' lull hllll III COIIIU quick < < ( , ' "Whl'lI Dlel found I pa lit HllII\lly \ HCZ : "I'hl''l' ! , HOIIII ' , ' 8011113 keep rUI' head , \ \ ' 0'11 \ tulle 1111' gll I nllolhl'l' COW , Ir our ole 'Iar 15 I cll'ml , ' 111' led the ' ' youngster lIollll' tight But by that tllIIU 0111 Airy IInli got herself ttntiuigled an' \\'us 11111I1) l'lItllI' kitty , " \\'hull Sllll saw lint ( 11111111111 , l\ly salves ! bill hI' twits nail , iIe SI1. : ' 1Io1.:011I1'11 : It she 1I111't dead ? ' A II' spy : ; he tool out hnll 'NI x' time , ' hI' HI'1. , 'yut futl'lI IIIU home \Vhun that ole cow gets Hll'I . Ef she gets \\\1 \ 'I'm'u 1 IIlTh'u. You better kill her lIuleI . ' . -KnIlHIIH City 'rimes. - - - - Shipload of Soldiers' Brides The ngllsh ] , a homely nation , arc so fond of seeing their soldiers "set- tied dowlI" to the comforts of home Milt ( hey even go to the trouble and I expense ] of sending brides to the furthurlllost corners of the earth for 'Pommy AlIlns. The recent dispatch of 30 young woolen 1'01' India In the troopship ] Plussy , on mUITlage bent , teas by no means an IInCOll1mon ' ' ' oC'I1I'1'ence. 'fhe good.behaved soldier , when he has peen In tIre service Il specified time , usually finds that he Is In love , ancI whether he Is stationed on the sandy ] plates of Egypt , 01' In India , his lady love wl11 bo Invited to take pits- ] sage on a troopship to share his lot In life. The old troopship ] Himalaya } , now In use as a coal storeshlp , holds the record of having conveyed the greatest . cst number of sollIers' ( wives and sweethearts abroad.-Stray StOl'les. - - - - Cent for Every Horseshoe. Ralph 11 . Whitney , one of Houlton's enterprising hluc'l.smlths , has a unique method In regard to keeping account of the number of horseshoes he nllils on each 'ear. For cvety shoe that he places on n horse's hoof he gives his wife 1 cent , uncI at the end of the year he can easily tell the ( exact numher. lie haH followed this method ever since start lug In business , and the umount of money whleh his better half has saved Is not smull. In lie year 1:103 ! : the numher of shoes was something like 14,000 , und during lh ! . ' year ] 190.1 ! the whole l1um. her ! was 12,101.-Kennebec JCJIII'nal. Alarm Clock Centuries Old. In the town of Schmmhorg , In the Black Forest there Is an alarm clod which warned sleepers It was time to t get up when Charles II. was king of Ellgland. It was made In 1680 ( . and 1 Is an Ingenious IJlcce of worlmanshlp , In form It resemhles a lantern In i hitch Is a lighted candle , t10 ! wlcl , of which Is automatlcall lllliled ( } every minute hy u pair of scissors , The candle Is slowly llllshed upward I by a spring , which also controls the ILechanlsm of the clock , and at the required hour of waking an alarm Is unded , and ut the some time the movable sides of lie lantern full and l the room Is flooded with light Concert in a Well. For many years there has been a scarcity of water at Woolley , hunt ingdoasliire , the result being that te when at lust a new weB wus dug the villagers thought it a most Imllortunt event. A religious service was conducted 1 around the swell on Thursday alter noon , all at the women and children afterward being entertained at tea. In I lie evening the men of the llamle 1 assembled at the bottom of the well , which was , of course , dry. After a ] prayer by the Rev A. I : , 'urmr , the rector , there were songs and slleeches i i . . I - - - - - und refreshments were hnlll1ed I'OUUI1 L -London Dally 1\1 all. - - - Strange Ending of a Concert In the mllllllo of 11 charity concOI'l al Dtcltel-on = Thames ( HI 1'uesdny nlgnt the nceol1llI\nlst ] , mstnllng ! his cue , struck up "Gud Save lie King , " Before any one of the performers realized what hind hUlllCned ] , the hull t was empty , the audience having gone home with the Idea that the concert was 0\01' . As a consoruonco comic singers / timid ballad vocalists , HOIIIO of whom had traveled long distances to l'l'ndOl' their services ! , coulll not give their tm'ns , and yesterday the OJ'gan- Izers of the concert were walking about the village ! apologizing to o\'er y - lJOd ' . -London Chronicle. Man Broke Shark's Jaw. According to a letter front John GInder , street commissioner ! , a Hhnrk attacked him wit lie he \\'us butt hiiuig In lie ( surf ut Palm Beach , Flit with Walter : Phares and II' . P. llolz ; also 01' this city. Holz } nnd Phares , being expert sWhl1merH , made for the shore , hut the shurlt mllde for Ginder. Seeing he could not escape ho dived timid ] seized ' ed the shm'l 'h I the jaw Being n Hercules - cules In strength ho broke ] the jaw of the shark and carried the "manelltol' " ashore. The jaw has over seventy teoth-T'enton ) ( N. J. ) COl' New Ycrlt World. Waistcoat as Autograph Album. A gentleman named Cook possesses a white waistcoat bequeathed to him by his father , who had used It for the reception of literary celehrlties' au- togi'll phs. Upon the front are written the names of the legatee's favorite authors , among which figure those of Thr.cltcrny and Dlcken3. ! The back IS devoted to such as were not 80 hijli ; In favor , while the Inside Is lined with a perfect patchworlc i of lead au- thor's signatures , cut from letters and other documents purchased ! hy this eccentric collector at various tlmeH.- London Tit . Bits. Introduced New Vegetable. A new vegetable has been Introduced into France by 1\1. Labergerle , and 1\1. G. DonnieI' has reported on It to the Academy of ' Science . It Is a spe- ccs : of wild potato which grows where there Is plenty of molstul'o , it bile the ordinary potato docs better In dry solI. The plant Is a native of ' ' the which Is Uruguay , und species , l\IIown : as the solanul11 oommetanl , will yield more than DOOOO pounds nn acre on ground which suits It. To Explode Tons of Dynamite. People arc wondering 'how far the shock will ho felt when the fifty tons of dynamite Is exploded under the harbor at Portsmouth , N. 11 . The dynamite Is now being / placed and the explosion Is expected to result In the loosening of thousands of tons of rock many fact under water , and this , when removed by dredges and divers , will add 250 feet to the harbor entrance - trance and make It one of thin best : along the coast. Shot Gray Eagle on Wing A gray eagle , measuring ( 7 feet Is ! h.ches from till to tip , was shot recently - cently hy George L. Fraser of Egypt , Mo" , while ho was aboard a train that was backing up at the rate or twenty-n\'o miles an hour and while the bird was flying Time bullet , from a ,38 caliber revolver , entered the hlrd's neck and came out between its eyes , Idlllng It Instantly. 'rho remar1t- able shot was witnessed hy thirty SI.CCtiltUCB Remarkable Birth Record A Bavarian mother has a record which should delight the opponents of race suicide. The Munich Neusto Nachrlchten announces that Fran Hi- gen of 'I'raRlhcrg , In Bavaria , has borne no less than six chllliren In one 'ear. She was delivered of triplets last , January and bore triplets again In December The case Is attracting much nttentlon from the medical Jlro- feHslon.