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BY ALLAN D. MAY.
Ad own a pleasant country way , an old
k main strolled along ,
! The light of joy was ill his eye and in
his heart a song ;
, 'or'hin the dreams of vanished youth
- had all come true at last ,
r , His weary feet had fOllml the trail that
- . leads back to thc past.
1 How often as a barefoot boy , he trod
this very road
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, That took him to the valley wh re the
' winding river Hewed .
; . . How often in ! t Ie olden days his youthful -
_ - ' ful feet ha strayed
c . " Through timber where thc rabbits liv-
: : : ; _ . . " , ed and big red squirrels played
7 e < , - But years had come and years had
, e. : : . . ' . : ' ; " : ' ,1 . gone and in thc world of trade
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ate + . ; I t\ : \ ' . . - . . ' Two decades of his life were spent , hiy
, , : -h-- - . - . fortunes had been made.
" t . .t'i' . " , The youthful hunter , tight of heart ,
. , . ' . - , : . , J with fancy free and hold ,
i'1.v.fj't . " . . . . , . . . . . . Became the seeker after wealth , the
_ ' . , ; : : . , . ' ; ' : " , - . ' hinter after gold. .
! . , ,0" jf't'I : : : . . . . . . . : . : , . . - . . But often itl his busy life , forgetting
. . : : . . , stock and bond ,
; . : . The md , with wistful '
: . ' . . . v. : . tan gazed eyes ,
; ' . ' " . " . ' : " . . ' his office walls beyond .
'P ; ' ! , ' . " .
. . . &t ; ; . . . , _ X. . . . . ; : , And longed to pass once more beneath
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, ' ) , ; " ; " r.i. 'j'-v- . ' ' ' i " " - : " . a" the timber's pleasant shade
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: : , : : : ; 7' . ' , Ii " ; , " 'Vhere once the rabbits used to dwell
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. . ' ' ' and big red squirrels played.
, - < . " < 1 " . 'r-- = ; . "
; , : ' . : " ' . . . And so one day he journeyed back and
. " , , . - : " , . . sought the olden 'road ,
. ' ; 1. r" . . ' ' . " - ' : . And took thc gun he almost had for-
. ' , , . . " _ : - " : : . : . , gotten how to load.
' + , , .f3 . ' ; ' ' ' : , ' ; ; ! : : ; 4 - . The springing step of youth had gone ,
6k ' a'te . * ; ' " . ' : ' . . , < . r . { . , ; : , : . the shoulders had been bowed
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' " - . > . . . , \ : W ( . . . ' . : --i" . . ' , : ' ' . > . , " , But Oh the joy . to be . again far from
: . . - . . ) : ,4 ? . " ' . the maddening crowd ;
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, : , : . . . . . . : . At last he saw the timber lay , bathed
- : < 1' , . : < , - , , _ . . . in the summer glow ,
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'L ' - : , .7' " The same old trees still beckoning as
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, . But all at once his eyes grew moist ,
the lost its charm
" , ' picture ,
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: " ' He saw a sign in letters bold "No
' - , . : \ Hunting on 'l'his Farm ! "
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' . . t' . - measured at their true worth ,
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" .1 : : - ' . would be about valuable as so
. . -i : . ' : : , ; : , ' . . , . . . ' , many cancelled postage stamps.
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. : ; : . . . : : . 't. . ; " . . . . . . ? = Some men envy the President
" " , " : ' ' : - : ' . . . . . . , ' : " * . : of the United States but not
, \ * : , . : ' : . , nearly so much so as some women
. ( / . ; , ' . . : ' \ . ' 'v . , . , . envy the president of a womans <
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. : ; ' , ' . , : . , , 'Vhen the straw hat season
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. . comes again it will be in order
" _ 4 , ' _ for you to consult your- pocket
'i ? _ - ' - book and then formulate ycur
I . , ' - t. - Panama policy.
. " - - . , . ' , : " . . : A' . , - ; - - , A man rushed into his office
, t , " ' , ' . : and sat down on a pin which
, . \ " : : , ' , . .o - some one had carelessly left on
, . , : : : r. . " , . " _ . the seat of a chair. He did not
\ . : ; : : ' ; - : : . ' . , ' turn pale or make
, , , . ; . : , r scream , or any
-t. : { - ' : . ' : ; ' . demonstration whatever , for it
, . . : . . . . . _ . . ' . , : : : , : : ' , ; : ' : . ' . was a safety lin.
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t ' : : : : F" ' . - : ' . : - ' . A doctor had told a man that
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: " . ! f ' - ' - ' . , if he didn't quit drinking he
, : ' ' ' : ; / : j. ' ' : . ' would die inside of a year. The
, . : . -i " \ ' i.- : " : : ' , . " . " . . ' man swore off and suffered an
' \ " ; f ; . ; ' kinds of agonies for three weeks .
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. , . ' " ' - , and then he got the pneumonia
; r" . - . , ' . ' and was gathered to his fathers.
, ; ' )6 : , . : . Even with his dying breath he
; . . . . . . . . < abused the doctor for causing
! ' J'2' . . : - _ . " - , ; him so much unnecessary ! suffer-
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'Ve aw Paul Jrugcr'namc in
thc paper the other day and had
to think twice before we could
place him. Sic transit gloria : ,
etc
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V\Te imagine that President
Roosevelt saw a new phas : : : . of
of the strenuous life , when the
senate aired i that Gorman resolu-
tion at him. The motto of the
solons would seem to be "If you
don't see what you want , ask for
it. . "
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One of the . 1 gills , City churches
has a number of members who
live in the country. The pastor
has announced that during the
winter the services will be cut
short in order that the horses
wont have to stan so long in the
cold. It strikes us that this min-
ister.has about the right idea of
serving the Lord.
The coal we burn , once existed
in the form of trees that made tip
the primeval forests of pr.-his' = :
toric , t e. . : rw if . ) 01.1 could
figure out how many cords of
wood were required to make a
ton of coal and should take the
present prices of these two forms
of fuel as a basis , you might fig-
ure out how much richer or poorer -
er the world has been made by
the transformation of the prehis-
toric forests into coal. J3y the
side of such a computation , the
problem involving the age of a
certain lady named Ann would
fade into insig-nit cance.
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III life's great game of love and hate ,
Stand pat !
\Vhen you come face to face with Fate ,
, . Stand pat ! -
True , in ' the fight of bluff with bluff ,
You may he handled very rough ,
But "damned he he who crys Enough , "
Stand pat ! " .
\Vhen hedged about by Circumstauce ,
Stand pat !
It still may bc your saving chance ,
Stand patl.
what though your hand in value lacks
Your opponent only sees the backs ,
And fortunes have been won on jack-
Stand pat !
WM. , J. MORAN
LAWYER' .
Practice in all courts. Col-
lections a specialty.
Falls City - - Nebraska
Bryan's Bargain
Store
I-laving purchased ( the stock
of merchandise of Houston &
Spragins , I have opened it up
for business hi the lVlaust Bldg.
first door south of the Union
I-louse. , Call and see us and
get our prices.
S. Bryan.
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A GREAT DEAL I
Of satisfaction in small space is .
what you g'ct'ith , every lump of
Coal you get from us. Satisfaction -
tion sells more Coal than all , the
) boast that were ever made , and '
the satisfaction that Our Coal
gives the customer is what ltie
depend upon to hold his trade.
E. A. MAUST . & , SONS.I
PHONE NO. 38.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
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Ask Us Somethinll Easy.
Can anyone inform this depart-
mcnt just j what the glol1nd hog-'s
intentions are this year.-Verdon
Vedette.
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The Leopards Spots.
It is said that radium can make
a negro white. If this is true it
will soon put an end to the habit
of lynching.--Auburn . Herald.
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Favors Expa.nsion.
Uruguay , about as big as Ne-
braska , lms a rexolution. The
smaller the nation the oftener its
internals , get out of order.- = -Globe-
Democrat.
Practically a. Cinch.
It seems that war between Rus-
sia and Japan is not only "cer-
tain" ancl uassured" and "inevita-
ble , " but is becoming more so
every clay.-Tobias , Exnress.
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New Puzde.
IIow old was Ann ? has been
laid on the shelf with the famous
. 15 puzzle , "Pig-s in the Clover , "
and various other headache promoters -
meters , and in every store in Ne-
braska the loafers and town gossips -
sips are trying to solve the puzzle
"Wh n is a senator not a senat-
or-Auburn Post.
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Real Paramount Issue.
Is is conceded that IvIr. Bryan
will be a delegate from Nebraska
to the democratic national con-
vention to be held in St. Louis in
July and some of the democratic
papers are wonderingwho his
choice is for the nomination. This
speculation is unnecessary. lIe
is for Bryan first , without a pres-
ent second cllOice.-Ster1ing- Sun.
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Bad as Anti-Toxin : Trust.
Some galoot of a scientist had
an ornamental receptacle made
and put a little pinch of radium in
it , and made a present of the
gew-gaw to the queen of England.
The effect is likely to be disastrous -
trous for an the women of the
kingdom now want a like article
'of bric-a-brac and their
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tion will be deadly against that
of the doctors who want what
little there is of it for a cancer
cure. trhe queel : will do well to
nip this folly in the btid by giving
her new bauble to the court ph-
sician.-Statc Journal.
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Repudiates His Own Medicine. '
It has been noticed that the
czar has not been recommending
the Hague cure for the interna-
tional illness afflicting himself
and ! Japan. Father he has leaned
toward placing his trust in God.-
The God reputed to be on the side '
of the heavy .batallions.-.Has-
ting.s tl ribune.
So Spake the Prophets. '
As predicted by this paper dur-
ing the late campaign littleJohn- . ;
nie ( : Martin has "stuck in. his I
thumb , pulled out a plum , " but
there was nobody to say ; "what a
good boy am 1. " Johnnie has
been appointed court , reporter to
serve Judge KelJigar : Martin
is supposed to be a republican and
as is well known , Judge Kel1ig-ar
is a fusio.nist. Martin's paper ,
the halls City Journal , fought
: Mr. Reavis ( republican ) during
the campaign , and was favorable
to Judge lelligar. Can you read .
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anything between the lines ?
tl'here sire no doubt , a number of
stenographers in the ranks of the
fusionists of the district who
would liked to have received the
appointment mighty well , but
they are doomed to disappoint-
ment. Just how well this move
will set on the stomachs of our
fusionist brethren we do ' not know
nor are we going to lay awake
nights worrying about it. Judge
Babcock's reporter will be "Jack"
O'Keefe. 'l'ecumseh Chieftain.
Wanted.
At the City Hotel , a good lady
cook. Goo place and good
wages. Wm. McPherson ; P op.
Petty thieves have been committing -
mitting depredations in the west-
ern part of Hall county.
Tlwmas Peck , an old resitletlt "
of Garfield county has been sen-
tenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary for attempting to murder'
his SOI1.
O. S. McCarthy
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CITY DRAY LINE
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Special AttentlQn to Household Moving.
Palls City - - Nebraska
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