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, 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
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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 ,
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; + < ; 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
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to both pupils and tcachcrs.
, " . , j' The eighth grade pupils have
" organized by electing Laura
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f i , Pribbcno , president ; June IVlc
. . : Millcn , vice president ; Elmer
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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.
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. Date Cunningham has resigned
her school in Dist. No. 80.
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, Our institute this year will beheld
held during thc third wcck in
Augu t.
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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.
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. '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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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MAIL BOXES
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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.
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Alex 'F. 11.eyer
At Ulllig's Stand '
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completed a Very \ succcssful term
of school in DiHt. 91 will finish
Miss Boyd's term in 53.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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