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April , 15 1904 THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE 7 1
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FACTS AND FANCiES.
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. : ' BY ALLAN D. MAY.
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tt' L'V : c never heard of a man com-
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; ; : ' : " self alivc.
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i : ' M . , , Honcstly now , which would
I' ' --iirr- . , you rather beat to death. a book
"r- agent or an asscsor ?
" - . Some people try to make a col-
. , I , . , lcgc graduate impression with an
< .j : , ' , ' eighth grade cducation.
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; . \ ; -1 < " 'J. ; : " " 11'e suppose you know by tIns
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, . . ; ' , I , any relatives living in St Louis.
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, ' : " : ' . " We suggest that Falls City
' " t , [ : , " , hold an exposition nest summer
: ' : , ; ; ; ' . to celebrate thc digging of thc
( { : " Ncmaha.
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. , ir - : " There arc as many people to
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; ; " blame you for what you don't do ,
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' what you do.
' : J > ' : If some girls let this year go
4'r. : : : : " , , , - by without accomplishing anything -
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to die old maids.
: . , ? i' " " , About next winter somebody
y , will give and "old fashion cd"
party and expect every one prcs-
cut to play flinch.
A man died recently and a
friend I sent thc widow a statement -
mcnt of money her husband owed
him 011 a poker dcbt. ,
, We never could see any sense
, I " in the . expression , slecps , like- a
' { I " . , * , - log. " " To say , "sleeps ! lute a cat , "
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' more cxprcssn'c.
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L/ ' mothers who forbid their boys to
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.f.'ilt- ll/9J" / ' ' ' ' ' ' " " ' , ' ' . ' ' , , , , . . play } . "leap from" because . . thc\
tW'Jnl ; $ ; : . , : : < . , 1- ' < < . might 1 get their backs J : b ro icn. :
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- " \y c don't believe thc St. Louis
' ; : ' fair will amount to much. ' The
advertisements do not mention a
balloon ascension or a horse racc.
. It is pretty hard to find a pcr-
, . . { i sOIl who has becn-out of thc high-
\ > f..1 ' . school more than two years who
: ' ; ( : " . : . . can still extract thc square root
" { , . { of a number. .
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If , thc St Louis convention
, i' . . . should throw Bryan over thc
transom there will be a fortune
i in it for the man who is present
" with a kinetoscope '
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A youth went to his first dance
the other night and during thc
evening lanced with all the girls
present except four. The next
day hc wrote a note to each of
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thc four and apologized , saying
\ that thc dance broke up before hc
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could get around to thcm.
If thc . man who makes thc
t weather forecast for Nebraska
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' { day , hc would probably have been
burncd at thc stalw. On Thursday -
day thc message camc'that Friday
would , bc fair and warmer , and
sonic men went to bcd with thc
intention pf planting potatoes
, ' , , - and onions and lettuce on the 1110r-
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row , and others planncd to go fish-
ing , but when Friday came , with
it camc thc first cousin to a genuine -
uinc blizzard. There was snow
on thc g'round and more falling ,
and a cold raw wind was blowing.
\ \ hat thc people said about thc
weather man was not for publi-
cation.
\Vc arc accustomed to speak of
thc lead as having entered into
eternal rest , and yet hew few of
have ' to think
. us vc ever paused
what that would really mcan.
Internal rest ; ages ' and ages of
idleness ; cycles upon cycles of indolence -
dolence Would that bc hea \ 'en ,
and would it bc a place , or , a con-
dition rather , of eternal contentment -
mcnt ? Personally , we do not believe -
lic\'c that it would. Rest is enjoyed -
joycd only in proportion to the
labor that prccecded it. As Long- .
fellow says of a village blacksmith -
smith ;
t Toiling-rejoicing--sorrowing 1 i ,
Onward through life hc goes ;
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Each morning 'secs some task begin ,
Each evening sees it close ;
Something attempted , something done
Has earned a nighl's 1.CpCSC. "
Had thc village blacksmith not
stood all day in his little smithy
" utH 1 cr thc spreading chestnut
tree , " and scattered the sparks to
thc delight of "the children going
home from school " hc would not
have earned thc nig.ht's repose ,
nor would that repose have been
sweet , if uncarned. The resLthat
follows honest toil is the sweetest
rest.Ve } lave known men who
have spent years on the , farm ,
sowing and reaping , plowing and
harvesting , and when age had
found them , with eye dimmed ,
and the strength of the arm gone ,
but with money in thc bank , they
have left thc farm and moved to
town , to spcn(1 the remainder 01
their days in eisurc-thcy I have
entcrcd into rest. But ere many
days have passed a new and
strange monotony enters into
their lhcs. They have comfort-
able homes , plenty to cat and
wear and nothing to do. Aye ,
I McNa.Il's
GROCERY
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Fancy and Staple
Groceries.
Fruit in Season. ,
Satisfaction Guar-
anteed.
Free City Delivery
Phone 40.
Storage for Household
and Other 'Goods.
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S FLOUR FEED AND SALT
o I have just rcccivcd a car of salt which I can furnish , you in Cf ) '
3 : lU111p . rock , crashed line rock salt . 100 lh in sack , No. rock salt , for J :
ice cream , No ll\Iichigan barrel : sail , No. l1\Iichigan sack salt 70
Q lb in sack just the thing for house usc. n 1 .
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Z Also rcccivcd a car of Illinois washed nut coal , just the thing 0
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' " allteed. I can deliver you Hour ! , feed , grain , hay and straw , wood
I for heating amI cook stove , 011 short noticc. I pay cash for butter m _ _
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- eggs and poultry , rubber , copper , brass , zinc and old iron. , .
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thcrc's thc rub-nothing to do.
They have lcd lived of activity ;
they arc accustomed to rising with
thc sun ; spending . thc day in
hardy toil and at night fall , coining -
ing from their fields , weary in
body and finding rest after their
labor. But now they have noth-
ing to do. 'rhcy arise early in
tl1t. ! morning , build thc kitchen
fire , have breakfast , go down to
thc post office and then thc days
work is clone and soon time hangs
heavily on their hands , and their
thoughts travel back to thc busy
days on thc farm and they long
to feel 'neath their feet thc soft ,
yielding earth in the new turned
furrow , to smell again thc subtle
odor of ncw-mown' hay. The days
are too long-too long. And so
it seems to us that a condition of
eternal rest would not bc hcavcn.
\Vc would rather think that over
there ill thc unknown , there is
just enough activity to make rest
sweet when it comes. We trust
that Heaven is a place where the
ratio ' between activity and repose
is perfect ; where a man may rest
when hc is weary and work again
when he is restcd. After a man
has led a busy site of three score
and ten years and is then trans"
latcd to a sphere of absolute
idlcncss how monotonous will
grow thc life eternal after thc
first ten ox twenty thousand
years , .
When I shall leave this vale of strife
And lay the heavy burden down
And enter on. eternal life
\Vith its reward of harp and crown ,
I only ask that I may rest
Until my hones no longer ache ,
Then , in that city of the blest ,
Find work to do when I walce.
'Vhen I grew restless , I would lay
Aside my glittering harp and crown ,
And for at least a half it day ,
To strenuous labor , buckle down.
And then when I should weary grow
I'd lay my work in turn aside
And watch thc crystal fountains How
And in content and peace abidc.
We arc in rccicpt of a copy of
V 01. 1. No. 1. of thc Nuns City
News edited and published by
Bert Fctz.tfhc News contains
more real news matter than many
older papers and most of it well
writtcn. There is some room for
improvement in thc press work ,
but that will doubtless come
when things get to running
smoothly.
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Current Press Comments.
A Bud EI1If.
The 1T alls City Journal printcd
a football in rcd ( on its front page
for an caster egg greeting , It
was doubtless a rooster cgg.-
Hiawatha M'orld.
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Compcnsl1tion.
The boys and girls will gladly
help rake thc yard if you will let
them have a bon lire and war
lance in thc cvcning.-PlaUs-
mouth News I-Icrald.
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OVersight.
Senator Burton seems to have
been a forehanded chap but when
he failed to provide himself with
a technicality hc put his foot in
in it.-Auburn Jlcrald.
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Graft.
An Emporia man put in a claim
for , one dollar with thc administrator - .
trator of a friends estate for his
'scrviccs as pall bearer at the fu
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ncra1.- Iorrill Ncws.
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Fl\.lIs City Needs Some. '
The residents of North Fifth
street arc raising a fund by pop-
ular subscription for thc purpose
of importing-a Igorrotes from
thc colony at thc St. Louis worlds
fair. Igorrotcs cat dogs.-Be'a- .
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Practical Joke.
Being a victim of a practical
joke is a good deal like sticking
your head through a hole in a
sh cr and permitting people to
throw eggs at you. You can't
lodge and must take what comcs. _
-A.tchison Globc. - .
Not For sa..le.
It is charged by thc democratic
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press that \V. R. Hearst is out
buying up ( lenlocrajs in job lots.
They have always charged thc ,
republicans with trafficking in
this commodity md now they
claim that tile ) have to hc bought
by their own party You never
hear of anyone buying republican i-
can votcrs. They arc not in the
markct.- York 'I'imcs.
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D. S. McCarthy
PROPRIETOR OF
CITY DRAY LINE
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Special Attention to Household 'ovlng-
Phone 211
Falls City - - Nebraska
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