, l\'Iay ' 13 , 1904 TI'IE PALLS CITY TRIBUNE
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' . ; . ' FACTS AND FANCIES.
c' BY ALLAN D. MAY.
Ie 0 A man never again becomes as
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' - proud ; as hc was thc first time hc
" was put on a committcc. .
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- ' ' . undue imp01tancc : is sometimes
. attachcd to thc word "forcman ? "
Our idea of a real brave man is
a telephone lincman.
A mean man started a report
that a certain preacher had gone
} to the circus. The preacher sav-
ed himself only by proving an
alibi. He was at prayer meeting
that night and proved it by thc
other man who was thcrc.
A friend asked us if ou : little
son was a "bouncing baby "
Don't know. Haven't dropped .
, , . him yet.
If they move the Missouri Pa-
cific depot up town , will they
move all the "surroundings too ?
' What changes may have come to pass ,
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i . A hundred years from now ; ,0
. . 'Vhe1l you and I lie 'neath thc grass ,
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, A hundred years from now ;
The broken walks shall disappear ,
'l'he arc lights all burn bright and clear
. And that division may be here
A hundred yearS from now.
lIan's foulest wish may bc obtained
A hundred years from now ;
The bottom lands may all bc draincd ,
11 .A hundred years from now ;
, leeds 1 ! dccp enough to float an ark
No more shall reach high water mark-
. This town may have a city park
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' * - A hundied years from now.
1 Suppose a mob should come to
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your house tonight , take you out
and tic you to a telephone pole
and tell you that you would be
burned to < leatli unless you repeated -
pcatcd the tell commandmcnts.
would you live I to tell the story ?
Our idea of a real rich man is
one who would be able to build a
line house and Have thc interior
. wood work ' all done in pyrog-
I . raphy
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\Ve pity the man who has a St ,
t. I ! Louis longingand a Salcm chau-
tauqua 111COlile.
Dives of some men oft remind tiS
\VC can angle all we wish
And returning leave behind tiS
Any quantity of fish.
If a man could understand thc
language of tom cats , what an
extensive vocabulary of choice
,
cuss words hc could acquire !
Did you ever hear a man give a
satisfac\ory reason for drinking
I whisl.ey ? ,
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i You don't know ] what real dn-
. I < Jicti..cncss is until you have heard
. ' .or a tailor cuss the maker of , hand-
( me-down clothing ,
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\Vhcn a man has thc barber's
itch it is mighty hard for him to
. . convince his friends that it isn't
small pox.
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A certain man says hc will not
vote for Burkctt because sonic of
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thc garden seed sent out by him
wouldn't grow. A congressional
investigation would likely show
that the seeds were planted in
the wrong sign of the 111oon.
I want to hc a farmer
And with thc farmers stand
Until I'm called upon to pay
The taxes on my land.
We do not believe that the
women cxchangc "slips" from
their house plants as much \.s
hey used to.
Sometimes a man who never
before faced an audience in his
life is called upon to make : an ad-
dress of welcome 011 some partic-
ular occasion. Before hc gets
through he makes it plain to his
hearers that he wishes they were
all a thousand miles away and
yet he expects them to feel wcl-
come.
The boy stood on thc burning deck
U ndau n -unafraid ,
Although thc mercury had reached
Ten thousand in the shade.
Another ship went sailing by
Aid O'CI' thc waters blue
'l'his cheering wireless message sent . ,
"Is it hot enough for you "
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Strawberries
vVe receive thc finest of fresh
strawberries every morning direct
from the gardcns.--D. V. Sowles.
Thc usual services will be hell
in the .M E. church Sunday
morning and e'ening.Vharto11
B. Alcxander , the pastor , will
preach at both serviccs. The
evening address will bc to the
young people , it being thc fifteenth -
tcenth anniversary of thc Ep-
worth League. Anna Donington
and Simon Davies will sing- All
are cordially invited
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IS THERE A
GRADUATE
at this scason's commencement -
mcnt whom you wish to
present with a watch ,
chain , brooch , ring , fine
umbrella or other dcsir-
able giftVe have mal1Y
suitable articles , cither
elaborate or inexpensive ,
but nothing IIcheap"-all
of excellent quality , no
matter what thc cost
Our consistent prices
should attract you if you
want good value for your
moncy.
A. E . JAQUET
The Old Reliable Jeweler
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DOES YO UR HOUSE
NEED PAINTING ?
No matter where you have been buyilig , j
come to us this time and let us figure on
the job. Let us show you our latest designs
and newest combinations. We wil gladly
be of service to you in the selection of your
Wall Paper if you desire. We can furnish
you the Plate Chair or Photo Rail Room
Moulding and Beading to tnatch our Papers
VV'e also carry a full line of Mixed Paints ,
Lead and Oils , Glass , Varnishes and
Brushes.
White's Wall Paper Store
. Falls City ; Nebraska
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CLEVER BIT OF MECHAN ISM.
The Iris Diaphragm Attachment for
Camera Lenses-Manner of
Its Construction.
By the recent death of its inventor -
ventor attention is directed to a
convenient attachment sometimes
made to cameras and microscolJ
called the "iris diaphragm. " An
ordinary diaphragm , 01' stop , is a
thin metal plate with n round hole
ill the center. Light is admitted
through the aperture , and , as it is
often desirable to vary th ' }
amount of light , it has been cus-
tomarJ' to equip cameras with sey-
pral adjustable diaphragms , en elm
having a hole of dill'erent size
from thc other To remove one
diaphragm and substitute anoth-
PI' iH a bothersome task. In an iris
diaphragm the size of the hole
can.be varied at the will of the operator -
orator , and without altering its
shape. This , whether large 01'
small , remains round , just as the
pupil of the eye does , whether :
shrinking 01' dilating. Thc latter
is a hole in a little membrane
ealled the iris , and is controlled
automatically. But n. diaphragm
is composed of metal , and ; its imitation -
itation of the action of the iris is
truly ] wonlerf111. Thc expansion
and contraction is very much more
extensive with this piece of mechanism -
anism than in the eJ'e. The mole ] !
may be reduced to a diameter of n
sixteenth of an inch and enlarged
to a whole ] inch ( in the stage of mi :
microsrope ) , and even to two inch-
eR in large cameras.
Time precise manner in which
his 1 mcehanism is constructed
cannot be explained readilJ' It
may be said , however , that the
diaphragm does not consist of a
single plate , but something like
20. These overlap ] each other awl
can be moved simultaneously by
pressing a tiny lever 01' by the employment -
ployment of other means. Each
of the plates is pivoted out near
the circumference of the brass
tube in which they are mouute-J ,
and the pivots l : on which they move
are placed at equal intervus ] Ill :
the way around the circle. The
movement is either toward 01'
away from the cen tel' . : No one who
has ever inspected the device has
failed to experience delight over
its smooth working and ingenuitJ'
Thc inventor was , John Henry
Brown , an EngJishman. He died ]
at Hm'e in neeemher. ) A friend of
his , ] ) ' , Hollis , writes to Nature as
follows :
"In the early 70's hc took his : !
home-made model to Smith &
Beck , the : predecessors of Ole weJ ]
] mown firm of opticians in I.Jn- (
don. 'rhis ' model he showed me ,
many years ago , and , although .
roughly constructed ( , it diU'ered in
no i1llpol.tant d'tail fl'om the type
of Itllparatus at present ] > in Ow
mUI'kl'L As he did not patent the
little eontTivalu'p he ' ed .
reaped ] > no lIe.
climax' ' reward for his .
( 'uniur.r r < ingenuity.
Although frail in body and physie
ally somewhu infirm , MI' Brown !
by ind01llitablp energy made and (
retained for JHlJlJ' : years a large
practice as a leIital surgeon. ' lIJ
was a fellow of the Royal Astro
nomical society and died at the
age of Gi ( ; , much l'espeeted. "
Intoxicated Wasps ,
'Ymps ; have a great fondness
for o\'prripe fruit , especially
pears , plums amid sweet apples ]
'PIlP sugar ! of these fruits has a I
tendency t ] to pasR into H kind of al.
'ohol in flIP ordinary ! proceRs 01
rotting , and after ! imbibing large !
quantities of this Jiql1id thc wasp
he'oll1P outrageously \ ] intoxicated
'l'lwrl'awl , away in Ole grass hi a
1Cmi-SOU1llolellt condition and I'P
amain till the t effects have passed
off , when they ] will go at it again
It is while in this condition that t
they do their ! worst stinging. 1\
person receiving a sting f1'0)11 one
of these intoxicated wasps will
suffer severely from nerve poison .
ing for daj's.-Nature.
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