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June 10 , 1904 THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
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, II . , . FACTS AND FANCIES.
' " : BY ALLAN D. MAY.
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, ; ' . In .a great mal : y cases a man is
: : : his only personal devil.
What is ' ' nuisance
p : , . " a greater
than a merry-go-round ?
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Ian only wants but little here
helmy , but he insists on having
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It is htird to locate the dividing
" - line between foolhardiness and
% . aggressi veness.
. " Some people can only be ade-
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' 1uately described by the ac1jec-
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"loud-mouthed.
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4 . No carpenter every built a
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- , / , other carpenters.
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; : ' 'f lie more some people talk , the
' ' ; ; less con fidence others have in
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i' i. . 4 ; ; what they say.
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( Perclicaris sounds to us more
like the name of a chsease than
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, . . . , , ' the nal11 of an American citizcn.
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, Some people talk so much
; , ' that they attract the attention of
- others froth their real characters.
. ' Until yesterday a Falls City
i. man thought that Port Arthur
referred to in the war dispatches
" . ' was Port Arthur , 'l'exas.
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The more we think about it
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\ . : ; knew what he was talking t
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) . , when he said that war is hell.
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pun-
' \ ; pose. Gooseberries make good
: . ' . stuffing for pies , but are good for
- , : nothing else.
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- There are undoubtedly pcople
" ' . who not only object to paying
, taxes , but who secretly believe
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that the state ought to pay then
2 a : ' bounty for living here.
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i The newspapers are making'
L lots of fun of Judge Parker because -
: cause he keeps hip mouth shut
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. for Parker for this reason.
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' . Dowie is in Europe. \Ve hare
I not heard anything from him for
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t' ' some time. Lord , maybe the
bandits have got him ! It will 1
take a lot of tithing to rcdecm
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w . , ' . A mum in a neighboring town i
, . ; is a great fellow for detail. Whet
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f . " IllS wIfe died the funeral notices
. . ' announced her age as " 42 years ,
, . ' , . 15 lays and 1 nigh "
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\ , " " : : n Ever notice how many deli .
f , i ' . cry wagons there are in town ?
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' ' 'Ve can remember when only one
, or two stores delivered goods
( ' - With the advent of the lephone e
? l the delivery wagon became necessary -
{ sary to almost every busines :
1 . The small bcy of today seldom
has to stop playing and go down
town after a bar of soap or a beef
of matchcs.
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ONE OF LONDON'S BRIDQES.
When the Southwnrk Span Was Constructed -
structed There Was Something
- of a Turmoil.
At first sight there appears
nothing romantic about thc Sonth
war ] : bridge , whose reconstruction
tion i8 now being dcbatcd. But
there is a wonderful little story
behind it , after all , says St. James'
Gazette. There was the inevitable .
blc fight over its construction.
Street traffic and the necessities
of pedest.l'ianiBIll might go hang su
long as the tramc of the river was
not interfered with ; and it was to
get over the opposition of the coy
para Hon and conservators that
the Beanies had to make such
enormous 1)1 ) us-time largest ever
attempted in the history of engineering .
gincPI'ing lip to that period. This
necessitated the use of blocks of
granite greater in ext nt than had
' been ' since the da ' I
ever ( quarried days ! !
of thc Hn'ien t It could not be
done , masons decnt'ed. ] Sir John
RC'nnie on his part swore that it
could and ShOl1d. ] TIe went to Ab
( 'rdc11. and at Peterhead found a
block of granite weighing 25 tons.
That Jte would have whole , he
said.
said.By excessive wages and unprecedented .
cedented largesse of Ute native
wine , m'n werc got to cut and de-
taeh the mass " from its 1ll00ringR.
But then it hat to be taken four
miles along the road to 1'01'1. .
Such a thing had never been heard
of. Sir t10hn managed to fake up
enl'I'ia ' and after of
a carriage , H journey o
a claJIcl \ a half , part of whiC'h was
spent in digging the monster out
of 'olh1lsed } roadways , 12 01' J.t
horses got it to the vessel which !
after rxiraordinu'y ; d imeul tips ,
the t engineer had sucl'eeded ill
cha rtering. There were no 1'aneR '
to lift such a weight They had
to build n scaffolding in the bed of
the harbor to get the ho ] ] ,
aboal'd. Eventually the thing was
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aC'l'omplisllPcl , although ever
mariner save the one who had tin
dC'rtak'n the commission ( believe
that the enterprise ) would send
1 lie vessel to t the bottom , the granite .
itp was safely brought to London !
and a new era in engineering in
nugUl'atcag. One curious featur
in the history of Southwal'1 ,
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' bridge is that it was opened at
dead of night. As the clock of St
Paul's chimed midnight it was de
dared fine to the JmbJic.
QUESTS MAY QO HUNGRY
At "Novel" Luncheon You Are Ex-
pected to Do Some Guessing-
Clover Ones Eat First.
As nine out of ten women are inveterate .
\'etern readers of fiction , the
latest idea in luncheon parties i is
sure to attract every hostess who
is in search of some novel enter
tainment that will please her
guests , says thc London , DailJ'
DitiL
sInvitations to a luncheon part
for 20 guests , who must perforce
be weB versed in modern fiction ,
are cent out bJ' the up-to-date
hostess. The invitation cards bear
the picture of a close ] booknn d
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the"or(1s ' \ ( simply intiinlife -tltn't
M rs. Blank desires the presence of
Miss Dash ton "no\'el" luncheon
On the arrival ] of the guests in the
dining room , it is seen that ten
round tables lire arranged round
the room , and that each table hill
n different scheme of decoration.
In fact , every table is designed
to curry out the representation of
n well known novel ] , and before
the guests are allowed ] ] to be
rented the names of the ten works
of fiction must be guessed. Prizes
fire , of course , awarded to the
quickest guesser , and the fortunate -
Hate ones are allowed to partake
of luncheon before their less as-
Lute friends.
The favorite novel , "The Pour
F eathers , " is one that lends itself ]
to a very effective arrangement
in white feathers , and an incident
in the book should be illustrnted
by n decoration in the center.
When possible , some article of
food mentioned in the book should
be supplied by the menu for this
table. Barriers "I.J ttJe 'Vhite
B ird" is a story that can be grapll-
ienlJy i carried out at a "noyel"
luncheon and " " .
, "Trilby" is still anther
other celebrated work of fiction
that suggests itself as to
easy nr-
range ( and easy to guess. "Under
Two Plags" makes quite an antis
tic table , with its setting of ex
otic flowers surmounted bJ' th
two flags , and " : A. Japanese Mal"
riage" can also be pictorially ] ] rep
reHPnted. At a "novel" luncheon
given the other day bJ' a writer
of fIction to other professionals ,
the t hostess had provided a table
cloth made of white , blue and pint
blotting paper pieced together !
while the .
center ornament con
silted of a bow ] made from news
papers and filled with coxcombs
This flower , as was explained b.y
the hostess , was the symbol of th e
critics who had unfavorably re
viewed her works of fiction. The
name cards were slips of paper
familiar to all the guests , ancl
were nothing less ] than the printel 1
messages of regret returned with ]
the ] manuscripts from unfeeling
N1itors. This table was called thC'
consolation table , and those wltO
were unable to guess more that
half the names of tIle "novel" ta ,
hIes were consigned to sit amour
the ranks of the l'ejected.
Clothes of the Ainus.
Among the hairy Ainus of
northern Japan the garments of
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both sexes are made from the inner -
nor bark of the elm tree , whit
it put into water to soak and to
soften , after which it is taken out
and the fiber divided into thread
and balls. It is then woven into
narrow rolls of cloth on a prin
hive loom. The garments are quite
rough and have a faded hrown 11
color. The women are somewhat
expert in executing fancy n ( > C'dle. ]
work , and .in their arrangement
of patterns and designs the em.
broidery and decoration are done
with Japanese colored thread
upon the groundwork of their own
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elm bark fabric. In winter tlw
women sew bear , deer and ! wolf l
skins over the elm fiber for greatel'
warmth.-Cbicago Daily News.
Staple and
Fancy Groceries
FRUIT IN SEASON
We Sell WANK'S BREAD
Cash for
BUTTER AND EGGS
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First Door North I
of Post Office . . . ,
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A. G. HOPPOCK
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Tb Guide the Wayfarer i
A curious old custom if ! kept UII
nt the picturesque 'Vensleydule t ;
village ) of Bainbridge , England ,
where every winter's night , nt
nine o'elol'k , a large horn is blown
on the village green to aid uqy
wayfarer , who might chance to be
on the surrounding fells , to find
his way to the yiHage. The fine
horn now in use was presented to
the village some years ago , and at
one time adorned the bead of n
huge African bul1. The t
horn in previous } use ! iA n good den ]
the worse for wear , and Is kept as !
an interestin ; rpH .
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Problem in Millinery.
" \VII" . , 011 , why ' " remarked ] : the
observer of events and things ,
will a woman smile with delight
when she seeR n hat inn milliner'
window and frown when she aces
the same hat on her ] 1 neighbor p
head ? " -Yonkcl's
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Merchants of the Curb.
Just as the Mexican cobbler
works in the gutter , 80 the Pun-
: man hatter makes the street his
worksbop. Here he weaves grass
into a sombrero beneath the sur-
race of the \'Vater \ in the barrel at
his side.
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W. H. MADDOX
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Lands bought and sold
Hartford Fire Insurance
Houses in city for sale
Money to loon -
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I Can Oct You a
Widows' Pension
Quicker than anyone else
secured a pension for : MRS. ANNA -
NA BAUD of Falls ! City. Allowed
Fcprnary 17 , 1904. } 'Ir. llabb . died
October 29 , 1903.
Also pension for MRS. JHNNm
'iYrtvoeTit of ) r ; 'alls City. Allow-
cd1\larch 15 , 1904. \Vcntworth
died November 28 , 1903.
John L. Cleaver
PENSION ATTORNEY
Falls City , Nebraska
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