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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1905)
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Well , perhaps you might not call It that , but the little Lapp baby Is quito sat lst1 ( ' cl with It , Not only his eights but his days ns well are spent In thin funny cmlllo , which 16 really only II piece of wood , hol loved out and shaped like a hoat. ; lie has nothing hilt dry moss to lie K on , and no clothes whatever to cover his little naked body , hut ho Is n'J cozy us possible tinder the soft moss and warm reindeer skin which his careful \ mother spreads over hllll Generally , ho Is hung UII lJy cords to the silo of the lint , 01' rather his ! clalllo : IH , butsometimes It Is tied on his molhel"s hacl When the fame fly start on a journey it Is SWUIII 011 mho horns of a reindeer , raid the baby 111118 a good time , and Hoes all the sights , I The little Eskimo l lives and sleeps In his 1II0thCl"R fill' hool1. 110 , too , wears no clothes but Is quite warm In the soft fill' When ho becomes stronger ho crawls UII and peeps Ollt. Some HlIsslan cradles are made of wood 01' braided rushes , lined inside und out with sldlH These have IIlls which arc left open In summer ntlll closed In wll\lcl' Baby might smother , , . . . , " " 'i\ , , ' ' . ' ' ' , ' ' 'i ' 'I" . / . . ; ro ' . . . . . \ ' . ; ' " > " ' , \ ' ' ' ' , ' ' ' " \ : \ / I" -\'S , ' " \ : ' ; . "II " ' " \ - ' Y' . ' . . . ( " t. II. " ' ' - . 'S:2b / . - : ; ; / - rf , ; ' I . . . : : . . ! ' -.J - " ' ' ; f. d W'r.4 { , ! n ti \ \ I " " "t\ i' " , , . . \ I , , \1'\ \ ; , , , 11 . \ . ! : \ " , ' " , , ' \ , II ' \\\\l \ \ \ l"I \1\\ \ b ' " . . . 't rWIIY - " ' . . . . . . . . . _ - , , \ " \ \It.b' \ ; ' . . ' " " " " . . . . . ' \ ' . 'I. J'V" ' \ ' . ' ' _ I . . . . . , . . . . . . . " ' ' ' , ' - . : . . \ I I . . .viw . 4YVU . : , . . : = c. _ - \ 1"t 1 , . / . . . . . , . . . . . } . . , 's--- . = _ - - . : . - ' j' II tl/-if - . . l . . A I' : : - . : " " - 'r ' . . \ ' I . i 1s'P 'J" ' ; > , ; , P In thCHO quarters \ \ ere It not for thc . ' little skin covered hole In the lop , which the mother opens once In a while \ to let In the necessary fresh all' { There are other kinds of HIIsslnn c\'ailles Some , like baskets , may he Set on the /011I111 / ; dl I hors hang on the walls , laid still others the mothers carry about the fields as they do thoil' wOl'1 ; : These last ; have canopies over them 10 shade them from the sun 'ho [ little Comnneho pappoose [ has only I It straight piece of bearskin laced IIIJ with a little piece sewed Into the foot to spend Its first days In , yet It never cOlI\lllalns The little Sioux has a much finer resthmg place hill even less comfort. able In niy ollinioll It Is n. wooden frame , painted [ yellow and stlllhled with brass lIalls ' 1'0 this . ho is [ stl'nllPod down tight. Above him Is hllllg wOOllon hoop , with little hells , feathers , bright pieces of tinsel and rags. These arc his } lla 'thlngs , A great turtle shell Is the cradle for flomo South California hahos [ When a few months old the baby Is placed astride Its mothcr's sholllders , Its legs hnnglng down In front. With Bottle and Goblet. Tell [ your company that you have a bottle amid a goblet , both full to the IIrlm of water , and that pm are go' . lug to empty the goblet hr moanfl of the bottle without taking ! a droll ot water from the latlOl' This Is the war to Prepare for It. With a rOil hot wire bore two holes through a cork and Into lholll ( insert two straws , OliO of them extending above the cork ; : liS high as the goblet Is deep , the other about twice as high Now , with a little kneaded bread or wax close the upper end of the shorter straw and then force the cork into the mouth of the bottle until the water spurts out through the longer straw. Meanwhile l you have the goblet of water on the table near ron , and ! also a basin 01' bowl anti n l1al1' of sclssOl's Hold the goblet over the basin with j your left hand , and with your right C turn the bottle apsido down , putting ! _ . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . : ; ' - \ . . , ' ; ; " . . . ' < . . , . : < 1 " the shorlm' straw : inside the gohl't. As you do this have some one take ; : the scissors and cut off the closed end of the shorter atm\\ Water will al once begin to run out or the longer straw Into the basin , and will con- tinuo to run until the goblet Is empty You must , or course , hold ! the bottle so that the short straw will reach down to the bottom of the gohlet. This Is sllllplr the . operation of n sillhon. Not So Hard. Ii L f " ' -4 o C Can you draw this pentagon and Its diagonals without taking nlJ your pen- cil and without retracing a single : line ? Game of "Bird Dcaler3. " The game of "Bll'll Dealers" Is played ' oil liS follows. The children stand In a ! , row , leaving two onlslde. These two represent the bird 1I0alors Each child l'elJl'eEonts a hlnl-ono being n crow , another a crane , another a canary , and so Oil. One bird dealer says to thc other : ' "I wish lo buy a hii'll. " "What kind of ail'll \ ? " asks ; : the second dealI' "A bird hat can fly fast , " says the } " : : n , . ia 1' , III"'l IIl'.Il ,1 . "Vel'r well , " answers ho I ether dealer . CI' , "talw what you wish " "Tholl , " says the fIrst dealer , OIl will take 11 rolJllI " As soon I1S the word Is out of his mouth the "rohln" must heal from the I'ow.and 1'111111'0111111 It to escapo. If the dealer catches the bird he puts it Into a cage , where It must stay till all the other birds are caught - - - - Pretty Valentine Idea r / . . . . . . 411 . a ! ' ; .1 0 > qtlj , f. . I fl < ; . ; f.'If ) \ . " ; w.b. . . r , ' \sh { ll ; fl c c = c' 1d FthcZanjaiion.- c\ \ 'U5 ghat Y'sC r % Iff 11r ; \ \ , fl I4hcfor , Gji an ) ma I seen to , dct tncJ V sco my Jcrhn9 tr ) ckeJ - ro the ; " ; t (11k ( ! girl 1 J" I rr , s Failing Picture Was rirc Alarm. An extrnorclilllll'Y incident uwrlf.11 n. tire outbreak a short tlllW ago at Strangers' Hall , Norwich , England , IIn historic building which Is one of the city "show 1)lnce8 " The fire was discovered - covered In the cur'tal\Or' room where a beam In the chimney was found blazing , and was rellloYcd hr the fire brigade . It appears that the caretaker was aroused by a crash and on going downstairs , ho found the low- 01' room filled with sDlole. It was discovered - covered that the crash was caused IJr the fall of a picture which hall been hanging over \.Imtt'lpiocl' , - - , ' - - - - - - - . - - - - - - sfl iTr : o ThI A Twentlrth Century Love. What to tll1 In time or space , HouI"s of IIhwl1Cl' : : , dttyS ] of grace ; J' " \ \ ' ( \II" 1 allll Il'lgli / / alone 111 II kingdom 1 ot our OWI1 ? Lore like ours Is 1111 10 date , 1I1':1 ' : : at IOI'lUl'l' , ouqudll Date ; : anises : : : the laves of etuly tinier : : 1.001. IIIw thl'oc bright , ' shiny : : ; dlmcs Couldn't \\0 I\'c cards IIl1d spades : : 1'0 historic : : ; lavers' : : ; hHlcs : : ; ) 'f Easily our Lowe call beat ' 'hnl ( of Faust l null : \Ial"gucl'ltc : Iiclolse : : ; and Abthtrd 1 Stooped 10 tiI'ks : : that we'd discard ; Ol'II1H'ulnnd ( EUI'ylllc ( ' Only lu\\\ a sllllille way : : l.aulle\ol \ and Gulnc\'cre Wondl'lllIJ \ \ ho our 10\1'-801118 hear , AIII It few thlllgs we might show , TIIIIII aunt HOllll'O TI"o we'd give IJUlllters to , 'll'nch 1.,1111111'1' how 10 woo I could coach Scmlmmls , 1'I'ojnll 111'11'11 teach to 1.lsH \ 011'I teach DI\nl ( ' amid Pet raehi . Distance C'11'Ol'atra's111'1. : . , 0 , the lOVeS of bygone days ] \Vere not ulI to modern ways -Carob 11 " 'l'lIs , In SlIIart Set. - - Problem Over Triplets. A slnglllllrly rare case under the law of universal military service Is now engaging the attention of the French war office and of the JluIJIIc. It Is that of three triplet brothers , among them the mnlnstay of a very poor family of eight other chllllron and their mother who are swept n tone stroke from the workshop to the harmcls One Is a mason , one Is n painter , and one all agricllltural lahoreI' Another point arises as to which should ho exempt 11' legal excuse Is extended ( lo' any. Even their own mother Is Ignorant , which of the three Haw daylight . first , anti it Is quite IIII11ossihlo to say which Is the oIlIest told which the 'lJ\1I\gesL . - - - - Swordfish Killed Its Captor. A swordfish caused the death of Au- gllsto Sylvia , about thirty-five miles out at sC'a Sylvia was one of the crcw on the fishing sloop I\londllo : ; : , from Glollccsl A 2,000 IJOIIIIII 8word- fIsh had IJCon harpooned , and ! Sylvia entered a dory to make ; : another line fast to the fish , which was only about two lengths away frolll the sloop In Its flurry the fish made a break for the dory and hrolo Its sword by rlln- nlng It through the Illanldllg Tile shock ; : when the fIsh struck the dory threw t Sylvia overboard , and as he was in ollsldlls and rusher boots ho was unable lo swim and sank before assistance . slstanco cOllld reach hi III , Metal Envelopes for Eggs. Metal envelopes to protect eggs from being broken hy the hon engaged In the task of sitting on tholll to hatch out chickens were among the curious exhibits at the world's fall' They are made of two sections of members joined , which constitute the transverse - verse center , one portion overlapping the other , the two locked hr n COII- trl\'allco known as a 'ollot'.1olllt. . 1'hc 1)arts arc perforated to permit the circulation of mils , nllll also to allow thc heat from the hEn's body to reach tIll eggs. When the hatching time approaches ! thc envelopes sure 1'0- 1II0vel1. Brides Measured for Legacy. Measuring brides for legacies Is the : rOlllal'I\I\\lo \ ) ceremony which annually takes place In St. Cyrus , Eng. Moro than fifty years ago a native of time YiIlllgo bequeathed a 811111' of money , the Interest of whll'h , about cao ; , \ \ its for all time to lie dls\III's11 \ In five equal lIartR every ' ( 'aI' , Ono Jll1rt waR for the 11II1'I'h1iHO of meals ! for the poor , whllo Ilse t remainder was to be divided alllollg ho I yeur's four conslllcllolls briclos-tho oldest , the youngest , the tallest and the shortcst-who were married In SI. C 'l'Its' parish church , All St. CYIUS tums out 011 "hl'ldo moasurlllg day , " and the occasion Is made a holiday Was Playing Policeman. Last week n Bath Mo" , family' were puzzled : over the strange actions of - - _ , , , , , t - . - - _ t their 5.'oar.old bar , who was stroll'f" . , . . . . . wg about ( lie 1I0Uf,0 wltll a small stick : 4 In hIs Imlll and every time ho stopped ' ho wOllld loa l up against the door casing 01' the wall nearest to him. The parents filially asked hllll what his strange actions moant. Ho 1'0' \ plied , without a change of counte i' nanco , I "I am playing Jollccmnn. " f , I , a Ii > Successful Woman Bool < makcr. c t y Over In France have the \ thor \ only ' IJrofosslollul woman bookmaker In the ' world. She Is of English birth and she lives at Chantlllr. For thirty years she has been maldng books ; : , and her knowledge of racing Is so com- IJlotc that she has made a fortune. Success crowned her efforts from the start , and at the end of the first six 4 months of her campaign she had 'f cleared \lp $0,000. _ , _ Cost of Corn Production. An old corn grower says that when a crop of sixty bushels to the acre Is secured time com costs 13 cents a bushel to produce , for fifty bushels It - - ' Is iii cents , for forty bushels 18 cents , - ; for thlrtr-fh'o bushels 22 cents and for thirty bushels 30 cents. These figures arc not far eat of the way , and It Is thus oas ' to know when you are selling corn any below the , I cost of JrodllcUon. : r Old English Landmark Burned. ' " 't'll' hotel SlInlJury , one of the old- cst and lI10st notE.'d hostelries on the upper reaches of the Thames , In England land was gutted hy a fire which broke out shortly after midnight the other tnol11ln , The quaint rurlllre , which had been standing for 200 years , was built almost enIIrely \ or wood , aJul the Hames spread ! wllh remarkable railld- ily , d spilo the efforts of five local fire t hrlgallos AI\t5' Nests 15 Presents. ) r- - Among the Christmas presents . . . which were 1'01' sale In London during ho t holitlays were real ants' nests with the living ants as occupants. The nests were In mall wooden frames . . with the top glazed. The habits and \ clever engineering devices of the col- onr cOllld 1J0 observed easily. 'f ? c tllnnels and ( passages appeared In section . j . lion against the glass I II I , Washington Signature. . A relic of the olden days has been a Inherltod hy l\lrs L. II , Morse of , \VaIerto\vn 'Conn. , In the shape of It , certificate of membership In the society . J ciety of the Cincinnati done on parch- . . . lI1'nt with ) and Ink. 'rho , len ; : dOCII- , mont , which experts } 'ononnce to bo genlllno , hears the signature of G. R Washington , president , and II. Knox , socrotarr. 1 Didn't Know Worth of Violin. A Finlandol' recently offered an old \'Iolln to It Gardiner man as security for It loan of $2. On examination It was found tobe marked .Antonio Stradivarius , l73G. " When questioned about the Instrllmcnt , the owner ox- _ j Illalnoll ( that it had been In the family , far years , being passed down from generation to gonel'l\ton. ! I , Built House In Quick Time. Joseph Biron of Wcst Perry , N J1. , } . holds the record for hlllllllnt It ] louse 111 quick ; : tillie 110 cOlllll1oncod on the I house enl ) five weeks ago and huts got I It no\\ completed , plastered and fln- IHholl on the Intorlor. lie has done practically ! ! all the work ; : himself except ' copl the IIInson'ork. . Tree on Stilt . . In Lake l'OIl1\ty , California , to the . , ' north of San Francisco : , Is 11 tree on ' stills It IH I1n oak tree growing near the edge of tw ) lal\O 'rho waters of the lake ; : 1m \ ' \\'ashed way the soil from the root of the tree ! and rocell- lug , have left the tree sUJJlOrted by the uncovered mass of roots. Funeral Long Delayed. Not long ago there was held a fll- noral sen'tco ut Goe'schenen , In S vitz- 01'11\\\11 over the fragntem1 . remains \ \ , fl'l1gmeJ1\at \ ref of a man who had been engulfed eight- ' 4 t cell year ; : : earlier In n glacier
