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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1905)
SCORPIONS LIKE SPIDERS. Great Resemblance Between the Gray- ish Lobaterliko Foes-Both Have Same Habits . T . "Betwc the spiders and scorpions pions , those grayish , lobsterlike foes of every living thing , which , lurk in old walls und beneath the debris of ruins , silent , patient , giving the sting that kills and then sucking the victim's blood , there aye points in common , " writes : ! F , \ O. Altalo , thc traveler und writer of London. "This very habit of sucking blood is shared bJ them , for the scorpion does not tear its victim's flesh with pinclc ers , like a crayfish , but sucks the juices through a shall and tiibu lair mouth not unlike that of spi dens. Both of them breathe through lung , l'nings > in the ub omen anti in each the number of legs l is eight , not six , us in il1sects The latter class , which form the food of the small spiders , arc erroneously - rOIH.'ously regarded as safe if th y have wings : ! to fIv. Even in Eng- lung there are spiders which run 80 swiftly and leap with such pre. CHWIl : ! Ulill ( , I1I'UI't l'Olll the aid of webs , few but the largest insects are secure from their attacks. In Australia there are parachuting . spiders which sail obliquely down ' from the tree tops and these must be deadly to , encounter. Let us give the spider its due. Even those who willingly concede its dili genre grudge it the undeniable attribute . tribute of cleanliness "Few created animals are more loathsome than the scorpion There is a graceful beauty in the deadliest snake , in the fierce tiger , even in the banded wasps and hornets . nets , but in the scorpion there is nothing but foulness. The crea llre's bite varies in its results , possibly according to the condition - tion of the scorpion itself , but probably according to that of tIll ! person bitten. I know l of one CUB of a man , an American , who was repeatedly bitten by scorpions without on any occasion suffering more than a few hours of discoui fort. In Morocco I have seen lads handle scorpions without a sign of fear , letting them crawl on the palms of their hands , even laying them on their eyes , and all for II quarter of a dollar ! I was told at the time that the skin of the ope1l hand , stretched tight , gave the scorpion no purchase with which to get its weapons in phlJ" 'Vlmt was , however , far more remarkable , was the patent indif f'rpl1l'e with which a gang of ! oorish \ masons went to work barefooted to pull down an old building in the full knowledge that ' blow of their every picks 011 lip t falling walls Bet fresh scorpions - ons free to writhe over their feet and legs , for they were buried iu the accumulating rubbish almost up to the knees. To their way of thinking the crpature's reputa tion was more evil than its bite. " "Pa , " asked little Willie , look. ing up from his book , "what are gas tronomics ! ' " 'Oh--eI' lemme " said - , see , his pal "Oh , ther're these country jays that blowout the ga ; ' -Phil- udelphia Press . _ . _ _ I I LOOM END SALE Ifr' ; ' Saturday morning May 13 , at 9 o'clock we will begin the greatest sale ever held in Palls City Our buyer has succeeded in purchasing twenty" . five large cases of Loom End which we will place on sale at 2 1-2 cents per yard. These goods are not trash , but are short lengths from 1 = 2 to ten yards with slight imperfections in the weaving. During this sale we will make prices on goods , through our stock , but I which our limited space here will not permit us to quote. . CLOTHING. When the wagon gets in a rut and there is. a big load on how do you get out ? Proceed , to at . once to unlpad. That is just the condition - tion we are in and that is just what we are going to do. Come in and see the yellow price cards and read the story of our loss and your gain. 3-,000 PIECES OF RIBBON. AT LOOM END PRICES. I NO.5 , 7 and 9 per yard . . . . . . . . , .04 No. 12 , 16 , 22 , 30 per yard. . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Fancy Ribbon 25c value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Fancy Ribbon 25C value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 SHOES I , _ Never before has our . . stock been so complete in this department as it is today and never before were such prices heard of ' . - . in Falls City as will be found in this department. Here are but a few of the many good things we shall offer during this sale Ladies' Kid Shoes worth $1.75 . . . . . . . . $1.25 Men's Dress Shoe worth $1.75. . . . . . . . $1.00 , See the large yellow bills. Sale begin Saturday , nay 13 , and closes May 27. SAMUEL WAHL . FALLS NEBRASKA CITY , ' , _ , - . 't : : > > Sunday School Canvass At the Ministerial meeting Monday morning at the Christian church it was unanimously declared - clared that a canvass should be made of Falls City , in the inter- est of the Sunday schools and churches. Each and all the workers of the varIOUS schools will meet with the ministers at the Methodist church , Lordsday , June 4th , at 4 p. m. , to effect an organization to make the canvass. House to house visitation is a form of Christian activity encouraged - coura.ged by the Sunday school associations , is co-operation on the part of bringing all the peo- ple into touch with some Sunday school or church Careful investigation - tigation , b.y those competent to speak 011 the subject , reveals the fact that there are eleven millions of children in this country outside the Sunday schools. Falls City has its share. Many have never been invite to attend Sunday school and arc waiting for the personal touch of some warm-hearted soul. They are waiting for the Masters : C01ll- mand , "Go out into the highways and hedges and constrain them to come in. " In the house-to-house plan every familY in the commu- nity will be called upon , and with the follow-up work that follows many may be brought into the church and Sunday schools. The experiences of St. Louis , Kansas City , Memphis , Wash- ington , St Paul and many other cities together with scores of smaller places has proven beyond question that the time and energy spent , brings the most satis- factory results. The plan is to divide the terri- tory into districts , over which a chairman shall be placed. Com- mittees are chosen from each and every religious organization within the bounds of the territory to be canvassed and these are under the supervision of the chairman. Every home is to be visited in one day-Saturday is usually the best day. The visi- tors go out ' in twos' or threes' representing as many different churches. These visitors are volunteers from the various Sun- day schools , churches and young people's societies of the city. , They are selected by the superintendent - I intendent of the school and pas- tor of the church to which they belong. None should be taken under 15 years of age. A special territory is assigned to each group of visitors. They are' to do two things : First-to extend a cordial invitation to those not identified with Sunday school or , church life to do so , but in no case to specify a particular . church ; second-to gather 0 n information blanks such inform- ation corncerning each home as will enable pastors and other workers to intelligently follow up the visit. These cards are to be returned to the chairman who with his assistants will distribute them to their respective schools and churches. J. CRONENBERGER , Minister Christian church. A Good S6gestio n . C. B. Wainwright of Lemon City , Fla. , has written the manu- facturers that much better results are obtained from the use of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in cases of pains in the stomach , colic and cholera morbus by taking it in water as hot as can be drank. , That when taken in this way the effect is double in rapidity "It . seem to get at the right spot instantly - stantly , " he says. For sale by ' c'J ! Kerr's Drug Store. r Peter Rcsterer , sr. , continues in poor health. The old gentleman - man is confined to his room the most of the time S. J. Ulmer and wife came down from Dawson , Tuesday on business. . . . - - - -