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 , ' ,
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'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.
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