8 THE FALLS City TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 5 , 1906 ,
Dr. Ucnumont glasses January
10th.
C. W. Hinton of Salcin spent
Saturday at tlic county seat.
Eva McDonald and little niece
spent last week in Lincoln with
relatives.
The Burlington has issued an
order that all conductors must
licreafter wear frock coats to be
furnished by the company. Bet
ter save the money and pay taxes ,
Over half the butincssand pro
fessional men of Kails City arc
wearing glasses fitted ! > } Dr.
Beaumont who comes again to
Falls City January 10th. See
him at the Union house.
Mr K. A. Sterling represent
ing the Genchec Pure Food Com
pany of Le Key , N. Y. was a
pleasant caller at The Tribune
oflicc one day this week and be
fore leaving presented the editor
with two packages Jell-O Ice
Cream Powder for making Ice
Cream. With two packages of
this preparation a { jallon of the
most delicious Ice Cream can be
made in 10 minutes , as every
thing but the ice is contained in
package and requires no cooking : ,
etfcs , flavoring1 or sugar. This is
the Ice Cream Powder that re
ceived Highest Award CSold Med
al at tin : St. Louis Exposition
1J04 , and is pronounsed the great
est pure food success of recent
years. Enough of the powder to
make a gallon of Ice Cream costs
but 25 cents and nearly ever )
l rocetr in town sells it.
One of the best ways to widen
the sphere of the Falls City spirit
is to encourage every farmer to
take a Falls City paper. By so
dointf they become imbued with
those things which concern the
city and become interested in the
success of those things for which
we should all labor. Every man
who takes a daily paper feels al
most a personal interest in the
city in which his paper is pub
lished. By the same token every
farmer that takes a country week
ly feels himself inllucnccd by the
spirit of the city in which his
weekly is published. It is to the i
interest of every business man in
town that the entire farming pop
ulation contiguous to his place of
business should take a Falls City
paper. We would like to have
you encourage your farmer friend
to take the Tribune , but in any
event net them , if possible , to
take some Falls City paper.
M. E. Church.
Services at the M. E. church
next Sabbath as follows :
9:45 : a. m. . Sunday school.
10:45 : a , m. , Preaching1.
3 p. m. , Junior League.
0:30 : p. m. , Epworth League.
7:30 i > . m. , Preaching1.
We expect to hold revival ser
vices beginning1 Sunday night.
All are cordially invited.
W. T. CLINK , Pastor.
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OH"IO
Francis KnUoly returned to Peri
Tuesday ufter , spending his vaealloi
at home , to tuko up hi * school war )
Ilurvu ISrumniti Is trying Imcholu
llto while his wKound babies uro visit
Hov Urewer eommeneed u series o
meetings ut the Maple Grove ohurcl
Sunday evening.
New Years' ' Day being Frank Houtz'
G8th birthday , about twenty nt hi
relative and friend * , gathered * > " '
home and completely MirprUed him
Thoce present report a good time.
Horn to Win. Ilorhtiimu and wifi
December 27 , 1005 , u son
Kill * Hout/.and wife cumedown froi
Verdon Sunday to attend the surpru
purtj for his father.
Mrs. Geo. Johnston returned lai
Friday from Stella after a few du ;
visit with a brother there.
Mrs. F. M.Shutler was u guest i
John Ueibch'ek ' Monday afternoon.
Geo. "Peck and wife entertained
W. Muust and wife ol SlrauBvlllo ur
their son E. T. Peck and family.
Noah Peck's returned homo fro
Si. Joseph last Wednesday.
Adam Schulcnberp Is quite tick.
Mr * . Neel.v of Kansas City visited
Mr Uiiulz .Monday.
Key Stouder and daughter Kt-ta ui
Molllo were called to Empnria Kims
to tinhedMdo of the formers daught
IHSI week , who U very 111 w |
I fe\er
MINIATURE JAP GARDENS.
Made in This Country and Used to
< Decorate the Dinner Table for
American Society.
The little .Japanese gardens dis
played in the windows of llorists
are made in this country , but by
Japanese art is ! * * .
, i"Wo import < thc dwarf plantM
and trees used for the purpose
from Jaiian , " said one dealer to a
New York Sun reporter. "The
gardens are constructed .by dap
anese men here whom we employ
for.the work.
"How much are they ? The ones
that yon see here range from § 3 to
'
$ ( > . We have more expensive
ones. These are the ? ( > ones in
these round terracotta pots.
/'Koine people use them for jar
dinieres for the center of the din
ing table. The coloring is rich and
good and ( he little gardens r'l
ways interest people. "
Only.lapanese art could achieve
these wonderful miniature gar
dens , many of them not more than
oiglil inches across.
'A perfect illusion of extensive
landscape is won by Hie clever
placing of the tiny dwarfed trees ,
thearlfull wistsgivento wee grav
eled patliH tlio carefully arranged
vistas.
The smallest gardens arenas a
rule , grown in little shallow porcelain
celain dishes of pretty design and
coloring. The larger gardens are
grown in shallow 'earthenware
pots , bowl shaped.
Flooded with bright sjunshinc
the gardens show off to the best
'advantage.
"I love mine in the sunset light , "
says a woman who is so devoted to
her garden that she has had a spe
cial high stand made for it to rest
on in a how window , where it ; may
catch an admirable all t'ound light.
"The effect of the golden light
through the little old pine trees is
stunning , and orange streaks slip
over the liltle lawns in just the
way they do over real lawns.
"When dusk comes the garden
is delightful , so dark and bosky
and cool. And in the moonlight ?
Well , you just ought to see the
moonlight on my garden , lighten-
up the dearest Hi Ho white pagoda
on the side of a steep hill.
"My garden's poetry to me all
the time. Through it I keep sense
of summer near me all through the
] winter months. "
WAS HONEST IN POLITICS.
Mark Twain , Stumping for Hawley ,
Told Exactly What Ho Knew of
the Famous General ,
This is the way in Which Mark
Twain once introduced Gen. Joseph -
soph R. Uawley at a public meet'
ing , according to the 'Hartford
Times : "I see I am advertised fo
introduce the speaker of the even
ing , Qen. llnwley , of Connecticut
and 1 see it is the report that 1
am to make a political speech
Now , I must say this is an error
I wasn't constructed to mak <
stunip speeches , and on that-neat
( political ) 1 have only this so
say : First , see that you vote
Second , see that ; your neighbor
votes. Lastly , see "that yoursel
or neighbor don't scratch tin
ticket. Gen. Hawley was presi
dent of the Continental commis
sion. Was a gallant foldier ii
the war. He has been govorno
of Conncuticnt. member of con
gress , and was president of tin
convention that nominated A bra
ham Lincoln. "
Gen. Hawley That nominate <
Grant.
Twain He says it was Grant
but I know better. He is a mem
her of my church at Hartford , am
the author of 'Heautiful snow
Maybe he will deny that. Hiit
am only- here to give him a character
actor from his last place. As !
pure citizen , I respect him , as i
personal friend of years I hav
IIIe the warmest regard for him ; a
e a neighbor whose vegetable gai
den joins mine , why why , I watc ;
him. That's nothing ; we all d
that with any neighbor. Gei
Hawley keeps his promises , no
only in private but in public. H
is an editor who believes i
,
nd what he writes in his own pape
As the author of "Beautifi
Snow" he added a new pang t
winter , lie is broad-souled , go '
orons , noble , liberal , alive to h '
moral and religious responsibi
lit ities. Whenever the contributic [
box was passed I never knew hi
nd to takeout a cent. Ileisasqiiar
3111-
true , honest man in politics , at '
ter
1th I must say he occupies a mighl
lonesome position.
WIVES WHO NEVER SPEAK.
Talcs of Sovernl Spouses Who , During
Their Natural Existence , Re- '
innlned Mute.
A Korean woman is not permit
ted to speak or nod on her wed
ding day , ' says th > Ne v York Her
ald. Should she transgress shoat
at once becomes an object of ridi
cule and loses caste. She must re
main obdurate to her husband's
entreaties ; neither threat nor
prayer must move her , for all the
household is on the qui vivo to
catch a single muttered syllable.
Sometimes for a week or more she
does not speak , and even then ,
when complete silence is broken ,
only puts her tongue to the most
necessary uses.
Although no such universal cus
tom is prevalent in the western
world , ext raordinarycases arc not
wanting. In the early forties n
Mrs. Jones , living in Pennsyl
vania , undertook , for a wager of
§ 150 , to remain mute for the first
month of her marriage. Her hus
band , who naturally was not in
the Secret , was so much incensed
at his bride's behavior that he left
her before the period of her ordeal
had expired , only to return later
\\hen apprised of the real reason
for this unusual silence.
On the anniversary of their wed
ding day a Brussels couple named
) npont quarreled so bitterly that
he wife , in a burst of passion ,
wore that her husband should
ever again hear the sound of her
roice. She would there and then
.ave quitted the house , but her
low penitent husband implored
or not to leave him. To that ex-
ent only did his entreaties pro-
-ail , for she kept the letter of her
ath and never in her spouse's
u'csence did she unloose her
ongue. In other respects she
lontinucd a model wife , and may
be her strange resolution coutrib-
itcd not a little to the harmony of
he household.
A Brunn woman whose husband
vas in hiding from the authorities
nadvertently betrayed his where
ibouts to a neighbor who was so-
uref ly in i he pay of the police. As
i result he was taken and received
term of imprisonment. Somucii
lid his wife take to heart this mis-
brttine brought about by her gos
sip , that she resolved for the re-
nain'derxof her life to remain
hutcj nor did she even make an *
exception in her husband's favor. '
'or , although she received him on
lis release with the utmost af-
'ectlon , she maintained an obf
duratesilence , which remained un
broken till her death/which tooli
place three years later' * * I
MINDS HIS OWN BUSINESS !
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Youthful "Dude" Tourist Silences
Stage Driver Who Hated to
Bo Interrogated.
Wallace Cummings used t
drive the old stage which ran b
tween Bridgton anil Portland ,
says the Boston Herald. One day
Wallace had as a passenger out of
Portland a young city chap , ur
dude , as Wallace called hiui.
The , scenery along the route wajs
both beautiful and diversified ; tlrt
young man was much interested1 ,
and as he sat on the box , or peat
of honor , beside Wallace , literallV
plied him with questions as to
what mountain that was , anil
what river this was , oto- f
The old driver , who detestell
this Sort of interrogation , stood
it ; as long as he could ; Finally lie
blurted out : "Say , stranger , , ) f
you'll mind your "business PJ1
mind mine. "
Thus snubbed , the young mil
relapsed into silence.
They had driven about ten milis
farther when they came to a lei
nil ] , where the driverVas obliged
-ito\ply the brake. As he shoved
n his foot toward it he immediately -
' ly noticed that the mail bag whl'li
i5 * had always been there was gore ,
r Evidently it had been dropped 6fl
h along the road.
Wallace stopped his horses :
then , breaking the long silence ,
* said : "Say , stranger , did you t
Je that mail bag slide oil' ? "
111 j "Yes , I did ; some ten miles
" ' back , " calmly remarked thuyoun ;
11 1 man.
fo | "Well , why in thunder didn'
[ ' you tell me ? " gasped the ast9U
ished stage driver.
' I The "dude" looked him square
In ly in the eye for a moment , am
1111 then he drawled : "Say , driver
'e yon mind your business and IM
" ' mind mine. "
.v The rest of the journey wa :
driven iu cold sileuce.
ODD RECORDS TO THE FORE |
When One Cannot Bo Pamous Through i
Natural Sources , There Are
Many Other Channels.
Those who fail to gain distinc-
lion through other means seem to
seek oddity of performance , and ,
every little while there appears a
challenge from some "champion
egg eater" or other frcnk.
The 40-quail-in-40-days perform
ance has been outdone by a man
who recently ate a whole goose
each day for 30 days , the fowls
weighing from six to eleven
pounds. Other records in this lint-
are ( ! 0 soft boiled eggs daily'for six
days , six quarts of beans in10
minutes , smoking 50 cigars in 11.
hours without once taking a drink.
A Paris'couple recently waltzed
without cessation for six and
three-quarter hours , wwhilc an
Kuglisli actor danced all the way
from London to Norwich.
The best club swinging record
lias been standing for 17 years ,
when 3SG different combinations
were shown in sixteen minutes and
a quarter , 2,1511 revolutions being
required.
A score of 0,43-1 points was the
result of a 24-hour endurance
billiard match in Paris , the con
testants covering 30 miles in walk
ing around the table , and a violin-
is't has played a combination of
4,800 notes in four and a quarter
minutes , averaging 19 notes a
second.
Beciting Dante's "Divine Con >
edy" from memory in 20 hours is
another queer record , while oth
ers have gained fame through
making 2,000 ham sandwiches in
19 hours and 40 minutes , dressing
ten sheep in 33 minutes , 200 chick
ens in 44 minutes and killing and
dry picking 103 geese in ten hours.
DURING AN OCEAN CALM.
Ship Bolls and Tosses , But Sails Can
not Get Enough Wink to
Carry the Vessel.
All the afternoon the brig rolled
on the long swells , which hourly
grew heavier , says Century. They
leaped against the homoii , swung
onward beneath the keel , and
swept past with the unrelenting
persistency that seemed the em
bodiment of persistent hate. A
gale can be combated , but , in the
grasp of a calm , man is helpless.
Ever # part of the vessel cried out
in protest. The canvas slatted
and flapped like the wings of a
huge bird vainly trying to rise
from the waves ; every block rat
tled and croaked ; the main boom ,
hauled chock aft , snatched at its
sheets with a viciousness that
threatened to part them at every
roll and made their huge blocks
crash ; from the pantry below
came the constant rattle of crock
ery ; and the blue sea , dipped up
through the scuppers , swashed
back and forth against the main
deck. By eight bells every
stitch of canvas had been furled
or clued up to save it , and the brig
lay rolling in the darlc hollows like
a drunken sailor reeling home.
_ *
SLAV'S RULER A BUSY MAN'j
Even In Time of Peace Czar Has More
to Do Than Any Other Man
in the World.
There is nowadaj's not a great
deal of gayety at the Russian
court , says Century. The emper
or is : i very busy man ; he probably
has more to do , even in time of
peace , than any other man in the
world. Combine the responsibil
ity of the president , the cabinet
congress , the governors of states
state legislatures , and mayors ol
the principal cities in this country
and you will begin to form an ideji '
of the load on the shoulders ol
Nicholas II. There is no finality
below him , except as he permit *
it ; and the mass of details thai
actually reaches him is astonish
ing. If President Roosevelt hat
to grant permits to operate mills
in Texas , erect buildings in Nev
York , or form mining companies
in California , before any such operations }
orations could be begun , even hii
giant energy would be taxed. Yet
incredible as it may seem , the em
peror of Russia examines int <
myriads of similar minutiae , besides
sides attending to the great af
fairs of state.
Simply Crazy.
"Happy , though married tw
days , " was one of the many label
attached by practical jokers
the luggage of a newly marriei
11 couple who left an English rai
way station the other day on the !
way to Canada.
'
ARE KITCHEN PERQUISITES.
- I
Cooks and Stewards Who Get Commissions -
missions on Purchases Malta
Marketman Groan.
Perquisites for the head of thy
kitchen are matters to be men
tioned with bated breath , says the
New York Times. They are s6me-
thing that neither the cook , chef
nor market man will allow , yet it
Js a well-known fact that inmost
large households the steward of
the establishment , whoever that
may be , makes a comfortable in
come in commissions. It was th °
dealer , undoubtedly , who began
this , but the custom has devel
oped as it has grown , and de
mands for i6mmissions have mul
tiplied , and occasionally a little
information crops out through
some one \\ho feels aggrieved.
"It was all light , " groaned the
market man the other day , , "when
I allowed them 5 or 10 per cent , on
the bills , but when they begin to
demand 15 and 20 per cent , it looks
Ah some of the bureaus where
high-priced Morviuijts register
they will not take one whom they
know exacts commissions. There
are few who are refused on that
account , however , for , as stated ,
it is not a subject that is usually
mentioned. One high-priced cook ,
however , has waited for several
nonths for a position because she
efused to take one' where a house-
cooper wan'remployed , and she
\vas _ , nonscientionsly kept from
others on the grounds that she
was looking for perquisites.
.One family in New York abso
lutcly refuses to allow anyone in
ts employ to receive commissions
on household supplies purchased.
They look into the matter care
fully , and none is given. However ,
f the shopman is so minded , or the
cook sends n letter saying that
times are hard 'and money scarce.
and he then sends out a little pros
out of $20 or § 2n , who can object :
That is a simple way to get around
the matter , aud no one is tin
wiser.
There may be an understanding
with the family that a commission
is to be received , and the matlei
is then on as legitimate a basis as
that of any other business. As a
rule , however , it is generally un
dcrstood , and the mistress of the
house , though she may have ob
jections , closes her eyes and puts
the whole thing comfortably oul
of mind. If she doesn't it makes
no difference ; she can do little to
prevent it.
"I know my servants receive
commissions , " said the mistress
of 'one wealthy family the other
day , "but what can one do ? If I
should allow myself to be worried
by such things I should be perfect
ly miserable , and'if I watched the
servants all the time I could dt
nothing else. "
INSURING AGAINST TWINS.
Underwriter Makes $125 in Venture
Wnich He Knew He Could
Not Lose Out.
An English gentleman of limit
ed means had married recently
into a very prolific family , Kays
Leslie's Monhtly. There was-pros'-
pect of an addition to hisjipnse- (
' '
hold.
"Twins " reflected the
, gentle
man , "are much more expensive
to support than one childj And
he sent his broker to'one of
Lloyd's underwriters. .Tim under
writer set an actuary to.'look over
the vital statistics 'and make a
,
few calculations. . Then for the
' sum , I think , of 23 guineas , he in
sured the gentleman in 1,000 )
' against the advent o'f twins.
'
This somewhat threadbare tale
shows fairly both sides of ilii.
game of insurance. The evident
" side is chance. The underwriter
invited a loss of 973.15.0 for
'j which he would have nothing to
show. The other side :
sf The point of the story i
v that the lady presented her itnpe-
8 cunious husband with one fine son ,
The underwriter , deducting , say 2
9 as the value of his time and his ac
1 tuary's , , set down a net profit ol
l' 24.5.0 , for which he had advanced
0 nothing but the risk , science.
Still the Same.
"I met Dumley to-day for the
first time in years. He hasn'l
o changed much. "
Is "O ! he hasn't changed at all
o but he doesn't seem to realize it. '
id "Flow do you mean ? "
il. "O ! he's forever talking aboul
iiwhat a fool he used to be. ' "
Catholic Standard and Times.
ORIGINALh t IS A POWER.
By I Fostering This Characteristic One
May Attain Great Things
in Life.
There ivrc a thousand people
vflio will do faithfully what they
are told to one who can lay out a
programme or execute it ; a thou
sand who can only follow to one
who can lead. It is a rare thing t < i >
find a young man who has the
power of accomplishment , the
ability to put a thing through with
the force of originality , says Ori
son Swett Mardeu , in Success.
Whatever your work in life , do
not follow others. Do not imi
tate. Do not do things just as
everybody else has done them be
fore , but in new , ingenious ways.
Show the people in your specialty
that precedents do not cut much
of a figure with you , and that you
will make your own programme.
Ivijsolve that , whether you accom
plish much or little in the world ,
it tilmll be original your own. Do
not be afraid to assert yourself
in an original way. Originality is
power , life ; imitation is death.
Do not be afraid to let yourself
out. You grow by being original ,
never by copying ; by leading , nev
er by following. Resolve that you
will be a man of ideas , always on
the lookout for improvement.
Think to some purpose. There is
always a place for an original
man.
There is nothing else Avhich will
kill tile creative faculty and para
lyze growth more quickly than fol
lowing precedents in everything ,
and doing everything in the same
old way. I have known progrcs
sive young men to stop growing ,
become hopelessly rutty , and lost-
all their progressiveness by going
into their fathers' stores , fac
tories or places of business , where
everything was done in the same
old-fashioned way , and prece
dents were followed in everything.
They lost all expansiveness.
There was no motive for reaching
out for the new and original , be
cause their fathers would not
change ; and I have seen these
splendid fellows , who might have
become great and grand men ,
shrivel to pygmies in their fa
thers' ruts.
How many of our business
lions" * an- weighted down with
machinery , old , antiquated meth
ods , ponderous bookkeeping , and
out-of-date appliances , when new
devices , or new methods , with
short-cut way of doing things ,
would enable them to economize
greatly on room and get along
with less help ; but they cling to
the old with a fatal tenacity.
This is why so many old con
cerns , which , 'liave been strong
"
arid powerful" for generations ,
gradually shrink , shrivel , get into
ruts , and. fail , while their newer
competitors , the bright young
men who have gone out from these
ho'uses , do things in a new way ,
adopt up-to-date methods
, keep up
with the times , and go on to
'greater success.
WOMEN WASTE VITAL FORCE
Fair Sex Loses Much Nervous Energy
Through Errors Which Might
Easily Be Avoided.
Women ( according to a lady
doctor ) lose much nervous force
through crrois which might bf
easily avoided.
One notable instance is seen in
their manner of walking. Many
women have an uneven gait , a
nervous , jerky step that jars th--
whole body and keeps most of the
muscles tense and drawn.
A good way of correcting a bad
walk is to carr.a . waltz tune in
the mind , and keep step to it as
. far as possible without actually
dancing. After a time the walk-
will become regular and buoyant ,
and , the habit once formed , there
is no occasion of continuing the
device of keeping step to a tune.
Women lose much of their vital
ity in needless excitement and in
misplaced sympathies. Their
emotions arc easily drawn upon ,
and instead of reserving their
powers for important occasions ,
they dissipate them on the smallest -
est provocation. The remedy
here is to practice self-control. Ir
is one of the finest of nerve tonics.
Chinese Cotton Mills.
Thirteen hours and a half con
stitute the working day of a Chi
nese mill hand in the cotton fac
tories , night shifts working but
ten hours. In spite of the long
hours the pay is very small , the
best workers receiving but 12 I
writs a day.