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THE FALLS CI'IY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JANUARY 4 , ISO ? SEWING-MACHINES 19 t ' v I \i\ Mail Order Houses are small , low arm machines to bo run by hand I or t < u " of aiiy Ari"iian voman , they arc not worth the money asked. i iu > \o : > . o I ill Dealing Hartlctt is the finest sewing machine you oversaw andit t i- , -i iit cost am more money than many cheap ; i.r. v u nlshd machine i offered by agents. ' 1 hf head ia of a pleasing design and beauti- lill I. iisht din colors The mechanism is made ci it. ontirfly new and 1 ' .tne principle i'iat ii ! c i h Irom 1 e thiuni'st l < ih'j t'nchcst tinbe > sih sewed. Hard * mud tool steel ia used 'i roughout so that it will p . .icticallyear forever. U the bright exposed parts aio heavily nickel plated over copper , thp most durable finish i tio\\n. The nickel is given a high nurror finish. The Bartlctt makes the celebrated look stitch which absolutely cannot Eccotne unraveled and \\ill never give av/ay. It hai positive takeup , disc tension , capped needle bar , s.itotnatic tension release , four motion i : -id and automatic bobbin winder. Tlio woodwork b of n striMni ! new desljn / ! h rolludoticer rdros which tn.ikn it look _ , 1 > D i plcci1 of parlor f-irnhtiro. The wood is the linjst < j"artcr siwcd oak nnd I'll finlih U hand nib- * t , itut lll.i , i , u rd on it Sioo iiiann. The draweis arc coi'ip'rtcly enclosed nnd nio lulls aud rojiny. 7 ) stand h > s/nll to-il flci 1 lull be rincs which m ike it run liku n w.itrh Ii lit- .ill nitmnatic belt it i i cc aii.1 oil mpi to pro'int s iMinj tl-eoarpi c 1'rt _ Nicki-l I'laitd St-ct Atlncliintnu follows t fni'I'l.Hduitii t .c i m ic in ni'ili i tucKer lundcr. br.nder , font lilrrliiSfldPlilitc. four apiorted lit mnn r nuiher. fiot hi niiiHr a iH I r . nlks siorcvv drHer iilrnn liohlitn * . elf. , nre included. r U < ir < 11 uvniiichie ! until yuu kj thlj Nu , ibu Jlartlctt uu will bivu money ind eel tlio ImcEt ctiino ujuli. Sold by J. C. TANNER . The Great Paper of the Great West The Kansas Citv Star .Everywhere recognized us the strongest and most i pliable newspaper in the most piospeious region of tin1 United States. Wherein It Leads. ItS Unexcelled NeWSServiCe ombnices the continuous report of the Associated Pretts , with dispatches every hour : the general and special service of the New York Herald ; the Hearst transcontinental leased wire service and special correspondence from THE STAll'S own representatives in Washington , D. C. ; Jeflerson City , Mo : Topeka , Ks. , and Guthrie , Ok. , in addition to the large grist of news that comes daily from several hundred other alert representatives. Its Market Reports and Comments have an authoritative value that causes them to be telegraphed to all parts of the United States the moment THE STAR comes from the press. No western man even indirectly interested in the value of food products , stocks and securities can afford to be without THE STAR'S dally record ol price * and conditions. ItS Special Features include The Chaperon's column , in which are answered questions pertaining to beauty aids and social customs and affairs , a department for inquirt rs on other subjects and a wide range oNmiseellaneons articles ! throwing Ma light- upon the world's most in teresting people and events these In addition to a vigorous editorial page , absolutely independent politically , and a Sunday issue that is full of live special matter and h.iman Interest. 13 Papers Each week for 10 cents The Kansas City Star v/os the first and is still the oniy newspaper to deliver n complete morning paper , THE KAN SAS CITY TIMES , to its subscribers without increase in the subscription price. You Don't Grow Weary : listening to the music of one of our pianos. Music hns pent-up chnrtns n skillful operator can al ways elicit from our pinnos. r THE GIFT OP A PIANO AT NEWS YEAR'S shows a generous donor. If bought of us it shows appreciation of the best pinnos made. We will make payments , so you'll never miss them. Buy todny. Palls City Music Company \ $ f- Opposite Court House * 4' The Journal has now reduced the profit of the Gilligan company on Richardson county work to twenty-five per cent. But it is lying even at this figure. The Tribune exposed the falsity of their claim that the company re ceived in 1905 the sum of $21,000 for work done that year. The Journal knows from practical ex perience however , that the truth can never overtake a He and therefore goes on its way appeal ing to the outside districts to help them destroy an enemy and deprive Falls City of an institu-l tion that pays more money in salaries every thirty days than any other local business institu tion. A lawyer should be able to becure enough business without A seeking the co-operation of tax payers to involve the county in an expensive damage suit merely that he can secure a little prac tice. IP. Office over Kerr's Pharmacy Oflice Phone 2GO Residence Phone 271 Now is the best time to see that all feed racks and watering places are in good repair and adequate to the need of the herd through the winter. After winter really arrives , it is too iaie to start preparing for it. t , . _ - Never has trade been as good ( with our merchants as during the past month. The people all have money and our merchants displayed good business judgment in using printers ink to place be fore the buying public the splen did holiday stocks they had secur ed. It pays to advertise and to deliver the goods , as the stories teach. s . . , . " tjlf , , Ir r i tt i. "tl 1 War i Y An Excellent Library of 259 Volumes , Valued at $650 , Absolutely Free of Cost Falls City Business Firms Will Give Them to Organizations Winning in a Voting Contest A number of business firms in Falls C'lty , Including The Tribune , have ar ranged for a voting contest to be entered Into by Richardson county schools , churches , Sunday schools , soci eties , lodges , literary associations , or any other regularly organized bodies , the prizes to be au excellent library of 2511 volumes , valued at fOuO.OO. The library will be absolutely free of cost to the winners , and It doesn't cost the voters anything to vote. When you make a purchase for cash , or pay a bill , the firm with which you are tran sacting business will give you a ticket , Illled out with the number of votes to which you are entitled. You write In the name of the organization for which you desire to vote , slgu the ticket , and deposit tt in the ballot box , according to a plan outlined below. Tin : UST or HOOKS The following publications constitute the library : 10 vol. consolidated Eney. Library , f morocco. 10 volumes World's best orations , i mo. 10 volumes World's best orations , S cloth. lf > volume ? DIekcnb works , cloth. S volumes levins wonts , cloth. 8 volumes Elliots works , cloth. 7 volumes Hugo's works , cloth 8 volumes Shakesjiear's works , cloth. 4 volumes Great Republic , J morocco 10 volumes Classic Fiction , J leather. 12 volumes Classic Fiction , cloth. 10 volumes Historic Novels , cloth. 11 volumes Famous Novels , cloth. 1 volume Japan Novels , cloth. ! l volumes Prescott's Historic , cloth. 23 volumes Home Library , cloth. 107 volumes Copyright Fiction. 2o'J ' , Total Volumes. ' This beautiful library will be award ed at the close of the contest , to the institution receiving the largest num ber of votes. The library has been critically ex amined and approved by competent local authorities , and the highest trib utes paid to its excellence by men and women of national renown , all declar ing it Is be a masterly collection of the world's best literature. So vast a Held of useful knowledge has never before been compressed Into the same num ber of volumes. A Foretaste of What May Be Expected. We have a letter from a farm er living in Knox county , Illi nois , in one of the best corn re gions in the state , saying that he is unable to secure a stand of clover although he has tried it for several years. This , with similar reports which we have from the corn belt east of the Mississippi river would indicate that we may be approaching a time in the history of - agriculture ture when clover will refuse to grow in sections where it was grown without any trouble be- fore. This however , is simply history repeating itself. We have the same complaint from many sections in the east ern states , in Pennsylvania and Ohio , and when we come to think the matter over carefully , it is nothing more than what may be expected not only in the corn belt of Illinois but in the corn belt generally , unless farmers take warning in time and so cultivate their lands that they will not lose their capa city for growing clover. There is not sufficiently definite in formation available as to just why this unfortunate result fol lows ; but we think it very safe to say that it can be avoided , if farmers will take time by the forelock and keep their land in such condition that they will grow a crop of clover every year , where the climatic con. ditions are such that a stand can be secured. In short , if farmers will per sist in growing it only with winter wheat , oats , or rye , they must expect in the course of time to reach a point where they cannot grow clover ; and if they cannot secure a supply of barn yard manure , they will be obliged to depend on commercial fertilizers at a cost quite equal to and frequently in excess of the value of the increase in the The books urn specimen * of the ben incchiuilcul execution , which oxiimlnn- tion will prove , and they will bo on exhibition in Sumiiol Wuhl's store whore the public will have tin oppor tunity to inspect the same. The conditions of the contest lire a ? follows : Any loil c , church , school , hospital , college , or organization , pub lic or private , Is eligible to the contest. Votes for individuals will not be counted. In the event of u tic vote , tlelnK contestants will divide the library. The library will jo to the highest vote cast in the county. With each ton cent cash ptirchaso or over , u ticket will be given by the firm through who > e Jlberallty this grand library Is furnished , on which will be written the amount of the purchases and the number of vote1The pur chaser will write on the ticket the name of the institution or ornanl/.atioti for which he or she desires to vote , sign his or her name and deposit the tickets in the ballot box in the store where the purchase is made. Votes are Issuablo on all accounts when paid. The standing of the contestants will bo published in each issue of The Tribune until April 211 , 1007 , at 7 p in. , when the vote- ! will be counted and the library awarded to the organiza tion havlnt ! the largest number of votes. The Tribune will publish in each Issue a coupon which will entitle the holder to one vote that will be cred ited to the Institution that is written on space provided for same when de livered to the olllco of this paper. The Tribune will , besides receiving the votes cut from the paper , Issue one vote for every 10 ccnt paid on sub- erlntlon at ItsOlllec.elthor for arrears or for now subscription , or for job work or advertising. The rules of the contest provide that each merchant shall carefully muku a record of his votes on Tuesday nlglu of each veok , sending a duplicate of same over hla signature to Tribune olllco before noon Wednesday , the merchant retaining his ticket * with record , carcfullj filing thorn away to bo delivered to committee on awards , appointed at the close of the contest. VOTING TICKETS Voting tickets can bo secured from the following merchants : Samuel Wuhl Dry Good ? , Clothing , Hoots and Shoos , Ladle * ' and Mens' Furnishings. H. M. Jenncv Shoes that satisfy Lot us fit you. lcrd M. Hurlow The Ctuli Grocerman. The Citv IMionnacy Drugs , Toilet Articles Sundries , 1'ulnt and Wall paper : also Stock Food at McMillan's Uciscr & Nosimun Tlio Falls Cltv meat market. Deal ers in Live Stock of all kinds. Rcavis & AUbcv Furniture , Carpets , Mattings and Hlastlc. Hook Cases Paul Messier liurnccS , Saddles and repairing. Opera House Ba.kcry Urpiul , IMes , Cakes and Candy , Lunches , etc. 0. P. Heck Flour. Feed , Haled Hay and Straw , Coal and Wood , Produce. Oswald's Studio High grade Photography. If iukJr * * . * 1- l J--t * * * * : < * - * < * * * * LIBRARY VOTING TICKET \ \ This coupon entitles the holder to ONE vote tlmt can be east > ' " for any institution competing for the beautiful library when * [ properly filled out , signed nnd returned to HUH ollice. * - Name of. Institution II Name of Voter i- THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE f & . K. fc * crop , and worse still , getting their land still more out ol phy sical condition. We have harped on this string a long time , and will probably need to keep harping on it as long as we live , as our duty to our subscriber demands that we keep on disseminating sound agricultural information. If we could persuade every farmer to so plan his farming opera tions that with every crop of small grain , whether winter or spring , he would seed down to clover , keep live stock and haul out the manure , we would not have the slightest fear of any decrease in the fertility ot lands in the west that were good to begin with. Certainly this is something worth looking after. The farm is still the great source of the nation's wealth , still and remains at the head in supplying articles for exports. For the fiscal year ended last June the exports of agricultural products reached the enormous value of 5976,000,000. Corn is .atthe front , astotthc total value of' product , though not as an export quantity. The total valuation of a few of the principal crops for the year is given as follows : Corn , $1.100,000,000 ; cotton in cluding seed , $640,000,000 ; hay , $6000,000,000 ; wheat.$4SO,000.000 potatoes , $150,000,000. Sugar beet is the ninth article in value , the crop this year being $43,000,000. The total of the farm products is $6,800,000,000 A young man near Biglow Mo. , wanted to get married and went to the recorder to secure his liscense. He thought a dollar was too much to pay for a liscense and balked. He wrote to Sears- Roebuck & Co. and asked if they could furnish it cheaper. Twice- a-Week-Times. . Kansas has thirty six lady superintendents of schools. The men down there would better go Into the millinery business. Birth of a Hymn. A song of national circulation , "In the Sweet By and By , " written by S.Fillmore Bennett of Elkhorii , Wis. , had its birth in a country store. Mr. Bennett told the story , which is given in "Wisconsin In Three Centuries , " as follows : It was about time for closing business in the evening when J. P.Webster , whose melodies have made Wisconsin famous came into the store feeling somewhat de pressed. I said to Webster , "what is the matter now ? " He replied , " -It is no matter ; it will be all right by and by.1 The idea of the hymn came to me like a Hash of sunshine and I replied : "The Sweet by and by. ' * Why would not that make a good hymn ? " "Maybe it would , " he replied indifferently. I then turned to my desk and penned the hymn as fast as I could write. I handed it to Mr. Webster. As he road it his eyes kindled and his whole demeanor changed. Stepping to the desk he began writing the notes instantly. In a few minutes he requested Mr. Bright to hand him his violin and he played with little hesita tion the beautiful melody from the notes. A few moments later he had jotted down the notes for the different parts of the chorus. I do not think it was more than thirty minutes from the time I took my pencil to write the words before the hymn and notes had all been completed and four of us were singing it exactly as it appeared in the Signet King a few days later and as it has been sung the world over ever since. . A Falls City boy has conclud ed that New Years dav "butts in" so close to Christmas so that those who receive presents from unexpected sources on Christmas may have the immediate oppor tunity of reciprocating. Weak Back In Hogs. \Ve have received the follow ing inquiry from a subscriber al Oakland , Neb. : "What is wrong with my hogs ? They look well , eat and drink heart ily , but now they arc breaking down. They seem to get weak in the back and drag their hind parts. Please tell me what is the matter and what will cure them. " This breaking down of hogs is a disease which seems to be nest common in the corn belt states , especially Iowa and Ne braska. Hogs may break down from several causes , such as heumatic troubles , kidney worms or partial paralysis. In the case of our correspondent we think the latter disease is to blame. There is no very satis factory treatment yet discover ed for this. The cause of the lisuasc is more or less of mys tery , which , of course , makes .reatment difticult. Dr. Peters of the Nebraska station has icon trying lor years to find a emedy for this disease , but has net with only partial success. Slaked lime seems to do as nuch good as anything yet found. Affected hogs should be 'ed all the slaked lime they will eat. Mix the lime with slop or with corn and water. Another treatment that some times proves effective is to re- luce the feed of the hogs and give them a dose of iive or ten Irops of mix vomica in the slop norning and evening. We advocate the feeding of slaked lime to hogs at all times especially to hogs that are be- ng fed heavily on corn. This hue supplies the bone-forming materials which the corn lacks. It is the private opinion of the writer that breaking down of logs , causing them to drag their'rear parts , is the result of 'ceding a ration deficient in. mineral matter. We have never yet noticed the disease in a lierd that was intelligently fed at all times , but have often noticed it in herds where corn formed practically the sole basis of the ration. We would "be glad to receive short articles from our readers telling of their experience with this disease , and what remedy they found most effective in preventing or curing it. Also we would like those who have had hogs affected with the disease testate state what ration the hogs re ceived previous to the time they began to get wertk in the back and hind quarters. Card Marks. It is conjectured by some writers on the subject that the marks upon the cards designating : the four kinds in a pack were originally symbolical and intend ed to signify the different classes of society. According to this sup position , the hearts represented the clergy , spades the nobility , some old packs of cards bearing a sword or lance head instead of a spade ; clubs the serfs and diamonds mends the burghers or citizen classes. Decemeber is the maddest , merriest month in all the twelve. It is filled with the laughter of children and the good will of ull mankind. Yet , the politician gazes somberly intp the future brooding over the past and dread ing the future. What to him is the laughter of chilbren , what to him is the good will and brotherhood of mankind ? Sighs are his portion and regret abides with him. Fondly he takes out his pass book and with staring eyes reads on the bit of paste board "Good until Dec 31st , 1'JOfi. " Soon , Ah soon to be surrendered , and its predecessor will be among those things which might have been. Its snug : resting place will be lonely and deserted and the pass book will know it and its kind no more forever. So the pol itician gazes somberly into the future and refuses to be com forted. - * - * -ife--