THE FALLS CITV TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JANUARY n , 190 ?
THE LIBRARY CONTEST
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THU LIST OF HOOKS
The following publications constitute
the library :
10 vol. consolidated Ency. Library , J
morocco.
10 volumes World's best orations ,4 mo.
10 volumes World's best orations , S
* , cloth.
lj volume ? Dickens works , cloth.
3 volumes Irvins works , cloth.
? volumes Elliots works , cloth.
7 volumes Hugo's works , cloth.
S volumes Shakespear's works , cloth.
- ) volumes Great Republic , } morocco.
10 volumes Classic Fiction , i leather.
12 volumes Classic Fiction , cloth.
10 volumes Historic Novels , cloth.
; l volumes Famous Novels , cloth.
1 volume Japan Novels , cloth.
J volumes Prescott's Historic , cloth.
-o volumes Home Library , cloth.
107 volumes Copyright Fiction.
259 , Totul Volumes.
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I THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE I
FARGO.
Gco. Scerest was over from Craig
Friday buying stock.
Wm. Dorsto and wife of near Rule
were trading here Tuesday.
Frank G. Latter and family of Stella
Nebr. , were visaing relatives here
roveral days this week.
Pearl Lawrence teacher of school
district 27 Is visiting home folks In
falls City during the holiday vacation.
Wm. Buckminlster with his brother
Gene Buckmlnlstcrfrom Corning were
.n Falls City on business Saturday.
Eustace Pfrunder was having some
Jcntul work done In Falls City Wed-
oesday.
Julius WallrutV was a Fargo shopper
Tuesday.
Mary Haunks was here Saturday
where she hits several pupils taking
music lessons.
Mrs. Henry Asendorf of Reserve ,
Kansas visited with the family of F.
} 3. Nitzscho over Sunday.
F. E. Nitzsche and family were over
in Missouri last week visiting relatives.
Col. Thienman and Wm. Buckmln-
_ - zlor were business callers at Corning ,
\ Missouri Thursday.
Glen Thieman of Corning spent the
Holidays with his cousin Len Thieman
aero.
Quite a number of our young people
attended a dance ut Craig Tuesday
sl"ht. They report a good time.
Clarence Schatz spent Christmas
* -ith home folks.
Griff Wright is delivering corn to
Mule this week.
Bald Uannecker took the train to
Palls City Tuesday to pay his taxes ,
Gust Hilfenbeln was visiting with
aia slater Mrs. Geo. Klink over the
iolidays at Savannah , Mo.
George Hirschberger left for his
iome at Wlnonce Logan County , Kan. ,
Friday.
Henry Fischer was visiting with
Aug Hcrbster Sunday.
Anna and Freda Paul were vUltlug
ylth their aunt Mrs. Ida Herner over
She holidays nt St. Joseph.
Mrs. J. Rennels was visiting with
Carrie Hirschberger Friday.
James and Bud Sells were at Fargo
on business Saturday
Coon and Bald Dannccker and Peter
Xedcker were on business to Rule Sat
urday.
i Lewis Jones and family were at
* Falls City Monday.
John Helfenbein and H. G. Dorste
were at Rule the first of the year.
Henry Fischer , Julls Wallraff and
34r > . Fischer were vUlting with John
Hirschberger on New Years.
Mrs. A. F. Randolph lett Monday
for Orgeon , Mo. , where she will visit
with her parents John Futscher and
wife at Rule Monday.
The Preston and Falls CUy boy were
again after the wolves with their
hounds Tuesday
A. F. Randolph celebrated New
Years evening In good style at Rule
Herman Koohler and wife left for
Alabama where they will remain about
a week.
A pretty wedding occurred at the
home of the brides mother Mrs Ret
tery Thursday , Mr Herman Sellto
Kuttie Kettery.
Which is It ?
Every little while somebody
takes an overdose of headache
powders and dies and then every
body denounces headache powd
ers. That is not fair to the
headache powders , whose number
is legion and whose principle is
identical. Headache powders
or most of them operate to cure
headache by slowing up the
heart's action. It follows , of
course , that if people take too
many of them the heart will go
too slow and finally stop alto
gether. But people can do
themselves harm by taking too
much of any remedy or even of
food and drink. The trouble ,
therefore , is not so much with
the remedy as with the users oi
it. That is to say , people would
be better off if they would lei
drugs alone altogether , but il
they do use drugs they should
not abuse them and then blame
the drugs. York Times.
The Steady Subscriber.
We sometimes wonder if news
paper men generally appreciate
the old subscriber at his true
value. We mean the old stand
by who takes the home paper
year after year , through evil as
well as good report , and pays his
subscription regularly just the
same as he would any other hon
est debt. As a general thing tha
old subscriber is patient and slow
to wrath. He will overlook
many little slights which the
man who borrows his reading
would not stand for a minute.
Lansing ( Iowa ) Mirror.
He Had Done Well.
There are many sub-divisions
of New York society , viewing it
n its larger sense- One of them
s composed of "Remittance
len. " One of these is Richard
3avis , an Englishman 03' birth
iml education , but a New York
er and an American by adoption
d experience , says the New
York Press. It is not known
ust why Davis is kept away from
; iis native land , posstbl } ' it was
in army scrape , but however
this may be. he receives his re-
nittance regularly. And when
lie gets his remittance he always
celebrates , and when he cele
brates he does most ridiculous
things.
Davis received his check one
lay last week , after settling all
tiis bills he made the rounds of
his favorite cafes. Late in the
afternoon he left one place and
as he got to the sidewalk he saw
leaning against a lamp post the
seediest , frowsiest looking mor
tal that could be imagined. The
man's unkempt hair hung
down upon his greasy coat collar.
His ragged trousers scarcely met
liis shoe tops , his shoes were
down at the heel and his faded
coat was several sixes too small.
Davis stopped and regarded
this being with close attention.
Then walking up to him with
liis six feet two of stature tower
ing high above the stranger , he
looked him over critically from
top to bottom , turned him gently
around as he might a clothing
dummy on a pedestal stepped
back a few feet to get the full
effect , and remarked with de
cision :
"Well you are certainly the
limit ! "
The individual against the
lamp post was dumfoundcd.
Words evidently forsook him. He
merely gazed at his critic as if at
an escaped lunatic.
Davis straightened himself in
to the attitude of a drill sergeant ,
and looking his victim sternly in
in the eye , called in stentorian
military tones :
' 'Forward march ! "
As if from force of habit the
hoboo fell into step and started
off , with Davis following.
Straight down Eighth avenue
this strangely contrasted pair
marched , till arriving in front of
a clothing store , Davis gave the
order ;
"Halt ! "
The stranger obeyed.
"Right about face : forward-
march ! ' ' called Davis.
The tattered being marched.
In the midst of a group of tables
stacked high with clothing Davis
ordered :
"Halt ! "
Handing a $20 bill to an as
tonished salesman he said , calm
ly : "Rig my fren' out in proper
style. "
The salesman immediately
went to work , while Davis
stepped back and watched the
enjoyment of the tramp's trans
formation. It a few minutes the
adornment of His Tatters was
complete , and again the order
was given :
"Forward match ! "
Again this singular procession
appeared on the street , this time
headed for a barber shop.
"Give getn'man hair cut , shave
shampoo and keep the change , '
was Davis' order to the dazed
barber , handing him a $2 bill
The barber did not like the job ,
but the money tempted him.
Davis sat down in a chair immed
iately behind , but ere long the
liquor began to affect him and in
a few minutes he was asleep. So
sound was his slumber that even
the lumbering steps of the reno
vated man as he shuffled out ol
the shop with a grin at his sleep
ing savior failed to arouse him
A minute after the tramp depart
ed a man who seemed to be in
great hurry entered and took
seat in the chair recently vacatet
by the tramp. He was just hav
ing the last deft touches put to
his fine mustache when Davis
awoke.
As Davis' eyes sought tht
chair his ragged friend had oc
cupied they immediately cx-
Kindcd. It was evident he
loubted the evidence of his own
eyesight. Finally a smile of
irond delight spread over his
ace. Arising and straightening
limself as best he could he
clapped the digniticd clergyman
on the shoulder and exclaimed
oy fully :
"Say , old sport , I never would
lave believed a new suit of
clothes and a few rax.or scrapes
would have come so near making
i man out of you ! "
'A Little Child Shall Lead Them. "
Tuesday evening we stood in
the lobbv of the Lindell hotel at
Lincoln and watched the crowd
as it surged through the room.
[ n the crowd were many of the
eading men of the state men
whose names arc revered by the
people and whose power is re-
cognixed by all who , meet them.
Among the number was George
L. Sheldon , who is now governor
of the state : as he greeted friemta
and responded'to their greetings ,
lie must have been happy ; no
man in the vast throng was more
nought after and none received
greater homage. Suddcnlv we
missed him from among the
throng and after while we notic
ed him re-enter the hotel ; but
this time the crowd gave way to
liim , in respectful silence : no
hand was out-stretched to greet
him ; no voice was raised in salu
tation for the attention of the
most sought for man in all the
crowd was engrossed in a little
bundle of wraps , nerves and lungs
nestling in his arms and a little
woman who walked by his side ;
following them came other chil
dren it was the baby , wile and
children of Mr. Sheldon , who
had just arrived at the hotel and
as the } ' made way to the hotel
elevator , the pomp and glory of
political power were forgotten
in the greater glory and sweet
ness ot caring for the home-ones.
While no words came to our lips ,
our heart was shouting halle
lujahs for the power and in
fluence of love and home. Table
Rock Argus.
Senator Forakcr's frantic ap
peal in behalf of the negroes
would have more weight with the
average person if it were not so
plainly manifest that he is simply
seeking political effect. Any
plea in favor of a less fortunate
race is commendable , but the
Ohio Senator's ' attacks upon the
President because of the Presi
dent's net in the case which he
believed required radicial action
bears the mark of cheap politics.
There is every reason to believe
that if the offending soldiers , who
were discharged because they re
fused to help to preserve army
discipline , had been white men
they would have fared just the
same. Mr. Foraker's grasp upon
politics has been steadily slipping
for several years , and he acts like
a man who saw , in this instance ,
a chance to rebuild his popularity.
But he will fail in such a game.
Even the negroes will be slow to
trust his sincerity. Ex.
The statement is made that the
St. Joseph merchants do not seek
Hiawatha trade. That is an
error. Alert business men always
seek trade they never desist ; but
the Hiawatha papers decline to
advertise St. Joseph merchants.
Only last week The World rcfusec
advertisements of the St. Josepl ;
retail merchants association am
also declined to sell the associa
tion 3,000 extra papers whicl ;
they wished to mail at their own
expense provided we would prin
their advertisement. The World
also declined to print the adver
tisements of the Atchison Retai
Dealers association. Do the home
merchants appreciate this cour
tesy of our part ? To protec
them we have lost at least $100
worth of St. Joseph and Atchison
advertising. It's a way The
World has. It can come as near
doing as it pleases as any country
weekly in America. Browi
County World.
BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH
SYRUP cures coughs and coldi.
Theft Statistics.
Some one , mathematically in
clined , has been making a com-
uirison of the embezzlements
ami kindred thefts of 190(1 ( with
hose of last year and other prc.
ions years , ami has demonstra-
eel by actual figures that the
icrccntage of embezzlement has
substantially diminished during
he lasl ten years. He places
he total of these embe/.zlements
or Ifl00at$2-l,78i,05i ) ) , or about
> million more than last year.
Of this total $10,7-lff } ! > 7 was
stolen by officials of banks ,
S10,7-ir > , .l5-l by public oflicials
other than poslofHce employes ,
* 22r)8 by the latter , $ H7lr ( > 71 by
agents $24 $ , 100 from associations
$228,087 by means of forgeries ,
and other defalcations amount-
ng to $1- 128,90' ' ) .
It is to be remembered that
norc than 10 million dollars of
.he money embezzled this year
was taken by three men -one in
Philidelphia , one in Chicago
uul one in Cuba , the agent of a
New York house. These thefts
epresent the stealings of a
number of years and cannot fairy -
y be charged against the year
The statistician thinks a bet-
.er comparison can be made with
the years 189-1 to J897. In 1891
the total was * 2r > ,2Ml ; 12 , and
'or the next three years averag
ed more than 10 million a year.
The panic in ' 913 had much to do
with the losses ol 189-1 , but the
noney in banks at that time was
only about half as much as at
present. He concludes that if
the percentage of loss is con.
sidered , the year 1900 is distinct.
ly better than 1895 , 1890 or 1897 ,
though the loss in dollars is
greater than any year since
189-1. This moves the Chicago
Tribune to say :
it will be impossible to stop
embezzlement and theft until
the whole world is Illled with
the Christmas spirit of good
will toward men. That is a
date far in the future. In the
meantime the lesson is one of
constant vigilance. No one is
so honest that it is wise to leave
everything unreservedly to him
without check There should be
especially a more rigid super.
vision of the affairs of banks
and trust campanies. Any man
or any concern inviting the pub.
lie to deposit its money for safe.
ty or investment should have no
objections to the most careful
scrutiny of the use made of the
money and the precautions
taken to safeguard it. There
has been some improvement
made already and it is a hopeful
sign that either increasing lion
esty or greater watchfulness
has substantially diminished
the percentage of embezzlement
during the last ten years.
FACTS.
The average number of teeth
is 32.
The weight of circulating blood
is 2U pounds-
A man breathes about 20 times
a minute or 1,200 times an hour.
The brain of a man is more
than twice that of any other
animal.
The average weight of the
brain of a man is 3 pounds ; of a
woman 2 pounds 11 ounces.
Over 540 pounds , or one hogs
head and one quarter pint of bloot
pass through the heart in one
hour.
The average height of the
American man is 5 feet , l ) inches
of a Frenchman 5 feet , 4 inches
of a German 5 feet 7 inches.
Charles Herbert Browne has
purchased the Horton Headlight
and took posscsion last Monday.
Charlie Browne was for some
time general hustler for the
Brown County World and is in
every sense of the word a practi
cal newspaper man. The Head
light has long needed some one
to put brilliancy and business
ability into that oflicc , and
Browne is just the II fellow to do
it. We wish success. Kansas
Democrat. ( Hiawatha. )
ALASKA TO FAR CAPE HORN
FanAmerlcnu Railway Which Is thw
Greatest Project of Its
Kind.
The gray plover nests In Uio hedges ,
ol Alaska , niul whoa the short sum- ]
tnor wanes It leudfc Ita young in peril
ous flight southward across plalna an
mountain ranges and then , guided by.
the constllnc , wings Ha wny ntcadlly
onward until It reaches Us winter
homo iiv Patagonia For more than
ono-lmlf of the Immense distance ot
Its migration , ways the Technical
World , the lllght course of the gray
plover IH almost coincident with tha
surveyed line for the projected 1'au-
iVinorlcnji railway , u commercial con
nection between the northern ami
southern continents Unit u few yeam
ago was regarded IIH the dream of en
thusiasts , hut which to-day ha-s passed
far beyond the realm of visions.
Men whoso llvos are well behind
them will probably live to sec the day
when they can make un unbroken rail
way journey from the Hlver Yukon ,
in Alaska , to the Uivor Llmay , In
Patagonia. This journey from tun
north to the south moans moro than
the traveling of an Immense distance )
within u short space of time , though
this thought nlonn Is Impressive.
It means the passing through alter
nate cold and heat , moisture and dryness -
ness , bare fields and green fields , tree
less plains and tropical forests , fertile
valleys and storllo mountains ; It means
acquaintance with men of. every him
of skin and of every habit ot life. It
moans the wedding of the ends ot
earth.
HIS PERTINENT QUESTION.
Hallway President's Little Way oC
Kceplnp Tab on Hio Em
ployes.
President Frank J. Hearue , of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company , ot
Denver , tells this story oC the late
Joshua Gentry , at ono tlmo president
of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railway ,
which Is now a part of the Burlington
system.
Gentry was fond ot going over thn
linns of his mil road In old and rather
shabby clothes. At a Junction sta
tion ono day ho climbed Into the cal >
of ono of his locomotives while the
engineer was busy oiling. When the
engineer returned to the cab Presi
dent Gentry pointed to the steam
gaguc , which stood at ICO , and asked :
"la that all the steam you carry ? "
"Why , " said the engineer , "that's
the second time around. "
The man In shabby clothes asked
several other questions which seemed
foolish to the man behind the throttle ,
and llnally the engineer turned on
him.
"Who are you , anyway ? "
" 1 am Joshua Gentry , president ot
this railroad , " said that official , with
dignity.
"Then why In thunder don't you
wear good clothes , so one would
know you ? "
INFORMATION FURNISHED.
Local Entertainer of Kansas Town
Hands Inquiring- Passenger
a Good One.
The train had stopped at a little . -
town In Kansas. V
The passenger In the check suit , who
was sitting by a car window , opened a
conversation with the native on tha
station platform.
"Seeing trains go through Is about
all the excitement you have here , Isn't
it ? " he asked.
"No , " siild the native. "We got u
gas well here. It ketched lire ylster-
day , and we had a dickens of a time
puttln' It out. "
"How did you manage It ? "
"Well , sir , after we'd tried every
thing etee we tuk old Dill Klaxham ,
soused him In the lioss trough , dumped
him on the mouth of the well , and the
flro went out all to wunst. "
"Why couldn't you have used any
other man Just as well ? "
"Cause. lr , old Hill Klaxham Is the
biggest sponge In the hull derned "
Uut here the train moved on. .
Couldn't Stop.
A. J. Cassatt , the president of the
Pennsylvania railroad , said , anent an
experienced workman :
"That reminds me of u western lad.
He got a place on a railroad , b cam
a brakemin , then a fireman , and ona
day , in an emergency , he undertook ,
to run a locomotive.
"Ha ran the locomotive well enough ,
but he could not stop with the necea-
aary precision , for this needs prac
tice , i
"With one station In particular ha
bad trouble. He ran some 30 yard *
beyond this station , and then , putting
back , he ran ns far the other way.
He was preparing for a third attempt ,
when the station agent put his head
outot the window and shouted :
" 'Stay where you are , Jim. We'll
shift the station for you. ' " N. Y.
Trblune.
Titled Railroader
SenatorDolllvcr , of Iowa , tells of u
time when he was a school teacher In
Ohio and know two young fellows who
between them looked after a smalt
railroad station. One was Billy Van
Ho mo and the other was Charley
Hayes. The former became a telegraph' '
operator and before ten years was su
perintendent of the St. Paul road. Now
ho is Sir William Van Home , made a
baronet because of the wonderful abil
ity be displayed In rescuing the Cana
dian Pacific from Its moribund condii
Uon. Hayes la now head of the Souta-i
rn Pacific tt a very lars * salarf.