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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , OCTOBER 18 , 1907 A HOME OF SORROW Building Dedicated to the Unfortunate Erected at Baden-Baden by Seri - I M&f j i IB R ; rowing Grand Duchess. Only a few minutes walk away from the sanitarium called the "Weltkurort , " in linden-linden , there has stood for a number of years another building , which , with ita balconies , its facades and its pic turesque walla of hewn sandstone , presents a highly artistic a'ppcar- . This is the " ance. "Ludwig-Wilhelm- Pflegehaus , " the Ludwig Wilhclm asylum. ' This asylum is a bequest of the grand duchess , Louise von Baden , who caused it to bo erected in the year 1888 , at a time when the heavy hand of fate had robbed her of fn- ( ' * ther , of brother and of son. In her ' dedication announcement- ex pressed herself thus : "Heavily vis- l . ited during those last months , both as mother , as sister and as daughter , I have thought much upon the lot of other women who , alike buffeted , have come , and are still to come , to Baden-Baden in quest of the health which they have lost in their strug gle against adversity. To provide for such is my wish , and to them I dedicate this building. " And after her youngest-born and lamented son ' she named it the "Ludwig-Wilhelm- IMlegehnu * . " TEMPORARY BLINDNESS. Wilkins Dinks says ho doesn't Itonw you at all. Dilklns I'm not surprised , lie never -t ; sees me , you know. \Vilkiris-nut I thought you said you were members of the same church ? Uilklns Yes , hut I invariably take up the collections. CALHOUN'S OLD HOME. "South Carolina has a tract oi ground which it is preserving for the southern children of coining genera tions , as the government is saving Mount Venfon for those of the na tion , " said W. D. Evans of Clemson S. C. ' 'I refer to the former home oi John C. Calhoun. Calhoun's honu was a beautiful estate of 1,10C acres. A part of the land is now occupied by Clemson college , and UK campus is one of the largest ant most beautiful of any college ir America. The state has taken step : to preserve the Calhoun property and makes annual appropriation : for keeping the grounds and the olc house and outbuildings in order. Ii is a typical southern mansion , witl wide verandas , and was the scene 01 many a "notable gathering in tin lifetime of South Carolina's mo.-i beloved and fammis statesman. "The Calhoun home is dear to UK hearts of all South Carolinians , foi we shall always look with reverem-i upon the memory of one of Amer- ica's greatest men , as Calhoun wa ; universally conceded to be. " MENTAL FATIGUE. A Washington scientist has re cently been conducting a series o. experiments on "mental fatigue/ and his conclusions throw doubt' oi the old theory that the mind "lose : its power to work us a rubber bal loses its power to bound , " and Ilia elecp charges the mind with energy On the contrary ! this investigate' finds that the degree of inability caused by mental work is very mucl less than has been supposed and hi questions whether the results ob tained by investigators who havi sought to measure mental fatigue ii fchool children were not due to tin use of methods which did not meas lire the distaste for mental effort. MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION. Xodd When 1 want to get rid o my wife for a few days , I just seai for my relatives. TotlTBut how Jo you get ri < of your relatives ? Life. WITTY DRIVERS OF CABS London Jehus Have Shafts of Sar casm for These Who Fall to * Treat Them Liberally. Paul Morton , the president of the Equitable Life Assurance sooiot } ' , was walking on La Savoie about the London cabby. "A hansom or a four-wheeler is supposed to be cheap in Ixmdon , " Mr. Morton said , "but let the aver age American tourist go driving about in one of them day after day , and at the week's end the size of his expenditure will shock him. "Of course , it is impossible to ride in a London cab and pay only the legal fare of a shilling for two miles. Try cab-riding without lib eral tipping , and the cabman will assail you with the most brilliant and witty sarcasm. " 1 know a lawyer who , through ignorance , rode from the British museum to the Hitz hotel in Pic cadilly , and only gave his driver the shilling required by law. "The driver looked at this shilling and bit his lip. Then , in the most courteous manner , he motioned to the lawyer to get in again. " 'C.o on , ' he said. 'Do step in again , sir. T could ha' drew ye n yard or two further for this 'ere. ' " ITALY LOOKING FOR COAL. Italy is poor in coal. No coal fields of carboniferous age exist in the country. Peat and lignite , or wood coal , are its only mineral fuels , Thus , as in Ireland , the utilization of the former is an important na tional problem. And a company ha ? been recently formed under the title of "La Societa per rUtilixzanionc dei Combustilibi Italieni , " to utilize peat and lignite for the production of electricity. It is proposed to erect a generating station at Tos- cano , near Lake Brent a. The com pany-has been started at Milan with a capital of 12,000. It may be noted that the price of electricity in Italy carries from G.72d to S.G5d per unit. It is cheapest in Koine and Parma , and dearest in Genoa , Turin and Palermo. In thus util izing one of her natural assets in the production of electricity , Jtalv is setting an example which might well be followed in Ireland , whicl : is similarly rich in peat. London Globe. COUNTLESS EDITIONS. The man in the moon was smiling in the same old way. "Dearest , " whispered the tall youth in the duck trousers , "thai kiss 1 just gave you reminded me ol a picture. " "Gracious , George ! " responded the blushing girl. "What kind of r picture ? " "Why , a print. " "How funny , George ! " "Yes , my clearest ? " "C-could you supply a reprint ? ' And after that the prints and reprints - prints ran through so many editions the old moon man stopped smiliiij. and grinned'his broadest. CANARIES TO RENT. "Canaries have served an odd pur po = o this season ? ' said a dealer ii birds. "They have been used as OIK of the features in house and churcl dec-orations. At weddings , com mencements and social affairs of al kinds where lavish decorations wen in order cages of canaries have beei hung here and there among UK ilowers and foliage. Most of these birds were rented for the occasion Tn the spring and early summei the demand for canaries as part o a decorative scheme was FO grea that 1 kept more than a dozen extn birds on hand for renting purposes. ' RECORD GAME BAGS. To kill on an average of 100 Bel gian hares a day is a record wel worth being pround of. Hunters ii the Argentine Hepublic have lmgge < this number in a day many a time But it is due moro to the multiplic ity of the hares than to good marks manship. There are such number of these animals in that country Urn iu some regions they overrun th place. GOING AND COMING. "What's that noise ? " asked th visitor in the apartment-house. "Probably some one in the dent jst's rooms on the floor below gettin ; a tooth out , " said the host. "But it seums to come from th floor above. " "Ah ! then it's probably the Pop leys' baby getting a tooth in.- Pliiludelphia Press. INVENTORS HARD AT WORK Both In England and Germany Appli cations for Patents Show a Large Increase. Inventiveness is on the increase and brought last year , according to the comptroller general's report 30- 000 applications for patents , which is the highest number recorded in any year , being i.,4 fi above this total for lUOo , says the London Daily News. Three" hundred fresh specifi cations are expected every week. One duj' , November 5 , brought as many as 153. Women inventors sent in GOO ap plications during the year. The re port does not disclose the problems which were engaging their minds , whether for the benefit of their own sex exclusively , in regard to some simplification of feminine attire or domestic worry , or for the general good of humanity. Germany , ever vigilant and always with an eye on British industrial ism , sent in { lWi , applications for patents , which for the first , time sur passed the year's total of the United States. The year's increased total is in a largo measure duo to activity in the motor-car industry. The motor omnibus has given rise to a con siderable number of devices to pro- rent skidding. The continued liabil ity to puncture of ordinary pneu matic tires still keeps inventors busy ; they arc seeking other means of obtaining resilient action for wheels. CAN'T FORGET IT. m "Hut what is your objection to him dad ? You were young yourself once remember. " "I know , my dear , 1 know. Do nol remind me of the fact. It was then 1 met your mother. " LEGHORN FOUGHT SAVAGELY. A prize white leghorn rooster was JTawab Emir , sultan of the homier ) it 471 Madison avenue , Elizabeth NT. , T. Kottlieb Thalman , a garden- 2r , employed by Miss Sarah E. Ab bott there , entered the sultan's do minions. The rooster , furious , ilo\\ \ at the man , scratched his face pecked at his eyes and fought sav agely until Thalman pierced tin fowl's heart with his knife. Thai man's face was criss-crossec with deep scratches , and his eye : were so swollen that he was taken tc the hospital. His sight will bo af fected for some time. All the hens to which the roostei bad been paying respectful atten tion moped after its death. Tin bens will go on a sympathetic strike it ig feared. SAVE THE HAWKS. .It has been demonstrated by care ful examinations of the stomachs o : these hawks , carried on under UK 'lirec'tion of the department of agri culture at Washington , that poultrj and game-birds do not constituti more than ten per cent , of then food. food.All All the other beneficial animal : preyed upon , including , fciiakes , \ \ \ \ not increase the proportion to J.r per cent. , so tliero is a balance o 35 per cent , in favor of the red-tail This is a fact that evcry'gunnei should remember , since the hawk : Jestroy so many injurious rodent ; that they should never be shot un less in the act of stealing chickens THOUGHT HE MEANT VACATION "Where shall you spend eternity ? ' demanded the solemn. man , witl the frayed vest. "Down on the farm , as usual , ' replied Muchpop. "But say , old fcl low , it ain't really that bad. " Houston Post. ON THE TRAIL. Investigators of the Capitol stei seemed to be in the nir. "It's all right , " they explains "we're merely looking for the inn higher up. " Philadelphia Ledger. THE ORIGIN OF CROCHET Idea of Ingenious French Woman Now Gives Employment to Many Girls In Ireland , Few people are aware how the art of crochet originated and , like most artists , it owes its invention to na ture. In the early part of the nine teenth century Mdllo. Hiego , a French woman , was walking oho day in the harvest fields. Her attention was struck by seeing the harvesters making a chain from the long straws which they knotted together on the points of their reaping hooks and when finished they tied the sheaves together with this novel binding. Mdllo. Uiego was ingenious enough to evolve the art of crochet from this idea ; she procured a small hook and tried what she could do with a chain of cotton , and gradual ly , thank * to her artistic skill and unwearying patience , crochet be came a reality. Mdllo. lliego was very friendly with the nuns at the Black Hock convent , Dublin , and taught them how to crochet the many beautiful designs nhe created , in which patterns of the finest , an tique laces wore reproduced , and these patterns arc still used at the convent , , where the nuns have estab lished work rooms where the crochet industry gives employment to ninny Irish girls. A BORN DIPLOMAT. Canvasser Good morning , mad am. I'm introducing a polish for cleaning silver. It is superior to anything now on the market and the price is only 50 cents a box. Mrs. Smart ( sharply ) Don't want any. Canvasser Sony to have trou bled you , madam. 1 FCC the lady next door was right. Mrs. Smart Eh ! What did she say ? Canvasser She paid 1 needn't waste my time calling her , as you had no silver. Mrs. Smart The impudent thing ! Give me six boxes ! PECULIAR FOOTGEAR. "Pampootics" are the peculiar footgear worn in the Arran islands , off the coast of Ireland. The } ' con sist simply of a piece 'of raw cow- skin , with the hnir outside , laced over the toe and round the heel with two ends of fishing line that work round and are tied above the instep. In I be evening , when they are taken off , they are placed in a basin of water , as the rough hide cuts the foot and stocking if it is allowed to harden. For the same reason the people often stop into the surf during the day , so that their feet are continually moist. NEW ALGERIAN INDUSTRY. The fiber of the dwarf palm a tree until lately regarded as worth less or harmful is developing an important Algerian industry. Fac tories are multiplying , and to tliesu the natives bring the palm leaves , which arc transformed into veget able fiber by a steam carding ma chine , and then spun and braided. The material has the advantage over horsehair of being proof against moths and insectn. It is being used for mattresses woven products , har ness and carriage work , militar)1 bedding , various tissues and even hats. Springfield Republican. MUTUAL ADMIRATION. Uolh Isn't he fat ? PRINCESS HAD NOTICED. Mine. Melba , during one of he first seasons at Covent Garden , wa singing in "Lucia , " when some fals curls the was wearing fell to th ground. Jt was impossible to pic ! thorn up , so she went on singing hoping that the then prince am princess , in their box near th stage , had not noticed. But after ward the priifcess said to her : "Ain they were such nice curls , too ! " WANTED TO FORGET. Hewitt Why did you give u that memory system ? Jewett 1 got so that I could re member where 1 had borrows money. THE UP-TO-DATE SHOPPER Clerk Would Have to Oe Something More Than Mind Reader to Have Satisfied Her. A fashionably-dressed young woman came hurrying into a book store recently and approached n salesman with the statement : " 1 want to got n book it's a rod book not very thick ! No , 1 don't know the name of it or what it it about , because I haven't read it. It has a picture it is something round , done in gilt. It may bo the name. "I wish you would hurry and hunt up the book , because 1 am taking a train to Now York and I want it to read on the trip. I saw some one reading it on the train the other day and laughing over it , and that's why I want it. "Of course I am not expected to know what it is , but 1 should think any one who know hooka and was handling ( hem all the lime ought to know ! "No , I don't think it WIIB either of those books ) it was thicker than that one and moro on the cerise shade than that one. "Well , I can't wait any longer for you to hunt it up. " As the young woman passed out of the shop she turned to her com panion and remarked , audibly : "Strange how stupid some of those clerks are I Well , 1 wasn't going to really get it anyway. 1 just want ed to find out what it was ! " Youth's Companion. NO CHANGE. Conductor This par BOOS throngl without any change. Passenger That'H why I hoarded It I'm in the sumo predicament my self ! CERTAINLY A GREENHORN. A man from the country , in char ity one will say from the country , although he may have been a Bos- lonopo , entered a Broadway restau rant a few days ago , and while wail ing to be served gave his attention to an electric fan revolving jus ! above his bead , says the New York Times. It was a high-pressure fan , noiseless , and almost , if not quite invisible because of its rapid mo tion. The stranger gazed at il foi pome considerable time and waf beard to mutter : "I don't believe there is anything ( hero at all. ' With that lie put up his hand tr confirm his belief. Immediafch there was a yell that almost threw the place into a panic. The mar sprang into the air , rushed out ol tlio door , and as he disappeared was beard to say : "I monkeyed will the buzz-saw all right. " FOUND WATCH UNDER BUSH. The gleam of gold attracted tin attention of Mrs. William Koke UK other day when she examined tin roots of a sumach bush that she lia < pulled on a lot adjoining her home in the east part of the city , whicl she had recently purchased. Cloto examination showed a goh watc'h , about which the fibrous rooti of the shrub had intertwined. Tin timepiece was in good condition , al though it had evidently lain when found for years. The initials "A A. K. " on the case have not yet lei to the clearing up of the mystery o : how the watch happened to be then or its ownership. Mankato Correspondence spondenco St. Paul Pioneer Press. NOT TO BE CORNERED. "Somebody just told me , " snic the wife who has got homo from tin country , "that you were &ecn at i cafe on the Boulevard with a lovclj bit of chiffon. Was it true ? " "Let me think , " said ho. ' .Tim must have been my father. I dinei at a cafe down there last week witl him. " "Does ho wear chiffon ? " sh < asked , scornfully. "Sometimes , " he answered , "h sports a chiffon tie. " Notice to Our Customers Wo are plonacd to announce- that Foloy'a Honey and Tar for coughs , colds nnd lung troubles la not nlTcotcd by the National Pure Peed nnd Drug law us it contains no opiates or other harmful druguml wore commend it as u sufo remedy for children utid adults. ICcrr's Phurmuuy. Is Marriage a Failure ? One would judge so from the St. Joe Gazette : Forty-two divorce decrees have been granted iu the two divisions of the circuit court iu eight days. Of this number twenty-three have been award ed by Special Judge W. D. Ruslr , and nineteen by Judge 0. A. Mosman. That more persons are being divorced than are marrying ap pears to be the case. Since the opening of court only thirty.six marriage licenses have been taken out , and the divorce mill still grinds. Another Scries of Sermons. You and your friends arc cordially invited to hear another Series of Sunday evening Ser mon at the Christian church in Falls City on "Conversion and Non Conversion , " discussed in the following1 order by the Min ister , beginning Sunday evening Oct.20th | , 1907. "Conversion of A Nobleman. " "The Salvation of A Wicked Church Man. " "The Salvation of A Good Man or the most Wonderful Conversion on Record. " "The First Convert in all TCurope , or How The Lord Open ed a Heart. " "The Conversion of a Jailor.1 "A Trembling Judge. " " . " "King Agrippa. In the spirit of love , in the light of the Scriptures , and in fear of God all these subjects will be presented. Bring your Bibles and your friends , yon will be welcome and treated kindly. Services begin promptly at 7:30 : p. m "Come let us reason to gether. " D. L. DUNICI.UHHKGUK.PASTOK. HIS PRODUCTS IN DEMAND Miners In Early Days In Montana Were Willing to Pay High for Vegetables. Hay Woodworlh of Moscow , Idaho , was one of the early arrivals al Bannack , when the placer gold was discovered in Grasshopper gulch , and also moved near Vir ginia City and resided there when that famous placer field was in its glory. Mr. Woodworlh says that he came to Bannack from Denver in 18G3 , and took up a ranch near what is now known as Taylor crossing , be tween Dillon and Bannack. He brought a lot of garden seed along with him , believing that gar den vegetables would bo a delicacy BO craved by the miners that they would pay handsomely for them and that ho would make more money with his spade and garden rake than with the rocker and pan. He succeeded very well near Ban nack , and when there was a rush to Alder gulob , bo wont ( \\crc \ \ and took up a ranch in the Madison valley , not far from Virginia City , where he continued raising vegetables and Celling them to the miners. Tie raised the first wheat crop ever raised in the territory of Mon tana , and sold his wheat for 28 cents a pound. " 1 lost $ l,000 on one load of rutabagas , and it was this way , " he said : "I hired a freighter to haul a big load to Helena , paying him four cents a pound , and told him to sell them for nine cents a pound , thinking that was high pnough for them. "A few days after ho left the ranch I heard that the vegetables were retailing at , r > 0 cents a pound , and [ sent a courier after him to tell him not to sell for less , but the mes senger arrived at Helena a few hours after he had sold the load for nine cents a pound. The dealer re tailed them at 00 cents. "I also lost some money on a load of turnips. They froze en route , and I secured only 18 cents a pound for them. "I sold many potatoes to the Alder gulch miners for 35 cents a pound , after cutting all the eyes out of them to save for seed. " Anacon da Standard.