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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second-class matter at j VailsCIty. Nebraska, post oflice, Janu ary ’.2. 1U04, under the Act of Congress March 3, 187'*. Published every Friday at Falls City. Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company E F SMARTS, ManaRer »>nc year.1 Sis months ... _ _. .. Three months... TELEPHONE 226. s-t six weeks more of the ilfi year left. Are you ready to turn over a new leaf? Have you paid your personal fax Alter December 1st it will draw ten per cent insterest if not paid. Il now appears that Uncle Joe Cannon favors a revision of the tariff. Who said doe Cannon vas a stand patter? It now appears that the talk of an extra session of the legis lature has died a natural death. It will be only about six weeks until the new legislature will convene. Let them pass such aws as they see the public iceds require, Anyone who has observed tbe immense amount ol cider made jy tbe local vinegar plant is mpressed with the great saving t has made to the community. Thousands upon thousands of smsbels of apples would have jone to waste but for it. Tbe“crown of thorns”appears to have pierced the noble brow of tbe demo-pop family in the weed patch, to such a depth that they have forgotton their loyalty to Mr. Bryan and do not display the banner: “For Presi dent in lb 12, W. J. Bryan.” """""" It has been suggested that the rityiustall an electric light on the summit of our mew stand pine. We endorse the idea. It would be seen for miles around an dark nights and would be a beacon to many a traveler. Put It up by all means. Put it up. With the light and water plant nearing completion, the most strenuous labors of our mayor and city council are near ng an end. They deserve the thanliof the city for the time and attention which they have fiven to the supervision of this work, the people of Falls City fail to read all the news, it will not be because there are not enough publications in town, for there are four weekly papers. It will fit her be because they I ail to report it. or he.-ause tbe report f failed to hear it. Send in the news. - » I V estimated that the > i •rn i .) ■-ed in Nebraska ■ 1 >• < • <i' ilie crop of J‘>' • \\ n i»»• in mine counties j ilu- cr.i,i i-. ipliier tban last rear- c.op, in many others it is rer\ much heavier. Nebraska] tanks as'fourth as a Corn state Shis year. Stand up for Ne tras > a. Statistics show that from the i'-.st of the year to Nov. 14, the number of imigrants who came to this country was 34'.),655, *hile the number of emigrants cere 601,288. In other words ve lost 261,633 more aliens than ve gained. Last year we gain id 850,637 more aliens, than we .ost. These tigures are a silent comment on the effect of the panic in the east, which prob ably, in addition to the on com ing presidential election, and ansettled business conditions. Since election the number of itten imigrants have exceeded its number of emigrants. THE: SCAVENGER TAX LAW While the present Scavanger Tax Law has many commenda ble features: yet it can be im proved. It has cleared up many aracts of land, .especially town tots which have not paid their ynst share of the taxes for many , I II—I——— I I ■' III————— Bank for Women Many ol the ladie* of Falls^City ami community do not know that the Falls City State Bank desires their Bank Account. Many of them do and are making use of our Vault and Burglar Proof Safe for their Savings. Ladies, this hank solicit-* your business and will assist you to be come money SAVERS by loaning you free a beautiful little Su\ings Bank, juft the thing for your purse or hand bag. C'all at the bank and wc will tell you all about it. The safe is a handsome and useful little device and you will be delighted with it. THE Falls City State Bank years. Many lots were permit ted to become delinquet and to remain delinquent f o r years. The one especial feature we now’ have in mind is the defect which permits a property owner to al low the taxes to remain delin quent from year to year, and then when sold bid it in at only a fraction of the amount ot the tax due. It should be so amended that when a property owner seeks to purchase his own property at a scavenger sale, he must pay the full amount of tax due. Other wise many are encouraged to permit their taxes to become de linquent and then buy it in at the sale for 5 or 10c on the dollar. All good citizens pay their just share of the public burden, or taxes. J. C. Ayers, of Verdon, was in the city Wednesday. A Special Pullman Car Will he set in on the side track Monday night for the benefit of all parties who will make the trip to Handall county, Texas next Tues day. Dee. 1 at 15:40 a. in. See Whitaker Bros, for the lowest round trip rate ever offered in cluding free Pullman ear service and berths. Raw Lungs When the lung* are gore and in flamed, the germ* of pneumonia and consumption tind lodgment and multi ply-. t'oley's Honey and Tar kills the cold germs, cures .the most obstinate •racking cough, heals the lung*, and prevents serious result*. The genuine s in the yellow package. Kerr's pan rmaey Magnetic Healing Miss Lizzie Heitland, a gradu ate of the Weltmer School of Magnetic Healing; at Nevada. Mo. 1 am prepared to treat diseases of all kinds. Phone 27'). Located at Mrs. Burris’ residence, south of the convent. 44-5t A BAPTIST ELDER Restored to Health by Vinol "I was run down and weak from In digestion and general debility, also suf fered from vertigo. I saw a cod liver preparation called Vinol advertised and decided to give it a trial, and the re sults were most gratifying. After tak ing two bottles 1 regained my strength and am now feeling unusually well." Henry Cunningham, Klder Bap tist Church, Kingston, N. C. Vinol Is not a patent medicine—but a preparation composed of the medicinal elements of cods’ livers, combined with a tonic iron and wine. Vinol creates a hearty appetite, tones up the organs of digestion and makes rich, red blood. In this natural manner, Vinol creates strength for the run-down, over worked and debilitated, and for deli cate children and old people. For chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis Vinol is unexcelled. All such persons in this vicinity are asked to try Vinol on our offer to re fund their money If It fails to give sat isfaction. A. C. WANNER. Falls City. Neb A »»,- arose o’et Bethlehem,rotif iwusni to see f-\ The wondrous light flood hilly <*nd vaje so fullwf mystery /'/ L l W. \ VV The shepherds bowed that heads' in brayer^ the wicked stoopol to pray ] ' > ‘ \„ \ J Port grace and pity on their Souls/ nSr knew ^waa * Chnatmas Day A star arose o'er Bethlehem',//each*, rock and hill and tree Ksf*•17 \ V, v[ Swam then in wave* of amAnysi aiwTar a* one could see The purple shades upotv^the ’fulls.', the\ gold of leal and a tern- fa* \ [)'•') Ail this they saw with wondering cy<ts. nor knew "ITVT »'JVO 1,'if A star arose o'er Bethlehetn. *7! ln$H and 'weak and bound! A f' '^ • A | J; AA* There u a promise^ in the wordg aisolflce in the sound * , ‘ W’p < J i *'e \hJ O turn thy face! towards ki^ah s>pliun'its lowly manger see. And know the tor o'er Bethlofcem Jsr now the star for thee! ^ e1 „j**k-i* KUTH STERRY t-----v HIS CHRISTMAS SCHEME. Deep Laid Plot That Resulted in a Fine Dinner. "Mrs Skinem." he timidly began as the landlady of the boarding house came to her door in answer to his knock, "I —I called to see you just a moment regarding the Christmas din ner.” ‘Well," she asked with a scowl that made him wish he was a thousand miles away. "You see," he went on, “we—we were talking it over just now, and we decided that it would be best not to have turkey or plum pudding or Ice cream on Christmas, as—" "Stop right where you are, sir— stop right where you are!" cut in the landlady, angrily. “Who do you think is running this boarding house, any way?” "Why, you, of course, ma'am.” "Who provides the meals here at great trouble and expense?” "You do, my dear Mrs. Skinem.” “Who sees that the people of this house always get what's best for them to eat?” "You—you do, Mrs. Skinem." "Am I a woman, do you think, who Is capable of running a first-class boarding house as one should be run?" she demanded to know as she looked him up and down in a way to make his hair curl with fear. "You—you certainly are,” he prompt ly replied. "Well, then," she said, "you may go down and tell the other boarders that, just as long as I am at the hea 1 of this place and pay the, rent and buy the provisions I propose to do as 1 see fit. and I will take no orders, sir, regard ing the meals." And instead of the beef stew and bread pudding that Mrs. Skinem had planned for the Christmas dinner she provided a 20-pound turkey and a mammoth plum pudding and a gallon of ice cream, and she went around all day with a chip on her shoulder, just wishing that some one would make a complaint about it. Hut there were no complaints. There wete only chuckles and smiles and whispers over the little game that had been played so neatly on Mrs. Skinem, and sometimes a shiver as some of the more timid thought of what would happetf if the husky land lady ever learned of it. LEGEND OF SANTA CLAUS. Stockings Hung on Door of Mother Abbess in French Convents. There grew up n custom in Christian countries of giving presents in secret on the Vigil of St. Nicholas. In Italy it was called the Zopasta, which means in Spanish a shoe, be cause the gifts were put into shoes to surprise people when they should put them on in the morning. In many French convents the board ers used to place each her silk stock ing at the door of (lie room of the Mother Abbess, recommending them selves at the same time to St. Nicholas And in Germany a boy dressed as a bishop would go round in vestments and mitre and 1111 the stockings hung up. This solemnity of the boy bishop came to be kept here with much care and ceremony on the feast of St. Nicholas to commemorate his youth and his patronage of children. In Salisbury cathedral there is, or was, a monument to one of these boy bishops who died during hia term of office. The same custom was observed in Spain, and in Switzerland until the end of the eighteenth century. At one place in England, the convent of God stowe, In Oxfordshire, public prayers were said by a little girl dressed as an abbess. The custom, stopped here first by Henry VIII. and afterward by Queen Elizabeth, was in a different form carried on by the Dutch In America and became in the end the secularized ceremony we still use here of Santa Claus, a person dressed in Dutch or German winter clothes of the sixteenth century. Suspicion, Not Surprise. Mrs. Gramercy—She must have been surprised when her husband gave such an expensive present for Christmas. Mrs. Park—Not surprised, my dear, but suspicious. THE LOCAL LORE Cro«vdt*d «»ff th«* regular Local J'agc. Parties wanting tankage call on Heck <fc Harlow. Bert Whitaker was numbered among the sick this week. Miss Nell Weaver of Verdon was shopping in this city Wed nesday. Anna Mason, one of our rural school teachers was home for Thanksgiving. Charles Hargrave and family ate turkey with relatives in \Y ymore. Thanksgiving. Mrs. John Putnam and little son have returned from an eight weeks visit in Louisville, Ky. F«k Rknt- Nice furnished rooms. Apply to Mrs. Hattie Branum, first door south of Har lan street schooi school. It Gus Ruegge, who has been in Hastings for several months, came home Tuesday evening to fill up on turkey with home folks. Heck & Harlow have just re ceived a car of oil meal also rock salt. Parties wanting same in 500 or 1000 lb- lots please call on them. Mrs Anna Beachley of Beatrice and her son Kugene, of Kansas City, are in the city guests at the home of the former’s sister, Mrs. Norman Musselman. Abe Moore of Ainsworth,Neb., made it possible for The Tribune to eat turkey by sending us a goood sized check to be applied on his subscription, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas, of Lin coln, came down Wednesday even ing to spend a few days with relatives. Mrs. Thomas is known to our people as Miss Daisy Gantt. Miss Maud Jones of Superior, Neb., but who is employed as a teacher in the Burchard schools is spending her Thanksgiving vacation in this city with John Hutchings and sisters. Rev. R. Cooper Bailey left Monday for Nemaha county, where he will spend a couple of weeks in evangelistic work. He was accompanied by Miss Corn ford, who will lead the chorus. We received word this week that Mrs. Tom Me Lane of Kan sas City, who has been quite ill for some time is now a little bet ter, which will be welcome news to her many friends in this city. It is sincerely hoped she will soon be herself aerain. The Tribune lias received a postal from S. M. Philpot and wife from Long Beach, Cal., where they are nicely located for the winter. Their many friends here will be pleased to learn that they are enjoying the best of Health and having a line time. Miss Dorothea White, a State University student came down Wednesday evening for a short visit with home folks. She was accompanied by little Mary Har man ami Miss Florence Allutn, the latter stopping here for a day on her wa^v to her home in Hia watha. Dr. J. A. Beattie will speak Sunday morning and evening at the Christian church. The theme in the morning “The Co-opera tion of God and Man’’ and in the evening “The Eighteen Things in the New Testament by which we are said to be saved.’’ All are invited. All are glad to see the increase in at tendance, and growth in the Sundav school and the encourag ing results from the life and activity of the Y. P. S. C. E D. M. Fansen of Chicago, who purchased the drainage bonds has had his attorneys, Oakley & Co., pass on the legal points and they pronounced them most carefully executed. As is always the case there were a few slight errors crept in which have now been ad justed and ere many days the drainage company will have re sources to push their work as rapidly as possible. They are now unloading machinery and material at Salem and intend to work V°th wavs from that point. Our people were greeted on Wednesday morning by the class flag of the seniors floating from the flag staff of the court house, planted there by members of the class alter much difficulty. But on Thursday morningevery mem ber of the junior class were 1 “thankful'' as their colors were the only ones floating. They placed their flag on tiie staff at the Richardson County bank. Chas. Stanton of Omaha is in the city on a cortfbined business and pleasure trip, a guest at the home of Geo. Abbott and wife. lie is here tor the purpose ol testing our new light plant, and reports that so far everything seems perfectly satisfactory. The ladies of the Episcopal church will conduct their food ex change at the Electric theater Saturday afternoon Remember the change in place and supply your Sunday wants in home cooking B. F. Wiser orders the address of his Tribune changed from Sa betha, Kas., to Phoenix, Ariz., where he goes to spend the win ter. Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim’Withee of Stella are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby boy at their home Wednesday. Dennis McCarthy and Sheriff Fenton were among the K. P’s in Omaha this week. Mrs. John Hossack went to Stella yesterday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ephraim Withee. Henry Zorn is one of the faith ful who remembered The Trib une during the week. F. A. Hummel of Humboldt sent us cash on subscription this week. R. E. Grinstead was down from Salem Wednesday. Hal Sowles and wife of St. Joe were in the city yesterday. Elizabeth Culp of St Joe is in the city the guest of her sister, Mrs G. L. Windle. Special for Saturday Choc0' late nut fudge. 10 cents per lb. at the Candy Kitchen. Mrs. Kichard Bochstein return ed the first of the week to her home at Falls City, havjng been the guest a short time of her friends Jos. Lepiek and wife Fumboldt Standard. Word lias been received in this citv that Mrs. Earnest Vincent is not improving as rapidly as wi> hoped for, and is now in a hos pital at Denver. This will be sad news to her friends here. Getting a fine watch is not necessarily a matter of money, but of know ing watch facts. A Howard watch—the only American watch that is always made, finished, and adjusted as a fine watch — can be had from $35.00 to $150.00. Every Howard is adjusted 11 its case, and price-ticketed at the factory—and the price is never cut. We are distributors for this dis tinctive watch. <^I HJH 11 II IP R. B. SIMPSON North Window of Kerr s Pharmacy CUPPOSE you were cast up on an uninhabited tropical *** shore with nothing but a penknife and a magnifying glass? How would you go about getting a living? How would you manage to defend yourself from the wild beasts and the wilder elements ? These are problems that Tom Blake and the beautiful Miss Leslie and Winthrope had to solve. How they did solve them is told in INTO THE PRIMITIVE BY ROBERT AMES BENNET The beginning was at Capetown, when Blake and Winthrope boarded the steamer as fellow-passengers with Lady Bayrose and her party—which included the beautiful Miss Leslie. Three days later the ship went to pieces in a cyclone on a wild and isolated coast, and these three—the American engineer, the Englishman, and the heiress —were the only survivors. And when highly cultivated civilization was brought face to face with the primitive, what law could prevail but the survival of the fittest ? It is a story full of vigorous strength and unusual charm. It will be printed serially in these columns. The opening chapters to appear in the near future. You will not want to miss it.