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The Point in Question THE KINDLY CRITIC mrnnrrwwmnmwmmrttwrrmt]JTiMiwm r—iwm it n 1 ■■ ■ 1 ■■■■ Christmas Carols Once there was a preacher who was asked to give his views of wlmt Christmas meant to him and how that day should he observed. Ac cording to his diagnosis—hi: advance diagnosis—Christmas was a day of solemnity, a religious day, and embodied in his analysis was much about tile Three Wise Men. the Star of Bethlehem, and the Babe in the manger, which was beautiful and ap propriate. Christmas morning his wife had buckwheat cakes and sau sage for breakfast, and il was only when she scraped the bottom of the crock, and he drained the second cup of coffee that he left the table and sought his favorite chair. At Christ mas dinner he carved a lovely bird, and so imbued was he with the true Christmas spirit that he partook gen erously of both dark and light, meal, and ills favorite (id-hits, various veg etables, macaroni, jellv, celery, and I a ilium pudding, after a favorite re ceipt of his wife's mother. And there was candy and nuts, and fruit; and really to tell the truth, the preach er overloaded his stomach, and be-J fore the day was done,—the sweet, solemn, Christmas day—he felt “indisposed," and was in a groggy state, and the sweet Christmas spirit, that solemnity, that chaste demeanor, was chased away and made to yield to a plain that really ought not to have any place in the Christmas program. The moral of this simple but truthful carol i3, that it is the stomach that is the real of fender, and breaks in upon and nid ifies our Christmas conduct and de portment. We mean to do well up on this great anniversary, hut we are led astray tiy the skill of the Christ mas cook. Once there was a young man in love with a girl—or he thought he | was—ami when Christmas rolled around lie said to himself, “there is nothing too good for Jacqueline— here goes.” And he straightway pur •liased for her a costly graphoplionfe, that played “Shubert’s Serenade,” “The Holy City” and “My Itosary.” It was a high priced affair, but lie-' ing purchased upon the installment plan, he was happy. Jacqueline, in the end, married another man, and now lulls her infant prodigy to sleep every night with "My Rosary,” anil Jacqueline’s husband laughs in his sleeve and handles the records in a rough manner. All Of which goes to show that the silly season does not necessarily come in warm weath er. Once there was a woman who loved her husband dearly, and at Christmas time she sought to set before him the good things of life. She was a competent judge of tabl • fare, but of tobacco, alas, site knew nothing. Said she; “Last Christina; i bought my husband the cutest little box of cigars--just twenty-five in a box; lie smoked just two and put the balance of them away—and lias them yet. He says he’s keeping them to remember me by. Such a cute box of cigars they were, with a nice gold hand on each cigar. The name? Oil, my husband calls them ‘Little Stinkos.’ He says they are rare; are in a class by themselves, and have an aroma unlike anything lie • ‘vor smoked; a ropy, pungent-like perfume that makes you see tilings, that are not. and never will be—that’s what, he says. Sometimes i think he’s joking about those cigars. Hut the box was just lovely. This Christ mas I'm going to buy him a lovely smoking jacket, and I shall insist up on his smoking those cigars. It’s simply extravagance to keep them any longer.” Once there was a man who was "bioke” about Christmas time, and while no one asked him so to do, he discoursed loud and long about the foolish extravagance that pre vailed at Christmastlde—the buying of costly presents, and he sniffed at the displays in the jewelers’ win dows. All would have gone well if he had simply followed his own idea, and not tried to influence others. Hut Scrooge-like, he said unkinw things about Christmas and the Christmas spirit, and he tarried long at the post card counter and where the cheap books lay in such profusion. lie bought three nice cards, a calendar, a small copy of "Pilgrims Progress,” and started for her home. Kre he reached there a long, lean, cadaver ous hand reached down from the frosty gloom and snatched him up— Piigrim's Progress, cards and all,and he’s never been seen since. Once there was a crusty old bil lionaire, who had nephews and nieces galore, .lust before Christmas these nephews and nieces all wrote him a n.i.e, long, loving letter, asking about his health, and incidentally mention ing that another Christmas had roll ed around, etc., etc. Of some twen iy odd letters lie received from ids loving nieces and nephews, he ans wiied but one; that of a little niece who lived far from the main travel ed loads. To her he sent a million dollars, and this message: i send you greeting and a million dollars, i do tills act simply be i o of all my nephews and nieces who wrote me you were the only one who wrote 'Christmas' as it should be written. All the others used ibur senseless'term 'Xmas." Be good and you'll be happy. Yours, I NCLK MIDAS." Lear old Santa t huts' Don’t give him up! Seek out some little friend, s' „ little acquaintance, or better still. . mto little child of misfortune, ..ltd n. ;o him glad, liis touching be li> f v. " bring back your own. Be to him a mta Claus, your gain will be gr. ate r han his. New life will throb turou your bein'-”. The bells will ring iii sweeter chime; tile holly be tics will gleam with a brighter hue; all the earth will be good and at pi ar c, if you look through Santa Claus' eyes. There will he heart in your ' Merry Christinas.”—C. IV. Grt oil. WOULD NOT DENY IDENTITY Admission of Charges, However, Might Have Been Made in More Digni fied Manner. A characteristic figure in the poli tics of the middle v est once ran for congress from the state of Ohio, llis free and easy manners made him pop ular with the boys, but his life had not been Irreproachable, and from many quarters came evidence of oppo sition. This opposition crystallized finally at it meeting of the Ministers’ league of the district, and a delegation was sent to ascertain beyond question the truth or falsity of the charges against him. Though the object of their visit was known to the candidate, he received the ministers with a hearty greeting, and stood before them smiling, while their chairman, a man of serious mien, unburdened himself of the questions previously agreed on. ‘‘Mr. 1 said the chairman, unc tiously, 'you the man who has been sec frequenting race tracks? Are you the man famous in this com munity for your devotion to games of chance played for money? Mr. lilank, are you the man whose notorious im morality has for years been a blot upon this town and a shame, to all Us honest citizens? Are you the man we have described, Mr. Blank?” The statesman's eye twinkled as the catechism was concluded. “Gentlemen," he said, returning to courteous gravity. "I am that identi cal son of a sea cook ” Needless to say. in spite cl con tinued opposition, the popular favorite was overwhelmingly returned. Ink at $100 a Pound. “The best India ink—It should really he called China ink—never leaves China,” said a missionary, "it costs $100 a pound, and the scribes use it in writing the correspondence of the royal family and the mandarins. “India ink is made of the oil of the poisonous seeds of tlie sosamum or colza tree. Varuisli and pork fat are added to this oil, and then, by means of combustion, all is changed to lampblack. "The lampblack paste mixed with glue is beaten for days on an anvil, One musk is gradually mixed in to give perfume, and the purest gold leaf to give a rich luster. Finally the ink is dried in molds for about a month. “What makes the host India ink so costly is its purity, and. above all, the lone time given to its combustion and subsequent beating. If you saw its beauty you wouldn’t think it dear at $100 a pound.” Sure Death to Files. Fly papers are to be superseded by a fluid exterminator. "In our experi ence,” says the London Lancet, "the best exterminating agent is a weak Bolution of weak formaldehyde In wa ter (say two'teaspoonfuls to (he pint) and this experience has been con firmed by others, it would appear that flies are attracted by a weak so lutiou of formaldehyde, which (hey drink. Some die in the water, others get as far only as (lie immediate vi cinity of the plate of water, but all ultimately succumb, and where I hey occur In large numbers hundreds may be swept up from the floor.” Economy in Correspondence. “About the most economical corre spondents I’ve heard of.” remarked Assistant Postmaster Ray Floyd, "were two women who stopped at a window downstairs the other day and wanted to know If it would be all right if they both were to write a friend on tlie same postal card and thus save a cent.”-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Catholics in Germany. There are now’ 23,000,000 Catholics in the German Empire. In the same territory In 1800 there were only about 6,000.000.—Rosary Magazine i oAFETY FOR MINERS SIMPLE DEVICES THAT MIGHT BE OF MUCH VALUE. Recent Disaster at Cherry Hill Has Led Writer in Eastern Journal to Make Suggestions for Avoid ing Catastrophes. In reading the accounts of various recent coal mine disasters, it occurs to me that certain devices for protect ing life should he employed under such conditions which, from all ac counts, appear uot to have been util ized in such cases. The action of the miners at Cherry Hill in shutting themselves tip in otto of the mine compartments, by tilling up the opening with earth and other material, suggr.ts the advisability of installing heavy asbestos curtains (like the lire curt; ins used in the aters), or other similar means of cut ting off connection of one part of a mine from another. These curtains could be installed in such a way its to tie removed from workings that be come exhausted or are not used. Another suggestion is that each sec tion of the mine workings be provided with emergency h lephone stations. Telephone systems, 1 believe, have been installed for business purposes in some mines. Such facilities would enable entombed miners to communi cate with the outside and afford in valuable assistance in case of acci dent. The temporary lighting of workings by electricity also afford greater safety, and would doubtless be very valuable In case of accident. In mines without water supplies, it would seem feasible to keep all sec lions of the workings supplied with readily available water, so that, in case of an accident, if the miners were cut off from any section of the mine, at least sufficient water would be at hand to meet their needs. ! It would seem desirable, also, to have certain escape shafts located in the safest parts of the mine, in sec tions which could quickly be cut off In ease of fire or explosion. They should be special shafts, to be used for the escape of the men in case of accident. They could he provided with iron ladders or hand-hoisting appa ratus, If necessary, and would corre spond somewhat to the fire escapes of large modern buildings. It would seem (hut devices like those, which may he used in some of the more progressive mines, should he installed in all coal mines whAe any considerable number of men are re quired to work. It would be as rea sonable to require the installation of such appliances, along with those now more generally In use, such as ven tilating fans, etc., as it is to require devices for the protection of life in large buildings and on the railroads. The Installation of such appliances should be supervised by good en gineers, and the devices should be in spected and tested frequently enough to insure their efficiency. They should be so installed Mint an explosion or a fall of earth will not tint them otilf of commission. Mow extensively are such appliances used? (’an any one answer the question?—Washington Star. Man's Responsibility. Some people take no more interest in public affairs (ban if they were iti 7.ciis of Mars. They go to and from their places of business, eat, sleep, sell goods, and die, without leaving a single1 impress on the community they live in. either for good or bad. That is a poor way for a real man lo act. lie takes the benefits bis com munity bestows, tint refuses to ren der the slightest service in return. Of course, that is mean. Hut it is mean er yet to praise oneself for his indif ference, as many do. There ale some people who put great slresg on religious duty, tint take no part in civic duty, as if there was a sort of chasm between them. But there is not any such chasm. Re ligious duty is civic duty, and vice vf-rs*1, and a man who eccs no duty in liis relation to civil government takes a mighty laggard view or his duty toward God. The man who insists that lie won’t dirty his hand in politics is the man who Is responsible for politics being dirty. The man who does nothing to keep politics clean is really engaged in keeping them corrupt.—Ohio State Journal. A Good Manager. Homer S. Taylor, president of the National Archery association, said at an archers’ dinner in Chicago: , "An archer must lie very skillful and calm and cool to succeed. He must handle his how as Mrs. I’oarck of Michigan avenue handles her hus band. "Mr. Poarck came home very late tlie other night, from an important po litical meeting. In the hall he kicked up ratfirr a row, growling and swear ing to himself till his wife called to him from upstairs: “‘What’s the matter, my dear?' “‘.Matter hie- is,’ Mr. Poarck shouted, ‘that there’s two hat. racks here, and I dun no which one to hang my hat on.’ ‘“But you’ve got two hats, haven’t you?’ said Mrs. Poarck soothingly. 'Hang one on each rack and come up to bed. You’re tired.’ ” A Common Weakness. Landlady—Yes, I must confess I have a weakness for coffee. Boarder—It must be sympathetic, The coflee has the same quality.—Meg gendorfer Hlaetter. IMITATION OF REAL THING Battery Now in Position on "Old Iron sides” Not the Same That Brought Victory, ft very fair day in summer 'and au lumn tourists crowd the deck of the frigate Constitution at the Charles town navy yard. The most striking thing that en gages their attention, once they are aboard ihe historic ship, is the but tery. The lines of grim, black guns, making up the ship's broadsides, have a luscin 1 ion for every patriotic Amer ican who makes a pilgriinug • to "Old Ironsides." The tcvini i fondly pats ihe iron, saying: "They could shoot with these old guns r all," or. "Till is what gave the H: hit Tits.' if the te . ' is in a party, with a conductor • • g, he hears, in the contse oi i »f lecture on the ship, that the g re not the original bat tery of II, - . i, but mod >rn replicas. This he c have surmised had he reasoned ovc, the absence of any tir ing device on the guns. The rim of the old pan, in which powder was placed, is there; but there is no hole (onneetlng with the interior of the gun. The reason for this Is easily ex plained. The guns were cast at the navy yard two years ago, when the ■hip was restored, it was not neces sary to pierce them. For show pur poses they do as well as they are. ftx < ept for lids omission they are like the original guns carried by the ship ill the war of 1812, Allowing, therefore, these "dummy" guith to move Ihe Imagination, Hie vis itor, looking at the broadsides of the Constitution, can fancy them hurling death and destruction oil’ Tripoli in 1805, or in the line sen fights of the war of 1812. I lie battery of the ship in those days consisted of 14 guns, the heavi est of which were Ilfi-pounders; that is, they threw a shot of that weight. Looking at the primitive wooden carriages on which the guns are mounted, and the cumbersome tackles by which they lnid to be drawn back every time they were loaded, one may pause in wonder at the execution they did. The wooden wedge or quoin, at the base of the gun, by which its muzzle could he elevated or depressed, was the chief means of training it. it was a rule to fire as the ship rolled downward on a sea, in order to have the shot take effect in the ene my's hull. In the British navy the rule was the opposite. They fired on the rise of the ship. This practice ruled in the engage ment between the Constitution and the Guerriere, August 19, 1812. The r« suit was the speedy reduction of the British frigate to a wreck and her sur render. while the Constitution was in jured only in her sails and spars. One Way of Doing Business. Billy Emerson, the minstrel, took a company of black-face artists to Aus tralia in the old days, and had hard luck. On tlie way back lie landed at Shanghai and gave a show, Emerson saw there was a good house. "Doing pretty well,' he said to the box-office man. “Fine," that official replied: "we’ve got in $400 in money and $1,400 in chits." % “In what?” gasped Emerson. “In chits." “What are chits?” "Why, promises to pay. Everybody vises chits here. Give a chit and set tle at the end of the month." “Do you mean to tell me that you have let $1,100 wortli of seats go for (hem chits, as you call them?” "Sure; why not?" "And those people just signed their names and didn't pay cash?” "Certainly." “What a business I could do in the slates!" groaned Emerson.—Saturday Evening Post. Kat Plant Stimulus. Some years ago, alter a long and fa tiguing climb by Americans in the Abyssinian mountains, they were served with libations ol "todj," an ex tremely refreshing beverage in which (atna edulis, or the kat plant, was used. Certain tribes chew (he leaves of the plant commonly when compelled to exert special or long continued ef lort. the immediate effect being sleep lessness and stimulation. The freshly cut leaves have a rather pleasant taste and produce a kind of intoxication of long duration, with .tone of the disagreeable features of inebriety. Messengers and soldiers, by chew ing the leaves, are enabled to go with out food for several days. The better class of merchants chew tm re leaves three or four times a day, the habit being fairly comparable to ili< use of tea In the United States. Wealth in Chemicals. Ultramarine is cited ns an example of the industrial value of chemical in vestigation. When this was made by powdering lapis lazuli, a very rare mineral, the cost exceeded its weight in gold, but siiioe the chemist's dls covery that the same material can bo made from such cheap substances as .odium sulphate and carbonate, sul phur. charcoal and rosin, the price !'as fallen to a few cents a pound. Ready for Them. Friend Now, it I were building a house I'd— Owner—Step around the corner, please, and you'll find a house I'm put ting up to carry out the Ideas of my friends. This is one I’m huildinr to suit myself.—Judge A Graceful Endorsement (Goring, Scotto Bluff Coimty.Coui’lm) “There is a paper printed at Lincoln called THE NEBRASKA STA~ CAPITAL. This writer never fails to read it through and through, though it simply contains the personal opinions of Frank A. Harrison. Wi don’t love Harrison, never did, and do not know why, but we do enj y this paper and we pronounce it a little nearer ti c public purse ef Nebraska than any other single publication in the state. He is devoting much of his am munition just new to anti-saloon dcctrincr, and to his ef- > forts may be attributed much of the progress tow-id county option. Some pipers which carry art ed..0 id column have a till j • sloppy slush which is well nigh meaningless, and the Courier is constitutionally afraid to try it, but the man who can get up a weekly bunfch of editorials ouch as Harrison prints is no less than a genius. T 1 years ago this pappi carried an editorial column,but the mad rush of business has been responsible for its absence sl ice then. A com of reading THE, CAPITAL has produced the desire .0 say our ow / again, hence this column, which we are Inclined to make permanent." Are you a subscriber to THE CAPITAL? Try it. If you pay $1.00 before January 1, you can include the name of some friend, and gr*. credit for one year on each name. WANTED! Horses and Mules From 1 to 20 years old I want them fat ami broke to work. 1 will buy any kind, big or little Don't sell them until you see me. If you have got a big, fat horse <»| any j kind I can give you more than you can get in any market anywhere. We have got a good place to ship to and can pay you the price if you have good horses that are too high for other buyers. Fetch them to me 1 will buy them. Price cuts no figure on a good one. I will be in Falls City, Saturday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day, at Chapman’s Feed Yard Reserve, Friday, Dec. 24 Hamlin, Kas., Thursday, Dec. 23 Remember the dates. Come in. Tell your neighbors. \ l Jester & McDaniels LANCASTER, PENN. YOU WILL SHARE OUR PRIDE in dental work if you have need of ou services and avail yourself of our ski!', experience and faculties. We don’t do half way work- it’s all or nothing with us, as many people know to their ow great gratification. Note, please, that we make no charge for expert examin ation. L)R. YUTZY HBRT WINDI.K, l>. 1>. S.. Assistant Palls City, Ne braid a Office Removed to Tootle Block 6th and Francis Sts. a R . W. S. FAST: ST. JOSEPH, MO. attention to MFIHFINF, KK< I Alt I)isc*:»H<*F, piwaw‘H of \Y(>MF.N nml CIIIFDHI.N CHESTER A. BRINK PhVsicion and Surgeon Office Over State Bank. Residence, Union Hotel. >* ' EDGAR K. MATHERS DENTIST -—- 1 Phones: Nos. 177, 217 | Sam’l. Wahl Building --—-i DR. C. N. ALLISON DRNTIS 'F Phone 218 Over Richardson County Bank. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA R F». ROBKRTS DHIN'FIST Office over Kerr’s Pharmacy Office Phene 2U0 Residence Phone 271 • ■ CLEAVER & SEBOLD INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AND LOANS notary in office ’ FOR SALE—A nice six room cot- ; tage, lights, water, cement walks, cel- 1 lar, barn, coal house, and three lots. Located one block from court house I and in splendid shape, a model , house. Price $2,500. Inquire at this i office. 41-tf Listen Mr. Renter Harvest is about over. You have paid a large share o! your entire crop to your landlord. Has it paid? Are you satisfie with the remainder? Do you realize that dollars pah. 1UI rent me doilui» iou> uo i»... come hack? They're gone,a ml unless you strik out for youself and your boys, mor are going next year. Here is a money-sav ing proposition. Go with me into the Dig Hon. Basin. Buy a small irrigated farm on easy payments; payments as easy as paying rent in your present locality and in ten years you’ll have A FAIl.V OF YOUR OWN in rf growing com try where crop-failures are unknown and good prices prevail. Write me for details TODAY. [ am employed by the Burlington and my services will cost yon nothing. D. CLEM DEAVER General Agent f.iiiiil-i-cker* Information Huron Hoorn 4, “Q*1 Hlila., Oiimlm, N* 3211 ACRE HOMESTEAD FREE Country just opening for Homesteads, lias been controlled by stockmen for years. l>and as good or better than any Indian Reservation. For informa tion address DALE © HERMAN LAND CO. EDGEMOM, S. D. Residents of the Country for 21 years