The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, February 04, 1910, Image 7
JUST A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE Old Man’s Memory Was Good, But He Had Mixed Up Cert, in Facts of the Story. The late Sarah Orne Jewett lived a great, part of her life in South Berwick, and the quaint Maine char acters of her native town interested her profoundly. Miss Jewett, at the Mayflower club in Boston, once illustrated aptly the unreliable quality of old people's memories. "A young minister," she said, "born it) South Berwick, was called in bis maturity to one of the churches of the town. Everybody welcomed him. He had been away nearly JO years. And the oldest inhabitant's welcome was the warmest of all. The oldest inhabitant, leaning on Ids stick, said in a high, tiemulous \«>ice to tlie young man: “ ‘And you're Master Johnny Green • ugh! ’ow time do fly! Why, it seems only yesterday I traipsed in to the courthouse to see your poor old grand father hanged.' "Everybody looked shocked. So there was a blot on the Greenough family 'scutcheon, eh? But the young man said calmly: " 'My good old friend, your memory is partly right and partly wrong. My giandfather was murdered, not hanged. It was two brothers of the name of Alden who paid the penalty of his murder.' 'Well, that’s what I said,’ crowed the octogenarian. That’s just what 1 said, ain't it?’ " SPOILED CARD SHARK’S GAME How "Pat” Sheedy, Famous Gambler, Fooled Trickster Who Thought He Had Easy Money. Tho greatest delight of "Pat” Sheedy, America's premier gambler, according to Henry Stewart of the Stewart-Peck Sand Company, was to "double cross" the crooked card sharks. Mr. Stewart and Sheedy were old friends. '"Sheedy once strolled into a tough gambling resort in the west, where ti* was not known, and stood watch ing the games,” Mr. Stewart relates. One of tlie dealers was 'spieling' to several countrymen and had about < onvinced them to take a chance at his game. Til bet you two to one that I can shuflle the deck and cut the ace of hearts the first time,’ lie announced. I ll take $r>0 of that if you’ll let me shuffle the cards,’ Pat said. The dealer agreed and the money was staked. The countrymen also iriade small bets. ‘Are you satisfied?’ the dealer asked when the cards were shuffled. ‘The proposition is that I am to cut the ace of hearts tlie first cut.’ "Everyone agreed. Then the dealer — he was a tough one-—whipped out a big hunting knife and slashed tho d<<k* in two. "Hut he didn't take the money. Sheedy had palmed the ace of hearts while shuffling the cards.” Looking Out for the Birds. in some new houses which have re << Btly been built at Knutsford in Che shire a very preity idea has been car ried out to encourage the bird loving propensities of the occupants. The idea is to have nesting places for our feathered friends. A local writer says: "Instead of filling up the holes left by the scaf folding the architect had closed them with a thin covering of stucco pierced with a round hole. The birds enter and build inside. Sometimes you may sec a tiny step just below for the bird to alight on and a little cornice over the gap to keep out the rain.” Other holes have also been purposely left in the brickwork for nests, and it is saiii that the birds understand ii nil perfectly.—Country Life. Don't Ask for Sympathy. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has always been characterized by overflowing sympathy for the unfortunate, espe cially the unfortunate sick: nevertlie i,.*.writing in Harper's liazar on sym pathy, she takes the point of view that it is a luxury all of us should learn to do without. "We have come te recognize absolutely the limitations of human sympathy, and it is som< tkrng to haw learned where it can not follow us. Alter all. very few people in this world," observes .Mrs. Phelps keenly, "are tender. Even among women the genuine quality is n«t common. Let us be content to as sume sympathy in our friends. We shall not receive any lefts of it for be lli vsng in it." ___ i Taking No Chances. ''live me an egg phosphate," said the thirsty citizen of distinguished ap pi ranee who took a seat tit the soda fountain. "Moreover, make the drink before my very eyes." The white-clad attendant obeyed. Hi broke an egg into a glass, showed it to the inquiring one, and then poured it into the glass intended for the drink. Then he broke another egg. exposed it to view, and placed it in the final receptacle. Everything's O. K ," said the irt spi'i tor. "and you may proceed with the manufacture of my drink." From the Cynic. ' Father," said little Kollo, "what is appendicitis?" "My son," answer* d the cynieal par < or. "appendicitis is something that enables a good doctor to open up a man's anatomy and remove his entire hank account.”—Richmond Evening b'W.r. NEVER COLLECTED HIS FEE Amateur Effort of Young Lawyer Went Unrewarded, But Perhaps There's a Reason. William Henry Mariatt went Into the practice of the law before he was admitted to the bar, but the lawyer’s union has never objected to him on that account. It was in the summer of '92, after his graduation from the. Yale law school and before he had been admitted to practice in this state, that he found a man in jail in Leba non, ()., who was playing checkers with his nose because of a conflict between himself and the statute re lating to horse stealing. Mariatt dis covered some irregularity in the com mitment papers and started habeas" corpus proceedings which set his man at liberty. They walked out of the courthouse into the street, where the man asked the young lawyer to state tile amount of his fee, which information was fur nished him without delay. The man hadn’t the money with him. having been In Jail, but he said he'd send it at once. "My best advice to you," said the lawyer, "is to hotfoot it out of town ns fast as ever you can before the sheriff gets after you with a new set of papers." "Mr. Mariatt," replied the man, "if Ood lets me live until Saturday night I'll see that you get that money." And lie started down the street on a run. They never arrested the fellow, but Mariatt is certain sure Clod didn't let him live, because he never sent the money. He just started off on a run and for all anybody knows lie ran him self to death. However, Mr. Mariatt recalls his first experience at the bar with mingled emotions as he mentions the fee he earned but never got.— Cleveland Leader. WHALE WAS TOWING THE DORY Monster Caught in the Trawl Line While Engaged in Stealing the Captain’s Fish. Capt. William O’Donnell of the fish ing schooner Lucy I). Wlnsor was haul ing trawls several miles off Race Point when his dory began to act strangely, says the Poston Herald. The boat stood on its stern, then lilted by the head and started out to sea at tre mendous speed. The captjaln was ex periencing a new sensation, and it made him a trifle anxious, because there was no clew' to the mysterious power that was rapidly taking him off soundings. With added momentum the dory forged away from the schooner, and its occupant, who admits he was scared, cast off the trawl and crouched In the stern of the boat so the bow would not be dragged under w ater. Put tho trawl caught, and two minutes aft er the dory was flying through ihe waves at such a rate that water began to slop over the sides. The dory was rapidly leaving the schooner, when the tension on the line relaxed and the dory presently stopped. The captain hauled in the trawl and found the hook stripped of fish as a re sult of the speed at which they had been dragged through the water. Near the end of the gear, however, was found Ihe head of a dead cod, its body having been bitten off. That is what makes Capt. O’Donnell believe a whale gave him the terrifying ride out Cape Cod way. He thinks the whale nipped the cod and some of the keen hooks scratched Its head and sides and dug into Ihe skin until the whale had towed the dory a long way seaward. Well Identified. A severe looking woman moved up to the window at the Citizen Savings & Trust Company with a small check to be cashed The teller said she’d have to he identified and she suggest ed that he call up the man who hail drawn the check and have him de scribe her. The teller decided to take the! chance, and called Ihe man on the 'phone at hie elbow. "Oh, It’s probably all right," came the word over the ’nhone “Wait I’ll describe her for you and you can see if it’s the same woman. She had on a faded brown dress and paints just a little bit, has a sharp nose and spec tacles, and is about as pretty as Ker mft Roosevelt. Oh, yes, and she wore a big brooch with a shower of imita tion stones in it." The teller looked the woman over and cashed the check. She hadn’t! heard the other end of his telephone ! conversation and went her way smil ing.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. To See by Wire. “To see at a distance, as we now hear, by means of the telephone, Is the claim for the invention mado by I the Anderson brothers,” says a Co penhagen letter in a Paris paper. The patents are for “an apparatus for the transmission of pictures by wire, i showing color and motion.” The brothers could not obtain money In1 their own country to defray the ex penses of preparing working models and procuring patents, hut they were helped by a Parison concern, which paid 80,000 francs for all the rights and has agreed to pay also eight per cent, on the earnings resulting from the invention. A Calendar Shower. "I’m going to have a tire sale of calendars of 1910,'’ said the woman “All my friends sent me calendars. Every one of them, and 1 have a good many. It was worse than the butter dishes I got when I was married, and never any butter to go In them,” i Referee’s Sale. RICHARDSON COl'NTV DISTRICT COURT. Jennie R. Pyle, Plaintiff, vs. Edward S. Pvlo, Defendant Ity virtue of a decree of the Dis trict Court of Richardson County, Nebraska, rendered in the above on-j titled cause at the October term thereof 1909, in which dccrc< the undersigned was appointed referee to make sale of real estate hereinafter described, I will as such referee tit the hour of 1:00 o’clock p. m. on the 6th day of February, 1910, offer at public sale in front of the west door of the court house in Falls City, in Richardson County, Nebraska, the following described real estate, to wit: Twelve acres in the west half of the northeast quarter of the south east quarter of Section 20, Township 1. Range 17, East, in Richardson Co unty, State of Nebraska, and morel particularly described by meets and bounds, as follows:. Beginning at a stake on the south line of said NE *4 of SE'( S 20 Township 1,Range 17. East N. 79 degrees 30 minutes E, 14.60 rods from said line southwest corner of said N. East Vi of SE Vt. thence as tire magnetic needle now points .July 30th, J8S4 N. ; 79 degrees 30 minutes E. 28.2S rods to a stone in said south line, thence N. 10 degrees, \V. 3.43 rods to center of R. It. and in the south line of right of way. Thence S. 72 do-j grees 20 minutes, \V. 28.60 (28.50) | rods to a stone, thence south 10 degree's, E. 06.30 166.30) rods to place1 of beginning, containing 12 acres. This tract of land was the homestead of the parties to the above entitled cause, who were husband and wife, but the court having found in said cause that the defendant had desert ed his wife and family and is now in parts unknown, the interest of the said defendant in said homestead was decreed by the court to be sold for the benefit of bis family; the interest of the plaintiff, Mi's. Jennie It. Pyle, will bo sold at the same time, she consenting thereto in writ ing as provided in the decree afore said, which fact will be made known t ' idders on the day of sale. Terms of sale cash. J. R. WILHITE. Referee. First Publication Jan 7, 5 times. Legal Notice. E. S. Pyle, whose true name is Edward S. Pyle, non-resident defend ant, will take notice that on the 25lh day of January, I!* 1U, Mrs. Sarah I,. Maker filed her petition, as plaintiff, j in (lie District Court of Richardson! County, State of Nebraska, against | you the said E. S. Pyle, defendant, the object and prayer of which are to obtain judgment against you on a ; joint and several note made and de-1 livered to the said Mrs. Sarah L. Maker, by yourself and Jennie R. Pyle which said note is dated October 12.1 1905, and is for the sum of $125.00 with interest from said date at the rate of eight tier cent per annum from said date, and which note be came due on October 12, 1900, and upon which there is now due, in cluding interest, the sum of $201.40. And you tire further notified that at the same time, said plaintiff pur suant to the statute in such cases, made and provided, sued out an order of attachment against you in said cause on the ground that you; are a non-resident of the Slate of Nebraska, and have real estate in said county and state, and, that said I order of attachment, was delivered to j the sheriff of said county on said date and that on the 20th day of January, 1910, he, the sheriff, did levy upon said land by attaching the same, which is located near the vil lage of Preston, Nebraska, and is described as follows: Being the 12 acres of land pur chased by you from the heirs of John Pyle, deceased, and situated in the east 42 rods of the northeast quar ter of the southeast quarter of Sec tion No. twenty, in Township one, north, Range seventeen, east of the 0th P. M.. in Richardson County, Ne-j braska. And you are further notified that | unless you plead, answer or de mur to said petition filed in said j cause, on or before Monday the 7tli day of March, 1910, the same will be j taken as true and judgment rendered against you according to the prayer of said petition, and an order by said | court will lie had that said attached 1 real estate be sold at public sale as under execution, to satisfy whatever | amount the court shall find due from you to the plaintiff herein, and pay the costs of said action and of said; sale and of the proceedings in at-1 taehmeat. SARAH S, MAKER. iiy John Wiltse and J. E. Leyda, Attorney s Dated January L'fJtli, 1910. First, Publication Jan, 28.' 10-41 DR. C. N. ALLISON DUN TA I © 'r Phone 248 Over Richardson County Bank. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA R R. I NO BLUNTS IDEIN'FIS'F Office over Kerr’s Pharmacy Office Phene 260 Residence Phone 271 Office Removed to Tootle Block 6th and Francis Sts DR. W. S. FAST ST JOSEPH. MO Special attention to M KDICl N K. KMTAL Diseases. I) l Houses of WO.M l’\ and (’ 111LI)Itl IN CHESTER A. BRINK PhVsician and Surgeon Itesidence l’hone 471. Office Phone 439. Office Over State Bank. EDGAR K. MATHERS ID El N T " I © T Phones: Nos. 177, 217 Sam’l, Wahl Building £>on>c coffee ? 4 JacoW Feb. 4, 1910. Dear Friend: I am getting big enough to drink tea and coffee. Are you?J Pai^a and mama used to drink coffee just for breakfast, but they get such good coffee now that they drink it three times a day. They say the best coffee in town is handled at Schmitt' s Grocery and Meat Mar ket. Your friend, JACOB. Schmitt’s Meat Market & Grocery H. fl. Jenne Shoe Store Exclusive Agents for the famous line of “ BALL BAND RUBBERS. Rub ber Boots and Overshoes Everything in Shoes D. S. ilcCarthy 1*)RAT ANID TRANSFER Prompt attention (riven to the removal of house hold (roods. PHONE NO. 211 | FRANK PECK Auctioneer i\ If you contemplate having a :* sale see me or write for terms j‘ at once. I guarantee satisfac £ tion to my patrons. > FALLS ( ITY, NEBRASKA j: C. M. HARION | AUCTIONEER. ; - 7 — f Sales conducted in f f scientific and busi- | nesslike manner ^ : f C. M. MARION 1 ; Falls City, Nebraska : y *• • • * ♦ * - . . • .. • -• * • • ♦ *-? « CLEAVER & SEBOLD INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AND LOANS NOTARY IN OFFICE I I am trying to make a date with WHITAKER THE AUCTIONEER They tell me he is strictly up-to date and well posted on all classes of domestic animals and also farm property in general. He can certainly please you. as he has had s xteen years expe rience. He is alto from Missouri, and if given the opportunity Will •SHOW YOU ’ results BEFORE ARRANGING DATE, WRITE. TELEPHONE or TELEGRAPH (at my exponsei » J. G. WHITAKER Phones 168-131-216 Falls City, Neb. Your Friends Admire Your , Table Ware ^ * / We are showing some Dinner Sets in Decorated and White and Gold that should com mand your attention, and with each set we pack, Free to You An Imported China Salad Bowl Worth $1.25 to $1.50 Your choice of several decorations. We have other sets than those on display. See the ware at Chas. li. Wilson's The Body Of a Range I IK body of a range i - practically the life of a range. The life of a range depends on the material of which it is made. CHARCOAL IRON, by actual tests, has been proven to resist rust, heat and crystallization 300 % greater than steel. MAJESTIC RANGE BODIES areall madeo{ CHARCOAL IRON. No other range in the world is made of this material. It costs considerable more than steel, but the MAJESTIC never stands back for cost when it can improve its range. By compar ing the life of old-time iron nails with the steel nails of to-day, or old-style, iron stovepipe and tinware with the present day steel product, gives you an idea of the lasting qualities of the MAJESTIC over a steel range. This feature alone adds 300 % to the life of the MAJESTIC. Oklahoma Land Bargains MARSHALL, OKI.A. Located on the Santa Fc Railroad, in a fine agricultural district half way between Enid and Guthrie. We have 5 churches, 2 banks with one-quarter million deposits, fine brick school building and good twelve grade school. We are second to none in the raising of wheat, corn, oats, cotton and fruit. The average rain fall for the past seven years has been (37) inches. If you are looking for a home, or an investment, this section of the state offers you the very best inducements. Wite us for in formation, or better come and see. 160 acres—3| . miles from town, 130 acres under cultivation; 30 acres in pasture. Good five room house, good orchard, two wells of good water, barn for six horses, granary room for 1,000 bush els. 40 acres fall wheat, 7 acres hog-tight. Pice $40 per acre. We Have Land from $20 Per Acre L p 160 acres—120 acres in cultivation, 40 acres in pasture. Good six room house, small barn and granary, plenty of good water, This is fine alfalfa land and is a bargain at $50 per acre. DOOLEY & SHANKS