THE QUIET HOUR The Trend of Reading. More and more clearly is it rec-og l'iznl that the public today is being i Jucated by the publications of gen i" d circulation. Greater responsibii .iy. lilt refore, tests on the publisher for ’lie production, and on the read er for his selection, of periodicals. T! e present multitude of periodi cals has this serious disadvantage: we are tempted io use our leisure, not l the thorough and fruitful read ing of one, but in the careless and unproductive skimming of many. If in the home there are young people with mental habits' yet unformed, it is especially better to have not many periodicals, but a few, each one of which has been thoughtfully select ed. What periodicals we do have should be the best. In determining which these are we should be sure, first of all, that the weekly paper or the mag azine for which we subscribe is edited not merely for the selfish in terest of the proprietor, but really for us. The publisher of a popular periodical is under a constant temta tion to sacrifice the interest of his readers to the desire to gain greater circulation. Under the plea that he must give liis readers “what they want,” lie surrenders his moral self respect and shirks his plain duty as a public servant. The publisher con e* rued chiefly for the commercial value of a large circulation has not the courage to give to the conscientious editing which insists upon the best work of the best minds. lie is in tin' shameful position of one who uses the great moral instrument wliic In' controls solely for his private gain.—Youth’s Companion. The Cost of a Boy. 1 read the other day it costs nearly a thousand pounds to bring tip a London hoy, and educate and dress him well. I said to myself, “'that, is because everything in the city lias to 1). bought, and living is high.” But 1 began to study the thing, and I found that even a country boy costs his parents a good deal. When you count what a boy eats and what lie wears, and the school hooks lie must have, the doctor hills which have to be paid when he gels the scarlet fever or the measles, he will cost his folks at home at least one hundred dollars a year. If a hoy is given to breaking things,kicking the toes out of his hoots, and so on, lie costs more than that; so that when I am twenty-one and old enough to do for myself, I shall have cost father more than two thousand dollars. Mother cooked my food and made iny clothes and patched them,washed and ironed for me, took care of me when I was a little fellow and when ever I was sick, and she never charg ed anything for that, if she were dead and father had to pay for all that, it would have cost another bun dled dollars a year more, and that two thousand dollar’s worth of work mother will have done for me by the time 1 am a map, ’’ Vour thousand dollars for a boy! What do you think of that? These are hard times. When parents put four thousand dollars into a hoy, What have they a right to expect of him? Is it fair for a boy to play truant from school? Is it fair for him to play ball, go swimming, or hang around town all the time, when, may be his father’s potatoes are not dug, nor the wood brought in for his mother? Is it fair for him to disap point them by swearing or drinking? Is it fair to forget his parents when he has left home, and neglect even to write them letters?—Selected. tan.- * ■ What 1 Have Seen of Cigarettes. By. Hon. IS. 15. Lindsey. Boyhood is the most important part of life. It is the period when the foundation of a noble character is successfully laid. A man is a great deal like a magnificent building. The great building can never be last ing, strong and beautiful, unless it rests upon a firm foundation. At the beginning the foundation is laid. You can not build a fine house and lay the foundation afterwards. The be ginning of a man is a boy, and so the foundation of a man is a boy. i One of the very worst habits in boyhdou is the cigarette Habit. This has long been recognized by all the judges of the courts who deal with young criminals, and especially by judges of police courts, before whom pass thousands of men every year who are addicted to intemperate habits. These judges know that in nearly every case the drunken sots who ap pear before them, a disgrace to their parents, themselves and the state began as boys smoking cigarettes. One bad habit led to another. The nicotine and poison in the cigarette created an appetite for alcoholic drink. .The cigarette habit not only had a grip upon them in boyhood, but it invited all the other demons of habit, to come in and add to the de gradation that the cigarette began. I only recently had a little boy in court whose parents and friends were shocked when it was discovered that he had stolen money from the cash drawer of his employer, and was j caught by a detective set to watch j for the thief. No one believed that i this boy would steal, since he had it good home and had borne a good reputation, but 1 found on investiga tion that the boy had been tempted to steal in order to get money to buy cigarettes. Now the trouble with the boy was that he was weak, he could not resist temptation. Why? • Be cause he had contracted mis baneful habit that weakened his character so that he was unable to resist evil when it attacked him, as it will cer tainly attack all hoys, anti only those who are strong will successfully re sist it. Nearly .ill of the leading business men of the country have forbidden the employment of boys and young men who smoke cigarettes. This is because they know that the victims of cigarettes cannot be trusted. The laws of nearly every state in tin? Union forbid the sale of tobacco to boys, and the law of Colorado even forbids people to give boys tobacco, so that boys who use cigarettso are not cnly disobedient to their par ents, hut they are disobedient to the laws of their state. Patriotism is, after all, duty lo one’s home, one’s school, and one's city. And no boy does his duty either to himself, his home, his school, his city, his flag, or his country, who will indulge in the vile habit of smoking cigarettes. I know a little newsboy who is too brave and manly to smoke cigar oumriuiu's lie irim tU imt? the taunts and jeers of his compan ions, the kind of boys who think it is smart to smoke cigarettes, who will come up to him and ask him if he can “inhale." This little newsboy is not afraid of the weapon of cow ards—ridicule. He would say (using his own language), "Say, kid, cut it out; do you think that I'm going to burn my brains out just because you do?" And he would stand his ' ground, and, if necessary, have what he called a “scrap" rather than let any boy induce him to smoke a cigarete. He was really the brave boy, after all, and the boy who thought it was smart to smoke cig arettes was the real coward. I have been in the .Juvenile Court nearly ten years, and in that time 1 have had to deal with thousands of boys who have disgraced themselves and their parents, and who have brought sor row and misery into their lives; and I do not know of any one habit that is more responsible for the troubles of these boys than the vile cigarette habit No pure-minded, honest, man ly, brave, gentle boy will smoke cig arettes.—S. S. Times. A number of farmers, who were known to he drinking men, voted for “no license" at a recent election. I When asked why they did so, they I replied, "YVe are farmers, and we find that, when we go to town, we cannot resist the temptation to drink, at hotel bars. Often we take too many drinks, md we do not get back home in time to do our work; we spend a great deal of money which we cannot afford, and our farm busi ness and homes are the sufferers. If there were no bars, we could go to town and vote and go home all right, and never think of drinking.” The moral is: remove temptation and the people.will be sober. [ Why Christ’s Yoke is Light. Mark Guy Pearte gives an incident! occurring in connection with a ser-1 mon of his on Christ’s invitation to the weary and heavy laden. I had! finished my sermon when a good man I came to me and said: “1 wish I had known what you were going to preach! about I could have told you some thing.” “Well, my friend,” 1 said, "may I have it still?” “Do you know why his yoke is light, sir?" "Well, because the good Lord helps us to carry it. 1 suppose." “No, sir,” said he, shaking his head, “I think J know better than that. You see, when I was a boy at home, I used to drive the oxen, and the yoke was never made to balance as you said. Father’s yokes were always made heavier on on.' side than the other. Then, you see, we would put a weak bullock in alongside of a strong bullock; the light end would come on the weak ox, the heavier end on the stronger one. That’s why the yoke is easy and the burden is light, be cause the Lord’s yoke is made after the same pattern, and the heavy end is upon his shoulder.” When the laboi difficulty between the Washington brewers and their employees were recently adjusted by the brewers signing for an eight hour day, the expressly stipulated that no workman should be permitted to drink more than two glasses of beer during the eight hours lie was on! duty. The mitral is easy—even brew ers wont stand for drinking work- ] men. ' r-* The Falls City State Bank Will be pleased to loan you what money you may need on approved security. This bank desires your business and is in a position to extend such accommodations and courtesies as are con sistent with {rood banking. If you are not already a customer we herewith {five you a hearty invitation to become one. Falls City State Bank A Neat Monument is not necessarily an expensive one. We give the same attention to small orders as we do to larger ones, and your inscriptions) can be exe cuted by us as easily in German as in Knglish wito th<; same satisfac tion. Consult us and you make no mistake. Palls Citv Marble Works Established 1881. R. A. ® F. A. NEITZEL, Mjrs. Special June Sale of Queensware We now have 22 patterns in Dinnerware for you to select from. Haviland and Avenir French Chinas, Austrian Chinas and the best of English and American Wares. We show samples of all pat terns IN THE SOUTH WINDOW. This is the largest and best line of Dinnerware shown in the county. See it and get prices, Chas. M. Wilson's LOWE BROTHERS MELLOTONE Paint Ready for Use on Walls Woodwork, Burlap, Etc. Put’up in gallons, half gallons and quarts. Flat colors for inte riorjdecoration on woodwork and walls. Has no equal. Permanent, Washable Practical, Beautiful Ready to use at any time. It is a revelation in its result? it has all the excellences of water colors, the soft, beautiful effect. WE ARE ACENTS FOR Pittsburg Electrically Welded Fence Wire Sure Hatch Incubators and Brooders They M »hh 1111111 0 » ; : D. S. flcCarthy I: : ormr and :: ; TRANSFER I; \ Prompt attention given ] | | to the removal of house- ; ) hold goods. | | PHONE NO. 211 ;[ fH-MI I IMIIIHIH HI M4t» > DR. 0. N. ALLISON ID El NTf Phone 248 Over Richardson County Uank. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA DR. H. S. ANDREWS Otneral Practloneer Calls Answered Day Or Night In Town or Country. TELEPHONE No. 3 BARADA. - NEBRASKA CLEAVER A, SEBOLD INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AND LOANS NOTARY IN OFFICE —For Rent—Vacuum Cleaner,with or without operator. Phone 208 or 42C. 17-tf. June Bulletin of Excursion Rates To the East -Usually low and attractive summer tourist rates are in effect daily to New \ ork, Boston, Atlantic Coast and Canadian resorts, Niagara Falls, Detroit and vicinity. Also for desirable Bake tours with 30 days limits, and 00 days diverse tours of the East, including coastwise ocean trip. These rates afford the best chance in years to make the long desired Eastern tour. Western Tours Very desirable tourist rates daily all summer to the Pacific Coast; for instance, $00.00 round trip, and on special dates only $50.00. A complete scheme of tours through Yel Iowstone Park for any kind of an outing journey, low excur sion rates to Scenic Colorado, Big Horn Mountains, Black Hills and Thermopolis, Wyoming, one of the greatest hot springs sanitariums. , Call or Write—describing your trip; let me help you plan it, in — —ii-iM eluding a 1 It he available privileges, etc L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent OMAHA. NEBRASKA E. C. WHITFORD, Ticket Agent. Falls City. Neb. i ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ JOHN W. POWELL Real Estate and Loans MORTGAGES BOUGHT AND SOLD Money to Loan at 5 and (i per tent interest on good real estate security. Also money to loan on good chattel security. West of Court House0 _rolls City, Nebraska | Passenger Trains liiTMUi South Bound Tr. 1()4—St. Couis Mail and Ex press ..1:50 p. m. Tr. 106—Kansas City Exp., 3:41 a. m. Tr. 132 x- K. C.local leaves. .7:30 a. m. Tr. 138 x—Falls City arrives 9:00 p. m. x Daily except Sunday North Bound Tr. 103 Nebraska Mail and Ex press...1:50 p. m Tr. 105 Omaha Express... .1:48 a. m. Tr. 137 x Omaha local leaves 7:00 a m. Tr. 131 x—Falls City local ar rives.8:45 p.tn. x—Daily exceot Sunday Local Irt. Trains Carrying Passengers North Bound Tr. 192x—To Atchison.11:10 a. m. South Bound Tr 191x —To Auburn.1:23 pm. Burlington Route West Bound No. 13—Denver Exp.1:10 a. m. No. 15—Denver Exp. (Local). 1:40 p. m. No- 43—Portland Exp._10:17 p. m. No. 41—Portland Exp.2:25 p. ni. No. 121—Lincoln Loc. via Ne braska City.5:00 a. m. East Bound No. 14 St. J., K. C. & St. L..7:38 a. m. No. 44—St. J., K. C. & St. L. .4:11 a. m. No. 10—St. J., K. C. & St. L. .4:22 p. m. (Local) No. 42 ^t. K. C. & St. L. .4:35 p. m No. 122—From Lincoln, via Nebraska City. 8:45 p m. K. CJ. Whitforp, Agent. —We have some fresh Red Seal flour in now. Come and get a sack. —C. A. Heck. I