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Social Gambling. What could a girl with the gamb ling curse upon her do? Her debt must be paid. Where was she to find the money? In tier shame slit dare not go to her father or mother. Then It was that the devil in hu man shape, who laid tile trap, made a bargain by which the debt was paid, “But, O. my God!’’ said Father Vaughan, tin- poor girl be comes so horrified at what lias befall en her that she can never lie the same again. And this is going on every day.” Father Vaughan said lie knew well what he was talking about. He had his evidence. Not long ago lie was sent for by a frail, beautiful girl, lying on her deathbed, broken with misery. Passion's vic tim rather than passion’s slave, she had sent for him to let him see to what a loathsome tiling man might bring wbmen. "You are right to speak out as you do. For God's sake raise up your voice. If you save one girl from the state in which I am you have done much, for 1 am in misery and the agony of hell.” Father Vaughan said she told him. “It was the curs ed-gambling, which is the milestone around society’s neck." Tell your grocer that you appreciat the fact that he advertises in The Tribuue. A Mother’s Reason., The question uppermost in the minds of the farm writers, if not the readers, seems to be “Why do farm ers leave the farm?” The reasons Riven are various and some writers answer the question with a smack that seems to be final. But the question will never be finally settled until the educational question is. Great strides in rural wheel turns. Great strides in rural advancement are being made, with rural delivery, telephones, and so forth, but the most vital matter has not been touched here in Nebrras ka at. least, and that is the school problem. If money could be gotten for the betterment of public schools in the rural districts, the question would not have to be asked so per sistently; “Why do farmers leave the farm?” We have lived on a farm all our lives, a period of half a century, and find ourselves today leaving the dear old farm where our three boys were born—and blessings they were. When they were little how happy we were, planning and working to hftve a com petence when they came to be edu cated for useful lives. But time sped so fast that that time was upon us before we hardly realized it. The two first boys were of school age, good healthy boys, and strong of body and of mind. I'liey attended regularly. They got to where they were as good as any in the school. The same routine ot work was repeated from one school year to another, with nothing to help them on to higher or better things. The question of the future had to be decided some way. One boy was desirous to entering a pro fession, the other to study lor rail road work. Their studies could not be continued anywhere but in the city. There was nothing at homo but the three It’s to study to prepare them for the work of their choice. There are only two things to do—to leave the farm and move to town or to send the boys out alone for four or seven years as the ease might re quire, which meant a broken family, long separation and lots of money. Those boys have made a succ ess in their chosen fields of labor. Hut soon the baby and last one was to go. What was to be done? We could not be left alone on the old farm and could not send him away, so we kept him in the only school j that was available until lie was past sixteen and then our duty was too plain. Something had to be done, and what else could we do but move , ( to some place where the educational opportunities were such as lie boy deserved. So we left the dear old farm home that we all loved, be cause of tile failure of our rural schools to do the work they should do.—Mrs. II. 10. W. in Farm and Fire side. V " ribune “ads'’ are read by the people who pay their bills. What The Wild Bear Learned. The children were playing circus in the back yard, and Joe was the wild bear. They had had a proces sion all around the block, with the bear growling under the blanket, the lion roaring, and the ponies hopping! along; but now the wild animals had j all bet'n placed in their cages and the children were walk\.g ..round ad miring them. "Don’t stand so near the wild bear”; said Tommy, who looked very proud in his papa’s hat and coat. "I have the cage locked, but he may get out." At that the bear growled and came to the front, of the store-box cage, and the little children thought he did look fierce. A little girl tossed in a peanut, which the bear ate very much like a boy. but he growled again as soon as tho peanut was gone. Ad die Blake asked the keeeper to give him a piece of a stick of peppermint candy, and that made him stop growl ing a little while; but soon he was shaking the bars of his cage, while the keeper was telling the children to stand back. “It’s lots of fun. Isn’t it?” said the bear to the lion, when they were alone a few minutes. “I like play ing circus.” "I do too, but you get the most candy,” asid the lion. ‘T’ve roared a whole lot, but they gave most of the peanuts and candy to you.” I But just then a real band began playing on the street, and all the boys and girls who had paid two pins to get into the carpet tent hur ried out to see if a real circus was having a parade. The lion twisted and squirmed through the bars, but the poor wild bear stuck fast when he tried to get out and had to creep back into his cage. "It's a mean shame,” sobbed the bear. They might have opened the door for me before they all left.” And then he curled up in a corner and cried. Louder and louder the band played, but no one came near to let him out. ”1 know I've been i here an hour,” lie said wiping away | the tears. “It's dreadful hot in here, | and I’m hungry and thirsty. (> dear, I guess maybe I’ll have to stay here always.” And what do you think lie thought of then? Poor Rover, shut up in liis hot little house down by the barn with inching to eat and drink all mnn ing. Mamma had told .Joe early in the morning to b t the poor fellow out and water him, but lie had for gotten all about his dear pet. “I'm a wicked, wicked toy,” lie told him self, forgetting all about liis tears. "1 deserve to be shut up all day for being so bad to poor Rover." “Why, Joe, you shut in here?” cried Cousin Bess, coining out. of the tent. “The other boys and girls are all out listening to the band. You poor child. Have you been shut up in here this whole half hour? Run now, and you can hear, too.” But Joe ran to the barn to let poor Rover out instead. lie gave him some nice meat and a pan of cold water, which Rover took very grate fully. When he had taken care of liis pet the band was far down the street, but Joe didn't care. ”1 learn ed a whole lot by being the wild bear in the circus, Cousin Bess,” he said soberly. “After this I’m going to take better care of Rover.”-—Bel. NOTICE I have for sale the 40 acre trac belonging to Charles 1’or trey, lying North of'the city and ad joining the Meyers land on the North, was a part of the Sarah Rhine land. Can sell the tract in 1, 2, 3, or o acre tracts to suit the purchaser. Can give d years time on twothirds of the purchase price. Mr. l’ortrey will have the land surveyed and give a road from the city to each tract. This is a chance to get a nice piece of land for a home near town at a very reasonable price and on ex ceedingly reasonable terms. For further particulars call at the office of John W. Powell. 1st. floor of new office building south of Court House square. Falls City, Nebraska. Office Phone 2o2, Home dl. Wanted— One thousand bushels of Wal nuts at Heck and Wamslev's war house. Phone 396 or 318A. W. C. T. U. John Wanamaker remarks. "The man who will not sign a temperance pledge to help a weak brother, al hough he may not need it himself, is not as much of a man as he thinks himself to be." _4_-— Chrit/.mas Gift For a Litle Money. Send as a year's subscription to The Youth’s Companion, $1.75 will buy the fifty-two weekly issues of the Youth's Companion for 1911. It will buy the two hundred stories i in the new volume. It will buy the fifty exclusive contributions to the new volume by famous men and wo men. It will entitle the new subscriber for 1911 who sends in his subscrip tion now to all the issues of the Companion for the remaining weeks of 1910 free. It will entitle the new subscriber for 1911 to The Companion's Art Calendar, lithographed in thirteen colors and gold. If the subscription is a Christinas gift, it will entitle the donor to an extra copy of the 1911 Calendar. The Youth's Companion, 144 Berke ley St., Boston, Mass Three Great Shows at One Time. One of the most valuable features • the International Live Stock Kxpoai tiou at Chicago this year, and which takes place on the dates of November 26th to December 3d, inclusive, is that it occurs at the same time at which the “Land Show” and "Apple Show” are held. These great exhibi tions, presented at the same time in the great city of Chicago, that won derful metropolis of the West, and the food depot of the world, offers an unprecedented opportunity to ev ery one who is interested in farming breeding, the development of land, and the apple-growing industry, such as has never occurred before, to pay a visit to Chicago at this time. Apart from the pleasure of the trip, they will be able to kill thr-'e birds with one stone, as well as do their shop ping and domestic purchasing at the most interesting season of the year, when the stores are filled with ev erything that appeals to everybody, In addition to taking away with them a fund of practical knowcldge that will be of incalculable value In after years. “I do not believe there is any other m«diefne so good for whooping cough as Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, writ.*;: Mrs. Francis Turpin, Junction City, Ore. This remedy is also un surpassed for colds and croup. For sale by all druggists. Chases Dirt A Avoid Caustic and Acid Use Old Dutch Cleanser This handy, all-’round Cleans er is entirely free from caustic, acid and alkali; it is hygienic, cleans mechanically,not chem ically. It is not only the safest, but also the easiest and quickest cleanser ever discovered for Cleaning, Scrubbing, Scouring, Polishing It is the only cleanser to use on milk pails, pans, separators and on all cooking utensils. Use it for all cleaning through out the house. How To Clean Windows The Best Way—Sprinkle Old Dutch Cleans er on a cloth or sponge, just dampened sufficiently to hold the powder, without dusting, and apply to the glass, rubbing briskly. Then polish with a dry cloth and a very little Old Dutch Cleanser. If the above directions are followed excellent re sults will be secured with less work than by ordinary methods, or with other articles. 10 LARGE SIFTER CAN TEMPERANCE GAIN IN AFRICA _ I * Substantial Advance Made When Government Buys Rights of Long Privileged "Concessionaries.” Reports from South Africa show j that a substantial step In advance hns recently been made by the temper ance cause In that country. A serl pus ahstncle to the development of ;8ober habits among both natives and settlers has been removed by the ac It Ion of the llritlsh government In pur chasing the rights of the long privi leged "Liquor Concessionaries” which still obtained. The “liquor concessionaries” In South Africa have for many years been oppoeed by the temperance ■forces of the country, who desired to see the temptation which they In duced wherever they went abolished, .since, though their numbers were lim ited, the liberty they possessed made them a real danger. The history of these people Is a pe culiar one. Many yeara ago the Cape government granted to twelve men, iand their eldest or surviving son, for three generations, the right to sell spirits wherever they choee In return for service# rendered. Certain condi tions were attached to this privilege, one of which was that no natives were to be supplied. The "liquor con cessionaire," as he was termed, had a free hand, and traveled the up-coun try dlstrlcls with a wagon full of spirits, oulspannlng where he pleased, and remaining as long as It paid him “to do so. i he clergy and missionaries con tended against the continuance of this privilege, as did the traders, but the permit was held, and the authori ties were unable to recall It. Three of the original concessionaires left no successors, and their right died with them; other holders Infringed the rule as to supplying natives, and by so doing forfeited their rights; but others still continued the trade. Hy degrees, the number of those who could carry on this trade dimin ished, but for several years past the last holders of tho privilege were commonly known even In the most .remote places where they practised their si ecial privilege. The conces sionaire made Ills own prices, which were always h ss than those charged at the hotels and stores; but ns some ot these nu n were the proprietors of iliree or four fully spanned and equipped w i gotta, It is possible they equalized the reduction In prices by an equal reduction in quality. Ac cording to a recent report from the colony, however, the government has at last succeeded in purchasing tho rights of the remaining holders, and most of tin evils which followed the trail of the liquor concessionaire’s wagon will he abated, to the decided advantage of the whole country. METHODS OF LIQUOR DEALER Salesman Employed by Certain Brew ery Tells of Inside Facts—Couldn’t Stand Drinking. A man who was formerly employed as salesman by a certain brewery gave up his employment because he could not stand the drinking he was expect ed to do. In speaking of this to an acquaintance he said: "Until you know what they are up to front the Inside you have hut. a faint idea of the methods of the liquor men. In the eight months of employ ment by the brewery I learned more about shady methods than I ever bus peeled before. In three months be fore an election 1 personally spent for the brewery more than $1,800 to help fix the voters so that tho town would not go dry. The wets won the elec tion by eight votes, kt that town the brewery cleaned Up more than $1,800 per month above all expenses, so it could well afford to buy votes, and It did buy them and pay for them in cold cash.” In speaking or ui<> meinous or me police In his town, he said the music had been ordered out of the* saloons in order to force the saloon men to pay the police for restoring the privilege ,of which they had Ir en deprived, lie also said that whenever the mayor of the town planned a raid on saloons that were violating the law. the chief of police would call up the saloon keepers on the 'phone and “put them next," so that nothing would be found by the raiders. He said local saloon men were pay ing large sums to be kept posted as to who was working against them, and these men were being photographed and pointed out to all members of tho Liquor Dealers' association. Kaiser as Temperance Advocate. 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Men’s Half Soles.50c to 65c Ladies’ Half Soles.40c to 55c The Home Shoe Store FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA Three Doors South Richardson County Bank Mg^1 II T Fresh meat of all kinds may he * had of Mack & Nixon, either at the Market in Barada or at the Mack farm. Good Beef, He to 12c per pound. Will deliver if not too far out. Mack & Nixon, Barada. Nebr. Try The Tribune