I To Enjoy a Merry Christmas and Have Your
Friends Enjoy it with You Join the Christmas
Shoppers arid come to
Here you find choice goods to select from
Ribbons
We have bum.'lit. several
thousand yards of all Silk
Imported Ribbons at one
half their regular price.
In plain, moire and fancy,
just what you want, floods
worth from aOc to #1.00
per ya rd, a 11 (fo at
23c and 36c
Handkerchiefs
An exceptionally bi(f I ine
of clpiice (foods to select
from bought especially for
the holidays.
Ladies'
Ready-io-Wcar
Our Lad ies' T a i lor e d
Suts and Skirts, Ladies’
and Misses’boats and burs
w i I be Hold at one ha 11
their actual value. 'Phis is
an opportunity you don't
want to miss. Some choice
(foods to select from.
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' PSmm Beauty corseim 1
' j,\A i -.V'l Kalamazoo Corset Go Cwlcsive Mak: ...
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J Corsets
Parisian and American Beauty two of the best Cornets
made. Kverv pair guaranteed to fit and wear. $1.00, $1 .">(),
.$2.00. $2.:•(),' $11.00, and Si. 50.
Wo si I) Peters Shoe, the best, shoe on the market. Every shoe
warranted, also the best lino of rubbers and overshoes. .lust open
ed a nice line of winter hats and caps, latest style.
Wool and Fleece lined Underwear, Sweater Coats for Men and
boys.
I also tarry the Largest, llest and Most Complete line of Gro
ceries, Fruits and Vegetables in the county. Every thing fresh
daily and weekly. .lust received 100 palls of Christmas Candles.
I want to call your attention to the fine line of Teas and
Coffees. A trial will convince you that there is no better on
the market.
Dress Goods
With a life experience
we know the best is the
cheapest to buy and you
will always tind our Wool
and Silk Dress Goods
A No. 1. We are offering
today a strictly $1.25 !5t>-in.
Taffeta Silk", guaranteed at
96c
Room Rugs
When in need of a Rug
look through our line. All
new goods and will promise
to save you a few dollars
on same. All sizes to
select from.
Don’t fail to look through
our stock of Wool Blank *
ets, Comforters, Outing
Flannels and Underwear,
all fresh, new goods and
the best that can be bought
I Want to thank You For the Kind Support Given Me in the Past and Will Ask the Continuance of the Same. I Wish You
One and All a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
R. A. DiTTMAR
TOPSYl
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J HOSIERY
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We handle the
TOPSY HOSIERY
No better made. Every
pair guaranteed. Cotton,
fleece lined, wool foot, all
wool and silk.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
TIiis beautiful church is one el the
a> w and cntumodio'.:-: buildings that
hare liiM-n finished and put into us
during the pact summer. Ii rras
dedicated on June IIUli with appro
priate and impressive ceremony and
>s proving every week ils Justlfiea
>1 on for existence by the wav in
which it is being used for the good
of the community.
It is built of fine red pressed brick
with cement trimmings, and is gen
erally conceded to be a most, beauti
ful and commodious structure. The
train auditorium is fifty five feet
square with a nicely bowled floor,
and when filled by the usual congre
gation is found to be a pleasantly
lighted, comfortably seated, and con
venient room for general public gath
erings. The annex or Sunday school
room is fifty five by thirty feet and
Is equippeed with separate class
rooms, a pastor's room, and .a separ
ate room for the library and secre
tary of theschool.
In the basement will be found a
splendid arrangement for carrying on
the business and social side of the
chttrch’s work. A good primary room.
Immln il children, a completely ap
potntcd kitchen with cupboards, draw-'
crs. tables, sink, hot and cold water, 1
range and what not, necessary for the
easy and constant use of the ladies.
A complete new sit of beautifully
clear white dishes and new sliver
spoons, and table ware of ail kinds
hearing the imprint of tiie church on
il may he found then*. The dining
room is fifty five feet long and twen
ty-seven feet wide, beautifully lighted
and with a ceiling that averages ten
feet. Here will he found all the
necessary tables, chairs, and other
implements neeessnrj for a success
ful attack on the good things the
ladies prepare to eat. In Hie south
east corner of the basement is the I
gymnasium twenty-seven feet square.
Some of the “tools for playing" have
been secured, and others will be ad
ded as fast as money can be ac
cumulated with which to buy them.
Then there is the lady's rest room
and coal cellar. The system heating
plant is proving the right thing in
the right place, keeping the whole of
the large building warm on the cold
est days without any effort in drlv
lug it. A description of the mater
ial sub of this church would be in
complete without mention of the
splendid pipe organ which adds so
much to the dignity and efficiency of
the public worship. The organ was
presented and installed by Mr. Henry
( Smith, one of our honored towns
men and is very highly appreciated b
both pastoi- and people. We find Dr.
Hailey not very coinmunicative as to
Hi actual cost of this building which
was erected under his personal super
vision. but we have no doubt that
one like it in quality and convenience
and equipment will esriously spoil the
look of $20,000.
W. C. T. U.
Abraham Lincoln said: “For thirty
years I have been a temperance man
Had it not been for my total-abstin
ence principles in the early days of
my temptation. I should probably
gone the same way that so many of
my companions went who lived drunk
ards' lives and are filling drunkards'
graves.”
THE FARMER’S LIBRARY.
Every farmer should have a work
j nig library, a library for his own use
and the use of his hoys who are in
terested in farm work. A library is
not something to lie bought all at
once. No good student buys a large
number of books at one time. People
who wish to have the reputation of
being "literary” will buy large num
bers of books, put them up on elegant
shelves but these books are seldom
r< ad. Really good books are like
, medicine, which should be bought in
; small quantities as wanted for use.
One of the best foundations for a
, good working library for the farmer
i is copies of three or four of the best
I farm papers. There is no one’paper
I that covers the whole field of agri
culture. if ip,' farmer is engaged in
j stock breeding, he should have a
j breeder’s paper, the best he can get.
If lie is engaged in general farming
| be should have a farm paper that
reaches the principles and the prac
i ice of the kind of farming suited to
j his section of the country. If he is
j engaged in dairying, lie should have
a dairy paper, the very best he can
get. Our readers all know the names
of the best in those classes. Then
keep files. These papers will furnish
an index for each year. Have them
hound in volumes, and thus lay the
the foundation for your library. The
I reading of these papers will from
time to time suggestbooks you should
purchase.
If you are engaged in horticulture
to any great extent, you want a hor
ticultural paper, or at least a paper
that gives special attention to this
subject. If your good wife is engaged
in poultry farming, as she probably
Is, then secure for her the best poul
try paper to be had anywhere, and do
not hesitate on account of the price, j
To these add books on special sub
jects as you become interested in
them. This is your working library.
It does not, however, suffice for the
needs of the farm. Your children
should have the best literature to be
found. Don't buy a novel unless it
has been before the public five years
and is still selling. This shows it,
reaches the right spot. One can safe
ly invest, when opportunity offers, in
the works of the standard novelists,
Such as Dickens, Scott, Thackeray,
and others: blit as a rule it is well
not to buy any novels except those
that have been time tested. Don't
pure base any books that your ehildre
will not be anxious to read later on.
In this way you will gradually in
crcn -e your library from year to year
and ti.oid the accumulation of a great
deal of useless rubbish. Where books
are linn lit indiscriminately or hastily
and without previous knowledge of
their contents, they occupy shelf
space to no purpose and often the far
mer would be better off if be would
make a bonfire and*burn a good man
of them. Ordinarily nowadays there
is little danger of children getting too
few books to read; while there is a
good dt al of danger of their getting
too many worthless ones. That was
a wise saying, “Deware of the man
of one book" the inference being
that, the book was worth reading to
begin with, and that he has read it
so thoroughly that it is like iron in
his blood.
The children growing up can not
well do with out a good encyclopedia
and a first class up-to date diction
ary. You can afford !o spend money
for these things.
Whatever books you purchase, see
that they are written in plain, direct
terse English. It is a waste of the
child's time to let him read slipshod
writing. To lie useful in any depart
ment of life, he should have a vocab
lary; tiiat is, an assortment of
words, words tiiat will enable him to
express himself on any subject; and
tlie nearer his books come to being
written in English undefiled, the bet
ter he will talk, the better lie will
write and otherwise express himself,
for all time to come. Every child
ought to have that quaint old book,
Banyan's Pilgrim’s Progress, if for no
other reason than to show him the
use of the simplest and most effective
English When you come to speak of
the source of English undefiled, how
ever, there is no book, that, even for
purely literary purposes, is equal to
the liible; and every child should liav
one with his or her name in it—
a 1 lace Farmer. i *
Salesmen Wanted. *•>
! We want “I CAN” and “I WILL”
! inen for our permanent sales force.
This is an opening for the man who
wants to be a HEAL accident sales
man, with exceptional money-making
opportunities. If you believe in do
ing business on a ‘TOO per cent hon
est basis,” if you want “success,” if
your wishbone is not where your
backbone ought to be, write us to
day for full particulars,
National Fidelity & Casually Co.,
National Fidelity and Casualty Bldg.,*
Omaha, Nebraska."
When yoU have a cold get a bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
will soon fix you all right and will
ward off any tendency toward pneu
monia. This remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to a baby as to
a nadult. Sold by all druggists.
—Patronize home industries, lien
jamine Franklin’s old and up-to-date
Magazine, The Saturday Evening
Post, is now carried in Falls City
by Lewis Wise. He asks the patron
age of the intelligent reading public
of Falls City. Read the Post it is
good, and belongs to a home Industry.
The quicker the cold is gotten rid
of the less danger from pneumonia
and other serious diseases. Mr. B.
W. L. Hall, of Waverly, Va., says, “J
firmly believe Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy to be absolutely the best
preparation on the markets for colds
I have recommended it to my friends
and they all agree with me.” For
sael by all druggists.
For Sale
Good show case at a bargain—Appl
at the Tribune office.
Tf you want to reach the people wh
buy advertise in The Tribune.
