—Eat Sowle’s Candy.
—Dr. Wilson. Wahl's building.
Mrs. Ted Wright is among the vic
tims of gripp.
Mrs. Alex L<'0 is visiting her par
ents in St. Louis.
Miss Lola Powell is suffering from
an attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Minnie Bloom is the guest of
relatives in Verdon this week.
FOR SALE—Barred Plymouth rook
cockerels for sale.-—John Riesohlck.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Harry E. Berg left
Friday for their homo in Kanssa City.
Miss Lillith Waggoner of Humboldt
is visiting Miss Floy Grinstead this
week.
James McGee of Kansas City vis
ited H. C. Marlon the first of the
week.
Sweet Cider and apple butter at
Heck & Wamsley’s warehouse near j
the mill. S1-2t
Dr. Morauian. is one of the many j
who have been suffering with gripp j
this week.
Miss Mary Wiltse is athome from
Crete, where she teaches, to spend
the holidays.
Miss Beulah Rush of Lincoln ar
rived Tuesday and is the guest of
Miss Louise Rule.
Chester McDowell left Wednesday j
morning for Oklahoma City to spend !
some time with a cousin.
Miss Oddie Lapp is suffering from
gripp which seems to be an epi-1
demic through the town.
Mrs. W. II. Kerr has so far recov
ered as to be able this week to take
a ride on warm sunny days.
Misses Anna and Emma Zentner
are over from Tarkio Missouri this
week visiting their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hutchins of Shu
bert visited the family of Warren
Hutchins the first of the week.
W. H. Wyler moved his family
Wednesday from the Whitaker prop
erty to the .Judy house on West 14th
Street.
Raul and Lloyd Davies are in Ver
don spending the week with their
grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. Davies
will go up to Verdon fora New Year
visit.
Mrs. Bert Marts and Children of J
Goodland, Kansas were Christmas i
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mart* j
They will leave soon for tin ir new
home in Burlington, Col.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mails of Wymoiv
who spent Christinas with their I
parents, left Tuesday for Kansas J
City, where (he latter will r main
in a hospital for some time.
Simon Davies will arrive Saturday j
from Ideal. S. D., to join his wife |
In her visit with relatives and friends.
The Misses Lyford are entertaining j
this Thursday evening for their |
guests, Misses Barnes and Maekio!
of Tecumst h.
UNITED STATES TCM33TML
Patriotic Indian Rt jacts Government
Samples and Buys One to Suit
Himself.
On the Navajo rest rvation great ef
forts were made years ago to induce
the Indians to abandon their custom
of leaving the bodi . of their dead
above ground, and to adopt the white
people's s; stem o. burial. One In
dian agent’s sucee-s, was encouraging,
and arrangements were made by
which the government should supply
neat headstones. A stock of them
was laid in, and no sooner had they
arrived when a tall Navajo appeared.
He looked at the collection, but grunt
ed "No" to each one. The agent sug
gested that, if the red man would in
dicate the special style he wished, it
would be ordered for him.
"Want United States headstone,"
was the laconic response.
The agent was puzzled by this.
What the deuce could the Indian
mean by "United States headstone?"
livery effort to ascertain just what
was in his mind met with the in
variable reply: "Want United States
headstone.”
.. At last, tearing inat tne reu mans
disappointment might result unfavor
ably to tlie scheme for introducing up
to-date burial methods, the agent gave
some money to the Indian, bidding
him to go ami buy the kind of grave
stone he liked.
Some times later a party of hunters
fame to the agency. They had been
to the lodge of the Navajo, who had
lost his squaw, and had seen her
grave. At the head of it -vas posted a
gaudy red and white barber's pole!
This was the Navajo's Idea of a |
"Fnited States headstone.” It was j
as near as he could come to a grave |
ptone bearing the national colors, and
as he was a very patriotic Indian, he
was content.
< Consumption of Alcohol in France.
N The consumption of alcohol in France
has been trebled within thirty years, !
and as much as 36,000,000 gallons have
been manufactured out of potatoes for
the French market.
THF MASCOTS OF ROYALTY
Kings, Queens and Princesses Just as
Superstitious as Huinblest of
Subjects.
Kings, queens and princesses art
Just ua superstitious, it scents, as the
humblest of their subjects. The new
queen of England, is tic ver seen with
out a small seashell mounted In gold
It was picked up on the beach at
Sandringham and presented to iter b>
Prince George when both were hardl;
out of the schoolroom, ami hints at a
royal romance that had nothing to di
with affairs of state. The sea-sheli
shares honors with a tiny gold pig
n gift of King Edward, who brought it
from Marlenbad for Prince Mary
when she was first betrothed to his
son. Princess Patricia pins her faith
to a withered sprig of white heathet
from Balmoral, inclosed in crystal.
Princess Victoria wears a piece of or
dinary coal as a bangle.
The shah of Persia Is never seen
without a turquoise over an inch
square engraved with cabalistic signs
in the front of his lez. This gem is
the largest turquoise in the world
and the fortunes of Persia are sup
posed to be bound up in the stone
The German kaiser w'ears a ring con
tabling a dull purple camelian knowt
as the Luck of Prussia. There it
a legend to the effect that it was
presented to Frederick tlie Great by t
spirit of the Rhine, and it is believet
to exert a mysterious influence ovei
the house of Hohenzollern.
THE MAN AT FORT Y-Fi VE
Should Be at His Best and Capable
of Giving the Service of
His Life.
Is forty-five to be the dead line?
.Most corporations follow a ruling that
men forty-five years old and over shall
not be given permanent positions be
cause they have passed the years o!
efficiency. Now, according to the dis
missions in some of the conferences
notably the M. E. conference held al
Evansville last week, ministers who
do not enter tlie profession until they
reach or pass forty-live will come un
der the same restriction to a certain
extent, or at least be discouraged,
if these restrictions continue what is
to become of the man of forty-five
or over who has not found a place
in life or who may desire to change
his trade or profession at that period?
The theory that his period of efficien
cy is passed is pure fiction. The real
trouble is whether he will he ab'e
to work long enough to entitle him
to the same pensions on quitting that
those are entitled to who have given
their whole life to a trade or profes
sion. He may not be, but this feature
of pension and insurance schemes,
should lie so adjusted so that there
will bo no hindrance to the capable
man of forty-five getting employment
if he wants it. 'idle fact is that a
man at forty-five Is at his very best
and in all probability can give the
best service of his whole life.
The Optimi't,
The lightheartfii, buoyant nature
which looks for brightness every
where, and finds if, too, refuses to
take . itself seriously, and devotes
itself to gathering op tin1 smiles while
leaving the tears for oth is. It may
be true that such natures really get
the best out of life and leave the
brightest impressions upon their fel
low men. but when it comes to the
consideration of the serious questions
which inevitably come up for discus
sion, they seem (o mislead others as
to their real value. We are not likely
to look for wise counsel or sympathet
ic appreciation in those wnom we
have been accustomed to regard as
possessing sunny-weather disposi
tions; we feel assured that the light,
insubstantial framework of their na
tures cannot withstand the buffeting
of the wild storms of distress which
sometimes sweep in upon us from un
expected quarters, and we instinctive
ly look for help to the sterner, deep
er natures of those whom we believe
realize ti»> sober side of life.
For Notes rnd Letters.
A good quality of smooth note pa
per, cream or snow white, is always
in good taste.
It may he left plain or engraved at
the top with one's monogram, initials
or address, as one pleases.
But It must be engraved, never
printed.
On the other hand, persons who
have a large business correspondence
and many women have, may use en
velopes, and even letterheads on
which their nnme and postofflee ad
dress are printed, never engraved.
For family letters, note taking and
the like, pads are convenient.
Many note pnpers for travelers are
now put up in pad form, making them
more convenient to carry. These pads
are even monogramed and appear in
excellent papers.
Remember that post cards should
only be used for business inquiries
and notifications. Short notes of a
business nature ure best written up
on correspondence cards.
The Public Expects It.
•The trick of putting the best fruit
at the top of the basket Is worked
out,” said the philosophic grocer. Tt
doesn't fool anybody any more. I will
leave these baskets just as they have
come to me, with the little peaches on
top. Honesty is the best policy now
adays.”
It was a beautiful theory and a
noble one.
Hut the peaches spoiled on his
Imnds.—Newark News.
HOW TO LOOK WELL DRESSED
Anybody Can Look Well In New
Clothes, It Is Care of Old
Ones that Counts.
"Will you toll me." asked the bach
elor of his sister, "how Miss Purcell
manages to look always so well
I dressed'.’ 1 happen to know that her
income is perilously small. I am sure
she dors not spend so much money
on her clothes as you do—hut ’’
“Careful, now-”
"All right—but can you tell me?"
"Yes, I ran. It Is because she al
ways takes the most pains with b^r
oldest clothes. Anybody can look
well In new clothes. It is when a
gown begins to be in danger of look
ing shabby that one must give It
special attention. When the hem be
gins to cut out and the trimmings to
fray and the hooks to work loose or
the sleeves to be passe, the woman
who wishes to be strictly well
groomed must get busy. She must
put on a new binding or turn tip (be
hem or put on a new deep facing In
the latest mode. She must resew the
hooks, change the trimmings and al
ter the sleeves. She must keep extra
well brushed and her collar and jabot,
must be the freshest and of the latest
mode. A new veil, a pair of dainty
and perfect fitting gloves, the latest
"trie of lmir dressing or a chic little
hat will often freshen up a whole
costume that would otherwise look
almost dingi. Sometimes a sumptu- j
ruts big bow on a hat or a novel erase
In belt buckles will focus attention in
ruch a way that nobody will think to
took at the gown of the wearer. There
will be a general impression of style,'
flush and food taste, with immaculate
daintiness, and even her dearest ene
my will forget the old frock."
VERY ACUTE HEARING. VERY
Members of Ananias Club Tell of As
tonlshinq Development of
This Sense.
The Ananias club was holding its
regular meeting. Sappbiras Jones had
told of a man he knew whose hearing
was so acute that he could hear the
angle-worms boring their way up
through the earth in ihe early spring,
“That is not so very extraordinary,”
said Ananias Smith. “My own hear
ing Is better than that. I've often
heard the sound made by the striking
of a hit of fluff from the head of a
dandelion gone to seed lighting on the
grass on my lawn.”
“And I,” interposed George Wash
ington Higgins, “I have been awaken
ed from a deep sleep by th*> racket
mode by a sun-beam hitting against
my window-pane."
“Very interesting, but hardly re*
markablp." observed the Uev. Mini
• chanson Dobbs, who had been intro
duced as a guest Hint evening by Mar
co Polo Dobbin on. “Now I have a
sense of hearing that is truly marvel
ous. Sitting in a hotel room in Htoom
Jngton, Illinois, one day last winter
directly ovm- the wr,ting room of the
house I ei Id h -ur the scratching of a
young lady’ pen I -low so vividly that
I could tell , xactly what she was wilt
ing."
_
The Successful Novelist.
To become a successful novelist it!
is necessary to possess some very ex- j
cepticnal enclitics both o' mind and,
heait. TCven ns no^-ts learn in suffer-1
3ng wl at tliev sh -r in song so does
the novelist 1 ■: in bv i xperlen'm what
he gives to the wor'd In story. And
tliis is net to advance the ridiculous
claim that the novelist must neces
sarily plumb every depth and scale
every height of human feeling before
he can aspire to write convincingly,
but only that he musi at least have
studied life at first hand and ob
servud things for himself, and brought
an importial Judgment, aided by that
semi-divine faculty‘of intuit ion which
is horn of imagination, to bear upon
the evidence of the things he has seen
and tlie* doing of the people with
whom lie has mingled. hid win Pugh
In London T. P.'s Weekly.
New Use for Beans.
Although Boston Is the most famous
baked-bean-eating center of the coun
try, yet it would appear that even far
ther west the usefulness of this vege-:
table Is well known. A writer in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer tells of a wo
man who. one very cold day, went in
to a Euclid avenue grocery store and
priced the different sizes of pots of
baked beans—the kind that the gro
cery keeps put up hot and ready to
serve.
"I guess the small size will do," she
said, hesitating.
"How many do you desire to serve?”
inquired the clerk, ready to advise.
"Oh, I'm not buying them to serve,”
the customer replied. "Of course I
shall use them, but I'm getting them
to keep my hands warm on the car.
I came away from home without eith
er muff or mittens.”
The Hampton Court Maze.
Ninety-eight thousand persons have
paid a penny each for admission to
the famous maze at Hampton Court
palace this summer, the largest num
ber for some years. It is estimated
that, about 25 per cent, of these were
foreigners, mostly French and Ger- j
man. During August 24,000 people
passed through the turnstiles. For a
■number of years the takings at the
maze were the perquisites of one of
the palace attendants, upon "whom the
right to collect and retain them was '
conferred by the late Queen Victoria.
Since Ills denth a few days ago the
takings have gone to his majesty’s of
fice of works.—London Standard.
"I
SOME GARDENS OF THE SEA
Submarine Wondera In the Harbor of
Port Galera, Philippine
Islands.
Port Galera la one of the most beau
tiful spots In this part of the tropics
hiuI when the Islands are developed
will he one of Its great show places.
Hugged bluffs alternate with stretches
of gleaming white beaches and the
water is clear as crystal. Ooroanuts
and fan palms line the shore and tin
scenery Is distinctly tropical.
Along all the beaches lie a series of
wonderful sea gardens There are
coral structures of almost every shape
and design Imaginable and around
them are gardens and groves of sen
plants and trees. Through them play
hundreds of colored fish, some of
them brilliant blurs, others deep pur
ple, others white, with curious black
and yellow stripes. The wonderful
Clarity of the water permits a perfect
view of all this submarine life.
I'ndcr favorable conditions the hot
tom can be seen at 60 feet and at half
thnt distance when the water Is still
the smallest objects may be plainly
seen.
The coloring Is wonderful. The
sand Is alniimt pure white and nbove
it are the greens, blues, reds and yel
lows of the coral plants and rocks, and
these effects are further bfghtened by
the wonderful painted fish that play
around.
Men who have seen the sea gardens
at Bermuda, the Bahamas and Catta
liua declare that those of I’ort Galera
are quite as wonderful and marvel
thata they are so little known.
Governor General Forbes visited the
I tort some time ago, and so Interested
has lie become that he lias ordered a
glass bottom boat. In which he Intends
to make a more thorough exploration.
Port Galera is 90 miles from Manila
and, although it is close to Verde
Island channel, is not visited by many
steamers.
COST KIM MONEY TO FALL
Balloonist Drops in at Football Game
and Admission Fee Is
Demanded.
Dr. Kldrldge, the Philadelphia aero
naut, who recently broke the time and
distance record, says that the sport
is, he believes, one that tnkeB less
money from tlie spectators than any
other.
Some sports, he declared, are com
mercial propositions purely and stm
ply, but In the main ballooning is a
free spectacle. In baseball and foot
ball. he points out that they are play
ed for money, and lie says the efforts
to get a paying crowd would shanio
the energy of the circus proprietor.
Apropos of Ills thought, he told the
following story.
"A certain balloonist, wl.o had met
with some sort of a mishap and who
was eonipelle i to come down in n
hurry, and with little choice of a land
ing place, threw overboaord his drag
rope ns he came to a great field.
•'The anchor caught in a fence and
tiie jar shook the balloonist from the
car and ho loll to the ground, a dis
tance of 20 or 30 feet.
•The field on which be fell was
being d' voted to a football game be
tween riv-1 coil'g-s, and when ho
cairo to. r-rt r being lib rally sprin
kled with water, the managers of the
teams* came to him and demanded
that lie pay 50 cents.
‘ Wliat for?" asked tho dazed and
shaken balloonist.
"‘Admission fee,' replied the man
agers.
•• ‘|t's a good tiling I didn't fall into
the grandstand.’ the air navigator said,
'll' I had 1 suppose you would have
charged me a dollar.' "
On Being Never Alone.
One tendency of our time is in the
direction of too little solitude. We
are gregarious beyond reason; we do
all things in companies and cotnbina
«ions—in our business, our pleasure,
our work, our recreation. Selfish and
self-absorbed though we may be, we
are communistic in our occupations—
we share everything, except our
purses. There may be a good side to
this; there is certainly a had one. Kor
the result is that individualism de
velops mainly on the side of greed and
grab: otherwise people think and feel
and toil In troops and battalions.
There Is an opposite peril in loo much
solitude; it breeds its own selfishness
and its own morbidity. Perpetual
loneliness brings madness; too much
of it, though not perpetual, leads to
eccentricities and possible absurdities.
A frequent and close contact with so
ciety is necessary for the moral wel
fare of each Individual. Very few
minds, if any, are strong enough to
beat the strain of an almost continu
ous solitude. Yet this state is, per
haps better than that of being never
alone.
Climbing Up; Digging Down.
Among the applicants for the post
of private secretary to a well known
railroad man having offices In Pitts
burg was the son of a wealthy Pitts
burger who wished Ills boy to make
shift for himself, preferably in the
service of the railway of which the
man first mentioned was an officer.
"My boy,” said the officer, in his lit
tle lecture on the best way to suc
ceed, "In order to accomplish much In
this life, you must begin at the bot
tom and work up."
The youth smiled w Iselv. “That
mono wouldn't have availed my old ■
man much."
“Why?
"Because, u >0:1 I'now. hi- fortune
was mad . . a!
I
APPRECIATION
We have enjoyed a liberal share of your pat
ronaye during the past year and especially
during the holiday season. We wish to thank
youjone and all. Our motto is “The Heat
Vet” and we will continue to yet the best, that
during the year 1911 we may have as liberal
or a larger share ol your patronage.
We thank you all and wish you a Happy New
Year.
DAVIES&OWENS
Reliable Jewelers and Opticians
Red Gross
Pharmacy
Is the name that the
HARALN BROS.
have selected for their Drug
Store which they just pur
chased from Dr. Kerr.
As they contemplate many
changes in the store after the Holi
days are over to make it the most
up to date Drug store in the city,
they propose to offer to the public
from now until January hirst, a
Discount Sale on all Holiday
Goods that will make them move.
All goods were bought and
marked by the Kerr Pharmacy
but our prices will be deducted.
Try us and see what we can
do for you.
Red Cross
Pharmacy
FALLS CITY - - - NEBRASKA
Mr. and Mrs. Grant. Smith and fam
ily came down from Humboldt to
spend the holidays with relatives.
John Powell returned Friday night
from Kansas City where he spent a
few days looking after business and
under the doctor's care.
Miss Katherine Maddox came
home Saturday from Mead, Nebras
ka. where she teaches and will re
main during the holidays.
Mrs. Simon Davies and little daugh
ter, Guendoline. arrived Thursday
from Ideal, S. 1)., and will visit some
time with relatives. Mr. Davies will
come down the latter part of this
week.
Dr. and Mrs. Claude P. Fordyce of
Broken Bow, who spent Christmas
with Mrs. Fordyce’s parents. W. H.
Maddox and wife, left Sunday • night I
for Lincoln for a weeks visit with
the doctor's parents, Dean Charles
Fordyce and wife.
Mrs. Jennie Marvin of Kansas City
tirrived last Saturday to visit over
Christmas with Mrs. T. L. Himmel
reich.
Mrs. Tom Palmer and little son of
Geneva arrived last week to spend
the holidays with her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. It It. Horrocks.
Miss lino Huntington came down
Thursday from Lincoln where she
attends the University, to spend the
holidays with her mother.
Miss ltuth Reavis returned Friday
from Jacksonville, ill., where she
attends college and will spend the
holiday vacation at home.
Mrs. Pearl Riley and daughter, Hel
en, of Nebraska City spent a part of
this week with the former's grand
father, William Cook in this city.
Guy P. Greenwald left last Thurs
day for Montpelier, Ind., to spend
Christmas with his wife and baby
who are visiting relatives there.
