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The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
lNCONSOlABlE

The surges crashed mournfully in
the darkness against the old pier.
'"This blow he said, "is one
from which, alas, | shall not recover.
Nevermore will | look upon the face
of woman save in bitterness and sor-
row."
The young girl, profoundly moved,
said in gentle tones:
"Do not take my refusal SO to
heart, Mr.. Mannering Harold. There
are lots of nice girls left, | assure
you. | know one at the Surf house
who would suit you precisely. She
is pretty, amiable, clever"
"Has she got any money! he in
terrupted.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
HER EYEBROWS DIDN'T MATCH

81 went to make a call the other
day." said he, "and was met by a
young woman who was visiting at
the house. For the moment | stood
and stared at her without trying to
introduce myself. She had n bril-
l%iantly black eyebrow and n fam
tastically blonde one. You can't
think how striking the effect was. 1t
seems to me that in her place l
should have found some sort of dye
that would have kept those eye
brows from being so conspicuous. Or,
perhaps, that was what she was striv-
ING for"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
FEW ELOPEhlENTS IN MEXICO
Law Against T~oo.Youthtut Marriages
Most Strictly Enforced in
the Republic.

Not long since, while in San An
tonic, Tex, | stopped at a hotel in
the parlors of which occurred a very
pretty and romantic Wedding said
Nr. Z. Y. Turner of Memphis,
Tenn. at the Stafford.
The principals were a young
Mexican Of great wealth and high
social position and a beautiful
Young woman of the same nation
atty, They had Travelled over 1000
miles to get married in the United
States, for, owing TO the rigid laws
of their own land, they yer not able
to wed at home. The reason was the
brides youthfuiness. She was only
L, and in Mexico, unless the fair
ones parents and guardians agree no
priest dare join i'll wcdlock if the
woman be under q. In the sister
republic they punish severely for
any infraction of this statute, and
hence runaway marriages are of the
most unusual occurrence. '-Balti-
more American.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
STUDYING DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

A daughter of the Montezumas is
in New York mastering the art of
domestic science. She will carry it
back with her to Mexico and at the
bidding of her government introduce
it in that country of romance and
tradition. She is Nine. Guadalupe
de Haro and is an exquisite woman
with coal-black hair, deep brown
eyes and a complexion of creamy
white, who proudly says she is thor
oughly Mexican and a descendant
of the Montezumas. She has been in
New York a year and a half, study
ing night and day household arts as
taught in public and private schools
and colleges. Just now she is study
ing in the summer school of the Uni
versity of New York.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
PLAYTHiNG OF A PRESIDENT.

When President Fallieres arrived
in Stockholm, after being welcomed
by King Haakon, he presented
Prince Olaf with a gift which was
received with great enthusiasm. 1t
was a miniature electric railway with
a model of the Care du Nord in
Paris.
The line is rs yards long, with
points, signal-boXes and bridges. The
train is complete, with a dining a
and sleeping a with dolls in the
berths. The train runs on a carpet,
with a background showing Dunkirk
harbor.
During his stay at Reval the presi-
dent evened matters by presenting
the czarowitz with a similar gift.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06

Enjoyment of Business Man Seemed
to Center Around His Return
to America.

"The average American business
nan does not care very much for a
trip to Europe. II he will consent
to take a few minutes away from
business he usually prefers to get
into the woods, where he can knock
around in old clothes, have a few
hardships, plenty Of exercise and a
great deal Of freedom"
Thus spake Zarathustra. Continu-
ing:
MY brother, who is president of a
large New York corporation, let his
wife prevail on him to take a brief
trip to Europe this summer. | re-
ceived a letter from him, written on
the steamer going over, and he said
81 shall mail this at Plymouth,
where VT touch, SO you can hear
from us promptly. From there we
shall 90 on to Hamburg. | do not
like this life. Too little activity.
From Hamburg we shall 60 through
the Alps, then to Paris, then back to
London and then, thank God, turn
our faces homeward.'
"All this before he had even
landed"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
NEW YORK FIRE BOATS

The new fire boats James Duane
and Thomas Willett, built for the
New York fire department, enjoy the
double distinction of being the
largest boats used for this purpose
and the first boats of this character
fitted with turbine-driyen pumps.
They have a deck length of 131 feet,
beam q feet and depth of II feet.
On a high steel water tower aft, on
the two deck turrets and above the
pilot house, four three-inch nozzles
are mounted, from which a total of
$4,000 gallons of water per minute
can be thrown while the boat is NOV
ing at full speed. When only one
of these MOBILES is left open and the
pumps r connected in series, a
pressure of 315 pounds at the pumps
and Of $50 pounds at the nozzle
throws a stream of water of 800 GAL
Ions per minute to a height of 800
feet and a distance of over 400 feet.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
GOLD NINE IN SilESiA.

The surprising report has been re.
ceived in Berlin from Silesia that a
gold mine, apparently of consider
able richness, has just been discov.
cred at Kudowa, in the Rosenberg
district.
A workman was digging out the
foundations for a new building when
he came upon a thick vein of quartz
He took a cigar box full as SAM
pies and had it examined by an ex-
pert in Kreuzburg. The assay showed
that it contained so marks worth OF
gold. The discovery has been re-
ported to the local authorities.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
BUNDLE OF THEM.

Ostend had often said he wanted
to be a surgeon when he grew up and
his mother was Boosting about his
knowledge of anatomy. "My son.
she exclaimed before a party of Wis
itors, "a man has how many ribs?"
Ostend looked solemn.
swell, ma" he replied after a
pause, at just depends on the man.
Now, a man called here to-day who
had a hundred and twenty-nine ribs
"Ostend," said his mother, stern
ly, don't fb."
"I'm not fibbing, maw.o
"And you e to say the man
had 1919 ribs ?"
"Yessum. He was an umbrella
member"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
OUGHT TO BE POPULAR SHIP.

"The other night at a cafe," said
the Kentucky colonel, 81 heahd a
young CURL tellin' somebody about
goin' abroad on a Spanish ship. !
could heah huh talk across the room
She said she had to beg fo' watah on
bode that ship. She said eve'y time
she asked TO watah they give huh a
new kind of wine. She said she
could a had whisky, too, if she'd a
wanted it. She could a had all the
whisky she wanted an mo-.
81 amt nevah been abroad, but
want to say right heah that if | evan
do 60 it will be on a Spanish ship
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
MISSED BASEBALL PRACTICE.

Charles A.. Heath, who holds one
of the American Rhodes scholar
ships, recently returned to Philadel-
phia to join the st. Louis baseball
team of the American league. He
has put in one year at Oxford and
has two more ahead of him. Heath
said the only practice he could get at
Oxford had been with other Ameri-
can Rhodes men.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
DANCING GOOD EXERCISE.

Mr.. Gilbert, speaking to the stu
dents in the summer school at Har-
ward college, recently, said that the
waltz was the typical American
dance, but that all dancing had de-
Perforated within the last few years.
Dancing he considers the best form
of exercise, as all others become tire
some, while music makes the dance
a pleasure, and besides the hygienic
effects are of the best. OF course
dancing is only good when not car
ried to excess.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
WAITS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED.

The list of waits who have become
famous is a long me 1t includes
Sir Henry Stanley, Queen Catherine
the Good, Alexander Hamilton,
Rosa Bonheur, Edgar Allan Poe,
Rachel, Leonardo da Vinci, and
dates back as far as Moses. All
these were homeless children-chil-
dren who if left to their fate would
undoubtedly have drifted into evil
ways. Instead they have lived to
add glory to their names and have
contributed to the knowledge of the
world at large through the fruits of
their genius.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
TEACHER HAS DONE WONDERS.

While Miss Helen Keller is GER
tainly a wonderful person, having
the knowledge of the world that she
has and the remarkably good educa-
ton, still more wonderful for many
is her teacher, Mrs. Macy, who has
made such education and knowledge
possible for Miss Keller. They talk
bv touching hands, and Miss Keller
takes the keenest delight in follow
ing any conversation in which Mrs.
Macy is engaged by lightly placing
her hand on her throat.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
HIS FIRST IMPRESSION.

Pearl shall never go walking
with an epicure again. They are
perfectly horrid.
Ruby-No poetry in their souls,
ell?
Pearl-Not a particle. | took him
up on the mountain summit and
showed him the beautiful red sunset
Ruby-And what did he say?
Pearl-Why, the abominable MAJ
actually said it reminded him of 8
broiled lobster.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
Revolver Shot Probably Saved Colony
of Pigeons from Complete
Annihilation.

A blacksnake fully six feet long
and nearly two inches in diameter
which had been capturing young
pigeons on the rocks just above the
Birmingham station Of the Panhan-
die railroad has attracted much at
tention.
Employees at the station and
watchmen at the mouth of the
Mount Washington street car tun-
mel have seen the serpent several
times, but none has been bold
enough to attempt to capture it More
than a cor of pigeons have nests
on the rocks and the snake is said to
have gone down the hillside from the
grass and shrubbery to secure a fire.
quent meal of the squads.
Capt. c. e. Kemp Of the police
force of the Panhandle railroad was
at the station recently. The snake
was perched on a rock in full view.
Capt. Kemp fired at the serpent with
his revolver. The snake fell
from the rock and rolled down the
hillside to the rocks above the tun-
mel. Four or five men climbed the
rocks, but owing to the difficult
scaling the snake could not be Sc
cured. : Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
0ranh
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Fastidious Tastes of Wanderer Enough
to Secure His Election from
Hobo's Union.

\ real a|ristoeratie tramp honored.
he fwenty-fonrth district police sta
ton with his presence recently,
when Joseph Gregor Of Russia app
piled for a nights lodging. Though
his clothing was sadly out of repair,
Gregor looked as though he was not
I stranger 10 soap and water, and he
said he had seen better days. His
fastidious tastes were shown in the
property taken from his clothing. 1t
included Il manicure set, a razor, two
eakes of toilet soap, a mirror, a shaw
ing paper, a lead pencil and a pad of
paper. The two last-named articles
Gregor said he employed in taking
observations of his travels through
America. He had also a 800 bill
i'll his possession, but it was of the
stage variety. Gregor, who is about
10 years old, has been working on
farms around Bridesburg, but he got
out of employment and was obliged
to appeal for shelter. The police ac-
eommodated him. = Philadelphia
Record.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
HOLD WiTTE IN RESERVE.

Count Sergius Witte is not only
no longer at the helm of the Russian
government, but stands almost alone
even in the council of the empire.
Nevertheless a strong feeling pre-
walls that Count Whites day is not
done, but that he will be recalled in
the first emergency.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
NOVEL DEVICE FOR HOTELS.

Guests at the Hotel Astor, New
York, when they see a small electric
bulb near the telephone in their
rooms light up know that there is
a letter for them in their mail box
in the office. In each mail box
there is a copper flap that is pushed
back when a letter is put in the
pigeonhole, and the flap completes
the circuit that lights the small cleo.
trio lamp in the guests room. The
device is the invention of Fred A..
Muschenheim, brother of the pro-
prietor of the hotel.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
LIKES THE SIMPLE LIFE.

The duchess of Marlborough is
said to have inherited many of her
good qualities from her mother, who
is really fonder of the simple life
than of the round of social duties
with which she has always been con
nected. She has a fine sense of
humor, but is never satirical. and
consequently her friends are general
" good friends.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
LADY o A FIZZLE.

The Gladly cook" is said to be a
fizzle in London, and the British
matron is weary of the "gentlewom-
an" who lords it over the kitchen
and the family, as well, and is not
nearly so competent as the servant
girl, who is vexing, but who knows
how to cook and keep her place.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
CRUZ FL.

Sometimes" said the press hui
morist, 81 think my jokes are rotten.
l s'pose that's my modesty."
NO" explained a friend, chats
your common sense. "-Kansas City
Journal.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
YES, IND D.

"The man who raises his children
properly deserves a great deal of
credit"
"And the man who dresses his
wife fashionably needs a great deal
of credit. Houston Post.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
JUST TO FOOL oSLER.

II find that it is quite common fol-
men to dye their hair over here on
the East side," said the woman who
lives there, "and not from motives
of vanity, either. Old, gray-haired
men can't get any work to do over
here."-N. Y. Press.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
GO TO H HEAD.

The Teacher-Now, Richard, tell
me what you know about eclipses.
The Pupil-They most always
happen somewhere else.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
A MORE DIFFICULT FEAT.

Joshua was a wonderful man to
be able to make the sun stand still"
"If he'd made a baby sit still long
enough to be photographed he'd have
been wonderful, all r~ight."-Hous-
ton Post.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06

Doctor-Most extraordinary! Ihear
a sort Of musical tune under the fiat
OF your shoulder bone.
Patient-I think, doctor, it must be
on the fiat above.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-06
HIS T

"Why worry about little things?S
"Well, if l didn't" explained the
cautious citizen, something big
might happen"
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landed

Club Bore-I have been horribly in.
suited! One of the members offered
me a hundred pounds to resign my
membership of the club. What do
you advise me to do?
Funny Man-Wait a bit! You'll
get a better offer!
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cNE THING HE WAS SURE ABOUT.

Mrs. Fortystone-What do you take
me for, Ell?
Mr.. Fortystone-Humph! Well, !
don't take you for a microbe, that's
very certain.
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ERSONAL
MENTION

Martin Caferetta was a Goldfeld
visitor yesterday.
Mrs. S. J., Weeks left yesterday
morning for Sehurz.
Captain Cotter came in from Gold
EN- Arrow yesterday.
George Wingfield was a passenger
on yesterday mornings train en- route
to Reno.
Mrs. NJ. j. O'Meara left yesterday
for Salt Lake, where she will remain
for some time.
Bob McAnee, one Of the pioneers
Of southern Nevada, came over from
Goldfeld yesterday.
Fred Berry made a flying business
trip to Gases yesterday by auto. He
returned last evening.
Uri B. Curtis was a passenger on
yesterday mornings north bound
train for San Francisco.
j. II. Brownell, Of Golden Arrow,
came in from that district yesterday.
He returns this morning.
Perry L. Wait of Bellehelen came
in from that district yesterday. bring
ing with him the election returns.
Herman Rieschke came in from
Reveille last evening, bringing in the
election returns of that place. The
total ballot polled in Reveille was FIVE
votes.
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told the young people that the union
would be legal.
BY request of the girls parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Motheral, we'll
to-do people, the police and sheriff
officials have been seeking her night
and day without success. Last even
ing she and Pedrick appeared before
one of the city prosecutors, and 1t
was arranged that the couple should
secur a license and be united ac-
cording to law, which was done.
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FREDDIE WEEKS
TO Fight AITELL

The following article appeared in
the Oakland Tribune of November 3:
Los Angeles, Nov. 3.-Articles
for a fifteen round fight before the
Jeffries Athletic club on Thanksgiv-
ing day were signed yesterday by Abe
Attell and Fred Weeks. The men
must weigh 1873 pounds at 2 O'Clock
on the day of the contest. Attell gets
the big end of the purse, win or lose"
An attempt was made last evening
to see Freddie Weeks and learn the
particulars of the approaching fight,
but unfortunately he could not be
found. Nothing has been heard in
this city Of a match between Weeks
and Attell. although Freddie has
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WE WHY?

SEATTLE CWash,), Nov. "a
c%ablegram received here today says
that at 1870 O'Clock this morning
Blanche Devall shot Al Miller, chief
of police, at the Pioneer hotel, Fair
banks, Alaska. The revolver bullet
entered. the left breast, took a down
ward course and lodged In the pelvis.
Miller died tonight. The woman
came from Seattle last summer. She
is now in jail.
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MONEY;
LANDS in JAIL

PORTLAND (ore.), Nov. g.
Helen Kranz, formerly of San Fran
cisco, was arrested here on the charge
of robbing w. C. Jones of 500. She
had promised to marry Jones, and
was carrying the money, of which
she claims to have been robbed her
self, but a search revealed the money
on her person.
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MARRIED TWICE
in TWO DAYS

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5.-Miss
Louise Motheral. aged 16, pretty and
well educated for her years, eloped
last Wednesday with Clinton A. Ped
rick, a piano player in a cheap NOV
ing picture show, and the two board
ed a launch at San Pedro and went
through a marriage ceremony three
miles out at sea-. Rev. Frank Bug
bee, former assistant rector of Christ
church and a well known minister,
ofiiciated, and the district attorneys
office was informed yesterday that he
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Don't have the children get sick
with candy that lays at the depot for
a week and on the road for a longer
time, but call at Rotholtz Bros. and
secure a box of fresh candies that ar
rive by express. 11-3
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Location notices in triplicate-
handiest affair for prospectors and
miners-contains carbon-150 no.
tees In book. For sale at the Bon
ANA Office.
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entered into negotiations several
times with the San Francisco lad for
a return fight, he has never managed
to secure a match.
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THE MARKET.

. NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Lead, .
. firm, 4.35 a 4.4O; copper, firm, y
y 14.OO,@ 14.12h silver 40 SIS. =
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A six-round go with a six-round
preliminary at the Big Casino to-
night. See the Spider.
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The election, is over VI be sure
and attend the two six-round bouts
at the Big Casino tonight. A
Evening journal., 1908-04-30
BLADES OF GRASS.

Well. 1 guess that's hitting 'em
some.
Regular batting swatfest.
Chickens" are scratching all right
We will go up against Elizabeth four
games next week and the Chicks will
come pretty near perching on the top
roost after the fray
Whalen can peg that ball to second.
McCreight kept his hits scattered.
Townsend was there with the stick
and at first sack played a great game
zollers and Johnson had some ugly
bounders to handle.
Malice played a good game at third.
but it's not unusual
It's a hard matter to pick out more
scientific ball player than DOC" Brown.
Manager Waller has picked up some
finds. He deserves it.
Smiths home run was a beaut. with
three men on bases, too.
Hoover is getting his eye on the ball.
You will have to hunt a good long
time TO find a faster man on the bases
than Smith. Yesterday while Hoover
was making two sacks Smith went
from first to home with Doc Reisling
fielding the ball. too He also made
some great catches in the outfeld.
For that home run the Newark Shoe
Company gave Smith a pair of its best
shoes.
Chicks" away till next Wednesday
when Washington will open up here.
The Chicks" are in second place and
scratching hard for first.
Evening journal., 1908-04-30
CHICKS PUT 1T ON
READING UNIONS
Locals We're Too Hard a
Proposition for the Penn
SyIvania DutChmen
SMITH MADE A "HOMER"

With whacks that sent the ball into
the unprotected parts of the field and
showing surprising ginger in scouting
around the bases. Wilmington Union
League baseball team yesterday after
noon defeated Reading by the score Of
10 to 6 at Riverview Park 1t was
a good game throughout, and the fans
were given the opportunity of exercis-
ing some of their pent-up whoops.
Every little while. when things seemed
quiet. some local husky would send the
BAH gracefully into the outfield or
smash It down through the infeld like
a wireless telegram. Tor Wilmington
big scores started IN the second inning
with runs. and 4. and graced
every other inning thereafter VIII
mingtons highest score for one inning
was five in the sixth. Reading couldn't
get beyond two in an inning.
With the score standing to / FOR
Wilmington. the climax came in the
fourth inning, when Smith, Whining
toms swatting center fielder, smashed
out a home run with two out and three
men on bases. The ball went over
left field fence ond the four men came
trotting ia with heartrending careless
ness TO envious Reading.
The hitting was not all one-sided,
however. for the visitors obtained just
as many hits of McCreight, the local
twwirler. as WILMINGTON did from
Charles. the number Being 13 Snappy
playing by Wilmington. however. never
let the visitors score In proportion to
their hits. On the other hand, Read
ing PLAYERS were found wanting when
most needed and even II Wilmington
had been weak at the bat the local fans
would be rejoicing for the victory jus,
the same.
Three singles in succession and on
error started the scoring by Whining
ton IN the third inning. netting three
runs. In the fourth Smiths great
stick work sent the score M TO seven
In the sixth Wilmington slashed th'
field for FIVE runs. In the eighth VII
mington's last time up, three runs were
scored without trouble.
McCreight piched a good game and
Reading hit him only after the locals
had piled uD the runs and he couli
take Il easy. Charles. the visitor.
man in the box was batted without
stint by the local players.
The Reading team win be the at
traction again to-day at Riverview.
The score: