The Falls City tribune., 1909-07-30

An airship accomplished the feat
of crossing the English Chanal one
day last week, making the trip from
Calais to Dover in safety. Slowly but
surely the problem of aerial naviga-
ton Is being solved, and doubling
Thomases are compelled to concede
point after point. BY the way, Falls
City was the home of one of the
earlier air crafts. II made its trial
and only-trip down upon the banks
of the Nemaha, but like Darius
Green's flying machine, 1t was when
alighting that It's occupants came to
grief. It's promoters had the principle
down pat" but the wings would not
act In perfect correlation with the air
currents. Some day I'll tell about
that machine and its great flight.
Having lived most of my life up
on a farm, | never truly appreciated
the true worth of fried spring chick
en- until | moved to town and took up
my residence" II was the retired
farmer talking. and he was suffering
with what is known as a Crouch"
Said he. "out on the farm spring
chicken seemed to us common enough
fare, but here in town. why, its scan
dalous how rich a fare 1t is. Recent
iy my wife's relatives visited us, and
they limited about fried chicken until
there was nothing to do but crafty
them. | thought three would be suf-
ficient, but my wife said four-those
people from the city certainly have
an appetite when they com to see
their country relatives. Now, | am no
miser. but when one pays $1.40 for
four emaciated spring chickens, l
balk, and until the price ome down
city relatives, so far as | am con-
cerned, can subsist on a vegetarian
diet largely while visiting at my
home. $1,40 for four spring chickens.
Why. I've seen the time / could buy
a calf for that amount In Nebraska
I always call her the Shakespeare
Lady" for the reason that her con-
versation is invariably highly Favored
with Shakespeare-not with quota
tons from the great bard, ah, no;
but with ecstatic, creamy and super
fluous eulogies upon the grandeur
and beauty of his works. have be-
come suspicious of people who talk
Shakespeare too loud or too long.
usually find their volume or volumes
in splendid condition showing little or
found the leaves uncut in a lady's
copy-at Hamlet, too Alas, poor
Hamlet. My friend the Shakespeare
Lady" is 10th confess of the
books she really does like, but /
know-the annals of the public Ii
brary furnishes some odd reversals
of form in the choice of literature.
l would not mention here what the
Shakespeare Lady" really calls for
at the library, but if the immortal
William could only know, it would
cause him to sit up and exclaim,
'Out of my sight, thou fou~r-flusher!"
= The joys of summer have been mul.
tiplied many times over by the crea-
tive genius of him who ~concocts the
many tempting soft drinks" to be
had at the confectioners these hot
days. And too, these creations are
of a more healthful and wholesome
nature han when the iee-cream soda
and the doubtful p~hosphates reigned
supreme. There are e drinks upon
the market, good to look at and pal
atable. and these hot summer nights
the ice-cream parlor is the mecca to
which all the thirsty wend their way.
Some of these new summer drinks
have a tempting name; a name that
calls for investigation and a trial OF
the ambrosial mixture that turks
therein. This is harvest time fol
mixers of summer drinks, aud never
before were the caterers to the
athirst so busy.
Already real estate values lave
begun to perk up in Falls City, in an
ticipation Of what the Missouri Pacl
fic is to do here. Owners of vacan
lots are taking a look now at theil
holdings, and owners of improved
property have begun to talk value:
"a sure sign of a healthy real es
tate market. Even that class VIII
show little interest in terminal tail
have their ear close to the GROUND
listening for any rumbling that shows
for an increase in prices. And as i
is today, so it will be years hence
men viii stand On the street corner
and tell Of opportunities that the