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The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-10
The County IN General
The "Doings'' of our Country Friends
and Neighb0rs.
STELLA.

Nnl. Brown Il sofa MS Shoe shop
to ALT Shellenberger.
Mrs. John Curtis was quite sick
several days last week.
II. A. Clark is in Vandalia looking
after business this week.
Asa Bowman visited last week with
his grandparents in Auburn.
A. J. Baldwin transacted business
in the county seat Tuesday.
w. II. Hogrefe was in st. Joseph
last week buying goods for his new
store.
Dan Sarvis of Auburn was calling
on old friends in Stella one day last
week.
A. L. Adams went to Omaha last
week % purchase holiday goods for
the Arcade.
Miss Allie Davis transacted bust
ness and did Christmas shopping in
Omaha Saturday.
Wilmer Lowe moved his family
from Peru last week, and they are
now occupying the Florence hotel.
The young people of the high
school gave Tory Walker a post card
shower Monday in honor of his birth
day.
The east side restaurant is being
cleaned and repaired preparatory to
opening a restaurant before the holt
days.
Misses Nellie and Ethel Griffiths
spent Thursday and Friday in town
with their grandmother, Mrs. Jennie
Griffiths.
Mrs. John Bour'-e returned last
week from her visit IN Lincoln and
Omaha. She is visiting friends in
town this week.
Miss Allie Davis is staying i'll
town this week the guest of Mrs. s..
II. Bailey. She found the roads too
bad to drive to her school.
Frank Weller spent several days
last week with his parents, he re-
turned Monday to his studies in the
law curse of the State University.
l. S. Vader returned last week from
a several weeks visit in Kansas,
where he had been looking after
his farms which are occupied by his
children.
w. H. Hogrefe purchased the Ar
cade last week. A. l.. Adams will
have charge for the present. The
stock of groceries will be moved to
their other store.
Mrs. Joseph McGonagal and little
daughter, who have been visiting
her parents, II. C. Fankell and wife,
for the past six weeks, left for their
home in Galway, Neb, Sunday.
Miss Wiltse went to Falls City
Monday evening to be present at a
family reunion ON Tuesday. Miss
Helen Baldwin had charge of the 4th
and 9Th grades during her absence.
Mrs. G. M. Andrews and little dau-
ghters, Florence and Mercedes went
to Kansas City last week where they
will visit until after Christmas with
the formers mother and sister, Mrs,
Opperman and Lightfoot.
Mrs. l.. G. Ciphers is suffering
with a very sore finger on her left
hand, caused by a hang nail term
mating in a "run-a-round' about six
weeks ago. The attending physician
has fear of blood poisoning.
John Sayers and wife moved last
Friday into Mrs. Lizzie Shiley's
house. The stormy week having de-
layed the work on their own resi-
dence, and they will now be compell-
ed to wait at least a month before
they car occupy it.
Mrs. |. A. Mcdowell was called to
Council Bluffs Thursday by. the ser
ious illness of her s~ister-in-law, Mrs.
Wellington Evans of Auburn. Mrs.
Evans was visiting her parents in
Omaha and was taken with typhoid
fever. She has been sick about six
v-oplrc
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Free to boys and girls, Flexible
Flyer, The sled that steers" The
best sled in the world. You can east
ly secure one within a few days by
doing a little pleasant work. Some
have in a few hours. Be the first
in your town. Write today stating
YOU age. A postal card will dow.
I. Davis, 155 East oath st. New York
City. 47-3t
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See Clarence Heck for your coal
this fall. Phone lOI.
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Lost.

LOST-Blue linen coat between
city and ball park. Papers in pocket
valuable only to owner. Return to
L. Cobolini C6-24-tf
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Joe Cobolini came up from the
Point last evening. Joe is contemp-
lating a visit to interior Texas points
very shortly.
Mrs. E. K Goodrich and little son
visited the Point last evening, return
ing home this, morning.
Eddie Edwards, the enterprising
head of the Brownsville Fish Pack
ing company, came up this morning
from the coast.
Mrs. ]. H. Clayton, accompanied by
her little son, came down last even
ing for a short visit to her parnts,
DR.. and Mrs. L. R. Burress.
A merry party made up of Miss
Ida Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ike AIcFadden
and Mrs. Mcfarland came down from
Harlingen yesterday with Lon c. Hill,
Jr., in his big Pittsburg six.
If. Pastor of Monterey, represent
alive of the Sonora News Co. and
Richard Bryant, who looks after the
interest of the Waters Pierce Oil Co. in
Tamaulipas, spent last night in town.
Mrs w. H. Haskell, Miss Schuman,
Miss Blackshear, Miss Ball and Mr..
Eckert, went to Harlingen this morn
ing on invitation of Miss Hill, to
join in fishing party on the Arroyo.
S. P. Jones, travelling auditor of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, arrived here yesterday and will
probably remain tomorrow, on bust
ness connected with the cOmpany's
service at Brownsville.
]. R. Howse left yesterday for Ell
gin, Texas, where he goes to spend
ten days visiting relatives, joining
Mrs Howse and their daughter,
Pearlee, who have been at Elgin sew
eral weeks.
Nose Fink returned last night
from Isabel, where he has been
spending a few days on a fishing trip.
Nose reports that while there he sue
ceeded in landing a catfish almost as
large as himself, the fish measuring
2 feet and inches.
A. ]. Biggio and Geo. McGonnigle
went out on the branch line this
morning on business.
DR.. Works, L. H. Hallam, D. C.
Lorimer, F. W. Kibbe, Frank Pierce
and E. B. Gore left on the branch
train this morning for vario is points
in the valley.
Mr. and Mrs ]. H. Bennett of
San Antonio arrived last night from
Katherine, where they have been
visiting Mrs. Benefits father, Maj,
j. B. Armstrong. They left this
morning for points in Mexico.
Rev. Father Francis Bugnard went
to the Point last evening +
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COUPLE FROM ItARLlNGEN
MARRIED IN Brownsville
Sam ID. Johnson and Miss Anna Dixon
United in Marriage at First Bap-
fist Church of this City.

At half past six o'clock, Wednesday
evening, at the First Baptist church
in this city, Sam D. Johnson and
Miss Anna Dixon, both of Harrington,
were united in marriage. Rev. L. R.
Burress, pastor of the church, per-
formed the ceremony. Accompanied
by their intimate friends, J. S. Lock-
hart and Miss Lillian Weems, also of
Harlingen, and who served as maid of
honor and best man, Mr., Johnson and
Miss Dixon arrived on the evening
train from Harlingen. The party
drove Immediately to the church A
few friends were present, in addition
to those named. The bride looked
very attractive in handsome travel
ing suit of Copenhagen blue cloth,
trimmed with lace bands, and wear
ing hat and gloves to match.
AT the conclusion of the ceremony,
the bridal party drove to the San Car
los hotel, where they stayed last
night. This morning Mr. and Mrs
Johnson left On the .Hidalgo branch
train for Donna, where they will
spend several days with friends.
From Donna they will return to Har-
lingen, where they will make their
home. Both bride and groom are
a-lcas The most popular of Harlin-
gems young people. Mr.. Johnson is
from Mississippi, where he is connect
ed with prominent families. He mas
been engaged in business at Harlin-
gen for some time past, and stands
high there. His bride has been teach
ing in the public school at Harlin-
gen for the past two sessions. Her
former home was at Ell Paso, Texas.
She has made many warm friends at
Harrington during her residence there
All feel an interest in the union of
this popular young couple, and Har-
lingen will extend them a hearty
welcome. Mr.. Johnson has built
pretty cottage as a home for his
bride, and they will begin their mar
ried life under the most suspicious
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Miscellaneous Wants.

WANTED-A good slightly used
Texas saddle and bride. State price
and condition. Address S, Box Alb,
Brownsville. If.
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Died. After short nIness.

Last nigh Mrs. Amalia Hinojosa
de Tamayo wife of Casimira Tamayo,
Jr., a prominent Mexican merchant of
this city, died at her home after an
illness of few days duration.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Ia
mayo was % years of age. Besides
her husband, she leaves three small
children. Funeral services We're CON
Quoted this afternoon from the Cath
Ole church, interment in the city
cemetery.
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LOCAL ITEMS
Notice to Subscribers.

Under the present postal regula-
tons, daily newspapers are not per-
mitted to carry subscribers by mail
who are more than three months in
arrears. Accordingly, bills are be-
ing sent this date to all subscribers
to whom The Daily Herald is deliv-
cred by mail, whose subscriptions are
in arrears. All subscribers receiving
these bills are urged to remit imme-
diately. so that their accounts may
be settled by June 80.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-24

The popular amusement of the day
| is rolling box ball at the Brownsville
| Sporting Goods Company. 6-18-tf.
All parties wanting pure Jersey
milk can have it by addressing card
to Dodson Bros, Mgrs., Brownsville
Jersey Farm. 6-23-1m
Bank and Trust Co. has just received
number of beautifully oxidiZed
home savings banks fOTs the boys.
These banks are loaned on a deposit
of $1.OO, which is returned on the
surrender of the safe. Boys, this is
your opportunity to start bank ac-
count. 6-23-tf
business man, for the Office man,
few minutes at play on the box ball
alley at the Brownsville Sporting
Goods Company. 6-23-tf
Dull in County COurt.-Yesterdy
and today were dull days in the
county court, there being not a single
case disposed of up to two O'Clock
this afternoon. The regular jury
docket will be taken up Monday.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Jose A. Valdez and Amelia
Matinee.
Notice. have a good Is, 900 acre
land and canal proposition for sale
cheap. See me at San Benito. S. a.
Robertson 6-S-1m
Moving Picture Theater For Sale
The prettiest and best equipped the
alter in the city. a money-maker. Rea-
sonable for cash. Reason for selling
owner is going to leave the city. Ad-
dress P o. Box 24O. Brownsville,
Texas. 6-21-tf
Don't forget that Friday nights,
beginning this week, will be amateur
nights at the Airdome theater All
those who think they are possessed
of dramatic talent are invited to con-
test for one of the three prizes to be
given. See Tumlinson or Boston be-
fore Friday. 6-22-tf
DisorderIy Quartet Fined.-Last
night at Villa Nueva four Mexicans
by the name of Lolo Flores, Francis
co Romas, Guadalupe Romas, and Be
nito Alarez were assested by Deputy
Sheriffs Tom Tate and Jose Longoria
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
When arrested by the officers the
quartet were in very intoxicated
condition and were making things in
that locally lively. Two Gallons of
struggled mescal were a so confiscat-
ed by the officers at the same time
and this morning urned over to the
local custom authorities The quar-
tet were fined one dollar and cost each
this morning by Justice of the Peace
Gavito.
Knights of Pythias EIectiOn.-The
annual election of officers was held
by the Brownsville Knights of
Pythias Lodge, No. 339, last night,
the following officers being elected
for the ensuing term: J. B. Sharp, c.
C.; n. E. Kendall, V. c.; A. AShheim,
prelate; Hy. B. Verhelle, NJ. w; A.
W. AmthOr, NJ A; NJ Hanson, /. G.;
Oscar Sauder, O. g. These officers
will be installed at the next regular
meeting.
Keep the family healthy by using
HYGIENE Kalsomine Get a color
card from ]. S. & NJ H. Cross Lumber
Co. 6-1S-6
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Song.

o, heart of mine, We shouldn't worry
so,
What we've missed of calm we
couldn't have, you know.
What we've met of stormy pain and
of sorrows driving rain.
We can better meet again if it
j blow.
For we know not every morrow can
be sad,
So forgetting all the sorrow we
have had
Let us fold away our fears and put
by our foolish tears
And through all the coming years
just be glad.
james Whitcomb Riley.
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Meteorological Report.

The following observations were
taken at the South Texas Gardens for
the "a hours ending at eight o'clock
today:
Brownsville. Texas, June %, 1909
Barometer Z p. m. yesterday 1880
Barometer at a. m. today. 1895
Temperature at a. m. today 77.9
Maximum temp. yesterday. 90.5
Minimum temp. this morning TAP
Official Forecast.
Tonight and Thursday unsettled
weather; showers tonight or Thurs
day; light southerly winds.
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For Rent

FURNISHED ROOMS, light house
keeping; two unfinished rooms; or
furnished house. Mrs. W. ]. Collins.
C6-1S-tf.
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THE NEW YEARS CHOICE
1t is Well to Choose Wisely for the
Time That is to
Come.

Once, long ago, the Lord appeared
in a vision OF the night 10 a young
mar with the offer, ASK what | shall
give thee" And a decisive moment
was that in which the young king
weighed against all others the thing
which he most desired.
Centuries lie between us and the
young king, Solomon. but still-and
especially on each recurring New
Year's-God appears to each of us
with practically the same offer, Ask
what | shall give thee" And, as with
Solomon, so with every heart, there
lies the choice OF the gift. We're the
question an audible one, what would
Your answer be?
Each recurring New Years, in eff
feet. says: ASK what | shall give
thee" And the choice for the coming
year may be our choice for all the
years of life. 1t is by choice that men
seek wealth and learning and by inlu-
ence. And it is not a question of this
and that, but OF this or that. To
choose is to decide between, to leave
as well as to take. Therefore, what
will be u choice for the year before
us? God Himself asks the question,
makes the offer.
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cannot be carried in this way are in-
serted in the newspapers. In mill
tary and official circles ceremonial
visits are paid.
The Russians are great at fortune
telling, and on New Years eve the I'M
married ladies and gentlemen send
servants into the street. or go out
themselves, to ask the ant OF per-
sons they meet. These will be the
names of persons they will seyerally
marry. and many a bashful Russian
lover has speeded himself in his suit
by taking car To be the first man his
lady's servant met.
When midnight Is reached. each
member of the family salutes the 9TH
er with a kiss, beginning with the
head of the house, and then retire,
after wishing each other a Happy
New Year,
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DEATH or TIE OLD YEAR.
By CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS.

BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS.
Miserere, toll the bell.
Let the earth send forth "A knell, =
For a great soul takes his flight,
None knows whittier, in the night
Miserere,
Stretched upon his snowy bier,
Dying lies the good Old Year:
And upon the midnight gale
All may hear his parting vail
Miserere,
In the old kings chequered reign
There were mingled icy and pain:
Friends proved false. While foes We're
true,
Sinners many. saints-a few
Misererei
were hearts that suffered wrong,
Bore il bravely. and were strong:
Hearts there were. so black within,
Satan wondered at their sin
Miserere,
Garners fun of fruitful store.
Measures pressed. and running Ger;
Famine in the streets at night.
Doing deeds too lark for light
Miserere,
Rang the church bells for the wed.
Tolled they also for the dead;
In one home a joy was born,
From another JOY vas torn
Miserere.
Such earth'S sorrow, such its sin,
All must end where they begin;
Snow which wraps the New Years feet
Is the old Years winding sheet
M.sererel
Now hts spirit goeth fast.
Midnight hour will be his last:
To your knees, earth's worn and weary
Miserere, Misererel
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

Americans are TOO busy to take
many holidays, but few Of them fail
TO observe New Years day in some
way or other. The good old custom
of making calls on ones friends fell
into disrepute long ago because 1t
was so abused by the over-eonyivial,
but family gatherings usually mark
the day. and the church folk all over
the country still hold watch meetings
In the religious edidces to usher In
the new year. Our obseryances of the
day, however, are not SO picturesque
as are those of many other countries.
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SMs1 81
8GAITSGDOfI

IN APAN'S New Years day is the
u tw~enty-ninth of January. BY
this time all accounts have
been adjusted and all disputes settled.
Everybody puts on the regulation
dress-a sort of light blue cotton
and starts out 70 visit relatives and
friends, The visiting lasts for three
days, and they send letters of con.
graduation, in stiff, set phrases. TO
those in distant places.
They so to their ~favorite tea gar
dens. and there is a grand procession
in which all trades are represented.
Drums and stringed instruments are
played by numerous bands, and wax
figures are sold by the thousand. They
amuse themselves with top spinning
kite flying. ~jugglers, actors and FIRE
works, and the ladies of quality"
please themselves with the butterfly
dance"
Presents are offered of cooked rice
roasted peas. oranges. and figs. The
peas are scattered about the houses
to brighten away evil spirits. and on
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'.i1Op1fiPOLE
S PREVIOUSLY arranged, the
Esquimaux go forth from their

snow huts or ice caves in
pairs, one of each pair being dressed
in women's clothes. They gain en-
trance to every igloo In the village,
moving silently and mysteriously. At
last there is not a light left in the
whole place, and having eXtinguished
every spark OF fire they can find. they
kindle a fresh one. going through mys-
terions ceremonies meanwhile. From
this enc source all lamps and fires in
the district are lighted anew.
In the indian empire. the day which
corresponds to other New Year cele-
hrations, is called Hooly, and is a
feast in honor of Krishna. Caste tenn
norarily loses caste and the prevailing
hue is red. Every one who can afford
it wears red garments. They throw
red powder at one another, and mix
it with water and squirt it from syr-
inges on passers-by. This is taken in
as good part as snow balling is in
northern elimes.
Complimentary visits between the
meTest acquaintanees are exchanged
in Germany, and New Years gifts are
made to the servants. The eve of the
New Year is called der Sylvester
Abend,' and while ii is deemed not uu-
becoming for the young aud thoughtless
TO While away the evening by dancing,
the day in more serious households
takes on a semi-religious aspect. Dur.
ing the evening there is prayer at the
family altar, and at midnight the
Waterman on the church tower blows
his horn to the birth OF the
New Year.
The Jour de IAN" is a great period
almost all over France, and many of
the customs common with us at
Christmastide are transferred to New
Year. In many parts of that country
masquerading by children continues
for three days, the youngsters going
from house to house, singing and beg
ging for small presents.
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. I4 y g
G& 9RN EGlA9%S
~ ~ - x ~
HE hospitable Norwegians and

L u 8 o28HH 8
~ Swedes spread their tables
heavily for all who may come
in. and In Stockholm there is a grand
banquet in the Exchange. given to the
king and his family. On this occa-
sion the monarch throws aside the
divinity which doth hedge a king"
and mingles with his people as eiti
zen to citizen, in true democratic
fashion.
Danes greet the New Year with a
tremendous volley of cannon, and old
Copenhagen is shaken to its founda-
tons at midnight. 1t is also consid-
cred a delicate compliment to fire off a
gun or a pistol under the bedroom
window of ones friends at a very
early hour.
Dwellers In Cape Town, South AT
rioa, are m exception to the general
custom of the early Dutch settlers,
they celebrate New Year for an en-
tire week. Every house is full of Wis
itors. every man, woman and child is
dressed in his best, and no one has
any business except to seek muse
ment, which he does frantically. There
are picNics to Table mountain and
pleasure excursions in boats. There
is a dance every evening. At the end
of the week everybody settles down
to business, and the settlement is as
calm and we'll ordered as If 1t had
eve heard of New Year.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

by DANIEL W. GALLAGHER

by DANIEL ". GALLAGHER
EN7NDER the old earth's outer crust
Mid bedrock fragments and lava
80 dust;
Watching the axis turning slow,
The Old Year stood al his DYNAMO
In the power plant which time maintains,
And numbered losses and figured gains.
Owe done quite WELL, said the aged seer
MY records good as an engineer,
I've kept things humming, above-below.
/ olks ar complain that I've been slow,
And now I'm off when midnight calls"
Then he started doffing his overalls.
He washed his face and brushed his hair
Then leaned far back in his armchair
In pensive mood till a sturdy chap
Clambered up to the old mans lap.
And said: "Old Year they tell me you
Are sorter thinking of getting through"
Right you are" cried the aged man.
"Your task awaits you little Jan.
Get into your buds and start right in,
] will wait right here until you begin,
For ! wish to see if | rightly guess,
Which Of the levers you first will press"
Then Jan marched up to the dynamo.
He passed the levers of WANT and
Woe
Nor touched the levers of war or
"Fame'-
Stopping the while TO read each lame:
THEN a handle grasped as he turned to go.
The Old Years face seemed all aglow.
So when the dawn of that day began
thought OF his stricken brother man.
With ready help and an honest tear.
For them that knew no glad New Year.
the lever Of Love in the midst of
gloom
That Jan had gripped in the engine-room,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

the fourth day of the New Year, the
decorations of lobster which signify
reproduction, cabbages which mean
riches, and oranges which mean good
luck, are taken down and replaced
with boughs of fruit trees and flowers.
This is to signify the near approach
of spring, when the winter garment
of repentance shall be thrown aside.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
EVERY one who has seen a

Va Chinese quarter m a large
city knows, the heather Chi
nee" celebrates the New Year in a
right royal fashion. In the mother
country the rejoicings absorb fully a
month, during the first part of which
there is not an empty mouth in the
empire.
But the refreshments are of a light
hhnd-peanuts. watermelon seeds,
sweetmeats. oranges, tea and typical
ly Chinese cakes. Presents of cakes
are given to the poor, and brilliant
cakes" supposed to help the children
along with their studies. are distribu-
ted from the temples.
At an early hour on the second of
February-their New Years day
they propitiate heaven and earth with
offerings of rice. vegetables. tea, wine,
oranges, and imitation paper money,
which they burn with incense, joss
sticks, and candles. Afterward they
worship their household gods and de
ceased ancestors and living relatives.
All this is carried out in the most sol
mn manner, and offerings are made
to everybody except the living.
Images of gods are carried in pro-
cession to the beating of n deafening
gong, and mandarins go by hundreds
with congratulatory addresses to the
emperor. Their robes are g%orgeously
embroidered and are heavy with gold.
Numerous amusements are provided
for the public. the chief of which are
acting, ~illuminations, and fireworks.