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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1891)
HB iTOrPIO TOOINO, But It Took N Good t)nl of Knott ton on Ills I'urt- John leeh, whoso humorous tint' umdo Punch, wne driven out ol IoieUm by the hand-organs And alreet-bntids. Tliclr uninn affected his nerves and prevented hint from draw ing, And though Iip tried again nd Again, ha was tumble t o silence them. Montague Williams tells In hi "Later Leaven" of a lawyer who did silence a cornet player who spent inoHt of the day in playing hi limt runient. Tho lawyer, poor, old, and eeeen trie, lived In t wo attic roonin beneath which reaidod the cornet-player, An noyed at tho man's persistent jilny ing, t ho lawyer I'l'inoiiNt rated repeated ly, but In vain. Ono afternoon tho man, In answer to tho lawyer's pro test, remarked that an Englishman's hoiiHfl was his castle, and ihatho should play when and an long an ho pleased. That night, jiiHt as tho musician had fallen to Hlcop, ho was awakened by an unearthly din. A terrible pound ing wan going on In tho room over head, lie Hung a blanket about bin shivering body and ran tipstiirs. There wan alight in the lawyerMroom, thn door etood open and in ho rushed, What ho saw took away hi breath. Tho old lawyer wan Hitting on tho lloor, singing a lugubrious ditty and driving largo nail Into the boards with A mason's hammer, The cornet player entreated him to delist, Tho aiiMwer was Another nail driven Into t ho floor, another, and yet another. Then tho lawyer paused and mild: , "You wako my lifo a misery to ma All day long, and now that tho night has come It's my turn." Down again came tho heavy ham mer, and Another nail was driven homo, Tho cornet player, seeing that tho lawyer was master of tho situation, agreed not to play during t ho day if ,tho lawyer was at homo, Tho truce wan made, and alienee reigned. A Simple Remedy for Obesity. Many and various have been tho remedies proposed for tho relief of corpulence, but tho essential features of them all seem to bo proper excorcise And limited diet. Tho act that ob esity Is duo In a largo proportion of cases to over-eating, together with undor-escreiso, has been taken ah a basis of a new system which Is attri buted to a French army surgeon, and which Is very simplo hi He require ment, The diet Is not limited In quantity or quality, but Is limited to ono dish at a meal. Ho matter what It is, only ono dish is eaten, without sauses or condiments, until tho ap petite Is satisfied, Tho principlo of this treatment lies In tho fact that the stomach will take but a comoar Atively small quantity of aglven food at ono timo, and overeating Is thus rendered impossible, tho Appetite not being stimulated by condiments or sauces, Tho amount of liquids Is al so diminished somewhat, ar.d alcohol is absolutely forbidden, Vcgetarlni diet Is also snggos'ed in reducing weight and preserving health, especially In summer. It should con sist of vegetables such as f alads, rice, peas, beans, etc, together wit h milk, clieeso and eggs, This diet Is li'mud to Jiavoa nutritive valuo equal to tho regimen of tho carnivorous animals, Dr. II. C. Wood claims that drinking Jargo quantities of water has no influ ence In making pooplo stout, This will bo welcome news to pooplo Inclin ed to embonpoint, who go all sum mer with unslaked thirst and parched throats for fear that to drink water will increase their avoirdupois, Rublneteln'eLettere of Introduction When Rubinstein went to Vienna In 1810, full of Uluut tad bo&i ht took THE AM a iIojiu r i. not introduction to pioiuiiii tit, pi op!e m (h it lily from thn ISusnhin AlnluH.ndr and his wife in Ileilin. Vienna him the lcldiiicoof I.Ut, mid niii of Hi" great musical cent res of I'lii-ope, and young Itubln steln ant icipati'd making many warm friends. lie made hisealls and li ft his let ters nt, tho houses of I ho people to whom they Wfi'o nddre.ised, and t hen wait ed for replies and invilai inns, hut noun came. After live or six leMershmt Inet I his response of absolute silence, ho was ut terly at a loss loiindei xlonil tin) meaning of such t n ut uient , "I will nee," hu said at hint, "what 1 said about me in t heso letters," Accordingly he opened one, and I Ids is what die read: "My Dear Countess, To I ho posit ion which we, tho Am bassador and his wife, occupy, Is at tached tho tedious duty of patronis ing and recommending our various compatriots in order to satisfy their oftentimes clamorous requests. Wo, therefore, recommend to you the bearer of this, one Itubinslein," Tho l'iddlo was solved. Tho enrag ed pianist Hung tho remaining letters in tho lire, and resolved to rely on Ii'ih own unaided elTorts to procure fiieiids in the future. LINCOLN'S FinST HOLLAR. Th Most I tti port nil t Or, hit Aim of tin Moy's Ifsrit Mr... Ono ovonlng In tho oxnoutlve chain hor thoro wero present a number ol gentlemen, among tlmm Mr. Howard. A point In thoconvorMitUon suggesting tho thought, Mr, Lincoln said, "How ard, you nover heard, did you, how J carried my llrst dollar, 1"' "No." said Mr. Howard. "Well," said ho, "I win About olgh. toon years of ago, belonged, you know, to what they call down south thn 'scrub.' l'wplo who did nut own hind or sla ves worn nobody thoro, Hut wo had sucenndod In raising, chiefly by my labor, Biiflieiont produce, as 1 thought, to Justify mo In taking- It down tho rlvorto soil. After much pursunslon I got tho consent of toy mother to go, mid constructed a flat boat largo enough to tako a burrol or two of things that wo (fathered, with myself and n llttlo bundle, down to Now Orlouris. A steamer was coming down tho river. Wo have, you know, no whurvos along tho western streams, arid tho custom was, If paisnngors wero at any of tho landings, for thorn to go out In a boat tho steamer stop ping and taking thorn on board. I was contemplating1 my now flat-boat and wondering whether I could make It stronger or Improve It In any particular, when two men came down to tho shoro In carriages with trunks, and looking at illlTorerit boats singled rnlno and asked, 'Who owns this!-" I answered snmowii.ii modestly, 'I do.' 'Will you tako us and our trunks out to tho steamer!" said ono of thorn, '(.'ortalrily,' said I. I was vory glad to havo tho opportun ity to earn something, I supposed thoy would glvo mo two or three hits, Tho trunks wuro put on my Hat boat, tho passenger sat down themselves on tho trunks, and I pushed tbmu out to tho itoamor, Thoy go?, on board and I lifted up their trunks and put them on tho deck, Tho l!ea,moe was about to put on steam again, when J called out that thy had forgot I on to pay mo, I'aeh took from hi poelcit a silver half dollar, and throw it, on the Moor of my boat, I could scarcely IHInvo my eyes when I picked up tho money, "(lentlomeri, you may think It s vory llttlo thing and In thoso days It seems to mo a trlllo, but It was tho most Important occur rorco la my Hf, I could scarcely credit that I, a poor boy, hud warned a dollar In lens than ft day, and by honest work, Tho world soemod wider and fairer bo for. i mo, 1 was a morn hopeful and coulhlofit ho lng rom that tlmo," Tliftm I" rtof hfirioii'9 tlmt hu come wo'"""1 lguwiK'e weu, ERICAN. THH OANQN LAW. I. The constltuthmi of pitneeisr mil niipriior, hut siihordlnstetn I'ocIm Ustlrsl con stltut Ions, S, The law of thn em pur em runnel dissolve the rccheuitKticnt or nation Isw, 8. It Is not lawful for n rmperur to riset suytliliif opposed to the epos tollo rules. 4. It I not lawful fur kings to usurp the things that belong to prlents. o. Ho custom of any one enn thwart Hie tnlutes of the popes. 0. I-et no resistance he ofTored to the npontollo (eiinon) precepts, but let thorn be salutiferously fulllllod. 7. The yoke Imposed by the holy toe Is to ho borne, though It ftpptmr in tolerable and Insupportable. 8. The i'ontIT can neither he loosed nor bound by tint seoubir power. 0. That the l'ontiir was culled God by the pious Triune Constantino, end that as god he cannot be Judged by man, 10. That m god he Is fur above tho reach of all human law and Judgement. II, That all Inwi contrary to the canons and decrees of the Human pre lates are of no force. 12. That all of the ordlnancei of tho pope are unhesitating) t be obeyed. 18, We ought not even to speak to one whom tho pope bat eiooniniuiih eatod. 14. rr louts are fathers and masters, even of princes. 10. Tbo civil law is derived from man, but the eeiileslnstlcal, or onnon law Is derived directly from God, bf which tho pontiff can, In connection with tils prelates, mnke constitution for the whole christian world, In mnt ten spiritual, concerning the salvation of souls, arid the right government of the ohurch; and If necessary Judge and dispose of all tho temporal goods of all christians. 10. A heretic, holding or teaching false doctrine concerning the siiera rnenti, Is excommunicated and do graded, and handed over to the ocular court. 17. Soculnr princes unwilling to iwunr to defend the church against heretics are excommunicato., and they are lain under an Interdict 18. The goods of heretics are to be confiscated, and applied to the church, 19. Advocates or notaries, favor Ing heretics, or their defenders, or pleading for them In law lulls, or writ Ing documents for them, are infamous, and suspended from oflloe. 20. Tho secular powers, whether permanent or temporary, are bound to iwear that they will exterminate, ac cording to their power, all heretics oomdemned by the church and ft tern poral lord not purging bin land of here tics, li excommunicated. SI, Those signed with the cross for the extermination of heretics, rejoice In the privilege granted to the oruso de-a for the help of the Holy land. 23. They are absolved from all obli gations who are in anywlie bound to heretics. 29. Whoever dins In battle against the unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heaven, 24. We do not esteem those bomb idee. It whom ll ut kavi happened 3 In their aenl for theh' Motaor I'hurek easiest the rntie,immleslnd, to kill suiiin of llieiu, 5. That Crttlmllo ptlnors ro bound, both by cUII and canon Isw, not to re ceive or tolerate turetlos, and muck more are not to penult their rltet, or other rietele of their religion, Of rather, their fslse snot, but are most solemnly bound everywhere, to repel and expel them. 20. The following temporal punish ments ere to be enforced on herotloit lt. -Infamy, and the consequent die qiiHlllloiitions fur all civil acts. 2d. Intestability, as well active and passive (that Is, they can neither make will, nor Inherit what Is left to them by others), fid. Loss of paternal power over children. 4th Loss of dowry, and other privileges granted to women. 6l,li. Oonllsoatlon of all goods. 6th. That vassal and slaves and others are sot free from all, even sworn oblige lions due to their lord or another, 7lh. Capital oorpornl punishments, especial ly death, and perpetual Imprisonment. 27. The canon law forbid all toler ation. 28. That Metropolitan and Ulihopi are to excommunicate him who grant liberty of conscience. 20. No oath I to bo kept toward heretlo princes, lord or other. 80. Ileretlcs are to be deprived of all civil and patrrnal right, 81. The Tope can absolve from all oaths. 82. Every bishop I ordinary Judge In a cause of heresy. The reason I because the bishops can ex officio, and ought to extirpate heretics, and Inflict upon them the duo punishment, and to this ere bound on pain of deposi tion, llesldes, are the inquisitor es pecially deputed by the Apostolic See, Kvery bishop In hi diocese I thought to be, and In reality I, ft natural In qui. Iter, (literally born inquisitor), so as to have the same power with those already mentioned In ft cause of heresy, 88. In every promissory oath al though absolutely taken, there ars certain condition tacitly understood amongst which arei First, If I cam Second, To n ve the right and auto irltv ofaeuperlorj Third, When the onii, suppose the honor of the Apostolic He to bo Illicit." 84. That the Council of Trent, (thi Inst and great authority of Home), de orees and commands that the sacred canon and all general council, also the other Apos'ollo enactment issued in favor of ecclesiastical person of occlosittstlmil liberty, and against 1 1 violator, all of which by thl present decree it renews, and must be ei aotly observed by all. a .'i. i Loyal Men and all AMERICAN SOCIETIES Can Get Al! Kind of JOB WORK At THE AMERICAN Office