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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , AUGUST II , RECLAIMING OLD TOPERS. * Curing Drunkenness Without the Pa3 tlent's Knowledge Has Been i Proven n Success. I j Can inebriety be cured by sug-1 I gestion ? asks Public Opinion. i This is u question which bus been asked many times and sutisfuc torily answered in the affirmative. But the question of practicing suggestion while the patient sleeps is a different proposition , and , therefore , u recent article in the Journal des Debuts of Paris is , of interest. The experiments in question were conducted by the well-known psychologist , Dr. Paul Furez. "The man under observa tion refused all offers of treat > ment , but notwithstanding his re fusal , against his will and un known to him , fhe man was cured and has remained so for four yours. The patient was lift years of age , married , of sound consti tution and average health. He commenced drinking when he was 17 yours of age , and his wife hud married him in order to reform him. After his marriage , how ever , he drunk us before. Bis daily ration was two quarts of wino with his meals , and during the day several glasses of brandy , rum , vermouth , absinthe , etc. Ordi narily the man was quiet , but when he had taken more absinthe than usual he became violent , abused his wife , broke everything within reach , and surrendered completely to his frenzy. The day following this delirium the man remembered nothing , but when told of what he hud done he wept , promised to become sober , etc. The scenes , however , were soon re peatcd. "Dr. Fare/ decided to try , with the approval of the family of tin patient , suggestion during nut- urul sleep. The treatment took place four or five times per week , und , although the patient did not know what was going on , there was slow and steady improve ment. The treatment commenced in January. Up to April the man had been intoxicated only three times. In April and May there were no acts of violence ; in June and July slight intoxications on two occasions ; in August and September -tember a trip to the country , bill no wine during this time , onl\ beer. Returning to Paris , themai did not go to a cafe , but drunk a little absinthe and less than quart of absinthe for all of hi > meals. After a year ( he onlj thing taken was a little absinthe on Sunday and Saturday , urn1 1 , from this time the patient has not touched wine und lias only tukei a little absinthe once or twice n month and at home. He is no longer irritable , but happy and a regular worker. The treatment had to be continued for IS months , but the result is complete and the patient entirely transformed. He has gained control of his will und is gentle und affectionate. " ST. PETERSBURG IS GAY. With or Without War Enjoyment Goes on in the Russian Cap ital's Society. War or no war , the aristocratic Russian pursues his pleasures with an abandonment that speaks of unlimited resources or unlimit ed recklessness. The pleasures of the table are protracted to an in ordinate degree. A lunch , in which the courses are plentifully watered with champagne , AviH spread itself through the after noon. You may barely escape at five o'clock , though you began to eat at one. The host never sits down , plying his guest with a suc cession of good things , liquid and solid. Even the afternoon tea in middle-class circles is a very for midable undertaking. It includes dishes of various sorts , in which meat will certainly figure , and Kussian tea , served in a glass with lemon , is but the pale comparison to sparkling champagne. The ap pearance of the streets tells ol wealth , too. No finer equipage * exist anywhere than those which ' horsed with coal-black steeds dash at full speed , in lofty disre gard for the mere foot pus'senger down the central 'j strip of Woo " < pavement in the principal " "pros ' peels , " as the wider streets are de [ nominated. Holding the reins it his two hands , with arms out saretched , the driver , medieval in dress , has the summary method- of a Roman charioteer. Indeed there is something of impcria Rome in the second capital of lie czar. WOMAN \ A JHJBLIC OFFICIAL. Posohnist When Talking of Alabama Must Speak In Soft Tones Fe- ' male Secretary There. i The pessimist who protests 11 against woman's progression , not to i mention digression , in new lines of work must admit there is recognition of her ability abroad in the land when a woman is ' chosen < as recording secretary of j one i of the southern states , says J the Pilgrim. When the man who held that position -with Gov. Cun- _ uingham , of Alabama , resigned recently , Miss Mamie Offutt , who was confidential stenographer to the governor , was appointed in his place. It was a great compliment , for the office demands the exercise of much tact and diplomacy. By virtue of her position Miss Offutt is also secretary of t he state board of pardons , and keeps a record of everything in connection with the thousand and one applications for pardon from inmates of Alabama mines and prisons. She must have a familiarity with fhe statutes of the state which relate to the of fice of governor , since questions bearing upon stale laws and st t- Hies are consequently coming in , and many novel points raised. She must also indorse the action of the governor upon such applica tions , as well as conduct much of the correspondence of the execu tive department. Graciousness and gentlewoinanly qualities are no less characteristic of Miss Of futt than Hie knowledge of herdu ties or the efficiency wilh which those duties are performed , and her appointment fo such respon- sibilites is not only a tribute to her exceptional ability , but inci dentally recognizes the fact that there are women who can keep a secret. MOBS ATTACK MONUMENTS When Riot in Russia Breaks Loose Big Shafts Are Made the First Object of Attack. That the disturbances in Russia are not marked by the overthrow of memorials is due to the can exercised by the police in guard ing the column of Alexander I. and other historic monuments. The police have learned through experience that these public me morials are the first objects of a mob's attack , and they profited by the happenings in other lands. When the Commune gained con trol in Paris its first action wa > the overthrow of the Vendome columns , while even the historic Nelson column , in London , has been mined , though in that in stance the detonator failed ( oex plode. The statue of William III. ii Dublin has withstood many an attack , the recurrent unuiver Buries of the battle of the Boym. stirring hatred afresh. The oh statue is buttered und time worn , but no serious harm has yet been done. America has few memorials to attract or invite mob violence. Possibly the Uuymarket memo rial , in Chicago , may some day be blown up by those who regard the anurchists executed for thccrini5 as martyrs , but the only recent at tempt to blow up a statue was the unsuccessful effort to destroy the monument to Frederick the Great af Washington. European memorials incur the dislike of the lawless because of their associations rather than be cause of their lack of artistic value. Were the latter defect an incentive to crime the park police would be kept busy here. Ancient Crinoline. In the World of Fashion of 1SJ50 Ie a reference to "the new stuff called crinoline. " Crinoline was partly thread , partly horse-hair , its name being compounded of the French "crin , " horsehair , and "lin , " flax. Huts , skirts and all sorts of things that were wanted to possess u certain stiffness were made of this material. Ostrich Tax. , , ' The exportation of ostriches ' from South Africa has practically 'been ' prohibited by an export tax ofS7 ! each , intended ( o preserve : to that country , as far us possible. ' the monopoly of the lucrative trade of ostrich farming. N. Y. Post < I Under the Ocean. I First Mermaid What are you , going to do with that shovel ? I Second Mermaid See if there IB a man under nay bed. N. t. , Bun. I LONG-WINDED ORATORS. So a Texas Legislator Brought ail Alarm Clock Into the House ' Which Is a Success. I The unusual slghl of a mature ( and sedate member of the legisla- ture < standing on the floor of the' ' house 1 in the midst of Us proceed ings i holding aloft a IG-cenf alarm clock i , decorated with blue ribbons bens 1 , while the alarming depart ment of the machinery was in n state of eruption , was witnessed the other afternoon , and the sight precipitated convulsions and cou- fusion onu the purl of the member ship , while the pages shrieked wildly and turned somersaults in the aisles. J. .1. Blount , of Ander son county , was the owner and op erator of the clock and Hie origina tor of the idea that timepieces should be put to that use. He was deadly in earnest too , says the Dallas News. Mr. Blount hud on several occa sions compluined of the "wind- jumming " in the house und spcef- lieully of the fact thut speeches of ten minutes extended beyond thuf time limit. This afternoon he showed up in the house with u brand-new clock. He informed those who questioned him about it ( hut he intended to set the clock us each member rose ( o speak so that it would call time on him when the limit under fhe rules hud been reached. There were several speechc during the first hour und u hull of the session , but it chanced thai CurtisHancock.of Dallas , was tin victim of Mr. mount's system The Bliinton pure food bill wusun dor discussion. Mr. Huncock hu < offered an amendment to protect the retail grocers und wus speak ing to it. lie was frequently in terriipted with questions am there was frightful disorder , st much that the speaker ( Mr. Ends peth in the chuir ) ordered Hie ser geant-ut-urms to clear the lobby Just at this juncture and us Mr Hancock was reaching the quif fing point a strong "fing-u-ling' rang out above fhe din. Mi Blount arose and held the lime keeper aloft in full view of the howling assemblage. "Steamboats have schedules , s ( railroads have time cards , and flu Twenty-ninth house of represe'n tntivcs must follow its rules , " hi declared. Mr. Huncock seciuingl.i believed thuf he had breti special ly selected us the voctim of a pruc ticul joke , asserted with omphusu his right to be heard in the inter est of the people whom he rcpre sented , und he scathingly de nouncedthe spirit which itseemei 1 prompted some members ( o per pctrate such pranks. His indignu tion und curnestness were such that the remainder of his speech wus received in respectful silence. The lobby was not cleared. AMERICAN OSTRICHES MANY f Four Farms in United States and In dustry Is Reported Thriving Year by Year. There are four ostrich farms in the United Stafes and the two most important are situated in the Sail River valley , Arizona. The industry is carried on success fully in the Arizona climate and the birds seem ( o thrive quite as well as in their foreign habitat. Mr. .Joseph Harbert , of Phoenix , imported JO birds from South Af rica in 18JKJ , and placed them on his farm in the Salt River valley , a few miles from the city of Phoe nix. A number of the birds died from the effects of the journey and the change of food and climate , and during the first years little progress was made. Their eggs were hatched in large incubators , and when the business of caring for them was learned ii was found that the Salt River valley birds IsT grew up to be several inches fuller than the imported birds and the feathers are said fo be of better qualify. Gov. Alexander O.Brodie , of Arizona , takes great pride in the ostrich farming of his terri i- tory , and he has devoted consid erable space to it in his last an nual report , showing that he believes it will become in lime OIK of the leading industries of that region. One bird will yield a : i pound of feuthei'H at one clipping and they are clipped every eight months. feuth'ersan Some of the I'C sold as high as § 25 a pound in east ern markets , so it can be readily seen that it is an industry wortl while. The ostrich population ol the two farms near Phoenix it about 1COO. FATHER I OF AMERICAN NAVY Yet Few F.ver Hoard of Commodore John Harry , the Patriot Friend of Washington. ' 1 In St. Mary's churchyard , Phil- adelphiu i , is the almost forgotten grave of Commodore John Hurry , u shipmaster who , at ( he opening of the reui.utionury war , offered',1 his services to eongios-s and wus given fhe eommui'd ' of the Lexing ton , says Youth's Companion. Xow an e..ort is being made to 'reel u more suitable memorial to him. The very name of the famous old lighter was once a terror on the 1 i - ! ' . ' } ) . 1 iif now litfle is known of ( liis p ( rim nii.l pe souul friend ! \\usliin.toi. rt'Ho proudly re in ; in " 'Wc'soffefof lOO- " Miul i\ . . . . .in ! of a British . . . . .run : " " "I' . . ! ' Knglish govern- 1 r\ \ is not . ! 1. enough to . , > " > . * * * * ; : ' . -IK is some limes ( . : ; . . " . . tlio fiisi u o st the Anier- 111 ' ' ! n MI si1. : . 1 ut to him be- . .u s ii.e . o D , of christening fhe I 'ii nun wif.i I lie l.t stripes in iv il cum' ,11. If was when he ( MipMMii XI tl " I.t xiiijlon that ' ' " f. " i it.-'i n to its lirst but- ili' . w. ' vv.is a .so its 11 .st victory. It wiic H.u-ry who to k ! > ufuy- id' t i ! ; to Fiance. : in hrr.ored it'l di nil.ed t"i' < | . Hvs : also > I"M ; \ .0. hi liis't ! : i : ; ; . ; " mem n the i" ' > uMoa.iry w.ir , on his M fioi. . Ii.i > .Mji ; v/itli a load of i f'- " - - . , fv was elm- ! " ' 1 " . . . . .i- I ! i.isii 'T"el Sybil. " "nifoi' { - ' - . . . ' /iji Alliance ni.I saucy Jade Barry , half-Irish uid half Vuik"e. Who are you ? " was the answer. II was a ] irou'l day when Commodore - modore Hirry 'UH'riufended the liuni'hiH" of fl-f first-born of the United States navy , u frigate of 1-1 guns. John Barry was a man of quick passion , but warm heart. Once during the setting of a sail , when a bungling performance caused delay , he lo t his temper com pletely and lustily beat the boatswain about the head with his speaking trumpet. When he calmed down his repentance wan great. He called the boatswain into the cabin and upologizcd frankly und sincerely. From that day ( he injured man was Barry's stanch friend and adherent. He disliked hesitation and un certainty of any kind. When one of his officers begun a sentence with " 1 think , " he would interrupt impatiently : "Who gave you a right to think , sir ? " One day the commodore was amused to hear himself quoted by one of fhe crew. "Who gave you a right to think , sir ? " said one sailor to another. "Don't you know the commodore thinks for us all ? " BEER DUELS IN GERMANY. Only Wondering Onlooker Sees Fun in Contests Carried On in Land of Teuton. If the Rhodes scholar who had been describing to Chicago the Oxford system of "sconces" hud gone on to a ( icrman university he would have found that the man who can drink u quart of beer without taking breath is not : i hero , but only an ordinary stu dent. At the German "kncipc" or club meeting for fhe drinking of beer and the singing of stu dents' Hongs there is a special challenge to u Bier-Koenig ( beer- king ) contest. The huge pots arc filled , the duelists face each other , and at the work of command they drink. The first who can invert an empty pot and splutter "Bier- Koenig" wins. A German student t ti will bring pot and mouth fo the in i- timate angle , and down goes the beer without a tremor of the throat. This , of course , gives no pleasure but to the wondering on looker ; it is merely an acrobatic feat. Quenched Enthusiasm. - "IFc writes very uninteresting - love letters , " said the sentimental j girl. ! "You mustn't blame him for that , " answered Miss Cayenne , ' "He once served on the jury in a . breach of promise case. " Wash- ington Star. - Change of Punctuation. Barber Does this razor cut all right , sir ? Victim Well , it cuts , all right t , Done it about eight times now. Cleveland Lender. WOULD ' RATHER WALK HOME Story Told of Carpenter McQloln , an Odd Naval Character Averse to Seasickness. A naval oftlecr tells the follow ing 1 story of Carpenter McGloin , an i odd character employed in the navy ' , who for many years was a sort of privileged person employed in the service because of his tin- lagging spirits and wit. The old Ponsucolu once was coni ng up to San Francisco from Hon olulu , when she met a severe gale. McGloin , who in heavy weather usually became seasick , promptly turned in. " Shortly after his disappearance , it was reported to the captain that something was amiss with the foretopnuiHt. Accordingly , McG loin's services UH carpenter lieing necessary at this juncture , he was sent for. Staggering on deck he began to make a series of excuses , which were cut short by the commanding officer , who or dered the carpenter to go aloft and ascertain what was wrong with ( he niiiHt. heproposition struck McGloin with such amazement that it took away his breath. "Up that mast , " muttered he , "in such weather UK this ? " "Yes , up that mast , " reiterated the commanding officer , sternly , "and quickly , too ! " McGloin decided to enter a last despairing protest. "Cnp'n , " said he , "do you honestly mean that I'm , to go up that mast in such weather ? Why , this is an awful gale ! " The officer lost patience. "You are impertinent , man"exclaimed ! he. "And I've allowed you too much talk already ! Up that mast , now ! " "All right , " mournfully wailed McGloin , as he prepared to obey the order ; "but , " he added , with a reproachful glance at his su perior olllcer , "eup'n , if there was a four-inch plank from here to Brooklyn , rather than go up that I'd walk home ! " TRIVIAL , BUT A TRAGEDY. And No Sympathy Could Bo Had from Confidant of Gloomy Woman. They were all to have a Sunday night supper at a friend's house and even the boarding mistress * wus invited ; so the girl got at extra Sunday night and the house hold split iii in parties for tin afternoon , relates the New Yorl Sun. Sun.By By twos und throes theyarrivci. ut ( he host's home until then were left only the boarding mis tress und the husband of thcwoni an who hud engineered the party There wus u quarter of an hoiu wait , and at last the hiisbum strolled in. "Miss Blank says she can'i come , " he announced , as IK sniffed the odor of the old-fash ioned shortcake. "I guess slit must have another of her sicl headaches , for she seems to have gone fo bed ; jusf poked her heud 1 out of the doorway and said she wus sorry. " Lute thut evening the other woman took home a generoiin slice of shortcake and found the absent one sitting , disconsolate , in ( he parlor. "I thought you were ill , " she cried. "Will said you had gone to bed. " "My dear , " sobbed the boarding iiiistretta , "all my dresses button up the back , and when I started to get ready the only person in the place wus your husbund. I could not very well ask him , could I ? " And the only comfort she re ceived was : "Why not ? I've trained him to do it beautifully. " Timber Cutting in Australia. An explorer in the backwoods of Australia fells how some of the timber cutters took big risks. "I I had given instructions to the men in the bush that on no aacount itj. were they to lay aside their fire arms , " he says. "After having j.I' been absent for a short time I re turned and found that they had slung their revolvers and carbines on a small tree and were working at about HO yards from them. I can tell you they heard of it. The na fives have a playful habit of drag ging their si > ears through the grass with their toes and all the while looking as innocent as it is possible to look. If the natives ! had only thought of it they might ! have given the cutters a warm time. " ODD RECORDS TO THE FORE When One Cannot Ha Famous Through Natural Sources , There Arc Many Other Channels. Those who fail to gain distinc tion f lirough oilier means seem to seek oddity of performance , and every little while there appears a challenge from some "champion egg eater" or of her freak. The 40-quuil-in-lO-duys perform mice has been outdone by a man who recently ate a whole goose each day for HO days , the fowls weighing from six to eleven pounds. Other records in this line are ( ! ( ) soft boiled eggs daily for six duyy , six quarts of beans in 1 ( ) minutes , smoking 50 cigars in 11 hours withoutonce taking a drink. A Paris couple recently waltzed without cessation for six and three-quarter hour , 'v/while an English actor danced all the way from London to Norwich. The best club swinging record has been standing for 17 years , when ! 18 ( ! different combinations were shown in sixteen minutes and a quarter , 11,1111 revolutions being required. A score of ( ! , > IM ! points was the result of a 24-hour endurance billiard match in Paris , the con testants covering ! l ( ) miles in walk ing around fhe table , and a violin ist has played a combination of 1,800 notes in four and a quarter minutes , averaging 1 ! ) notes a second. Reciting Dante's "Divine Com edy" from memory in 110 hours is another queer record , while oth ers have gained fame through making 11,000 ham sandwiches in 1 ! ) hours and -10 minutes , dressing fen sheep in ! W minutes , L'OO chick ens in 44 minutes and killing and dry picking J0l ! geese in ten hours. DURING AN OCEAN CALM. Ship Holla and Tosses , But Sails Can not ( Jet Enough Wind to Carry the Vessel. All the afternoon the brig rolled on the long swells , which hourly grew heavier , says Century. They leaped against fhe horizon , swung- onward beneath the keel , and swept past with the unrelenting persistency ( hut seemed fhe em bodiment of persistent hate. A gale can be combated , but , in the grasp of a calm , man is helpless. Every part of the vessel cried out in protest. The canvas slatted and flapped like the wings of a huge bird vainly trying to rise from the waves ; every block rat tled and croaked ; the main boom , hauled chock aft , snatched at its sheets with a viciousness that threatened to part them at every roll and made ( heir huge blocks crash ; from the pun try below came the constant rattle of crock ery ; and fhe blue sea , dipped up through the scuppers , swashed back and forth against the main deck. By eight bells every stitch of canvas had been furled or clued up to save it , and fhe brig lay rolling in ( liedark hollows like a drunken sailor reeling home. SLAV'S RULER A BUSY MAN Even In Time of Peace Czar Has More to Do Than Any Other Man in the World. There is nowadays not a great deal of gayefy at the Russian court , says Century. The emper or is a very busy man ; he probably has more to do , oven in time of pence , than any other man in the world. Combine fhe responsibil ity of the president , the cabinet , congress , the governors of stafes , state legislatures , and mayors of the principal cif iesin this country , and you will begin fo form an idea of the load on the shoulders of Nicholas II. There is no finality below him , except as he permits it ; and the mass of details that actually reaches him is astonish ing. If President Roosevelt had to grant permits to operate mills in Texas , erect buildings in New York , or form mining companies in California , before any such op erations could be begun , even his gianf energy would be taxed. Yet , incredible as it may seem , the em peror of Russia examines into myriads of similar minutiae , be sides attending to the great af fairs of state. Simply Crazy. "Ilappy , though married two days , " was one of the many labels attached by practical jokers to the luggage of a newly married couple who left an English rail way station the other day on their way to Canada.