Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 22 , 1905.
Press Notes.
The Norfork News calls th
" frcux.iei
anti-pas-i movement a
epnsm of reform. " There nr
only two or three pupers in th
slate thiitgo ao far IIB that. Fn
mont Tribune.
' The nverngo innn doesn't hi
como famous , " writes Annie Gate
in the Auburn Granger , "but ci\
ili'/'Uion wouldn' be milking tune
hentlwny without him , " Tru
enough , mid what special adviii
tnge has the man who has no at
quaintance outside of his ow
county ? The man whose name
familiar to people who read tl
newspapers , who is tnlked abet :
us having miil : this ordone that (
contemplated fiomelhingelse , is n
more alive while he lives and
just as ( lend when he dies us Hi
one who lends a quiet life in
quiet community nnd pusses awn
without disturbing his neighbor !
When Horace Gteeloy wrote thcf
words , "Fame is n vnpor , " he lin
lived to learn that the more gene
ally n man in known the moi
roundly is ho nbused , and who
gone , ho is forgotten before tl
the green grnss hpronts on In
grnve , Slnte Journal.
It would seem to us that tl
ollice of rend Hiipervisor is tli
moat important in the townshi ]
There ifl nothing Hint needs tl :
careful attention IIH much as 01
public highwnyfl. More tinning
Buitn como from our public row
nnd bridges than from any otht
source. Verdon Vedette.
It is not suflicient that one aha
nlwayH Bay whnt one meniiH bi
menu nil that one enya if one'
speech is expected to carry Hi
weight of the truth with it. S
Joseph Gir/ette.
Whoever our next governor ma
be , ho ought to be a miin who wi
rnnk in ability , forcofulnt-HS , an
devotion to the interest of th
people with such western gove
nero us lloch , Folk , Oummin
Deneon , LnFollette , and Johnsoi
Elgin Review. '
The Nebrnskn corn crop wi
go republican by n large mnjoril
this full. There is no longer iu1
doubt nbout that. Fremont Ti
' bune.
Will Jenne , n Fulls City your
innn who hns often visited in Hi
wnthn , died Friday , September
nt his home after n short illnei
with typhoid fever. Ho wns 5
yenrs old. ITinwnthn World.
Did it ever occur to you wlu
you nre trying to " get even" wil
something or somebody for n
alleged griovnnce Hint you n
A showing your sore spot nnd th
without everybody knows it-
Hinwnthn World.
The rnilronds of Nebrnskn mat
n great mistnko when they refuse
to pny I heir taxes , They wi
nowrenpto the whirlwind. Ai
sley Chronicle.Citizen.
During the storm yesterdi
morninu lighningstruck the hou
occupied by Win. Crichton , thr
blocks south of the Athens schoc
Aside from knocking down a chii
ney mid teuring off a few boar
no damiige wns done. A bni
belonging to JohirAsher aboi
one block northwest of tl
Crichton house.'wns nlso strn
niid one horse killed. Aubu
Republican.
When Roosevelt nndertnkes
job it's usually effective. T
chief , printer , .t to c.uisi
trouble nnd the way lu > ot the t
of Roosevelt's boot was intere
inu. You cnn't monkey with t
bund wanon nroutid Teddy. 131
Springs Sentinel.
The most unpopular man m t
stnte today in the gnme wardi
Ilif deputies btmid second on t
liht. Fremont llernld.
Tli ' ftl'ort to hi ut up tinne <
papers on the unti-puns quest
by includiim "tditorinl milfai
in llif same cnti-uur\ free par
will lie futile. The newnpai ;
have nlwiiys L'lvcn a nenerous i
valuable consideration for nil
transportation they have leeeiv
Thif i nlso tnif of the politicin
If in ( he jndument of the pee |
tin MTvii-e rendHred the rnilro
bj newspapers in ndvi-rcs
the roads is ill the siuiie clas-j us
that of those who do poltticnl ser
vice , then the whole businesi
should be abolished. But wil
some one show us some evidence
of subserviency on the part of f
reputnble newspaper to the rail
rends thnt could rensounbly be ac
counted for by having nn advertis
ing contract with the roiul ? AI
bion News.
A Telephone Communication.
Ktn.o , Nun. , Sui'T , 15 , ' 05.
FAI.I.S CITY TKIIIUNK
As a member of the Farmer's
Mutual Telephone Co. , I wouh
like to say a few words about oui
company , because The Falls Citj
Tribune is the only paper tha
favors us. Why don't the Journa
have a word to say about ou
company ? It has so much to sni
about trusts. Is the Falls Citj
Telephone company no trust !
Why don't they give the Farmer !
Telephone Co. , free exchange'
What's the matter with you
Falls City business men ? Don'l
you know that we can give 301
more by free exchange than tlu
Falls City Telephone Compaui
can give us ? Why don't yoi
awake and make your home com
pany exchange with the Farmer :
Company. Don't you know tha
by free exchange with the Farm
er's Company , you can speak frc <
to Hiawathia and all other town :
north including llamliu , Merrill ,
Sabctha , Reserve , Padonin , Salcn
and Rule , and soon we will b <
connected with Missouri so tha' '
we can speak to Craig , Mound
City , Cornintr and Fairfax'
Don't you care to have such ai
opportunity ? Will you be quie
and satisfied with your company
that keeps us fanners away from
Falls City by its selfishness ? I
you don't give the farmers frei
exchange soon , we will take steps
that will surprise 3011.
The Journal has much to sai
about the mail order houses , bu
who is the cause for some farmer
sending away for the stuff the :
need ? It is the business mai
himself by not treating the farm
ers right. I know by expcrienci
that if the farmer has anythiii }
to sell , especially when it is big !
the business men would rathe
send away and pay the roilroai
company so much instead o
paying the farmer what he hate
to pay the railroad company am
then the farmer has to take ou
nearly all sometimes all , in trade
For instance ; A farmer has t <
sell potatoes and they are scare
and he ought to have 75 cents ;
bushel. The store man wouli
rather ship them in if he can gc
them laid down at 40 cents i
bushel. Why not pay the farm
er , who takes it out in trade 7 ,
cents a bushel ?
If you tread on the farmers ir
that way , you need not get ma <
if we do the same thing , and bu ;
our stuff from the mail orde
houses.
JJut I believe 1 have usc <
enough space in your paper , may
be more , some other time.
Yours for earnest business an
friendship.
HKKMAN KKOIII.KK ,
R F D. No 1 , Rule Neb.
THREE JUR.OR.S CURED
Of Cholera Morbu5 with one Snuv.
Dottle of Chamberlcvin's Colic. Cho
era and Diarrhoea Remedy.
C \V Fowler of lllghtower , Alii
rolutes an experience ho Inul whl
survlnu on u petit jury in u imirdi
CUM * at F.dwardt.ville , county sent
Clehourno county , Alii. Ho s-uy
"While there I ate some fresh me
B
and some Hiiifo meat and It yuvo n
cliolcru HiortuiIn a very severe fori
[ was never mure dek iu my life ai
con' to the drug ctoro for u certu
cholera mixture , hut the druggist se
mo a bottle of t'luimberlain's Cell
( 'holoru and Iiurrhu > > ti remedy Instei
suylng that he hud what I sent for , b
ihul till- medicine was so much belt
ho would ruthi-r s-end it to mo in tl
11 x I w" in 1 took one do e of it ui
wa * heller in live minutes. The gccoi
do-e. cured mentirely. . Two folk
jurorc were ulHuied in the > amo ma
IJHP > ind one 25i- bottle cured the thr
ie
of ui. r'nr B ile at Kerr's drug store
When contemplating a publ
sale see "Tubbie'1 Clark , who
is always prepared to ser
lunch. 84-tf.
ARE KITCHEN PERQUISITES
Cooks and Stewards Who Get Com
missions on 1'urclmses Make
Mnrkctman Gronn.
Perquisites for the head of tin
kitchen are matters to be men
tioned with bated breath , says th <
ew York Times. They arc some
hing that neither the cook , cite
nor market man will allow , .vet i
s a well-known fact that in mos
urge households the steward o
he establishment , whoever thin
nay be , makes a comfortable in
oino in commissions. It was th-
lealer , undoubtedly , who begat
: his , but the custom has tlcvcl
) ped as it has grown , : ml dc
nands for commissions have mill
iplied , and occasionally u litlli
nfonimlion crops out througl
some one who feels aggrieved.
"It was all right , " groaned UK
uarketmaii Pie other day , , "whei
I allowed them 5 or 10 per centoi
he bills , but when they begin t <
lomand t5 and -0 per cent , it looks
serious. "
At some of the bureaus when
liigh-prict'il scrvanjts rcgistei
hey will not take one whom thej
enow exacts commiHsions. Then
ire few who are refused on tha
iceount. however , for , ns stated
I is not a subject that is usually
nentioned. One high-priced cook
towevcr. has waited for severa
nonths for a position because slit
cfnsed to take one where a house
veepcr was employed , and slit
was conscientiously kept fron
others on the grounds that slit
was looking for perquisites.
One family in New York abac
utely refuses to allow anyone ii
is employ to receive commission !
on household supplies purchased
IMiey look into the matter care
'ully , and none is given. However
f the shopman is so minded , or tlu
cook sends a letter saying tha
:5mes : are hard and money scarce
ind he then sends out a little pros
nt of $20 or ? 25 , who can object
Hint is a simple way to get aroum
the matter , and no one is tin
wiser.
There may be an understand ! ! ! !
with the family tlintacommissioi
s to be received , and the matte
is then on as legitimate a basis a
that of any other business. As :
ule , however , it is generally un
Icrstood , and the mistress of tin
lionse , though she may have ol
lections , closes her eyes and put
the whole thing comfortably on
of mind. If she doesn't it make ;
no difference ; she can do little t
prevent it.
. "I know m.v servants rcceiv
commissions , " said the mistres
of one wealthy family the othe
day , "but what can one do ? If
should allow myself to be worriei
by such things I should be perfect
ly miserable , and if I watched th
servants all the time I could d
nothing else. "
INSURING AGAINST TWINS.
Underwriter Makes $125 in Ventur
Which He Knew Ho Could
Not Lose Out.
An English gentleman of limil
ed means had married recentl
into a very prolific family , sny
Leslie's Monhtly. There was proi
pect of an addition to his house
hold.
"Twins , " rotlected the geuth
man , "are much more expensiv
to support than one child. " An
he sent his broker to one c
Lloyd's underwriters. The nndei
writer set an actuary to look eve
the vital statistics and make
few cnlcnluUons. Then fpr th
sum , 1 think , of 25 guineas , he ii
sured the gentleman in 1,00
against the advent of twins.
This somewhat threadbare tal
shows fairly both sides of tli
game of insurance. The evidei :
side is chance. The underwrite
invited a loss of 973.15.0 fc
which he would have nothing t
show. The other side :
The point of the story
that the lady presented her impi
cunious husband with one line soi
The underwriter , deducting , say i
as the value of his time and his a
tuary's , , set down a net profit (
21.5.0 , for which he had advance
nothing but the risk , science.
Still the Same.
"I met Dumley to-day for tl
first time in years. lie hasn
changed much. "
"O ! he hasn't changed at a
but he doesn't seem to realize it
"IIow do you mean ? "
"O ! he's forever talking aboi
'what a fool he used to be.-
Catholic Standard and Times.
OUR PRODUCTION OF GOLC
Enormous Increase in This Line Hat
Caused Comment All Over
the World.
The enormous increase iu tin
production of gold with the consequent
quent accumulation of the stocki
of coin and bullion has attracted
rather less attention in recen" "
years than its importance wonk
appear to demand , says the Louis
ville Courier-Journal. Neverthe
less the subject is not wholly neg
lected , and the estimates of pro
Unction , and accumulation thin
are put out from time to time ar'
more and more the subject of com
inent. There is a great discrep
nncy between the statement o !
gold production and of the stocki
of gold coin in the principal conn
tries of the world. Much of tin
gold produced is used in the arts
ind of that coined much is lost 01
educed to attrition , so the
tmoiint of production during cen
uries greatly exceeds the stocks
of coin existing in the world
The * amount of gold in Europe ii
1-11)2 ) , the date of the discovery o
America , is believed not to liavi
exceeded # 225,000,000 in value
From that time to the close of 1890
iccording to a report of the direc
or of the mint , the world's prodnc
: ion amounted to $8,983 , 20GOO
Hut the same authority estimate !
the stocks of gold money in tht
world at that time was ? 4,359 ,
000,000.
For the first 25 years after UK
liscovery of America the nnnun
iroduction of gold was less thai
§ 1,000,000. In the next quarter o
i century it was in round numbcri
$ 1,750,000. By the middle of tin
eighteenth century it had risen t <
over $10,000,000 a year. Fron
1801 to 1810 the average annuu
production was nearly $12,000,000
For the two decades next succeed
ng there was a great falling off
From 1831 to 1840 , the last com
pletc decade before the discover ;
of gold in California , the annua'
production averaged § 13,484,000
In the next decade it was ? 3G,393 ,
000 , but it was late in the decadt
jefore the discovery of the Cali
: ornia mines. From 1851 to 185i
the annual production showed ai
average of $132,513,000 and for tin
next period of live years of § 134 ,
083,000. From 1SG1 to 1891 then
was a falling off from these fig
ures , but since the last naniet
year there has been a steady in
crease. In 189(5 ( the annual produc
Lion for the first term exceedei
$200,000,000 , being estimated at i
trifle l ss than ? 203,000,000. Ii
1903 it was ? 325)00,000 ( ) in roum
numbers and last year the esti
mate is approximately ? 350)00.
000. The expectation that it wil
reach $400,000,000 in 1905 does no
seem unreasonable. In the pres
out century the production fo
four years has been approximate
ly $1,200,000,000 , and the presen
year is expected to raise it t <
$1,000,000,000.
The world's stock of gold coin
nclnding bullion in mitionu
treasuries which performs tin
functions of coin , was estimatei
in 1873 to be ? ! ,209,800,000 , ii
1897 , $4,359,000,000. By the end o
the present year the total is esti
mated at little short of ? G,000,00 { ]
nn increase of nearly 50 percent
in nine years.
In Thibet.
Here is a description of a com :
try scene in Thibet , taken fron
Col. L. A. Waddell's note bool ;
"Lhassa and Its Mysteries :
"From every hamlet the cottager
had swarmed out into their field *
and were busily plowing and so\\
ing in the glorious sunshine , form
ing pleasing bits of bright coloi
The men were plowing with oxe ;
gaudily bedecked with plumes o
wool dyed glowing scarlet am
blue , with long throat tassels o
dyed yak's tails and harness o
jingling bells , while close behim
the plowcrs came the gayl ,
( tressed women as the sewers
scattering broadcast the seed
from their baskets. "
Answered by Suggestion.
"Do you really think I begin t
show my years , Ella ? "
"Do you want me to answe
frankly ? "
"Why , yes , of course. "
"Then let us change the sul
ject. " Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Not There Yet
Claude Don't you think in
mustache is becoming ?
Maude Well , it may becoming
but it hasn't got there yet , K.3
Times.
MAKING OF THE BASEBALL
The Industry Established In 1858 Em
ploys Hundreds of People Who
Have Learned Art.
This is the story of a baseball. I
begins with a rubber core. Thei
it extends through hundreds o
yards of wool yarn ton horsehidi
cover. More hundreds of yards o
wool yarn give the resiliency , 01
"bounce. " Then comes cement
and an outside cover within UK
prescribed weight and eircnmfer
ence laid down by the league mag
nates , says the Hoston ( llobe.
To every lover of the nationa
game the following facts will IK
of interest :
Half a century ago tlu ame o :
"rounders1' gave a quick eye , i
well-developed arm , a deep dies
nnd n Meet foot to thousands o
youngsters at "recess. "
If some of the old "yarn balls'
made by mothers and grandmotli
ers had been preserved the ;
would be priceless to-day as rel
ics. Those balls were "swatted"
out of shape in the twinkling o
an eye.
Then a "kid" cover was sewet
over the yarn ball. It was cut ii
eighths of a circle , just as tin
orange skin is divided. This was
promptly knocked oif in the second
end inning , but it gave a thirt
inning for the yarn.
Harrison Harwood , of Natick
was a lover of the game. He hat
"swatted" yarn into the cometliki
streamers and had batted "kid'
covers half way across the "lot. '
In 3855 he designed a two-pieci
cover. It was like what is nov
called a "toggle" joint. In othei
words , there were two hemi
spheres of leather , connected ty
a narrow isthmus , into which tw <
other hemispheres fitted snugly
This was the first step. But tin
construction made it a "dead" ball
There was no "life" in it. Never
theless , Mr. Harwood started j
little factory in Natick in 1858
This was the first baseball factor'
in the United States.
The women who had made base
balls for sous and grandsons wen
only too glad to earn "pin money'
by sewing the covers on. To-da ;
there is hardly a family of half :
century's standing in Naticl
whose progenitors were not in
terested in Mr. Harwood's veil
ture.
ture.And
And to-day there are over 101
families who learned the secret o
sewing baseballs from parenti
and grandparents , earning miicl
more than a living in homes tha
were paid for by baseballs.
VALUE OF A HEARTY LAUGH
Better Than Medicine , Declares Eng
Itsh Physician , In Talking of
Outburst of Merriment.
An English physician , in searcl
of remedies for human ills , findi
that laughter stands very high ii
the list of prophylactics. The ef
feet of mere cheerfulness as i
health promoter is well known
but an occasional outburst o
downright laughter is the heroi
remedy. It is a matter of every
day experience , says our Englisl
authority , that one feels the bet
ter for a good laugh , an explosioi
of laughter being in truth a "nervi
storm , comparable in its effect t <
a thunderstorm in nature , doiiij
good by dissipating those oppres
sive clouds of care which some
times darken the mental horizon.1
This authority assures us that tin
memorable adage , "Laugh am
grow fat , " rests on a sound philc
sophical basis. Portly people ar
not given to laughter because the ;
are fat ; they are fat because the ;
laugh.
An Insignificant Palace.
Of Cettinje , the capital city o
the prince of Montenegro , fathei
in-law of King Victor Emmanue
of Italy , Sir John Furley , who ha
recently published a book on hi
public career , has a poor opinioi
lie writes : "I have often sine-
been amused when reading in tli
papers of the fetes , receptions am
banquets held in this capital , bu
from my knowledge of the place
have always felt somewhat skej
tical as to their style and grand
enr. The palace is called Bigliai
do and we have in England man
farmhouses with which it couli
not compete in size and comfort.
His Preference.
Mrs. llatterson Is your luu
band fond of young women ?
Mrs. Cntterson Is he fond o
t hem ? Why , his second wife isn'
I rn yet ! Life.
RECLAIMING OLD TOPERS.
Curing Drunkenness Without the Pa
tient's Knowledge Hus Been
Proven a Success.
Can inebriety be cured by sug
gestion ? asks Public Opinion.
This is a question which has been ;
asked many times and sntisfac- '
torily answered iu the nfilrinativc.
But the question of practicing
suggestion while the patient
sleeps is a different proposition ,
and , therefore , a recent article in
the Journal ties Debats of Paris
is of interest. The experiments
in question were conducted by the
well-known psychologist , Dr. Paul
Farez. "The man under observaj
tion refused all offers of treat- ,
inent , but notwithstanding his re
fusal , against his will and nn
known to him. the man was cured
and has remained so for four
years. The patient was 2il years V \t \
of age , married , of sound const- ! \ <
tution and average health , lie
commenced drinking when he was
17 years of age , and his wife had
married him in order to reform
him. After his marriage , how
ever , he drank as before. His 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 had done he wept ,
promised to become sober , etc.
The scenes , however , were soon re
peated.
"Dr. Fares ! decided to try , with
the approval of the family of the
patient , suggestion during nat
nral sleep. The treatment took .
place four or five times per week ,
and , 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 Sep
tember a trip to the country , but
no wine during this time , only
b er. Returning to Paris , the man
did not go to a cafe , but drank a
little absinthe and less than - > '
quart of absinthe for all of W's s
meals. After a year the only
thing taken was a little absinthe
on Sunday and Saturday , and
from this time the patient has uol
touched wine and has only taken V
a little absinthe once or twice a-fr\
month and at home. He is no
longer irritable , but happy and a
regular worker. The treatment
had to be continued for 18 months ,
but the result is complete and the
patient entirely transformed. He
has gained control of his will and
is gentle and affectionate. "
i
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 arc plentifully
watered with champagne , will
spread itself through the after
noon. Yon may barely
five o'clock , though you began t
eat at one. The host never
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
Russian tea , served in a glass with
lemon , is but the pale comparison
to sparkling champagne. The ap
pearance of the streets tells of
wealth , too. No liner equipages
exist anywhere than those which ,
horsed with coal-black steeds ,
dash at full speed , in lofty disre
gard for the mere foot passenger ,
down the central strip of "wood
pavement in the principal "pros
pects , " as the wider streets are tie
nominated. Holding the reins hi
his two hands , with arms out
saretched , the driver , medieval in
dress , has the summary methods
of a Roman charioteer ,
there is something of
Rome in the second capital of