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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1908)
THE FIRST DAY OUR CHAUTAUQUA BEGINSWiTH FLATTERING PROSPECTS A Good Crowd Greets Senator Dolliver--Many Tenters on The Grounds Our second annual Chautauqua threw open its gates on Friday and a good crowd was in attend* ancc at the opening exercises. During the forenoon a light rain fell, and for a time things looked rather unfavorable, but at noon the "un came out and as a result we had one of the most beautiful days imaginable. It was just cool enough to give everyone the Chautauqua spirit and made them anxious to attend. The Hungarian orchestra proved very enjoyable and retr dered a number of selections, but the feature of the day was the lecture by Senator Dolliyer, who held the attention of his audience as only an orator can do. SKNATOK J. t*. 1)01.1.IVKK. Senator Dolliver received a hearty welcome and everybody greeted him with the Chautau qua salute, led (by Mr. S, M. Holiaday. lie has spoken in every state in the Union and is yet in the prime of life. He has dune .1 splendid work and is of great encouragement to the younger generation. Everyone was interested to the extent that none left the building that could possibly stay. He spoke of the Chautauqua going community and the value of such to higher education, and how he had new points of sym pathy for those giving the Chau tauqua program, saying that for three weeks lie and the Royal Hungarian Orchestra had trav eled together. Once they had to travel for several miles in carriages together and were caught in a heavy shower of rain, not only getting their in struments, but their dispositions soaked. He is a criterion of sociology and thinks that th#e public should reform along this line. From one town inJ[Ohio some 20 or 30 men of note received their early education under the same school master. Mr. Alli son, a noted lawyer was gradu ated from this same town school and later admitted to the bar and hung up his sign which still remains above the door of the office as it was placed there many years ago. Again the father of the Stude baker Bros., started there and many more of like note were named. This showed that to become great the man did not have to have wealth, and that American made men were more royal than kings. That George Washington not only made himself, but his will shows him to be a millionaire, also having a share in every en terprise of the time. If he had lived at this time he would have been called a captain of industry Poverty has no limitation on manhood and invites no ones contempt. Bryan's father was an Irish man, who came to this country as a poor man. Through his ability to rise, Bryan is now one of the foremost men in the United States. Lincoln was a poor lad and what did he do for our govern ment. He said that in -looking over an article in a magazine he found that almost all of the presidents of railroads had begun at the bottom and worked their way up proving that in the United States the government was so that no poor boy or man had not an equal chance to make himself great. While the address was informal it was instructive. The opportu nities of the poor boy were shown to be unlimited and never better than now. The Senator drew a valuable lesson from a farm hand in Iowa who had worked for five years at $200 per year, and after helping support his parents, pay ing his church dues, and paying his own personal expenses, had acquired personal property worth $150 and had saved enough money besides, so that lie had several hundred dollars loaned out and secured by real estate mortgage. This young man was taken as an example of how most success ful business men start Any man, after listening to that address, could hardly say that the poor boy of today has no opportunity. The people have had but few as rare treats as the address of Iowa’s eloquent senator. In the evening the Hungarian orchestra again entertained the crowd by a short concert, and the balance of the time was spent in getting acquainted. CAVALRY ON MARCH Second Regiment on Cross Country Hike to Fort Riiey, Kas. St. Joseph, Missouri, (Special) Some idea of what it will mean when the government brings 5,000 soldiers together with 3,000 cavalry and artillery horses to this city in September, was given early this week when a part of the 2nd cavalry stationed at Fort I'es Moines arrived here and un loaded. This detachment of the 2nd cavalry came here by train train and after camping for two nights and one day, started on a march to Fort Riley, Kansas for field maneuvers- Seventy-five cars were required to move this detachment of less than 700 men. The army train which came in over the Chicago (ireat Western road, was made up of two sleep ers, sixteen day coaches, three baggage cars, five box cars, eleven fiat cars and thirty-eight stock cars More than five times as many men and horses have been order ed here for the military tourna ment to be given here during the week of September 21-2<> when every department of the service is to be represented in camp, drills and parades, while the pick of men from the service will com pete for prizes in the tournament arena. Many Babies Die in Chicago In the month of July 009 babies less than one year old died in Chicago. Most ot these deaths, the health department believes, were the result of the ignorance of parents. Probably two-thirds of the children could have been saved, Unsanitary premises and poor quality of milk, according to the seventy live physicians who have been investigating the congested dis tricts under the direction of the health department, have less to do with tile high infant mortali ty than generally is supposed. “By far the greater part of sick ness among babies, has been due to lack of proper care. Im proper food, over feeding, over dressing, lack ot personal clean liness and want of tresb air are factors that produce most of the illness that kill the babies in hot weather.” Attention. Asthma Sufferers! Foley’s Honey and Tar will give im mediate relief to asthma sufferers and ha« cured many eases that had refused to yield to other treatment. Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best remedy for cougcs. colds and all throat and lung trouble. Contains no harmful drugs. Kerr's pharmacy, FARMERS DAY SATURDAY S PROGRAM PROVED TO BE A DRAWING CARD Professor Bowman Entertained Mis Hearers in a Most Instructive Talk The Midland Jubilee Singers are singers ot high rank and are well appreciated by the people of Kails City. On Saturday af ternoon they opened the pro gram with t h e s e led i o n, “Awake’’ which was heartily applauded. Their second selec tion was an anthem, which they rendered exceed i n y I y w e I 1. They then sany several comic sonys, which yreatly amused the audience. The South African quartet en tertained the audience with three or four selections and then yave way to Prof. M. T. Ilowman, the speaker of the afternoon, who was received with applause. IIis speech and explanations of experiments were so plain that even the children could under stand. He opened his lecture with a few stories and the re mark “that instead of yoiny from the farm tun ,the city, we were yoiny from the city to the farm.” He next displayed some speci mens of corn and corn products, among them the famous Pascal ear for which the owner paid Slat) at an auction. He said the average yield ot corn was ii2A bushel per acre. The reason for a poor stand of corn is poor seed corn. lie perfectly explained tin use of the germination box, which could be easily made by anyone. First talcing a box about s feet long, 1 feet wide and about 3 or 4 inches deep, then take a lot of sawdust, put it in a tub and pour boiling wa ter over it and let soak all night. Next morning take saw dust enough to cover the box to the depth of 1 inch, then take a piece of muslin and tack to the box, so the muslin lays on the sawdust. Next mark this cloth with squares about *2 inches square. In each square place (i grains of corn from each ear of corn to be planted. This corn should be kept in the house and instead of placing in sacks, hang on wire stretched across the room to keep it from mice. Now cover the box with another mus lin cloth and then cover with gutinev sacking tilled with rest of sawdust. Leave this for sev eral days, then remove cloths with care and you can tell the healthy, wtjjik, or corn that will not amount to anything- Corn should be tested just before planting. 7 Never send jij a w ay7 to r seed c o r n. s You ^et the J s a me you " would ^et | if you went “ to your crib, Ball kinds 1 m i x e d t o i* {of. m. t. bowman gether I f you use good corn, it should take but 1- ears to the acre. If you have poor corn do not plant thick, tor the poor corn in tas seling out will degenerate the corn you are now raising. This is the cause of “corn run out.’’ Have you ever heard the ex pression “a certain boy knows nothing, but makes a rattling good farmer.’’ This does not work out. >o do not take it for granted, though to bt^ a good farmer i> one of the greatest blessings possible. “Men may rise and men may fall, I hit the Parmer has to feed us all.” THE WHITE PLAGUE Moving Pictures to be Used in War of Extermination. Moving picture machine? and phonographs will be brought into play by the State charities and as sociations of N*-\v York in its cru sade against the dread “While l’lague.” Through this method the association hopes to bring the people of the state to a full reali zation of the dangers of tiie dis ease which destroyed 1 1. I"C< human beings in New-York state last year. The association is now preparing the most striking feature ever con ceived in its warfare against tuber culosis. It consists of six educa tional exhibits, which are soon to be started on tours through the state to be exhibited at thirty-six county fairs. Experts are now as sembling the pictures, data and models and each exhibit will tell a story in an interesting way. In addition to the pictures, large pho nographs having special records will give much information on the subject. The exhibits will also contain models of perfectly lighted and ventilated factories, together with models of so-called sweat shops, where tuberculosis flourish es. Mottoes giving advice how to prevent and check tuberculosis will be displayed about each ex hibit. THE VERDON PICNIC Falls City Was Well Represented There Yesterday The annual Pioneer picnic opened Thursday for a two days program. There was a good crowd in attendance. The Auburn band furnished good music, giving several con certs which were greatly enjoyed as the Auburn band is a good one, A ladies quartet composed of' Mesdames. Griffith, Knapp, Robb and Stephens rendered sev eral good selections and Supt. George Carrington of Auburn delivered a line address. One of the interesting features on Thursday was the ball game between Auburn and Verdon which resulted in a victory for the former by a score of 13 to (>. Among those from this city who attended Thursday wereC, II. Marion, Walter Stock, Josie Gilroy, Belle Ault, Gladys Mc Donald, Margaret Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Phillips, Meda Hill, Mrs. Clias. Buthman, Clin ton Jones. Emma Hanika and Hulda Pruesse. Our Military Band The Falls City Military band showed their heart was in the right place Friday and help swell the crowd at the ball game by playing a number of pieces on the street and leading the ball team to the park, where they furnished more music. While the band numbered but eleven what they lacked in quantity was more than made up in quality, and the music rendered was of the best. With such talent it is a lament able fact that it seems impossible to arrange for a permanent band in our city, and it is to be hoped that it will be only a matter of a very short time until all obstacles can be overcome and Falls City can boast of a band worthy of this or any other town. Get together and lets have a band. It is one of the things that makes life worth the living. Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold. A. S. Xusbaum, Batesvllle, Indiana, writes: ‘'Last year I suffered for three months with a summer cold so distress ing that it interfered with my business. I had many of the symptons of hay fever, and a doctor's prescription did not reach my case, and I took several medicines which seemed only to aggra vate it. Fortunately I insisted upoD having Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly cured me My wife has since used Folev's Honey and Tar with me same success.” Kerr's pharmacy. SUNDAY S TALKS i _ FATHER NUGENT ON THE PHIL OSOPHY OF CIVILIZATION And Rev. Batten on "Moral Imperial ism" Were Both Instructive and Entertaining — < >ne of the most interesting land instructive lectures which it has been the privilege of a Falls Citv audience to hear was by Father Nugent, a parish I priest of the Roman Catholic church of Des Moines, Iowa. For carefulness of expression logical reasoning and excellent diction it was an intellectual | treat for all who heard and fol lowed the trend of thought. Among other things the lec turer said: “The chief quest of humanity in all the ages seems to have been the pursuit of hap piness." It was shown that wealth did not secure this de sired condition because it main ly created a multitude of other desires that hungered for satis faction. Education was pro nounced a good possession, and our present educational advan tages were contrasted with those ot preceeding ages, and yet in sp’te of our supremacy in that particular we have more insanity and pauperism now than ever in the history of the world. The true gauge of progress is not to be found in the moneyed or leisured classes of any age, but in the great toiling and wage earning classes. Not only the poor, but even the positive ly poor of our age are greatly in advance of previons ages. They live in better houses and cabins, have windows, cook stoves, doors and better venti lation and sanitary conditions than were known or dreamed of in preceeding ages. Rome, the mistress of the old world was materially grand, and in tellectually great, but Rome in her palmiest days had no news papers, telegrams, railroad trains, postage stamps, mowing' machines nor sewing machines beside hundreds of other mod ern improvements that we en ioy. Notwithstanding, these old world people were not in intellectual darkness. In the arts and sciences, in sculpture, in music, poetry and architect ure, in the promulgating of law we are still copying and study ing their work. In the science of logic, in military genius, and in colonizing ability we have not surpassed them. And yet they failed to find a per manent and satisfying form of government. Ancient civiliza tion failed to propagate itself because it was in the last an alysis purely selfish, and if our modern civilization shall project itself into the far distant future, it would be because we have an added quality in our govern ment in the idea of God and our relation to Him. Our modern civilization is founded on the idea of man as a unit of rights, and not as a unit of strength as with Rome. Through the rev elation of the Man of Galilee, we have come into possession of knowledge that was unknown to the ancients, but it is one thing to know a virtue and it is another thing to have strength to do it. The religion of the Galilean will establish the right relations of one man to another and of both men to God. And these relations rightly under stood and applied will settle all the ills of the body politic, ■ Not right, but Love is the key note to the reign of peace and surcease of theillsof the human family. “MORAL IMPERIALISM” The tejjt for the evening is found in the book of Deut. 33-20 “Thy shoes shall be iron and brass, and as thy days so shall thy strength be.” Expansion is the law of life. Nature expands, the tree puts forth its bud. Man expands. If he owns $1,000 he will seek to invest so as to double his wealth. The city expands in its conunerce’and manufactures and even the nation expands. Imperialism is the end of the law of life. A successful man must be an imperialist. Physical imperialism is the worst type. A big dog cruelly shakes a small dog. He is a physical imperialist. War is physical imperialism. Intellect ual imperialism comes next to physical imperialism. Rome conquered Greece by her sol diers and became a physical im perialist, hut Greece conquered Rome with her knowledge and was an intellectual imperialist. A great thinker cannot be a so cialist nor can lie help being an ^ individualist. An independent thinker is called dangerous. Patrick Henry, George Wash ington and many of not only America's, but the world’s great est thinkers were considered dangerous at their time. Hut physical and intellectual imperialism are nottheonh nor the greatest types of imperial ism. The greatest type is the moral or spiritual imperialism. Religion rightly understood is not any one part of life but is life itself. Every individual is a kingdom in himself, having power of life and death. In speaking of the temperance question he would not assault the saloon keeper, but the vo ters, the men that made him possible. He would assault the sin, not the sinner- The secret of Gospel succes is Defeat crowned with Triumph. His last words were “Man is the masterpiece of divine creative power. Now march. ’’ Rev. Batten is a plain speaker possessing a remarkably strong voice which can be plainly heard throughout the tabernacle when it is reasonably quiet. New Books at Library The following list of new- nov els were put in circulation at the Library last Wednesday: Iutoxicafed Ghost and other Tales .Bates The Barrier.Beach ForJacinta. Bindloss Rose MacLeod. Brown Cheerful Smugglers.Butler Confessions of a Daddy.Butler Wooing of Tok ila. .Calkins Mr Crewe's Career . Churcbilt F’riniadonna.Crawford Arkinsaw Cousins.Ellis Old Room.Ewald Two Legs.Ewald Four Pools Mystery.Ewald Adventures in Contentment.. .Grayson Fennel and Rue.Howells Man of Yesterday.Kincaid Beloved Vagabond . I^ocke Ben Blair.Lillibridge Prisoners of Chance. Parrish Clementina’s Highwayman. .Stephens Fruit of the Tree.Wharton Back Home.Woods Folks Back Home...Woods For notes on these books see bulletin board at the Library. Real Estate Transfers Anderson Miller and wife to John A. Mulling wd to all of sub divisions Nos. 4 and 5 of lot 6 in swjf of sec 13-1-15 containing 17 acres.$434 Levi Zubrick and wife to Elmer Heis er wd to Its 1(1-17-18 blk 30 Falls City.$2600 F. K. Allen and wife to Elmer Ileiser wd to Its 16-17-18 blk 220, Falls City.$250 Hattie Dorland to Frank M. Dorland, wd to 50 feet off north end It 1 blk 9 Humboldt.$1 F. E. L. Hester and wife to J. H. .Greenlee wd to 153.02 acres in sec tion 34-2-15.$15,300 Claudie L. Reed and O. C. Reed to Ernest L. Brown wd to one-sixth interest in nei of sec 7-2-15 . ..$2600 Myrtle McCallum and husband to Ernest L. Brown wd to one- sixth int in nei of sc 7-2-15. ..§2500 Neva J. Morris and Francis C. Morris to A. J. Weaver wd to Its 3 and 4 blk 5 Falls City also 100 acres in nei of sei of swi sec 2(1-65-41 in Atchison county Mo.j;1500 A. J. Weaver trustee of estate of Persa Morris Weaver deceased to Neva J. Morris and Francis C. Mor ris wd to Its 3 and 4 blk 5 Falls City also 10 acres in nei of sei of swi sec 20-65-41 in Atchison Co. Mo_81500 Wm. B. Schmucker and wife to Elmer Heiser wd to* Its 15, 1(1 blk 94 Falls C^y.. Martin Gehling and others to Sophia Gunn aod others wd three-sevenths part of lts’»9-10-ll-12 blk 167 Falls City..