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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered a* second**'las* matter a" Fail* City. Nebraska, post <>:* e. Jam, lii y 12, 1‘* i, i:inter : ,.e Act f i turn »» on March 3, is?'*. Published ever. Km.,, a* Fall* t ity, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company E r SMARTS Manager One ye«r, 51 * 8ii month* Three months TELEPHONE 226. Announcement. 1 hereby annonnie myself as a car-uida*' for th< offlc* of sheriff, subject to th« i .mo' of Rr ptibliian voter* of Richardson county, W. P. PURGES. Itolllver, of Iowa, seems to b" the bright and shining star of the senate these days. Thorn are other stars, bat Juit now they ar< obseur.d by clouds—dark clouds The generation of today in Falls City certainly owe a debt of gratitude to the forethought and worthy efforts of those who planted shad«* trees In the town a young day*. The leafy shade so plentiful these June days 1* one of Falls City's main attrai Lon*, and a source of keen enjoy ment and pride The Best Newspaper In America, is the title of an article in the cur rent number of The World * Work, by Charles H. Grasty. The paper r* - fered to is the Kansas City Star There might is* a difference of opin ion as to the Star being the lest jarsr in America, but ail will agree that if not the best in America, it I* only outdistanced by an eyelash The position taken and the argu ment adduced, that the absence of saloons in a town paralyze* the'busi eess interests" of the town so situ ated, would be more tenable if it emanated from the "business Inter ests.’’ There are som* mighty punk" specimens of humanity that persist la speaking for the "business inter, fcst* " It matters little how often in years put and gone the Missouri Pacific company may have flirted with our beautiful little city, nor how fickle she proved to be. Those scars and heart aches have long since healed, and today Falls City has a sntlie— a winning smile- and a heart receptive for her old flame and yearns to come Into closer communion and dwell with b< r in harmony and prosperity. It is now positively asserted that William Jennings Bryan is a eaudi date for l ulled States Senator front Nebraska We admit that state pride for this statesman, when a candidate for the presidency, gave him a most astonishing vote But will Nebraska's republican majority be willing to sac rifice itself upon this altar and place him In the senate? it is altogether a different proposition. We hardly think it possible. The public In general might Infer, from the frequency with which Ewing' Herbert's auto comes to grief in our county, that he was a "scorcher," or; a 'speedereno.'or that the State of Hlehardson tolerated bad roads; but neither is the case. Mr Herbert Just glides along on our smooth roads at a dignified pace, and his two acci-1 dents were unavoidable. Even the planets, once In a while, swerve from their course and collide with and > "bark the shins" of a sister planet h’o far June lias been a glorious month in Southeastern Nebraska Gentle rains and soaking rains, in iheir turn have fallen upon the a< n s of the just and the unjust when need ed, and now vegetation seems to be working overtime to insure a boun teous harvest this fall But the season is young yet; from June till1 October Is a far < ry when the ele- i merits, bugs, worms, and the fickle j Nemaha are taken into consideration I But we can hope that uli will be well What an easy occupation people have who find plenty of time to find lault with every public move that is mentioned. They never advance an idea that would be of public benefit ti the community in which they live that would require time and Bober I thought—but when any progressive suggestion is made, they are ever ready with their hammer. It is one thing to be a natural leader of men with the ability to accomplish things, and altogether another to be a would, he leader, with no ability but to "knock.” The world today is look ing for men who do tilings in their community; with a good word for every public improvement, whether he mad*- the suggestion and was in strumental in the first move or not. A half-dozen such men will make a city out of a hamlet. It Is certainly a beautlfnl and most appropriate custom of these latter days, for various fraternal orders to days, for various fraternal orders to annually decorate the graves of departed brothers after an kppropri ate program has been rendered. But * bat of the life side of this picture” Must we watt until the departure of a * * it la • r before as! in: a t >c|tie Many a poor soul has traveled thru , life wearing a crown of t horns, nut no brother pluck*d on< from his brow during life. Now that he has gone to his last reward, his grave ls decked with flowers but do th- y cover the prints of the thorns he wore through life perhaps i ..i a trifle deeper into his flesh by a Pro'her? The great need of tie world today is charity. We are an impul sive people, not careful enough of the feelings of those about us. Can you sit in lodge and for lome trivial cause pass a brother without the slightest recognition. Is that frater nity, brotherly love or in keeping with ritualistic work of any order” Dec these unkind actions promote the growth or standing of fraternity? 1 Where brotherly love abides h you will see no thorns in the- pathway of j life—a kind word and a pleasant I stutb' will buoy the straggler on and lighten the? burden of life, while | neither Costs but an effort These ‘trifles in life are worth more than i Iteds of flower* while we sleep rh> I long eternal sleep. REFORM THE REFORMERS. The woods, so to speak, ar*- full I of so-called reformers. This is es sentially an age of reform, and in our own immediate section of tin country and In our state, we* are "long" on reform of various kinds and covering numerous faults and j short comings of society. The true- reformer studies Ins sub ject and wastes not his ammunition. The true reformer works from con viction — not for lucre — and the fruits of his efforts can be seen with the naked eye. Within tin* past few years volume upon volume lias been written upon the subject of tiie ‘‘great white pla gue” (tuberculosis), bow to suppress it; how to lessen its ravages; as to serregatlon and isolation, diet, out door life, etc., etc. The daily pa pers and magazines fairly teem with advanced thought along this line, and the reader is led to believe that this common scourge has met its master — has been roped and branded, and is under perfect control. Here Is where the ‘‘faddist'’ deludes us; here is where theory supplants action; where actual results arc lost sight of and much of this war upon tubercu losis is upon paper only. A visitor to Kails City the past we.-k a reputable gentleman, whose veracity Is not to be questioned—re ports that recently while traveling through a portion of Nebraska, lie en countered eighteen tubercular pa tients in one Pullman car anil fifteen In the chair car, all enroute to Colo rado points, seeking relief. These people were taking advantage of a low rate to the mountains, and repre sented no small per cent of the per sonnel of the train. Numerous trav elers abandoned the Pullman, our in formant being among the number. I .ill one conceive, 111 the liice ol all that has been written concerning the necessity of serregatlon of tuber culosis patients, anything that smacks more of recklessness, fool hardiness and utter disregard for the public's welfare? A veritable pesti lential train sweeping across the country, peopled with afflicted ones seeking relief in a new clime, spread ing disease germs as it went that is. If much that has been written on the subject of serregatlon can be depend ed upon as being correct, if serre gation is a good tiling in tie- home, in' the city, on paper and in bound book the ( It), on poper and in bound book with costly binding, it is a good tiling j to practice upon a railroad train. The best reforms are brought about j by law. Fear of the law makes a i fool wise, and a had man docile. You can reform some reformers by pro-! • Iks of law. and if it were not for1 this same strong arm of the law "fad i dists” would butt their brains out I every day. It would seem that the war upon the ''great white plague” was but in its incipieney, was still In its swad dling clothes, and merely serves as a topic for fake reformers and silly "faddists.” Some day, when the length of bed sheets shall have been established in the state of Nebraska, to the satisfaction of all, possibly the subject of the serregatlon of tubercu lar patients upon railway trains will he taken up by the legislatures and fashioned into law, thus giving pro tection to the non-affected, checking the spread of the disease and gaining a reputation for inaugurating a reform that reforms; a reform that protects its people at home, abroad and upon the Pullman and chair cars. THEN AND NOW. “We demand an immediate repeal of the tariff on wood-pulp,print paper, lumber, timber and logs, and that these articles be placed upon the free list.” So read the free lumber plank in the last democratic national platform. When it came to a vote—that final. Inevitable moment, when the partlcl pants in the game ar** compelled to '•how their hands •'*.* result was s'artling. to say the hast The bill was defeated by u <**• f to SB t'-n men not voting .** xte*r. d«m« i rats si steep in I r»d you — voted squarely against the pledge of the party. There !* an objec t e-sson in this episod- Voters most i*egin to rea lize that platforms are not always made t* stand up* —some are for o»M 'al —fid ; yr<*t<*< h: u al display only, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is sold on a guarantee that If you are I.* * satisfied after using 'wo-thirdsof a bottle according to directions, we will refund your money. It is uq to you t o try it. Sold by all druggists REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Finance Committee Reported to the Council. The finance committee of the city council submitted the following re port on Friday evening "We have checked up the hooks of the water-commissioner. N. T. Van Winkle, for the municipal year, end ing May 1909, and find that his re port submitted to this council, and which we re-submit for further con sideration. is substantially correct. "We find the total amount collect ed on water amounts to $4,907.29. "Amount collected on lights. $10. 277.12. "Total amount collected. $l".,184 4! "The above r* port is respectfully submitted for adoption or rejection. C. (’ DAVIS. L. I. ALDRICH, Finance Committee." Work Uplift*. All business and all work should lift up, and not hold down; It should make free and not enslave: It should ennoble, and not degrade. It is as honorable to make shoes or anchors as it is to paint pictures or write hooks. The shoemaker should learn the secret through his work of finding the sandals of man hood for his own feet. The black smith should learn, through the mak ing of anchors for his great ships, to find the anchor that Is to hold his own soul to the truth amid the storms of life Rev. J. W. Lee, D. D School for Dogs. A school for dogs has lw-en estab lished In Paris. The <»Lj--< t is t- t -ach them politeness. The animals ate trained to welcome visitors b> jump ing up, wagging the tail and giving a low bark. When the visitor leaves the dog accompanies him to the door, constantly wagging 1 is tail and bows his farewell by bending Ms le ad to the floor. He Is trained, likewise, to pick up a handkerchi . glow or f u that has been dropped and return it to the owner, Aesop'* Fabtee. Fable springs from the m p.er.. need of men to e.\| • th* it .b by concrete images and ••mb • tu la practically coeuual with Mi at.it itself—the east, the land n myth the natural home of the fable Kf Hindustan the Sanskrit tables to China, Thibet and Persia, t h Ing Greece at an early period, ini ' ' is now known that lyanv of the fable'1 which passed as Aesop's are identical with those of the east. New Yon: »* Rule of Character. Our own problem looks exceptional to us, but It is not. The next man we meet lias an equally haul sum on Ills slate and Is working it out or giv ing it up, quite in our own fashion. We think, perhaps, that riches would solve our difficulty for us in no time, or pleasure would soften it, or change would substitute an easier one. But in reality there is only one rule by which to work it out—the rule of character. Claim Ancient Lineage. Native historians of Afghanistan a sert that the inhabitants of tin ir conn try are the lost ten tribes of Israel. According to these chroniclers, the Afghans are descended from Af ghana, who was the son of a certain Jeremiah, who was the son of a King Saul. The eastward removal of the seed of Afghana is attributed to Nebuchadnezzar. Large Churches. The following is the seating ca pacity of the eight largest churches in the world: St. Peter's, Rome, 54. 000; Milan cathedral, 37,000; St. Paul, London. 25.000; St. Sophia, Constan tinople. 23,000; Notre Dame, Paris, 21, 000; Florence cathedral, 20.000; Pisa cathedral. 12.000: St. Mark's, Venice, 7,000; St Phi rick's cathedral, New York, 2.500, with standing room for 8.000 Swallowed Her Week's Wages. A Dundee (Scotland) girl swallowed a week's wages recently. To safeguard her money, which consisted of one gold and two silver coins, she carried it in her mouth. The accident was caused by her laughing heartily at a joke. Sleep as Aid to Beauty. One of the best remedies for dark circles or hollows under the eyes is eigbt hours of good sound sleep every night iCHEME THAT WORKED WELL Dcctc-s Dic orr.atic Stroke That Set t ed All Quest on cf Un paid Fees A t hvsidan complained recently to a »• • • 1 great difficulty procuring his fee from r- of new-born babes. His friend found a remedy for this state { atTu.rs. On attending a case shortly afterward, and being asked .f it would be <juite as convenient were he to be paid his fee in a week's •irr.e, he replied: “Quite, for I never lose any money on these cases.” “Indeed said the parent. “Well,” said the doctor, “it is be lling a well-es lisl I supersti • < n, basal upon facts, that parents who allow their infant boy to start in life with a debt hanging over his i.ead are sure to have a ne'er-do-well ^on, and the girl in stuh a predica ment is sure to marry a pauper.” The feelings of the anxious mother could not boar this awful strain, and fee was d y paid.—London Tit Bits. BARNYARD COMFORT. Gaspard Goat— It’s no use. I'm about discouraged. There's always a "but” in what I try to accomplish. I’m ashamed to talk about It, but I'm ev erybody's scapegoat. Peregrine Pig— Pshaw! 1 don't like to squeal on a friend, but Sylves ter Steer confessed to me yesterday that all he has lie gained by beefing. So cheer up. All of ps expect to get Into a pickle some time. THE SKEPTIC. Alderman Frank L. Dowling of New York was talking about his widely praised ordinance to make it a crime for chauffeurs fo take out their masters’ motor cars without leave. “So many accidents have accom panied these stolen rides,” said Al derman Dowling, “that the chauf feur has come to be regarded very : skeptically. Of course, the great \ majority of chauffeurs are all right, but there is among them a small ma joritv, a small working minority, : which we must treat as a Hoboken grocer treats his trade. “This grocer is a cash grocer only. If you ask him for credit he says: “‘No, sir; no, siree. I wouldn't even trust my own feelings.’” •'_“ ARMS, LEGS, AND THE MAN. How many of us have noticed that we walk with our arms as well as with our logs; sitting on a grassy slope overlooking a seaside prom enade the other day 1 was struck by the mechanical swing of the arms of the stream of passers-by—the right arm always keeping position with the left leg and the left arm with the right leg. By attempting to reverse the order of the swing I found that I had a tendency to progress like a crab, while the effort ♦o keep them fixed by the side was like shutting off steam from the en gine. Arms and the man must be amended to arms, legs and the man! —London Chronicle. POPULAR ENGLISH WOMEN. Who are the six most popular women in England, excluding Queen Alexandra, who, of course, is hors concours? The question is answered by readers, who place Florence Nightingale at the head of the list. Princess Christian, whose personal charm and boundless energy in the cause of philanthropy are well known, comes next; the remaining four in their order being the princess of Wales, Miss Ellen Terr}’, the countess of Warwick and Mme. Patti, who has never been able real ly to change the name she made her own, though she has made three at tempts.—London Woman. HOW TO USE IODINE. If it is necessary to use iodine for painting the skin in medical treat ment it is worth remembering that the painting should be done in the dark or in a red light such as is used in photography. RIDICULE ALWAYS A POWER Even E cquence Bcws Befcre the Light Shafts That Can Wcurd So Deeply. President Hadley ef Yale in his last annual report said that tlie idle rich were as great a curse to a col lege as to a community. “Ridicule, could it but be em wi ild turn the idle rail un dergraduate to industry,” said Presi dent Hadley at a dinner in New Haven, “but unfortunately this young man. with his panoply of motor cars, hunters and bulldogs, is not very vulnerable to ridicule. Riches, alas, are riot so easily ridi culed as—say—low stature.” He smiled. “A tiny, decadent poet,,? he re sumed, “launched at a Philadelphia literary club into a passionate tirade against marriage. It was great non sense. that tirade, but the little poet was eloquent, and his younger auditors were visibly impre--ed. “With a contemptuous smile a ro bust novelist of the wholesome type watched the spouting poet pace he room and at the end of an impressive period the novelist chuckled and said: “‘Sit down, Brown; sit down. You look taller sitting down.’” WHAT HE SAID. Attorney—I insist on an answer to my question. You have not told me all the conversation. I want to know everythin? that passed between you and Mr. Gibson on the occasion to which you refer. Reluctant Witness—I've told you everything of any consequence. “You have told me what you said to him: ‘Gibson, this case will get into the courts some day.’ Now I want to know what he said in reply.” “Well, he said: ‘Chumley, there isn't anything in this business that I’m ashamed of. and if any snoopin’ little hee-hawin’, four-bv-six, gim let-eyed lawyer, with half a pound of brains and 16 pounds of jaw, ever wants to know what I've been talk ing to you about, you can tell him the whole story.’ ”—Tit-Bits. A QUEER CHASER. Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos, New York's authority on hypnotism, was discus-ing at his beautiful New Hampshire estate on Lake Sunapee the absurdity of dreams. “You must have noticed,” said Dr. Quackenbos, “the absurd, the cause less terror that a dream will some times give you. “I know a man who, still but half awake, ran into his wife’s room in the middle of the night, all shaken with fear, all wet with the cold sweat of an overpowering terror. “ ‘Oh,’ he moaned, ‘I have had such a dreadful dream. I’ve been chased round and round my room for hours and hours bv a piece of blotting paper.’” SEA LIONS CAPTURE GULLS. The sea lion displays no little skill and cunning in capturing gulls. When in pursuit the sea lion dives deeply under water and swims some distance from where it disappeared; then, rising cautiously, it exposes the tip of its nose along the surface, at 1 the same time giving it a rotary rao ; tion. The unwary bird near by alights to catch the object, while the sea lion at the same moment settles beneath the waves and at one bound, with extended jaws, seizes its scream ing prey and instantly devours it. — REMOVES INK, NOTPINK. “I had a sheer pink silk waist, on which I unfortunately spilled some ink. I took some peroxide of hydro- j gen and wet the goods with it, then put it in the sun for a little while. “In about half an hour ink spots were gone and the color remained in tact. Peroxide of hydrogen can be used on the most delicate color and 't will take stains out admirably. I : have also used it with great success 1 on my fine white lawn waists.”— Harper’s Bazar. --- HYMN 333. A youth named Harry Jordan sat at a recent examination at one of the ] eastern colleges. When he learned j the result, he telegraphed to his peo ple: “Hymn 333, verse 5, last two lines. Harry.” The anxious father turned to his hymn book and read the comforting couplet: “Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, Jordan passed.” ROTHSCHILD MARRIAGES. Numfcer of Ur cri$ Between Cous "i Belong ng to the Famous Family. The founder of the Rothschild amily, Mayer Amschel of the Red - • Id, dying in 1812, exhorted his live sons, engaged as loanmongers inder him in Frankfort, Vienna, London, Paris and Naples, not onlv " remain faithful to the law of Moses and stand ever united, but to undertake nothing of importance 1 without first consulting their mother. Nathan, founder of the London j branch, also was so convinced of the '•psiness capacities of his wife, a ‘ ohen, that he not only left the huge residue of his fortune at her dis posal. but added instruction that hie ; sons were to engage in no undertake I ng of moment without her consent.. How far the instruction was ob served one is not in a position to | say, but it is certain the Rothsclui is 1 have done their best to live in firn , ly unity, for from the gentile point of view the number that have mar ried cousins is appalling. Of the fire < hildren of the great Nathan "ueh married a cousin. And coming to contemporaries. Lord Rothschild is the son of con una and the husband of a cousin. Pe 'urning to Nathan, the Sidonia of •('oningsby,” though his offspring married cousins, a reaction followed j sn the next generation, for three of his granddaughters, two of whom have been already named, married not only out of the family, but ou5 of the faith. COLONY WITHOUT CRIME St. Helena, ear little Napoleonic colony in mid-Atlantic, is a model community. Its governor, Col. G iL wey, is also its judge, but in the tit ter capacity he lias little or nothing to do. lie holds court at stated times, but the only business is the presentation of white gloves. Nevertheless St. Helena lias an “inspector of police,” and as the withdrawal of the garrison, hitherto the chief consumer of local prod to ts lias adversely affected the finance the St. Helena Guardian urges t! ; abolition of thi« “unnecessary of ficial who has practically nothing to do.” TIis salary should go to a “much wanted assistant surgeon.” There is only one surgeon in St. Helena, and if he became incapaci tated the little community on tiis lonely Napoleonic rock would be in a parlous slate. SCOTCH HOSPITALITY. George Conklin, the famous ani mal trainer, was talking to a reporter at the circus in New York. “The secret of animal training is gentleness. Nothing sudden or brusque must be done. An unexpect ed caress may anger an animal more than a kick in the ribs. “Sudden, brusque, unexpected things never go, no matter how welt they are meant. Once 1 was showing in Scotland.” Mr. Conklin smiled. “We trainers,” he said, "supped one night with a Scotch admirer. The old man was the soul of hos pitality, but I admit I was rattier startled when he leaned toward tue and said: “ ‘Stick in, man Conklin, stick in. Yer frien* Coot's two muffins ahead o’ ye.”’—Rochester Herald. BROTHER DICKEY'S SAYINGS Thunder is mighty good at hol lerin’, but it’s de lightnin’ dat gits dar an’ ’tends ter business. Ef you got ter have comp’nv ou da road you traveling be sho’ dat Trou ble don’t take up wid-you an’ make believe he’s Happiness in disguise W’en jedgmint day comes some er de lazy folks will sho’ say dat de Angel Gabrul blowed dat trumpet too soon.—Atlanta Constitution. AN URGENT CALL. A doctor spending a rare ani somewhat dull night at his own fire side received the following message from three fellow practitioners: “Please step over to the club ani join us at a rubber of whist.” “Jane, dear,” he said to his wife, “I am called away again. It appears to be a difficult case—there are three other doctors on the spot already.”—Lon don News. ERROR IN THE FIGURES. Teacher—“What is wrong about this sentence: ‘I am 20 my lut birthday?”’ Little Johnny—“It should be ‘40’ instead of ‘20.’"_ Cleveland Plain Dealer.