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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Consolidations—Falls City Tribune, Humboldt Enterprise, Rule Record, Crocker's Educational Journal and Dawson Outlook Entered as second-class matter at Falls City, Nebraska, post oftice. Janu ary \Z. 1904. under the Act of Congress on March 3, 1879. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company W. H. WYLER, Editor and Manager, One year. Six months . .'■’> Three months . .40 TELEPHONE226. Announcement. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the republican nomination for congress in the First District of Nebraska. WILLIAM HAYWAlU). ■T.---- --- ".•“mmmm THE ISSUE IS CLEAR. All of the liquor Interests Including brewers, distillers, saloon-keepers, are on one side against The Ne braska County Option Mill, and op posed to tlte Anti-Saloon league as the agency for securing il, while most of tlie Christian temperance people are on tin1 other side. As the proposed measure simply confers upon the people the rights to decide the saloon question for them* ttelvt s the issue Is “Shall The Peo ple Bo Denied Their Rights?" County option is an Issue, and so far as we see it the most conspicu ous one, to say the least, because the brewers have tried to throttle the growth of moral sentiment. The brewers started out to control the legislature ami to make or dictate the laws governing the liquor traffic. This action of the brewers lias forced this issue Into tho campaign. It Is the brewers' opposition which lias aroused tin fighting blood of the advocates of county option. County optlonists are simply ask ing for a chance to vote by counties on the question of license. The brew ers are afraid to give the people that chance anil the issue is: A CHANCE TO VOTE. In spite of- the efforts of tiie party leaders to dodge the question by saying county option is not an issue, it is an issue, not only a moral issue but a red-hot political Issue, because it is a moral question which is opposed by selfish in terests. The campaign has readied a place where the question for a mini to d«s idf is on which side he shall line up, and it. should not take a nqiri ■of intelligence and patriotism long to decide to cast in his lot with those who represent unselfishness and n de sire for tin1 public good, as opposed to those who represent sordid so] fish interests. THE GUBERNATORIAL SITUATION There are at this writing four as pirants for gubernatorial honors in thefield. Two are Democrats and two are Republicans. Mayor Dahiman the pledged representative of the whisk ey Interests occupies the extreme win.it of the Democratic party. He is the incarnation of all that is “wet." C. H. Aldrich the Republican candidate from David City is the ex trem • opposite of Dahiman Aldrich is a man of high standard, unques tionable morality and a progressive republican. Between the two and squarely "astraddle” of tin* great issue are the two. Governors Sheldon and Shellenberger. Shellenberger has been flirting with the interests all spring. Sheldon on the other hand has repented him of his folly two years ago and is preparing to stand for the people and the issues es poused by the people. Mr. Al drich is a typical western progres sive. H : is honor bright, rings true, and' represents the cleanest and most advanced ideas of republi canism. Between the four there can be no question, as to where the peoples’ interests lay. A POSSIBLE THIRD CANDIDATE. The popular ring of the democrat ic party as represented by the Bry anites, has no representative in the field. Neither have the “interests" a representative for governor among the republicans. That they will en deavor to put forth a third man and rush the nominations need not be qestioned. The Interests are alert and scheming. If an opening with the least promise offers they will take advantage of it to divide the republican vote and put their candidate into nomination. The hope of the republican party in Ne braska this fall lies in the charac ter and strength of the men who are put forward as the party's rep resentatives. Here the gubernational timber will be all but decisive. If the republicans land a clean, high standard man in nomination against a possible opposite by the demo crat!, his victory at the polls in November i3 assured. The people are thinking and watching. Nothing will at this time arouse popular /resent ment. and meet with such a quick and sure rebuke ns treachery in the coming conventions. Let the party lead' rs beware. The people of .Ve in n*ka will be heard from tills fall1 in d'fense of their rights. BRYAN. lias returned and declares: that <ounty option is the political is-: sue in Nebraska this fall. The democratie camp is solely puzzled to such* ssfully muzzle the great Com monor. All efforts to entangle him in ihe senatorial tut have thus far proved futile. Bryan will not per mit his democratic enemies to elus ■ his mouth against county op-j tion and the abuses of the brew ery and whiskey gang with a sena-! lortiil sop. What will happen in convention is difficult to foretell. I The probabilities are that the Shell enlierger and Dahlmati interests will! get together if they are not already together; Shellenberger will satisfy the 'wets" and Dahlman will with draw and throw his strength to Shel’enberger. Tliat Bryan will put up ,i strong fight at Grand Island, there (tin be no doubt. To what ex tent lie will lie able to rally the bet ter elements in bis party remains to be seen. LOCAL CANDIDATES. * County candidates are slow In an nouncing themselves. This is ex coed.ugly unfortunate at a time like the present, with the* Idg issues be fore tis, and the linos of demat'k atlon so clearly drawn, there Is no reason for candidates to hesitate, ex cepting from a want of conviction on their part. Candidates are waiting to see the drift of poplar opinion be fore announcing themselves, hoping by In,ok or crook to get on the win ning side. Men who ha eno positive convictions of their own, upon which they are prepared to stake the chances of election are unworthy of the peoples' confidence and should he rejected. At a crisis like the pres ent only im n of strong and clearly defined convictions on »he "feat Is sues are worthy to tie entrusted with the liberties of the fi-ople. If good men will step forward in the present crisis in Richardson county, they can depend upon the support of the great majority of the more enlight ened of our people. "Those whom the gods would des troy they first make mad." This is excellent philosophy. \n enraged man is his own worst enemy. The fact that our enemies are mad is to us a most, happy Indication. The smell of sulphur in the air is a sign that the probe lias hit the “bad place" Nothing so quickly arouses the beast in a man, like having his weakness exposed. The enemies of clean government and of the rule of the people, are fighting mad because their crooked methods are being ex posed. Their harking would lie pa tiu't1.' if it were not so ludlcerous. Thev work the bluff racket to shreds. They are good at playing on peoples’ prejudices fears, but absolutely help less when compelled to face the hard, ugly facts. Let them rave. In their Impotent rage they only betray the weakness of their own ways. The I truth and the right are our own liesi defenders. They need no ad vocates. The side with a weak ease needs to look well to its defenses. The cause of the people is sure and will win out. While the dis concerted interests fret and storm, the peoples’ rights are being secured and advanced. STRANGELY INCONSISTENT. Ricently a number of county sup erintendants met with Supt. Bishop to! detennlne upon the habits which j will be required of Institute hi-] spector. He will be asked to say j whether he chews, smokes, drinks, dances, gambles, plays cards, etc. It] was definitely concluded that drink ing and gambling were for an instruct or. unpardonable sins and called for! disbtrment. On the subject of tobacc ! there was some difference of opin ion, and a decisive stand could not; be taken. It. developed that some] otherwise very good and desirable! teachers in Nebraska smoke and chew. Strange fellows, these sup erintendents. They write in the text looks that the use of ^alcohol and narcotics is injurious, and In-j sist upon the pupils swallowing their, dope without protest, while they find] it necessary and advisable to meet and pow-wow about allowing them selves to practice contrary to their preaching.—Poor sinners. * * * Mr Roosevelt has refused, abso lutely, to permit his name to be] used as a candidate for the governor ship of New York. Is he setting his ap for bigger game. * * * W. J. Bryan lias again returned to America and home, only to find i that his enemies have waxed bold, and that his troubles are multiplied, j * * * A bridge collapsed in Illinois and percipitated over 200 , people into! the Piinois canal. "DON'T BE A FOOL,” On February 13, lbo7, Judge Artma nf Indiana Rendered a notable decis ion on the state's right to grant a license. Hr said in conclusion: ‘ It must, lie held that the state' cannot under the guise of license, delegate to the saloon business a legal existence, because to hold that it can is to hold ihat the state may selland delegate the tight to make widows and orphan ihe right to create misery and crime, the right to make murderers, the right to produce idiots and lunatics, tiie light tc fill orphanages, poor louses, insane asylums, jails and penitentiaries and the right to fur nish subjects for the hangman's gal lows." ik * * TO THINK ABOUT. Think of a man who has had col lege training sending ten pages of manuscript to an editor without num bering a single page, and then get ting into .a cyclone of rage when a mistake is made in the printing of such a pageless document! Think of a man of leisure, with Lime to kill,sending to an editor who is doing tlnee men's work a long, loosely conceived article, lazily writ ten, with a dull, dim pencil, and clos ng witii the request: "Please correct all mistakes!” Hx. * * * Electricity Eor Country Homes. Kleetricity, because of the many du ties it can perform, is being demand ed by people in the rural dis tricts. and this demand was the stim ulus, that has led to the produc tion of the highly efficient and com plete small electric unit for use in country home. All classes of prime movers are installed in these little plants, tail where water power is available it will undoubtedly be used, as it is unequalled from a stand point of economy and because it is very easily controlled and operated when properly installed. Mr .1, K. Stalder, one of Richard son county's prominent farmers is the first to have installed on Hock Creek, on liis farm, a complete hy droelectric power plant, which is lighting his house and buildings and will inter on be made to do the wash ing, clothes-wringing. ironing and oth er duties of the home that tend to mak ■ life burdensome. A seventeen inch Samson LeflVl wheel of turbine type and a fifty light, 110 volt direct current dynamo with switch boards and other instruments, constitute the make up of the plant together with the home made dam and current lines to the house. The current pressure is regulate by controlling the speed of the water wheel and this is in accomplished by means of small cable lines running from the house to the gates of the water wheel and though the plant fa over 1,000 feet from the house the regulation is carried on easily as the coimtrolling wheel and volt-meter are both where they can be handled and read, thus keeping the proper voltage. This little plant was installed by local electricians and mechanics, and differs only in size from the larger hydro-electric units in the counntry. The installation is a representative of what will be a commonn sight in the future that of complete lighting and power plants, for the rural home, and in electrical ns well as the many other blessings of city life the iural resident is to be on a par with his city brother. Prizes For Model Aeroplanes. That the mechanically inclined boy may be encouraged to become the aviator or aeroplane builder of the future, the Nebraska Aero club has arranged to offer three cash prizes for the best model of an aeroplane made by a Nebraska boy tinder IS years of age. The prizes will consist of gold coins—$25 for the best model; $15 for the second and $10 for the third. That the amounts are not larger is because the club wants the boys to build the models with the average equipment which a boy has and with out assistance.. Arrangements have also been made with Glenn H. Curtis, the aviator who has made successful flights every where to judge these models and in judging them he will make sugges tions to the youthful makers of the models. This interesting contest is to be held in Omaha during the Mid-west Aviation meet which is to be held there July 23 to 27 inclusive and which will be attended by the rec ord breakers in the aviation world, including Curtis, Willard and Mars. The field selected for the contests is half way between Omaha and Ben son, high above the city and with plenty of room for starts. * * * Chief .histice Fuller is dead. ♦ * * Dr. Hyde received a life sentence * * * The National Educational Society met in Boston, this week. * • • 24 fatalities are repor'ed for the Fourth of July,this year Last year there were 44. NEBRASKA. Some Facts That All Nebraskans Should Know. Japan, with forty million of people,, enjoys a trade and commerce amount ing to about $400,000,000 a year. This includes what Japan buys from other nations. In 1 f*"fl Nebraska rais ed from her soil and produced manu factured articles from Nebraska raw products, the ennorrnous total of $650,000,000. With three per cent of Japan's population, therefore, Nebras ka produced and added to the wealth of the world 600 per cent more than Japan produced and purchased front other nations. The total volume of Japan's production and purchase was little more than half of what the state of Nebraska raised from the soil and sold direct, or converted in to manufactured^ articles in her own factories. There are fewer than six states that produce more food products than they consume, and Nebraska is one of the six. Upon these five or six stat's nations depend for their food supplies. Yet, with all of this re markable record less than one-third of the tillable land of Nebraska is under cultivation. Millions of acres of th< richest soil in the world lie within the confines of Nebraska and have never been touched by the plow Other millions of acres with desul tory cultivation have produced in an abundance that has been the marvel of the agricultural world. Why go into the desolate frigid regions of the l'ar northwest to un dergo t lie hardships of pioneers, far removed from railway facilities, and then be able to secure only wheat lands, when Nebraska, with six thous and miles of railroad and a splendid live stock and grain market within her borders, offers without hardship and at a reasonable price land that will not only produce wheat far exeell ing the average, but will produce in abundance every other crop that grows in the temperate /one. N 'braska wheat lands will produce vastly more wheat to the acre than the wheat lands of the Canadian iieftliw si, and in addition will grow richei every year by the proper re lation of crops and produce abun dantly of corn, oats, rye, barley, al falfa,' speltz, broom corn and sugai beets. Nebraska's crop averages are the highest of any state in the union. Compared with productivity, nearness to market, railroad facilities and ev erything else that goes to make life worth living, Nebraska farm lands ar selling fit a lower price than tillable land is selling anywhere else on the North American continent. The possibilities of Nebraska soil are beyond estimate. Already it pro-, duces mor<* corn to the acre than any other state, and more wheat to the acre than <vpy other state. In tern- he cultivation "ill add immeas ureably to the yield. Eighty acres of corn land in Nebraska are not only more profitable than five times that many acres of wheat land in Man itoba or Alberta, but easier cultiva ted and surrounded by an infinite greater number of the comforts of life. And, too, the eighty acres, of Nebraska corn land are no harder to secure than the two or three hun dred acres of wheat land in chilly Canada. If you want to locate in a state upon land that will produce more of everything than land in any other state; if you want to locate in a state blessed by superior educational facilities; if you want to locate in a .date where the energy of the husbandman is rewarded bountifully; if you want to locate in a state where ambition may find its full fruition; if you want 5,0 locate in a state where the climate is superb and the death rate the smallest of any state in the union; if you want to locate in a state where you can begin withpracti cnlly nothing and build a comfortable fortune upon the yield of the soil— if you want to locate in such a state as this, come to Nebraska. There is only one trouble about prop«rly advertising the glories of this great young state—the truth is like fiction that is difficult to make the world believe. But the facts and the figures are at hand to prove ev ery claim advanced for Nebraska. Tli Bureau of labor and Industrial statis tics will be glad to submit them to you. To those who contemplate leav ing Nebraska in response to the glittering allurements of the north west's promotors we offer the advice given by the elder. Mr. Weller to his son, Samivel. uDon’t.” To those of the east and of other lands who con template seeking a home we would suggest, "Consider Nebraska, study her possibilities of the future and her record of the past.” “We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey.” That is Nebraska. The cities are not walled, and there are no giants of Anak. On the contrary, the peo ple of Nebraska await with a hearty welcome all who come to her con fines with the intention and desires to build homes and add to the wealth production of the world. The darkey is on top. CHINA IN STATE OF DECAY Ruin Se?n Everywhere, and No At tempt Made to Stay the Ravages of Time. "Along the road—and this Is char acteristic—nothing is being repaired," writes the Peking correspondent of the London Times. "It is the na tional failing to spend nothing on re pairs, to build and then leave the building to fall gradually into decay and ruin. Nor is anything cleaned, and the squnlor that is a feature even of the imperial palace in Peking is most extraordinary. A few miles out of Honanfu there is a fine stone bridge of five arches; but the piers are falling away, the parapet has dis appeared, and the flagstones with which it is paved have great gaps and hollows, eo that the cart rumbles and crashes and bumps across it in a way that would break any but a Chinese springless cart. To repair is no one's business.” At another stage of his journey he remarks: “Perhaps to some extent the anticipated coming of a railway, which will kill the present cart traffic, may account for the shocking condition of the native inns. With railway exten sion in the air, there is no induce ment for the innkeeper to spend money oil the upkeep of his hovel. Nothing is repaired; their filth and squnlor are amazing. In the inn yard the well has its mouth below tile level of the soil, so that water which is spilt may flow back into the well and carry with it the surface drainage. "A doctor must notice the preva lence of consumption. To the uni versal habit of expectoration on the floor, the exclusion of air, and the ab sence of drainage this prevalence must be due.” SEEK TO TERRIFY ENEMIES Insects, Physically Unable to “Put Up Fight,” Resort to All Sorts of Schemes. It is generally believed that many i animals, especially insects, assume , what is called a “terrifying attitude,” ! by means of which they escape their natural enemies. In the Zoological “Jahrbuch” Mr. Arnold Japha de scribes the “terrifying attitude” of the hawk-eyed moth. During the day this insect sits with • folded wings on the willow, or other | tree. The eye spot and the rose-red ’ part of the wings are hidden, and the ' inoth looks like a group of dried wil l low leaves. This is its protective at j titude, by which it wishes to escape I observation. But if disturbed, it im i mediately assumes the “terrifying at titude." The eye spot and red are dis played, thorax arched, abdomen curved up. This is accompanied by a protru ding and retracting of the front of the body. The movement lasts some few sec onds, or half a minute. This is thought to frighten the moth’s enemies. The eye spot may suggest the eye of some larger animal, while the energetic motion may give the impression that the enemy itself is about to be seized and devoured. But does the moth's "terrifying at titude” really frighten its enemies, and allow it to escape; Standfuss tried some experiments with a view to set tling this point. He gave specimens of the moth to nightingale, red breast, black-cap and other birds. Four out of five were obviously frightened when the moth assumed the “terrifying at titude,” and left it alone after one trial. \ ____ In the Olden Days. Gaillard Hunt describes the social graces of Dolly Madison and her First Drawing-Room, in the June Harper’s, and recalls that those were the days when the society of the nation was up held on the foundation of two prin ciples. “One was that a man of high rank in the public service was en titled to high rank in private life. Everybody was proud of the new re public and thought it an honor to asso ciate with those who guided its des tinies. The other wras that members of families who had always occupied prominence in private life should con tinue in their position. It was not un til the next generation that the politi cal doctrine of the equality ot men was construed to require a removal of the barriers which separated groups of people in private life.” Fine for Tabby. A middle-aged Washington maiden possesses a eat that is the light of her eyes. Life is a gray misery when household duties compel her shopping far from the adored tabby. But love has found a way. She has built two little bags, one of woolen for winter wear, warm and cosy as a pocket; the other of netting mesh for warm weather. In each she has crocheted or quilted, or however women work such things, a neat circular window for light and comfort. Any day she may be seen in the shopping district, smiling, for hang ing at her belt is a bag from which a comfortable cat looks contemptuous ly out upon a walking world and plac idly views the passing show. Perfectly Easy. "See here, my man,” said the philan thropist who was doing an investi gating stunt on his own account, "you are an interesting puzzle to me.” “Is that so?” queried the other. "Yes, it's so.” answered the party of the philanthropy part. "You are too honest to steal, too proud to beg, and too lazy to work. How do you man age to live?” "Oh.” was *he reply. "1 get trusted.” BUSINESS MAXIMS. Make your pennies count and the dollars will come. Make men have confidence in your ability and your integrity. Make your work so good that it will be valuable to any employer. Make your courage equal to your strength. They are both needed. _ Make your work helpful to others if you want it to be helpful to you. * Make men respect you rather than fear you. Respect always outlives ' fear. Make the most of your opportuni ties. They are too precious to be wasted. Make your work accurate. If the foundation is not solid the structure is not safe. Make yourself and others realize you are in the world because you are a man. Make your success through your own ability instead of through an other's folly. Make no one responsible for your shortcomings but yourself. You are the master of your work. Make the smallest task worth while and the big things will come without your hunting for them. Make the end of your work as good, as the beginning. Don’t forget the last stroke can spoil the job. ' 9 Make light of your disappointments, and lighter of your successes. They are to be used, not to be dwelt upon. _ WITH THE SAGES The real advantage of being untram meled by the past is largely forfeited when one is content to remain un taught by it also.—W. D. Howells. \ — Wherever 1 find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man I take it for granted there would be as much gen erosity if he were a rich man.—Pope. if thou would'st have ail about thee like the colors of some fresh picture in a clear light, be temperate in all things, and of a peaceful heart with thy fellows.—Walter Pater. Wisdom whispered yesterday in the car ot my mind, “Go, and, in thy frail ty retain still thy endurance! Still make patience their chief purpose; in sickness and grief and want always he patient!”—Hafiz. Money Is not needful; power is not needful; cleverness is not needful; fame is not needful; liberty is not needful; even health is not the one thing needful; but character alone.— John Stuart Hlackie. Sow the seeds of life—humbleness, pure-heartedness, love; and in the long eternity which lies before every minutest grain will come up again gwlth an Increase of thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.—Robertson. It is probable that nearly all who think of conduct at all think of It too much; it is certain we all think too much of sin. We are not condemned for doing wrong, but for not doing right.—R. L. Stevenson. INVOCATIONS. Humility, walk at my elbow—and keep my proud spirit from quailing. / Nerve, uphold me. 1 see It in others; truly, thou are a help in these days. Goodness, uphold me—though, good ness knows, my neighbor needs it more. Talent, let me rely on thee—for i have one talent and no napkin to hide it under. Politeness, come as near as possible, even to the bosom of my family, and dwell there—also enter the trolley car. Unselfishness, force thyself upon me —for thou hast not been near me for a long time, and thy face is almost un known. * Indifference, 1 need thee. I need thee when I see that which I should not see, the great failings of others, which I have not. To be indifferent and love the erring ones requires migh ty indifference. I need thee. Come! — C. L. Crittenton, in Smart Set. HANDED DOWN. There’s eloquence in honest laugh ter. “A woman's crowning glory is her hair.’’ Beware of powder when you court a beauty. “And when she has red hair she ends in a blaze of glory.’’—Judge. About as bad as the man w'ho harps on one string is be who graphophones on one record. Almost every girl likes to be en-* gaged to a young man, even if it is only in conversation.
