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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-04
THE COURT AND
CHICAGO'S MAYOR

lie dCtloll Oh lHlilolS appellate court
i'll the matter of the mandamus pro-
ceedings brought to compel Mayor
Busse to enforce the Sunday-closng
law in the city of Chicago, has been
widely misrepresented and much mis-
understood. The decision of the court
was in no way favorable to the Sun
day saloons, except that it refused to
take a certain course of action to
close them, upon the ground that that
course of action was not the action
prescribed by the laws of the state.
The court held-very properly-that it
is the business of the people to elect
officers to enforce the law; that if those
officers fail to enforce the law they
may be indicted and removed from Of
fee, but that, having elected an officer
who will not enforce the law, the peo
pie cannot ask the courts to make him
do so.
The Daily NeWS, commenting upon
the courts action, very pertinently
says:
1t is not difficult to see why the
courts decline to enter upon the
formidable task of compelling execu-
tive officers elected by the voters of
city to perform their sworn duty.
The people elect legislators who make
laws They elect executive officers
who are sworn to enforce the laws.
They elect judges who interpret
the laws. In the laws of the
state it does not appear that when an
executive officer of city fails to do
his duty he shall be mandamused by
court 1t is, however, set forth that
he may be indicted, and if convicted
he may be fined and removed from
office.
The people create legislators, execu
tive officers and judges. All are re-
sponsible to the people only, not to
one another The appellate court says
that for courts to assume command
of executive officers would be ito
confuse all the distinctions and bal
ance of powers supposed to be an
admirable characteristic of our sys-
tenn of government" Evidently the
court feels that it cannot undertake
to perform executive functions any
more than executive officers can I'M
dertake to perform judicial functions.
1t assumes, however, that the Sunday
closing law is in force in Chicago.
Why, then, are not the saloons closed
on Sunday?
Because the voters of Chicago
elected mayor who said that, if
elected, he would not close the sa-
looms on Sunday. Is it better that
the courts should undo the work of
the voters or that the voters should
attend to this matter themselves by
methods which lie open to them?
They have the ballot, by which law
makers. judges and mayors alike are
created With it they work their
will The certain way to close the
saloons on Sunday is for the voters
to elect a mayor who will close
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-04
KEEPING UP ITS COURAGE

The Wine and Spirit NeS0s, the Of
fetal organ of the Ohio Liquor League,
bears a strong resemblance to the ira
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HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars re- ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O.
 We, the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fnan- cially able to carry out any obliga- tions made by his firm.
 WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
 Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in- formally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tenn. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- patton.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

There was no touch of the Bijou about The Land of Nod, which came, saw and conquered twice at the Grand yesterday afternoon and night. It was a real, sure-enough, up-to-date show, one that could be enjoyed by the grouchiest, and one well worth the amount of money demanded for the entrance fee.
 From the lifting ,of the curtain, which brought the audience into the beautiful Land of Nod to the close of the second act, when the power of the Sandman was blighted by the cracked tones of the alarm clock, it was a rattlng good show
 There was everything present to make one feel at home and love his own fireside. Catchy songs and tune full airs, piquant faces and beautiful costumes, with scenic effects that were all that could be asked, all these there were and more.
 Added were some really funny characters, quaint, unique, such as the April Fool and the Welsh Rare bit. who guarded the dragon; the Man in the Moon could sing some, and his costume was peach: clever Lit tie Bonnie. who fell asleep and dreamed of The Land of Nod,' and found it too good place to leave; and lastly, but not leastly, Salome.
 Atlanta has heard and read and imagined. perhaps hoped, so much of that production, that every member of the audience was prepared to give Miss Marie Fanchonetti a cordial well come as much for the dance as for old times.
 Was it shocking? That's fair enough question. But the dance was most proper. Marie wore light-color- ed tights, and the only thing that was bare were her arms and neck. She wore a veil-like dress-not seven. just one. At times she looked lovingly at the head and twice she dropped to the floor as if in faint. and the au- dience used hands liberally. But there was nothing of the Gertrude Hoffman style about that dance.
 But after all, Salome is fad of today. Tomorrow it will be forgot. ten, to drift back into memory only
 when someone read Oscar Wilde's beautiful version. And his end was proper, too, more so than most yer sions. For the king. angered at
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woman so lost to shame gave the death signal, and the guards buried ner body beneath their shields.
 But where Salome and such dances have their short day of life, years will be given and memory kept warm by the bonnie faces and pretty ways that distinguished Miss Dorothy Webb as little Bonnie, the girl who fell asleep and dreamed of fairyland.
 Time and space permit not of a good word for all deserving features, but the specialties of Knox Wilson as April Fool drew applause time and time again, and every encore was well deserved and appreciated. Songs well, there were few better than How Was l to Know" and I've Taken Quite a Fancy to You. -EX- change
 The Land of Nod will be at the Elks theater this afternoon and to- night.
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Afghan Justice.

A yorkshire engineer acted in Al. ghanistan for many years as director of the arsenal to Abdur Rahman. On enc occasion the engineer was fired at by some fanatic in bazaar and laid complaint before the ameer. His highness seemed to make light of the matter, observing: "I should not both. CT about 1t. You will find 1t will be all right The engineer was by no means satisfied, but. remembering the people with whom he was resolved to say no more. 4 week or so later he was iDr vited to accompany the ameer on a ride. When outside the town they passed gibbet after gibbet. each occu pied. The Eng!ishman at length broke silence by suggesting. Your highness seems to have been busy of late" The reply was characteristic: "Oh. no. That Is your little lot" It wa afterward learned that the amer, mad executed every male member of the family ot the assailaat upon whom he could lay hands," London Globe
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Gladstone Spoke In the Rain.

One day as Mir. Gladstone was speak ing from the terrace rain began to fall With the first few drops came a voice from the crowd, Put on your hat, Mr. Gladstone "No," blandly responded the veteran; some prefer their hats on; prefer mine off, AS the rain fell more heavily Mrs Gladstone step ped behind her husband and held au umbrella over his bare head. He was over eighty at the time. MT. Glad. stone went fluently on, expounding the merits of rabbit farming, but after time even he noticed the rain and the umbrella. Turning to Mrs. Gladstone, he said, "I will put my own up, my dear," and he did so. Again the elo- quent voice galloped on, while the rain became heavier and heavier. Present. ly Mrs. Gladstone threw light mackin- tosh over her husbands shoulders. The moment he felt it he turned quick. ly round and with some asperity said, "I won't have it." He shrugged his shoulders, the macintosh fell, and Mrs. Gladstone stepped back. For five minutes more in a deluge Mir. Glad stone went on; then he stopped, and we all fled.--Mapchester Guardian.
 Truth Not Feared.
 We are not afraid of the discovery of truth. We urge mankind to read and study as well as to pray and testify. There was a day when men were afraid lest light from the stars would put out the sun oe righteousness, lest the geologist's hammer would break the rock of ages. lest some new ar engagement amid the strata of the earth would dislocate the cross of Christ. It is not so now. Let truth come from any source. and it will fall in with and not darken the truths of the gospel Rev. Ernest Wray Oneal, Methodist. Chicago.
 Need of GentIeness.
 In the culture of the heart we mus: lead on softly. can no more believe that hard and cruel thought of God will be good for my children than 1 can believe Tn hard and cruel words and blows, and l have no doubt there are more so called infdels made and confirmed to that end by fathers who thought they were doing Gods service than there are of any other type. Such thought may be but theology to the father, but they are very often grim hard, real biting torment to the tender child.-Rev Robert Collyer. Unitarian. New York
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-16

Beginning September our office will be open, week days ' a. m. to 12 p. m.; Sundays s a. m. to p. m. Our service is better than ever before. Give us trial Postal Telegraph Cable Co. of Texas 123 West Barra- que. df
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-16

We have contracts with both rail- roads giving us exclusive right to so- licit baggage on trains and at Union Station. Both phones 61. Pine Bluff Baggage Co.,
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LOCAL FIRM
 LANDS CONTRACT

The Pine City Electric Company yesterday secured a contract for the installation of complete electric light plant for the Walnut Lake Cy- press Co., at Walnut Lake, Ark.
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REMOVAL NOTICE.

In order to keep pace with my in- creasing business. I have purchased the lease and furniture of the Trav- elers Fire Insurance Co.,, and will move into said office at No. 117 Main street Sept. 1. Respectfully,
 s 20 dtf GEO. w. BYINGTON.
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An Anuient kHsh Custom.

In the district known as "the barur of Forth." in County Wexford, Irelan Is to be found race of hardworki: industrious peasants living in thatch cottages with clean. whitewashed we, which by their perfect whiteness once arrest the Attention of the visit,. These people differ i'll many respac from the inhabitants of the other p:' of the same county and have hal. and customs peculiar to themselv" When funeral takes place two wee en crosses are provided. On the w; to the cemetery halt is made at certain spot by the side Of the ro;t Here prayers are said for the decease after which one cross is deposited in . hawthorn bush or under 1t. The pro eession then goes on it's way. and aft she interment the other cross is Axe at the head of the grave This stra ae, custom dates from time immemor;ai IS the great pile of crosses by the ron a tide indicates.
 Pretty Bashful.
 At NA4ase SAuieA "eouAn6 ""' fixed for a certain date. The happy morn arrived. and in due course 6 youthful swain and faire ladye pre- sented themselves at the chancel steps The service proceeded smoothly as faI as the question. Wit thou have tnls woman to be thy welded wife?' Whereupon tbe supposed bridegroom stammered blushingly:
 "Please. sir. I'm not the right man.
 Mot the right man." exclaimed the clergyman. aghast Then where is the right manT
 Hes down at the bottom of the church, sir He's asheeamed to come up."-Church Family Newspaper.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-16

For bronchitis Pneumo gives im- mediate relief. g il I'm
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
OELOS A. BLODCETT DIES
PIONEER LUMBER MERCHANT OF
MICHIGAN PASSES AWAY.
Heavy Investor in Southern Pine
Lands, Founder of Towns and
Prominent Republican.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 2.-Delos
A. Blodgett, for 60 years closely iden-
titled with the lumber industry of the
country, died at his home here, in his
eighty-fourth year.
He was born in Otsego county, New
York, in 1925. In 1S47 he began work
in an Upper Michigan sawmill, finally
becoming one of the heaviest timber
operators of the state. In 1885 he be-
gan buying southern timber land and
was one of the first northern men to
make such investments. He and his
associates are among the largest hold
ers of southern pine to-day.
He founded the villages of Hersey,
Evart and Baldwin, Mich, and was
one of the first to demonstrate the
value of northern Michigan land for
agricultural purposes. He was always
Republican and was a delegate-at-
large to the national conventions of
1892 and 1900 and several times dis
trict delegate He was married in 1858
to Jennie S. Wood, and to this mar
riage were born John w. BlOdgett,
pSpuUllCdu udClOudl committeeman
for Michigan, and Mrs. Edward Lowe
Mrs. Blodgett died in 1890 and in
1898 he married Miss Daisy A. Peck
of Atlanta, Ca, and she survives him
with three young children. Mr. Blod-
gett had winter home at Daytona,
Fla
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 2.-Earl Van
Dorm Haskell, prominent citizen of
Atlanta, and leading official of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals in Georgia, died here Sun
day morning at an early hour, after
suffering for a week with a stubborn
attack of hiccoughs. Mr.. Haskell was
born in Mississippi in 1862. He served
in the United States army and for sew
eral years taught among the Indians.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A WEEKS EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT WORLD
Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the PerusaI of
the Busy Man.
PERSONAL.

President Roosevelt issued the an
nual proclamation setting apart Thurs
day, November 26, as Thanksgiving
day.
Oryille Wright, the aeroplanist, left
the hospital at the Fort Myer CIV. Va0
army post to which he had been con-
fined for six weeks.
After being out two hours, the Jer-
sey City IN. j. jury in the case of
Theodore Whitmore, on trial for the
murder of his wife, returned verdict
of not guilty.
William H. Flictner, a New York
lawyer with Offices in Wall street, was
sentenced to one years imprisonment
in the penltentiary for grand larceny
Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds Cow
den was placed on the retired list OF
the navy on his sixty-second birthday
Gov Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massachu-
setts was seized with severe attack
of gastritis, the third within year.
William Montgomery, ex-cashier OF
the Allegheny National bank, was for
the second time found guilty in Pitts
burg of embezzlemen and abstraction
Of funds.
Prince Henry of Prussia spent sew
eral hours in the air as the guest OF
Count Zeppelin, who made an ascen-
sion in his remodeled airship. Not
only did the prince thoroughly enjoy
his experience, but he sat at the steer
ing wheel for many miles of the flight.
DR.. C. S. Mack, coroner of Laporte
county, Indiana, resigned to become
pastor Of a Swedenborgian church in
Toledo, o.
Countess Szchenyi, formerly Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, gave birth to a
daughter
VIII H. Pettis, former county treas
urer, pleaded guilty at Sac City, Ia,
to embezzling $27 900 Of the funds of
the county and was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
Mrs Lillian M. N. Stevens of Port
land, Maine, was unanimously re-
elected president of the National
Women's Christian Temperance union.
Edward English wealthy lumber
man of Mount Vernon, WASH was kid
mapped and forced TO write home for
$4,000 ransom, but later escaped.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
The Doctors Fee.

The average man will give a lawyer
$500 to $500, together with lifetime's
praise, to keep him out of the peniten-
tiary for from two to ten years, and at
the same time he will raise a phos-
phorescent glow and kick that can
be heard around the world If a doctor
charges him $50 to 500 to keep him
out of hell for lifetime. We are the
only people under Gods ethereal tent
to-day who keep open shop "a hours
each day and S65 days in each year.
We are also the only laborers to keep
on working for people who do not pay.
l can carry my part of charity with
as good a grace as most men. can
go through rain, snow or mud and do
my best, provided the cease is one of
worthy need, but to reward continually
downright rascality, willful drunken
ness and wanton laziness is getting
out of my line-TeXas State Journal
of Medicine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

Newspaper comment, ridiculing or
bewailing the negligence of Chancellor
Won Buelow and the foreign office Off
Gals in letting pass the interview
with the German emperor that
was printed in London, seems to have
made the position of the chancellor
untenable and it is believed that his
resignation will be offered and accept
ed soon.
With the refusal of President Cas-
tro to revoke his order prohibiting the
transshipment of goods for Venezuelan
ports from Curacao, in compliance
with the demands of the Netherlands
government, the hourly arrival of a
blockading fleet of Dutch ships is ex-
pected at one of the Venezuelan ports.
About $50 helpless inmates of the
asylum for feeble-minded women at
Rome, n. Y, were rescued from a
burning building.
At Heidelberg, Lee county, KY,
Ephraim Angel and Harvey Ross en-
gagged in fight, and as a result Angel
was shot and killed and Ross was IA
tally injured.
Fire started by Halloween royster-
srs totally destroyed the Bolton (Tex)
compress and 10000 bales of cotton.
Fhe loss will exceed $250,000.
Forty thousand members of Catholic
church societies took part in parade
which closed the centenary celebra-
ton of the Boston diocese
1t was reported that Russia was
about to send an ultimatum to Austria
Hungary and was modelling the army.
While experimenting with his wind
wagon" DR.. Julian p Thomas, the
aeronaut, met with an accident at the
Morris park experiment grounds of
the Aeronautic society, and was seri
ously injured.
Invoking only the unwritten law in
her defense, Mrs. Nancy Murrill has
been acquitted at Jackson, KY, of muir
der. She killed Miss Mary Terry, with
whom her husband was infatuated,
Oscar Hoganson, young farmer,
was found dead with a bullet hole in
his head, near Marengo, Ill.
The Farmers Society of Equity was
organized at indianapolis, Ind, at a
convention of representatives from a
number of states.
The executive council of the Ma
tional Womans Christian Temperance
union decided to hold its 1909 session
at Omaha, Neb.
Rev Dr. NJ. W. Stryker. president of
Hamilton college, was dangerously in
jured in a runaway accident.
The Chicago-Duluth limited, north
bound, on the Northwestern road, left
the track at Kempton, Wis. A num-
Der of passengers and several train
men were injured.
Tennessee militia were sent to the
vicinity of Obion with orders to shoot
on sight any masked men discovered.
At Camp Memo it was believed the
ringleaders and many members of the
night riders were among those ar
rested. Confessions were obtained
from several prisoners.
Erick Els was decapitated at the
American Steel & Wire Company mills
at Cleveland, o., by a red-hot wire
which coiled about his neck
Two suffragettes created a scene in
the house of commons by claiming
themselves to the grille of the ladies'
gallery and shouting for votes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
PUZZLE SOLVED.
Coffee at Bottom of Trouble.

1t takes some people long time to
find out that coffee is hurting them.
But when once the fact is clear,
most people try to keep away from
the thing which is followed by ever
increasing detriment to the heart,
stomach and nerves.
Until two years ago IS heavy
coffee drinker," writes an III. stock
man, "and had been all my life. l am
now Sc years old.
about three years ago 1 began to
have nervous spells and could not
sleep nights, was bothered by indi-
gestion, bloating, and gas on stomach
affected my heart.
II spent lots of money doctoring-
one doctor told me / had chronic ca
tarrh of the stomach; another that
had heart disease and was liable to
die at any time. They all dieted me
until | was nearly starved but 1
seemed to get worse instead of better.
Having heard of the good Postum
had done for nervous people, / dis
carded coffee altogether and began to
use Postum regularly. ] soon got bet
ter. and now, after nearly two years,
I can truthfully say am sound and
well.
81 sleep well at night, do not have
the nervous spells and am not both
cred with indigestion or palpitation I
weigh 80 pounds more than when I
began Postum, and am better every
way than ever was while drinking cof-
fee. 1 can't say too much in praise of
Postum, as am sure it saved my life."
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," IN pkgs
Ever read the above letter! new
one appears from time 80 time, They
are genuine, true, and IuIl OF human
interest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
A Queer Harvest.

It was little Ethels first visit to
church, and the sermon had for its
text, "As we SOW, SO shall We reap"
But on her return home she could not
remember it, and in consequence was
chided by her mother for being stupid.
A fortnight later a seamstress came
to the house TO do a days work. After
watching her for awhile fashion old.
style garments into those that were
tn evogue, Ethel suddenly exclaimed:
20 mamma, / know now what the
preacher said. 1t was: What you sew
in the winter you shall rip in the sum-
mor' "
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
Psychology of Broken Jaws.

1t might be a BIT OF strange fact,
but you would be astonished to see
the broken jaws which are presented
at free institutions on st. Patricks
day, election day, New Years day and
the Fourth of July. A great number
of fractured jaws are the result OF
quarrels among the very lowest class
es. 1t surprises me that the number
of broken jaws is not on the increase
on account of the heated newspaper
discussions that we are constantly
having on various topics of the day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
TOWNS LEFT DARK AND COLD.
Main Line of Kansas National Gas
Company Bursts.

Leavenworth, Kas., Nov 1.-THE
main line of the Kansas National Gas
Company, which supplies gas to con-
sumers between the gas fields at indie
pendence and the cities of Atchison,
Kan, and ST. Joseph, Mo-, and which
furnishes all the gas used in the two
latter towns, burst three miles north
of Leavenworth Sunday afternoon.
High pressure was the cause of the
break. The accident left the towns of
Lawrence, Atchison and st. Joseph
completely without gas light and heat
Sunday night.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
Not an un.to-pate Church.

Two colored sisters living in SUI
burban town met on the street one
day, and Sister Washington, who had
recently joined the church, was de-
scribing her experiences.
deed Mrs. Johnsing, Use fined the
Baptist church, but l couldn't do all
the timing here, cause they had to
take me to the city church to baptize
me. You know there amt 40 pool
room in the church here. Success.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
COSTLY HALLOWEEN PRANK.
Fire in Bolton, Tex, Results in Loss
of $26o,ooo.

Bolton, Tex, Nov. 2-Ffre started
by Halloween roysterers late Satur-
day night totally destroyed the Bolton
compress and 10000 bales of cotton.
The loss will exceed $250,OO0, which is
covered by insurance. Twenty resi-
dences were damaged by the fire and
water and II loaded freight cars
burned, which will increase the total
loss by $4,000.