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The Falls City tribune., 1909-09-10

when an adjournment over to Fall.
City was had, TO hold a night meetins
there to talk over the project OF
building a church in the near future.
The meeting was held in an empty
house. and not a very large one,
somewhefe near the middle of the
block, south of the present post office.
There was a pretty large attend
ance of quite orderly people, and at
the proper hour the services com
menced with a song or two and then
a prayer by a good old Methodist
peacher from the town of Peru in
Nemaha county, of the name of
Burns. The old man had a good
deal of the spirit of Bunker Hill
about him and a decided love for the
starry banner that was then being
shot at by some discontinued people
down south in war-like array. The
petition he put up was much like
others we I accustomed to hear on
such occasions, but pretty soon the
repression that had kept everybody
silent on the matter that was upper
most in the minds of everybody dur
ing the whole camp meeting week
was thrown aside, and the K. Pluri-
bus Unum side of the man of God
turned up when he asked the Father
To Hess our president and the brave
men-he did not get any further, for
1t teis point tedlam broke loose, with
stamps On the floor, clapping of
hands and wild yells of Bully for
you" Give EN- Hell,' "Hurrah for
Burns" etc. Cheers for Lincoln and
the boys in blue etc. The Did
fathers piaycr was never finished,
and all thought of a serious religious
meeting was thrown to the winds,
and the balance of the evening, after
quiet was restored, was devoted to
speech making of a patriotic char
aeter, in which Elder Davis, and |
think every preacher in attendance
participated.
1t transpired that the sill
enc of the camp meeting on the
subject of the war, was the result of
the subordinate preachers waiting for
the pesiding elder to lead off on the
subject, and that his silence arose
out of the fact that he was a stranger
to the people whose temper touching
a question, which in some localities
Was a delicate one, was unknown to
him, and he was unwilling to mar
the harmony of the meeting by in
PRODUCING a theme that might prove a
firebrand among them, hence he had
allowed the meeting to proceed leay-
ing it to some other gentleman better
acquainted with the people to set the
patriotic ball in motion. Father
Burns did that to the queens taste.
In the course of my life | have
seen many public meetings of all des-
criptions, but one that at all
resembled that. The conditions that
differentiated this from all others,
will not, in all probability obtain
again, and it is to be devoutly hoped
| they never will.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-09-10

cends all experience. However. | Dc
not wish TO enter into a discussion
of the question here. wen if | were
competent to do SO. which | am not
but 10 tell of a strange experience o
mine in a wild waste, ON a pleasant
Sunday in a day when |, and al
the world about me was young, buI
now far away in the past. ] shall
never forget that sermon nor the
place at which | heard it. 1t was
like finding a bunch of fresh bloom
ing roses or a cool spring of wat
er in a desert.
talked with Mr.. Davis about thai
sermon many times since. but not
till after the circumstance had be.
come hay and indistinct in his mem.
DRY. He seemed to be astonished al
the accuracy of my recollection OF
what he said on that occasion after
so long a time. 1t was not a mere
matter of memory, but because my
whole attention was enlisted in the
subject matter of the sermon, the
manner of its delivery. and the man
who was delivering it. If the dead,
like the ghost of Hamlet's father, are
permitted to revisit the Genes of
this life, | have thought many times
of the solid satisfaction those people
surely take in coming back to the
spot on earth where they made their
first start to heaven, and in holding
phantom camp meetings on the old
grounds over Archer way, under the
whispering trees, in the stiffness and
solemnity of the night.
The other circumstances to which
| referred was a kind of mixture of
the sublime and the ridiculous. 1t
was so strangely ludicrous, pathetic,
laughable, solemn, fun-proyoking,
tragic, and around farcial comedy, as
to be wholly unlike any other expert
ence of my whole life. 1t anne about
in this wise. AS we all know the
Civil wal became a fixed fact in the
spring of 1861, shortly after the
inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln as presi-
dent of the United States. Some
engagements between the hostile
armies had taken place, including the
battle of Bull Run, which proved SC
disastrous to the Uuion forces, be-
fore the date of holding the camp
meeting | am writing about. 1t was
very natural to expect that some.
thing would be said about the situa.
ton at this meeting, or at least thai
some good brother or sister might
pray for the country of Washington
and his c~ompatriots in the old Re
volution, but strange to relate, not
a word was uttered in sermon OF
prayer about our national trouble.
Nobody said anything about thai
however, and the daily and nightly
exercises went on at the camp
ground, precisely as though the ma
ton was at peace with all the worlt
instead of being threatened with ter
r~itorial disruption and national death
This state of things continued til
the afternoon of the second Sunday
The Falls City tribune., 1909-09-10

the fact of the souls Immortality is
asserted by Socrates, which | have
reason to believe he had not. I am
inclined TO think he might have been
In doubt whether the reasons given
for the philosophers belief are suf-
ficient to establish it's truth. To
my mind all that is valuable about
the assertion is the fact that the
great philosopher made it. II is Ger
tainly true that he believed it, and il
is not entirely certain that he was
able TO coin that belief into words
sufficiently TO become ineligible to
others. People know many things
of which they are unable to account
to others, and for which they can
give no reason.
That service was of real value to
me, for, besides being a something
unlocked for, it set me on a train of
investigation and research that might
otherwise have been indefinitely post
poned, or never undertaken, and
which have continued with some
industry ever since.
He, like many others before and
since. enormously gave the Grecian
philosopher the honor of being the
author of the doctrine that the human
soul is immortal. Herodotus is au-
thority for saying that the Greeks
borrowed the idea from the Egypt
ians, and it is now known that the
Brahmans centuries before that time
believed in, and taught the same doc
trine.
In the argument between Arjuna,
the ancient ruler of India, and the
Holy One Krishma, as found in the
Bhagaved-Gita, an episode in a
Bahman Epic the god in urging
the king to give battle to his enemies
who were being led by his kinsmen
whom he was reluctant to kill,
assured him, that though he
might kill, he could not destroy them.
saying: There is no existence for
What does not exist, nor is there
any non-existence for what exists"
That is to say: what does not exist,
cannot exist, and what does exist,
cannot cease to exist. This is the
perfect idea of immortal existence,
and comprehends the spreading uni
verse, and all that is therein con-
tanned. All science is agreed that
what we call matter is indestruct-
ible. If hat be true, and there is
abundant proof hat it is, why should
the soul, the intelligent, living, es-
senee of the creature man, be less
durable than the frail earth house
in which it is confined in this state
of existence.
My own notion of the fact is, that
no human record has been kept of
when and where the doctrine of i'm
mortality was first promulgated, but
rather, that man as such, has the
fact revealed TO him in and through
his own nature, that is, hat the
consciousness of continual existence
inheres in the soul itself, and is a
part of that knowledge which trans
The Falls City tribune., 1909-09-10
"reminiscences of q Wayfarer

Some Of the Important Events of the Pioneer Days
of Richardson County and Southeast Nebraska, as
emembere by the writer, who has spent fifty
one years here.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
NOT FAULT OF ELKS'
Extinction of Animals Not Due
to Use of Teeth as EN-
blems.
so COMMITTEE REPORTS
j. u. Sammis of Iowa Elected Grand
Ruler of Fraternity After
Warm Contest.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 14.-When
the grand lodge of Elks resumed its
annual meeting today it proceeded at
once to the consideration of the re-
ports of committees to which were re-
ferred various questions before the or
der The question of wearing emblems
of the order containing the teeth OF
elks is regarded as a closed incident.
The report of this committee, which
has Investigated this matter, was to
the effect that members of the lodge
are in no wise to blame for the rapid
extinction of the elks.
The amusement program today was
carried out at Long Beach, where
thousands of visitors went to partake
of barbecue and witness yacht and
motor boat races.
J. U. Sammis Elected Ruler.
Los Angeles, July Al. U. Sam
mis- of Lemars, Iowa, was yesterday
elected grand exalted ruler of the
Elks.
Earlier in the day the present
grand exalted ruler, Rush l.. Holland
of Colorado Springs, issued state
ment in regard to letter circulated
among the delegates by supporters
of Sammis, in which he says that
Sammis has not been entirely fair,
and intimates that he did not indorse
Sammis unequivocally and to the ex-
clusion of other candidates.
No Office but that of grand exalted
ruler developed a contest.
Detroit was selected by acclama-
tion for the meeting place of the
grand lodge of Elks in 1910.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

take care of it the thing was gone
actually gone. / never was SO stupe-
fed in my life. 1t is awful"
Aunt Lavinia's absolute certainty
made Myra desperate.
81 don't believe that the money was
stolen at ALL she said obstinately.
perhaps you only dreamed that it was
paid" Miss Lavinia gave a contemp-
tuous sniff.
But even granted that it was paid
and that you placed it on the table
just where you said that you did. Dick
was not the only person that came
into the room while it was there"
HE was the only person except
yourself and Jane. 1 don't suppose
that you took it." scornfully. land
know that Jane did not"
Just because she has been in your
family for twenty years.
"Twenty-two my dear"
-'you are ready to accuse Dick in
stead of servant"
You would never accuse Jane your
self. Myra. if you had not lost both
your temper and your common sense"
''If this thing lies between Dick and
Jane. shall certainly doubt Jane"
"Yet Mr.. Ainslie was the only one of
you three who came to the table. I
remember that distinctly. He sat down
and leaned his arms on 1t while he was
talking to me. Besides. Myra, l have
known this young man less than a
year, and I have known Jane twenty
| two years There isn't a dishonest
| hair in her head. You needn't talk to
me in that way.
But there's one thing that I must
say now." continued the irate Miss La
vinia. land that you must agree to.
Unless this thing is cleared up salts
factorily you don't marry Richard
Ainslie"
Myra's eyes flashed lightning.
"Aunt Lavinia, shall make no such
promise" she cried Indignantly. I'VE
may never find out what became of
that detestable bill. Do you suppose
that l am going to let a small trifle
like that spoil my lifeT'
"Honor and dishonor are not trifes.
Myra."
Myra sighed. 81 shall ask Dick If he
noticed the money lying on the table
If he says that he did not shall know
that you dreamed the whole thing"
Young Ainslie. summoned to the
house hy an imperative telephone call
stated very promptly that he had seen
the bill on the table exactly where
Miss Lavinia had said she had placed
it. 81 remember thinking that it was
careless proceeding" he explained
land l rather wondered that as bust
nesslike person as you, Miss Lavinia
should have placed it there"
81 didn't see any carelessness about
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
smash the Thermometer.

The greatest sower of discord anu
agent of discomfort abroad In the
summer time is the thermometer.
Hearts which would otherwise be con-
tent and homes that would be happy
are sorely disturbed by the meddle-
someness of this pesky purveyor of
dissatisfaction. The individual with
nSht heart but impressionable mind
casts look at the mercury in the tube
and is Mortified. Suddenly he realizes
that he is suffering with the heat, ne
grows irritable and irascible and soon
: he is seized with a disagreeableness
that becomes infectious He begins
to exude his happiness and in a
short time he has succeeded In
spreading about his misery most
freely.
We have all read an abundance of
hot weather "dont's.' One thing,
however, let us do. Let us smash the
thermometer and proceed to be happy,
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
BETHmAN N.HOLlWEG
MADE CHANCELLOR
Appointment to Succeed Won BuelOw
Followed by Many Other
Cabinet Changes.

Berlin, July 14.-Dr Won Bethmann-
Hollweg was today appointed chancel-
lOr i'm succession to Prince Won Bue.
low
Various other cabinet changes are
gazetted today. Herr Delbrueck of
the interior department succeeds DIR.
Won Bethmann-Hollweg as minister
of the interior and vice chancellor.
Reinhold Sydow, secretary of the i'm
perial treasury, goes to the depart
ment of commerce Herr Wermuth. un-
der secretary for the interior. be-
comes secretary of the treasury.
Ludwig Holle, Prussian minister of
public instruction. retires on account
of ill health and is succeeded by Won
Trott Zusolz. president of the prov
ince of Brandenburg. Count Won
Loebell, chief of the imperial chan
cellory, has been appointed president
of Brandenburg.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
comfortable and cool In the pleasant
summer time.
In Civil Service.

There are many employees in the
government departments who have be-
come practically incapacitated through
age; and the practice has arisen of
retaining them on the payrolls and as
signing them to purely nominal duties.
This is subterfuge and it isn't fair.
On the other hand, to throw them out
into the world poor and helpless
would be inhu:nan But the country
is certainly not ready to accept the
proposal of general civil service pen-
sions. The alternative of creating old
age retirement and insurance funds
cut of voluntary contributions of the
employees offers the most promising
solution.
This is the practice of many rail-
road and industrial corporations; the
corporations merely stand the cost CT
administering the fund and keeping
the accounts, and this much the gov
|ernment might do without arousing
strong objections.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

A proposal from Buffalo alderman
that the city purchase the spot on
the Pan-American exposition g:ouEds
where President Mckinley was shot on
September g., 1891, is vigorously at
tackled by the Buffalo News. The
spot where Buffalo bade farewell 10 all
that was mortal of the murde ID pres
ident is in the possession of he ti.y,
says the News. That is where the
casket rested, in the city hall, OIL the
day of the funeral. and the place is
suitably and permanently marked by
brass tablet. There is nothing to be
proud of or to recall as an inspirat:.'1
in the assassination. Mckinley is bes.
remembered otherwise. 1t is not hes.
to give to the destructive class, Oi
which Czolgosz was representative
and permanent memorials of theil
Deeds"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

the matter" Miss Lavinia retorted
tartly, considering that | was in my
own home and thar 1 don't harbor
thieves"
"Well." Ainslie said lightly, 1T be-
hooves me to tiud that bill. seem 10
have been the last person who saw IL.
If don't unearth it may be accused
Of the theft myself
Don't joke Dick" Myra implored
with such an odd intonation that Aims
lie made swift guess at the truth.
He had real motive now Tor SOW
ing the vexatious problem. but he met
with no success. although he devoted
the greater part Of his time to 1t.
1t came to a point at last where 1t
got ION his nerves." and it took all or
his will power to treat the subject
lightly and to act as il he were igno-
rant of Miss I.avinias attitude toward
him.
He had made another exhaustive
search of the library one day fully two
weeks after the bill had disappeared.
He subsidized into an easy chair with
a groan Of disappointment. This Is
the four hundredth time by actnai
count that have gone over this place.
1t isn't here and | don't believe that 1t
ever was here
You saw it yourself" Miss Lavinia
returned grimly.
Ainslie sighed. II tell you, Miss La
vinia. that you must get some pockets
in your dresses and them
He stopped to stare at his hostess.
She had turned several rich colors, and
some words seemed to gurgle i'm her
throat.
Are you ILL., Miss Lavinia? Let me
get you some water. You look dread
full! Can't r.
Il feel dreadful she gasped. 81
never thought Of it before. Will you
ever forgive me-" she walled piteously.
Miss Lavinia was fumbling along the
folds of her gown. Her hands twitched
| nervousIy here and there. then one Of
them divcd far out of sight, only to
emerge Il second later holding alOft the
missing bill.
"It-it'- she Stammered family. Il
have not had a pocket before for twen-
| ty-five rs-and-and-I forgot. IL
must have put the bill in it just after
Richard left. I'm very, very sorry"
| Her voice faItered. To think that
she. who prided herself upon her busi-
nesslike methods. should have commit
| ted such an objectionable deed, She
looked helplessly from one to the other
of her auditors.
| Young Ainslie stared at her for some
moments in silent perpleXity. When
at length the full truth dawned upon
| him he gave one hilarious shout and
yielded himself up to uncomfortable
! laughter
Miss Lavinia watched him in silence,
the grimncss slowly fading from her
face.
"Well. Myra.' she remarked tenta.
lively. I'm bound to say that your
husband will have a good disposition;
'tain't many men that would see any.
thing humorous in this episode. And
as for pockets" she added, with sud
den viDdictiveness. '1'll never. never
have another as long as live,'
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
Tariff Revision.

In a recent dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune John Callan OIaughlin gives
Iofficial estimates presented by Senator
LaFollette to show how the senate
''has run mad in boosting the tariff
rates"
These estimates prepared by the
bureau of statistics, says the Chicago
Post. show sharply the difference be-
tween the Aldrich bill and the Dingley
Jaw. This is the table made public by
the Wisconsin senator:
Difference between the finance com.
mittee bill and the Dingley law:
Increase $102, 1000
Difference between senate bill and
Dingley law:
Increases. numbering 24S. STAG, 1850
Decreases. numbering 529. 93,529 ,00C
Changes made by senate:
Increases ................$ 44,125,00t
Decreases ....... ....... 1883, ,00J
The republican party promised the
people downward revision of the
tariff.
The Aldrich combine of republican,
senators has answered this pledge H.
adding millions of dollars to the bur
der of taxation of the consumer.
Let the voters store away i'm thai
memories these vital facts for future
political reference.
This betrayal of party, violation OF
pledges and insult to the people by tn.
republican United States senate is one
|of the greatest outrages Of ro!itica
history.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
Good Roads and Motors.

Good roads and uniform laws for the
regulation of automobiles are subjects
for legislation which require the har-
mony and cooperation OF adjacent
cCmmonwealths. The American Auto
mobile association, the National
Grange and the American Roadmak,
ers' association are making efforts 70
secure the enactment of uniform
state motor vehicle law, prepared by
the American Automobile association
in every state.
In the conference at Washington
next January it is expected that the
subjects named and many others will
be discussed by men who are compe-
tent to bring home to the entire nation
tie situation as regards this important
movement.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
OBITUARY..
Mrs. Eliza A. kina.

Mrs. Eliza A. King, who has been
making her home at 1907 Twenty-first
street with her daughter, Mrs. F. r.
Harrington, passed away at 3:15 this
morning after months illness induced
by the infirmities of old age. Mrs.
King had been almost an invalid for
years and little hope for her recovery
had been held by her friends Mrs.
King was born in Richmond. Va, Aug
II. 1924. She had made her home
with her daughter in this city since
1892. Being an invalid, she had been
compelled to remain at home large
part of her time. and her circle of &c
quaintances was not a very large one
though most devoted. Mrs. Harring
ton and two grandsons. who live II
Chicago, survive her
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
STRIKERS BATTLE
WITH THE POLICE
Several Hurt in Struggle With Steel
Workers at Mckee's Rocks
Near Pittsburg.

Pittsburg July 14-Serious trouble
occurred today at the pressed steel
car plant at McKee's Rocks near here
where a strike of 1.200 steel workers
has been in progress for several days.
Police and strikers clashed and a
dozen police sustained injuries by
being struck with stones and clubs.
The police shot their revolvers in the
air. The trouble started when fully
5000 strikers and lsympathizers
gathered in the vicinity of the plant
Several workmen who had refused
to strike were stoned and the police
fired
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
The Argus Daily Short Story
Lost Hundred Dollar Bil-By Frances Cowles
Copyrighted. Associated Literary Press.

Every one III the house was angry.
and Miss Lavinia herself was "ail on
edge" as she graphically expressed it.
The loss of a hundred dollar bill was
not such tremendously important af-
fair in itself. for Miss Lavinia was
quite wealthy. but there We're some
aspects of the matter which made the
loss quite serious.
There is no reason why you should
look at me so anGrily," she said TO her
niece who was regarding her aunt
with very indignant eyes. ''The bill
vanished. and some one has taken it."
''1t may have blown away
with screens in the window? Don't
be foolish. Myra."
"Or you may have mislaid it. A doz-
en- things may have happened. but
don't believe that it was stolen at ALL
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

The argument is made that the gov
ernment must increase both the III
direct and direct taxes because it
needs the money. What is really
needed is little economy at head
quarters. The expenditures for each
year of Roosevelt were almost three
times as great as a year of Grover
Cleveland Furthermore, 72 cents of
each dollar of government 'evenue
goes for the army, the navy OF pen
sions-expenditures on war account.
It's big price to pay for the privilege
of wearing a chip on the shoulder.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
Exclaimed.

] wonder why she's sitting there
So pensive in the sun
And all unbound her golden hair,
A thread of gold each one.
She shakes it out and throws 1t high
All now ] understand.
now perceive tine reason why
She brushes out each strand.
Peroxide's hard to handle, SO
Attention, skill and care
She must when using it. bestow
And sun her doctored hair.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

The institution which fights the city
ordinance which seeks under penalty
to define the difference between the
real and the artificial gives itself
away
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
New York and Philadelphia

cannot be more pleasantly or convent
emily reached than by the Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley double track route via
Niagar Falls. Solid through trains of
coaches and sleeping cars Magnificent
scenery.
For descriptive literature apply to
Trunk Railway System, 1875 Adams
street, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

I FEEL DREADFUL SHE GASPED.
Even If it were," she added inconsist-
emily, "Dick never took it."
"How could 1 possibly have mislaid
1t when / have not left this room or
even that chair since the money was
paid to me? / haven't read thing
the entire morning but novel, and
you have looked that through and
through. Anyway, / tell you that /
just put the bill on the table here. 1t
was lying right on this spot, l tell you,
MIRA. and then when i got ready to
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14
Full Credit.

Maude long faced Mr.. Blank Is
either Il philosopher or a fool, and [
couldn't make out which. What do you
think?
Babette-He talked to me for an
hour mt the reception last night, and
decided that he is both.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-07-14

indianapolis is to give Senator Bev-
eridge a big reception. He deserves
it for his democratic attitude on the
tariff.