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Evening journal., 1909-04-27

vi cIllA1 rhln
on my ankles and
feet. The same,
in a few DAYS,
was the case with
my arm 8 an d
scalp. j c o uld
hardly keep from
scratching, which,
] need h dly
say, M a d g it
" sc. Then
large red patches
appeared, with
inflam m m alton
and soreness s SIS.
After ten davs,
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Business For Him.

I'VE were travelling all day in tn
teeth of the gale"
"And you had no dentist along"
''What fory'
"To pull the teeth?'
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Good Ransom.

She was stuck up; she sailed on by,
Cool as n marble rock.
For why, she had an uglier hat
THAI any IN the block.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Took Her Id 80 Word

'Tu never tel another man I'd rather
dance than eat"
why not7"
He kept me Waiting until all the
restaurants were cioeed. Exchange.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
For others.

From him on everything IN sight
Advice was always brewing.
He could do things better than any
one else
Except the things he was doing.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Good Reason.

$50 you are going to marry her7"
eyes"
"Why are you going to do thatT"
"She said / might"
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Made II a PLEASURE.

'T thought you were engaged to Ma.
bel?"
"She has learned TO love another"
'Was 1t hard for her to learn?"
mo. The scamp gave her free tut.
ton"
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Just Like a Woman.

"oh, come. now; forgive and forget"
Il am perfectly willing 10 forgive.
but just won't forget. so therer'
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Satisfied the Claim.

Put any money in airships?"
yes, a few hundred"
"What results?"
"It few"
Evening journal., 1909-04-27

Some people seem TO think that they
earn all the good in the world by
merely consenting 10 live in it.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27

Being able TO inspire faith is like
having money in the bank. and you
are rich as long as you don't spend.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27

One reason why we hesitate to part
with our weaknesses is because we
really fnd them so comfortable.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27

Wherever there is a failure there is
some giddiness. some superstition
about luck. some step omitted, which
nature never pardons.-Enerson
Evening journal., 1909-04-27

Two robins and a cheerful disposl
ton have been known to labor harc
to make spring peep above the hori'
Eon.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Eastern League.

Toronto, .; Baltimore. 1.
Providence. 4: Buffalo, !.
Newark. Z; Rochester. Z az innings)
Jersey City. 4; Montreal, 3.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
CURE FOLLOWED
YEAR OF AGONY
Intense Itching Eczema Drove Him
Nearlyto Despair ChiefSurgeon
Of London Hospital Called It
Worst Case He Had Ever Seen
Got Little or No Relief Until
CUTICURA STOPPED HIS
UNBEARABLE TORTURE

About four years ago. in London,
was troubled by a severe itching and
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
American League.

Athletics. 3; Washington, 1.
Boston, /; New York, 0.
Detroit, 4: Cleveland, ?.
Chicago, /; st. Louis. o.
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Eastern Leaaue.
RESULTS or YESTERDAY.
National LEAGUE.

National League.
Philadelphia. s; Brooklyn. 4.
Boston, 3; New York. ?.
Chicago, 6; Cincinnati, ?.
Pittsburg. 4; st, Louis, C2 innings)
Evening journal., 1909-04-27
Heart toHeart
Talks.
BY EDWIN A. NYR.
THr IINcnIN PrNNx

copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso.
ciauon.l
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08
Big Dance at Dawson

On New Years night the
Knights OF Columbus and the
Daughters of Isabella of Dawson
gave a ball, which was a grand
success. Among those from here
III attendance were Tom Murphy,
Herald Gagnon, Louie With and
wife, Carl Boutman and wife,
Vim. Rumsey and wife, Paul
Murphy, Tom and Helen Kanaly,
Rob Kanaly and wife, Edna Muir
ply, Bird Mowery, Kate and
Mary McMahon, Mary Sullivan,
Hannah Voegle, Clara and NAV
Gagnon, and James, Nellie and
Richard Coupe.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08
FARMERS INSTITUTE
One of The Most Successful Ses-
sions Ever Held in The County

The two days session of the
Humboldt farmers institute Just
closed is pronounced the best ever
held in this part OF the state
Congressman Pollard was among
the speakers, as were also Prot.
G L Condra, DR.. y. T. Peters.
Miss Gertrude Rowan. all of the
state university, and Mr.. 3. +.
Kingsley of Hastings, whose topic
was the different types of horse.
Local speakers were NJ. Storms,
on the good roads movement,
Vim. Ernst, Tecumseh, and J. S.
Snethen, on the tame grasses;
Don Gridley on some of the prob
lens of country life; while a great
many others took part in the dis
cussion of the various questions.
Reys. Aydelott and Cantrall at
tended to the devotional portion
of the program while music was
furnished by the ladies of Hum
boldt.
In the center of the opera house,
where the sessions were held, was
erected a long table on which
were displayed various farm pro-
ducts, edibles and needle work,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08

upon which premiums had been
offered by the society. Some
poultry was also on display, al
though no prizes were Off red.
The ladies of the auxiliary pre-
vided a bountiful spread for the
members of the institute and visi-
tors on Thursday at noon, and
this was by no means the least
interesting Of the features, The
auxiliary had a business session
at the city hall on Thursday af-
ternoon, at which were selected
officers for the ensuing year as
follows; Mrs. a. L. Drake, presi.
dent; Miss Grace Jones, secretary
treasurer.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08
FARM WEALTH MAKES RECORD
Astounding Values of Farm Pro-
ducts For 1908

While the year 1908 brought TO
the railroads. manufactures. ana
general trade such depression n
was inevitable after the financial
crisis of the preceding auiumn,the
twelve months following the panic
were for the farmers of the Guitrd
States the most prosperous IN the
history of the country. Secretary
Wilson's report of the Department
of Agriculture gives the final fig
ures of the size aud value of the
years crop-and amazing figures
they are. The total value OF farm
products reaches 7,77S.000, 900, II
gain of / per cent I'VE the value
Of these products for the year 1907,
and a gain Of 80 per cent over the
year 1899. In this decade the
farms have produced new wealth
amounting to the staggering fig
ure Of 500, o0o, 600. Corn is still
king in its contribution 10 the
farmers pocket; the value of the
$4,000, QUO bushels raised in
1905 was 81, l65, 100000, or more
than one-fifth of tue value Of the
total products Of agriculture. This
year cotton has wrested second
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08
Are You
Sick?

Much sickness is due to
q weak nervous system.
Yours may be. II it is,
You cannot get we'll until
YOU restore nerve strength
Your nervous system is
natures power house; the
organs OF your body get
their power from it. If
the power is not there, the
action OF the organs is
weak, and disease (sick-
ness follows. DIR. Miles
Neryine cures the sick
because it soothes the
irritated and tired nerves
and gives the system a
chance to recuperate.
Try it, and see if you do
not quickly feel its bene-
fetal effect.
81 was given up TO die by a lead
ing doctor. Got one of DR.. Miles
books and found that DIR. Miles Ner-
vine fit my case. From the very first
dose | took l got better. l I'M better
now than l hav been for years, and
do all my own work on the farm.
That's what DIR. Miles Nervine has
done for me, and I am glad to recon-
mend it to Others"
JOHN JAMES. Riverton, Nebr.
Your druggist sells DR.. Miles NerV-
Inc, and we authorize him to return
price of first bottle (only) II 1t falls
TO benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08
Paper From Home


actress, but for several months
had been unemployed.
In years gone by the paper
from home recorded happier
things of Alice Lynch De Fargo
Wis but a stage name. There
was a time when Alice was the
pride OF the town, and when
first she recited "Cnrfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight, all agreed
that she chad talent and when
she progressed and reached the
heights OF the sleeping scene
from Macbeth, and uttered her
first "Out, Damned Spot, OUT
she was doomed. The town was
about evenly divided upon the
subject. One faction said her
great talent should be allowed
10 bud and blossom; the other
faction said vile things of the
stage. But SHE left us left
home and friends To Join an
east Lynn company. She
did not rise in her chosen pro
fession She was lost in it. She
never came back. Some lay her
downfall to over indu gent par
ents, but it is recorded else
where that many a false start
can be attributed to "CurfeW"
along with Il little senseless and
fulsome lattery.
Among the advertisements in
1.-THE paper from home is one
for Haddoek's Dry Goods Enpo-
rum. Bill Haddocl1, it used to
be-son of 4 man who loafed,
lied and neglected his family all
his life. Strange reversal of
form, but easily explained Il
good mother.
Then there is Il sensational
article in the home paper, too
Lige FORBADE arrested for run
ming Il poker game and indicted
by grand jury. Lige's father
was 1.-THE grand old man Of the
community, and gave his son
every advantage possible for
his %betterment. Lige's mother
was Il Powell, a daughter of the
Maryland branch of Powells-
everybody in town knew this
it was harped upon SO continu-
ously. But Lige has been in
dieted many times before, and
possibly the sting of shame and
modification is not now so great
as it once was.
oh, there is much in the pa.
per from home to set one to
thinking. a name here, a name
there, recalls faces and Incl
dents that had long ago faded
from memory. 1t is no sacrilege
to lay aside the magazine, the
popular book of the day or the
songs of the poet and turn to
the columns of the paper from
home. The story may be fas-
cinatlng, the song beautiful, but
realities concerning people you
know, people you have seen,
people whose joys and sorrows
you know of, bave a power to
stir the memory and lead one to
ponder the great problem of
lie as no great writer of ancient
or modern times can do.
\ II 4
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08

place, in rank of value, from the
hay crop. which has always. until
1908, been next to CON. And yet
the hay crop Is the greatest ever
produced is. 000, 600 tons, worth
to the farmers 1921 0O. 600. Close
after bay comes wheat, the $50.
coo, 600 bushels raised IN 1905
having It valne of $3.50 200, 600.
which il more thau 10 per cent in
excess u any previous wheat crops
value. Minor crops, hurley. rye.
beet-sugar, and potatoes, were, ex-
cept the last, which suffered from
nniayoraole weather. well up to
the records in value. Dairy pro-
ducts brought the farmer nearly
$500, 600, 600, poultry an d eggs
even more than the cotton, and
animal products, as a whole, nearly
$4,000, 000, 900. The farmer in
1908 produced new wealth four
times as great as all the minerals
taken from the ground, including
oil and the precious metals.
-NoTIcE.-A All persons are
hereby notified not to skate on
Pony Creek. | have it damned
up for the purpose of putting up
ice off of it and do not want it
cut up or dirty.
50-5t MARTIN CEILING.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-01-08

To the man who las wandered
ar from the home oil his child.
Bood and younger manhood, and
I1as become Il factor IN the up.
building OF some community in
The bustline west, the paper
from home brings Il charm and
stirs the memory is no classic
by author dead or living can do.
The weekly paper from The
old home may not be 4 model OF
typographical neatness; the
policy may be indefinite at
times and its editorials as light
and a. perisbable rs snowilakes
but the home news is there.
The births, the marriages, the
deaths. are all recorded faith
FULLY, and to one far from his
native town, the perusal Of the
little old country weekly from
"back home is like unto sitting
quietly and watching 4 panora
ma unfold and depict the joys
and sorrows of those you've
known best since the days of
bare feet and one gallus.
The last issue of the paper
from home told of "Treasurer'
Sims having returned from the
state capital. "Treasurera
Sims, We knew him as "Skin-
neY' Sims, and as boy VT MIN
ICED his nasal tWang, caused by
a hair.lip. But Il hdir-lip was
no handicap IL "Skinneye; he
left many playmate, more high.
" favored as to opportunities
and comlineSs, far in the rear in
the battle OF life, and now be
sides being "Treasurer'S Sims, he
has a wife and family of sturdy
sons and daughters, who see no
defect in his face. His Charac-
ter completely blots out all that
is not loVable.
Gone to her rest. Thus is
recorded the death of Aunt Ann
Craig in the paper from home.r
Aunt Ann was famous long
years ago for the strenuous man.
uer in which she sang hymns.
But inausmuch as it was gener-
ally conceded that Aunt Ann
felt what she was singing she
was given a wide scope, and
when her voice rose 10 Il sereech
IN
How tedious and at~as,eless the hours,
When Jesus no longer | know.
IT was said of her that she felt
very near to the throne. Could
Aunt Ann have known how 1.-THE
paper from home painted her
virtues told of her kindness to
the sick and suffering, the weary
and oppressed, ii might have
>moothed the way Just Il little
The paper from home tells
Of "Union Meeting being held
Il union of all the churches
and of many souls being saved.
Time Wds when this was almost
imp Ssiblc; when creed NaS par
amnunt % = saving. and
"a III folks were divided into
ta>l,f~ like 0ufo political par
1t=et. ae}r.>ent Gay. Andltis
tel=1C#d tbyt Amy HtaWnloW
still Isod~ he Iii d.lj2c@ voice
"a the cause oil religion. Sing
rs come and singers GO. bat
Amy sings on, and probably will
until she Joins that choir where
all Is harmony and discord is
unknown. But there are those.
a lev. who never will foruiXp
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-07
Soldier 6aiks Death Plot.

II seemed TO J. A. Stone, a civil war
veteran. of Kemp. Tex. that plot ex-
listed between desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his death. Il
contracted a stubborn cold" he writes.
that developed a cough that stuck to
ne, in spite of all remedies. for years
My weight ran down to $50 pounds.
Then / began TO use DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which restored my health
completely. l now weigh It's pounds.
For severe Colds. obstinate Coughs,
Hemorrhages, Asthma. and to prevent
Pneumonia it's unriyaled. soc, and
Slo0 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by A. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-07

venerable empress, her body shaken
by the tremors of impending death but
with that mighty will that time and
again held at bay the Christian ma
tons. blazing from the depths of her
sunken eyes. We can hear the gasp
ed commands, the obedience of at
tendants who knew no word but hers
and then, knowing that her last
edict had borne it's fruits of death
we can see the wrinkled face take on
the repose of death, and Tsi-An passes
to her ancestors, feeling that she had
done her full duty to the Chinese peo
pie.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-07

1T does seem strange" said the man
who seemed to be thinking aloud
What seems strange" 0ueried the
innocent bystander.
That after getting man into hot
water a woman can't understand why
he should boil over" explained the
noisy thinker.-ChicAsp News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-07
THE LATE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF ALL CHINA
AND HER HISTORY n &m qS s Woman the c%Y nnS S

her, alone, the task of saving China
fell again and again.
The Tai-Ping rebellion, the war with
France in 1884. the war with Japan
in 1894, with Germany in 1897, the
British occupation of Wei-Ha-Wei, the
Russian occupation of Laioutang, the
cession of the Kow-Loon provinces to
the British, the Boxer outbreak in
1900. These are few of the wars
with foreign powers that occupied her
attention. There were internal wars
Of great magnitude that scarcely made
a ripple in the outside world. Times
innumerable she found it necessary to
dispatch imperial troops to quell DEM
onstrations against foreigners, in or
der to save her exchequer the enor-
nous drain through the payments of
indemnities.
The secret of Tsi-An's power lay in
the fact that she was better acquaint-
ed with the affairs of China than any
of her statesmen. Disaster after dis
aster befell unhappy China, great men
gave all their power and energy to
stay the march of events, such men
the great Tso, Lin Kim-Yi and others
| worried and worked themselves to the
grave in the effort to stem the en-
croachment of foreign powers upon
the ancient rights of China. kwang
Hsu strove and crumbled up like
| crushed reed. but the old woman of
| iron retained her faculties and powers
to the day of her death. and never
failed to step into the breach when
her realm was in danger. Twice she
| fled from foreign troops. once from
the allied French and British troops
and once again during the wild days
of the Boxer uprising. Though physi-
cally vanquished she never yielded
her mental domination, and the rumOr
will not down that runs to the effect
that when the powers had penetrated
Pekin. finding themselves encompass
ed by a hostile human ocean as it
were. they were glad to yield author
ity to the fugitive empress.
"What Were Her Poiicies?"
| There is much disagreement among
authorities as to the real policies of
the empress. Some hold that she was
re-actionary and ultra-conseryative
and fought every change until events
| compelled her to yield: while others
held that the empress was determin-
ed to modernize China by a gradual
process that would eliminate the con-
fusion that might ensue through the
use of sudden and drastic reforms.
There is much to certify this latter
view. Now that she is no longer at
the helm. there is already evidence
that the ancient ship of state is head
ing toward dangerous shoals.
Her Death.
The secrets of the Forbidden City
| are not for the ears of Chinas nv
riads. much less are they to become
known to the foreign DEVILS so the
: reports of the exacI manner of the
: taking off OF the Empress Do~agel
and her son are wild and varied
There is one. however. that fits vel
; into the life history of Tsi-An. the
: slaye-girl empress. 1t Is this: Find
: ing her end approaching and fearing
: to leave the destinies of China to hel
! weakling son. Tsi-An ordered him Il
commit suicide Some reports say hs
complied. obeying as q Chinese i:
taught to do. the dying mandate of hi:
/ parent others that the Empress ord
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-07

The funeral ceremonies of the En-
press Dowager and Emperor of China
are being celebrated. Six millions of
dollars will be expended as an ac-
acknowledgement of the great esteem
in which their subjects held the late
rulers. The ceremonies will last three
years. Overshadowing the personal
ity of the emperor looms the figure Of
the late Dowager. Reviled and hated
by nearly every foreign court in Chris
tendon, the grand old woman of
China has stood as the greatest in
telligence and bulwark between her
people and the would-be ravagers and
despoilers of her ancient empire.
Her Tumultuous Reign.
Measured by events and years, her
reign has scarcely a parallel in the
WORKS history. Her rule began be-
fore the civil war was fought, She has
witnessed the passing of Lincoln,
Grant. Hayes, Garfield. Mckinley and
Cleveland. Nearly every European
throne has been many times made
vacant while this wonderful woman
has held sway. And she has ruled,
as the headless trunk of many a
Chinese statesman and courtier will
bear testimony. And now that she is
dead the world is slowly awakening
to the fact that one of the world S
greatest women has passed.
Her Humble Origin.
Like page from the Thousand
| ar 1-nn NIGHTS iS hn history Of TSi.
An There is enough of mystery to
satisfy the Orientalist. The most au.
thentic sources of information give
her birth place as the frontiers of
Manchuria.
She was the daughter of a petty
official. Malta by name. who, losing
his political preferences, was finally
reduced TO the condition of a wander
ing beggar, and was frequently forced
ally, suffering, the extremes of pow
erty and want. he sold his daughter
the future empress, then four years
old, to a millionaire of Canton. Al
this point the father disappears and is
never heard from again. The Cantor
for the infant girl, and gave her 8
| classic Chinese education. opening {
| path for her to the Imperial throne.
| She Becomes a Concubine.
| Periodically competitive examina
tons are held in China for the posi-
| ton of Imperial consort. the candi
dates being selected from Manchurial
maidens between the ages of Is anc
| Is. Isl An, unattended. proceeded tt
| Pekin and passing the severe eXamin
alton was declared the successful can
didate. When the Crown Prince as
cended the throne the concubine, rs
| An. gave birth TO son, thus beeom
| ing, following Chinese usage. thu
! Western Empress, the then Empires:
Dowager claiming the title Easter
Empress" Tsi-An was - when tn
Emperor died. From that time. unit
her death at the age of "A, she re
manned a widow
/ The Opium Traffic.
That the rulers of the Chinese En-
pire found little time for internal Oh
ganization and modern methods wa
small wonder. England was forcin!
the opium trade upon the people O
China. The Chinese rulers oppose,
with all their power the introduction
of the drug. But the English shop
keepers were determined to faster