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The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
A DEBASE OATH.

A bin is being drafted in Washing
ton, ID. c., to be introduced in con-
CESS, which, if it becomes a law
will do away with the solemnity of
the legal oath as administered in the
District of Columbia. The bill pro-
Vides that the words, so help me
God" be expunged from the oath as
administered. Perhaps it is as
well such a bill become a law not
only in the District of Columbia. but
Throughout the entire country. The
way in the majority of cases this
oath, invoking as it does the help of
God in carrying it out. is so flagant-
ly broken makes of such an oath
nothing but a travesty upon the
sacred name. 1t is a common oe-
currence for men to take this solemn
oath with uplifted hand, when 1t is
their full intention to tell a bare
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
NUMEROUS CHANGES OF NAME
Blonde Woman's Adventures on tho
Matrimonial Sea Evidently
Had Been Many.

They met on the street car-the in
tense little woman and the much
adorned, plethorie blonde. Both evil
denced that extravagant pleasure
which comes of meeting by accident
an acquaintance one has uot thought
of for months.
How dye do, Mrs. Gray?" painted
the blonde. extending a plump. be-
diamoned hand.
why! How do you do, Mrs. VIII
llams?e effused the other
Not Mrs. Williams" prompted the
blonde, automatically.
oh, to be sure" the little woman
apoligized, 4 heard you were TO be
married-Mrs. Str-Strbonski, of course.
| hope it isn't too late for congratula!
tions."
That's SO, | was S%trhonski," recol-
lected the blonde, that musician-but
now I'm Madam Theodore; he's a
chef"
The little woman's chin dropped,
and for half a block she sat with a
face like an exclamation point.
This is my corner she announced,
jumping to her feet as the car slowed
up. Would you-would you mind,
Mrs,-Madam Theodore, telling me
what your name is the next time we
meet?'-New York Press.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
IN CONSTANT FLOW
SAMOAN VOLCANO PouRs LAVA
INTO OCEAN.
Only -Four Years DID, But It is Easily
the TitaJ. Of Them All-New
Coast Line Is Being
Created,

In the island of SaYaii, in the Sa-
moan group, during an August night
in the year 1906 there arose from the
midst of a peaceful cocoa plantation
a volcano that in four years of its
still e~easeless activity has sent forth
more molten lava than has II vol.
eano of which there is record,
To-day this flow of lava, III some
places 700 feet in depth, is filling up
the sea along a frontage OF more than
seven miles, has destroyed about 90
villages and as many square miles OF
what was once the most productive
area in all Samoa. From Apia, about
30 miles away on the island OF Upolo,
il is sometimes possible 10 read at
night by the glare OF the Sayaiian vol
cano. whose twin pillars OF vapor by
day become columns OF red.
Above the ever seething lake of fire
within the rater hangs a great Grim
son cloud, while eight miles distant
from the volcanic cone appears "A less
er cloud. sometimes divided into many
columns of apparent fire. 1t is but
the steam arising from the sea, col
ored by the red glowing lava that
pours a Niagara of fire owe the cliffs
that the ceaseless torrent OF molten
rock builds higher and higher every
day. The ocean steamers touching at
Apia pass within close hailing dis
lance of this dramatic spectacle.
Scientists who have seen the most
recent flow say hal every minute
300, 600 tons of lava flow over the
lower rim of the crater; and this not
resembling in any way the other Ia
va, but like molten iron spreads over
the old field and beyond until at the
sea there is a Niagara of fire full ten
miles in width. AS this molten lava
falls into the ocean, says Harper's
Weekly. 1t turns to a fine black sand
and sinks, and so a new coast line is
being built up in water 300 to 400
feet deep.
This moving molten lake advances
at the rate of four miles al hour. AS
II pours itself into the sea columns
of water are raised in steam TO meal
CuldDlS uelSulS, anu THIS, ucStSliulh6
in a fine rain OF brine, destroys vege-
tation and corrodes the galvanized
iron roolings of churches and trading
stations for miles around.
As the torrents of boiling lava
break against the basalt cliffs or hum
moeks left by the old flow cliffs are
melted by the heat, hummocks disin-
tegrated and carried forward by the
flow to be hurled into the sea, where
they explode like Titanic bombs, and
this is taking place every moment
along an eyer widening sea front OF
ten miles at least. Con more than a
mile out in the ocean the water boils,
and from the crater still flows .
steady stream of lava greater, it is
said. than man has eyer seen in the
past issue from any volcano of which
there is record.
Never once since that night four
years ago, when this volcano was
born in a peaceful valley, has 1t re-
NAMED for a moment quiescent.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
9907S OVER THE TELEPHONE.
From One Booth to Another
Far Away.

The other day a prominent business
y OF this city went into a drug store
q U.e a telephone. Just before him a
ro@os woman with a large bouquet OF
asNatons had been using The phone
.tal when he went into the booth the
'dar of the flowers nearly stifled him,
q much SO, in fact. that his intention
Vas To hurry the conversation and get
mt as soon as possible. With the
bought of the strong odor uppermost
IN his mind, he called a man at the
other side of the city. Without a word
having been said on the subject, the
other nan remarked about the strong
odor OF carnations, and the man who
called up, without thinking. said a
woman with some carnations had Just
been using the phone on which he
was talking.
Hold the phone just a minute"
said the man at the other end of the
inc, and l will find out if there are
any of the flowers in the store"
After waiting for a few moments he
again came to the telephone and said
that there were no carnations there
and that the clerk was positive that
there had been none in the store that
day.-Ohio State Journal
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
Truth of This Not Vouched For.

In an illustrated description of the
game of tennis "Simplicissimus"
says: Like all good things, lawn ten
mis- is of English origin. Marie Stu
art, while a prisoner, was compelled
to beat carpets which were hung over
a rail. Not contented with this hui
initiation, her sister. Queen Elizabeth,
once threw a dead mouse at the un-
fortunate Marie while the latter was
beating carpets. The little defunct
rodent was caught on Marie's fail and
sent back over the rail, and was re-
turned To her by means of a fail in
the hands of Elizabeth, and thus the
game of tennis originated. Further
on in the same same description it is
said: Two sets are formed, and
while these firt at the edge of the
court others stand near the net and
make efforts to speak English"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
FroQ Industry in France.

1t is in France that the frog was
first generally used for food, and it is
in that country that the industry of
frog farming has been most largely de-
veloped. The green frog exists album
dainty throughout France wherever
there are marshes. ponds or sedgy mar
gins of rivers or bays that contain
fresh or slightly brackish water.
The best outfit for frog raising is
n or more shallow ponds or reser-
voirs filed with grasses and other wa
ter plants. 1t should be so situated
that the water a be partially drawn
off SO as to facilitate the labor of
%catching, If, as is often the case, the
pond already abounds in frogs, they
are simply protected and left for a
year II two to propagate. If food does
not prove abundant the owner throws
in live earthworms. as the frog is a
c%arniyorous animal and prefers the
food. whether worms. larvae or insects,
fresh and in norna2A. living condition.
If no frogs cs;s IL gee water they are
u. .led ether liyire or n tie form OF
CAS-. which hatch Wnen The water be
warm in April.-Popular Me
chanics.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
RIGHTS TO TERM DISPUTED
Mexican Herald RidieuIes App sllation
Of "Christian Nations" TO the Pow
ers of the World.

4 contemporary INDUCES in rash
REGULATIONS respecting the benefits to
accrue to the Ottoman empire when
IL shall be p%artitioned among The
Christian nations of Europe" re-
marks the Mexican Herald.
One fails to recognize any modern
nation which the designation fits.
Really Christian nations would not be
armed to the teeth, as it were. and
spend half their revenues in prepare
tions for war. Never since Chris
tianity came" says a recent writer,
has there been a time when the
course of nations was so marked by
Violence and the power of aggression.
Opportunity and strength are recog-
nized as the sole guides for interna-
tional behavior. The most solemn
pledges are set aside without question
and the rupture of treaties is accept
ed almost without protest when the
power that breaks the treaty is
strong enough in itself or its allies
to secure the fruits of its violence by
threats of war. Blessed are the peace
Makers we are told; but if one great
power claims that blessing for theNac-
tion of a fortnight ago, it must be
with a sardonic smile. When a man
stops a quarrel by presenting a pistol
at the head of the injured party, he
may be described as a ~peacemaker of
a kind, but it is a peculiar kind, not
coming, we think. within the meaning
of the blessing"
The guiding principles of modern
nations are not those of Christ, but
rather those of Nietzche, the teacher
of the right of might and the glorifier
of brute force, who counsels the
trampling down remorselessly of the
weak. The press of the world daily
tells of tile bitter hostility of the
great nations and s~peculations as to
the future of aerial navigation revolve
around the employment of airships as
agents of destruction. The most ad-
vanced nations of the world are at
this moment concentrating seven
tenths of their energies upon the
means of fighting each other, in a war
which, when it comes, will shake the
world and give the yellow race its
chance to win new ground at the ex-
pense of white civilization.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

We believe that the honors of
faithful service as precinct committee
mar belongs 10 Oh Ayers this year.
lie made a poll of his precinct and
gave his personal attention 10 ward
getting every vote 10 the polls. At
ter the smoke of battle had passed
Nemaha precinct showed Y repub-
lican votes while Ayers poll books
gave him Il IN TO work on. A
few such faithful workers in each pre-
einet and the republican party in this
county might get ON earth again.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

The town of Framinham, Mass.
ought to be locked up in Jail to keep
itself from being stolen. Through us.
ing its town treasurer as a tool swim
diers have put out over $500. 600 in
forged bonds of the municipality. The
natives + probably so busy looking
out for grafters on the inner cir.
Gle that they didn't recognize a
plain, ~unfrilled steal when it happen.
ed along from the outside.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
Mocking Birds in Massachusetts.

The coming of a GocEing bird to
Massachusetts is SO rare that even
those who have maGe a study of birds
are apt to be puz2 ed by the unfamil.
lar visitor. TIE such persons it will be
of interest to learn that a pair of mock
ing birds are making DuXbury their
summer home this year. They were
first noticed several weeks ago, when
they made themselves at home about
a house in the southern part of the
town. The beauty of their songs
brought %neighbors to watch them. In
n few days they left the place, hay
ing apparently found more to their lik-
ing n swamp near by at the bottom of
an apple orchard.
Two enterprising nature students
spent an afternoon under these trees,
and they were rewarded by abundant
opportunities for observing the birds
which left no doubt as to their iden-
tity. Their nest is probably in the
thicket of the swamp, but no one wants
to risk disturbing them by hunting for
it. They have improved their visit to
the north by increasing their roper
toire and have added limitations of
several northern birds to the long list
of songs they already had.-Boston
Globe,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
New EngIand's Libraries.

According to the statistics of the
national bureau of education. New
England is conspicuous in the number
of libraries. Her states lead the resi-
of the country, except that California
is ahead of Rhode Island. The for,
mer state has n library for every
6.102 persons, while in Rhode Island
there is one for every 6,3S7. In tbs
number of volumes per capita. how.
ever, the little state is ahead, havina
200 volumes for each citizen: New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Con.
necticut are ahead of her in the orde,
named, and Maine and Vermont fol.
low.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
A Unique School Service

The little town of Stanley, in the
falkland islands, possesses the mos.
unique school service ever known.
Two travelling schoolmasters are pro.
Vlded by the government, who visit
ene inherent families where there are
children and give instruction. The
length of their visit depends in the
a~stuteness of the children, and they
may spend days or weeks, as the case
may be, at one house alone.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
White Uniforms Not Popular.

White naval uniforms, when clean,
are very effective, but are not popular.
Every man in white on deck is ex-
posed as a conspicuous bullseye to
any guerilla marksman skulking
through the brush or sneaking over
the water surfaces of a hostile coun-
try. During the Filipino instruction
this visual exhibit was apreciably
noticeable aboard the gunboats which
patrolled the coasts within rife shot
OF the beach. No o did a light
mark show above deck than the thud
of a bullet against the side of the
ship or the hiss of a miss as it Whizzed
away into space showed that a game
of Il spy" was on. Then. too, on a
balmy day a stifIiy starched soldier
looks cool and neat to all but himself,
though starched clothes are endurable
in mild weather. But let the thermal
conditions change to a sultry humid
ity; result, the white and starched
stiffness willis like a dishrag, perspira-
ton damps the linen which clings to
the sweltering frame, bizarre creases
streak the soggy trousers if one dares
to sit down.-Army and Navy Journal.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
EZRA, THE DREAMER
so CHARACTERIZED BY HIS WIFE,
AND HE ADMITS 1T.
But He viii Yet Get Her the Many
Fine Things He Had Promised,
and the New Hat Right
Away.

Ezra said Mrs. Billtops, when
can | have the money for a new
hat?"
Well, Elizabeth, Mrs Billtops re,
piled, c%heerfully. 4 couldn't give it to
you just now, but l cap let you have
it next week"
Next week. said Mrs. Billtops,
echoing the words but giving them a
somewhat different twist, saying them
not bitterly not sarcastically, but in
a sort of signing, weary tone. She
continued:
Ezra, do you know that you have
been saying next week to me ever
since we were married, %so-and-so many
years ago?"-Mrs. Billtops mentioned
the number, but it isn't necessary to
go into all these minor details here
and that next week has never come?
You were going to get me horses and
a carriage; yes, sir, | was going to
have a carriage, sure, and a fine house
and beautiful clothes. You were 60
ing to make me happy, you said, and
give me everything that heart could
wish.
where, Ezra Mrs. Billtops went
on, smiling herself now as she re-
called the catalogue of luxuries which
when they were married brave Ezra
was going to give her, but which he
had never given, where are those
things that | was SO surely going to
have? Have | horses and a carriage?
A fine house? Beautiful clothes?
Have | any of the splendid things you
promised me, that you were going
to give me?
Has it not always been next week,
next week, that these things were go
ing to come, but have they ever
Gomez" And again Mrs. Billtops smiled
down upon him as she thought to her
self: Horses? Carriages? A fine
house2 Beautiful clothes? Why, I'm
having a hard time getting money
enough to buy a new hat!"
We'll, Elizabeth" said Mr.. Billtops,
and he was smiling, too. L haven't
given you all those things that | was
going to give you, that | wanted to
give you, and that | surely expected
| would be able to give you, that is
true; but you see things didn't turn
out exactly as l expected they would.
Il didn't carr as much as | expect
ed TO, for N thing; and then, with all
your economy, my dear, it always cost
us more to live than we had expected;
and then the children came; and so
all the time it cost us more; and per,
haps | didn't save as | should have
done, and so | couldn't give you so
many things that | would have liked
to give.
L have not put off getting these
things because | wanted to, but be,
cause had to. You know | would
have given you everything I promised
you if | could, don't you? And we
have been very happy, haven't We?
And ! am going to get you all those
things YETI
Ezra, you're a dreamer." said Mrs.
Billions, smiling still, and looking
down upon him kindly, as a matter of
fact, very kindly, Just a'dreamer."
Then Nj. Billtops got up and
started for The Office. thinking to him.
self that perhaps he was a dreamer,
perhaps he had been too much of a
dreamer; but he had had few night.
mares in life. his had been mostly
pleasant dreams; and then he reflected
seriously that he certainly must find
the money for Mrs. Billtop's new hat
next week.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

faced lie in answer to the very first
question affecting in any way their
interests IN such cas6s-and they
are all toe COMMONWEALTH Is the
use of compelling a witness to add
the sin of saerilcge to that of lying
and perjury? The whole oath, 50
far as any effect ii has upon the
geat majority of witnesses, might as
well be cut out entirely.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
Onnre ludiced.

Mike McGinnis was being examined
for jury duty in a murder trial.
Mr.. McGinnis.' asked the Judge,
have you formed or expressed an
opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of the prisoner at the barr"
No. sir replied Mike.
Have you any contentious scru.
pies against capital punishment"
Not in this case, your honor" Mike
replied.-Success.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Wonder If this flying business is
where ii will be necessary for an
aeronaut to buy from a corporation
or some kind a ninety-nine year lease
on a piece of blue sky before he can
fly through it without getting stuck
for trespassing.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

President Taft is TO have a quiet
trip down the Mississippi river. There
is to be no firing of guns, and, let
Us hope. no firing of pilots, as was
the Ease when strenuous Teddy took
his well remembered trip down the
same river.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

The conservation congress will
meet ut New Orleans November
TO talk owe practical methods of say
ing our resources. To begin with.
some delegates might conserve their
n little by staying at home
and saving railroad fare.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

In a New York zoo recently a mon
key committed suicide because of
the death of a dog companion. How
ever. We are glad the monkey had
more sense than some Of his Darwin
ian descendants and did not try to
take some of the rest of the family
with him. Some men might learn a
good deal from the monkey.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

One of the big department stores
in Chicago has orderedits saleswom-
en- not TO wear pads or rats or other
artificial frills. Now that's too bad,
probably some of them won't fit their
clothes after they get all trimmed
down 10 Just natural"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

President Taft $ reported TO have
conquered n bucking broncho on
Brother Charles ranch. OF course
the president had the weight of the
argument with him.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

a kokomo youth was made hap
by the other day with a quarter. He
lacked just that much of being able
to procure his marriage license and
a bystander Clipped in and helped
him out. Who cares for money. any
way when trotting though the state
of matrimonial bliss?
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
anyrnlne TO rIease.

Hubby, l want to go to an ex-
elusive resort
"All right, my dear" said the great
magnate. IN buy you a mountain"
Il prefer the beach"
Very good. John get me quotations
on oceans. Houston Chronicle.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Cook says he will have his records
ready In n month TO send to Copen-
hagen. Meantime Wen have to try
TO squeeze along ON the Peary rec
ords and a few Edison phonogaph
records.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
Easily

fatience-I see Mrs. Styles with
her dog quite often, but never see
her with the baby.
Patrfee-That's easily explained
You see she named the dog, and the
oapy was named after her husbands
felix's.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

A Cincinnati Methodist bishop re-
Gently conducted the funeral service
over the remains of his own son. A
good many minister's preach the
waiting for them to die.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Ex-Governor j. Frank llanly. of
Indiana, is said to side with the
anffragettes. Frank wants all the
ladies to vote just as many times as
he does-provided they vote his way,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
No Rest There.

Uncle Eben-lf We ever visit New
York and git tired walkin' around tn
city, don't ye so into tn stock ex,
change to rest.
Aunt Martha-Nhy not?
Uncle Eben-Gracious sakes, there
they charge $4,000 for a seat,-
ludge.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Save You money; don't squander
it, says John ID. Rockefeller to his
Cleveland Sunday school class. 81 We
always thought John would get
around to economical ideas if he were
only given time.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

In Massachusetts a woman is
charged with having stolen a diamond
ring from a corpse while kneeling
beside the coffin. But, then, some
people are not as particular as
others about where their jewels come
from,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
His Ambition.

Berry, what are You going to be
when you grow up?s asked the min.
lister.
"A milkman," said Tommy. prompt,
y, SOS ! can go round in the morn.
Eng making ali the noise I want
buffalo express.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

ITO be a Christian means TO be a
striver after truth declares an
evangelist. Guess that lets in all
members of the grand jury.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
Womanlike.

Madge-You must have managed to
console the poor girl. for she stopped
crying.
She stopped when she found that she
hadn't another handkerchief
Puck.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Champ Clark is said to be hot aft
CT the speakership. However, Champ
will still be able To express himself
even If he doesn't get into the chair.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
AL Off.

The Heiress-HaVe you seen papa?
The Duke-Yes. It's all off.
The Heiress-You don't mean to say
that he refused to give his consent?
The DuAs-On. no. ne said ned
give his consent-but not another
cent.-Stray Stories.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
Criticism Repaid Author.

Biornsen. the great Norwegian
writer, who is reported to be serious,
ly i'll, once told an interviewer that
when his first book was published not
II of his friends could be prevailed
upon to read it. At length a fellow
student. whose opinion the young au.
thor valued highly, was persuaded tc
attack the book on being promised g
bottle of punch. In fulfllment of this
promise. he climbed one afternoon IN
to Bjornsen's attic. filed a long pipe.
undressed to his singlet. for it was
very hot. flung himself on the bed.
and began to read, with the punch by
his side. Bjornsen sat on the sole,
hungry for praise, but not a word
dropped from his friends lips until
the pipe. the bottle. and the book
were finished. when he arose. dressed.
and OOH his departure, remarking as
he went, THAT is the best book ]
ever read in my life" Then Biorn.
sen felt that his punch had not been
wasted.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Mrs. Pankhurst, noted English
%suffragette, has reached New York
on a one-way ticket. Hope she's no
relation 10 Mr.. Bill-Hurst.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05

Mr.. Peary has submitted his polar
proofs ia the National Geographical
Society. Naturally we presume they
were tied with baby ribbon.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-11-05
PRETENDING
See the boys

See the boys
Pretending TO be soldiers. eh?"
Yes, kids get lots of fun pretend
ing
And groWn-ups, too. ! put in ny
vacation pretending l was rich
Louisville Courier-Journal.