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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-06

What's the matter with McGraw, of
the County League?
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
Whiskered Jurors.

An Illinois Judge, whose name we
viii not give, made a recent address
before the Illinois States Attorneys
association, in which he told of the
tricks of lawyers to win cases. Speak.
ing of the p~rejudices of Jurors and of
Judges he said:
"Whiskers play a great part in law.
suits. At present the prejudice in
Chicago is against jurors with whis.
hers. 1t formerly was the other way.
| know a judge who thought he was
without prejudice and thought only
men with long whiskers made good
Jurors. The prejudice now is the
other way and attorneys here general
iy reject men with long whiskers."
It is fortunate that this prejudice is
not widely prevalent, for if it we're
here could hardly fail to be a sudden
change in mems fashions which would
Danish the smooth-shaven and mus.
tached from American police society.
Green Bag.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
LIFE AT THE POLE
DESCRIPTION OF PERPETUAL
BATTLE WITH NATURE.
Hard for Dwellers in More Temperate
Regions to Understand Awful
Rigors the Eskimo Must
Undergo.

To the South Greenianders the polar
Eskimos are a kind of fabulous race,
living at an immense distance. clad
in bear skins and feeding on raw flesh.
Mr.. Rasmussen heard of them in his
childhood as children hear of the
fairies. They guide their dogs by diff.
ferent signals, drive on sledges of a
different construction and build their
houses on a different plan. 1t was the
dream of his youth to visit the new
people, and at last, five years ago,
his hopes were fulfilled.
Life at the pole is "A perpetual bat
tie with nature, in which man is often
worsted. He was frozen to death"
is the end of many b%iographs. While
as stronger than DEATH" as if death
were a watehful enemy always wait
ing for his chance. But life is on a
large scale up there. Instead of the
petty alterations of night and day
they have the great seasonal success.
sion, and, whether they are waiting
for the long light of summer or the
long dark winter, they enjoy a keen
delight in the prospect of a change
such as we can never know in the
tanner arrangements of Il climate.
The long dark does not keep them
wholly inactive. We read of eXpedi.
tons after bear and hunting on the
ice by torchlight, but in the main their
winter is given up to conversation and
contemplation. when the long dark
ness spreads itself over the country
many hidden things are revealed and
mems thoughts travel along devious
paths" This is the time when they
tell the stories of which Mr.. Rasmus,
sen has collected so large a number.
They are strange narratives, form
less and arriving at no conclusion, re-
lating maryels as a rule too grotesque
to be surprising-hoW a man married
a little fox, how a woman adopted a
loud report and the report became a
man. 1t is during the interminable
moonlit night. silent and lonely, that
they see visions and dream dreams.
They picture the wastes as full of
strange folk and tell herodean tales of
curious nations inhabiting them; of
people who rush from their houses
onto the ice as if they always expect,
ed the attack of an enemy of Apygoi
and men with dogs legs, Of o'aers who
are covered with feathers instead of
clothes; and always these coast men
have a superstitious fear OF the mys,
terious Inland Dwellers,' people who
have no dogs or sledges, no bows and
arrows, practice magic, live in holes
in the ground, are very timid and so
feet of foot that they catch foxes by
hand.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
Missed Its ornortunity.

IL a%nte-bellum 6axs Col. Moore of
Kentucky owned a large number of
slaves. lie was a kind master and
never punished with the whip. One
dag one OF the fed hands named
'J1pe' was guilty OF some negligence
and was sent to the woods It once to
cut down and split up a black-gum
tree, practically an impossible task,
Jupe cut down the tree and labored
hard to split the tough wood, but in
vain. In the meantime a thunder
storm came up and Jupe sought ref,
ugt under a brush heap. Directly the
lightning struck a large poplar neal
by, splitting it into kindling wood
After the storm had passed, Jupe
crawled out from his place of security
and, after taking a careful look at the
remains of the poplar tree, which we're
scattered all over the woods, said:
Mr.. Lightnin', l wish you had just
tried yo' ham on dis black gum. Any
blame fool can split a poplar."
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
Put lax on Bachelors.

The Sobranje of Bulgaria has passed
. law imposing a tax of about three
dollars a year on all unmarried men
who are 80 years old and older. At
Tirnoyo, the ancient capital, it has
kaen a custom for many years to
humiliate unmarried men. On the
first Monday in Lent all marriage,
able men who had not selected life
partners in the carnival season were
beaten \on sight with inflated pigs
bladders. The bachelors always
dreaded the day, while the girls
looked forward to it with pleasure
Since the tax act has been passed the
bachelors of Tirnovo have entered a
formal protest against the continu,
anee of the practice. They say they
will gladly pay the tax, but want the
chastisement declared unlawful.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
The Old and New.

We are saying goodbye" to the
old year. It is slipping away from us
with all its memories, and it wakes
a chord of pain in our hearts as we
think that il will Ger long be a thing
of the past, gone forever, with its
sunshine and it's shadow, its joy and
It's pain, its many opportunities, en-
ployed or disregarded. Gone and we
cannot call II back again, we cannot
live over again one day that is past,
or use again II opportunity that we
lave allowed to slip by us UNDECIDED.
I'VE shall henceforth return no more
that y.'-Deut. 1913. But let Is
remember that there lies before us
Il new year, fair and spotless, as yet
untouched by sin or failure, and glow
ing with hope and promise. Then
let us go forward" lex. 14:15) into
the untried future fearless and daunt-
less, staying our hearts on the grand
promise that stands firm and change
less amid all the changing scenes of
time. "The Lord, he it is that doth
so before thee, he will not fail thee,
neither forsake thee, fear not. neither
oe dismayed .'-Deut. 31:S. Yes, it
is enough, we can go forward fear
less and glad with His presence with
us. Ills hand guiding and leading,
Ills strength protecting, and His
welcome home awaiting us at the
journeys end. SO w say''good-bye'
TO the old year, and enter upon the
new. realizing that We are one year
nearer home" and that The hand
that has led us all the days of the
past will still lead us, until our feet
shall stand in safety within the
pearly gates" of New Jerusalem,
AS the shadows gather round lis
At the closing of the year,
We look Lack at days departed
And perchanee may drop a tear.
Yet we know that we are nearer
70 the home of JOY and love;
Nearer to the many mansions"
OF our Fathers" house above.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
The New Year.

y friend stands at the door;
In either tight-closod hand
Hiding rich gifts, three hundred and
three score;
Waiting to strew them, daily, Ger
the land,
Even as the sower.
Each drops he, treads it in, aud passe
by;
IT. cannot be made fruitful till it die.
Friend, come thou like a friend.
And whether bright thy face,
Or dim With clouds We can not com
prehend;
Wen hold our patient hands. each
in his place,
And trust thee TO the end,
Knowing thou leadest onward to
those spheres
Where there are neither days, nor
months, nor years
Miss Mulock, in this beautiful
poem, gives ideas better than we
al express them. The idea of each
day being n gift, hidden from us UNI
Ill its hour comes. is a pretty thought.
So may gifts, so much time to use
for either profit or loss, and so many
hands are held out eagerly for the
hands are held out eagerly for the
coming days, looking for them to
bring happiness, or gain of some kind.
The spirit sometimes grows faint
before the unknown future. conse-
quently it is enough to take one day
at a time and try to make that good.
1t is hard enough wen then, and
sometimes it is best to so hour by
hour. One day at Il time is the see
ret of every noble life. Zone day at
q time, taken up brayely, with its
duties faithfully done as they come, its
trials patiently borne, it's temptations
firmly resisted, its cross %eheerfully
carried, its joys rightly used. and its
gladness gathered from every hour
as it passes on" Instead of making
many resolutions at tho first of the
year to be quickly broken, let us
strive to meet each day bravely, and
take what it brings unquestioningly.
"Oh, hang some lamp-lisht hope
Above the unknown way,
Kind year, to give our spirits freer
scope,
Ana our hands strength to work Will
it is day"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
q Graceful Endorsement
(Gering. SCOTS Bluff County, Courier
Established 1881.

"There is a paper printed at Lincoln called THE NEBRASKA STAT
CAPITAL. This writer never fails to read it through and throuqh, al
though it simply contains the personal opinions of Frank A. Harrison
We don't love Harrison, never did, and do not know why, but re dc
enjoy this paper and We pronounce it a little nearer the public purse OF
Nebraska than any other single publication in the state. He is devoina
much of his ammunition just 10Y to ant-saLoon doctrines, md to his eff
forts may be attributed much of the progress toward county option. Some
papers which carry an editorial column have a string of sloppy slush
which is we'll nigh meaningless, and the Courier is consttutonaHy afraid
to try it, but the mh who IAN get up a weekly bunch of editorials
such as Harrison prints is nc less than a genius. Ten years ago this
paper carried an editorial coumnbut the mad rush of business has
been responsible for it's absence since then. A course of reading THE
CAPITAL has produced the desire to say our W say again, hence
this column, which we are inclined to make permanent"
Are you a subscriber to THE CAPITAL? Try it, If you pay $OO
before January /, you a include the anne of SOM friend, and get
for one year n each name.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
j, 4. RICKART,
Live Stock Correspondent.


Looked at in a philosophical light,
there is no special reason why the
first day of January should be differ
ent from any other day. 1t is not the
1ctual beginning of the year; the
twenty-first day of March, the first
day of spring. more fifty deserves the
honor. But the wisdom of our anees-
tors is in the selection of the day.
and it probably will never be changed
in Christendom.
Practically, the date makes no diff
ference. As a matter of fact, we
used to celebrate New Years day,
prior to 1852, thirteen days later
than we do now, ON account of the
change in the calendar, which took
effect in that year. The Russians
still preserve the old-style calendar,
and the Hebrews keep a New Years
day based on the Mosaic chronology.
The date, therefore. makes little
difference, but the day is of consid-
cradle Importance. AS far back as
history runs, it has been the custom
to mark the death of the old year, and
The birth OF the new by appropriate
ceremonies.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

now turned on him, grieved that he
should have deceived them and that
they should have been so mistaken In
a man they believed to have scienti=
ftc ability aud 20 be thoroughly hon
est aud a gentleman. There are still
many who cling 20 the belief that
Cook Is crazed or ignorant.and that
he actually believed he found the pole
and collapsed when he realized he
could not prove it or that his form
or ideas had been wrong. but the
world turns quickly and most of it is
now arrayed against Cook, its former
idol.
However, the change of sentiment
has not greatly warmed towards
Poary, and few OF the former Cook
adherents are flocking to him. In
fact many believe that he, TOO, is a
faker-thoueh he has made good in
his scientific proofs. But even as a
victor. he has gained little esteem,
though it is now better realized he
had excuse for them. The east is a
strange one and in many ways a
melancholy one, and it might have
been better if the old pole had never
been turned up.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
COOKS

The Cook ease is one of the strang-
est that the present generation have
encountered. While ii is now general.
ly conceded that Cook is a fraud CON
sciously or unconseiously. he has not
been proven so definitely-the declar-
alton of the University of Copenhag-
en- against him being merely on the
grounds that sufficient evidence was
not submitted. If Cook set out to de-
hberately humbug the world and gain
? fortune thereby. his latest moves
have certainly lacked much of the
shrewdness of the earlier ones or he
has fallen iIl,or given way under the
strain. Otherwise, he could still have
been lecturing every day and raking
in his thousands of dollars. Being in
evidence to dispute claims from time
to time made against him and to Of
fer u or ask for delays. he
could have indefinitely stayed off com
plete exposure and could, We believe.
10 the end of his days have retained
a strong following who believed in
him. But instead he dropped from
sight and doubts unanswered were al
lowed to accumulate that can never
be overcome, no matter what proof,
genuine or faxed, he may hereafter
offer. His warmest supporters have
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
Notice.
M


On account of the advanced price
of labor and the high price of feed
we. the undersigned, shall have to
charge, after January LIST, 1910. the
following prices to deliver coal and
wood to the different parts of the
city:
One % ton OF coal or over, 70
cents each.
One-half G2) ton or less, 80 cts.
One0) rick of wood or over. so
cents a rick.
One-half Cl2) rick or less, 50 cts.
If the same must be carried in that
much more will be charged than it
costs to deliver the article to any
part of town. CSigned).
C. \. HANNAH.
c.. y. HECK.
p. S. HEACOCK & SON.
JENKINS BROS.
MAUST BROS.
JOHN ROSS.
JAMES MOORE.
JAMES GILROY.
FRANK BISTMICk.
DENNIS MCCARTHY. 50-4t
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
MARKET LETTER..
Letter From our Regular Correspond
ent at Kansas City.

Kansas City. December p. 1905
Everything in the live stock line
opened up fine today. after a rest
of two days. as the supply at all
the markets continues to be of the
small holiday proportions, Beef steers
regained practically all of their re-
cent loss last week. aud she stuff
and butcher grades more than made
mp their declines, and stockars and
feeders also sold with good life and
closed up strong, The run Of 1000
here today is selling %unevenly higher,
steers strong TO 10 higher, COWS and
heifers 10 TO - higher. and country
grades stronger, which puts all class
es at the highest notch of the winter
season. Nothing very choice in the
steer line is here today, top $3.50, al
though well finished steers would
sell up to $50, bulk of steers Sos
to $G.75. There is no appearance to-
day of a public appetite gorged on
poultry and exhibiting the after
holiday apathy toward any kind of
meat. but on the contrary the market
is active and snappy, with good pros
poets for future strength unless re-
ceipts become excessive. Cows sell
at $500 to $5.G0, heifers up 10 Sos.
bulls, $500 To $4.75, calves $500 to.
$S.25, stockers $3.25 10 $500, feeders
$500 To $5.25.
The hog supply last week was
10000 head, a big decrease from the
previous week, but about eight thou
sand head more than same week last
year, which was a condition so I'M
usual as to be a strong feature. Pack
ers started out to break the market
first half of the week but were fore
ed To desist after Tuesday, account
of reduced supplies, and thereafter
sellers had control of the market.
prices closing the week only 10 cts
under the close of previous week.
Run is light today, at 5000 head, and
the market is 10 higher, with the top
at $S.471a. Packers have small
opportunity to work out any scheme
that will effect anything more than
n temporary moderate decline as long
as volume of receipts remains so
small.
sheep and lambs sold Irregular
last week, but closed without much
net change for the week. The SUD
ply today is extremely small and not
enough to test prices on anything but
lambs are worth $3.50 to $3.50, feed
ing lambs $6.35 to $500, fat year
lings worth 5000 to $3.50, wethers
$5..25 to $5.75, ewes $4.35 to sos.
December receipts are about nor
NAL for that month, and total for
the year 1909 will be heaviest on rec
ord here for a single year. although
only a few thousand head more than
in zoos.
RTCEART
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

Eighteen counties have recently
voted dry in Manitoba. Which means
that hereafter the natives will have
to wet their checks with tears in.
stead of beers.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

C. l.. Warriner. the Big -Four
railroad treasurer ut Cincinnati who
is said to- be $640. 900 short and
charges his thefts TO blackmail, has
been sent up for & years by the court.
This thing of reaching into some
body else's pocket to ever up matters
every time your leg Is yanked
is sometimes risky business.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

1t is stated Capt Losses obserta.
tions were not used in the papers
submitted 10 Copenhagen by Cook.
Cooks motto evidently was. DO
your own taking"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

VIII somebody kindly catch Mr..
Peary and hold him il he looks like
he thought of going to the south
pole. We've had enough poles for
the present.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

And now let us hope the custom
crs of DIR. Cooks brother, William,
the milk-man, Of Brooklyn, will not
begin to grow suspicious of his pro
duct and so 10 probing for water.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

A Boston man is asking for divorce
because his wife telephones him too
often. He might compromise it by
drawing straws to decide whether he
shall put a muffler ON his wife or ON
the telephone bell.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
Holiday Greetings.

The Tribune this week received
Holiday Greetings from DR.. and Mrs.
w. S. Fast of st. Joseph. We here
with wish them the same.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

Five employees have been found
guilty in the sugar trust trial. This
will aid some in helping the men
higher up TO retain their sweet dis
nnsilinn-
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31
TELEPHONE 226.

Zelaya SAYS he surrounded his Of
flee to save Nicaragua from the out
RACES of the United States. Thought
ful. tender hearted man,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

The average newspaper man will
have a little more sympathy for Cook.
perhaps, than some others. lie knows
what it is to have a big story all
jammed up in his head and then have
to work 1t out smoothly and in detail
with n tired brain. The longer n
story is carried in the head the
harder it is to get it worked up,and
il is not nj all improbable that Cook
after the excitement of his return
was over, was simply too tagged out
to get up the scientific report that
should have been sent to Copenhag-
en-, and in his WEAKNESS of mind he
may. IN a desperate effort to get
clear of the stuff for awhile, have
decided TO send in a rehash of the
newspaper story and let the future
take care of itself. Only a writer
who has been through the mill can
realize how strong such n tempta-
ton might be.
1t is stated there will be no
contest for Leopoid's crown. belgium
should be thankful some enterpris-
ing American newspaper isn't run
ming a contest TO give it to the
most popular LADY,
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-31

A sad little tragedy of life and
death took place in Hot Springs, Ark,
the other day, when the thirty-pound
midget wife of Maurice Growly, a
~seyen-foot giant, gave birth to a child
and died. The baby may be saved
by an incubator. The couple were
show freaks, fell in love and married.
II is said the giant is almost pros
trated over the death OF the tiny bit
cf humanity that was his wife.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-10

but some of the buoyancN waa lost ear
lyHin the day because OF realizing sales
by prominent interests. July opened X ar
X to q a i higher at 1875 to So IS and
for 4 time held within that range
Oats were steady Local receipts We're
Opening Quota lions showed gains Of u
shade to Il July being at 5Sss to 81 z /.
Early transactions We're confined within
this range. gs5q
Provisions were strong at the start
despite more liberal receipts of live
hogs Throughout the west. but the mar
ketfreacied somewhat early. In theS ses-l
the start We're unchanged to 81 higher.
heat he market became extremely
weak during the final hour. July de-
clining moro than 2 c-nts on stop-lossl
selling. The low point on July was.
reached at j .lGst. The market closed
point July being of .isa2A at 1890,
el.l7. .5.S y4
Corn a fter advancing to now high
points for the season, with July at ,3sa.
the market slumped In sympathy with
wheat. July declining to ~ * epi3. T..ta,
close was easy althouEl1&,July was still
shade nboye the preyi9as s9Ys Ut so q,
s1.09&@a; Dec. l0als: Aug. III; May.
corin-July, 10: sept, 7o..l Dec. sea H.,
Oats--Juiy. S. fsGfssi Sept. iSsat.a S
Dee. 10: May. 4iis.
Pork--,Juiy, 1885: Sept. %. Oh
.I.ard---JulY, l.So; Sept. n.5t'f; Oct.
II. 5s; Nov, II 40. s3 .s
Rye-Gasi, ssasao: Sept. s.:
" Bari asii. 50 q So.
i Timotby--Sept. e.ae.
CloYer--None.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-10
LIVESTOCK.

Chicago, June observation-disclosures, es-
tinated at 5, 900; market steady Reeves,
a.2nQf. %; Texas steers, 4.6oG 6.30; west
ern steers Gus4o; stocksrs and de ed
6.75; calves, 500 MS.06.
Hogs-Receipts. estimated at 2i.D0:l
market steady to &C. lower. Lights. 500
Z AS; mixed. 7.15@ 7.75: heavy. z 200 $50:
7.4on1.55. pigs. 6.o546.90: bulk of sales,
4. 25diT. 65.
sheep-Receipts. estimated at 10000;
market s5saay Natiysi a@sso ges5
lambs, native. 5.5O0s.25: western, $50.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, June 10. -Cattle-R Receipts,
5000: market steadya9to 1oc. lower. Ma
tive steers. 5.00G7.o0; native cows and
=heifers. l2.I5GH6. 60; stockeTs and Feeders,
3,60@5.5O; bulls, 2.75@6 .sO; calves. 3.75@
Z 100: western steers. 5.2S1G.75; western
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market steady 10
DC. lower. Bulk of sales. $50;
heavy. 7.5OfpT:65; packers and butchers,
1907 60; lights .2o9t.so; PIGS, o.lo9
Receipts. 5000: market steady.
Muttons. 4,l56p6.3l; lambs. e.5OM SIS;
range wethers. a.Da6.oo; range ewes,
~ IL OMAHA.
South Omaha. June let-Cattle,Re-
ceipts, 900: market slow to s1oa15c. low
er. Western steers, 3.5N15.'a; Texas
steers, 3.o04S!40; range COWS and heif-
ers, $50 q 5.a0; Gamers. 2.ooas. 10: stock-
AZ a. .o9 e' bulls sand and stays, s,0oas.s.
Hogs Receipts. 1900; market strong
to SC. higher. Heavy, 7.aJG 7.55, mixed.
.7.a5 7.55; light, 7.2s@7.5: pigs, 5.oo@
s St gT Of saiss 1os market steady
Yearlings. 57S76.75: wethers. 4.soaS 30;
ewes. SEQ 6,25; lambs. 7.a5GS.25.