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The Falls City tribune., 1909-10-01

ed as truthful men. and besides.
Sharpe never denied it. | think
Bill Loan told me about it first,
though he was not present but had
been told by those who were. There
Is no kind of doubt about the fact. |
would give a pretty penny for a yer
batim report of that speech. The
Grafton of D%emosthenes on the
Crown. would be nowhere in the
comparison, nor would that of Web
ster in reply TO the South Carolina
senator, Hayne. or that of the Monk
Luther before the Diet of Worms, tan
old lady remarked that in her opin-
ion such a diet would not be good
for the health as a regular thing,
and Judging from her understanding
of the matter. | am inclined to agree
with herr, but the speech was made
as reported, and listened to and
laughed at by the men who heard it,
and by everybody who heard of it,
and so passed into the melodramatic
traditions of the community, unique
in kind. and u~nrivaled in character.
| give this as a specimen brick
of the early legislative material at
hand for the work of government
construction in the wilderness, but
1t should be borne in mind that in
most cases the real Legislators are
not members of the bodies which
pass the laws. This may sound a
little strange to some of the people,
but IL Is the plain truth, neverthe-
less. Legislatures are little less than
ratification meetings. and the same
In large measure, is true of the con
gress of the United States. Any
distinctive measure affecting the
material interests of the people, re
ceiyes their attention, in the way of
discussions in the press, on the hust-
ings, from the platform and more or
less from Ahe pulpit, long before it
receives the constitutional legisla-
tive touch that gives TO it the force
of law. and yet, if we listen To the
hungry, uneasy politicians and place
hunters, We might conclude that ours
is anything but n government of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie" but happily for the general
veal the meaningless clatter of
those harpies is about as harmless
as ii Is generally s~enseless and silly.
Three other eminent men in our
history had expressed the same
idea, so aptly put by Mr., Lincoln at
GETTYSBURG, tewit, government of,
by, and for the people, namely John
Quincy Adams, Justice Joseph Story
and Daniel Webster; each using his
own form of words, yet no two of
which were alike; but it remained for
the man of obscure origin to work
owe the old material and produce a
patent of his own SO entirely original
as to become, for all purposes of def
milton, sui generis.
Translated into the plain language
of the people, IL means nothing more
than, that our Is a government of
laws. constitutionally enacted by au-
thority of the people, and for their
benefit and control. Law,
whether constitutional or statutory, is
merely chrystalized public sentiment,
the controlling force of which, con-
The Falls City tribune., 1909-10-01

of that case only. and is res judicata
of nothing else, o is it binding on
the court, for it was the expression
of a bare majority of the judges, and
may be oyerruled at any time.
The foregoing reflections may be a
little out of place in these papers,
but the sign was right to make a few
remarks on the subject of tampering
with the fundamental law of the na
ton which the nowadays Lilliputs
are always harping on, and right or
wrong, | have made them, though |
purposely refrain from a discussion of
the legal questions involved; as not
being entirely germane to my general
purpose. | will say, however, in
passing. that the boy who cut open
came from, was the probable progen-
itor of the modern herd of constitu-
tional tinkers, and referendum law
manufacturers, as their methods of
procedure have a very close analogy
to his, at least in kind. They would
destroy the integrity of the mighty
work of the fathers for no other
purpose than to try how one of
their piemy notions would work, as
a mere experiment to see what would
happen. This nation has thus far
escaped the Vaccinations of its enc
mics, but it remains to be seen
whether it can be saved from its
fools.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-10-01

That old suit, or garment of any
kind, can be fixed up as good as new
see Stanley Stump. 3S-tf
DR.. Trumpore-Massuer and face
Massage, Phone 267. 31tf.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-10-01
"reminiscences OF q Wayfarer

Some OF the Important Events Of The Pioneer Days
OF Richardson County ard Southeast Nebraska. as
remembered BY the writer, who has spent fifty
one years here.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-10-01

Eat Sowle's Candy.
DIR. Wilson, Wallis building.
The cleaning and pressing of
ladies' garments a specialty.-Stan-
ley Stump. 3S-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10

has always been considered not only leglt- Innate as a beverage, but it is conse- erated and hallowed in the most solemn and weighty rite of the Christian church. Now you cannot, by mere law, eradicate sentiment and destroy an institution that has stood for ages, and that Is so deeply rooted in our whole social life. Prohibition condemns the conscience, the Judgment and the social habits of count less generations of the most highly civil ized, progressive and moral peoples Moreover, prohibition passes condemna- ton on a great branch of industry that has been recognized throughout all ages as legitimate, an industry in which some of the most venerable and honored re- ligious orders of the Christian church have been and are today engaged. Pro- hihition necessarily fails because it makes no discrimination between use and abuse It arbitrarily makes a legal crime of an act which Is neither wrong in itself nor contrary to the rights and interests of society. Because two or three men use liquor to excess, prohibition would com pei a hundred temperate men to follow the rule of total abstinence. One man is lame, and therefore all his neighbors must use crutches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10

sition, for the Denver platform says: .We favor an income tax as part of our revenue system, and We urge the submission of a constitutional amend ment specifically authorizing Congress to levy and collect a tax upon indi- yidual and corporate incomes to the end that wealth may bear it's propor- tionate share of the burdens of the federal government" The pending Six teenth amendment meets this party de- mand exactly, and no democrat can consistently vote to the contrary, and any delay in action would be tanta- mount to a violation of this sacred pledge of the party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
GarY'S Blind Tigers

The city that the United States Steel corporation improvised almost in night on the sand dunes of Lake Mich igan had become infested with blind tigers despite the dryness of the coun- ty in northern Indiana in which it is located. These pests of dry towns became in Gary extremely busy and aggressive, so much so that they open ly, in many cases, defied the law.
 This condition of things at length came to the attention of Governor Marshall, the new democratic head of Indiana, and he forthwith told the blind tigers of Gary that if they did not obey the law without delay he would order the militia to march until the law had reasserted itself and was fully re-established in the model city, architecturally and industrially speak ing. Governor Marshalls threat worked like magic. The blind tigers took to the woods, and law enforce ment was resumed until the courts were clogged with cases. The pub lie prosecutor says the work will go on until Gary has no law-defying ele- ment. In new city in part made up of fioaters this is no light task, but all seem to be confident that law will be dominant in Gary hereafter.
 No troops are to be sent to Gary, simply because the threat to send them has created revolution in fa- vor of law and order. The troops were felt in moral sense instead of 8 physical sense, which is better. Gary is to be congratulated on it's prompt obedience to the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
FAMOUS DElUSIoNS.
From the Washington Post.


 In "The Lives of the Great Chance1- lors'' are cited some striking instances of the skill with which insane persons baffle the most expert cross examiners. A most interesting case quoted by the New York Evening Post Is that in which Lord Erskine was counsel for a man whose brother accused him of falsely imprisoning him as a lunatic. The keeper of the asylum was also indicted for the same offense.
 Although Erskine had no doubt that the complainant was really insane, he had not been told what was the nature of his delusion. Consequently he lost nearly whole day in a futile attempt to make the complainant reveal his infirm- ity. Every attempt to expose him was completely foiled. notwithstanding the fact that his lordship left unemployed no means which long experience dic- tated'
 Just as the complainant evidently had convinced the judge, jury and auditors that he was the victim of the most wanton and barbarous oppression Frs kine got a hint from a physician, that the complainant 'beleved himself to be the Lord and Savior of mankind" There upon his lordship, taking the hint, apolo- gized to the complainant and affected to lament "the indecency of my ignorant examination"
 With the utmost gravity, the complain ant replied, T am the Christ which, it is needless to say, settled the case in favor of the defendants.
 In case cited by Lord Mansfield the complainant eluded the most searching examination until he was asked concern ing princess with whom he corre- sponded in cherry juice In the pres ence of that test question his supposed sanity vanished and he gave a most mi mute account of his imaginary relations with the fictitious princess who lived in a tower constructed by his fancy. The same lunahc afterward had another per son indicted, and knowing that the prin- cess and the cherry juice had lost his former suit. studiousIy refrained from "uttering single syllable on that topic. although assailed by all the ingenuity of the bar and confronted by the author ity of the court Only by the shorthand notes of the other case was his mania proyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
Japanese Farms of Two or Three
 Acres Divided Into Many Fields.

From Across Japan in a Motor Car by
 George MacAdam. in the Outing Mag
 azne for August.
 Land is so scarce in Japan and the peo- pie so numerous that farm rarely con- sitsts of more than an acre or two. These little farms are divided up into tiny fields, During the season of the year in which we made our journey, one of these fields is filled with sprouting barley. light green in color another field-perhaps the next-with vetch, a lavendar-c -colored, clover-like fodder; neighboring field with a dark green grass from the seed of which a lamp oil is manufactured; an- other with the pale yellow flowers of the mustard. and scattered here and there fields filled with what looked like a va riety of lily-some white, some red some yellow, but all equally brilliant.
 Then to get the complete picture you must imagine patches of towering azaleas dotting the roadside; towering, round topped camellia trees breaking the skyline with frequent splashes of bright green; usually in the shade of these trees, houses with white plastered walls and red tiled roofs; about the more pretentious of these houses. white plastered walls, above which appeared a profusion of palms, roses and strange native flowers; and in the doorways of the garden walls, ki- mono-clad Japanese girls. the kimonos as many and as gayly colored as the gar den that framed them.
 I have travelled in but one other coun- try that is so gayly colored, and that was some few years ago when, in the company of a number of other youngsters and an evil-smelling magic lantern. I used to make frequent visits to the Land of Pri- mary Colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
Is she not passing fair?
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Dollar Wheat or Less

The outturn of winter wheat was better than was anticipated. and the harvest of spring wheat Is progress ing. Some experts now look for an outturn of 400, 0,OO0,O ,OO0 bushels of winter wheat. In that case the entire wheat crop of the country would closely crowd 7O0,0OO,O0O bushels.
 The Canadian outlook is promising. The drouth is broken in Argentina, and the prospects of Russian spring wheat and even of Indian wheat are exceptionally good. The result is that American wheat must either be stored or else concessions in prices must be made. At present the farmers in Kan sas and surrounding states are de- livering wheat from wagons to line elevators at 90 cents a bushel. True, stocks are small in all parts of the world, but great haryests and a re- duced consumption are pulling toward dollar wheat or less. December wheat is selling in Chicago below a dollar, and September wheat is just about on the line. If wet weather does not de- lay and injure the harvest in Minne- sota and the two Dakotas this coun- try will have more wheat to export than it grew last year for that pur- nose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
Home Bills to Come Up This Week

The legislature will consider this
 week a number of large local bills in- cluding the Jefferson county solicitors $ office and the fee system in general. It will be almost Birmingham week in legislation and the work of the two houses in these matters will be i'm portant and enduring.
 It seems to be agreed upon that section 96 in the constitution of 1901 is to be referred to the people to the end of empowering each county to act independently in the matter of fees. But this remedy would give no relief in the next five years. Imme- diate relief is much needed, and if every memebr of the two houses would read and re-read the Los Angeles let ter published in The Age-Herald of yesterday morning, the passage of Rep resentative Kings bill touching the fee system would be assured This letter summarizes the platform of the Prison league, and it lays down two fundamental propositions in the ad- ministration of the law: First, that vindictiveness ought to have no place in the administration of the law; sec ond, that it ought not to be to the financial interest of any one man to put another in jail. The entire let ter deserves a careful reading, for 1t is even more applicable to Ala bama than it is to California.
 There is not an unjust provision in the King bill Generous salaries are provided in it. The sheriff and probate judge would each receive S600O year; the court clerks, register in chancery and tax collectors and assessors $4000 each. In no event is the salary received by an officer to exceed the amount collected by him. The bill applies to all counties of more than 50 ,000 inhabitants according to the federal census of next year.
 The only reasons why this bill should not be passed unanimously are selfish reasons, and such reasons should not control the action of the legislature of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
MAYBE.

In the growing peoples country
 Nothing ever seems Just right, Never bird or bee or blossom
 Fills the morning with delight; Always telling bout their troubles,
 How they're pierced by sorrows thorn, Sitting by the roadside weeping,
 In an attitude forlorn. Laugh? They don't know how to do 1t! Sing? They tremble at the thought; Happiness, though much they rue It, Is prize they've never sought. Makes a fellow wax impatient,
 Just to see them acting SO In the growing peoples country,
 Where the weeds and nettles grow. When there's so much love and gladness In this old world to be found, So much that makes life worth living, If we'll only look around, Seems just like a sin to miss it
 Cause we will not see. I guess Two-thirds of our earthly troubles
 Come from sheer eontrarinessl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
CHICAGO WILL NOT-
 HAVE ANY STRIKE

Chicago, August 9.-Diplomatic negotia- tioi marked the progress of the street railway situation here today While no definite proposal of peace was accepted on either side. conferences which were held Justified the conclusion that settlement of the controversy without strike or arbitration is only few days off.
 The union leaders refused the first offer made by the railways offcials-that of a graded scale. giving the 30 cents an hour maximum to men who have been in the service 15 years The union men then put up the proposition of an increase of cent an hour at once and an increase of ? cents an hour next year. This proposi- ton now Is being considered by the pres idents of the two companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
Centenary of Alfred TennySOn

The noblest poet of the Victorian age was born August 6, 1909, and the celebration of the hundredth anniyer- sary has led to many tributes to his worth as a poet and as a man. Elk cept the master of 300 years ago the impression is growing that Tennyson will, in the long run, rank high as an all-round singer. Other poets excelled him in single respects, but scarcely one of them excelled him in versatility of expression and thought He diea in 1892, and his stanzas are as freely read as they were when they were first published. Like our own Sidney Lanier he gains popularity and read CTS as the years go on.
 Tennyson made Shakespeare a study throughout his long life, and possibly this aided him to find that high level and sustained flight which marks all his writings He never descends quite to the earth, and yet he never gets beyond our everyday intelligence. His portrayal of human nature he could well have gathered from Shakespeare, as perhaps all other poets have done, for in that respect the master stands unexcelled and even unapproached
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
SUN COOKING.

From Tit Bits.
 Sun cooking-roasting and boiling by sunlight instead of by coal or gas-has been going on for 300 years There are sun stoves that roast a silloin or boil a soup to perfection. They are only used. however by scientists. A sun stove con- sists mainly of a mirror, spherical mirror, on a joint There is also a re- Hector. The place for pot or plate is so situated that the mirrors rays can be focused on 1t accurately. German. Baron Tcherhausen, was the first sun cook. He began in 1887 to boil water and in 1888 he had very good success in boiling eggs. Sir John Herschel and Buffon are other famous names associat- ed with sun cooking. In California va rious sun cooks have boiled a gallon of water in 20 minutes. roasted meat in two hours and poached eggs in 15 min utes-quite as good time> as the ordi- nary Ire makes. An odd thing about meat roasted by sun rays is that 1t has an unpleasant taste. This is avoided by the insertion of a plate of yellow glass between meat and mirror. In all solar stoves the sheet of yellow glass figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
"BoB" BURDETTE's STORY,

From the St. Louis Republic.
 Robert J. Burdette, the famous humor- ist. is now Baptist preacher in Los Angeles. In a recent letter to Dr. John son Myers, who Is pursuing Professor Foster, the alleged heretic, in Chicago Burdette tells this story:
 As for the action of our Baptist min isters' conference, I think the body is on vacation until next September, and by that time the Foster incident will be as hard to recall as the items In an annual report
 "Dr. Foster reminds me very much of the dos-a very good, high-bred and thoroughly trained dog. you understand that every morning for three years chased a railway train that ran past the farm. The farmer and his wife were watching the persistent but vain pursuit one warm morning.
 < wonder the wife said, what makes that foolish dog chase the train so per- sistenty?
 syeBwiAps- mfwypetaoinchmfwyp --&&
 ~ Never thought about that replied the farmer, but I've often wondered what he would do if he caught it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
EfeciS of GeOreia's NOn-ActlOn

The New York Tribune is encour- aged in its opposition to the Sixteenth amendment by the dilatory action of 4he Georgia senate. The Georgia leg dslature will adjourn tomorrow with out day and it is plain that if 1t adjourns without ratifying the amend ment the opponents of ratification will be greatly encouraged The Tribune says the legislatures of the middle and eastern states will meet, as O rule, next January and they will have acted before a western and southern groundswell will be felt.
 The democrats of Georgia should not lend encouragement to the tax dodgers of the effete east by refusing to act this week on the proposition. No one anticipates negative action in Georgia when the matter is taken up, but mere delay will operate to strengthen the opponents of just taxation of the wealth of the country.
 The newspapers from Maryland to Maine will magnify any delay on the part of Georgia. They have already bas,,S to predict the defeat of the
 .yon. city the non-action in caaru,. , Npport of their position.
 .s.,o., Ntform will not stand for much in GeoSf 10 Il 'he ioeie'a'u'o ..,,,s. <. ..,,, Vhe pending propo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
Birmingham in 1910.

'"The passage of the Greater Brming- ham bill through the house with only one dissenting vote practically assures the est to this community" said a large prop erty owner. but 1t is too bad that Ensley was left out-as bad for Ensley as for Birmingham.
 ''The measure as 1t was adopted in the house gives Birmingham. 1t is safe to say, between 5000 and 100000 population. IT the census were taken now Greater Bir- mingham as the bill stands would be found to have almost if not quite sOO 900. But a new era of prosperity is setting in The wheels of industry are turning in a large way and by October 1 industrial conditions In the Birmingham district will be fully normal. Bankers and others say that by the coming winter new high rec ords in prosperity here will be due. And in view of the situation we will have next year when the government enumerators count us, not less, I think, than 100, 900 population. Birminghams population in 1900 was 3s,415 If 1t should turn out to be only 90,0o0 in the next census, it will have increased nearly 14o per cent, which would surely be increasing some But Birmingham needs Thomas and Ems ley to round out its natural municipal system. The King bill as 1t was intro duced would have made Birmingham's s population something like 12o,o0O and by the time the census was taken 125,00o to 13O,000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
Trying to Avoid Quarantine.

Washington, August 9-Whether the &C., tive steps toward eradicating the disease known as scabies in sheep. which are promised by the sheep breeders of Ken lucky in their communication to the Sec retary of Agriculture today will have the effect of staying the issuance of quar- antine on Kentucky sheep could not be ascertained at the agricultural depart ment today Secretary Wilson is in the west ard A. D. Melvy. chief of the bn- reau of animal industry, who has charge of the matter is also out of the city for a few days. At his office 1t was stated the bureau has under contemplation the establishment of such a quarantine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
School for Nsuro Farmera.

Atlanta, August 9.-At Clark univer- sity. a negro institution in this city, there was opened today a one weeks sch ool of instruction for negro farmers. Hun dreds of negro farmers from over the state are in attendance and the in- structors include representatives of the national department Of agriculture. state officials and prominent white and negro planters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-10
CUPID AND cAMPAsPE.

By John Lily. Cupid and my Campapse played At cards for kisses; Cupid paid; The stakes his quiver. bow and arrows. His mothers doves, and team of spar
 rows;
 Loses them. too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on s cheek (but none knows
 how).
 With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win At last he bet her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind, did rise. Love! has she done this to tha13 What shall. alasl become -oS met