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The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
Dragging Child rem.

Il the charges are made good
against the druggists who were arrest
ed the other day for selling cocaine
to children the utmost penalty permit
ted by the law should be instantly
imposed upon-if convicted - men
guilty of an ~unspeakably atrocious
crime. The doctor who makes an in
valid and suffering woman familiar
with morphine, cocaine or any seduc-
tive opiate runs a very great risk. He
has himself, in his student days. wit.
messed the ravages of choral or NOR
phine in the student body, and, if a
worthy practitioner, is ware OF the
habit. The alienation of pain be-
m with certain suppliant tempera-
ments an xcu for dissipation of
time and dolce far niente. The pallid
faces, the dropping eyelids of number.
less men and women to be seen on the
streets tell a CHASTITY story. Those
who are responsible for the illegal
sale of the cause of this should be
made to suffer, says PHILADELPHIA
Press. But, above all, the nan who
aids and abets the drugging of a
child is a scoundrel for whom no pun.
ishment known to the law can be too
severe
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
JUDGED BY COMPANY WE KEEP
Man to Assist In Attempt to
Rob New York Store.

A mar under the influence of
liquor was passing along an uptown
street In New York one night lately
when he saw two men, one of whom
apparently wanted to open a store,
but was experiencing some difficulty.
Thesemi-intoxicated man kindly vol
unteered to help him, and while he
was doing so a policeman came along
and arrested all three. In court it
came out that two of the men were
professional burglars, and the third
the drunken man-was merely a cas-
ual observer. whose brain was so mud
died with liquor that he did not know
what he was doing. The criminals
pleaded guilty to attempted burglary,
and the honest drunkard was warned
by the Judge, who suspended sem
tence, that II he ever got into trou-
BILE again within the next 25 years,
he could be brought back to court
and tried over as an accomplice. He
left the court a different man, VOW
ing to stay sober for the next quarter
of a century.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
CONVERSATION.

Conversation is one of the blights
of civilization.
The art of conversation is a lost
one and the art of keeping still de
mands cultivation.
As a consequence the Vomen talk
about cooks and clothes, and the men
about weather and women.
Conversation may be divided into
chats, arguments, pifle and %palayer,
with gossip and quarrels as side is
sues.
The trouble is that were we to try
to develop the art OF keeping still we
should Immediately begin to talk
about it.
People spend thousands of dollars
in education, in books, in travel, in
theater tickets and all that In order
to be able to carry on a conversation.
Conversations are fortunately for
gotten as Don as they are over, other
wise people would be so mortified
over their inane remarks that they
would seek new friends every day.
The Idea that when people meet 1t is
necessary for them to talk has grown
out of helpless self-distrust. Not over
five ant Of q million paopIo sav INV
thing when they converse.-Life,
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
JUDGE on the Curse Of Drink

Lord Coleridge. addressing the
grand Jury at the opening OF the
%Clamorgan assizes the other day, said:
Il have kept during the IL months
preceding January 1 this year a care
full record of all the criminal cases
brought before me, and | can tell you
as a matter of fact that A out of
every 100 of these crimes would never
have been committed except for drink.
/ need hardly point out what happi-
ness, what increased happiness, to the
community, what lessening OF expend-
iture in gaols and in asylums, what
moral improvement would result from
any improvement in the habits of the
persons who come before me charged
with crime"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
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POTATO WORSE THAN OPIUM
Habit Of Smoking Dried Stems of Or
binary Field Tuber one of Most
Vicious Practises.

Even worse than opium smoking Is
the smoking OF the dried stems of the
ordinary field potato" writes an emf
mem physician in an exchange. The
potato vine Is a poisonous growth
The apple or seed, which grows on
the potato and looks like a small. I'm.
dergfown green tomato, which it Is
in fact, for the potato and tomato are
blood cousins, Is especially potent in
It's baleful effects If one smokes it.
Usually the vice starts in boyhood
days ON the farm. when the youngster
of the family steals his fathers pipe
and hides with 1t and some matches
down behind the garden fence or be
hind the barn neXt TO the field of
potatoes. lie doesn't dare to take up
the straight tobacco, but he tries out
some dried potato stem in the pipe.
THE smoke sets the experimenter
into a delicious dreamy state at first.
but the heart action accelerates in a
minute or two in an effort TO throw
off the poison through the lungs and
skin. The dreamy state quickly dis
appears. the face gets flushed and the
heart action rapidly increases to Sc
we're palpitation.
"lf the dose has been large the vic.
tim feels a Wild, fierce elation that
impels him to action of any kind. In
this state he may do anything, but the
stage is reached much more quickly
than with alcoholic liquors.
THE eyes become blind and cloud
ed. The pupil dilates as though bel
ladonna had been applied. The motor
centers are affected and there is par
alysis of the lower limbs, and the
smokers face gets pale, while drops
of sweat stand out.
AT this stage the heart action
weakens and there is either stupor or
syncope. in which the victim of the
potato poison lies practically para
lyzed and unable to move, while his
brain is in al insane whlrl. This rep.
resents the height of the intoxieation
and 1t is followed by acute depression
and melancholia and a slow return of
the physical powers.
1.-THE potato stem smoke speedily
draws a victim down. He grows pale,
is gaunt and emaciated, ends up with
violent acute mania, usually with
homicidal tendencies.
Il only had one case of the kind.
A boy of l6 osught the habit trying to
find a substitute for tobacco. He only
lasted three years. There wasn't any
thing that could be done for him.
This young chap couldn't be re-
strained by any of the usual drugs.
He was kept in bed. roped down, dur
ing the maniacal stage that he went
through. Morphine didn't seem to do
any good. The moment he was freed.
after recovering somewhat, he would
make a rush for the nearest potato
vines. trying to get and smoke the
stems, which he secreted In many
places c%unningly hidden"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
POLAR PROVERBS.

Ais not a pole that glitters.
He poles best who poles last.
Too many Cooks spoil the pole.
There's nc pole like a north pole.
Where there's a pole, there's a way.
Uneasy lies the man who finds the
pole.
It's an i'll wind hat blows nobody
north.
manners.
A friend at the pole is worth two in
the bush.
A d~iscoverer is known by the com
pany he keeps.
One dash for the pole makes the
whole world kin.
A good claim is rather to be chosen
than great riches.
Don't count your records before they
are watched.-Carolyn Wells In Judge.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
SOME ~SUPERSTITIONS.

Pass me salt, pass me sorrow.
To find a horseshoe in the road Is a
sign of good luck.
II you dream of snakes 1t Is a sign
you have an enemy.
1t Is a sign you are going to be rich
II you tumble upstairs.
Six weeks after you hear the first
katydid look for the frost.
The bones Of rheumatic persons
ache when a storm is brewing.
Early to bed and early to rise makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

What a need there is for effort and
energy In the cause of God; for real
religion and common sense.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
or FRIENDSHIP.
To be told when 10 go home.

To be told when 10 go home.
To be told when 10 say home.
To be Joked abcat his personal APP
p%earanee.
To hear both sides of the family
quarrel separately
To agree with beth sides of the fam.
lily quarrel when heard separately.
To hear the completion of the fam
lily quarrel that he wishes his arrival
had interrupted.
To stay at home and take care Of
the children while tie other guests
are taken driving.
To make himself at home in the Ii.
brary without having been given the
key to the book shelves.
To be reminded Of his youthful fir
tations in the presence of new and en-
tertaining young women.
To walk from the station in rainy
weather because 1t is so bad for the
family horses 10 be ont in the rain.
To be given a small room in the
attic SO that the spare chamber may
be ready for possible but unexpected
company.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

Learn to rise early.
Learn to eat slowly.
Learn to retire early.
Learn to love the open air.
Learn to rest at odd moments.
Learn to eat one hearty meal a day.
Learn to look at things from an.
others point of view.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

TO stay at home and take care OF
the children while tie other guests
are taken driving.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To hear the completion of the fam.
lily quarrel that he wishes his arrival
had interrupted.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To make himself at home in the II.
brary without having been given the
key to the book shelves.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To be reminded Of his youthful fir.
tations in the presence Of new and en-
PERTAINING young women
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To walk from the station in rainy
weather because it is so bad for the
family horses 10 be out in the rain.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To hear both SIDES of the family
quarrel separately
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To be joked abcat his personal APP
p%earance.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

Don't count your records before they
are watched.-Carolyn Wells In Judge.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

To be told wien 10 say home.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-15

As a consequence the women talk
about cooks and clothes, and the men
about weather and women.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

1564-Three ships sailed from France
with supplies for the colony at
Port Royal
1662-Connecucut colony obtained a
charter from King Charles II.
1672-Sir John Yeamans proclaimed
Governor of South Carolina at
Charles Town
16S9-Massachusetts was without a
Governor
l775-Gen. Putnam joined the patriots
at Concord, having rode his horse
about one hundred miles in eigh-
teen hours
1775-The Massachusetts provincial
Congress voted to raise Is, 500 men
under command of Gen. Artemus
Ward. Battles of Lexington
and Concord, the beginning of the
American Revolution.
1777-Adoption of the constitution of
the State of New York.
1779-Col. Van Schaick marched from
Fort Schuyler and destroyed Onon-
daga, N. Y.
17S2-John Adams received bv Hol.
States.
17S9-John Adams arrived in New York
and assumed office as President Of
the United States Senate.
1793-Indians massacred the Thrasher
family in Greene County, Georgia.
Founding of Oberlfr, Ohio.
1S36-Texans under Gen Houston de-
feated the Mexicans under Santa
Anna in battle of San Jacinto.
1852-First alarm of fire by an electric
telegraph system given in Boston.
1S69-Consolidation of Washington and
Jefferson Colleges, in Pennsylvania,
1875-President Grant attended the
centennial celebration of the bat
tie Of Lexington.
1S81-Great banquet in Toronto in hon
or of the Hon. Edward Blake.
1S82-Dominion Parliament passed the
Pacific railway bill.
1S83-Parliament buildings in Quebec
destroyed by fire.
1S89-Oklahoma opened to settlement
by presidential proclamation
1S94-several hundred lives lost in
earthquake near Athens, Greece.
1898-American squadron under Ad-
miral Dewey sailed for Manila.
1903-Mortimer Clark, K. c., appointed
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
death of Sir Oliver Mowat,
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
19O4-Large part of the business dis
trict of Toronto destroyed by fire.
1909-Young Turk forces invested Con-
stantinople -. Former President
Castro of Venezuela returned to
Paris. =. Assassination of the
Prince of SamOS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
Stanley, the Stern.

Henry NJ Stanley, as his pictures
show, was a man who never relaxed
his severity because of anybody's
pleasantly or familiarity. He wanted
to gain his. object He was, says Will
lam H Rideing in McClure's Maya
zine, both despot and martinez, stern
and exacting, uncompromising, silent,
humorless, inscrutable and Cromwell
liam"
Il cannot say we loved him." one
of his lieutenants said to me; Eve
were ali afraid of him, but we all be-
lieved in him. When he hadn't his
rife in hand, he had his Bible, and
no matter where our camp was, or
how long and distressing our march
had been, he never missed his bath
and shave in the morning"
What details to inspire an imagin-
airy portrait of him! The silent man
in white, imperturbable in the heart
of the African forest, his words re-
stricted to commands, which his fol-
lowers recognizing their destiny in
him, leaped to obey!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
CAN OF GOLD MISSING.

Man Who Fears Safety of Banks
ETectualIy Hides Small Fortune.
A tin can containing between $4,000
and $4,000 in gold is missing and the
heirs of Benjamin Stillman, who died
recently in Shiocton, are fearful that
the money has been stolen or was
hidden by its owner so that it may
never be found. In probate court rel
atives of the dead man declared that
they had not found the cash. Still
man all his life had a fear Of banks
and also had penchant for gold. Ev-
cry dollar in silver or bills that he
counted profit he exchanged for gold
and promptly deposited it in the tin
can he kept for that purpose. For
many years, according to a son, Still
man kept his can full of gold between
the rafters in a little woodshed at
the rear of his home Occasionally
he would take the can and for a pc
riod of several months would hide it
where no one could find it, and it
was in one of these secret places when
he died suddenly last March.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
BURGLARS ARE BOLD.

Work in ManitOvoc on Two of
brilliantly Lighted Streets.
Two of the boldest attempts at bur
glary ever known in Manitowoc oc-
Cured the other night and Walter Mar
tin, claiming to hail from St. Paul,
is under arrest charged with being
one of the two men engaged in the
attempt. At 1920 o'clock an attempt
was made to rob the Salak department
store en- Eighth street, the principal
business thoroughfare Of the city, the
attempt being frustrated by the noise
which the men made in forcing an
entrance through the windows, which
gave alarm to neighbOrs. Martin was
captured two hours later, being arrest
ed upon description furnished by Pc
destrians on the street who saw him
fee from the store. Later during the
night the saloon Of A. LANCE on the
south side was entered, and a revolver
and a sum of money were taken.
Lange's saloon stands but few feet
from the sidewalk and under an arc
street lamp and the burglars worked
in plain sight under the glare of the
light
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
SHORT METER SERMONS.


Love is the handspring Of industry.
Rev. G. E. Lombard, Baptist, New
ark, n J.
Training only polishes the life. but
does not cleanse it.-Rev. E. K. Her
shey, Evangelist, Aurora, III.
1t is hate that makes things. ugly
and deformed-Rev T. B. Gregory,
Universalist, New York City.
1t is far more noble to pardon than
to be avenged Cardinal Gibbons, Ro-
man Catholic, Baltimore, Md.
Religion is the binding of the heart,
the soul, to Godfrey. w. P. Lyon,
True Life Church, San Jose, Cal.
Memory has a mystic power of re-
call that far surpasses ordinary recol-
1ections.-Rev. A. P. Brown, Baptist,
Fresno, Cal.
The man who resolves that if he
fails he will yet die game is least like
ly to fail.-Rev. J. E. Price, Method
list, New York City.
There is only one way to gain the
favor of God, and that is to be honest,
to be truthful with ourselves.-Rev.
J. o. Hayes, Trus Life, San Jose, Cal.
The brotherhood of man has been
the unfulflled dream of all ages. Me-
mortal day is a step toward it.-Rev.
L. Lonergan, Methodist, New Or
leans, La.
If you cannot remove temptation
hn hnu Shnn tho
and take the boy away from tempta-
tion.-Rev. R. Day, Methodist, Kansas
City, Kan.
Somehow or other the conscious
seeking of a good thing, if kept up too
long and too constantly, interferes with
the chance of obtaining.-Dr, A. T.
Hadley, Presbyterian, New Haven,
Conn.
God has given to each phase of life
its need, and no lower nature in US
can supply the needs of the one above
ii, though it may influence it more or
Iess.-Rev. S. H. Cox, Evangelist,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
We want fixedness in our religion;
for only when our religion is a fixed
certainly can it dominate and rule us,
and fill US with the rest and peace
of God-Rev. D. Gregg, Presbyterian,
Allegheny, Pa.
Religion requires first person who
is right and righteous in his soul, and
then an outward life of goodness and
service in harmony with that right
state within.-Rev. J. W. Rowlett, Uni
tartan, Atlanta, Ga.
The man who knows how to use
knowledge and money has the spirit
of goodness and love. Such man is
equipped to be benefactor to humani-
ty.-Rev. N. Boynton, Congregational
list, New York City.
Often the narrowest bigotry is found
associated with technical orthodoxy.
Such 'doxy' is entirely right when it
is my doxy," and abominably wrong
when it is the other mans ''doxy. =
Rev. R. S. Macarthur, Baptist, New
York City
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
LIVES ON RAW GRAINS.
RecIuse Munches Uncooked Food
Ia Upton Sinclair.

RecIuse Munches Uncool>ed Food
Ia Upton Sinclair.
Gustave Newman, a recluse, appear
ed in municipal court in Waukesha
on a vagrancy charge and sent to jail
fer twenty days. Newman was de-
tected coming from the barn of Hen
ry Bliemeister, in the town of Brook
field. carrying a bag of oats, bundle
OF hay, a quantity of corn and other
articles. According to farmers in that
neighborhood he has for some weeks
lived the life of a recluse, making his
home in a rough shack of boughs I'M
der a clump of willows in the woods.
He appears to have lived principally
on raw corn. When taken into custo-
dy by Sheriff Gibson, Newman refused
to make any statement regarding him
self, but continued to contentedly
MUNICH the corn with which his peck
cts were filled 1t is believed that he
may have escaped from some asylum
and an effort will be made to estab-
lish his identity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
DAMAGE DONE By FROST.
Wisconsin Foliage and Fruit Have
Suffered Severely.

Wisconsin Foliage and Fruit Have
Suffered Severely.
1T appears now as though the tree
fruit were an utter loss" said T. ].
Ferguson, nurseryman of Wauwatosa.
Apples, pears, cherries, all probably
are killed. The folisge could not with
stand the cold, and probably viii drop
Off Ground fruit, including straw
berries, is likely to suffer little. The
deep snow protected this, acting like
a blanket. The snow was a godsend.
It was far better to have it than to
have the cold spell without it. Had
it not been for the fall everything
would have been blighted. Conditions
are unprecedented. No one can re-
member similar spell of weather so
late in April" Tree fruits in Milwau-
kee county were totally destroyed. Wis
consin's apples, cherries, plums and
pears were ruined The loss cannot
be estimated: it viii run to hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. Foliage is
probably ruined Shade trees in Mil
waukee have suffered irretrievable
damage. Ground fruits among them
strawberries-have probably been
saved by the snow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
Stage Snnersfifions.

An umbrella opened on the stage is
supposed to bring bad luck, and many
actors would hesitate about wearing
The evil effects of new shoes are said,
however, to be averted by wearing
them on the wrong feet. In fact, any
player who makes this mistake in the
hurry of dressing regards it as a good
omen not to be disturbed Whistling
on the stage during rehearsals is be-
lieved to insure a frost on the night Of
production, and in operate circles a
yellow clarinet in the orchestra ia
held to bring about the same dire re-
suit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
lSaz III
D7N)


streator, Ill, now has twenty -one
local unions
Wireless telegraphers have organ
lied at Cleveland, Ohio.
Printers at Oklahoma City, Okla
have obtained an advance in wages.
The farmers organization, the So
ciety of Equity, is growing rapidly III
North Dakota.
Boilermakers in railroad shops at FL
Paso, Texas, have obtained an increase
of 2 cents an hour
The new headquarters Of the Inter
national Laundry Workers Union have
been established at Troy, N. Y.
A vigorous campaign for union made
goods has been started by the local
branch Of the Women's Union Label
League at Pittsburg, Pa.
In Chicago, hammermen get from so
cents to so cents an hour, blacksmiths
from 40 cents to so cents, and helpers
from % cents to 40 cents.
About three-fourths of the indus
tries at Des Moines, Iowa, are asking
for increased wages this spring, and
prospects are bright for concessions.
A bill to have all employees of the
city work the eight-hour day has been
introduced in councils at Louisville,
Ky. This will most likely become a
law.
The proposition of calling an inter-
national convention of Iron Molders'
Union, next September, in Milwaukee,
is being voted on. 1t is stated that an
international convention costs the To-
Gals anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000.
For the first five months of the ifs
cal year ending February %, the
American Federation of Labor issued
charters to 102 new unions for afilia-
ton as against fifty-two for the pre-
vious year. The affiliated information
al unions issued $50 charters during
the same period.
Every retail shoe clerk in Oakland,
Cal, carries a union card. This fact
makes Oakland the banrsT union city
on the Pacific coast so far as the re-
tail shoe clerks are concerned.
General Master Workman Hayes, of
the Knights of Labor, is preparing a
semi political program. It is said to
be his intention to have labor speakers
go into the districts Of members of
Congress, who, he believes, are being
unjustly assailed by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and defend them. He
declares he will do this in the interest
of fair play and exact justice"
The last report of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor shows that during the
year 1909 statements were received
from sixty eight international organi-
cations, showing that in the twelve
months there were SOB strikes, involv-
inf S7,031 members. Of this number,
1871 members were benefited and g.
432 were not. Three hundred and for
ty-one of these strikes were won, fif-
ty-seven were compromised and 104
were lost At the close of the year
there were still sixty-four strikes
pending.
United Brewery Workers at Cincin-
M ii have gained a fiat increase of 90
a week, affecting about 1900 men.