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The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
CHINA IN STATE OF DECAY
Ruin Seen Everywhere, and No At
tempt Made to Stay the Ravages
of Time.

Along the road-and this is char
notwithstanding is being repaired, y
writes the Picking correspondent of
the London Times. 1T Is the ma
tional falling to spend nothing on re-
pairs, to build and then leave the
building to fall gradually into decay
and ruin. Nor is anything cleaned,
and the squaIor that is a feature even
of the imperial palace in Picking is
most extraordinary. A few miles
out of Honanfu there is a fine stone
bridge of five arches; but the piers
are falling away, the parapet has dis
appeared, and the flagstones with
which it is paved have great gaps and
hollows, so that the cart rumbles and
crashes and bumps across it in a way
that would break any but a Chinese
s|pringless cart. To repair is no ones
business"
At another stage of his journey he
remarks: Perhaps to some extent the
anticipated coming of a railway, which
will kill the present cart traffic, may
account for the shocking condition of
the native inns. With railway extern
sion in the air, there is no induce
ment for the innkeeper to spend
money on the upkeep of his howell.
Nothing is repaired; their filth and
squalor are amazing. In the inn yard
the well has its mouth below the level
of the soil, so hat water which is
split may flow back into the well and
carry with it the surface drainage.
"A doctor must notice the preva-
lence of consumption. To the uni
versal habit of eXpectoration on the
floor, the exclusion of air, and the alb
sence of drainage this prevalence
must be due"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
In the OIden DAYS,

Gaillard Hunt describes the social
graces of Dolly Madison and her First
Drawing-Room, in the June Harper's,
and recalls that those were the days
when the society of the nation was up
held on the foundation of two prin-
ciples. "One was hat a mar of high
rank in the public service was en-
titled to high rank In private life.
Everybody was proud of the new re-
public and thought it an honor to asso-
ciate with those who guided its des-
TIMES. The other was that members
of families who had always occupied
prominence In private life should con-
tinue in their position. 1t was not un-
til the next generation that the politi-
cal doctrine of the equality Of men
was construed to require a removal of
the barriers which separated groups
of people in private life"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
DON'T BE A FOOL"

On February 10, 1907. Judge Artma
of Indiana rendered a notable deeis-
ION on the states right TO grant a
license. He said in conclusion; IT
must be held that the state cannot
under the guise of license, delegate 10
the saloon business a legal existence.
because to hold that it can is 10 hold
that the state may selland delegate
the right to make widows and orphan
The right TO create misery and crime,
the right to make murderers. the
right to produce idiots and lunatics,
the right te fill %orphanages. poor
houses. insane asylums, iails and
penitcntiaries and the right TO fur
nish subjects for the hangman's gal
lows"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
Electricity For Country Homes.

Electricity, because of the many du-
ties It can perform, is being demand
ed by people in the rural dis
triets. and this demand was the slim
illus, that has led to the produc-
ton of the highly efficient and com
plete small electric unit for use in
country home. All classes of prime
movers are installed in these little
plants. but where water power is
available it will undoubtedly be used.
as it is u%nequalled from a stand
point Of economy aud because it is
very easily controlled and operated
when properly installed.
Mr. J.. e. Stalder, one of Richard
son county's prominent farmers is
the first TO have installed on Rock
Greek. ON his farm, a complete by
dro-electric power plant. which is
lighting his house and buildings and
will later ON be made to do the wash
Ing, elothes-wringing. ironing and 9th
er duties of the home that tend 10
make life burdensome. A seventeen
inch Samson Leffel wheel of turbine
type and a fifty light, 10 volt direct
current dynamo with switch boards
and other instruments, constitute the
make up of the plant together with
the home made dam and current
lines to the house.
The current pressure is regulate by
controlling the speed of the water
wheel and this is in accomplished by
means of small cable lines running
from the house to the gates of the
water wheel and though the plant
Is over 1000 feet from the house the
regulation is carried on easily as
the controlling wheel and volt-meter
are both where they can be handled
and read, thus keeping the proper
voltage.
This little plant was installed by
local electricians and mechanics. and
differs only in size from the larger
hydro-electrie units in the country.
The installation is a representative
of what will be a common sight in
the future that of complete lighting
and power plants, for the rural
home, and in electrical as we'll as
the many other blessings of city life
the rural resident is to be on a par
with his city brother.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
Fine for Tabby.

A middle-aged Washington maiden
possesses a cat that is the light of her
eyes. Life is a gray misery when
household duties compel her shopping
far from the adored tabby. But love
has found a way. She has built two
little bags, one of wooden for winter
wear. warm and cosy as a pocket;
the other of netting mesh for warm
weather. In each she has crocheted
or quilted, or however women work
such things, a neat circular window
for light and comfort.
Any day she may be seen in the
shopping district, smiling, for hang
ing at her belt is a bag from which
a comfortable cat looks contemptuous-
ly out upon a walking world and plac-
idly views the passing show.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
BRYAN.

Be.an has returned and declares
that county option is the political is
II IN Nebraska this fail. The
democratic camp IS sofely puzzled to
successfully muzzle the great Com.
mon9r. All efforts To %entangle him
in the senatorial net have thus far
proved futile. Bryan viii not per
init his democratic enemies to
clos his mouth against county OPP.
ton and the abuses of the brew
cry aud whiskey gang with a sena-
torial sop. What viii happen in
convention is difficult to foretell.
The probabilities are that the Shell
enbe3 ger and Dahlman interests Will
get together If they are not already
together; S~hellenberger will satisfy
the vets and Dahlman will with
draw and throw his strength 10
sheronberger. That Bryan will put
up d strong fight at Grand Island.
there can be no doubt. To what ok
tent he viii be able 10 rally the bet
ter elements in his party remains to
be seen,
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
re THINK ABOUT.

Think of a man who has had col
lege training sending ten pages OF
manuscript to an editor without mum
bering a single page, and then get
ding into a cyclone Of rage when a
mistake is made in the printing of
such a pageless document,
Think of a mar Of leisure. with
time 10 XIII sending to an editor who
is doing three mems work a long,
loosely conceived article, lazily writ
ten. with a duh, dim pencil, and clos
ing with the request; please correct
all mistakesin-Fx.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
II ISSUE is CLEAR.

All of the liquor interests including
brewers. distillers, saloon-keepers,
are on one side against The Ne
braska County option Bill, and OPP
posed to the Anti-Saloon League as
the agency for securing it, while most
of the Christian temperance people
are on the other side.
A. the proposed measure simply
confers upon the people the rights to
decide the saloon question for them
selves the issue is "Shall The Peo-
pie Be Denied Their Rights?'
County option is an issue, and SO
Gus one, to say the least, because
the brewers have tried to throttle the
growth of moral sentiment. The
brewers started out to control the
legislature and to make or dictate the
laws governing the liquor traffic.
This action of the brewers has forced
this issue into the campaign. 1t is
the brewers opposition which has
aroused the fighting blood of the
advocates of county option.
County optionists are simply ask
ing for a chance to vote by counties
on the question of license. The brew.
ers are afraid 10 give the people that
chance and the issue is: A CHANCE
TO VOTE. In spite Of the efforts
of the party leaders to dodge the
question by saying county option is
not an issue, it is an Issue, not only
a moral issue but a red.hot political
issue, because it is a moral question
which is opposed by selfish in
t~erests.
The campaign has reached a place
where the question for n man TO
decide is on which side he shall line
up, and it should not take a man
of Intelligence and patriotism long
to decide to east In his lot with those
who represent unselfishness and a de-
sire for the public good, as opposed
to those who represent sordid sci
fish interests.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
STRANGELY INCONSISTENT.

Recently a number of county sup
erintendants met with Supt. Bishop to
determine upon the habits which
will be required of Institute In
spector. He will be asked to say
whether he chews, smokes, drinks,
dances. CANDLES, plays cards, etc. 1t
was definitely concluded that drink
ing and gambling were for an instruct
or. objectionable sins and called for
disbarment. On the subject of tobacc
there was some difference of opin-
ion, and a decisive stand could not
be taken. 1t developed that some
otherwise very good and desirable
teachers in Nebraska smoke and
chew. Strange fellows, these sup
e~rintendants. They write in the
text looks that the use of alcohol
and narcotics is injurious, and in
sist upon the pupils swallowing their
dope without protest. while they find
it necessary and advisable to meet
and pow-wow about allowing them
selves to practice contrary to their
preaching.-Poor sinners.
Nj Roosevelt has refused, abso-
luteiy, to permit his name TO be
used as a candidate for the governor
ship of New York. Is he setting his
cap for bigger game.
w. j. Bryan has again returned to
America and home, only to find
that his enemies have waxed bold,
and that his troubles are multiplied.
A bridge collapsed in Illinois and
percipitated over 200 people into
the Eiinois canal.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
HANDED DOWN.

There's %eloquence in honest laugh
ter.
"A woman's browning glory is her
hair"
Beware of powder when you court
a beauty.
And when she has red hair she
ends in a blaze of glory."-Judge.
About as bad as the man who harps
on one string is he who graphophones
on one record.
Almost every girl likes to be en-
gagged to a young man, even If 1t is
only in conversation.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
Prizes For Model Aeroplanes.

That the mechanically inclined boy
may be encouraged to become the
aviator or %aeroplane builder of the
future, the Nebraska Aero club has
arranged TO offer three cash prizes
for the best model of an aeroplane
made by a Nebraska boy under Is
years of age.
The prizes will consist of gold
coins-S25 for the best model; SIS
for the second and $40 for the third
That the amounts are not larger is
because the club wants the boys to
build the models with the average
equipment which a boy has and with
out assistance.
Arrangements have also been made
with Glenn II. Curtis, the aviator who
has made successful flights every
where to judge these models and in
judging them he will make sugges-
tions to the youthful makers of the
models.
This interesting contest is to be
held in Omaha during the Midwest
Aviation meet which is to be held
there July 23 to 81 inclusive and
which will be attended by the rec
ord breakers in the aviation world,
including Curtis, Willard and Mars.
The field selected for the contests
is half way between Omaha and Ben
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
Perfectly Easy.

See here, my man." said the philan.
thropist who was doing an investi-
eating stunt on his own account. you
are an interesting puzzle to me-"
as that sou queried the other.
Eyes, it's So" answered the party of
the philanthropy part. You are too
honest to steal, too proud to beg, and
too lazy TO work. How do you man.
age to live?"
oh" was the reply. 81 get trusted"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
BUSINESS MAXIMS.


Make your pennies count and the
dollars will come.
Make men have confidence in your
ability and your integrity.
Make your work so good that 1t will
be valuable to IN employer.
Make your courage equal to your
strength. They are both needed.
Make your work helpful to others II
you want it to be helpful to you.
Make men respect you rather than
fear you. Respect always o%utliyes
fear.
Make the most of your opportuni-
ties. They are TOO precious TO be
wasted.
Make your work accurate. If the
foundation is not solid the structure is
not safe.
Make yourself and others realize
you are in the world because you are
a man.
Make your success through your
own ability instead of through an
others folly.
Make no one responsible for your
shortcomings but yourself. You are
the master of you work.
Make the smallest task worth while
and the big things will come without
your hunting for them.
Make the end of your work as good.
as the beginning. Don't forget the
last stroke can spoil the job.
Make light of your disappointments,
and lighter of your successes. They
are to be used, not to be dWelt upon.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION

There are at this writing four as
pirants for ~gubernatorial honors in
thefield. Two are Democrats and two
are Republicans. Mayor Dahlman the
pledged representative of the whisk-
ey interests occupies the extreme
wing of the Democratic party. He
Is the incarnation of all that is
wet" c. IL. Aldrich the Republican
candidate from David City is the ex-
treme opposite of Dahlman. Aldrieh
is a man of high standard, unques-
tionable morality and a progressive
republican. Between the two and
squarely ''astraddle" of the great
issue are the two, Governors Sheldon
and Shellenberger. S%hellenberger has
been flirting with the interests all
spring. Sheldon ON the other hand
has repented him of his folly two
years ago and is preparing to stand
for the people and the issues es-
poused by the people. Mr.. Al
drich is a typical western progress
sive. Ho is honor bright. rings
true, and represents the cleanest
and most advanced ideas of republi-
canism. Between the four there
can be no question. as to where the
peoples interests lay.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

at this time arouse popular resent
ment. and meet with such a quick
and sure rebnke as treachery in The
coming conventions. Let the party
leaders beware. The people Of Ne
bIassa will be- heard from this fall
in defense Of their rights.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
LOCAL

County candidates are slow in an.
nouncing themselves. This is eX-
ceedngly unfortunate at a time like
the present, with the big issues be-
fore us, and the lines of denmark
alton SO clearly drawn. there is no
reason for candidates to hesitate. ex-
eepting from a want Of conviction ON
their part. Candidates are waiting
to see the drift Of poplar opinion be-
fore announcing themselves. hoping
by hook or crook to get on the win
ming side. Men who hageno positive
convictions of their own, upon which
they are prepared to stake the
chances of election are unworthy Of
the peoples confidence aud should be
rejected. At a crisis like the pres
ent only men of strong and clearly
defined convictions ON the great is
sues are worthy to be entrusted with
the liberties of the people. If good
men will step forward in the present
crisis In Richardson county. they
can depend upon the support of the
great majority of the more enlight-
ened of our people.
Those whom the gods would des-
troy they first make mad This is
excellent philosophy. An enraged
man is his W worst enemy. The
fact that our enemies are mad is to
us a most happy indication. The
smell of sulphur in the air is a sign
that the probe has hit the bad
place" Nothing so quickly arouses
the beast in a man, like having his
weakness exposed. The enemies of
clean government and of the rule of
the people, are fighting mad because
their crooked methods are being eX-
posed. Their barking would be pa
thetia if 1t were not so iudicerous.
They work the bluff racket to shreds.
They are good at playing on peoples
less when compelled to face the hard,
ugly facts. Let them rave. In their
impotent rage they only betray the
weakness of their own ways. The
truth and the right are our own
best defenders. They need no adj
yocates. The side with a weak case
needs to look we'll to its defenses.
The cause of the people is SURE
and will win out. While the dis
concerted interests fret and storm,
the peoples rights are being secured
and advanced.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

keep my proud spirit from quailing.
Nerve, uphold me. | see it in others:
truly, thou are a help in these days.
Goodness, uphold me-though, good
ness knows, my neighbor needs 1t
more.
Talent, let me rely on thee-for |
have n talent and no napkin to hide
1t under.
Po~liteness, come as near as possible,
even to the bosom of my family, and
dwell there-also enter the trolley car
Unseltishness, force myself upon me
for thou hast not been near me for a
long time, and thy face is almost un-
known.
Indifference, | need thee. | need
thee when | see that which | should
not see, the great failings of others,
which | have not. To be indifferent
and love the erring ones requires nigh.
ty Indifference. 1 need thee. GOMEZ
c. l.. Crittenton, in Smart Set.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
Acknowledgement.

| hereby nnounee myself as a can
didate for the republican nomination
for congress in the First District of
Nebraska. WILLIAM HAYWARD.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
A POSSIBLE THIRD CANDIDATE.

The popular ring of the democrat
ic party as represented by the Bry-
antics, has no representative in the
field. Neither have the Interests"
a representative for governor among
the republicans. That they will en-
deavor 10 put forth a third man
and rush the nominations need not
be Gestioned. The interests are
alert and scheming. If an opening
with the least promise offers they
will take advantage of it to divide
the republican vote and put their
candidate into nomination. The
hope of the republican party in Ne
brasks this fall lies in the charac.
ter and strength of the men who
are put forward as the party's rep.
resentatives, Here the gubernationa'
timber will be all but decisive. If
the republicans land a clean, high.
standard man in nomination against
a possible opposite by the demo.
Gratis, his victory at the polls in
November is assured. The people are
thinking and watching. Nothing will
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

The real advantage of being untram-
meled by the past is largely forfeited
when one is content TO remain un-
taught by it also.-W. D. Howells.
Wherever | find a great deal of
gratitude in a poor man | take it for
granted there would be as much gen
crosby if he were a rich man.-Pope.
If thou would'st have all about thee
like the colors of some fresh picture
In a clear light, be temperate in all
things, and of a peaceful heart with
thy felloWs.-Walter Pater.
Wisdom whispered yesterday in the
a of my mind, Go, and. in thy frail-
ty retain still thy endurance! Still
make patience their chief purpose; IN
sickness and grief and want always
be patient!'-HafiZ.
Money is not needful; power is not
needful; cleverness is not needful;
fame is not needful; liberty is not
needful; even health is not the one
thing needful; but character alone
John Stuart Blackie.
Sow the seeds of life-humbleness,
pure-heartedness, love- and in the
long eternity which lies before every
minutest grain will come up again
with an increase of thirty, sixty. or
a Observation-Disclosures
1t is probable thai nearly all who
think of conduct at all think of it too
much; it is certain we all think too
much of sin. We are not condemned
for doing wrong, but for not doing
right.-R. l.. Stevenson.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make your work so good that it will
be valuable to any employer.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
WITH THE SAGES.

The real advantage of being untram-
meled by the past is largely forfeited
when one is content TO remain I'M
taught by it also.-W. d. Howells.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Wherever | find a great deal Of
gratitude in a poor mar | take it for
granted there would be as much gen
crosby if he we're a rich man.-Pope.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make your courage equal to your
strength. They are both needed.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make men have confidence in your
ability and your integrity.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
INDICATIONS.

Humility, walk at my elbow-and
keep my proud spirit from quailing.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make your work helpful to others If
you want it to be helpful to you.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Talent, let me rely on thee-for /
have one talent and no napkin to hide
1t under.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make your pennies count and the
dollars will come.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

The darkey is on top.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Nerve, uphold me. | see it in others:
truly, thou are a help in these days.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

A bridge collapsed in Illinois ant
percipitated over 200 people int
the Eiinois canal.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make men respect you rather than
fear you. Respect always outliyes
fear.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

w. j. Bryan has again returned to
America and home, only to find
that his enemies have waxed bold.
and that his troubles are multiplied.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

Make the smallest task worth while
and the big things will come without
your hunting for them.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-25
WISE WORDS.

And a self-satisfed man may be
easily satisfied.
A small package-Any man who is
wrapped up in himself.
No, Cordelia; all strait-laced peo-
pie do not wear stays.
Anyway, trusts can't deprive the
public of the right to criticize.
Life is but an empty dream to the
topper who isn't fully occupied.
Many a man realizes after it is too
late that his mascot was a hoodoo.
Pretty girls can break hearts al
most as fast as homely girls can mend
them.
1t is easy for married man to be
polite to a pretty woman who isn't his
wife.
It's as important to know when to
let go of an opportunity as 1t is to
know when to grasp it, W
The flowing bowl looks like a cup
of happiness to some men.
Every man has an idea that others
think him important.
You can learn a good deal about
women by pretending to be indiffer-
ent.
If an easy-going man ever acts
smart it is when he gets soap in his
eyes.
A woman always selects a good list
ener when she wants an entertaining
companion.
You can't please everybody; IL
makes half the people sore if you
please the other half.
We don't think much of a cooking
school that doesn't teach pupils how
to prepare dandelion green's.
When a man gets his first gray
hairs his wife tells the neighbors they
are due to his strenuous business
cares.
When girl says a man is cad he
has probably talked baseball to her
till she had to admit that she didn't
know anything about it. From
Pointed Paragraphs" in the Chicago
News.