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The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Women of Brussels

The length of life of an average
woman, in Brussels. at least, is super
Tor to man. Statistics show that dur,
ing the last two years the feminine
element has predominated In the
brussels population. In 1908 there
were only 7,S4S boys in the Belgian
capital between the ages Of 10 and
10, and 1903 girls of the same age.
After 20 years the difference increases
in favor of the woman, and while
BRUSSELS only possessed 1888 males
Of 20 to % years and 9,1S1 of rs to
30 the fairer half of the human race
was represented by 11,701 and 10,S99
respectively. The supremacy the
feminine element keeps positively to
the end, as far as Brussels is con,
cerned. While Brussels has only IS
men of S5 or 80 years n ten IONA
fenarians only, she can count 184
women between the ages of So and
20. 35 of 50 years, and six of more
than IS years.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
COOPERATION AT ROCHDALE
Humble start Of Business in England
That Amounts Now to
$5Oo.0 5000.

About sixty years ago A few poor
workmen IN R%ochdale, Eng. formed a
little cooperative society and started
a store which was kept open evenings
by tho members. who took turns in
serving as storekecners.
They were earnest. hard headed and
practical idealiats. says the Twentieth
Century Magazine. Yet II Is doubtful
If The most |saHguiue of their number
in those early DAYS conceived how
great would be the movement that
should materialize ont of what was in
augurated in SO humble a way.
From that little beginning has
terprises of It's kind. Great Wholesale
societies. enormous warehouses, stores.
factories and shops and a fleet OF
ocean steamers are but a few visible
results and valuable assets Of this
great fraternal federation of workers.
In Il q presidential inaugural address
delivered by w. X. Rae at the last
congress of the Cooperative union the
speaker. after referring to the fact
that the last year had been "A very
trying enc throughout England owing
10 the eXtreme business depression
that prevailed throughout the realm.
continued
"Hnt even in the face Of the natural
shriukago in trade the figures for tho
year. so far as cooperative trading is
concerned. are very favorable. Dur
ing Tie year 1908 the business done
by our societies exceeds that of 1907
ty nearly 60 oo. 600. having risen
from GI0a.7l5,699 To el"0G55o.Gal, and
the membership by nearly loo. 900.
from 2.l2f .0S5 to 2|.516.19l."
Mr. Rae also held that the coop
orators have an entry into aud some
influence OF the life Of nearly 1000.
400 homes, or between oue-fourth and
one=ifth the whole community"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
The Yell a Habit.

\ delegation Of ~peddlers and rep
resentatiyes OF peddlers has appeared
before the council judiciary commit.
tee 10 urge the repeal of the anti
noise ordinance. These ~peddlers hon
estly believe that they cant do bust
ness without yelling. AS n matter of
fact. they have never tried. There is
good reason to think that when they
try they viii find their business is al
good as ever. II some peddlers had to
stop yelling and others didn't the re-
suit would be unfair competition. but
when all stop together none is any the
worse off. 1t was pointed out at the
council hearing that no Greek ped
dlers we're complaining of the ordl-
nance. the reason being that the
Greeks used more progressive meth
DDS than yelling and found them prof.
itable.-Chicago Record-Herald
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Nc Decision.

Not long & Justice Mcl1Wen sat on
n COW case, that is. n case involving
money due one MAJ for boarding the
cow of another. The wrangle was
as To what the board was worth.
One attorney called three or four
liVerymen and got their testimony on
the cost Of boarding a horse. OF
course. the opposing counsel objected
and declared such testimony to be in
competent, on the ground that tho
cost of boarding a horse is not tho
same as the cost of boarding Il COW.
This the other attorney conceded,
but he explained that he was going TO
follow up the testimony of the livery
men with expert testimony to show
how much less, II any, It costs to
keep a COW than "A horse.
oh. II You are going 10 work on
that plan put in Metwen in judicial
tones, you might as We'll start in
with elephants and work down to
cows by gradual stages. Cleveland
Ledger.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Canadian ~SnoMshoes.

The Canadian snowshoe consists OF
q fat frame Of ~ianceolate form, from
one to two feet In width and from
three to five feet in length. 1t is wholly
Of wood, or is a long, narrow frame OF
pliable hickory. placed on edge, bent
double with oval front and the two
ends firmly fastened behind, filed with
wicker work or thongs and with cross
straps on the upper surface to attach
# to the foot. The broad surface pre-
vents the foot from sinking in the
snow. The Norwegian snowshoe Is a
thin board from five to ten feet long
and three inches wide, with the fore
end slightly curved upward.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Student of Human Nature.

Once upon a time. when Senator
Robert Taylor of Tennessee was
"FiddlinP Bob Taylor. and on a lee
ture tour, he picked up an old railroad
mar who was on the bum and trans
ported him north from Louisiana. says
the Washington correspondent of the
New York World. The bum was an
interesting fellow and the governor
enjoyed his conversation Immensely.
While the train was rolling along be
tween Lake Charles and Alexandria.
on a branch of the Texas railroad, IT
entered a thick pine forest. All of a
sudden It stopped. A lone fagman's
shanty vas the only sign Of human
habitation. A passenger on the train
grabbed a small handbag and got off
the train.
Governor" said Senator Taylor's
bum friend. "a man that gets off at a
place like this is guilty OF some
thing"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
ONE TRUE AFFINITY
is THAT EXISTING BETWEEN A
BOY AND HIS DOG.
are Natural Companions, and That
Youngster Who Has Never Had a
Four-Footed Chum Is to
Be Pitied.

II there was ever a true affinity
upon this old earth. it exists between
"a boy and a dog. The boy who does
not just naturally love a dog is not
normal provided he has eyer owned
and associated with one. Nature has
eft something out of him which
should be there. In these days of
tabloid domestic economy, when fam
lies live in pigeonholes and city peo-
pie almost forget what fields and
woods look like, we have tried to
eliminate the dog from his rightful
place. His place is that of a faith
ful companion, yigilant guardian and
ehum who never has a crouch,
demands more than a bone and does
not care whether his master Is a
prince or a pauper. We are trying to
raise children without dogs. We are
trying TO cultivate in our boys and
girls the virtues of love, patience.
kindness aud humanity without CIV
ing them dogs.
In the erist OF a great city's news
The other day was the story of a boy
ten years old who had a dog. This
animal had no pride of pedigree, but
thai didn't make the least difference.
The boy had some bad companions
and he played truant from school. In
some way or other the boys parents
blamed the faithful dog. The boy was
forced to give his pet To a neighbor
and tine boys family moved far into
another part of the city. The boy
yearned for his dog. Ills little heart
was broken and he cried day and
night. one day this boy tied a few
things into a package. took five dol
lars from his mothers dresser and
went away. He walked far back to
whore his dog was. and two days later
lie was found playing with his four
footed friend.
Then the officers and the parents
did a surprising thing. They locked
mp this little boy and took away his
dog. And they wondered what they
we're going to do with the boy. And
again the boy cried and was uncon-
HOlable. The ~parOle-Oficer said: That
BOY Is a proposition. When he has
his dog he is a good boy, but he will
not be separated. / expect that the
dog will have to be returned to him"
The boy who will cling SO tenacious
~ to his dog is not inherently bad.
What possible harm can come from
giving him back his chum? These
must be strange parents who will de-
Iiberately deprive a child of ten
years OF his dearest treasure. The
writer of this has deep sympathy for
this bereayed youngster. for far back
in the haze Of his vanished youth
there Mas a dog that he loved better
even han the school teacher. That
dog was ever at his heels and shared
in all his boyhood joys and sorrows. If
there is something that corresponds
10 a woodshed in heaven, we hope
that that faithful old tail is still wag-
sing Justify. Out of wearying re-
probabilities, grinding duties and the
turmoil of manhood estate we take
time to raise our voice against hat
unkind conspiracy which is trying to
rob this ten-year-old boy of his dog.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Brides Fire Baptism.

An alarming accident under most
unusual circumstances occurred at a
wedding ceremony which took place
at st. Marks church, London, Eng .
just recently. Miss J. Robinson and
Mr.. w. Bliss. the newly married pair.
we're IN the vestry, signing the regis.
ter. Suddenly the brides veil burst
into flames. the edge of it having
caught light from the fire in the CRATE.
With extraordinary presence of mind.
and amid the scream Of horror
stricken witnesses, the bridegroom
seized the bride and rolled her on
the mat, and succeeded In saving her
from serious injury.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
SOLDIERS UNDER TWO FLAGS
How the Call of Adventure Under For
eign Colors Has Frightened
History.

The American may be parGoned for
Welding 10 the lure OF adventure in for
eign wars, and those two whose recent
execution in Nicaragua belonged to a
large and noble company of soldiers of
fortune who fought, sometimes for
pure love of lighting. sometimes for re-
Henge. but moro often for love of lib
cry and very rarely for pure love OF
gain. Net all the heroes of history
have been those who fought under
their own flag The Dutch government
took n d~eseryedly prominent part In
the recent celebration of the hudson
Fulton centennial. but Hudson was an
Englishman who sailed under the flag
of Holland, and while he was not n
soldier of fortune in the belligerent
sense OF the word, he was one of the
worlds greatest adventurers who won
his fame under n foreign standard.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian.
who dtsCOYered-Or redisCoyercd-a
continent and planted on the sands OF
the western world the banner of Spain.
Apparently, induhitable and exhaustive
researches by Minnesota historians
aud scientists have proved that Column
bus came here centuries after the
S~eandinaYians discovered America.
whose very name was derived from
that of another Italian. Chinese Cor
don's sobriauet indicates his career.
and the history OF The orient Is repleto
with instances of Europeans who rose
10 power. while American colonial his.
tory bears on Its pages the names OF
Lafayette, Pulaski, Steuben. koseiusko
and others who fought for human free
dom under an alien flag. Garibaldl
fought under three flags. those of Italy.
France and Uruguay; and in connec-
ton with the South American revolu-
tions II is not particularly anomalous
that II Of the national heroes of the
Argentine republic is O'Iiggins. while
one Of the great African war heroes OF
Spain was O'Donnell, the apostrophes
In whoses names are self-eXplanatory.
When tho roster of all the worlds
armies of conquest and defense, of do
minion and discovery, Of exploration
and expansion. Is scanned, It is found
that more than one flag floated over
many a hero, and that detection under
a foreign banner is not self-confessed
outlawry, worthy of execration and
punishment.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
HIS GREAT MISTAKE
FATE OF EMBEZzLER WHO DlsRE.
GARDED WISE ADVICE.
Urged to Confess His Fault. the Cuf.
prit Fled, to Be oVertaken by
Retribution When All Seemed
to Be Going Well.

All sorts of criminals ONE 10 ua
Sky PILOT. and ask our advice, but
they don't always take It. They would
be better off II they did. There is II
case will tell YOU OF. \ man cama
one day perfectly white, all to pieces.
shut the door behind him, looked all
around the room. then asked In "A whis-
per II there was any II about who
could hear what he had to tell me. l
assured him that there was no one in
the house besides myself hut my Sis
ter, and she was in the dining. room.
The door was shut between.
The man her told me his story.
He said he had robbed the bankers
who were his employers of s. 1000 and
lost the money in speculation. lie
begged To know what to do. don't
think have ever seen a man nearer
the verge OF nervous prostration
4 advised him To 20 10 his employ
ers aud " up. | thought they would
give him another chance, let him earn
The money, and repay them. lie ven
away after promising me he would fol-
low my advice.
My sister came in and asked to
know what he had confessed. never
repeat these confessions. so re-
manned silent until day after day
passed. | heard nothing from him and
she begged me so hard | told her tho
story. You know how women are.
They never let You alone until they
have had their way.
All this happened In Cleveland. o..
by the way.
After about two years my sister,
who never forgets a name or face,
brought me a paper with an account
of n man who had shot himself in Den
yer. lie was running n restaurant ont
there. II very successful one, 1t seemed.
lilo had gone to bed one night when
two men came to his retaurant, above
which he ran II hotel with rooms to
rent. The men were from his old
home. Cleveland. The boy went up
stairs TO tell the proprietor that the
men wanted TO see him.
J The boy no sooner left the room
hhi III Dlpli ifiOI NObh III Dlbtbf hb
always kept ready, they said. nea him
and blew out his brains.
"He was the man who had confessed
to me. He had gone out there and
started this business and was sue
ceeding beautifully. but when these
two men sent word hat they were
from Cleveland. he Immediately
jumped to the conclusion that they
were detectives sent out by his old
employers to look him up and arrest
him.
The men were amazed. They had
simply heard hat he was from their
home and wanted to see him. think
ing he might. perhaps. give them more
comfortable quarters for that reason.
Now, you see. II that man had done
as | told him TO do, confessed 10 his
employers and begged their mercy, he
might have been alive to-day"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Diamonds on the Feet.

The diamond garter has been a fad
for many years, but recently Berlin
women have decided the garter Is not
worth the trouble and expense. now
that the sheath gowns have gone out
of vogue. To have large diamond ear
rings was all very well, and rings on
dainty hands Will always be in fash
ion. but what more could the fastidi-
ous woman ask than a sparkling band
of diamonds around her ankle? First
one OF the women in the kaiser's court
started It. Others were willing TO EMU
late her, and now when there Is a dance
the circlet of gems on the ankle IN
evitably calls attention to a small
foot and a shapely ankle. But the
one drawback to these ornaments is
that sometimes they become loose and
are lost. But the plain gold band Is
used TO take the place of the bejew-
eled c%irclet, and women risk wearing
those In the streets.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Good Health Habits

Of the days work, and your i'll health
will not be traceable to your habits Of
eating nor to your food, provided you
Unit yourself to moderate meals.
BY eating a portion of meat with one
Of bread, and adding fresh vegetables
and water, every need of the body can
lie supplied without overlooking the
stomach.
Meals, to do good and maintain the
body. must be eaten deliberately and
thoroughly masticated. On this &C
count 1t would be well to use more
country the plan of serving meals in
courses.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
ROMANCE ALL GONE
DEFINITE END PUT TO PLEAS
UREs OF IGNORANCE.
Exploration of Previously Unknown
Portions of the Earth Has for the
Most Part Left People Sad
~ Disillusioned.

\ young English officer, equipped
scientifically for his task. has Just gone
around that big black spot on the map.
Lake Tchad. and also has explored
thoroughly the lake and its islands. He
has added to human knowledge, but he
has lot earned human gratitude, as he
has planted a cold, hard and uninter-
esting fact where a stimulating mys-
terry SO long dwelt.
Tchad for generations had a place
among the great lakes. larger than
Erie but smaller than Huron. a magni-
ticent eXpanse of water, hidden from
the white world by the great wilder
ness of Africa. The unfeeling English
man has cut it down from $4,000
square miles to less than 1000. ever in
the rainy season, and he says that its
average depth is not more than five
feet-in fact. that it is only a huge
swamp, lar from pleasant to the eye.
Thus another Illusion of middle-aged
and elderly people takes wings.
Whenever a new geographical fact is
a~scertained there is loud acclaim. But
ought We to congratulate ourselves be
cause all the world is being mapped,
measured. classified and strowed With
empty tin cans and old newspapers?
Now that peary has been To the north
pole it is not nearly SO fascinating a
place as II used 10 be. The English If
they can reach the south pole. may
have il and be welcome to It. We
have taken the gilt of one pole, and
that is enough for us.
Fifteen or eighteen years ago there
was a peak in the interior of New
Guinea n full half mile higher than
Mount Everest, and freside travellers
loved to dwell upon It's magnlficenee,
but unromantic Germans in spectacles,
and probably pudgy, too, have proved
that so far from being higher than
Mount Everest it Is only half as high.
We do not thank them.
The great charm of the South Seas
lay in the vague, misty color of doubt
that oyerhung them. Any day a bold
New England skipper in his sailing
bark might happen upon a fine island
inhabited by a gentle grown race. The
chance has passed forever. We know
all the Islands, and we are selling
clothes and rum on every n Of them.
Darkest Africa was far more inter
esting to most men than an Africa
strung with railroad and telegraph
lines and dotted with tame lions. Can
not the explorers leave us a few cor
ners of the earth where fancy may
roam and have its hiding
place?
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Twelve Million Telephones.

It Is reported that there are o In
this country 1000, 900 telephones, or
one for every two houses In tho coun-
try. This does not mean that one
half OF the residences in the country
contain an instrument, since many
business houses have a large number
but the figures are instructive and II.
Illuminating. Practically everybody who
is anybody in the cities or towns and
villages has a telephone, while those
IN the country districts are legion.
The astonishing fact Is that each Of
these phones is used on an average
of six times a day. The total number
of calls in Il year runs up into the bill,
lions and Is not appreciate by the
human mind.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Fable.

You've got to advertise If You want
people 10 know you're on earth" the
gorilla said. It's the lions roar that
makes. him the king of beasts. The
person who makes a big noise gets to
the front" The rabbit pondered these
words II was convinced. Some time
later he rose on his hind legs in a
thicket and screamed. A coyote, learn
ing of the rabbits Whereabouts by his
noise, hoped onto him and ate him.
Moral-If you haven't the goods
don't make any noise at au-Kapsas
City Times.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Compulsory Buying of Bibles.

The first Bible printed In Scotland
was issued complete In 1879. In the
same year. by act of parliament, every
gentleman. householder and others
worth thrie hundreth merkis Of yier-
lie rent or abone, and every yeoman
and burgess with $500. had to pro
vide. under "A penalty of Clio. "a Bible
and psalme buke IN yulgare language
in THAR houssis for the better lnstruc-
ton. Of thame selffis and thir fanelijs
In the knowledge of God"
To see that the provisions Of the
above act were carried into effect. the
following year n searcher vas appoint
ed with power TO visit the houses of
those signitied by the act and 10 re
quire the sicht Of THAR psalme Bulkls
and Bybtllis.' In a footnOte II is add
ed The priyy council had In 1875
commanded and charged The princi-
pallis and lleidismen of emery parochin
alsweill to Burgh as Landwart 10 con.
tribute and collect 60 for the pur-
chase of a Bible 10 be placed In every
parish kirk
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
A stranae Custom of Alaska.

Perhaps the most interesting arch
geological discovery made On the
north coast of Alaska has n relation
To the present methods of personal
decoration now used by the natives OF
Alaska. the most significant feature of
which Is the wearing of lip buttons. or
labrets. by the men. The present Gus
tom is that when n boy Is II or 16
years Of age holes are pierced in his
lower lip, one below each corner OF
the mouth. \ small wooden plug Is at
first inserted to keep the hole from
growing together. and month by month
a bigger and bigger plug is used. TIL
finally the openings are half an inch
in diameter. At this point the young
mar begins to wear stone or ivory
plugs. The ornaments are put In
from the inside ordinarily as one
might insert a button into n shirt
front. Usually the two buttons worn
are each of n different sort, while
sometimes only Il of the holes is
filled, and In summer men are occa-
sionally met with who wear no but
tons at all. When a visitor Is seen APP
preaching. however, the ornaments
are always inserted, for one does not
feel dressed without them. In pre-
pairing for sleep they are usually re-
moved -lIarper's Magazine.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
h-Ea-rI cnre-ctitlnn

A peculiar IS illustrative OF the
fell power of superstition Is reported
from Oodnababba, Australia. The
death occurred a short time ago of an
aborigine, Navy Tom a black OF
fine physique. whose portrait appears
on the cover OF Mr.. Foster Fraser's
work, Quaint Subjects Of the King.
This native was comparatively intelli-
gent and civilized, having been In the
employment of whites for many years.
and physically he was about the finest
type in the northwest. yet he died be.
cause another black, an enemy, pointed
a bone at him. No amount Of reason.
ing or ridicule on the part OF the
whites could save him Once a black
has been "boned.' be simply wastes
away: neither eats nor sleeps proper
~, and the end soon comes. Abort.
gines are fatalists, and Navy Tom
was no exception.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-04
Robblna the Sick.

Better than London, better than
Paris, better than Berlin, better than
any other large city in the world. New
York looks well after its sick poor.
There are free hospitals and dis
~pensaries by the score. Even In the
luxurious private hospitals there are
free beds. There are free institutions
for the care of contagious diseases,
free vaccination. free diphtheria
serum. There are funds for the care
of tuberculous patients without means.
Yet with all this public and private
charity. the hospitals and dispensaries
are constantly taxed to their capacity.
A large proportion of the metropolitan
population. self-respecting and self
supporting. is able to care for itself in
times OF health. With illness, however,
with the stoppage Of wages that gen
orally ensues, II often becomes en-
tirely impossible to supply medical
care and attention. 1t is for such per-
sons as these that the city's dis
pensaries are intended.
An investigation at Bellevue has
shown that frequently persons Of
means go there for treatment. In
doubleday this is true at many other
institutions. DR.. Brannan has asked
the board Of estimate to pay IN in
ve~stigator to detect such cases. His
request should be granted.
Persons with means to pay fer med
zeal care who p%atronize dispensaries
are robbing the sick. They should nv
all means be eXposed.=New York
World