Br M A SATURDAY SIFTINGS Judge Cones wob ft city visitor today from Pierce II W Moos of Atkinson was in Nor folk yesterday J J Sweet of Verdigre was n Norfolk guest over night Sheriff Geo W Loeey wnB up from Madison yesterday Chris A Gabelman of Mndison wiw in tho inetropolie yesterday Michael Moolick went to Grose last night for n two weeks visit with hiB parents Miss Edith Altschuler expects to leave for Canada Monday to spend tho Bum mer with friends S L Gardner returned last night from Knnsas where he has been for about a week on bnsinesB Tho Sonth Omaha street fair manage ment has named Jnly 13 as Norfolk Fremont and Omaha day Job Horriskey jr arrived last night from Pocatella Idaho to spend a two weeks vacation with hiB parents Editor O J Stockwell of the Creigh ton Mail was in town today greeting friends and attending to business Tho Norfolk and Madison jnnior league ball teams will cross bats at the latter place on the Fourth of Jnly Mrs O W Jones and children leave tomorrow for St Paul and Minneapolis where they will visit during July Upon their return they will remove to Omaha Col Simpson left for South Omaha at noon where therewill be a family re union at the home of T W Wheaton The colonels son from the southern part of the state will be present Many of the towns and cities of the west were afflicted with excessive heat yesterday The weather was hot in Norfolk also bnt the thermometer indi onted but 02 which is lower than for about a week past Captain Ida Sebastian of the Salva tion Army announces that the Army will hold services at the Second Con gregational church South Norfolk to morrow evening at 8 oclock Subject The Work of the Army Etc Young America is not waiting for the Glorious Fourth but is spending bib available cash for the various contriv ances of the fireworks manufacturer Some are storing their purchases but more seem to be UBing them while they are fresh Tame hay another crop that it has be en considered impossible to grow in Ne braska iB being successfully raised by many farmers in this vicinity and their fields look especially fine this season Nebraska expects soon to produce any thing that can be grown in any state of the same latitude and with anything like a similnritv of climatic conditions Charles Hagey of this city and Miss Grace Lowe of Omaha were united in marriage in that city Thursday forenoon by Rev A C Hirst pastor of the First Methodist church the ceremony taking place at the church parsonage Mr and Mrs Hagey departed on the 4 30 train for Los Angeles Cul where they expect to make their future home and where Mr Hagey contemplates en gaging in the electrical engineering business Dr and Mrs Hagey were down to bid their son and his bride good bye before their departure for the west Norfolk friends of Mr Hagey will wish him and his bride much pros perity and happiness The closing exercises of St Marys academy at ONeill were held on the evening of Monday June 24 A splen did program of music and tableaux was rendered and much praise is given the youthful performers and their accom plished instructors the Sisters of St Francis The entertainment was classi cal from beginning to end ONeill should and undoubtedly does feel proud of fit Marys academy for it is an edu cational institution that ranks high in the state The management of the en tertainment was under the direction of Father Cassidy the pastor and was marked by the suocess that character izes other matters with which his name is identified County Attorney O J Phelps of Schuyler and Dr C D Evans of Colum bus were here yesterday as a commission on insanity to inquire into the mental condition of Mrs Jas Gadsden of Sohuyler at present an inmate of the Norfolk hospital for the insane The commission was appointed on order of JudgeJHollenback at a session of the district court of Colfax county Mrs Gadsden having made application for release to that court with the approval and concurrence of her husband The result of the commissions investigations has not been announced and probably will not be until Superintendent Teal returns from Long Pine he being ex- pectea some time today Councilman Brummund and Street Commissioner Leu find that a number of the large tiling received for the Thirteenth street culvert have been broken and are of the opinion that sev eral were broken by theboyB who have been rolling them aronnd As the tiling has cost the city about 260 apiece it can readily be seen that the boys were having extravagant fun if they were 60 unwise as to break them Certainly they Bhould be ae careful of the city property as they would that of a vato individual 1 f it can be determined that the tiling was broken by tho boys and tho oueB who did tho damage cau be npproneniieu tuey or tneir parents may bo called upon to settle the damage done KnOra Are florn Llara The Knlllr makes nn Interesting study You cannot understand hltn all at once It requires time and n good dcnl of It A new arrival thinks the Knlllr Is a born prevnrlcntor of the truth and lias his reasons for so think lug Suppose you cntcli n boy commit ting n misdemeanor Ask him what ho has been doing and he will look up in your face n picture of Innocence and reply Ikonn ImnB ft plump de ulnl Tell him yon Bnw lilm do It thrcntrn him with punishment he will etlll persist In maintaining his Inno cence He will Btlll plead Ignorance of the misdeed nud mutter In astonish ment or fear Ikonn bnnB In fnct he knowB nothing whatever about IL If the offense be one that cannot lie overlooked you proceed to administer reproof with the foot If you are not particular and wish to be Impressive Whnt does lie do If he Is a raw boy nnd not used to It he rntiB off with n terrified look on his face If he Is used to It he retires precipitately with a Bntlstled smile not necessarily because he has got the thrashing but because he no longer has It to look for ward to The only explanation for the system atic lying ot the native In face of the moBt convincing proof Is that the na tive mind Is totally unnble to form a conception of what wc understand by truthfulness London Mali Tfeer IT thm Rent There Is says a traveler a stock aylng which they havo at Queens town Ireland It Is there the steamers pick up the mails which can lenvo Loudon 12 hours later than the boats do Liverpool and overtake them there Frequently however delays occur and then the passengers kill tlmo by going ashoro aud the native Is always In wait to Bell them shlllalabs nnd other things such as bog oak jewelry canes etc which are supposedly Indigenous to nnd characteristic of Ireland Some of the Bhlllalahs are wonder ful and awful to look upon and have no possible place in real life their only object being to take in the unwary transatlantic traveler One I Bnw there had a head fully six Inches In diam eter with projecting knobs and roots thickly covering It It was so heavy that to lift It was an effort nnd to car ry It any distance without using a dray a physical Impossibility It was a murderous looking weapon nnd n blow from It on the head would hnve done for any living thing even a darky from Georgia Why I asked In my surprise what on earth do you use this for That he rejoined Arrah thats what we pay the rlnt with Ive got it yet New York Trib une Artificial uinmondH It Is well known that In the manufac ture of carbon steel microscopic dia monds are formed nnd the curious fact Is stated by The Scientific Press that from the examination of n num ber of steels from a variety of process es Identical results were given A piece weighing 300 grams was cut from a lump of steel and treated with nitric acid the Insoluble residue collected being mainly graphic carbon After being wnshed with wnter It wns boil ed three times with filming nitric acid which partially dissolved the residue hydrofluoric acid and then fuming sul phuric being used there then remain ing nothing but graphite which after being washed wns melted with chlo rate of potash The Insoluble residue obtained fell to the bottom of n vessel filled with Iodide of methylene the lit tle transparent octahedrous visible through a microscope which burned on n sheet of platinum without any ash being the diamonds The J licit cr lu bicwnda Several sepoys were Buffering from that African pest the Jigger whose scientific name of Pulex penetrans de scribes him nud his habits concisely aud well He Is nn exact reproduction In miniature of the common flen Pulex irritaas but Instead of merely inflict lug a comparatively innocuous bite be burrows under the skin close to the toe nulls for preference and then pro ceeds to propagate the species Unless he Is very carefully removed the sores cause the most Intense irri tation and may lay a man up complete ly The usual method of removing him is to widen the hole in which he has entered nnd then extract him Intact If The Ttalntle of Scotland Once upon a time many hundred years ago the Danes made war upon the Scots and Invaded their country One dark night as they were march ing upon an encampment of sleeping Scots one of their number trod upon a thistle The pain was bo sudden and Intense that the man gave a loud cry This awakened the slumbering Scots who sprang to nrms and defeat ed the assailants In gratitude for the deliverance the Scots made the thistle their national emblem Journal of Ed ucation Poison Ivjr Bathing with alcohol will prevent in jurious effects from poison Ivy or It the poison has taken effect wetting the affected part with alcohol to which sugar of lead has been added until a milky apiearance is obtained will give relief The wash Is poison and for ex ternal use only A TortnrlnB Oincilloi The doomed man shuddered There will be no music when I march to the scaffold he asked anxiously They reassured him There was a march played when I was married he muttered I I could not bear to be reminded of that I New York Freud THE NOKFOLK NEWS Fit IDA Y JULY 5 W MONDAY MENTION F M Uonsh woh in Norfolk from Neligh Saturday L V Hnskoll of Wakefield was a Sunday visitor in Norfolk Mr aud Mrs G H Mnnu of Ohndrun were Sunday visitors in Norfolk Win Zntz of HoskiiiB spent Snndny with his sou E W Znt7 of this city Judge W M Robertson went to Madison this morning on It gal business Mrs O S Hayes and danghtor Beulnh wire passengers this morning or Omaha MifB Liswip Kennedy 1b homo from Chicago where she Ihvb been employed in a largo millinery honso Wynn Ilaiubolt returned from the Harvard law school Saturday evening to spend his vacation at home Mrs LewiB Johnson has returned from Papilllon where sho has been visit iug her parents for the past three weeks YenuB Nenow and Charles Verges ex pect to lenvo tonight for Hot Springs S D for n bhort vacation and outing Two horses were killed by lightning in the pasture of A G Modtrow near Stanton during the storm of Thursday night the 20th MIbb Mny Dnrlaud entertained n few friends nt a porch party Saturday oven ing at the home of Mr and Mrs A J Durlaud in The Heights The West Side base ball nine played a game with a tenm from Hoskins nt the latter piace yesterday afternoon and was victorious by a score of 17 to 10 J Dunn a Meadow Grove merchant occupied the pulpit nt the Baptist church yesterday morning and evening making two very interesting addresses Mrs Spencer Priudvillo arrived Satur day to take Edith Altschuler to Canada and they started at noou today Melvin Mayer went as far as Indiana to visit hiB uncle and aunt Dr N J Hoagland and wife of Des Moines Iown have arrived in the city to locate and practice osteopathy They are guests for the present nt the home of Mr and Mrs J W Gibson Up to ytsterdoy the body of Homer McFarland drowned in the Elkhcrn at Stanton Friday had not been recovered A more extensive search was to have been mndo yesterday but with what success has not been learned Mrs Graham her granddaughter Lena Stewart and Miss Clara Wood ar rived from New York Saturday evening for a visit with relatives and friends Miss Wood went to Plainview at noon to visit her sister Mrs G F Dnrlaud Harry Hemleben was awarded the box of cigars at Sesler Daniels bowl ing alley Saturday evening for the high est score of the week he having made 233 the highest since the alley was opened A score of i00 is the highest possible nt ten pins The ball game at Madison yesterday afternoon between the Norfolk and Madison teams resulted in defeat for tho Madison team the Norfolk boys scoring 8 times and the Madison boys i One home run wns made by Leland Spaulding of the Madison team Quite a number of Norfolk people went over to witness the game Clyde Hammond has purchased the insurance department business of the Norfolk National bank and will conduct the same in the office of C W Lemont aoug with other business of like nature Clyde is a graduate of the state normal school at Peru and well qualified for the business he has undertaken HiB friends will wi6h him success The frame building nt Pierce occupied by the poBtofflce and the Call is being moved from its old location nnd will be replaced with a handsome and substan tial brick block A new bfick building with a donble 6tore room below is also to be erected by Mr Inhelder Mean time there is quite an effort being made to move the postoifice further west A vigorous thunderstorm this morn ing left a good deal of moisture in its wake and proved beneficial to the country The wind nnd hot weather had dried the ground very rapidly and the rain was needed to 60ften the crust that had formed Meantime the farmers have been active and have made much progress in ridding their fields of weeds Following the rain the sun came ont bright and warm and corn is showing a wonderful growth An Kx tract from Her Letter If you could only be here this winter morning and see for yourself you would no longer doubt me Roses ore bloom ing in our front yard and all nature is as far advanced in this lovely American Bummerland as it will be in your cold eastern home by June We made the journey from Missouri river to the Golden Gate on the Union Pacific to avoid the circuitous routes an important item in the winter A trip to California is made delightful by the perfect service and luxurious ac commodation of The Overland Limited which is perhaps the most finely equipped train in the world Detailed information f nrnished on ap plication F W Juneman Agent Gosiien 111 Genesse Pure Food Co Le Roy N Y Dear Sirs Some days since a package of your Grain 0 prepar tion wae left at my office I took it home and gave it a trial and I have to ay I wae very much pleased with it as a substitute for coffee We have always used the liest Java and Mocha in onr fntnily bnt 1 am tree to say I like the Gmin0 us well as the best coffee 1 ever drank Respectfully yonrs A O Jackson M 1 Thr ttnlillrr nnd IKrt llrnrt Very few soldier who have seen much servlre escape what In called battle bean The ordinary ntnte of the heart In healthy people Is one of Irritability but In the Moldlor of five or six yearn service the Irritability Is so great that It constantly affeetH bin temper The soldier wears such tight clothing that his heart has not room to beat freely and the perpetual struggle to do Its work under dltlleultles Injures It The soldiers trousers are tight at the waist Ills cent Is buttoned nn tightly us possible nnd very often he uqueeres himself with n belt Then when on the march his chest Is eoniproried by tho weight of his knupsaelt canteen great cont and heavy cartridge belt If you wnteh a company of soldiers when they arc doing a long march you will observe that most of them have flushed faces red ears red nones swollen uecks HhowIng that tho heart Is greatly overtaxed Home on the other hand are pale which proves that their hearts are not equal to the work thrown on them When after u very long march the men have to deploy Into lighting order and perhaps rush a hill u very lurgi number break down altogether Their overstrained hearts never become really strung and healthy again Answers Why Amrrlrnim Win One of the many reasons why Amen lean manufacturers lire so successfully competing lu foreign markets Is to be found lu the following episode which occurred recently An American man ufacturer of steam specialties was vis iting an English firm which made sim ilar goods A certain article which both firms made was under discussion What Is your price on this thing asked the American Well In your money about 10 replied the Englishman Whiit does It cost you Ill deliver nt your door nil you want nt 7 apiece said the American How In the world do you do It Well Ill illustrate answered the American Ixiok out of that window and across the street See that muu painting a sign Yes lies on a ladder Isnt he Yes See that other man sitting on the sidewalk holding the foot of the lad der Yes Now In America we have ladders that stand up by themselves dont need a man to bold em So you see in this instance we divide your cost of la bor exactly by two I see remarked the Englishman Electrical Review Won on n III tiff It does me good to meet up with otic of that class of people who think they know It all said the old man with the ancient hat I was coming over from Ialtlmore on a train the other day and a man who was writing In a book asked rno how to spoil proper I told him but u know It all who bat near disputed me I bet him 10 even up that 1 was right and prov ed I was by four disinterested men I gave the 10 to charity How did the man coutend the word Bhould be spelled was asked Why he said there was only one p lu it And you stuck for two eh I did 1 iuslbted that It wns spelled propper and he finally owned up like a little man and handed me over the money And would you like to make the same wager again nud leave It to the dictionaries Not much I consulted em all next day nnd discovered that I had bluffed that poor chap out of his wealth Washington Post IlrnrflFMB Mnn Dear said the dying man I dont wnnt you to go Into mourning for me when I am gone Oh George she sobbed Dont be so hard upon me Hard Why love I simply wnnt you to be happy You nre young yet Why should you deck yourself with widows weeds Its mean of you Georgel You know black Is so becoming to ineT Catholic Standard nnd Times The Flrnt Patent oa Matches Before 1833 when wooden matches with phosphorus were made in Vienna people were dependent upon flint and steel to secure a light The first patent for a phosphorus match in the United States was taken out In 1830 by A D Philippe of Springfield Mass For many years people refused to use them but by 1845 the ill smelling and clumsy old tin der boxes were generally discarded and are preserved like snuffboxes as curios ities Chicago Chronicle The floats to Convalescence A woman will be in bed all morning and go to a whist party in the after noon She will be genuinely sick all day and go like u martyr to a card par ty at night The plea that her abBence might Inconvenience her hostess Is con sidered sufficient excuse A man with an actio goes to bed and roars It would be Interesting to learn which Is the shorter route to recovery At chi ton Globe The Care Stack Lady Some weeks ago I bought a plaster here to help me get rid of rheu matism Druggist Well maam I hope it did Its work Lady Yes but now I want some thing else to help me to get rid of the platter TUESDAY TOPICS Miss Ida Oldriuh was in from Piirco today O J Whitney of Wayne was in Nor folk over night Miss Mattio MeNish is expected homo from Omaha today S A Moshor of Randolph was in Norfolk yesterday W O Elley of Madison had business lu Norfolk yesterday A O Johnston of Wohtoivillo was a city visitor over night Dr P II Salter made a professional trip to Elgin yesttrday Mrs A Illllerbock of Osmond wiir in tho city today enroute to Lindsay A number of Norfolk people have gone to tho Yellow Ranks today to pieuio M C Garrett and son nnd Emil Winter of Madison were in Norfolk yes terday Thu young ladles of Trinity Social guild are enjoying a pienlo this nf tr illion in Tufts grove on the Elkhorn Miss Minnie Maas returned last night from Kansas City Mo when she has been employed in a large millinery house Allen Ktilin who ppont his vacation with his mother in Norfolk has re turned to Hcribner where he is cm ployed The body of Homer McFarland tho boy drowned at Stanton Friday was re covered this morning and thu funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 oclock Ahlmnu Ilros have moved their hi- byclo shop to the Ahlmnu block recently occupied ns a bowling alley There they will have much more room and a better arrangement for their business The Hastings Tribune says that more than 500 binders have been sold in that city thus far in this year This is eor tainly a good showing for the prosperity of farmers in that section of tho state The F E M V will improve tho Battle Creek detmt There will be sev erid changes to add to the convenience of the office nud tho old plank platform will bo replaced by one of substantial brick Quito a delegation of Norfolk people will go to Madison to oiobrato many will go to Rattle Creek and a number will participate in the celebrations at Meadow Grove Hoskins and other neighboring towns The talk would indicate that the rnnjority of tho people will celebrate out of town The Elkhorn Valley Medical society met this afternoon at tho Oxnard hotel and the members are enjoying one of tho rcgulnr meetings of thut society A number of tho physicians and surgeous of neighboring towns are in attendance and the meeting promises to be most in teresting and instructive Ephram Wentwortn of Wisner who eloped with Margarota Kuckku two months ago aud got married has again run oil with his girl wife Weutworth is middle aged and the girl is bnt Rt years old The parents got tho young woman homo and Weutworth disap peared but they havo again succeeded in outwitting the vigilnnce of the old folks VemiBANenow who for tho past five years has held a position as clerk in Davenport Bros shoe store has resigned that situation nud on his return from his vacation will go to work for the Norfolk Shoe company Mr Nenow 1b thoroughly at home in tho shoo business and will undoubtedly prove of value to the company Arthur Stoiubrecher who has had much experience as a shoe salesman and has recently resigned his position with the Norfolk company has accepted tho place with Davenport Bros made vacant by Mr Nenow b resigna tion The tenuis court at the Norfolk hos pital for the insane has been the scene of some interesting gnmes receutly Lost Friday evening a team composed of Dr Young and Heinnn Walker tried for honors with L P Pascwalk nud N A Hnse the Bcore resulting in favor of the latter team 7 5 03 80 Last night they played again the last named team being ngaiu the winner j 0 4 4 rt 52 j 52 Another game is planned for the morning of the Fourth Patients and employes of the hospital as well as a number of people from the city hnve been interested spectators of the con tests N S Wyckoff who was sick here for some months with dropsy and heart trouble died at Tekamah last Saturday and was buried Monday afternoon He and his wife went from here to Tekn mah to secure treatment they thought would be beneficial but it was of no avail The deceased was a member of Creighton lodge A OUWand carried 2000 insurance therein He traveled in the interest of a machine company and for several mouthB preceding his fatal sickness made Norfolk his head quarters living in one of the Marple houses on Hillside Terrace Stanton Picket A case of more than ordinary interest and importance is being heard before County Judge Yining this week which concerns the title and ownership of the entire original Wis herd ranch the title of which at one time rested with John H Wibherd later with hisJfatherEdward Wisherd and was by him transferred to John S Bilby Some of the heirs of Edward 9 DR PARKER DENTIST Mast Block CROWN AND BRIDCE WORK Wlsherd instigated tho case alleging that Kdwurd Wlsherd 1b the owner of this property that he is not now ami hiiN not for a number of years been of sound mind and ask that a guardian bo appointed to look after his interests Tho hearing was begun Tuesday and promises In continue for some days A number of witnesses are on hand to testify In the case Wo will make photographs for I cent each for a short time Call and son samples Penny gallery west of Fair torn Bring the babies Brhlml the Scrnr A good many people said a veter an stage manager the other day have an Idea that beyond tho scenes of a stage there Is great fun and hilarity and that actors have a Jolly sort of tlmo between their appearances before tho audience Tin fact Is n military camp during times of Ituipectlon Is no more sedate than Is the rear of any well regulated stage when the public In front of the footlights Is being en tertained The shifting of scenes and the proper execution of an Intricate play require nil the thought that can lie given them All the men and women have all they can do to properly per form their parts If a manager Is nn easy going man caring little for dis cipline he soon gets to the end of his career You may be sure there Is no business that Is carried on In u more businesslike way than lu the play house aud when the fun Is on lu the front those behind the scenes are care fully watching to see that no hitch oc curs and that every oue Is ready to do his part at the proper time nud does It properly when the tlmo comes Washington Star How to Dry Iliililirr Itoota It was a problem how to dry out hip rubber boots In the hitting room there was an open grate lire which was cov ered every night with Hue coal and n few shovelfuls of nshes bo that tho room never became quite cold Wo found that If we heated a piece of old flannel as hot as possible and stuffed It down Into the foot of a boot and stood the boot In front of the fireplace It was as dry as a bone next morning The handiest thing to keep the boot leg open Is a spring steel corset rib about 18 Inches long by three quarter Inch lu width Forest and Stream A Omul Tiling Gorman Syrup is the spccialprescrip tion of Dr A Bosehee a celebrated German physician and is acknowledged to bo one of the most fortunate discover ies in medicine It quickly cureB coughs colds and all lung troubles of the severest nature removing as it does tho cause of the affection and leaving the parts in a strong and healthy condition It is not an experimental medicine but has stood the test of years giving satis faction in every case which its rapidly increasing sale every season conflrmB Two million bottles sold annually Bos chees German Syrup was introduced in the United States in lb8 audis now sold in every town and village in the clvlliz ed world Three doses will relievo any ordinary cough Price 75 centB Get GreouB prize almanac Asa K Leonard Tho fast trains of the Union Pacifio reach San Francisco fifteen hours ahead of all competitors If you are in no hurry take a slow train by one of the de tour routes but if yon want to get there without suffering any of the inconven iences of winter travel take the only direct route the Union Pacific De tailed information furnished on applica tion F W Jukbuak Agent Teething 2 Then the baby is most like 3 ly nervous and fretful and a trwmit ornln in weio ht Scotts Emulsion is the best food and medicine I tor teething babies They I gain from the start ff Send m n trie fcuinpte d hCOTT ft HOWNE Chemim B I icMi5 I fclirrl New York K joe mil Jioo all dnifttiits i r i For 14 Ctirts Vt Mil Um felloviaj rtJt m4 BTtlilM IfkfM M Uxl TiuM h a u 1 Mum ViKriu OrUaa 4 ij I 1 B KUUk Bm4 Ji atajj Worth 100 U M Mek M r tIum vtll ff Willi otr frcl Al OklM Osloa Sc4 0 IK 4 BUM uicl efllL STJiSS S LMMASAUU JfrB VlU tttiardawti - IIBIIICr jMWh m