i i ii i u The tfortolk Ifamm Tho trade of the United Sttc China 1roblol from 181K to 1807 with Tho festive tornmlo hns bejrnn to put In It work cnrly this yenr Tennessee has nlromly boon hit Tho mother of cViro President Adlni K Stevenson died nt WoomhiRton 1H Mnrch fith Bho was 10 of nKc Un MnoLnron will glvo rending from Tho llonnlo Hrirr Hush and others of his works in Oinnhn some time thjs month Tho Iron nnd steel plants of tho country nro not only IncrensliiR their plants bnt bettor yet mlslnR tho wiircn of their nion Tim Omiiha midway doesnt propose io quit even if Uncle Sam did havo the Tho pood sense nofto pay mo old Rcntleman iBiit rnniiiuR honses dance Senator Goorgo Gray of Dolawaro tho democratio niombor of tho Purls peace commission will bo appointed a judgo of tho circuit court by President McKlnley When a man quits advertising hcciiufio liis competitors do ho doesnt show or dinary MiRftclty Ho forgets that this is a rare opportunity to Rain tho attention of tho pcoplo as ho has tho Held to him self Admiral Dewoy is tho third American naval commander to rccolvo that titlo The hero of Manila Is admirnbly fitted for this distinction He juHtly belongs in tho mine clasH with Farragut and Porter WashluRtou society is stirred up over tho separation of Senator Woleott and hiB wife It is said to bo duo to incom patibility of temper They ovidently never learned not to both get mad at tho samo time Tho republican leRislatnro of Nebraska has by its nctiou this winter continued tho oplnlou of tho republican voters of tho state that United States senators should bo chosen by tho direct voto of tho people In ton years tho imports of iron and steel into tho United Stntos havo de clined from 110000000 to 12rir000 DurinR tho samo time tho exports of iron and stool from the United States havo risen from 1710000 to 70307000 Such HgurcB nro oloqueut At tho ond of Cleveland socond ad ministration tho balauca of trado in fa vor of tho United StatcB avoruRed less than 7000000 a mouth MoKiuloy has completed two years of his ilrat term and the average Is 55000000 Such figures as these carry their own comment Walt Mason in tho State Jouruul very pertinently remarks The czar of Rus sia has been dangerously ill nnd tho newspapers gave him fivo linos Rud yard Kipling has boon very ill and tho newspapers Kavo nim balt u Yet there nro pessimists who say tunc literature is not appreciated Tho old scheme of foisting Grover Cleveland upon his party as a presiden tial caudidato threatens to be attempted again Cleveland has one advantage over any competitor and it is a potential one Tho record bIiowb that he is the only democrat whb hat been elected president since tho year 1850 J Sterling Morton oue of tho ablest of the little Americans has in a re cent issue of tho Conservative an article which seeks to bollttle the character and detract from the fama of Abraham Lin coln Mr Morton ability in some di rections is unquestioned but iu this ha has undertaken a very large job The fact is he has bitten off more than he can chaw Volume 1 number 1 of the Beet Sugar Gazette a 10 page monthly publication devoted to the interests of the American beet sugar industry reaches our table to day It is published by J H Schwerz gen Chicago The pabsoription price is 2 a year It is full of interesting facts about tho present development of this new industry in whJoh Norfolk was one of the pioneers Congressman Mercer of this state is already spoken of as Tom Reeds succes sor Ks has made a notable record iu accomplishing whatever he sets out to do The same force and ability used in presiding over tho house of representa tives would make him as worthy of that place as the distinguished gentlemau from Maine has proven himself to bo for many years Ian Maclareu upon his arrival in New York the other day from England gave this view of Kipling Ho is our grent CBt man of letters He is a youug man he is only W years of age Ho has genius and the experience of ages is con oentrated iu him He is reserved for the jTPatfir achievements of tho race He knows tho worda and phrases that will make them immortal Samuel S Jams the fiscal agent of l the United States lu Cuba takes a very hopeful view of the reconstruction of that Wand He fays time is a factor that cannot bo ignored and that it will tako threo years to mako oven a sub stantial bnsinws hoglnnlng bnt ho ndds All thronRh tho island tho business outlook Ib briRht Tho pcoplo nro buy inR nnd sellinR oneo tnoro SpeakliiR of tho riliplnos nnd our at titndo toward them Hon Chas Oonby who hits lcon nppointed ono of tho com mlsslonors tovisit tho Philippine islands says Tho pcoplo nro Intelligent nnd kindly and nro Imbued with republican principles To say that wo want to en slave theso pcoplo Ih n slandor To say that wo shall not Improvo their condi tion in to contradict history One has only to read tho papers to be come convinced that this is n groat country In tho Ibsuo of March 1th no counts are given of snow drifts that blockado tralnB in Wyoming of floods that nro washing nway tho homos of tho pooplo who livo along tho Ohio river of a cyclone that wrought desolation uid death lu Tennosseo of a blizzard in Da kota and how tho Nobraska troopB wore sweltering under tho tornd heat of tho Philippines Ono hundred and twolvo representa tives and in senators ceased to bo mem bers of tho national legislative body witli tho expiration of tho Fifty fifth congress Among tho moro prominont men who will no longer figure iucougrosslonnl ac tion arc Senntor Gorman tho Maryland democrat Quay tho Pennsylvania boss Representatives Walker of Massachusetts Johnson of Indiana Mc Millan Sayers aud Dockory a trio of able democrats and Jerry Simpson tho Kausas populist The republican caucus nt Lincoln did not seem to change mutters very much The old fight Ib on between tho Hayward aud antl Hayward forceB seemingly as vigorous nnd stubborn as over It would seem that tho republican legislators ought to bo nblo to either unite on Hay wnrd or cIbo trot a dark horso out of tho Btablo aud Rivo him tho honors Tho people nro tired of this monotonous un interesting and useless procedure that has now boon going on at Lincoln for weeks Time should bo called and tho Incident closed President Adams of Wisconsin uni versity in a recent article in ono of tho prominont mngaziues declares By ro poated annexations wo advnnced to tho Pacific In tho centuries to come tho great ocean at tho west may bo as im portant commercially as tho smaller ocean nt tho cast It is in tho courso of nature thnt the most prominent power in its waters should bo tho United States To advance still furthor is in accordance with tho uninterrupted tendency of the country To decliuo to tako aud keep what the fortuno of tho most righteous of wnrs has given us would bo to arrosfc tho groat current of our historic advance to throw nway ono of tho greatest of op portunities aud to confess nntionnl in competence President MoKinley nt tho instance of Assistant Secretary of War Meikle johu hns appointed Brad D Slaughter paymaster in tho United States army with tho rank of major A dispatch from Washington says the president did this in recognition of Mr Slaughters work in tho party Such a statement is very apt to make the rank and file of tho republican party in this state have that tired feeling The president has simply been imposed upon If ho would put his ear to tho ground and listen to the opinions of the honest intelligent men who dwell on tho prairies of Ne braska and who have given a lifetime of devotion to republican principals ho would learn from them that Brad D Slaughters influence in the politics of this state had been most pernicious He hns done more io wreck party prospects and blight republican success The only recompenseJithero is in such an appointment is tho probability that it will remove such un unsavory per sonality from our borders The prospect of the recovery of yard Kipling from his severe sicknesss will bo a matter of much congratulation iu many thousands of American as well as English homes No other author has grown in popular estimation so rapidly during the last ten years as Kipling While he occupies the foremost place already among Englishmen of letters he is still a young man and if he shall re gain his health there is a general hope and expectanoy that he will surpass any thing he has yet done His career has been such a cosmopolitan one that it has fitted him to voice with a power and a purpose the cry of humanity out no other mnn of recout years has been able to do His jungle stories fascinated us his re cessional gave loftiest expression to the highest ideals of English life while The White Mans Burden has made plain Americas duty Kipling belougs to no one country He is the typical Anglo Saxon broad minded euough to Bharo iu tho needs of the wholo world May he be spared yet many years to con tinue his great mlsson Thk News has just declined a propo sition to ndvertifio a large institution in a western town which sells harness and vehicles stoves and ranges agricultural implements baby carriages furniture musical instruments nud sewing ma- juan jNOicituuik nn b mmtmmmmmmmm chines bicycles ready made clothing dry goods bootB and shoes ladles capes and cloaks The proposition was a good one and would havo meant considerable ontstdo business and when It was noted how few of thcflo lms nro represented todny in onr advertising columns it must bo admitted that tho temptation to accopt was strong But in conformity with tho established policy of thin paper tho business was not taken Whilo wo believe this policy to bo right nnd that a nowspaper should protect its own town yet there will BometimoB creep in n ques tion ns to how far this sort of thing should bo carried when it is manifestly one sided Wo bcliovo in protection and as well in that other sterling repub lican prlnclplo reciprocity In courso of time a one sided nffalr becomes wear isome Havrrt by Responsibility Thero is a constant dcslro among men to bo rolloved from tho stress of toil and tho burdens of life Tho impression is ourront that tho acmo of contentment and satisfaction Ib reached by thoso few who aro by wealth and environment ablo to llvo on Ensy street Thosamo thought finds expression in tho discus sion of national questions by thoso who aro cotiBtantly magnifying tho cot t of assuming now burdens nnd shrinking from now responsibilities because of the sacrifices nud strugglo they will neces sarily bring with them Nevertheless tho hiBtory of great na tions as well aB tho biography of noblo lives warrant no such conclusions Rome In itH poverty nud days of btragglo conquered tho world Rome in its woalth nud opulence went to decay Whilo there aro notablo exceptions rich mens bous do not gonerally make the moat successful careers or lead tho happiest livcB Abraham Lincoln bur dened with lifes most Forioua responsi bilities from the vory start with aB un toward environment as he could well hnve won n nations lovo and gniued an imperishable renown Tho list of such docs not end with Lincolns name Among all our nntionnl heroes there are few who did not have to battle with ad verse and bitter experiences They be came illustrious beennso their lives came into contact with great principles They forgot themselves in standing by thoso things that ennoble the race Washing ton creating a nation Webster defend ing a constitution Harriot Beechor Stowo pleading for tho oppressed Lin coln emancipating race Grant saving a union Clara Barton helping human Buffering on battle field and amid pesti lencethese nre the lives that humanity honors Aud it must bo remembered thnt in assuming the burdens they did and thereby helping the world bo much their own lives were immeasurably en riched The samo holds true with nations We look upon China She has hund reds of years of a civilization all her own She has taken no part in the rest of tho worlds fortunes It has been no concern of hers But has her isolation been splendid Has her career been marked by glorious triumphs Do we not look with tho utmost pity upon a nation which has been so self -centered that it is now falling to pieces by its own weight On the other hand Great Britain lias encircled the globe with its influence and its protecting power is felt today iu India Canada Egypt and other parts of Africa Iu doing this it has assumed immense responsibilities great er than those of any other nation De spite many mistakes despite some wrong doing what candid student of history will say that Britains power has not made for the progress of the best type of civilization the world has yet Been England and Englishmen show an in creasing nobility of character because they have not shrunk from doing the worlds work The unification of Germany was a great work but German statesmen rec ognizing that national life can only be successfully maintained by broadening its scope and purposes are reaching out into Palestine China and Africa that they may as a nation be saved from de cay by enlarged responsibilities The United States finds itself sudden ly confronted with the cam of new ter ritories and millions of strange people It is a new experience For a genera tion back we have been busy within our selves occupied with the development of our own vast domain absorbed in the mad race for wealth and concerned al most wholly with running the political machine here at home or more properly speaking watching the political machine run us A great war undertaken in the inter est of humanity has changed all this It has resulted in thrusting upon us more humanity than we had dreamt of being directly interested in But true to the instinct of the Augta Saxon race we shall uot flinch from the undertnk ing It will cost blood and treasure It will inconvenience us It will oblige us to think less of growing rich aud more of growing just It will uplift the submerged people of the east it will do more it will enoble Americau character The fundamental proposition that lifo whether of individuals or of nations is only successful ns it is lost iu a magnifi cent nud earnest effoit to help those less fortunate by environment than our selves is receiving new impetus by the onward march of events In saving others America will be saved inuxouXi jaiu aoo WHAT THEYTHINK OF IT Norfolk Voters Talk About Haywards Election REPUBLICANS ABE WELL PLEA8ED Ilrlef Interviews From Cltlen of nil Shades of Opinion on th Outcome or tlm Senatorial Content All Gl d It Over Prevailing Sentiment Favorable to the BncreMor of W V Allen The Daily Nkwb was first to receive tho announcement of tho result of tho republican caucus nt Lincoln 1n6t night in an early morning dispatch A Nnws representative conveyed the gratifying Intelligence of Haywards nomination to numerous citizens aud in hurried interviews was ablo to catch rcprcsontntlvo opinions from different oneB which aro herewith given ns fairly expressive of the sentiment of tho com munity Mayor Simpson I believe Hay wards selection bb senntor voices the choice of nine tenths of tho republicans of Ne braska Jno R Hays Very satisfactory WM Robertson Twenty four years ngo I mot with Mr Hayward as n mem ber of tho constitutional convention Ho was a good clenn ablo mnn then nnd no has continued so over since Ho is splendidly equipped for the plnco nnd will reflect honor upon tho state and the republican party M D Tyler Am glad its all settled Gcorgo Davenport Tho rightnlways prevails W H Bncholz Hurrah I It would havo been an outrage If Hayward had not got thero N A Rninbolt Its tho proper caper Geo A Latimer Its all right Sol G Mayer The best man in tho bunch A K Leonard Its all O K M C Hazen Came out just as it ought to after a long tiresomo contest Burt Mnpes Good Dr Frank Salter It wasnt my fight A vote of the people would have elected Allen O C Gow Hay ward made n gallant fight and deserved it Geo W Box All right as a repub lican but not as strong as Allen Chester A Fuller Nothing to say Will wait for fuller advices Judge Hayes It suits me to a dot but why didnt they do the samo thing CO days ngo William H Lowe beoms ns it a stronger man might have been chosen J O Stitt It was a question for the republicans to settle nnd is none of my political concern Hayward is too close to the unsavory influences which havo corrupted Nebraska politics to bo strong with the people M C Walker Hayward was my first choice I am glad he has lauded P W Wietzer HaTe hoped that Hayward would get it from the very start Tho result pleases me MARCH AND THE LION Something ItetterThan the Old Saw The Baying about the lion and the lamb in March often proves false but there is another and better one which is literally true When March comes in and finds you taking Hoods Sarsaparilla to purify enrich and vitalize your blood you may expect when it goes out that it will leave you free from that tired feeling and with none of the boils pies and eruptions which manifest them selves because of impure blood in the spring If yon have not already begun taking Hoods Sarsaparilla for your spring medicine we advise you to begin today We assure you it will make you feel better all through the coming Bum mer Backache is the first indication of kid ney trouble Urinary disorders dia betes and even Blights disease follow unless promptly checked Nothing bet ter to make perfect kidneys than Dr Sawyers Ukatine Kiesau Chhistoph What Shall we do A serious and dangerous disease pre vails in this country dangerous because so deceptive It comes on so slowly yet surely that it is often firmly seated be fore we are aware of it The name of this disease which may be divided into three distinct stages is first kidney trouble indicated by pain in the back rheumatism lumbago fre quent desire to urinate often with a burning sensation the flow of urine being copious or scant with strong odor If allowed to advance this reaches the second stage or bladder trouble with heavy pain in the abdomen low down between the navel and the water passage increasing desire to urinate with scalding sensation in passing small quantities being passed with diffi culty sometimes necessary to draw it with instruments If uric acid or gravel has formed it will prove dangerous if neglooted The Third stage is Brights disease There is comfort iu knowing that Dr Kilmer the great kiduey and bladder specialist has discovered a remedy fam ous for its marvelous cures of the most distressing casea nud kuown ns Dr Kilmers Swamp Root It is Bold by all druggists As a proof of the wonderful virtues of this great discovery 8wamp Root a rample bottle and book of valuable in formation will ty Bent absolutely free by mail on application to Dr Kilmer Co Blnghnmton N Y When writing kindly mention that yon read this liberal offer in The Nokfoxk Weekly Nkwb HANDIWORK OF FILIPINOS Inuik Otffin Send From Manila n leil Irot of Trinket Constructed by the Native The show window of Leonards drug store is tho center of attraction sinco A N Gerecko todny arranged a varied lot of curiosities from tho Philippines which were lntely received by his mother from Frank Owens of company C First Ne braska regiment They include slippers made with no heels and curiously orna mented silk handkerchiefs of delicnto colors and beautiful handiwork Then there nro little trays of poonlinr con struction uniquo in shape color nnd do sign Thero nro companion pieces of raised painted work thnt aro character istic of that eastern conntry a pair of chop sticks that Owen found n Ohineso prisoner whom ho guarded over night hnd left acombmndo out of cedar wood by ono of tho natives a fan made by tho Filipinos kodak scenes showing streets of Manila enmp life cathedral Spanish vesols partly sunken and vari ous other views With theso was sent the menu of tho Christmas diuuer that was served tho Nebraska boys aud copies of Tho American Soldier nnd Tho Soldier Letter publications printed nt Manila by tho Americans Theso specimens of skill nud benuty give proof of the ingenuity nnd alert nesB of a people who when American law and order shall prevail aro bound to show mnrked progress There aro splendid possibilities for a race that is intelligent enough to demonstrate an ability to do such exquisite work The Owens family rightly prize theso things from the new possessions of thiB government because of thoir own value made doubly so by the loving thought of the boy who sent them Drink Oraln O after you havo concluded that you ought not to drink coffee It is not a medicine but doctors order it becauso it is healthful invigorating and appetizing It is mnde from pure grains and has that rich seal brown color and tastes like the finest grades of coffee and costs about 4 aa much Children like it and thrive on it because it is a genuine food drink containing nothing but nourish ment Ask your grocer for Grain O the new food drink 15 and 25 cents Graln O Brings Keller to the coffee drinker Coffee drinking is a habit that is universally indulged in nnd almost as universally injurious Have you tried Grain 0 It is almost like coffee but tho effects aro just the opposite Coffee upsets the stomach ruins the digestion effects the heart and disturbs the whole nervous system Grain O tones up the Btomaoh aids digestion and strengthens the nerves There Ib nothing bnt nourishment in Grain O It cant be otherwise 15 and 25 cents per package A priceless blessing is found in Dr Sawyers Arnica and Witch Hazel salvo for piles hives scald head eczema pin worms burns and outs KlE8ATJv CHBIBTOFH Give the Children a Drink called Grain O It is a delicious appe tizing nourishing food drink to take the place of coffee Soldby all grocers and likedby all whohave used it be cause when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but is free from all its injurious properties Grain O aids digestion and strengthens the nerves It is not a stimulant but a health builder and children as well as adults can drink it with great benefit Costs about one fourth as much as coffee 15 and 25 cents Letter 11 nt List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postoffice March 6 1899 R H Caranaugh I U Eberley Walter G Edwards R M Ferris J J Gilmer Fritz Oblm J Rogers Anton Tomaseke J G Ward If not called for in 30 days will be sent to the dead letter office Parties calling for any of the above please say advertised P F Sprkchkk P M Why not shake the grip Go to Hot Springs Arkansas and lose it Kellef In 81 Hours Distressing kiduey and bladder disease relieved In six hours by New Great South Ameiican Kidney Cure It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness n cievmvr pain in bladder kidneys ana bacc ic male or female Relieve rstentlon of water almost immediately If you want quick relief and cure this Is the remedy Sold by Koenigstcln Phar macy Norfolk Neb Attention 1ariiinm Do you desiro to secure hunderds of sample copies of agricultural journals miitfaiines news papers books catalogues tunl circular of tho latent improved f arm impW ents ami macLin ery aud Im kept posted on improved teetls ami stock for two years or moroT If to tend us jour name with Un cunts ineilvcr and we will Insert the tamo iu the American Farmers Direc tory which noes whirling all over thn United States to imulit here merchant nnd innnufnc turere You will net more mvi rradiua matter tiian ou conld purchase for many timed the nnall cost of ten cents We wsnt every farmers name in the Uuited States in cur directory at once Farmkeb Dibkotokt Co Department 118 Birmingham Ala vm Keep Your Youth If you are young yon naturally appear so If yon are old why appear bo Get Away a Couple from of Months BAD WEATHER and visit Asheville or Hot Springs N C Aiken S 0 Augusta or Savannah Ga or the many FLORIDA RESORTS Tourist tickets on sale via Southern - Railway by all Ticket Agents For schedules or further Infor mation write or call on Wu H Taylok A G P A LniiiBville Ky J O Bkam Jr N W P A 80 Adams St Chicago CHEAP FARM Located on the Illinois Central R B in SOUTHERN ILLINOIS And also located on Valley 11 - A Cheap Farm and a Good Oae j Do you want a good farm whoro you can work outdoors in your shirt sleeve for ten months in the year and where your stock can forage for itself all the year round If so write to P Sid Jones Passongor Agent Birmingham Ala or Dr R B CrawfordTravoiingPnflsonger Agent 0 Rookory building Chicago 111 Do you want to go down and look at some of tho gnrdou spots of this country Tho Lonisvillo Noahvillo railroad pro vides tho way and tho opportunity on tho first and third Tuesdnv of each month with excursions nt only two dollars over ono faro for round trip tickets Write Mr C P Atmoro General Pnssongor Agont Louisville Ky for particulars Do you want to read about thom be fore going Then send 10 cents in silver or postage stamps for a copy of Garden Spots to Mr Atmoro Havo you henrd of tho famous Hot Springs Arkansas Hundreds of peo ple nro being cured there daily of tho grip A LANDS thn Yatoo and Mlatlisipp It in tho Famous YAZOO VALLEY Of Misttisslppi Speciality adapted to the ra i inpof Corn and Hoes Soil Richestinthe World Write for Pamphlets and Maps E P SKENE I1E11NT MOE Land Commissioner Aset Land Comr III Cent B H Co Park Bow Boom B7 CHICAGO ILL xsszmgmmmMimrwllliH Ayers Hair Vigor will sorely restore color to gray hair and it will also give your hair all the wealth and gloss of early life Do not allow tho falling of your bair tot threaten you longer with baldness Do not bo annoyed with dandruff 100 At all druggists MMto to thm Doctor If you do not obtain all the beneflts you expected from the use of tbo Vigor wruo we uocior idodi n UUiVIIilll VA1U Lowell Man Notice to Non resident Defendants lathe district court of Mndison county Ne braska To J K HubiiiRcr Hisimp Estate Haley nndTookor JeorRe It Tucker nud tho Manhattan TrUNt Co Notice is hereby iven that on tho 18th day of Fobruary 1809 plaintiffs T Atwater Barnes Kzokiel 0 Stoddard and GeoRO H Hishop filed a petition lu tho district court of Madison county Nebraska wherein j ou and eacli of you impleaded with tho Qnoen City Ileal Estate Im provement and Trust company and others were made defondauts tho object and prayer of which iveroto foreclose n mortgage or trust deed oxecnted by tho defendants tho Queen City Ileal Ketato Improvement and Trust com I any to defendant the Manhattan TniBt com pany npon nil tho lands and lots known antl de scribed ns Queen City place addition to Norfolk Madison county Nebraska with certain por tions thereof reserved and excepted from said mortgage 88 in said mortgage mentioned and des ribed to secure tho payment of two hun dred of tho bonds of the said Queen City Ileal Estuto Improvement and Trust company of tbo par value of 8100 each and on which tboro is now due and pavablo the sum of sixty six thousand dollais and accumulated interest for which with interest accrued and to accrue plaintiff prays for a decree thnt defendants pay the said amounts or that the said mortgaged premises may be sold to satisfy tho amount found due and that whatever interest the de fendants or either of thnm may hnvo in said mortgaged premises thnt such interest may be decreed junior and inferior to tho interest there in of plaintiffs You are required to answor said petition on or before the 10th day of April 1899 Dated February 18 1609 Powers 4 IUys Attorneys for f laintiffs