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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1901)
THH NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , OOTOBKR 2/i / , 1001. ra SALE TKKsUHKU'S OFl'KE. > Mad eon County , ftubrnnka ) Notion Is herobr Riven that all lands nnd town lots In the following list , on which the tnies remain unpaid for the jr nar Bpoclfled , "will bf-Bold at this otllco on the flr t Monday of November. 1901 'Following la the list for publication , as rniulrod by law , giving thn amount dun thereon , to which will bo t.ldod Internal at the rain of 1 1 per cnnt per annum from the llrstdayof May after the roar due , with the con of publication aiul salo. Dated at Madison , Nob. . October 1. 1001 , It. C. MILKS , County Treatnrar. L"fc' ' rr ' TinAVnter lleetlc. Tlie grout carnivorous witter beetlf , tlit' dyllsciis , uftur cntclilng and eat ing otliur crontnreH all day , with two nilnntc IntorvnlH to conic up , poke tuu tips of Its wings out of the watur anil Jain some air against Its Kplracles be fore ( k'Hcend'ng once more to Its sub- aquooiiH hunting grounds , will rise by night from the surface of the Thames , lift again those horny wlug cases , un fold a broad and beautiful pair of gau/.y wings anil whirl off on u visit of love nnd adventure to home distant pond , on to which It descends like a bullet from the air above. When people are sitting In a green house at night with no lamp lighted , talking or smoking , they sometimes hear a smash as If a pebble had been dropped on the glass from above. It Is a dystlens beetle whose compound eyes have mistaken the shine of the glass In the moonlight for the gleam of a pond. At night some of the whirligig bee tles , the shiny beaullko creatures peon whirling In Incessant circles In cor ners by the bank , make a quite audible and almost musical sound upon the v/atcr. Spectator. She Sliovrnl Hint Her Work. The woman had her arms In the tub- am ! was fiercely scrubbing one dirty garment after another. Book agents don't often penetrate to that part of Chicago , but this one did. He knocked on the front door until ho was tired , nnd then he went around to the bacic door. The woman was bobbing up and down over the washboard. "Good morning , ) madam , " said the book agent pleasantly. "Good mornlu , " said the woman shortly. "Pleasant day , " observed the book ngent , sparring for an opening. "Good enough , " answered the wo man. "Excuse me , madam , " said the book agent , "but I have hero a work that I would like to show you. " 'Have you ? " answered the woman. "Well , I've got a lot of work that I'd like to show you. " She took one soapy hand out of the tub and waved It at a great pile of dirty clothes. "That's my work , " went on the wo man. "If your work can beat that , all right ; If It enu'r , v.-hy , skip out. " The book agent skipped. Chicago Tribune. .