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* * A . * , _ ' . \ THE NORFOLK NEWS : FIUDAY , JULY .11 , 1002. A MAN BRAINS By PAUL SEVERING Copi/rfpht , ISOby A. S. KMiarJson 'i ' "And that IB your decision , father ? You object to Mr. Ilnwley because he IB , ns you call him , a tenderfoot. " "No , daughter ; not exactly that It's the kind of tenderfoot I object to. " "I suppose you would like me to mar ry one of your mine foremen merely because he Is a product of Colorado ! " "Now , Mary , you know better. I want you to marry some good fellow . who has at least proved himself some- . . how or other. But your Mr. Ilawloy f v. what has he done , now ; tell mo that ? There he Is Idlln' away his time at the Springs. Bencflt.of his health ? Bahi When I was his age , I hadn't as much ha he has , and I didn't loaf around with girls on hotel porches ; didn't see ' " n girl more'n once In a year maybe. * Why don't ho get a grub stake and Btttrt out and do a little prospcctln" on his own account ? "Tlsn't In his Hue , eh ? Well , neither are you. The man that gets my daughter has got to show 'the sand that's In him , and that settles It , If I have anything to say about It" ' And yet It did not settle It any more than such declslotis of such fathers have ever settled snch cases. But * _ .what . makes tills worth the telling Is the odd way In which It was settled. When Mary Wilson told Ned Ilawley' that her father , the wealthy mlnp owner - er , had objected to his suit for her hand land tjie reason thereof , the young man did not utter a singfe heroic , nor did he start out to look for trouble , as It Is defined In the west He merely1 said , somewhat reflectively : \ , " .We.ll , . I had au Idea in the joining line yesterday , but I did not execute it because I thought ! I might be going outside the limits. But now it's differ ent I think I can show your father that there Is one side of the mining business about which he docs not know. By the way , do you suppose he ( would let mo visit the Evening Star mine , say day after tomorrow ? " "Why , yes , " replied the girl. "I could arrange that although it is very sel dom he grants permission to any one to go down. It is not a very interest ing place , you know. " "Well , I'd like to see the Evening Star. Shall we go driving tomorrow ? " he added. His manner was deeply re flective , and the girl wondered at it. The next day they went driving. When they returned to the hotel plaz- ea , he said , by way of finishing a con ' versation Just as he set her down 'in front of the crowd of women seated on the piazza , "And after that we will - go to Europe. " , Now , it was only the end of a de scription of a Cook's tour itinerary , but iwhen Miss Wilson had passed inside and he had driven over to the stable Mrs. Philblg , whoso husband was a broker on the Colorado Springs Ex change , said to Miss Goldlng , whose father was a mine promoter : "Did you hear that , my dear plan ning a trip ? I believe they are en gaged. " By" V ) o'clock the report had spread to all the porches , and by 10 the date of the wedding had been set. Of course It reached the ears of the two most concerned , and each denled lt vlg- orously , but tnat appeared only natural * to the gossips. And the next day , , when Hawley set out for the mine , 't few miles country , - - iwhlcb was a up < < } * r * even the brokers on the exchange , led 'alAt by Phllbig , said things very compll- ' * * " " - * ' ' mentary to the young tnan's prosp ° cts. The visit to the mine was unevent ful to a degree. It was not a very won derful place. Mr. Wilson was not more courteous to his daughter's guest than wan aDsolntely necessary. Haw ley was attentively polite to all de scriptions and on leaving promised , as be was requested , not to say a word concerning certain machinery which gave the Evening Star such an advan tage over Its competitors. But on the way back to the Springs be was im patience personified , and as soon as be arrived he rushed to the exchange and sent in his card to Mr. Phllbig , the broker. 'Now , it was well known that Mr. Wilson swore bis men to secrecy con cerning the mine Interior and that be would on no account permit a native of the district to enter it The true reason was bis desire to keep the * se cret of certain machinery on which patents were ponding. But the promoters meters and the brokers were sure that some sort of bonanza had been struck and that the old man was holding back for a financial coup ; hence Hawley's card was a matter of greatilntcrest to the brokers , and Philblg hurriedxout as fast as his fat logs would let him , "How do you do , Mr. Hawley ? Let me congratulate" "How much is Evening Star listed at now ? " interrupted Hawley Hurriedly and , It seemed , Impatiently. Phllblg's eyes opened , and be was all attcntiqn. "At fifty , " replied the broker. * "Fifty ! " said Hawley , and a gleam of the most Intense satisfaction shone in his eyes. "Well , then , I wish you would buy for me COO shares at once. Margin , yes. I will write a check at once developments eh ? Well , I am not ready to say anything now , and , Mr. Phllbig , If you'll make the pur chase as quietly as possible , BO as not to excite the you know , " Phllbig rushed off to the floor and offered to buy 1,000 shares of Evening Star for CO. Hawley had ordered only COO shares , but Phllbig thought he could see through a stone wall on cer tain occasions and doubled the order on his own account And 'the other broker * , who bad been nnxlouily awaiting any iio-ys which llawlcy , proxled by Phllblg , might have to toll of the Evening Star , listened In dumfounded - founded amazement to the transaction of 1,000 shares and then tumbled over each other in their efforts to acquire the same Btock. Now , the floating supply woo limited since the majority of the stools was owned and controlled by Mr. Wilson , and It was not very long before thcro was no more stock to buy on that ex change. By that time the price bad gone up to 80 , however * Then Hawley , who had gene out , came back , again in n hurry , and , call ing out Philblg , told him to buy for him another 000 shares. Phllbig wan sorry , hut said he could not do it , as the local supply was exhausted. "Very well , " replied the young man , "I will send a telegram to my New Y6rk broker. Perhaps there are n few shares lloatlng about the cast. " And on second thought "I'll Bend a tele gram to Frisco as well. " Phllbig said nothing of bis personal purchase. Ho went in and reported to his fellow brokers , and Immediately they pushed each other about and shouted the price up live points higher. Ilnwley sent a note to Phllbig order ing him to quietly unload his r 00 shares at the market price of 85 a share. Phil , big seemed reluctant and , not wishing to disturb the market by such a sale , merely transferred Hawley's account to his own name , a transaction which netted the young man a profit of $35 on each of his 000 shares. Naturally such a flurry In the stock of the Evening Star became the talk of thu mining circles , and it soon reached the ears oT Mr. Wilson , who came down to'the Springs in a hurry to seek the uourco of the trouble. He was a plain miner , after all , and this sudden rise In the value of his proper ty was not according to his orthodox plans. Ilawley heard of his coming and sent to another broker , not Phll big , and gave him an order to "sell" 000 shares of Evening Star stock short. This broker borrowed the stock , most ly from Philblg , and sold it short for delivery later. Of course the sale de pressed the price somewhat , but the COO went off at an average of 80 , and Hawley was very well satisfied. Mr. Wilson went into the exchange and was at once surrounded by a crowd of brokers , who importuned him to tell them all about the bonanza he had struck in bis mine. "Bonanza ! " cried the old man. "Who says I struck a bonanza ? " "Why , Mr. Hawley came here after visiting your mine and" "Ilawley ! Has he said anything about" / "No , he didn't say anything. But would _ a man rush In here and buy COO shares of an inactive stock unless he thought it was going to move ? " "Hawley bought 000 shares of my stock , " exclaimed the old man , with a twinkle in his eye. "Oh , I see. And you all bit the bait , did you ? Well , let mo tell you that there ain't any bonan za. My mine is runnln' along'regular , Just ns it's been doln' for years and Just as it will do for years to come. Hawley , hey ? Well , who would have thought it of him ? Bought 000 shares at 00 and sold out at 83. Well , that nets him over $17,000 oh , did he sell short again at an average of 80 , expect- in' the price to drop again ? Well , sir , it'll drop ! The only reason I don't let people in my mine Is because I don't want my machinery copied before I get my patent papers. See ? That Ilawley , though well , blest if I thought it was In him ! Smart fellow that ! " The bottom fell out of the boom at once. The Evening Star stock drop ped back to 00 when Hawley covered bis short sale at a profit of 30 points , which , added to the $17,000 already made by him , left him richer by $32- 500. 500.And for once the gossips were right for that , after all , was what settled 11 for him and Mary. A Little Mlitalce. Here is a story which Congressman Amos J. Cummlngs was fond of tell ing : A member of congress was going borne hUe one night when be met a young man who was satisfactorily "loaded. " The congressman happened to know where the young man lived and kindly guided him home. The con gressman bad no sooner pulled the bell than the door was thrown wide open and a tall , husky woman appeared. Bhe never said a word , but grabbed tbe young man by tbe collar and shook him till she fairly loosened bis teeth * then into the ball she took him and Blammcd tbe door. The congressman was descending tbe steps when the door was thrown open a second time , and his friend flew out of it as if thrown by a catapult At the foot of the stairs he landed , and the congressman picked him up. Very much frightened and considerably so bered , the young ma'n gasped : "We don't live herel We moved lastTveekl" The r.lrl He Wanted. The following letter was sent by a Mississippi man in answer to a matrimonial menial ad. : I Incloaa my potograf with My Full De scriptions. It shows the features as nacliel as can bee , only It la to Dark. I nm very lite Complexion , Gray eyes , Or- ban hair , 6 foot high , walght 100 Lbs , In clined to bo hump shouldered ; A Muskier Man and n wldowef 23 years old , with A Common School Equations , but hav Got Anof to Atten to Enny Business , 1 am Strictly Morrcl. Don't use Tobacco Nor Whiskey. He Is anxious to have her under stand that her Ace , Compleckttons , wait and All Suits me to atee , Kind Loving Girl. I hav Only one Thine'to Offer , And It Is Neither Lands Nar Gold. But A Strong Arm and True Hart , and will Lay Down My Life for the Rite Qlrl and Be happy , for 1 am Tired of living Alone , The Girl that Steels my Hart and takes my Name for the Remainder of My Iff 1 will make Happy , for 1 am Hunting a Qlrl tbfct I tan idlelM and Maki a Aajpsl at , GOLDEN POPPV. DnrxlliiK. Illitxliiw lllominin * Tlmt ( IrroltMl the CitUIiirnlit I'luticprn. Far out at sea gleaming sheets of dazzling gold nrrcEted the gn'-o of the early explorers of California. Blazing along the Pacific coast , embroidering ho green foothills of the snow capped Sierra Madres , transforming acres and acres of treeless rln > " Into roynl cloth of gold , millions of ( lowers of silky tcx- ; uro and color of gold fascinated the Spanish discoverers. An eminent botanist anist , Kschscholtz , at once classified ihe plant , and his followers conferred Ills name upon this the only native American papavcr. Dreamlike In beauty , fascinating from phecr loveliness , spreading In soft un dulations over the land , the California poppy bloomed above the richest views ind arteries of gold the world has ever known , nil unsuspected. A Circe , wlth , powers to please , dazzle and charm by its enchantments , while It allures , lulls and mystifies , this flower of sleep seem ed to draw by some occult process from the earth the elixir of gold , unfolding its blooms of gold as beacons proclaim ing , "Wo are blooming above rich mines nt crnlil. " ui There . is over n mystery about the poppy. It Is a weird flower. It is al most sentient , with a life unknown to human kind. "While glory guards with solemn tread the bivouac of the dead" stealthily a sea of gore creeps over the old battlefields. Blood red , the popple's In waves and billows hold high carni val above the soil that covers the slain. Lord Macaulay says of the battlefield of Nccrwlnden : "The summer after , the battle the soil , fertilized by 120,000 dead , broke forth into millions of blood red popples. The traveler from St Troud to Tirlemont who saw that vast field of rich scarlet stretching from LanOon to Ncerwlnden could hardly help fan cying that the figurative description of the Hebrew" prophet was literally ac complished ; that "the earth was dis closing her blood and refusing to cover her slain. " Bayard Taylor in "Tho Lauds of the Saracen" says he contera. plated with feelings he could not de scribe "the old battlefields of Syria , densely covered with blood red pop ples , blooming In barbaric splendor , gloating on the gore of soldiers slain. " However interesting the poppy may be to men of science and to lovers of the beautiful , it is yet more so to the people of California. This beautiful , weird , gold colored flower of gossamer texture belongs to California alone. Nowhere elo In the world has it ever made its habitat There It is naturally EO profuse that it is related as n fact that , coming on a turn full face upon a blooming field of yellow popples , daz zling in the sunshine , horses Imvc been put to liiglit as from flamcb of fire. Home and Flowers. Focli > ituil Appetite. In souiu fccjd ad\oo ! given In print b.v a physician the theory held by faddists In special tooils , wnnmitod to perform marvels of health unJ restoration , is " ' " thin writer , exploded. "Don't , says "imagine that you can grow strong on foods that you dislike. Better fried ham and chocolate cake with a good appetite than a health cereal with milk and disgust. " One would hesitate , perhaps , to fol low strictly the fried ham and choco late cake dictum to the letter , but It Is undoubtedly true that at the moment many persons almost starve themselves because they have no annetite for the various so called health foods , which alone they fancy they can cat Above and beyond the choice of food is mod eration in partaking of it and relish for what is eaten. New York Post. The Mighty llavo Fallen. A new use for campaign buttons has been discovered by Ingenlpus down town youngsters with a taste for gam bling. The Italian boys living In what is known as Little Italy hoard the but tons as savages do cowries , and also employ them ns a means of betting. One boy will take two buttons in his band- one belonging to himself and one to his opponent and throw them high In tbe air. As be docs so he calls out the equivalent for "odd" or "even. " If the buttons land with faces , say of Elkln and Crow both up or both down , it is counted even. When only one face smiles toward heaven it is odd. The youngster who calls out cor rectly keeps both buttons. All Little Italy is now agog with the game , even infants playing it on nearly every pave ment Philadelphia Ilecord. A Kina'a Economy. An example of George III.'s econo mies is so curious as almost to suggest that it must have betokened approachIng - Ing insanity. He actually let out the cream colored horses used for his state coach to oJobmaster , who "thinks from the great receipt of custom that they will draw him into an easy for tune. " The Limit. "And the railway company agrees to settle by paying me § 5,000 , does it ? " said the man who had been injured. "How much of It do I get ? " "You get tall of It" said the lawyer , "and you pay me what you please. It didn't take me five minutes to get a settlement out of them. " This , O reader , Is no fancy sketch. There are limits to the imaginative faculty of the human mind. Chicago Tribune. A Help to Enrly ninln r. Milkman You're up unusually early this morning , Johnny. Johnny ( without looking up from bis dime novel ) Yeh. Mom sent me to bed last night Just as Pretty Pete was about to rescue the lovely maiden. Philadelphia Press. A I'oiilhle Solution. "I believe that bouse Is haunted. The tenant says be bears some one rapping on the walls at night" "Maybe Its walls are covered with " New York Time * I'or oi l Not in'ery onu IK aware of Ju $ what the UnUetl States subtrcnmiry will defer for n person with polled currency. If nny one has such blllw , In no matter how small quantity , and wishes to gut brand new bills , all ho has to do If ) to go down to thu mibtroamiry and band the old currency ever the counter. The government will hand hint In return new bills of any desired diMiomtnntlon , Perhaps under a strict Interpretation of the law the government clerk might refuse certain bills on the plea that they were Htlll lit for circulation , but in practice the government Is Inclined lo be very obliging , ami , unions the sup ply of clean money on hand should happen to be temporarily short , the clerk will without hesitation hand over perfectly new and unfolded bills In re turn for money which ban been folded possibly only a very few Union , As a matter of fact a vast amount of money IB turned In which could not have circulated among more than half n dozen hands. But It Is all redeemed nnd the new currency Issued In ex change. The subtreasury supplies thu new cash , too , without any expense , no matter If millions are to bo ex- ch'angcd. New York Thnoa. niiln't Frnr HI * Donil 1'ndrntn. There Is n doctor of the old school In one of the New England villages near Handolph , Mass. , whopo house IK mir- rounded by a cemetery. The cemetery Is behind the house nnd comes up tlimh with the road on either Hide , running off to PUB ! and west for an eighth of a mile. Some people might find such a house lot doleful , and surely the neigh bors are not lively. Hut that thought never troubled the villagers s6 much an the prospect of going home at night In the country townn of New England the graveyard nt night is still n thing of terror , an Inherited terror. There are still towns where nil the graves arc dug on a line running due east and went , with the footstoucs toward the cast so that the dead may rise face to face with the Judge on the last day So the doctor 'is often asked the question , "Arc you not afraid to go homo some times at night ? " And his answer Is always the same : "No. My neighbors will never trouble me. They all owe me money. " New ' York Tribune. Cnrloud Style * of Letter Any one in the habit of perusing old letters Is struck with the tone of'grcat humility nnd deference which per vades the corrcspondci : e of our ances tors. tors.A few specimens of the style of be ginning and ending letters may prove Interesting ns In striking contrast to the laconic "yours obediently , " "faith fully" or "truly" of the presort day. It would certainly bo dllllcult to match tbe following subscription of a letter from the Duke of Shrewsbury to Sir Thomas Hanmcr , dated September , ITl.'J : "I desire that you will believe tLr.t , wherever I am , I shall always en deavor to deserve and very much value your friendship , being , with a sincere esteem , sir , your most faithful and obe dient servant , Shrewsbury. " Frequently one meets with bellicose subscriptions , as In the case of the Earls of Huntly and Errol , who , In 1591 , threatened "awful consequences" to the magistrates of Aberdeen unless they released certain gentlemen Im prisoned in their city nnd Inscribed , "Yours as ye will , either present peace or weir. " A Unified Tlrldoisroosn. A young couple were married In Fen- clon Falls , and a number of their friends and relatives assembled at the railway station to bee them off on their honeymoon. Old wllppers and rice were showered on the humpy pair as they boarded the train. WS > cn they got comfortably - fortably seated in the car , the groom noticed a boot in the aisle , and , think ing it was one that bad been thrown into the car by some of his Jovial friends , threw the boot out of the win dow ns the train was moving. It hap pened that the boot belonged to a well known Toronto commercial traveler who had removed his boots to ease hia weary feet On the arrival of the train nt Lindsay the bridegroom was compelled polled to purchase a new pair of boots for the drummer. Toronto Globe. A Pointed SnRBotion. A young married lady is often criti cised by her friends because of tbe freedom with which she accepts little nttenUons from friends of the other sex. sex.At a recent gathering which she at tended ahc drew from her pocket her lace handkerchief , in which a knot bai been tied In order to call to her mind some trivial duty. "Dear mo , " said the popular young married lady to several gallants about her , "why Is that knot In my handker chief ? I tied it there to remind me of something. What could It bo ? " "My child , " said an old lady who overheard her and who is noted for the acrid wlttlness of her repartee , ' ) lt was probably tied In order to remind you that yon are married. " Snlphnr nnd Sliver. A sailor In the custom house the nth cr day took out of his pocket some si vcr coins that had a strange yello\ hue , nnd a clerk said to him , "Who makes your money such n funny color Jack ? " "Well , " replied the mariner "wo Just got In with a cargo of fuc oil. It's the oil that turned my mono yellow. Fuc ! 1)11 has that effect on c\ cry kind of metal. You ought to bo o a fuel oil steamer some time. It woul surprise you , to see the cabin silver ware , the kitchen tins nnd ovcry blast ed bit of metal on board all having th Jaundiced look. There Is sulphur 1 fuel oil , and It'a this sulphur that doe the yellowing. Nitric acid will brln brfck the original color again. " Pblla delphia Ilecord. Enduring Paints I'ntton'ii Run 1'roof Paints endure in nny kind of weather , They nrc nptireelntcd most In the worHl cHinntcH , They nrc gunrniitci'd to wear welt for five yearn but very Hkcly you need not Imve to repaint then unless you wlHh to. They endure because the Ingredleiitu are liire , the proportions (1'at- ( ton'H Nccret ) nrc correct , the mixing and grinding done by powerful , exitet machines. More about paint in our free book of paint knowledge. Send for it. Liberal IndncrmcniN to piilnt tlfnloni. PATTON PAINT COMPANY , Milwaukee , WIs. FOll SALK BY \ j J. KOENIGSTEIN , NUHFOLK , NKB. Z * PAI Son Proof Paints YOU MUST NOT FORGET , That wo aVe consfanUy growing iu the art of making Kino JMiotos , and our products will al ways bo found to oinhraeo the and Newest Styles in Cards and Finish. Wo also carry a fine line of Moldings } suitable for all kinds of framing. I. 3\dE THROUGH SLEEPING CAR. SERVICE KANSAS JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA ALL. CASES OF DEAFNESS OR HARD HEARING / Ss ; ARE NOW CURABLE by onr new invention. Only those born deaf arc incurable. HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. ' F. A. WERNIAH , OF BALTIMORE , SAYS : , . OALTIUORE , Md. , March jo , tjot. Gentlemen : Heine entirely cured of deafncM , thanks to your treatment , I will now gire yea a full history of my cate , to be ucd at j our discretion. until I lost , and this kept on getting worse , About five year * ago my right ear becan to sing hearing in this ear entirely. my I underwent treatment for catarrh , for three months , without any success , consulted a num ber of physicians , among others , the most eminent ear specialist of this city , who told me that only an operation could help me , nnd even that only temporarily , that the head noises would then c-afe , but the StearinR in the affected ear would be last forever. in York , and ordered your treatment advertisement accidentally a New paper I then saw your to directions the noi < esccus < . l. and ment Aflu I lir.'l used it onlyafew days according your K > -day , .liter five wtclis my hearing in the directed car li.isLxcn entirely rc'tcred I tlinuk you heartily and beg to remain Very truly yours. I' . \VIJRifAN , 730 S , Hroadway. J3alt ! , icre. Onr treatment docs not interfere it'lllt your itsttul * YOU CAN CURE YOURSELF AT HQUE IKTERT.7.71GNAL AURAL CLIFIC. ! " ' , I'd. i m "Two Dogs over One Bone Seldom Agree. " When two merchants are after trade In the same community and one advertises and the other doesn't , the advertiser gets the bulk of It This Is assuming that his ada are well written and placed in the me dium that best covers the ground. This paper Is the medium for this community If you have difficulty with your ads consult us. Perhaps we can aid you We are willing to. WILL HAVB HOMESEEKEfi'S ' EXCURSIONS to Charles Mix , Douglas nnd Brulo counties , South Dakota , on Tuesday , May 20 , Juno ! 1 and 17. Fare for round trip from Norfolk , Neb. , to Armour , good for 21 days , $9.00. Look nt n map of South Dakota and" " yon will ECO that these counties are in the corn belt of South Dakota , whore corn , cattle , sheep , hogs nnd bay are principal products Land iu Qhns Mix and Dougliyt counties from $12 50 to $30 00 per ncre. Wild laud in Brulo county , $8 00 to $10 00 per ncre ; im proved farms from § 12.50 to $20.00 per acre. The 0. M. & St. P. U. II runs dne west from Iowa and Minnesota line \ nnd we are iu the corn belt and these are the lauds to buy. "Corn is King" and briugh the farmer money. Now is A the time to buy. For fnll nnd complete prices , write to V Johnson Bros Land Go , , Armour , South Dakota , Or GARDNER & .SEILER , Local Agents. Norfolk , Nebr.