THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 5 , 1002.
Ohrl tmnsyon'ronoxt.
How would you Hko to bo the rurnl
nmil route nmn ?
Now tfl ft good time ; to bo tlmnkfnl
tlmt the coal Htriko wan nettled whun It
WIV8.
The Ice man 1ms hopes that thin maybe
bo the beginning ofn good lucrattvo
business for next , summer.
A womnn who would kill her ohlltl
for $ f > 0 , the crime with which a Malno
woman Is charged , is not a woman. She
ii n flond ,
After u study of the complete election
returns a Washington corroflpondent
fot-ls justified In bollovliiR that the Boven
remaining populists In. KaueiiB cast
thulr votoa ,
Young America has no sooner digested
his TliniikflBlvlng dinner thim hla
thoughts turn Christ nwswnrd with
thoughts of the good things that will bo
nerved ou that occasion , nsMias boon the
custom.
An Omaha burglar entered r
proaohor's honso on Sunday night and
took away * IO In cash , belonging to the
good man. A man who would do that
would Htoal coppers from a Sumiiiy
school contribution box.
The recently elected state legislature
will convene In Lincoln In January and
glvotho politicians something to talk
about. In the meantime they may con
tinue their resume of that fruitful sub
ject , "How It happened. "
The university t football team has
looked after the Nebraska honors with
commendable zeal and the fair fatno of
the state for being in the top row has
not once boon questioned during the
season. The Nebraska goal line has
not once boon crossed.
If the Nebraska educational fund Is
increased $12,000,000 In the next five
years It will mean no loss than $30
apiece for every person of school ago in
the state. This estimate of State Treas
urer Stuofer looks high and It looks
good. Fremont Tribune.
It Is now assorted that n largo num
ber of democratic leaders desired congress -
gross to remain republican , anyway ,
despite their enthusiasm for their own
ticket It is diflloult to believe that the
democrats can assmno asmnoh _ optim
ism as this , all at once.
The trusts that realize that they are
without the palo of the law that will be
attempted to pass within n very short
tlmo by the republican congress will
undoubtedly make haste to Conform to
such a measure , in the meantime exert
ing themselves to accomplish its defeat.
As the result of the visit of Dr. Lorouz
of Vienna to this country a child's
hospital is soon to bo established in
Chicago aud one of the eminent sur
geon's assistants will have charge
Particulur attention will be given to de
formities of the hip.
Now that President Roosevelt's mes
sage has been delivered it is np to the
fasion statesmen that write for the
country press to attempt a criticism
that will show weakness in the repnbli
o in policy and unsatisfactory methods
regarding the president's position ,
There Is no doubt of their ability to ao
complish that end.
Really some of these alleged jokes in
the funny papers and ou the funny
pages of the largo dailies are very tire-
somo. "Whan a person wades through a
whole page of.the nonsense .without be
ing rewarded with A sensation that will
provoke oven a'stnilo he is fully justi
fied in being bored and disappointed.
The man whojwrote "The Mocking
Bird" is dead , and a revival of that
once popular song is confidently
expected. It was a good tune in its day
find better , by far , than some of the
alleged popular songs of the present
day. The younger generation will no
doubt appreciate a revival of the air.
There are above four thousand pro
hibition voters in Nebraska as evidenced
by the returns of the late election a
mere haulful as compared with
the total voting strength of the state
something less than 800,000 but they
are stayers and utick together with a
mighty stickiness that might be an ex
ample to the fasion parties in devo
tiou to principle.
Henry Word Beecher gave a nice def
jiition of the spirit of thanksgiving
when he said : ' 'As tlowers carry dew
drops , trembling on the edged of the
petals , und ready to fall at the first waft
of wind or brush of bird , so the heart
hhonld carry its beaded words of thanks
giving ; at the first breath of heavenly
f.ivor let down the shower , perfumed
with the hearts gratitude. "
Tariff revisionists are not likely to
b'5 thoroughly pleased with the presi
dent's policy. Neither will the rank
protectionists who draw the line even
ou reciprocity , but there is no question
that hia policy will be quite pleasing to
the people in general who recognize n
a need of u Jllttlo change hut do not
want biiBtnesH conditions disturbed by
radical measures , The president is con-
sorvatlvo and the people are conserva
tive on this question.
NobraHka'n semi-centennial of its
organization no n territory will roll
around about 1001 and already there In
some ( lUcusslon iw to how the nvontuiay
bo fittingly observed. It certainly should
be observed in fumio manner , an No-
braka's ronmrkablo growth during the
half century since it was a territory Is
deserving n review by the pcoplo of the
state and worthy of advertisement among
the people of the east , many of whom
yet bollovo that the stnto is of the wild
and woolly frontier.
The Emerson Enterprise has an ox-
olmngo that advocates a now and novel
saloon law. The said exchange would
have the drinker take out n llconso in
stead of the seller , costing him $20 per
year to Indulge his appotlto'audsnbmlt !
Ills llconso to the bar-tender each tlmo
ho wants n drink. If ho gets drunk his
license Is revoked and ho IH required to
go dry. Such a law inight apply to the
ordinary drinker , but would It touch the
men who got thoir'a Unoriginal pack
ages ?
W. S. Ooldle , the veteran editor of
the Wayne Democrat writes a column
of sploy mutter each week under the
caption "By Dad. " Wo don't know
how the Wayne people like that kind of
stuff , Goldie , but wo will venture the
assort ion that should the Star reproduce
the third Item In the first column of lost
week's Democrat there would bo n
strange face in Heaven within an hour
after wo wont to press. Madison Star.
President Roosevelt proposes to look
deeper that the skin in choosing men
for federal appointment in the south.
It has not boon long since ho doolded to
overlook n man's politics in the same
locality if ho was fit and capable in
other respects. The first decision was
highly satisfactory to a largo number of
southern gontlomou , the latter docs not
rocolvo approval from the same sources
An unprejudiced mind will give the
same approval of the one position ns to
the other.
The pralrlo ohickon season is now
closed , having finished with November
aud those who disregard the law hereafter
after are running a risk of getting into
trouble with the ganio wardens of the
state. Five days after the oloso of the
season are allowed for hunters to dis
pose of the game they have killed aud
after that it is dangerous to have one of
the birds in possession. Ganio Warden
Simklns of Lincoln proposes to do his
best toward having the law observed
aud it may bo unsafe hereafter to
attempt an assault an the birds.
The proposed amendment to the con
stitution of Nebraska was permitted to
go by default by the voters. If every
one who voted on the proposition had
voted for It the amondmout. < wonld have
still failed to carry under the present
law. There were 49,147 votes cast for
the proposition and 15.009 against it.
There wore 108,574 votes cast at the.
election , so that the amendment had
less than half enough votes for its adop
tion. If the law had been revised as
proposed by the amendment it would
have carried. Under the present law ,
it is therefore believed to ba impossible
to amend the coustitntiou by vote of the
people.
headline says : "Roosevelt Dines
Quietly , " referring , it is presumed , t"
the president's Thanksgiving obser
vance. Really t But then there is m >
telling what that president of our's will
do. Dines quietly I Then ho must have
learned to eat without smacking his lips ,
and that great turkey must have been
fully tamed before it was placed on the
president's table. The president must
have fully acquired the intricate art of
carving , else ho would have allowed at
least one little byword to escape ; sonif
people do much worse. The president
should be careful not to "dine quietly"
any more and allow it to get in the
papers under a slug head.
Silver , as a money metal , is being
severely dealt with in all parts of the
world , and even Mexico threatens to
adopt the gold standard. The friends
of the white metal in the United States
should arouse themselves and stop this
effnct of the "crime of ' 73 " There is
uo reason why the world should act
foolishly regarding this metal just be
cause the United States decided to dis
approve of Mr. Bryan aud free and
unlimited coinage at 16 to 1. Mexico
furnished a horrible example to the
people of this country in 1806 and if it is
permitted to go to the gold standard
where will the people look for an
example if the question ever bobs up
again ?
The reduction of the republican ma
jority in Nebraska was undoubtedly
due , in large part , to the unpopularity
of Governor Savage's administration.
It will devolve upon Governor Mickey
to so administer the atTairs of the chief
executive's otlice that the effect of the
Savage regime may be overcome and
Nebraska's republican vote returned to
its old-time figure. Nebraska in a re
publican state , despite the claim * of
fusionists , and it will continue ita alle
giance to that party BO long as It ob
serves the popular will and administers
affairs in a manner that will reflect
credit on the party. The fusioutstfl
await a good opportunity to criticise
and it should not bo given thorn.
The Gorman rolohwtng IB having a
strenuous tlmo over the tariff Their
sessions are proving more exalting than
these of the American congress have
over dared boconio. The presiding
officer was compelled to adjourn the sit *
ting , until the fevered legislators had n
chauoo to cool their fevered brows.
When It comes to this point in the
American congress it may bo expected
that the people will improve the first
opportunity to Buuimou the bolllgoronts
homo. The majority la supposed to rule
and no strenuous objection from the
minority should bo permitted to avail.
When the people do not Hko the rnlo of
the majority they may bo expected to
ohango It.
President Roosovclt Is quoted ns hav
ing said that "No law can make n fool
wise , a weakling strong or a coward
bravo. " Ho Is perfectly right. There is
such a thing as a limit to the power of
laws. Many have yet to learn , for in
stance , that n law cannot take n Inzy
loafer and convert him into n captain of
industry with limitless wealth and
power at his command. Evidouco lu
that tills is the end sought by a largo
number of voters. They vote a ticket
until they are assured that the party
they have assisted in placing In powo
Is Incapable of creating such n law and
then they reverse their politics and vote
for the other party until they moot the
sanio sort of disappointment from its
actions. . These are the kind of people
that are made the sport of the dema
gogues. Their passions and prejudices
are appealed to successfully and the
politician who makes the most promises
aud offers the most glittering possibili
ties , regardless of how vague and un
reasonable they may bo , is the one who
becomes their idol. Whou people are
fully convinced of the truth of Presi
dent Roosevelt's utterance the day of
the domngogno will bo passed.
Norfolk's Commercial club held a
meeting recently to discuss the asylum
situation. W. M. Robertson , " G. A.
Luikart , Bnrt Mapes , W. N. Huso , J.
E. Simpson , W. II. Bncholz and 0. D.
Jenkins wore uauiod as a committee to
take charge of the "whole question , "
aud arrangements wore made for the
raising of funds "to pay traveling ex
penses , postage , and other legitimate
aud necessary expenses. " The efforts
of the citizens of the Sngar City will
undoubtedly bo crowned with success.
North Nebraska is entitled to n stnto
institution , and n decent regard for
people and patients would manifest in
some arrangement so that relatives and
friends of the uufortuuato insane of the
north Platte country would not ba com-
oolled to take the long and tedious
journeys now required to roach the
nearest asylum To build largo wings
to the present structures "down south"
with the consequent additions to the
largo force of employes now there , all
in order to avoid rebuilding at Norfolk ,
is a discrimination against this section
of the state founded upon anything and
everything except sound argument.
Madison Chronicle.
It should not bo necessary for children
and parents to be constantly reminded
of the dangers of the Northfork river
The many fatalities reported from that
stream should be sufficient to enforce
caution , but THE NEWS takes this occa
sion to again warn the people of its
dangers. It Is probable that the stream
was less to blame for this latest sad
fatality than others thathu\e happened.
It was not to be expected that the few
light freezes of the season were suffi
cient to make the ice safe , and inasmuch
as no ice had formed on the stream it
self it was not to be expected that a
drowning would bo reported this early
The opening of the skating and the
swimming seasons are two occasions
when parents who realize the dangers
of the stream are wont to remind the
young folks of the danger , aud it is to
DH regretted that a family of strangers
honld be chosen as the ones who were
to suffer on this occasion. Perhaps the
natural recklessness of boys in general
was largely responsible for the drown
ing of Saturday , but later in the season
when the river itself is frozen is when
rhe danger increases , even though
caution is used. The bed of the stream
is full of springs , cold and productive of
cramps in summer and warm in winter ,
canning air holes and thin places in the
ice that are best avoided by remaining
oil the river. A good , safe skating
poud for winter should be made and a
swimming hole for summer that offers
no dangers. With these the temptation
to encounter the dangers of the North-
fork would be less. Young boys should
stay away from the stream that has
proven fatal to older persons. The sad
accident of Saturday will undoubtedly
prompt a needed caution during the
season , but it should serve to be alwayn
a warning to those who recklessly make
use of the Northfork for amusement.
All the amusement it has ever furnished
will not compensate for one of the lives
lost there , and it is to be hoped that it
will bo many years before another Nor
folk family is called upon to mourn the
death of a loved one because of the
stream that flows through the city.
The trust question is unquestionably
the loading question of the day and it is
up to a republican congress to do some
thing nndor the head or lose for the
party the support of a largo number of
pooplo. It may bo expected that the
democrats will endeavor to force a radi
cal measure through congress but It the
republicans will adopt a conservative
but practical measure there la no doubt
but that it will bo approved by the
pcoplo who are inclined to tuko , a busi-
noss-llko view of question.
If a person will notice right olosoly it
will bo found that somo.of . the people
who are the longest and loudest com
plaints against the manipulations of the
trusts are the first to patronize the
trust when they have an opportunity to
assist opposition to the trust. Espec
ially Is this true if the trusts place their
products below the cost that the oppo
sition can afford to p nt thorn on the
market for. As long as this is the in
clination of the people it is practically
impossible for a company or corporation
to endeavor to operate in opposition to
the trusts.
A Missouri liquor dealer has found
that ho is not under obligations to pay
his boor bill to his brewer because the
siiid brewer is in the trust aiuljtho court
of appeals of that state has sustained
his contention. It is probable that
there will now bo a general demand ou
the part of salobn men in other states to
obtain the same kind of decision from
their courts. In which event the
brewers' trust may adopt the motto ,
"No money no beer , " and thus bring
the dealers to terms. If a trust has
been as powerful as has been assorted
one such decision is not likely to dis-
oommodo it.
The World-Herald devotes three col
umns to its views regarding the presi
dent's message. It must hive been
something of a document to outitle it to
such an exhaustive dissertation from a
fusion paper. The article is scanned
you will please pay particnlor atteution
to the term UBod in to find anything of
a commendatory nature cither to the
president or the policies ho advocates.
Ho is absolutely in the wrong on every
single point according to the World-
Herald. And it is very plain to bo seen
that the president cannot hope for the
support of that paper if he aspires to a
re-election. If he was wrong on but a
few points the World-HoraM might
forgive and forgot , but ho is apparently
on the off side of every it'om touohe d
upon , and the worst of it is the people
appear to support Him.
That there is a fine profit tin the
cultivation of sugar beets where the
business is well and ; economically
managed is being proven each season by
those who have been making it a study.
Fremont business men organized a
company some years ago and have 4been
expanding each year since. The past
season the profits to the share holders
amounted to 25 per cent of the capital
invested by them , which is certainly a
very lucrative business. The company
has rented a farm of 480 acres and will
raise 200 acres of beets each year , rotat
ing with other crops , and the invest
ment will undoubtedly be permanent.
This year they produced 1,749 58 tons
of beets on 150 acres which at1 a ton
brought them $0,998,33. and from beet
tops they received $41. The expenses
of the company were $5,801 , of which
$4,353 18 was paid out for labor , and
$750.80 for rent of land , leaving a net
profit of fl.178.33. After declaring a
dividend of 25 per cent to the stock
holders there was left in the treasury
per cent and 6 per cent in machinery on
hand. The -ISO-acre form bos been
runted for a period of four years and
during that time the members of the
company will undoubtedly demonstrate
that there is a splendid profit in the
growing of sugar beets.
It is now reported from Washington
that the backbone to the proposed 20
per cent reduction in tariff on Cuban
sugar bos been broken and that con
gress is ready to concur in such a re
ciprocal trade treaty. While congress
appears to be inclined to favor the sugar
trust to this extent , supporters of the
growing beet sugar Industry will hold it
to a strict account should such action
prove detrimental to the American in
dustry There should be some advan
tages given the beet industry in order to
offset any advantages that may be
given the sugar trust and the matter so
evened np that the trust will not bene
fit to the detriment of the beet industry.
Any other result from congressional
action on this matter will be objected
to by those supporting the infant beet
snear industry that has shown such
wonderful development during recent
years. People ore not opposing th
proposition of admitting Cuban sugar
in competition with American sugar
merely to oppose anything that will aid
Cuba , but it is believed that Cuba has
been helped sufficiently by this country ,
and not only that , but there is develop
ing here nn industry owned by Ameri
can capitalist- ) , employing American
labor and using raw material grown by
American farmers that promises to
some day supply the markets of the
country and comnate in the markets
abroad. In view of these fact ? , if the
policy of protection to home industries
cannot rule in thi * case , it ia at least in
cumbent on congress to favor the
American Industry In other ways and
not attempt to punish these who have
and will continue to stand np for the
boot sugar in cunts , tl.olr tocauso of
position on the matter.
The
President Roosevelt's message to congress -
gross was rend today and the ohlof oxco-
ntivo gave to that body his ideas on
important questions in language concise
and pointed. Uiillko most presidential
messages that the country has known ,
President Roosevelt presents his in a
continuous , nicely blended address , In
dlcatlvo of his cleverness as an author.
The president's introduction is so op
timistlc that it might readily bo applied
to a thanksgiving address and there is
full and sufficient cause for such opti
mism. While there nro great questions
to bo dealt with by this congress the
president , as well as all American pco
plo , has faith In n body of men who will
act on those questions and there is con
fidence that they will bo adjusted on
lines indicated by a broad , intelligent
and progressive American spirit. The
president does not endeavor to bind con
gress to a sot of stiff rules bnt concedes
them the latitude requisite for their
accomplishment in their own way. He
points out the direction to bo taken and
the policy ho favors bnt grants to the
legislators full choice as to how the ob
jects may be attained with apparent
confidence in results.
These who have believed that the
president was the man to formulate and
execute a plan of dealing with the trust
problem , hnvo no reason to be disap
pointed with the manner in which thac
question is handled. It is given first
place and , while vigorously treated , is
not narrow or demagogical. His plan
may not suit the extremist who would
like td'soe the trust and all semblance
if trusts abolished and those responsible
ior their formation hung as debased
criminals. With a high minded con
servatism the president recognizes , aa
all men not hopelessly prejudiced recog
nize , that the trusts may be a power
for good in the country if rightly con
ducted , bnt admits as well that they
may do much evil if not properly regu
lated. He would not crush trusts and
discourage capital , but would aid good
and beneficial trusts and punish those
having nil evil tendency. It is the right
plan thjxt will be successful. Capital
that is antagonized merely because it is
capital will withdraw , to the detriment
of labor and every other interest of the
country. On the contrary whore in
vestment is invited and encouraged
there will be benefit to the whole pee
ple. The trust question handled in the
Roosevelt way will be an ideal condi
tion. The pith of his argument is in
the sentence : "Pnblicity can do no
harm to the honest corporation , and we
need not bo ovorteuder about sparing
the dishonest corporation. "
From the trust question the executive
drifts easily into a discussion of the
tariff , with the conviction that the
trusts cannot successfully bo dealt with
throngh n revision of the tariff schedule
He recommends no radical changes in
the tariff law , but admits that some
desired alterations might be made , con
veying the warning that wille a radical
revision might operate against the busi
ness interests of the country and pro
voke disaster for the entire body politic ,
and especially to those depending upon
labor for their livelihood and prosperity.
Reciprocity is recommended as a means
to the end sought and congress is
advised through Elaine's idea to en
courage commercial expansion and pro
mote trade relations with foreign
countries that will be mutually bene
ficial.
The reconstruction of our financial
system is not advised , bnt , as with the
tariff , the president is of the opinion
that some slight changes might be made
that would prove beneficial and would
not operate oppressively against any of
the interests of the country.
A proper immigration law is rocom-
menrtr d and the bill that has already
passed the house is approved.
The adjusting of differences between
capital and labor is given careful
thought. The president recognizes that
both combinations of capital and feder
ations of labor may be harmful or they
may be beneficial. They are both the
outgrowth of the industrial development
that has distinguished our country and
marked its history. As a means toward
directing these organizations it is rec
ommended that congress create n secre
tary of commerce with power to deal
with questions that may arise under
this head.
A reciprocity treaty with Cuba is rec
ommended with the promise that such a
treaty will be submitted to congress.
Arbitration is recommended between
countries with disagreements and the
president felicitates the people of
America that Mexico aud the United
States were the first to use the good
offices of the Hague court.
The isthmian canal question is touched
upon wi'h congratulation that the
United States has undertaken to open
this great waterway of so much im
portance to the world in general and
this country in particular.
Of particular interest to the west are
the president's views regarding irriga
tion , the fencing of public lands and his
. interests in the settlement of the west
throngh the operations of the home
' atead and irrigation laws. The irriga-
Consumption is a human
vcccl flourishing best in weak ,
ungs. Like other weeds it's
asily destroyed while young ; ,
v'hen ' old , sometimes in >
ossiblc. !
Strengthen the lungs as youl
ould weak land and the }
cccls will disappear. ' l [
The best lung fertilizer is
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The time to treat consump-
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'cnt you will win.
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lie sure that this picture In
' label on the-
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Chemists ,
439 Pearl St. , N. Y ,
- -iTirt Sr nil druggists.
tion movement is held to be one of the
most important 'actions of recent
years. A good beginning having been
made it is urged that it bo followed by
legislation that will further tend to the
betterment of conditions in the west.
The actual settler is favored above any
other class of land seekers and the laws
governing the disposition of lands should
bo so strongly in his favor that it would
be impossible to deprive him of every
advantage. Grazing lands that could ,
not be profitnblyjtilled should be devoted !
to the use of cattle owners and the pres
ident intimates that , inasmuch as ten
acres are sometimes necessary to feed
one animal , the cattle men should be
allowed a larger acreage of such laud ,
than the homesteader of [ more fertile
aud productive soil. The executive is
emphatically opposed , however , to the
illegal fencing of public domains , and
insists that the resources at the com
mand of the government should bo em \
ployed to put a stop to such trespassing.
If congress needs farther information
on this subject than is at present available - - ? \ ,
able it is recommended that a commis
sion of experts should make an investi
gation and report.
The Pacific cable , Porto Rico , the
Philippines , the army and navy , rural
free delivery , the preservation of game
on the forest reserves , Alaska , the /
Indians and other matters of importance
to the people and the country are wisely
considered and policies recommended
for the conduct of congress relating to
them. Some of the executive's points
are largely felicitous but the some wise
discretion ; distinguishes these subjects
as to those that are in a formnlative
stage , and it might be desired that some
future message will have few important
measures to recommend bnt that the
thought of the congress might be di
rected to that which has been ac
complished. When such a condition i ?
approached the people may well feel
that they have at last attained the
mlllenlum.
Rummage eale in the Koenigstein
block December 13 and 13.
Asthma
"One of my daughters had a
terrible case of asthma. We tried
almost everything , but without re
lief. We then tried Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral , and three and one-half
bottles cured her. " Emma Jane
Entsminger , Langsville. O.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
certainly curesmany cases
of asthma.
And it cures bronchitis ,
hoarseness , weak lungs ,
whooping-cough , croup ,
winter coughs , night
coughs , and hard colds.
Tbrtt ilui : 2Jc. , SOc. . $1.
Consult your doctor. If lie uy * Uko tt.
tliaii do at ba nyi. If he telli you not
to uko tt. tlien don't Uka It. lla knowt.
LMV U llhhlm. W r willing.
J. C. AY Ell CO. . Uwull , Mm.
