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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1902)
THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 12 , 1110,2 The JSlottfolk Meads The World-Herald hmriw Unit " Wy oming hnsn copper bottom ninl IH two- thirds full of oil , " The Orolmnl News Is the immo of n r ' now paper started in that town hint vrook. It Is n six-column quarto with four pages of homo print. Cl. W. Hutton - ton is publisher ixnd 0. It , HoliliiHon odltor. The cold wave took freo/ing wont her with it down to MkslnHlppi and Lnuisl- aim mid they Imd HQIIIO HIIOW Micro to rointnd ( hum thut UN doitlronblo winter resorts they Hhonld not toot tholr horns fee loudly. It nmy como to thu point that the mignr trust will ho compelled to force the OubatiH to take its reciprocity hull , The puoplo of thut island hnvo become Americanized enough to wont nil they oun got and kick for morn. A Now Jersey youth ot 17 shot ut u rnhhlt mid killnd his father. It IH prob able thut n school of marksmanship would ho wull patronized Inltliut Htato. They I'urtiilnly need Hiioh Instruction if they urn like the youth muntlonod. Tlio sanitary conference of JJAmorican republics which have Just ( InlHhod n NOR * lon will in * > ot next in Santa do Ohlll , to talk some moro about germs nud tufoo- tlou. It is to ho hnpod thut they maybe bo nhlo to make it exceedingly Oliill for thohncilllhy thut timo. These who would doHtroy the triifitfl by removing the tnriff from trust-made articles must recognize tlmt the Riuno policy would airoct the fuotorlon tlmt nro not in the trust nnd they Hhould ho wil ling to concede tlmt President Kooso- volt's plnn is the host. There nppears to ho opposition to the plnn of ndmtttlng nil the remaining tor- rltorlcH in a bunch , mid it is llkoly tlmt Oklahoma und the Indian territory will bo ndmlttod us 0110 htnto uudor the immo of Okluhonui. Now Mexico nud , Arizona will probnbly bo loft for future congresses to light over. An Iowa barber shaved a corpse , got blood poisoning through u alight Herat oh , hud Ilia arm amputated and died from the shock of amputation. Douth is n Btrnngo visitor nnd n person in never justified In attempting to guess ai to how and when ho will nmlco his visit. Government exports nro trying n now qun ut Sandy Hook , tlmt Is expected to carry n projectile weighing moro than n ton 54 miles. It is hoped they may use xtromo caution regarding the direction the gun is pointed. If directed this way that ton of stcolowiuight land in No- brnskn. Since the olllcors commenced action against the Indianapolis ghouls it is re ported thut cadavers hnvo become very Hcnrco and high priced at the medical colleges. This is one case , undoubtedly , where the price of n "necessity" has not been advanced through the manipu lations of a trust. The law is solely to blnmo for the inconveniences of the embryonic physicians , General Bates , paymaster of the army , as the latest to speak out in favor of the canteen. If these army men cannot bo subsidized by the reformers responsible for the abolition of the canteen it is ap parent that they will have something of a fight on hands to compel the army boys to either do without their boor or patronize the neighboring joints that are itching for their money. Complete returns from South Dakota show that the state went republican by considerably more than two to ouo , and felicitations arc duo Ex-Senator Petti- grew on having escaped from such n radical people. The republionu candi date for governor received 18,100 while his democratic opponent pulled 31,31)0 ) votes out of the wreck. South Dakota Is becoming almost as good n state as Iowa. Even England has been having a slia o ia the recent cold nnd stormy snap. The weather clerk must have accumu lated a lot of the disagreeable stuff to be able to make such a wide and thorough distribution. It is hoped that his stock may be now exhausted and that No- "braska may bask in the kind of weather to which it has generally boon ac customed between Thanksgiving nnd Christmas , A land owner will lose nothing by devoting a few of his acres to the cul ture of hardy trees. The development of Nebraska has now made this possible ana the cottonwoods and boxoldors should be superceded by trees that will furnish woodiJof some valuo. A few acres devoted to walnuts will in time become the most valuable acres on the farm. It is estimated that in SO years an ncre of walnut trees will be worth $10,000 for the wood alone , not men tioning the nuts , which are always salable. John L. Sullivan , ' at one time champion of the heavy-weight pugilists of the world , now declares himself to be a bankrupt , with no more property than $0 worth of clothes. This should bo more effective in preventing young men 'orntrlvolng ' for honors la pugilism than ill the lawH on the statute books. A onnginan with vigorous bleeps and an unbltlon tooxcoll In the pug industry liould ho promptly and olTectnally ourod of his ambition by contomplat- ng John L.'H career , In 1811(1 ( the republican oandidiito for governor of Nebraska lecolvod I,7UI ) ! ! votes whllo the fusion candidate received 110,415 votes. T\vo \ years lutor the re publican candidate received 1)3,083 ) votes and the fusion candidate 05,7011. In 11)00 ) the republican oandldnto received 11.1,871) ) and the fusion candidate lilt- 018. Tlilsyoar the republicans polled for governor 1)0,171 ) and the f tislonistH 1)1 ) , - 110 A study of those figures should convince the people who analyze returns that thorn is something more ailing the fusion cnuHO than the stay-at-homo vote. The government olllclals are suspic ious of the widows of Holdlors who have been making homestead entries In the western part of the state and the ollloors at the land olllccs have been advised to view such applicants with suspicion , as it is hellovod that the rush of soldiers' widows from the east to the west in car load lots is n Rohnmo of speculators who hope to secure the lands entered ut a small cost. Many of the women undoubtedly doubtodly acted In good faith , but it is presumed that the motives of those who have interested them in taking up homesteads will not stand criticism and analysis , It is now claimed that the captors of Niegonflnd will bo compollod.'Jto await notion of the legislature before they can realize on the reward ofVorod by Governor ornor Suvugo for the apprehension of ) ho Pierce murderer , ns there is no money appropriated to pay the sum promised. There should bo no question regarding the action of the legislature n this matter. The governor made n promise that should bo kept , nnd the sain is not so largo but that the state eau utVord to pay It , especially consider ing that the crime was such an atrocious one and thut the otl'orts of the captors resulted in his full nnd complete con viction. The Cubans have now taken the pro posed treaty with the Pearl of the Antilles und will fix It in the house of representatives at Iluvnun. It is prob able tlmt they will fix it in such n manner that it will not bo acceptable to the people of this country. They seem inclined to take everything in sight and some that isn't nnd if the United States does not acquiesce in their demands there will be dissatisfaction among the islanders. The friends of the boot sugar industry are confident that the true situation regarding the proposed plan of injuring that industry will soon bo evident dent to nil the pooplo. A Gorman scientist has discovered that 12,000,000 bacteria inhabit the skins of half n pound of ohorrios. In half n pound of currants the doctor counted 11,000,000 dlsenso germs and In half pounds of grapes ho found 8,000,000 forms of life. It is n wonder , from this revelation , that tlio people who oat frui hnvo not long ngo turned up their toes to the daisies. Perhaps the learned gentleman is endeavoring to depress the fruit market. Boarding house patrons will not bo much concerned , howovdr , until the doctor reports his findings on n handful of prunes. Perhaps ho boards , himself , nnd does not dare investigate. A Lincoln man became frightened at a noise in his collar and sent in a hurry call to the police station. A wagon load of hluocoats soon arrived and found that the cause of disturbance was a barrel of sauerkraut which had taken to strenuous exorcise in n manner only known to that luxury , and had tossed heavy weights nbout and made other unseemly noises in the dead watches of the night that would fully justify n itorvons man in believing that his house was either haunted or had boon at tacked by n bnnd of marauders. Men who keep kraut in the collar should either firmly enclose the substance or be prepared to have It niako movements hat are alarming , If not unusual to the article in question. The Emerson Enterprise says : Northeast Nebraska should unite in asking the legislature to rebuild the Nqrfolk asylum. Not only is the loca tion good , but the state has too valu able n property there to lose. " It is certain that if the newspaper boys have the influence with which they are credited and few doubt it not only northeast Nebraska but the entire nortl half of the state will unite on this proposition. The newspaper men have generally taken a stand In favor of the rebuilding of the hospital , and tlmt is usually an argument that legislators cannot resist. The boys can see th right side of the proposition and do no hesitate to give it their endorsement. Senator Pritchard of North Carolina who headed the "Lily White" move meut in that state , is of the opinion tha his state is about to turn n political sotner sanlt and laud in the Roosevelt column of states in 1004 , thus breaking the "solid south"and ho is confident that in the future North Carolina , will be ai reliably republican ns either Peunsyl vauin or Ohio. This would bo a strange occurrence , but it is probable that the Hoimtor knows what ho in talking nbout , When tlio times comes that the Gnro- liniifl , Georgia and Texas go republican , people may not bo surprised should Pennsylvania nnd Ohio give democratic majorities , The committees of the house nro taking early action on the proposed hill providing for publicity of trust doings nnd it Is very probable that before con gress adjourns for the holidays combi nations of capital and capitalists may roall/.o that they will ho compelled to deal with a people whom they havo. boon wont to consider as their lawful plunder. It is to bo hoped that the tinto Is hero when the oxolunlvoness of the trusts will ho forbidden. If the trusts are honest they will have nothing to fear from the proposed law , but if they have depended upon durknm , doubt nnd ignorance us a means to tholr success they may expect that the props will bo kicked from under them nnd that the people will bo able to learn of their manipulations. The fight against the parlor match bulng made In some of the largo cities of the country will bo watched with in terest by the pooplo. The dromon nud insurance companies particularly oh joot to the parlor match because of its responsibility as the source of fires. Because of its strenuous qualities the parlor match is strictly an American match. It has orowdod out all com petitors because of the fact that n blaze is presented at almost the instant frio tlou is employed nnd the Amoricai people have decided that they huvou'i the moments to lese that are required in lighting the slow burning matches If the American people are compelled to back up and go slower in thU matter it will bo ouo of the original instances whore they have boon brought to nccop something slower in the plnco of thu which is decidedly swift. They muy d < It , however. The records nro dooidedlj against the parlor match us a Source o danger from ilro , nnd when thq fact i presented that for the sake of n few moments n day in time saved the Anier lean people have boon destroying or on oonraglug the destruction of millions o : dollars' worth of property n year they may not bo adverse to retiring the par lor match. In the death of Ex-Sponkor Thomni Brackott Reed the country loses ono o its most prominent statesmen , who though ho has retired from public lifi for some years , was still close to th hearts of the people , many of whom hnvo not ceased to regret his voluntar ; retirement. Siuco being advanced t congress by the people of his district Maine , Mr. Rood has been marked as on of the prominent politicnl lenders of th country , nud when ho was olocto speaker of the house of representative ! to succeed John G. Carlisle and later t succeed Charles F. Crisp , the poopl recognized in It n deserving ncknowl odgmcnt of ability , nnd but for hi voluntary retirement from politics i 1801) ) , they would undoubtedly have bestowed stowed on him other and higher honors Mr. Reed was characterized by his firmness , nnd when ho took a stand that ho believed to bo right ho was immov able. This characteristic gave him the name of "Czar" by which ho was fre quently known by friends and foes alike , because of his vigor in making and en forcing rules for the government of the house whllo ho was speakoraud when the minority was strongly represented nnd was using the prevailing rules as n moans of embarrassing the majority party and delaying the passage of laws. He was the right man in the right place and the people were f reo to acknowledge that his wns the sort of leadership re quired. Since the death of President McKinley there has boon no death that has been moro generally mourned by the people than that of Mr. Rood. The Missouri Trust Law. The Missouri trust law is a drastic ouo , aud if the decision of the Kansas City court of appeals in the brewery case is sustained it will plant many thorns in the path of unlawful trade ouibinations. One of the provisions of the law is that contracts with such combinations or trusts are void nnd that debts arising out of thorn are not legally enforoitle. It reduces the matter to a question of evidence of the unlawful oharnctor of the combination. In a multitude of cases it is exceed iugly dlfllcult to secure legal proof of the unlawful character of a trade com binntlon , even where the fact is morally certain and notoriously exists. This indeed has been the peculiar and often the insuperable difficulty under many of the state as well as of the uationa anti-trust laws of which the provisions are severe , but the enforcement is dis conrnging. The progress of legislative and judicial notion is nevertheless steadily compelling corporate combiun tions against public policy to net under many disabilities. The illegal brewery combine nt Kansas City , if necessary can of course conform to a cash basis in its dealings , but it will bo nt nn immense monso disadvnntnge in competition with lawful competitive concerns that are froo-baudcd for credits. Obviously tin very efforts to circumvent the nnti-trns laws ns the pressure of their enforce niout grows steadily heavier , as it in ovi t ably will , constitute n serious tnx nud obstacle for unlawful busines undertakings , Omaha Bee. Merchants dealing in heavy clothing nnd wnrm footwonr , join with the coal men in considering the cold snap n blessing. With a velocity of about 70 miles nn hour now , Old Borons oonld provide n blizzard that would inakon record with this light ( mow as a hasio constituent. Fortunately thnro has boon no strike in the wool blanket industry nnd If n man cannot afford to buy coal ho can go to hod and keep warm If ho has timo. Democratic loaders would undoubt edly give a handsome present to the person who can bo elected to the olllco of president ns that party's candidate. Those knowing n good thing in this line should not nil spunk nt once. Merger .T. J. Hill is quotodjas being of the opinion that competition does not cheapen anything. There nro people who will bo inclined to disagree with the railway king , but ho could not bo expected to see the subject in nny other light. The Tokumuh Journal gives n couple of columns of obituary notices under the heading , "Among Ourselves. " If the Journal would only ndd , "Gouo from " to the front of the cnptlon , it might bo considered nu improvement by some pooplo. J.Ogdon Armour , whoso daughter was treated by Dr. Lorouz , will endow tlmt proposed hospital of bloodless surgery in Chicago with $3,000,000. This is nu evidence of gratitude for the euro of u daughter that will bo nppreci ntod by ix Inrgo number of American people. Bixhy of the Stnto Journal has recent ly given the woman suffragists aud per sonal rights people a rest nnd is devoting considerable space and energy to show ing wherein the plumber is considerably moro to bo despised and fonrod than "al three" of the others. He stands a good show of winning. The Cuban ropublio would like to borrow a small matter of nbout $35,000 , 000 on which to begin housekeeping The advice has generally been given to young folks to keep out of debt and it is not improbable that the young ropublio would find it to its advantage to follow that ndvico. When Onrrio Nation lands in Kansas she is usually placed in jail for safe keeping until she again takes a notion to leave the state , when she is released She was calling on the druggists nud jointistB of Topeka and wns the cause of such n disturbance that she was placed behind the bars. If anything was needed to ndd to th discomfort of the parties that mad their Into campaign with moro or IOF pessimism it is being furnished by i number of railroad corporations tha hnvo decided to voluntary increase th wages of their employes nud pensioi the old mon who have boon faithful in their service. Postmaster General Payne is horrific to discover that there are about 2. women in the service of the dopartmon as carriers on rural mail routes. Th chief is of the opinion that the dutie nre too nrduous for women and think , they never should hnvo been appointed This mny be true , of some women , bu their nre others who could withstan agony with moro fortitude than many mon. The brewers who have attempted to do business in Missouri nro being 'shown" ' with n vengennce. Not only has ono of the courts decided that saloon metfneed not pay tholr beer bills be cause the brewers nra in a trust but another justice dealing body has con- ioted ono of the millionaire brewers of t Louis of perjury. The brewers may decide that Missouri is a good state- to stay away from. The World-Herald is nttempting to show that there is a parity between hard : oal nnd legal tender. The World- Herald is ono of the papers which In sisted that there was a parity between wheat nnd silver for many years , and it was supposed that its utter failure to support that theory during recent years would forever discourage it in attempt ing to discovered that there wore paratios between anything in the future. ' 0.Id After January 1 it is proposed to add n money order service to the f roe rural delivery system , adding to the duties of the carriers nnd to the accommodations of farmer patrons. If the rural service continues to improve the farmers will soon find that they have all the honofit ? Itsm and privileges of the postofllco system right nt their doors. When your Unolo Samuel starts in to serve anyone ho usually manages to give the host service "what in" as rapidly as ho can originate and install it. The annual circulation war is on In Omaha between the Bee , World-Herald Ida nnd News. Each of them publishes a warning to the saloon keepers aud drug " gists that if their notices nro lethe published , in the paper issuing hens uotico they will bo hold accountable ns their paper and thoir's only , has the largest bouafido circulation in Douglas county nud the law requires that such notices shall bo published in the paper of largest circulation. Reading such n notice in ono paper the action of the druggists nnd liquor dealers would bo clour , But when several of them publish the sumo notice their position becomes slightly embarrassing. A Kansas Indian has sued n Philadel phia paper for libel , and It is probable that In the future the eastern press will use moro caution in their literary treat ment of "Poor Lo. " Eastern papers have heretofore boon of the opinion that n fnko or a story bused upon the red man was tholr legitimate "meat. " But Lo has boon educated for n number of years by the government and It would bostrango indeed if by this time ho had not nccunuuulated some of the knowl edge put to use by his palo faced brother. If it is discovered by the courts that the Indian has a character nnd a repu tation , the broadest field for the manip ulations of the fakir for the eastern press will hnvo suffered a material contrac tion. Onrrio Nntiou receives the following thrust from a Kansas piper that should know whereof it speaks , the paper in question being the Atchlson Globe : "Thoso deluded souls who think .Carrie Nntion Is In the nuisance business be cause of the good she accomplishes , should como in from the depths. They are getting beyond the lifo line , aud there ( will soon bo no hope for thorn. Mrs. Nation admits tlmt she is in it for the money ; she says she 1ms ronlizod $5,000 from her lectures , nnd thnt she never strikes n town where she cannot dispose of souvenir hatchets. Her man ager is .T. E. Furlong , of Rochester , N. Y. , who for a number of seasons was the manager of Padorewski ; n great joke on Padorewski. " The French chamber of deputies is the latest to give the civilized world an exhibition of how iionr stntosuion can sometimes organize themselves into a mob nnd yet endeavor to maintain n semblance of dignity proportionate with tholr high calling. In Franco such a crisis means moro , perhaps , than in other countries that have boon similarly afflicted. The country's revolutionary record is of a character tlmt when the point is reached that the law making bodies must indulge In fisticuffs , it Jhas nrrivod nt a danger point where n slight excess of hot blood might be expected to arouse the dormant revolutionary spirit that would work havoc to the country. It is a matter for congratula tion that the trouble in the French chamber has not yet been taken np by the people of that country aud it is to be hoped that this point will not bo reached in this instance. The agricultural department of the university of Nebraska is offering a fine opportunity for young men , and old , to take advantage of the exporimouts and knowledge gained of scientific agricult ure there. The winter course begins January 5 nud closes Mnrch 7 , being n time of year when farmers could well afford to spend a couple of months in lonrniug the fine points of the business. When the time comes thnt farmers realize that it pays hotter to raise thoroughbred rather than scrub stock and when their desire is that their laud shall do the best of which it is capable then these excellent advantages offered by the school of agriculture will bo ap preciated. A farmer with ono or moro sons whom ho expects to succeed to his acres and his industry could do no hotter thing for the young man and his estate than to send , him to Lincoln to take that coarse of instruction. The successful farmer of the future will bo the one who has acquired advanced methods and is prepared to profit from the experience of others , nnd it is be lieved thnt such n time is rapidly np- | preaching. Aid Tree CulturiHtfl. The governments of states nud nations are devoting much of their time toward aiding the farmers to improve their lands nnd obtain the host results , from their soil that is possible , with n realiza : tion that what helps the farmers and adds to their prosperity is valuable to the country , as they are the chief of the producing classes , nnd when they are inexperienced or fall in their endeavors tholr countrymen suffer with them in their losses. Farmers of the east to boon aided in this manner for some years with the result that they have improved wonderfully in finances and in knowledge that enables them to take advantage of their opportunities to the utmost of the government of state's knowledge on tlio subjects taught. This movement la grovlug in popularity and moving westward , and It is believed thut it will bo but a short time until the farmer who has not availed himself . of thu instruction offered will bo a book number , whllo his moro progressive neighbors will bo realizing full benefits. ; Recently the government has under taken to assist agriculturists in plan ning wood lots and growing timber. nA Washington correspondent writes as follows on the subject : asm "Tho fiirmon of this country own about 600,000,000 acres of woodland , ton times the acreage of all the federal forest reserves. Most of it consists of small woodlots from which the owners > deprive their timber supplies for farm purposes. I "It was to help the farmer in caring J \ load * Feed pale girls on Scott's i > Kilsion. \\'e do not need to give all reasons why Scott's i m sion restores the strength .1. 1 llesh and color of good J Jilih to those who suffer troni sick blood. The fact that it is the best preparation of Cod Liver Oil , rich in nutrition , full of healthy stimulation is a suggestion as to why it does what it does. Scott's Emulsion presents Cod Liver Oil at its best , T fullest in strength , least in taste. Young women in their 11 teens " are permanently cured of the , peculiar disease of the blood which shows itself in paleness , weakness and nervous ness , by regular treatment with Scott's Emulsion. It is a true blood food and s naturally adapted to the cure f the blood sickness from 'i so many young women suffer. We will be glad to send a sample to any sufferer. He cure that this picture In the form o ! a label is on tha wrapper of every bottle of LmuMon jnu buy. SCOTT ft BOWNE. Chemists , , < * D Tanrl St- , New York , for his timebr land that the bureau of forestry several years ago undeitook to furnish him , without cost , with the ser vices of its foresters. The offer proved popular ) and applications for assistance hnvo far exceeded the ability of the bureau , with its limited number of trained foresters , to answer them. During the season just passed the bureau has accomplished more than ever before in putting small woodlots under forest management and in teach ing the farmer how properly to treat his timber. Two experts have been employed in the north and south who have examined and have put under management several thousand acres of woodland. "A great deal of wood is consumed every year on the farm for fuel , posts , poles , nud other uses. Ordinarily , the farmer cuts what ho needs without thought ns to whether he is lessoning the power of his forest constantly to yield its supplies. The result is that the forest becomes poorer every year and less able to furnish the wood its owner needs. The ekill the fnrmer ex orcises in the management of his crops is not of the kind that enables him to manage properly his timber. Ho needs the service of a forester. "Usually , only ono visit to the farm by the bureau's expert is necessary , and this service is given without cost to the owner. When , as occasionally happens , a second visit is needed , the owner is required to pay the traveling and living expenses of the expert while employed at the work. " Coming To Norfolk. Dr. O. M. Headrick , ear , nose and throat specialist aud expert on all catarrhal troubles , will be at the hotel Oxnnrd , Norfolk , Nebraska , for two days only , December 12 and 18. The doctor makes this visit to accommodate his patients ia nnd around Norfolk who can not afford to go to Omahufor treatment. All persons having nose , throat , lung and stomach ailments should take this opportunity to consult Dr. Headrick. Consultation entirely free of charge. / Coughed " I had a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and I grew very thin. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral , nd was quickly cured. " R. N. Mann , Fall Mills , Tenn. Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the above have taught us what Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will do. We know it's the great est cough remedy ever made. And you will say so , too , after you try it. There's cure in every arop. Tbrte iliti : 25c. , SOc. , SI. Coniult roar doctor. It ha UT * take It , thin do ai lie lajri. II lie tell > you not to uke It , then don't Ukeu. . He knowi. Leave It with him. W are willing. J. U , AYlill CO. , Lowe I , Mail.