THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 19,190.2 The Norfolk flcuifi A girl should accept no oxcuno from her follow who now neglects to tixko her Blclghridlng. The thought thnt tmow Is considered n Rood fortilteor In Rood thought to think na it continues to noomnulnto. Mrs. Ulysses S. Gn\nt , widow of President Qrixnt , is dond nt lior liomo in Washington , nt the ngo of 75 years. _ If Santa Glium doRon't UBO Ids reindeers - doors nud sleigh this winter there nro ninny youngsters who will foci justified In believing the old follow ft myth. A. A. Lognn hns retired Irom the Grolghtan Conrinr and thnt imports now innod by , T. S. Kelley , who 1ms boon manager of the paper for tbo past seven nionthn. If the introduction of bills on the trust , question will settle the matter there is no iinustiou but that the tnwts have received stunning blow from congress. The Monroe dootrino stands for n good many things , but it evidently does not support small American republics in attempting to ovndo their obligations to foreign countries. It is not "tho beautiful" to the follow compelled to wield the shovel and broom and compelled to tie stglugs around his pnuts log to keep It from getting too familiar with his lower parson. Pat Orowo has been Bilont BO long that ho fears that the people have for gotten him and therefore writes , prom ising to return and glvo himself up to the oflloerri. Ho alleges that ho is in South Africa. Have patiouco. There arc only about three more weeks to wait until the legislature islaturo is in session at Lincoln , when 27 democrats will endeavor to prevent 100 republicans from doing jvs they blame pleaso. A St. Louis woman slept for six days rtnd her family employed every method taarouso her. The husband should have been satisfied to leave well enough filouo. Ho may receive n onrtnlu loo- turo for his pains. "Why didn't soinoono consult n'wish- bone or the corn husks aud warn the people that n severe winter was [ duo. The coal strike and consequent riso'lu price of anthracite was the only warn * ing the people had. There is certainly a prospect that drouth stricken Nebraska will bo well watered next season , if the snow con- tiunos to fall , nud it will scon bo safe to begin assorting that the corn crop is as sured. Stand up for Nebraska. The winter shift of the weather bu reau should bn informed that they do not need to work overtime. In faot n popular vote would undoubtedly rovonl that the majority of the people are in favor of granting them n long vacation. Governor Savage is in Colorado climb ing mountains and is porhapa reconciled to the faot ho must soon vacate the ex ecutive chair to Governor-elect Mickey. The people of the state have been more than reconciled to the change for some time. Governor-elect Mickey has announced that A. D. Beeuior of Ouuiiug county would be warden of the penitentiary under his regime and thnt Superinten dent Stewart of the Omaha deaf aud dumb asylnmn would be retained in this present capacity. Modern battles do not appear to be as 'destructive of life as in 'the good old days. Following Dewey's almost bloodless - less victory in Manilla bay , the fortress of Puerto Oabollo has been put out of business by the English and German allies without injuring anyone. * The Verdigre Citizen is among the papers.that have recently been impressed with the < doctrlno of the socialists and it will not bo surprising if it is one of the first to espouse the cause of that party. The Citizen has been popnllstio , and the change will be easy. A great deal is being said concerning Senator Clark's million-dollar grandson. The matter is too common to deserve all the attention being given. There are millions of milliou-dollar-bables at least their parents would not part with them for th.it amount. Uncle Sam will soon be able to con verse with Hawaii with promptness aud dispatch. The shore.end of the new telegraph cable was spliced Sunday and christened to the memory of the late John W. Maokay , aud the cable laying steamer is now steaming toward Hawaii at a seven-knot speed. Franco and Italy also have bills against the republic of Venezuela which they would be glad to collect. England aud Germany should have invited the co-operation of these governments also and would have encountered less liabil ity of being wiped off the face of the earth by the Venezuelans. Four great jpowera united against the small repub- \ \ llo could have presented an argument that would have boon almost hopelessly unanswerable for the Boutli American country. The house judiciary committee has drcldod that polygamy idionld bo no bare o holding ofllcn , giving the man with n uporllulty of wives cnnso for jubl- atlon , nnd If Solomon could return to urth ho would tie doubt IKJ treated with ho cotiRldcrutton duo his rank. The men of the conn try may not object to his , but wiil the women ? Congressman McCarthy linn np < mretitly started In right , the first np ; ) olntnmnt for which ho is responsible going to newspaper man , Editor J. 0. Jlllott of the West Point Republican , who gotB the postofilco of his homo own. Editors may not deserve it nil , nt an odltor cannot fall to admire an fllolal who glvos them n first ohauco. Nobraoka's capital city has boon vis- ted by a stranger , Bupposod to bo n Now York attorney , who announces hat ho will spend $25,000 there before eavlng the olty. If ho has any money oft after getting through with Lincoln , Norfolk would be pleased to entertain ilm for a few days , nnd not bo too im pertinent with questions as to who iio is or whore he got his money. Now that the football season isover the newspapers have started on their annual campaign for nnd against the game. 81.1110 designate it na brutal nnd others , remembering that another sea son l.s coming on , stand up in support of ho contests. Whether It Is brutal or not , it Is likely tb bo played as long as there is demand for the strenuous sport on the part of the people. The democrats are evidently groom ing the fubioulnts whom that party can not absorb to become members of the socialist pnrtygthat has recently shown n spurt of strength attracting the ntton tlon of the democrats , They have the hope that in the future the socialists may bo drawn on to fill the void that will bo loft by the withdrawal of the opulists from tlo | combine. The seizure of a conplo of barrels con tainiug more than DOO quails by the game wardens nt Fremont recently , i additional evidence thnt they bollov the game law was made to enforce aud these who take the birds illegally may rather expect to put up a good round price for their sport. It is snfo way to flgnro. Yet quails at $5 npleco may bo considered rather prohibitive. If the democrats must insist that the tariff is the mother of trusts they mnst also concede that the tariff is the mother of prosperity , for without prosperity for capital it would have been imposiblo to organize , trusts. A man who is not prosperous cannot readily add to MR biitiiuoss interests. Therefore if the lowering or removal of the tariff will kill off the trusts it may also bo depend ed on to eliminate prosperity. Gouoral Fitzhugh Lee has expressed his opinion thnt it was young officers left in the Havana arsenal by General Weylor who planted the inino nud blow np thoMuiuo , audthat General Blanco was not responsible for the disaster. Ii is of interest , of course , to learn who ac complished the crime , bnt the results can never bo undone , though the guilty persons nud the motive wore fully known. An exchange figures that if the tariff is protecting any monopoly it is protect ing none more than that of Amqrioan labor and skill. It is the plan of the tariff thnt the prices shall bo high enough to prevent cheap European labor from coming into competition with the labor of America. Therefore if the labor unions of America can be called trusts , the tariff may bo guilty of affording such a trust protection and encouragement. The Rod Man nnd Helper , published at the Carlisle Indian school in Penn sylvania is savagely after the Wichita liar who 1ms sent out reports tending to show that the educated Indian , is no whit , hotter than his untutored brother. If it is true that this prejudice against the education of Indians cropping out frequently , is the result of the manipu lations of the "Wichita liar" it is about time ho was suppressed. The governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect of Kansas nro undoubted ly convinced that they no longer have , an excuse to remain single. The form er has received 1,000 proposals from women in the United States and Canada and the former has received half that many offers to take up matrimony , both having agreed to become married if elected. This is a remarkable record , es pecially considering that leap year bus not yet arrived. Those who would object to England nnd Germany collecting indemnities from Venezuela weald perhaps have had a small fit if European countries had prevented the United States from sending to the door of the "unspeakable Turk" a warship to enforce the collec tion of that which was due from the sultan's government to this. That war vessel went to the Turk's door prepared to do business if necessary , and those of England and Germany came across the pond to thin fildo with the same purpose , and decided to Unlit. Senator Dietrich hopoH that the com ing legislative HOBslou of Nebraska may BOO fit to establish an experimental farm In the western part of the state whore it in arid , the agricultural department of the government having given assur- aucoa that it will co-operate in such n movement. It is probable that not only agriculture bnt arboriculture would bo conducted on such n farm and the bone * fits to the irrigation movement nnd con sequent development of the arid regions of the country would rocolvo a valuable aid ; If the finances of the state would afford the establishment of such n farm it should bo considered nt the coming session of the leglHlnturo. The ministers of fonr churches nt TocnuiBoh exchanged pulpits Sunday , the idea being to promote closer ac quaintance between pastors nnd ohnroh going people. It Is n Christian idea. If different congregations nud preachers oonld glvo up petty differences , ceafio quarrelling and become loss jealous , ouo of the most frnltful sources of criti ctsm for the scoffer , the Idolater and the hyprocrite will have boon removed , aud when churches , ministers nnd church members dwell in harmony together , there will bo stronger inducement to mluglo with nnd become one of thorn. Then there might bo companionship , affiliation nnd finally amalgamation of ohnroh societies in towns where denom inational divisions have been n weak ness to the causo. Ex-Speaker Rood loft a fortune of about $200,000 to his family , this having boon accumulated since retiring from congress. His law practice brought him about $60,000 n year and the bnl- unco was acquired by judicious invest ments on thn stock market. It is prob able that if Mr. Rood had remained in congress ho would have died a poor man. This and other reports of like character from men holding office in the national legislature is convincing that the arguments of n certain clans that congressmen and senators nro there to Hue their pockets with wealth is a mistake. Moat of thoni retire , poor in fortune aim in health , having given the best service of their lives to their country. They are deserving of greater respect aud consideration than is gen erally given thorn. Dr. W. A. Thomasstato veterinarian has placed his disapproval nn an alleged remedy for the "corn stalk" disease that is being manufactured nud placed on the market by an Omaha company. The company asks $10 for a sack of the stuff , and nn analysis of the compound made by J. M. Nelson , chemist of the state food commission , shows that it is composed of very ordinary ingredients and that 25 pounds of the stuff , for which the manufacturer requires $10. could probably bo compounded for about 1U cents. Tno state veterinarian gives away the formula and the directions for giving the medicine and If any farmers or stock raisers are right anxious for a trial of the remedy they can mix it themselves and save about f'J.51 , that , these who have patronized the Oaham man have been contributing to his wealth. The Tildon Citizen has on one of its periodical spells and has directed its venom nt Norfolk and Norfolk people. It has overshot the mark in this instance , its criticism being so full of vituper ation that it does not hurt , but is laugh able. People are more hurt when they are justly and strongly criticised than when called "thieves , malefactors and human blisters , " knowing that if true charges , the law would not bo slow in meeting out punishment merited by the crimes The Citizen places all Norfolk people in the same class , whereas , like Tildon , the town is inhabited by people both good and bad. A town afllictod with chicken thieves , poker players , that supports three saloons to 550 people , and that permits a boy of tender years to be come so drunk that the services of a doctor are necessary to pump the alco hol ont of his system , bos no license to call a neighboring town an "immoral Btiukholo" . A pamphlet recently issued by the passenger department of the Union Pacific gives some interesting figures comparing the "north Plat'e" and "sonth Platto" divisions of the state There are those who have believed that the north Platte country didn't amount to much , either in population , or any thing else , aud some of them have boon inclined to leave this section out of their political calculations , especially If they happened to be located on the south side of the dividing river. To rnnko its figures easy to understand the Union Pacific has divided them into three sections , the third section having refer ence to the counties split by the Platte , The counties divided by the Plat to river have a population of 45,417 ; those sonth of the river have 502,894 , and north of the river the figures are 520,728 , thus giving the north Platte country the larger population. The other flgnies refer to the school statistics : On both sides of the river there are 410 schools , 509 teachers and 15,986 pupils. North of the Platte there are 8,179 schools , 4,441 teachers aud 179,434 pupils. In the south Platte section of the stnto there are 3,184 schools , 4,520 teachers aud 181,659 pupils. Win. M. Wheeler , odltor of the Fairfield - field Herald , in candidate for secretary of the Bonatn nt the coming session of the legislature. Mr. Wheeler 1ms had considerable experience in legislative matters , having tor the last two sessions boon connected with the house , first as assistant clerk nnd then as chief of the ongroHHlng and enrolling department. Mr. Wheeler is painstaking , carefulnnd , obliging , nud if ho is elected to the po sition of flccrotary of the senate ho will make an olllcor whoso records will never bo questioned. Nebraska Olty registers n protest against some of the reports that have gone out concerning the water situa- tlo.n there. While it is admitted that the fioklo Missouri has abandoned that fair town to some extent , the people there allege that the water situation boa never boon serious and that now the difficulty has been romodiod. The idea that n river had deserted n Nebraska city appears to have boon taken for free license by the sensational reporters , and the insurance companies threatened to raise the rates of insurance bccauso of their untamed reports. It ia assorted that Colonel Bryan con tributed to tbo democratic committee $600 during the recent campaign aud that to the populist state committee he gave $750 , evidence not only that Mr. Bryan loves the populists a llttlo more than the democrats , bnt that prosperity has BO added to his finances that ho has boon able to make some very handsome gifts. Mr. Bryan is to bo congratulated on showing n spirit of reciprocity. The two parties named have given him n standing that has made it possible for him to accumulate wealth and bo of right should assist them with n share of the proceeds. WKY INDIANS PAINT. A iiefceiid of the Ilvd Men Kxplnlnn ( he Strnnite Cuntoni. Once an old Apncho Indian when naked the question why his people painted their faces told this little leg end : "Long ago when men were weak nnd animals were big nnd strong a chief of the red men who lived In thcso moun tains went out to get a deer , for his people were hungry. "After walking all day he saw n deer and shot at It , but the arrow was turned aside and wounded a mountain lion , which was also after the deer. When the lion felt the sting of the ar row , he jumped up nnd bounded after the man , who ran for his life. "Ho was almost exhausted , and when he felt his strength giving way he fell to the ground , calling on the big bear , who , you know , is the grandfa ther of men , to save him. "The big bear heard the call and saw that to save the man he had to act quickly , so he scratched his foot nnd sprinkled his blood over the man. "Now , you must know thnt no ani mal will eat of the bear or taste of his blood. So when the lion reached the man he smelled the blood nnd turned away , but as he did so his foot scraped the face of the man , leaving the marks of his claws on the blood smeared face. "When the man found thnt he was uninjured , he was so thankful that he left the blood to dry on his face and never washed it at all , but left It until it peeled off. "Where the claws of the lion scraped It off there were marks that turned brown In the sun , nnd where the blood stayed on It was lighter. Now all men paint their faces thnt way with blood nnd scrape It off in streaks when they hunt or go to war. " THE CARIBS OF DOMINICA. Fierce Snv Ke "Who Have Dropped Their Man Bating Ways. A recent colonial report on the Carlbs of Dominica is Interesting. Very mys terious Is the origin of the fierce sav ages , now almost extinct , who were in possession of the smaller West Indian islands when the first white man burst "into that silent sen. " They showed n distinct Mongolian character , nnd it would be hard to distinguish a Cnrlb In fant from a Chinese child. Some twen ty years ngo a Chinaman who had drifted to Dominica declared the Carlbs to be his own people and married a pure bred Carib woman. The resultant child showed no deviation from the ua tlve type. Today they have dropped their man eating ways , but in the sixteenth cen tury they scoured the Spanish main In search of human food , and from Porto Rico alone nre said to have taken more than 5,000 men to be eaten. Though Spaniards , Frenchmen , Dutchmen , ne groes , or Arrownks , were all meat to them , yet these Caribs seem to have shown preference for certain national itles. Davis , for instance , in his "Ills tory of the Carlbby Islands , " tells us that "the Cnrlbbeans have tested of all the nations that frequented them nnd affirm that the French nre the most delicate nnd the Spaniards nre hardest of digestion. " Laborde also , In one of his Jaunts In St. Vincent , appears to have overtaken on the road n com municative Cnrlb who was beguiling the tedium of his Journey by gnawing at the remains of n boiled human foot. This gentleman only ate Arrowaks. "Christians , " he eald. "give me the bellyache. " MIMnke In the Programme. "She married him to reform him. " "And what was the result ? " "She wishes she had reformed him to marry him. " Chicago Post. Nobody likes nn overture very well , but band nnd orchestra leaders contin ue to play them because it is custom- nry. Atchlsou Globe. % Vvnk In Biielllnff. 1 The young woman was writing to a masculine friend to thiink him for n tiny Maltese kitten he had sent her the day before * "I am glad to pay It llkca mo already , " she wrote , "for at this , moment It Is sitting on my knee , n big l > lnk bow around Its neck and Its paws folded prettily under It. " "Kut the bow isn't pink , " objected the friend who was looking over her bhonlder. "I know It Isn't , " responded the writ er as oho scribbled her name , "but I couldn't upcll lavender to save my life , nnd what's in a color to a man ? " Another young woman was endeavor ing recently to tell her mother some thing by telephone. "I'm going to study ' ' " all that could bo understood 'b-r-r-r-r , was stood of the communication. "Spell HI" finally commanded the elder woman when the Important word was still indistinct after much repeat ing. ing."I "I don't know how , " came back the answer faintly. "Send some one else to the phone. " And the some one else discovered that the unspcllablc thing the young woman was going to study was stenography. Baltimore News. Hurled on Illn Home. Lord Dacre , who died fighting for the Lancastrians at Towton , England , In 1401 , directed thnt if ho were killed in the battle his favorite war horse should be burled in'the same grave with him. According to his wishes , when his in terment took place in Saxon church yard after the battle a tremendous grave was dug , and in it the warrior was burled , seated upright on his horse. For centuries reflections were cast upon the accuracy of this tradi tion , but n few years ago while exca vations were being made close by the reputed burial place of Lord Dacre the pick of a digger struck into n great bone , nnd upon further search being made the skull of a big horse was brought to the surface. Aa this \vaa found almost at the very spot tinder which the body of Lord Dncre wa'a said to lie , it was accepted as confirma tion of the tradition , particularly as the skull waa found to be standing verti cally in the soil. The skull wna re placed carefully in ita original position nnd the excavation filled up. Ilnln In Manila. "When It rains In Manila , " says a man who has been there , "you think the first time you see the spectacle that the end of the world hna come Why , one day in September that I was there It rained thirteen Inches. Think of that , will you more than n foot o : water 1 Yon would think that wouk weary the elements for some time , bu it didn't. The next day It rained hal a foot , the day after that seven inches Thnt month wo had fifty-seven inches of rain. " "Where does all the water go to ? " "Right back where it came from , ' waa the prompt reply. "After a down pour the sun will come out hotter than ever , nnd you can fairly see everything steam. And yet there are a gren many people thnt wouldn't live any where else except In Manila. " The Milk "VVn * Too nine. A certain wise youngster of my nc qunintnnce was presented on bla sev cnth birthday with a beautiful blue glass goblet , whereupon said goble straightway became the indispensable meal companion of said youngster. One evening when George had received hi usual allowance of milk in the blue goblet his mother became aware tha ho "was gazing in deeply contemplative fashion nt the contents of the glass What he saw can best be imagined , fo he raised his eyes suddenly nnd sale wonderingly : "Why , mother , this cow couldn't have been ripe ! " Current Literature. The Thorn and the Iloic. Mrs. Ternperton I've got the deares old darling of a husband that ever hap pen I. lie has an awful temper , am about once n month he gets mad and teara up my best hat. Miss Singleton And you call him a dear old darling after that ? How can you ? Mrs. Temperton Well , you see , h alwaya has a fit of remorse next day and buys me n better one. Chicago News. Crnda Logic. It is told of an East Indian law ehi dent that he once threw his examiners into confusion by declaring matrimony to bo nn Illegal state. "How BO ? Hovv so ? " he waa asked by the perturbed examiners , many of them married men The student smiled bentiflcnlly. "Mar riage , " quoth he , "is a lottery , and lot terles are forbidden by law. " Her necomincndntlon. "I don't think very much of you reference. " "I don't wonder , ma'am. My mis-1 tress was too busy to write It , ma'am , an1 so I got her maid to write It for her , mn'nm , an' she's only been to' night school one winter , ma'am , an' the pen was a bad one. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Well Answered. A youthful member of parliament was once advised by n bibulous mem ber of one of his audiences to "go home to his mother. " "I think , " the young candidate said , "my friend might fol low his own advice with advantage , for he does not seem to have outgrown his affection for the bottle. " Life. It has been said that life is made up of three things heredity , environment nnd the will. If the heredity and en vironment of the child are what they should be , the will will choose tl)6 right and do it "I'm going to , " Isn't doing Jt.-Atch- Globe. PROFIT ' ' ' -v The matter of feed is of tremendous importance to the farmer. Wrong feeding -is- loss. Right feeding is profit. The up-to-date farmer knows what to feed his cows to get the most milk , his pigs to get the most pork , his hens to- get the most eggs. Science. But how about the children ? ' Are they fed according to- science , a bone food if bones are soft and undeveloped , a flesh and muscle food if they v' arc thin and weak and a blood , food if there is anemia ? Scott's Emulsion is a mixed i * food ; the Cod Liver Oil in it * " * makes flesh , blood and muscle , the Lime and Soda make bone s .ind brain. It is the standard i cientific food for delicate * children. Send for free sample. He jure that thli picture In the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. 1 Scott &Bowne CHEMISTS , 409 Pearl St. , N. Y. The Tired Foot. A lady was watching a potter at his II \vork whose ouo foot was kept with a "never slackening speed turning his swift wheel round" while the other rested patiently on the ground. When the lady said to him In sympathizing tone , "How tired your foot must bel" the man raised his eyes and said : "No , ina'ain ; It Isn't the foot that works that's tired. It's the foot that stands. That's it" If you want to iieep your strength , use It If you want to get tired , do nothing. As n matter of fact , we all know that the last man to give a helpIng - Ing hand to any new undertaking la the man who has plenty of time on his hands. It Is the man and woman who nre doing the most who are always willing to do n little more. " Philadel phia Ledger. The Mnn nnil the AVnve. Once upon n time a man was telling : a tale of woe that unveiled 'his matrl- ' iconlul experience. "It was all on account of a llttlo dainty handkerchief. " he said. "The first time that I saw the girl nnd be fore we had been Introduced she waved that bit of lace at me , and I was car ried away. It was a fall in love and then matrimony. But , alas , that deli cate handkerchief was no Index to the- girl's nature , and I found myself wrecked on the sea of matrimony. " Moral. A man may be carried away by a wave and wrecked without near the water. New York Herald. Wanted a Lovrer Key , Spatts My love , I wish you would alter the key of your voice. Mrs. Spatts What's the matter with it ? Spatts Oh , nothing ; only from the- expression of Eliza Jane's face after our recent argument I'm certain It fits every keyhole in the house. Town and Country. Snpcritltlon. Parson ( visiting prison ) Why are you here , my misguided friend ? Prisoner I'm the victim of the un lucky No. 13. Parson Indeed ! How's that ? Prisoner Twelve Jurors and one Judge. Chicago News. Long Hair "About a year ngo my hair was coming out very fast , so I bought > a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It stopped the falling and made my hair grow very rapidly , until now ft is 45 inches in length. " Mrs. A. Boydston , Atchison , Kans. There's another hunger than that of the stomach. Hair hunger , for instance. Hungry hairneeds food , needs hair vigor Ayer's. This is why we say that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color , and makes the hair grow long and heavy. $1.09 torn. . Aiidnni ts. If your cannot supply you , send us one dollar and wo wi ill express you a bottle. He sure and give the name of your nearest express ollice. Address , J. C. AYEK CO. , Lowell , Mass.