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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1903)
nnnuiu < UL.n . N1 1WS : FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1003 T Perhaps HOIIIO other editors in South Carolina and elnowhoro have ri'iifum to congrntnlnto thcinpclvM that Tillnmn In in custody. If Gornnuiy doesn't behuvo horitelf the lonely hulks of destroyed Spanish vessels on the American coaat may have company , Of course the ground hog naw hl Hhadow. Ho usually does horoaliontfl nnd then suits his own convenience in regard to presenting spring , Governor Mickey is making no loud nnd bolntoroun plays for popular ap plause , but it ) attending to buBlnuas in n quiet and dignified manner. There may bo n month or two of this , MI you nmy ns well bruce up , grin aud make ( ho host of It , meanwhile making it up with your conl merchant. These beautiful advertisements tell ing of the comforts of a California winter - tor are having little effect on the people of Nebraska who are enjoying the pres ent wenthor. Belgium promlKOri to take the Yiino- Kiielan trouble off the hands of Ger many , England and Italy aud they tire iu nbout the right mood to accept any Huoh generous offer. With the Installation of n now props mid power plant the Pierce Civil has ex panded a column iu size nnd several columns in standing ns a meritorious local newspaper. J. Pierpont Morgan agrees to pay taxes on f 100,000 of persona property but admits that ho is virtually n pauper , us the indebtedness ngaiust his personal property exceeds its valuo. Poor man 1 Monday is Oamllomas day , the date when the ground hog Is supposed to dig out of his winter quarters for n poop at his shadow to ascertain whether spring is at hand or MX weeks distant. Anyway Pitehfork Tlllnmn is inoliuod to subside. It might , therefore , bo a threat dual worse. Ho has not occupied apnco top column and wholly along side of pare reading matter forsomo time. If the Nebraska democrats are to dis agree us to whu should lead their party in the oampaign of 1001 , with Mr. Bryan en available for consultation , what should bo expected from the balance of the country V President Bnrt of the Union Pnciflo has llatly refused all demands of the striking boiler makers and mechanics of that rend and the public is interested iu looming whut the strikers arc going to do about it. Perhaps the Hague court was invented to keep the United States from fighting for anything this govoriuout appeared to believe wan duo it , but uot intended to stand in the way of European govern ments and their desires. \Vhou the Philippines show the educa tional progress that Cuba has shown there will bo some depth to n talk of in dependence if it is desired. The num ber of schools iu Onbn is 3,474 , with an attendance of 108,348. Business may bo iuoliuod to the quiet order along most Hues , but the Ne braska real estate dealer is active and energetic , presaging an awakening along other lines of effort iu the very near future. Stand up for Nebraska. Sioux City proposes to go after the apitiers and soon those who would spit en the sidewalks and the carpets will lie relegated to the country aud to vil lages whore carpets and sidewalks to spit on nro not iu such prominence as in the cities. Governor Peubody has given it out thut ho will sign the certificates of election for Henry M. Toiler , so the incident lias cident may bo considered as good as closed , and Colorado may resume her place with the other states under the apreadiug wings of the dove of peace. One high iu authority in the conl trade expresses the belief that there will soon be a sudden drop in the prise of fuel It may be thai about the time people no longer need heat the fuel will cheapen , but they cannot bo expected to become ecstatic ever the prospect. The house in which Jesse James was killed is to bo placed on exhibition at the St. Louis show. It may interest Oiuo , but it wonld seem as though the good people of the couutry would bo bettor pleased if those who attend the exposition will show n decided inclination clination do neglect the relic. By Marconi's system of wireless teleg raphy the passengers of outgoing and incoming vessels nro to be given the news of the day several hours after they board the vessel and the same length of time before they laud. The plan is in keeping with western push nnd prog ress and will bo appreciated by the people served. Kansas turned down a proposition to give the women an opportunity to be come politicians and now a legislator has Introduced n resolution calculated to tnko the right of Ntiffrngo away from the negroes. Ho probably con- ( Idem that if it is n good thing to deny the women the privilege of voting it will bo bettor to nlno ollminnto the negro vote. The pcoplo of Panama nro well con tent that the United Htntofl , in which they have great conlliloiico , la to build the isthmian canal , without the Inter vention of European governments. They look forward with confidence to the rosulU of nny enterprise engineered by thlH government , which is certainly flattering to the ndmlnlHtrntlon and the people who choose the administrative oflloors of the United States. The Minnesota state nonnto has adopted n memorial to congrom request ing that the duty bn removed from lumber. It is certain that if Minnesota and other lumber states can stand n reduction of the tariff on lumber , No- branka and other pralrio states [ that do not prodnco lumber but use much of it will bo in line with them for fluoh ro- dnolion , hoping that the competition with Canada will result In n material reduction iu the price of building ma terial. The legislature of South Carolina IIIIH nHked for n picture of Abraham Lincoln to bo hung In the state houso. Now if they would retire nil Tilltnnns and give an inclination that it would not bo nvorso to breaking away from Dour- bonlHin , If modern politics aud not prej udices dictated snoh a course , the people of the country wonld begin to buliovo that the results ot the oivil conflict had boon'lald nsido if not forgotten. A labor paper declared that nine- tenths of the 14-year-old boyo of the couutry are out of school and working. The pnbllo school system will not bo complete until this condition is changed. As it now is the boys are neglecting oil-1. ucatlonal advantages that the girls nro improving. Under our present school system every boy should at least enjoy the advantages of n high school course , | while many of them fail to pass through the grades of the common school. The prosprcts are that some of the additions to Norfolklaid out during the | boom times , may bo in demand for building purposes during the next year | or two. Available building sites iu the city proper nro becoming scarce and people demanding homos will soon bo compelled to have recourse to the ad ditions. Thopo who expect to como to the city in the spring might about ns wollmako ] up their minds to build ns the tenant property is limited and will BOOH bo exhausted. American commercialism has recog nize ! iu Niagara Falls greater value as a sonrco of power than ns a inoro natural wonder to attract tourists. It is esti mated that the value of the pcjWcr developed - velopod by the great fulls is $7,000,000 a year , figured at the rate of $20 per horse n year for 24 hours n day. When any natural foatnro develops this value in n commercial way it may bo believed that the sentiments of more sight-seeing tourists will not bo permitted to inter fere with its development and use. The spreading conviction that United States senators must bo elected by di rect vote of the pcoplo Is in evidence more aud more. Scarcely a magazine or periodical devoted to the discussion of current topics but what is giving space right along to the discussion of this steadily growing question. What is equally to the point is the faot that the great majoilty of the writers not only support the demand for direct pop ular election , but sco that it has become nu imperative necessity. Omaha Beo. The farmers of Kansas are sincere in their efforts toward establishing a trust aud the outcome will bo watched with interest by the farmers of all parts of the couutry. If they can market their produce without the aid of the middle men , or grain dealers and brokers , the time may not bo far distant when they > and not the board of trade and Wall street will make the prices they are to receive. If there tom is any trust that can bo of benefit to the agricultural regions of the west , it is something of this ' character , giving further independence to on already Independent class. The demand for Nebraska' farms is active nnd there promises to bo Jmoro lively demand for them than during many years past. If therefore any Ne braska farmer has an ambition tote leave n good thing nnd migrate to Canada , Oklahoma , Minnesota , or other distant country where people never remain - main longer than is necessary to ac quire citizenship righto , all they will need to do is to signify their wishes to some of the numerous nnd active real estate agent * , and they can no doubt bo accommodated. But they need not hope to buy back at the same price they sell for. American people are sometimes in [ clined to believe that the nation is hope lessly invohed iu debt , but when it is i understood that the deposits of the people in the savings banks of the conn- try are throe times as great aa the public I debt it will bo understood that the benation ! is not so hopelessly involved that it could not bo cleared. If people having savings bank doposltB would devote - vote olio-third of nuah navlngH toward the cancellation of the debts of the country the work would bo accom plished. People with cold fingers and ) frost bitten noses continue to hold up trains In various parts of the country and help thomnolvoH to the coal that is doH- tlnud for eomo other place. It Is prob able that HO long as thin continues the report of people freezing to death will bo nt the minimum , Some ot the raiders sometimes got into trouble , but this Is n inoro secondary consideration when people nra in need of fuol. They feel nnd believe thut the American people nro of moro consequence than any coal monopoly or coal carrying road. It is announced from Kansas that the legislators of that Rtato are favor-1 able to n bill granting their women equal rights , and that they may bo granted . suffrage. Kansas is the state that ' tried prohibition aud fonnd it wanting. It afterward wont in head and | heels for populism , but has decided that is not what has boon wanted. , . Now it proposes to try woman's snf- frge. If it docn.it will find that this is n measure which cannot bo got rid of ns easily OH prohibition and populism. If the women want snffrngo and like it they will hang on like grim death and'ln ' the mon may never tuko the privilege from thorn whether they desire to or not. not.A A bill has boon introduced in the log- . , islatnro subjecting > 15 per cent of a workingman'H wages to judgment. This is not the schema of nu octopus but of merchants of the state who have lost largo sums on accounts of working- mon because when a case of that kind has boon brought to trial tbo defendtc ants have proven exemption under the present law. The law was intended for . the protection of poor mon aud their families , but it has boon abused by di , as have other laws of the st , and the trusting merchants have boon . the loser. If n law could bo passed that would hold the rascals and not provo detrimental to these who nro honest it would receive onthnsiastio support , nnd it is not improbable that ; this law , Intended to give the merchants a ohnuco to collect their nccounts , will be adopted. ' ' ' i i ' i in There is every prospect that largo numbers of puoplo will KOOU bo passing through Norfolk on their way to the now country tapped by the Bom-stool extension of the Elkhorn. The line was completed so late last fnll that no I opportunity was afforded'for investiga tion by prospective settlers , nnd there is every indication that the opening of spring will induce many to direct t eir attention to that portion of the country. Thou if the main line happens to oxteud there will bo others to go in that direc tion. Norfolk should bo prepared to in terest these travelers in this city to some extent and if they find nothing hotter and many of the people hero believe that they will not they might bo in dnced to return and locate hero. Nor folk has flattering prospects and the people should not allow au opportunity off to pass of calling attention to its best , features. There may bo no gang of Jessie. Jameses nnd Cole nnd Jim Youugers at large , but there is certainly somo.sort of organized effort to get at the wealth stored in the bank vaults of the country and there should bo some sort of organized izod effort on the part of the officers to counteract the evil. It might bo sairi that a successful bank robber who es ' capes with the coin and his life is an inducement for the development of at least two other bank robbers. Then- are plenty of light-brained , light-fin ' gered lazy ne'er-do-wells who are ready to engage in any sort of venture to make money without work and a suc cessful bank robbery is all the induce 3s ment they need to nrgo thorn in that direction. The thing to discourage ; bunk-robbery is an officer or a citizen with n gun and who knows how and not afraid to use It. It { night bo well for people to remember that the expec tation of lifo for the robber is much le s than that of the average citizen. Thit , thought may give them greater courage aud help to shorten that expectation ' yet more. inX Congress will appropriate 112,000,000 ) for the support of the rural free delivery orvico for the next fiscal year. The appropriation for the current year was $7,600,000 , which Is just about twice as much as was allowed for the preceding year. Five years ago there wore forty- four rural free delivery routes ; uow there nro 12,500 and by July 1 there will bo 15 000 It is the intention ot the postotliuo department to establish 10 000 inoro routes after July 1. At the present time the curriers travel ' ' daily over 275,000 miles of country roads to servo nbout 7,000,000 of the strictly rural popu'ation. ' The area - covered by these outes is about 300,000 oquare miles. The establishment of the service has been fully justified by i results. It is no longer nu experiment , | but has become a fixed aud permanent part of the postal department which must bo cared for and steadily expanded until there will bo no acco&sablo rural community without free mail delivery. It Is a system the promotion of which Tis for the general welfare. Dakota City Eagle. Anyway spring is not such n distance away but that different weather may bo experienced nome time In the future. The majority of the legislators maybe bo enjoying n vacation , but the commit tee on revonno rovlMon is not num bered in the conut , It in hinted that if the conversation of these Venezuelan revolutionists could bo heard , it wonld bo found that many of thorn spunk with a Teutonic accent. I If January was in nny way delin quent regarding its dntioa in tbo weather line , February has certainly started in to properly balance accounts , before Goiitlo Aunlo arrives to inspect i them. | . Sugar cost 11 cents n pound in Franco , but it is not likely that the Frenchmen are protesting as loudly nnd as con stantly as are the Americans who pay five to six cents a ponud for their sweet ening. The Norfolk man who is not satisfied I with the future prospect of the city is hard to please. The future is exceed ingly bright and many a wary investor will profit through his confidence iu its development. It takes about six inches of space in Boino of the dally papers to tell that King Edward has a cold. Some of the common people might have a cold , aud the measles and the delirium tremens - mens and the glanders and the same papers would not give them n lino. ' There are jingoes who would like nothing < bettor thun to HCO a monstrous war between tbo old world nnd the now < , but there nro millions of other people < who will prefer peace , aud it is tc bo hoped that the millions who pre fer peace will bo accommodated. Noouo has heard Senator Tillinau utter the complaint that the reputation ol the family had been ruined by the nephew who killed an editor. It would not bo surprising if ho held that the honor of the family had boon upheld by the murderous assault. Even after the beat sugar men have ( agreed to that reciprocity treaty with Cuba , congress dues not appear to bo making any very magnificent strides towards . wards us accomplishment. Perhaps if everyone was agreeable to its passage it would fall to bo adopted altogether. The thermometers in the Klondike country capable or registering the tern- parnturo place it at 71 degrees below zero Contemplation of this degree of frigidity will enable Nobrnskaus to en dure the present spell of weather with considerable fortitude if not actual pleasure. Nebraska is uot to be left out of the count. The people of Grand Island have stood up for the state aud confis cated three oars of coal. If there are any commnuitios that imagine that they can scoop Nebraska towns in no torious notion regarding the coal situ ation they have been sadly loft. With an additional appropriation of $20,000 I to put the finishing touches on its public bnildiug Norfolk can afford to put on a few more airs. Perhaps we could afford to celebrate the Fourth of July in addition to entertaining the firemen's tournament , providing the two dates were not too close together. The annual returns from the various adjutant generals of the state militia organizations estimate thatj if neo < essary this country could place ] in the field nn army of 10,853,800 men , each one capable of caring Jor about two soldiers of nny other nation. If a world's war is to bo fought these are interesting figures to contemplate. Politicians of western North ' Dakota aud eastern Montana are interested in the organization of a new state . .to bo known as Montague , with Glendive as the capital. It is to extend from the mountain bolt iu Montana to the Mis souri river iu North Dakota , and will comprise 18,000 square .miles of stock I growing country. With a proper start nght now Norfolk - folk could easily bo made a city of 10- 000 people in a very few years. If pri j. vate citizens will do as much as the na tional government has agreed to do nnd as mnch as the state will probably do lor Norfolk's development ] there will bo no question whatever as to. the re sults. _ The strength of the organized state militia of the country is shown to bu 10U.333. This and the regular array ulono wonld niuko n fighting force which any of th loading nations of the world might well hesitate to tackle. The United States is not iu f-nch bad ahnpo from a military standpoint when it comes to figuring out its possibilities. The city council nt Fremont has adopted a resolution forbidding tbe Nebraska Telephone company from f n- tending or repairing its lines. At last accounts the linemen were at work , however , aud some arrests and injunc tion suits may follow. It is claimed that the company has been operating without permission from the authorities and is virtually a trosspasser on tha streets and alleys of the city. The in- .dependent company is pnchlng the fight and au interesting time is antici pated. Now it is reported from Omaha that n man of that city hna discovered a chemical substitute for anthracite conl that will sell for $5 n ton , niuko moro heat nnd last longer. Ho now intends tone mnnufnotnro n substitute for bitnmi- . nous coal that will sell for from f2 to | $2.50 a ton. When his products nro on the market the people of the state will begin to live , enjoy life nnd save money. Meantime they will continue their con tributions to the conl baronfl. At last reports Mr. Bryan had not yet become disheartened lu waiting for thoeo hard j times which may influence the people to elect a democratic administra tion. Ho said thatlhoy wonld bo upon ue before this , but that does uot Indicate that ho has given up the hope that they will como some time and that either hoer or someone else will ride to the white I house in the democratic wagon on the rising tide of public discontent. Mr. Bryan may want such a condition , but the people are quito content to worry along under republican prosperity. ! Norfolk business mon and property owners wore never moro of a unit than they nro now. Th'oy have fraternized and each is willing to help the other to achieve success and in the meantime help himself aud the city. Properly directed thin nuity of purpose can result in nothing lees thun a bril liant development of the city and its in terests. The location is favorable , nat ural advantages are good and it is no impossible dream to predict that the city will bo one of Importance to the state and especially the northern sec tion in the near future. There are 55 farmers in the Nebraska house of representatives , and the body is overwhelmingly republican. The re publican party has never boasted that it was exclusively for the farmers , and yet they find that , in common with people of other callings , they can secure recog nition aud justice through the party in a manner deserving of tboir respect and confidence. The populist loaders have boasted that their's was the farmers' party , and yet many of the class never followed after the gods of that party and others who did are rapidly returning - ing to the party that served them in the past and will in the future. A bill has been introduced in the leg- islatnre prohibiting the sale of tobacco to boys under 18 years of ago and pro hibiting the use of tobacco by boys. With such a law and the officers to as sist the parents in combating the habit there might be some results. Certainly there are a large number of boys who wonld not risk a fine or a jail sentence for . the sake of acquiring n habit which in after years is punishment enough in itself. If after a boy is 18 he still has nn ambition to acquire a foolish and ex pensive and disgusting habit , he may do so without the same danger of blight ing his life and blunting his facilities that a boy of more tender years wonld encounter. The object of the law prob 'l ably is that if boys can be induced to forego tobacco until they are 18 the ma jority of them will have acquired sense enough to pass it up entirely. Omaha is to be the national head quarters of the socialist party organiza tion , which have heretofore been main tained at St. Louis. The leaders evi dently recognize in Nebraska and other northern aud western states a fruitful field for operations and intend to get in on the groundfloor for the campaign of 1001. With the decay of populism it is uot unnatural to suppose that socialism will prove an acceptable substitute 'and the affairs of the party can more satis factorily bo directed from Omaha than from the city further south from which the headquarters have been taken. It may be believed that the people will u'timately turn down socialism as they have done populism , especially if it un dertakes to combine with some other party , but for some time it is possible that there will bo a rapid growth of the party from the malcontents of other parties that will bring it into promi nence during the next few years. The possibilities of Nebraska as a fruit growing state is evidenced by what has | been done ut the Nohnwka fruit farm during the season of 1002. The orchard is of 200 acres and from it 33 cars of apples were shipped. Fifty thousand gallons of cider were made from 18,000 or 20,000 apples and there nro on hand about 8,000 gallons of elder which will be converted into vinegar with the open ing of spring. At but 10 cents n gallon , the income to the farm wonld bo $5,000 from the cider nloue. The growing of fruif is profitable and every furmor should have n small orchard from whioh could bo gathered the fruit needed by the family and some to place on the market with which to buy groceries id other necessities and luxuries. Fruit ' docs not tuko the care of other crops when the orchard is well started , and the farmer who has no fruit trees is as lacking as the city man who does not grow n lawn. ' Sohurinnn sayn , "Haul down the flag when its work is done' . " If the work of the fltig Is done anywhere it should bo accomplished in the country where it has been floating since 1770 , but there are Sick Blood n > Feed pale girls on Scott's Emulsion. We do not need to give all ' reasons why Scott's mulsion restores the strength T 1 flesh and color of good I onlth to those who suffer from 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 , fullest in strength , least in taste. Young women in their " teens " are permanently cured of the peculiar disease of the. ' : > lood which shows itself in. \ilcness , weakn ess and nervous- icss , by regular treatment : vith Scott's Emulsion. It is a true blood food and s naturally adapted to the cure- if the blood sickness from so many young women , suffer. We will be glad to send ; temple to any sufferer. lie sure that this picture In the Innn ol a Libel is on the wrapper of every bottle el Kmul-lon you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE. . Chemists , 400 Pearl St. , New York. a few to believe that it still has a work to accomplish even there , not to mention the Louisiana purchase , the Texas an nexation , the Mexico cession , the Span ish cession of Florida , the acquisition of the northwest , the Qadsden purchase , the Alaskan purchase , tbo Hawaiian no- qnisitlon , besides the treaties by which Porto Eico , the Philippines and other possessions have been added to oar ter ritory. Expansion has been the prac tice of this government ever since the revolution aud if we are to begin haul ing down the flag where should we be gin and where should wo quit , under the rnlo that the work of the flag is done ? If the people of this country are to make restitution to the original owners there are a largo number of In dian tribes now defunct thut should come in for their share. Their spirits should be summoned from the happy hunting grounds before Schurman's policy is entered upon. It has been the custom in Norfolk since the time that the memory of man fails to recall , to allow the snow to re * main upon sidewalks after a snow until a generous enn molts it. It is true there is on ordinance requiring the walks to be cleared within 24 hours \ after the storm has ceased , but with few exceptions no moro attention has been paid to it than as though it did not exist. After Mayor Koeuigsteiu had floundered through the drifts to town this morning , ho concluded that this is a very good time to make a test of whether the ordinance was for use or ornament , and ho forthwith gave notice that the snow must . go. Ho can do no more popular thing than to demonstrate that the snow ordinance is an active law , the enforcement of which means convenience to every person in the city , and he should have the hearty support of everyone in trying to clear a path through the drifts. Ort this out and take it to the Kiesan drug store nnd get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets , the best physio. The ? clean and regulate the bowels. Regular size , 'JA n nr b < > x j My Lungs i "An attack of la grippe left me with a bad cough. My friends said I had consumption. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and it cured me promptly. " A. K. Randies , Nokomis , III. You forgot to buy a bottle tle of Ayer's Cherry Pec toral when your cold first came on , so you let it run along. Even now , with all your hard coughing , it will not disappoint you. There's a record of sixty years to fall back on. nttt ' : "e. , SOc. , $ | . All draiditt. Coniult r ° ur doctor. If be uyi tulca It. then do . at lie iay If Im telli to take U. ttien don't take It. Ha you knowi. not Leave It with him. We re willing. J. U. AYEH CO. , Lowell. Hail.