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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1903)
1C THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , MAY 29 , HER BANKERS Dy C B. Lwln < O > ) i/rf0M | , 1 No other llttlu blond widow ImR had puch lurk before or idnco. When Hlie iflrovo tip to thi ) Hcnfdioro hotel In thu PLIUH , Bovon different men wore liiMant- ly conscious of a feeling of ndnilra- lion for her. Hho WIIH petite and hand- eomo and vivacious and a widow. Those ROVOII inon worked for Intro- Auctions and got tluun. They workoil to make an Impression , and each suc ceeded. There were a Major MarHh. a Judge Trua-t , n Lawyer Hopkins , a real estate man , a capltallHt and n contractor. It kept thu little blond widow rather busy to entertain thu . nuven and witlufy each one that the other NX ! were totally Indifferent to tier , tint by rising early and sitting up Into Hhe managed things very well In deed. Khit also managed to let It he known that her latu deceased had left tier something like a million dollars. She might have given exact figures , hut nho didn't. Hhu inlgh * . have aim ) In creased the nuinher of her admirers from seven to Hcventoon when It be came. known that Him had money to bunt , hut Hho Htnck to thu original number for the ako of lnclt. I Yon can do more loving at the sea- fihore In a week than on thu crest of a mountain In a month. Indeed , If you don't fall In love and propose within a fortnight yon are looked upon IIR one who got there by mistake. Major MarHh had been acquainted with thu little blond widow Just thirteen days when he proposed marriage and was accepted. It wasn't a straight from thu tdionhler acceptance , hut you un derstand how coy widows get around Riving a square 'answer to such pro posals. They blush or try their best to blush. They murmur something about Us being very midden , giggle a little , cast down their eyes , and all of a sudden a plump little hand steals Into yours , and you have gained the Victory. The days went by and wont by. The days couldn't help It , you know. The major had known the widow exactly TOE MAJOll FOUND TUB DEAll LITTLE THING IK TEAKS. twenty-two days and had been en gaged to her over a week when Bhe pent him a note asking him to call on iicr. Shu hadn't appeared nt break fast that morning nor come down for her 11 o'clock bath , and he had been greatly worried. Little blond widows are an frail as llttlo china teacups , and one can uuvcr tell when they may break to pieces. The major had no wings to fly with , ! mt he got to the ladles' parlor with out loss of tlmo and found the dear llttlo thing In tears. They were tears of grief and anxiety , and each one re sembled a pearl. Several things had happened all at once , she explained. Her lawyer In New York had gone out of town and failed to forward her quarterly check ; two or three bills had come In unexpectedly , which Is a way bills have of doing when one Is short ; a friend of hers nt another resort had telegraphed her for n loan. Taken al together , she was In n peck of trouble , and It would take n thousand dollars to get her out of It. She could , of course , telegraph her broker to sell some of her stocks , she could sacrifice seine of her government bonds , she could even appeal to Judge Truax , who was n man of money , but What did the major do ? Why , ho put his arms around his dear little Laurie and patted her blond bend and laughed nt her for being troubled over such a trlllo ns that. The idea of her being worried and distressed for the want of a thousand dollars when he could place ten times thai sum In her hands within an hour Didn't she want two thousand three thousand live thousand Instead ? It vaa all the Bruno to him all In the family. No , Bho didn't want but one thousand , and she called him her dear George and wiped away her tears and looked cuter than ever. Stay , how ever ! If he" could Just as well spare $2,000 , she would use thu odd thousand 1 IA net decorntorn nt work In her Now York mnmdon nnd glvu nn order for her tritmwnu , i The major wan almost vexed with her been line who wouldn't accept f..OOC Instead , hut nlto wan llrm on that point , When he handed her the vulgar dross , he printed two long , lingering Id MUCH on her ruby lips. Thono I < | PHCH cost him Just n thoumind dollars apiece , hut at the tlmo ho thought they wore rhcap at that. After the klnnon the widow named thu wedding day. lie was to meet her In I'lttHhurg two weokn from that day and be quietly married , and later on Ihi-y would proceed to Now York nnd her Fifth avenue maiiHlon. Three dn.ru later Hhe left for I'eniiHylvanla to clomi up a coal mine affair that had been worrying her for iiomo months , and the light of the major's life went out. Two long weekfll It was an eternity o the major , especially as ho only re ceived one brief letter from the widow. The hours and days crept nwny , and one morning ho Htartcd for 1'lttsburg. 5o did the Judge , the lawyer and the three others hitherto named. The seven of them took the name train and rode n the Maine car , Kach looked self Hat- sfled and miporclllnttH. The major condescended to explain hat ho WUH going to I'lttsburg on pri vate business of great Importance , and ho othorH condescended to make the name explanation. The nmjor mur- nured that It seemed curious that nil no ven of them should liuve private Hislnesu up there on thu Hiunc day and hat no one hnd mentioned his Journey o the other , hut they only mulled and assumed knowing looks. Ho then an- lounced that ho was rather glad of heir company , as they would ho on ho spot to congratulate him over a certain event , but they looked at him n an absent way nnd didn't sou thu point of the Joke. The gang reached I'lttshurg In duo line. Curiously enough , they all went o the on mo hotel , but no one tried to explain It. The major wan the llrst to register and ascend to the ladles' par- or , hut the other six were not long be- ilnd him. He remarked on the sin gularity of the thing , but the six looked it the toes of their hoots nnd smiled. Seven cards had been sent upstairs to he llttlo blond widow to tell her that i"r seven different admirers were wait- ng , but she didn't come down , and the andlord didn't ' know whether Hho was n Halifax or Texas. KxplanatloiiH were In orderof , course , t was a drama In seven acts. Each one of the seven had boon accepted by he widow , and each one had advanced ler money and was to meet her In Mttsburg nnd lead her to the altar , ' 'or a time the seven called each other loi'H and scoundrels and shook their lsts under each other's nose , but on notion of the major they finally swore each other to secrecy , and every man led as ho declared that he saw through he llttlo widow from thu very start and that he had not oven spent live nlnutes of his time or 15 cents of his cash for her benefit. The Policemen of Nice. The policemen of Nlco differ radlcal- y from their colleagues In Paris. They ire not so businesslike , and they want o talk things over. If you ask n Paris lollco olllcer for a direction , he will ny briefly. "Two streets ahead of you , Irst turning to the left" Not so the Nice policeman. I asked one. the other ny If he could toll mo where , the Rue Lamartlne was. "Why , certainly. Do you see that hurch with the two towers ? " "Yes. Is It on the Rue Lamartlno ? " "No ; that Is the Church of Notre Dnme , nnd opposite to It Is" "Ah. 1 see It Is the Rue Lnmnrtlno. " "Oh , no ; that Is the Avenue Notre Dame. Well , you see , two streets thl side of that avenue Is" "Tho Rue Lnmnrtlno ? " "Oh , no ; that Is the Boulevard Du- bouchage. Well , you go up that boule- ard for two blocks , and then you turn o the left. Hello , Ilcnrl ! How are ou ? Walt a minute till I'm through with this man. Want to talk to you. Lommo see. Where was I ? Oh , yes , going up the boulevard. Well , you go op there for two blocks nnd turn to the eft , and there yon are at the Rue Lnmnrtlne. " Argonaut The lienult of nil Accident. Talleyrand was the greatest diplo- inntlst of his day. Ills father was n military olllcer , and the boy would no doubt have been educated to the sane irofcsslon but for nn accident which jcfcll him in childhood. After the fashion of the time , he was Intrusted to the care of n woman some miles away from homo. While in her charge his foot was dislocated by a fall. It was not properly cared for , nnd his parents did not become nwnro of the fact until it was too Into to cor rect the error. The abnormal strain brought upon the other foot soon Induced a lameness In that also , and the boy thus became a cripple for life. This seeming mis fortune determined a change In the plans of his parents for him , and as n result the name of Talleyrand has be come ono of the most familiar among the great ones of modem history. Terrible Life of the Epileptic. Sufferers from epilepsy must bo ac counted among the most nnfortunato of human beings. An early develop ment of the malady darkens all the pa tient's prospects In life. However do mestic his disposition , ho cannot antic ipate a home of his own. IIo is large ly shut out from ordinary occupations lie is an unwclcomo visitor in the so cial circle , and his own sensitiveness lends him to shrink from joining it If ho ventures upon the street , ho is liable nt any moment to bo thrown violently to the ground ; If ho remains at homo , ho is in the snmc dnugcr of falling downstairs or against the sharp corners of the furniture or upon a ho stove. IIo lives in perpetual dread. STARTING A TRADE , Tlie IViMT ICitwInml I'nlillrr nnd Iho Hrcri-t of III * Nucrrnn. "Poddlln'H a great bimlnesH. The no- crot of It In that you must do n trade , even If It hurts your principles , when there's a possible chance. I remember how I onto managed with an old fel low who wouldn't hov nothln' to do with mo. Ho wan HO confident an' Hiiro ho tfarn't goln * to trade that I made up my mind he'd got to. Tvo got wooden nutmegs , pocket Hnwinllln,1 miyB I , 'nn1 horn gun Minis , hnsswood hams , tin bungholoH , calico hog troughs , white oak chooses an' various other articles too numerous to mention , Includln' of cast Iron ratholes , an' If any of them ain't big enough to answer I'll knock ho bottom out of a fryln * pan , an' linl'll lot any rat through that you've got , I guoHH. Whoopf says I. 'I'm f'om way In the mountings of Ilopzldain , where the lion roareth an' the whang- loodle moiirneth for her firstborn t' The old man Just looked on and shuk his lead. Til take powtor.cOpporzincIron , ags anything , ' nays I , 'exceptln' mon ey an' old maids. ' Hut the old man on'y Hhuk his head. "I Just Blmply hnd to start A trade. . ' saw a pair of old boots , nn' I said hem was just what I wanted. 'What ? ' 10 says. 'D'yo buy old boots ? ' nn' I aid them was my pnrtlcklor specialty. How much d'yo give ? ' ho asks , an' I says , 'Half a cent a pound , 's long ns mlf cents Is coined , ' says I. Ho didn't ako no heed of my meanln' , but begin o runimago round and git out three or four pair. They warn't no good to s'owton , but I was stnrtln' n trade. Now , hain't yer got some rags ? ' I says , i'hem was what I nskcd for first , nn' ho old miser said ho didn't hov none , it now , stirred up by the chanst of jlttln' Homothln' for his old boots , ho ) rought'ont seventeen pound of rags , in' wo done n brisk hit of tradln' for Inwaro. I loft the old boota Hottln' jesldo the gate when I druv away. Them ' 11 como In handy to start anoth er trade on next time I como , ' I says. " Julian Ralph In Harper's Magazine. KNOWING TOO MUCH. ioiuc Sorloun lrn\vl > nck * to the I'lrUNiircN of CoiiVL-rnntloii. One very serious drawback to our ) lcamiru In conversation with a too veil Informed person Is the nervous strain that Is Involved. Wo nro always vondorlng what will happen when he comes to the end of his resources. Aft er listening to ono who discourses with BiirprUIng accuracy upon any partlcu- ar topic wo feel a delicacy In changing he subject It Rooms a mean trick , Iko suddenly removing the chair on which a guest is about to sit down for the evening. With ono who Is Interest ed In a great many things ho knows Ittlo about there Is no such difficulty. If ho has passed the llrst flush of oulh , It no longer embarrasses him to > o caught now nnd then In n mlstnko. indeed your correction Is welcomed na nn agreeable Interruption and servos ns n starting point for a now series of observations. The pleasure of conversation Is en- lanced If one feels assured not only of wide margins of Ignorance , but also of ho absence of any uncanny quickness of mind. I should not like to bo a neighbor to n wit. It would bo like being In pros- mlty to a live wire. A certain Insulat- ng film of kindly stupidity Is needed o give a margin of safety to human in tercourse. There are certain minds whoso processes convoy the impression of alternating currents of high voltage on a wire that Is not quite largo enough for them. Kroui such I would with draw myself. One Is freed from all such apprehen sions In the companionship of people who make no pretensions to any kind of cleverness. "Tho laughter of foolg is like the crackling of thorns under a pot" What cheerful sounds the crack ling of the dry thorns and the merry bubbling of the pot ! S. M. Crothcra In Atlantic. The Site of the White Hounc. The slto for the president's palace , as the first maps name It , was selected by President Washington and Major L'Enfant when they laid out the fed eral city In 1702. They proposed to have the president's house and the cap ital reciprocally close to the long vista formed by Pennsylvania avenue , and they also laid out a parkllkc connection between the two great buildings. The plans for the house , selected by Wash ington and Jefferson as the result of a competition in which L'Enfant took part , were drawn by James Hoban , a native of Dublin and a medal man of the Society of Arts of that city. Charles Moore In Century. Produced the Desired EfTcct. Kate , when two years old , was fond of climbing. Ono day when her moth er was in an adjoining room she called excitedly : "Oh , mamma , mamma , come quick ! ' Her mother , thinking she was In dan ger , hastened to her to find her Btanii Ing quietly bosldo the table. "Why did you call that way ? " she eald. "I thought you wore falling. " "I wanted that cup , and I called you that way BO you would hurry. " Llttlo Chronicle. Why Johnny " \Vcnt to Red Snpperlcca "What Is the matter with this horse radish , Maria ? " asked the father of the family. "W looks mussed up. " "What's the reason they call It horse radish , papa ? " inquired Johnny. "I of forcd it to the horse a llttlo while ago an' ho wouldn't touch It" Chicago Tribune. There Is no use growing excited when a man calls you a liar. If you are ono you knew it before ho told you , nnd if you are not you know ho Is. Baltimore American. 4 y New Overland Service Three through trains to Chicago every day from points on the Union Pacific Railroad via the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. This is the route of The Overland Limited , - ' v , , : ' . . . the electric-lighted 'train , , and two other fast trains to Chicago. Dining cars for all meals. Standard sleepers and free reclining-chair cars on all trains. Daily tourist car service. It is worth your while to write for folder. F. A. NASH , General Western Agent , 1504 Farnam Street , O AHA. A IIOBSE IN BATTLE HOW HE FEELS WHEN IN THE MIDST OF A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT. A "Writer of. Home StorlcN DencrlliCH the ExporlcnceN of nil A nib Cliur- RCT In the llnukn of Stunrt'H Cuv- ulry The Gallop to Iltittle. Probably no one will over know Just how a horse feels when going into bat- Uo. There is no way of finding out So It is likely that no oao will dispute ho correctness of the description which Jewell Ford gives In "Horses Nine , " published by bcrlhnera. The horse In question Is Pasha , a half blood Arab hunter that has been > rcsscd Into service In Stuart's Black lorso cavalry. The story runs : Early the next morning Pasha was awakened by the distant growl of icnvy guns. By daylight he was ou he move , thousands of other horses with him. Nearer and nearer they rode to the place where the guns were growling. Sometimes they were ou roads , sometimes they crossed fields , nnd again they plunged Into the woods whore the low branches struck one's eyes nnd scratched one's flanks. At nst they broke clear of the trees to conic suddenly upon such a scene as ? asha had never before witnessed. Far across the open field ho could see troop on troop of horses coming to ward him. They seemed to be pour ing over the crest of a low hill , ns If driven ouwnrd by some unseen force behind. Instnntly Pnsha heard , rising from the throats of thousands of rid ers on either side and behind him , that fierce , wild yell which he had come to know meant the approach of trouble. High and shrill and menacing it rang as It wns taken up and repented by those in the rear. Next the bugles be gan to sound , ana in quick obedience the horses formed in line Just on the edge of the woods , a Hue which stretch ed and stretched on either flank until ono could hardly see where it ended. From the distant line came no an swering cry , but Pasha could hear the bugles blowing , nnd ho could see the fronts massing. Thou came the order to charge at n gallop. This set Pasha to tugging eagerly at the bit , but for what reason he did not know. Ho know only that he was part of a great and solid line of men and horses sweep ing furiously across a field toward that other line which ho had seen pouring over the hill crest. He could scarcely see at all now. The thousands of hoofs had raised a cloud of dust that not only enveloped the on rushing line , hut rolled before it Nor could Pasha hear anything save the thunderous thud of many feet Even the shrieking of the shells was drowned. But for the restraining bit Pasha would have leaped forward nnd cleared the Hue. Never had ho been so stirred. The Inherited mem ory of countless desert raids uiado by his Arab ancestors was doing Ha work. For what seemed a long tlmo this continued , and then in the midst of the blind and frenzied race there loomed out of the thick air , as if it had appeared by magic , the opposing lino. Pasha caught a glimpse of something which seemed like a heaving wall of tossing heads and of foam whitened necks nnd shoulders. Here nnd there gleamed red , distended nostrils and straining eyes. Bending above was an other wall a wall of dusty blue coats , of grim faces and of dust powdered hats. Bristling above all was a threat ening crest of waving blades. What would happen when the Hues met ? Almost before the query was thought there came the answer. With an earth Jarring crash they came to gether. The lines wavered back from the shock of Impact , and thou the whole struggle appeared to Pasha to center about him. Of course this was not so. But It was a fact that the most conspicuous figure In cither line had boon that of the cream white charger In the very center of the Black Horse regiment. nirdlllco Ilcptllen. The most blrdllko reptiles in the world are the beautiful Iguanas of tropical America. The smallest mem bers of this family , belonging to the genus anolls , swarm In the bushes nnd trees of the West Indies nnd in many points resemble humming birds. Gosse In "A Naturalist's Sojourn In Jamai ca" gives a vivid description of them. On a bright day hundreds of these brilliantly colored creatures may bo seen on trees and fences , entertaining visitors by their gambols , leaping from branch to branch , fearlessly entering houses nnd even nllghtlng on Indlvldu- nls. When Irritated , they will sudden ly change their brilliant colors for a dull , sooty brown. Analogous to those , but not nearly so graceful , are the flying lizards of the old world. With hinder ribs prolonged to support a parachute-like expansion , these brightly marked reptiles are of ten mistaken for birds as they take fly ing leaps from tree to tree , for they arc thoroughly arboreal. DnldncHN Due to IiidiRcntion. "There soeui to bo fewer baldheadod men than there were years ago , " said a physician. "Tlmo was when four out of five men more than forty-five years old were baldheaded or fast approach- Ing that stage. Nowadays the average has fallen nearer to two than to three. "What's the cause ? I suppose there are many reasons , but ono certainly is to be found in the general Increase of outdoor exorcise. Nervous disorders result In the falling out of the hair and impaired digestion brings on nervous disorders. Exercise , as is well known , stimulates digestion , and there above all else Is the secret of preserving the hair. Keep your digestion in good con dition and your nerves will not trouble you. All the scalp diseases in the cata logue are not responsible for as many baldhcads as Indigestion. " A Storr of DrlRnolt. Praise went a long way with Brig- noil. Ono evening at rehearsal In New York the orchestra laid down their in struments as one man and applauded his 'singing of n favorite song long nnd vigorously. Ho was much pleased and , advancing to the footlights with many a bow nnd smile of sntlsfnotion , said : "Gentlemen , immediately nfter the rehcnrsnl there will he n champagne supper nt the Everett House. I hope I may have the honor to meet you all there. " It Is needless to remark that they wore there , every man of them. The supper cost Brlgnoll $500. Another Tender Heitrt. Clara Going In for charity again , nro you ? What is it this tlmo ? Dora We ore going to distribute cheap copies of Beethoven's sym phonies among the poor. Music Is such on aid to digestion , you know ! Now York Weekly. Animals In Flr < * . When Cyprus wns the center of the copper Industry , It Is asserted that n four footed animal with wiugH lived in the-hottest furnaces among tin ; lire nnd furthermore that It would die Instantly upon being removed from Its natural clement the flames. The salamander of old wns also a creature which did not dread the flre. Some say that it could cat flre and spit flames , others that its breath would Ignite all combus tibles. Pliny says , "This animal is BO intensely cold us to extinguish flre by its contact in the same way that ice doth. " The Collie Character. Hero is Aristotle's definition of a no- bio character : IIo does not recollect in justice ; for accurate recollection , espe cially of Injuries , is not characteristic of the magnanimous man , but ho rath er overlooks them. IIo is not fond of talking of people , for ho will neither speak of himself nor anybody else ; for ho docs not care that ho himself should bo praised nor that others should bo blamed. Reqnlsltcn. An old English solicitor used to say a man's requirements for going to law . were ten in number , and he summed r them up ns follows : First , plenty of money ; secondly , plenty of patience ; thirdly , a good case ; fourthly , a good solicitor ; fifthly , plenty of money ; sixthly , n good counsel ; seventhly , a good witness ; eighthly , n good Jury ; ninthly , a good judge ; tenthly , plenty of money. Undly Behind Time. , "Charley , dear , " said young Mrs. Tor"A. . kins , "Isn't it a pity that the morning newspapers are so much behind time ? " "In what respect ? " "Why , they never print the name of ' the winner of a horse race until the , next day , when it Is too late to bet. " DlHHCCtcd. Willle--Ma , can people leave parts of themselves in different places ? Ma No. Don't be ridiculous. Willie Well , Mr. Jlggs said he was going to the Adlrondacks for his lungs. Liver Pills That's what you need ; some ' thing to cure your bilious 1 ness and give you a good digestion. 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