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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1903)
An Apology for the Inconsist encies of Life. MAN'S NATURE IS SAVAGE. All Lend n Sort of Dr. Jekyl-Mr. Hyde Existence Varied Formula of Civ ilization Unfolded to News by Dr. J. H. Mnckny. I From HnUirilny'H Dully. ] To him who views life from the out look of the philosopher , and reflects that the BHIIIO passions and vices domInate Inato humanity everywhere , the var ious ways In which men and women expose or concral tholr vices , or parade rado tholr virtues , furnishes an in tcrostliig subject for contemplation. It Is withal a comprehensive and scl ontlllc subject , Involving the elements of our civilization. The formula of our civilization Is HO varied that It cannot bo classified under a slnglo caption. All the elements of this com posite civilization religion , justice , honesty , right , drconcy , etc. , are pro ducts of evolution , for primitive ) man was licentious , treacherous , cruel and beastly. It Is but natural then that In this upstart civilization wo should not always feel at ease In our now clothes and that wo should constantly bo rovortlng from the artificial to the original and real typo and In the ef fort to maintain respectability serious lapses and Inconsistencies should con Htantly occur. To preserve nn oqulllb Hum In this strenuous struggle against n reversal of the typo , to curb pas < sloiifl and discipline the old Adam and yet enjoy life's nectar and sna crssfully moot the competition of rl vals In business and to succeed so chilly , financially or politically has resulted In the adoption of a policy called hypocrisy. Hypocrisy baa been defined as a pseudo-righteousness which enables persons to say their prayers Sunday and on Monday mix oleo with their dairy butter. It has boon considered an anomaly of eve * lutlon a pathological condition of ethics , so to speak , but this vlow is erroneous. There are but few hypo crltes per so. The manifestation la i natural ono and is Inherent In eve lutlon. To IllustrateA : hunter brought homo one day from the wwids to the children a wolf-whelp , a tiny hit of soft fur which in , time grow largo and strong and betrayed no vl clous traits. Every day it frisked litho the sunlight playing with the chlldroi or sleeping in the shado. Soon , how' over , neighbors discovered that tholr sheep were being harried nnd klllot : nt nights and suspicion pointed to the wolf notwithstanding his exemplary llfo life 'till at last ho was caught red-hand oil. One night the blood of a thousand generations of sheep killing wolves Btlrrcd that wolf'snaturo and holapsei' for a few hours Into the original savage but with the rising sun ho was once again a good wolf. So It Is that a man says a prayer ono day but in ai evil hour of atavistic relapse ho cheat his neighbor in a horse trade am : the world calls it hypocrisy when 1 was Inevitable that ho should chca his neighbor. Wo lead a dual llfo a Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyilo existence , a least those of us do who make arty pretense of bolng decent , and then are days when wo are the other char actor. It Is unfortunate , but incom patlblo with llfo , that wo cannot trad horses on the day wo say our prayers Wo should therefore bo charltabl In our criticism and nivo credl whore wo condemn. Some people bav neither the opportunity nor Incllim ( Ion to bo bad. They are negative stagnant creatures upon whom nature turo when she made them had forgotten ton or neglected to scratch a matcli and wo pralso them as the goody-goo of the world. Recently a man , on on of these days of the Dr. Jokyl typo wont around the saloons of the towi nnd threatened the proprietors wit ! prosecution unless they turned th dizzy pictures towards the wall , ye this same man , evidently on a Mr , Hyde day , went into a house of pros titution and took photographs of mid women and offered the photos for sale This same man a few years ago coir promised with his creditors and do nated $100 to the church , but not o the same day did ho do all this. Hi act is but a prototype of these of hi : inanity in general. Even the churc' which protests against the seductiv gampt poker , as bolng incotnpatibl with our scheme of civilization holds fairs and rallies sofa pillow A good story is told of a inerchan who candled the eggs ho receive from customers and sent a farmer wit the bad eggs to a rival merchant and disposed of them. What the rival merchant did with them cannot bo re vealed here for reasons. A few evenIngs - Ings ago there was given a prize fight in the town and ono of the men. who , in righteous indignation , protested most loudly against it went homo and quarreled with his wife and struck her with his fists. This man had his good hour in the bright sunlight and when night came ho lapsed back to savagery. Some persons , however , have tholr bad hours during the day and there Is no rule by which a man can bo Judged. Some years ago , under - dor the stimulus of our advanced civ ilization a man ordered the slot ma chines to the garret , but In a bad hour ho got drunk and gambled away a small fortune and to recoup his ex chequer ho robbed in a business trans- \L\ \ \ MIR NOIIFOMC NfcWS : FRIDAY , NOVKMUKR 20 , J 08 notion a poor widow with n child at ( ho breast. Instead of condemning these mon for tholr lapses wo should pralBo thorn for their good nets when tholr naluu'H break away from ho- redltary trails. It Is needless to satir ize hypocrisy , for llfo bestows a Just compensation. A man skins his neigh- born In his dealings and heats bis workmen and In turn gets cinched , perchance by a woman , for four fig- urofl. A man chases dollars down hill for fort } yearn nnd then retires and goes Into a far country to take his oano , but straightway ho sees a chance for an Investment and It happened to lin according to the trim proverb , the dog returns to his vomit and the ow that was washed to her wallow i the mlro , " and bo leaves his wealth ) some follow who rushes a woman round In an automobile. "Do men ather grapes or thorns ? " They why hould men seek them In brambles ? localise our Ignorant , shabby human ly does not know any bettor. .1. H. Mackay. MONDAY MENTION. George S. Damon of Wayne was in n Norfolk Monday. W. II. Johnson has returned from Is business trip to Chicago. Editor F. E. Martin was In Norfolk Monday afternoon from Battle Creek. Pumps and hydrants In various parts f the city were frozen Monday morn- n g. Icicles formed on the west sldo of bo buildings early In the afternoon f Monday. Miss Helen Shaw came down from Nollgh Sunday for a visit with her unit , Mrs. M. J. Romlg. The Wednesday club will meet with Mrs. Darius Mathowson on Tuesday it. 2:110 : 111. the afternoon. Mlas May Hall of Nollgh arrived in ho city Saturday for a week's visit it the homo of her brother. W. O. lull. Bert Khorhart of Huron , S. D. , for- iiorly of Norfolk , was In the city this nornlng on business. Mr. Eborhart now conducting a restaurant and mkory In Huron. II. C. Uttloy arrived Saturday morn- g from Prlmgbar , Iowa , to take the losltlon of watchmaker In the Hayes owelry house , made vacant by the eslgnatlon of M. A. Miller. Frank Hoppcrly of tills city Is In Nlobrara whore ho will bo busy for some tlmo working on the now bridge which Is bolng built not far from .here across the Nlobrara rlvor. Still water was covered with a coat- ng of ire Monday morning , that ro- nnlnod during the day. The boys wore early testhig its supporting strength , but found that it was not thlc't enough for skating purposes. M- : . and Mrs. Homo Miller. tholG son Wllllo Miller , and Miss Mills of Omaha , all formerly of this city , were ; m > 9H ( at the homo of Postmaster mil Mrs. John R. Hays , returning this morning. Wlillo a spell of winter Is never ivolcomod by anyone but the children , who enjoy the change , there are few who will have any complaint to make nbout this cold snap. There has been \ very choice variety of autumn weather up to this time and the farm ers have had every opportunity to close up their season's work and prepare - pare for the winter. LIVELY MID-DAY BLAZE , Dwelling House on Brnnsch Avenue Scorched Firemen Save the Building. ( From Tiii-xilny's Dnlly. 1 The house on Urnasch avenue , just west of the Seller livery barn , was badly scorched Tuesday noon , and but for the prompt action of the flro department , would have been ontlroly destroyed. The bouse was occupied by two families , that of Ed. Lamb living in the west side , while in the main part wns the family of J. A. Romlno. The flro originated In the kitchen on the Lamb sldo of the building , and long before the lire lighters had arrived on the scene It had caton its way through the roof and filled the house and neighborhood with smoke. The kitchen is on the northwest corner of tlie building and If the flames had boon given half a chance they would have swept through the house before the hgh wind In less tlmctaolnotaol the high wind in loss than no ttino , but the doors and windows were kept closed preventing them getting a di an ght. Mrs. Lamb was the iirst to notice tlmt the house was on lire. She was o.itlng dinner when she noticed the smell of smoke in the kitchen and it was no tlmo at all until It had burst Into llaino. Bho had no idea how the Maze originated , but it is supposed to Imvo caught in the roof from the flue. Some of the household goods were removed before the firemen got there with their line of hoso. Others that xvoro not removed were damaged by the smoke and water , and were un insured. The roof over the kitchen was ruined , and other portions of the building damaged. The flremon were only a short time getting out and getting action on the blazes in splto of the cold that was almost at zero. zero.Tho The building is owned by Darius Mathowson who estimates his damage - ago at about $250. It was insured in the Pallatlno company , of which L. M. Gaylord is the local agent. Young People's Societies Mak ing Arrangements. EXCELLENT NUMBERS IN VIEW. Includes Lectures , Concerto nnd Im personations Canvass of the City Will bo Made to Dispose of Season Tickets Intellectual Treats. [ From TiU'Kitnv'R Dully. 1 It has been a number of years slnco Norfolk has had a first class lecture course. Two years ago a course of ciitertalnmentH were given , and , while good , yet they did not give universal itlsfactlon. The young people's so- lotlcs of the Baptist , Congregational , 'resbyterlan and Methodist churches ro endeavoring to arrange for a sores es of entertainments that will bo rst class and please and instruct voryone. And they will bo success- ul If they receive the encouragement hat thy should have from the cltl- ens. If they are not successful in In- cresting a sufficient number of poole - lo to sell two hundred course tickets ho project must bo abandoned. The ; ourso planned consists of five num- ors ono lecture , two concerts , ono mpersonator and reader , and ono 11- ustrated lecture on nature studios , t Is doubtful if a better course has iver boon put on at Norfolk , and the omlttco who selected the numbers lanvasBod each entertainment caro- ully and they do not hesitate In rec- mmendlng them unreservedly. The : lrst number of the course If taken ivlll bo a lecture by Alexander R. I'arr of Cincinnati. Mr. TanIs a nlnlstor , pastor of one of the leading 3hurchos of Cincinnati and comes with the best of press notices from all mrts of the country. Of him the In- llanapolls Journal , a paper which akcs prldo in Its conservatism , says 'Mr. Tan- was master of the situation 'rom ' the first word to the last , and A'lth his wit and matchless oratory , leld his audlonco for more than an lour. " Mr. Tarr will take ono of three subjects "Tho Coming Man , " "Hero- sin of truth , " of the "Tragedy and Comedy of Human Llfo. " Another number will be the Andor- son-Rcohr concert company , with Dar- ington Reohr as tenor. This Is ono > f the best concert companies on the ) latform. The company Is rccom- noiided by the Central Y. M. C. A. of Now York City , and by nearly all of ho Now York papers. The Belgium rinios and Doutchor Blntt of Brussels speak In unstinted pralso of tholr work. James Speed , the famous lecturer : m natifl-o nnd art , ought to bo the most popular number on the llf. Ho ranks with Ernest Thompson-Scton .is n student of bird and animal llfo and if bo gives his lecture on "Red head , " or the story of the wood peck er , or "In the Haunt of the Great Blue Heron , " both of which are Illustrated with storeopttcon views , every school boy and every man who has once boon a boy ought to hear him. No need to give any press notices of such a man , but they can bo given without number if anyone wants thorn. A musical novelty Is the "Tyrol eans. " There are four persons in the company selected from the famous Hoilhofor family near Oborammor- gau , Valley of Aumuor , Bavarian Mps , Bavaria. They give the Alpine yodling to perfection. It Is planned to save the best for last and the final number will bo Montavillo Flowers. Ho is the great est impersonator and reader In this country. His "Ben Hur" is highly commended by Gen. Low Wallace , who says "Ben Ilur is safe in the hands of this man , " and many other complimentary remarks. You ought to read the words of Edgarton B. Young , Win. B. Melish , and ex-grand potentate of the Mystic Shrine , John Temple Graves , Gov. Atkinson , Bish ops J. M. Waldon. C. C. McCabe , John \V. Hott , and Booker T. Washington , and If you could hoar what these men say you would admit that the equal of Mr. Flowers has never before ap peared to a Norfolk audience. The entire ciurso of five numbers will bo sold for $1.50 for adults and ono dollar for school children. It will pay you to buy a course ticket for the prices of slnglo admission will bo thirty-five and fifty cents. The tickets will bo intorcliangeablo and good If presented by anyone at the door but the ticket will not admit five persons to ono entertainment , but ono person to five entertainments. You will not make a mistake in buying your tickets nt onco. TUESDAY TOPICS. G. A. Lulkart Is in Tlldcn on bankIng - Ing business. Fred Whitney of Battle Crook is In the city on business. 13. P. Olmstcnd of Wayne was a Monday visitor in Norfolk. H. F. Barnhafdt of Plerco was in Norfolk on business Monday. Water pipes at the city hall were frozen and bursted last night. Mr. and Mrs. William Radanz of Stanton were Monday visitors to Nor folk. folk.W. W. H. Bucholz and M. D. Tyler in ado a business trip to Crelghton Tuesday. The only public entertainment thus far announced for Thanksgiving night is the ball to bo given by the firemen , and being thus exclusive , tney will umloiintotiiy draw a largo crowd of pooplu who enjoy the dance. P. I ) . Coroll , HDICO Sires , F. C. Hoi- hort and ,1 , F. Parks were a quartet of Plalnvlow visitors to Norfolk Mon day. ChiiH. Mathowson and daughter Helen ciuno over from Wiunebago Monday evening and will remain sev eral days visiting relatives and friends. Miss Minnie Verges entertained n number of friends last night conipll- mcntary to Misses Hattlo and Anna Maas , who are visiting hero from No- dine , Minn , C. A. Parker , advance man for the Andrews Opera company , Is In the city arranging for a date for one of their popular entertainments. It Is understood they will present "Birds of a Feather. " Mrs. Wm. Clark , daughter of Mr. ml Mrs. Homo Miller , who catno up vith the family from Omaha , will ; lslt with Norfolk friends for a week. She Is at present the guest of Mrs. Storrs Mathowson. The request comes from subscrib ers on the rural routes that church luinounconicnts bo published on Frl- ilay Instead of Saturday as heretofore. The Friday evening paper is distribut ed along the rural routes Saturday nornlng , and to he of advantage to ; > eoplo outside the city the announce ments should bo published that oven- ng. The News will bo very glad to comply with the request and asks ; mstors of the churches to send such notices to the olllco by Friday noon of each week. Mr. Herman Wachter and Miss Em- na Haasc , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3. F. Haaso who live north of the city , wore united In marriage this morning at 11 o'clock in Christ church by Rev. J. P. Mueller , in the presence of a argo number of relatives and friends , and the event was afterward happily celebrated at the homo of the bride's mrents. Mr. Wachtor is ono of the substantial young farmers of this vi cinity and both ho and the brldo have scores of friends to wish thorn well n their new relations. Letter List. List of lectors remaining uncalled for at the postofllco at Norfolk , Nob. , November 17 , 1903 : Mr. George Bussoy , Mrs. J. II. Ill-own CD , Philip Brennan , Mr. 13. P. Blovens , Egyptian Homcdy Co. , W. II. Graves , Mrs. M. F. Ingals , W. II. Mullln , Dan Murphy , Lou Odonnoll , C. A. Peterson , Fred E. Robertson , Frank L. Smith. If not called for in fifteen days will bo sent to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above please say , "advertised. " John R. Hays , P. M. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. John A. Webb of Madison was transacting business in Norfolk Tues day. Mrs. II. L. Kindred and little daugh ter wore down from Meadow Grove yesterday. Mrs. C. N. Janes and son Gail are over from Sioux City visiting with Norfolk friends. Geo. N. Beels has gone to Wash ington Springs , S. D. , to visit a few days with bis father and other relat ives. Hereafter dates when the Auditori um will bo open will bo published for some time In advance in the Audito rium advertisement , so that a conflict of dates on social events may bo avoided , and these who wish to give the Auditorium management a fair Hold will take note of these dates be fore laying plans for social1 functions and other entertainments. The forecast of the weather man for colder temperature last night than that which prevailed Monday night does not appear to have materialised hero , and there are few given to regretting that ho missed. The min imum reported last night by Dr. Salter - ter was five above the zero mark. While the wind is still In the north this morning , the air is clear , the ba rometer Js up , the sun shines bright ly and the prospects are for better things in tl.t weather lino. Chief Kern of the fire department is of the opinion that It is up to the city council to do something toward equipping the hose teams with now , up-to-dato nozzles. The lack of the present nozzles was emphasized at the Braascb avenue lire Tuesday , when the water spurted out at numer ous leaks and covered the nozzlemen witli water. The men are not afraid of flro or water , but they do object tea a drenching needlessly , especially during the cold weather and when they are attired in their best clothes. There are nozzles that are a vast im provement over these at present in use and it would seem to bo no moro that right that the firemen should have them. DYNAMITERS AT SEWARD. Safe at Northwestern Depot Blown Open Building Partly Wrecked. Lincoln , Nov. 18 , Dynamiters blow up the safe of the Northwestern de pot at Seward Sunday night , but did not get any money. That part of the building In which the safe was lo cated , was wrecked. The , robbers made their escape but oillcors are now on their track. Detective Malone received this meagre account of the affair early Monday morning. Detective Franklin left for the scene of the robbery with Mr. Malono's bloodhounds to aid In the search. t Great Harvests of Agricultural Products This Year. BENEFICIAL RESULTS TO STATE. _ The Northwestern Railroad Publishes Interesting Stntlstlcs Concerning Condition of State Quotations from Men In Position to Know. [ From Tuemlny'fl Dnlly. ] In the west the farmer , stock rals- or , merchant and manufacturer are busy , their products are bringing good prices andJJio great agricultural bolt of the Upper Mississippi Valley , covered 'by such transportation lines as the Chicago & Northwestern rail road , Is enjoying a degree of pros perity that Is probably unequalled in history. The crops this year have been good , the acreage larger than over before known and the beneficent re sults of the harvest far reaching enough to have a favorable effect on every man , woman and child in the region. Several .expressions of opinion on the subject are being published by the passenger department of the Northwestern line , among them the following concerning Nebraska's out look as seen by Governor Mickey , U. S. Senator Mlllard and Mr. Rosewater of the Omaha Bee : Governor Mickey says : "Nebraska will produce 200,000,000 bushels of corn and over 40,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. Her total crop acreage is 15,000,000 acres and the value of llvo stock is over $150,000- 000. Our state banks show an in crease in deposits since Juno 9 of $1,010,299 and their reserve is 33 and one-third percent , where the egal requirement is only 15 per cent. Nebraska's outlook Is Indeed promls- "ng. The state holds an enviable po sition In this great country of ours and her name Is no longer synony- : nous with drouth and poverty. " Senator Millard says : "This being an agricultural region , it is most gratifying to say the farmers arc very irosporous ; the merchants have been doing an excellent business this year , and the outlook for all kinds of busi ness is good. " Mr. Rosewater , publisher of the Omaha Bee , says : "During my resi dence of forty years west of the Missouri , I have witnessed marvelous strides of progress , but at no period within my memory have the people of this section been more generally prosperous and contented with exist ing conditions than they are at this time. The prosperity wo are enjoy Ing is not confined to any one class but embraces the farmer , the stock raiser , the merchant , the" manufac turer and the wage-worker all alike These gratifying evidences of sub stantlal progress are not duo to spec illation in town lots or land booming but to the expansion of the area under dor cultivation , the golden harvests from the grain fields , and the cattle ranges that have enabled the Ne braska farmers in common wltl the farmers of the Trans-Mississipp country , to pay off the mortgages malce valuable betterments and leave millions of surplus on deposit In the banks. The prospect of future growth Is bright and promising for Nebraska , as it is for the whole grea west and there are no signs visible that would indicate a break In the near future. " A trip over the Northwestern line through the rich valley of the Elk horn , or any other part of Nebraska is so filled with now revelations o development and growth as to make the statements of th'o governor am Senator Millard seem mild Indeed In western Nebraska heavy Immigra tion is helping the state greatly , too much of this prosperity being duo to the fact that the Northwestern line has kept in close touch with the com munltles it serves and that their in terests have at all times been mu tual , as well as to the fact that by means of special low rates thousands of homeseekors and settlers have boon attracted to this western country. CORN CROP IS GOOD , Sixty Bushels Per Acre and Down to Thirty is the Yield this Year. Quality up to Average. In spite of the unfavorable weather early frost and excessive rain , the yield of Nebraska's chief staple wil bo good this year. Reports made to the department of agriculture show the state to bo at the head of corn-pro duclng states in the matter of average erago yield , being ahead of its nolgh boring states , Iowa and Kansas , am only South Dakota , which is not ono of the great corn producing state shows a bettor yield per acre. Interviews with leading farmers hero elicit the Information that the yield is unusually varying , but the average will probably bo thlrty-flvo bushels per acre. To mention a few individual corn growers , wo may give the following : Will Beckman says ho has fifty acres of corn that will yield fifty bush els per aero and the balance of his crop will average probably twenty five or thirty bushels. Albert Benson , seven miles south o hero , has a Hold of 100 acres that will average forty-five bushels per aero and others In his neighborhood wllF have about the same kind of a crop. Pat Gleason has 2 < J5 acres of corn which ho says will average about 35- bushels per acre. Clms. Anderson says it Is very hard' to estimate his crop this year. His. will go from 30 to 50 bushels per aero. aero.Henry Henry McKlnzIo has 120 acres of corn that will go from -10 to CO bushels , per acre. J. Klndschuh says he Is too old to- busk corn but thinks his field wilt yield 40 to 50 bushels per aero. Gust A. Nelson says reports from ' his West Sldo farm nro about -10 to 50 bushels to the ncro. The corn bo lng so uneven that It is hard to strlko- nn estimate of the average Held. Henry Strolo says his corn will go > from 1015 to 50 bushels per acre , tho- best yield being on fall plowing. Henry Preston will have about the- same yield. Oakland Independent. HE WAS A WISE BOY. Studied the Chemistry of the Eartfa V and Physics of the Soil. In n certain city of the central west there lived a few years ago a boy- Ho was a plain , ordinary city boy in. almost every" respect , except that at a tlmo when the country boys were- being drawn to the city like moths ; to n candle * * bo Imbibed the strange- notion that ho wanted to bo a farmer- lie was a practical boy , was well ad vised , and acted upon the notion that. In these days all occupations except , the unskilled are better followed by tliose specially trained for them. So- lie began to train for the life of o farmer. Ho was wise enough to begin - gin his training with the head rather Lhan the hand. Ho looked at everything - , thing from the standpoint of scient ist plus the farmer. When he was. fully prepared to go to the agricul tural college of his state. Here he- studied agriculture and llvo stock- Ho did all the work he could in tho- liarns and fields. Instead of bells- lettres ho studied the principles of breeding and t feeding live stock. Chemistry and physics ho delved into- deeply ; but it was the chemistry of the earth and the feed-box and tho- physics of the soil. In duo time he was graduated. Dur ing Ills vacations ho had spent much time at practical farm work , for \yhicli bis abilities brought him good pay. Almost at once opportunities opened before him vastly better than those ? usually offered to a young lawyer or physician. He had the chance to go into the southwest at a salary twice that of the ordinary young man just out of school. Ho bad several oppor tunities to engage in stock-raising , with people who put In money against his skill and brains ; and one of these- be accepted. Ho Is now a partner in a stock-raising and farming business- employing a capital of about $30,000 , . and he is less than twenty-live years , of ago. Here is a lesson for farmers and farmers' sons several lessons. One Is that wo are usually oblivious of the- opportunities latent in the farm. This young man was far enough from theni to see them. Let the farmer unscale- bis eyes that ho may see that his : farm is a great chemical , physical and biological laboratory he must op erate. He may do this In accordance- with the latest modes and by the most \ scientific methods , or he may , while- clinging to the old things which are good , hang onto these which are ob solete and unprofitable. The up-to- date farmer knows what is going on in the many experiment stations of the country , and adopts the new meth od as soon as it is proven good. Another lesson is that farmers as well as wage-earners may bo divided into skilled and unskilled laborers. The unskilled laborer never in any walk of life gets more than a living the iron law of wages fixes that. The- skilled laborer gets the wages of the unskilled , plus an amount fixed by the value of his skill. The unskilled 1 farmer gets a living. The skilled farmer ( other things being equal ) gets the same plus the increased returns for his skill. The ago of the- skilled farmer is coming , and may bo said to bo already hero. Let the- boys and girls of the farm bo think ing of the fact that in ono or the- other of the two armies of the skilled and the unskilled each of them must bo enrolled. Iowa Homestead. By the UEO of the now Geneva Retuoscopo and Ontlmlmoscopo combined with a thorough scientific knowledge of the subject , I am prepared to give my patrons the benefit of the latest and most approved methods of fittiifg glasses correctly. Glasses Fitted After the tests wo make will give perfect satisfaction - tion to the wearer. Consultation a.nd Examination Free. Dr. W. B. . . . Vail.