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T1IK NOHKOliK NKWS : KIUDAY , MAY 27 , 1110-1 , THE NORFOLK NEWS \ \ . > . HUNK , PulilUlirr. " imi.V. I IXnlillfiluMl ISST ) Kvrry ilny oxropl Hiintliiyy \ \ onr- rlnr i > orMpU. . tr > OIMIIH Itv NorfnlU pontoilloo ilttllvory , par your. Jti no. lly mnll on riirnl rout OH ami oiitnliln of Norfolk , per yonr , J.1 on \ \ KMKI.V M\\ s-.ioru.v\i , . Tlio News. KMnlillKliml. ISSt The Journal , KMnlillHhiMl , 1S77. Kvory Krltliiy. Hy mull | ior yi-iir , J1.60. Mnloroil lit ( pnMnltlrn at Norfolk. Neb. , HH Hoeoml clunH mutter. ToloplinnoM1 IMItoilnl Pitpnt Immit , NO. 72 llUHlnt'HH Oltll'U Illlll Jell ItOOIIIH , Lot ( lUMIl ftlHO. It Will 1)0 ) Ilieffoel- lVO UIlll'SH tllU HitUlltlOll COIlHplrOH (0 ( throw republican votes tholr way. The Japs and UUHHIIIIIH nilglil now diversify the game by drawing cuts to see which will lie tlio next to blow up it ship or two of tholr o\v1i. It IB remarked us mi epoch In tlio far onHtorn war wbon Kuropiilkln tlona not fall back n few nilloa either In good or bnd order. Tlio wentbor man I * evidently de termined to fling bncU llio Ho good nnd Imrd Into tlio tooth of tbo man who would mention Nebraska and drouth In the name breath , Tbo next thing to an ambition to bo president would bn an nmhltlon to bo IIB certain of being nomlnntod and uloelod to that high office ns It Presi dent Roosevelt. If Japan could make sure of n inlno that would reduce Tort Arthur to kindling wood and scrap Iron , llfo would again hortimo worth living to tlio inlUado nnd his high olllclala. The county and nlato conventions nro about roiichlng a llnlHli and shortr ly Iho national conventions will bo on with their noise and Hurry nnd tlio campaign will bo positively open. If .May was always as pleasant and ngroonblo as ( bin month has boon tboro would bo more parents willing to return to that good old iinmo as u tilting 0110 for it handsome and agreeable daughter. The crops nro standing up for No- braslta right now In it mtmll way , but the prospects nro that they will do some tailor work of that kind just as .soon as u warm sun and generous ruins can bring thoin up to It. The democratic party as an organi zation may bo opposed to Itoosovolt , but tbo Lincoln Star IH convinced that tliuro urn a largo number of Indi vidual members who are not Inclined to defeat his election. Kor a wool ; or two the swOot girl graduate and tbo wise young man of the same class will vie tpilto oner getlcally with the situation In the far cast and with politics for tlrst place In the papers and In the minds and hearts of the common people. Peter O. Elliott , the man thought to bo Insane who at one time threatened the llfo of President Roosevelt , hung himself the other day at Minneapolis. This may bo but an Indication of tbo fate that overtakes those who threat en the lives of the presidents. Port Arthur , Te\as , should be able to extract a share of advertising that Is coming to Port Arthur of the far east. They are not at all In the same circumstances , but the name should be sufficient to attract a share of the world's attention to the Texas town. The editor of the Fremont Tribune advised people to test their seed corn before planting and then went ahead and planted some untested corn just to show others how foolish such methods are. Ho only has about fif ty hills to replant In a field of fifty bills. City directories should bo In exceed Ing demand by people who are just now looking for relations In the exposition position city. A person with ai official directory might even assume relationship with another of the right name , nt least until after the big show Is over. The Sioux City Journal registers ob jections to so much politics because It 1ms distracted attention from the very line weather with which the country Is bolng favored. The weather Is cer tainly of the kind that should appeal to the levers of nature If not the pol iticians. The appearance of John M. Thurs- ton before the state convention at Lincoln was the signal for some en thusiasm that could scarcely have been exceeded had Senator Dietrich occupied the platform in his stead. "Tho red , red rose" was cither forgot ten for the nonce or forgiven. Some Sioux City enthusiast 1ms formed an appondlxloss club. At the rate the disease has been making it- self multifont with modern people It would fiaoin Unit 11 moro exclusive * so ciety could bo formed by receiving Into iiiomborHhlp only those who still retain Ihulr vermiform suporllulty. The democrats of Ohio prefer lo register In as representing Iho con servative element of the party , and their temporary chairman probably npoko for the majority of them In that Hlalo when he expressed a deslro that all of the radicals might bo tinned out and driven away. Colorado and Wyoming are very ev idently In need of HOIIHJ of that work that will prevent Hoods from rushing down on thorn all In a bunch , but to hold It lo bo drawn on gradually when It IB most needed by Iho crops. The way those cloudbursts did things the other day should servo to attract the attention of the topographic survey No Bcrlnus opposition Is likely lo develop lo President Itoosovolt before the national mooting of that parly In SI. Louis. In the Interim the apostles of free trade or free silver or null-lm- porlnllsm , or whatever they may advo cate , are moro limn busy taking care of troubles of their own nnd have no time to look after the common nnomy. The fiiHlonlHts appear to bo taking very strongly lo the candidacy of P. 15. McKlllup of Humphrey as their candidate for congro.su. The conven tion to be held at Fremont on the 28th will have the nay-so about the matter nud the most serious problem will bn the acquiescence of the pop- ullstH. as McKlllup Is mild to bo a rock rlbbod democrat. Parker Is probably like other wlso democrats waiting for his party to say whether ho Is expected to holler Iho roof of bin head off for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one or make the welkin ring with plaudits of the gold standard , and this la not the only question under doubt , all emphasizing the need of a deep and oppressive si- louce until the parly first Kpcaks. II will probably surprise no ouo more than Mr. llryan If the democrats should dually decide lo unite on 0ro ver Cleveland. The leaders are very evidently making soundings of party sentiment to determine how such a maneuver would be recovod In the event It Is found that Mr. Parker can not swing the required delegates nec essary lo a nomination. Appearances are Indicating that be fore the excitement Is over In tbo far east tboro may bo numerous exciting war tales unfolded and serious con- Illcts recorded. Neither of the com batting forces has yet gained any very distinct advantages or decided victo ries , indicating that they are probably very evenly matched , and that when they do come Into conlllct there will be some hot lighting. It IB said by a leading political pub lication thut President Uoosovolt will ha the real platform of both parties , in which event It is unseemly and un wise for the democrats to bo lighting among themselves as to whether the Kansas City platform should be affirmed or denounced. President Roosevelt and bis record Is safely the platform of the republicans. And the democrats will dud It exceedingly dltllcult to evade the Uoosovolt Issue when the campaign opens. Memorial day Increases In Import ance and In general observance with each recurring ; ! 0th of May. The people feel that It Is required of them to devote one day in the year to thoughts of the boys in blue and their achievements , and they like to do It. It inspires patriotism , perhaps not as demonstrative as that of the Fourth of July , but patriotism of an enduring kind and effective. Next Monday Is the day that this annual observance will take place. Tom Johnson of Ohio Is booming Joseph Folk of Missouri as the proper candidate for president. If Mr. Folk- hits any ambitions In this direction his earliest effort should bo directed toward getting Mr. Johnson to support sumo one else that Is If Mr. John son's own experience In running for a larger olllce than mayor can bo tak en as an indication of his inlluonco In a larger field. Ho progressed back ward last fall nnd may bo able to ac complish the snmo result for Mr. Folk. The czar is reported as believing that the tide has turned In Russia's favor In the far oastein war. The Japanese have undoubtedly boon thinking the same thing , but tholr friends are confident that they nro merely getting a reverse that will bo beneficial in Inspiring greater cau tion and planning moro stoutly and firmly to bo on top In the llimi out come of the war. It Is expected to hoar different reports when the jnn- ehinery tlio Japanese Imvo set in mo. ( Ion finally arrives at tbo point where the accomplishment of their piirKHO | IH possible. l.ovl P. Morton Is eighty years of tgo and Htild to bo In the enjoyment of oxcelli'iil health. Perhaps ho Is able to attrlbuato his present good health and prosperity to his early de termination to itbjuro polltlCH , after ho had pattlclpatod In ouo race for the vlco presidency. They are not ill IIH wlHo as Mr. Morton and con tinue Ulrllng with llcklo olllco , until their minds and bodies become affect ed and they go down lo an early grave some Hmo this side of Morton's ago. From the way things are happening In national alfalrs lor the democratic party It would seem probable that Mr. llryan would bo doing very well Hhould ho bo selected us the nomi nee of bis parly as candidate for United Slates senator from Nebraska. Then after blH nomination ho will have a strong light lo win , as the re publicans have endorsed a candidate who appears to have equal ability and Is nntrnmmolod by the radical views I hat have been acting as a drag to Mr. Bryan's ambition. Sioux City Is systematically at work on a scheme that should servo to kcop the national mod Ing of democrats In out of Jail , It bolng persistently rumored - morod that the city Jail Is haunted. The last ghost lo appear Insisted on cutting up cordwood nnd endeavored to take a drink of water two things that no live tramp could bo guilty of and It IH supposed1 by other prison ers to be an Indication from the spirit land that the ghost would bo only too contented lo do these abhorrent dcods could bo but return to earth ontlro once more. The people of New York are ro- jolclng because Governor Odell has vetoed a bill that bad the approval of Mayor McClollau which would give the obnoxious gas trust of the metrop olis additional monopoly and strength , and yet there are people who will continue lo argue that no anti-trust action can originate from the repub lican party , bill thai all reform in this direction must be looked for from democrats. A few moro olllcial acts of tbla character against the Interests of the people by Now York's democrat ic mayor , and Iho Umpire stale can bo depended upon lo go unanimously for the republican ticket. A congressional committee Is just now Investigating the best method to restore America to a worthy place as a marine nation. The people are be coming averse to having all of tbo ocean carrying trade done by foreign vessels manned by foreign crows when America Is as much Interested as any nation in the world in the tralllc be- Iweeu countries lhal the oceans di vide. It Is to be hoped that some means will be found to give this coun try the position on the sens that her commerce deserves and in the inter- eat of American institutions such Irnf- tic should bo carried on by American vessels and American sailors. J. J. Hill , Ibe railroad magnate , thinks It will bo Impossible to re store the American merchant marine until tbo people become Interested in the business. With its coasl lines as widely separated as are those of America , and so many people who are not Interested in the sea , or Its carry ing business , It will bo somewhat dif ficult , perhaps to interest them to the same extent that the people of the Interior are interested in railroads , but It should bo so. England and other martimo nations , whose people are compelled to take to Ihe sea If they expecl to go anywhere , are na turally awake to what is going on in the seas , but 11 is just as essential to the American people to become Inter ested as It Is for those of any nalion , because Ihoso of the remotest Interior depend to a great extent for tholr pros perity on the prosperity of the people ple of the coast. W. D. Hunter of the entomological bureau of the agricultural department has made a report on the boll weevil. He duds that a single pair of those brutes are quite capable of having 131,000,000 descendants before the end of n season , nnd Is convinced that the post will In n few years cost tbo cot ton planters and the country millions of dollars in cotton destroyed. It would bo Interesting If tbo farmers and planters could hnvo just a season without nn Insect pest of any kind to Interfere with tholr work and the results. There is little doubt but that these pests exact a largo percentage each year from the producers for tholr maintenance and support. The prop agation and protection of birds and other natural oncmlos of these posts Is highly recommended nnd the re sults would begin to show in a few years , beyond n doubt , if the carnivo rous birds should bo permitted to In- creso exceedingly in numbers. Norfolk Is just In the primary stages - os of Its ultimate development. Now York and California may bo far nparl regarding distance , but tboy are evidently very close together on the Hearst sltuallon for Iho democrat ic nomination for president May showers are all right , but when It co inns to Hoaklng rain storms with Imll accompaulmonl , there are better things In Iho weather line to he do- sired. There are very evidently a few nt the great exposition. With a record of 257,011 passing through the gates hisl week lliero are Indications to show thai not all the people of Ihc country are absolutely bankrupt Tbo situation between Hearst and Parker , to hear both sides of tbo con troversy , Is about as Indefinite as It Is between Iho Russians and Iho Jap anese as determined by Iho respective reports from St. Petersburg and To- klo. Ulxby of the Stale Journal Is per- alstontly jabbing his pen Into the fel low that spits on the pavements nnd In time hopes to have Lincoln a spit- less town or have all the expectora tion associated with the refuse nnd mistiness of the gutters whore It properly belongs. The populists are evidently desirous lhal fusion should continue on state Issues while they go It straight on national affairs nnd thus llnd out tholr exact standing as a parly. With half fusion and half strnlghl they can eas ily dodge In either direction ns Indi cated by Iho returns as their policy Many Metbodisls will bo politicians enough to wonder what influence could have operated to cause Chan cellor Day to refuse as good u church position ns that of bishop. U is al most equal to declining the presidency in national political affairs , nnd the man Is a phenomenon who would nol accept that job. The democrats might not lack a pimjmoiint Issue , or would not care so much if they did lack n paramount Issue If they were only reasonably certain that the prevailing prosperity could be headed off and with calamity and hard timoa cause the people lo bo dissatisfied with the present repub lican government. Some of the politicians are so fear ful that there will bo no excitement during tbo coming presidential cam paign that they are already beginning to worry for fear that Sir Thomas Lipton - ton will not conic over again this year to have another try at the yachting trophy and to substitute for the Inter est that the campaign may lack. There are n lot of democrats In the country who do not care who Is placed In nomination at St. Louis , which is interpreted by republicans to mean thai they are fairly well satis- ded with governmental affairs as they exist under a republican administra tion. If they thought the country was In danger they would not only care who was named at St. Louis but would do their besl lo see that he was elect ed. Nebraska might have been a drouth state some years ago for one season , bill II has decidedly reformed , and Is now not as much of a drouth state as some of tbo eastern common wealths where the corn dried up and rallied last year and other vegetation was so devoid of moisture that a lighted match would set it to going like a bunch of shavings. For several years now Nebraska has had moisture to let. Norfolk is all right , but it needs a commercial club to help direct the city's development at It should bo di rected. The business men are ener getic in Ihoir respective ways and en terprising regarding Ihoir personal af fairs but much loss effort would ac complish far greater results by unity of purpose and action. It is the limo to advance when conditions are as fa vorable for advancement ns they are now and the merchants and property owners should get togolher. The Russians are growing qullo op timistic over the sltuallon in the far east and arc now counting on controll ing the sea and relieving Port Ar thur. They have certainly clung to the strategotlc port 'with grim deter mination and It would not bo aston ishing if they should finally extricate II from its dlfllcultlos. The Japanese too nro proving powerful and aggros- slvo antagonists and the outcome of the conlllct is still very much In doubt with a great deal to do to bring about a settlement. At the porsont rate of progress It Is probable that the con lllct will continue for many years to conic. U Is evidently no time for croak ers , other than frogs , in Nebraska. The Hoiuon Is very proplluous In n crop way , people are quite generally employed at fair wages , there Is money In the hanks , towns and coun try nro developing , new Investors are coming In , now settlers are arriving , there are no epidemics lo speak of , there Is plenty available to ent and wear , nature Is at her prettiest , and everything conduces to the general happiness nnd comfort of the people. It Is a time for optimism , and Ihe in- lolllgonce of the people Is manifest In the Infrequency of pessimistic ut terances. John Jacob Astor Is not without his troubles. Ho has recently erected n magnificent hotel , but through nn oversight the building Is within 200 foot of a church , nil of which makes it a matter of question whether or not the structure can over put to the use for which it was Intended. In Now York a hotel Is hardly a hotel unless Intoxicants are on tap at all hours of the day and night. In Now York , also , It Is not allowable lo sell Intoxicants within 200 feel of a church and Urns II happens lhal the mil lionaire is In trouble. He would prob ably pay handsomely for tbo privilege of moving tbo church. Those who are In closest touch with the merchant nmrln situation appear lo be unanimously In favor of the late Senator Ilanna's policy of creating a subsidy. Innjiimtoh as this Is Ihe plan pursued by Ihe leading maritime na tions of the world 11 would seem to bo about the only solution of Iho mat- lor. With other governments support- lug their marine out of their Irca- surles and finding lhat 11 pays , II will bo necessary for America lo mool Iho compollllon , or keep the back scat Ihnl It now occupies on Ihe high seas. Everything else favors American su premacy on llio "seas , but it cannot hope to compete with those that are already powerful without meeting tholr methods. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. It takes ten limes as long for a wo man to get old as for her children. It's very easy for a clever man to ; ; ct around a woman with his arm. No man can break a girl's heart as eabily as some other man can repair It. There never was a man a woman couldn't flatter ; there never was a wo man thai didn't do it. A woman hasn't any doubt you are a good man when you can remember the nges of her children. It's a curious thing that girls go from the nursery to school and from sclitx ) ! back to the nursery. It heals anything how a girl whose stockings fll her well Is never afraid of a hammock lhat bucks like a bron cho. It's very easy to gel solid with the mother of Iho girl you want to marry by being deeply Interested In her views on the education of children. New York Press. Sunday Is a good day for staying at home without lolling your family know you'd rather be some place else. Oirls are so clever about a man they can tell by the kind of necklic he Is wearing whether be Is going lo pro pose. It's pretty good fun to pretend you are going to kiss a girl and then lo have to do II to appease her indigna tion. When n woman rides horseback .strnddlewiso she feels as natural as a man who tries to climb a Iree In petticoats. Swift's Pride soap lessens laundry labors. 11 is the very besl possible laundry soap that can be made. Or der it for Monday's wash. When the open work shirl waisl season comes a man always has Iho embarrassed feeling he has Ihe first tlmo ho Is over in a turkish bath. No matter how poor a woman feels she never lias any doubt that it is cheaper to buy an expensive bat and charge it than n low priced one and pay cash for it. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. There are diamonds everywhere you dig. Any man who is n success ns a vis itor , is a Sissy-man. Wo have counted , and know that a certain AtchUon woman has been fa tally ill nine times. If you can't toll all you know about any ono. don't hint that you can toll something , and make it worse. An Atchison man who lias been a drinking man for moro than fifty years , quit the ether day ; after whis ky had done him all the harm It JHJS- slbly could. Why didn't ho quit years ago ? Hero Is something you never see mentioned by the writers on etiquette : every person's social obligation be gins nt home. "Mothers are so dense , " complained a girl today. "Mine comes In the parlor when I have callers , and stays and stays and stays. " If you were Invited out to dinner today , your hostess doesn't think she had a chance unless you gave her no tice day before yesterday. Ono of the funny tilings Is to meet a drug store drunkard who doesn't know that you know ho drinks , nud who , when full , tries to bide the fncl. Short Ingalls quit chewing tobacco a year ago , and his wife has boon praising him for It over sluco , although 1 ho began again ten days after quit- V ting. Dr. Dogle has been "ailing" during the past three days , and says that during thai lime , ho has oaten noth ing except a cup of beef tea. Wo would like to know , Just for fun , what he has eaten In the last three days. Bishop Turner of tbo A. M. 13. church , In nn address at Chicago yes terday , begged his hearers never to sing "Wash Me and I shall be Whiter Than Snow , " saying he would never have It sung In his presence. The colored preachers are becoming al most aa notional as the while ones. TIMELY TOPICS. John M. Thurston , In a speech be fore the state convention , remarked Ihnl "we nro doing tolerably well , " nnd expressed the conviction lhal Iho people of Iho country were happier and moro contented than they had boon for a great many years. His slnlo- nionl will receive a hearty second from everyone who Is willing to worker or grasp opportunities. South Sioux City Record. The Methodist conference in ses sion at U > s Angeles thinks the evils of the limes are polllicnl corruption , tlio liquor trafilc , tyranny of trades unionism , greed of unscupnlous em ployers , lynching , the negro question and Mormonism. Their catalogue covers a multitude of sins , but human greed thai has smothered old fash ioned honesty is nl llio bottom of the biggosl part of it. Wlsnor Free Press. The Bible Is a remarkable book. Even the men who doubt its inspira tion admit that whether it bo viewed ns an historical book , an Inspired book , n book of prophesy or judged wholly upon Us literary merits , it Is a marvelous book , and worthy Ihe careful study of everyone. Perhaps no book is quoted so often or with so much force as Iho Bible. No book sols forth a bettor code of morals f Ihan the Bible. No book expresses so many noble thoughts in such beauti ful language as the Bible. It is a di gest of knowledge. It is a model of rhetoric. It argues , it pleads , It threatens. It Is the storehouse to which men have gone for ages , and lo which fulure generalions will conlln- ue to go for inspiration and instruc tion. No other book is Its equal. No other can take its place. You cannot remember the Sabbath day betlor Ihan to read from Ibis book. Bealrice Ex press. Slale of Ohio , City of Toledo , Lucas County , ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the flrm of F. J. Cheney & Co. , doing business in the clly of Toledo , counly and state aforesaid , and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence , this Cth day of De cember , A. D. 188C. ( Seal. ) A. W. Gleason , , Nolary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally , and acts dlreclly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for teslimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O. Sold by all druggists , 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation wr / o Weakc " I suffered terribly and was ex tremely weak for 12 years. The doctors said my hlood was all turning to water. At last 1 tried Ayer's Sarsapanlla , and was soon feeling all right again. " Mrs. J.V. . Fiala , Hadlyme , Ct. No matter how long you have been ill , nor how poorly you may be today , Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the besr medicine you can take for purifying and en riching the blood. Don't doubt it , put your whole trust in it , throw away everything else. < l 00 a boiiic