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Tlio Journal. lOtulillHlirit. 1877.
ICvory Krliluy Itv mull per yi'iir. 11.50.
MntproiJ nt the poilntllrn lit Norfolk.
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Tclpplioims : KillUirlnl nopiirlmtMit.
No. ! 2. lIUHllll'HH ( Illicit Mill ! Jell HOOMIH ,
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Norfolk Is liounil to grow i"1'1 ' "I0
northwest Is certain lo iluvutop. The
| . clinnco for Investora IH good " ' "I
f bo Improved.
Perhaps Mr. ParianIH reserving all
of his oratorical abilities for the com-
palgn , realizing that In recent cam-
, . < lialgna n record along that line has
* ' boon expected and almost demanded
from the candidates for the olllco of
president.
of the politicians. They arc com-
inoucliiB rather early In the campaign ,
) however , to Imvo any positive iiHHur-
nnco that they will ho ahlo to fool
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the people long enough anil with suf-
llr/lont omphnals to change the result
or the election.
P. 13. McKllllp , of llntnpliroy , haa
ilochlod to accept the ilcinocrallc
nomination for congress from the
' j [ Third dlBtrlct If the members of hln
v I , party will accept him In tlml GU
I' pacify , and they may decldo to do so
t providing no stronger boom than that
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of Mr. MeKlllIp'a dovolopoa liotwcon
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; > now and tlio date for holding the
\ ' J convention at Fremont.
Although the Japanese lost 11,000
inon In tholr advance toward Port Ar
thur , they appear to control the situ
ation , and that promised crushing do-
font to ho administered by the HUB-
Hltin forces on the occasion of the
first land engagement failed to ma
terialize. If the little brown men can
not now take Port Arthur hy a series
of assaults they are In a position teat
at least hold It In a stage of slogo
.wild prevent the sending In of sup.-
plies. ' i
The democrats are hastening to as-
finro the cattle men in a eattlo rais
ing country that It Is entlroly Itooso-
volt's fault that they arc receiving
mich small prices for their fat stocU ,
whllo In a meat consuming country
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the president Is charged with holng
I fully responsible for the high prices
of moats. They do not promise to
change this and give the cattle men
high prices and the meat consumers
\ low prices In the event of democratic
success , hut It will servo to canso
| dissatisfaction with the present ad
ministration hy the unthinking per-
i son who Is Incapable of logical reas
oning of his own , and that Is the aim
Mr. Bryan will hardly dare bolt the
democratic nomination even though
his friend , Grover Cleveland , should
bo named to head the national ticket ,
after what ho has said of the bolters
who are now In a fair way to take
the authority out of his hands and
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control the party , but his position will
I not necessarily bind those who have
J admired and supported him through
n couple of battles and ho will not
care very much If the reorganizes
fail to poll as big a vote as was done
under his control. Therefore It may
rather bo expected that there will bo
n number of democrats to support
the republican ticket , because It will
be a right ticket anyway In the esti
mation of a good many of them.
In the death of Senator Matthew
Stanley Quay not only Pennsylvania ,
but the entire country suffers a loss ,
nnd the republican party sustains a
greater loss than either. He was one
of the foremost politicians of the
.country and as a national leader of
his party his usefulness was beyond
estimation. For many yours ho has
occupied a prominent position In the
councils of his party , and his loss Is
scarcely second to that of Senator
Hanna. With the passing of these
great leaders who have been at the
head and taken leading parts in the
promotion of the republican party
and its doctrines since the civil con
ilict , It is apparent that the bringing
in of younger men and newer blood
with the Roosevelt administration was
a thing to be desired for the welfare
of tUe party , and it was fortunate that
: ' It happened before nil of the old men
had been called nway nnd the younger
generation left without their valuable
advice and instruction.
At the last meeting of the commis
sioners of Madison county claims under -
dor the wolf scalp bounty Jaw wore
presented and allowed for olghty-throo
scalps ami the aggregate amount al
lowed at $2 per scalp was ? 180. This
IB the season of the year when pups
nre more plentiful than at other seas
ons , but at almost every meeting there
are claims allowed for bounties un-
der this law and the tolnl allowed
during the year will undoubtedly run
to Homcthliw Illio $100 or $ GOO. It Is
a matter of wonder where the atilmalH
rome from. The ordinary purHon
ruroly BOOH a coyote In these recent
youra , and the supposition IH natural
that Kiimo are Imported and In other
Instances the old ones are catofully
protected for breeding purpoauR. Di
rect liiHtancon of damage are rarely
noted from the animals , and the
amount allowed at the last meeting
of the cominlBHlonura would un
doubtedly pay all IOBHOH of calveH ,
plgH , Bheep and poultry that has been
occiiHloned by ( ho brutes In a number
of yearH , It IB apparent that the
county should repeal the law or ro
dnco the amount of the bounty.
Hy the action of the ofllclalH of the
Northwestern railroad Norfolk Is to
day a greater place than over before
from a railroad Btandpolnt. Through
the consolidation of dlvlHloim of that
road , Norfolk IH now the headqimitorH
of the largos ! dlvlHlon on ( ho entlro
H.VHtctn , and from here all the bind
ncHH of the rend In the state will bo
transacted , except that from Long
I'lnc wont , KO far na the duties of the
superintendent and train dispatcher
are concerned , lly this same action
the duties and responsibilities of Su
perintendent Reynolds and Dispatcher
Mount huve been Increased , Indicating
( ho ( runt and esleom repoHcd In them
by the higher olllelalu of the system
In an emphatic way. Hereafter all
trains between Missouri Valley and
Long Pine and from Itonestcel on the
north to Lincoln and Hastings on the
south , will bo controlled from Nor
folk while the dutloH of Superinten
dent Reynolds will cover the aamo ox-
teimivo Held. Fremont , as a division
point , has ceased to exist , and from
Norfolk will bo Issued the orders that
formerly cumo from there. The ex
tent of this movement may be under
stood when It IB known that SiO ( miles
of Northwestern tracks , with the rollIng -
Ing stock and train crews are con
trolled from the headquarters at Nor
folk Junction. It IB a good thing that
has como Norfolk's way and the people
ple here are grateful to the olllciuls.
Something of the kind was undoubt
edly In anticipation when the company
expended thousands of dollars toward
making the most complete and ex
tensive yards on the system at South
Norfolk , increased the engine house
facilities , built a now coal chute and
erected a large and well out-fitted ma-
chlno shop. This was followed by the
removal of the olllco of IScnorul Su
perintendent C. C. Hughes from
Omaha to this city , and It IB not
deemed Improbable that other general
olllces will later bo located here. Nor
folk is now an Important point on the
Northwestern map and the people
hero are Mattered with the attention
that has been bestowed on It by the
otllclals of that company.
MHMOIUAL HAY.
It has been almost forty years since
the events took place that brought
forth Memorial day , and each year has
subtracted from the number of sur
vivors and added to the mounds In the
cemeteries , until there are few of
the old guard left to take charge of
the yearly observance. Harely Indeed
Is a veteran met who Is under sixty
years of age , and more of the sur
vivors of the great conflict are nearer
seventy , but with the passing years
Increased importance has been given
to the day sot aside to pay respect to
the soldier dead and strew the graves
with ( lowers. It Is now an established
custom and It Is doubtful if the young
er generation will permit It to lapse ,
even after the last of the veterans
has been gathered to his fathers.
As a day of patriotic thoughts and
the Inspiring of higher emotions there
Is no holiday on the calendar to equal
the 30th of May , and a patriot-loving
people will not permit it to lapse.
There appears to be Increasing rather
than decreasing reasons for setting
upart a day In which to honor the
memory of the soldier dead and give
thought to matters of a patriotic na
ture.
Memorial day brings up the un
pleasant side of war. That lives and
health are the exactions of battle are
plainly emphasized , and at each recur
ring 30th of May the fact Is empha
sized that while the bravo dead are
honored there is nothing to argue for
another such conflict and much that
appeals to the average mind against
such another serious calamity. To
day , while the American people have
been honoring the memory of their
soldier dead , two great nations are
engaged in a fearful conflict that Is
exacting thousands of lives and mil
lions of treasure. The cemeteries of
Japan and Russia are rapidly being
tilled with new mounds , and thoughts
of the brave men who gnvo their lives
for these United States may well be
diverted for a moment to the present
troubles of other people , with n silent
prayer that never again may this na
tion find need or cause to engage in
a bitter and cruel war.
Nobra ka crops are Just now do
ing Home strenuous stunts.
It would make a mummy glad to
see the way the crops are growing In
Nuhrauku thlH spring.
Norfolk linn been getting n bunch
if boiiitit8 | ( ! fiom the Northwestern
railroad company that are heartily
appreciated and anything that the
company wantH from Norfolk should
bo forthcoming If It IB within the
power of the citizens to deliver It.
Homo nowMpaper IB almost abso
lutely certain that the HusHluna will
Boonor or later win a battle. The
prophet In the editorial muicliiin will
endeavor to preserve his reputation
by refusing to specify either time ,
place , method of accomplishment , or
extent of the contending forces.
New Jersey IB comjng to the con
clusion ( hat the fellow who Bald "an
ounce of prevention Is worth a pound
of cure" was a WHO ! guy so far as
the mosquito pest IB concerned and
piopoBo to drain out the swamps anil
low places whore the wlgglors grow
Into mosqultos.
The question that Mr. llryan Is
right now ntlompllnj ; ( o answer Is :
"Would It be bolting if ho and the
new democracy which ho has been
at such pains lo form during the past
eight years should bo thrown over
the transom at the approaching St.
Ixiula convention ? "
Mayor McLano of llaltlmoro eloped
with a lady of that city u couple of
weeks ago and now IIIIH ended It all
by blowing out his brains. It was a
Hiiro way of getting rid of the adverse -
verso criticism that has been made of
his administration and his action In
eloping but fatal to the mayor.
President Hoosevelt has undoubted
ly had ample opportunity and encour
agement to mix In the Illinois and
Wisconsin scraps , on ono side or the
other , but ho has been too wlso to al
low their factional differences to become -
como factors In the coming national
contest , by refusing to take a hand
In cither.
C/.ar Nicholas Is undoubtedly renderIng -
Ing Hie mikado's forces valuable as
sistance by his opposition to General
Kuropatkln and Vlveroy Aloxieff who
are in charge of the forces , In the far
east. The Japa could desire nothing
better for tholr cause1 than to have
Iroilble In the ranks of the enemy
this would bo half tholr battle.
There Is nothing pessimistic in the
report of Director Loveland regarding
the crop conditions In Nebraska , but
on the contrary It is exceedingly
promising and If ho can continue send
ing out such reports during the grow
ing season Nebraska will have a
harvest that will exceed any of the
recent bumper crops that the state
has given to the world.
How long Kuropatkin will continue
to lure the Japs away from tholr base
of .supplies so that they would be
come "easy meat" Is not now so much
a question of his generalship as it is
the ability of his army to withstand
the luring business. The Japs have ,
very evidently , a mind of their own
when It comes to taking a thrashing
that has been prepared for them.
Mr. llryan no longer has any doubt
but that Nebraska loyalty to him and
the now democracy is safely in his
vest pocket , but ho is still uncertain
as to what the other states will dote
to him when they all get together in
St. Louis and would give something
handsome , no doubt , for an accurate
plan of the opposition of the various
delegates on n subject that is very
important to him.
Nebraska democrats are lojal to
their locality , in which they deserve
much praise nnd credit. Mr. Bryan
should continue to be the great man
among democrats as long as It is
possible for Nebraska and its neigh
bors to keep him high In the councils
of his party. The west should only
accept the dictates of the east when
It is no longer possible to maintain
the west at the head of the organiza
tion.
A nation cannot bo in dire distress
when it is able to plank down $ 0-
000,000 in gold for a canal slto with
out producing something of a Murry
and flutter among its great financial
Interests and that is what the Unit
ed States has dono. It was a very
creditable performance from every
point of view and the country will
now proceed to got as much of the
payment money back as possible.
Senator Tillman has declined to
commit himself by expressing a pref
erence for democratic presidential
candidates , which indicates that Sen
ator Tillman is not as fearless as a
politician as ho Is or pretends to bo
as a member of congress. Ho wishes
to bu with the winning uido nw be
tween democratic factions , regardless
of ) IH ! Bcemlng rocklcHsncHH In sup
porting national IHHIIOH from a minor
ity Htnndpolnt.
( t Is Bald that sixty-one per cent of
the HusHlaiiB arc unable to read their
own language. Kdiicatlon may not
bo wholly responsible for the Japan
ese victories In the far cast , but that
the endeavor of the little brown men
to become modernized has had an ef
fect In the war Is not to ho ques
tioned. Hvents have proven that the
more Intelligent and educated the
Mghtcrs the moro likely are they to
win great battles.
As strikers for what they believe to
bo right the republicans of the various
factions In Illinois should be classed
along Hldu of any legislative session
that has recently been hold. When
It Is considered that It costs legisla
tors nothing to deadlock , that their
pay goes on just the same , some credit
must be given the Illinois fellows for
being willing to deadlock over prin
ciple and pay the expense from their
own pockets.
The national live stock association
has succeeded In having the tralllc
managers of all Block-carrying roads
restore return transportation to all
bona lido Hhlppers of stock , the order
going Into effect on May 2. The priv
ilege was abrogated on January 1 on
( ho grounds that the shippers were
abusing It , and the association olll-
cors call on stock shippers to assist
the railroad companies in protecting
against the fraudulent use of such
passes.
Heturns from Wisconsin In recent
years afford no great possible oppor
tunities for the democracy of that
Htate. ICven though the republican
party is split wide open nnd two re
publican tickets result there Is every
probability that one of the factions
will win and that the democrats will
not got a chance at the olllces. Hut
on national issues the republicans
will bo republican still and the state
will bo In the Koosovclt column with
a very handsome majority.
Omaha Is making great preparations
to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of the organization of Nebraska as a
territory on the tenth of Juno , and It
la an event that the people generally
can well afford to obsorvo. In the
half century a wonderful empire lias
developed west of the Missouri river
and it Is still In process of develop
ment and will some day bo famed
throughout the world as a garden
spot and a place where there is splen
did climate and beautiful scenery.
Neither does Kansas appear to be
drouth-stricken to any largo and over
whelming extent. Inasmuch as the
west Is getting plenty of rain again
this season it is probably the fate of
the cast to have another dry spell
similar to that experienced last year.
It Is rare that a year passes without
drying up some portion of the coun
try and the location of the drouth
was changed to the east last year.
With a few moro dry spells and no
crops , the people who depend on
crops for a living back there maybe
bo expected to como to their senses
and Immigrate to Nebraska.
The porcaplta circulation of money
in the country is now $31.02 , about
twice what was In circulation at the
time Mr. Bryan asserted that only
through the free nnd unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1
was there any hope of Increasing the
amount of money available to the
common people nnd required to re
store them to a basis of prosperity
and happiness. The people are grate
fill not so much , perhaps , because
Mr. Bryan was mistaken , as that they
now have more money with which to
do business than over before.
August Belmont has offered to con
tribute $5,000,000 to the democratic
campaign fund providing Judge Par
ker is nominated. Prom this hand
some donation the party should bo
enabled to save enough after the
campaign expenses are mot to forovei
abolish all trusts and plutocrats from
the face of the land , for of course It
Is the intention of democracy to
wlpo out the trusts at the earliest
opportunity. The more fact that trusts
and multi-millionaires are willing to
contribute In support of the causeis
only an indication of tholr Ignorance
in furnishing a rope with which to
hang themselves.
The dandelion plague is n mucl
more important question to the pee
pie who Imvo lawns and pastures
and meadows to preserve from n
vegetable pest , than the Husslan this
tie , which produced such a Murry a
few years ago. The thistle was honored
orod by having n law passed agains
It , but the dandelion has not attainei
that distinction. Nevertheless 1
goes steadily forward In its work o
Ml i i
supplanting the grasses that are do-
slrablo at either the town or the coun
try home. It has marshalled Its for
ces In vuBt and uncountable mimberK
and IB n steadily and surely ndvanc
Ing as are the Japanese on Port Ar
thur. For one or a dozen property
owners to wage a systematic fight
against the pest Is futile. All must
bo concerned or the time will como
when the lawns will be of dandelion
and dandelln only.
The secretary of the American
Mining congress has Issued the olll-
clal call for the seventh annual ses
sion of the congress to be held nt
Portland , Oregon , August 22 to 27.
Ono of the principal questions to re
ceive attention will bo the project of
creating a department of mines and
mining by the United States govern
ment , with the chief olllccr as a mem
ber of the president's cabinet. In
asmuch as so many other Industries
are represented In the president's
cabinet It would probably bo no moro
than fair that this imixirtnnt Ameri
can Industry should likewise bo given
recognition. Next to agriculture , and
the .Industry responsible for the cre
ation of the department of commerce
and labor recently Organized , the
mining Industry Is ono ff the chief
enterprises of the country.
A Now Jersey olllcer has found a
husabnd entitled to pay a fine because
he neglected to chastise the man who
had Insulted his wife. Such a line
might not hold in a New Jersey court
or anywhere else If it were carried
up , but it Is an unwritten law that a
man should protect his own , and no
urles could bo found that would con-
let him of wrong-doing whore the
toiior or lives of his wife and chil-
ren are concerned. The man had
is wife taken before the court on the
tatement of a boarder that she was
vceplng company with another , and
n giving judgment the court said :
"What you should have done with
he boarder was to knock his teeth
own his throat and wipe the floor
vith him. Then , when you came to
ourt , we would look upon you as a
lero. Every man should protect his
vile against such a scoundrel. You
ire as bad as ho for not chastising
ilm , nnd I will line you ? 5 for not
irotecting your wife. "
If Mr. Bryan has occasion to bolt
ind really cares to bolt , without the
Tppearanco of bolting , after the meet-
ng at St. Louis has been held and
) humod out the path that democracy
s to follow during the next four
ears , ho might bo permitted to use
he stock excuse of the "free silver"
epubllcans who followed the new do-
nocracy through ono or two battles
xt'ter IS9C , A person never was able
o Mud a "bolting" republican at that
time or afterward. They did not
cave the party they had no need to
for their party up and left them.
They remained good republicans ,
whllo the party was alleged to
lave strayed from the straight
nnd narrow path of republicanism
and chased off after false gods. If ,
therefore , Mr. Bryan's forces are shat
tered and the reorganizes secure su
preme control , it would bo right
liandy for the one-time leader to al
lege that his party had gone nway
and left him to no his own wav and
secure the attendance of as many of
bis followers who cared to accom
pany him straight into the conven
tion of the ro-organlzed populists.
Away back In the early days of the
country It used to bo the style for
persons to refuse to read a newspa
per unless Its politics agreed with
their's , but the lines are not thus
drawn by modern people , and it Is
right that they should bo obliterated.
The modern reader likes to see a
newspaper take a stand for one party
or the other , but Its politics no longer
form a positive standard by which it
is accepted or refused , and It Is of
advantage to the country that this Is
so. Republicans who read democratic
arguments and democrats who read
republican presentations are the best
equipped to go to the polls and sup
port the party which they believe to
be right. Ono of the rankest partlzan
sheets in the west Is the Chicago
American , but republicans as well as
democrats road It , and its Sunday
Issue has the largest circulation In
'his ' country of any paper cast of
Omaha. Many republicans read the
World-Herald nnd prefer It to the
Hee , whllo there are numerous demo
crats who enjoy reading the Bee ,
and other republican state papers of
general circulation , not because of
their political stand , but because they
consider them better from n news
standpoint nnd give the things that
they are interested in outside of
politics. When nil other conditions
are the same , naturally men will pre
fer a newspaper that advocates its
political principles , but there nre a
great many who will not permit politi
cal opinions to cut a good readable
paper out of their home. It must bo
so In small towns where there Is but
ono publication and that publication
chooses to take a political stand , ami
It Is absolutely true regarding the cir
culation of city dallies.
Chairman Hanks of the democratic
state convention found considerable
to say regarding the political situa
tion , when apparently , from n view of
conditions , there was not n great deal
to talk about. Naturally he found no
oed In the republican party. A
democrat who would find n word of
commendation for that party or its
lollcies would bo almost certain to
iu declared Insane and hustled off to
he nearest Insane hospital , therefore
Mr. Hanks found considerable fault ,
lo did not toll how his party should
; lo It ; ho had no plans or speclllcatlons
it his command , but ho had nothing (
o prevent him from finding fault and
10 employed his time in that direction ,
t was rather hoped that the prlncl-
ml speech at the convention would
llsclose some new thoughts that might
lirect the members of the party in
Nebraska along modern lines of ac-
Ion , but with a few minor changes
the chairman's speech might have
icon applicable to the political times
of ton , twenty , or thirty years ago.
Ho went some into the calamity busl-
icss In face of the fact that the people
ple of Nebraska never enjoyed moro
prosperous conditions than they have
been enjoying since McKinley was
elected. Ho spoke of the country as
going to imperialism and the ever
lasting bow-wows unless the people
should arise In their might and call
a sudden and decided halt. He spoke
of the trusts as if his party were the
only ono that ever would , over could ,
and over Intended to take a position
In opposition to concentrated wealth.
Ills address was refreshing because
of ono thing : that it has been the Mrst
semi-olllclal utterance to Indicate
whore the party stands in Nebraska
and affords an insight Into what the
republicans may expect to find in
opposition provided Mr. Bryan and
his followers win out at St. Louis. As
such an indication the republicans ap
parently have nothing to fear. It Is
the same old game that has been
threshed over before and the repub
licans have won out with credit to
themselves and satisfaction to the
people of the country.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications , as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the oar.
There is only one way to euro deaf
ness , and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Kustachlan tube. When
tills tube is inflamed you have a rum'
bllng sound or imperfect hearing , and
when it is entirely closed , deafness Is
the result , and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube re-
.stored to its normal condition , hearing
will be destroyed forever ; nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh ,
which is nothing but an inflamed con
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case of deafness ( caused by
catarrh ) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh cure. Send for circu
lars free. P. .1. Cheney & C.o
Toledo , Ohio.
Sold by druggists , 75c.
Take Hall's Family pills for consti
pation.
Was Wasting Away.
The following letter from Robert
H. Watts , of Salem , Mo. , is instruc
tive : "I have been troubled with kidney -
ney disease for the last live years.
I lost flesh and never felt well and
doctored with leading physicians and
tried all remedies suggested without
relief. Finally I tried Foley's Kidney
Cure and less than two bottles com
pletely cured me and I am now sound
and well. " The Klesau Drug Co.
During the summer kidney irregu
larities are often caused by excessive
drinking or being overheated. Attend
to the kidneys at once by using Foley's
Kidney Cure.
The Klesau Drug Co.
Bronchitis
"I have kept Aycr'sCherry PecQ ' /
toral in my house for a great main * -
years. It is the best medicine in
the world for coughs and colds. "
J. C. Williams , Attica , N.V.
All serious lung
troubles begin with a
tickling in the throat.
You can stop tin's at first
in a single night with
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Use it also For bronchitis ,
consumption , hard colds ,
and for coughs of all kinds.
Tbrte sliei. 25c . 5 < U . Jl. All drutllili.
Consult ymir ' 1 > < t. > r If ho gayi Inko II ,
then do ! . , . > If Im U'lU you not
to take it ti i , ,1 i t i.iki' it llu known.
I.CiVU IL H.Ii \ \ e HIO Willing
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