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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1904)
THE NORFOLK NEWS W. N , mtftl ! , PnMUhfr. _ DAILY. IKMnltllfthFil im.l Kvrry < lny fxcrjil Hiindny. Hy our- rlir per wook. U emln. Hy Norfolk poKlnnio * ilollvory , per y wr. $ .00. Ily mnll on rural route * nml oul liU of Norfolk , r r yenr , IS.OO. i . Th * Ne-wn. nMnttllMieil , ISM. Tim Journal , KMnliHutmd , 1HT7. Every I'rlilny. Ily mnll per year , $1.60. Knt r i1 at ( lie | iiiHlimc nt Norfolk , Neb , , croud rlnn mnttrr. Telephone * ! Ktlltorlnl ttrpnrliitunt , No. 12. HuiliiciiH Dillon nnd Job Hooinii , No. 3JI. _ Alltlo * ( inoio IIKw winter , lint hardly Hit ! real thing. Foolklllor No. 3 was eminently III disposing f till * fO < ) l. Tlio conl inini la fooling fairly well coutont for about tlio Ural tlino thlR season. Tlio next ( him ; on tlio exposition program IH tlio Lowln and Clarke show nt 1'ortlanil , Oregon. With tllO Closing Of tllO I jnircliaso exposition tlioro will bo n largo numliur of Hiinolnlly artists iiud others who will lie looking for Jolm. Tlio state that didn't glvo President Roosevelt a plurality of ahout 100,000 tUu'H not appear to ho ontltluil to ho ranked up with republican sluton thlH year. Mrs. C'aRhlo Clmdwloh Is occupying quite successfully tlio nowHpapor space formerly devoted to Mrs. May- hrlck and moro recently hy Nan Pat- torwin. It IH a rare ori'tiHlon whi'ii HOino woman does not arise to tlto de mands and furnish sensational matter for tlio news reporters. Tlio roinitnnt of tlio solid south la nuxlous foi'a closer acquaintance with 1'rofllrtont Roosevelt , and the presi dent Intimates that a visit to that HUO- ( Ion of the country will ho highly pleasing to him. Perhaps with a clos er acinniliitanco with northern prosl- dont.s the on tire Houthland may go republican next your. A TonnoHHCO man has Jimt dlod nt the Tlgo of seventy with the boast that ho had never kissed a woman , al though ho was a marrlod man. lie Kworo off when In a kissing game a young woman placed n pin In her mouth and dared him to take what wan coming to him. Ho saw the Klontn of the pin and vowed ho never would UiiH | a woman and maintained to the h\8t that ho had kept the vow. With tlio IOSH of that Important UO.'l Meter hill and UH fortifications per haps the Russians will not ho HO con fident of holding on to Port Arthur until the second squadron arrives to attempt their deliverance. The .laps need Port Arthur pretty Imdly as u starter toward arranging a warm ro coptlou for the navy reinforcements and they appear to ho In a fair way to effect HH capture at the time It Is most needed. With the retiring of Senator Stew art of Nevada ahout the last of the prominent free silver men \\lll he rel pgnted to private life , and yet Mr. Bryan holies to effect a reorganization of the democratic party , with free sil ver as a basic principle. To the in terested on-lookor It appears that de mocracy has made a disastrous failure on gold nnd that It has no chances of Installing silver in the place of Par ker's telegram. Deer hunting In Wisconsin Is showIng - Ing to he almost ns dangerous as the average colourations of the Fourth of July. From the opening of the season on November 11 , to Its close on the 30th , twonty-nlno persons had been killed and fifteen seriously Injmed. So far as can bo ascertained all of the shootings we or accidental. A closed season on man shooting should he made effective during the open sea son on deer in that state. The Russians claim to be advancing from the north of Manchuria , but those who Imvo watched the war pro gram closely are expecting to learn soon that It is but another of the lur ing processes by which the Japs have enticed the Russians to positions they want them to occupy. The Russians were alleged to bo doing that early in the war but the successes In that particular Hue of strategy have all fallen the way of the Javanese In these later days. In other parts of the country the news men nro chronicling drownlngs 'that arc occasioned by daring youths nnd older people breaking through the ice when It is not thick enough to bear their weight. In Nebraska there have ns yet been no such accidents. It has been Impossible from the fact that there has been no Ice to Invite the venture of skators. It will bo just as well for the young people of Nebraska to take warning , however , ns the time is coming when there will be Ice , and It will not be Milch enough to hold tin very llrnl night It frown. After Port Arthur Is taken It will bo the turn of the Japanese to hold a position whoso advanlngoH glvo fear ful odds and for the RusslaiiH ( o throw their thoiiHundH Into a game of death with slight advantages to ho gained. That Is thlH will happen If the HUH- slaiiH are permitted to get close enough to realize they want to retake - take the position. Unions the czar's forces Hiicceod In getting control of ( ho sen It IH believed by eminent Htral- eglstH that they will never succeed In retaking Port Arthur after It has boon lost to them. The Japs are prov ing Iho bettor warriors and with the taking of the fortress they may be expected to letaln It Indefinitely. A very Important young man down In Washington b s occasioned quite a disturbance by sending out a sensa tional story regarding the presldunt and his children and a Thanksgiving turkey. The story was without foun dation , but It furnished excitement enough to require a denial , which shows that unimportant and nnserup- uloUH young men can create panic with very high and Important person ages. It IH Just that ho should bo de nied the rights given to honorable re porters and correspondents. The World-Herald thinks that Iho republicans are deserving of censure because two of the railroad corpora tions have attempted a test of the rev enue law by , withholding the taxes ( hat Imvo been assessed against them or offering only part payment. The republicans may bo open to bhiino If , In the long run , the rallroadn are able to gel out without paying their just share of the taxation bunion , but the republicans can no moro prevent thorn from endeavoring to wrlgglo out of the assessment than they can keep the World-Herald from attempting'to make political capital out of very poor stuff. It IH a fact noticed hy those wish ing safety In travel that the North western Is lacking In the fatal wrecks that have dlHllngnlnhod some of the ilhor roads of the country , Indicating that more pains are taken by the man- igement of that system to prevent illsastor. The Union Paelllo Is like wise comparatively free from disas trous wrecks and the passengers on these lines of railway feel compara live security In their travel. In theito times when disasters on some of the railroads appear to he accumulating and Increasing In the damage done. It Is pleasing to the people of the west to realize that there are a few sys tems of railway to which- they can safely entrust life and limb for tran sit. The EugliHh peer who proposes to rename this country Usona using the Initials of the United States of North America , will probably not Insist upon the adoption of the title without con sult lug the people of the country most concerned. Ho objects to the title of American because there are other and English factors In the westernhemi sphere which ho considers subordinat ed by the title. An exchange argues hat If the title America Is wrongly ipplled It Is the fault of no portion > f the world moro than of Europe and the people hero have expressed their satisfaction with the title so that there s no use to worry over the Illness of ho name , rt'rhnps the learned gen- Ionian will undertake the renaming if the balance of the western homl- sphere providing ho cannot make his criticism win out. It would bo about is easily done as to compel the people of this country to make historically good the name Usona. It Is said that some of the leading latlonal legislators are in favor of In creasing the salaries of the president , the vice president , nnd cabinet of ficers. If the people were not receiv ing good service on the present wage paid their high officials there might : > o reason In the raise. The country Is a little niggardly , it Is true , in the payment of salaries to its chief of ficials , but the same service would un doubtedly bo given If there was no salary whatever attached to the of fices , and they are not sweat-shop wages by any means. A patriotic people ple expect to give their services to the country If necessary and the presi dential salary Is no moro out of keep ing with a great country than the $13 a month paid the soldier boys who willingly shoulder the rlllo and march to the country's call In time of need. If anything the soldiers' wages should ho Increased. Uut Inasmuch as the republican party Is expected to econ omize rather than increase the ex penses and because the country has existed nnd received satisfactory ser vice heretofore , It would seem to bo inexpedient in the face of the late magnificat success at the polls to do that which the democrats have al ready charged nnd enter Into a plan of increased expenditures , If not ex travagance. Nebraska IH coaxing back Us Indian Hummer smiles Hlowly. Koine of them are mean enough to say'that the third time was the charm for the late Mr. Nlsson and his "Fool- killer. " Thin seems a llttlo moro like Christ- mart WIIH In the near neighborhood and should furnish the Incentive to holiday Hhopplng. Many a man Is speculating on what ho might have accomplished If his wife was only a "biiHlness" woman like Mrs. Chadwlck. Russia Is In the market for war- Hhlps and any governments having good , had or Indifferent vessels to dis pose of can probably llnd In the c/ar mi eager pnrchaHcr. Tlioro are a number of men In St. Louis ready and willing to go on the stand and make ullldavlt that the ho tel and boarding house business at fair cities are unprofitable ventures. 7 It IH a very favorable opportunity for the follow with plans for the dem ocratic future who knowH ahHolutoly that they will plan out right to Hprlng them on a depressed party , With congreHs on the program there Is no longer any need of doing with out reading mattor. The Congres sional Record Is available to pretty nearly ovoryouo who Is interested In thrilling literature. The Russians think they will be able to hold onto Port Arthur null ! the arrival ( if the second squadron to the Hcono of activity. It Is left to Iho Japanese to dlsahtiso them of this hal lucination , If such It happens to be. Mysterious packages can well bo re garded with susplclan from this time on. Christmas shoppers Imvo com menced In earnest to lay In the arti cles needed to give relatives and I'rlendH a merry time of It when the Until tirrlvoH. " - I The government crop reports are i able to do things , as was shown hy the way cotton slumped when It was re ported olllclally that the government estimate of the crop is ] 1,1 ! CL'.OOO bales. It touched np the speculators , however , worse than any other class of people. Since the Ice Is broken and one ar mistice between the Russians and the Japanese has been declared It may bo found that the silence of tlio guns is so pleasing that they may become In creased In numbers and duration un til a lasting peace 1ms been declared. If has not been learned who Is re sponsible for permitting this touch of eastern weather to stray over Into Ne braska , but when the responsibility Is Ilxed there will bo n. sudden death , and a ready alibi or verdict of justi fiable homicide will bo furnished the fellow who was In at the death. Some of the politicians are already beginning to llgure on the size of the coming political conventions that will result by reason of the late great re publican landslide. In some states It is possible that the republican conven tions will almost double In slue , while the democratic conventions will shrink considerably If their basis for the selection of delegates Is made on a fair vote. The Russians nro endeavoring to become reconciled to the loss of Port Arthur as rapidly as possible and ad mit that the Japs have the advantage if they can succeed1 In hauling heavy artillery to the top of the captured Motor bill. Those who have watched the progress of the fight are confident that the Japs will succeed In that if It is all that stands between them and success. With the railroads , the newspapers , colleges , universities nnd the govern ment interesting themselves In the education of the farmers to scientific ways of doing their work nnd the rnls- Ing of scientific crops , this country in a few years should eclipse anything that the world has ever seen In the amount , value and quality of products. An era of advancement for the agri culturalist Is certainly dawning. Undo Sam's postolllco department has been against nil the lottery schemes for some time pnst , but under the name of guessing contests there have been numerous violations of the Inw. Now it Is intended thnt the post master gonernl nfter the first of the year shall take a linn stand against the guessing contesjs as well nud the people who like to give nud take chances on lottery schemes will be re quired to find another method of evad ing the provisions of the Inw. Some of the famous bine grass pas tures In Kentucky will have to ho re planted ns the result of the drouth thnt has prevailed in thnt state this season. Hereafter when people from hat section of the country offer their sympathy to the "drouth sufferers" of Nebraska they will be laughed nt , Nebraska hasn't had n drouth In ton years while many of the eastern re gions have mifToicd from a lack of itlnfiill during that period nnd No- iraska Is proving as reliable at pro- luring crops as any of them. A Minnesota Hteor took the chain- [ iloiiHhlp at the Chicago stock show thlH year , and the people up that way are jubilant over the micccss of their lieef. The same Minnesota "beef" took ( ho game from Nebraska on the football Hold. Why Is It that Min nesota In always gottlng tangled up with Nebraska's trolley on the rend to advancement ? Honors are now about even , but Nebraska will bo heard from again nnd frequently In the future. Chnllenger took the fat steer prize once and his brother will he In line for the next winning. During the past year the courts of the country have granted mlsmatod couples f.0,000 divorces , seven for ev ery hour of the day and night during that time , proving about as nearly a perpetual motion machine for grindIng - Ing out fees for the lawyers and the other at'taches of the courts as it Is possible to approach. With such a record an an eye-opener the ministers of the country and other Christian people need well ho alarmed at the condition of- the homes of the land. Unless the brakes are sot down hard the time may come when the condi tion of the American people may hone no hotter than that disclosed by the Investigation of the Wlnncbago In dians. It Is reported from Washington that the leaders of both houses of con gress will oppose any revision of the j tariff at this session. They probably come nearer to Interpreting the will of the people than do the revisionists because there was n very manifest disinclination to permit the democrats n chance to do any tinkering with the tariff laws. If revisions are neces sary they should bo undertaken with as little fuss and noise as possible , an the business Interests will not pros per as they have , under an open threat of revising the tariff schedule. The country has got along very comfort ably for a number of years with the present tariff , and It can probably be made to last a few years longer If necessary In spite of the demands of the revisionists. Hlg advertisers soon get wise re garding the best of advertising medi ums and the newspaper publishers feel especially flattered at the action of the Barnum and Ringling circus managements which have decided to hereafter use their endeavors to do away with the window llthogrnphs , use less billboard space and take moro and better space In the newspapers. The circus people are especially In terested in placing their advertising where It will bo read and when they give their evidence that the newspa pers are the best mediums in the world other advertisers may take It an evidence from n source that has had wide and varied experience in all matters of publicity. "Uncle Joe" Cannon intimates that it will be useless , so far as he is con cerned , for the congressmen and sen ators to bring up bills contemplating Increased expenditures on rivers and harbors and in the appropriations for public buildings. He llnds that there Is "n gnp of about ? 30,000,000 between the vests and the pants" of Uncle Sam's business clothes and states that there are three ways of making them IH by economical expenditures , by borrowing money , or by raising more revenue. The speaker Is Inclined to think that the first named method for reducing the gap is the best , and it is quite certain that the majority of the American people , outside of those who would benefit by liberal allow ances , will heartily agree with the position assumed by "Uncle Joe. " The rejxjrt of Immigration Commis sioner Sargeant shows thnt during the past ilscnl year 812,870 immigrants Imvo arrived in the United States from foreign countries to make , this their home. They appear to have been generally provided for and given em ployment , but how long this can con tinue without affecting the employ ment of home labor Is n matter of speculation. The increase in popula tion Is to be desired , hut at the same tlmo It is essential that with the im migration should come capital to de velop resources and employ those without means , or the tlmo will como when there will be n vast army of working men and women without em ployment. America hns wonderful Int ent resources to bo developed nnd It is to be hoped that if extensive immi gration continues there shall be n de velopment to keep pace with the people ple who arrive to do the work. The World-Hornld thinks that the pxodu ? of correspondents from Muk- len menus cither thnt there nro no mmodlnto prospects of n big battle , > r that such n conflict Is Imminent. The president's message Is evl- Icnco that ho has made no promises o tniHts nnd corporations. Ho ro toratcH that he was elected hy the icoplo and proposes to stand hy them. The Hoc says there has been a raid on the coyotes and wolves in KnHt Omaha , hut It docs not specify wheth er they nro of the nnmoroiis two- egged variety or the genuine prairie jrced that should not bo found In the IOIIKO civilization of Omaha. The Colorado supreme court Is tak ing n course that should make It pos- Bible for Denver to acquire a full new Hot of election officials before the next time to vote rolls around , provid ed the court can keep this year's of ficers In the pen long enough. The superintendent of public In struction In Iowa thinks his stnte will approximate the record of Nebraska In the low percentage of Illiteracy when the next census Is taken. It will bo fine for Iowa to get up In the top ranks. It Is found all right here. With congress again In session It Is possible that Interest In the proceed ings of the combatants at Port Arthur will not ho the solo topic for the con sideration of newspaper readers. For the next few weeks the men sent to the national legislature should be able nnd willing to interest numbers of their constituents In their action. Kansas and Oklahoma appear to hh-e : caught the snow that was fore casted for Nebraska last week. They have the permission of the Nebras- knns to keep it provided they do not Insist on sending up in return some frigid south winds. Nebraska gets along with Its weather prelty well Un less some foreign state butts In with an undesirable brand. The country Is developing nn un usual run of embezzlers , grafters am common thieves this winter and if a few moro disclosures and arrests are made those having a little money wil become suspicions of their best friends and retire their funds to the socks. Nebraska Is fortunate In Imv lug developed but two or three in stances calculated to frighten cap ! tal. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. If a street Is wide enough , or not depends upon if women are drivinj , on it. In Kentucky there is such a droutl that the distilleries can not get enougl water for use in making whisky am the people are praying for rain. It IK a rare woman who can get 01 her knees and scrub without feeliiif , as indignant toward her husband as If she had been on her knees to him They say that when you go to tin. ( Had Place you are compelled to do .that . which you dislike most. It wll ] be just our luck to bo compelled to live on rabbits. We give notice that hereafter when wo go calling wo will give the door bell two sudden rings. Then the hos tess will know It is ns and put away that Christmas present she Is making for us. If a woman and the weather can persuade a man to put off till after the llrst of the year the purchase of an overcoat , the Christmas bills will come In then , and put the purchase off another year. Whei you are invited out to dinner , and every little while you see the children peeping in at the dining room door , it is a sign that they are tired of waiting , nnd nro wondering if you nre not about ready to quit. It is said that an Atchison man's life Is made wretched because he will not make a princess of his step dnugh- ter. Most men nre indlgnalit because It Is demanded that they put the stamp of royalty on their daughters , but put ting It on a step daughter seems to he rubbing It In. Some men try to get business by fighting people. It Is a smart woman who can han dle n lot of boarders. A farmer said today : "The weath er is so dry that hay won't weigh , ai\d \ I won't bring any more to town to sell until there Is a rain. " Women are more critical with dry goods than they are with men. If yon don't want them repeated , don't tell us good things about people. The people who were cross because there will bo nothing to eat , would bo crosser next day If there were , We claim that any ono too old to enjoy n wooly lamb for Christinas , is entirely too old to bo In the game. This Is why an Atchison man Is up gainst It : his literary wife hns trad- el off the kitchen range for n set ott , ncyclopedlns nnd gone to boarding. ' Wo notice , now that the fair Is over , liat the frost which covered St. Ixmls demit } nil summer nnd fall , Is melt- ng away. Country people say some town poole - ) lo act , mighty foolish when they vis- I the country. The same people net nighty foolish In town , too. A man has good enough luck as a fathcr-ln-lnw If he finds that the men , its daughters marry don't cost him moro than the wedding outfit. They talk n good deal about the 'New Thought , " It Is not near as good as the Second Thought. Wo all nlk too much and too hastily. An Atchison woman hns feet cxnct- y the snmo size ns her husband , nnd she buys his shoes. We know n man who wears smaller shoes than his wife. Father L. J. Vaughan lectured twlco it the Onlesburg chautnuqua. He has i mugulllceiit platform presence and H possessed with personal magnetism n a marked degree. One of the chau- nuquuns said on hearing the lecture- on "Sermons from Shakcspenre , " I laid a dollar and a half for my sea son ticket nnd got moro than my mon ey from this lecture alone. " Father Vaughan Is an orator , a dramatist , a thinker and a taker all around , front start to finish , with everybody. Dr. T. W. McVety , Superintendent of the Galcsburg , . , Chnutuuqim. How's This ? Wo offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot - not be cured by Hall's Catarrh cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O. We , the undersigned , have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years , nnd believe him perfectly honorable in nil business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by his firm. Wnldlng , Klnnan & Marvin , Wholesale dniKclsts. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh cure Is taken Inter nally , acting directly upon the blootl and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Tnko Hall's family 'pills for consti pation. Notice Life insurance companies' will reduce the rate 3 ! ! per cent to all who agree to use Holllster's Rocky- Mountain Ten. A wise measure. 35 cents , tea or tablets. The Klesau Drug Co. Beware of Counterfeits. "DeWitt's is the only genuine Witch Hazel salve" writes J. L. Tucker , of Centre , Ala. "I have used it in my famlly for piles , cuts and burns for years and can recommend It to be the best salve on the market. Every fam ily should keep it , as It Is nn inval uable household remedy , and should always bo kept on hand for Immediate use. " Mrs. Samuel Gage , of North Bush , N. Y. , says : "I had .a fever sore- on my ankle for twelve years that the doctors could not cure. All salves and blood remedies pioved worthless. I could not walk for over two years. Finally I was persuaded to try De- Witt's Witch Hazel salve , which has completely cured me. It is n wonder ful relief. " DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve cures without leaving a scar. Sold by Aha K. Leonard. Mothers , be Careful , of the health of your children. Look out for coughs , colds , croup and whooping cough. Stop them In time One Minute Cough cure is the best remedy. Harmless and pleasant. Sofa by Asa K. Leonard. A Pleasant Pill. No pill Is ns pleasant and positive as DeWitt's Little Early Risers. De- Witt's Little Early Risers are so miltl nnd effective thnt children , delicate la dles nnd weak people enjoy their cleansing effect , while strong people- say they nre the best pills ever sold. Sold by Asa K. Leonard. Comforts the heart , strengthens the- mind. It's good , 111 or well. Mnke. one's fnco bright ns a summer morn ing. That's what Holllster's Rocky' Mountain Ten does. 35 cents , tea or tablet. The Klesau Drug Co. No More Suffering. If you are troubled with Indigestion get n bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia cure- nnd see how quickly It will cure you. Geo. A. Thomson , of Spencer , In. , says : "Have had dyspepsia for twenty years. My case was almost hopeless. Kodol Dyspepsia cure was recommend ed and I used a few bottles of It and it is the only thing that has relieved me. Would not bo without It. Have doctored -with local physicians and also at Chicago , and even went to Nor way with hopes of getting some re lief , but Kodol Dyspepsia cure Is the only remedy that has done mo any good , and I heartily recommend It. Every person suffering with Indiges tion or dyspepsia should use It. " Sold by Asn K. Leonard. The farmer loves the rolling plain , The sailor loves the sea , The girls they love their lovers , And their Rocky Mountain Ten , The Klesau Drug Co.