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You ciw till out nn empty wlwh by
giving Hoinoonu cause for anew
now your.
Unless you nro positively corlaln
of your nblllty to swonr off nntl remain -
main sworn off , you might bettor luivo
a sllont agreement with youisolf to
quit UB loni ; ua possible.
Perhaps , It you have failed on
hooping previous now yonr'H resolu
tions you might rig tin a uot that can
not bo brokoii. Going skating In July
ninl Bwlmmlng In January are Sug
gestions.
Tlio weather has done its boat to
bring about a happy now year for Uio
people of Nebraska If tlio few day a
of Cuban temperature preceding tlio
holiday can bo counted as tending to
tliolr enjoyment
It Is fortunate that the Now Year
comes on Sunday and that the Nor
folk saloons are closed on that day ,
else the Norfolk mau who swears off
on Intoxlcantu might bo tempted to
break his pledge before the day Is
dono.
Sioux City Is congratulating itself
on Uio fact that the llrst building to
replace those- consumed by the recent
flro Is to bo the same slzo on Uio
ground as the old one , but higher. It
Is taken as a favorable omen that the
burned district will bo rebuilt , bettor
and larger than It was before the lire.
A Canadian statesman will Intro
duce a bill In the next session of the
dominion parliament making It a
criminal offense for anyone to circu
late United States money In that
country. It Is unlikely that such n
bill would become a law , because It
is a game that moro than ono could
play at.
The legislature is now in session
nnd nil wanting office or having trou
bles of their own should not hosltato
to present the matter before the body
nt the earliest convenience. If in ex
orcising its duty ns the servant of the
people it cannot deal out to everyone
what they most doslro , what Is it
there for ?
Now that the now year has dawned
It Is tip to every progressive individ
ual in the city and the state to nso
their influence toward making It ono
of the best years In history. It can
bo dono. Norfolk Is right and Ne
braska is as good as the best and a
llttlo judicious effort will boost them
both along to their happy destiny.
It Is alleged that the high price of
beef Is duo to the gradual diminish
ing of the supply and increasing of
the demand. The farmers and stock
men who have lately been compelled
to accept rather low prices for their
product would bo glad to have it ex
plained why the diminishing supply
dee not always produce a good prlco
"on the hoof. "
Senator Platt has no Intention of
following the example of David Ben-
net Hill and retiring from politics.
In having things coming so regularly
his way there is not the incentive for
him to declare himself on tlio shelf
OB in the case of Hill who never did
seem to bo successful in getting next
to the desires of the public moro than
once or twice.
Now York politicians seem to nave
n way of settling the senatorial sit
uatlon in a manner as satisfactory as
the Nebraska plan should bo. Doth
have eliminated fights if the legislat
ors will do as their party desires and
their action will or should result In
strengthening rather than weakening
Uio party.
An Alabama man has discovered
that a woman's "no" sometimes
means no , and that at a party. Ho
kissed a young woman without lier
consent and is now languishing in the
county jail for thirty days. Perhaps
it has been agreed among the women
that "no" shall arise to the dignity
it is intended to occupy , but it is
necessary to look qulto u distance
for proof of that fact
A representative of the paper trust
now declares that there Is no sort of
combination to raise the prices and
that there is an abundance of compe
tition in the field of paper manufac
ture. Ho will place himself under ob
ligations to a largo number of pub
lishers and other largo users of pa
per If ho will place tliom In communi
cation with computing manufacturers
who will bo willing to furnish stock
as they want It of the quality they
desire and at a competitive prlco. IIo
might lniHten to provo his abortions
to publishers before ho Is nuked to
clear his company before a United
Htatos com I of inquiry.
NohniHka IH honored by having one
of her citizens chosen by the presi
dent to succeed Mr. Conger as am-
hiiHtmdor to China. It Is a pout of
dlHlliictlon In the diplomatic service
and the person who lllls It has an op
portunity to accomplish much for his
country and Itii peoplo. China Is ono
of the most Important powers In the
far east and It roiiulros a man of
keen Insight and persuasive charac
ter to deal with the politicians of
that country to bring about the best
results. It In hoped and expected
that Mr. Thompson will provo In every
ory way capable for the post and his
Nebraska friends hope to congratu
late him and the administration on
in excellent record In the Celestial
Iclngdom. It Is a post of much dan
ger , also , ns was shown during the
Boxer uprising , but It is to bo desired
that the danger remain at the mini
mum during Mr. Thompson's rest
donco there , and for the future.
Southern planters and cotton grow
era have taken to burning their sur
plus cotton In order that the market
prlco on the balance may bo some
thing near the right flguro and pro
ductive of n pro lit It Is a waste o :
a raw material that Is scarcely excusable
able , and cannot result In material
advantage to the growers nor to those
who use the product. Nebraska farmers
ors have soon the tlmo when It wno
cheaper to burn corn for fuel than to
sell the corn nnd purchase coal , am
the general use of the excess crop o
corn for fuel purposes had a dcslroi
effect on the market In tlmo , but tha
could not bo considered altogether a
wnsto as In the case of the cotton
planters and they wore not subjcctec
to criticism. It would scorn better fo
the planters to store their surplu
crop and market the balance. The
tlmo may como when they will wlsl
they had the portion of the crop tha
was destroyed but It will not then bo
forthcoming. They should try some
other method of Influencing the mar
ket The propagation rather than th
destruction of the boll weevil nox
season might have the desired effect
TIME FOR A BRACE.
If Now Year has advantages it 1
for the individual to take n monta
inventory of the achievements an
disappointments of the year that 1
past and take a new grip on the di
ties of life with a firm resolution t
bring out bettor results In the future.
It is the person with perennial am
bition who makes the most of each
recurring year. When the Inspira
tion and ambition for something
broader and bettor cannot bo aroused
In a Now Year's season the person
lacking the incentive to bettor work
hns reached the height of his career
and the now years of the future will
but witness his gradual effacement
The taking of now year's resoluUons
has been ridiculed by the humorists ,
but It should continue to bo the cen
tral thought of the holiday. Some
thing better and higher should be
sought at each recurring year's birth.
It Is only a date , to bo sure , and not
dissimilar to any other date of the
calendar ns a measurement of time ,
but it Is the beginning of a reckon
ing nnd If with that reckoning of
time can bo born ambition , inspira
tion to higher and bettor Ideals , it
becomes of value to those who
thoughtfully observe the holiday. To
put aside n bad habit is commenda
ble but It is moro important to take
n dispassionate review of the accom
plishments of the year and reason out
the logical Improvements of the year
Umt Is to como. This would give a
broader scope than the moro swearIng -
Ing off from a bad habit The life of
the individual , in business , socially ,
religiously , as well ns morally should
undergo a correction based on past
experience. All have proven faults
that might bo corrected and bring
to themselves and their companions
In llfo agreeable Improvement
The world Improves from year to
year and who will say that the No\\
Year does not lend the largest influence
once to such Improvement Every
improvement of the public Inorcascs
its hnpplness and It would bo the hap
piest possible Now Year If It could
bo known that the incentive to crime ,
surliness , pessimism , degredatlon ,
covetousness , immorality nnd nil oth
er wickedness could bo swept aside
on ono glad new year and the people
rise to a now and higher standard.
Each individual should do a full share
and the result will bo a magnificent
attainment
It may , after all , prove n happy
ow year to Tort Arthur.
That crmihlng blow to bo ndmlnls-
orod by the KuHHlnns to the Japan-
one IH Htlll In abeyance and may never
to dollvou'd from all appearances.
Europe had galoH , blizzards and zero
onipuratiiro as UH portion for the
iponlng of the now yuiir n condition
hat America escaped , but knows well
vluit It moans.
Minnesota seems capable of ring-
ng In the biggest stories of deaths
fiom freezing. It holds n record on
( cor hunter accidents and will readily
to given a place on storm fatalities.
With IIvo years In the twentieth
century ono might almost expect to
too Indications of the mechanical de
velopment that was forecasted during
the nineteenth century for the pres
ent era.
Now that the seed specials have In
structed the farmers how to raise corn
and double their profits It Is oxpcctod
that the future years will speedily develop -
velop Independence on the part of the
farming classes of a great corn state.
A United States export baa declared
that alcohol Is the proper thing to
pour Into the system of consumptives
and It Is expected that all the topers
In the country will at once develop
uninlstakahlo symptoms of tuberculo
sis In order to avail themselves of
the euro.
The evidence Is that Dr. Chndwlck
ilooH not IH3SSOSS the "nerve" shown
by his wife. Ills Interview on land
ing at Now York has been declared
to bo "womanish" and might almost
bo termed a "baby act" IIo can
not hope to obtain the sympathy of
the public In the Patterson way.
With the wives , mothers and sisters -
tors of the army olllcera and soldiers
clamoring for a return of the canteen
system , It will require a now protest
from those who never saw a canteen
to prevent the proposition from ngnln
becoming an open question In con
gress.
The story of the events that led up
to the capture of Port Arthur by the
Japanese forces Is ono of the most
thrilling In history and the publisher
that first gets the history nnd the sen
sational Incidents before the public
will bo the ono to secure the patron
age that will make It n paying ven
ture.
For the first time In many years
the country experienced n Now Year's
day without the mercury in any part
of the country showing n zero tem
perature. The nearest nppronch to
the nothing point was at Grand Forks ,
N. D. , where the thermometer stood
at six above as the minimum.
The siege of the state house at Lin
coln by those who want something at
the hands of the administration will
irolmbly not bo ns bloody nor endure
ns long as the siege of Port Arthur ,
) ut It Is a great deal moro Important
o the besiegers and the besieged than
.ho Port Arthur engagement.
The Japs now have before them a
ob of some Imixirtanco In clearing
away the mines , hulks and other ob
structions to make their new ncqulsl-
: lon something worth while. It will
: ako them weeks nnd months to re
store the harbor and overcome the ef
fects of the various engagements In
which they took a prominent part.
A Pennsylvania man , after falling
asleep on a railroad track and being
hurled out of the way by a car , has
been arrrested for placing the lives
of the passengers in Jeopardy. The
ofllcers nnd law might have gone
further and arrested the man who sold
the booze for placing that in his sys
tem which converted him into nn ob
struction.
It Is now up to the Russians to
place some other prize up In the war
game that is worth while for the Japs
to try for. They have taken the best
that the czar had to offer and if ho
will speedily forward that Baltic
fleet the Japs who have not missed
calling any of the hands will prob
ably bo thankful for the opportunity
It affords of adding to their achieve
ments.
Treasurer Mortensen appears to begetting
getting the full benefit of the decision
of the supreme court that bonds of
state ofllcers cannot bo taken from
companies that make that their busi
ness , but must bo personal security.
The legislature , meeting today , will
probably find that ono of its first and
most important duties will bo to see
that the treasurer is able to procure
a good and sufficient bond.
There are thousands of Japanese
who participated in the siege of Port
\ ,
Arthur who will never know that vic
tory crowned their efforts and it
would have been nit the same to them
If the besiegers had Buffered defeat.
They gnvo their lives townrd the
achievement but will not profit ono
lota , perhaps not even to the extent
of n decent burial.
There is n report from Cincinnati
that a case of Bibles has boon stolen
from a saloon. It Is probably the
story of an Imaginative reporter and
not Intended for sensible readers to
bollovo. In the first place there Is
cause for suspicion because it has
been said that there was a case of
niblos in Cincinnati. In the next
place there Is cause for doubt in the
fact that oven the people of Cincin
nati wore so Ignorant ns not to know
that a saloon was nn Improper place
for Bibles. And then the climax Is
capped by the fnct thnt n Cincinnati
thlof would not know the difference
between n case of liquor nnd ono of
Bibles. The story does not hang lo
go ! her In any Important detail and
should ho revised.
The party In Colorado thnt goes to
nn extreme In fraud or In Inking of
fice on an excuse of fraud because It
has the power will do Itself nn irre
parable injury. If frnud on the part
of the democrats Is proven that Is to
the advantage of the republicans , but
If the republicans go to the other ex
treme In counting out democrats be
cause of the alleged fraud they will
tip the balance of public favor back
to the democrats again. Outside of
party lenders there Is a conservative
public to watch the actions of the
parties and the public is quite in
clined to balance up n wrong if there
bo ono regardless of the party it was
committed against The republicans
can add to their strength materially
or they can throw n powerful influ
ence to the democrats in their present
action.
The fourth number of the Norfolk
Union lecture course will bo given
next Tuesday night nt the M. E.
church , nt which tlmo Ferguson's famous -
mous Dixie jubilee singers will appear
and present a program consisting of
n fine repertoire of music , rich in bar-
mony nnd vnried In selection. It Is
replete with jubilees now nnd old ,
plantation songs , negro melodies ,
camp meetln' songs , comic darkey
songs , negro lullabies , vocal darky
mimicry , sweet sentiment songs ,
cabin and river songs of the old slav
ery days , comic , classic , sentiment
songs of the southland in choruses ,
quartets , trios , duos and solos sung
by the master voices of the Dixie Jub
ilee singers.
Among these Jubilee singers will be
found the famous Dixie Male quartet ,
every one a solo artist ; every one n
sight reader ; every one a harmony
maker ; every one a master voice.
This Dixie Male quartet has for sev
eral seasons stood at the head of the
list of colored male quartets In Amer
ica , and , without a doubt , represent
the highest type of the college-bred
cultured negro vocalist. Their sweet
mellow voices "blond like a perfect
instrument , " their music possesses a
wealth of harmony , richness of tone
and volume that Is seldom equalled
by any quartet , white or colored. In
support of the justly famous Dixie
quartet the management presents this
season , the celebrated prima donna ,
Nealo Gertrude Hawklns-Buckner , so
prano ; Belle Stone , the beautiful con
tralto of original Tennesseeans ; and
Lillian Board , our gifted Dixie accom
panist
The members of this now popular
company have been assembled from
what have been stars in other com
panies , retaining our own best tal
ent ; all this without regard to cost
and with great care as regards high
musical excellence and moral recti
tude. We have no hesitancy in an
nouncing the Dixies as the leading
colored concert company of America.
Bishop McCabe says of this troupe :
"I have heard the Dixie Jubilee sing
ers with the greatest pleasure. At
the Colfax , Iowa , assembly they were
greeted with great enthusiasm when-
even they appeared upon the plat
form. No ono will bo disappointed
who engages them for a concert. "
Also Bishop Samuel Fallows writes ,
"Tho Dixies are a superb company.
I love to hear them slug , for it comes
from the soul. "
Whitewater , WIs. , Register : The
Methodist church was crowded last
Friday to hear the Dixie Jubilee sing
ers. The singers captured the audi
ence nt the start and kept them
pleased throughout the evening. Na
turally the comic numbers were most
popular , and some of them wcro very
funny. Besides the old fashioned
camp-meeting melodies , a number
were given not in the negro stylo.
You forgot it was negro singing at all.
It might have been the most culti
vated American or Englishman , the
"heir of all the ages. " One criticism
wo heard which wo thought was Justi
fied. It was Uiat the good old negro
melodies , especially in solo parts ,
were no longer sung simply and na
turally as the slaves sang them , but
"improved" with harmonies and "ex
pression" that the slaves never know.
WRECK TODAYJN MISSOURI
Flyer Out of Kansas City IB Ditched
at 3 This Morning.
Kansas City , Jnn. 3. The Missouri ,
Knnsns & Texas flyer which left St.
Louis for Galvcston and San Antonio
last night , was ditched twenty miles
from Sedalla at 3 o'clock this morn
ing.
Further details have not yet been
received.
If anybody has any harness repair
ing to do , lot him bring It in before
the spring season begins. Paul Nord-
wig.
MAN , WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN
DIE IN FLAMES.
SLEEPING , ARE CAUGHT IN FIRE
Before They Realize the Danger , the
Entire Family Had Been Hopelessly
Imprisoned In the Blaze That Tor
tured Them to a Horrible Death.
Elmirn , N. Y. , Jan. 3. Frank M.
Noweskl , his wife and seven children
have boon burned to death at Morris
Run , Pa. , today.
The homo caught flro before day
light , while the parents and children
were still sleeping , nnd before they
realized that the house was nflre ,
they had been so imprisoned In the
flame that escape was utterly impos
sible.
Moaning nnd screaming , suffering
Intonsest agony , the fnmlly of nine
gnve up their lives together nt the
dawn of n now day.
How's This.
We offer ono hundred dollars re
ward for any case of catarrh that can
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 bellevo him perfectly honorable
In all business transactions and flnan
clally able to carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
Wnlding , Klnnan & Marvin ,
Wholesade Druggists , Toledo , O.
Hall's Catarrh cure is taken inter
"nally , acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's family pills for const !
patlon.
Tonic to the System.
For liver troubles and constipation
there Is nothing better than DoWltt's
Little Early Risers , the famous lit
tie pills. They do not weaken the
stomach. Their action upon the sys
tern Is mild , pleasant nnd harmless
Bob Moore , of Lafayette , Ind. , says
"No use talking , DeWltt's Little Ear
ly Risers do their work. All othe
pills I have used gripe nnd make mesick
sick In the stomnch nnd never cure (
me. DeWJtt's Llttpo Early Risers
proved to be the long sought relief
They are simply perfect" Person
traveling find Little Enrly Risers the
most rellnble remedy to carry wltl
them. Sold by Asa K. Leonard.
Constipation and piles are twins
They kill people Inch by Inch , sap life
nwny every day. Holllster's Rocky
Mountain Tea will positively cure
you. No cure no pay. 35 cents , tea
or tablets. The Klesau Drug Co.
Speedy Relief.
A snlve that heals without a sea
Is DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve. No
remedy effects such speedy relief. I
draws out Inflammation , soothes
cools and heals all cuts , burns and
bruises. A sure cure for piles and
skin diseases. DeWltt's Is the only
genuine Witch Hazel salve. Beware
of counterfeits , they are dangerous.
Sold by Asa K. Leonard.
The greatest system renovator.
Restores vitality , regulates the kid
neys , liver nnd stomach. If Hoi Us-
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea fails to
euro got your money back. That's
fair. 35 cents , tea or tablets.
The Klesau Drug Co.
Coughs and Colds.
All coughs , colds and pulmonary
complaints that are curable are quick
ly cured by Ono Minute Cough Cure.
Clears the phlegh , draws out inflam
mation and heals and soothes the af
fected parts , strengthens the lungs ,
wards off pneumonia. Harmless and
pleasant to take. Sold by Asa K.
Leonard.
Mothers , be Careful ,
of the health of your children. Look
out for coughs , colds , croup and
whooping cough. Stop them in tlmo
Ono Minute Cough cure is the best
remedy. Harmless and pleasant. Sold
by Asa K. Leonard.
No More Stomach Troubles.
All stomach trouble Is removed by
the use of Kodol Dyspepsia cure. It
gives the stomach perfect rest by di
gesting what you eat without the
stomach's aid. The food builds up the
body , the rebi restores the stomach to
health. You don't have to diet your
self when taking Kodol Dyspepsia
cure. J. D. Ersklno , of Allonvlllo ,
Mich. , says , "I suffered heartburn
and stomach trouble for some time.
My sister-in-law has had the same
trouble and was not able to eat for
six weeks. She lived entirely on warm
water. After taking two bottles of
Kodol Dyspepsia euro she was entire
ly cured. She now eats heartily nnd
is in good health. I am glad to say
Kodol gave mo instant relief. " Sold
by Asa K. Leonard.
THERE MAY BE A HOT TIME IN
COLORADO.
N MISSOURI IT IS REPUBLICAN
Will Choose a Successor to Senator
Cockrell Minnesota Inaugurates a
Democratic Governor Illinois Leg
islature Will be Tame.
Denver , Colo. , Jan. 4. With the
prospect that it may be called upon
to decide whether James II. Peabody
or Alvn Adams Is to bo governor of
Colorado during the ensuing two
years the fifteenth general assembly
net today and organized. Both par
ies have been worked up to a high
iltch over the gubernatorial election
llspute and It Is not Improbable that
the legislative session begun today
nay bo characterized by ns exciting
scenes ns that of two years ago when
t was found necessary to call upon
the state troops to preserve order.
Governor Peabody's message to the
eglslnturo contained many recom
mendations of a radical nature.
Among other things he recommended
the abolishment of the board of arbi
tration nnd the military poll tax , new
election laws , work for convicts , a big
appropriation to fight the Kansas wa
ter suit , civil service rules In all stile
departments , the erection of nn ex
ecutive mansion , and enlargement of
state charitable institutions.
Missouri Legislature Meets.
Jefferson lty , Mo. , Jan. 4. The
Missouri state legislature which as
sembled today has a republican major
ity for the first time In the political
history of the state. It will consequently
quently choose a United States sen
ator from the republican ranks to suc
ceed Senator Cockrell , whoso term
expires in March. The balloting for
senator will begin January 17. There
are a number of aspirants for the toga ,
and with the assembling of the legis
lature the contest has increased in
intensity. Indications continue to
point to the selection of Col. Richard
C. Kerens , Thomas K. Nledrlnghaus ,
or Congressman Richard Bartboldt
Montana Senatorshlp.
Helena , Mont , Jan. 4. The Montana -
tana legislature having met nnd orga
nized , public nttentlon now turns to
ward the election of a United States
senator to succeed Paris Gibson ( dem
ocrat. ) The legislature is republican
on Join ballot by a majority of eight
Chief among the candidates for the
senatorshlp are former Senators
Thomas H. Carter and Lee Mantle ,
with the first-named apparently a
slight favorite. It is probable that one
or two other names will be presented
to the caucus , but it is admitted on
all sides that the contest lies between
Carter and Mantle.
New York Legislature.
Albany , N. Y. , Jan. 4. The state
legislature convened today. The chief
feature of the opening was the pres
entation of Governor Higglns' mes
sage , which dealt with numerous state
Issues of Importance and was listened
to with close attention by the legis
lators. January 17 is the date set for
the election of a United States sen
ator to succeed Chauncey M. Depew ,
whose term will expire in March.
Minnesota's New Governor.
St. Paul , Jan. 4. Simple but Im
pressive ceremonies accompanied the
inauguration of Minesota's new dem
ocratic governor , John A. Johnson of
St. Peter. The inaugural took place
n the assembly chamber of the new
capital in the presence of members of
the legislature , state officials and nu
merous other spectators. Governor
Van Sant , the retiring executive , read
tils farewell message to the legisla
ture , and his successor was then in
troduced. The oath of office was ad
ministered by Chief Justice Start
The new governor then read his in
augural message , which was listened
to with close attention by the large
assembly.
Schiller Centenary.
Boston , Jan. 3. The 100th anni
versary of the death of Schiller , the
celebrated German poet and dramat
ist , was fittingly commemorated to
day by Harvard university. The fea
ture of the commemoration was a
performance of several nets from
Schiller's masterpiece by the stock
company of the Irving Place theater
of Now York. The proceeds of the
i.ciforimuice will bo used for the ben
efit of the Germanic museum of the
.
university.
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