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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1905)
I1. ; . KHIUu.vi.Miii < : ri4M THE ? NORFOLK NEWS' v. it , mine , * " ' DAILY. ( Ritnbllilieit Kvtirr dnv exeopi Burnt y. W fc rler per vrroU. IB conln. Hy NorfolK postotnc ilcllvory , per y nr , M-00. uy niRII on rurnl routo" nml outslae or Norfolk , per ycnr , IS.00. WlfHKI.V NIS\V.H-JOUUNAI The No\t . KiilnlillHliml. 1881. JTlio Joimml. KMnlilliiheil , HJJ- Kvcry KrUlny. My mnll l > ° r your , $1.60. Kiitaroil nt tlio pittoinc i nt Norfolk. Nol > . , aniiocoml olnnn mutter. Tolonhonon : Killtorlnl Department , No , 53 , 'lluslnons Olllco nntl Job Ilooinn. o II Ji YOU CANT DOO8T DON'T KNOCK. Democratic editors nro vury busy calling attention to Ohio. Governor Ponnypackor must. Imvou poorer opinion of tlio iinlirltllod press limn ovor. Tlio 10BH inliitl ii innn POBBOHSCB tlio nioro nnxlous ho IB to give every inun a iilecu of It , Mr. Joroino enters the field n freelance " obligations" Incumbent lance with no "party cumbent upon him. M. Wltto found making pence with tlio Japanese easy In comparison with making pence In HUHHII. | Now Yorkers dote on sensations nnd nro looking forward to n dnul munic ipal government with eager delight. It seldom occurs to tlio man who sookH to bo fair to others to grumble nbont not Betting a square deal him self. There ; la only ono thing that makes ono man superior to another , and that IB his anility to do bettor service for his follilw men. No aqt of genuine Ulndneaa Is ever wasted. : If tlio recipient falls to ap preciate ! It , tlio ono who does the good deed IB ibonolltcd. If the ; Russians had boon as actlvo In fighting the Japa as they are In slaughtering Jews , the war might have resulted differently. Ponnypackor now claims to ho a poor man. This Is worse than the public supposed. Everybody Know ho was a poor governor. The Philadelphia Record says that "When Uryan returns from his world tour ho will wonder how It all hap pened without him. " California cannot manufacture bricks fast enough to satisfy the San Fran cisco trade. They must bo building some In that thriving village. A saloon license good for ono year only costs ? 84 In San Francisco. This must make It a veritable paradise for drink dispensers. No complaints have been heard about the apathy of Phlladolphlans In the recent election. According to all reports the old town woke up. Washington , D. C. , has the largest negro population of any city In the world. Of the capital's population , 90,000 are of the colored race. The government will build and main tain club houses for Us employes on the Panama canal. The buildings are to cost not uioro than $7,500 each. Now York seems to bo In for a live ly winter. With a contested election nnd the prospect of two mayors , no outside attractions will bo needed. The United States Steel corporation seems to bo on velvet at the present time. Its last quarterly report shows great gains over the business of a few years ago. If the Russian people would only wait for Tom Lawson to arrive on the scone , ho could relieve their frenzied situation In a momnnt by tolling them Just what to do. The success of many undertakings 1m every day life depend not so much on what Is done as how it Is done. Some people do commonplace things gracefully , others disgracefully. Illinois Is still the banner state ns regards rural free delivery. The num ber of rural routes In the state Novem ber 1 was 2.COS. Indiana , Iowa and New York are her closest competitors. The superintendent of compulsory education In Chicago pertinently states the causes of his trouble when ho says , "Wo are troubled with too much prosperity for the rich nnd too much prosperity for the poor. " Horace Bushnell says , "Tho more difficulties ono has to encounter , with in and with out , the more Insignificant And the higher In Inspiration his life -will be. " Most of us have difficulties offm i t ; ji'7i' ' " ' " i nnoURh to ralHO our lives to a high ijvol 'according to thin theory , but It n poHHlblo tlmt Homo nllow them to pull UH down liiHteail of pushing UH up. It requires considerablencrvo for a governor to Inmio a Thanksgiving proclamation the day following the de feat of hlH parly ticket , but ( Jovernor Douglas of Massachusetts was equal to the occasion. If W. T. Stead would bottle his "Remedies for National IllH , " attrac tively labelled , and charge $ l.fi ( ) per bottle ho might get thorn iisod and at the same tlmo run 117.0 a neat mini. Na < lions , llko people , never would take advice freely given. Aluminum papur IB ono of the latest Inventions. It Is Intended as a siibBll Into for tinfoil. The metallic surface IB not affected by molfllnro or greasy substances. Aluminum paper la cheaper than tinfoil and In Germany offortH are being made to Introduce It oxUuixlvuly. Tlio railroads art ) offering reduced rutoH to laborers who will work on Ir rlgatlon dlU'hoa. The rallroada real- l/o perfectly that as aoon iw the work of Irrigation IH completed they will reap a rich harvest from the rush of settlers who will pour into the Irrigat ed sections. Secretary llonaparto seems to have Ideas of his own about the "code of honor" at Annapolis , and the recent death resulting from a list light la not likely to bo passed ever as lightly na most college affairs of a similar character - actor aro. During the month of October over 1,500 door anil olghty-ono oik were killed In tlio forests of Maine and brought triumphantly Into Rangor. This proves that oven In HO old a atato as Maine the wilderness la still king ever quite a broad section. The referendum made a very good showing at the recent election In Chi cago. Out of six separate propositions submitted the lowest majority ob tained by any of them was 20,000. This would scorn fair proof that the referendum has merits which deserve recognition. Poland Is again shrieking for liber ty. Poland's shrieks are an old story but now Is a nioro auspicious tlmo for her to make the c/.ar'a oars tingle and hla knees shako than over before. The Finns have been victorious and this should give courage to the op pressed Polandors. A foreign art critic makes the as sertion that few American statesmen know how to walk properly. This la serious. American statesmen have boon assused of many fallings In times past but nothing like thia. Still , If they manage to keep In the straight and narrow path of honesty perhaps they will bo forgiven the artistic lack. It Is a matter cf surprise that the liberty loving people of Norway should cast so small a vet for a republican form of government. The vote for the Danish Karl for their king was over whelmingly large. Under different condition the republican vote would probably have boon larger , but the people were more anxious to establish government affairs In some definite way so that business and civic life might move on in a prosperous and orderly way. Interesting Information la accumu lating ns to the way revolutions are ordered down in the South American countries whore they are so prevalent. It is stated that back of almost every revolution will bo discovered some American capitalists who hope to de rive some financial advantage from a change of government. Energetic Tom Uawson of frenzied finance is about to bo arrested for libel by ono Chas. W. Harron , the editor of a Wall street paper. Mr. Ijxwson also has a warrant for Barron's arrest. This makes It Interesting. If they are both arrested It may bring to light some more financial history If the lawyers do their duty. It isn't likely that Lawson has told all ho knows. The mule has for years suffered un der false representation. Science now conies to its relief and states that the strongest animal force In the world Is the blow from a whale's tail , the kick of n glraffo Is second and the stroke of n Hem's paw third. This being true , It will bo seen that the Impression about the mnlo Is but the popular prejudice of kickers. There are grumblings nnd growling from the anthracite coal 'miners of Plttsburg and n strike Is threatened unless an advance In wages Is allow ed. There Is the announcement from the mine owners that the advance will not bo granted and hero In Nebraska wo have absolute assurance that which ever way the case goes , the consumers will have to pay for It If the strike materializes it will send the price of coal fioarlni ; . If tlio aifvanco In wngcsl n granted , that too will rnlno the' prlco of the needful. 80 with resigna tion of spirit wo will let them fight It out Prince I/mls of Hattonburg and bin six armored Ilrltlah cruisers are mak ing very pleasant calls at several of the principal American seaports. American naval officers are making an effort to show their appreciation of the hearty reception always given the American squadron In llrltlsh ports by outdoing themselves In entertaining the popular prince nnd IIB ! staff. sweetness on the desert aid. ' Had task as could well bo Imposed upon any man. If ho can hold the revolting elements In control long enough to got the now government In operation , ho will bo successful In saving the e.mplro and at the same time reorga nising the government In such a way aa to result In giving the people far greater liberty than they have on Joyed. It was General Armstrong , the foun der of Hampton Institute , who once aald that "Doing what can't bo done la the glory of living. " It Is the men who do not atop when the pessimists say "It ran't bo done , " but keep right OH struggling to remove obstacles and surmount difficulties who eventually succeed , and to the pioneers In every great movement the glory of the final success belongs. Under the now order of affairs which the czar and Count Wltto are endeavoring to establish , the Finns have gained the victory for which they have been striving since their rights were taken away. Hereafter the Finn are to bo governed as before 1S9C , by the czar simply In his capacity of grand duke. The Finns are the only i ones who have actually realized any benefits from the terrible upheaval which Russia Is passing through. At the recent election In Mlddloton , Va. , It waa discovered after the re turns were In that the man duly elect ed mayor was not a citizen of the United States. This trilling disquali fication , however , did not feazo the victorious candidate. A special ses sion was called and the now mayor made a citizen two hours before ho took his oath of office. Of course two hours of citizenship was all that was necessary for practical purposes. A New York Inventor declares that ho has perfected a process for making Indurated , durable nnd perfectly sat isfactory railroad ties out of the bard portion of corn stalks. Ho guarantees that the ties will last as long as oak and cost only half as much. Ho has also conceived a scheme by which the factory Is to bo brought to the mate rial to save the expense of shipping the material to the factory. Ho pro poses fitting up four or five cars with the necessary machinery and have it conveniently sidetracked at favorable places while ho works the stalks up. The gentleman is Invited to shove ono of hla old factories out among the Ne braska cornfields. Grover Cleveland closes his article on "Tho Integrity of American Char acter , " written for Harpers magazine for December , with this eminently sen sible clause : "American character may bo robust and sound as may bo desired , and yet It may fall entirely to save us from disaster If the practical duties of citizenship the avenues through which It must reach its bene ficial end are disregarded. No one can make good his claim to patriotism who begrudges the tlmo necessary to the discharge of those duties or har bors the thought that tlio touch of things which further the prosperity and welfare of the American people can define or degrade him. " President John Mitchell of the Unit ed Mine Workers of America in an address at Llnton , Ind. , said , "I have no Utopian dream of a time when miners will not have to work. I want you to bo better men and to Improve yourselves In other ways than ma terially. I want you to bo respected. In this ago when education Is practically possible to every child in the land , Ignorance In child or man is incom patible with respect. " Prof. Mitchell has struck the right note. If the laboring men In nny line of work would seek to make themselves better and moro valuable men they would re ceive the advances they ask In many Instances by common consent. Much of their trouble comes from demandIng - Ing moro than they are really worth. Seven different brands of voting ma chines were tried In Chicago at the recent election nnd were found very satisfactory. Returns from some of them wore filed at headquarters by telephone ono mlnuto after the closing of the polls. In Cleveland the ma chines did good service. The voting machine Is probably the next advance step In securing for this country the sacred and uninfluenced ballot of which wo boast so much and yet until recent years have done almost nothing .0 .maintain. ' The Australian ballot ivas the first restriction on fraudulent mtlng and the direct primary Is an- ithor stop. Machine voting will bo a itlll greater safeguard. Real reforms niovo ilowy ) ) but suroly. In this ago when men are seeking perhaps moro strenuously than over Itcforo to amass wealth , when the only question which the majority ask when nny proposition Is mndo to them Is , "What Is In It for mo ? " the words of President Roosevelt , spoken In a re cent address , como with special sig nificance : "I hope moro and moro to ace the sentiment of the country ns a whole become such that each man shall feel borne In on him , whether ho IB In public life or In private life , that the chance to do good work Is the greatest chance that can come to any man or woman In our generation and to feel that If such work can be well done It la In Itself ample reward and ample prlzo. " Gov. Hoch of Kansas , commenting on the many expressions of sorrow and offerings of flowers that were poured In after the death of Jerry Simpson , says : "What cheer nnd brightness might have Illuminated this man's last days had some of thcso sweet flowers boon sent to his bedside , Instead of being kept to waste their sweetness on the desert air. " Had the same appreciation of Jerry's real worth and kindly obliteration of hla shortcomings been expressed while ho was alive , think what faith In his fel low men nnd hope for the future It would have Inspired. " This Instance Is but another needed reminder that post mortem kindness , whllo it maybe bo valued by the friends of the de parted , can never atone for slights and unkind or unjust criticism which wounded and oppressed him during hla earthly career. The News Is proud of Its splendid corpa of correspondents , ono In ovori town In north Nebraska and South Da kota in the Rosebud country. When ever anything happens In all this vast section of country that Is in any wa > of public Interest , the fact is Immo dlately recorded and sent to The News by the correspondent nearest the Item Frequently the name of ono of the towns constituent to The News does not appear In Its columns for n considerable erablo tlmo , but that Is because noth Ing has happened In that communit > doomed worthy of publication by the correspondent , In whoso Judgment o the value of an Item The News rollc wholly. Hut when something does happen that Is worth a story , It is glv en to this paper so that It is prlntei here before It can possibly appear in ono of the city papers. Much of the great circulation that The News ha built up in all the country tributary to Norfolk hns come ns the result of the loyalty , promptness and efficiency o Its correspondents. News Items read the paper by means of three routes some of It cornes on the morning niall which reach hero at C o'clock , morob > telephone and some by telegraph. I makes a splendid service nnd ennble Tlio News to occupy n field In thl territory peculiar to Itself and not pos slblo for any other paper published. It seems to furnish some writer with a morbid love for figures , grea delight to figure out how the popula tlon of certain countries will In n glv en length of time bo obliged to con tent themselves with a half yard o space in which to pursue their dally avocation and will oven have to con tent themselves with a limited num ber of cubic Inches of fresh air. Th latest along this line which has com to notice gives the population of Grea I1rttaln seventy years hence as 83 000.000 , moro than the British isle can support , and in 2901 In order to house the British people every incl of ground In the empire would bo cov ered with sixteen-story skyscrapers Now all this Is very interesting , duly terrifying nnd absolutely senseless This thing of trying to pry Into th future centuries ahead has never been a brilliant success nnd while wo hav never seen any occasion for nnxlot } about the "race suicide" question , on the other hand wo have faith enoug' In the development of the human rac to believe that a century hence th race will bo enjoying as many bless ings which wo have never heard of awe wo have more today than our ances tors could command. It Is too larg a contract for the ordinary man to try to plan the future of the race , bu the same power which has held It destiny during the past ages will un doubtedly provide for "tho million yet to bo. " Business life during the past dccad has received a larger percentage o the college bred young mnn than formerly. Not so many years ago I was generally expected that n young man who took a college course was of course , going to follow some so- called professional life , moaning usually the law , medicine , the pulpl or a college professorship. For thl reason these professions were crowded with men many of whom were In no I ' I . 'I I l\ : ' \ ' ' v' I * l I way fitted for their chosen callings. Never before was so much stress laid pen a boy following the line 'of work nd study In which his Interest and ptltudo led him and already a larger number of successful mpn In the various walks of life show thVwisilom of taking one's common scnso Into partncrslp In choosing a llfo work , t Is also true that science has como o the rcsctio and opened n number of earned professions not known n generation - oration ngo. Electrical nnd construe- Ivo engineering , mining nnd n dozen other of the fast developing scientific incs of business dcmnnd men whoso oundntlon stock of learning must bo aa great ns that of nny minister or law yer and whoso natural keenness nnd lower of Initiative must bo greater linn that poaaosaed by many fnlrly auccessful profcsslonnl men. Men who invo climbed the ladder for them "elves In the business world reall/.o .lint the only way they can bo sure that tbolr sons are able to safely guide the great commercial or manufnctur- ng Industries they have built up , Is to start them also , at the bottom and ot them learn from the ground up. There Is no royal road to real emi nence In either professional or busi ness life. It will wash and not nib off This complexion all envy mo , It's no secret so I'll tell Take thou Rocky Mountain Tea. The Klcsau Dnig Co. Dear Gus : I have solved the moth er-in-law problem ; Just give her regu larly Ilolllstor's Rocky Mountain Tea. It will make her healthy , happy and docile as a lamb. 35 cents , tea or tnb- lets. The Klcsnu Drug Co. If you are troubled with dizzy spells headache , indigestion , constipation , Ilolllster's Rocky Mountain Tea will mnko you well nnd keep you well. If It fnlls , get your money back. That's fair. 35 cents. , The Klosau Drug Co. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. A sign of n happy nmrrlnge : When a man says his wlfo spoils him. Did you ever think how much trou ble was caused In this world by "blab bing ? " Gratitude comes with the years. When wo quit crying for Jam nnd nro thankful that wo have bread. After n mnn has passed middle ago , his romance is likely to come along hand in hand with a widow nnd some children. It is possible to rend nil through a friendly letter nnd bo nblo to remem ber only ono thing nfter reading it. Who wrote it. If an aged mnn and his wlfo nre still fond of each other , the women believe It is because the woman has always been the boss. Of course you know it , but you talk too much. After n thing is once over with , learn to say : "Tho Incident IE closed , " instead of serving it ur warmed over in hash , croquettes , etc An Atchlson woman wanted to be tnctful nnd commenced practicing tacl nt home. Her complimentary remarks to her home folks have terrified them and they nre talking , behind her back of consulting a brain specialist foi her. Military ruxtiiKP Mniiiiin. The latest new postage stamps are a deckled novelty , says the Westmin ster Gazette. Issued in Italy , they arc reserved for franking the correspond ence of tlio noncommissioned olllcors and men of the Italian army. Then' nre infTeront stamps for various corp ? nnd regiments and consequently a largo number of designs. For Instance , on the Ktamp assigned to one regiment Is the portrait of its colonel , on anoth er a representation of n court martial and on others views of the cities where particular corps nre stationed , wlille on the stamp specially reserved for tin1 Bersagllerl appear a few notes of mu sic those of the first bar of their fa mous refrain. None of these stamps will bc > offered for sale by the authori ties , nor should they be sold by sol diers , and collectors will doubtless ex pcrlence some difficulty In obtaining unused specimens. KiiariitouN lint-vent Predicted. Sir Frederick Borden , who recently returned from a tour of the western gralnllelds , predicts that the Canadian northwest will yet produce a harvest of n thousand million bushels of wheat , says nn Ottawa special dispatch to thu New York World. D. D. Mann of the Cnnndlnn Northern Railway company does not consider Sir Frederick's view of the future wheat conditions nny too tntlmlRtlc. There is so much dash , life , light and color to "Florodora" that those who have seen the big production see nothing astonishing In Its unparalleled success. It has choruses which over top anything clso of Its kind and Is most popular In the originality and tunefulness of Its musical numbers. The company presenting "Florodora" hero has been carefully selected , and the production requiring the retention of 50 people , will bo given In Its en tirety. "What could bo nicer for a Christmas gift to a young man or young lady than beautifully engraved cards ? CONGRESSMAN M'CARTHY IS NOT AVEKaE'TO THIRD TERM. SAYS RECORD IS PRETTY GOOD Incidentally , However , He Is Around1 Looking After His Fences Some Norfolk Republicans are Not on the Map Was Here Yesterday. Congressman J. J. McCarthy of Pon- en , reprcsentntlvo from this district nt the national legislature , was in Nor folk yesterday onrouto to his homo from n trip to Lincoln. Mr. McCarthy is understood to bo with President Roosevelt and to favor embodying In the Interstate commerce commission the power to hear complaints on rates and to have the further authority of changing n rnto Immediately If th'ey see fit. Mr. McCarthy arrived In Norfolk" night before last nnd left nt noon yes- tordny for his homo In Poncn. Al though hero over night and half a day ho wns so pressed for tlmo that many of his friends and supporters escaped n cnll. Ho spent n Inrgo portion ot yesterday morning at the postofilco with John R. Hays and there were many republicans who were not nwaro of their representative's presence In town until after ho had gone away. In Fremont day before yesterday Mr. McCarthy announced thnt ho wants to return to congress for a third term. He said ho supposed that If the republicans of this district want him they will see to It that ho geta there , but ho added , "however , I am seeing a few of the republicans of tho. district and talking with them about crops and things. " It"Is thus evident to some of the republicans of Norfolk thnt they are not classed among "tho republicans ot the district , " who count when It comes , to making congressmen , According to a Fremont report , Mr. McCarthy Is looking well , nnd he con fessed ho Is feeling well. Ho Is round ing up his affairs preparatory to goIng - Ing to Washington to take up his win ter's work in the long session of con gress , that will continue into the late spring , in nil probnbllity. A week from next Monday ho will tnko his da * pnrturc from the state. Speaking of the legislation to be done during the coming session ho said , "I am with the president in his rate legislation. The only point of difference between him nnd some of the railroad mnnagers , ns I see It , Is whether the railroad commission shall' have the right to designate a reason able rate In place of one that has beea challenged and declared to be unrea sonable , nnd put it immediately Into effect. I realize there is a grave legal question involved In the right of con gress to delegate Its rate-making pow er to n commission or other govern mental body ; but that the president's plan is practical I nm convinced. Now the commission has authority only to say that n contested rate is unreason able. Then the question is carried to the courts nnd If the courts sustain the commission's view the courts hnvo no authority to sny what Is a reason- nble rate. The road may then make a- slight reduction. This In turn may bo challenged and carried through the same process nnd if the commission is ngnin ultimately sustained by the courts another slight reduction maybe bo made nnd so on to eternity. There nre now casea of this kind In the supreme premo court thnt nro eleven years old. It might require n hundred years on , this basis nnd according to the oppor tunities for delay and circumlocution , afforder , to properly adjust a. chal lenged rnto. " Speaking of the political outlook for next year Mr. McCarthy said he had no Idea whom the democrats would nominate for congress In this district. As for himself ho said , "I am expect ing at present to be a candidate for rcnomlnatlon. Of course there will be other candidates. That nearly always - ways happens when a congressmnn Is. up for a htlrd time. There Is a pretty extensive sentiment to the effect that two terms of any office is enough for any man. Perhaps thnt is true , but It often happens that it isn't enough for the best interests of the people. I do not wish to mnko any boasts , but it Is clear to one who has had experience or observation In Washington life thnt none but nn old member can become- useful there. I have given the best of service of which I have been capa ble and will of course have no ground to appeal for support except on the record I have made. If the people want mo to continue I suppose they will see to it thnt this is dono. How ever , " ho naively added , "I am seeing a few of the republicans of the district and talking with them about crops and things. " Ant * nn III ten. Ants arc terrible fighters. They hav * rery powerful Jaws , considering th size of their bodies , and therefore their method Is by biting. They will bite onq another and hold on with -wonderful grip of the Jaws , even after all of their legs have been bitten off by other ants. Sometimes six or eight ants will bo clinging with a death hold to one another - other , making n peculiar spectacle , some with a leg gene nnd some with half the body gone. Ono singular fao Is that the grip of nn ant's Jaw Is re tained oven nfter the body has been bitten off and nothing but the head ro- malna. Superior engraved card * . The New * .