TllM NOUKOUC NKWS ; l MtllAY..IA ) NllAltY I" ,
"DICK" LITTLE , WAR CORRESPOND
DENT , MAY COME OUT HERE.
NARROWLY ESCAPED HANGING
Famous War Correspondent Was Pas
"W senger on First Trip of Los Angeles
Limited May Make Lecturing Tour.
Will Come to Norfolk If He Does.
Richard Henry Little , known to his
friends and to the newspaper profon-
nlon of four continents as "Dick" Lit
tle , who hns been n war correspon
dent In the Japancse-Ilusslnii war , the
Moor wnr and the Spanish-American
war , may come to Norfolk within a
\ few weeks to deliver n lecture upon
his experiences.
Mr. Little a very , very tall and
very very slender man who Is a rival
of doorgo Ade. Mink Twain or 1)111 )
Nye with wit was one of the party
which iniide that famous trip over the
U > s Angeles Limited In Us Initial run
from Chicago to the coasts. And one
afternoon , when tlioro was a wreck ,
ho gave a talk for several hours on
board the train , describing his experiences
riencos In the far east. In L m An
geles ho gave another lecture on the
topic , and his frlemls could have lis
tened to many more. When the parl >
broke up , he promised The News that
If ho came west he would Include Nor
folk in his lecturing tour and he further
thor stated that he thought ho would
start out In February on thai trip.
Little was the correspondent for the
Chicago Dally News In the Kusslan
wnr and ho scored many boats for his
paper. Ho was with the Russian army
In Manchuria and once , when captured -
turod by the Japanese , ho narrowly es
caped a hanging. The only reason
that ho wasn't hung was that no tree
tall enough to lie him to , could be
found by the Jap commander.
Little had been captuiod , together
with the Russian army , by the Japan
ese. While In captivity ho received
a cablegram from his paper which
said , " \Viro at once how many men
i ? the Japs have In the Held , how many
guns , how many In the hospitals ,
FV where are their lines and when will
i/ they fight their next battle.
Paper Got Him In Trouble.
The Japanese general saw the ca
blegram , for all messages wore cen
sored , and summoned Little before
him.
"You send this ? " ho asked.
"Of course not , " replied Little.
"Which Is greater , you or your pa
per ? " asked the Jap.
"Why , my paper , " explained the cor
respondent.
"Then you obey , don't you ? "
"Not always. This was sent by
some editor who knows nothing of
conditions , and I shall not obey. "
Whereupon Little was released.
A week later another cablegram
came , Instructing him to interview a
Japanese general. There had been or
ders that no one was to approach the
officer , nut Little tried. Ho was ar
rested in the act and taken before the
authorities ?
"Why did you do this ? " was asked.
"My paper ordered me to , " ho said.
"Then you obey your paper ? "
"Yes. "
"Aha , a week ago you said you do
not obey ; now you say yon do. " And
a higher ofllcer was summoned.
Ho strode Into the room , and stood
gazing out of the window.
"Nice day , General , " ventured Lit
tle.
No reply.
"Looking for something ? " asked
Little.
"Ah , I was looking for a tree tall
enough to hang yon to , " was the cheer
ful response.
Little was sent to the guard house
for ten days , while the oillcer should
consider his offense. A battle broke
out before that time and Little es
caped.
Hard to Send Dispatches.
Mr. Little also told of the methods
used in getting news to America.
There were two routes one by way
of Tsein Tsln , or the other around by
way of St. Petersburg. By way of
Tslen Tslen tolls had to be advanced.
The Chinese operators usually pocket
ed the tolls and tore up the messages.
And when , on rare occasions , the mes
sages did get through to Tslen Tslon ,
the Associated Press correspondent ,
by bribing the operator , was given a
copy of the dispatch so that he could
got into America with the same news.
And around by St. Petersburg , every
thing was censored until it was worth
less. These were obstacles which the
was correspondent had to overcome ,
and which they did overcome by mi
raculous ways.
"Tho Japs. " said Dick Little , "are
taught to glory In death for their coun
try. I saw one general lamenting the
fact that his son had not died In bat
tle , and envying a fellow-general whose
son had boon killed. A few days lat
er , nway back in the wilderness , I saw
this oillcor's son standing in water up
to his neck , a private soldier , doing
duty for his country.
"One Jap soldier , badly wounded ,
wo overtook in a battle. We suggested
od that wo help him , and felt sorry for
his pain. At the word 'pain' ho
clenched his fists , straightened up ,
gave us n look of supreme contempt
and dropped over dead in his tracks.
"Tho Russians , when wounded
would cry and wall but the Japs Buf
fered In allenco , and you would seea
whole field covered with wounded and
dying who never uttered a cry and
who only writhed by the force of Na
ture.
"The Japs treated their captives
with good nature , while the Russians
wore bintal and cruel. When wo wore
raptured we expected to be beaten but
iho Japs ran along at our sides , ship
ping us on the backs and laughing.
They took me for a Russian soldier. "
Mr. Little was captured at Mukden
shortly before the fall of Port Arthur.
His Bo.it Captured.
Ills story of the beginning was In
teresting. Ho , with more than 100
other correspondents from all over
the world , gathered at Toklo for per
mits to go to the front with the Jap
armies. Hut the Jap olllcers put the
writers off from day to day , IIH will be
recalled , and gave them only promises
that Home day they could go to the
front , soon , The English correspon
dents complained because there were
no folding bath tubs In the place , and
there the crowd waited , day after day.
Finally Little and .lurk London
who later came back home left To
klo. Little chartered a small tugboat ,
with t\\o Jap boys as helpers. Ho
went up Into a river to a point which
lie thought had been vnrntod by the
Russians. Russians were there , however -
ever , and he wns arrested The Jap
IIO.VH hid under the coal heap In the
'iold ' of the boat. At length , In search-
I MB through the boat , the soldiers rame
il'nost upon the Japs , when Little ex-
lilnlned that they were on deck. Then
'lip Itnssiaiu , wont wild. They shout
ed , "Spies , " and made arrangements
lo hang the little fellows at once.
Little went to the English consul
this tug boat had been formerly on
-in English mnn of wnr and therefore
the nrillsher was called upon and
the Hrltlsh consul replied that ho had
'HtiMor engagements for some time ,
lint that ho would look after the mat
ter next \\eoh. As the hanging wan to
come off that very day , Little had to
seek protection from the American
consul , who was found in his shirt
sleeves , chewing tobacco before a
grate lire.
"And If I over coino to die , " said
Little , "my Idea of the angels will bo
u man in shirt sleeves , sitting before
a grate and chewing tobacco. "
The American delayed the execu
tion day after day , on ono pretext or
another , until wires from Washington
got busy and finally the Japs wcrodis-
nissed , and Little , with the two brown
lads , sailed away down river.
Later he joined the Russian forces
in Manchuria , where he remained un
til lie wns captured during the Muk
den battle.
Experience Spmetimes a Dear Teacher
So many parents of young children
do not realize the danger from croup
until they have had the experience of
one severe case in their own home.
To lie awakened in the middle of the
night by the peculiar rough cough and
find their little one suffering fiom a
fully developed attack of the croup
and nothing in the house witli which
to relieve it is a lesson never to bo
forgotten. A good remedy at hand is
of incalculable value in a time llko
this , and nothing better can be ob
tained than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy , it lias been thoroughly test
ed in hundreds of eases and not only
cures croup , but when given as soon
as the first symptoms appear It will
prevent the attack. The fact that this
remedy contains no narcotics makes
It perfectly safe to give to the chil
dren. For sale by all druggists.
FREMONT WILL PLAY BALL.
Plan to Spend $500 Per Month on
League Players Next Season.
Norfolk sportsmen have about given
up the idea of joining the state league
baseball organization , but Fremont
will take up the matter. The Tribune
says :
Fremont will have a baseball team
the coining season , but will not join
the state league. That was the verdict
of about fifteen leading enthusiasts
who met at the city hall last night.
The meeting was enthusiastic con
sidering the season of year and the
fans are hopeful in consequence of it.
M. A. Repass was chosen president
and Supervisor Al Evans secretary.
The sentiment was that a state league
in which players would have to be em
ployed to play every afternoon of the
summer would prove too expensive.
It could not be expected tiiat the gate
receipts would meet the salaries , carfare -
faro and board of twelve players ,
which would be necessary for each
town.
The men present last night were of
the opinion that about $500 a month
could bo raised in Fremont the coming
summer to pay a good team. This
amount , with the gate receipts , would
provide a very reasonable sum. It
would mean suillcient money to pay
all the players salaries ranging from
something very good for imported
pitchers and catchers down to enough
to recompense local fans who could
fill some of the less important posi
tions. The $500 could bo raised by
subscriptions. Fifty men might give
$5 a month each and a hundred and
twenty-live $2 each.
The movement will be started with
in the next few days and a soliciting
committee was appointed , with M. M.
Mortensen chairman. It Is desired tenet
net assurance that the money can be
raised and then to begin to "sign"
players as they apply. Several appll-
nants from this state and Iowa have
ilready been heard from. If the team
Is run on the elaborate scale proposed ,
the grounds at Association par ] ; will
probably bo leased for the summer at
a fixed prlco. Last summer the asso
ciation was given a per cent , of the
receipts.
FEDERAL COURT IN LINCOLN DE
CIDES IT TODAY.
THE RAILROADS WERE DEFEATED
Die Railroad Tax Suit , In Which the
State of Nebraska Sought to Secure
Judgment for Tax Claims , Is Won by
the State In Court.
Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. III. The federal
court , In suHHlon here today , decided
in favor of the state In the case known
UH the railroad tax mill. Tills was a
ease in which the state sued for taxes
that had not been paid in full by cer
tain rnllioads.
MONDAY MENTION.
Miss Mamlo McNelll loft yesterday
for Omaha.
Ed. A. Jones of Chicago IH In the
city on business.
Miss llnttlo Mnyhow npout Sunday
at her homo In Norfolk.
"IJud" Reynolds of Madison attend
ed the play Saturday night.
Thomas Pat rim left at noon today
for n biiHlnesH trip to Nlobrara.
.Mr. and Mrs. II. n. Corroll returned
to their homo in Phlnvlow at noon
today , afle" a visit at the homo of Mi.
nnd Mrs. A J. Dnrland.
MiRH Kathrlno Hammond of Fayotte ,
WIs , arrived Saturday evening to
leach in the bookkeeping department
of the buslnosB college.
Miss Irene FoyorliPlm of Slanton
was a guest over Sunday at the homo
of Miss Ulon Evans. Mlos 13dlth Fey-
erhelm is hi 111 In the city.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Sol. a. Mayer and
daughter left yesterday for Now York
Pity , where they will visit for some
lime. They 'wore accompanied by
their maid.
The Urownlug club wlU meet with
I. U. Mnylnrd tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock.
The friends of Ralph llrnasch will
bn p'eased ' to know that ho IB still on
the road to recovery.
Mrf. S. T. Napper ami Mrs. T. E.
Odiorne have Issued Invitations for a
1 o'clock luncheon next Friday.
There are now over eighty students
piirolled in the Norfolk InislnesH col
lege , representing nearly every sec
tion of Nebraska.
Mr and Mrs. L. Mat hews have re
turned to Norfolk. They have taken
their former home In the Burr Taft
house , corner Tenth and Main streets ,
and will hoard at the Maker homo.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. RaluboU enter
tained a company of * friends at ( !
o'clock dinner Saturday evening In
honor of W. II. Mnrhnlof Oakland ,
Cal , who Is their guest. "Five hun
dred" was the feature of the evening
after dinner
The M. & O. passenger engine was
derailed near the Crclgliton depot on
the Northwestern tracks this morning
just before starting out to Sioux City.
The locomotive was soon replaced ,
liowovor , and left very nearly on time
In spile of the delay.
Miss Maude Tannehlll Is still so 111
at Stanton that she can not be moved.
She was visited yesterday by her moth
er , Mrs. A. F. Tannehlll , and Miss Eth-
' - 1 Doughty of this city. It Is now
expected that Miss Taiiuehill will bo
moved to Norfolk about Wednesday
of this week.
Dr. N. Malx.cn has purchased the lot
south of his residence between his
own home and that of George I ) .
Chrlstoph , and expects to move his
present house on the new lot soon.
He will then build a now homo on the
site of the present one.
Spencer Advocate : Malt Classen ,
jr. , of Madison , Nob. , is up visiting
friends nnd relatives for a few days.
He expects to rent a farm in this vi
cinity and move up in the spring and
become a resident of IJoyd county.
He is a brother of Nick and the other
Classen hoys.
Friends in the city have received
cards announcing the marriage of
Henry Augustus Wilmerding to Miss
Madelnlne Richmond. The marriage
took place at the church of Transfig
uration in Now York city August 2 ,
1905 , and the cards announcing the
event wore received hero yesterday.
F. E. Davenport , who had been for
a week at Excelsior Springs , Mo. , re
turned to Norfolk last night. Mr. Davenport -
onport felt greatly benefited by the
waters of the place , but said that he
became lonesome for Norfolk and his
family. Ho was advised by a physi
cian there that ho Is not so seriously
affected as ho had feared , and ho re
turned homo feeling fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Schult/ en
tertained a very largo crowd of friends
at their homo in Riverside park yes
terday afternoon and last night In hon
or of their birthdays. Last Thursday
was the birthday of Mr. Schultz and
today is the birthday of Mrs. Schultz ,
so they joined the two occasions into
one big celebration In the homo yester
day. Everyone present enjoyed the
occasion very much.
The Team Whist club will meet to
night with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dur-
land , to again battle between ladies
and gentlemen for supremacy at dup
licate boards. It IB said that it maybe
bo safely announced in advance that
the ladies will not hesitate to win in
tonight's contests.jut week they
were reported to bavo thrown the
game in order to please ono or two
pouting players on the gentlemen's
sldo.
sldo.Miss
Miss Ora Derby , having coino to a
satisfactory soUlomont with the
Northwestern railroad , loft for her
homo in Ottumwa , S. D. , this morning.
Derby watt the young who wan
Injured hero Now Yoar'M day by Hi op
ping from the Honesleot ( rain .wbllo
the train was In motion. She wan
hero on her way homo from Spencer
She has boon at Iho I'aclllc hold over
since , together with members of her
lumlly.
L. H. Nlchnla of FoHlor tipont Sun
day at the homo of his undo , A. J ,
Durland.
Mr. Maloney mid daughters drove
to Unltlo Crook lo attend the funeral
of Patrick Carborry ,
Arnold Pasowalk and Eiiiest ItaiiHch
will leave tomorrow for a trip lo Amur-
Mln , Texas , wlioro they may Invest In
soiilhorn lands. They say that they
hope to llnd a location In Hie nouthern
dlnuito which will null them better
limn Hie north , llolh young men nro
prosperous I'armers , living ono and a
half miles went of Iho city , and both
were reined In thin section of Iho
state.
Civil service examination wait hold
nt the federal building Saturday for
vacancies hi the currier and clerk do-
partmenls. The following pcrnonn
look Iho examination : Minn Fleming.
Mlnfl Todd , Will EVIIIIH. liny llydo ,
diaries Miller , Mr. HaiiHch. Wiirrou
House , Floyd Freolaud and Charles
IIdle. ! It will be l\\o weeks before
'he ' ri'sulls are announced. Those re-
cehlun nn average of 7i > or bettor
\.lll be placed nn tin1 walling list.
Long I'liie Journal : Elder A. H.
liilian ban llnallv decldoil to doollno
lite proffered appointment as register
> f Iho bind olllco at Valentine , nnd
will remain in l.oug Pino. Ills on
ilorsomelils culled for bin appointment
is receiver , and the duties of register
lo not please him. It Is undoistood
Mini the position has been offered to
\ . W. Sent Id-good of AhiHWorlh and
refused by him. Mr. Scattorgood
breaks the record , as ho IH the find
Mnsworth man who bus over refused
in iilllce. Long I'lno now hns two mirh
wondorH.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Conloy relurnod
\estordny noon from their wedding
I rip to Omaha , Schuylor , Fromonl nnd
other points. They mo at present vis-
ling at Iho homo of the brldo'H moth
er , Mr. and MI-H. Porter on West Nor-
liilk avenue but will within a week
move Into tin1 Conloy homo on South
Thirteenth Ktrool. The prosldunt of
the Eagle ledge al I''romont notlllod
W. L. Koru of Norfolk ledge Unit Mr.
f'onloy would arrive homo yesterday
i ml a royal welcome WIIH prepared.
Mr Conloy , however , Htoered Hhy of
I ho club rooms and the welcome wont
lo waste.
Harry llaitford , who has boon hunt
ing rabbits down on Iho Slnntoii
sloughs , brings a pitiful lalo of an old
trapper with long hair and flowing
heard , who IH camping under a canvas
i UK down on the Ole Low Hloiigh. The
old man claims thai bis tout , bedding ,
cool.lug utensils mid traps were stolen
lown on Shell creek during his tem
porary absence. The old man looks
like a character from Iho backwoods
in the seventeenth century dlity. un
kempt mid ragged , but with vigor ,
door eye and olaslie stop which llfo
in the wilderness bestows. Neigh
bors nl course will not permit him to
suiter during this Inclement weather.
Arrangements have1 been completed
for J. II. Hanson , secretary of the Fre
mont commercial dub , to address Ihe
Norfolk clti/enH who altond the ban
quet to bo given by the club here in
the city hall next Friday night. Mr.
Hanson has made as great a success
of the Fremont club as has been
known In a city of that si/.e nnd his
advice will be of Immense value to Ihe
business men of Norfolk. The banquet
is open to all not only members of
the club , but all others who nro Inter
ested in the progress of the city and
it is hoped by the club members that
the whole city will feel free to attend.
There will be no charge made. Other
features of the program will bo an
nounced later.
Sioux City Journal : Frank Waiters -
tors , formerly superintendent ol the
Sioux City division of Ihe Chicago and
Northwestern Hallway company , who
recently was advanced lo the olllce of
assistant general superintendent of
the Nebraska and Wyoming division ,
was the guest of honor at a dinner
given to him last evening at the Hawkeye -
eye club by a parly of Sioux City
friends. Among the out of town
guests were E. J. Seymour of Chicago ,
assistant general freight agent for the
lines west of the Missouri river , with
headiiuarlerH In Omaha , and Nelson
II. Updike of Omaha , president of the
Updike Grain company. As a token
of friendship and a reminder of the
occasion Mr. Walters was presented
with n solid gold pocket match box ,
his monogram on one side and a diamond
mend on the other.
IS MRS. STRIEF NOW.
Mrs. Richardson's New Name Is Dis
covered.
The new name of Mrs. Kathleen
Richardson , formerly of Meadow
Grove nnd Norfolk , who was known
fo have been married recently , is Mrs.
Harry Bruce Strlef. letters had been
received here from Mrs. Strlef , but in
ondi cnso she 1'ii'l failed to give the
name of her husband.
How to Cure Corns nnd Uunlons.
First , soak the corn or bunion In
warm water to soften it ; then pare it
down as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamber
lain's Pain Malm twice dally , rubbing
vigorously for live minutes nt each ap
plication , A corn plaster should bo
worn n few days to protect it from
the shoe. As a general liniment for
sprains , bruises , lameness and rheum
atism , Pain Balm is unequalod. For
sale by Leonard the druggist.
L. N. C08TLEY OF WISCONSIN
COMES TO NEURASKA.
SUPERINTENDENT AT CHADRON
New Appointment on the Northwest-
am Dccnmc Effective Today Party
of Officials Passed Through Norfolk
Last Nlglit , Uoimd for West.
L. N , ConUcy , formerly aiuilnlanl mi-
porlntciidcnl on the NoilhwotUorn
toad at AHhliind , Win. , IIIIH boon ap
pointed to succeed Superintendent
Harmon of Cliadron on bin dlvlidon In
Ililit Htalo , and aimumed bis now duties
today. Superintendent Conlloy. lo
golhor with ( ioneral Manager Illdwoll ,
General Superintendent HiigboH , AH-
slstmil General Suporlnlondoiil Wal
lets and Mr. Harmon , pnsiieil through
Norfolk In Iho pilvnlo car ol Mr. Hid-
\\ell hiHt night , enionle wont.
Mr. Harmon hud been mipcrlntnn-
dent at Cliadiou lor Iho IMIH ! nix yours
mil him many Irloiidu nil over Iho
stale. Ho resigned bin position to oil-
lor the hanking bimluesH ul Slumboiil ,
I he new lown on I lie North wo.slorii In
\Y > onilng.
The .circular announcing the change
became effectIve today.
CAUGHT AT BRISTOW.
Nlobrnrn Mnn , Charged With Tboft ,
In Arrcolcd.
Monowl News : Will Riimsoy of Nl-
obrnra passed through lluyd comity
last \\ook mi his way lo Iho Whllo
River counlry. Whllo In Monowl ho
look from the Woodruff livery barn ,
three horse blankets ami a plush robe
ind went ( in his way rejoicing. Wood
ruff missed the articles mentioned
shortly after ho had left and mlslruHl-
Ing that Ifiimsey had helped blmsolf
to I bo goods telephoned to llriHlow
and dross to head him off. John Conway -
way and Ihu marshal at Itrlslow look
Riimsoy In charge when ho arrived In
that vlllagu and found the blankets
ind rubes In lHMise.\'s ( possession and
held him until Woodruff and Justice
John K'uipp arrived In the clly , Hum-
soy acknowledged his giilll and turned
over the nrllcles pleading that they
wore taken by him while drunk nnd
pleaded fur leniency , and Harry , being
naturally short winded , said lot him
go. RuniHoy wont on his way rejoic
ing whllo Harry and JUKI Ice Knnpp re
turned home with the goods.
DEATH RECORD
Edward Bowman.
Edward Uowman , father of Mm. S.
It. MoFnrland , MIH. Mai tin Slnwtor ,
Mrs. William Lovelace and llradloy
Mnwmnn , died nl the homo of Mr.
Lovelace Saturday nnd the funeral
was bold yesterday. Interment was in
Pleasant Run cometory. seven miles
southeast of Norfolk.
Mr. liowman had boon III for several
years , during which lime ho was an
invalid. There were a number of re I-
ntlvoH present for the funeral yester
day.
Patrick Cnrberry.
After a lingering Illness from cancer
in the chest , Patrick Carberry suc
cumbed at 8 o'clock Saturday night
at the old home south of Norfolk. The
funeral was held nt 10 o'clock this
mm-nlng In Battle Creek , Father
Walsh officiating.
Mr. Curbprry was born In Water-
ford. Ireland. December 1C , 1810. Ho
rime lo Norfolk in 1RRI ! anil had lived
on the wuno farm ever Hlnco. Ten
children , throe boys and seven daugh
ters , survive him. All of them are at
homo with the exception of ono. Mrs
Armstrong , who Is at Salem , Ore. , and
could not arrive In time for the funer
al.
The chlldion at homo today are :
Ettn , Anna , Mrs. Stephens , Mrs. Douo-
hue , Nannie , Lucy , Morris , Pat and
John.
Mr. Curbeiry bad been 111 for three
or four months and had been operated
on recently. Ho never recovered af
ter the operation and during the last
week the end was expected at almost
any hour. Ho wns a soldier for three
years during the civil war , being a
member of company I , Twenty-ninth
Iowa.
TALES OF GRASSHOPPER DAYS
"Uncle John" Tells How They Ate
Shingles and Horse Collars.
Uncle John - , now past seven
ty , was ono of the onrllosl settlers of
the Elkhorn valley , and tlioro Is noth
ing ho loves bettor than to sit down ,
light up his corn-cob plpo , nnd toll
some now-coinor his experiences in
"early days. " Uncle John has a rep
utation for honesty and trtithfulluoss
In every day affairs , but as It Is nearly
forty years since he settled on the
Elkhorn , and the lapse of time lends
enchantment to the recollection , Uncle
John can surely be pardoned for tell
ing fin absolutely true BOIUO things that
sound rather large. A writer for The
News spent a very pleasant evening
recently listening to Uncle John tell
grasshopper and other stories.
Uncle John pushed the tobacco
.lo\\n In his pipe and said , In answer
to n query about times changing since
the grasshopper days of ' 71 , "Yes ,
you'd bo surprised nt the difference.
Why , sir , along about ' 75 , fifty dollars
would have bought a quarter section
of land that you couldn't buy today for
fifty an acre. I ts of poor chaps aban
doned their farms , couldn't sell 'em
fur mi prlco , you MOO , and wont hack
to Illinois mid liillami hi live with Iliolr
wlfoii1 folkH. I loll you HIOIII wan din-
ooiirnglug tlinen. Them graiiHlioppora
came a swarmln' up from the Hotilli
throe spilngti a timiiln' mid iiwoopod
down mi our ctdpH mid dldn'l leave till
every Maine llvln' tiling WMH oat up
and Homo IhlngH thai woron't llvln' "
"I've heard Hint they came In
clouds. " was vetiluieil.
"Clouds. " mild Undo John , "well ,
you'd n ( hough ! doiidii If you'd a boon
hoio. Why , they darkened the nun
WIIHII'II a lolal odlpso , mid the wlm
men lolkn bad lo light lampH In the
bouiie lo MOO In work , Why , ndually ,
.Mill can believe II or not , bill II'H true
us gospel , them varmints iiwaniieil tip
hero HO thick In ' 71 thai they broke
our who clothes line u | | ) lu' against II
If Ihoto'd been tolyphono linen In them
days ( hero wouldn't a boon a blame
Who lell on the poles feu mlmilen u |
lor the griiHidiopperii began lo arrive"
Undo John panned to relight bin
pipe , which had gone mil.
"I hnvo hoard I hey even ale ( ho
bark on I ices , " was rominkod
"Well , I giipfm they did , " re-limed
Uncle John. They idilmiod all Hit-
young trees slicker than you'd i.KIn a
rnblill , and they didn't slop nl Hiil
They'll even eat sumo hinds ol ihv
wood. My house WHS shingled uitli
hemlock shingles I got n load cln < ip
over nt Vanklon ami I ( bought IM u <
'em oil my house till I could gel < I > IMI
tiling bellei , mid them ( Tillers lonl -i
Ilkln' ID hemlock. They \\niil-ln I
touch pine nor coilonwood , but Hn\
went rlgbl after Ihein hemlock Inn
glos , mid sir , If you'll bollovo II , iiuv
ale every ono of 'em. Homo pi'n | > l (
might think I'm a lyln' , but I m M i
Iold n lie In my life , no sir , I n < v < i
did. 1 cull see Ilioiu grasHhoppei yi t
Hwarmln' onto Ilinso shingles ami i .it
III * 'elll IIS fllHl IIS they COUld HXWlllmV
Every now and then thov'd out I In-
wood nway fiom the nulls mid Hi-1 Unit
end of u shingle would sllile off and
I hem grasshoppers would Ml up and
bang on lo that shingle with their hind
loot and enjoy a toboggan Hllde nff
( bat roof JUKI llko a boy slides ilown
hill on a Hied. Well , sir , Ibev ale
every bit of them hemlock Hlmr li -
and didn't leave nothln' but Die sbm
glo nails a stlckln' In Iho slu'iimr
boiirdN which was of rot Ion-wood "
Undo John took a tobacco punch
from his vosl pocket mid pouii < 1 a
quantity of Mull Durham Into his pip <
" 1 have benrd Iho grasshoppi r
would eat holes In clothes that wen
hanging out lo dry. "
"ICnl boles In clothes , " said Uiub-
John , "well. Ihey Hiiro did. I wn . enl
willi a team doiu' HOIIIO haullnmd
Iho1 ! ! blumo provok'n' ' things s m M'-d '
Iho hay my horse collars WIIH siuifid
with mid ale holes In Ihe leatln i mil
got Insldo and nlo every bit of .shiiliu
in thorn horse collars , and I ha < l to
lie HOIIIO sacks around those collIIH
lo bold 'em together while I drove to
town to gel some now ones. Oh , I i-'ll -
you , people nowadays complain about
hard times and hard luck. Then-
don't nobody know what hard imps
really Is that wasn't hero win u Hie
grasshoppers were bore. "
HOSPITAL WILLBE INSURED NOW
Stntu Board of Public Lands and
Buildings Decides That.
The Nobiiiska si.tie nr me | , o , i i il
111 Norfolk will be insnieil again i ln <
The lire In the hospital heVo - ' .
Jems ago was as cosily a loh-mi i1
IIIIH bi-eii had among ( lie slate MI ii'u
lions A Lincoln paper Fays :
The Htalo board of public lands , nni
buildings Ibis morning wenl MI p <
enl favoring n return to the old , K > ! I < v
of insuring at loani some of tin i it. .
buildings. The old policy was i > . v < i
when the board decided to Ins'in ' , ill
of the oul-bulldliigH ut the Himtrs >
asylum. The board has practical\ !
elded who will .vrlto the policy and
it will bo tor $18,0011 , to be paid lor
at a rate of about I per cent.
The board did not consider the ad
visibility of insuring the main state
buildings , bill only Iho oul-hulldlng.s
Whllo only the1 Hastings buildings
weio discussed this morning , the
board was unanimous on the proposi
lion and il Is very likely that this ac
tion will bo followed shortly by the
board insuring other buildings con
nected wilb other Institutions.
The board has had the matter under
consideration for some months , the
question having been raised by the
fire at Ihe Hastings luslllullon a short
time Hlnco , at which time enough prop
erty was destroyed to have paid for
a policy several limes.
Voars ago all the stale buildings
wore kept insured , but as the cost of
the policy was so greal , Iho state olll-
cors concluded It was cheaper for the-
stale to carry its own risks , nnd thin
1ms boon done since then.
REAPPOINT POSTMASTERS.
Many In Northern Nebraska Will Hold
Over , It Is Announced.
Word from Washington aa > * ib.n
the postoflloe department will n ip
point the following able and w. . n
known postmasters for northem N. .
brtibka , unless Congressman Mci'.nti
Khali be able to show * reasons wh\
they should not bo roappointed-
A. M. Brande. Pierce ; J. H. s. . . .
Madison ; Emer > Cit/.er , Hui.ip'r ' ,
H. Snyder , Tildon ; McNenl. WiMi-
Car ! Kramer , folumbuw ; nnd 1 > < m >
Tracy , Cedar Rapids.
New Paper at Alnswortb.
Alnvwurtu. Nob. , Jan. 15. Special
to The News ; A now democratic
wcokly newspaper , edited by V F
Humphreys & Son. 1ms been launched
at Alnsworth. The first edition ai > -
pcnrod Friday.