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No. II 22. _ _ _ _
President Roosevelt IIHH not nn ex
ample as a public man which will
ncrvo for many years to come , and ho
has Ret a pace that will ho dllllcnlt to
follow.
It IB predicted tlnvt Iho doimturlzed
alcohol law \\lll revolutionize the pow
er problem In America. In order to
do this , there would have to ho a largo
quantity of alcohol produced. Norfolk
might as well got Into the RIUHO as to
stay out.
Out In San Francisco they have re
opened the miloona and put on an ex
tra bunch of policemen. All men ar
rested for Intoxication will ho put lit
work cleaning up the Hlreota. Imi't
It a wonder I hey didn't reopen thd
drinking places weeks and weekH ago ?
Their minds miiHt bo working more
Hlowly than UBiial out In Frisco.
What does Mr. llryan mean on the
allvur quoBtlon when ho nays , In n
Umdon biinquet Bpeech , referring to
the ronntry'H prosperity under the gold
Htandard , that "tho country hau done
no well walking on one foot that I
am anxious to see what It would do
walking on both foot. " ' Does this moan
that Mr. Hryan will rovlvo the bimetal-
IBIU Idea that proved hla undoing in
189G ? '
Now Secretary Wilson has twld that
the packers are rushing to clean up ,
that every seal placed on a can of
moat will mean that the United States
government Is behind It , that Inspect
ors have boon placed at the yards and
advised as to their duties and the
people are beginning to forgot all about
the Investigation. As a matter of fact ,
has all this talk about the packing
houses Interfered in any way with
your appotlto ?
tt la said that a larmer , In his spare
tlmo during the winter , can extract
enough alcohol from potatoes to last
him the whole year , without destroy
ing any of the food value of the po
tato. If one farmer can do this , with
BO llttlo effort , what could n big Insti
tution do , employing labor and run
ning for the solo purpose of making
this product ? Norfolk Is well situated
for such an Institution , and ought to
look Into the matter.
Wonl coined from Omaha that there
will bo no prosecution on account of
the Manawa accident. In which six
lives wore lost. Surely BOIUO one Is
to Maine for that accident , because of
criminal neglect , and someone ought
to bo held responsible. Why should
companies operating amusement re
sorts not bo liable for the lives that
result through their carelessness or
their greed In not providing more sub
stantial equipment ? Whether there
are prosecutions or not , the fact of
guilt remains.
Is It not unusual loyalty for a man
to travel half way across the Amer
ican continent , put in more than a
week's time , give bond for $250 and
go to the trouble of caring for an In
sane woman on the return trip all
to see that a cousin , for years Inmate
of an Insane hospital , might bo nearer
her relatives and made more comfort-
nblo In a cottage of her own for the
rest of her life ? Yet this Is the thing
that was done by Lothnr P. Stehr ,
the Now Yorker who arrived in Nor
folk a couple of weeks ago. created
excitement In town , and finally se
cured the release of Ida Irlsh-Mncom-
her from the Insane hospital here. Mr.
Stehr was a well groomed man , wore
a Panama hat and carried n camera.
Ills visit was at first accompanied
with considerable mystery and there
wore many minors about town as to
the motive that had brought this man
nway out here from Now York , for the
stated purpose of making nn insane
woman more comfortable. But a dis
patch from Catsklll , New York , con
firms the story of Mr. Stehr , proves
that ho is well known there as chief
draughtsman in a valve manufactur
ing plant , and shows that his motive
was a good ono. There was a man
who did an unusual thing , performed
a particularly charitable act for the
purpose of making happier the life of
ono who was only a cousin and un
known to him , and for the reason that
It was so unusual ho could not bo
understood. The unusually charitable
act In this world attracts suspicion
and it is not n rare thing that the man
who does an extraordinarily good deed
with the best of motives , is questioned
as to his plans until ho makes good ,
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
One intensely practical side of the
approaching political campaign and
election la appealing to the campaign
managers all over tills country. It is
the question of campaign funds ,
Where are those funds , this year , to
come from ? In years gone by the
campaign managers of both parties
have solicited and have received funds
for carrying on the campaigns from
bimlness Institutions of various sorts.
Hut the publicity and the undesirable
copulation that has been given during
Iho Insurance Investigations to this
class of contributors , will no doubt
check such giving to a largo extent ,
and yet the expenses of Iho campaigns
will go on just the nnuio ,
In this state It Is against the law for
the candidates to spend largo sums
of money for campaign purposes. Yet
campaigns cost money. There Is much
printing to pay for , much postage and
inich spocchmaklng. What will the
campaign manager do ?
TIIK TARIFF.
It Is said that the tariff and Its re
vision will occupy much of the tlmo
> f congress when that body Is assem
bled next winter. President Hoosc-
volt was so busy this year with the
rate bill and the moat bill and a lot
of other hills , that the tariff proposi
tion was loft out of consideration.
Hut It Is promised that the matter will
come up next winter , and some lively
times may ho expected.
For while many will cry for revision
of the tariff , many more will bollovo
n holding to the policy of Mark Han-
mi , to lot well enough alone , " and n
comparison of the present day pros
perity with that of 1891 will bo made.
Quo congressman the other day Bound
ed the keynote of this defense when
he said , speaking of the times In 1894 :
"That was the ported when Coxey
uid his army of thousands marched
ivor the hills and through the valleys
to Washington to bog congress to do
something for tholr relief after the cu-
wclty of their local taxing olllcers
mil become exhausted. That was the
porlod when ' 1,187 married men took
advantage of an opportunity to earn
llfty cents nawlng wood In one day in
New York City. That was the porlod
when 12,000 unemployed men marched
to the Hoston state benne and demand
ed employment. That was the porlod
when every largo city fed by charity
thousands and tons of thousands of
Idle but honest men and women who
wore In waul. "
It is said that some sort of tariff
revision will ho sought'both ! ) parties ,
lint even the democrats do not want
a free trade system that will bring
back such days as those of ' 01.
CHICAGO'S R13POUT ON MEATS.
The report of the exports who were
employed by the Chicago Commercial
association and the Illinois Manufac
turers' association , to Investigate the
packing houses of Chicago , Is not all
that the business Interests of Chicago
might hnvo desired. In fact , while no
complete report Is given to the public
from the experts who made the two
weeks' InvestlKatlon. what llttlo Is
quoted from these scientists Is prac
tically Identical with the Nclll-Roy-
nolds report , though expressed In mild
er language.
The public cares nothing about \\hat
the committee of Chicago business
men say regarding the packing house
situation , for they are eminently pre
judiced In the matter because of their
hank accounts , and they view the matter -
tor through currency lenses. The
words of the exports who wore em
ployed to Investigate the Institutions
must fall with much weight , since
there are so many of them and since
they are all men whoso professional
honor Is their most sacredly guarded
possession.
These exports say that In each
plant there are things Indifferently
good and that In most plants visited
there are some things which they can
not approve of.
It is admitted that in some- instanc
es the sanitary and hygienic condl
tlous wore bad.
The report of the Chicago "commit-
too" closes with the assurance that
the now law Is so rigid that if any
bad meat docs go out , it will bo the
fault of the United States government.
With this assurance , the people will
rest easily once more , for that Is
what they want. The report of the
Chicago committee only goes to
strengthen the report which was sent
to President Roosevelt by the Nelll
Reynolds committee , and only goes to
make the country hotter satisfied than
over oVer the enacting of the new law.
DR. GREENE'S NEW PLACE.
The resignation of Dr. James L.
Greene as superintendent of the Lin
coin insane asylum , to accept the sif
porlntcudcncy of the Illinois state in
sane asylum at Kankakeo at a salary
double that In Nebraska , only serves
to thicken the plot in the state insane
hospital drama that has been and Is
now on the stage in Nebraska. Two
of Dr. Greene's assistants were offered
places in the Norfolk hospital at the
tlmo the governor asked for the resig
nations of Dr. Alden and Dr. Nichol
son. Those two were Dr. Hay and
Dr. Young. Later Dr. Hay stated that
ho could not accept the Norfolk posi
tion and it looks now as though Dr.
Y6ung would probably find It more to
his interest to stay at Lincoln , where
a vacancy has occurred In the head
of the institution , than to como to
Norfolk , In case a vacancy Is made
hero. This makes It necessary for the
governor to appoint another man at
Lincoln as well as two at Norfolk , In
cnso ho ousts the two doctors hero.
The Kankakoo asylum , which Dr.
Greene goes to accept , has been
stirred up In a series of scandals , one
following another In rapid succession.
The latest affair which started an In
vestigation and which resulted In the
offering of the superlntondoncy to Dr.
Greene , was ono In which It was
charged that attendants took advant
age of the women patientH and ttio
condition of affairs that followed waa
revolting Indeed.
Dr. Greene was formerly n physi
cian In the Norfolk hospital for the
Insane. Ho has given excellent satis
faction to Governor Mickey , was last
fall offered n position as superinten
dent of the asylum at Washington , p.
C. , and now goes to ilntanglo n diffi
cult proh'om at Kankakeo , with a big
salary.
SECURING FACTORIES.
Norfolk has had experience In BO-
curing factories by putting up a good- "
sized cash bonus. It will never repeat
the operation. Hcatrlco has a now
way , that of putting local capital Into
the Industry , which the people down
there seem to think Is all right. Because -
cause of Norfolk's Interest In methods
of securing now Industries , and because -
cause Norfolk right now has nn empty
plant that ought not to bo Idle , the
following editorial In the Beatrice Ex
press Is of Interest :
When the packing house proposition
was first agitated In the papers , the
Impression went out over the state
that Beatrice was offering a bonus of
$50,000 for the Industry. This impres
sion Is being dissolved as the news
papers In other parts of the state study
the Beatrice plan and comment on It.
The Grand Island Dally Independent
says :
"Tho plan Is a most feasible ono and
it would appear that with the capital
hi this city and country , such indus
tries as these might bo secured for
lines In which success ought to bo
sure sand-llmo , brick , packing hous
es , denatured alcohol plants , etc. "
If the plan matures successfully
bore , as now seems certain , the people
ple of Beatrice as well as those in
other parts of the Btnto will realize
that a much bettor way has been do-
vlscd to secure factories than the old
plan of putting up a bonus , which the
factory man may put In his pocket
and In n short tlmo slip away to some
other bonus town.
It Is perfectly proper that n factory
of the magnitude of the proposed packIng -
Ing plant coming to a city llko Be
atrice should ask for the citizens to
become Interested to a certain extent ,
financially , no matter of the company
Is abundantly able to swing the busi
ness without aid. The building up
of a business , the security from labor
troubles and other local vexations , are
somewhat guaranto d when locaj cap
ital Is Interested , and this security is
IIIUIU II11H)1 UiriL 111 II UUUHHUU CUIIUUIII
than any amount of bonus that might
ho obtained.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA NEARER
England and America are now able
to shako hands across the sea , and
the thoughts of the one run dally
through the thoughts of the other's
mind. The close relationship was
perhaps never more strikingly brought
out than last week , when all England
seemed to bo filled , day after day ,
with things and thoughts American.
On Sunday and for several days fol
lowing the British isles echoed with
reports and thoughts of the boat train
accident which resulted In BO many
American deaths , and the result was
a feeling of national shame In Brit
ain over the affair and of national sym
pathy toward America because of the
disaster. \ x.
On Tuesday Mrs. Thaw , the elder ,
reached England and the public mind
of that country harked hack to Amer
ica and the Now York City crime that
resulted in White's death and Thaw's
Imprisonment , which has created un
usual Interest In England.
On the day after that all the world
remembered that It was the Fourth of
July , without knowing just why , and
It Is said that at least half of England
was divided Into separate camps dis
cussing William Jennings Bryan's ad
dress on , "The White Man's Burden. "
The day after that the "Princess
Alice , " as oven the gravest of papers
In England call Mrs. Longworth , left
those shores , to the regret of all who
know her there.
A London cablegram , speaking of
this condition , says :
The echoes of these events , com
bined with comments on the meat
scandals and comparison of English
and American railroad methods , to
gether with the achievements of
American athletic representatives and
the doings of 1G.OOO Americans , who ,
It Is asserted , are at present visiting
London , make ono wonder if this Is
really England , or merely an Island
summer resort , famous and prosperous
by reason of American patronage.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Hereafter wo will not print any big
fish stories unless wo got some of the
fish.
Hero is something you can depem' '
on : If you have poor kin they "talk1
about you.
When a flea gets oft a dog and onto
n man , docs he ever become reunited
with his family ?
Wo can tell whenever wo look at the
succotash , which Is cheaper on mar
ket : Corn or beans ,
Every man Is occasionally against
this proposition : Ho can't afford to ,
and ho can't afford not to.
Occasionally you will find a woman
who can't tell how to make cherry
pie without explaining who planted
the cherry tree.
If the attention of those you are
talking to wanders frequently , that Is
a sign you arc not talking well and
are talking too much.
When a preacher calls on a woman
who Is putting up fruit , can ho hon
estly make the claim afterward that
his call dlil her any good ?
What the world Is really looking
for , according to the women's version ,
Is sonto man who will hand conscience
money over to his wife.
Wives might remember this : When
a husband Is neglcqted , ho is in a par
ticularly receptive mood for the llat-
tery which the other woman pays him.
Marriage seems to get the man's
Idea and the woman's Idea of dlrec-
tlonsc mixed : They can't agree if ho
did his running toward her or away
from her.
It Is told of an Atchlson woman that
when death passed through and she
lost her husband , it was the first thing
she had over lost that she didn't claim
was a valuable heirloom.
There Is a man in Atchlson county
who thinks he is a particularly good
story teller ; hut his stories are very
tiresome. Don't bo too quick to ImagIne -
Ino that people aio crazy to hear you
talk.
The Lancaster literary society has
decided that a colicky baby In the
neighborhood Is loss a nuisance than
a graphophono for the reason that If
its parents keep the baby It may grow
to bo a useful citizen , but if a graph-
ophonc is kept forever it will never
bo anything but a graphophono.
"t 'often grlovo because people hate
mo without cause until I remember
that I do the same thing myself . I
dislike certain people and can't help
It , just as certain people hate me , and
can't help It. " Drake Watson.
"Wo will have to resort to despe
rate measures , " said Lysander John
Appleton to his wife yesterday when
the messenger boy left thorn a tele
gram. Accordingly they put their
heads together and consulted for sev
eral hours , and as a result of the con
ference tholr house burned down last
night ; they had set It on flre , the tol-
egiam huvlng announced that a very
objectionable relative was about to
visit them.
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\sk your druggist.
TOWN TO PERISH.
Roosevelt , Ariz. , Soon Will Lie at the
Bottom of Irrigation Lake.
Now York , July 12. In that land of
mystery , of lost races and hoary ruins ,
n a warm and sunny valley of south
ern Arizona , stands the town of Reese
velt. Today it Is a thriving , bustling
community of 2,000 inhabitants , with
electric lights , waterworks , sewerage ,
schools and churches. Two years
from now it will lie at the bottom of
a lake 200 feet beneath the surface
of the water.
, The town of Roosevelt came into
being because of the Roosevelt dam
project. It Is fitting , perhaps , that the
completion of the dam will bo the sig
nal for the town's destruction , and
that the very ground upon which it
stands will be forever buried from the
sight of man.
Roosevelt must perish that a desert
may bo made to bloom. Already the
marvelous engineering work Is well
under way. The walls of the narrow
canyon through which Salt river rush
es on edge are being locked by a mas
sive monolith of solid masonry , the
highest arch dam In the world.
This wonderful structure < of sand
stone and cement will be 280 feet In
height from foundation to parapet , 210
feet long and" 170 feet wldo nt the
base and 700 foot long on top. Its cu
bical contents will ho 300,000 cubic
yards , and in its construction 240,000
barrels of cement will bo required.
Placed alongside an eighteen-story
sky-scraper , this dam would rise ton
feet above It , while Its length on top
would bo more than two city blocks.
A turbulent stream , with Its enormous
floods , will beat Itself Into stillness
against the masonry monster , its foam
and spume lost in a deep lake , twenty-
flvo miles long and two miles wide.
You are often out of sorts , your
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Your famous Rocky Mountain Tea
Ask your druggist.
The housewife who does the buying
for the house , and who rarely reads
the ads. , would think her husband a
pretty poor business man If ho bought
things for Ills business in that way.
STORIES OF ODD CHARACTERS OF
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
FRIENDS OF CALAMITY JANE
Madam Mustache and Stem Winder
Were Two Notorious Characters In
the Black Hills When Deadwood
Was Younger Than It Is Today.
Deadwood , S. D. , July 11. Gcorgo
Hoshlor , the discoverer and owner of
the natural lithium spring near this
city , Is ono of the oldest of the old
timers , having como Into the hills
from Fort Robinson as early as 1874.
Ho was ono of the pall-bearers at Ca
lamity Jane's funeral In the summer
of 190I5 , and has just told the true
story of Calamity's life. It Is very
different from that which has gone the
rounds of the press for the last two
decades , being shorn of many striking
features , but at the same tlmo having
added Interest , because It tells accu
rately the story of ono of the most
famous women who over lived In the
west.
"It was down In Cheyenne that I
flrst know Calamity , " said George
Hoshior , "and that was in the fall of
' 75. At that tlmo Bill Nye was n re
porter on the Laramie Chronicle and
P. P. Poulton occupied the same posi
tion on the Cheyenne Sun. They used
to change pulpits , as they expressed
it , frequently. Poulton was n great
humorist. If he'd lived he'd have been
a much more noted man than Nye , but
he died a long tlmo ago. Calamity ,
whoso real name was Mary E. Canary ,
( and she was a bird ) , was never a
scout. That story was all wrong. She
was horn in Missouri In 1850. Her
mother was a washerwoman and the
girl didn't have very many advantages.
They came to Montana in the early
days , and when Calamity struck Chey
enne It was about as gay a town as
there was going. She was a wild girl
and considerable of a booze lighter.
"The way she got that name was
this : She was always getting Into
trouble. If she hired a team from a
Ivory stable she was sure to have a
smash-up and have to pay the dam
ages when she got back. Why , , If
she'd got up on a fence rail the durned
; hlng would up and buck. Calamity
'ollowed her everywhere , and so Poul
.on one day dubbed her Calamity Jane ,
and the name stuck.
Was Never a Scout.
"She did come Into the Hills with
Gon. Crook and wore men's clothes at
the time , but she was no more of a
scout than I was. They came up In
the early spring of ' 70. She was with
the party just for a chance of getting
into the Hills , and she were men's
clothes because it was easier for her
to rldo and also made the trip a little
safer for her. There was another girl
with that party , too. She was Franc
Adalr , and she had as much title to
bo called a scout as Calamity , as she
wore men's clothes , too. They didn't
stay In the Hills long , though , but
came back to Cheyenne. I don't know
what became of Franc Adald , but Ca
lamity came back to the Hills In ' 77.
"Two of her special friends were a
couple of women , one known as Mad
am Mustache and the other as Stem
Winder. They were both dealers.
Stem Winder was a little girl not
more than 20 , a blonde and very pret
ty. She was married to a man named
Bill Ford ( he lives In Denver now ) ,
and she dealt faro up In a tent in Cen
tral , where he ran a big gambling
house. I never heard how she got her
name , but she was the best woman
dealer I ever saw. The trouble with
her was she had boon taught how to
deal a brace game , which , you know ,
means crooked gambling. But she
could deal a square game all right
when she wanted to.
Madam Mustache was a woman at
that time , in ' 77 , nearly 50 years old.
She was a French woman and came
by her name honestly. She was prob
ably the best known woman then in
all the west. She usually dealt " 21 ; '
you know that was a very popular
game. And she'd been In California
in the days of the early gold excite
ment , In Nevada , Montana , Colorado
and all through the west. She was
better known then than Calamity was
She went back to California after she
left hero and committed suicide. Thai
must have been fifteen or twenty years
ago. I guess she'd gotten too old to
deal and didn't know what else to do
and so just cashed in.
"Those were all good-hearted , kind
women. Oh , of course , none of them
would jump out llko Calamity. She
was always there flrst It didn't make
any difference what was the matter
with a person , if Calamity could help
them she would. She was the glr
who went down to Elizabeth Town
here In Deadwood , and took care ol
a man. Ho was a stranger to her am
had the smallpox. Nobody else would
go near him , and she went and took
care of him and brought him through
all right. She was a flue nurse
There wasnt' anything she wouldn't defer
for anybody , and whenever she had
any money It went just the same way
easily and for the flrst fellow that
asked for It.
It.Liked
Liked Notoriety.
" she much notoriety
"The reason got so
riety was partly because she was al
ways doing some crazy thing , ant
partly because she wanted to be no
torious. Whenever anybody said :
'Now just see what Calamity has
done' , ' she would go straight out and
do something else. But she was a
kind-hearted girl ; there wasn't any
thing vicious about her , either. She
never got Into fights or wanted to pul
n. gun , or anything llko that. She was
narried to a hack driver named
? lmrllc Burke , up In Montana along In
he nineties some time , hut she didn't
Ivo with him very long.
"She went to the eastern cities and
showed In museums In what she called
lor scouting clothes , and traveled
aiound considerable , but somehow the
Hills always kept calling her back.
Sho'd come for a few months and
things wouldn't seem like they used
to and aho'd go nway again. But sho'd
10 sooner get settled somewhere than
sho'd hear the wind In the plno trees
uid sec the lights In the gay o"H
streets of little old Dcndwood , and re
member the boys and all , and she'd
come back. The last time she came
she came back to die. She know it ,
too , and when she got up to Terry's
she told one of the boys she guessed
she was going to pass In her checks ,
and she did. The next day slip Went VV
over the divide. Wo burled her hero li
n Deadwood alongside of Wild Bill.
I knew him well , too , but that doesn't
belong to this story.
AROUND TOWN.
Rome Miller , who was In Norfolk this
week , discussed his dairy farm here ,
which Is considered to be ono of the
most scientific farms in the middle
west and which Is conceded to bo the
most perfect ono In Nebraska. Mr.
Miller says that ho believes it is the
duty of every citizen who derives his
living and fortune from an agricultur
al country , to do something toward
aiding the progress of that country.
And so he has established a scientific
dairy farm In Norfolk , as much for the
purpose of demonstrating to the farm
ers of this section what can be done
by modern methods , as to make a suc
cess of It for his own use.
"My only regret , " said Mr. Miller ,
"Is that I am 120 miles away from this
barn , and can't see It oftener. I en
joy It. When I built It here , people
said It was merely an advertisement
and that It would be a money loser.
But it will make a fortune. And at
that , Mr. Wolcott is managing it in
conjunction with his eating house. If
we can make a success of this , devot
ing only n portion of our time to It ,
what couldn't a man do who under
stands scientific methods of farming
and who could live on the place and
devote all of his time to It. A man
must go at It with Intelligence , It Is
true , and must use methods that are
modern and productive , but it is a
great business If run right.
"I believe that a man who suceeds
In an agricultural country should leave
something behind him which will help
Improve that country. We learn
through example. This scientific farm
hero Is an example that I am sure the
farmers of this county appreciate , for
It gives them new and valuable ideas.
"For Instance , our pigs drink from
troughs which are so arranged that
they can get only their noses Into the
water. They can not roll around in
the water. They can not wallow In
filth , for the pens , with cement floors ,
are as clean as a parlor floor , and are
scrubbed out every day. Now there
are farmers who think pigs must wal
low in order to thrive. We are dem
onstrating here that they must be kept
clean in order to be kept free from
disease. The pig is naturally a clean
animal. Ho Is only made dirty by his
surroundings. "
What do the tramps want with so
many old newspapers ? This Is a ques
tion that perhaps puzzles every news
paper office In the United States. For
tramps arc frequent visitors In the
newspaper offices during the summer ,
and they Invariably ask for old ex
changes. One came Into The News
office yesterday morning. He had an
impediment in his speech , a two weeks'
growth of black whiskers on his face
and in his hands a couple of greasy
looking paper bags that seemed to be
filled with cheese or something of the
sort. Ho entered apologetically and
asked for some old exchanges. After
ho had dug them from a basket , and
just as he was leaving , he was whirled
around with a question that seemed to
startle and to puzzle him.
"What do you do with those pa
pers ? " was the query.
"What do we do with 'em ? " And ho
grinned. "Oh , what do we use 'em
for ? Why , say now , we use 'em fer a
table cloth , y' know. Spread 'em out ,
y' see , an' use 'em fer a table cloth.
Why , say now , what did y' " think we
uses 'em fer , anyhow ? "
"You do more than that with them , "
was suggested.
"Well , ye-e-s. Y' see we uses 'em
to sleep on , too. Unfold 'em an' lay
'em out and make a bed with these
polpers. Yes , that's another thing wo
use 'em fer. Sure. That's right , alnt
It. '
"Well , what else ? "
"Oh , nothln' else , partlckler. Some
uses 'em fer one thing , some uses 'em
fer another. "
"Well , you like to have them in or
der to fool the police , dent' you ?
When you see a policeman coming , you
take out a paper and begin reading ,
don't you ? "
"Well , say now , that ain't a bad
Idee , is it ? Yes , some uses 'em for
that , maybe. It's handy , that's right ,
t' have a polper along. But then , wo
dent * need 'em here for that. The po
lice haven't bothered us in Norfolk.
Wo haven't been doln' much , and they
haven'.t made us any trouble. What
we wants 'em hero fer is to make a
table cloth wld " and ho pointed to
the paper bags "so's to put our grub
on 'em. " And ho waved an adieu with'
the "polpors" and the grub.
\
"When the wares are gone , shut up
the shop windows" and stop advertls-
ing , unless you may still desire to sell
the fixtures.