THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , AUGUST 24 , 11KM5. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal THE HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY W N. N. A. 1'rrnUlrlil Bi-crt-lnry Rvcry Krldny. jly nmll per your. 1.50. Kntoroit nl Ilio i > otolllro ill Norfolk , NcK. UK nfconil olnKH _ matter. _ Teloplionoa : Kdltnrlnl Iicimrlmout , No. S2. luminous Olllco nnil Jol > HOOIIIM , No , u : : . _ It was "IS nnil car faro" for Mac. Tlio Dodge county " 2.V was his hoe doo. Goodbye , Mr. McCarthy. Tlio democrats and populists ) of thu Third district are In Norfolk today to go through the ceremony of plnclng n candidate In the race against Judge lloyd. Hotter roads leading Into Norfolk from the farming country adjacent , would lying dollars Into Norfolk mor- chnnts' cash register which now go to Chicago. Beatrice has n iiacklng house start ed. The citizens of the town Invested In the plant , but did not donate any thing. If Ilcatrlco can got things like that , Norfolk can. There Is this much that may bo pro- dieted about the congressional cam paign In the Third district of Nebras ka , which Is now on It will bo a clean campaign , devoid of personalities , find worked out along political lines. The news that the road west of Nor folk Is being graded , preparatory to graveling , will bo Joyful to people liv ing out that way as well as to the merchants of Norfolk. It will help all nround , and It Is the beginning of a movement that ought to bo continued. The sugar factory still remains Idle. The 'farmers hero will raise beets. Secretary Wilson says this Is a great chance for capital. If a sugar factory could bo made to go hero , why not utilize the buildings , land and hollers and got busy at It ? If It can't , why not start something that will go ? Norfolk Is not content with doing the same amount of business this year ns last. To stand still is to lese ground. What Norfolk wants Is n steady Increase each year over busi ness of the year before. This Increase will coino from persistent , systematic effort on the part of the Commercial club. Every time Norfolk gets a state con vention , or any other kind of a con vention , dollars are brought to Nor folk which will stay horo. The race meeting last wcok , the big picnic yes terday , the congressional convcnlton today and several that are scheduled in advance , all help a llttlo. They are worth going after. A bus line between Norfolk and the Junction , running every half hour or BO , at a low rate that would make It posslblo for residents to nmko the trip frequently without unnecessary ex pense , would mean money In the pock ets of Norfolk merchants. The atten tion of tha Commercial club is called to the fact that something along this line would help. By establishing a bargain day In Norfolk once a month , with excursions on all railroads , Norfolk could offer ns ono inducement to her neighbors , better than a two-cent faro. With good crowds , something like ono faro rates could undoubtedly bo secured , and the bargain day would unquestion ably draw hundreds of people to Nor folk. More conventions In Norfolk would help the town. The convention being held hero today helps the town , and costs us nothing. It brings people and the people spend money. They buy meals , if nothing more , and the grocer and the butcher and the baker all get their share out of that. With system atic effort on the part of the Commer cial club , more conventions could be brought to Norfolk. Norfolk will give the glad hand to the stnto conference of charities and corrections when that organization ar rives In this city for Its annual meetIng - Ing October 9. Norfolk appreciates the compliment paid to this city by being first north of the Platte river to get the conference meeting. There ought to bo a good many Interesting problems to come up before the con ference , and which will make the meet ing of more than ordinary value. This country will have the biggest crop that has over been known in the state's history , according to govern ment statistics , unless there is a very early frost. It will not be a great while before the farmers of this sec tion will be hauling their grain to town , and hauling provisions bacfc home with them. The better roads between their farms and Norfolk , the more provisions they will haul homo from the Norfolk stores. It Is a mat ter worthy of consideration , this good roads proposition. A bargain day , set for one day out of every mouth , and always on the nmno day the first Wednesday , for In- Ntnnce , In each month-would , after a few times , become an established fact with the pcoplo of the Northwest. On that day the merchants here could offer leaders' as Inducements to como to town , and those who cnmo could IIml It a general 'Swapping" day , with things to trade for , from a Jack knlfo up to a house and lot. It IH being worked successfully In many cities of Norfolk's'typo. Prof. Ijiwreuco Hrunor , who has Just Mulshed an Investigation In Gum- lug county IIH to the causes of the army worm , him Issued a statement to the farmm-H Imploring them to protect the birds. The birds eat up thousands , and hundreds of thousands of Insects each year , which thrive In cano the bird family Is diminished. The birds are the best friends the farmers have , and they ought to bo protected , through purely Hellish motives If for no other roiison , Norfolk business men are demon strating , by contributing a consider able fund each month for the main- tennnco of a Commercial club , that they are willing to give of their profits In order to mnko Norfolk grow. They want results , of course. And results may ho had with a systematic , orga nized , constant effort. To got things for Norfolk's help , there must bo per sistent work. Hut there are a good many things that could bo developed right now , without any great outlay of expense , which would help push Norfolk along. Twenty-one persons , mostly bathers , drowned last Sunday In the United States In accidents which wore nt least dual In their fatalities. Norfolk has not had a drowning this summer , though each year generally claims at least ono victim. Right now , while the sun Is so hot and the Northfork's waters so cold underneath , with orampH highly possible , It may bo op portune to suggest that parents would do wqll to guard their children from swimming In that stream. Let us go through ono season without a life lost In the Northfork's waters , If It Is pos slblo. A year ago the 7th of December Nor folk was crowded with hundreds of strangers who had never been In the town before , and who cnmo hero to spend their money on special sales that had boon advertised. Many mer chants in the town said nt that time that It was the biggest day's business they had ever done. Similar crowds , with similar business , could ho had once a month In Norfolk by means of a regular bargain day , when Induce ments wore offered to outsiders to como horo. Visitors could bring any old thing they wanted to got rid of , and make it a "swapping" day among themselves. Reduced railroad rates could bo secured for the crowds. It Is a possibility. It can bo done. It would pay. Lot us do some of these things that are posslblo. After the democrats and the popu lists of the Third congressional dis trict had finished their convention work In Norfolk the other day , the chairman of the central committee expressed - pressed , through these columns , the appreciation of the entire delegation for the treatment which the conven tion had boon accorded by Norfolk. The delegates were unanimous In their praise of the cordial reception given them here by the Commercial club and the city at largo. They were surprised at It. They had expected to bo treated Indifferently. They claim that Norfolk has hitherto not had the best of reputations as a convention town , because they thought that the town always paid llttlo or no attention to the delegates. But Norfolk has started now in the right direction. It pays to got conventions and to give them a glad hand. MERCHANTS AND TWO-CENT FARE It is asserted that all but four gov ernors In this country , east of the Mississippi river , have pledged their active aid to enacting two-cent rail road passenger fares next winter. The Omaha Dec , in commenting upon the two-cent faro experience In the east , remarks that the experiment has brought about more riding on trains and has made bigger gross receipts for the railroads. It also says , "Tho cities are gratified by a marked ten dency of people to como In larger numbers and greater distances to trade. " Here , then , Is another obstacle which the country merchant finds In his path. With the two-cent fare , there Is no question but that pcoplo will travel more to the cities to trade. For this reason , therefore , It may not unreasonably bo expected that the state association of retail merchants , once It finds the movement started , will nmko an effort to defeat the law. The merchants of Omaha and Lin coln would profit under this plan , at the cost of the country merchants. Country merchants , therefore , since the reduction would , take business from them , will probably not support such a law. The proposition made to the Norfolk Commercial club , tha't an automobile line be established between hero and the Junction , for the purpose of bring ing Junction pcoplo to Norfolk , ought to succeed. All that Is required on the part of the city IB that a road bo DO graveled that It could bo used In rainy weather. This would bo n ben efit to the whole town , and Is needed , anyway. The line would help the busi ness IntorcHtH of Norfolk every day. It would not In any way Interfere with the hack and bus Hues , because It would not compote with them. It would fill u gap Unit IH now unfilled , and for lack of which Norfolk mer chants are now losing trade that they might have. It IH a plan worthy so- rloiiH consideration , and The News hopes that the contract may bo made without delay. FOR BETTER ROADS. A movement Is started toward Im proving at least ono of the roads load ing out of Norfolk Into the country. The road extending west from Nor folk avenue Is being graded up , pre paratory to placing of gravel. Public subscription IB responsible for the fund with which this work will be done , and an effort led by some of the farmers of that section , In co-operation with the Norfolk Commercial club , brought the movement about In the first place. It 1ms bqon ninny "months fclnco1 that' plan was started. Too long a time has passed between the soliciting of funds and the actual work. And there Is danger that , unlesn the project Is kept moving , improvement of a like character - actor along other roads leading Into the city may bo neglected. Norfolk business Interests and the farmers living nround Norfolk would both benefit by such Improvements In all directions , and U Is none too soon to begin In other directions , now that work has begun on the west road. STATE CONVENTION THIS WEEK. Republicans of Nebraska will meet In Lincoln this week to nominate their ticket. The convention conies on Wednesday , and prominent members of the party will begin to line up at Lincoln tomorrow. It may bo consid ered as a foregone conclusion that a sterling ticket will bo named n ticket which will at once command the re spect and confidence of the state at large , and a ticket which will win Just as surely as the sun rises and sets. The republican party has given Ne braska a good administration during the past two years. The state house 1ms been filled with men who are up right , energetic , honorable and consci entious. Those who are now serving their first terms are entitled to re- nomination. He-nomination means re election , for the republicans can not bo defeated this year. Although the democratic papers throughout the state , and some few other papers which resent the fact that their personal Interests were not railroaded through , to the state's det riment , have been trying to create pre judice against some of the present state officers who will be renomlnated , yet the state at largo , when It has sifted the dozens of baseless charges to the bottom , has become convinced that the yarns are political fiction , In vented for the sake of turning the con vention Into prejudicial action , and a reaction has sot In. Despite the efforts of democratic pa pers in the stnto to stir up friction , and despite the efforts of n few organs In the state to create dissension for selfish reasons , there Is still harmony In the republican party of Nebraska. The republican party In Nebraska must work In harmony If It Is. to suc ceed. Its state officers who have served but ono term have been faith ful to their trusts and to the people of this state. They are entitled to re- nomination because they are good men , because their past two years' ex perience has fitted them for better service during the coming two years , and because , by the grace of an un written law In Nebraska republican ism , having been loyal to their trusts , they are entitled to another term. A NORFOLK BEAUTIFUL. Prizes will bo awarded In n short time to property owners and residents who have helped this season to make a "Norfolk beautiful. " A good many handsome prizes are hung up to these who have contributed the most toward this end. There are a good many pret ty lawns and gardens , etc. , In the town which deserve prizes this year , and which will no doubt bo rewarded for their efforts. . Many of the streets about town are kept up In neat , trim order , while In a few places Just ono poorly kept place will spoil the looks of an entire block. There Is no ex cuse for weeds growing along the street In a city like Norfolk. There Is no argument for allowing them to thrive. If each Individual would do his share , the whole city would bo n truly beautiful place. There are cities which at once at tract all visitors and which remained fixed on the minds of all these who have seen them , because of their uni form beauty. First Impressions are lasting ones. There Is no getting around the fact that first impressions count. And no city can afford to give visitors bud Impressions , through care lessness. Norfolk is prettily situated. The trees mnko this n naturally beautiful spot. AJ1 that can spoil the looks of the place Is n lack of care In the llttlo things the streets , the curb , the lawns. If each resident In the city would take a personal pride In seeing to It that his curb was neat and frco from weeds , his lawn well mowed and his trees properly trimmed , this would be a truly beautiful Norfolk. It Is recognized on nil sides that a hotter road Is needed between Nor folk and the Junction. A gravel high way which will allow hacks and other vehicles which must mnko the trip , easy rolling In all kinds of weather , would save much expense In wear and tear of the present cnh system , would be a saving to the express and other wagons that have to make the trip dally , would benefit Norfolk people who want to drive that way and would be worth many dollars n month by way of advertising the town among strangers coming to nnd going from the hotels. DWYER , PLUNGER , DIED POOR. Paporn all over the United States yesterday carried several hundred words about the death of Michael F. Dwyer , ono of the noted "plungers" on the American race tracks. The pa pers of America carried this story at some length because the people of America wanted to read It. No more space was given to the death of Lewis Morrison , the famous and artistic act or whose name has so long been linked with "Mephlsto" In Fnust , than to Dwyer. The Incident shows a trait In America that Is wrong , and which ought to be corrected. Wo are all too eager to read stories of mammoth sums of money lost nnd won at the gambling table. The gam bling passion breaks out so strongly In our blood that we are ready to be lieve preposterous yarns in regard to winnings and losings , Just to satisfy our craving and our imaginations. It is an unwholesome credence. Dwyer was a noted plunger. Ho bet his money In great sums , and against wonderfully short odds. At one time he bet $ GO,000 ngalnts $10,000 that a horse , Joe Cotton , would win a heat. Joe Cotton came trailing down on the stretch , with others ahead. Only by a remarkable drive did the rider throw Cotton Into the lend and the horse won only by a half nose. In the end this sort of betting ruined Dwyer. He died poor. His winnings made him the subject of gossip all over this country. His plunging caught the attention of the people generally , nnd he became noted. * The poverty In which Dwyer died , If It Is emphasized , may compensate in part for the attention that was given to this man's gambling career. It is possible , and Indeed probable , that the sums alleged to have been wagered by him have been exaggerated. If they were exaggerated , It was because the public wanted exaggerated reports about his taking risks. And there's the mistake. To think about noted plungers' huge winnings has a tendency to attract many a young man from the legltlmnte plod ding by which he Is earning a decent living , nnd send him to ruin at the gnmo of chance. Life is not a gamble. Legitimate business is not a gamble. Brains and effort have their rewards. And the slow plodder , who Is ambi tious and nblo , will win In the long run many times over the stakes gained by one of these meteoric plungers. Newspnpers printed Dwyer's pic tures year In nnd year out , and set dissatisfaction in young men's minds over their own conditions , by painting Dwyer's life ns nn attractive one and nn ensy one , open to nil. The plunger nnd gambler , In this way , is made a hero. But for nil his plunging nnd gaming let us remember that Dwyer , a phys ical wreck from the life he led , though he neither drank nor smoked , died penniless. The mental strain attending his plunging burned out the fuse In his brain. And his recklessness in the game strapped his purse. Ho tried to mnko millions out of nothing. And he hnd not a dollar at his death. That fact , more than the huge winnings that ho made during his prime , should bo written Indellblj on the young man's mind. THE FUSIONIST PLATFORM. From the tone of Mr. Shnllenborger's campaign opening speech , delivered In Norfolk this week , and from the tone of the platform adopted by the demo cratic congressional convention , as well ns the populist , it is evident thn the fuslonlsts in this district during the coming campaign will lay more stress upon the tariff question than anything else excepting their anti-rail road plank , and It Is evident , too , tha they will advocate government owner ship of railroads , as well ns other pub He utilities , such as telephones , tele graph , etc. Beside advocating tariff reduction nnd government ownership the fuslonlsts will appeal for votes b > claiming credit for all of the good things that were accomplished by the last republican congress under the dl rcctlon of President Roosevelt. Mr. Shnllcnbergor , In his Norfolk speech , declared that he had voted fern n resolution fnvnrlng government own ership of rnllronds , and declared , too , that the protective tariff must go. The congressional platform upon which Judge Graves is running ileclnrcfl pro tective tariff to he n form of legalized theft. That platform also says , "In the record of the last national con gress wo find no act worthy the com mendation of American people save such legislation ns wns In harmony with the demand of n national democ racy during recent years , nnd wo point to the fnct that In every good work In congress the wny wns not only blnzed by democratic platforms but the work wns performed by democratic leaders. " And Mr. McICIllIp , In his speech before the convention , declared that Mr. Bry- nfi tins been the dominating character In American politics for some years past. past.Those Those are the real planks In the democratic platform. The populist congressional conven tion , held hero , Inserted a clause to the effect that , , "since most political platforms are alike now , It Is only a question of the best mnn. " Yet the ) opullsts dcclnro for destroying the irotcctlvo tariff nnd placing public itllltlcs In the hands of the govern ment. Surely , there Is still a differ ence In party plntforms. Getting down to the meat of the various plntforms , therefore , we have his difference : The republlcnn party tnnds todny , ns It hns nlways stood , or the protective tariff where It is iceded to promote American Industry nnd to provide employment for Amor- can labor ; and the republican pnrty Iocs not take seriously the planks de claring for government ownership of public utilities , for the reason thnt the plnn Is not considered prnctlcnl in this country. It is useless for fuslonists to nttempt o credit Mr. Bryan or the democratic pnrty with the work of the Inst con gress , which wna accomplished by re publicans > nndunder the influence of none other than President Roosevelt. And , considering the democratic attnck on the tariff In this district , the recent otter of Mr. Roosevelt is of unusual nterest , in which he says : "We stand unequivocnlly for a pro- ectlve tnrlff nnd. wo feel that the phe- lomenal Industrial prosperity which we are now enjoying is not lightly to ) o Jeopardized , for it would be to the nst degree foolish- secure here and there a small benefit nt the cost of genernl business depression. But whenever - over n given rate or schedule becomes apparently disadvantageous to the na tion because of the changes which go on from year to yenr in our conditions nnd whore It Is feasible to change this rate or schedule without too much dis- ocatlon of the system , It will be done , while a general revision of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever It shall appear to the sober justness sense of our people that on : ho whole the benefits to be derived from making such changes will out weigh the disadvantage ; thnt is , when : he revision will do more good than liarm. "Let me add ono word of caution liowevor. The question of revising the tariff , however , stands apart from the question of dealing with the so-caller trusts that Is with the control of monopolies nnd with the supervision of great wealth In business , especially In corporate form. "The only wny In which it Is possl ble to deal with those trusts and mo nopolles and this great corporate wealth Is by action along the line of the laws enacted by the present con jress nnd Its Immediate predecessors The cry thnt the problem can be met Sy any chnnges In the tariff represents whether consciously or unconsciously an effort to divert the public's atten tlon from the only method of tnklng effective notion. "To chnnge the leadership and orga nlzatlon of the house at this time means to bring confusion upon those who have successfully engnged in the steady working out of a great ant comprehensive scheme for the better ment of our socinl nnd civic condi tlons. " was one of the striking para graphs of the document. " The doctors used to bleed mankind For every 111 that they could find , But now they're wiser , said ono to me And give instend Rocky Mountnln Tea Ask your druggist. AROUND TOWN. Wouldn't this melt your Ice ? Have you hnd the pink eye ? How do you feel this kind of weather or ? Todny the republican fireworks a Lincoln. Where Is there a Job for hot weather that beats the street sprinkler ? No man who ever visits Norfolk uses as long a cigar holder as Woods Cones of Pierce. It hns got so that when the Hada band comes to town , Norfolk gets ex cited. A Norfolk womnn wonders why she cnn never keep a girl. Her neighbor could tell her. Graves Is the name of the demo cratlc congressional nominee In thl district. What's In a name ? A Norfolk man declares that thl hot weather Is drying up the corn. I It Isn't helping the farmers , this wenth or might Just as well be turned off or It certainly didn't come on order of the people In town. A Norfolk woman , even In the midst of this fearful spell of hot weather , admits thnt she prefers summer to- vlntor. And still boys dnre denth by Jump- ng on trains In Norfolk. Will they never lenrn until they lose a few of holr legs ? There nre so mnny rules governing ho rnclng sport , that there ought to ) o a supreme court to Interpret the Inor points Involved In disputes. The sporting editor of this paper vlll not bo allowed to write nny more- tuff nhout these Pierce tennis piny- ers , until they nre on the ground. What Is the sign when n girl goes Isltlng , spends most of her time writ- ng letters back homo nnd the rest of icr time rending letters from home ? Directors of county fairs who set ho dates around September 21 , 22 and 23 will bo blaming their luck whoa cqutnoxlal storms butt in nnd spoil hlngs. Bob Reynolds , who spent all last week at Pllger where ho is completing a contract In mason.work on a new building , returned Saturday night with n badly swollen ear. Ho frosted It last Thursday , he says. With those two now machines In1. Norfolk , the automobile fever Is begin- ilg to spread. Doc Salter hns nnmed' ils mnchlne "Mnude , " nnd Bulloclc cnlls his "Jennie. " "I never get my nnmo In the paper , " complained a Norfolk mnn. Then he- lid something worth printing. "I don't see why It Is thnt they're always get- .Ing me In the paper , " he said. Here Is a now problem : What Is the latest hour at night thnt n mnn ought to go down todwn to mall a let- : er which his sister-in-law , who Is vls- tlng nt his house , is anxious to get started on Its Journey ? Never do tonight what somebody else may do for you before tomorrow morning. One man spent a lot of energy last night sprinkling the tennis court on Norfolk avenue. He dragged ; a hose half a block nnd then dragged it back again. And before dnylight to * day the weather man turned on the rainwater and soaked that tennis court nil over ngain. The weather man said it would rain , yesterday. It pays to relieve the weather man. A Nellgh dispatch In The News to day says it Is the intention of the Ne llgh carnival directors that "no one shall sleep without a bed. " To sleep without a bed would be tough luck , In deed , and the overcoming of this pros pect will no doubt be appreciated by the sleepers. Jenny. Treatment for pimples and blackheads calls for absolute clennll- ness. Pimples show that the body is absorbing poisonous substances and needs Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or tablets , 35 cents. Ask your druggist. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. People are becoming very tired of the man who guarantees things , In spite of the fact that his guarantee is not good. When n womnn nsks her husband what Joining lodges ever did for him , he Is pretty apt to come back with a similar question about the church ? If you get In the habit of snylng nice things to people with the ambition to be nice , in time you will get so that you really mean them. There Is no way to find good that equals the deter mination to find nothing else. It IB a good plan to pnss penches nround in the dark to guests on the front porch , so that when death comes to the worm in the fruit It will merci fully be spared the sight of the mon ster who Is devouring It. When a girl returns from a walk with a mnn with her temper uncertain , her hair pulled out till It looks like a rat's nest , and holes Jabbed In her hat. It means that he tried to do the gallant act by holding a parasol over her head. After all the funny plays , and funny papers , have never produced anything that will bring a smile as quickly as the sight of n very respectable old lady who is innocent of the fnct 'that her bonnet Is cocked rnklshly on ono side. Time changes ideas and conditions. * "fl There's a lot of things which the up- y to-date young woman of today does } which nre good for body nnd health. She takes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or tablets , 35 cents. Ask your druggist. COULD NOT ESCAPE RICE. Madison Bride and Groom Were Show ered All the Way to Norfolk. % Mr. and Mrs. William L. Dowllng , < fi who were married at the home of the bride's parents , Senator and Mrs. Al len In Madison Tuesday night , arrived In Norfolk on the Union Pacific train. They drove to Enola In the hope of escaping rice and old shoes from Mad ison , but telephone wires soon gave the news to Enola people nnd the bride ; ind groom , when they boarded the train , were thoroughly showered. People ple on the trnln were notified , too , nnd the firing was kept up all the way to > Norfolk.