THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NKWS-IOUBNAL ; FK1DAY , F15BKUAKY 1 , 1 < J07.
The Norfolk Weekly Haws-Journal
1 , 1 877.
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riio tli'iii1 lil wolf bounty : . < to Binnd.
A bill to repeal II ban lii'im knocked
out. Ami KOIIIO of UR will eontlnuo l <
rnl w wolves with the knowledge Hint
the iiroiluot may H > ll r"ail > ' ' " 'irknl. '
Norfolk might well InveNt H little
tlnio toward nmkltiK Hio coming < >
slon of federal court nn affair worth
while , ami toward aeokliiK an beat w
might to get enacted , \ law wim H
would require Heswlons to ho lusld In
this city.
In many ways tnu li'tlor of the law
tonilH to bring up u rae.o of liars In
this fair land. Tax dodging ! ' ' " '
coiuo a commonplace offcimo and sto
ries told to the assessor are frequently
rldlcnloim. Yet the man who tolls Iho
yarn justifies his word by the fact Hint
Ills neighbors do the wuuo. A law that
creates falsehood or makes It the easy
thing , Is a had law. Along the line
of pure food legislation has coiao one
proposed hill which it would scorn has
this tendency. The hill demands that
a inedlclno manufacturer lahel all
remedies as "poison" which contain
more than S percent of ethyl alcohol.
It might require a chemist to nay , but
It IH claimed that the medical valno of
few crude- oils can ho extracted with
llltlo aleo-
a inenstrnm containing so
1ml. To name this stuff poison , then ,
would bo conlllctlng what Is not a
poison with what Is a poison , and the
confusion would work badly for man.
LAND LEASE HIM. .
I The Hurke.tt bill on Iho leasing of
public grazing land IH a stop In the
right direction nnd Is one which , had
It boon In force years ago In place of
the law formed by custom on the
plains , would have saved cattlemen of
western Nebraska , who have done
much to build up the llvo stock Indus
try of this state , from the attacks of
the secretary of the Interior during
the past' two years.
The law provide- * that the secretary
of agriculture may lease noaarablo
gracing lands for not longer than ten
years ; that homesteaders shall bo giv
en the preference ; and that land leased
can not bo homest ended. This would
give some protection to the man hold
ing a permit.
As to details of the measure , it Is
highly probable that a conference with
cattlemen of western Nebraska would
provo the most , satisfactory In fram
ing the bill ; this no doubt has been
held by Mr. Hurkett , so that the prac
tical side of the question might bo so-
cured.
It Is a step In the right direction.
TUB INNOCENT SUFFER.
Harry Thaw's bullet Into the breast
of Stanford White has dealt more vi
ciously with Thaw's own mother and
his own sisters than It did with either
White or Thaw. It is a cruel law of
nature which makes the Innocent suf
fer with the guilty.
Thaw , indulgent son , dissipated
wretch who amounted to absolutely
nothing so far as his contribution to
society was concerned , shot a bullet
ns a result of his terrlllc life. Ho
brought down his victim a man 'of
real worth in many ways and ho did
more.
Ho brought disgrace upon his moth
er and upon his family. They wore
wealthy and highly respected in Amer
ica and in England. But nil their
wealth can not buy back the name that
was punctured with Thaw's bullet.
It's the case Uio world over. The
bad that wo .do , though It may rolled
upon us individually nnd bring its pen
alty , goes far deeper when It cuts down
the pride and dignity of those who
are also caught up in the net of ills-
grace thrown down upon the criminal.
Thaw was unkind and ungrateful
not to forego the pleasure of killing
White , just for the sake of his moth
er and his sisters.
"UNWRITTEN LAW. "
"The unwritten law" will bo played
up strongly In the coming trial of Har
ry Thaw for the murder of Stanford
White. The law says that Thaw mur
dered White nnd ought to die in the
electric chair. "Unwritten law" is In
terpreted as a moral right to avenge
by death a wrong that has been done
a daughter or a wife. And the unwrit
ten law has been known to stretch Into
many a commonplace incident
If there be circumstances which jus
tify a human killing , not now on the
statute books , those circumstances
ought to bo placed In the law by legis
lators. There Is too much of a ten
dency to justify crimes these days out-
sldo the law.
A sticky sentimentality springs up
In dramatic murder cases and tends
to make a here of the criminal. Nan
Patterson was turned loose and tried
to tour on the stage. Thaw , a worth
less piker , killed a man whoso talents
were much superior In many ways to
olhor men of the world. An effort
\ \ \ ] \ bo made to drag Whlto down to
Iho level of Thaw.
If Thaw had a right to kill Whlto
for Komelhlng that Whlto did , that
vlKhl Hhould hnvo been secured from
the Mlate nnd not from his own Impas
sioned Impulse. The Jndgo and the
Jury nimbi to look at the law that man
lias net up nn their guides In dolermln-
IIIK Innocence or guilt. There IH too
much a tendency to disregard Iho for-
inor dcerccH of society for Just mieli
uiiiorgeiiolen.
j'HE WEATIIKU MAN.
I'coplo of northern Nebraska and
southern South Dakota do not agree
ivllli Iho Kansas ooiiKWininnii who 10-
Benlly made a bid' for notoriety by
cltlng up In Washington and easting
i slono at the weather bureau. This
( articular congressman , blinded by
what is now and then termed nu "local
irlde , " was anxious to cut olT the
weallu'r bureau appropriation because
10 claimed Hie service wan not correct
mil forecasts Inae.cnrato. What
seemed to bo the most painful thorn
n his side , however , was Iho fact that
Iho weather bureau tells the truth
ibont Kansas weather.
America Is coming more and more
to appreciate the services of the woath-
> r man and the recent announcement
> f Weather Director Hlgt-low , who Is
Illllng the position of Mr. Cox In the
[ Milcago olllco during the absence of
Iho latter In Europe , that forecasts
may very soon bo made for a year In
idvance , In a general way , will bo ac
copied with Interest because any nn
iioiincoment from Ulgelow , who Is the
leader In melerology In this country ,
Is of great slgnllleance.
Hlgelow has shown during the past
few days Just what happens In this
country when ho predicts snow. Sat
urday ho forecasted snow for northern
Nebraska. The snow cnmo on schedule
ulo time. Monday ho forecasted rising
temperature for Norfolk on Tuesday
mil again Tuesday reiterated the same
forecast , which was followed by the
rise of temperature.
The weather man now and then
makes a mistake because there are
vast areas from which no reports are
gained , thus rendering the service
more dllllcult. Hut the weather man
has shown his value and has come to
stay.
SMOOT AT LAST.
At last , after many years of discus
sion , the senate Is to take a vote upon
the resolution declaring Senator Smoot
not entitled to a seat In the senate.
The vote wll lie * taken at ! o'clook In
the afternoon of Wednesday , Febru
ary IH ) , and the result will bo watched
with almost ns much eagerness , per
haps , as the verdict in the Thaw trial.
The vote on this resolution will bo
meat to Senator Dn Hols of Idaho ,
who takes delight In rapping the Mor
mons. In a recent speech he declared
that the Mormon church conducts the
greatest and most effective political
machine In the country ; that It Is ab
solute in its power , lie further as
serted that more than half of the
apostles of the Mormon church are
today polygamlsts. Ho says that a law
recommended by President Roosevelt
for the punishing of polygamlsts is
laughable , because It can never be
enforced. The Mormons own the
courts and the judges and the juries ,
ho says , and there would bo absolute
ly no chance of over getting a convic
tion on this charge. Ho tells how Gen
tile business linns , going Into Utah
and parts of Idaho , are allowed to es
tablish their stores , but they fall to
get the trade. He says that the apostles
tles of the church determine whom
the people shall send to Washington
as congressmen and representatives ,
and Hint unless the candidate Is satis
factory to the apostles , ho can never
\iopo to make the journey.
The most Important point , perhaps ,
In the Smoot problem Is the charge
that ho has taken a vow to serve the
Mormon church in preference to the
federal government ; that he has
placed church Interests above his duty
to state.
It has been predicted freely that
Smoot will remain , because ho has a
pleasing personality. The vote will
bo watched with interest.
WILL WORK FOR CONSERVATISM
The halt which has been called from
Washington In an authorized state
ment to the effect that this insane
clamor against all sorts of construc
tive Industry must cease if the country
is to prosper during the coming years ,
must be bad tasting dope to Governor
Cummins of Iowa and to a good big
band wagonload of Nebraskans who ,
claiming to bo "progressive" repub
licans , have been tearing holes In the
atmosphere with wild cries against
this and against that form of corpora
tion , just for the sake of yelling and
attracting the crowd.
There Is no time like the time just
past for the demagogue to nourish In.
And there has been no typo of man to
make so much noise during the insane
months that the country hns just
emerged from , ns the insincere cnlnm
Hy howler , a demagogue if the term
over applied , and who selected for the
sake of advertising the cholco adjec
tive , "progressive" gnrb , ho hns parad
ed lip nnd down the ntnto ranting about
this corporation and that one , showing
MM lectli and snarling tit the railroads
In particular and at every established
Industry In general , nnd giving forth
VonlM hurled with moro or lens do-
tructlvo force at the whole Ilhro of
nir present day Industrial machinery.
In Washington the danger of this
iiiarchlHtlo tone has coma to bo real-
zed and an effort , It Is said , will be
nado toward turning public Hontlmont
tack Into mine nnd coiiMcrvntlve chaii-
ii'lH. And thin report must cause to
all Iho faces of many of the self-styled
'reforniprs. "
The country Is bei lnnlng to awaken
.o the fact that If wo deslro capita ! to
nvoHt In coiiMtnirtlvo projticts which
, vlll bo the making of untapped re
gions , that capital must be protected
rom the deHtrucllve teeth of an Irre
sponsible public clamor born in the
nlnds of the failures of life and , him-
; ry for some of Ihn earnings tiiat have
none to UioHn men of force nnd ability
, uul faith enough in humanity to In
vest thulr enrnlng powers in'uncor -
nln projects that invnrlably help build
ip the whole community.
There Is llltlo doubt that "reform-
jrs" of the Cummins typo will con-
Inuo to snarl and giowl and throw
lomlm , but the word of caution from
Washington , showing that President
tooHove.lt Is alarmed at the result of
his wave of pessimism and hysteria ,
will do much to overthrow the unwor
thy nnd to bring the republic back to
ts saner self.
ANOTHER LAND OPENING.
Indian Inspector James McLaughlln
; ) f Washington has won another no-
able victory In reaching an agree-
nent with Rosebud Sioux Indians , and
as a result such another rush as was
witnessed when Gregory county was
thrown open to settlement , may bo
oxpecled In this section within the
next year and a half. Major McLaugh
lln , as was exclusively published in
Norfolk's paper , after several weeks
of conference with the reds has sue
ceeded In securing a satisfactory set
tlement of the terms upon which the
reservation is to be opened to home
steaders. Almost twice as much land
will be thrown open to settlement as
was done In the case of Gregory coun
ty , and consequently a larger rush
may bo expected than was seen nt
Uonesleel.
Under terms of the ngrcement which
Major Mcnughlln ! bns reached with
the Sioux , the reds are to bo paid $0
per aero for lands taken during the
first three months , $1.50 during the
next four months and $2.50 for all
lands taken after that , Including school
lands. All children born within the
past eight years are to be given allot
ments. After four years all lands re
maining unsettled are to be auctioned
off. The opening will be conducted In
the same manner as was the Gregory
county drawing.
This agreement Is practically as was
outlined In the Burke bill , recently In
troduced in congress. Upon this bill
the government stood pat despite de
mands of the reds , who at first in
sisted upon from $10 to $20 per acre.
According to Major McLaughlln
there arc no real leaders to bo dealt
with , and the whole tribe felt gener
ally satisfied with the agreement
reached.
The opening of the Trlpp - county
portion of the Rosebud will add a great
territory to Norfolk's possibilities.
There are more than a million acres
of land in that county and , after all
Indians and their children have been
provided for , there will bo still some
thing like 700,000 acres to bo given
away by Undo Sam.
There Is no question but that this land
will attract people from all over the
United States. The success of farm
ers who have taken homesteads on
the Rosebud will encourage many into
the venture and after the big lottery
Is over there will bo about 4,300 more
farms In the northwest to cultivate
the country and to make for additional
prosperity and prestige.
Additional stringing of rails may be
expected to follow into the reservation
as soon as It Is opened , which will add
to Norfolk's tributary territory and
therefore Increase this city's possibil
ities. Upon whether or not those pos
sibilities are taken advantage of will
depend their value. Some wortli will
result without going after the develop
ment offered.
The agreement just secured by Ma
jor McLaughltn Is one of Importance
to the northwest , and It should mean
as much to Norfolk as to any other
point.
PENDULUM STARTS BACK.
The pendulum Is swinging back ; the
tide hns turned ; from nn insane nnd
indiscriminate clamor against corpo
rations of the country , particularly
railroads , there Is very quickly now
to set In a flow toward conservatism
In legislation nnd in public thought
with regard to these monster prob
lems which have been viewed only on
one side by a largo portion of the pub
lic , aided by demagogues ready to ag
itate for personal gain , during the past
year or so. And the swinging back of
the pendulum Is going to come about
through an attitude of the president ,
which is Just now being clearly ex
plained through reports from Washing
ton.
Agitation has boon In the air for a
twelvemonth or so. From lawsuits in
the courts against violators of the
i , statute * , thin agitation , urged on by
yellow writers In the mngnzlnofl and
.newspapers and by silver tongued or-
ntors on the platforms , has coino to
| such a grave extremity that the presi
dent has come to believe It his duly
to call a halt , and he hns stepped forth
1 In an authorized Interview assorting
,10 , the public that , this unrest and tin-
v-holi gome clamor must cense If the
country's * prospurlly Is to continue.
Po norliiiisly does the president con-
lder this matter that he has been
I
templed to even send a special mes-
'
.uige to congress bearing upon the
( point.
There has been Incessant complaint
during the past few months against ,
the railroads because of the car short
age. Fuel famine In North Dakota
has added to the Iramatlc phase of
the Incident and the yellow newspa
pers have lost no whit of the dramatic
In studding their sheets with headlines
depleting the suffering of the North
Dakotans and the cruelty of the North
way magnates who had the nerve to
sit nt home beside n warm fireside.
To keep up with some of the journals
would have made one bellovo that the
railroad men actually took delight In
keeping coal from the frozen north.
Hands were clapped at that as far
as It went. The Interstate commerce
commission emphasized the various
points that its prosecution brought
out. A little later a series of disas
trous wrecks , resulting In the death
of hundreds , came upon the country ,
and there was another outcry Just
enough ngnlnst somebody but which
failed to get at the root of things.
Railroads were painted ns deliberate
murderers , who laughed as they dab
bled In the blood of their passengers.
And all of the time , justly enough ,
too , there was a cry for more cars to
haul freight , more tracks for the cars ,
more engines to draw the trains , bet
tor built cars to withstand Hie shocks
of collisions , shorter hours for work
men that the public safety might bo
better guarded , more expensive block
signal service that wo might run less
chance of wrecks , higher wages for
the employes and lower rates of both
freight and passenger transportation.
The latter demand exists in many
western state legislatures today.
The whole country joined in de
manding better railroads and better
service and more equipment. Then
came James .1. Hill to point out that
to supply this nation with rails nnd
trains enough to adequately handle the
traffic , there must be spent $5,500,000-
000 within the next five years or $1-
100,000,000 each year. This must be
caslil , Italians who build railroads
work only for cash and cash must pay
for equipment and right of way.
There must be built In the next llvo
years 55,000 miles of main track and
a third more for terminals , etc. , mak
ing 75,000 altogether , or 15,000 each
year.
But where is the cash coming from ?
That stupendous amount represents
thirty to forty percent of the whole
cost of the civil war and several times
the entire bonded indebtedness of the
United States.
A few men can not raise that sum.
It must be borrowed and borrowed
from Europe. But Europe Is not in
vesting in n project which Is the tar
get for incessnnt ngitatlon and destruc
tive clamor of UIJB whole country.
And so , realizing the need of this
money and the peril of bombastic agi
tation that has spread through the
land , the president has authorized a
statement that he Is a friend of rail
roads and railroad building ; that he is
a friend of corporations and combina
tions of corporations , realizing they
are a necessity of the times ; and he
wants it understood that his prosecu
tion of lawbreakers is not to bo inter-
j pretod as antagonism to railroads or
I other corporations.
This statement and this attitude
mark the. beginning of the swinging
back of the pendulum from drastic ag
itation to a more wholesome conserva
tism.
"EQUALITY , NOT CHEAPNESS. "
The Outlook , one of the weekly mog-
azines which has devoted many of Us
editorial pages during the past year
to various reforms that have been projected -
jected , and which is a staunch friend
of the president , says under the head
ing of , "Not Cheapness but Equal
Rights , " that : "The American people
are saying , not , 'Wo want goods car
ried at lower cost , ' but 'We Insist that
goods shall bo carried on terms equally
open to all. ' "
The Outlook takes up this subject
because of an editorial which appeared
in the Now York Sun , wherein that pa
per said : "Thero Is general Insanity
on the subject of railroads throughout
the country. On all sides there is an
Insistent clamor for lower rates for all
classes of transportation. "
Despite the fact that of moro than
300 bills introduced in the Nebraska
legislature during the first ten days
of Its session nenrly everyone of them
wns aimed nt railway corporations ,
and despite the fact that this same
sort of clamor is to bo found In all
ectlons of the United States , the Out-
ook takes the stand that the people
ire not demanding lower rates , but
merely equal rates , And while that
ID doubt represents the highest typo
f Intelligence which has been lined
ip In favor of regulations , It is appnr-
nt Hint the Outlook ts not really and
genuinely aware of the true conditions
over the country.
Contrary to the Outlook's statement ,
here IB , ns the Sun doclnred , a goner-
il rlnmor for lower rates on all classes
) f transportation.
In Nebraska there has been a clam
or for destroying the present pnssen-
fare charged by rnllronds and sub
stituting one which shall bo deter
mined by n state legislature. Two
cents per mile is the minimum thus
far suggested by any of these state
awmakers , but there has come forth
10 apparent reason as yet why the
ninlmiim should not be made ono cent
> r a half cent or less. And thjs same
sort of a tone is found not only In
Nebraska but also In South Dakota and
n many other states , thus refuting the
claim of the Outlook which declares
that It IH not "cheapness but equality"
that is being sought after. And the
same condition Is found with regard
to the transportation of other than
mm an commodities.
A few weeks ago .Tames J. 11111 , that
venerable railroad builder of the north
west who hns done much to develop n
vast territory long years ahead of a
development that might have come
hut for the creative force of this indi
vidual , wrote a letter to Governor John
son of Minnesota In which ho de
clared : "H Is not by accident that
railroad building has declined to its
lowest within a generation , at a time
when all other forms of activity have
been growing most rapidly. Railroads
have been made unpopular by legisla
tion ; they have been unduly taxed ;
investors have been frightened ; consequently
quently while wealth has increased ,
facilities for transporting that wealth
and making it available have almost
stood still. " And Mr. Hill points to
western legislatures of the present
year ns proof of his statement that
legislative action hns made railroads
little sought by investors. Along the
same line of argument , W. W. Flnley ,
president of the Southern railway ,
shows how the cost of railway opera
tion has Increased. Bridge timber ,
steel rails , locomotives , passenger
coaches , freight cars , coal cars , labor ,
taxes afl have Increased in cost , be
sides the excessive verdicts of juries
in personal Injury cases and the heavy
penalties assessed by many states on
carriers for failure in service.
Engineers only last week received
an Increase in pay. There is a gener
al demand over the country as a re
sult of recent wrecks and deaths , for
steel cars that will be more expensive ,
and for more expensive safety appli
ances , to say nothing of increased
trackage. And simultaneously with
this demand for the additional expen
diture of millions on the part of these
investors , come state legislatures on
all hands with destructive measures
seeking to tear down the income to
these companies.
The wonder Is that state legislatures
and congress have not yet taken up
for government regulation the supply
of bread , the printing of newspapers ,
and the operation of every other form
of industry which has to do with the
public life. There is as yet no appar
ent reason why we should not legis
late for government ownership of the
newspapers that the public might get
its reading at below cost , just as it
now gets some of its stamped envel
ope printing. Or why should we nol
attack every single industry that ex
ists and pass laws to regulate them
and , if we choose , fix the prices that
shall be charged by them ? Why noi
pass a law that no magazine shall
charge moro than $1 per line for its
advertising , and not more than six
cents per copy ?
Perhaps the reason lies in the fac
that these suggestions have not been
made and advocated column after col
iimn by the "reform" newspapers o
the country , and magazines.
It may be that there is a faction o
the "reform" element which is merely
seeking to get equality from various
Industries , but state legislatures provo
conclusively that much of the aglta
tion has been misunderstood by the
lawmakers of various commonwealth
and that destruction of rates and sub
stltntion of lower charges , regardles
of constitutionality or of the Justice o
the thing , in the light of the Increase
demanded In the cost of operation , ha
become the tendency of the times.
It Is an easy matter to follow the
crowd and do what the crowd does
to throw up one's hat when the lead
ers yell ; it is a dlfflcult matter to
strike a just and conservative conclu
slon in regard to public topics and to
reason it out Independently of the
crowd or of public clamor. The Out
look and other leaders have apparent
ly been misinterpreted by the publl
and the statement Hint equality mere
ly , not cheapness , Is wanted , ought t
bo pondered over by some of thos
drastically favoring destruction.
AROUND TOWN.
.This grip weather is hard on poop ]
vho hnvo their handkerchiefs washed
> y the dozen.
Hiimnn enrs get Immune to alnrni
clocks.
When you don't remember for sure ,
o 't sny It.
When the Auditorium orlglnnlly
pencil , Iho manager mnde n speech.
We're thinking of starting n news-
apor entitled , "Tho Dally. Sadlo
'oem. "
The biggest bow in the hair , without
crinkle , is the aim of every proper-
plrlted girl just now.
This Is the first genuine fall of snow
lint winter has had the nerve to spring
n ns. Some'r" genuine and somo'r'
ot.
If your nose felt chilly In that 15-
elow weather , just think of the peo-
le at Bonesteel , where the mercury
roppcd to 23.below. . .
George Must Ho Careful Gcorgo
ailed at Mrs , Warner's home Monday.
YO will have to keep an eye on that
hap , eh , Elmer. Correspondent ,
Crolghton News.
Norfolk belles who had new gowns
nado for the Elks annual ball have
mil a taste from the cup of disappoint-
nent that Is flavored with the real
ting , now that the ball has been given
The fellow who claims he saw Alber-
a Gallatln in "Dorothy Vernon of Had-
lan Hall , " for fifty cents at Grand
sland , made only one .mistake. Albcr-
a Gallatln never stopped five minutes
n Grand Island In all her life.
Lincoln Star : Norfolk deserves
iralse. Local advertisements have
) een painted off the theatre drop cur-
aln there and a now curtain installed ,
vith a scene painted by scenic artists.
riie theatre floors have been carpeted.
Mineral spring people tell you to
lriik water every little while because
t's great stuff. A Norfolk physician
says to drink It never , lecauso ( It
makes the bones and tissues tlabby.
Nature , after all , is a pretty good
guage. Nature gave us a thirst that
ought to tell us what to drink and
vhen to drink it.
When you lose your watch at night
and find it in the street next morning , J ;
you hardly know whether to feel un- V
ucky for losing it , or lucky for find-
ng it. Perhaps the philosophical way
of looking nt it would be to consider
ourself careless for having a hole in
your pocket , nnd lucky to have learned %
ho lesson with only the mental an
guish as a fee.
First night's experience :
Total receipts from sale
*
of tickets to the pub- f
lie $ -108.00 S
'aid Alberta Gallatin
company 500.00
Bights , orchestra , stage
Ijands , fuel and other
expenses of opening
Auditorium 28.50
Deficit : . . . 70.50
$528.50 $528.50
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
To most men all whisky tastes alike
bad.
Many a day seems to be a failure up
to noon , and then turns out all right.
_ _ _ _ _
There always seems more excuse for
i man to beat a mule than to whip a
lorse.
If a man abuses the authority he has
lie is pretty apt to think ho should
liave more power.
A man who Is a connoisseur In the
matter of cigarettes , never knows
much about anything else.
It is safe to bet that a man Is gen
uinely polite if he is that way in talkIng -
Ing over the telephone.
A woman has this way of judging
whether a looking glass is good glass.
If she looks pretty In It , she concludes
It is good glass.
Women come nearer enjoying sick
ness than anyone else , but they will
never bo thoroughly satisfied in the
role of the invalid until doctors have
bargain days.
The only reason some men care to
succeed Is to bo able to show their
superiority to their enemies.
Almost any married man can make
his friends smile by saying he Is per
fectly free to do as he pleases.
A plain girl who carries a large line
of smiles hasn't much to fear from the
pretty girl with the solemn face.
Physical culture would become moro
popular If there were exercises that
could bo taken while sitting In a chair
before the fire.
The girl who takes a week's time to
consider a proposal of marriage , Is an
other creature for whom wo are large
ly Indebted to fiction.
When a man Is sick his women folks
sny confidently to those who Inquire :
"Oh , nil that's the matter with him Is
that he's been eating too much. "
When anyone attempts something
dllllcult , or unusual , and falls , people
bay : "That will tench him n lesson. "
Are there no lessons in success ?