PI1E NORFOLK WMCLYNEWS-JOUilNAL : FRIDAY. MARCH 8. lfl)7. ( )
The NorfolK Weekly News-Journal
The Now * , UMnbllKhiid. 1881 ,
Tlio Journal , 13Mnl > llnhrd , 1877
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UNION DEPOT ACCUPTAIJLIC.
The point brought up by n Norfolk
innn with roRiird to n union depot In
UilH city , to Ilio I'ffort tliut concent ra
tion of Hint Ion work would rodur-o the
number of fninllli'8 lioro , IH offset by
tlio iniuiy argumontH tlint could bo
brought In faxor of such un Intttltutlon.
And It IH doubtful If u very great re
duction In force would rcHult , Hlnco
tbo added business would ro.qulro nioro
than enough men to luindlu ono iitatlon
nt present.
lint n union depot would moan much
to thu city In other ways. It would
bring people Into tlio city at an Invlt-
IIIK center , and tbo union station would
l o enough1 of an advortlHement , In It-
nolf BO far as tlio traveling public's
eyes are concerned , to offHot tlio re
duction In force. A handsome union
depot , presenting a creditable plcturo
to now arrivals , would glvo the first
Impression to tlio outHldo world , and
they tell us that llrst Impressions nro
lasting OUCH.
Again , u union station would brink'
lu'oplo Into the city at a point conve
nient to Norfolk's business Intorcstn ,
BO that , by the tlmo waved over former
long triniHforH , the business IIOUHOH
would bo visited and would got a ben
efit every day of the year.
With a union station up town , con
venient to the city , more people would
fool llko visiting Norfolk. As It now
IB , people from the main line of the
Northwestern dltdlko to start out on
the journey because they know that
as much time will ho taken In getting
up town as Is required In getting to
Norfolk.
All hi all , Norfolk would take n un
1 ion depot without much protest , If It
wore offered as a Christmas gift.
PARTY ORGANIZATION.
Deserted and Ignored by radicals
who had selected themselves as party
chiefs and his close supporters and
holp'ors , Governor George U. Sheldon
of Nebraska , solid and cool headed ,
lias refused to abandon the principles
which ho advocated In his campaign
speeches and which were placed Into
tbo republican platform for him and
others of the party to stand upon. And
word comes from Lincoln that , out of
the confusion and the groping about
In the darkness , now leaders of t'.e
parly are being sought to loplaco those
who have utterly failed and who have ,
by their erratic methods , very mate
rlally disintegrated republican party
organization by joining the populists
and democrats to light against their
own party and their own governor.
To sncb an extent hnvo some of the
self styled apostles of reform gone In
their madness that the democrats of
the state aie already said to bo laughIng -
Ing up their sleeves at the trap which
worked so well. And , after the logis
latlvo confusion Is over , It Is predicted
by those who have kept their lingers
on the pulse of parties , that the demo-
i crats and populists alike will carry out
their plans to further disrupt repub
llcanism In this state , by pointing out
nnd clearly , too that party lines
have been cast to the winds and that
there Is not further need of party loy
alty.
It has been a neat trick. Flatter )
and applause from the galleries have
swept some of the members of the
grand old party off their feet and tlioh
heads wont swimming. Popular clam
or , beating a bass dm in for this am
that drastic act , without regard to
soundness or the saneness of It , has
driven many an Intelligent public mai
who knew better and who know ho
was shirking a public duty , away fron
bis wharf Into the ether man's harbor
It Is ono thing to bo sent hither am
thither for the sake of the handclai
ping , and quite another to keep th
ship headed In the level headed dlrcc
tlon.
Governor Sheldon demonstrated hi
courage of conviction. Even the dras
tic newspaper "reformers" which , ha\
Ing ( lopped from one extreme to an
other with the popular hysteria , had
deserted him And his platform , were
forced by his stand pat courage to take
off their hats to him and admit that
ho could not bo blamed. And In that
admission , they condemned themselves
as traitors to the republicanism that
chose Mr. Sheldon as Its loader. And
the very stability of the governor
forced them to admit that ho was right
and that they had been guilty of do-
sortlon.
There Is grave need of watching
party organization at this tlmo. In
splto of the popular cry , largely pro
pounded by the minority party , that
party organization Is no longer needed ,
It remains a fact that nobody has yet
been found who could suggest a better
method of carrying on the politics of
this government.
It is a dangerous thing for a par y
faction which claims to lead Its party ,
o stall ahead ami deseit Its own par-
J'H platforms , as well an KH own par-
> 'R governor , for the sake of trying to
iinlHli this Industry or that , or for
rnndstandlnff.
Republic-aim of Nebraska have strong
eason for watching their party orga-
I/.Ml Ion nt this time.
The desertion of a few has given
attraction to the opposing parties ,
ml will liijuro the republican party's
uterests unless precaution Is oxer-
Ised.
Til 13 REDSKINS' INTERESTS.
Some of the nation's preserves dosvn
nst , near the si rip of land now worth
Illlons as the center of Gotham but
ought for $21 from tlio redskins In
oars lignite , have been greatly worried
est the white dottier should como out
ere nnd settle up Trlpp county's mill-
in acres as they ought to bo settled ,
vlthout giving poor Ix > silver coins
nougli to spend for a good sized Jag.
They consider $0 too small a price
o pay for an aero of the unbroken
ralrlo nnd point to the value of
Iregory county farms today , after the
land of civilization 1ms turned It into
iroducllvonesB , IIB argument ngnlnst
ho lottery whloli Is , with President
loosovolt's olllclal sanction , to bo
mlled off In these pnrts about n year
rom now.
Until B worth $10 an ncro out In the
cHort have been converted , by irrlgn-
Ion , Into lauds worth several hundred
ollars an acre. Hut It took brains
ind toll and science to wave the
iiaglc wand that brought about the
hiingo.
Lands In Trlpp county may bo worth
nero than they will cost the settlers ,
'ho Sioux wanted $20 per acre for
hem. Hut the nation's reformers
lown coat should remember that the
neil who go out on these acres , hnvo
o build their homes nnd till the
oil and earn those lands If over a
omostendor did earn his land. There
s no charily business about this lot-
ory game as It Is worked In the Roso-
md drawings. A man surely gets his. .
lonoy's worih In land , but ho has to
glvo his time and his labor to the govp
rnmont In return ,
These lands are worth little to the
eds as they stand today. It will re
ulre white hands to put dollars Into
heso prairies. It Is the duty of the
government to open up these lands
hat the citizens of this country , over
eoklng new homes , may be given op
lortunltloH to earn homesteads. It
s the government's duty to cultivate
ho virgin prairies up In Trlpp county
nil make them help do their share
ownrd producing the world's break-
ast. There la only ono way In which
his can bo done and that Is to throw
> pen the lands at prices which will
attract white men fiom their already
comfortable homes and lead them off
nlo the frontier to help do the work
hat the pioneers always 'have ' to do
or the generations that follow.
The Indians nro the nation's wards ,
D ollars mean little to them , and ought
o mean little. They are entitled to
lomes and comforts and their livings
This is owed to them whether the
overnment sells their lands for hlgl
or low prices.
The government Is not harming the
red man in the transaction , ' for ho
mist bo cared for In any event. Open
Ing these lands to settlement at fair
Igures , on the other hand , will bo
performing a proper service to man
'
kind.
The Oulook and others ought not to
waste their tears over problems tha
are being cared for with the white
man just as fairly treated as his cop
per colored cousin.
TUB GOVERNOR'S POSITION.
Wednesday morning the now two
cent passenger faro law , just enactoi
by the Nebraska legislature , will become
como effective. Whether or not wo
shall bo able to buy a ticket at two
cents a mile remains to bo seen. The
law will go Into effect without the sig
nature of'Governor Sheldon , but It will
not be blocked by his veto. Several
Interesting points will bo watched In
connection with the now law by the
public.
Governor Sheldon takes the position
that the law had no business to bo en
acted by the legislature that the
regulation of rates on railways had
been expressly and constitutionally
delegated to the new railroad com
mission , and that for the legislature
to take Into Its own hands the matter
of thus reducing a passenger rate was
usurping , some of the rights that had
beun turned over to a commission
created for that purpose. And because
ho docs not believe that the legislature
should have passed tlio law , Governor
Sheldou refused to sign the bill.
On the other had he did not veto It.
Ho took the position In Mils respect
that many of the legislators had voted
for the bill not because they bolloved
It the thing to do , not because their
business judgment told thorn that this
was the sane way of going at the
matter , not because they believed that
It was the fair thing to do without
Investigating thoroughly , but purely
and simply because a WHO of popular
sentiment * > : JU. u and t'.i > >
lacked the -.m-age 'to gel out of Us
way. The governor believes that
nany of ( hone Rolonu , who thus got
nto the band wagon without consld
ring an ) other phase of the question ,
toped down deep In their hearts that
vhen the bill went to the executive
chamber for gubernatorial signature ,
I would bo blocked by the man oc
cupying that olIIco and that thus the
enactment would bo held up , while
hey , the people's representatives ,
vould ho patted on the back as "re-
'ormors. "
Hut Governor Sheldon fooled the
awmakers who had him down In the
lope I shoots for that move , Ho re-
ftiHod to assume the responsibility of
timing i down the hill that had como
o him with pretty nearly unanimous
vote from the legislature. The logls-
aturo had voted for It , and ho'de
clined to bo made the tool to destroy
Ho did not bellovo the bill slioiiid
mvo been paused. Hut he declined
to act as sponsor for the lawmakers
ind , by allowing the bill to become
law without his approval , ho has
ilaced entire responsibility for Its
enactment upon the house and tbo
senate. '
It remains for tbo Investigation
hat should have been made by the
legislature , just as was made In Wis
onsin , before final action , to bo taken
l > y the courts. For It Is stated In a
llspatch from Chicago that the now
law will bo fought In the courts by
ho railroads. In Wisconsin the roads
iccepted the reduction of a half cent
mlored by the Wisconsin railway
commission after a year's Invostlga-
ion. In other states there was prac-
lcally no Investigation Into the sound
ness of the legislation , the reduction
greater than In the badger state ,
ind In other states it will take a
legal battle to lest the foundation of
the measure. Governor Sheldon bo-
. .
loves that a commission appointed
( o ) Investigate such matters , should
.
mvo thoroughly Investigated before
ictlng , In order that their act might
.
have solidity to stand up.
Another feature of the case which
is Interesting Is tbo emergency clause.
The Intel-estate commerce railroad
enacted by congress last winter , says
that no change shall bo made In any
railroad : rate without thirty days' no-
lice being given. The new law in
tlIV
Nebraska , carrying the emergency
clause , says that it shall be effective
Wednesday morning. Hero again is
n conflict between state's rights and
federal authority. Which shall pre
vail ?
In case the law should go into effect ,
ono point that the country towns will
watch closely will bo the effect In
diminishing local trade. Country mer
chants and country residents , all of
whom are or ought to bo enough Interested -
torested In their own communities
growth to spend the money they make
at .homo , with the other business folk
who are trying to upbuild their own
towns , will bo nnxlous to note how
mnny more of their pntrons ride into
Omnlia on the now two-cent rate , to
do their shopping , than before. It wil
be a fcnturo worth taking notice of.
And , In the meanwhile , the whole
public i will watch the freight-rate of
feet f with Interest. If the two-cent
fnre should not prove enough to sup
port passenger service , as the Wlscon
sin commission says It would not In
that stnte , the whole public would ex
pect to pay for the passenger trains in
freight j cost , nnd the people who never
travel t very much , anyway , may not
llko the idea as n theory. Thnt's wh >
they will watch It In practice.
Again , the effect upon Improvements
which those western towns In manj
cases badly need , will be watched. I
is announced from railroad ofllces tha
railway managers will not bo In n
mood to spend any moro money build
Ing up Improvements , with prospects
of having their Incomes further cut
nnd the west , which wnnts more mils
nnd bettor depots will keep nn eye
for this reason on the two-cent far
bill.
And there nre other rensons wh )
the now law's effect will bo watche
with Interest and oven nnxiety by
business Interests. For this fnre bll
is a fire on one end of a candle , whlc' '
nnlso 1ms fire nt the other end , Th
railroads nre the candle and there 1
a burning process going on nt tw
extremities' . For , while the leglsla
atures are enacting a law to reduc
passenger Incomes one-third , rnllwa
trainmen in Chicago have just do
manded moro pay from these solf-sam
railroads , to say nothing of the do
mands of telegraph operators for a re
ductlon In one-third tholr hours , afto
recently having asked and received a
Increased wage. Laws In state an
national legislatures have been pushe
hard seeking to reduce telegraph op
orators' hours to eight a day , thu
making It compulsory that railroad
hire Just one-half moro men for thl
service. To say nothing of the prob
loin as to where these extra men wl
como from when all mon nro rare to
day , or the problem as to just ho
much cfllclcncy must bo decreased 1
order to train a half moro operator
' > now -Manage depots , there come
non of Just how much logl
tsjutivii i * jjoliiK to be required , In re
Uuclng Incomes and increasing opera
ig expenses , before the crop of ro-
t'lvershlpH predicted by Mr. Shouts ,
hall como true and glvo the nation
start that will affect the nerves.
A DRAMATIC CONGRESS.
The fifty-ninth congress has como
o a close , With its termination has
onto the end of the first half of Pros-
lent Roosevelt's administration. Sol-
om has a congress given rise to so
inch discussion , Seldom has ono sent
ut so many newspaper columns of
iterestlng reading , seldom has one
nacted so many laws whoso effect has
eon felt the length nnd breadth of
lie land. It has been a dramatic con-
ross of conflicts which have placed
ion usually calm nnd deliberate , In
rnstlc nnd Impnssloned roles. It hns
eon a congress that has kept the gal-
orles filled with Intoresled Bpeclators
and at times the frny became so fit-
Ions that the galleries wore clenred.
'ho Ho has been passed frequently
.nd sparks have flashed. There has
icon the clash of steel nnd some of
ho duels have loft still gaping
vounds. And with the battle's exclto-
lent cleared awny , the country finds
ho statute books loaded with many
nws that were not there before laws
hat nro chnrgcd with the power of dy-
nnilto and which nro vastly sweeping
n their power.
Among the most conspicuous laws
nacted by the Fifty-ninth congress
nay be mentioned the railroad rate
illl , the pure food bill , the meat In-
pectlon law , Jnpnneso exclusion , 1m-
ilgratlon bill , Increased pay for mem-
ors of congress , cabinet members ,
ostal clerks and carriers , the remls-
Ion of tax on denatured alcohol , the
iw restricting the hours of labor for
allway employes , the Aldrlch bill
rovldlng for a relssuo of currency In
) \ver denominations , the approprla-
ion of $83,000,000 for rivers and bar-
ors , and many others.
Hills of greatest local interest In this
ectlon have been the Nebraska fed-
ral Judicial division bill , the Trlpp
ounty land opening bill and the graz-
ng land lease law. | I
In the moro conspicuous measures
tendency on the part of the governj
ncnt has become apparent In greater
entrallzatlon of authority. The rail-
vay rate law , the pure food law and
he meat inspection law have all taken
ertain powers which stntes formerly
bought they owned , and given theme
o the nation. Centralization of pow
er , first advocated strongly by Hamil-
on when the coitstitution was being
rained , has never arrived at the point
low known in this country.
The railway rate law , regulating in-
erstate commerce , Is almost unlimited
n its donation of authority to the fed
eral government. It hns given to the
nterstate commerce commission the
Ight to regulate railroad rates for
ntorstatc commerce nnd to fix such
rates as "the commission shall deem
reasonable and just. " There Is most
extraordinary power , therefore , given
to the commission. The chief object
sought in the passage of this law ,
President Roosevelt says , was the cor-
ectlon of discriminations and not the
lowering of rates. Under their now
; Mwer , the Interstate commerce com
mission are Investigating various cas
es of alleged discrimination. In a lo
cal way people of all states have felt
the effect of this law with regard to
msses , which , for interstate trips ,
ivore prohibited by this law excepting
; n the cases of a considerable class of
citizens , who are specifically excluded
from the anti-pass provisions. This
law hns been supplemented In. Ne
braska nnd other stntes by similar
anti-pass laws and' by the creation of
railway commissions which , acting ns
: he interstate commerce commission
does In Interstate commerce , shnll
regulate rates for intrastate com
merco. Newspapers and magazines ,
which formerly exchanged advertising
spnce for railroad mileage , have been
prohibited from making such contracts
under the now laws and the constitu
tionality of this ruling by the Inter
state commerce commission Is now
being tested by a friendly case Intro
duced by the Monon railroad In Illi
nois. This case , It Is believed , was In
troduced by the federal government ,
which holds'a receivership over the
road that owns tbo Monon , In order
to determine the solidity of this Inter
pretation of the laws.
Ambassador Bryce , who has Just
been sent to Washington by Great
Britain , once wrote n book In whlcl
ho dealt humorously with America's
nttltudo townrd their federal govern
ment. Ho said that the federal government <
ornment wns something looked upon
here ns a sort of foreign affairs de
partment. Mr. Bryce returns to fint' '
the federal government fixing rates on
railroads , snatching deadhead paste
bonrds from the specially privileged
tolling ns what to ent nnd what not to
ent , nnd pointing Its finger nt the won
"horso meat" where horsp ment In
stend of milk fed chickens Is Intended
The federal government's assump
tion of moro power than It used to
own has been felt in no moro notable
cnso than in the pure food law re
quiring only the truth to bo placed on
labcds of foods and drugs used In Interstate
terstato commerce business , compelling
ing them to put In print on the labels
the names of Ingredients used nnd
protecting not only the public butnlso
the conscientious manufacturer of
foods and drugs from the adulterations
and deceptions duo to the fraudulent
concerns. This will not cheapen he
coat of living. It will raise the cost
for the reason that not so much ncld
will bo used In the plnco of pure ma
ple syrup. Hut It may Incidentally
save the stomachs. The law Is being
( supplemented In many states by state
laws which will afford the same sort
of protection for Intrastnto commerce.
The tendencies of some state legis
latures to oven go beyond the national
congress In drastic measures , has set
ninny to thinking that Intrastnto nnd
Interslnto Inlorcsls alike must bo
placed In tbo central authority.
The tax on denatured alcohol has
been removed nnd It promises to be
come a boon to the farmer. Foryenra
there has been an effort to secure re
mission of tax on alcohol for use In
mechanics and arts , but It remained
for the Fifty-ninth congress to ex
clude "denatured" alcohol , or alcohol
containing n poisonous Ingredient
mnklng It unfit for n beverage , from
Internal revenue . As a result It Is
snld that farmers will be nblo to make
alcohol for burning purposes out of
potatoes In their own dooryards.
The Immigration law has been
amended and was passed In order to
allow the president to exclude coolie
Japanese. It Is probable that trouble
with Japan was averted In this wny.
Among the notable things done by
congress was Its refusal to accept and
adopt the reform , spelling whch the
president attempted to thrust upon that
body. And congress , clinging to the old
wny of spellng words as our fathers
taught us , won out ngninst orders from
the white house. The president an
nounced last summer that he would
adopt the reform spelling nnd would
use it In his ofllclnl correspondence.
It was an effort to force the new mode
upon the public , but the public Is using
the typewriter in the same old way.
The president has punctuated the
first half of his administration with
several lively incidents. There was
he j episode when Mr. Roosevelt and
Senator Bailey passed the Ho In ra-
her heated fashion. Then there was
he Bellamy Storer affair and the let
ers headed "Dear Maria , " In which
he chief executive mixed up his per
sonal and his ofllcinl capacities to the
amusement of eighty millions of peo-
And the Brownsville affair must not
ic forgotten. Moro than ordinary in
erest attached to It because the
roops wore known In this part of
Nebraska. It was a new thing for a
iresldcnt to do , to discharge a com
mny of soldiers in a wholesale way ,
ind ho admitted that he superceded
ils constitutional authority when he
: rlcd to deprive the disgraced troops
of their civilian rights. Otherwise ,
though , his legnl right to discharge
: he men was not questioned. Tillmnn
and Foraker flashed fire in this debnte
and the negro problem , many decndes
old yet still unsettled , cnme Into the
open for considerable discussion
Nothing to settle It , however , resulted.NV
One of the notable features of the
session was the increase in congres
slonal salaries. It was done in a cow-
irdly manner. The house first votet
against the bill , through cowardice
Then they were forced to act If the >
wanted the money. They flopped In
their original vote and raised their
own pay. And even at that It Is ap
parent that they have not raised il
enough , If the resignation of Senator
Spooner of Wisconsin Is to be con
sldered.
Much that hns been done in the Fif-
ty-nintli congress hns been revolutionc
nry , so far ns previous custom wns
concerned. Much tlint has been done
by this congress has been seriously
questioned by eminently nble const !
tutlonal jurists ns to whether or no
It wns within the power of congress
The constitutionality of certain meas
ures has been seriously and sincerely
questioned by men who are entltlec
to respect In their opinions. It hns
been a congressional session flllec
with turmoil and unrest , and that tur
moil nnd unrest have extended to the
utmost boundaries of the nation
Some of the dramatic things said by
some of the agitators in congress have
spread to the ever-susceptlblo demagogues
gogues In both private and public life
and speeches have rung with eloquen
appeals which , exaggerating condl
tlons , have had a positively dangerous
effect up'on the business of the coun
try. Irresponsible magazines and
newspapers , craving only bigger sub
scrlptlon lists nnd willing to use Insln
cerlty and red flags for that end , hav
put Into the headline's hypnotic sugges
tlons filled with dynamite and bomb
shell danger , until a portion of th
eighty millions of people m this na
tlon hnvo come close to the edge of n
anarchy's stream. War paint and false
alarms that have sprung up here am
there from drastic cues that emanated
from Washington , where the Fifty
ninth congress sat , have had full swaj
unchecked , nnd hnvo unquestionably
had to do with creating a state of pub
He unrest , in the face of tbo inos
prosperous period the country eve :
know , which glvo every reason for so
Ions thought among the Intelligent
nd constructive people of this nation.
On the whole It has been a busy and
, dramatic congress , a congress that
ins kept the galleries well filled and
ho reading public furnished with Hvo-
y gossip.
AROUND TOWN.
It IB now Congressman Boyd.
As wo snld before , the Ynnkton &
Southwestern struck Into Nebraska at
in unfortunate moment.
Even Nebraska's snow Is good to
ook at. Tlint which fell this tlmo
ooks like whipped cream.
Moihbers of the Lazy club at NeIgh -
. Igh ' , who gave a dinner to poor chll-
Iron of the city , received 1,000 thanks
for the effort.
The superstitions nro not all dead.
An Omaha'man win came to Norfolk
carried a potato In his pocket. He Is
trying to drive away rheumatism.
There Is ono thing about that Butte
icadloss rooster that Is a puzzle. With
ho bird's head gone and eyes too , how
tow on earth , can ho see that ho has
a sere neck ?
If that O'Neill minister's suit for
! 13,000 should bo won , Norfolk won't I
expect any depot at all. 1
The New YorkiThnw cnso has quit i
filling the papers but the Norfolk thaw
cnso fills the now drainage ditch. 1
Railroad men figure that the weath
er man has been their only friend In
he government service.
Brownsville , Storers , reform spell-
ng. All gone. But Norfolk Is thtnk-
ng of paving , completing the sewer ,
electing a mayor , nnd entcrtnlnlng the
teachers. All is not ( lend.
A Boston man snys the center of
culture hns moved ns fnr west ns Chi
cago. Chlcngo agrees.
Harry Thaw at least had sense
enough to want to keep out of an In
sane ! asylum.
The Thaw trlnl has been reduced to
small heads in the newspapers , but a
city election Is nppronchlng in Norfolk.
Which nre you betting on Now Dal-
ns or Gregory ?
To get n Norfolk man to run for
mayor Is like getting a girl who knows
fiow , to play on the plnno before "com-
l > any. "
We'll nil hnve to take a train ride
now In order to save that extra cent
mile. Here's where we get even with
the railroads.
Who could bo more lucky than a
man elected to congress just after the
salaries had been boosted $2,500 per i
year ? Boyd is that ninn in Nebraska. <
We'll all have to take our lunches
when wo attend the North Nebraska . ,
Declamatory contest this year. The < i
last number 23 will have a mennlng. I
When you get cnreless enough to
lenve your rubbers on the front porch i
on a moonlight night In Norfolk , you
wake up to find them burled with
snow.
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There Is nothing more annoying than
to step upon a road that looks frozen
and sink through the deceptive crust
to ankle-deep slush unless It Is to do
it again.
"I am glad Sndie's lambs left for
Sioux City , " said a Norfolk man. But
the preacher's lost trunk has closely
followed Into the lamb's nest. It's a
frivolous world , after all.
No typewriter salesman could hold
his ' job unless he could sell any ma
chine on earth to a wooden Indian ,
with the buyer convinced he had
bought the best machine ever made.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
No busy man Is as busy as he thinks ,
he Is.
Occasionnlly you meet n man whose
laugh Is enough to cause the thermom
eter to fall.
It Is another sign of old age when
you br ln to look for something which
will keep you young.
Talk about good roads always seems
moro popular In the winter time when
the ground is frozen.
If people were hung for kicking ,
tbo average traveling man would bo
kept dodging the rope.
A man thinks of a lot of different
things when he marries , but alimony
is ' never on the list.
The man with an extremely long
beard Is prouder of it than a woman
Is of a good complexion.
The moro disreputable n pipe looUs
and smells , the dearer it Is to its
owner.
Some mon are so contrary they could
bo safely guaranteed to hang nny Jury.
You cnn usually tell a man nnd his
wife nt n dnnco by the devotion they
don't show each othor.
Ever occur to you tlint many of your
sorrows are silly sorrows ? That Is ,
sorrows that arq not Important ?
