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PUHLIC OPINION.
Tlmru has bi.-cn a good deal of ' "
Kustlng muck-raking In thu United
States during tlio past couple of years.
Much of It IIHH boon bitter anil much ,
no doubt , unjust. Much of It has
been employed against men moro do-
Horvlng of credit und respect thun
those who wlolded the rakes nnd hum-
inors. And In the very resentment
against tlilB nmllclous dennncliitlon
has como u most encouraging sign.
People do cure , lifter nil , bo they greater
or small , for what the public thinks.
Thcro Is something wrong with the
nmn who so IncUa pride ns to bo 1m-
inuno to the arrows of crltlclara will
bear watching. It hna been demon
strated pretty effectually that the
world at largo attaches a good deal
of consideration to Ito neighbors' opin
ion. And It's a hopeful tdgn.
The boy who hns no regard for the
esteem of his elders naturally knows
no self respect nnd grows up Into a
place among tlio element that occu
pies steel cells in penitentiaries. The
grown-ups who believe they nro Inde
pendent enough to disregard other pee
ple's Ideas , sooner or later awake with
n. Jolt. It Is not an Insincere politic
that society would make of man , seek
ing with soft soap to coincide with all
Ideas , but self respect Involves a
wholesome regard for other men's
viewpoints.
Wo hear much of American Indepen
dence. None of us Is as Independent
as wo hope or Imagine. The name
of "Independent" Is too often , tnUon
In vain. Jinny times It Is Interpreted
us a right to bo bigoted and arrogant
nnd indifferent. Heal Independence in
its place speaks for Itself. Hut Inde
pendence is not Indifference. And the
one bright jewel raited up by the
inuckrakors at largo of Into Is the sign
that men do really care what their
neighbors think of them.
CLASH OF AUTHORITY.
Another clash between federal and
state authority seems Imminent. Nebraska
braska , for Instance , has a law pro
hlbitlng the "tipping" of waiters. Hut
comes Uncle Sam and , In the name
of the federal government authorizes
his olllclals to fee the waiters and porters
ters and everybody else In the habit
of being tipped.
This condition of affairs was brought
about because a cabinet oillcor received
the glassy stare fiom a dining car
waiter when ho asked for an extra
allowance of butter. This olllcer did
not believe in tips , but ho learned his
llttlo lesson. The now rule will go
into effect July 1.
President Rogsevelt was told of the
embarrassment of his oillclal adviser ,
and ho decided that ofllclnls , when
traveling , should bo allowed expenses
for tips. Some of the olllcers have
had allowances for this purpose , but
now all of them are on the same foot-
Ing. The agricultural department Is
the last branch of the government service -
vice to succumb to the practice of tip
ping. An oillclal of that department
said last night :
"All employes of the govermuen
while traveling on oillclnl business are
allowed to fee the employes of trains
nt hotels or other places whore and
\ fees are customary. Just how the
1 V colored brother In the dining car came
to bo overlooked is a mystery. Any
way , wo received complaints from al
along the line , both from the black
waiter and from the government em
ploye , who did not dare bravo th 3
wrath of the offended knight of th <
napkin and dug down Into his ow :
'Jehus' for the coin. This continue
until Secretary Wilson ordered the
revision , on which wo are now at
work. "
The result will bo watched with In
terest when federal olllclals strike Ne
braska and attempt to fee the waiters.
For the employes , It may bo expected ,
will unquestionably f\lo complaints.
It is dlflicnlt to see how the olllclals
will escape- detection and punishment ,
In view of the strict enforcement that
is being Riven this wise law.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial day will bo fittingly ob
served in all parts of the union. De
spite the gap between the end of the
war and the present day , a gap that
1s widening each year , there Is no dim
inution in the sentiment which
prompts the nation , once each twelve
month , to shut up its office and lay
down its plow to pay fitting tribute to
the memories of those bravo men who ,
fought and died.
, It is not too much to urge again at
this time that it is pre-eminently the
sacred duty of the younger seta of
men and women , boys and girls , to
take active burdens that arise with
the proper observance of Memorial
day. The veterans who returned from
the war and who have lived in peace
Hlnco isfifi , have done their share nnd
moro In'preserving thin government.
l"
I'I who
The equally cotmiguniiH women
Htayiul at homo to light the battles
jt tlic-ro battles equally severe and
who organized the Woman's Hollof
Corps for the purpose of doing what
\UIH In their power to heal the wounds
and to soften war's harshness , have
done all and moro than their share In
this direction ,
The world's work has been handed
down In all branches of Industry to
younger hands. It Is tlmo that the
surviving veterans of that war bo re
lieved of the active labors connected
with each Memorial service. The fit
ting observance of the day ought to
bo made a part of each state's and
city's work so that its sentiment may
be perpetuated.
Of late yearn only the comparative
few survivors of war times have at
tended to the decorating of the graves
each Memorial day morning. The
younger generations have apparently
taken the attitude that this was a
task not for thorn , but for somebody
else. It would seem cruel if the day
should como when no pretty Mowers
were tenderly laid upon the tombs of
the men who marched to war In re
sponse to their country's call. Yet
this will bo the situation on a day not
far distant unless the responsibility
of paying tender tribute with fragrant
flowers to the memory of the dead , Is
taken up actively each Memorial
morning by America's population at
largo. It Is the dtity of the whole
country and nil Its citizens to help
decorate the cemeteries on this one
day of the year.
WAR IN CHACAGO STOCK YARDS.
The west has Its eyes just now on
the Chicago stock yards. Not that
the Chicago stock yards Is a partlcu
larly attractive picture , but because
much of the west's bank account de
pends upon the outcome of the battle -
tlo now being waged there between
the packers on the ono sldo and the
commission men and shippers on the
other. In case the packers adhere a
rule that they have Just made , It Is
predicted that the price of hoof will
jump over the moon. Commission
men and shippers hope that this high
price of meat will bring such n roar
from the public that the packers will
retreat from their now order.
The packers , beginning with Monday
of this week , announced that they
would buy no moro "cow stuff" on the
old cash basis. Hereafter they will
not pay for "cow stuff" until after the
government Inspectors have looked
over the slaughtered animals and de
clared them sound. Animals found
impound will not bo paid for at all.
Heretofore the packers have paid cash
for cows bought and have sustained
the losses themselves on animals
found , after the purchases , to bo un
sound.
The packers claim they ought not to
lose money for unsound animals. They
say they have been trying for months
to develop a plan by which they could
evade this loss. Public sentiment has
stood out as a specter which they
feared to face and for that reason the
now order was not promulgated till
this week.
Commission men , on the other hand ,
declare that the now rule would do
away with the present cash basis ;
that a credit system , with complica
tions , would result ; that money would
not bo forthcoming for n week or so
after the sale of livestock , which would
give the packers interest on millions
of dollars for an extra week. They
claim that the packers can make good
use of oven unsound animals , by work
ing them up Into other uses , and that
the new rule seeks to give the pack
ers double profit on these animals.
They warned all shippers not to ship
cow stuff this week and as a result
the market fell off mightily. Cows In
the yards went to Independent pack
ers.
ers.It
It Is expected that the war will last
the week out and that , If the price
goes up as a result , the public outcry
may have some bearing on the subject.
JAPS "STILL , CALM. "
The Japanese press , cables declare
Is still calm but is withholding unex "
pressed fooling over the San Fran
clsco assault only out of respect fo
President Roosevelt , In whom there
Is confidence and who is expected to
prevent future assaults. But "cvei
the most conservative nnd hopeful fea
that a repetition of a similar occurrence
renco may have serious results upoi
the relations of both countries , " coi
Unites the cablegram.
From the Importance which Japan
is attaching to the minor incident li
San Francisco , the outcome of pee
police service In San Francisco , it i
apparent that the llttlo brown natlo
still has the chip on its shoulder whic
was so evident at the tlmo of the Sa
Francisco school affair. There Is ap
parent effort in the orient to create
mountain from the mole hill.
Thcro is a growing conviction In th
United States that Japan is lookin
for trouble with this country and tha
trouble Is bound to come , sooner o
later. The Philippine Islands nr
pointed out by many as a prize towar
which the Jap eyes are constantly
turned ,
It la rutlior ridiculous In the Jnpn
to say that "another occurrence" would
moan aorloua relations. If some fol
low In San Francisco should take a
notion to raid a Jap restaurant when
there were no police around , It Ifj. hurd
to see what would stop the procedure.
It la taken for granted that every ef
fort would bo put forth to bring the
guilty to justice , but even this , as In
the llrownavlllo case , might prove a
hard proposition.
No government has over succeeded
In preventing crime. All that society
can do Is to punish the criminals when
they arc found and convicted. For
Japan to threaten trouble In case an
other brawl should occur in San Fran-
clnco , may bo as significant an Indica
tion of that country's anxiety for open
trouble as it Is clearly an absurdity.
Japan has been Inflated since the
war with Russia. The war stopped
just at the point where the Russians
would have begun to show their stay
ing qualities in the conflict. The ori
entals have blamed President Roosevelt
velt for bringing pressure that in
duced the Jap delegates In the peace
conference to accept terms. Alno , they
want the Philippines. Incidentally
they appear to believe that they could
hold their own with the United States
If It came to bloodshed. They seem ,
Indeed , almost anxious for the test.
It may bo depended upon that the
United States will do everything that
IB fair In treating the Japanese affair.
Hut these threats have no tendency
to create disposition among Americans
to shrink from any defense that might
become essential.
A "MILLION DOLLAR" RAIN.
It was popularly known as a "mil
lion dollar" rain. As a matter of fact
Its value would prolmlby run up Into
several millions , if the truth were
known. To bo sure theio is no definite
inite- way of getting at the true value
of the moisture that foil over this
part of the west during the past few
days , but there can be no question as
o the vital Importance of the soaking
> this region's prosperity.
The crying necessity for just such
rainfall as finally came , tends to em
haslzo sharply the dependency of the
ubllc upon the man who rides the
low. The fields this spring , until
ist week , have been unusually dry ,
hero was no telling just how long the
vies might remain unclouded and the
elds unsoakcd. It must bo admitted
lough that the thirst of the grain-
elds had almost driven them to drink
\ud quickly did the whole fibre
f western life tend to respond in
ympathy to the sentiment of the sit-
atlon. People who couldn't distln
ulsh a grain of wheat from a kerne !
f corn began to discuss the crop con
Itlons and to tell what was or what
as not resulting from the lack of
aln. Everybody seemed to realize
eeply that the prosperity of Nebraska
cpends directly and absolutely upon
ho prosperity of the man In the field ;
liat the farmer here Is king.
J < or was the Importance of this ag
Icultural kingdom iccognized alone 1 :
he land of the farms. The whole
vide world stood up and took off its
mt to the man who tills the soil. The
hlcago board of trade went frantic It
rylns to buy his forthcoming crop
nd the farmer , meanwhile , smiled a
ho soaring values of wheat and knov
hat ho carried a largo portion of the
vorld's dinner on his shoulders.
The sympathetic pulse of the publl
lid not respond to the farmer's fears
hrough any charitable motives. I
vas knowledge of what the cropi
vould mean , that brought the public's
iar to the ground. Business men real
zed that sales would decrease , sales
icople realized that their service
vould not be needed , tradesfolk knev
hat their hands would become Idle.
But the rain came , and the rain
clouds brought sunny faces nmon
men. Somehow It seems as thoug
the rain always does come In this conn
try Just when wo really need It , an
sunshine , too. We worry a good deafer
for fear of this or that from the tlm
the seed goes Into the ground lint
the harvest Is over and the bank ac
counts of the farmers begin to bulge
but n kind hand of fate seems to kee
the machine oiled so that It run
smoothly most of the time , after all.
And now that It Is here , the valu
of the rainwater is hard to estlmati
It did more than to nil up people1
cisterns. It did more than assure th
farmer that ho may prosper for the
year. It meant the saving of a lot of
Jobs over this broad land and it meant
pie for a lot of hungry mouths that
might have to bo satisfied on bread
and butter.
All in all , that rain was worth a good
many millions of dollars to the farmer
of the west and the , empire that ho
rules.
JAP WOUND REOPENED.
Now there Is moro trouble with the
Jnps. And it's In the same old San
Francisco spot of California. Serious
relations may oven yet bo aroused
between the United States and Japan
as a result of a raid that has just '
been made upon a Japanese restaur
ant In San Francisco. The Japanese
ambassador has asked for an expla
nation anil an Investigation was or
dered. As soon as facts In the case
are known the ambassador will make
a formal complaint to the state gov
ernment and ask for assurances of better -
ter protection In the future.
The latest San Francisco trouble
started when two men went Into n
Japanese restaurant In Eighth street.
They were driven out , nnd then went
to tho' Horseshoe restaurant , In Folsom
street , also conducted by Japanese. A
crowd followed them , and shortly af
ter they had entered the restaurant
some ono threw a brick through the
front window. Then a regular hall of
bricks and stones shot through the
windows. After the Japanese In the
restaurant had made their escape the
mob proceeded to destroy the Folsom
street bathhouse , also run by Japan
ese. When the police arrived the
crowd scattered , nnd no arrests were
made.
As soon as it had received the Jap
anese ambassador's complaint Uio
state department laid the matter be
fore the department of justice , with
a request for Immediate action. The
department of justice immediately tel
egraphed the United States district at
torney and United States marshal at
San Francisco directing them to in
stitute a thorough Investigation Into
the matters complained of by the Jap
anese ambassador and -submit their
reports by telegraph to the attorney
general. ,
The ambassador and his government
appreciate the friendly attitude Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root
have observed In the past. They know
the embarrassment consequent upon
the interference of the federal govern
ment In state affairs , but they fear
that unless steps are taken at this
tlmo to apprehend the men guilty of
mobbing the Japanese restaurant , and
to punish the police for failure to In
tervene , assaults will continue and the
Japanese people become so excited
that strained relations at least will
occur.
Only a short tlmo before this last
trouble , reports from Japan stated that
people in that country took President
Roosevelt's activity in their behalf as
an Indication that the United States
holds the Japs In fear , and that the
Japanese were already beginning to
talk of their power as compared with
that of the United States.
The absurdity of fear In this country
for the Japs may one day be demon
strated ; Indeed it looks as though the
declarations made some months ago
by piomlncnt persons that war Is
eventually Inevitable , might yet be
borne out.
The United States , however , may
be depended upon to do all in Its pow
er to protect the Japanese who arc
in this country and to fulfill the
treaty provisions.
If the Japs should seek a quarrel b >
going farther- than that , or by taking
undue offense after the reparation Is
made , they may perhaps get what they
want. But there is no question that
the United States owes It to the Japs
to make reparation for the offense In
San Francisco , duo to racial bitter
ness.
AROUND TOWN.
Put up a flag.
May hasn't but June may.
If your furnace is out , go to the
council meeting.
The graduates ought to manage to
keep cool In this weather.
If the prices of beef should soar
the public will got sore and beef.
Hero's betting that each sweet glr
graduate gets some graduating glf
that doesn't suit her.
The council may decide to throv
the sewer controversy Into the sewer
and let it go at that.
Horses at the matinee went fas
enough to keep warm. And that's
saying much for their speed.
Both the council and Horrlck had
trumps to play ; and each partj
thought the other side renlgged.
There are four Important events In
a girl's life : Her birth , her high school
graduation , her wedding and her fu
neral.
They ought to make the most of
the opportunity , for the Juno bride
will soon bo looking back over her
shoulder at the girl graduate who was.
Wouldn't It frost you ?
Commencement week has com
menced.
They say Taft isn't as fat as they
say ho Is.
_ _ _ _ _
Ono Norfolk man has changed from
winter to summer weight and back
again four times this season.
For future reference : Furnace
fires were needed May 2C , 1907 , and
there was a frost on the morning of
May 27.
Hero's where wo all go to the races.
A bullet in the side meant fratrl-
clde.
\ The elements have been harnessed
and the racing season is begun In
Norfolk.
People ought to attend the race
meeting If only to see the first heat
of the summer.
May Irwln has married the man who
vas her manager for three years. She
ow becomes manager.
There arc horses on the Norfolk
rack todny , which makes It one
horso" on the weather man. He
rlcd to prevent It and failed.
An ordinary single , murder has a
ard tlmo these days to hold niton-
Ion In northern Nebraska. The ( Ion-
la kind are coming so fast that even
heir terms of office are brief.
"In my day , " said a women trying
o defend her early marriage , "If a
girl wasn't married before nineteen ,
ho was considered an old maid and
icr folks began to got scared. But It's
ifforeut now. "
"There Is a man in Norfolk who has
i peculiar walk , " said a friend of his.
If you could succeed in copying his
valk , ho would lock himself up in his
onm for thrco days until ho acquired
t new and more difficult way of per-
xmbulatlon. "
It's a lively week in Norfolk with
oiled robbers who would chloroform
and get $1,000 ; with sweet girl grad
tales and aptrlotlc veterans ; with the
Irst racing matinee ; with the Bocho
tearing and the Hosklns dual tragedy.
The Brlstow Enterprise credits Nor-
olk's newspaper with another scoop ,
t says : Talk about up-to-dato news-
lapers ! Why , the other dally papers
are not In It with the llttlo Norfolk
Vows : Just listen : "Madrid , May 17
1 p. m. Baby Alfonso has the colic.
Big Scoop !
"I never sign n note for anybody , "
said a business man. "Mv father
signed a note for a friend in the sum
) f $500 twenty years before I was
lorn nnd ho had to pay. Thirty years
ifterward my father hated that man
'or whom ho had signed , like ploson.
: t taught mo to bo careful about sign-
ng things. "
Elgin Review : Sister Hudspethof
the Atkinson Ledger describes herself
ns being busy jumping from the lap
of winter Into the arms of spring. She
certainly has a job on her hands , if
she keeps it up as often as the weath
er changes occur , though to date she
nust naturally have reposed the great
er portion of the season in the lap of
winter.
Elgin Review : The Norfolk News
Is boasting of the largo number of
chool ma'ams who arc resigning
there. It Is evidently seeking to con
vey the Impression that the matrimo
nial market In Norfolk Is good , In tno
hope that the fact will attract a large
number of lady applicants for teach
ers' positions. The News knows how
to advertise effectively and If the
school board over there isn't flooded
with applicants from lady teachers we
miss our guess.
A Norfolk woman was considerably
perplexed the other day when feather
cleaners came to the door. They In
sisted that her pillows had worms in
them. Finally she was Induced to
open a pillow to Investigate. The
feather cleaner took a handful of feath
ers and , spreading them out , displayed
two big worms. A girl In the house
said later that she saw the feather
man draw something from his pocket.
A thorough search In the pillow , after
the stranger had gone , produced no
more worms.
The News appreciates the compli
ment paid It by the court. The court ,
fearing that The News would give to
every corner of Madison county testl
mony In the Bocho ball hearing and
possibly disqualify the county from
trying the case later , ordered the ses
sion behind closed doors. If It's some
thing that w'ants to be kept from
Madison county , The News Is the pa
per to keep It out of , just as this sheet
Is the journal to use when there is a
message to bo taken to people of the
county.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
A woman with poor taste shouldn't
bo allowed to have any money.
If you let others do your bragging
for you , It Isn't so apt to be overdone.
Every old timer will toll you there
Isn't much grace In the modern dance.
A real nice man Is ono who Is as
polite to a girl of 57 as to a girl of
17.
Nearly everyone talks In the presence
ence of a corp&e as If they were afraid
of waking it.
As a rule , when a man complains n
good deal nbout his ailments , they
don't amount to much ; when some
thing really serious gets the matter
with him , ho becomes hopeful.
"Grafter" may not sound as bad as
"thief , " but it is.
Girls and ball players got older
faster than other people.
A bull dog nov r gets much sympa
thy , and ho rarely needs It.
Dandelions are about the only thing
a hungry boy will not eat raw.
It is always a good idea to remember
that a professional demonstrator can
probably do moro with the article ho
soils than anyone else can.
Money may talk , but in politics it
s chiefly useful as a silent partner.
The chances are If people distrust
yon , the fault lies largely with your
self.
How differently our side of a fuss
sounds , when presented by our ene
mies.
A Russian doctor claims riding on
the cowcatcher of a locomotive will
euro consumption.
Some men nro BO weak willed you
novcr think of them having a will
until tc you hear of it in the probate
court
The idea that there are two sides
to every question didn't originate with
any of the parties directly Interested.
A man doesn't often tell a woman
she is intellectual , if he can nt her
with any of the rest of his stock of
compliments.
When a girl is about to bo married
nnd leave homo she thinks everything
in the house , from the piano to the
after dinner coffee cups , belongs to
her , but after she Is married and her
other sisters claim what is loft , she is
very Indignant that the "girls" should
want to rob her poor old parents.
NORFOLK FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
Masonic.
Damascus Commandery , No. 20 ,
Knights Templar , meets the third Fri
day evening of each month in Masonic
hall. '
Damascus Chapter , No. 25 , R. A. M. ,
meets the second Monday in each
month In Masonic hall.
Mosaic lodge , No. 55 , A. P. & A. M. ,
meets the first Tuesday In each month
in Masonic hall.
Beiilnh Chapter , No. 40 , Order of the
Eastern Star , meets the second and
fourth Thursday of each month at S
p. m. in Masonic hall.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Elkhorn Encampment No. 27 , I. O.
O. P. , meets the first and third Tues
day evenings of each month.
Norfolk lodge No. 40 , I. 0. O. P. ,
meets every Thursday evening.
Deborah Rebecca lodge No. G3 , I. O.
O. F. , meets the first nnd third Friday
venings of each month.
B. P. O. E.
Norfolk lodge , No. 053 , Benevolent
nnd Protective Order of Elks , meets
regularly on the second and fourth
aturday evenings of each month.
Club rooms open at all times. Lodge
'
ind club rooms on second floor of Mar-
quurdt block.
Eagles.
Sugar City Aerie , No. 357 , meets in
Eagles' lodge room as follows : In
winter every Sunday evening ; in sum
mer the first nnd third Sunday even-
ngs of each month.
L. M. L. of A.
The Loyal Mystic Legion of Amer
ica meets at G. A. R. hall on the fourth
Thursday evening of each month.
M. B. A.
Sugar City lodge , No. C22 , meets on
the second Friday evening of the
month at Odd Fellows' hall.
Sons of Herrmann.
Germania lodge , No. 1 , meets the \
second and fourth Friday evenings of
the month at G. A. R. hall.
Norfolk Relief Association.
Meets on the second Monday evenIng -
Ing of each month In the hall over H.
W. Winter's harness shop.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
North Nebraska Court No. 9 , Tr B.
H. , meets the first and third Monday
evenings of each month.
Knights of the Maccabees.
Norfolk Tent No. G4 , K. O. T. M. ,
meets the first and third Tuesday \
evenings of each month. 4
Ancient Order , of United Workmen.
Norfolk lodge , No. 97 , A. O. U. W. ,
meets the second and fourth Tuesday
evenings of each month.
%
Woodmen or the World.
Norfolk lodge , W. O. W. , meets on
the third Monday of each month at
G. A. R. hall.
Royal Highlanders.
Meets the fourth Tuesday of each
month at 8 p. m. , in G. A. R. hall.
Highland Nobles.
Regular meetings the second and
fourth Monday nights of each month
at I. O. O. F. hall.
G.7TR.
Mathewson post , No. 109 , meets in
G. A. R. hall on the second Tuesday
evening of each month.
Royal Arcanum.
The Norfolk chapter does not hold
regular meetings.
Knights of Pythias.
Knights of Pythias , meetings every
second and fourth Monday , in I. 0 , 0. -f
F. hall. -
M. W. A.
Norfolk camp No. 492 , M. W. A. ,
meets every second Monday in G. A.
R. hall.
I. O. R , M.
Shoshone Tribe , No. 48 , I. 0. R. M. ,
have discontinued meetings.