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UiUtmir-Wliwkl-Y lilWS'JUKUKNAIj : Fill DAY JUNE , 28 , 1907. ThB Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The Now * . KRtiibllHlmtl , mi. . Tlio Journal , K litlill liml , 18i7 THa HUSff pilBLIBHfNa COMPANY IV , N. Him * N. A. ' ' " I'nwl.lnnt _ _ ! nuiry T vnry T'rlliiiy. Hy wall t' r your , $1.60. tJiiiormTal"iTio pomoilFoo at "Norfolk , Nnl ) . . an iiocoml clim _ iiialtur. _ ! DoiwrltnonL No. 22. lliiHtuona Olllcn anil Jolt HoomB , No. II 22. HOYS AND "LOCK JAW. " With tlio approach of Fourth of July , gun powder woiiinlH nntl "lock- jaw" fatalities liuvo ulrciuly begun among boys. PresH dispatches toll of tlio beginning of the harvest over the country untl the utiinhor of vlctlinb may bo expected to Increase IIH more tuul moro small boyti get inoro nuil moro wounds inlxotl up with gunpow- dor. dor.It It Is Bald that nny open wound may cnuao "lock-Jaw" If tlio hnclllun ho present to Infect the wound. Gunpow der wounds nhout the hands und foot nro often the cauiio and from this come many deaths each Fourth of July. Physicians nay that when ix gun powder wound Is received every precaution - caution should bo taken to cleanse the wound thoroughly. The uno of some nntlRoptlo Hiich nn carbolic acid Imme diately Is suggested. It were bettor If there were no wounds resulting from cap pistols on the nation's birthday , but when the ac cident happens a llfo may often bo navod by Immediate care to cleanse the wounds thoroughly. ST. JO LIVE STOCK MOVE. Live stock commission men are bit terly denouncing the St. Jo live stock exchange because the commission men there have broken awny from the other commission firms throughout the coun try In tholr fight against the postmortem tem examination provided by packers. The St. Jo men have agreed to station inspectors at the yards to inspect the herds as they enter the packing hous es , nnd the sales are to bo subject to post-mortem examination , ns the paok- .ors demand. South Omaha and Chicago commis sion men are very bitter In character izlng the net of the St Jo exchange as treachery and an effort will be made to put St. Jo off the map so far as the packing Industry Is concerned. Reports that the Cudahy packing company Intended to break away from other packers nnd buy cows on the old plan have been emphatically do nled by the Cudahy managers. And meanwhile the market contln lies unsteady , without any definite break In the ranks of either side , o * ceptlng at St. Jo. TUADB CONDITIONS. Trade reports from Now York trade journals show that the condition of business all over the country has picked up wonderfully within the past couple of weeks. Favorable weather in every locality has brought up tlio crops and restored energy to trade iu almost every line. This condition of commerce is to bo noted very strikingly in the north west. What had been regarded as a very backward spring has developed into just the right kind of a summer. The lateness of the rain allowed grow ing things to get good roots. Then came plenty of rain and to spare. Under the showers the Holds were turned Into green stretches of land scape nnd there Is every prospect nijw , with the broiling sunshine that has developed of late , that corn will bo "knee high by thu Fourth. " With the cheering prospects , trade has been revived In retail lines all over this section and last Saturday was a genuinely big day. The whole volume and there Is every Indication week , In fact , was one of good healthy for a bumper fall harvest With the scarcity of wheat In Europe , the price promises to keep up and with scarcity of hay in all parts of the country northwestern Ne braska has promise of one of the most prosperous seasons on record. All iu all , the now northwest is not down cast. A LAUGH. The world is always ready for a laugh , as is shown by the fact that the newspapers wore willing to pay big cable rates for a column of Junk that transpired between Mark Twain nnd George Bernard Shaw In England the ' other day. The interview , as reprint cd In this paper yesterday , shows how anxious the newspapers are to gel hold of something that will bring c ripple of laughter , and it also shows that the man who tries to bo funn ) generally falls. Everybody expected something glo rlously funny when Mark Twain anc George Bernard Shaw got together , foi both v.-cro funny men. Just how raucl was expected Is indicated by the arm : iym of reporters "pests" Shaw called then that surrounded the meeting place But , the Interview that flowed fortl was flat and dull. The humorist hadn't had time to prepare nnd appar ently oven humorists have a hard tlmi being funny when they're not lo.idei In advance. Shuw told Twain Vie thougut thi American was always \erlous in writ ing and that ho read everything' that Mark Twain wrote. Twain said ho could return the compliment , and winked nt the reporters who burst out In hearty laughter. Then Mark Twain Bald that hlo scheme of life was to nmoko nil day and do no work. After hat ho said ho tried to run the ship all right on the way over but It ar rived without his assistance. That ended the conversation , And American papers paid for n col- mm of the stuff by cable a striking Iliislnitlon of our doslro to laugh , oven though wo have to work hard to find inythlng to laugh nt. Hie name sort of cable tolls were paid when Mark Twain visited the dug , Saturday , and nhout the same sort of dope came over the sea. CYCLONES" AND "TO UN A DORS. " The tornado season is on. And ns usual tornadoes are In many Instances being misnamed "cyclones. " The violent lent HtnrniH that spring up , sweep over 11 small area and do terrific damage , ire always tornadoes and never cy- clones. The storms that leave death and destruction In the wake of their funnels are tornadoes. A cyclone consists of a very largo circle of air , generally several hundred miles In diameter , revolving about n center of low barometric pressure. Cyclones nro steady and , once started , follow a certain path for a very great distance. As the center of depression moves , the balance of the cyclone , which Is merely n very largo wheel of revolving nlr , also moves. But this traveling of a cyclone , because of the Immensity of the area covered , is not pureeptlblo at nny given point. In fact the wind in a cyclone appears at any given point to bo a straight blow or a gale. This is true because the circumference is BO very largo that the curvature Is imperceptible nt any given point. A cyclone , for instance , may cover all of Nebraska and Kansas at the same time nnd the wind In its edge may scorn to bo a straight wind hero at Norfolk , whilein fact It re volves about the center of lowest de pression. On the other hand , a tornado is n small storm which springs up without warning , runs a few miles and spends itself. A tornado may he said to bo n secondary effect of n cyclone and fre quent tornadoes spring up In the area of a largo cyclone because of the light heated air and the tendency to form Into the rotary whirlwind. Yesterday's Associated Press dis patches brought to The News n report of a "cyclone" in Michigan which killed three race horses and a man. As a matter of fact the storm that did that damage was a tornado nnd it oc curred In a portion of a largo cyclone covering several states. GOOD CITIZENSHIP THE GOAL. The children of today are tomor row's men and women. The commu nity's future citizenship depends upon the training of Httlo folk of the pres ent. The only method of securing good citizenship Is to begin with the children and to Inculcate into their characters while those characters are forming n sense of right and wrong and a conscience that will choose the right. When a mother will saturate icr homo and pour into the ears of icr little children , the foulest of pro- 'anlty and when she will lose her tem per nnd violently whip them In fits of nsano anger , it Is hardly to bo won- lered nt that those children will grow up Into degenerate and altogether undesirable desirablecitizens. . In order to guard against this typo of bad citizenship , society has provided laws which allow the courts to take away from unwhole some homes the wards that are being trained into human weeds. At Bassctt a few weeks ago a moth er was murdered In cold blood by her eleven-year-old son because she had failed In her duty as a mother. It seems hard at times to overcome the sentimental tragedy of separating a mother from her clinging offspring , but good citizenship is the end de sired In the rearing of children and If parents fail In their duty as char acter builders , society must take the Job for Its own self protection. It Is a good thing now and then to emphasize the duty of the world to ward the little world growing up , and Madison county will hope that Judge Bates' solution may work out to n happy end. . Madison county had n case thlt . week before the county court In whlct a mother was called to show cause why her children should not bo taker from her. She admitted her profan 1 Ity and she admitted that she pun . Ishcd the children when angry. Neigh ' bors testified against her method o - bringing up little people. The womai pleaded and promised better treatmen In the future. On this condition , bu with the sheriff and his wife In author Ity over them as probation officers the mother was permitted' to taki her children back home. If she reforms forms and keeps her promise , she ma ; bring those children up. If she fail - and continues to train them into i type of character that can not worl for peed , she will lose them In tb its ! wnv .Tndgo Rut OH niny hnvo solved ho problem or keeping a homo togcthe - and making three good citizens grin where there would have been tiiro.o } bad ; by bringing to a mother's mind her own responsibility , PREJUDICE IN VERDICTS. Mrs. Emma Kaufmann has been found guilty of murder in South Da kota. The public Is free in express ing Its approval of the verdict. But Mrs. Emma Kiuiftiniin , be she Inno cent or guilty , has not been given n "square deal. " During the progress of the trial of this woman at Flandienu the court room was lllled with curious specta tors. And the spectators did not hesi tate to show their sentiment as to the guilt of the accused woman. At in tervals they were loud and boisterous In their hnmlclapplng because of points scored against the defendant. More yellow than the yellowest of nil bad newspapers , these spectators did that woman a tremendous injustjco by their action. Newspapers nro kept irom Jurymen during the progress of a trial that they may not bo influenced by learning what the public thinks. Papers that are given to them have been shorn of their trial news. But the mob nt Flandrcau was allowed to enter the court room and , violating the sanctity of Justice , to applaudo at Intervals In order to show tholr pre judice against the prisoner. The Jury could hardly help being influenced by the demonstration. Jurymen are human and It Is human to look at the world through colored glasses. The great difficulty with our Jury system today Is the tremendous pre judice that is possible in deciding a case. And the court room scene at Flandreau has been only an exagger ated form of this" gross evil. Guilty or Innocent , Mrs. Kauffmann was not fairly treated. THE PUBLIC'S RIGHTS. President Small of the telegraphers' union announced that ho would ap peal to President Roosevelt and his cabinet to aid in settling the present telegraphers' strike , on the ground that the transaction of business of national importance is being inter fered with because" of the strike. When it is considered that President Small and his strikers have directly caused the interference with business nnd the congestion of telegraphic messages , by abandoning their keys , the statement from him that ho would appeal for aid has something of ef frontery that the public In general will resent. Without regard to the issues at stake between the telegraph operators and the employing companies , the fact remains that the strikers In deserting - sorting their Instruments have done an Injustice , not so much to tholr em ployers ns to the public. President Small issued a statement the other day glorying in the strike situation. Ho joyfully declared that the strike had been so successful that wires wcro tied up on the coast as effectually as at the time of the San Francisco earthquake. Such paralysis of telegraph wires becomes at once a public calamity and the public has a right to demand better treatment. With thousands of messages piled up undelivered In offices affected by the strike , there is no telling how much financial loss may have been sus tained , how many messages from deathbeds unrecelved. There ought to bo n peaceable way of settling the wage dispute nnd labor controversy between employers and employes. The public ought not be made to suffer because operators and employers fall to agree. The operators demand twenty-five . percent Increase and they demand that they be treated aa a union. The companies refuse to pay the twenty- five percent Increase and to treat the men excepting ns individuals. The . questions nt stake are matters of busi ness differences In opinion , caused by .different viewpoints. There ought to ways of adjustment without injuring - ing the public. The public's welfare is of prime importance and should bo r"first attended to. The injury to the public is another Instance of the in justice of strikes as affecting society nt large. It Is unfair for the operators , to work Injury upon the general pub- He for the sake of bringing pressure . to bear upon the employers. It la equally unfair for employers to sub ject their men to unfair treatment , ex pectlng public sentiment to workwltli them in unfairness. Without regard to the merits of either side of the ! controversy , the adjustment should ] come in peace and the public should not bo ground between upper anc " nether millstone. PAVING IS PARAMOUNT. Norfolk will receive with regret Uu r-f announcement that the paving of Nor , folk avenue , which , was petitioned foi last summer and which was announc - ed as an assured fact , will notma torlallzo. .If there is tiny public iam \ provoment which Norfolk sorely needi a at this time for many reasons it 1 the paving of the main street of thi city in the business portion of tin town. And ovrry ( Tort of the oil ty ; as a whole ougnt to bo turned towan the achievement of this end bofor other improvement matters nro taken up. up.Tho The paving of Norfolk avenue was desired by n majority of the resident property owners of Norfolk avenue lots. They made manifest their de sire In n petition to the city council last fall. The public generally be lieved that this was a stop that Nor folk should take without fall. Having hoped that the plan would be carried out , the announcement that there Is no hope for this year ot least , will cause keen disappointment. If It Is possible for Norfolk to be come a city of moro than 5,000 by taking In additions , nnd If it Is pos sible for additions to bo taken in under the law , the city should take steps at the ilrst possible moment to adopt this plan , In order that the pav ing may be delayed no longer than possible. dmall towns out through the north west congratulated Norfolk when it wnu announced to n certainty last fall that paving was assured. There Is not a little of humility cast upon Norfolk as a result of the later an nouncement at this time that the pav ing ordinance recently passed was in vain. And baste should bo made in taking stops to bring us up to the mark that was previously set for the city's progress as a result of petition and ordinance. A paved Norfolk avenue would not only help to dress up the city. It would as well Increase the value of every foot of property along tlio line of pavement. Visitors in Norfolk fall to realize the energy and possibilities that are hero because of first impressions gained through roads that are ragged and at times very , very muddy. The city has already voiced its sentiment that a little paving money would bo well spent , and that it would make a vast difference In the town's tone , to say nothing of tlio saving in horses that have to draw heavy loads through the mire. Before taking up nny other public Improvement which will cost public money , Norfolk ought to work out tea a successful end this paving move ment. It Is good policy for a com' muulty as for an Individual business institution , to take up ono thing at a time and finish that before switch Ing off to other plans. The prcllmln ary work toward paving has all been done. The sentiment has been found to bo favorable to the plan. The busi ness men and public In Norfolk believe that paving is the paramount Issue In Norfolk until Norfolk avenue , from the bridge to Seventh street , Is cov ered with a coating of brick. THE LIAR A PEST OF SOCIETY. George Washington said honestj was the best policy. A good many men have repeated the axiom since the first president's speech. Expert ence in business and in public office has told the story even more clearly The federal prison at Leavenworth Kan. , was this week replenished by the addition of Banker King from Scotland , S. D. , who went to Join the colony of nineteen other banker-pris oners there. Apparently George was right. A famous university head once told his class of graduates that 1 wasn't always necessary to speak , bu that when they did speak they ough to tell the truth. President Arthui T. Hadloy of Yale in his baccalaureate roato sermon to graduates this year gave the same advice. And his mes sage was ono of weight. President Hadley took "The Liar" for his theme nnd treated him as the pest of society , an unclean being with whom no person wants to deal. He spoke of the selfish ends which prompt liars to speak untruth. The liar be- Moves that ho is gaining by his act of prevarication and he is willing to vlo- Into th" rules of business Integrity for a moim-ntaiy gain. The integrity of the spokAu word is a necessity among a pcopjc which desires to get its business efficiently and straight forwardly done , he said. It is impos sible to get the complex needs of mod ern life and the complex forces of so- clcty ruled unless the business men and the political leaders keep their word to ono another. Thereafter any - man who Is found to bo physically un truthful Is first distrusted and then cast out , Just as completely as wo dis trust and cast out the man who is i < physically unclean. > "Tho reason is nearly the same In the two cases , " said President Had 3c ley. "It is a measure of self-protec tion on the part of society. And the reason is so obvious and so impera tive that it Is only a weak or foolish man who shuts his eyes to it and per sists In a course of conduct which must remit cither In peril to society or In ostraclsrf to himself. "But Just as there are n great manj people w'ho In their personal relations * ere , content to wash their hands nnd idm - let their heart go , so there nro ar - equally large number who In theli - public relations are content to be physically truthful and stop short of being morally so. They avoid speclfh . j forms of deceit. They do not avolc U' " philosophy of life of which deccl In Homo form Is a necessary consc queuee. "Tho evil ot & Ho to society is du < to the fact that it undermines men's confidence In ono another , so that they cannot do business together. The evil of a Ho to the man that tells It is something deeper nnd more subtle than this. It is duo to the fact that ho has got momentary considerations out of proportion to eternal ones ; physical and intellectual ambitions out of proportion to the demands of character. " In closing his appeal President Had- ley spoke to Ynlo graduates of the truthful Instincts that they had In herited from their parents. Ho spoke of the successes which many of them hoped to make nnd would make in business and politics. But all suc cess , he said , is small compared with the success of preserving honor and Integrity. Hero were his closing words : "But I beg you to count each ono of thcso things as small compared with the Importance of extending those standards of honor which you have received from those who have gone before until they shall have become a part of yourselves and an Influence which shall mark you as true leaders and helpers to your fellows. " And President Hadloy Is right. Ho Is proved to bo in the right when from President Washington down great men have considered truthful ness as the one highest Ideal to be constantly striven for. AROUND TOWN. The Fourth of July comes next week. Norfolk ought to have its weeds shaved. Norfolk avenue is paved with good Intentions. It appeared to be a great moon for the spoon. The Fourth of July deathllst will soon bo due. A Norfolk woman has a mania for murdering ants. An ordinance cuts no weeds without the aid of a blade. The next public improvement needed od In Norfolk is the paving of Norfolk avenue. Norfolk streets have seldom looked so ragged along the edges as they do this summer. Nothing looks worse than a weedy street unless It Is two weedy streets , And one weedy street is too weedy. Don't complain. Wo were all cuss' Ing the weather man a few weeks ago because ho didn't send just this brand An early morning tragedy occurred in Norfolk. The man who was mur dered had asked the wrong fellow if it was hot enough for him. How many young women did you count , in the moonlight , with the pic tures of black coat sleeves drawn across the backs of white shirt waists ? Secretary Taft returned to Wash ington Saturday afternoon. He said the trip out here had been pretty stren- nous. He failed to mention in bis in- tervlew with the Associated Press the Norfolk band. Give the weather man his due. Every moustache has a beginning. A bad beginning Is usually a bad ending. The small boy is commencing to blow his head off. What's the matter with Norfolk for a summer resort ? Don't you envy the boy who can go swimming every day in the week this kind of weather ? The weather man said It would rain and turn cold. Pretty wise old weath er man , after all. Nine times put of ten a man who takes new styles of fireworks home to his small son , insists on shooting the things himself , "In order that the son may not be injured. " Robert Leo Dunn , the writer who accompanied Secretary Taft through Norfolk last week , has the leading story in this month's Success. Ho tells of travels with Roosevelt and gives many .illustrations. Mr. Dunn nn is said to be the best known campaign photographer in the United States. cLet's pave. . Cut 'em out. Mow the weeds. - A watch and a piano. Chop 'cm down. Do it now. A rr.z ? I" known by the weeds that ? aren't mown. It doesn't require a microscope to discover weeds along Norfolk streets Norfolk needs paving above all things ; particularly above Norfolk av- . onue. Two candidates for Madison county * offlocs liiivn IMMMI announced In columns. They're both for the same | office. To make things exciting , a 'ow other ofllces ought to bo looked after. ' ( Everybody Is looking at the fringe * of tall grass nnd weeds along Norfolk streets. Before she gets married a girl ought i to learn that to accept a gift Is not to I except it. V Norfolk nvenuo , after a rainy spell , Is the muddiest road In the county. Paving would help some. Fremont Herald : The Httlo town of Albion boasts of a library of 2,000 vol- ' nines , nnd this means a great thing , [ or such a city. It gets so that experts can spot each bit of gossip nnd tell you in Just what particular part of town it must liavo originated. The Fourth of July a year ago killed 158 persons and injured 5,308. Fremont Hill doesn't seem to regard f % ' gard the Yankton & Southwestern project as an uphill Job. The days are getting shorter and it will soon bo hustling the Nebraska farmer to get his milking finished be fore sundown , Frostbitten fingers should bo rubbed in snow or very cold water. ' Boys are urged not to skate on the Northfork , no matter how deep tbo ice may freeze. If the Tilden girl should win the watch , would it bo a Waterbury ? Valentino is having more than ita . share of tragedies. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. The owner of false teeth usually takes better care of them than a per son who has the homo-grown variety. After all , isn't the most aggravating kind of a friend to have the ono who edges up a little on you all the time ? When you meet a man who shows that he thinks he is as good as anyone , you may depend upon it that ho ia inferior to most people. You will observe that the man who believes In ghosts always fears them too much to pilot you to where you can get a good look at one. When a woman marries well , these who1 dislike her account for it by re peating with much emphasis , "Well , some men always were fools. " If you have a friend , for heaven's sake appreciate him. Friends are mighty rare. The rarest blessing is a friend who really admires you. i Heaven will not suit the girls unless the nectar and ambrosia are served at a soda fountain with straws , a red cherry and Veroulquo wafers as trim mings. The average man has Just enough conceit to think he is the "bell cow. " A good many people try to admin ister forgiveness and punishment at the same time. A boy never catches a fish so small he isn't proud to bo seen carrying it up the street. The rest of the world doesn't grieve as much aa It should when an expert makes a blunder. It is one sign of a small town , and a dead one , If an elocutionist can draw a good house. Put the most uncomfortable seats In a house in the "reserved" section , and a few people who think it is a sign of poor breeding to sit in seats that are lot reserved , will pay more to sit in , hein. About all some men get for their efforts to be dignified Is a reputation of having the swell head. When a fit Is coming to a man , the * sooner he has it the sooner it will be over , and out of the way. The thoughtless person has the ad vantage of the thoughtful ono whe never has a happy thought. An Atchlson woman always arranges her work so she will have enough to keep her good and busy when her hun- band is at homo , so ho can see what a slave she is. Nothing looks quite so cheap as a cheap satchel , An amateur gardener's tools usually are superior to the garden ho raises. If a woman misses her train , she is- convinced the conductor is no gentle man. When a woman who lives In a Httlo town is "dressy , " she is very very- dressy. Love may brighten the eye , as the poet says , but it also has a tendency to disarrange the hair. Cl The oration In the morning is the only Fourth of July noise which a boy thinks should bo suppressed. Ono of the surprises In the llfo era a boy is to learn how people love him when ho gets dangerously sick. SpcftKhig of perfect self-co trol : Tbnro Is the young man who can wear "loud" shoes without looking nt his feet.
