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FESTIVITIES OF THE YULETIDE HAVE PREVAILED. DANCES , THEATRE , HOME COMING A Few Holiday Weddings Besides Christmas Trees Features of the Week That Have Had to Do With Holidays In Norfolk. Socially holiday week In Norfolk Ims biH.ii given ovnr to dunces , to the tlirutor nnd to family dinner parties. Of courHo nodal pnrtlcfl there have boon few or nono. Norfolk enjoyed Chrlatmns according to Its wont. There wore possible fewer than the usual number of Christmas visitors from away hut there were many homo gnth- urlngn whllu the college RttidcnlH gave an added holiday tlngo to tlio air. Beginning with the Elk dance a week ngo Friday , Mnrqunrdt hall han been Almost altogether Riven over to the dancing of Chrlstman week. Christmas eve Norfolk saw and enJoyed - Joyed the Jolly musical comedy , "The Mayor of Toklo. " On the same evenIng - Ing them were Christmas trees In n dozen Norfolk churches whore the lit tle totn carried out special programs In the early evening. After the lull which naturally follows the dances and dinners of Christmas week Norfolk society may bo expect ed to enter into the winter activities preceding Lent. Pleasures of the Week. The trainmen's ball Is an annual Norfolk event which each year seems to have reached the limit of Its pos- Hlblo success but which each year proves a little bigger and n little more enjoyable than the year before. Giv en this year in Marquardt's hall on Christmas night the twentieth annual ball of the Brotherhood of Railway trainmen furnished dancing and n pleasant evening to more than half a thousand people. The hall as usual had the typical railroad decorations , which with the dance as a whole brought credit to the committees. Special trains carried the railroad men to and from South Norfolk , the Northwestern extending Its usual courtesies. W. II. Beck was master of ccrmonlcs. Miss May Johnson2on Thursday even ing was hostess to a party of twenty friends invited to the homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Rnndklev , complimentary to Miss Johnson's brother , J. A. Johnson - son who is visiting in Norfolk from Uockford 111. The party Thursday evening was a novel "peanut party , " the evening opening with a peanut hunt while "progressive peanut" occu pied the principal part of the evening , In the "hunt" Miss Clara Rudat won the prize while In the progressive game Uic honors went to Mr. Johnson. Re freshments were served during the evening. Norfolk people who enjoy the comic opera at Its best spent a delightful Christmas eve nt the Auditorium where "Tho Mayor of Toklo , " with the best In songs chorus , costumes and scenery won the right easily to be classed as the best attraction so far this season nt the Norfolk playhouse. It was es pecially In sharp wit and delightful comedy that "The Mayor of Toklo" excelled. Norfolk despite the other attractions that commonly hold on Chrlstmns eve greeted the play with a largo house. Judge and Mrs. Barnes gave a recep- lion on Monday evening for their son and his bride , Mr. and Mrs. J. B , Barnes , Jr. , at their home on West Norfolk avenue. Many friends called to extend congratulations and best wlshea and enjoyed n pleasant evening nt the Barnes home. Thursday even- Ins the young people left for Casper , Wyo. , where the groom Is already meeting with success in practicing law. The senior class were very pleas' nntly entertained Friday evening by Herbert Hauptll at the homo of his parents , 1201 Taylor avenue. AguesS' Ing contest was a feature of the even ing In which Ralph Lulkart carried off first prize and Agnes Matrau the liooby prize. Dainty refreshments served at the close of the even- Miss Korrlnne Saunders had the choir girls of Trinity Episcopal church as her guests last Saturday evening at a birthday dinner , the occasion ol Miss Saunder's tlfteenth birthday. A three course luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Carter entertained about twenty friends at a Christmas dinner at their home on North First street in Edgewater park. The annual holiday dance at the Norfolk hospital was announced for Saturday evening of holiday week. Trinity social guild gave their first dancing party of the new season Frl- day evening in Marquardt hall. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Ray were enter tained at Christmas dinner by Mrs , C. H. Hlbbon. Miss Margaretha Boeck entertains the O. M. C. club Saturday evening. Mrs. W. R. Jones entertained a few friends at a party Friday evening. Hymenlal A pretty Christmas wedding with a decidedly novel turn was the marriage of Mr. II. Kllmurry and Miss Eva Ml- hills , who surprised a score or so of friends who found themselves sudden ly nnd unexpectedly changed from guests nt a Christmas party to guests at a Christmas wedding. At just the right moment in the party festivities dlnnppinred. Then BhoWIlflirnrcd In [ bridal costume , while lleJ C 8 Wrllla of Trinity Episcopal church stopped Into the room to perform the cmmony Miss Mihllls In n popular young lady of Norfolk. Mr Kllmurry lived In O' Nelll before coming to Norfolk. Leaving Norfolk friends for a quiet marriage In Fremont , Mr. James C. Peters and Miss Mabel R. Dick of Norfolk were wed In the Dodge county neat town on Christmas eve. Two frlcndri , Mr. David Price nnd Miss Madeline Stlno of Thayer met them In Fremont by agreement. Mr. and Mr . Peters returned to Norfolk Christ mas day and were the recipients of congratulations nnd best wishes from numerous friends who were not spec ially surprised nt the Fremont an nouncement. The trip to Fremont was not especially secret nnd the wedding was ono that was counted on ns one of the Christmas "affairs. " The marriage of Mr. Fred Miller nnd Miss Charlotte Walter In Christ Lutheran * church on Thursday after noon represented the culmination of a pretty romance. Bride and groom have grown up from playmates to gether , living In houses across the street. At the church the bride was attended by Miss Lillian Degner and Miss Anna Brockcr , the groom by Mr. Ole Boehnko and Mr. Carl Bluech- cr. A wedding reception at the Walter home was attended by many friends of the young people. Mr 'll. F. Rohrke , now of Lincoln but of a prominent family of this vic inity , and Miss Sclma Braasch , the daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred Braasch living south of Pierce , were married Christmas evening nt the Bransch home , Rev. Mr. Brauer of Hadar of ficiating. The young people were ac companied by a Jolly party of friends as far as Norfolk on their way to Lincoln by way of Omaha. Coming Events The minstrel show under auspices of the Norfolk fire department to bo given at the Auditorium Monday even Ing , will bo the theatrical event of the week. It promises to be largely at tended and well worth the price of admission. While the advance an nouncements of this attraction state that It Is the great Crcsent Minstrel show , ns a matter of fact every actor is a Norfolk boy and a member of the local fire department. These young men fifty In all have been drilling In their various parts for the past five or six weeks under direction of J. Sylvester DeForetit , who was one of the leading actors with Walker White- side a few years ago , and it is said by those who have attended the re hearsals that the teaching has been most thorough , so that when the min strel Is presented Monday evening It will be on a par with the famous Dockstader aggregation. There will be two and a half hours of specialties , jokes , clogs , acrobatic work and tight rope walking. The show will open with a standard minstrel part , which will contain references to local affairs and people. The second part will begin with a band concert by the Crelgh- ton band , which will assist , acrobatic stunts , "Ten minutes with a real one and Dan Patch , " while the famous "New York" comedians "Mack and Mack" will be features. A big street parade at the noon hour will be given Monday and It Is planned that the pa rade in size and quality shall give some hint of the minstrel show of the evening. The parade will be headed by W. P. McCune , manager of the show. The Norfolk band will be fol lowed by the comedians , diaries Me- Mindes , Robert Ballentyne , Lorin Bruggeman , James Peters , Jess Beem- er and Herbert Wichman. Then will march the eighteen young men of the minstrel "circle. " The Crelghton band will be In the line of march and Creighlon in addition will be repres ented by eighty-five firemen who will come to Norfolk in a special car. The Norfolk fire department will close the parade. The third of the series of Elk danc ing parties will be given In Marquardt hall on Friday evening , The Elks are planning their annual anniversary dancing party for January 17. A ball will be given by the Own dancing club on New Year's eve at the Railroad hall in South Norfolk. A band dance will be given New Year's eve. IN MAYOR OF TOKIO. Brother of Prominent Norfolk Man In Company Last Year. It was In the "Mayor of Toklo" com pany last year that Albert J. Waller- stedt , brother of L. E. Wallerstedt of Norfolk , played a leading role. Mr. Wallerstedt was the brother of the American girl. At the time of the company's appearance in Sioux City last year Mrs. Wallerstedt made the trip to see the show. This year Mr. Wallerstedt Is playing In a company which will not come west of Chicago , It Is a company playing "take-offs" on grand opera. BURIES WIFE NO. 14. James Nicholas Vann of Mount Hope Says He Is 110 Years Old. Mlddleton , N. Y. , Dec. 28. James Nicholas Vann , who claims to bo 110 years old and resides a few miles from this city in the town of Mount Hope , has just been bereft of his wife , Mar tha Maria Vann , who the aged man declares , Is the fourteenth ono ho has wedded during the century of his ex istence. Saturday afternoon her body will bo laid to rest in the family bu rial plot , a short distance from where she died. Today's ads. may help you find a new employer. SCHOOL AUTHORITIES AGAINST IT IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA. YOUTH FAIRLY WELL INFORMED Already Knows Too Much About Courtship , Thinks One Superinten dent , Who Labels the Scheme "Dan gerous to All Parties Concerned. " North Nebraska has been asked to decide nnd has decided against the teaching of courtship In the public schools. Back In Illinois the question Is be ing fought bitterly according to press reports but In north Nebraska the school authorities are "agin" It. It was In the columns of the Sioux City Tribune that the educational courtship question was fought out. The Tribune asked for the views of County Superintendents Teed of Dlx- on county , Perdue of Madison , Miller of Cedar and Llttell of Wayne on the subject of giving young Nebraskans scientific and technical Instruction on all the phases of courtship and the arts of love making. These educators replied to the Tri bune's referendum vote nnd by their verdict the young generation will have to go at its love making blindly and without Instruction. County Superintendent A. V. Teed of Dlxon county wrote from Ponca : "Tho teaching of courtship in the Nebraska schools would bo time wast ed. Illinois boys may need coaching along that line , but such notions are Intuitive with the average Nebraska youth. Such affairs Interfere with the school work of too many pupils now , and the conditions would doubtless be worse when encouraged by edu cators. Considering the limited sup ply of school ma'ams in Nebraska , it would be exceedingly unwise , for teachers are expected to enter heart and soul Into the knowledge of all subjects taught teaching by example as well as precept. I should label this scheme 'dangerous to all parties con cerned. ' " County Superintendent F. S. Perdue replied from Madison : "As long as human beings come Into the world in the old fashioned way , it will not bo necessary to intro duce Into the course of study of the public schools the subject of courtship and marriage , Superintendent Francis G. Blair to the contrary notwithstand ing. Nature has given man Intuitive knowledge In this subject which can not bo Improved upon by any human Instruction. Another serious objec tion will be the difficulty of finding suitable Instructors for this subject were it placed In the curriculum. The average old maid teacher is not able to give the necessary instructions by the laboratory method which Is the essential method for all school sub jects. " County Superintendent Llttell of the Wayne county anti-dance crusade said : "It appears to me that the talent to 'court' in the average boy or girl de velops too early in life , along with the natural order of things , without any scientific system to give it impetus. Already It Is reduced to a fine art in Nebraska. Why should it be attempt ed scientifically when a battle royal is being waged between matrimony nnd the compulsory education law ? Few census reports are given to us in which are not Included the names of married women. We have the evil of 'skipping grades' to combat. Think of the 'leaps' and 'bounds' that would be taken to gain the grade in which Superintendent Blair's suggestion had been carried out ! Again , our faithful teachers , who have stormed the 'three- year limit' and added several years more of their lives to the work , would find themselves confronted with diffi culties Insurmountable ; it would be hard to convince the boys nnd girls that their lives had been dedicated to the work of teaching , as a reason for not having long since applied the prin ciples of courtship which they would teach. I shudder when I think of the number of texts on 'courtship' that would flood the market , of the original Ideas that would be supplemented by teachers , and of the resulting 'affini ties. ' I am convinced , therefore , that it Is better for us to prepare Nebraska girls and boys for their life's work and let the school system of Illinois defer for theirs what they will , so long as they do not Inflict upon us any of the 'finished product' resulting from the plan proposed by the state superinten dent of that state. " County Superintendent Miller of Ce dar county replied : "This subject may admit of a great many different opinions. But It seems to me that the child of today thinks of and practices courtship enough without having It brought more for cibly to his mind by the teacher in the school room. When a man discov ers his 'affinity' I do not think it would help his cause any If he had had the science of courtship taught him all his life. He would probably forget all his set rules nnd precise words when the exciting moment came. Seriously , courtship nnd love come naturally to one , and I think the time in the school room could be spent more profitably. SPORTS FIGHT DRAWS NEAR. Papke-Kelly Bout In Milwaukee the Biggest Event In the West Chicago , Dec. 28. Next Monday night in the ring of the Badger Athletic club at Milwaukee , Billy Papke , formerly of Spring Valley , but now of Kowanee , 111. nnd Hugo Kelley , the local Italian with the Irish soubriquet , will meet in what might well be called the semi-final fight matched with Stanley Kctchel , of Montana , for the title. Pnpke and Kelly will box ten rounds to n decision , the genial Malnchy Ho- gnn will rcfreo. nnd the weight will be 151 pounds at II o'clock. The fight ers will receive 00 per cent of the gross house receipts , nnd If the articles are adhered to strictly , their portion of the money will be cut 7fi per cent for the winner and 25 per cent for the loser. RUBE WADDELL AN "OUTLAW" Erratic Baseball Stir May Lead an Independent League. Mobile , Ala. , Dec. 28. "Rube" Waddell - dell may be at the head of an Inde pendent baseball circuit in the south ern states next season. Local officials are talking about bolting from orga nized ball nnd forming n circuit inde pendent of the National association. Waddell has been wintering hero nnd so-captivated everybody , from Mo bile's mayor down to the small chil dren , that ho Is already a hero and has expressed willingness to work for the new league. NO SIGN OF RESIGNING Secretary Taft Has Buckled Down to Work of Department In Earnest. Washington , Dec. 28. If Secretary Tnft has any idea of leaving the cab inet , It Is not apparent since his return. He has buckled down'to work In good form nnd by some this Is taken to menu that when the big secretary gets several matters which are pending cleared up he will resign nnd look after his political fortunes. PASTOR SPURNS COINS. Turns Back $100 of Christmas Present Which Congregation Gives Him. Plttsburg , Dec. 28. "If the brethren have no objections I would rather not take these five double eagles. The new money Is very pretty , but it lacks the sacred motto my mother taught me to look for on all our country's coins. " With this little speech Rev. W. A. Jones , Knoxvlllo Presbyterian church , returned to the donors $100 of a { 220 purse his congregation had given him as a Christmas present. The purse was made up of gold and five objec tionable $20 pieces did not bear the "In God We Trust" motto. LECTURES BRING $50,000 Equals Salary of the President by Ad dresses at $300 a Night. Washington , Dec. 28. According to the report of his agents , William Jen nings Bryan Is making about $50,000 a year from his lectures. Charles L. Wagner , secretary of the Slayton Lyceum bureau , which man ages his lecture tours , asserts that ho has filled 175 dates during the year 1907 , and that his receipts for the sea son have averaged more than $300 for each appearance. Bryan stands at the head of the list of platform speakers today for the size of his audiences , for the receipts at the box office and for the demands for his appearance. "Mr. Bryan's regular charge at Chnutauquas , " said Mr. Wagner , "Is the first $250 "taken nt the gate nnd half of all the receipts over $500 , not Including season tickets. Ho is the only man who can make such n liberal contract. Tor an evening lecture in a course ho charges $200 cash as a guar antee , and half of all the receipts at the door. " TARKINGTON IN FIGHT. Author Pummels Two Indlanoplls Pa trolmen and Lands In Station. Indianapolis , Dec. 28. Filled with the fighting spirit of his hero , M. Beau- caire , Booth Tarkington , in the early hours of Christmas morning , roundly thumped two of Indianapolis guardians of the peace. Incldently , he received a few bumps himself and finally wound up in the city prison. There a desk sergeant with literary inclinations per mitted him to go free after he had promised to journey straight home. This was not until he had been slated to answer a charge of resisting an of ficer and had promised to appear in court. Tarkington failed to appear in court this morning , and a friend ob tained a continuance until Saturday. WILL HEAR TAFT. Scheduled to Make Four Speeches In New England City. Washington , Dec. 28. Secretary of War William H Taft , leading candi date for the republican presidential nomination , will deliver four speeches In Boston next Monday , and there Is much interest evinced as to what ho will have to say. When the secretary arrived from his trip around the world he found arrangements all completed for his New England trip in conformi ty with the promises he had made some time before he left for the Phil ippines. Perhaps the more Important of the four speeches will bo before the Elysium club , an organization of He brew citizens , most of whom are pros perous business men. The secretary , It Is expected , will tell them something of the existing conditions in Russia , and how former conditions have been ameliorated. LEAP YEAR BEGINS SOON. Next Wednesday Brings the Fateful Day No Organization Yet. Although leap year begins next Wednesday the first leap year in four years little has been done in Norfolk to take advantage of the condition in an organized manner. Last leap year n club of young ladies was organized for a leap year campaign and today most of them are happily wedded. An opportunity for girls four years young er Is now presented. No announcements for open house next Wednesday have been made in Norfolk. TRAVELING MAN EXPLAINS SHORT ORDERS THIS WINTER. FAULT OF WEATHER , NOT PANIC In Fact There Is No Shortage In Money In This Section of the Country , But the Mild Weather Has Affected Trade Considerably. "North Nebraska business has had a decidedly stronger enemy the last two mouths than the financial flurry , which hasn't affected things much , " said one of the younger Norfolk trav eling men this week. "Now my own line of business haw been unusually good but a lot of the boys have found slow sales. Now , anything that looks like Blow business Is charged up to the Hurry which I can't see has been of much moment. "The hard lines for business in north Nebraska have been caused almost al together by the weather. Wo have had another winter with September weather. Result ? Why , seasonable goods haven't sold. Next result ? Ev erybody blames the flurry. "The merchant not having sold his winter stock Isn't In a disposition to buy. Or , perhaps , having sold his mon ey tied up In a slow moving stock the noisy financial flurry causes him to trim his salts. "The splendid Christmas business just over has proved that the country Is prosperous and that It is spending the money. The only trouble Is that for three months past it has not had to spend Its money for a lot of season able goods that were loading down the stock shelves. "Now that real cold weather prom ises to bo setting in I look for busi ness to pick up rapidly and am confi dent of a big spring business In any event. "Norfolk Is large enough to be af fected by a good many different Influ ences that make or unmake the town's prosperity. But with nil north Nebras ka it is different. After nil Is said and done it Is the prosperity of the farm that counts and the farm is prosperous ns never before. The farmers have money. They must spend it In the little centers and business there must be good for It Is close to the earth. It can't help but bo good. " RESOLUTION IMPORTANT. Bill Regarding Certified Checks May Solve Financial Problem. Washington , Dec. 28. Much import ance is attached by financial men to the joint resolution Introduced In the house by Congressman Hill , of Con necticut , declaring it to be the sense of congress that the treasury may take certified checks In payment of public dues nnd may make payments with certified checks against the deposits of the government in banks to such creditors as will receive them. The treasury department has been In doubt whether it has authority to do this and the passage of the resolu tion it is believed will remove the doubt. It Is favored by Comptroller Ridgeley and other high treasury au thorities and Is understood to have the favor of Senator Aldrich , who Is forth with to offer the same resolution in the senate. The resolution has been significantly referred to the ways and means committee. Chairman Fowler of the currency committee cannot con sequently bottle It up. The resolution is understood to have the sanction of Cannon and Payne , and early hearings are to bo had on it. If passed it would enable the government to bo of Imme diate assistance to the commercial world and would establish a precedent In future financial troubles. FARMERS BUNCOED. Real Estate Grafters Plying Their Tricks In South Dakota. Mitchell , S. D. , Dec. 28.- The real estate grafter Is abroad in this state , and he has been able to work his scheme with a great deal of profit in the north part of the state , notably in Brown county. Twenty-two farmers were caught in the smooth deal , and their notes are now standing out , wait ing for some bank to collect them when due. _ The "queer" real estate man goes to a farmer and asks him if he will sell his farm , to which the farmer replies that he would not sell the land now. The agent then made him on offer , and followed It up with several others , each time going higher In price , until the farmer finally said he would take $ CO an acre for the farm. The agent said ho could sell the land at this figure , nnd would make the sale , provided the farmer would pay him 50 cents an aero for advertis ing purposes , payable when the farm was sold. This the farmer agreed to , and the agent produced a contract , which the farmer signed. The con tract simply reads that the farmer shall pay the agent 50 cents for adver tising the land , and docs not mention that the agent must sell the land be fore the 50 cents Is payable. This lit tle joker was overlooked by the farm er , and several weeks later he received a copy of an advertisement of his quar ter section for publishing his adver tisement. Ono of the farmers of the twenty-two paid $320 ns his share of the swindle , but the others assert that they arc going to fight the payment of the contract notes. Attorneys who have been consulted on the validity of the notes state that they are good and can bt > collected through the medium of the courts. BOY GETS PRESENT. Numerous Copies of Chancellor's Day's "Raid on Prosperity. " Washington , Dec. 28. The negro el evator boy in ono of the office build ings largely populated by newspaper costs you a trifle Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee , but you really pay more for it and do not get as good coffee. Don't get confused Arbuckles * Ariose * Coffee is really the cheapest good coffee in the world. In scaled packages for your protection ; iinoa , Now York atr. men , IB rejoicing In the possession of some unexpected Chrlstmns presents , but not rejoicing much. The 200 news paper correspondents nnd the 432 con gressmen hero have all received from some unknown Santa Claus copies of Chancellor Day's book on "Tho Raid on Prosperity. " Most of them placed their presents on file In the wastebaskets kets or sold them to second-hand book stores ; but n bright mind among the newspaper correspondents In this building hit on n better scheme. "Let us , " ho said to his co-laborers , "make glad the heart of the elevator boy. " Accordingly the boy received from him n nicely-wrapped book , with the compliments of the season. Ho accept ed It with profuse thanks , unwrapped It , nnd found It to be n copy of "Tho Rnld on Prosperity. " An hour Inter , while he was turning over the pages In a vain search for pictures , another correspondent entered the elevator and handed him a nicely wrapped book and a "Merry Christmas. " The boy opened It nnd found n copy of "Tho Rnld on Prosperity. " They kept mining nt half-hour In tervals all the rest of the day. Last evening the boy was shying wildly whenever n man with a package en tered the elevator. "Dese yore 'spondents , " ho confided to an inquirer last night , "am pow'ful fond of rcadln' , but the ynln't ' got no variety In dero tastes. " BIG DOINGS IN THE LOCAL LODGE FRIDAY NIGHT. MEMBERSHIP BROUGHT TO 185 Initiatory Work Put on by the Norfolk Degree Team Visitors Present from Outside Towns Banquet at the Close. The membership of the Norfolk lodge of the Modern Brotherhood of America was brought up to 185 at the rally and initiation held In the Norfolk lodge rooms Friday night. Outside members of the order were present from Hoskins , Stanton and Wnrner- vllle but the attendance of candidates from away was rather disappointing. The following candidates were In itiated Friday evening : A. Kunitz , Mrs. Ida Kunitz , Norfolk ; A. Popsteln , Mary Popsteln , Warnervllle ; J. R. Benz , Mrs. J. M. Benz , Hans Rohmer , Henry Bergeman , O. L. Hickerson , M. H. Elliott and Mrs. M. H. Elliott , Nor folk. folk.The The Initiation work was put on by the Norfolk degree team , whose work was declared especially creditable. The degree team has thirteen mem bers : J. F. Jansen , captain ; Miss Katie Reiter , Miss Lena Munsterman , Mrs. George Mather , Mrs. Fred Har der , Mrs. G. A. Warner , Mrs. Ed. Mul len , C. A. Warner , F. A. Krantz , R. F. Bruce , Ed. Mullen , Will Munsterman and James Dignan. At the close of the exercises State Manager S. S. Hayman of Grand Island gave a short talk. W. J. Weatherholt and Charles Green of Hoskins also spoke. At 11:30 : an oyster supper and ban quet was served in G. A. R. hall. About eighty were present. The lodge alms at a membership of 200. IVORY BALLS CATCH COLD. Billiard Spheres Must be Handled With Care. "Hey , close that window. There's too much of a draft. " "Why , are you afraid of a little breeze like that ? It's no more than a gentle zephyr. " "No , I'm not afraid of It myself , but I'm thinking of those billiard balls. They'll catch cold. " Then the expert on billiard balls proceeded to expatiate upon the fatal effects of a draft on the spheres. He said the expensive globes , which cost from $12 to $15 each , should be looked after with as much care as a tender plant. The temperature of the room should be as nearly uniform as possi ble. Drafts find in them easier vie tlms than the most hopeless rheumatic subjects. THIRTYVFIVE AND FIFTY-SEVEN. A Young Farmer of Concord and a Norfolk Woman iVjch Older. Adolph II. Fink , aged thirty-five , n young farmer of Concord , and Mrs. Frederlcka Klesel , aged fifty-seven , a Norfolk widow , will be wed In this city on January 5 , a week from Sunday. Rev. J. P. Mueller will perform the ceremony. Fink mot his bride-to-be as a result of visits made to this vicinity. De spite the fact that her years are near ly three score Fink became a suitor nnd a successful one. His homo is in Cedar county. Mrs. Kiesal lives In her own home cast of the river where she owns a few lots. The marriage license was Issued from the county court at Madison Fri day. O'NEILL ' INDEPENDENT EDITOR MAKES RETRACTION. AND DODGES PROSECUTION Editor lilies of the O'Neill Indepen dent tn This Week's ' Issue Says His Article , He Finds on Investigation , Was False. O'Neill , Neb. , Dec. 28. Special to The News : The criminal libel case tiled against Editor Miles of the O'Neill Independent by Supreme Judge J. B. fl * " Barnes of Norfolk bus been settled out \M ! of court. The Independent , In Its Is sue today , makes a retraction nnd apol ogizes to Judge Barnes for the gross Injustice done him. in consideration of the retraction and apology Judgu Barnes , having no 111 will toward Ed itor Miles and only desiring justice , has dismissed the prosecution against the newspaperman. In his retraction Editor Miles says that after careful Investigation ho A. finds that the article which he pub- llshed was false. He admits that ho did Judge Barnes a great wrong through his paper. He Is sorry for what he did and wants to right the , Injustice ns much ns he can. Ho sayt ? ' that his partisanship In politics should not justify making false charges and he Is anxious to set Judge Barnes right before the people. Supreme Judge J. B. Barnes con firmed the news dispatch from O'Neill that ho had dismissed prosecution against Editor Miles , In view of the retraction nnd apology. Ho said he felt no ill will toward Miles nnd hud consented to drop the prosecution In view of the retraction. ADVERTISERS GOT THE BUSINESS How It Happens That Advertised Stores Sell for Less Money. After all , the proof of the pudding is In the eating. The Norfolk mer chants who advertised most before Christmas did the biggest business. Those who didn't advertise at all are complaining because business was dull. dull.You You can't point out a single big busi ness , in a profit way , that lias not gone into advertising. And the more exten sively the advertising Is gone into , the greater the profits. The News simplifies the problem in Norfolk because The News is read In practically every home both Inside the city nnd on all five rural routes out of Norfolk ( each route covering twenty- five miles ) every day. Is it any won der that merchants who are using The News to place attractive bargains be fore the buying public in and around Norfolk , are the business getters ? And there's another side to it. It is perfectly reasonable that these mer chants who are advertising extensive ly can give better values to the public because , doing the greatest amount of business , they are able to sell on smaller - or margins. It Is therefore very vitally Important to the pocketbook of people in and around Norfolk to try those merchants who advertise before all others. It means money-saving. And by virtue of the fact that more and more tempting bargains arc being offered every week In The News , the subscribers of The News nro enabled more and more to save the price of their subscription many times over in the course of a year. Suppose a housewife saved 10 cents a day by reading The News' ads. and snapping up genuine bargains that she needed. That would be sixty cents a week. The paper , delivered everyday , Is only 10 cents a week. So that wo man would save six times the price of the paper in getting genuine bar gains offered in The News and offered through no other medium. For The News is the only advertising medium In Norfolk. And here's another thing. Don't let any merchant/'presume / upon your In telligence by trying to sell you an ar ticle Inferior to the one you ask for. When you see nn article advertised , and want It , insist upon getting that article. Don't let any dealer sell you an inferior article for the simple rea son that he can make a bigger profit off the Inferior article. Advertised articles must stand up. They must be of a quality to sustain their own reputations after being ad vertised. Otherwise the advertising would bo of no permanent effect. So Insist upon getting what you want. Don't be cheated. Operation for Blood Poisoning. Blood poisoning setting In In his right arm necessitated nn operation on Peter Stafford , jr. , Friday evening. The operation was performed by Dr. S A. B. Tashjenn , the patient resting easy afterward. The cause of the blood poisoning Is a mystery , not n single scratch being dlsccrnable on the arm. It Is hoped that the trouble has now passed.