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PITH NOHFOLK WEEKLY NKWS-JOUKRNAL : FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7 1UOS. fhi Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The NCWH. Rutntillflliud. 1881. Th Journal. I5 tul > llnhe < l. 1871. THL HUBE PUBLIBHINQ COMPANY W N. Muni ! N. A. HI-HI : . HctTPtnry . . . . l'rlduy. Ily"timlT j > Br ICntarcd at the i > onU > lllco lit Norfolk. N l > . . IIH Bccoiul cliiHH inottor. _ Telephoned : ICilliurliU Department Mo. .12. llUBlntixu Olllce anil J i lloomfv No. II 22. WINNING THIS BATTLE. Tuberculosis Is one of the most ap palling calamities which threaten the health nnd happiness of the world. Of late years It has been definitely fought an the great white plague. Earnest men nnd women have waged earnest and Intelligent warfare against Its dread ravages. So much has been -written and told of its contagious character and Its spread so thorough- Iy and loudly has the alarm bell been rung that the popular impression has been , and largely remains today , that despite the enlightenment and the efforts of those engaged In the noble crusade for Its extermination , but little real progress was being made. Nor Is tills a fair statement of the case. There has been a relief that the dls- C.IBO was spreading. The facts , not only fall to Justify any such conclusions but they show the exact opposite. There has been a marked decline In the headway that consumption Is making , due to the new methods and measures of prevention afl well as cure. Figures just made public by a gov ernment Investigator are full of hope. There Is a long hard battle to fight against this terrible malady , but If It IB pushed with the same intelligent eenl by the next generation that It has been by the past , there is the strong est possible ground to anticipate its .practical extinction. TAFT IN NEBRASKA. As more and more counties in north- ' era Nebraska are heard from , it be comes moro and more apparent that Secretary Taft holds a bigger place in the hearts of all the people than any other man looming up in the presi dential race. A straw vote of the Cumlng county republican central com- comruittee showed that Taft was prac tically the unanimous choice , though in that county as lu Madison the matter of choosing delegates to the congres sional convention will be left with the party at large. It Is interesting to note that la the straw ballot taken by the Chicago Tribune , Secretary Taft is far and away in the lead among republicans all over the nation , with Governor Hughes of New York as an unques-li . tioued second in the race. It is shown' in this ballot that La Follette , Foraker , Knox and others have no chance what ever of the nomination and that they are potential candidates only in so far as they unite their strength for some body else. The prevailing belief among informed republicans now , how ever , is that Secretary Taft will be j nominated very early In the game probably on the first , second or third 1 ballot More and more the country Is com ing to appreciate the fact that Secre tary Taft is a big , broad-gauged states man of wide experience in statecraft and of mind largo enough to safely and progressively steer the govern- inental ship. His long training on the bench has given him that logic in judgment which renders him all the more desirable. There Is no longer any question but that the rank and file of republicanism In Nebraska , as throughout the country , are enthusiastically in favor of Secrc- eary Taft as the leader of next fall's presidential race. A MISSING PANIC. That this country Is on a good ) solid foundation in its business affairs Is demonstrated beyond peradventure by the onward and steady course of events during the past ninety days. Three months ago a dark cloud threat ened depression and business paraly sis hovered over the land , spreading from New York City west and south until it had covered the length and breadth of the republic "as the waters cover the sea. " Some folks were de termined that we were going to have a full fledged panic all wool and a yard wide and did their best to make their prophesies come true. The American people as a whole however , are sane , sensible and pe ful. They had good crops , good es busy factories , good wages , undevel oped resources , brain nnd brawn , and they utterly refused to become fright ened and stay In that mood. The re sult everybody knows. For a few weeks they didn't jingle as much , money in their pockets as usual but they kept right on tending to business day by day nnd sawing wood until the clouds , have gone again , there is plenty of corn and the sun continues to shine over a prosperous nation. Will Allen White in his Kmporla , Kansas , Gazette thus sweeps the ; strings of his lyre and chants the dirge of the panic that was , but didn't. "There came to this country a opUs per-Jawed panic with foam on its whiskers and blood on its horns , and things for a season looked rather vol ncnnlo vw > rejilaefirdsf . - v ,1 joking ; the country was side tracked , lt axles were smoking , the panic was on It nnd chewing It raw.Vhoie now IH that panic that wilted our col- tars , nnd nuidu our old linlr perpendi cular stand ? The banks arc nil load ed with all kinds of dollars , they're dlHliIng out wealth as n grocer does sand ; the panic grow tired of Its use- lesH endeavor , the country Jogs on jtiHt IIB smoothly B ever ; the people won't scare at n bogle no , never ! till one conies along that IB not made of straw. " THE THAW VERDICT. While many people may have ex pected that Harry Kendall Thaw would go free and not pay his life In penalty for killing Stanford White , there Is nevertheless one very dangerous feat ure In connection with his acquittal. The Jury set Thaw free on the ground that he did not know the na ture of his net at the time he killed the architect. And if that ruling is to prevail in nil murder cases in the future , It will apparently ouly be nee- CBsary to prove that the murderer did not realize the seriousness of his offense when he shot. The question naturally arises , "To what extent does any murderer realize the nature or seriousness of his crime at the time ho kills ? " Indeed , it may be argued that no murders would bo done at all If the slayers realized at the moment of actIng - Ing the exact nature of their deeds. And so , to a certain extent , the fol lowing out of the Thaw Jury's point of view would set practically all mur derers free. Perhaps Hlgglns did not realize when ho shot the Copples the exact nature of his crime. Perhaps Nclgenflnd did not know , at the moment of his act , the nature of his murder in Pierce county. Who is to say that any mur derer , at the moment he kills , realizes just exactly what he Is doing ? It was not the belief that Thaw was Insane that really set him free. It was the jury's sympathy for Thaw and his wife that prompted them to acquit. In other words , they justified the homicide on the grounds that Stan ford White's crime justified the kill ing. Perhaps any jury would have felt the same way about it. Certain It Is that human sympathy went out to Harry Thaw and particularly to his wife a year ago when she told her pitiful story. But if it be reasoned that such an offense as White's justi fies murder , then let it be put down In the statutes alongside self-defense as a reasonable basis for killing an other. ' If it was the "unwritten law" that served to free Thaw , then let us write the unwritten law and make it apply to all. The Jury used the theory that Thaw was insane at the time of the murder , merely as an excuse for freeing him. And there lies in their explanation a dangerous precedent. A GOOD RICH MAN. There has been so much written and said the last few " years about "pre datory wealth" that many very well disposed and kindly people have be come seized with the idea that every man who has gained largely of this worlds goods is of necessity a rascal and a thief. Against this kind of social doctrine The News most vigorously protests. It has within it the seeds of class hatred and social ruin. It is a false assumption based upon-totally wrong premises that lead only to despair. A man's worth depends not upon money or the lack of money. Char acter is now and ever must be the key stone to real value. "It is not In our stars but in ourselves that we are un derlings. " There are some dishonest rich and there are some dishonest poor. The dishonest are always the bane of na tional and neighborhood life. They receive and deserve merited condem nation and should be promptly pun- are , however , a great many honest men , both among the rich and the poor , who do a great deal of lasting itIs ing good. Among wealthy men of this Ise class was Morris K. Jessup who recently e18 cently died in New York City. He was worth probably fifty million of dollars and yet even in these strenuous days rsm , when suspicion is rife and accusation easy he was not known for what he , had , but for what he gave. He was a man of affairs , president of the New York Chamber of Commerce , but no stock jobbing operation ever was mix ed up with his name. He gave away iyc great sums of money to assist in religious ligious work , education , art and science but his name was never blazoned izet oned before the public. He was a quiet kindly , self poised gentleman , doing good constantly through a thousand different channels. As a close friend said of him : "Ho was intensely interested jrof , ested in promoting the morals of Jesus Christ , the dignity of labor and the advantages of democracy. " It is a pleasure to call attention to Morris K. Jessup the re many times over , yet the lover of his kind , whoso hands and heart wore always clean and whoso dally life found its highest expression in giving , amp plutu refutation of the too popular Idun that great wealth and personal righteousness are Incompatible. THE PROPOSAL OK THE .JAPS. The Japanese government Is willing to settle tlm trouble with the United Stairs by giving Its verbal promise to restrict coollo Immigration to this country. The Jnpx may be wise as serpents but we aie not yet convinced that they are harmless as doves. In fact , the history of the past live years and thi'lr ' aggressive military prepar edness at piesent both argue very positively against It. Such a proposition , therefore , coinIng - Ing at this time , will moat certainly not be pleasing to the PacIIlc coast states. It Is hardly probable that It will meet with favor from the national administration. There arc two rea sons for this , each of them legitimate and weighty. From a political standpoint no such uncertain and compromising settle ment of a vexed question like this could be taken without Imperiling the electoral votes of California , WashIng - Ing things. The president rings clear and true In all his utterances regard Ing national honor. He does not hesl tate to reiterate whenever occasion calls for It , that a just war Is far prc ferable to an unworthy and ignoble peace. Moreover , neither the president or his able secretary of war are going to bo caught napping and swallow any kind of bait thrown out by the Japs however attractive It may look. America should and will bo court eous and desire peace from its utmost soul with the people across the Pacific as well as all the nations of the world. All the more because it seeks the con tinned good will of the Nipponese , It will not be content with mere verbal assurances. This government is alive to recent history. It remembers the midnight attack made by the Japanese at Port Arthur which began hostlll ties before war was declared. With Japan It will ask that any contract be made in such unequivocal terms that there can be no ambiguity nor room 11 for misunderstanding. These terms will be signed by both nations "in the presence of witnesses" and their con dition ! ? made known to all the world , There will be no chance for dodging , No sly game will wprk. Diplomacy with America must be free from all duplicity. The Roosevelt administra tion stands for a square deal not only at home but wherever the United States docs business. If Japan if equally determined to bo just and frank and to conceal nothing up Its sleeve there will be amity and peace between us. Meantime , Admiral Evans * battle ships are steadily making their way Into Pacific waters and the United States Is not only strong in the power of its own self respect but while intent on pursuing peace , alert to all pos slble dangers. A REMARKABLE ENTERPRISE. Of the many great undertakings by men of wealth and energy no one Is more exceptional In its inception and construction than the railroad which has been built south from Miami , Flor Ida , across the coral reefs with Key West as its objective terminus. A writer in Everybody's gives a verj vivid account of this masterful at tempt to build a railroad through Ion ; stretches of swamp and miles upo : miles of sea. It Is almost beyond th comprehension of the ordinary mate to understand what modern engineer ing can accomplish. This railroad is built out among th 10 Florida "Keys" which are little se c- tlons of land with miles of the occa in between them. Already thirteen mile of the Atlantic have been bridged and nineteen more of submerged swamp. It Is without question the greatest engineering feat of modern times. It was begun three years ago and its present terminus is Knights Key , and there is still thirty-two miles more of this "railroad in the sea" to build be- len for Key West the extreme southern most point of Florida is reached. Between some of the keys the track lengthens out for so many miles on the concrete viaduct that land is lost to sight and the traveler sees nothing but the blue sky above him and the blue waters of the Atlantic on either side of him. To build this stretch of sea railroad thousands of men wore quartered for mouths at a time in boats. A transportation system cap able of caring for 5,000 men far from > the main land had to be furnished. ; The ninety-two miles of track built tell a story of hardship , determination , toll and disaster. But the work has boon massively done and Is a monument ment to the ability of the American engineer to plan and achieve success In the face of almost Insurmountable obstacles. The man who conceived this pro ject Is Henry M. Flagler , the multl- millionaire , who during the past twenty years has spent $30,000,000 in establishing a chain of the most mag nificent winter resorts to bo found in the country. Mr. Flagler , although an old man now seventy-eight years of ago conversant and successful as ho is with Florida enterprises , is lly convinced of the coming greatness . _ tit jivnu uiw i ww wv # * * ho has had over since Cuba became Independent of Spanish rule and prac tically under the protection of the I'nlted States. Havana Is the point he has In mind to reach and his ultimate purpose la a through rail route from New York. Huge ferries will operate between Key West and Havana and the time to make a trip from New York to Ha- vnnn will be less than forty-eight hours. Twenty million dollars have already been expended In this gigantic work nnd more IP needed. It will not for some years begin to pay the interest on the Investment. But when direct communication is established with Havana , with the growing trade to and fiorn Cuba , both passenger nnd freight trafllc on this strange sea line of rail road promises to bo immense nnd the returns will be large. This railroad over the Florida Keys ouly demonstrates anew what men with great visions , indomitable will and splendid courage can do with great wealth. There are "captains of In dustry" who deserve much apprecia tion for the beneficence of their plans and purposes. Henry M. Flagler la one of them. THE MORAL OF IT. Whatever differences of opinion there may be as regards the justice of his acquittal there is a general feelIE Ing of relief that there are to be no further details of the Thaw affair. It is a pity that the press made so much out of it and it is a credit to the newspapers of the country as a whole , that much less space was glvp en to the second trial. The story was simply a reiteration of how too much money and luxury , given to lives having no high purposes , leads to ruin and death. Stanford K. White deserved his fate. He was a man of great intellec tual capacity , devoid of any character , who lived a dual life. He was a moral leper and bis baseness was all the more culpable because of his percep tion and knowledge of right and wrong. Harry Thaw Is a rich man's son , a spoiled child , who led the life of cheap dissipation which attracts vacant minds. The woman over whom they quarreled was a victim of environ ment. She lacked the kind of mother which guides and teaches the way of life and went the primrose pathway which leads io sadness and despair. ] She is most to be pitied. Thaw and White were both degenerates whose escapades and wickedness make them a course to the world as long as they are in it. Such a trial only brings for the time being before the eyes of the nation a picture of the large number of men and wbmen who are going the pace that kills. They are found especially among that class who have "money to burn" and allow themselves to bo allured by the base , the cheap , the superficial and the unworthy. . Disgusting as.it is , it la perhaps not altogether unprofitable to have such careers as those of Thaw and White made known. They are not pleasant to contemplate but they may be helpful. They ought to arrest the attention of every young man who thinks that It is clever to bo fast to the fact that It is exceedingly cheap and foolish and inevitably leads to defeat and failure. It ought to lead every man who is pursuing a dual life to turn about and direct his energies and his time in making the most of himself and serving the general welfare. Contemplated | In any aspect , the horror - ror and awfulness of a low debased llfo as shown in these Thaw trials , cshould make us glad that the curtain Is at last rung down upon their nause-1 ous incidents and at the same time reveal to us because of the striking I contrast , the beauty of noble lives , the happiness of firesides where true love dwells , the dignity of honest toll and the lasting jpy and triumph which comes through self-mastery and devo tion to high ideals. People who -give up their lives to dissipation and evil influences are moral suicides. They give up tremendous deus and enduring possibilities for a miserable mess of pottage. The young men and women of the land the toys and girls should re alize that from the standpoint of self Interest , It does not pay to allow them selves to drift into cheap and vulgar ways of living. The pathway is always paved with dead men's bones and strewn with blighted hopes and blast ed lives. Happiness and success are to be found in being true. In daily kindness , honest labor , manly thought and manly action is found honor and respect from one's neighbors and the great world about us and more than this it is the pathway to the stars. FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE. There has been a perceptible and distinct gain during the past few years in the attitude of the average voter regarding the value of the bal lot. There is no use denying that in days that are past men have by hun dreds been tremendously swayed by cocsidoratlons which on the ono hand were purely personal and selfish and on the other by a partisan spirit nee to good government whenever and by whoever they nro manifested , Men have given their votes through sympathy to men whom they were perfectly nwaro were Incompetent to till the position to which their votes j helped to elect them ; in on have paid personal obligations by their vote ; men have voted for men whom they know to bo utterly unwoithy bccauUe above them was a party naino which they held dear. The result of these various phases of dereliction has been j found In continuous failures , scandals and disappointments wherever they have prevailed. It is this kind and quality of voting which has weakened courts , put cheap men often on guard in responsible positions and brought discredit , often times , on local self government. Happily , the largo army of voters In this country are getting a better view point from which to judge their public duties. Henry Ward Beccher said "the cure for democracy Is moro democracy. " The truth of this Is evi denced In the rising tide of popular opinion as this Inestlmaole privilege of casting a ballot. The honest and intelligent voter and that means the largo majority of American men are coming to see very clearly that what Is most needed in the public affairs of the country IE clean nnd efficient service. They recognize that there are na turally wide differences of opinion , among a free and progressive people , as to the best methods and policies to bo pursued In the settlement of great problems. It Is for this season that men ally themselves under different party banners , hoping and battling for the triumphs of those Ideas which they believe In. But there has been a notable im provement in the personnel of party leaders. It is a tribute to the voters of the nation that the man most likely to be the republican candidate for the prosldcncy is not only big of body , large of brain and sound on basic prin ciples of government , but he is of stainless Integrity and admirable habits. The same holds true of the man who is quite certain to again for the third time lead the democratic hosts to defeat. For , however numer ous and striking may be his political fallacies , as a kindly high minded gentleman of unimpeachable personal character the orator-editor of Lincoln is a fine specimen of American man hood. In William H. Taft and W. J. Bryan is found the type of leaders which the American voters today are demanding. They can be duplicated as far as character Is concerned many times. It augurs well for the republic that never before in Its history were the people calling for such a high class of men to represent them in public life. That the patriotic purpose of the voters turns so strongly toward the men who hold honest and efficient public service above all other consid erations is in itself a complete and overwhelming answer to the question which superficial observers and shal low pessimists raise. America is making good , democracy is triumphing and In the more discrim inating demands of the voter and bis eagerness to promote the general wel fare is found the incontestable proof. TAFT FOREMOST. There is no doubt that Governor Hughes of New York greatly strength ened himself before the country in his speech given in New York a few days ago ' In which for the first time he broke ' the silence which has hedged him ' about since ho became the chief executive of the Empire state. In that speech he declared himself on national questions. He avowed his hearty and cordial approval of the republican party's achievements dur Ing the administration now coming tea a close ; spoke highly of the good work that President Roosevelt has done ; and set himself down as a true advocate of fair play , deploring destructive structivo legislation enacted in pas sion or the spirit of class hatred , and pleading for calm and sane investlga tion , unaffected by popular clamor , as the only logical and the only safe basis for any lawmaking , if this conn try's constructive progress and sound balance is to be preserved. Governor Hughes' utterances wil have weight not alone because of hi clear ringing tones , couched in sani and well poised sentences , but as wel because ho was manly enough t speak courteously of all other candl dates , pleading for party harmony above all else as essscntlal to sue cess In contending for great natlonn policies which the republican party so pre-eminently stands for and th modest , straightforward assuranc that his candidacy for the presldenc ; must stand on its own merits am would not bo accompanied by mer by-plays actuated by self seeking. There is no longer any question bu that Hughes will be recognized as ex cellent material for the presidency But there Is no reason why ho shoul bo preferred to Secretary Taft. Al the qualifications for the presldenc which Hughes has are possessed b Taft. In honesty of purpose , in un stained public careers , both men oc cupy a similar unchallenged position favor of the war Rocrotnry. Mr. Hughes' I record na attorney and aa a governor of New York Is a record of courage , ability and achievement , but further than thla hla political environment has not led him. On the other hand , Secretary Taft has had a long and unusually familiar experience with al most every public question of Import ance. No other man , save Ellhu H. Hoot , has such n close personal ac quaintance with the departments nt Washington ; no other AHUM loan Is so conversant with our colonial posses sions and foreign affairs. Hughes is not known to the people outside of New York and Is a stranger to many of them ; Taft belongs to the entire country and the world and IB Immensely likeable. The one Is pro vincial , the other Is cosmopolitan In a world sense. Hughes Is a splendid typo of public man and New York has every reason to feel proud of him but ho Is lackIng - Ing In personal experience and has had no test whatever In national affairs. Taft , on the contrary , has a wider acquaintance among the world's rulers and diplomats , and a more thorough knowledge of the nation's problems and needs than any other man mentioned as a successor of Theodore Roosevelt. It grows more and moro evident lat Tnft is the people's favorite , hey honor such men as Hughes and ( hers mentioned but way In the foro- rent , with an unequalled record , anscendant ability , an affable per- onallty , pledged to progressive pol- cica In a firm , sane , able manner , lands William H. Taft , a man who s no man's man , a clean citizen nnd patriot , whom The News confidently ellcves will be named to carry the aimer of republicanism to victory ext November and prove another of America's great presidents. THE PEOPLE WANT TAFT. After reading President Roosevelt's ate special message , it Is difficult to ee how any person In sympathy with he progress that has been made by ho republican party under this ad- itnistratlon could fall to hope for the omlnatlon and election of William ioward Taft as the Roosevelt sue- : essor. After reading that message , t is difficult to see how anybody who esires to see the president's policies ontlnued , could consistently fight for , he nomination of any other man than , he man whom the president has hewn the country to be his choice. President Roosevelt has never had onfidence in La Follette. He has al- ays felt that same suspicion in the A'lscoubln fire-eater's sincerity that ms discredited La Follette everywhere , 'or ' La Follette has been a persistent nd everlasting office-seeker. He is rst for La Follette and after that he s for whatever doctrine he thinks the ublic will applaud the most loudly. President Roosevelt has never had lonfidence In La Follette. He has uade It clear to the people of this lountry that a great mistake would be made were La Follette to be even bought of for the presidency. He has made It still clearer that the man in whom the people can place their con fidence is Secretary of War W. H. Taft. Taft.And And it Is not surprising that people ivho endorsed the president's recent message should see consistency now n lending their utmost support to the man whom the president most desires o continue the work that Roosevelt las begun. The people want William Howard Taft for President because ho Is an American through and through. The people want Taft because when ho is called upon to face a public ques tion or a public duty , he does not ask , 'Will it pay me politically to do this , or not do that ? " but , on the contrary his guiding thought Is "What shall I do with this question , or this duty in the best interest of my country ? " Find Ing for himself the answer to that self , sacrificing patriotic question , ho acts accordingly. The people want Taft because he has successfully performed every pub lie duty which has been intrusted to his charge , since that day In January 1881 , when he received his first public appointment , as assistant prosecuting attorney for Cincinnati , O. The people want Taft because of his successful organization of the Philip pine civil commission ; his administra tion of the islands and his adaptation thereto of American forms of govern' - mcnt ; his missions in those Islands to various divisions of natives and their ; pacification ; his vigorous upholding o the flag and the submission thereto o the insurrectos ; his support of Amerl can education for the people of al ranks , classes , conditions and creeds , his fearless advocacy then and since and now the rights of the Filipino to equal treatment under our laws. The people want Taft because they realize that the success of his mission to the Vatican regarding our purchas of the friars' lands In the Philippines is all the evidence required to prove that ho possesses diplomatic ability o the highest order such diplomat ! ' ability , strengthened by experience m will bo needed by whoever shall be president of this great nation of ours in the years of international anxiety anil Amorlnnn ronnrtnoUilllfv n- but recently , revolution thrcntonod our great trade and Investment Intorcst'i ' In Cuba , he hurried down there and by diplomacy and candor averted the cu tastropho , Inducing the malcontents on both sides to accept provisional go\ cnnm-nt at American hands ; under which government the Island Is ponce fill and prosperous. The people want Tnfl because though vigorously urged by President Hoosi'velt to accept a seat for life on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States the most highly ro spectcd Judicial body In the world lie remained true to his promise to the people of the Philippines that ho would not leave them until civil government was IIrmI } ' established. Tin- people want Taft because when the need arose. , mainly In the Interest of speedy construction of the American Panama canal , he accepted the great olllco of secretary of war , and by per sonal visits to Panama by the cutting of "red tape , " by care lu letting contracts - tracts and buying supplies ho Is push ing the work to expected completion at a considerably earlier date than ap penrod possible before the work came under his charge. The people want Taft because he Is a man In every sense of the word ; a , man whoso word is his bond ; a man who Impresses his virile manhood upon other men ; n man whoso work Is never done while there IH any of his country's work to do ; a man whoso watchword Is duty ; a man whoso slm pie creed Is "My God , my country , my tarty , and my neighbor ; " a man who s a true husband , a good father nnd , patriotic citizen ; a man who Is loved y all who know him , feared by all vho oppose his righteous nets , and iraiscd by all who have watched and United his work. AROUND TOWN. Now for a week of stock company lieioes. Why Is It that girls always like the looks of an actor BO much bet- er than a civilian who Is Just as good looking ? Was there ever a groundhog day when the ground hog didn't see M shadow ? Is there anybody present who didn't predict the Thaw verdict ? Everybody rou met , after it was over , seemed to have forecasted it. No sooner had there come an end to haw in New York before Norfolk's haw began. The girls who are losing their nerve in the leap year proposition ought to irace up and act like men. Have you told the committee yet low many Y. M. C. A. delegates you'll intertaln ? Get busy. It's up to you. Frank Brink murdered Bessie New- : on at Ponca only a year ago yester- ay. And it does seem as If he's been iiit of the Insane asylum for n year nd a half. You can't look at the big audiences ; reoting every performance of the itock company at the Auditorium this week without realizing that the people want to be amused most of the time. Wonder if that Thaw jury would feel imdly about it If they realized how much grief they caused The Norfolk News In trying to catch outgoing trains with their verdict. A Y. M. C. A. building in Norfolk , with its gymnasium and baths and other accessories , would be one of the finest Institutions and one of the most potent in forming wholesome young manhood , that this city could get hold of. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Great men and tramps get more for nothing than any other class of people. A woman who Is too good to chil dren is as culpable as the man who Is not good enough. When a young woman asks a young man to let her sow on a button , the- world holds its breath. About the most disagreeable fellow on earth is the man who is always trying to get an office , but never gets It. It never surprises a man to bo ad mired , but no man ever lives long enough to know why people dislike him. him."I "I am either becoming an Imbecile , " a citizen said today , "or my business becomes more exasperating * every day. " The average woman's experience with financial matters has been such that she IB usually moro than half in favor of her daughter marrying for money. tlOO UrTnnl , UOO. , Tlle readers of thla paper will be SnC n8n ? < ° learn that there ! at least been able to dlsea.8e that sclenco ha cure In all Its stages , and ? ' > a CatarFh Cure la , , , h2 W P.08'tlvo ' euro now known n < fnir n nlJJSUif.nl.ifratrn 'y- Catarrh bo- nnn = H.co.Btltutlonal disease , requires a treatment. ' Hall's Ca- Vir , la taken Internally acting , " "MUl ° bOOd } * n J mUCOUB H r/2i , ° . ? f Jhe Byatem. thereby de- ylBthe un lat'on ' of the disease , P * lent atrensrth by S ° J "tltUtlOll iSld 8- f do'nff ' " work. The etors have so much faith In Its Sals ° Ure > Send for t of .Address ; F. J. CHENEY A rvi To-