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CHE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , MARCH G 1'JOS. ' ftoi Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tli NewH KntutillBlied. 188J. _ Tim Journal. Hntat > ll hed.J 71. THE HU8E PUBU8HINQ COMPANY W. N. HUSK N. A. 1'rniltlont Hccrntnrr Vvr'y } VrTiTny. " fty ISntercd nt the imatollloo nt Norfolk. N h. . im nocnml olimn matter. Telephones : Hclltnrlnl Department. No. 22. Ilualnoin OHlce and Job Iloom * No. II 22. now Tina I'AitTiiaa WILL LINH UK Whllo doubtful things wcro ncvor nioro uncortnln politically thnn they nro this year , Homo matters nro qulto clear. It IB already certain that six tickets will bo In the Hold for the pres idential contoBt and there ftro possl- bill lies of Dovcral more. The popullHtfl will meet at St. Lonlfl on April 2 , the republicans will con vene on Juno 1C nt Chicago , and on July 7 the democrat * will hold tholr convention at Denver. Following them closely the next week on the IGth of July at Oolumbim , Ohio , the pro hibitionists with Rather. "William U. Hearst's now political party , the Inde pendence league , will moot At Borao date Btlll Inter In July. They have not yet decided where they will meet. The socialists will also hold a con vention but the day and place have not been named. It Is Interesting to note how the different parties Imvo demonstrated their strength In eorao previous con tests. In 1904 the republicans polled n popular vote of 7.C24.480 ; the demo crats B,082,75t ; the populists 117,935 , ; the prohibitionists 258,787 ; the social democrats 402,280 , , and the social labor party 32,088. The largest vote that the populists over obtained was In 1892 when James D. Weaver , the popu list candidate for the presidency , re ceived twenty-two votes In the elect oral college and 1,011,028 In the pop ular vote. This was the largest pop ular vote ever cast for a third party candidate. These comparisons whllo InterestIng - Ing are not of much value as related to the present candidates. Not only does the popular mind change rapidly , but the popular vote Increases so markedly In this country that the vote of one quadrennial contest Is liable lo bo greatly Increased at the next , As showing the phenomenal growth in the vote of this country , In less than forty years , It Is a matter of Interest and significance to rember that Abra ham Lincoln In I860 was elected pres ident with a popular vote of 1,800,352 , while In 1S9G William Jennings Bryan was defeated , although ho received a popular vote of 0,502,925. , NOT AS TUUE AS IT SEEMS. An esteemed contemporary thinks that national party conventions arc too spectacular. It says "every national convention Is turned Into a scene of excitement and turmoil. The galleries nro packed with men who have no business there , solely that they may root' for or against certain favorites. Pandemonium rlegns for half an hour nt a time. It Is the rule of hysteria In a moment fraught with the most serious issues of our national life. " That there Is some truth In this statement is not to bo denied. And yet to the thoughtful American there is less danger than there seems to bo and the advantages and benefits of the present method of holding those great quadrennial assemblages far outweigh any objection that may bo raised against them. The wild scenes of buoyant and over mastering enthusiasm are always start ed on the floor of the convention among the delegates themselves. When in tones of derision "a stampede" is spoken of , as a matter of historical record , how many candidates for the presidency have ever been nominated by a stampede against the will of the people ? The truth is that the national gath' crlngs , where once In every four years the men are named as the party's choice for the high office of presidency , are and must remain very democratic , open to all the people who can gain admission , if they are to bo typical of a free , frank and self controlled people. Imagine , if you please , some political party naming a presidential candidate behind closed doors ? No ono doubts the fate that would await It. Thai very fact would presage Us overwhelm' ing defeat. The convention may be spectacular It may bo undignified. But It suits the Ideas of the people. They never demanded - manded publicity and open and above board discussion as much as they dc at present. They like big conventior halls and they are not alarmed al noise. There is every reason why i great event like a great coaventlor should not be spectacular. It gives c chance for that display of the splrll and trend of public sentiment which In Itself Is a mighty safeguard ant nn expression of democracy's hope ; and preferences , worthy of heeded. THE OHKN PLATFORM. . The Ohio state republican platform is of national interest and Importance because It Is very much the platfonr upon which the next president pf the United States will bo elected. Approved by both the president am Secretary Taft , the platform comes ai an official expression of the views o these two great leaders In the comlni fight. And It IB pretty well accepted that Secretary Toft will bo the noin- Ineo and that the national republican platform will practically coincide with Ills views as expressed In the Ohio platform. There are several significant feat ures In this Ohio platform. Revision of the tariff In certain out-of-propor- tlon parts by an extra session of con gress , Is advocated. Secretary Taft has all along declared that ho was In favor of a revision of the tariff In places where conditions had rendered revision advisable. Hut the protective principle the principle of protection under which the late revered McKInley was placed In the white house by the laboring man of America Is to bo rigIdly - Idly adhered to. That this country has prospered Immeasurably more than It otherwise could , by reason of the protective principle , can not bo ques tioned. And that this principle of protection must bo continued is an axiom upon which the republican party can well afford to stand. AB President Roosevelt has said , It Is not strange that changing conditions should change the needs of the tarrlff. Some Industries no longer need the tariff to proportions that It has been enjoyed. And when that revision does come , It shall bo by congress and not by any set of laymen. Congress is paid to look Into Just such matters as these. And by congress It shall bo done , if the Rooscvclt-Tnft platform Is ad hered to. Caution is advised In the matter of currency reform. That some relief might be welcomed , none can deny. That the problem Is an old one and that no satisfactory solution has yet been found , Is further accepted. And that no snap Judgment will bo taken , Is assured by this platform. In other respects the platform Is thoroughly republican. It stands for Integrity , for the square deal , for the Individual against socialism , for gov ernment regulation rather than gov ernment ownership. It is a platform of strength , and It may well be set down now as later that this will be practically the Chicago - cage platform. SOME THINGS UNHEEDED. There is a peculiar fascination to almost every man and woman In the element of uncertainty and risk. This is so evident that It finds Indisputable proof in a thousand ways , whenever lilstory is searched. Every few years Vesuvius breaks Forth in violent eruption and the lava pours forth and ruins homei and desolates elates fertile valleys. Nevertheless scarcely Is the eruption over before the peasants of Italy are busy plant ing their vineyards and building their meagre huts at the very summit of : helr cones. San Francisco was shaken so severe ly that Its very foundations were un dermined. But scarcely was the awful tragedy over which enveloped the city by the golden gate in a cataclysm of horror before the people were get ting ready to build a larger and better city than had been destroyed. Every spring time floods overflow large sections of country. The news papers are crowded with accounts of the loss of life and property resulting from the high water. The strange thing about it all Is that these losses are met In the same places they were before. This past month the waters of the Ohio have caused damage amounting to thousands of dollars In Plttsburg , Cincinnati , St. Louis and other cities. It has been but a repetition of what has happened a score of times In the past fifty years. The snows which have melted in the mountains have during the warm weather flowed down Into the low lands and caused much ruin and disaster. While the flood is rising everybody is apprehen sive and many methods are outlined to check any similar calamity in the future. But when the waters subside the event Is soon forgotten and when the next flood comes the people are found no better prepared thnn before The nation moves along business lines until It is confronted by a panic then there is loss of confidence , bus Iness failures , men out of employment It is at such a time that the country Is flooded with bills and panacea'E for their prevention. But as times Improve they are pigeon holed and forgotten. Wo are a nation full of hope and buoyant spirits and despite the dls asters which come over and ovei again which wo forget where we might prevent we are constantly rls Ing to higher heights In a great nation al development. THE PLACE TO TRADE. The News believes emphatically It trading at home. But in order to mak < this the slogan cry of any communltj It must bo practiced by everybody. I must be religiously observed by everj business man in the place. A city Is like a nation. It may pu out all the energy It possesses k reaching trade In getting outside pee pie to come Insldo its gates and spent their money If It does not have the trade of Its own people It Is foreordain ed to a small and stinted life. These truths are always acknowledged lodged In the abstract as a beautlfu theory. What Is needed Is to get mer " " o make them concrcto In the actual MirchaBCS they make. The need of Norfolk , as It is of very community , Is to become thor oughly obsessed with the Importance of every Individual living hero to Its growth and success. It Is the rcclpro- al expenditure of money by the resl- lents of Norfolk upon which most argcly depends Its future. Every dol- ar spent here helps so much In build- ng up Norfolk. Every dollar spent Isowhoro doesn't contribute a penny's velght to the growth of this city. There Is a very aggressive warfare now being waged on the competition vhlch comes from catalogue and mall order houses. The success of this crusade against the cheap and untrust worthy merchandise of these foreign nstttutlons depends In Its last analy sis , In any given community , on the measure of loyalty which the people Ivlng there have for that place. There is absolutely no need of a man , woman or child buying a cent's worth of goods outside of Norfolk. The merchants can supply your every need. If perchance there Is some spec- al luxury you desire not carried in the general stock , consult the merchant on deal with and he will be only too glad to order It for you and do Just as well by you , if not better , than the dealer in Omaha , Lincoln and Chicago. This principle of buying every thing n Norfolk , however , as has already jccn stated , must be all pervasive and universal if It Is to give the Impetus .hat It should to the city. It Is not 'or the man who works at his trade or who earns his salary at the ofllce alone ; It is not merely for the pro- fesslonal men and women ; or for the armor who sells his products here and considers it his home town. It s for the merchants themselves as well. well.The The home trade Idea must be tror- oughly Indoctrinated Into the minds of all the people If Norfolk Is to flourish as it should. "God helps those who help themselves" and it Is the com munity which pulls together and adds every one's weight It can to its own strength that becomes strong and pros perous. Do your trading in Norfolk ! THE WORTH OF THE BALLOT. It seems at first thought that all men , who have the opportunity , would be prompt and ready to avail them selves of that for which other men In ages past have sought in vain and millions have given up their lives to obtain for their posterity. But that this is not true In regard to the ballot within the borders of America , the facts compel admission. It weighs upon the conscience and in telligence of the country that some thing should ho done to place the seal of condemnation upon the men who are so indifferent to the nation's wel fare that they refuse to help by their vote In shaping its destinies. For simple as democracy is , it can only be real , when each man beneath the flag , acts in his capacity of a Caesar and exercises his right of private Judg ment and Is willing to record his will as an arbiter in the nation's fortunes , It Is not true that much Importance attaches to numbers in voting any more than along other lines. It la true that ten men by their votes could often rule a city , possibly a state 01 a nation more wisely than thousands or millions. But this Is begging the question. The man who has not suf- ficlent interest to cast his vote denies as far as his influence goes that this Is a government of and by the people , There have been various plans sug gested to rid the country of this In cubus and menace. Governor Fort ol New Jersey proposes a system of com < pulsory suffrage , under penalty of o fine for falling to exercise the prlvl lego. He would fine every man whc can vote but refuses to do so , $5 01 $10. Others think this would fall tc solve the problems of the stay-at homes and that a more effective waj to accomplish what is desired wouli be to adopt a system of graduated disfranchisemcnt. The advocates ol this latter theory believe the natural perserseness of human kind. The ) argue that the surest way to get anj man to appreciate a privilege or t gift is to have him understand that II Is liable to be taken away from bin- altogether If ho does not use it. This problem of how best to dea with the stay-at-homes is most serlouf in the congested centers of populatior where the Ignorant , poor and the idh rich have too much Inertia to cast theli vote. In such a state as Nebraskt where the spirit of liberty and con cern for the public welfare Is allv < everywhere the man who never votei is indeed an oddity. It is the hlghes reflection of the intelligence and loyal ty of any community when this Is true Enlightened selfishness and patriot ! ) Interest alike demand an Intense an < active participation In public al fairs and that man is not American li spirit who does not cast his ballot am aid in the settlement of all whicl effects his city , his county , state am nation. WHAT THE NATION WASTES. America has yet to learn the trutl of that homely saying "You can't ea jour cake and keep It too. " Chief Engineer H. M. Wilson of thi United States geological survey hai recently pointed out some facts regard ng the nation's reckless wastefulness of It ? natural resources which , whllo startling In their Immensity , deserve cotiHldorntlon nt the hands of every cltlr.cn that there may result the rad- cal change which Is needed if there s to bo a stop put to It. Our timber supply will bo exhausted In fourteen years. The total amount > f timber In the United States Is 11,000,000,000 feet. Annually there is used one fourteenth of this. The year ly growth Is 40,000,000 and needs to bo reatly increased if timber is to bo found In this country oven a quarter of n century hence. It Is estimated that the Iron ere of the country will last two hundred years and the coal about the same time. To conserve and save the supply of these great natural and essential re sources It Is suggested that clay , cem ent , Band and gravel bo used. This Is being done and the possibilities of their use are being demonstrated with ever widening possibilities and with crowing success. The cost of the mineral products of the United States Is over $2,500,000- , 000 , whllo the manufactured products amount in value to about $1,250,000- 000. These are immense figures and they clearly show the great need of saving as wisely as possible the natur al resources of the country. There Is a bright side to this picture as well as a dark one. While it Is true that millions of dollars worth of natural resources have been already wasted there is now a determined and Intelli gent effort being made by the forestry service and other departments to check the waste. There are various ways in which this can bo done. One is mentioned In order to show the tre mendous results In the conservation of the nations wealth are likely to How from the wise and practical fore- Bight of a now class of men who In quiet but effective ways are directing methods In scientific development of the country. There Is estimated to bo in the Unit ed States today a total of1,500,000 , horse power developed from water sources. Experts believe this can be increased to 10,000,000 horse power. This means that there Is a possibility of more thnn doubling the present cap acity. What this signifies can hardly be comprehended by the ordinary cit izen. It Is also believed that in the forest and mountain regions of the country by careful work a sulliclent water supply can be developed to irri gate 12,000,000 acres of land and pro- tide homos for 2,000,000 people. These are vital facts and figures and show that we as a people have reached the dividing of the ways and that henceforth our energies will not be given to the reckless dissipation of natural resources but rather to their reservation and upbuilding. THE PARTY AND THE MAN. The St. Louis Globe Democrat re cently had an able editorial under the caption "The Party Outwelghts the Man. " It was attempted to show clear ly that the republican party with Its glorious achievements for more than fifty years does not depend upon the popularity of any one man to win suc cesses. It distinctly says with epi grammatic force , "The glorification of Individuals is not its business. " Now there is admittedly a measure of truth in the contention of the Globe- Democrat , but as usual in such claims , It is greatly over stated. The better and more reasonable view of the mat ter is that which considers the party and the man , both essential factors , neither one of which can bo belittled If they are to command the enthusias tic support of the majority of the voters ers at the polls in November. There Is no doubt but what the re publican party has a large list of able men from which to nominate a can didate for the presidency. But If the Globe-Democrat would carry Its con tention'so far as to say that the re publican party with its brilliant and long established record for "doing things" can name any one of them and elect him it is perfectly safe to say that its Judgment is not in accordance with the larger number of thoughtful and discerning men. The republican party , whether it chooses to recognize it or not , is fac ing a crisis in this election. Not for years has the past been of as little concern In Influencing men's political decisions as it is today. Men do re member with gratitude and pride that in the abolishing of human slavery , the saving of the union and the natural development of the country , the re publican party has played an honorable and patriotic part. But those things are accomplished and It Is In newer , larger and more complex problems that the nation is now interested. The people have their faces turned toward the east and the political campaign of 1908 will be settled more by prophecy than It will be by history. The great masses of the people regardless of party ties , are desiring that kind of wise and sane leadership which will guldo them Into the promised land where shall exist the real democracy of opportunity. It Is because the people are In this mood of healthful expectancy that the man chosen is going to bo a tremendous deus factor for the party's weal or woe. There is ono man , above and beyond all ethers mentioned , who auswcrcs to the qualifications demanded by the people. That man is William II. Taft. Ho Is the logical candidate. Largo hearted , high mlndod , big brained , pro gressive in spirit , sane In his methods , good uatured but firm , with an exper ience In governmental affairs so suc cessful and wide that It gives htm a knowledge and grasp of public matters possessed by no other rival for the nomination , the secretary of war com mands the enthusiastic appreciation of his countrymen to an extent that out distances and eclipses every other man In the raco. Ho is the finest pro duct of the policies and ideas of repub licanism. His loyallty to the great party whoso achievements are rc - plcndant fit him to continue these pol icies In practical operation. The re publican party , progressive and clear vlsloncd , Is a great party. Secretary Taft Is a big man in every sense. It needs a great party with a great rec ord led by a big man llko Taft to win success In the coming campaign. KEEPING IN TOUCH. It doesn't take very long to obtain a correct estimate of a man's real valuo. Moreover , It Is not dependent upon some things near as much as is usually supposed. A man may have attainments of much worth in and of themselves and yet lacking In ethers , fall to put his impress upon the com munity in which ho lives. Industry , integrity , energy , Intelli gence these are factors laid down as essential to success. It Is Incontro vertible that they are ns fundamental as the simple mathematical laws of addition , subtraction , multiplication and division. And yet the most ordin ary observer has discovered men In every walk of life who had all these qualifications and yet failed to arrive In any sense which Is seemingly com mensurate with their splendid char acters. It Is evident that to these very valuable factors , another ingredi ent must be added , to make a com pound which has in It the guarantee of the largest and best kind of a life which shall meet one's own highest satisfaction and leave on those with whom It comes In contact the marks of a great soul. ( When the really largo man is dis covered It will be found that he has the capacity and the determination to keep In touch with every thing that Is vital to his own and his neighbors welfare. When reference is made tea a large man , it is not meant that he of necessity occupies a largo or a prominent position. Large men in a democracy , thank heaven , like our own , are found everywhere. In the ofllce , In the busy marts of trade , in the factory and the work shop , and on the farm. But wherever found they are recognized above everything else by that happy and insistent facullty of keeping In touch with human life and human interests at every point possible. It applies Just as truly to woman in her life , whether in the kitchen , the ofllce , the school room or mistress of her home. No better advice - vice can be given the young man or the man of business , If he is to have that real and splendid success which he craves , and his friends desire for him , than to cultivate this quality of keeping In touch. Keep In touch with yourself. Study your own limitations and your own excellencies that you may make the most of the one and overcome the others. Keep in touch with your business. Push it in every way possible. Have an absorbing passion for it and bo determined that you will understand all Its possibilities and promote them as fast as you can. 'Have an eye to Its weak points and fortify them. Your goods , your customers , your clerks keep In generous and constant touch with them and remember that In proportion as you size them up correctly and deal rightly by them will be your success. Keep In touch with your homo. There is no other place in the world like It. The wife and the children who go and come these are the people ple to keep In touch with because In them and with them is found all that makes earth an Eden and gives each man an inkling of what heaven may be. Cherish homo tics and daily do all that can bo done to strengthen and protect them. Keep in touch with your commun ity. If you live in Norfolk determine that you will make Its welfare a part of your life ; that Its schools , its churches , its roads , its parks , its bus iness enterprises , its social atmos phere , Its upbuilding and development shall be a matter of great and con stant concern to you and that you will keep In touch with every movement that makes for a larger , better and more beautiful city. Be alive. Have opinions and a will of your own. Make yourself felt. It Is keeping in touch with the current problems , like securing the Carnegie library , erectIng - Ing a Y. M. C. A. building , encourag' Ing homo Industries , more factories , better homes and more of them , more people and more business , that inakee the valuable citizens. Keep In touch with the social life of the city with its ministers , Its teachers , its dally newspaper all the forces which are devoted to the progress gross of Its life. Criticise them when slow , Indifferent or unwise , commend them when they are sane , wide awake and fighting battles clearly for the common good. They need both. Keep n touch with yubllc sentiment and lelp to mould and shape It. Keep In touch with the great com monwealth In which you live. Help to make Nebraska foremost and pre eminent for Its enterprise and high Ideals of practical citizenship. Keep In touch with the nation and Its affairs. Do your share In making America "tho land of the frco and the homq of the bravo" a beacon light to n world which needs to bo made radiant with the true spirits of liberty and democracy. Kcicp In touch with all humanity's Interests everywhere and thus meet with that triumphant success which endears a life to n world which It on- riches. AROUND TOWN. Why shouldn't the ducks bo flylngT Isn't It moving day ? Apparently we'll get the lion nt the tall end of the month. Have n good time Tuesday Wednes day will bo the beginning of Lent. Lent is n forty-day period during which a good many people give up these things that they don't care about in a self sacrificing spirit. The News wants to congratulate tiio babies who might have been and weren't born last Saturday. It can't bo much fun missing three birthdays in four. There are two brothers In a town near Norfolk who have boon courting the tame girl , as rivals for her heart. It's a great chance for serious compli cations and the situation really has become what you might call serious already. Think of a girl who could cop out a pair of brothers that way and get them to fighting over her ! When the boy has blew his whistle , the paper has came. Years may come and years may go , but The News carriers blow on for ever. And now everybody in Norfolk who bought nn automobile last year , Is trading It off to buy a bigger ono this year. They say that's the way the automobile Itch affects people the world over. Anokn Herald : The Norfolk Dally News says that wild ducks and robins have made their appearance , which Is a sure Indication of spring. Better come to Boyd county where these birds winter , and enjoy spring weather nil the time. The first principle of the lawyer's training Is to keep silent. Not a word must bo uttered which will In anyway incriminate a person. Not a hint can bo given that will "tip off the hand. " And such silence do these lawyers maintain on all subjects that the county attorney in Madison county ordered an automobile weeks ago and never breathed a word of the fact to even his own family until the machine was legally established In front of his own doorstop. Then , and not before , did he make any damaging admis sions. How's this for Ash Wednesday ? What chance have stockings against the marble craze ? Ninety-nine out of 100 people told you how the Bocho verdict would come out. "Lent lasts forty days , " remarks the Wayne Democrat , "but our umbrella is the only thing that keeps Lent that long. " The school boys who are skating around on rollers , are complaining se riously of several bad sidewalks in town. A St. Louis woman has been award ed $501 damages from a man who called her an old cat and the Chicago Tribune thinks the extra $1 was added because he Included the word "cat. " Three Norfolk men began observing Lent by giving up their automobiles. The machines were In a freight car and it was too muddy to got them out. What more sacrifice could men make ? Going to observe Lent ? What excuse will there bo now for not sewing on buttons ? Thread's down. The weather for these Norfolk ex change days all seems to bo of the made-to-measure variety. It will be surprising to find how many people could have told you in advance , if you'd asked them , how the Boche trial would come out. It doesn't always pay to provide against the uncertain future. Ono woman brought $5 worth of thread just before It went up to six cents. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. It Is getting to bo BO that if a man's mind is as pure as It should be , he can't make out half that ho reads these days. Tell a girl before marriage that she Is going to throw herself away , and you insult her ; tell her after marriage that she might have done better and you flatter her Wo don't care how far wo swing back to old customs , so long as wo don't catch up with the girl who tallied by bringing out the family photograph album. , What nro neighbors for ? They are to notice things. If you ovei did any thing out of the way you are remind * ed that WIIH what your neighbor was there for. People grow so suspicious with years that If a man hours that a brother ho has not seen In twenty years Is coming to see him , he saya ; "Now what does ho want ? " When a man leaven the town In which ho was raised hating It , and every ono In It , you may bo sure ho will not bo any more fond of his now homo than ho was of his old. When n man transgresses , punish ment is the greatest charity. The people who know of his transgression Hhould also know that his punishment is swift and sure. The warning Hint omcs from punishment Is of value to society ; forgiveness of a crime Is a detriment to society. An Atchlson man says the only way to cure n woman of borrowing from her neighbors Is to move her nwny out west on the frontier , where she would have to walk five miles before Bho found a neighbor , and the neighbor wouldn't have what she wanted when she got there. Too many people cannot do a thing without stopping to give their reason for It If they borrow n pencil , they relate how they lost their own ; If they refuse flsh at the table , they toll of how too much fish once made thorn 111. If they only know how much too busy the world Is to stop and listen to rea sons , they would refrain from giving so many of them. Wo were never quite BO tired of anything before ns we are of the "ar guing" that goes on. Two men meet , and argue for hours. At the end of the argument the men hate each other , and have wasted a lot of time. The same sort of thing goes on In the newspapers , and among orators. You are apt to think If you are unmarried and old fashioned that the first request your brldo will make of you will concern something she can do for your comfort , but that will not be her first request. It will oo to ask you if she can go homo to her mother's and stay a few weeks. Marriage seems to give a girl many rights In her family that she never had before. She will tell her mother how to do things , and boss every old maid aunt and sister on the place. She has been known to advise her father In his business affairs , tolling him for authority that her husband says so. When you see a lot of boys and girls coming from school , you will notice that the boys do not walk with the girls ; they tag along behind and keep up a running conversation with them , but they seldom walk with them. Sometimes a boy will throw snow down n girl's back and pay her attention of that kind , but ho seems to be ashamed to bo actually In her company. The salad Is the waste basket of the pantry. If a woman has a few cur ft rants left , a scrap of cheese , an apple or two , a boiled egg , half a potato , etc. , she mixes them together , pours mayonaiso over the mess , and then sends out invitations to a party. The party after party , but there Is always women make the same kind of cakes a variation In the salad because no two women have the same scraps left to work with. OVER NORTHWEST PRAIRIES. AInsworth Star-Journal : A fine specimen of almost pure copper was recently found on the Llndquist place near town. It was sent to the Smith sonian Institution at Washington , where Its Identity was declared It must have come from the copper re gions of Lake Superior , but just how Is a mystery. It does not show any signs of having been In the drift , and we have little , if any evidence here of the drift having reached this vicinity. Wayne Democrat : At * the council meeting , Messrs. Emil and Walter Weber were present and Interested the alderman In a scheme to have Weber Bros. , furnish power to light the city and pump the water. The gentlemen stated that they had gone over the expenses of the city for the past five years , and taking that as a basis they believed they could save the city about $2000 per annum on the matter of furnishing power. An hour or two was devoted to the subject at the conclusion of which the finance committee were asked to look up the exclusive expense the city had been to In past years on getting power , and to report same to the mayor , a special meeting then to bo called to determine what sort of n contract could be enter ed Into with Weber Bros. The change would leave the city a lot of valuable machinery on hand that could bo solder or kept , as may later bo determined. That's Right. Nebraska City Press : They are tollIng - Ing of a Norfolk woman who has kept a secret from her husband for eighteen years. However , probably everybody else In Norfolk who is not deaf and dumb knows It. Inteiestlng If True. Wlnslde. Neb. , March G. Card Chap- In with the leading American car in the international automlblo race from Now York to Paris , is a former Win- side boy.
