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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.
