Mrmn : ir WHKK7.Y NUWS-.JOUKNAL : FRIDAY. MA.UC1I 18 1908 ,
"The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
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The No wo Is feeling clioorful over
It. For ubuvo all else , tlio loynl friend-
fillips brought to tlio surfnco were n
ooiirco of uiulcnliiblo comfort.
LOST Somewhere In Nebraska ,
0110 Hinull sized La Follctto boom.
Flndor ploaKO return to Frank Harrison
risen , balloon operator , Lincoln.
Hut what will their parent coun
tries do with all tlio criminals and tlio
Insane people we're-golng to deport ?
Iluusla 'and Spain and some of the
other foreign nations seem to have
about all tlio anarchists they can
stand for right now.
A FAVORABLE OUTLOOK.
For all kinds of legitimate business
tlioro IB as spring approaches a very
encouraging prospect. Especially In
the great central west where men are
liusy on the farm nnd In the factory ,
producing the necessities of life ,
which the world wants at a good price ,
tlioro Is every reason to look forward
to a continued and enlarged prosperity.
It IH true that the country Is not
going abend at the break neck pace
of the early fall , buying auto.s nnd
diamonds for distribution at every
cross roads. Dut It has not stopped
buying tlio necessities of Ufa nnd
furthermore good prices arc being paid
for them.
There has been n marked retrench
ment and it shows the sound financial
health of the country that this could
bo brought about so quickly without
great Inconvenience to the people as
n whole.
The Imports reached their highest
point In December , 1900 , when the
total reached $1 21,000,000. A year
passed nnd last December the total
dropped to $95,000,000.
It Is a pleasure to look at the other
elde of the picture and compare our
exports with our Imports. While we
are buying near as much of others
the rest of the world keeps right on
buying in still greater amounts of
us.
In January the exports of the United
States were $200,000,000. This was
? 17,000,000 greater than for the same
month one year ago. The balance of
trade In our favor for the past year
was $58,000,000.
This condition of affairs whtcl
promises to continue helps greatly in
bringing about that revival of business
which Is desired. The foundation
of a now prosperity Is solid. In that
prosperity Nebraska will share. It Is
Norfolk's opportunity to grasp des
tiny's hand firmly and attain to the
larger place It is to occupy.
CLEAN MONEY.
There is a growing demand tha
money shall be not only clean as far
as legitimate and honest ways of ob
tdlnlng It are concerned , but that 1
shall of itself be bright and new am' '
wholesome.
It has been ascertained by Investl
gntlon recently made by the govern
ment that under microscopic examlu
atlon an average piece of paper money
moderately clean , carries 22.GOO Imc
teria. On an average unclean bll
there will be found about 7U.OOO Imc
teria. It should be understood , how
ever , that many of these are harmless
but some are liable to carry the germs
of deadly diseases.
Paper money like everything else
Is the victim of its environment. IIov
can It help gathering to Itself a grea
deal of filth nnd foulness ? Take a
dollar bill from the bank , crisp , nev
and bright and send it forth on It
mission of usefulness. In three month
tlmo It Is liable to pass through n
great number of hands. All classes o
people use It and pass It on. Th
rich , the poor , the thrifty , the shift
less , the clean and the unclean. Is I
any wonder that after a comparativel
short career It turns up ragged , be
grlmmed and unwholesome ?
The life of the average dollar bill 1
said to be twenty months while th
average five dollar bill manages t
hold Its respectability for about thre
years. The government nnnunll
destroys about $000,000,000 of pape
money nnd replaces It with new.
Still the supply of new currency I
Inadequate. This call for clean mono ;
Is one of the minor reforms but it 1
evidence of the Increasing desire ther
IK for the general tidiness and Is ver ;
definitely In the Interest of publl
health. It Is not possible to keep nl
. .
the money clean nnd sanitary but it
I
IK possible to improve conditions
greatly by providing some method by
which anybody that wishes could
have his old money changed for new
without expense to himself.
BE BIOGEH THAN YOUR JOB.
It was James A. Garflcld who said
that a man was always bigger than
his job unless his job was too big for
him. There Is a constant cry in this
laud for moro opportunity nnd the cry
Ik- . . .
argcr possibilities , but they should
ot forget , what they often do , that
ho lack IB many times In men rather
him In thulr surroundings. UUSBO !
Jonwell of Pennsylvania , the noted
ecturur , In his talk on "Acres of
) luuionds , ' " vividly iwrtrayed the
rvonderful possibilities for wealth , for
; > ewer , for fame that existed In this
ountry. When asked whore they
were ho would say "Young men , they
are under your feet. They are every
where. They are .yours for the seek-
ng and you can have them If you are
only able to see them. " The great
d of today In all brunches of bust-
less and hi all pursuits of life Is for
rained men men who are larger than
heir Jobs men who do not count the
lours and watch for the pay envelope
but who have a passion for nchlove-
nciit. The kind of men who would
rather do the work they are engaged
than anything else ou earth be
cause It appeals to them and gives
hem a satisfaction that nothing else
can. An olllclul of the United States
Steel company , who has directly under
Ills supervision hundreds of young
American men was asked the other
day whether ho had all his positions
Hied. "Filled ! not by a long shot
There are simply a. bunch of follows
rattling round In them. "
If young men could only understand
that as long as they are contented to
merely rattle round In a place and
1111 up so much time they will never
amount to much , many of them would
change their mode of life. What busi
ness men wuut what the world wants
In every position Is men who are
misters of the situation. And when |
one really thinks of It there Is noth
ing else in nil this world that gives
such supreme satisfaction to a thought
ful , earnest soul as , when after he
has completed a Job of work of any
kind for a man , that man tells him
either by word or deed , "Your work
Is very creditable. " But in order to
gain this eucouium there must be
Btrcmuous , persistent toll that uses up
nervous energy and muscular power
and coupled with It an enthusiasm
that knows no bounds.
TAKE OFF YOUR HAT TO HIM.
It Isn't much wonder that people
In other countries often times smile
upon Americans when they rather
boast that they have no king. Ameri
cans not only point with pride to this
fact but expend a good deal of pity
upon their European neighbors over
the prevalence of regicide on the
continent. But recently the anarch
ists have pointed out to us our mistake
They have located our kings and they
have found them In the policemen of
our cities and our towns.
It Is a singular discovery to the
average citizen for too often the man
with the blue coat has been made the
butt of jokes , on the street , In the
funny papers and on the stage. By
many the policeman Is passed by
without much concern , but the an
archist la hunting for a king and ho
knows where to find him. Ho finds
him In the man who represents the
power and the law. That man Is the
king in Europe , here ho is the police
man. The other day when the Russian
anarchist entered the home of Chief
Shlppey of the Chicago police force ,
ho evidently had no design upon Ship
pey as a man. He had no personal
enmity against him. The truth Is , ho
did not know him , nnd for-several
days made Inquiries as to whore he
lived before he located his house.
Ho was after the king , the man who
stood for established law and order.
Ills only design was to throw a bomb
at authority. He hated it because It
has a way of disregarding mere li
cense , of not allowing a man to do as
ho pleases if he pleases to do some
thing which will Injure society.
It would be well Indeed if in all
our towns and cities there could come
about a greater respect and truer ap
preclatlon of the work that this real
king , the policeman , does. It is true
that ordinarily from day to day , fam
iliar as ho Is to the people of the
town , he Is not particularly heroic In
his proportions , but after all , his dally
work Is the protection of society. It
Is he who tries the locks of the mer
chants doors to see that they arc se
cure at night ; It Is he who watches
the burglar who attempts to take
property In the midnight hours and
often frustrates his designs ; It Is he ,
who at the call of duty gives even life
itself If need be that the peace of the
community may be maintained. The
anarchist makes no mistake when he
crowns the American policeman as
Its king. Hats off to the policeman !
THE VALUE OF OPTIMISM.
"Cast your onions Into the freight
car and the bouquets will come after
many days ; plant hogs and the mess
pork market will In time sit up and
take notice ; scatter optimism per
slstently and sunbursts of gladness
will crown the work. " This brilliant
Hash of rhetoric Is taken from the
Fort Worth ( Texas ) Star. It bears ev
idence of an enthusiastic appreciation
and patriotic devotion to the Interests
of a great state. It's the kind of stuff
that sounds good. It's the kind of
talk that helps to make good and its In
the desire to make good that Is the
propelling force la the prosperity and
glory of any stateor community. It
for
to push Texas to the front during
these lust few years nnd It Is this
same spirit that i-very state In the
union needfl and no etato within the
IlinltH of the republic has more reason
for It than this beloved state of Ne
braska.
There are many things that Texas
has to contend with that Nebraska has
not. Over this Btnlo blow the winds
which bring us health and Invlgor-
atlon and eucigy In the winter tlmo
and during the cuirmer months help
to wicrglzc the growing crops and
bring the blessed rain under whoso
stimulant nature responds so magnifi
cently. Nebraska's boundless prairies
afford tremendous resources and In
comparable wealth to a constantly
growing population.
Hoie in this wondoiful Elkhorn
vnlloy , In which Norfolk Is so happily
situated , as the central distributing
point of a great area of country , nature
jaddens the heart of man by wonder
ful responses from the soil. Here the
armer IB king. On every hand there
stretches out , for mile upon mile , a
broad expanse of fertile lands occupi
ed by agriculturists whoso thrifty
buildings weighted down with abun
dant crops of grain and vegetablea of
various kinds , and underneath whoso
roofs arc sheltered the choicest herds
of cattle , horses , flocks of sheep and
countless swine stamp them us no liv
slgnla of rank possibly could , as the
veritable kings of the earth.
Nebraska's climate Is far superior
to Texas. There is no malaria to con
tend with here. Business opportunl'
ties In Nebraska are varied and in <
creasing. | They are more abundant
today than ever before , and In all the
state no town offers better Induce
mcnts to the man who wants to get a
foothold in life than Norfolk. Every
thoughtful observer recognizes that
Norfolk's Industries and business life
Is on a very solid foundation. More
than this , there Is here a spirit of
alertness nnd enterprise which presages
a greater future. Norfolk Is on the
threshold of a development and a ,
growth which will make It the largest
the best and the most successful bus
iness point In this part of the state
of Nebraska. There can bo no questIon -
Ion about It. Ho who runs may read.
All that Is needed Is a large abund
ance In the hearts of Its people of that
spirit of optimism which has a super
lative belief In Norfolk and with It a
reclstles , ! energy and a dauntless de
termination to make good.
Actuated by this spirit , Norfolk will
make good. Let us be optimistic with
a large amount of sane common sense
and obstinate persistence In watching
every corner of the road that makes
for Norfolk's growth. Let us as cltl
zens of Norfolk show the world that
wo are ahead of the times rather than
behind them. Then will other people
sit up and take notice and men who
are looking for a splendid state In
which to live and a progressive city
In which to locate will come to us by
the score and Nebraska and the town
In which we live be benefltted and
built up.
THE CLEVELAND HOLOCAUST.
That was a pitiful piece of news
which came over the wires only a
few days ago , telling us that a nun
dred or more school children In the
city of Cleveland had been burned or
crushed to death when caught in the
doomed school building. It made the
heart ef every father and mother
throughout the length and breadth o
the land quiver with a sense of horror
ror at the thought that little ones like
their own beloved , the pride of home
the hope of the future , the center of
all earthly ambition , had In a moment
of time passed out of life. There is
something about the children which
appeals to us all. For them civlllz
atlon exists ; for them the schools and
the church and the homo are main
tained ; for them the hard days work
at the office Is done ; for them the
dinner pall Is carried ; for them the
mother bears burdens which only
Heaven really knows. The children
are the Incentives of life.
It would bo hard under any circum
stances to think of a hundred swee
young lives as suddenly extinguished
and there are great calamities which
no man can foresee and whose results ,
however baneful they may be , howeve
Inextricable they may appear to us
are in the hands of a power lilghe
and greater than ourselves. In such
calamities mankind has simply to bow
to His will and meet the consequences
as bravely as possible.
But in the Cleveland holocaust th
results cannot be charged to Provi
dence. In the three story school
building , with Us four hundred pupils ,
there were two exits , and when the
children , ranging from six to fourteen
years of age , attempted to make their
way at the call of their teacher out of
the different rooms , knowing as they
did that the building was on fire , they
sought , as others would have sought ,
exit by the nearest route. The front
entrance was open. The most of them
escaped who sought this way. But
there was a rear doorway and those
who went to roach the out of doors by
this way , found themselves hemmed
because the door opened inward
and they could not open It
By this tlmo the fire had gained
such headway that It was Impossible
many of them tojnako their escape
in BO they died , piled up In heaps ,
their little bodies n sacrifice to the
tupldlty and ncgllgonco of school
uthorltles. Some one had blundered ,
n this ago of the world , such repeated
rugedles as the country has had of a
I ilmllar character , such negligence
seems utterly inexcusable nud yet it Is
easy to blnmo these people In Clove-11
and. They had to pay the penalty of
heir negligence and Into many a homo
n that community the Angel of Death
ms brought sorrow and desolation.
But the lesson of It Is not alone for
Cleveland. It Is for every town and
city in the country. There should bo
a thorough examination of every pub
ic building , whether It bo a school , a
church or a hall , to see that the doors
swing outward. There should not only
bo In every public gathering clear nnd
abundant exits but there should bo a
careful avoidance of any semblance
of over crowding. In the school rooms ,
the fire drill should bo constantly
maintained and the children bo given
to understand that discipline nud self
control are Invaluable factors In suc
cessfully meeting a crisis or emergen
cy of any kind.
The News is confident that thcso
matters are all held In due regard and
carefully observed In this city , but
nevertheless it Is well every where
that we should understand that eter
nal vigilance In observing the public
welfare , In Insisting that others ob
serve the law as well as ourselves ,
and training people , especially the
young , to the proper value of the com
mon weal , is not only the price of lib
erty but just as much the price of
personal and public safety.
A GREAT CAREER.
The political situation in the state
of Iowa at the present time presents
a spectacle as Interesting as any
which the country affords. The two
factions of the party are contending
fiercely over the United States sena
tor. Governor Cummins has long had
designs ou a scat in the upper house
of congress. Senator Allison's term
expires next January. Ho is a candi
date to succeed himself , but Cummins
proposes If possible to wrest the place
from him. The contention Is necessar
ily a matter for the people of Iowa to
decide , and yet Interest in the matter
Is far wider than the boundaries of
that state. Public sympathy goes out
toward the man who has so long represented -
resented that great state in such a
great way and to all who know his
record there will be a fond hope that
he may bo allowed to end his career
with his harness on.
For Senator Allison is one of the
distinguished men who have played a
large and magnificent part In the
history of American legislation. His
career has been one of unusual Im
portance nnd he Is not only Iowa's
"grand old man" but he Is more than
that he belongs to the nation. Now
reaching his eightieth birthday , lie is
not as active as he once was In debate ,
but he Is still recognized as wise and
kind , by nature harmonizing men's
differences and so sane that his advice
Is eagerly sought for and respected
by his colleagues and the leading
public men of the day.
It Is well to glance over his record.
Any one Is a better American for havIng -
Ing done It. The public life of William
Qoyd Allison spans a long period of
time. As a young man he affiliated
with the republican party in its infancy -
fancy and was a delegate to the great
convention held at the Wigwam In
Chicago which nominated Abraham
Lincoln for the presidency. During
the civil war he was one of the staff
of the governor of Iowa and helped ,
to recruit and to drill and inspire the .
young men who went forth at the call
of their country to defend the flag on
the battlefields of the south.
He was a strong supporter of Lin
coln and when the war was over he
actively participated In public affairs
In the period of reconstruction and
from that time to this he has been
prominent In the nation's history and
for the larger part of the tlmo has
served steadily in the United States
senate , being elected by the people of1 ]
Iowa who loved him and who admired
him , term after term without opposit
ion. Four different times he was ask
ed to go Into the cabinets of different
presidents. Garfleld wanted him ,
Harrison urged him to accept a portfolio - |
folio and twice William McKinley per
sonally urged him to take a place over |
one of the departments as a member
of his cabinet , Each time he declined
but his Influence has always been for
midable in the councils of the nation.
Four times his name was suggested
for the presidency in national conven h
tlons. Only once was he an enthusiT
astlc candidate for the nomination and |
then ho was beaten by a very narrow
margin.
The years have come and gone , pres
idents have died , issues have changed ,
but still Allison Is a commanding
figure In the life of the nation. He Is of
still at the head of the committee on
appropriation which has to do with
the spending of millions of money and
his conservatism and Integrity have
done much to make those expenditures
wise.
wise.What
What the outcome of the present
contest may be la not clear to those
who live outside the state. Governor
Cummins would bo doing a graceful
thing and pay a fitting tribute to an Us
Illustrious and honored statesman if
he would withdraw from the race and
lot Senator Allison continue In the
place which ho has so highly honored
Ik that as It may , the nation will not
forgot the great and splendid service
which this statesman and patriot has
contributed In his legislative career.
I Iowa < > will do well , If In the years to
j come , she can find a man who will
walk worthily in his plnce. William
lo.\d ! Allison's fame nnd nnmo arc
secure. No higher mission can coino
to nn American citizen than to bu a
great senator , during a great period
of Kplendld national achievement , nnd
his Senator Allison has been.
THE IDEAL LEADER FOR 1908.
"Ohio once more presents to the
nation a candidate for presidency.
Wo send greetings to republicans
Dvorywhoro and announce with prldo
and dovotlon that every delegate hero
assembled Is Instructed for William
H. Taft. Ho is the man equipped for
the day and Its duties. Ills conspicu
ous part In the achievements of a
renter America , his broad knowledge
and experience In law and government ,
his genius for the world peace nnd ad
vancement , his rare tact and sturdy
courage , and moro than all else , his
steadfast dovotlon to the enduring pol
icies of republicanism , makes Ohio's
candidate the Ideal loader for 1908. "
Such Is the message that Ohio sent
forth In the nation at Its republican
state convention , held last week. It
Stw
was a fitting epitome of the character
istics of its presidential candidate.
isT
The convention itself was a splendid
endorsement of a splendid cltl'/.cn. By
the unanimous voice of delegates as
sembled from every quarter of the
state William H. Taft was presented
to the nntlon ns Ohio's favorite son.
In the face of all the criticism which
has emanated from certain quarters
within that state during the last three
months , the endorsement Is over
whelming and significant. Foraker Is
rebuked , silenced nnd forgotten. The
grent state which gave to the country
for its chief executive Ulysses S.
Grant , James A. Garfleld and William
McKinley now adds another nnmo to
Its Illustrious list of matchless men ,
In Secretary Taft.
And not alone Ohio. State after
state , as fast as conventions are held
|
are declaring for him. In every sec
tion . of the country he is without ques
tion the one strong man with the peo-
pie. ' ' More and more he commends himself -
self to them and no where Is he with
out enthusiastic following. lie stands
In -class by himself. It Is true ,
there are other men who are honor
ably mentioned , but of these the most
of them are recognized as merely fav
orlte &ons whom their own states feel ,
obliged as a matter of state pride and
courtesy ( to give a complimentary vote
to nnd this being done their obligations
will cease. Illinois will cast on an In
formal ballot a vote for Joseph Can
non but It will be purely compliment
ary. . The heart of the people of Illin
ois is overwhelmingly for William H.
Taft. Pennsylvania will recognize
fittingly the distinguished services of
. ,
Its senator , Philander Knox. Outside
of Pennsylvania Mr. Knox has little
strength. Indiana will give Its vote
to . . Fairbanks , New York to Hughes ,
Wisconsin to LaFollette , but It is
.
doubtful If any one of these men get
. .
the vote of a single state outside of
. their own. The situation clears day
by . day and It Is generally conceded
that on the second ballot , at the
furthest , William H. Taft will be de-
.
clared the nominee of the convention ,
and . the most astute polltlc.il observers
In the country believe that there will
be but one formal ballot and on that
ballot ! Mr. Taft will bo the unanimous
choice of the convention.
In no state in the union are the people
ple more enthusiastic for the great
war secretary than they are in Ne
braska. Anyone who thinks otherwise
Is deceiving himself and Is not con
versant with real public sentiment and
no where In the state of Nebraska is
this appreciation of Secretary Taft
more definite and moro determined
than it is in the Third district. Today
Norfolk greets this convention. The
people of this district , Us republican
voters , anticipate nothing less than a
complete and thorough endorsement
of the nation's great statesman. It Is
the privilege of the convention today
to send back a message to Ohio that
the republicans of the Third district
of Nebraska stand squarely , fairly ,
and all the time for William II. Taft
because they believe with the people
of his own state , with the people of a
great majority of all the states , that
ho Is the Ideal candidate for 1908.
The delegates to bo sent today should
bo unswerving in their inherence to
this sanest and wisest of all candidates
mentioned. They should be out and
out Taft men.
With William H. Taft representing
all that is best In the republicanism
the past , the sanest embodiment of
Its present day policies which so high
ly commend It to the nation ; with a
most winsome personality ; with a life
both public and private which is
irreproachable ; with a great exper
ience on world questions , the republi
can party can marshall Us forces In
this year 1908 and under his leader
ship prove Itself Invincible once moro
against democracy , whoever may carry
banner. Never did this district
| find the republican party confronted
with as high a privilege as It has today
In endorsing the candidacy of William
Howard Taft for the presidency. That
It will meet that privilege In a royal
and whole hearted way tlioro can bono
nc question.
WHAT \ ARE THE WAVES SAYING 7
Moro definitely than over before In
'
the history of the country the Ameri
can people nre facing problems of tlio
future. Wo are entering upon a now
| era , In the life of the nation. The old
< n regarding the freedom of
th Individual and the unity of the |
nation have been prnctlcally settled ,
and no longer attract the attention of
the citizen. But In their place have
come a different set of problems which
Cfhi
have to do with the social and busi
ness welfare of the people at homo and
the relation of America as a world
tilP
power < to the balance of humanity.
At the present tlmo there Is mov
ing northward along the South Amer
ican const a great licet of American
battleships. They were Bent Into the
Pacific on n mission of pence. This
assurance has been received from
Washington nnd there can bo no ques-
tlon of the truthfulness of the state-
ment. But the destiny of nations can
not be foreseen In mathematical
terms and , although the great heart
of the nation Is not alarmed and the
war scare which certain journals , both
In this country nnd In Japan , under
take to promote Is discounted In ad
vance and receives little notice ,
nevertheless , disregarding nil Jingoism - ,
ism the situation In the Pacific Is ono
that calls for the most careful consld-
eintlon nnd has In It such tremendous
possibilities for good or for evil for
the people of this country nnd the
world thnt about It centers a problem
which is liable to prove the greatest
and the gravest that this country ever
confronted.
It was not many years ago that the
waters of the Pacific , which bathed the
_
California , Oregon , and Washington
coasts touched the western border of
. the , United States , but today way out
beyond the horizon , ns one looks from |
, .
the Golden Gate , thousands of miles
westward , the American flag floats
over the Hawaiian Islands. By the
arbitrament , of war nnd the consldernJK
tion of a few millions , the ling of
America , since 1898 , has floated over
another group of islands , way over In
the , j Orient. These Island possessions
are rich In resources , populated by
ten millions of people of strange and
different races. They came to us un
expectedly , unsought and undesIredT
through the mysterious events of a
war undertaken for humanity. Nevertheless -
theless , they are ours to care for and
upon this rests the tremendous obllIn
gallon of their peace , safety and wel-
fare. ,
,
We had no sooner obtained Hawaii
and the Philippines and entered upon
a systematic plan for their develop
ment than events in the Orient began
to change rapidly. Out of discord ,
misunderstanding and the avarice and .
greed . of nations , came a great war
between . Russia and Japan. Just what
It was all about it Is difficult to com
prehend. This much Is evident. Japan ,
nroused from Its slumber nnd apathy
which had prevailed for centuries past ,
catching , . the spirit of the age , mani
festing marvelous capacity as an Imitator
tater and still more marvelous ability j
in initiative , became possessed with' '
a lust for more land on which to give
room to her crowded populntion nnd
expand . her latent resources. The his
tory which records her success In
Manchuria nnd Koren Is
. . so fresh thnt
it needs only to be mentioned.
The question which concerns Ameri
ca today regarding the Pacific is
"What are the intentions nnd purposes
of Japan ? " Will that coifntry bo con
tented with what it already has or will
it reach out its hand , flushed by Its
brilliant victories of the recent pnst
and attempt to gram the Philippines ?
This is the interrogation which is the i.
most potent , perhaps , America has to gj'
face , at least in regard to foreign
nffalrs. It Is true that the Japanese
statesmen and scholars continually
give the most profuse assurances of
their freindship for this country nnd
their disposition to be nt pence with of
nil the world , but it Is doubtful If the
Japanese know their own minds. They
are admittedly adroit , cunning , and
treacherous by nature. They have just j0
arrived at that point In their national cc
hlbtory where self consciousness
breeds in them n contempt for other
nations and Is apt to blind their eyes
to their renl strength. With a tremen
deus and magnificent navy , a people of
whose military discipline Is perhaps
unequalled , a soldiery who hesitates
not a moment to give up life for their
country and a great business class ( |
fired with an ambition to acquire more
territory that they may work out n by
great national career all this , ndded
to a self conceit which comes from
now born power , makes It very
plexlng to arrive at a true estimate He
of ' In
Japan's phnracter and purposes at tli
the present time. ur
For the trade of the Pacific , for the out
carrying of the millions of tons of til
commerce from the Orient to America In
nnd from America to the Orient , Japan f
and America will naturally and In any ta
evitably bo closest competitors , Frlc- taCt
tlon Is liable to arise over trivial mat
ters which may result seriously. The
question would not bo HH gni\e a . i
for tlilR country If It were not fin u ,
Philippines. They nre situated a I ,
long wnytr from the United Stall- *
To defend them luonim the o\p , j
ture of hundreds of millions fm u ' '
navy. If trouble should come at n \
time , unless war VOHSOH | weie nom , t
liaud. Japan could easily HO/O | tin M
While tlioro Is no question but \\IMI
In such a contest America would tin
ally wn | , It would only be nt Imnn n >
cost and trouble.
Already the evidence Is Indlspul ihi >
that Japan in Manchuria IH dim OK u i
lug the pledges it gave to the \ \ . i
"j
nud ( vlolntlng every rule of Intom *
tlonnl equity with the Chinese 'lii-
Chlnese hnvo already protested .uui
look ! ( > ( to America as their truest frli ml
to supiK > rt them In It. The w i I
comes from Washington that sumi-
time within the near future n n-n - ,
tewl < , vigorous and dignified proti-f
will bo made by this government fn
the government at Toklo again t
Japan's action toward the Clilnesi m
Manchuria. This protest will also in
sent . to every one of the great po\u i V"
of Europe. Meanwhile , Admiral K\nns
and his sixteen battleships are nlnuh
moving up the const nud within a lew
weeks the prows of these mighty MB ,
sols will be turned toward the Orient
As Secretary Taft says , "The sight of
the American bnttleshlpH will be ,1
great object lesson for Japan " *
the mind of the great secretary lliOi .
presence and the revelation the\ \\iii i j
bo of the mighty power of the gti.it
lepubllc will prove amply sulllrifiit
to compel the respect of the woiii
nnd maintain Its peace.
The American people nre honest ! '
striving for pence. They have no i | <
J sire ! ' whatever for the cruelties of w.n
They would prefer the glories ih.n
come ( through Industrial nctlvlt ) an i
the striving after hotter civic Ideal- I ,
but It Is well to have In mind an in
telllgent conception of the possibilities
of danger In the onstern sens. While
every effort should be made to me < t
humanity everywhere In the most
benevolent nnd kindly way , stern facts
must be recognized. What the wild
, I
wnves of the Pacific are really saying <
God alone knows and If a storm should i
como and our national peace be sud- 1 j
denly assailed by obstreperous neighbors - *
bors who would not listen to reason , |
who would not be guided by rules of .
justice j , , , the most indisputable and ef-
fectlve argument that America could
bring | ( | to bear would be a fleet of bat
tleships.
AROUND TOWN.
"At least one thing I hnven't given
up during Lent , " snld n Norfolk wo-
man. < "I can't give up talking about
my neighbors. "
Nearly every police force claims it
is too small to be effective. But the
Individual members never seem to
work very hard to make up for the
shortage.
A young girl who has a homely
elder sister , Is In hard luck. No mat
SJ ter how pretty she may be , people will
say [ of her : "She will look just like
her sister when she gets older. "
When a woman has guests , all her
relations do their best to help her en
tertain them. If a man has an out-
of-town friend como to see him , his
friends are apt to think him a great
bore , nnd hope the friend will not be
brought around where they are.
Ono Norfolk woman made an em
barrassing mis-statement
In a gro
cery store Saturday. "Give me a bet
tle of Blue Ribbon beer "
, she &ald
She meant syrup.
Nebraska City Press : They sny
Ihero is a society man In Norfolk ,
who possesses such far reaching wis
dom , that he had on hand two clean
dress shirts the week before Lent
That man should move to a bigger
place than Norfolk.
It might have been expected that
the robins nnd
blue-jays would come
back from the south this spring on
skates. The
whole world seems to
bo skating Just now skating to work ,
skating to school , skating at play.
Probably the explanation of the fact
that birds aren't rolling In from the
south that way , Is the unpopularity
"skating" in the southland jus > t
now.
There's about as much genuine en
tertainment In a snappy declamatoo
contest , such as will be pulled off at
the Auditorium by Norfolk high school
pupils Friday night , as in any otjxr
event that can bo framed up.
In Dublin they celebrate the night
St. Patrick's < my with a boxing
match. In Nov * * the evening before
will be given r/eforenco by the glove-
men. Next Tuesday Is St. Patrick's
day In Dublin and In Norfolk.
DciifneMH Cannot be Cured
local applications , ns they cannot
reach tlio ( llacuHOd portion of the ear
Tlioro Is only ono way to euro deafness ,
nnd that
is by constltulonnl remedies
Deafness Is caused by an Intlnmod con
dition of tlio mucous lining1 of tlio Eu-
Htnclilan tube. When this
tube la in-
named you hnvo a rumbling1 sound or
Imperfect hearlnir , nnd when H Is en
tirely closed , deafness Is the result , and
unless the Inflammation can bo taken
and this tube restored to Its normal
condition , hearing will bo destroyed
orover ; nine cases out of ten are caused
catarrh , which Is nothing but an
Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces ,
Wo will give ono hundred dollars for
cnso of deafness ( caused by
ca
tarrh ) that cannot bo cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars , free.
P. J , CHENI3Y & C3. , Toledo , O.
Bold by druggists , 7Cc.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
consti
pation ,