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Coloiado IMIIIS all other stales
raising bo * Is
Ktinliiml n iluced Its public debt
jiiiimooilo : hiNl v nr.
phe n ' , iniid the plow Is the
genuine ' ' ntv booster.
Prosl i i . , I'M II liai sent tnoio
than a i ' i ' - to
or nl 11 I iii i ho
M < rry \l ' h.ll n nst con-
ei mod I ' in I li I Mill . 1. h i- to sit
In hind ( HP
In ( TKflnilti , "wing to the fntnlno , the
government Is furnishing food to BO.-
( iiio of tinnatives. . There arc dnrk
ilajs In darkest Africa.
A mnn In Arkansas has had to pay
ifl.r.OO for d.vnamltlng flsli. This Is
n more expensive pastime than dyna
miting hired rnrs In Chicago.
'I'ho scientist who said the world's
water supply would ho exhausted In
in.oon.noo jonrs ought lo add a vonr
or two mnro after this spring's exper
ience.
Now York pays In salaries lo Its
municipal servants $70,000,000 annu-
ally. Thin Is as much as It costs to
mipport I IIP onllie army of the United
States.
Senator Burrows can he depended
on not to innnkoy with the hand wagon
at Chicago. Ilo knows that Tuft Is
driving.
An Ann Arbor professor predicts
that ' 1,000 years from now Tlmhnctoo
will ho the cnpital of the world. It's
both easy and snfo to ho n long ills
lance prophet.
Ingatlns .1. Dunn who will place
Mr. llrynn In nomination at Denver ,
is city attorney of Oinalm and is a
most brilliant orator. There is little
doubt that the work will be well done
A man by the name of Astor bought
a farm on Manhattan Island In 1S1S !
for $23OHO. It has Just been divided
up among the heirs at a valuation of
Si'.U.'O.OOO. And jet yon will hear
people say that farming doesn't pay.
Memorial day. IMS , found nine
brigadier generals who solved In the
union army still living while eleven
confederate generals still survive the
hardships of war anil those years fol
lowing which were little bettor In the
Kontb.
The convention city entertained 10 ,
000 doctors last week. After being
inspected by so largo a body of guar *
dlans of the public health , Chicago
ought to bo in sanitary condition for
the entertainment of the republican
hosts.
Admiral Spc-rry , the new commander
of i ho big lleot says : "We have now
in the nav > the most splendid body
of young men that could bo selected
In all the world" Admiral Evans
paid a similar tribute to the crews
after spending several months with
them.
A fanner in the arid district In
Oklahoma had a valuable colt drown
ed and in commenting upon it the
Incnl paper cheerfully remarked that
it was a tine thing to have enough
water on the staked plain to drown
a horse. The > have a way of seeing
the bright side of things in Oklahoma
An oriental proverb savs "When
jou oioss the desert , plant trees b >
the way. It may ohnnco to you to
teiurii old and weary , to sit under their
r.hailo and eat their fruit. " There arc
more senses than one in w'lic-i ' It is
1'oss-iblo to make the barren and
dioary places of today b'-eomo the
fiiiilful and refreshing onea of some
fin lire day.
The average age of the members of
President IJoosevelt's cabinet Is fifty
four \oars. Secretary Wilson is sev
only-two ; Elihu H. Hoot Is slxty-throo
Win. If. Taft fifty ; Mr. Cortolyon forty
five ; Mr. iJarfleld forty- two : Mr. Met
calf llfty-four ; Mr. Bonnparto fifty-six ;
Mr. Meyer fort-nine ; Mr. Strauss
flft-6even. The president Is forty
nine years old.
It Is a wise move which the govern
ment has made In appropriating n liberal
oral sum with which to represent this
nation at the international exposition
in .Inpan in 1010. It will go far ii :
dispelling the idea that the Unltei
States 1ms any hostile fooling towan
Japan and from another standpoint
It i.- enl > a f.ur return for the inteiest
taken ami the display m.ule l > v the
Japanese In our exposition of 1S7C and
1S93.
English women of uncertain ago
I' I "Mrs. ' " by process of law when n wo
man , roaches tlio ago of forty whether
she IH married or not. This would
only make a bad matter worse for
what woman would wnnt public attrn-
Ion called to the fact that she has
her fortieth birthday ?
President Kilo ! of Harvard admits
hat InIs seventy four years young.
: ) f all the men of advanced years In
[ ho educational world In America to-
lay , President Eliot stands foremost.
Ho Is u tireless worker , Intensely In-
t-rei-'tod In all that makes for the bet-
ermeiit of joutiK men and Harvard
.loos well as does the nation to give
honor and n-v * rence to this grand old
mnn.
AH thi" time for the republican con
vention diavvs near the discussions
lonccining the Importance of uomln-
illng a strong man for \lco president
ineroaM s. There are man ) arguments
in fa\or of putting the best possible
candidate In this Important place and
no against It. The history of the
country shows how many times this
has been proved true. If Taft heads the
ticket there Is little danger of the
"tall wagging the head" whoever maybe
bo chosen for the second place.
There is a growing demand for the
suppression of the tire arm habit. A
recent notable Illustration of the dan
ger of having deadly weapons obtain
able by any irresponsible degenerate
who can steal their prlco was furnish
ed on the stieets of Minneapolis , when
n worthless sixteen-year-old boy level
ed n revolver at the head of an on-
tlio stranger mid without a word of
warning shot him dead. It has been
suggested Hint a law restricting the
display oi lire arms in show windows
might lessen their attraction to boya.
It Is a hard matter to handle , but
altogether too many fatalities result
from the possession of lovolvors by
Irresponsible persons.
MR. BRYAN STRADDLES AGAIN' .
Mr. Bryan's statement on the pro
hibition question , while a prutty com
plete straddle , Is not in nny way so
worded as to afford any comfort to
the prohibitionists. Ilo refuses to con
sider tlio prohibition question as na
tional in its scope , which will not
please the prohibitionists , and he calls
attention to his stand against prohibi
tion in Nebraska years ago , which also
will mean little of comfort to the pro
hibition people.
Hut on the other hand , Mr. Bryan
does little to give any encouragement
to those who do not favor prohibition
He sa > s the question should be settled
by each state , imp ! ) ing that he is with
the majority in every state , whichever
way they chance to legislate.
As a straddle , Mr. Drj mi's prohibl
tiou statement would be hard to beat.
The Norfolk city council is soon to
make a new contract for lighting the
streets of the city. Street lighting
concerns every citizen of Norfolk and
all Norfolk is anxious for more lights.
Time wan a few short years ago when
the Norfolk streets outside the bus- !
ness part of town were altogether un-
illuminated. There has been very
great improvement In the situation In
a comparatively short space of time.
This improved service has merely
tended to whet the public's appetite
for still more light , and now that n
now contract is to be made , It Is op
portune to voice the public desire for
increased street lighting service.
Many small towns have more lights
sprinkled about the street coiners than
Norfolk. There should bo no dark
corners In Norfolk at night. Every
quarter Is entitled to its share of the
illumination. There should bo no discrimination -
crimination between one section of the
city and another. The News does not
favor a waste of light and does not
a k an unreasonable expenditure of
public funds , but so long as the ex
pense is kept within reason , 'I'ho News
believes that the public can be wisely
served by extension of the street
lighting system.
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
If the republican party reallydc <
sires to come west for a vlco presi
dential candidate , Governor Sheldon
of Nebraska would make much moro
logical timber than Senator Dolllvor
of lovvn. There are many reasons
for this.
The greatest objection to Senator
Dolllver'8 vice presidential boom Is
the internal situation in Iowa. Cover
nor Cummins has just been beaten in
an effort to take Senator Allison's
toga. Were Dolllver to bo removed
from the senatorial situation , it would
leave a gap which Cummins would
no doubt Jump Into. Tills would
reopen the terrific factional fight In
Iowa which must work hardship upon
the party in November. And , should
anything happen to Senator Allison ,
two Cummins men might easily be the
result in the two senatorial seats from
Iowa.
(
And then there are other reasons.
Iowa is n solidly republican state with i
out a candidate on the national ticket.
i
Nebraska is the state of the coming (
democratic presidential nominee
Bryan'A great hoj > o will bo to carry
Nebraska. With Governor Sheldon
on the national ticket , Nebraska's rt
publican victory would bo doubly ao-
ilentlal candidate ought to come from
Now York , which may bo ruunted a
doubtful state In a way , nn < l which
would probably b" made snMy repub
lican with a candidate on the national
ticket. Hut If they are coming to the
middle west , then Nebraska would bo
a much more logical ground for pluck-
Inn a candidate than Iowa at this time.
A WOULD WIDE PEH1L.
SnrRoon-Ofnoral W.vman of the
t'nlted States Marine Hospital service ,
ues a warning In regard to the
spread of the bubonic plague , which
should nroiiM' the thought of the nn-
lion. 'This dieadful disease made ltd
appearance first in China In IV ) I. Hy
IStts It had uproail to India. Japun.
Asiatic Turkt ) . Itu-sln and Alrlra.
In IMM It pass-id OM r ihe bonkr lines
of Europe anil by Um7 It had n.mlo its
appearance In e\erj clvlli/id count ! )
of the globe Including the 1'nlted
Stalls tthlch i * leached thiough the
Pacific coast. ll ravages are stait-
llng to contemplate. | .asl ) oar there
were roiortod | 1,100,000 cases In the
world and of these l.L'O'i.OOO ' deaths
rwiltod. More than tivhty-fhe per
cent of the cases reported reriilted In
death.
It Is ( rue that thus far it has not
penetrated far into the Interior of any
country , nnd if It Is allowed to get n
foothold its possibilities are fearful.
Dr. W.Miinn believes that rats and
( leas spread the disease nnd that there
must be a vigorous campaign against
both If the plague Is to be checked.
There is no doubt but that there Is
a great deal better prospect of check
ing It In this new country wlr > ro sani
tation and cleanliness are the rule ,
than there Is in the congested sinks
of Asia where it has reaped Its mil
lions of victims with the assistance
of lllth nnd bad drainage , but even
here there is need of the most intense
\igllnnce If this country is to be
spared from the spread of the plague ,
nnd every means possible should b >
utali/ed to aveit it.
SAI'CE FOR THE GANDER.
The circumstantial story related by
the New York World , declaring that
Mr. Thomas F. Ryan , the most hated
of all the millloniires next after John
I ) . Rockefeller , paid to the brother-in-
law of Mr. Bonn the sum of $20,000 ,
with the explicit understanding that
It was to be spent in aid of Mr. Bryan's
oandldncy for a seat in the senate from
Nebraska , and that the return for it
was nn agreement that Mr. Bryan
should not oppose the election of Mr.
Parker , his own party's candidate for
pifsident , is relished by the country
as a nuasun ? of substantial justice.
Whatever Us standing as truth or
falsehood , It la fnuco for the gander.
It Is doing to Mr. Bryan as he has
done to every man who did not active
ly support his personal pretensions.
For twelve years he and all his friends
.
have . declared that every opponent was
inlluenced by corrupt motives ; that
every nnti-Brjnn man In the country
was a tool and a hireling of the money
power. H Is seldom that justice does
not bring homo to those who use this
.
instrument some telling stroke from
,
Its own keen edge.
The facts in the case are not dllll-
cult to bring out. There is little ren
ton to doubt that the money was paid.
The evidence on that point is direct
and circumstantial. Mr. Urjan did
not at the time enjoy the income that
he does now. Ills record in money
matters ; is to far fiom being above
reproach that , if it belonged to any
enem ) of his , the country would ring
with the tacts in the Bennett will
cafie. It will not be forgotten that
this man , who died under Mr. Br\dn' .
influence nnd care , left a letter directing
.
ing hlb wife to pay a sum of $50,000 ,
devised by him in trust , to the Ne
braska candidate. It will be remem
bered that this large sum \va taxed
to the widow's estate only after Mr.
Hran had exhausted the resources of
litigation. It is n shameful fact of
which the record is complete. It Is
ceruiin that Mr. Bryan would not re
ceive money directly ns a bribe. But
it is probably certain that the money
was paid ; and those who know the
record may form their own opinions
as to whether or not Mr. Bryan quietly
gave his consent.
THE TRIBtTE TO ROOSEVELT.
The llfty-minuto pandemoiuliun
which reigned In the Chicago conven
tion Wednesday afternoon when Sen
ator l dge declared that President
Roosevelt is "the best abused nnd
most popular man in the United States
today. " was littlng expression of the
genuine popularity and esteem in
which the people hold the mnn who
has headed the republican party dur
ing the past seven years. The demon
stration was one which must have
taken deep satisfaction to the whlto
house occupant , coming as It did
spontaneously and from the whole na
tion , as It were.
But oven so great n demonstration
could not be expected to move the
president to change his mind upon the
question of accepting another nomin
ation. Anticipating just such an event ,
hi- vi ry ( .pucli nf S. nator Lodge
whiih brought forth almost an hour's
cheering , answered the Identical calls
which came from the throng of thou
sands , "Fouryenrfimoroof Roosevelt ! "
In this paragraph of Senator Lodge's
addroBg , President noosaveH answer *
as < ( ill know , were bound to coiuo :
"The president , who has led his
party ] nnd the people In thin grrnl
work , tetlivs , by his own determina
tion , fiom his lilph otllce , on the 1th
of March next His refusal of a nom
ination I , dictated li ) the loftiest mo-
tlM-s and by a noble lovalty to Ameri
can traditions , I * final nnd Irrevocable.
Alione who iithrnpts to use his name
as a candidate for the presidency Inv
nigtis both his sincerity and his good
faith , two of the president's greatest
ind most conspieioiH qunlltl \ . upon
which no slmdow has ever been cast.
That man ! no filotid lo Tlnodoro
Knosevell. and dee < < not rii ! > ri. h hi *
name and fame , who now , frotM nn\
motive , seeks to urgi him as n run il-
ilnle for Iheir \ > nt office which he has
Una I ) decllind. The pre-ldotit has ro
fu-t d whit his count ruin'ii would
gladly h.i\e I'.IM n him : he s's wh.it
he niean and nu mis what ho t-a\ * ,
iitnl his | Miu anil his countr\ will IT
sn et hN w ! she < as tin1) honor hN
Mull ehaiactii and ureat public ser-
\1re. "
Til'1 p < o'Ie ) do respect the wMlos
of the presldi lit. The ) are willing to
accept his utterance us It was given ,
In good faith. And more than that ,
they will turn with the same enthusi
asm that characteri/ed that oiitbuist
In the Coliseum to the new lender of
Ihe republican party , the president's
choice of all men In this nation to take
up the work of the administration
where Roosevelt leaves off William
II. Taft.
A CAPITALIST CANDIDATE.
One thing the voters should not be
allowed to forget ; and that Is that Mr.
Bryan now represents the capitalist
class. Ho Is a rich man. No one
knows what his investments are , but
they undoubtedly reach a total that
class him with the rich ; not the mil
lionaires , but those who have more
than they can ever need or spend.
His Income Is much greater than hia
capital -presents. i ( . From his news
paper and his lectuie business he is
believed to gather in about $00,000 n
year. There is no dilllculty about finan
cing Mr. Bryan's campaign , and no
mystery about the means by which he
has been enabled to sectiie delegates
from states where public opinion was
at best lukewarm , when not actually
hostile.
Now let it be understood that The
News IB not criticising the fact that
Mr. Bryan has accumulated money.
Ho has shown praiseworthy intelli
gence and thrift. Ho had made his
perpetual candidacy ) It-Id him returns ,
where similar ambition has bankrupt
ed many a man who started with a
comfortable fortune. Ills political
pioniinence has been to him an asset
in the shape of advertising. By
means of it he has made a newspaper
with a big circulation , and has been
able to reap a rich harvest of big fees
from the lecture platform. Pursued
indefatigably for twelve years , this
lias made him a very rich man. And
while there are many who criticise the
performance on the ground of taste ,
and many who would not care to
amass a fortune In this way , nevertheless -
less the money has been honestly
made. Tills newspaper finds no fault
with Mr. Bryan on that score.
The fault lies in the fact that he
has amassed riches while berating
other men for doing the same thing.
Never a possible rival to Mr. Bryan
lias appeared without being branded
Instantly by himself and his friends
as a cornipter of the electorate.
Never a man showed the possession of
wealth , no matter how acquired , with
out being blurred and slandered.
Bryan is the apostle of class distinc
tion , and of abuse of rich men because
of their riches. This work he has car
ried on in such a way as to become
rich himself. It Is no more than fair
that he should he judged by his own
standards. Those who vote for Bryan
will be supporting a "plutocrat. "
HOW TO BUY STOCKS.
A good many thousand people In
this country are ruined every year
by gambling in stocks. They buy on
a margin in the hope of a rise , or sell
because they believe there will be n
fall. The market disappoints them ,
nnd their deposits are wiped out. They
do not receive and do not deserve
any sympathy , because this is not
actually n business but a purely gamb
ling transaction , it is a bet that
prices will go up or down , just as truly
as a wager that a certain horse will
win n race. The man who puts up
money on such a chance cannot com
plain if ho loses.
But there is a perfectly legitimate
field in the stock market for making
good money ; making It honestly and
making It without the slightest
chance of loss. A good ninny people
have availed themselves of It within
the last six months , and It Is to be
hoped that their experience will en
large the custom. This Is the actual
,
nnd outright purchase of stocks for
cash , when the market price war
rants It. It la exactly as legitimate
as the purchase of a house or lot or
other commodity because It Is for
sale at less than Its actual value. H
Is a safer and more attractive trans
action ; because you may have to wait
a long time for a purchas * r in case
of thi' otli < r ar'lclis. ' but Hunij. . a '
constant ami ilniH mark * t for stork
shares , where thoj can be exchanged
for cash Thousands of people are
better off by tens of thousands of dollars >
lars for the financial panic of last
the opportunity to make tnoaoy thlw
wny.
wny.There
There Is a fair average vnluo for
all the well known stocks nnd hoiuK
which anybody can find out b\ look
Inn nt any of the stock nmniinN which
are to be found In reference libraries
When a security goes much below
that , It Is just as sure to go buck
again ns the thermometer Is to rlo
In summer , Of eourso It may go
lower first , which makes biilng on
option risk ) . But the man who bins
outrlcht doi s not cnre. Ilo holds his
| irontu | until the Inimitable rise
collies ; juitl ( lien Ilo either sells nt a
profit or hoi Is aan InM lmotif thnt
pi- , hiiii a 4001 ! ritinn People who
aie not ria\ to i'rt rich quick cilti
tn.iki sine .unl s.iiisfaetor ) profits In
tills WM )
A KMISHOW. .
Can oil. Sib , I.ail a chicken show
a hi'e ' IIKO.
Wlsni r , Neb. lias a live stock show
over ) fall. So does Hooper.
Mitchell , S. 1) , has a corn palace.
Omaha has .in AkSarlUn every
fall. Also , It will hiivo a corn show.
Now Orleans has its Mardl Gra * .
Sioux City has Its Irl-state fair.
Lincoln has a state fair.
Now why shouldn't Norfolk have
something of that sort ? Why shouldn't
Norfolk hold out inducements to
the farmers In Norfolk's big tenltory
to come Into this center once a .voar ,
.ifter the harvest In the fall , with ex
hibitions of their choicest products
and live stock ? What one thing could
be more conducive to farm improve
ment all along the line ? Object les
sons call forth man's ambition. What ,
than a show of this kind where were
exhibited the choices ! of grains and
live stock , could more bring forth the
ambition and pride of the farmers of
this whole territory In Improving
their products ? And who does not
recognize the Immense value of such
Improvement to every acre of land , to
ovi r > fanner , and to every other in
terest In this agricultural region ?
Otln r cities bold autumn festivals ,
after the harvest , where the people
of their territoiies may congregate ,
shake hands , renew old friendships
and enjoy n festive holiday or two.
These events must be successful
from every viewpoint or they wouldn't
be continued ) car after ) oar.
Last fall Norfolk business men ap
parently unanimous ] ) favored the
establishing hero of some such fall
show , after the plan of the Mitchell
corn palace or the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben
or a number of such events combined.
But the proposition was never
brought to a head Perhaps The News
has been derelict in its duty. In not
keeping the subject fresh in the pub-
lie mind. Perhaps , after going Into
the matter , the business men may not
deem It advisable. The subject Is
here suggested again for the reason
that now would be the time to act ,
if the occasion were to he framed for
this fall , and for the further reason
that it seems , on the face of it , that
such a plan , if successful in other
cities , ought to be worth doing in
Norfolk. The matter is respectfully
submitted for consideration by the
Commercial club.
BACKWOODS MISSOURI PAVES.
Exodsior firings , Mo. Norfolk
needs no better example or Insplra
tlon tow aid paving than the little town
of Excelsior Springs , Mo. This town
has a normal population of o.imO and
It has more than eight miles of paved
and curbed streets , with more to be
built this MI miner. This means that
every business : street and practically
all the residence streets are paved ,
the extensions this year being out to
the new additions. The work Is very
substantially done. First there Is n
bed of macadam ten Inches deep , then
four inches of cement and crushed
rock , then a layer of sand on which
paving brick are laid. Then the
whole work Is flushed with thin ce
ment , setting the brick and making
the street water proof nnd solid. Thf
cost of this work , including grading
In preparation for the work , Is $1.25
per square yard , and some of the
grading here is expensive and the
natural surface of the ground Is ver )
uneven.
The curbing Is of cement and
crushed rock ( gravel would do ) flvo
Inches wide and set twenty-two inches
In the ground. This costs forty-eight
cents a foot.
And In this town of 8,000 people
these streets have been paved with
out Issuing one cent of bonds !
The cost of the paving in front of
lots is taxed to the property while the
Intersections are paid for by the
blocks adjoining.
Nebraska has always pointed with
pride to a spirit of enterprise super
ior to that of backwoods Missouri. But
this instance doi-n't look miii h Iiki
it.
True Excolblor Springs is a resort -
sort and has expectations Excelsior In
Springs has no greater number of
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bas , nnd Ni lolk bus , or ought to have ,
expectations ol a nibstantial growth
in real business enterprises that
should amount to far more than n
town of hotels and bath houses enl )
open for buMm ss a portion of the
) ear.
If Excelsior Springs can build eight
inlloB of paving , certainly Norfolk
ought to have the nerve to tackle and
build seven blocks !
Let us take off our hats to the back
woods Missourinn and let's emulate
the example set by him without
whining ! W. N. Hl'SE.
AROUND TOWN.
"Pave , " the rain drops say.
The cut-worms are distinctly In the
swim.
Mrs. William Thaw can't freeze
Evel.vn.
Nebraska is big enough to have two
men on national tickets.
H1s enemies &re trying to demon
strate that the Cannon boom was a
,
false alarm.
The mud wouldn't mean half BO
much trouble if some of the streets
vveio paved.
Mr. Bryan took a hard ride the other
night. And there are worse jolts In
the rend ahead.
One man In Norfolk eats jelly on
Dutch cheese.
Seriously speaking , we've had rain
enough for the time being
After a week of carnival , in which
traction ' engines play a part , It be
comes undeniably necessary to wash
your hair.
A Norfolk preacher has been won
dering how -many men It would take
to got their arms around that fat girl
in the carnival show.
Maybe these four weeks of rain
will have served a worthy purpose If
they demonstrate nothing more than
the fact'that the time to pave Is now.
Cheer up ! The cantaloupe and
watermelon have arrived.
If Taft has any dilllculty In trying to
frame up his cabinet , ho need only
appeal to some of the Washington
dopesers ! , . 4 ,
If a seat in the Coliseum is worth
$ ll.'i now , how much would one hare
boon ' worth If there was any doubt as
to the outcome ?
Every fifteen or twenty minutes a
new bulletin from Washington tells
about some new man who Is the favorite -
ito of the administration for vice presi
dent.
What looks more desolate than n
patch of straw indicating whore n
show tent has been ?
At all events the crops look better
in north Nebraska than In Kansas
Missouri , Iowa , or Illinois ,
The seasons are standing on tbnr
heads. It got up to ninety .
In the shade last winter ; and th -
summer we're freezing to death
The city lighting contract , if t > , i s
keeps im , ought to provide for a 'lit '
tirno schedule- , except on thoto rare
days when the sun shines.
For future reference : ru" > i
fires wore mighty comfortuM- <
June 17 , 1008.
The Boston Blooini rs. have M.K" 1
on tin- Host bud v Cin uory ' 1 spa'ch
sa > .s } ' fa.lt" plajirs ,
A p < rson would decidedly lacking
patriotism who '
couldn't have n
good time at NIohrara on the Ftourth.
Besides the speech of Senator Alien.
r
chromic dlpla.v of coruscating , ful
minating liiewoiks ' The ) re all In
' 'H > dlctlonaiy , too.
If the cbieam , .Mather mnn d > esn't
rtko n brace , The News Is going d >
cut out the forecasts. This popular
sheet Is In dnigir of losing its staud-
li.g In the roinninmiy , and all on ac-
< unt of those l-lo idy weather fore
casts , people pick up The News , read
about tintain that's come and ( lie
tain that's eon ing , nnd < u * the
editor. We have troubles enough of
our own without bearing tills addi
tional burden. The weather man will
please take notice.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
People don't fear the devil like they
used to do.
Those who can play usually lot a
piano alone.
When n man nbusi K hN own town ,
lie abuses himself.
When a man nonloots a duty , ho
s ) < ; " | WPP too bus,1 but ii snlly
he was too luzy.
Ever ) man w''o ' iia * . i > \ir b H ( ho
toothache is socreil ) conviin' d thnt
his was the worst case.
The religion of a good ninnv pi oplc
who have low foreheads Is not far
lemoved from spiritualism.
Every man thinks tliat It is his
strong will alone that prevents hie
trouhl ) t from driving him mad.
A woman never wipes her nose , If
you notice. She softly pats It. A man
never wipes his either ; he blows It.
Some people handle their tongues
the way a foolish man handles a gun
Evn-y time it goes off some one is
hurt.
The difference is apparent early :
Bo.v.s have as much fun 'n ' drownlnu
a kitten as girls have in bunting for
violets.
If a man lives to ! n > thiiiv. rn , l hat ,
never loved but one woman , it K because
cause he has never si i n moie than
one woman. ( , i
There is , at I. i I oil" i noI , thtiiR
about ' a sick liu-'i.ind ' ; he doin t illrt ,
nnd ' his wilt Inov- wlunto tunl ; im
at night.
The In ait ! - tli. . pait of j.1M -.li-ch i
leads vim into - . : aeh ; frorn whnh the i
head has to exint-Hte ) ou !
When anvoniv ! , ! | , \ i r , \j ,
hla niotln i ahviv- - ( . - \ \ imt
ilo .von tji ) ? " H < n vi r tint I - , f it
"M
* * -1 "IZ , , ' . . !
When n man has time to attend to
other mopir * fin-In.-- , as a nil" . > ou !
wil ! Hnl th.n
is somiMilnj ; wiung J
with hiai 4 , r
ri i
Oi < of i''i ' li.in'i . ' -t Umii ;
WO ! 111 ) . > ! - | Ml II ! I.I . | o \ \ ho I
HI ) , H ' U'l t , ' .lvUl .
deorgi \ ju-ila oi Nof0ih ih tth
ounct'd as a candidate at the coming
rimary election for the republican
onilnaUon as representative
from the