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Mr. Ciompers IB already finding thnl
lie undertook a difficult contract when
ho promised Mr. Urynn to deliver the
labor vote.
Now they nro ROIIIR to mnko lumber
out of North Dakota Btraw. When
people build hereafter straw bids will
bo no joke.
Tony Pastor IB dead. Tony wns the
last remaining relic of the relgmo of
I' . T. Bnrnnm. It was In Barnum's
muBeiitn that ho first nppeared.
A thoughtful exchange rightfully
Bays : "It takes greater and finer he
roism to daru to be poor In America
than to capture ft battery In Man
churia. "
No useful person Is ever left out
of things. There are never enough
steady , reliable , willing , kind people
to carry on the world's work and they
are Inevitably valued highly.
Mr. Kern expresses himself as being
well pleased with Mr. Bryan's speech
of acceptance. This Is so fortunate.
It would be very embarrassing to have
him feel bound to openly attack It.
Cy Young , the famous pitcher , was
given a. benefit at Boston recently
which netted $7,500. Although he Is
called the grand old man in base ball
circles he Is only forty-three years
old.
The right use of money Is not to be
acquired in a moment. Indeed it must
become a habit to conscientiously look
forward for the wisest use of each
dollar , before one becomes really
honest In the handling of his income ,
The Commoner will have to do
double duty for the campaign. The
Baltimore Sun , the Brooklyn Eagle
and several other equally strong Dem
ocratic newspapers have announced
their Intention to support William H
Taft for the presidency.
The Illinois minister who Invented
an Improved device by which a motor
man can turn a switch without stop
ping the car with a sudden jerk did
did more to check the use of pro
faulty among the straphangers thai :
ho could accomplish by a century ol
preaching. He Is an honor to his
profession.
They are going after the rotten egg
business in Nebraska in a strenuous-
manner. Last week Mlle M. Hastings
a government food expert , gave ti
course of instruction to the Nebraska
food Inspection force in candling eggs
The work is not difficult and any
general Inspector ought to be able tc
test eggs In this way. In order to en
force the laws they ought to know how
to do it. A few prosecutions will
proper publicity will tend .to dls
courage the sale of stale eggs.
The proposed new coal route to tlu
northwest by the way of the Missis
Blppl river from Ohio mines to St
Paul Is being contemplated quite deft
nitely by a company having large ship
ping Interests and others Interestet
in Ohio mines. There Is no reasor
why the western and northwesteri
states should not get their coal a
reduced prices If shipped as far as
possible by river routes , thus shorten
Ing the railroad haul at both ends
besides helping to build up the rivei
traffic.
traffic.THE
THE DALLAS EXCURSION.
It is to be hoped that enough Nor
fok business men will signify theli
Intention to make the trip , to Insun
the Dallas excursion. Such a trip lnt (
the territory north , with a short stoj
nt every town , would tend to get Nor
folk people better acquainted with !
territory that lies tributary to thli
city , and would greatly cement tlu
ties of friendship now existing be
tween Norfolk and all of the north
west.
But In order to make the excursloi
possible , a goodly number of Nor
folk business men who have not al
ready done so , must signify their in
tentlon of making the trip. Name :
should be presented to Mayor Stur
gcon as sooii as possible. Unlosi
seventy-five will go the trip canno
be carried through.
The Republicans of the ontln
northern part of the state of Nebraski
will undoubtedly take particular Inter
cst In helping nominate Josiah M
Shlvely of Fremont for commisslone
of public lands and buildings. Mi
Shlvely , to begin with , is a north No
braskn man. In the second place h
has already made good as deputy com
mlssloner and he has earned this prc
motion at the hands of the Rcpubll
can party , by faithful service. HI
name comes down near the bottom o
the ballot , but northern Nebraska Re
publicans will undoubtedly take pleas
uru in voting solidly for him , and will
take Hatlxfactlon In his victory at the
primary polls next Tuesday.
So frequent have the automobile ac
cidents been duo to the carelessness
of employed chauffeurs that In many
cases It seems unjust to hold the
ownerH of motor cars responsible for
damages and mill more unjuiU not to
grant damages to the Innocent Injured
parties. It has been suggested that
one way out of thu difficulty would
be to bond the chauffeur In Home re-
Hpotifdhle fidelity company. The bond
to be paid by either the employe or
the employer.
Ono of the charges brought against
the motor car has been the disagreeable -
able odor emitted by them , but a Lon
don physician comes to the motor's
defense and declares that the fumes
from motor cars and busses are the
finest disinfectant possible and that
the use of motors In the congested
parts of London has'reduced the death
rate for July below any previous July
within the past fifty years. If this Is
true the universal disinfectant has
been discovered and will apply Itself
automatically to the elimination of
disease without any trouble to any
one.
Since both parties have notified the
corporations that their tainted money
will not be accepted It Is up to the
managers to conduct their campaigns
with rigid economy , for the people
have never been In the habit of con
tributing to campaign funds and they
are not likely to learn liberality the
first season. It is , however , admitted
by former managers that more than
twenty per cent of the amounts for
merly expended have been used wise
ly. If the voters would only take suf
ficient interest In the political situa
tion of the country to read the records
of candidates and decide for them
selves who they want to vote for
there would be no demand for Im
mense campaign funds.
S. R. Barton Is by far the most
capable of the candidates seeking the
Republican nomination for auditor of
state. Mr. Barton has a state-wide ac
quaintance that is probably not ex
celled by any man In Nebraska. He
Is grand recorder of the A. O. U. W
order In Nebraska and stands preemInently
Inently well with members of the or
der. His whole life training has been
such as to make him an Ideal state
auditor. He would be exact In every
detail of the auditor's work ; he would
make an auditor absolutely to be
trusted ; and his ability Is recognized
universally by those who know him
or who have had business with htm
His name Is fourth on the ballot S
R. Barton and he ought to be the
nominee. If nominated , he will be a
strong factor In the election of the
Republican ticket.
C. A. Randall's friends tell us , as
a reason why he should be given more
senatorial distinction in the Eleventh
district than was ever given to anj
man ( and there have been a good
many brainy men in the district , too )
that Randall "Is the only man who
can capably represent the district in
the senate. " It Is necessary to send
Randall back to the senate chamber
again , they tell us , "to save the repu
tation of the district. " It would be
hard lines , Indeed , If the banker of
Newman Grove were the only man In
all these four counties Madison , Stan
ton , Pierce and Wayne with brains
enough to do credit to the district at
Lincoln. A good many people do not
share with Senator Randall this view
of his own superiority over all other
Republicans in the district. The votes
to be cast for R. Y. Appleby of Stan
ton next Tuesday at the primaries will
emphatically record the fact that there
are those who differ from his opinion
At last the great philanthropist and
self appointed deliverer of the Amerl
can people from the clutches of the
"system" Thomas W. Lawson has
made public the process by which he
expects to bring about this emancl
patlon. He expects all the people who
have been plundered by the system
to turn their savings over to him by
buying in unlimited qualities "natlona
stock" owned or controlled by himself
ask no questions and Lawson's "bllm
pool" will do the rest. The "system1
will be driven to bankruptcy , the bll
lions Its has stolen will be restorei
to those who are In Lawson's "pool *
together with the ownership of the In
dustrlal and financial Institutions o
the country. The most extraordinary
thing about Mr. Uawson's proposal Is
Its utter absurdity. The people are
not so simple as Mr. Uiwson seems
to think and until they know him bet
ter they would just as soon remain In
the grasp of the "system" as to throw
themselves unreservedly Into the
blind pool" of Thomas W. Lawson.
RANDALL'S WORD TO STANTON
A man's word ought to bo just as
good in politics as In business. The
public has a right to Judge a man by
his word.
John Eberly.a Stanton bankerswears
that C. A. Randall , after being Inform'
ed that Stanton county Republicans
would present the name of R. Y. Ap-
pleby for senator , declared that It was
Stanton county's turn and that he
Randall ) would not bo a candidate
or renomlnallon.
A short tlmo after the day upon
vlilch Mr. Randall Is sworn to have
aid this , the Newman Orove bunker
uinounced that ho was a candidate to
succeed himself as state senator. This
vas after R. Y. Appleby had been an-
lounced In Stanton county as a can-
lldate for the ronomlnatlon.
The News has contended that the ro-
atlou plan for the senatorial nomlna-
Ion was born In a spirit of fair play
and equal distribution of representa-
Ion.
Senator Randall , according to Mr.
Oborly's affidavit , admitted that the
rotation plan was the only fair plan ;
and that It Is this year Stanton's turn
o present the senator , by virtue of
that fair plan.
Mr. Randall , since that day upon
which he Is said to have made that
statement , has been so blinded by
his own selfish ambition to hold office
that he now can't see any fairness In
anything that does not help continue
him In the senate chamber. .
Randall has had his share of sena
torial distinction.
He admitted that R. Y. Appleby of
Stanton ought to be the Republican
candidate this year.
R. Y. Appleby will make a first-
class senator. Among other things ,
tie has never been accused of breaking
tils word.
NORFOLK'S PAVING PROPOSITION
Practically the The list of remonstrators -
entire city of monstrators , who
Norfolk wants to have stopped
pave Main street paving is not
In the business large :
portion. Five A. Bear
hundred and thir H. C. Sattler
ty-eight citizens W. A. Emery
of Norfolk ex P. M. Barrett
pressed their de C. E. Farley
sire to pave at W. A. Molden-
last spring's elec hauer
tion when they Ludwlg Wetzel
Toted for and C. S. Evans
elected J. D. Henry King
Sturgeon as may Chas. S. Bridge
or. William G. Ber-
Mr. Sturgeon ner
was elected mayor F. C. Asmus for
Mrs. Louise As
or on the paving
issue. The people mus
C. S.
Hayes
ple of Norfolk asa
A. Buchholz
a whole consider
Albert Degner
paving the uppermost
J. D. Larrabee
most public Improvement
J. Koenlgsteln
provement need
ed in this city to
day. Paving
would spell pro
gress. Paving is
the crying need
of Norfolk av
enue. Norfolk's
main street , In
Its present mud-
hole condition
every time it
rains , is a dis
grace to this
community.
Are the citi
zens of Norfolk
going to be con
tent to allow the
paving issue to
die because sev
en teen are
against It ?
APPLEBY'S PLATFORM.
"What Is R. Y. Appleby's platform ? "
This question has been asked In var
ious parts of the Eleventh senatorial
district by people Interested In nom
inating a Republican candidate for the
senate next Tuesday who can be
elected. The question is perfectly le
gitimate and is entitled to an answer ,
although It has already been answered
more than once.
The platform which will be adopted
by the Republican state platform com
mittee , will be R. Y. Appleby's plat-
form. Every plank In the Republican
state platform to be adopted will re
ceive the faithful , loyal and aggressive
support of R. Y. Appleby If he Is
elected senator.
Mr. Appleby Is first , last and all
the time a Republican. And he believes
In upholding Republican principles.
More than that , Mr. Appleby has
faith in the people. He believes that
the platform which the Republicans of
Nebraska will build , will be true to
public Interest. Ho is willing to abide
by the best judgment of the people in
the matter of a platform and he
pledges his best efforts In enacting
into law all of the planks which the
Republican party shall see fit to
adopt.
What more could any man say ?
What man could make a more absolute
pledge as to the principles which he
will uphold ?
R. Y. Apploby Is a Republican. He
Is In hearty sympathy will all of the
progressive legislation that has been
enacted In both state and nation by
the Republican party. And If honored
by the Republicans of the Eleventl
district with the nomination , and later
the election , ho will use his best en
deavors to promulgate every plank
which the people of Nebraska , in their
platform , express a desire for.
THE MASTERY OF THE AIR.
The destruction of count Zeppelin's
great airship , at the very moment
when Its success seemed about to bo
completed. Is but the last of a series
of disasters that have awaited every
Inventor and every appliance seeking
lie irasteiy of I ho air. It Is the fate
of all of them Langloy. Wrights ,
/eppelln to meet this disappoint-
Hunt at the crowning moment. And It
a destined to be the heart breaking
xi erlence of many more before the
airship bcomes a practical reality.
The problems are of a nature which
nakes these disasters Inevitable. All
he materials to bo used for aerial ex-
terlinent must be of the lightest
< nown , and therefore subject to oas-
est derangement or destruction. The
lower to be employed must be consid
erable If the machine , no matter what
the typo , is to be driven through the
air at any considerable speed and have
Its direction controlled. But this
union of lightness and strength In con
struction Is only one of the problems.
There Is the motive power , for which
gasoline alone seems to be available ;
and yet a single spark from the en
gine will set the whole machine up In
a flash If it' comes In contact with the
gas. This , far more than danger from
the lightnings flash , Is the fate that
the airship has most to fear and will
most often overtake It.
iThen when one man can maintain ,
poise himself In the air , and retain
some control of his { direction , the
working out of the problem Is only be
gun. The Inventor of the steam en
glne had a thousand details to work
out in applying It to the steamboat ,
but his worst difficulties were already
overcome. For thousands of years
men had been navigating the seas ;
and they knew about buoyancy , about
the strains of currents , about the best
shape to resist waves and about how
to make a rudder. All these are un
solved problems when the atmosphere
Is invaded. All of them must be
worked out In practice through a mil
lion failures and a thousand disasters.
Beyond a doubt the mastery of the air
will yet belong to man ; but the way to
It is still long and beset with dangers
and defeats.
APPLEBY LOGICAL CANDIDATE
R. Y. Appleby of Stanton Is the logi
cal candidate of the Republican party
of the Eleventh senatorial district for
state senator this year.
From every point of view he is en
titled to the Republican nomination at
the primary election a week from next
Tuesday.
In the first place Mr. Appleby should
be nominated because he will make
the strongest candidate the Republi
cans can select as their standard
bearer this year. That much Is clear
ly pointed out by the fact that the
Democratic newspapers all over the
district are seeking to prevent his
nomination. The Democrats realize
that R. Y. Appleby as the Republican
nominee , their candidate would meet
most formidable opposition. No other
man would be able to enlist such sup
port at the November polls this year
as R. Y. Appleby of Stanton county
and the Democrats know It. That Is
why they hope Appleby may not be
nominated . That Is why Democratic
aid is being united with Appleby's op
ponents. But it is safe to assume
that Republicans of the district will
be able to settle the matter for them
selves. And their best Interests , from
every viewpoint , He in Appleby's nom
ination.
Bob Appleby has no axes to grind.
He is not trying to secure any legis
lation of value to himself , nor Is he
trying to prevent legislation that migh1
affect his business. This Is not a bus
iness proposition with R. Y. Appleby
of Stanton. Mr. Appleby is a farmer
and as a farmer he has no pet bills
to slip in while the people are nap
ping. Mr. Appleby has no business In
terests which need looking after in
the state legislature. He Is not seek
ing an advantage over the other fel
low , by trying to get special legislation
affecting his line of business. Apple
by Is a farmer and the farmers haven't
any axes to grind. R. Y. Appleby Is
a candidate for the Republican nomin
ation because long-standing precedent
warranted Stanton county's belief that
the Republicans of the district would
this year concede the nomination to
that county. The nomination has al
ready rotated from county to county
and every one of the four counties
has always conceded this eminently
fair and equitable share of senatorial
representation. And so Stanton coun
ty Republicans got together and se
lected R. Y. Appleby as a clean , cap
able , broadguaged man of preeminent
nent Integrity and a farmer point
of view , to make the race. The Stanton -
ton county central committee have
endorsed Mr. Stanton as their candi
date , In a signed statement. They
have commended him to the Republi
cans of the district who want to send
a man to Lincoln who has no axes to
grind for his own private In'crests ,
who is independent to act foi the
best Interests of all of the people
without having allowed anybody to
tie his hands in advance , and \v ! o will
accomplish as much for this district
us any man who coold bo selected.
There Is no egotism in Bob Ap-
ploby's candidacy. Ho has never held
public office before and ho will not
seek to continue himself in olrtce for
an indefinite period for the sake of
satisfying his own personal ambition.
There Is nothing puffed up about Hob
Apple ! > } . Ho will not come back from
Lincoln next spring to toll us that ho
Is the only man In all those four coun
ties who can ably represent us In the
senate chamber. Ho Is a Republican
of highest principles , and as such he
will loyally uphold Republican tradi
tions In this district by Insisting , al
the end of his term. If elected , that
the time-honored precedent bo adhered
to and that , with the Interests of four
counties to be considered , one term Is
enough for any man. That Is what
the Republicans of this district have
contended ever since the district was
formed and It's the truth today as It
always has been. There Is no reason
\vhy Stanton and Wayne and Pierce
counties should not have as much right
to bo represented In the senate as
Madison. There Is no good reason
why Madison should selfishly ask for
two terms every tlmo those other
throe counties have one apiece. Mad
ison county does not claim to own
all of the brains or all of the ability
or all of the Integrity In this Eleventh
district. There are Just as capable
and Just as much to-be-trusted men
in any one of those three other coun
ties as there Is In Madison. And R.
Y. Appleby Is one of those men to
be trusted with the public's Interests.
His neighbors trust Bob Appleby.
Ills life In Stanton county , stretchIng -
Ing back throilgh more than a score
of years , Is enough of the man's rec
ord to tell what sort of a fellow he
Is and that record , his neighbors tell
us , Is without a blemish.
R. Y. Appleby Is not after special
legislation to bolster up his own
private line of business ; he Is not a
perennial office-seeker ; he does not
claim to be "the only man" capable
of being senator ; he Is a man of abil
ity , integrity , a man to be trusted.
He is the logical candidate of the
Republican party In the Eleventh dis
trict for state senator this year.
WHY GIVE RANDALL A HALO ?
If they were to nominate C. A.
Randall , the Newman Grove banker
seeking to continue himself In the sen
ate , the Republicans of the Eleventh
district would be forced , In the same
moment , to slap In the face a number
of very excellent men who have rep
resented this district In the senate
heretofore.
The Republicans of this district did
not honor W. W. Young of Stanton
with renomlnation eight years ago.
and yet Mr. Randall dare not tell us
that he is a more capable man , or a
more honorable man or a more effi
cient senator than was Mr. Young.
It would Indeed be working injustice
to the senatorial career of W. W.
Young , to give two terms to Senator
Randall as a reward for no better
service than was performed by Sena
tor Young.
Dr. J. J. Williams of Wayne was just
as capable a senator , just as honest ,
just as efficient as Mr. Randall. Two
terms were not given to Mr. Williams
and there seems little reason why
more honor should be paid to the
Newman Grove banker , who rendered
no better service and whose only ar
gument for continuing himself In of
fice is his own opinion that there is
no other man in the district able to
represent these four counties.
Dr. J. M. Alden of Pierce was fully
as capable a senator , fully as honest
and efficient , as the Newman Grove
banker. Through Dr. Alden's work
the Norfolk Insane hospital was re
stored. Yet two terms were not of
fered to Dr. Alden , nor asked for by
him. And there does seem slight rea
son Indeed why twice as many terms
should be given to Mr. Randall as
went to Dr. Alden , particularly In view
of the fact that Dr. Alden was every
bit as capable a senator as the bankei
from Newman Grove ,
The Republicans of this district
never have been accustomed to un
fairness. The Republicans of this district -
trict don't much believe In allowing
one man to be set up above all the rest
as "the only man" able to fill an of
fice with credit.
If the Republicans of this district
saw any good reason why C. A. Randall -
dall should be given two terms in the
senate when two terms were denied
such men as W. W. Young of Stanton ,
Dr. J. J. Williams of Wayne and Dr ,
Alden of Pierce , then no doubt .Mr ,
Randall would be crowned with the
halo which he seeks.
Uip to date however no man has
ever been given moro than one term In
the state senate from this district
Up to date every man honored wltli
ono term has done his very best din
ing that one term to show apprecla
tlon for the honor , and nobody ovoi
before demanded a second election be
cause ho had done his duty during
his Initial term. Up to date every
man over sent to the senate by Ropub
Means of this district has declared thai
ono term was enough for any man , par
tlcularly where the rights of foui
counties must bo considered.
There have been some mighty good
and able men men of Stirling quality
and ability sent to the senate from
this district In years gone by and
The News falls to detect any good
reason why C. A. Randall should be
crowned by the Republican party ol
the district as the statesman of them
I JOHNNY DUMPER TELLS OF \
± TROUBLES ON THE HAY FIELD 1 : ,
Newport , Nb. . . Aug. L'2To the
I'Mltor of The News : Am going to
town tomorrow with the hired man
to buy a now haynweep for the old
man I'vo boon wurklng for and to got
a new Job for myself , to I'll write
tonlte and toll you what a stoni-
winder of a time we had In the hay
field today.
Everybody calls the man P\o bin
wurklng for "Pap. " Pap does the
stackln himself. You see .bay Is so
cheep away from the railroad that
most people hero don't stack It at all.
They Just pile It up and tromp It
down and lot it go at that. But Pap
says that what Is wurth doing well
Is wurth doing at all , oven If It Is
worth only a dollar a ton In the stack ,
so ho puts up the best looking hay
stacks I'veseen round here. Pap has
two men hired to sweep and mo to
drive stacker teem and pick up the hay
what falls off , and ho has his own kid
doing the raking and bin too girls
ride the mowers , and Mrs. Pap does
the cooking.
Now before I go further I want to
say that If there's cnny young fellers
round Norfolk what has a good Job
where they don't get up till six or
seven In the morning and quits wurk
at six at nlte. you'd better stick at It
oven If you don't get as much pny ,
for whore I'm wurklng we got up nt
half past fore In fine weather and we
wurk till after ate at nlte , and when Its
too wet to wurk Pap takes our board
out of our pay and It alnt like the
pumpkin pies that ma uster bake
eether.
This afternoon the kid raked up a
whopper of a bumble-bee nest Into a
windrow. The bees stung the horses
sum but they was a quiet old team
and didn't run far.
Pap had n team of colts on ono
sweep and a span of big mules on the
uther , and both the hired men sed
they'd be blamed if they'd go monkey
ing round that bumble-bee nest with
the teems they had.
Pap sed the colts might make sum
trubble , but old Jack and Jerry wild
go thru fire and lightning and never
kick the dash bord. He sod that onct
when he was to town there cum a big
prairie fire along and he drove them
mules rite thru the hottest part of it
and got home In time to save his
house and buildings. And he sed that
anuther time ho was cot out In a
thunder storm and the lightning
struck a tree and stund him and
knockt both mules down and they getup
up agen and trotted home with him
lying uconshus In the waggon , and
his woman resuesltated him with a
pale of water.
The hired man who was driving
Jack and Jerry sed he uster drive
mules In Mlssoury and when It cum to
getting a sweep lode of bumble-bees
Mimbody'd have to show him.
Pap seen he's In for It so he told
the hired man that If he's afraid of a
few little bees he culd climb on the
stack and he'd go and get that wind
row. Ho sed he'd put up hay on that
quarter section for 20 years and he'd
never yet let a little batch of bumble
bees stop him. So he got on the
sweep facet and sed glt-ap to Jack and
Jerry and away he went after that
windrow full of bumble-bees.
When tlie sweep run under the hay
It kind of curled over and the bumble
bee nest came up on top rite in front
of where Pap was sitting and the bees
all piled out of the nest and divided
into three bunches , one going after
Pap and the uther too after Jack and
Jerry. And then things be'.ian to
move so fast I can't begin to tell you
all that happened.
The next thing I saw was them two
big mules coming a tarelng down the
field snorting and kicking at every
jump and the hay and the bees a
flying In a cloud and Pap a pulling on
the strings with one hand and a yel
ling whoa and flapping bees with the
other. The mules came strate for the
stacker and I don't know what wed
all , or as one deserving more honors
and more senatorial distinction than
was ever , In the history of the district ,
accorded to any man before.
No good reason Is apparent why
the Newman Grove banker should be
given a badge of superiority over his
predecessors In the senate from this
district.
We grant the fact that Senator Ran
dall would put In long hours and hard
work trying to secure county option
and trying to look after the interests
of the banks , but this sure Is not
enough ground for setting him abou
all the other good men who havr
gone before him in the senate , and
among whom there was not one who
was ever given , or oven asked , 11101-0
than ono term. Mr. Randall's super
lorlty over tlipse former senators is
not apparent. And unless he wire
vastly superior to thorn all. Uu re
surely would bo no good reason for
giving him more honor In this olllcc
than was ever given to any man be
fore.
AROUND TOWN.
The party nominees and the oys
ters arrive on the same day.
Make the most of your straw hat
for that lid comes off next Tuesday.
Vote at the primary election.
The people of the Eleventh district
can't send Randall to the senate for
u happened If they'd got there , going j
forty miles an our with that swoop
lode , but the sweep tooth H truck In u \
llttlo neil and run In the giound anil
turned a flip flop. Did you ever see a
hay swoop run away ami turn ever ,
I never did before but I'd hoard they
most always do It when the loom ruiiu
away. You see , Pap was way out on
the end of the soot beird ami when It
cum ever It throwod him just like a
shooting trap will throw a clay pig-
mi. Talk about your running broad
jumps of twenty foot. Why after It '
was nil ever wo measured from whore
the tooth run In the ground to where j
Pap lit and It wna exactly forty-two .
foot and ate Inches.
It was mighty lucky for Pap the 1
swoop arms broke out when I ho sweep .
flopt ever or he mlto litivo boon drug j
to doth. But the mules wont racing .
away leaving the sweep upsldo down '
Just back of Pap. !
Ho wns stund for a nilunlt or too
by the fall , but ho soon cum lee for (
ho happened to lite on an nut hill that v I
was soft Htlng , and I'll just hot there ,
'
alnt onnythlng on orth'll bring a fol-
lor to his senses qulckorn n million
ants and a few humble boos to boot. *
Pap got up and went runnlnt ; ever to
n llttlo sloe of water , a swarolng and
flopping his arms around at every
jump. Ho waded Into the water and
the higher the water cum the higher
the nuts cadylod until finally ho just
had his bed out and the nuts was so
thick on It you'd a thot ho had luiro. f
But before I got Pap out of the sloe
I must toll you what else was happen
ing. Old Jack and Jerry went by the ,
stack so fast you cudn't see cniiy- ,
thing but thare ears and hoofs. When j
1 saw Pap take his hcddor I loft my
j
stacker teem and started to run to J
help him and when old Jack when by '
my teem he sort of startled them I t
guess and maybeo ho out-run sum f
bees and they stopped to get oven (
with the nearest things they cud see
that looked like a mule. I herd sum-
boddy holler and when I lookt round
my teem was running too. There was
a lode of hay on the stacker and you
never In your life saw hay go up aa
fast as that lode did. When It came J
to the end of the guy rope , that busted t
and the hay shot clean over the stack
and nockt off the hired man who wns
looking the other way at Jack and
Jerry running , and broke his collar
bone. I saw there wasn't enny use
crying over split hay and broken
stackers so I ran on to help Pop , who
was In the sloe ducking his bed to get
the ants off. He'd seen the stacker
teem running and as soon as I got
necr eiiuf he yelled , "Why'n'eU'd yo
lot them 'osscs run away for ye yung
Idut ! 's quick's I c'n git outer this
mud I'll discharge ye ! "
I'd bin just waiting for a chance to
quit so I soys , "Dig up that five fifty
you'll owe mo tonlto , Pap , and I'll
save you the trouble of discharging
me. "
That made Pap think that good
stacker boys like me was hard to get ,
so ho cooled off and sod If I'd help him
out of that blasted mud he'd hire mo
over anon.
We got him out of the mud all rliht
but I've quit the job and am going
somewhere where I can got sum-
thing besides syrup and corn bred
to oat.
Pap Is In a bushel of trubblo. Ho
can't neethoi' stand nor sit down nor
Ho down. He might stand on his lied ,
only thats wus bit up than enny iithor
place. The doctor's bin hero to sot
the hired mans collar bone and the
hired man told Pap he'd have to pay
the doctor bill and bord him while he
was sick or he'd sue him for too thous
and dollars under the now employer's
liability law. Papt Is scart and says
he'll pay all expenses and bord and
give him a Winter's job.
It Is ton o'clock as I finish this and
Jack and Jerry haven't cum home yet.
perhaps they're still running.
Yours ,
Johnny Dumper.
life just because he would like to
be on hand to help look after bank
legislation that may come up.
Last week The News fire reporter
forgot to knopk on wood when ho said
this was a "llreloss town " As a result
of that carelessness , we've had three
fires within avcok. .
Qeorgo N. Beels of Norfolk L announced -
nounced as a candidate at the coming
primary election for the republican
nomination as representative from th
district of Madieoo county.
