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TIIU NORFOLK WEEKLY XEWr'.JOntN M , 1 TMPAY OCTOHEIl HO 100H
Th Ntrfolk Weekly Hews-Jounl
The N "wn7lEBtirtTiiriicdTR8Ti )
. , .The Journal. EHtabIlHh"d 1877.
THE HUSE PUBLraH JN ti' COM PA f IV.
W , N. iluRii , " N. A. HUM- .
PniMrtmit. Beeriitnry.
Every Friday. H > - mull p r your. jl.'i < ) '
Kntorud nt the poHtotlleo nt Norfolk ,
Kob. , OH gecond clami matter.
Telephones : EdiioHaTTlopiiitinotU
No. 2 ! ! , IHiMiicMH Olllee and Job HooniH
No. H 21 ! .
nioeitlng H mail to public olllco Is
nhnoNt uit iiuro H way of discovering
hla faulls an marrying him.
i
A woman's liulr In Halil to bo her
crowning story , but lhln doesn'l moan
the Id lid that la pinned on for the
OCCftHlon.
claim of Ilryan Hint ho hi run
ning against two Hopubl leans U not
ntntlntf the case strong enough , lie is
running against all the Hopubllinna
and u crunt mnny dumocratM as von.
The estimate of Europe's wltoat
crop has been rtiducod by 60,000,000
bushels' nlnco August 1. Comparison
with lant year's figures shows notable
reductions In Franco , Italy and India ,
with considerable Increases In Aus
tralia ) Canada and the United States.
Governor liugheu hnu loomed up
mightily In this campaign as one of
the moflt uffectlvo political debaters
which this genet at Ion has produced.
His nrgumenlH on thu leading Issues
lh'thin campaign are clear and con-
claJ > , and both underntandabje and un-
linrtwornblc.
Senator C. A. Randall's record in
the last .legislature IH well known to
the people of thu Eleventh senatorial
district. Ho voted to redeem every
pledge mn.de by the Republican titntc
platform. Ho was one of the IcaJors
in redeeming those pledges. Ho was
one of the luadera In looking after the
welfare of Iho district which elected
hlui , and there is no reason why ho
should not now be returned.
Strong claims are being nuulo by
disfclpjos oi modern sclenUllc ccoklnt
thai many a man In America is d : I ven
to drink because the poorly cooked
fpod served him at home lenou ; an
*
"aching void" which ho seeks to sat
Ufyby Intoxicants.Vnethcr bnl
cooking makes drunkards or net , 1
certainly makes dyspepsia , and dls
pbpsla IK the national disease , there
( ore , revolutionary as the idea iicuins
b'ad cooking must bo a national fail
ing. It Is n distinct shock to the pi hie ,
of American women to face mien i
statement , but not unfortunately no
everything that delights the palate
can bo properly assimilated by lh
digestive organs.
President Roosevelt has made 1
plain to the people of the United
States that if the progressive loeiala
tionstarted under his administration
is t.O be carried on , a Republican con
ureas must bb elected to aid Mr. Taf
n'B president. Judge Boyd of the Third
district and Judge Kinkaid of the
Sixth district , were among the unn >
of representatives upon whom the
president relied to get his desired leg
Ifllatlon accomplished. That both wil
be returned , because of the service
they have rendered , as much as be
cause of the president's request
seems now a foregone conclusion i
the people of northern Nebraska wil
only take time off and do their duty
at the polls next Tuesday.
One campaign card being circulated
Jn J orfolk shows the inconsistency o
Democratic argument. The card pic
, tures a dinner pall with the botton
dropping out , and asks If a change i
not desirable , In view of the fn't tha
Uio Republican party Is in poxv < i-
The bottom of a pail rc"i < ] i > p
out without h.TxIni ; a iica > : ii u I iu
i'i ' < ! Nil pail- bottom drops o.t e.f .
i' > it xtfiKht II ( hi1 bottom o tiie
t i1' 'i ' iMi or p.nl n Mil , it is oily IK-
> . ' < i.- > the ilmnrr inside has iMtoiiK1
to .ii'iimlnnt as to weigh down IP th.o
, > 't ' And all who labor know that
Ui s - < the condition today. No la-
oniliig .van lo atnfving. The ; are
" cf tlu.iil awl ' 'ft * ' Their t'am-
M - .iff r > fiitell eared fcv.yby
< ( ' a'chnnsv at ililK time ? ' - " ,
'n the three liMcUng gi.i'n ' mr.iiet !
cf ! , . middle- west the price of x\ieat !
IT tnunpdiuto delivery wao nbo'o a
Ool'ai a bus-hel on October 1 iJ lcv
i f4irm product have c outtnuudBin -
giti' ' rly high sin e this date oneyoftr *
* > i 'though ' biibinoss conditions have
biou tar from satisfactory. A banker
in rlu- middle west says : "Instejai of
i- > i -"NX Ing money the fanuors are
I/M ing it to us to deposit to get Uio
, - . ! . When the corn crop is gath-
l don t Unow what they wtJl do
their nrcnmulutlous. A f sw
i , jgo iicRily all the money lour.oa
\ tm > banks to farmers wns to live
ii ! rerrovtr their niort us1 In-
At fun tla. ivaroc-IJT n >
, was burrowed by buuiuow
. u Tpdath , bu Ine u Interestfl arc
tl o i tifwirr i : i cud it is the
\vri'i : | tl-nt IIc'ii cd fhii *
ir. ; u hbiljl ( Unit i"it of > i. 0l. 'it '
iii > invoixtiv ' "tii'Kc Ann : u nil'1 '
thnt fie DtiUf nt .M" . - ' . '
pain < t klndsom. Albania , the longra'- '
row strip which borders the Adriatic
aca opposite Italy Is preparing to sen-
a rate from Tnrkoj and has asked
Ita'x if , r.n.nr ilifli hlnf It In re
lliat ihc Htl'-.o of Abrttz/l who
was to wed Minn CIMns la ( o ho the
now monarch. Sad tu relate It IH also
reported that the engagement was
lltmlly broken from the Italian side
bocnuHO of the antics of thw brother
of the propoHed brldo with his actress
nlllnlly.
From u drny In the service of the
hilled States sub'trcasury In New
'ork City a bag containing fifty do- !
irs In nickels fell to the street , and
he coliiH scat lured In cvorj dlioctlon
'ho crowd Hcrnmbled for the coins.
\n olllcer of the treasury department
ml a policeman explained that llu <
loney holonged to the governmenl ,
nd requested that it ho given back ,
'he response was Immediate. Kveij
no of the thousand coins was re-
urned. And yet some people despair
r the republic i Fling your pessimism
o the winds , gentlemen , and from
uch an Incident as this gather fresh
confidence In thu Integrity of the
great mass of the people.
Much money has already been spent
on the Mississippi river some has
been most wisely used and has saved
hoiiBands of homes and millions of
lollars In crops from destruction , but
i more comprehensive work Is iuon ;
o he undertaken which will begin
vlth the gathering of the waters as
they fall upon the watershed Into
reservoir order that wo may control
he llowsigo of It Into the stream , hold-
ng it back in the spring , thus Having
the destructive floods that have been
v source of great loss of life and
property along the great river every
spring , and releasing It in the summer
and fall , thus preventing the low
water which Impedes navigation.
With each passing day the chances
for Judge Hoyd's return to congress
become better. Among those who
have looked Into the situation there
is now not the slightest doubt In the
world as to his re-election by u safe
majority. The people throughout the
Third district have been studying the
matter and they have como to the
conclusion that with an excellent rep
resentative in congress making re
markable headway in the interests of
this entire district , there is no good
reason why a change should be in
stituted. And with financial legisla
tion to play an important part duilng
the coming session of congress people
plo who study problems see reasons
why Mr. Latta , a banker with tht ,
banker's viewpoint , should not bo sent
to Washington at this time. Judge
Itoyd has been trained in the law by
long service in practice and on the
bench. He admirably served tht
Ninth judicial district two terms. His
whole career has been n foundatloi
for excellent service as n lawmaker
And It is because the \otcrs rci-og
nlzu Judge lloyd's superior quallilca
tlons for the olllce that his re-olectioi
Is considered so well assured at tnlb
time.
WHAT NORFOLK OWKS RANDALL
There nro many reasons why Sen
ator C. A. Randall should receive tht
solid support of Norfolk , as well as
the entire Eleventh senatorial dis
trict.
Senator Randall has done much for
Norfolk. No one can deny this. His
efforts during the last session of the
legislature were productive of great
results for the Norfolk insane hos
pltal. Ho had the entire rcsponsibll
Ity of looking after this , the only statt
Institution 'a the northern pnit o
the state , upon his hands. lie ncrom
phshed more for the Norfolk institu
tion than was achieved for any other
state institution , in proportion to IU
size. He secured appropriations for
new buildings thnt were needed at the
ho.pltii ) AnNoifoUi ! ov. < lijiu
ami h ! ! : ? iltoil-i in Ii Ir'lt of , soi
j folk - ins.int liospir i ] wilt ii" " i IM u , .
gotten rt II.o polls i < \l Tt.i'sduj * .
either by Republican * or Pciuocraittt ,
and there Is i'\or > ii'asonV a hnujlr.
comiiiimontury Mite .s
to Senator Uandall in
Over atxayne Mr. nandall"\ \ $ _
credingly popular'becauso of the
rleut work done by him In behalf of
the Wayne normal. Wayne county
. .will not forgot this work any more
than will Norfolk forget hla work in
bi holt of the F title hospital hnro.
Senator RdndaJl "knows the rope * "
of the stuto senate.1 , He IB In position
to boconie o.ie of the greatest povvrs
In that body this year , by vMtue oi' the
expdrtem'e Rhino'l Itth < last
and beause he i nuti < rull > on
aggressive nnd capable Uadcr.
BRVVN MISSKD FIKW.
Mr. Bryan cannot be euUy hapuy
at the way in which His campaign JB
going. He finds hinvEt-lf b < .r lt of the
major part of the socialist allie ? he
had bargained to obtain nt so great n
iucrifinc' . Ht 1-t.ci bent his haughty
Ue d to beg support Jrom Mr-Ueiirst.
iltarst ropliej svltn a roitvuipttotui : !
roCorring to tno "f Ir-nuoleon
in ft few \\ord.i i.o fit ! )
chosen that < veu a man as etilUma us
Mr Uryp.n must fsl the sti'iu of.them.
't ' uusl bo i > -tty toath ' be told by
y > \ : Hearst thai . < ou do not ha\c nn
! , . ! I'M which l.i i nt hub.nt to ( hnnsp
it .1 u uim.i ; : tiolico when political
notlt tfcoms to demand it , and to
know that the charge Is true.
Still more exasperating is tlio Com-
pers flanco. Mr. Hrynn comnlutotl
with Mr. fiompors the compact Into
whli'h Mr Tift : lofnnoil to enter Hf >
wrote Into the Democratic' platform n
demand to iTUihitlonl/.o tno conrth
and to ontnlillsh u complete system
of clasH legislation. Courts ante
bo prevented fiom enforcing their
own decieeH CM opt nltoi H jurs un
for any one who chooss to disobey
Ihc'in , and the country Is to have a
law legalizing the boycott by dcclar * {
Ing that liny combination calling It
self a labor organisation may do any
thing that It pleaRtm without being
consldcied as having acted In ro
itiulnt of trade. Mr. Hryanrote i
.hut platform. This was the pi let
f the suppoit of Mr. ( lotnpurH , nnd
t must bo admitted that ho came
iBh.
iBh.Now
Now the American Federation of
. .abor Is openly renouncing Mr. ( loin
lers , as it ought to. It IH so plali
hat every working man ought to see
t , that this thing would be the death
of his organization If It could be cat
rled through. Men will not bo en
creed In their politics any more than
n their religion. Mr. Gompors hat
old his followers to vote for Mr.
) rynn , and they respond very prop
erly Unit tney will do as they please.
The net result la very likely to bo tin
elimination of Mr. ( lompers himself
in a leader of labor , which would be
i happy event for the American Federation
oration of Labor. AB for his deal
with llryan , It is already clear that
10 cannot deliver the goods. The
Iryan gun has missed lire badly at
the ilrst two charges , and there ii-
coiiBtcrnation in the camp.
SHALL W13 HAVK PROSPERITY ?
The argument thnt the election of
Taft means a full degree of national
prosperity and thnt thnt of Hryan
must necessarily be followed by a
long period of more or less acute de
pro.sslon is no mere campaign pro
tense. It is n statement of actual
fact. It foretells with absolute ac
curacy the future event.
Whether or not It ought to bo so ,
whether or not it is a reasonable
attitude , whether the success of
LJryanlsm ought to shut factories and
break markets and send money into
hiding until it could know what was
going to happen , Is not in the least
to the point. What concerns every
man who has a stake in the prosper
ity of the country Is that tin re is not
the least doubt that things would turn
out this way. lie must make up his
mind to that and take action accord
ingly.
Except in cases of great national
disaster , such as crop failures for ex
ample , good or bad times arc gov
erned entirely by the condition of
public confidence. They do not suc
ceed each other at all according to
changes in material conditions. There
is just as much money , just as much
labor , just as largo a demand for
commodities and as much prollt to be
made in catering to It when depres
sion comes as there was in the
height of a boom. The only roil dif
ference is a mental one. Hard times
come because a large number of people -
plo bellcvo they are going to come.
Acting on this belief , they take in
sail. They buy less , spend less , in
vest less. Multiply such action by
ten or twenty or ilfty millions , and
you have utter stagnation and possi
ble panic , although there may be
nothing whatever to justify it either
in the material conditions or the prob
able future of the country.
Now it is this mighty fact , more po
tent than all the legislation ever en
acted or any executive act contem
plated , which must govern the voter
in his decisions this year. Right/ !
wrongly , millions of people belli ve
that the election of Bryan would i
followed by widespread disaster. They
would , if he were elected , act accor
dingly And , although he should
i i' > v > ulti.t ilinsi-i\nMvo nnd do MO
1 ; t < i lo t < l'iilc coijtUlf'K'1 " or"i ' \
rr.dit. the rt bull , \\oi'ld N- the I.-MU' .
i 's there inv .MriMin 1'orHn1 ; ilu
! - ) Ui confront ( his , vhi'-h is not
] a pie , inttlcnrion mt a icitaintj ?
ri TT'RN.
Impressive frotuic of
f td&Elty : In this country at present
i. < tfre lion's bhure of it enjoyed by the
fanner.VUriever a man travels ho
Ihids this thn same. The farmers of
© xery section ha\ft for several years
I.KW enjoyed good clops and In li
pill-en. Tbp > Ji.ive cleared off tiui !
j mortgage Tly ha\o made inipro.o-
I monfs. A good many have bouKM
j automobiles. More of them hav >
! mo'.K'j in th < * bank. The abundant
I of cupSti'l in the country today is in
j lui'se measure the pioperty of the
l lariiKr thai ho Ims stored up in thc"io
! golden years.
The t.vo facts about this sittmt.oi
'whtt-U ' u.iko it a cnupe of tongrntuln-
' ton ! \\TywUf-rp are its aswiri'd pi -
muncnro an4Hie ! f-itrln-v M'at thU
jHuspority wns drsi-r\od. The farm-1 ;
! H < onib.it ; ) to liU own. For n peed
tXiunuiib ! " born hard tla.f > s | ia-
tlciitlfiow.'h. . Hi' 1'ounA U } tlu
tariff hole .l othei-s , but so\v little
btnoflt fir.m it1 for hiniself. Now the
josiilU that were prrdlcfpd are com
hirt truo. The fwm'ial lansiioiuy hun
ivfTeitcd the condition uf tinfarnn r In
! IIA tuin. Jiii-li , rlcto have icadird
MI. ' " 'it ' * n.iri.iM. of ropulntlon , tin
ilhi'u ' v.tsand ability of the people
'o pay , have made food products take
a now place In the market. The dis
couraged farmer , accustomed for sev-
eial years to got for hla crops just
about enough to pay for the cost of
I'liltivntinr and harvesting thorn , sees
now a splendid ptollt In CUT. , turo
Ills turn has come.
There Is rvcrj piobablllty that It
has como to tttay. And Intelligent
forecast Indicates that the price * of
farm products \\lll lemaln nt leant as
nigh a they are today , with n probn-
jlllty that they will go higher. J. J.
Hill ! . - < on reconl an Maying publlily
that he does not expect ever to M'o
heaper wheat , \\hlle \ he thinks Unit
dollar wheat , or even wheat at a dollar
lar and n quarter n biiHhed will bo
the rule of the future. Nothing better
could happen to thu country. Its
whole prosperity Is built upon the
prosperity of the farmer. When times
are good for him they are good for
all of UK. Prosperity will keep the
boys nnd girls on the farm nnd Insure
to the country n wholesome and mil-
orm 'Jr ' > lopment.
11O\V TCV HANK DEPOSIT GUAR-
1TKE WORKS.
It is thousand pities that we
could not have a few years in which
to observe the working of a bunk de
posit guarantee plan before having It
put before the people as an Issue. The
lesson of practical experience would
bo conclusive , and n million times
more effectlvo than any abstract ar
gument. And the fact that Oklahoma
lias tried tlio scheme on for her state
banks will afford an opportunity to
watch the experiment at some one
else's expense. There is no manner
of doubt about what the result Is
going to be.
Everybody in Oklahoma is going
into the banking business. Reports
tell of the starting of three or even
more banks In places numbering
scarcely live hundred Inhabitants.
And why not ? The .mnklng business ,
If you can get deposits , Is a snap. All
you have to do Is to take the other
fellow's money , lend It , and gather In
the Interest. The dlillculty today IH
that people hesitate to trust their
money to a man unless he has oxpeti-
once and standing in the community ,
Oklahoma has changed all that Shu
says to the depositor that she will
pay back his money If the banker ( loot-
not. So one bank Is just as good to
him as another , lie picks the near
est one , because the only thing he haste
to consider is his own convenience.
Naturally , banks will multiply. They
will presently outnumber drug store ?
In thi > state , and every man who has
money enough to rent an olllce and
hire n desk will set up in this iroat
fu\ored and desirable business of
banking.
What will happen In a few years , U
requires no particular astuteness to
see. Tlio new bankers must live ,
which costs money. Experience tells
us that the custody of other poopiuVt
money develops temptations of its
own. Some of the depositors will
want their money back and bo unable
to get it. They will call on the state ,
and the state will pay , assessing the
cost on the banks. One after unotnor ,
like a row of bilcks , the banks will
tumble ; the solvent ones going out of
business first , because they cannot
stand the risks. They are going to
have great financial experiences down
in Oklahoma , and it is a pity the coun
try cannot have the benefit of them
before November.
CONGRESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
Nebraska is learning , as Iowa nnd
many other states have learned the
Importance of keeping good men In
congress for long periods of years.
Longevity of service means advance
ment and power to men who have
pi oven their ability nnd honesty of
mrpi.se. There IK no test of a man's
illltx In any department of public
ll'e moie sevoit' than .oi\i e in tin
lon c of lepres-entntlves. And .vet
! M'l'o tl'o haul tow wl.lch fallto
( lie lot ot a pew r-ongrosbiirm tu hoe ,
it must Sn > < tr.f"iej : by a'l ' that Inip
UOM ! has made a stiiUug recori dm
1114 Mioiif ti'i m.
Notirnsl'ii i an heor hnpo to ( leui-p
< ix a power In cm gros until it lolloxv *
the timo-honoiod plan of | Uch iiK.ti.ci
as Iowa , KaiiiiaB and the New England
states In retrinlnt ; well tried-oi t lon-
These states figure con-
in legislation becnrse 01'
Hi1 long service of Uielr congressmen.
It lakes years to acquire legfclativo
knowledge to an extmt of beinjt fbo !
to puss bills and do busiiiPKH wl'ji the
! o H-uti\v dopnit.-iu'ntis of the g'ivi rn-
| meat. Therefore it b all-Important
1 1 ! > . ; : ( . H district should retain o man
I WT ! > him puisJ tluoi'gh the p.tilth
1 inar.t . t i of fulness and h IB bean
an efficient anQ effective re pi-
In public business as in i > 'vucb ' > u 1-
-.CM , wisdom dictates that onoe a en-
pabln man Is found for n position , ho
should bo continued In that poHltlon
If the welfare of the employer Is to
be considered , because of the uilue of
the experience that It * constantly being
gained by him. A man In private hn l
ness never turns off an employe who
lias "iniido good" for the uncertainly
of one untried , xxltliout fault In tlii >
former. And the huHlncPS man veil
knows Hieiilue of experlenco In hi
tong-timo emplo > eH.
The Third dlsttlcl of Nebraska Inn
found In Judge J. F. Doyd n cnpi.bli
and elllcient congiesMiiag. lie hat-
"made good" In ills llrnt term , nnd 1
would be folly now , just \\hen his UHC
fulness to the people of this dlstrht is
I becoming greater nnd when his liilln-
I encu In the house of representntlvei
I IH groxvlng , to turn him out of oillcc
for the gratification of nn olllco-hold
j Ing ambition on the pint of Mr. l.r.ttn.
the Tcknmnh banker.
The bust Interests of ihu public , not
thu individual ambitions ) of one man ,
I should be considered in selecting n
, congressman.
| And there is no den.xlng the fact
I Unit the beat Interests of the people
i of the Third district of Nebraska de
mand the return of Judge lloyd to
Washington , where ho has already
got well under way In accomplishing
valuable legislation for this district ,
and where holll be able next year
to do more than last , because cf the
e.xpeilence thnt ho has had.
And the people of the Third district
of Nebraska will see to It that they
retain as their representative Judge
J. F. Uoyd.
AROUND TOWN.
Pretty fine pictures of Tuft , those
Got your tick-tack ready ?
Everything now Is waiting till nftci
election.
Somebody lias 'to lose in evorj
election bet.
"If The Uovll vonldn't 1111 the then
ter , no others need try , " said n Nor
folk man.
One thing sure : They can't teai
up us many sidewalks as they did or
Hallowe'en nights when jou were n
boy.
Hryan's election offers only a
change and that a change from pros
perlty to hard times. The people o
the west are content to let wcl
enough alone.
The Northwestern men , fiom oil !
cials down to track men , deserve nn
stinted praise for the roinarkahl }
clean-cut and safe manner In which
they handled the rush.
W. IJ. Pntlon , who conies to llic
Auditorium Monday night in "The
Blockhead , " i.s one of the comedian *
, v ho Is known In Norfolk and who hat
already "mado good" with Norfolk
people. He has many friends here
'
who , remembering his lasl year's performance
formanco in "The Slow Poke , " will be
glad lo welcome him back Monday.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
When a woman goes to a neigh
bor's hoiibe for a "minute , " shu stays
an hour.
If It is not too .small for Iho bull
of the woman who has it , u smal
vaist is very attractive.
The people should be rumindei
oftrned that genius is finding the rlgh
'hln < j and sticking to it.
Whenever we hoar two partner. .
who gel along , we cannot help thin )
' that both of them must be gooc
WJm * Ms iiorrrre of the old-fash
11 'n i : i MI who snK , xv'ion be vante
tin H'IIIPH ' a doctor. ? ! " conldn'i do
| toi a sooi ! cat uf mine ' "
When an Iibli.i'nfl telj ! u ! > ir MH-X
' ! H' i a > s ho oit ; ( it from bin own toii'-iii
i Aral yin'd bnller not di-piil' iln
j story , in loj-s > ru want Lo fight.
I Tboro are but two classes of pee
, " 'o in the world jiut bffoi , } on dec
j Plo-.Ko'Pftf anv Is who belong teen ,
, lartft * 4n Hio devils cm U'B ' othe
i-'de. ? * ' * " * * ' " ,
\Vhon a twohutn JB.VO lo her hns
bund : "Vou Know f havpu't a bit o
in my nutniT , put" I would
i , know , etc. , " look out fo
Perhaps ihc women make such of
-ris to got to > u > avcn for the reason
ut.f > . -iinii to t'uj ' pictures of angels In
.JFO if , ! is , there are no eoisot
HOW MIKE GOT A FARM I
I'm a poor working ira-i , I uui E'J'-I \ to gay.
f wovH for a dollar and a qmti : r a .lij
Oir tb dumn of the P. & N. W ra'lwn- ' ,
AneJ I earn everj penny , b-sla 1 }
'e ' 'i.jx-i ' folvp liril'hy ohi' 1110 M'JIVH ! ' I
I. I - " I . ' ' ll\ II' M v v , c , I. , '
( or to tun up to Dallas nnd tano aie n foilo
For wnn of thorn farms ? " and hq says. "I should snuilln ,
JOHNNY DUMPERS'S UNCLE OSCAR
WRITES ON WOMEN. §
M
Ouinlin. Neb , Oct HI.-To tl.e Kd
m of The N\VM : Kay , N smoking
nod for stntteitni ; ? Undo Oneiir sen
t helps him sea It Hf'ddyn his IIUI-MM
nd keeps his tung from \vohbllng.
\nd after every meal he < stops at the >
Ignr counter nnd buys n too for a
uarter from the pretty lady In blue.
She seems grntely Interested In tin-
le. Has bin oxer slim iihe mml howe
o called the nlte eleik down with n
lv ( > hundred dollar hiI.
Uncle ses minione ought to sort of
ook after nn Innosent girl llkn lieu-
vlth nil them fresh traveling men
around the hotel.
I told one of tinollhi boys about It
mil he Infl and sed : "She'll look outer
or herself all right and jour Uncle
Oscar too. Why kid thnt girl'n bin
nnrrled off and on for ten or Ixvelve
ears. Her furst hubby ahnsd her and
urn home jagd one nlte and xvas go
ng to senlp her with n butcher nlfe
mil site shol him In self-det'eiiH. Then
she ) got n divers from one or two men
mil now she guts ten n week ally-
nony. Hut Unit nln'l enuf to llvo o.n
jou see , so she got n jub behind the
Igar stand where llsliln'H good. Yom
. 'nclo Osear'd lietter look out or he'li
get hookt. "
"Oh , I iluniio , " 1 sen. "Uncle nevei
got cot yet and he knows n lot more'ii
le ever tells. "
The uther day the ndvans ng"iit of
the Madam C'nlfle opporn cm ipnny
stopt at the hotel for dinner nnd gn\e
the slgar girl , who's ills Klster-iu-lnw ,
two complementary tickets. She was
itanding drumming them on the show
case and looking sad when Uncle OH-
nr walkt up for his after dinner
smoke , and she ses , us if talking to
herself :
"Oil , dear , \\hal bhall I do. It wane
o nice of him to glxo me t\\o tlck-
QS ( , but mama's HCK ! ami can't t-o and
' do hate to nilns it , but I can't go
alone , 'cause I'm so 'frald lo come
oiiie in llie dark. "
"What's the m-nniter with in m m ? "
e Uncle Oscar.
"Oh , It wild be so kind of yon. " she
repllde , "and 1 know mama xxiidont
care if I wont with Hiieh a nice man. "
So last Wednesday nlte Uncle' Os-
nr tucker to hens Madam Co flu at
ho Uoyd , or rather she luck lilm. and
Incle gnxe. me a dollar to sit tip in
he gallarx.
1 gut a se 'l \\ay iloxxn In I runt
vliere I cud look over and see i II the
'oiks In the pil and you'd a dule to
ice hoxxshofkl Uncle look ! \xh < n she
tuck off her IIr and from where I was
,
it lookl as if she didcnt haxe much
on but a silk strap oxer each sbolder.
fJut Tncle got lo feeling lot.s better
vlicn he aaw lots of the utheriinmcn l 1
drcst llie same way , or as Uiu'e ' ses , 1
"deckolel" I Hliuil think tlu-j'd gi I soar
lirole. I got a More neck , inblerlng.
Ex cry time Uncle htarth to sa sum-
Miing and stops to bluUer she picks it
rite upx hero litleit off and sus it
for liim and just wiial lie was a going
to bay , and when she fet.s thin he ses ,
"Y-y-jes , th-th-thalh ii ! " Thej just
icem to gel along line together.
Uncle Oscar has most forgot about
his book ho btnrtcd. his "Memores of
a Agriculturalist , " but the nitc alter
he went to the shoxv he diektatd an-
uther chapter , and I'll give jon nn
extrack from it :
CONCEUNINC ; WIM.M EN
Noxv I'm no lighting man , and I
never had n xxlfe , but if 1 was aril had
one and home man should nu--t me
on llie street and say , "Well , I'nclo ,
how's your woman' . ' " I'd knock him
down !
"My woman ! " that term mart's my
blood rise to U12 in the sun !
"My woman ! " that Is the mo t bar
barous expression in the language !
"My woman ! " no clvlll/eel man xvlio
really respects his \vife and xvho ever
stops to think what it means , will
"av it acaln !
" \\v \ A\-oninn' " ( hit t nn oil 'nate'l '
in the i' > irli ! ! < 1 bniln cf * j' ' < niuiv
dir - In ior > \ ' > ii hi turv r ) * f n
ICx 'i i < Li , > liMie-il < ! ' ! i itli'Mi l ! t i vci
llxed had "bis xvoman , " t.ouietlineM
"bin wlmnu'ii ! "
Every ClreeiilnndlHli Ei-uniliuo that
ever crnwli-d Into hlH inbbll-liurni of n
ti'oxv hut nnd Hiiunlloil down lo a
meal of wnliiiK bluhlier In his HciilHklu
pnjnmiiH Unit had never lit'ou ' washed
Hltii'o the Ht-al lilniHulf ( otil , his huii
plunge' Into tlio ley witters of the Arc-
tie- every filthy one of them had "hln
woman ! "
Every doginded Terni-delfuogiin
iiiivnge Unit over sat down to n dinner
of roasted HiiaUc or enjoyed n lialf
cooked horHO Hleak thnt the crown had
nbniitloned-every one of them had
"his woman ! "
"My woman" Is the moNl stubborn
relic of barbarism thnt still cllngH to
olllorx\jio \ | elvlllxed men. You can hear
H every Saturday afternoon on tlio
Hlrccts of almost any town In the
Htato of Nebraska , the Htntet that
boasts of KM mixamed clvlll/atlon and
the1 lowest per eent of Illiteracy of nit.v
stale In the union.
Some of the men who speak of their
wixoH In this oliHolele laslilon mii.x not
I mean it that way. They nay "inv
I woman" beeaiiHO other men do and It
seems haul to say "my xvlfe. "
Why hard ? IH him .xour wife whom
you love nnd roHpect. 'i'lien why not
HII.V HO ? "My wife. "
is Hho n Mrs. Somebody ? Thou why
not nay HO ? That IH even belter taste.
IH Hho not your wife not Mrs. Some-
bod.\ ? Then , xou may be excused for
calling her by thai mime , "my woman. "
i Hut most distressing of nil , It IH to
i hear home blustering HOI ! of man who
ban loaded up with half n cargo of
I bug-Juice talking on the Hl'-eet corner
I to a group of men about that "line
woman of IIH ! ! " lloxv HIO ! milks seven
COXVH morning and night , nets dandy
meals thieo times n day , keepHh four
children looking slick and clean , and
even llndH time to help him with llie
spring plowing and corn picking in
' the full , HO he'll haxe time every few
days to go to town and ge't ' n jag.
Co xvitli me to the home of "that
I
i kind of n xvoman to have , " nnd four
'times ' ( ml of ll\i > I will show you n
I xvorne cane of slavorx than CUT u\-
Istud among the negroes of the south
a while slavery a voluntary slav
ery made1 possible by llie strongest of
all chains maternal love
Head the heart stories of Hiu-h wo
men but you raiinot ; Iho nncxpeil-
enced can nexer delxe the deplliH.
"Oh. I would nuvor , co\ild \ never Ktanil
it for a iiiliiulo if il was nol for Iho
hlldren tlie children , they must have
u home. "
Tlifie yon have it in a nnlshell.
There aio men HO mean , so loxv , Unit
having forged chains upon the woman
they piot'csaed to love , HO Htiong Unit
her nature is powerless to break them ,
and having demanded of her twice Un >
, amount of wnik her frail Hlrenglh e-au
endure , they will .stand mound in a
1 lialf-liiloxicated condition and boast
1 ibout II. Compared to such i man
and I know of stu-li the character of
Sin-on Lagreo seems quite gentle-
!
manly.
No woman with children and u
house to take euro of should bo per
mitted by an able-bodied husband to
woik In llie fields !
Don't keep a slave and call her
"your woman. " Make life as pleasant
as you can for her whom you call
"your wife ! " \
Do you know that the largest per
cent of insane women are formers' U.
wives ? Theie is a reason monotony , .
drudgery.
Fellow agriculturalists , are you doIng -
Ing what you can to make the country
ore attiactive , a better place to live
in ?
If not , wuko up ! It is for your own
interests to do so , and for the Inter-
f U also of tlioFO you hold most dear !
Uncle Oscar.
. ' rd the funniest thing about it to
M e ! < thnt I'tiflo O = ! rnr ses all Unit
u , | ! ' . i i inrt n wife * I b'lleve he's
jn.f h tnlitine to vt r i the end side
( A II xv''ii.-P ' ! ) ( , ( ! ' . n ' . .KU'
i ili.i'i I ) im '
Mhnro , Moikf , h re-'s a p s , bodiid ! " ' '
.
' A
i' < 3 li'
Anil shf got my of , ? JocMng frcv.i ttn. T ( he L > < i
In whlcli we had s oreil forty tlo'.lais ah 'H I
For aj-Rluy day , bcdftet !
S'H' s. > > [ , - \I ( ilo in1 ( ' ) . l , talv \ VT ( we'vo l.ri ! 1 \
For board up 10 ! illa.i JI.M Ii ! "IM in , ib'1 ' ,1 ,
So 'uke ' flili'i. . „ a id JIO-A M > i < 1 y
And FI ' in ahcii I for u i c-in'
So I rode up to D'-llan an I go : m i iln ,
Aiifi who should Iiwt I - IKMV. Ii" .1. > n tcSli
And "Mnl ! ! u v inU , ii \\n | c'i ' n i , t VfJi
"Well , I < Joe t c- i 1 iln. l.i'-1. - ' ! '
ti.
So I toil , < iu c , i , und , h i \ mi nic.
Ami 1 ( Jon'i < , i- .in we too f i " . Ihi
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That u1. t. ' ; > .i ' i , , ad !
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l. < inI - i , i ) iv p' i ITU
or rii-r il , ) le r e > x\o j.j".tnr '
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II F. Marwood.