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T11K NOHKOUC WKIiffLY NUWS .iniJl.'XAL FRIDAY I ) EC KM IMC K 25 11) ) The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tlio News , Established 1881. The JournalEHtubllshod _ J877. THE'HUSE PUDLI8HINQ'COMPANY. W. N. Huso , N. A. llnso , President. Secretary. jcvory Friday. Hy nml'l per year , $ l.iO. [ Entered nt the postollloo at NnrfolU , Neb. . IIH second class matter. " " 'roloplmnuH" : I IFrlnT1)ciiuiiiHMit ) ) | No. 2'2. UusliiosB Olllco and Job UOOIIIH No. II 2U. Once more Aini'rloan troopu are planning to evacuate Culm. The latest niodlllciUlun of the ndiiionltloii to Hhop early IB to shop ofton. The IIOIIBO has not dccldud to prose- ciito President HooHovolt for libelling tlio government. Santa Clans and Oonoral I'nmporlty nro Bald to bo twins. They arc certainly - ly a couple of lunnniors. I'nt Crowe's RUCCCSH aB an evangel- 1st may lead to a cotifBo In kidnap ping at thooloplcal aomlnarloH. The Unltod Statoa Imports 80,000- 000 ponnds of tea annually , .lust about a pound for each Inhabitant. The policy of the administration lo put doctors In command of hospi tal ships Is not working very satis factorily. Fortunately the controversy con cerning ' the Panama canal ddesn't hinder the men who are working down there from making the dirt tly. The Indian who recently purchased nn automobile and eloped with a charming young woman has certainly become thoroughly Americanized. The man who remains a bachelor evidence of having on January 1 , gives ing learned to say "no" In his early youth. Germany Is America's principal competltoi In the exportation of loco motives and Italy Is her principal cus tomer. At all events Mr. Pulitzer has the satisfaction of knowing that there are two sides to the expense account at tached to a libel suit. J. Plerpont Morgan has a wonderful collection of books valued at $40,000- 000. They are said to include all the books that nobody ever reads. Why not let the little folks enjoy the harmless Idea of Santa Clans' annual visits as long as they can ? The happy myth will become transparent soon enough. Lord Roberts wants an army of one million men In England to guard against a German Invasion. Is there room In England for so large an army ? It Is astonishing what poor memor les such men as Rockefeller , Archbolil and Hnrrlman have. Other people however , have no trouble In remenv boring. An enthusiastic prohibitionist has discovered that the Prince of Wales Is a teetotaler , but he didn't catch UK water habit from his father , Kim Edward. Geologists differ as to the ago o Niagara Kails. One thinks It is aboir 7,000 years old , and another 150,001 years old. After all , geologists nn Just about as good guessers as otho : people. The Commoner announces that Mr Bryan will continue in his chosen llf ( work the study of the science of gov eminent. Now If Mr. Bryan will In content with the study and let tin practice alone , all will be well. If John Milton could express hi appreciation for the many fine thing that have been said about him b ; American newspapers on the threi hundredth anniversary of his birthday he would no doubt give the Unitei States a big boost. John Burroughs In his new book 01 "Literary Values" says many thought fnl things. Among them this : "Ai enduring fame is of slow growth. Thi man of the moment Is rarely the nw of the sterilities. If your name is m on all men's tongues today soma otho name Is likely to bo there tomorrow. On the beautiful library of Colnm bus , Ohio , this message Is graven "My Treasures are Within. " Th < passer by who Is tempted * o pass tin building with an admiring glance a the artistic lines of the nrchltcctur js reminded by this message of th high purpose of the structure whlcl IB to enfold a soul the books. General William Booth has Just hai an operation performed on his eye and it is hoped that ho will fully re cover his qyeslght. General Booth * night may have failed him but his Ir eight , stirred by heart Impulses , cor tlnucs unabated. He Is ono of th grand old men of the century. Fo\ men of any ago have over had a mor humanity and few men have evermore more worthily obeyed the vision. It was a year ago that the Atlantic fleet of battleships began Its voyage around the world. It has been a great year for the American navy. In Its journey It has everywhere received glad welcome and exalted the dignity of the republic. When the laddies come homo to Hamilton roads in February they will ho given a royal reception. The shortest day In the year has once more arrived and we shall prob ably soon bo repeating the old-time saying , "When the days begin to lengthen , then , tlm uold begins to strengthen. " Old Winter has dealt very gently with us ao far and the weather has Leon as favorable to the coal bin ua could ho expected. Thoio have bion unusually few cold days preceding the Christmas time. A piece of Ice growled when a big Iceberg collided with an ocean steamer on Its way to this country the other day and the growl proved to come from a polar hear who had taken passage from the Arctic on the floatIng - Ing Ice palace. Ho was on his way to Now York evidently to visit his Wall street relatives. Glad ho didn't arrive. If he had there would cer tainly have been a panic. President Flnlcy of the College of the City of Now York gives a new rea son for the country boys succeeding so much bettor than the city hoy. Ho argues that the country boy gains a sense of confidence In his own ability and a fooling of self Importance from his environment ; that handling the farm animals and predominating over the obstacles nature places In his way gives him the self reliance necessary to overcome obstacles In the business and political world. This seems like good reasoning. An Oklahoma paper says that labor in that now state with Its liberal labor laws Is In the position of a hungry man with a fine china plate , but noth ing to cat on it. Capital and Indust rial business enterprise have decided to wait awhile before venturing into a state where such fearfully and won derfully made laws obtain. Labor has Its laws now lot the next legislature assure It employment by pursuing a policy of sanity that will encourage the industrial development of the state. Bishop Bristol of the Methodist church at a banquet given him in Chicago recently said : "Some criti cise the commercialism of the ago , saying that it only stands for things , not thoughts. As well say that the trees and hills and oceans are only things. They are the thoughts of the divine Creator. There Is a lot of non sense about the coffee mother used to make. We live In the best ago of all the past. Wo have the best men , the best educators , the best minis ters , the best laymen. " * Miss Clara A. Grace , a young Eng lish woman , holds the record for the fastest round trip ever made between New York and London. Miss Grace made the trip from London to New York and back In a little more than twelve days , but she spent only twenty-four minutes In transacting the important business which called her to New York. She called up the part ies she wished to meet in New York by wireless while out at sea and the business was transacted while riding In an automobile from the pier of the steamer from which she had just landed to the pier of the outgoing steamer which bore her back to Lon don. That is what an American girl would call going some . Everybody wants to got the most possible happiness out of life. An exchange very aptly gives this advice which it will bo well to follow : "If you want to go to Joyvllle take the Smiling high-road past Gladsome crook. Keep to the right all the way , If you moot a young woman with a basket , carry it for her. When you meet a man say 'howdy. ' If you stiili your too whistle. If It rains , croon a song. If you are cold , run a little and think of something that will make your heart glow. If the way Is long , recall how you trudged every Sunday up to your best girl's house and never tired. If a dog barks at yon don't throw a stone at him. Snar your fingers and say 'good doggie. If yon feel llko crying , laugh Instead If you can do all this , you'll got te Joyvillo all right and It's about the only way you will ever got there. " Norfolk can not afford to lose sucli men as A. J. Durland , who is under stood to have been contemplating , dur ing his western trip , plans to leave this city for the Pacific coast. Ono ol the progressive , live , constructive citizens of the community and a mar who has done a very great deal foi Norfolk , Mr. Durland Is of a typo ol citizen to bo greatly valued by the city and to bo kept hero If any pos slblo persuasion can be brought tc bear. For more than twenty years A J. Durland has boon an Important fac tor In the upbuilding of Norfolk. He laid out and developed ono of the besl residence portions of the city. He to Norfolk. Ho has been liberally pub lic spirited and eminently progressive. The NOWB hopes , as It knows Norfolk does , that Mr. Durland may yet de termine to remain permanently hero and continue to male : his home In the city that ho has helped so materially to build. A story Is told of Mr. Nowborry , the new secretary of the navy , to the of- feet that when the Michigan naval re serves volunteered for service In the Spanish war and wore assigned to the Yosomlto , Mr. Xowborry who was then rated as a "landsman" was busily swabbing down the deck one day when two officers eam : > by and got into a discussion as to the Identity of a cortan yacht lying In the stio'im near the Yosomlto. Finally one of the olllcers , who was Theodore Roosevelt , assistant secretary of the navy , said to Nowborry , "What yacht Is that , my man ? " "Mine , sir , " replied Nowborry with a salute and wont on swabbing the dock. It has been questioned with con siderable levity , how President Reese velt's commission could Improve the condition of the American farmers. For whether the farmer Is surrounded by the comforts of civilization or not depends upon his income , and his In come depends largely upon himself and the weather. But the sessions of the country life commission have boon Instrumental In bringing for the many Interesting points and in arousing agricultural communities to a realizing sense of their needs and the possi bilities for their betterment. Tlio com mission has not liocii a failure. Good seed has been sown which will bring forth future fruit. A MERRY CHRISTMAS ASSURED. That Norfolk and the balance of northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota will spend a merry , merry Christmas this year Is already assured. Bounteous crops that have come to all this section during the past year , with prevailing high prices , have given a prosperity to this region not to be found in any other section of the United States at this time. Wliile the east Is still suffering ma terially from the effects of the panic of a year ago , the middle west , and par ticularly Nebraska and South Da kota , have tasted of the horn of plenty during the past twelvemonth and never before has there been oc casion for such widespread good feelIng - Ing as at the present. The warm weather during the first half of December has been unfavor able to early Christmas shopping , lackIng - Ing the snap and zest required for genuine holiday buying , but now , with only four shopping days left in which i to make selections , it is highly prob able that merchants will bo on the Jump up until the night before Christ mas. Indications In Norfolk are that this will be the greatest Christmas shop ping season yet known to the town and from this business gnage It may be reasoned that the new northwest will enjoy a merry , merry Christmas next Friday. WILL HOPE FOR DENIAL , . The American people will regret the fact that thus far , at least , there has been no denial from the president ol the story sent out from Wnshlngtor to the effect that he has boon guilty on a recent occasion , of treating i number of seminary girls quite un chivalrously. Miss E. I. Sisson , one of the instruc tors at the exclusive school , allows herself to bo freely quoted to the of feet that President Roosevelt , angerei at being passed on the road by i horseback party of seminary girls spurred his steed to a gallop and over took the young women at a narrov point in the road. She assorts that one of the girli came near being unseated by the col llsloa between her stirrup and part o the president's saddle equipage. Sin further believes that Mr. Roosevol struck the young woman's horse wit ] his riding crop as he went by , for tin animal plunged with fright and pain Once past the seminary riding part ; the president Is alleged to have turnei squarely about In his saddle and de llverod a short but savage lecture t < the young women for daring to pasi him on the road. Secretary Loeb , when shown tin story of the president's meeting will the seminary girls on that occasion remarked that it surely was untrue Later in the afternoon when ques ; tloncd as to whether he had shown I to the president ho said he had not that Mr. Roosevelt was too busy hand ling other small controversies abou his actions to look over any nev stores just then. Miss Sisson , the seminary Instruc tor , says the president rode by horsel and three of the young women fo whom she was acting as chaperon a n fierce gallop , and as ho passed h < turned and said : "You know that yon should not gi ahead of our party. " Miss Sisson would not divulge tin names of the young women , but sail that two of them were daughters o wealthy and Influential men of Chlcn go and Texas. She assorted that tin president's action was Intended as i rebuke for the young women and hoi presidential party and had taken the road ahead of them Instead of follow ing behind. "Wo had been riding In the park for some time. " said Miss Sisson , j "and about noon were trotting along the regular road , not the bridle path , near Forest Glen entrance. When wo nif do a turn In the road wo saw ahead of us a party of four two women , a man and the President. Behind them rode an attendant. "Wo wore riding spirited horses and for some distance rode behind the presidential party until we found dllllculty In keeping our mounts In practically a walk. Then we gave our horses rolii mid passed those ahead of us. We proceeded at a good clip for a little distance , slowing our horses down again , and then we hoard the pounding of hoofs behind us. The girls and I wore riding two abreast and the road la not wideat that point. "Before wo were aware of it the president , apparently angry , and his party wore bcsldo us , making four abreast In the roadway , which crowd ed us not a little. "As ho brushed past his horse struck the foot of the young women beside me , knocking It from the stirrup and , at the same time , a blow from the presi dent's crop fell on the horse's Hank. The young woman's horse roared and but for her coolness and admir able horsemanship she might hnvo been thrown beneath the feet of the horses. "Mr. Roosevelt looked at us square ly. " 'You know that you should not go ahead of our party , ' he said , his teeth showing. "Then ho pounded off with his com panions. The girls and myself were too much mortlllod to reply. We rodp back to the seminary , and while all of us believed the matter should be given all the light lywslble , because wo think that the action of the president was unwarranted and unprecedented , the girls were reluctant to have their names appear , because they are highly connected and they know that their parents dislike the notoriety attend ant upon such an affair. " The president's temper has at var ious times met applause at the hands of the public , but the people of Am erica will sincerely hope that the president may yet take occasion to disprove the charge that he had RO far forgotten himself as to thus nn- gallantly mistreat those young wo men. Only one more. How would you like to be the mail man ? There are times when all theories fail , Notice how much longer the days are becoming ? The Madison Star-Mall Issued a corking Christmas edition with color ed cover. There's no more Christmas shop ping. It's Christmas buying from this time henceforth. How would you like to be a woman and spend seven days preceding Christmas , ten hours a day , baking cookies for your home-coming family ? Better late than never. It's the shortest day In all the year. It's a pretty race that vote-game. And there's one good feature about It nobody will lose. When a woman gets a Christmas present In advance with the admoni tion not to open it , she's snro to do that very thing. Norfolk is this winter , for" the first time , experiencing the comfortable fooling of satisfaction which comes from knowledge that , even If there IE no Ice crop , we'll bo taken care of , There's an artificial ice plant In the town that does away with tlio neces sity of freezing weather , and if the weather man cares to , ho Is at liberty to turn on the spring sap at any old time. A good story Is told on a Norfolk man who formerly graced a northern Nebraska district court bench and who once served as attorney general In the state. The name Is withhold , 0 The judge was advised to wear union suits , but'objected. Finally ho was in duced to go Into a store to investigate , "I never wore union suits , " ho said , "Once you do , you'll never wear any thing else , " said the salesman. The judge turned white and , declaring that . If such was the case ho wouldn't think t of wearing them , hastily made his get away. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Popular men are us Jealous of each other as popular girls. Every man believes his friends make a walling place of him. t As n rule , the climate doesn't make 0 much difference , If your digestion is good. No use talking ; on a dull rainy Sun day , when a hack drives up to a neigh bor's , It Is a diversion. A number of Atchlson children mot Saturday and organized n society for the training of stop parents. A man can bo married or divorced , get , and quit talking about him. During every dry spoil the thought occurs to us that If wo could rain , and everybody wanted us to , we'd do It. When there are ton glrlB at. the depot , It moans that ono Is going away and nine have come down to see her off. Your friends will remember what you didn't give thorn Christmas a good deal longer than they will remember - member what they got. The -man who keeps a Christmas list may bo regarded as nn Ideal man by the women , but other men regard him as the real sissy with curls. A great deal of fun is made of the fanlly album. But there is nothing more Interesting. Most families make a mlstak-o In not keeping a more complete ploto collection of photographs. When an old fashioned woman wants to say that anyone , who wishes to can get man led , she uses this ex pression : "No matter bow crooked the pot you can find a lid. " What has become of the tender hearted woman who furnished a roost- lug place for the ( lies by .siloing her apples and hanging them up < > n strings from the celling to dry ? Wo like a woman who looks at her husband's bunch of office keys with awe , and who thinks that financial battles are fought and won behind the door of his office that i.i marked "Private. " It Is said that if you swallow a sin gle seed In eating a watermelon you will have Ills. There is nothing In It. Wo will hot that a boy can oat all the seeds In a watermelon , In addition to the rind and vine , and never mind It. When you go Into a house between now and Christmas and find a cross , tired looking woman viciously putting her needle In and out of a dainty piece of work you may know that the joyous Christmas tide is at hand and the stormy faced woman is working on her Christmas presents. Ballade of Christmas Buying. ' Don't say you don't know what to get , It's such a foolish thing to say , There is no need for you to fret With such a gllttoring array , At any price you want to pay As through department stores yon drift , You'll see them in profusion gay. You soon may pick a Christmas gift. Well , how about a toilet set ? What's wrong with bedroom slip pers , pray ? A holder for a cigarette , A fountain pen , a lacquered tray , A dressing gown in blue or gray , A silver shaker , salt to sift ? Bo finicky , as o'er you may , Yon soon may pick a Christmas gift. Then buy a rainproof cravonetto The money won't bo thrown away , The season's likely to bo wet And spring at least will come some day , Gloves , handkerchiefs the women they Still cling to these , whate'er they shift , And always there's a grand display. Yon soon may pick a Christmas gift. L' EN VOI. Get busy , then , without delay , Throw to the winds all thoughts of thrift , You'll see , as through the stores you stray , You soon may pick a Christmas gift. Chicago News. Went Too Far. Sioux City Tribune : President Roosevelt's zeal for purity in govern ment , his jealousy of the good name of his administration , and , possibly , and to a lessor extent , his family pride , touched by the connection of the name of Mr. Robinson , his brother- in-law , with the "Panama scandal , " while It fully Justified his honest in- ( Hgnatlon as a citizen , carried him too far when , in his capacity as chief ex ecutive , he assailed the character of a prominent newspaper publisher and pilloried him as a criminal in a mess age to congress. Mr. Pulitzer Is the owner of the Now York World. His paper printed In its news columns a story , originat ing In Paris , saying that a syndicate of Americans had bought at heavy dis count the shares of stock of the Pana ma company prior to the sale of the canal to the United States and had profited greatly by the deal. It gave the names of some of these persons. There was immediate and emphatic denials by the individuals named , ex cept Mr. Robinson , who , doubtless , felt his reputation required no donial. In Its essence the story alleged that sundry shrewd Americans had engi neered the purchase and then , through agents In Franco , bought the canal stock at a discount and got par for it out of the ? 10,000,000 paid. The presi dent assumes that It was charged that the government was Implicated in this transaction. Wo find no direct state ment to that effect. What Mr. Pulitzer's World did , every newspaper that Is a newspaper did. The president's characterization of Mr. Pulitzer covers the publishers of every paper that reprinted the news story. It was legitimate news , it carried plausibility. Comment on it in editorials varied , but It was re garded as warranting editorial com ment. Neither the World nor the newspapers that reprinted the story arc "villlllers , " "blackeners of reputa tions , " or assailants of tholr govern ment. They printed the denials of In dividuals and they gave space to the president's letter to Mr. Foulke. / + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + XZ + . .tX + X4 > X + X + X + X + X + X + X + X + M Johnny Dumper Says Buster Brown 5 } + In Sunday Papers Needs a Spanking. jjj Omaha , Neb. , Dee. ill.To the edi tor of The News : Arc- thenenny Buster Browns in Norfolk ? There's ono lionat this hotol. lie's the moon- i'st little cuss you over soo. lie's the only boy or girl of his papa and mama and they've always lived at a hotel and he's good looking and smart and curloy haired and ( bo borders at the hotel nster make a lot of fuss over him till ho got to ho mich a smart olllck and the traveling men In tlio oll'ls us- tor glv him cigars and teach him to blow smoke rings ami ustor tee/o him to hi'or him swnro. and they miy ho can drink beer Just like a man and lie's only six or seven. I linrd his mama telling a lady frond she bret down to dinner one day that she just bated to keep hous and that .she dldont believe It was good for boys to bring them up too clos In a homo whore they dldont moot people much , for they'd grow up to lie bash ful and wudoiit no what to do when they was out. "Now look nt Hustcr , " she sos. "He's just a wundor to everybody. Ho can take care of himself just like a man and ho Isont afntdo of onnybody. " Buster sos , "Yor rlto there , Mommy , Yer jest bet I alnt ! " He's getting so his fokes can't do a thing with him and the clerk nod If ho dldont cut out sum of his fool babbits pretty soon he'd haf to ask them to lec-vo , but ho hated to for they're rich and hiiv a sweet of rooms on the sec- kund story. Ho got so moan that the traveling men passt the wnrd around not to pay onny nttonshun to him , and that seems to make him mcenor'n over. He's bin playing tricks on Uncle Oscar and anuthor bmild bedded traveling man Unit sits over at anntlior table , and I'licle Oscar vowd last time he'd llx that kid If he ever trldo onny of his iminky-Hhines agon. Yesterday noon Buster cum down with a big black immitasliuu spider hanging on n string from a stick and while that traveling man was eating his dinner Buster stole up behind him and hung that spider rite in .frunt of his eyes , lie's a sort of niirvus man and when he saw that awful looking inseck ho jiimpt backwards clean over his chnlr and split his coffee all over hissclf and neerly lit on Blister. Aly but ho was mad , and n lot of nther folks was mad too , and he sod to the waiter ho was going to toll the clerk if ho dldont remove that public nn- sauce he wild instltoot a boycaught on the hotel. Buster ran back to bis mother laflng like n wild boy , and she sos , "Why Buster , aren't you ashamed , glv Mama that awful looking spider befor you glv sumbody a lit of mirvns prosper- ashun ! " Buster sos , "Nit , Mommy , walt'll af ter dinner ! " His Pi-pa ses , "Buster , you glv .Mama that spider rite away or I'll tan you to n finish ! " Buster sos , "Wow ! He's just a kid- din' mo aint ho Mommy ? " His .Mama BOS , "Bustor ! " Then they dldont say enny more and after a while they got to talking about sumthing and Buster sllpt away and wont behind I'nflo Oscar and held the spider over In frunt of his face , but t'nclo Oscar was a laying for him. lie whurled out of his chair qulckor'n I ever saw him move bororo and grubd Busier by the seel of his pnnllcH just as lu > was turning lo run and before the kid now It ho had him over his lap 1 and wa giving him the awfullest .spanking you over dreampt of. Bus ter trldo to lliu at llrst and swore wus'n i , truck driver I hurd once u cussing his dosses , but Uncle Oscar HOOII tuck that out of him and ho com mend to haul and beg for morcy. Him .Mama and Papa was so stund for a mlnnlt they cudent move , but when she hurd Buster begin to skwnll she bonnet out of her chair and cum a flying llko a cow after her oaf , and she snutcht Buster away from Uncle OH- car ( but not before bo got his nioney'a worth ) and away she wont up stalra with the kid a sobbing In her arms. Buster's papa BOH , "Old man. I'll have yon arosted for breeches of the piece ! " and ho went out to see the dork. Everybody , Including the wait ers was tickled half to doth and a man that's bin a lawyer got. up and made a little speech thanking Undo Oscar on bo-lmf of the hotel borders nssoshlnshun for his noble efforts as a public bennefacktor. Buster's papa had the clerk tollufono for n polecsmaii to cum and arest Un cle Oscar and while they were- walling for the cop the assistant clerk sllpt out into the dining room and told Undo Oscar that his arest was to bo all a joke- and that ho was to go rlto along with the cop , and then he wont around the block and mot the cop and ( old him about it and glv him an order on the hotel bar for a drink of eimythlng he wanted , and the cop came a walkIng - Ing into the room with Buster's papa just behind him and marcht up to Undo Oscar and lade his hand on his sholder and ses , "I arest you In the name of the law and order of the city of Omaha , ami come along , my man ! " Undo Oscar wont along witn the cop and after Buster's papa saw them go ho wont up stares to tel his wlfo about having Undo Oscar arostoil. Undo Oscar and the cop walked around the block and wont Into a drug store and Uncle hot too for a quarter cigars and that was all there was to It. After a while Uncle Oscar came back and that nlto at supper when Buster's folks saw him they ast a waiter how ho got out of jail so soon. The waiter told them the judge had let Undo Oscar out on bale under bonds to keep the piece. Buster dldent got down till the next day noon and when ho did cum his mama bret a pillow along for him to set on. He's bin awful ( pilot ever sina the licking and keeps just as far away from Uncle Oscar ns ho can get. Uncle is the most popular man In the hotel and all the reglar borders has bin around to shako hands and thank him for doing just the rlto thing. Say , don't you think if sumbody wild glv that Buster Brown of the Sunday papers a reel good spanking lusted of just the paper spankings he gets , that he'd quit setting his example to uthor fool kids ? Yours , Johnny Dumper. g HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT ? jj * x - xx * xxxxxxrxxxxxxxxxxxx * xx t-xx How would you like to be rich , Like Morgan , Mr. Morgan ! To bo able to burn What other folks earn , Like Morgan , Mr. .Morgan ! To jauntily drop economy's bars , To rldo In magnificent private cars , And twiddle your long five-dollar cigars , Like Morgan , Mr. Morgan ? How would you llko to stop panics , Llko Morgan , Mr. .Morgan ! Preventable panics Of money mechanics Like Morgan , Mr. Morgan ? - Ho has at his beck such millions of plunks , If ho says "Thumbs up ! " then industry jumps , If ho says "Thumbs down ! " we're all in the dumps , This somi-omnipotont Morgan ! How would you like a forgetter , Like John D. Rockefeller , The grand old man Of the coal oil can , Great John D. Rockefeller ! His memory is trained till It shifts to the shade The ruin ho wrought by his kerosene raid And ho only remembers the friends that ho made , Shrewd John D. Rockefeller ! How would you like to control , Like old man Weyerhaeuser , All available trees From the lakes to the seas ? That lumbering Weyerhaeuser ! With owning our lumber he'll not bo content , For the lumbering Interests are certainly bent On boosting the prices of Portland cement To help poor Weyerhaeuser ! How would you llko to change The cursed industrial system Which forces a man To grab all ho can If ho would not himself bo the victim ? We've listened to so-called solutions galore ; We're as far from agreement as over before : All hall to the savior who brings to our door An equable , workable system ! RICHARD F. MARWOOD. press of the country which lias dona , what it did in this instance , gave pub licity to statements affecting private and ofllclal action. When they printed Tulloch's story of venality In the postofllco department and Post master General Payne characterized It as "hot air" and the president was Importuned to give it no attention lost U "hurt the party , " ho sot an Investi gation going that sent several to prison and smirched oven some con gressmen , and the press gave him hearty support. ing that because ho knows of no syndi cate to buy up Panama shares In an ticipation of the sale , there was nono. Ho would have gene far enough If ho had called the attention of congress to the statements and asked It to direct an Inquiry through our minister to France , If It deemed the matter worthy of Investigation. Ono may sympathize with his feelings of Indig nation without sharing his conclusions or approving his course In directing the attorney general to see If some relic of the old sedition law docs not