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No. II 22.
Tlio groundhog. tlllln > t lmv' ' " ' Iint
liln spectacles on In order to srd Ills
Bliadow dlHllnctly thin your.
Desplfo all HID offorlH that have
boon ttiiido wo huvo not yel succeeded
lit making pulp of tlio paper tniBt.
II IH romarkalilo wlmt a multitude
of viirlutloiiH tlio word "possibly" cov-
c-rH In tlio weather niun'H prudlctloiiH.
Again the 111 health of the aged
Print/ , Josef of AuBtrliirllungnry is
causing alarm In UrlllBh diplomatic
circles.
The HuHBlan Doiima sends congratu-
IntloiiH to the TnrklHh parliament. It
In altogether fitting that these bodies
nhonld congratulate each other on still
being alive.
Samuel .Johnson said : "Life Is short.
Let IIB not throw any of it away lit
foolish resentment. It Is best not to
tin angry. It Is next best to be
( ink-lily reconciled. "
.1. .1. Hill Is not losing any of his
shrewdness with advi.nchig years. In
fad , a long experience has ttugltt him
( ho value of the press. Hs a prelim
inary step to Invading Canada with his
railroad he has purchased a news
paper.
The now secrotatof state , Robert
llacon , who succeeds 13111m 13. Hoot ,
makes the twenty-third person who
lias been a member of President
Roosevelt's cabinet , .lust at this time
that numbfcr Is suggestive.
It Is often Interesting to learn of the
beginnings of what are now great In
dustries. The first glass factory In
America was built In the little town
of Temple , Now Hampshire by Robert
llt'wes of IJoston , in 17SO. The glass
Mowers were Hessians who had de
serted from the British army. The
stone work about the ovens and the
foundations of the building arc all
that remain to remind us of the strug
gles and the small beginnings of some
of those who helped to found the in
dustries of the nation.
Japan now controls the world's sup
ply of chatnphor. The demand for this
drug has been tremendously increased
by the fact that In the manufacture of
modern explosives such as are used In
high power guns , camphor forma an
Important Ingredient. It might not
bo convenient to procure the desired
quantity of this commodity from
Japan tinder all conditions , hence an
earnest effort Is being made to grow
the camphor shrub In Texas. The
government is operating two camphor
farms there which are so far success
ful , the shrubs arc thriving and on the
farm first planted are- higher than a
man's head. A large portion of south-
wast Texas Is said to be specially
adapted to successful camphor grow
ing.
The question now being discussed
by the club women of the country Is
Who are the six greatest women of
the country ? The women whose
actual achievements and wide spread
Influence gives them precedence over
oilier women. In one list , .lulla Ward
Howe has been named as one of the
six because of her long life of patriotic
usefulness , Jane Addams because of her
helpful , practical reform work among
the poor , Helen Keller for her unpre
cedented , perseverance In overcoming
obstacles , Maud Uallingtou Booth for
her work In uplifting fallen humanity ,
Frances Folsom Cleveland as the eml
bodlment of American wlfehood ami
motherhood , Helen Gould for her
philanthropy. This Is a noble sextette
and one for which the country mav
well be thankful , but what Is still
better Is that there remains just as
good material from which the list
might be many times duplicated.
One of the greatest benefits con
ferred by the Agricultural department
Is lit Instructing people engaged in
raising different products of the soil
how to combat successfully the insects
and pests of various kinds which are
constantly endangering crops. Until
recently American apple growers suf
fered losses aggregating millions of
dollars from the destructive opera
tions of the worm of the soddllng
moth. It was found that Spanish or
chards were almost Immune from
these ravages and Investigation
shpwed that the worm was there do-
Btroyed by a slender wasp like fly.
This lly was Imported , notwithstand
ing our lawsi against contract labor ,
and sot promptly at work In the west
ern orchards where It Is rapidly dis
posing of this enemy of the apple.
Every year records new triumphs over
these little food destroyers and Jn
time to come , hundreds of millions of
doljars worth of goods will be saved
in those ways.
YANKTON-NOHFOLK.
More' than a year ago The -News
published'an Interview with H. E.
Owen , railroad contractor of this city ,
In which Mr. Owen declared that ho
believed the Norfolk & Yankton rail
road would be built.
The report from Yankton that work
Is to start on the long projected Hue
within the next few weeks , seems to
confirm that opinion , as nearly as It
can bo confirmed before actual rullB
are laid.
For twenty years the Norfolk &
Yankton has been dreamed of. Its
feasibility has never been uuestlouod.
It Is nnld that the stockholders In the
original plan now have the money
with which to back the project and
that they Irive determined to make
back their lost money from the pro
ject hi which they lost H.
Actual tooting of the locomotive
whistles on the Yauktoii & Norfolk
will bring rejoicing to Norfolk. But
for the optimism that Is In us and the
hope that constantly lightens the
human heart , rumors of the building of
this road would long ago have boon dis
credited before utterance , but at this
time there really seems more hope
than before hi twenty years for the
actual accomplishment of the fact.
Great claims are made by the en
thuslastlc Luther Hurbank , who has
so successfully assisted Nature to hn.
prove upon many of her products , con
cerulng the future usefulness of the
cactus family. The old cactus grown
by Nature before she was assisted by
Mr. Hurbank was an inedible , woody
dwarfed plant which was protected by
sharp thorns from any possibility of
being eaten , and whoso only virtue
was its ability to thrive without much
water. The new cactus produced by
Dame Nature directed by Luther Burbank -
bank , has gotten rid of the woody
ilbre and thorns and has had bred
Into It new food values. It is claimed
that the new cactus will produce in
three years as much as six hundred
pounds of food. If the new cactus
can be profitably grown on the largei
part of the millions of acres of desert
and semi-arable land of the world ,
now food will bo created for untold
mlllons. It is in the scientific direc
tion of natural growths which Is only
in its Infancy as yet that the hope of
the future depends. Instead of being
alarmed at the growth of population
and the depletion of natural resources ,
the twentieth century citizen must be
stir himself and discover some means
of conserving what we have and In
creasing the productiveness of the
soil along some line. In some cases ,
like that of the cactus , the plant can
bo made to lit the soil , in others the
soil must be made to fit the plant. In
this way , the barren places of the
earth may bo made to bring forth
food.
THAT FORECAST.
The remarkable achievement of the
government weather bureau In fore
casting this storm four days ahead for
Norfolk and six ahead for New York ,
Is entitled to more than casual consid
eration at the hands of the American
people. The feat , aside from Its prac
tical value in this particular instance ,
Indicates the growing possibilities of
the weather bureau service and shows
more than ever Us Important place in
our every day life.
Experience has shown , during thirty
years , that nine out of ten of the
storms which pass over Norfolk
originate in the Pacific northwest
many of them out In1 the Pacific ocean
pass this way through a gap in the
mountains , sweep down across Dakota
and Nebraska Into Missouri and oc
casionally as far as Oklahoma , then
turn and follow a northeastern course
to the great lakes , passing out into the
Atlantic ocean by way of the St. Law
rence river.
This is the course forecasted for
this storm , and up to date it has fol
lowed that schedule.
The weather bureau has just given
its first week-ln-advanco forecast. It
is working , however , upon a system
by which It hopes soon to give fore'
casts an entire month In advance.
At the present time telegraph lines
are not extended Into northern Canada
and there is no way of getting infor-
mation as to barometric conditions
out in the Pacific ocean. When It be
comes possible to got Information )
from all parts of the world every
morning , the weather bureau hopes to
be able to so follow storms as to give
forecasts thirty days ahead.
ANOTHER LEMON PENDING.
The Norfolk Commercial club ought
to take steps at once to counteract a
movement on foot in Washington to
still further wipe Norfolk and other
federal court towns out In the state : ,
off the earth.
Even at present , with a law requlr-
Ing all cases originating In a certain
district to be tried In that district , the
law Is a farce , because It is possible
to transfer cases , under the working
system. If any amendment Is to be
offered to the law and there should
bo one It should bring genuine terms
of court to the federal court towns ,
Instead of extinguishing them oven
more than they already have beon.
For the benefit of the litigants ,
court should bo held In towns within
their own districts. The expense of
long trips to Omaha , together with
the tedloiiBncHS of the Journeys , would
bo saved In that way. And morn : oven
Justice could bo expected If the trials
were distributed , Instead of being
centered In one Hjiot.
Following Is tlio telegram from
Washington telling of forthcoming
ftorts to change the law :
Senator Burkctt has received some
complaints from attoniuys hi Nebraska
iigitlnst the delay of cases In sumo of
the divisions of the federal court by
reason of the law providing that all
the issues of a law suit must be tried
hi the division whore they originate.
There are eight divisions In the state ,
and outside of Lincoln and Omaha
theie Is only one term of federal court
a yeu : In the divisions. If a motion to
remand , or a demurrer , Is filed In a
case under the present law the motion
cannot be heard by the court until
the next term In that particular divis
ion. This , the lawyers claim , unneces-
sitrllv delays litigation. One attorney ,
in writing , says that he sued a rail
road ' company In the state court. The
railroad company filed an application
to remove the case to the United
States court. The attorneys filed a mo
tion t to remand , but under the law his
motion cannot bo heard until the court
sits in that district , which will bo al
most a year. Senator Burkett has ta
ken the matter up with the Judges of
the federal court In Nebraska , and they
are of the opinion that It would be
well to amend the law so as to per
mit of the hearing of motions or do-
nnirers of that court anywhere In the
district. The senator has , therefore ,
prepared a proposed amendment
which he expects to Introduce In a few
days , which will permit the judges to
hear Interlocutory motions anywhere
In the district. He said , also , that
there had been a request that the
term of court in Lincoln be changed
to the first Monday In October Instead
of the fourth Monday in October : . He
will probably offer this amendment at
the same time he does the other.
NEW NAMES IN THE SENATE.
There Is a constant change going
on every two years In the complexion
of the United States senate but the
number of new faces that will be
noted In the senate when it takes up
Its work under the Taft administra
tion Is the greatest that has been
seen for many years and Is signifi
cant as marking the transition of
American political life from an old
to a new era. There Is a prevalent
Idea that when a man once secures
a place In the upper house of con
gress , that like a judgeship , he has
found a life job. This current thought
has been rudely jostled In the recent
senatorial elections hi the different
state legislatures. Of those whoset
terms expire about one half will be
succeeded by new members.
Those who are In the present sen
ate and who will by the choice of
the states they represent serve foi
six more years are : Drandege of Con
necticut , Clark of Arkansas , Clay of
Georgia , Dillinghma of Vermont , Galli
; her of New Hampshire , Gore of Oklav
loma , Heyburn of Idaho , Johnson of
Mabama , McEnery of Louisiana , New-
.amis of Nevada , Overman of Nortl
arolina , Smoot of Utah , Smith of
Maryland and Stone of Missouri.
But there Is a long list of those who
: iave fallen by the wayside and whose
places are taken by new men. An
keny of Washington after a six years
service gives way to Wesley L. Jones ;
Joseph U. Foraker who has taken spe
clal pride in combating and opposing
the president and the Roosevelt poll
cies retires from public service ami
is succeeded by Hon. Theodore E. Bur
ton of Cleveland , who is recognized as
one of the ablest and best statesmar
of his day and who is an especla
friend of President Elect Taft and wll
warmly support his administration ;
Fulton of Oregon goes out with a
smirched record because of his affilla
tlon with the men who were con
nected with the timber land fraud
gf the Pacific west and his seat 's '
taken by George E. Chamberlain , who
although a Democrat was elected by
Republican votes because of his clean ,
able record. Gary of South Carolina ,
who has served only one year , gives
way to E. D. Smith ; Hansborough , the
newspaper editor of Devils Lake , after
holding his position for eighteen years ; ,
is turned down and out and M. N.
Johnson of North Dakota supercedes
him ; Hemonway , Republican of In
diana , in the shifting political scenes
of the Hoosier state after serving four
years Is followed by Benjamin S.
Shirley , Democrat ; Klttredge , the lead-
or of the "stalwart" Republicans of
ifT
South Dakota , after being a senator
eight years , Is defeated and Coe I.
Crawford , the leader of "the Insur-
gents" the other wing of the party
goes to Washington ; Long of Kansas
after a notable fight to retain his seat
in the senate which he has held for
five years , will stay at home , his place
being taken by Joseph L , Brlstow ,
elected as "a reformer ; " McCreary , a
Democrat , who has been Kentucky's '
senator for six years will be succeeded
by W. O. Bradley , Republican ; Milton ,
of Florida , who has been in the senate
Ironly a year , will be followed by ox
Governor Fletcher ; Thomas C. Platt
of New York , who for twelve years
has been In the senate , with little
lee
credit to his state , will give way to
Secretary of State Elihu B. Root t.
whom President Roosevelt has char-
acterlzed as "tho greatest statesman
of this generation ; " the venerable
senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado ,
after serving his state for nearly a
quarter of a century ably In that
paclty , gives way to a young Demo-
crat , Charles J. Hughes , Jr. ; ox-Gover
nor A. B , Cummins of Iowa succeeds
to the scnatornlilp from that stato.no
long and worthily fllfcd by the late
William H. Allison ; Hopkins of Illi
I nois t < and Uncle "Ike" Stephenson of
Wisconsin may both bo re-elected but
ire much more likely to have their
ilnces filled by now men.
AROUND TOWN.
Get the coat bin filled up.
City politics will soon warm up.
Darn that groundhog. Or was It
ils fault ?
Now how would you like to bo a
obln ?
You remember that warning from
! u > f weather man last Friday , don't
ou' ?
Take new courage , Men. "Tho
Woman's Hour' has not arrived In Nor-
' oik.
There's a man In Norfolk who hates
o leave town for fear he'll miss some
thing.
Probably you'd cuss the weather
nan If he should disappoint us In this
forthcoming cold-wave.
You've got fair warning this time--
.lon't come down town Monday with
out your overcoat and mittens.
California insists on looking down
the muz/.le of the gun , In spite of re
peated warnings from Washington
that the thing's loaded.
Was It the Irony of fate ? The man
on The News who handled the tele-
ram last Friday , forecasting this
.hlng , ran out of hard coal about noon
Tuesday.
From the price of plates at the
forthcoming alligator steak banquet In
New Orleans , It seems apparent that
the ' promoters are not aware that the
.
judge Is on the water wagon.
Some people , after they've been to
city eating In toppy cafes at European
prices , take satisfaction , when they
get home , In figuring up how much
each home-meal would be worth if
they had to pay full price for it in a
.
big restaurant.
Men who live on their brains must
have ifben tempted to discard the
brains and live ou their muscle Wed
nesday morning. Snow shovellers were
getting $5 a day. Maybe $1 ! of that ,
though t , was pay for brain work in
seizing the psychological moment.
In Philadelphia they tell a story of
a man whose wife had arranged an
"authors' evening" and persuaded her
reluctant husband to remain at home
and help her receive the fifty guests
who were asked to participate In this
intellectual i feast. The first author
was dull enough , but the second was
worse. So , on pretense of letting in
some cool air , the host escaped to the
hall , where he found a servant com
fortably asleep ou the settle. "Wake
up , " sternly commanded the Phila
delphia ! ! In the man's ear. "Wake up. .
I say , You must have been .listening
at the keyholo. "
NEBRASKA POLITICS.
Wayne Democrat : There appears
to be more horseplay going on al
Lincoln than anything else. There
Isn't much difference between a knave
and a fool , and the Democrats in the
legislature will have to do different
from their present antics to make
the public believe they are not one or
both.
O'Neill Frontier : Col. Bryan has
found It necessary to abandon a pro
posed trip to Cuba and come home to
look after the Nebraska legislature
which In the absence of the "peerless
leader" threatens to turn down the
bank guarantee proposition , the only
one of the Democratic pledges there
lias been even a bluff at redeeming
Aren't some of the fellows who votet
to repudiate the last splendid bo'dy o
legislators and to put the bunch In we
have now getting a little ashamed o
themselves ?
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
A man can't be Insulted as a womai
can.
How much old women know that 1 ;
not in books !
Some people look so serious that 1
becomes pitiful.
Whisky is not as bad as the mei
who drink and sell It.
When a man has a mean dog , ho us
ually takes pride In It.
In winter , children hear little ex
cept , "Study your lessons. "
Battle Creek's new fire departmen
will have , about thirty members.
Work Is being pushed on Wayne'
splendid new high school building ,
How often you are compelled t
grin and bear It ! Certainly half th
time.
Ernest W. Cuff formerly of Butte
Neb. , has been appointed deputy stat
treasurer of Idaho.
Since the Hadar bank robbery
number of north Nebraska banks hav
added new burglar proof safes.
A Newman Grove man estimate
that 250 windmills In Madison count
were blown down during the blizzard
The remarkable man Is the one wh
does something remarkable without
fasting a lot of time tolllng-ubout It.
When a town woman has a very
tie homo , she becomes as crazy about
t as a town man becomes over a
it rm.
Seine people havu so little sense
hat a foolish scheme strongly up-
eals to them as a particularly good
til UK.
You cannot dodge old age , but by
coping In the running , you will re-
iiiln a lit'ml ' of It longer than the man
vho lingers by the way.
When a woman announces that kin
re coming to see her , she always
dds , "i am so glad. " She may note
o glad , but she snyq she | g.
The blgnest fool Is the fool who
teals a horse lit whiter , and Is com-
lolled to drive It over the country
vhen the thermometer Is below zero.
Many women who can stand any
huso at home , without shedding a
ear , always cry at weddings , funerals ,
nd "Uncle Tom's Cabin , " shows.
Nellgh Register : Word from Mrs.
. F. Hoyd In Washington states that
lie Is still unable to be out of , doors
hough she is gradually Improving
rom her severe Illness.
People are saying : "Well , for heuv-
JIIB sake , there Is a time to let up. "
'an't ' you guess what provoked the
emurk ? ( Baby at the house of an
couple. )
A boy today tried to get Into a cer-
aln store , and found It locked. "All
Ight. ' the boy said ) "I don't want In. "
[ 'hat's good phlllsophy : If you can't
get in , don't want in.
Many a man who has been helped
lirough school by his father or moth-
r , has taken all the credit to him
self , and never mentioned the efforts
of his parents to give him an educa-
lou.
It will come hard on the women ,
earning to transfer the confidence
hey have had in pins to suspenders
\ud we warn the women righ't here
hat suspenders are no more reliable
ban men are.
iV collector tells startling stories on
vou , If you don't pay your bills. A
collector for a livery stable says that
i rich girl hired a buggy last July to
ake a man out riding , and hasn't paid
for the rig yet.
Wayne Democrat : Grandpa Mears
celebrated his ninetieth birthday last
week , his daughter , Mrs. Cross , pre-
laring a big family dinner in his
lonor. Not many at the age of ninety
can attend church , find the place in
ho hymn book and read without
glasses.
O'Neill Democrat : Gregory , South
Dakota , is celebrating with loud ac-
claim the fact that she has been
awarded the United States land office
for her district. Does It ever occur to
O'Neill that we 'have cause for con-
ratulatlon In the fact that we have a
United States land office in our city.
Brlstow Enterprise : Dan Kramer
ind family had a narrow escape from
being asphyxiated. Their hard coal
stove leaked gas and the fafnlly were
nearly suffocated when Mrs. Kramer
awoke and managed to get to the tele
phone and call up the doctor after
which she fainted. Dr. Craft hurried
to the house and soon had them all
out of danger.
Wayne Herald : The engineer of
the west bound passenger train Thurs
day evening was a very much sur
prised individual when he pulled up
at this station to find that he had on
the pilot of his engine a portion of thereof
roof of a building. He had no know
ledge as to how he got It nor where ,
but it was there. Probably the wind
had carried It onthe track somewhere
between here and Wakefiold as It was
3s
not on the engine at that station. The
wind blew hard enough to unroof most
anything.
It Is a rare man who can put on a
new pair of suspenders .and get them
right inside'of a week.
There are no more Important or
timersomo questions , probably , than
temperance and orthodoxy.
We have noticed that when there Is
to be an amateur performance In
town , the friends of the performers
go around and say they are "just
splendid. "
"He Is an unusually reliable man , "
said a citizen today , speaking of a
friend ; "he wouldn't lie unless It
should be to his Interest to lie. " Is
THAT an unusually reliable man ? "
If you have it Jt , always call a little
baby In long clothes "he. " A mother
does not mind It when a girl baby Is
called "he , " but It makes her furious
to have someone call a boy baby
"she. "
An Atchison man and his wife bo
gau a dispute about a passage In the
Bible day before yesterday , and
neither one has done any work since ,
they are so occupied looking up ar
guments In their favor.
Some fault has been found with the
Globe because it does not describe
dresses worn at parties. We tried tt
once , but quit it when wo found the
.
printers began saving the dresses , and
picking them up after every party.
Wo have been fearing this : Link.
Leedy , who left Atchison several
months ago , Is coming back. Link. Is
about the most worthless man who
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Omaha. Neb. . Feb. 5.--To the Editor
of The News : A feller's Ma's all rite ,
ulnt she , even If she does onet In n
while gel married too son after pa
dlde. I bleeve the minister wan to
blame more'n Ma was.
1 rote her about my amblshun to go
to art school and be a grate artist and
she tellafoned me to cum rite home
and she'd supply me the money and
1 went.
Ma always wanted me to bo a min
ister but since my talst don't run that
way and since I can't seem to leru to
spell yo's peeplo cud uiidersliind whiit
I was precchlng about she's willing to
let me take her seckund choice and be
a artist.
My step-Pa sed there wasnt enny
reason why a man riulent be good ami
fullllll his sfeer and be n artist too.
He sed the Lord dldeiit require a perf'
son with only one talleut to do us
much In his klngdum as him of ten
tallents. Sum was born to preeeh and
sum to draw plcktures and the only
question was , would 1 bo a good and
faithful servant In my chozen calling.
I sod I'd be a lot gooder at drawing
than nt precchlng 'cans I'd Inhurrlted
artlstlck ablllyteo from my Ma and I
was ded certain I'd never Inhurrlted
enny ministering ablllytoe from Pa.
Step-Pa wants lo be a revivalist like
Moody and ho ses if I'll lorn to draw
skripture sceeiis and bo a chauk-
talker he'll take me along to Illustrate
his discoarses and I'll be a greater
drawing card than Sanky was to
Moody. Ho sos people nowadays tire
of the' old way of being saved. The
Devil is always getting up sumthlug
new like sheoth-gouns and sail-homo
dances and prize-files to draw the
crouds and the successful winner of i
soles must moot conipetlshun or do a
lite business. He thinks that n chauk-
talker like I'm going to bo wild draw
a full lions every ultc.
I ast him what there wild bo in It
for my share and he sed there wild
bo at loest the Joy of labor In a good
cans where moth and rutht diith not
coiTtiptli. I sed I bleoved I'd ruther
be a grat.0 cartoonist and got a thou
sand dollars a muiitli like Hopper or
Bart or Spencer on the Wurld Her-
raid. Ho sed the love of money was
the route of all evil.
You see Pa left mo $2,000 when he
dido , for Ma to keep for mo till I was
twenty-one or to use part of it for my
eddlcatioii. She calls it my patrimony.
I ast her what that ment and she sod
that patri was the Latin for Father or
Pa ( Ma uster studdy Latin In College )
so patrimony moons pa-money or the
money Pa left me. I ast her if a per
son's mother left him sum money if
that t wud be matrimony.
Ma dldent want mo to go to business
colle.go at Omaha and lorn typewriting
and demcen myself by being a com-
ever lived hi this county , and It's diffi
cult to get rid of that kind. But let
a valuable citizen move away , and wo
seldom hear from him again.
An Atchison girl owns a single piece
of jewelry ; a cameo a family heir
loom formerly belonging to her grand
mother. There is so much talk about
burglars that she has come to this
conclusion : She sleeps with the
cameo under her pillow. In case she
discovers a burglar in her room , she
has resolved to put the cameo In her
mouth , and pretend to be asleep.
O'Neill Is Willing.
O'Neill Democrat ; O'Neill is modest
in her aspcrntlons , but wo would like
to suggest that if the capital of the
state cannot agreeably be moved to
Kearney , that our legislative delega
tion arrange to have It moved to
O'Neill.
The Umbrella.
Walt Mason in the Emporia Gazette :
The large grecu tent you've seen mo
pack around this thriving town , is lost
again ; in some one's shack , I've sim
ply laid It down ; and now the rains
tlutt heaven sent have caused me
griefs and pains ; I always lose my
moving tent , the day before it rains.
Some chap will bear It through the
storm , until the storm Is past ; and It
will keep him dry and warm , and
shield him from the blast ; and when
the days again are fine , and gone the
tempests rude , he'll send me back
that tent of mine , with much solici
tude. And thus , as through the world
I tread , Is hick to me supplied ; when
e'er I drop a slice of bread , It strikes
the buttered side ; the large fat dollars
that I spent don't como my way again ;
I always lose my moving tent , the day
before there's rain.
About Norfolk.
Winslde Tribune : Mrs. Jarmer of
Norfolk Is suing herself. Now if Mrs.
Jarmer and Mrs. Jarmer should chance
to meet , would they speak ?
Burke Gazette : Norfolk Is taking
a census , and the city clerk says ho
Is going to make It show 5,000 popula
tion or strain the three "R's" trying.
Burton Independent : While In Nor
folk the other day a Burton business
man met a young lady who was wearIng -
Ing a diamond ring on the engage
ment finger. She said a young man
from Burton had presented It to her.
.We'd glvo a cabbage head to know
who It was.
Randolph Enterprise : M. H. Ante
returned from the firemen's associa
tion at Norfolk and reports a very In
teresting session. The next annual
moil clerk so she wudent glvo me enny
of my money. Hut 1 got along with
out It and ItH Just as well or bettor ,
for MM'H all rlto. She luck my
$ L',000 last spring and with Undo
OsiMir's advice nho hot a 80 aker farm
cheep anil laHl week HIO ! WIIH offered
VJ.SOll for It but she wudent sell , She
got needy $ : ! 00 rent oil' of It for mo
mid she's KV ! me $100 to go to Illustrat
ing school In Chicago with and she's
going to send me more whan I need It.
I tell you my Ma knows a heap moro'n
mini feller's mas does.
The morning 1 lefl we had fanily
worship , furst one I ever aleuded , for
Pa never hud that. My Step-Pa red
the parrlble of the Proddygul sun that
wulstcd his substance on a rloryus
liver and when he luriid up at homo
they hud a fatty caf for dinner , and ho
sed ' hi ; hoped I wud draw a ICHBUII
f'
from ' the parrlble as 1 was about to
start Into the way of teuitaslmn.
1 just tell you If I ever do go broke
I'ft not cum home counting ou enny
fatty eaf for dinner for Ma sed Slo | > -
Pa s people was suc.h slow pay that If
it wuHont for the .ntrest she got off
Pa's Insurance money they wudent
have even pan-cakes for orekfasl lot
alone caf for dinner.
When I was reddy to take the train
Step-Pa sed to me "Johnny , as you
are starting fourth ou life's Jurney
take this motto with you , 'Onnesty Is
the best poll.VKne ! ' " If my deer Ma
hadent a bin rite there a feeling bad
because 1 was going I'd a told him to
take Pa's motto home with him ,
"PracktlH what you preech ! "
What does he know about OnnoHty
being the best pollysee ? lie must u
bin trying sum lit her pollyseo or ho
wudent \ a kuowed It was the best. I
don't like him ennyway 'cans he pulld
the wool over Ma's eyes ( as Pa uster
say ) when lie married her.
I'll bo ouiiest you bet , not bocaus he
HOS so but just becaus I oughter.
Uncle Oscar and mo Is packing up
his ( hlngscto go to Chicago with mo.
Uncle's gowt got wurso over to Lin
coln and ho sed there waseut no use
slaying there enny longer a trying to
Influence loglslashuu 'cans the legls-
lashur thot it kuowd moro'ii him and
Mr. Bryan both and was just a going
abed and doing as it pleased. So slnso
his toes got to hurling wurso with the
gowt he's deslded to go to Chicago and
consult a big toe speshallst.
Ho can live one place as well's nil-
uther and he ses If the climate of Chicago
cage agrees with his toes lie may
stay there al spring and enjoy the
breezes from the lake and the north
ern plnerys and the packing-houses. \
Just as soon as ho can get things
straiteud up it will bo good-bye deer
old Nebiaska for us , but I wont forget
you and her.
Yours ,
Jc tinny Dumper.
session will bo hold at Fremont. Mor
ris says that1 The Norfolk Dally News
certainly is up-to-the-hotir , as within
twenty minutes after the election of
officers The News had every detail
published and was handing out cop
ies of their paper to the fire laddies.
John and the Tidal Wave.
O'Neill Democrat : John Horiskey ,
who was .washed out of the janitor-
ship by a tidal wave of Democracy , is
now a candidate for the office of sheriff
of Holt soimty. John made a most ex
cellent janitor , and in case of his elec
tion as sheriff wo predict for him a
successful administration but that
same old tidal wave of Democracy will
again bo in evidence , John.
Pennies In the Box ,
"R. F. D. " carriers are urging a
campaign against the practice of leav
ing pennies hi rural route boxes In
stead of affixing stamps to tlio letters.
Norfolk carriers say that the habit
works a hardship on them in cold
weather.
They are circulating the following
poem in their campaign :
I'm Uncle Sam's most favored j'et ,
I'm hearty and i'iii halo ;
I've nothing in this world to deBut
But glide 'round with the mail.
But one thing almost breaks my heart , '
And my nervous system shocks ;
It's the everlasting pennies
That I'm fishing from the box.
I carry stamps and envelopes ,
And postal cards and such ;
And I would like to sell a few
Twould please me very much ;
But a man can't sell unless you buy ,
No matter how ho talks ;
So I have to keep on diving
After pennies In the box.
It's all right In the springtime ,
Or when summer breezes blow ;
But a different proposition
When it's thirty-five below ;
When all your fingers and your toes
Are frozen hard as rocks ,
It's most anything but funny
Scratching pennies from the box.
And now quite confidential ,
I'll tell you something more ;
A rural carrier ( way out west )
Forgot himself and swore ;
Says ho : "I can stand the snowdrifts ,
I can stand the frozen locks ,
But blast the measly pennies
In the blasted measly box.
When the "roll Is e *
called "
up yonder ,
And wo all shall gather there ; \
They wouldn't let a mall man In
If they know '
he'd learned to swear.
If you want St. Peter to ope' the gate
When your rural carrier knocks ,
Buy stamps and don't be guilty
Of putting ponnlcB In the box.