THE NOH FOLK'WEEKLY 'NEWS'JOUuNkL ' F1UDAY FEJ3RUAUY 19 190 ?
The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
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No 22. Business Olllco and Job Rooms
No. II 22.
"The February Cosmopolitan eon"
lalns an article on the life and character -
actor of Lincoln written from the
viewpoint of an ox-confederate and
Foiithoruor by Henry Watorson , tin
veteran editor of the Courier-Journal ,
Many and elaborate are the proparu
tloiiH now In progress to fittingly celebrate
brato Lincoln's centenary. All ovei
the United States the public1 school
chlltlren are studying his Ilfo , b't '
work and hlH cliaraol.or and learning
lessons of patriotism and reverence
from It. If a country Is known by the
way In which it honors Its great men
Hiirely America should stand well Ui
In ( ho list.
Tlio centenaries of four great moi ,
occur IP this mouth Mendelssohn
Ilartholdy , Darwin and Lincoln , the
last two on the same day. Poe's oe
currud In .lannary , Chopin and Edward
Fitzgerald coino In march , Tennysot :
In August and OladHtone In December
Lot us hope that the year 1909 wll
give to the world as many pro-oml
neutly great and good men as begar
their earthly career In 1809.
One reform IB to take place In In
nuguratlon coremoiilcs when Mr. Tnfl
takes the oath of ofllco , March Ith
which will no approved by all. In
stem ! of Imviug every band in the In
augural procession play that tinu
worn and unpopular tune , "Hall to the
Chief , " as they pass the president's
stand , only the llrsj. band will play II
while other bands , an they pass , will
choose more popular music.
The primary system of Nebraska
has been remedied by the passage of
the Kuhl rotation bill. The bill , which
was drawn by the Cedar county member -
ber , provides for rotation by election
districts. It is aimed to obviate the
advantage or disadvantage derived by
candidates by alphabetical accidents
In tlio Initial letter of their names ,
one of the glaring defects shown in
the operation of the primary last Sep
tember.
Once In a while the eccentric nuu
whoso peculiar hobbles have been
long ridiculed has the chance to re
mind his persecutors that "He laughs
best who laughs last. " Such an Instance
stance- occurred in Italy in the recent
earthquake. The only habitation left
Standing was the homo of an eccentric
man who had been preparing for just
Biich mi emergency for years by
strengthening bis house with iron
bands to withstand the shock when It
came. Now they look upon him as a
wise man.
Yielding to the pressure brought to
bear by President Roosevelt vaud Gov
ernor Glllett , the California assembly
retired from Its previous position on the
nntl-.Iapauese matters by reconsider
ing the former vote on the segregation
of Japanese students in the public
Bchools and finally rejected the meas
ure by a vote ofII to ; ! 7. An effort
by the supporters of the bill further
to reconsider was lost by a tie vote
and the assembly is now clear of any
nntl-.lapanese measure objected to by
the national administration.
It has been suggested that perhaps
too much money more than could be
wisely used was being poured into
Italy for the help of the refugees.
There Is little danger of too much be
ing sent to render these homeless , desti
tute , unfortunate self supporting ,
There are 200.000 congregated In
Calabria , Naples and in Sicily and It
i costing $100.000 a day just to feed
them. There is no immediate prospect
of reducing the number of dependants.
The problem which Italy is facing la
one of great magnitude. It will requlu
not only largo sums of money , but
great tact and patience for Its solution
The tact and patience outsiders can
not furnish , but the money can and
should be contributed.
Australia has been trying for nine
long years to fix upon a suitable capi
tal city. Melbourne and Sydney , both
desirable cities In every particular
were not available because of a le-'al
provision that the capital must be lo
cated in Now South Wales. Dalgety ,
Tumut and Yass-Canberra were all
suggested and the latter finally de
cided upon , but think of a twentieth
century capital bearing the name Yass-
Canberra. Impossible ! So the Aus
tralian commonwealth Is trying to
select n more eiiphonlns name , one
which the world at largo might possl-
dly pronounce and poet laureates
weave Into rhyme. Meanwhile , let
Americans give thanks that George
Washington did not bear the name of
Hlgglns or Biggs.
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION.
The Nebraska legislature Is consid
ering a law to make It a crime for a
jiowspnper to misrepresent Us cir
culation. Tlio News believes that such
a law would bo a good thing both for
the advertiser and the legitimate news
paper.
Tbero are many newspapers that de
liberately misrepresent their circula
tions for the purpose of swindling ad
vertisers. Legitimate papois suffer
from the fakirs. The News , for ex
ample , miiBt prove Its circulation to
foreign advertisers In many ways be
fore they are ready to believe that a
paper published In a town Norfolk's
sl/.o could have a circulation like that
which has been established by this
newspaper.
Such a law would be a piotoctton
against the frauds and under such a
law the worthy newspaper would have
no trouble In being believed as to Its
real circulation.
CLIMATE CHANGING ?
Not many months ago you could
bear almost anywhere , In spite of the
weather bureau's Insistence , that the
cllmato of this territory had changed ;
the old time bll/y.ards were a thing ol
the past.
Hut there's boon no change. Within
three weeks thro storms of great
severity two of them record-broaherf
- have swept down over this section ,
Old timers are forced to admit that
they are storms such as used to conn
In the early days.
It has boon one of the hardest winters -
ters in many years , a winter to ills-
tlnctly convince the most skeptical
that It's the same old cllmo.
Pittsburgh rival Gary , Indiana-
should have been named "Economy'
says a writer in the Review of He-
views. For economy Is Its genius and
Inspiration. Location , si/.o , arrange
ment , equipment , and every great and
less detail of the whole huge steel
plant serve that one master purpose
saving. Saving of material , time , and
labor , conserving of energy , elimina
tion of waste. Smoke means waste
and here they cut the black volume
down to a more mist which hardly
dulls the blue of the sky. In the
workmen's town every device and con
venience known to modern Invention
has been , brought into service to
render these homes comfortable , at
tractive and convenient. Low rates
will be obtained for water , gas and
electric lights and the houses arc fur
nished at a low rental or sold on easy
Installments.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Woman's suffrage is a topic of prime
Interest in Nebraska at this time , In
asmuch as the bill has just been ad
vanced to third reading. Of special In
terest at this time , therefore , Is the
following editorial from Colltor's ,
which proves , among other things ,
that there are two sides to this as
well as to every other quentlon :
As a matter of course there is a dif
ference of opinion about the facts in
the four states where women vote.
There is always a difference of opinion
among intelligent observers on every
conceivable subject. One correspond
ent writes to us from Utah and makes
three points which are at least de
cidedly worth noting :
1. Election expenses have been in
creased by the fact that women vote.
The Increase Is very largely In the
cost of hiring carriages to take voters
to the polls and to the registry booths.
Many automobiles have been used In
addition to the carriages. Maneuvering -
ing to corner the available supply of
such vehicles Is a regular tactical
move of county chairmen. ' If one sue
coeds In cornering them , he feels that
he has the election more than half
won. It would seem as if this difficulty
might very easily bo met by a law
forbidding political parties to haul
voters either on election day or on
registry day.
2. By the voting of the women the
Inlluence of the church on politics has
been Increased.
; > . In the old days a county chair
man who could command the services
of a spellbinder of national reputation
thought his troubles were to a largo
extent solved , provided ho could se
cure a hall sutllclently large. Now
he must take Into consideration that ,
however flue his showing In rallies , it
is likely that a balance of power re
mains in the homes , and the houso-to-
house canvass is the result.
Other men and women in the suf
frage states would make other obser
vations , but those , at least , bear marks
of clear thinking.
HOUSE TURNED A SOMERSAULT.
For once the editorial department
and the news department of this Illu
minating journal failed to connect. It
was all because congress turned a
double somersault within the space of
a couple of short hours. All that was
said In yesterday's noon edition about
the lower house of congress , for re
jecting the bill to remove constitu
tional bar from the eligibility of Sen
ator Knox to servo as secretary of
state , Is hereby withdrawn. The
bouse Is forgiven.
Monday afternoon the Associated
Press dispatches brought information
that the lower bouse had rejected the
bill to remove the inollglblllty from
Knox for the cabinet job. On the
strength of that dispatch this depart
ment got busy to say what It thought
\bout the house for such a trick. The
result was linotyped and printed In
ruesday's noon edition.
No accounting , however , had been
.aken for the fickleness of congress.
Later In the day the house had
scrambled together enough votes to
emovo the bar. Wherein It did what
t should have done. '
That explains why this column
loomed to be out on a jag Tuesday
loon when the front page told the
story of how congress had passed the
bill , after all.
There's one lesson In the Incident ,
You never can toll what congress it
going to do till It's done.
The first vote was taken on the bill
under general order for the snapon
slon of the rules and under thai
order , according to the standing rule *
of the house , a bill must receive r
two thirds majority to Insure Its pas
sage. The first vote stood 179 to 128
the majority thus falling conslderablj
below the two thirds requirement. Im
mediately after this result was an
nounci'd , the house committee 01
rules mot. This resulted In Dahel
bringing In a rule making It In ordoi
for the house to agulit take up tlu
\illl and act upon it under condition !
which would require only a majorltj
vote to pass It. This time by a vott
of 173 to 117 the bill was passed.
BACK TO THE FARM.
"I warn my countrymen that tin
great recent progress made In city lift
Is not a full measure of our civilian
tlon ; for our civilization rests at bet
torn on the wholosomencss , the attrac
tlvouess , and the completeness , as wel
as the prosperity , of life In the country
The men and women on the farmi
stand for what Is fundamentally bos
and most needed In our American life
Upon tlio development of country
life rests ultimately our ability , bj
methods of farming requiring tin
highest intelligence , to continue t (
feed and clothe the hungry nations
to supply the city with fresh blood
clean bodies , and clear brains that cai
endure the terrific strain of motion
life ; we need the development of met
lu the open country , who will bo In UK
future , as In the past , the stay am
strength of the nation in time of war
and its guiding and controlling splrii
In time of peace. "
With these words President Roosc
volt closes the message which lit
transmitted to congress recently 01
the report of the commission wlilcl
ho appointed some time ago to Invest !
gate the country life of America.
It is characteristic of our strenuom
president to bo alive to every interest
which bears upon the life of the pee
pie , their prosperity and welfare. 11
will be his highest cnconlum that lit
kept everlastingly busy In so man }
different directions , with the desire tc
exploit every avenue of human endeavor
deavor that might possibly lead to ar
uplift and stimulate to higher ideals
worked out in a real and commor
sense way , by the great people whom
he serves.
This farm commission was made ur.
of some of the brainiest and mosl
earnest men of the country who were
all deeply and especially concerned ir
medical missionaries are everywhere
from plague stricken India to frozen
Labrador , doing their best to relieve
human suffering. They do not leave
home and native land to engage in
this dangerous work from greed but
because of the need of sufferlns
humanity. The whole nation is not
money mad.
WISCONSIN SENATORIAL CASE
Wisconsin is just now experiencing
a unique experience with regard to the
ways of reform. That state adopted a
law putting the senatorial nomination
on a primary election basis , just as
has been done in Oregon and just as it
Is proposed to do in Nebraska , if a bill
now pending becomes a law.
Wisconsin Republicans last Septem
ber nominated Senator Stephenson ,
Thus far the legislature , though large
ly Republican , has refused to make
good its pledge to the public that it
would elect whomsoever the party
should nominate.
Senator Stcphenson's primary cam
paign , it develops , cost him something
like a quarter million of dollars. That
this money was spent lavishly and
that it had its effect in winning for
him the state nomination , goes without
saying.
And right there is a weakness In
the reform that Wisconsin has under
taken. For this case proves , or at
least seems to prove , that under the
statewide primary system for senator
ial nominAtions. the use of large sums
of money has more to do with the
successful candidate than mere states
manship. This Instance would seem
to demonstrate that no poor man need
apply for the United States senatorial
toga.
In duty bound is the legislature to
elect the choice of the people. That
at least was the theory of the re
formers before the primary was hold.
Senator La Folletto was disappointed
In the nomination of Stophenson. He
had hoped to beat out his contempor
ary. Ho had not counted upon the
effect of heavy funds In the statewide
primary.
As soon as Stephenson was nomin
ated , La Folletto sot to work to Induce
the legislature to decline to elect him ,
In splto of pro-primary theories.
There seems hut one basis for such
ictIon. if it should bo proved that
Stephenson used money Illegally to
corrupt voters at the primary , the leg-
slaturo would bo morally Justified In
refusing to elect him.
Charges that Stephenson used
nonoy lavishly to buy his election are
nade. No charge of actual bribery
lias been made. It Is simply alleged
hat Stephenson used loads of cash
'or the purpose of carrying on a
gigantic campaign tn ! , tils own behalf.
Thla week the Wisconsin legislature
Is Investigating the charges. An In
teresting sermon upon the morality of
lavishly spending money In an effort
to win a senatorial nomination , maybe
bo expected.
Stephenson Is a wealthy lumber
man. The outcome of the case will bu
watched with Interest.
AROUND TOWN.
Now let the robins come.
Enough's enough of anything.
Fe'uuary's the shortest month , 1m !
It's tnu confounded long at that.
What's your honest opinion about
this Norfolk-Yankton line talk ?
Slowly rising temperature is tin
forecast for the city political sltua
tlon.
Meet a man with a smile on hit
face and you'll know he's a plnmboi
or a coal man.
llntto might have picked out i
colder night for that lire but not
more than one.
The days are getting so long yov
can eat supper without a"light ll
you eat early enough.
Looks like those bank robbers art
going to get stuck with the pockel
knife they bought in Norfolk.
The News suggests that the Com
merclal club send a delegation to tlu
weather man to find out what he'i
like to have.
Don't forget that ordinance about
shoveling off the snow within twenty
four hours , you fellows whose sidt >
walks drift up ,
Take notice that there's going to In
some real racing In this circuit bofoie
tlie summer's over. Big purses will
bring the horses.
Queer how these Sioux City police
after having turned the men loose
just awoke to the fact that there
might be grounds for holding those
three fellows In connection with the
Hadar bank robbery.
The weather man is apparently
teaching us an object lesson. Friday
he said : "Cold wave coming. " Sat
urday it got down to K below zero and
some of the skeptics laughed In the
weather man's face.So ho just kept
on shoving the mercury down till it
bumped the 19 below point , near the
bottom of the tube , and until the
skeptics cried "Quit. " But we're all
convinced now that he knew what he
was talking about.
NEBRASKA POLITICS.
Albion Argus : It looks to us- like
a humiliating confession that there
is not brains enough in the whole leg
islature to draft a bank guaranty de
posit bill. After making the campaign
on that issue largely and then come to
the practical business of framing a
bill there Is not a man , or committee
of men , In the whole body that can
frame a bill ! What Is that body of
hired men down there for ? Then they
had to hire a lawyer to do the work
they were expected to do. Why didn't
they , If they had to hire some one , get
a good practical business man like P.
L. Hall ? Why is a lawyer supposed
to know more about such business
than a business man ? Only one con
solation we got out of It and that
that one of our good fellows , Hon. I.
L. Albert , got the $ HOO job ; but this
is small consolation when wo think
how the Republicans will hammer our
brains out in the next campaign.
About Norfolk.
Fremont Tribune : Will F. Muse of
Mason City , la. , was in the city Sun
day , a guest of Frank Hammond. He
had been to Madison to look after a
farm near there. Ho was marooned
at Norfolk by the snow for a couple of
days durlni ; which time he got up a
copy of newspaper with a typewriter
as a diversion and for the amusement
of his fellow storm-bound sufferers , tt
a hotel to the number of about fifty.
It was a "corker" and was ropubllshod
in full by The Norfolk News.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Many a woman who succeeds as a
mother , falls as a wife.
A really busy man hasn't much time
to brag about what ho docs.
A woman wlio marries the second
time should not be married In white.
Eating too much is far more likely
to give you a headache than thinking
too much.
When a man Is good he Is apt to
make a three ring circus of his good
ness.
ness.Wo
Wo have been hearing promises so
long that wo have lost confidence
In them.
About all the praise usually accord
ed the careful man Is that ho Is
flnnlcky.
Another thing which makes a
"kicker" disagreeable , Is that ho is
usually proud of It.
When a man makes a failure of his
life , he Is pretty apt to blame every
one but h'.mself.
Preachers are so popular among
women that It is a wonder they do
not marry Into richer families.
One of the funniest things wo know
about Is the cloak model : A tall
statuesque girl Is selected as a model
to try on cloaks for customers. The
customers are usually thin , or fat anil
dumpy , but when a cloak looks good
on the cloak model they take It.
So far as is known , there Is novel
an epidemic that carries tiff wolves
foxes , English sparrows , or othei
pestn.
You often hear that this Is a free
country , and that a man is at llhcrt }
to express his opinion. It Is not true
A decent , Industrious man Is at
sure to yet along as a loater am !
drunkard is sure to go to the dovll.
A lot of men try to bo fair , but nol
mtuiy Avotilil give themselves the worst
of It In compiling an autobiography.
A fanner looks mighty snporloi
when lie Is using his mule team It
.Iras a crippled automobile Into town
An actor Is like an Indian : Whet
ho wants to marry again , he pays m
attention to the fact that ho Is mar
rled already.
The friends good enough to dofem
you In your absence are rarely so good
that they fail to tell you that yoi
needed defense.
In order to bo considered a martyr
all the modern woman has to do is tt
create the impression that some mai
Is mean to her.
Everyone who leaves Atchlson final
ly comes back though a few wait nn
'II they are dead , and are sent here
to he burled.
"Well , " said a man in a barber shop
Mils morning , looking through bin
nonoy , "If I have a bad nickel , I will
: lay the slot machine. "
The first girl to return from the east
vlth a hat as big as a butter tub , and
i hatpin stuck in it as big as a bread
plate will be It. This Is the latest.
A father judges his son by what he
Mas accomplished In the past ; a moth'
er by what she hopes he will acconv
plish in the future.
Atchlson is an unusual town. There
Is a young man In It who was prom
ising before his marriage , but whose
wife has unmade him.
This "strange Influence" which men
exert over women , In getting their
money from them : Why Is it no hus
band can get it over his wife ?
Eastern men who come west re
mind us of oysters. Every man who
comes from the east claims to be from
New York , and every oyster claims to
be a blue point.
Cupid has a reputation for being in
nocent , but ho is smart enough not
to establish a custom of allowing
lovers to be man and wife on pro
bation.
Wo heard a man say today : "I
have lots of friends. " We'll bo dog-
oned If wo feel that way about it.
How do you fool ?
Most people are always expectinu ;
something Important to happen. As a
reporter , we have noticed that nine
people out of ten , when asked for an
Hem say : "Nothing now , as yet. "
After a man has nibbled , It often
requires a shrewd girl to land him.
The trouble seems to be that the girls
let them nibble too long. They should
bo landed high and dry at the first
bite.
People really care little for political
speeches , but every man In high of
fice thinks he must make them ,
whether lie is an orator or a bore.
There should be a law to the ef
fect that , when a man has more than
one visitor a month at his house , the
police should step in and protect him.
After a woman has had children ,
she begins to greatly admire those
young men and women of whom it is
said "they are nice to their parents. "
In August , when an ice man Is busy
and making money , we wonder if he
has any sympathy with other people
who are experiencing very djill times.
The man engaged in plowing , does
a poor job If ho keeps watching to
see how the man beside him Is doing
his work. And this applies to other
work than plowing.
"What will the legislature do for
us ? " a man asked a Globe reporter
today. "It will 'increase your taxes , "
the reporter replied. And isn't that
the "truth ?
A woman Is always complimented to
lie told she looks like an actress , and
wo can't Imagine why : The average
woman Is milch bettor looking than an
actress.
If a man does any business at all
half of his time town town bo Is In
the same fix as the woman who has
company , a crying baby , and Ironing
to do , and dinner to get.
It often happens that a woman
can't accomplish much at night be
cause of coaxing her children to go
to bed and can't get much done in the
morning because of coaxing thorn to
got up.
There Is considerable co-oporatlvo
housekeeping In Atchlson , on a small
scale. The same families us * ' the same
wash boiler , the same Irons , and the
same scrub brush. One woman owns
them ; the others borrow.
Carlock South Dakotan : The fit-
teen-months'-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
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JOHNNY DUMPER FINDS *
WHAT A REAL BIG CITY IS *
M *
T * V Jk'fJkl- A.-J-ATJLTJtV VJk.fJt.'f JLTAYJ
Chicago , 111. . Feb. 12 To the Editor
of Tlio News : My. Isut this a big
wnrld ! A feller that's never bin
away from home gets to thinking he's
quite a bit and that If his home town
was to blow up It wild cut a big chunk
out of the poppllashiin of the erth.
I nster think Norfolk was a nawfnl
big ( own until I saw Omaha. Then I
got to thinking Omaha was about the
only town on the map for sl/.o and
there's lots of uther people In Omaha
thinks so too , but shaw ! > oti cud put
all Omaha down sum place In Chicago
and a feller from Omaha that thinks
Its quite a place wild lutf to hunt haf
a day to find It.
And Uncle Oscar BOS Now York IK
moro'n twlet as big as Chicago and
that Liinduu is so much bigger yet
that you cud add Chicago to It and > ou
wudent notls the dlffrence except the
smell.
But my goodness , I don't want to
live In onnythlng blggern Chicago. It
makes a feller wunder what'ud bo the
dlffrence If ho wasont living. Looks
like there'll be Just as menny people
left In the wurld. Don't look like they
needed mo here onny moro'n Lake
Mlshegan needs anntber pale of water.
Sometimes I wish I was back In Ne
braska where a feller amounts to a
little sumthlng. Why I saw a man
sensible on the pavement day before
yesterday and noboddy scemd to know
who he was and the poloe-smaii calld
a ambulance and he was loded In and
hurried off to sumwhere and a mlnnlt
alter jou cud be walking along there
and you wudent a knowed einiythlug
had ever happened. You can walk
along tlu ; street and meet just thous
ands of people and never sue a one
that looks onnythlng like ennybody
you ever saw before.
I've bin all turud round in my bed
sins I left Omaha and I don't know as
i can rite jtm much of a letter. Why
the sun oven rizes in the North-west
here. And Lake Mlshegan looks like
a great big hill of water that was
liable to fall on you most eiiny mlnnlt.
They say It Isent one thousandth
big as the osliun. My , the oshun must
look like a whopper.
Uncle Oscar and I tuck the Lost
Angelus Llmmltod to come to Chicago
cage on. Its the finest' train I over
went ennywhore on , Its all Pullmans
and diners and has a observatorry on
the end. Thai's the furst time I ever
road In a Pullman sleeper. When we
got on I wundored how we were going
to go to bed in it. 1 ast Uncle Oscar
and ho sod "wait and see. " There's
an elecktrlck push button In the side
of the seet like they have on the
street cars in Omaha for you to punch
when you wont to get off , but 1 don't
see the use of them. Noboddy wants
to get off a sleeper except when the
trains alreddy stopt.
They was a woman and her too
little girls sat on the sects across the
lie from us and she was the furst one
that got the culored man that makes
the beds to make theirs. While bo
was doing It she ast Uncle Oscar 'f '
she cud leevo her little girls with us
while she went and got her dressing-
sack , and Uncle Oscar ses , "Of coarse ,
Madam ! " The littlest girl cllmed on
his lap and called him Papa and want
ed to look at his watch. Uncle Oscar
Isent much uster babies and It both
ered him a lot , specially when he new
A. .1. Llbolt took a dose of iodlno Mon
day afternoon and for awhile was in a
serious , condition. Dr. Johnson of
Gregory was immediately summoned
and the little fellow is now getting
along as well as connxnected. ! ! ' .
A man who dips into politics oc
casionally may bo compared to a man
who engages in a poker game occas-
slonally ; ho Is liable to run Into a pro
fessional , and bo worsted. The safe
rule is to keep out of politics and
poker.
Valentino Republican : High Pipe ,
Hollow Horn , Hear and Eagle Horse ,
the Indian delegation that went to
Washington , D. C. , some time ago to
ECO the "great father , " returned Fri
day night of last week. They con
tinued from hero on their way to Rose
bud agency.
Winslde Tribune : Miss Sadie Dar
nell came homo from her school over
in Pierce county on account of the
people whore she boarded having
smallpox. In a few days she became
ill and the illness developed Into a
genuine case of the contagions dis
ease. The family are now quaran
tined.
State Senator .1. D. Hatfield of Ante
lope county , was one of the 109 men
who planned and dug a tunnel- from
LIbby prison to the open air of free
dom and ho was one of the few who
made their way to the union lines.
Captain Hatflold was Introduced by
President Lincoln to both houses of
congress. These facts came to light
In Lincoln following the centennial
exercises In the state sonato.
When a man comes home at night ,
his wlfo pours forth a recital In a mill
stream of all that has happened all
day. Then she gets a hook , puts on
her bait , and begins to fish to find out
what Ho has done all day , and she
Never Catches a Thing. Then she
goes off to bed mad because she told
so much.
Because people Insist on "taking
something" every time anything Is
the matter with them , is one reason so
much Is the matter with thorn. "Take
something" before there Is anything
the matter with you , something that
won't hurt your stomach , or need to
there was too yiing ladles In nnutlior
seet a watching him and giggling.
The culored man that runs the ear
fnrst tin-It the cushions and laid them
across where the soots had bin and
then 1 saw where the bed was going to
bo. Then he unliookt a shelf above 't '
and let It down and there wits aunt her
place for n bed just as big as the
lower one. On the shelf was a lot < > f
inattroHses and pillows and blankets
and ho bret mini clean slips and sheds
and made It look just IIUo a reel bed
and then ho made the upper one the
same way , and I was wundorlng where
Uncle Oscar and mo wild haf to go
while the woman and little girls uas
going to bed , but ho llxt that up all
rite by hanging a ciipplo of bevy cur
tains which buttoned down tbu middle
like Uncle Oscar's ovorcoto.
Just then the woman got back with
her hair all down and her droKslng-
sack and slippers on and she dldcnt
hardly look like the same woman. I'll
botcher if sum ynng fellers that's M >
awfully stuck on a girl cud see her In
a dressing-sack with her hair down
so's yon cud see where the rat had
bin they wudonl feel so stuck.
She ses to the little girl on Uncle
Oscar's lap , "Come , darling ; oo wanty
go to bodily on toot-toot ? "
The kid put her arms haf way round
Uncle Oscar's neck and sos "No-o o
Mama , mo alnt sleepy , stay 'Ith Pupa ! "
Uncle Oscar tnrnd roddorn a fox ,
and the woman ses , "Why Tootsoy , ho
Lsent your Papa ! "
"Yolh ho Ith ! " the little girl anserd
and she put her hand on Uiiolo Oscar's
bauld bed and patted II and sos "My
Papa ! "
Sum travelling men down the llo
busted out lallng and Uncle Oscar
cudent stand It onny longer. Ho tuck
the girl's hands loose from him ,
handed her to her mama and got up
and went to the smoking-room ami a.s
he went down the lie the baby kept
saying "Papa , Papa ! " and everyboddy
in the car that wasont alreaddy to
bed was Idling except Uncle Oscar.
While we was having our beds made
I went out to the smoking room and
herd Uncle Oscar telling a cnpplo of
nlher men about wlmmen nowadays
that had babies making ovoryboddy
In the car Into miss-maids and that
lusted of leglslachures passing laws
for wimmeii sufferage they ought to
pass a law that If a woman takes a
baby on a lialn she's got to take care
of It herself. One of the men Hint
lookt like a traveling man sed thai if
wlmmen were ackorded sufferage and
\
got their rites there wndent be onny
more babies to take on trains.
I slept upstares 'eause I thot it wud
bo fun and I cud get up there easlor'n
Unele cud , but I thot I never wud go
to sleep. Kept a thinking of what wud
hecuui of me if a big wind shud strike
us like struck UH too weeks ago and
shud turn the car up-side down.
I nurd sum men talking before wo
went to bed about a feller back east
that had invented a dubble-dockd
sleeper that's to bo just twice as hlfl
as those nowadays. Bet you don't
catch Johnny riding in that kind of a
car In this windy country.
Wo got to Chicago all rlto and I'll
toll you more about it when I find out
more nearer where I'm at.
Yours ,
Johnny Dumper.
be enclosed In a cap&ulo ; tago care
\oursolf. . .
There should be and Old Men's as
sociation. The old men who would
enjoy getting together , and talking
about old tl nes , have as few oppor
tunities for such occasions as if they
wore babies. They are usually loft to
"mind the house" at night while tar-
rest of the family go gadding.
An Atchison man wno lias been
looking lor a job many years , without
success , being chased out of his old
loafing place , "took up" at another
place , whereupon the proprietor gave
him both barrels , and ho is now lookIng -
Ing for another. ( Chart. It Is pretty
bad to got shot with ono barrel , of a
shot gun ; It Is worse to got'both
barrels. )
Nine out of ton men who carry
around a subscription paper , can glvo
no good excuse for bothering people.
Nine out of ten dollars raised by sub
scription papers are wasted. Nothing
that is supported by whining , IB nec
essary. As soon as an Institution be
gins to beg in order to exist , it ought
to bo put out of existence. The people
ple are bothered too much unneces-
There has boon so much printed in
the nowspapois about the mover who
painted , "In God we trusted , In Okla
homa we busted. " on his wagon cover.
that nearly every mover who passes
through Atchlson has a Joke painted
on his wagon. If the passion for hu
mor keeps growing , Americans. In
stead of saying wise or pious things
when they die , win finally crack jokes
on their death bods.
Rushvlllo , In Sheridan county on the
Northwestern , suffered a serious flic
on the night of February 11. Details
of the disaster were delayed by th
btorm. Five stores were burned up
and there was no Insurance on any of
the buildings. J. w. Grubb , furniture
and undertaking , was burned out , but
had Insurance on his stock. .1. G. Arm
strong , general merchant , had partial
Insurance on his stock , which was tie-
stroyed Donald Brown lost his en
tire stock of general merchandise and
had no Insurance whatever. The total
amount of loss or the cause of the
flro has not boon learned.