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THE NOW FOLK WKKKLY.NI3VVa.1.JOU.UNAL..KJU.i.-AY KKHLUAUY 2(5 ( 1909 T - The Norfolk Weekly ' News-Journal " TlufNowH , I-lHtnbllHhod 7881. 1877 , Tim Journal. Established THE HUsk PUDLJSJHINO CPMPANY. Vv. . " ! > N. A. HUHW , . President. Secretary. Kve'iFriday. . By mull per year. $1.50. Entered ut th pnstolllco ut Norfolk , Noll. , UK HOCOnd cIllHH matter. _ Tele-phonos : E'dTToHul TJoparliuoiil No. 21 ! . HllHllK'HH OIIICO 1111(1 ( .lull IIOOIIIB No. II 22. _ sate-1- Jupiter's recently discovered taken at the lllc him had UK picture Gre'onwloh ohHi'i'vatory. It WIIH not HtatiMl whether It looked like Jupiter or Homo otlior relative. Now wo know how Japan tools. With Cuha planning to oust foreign property owners , wo ge > t the same HOit of tingle that iiiiiHt have gene thioiigh road cablegrams .lupnnoHo vulns when they grams announcing contemplated action in American discriminating against them. being written In The latuHt policy England In Insurance ) ugulnst Insanity , In London organization which a now undertakes to cover. Insanity Is In creasing at Hiich a rapid rate In the British Isles that there seems to he a Kront opening for the now company to < lo a large business. llendorHon Croinonus , known to be the oldest man In the United States , died recently at the ago of lir > years. Ills father and mother are Bald to have boon the llrst conle | ) married west of the Ulno Ultimo mountains In Virginia. His mother lived to ho 120 , and his wife 101. Surely such a record well for the of longevity as this speaks locality. Those who reckon when estimating strength that In case of war with Japan that Great Britain would side with the Japanese because of an al liance between England and Japan would bo disappointed. The Anglo- Japanese alliance Instead of adding to the complications to our difficulties Is excellent guarantee of rather a most peace for they must listen to the ad vice of their ally. The money market of London would not bo open to them ns in the Russian complication , and whatever ground of neutrality the Brit ish government might choose to stand on , the Drills.i colonies of Canada and Australia would array themselves with the United States. That husbands and fathers have just been restored to eighty-four wives and 1119 children at the homes of the sea men and stokers of the sunken steam- whip "Republic , " in Liverpool , has just been reported at the headquarters of the Am T'-Jiin Seamen's Friend society in New Vork. Tills census of the home folks who so narrowly escaped be coming widowed and fatherless was taken when over 100 of these ship wrecked seafarers Hocked from the "Baltic" to the new Seamen's institute hero sick , half naked , penniless and barefooted. Only by quick application of an emergency fund of some $1,1100 wore they able to send them on their home voyage , clothed and shod , the officers of the society declare. DROP. OV STEEL PRICES. The drop of prices In steel with cor responding reduction of wages , as an nounced by the United States steel corporation , seems to point to the existence even at this late date of busi ness depression in the east. People living lu Nebraska and South Dakota know nothing of the depression that the east has undergone. Agriculture , after all , has proven , in this case UB many times before , to bo the back bone of genuine prosperity , and It has been brought out that the agricultural region , with good crops , need have no worries as to the future. Never were prices better than now , never were crops bettor than they have been , dur ing the past two or three years , in northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. And prosperity Is still on tap. ABOUT THE DYKE. With an unusually largo amount of snow packed in the country above Norfolk , it is not at all unnatural that this city at tills time should view seriously the forthcoming possibilities of high water. At this moment , with prospects of unusually high water , the city coun cil should by all means make pro vision for keeping the dyke to the north of town , In ship-shape. Some officer in the employ of the city , the chief of police , for Instance , should be given the responsibility of seeing that the dyke is kept In order. A break in the dyke would mean loss of many thousands of dollars to Norfolk business men. The News has repeatedly called attention to this matter before. There Is no longer time for dolay.Vo are right up to the spring Hood tlmo and the business heart of the city should bo given every possible protection. It should bo somebody's business to sco that the dyke Is at nil times capable of doing Its work In holding back the wall of water. FEWER AND BETTER LAWS. Laws passed by the British parlia ment , years 100G and 1907 114. Laws passed by the congress and Btnto legislatures of the United States , 190G and 1907 25,000. These figures were given at a re cent dinner in New York. The speaker reminded the diners that the British parliament IH not only "vested with legally omnipotent power to govern the vast dontlnlvH of the British em pire , " hut legislates ns well for the local government In affairs which the congress of the United States can not manage for the states , and In many cane's affairs which not oven the state legislatures would think of handling for counties or cities. Vet I-I ] laws sufficed to govern the empire. The point which It was desired to miike was that In the United States ( hero IH vastly more lawnmklng than Is needed. To begin with. It was said , no legislature can enact so many bills and give adequate attention to each. "I state , " said one speaker , "a fact Hint no candid man would deny that the laws of this country today are many of them absolutely Impossible of enforcement. The enforcement of others would result In widespread dis aster to ( lie entire people ; and others , while theoretically the will of the people ple , have long since been repudiated by an enlightened public sentiment. " It was recalled that President Roosevelt velt , referring to the Inter-state com merce report of 1908 and to the Sher man anti-trust law , said In substance that the law as construed by the supreme premo court Is such that the business of the country can not ho conducted without violating it. The plea was for more care In the enactment of laws which may Interfere - fore with natural and beneficial ten dencies of business. TAFT ON NEGRO QUESTION. President Elect Tuft is not going U stir up the negro problem by appoint ing any negroes to federal ofllce In states where sueh appointments would prove objectionable to the white citi zens. When ho was in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday , Mr. Taft showed the draft on his inaugural address - dross to several friends , some of whom had opportunity to read or hoar it all. It Is understood that ho read or showed It to President Roosevelt. It has been learned that among the several subjects discussed In the draft of the address as It stood on Wednes day was this question of the appoint ment of negroes to federal offices. As It stood then , the draft contained a strong and clear assertion of Mr. Tnft's views. It discussed the condi tion of the negroes generally , and re ferred to the great advance made by the race , especially since the emanci pation of the slaves , "it went on to discuss the possibilities of further de velopment and finally came squarely to the question of appointment to office. On this point It said that where ne groes had jlcmonstrated their fitness to share In the responsibilities of gov ernment and their personal qualifica tions for ofllce , and where their selec tion would not create feeling in the community in which they reside , they were entitled to take their share In the administration of the public busi ness. But where their appointment would tend to create a feeling in the community in which they live such se lections should not bo made , and he would not make them. Some of those wno have seen or hoard this part of the draft of the inaguration address regard It as an explicit announcement that Mr. Taft will not make any ap pointment of negroes to office in any of the southern states However , if ho finds any negroes capable of filling ofllces in some of the other states , ho will not hesitate to appoint them. This position Is not in accord with that of President Roosevelt. The Democrats of the senate have just been engaged in a sharp fight tc the confirmation of the prevent reappointment - pointment of W. D. Criun to be col lector of customs at Charleston S. C. Crnm was confirmed on his first appointment , hut only after ti long and desperate fight. When the reappolntment was made , ' the senate Democrats saw an opportunity to gel an expression from Mr. Taft rlgl > ' . at the start of his administration The Democrats were so persistent in their opposition that the mattei was finally withdrawn temporarily by Senator Fryo , chairman of the conv mltteo on commerce , to which the nomination had boon referred. Now it appears that Mr. Taft Is not to be embarrassed by such tactics and aa cording to well defined and seeminglj reliable authority , has wisely deter mined to make a statement of hh position right at the outset / GEORGE WASHINGTON. It is only a few days ago that throughout the length and breadth ol the great republic the one hundredth anniversary of the birthday of Abra ham Lincoln was generally and gen erously observed by a people whn recognized their Indebtedness to his uoblo life and memorable deeds. And now again In the same month of February we find ourselves paying homage to George Washington on the one hundredth and seventy-seventh an niversary of his birth. Washington and Lincoln ! Happy Is that nation which has two such heroes to rovoro. Washington seems more remote and distant from us tjinn Lincoln , not nlono because ho is many years the older but ns well from the quality ol his temperament. He was by nature silent and reserved , while Lincoln was spontaneous and sympathetic to an unwonted degiee. Both wore patriots of the slncerest kind and of the high est order and each demonstrated that pro-eminent statesmanship In his day and goncrajlon which Is the direct manifestation of a large and noble vlf.lon. George Washington was not reared In poverty. Ho * grow to manhood as heir to large plantations and was called Into public life because of his known qualities of leadership which had boon proven In campaigns against the In dian.- ) and In the making of surveys over largo tiacts of new country to I ho wi'st. llu had n burning love of llbeiiy and when summoned to take command of the Continental army he piomptly accepted the position , it wns no easy task to organize and guide the men of the colonies against tlv power and the skill of the British em pire. The story of those seven long years of conlllct between the Impover ished and disheartened men of the revolution and the very ( lower of the British army , well drilled , well fed and well clothed , Is a remarkable one. But the victory Is not always to the strong nor the battle to the swift. Napoleon said that "God was on the side of the heaviest battalions. " But Washington disproved It and Yorktown - town saw Cornwallls surrender to an army which had boon strong only In its masterful retreats under Its great leader. It was to Washington above all others that tills victory was duo. At no time did his faith In the righteous ness of his cause fall him nor did he waver as others did in conlldcnce of ultimate victory. But Washington's greatness of character does not rest upon his mili tary record , creditable as that was. After the revolution was over and ho had voluntarily retired to private life he began at once to argue In favor of a union of the states. No other man in the colonies had such a trmendons personal following. His soldiers fairly worshiped him while the people lls- tended to him as to no one else. It was the distinguishing feature of liis career that at no time when other men were exalting their petty state or section , George Washington , the Vir ginia gentleman , wns carrying on a very large correspondence urging the necessity of a more perfect bond of union among the state. The United States of America owes its birth as a nation more definitely to Washington than to any other man of his times. He was the lirst American. Tills great nation of eighty millions of people is the realized dream of its promoter , George Washington. As the ilrst president of the new nation ho guided the ship of state with great wisdom and caution out from the troubled waters where the rocks of jealousy , norrownoss , and local sel fishness threatened to dash it to pieces out Into the open sea of peace and safety and prosperity. As President McKinley said in a speech delivered at Philadelphia In 1897 , "the nation and the name of Washington are inseparable. One Is linked indlssolnbly with the other. Botli are glorlo".s and triumphant. Washington loves and will live be cause what he did was for the exalta tion of man , the enthronement of con science and the establishment of. a government which recognizes all the governed. And so , too , will the na tion live victorious over all obstacles adhering to the Immortal principles which Washington taught and Lincoln sustained. " AROUND TOWN. Well , what arc you going to give up ? Regardless of market prices , the Norfolk pork case Is going higher. This is the day the confirmed candy fiends swear off on coffee for forty days. A man ought to bo wob-footed to successfully navigate In Norfolk just now. Why doesn't somebody start a move ment for public ownership of the weather bureau ? One Norfolk 'washwoman complains because the boys in a certain family change 'their ' underclothes ( twice n week. It's mightj unfortunate nobody ever sot a trap for that infernally scared little beast of a groundhog. "Yon women talk so much about everybody else that I'm afraid to go homo for fear of the things you'll sny about me , " said a.woman visiting In Norfolk the other day. Federlco Carasn , a singer In Paris , Is said to bo counted as the real rival of Caruso. We'll hnvo to speed up the talking machine to got our money's worth out of those Caruso records be fore Cnrasn puts Caruso In the shado. At all events this Yankton-Norfolk elope gives the news columns n Juicy story every day. "I always look at the Yankton road story first , " said a Nor folk man , "because I know from Its length how much real news there Is 01 tap that day. " "Yankton leaves for Norfolk , " said Sunday headlines. No , it wasn't the - . . . Norfolk and Ynnkton railroad. It was the message boat Ynnkton , of the licet , leaving for Norfolk , Va. Don't ho alarmed If you should moot a 1 Mm ? skeleton or n real giant or n boarded lady or a dwarf on the streets of Norfolk. Don't get frightened if yon come face to face with a lion or an elephant or a monkey. Norfolk's now a circus town , and It's all In the game. OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES. Humphrey has a moving picture show now. Madison defeated West Point at basKctball Friday night -15 to It. Tuesday the cltl/ons of Elgin vote on the question of waterworks bonds. The Nellgh council has adopted a resolution enlarging the limits of the city. Mrs. J. B. Donovan of Madison Is quite 111 and may have to undergo an other operation. Peter F. Simons has boon appointed postmaster at Sparks In Cherry coun ty , vice S. Hally , removed. I The taking of testimony in the famous Sully land case of the Rosebud has been virtually completed. A company may lie organized In Madison for the purpose e > f manufac turing the Glllesple "Good Road" grader. Wayne Democrat : PaderweskI had to quit playing the piano on account of a split linger nnll. The crack on his head never bothered any. Patrick Coleman of Wayne , ' seventy- seven years old , fell em an icy side walk one morning this we'ok , and broke his right log near the hip Joint. Sihnnol McElhoes , a former Madi son boy who is now practicing law at Lawton , Okla. , will probably he nom inated for mayor of that town this spring. Osmond had a dog fight In which one of the animals was killed and the Osmond Republican wants the state law on the subject enforced. Howard Kurtz lost an eye while doing some carpenter work at the Northwestern ice house at Long Pino. A spike , which he was driving , How up and struck him In the eye. Anoka will probably celebrate the Fourth of July with a chautanqua pro gram Sunday , followed by the usual demonstration on Monday. The Fourth this year falls on Sunday. The Burton Independent nominated Mrs. W. Wiley for the Burton post- mastership. Mrs. Wiley is said to be anxious to come to Burton and erect a cement building for a largo store. Butte Gazette : Pete Horst is cir culating a petition today which is be ing universally signed , calling a spe cial election to vote on bonding the town for $7,000 for city water works , Dallas last week voted to incor porate as a third class city by a vote of I'll to , ' ' , . The present village of ficers will probably hold office until the regular election on the third Tues day of April. Stanton Register : Dr. Wilson , mem ber of the state board of health , was hero Monday looking up the condi tions regarding diphtheria. Ho found all the suspected cases well quaran tined and expressed the opinion that the disease was well under control. In chocking the spread of the recent lire at Butte , snow rather than watei being used , the shovel brigade taking the place of the old time bucket brigade. Snow was thrown on the roofs to prevent damage from live coals which were falling. Wayne Democrat : Art Clinpin oJ Wlnslde holds a unique distinction among other men at the present time , having been at the theater in Wash ington the night that Lincoln was as sassinated and witnessing the fatal shot. Mr. Chapln gives a graphic ac count of the terrible incident. Atkinson Graphic : The equity of former treasurer , D. .1. Cronin , In his ranch property north of O'Neill , was offered by Sheriff Hall at public sale , last Monday. T. J. Wllburn offered $17,000 for a clear title , but as this could not be given nt that time the sale wns postponed to a future date. The laying of the corner stone of the new Wayne high school , having boon called off on account of storm troubles preventing the Masonic grand lodge officers from getting to Wayne , It Is now stated that the corner stone ceremonies will probably bo given up ns the recent attempt was the second effort. Butte Gazette : One Boyd county official will not put his lighted pipe Into his hip pocket again. The ladt tlmo ho did It there was n conllagra- tlon , and a pocketbook , a llvo dollar bill and n pair of pants were a hope less ruin , with only the money saved , Uy quick work no personal damage was sustained. Atkinson Graphic : Miss Rosa Huds- peth , the talented former editress of the Stuart Ledger and also the Atkin son Ledger , made this office a friendly call while In Atkinson Wed nesday. Wo were not in the office at the tlmo to greet the distinguished lady , but she Informed the office force that she wns living the emlet life on her ranch holdings in the northern port of the county. She expects to re main there during the coming sum mer overseeing her ranch Interest and writing a few special articles for east prn pcrlocllcnlH and will make her win ter residence In some railroad town. Atkinson preferred. She returned to Newport on the afternoon passenger. Valentino Republican : Much news paper notoriety Is at present being given to the fact that the government will soil at public sale about 50.000 acres of land In Gregory county at $1 per acre or more , If it sells at all. The Valentine land office during the last year sold U2,000 acres at $1.2fi per- acre or more , and no fuss made about It , either. Alnsworth Democrat : As an In ducement .to the commissioner of In dian affairs at Washington to make Crooksloii the distributing point for Indian supplies destined for the Rose bud money , the citizens of that town raised $2,100 and' used It to buy the millding and fixtures of the only sa loon there' , giving the proprietor until March Ifi to dispose e > f his stock. The citizens further pledged themselves to keep saloons out If the Indian freight depot bo located thero. Wlnslde Tribune : One or the lady passengers who was stranded In Win- side last week em account'of the blockade , was without money and her home was In some point In South Da kota. It was soon learned that she was a member of the Rebekah order and em account of this her embarrass ment was soon relieved and enough money provldoel for her to continue on her journey as soon as the Ilrst train went thremgh. Wlm will dispute that it Is not geiod to belong to a lodge of some kind ? Hoskiim Headlight : A wolf hunt , at which a real wolf was killed , was pccompllshod Tuesday. Gust Hoffman being I lie man who Hreel the fatal shot. The trophy was put up at auction and bought by Fred Xlemcr for $ : : .75. The lay was a good one for the sport , al though the drifts made walking rather hard. Several wolves were seen in side the lines but escaped where the lines wore thin. Contrary to the usual rnlo at wolf limits there was only one jack rabbit at the roundup and ho escaped with , only a had fright. Nelson Mcrchon of Moomaw in Box Butte county tolls of Antelope along the Niobrnrn in the following letter : "While rounding up some drifted stock Sunday , February 7 , over on the Niobrnrn , I ran on to three bunches of antelope , the biggest one containing thirty-throe head , and 'the other two anywhere from a dozen and a half te > two dozen. There lias boon more antelope soon in this section of the state tliis winter than for twenty years past. They have been driven in here by the heavy snenvs in the mountains. Down on Long lake , a week ago , a rancher killed a white- tall ( leer weighing ISO pounds , with a double barreled shotgun , with No. 5 shot. Ho was after geese and did not know it was unlawful to kill deer. " Clearwater Record : Willie Hender son , who Is working for Grover Mabon at Dololt , started last Saturday morn ing with a team and wagon to Ewing after a load of coal. He started home in the afternoon , but It was stormy and the roads drifted and he got lester or darkness overtook him. He found n hay stack , put the team on the wind side and lie dug into the stack and stayed there until Monday morning. Then ho came out and drove to town and didn't know ho was froze until Roy Butler told him and called a doc tor. Then they discovered that both of Ills foot wore badly frozen. Dr. Hall was called to Ewing Wednesday , in consultation with Dr. Briggs , and reported upon his return that both feet up to the higher part of the instep had turned black , but they thought It advisable to let it go a day or two and see if they couldn't save some part of the feet. It is thought now that he will lose both feet. Cleanvater Record : A. O. Wnddoll , who is putting Improvements'on n farm north of Neligh will have occas ion to remember this February bliz zard. With his wife ho was staying in a shack of a house on this farm on that memorable night trying to keep warm when about 12 o'clock the roof of the house blow off. They stuck it out until daylight , then they got out their team and had it almost hitched up when It got nwny from them and ran off. They then started on foot to got to the nearest neighbor , but lost their way and wont with the storm. After going about two miles his wife played out and Mr. Waddell carried her on his back a half a milo , led by a dog that came to them. When ho got to the house he was about exhausted and couldn't sco at any time a rod ahead on account of the line drifting snow. When they came to get thawed out they found one of Mrs. Wnddoll's hands badly frozen , also her legs so that pieces of llesh slipped off. They took her to Dr. Mlntou nt Oakdnle and at this writing he hasn't decided whether her hand will have te > be am putated or not. About Norfolk. Omaha Trade Review : P. M. Bar rett , secretary of the Norfolk Driving club , 1ms boon elected n director of the Commercial club of Norfolk , Nob. Mr. Barrott Is a hustler , and ho will help make things hum In his homo town. Wayne Democrat : Commenting on the subject of peacocks for the benefit of Banker Wnlllo Tucker of Wlnsldo , whom the Tribune states Is making most strenuous olforts to obtain pea cocks for the park , The Norfolk News says that a gentleman of that city kept some of these birds In his garden and that the Nebraska climate was favorable , apparently , for their cul ture. The Democrat would Imagine MONEY TALKS IN CITIES I JOHNNY DUMPER DISCOVERS. | 9 Chle-age ) , III. , Feb. 111.Te > the editor of The Ne > ws : Dei yeni know what rmllmeMici' me'ans ? Wlsht I new Just eggsncktly. My teacher told me yes terday that I mite eif mastered the rndlinence of drawing before mining to Chicago. She sod It was like waist- Ing money to cum to Chicago to learn sumthlng I cud'vo learnt In high school. Do the-y teach rudlinonco of drawing at the Norfolk high ? I teild her 1 dldent care for money , that I ownd a Nebraska farm that was getting ? SOU vnlnhlor every your. ( Yeni know city people' think lots more eif yeni If they think yeiu'vo ge > t money. ) I told her Uncle Oscar had so much money he dldont kneiw what to do with It nil and he was thinking of buying a house on Lake Shore Drive next to Ogden Armurs and get ting married. She ast me how old Uncle Oscar was and If he'd over bin married , and I sod not that I knowd of. I saw she was Interested and that I'd have smoother sleddln' with my riidlmence if I kep on the good side of her , so I sod I'd bring Uncle Oscar ill ) to school to see how wo did It at a illustrating school and I'd Interdnco her to him. She seomd tickled and I ast her If she'd ever bin married and shev sod "no" with a far away look In her oycu toward LakeShore Drive. She sod she'd follcred the bock of the muses and Intel bin several yeais in Paris but linaiicliil rove-roes had cum te > her and she had had to go tc teaching. I nst her if the muses llvel in Pnrln and If they was enny rohishun to hc-r and she laft like every thing and sod "yon silly boy ! " But she's bin awful goexl to me slur i teild her about Uncle Oscar and Ills money and I've learnt more nboni drawing sins yesterday then I learnt all the time before. She's a awful nice looking womnu and looks almost like them faslui.i plcktnros In Harper's bazar that's drawee ! by Ethel Rose , Paris. She looks all elruwel up around the waist and yips and when she sits down she- sits on the odg of the chair like as if she was afrndo sumthlng wild bust if she set clear clown. But my , she can draw ! There's sev- orl of her picktnros on the walls hoiu at school. The hod man of the school sod they were for ns to oniyoulnto. 1 thot emyonlate mite bo the latin for coppy , but my , if they intend me to emyonhite such pielunros very soon they'll get left. Why sum of them picktnros arc almost as good asi fotygrnf and In one cow-soon where ihe lead cow lias a bell on , you can aektually beer that boll ring if you look long eniif. And there's a pick- tnro of a , dog that's so life'-liko that when one woman bret in her pet bull dog for a visit , the dog growlel and showcl his toctli at thepickturo dog. I've learnt just a lot about drawing that I never new before and my pen- drawing teacher ses there's quite a nit more for me to learn yet. You've got to draw the four-ground before yon draw the back-ground or if you elont the back-ground will bo In frnnt of the four-ground. Isnt that funny ? A person that's never bin to Chicago wud think that you ought to draw the back-ground furst for a kind of a founclashnn , but It aint that way. If you draw a man setting em a chair you'r "nachurally think you'd hnf to make the chair furst so the man wud have snmthing to set on when you make him , but it aint that way. You draw the man furst and then put the ' hnir under him and then draw the' ' lloor under the chair. When I furut btaited pen-drawing the teacher , who is a cheap cartoon- that Norfolk would be an Ideal spot for peacocks ; plenty of sand , if though perhaps too many shooting Irons. The only peacock the Democrat over saw In Wayne county was on John Owen's farm , west of town. Oscar Edwards was foreman there nt the tlmo and toe > k care of the bird , Mr. Owen being away railroading. Perhaps if Mr. | Tucker will write Mr. Edwards at Ash- ton , Idaho , he may get some valuable Information of the risks run in hand ling these very rare birds. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Every amateur performer goes load ed for an encore. Ono way to hnvo plenty of friends Is never to need them. There are lots of people who would sooner have burglars than company. If you will keep quiet yourself , you can profit by other people talking too much. A man who places a great deal of confidence In an excuse Is sure to make a failure In life. The proudest man wo over know had nothing to bo proud of hut his whisk ers , and they were rod. If a man spent 7ft cents on his wife's kin , and doesn't like them , how the sum grows In his talk about It. The man who Is always trying to "find out" something about others , learns so much that Isn't true. A stingy man should bo grateful other people are not as stingy as ho Is ; otherwise he couldn't do so well. One good thing about living In a little town : When the honrso goes along the street everybody know who is In the coffin. A man is always willing to refer to the temptations ho resisted , hut gets * * * * * * * * * * * * 1st on sum paper hero , ast me where i I'd tended school onnyhow. 1 sod I'd Htuddlod short-hand and , typewritten ; at a Omaha business col- , li'go and I cud rlto "Now Is the llmo I for all good men to cum to the aid of < bill tuft" at the rate of 100 words u ' mlnnlt If I dldent hnf to stop to put capital letters on BUI Taft , or 1 cud i make ! M words a mlnnlt nnd put In nil caps. , | lie ast mo why I glv up typewritten fe > r drawing and I sod It was becnus I got so 1 cud rile so much fuster'n , I cud upell. He went on about the I room saying sumtliltig under his inns- * ( ash about the lnnddy < | iiasy of the Amercaii publlck schoeil slstem as a | > - ' plldo to spelling. I'll bet It'll be * a long ( line before I ever got enny money for drawing. l There's a little feller lure , a rollashun I of the hod man that's bin drawing I over sins ho was a kid and Its only J one1 ! In a while that ho over gets ennythlng Into the papers. He got | it little funny plckture Into the Chicago - ! cage Dally News a few days ago that j he had bin wurklng on for too weeks I and had drawd It sixteen time's to got it rite and when he did got It in ho only got a dollar and u quarter for it. We had a lockture the uther morn ing about "There's always room at the top" and I've resolve ! that's the only place I'm going to stop nt. Hosed sod the lower rungs of the ladder of art as well as all utlier ladders was se > e-rotidod with nsplrunts Mint the I outlook mcMiny times loekt hopeless , J but that the1 hler one got the loss coin- , petlshun one found until when the | top e > f the1 ladder was roochetl yeii ) "fd count all that was there on your tin- I gers. Ho sod sum of the higher pndu , cnrtoonliits like llome Davvonport get ) fame more for tliolr Ideas than for their drawing , and that if we wcnt- od to bo successful we'd liaf to get t sum Ideas into our beds. I'll bet ii * J that's what counts I've got as gooil u show as sum of the best drawers in i school , for there's sum folk"1hrro ! that don't seem to know twict about , ennythlng but just coppylng. ' I ast snmhoddy who the locktnror ' was and they sod he was a artist that I had failc'd In business and cuditt make i a living and so he had wont to leek- i tiiring on art and was making qulto a success. ' A rent we bin having a nawful spell ' of wether ? Lots of fellers and girls ( here froze their ears and toes , you > luiow it aint fashunablo to keep warm in Chicago , and hardly ennybody that thinks they're much Over wares over- slmos or e > nr-mufs. The feller that sits next to me ses V wo wont got emr luundory dun for a while * cans most of the Chinks was blowel full of snow and what wasent lias gone on a strike till the plum- moi's got the pipe's thawd out so they can hit them. As one Chink sod , "No wurky , no bitty ele pipoy ! " There's a plummer's boy here that sos "its a nil ! wind that blows no- boelcly no good. " Ho ses his dad's made over ninety dollars already tills week. Gee ! Aint that a making money ? I ast him why he wnsent fol- loring his dad's footsteps and lorning plumming , uneT lie sod ho had intended to but his Sabbcth school teacher had ' told him that "Illgotton galnes profllt noboddy , " and "n door conshnns is / botter'n grate riches. " Ho scd he'd * like the money part of it all rite but i he was too conslionshiis to bo a sue- cosfnl plnmmor so lie was golnc , to < learn art and go over to Yourlp aim J coppy sum ef the grate master pieces ' and hurry them sumwhoro for a week or too and then dig t ! cm up and soli them to rich Americans for orhlgluals and make all kinds of money. Aiiit this a queer wurlel ? Yours , Johnny Dumper. mad If ho Is reminded of the tempta tions to which lie succumbed. Don't cram your opinions down the throats of other people some ( of the opinions which seem important to you arc very objectionable to others. Listen to n bunch of women five minutes and you will hoar one of them say that she never cooks what she likes to eat if her husband doesn't like It. A young man threatened with good looks , thinks he is mighty sweet , but a good looking widower Is worse than a young man , and a good looking married man is worse than a widower. There is a rich sound to the word "banquet , " suggesting terrapin , quail , venison , champagne , sparkling wit , and that sort of thing. But It really means cold ham , Ice water , and dull speeches. Wo all wink at certain forms of dis honesty. A professional trades a horse to n town man who knows lit tle about horses , and "gets the best of him. " Wo all laugh nt the town man , yet the transaction wns plain robbery. Every hotel has a bridal chamber tnat Is more elaborately furnished than any oilier room in the house. As If such people at such n time think of furniture ! Those handsome rooms should bo given to the old married people , who need something pleasing to take tliolr minds off their troubles. Some day a smart man will make a reputation by writing the Story of an Ornery Man ; the man who wouldn't amount to any thing If ho had every advantage lu the world. Some men are determined to bo worthless , noth ing will rescue thorn. And nil such men are Big Feeling ; they think they are as good \n anybody.