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THE NORFOLK WEIL'KL-Y NEW-JOUirNAL'KWUAY APRIL 1909 The Norfolk Wwkly News-Journa The Journal , HajtabllHliod 1877 ' THE MUBE PUnUie'mNO COMPANY W. N HIIHO , N.T HIIBO , Kvury Friday. lly mull l > ur year , tl.fii ) Kill ui ml nl llio noHlolllru at Norfolk Null. ) uu Borond CIIIUH mutton " Ti/lnpfioinm : niliroiliir WiwrTTnoiil NO , 't'i. HllHlllUHH OIIJCO Hill ) JOl ) liOOIIIti No , II 23. ' " Tiu | MliUMWpolls .loiiriuil iluIliiuH ii liurltut HIII ! IIH u pliicu where you liny HoinolhlMB you ilnii'l ' uxpiwt ( o iit from n mini who doumi't ' liuvu | i to null Tlui iimvuul ilruHHcjH nro nld lone no loss Iliiin fiflO buttons on Ilium , This IH , awful , Tlio dovotud hnahiim ! rnnnot hopu to liiiar oyon tliu boncilU. ' linn to tlio Mister ncirvldo , Til ( I ( ) | | ) | | ( 1HIH lOUt ltd HlllIK Tim wall of < llBn | > i > olnlmont at tlio In popularity of Mayor Hturcooi of ) IH | miccuBHful ailinlnlatra ( Inn for tlio pnul your points to lilt triumphant ru-ulootlon , Thnro aru many linngurH-nn at Washington who liavu miiilii the hu < iiiUlallni : illm'ovory that tlio main Jhl'iK ' In politics Isn't ' what tliu puoplu nay to you or what people nromlau you , Wlmt counts IH wlmt you gut , lOilwnrd 1'nynon WOHOII ( , tlio voturnn jiodOHlrlnn who lu walldm ; from Now York to tlio const , lu mnrkodly lower- IIIK tlio rocoid mailu ever tlm uamo rnui-Hii fcuty yuarH ago , Must ho they Improyud tlm'roads tlio last half con- Inry , Tlio OuKiiunholm-MorBan liitoroHtn uxpunt to oxpimd f 10,1100,000 , in do- voloplnjj Hio coal Holds of AliiHliii ilnr- tin ; 11)0 ) novt throu yearn , Anthracite coal luulu with an nrun oo.mil to tliu Htalo of Maryland have boon illBonvur * ( id IIHvull IIH Jnv u buda of line bloinn coal , A Now YovU mirKonti IB experiment ing with bin vlioniiiulln patlontu by tllO Oft'OClt Of llOQ HtlllKH , HO "I luipo to try It on mime Hlxty or Hoyunty pntloitn | before coming to any doflnltu couolUHlon hut IIH fur aa I have 150110 I "I" well untlallod with ( ho experiment , " llo falls to Inform IIH how the imtloutH who liuvo lioou filling rosnrd ! > | H uxnoilmontH , Tliu world IH JiiHt discovering that It IH not thu honvy Htlff wonvoa of iiloth that are the warn\o8t \ , The lonaur , lighter \v > avun are not only \vnrmur than tlio meltona and korsoya , Imt they allow much moru frodonof \ notion which , of ItHolf , produce * heat , It IH also hold by good authority that light eolora are wnnuor than darU ones , This la In oxaot contradict Ion Jo the old theory which clothed everyone ono In dark colors Invlntor and \vhlto , ov light coloru In tminmor , With tl\o \ conllrmivtlon by tUo aounto of thu appointment of 12 , 10 , Wagner an United States dlatrlct attorney In Bouth Dakota , a lone drawn out politi cal battlu in South Dakota has como to an owl , U wna n year and a half ago that Senator Oamblo aooured tlio nomination \Vagnor to the position but Senator Klttrodgo Hucceodod In blocking the appointment and Wagner , meanwhile , Una been serving by ye- COSH appointment from tln\o \ to time. With the defeat of KUtrodgo by Craw ford , the two HonutorH are now In harmony , U Unalong been recognized that there la w tremendous powev which haa never been ntllUed ( or running machinery In the tldea , A group ol men boUovo that the)1 have discovered > .ho secret of how to harness the tldea nml uiuUo them do tUelr bidding , They ave planning to dam the ylvera which empt > Into the Hay of l uuly and plnco motors lu the dama In auch u way that the tremendous pressure ot water which rushes lu and out of these streams will oporatu them , U they succeed Ulll be. another Impor tant victory In utUUlng nature's re sources. The British government does not spem\ months hv debating u change of tariff nn.il thereby keep the business of the country h\ suspense and uncer tainty. When a bill Is Introduced lu parliament making changes In the tnrlft rates the bill Is enacted at once and the now rates take effect Imme diately. Uv the Vnlted States there Is always n long period of uncertainty while a tariff bill Is making its slow nm\ \ torturous way through congress. Business Interests have been affected from the time the announcement was detlultely miulo that the turltt law wan to be revised , and they still Uaug In Luther Uurbuuk , the successful , breeder of new plant varieties. , has bcvu permanently endowed or , capi talized by three wealthy men who have organized a stock company tor the purpose of marketing the Uurbauk vroducts. Beius thua relieved , of all worry about financial matters , Mr. Uur- bank can. devote himself with single- ucss of miud to thu prosecution of hla experiments. Tnero is many a wati lu this country who could accom plish , great things nlgng his special Hue If his geulus could bo glveu , full swing uuhauipered by the everpress- lag bread aad butter probleao. it la for rnJolcliiK that Mr. Ilurlmnk'n J { IIIIH | IIKH IKIOII tjtjt frc'9' Thoru IH HoniothliiK ( lalhotlc III OKI Into rccoKiilllon Kninlud moil of Kiuat K < ' | | | IIH , A rocunt tlhiHtnitloii of thin tiirily jimtlRu IH fiiuml hullio action of tlio Ardhltoptiirnl I.OIIKIIO of Now Yoik In KrantliiK n modiil of lioiiof t < ; John LaKargo , for ninny yoarH n i' ) | o hnituil nu.iiil pnliitor. llo ucruptoil It with HOIIIO rollcdiico of tliiuikH IIH tin Hithl In u Hll'lt | ) of ploiiHiuitry that | t nilno too Into to ho of practical lioln to him , Uln woik huliiK iiliiiont ovur , mid mill , "hail It bcim aouoiilnil our llor It would have Hinoothod n very lollHomo road , " Tlio tnino oxpoilniico Illlfl I'DIIKJ to tllO IIIIlllOf tllOHU Wild Inivtt acblovnd Kroat tlihiKH , l'iiu-j ' , POIIIDH too latu to Imlp the ono vlui WlllH It , It lu ropoitud f i oin Cnpotown , Africa , that a lartto company of pron poctoru have Htarlnd out to Hwirch for I ho Hiippimoil hlildon fortune of Lohon- Kiilu , There have boon many mmrchoH made for lilddon troiiHiinm nlnco the duyH of Captain Kldd IIH well IIH before - fore , hut very few over llnd the prl/.o for which they Hook , AH n matt or of Hint , thorn are fortnnuH lilddon ovury- wlioro and they are boliiK found , hut limy were lilddon by nntnro , not by man , There IH Imrlod troamiro on every hand and all that Is nooouHnry to recover II IH to apply human energy to the roHourcoH , Thnro IH a fortune in every mire of land If ono will dig for It , U Isn't nocoHHiiry to try to Hint a minlion uhlp or to locate l.obongnla'H ' gold , Muanwhllo poopli ) who are willing to woik and maimgo will llnd Ki'nator woallh than tlumo HoaruhorH for l.oboniiiila'H troimuro and will bo In IOHH ilangor of Himko blloH than In the foroHtn of Africa , No city ofllulnl IB ontltlod to the nroillt of Holvng | tUo/Thlrtnonth atrcot Hood dltluully , which wan a mmrca of iloHtniQtlon to property In the wcntorn purl of town for yonra , County Com- mlHHloimr Hurr Taft IH ontltlod to all of the credit of aolvlnjj ( lila qucatlon an'd ho Holved It right , Mr , Krlday IB ontltlod to credit for the effort made during hlH admlnlatratlon to control the water , nor IB ho to ho blamed bo- cauao the plan adopted by him wan not a HIICCOHB , Ho did what he could but It roqntrod an oftloor of the county to put the ditch through HO that It would accomplish reautta , In thla transaction , Mr , Taft w.na heartily aa HlHtoil by the oily during the Dnrlnnd administration as well aa during the Bturguon administration , hut to the Btnrgcou administration foil the "pay ment of thu city's portion of the cost of thla work , Th6 French promler Clomonceau haa quite recently * concluded ono of the ahrowdost treaties with Oormany that anyMllplomat haa made In many a day , The bargain clanao of the treaty la kept aecrot , but aa Oormany haa coiiKontMd to roalgn the control or "protection" 'of Morocco to Franco , to bo protected by hop as aho "pro tects" Tunla. It la believed lu llorlln that the French premier haa given secret assurances to the emperor that Franco will never attempt to win hack Motz and Alsace , thu provinces acquired by Uermany from Franco , rheso lost colonial provinces are both hy geographical position and the blood of their Inhabitants , teutonic und oven were It possible for Franco to regain control of them It would re unlro a strong military force to keep the control , while In Morocco the Fionch acquire an empire at their very door. Thus the premier has sue- foeded In exchanging a vain hope of revenge for riches and power. run NKW WAYNK STATR SCHOOL , The people of Wayne are to be con- sratulated In their victory In securing the appropriation of $90.000 from the state with which to make the normal school at that place , founded by the late J , M , IMle , a atate Institution. With no chance for gaining a state normal for this city at the present time , Norfolk would prefer that the state school be located atVayno as ugalnst any town In the southern part of the state. The location of the state school at Wayne will tend to draw ( Norfolk and Wayne closer together as. these being the. only two state Institutions In the uortheru part of Nebraska , a common Interest must sptfng up from the af > Unity of the. two establishments * The signature of Governor Shalle berger assures permanency to the Wayne school. U will add to the. im portance of Wayne. And anything that helps develop any part of north ern Nebraska helps this entire * part of the state. Statistics are admittedly dry * but the following concerning Alaska's re- uourcea am to say the least IHuuiluat' lug. Forty years ago the United States purchased Alaska foi ; J7.200.000 aud ( or years aUerwaul the deal was referred to as * "SewaruVs folly.u The territory has already produced , $300. ' DOO.OOO worth of minerals , Ush and. Cur. The annual trade of Alaska with the Vnlted States la now ? 30.000.000 , aud Increases lucredttabty with , each jucceediug year. Gold , whoso lure list led to the settlement of Alaska , soou be a by-product of the terrU * Agriculture haa the a future * The llflhurlos are lucrative. Vnot cop pur and coal ( Iclda nwnlt develop ineiitH , There IH also coiiHldornhh amount of timber , and that othoi rlohuH tlio fntnro will icveal no OIK knows IIH yot. The luulc of thin lu ptlhllo In UH | inriliaa 'H IHIH been pho iiomuiial. The doBoit lakoii fron .Mexico proved u paradlao , the wilder IIIIHH purdiaHcd from Napoleon do volopi l Into nn empire , while the Kla < ! | ( ir ncrjnliod from ItiiHHla IH i voidable 121 Dorailo , PLACI Governor HIiallenberKer llndH him Holf In liolllng water IIH u romilt o the diaiitle dnyllKht miloon hill PIIHHOI at tliu liiHt moineiit by the Ihunocrnlli InKlHlatiiro , HiiHlnoHH men of Onialu and ever the Htnto Konurally an ) op powod to thu HlKiihiK of the hill am are Haying HO In no uncurtain torniH A Hpoalal train wont to Lincoln fion Omaha Monday morning to roglHtui omphatlc protest , And hiindroilH o toUmraniH have boon pouring Into tin oxocntlvo offlco at Lincoln to roglHtoi the HIIIIIU oppoHltlon to the hill , The bill WIIH unexpected , Coming from the Dainocratlc luglHlatnro , whlcl waa elected largely through offortH ol the 1'erHOilal Illghta league , thu bill wan ovun the mont of a Hiirprlso , Am' ' It now placoH Governor Slinllonhorgoi In a tight hole , Ho wan elected by tin people of the Htato who nro nlmoal nnanlmouHly agaliiHt the hill , Tin govornor'H Honalorlal nHplratloim will make him dependant upon the votin of every ono of the IIIIHIIOHB | men now oppoHlng thu hill and ( him ntrong prun Hiiro will ho brought to Hocuro hU vote , On the olhor hand , of COIU-HO , by not Hlgnlng It ho will make apportion among the Prohibitionists , hut' ' limn much IIH ho could hope for llttlu from that party , In any event , it HOOIIIH pea nlblo the ory of the ImnlnoHii men of the Btato for a vote will sound loudoHt In hla oar , CongreHH IB on joying or poilmpH enduring - during a campaign of education on the tariff quoHtlon and through COIWOHH porhapH the puhllo may gain uomc Idea of that Important and compll < catod subject , This hi a broad country with many and diverse Interests. Thu middle west la clamoring for frou lumber , the east pleads for free wood pulp , Pennsylvania protests agaluHt freu bituminous coal , Those thruu HuhednUm hoar directly npon consorva- tlon of resources yet there IB no un animity about coiiHorvIng thorn , Free Inmhor would permit Canada to sup ply a portion of our ueedH and HO lengthen n llttlo the llfo of our ro- malnliig forosta. Free coal would lot Nova Scotia sell a llttlo soft coal In New England. Free wood pulp would smash , a monopoly and lesson thu slaughter of our Hpruco and poplar. The activity against thoao thruo schedules being moderated showa plainly that each section Is willing to have natural resources conserved where It IH advantageous to tholr Im mediate business prosperity , but not If It costs them a cent. It Is absolutely necessary for tho. congressmen to reInforce - Inforco their Intelligence with cour age and secure the very bust and most equitable bill posalhlu so that thu tariff question may bo settled for an other era as long as the Dlngloy has served , but If trimming and dodg ing are Indulged lu the question will k > o back on congress indefinitely , Nothing Is over settled nntll It Is settled right. NOUFOLK SHOULD "GET 1UJSY. The suggestion of S.V , Llghtnor. a prominent and successful business man of * Lynch , that Norfolk's business men should at this time "get busy' In ileveloplng the territory tributary to this city , Is timely ami well taken , For many reasons now is the time 10 act , Mr , Llghtner points out that , as suggested by A. J , Durland last year , Norfolk should look to the securing of new lines of railroads out of here. An expert , Mr , Llghtner says , recently went over the route up Willow Creek valley and pronounced such a rail road entirely feasible. Mr. Llghtner" points out that the 3lou\ City Commercial club Is plan * ulng an Interurbun line from Orchard. which would throw much of Norfolk's natural territory Into a channel direct' ly tributary to Sioux City , Norfolk's prospects were never bet ter than they are today. Norfolk right low Is at a point where growth seems inevitable. But the opportunity must be taken , advantage of. The time is coming when Nebraska , like Iowa today , will be a uextwork 3f interurban electric Hues. Norfolk , tty reason of Us central location , should be a central point for thu northern Nebraska lines. But unless Norfolk Is up on Its toes * Sioux City will take uuch of the. territory uaturaU ty tributary to this town. Norfolk Is Beaching a , point of pros pective growth which , seemed so riar ; weuty years ago and which , at that time , drQsv many people here who be lieved U would become within a few fears a city of 15.000. There IH pros * , > ect for growth It the tributary terrt- ; ory , an "Immense territory It la. too , ,9 , taken advantage of before that Held A drawu toward some other central is , as Mr. Llghtner 8uggeatsl work for the Commercial club. The ooktag to development of the. territory jlag tributary \ u * . U oa ot th hlt of work needing attention. Loco Industries bhonld nUo ho looked aftci Very cnslly , It would HUCIH , practice IIICMI should by Induced , with propc effort , to tovlvo the candy factory , { h plcklo factory , the brick ynnls. Thcro' nnipjilnory In each , to ho hail for llttl money. And thoro'fl a Hold for Ih output. Practical men nro all that th altiintlon tiuodH. And thorn ) men mue ho Honiowhero If the Commercial cln could hut llnd them. The outlook for Norfolk him not I yuarn been no lluttorlnn an now , N'oi Indian InmlH nroiopciilng up now I err tory tributary to the city , there I more building being done than fo BOIIIU yearn , and , as Mr. Llghtnor HII ( tfiieslH , It only ncL'dH a llttlo actlvlt on the part of Norfolk lo bring nbou genuine advancement. POLITICS WITH HHALL13NH3Iiai2II ! The Hlgnlng of the daylight miloo hill WIIH a political move , pure an alrnplo , with Governor Slmllonhurgoi Personal opinion'did not enter Into th matter. It IB HKoly. The hill wa created without any Initiative fore from him ; ho WIIH elected govurno largely by the hroworH.anil the llqno InteroHtfl and hln platform WIIH In m way iiHHOclatud with a movement fo prohibition. lint thu state legislature when It unexpectedly piiBHcd the hill a thu liiHt moment prohibiting the anl of liquor In NohriiBkn between tin hourH of 8 p. m. ami 7 a. in , put tin governor Into n tight box , and hi Boloctud the nltiirmitlve of Boning tin Ijlll IIB the lenat damaging to his poll tlcal future , There can ho llt'tlo ' qnoBtlon but tlm the governor was very much dlHturhei ever the fact tjmt ho had to act at al In the matter , This WIIH shown by bli huHltatlon , lint ho ronllncd that tin longer ho hoaltatod the moro compll cated the matter hocamo , and In con acquoncu ho took the bill by the horni and branded It with IIH ! algimture. It miiBt not he thought that Slmllon burger did not weigh carefully tin uffoot of any action npon his polltlcu future. For Shnllenborgor IB a poll tlclan and ho haa aspirations. H ( would llko to ho nominated by Demo orata for the United States Bonntor ahlp a goal toward which Mr. Bryan also , la working. U cannot bo aupposed that Slmllon horgnr did not consider carefully the voting power represented by that dole gallon from Omaha. But ho dared noi straddle and allow thu bill to take Itf course and become a law without n > action on his part. This would gain hut llttlo support from the Prohlbl tlonl&ts and would aronsu aa mucli antagonlam among the liquor poopli aa hlB signature has. Bryan has strad died the question up to date aud Slml lenborgor know the tlmu had come when ho nmat como out In the light And his signature merely moans that ho considers the voters of the Prohl bltlonlsts as of greater cousequonco tc him , In his senatorial candidacy , than that of the Interests opposing the bill , He believes , In other words , that the anti-saloon movement , which has grown with remarkable force during the past two years , will continue to grow and become a more and more powerful element of the common wealth's average thought. As for the. bill Itself , it came as a surprise to the entire state. And while it Is the most rigid amendment made to the Slocum law since that measure's passage lu 18S1 ? U Is quite jpparent to the average man that there will be still plenty of tlmo during the da.vjor a man to get more drluks than lie can carry , and that there will still he plenty of saloons willing to take out license and take chances on "mak ing mouey at It. AROUND TOWN. Don't get wetleet. Isyour Easter gown about finished ? This put a frown on the Easter hat. Your neighbor's automobile Is a fine proposition. For future reference : It snowed In Norfolk April 6. 1909. Does champagne tast'e better than the first April shower ? The Fourth of July Is less than three months away. You superstitious ? What does this storm mean on election day ? It's about time for the tennis rac quet to be dug out of the closet. People around Norfolk believe Jim Hill is Interested In , this new Yauk ton-Norfolk Hue. This Is the kind of a day that makes i mau , with a hole In the sole of bis shoe , commence to squirm. U dldu't wait till the next day to snow , this year. The snow started be- 'ore even the polls had opened. Most women will put In the time between now and East r worrying jver the prospects of ram. oa that lew-clothea day. Outside the two big cities , there a't a paper lu Nebraska that malu- : alus oiie-teuth , the telegraph service ; hat The News buys. Lei us be ttautfcful for the first nfrie > hint September 'wFiPii n womai could KO out of doers without n miif ] and a man without ii vent. If former Governor Poynter Inn been unking Governor Hhnlluiiborgoi to veto the daylight saloon bill who ID dropped donilTwc'd have been toll that It wn a decree from hoavci imltlni ; the cause he represented. How would you like to have beet Tlgu In the Duster Brown Hbow ? Tin man who played the rolu of Tlgu , tin minute ho gut oft thu stage , yanked of the dog mask ho wore and hud an IIH filslant pack his head In leu. In UK Ice pack he remained nntll he re culvod his cut1 to got hack before tin footlights. Ho works like a bcavci and very nearly smothers all the tlmi bo's on the atngo In the net of mahlnt thu audience laugh. As n striking example of thu llghtn Ing service which The News IB nov able to render Its constituency , the re port of the midden death of ox-Gov urnor Poyntor Monday IB significant Mr. Poynter died In Lincoln a feu mlnutcH before 11 o'clock Mondaj morning. Five minutes after bli death , the story was In typo In Tin NOWH office and by 1 o'clock the pa pcrs containing the report wore ( lyltif : over thta territory In live different directions. OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES Shormaii F. LUCIIB hna been reap pointed postmaster at Bonusteel. Thu Madison high school now clalmi- the basketball championship of north * oaat Nubraakn. Albion IH considering the question ol following Norfolk's example and ex * tending thu city's HmltH. The Meadow Grove News niinounccH that It 1ms Hopped on the liquor quuS' tlou and will now work for no-llconse. W. II. Green of the Cielghton Lib eral , n member of the new state nor mal board , will have bis term of of- lieu uxplro next year. The board members were appointed for the fol lowing terms : W. II. Green , Crelgb- ton , 1H10 ; N. M. Graham , South Omaha , lllll ; E. L. Adams , Mlnden ; 1012 ; Frederic Nyc , 11)Kt ) , and Thomas Majors , Peru , 191-J. Pierce. Leader : A peculiar accident happened to Laura Nlenmn Thursday. Shu waa sitting In a chair at home , and when suddenly turning bur bead to observe something behind bur , In jured her neck. Nothing was thought of It at first , but as the Injury became more and more painful and caused her to hold her head In a fixed position , aho was taken to Dr. Oolko who found that the neck waa dislocated. It was reduced Saturday afternoon by Drs. Oolko and Salter , and although Laura must wear a cast for several weeks , It Is thought she will entirely recover. Atkinson Graphic : Paul Schultz Is threatening to sue George Collins for thu wilful destruction of property. U seems that Paul borrowed some de- coya that ho took out to the haunts of the wily duck and placed- them In nn attractive position with < the ex pectation of making a fine kill from his blind , but fate , In the person of Collins was against him. who was after ducks and sighting the decoys crawled qn his stomach twonty-threo rods , getting a fine position he turned loose six charges from bis repeater getting them all. However , friends of the Irate parties are intervening and It is hoped that the trouble can be settled without recourse to the courts. The Stanton County Agricultural so ciety's board of directors met Satur day afternoon when President Cowan appointed the following committee. Speed aud amusements. H. D. Miller , H. Y. Appleby and Alfred Pout ; ad vertising , Virgil Horton. Theodore Na nnie , W. S. Bordner and James Doty ; premiums. George Barr , Ed Danlell and Joseph Grattaiu auditing , August Moderow , E. M. Arnold and George flarr ; special premiums , Andrew Kas- mussen , Kd Danlell. Alfred Pout. George Barr , W. S. Bordner and W. P. Cosvan. The fair will be held Septem ber 1-t , 15.1C aud 17 and there will be two big races each day besides all other classes of amusements. * About Norfolk. Madison Chronicle : Norfolk Is ready now to wear long dresses. The city census shows that with the territory annexed it Is a city of about 5,300. and consequently Governor Shallenberger las notified Mayor Sturgeon that he ias declared it a city of the filrst class. The "Nor folks" are correspondent happy and Jubilant. The landlord who has anything 'worth advertising" to offer you will advertise It Congratulates Norfolk. Atnsworth Star-Journal : Norfolk ias been proclaimed by Governor Shalleuberger a city of the first class. Congratulations. Pall Mixup. Our Johnnv has some Loosenfil slixts. Twos partly football. Vurtly fruls. -Ptlfburg Po t. Gathering Ammunition. "What umbes you tbtuk our new con- Ktvssiuuu Is goIuK to be so successful as u speechuiakerr said one constitu ent. "Because. " answered the other , "whenever be bean a story that strikes him us funny he goea Into the hall and iiakeu a uote of It In hla memorandum x > oC ! * Washlutftoa Star. . A Frlind In Fog. "In one of the worst London fopu , ' aid nn I'nKllslni'iui , "nn old friend o mine tried to flnl his way from Tra fiilpir square to the Havoy , where In had tin en nnoinont to dine. "The sulphurous air made thu c-yc smart and thu head ache , and I brought on terrific fits of coughing Von could not literally see your ham before your face. There was a con tlnuiil crashing In of windows , boll jangled , vehicles ami foot piiHsengen collided , and shrieks and oatliH arose. "Threading his way In thu midst o this pnnik'inonlnm through thu Strand us he supposed , from Landuccr'B lion lo the waiting dinner at the Savoy , m : old friend , to his great bewilderment soon found himself descending a broiu stairway He put his band to tin balustrade. Yos. a broad and etatcl ; BtalrwaV with n rail of carved atone Amazing' "Suddenly in his descent my frlcm collided with some ono ascending tin stairway. " 'Hello ! ' he eahl. " 'Hello ! ' n gruff nialo volco replied. " 'Can you tell inc. * said my friend 'where I am going ? ' ' 'Certainly , ' said the other. 'If yoi keep straight on you will walk Inti the Thames , for I've just como out o it' " Effect of Colors on Animals. The effect of color upon mind la mos easily noticeable In dumb animals , be cause they make no effort to curb 01 control their emotions. Wave a rcc flag at a bull and he becomes violently angry. Shake a red shawl In front ol a turkey gubblcr and he will atom around fearfully. I made an cxperl mcnt In the country one snminer t < see if this same fact held true of othci animals. On my farm I bad an enor monsly fat , lazy pig that disliked noth lug HO much IIH to move. All day lour It used to lie asleep In thu sunshine and sometimes oven thu attraction 01 food could not budge It. I took a man her of pieces of silk of the same quail ty , but of different shades , and , nftci wnklng the pig , waved each strip ol silk In front of It. For the blue and green It never moved , but when 1 wtiVe-d the red and orange strips II Jumped to UH foot , slumped about am ! appeared to be thoroughly angry. Tlnu and again I repeated this cxperlmenl and always with the same rcsult.- Frank Alvah Parsons in Good House keeping. LARGESf CONCRETE BRIDGE Hudson Memorial Across Spuyter Duyvil Creek to Hold the Record. The Hudson memorial bridge , con ncctlng New York and Spuyten Duyvil which will commemorate the dlscoverj of the Hudson river by Ilcndrlk Hud son nearly : ! 00 years ago , will be aboul 1,500 feet long , with four semlelrculai arches of 108 foot span on the Spuytcc Duyvil side and throe on the New York , with an arch of 700 feet between thorn. The bridge will be of re-en forced concrete , and it will be the largest bridge ever built of stone , brick or con crete. The crown of the'iiuiln arch will be 185 feet above Spuytou Duyvil creek , or fifty feet higher than tlw floor ol the Brooklyn bridge. Massive concrete piers HO feet wide , SO feet long and ISO feet high , Joined to the bridge cpproaches , will form the abutments of the arch. On the top of both piers at each side is n large sphere several feet In diameter inclined at nn angle , representing the earth. Separate tloors for the subway and street tnilnc will be provided. The lower one , sixty-five feet wide , will be for subway tracks , pipe galleries and water mains. The upper will over- bang the lower and have a. fifty foot roadway , besides two wide sidewalks. Xearly two years will be necessary from tjie date of completing the arch to the opening of the bridge for traffic , making the total time for building the bridge about three years. EACH HAS A CHILD TO GUARD. New Feature In Fire Drill of an Ar gentine. ( Mo. ) School. If there Is ever n nre at the Stanley school in Argentine. Mo. , the "big" boys aud girls will take care of the "little" ones. This school is outside the tire limits , and great care Is taken with the tire drill. When the drill Is sounded the children march out. In the hall a line of "older" children marches beside a line of those from the primary grade. The older child must see that the "little one" gets out safe. The small boy aud girl never know whether their partner Is going to be a larger boy or a larger girl , as It all depends on the way they fall In line. U. P. Butcher , superintendent of the Argentlhe schools , and C. E. Acker- mau , principal of the Stanley school , held a tire drill at that school the oth er day. The building was emptied In forty secouds. One hundred and for- ' ty-four pupils are enrolled at this school. I Fire drills are conducted at the high' ' ' school and five grade schools In Argentine - tine once or twice every mouth. TO KILL JOHNSON GRASS. Oklahoma Man Invents Machine to Remove Roots From Ground. After years spent by farmers and aeu Interested In agriculture in an ef fort to discover a way to destroy the well known Johnson grass , Bert G. Pattersou of Addiugton , Okla. . claims : o have solved the mystery. The BO- utlon , according to Patterson , la a uachlne wblcb will remove the roots Irom the ground so that the Infested lection , will forever be freed from the frasa pest , which has discouraged nany an otherwise successful farmer. The new Invention , he says , , extracts be roots and delivers them as cleanly is newly dug potatoes , to be fed to logs or cattle , raked and burned or eft to rot and fertilize the soil , t&a rerta of wakH tkaj oac a daatroy. ftS FERRERO SEES US Impressions of the Italian His torian'Visiting America. OUR UNIVERSITIES VERY FINE American Students Not 80 Enrneit Europeans , He Delleves Finds An glo-Saxon Element of Our Citizen ship Not Assertive In Atlantic States. "America and Europe arc not HO dif ferent as Is generally supposed. " This Is the opinion of Gugllclmo Ferrero , the Italian historian , recently express ed nt WiiHlilngton. "Europe Is rapIdly - Idly becoming Amcrlcanl/.cd , no to npcuk , at IciiHt la nbHorblng American Ideas and practices , and lu America tendencies are apparent which are leading to an Adoption , or , rather , an nhsorptlon , of European culture. If for no other reason , the tremendous immigration of foreigner * Into the United States miiHt tend to this re- cult. No ; I could hardly call this n strict Anglo-Saxon country. Perhaps I am not competent to judge , for I havu soon only New York , Boston and Washington. They nay the west IH of * - . - i | more truly representative your country than tliu great cities of tlm Atlantic states. I shall go to Chicago Inter on , after staying a month In New York , but my Impressions aru that the HO much talked of Anglo- Saxon has no very large part In the makeup of the average American citi zen. " Mr. Ferrero has visited Harvard Mid Columbia , but Is extremely mod- cut In judging his own ability to com ment upon them * with understanding. "Your American universities are so illffurcnt from ours in Europe and so complicated. " wild hu to thu Washing ton correspondent of the New York Post , "it is not easy for a foreigner to understand your systems and meth ods. Still , those Institutions which I havu seen are very line. The students here seem perhaps to bu less prone to self exertion that Is , at leant In the direction of acquiring knowledge than they are with us. Here in the colleges - legos there Is so much that distracts , fco many sports. I fear the American students are not so much In earnest as are ours. In Italy If one enters u university one is compelled to work , but here It Is not HO. Of course I have had no opportunity to become person ally acquainted with any of your stu dents , but this is my Impression. 1 have , however , met the members of the faculty at Harvard , mid they have been very kind and have told me many interesting things. " "Have you been any of our libra ries ? " "Ah , the bibllotbeque-the llbruriesl They are truly wonderful. I bad luncheon In thu magnificent library of congress. It Is a wonderful building , and the decorations are superb. Ev ery thing Is so systematized. That L * wlmt we luck in Italy. Of course we have collections of great antiquity , of far more value from a historical standpoint. Our manuscripts and uu- clent documents are priceless compared with your collections , but we have not the system , the organization of the library , as I tec it here In Washington. "That is a tine library they have in Boston. It is almost equal to the one bore In Washington. And in New- York 1 saw a stupendous building In the process of construction to be dedi cated to the same purpose. It Is im possible for me to express tbe praise I would of these Institutions. They are the tlnest things 1 have seen lu Amer ica. We In Europe might do well to copy your American enterprise in this direction. When I think of tbe wou- ders I luve seen I can compare this library of congress only to tbe ancient library of Alexandria. " Mr. Ferrero Is a man of thirty-six years , although he appears to be some what o'.der. Tall aud slight aud learn ed looking after a continental rather than an American type , he might be taken In tbe rutted States for any thing rather than what he , is. Ha was Invited to the United States by Baron Mayor des Planches , Italian ambassa dor aud dean of the diplomatic corps in Washington , at the suggestion of President Hoosevelt , who expressed himself us desirous of meeting this his torian , whose works he bus read. Mr. Ferrero and his wife spent two days as guests at the White House. Mr. Ferrero has expressed himself of the opinion that history should be written by live politicians , by men who have bad practical experience In egislattve or executive government and who can speak with authority on their subject. He says toojnuch history Is ivrltten by professors isolated from : he world In their libraries. Mr. Ferrero shook his bead sadly tvhen asked what he thought of the president in bis dully life. "He Is al- ivays on tbe go. " was hU only an- iwer. "That Is the Strenuous life , ' I suppose , but If be goes on all tbe : ime the way he did those two days I dcn't see bow he stands It. It vould kill any ordinary man. "I greatly desire to become familiar vltb the history of the United States , t Is not generally studied In Europe. , nd I myself am decidedly ignorant 't ' past events In this part of the corld , but I think your history may ie Important , especially the part re- ittnir to the period between your war f Independence and the civil war. ly time in this country la so limited , owever. that I fear I shall not be ble to go Into the subject aa I should eslte. " Th Drawback. Tbe unlucky to love are wkl to b * acky at carda. " "What gdod do It do 'e T at set eat al ku to