THE NORFOLK WEIL'KL-Y NEW-JOUirNAL'KWUAY APRIL 1909
The Norfolk Wwkly News-Journa
The Journal , HajtabllHliod 1877
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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
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NO , 't'i. HllHlllUHH OIIJCO Hill ) JOl ) liOOIIIti
No , II 23.
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" 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
