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Castro BCOHIB to bo getting "his. "
In Honduras , mnbognny is cheaper
ihnn ) > lno nnd Is used In building the
poorer houses.
It IB Btrnngo Santa ClniiB hns not
been heard from concerning this tariff
on stockings.
A judge hns just decided thnt the
father IB not the absolute boss of his
own homo. Some judges are woefully
low. Why not tell us something new ?
The Indian IB to be removed from
the copper cent. Poor Lo Is fast disap
pearing and the places which knew
him once shall know him no more
forever.
William Allen White IB mentioned
* > r lieutenant governor of Kansas.
There's nothing the matter with Kan-
nns when such men as White forgo to
the front. But why not make him
governor.
Smoking apparatus pipes , cigars ,
nnd cigarettes have led to nearly
ten million dollars' worth of damage
by fire. Matches , tobacco's mischiev
ous assistants , add fifteen million
more of lire loss largely to be
credited to careless smokers.
Ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt seems
to find great satisfaction in insisting
that he retired voluntarily. The pub
lic' is willing ho should continue to
hold this view of "the incident If lie
derives any comfort from it. The
main thing is that he is no longer in
public life.
A hen iu North Carolina has been
spreading herself. She was just a
common scrub hen up to a few days
ngo when she turned over a new leaf
nnd laid five eggs a day. This is be
lieved to be a world's record but we
wait oggspectantly to hear from the
liens nearer home.
Dun's Review makes some distlnc-
lions which require a powerful micro
scope for the ordinary man to dis
tinguish. For Instance , hero is a re
cent statement. "Improvement in the
structure of business is much more
pronounced than Improvement lu the
activity of business. "
The successful master of a business
must know it from the bottom to the
top. The college graduate who is not
afraid to put on overalls and go to
work in factory or machine shops ,
stands a far better chance than if he
draws back fearing that this would
lie an admission that his education
was a failure.
When a man can' ' go into a country
like that around Ainsworth nnd In one
year produce enough potatoes from ar.
acre of ground to pay for the land
many times over , you may set it down
that land In northern Nebraska 01
southern South Dakota , of desirable
quality , Is a rich investment at presenl
prices.
Steps are being taken to erect c
monument on the cite of the Collin
wood school where about 200 chlldrer
perished in the flames. If the me
morlnl will act as constant warnhif
against carelessness in failing to safe
guard In every possible way the build
Ings where children gather , it wil
serve a worthy purpose.
The new United States senator , E
D. Smith of South Carolina , pledgee
lilmself to secure 15 cents a pound foi
cotton by national legislation. Yoi
can't phase the nerve of some men
not even with the old law of suppl ;
and demand , notwithstanding' fac
that like the ten commandments , i
has never been repealed.
That there is n very widespread dc
sire in this state to stop the ravagei
of tuberculosis is shown by the Intro
duction of bills before the legislature
relating to its control , treatment am
prevention. The campaign of educe
tlon which has been carried on in nl
the larger cities of the state the pas
year against the great white plagu <
is bearing fruit.
Congressman Tawney has a plan b ;
which he thinks the Panama cann
will pay for Itself. The Suez conn
pays from $12,000,000 to $15,000,00
a year above the cost of maintenance
If a similar charge Is made by th
United States he figures that the tots
receipts will be at least $10,000,00
a year and that half of this amoun
can be saved to apply on paying Ir
terest and bonds.
The final ending of the Balkan 1m
brogllo is a triumph for German fore
and dfplomacy. Russia has been cc
rced Into acknowledging Austria
Hungarian sovereignty in Bosnia am
Serrla thus left to her own Tceource
% u meekly acceded tc- the paclflra
t ry termi drawn up by Sir Edwan
Gray , Thus pcaco IB assured In the
Balkans.
An organized effort IB being made
to indupo families among the POOR"-
clnsses In Now York City to go into
the country nnd work on the land
during the summer , Where there im-
children It is especially desirable to
take them out of the city during the
hot months , oven If the earning ca
pacity of the family only covered
lionrd and car faro.
Paris fashions decree the revival of
the "alms bag" which ladles of the
middle ages carried with them to hold
the money they gave to beggars. It is
really an 'outside pocket suspended
from the belt and decorated to suit
the fnncy of the wearer. It will bo n
relief to know that the ladles have
even one hung to them , but It will
not be a very secure place in which
to carry money or other valuables.
Chairman Payne recently called at
tcntlon to the fact that the tariff wqt
not entirely to blame for the increase !
cost of living and cited as an instance
that coffee is admitted into this coun
try nt eight and one-half cents pei
pound , yet when it reaches the con
Burner he Is obliged to pay thirty-five
cents a pound for it This is not th (
fault of the tariff but of the middle
men.
It's rather a shabby trick of UK
magazines nnd Sunday papers to tnk (
nil the wind out of Mr. Roosevelt" !
nrticles by publishing scores of illus
trnted nrticles by those who have
traveled over the same route he has
mapped out before ho can oven reacl
the scene of action. But mi eh is lift
nnd wo will trust our strenuous ex
president to find severnl tilings tha
neither traveler nor nature fakir hai
exploited.
George P. Angell , editor of tlio unl
quo little paper , "Our Dumb Animals , '
founder and leader of the humane
educational movement In the Unltet
States , died recently at the age o
eighty-six years. Ills work had be
come International nnd the Bands o
Mercy , composed of children wh <
pledged themselves to bu kind to ani
inals which ho has organized nov
number 73,000. His work will be his
most lasting monument.
Prom Boston to Washington extend !
the largest elty population strung 01
one line in any country. They ar <
still dependent for communication tip
on telegraph ai d telephone wires 01
poles. In storms they always breal
and great inconvenience and some
times loss of life as well ns propert ;
result. The wires should be under
ground. No Europenn municipal ares
like this any longer depends on poles
What Is true of this line Is true o
every other as fnst ns business wll
warrant the change.
Ambassador Bryce says that "poll
tics Is an experimental science. " Then
Is a great volume of truth In thli
statomen made by Mr. Bryce who is i
life long student of government fron
the scientific as well as the practlca
side. In thus admitting that politics
the science of government , Is an es
perlmental science , he makes a com
plete answer to that coii6.ervat.lv
class'who use as a stock objection ti
every proposed reform or change
"That is merely experimental. "
Senator Flint has Introduced a bll
directing the secretary of war to es
tabllsh a line of steamers along th <
Pacific coast in connection with th
line of steamers along the Atlanti
coast operated by the Panama railroai
and appropriating $10,000,000 for sue ]
a lino. There Is no question abou
the need of such a line of steamers
but considering Senator Flint's clos
proximity to the Southern Pacific ger
era ! offices , itould be wise to lool
Into the requirements of the bill quit
carefully before endorsing it.
Notwlthstnndlng the passing of th
years the federal pension bill grow
and grows. Thirty years ago Generc
Garfleld , then a member of the hous (
expressed the opinion that the pei
sion list would never amount to mor
than $30,000,000 a year. He lived-
see it three times as much and no'
the senate has passed a bill carryin
$160,000,000 a year in Straight pension
and not Including the private pension
that are passed for the benefit c
those who cannot get in under th
general law. The statement was n
cently made by a member of the hous
that 70 per cent of the government' '
expenditures went for military costi
either past , present or future. Th
army , the navy and the pension list
are the heaviest loads the governmet
has to carry.
The chief argument of those oj
posed to tariff revision IB that ther
Is already a deficit , and they ask , ho1
is the deficit to be made up if th
customs , duties are lowered or n
moved. This argument has little fore
from the fact that there Is little d <
mand for a lowering of the tariff o
imports which now actually compel
In this market and are therefore larg
revenue producers. It Is not th
prices on goods which are in con
petition with Imported goods , thi
people complain of , but of the tar !
which prohibits foreign competltlo
and sires home manufacturer *
monopoly , and thcso schedules' are
not revenue produceru. They can bo
made revenue producers , however , by
lowering the tariff to n point which
will admit foreign goods to come in
and pay the duty. The revenue
conies 'from the MiRtom duty , It Is
not the tariff which prevents legisla
tion.
The new South American repuuilc
Is to have two capitals. Parliament
will meet at Capetown and the gover
nor-general and other executive of
ficers will live at Pretoria about 1,900
miles away. There was so keen a
rivalry between these two sections
thnt as compromise the honors were
divided. The British empire has
changed its policy since the colonial
days of jhe United States. Then It
tried coercion. Now It adopts sub
mission. All the great dependencies
make their own local laws. It holds
them in the empire by tics of senti
ment and not .by Iron bands of taxes
and harsh laws.
The Root waterways providing foi
the settlement of all present and fu
ture differences between Canada and
the United States Is likely to be re
jectcd by the Canadians because of the
provision which gave to the United
States 78,000 of the 100,000 cubic feel
of water per second flowing over the
falls at Sault Ste. Marie. The clalrr
o fthls country to the larger volume
of water was based upon the posltior
of the International boundary at thai
place. But It is a short sighted policj
to exasperate this near neighbor by re
fusing an equal division , of water ai
this point and therby .probably lose hoi
friendly co-operation in the preserva
tion of the seal and other far more 1m
portant matters ,
a journey to arrive at the station aftoi
The question Is often seriously 'ask
ed , where do the unemployed conn
from ? Why is it in this great and productive
ductivo country , where there is roon
and to spare should able bodied ni'ei
The place where the first Baldwli
apple tree grew Is marked by a menu
ment. This first tree was a clianci
seedling that came to maturity on i
farm near Lowell , Mnss , about 1740
It was not until 1784 that Colonel Bald
win became interested in the apple
developed it and gave it his name. Tin
original tree lived till after' 1817 am
did not live in vain. For the Baldwli
apple Is one of the best.
It Is an evil day in any nation whei
it plots the destruction- Its great
est patriot. That Is what Russia 1i
doing with her most brilliant dlplo
mat , Count Witte. There Is not an
other Russian statesman who arouse !
the slightest admiration in tbe hear
of an American. But the world is glvei
to honoring the man who accompllshei
the Impossible , and that Is what Coun
Witte did in the treaty of Portsmouth
Any other man would have returnei
to Russia with nothing saved and hii
country's honor "dragging in the dust
Witte returned with honor and sub
stantia } concessions from the victor
ious Japanese. Yet instead of givlni
him gratitude and honor , the Russiai
government has heaped every possible
itllgnlty upon him and sought for ai
excuse for his Imprisonhient , but hav <
never found a cause for which the ;
dared to lay hands on him , He live ;
in retirement while the governmen
is conducted by his inferiors.
The lesson of preparedness is om
that every man especially every youni
man should take to heart , . It wn
Benjamin Franklin who said that tin
tax we pay to the government Is ai
Insignificant tax , but that the tax wi
beg for food ? There Is only one rea
son why this condition should exist fo
any length of time ; that Is becaus
when prosperity comes we abuse II
We lay hold on the fat of the lam
and feed upon it , throwing all else t
the dogs. "By these spendthrift meas
ures we are shortly bankrupt. Ther
Is no reason Inthe nature of thing
why this country should ever have i
panic , no reason why it should no
have prosperity all the time , insteai
of only part of the time. The reaso ;
that we have prosperity by spells am
jerks Is because of our bad methods
If we insist upon being wasteful li
the years of plenty , years of famln
must Inevitably follow.
Very conflicting statements hav
been madeas to the results of woma
suffrage in the western states whlc !
, have for s"ome time granted wome :
the ballot , but the conclusions of
man like Judge Lindsay of the Denve
Juvenile court are especially valuabl
as he is a shrewd student of the sue
ject and has known it from the insld
the fourteen years It has been i :
effect in Colorado. He makes th
following1 summary of results in th
World's Work : "Respectable wome
do go to the polls. Forty-two pe
cent of the' state is female and a :
average of forty per cent of the totn
vote Is cast by women. The votoe o
women have not taken politics out c
the control of the corporations nor o
the bosses. But there has been n
chance to vote directly on this quei
tion. Fear of the women baa proveni
od the nomination of men of ba
morals and the women hare defeate
such men eren when nominated * oi
ticket * . Tho' et result * c
woman suffrage has not been very
mpresslve , yet in npno of thcso west
ern states is it looked upon as an ox-
icrlment No one suggests rcatrctlng
ho suffrage to males. It IB univor
ally accepted and considered right. "
THI3 FOURTH OF JULY.
Norfolk will celebrate the Fourth ol
July this year. And the sentiment ol
justness men at the Commercial
dub's quarterly meeting Thursdaj
light , favored a celebration of Indo
xMidcnco day every year.
Norfolk ought to celebrate tlu
'ourth ' of July just as regularly as the
day rolls around. The city should dc
this for the sake of entertaining at r
) lg , free , happy holiday the innnj
farmers and their families who live
iround this city. ' There Is no rcasoi
why Norfolk should not decide one *
for all to always observe the nation1 !
birthday in manner befitting the oc
caslon. '
This town has ndl'dono Its share n
fourth of July celebrating In the past
For one reason or another the Fourtl
has been neglected. But It Is an oc
caslon which should find fitting ol )
scrvance annually In this city.
Norfolk depends to great extent
upon the farmers In this vicinity , fo
Its business. And these same farmer
are entitled , at the hands of Norfolk
to a joyous event each year in conncc
tion with the big national holiday.
It was the sense of the meeting tha
the celebration should be held wltli
out thought of monetary profit. Thing
should be free. Our farm friend
should be invited into town for tin
day and entertained royally , with Noi
folk people as .their hosts.
Norfolk owes It to herself and ti
her clientele to adopt such a plan.
The city of Springfield , Mass. , i
already agitating a safe and sail
Fourth of July in a very definite waj
and begins this early so that dealers ii
fireworks may not suffer financial los
by overstocking with combustibles. I
would bo a most excellent plan I ? i
similar movement could be mad
general.
If the day ever conies when th
courts of the United States will glv
-justice Instead of technicalities I
will Inaugurate a new regime In th
political and business of the nation.
NORFOLK IS BOUND TO GROW.
In his address to the Norfolk Con
merclal club Thursday night , E. II
Gurney -of Fremont brought forth
number of ideas that have attrnctc
attention among business men of th
city.
city.That
That Nebraska is a great state ain
that it will , within the next few .yours
develop Into just as great and rich
state , acre for acre , as Iowa or Illinois
was his forecast. He cited the fac
that Illinois has perhaps seventy fiv
cities like Peorla , Blooniington , etc. , c
15,000 to 20,000 population.
Iowa has her score or more of cltie
of 15,000 to 20,000 population citie
like Waterloo , Cedar Rapids , Marshal
town , Keokuk , etc.
The territory In which those citle
are built Is no better than Nebrnskr
'ihose cities are none of them locate-
better than Norfolk few , Indeed , s
advantageously.
There are manufacturing Industrie
in those cities 120 manufacturing nt
tablishments , for instance , In Wutei
loo.
Manufacturing- move to N (
braska. There Is no reason why thi
state should not make stoves , harness
buggies , shoes , and hundreds of othe
articles , used by the people of thi
region.
Mr. Gurney scoffed at the man wli
says manufacturing cannot be don
successfully In Nebraska. It can b
done In Nebraska as well as In lower
or Illinois.
It Is up to Norfolk , Mr. Gurney sale
to decide whether It will become
center for manufacturing , dlstributlni
shipping and business generally. It 1
located right , it is a wonderful oj
portunity , remaining only for Norfolk'
business men to take advantage of.-
Mr. Gurney urged all of Norfolk' '
business men to co-operate for No :
folk's growth ; to get together In thi
one movement for Norfolk's advanci
ment ; .he urged tuat Infant Industrie
in the'city be given encouragement-
loyal , neighborly encouragement. H
frowned on the knockers and the pess
mists.
Mr. Gurney is not alone In his fait
that Norfolk has the chance to becom
a center of Importance. All Norfol
business men see the same oppo :
tunlty. And they agree with him the
this territory , which has been growln
and developing for twenty years , I
just now about to' ' blossom forth int
a territory similar to that of low
and Illinois.
And when Nebraska does become a
Iowa , surely there , Is no reason wh
Norfolk shall not be a Cedar Rapids.
AROUND TOWN.
The News want nds. still grow.
It's Mayor Friday for the third tim (
It was a bad day' for the new Easte
hat.
There are 6,317 'too ' many cur dog
In Norfolk. ' ?
Why shouldn't there bo a Norfol
& Yankton rialroaUT'
Here * * another , for refftretee la yei
to come : The ground in Norfolk wan
covered with snow on the morning of
April 12 , the day after Easter.
Life's worth living again. The base
ball season has reopened.
*
There should be better roads lend
ing Into Norfolk from nil directions.
But think how it would feel to bo
on the wrong side of thnt wheat bulge.
You'll see a lot of people nt church
Sunday whom you hnven't seen there
for n yenr.
Norfolk's first colebrntlon In several
ycnrs of the Fourth will come on the
third.
Optimists say this will insure n
fruit crop. 'It'a a cinch 'there should
bo some compensation.
Don't ask anybody what the sermon
was about. That's not the question in
point on Easter.
Thanksgiving dinners will cost more
than ever next fall If that Turkey
revolution develops.
Sheriff Stucker of Stanton county
rules that there Is no open season on
men up telephone poles. .
"JIm"Patten keeps right on cleanIng -
Ing up his several hundred thousand
dollars every day In wheat.
There's this satisfaction about
Easter week : You don't have to eat
left-over turkey for the whole seven
days.
It was a little hard on the keeper
who wn.s trampled to death , but thnt
elephantine Incident at Des Moines
will be great dope for the press agent ,
Insane asylum scandals make the
rounds a good deal like the measles ,
Two years ngo Norfolk hnd one ; last
year Illinois had one ; and now It's In
Iowa.
Let a now bonnet go by and a btincli
of women will abruptly discontinue the
most sensational gossip for the time
being , to get a glimpse of the passer
by.
Denver gets a little notoriety be
cause there's been ten feet of snow ii :
that town. It's a safe bet they hnven'l
had a patchln' to the "winter in Nor
folk , when It comes to winters.
Governor Shnllenberger hasn't ad
tied any to his popularity in Norfolk by
vetoing the bill for the new nurses
building at the Norfolk hospital which
as is conceded by all who have Inves
tigated the situation , is very badly
needed.
About Norfolk.
Orchard News : The Norfolk Nt ws
threatens to deal harshly wUh , the
chief of the weather bureau should
tne latter fall to provide the best kind
of weather for Sunday , Apiil 11.
Niobrara Tribune : We believe witl
The Norfolk News , that Norfolk av
nue in that city should be paved. Noth
ing they could do down there would
give a better imprcs'sion to the thous
ands of people who pass through the
city.
Wayne Democrat : Anyway the Nor
folk News treated Wayne on the
square. That write-up of President
Pile's demise and about the college
properties wns good. The New1 ! hns
a happy faculty of alighting in the
right spot when there Is no politic ;
in it.
Madison Post : The teachers' asso
elation at Norfolk last week resolved
that playing marbles for keeps Is
gambling , but we will stake all oui
marbles for keeps that every lenrned
professor played for keeps in his day
and generation. Let the marbles gc
and eliminate "Say kid , " "You bet , '
"frat , " nnd a few other vulgarisms
that find root nnd branch In the vo
cabulary of our schools.
The New Service.
Wayne Herald : The Norfolk News
has added a leased Associated Press
wire to its news gathering equipment
and will be better able than ever tc
serve Its patrons.
Pierce Leader : The Norfolk Dailj
News now has a wire of its own whlcl :
connects It directly with Omaha , and
which enables It to obtain the latest
news from all over the world frorc
the Associated Press. The News is i
fine little daily and is occasionally
making those Improvements which arc
for the accommodation of its readers
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
A fat dog Is always disguesting.
When a farmer is talky ho talks
lot.
Horses seem slower than over slnct
automobiles came in.
A boy likes pie so well he novel
knows when It Is poor.
YOU often hear men say : "I've tak
en all I intend from Him ! "
Does your roof leak when there IE
a rain ? That's shlftlessness.
t
That taxes will Increase every yeai
seeina to be as certain as death.
A girl learns to cook as naturally
as a boy learns to chow tobacco.
Falling In love is as hard on the
system as having a hard spell of sick
ness.
When an engaged girl gets mad at
her. intended , ahe-bogina to fidget witb
her engagemoBt. ring , a * If abe were
going to tnko it off , nnd trample It un
der foot.
Only when the baby Is asleep , is
earning the living for the family the
linrdest job.
Bet on almost any candidate , and
you'll soon become alarmed for the
safety of your money.
It IB the good fortune of many n
bride and groom at the altar that re
sponses do not permit them to Intro
duce any bad grammar.
The argument , which you think
should enlighten your opponent , ho re
gards as a ruse to fool him.
Look at ton women these days , and
the way seven of them wear their
hulr , will make--you lauglin
More women are making speeches ,
and they are making better ones , but
the same can't bo said of their pie.
A man cannot convince you that ho
IB cultured the first time ho meets
you , but many of them attempt it.
The empty back scat of a big auto
mobile is one of the things that add
to the discontent of the man on foot ,
There is something about a girl who
has had a "steady" that you do not
notice about a girl who has never had
one.
The man equipped to plow gardens
is as popular these days as a politician
with money , and a good deal more in
dependent.
If you want to be of assistance to n
friend In trouble , do not say , "I'm
sorry. " That will not help him any ,
but it may bore him.
An Atchlson man who Is notoriously
henpecked , lately explained to afrlend ;
"I 'must either stand It , or whip her ,
And It Is easier to be henpecked than
it is to whip a woman.
At its next meeting the Lancnutei
Literary society will take this for HE
subject -of debate : Which Is the
greater loss of time , trying to get some
one over a telephone , or saying good
bye to a caller ?
No woman's neck and bust were
ever pretty enough to be displayed In
public. If fat ; they look greasy , and
If thin , the play of ribs and chords
and muscles , when she moves and
talks , is a terrible sight.
A man may not pay much attentlor
to what his wife wants , but he wants
to look out for that daughter who Is
growing up : Before she is ten she is
seeing things , and making up hoi
mind that her father needs taking ii :
hand.
It Is better to pity others than your
self. Self pity makes for weakness
and narrowness , but there is strength
in encouraging the strength yov
may need for helping others. And ai
occasional glimpse of the trouble o :
others Is apt to show that yours de
not amount to much , after all.
When anyone tells you that sleep IE
a habit , and that five hours is enough
do not believe him. Sleep all you can
It was intended that healthy people
should sleep eight hours ; If you sleei
ten all the better. Sleep Is nature's
sweet restorer , as you may have heard
before.
A preacher was called upon recently
to tell a dying man that the end was
near. He said nothing about repent
ance or hell ; he told the man he was
about to go on a little journey and
that at Its end he would meet nil the
good friends who had gone before
He must not be afraid , ho told him ;
all would be well. And the man died
with a pleasant smile on his face. The
Incident is an illustration of the greal
cange in sentiment : Two genera
tions ago the preacher would have
taken brimstone to the man about tc
depart.
If you start or repeat a bad story or
any one , you are doing n damage thai
no repentance or shame on your par !
can ever undo. Whisper a slander te
your best friend , and , though yovi
stand on a hill the next day , and pro
claim in a loud voice that it Is nol
true , .you cannot call the bad story
back. People who do wrong are pun
ished enough , even if there Is no gos
sip about them.
OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES ,
Beemer is thinking of celebrating
the Fourth.
The Wayne high school won Its de
bate with Oakland.
Bonesteel will hold its first city
election a week from next Tuesday.
Emll Hertert , a Pierce boy , Is serv
ing in the navy on the battleship Cali
fornia.
Senator Randall secured one of the
senate flags for the Madison military
company. '
The Burton Independent , which has
been independent in politics , is now
democratic.
A. V. Smith of Madison Is said to
have been offered $1,500 for his fast
horse , Nabisco.
Smallpox has appeared la Fremont ,
a Fremont college student having con
tracted the disease frrFremont.
P. H. Kohl of Wayne got the pen
with wh'Ich Governor Shallcnberger
signed the Wayne normal bill.
According to the Madison Post there
Is a possibility' of the two Telephone
companies in Madison consolidating.
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John Dugnu of lloneateol , S. 1) . , has
Issued a signed statement denying
thnt ho Is an undeslrnblo citizen. The
Gregory Times Intimated IIR much.
"Johnnie" Dugnn has HOVOII years of
re'sldonoo in Gregory county to liln
credit.
Madison Post : Isn't it about tlmo
for the growing maidenhood of Miull-
son to cease nddresslng thulr chuiuE ,
us , "Sny , kid ? "
According to the Wnyno Democrat
the daylight miloon bill moistened up
n good many otherwise arid spots In
Wnyno nt the license election.
A now Methodist church at Pligor Is
assured , It will coat about $3500 | of
which $2,500 hns been pledged.
Judge Wilton has received a tele
gram from Washington stating that no
additional reservations for townslteu
will be approved ,
Governor Shnllenberger still finds n
smllo for him In one part of Ne
braska. Ho has been invited to attend
a banquet nt Wnyno Tuesday night.
It Is stated that Mrs. M. A. Phillips
of Wnyno will bo a candidate for the
Republican nomination for county su
perintendent of Wayne county this
fall.
Governor Shallciiborger having sign
ed the Chase bill appropriating $35,000
for n state normal school in the Sixth
district , the slto for the school will
bo chosen by the new state normal
board , the town winning the school to
deed eighty acres of land to the state.
Wnyno Democrat : The laboring
man won't have tljno to tnko n drink
before going to work nnd the saloons
will bo closed right nftor supper. By
dad , I mnke a motion thnt every man
who doesn't work bo arrested as n
vagrant. It Isn't fair thnt the loafer
bo entitled to exclusive saloon privi
leges.
A. Ray Evans , n well known north
Nebrnska newspaper man , has pur
chased the Bristow Enterprise , suc
ceeding Editor J. G. Willis who has
filed on a Souia Dakota homestead In
Mend county. Mr. Evans Is a son of
the late C. S. Evans , a former Nor
folk newspaper man , nnd has been in
Dallas , S. D.
At the annual congregational moot
ing of the Ponca Presbyterian church
the question of rebuilding the church ,
which was burned to the ground on
February 13 , was taken up and ns a
result a committee of six men was
appointed ! to get plans and estimates
on various material and report at nn
adjourned meeting to be hold on April
15. At that time n building committee
will be elected to carry out the
wishes of the congregation.
Superintendent Doremus may leave
the Madison schools to accept n col
lege position , according to a rumor
from Madison. Mr. Doremus Is presi
dent of the North Nebrnska Teachers
association. The Madison board ha ?
elected the following teachers for
next year : Misses Florence Donald
son , Beatrice Clark , Minnie Jones ,
Eva llorsham , Sophia McFetters ,
Amelia Bauch , Lola Taylor , Myrtle
Dewey , Pearl Elley , Ellznbeth McFnr-
Innd.
Humphrey Democrat : Alexander
Zuhlke , a young man employed in
Casper Theisen's jewelry store , met
with n painful nnd quite serious acci
dent Tuesday afternoon , and ns a .re
sult ho is minus a part of the thumb
nnd forefinger on his left hand. He
was examining n dynamite cartridge
nnd in some way it wns caused to ex
plode. The first joint of his thumb
and two joints of the forefinger were
taken off as clean ns though they
had boon cut off with a surgoon'B
knife.
Word of school trouble of a rather
sensational nature hns been brought
to Norfolk from Dallas , S. D. , where n
man teacher is said to be involved in
trouble as a result of a beating ad
ministered to n little son of diet
Slaughter of Dallas. The boy Is said
to have been whipped so unmercifully
that his sister Intervened , only to re
ceive a few of the blows herself. Mr.
Slaughter's friends prevented him
from going gunning for the teacher
and according to report the matter was
slated to come up in the Dallas courts.
News comes from California that
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Herd of Central
City have sailed for Honolulu , where
they intend to make a short sojourn.
After his attack of paralysis in the
winter Mr. Herd , as soon as he had
recovered sufficiently to bo able to
travel , departed for California In com
pany with his wife , and have since
then been making their headquarters
at Los Angeles , where their sonlln-Iaw
and daughter , Mr. and Mrs. Will Rich
ardson , reside. Most encouraging re
ports , showing a marked Improvement
In Mr. Herd's condition , have been
sent back to Nebraska , and It is ex
pected that upon his return from the
Hawaiian islands he will have recov
ered sufficiently to enable him to re
turn and take charge of his business
interests at Central City , where ho has
the distinction of feeding more cattle
than any other man in the world.
NEBRASKA POLITICS.
Dan Nottleton of Clay county ; ix-
speakcr of the house of representa
tives , lieutenant Governor' Hope-well of
Tckamah and Will Hayward , secretary
of the national republican committee ,
are three men who are being men
tioned Ju4t now for the .republican
nomination for gorernor two years
from now. ' *