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THE NOHFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL FH1DAY OCTORER 22 1'JOO ' Done. Lot. Ulk. Amt. 1 22 .47 4G 4G 7 8 22 1.83 9 10 11I I 28 .24 3 4 28 .47 Klmball and Blair's Add. IX'HC. Lot Ulk. Amt All except N G ft lot 7 G $10.69 ! ) G 9.16 10 G .77 G 6 7.64 Koenlgsteln's 1st Add. Dobc. Lot Ulk. Amt , N14 E1G 1 $106.92 61.1C G 15.2 ! ) BV4 4 12.22 10 16.2 8 15.28 10 35.12 N55 6 NGG 7 8 15.2U Koenlgsteln's 2d Add. 1 $5&.U1 21 2 13.7-1 "I 1 6.11 J 4 101 . 11 \ 4 10.3U 12 j 10 22.14 W38 K8W44 W44 Kocnlgsteln'o 3d Add. Desc. Lot Dlk. Amt G ) 1 $ G1.U 81 25.'J ( 12 1.51 12a 9 10 12.81 1 1'J.Ot ' 6 12.2 : 7.0 , 12.2 : Koenlgsteln's 4th Add. Desc. Lot Blk. Amt 1 2 $ lU.t > < 3 2 33.31 Mathewson's 1st Add. Desc. Lot Ulk. Amt ,342 . 4. . 1. $ y.lt E22 7 2 45.s ; G 3 61.11 33.6 : Mathewson's 2d Add. Dose. Lot Ulk. Anil 12 ) U ( 1 $3.0i 830 N71 G&6 4 7.3 N41 G&G 4 .3 Machmuller's Addition. Dose. Miller's Addition. Desc. Lot Ulk. Amt 8ft 1 $18.3 N16 4 .7' ' NORFOLK JUNCTION Desc. Lot Dlk. Amt ° ) 10 L $72.1' ' " J 11.71 20) ) 21 J 1 .91 1 2 13.0 N13 N110 N110 9.5 A Problem In Mathematics. The town of Sturgla , In Mississippi , la the only round square town In ex istence. By legal enactment the circle has been squared , and the mathemati cian mny now proceed to calculate the area of a square circle. In the laws of Mississippi for the year 1880 , on page CS2 , la found the following : "An act to Incorporate the town of Btnrgis , In Oktlbbeha county , Missis sippi. "Section 1. De It enacted by the VJ legislature of the state of Mississippi r that the town of Sturgts , In the county of Oktlbbeha , la hereby Incorporated and that the corporate limits of said town shall bo as follows : Ueglnnlug t tue quarter stake In front of Caleb i's residence and running G yards In every direction , making sn corporate limits l.'OO yards square. ' Thus the circle Is squared by the s omn declaration or the law. Youtl Companion. The Way It Seemed. "The longest days of the year are June , pa , but when are the shortest'- "Sometimes in July and sometimes August , depending upon when yo mother takes her vacation. " N < York 1'rcss. Foresight Is very wise , but forest row Is very foolish , and castles are any rate better than dungeons In t : air. Sir John Lubbock. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. , Dr. II. T. ilolden Is back from Omr ha. Mrs. Peter Knutz of Moslems was litho the city. Miss Myrtle Howlns left Thursda ; for Chicago. Deputy ( nmo Warden J. H. Donovai Is In the city. Paul Paull returned from a buslncs trip to Sioux City. Dr. and Mrs. Uadbols ofMadlsoi were heio Saturday , Mrs. O. L. Ilydo will spend Sunda ; In Omaha with Mr. Hyde. Mrs. .1. J. Clements of Madison wn hero visiting with relatives. Hlchatd Kohrko of Uosklns was li the city on business Saturday. Miss Maldo Heckor of Madison vlsll ed with friends hero Saturday. Miss Dorothy Greene of Hosklns vie lied with frlejids here Saturday. Cleo. Ledorer wont to Hattle Creel to visit with relatives over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lynn of Madl son were here In tholr automobile Sat urday. Miss Qrare Ilockman has roturnei from an extended visit with friends li Wisconsin. Mrs. K. Nunn of Mayweed , Mo. , I here visiting with her slstor , Mrs. J Slmpklns. Mrs. II. 13. Gcrecke of Fremont , ac companled by her daughter , Is vlsltlni in the city. Mr. and Mrs. John Troester o Plorco were in the city for n shor time Saturday. Father Collins of Greoley la In th city visiting with Father Buckley am Father Glbauer. Mr. and Mrs. Asa K. Leonard are n ICent Siding , where they will camp fo about two weeks. Henry Illckgauor , a prominent rea estate dealer of Hrlstow , was In th city on business. Miss Bertha Pilger went to Madlsoi She was accompanied by Miss Zimmoi man of Hattle Creek. Clyde Smith Is back from Arlzon ; and brought with him four cars o horses from the ranch to the Sout Omaha market. Senator Allen was in town in a : automobile from Madison yesterdaj Louis Voegol of Stanton , who Is ei route to Pierre , S. D. , stopped here fo a s.hort time Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crooks of Wasl Ington , la. , are here visiting with Mi and Mrs. L. B. Nicola. Mr. and Mrs. J. Eberly cf Stanto and Mr. and Mrs. George Agler c Llgonlor , Ind. , came up from Stanto in an automobile. Sam Erskine , Gene Huso , Prof. I M. Hunter and Mlllard South went t Omaha to witness the Minnesota-N < braska football game. Miss Lizzie Zimmerman of Battl Crook was here for a short visit wit friends. Miss Zimmerman was on he way to Madison to spend n day or tw ( Morrlck Estabrook , a wealthy min owner of Boston , spent Friday nigl ; In Norfolk , the guest of his brother , I S. Estabrook , and his nephew , F. I Estabrook. Miss Rose Plorponstock , who ha been visiting in Omaha , stopped her for a short time to visit with friend ! Miss Pierpenptock is on her way t her homo in Wayne. Archie Gow , who has been employe as cashier at the Peoples departmer store during his vacation , has gone t DCS Molnes to continue his studies i the Cummins school of arts. John Klug and family returned froi Spencer , where they were attendln the wedding of Miss Hulda Deher an Frank Krause , both of Spencer. Th wedding ceremonies were conductc by the Lutheran tmlnlstor of Spence at the home of tile groom's parents. A meeting of the retail clerks' ass < elation Is called for Tuesday night. The Norfolk Woman's club will mec with Mrs. Burt Mapes Monday afte noon at 2:30 : o'clock. Patrolman O'Brien yesterday kllle a dog which he says was diseased an dangerous to be loose. Carl Davenport has fitted up hi stand with a motor and an automat ! corn popper. New lights and fixture have been put In. Mrs. A. C. Taylor of South Norfol fell and cut an artery in her seal which produced a severe hemorrhag before n surgeon sewed the wound. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Salmon , forme ly of Norfolk , were In the city enrout homo to Shoshont , Wyo. , from Rochei tor , Minn. , where Mr. Salmon had bee operated on for gallstones and appei dicitis. The carload of potatoes which wer sent hero from Minnesota to E. I > Vail have been found to be parti frozen. Mr. Vail will probably refus to accept them. They were shlppe In a stock car. The forty-hour devotion begins t the Sacred Heart church Sunday mon ing at 10:30 : mass. The forty-hour di votlon will last till Tuesday. Service at the Sacred Heart church arc at and 10:30 : Sundays. Dancing was enjoyed by n numbe of young people from Norfolk at th railway hall at the Junction last evei ing. ing.New New corn is already being huske In small * quantities , but the genon cribbing will not take place for at leas two more weeks. A number of load of old corn have been brought In thl week. Winter apples are already being sol here. Ono load Saturday was sol rapidly at 75 cents a bushel. A load c Missouri pears were also on the ma ket , selling at two foi S cents. Work on the Main street sewer I being pushed rapidly. Already tli men digging the ditches have reache Third street and started pulling up th ties of the old street car tracks furthc west on Norfolk avenue. Valentino Republican : A grot many feeder cattle are being shlppc from the sand hills to points on tli Northwestern between Norfolk an Fremont and to points between No folk and Sioux City on the Omaha lln Emll Koehn has purchased the Joli Herman property on South Four ) street and Is having It raised and n modeled Into a modern house. M Koehn will make this place his res denco after repairs are completed. Mrs. Mlko llalpln , who with M Hnlpln went to Ireland last spring , I now In Pennsylvania and writes t fi lends In Norfolk regarding their trl to the old home. Slio tolls of ho' ' fresh and green everything Is bac there and says she expects to rctur and make her future homo in Englani Although Detroit had tied th world's championship series at Dotrol Thursday , many Norfolk baseball fan played Pittsburg for a favorite. Man here believed , on account of the crl ) pled condition of the Detroit tcai Pittsburg would carry off the honon Hotting heio was about 2 to 1 o Pittsburg. George Freeman and Miss Mny Un on of Humphrey , formerly with th Nebraska Telephone company lion were married at Humphrey last wool Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have gone t Pllgor , where they will have charge c the telephone office at that place. Th position hold by Mr. Freeman with th lineman gang hero has not yet boo filled. Evangelistic services will bo hold ! i the First Methodist church , bcglnnin October 20 , continuing two weeks. Di J. W. Mahood , said to bo a porsuaslv speaker , will preach and will bo ai sistct ) by his singers , Ilov. and Mn A. T. George of Winona Lake , Ind. Mi and Mrs. George are said to bo inai tors In tholr work and it Is clalme their duets and solos are very lino. Stock shipments to the South Omi ha market were very light the pas week. The market broke three or foil times , which Is prpbably the cause c the light shipments. Thursday th market on hogs was twenty cents lever or and was strengthened only a llttl the last part of the week. The Saltc Coal and Grain company will ship load of hogs Monday. They will als ship a car of corn next week. J. S. Mathewson and Darius Matl owson went up the Northfork abon four miles yesterday afternoon an floated down in a flatboat , using pa < dies to guide with. When the sugn factory dam was reached they had very close call from being throw overboard Into the chilly waters. Th dam was ridden over safely. Of th nineteen ducks they saw the hunter claim to have killed every one. Nearly the ontlro football team f the Norfolk high school went to Omi ha to witness the Mlnnesota-Nebrask football game. Nebraska was a favo ito with the local team , owing to tli fact that their coach was at one tlm a star player with that eleven. Stipp intendent Hunter bellovcd Nebrask would make a very strong sliowln | against Minnesota and said ho won ! not bo surprised if they carried o the honors. The local team took pai In the snake dance before the game. 1 Interest in the new Y. M. C. A. buili ing proposition is increasing. Men hers of the teams are enthusiast ! over the coming meeting of the tru tees and the committees , at which [ supper will be served. State Secretar J. P. Bailey and other well known 1 M. C. A. workers will deliver m dresses , among which will probabl be Head Consul Talbot of the Moder I Woodmen. Thursday evening is do ignated for this meeting , which wt occur at the Y. M. C. A. headquarter Printed circulars have been finlshe and they will soon bo circulate around the city. Why Mathewson Wins. A big , husky , quiet , light-haire youngster was breaking In with tli New York Giants. He was pltchini Now he shot the sphere across tli I plate so swiftly that it seemed mere ] I a flash of light. A moment later h tossed it so slowly that it floate through the air like a miniature ba I loon. Other players , at bat , swung an missed with monotonous regularity. i "Big six-footer , " observed a regulr to Van Haltren. "Biggest six I ever saw , " returne the veteran. And "Big-Six" Matty It has bee from that day to this. "Christy" Mathewson's first name : Christopher , but being of a modest , r tiring nature , he prefers to be calle i "Matty. " I've heard people who nevi 'got ' within fifty yards of Matty sa that he has a "big head. " Thei ' never was a more mistaken statemen in spite of his great and long contl ; ued success , Matty is absolutely wit ! I out a trace of conceit. He's a big , fin clean living fellow , a great ball playe and a good business man , and as pop lar as pay day among the men wli work with him at the polo grpjmds. Matewson began his athletic care < at Bucknoll college , In Pennsylvanl : First he was a football player , and corker at that. They still talk at Wei Point about a forty-five yard field goi that Matty kicked In a Bucknoll-Wo ! point game. In ono game agalm Pennsylvania he kicked two field goa and in that day the rules didn't favc the art of kicking as much as the do now. A curious thing about Ma ty's kicking was the fact that he coul score with either foot. After wearing the football lauro for a while Matty began Bitching c his college team. Ho was a succos at once. There never was a greati college pitcher. When ho was throng with his course of study profession ! clubs in the minor leagues began hi ding for his services. Matty thought It over and decided I turn professional for a while. Fir ho signed up with a league team I Massachusetts. They didn't Hko Mn ty's pitching up there. Can you be : It ? Matty left and went to Norfol Vn. Ho signed with Norfolk for salary of $70 n month , They have that old contract frame now and conspicuously placed on tl office wall. They use it as a club ovi the young players. When a youngsti tries to hold out for more money the show him the contract and say , "Wl you've got an awful nerve. Here what Christy Mathowson signed f < 1 wl\en \ he was In your class. " Then th I young player wilts and feels thankfii for whatever they toss him. The Now York club bought Matty' services from Norfolk , and hero h has been ever since and will ho a long as he cares to play ball. I It's a safe guess that 'Matty will b I a star for ton years more. Ho ha brains. He doesn't try to bo the whol thing all the time. He knows then are eight other players on the team- * I a thing that can't bo Impressed upoi the Intelligence of many good twlrlors 1 As long as there are no men on tin bases he takes a chance of having tin butter land on something. Ho Is i ' mathematician , and ho figures tin I chances are four to one that the average ago batter won't lilt safe If ho doe land on the ball. Ho has a theory too , that the chance Is ten to ono tlm a batter won't ' hit safe after twi strikes are called-on him. But no pitcher In the game cai tighten up harder than Matty doe when there are men on bases. Thei ho really extends himself. By re serving Ills energies in this nmnnc ho can do wonders in a pinch. More over , ho will last much longer thai ho would If ho plugged all the time , lie's only 29 this month. A keen analytical mind has Matty Ho plays a great game of poker o bridge whist. Ho can figure tin chances of any game of skill or lucl In a moment and then play It sclentl fically. Ho carries the same calcu latlng mind Into business , and his In vestments In stocks , bonds , mortgagee etc. , are making him a rich man. A little while ago Matty took a file In the insurance business. Ho madi money. If he left baseball today ho'i make good at anything else , for he hn brains. TROUBLE AMONG "DRYS. " to'Go Down" President Refuses to am Makes Attack on Anti-Saloon League Lincoln , Oct. 16. The tradltlona man's hand slzo cloud of trouble ha appeared on the county option horl zon. The Anti-Saloon league which I a close corporation , has assumed tin task of making the fight for county 01 tlon in Nebraska next year and an ' nounced yesterday that it had al : ' sorbed the Nebraska Temperance un Ion and would have full control. Whereupon rises T. M. Wlmberlj president of the said union , declare | that it has not been swallowed am that It isn't going to bo cither. He ir ' slsts that the league Is trying to mak the fight entirely a church affair , am that this method will wreck the move mcnt if It succeeds In barring out al others. "Tho league Is making its figh through the churches where evorybod Is for county option. We want to d a broader work and make convert I outside the churches. There are man ; ' willing temperance workers who ar 'not ' church members , and their sei I vices will not be available if th . church Insists on running the can 1 paign. " I Other officers of the union declar 1 that the league makes a pretense c being an effective political factor , bu that as a matter of fact the officer have been claiming credit for thing they never heard about until the wore accomplished ; that it has ha i headquarters in Lincoln for nine yean yet hasn't a single precinct organizf tlon in the county nor a list of voter in any one precinct. Which will call for some sharp n torts from the league , and means mor trouble. DOUBLE TRACKING. Contract Let for Additional Stretc on Union Pacific. Through the headquarters of th company at Omaha the Union Pacifl has Just let a contract for the cor structlon of double track In Wyomln from Green River to Rock Springs This stretch Is sixteen miles long an will be heavy and expensive work. I will connect with thirty miles c double track on the wes * and twent miles on the east , making a stretch o plxty-six miles. This new work which will be con menced at once will make a totn of 106 miles of double track cor structlon now under way and ther is more remaining to bn done. Th company expects to keep at the worl of double tracking as fast as possibl until the whole line is doubl tracked. The company's roadbed for th double track tlrough Nebraska Is IIOA in almost perfect condition Numei ous applications of crude oh hav water drains off within a brief tlm after a rain. Wayne Normal Notes. Misses Pauline and Emilie Grunwal of Pierce were made happy this wee by a visit from their father and molt er. Miss Carroll wont to Carroll Tues day evening to meet her brother , Chai Ho , who Is homo from Geddes , S. D for a few days. Among now students to enroll thl week are Misses Lillian Gatzemeyc of'Bancroft and Bertha Sknlborg c Wausa. Miss Margaret Carroll will give th Saturday 1 o'clock lecture this wool She wlllullscuss different writers an * give selections from each. Prof. Ilonry Raubach and wife visl ed with friends on the hill last Satu day and Sunday. They Hko their no- location at Sioux , where Mr. Raubac Is superintendent of the ( schools. Miss Edna Baluss of Atkinson vi ited college friends the first of th week. She was on her way to Flo Ida , where she will spend the white Mrs. Pile Is in Lincoln this wool whore she is attending the State Fei eratlon of Women's clubs. Mrs. Pil delivered the response to the addres of welcome given by Mrs. Slmllenbe ger. ger.On On account of the cold weather th week. H was found necessary to sta the heating plant. However , over thing was In good working order , am all the rooms wuro soon heated. No school was hold at the collogi last Saturday , ns most of the mem hers of the faculty desired to attorn the Northeast Nebraska Touchers' at > soclatlon at Emerson on that day However , the morning clauses reeltei on Monday , so no work was lost. Miss Nollle Whaley called ono da : last week and made arrangements ti spend the mouth of November li school. She will have four weeks' vn cation at that time , and Is going t < Improve It In this way. AS THEY SPELL IN COLLEGE. Morthwestern University Tries Orthog raphy of Its Freshman. Chicago , Oct. 10. Freshman a Northwestern University wore callet upon , after having been divided Inti eleven sections , to spell words li common UHO , each section having oiu liundrcd words. Here are some o : ho woids piopoundod , with the spell jigs given : Irregular Earcgular , Iregolor , Ireg caler. Accessible Excesablo , assessable excsoble. Counterfeit Counterfit , Contorfitc coiintcrpheot Apprentice Aprentase , aprcntls. Chivalry Shlvalry , shlvolry , chlfal ery. Magazine Magazeen , mngnzcnu , mn gls-.eno. P1 u in ago Plumnago , plumeago plumeng. Anthracite Anthrooslto , anthrlslght Adage Addagc , addlge. Municipal Munisipple , munlclplo. Glacier Glassoar , glashlcr. Intelligence Entoligance , 1 n t o 1 c gence. ProJ. . Scott Clark , head of the dc partmont of English , said after tin test that the present mode of cduca tlon In grammar and high schools wai responsible for the largo number o poor spellers. Battle Creek News. Allen Cassel came up from Fremon Monday for a visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cassel. The republicans held caucuses ii Highland and Battle Creek precinct : Tuesday. The following nomination ! were made : Battle Crook preclnct- lustlces of the peace , Chas. T. Rich ardson and W. A. Barnes ; con stables , A. II. Gardels and D. L. Best assessor , Fred Volk ; road overseer- north A. W. Tillotson ; no nominatioi made for the south part. Illghlam precinct For justices of the peace Henry Neuwork and A. B. Mclksel constables , J. C. Burch and Join Sclmcher ; assessor , Conrad Werner for road overseers , Frank C. Tegelo and J. C. Austin. Jolyi Erbst and family of Bloomficli were visiting hero several days wit ] the Mantey families and other rein lives. They returned Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pratt arrive ! here Saturday from Butte , Mont , fo a month's visit with his parents , Mi and Mrs. Goo. Pratt. Jesse IK a Batt.l . Creek boy and went to Montana si > teen years ago. Bernard L. Risk , Battle Creek's e > town marshal , sold Ill's Irouseholi goods at auction Tuesday and intend to move with his family to Oakland Calif. , soon , where he formerly lived Mrs. Peter Bees returned Saturda from a month's visit with relatives am friends at Coldwater , Mich. Mrs. Dollie Endros and two llttl daughters , of Norfolk , were visitin here Sunday nt the home of her pr rents , Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pratt. Fred Eyl is building a large doubl corncrib with driveway on his farr southwest of town. Almost ever ; farmer in this community has to mak preparations to get the big corn cro under shelter. Mrs. Sophia Kuhrts returned Frida ; from a three week's visit with relr lives at Clinton , la. Miss Gale'Avery visited Sunday a the home of her sister , Mrs. Wm. Cos sairt , at Norfolk. Holy communion services will b held at the Lutheran church Sunda morning. Wm. Pratt was here Sunday fror Meadow Grove visiting relatives. Wm. Blermann , jr. , was In Battl Creek from Saturday until Monda from Wayne visiting his parents an other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lund , who wer married recently , are hero from Fre mont for a visit with his mother , Mrs Caroline Lund , and her parents , Mi and Mrs. C. A. Hodman. Wednesday and Thursday specifi services were held in the Catholi church horo. Several priests from on of town wore in attendance and soi mons were delivered by Rev. Fathe Schller of Sioux City. The aticndanc was large. Tilden Sore On Street Carnival. Tlldon Citizen : After the lapse c five weeks , the had taste left by th carnival has had time to become dee < orized and people ought to be in n coi ditlon to think and talk without bin or prejudice concerning this and sin liar events which , largely for the pu pose of being considered enterprlsln and up-to-date , most of the small town of the state doom desirable to have I their midst once a year. Ignoring , for the moment , the ente tainlng features which nro the essoi tlals of a carnival company , and coi slderlng the direct and Indirect result of turning the town over to such troupe , ono can find hut little argi mont to Justify harboring such an aj gregatlon. The personnel Is uncoutl "tough" Is perhaps a bettor descrlptlv term , and In the business to mak money by fair means or foul. Amen such a troupe are many who are pass lively vicious , men who would stop i no crime If money could bo made I ; committing It , This Is bad enougl but when ono realizes that a lot < young girls who ought to bo the prld and comfort of "mother" and the Jc of "father's" homo , instead of nppea Ing with painted cheeks and aba doned carriage before a public wl cannot respect them , form a necossui Pure in the can- Pure in the baking. Never imit of tlit > company , ono feels railed upon to tuUo himself to tank for hav ing been even tlio most unimportant factor In bringing a rnrnlval to a peaceful town of liomo lovers. One Girl's Fnte. Ono Incident oeeniroil wlillo tlio people wcro hero which ought to ap peal to ovury man and woman In Til- don. , \ girl In lior 'tcuiiH , overcome by tlio glamour and IhiHol of tlio brnsB band , tlio crowds , the tawdry Hotting of the HliowH , loft lior homo In a neighboring - boring town and embarked on a Ufa that Hho hoped would ho ono long round of unalloyed pleasure. After upending a few days with tlio com pany , her grief stricken paronttj learned of her situation and hastened to tnko her hack to their hearts and home. Hut what of that thoughtless girl's future ? The old Raying that you cannot touch pitch without being do llied by It , prevails , and that girl's reputation Is and always will | i smirched by her contact for a pi-rtod of loss than a week , with poisons who have no character to lose. Streets Cluttered Up. From n sanitary view a carnival hold to bo cluttered up with hay and straw that made them look Hko n feed yard. Is lawless. The streets of a town an * dedicated to the public and , unless public necessity demands , obstructions to free trnfllc on the highways ought not to bo tolerated either by the mu nicipal authorities , the business men of the town or the farmers whoso right to drive on any thoroughfare Is unquestioned. Krni a sanitary view a carnival hold on the streets of a town Is an abom ination. Besides tlio risk of conta gious disease which the exposure of the carnival people's lifo Invltea , Is the danger of the accumulated filth left behind them. That an epidemic of typhoid fever or some other oqutMIy dangerous disease did not follow In the wnko of the Ttlden carnival Is' ' aw great a piece of good luck as over le- fell a community. Another thing to bo considered Is the expenditure of money that , in many instances , should have boon used for necessities. If the paid shows wore elevating , instructive oryholc - somely amusing , this article wpuld never have been printed. Hut , eyen tills much cannot be said for tliein. They are all of the "catchpenny" order - dor , and possess scarcely a feature to recommend them to either Old or\ young. They simply furnish a yawn-N Ing receptacle for Innumerable dimes that had far better bo thrown into the Elkhorn river. Danger to Boys and Girls. The tendency to licentiousness which prevails at a carnival is enough In itfcelf to condemn it , and should set all right thinking men to pondering over the advisability of holding an other. The danger to boys and girls is incalculable , and surely none can condone the utter disregard of the convenience of the public on such occasions. The question of money which may possibly be .allowed to enter the con sideration is too trivial to be used as argument. Hotter by far that this or that civic organization surrender Us charter than that it should be the means , however remote , or robbing a homo of a beloved daughter , or of starting an unsophisticated son on the road to ruin. The riffraff , of which most carnival companies is composed , were not long ago Innocent youns boys and pure young girls , such as gladden most of the happy homes In Tilden ; and who will say that , In the absence of carnival companies , they would not have grown up to bo re spected and useful men and women , each fitted for an honorable career In the republic ? If this line of reasoning ; is logical , as moht Citizen readers will concede , Isn't It bordering on the dangerous - ( gerous edge of criminality to encourage - age the continued existence of vice ! and vulgarity In such form ? If the subject should be written up ns it deserves , the article would be both too coarse and ton delicate for publication in a newspaper which de sire ? to print nothing that cannot bo read with propriety in rellned society and by the most tenderly nurtured , children. Hut the Citizen hopes that the expression of the mild criticisms hero printed will result In the aban donment of carnivals in Tilden for all time. The word carnival means fare- jwell to meat , so the dictionary tells us ; and , In the early days of the Chris tian church , was a sort of jollification ( immediately before Lent. Hut the world at that time was only slightly re moved from savagery , and the carnival is a survival of barbarism. Favors Clean Annual Festival. While strongly opposed to holding another carnival , the paper is as strongly In favor of having an annual celebration of some kind which will bo ,1110 , means of bringing the town and surrounding country together for fun , amusement and recreation. Uy all means have three days or a week de voted to baseball , horse racing and all , kinds of sports. Hire a brass band , trapeze performers and aeronauts ; let the young people dance to their hearts' J content , and lot the older people show ' an Interest In nil these proceedings , 'oven If ago has taken off the keen enjoyment of such harmless frivolity hut let 'us blop at bringing In the vicious and outcasts of depravity to mlnglo with and make merriment for the community.
