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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1909)
THE NORFOLK NVELKi , } NEYVS-Jl'UIlNAl MUlRi NOVEMllfiR 12 ! ( ) DURAND PLANS FARM CENSUS WILL DE MOST COMPLETE AND ACCURATE IN HISTORY. WORK WILL START APRIL 15 By Clacslfylng Ages of Farmers , It Will Be Possible to Figure Out Farm Operations by Age Periods Number of Owners Is Increasing. Washington , Nov. G. E. Dana Du- rand , director of the census , Is deter mined that the farm census of next year shall be the most complete and accurate In the history of the govern ment , and ho Is making comprehensive plans for getting the Information ho thlnkH necessary to carry out his pur- IKIHO. IKIHO.Whon When It Is taken : nto account that the vnluo of all farm property In 1900 was nearly $20,500,000.000 , and that the number of farms operated In the United States In 1008 reached the enormous total of G.100.000 , with a to tal acreage of 1,000.000,000 , It will he soon roadlly that the task of getting statlaticH on practically every detail agricultural llfo Is not nn easy ono. The agricultural census of 1850 riv ported 1,44,073 ! ) farms , and that ol 1900 , G.739.GG7 , an addition of nearly three tlraos as many as had been os tabllshod In the previous 250 years ol HottiomonL In 1850 there was ono farm for every sixteen persons in the United States , wliljo in 1900 there wac ono for every 13.3 persons. In pro portion to population , therefore , then voro six farms In 1900 where then were only five , in 1850 , representing tui addition of one farm for every 12. ' persons added to < the national popu Utlon. Work Begins In April. Census enumerators will begin thcli work April 15 of next year , and thoj are appealing to the 7,000,000 farmen throughout the country to prepare ac curate data bctwoon now and then concerning corning their respective farms. Undo ; the head of ' 'personal Information1 farmers will bo asked to glvo thel nnmo , postofllco address , color or race ago , nation in which liorn , tenure length of rcsldonco on farm , and , if i tenant , the name and address of thi person from whom the land Is leased By obtaining the ago of farmers UK census office will be able to classif ; farm property by ago periods of tin operators , and thus show what propoi Uon of farm wealth is controlled b ; farmers under 25 years of age , he tween 4C and 50 years of ago , or an ; ether ago period. The rate of gain ii wealth ns the farmers increase in net * will bo a general index to the profitableness ablonoss of farming as an occupatloi in different sections of the country. The question of tenure , from man ; atandpolnts , is ono of the most Intci eating. The three principal tenure are owner , cash tenant and share tor anL In 1880 , for the country ns ; whole , 74.5 per cent of all farms wor operated by their owners ; 8 per con by cash tenants , and 17.5 per cent b share tenants. In 1900 the proportlo of owners had fallen to G4.7 per cenl while cash tenants Increased to 13. per cent and share tenants to 22.2 pc Farm Owners Increasing. Formerly the decrease In number c owners and the Increase In number c tenants was taken as an Indication b many persons that farm lands wer | iasstng into the hands of capitalist and that tenants had corresponding ! less opportunity of becoming farr owners. Careful study and hotter census flf uros , however , tend to disprove thl theory , and the constant relative ii crease In the number of tenants I taken to Indicate that a steadily li creasing number of farm laborers ar rising through farm tenancy to farr ownership , and that a growing iiumbc of farm owners become Independen In later lifo and retire from actlv management. Their lands thus b < como available for tenant farmers c farm laborers of the better class. Under the head of "general info niatlon regarding farm acreage , value and expenses , " each farm operate will bo required to state the total nun her of acres in his farm and also th number of acres of improved land. The census office defines a farm a all the land under the control or pe : sonal direction of a single Indlvldur or firm , upon which animals , fowls an agricultural products are raised c produced. By Improved land Is moan all land regularly tilled or mowed , Ian temporarily pastured , land lying fa low. land In gardens , orchards , vim yards and nurseries , and land occi plod by buildings. The number c acres of timbered land will also b called for. Farms Worth $20,439,901,164. Statements will also bo called fc of all land In the farm , Including built Ings and Improvements , the value c all buildings and that of all Impli monts and machinery belonging t the farm. At the last census In 190i the total value of farm land , wit Improvements and implements wn $20.439,901.164. divided into $16,614 047,491 for farm lands with improvt monts , Including buildings ; $749,775 970 for implements and nmchinory and $3,075,477,703 for livestock. The census bureau will also nsk fc a statement of the total amount o : ponded for farm labor In 1909 , oxcli alvo .of the expenditures for housi work. In view of the marked rale In farm wages in the past ten year It will bo interesting to ascortal whether the average farmer Is o : pending more for help than he wa at the time of the last census. 4 third Question calls ( or tb amount paid In 1909 for fertilizers. In 1899 thu average 'for the United States was only $10 a farm. A now question for the coming census calls for the amount paid In 1909 for hay , grain mid ether articles not raised on the farm , but purchased for food of domestic animals mid poultry , Four facts are required regarding each principal crop grown on the farm In 1909 , namely , the number of acres harvested , the quantity produced , the value of the product and the number of acres sown or planted , or to be sown or planted , for harvest In 1910. Corn Crop Worth $1,610,145,000. The statistics of the last census (1900) ( ) show that the acreage of corn In 1899 was 101,788,000 , the produc tion 2GG8fiO 1,000 bushels and the value of the crop $1.010,115.000. The wheat acicago was 47,577,000 , the pro duction , 6(51,002,000 ( bushels and the value of the crop $010,820,000. The acreage of oats was 32,1114,000 , the production 8U7.13ii,000 and the value $381,171,000. The livestock statistics of the same year show that In the United States there were 20,040,000 horses , valued nt $1.974,052.000 ; 4.053.000 mules , valued at $437,082,000 ; 21.720,000 milch cows , valued at $702,945,000 ; f9.370.000 oxen and other cattle , valued nt $803- 751,000 ; 50,084,000 sheep , valued at $192,032,000 , and 51,147,000 swine , valued at $354,794,000. HILL'S WARNING. Appeal for Stopping Agricultural Waste Echoed In New York City. Now York , Nov. C. Concerning James J. Hill's article In the current World's Work , the New York Tribune says : "Mr. James J. Hill's appeal In the World's Work for the stopping ol agricultural waste Is one of the most timely and pertinent utterances whlcli have been made on the whole subject of the conversation of our natural ( resources. Not long ago there wore published statistics showing that the soils of the old countries of the world or of some of them , were not wearing out. * but wore actually Increasing Ir productiveness. That was reassurlnt and encouraging. But nothing would bo easier than to misinterpret It , 01 to misapply its teaching. Instead o giving a charter for carelessness nnt profligate expenditure of the resources of fertility , it presents what shoult bo n convincing and constraining object joct lesson In the urgent need o cnro and economy. "Tho fact that some European landi are far more productive than oun and that some lands In our New Eng land and middle states are mucl more productive than the plains an < prairies of the west , is no proof tha long cultivated lands are necessarll ; or are Invariably more fertile thai the now. Mr. Hill cites the Instruc tlvo contrast between Franco am Spain. Both countries have been cul tlvated for a very long time. One o them is exceedingly fertile and 1 : rich and prosperous. The other li chiefly sterile and Is poor and un prosperous. It Is quite true that Nev England produces far more wheat b ; the aero than any western state , ye it contains many so-called nbandonei farms which produce little or nothing The lesson , written largo on over ; field , Is this : That It is not the lengtl of time during which land has beei cultivated , but rather the manner ii which it has been and is cultivated which determines its productiveness "Franco Is more fertile than Spall because the French people are commensurately mensuratoly more thrifty and carefu f' than the Spanish. England , Franc f and Germany arc more productlvi than America , because the land ther i Is cultivated more carefully and thoi i oughly and scientifically , and becaus r there is far less waste of fertllizln i material. All the sewage of Paris an Berlin is returned to the soil for It enrichment , while all that of Ne\ i York and Chicago is poured into th . rivers and the sea for their deflk i inonL . I "The cultivated lands of Vermon i are more productive than those o i Illinois because their cultivation i r more thorough and intense. Dougla t Jerrold said that in Australia th 5 soil was so fertile that if you tickle . It with a hoc It laughed with a hai vest , and that flight of fancy may b figuratively true concerning some vii gin soils ; but such conditions do nc 3 endure. The richest virgin soil Is nc r. so productive as the carefully tille . I mid fertilized soil of old-settled places . and a few seasons' cultivation suflle to exhaust it If its richness is not re plcnishcd. "That Is why , ns Mr. Hill remind I us , thousands of men are desertin 1 our great grain states of the nortl r west for the newer soil of Canadi L They have exhausted the virgin sol 1 upon which they settled a few year . ago , and now , Instead of replonlsl . ing its fertility beyond what It wa . in Its virgin state , they seek othe t virgin soils elsewhere. It Is a shor 3 sighted and profligate process , agalns which It Is well for so authoritativ a voice as Mr. Hill's to utter a prc test and a warning. It Is a splendl r thing to reclaim by irrigation o * otherwise lands which wo found des r erts ; but It would bo a still wise " thing to prevent the deterioration u lands which we found fertile. " Ruth Bryan Now Lecturing. Mrs. Huth Bryan Leavitt Is aval ! able for lecture engagements In Nc braska from November 15 to Dncom bcr 17 at $25 and expenses , includ ing railroad faro , meals onroute , am local entertainment. This is just hnl the price she receives for her lectur work outside of the state. A te\ days ago she received a tolegran from Kansas asking for the last eigh days in October for lecture wor ! there. Ono of the lending private let turo bureaus has offered her $1,00 per week for lecture work next ycai but she has declined this very tempi Ing offer aa she wishes to devote nex to ttudy and trayol abroad. NORFOLK BOYS WIN THE GAME HIGH SCHOOL SECOND TEAM BEATS COLUMBUS , 6 TO 0. BIO GAME HERE NEXT SATURDAY The Columbus High School First Team Will Come to Norfolk for a Return Game With Coach Hunters First Eleven Yesterday's Game Fast. Noifolk high Bcliuol second team won n fast game of football from the Columbus second team yesterday nf- tornoon on tbu local gildlion by n scoio of G to 0. 'Iho first half of the game was about evenly matched , sit night football being played , liotli sides foatuied In linu bucking but nc Hcoros were made on either side. In the second half the ball came back and foith on the field for a while when Parlbh , Norfolk's quaiterback , made n line end run for a touchdown. Tlu other score was made by Denton , Nor folk's fullback , who kicked goal. The teams were evenly matched ant ] lionors wore about even when Nor folk's team work phowcd a little bet Lcr than Columbus. Carl Rhode ant Danock for Columbus featured In line jacking and runs. Parish , Lynde ant Denton , who played his first game a : fullback , featured for Norfolk. This game will be about the onlj one the second team of Norfolk wll play this season unless a game cm be had after Thanksgiving. The Columbus team comes hero foi a game next Saturday. The line-up Norfolk. Position. Columbus. More Grandstand Room Is Required It the Big Parks Each Year. While the bleacherlte will nevei let us hope , be eliminated from base ball , he Is being crowded back fror his old position along the foul line to small stands erected back of th outfield says the Philadelphia Ever Ing Telegraph. The tendency of th club owners is to find more room fo grandstands , and the old style of hai ing bleachers that will accomodat twice as many fans as can gathe in the grandstand is being reversed. The Chicago National League clu was probably the first to extend th grandstand down the foul lines furthc than first and third base. This wa done merely by putting a cover ovc the bleachers and connecting th structure with the grandstand. Who Shibo park In Philadelphia was bul ! the proportion of grandstand seat to bleacher space became larger tha it was at Columbia park , although th structures were built on the old pla of making the former extend only a far as the base bags. The New York National Leagu club , instead of building new stru tures , took up the Chicago Idea of roe ing the bleachers and erecting ope stands around the entire field. Forbc Field at Plttsburg , Is what might b termed a "rich man's park. " Th grandstand there starts at the rlgl field corner , sweeps up the foul lim around the home plate and down th left field foul line to well beyond thlr base. The bleacher at this point 1 only about one half as big as th left He'd "etin gallery" at Shibe parl In addition there Is a small bleache back of center field and a few row of seats extending at an angle froi the grandstand to the center flel bleacher. In Plttsburg the capacity of th grandstand , which Is upwards ( eighteen thousand , takes up sixty pe cent of all those that can be acconn dated inside the park when a gam Is" played under National commlsslo rules. Three new stands will ho coi structed at major league parks befor next season opens Chicago , Clevclan and Detroit. The Chicago America league club is building an linmens concrete and steel structure , whlcl it is claimed , will seat thirty thou and persons. The Forbes park pla Is followed , except that where Pitt has a bleacher in left field , at Ch cage this structure will bo covere and will be called a "pavilion. " Ever bleacher seat will be hack of the ou Holds. Holds.While While the magnates have no desire t discriminate against the bleacher boyi I they have undoubtedly been forced t . encroach upon the space of these bos . of all patrons by the demand froi . the class that can pay more for tlcl cts. During the past five years th porceifyage of people who are wlllln to pay the highest price asked fc a Beat , has grown Immensely , and 1 baseball , as well as in football , la getting to bo a case of where ! requires a pull as well as the col to get the host tickets on big 01 caslons. There was a time when Phllado phla park , with Its cantilever , capabl of seating about six thousand pe eons , led all ball parks. By next BO ) son the list of major league ground that will surpass the once famou structure at Philadelphia park wl include Shibo park , ' Forbes Field , th two Chicago parks and the Pol grounds in New York. With the Phi Uoi aa well aa the Doaton Atnor eana and the New Tocfc Amorlcani It Is a certainty that the blub will ho pushed for room if a pennant win ning team is gotten together under the present conditions as regards stand equipments. EDGREN'S OPINION COUNTS. N'ew York Writer a Good Judge of Fighters' Condition. "Jeffries Is ready to light on a day's notice , " says Hobort Edgron. Com ing from an ordinary citizen or even from a great many so-called "exports" this statement wouldn't amount to so much , hut the fact that Robert Ed- gien places the "good condition" stamp on the broad shoulders of the white champion and says that Jeffries Is as good now as when . , e first won the chamj-lonshlp , leads one to bo- llovo that Jack Johnson Is In for nn Interesting session when he tangles w'th ' the mighty man from Los An- teles. As a judge of fighting con dition , Robert lidgren probably has no I cor. The Now York sporting writer has witnessed all the big fights in the last fifteen years , and then ho Is something of an atheletc himself. In 100G Edgren made the Olympic team which tore up things In Athens , and last year ho was a member of tl'o board of strategy that handled the American athletes In London. "All the old time vitality is there. Ho is fairly bursting with It. He Is as fast as a light weight kittenish , rlayful yet massive and as powerful as a Hercules , " says Edgren. Sounds good doesn't it. Think of it ! The Jeffries of four years ago , who tipped the beam at nearly three hundred pounds , as playful as a kitten - ton as fast as a light weight ! A few months have certainly worked wonders with the Los Angeles man'u physical make-up. Three years ago the writer saw him in San Francisco and he looked as though ho weighed I a ton ; when ho was here a few months ' ago his "kitchen" had disappeared , and he looked fit to enter the training ' camp on a day's notice. Jeffries will undoubtedly go into the ring with ' the negro In first class condition the Jeffries who conquered the world and then retired because there wat nothing left for him to pummel. J. JOHNSON KNOWS HIS PLACE Swell Hotels Never Have Chance tc Turn the Fighter Away. Fight fans who take keen delight ir reading of Jack Johnson's "joy rides' and frequent arrests for breaklnj | speed limits , often wonder how li ' j Is that he , the negro pugilist , Is novel barred from swell hotels , as has beer 1 the fate of Battling Nelson and Jacl J O'Brien , white fighters , says the Chicago cage Journal. The answer is this : Johnson knowi his place. He knows the prejudlci that exists In many quarters concern the black man. Oustldo of that hi knows that many exclusive hostelrlei do not care for the patronage o prize fighters. Therefore , he neve puts himself In the way of trouble He never seeks the nccomodatlons a those hotels and Is , therefore never turned down. When hi [ travels ho makes It a point to rldi on the best and fastest of trains , bu J seldom shows himself to the passcti gers. Reservations are usually madi through his manager , and ho take J a stateroom or drawing room to him self. There ho Is served with hi meals and It goes without saying tha he receives every attention posslbl < from the beaming and admiring poi tors and colored waiters. At station whore stops of five or ten minute are made the black fighter quletl ; 1 steps out to the platforms to strctcl his elongated limbs , and Just as ur ostentatiously goes back to his aparl ment. ment.When When staying in Chicago the fighte seeks quarters in the home of som j well-to-do blark brother In the "blacl * belt. " He seldom Invades the dowr * town district , and can only be foum J in places whore be is assured of i I welcome. Ho never makes himsol r , conspicuous , and when in the pros 3 ence of white men he conducts him self In a mo t unassuming manner. Prize fighting , like politics , make queer bedfellows at times , and b ; "staying In his place" Johnson i warmly welcomed by all with whor ho comes In contact. He prides hire self upon "being a gentleman. " am boasts that he has always acted li a manner to which no one might tak exception. FIVE BIDS ARE IN NOW. Spokane Is the Latest to Offer Jeffrie and Johnson $75.000. New York , Nov. G. Five bids ar now in shape to bo submitted on DC i J comber 1 for the Jeffries-Johnson fighl I Coffroth and GleaFon are hero wit ! their offers to produce the fight li 1 the suburbs of San Francisco ; Ml ! ler Bros , have sent in a bid namlni their ranch In Oklahoma , and no\ comes Tom McCarey of Los Angele who wants the fight there , and a del egation of sporting men from Spc knno , Wash. , declare that they wll L give $75,000 If the match Is producei i In their vicinity. Only ono of th active bidders has mentioned actun figures to the extent of presentlni a forfeit , but the general talk Is o a $75,000 purse. Gleason Insists thn If the fight Is given to his club a Alameda. Calif. , ho Is certain ther will bo a $200,000 house , and ho I willing to give the two pugilists sev onty-llvo per cent to divide botweoi themselves. BASKET BALL TO BE SLOWER. One 'Result of Changes In Rules , Say Dr. James Nalsmlth. Lawrence , Kan. , Nov. c. Th changes in the basket ball rules fo the present season will work soren Important changes In the general styl of the game , according to Dr. Jame . Nalamlth , the Inventor of the game ( "What I regard aa the moat Import int change is the modification of Sue- ton 1 , Rule 8 , defining running with ho ball , " said Doctor NalHinlth nftor ooktng ever an advance copy of the low rules. "By the change In that ule 1 think long goal shooting will be practically eliminated , and the hort 'drlbblo' wll bo emphasized more 1 an It has ever been before. An other thing that will bo impossible a the practice of taking the long side top to avoid the man who Is guard ng before shooting for a goal. " The rule and the explanatory note ollow : "Ruk > 8 , Section 1 If i layer shall , while having the ball It ils posseslon , advance In any tllnsi Ion , ho shall bo considered as run ilng with the ball. " ( Constituting i oul as formerly. ) The note reads 'It Is understood that a man ma' ulvance one foot In any direction , bin ho remaining foot miibt bo kept li lositlon until the ball has loft hi latuK In throwing for a goal , a mm nay Jump from both feet , but the bat mist leave his hands before one 01 ) oth foot nunln touch the door. In construing this rule some coache. ' mvo thought that It was the Inten .Ion lo prevent a man from leaping nto the air for a throw after niovlni ; one foot as stated In the first part ) f the note. The effect of this con struction would bo to seriously hinder my goal 4 shooting , but Doctor Nal- smith , who was a member of the committee , is of the opinion that no such construction will bo attempted. 'The only Intention was to prevent a man from leaping aside to avoid ils guard and then shooting for the goal after his feet had touched the floor"said ho. There are several other rather im- lortant changes , one of them , Rule 25. providing that the referee may call a foul on any man on the team nstead of the man with the ball and ils opponent , as formerly , and makes i the duty of the referee to watch for fouls on all of the men if the umpire seems careless or unfair. The umpire may call fouls on all but the man with the ball and his opponent Section 1 of Rnlo 9 provides that In 'dribbling" the dribble Is not consider ed at an end so long as the ball Is ir motion. Under the old rule the "drib blc" was considered at nn end wher the player stopped , and It was a verj hard matter to determine what shoult constitute a continuance of motlor on the part of Hie man with tht ball. ball.Thoro There are two changes in the rule * affecting n ball out of bounds. B ) Section 9 of Rule 1C : "If the ball re turns to the court from out of bound ; without being touched by a player It shall be dead. " This prevents "car omlng" the ball , and eliminates tin element of luck In such a play. Sec tlons 1 and 2 of Rule C provide tha the player or the ball shall be out side If they touch the boundary line instead of the floor outside as form crly. Other less Important change ; allow the use of plate glass back grounds for the goals , and allow i variation of three ounces In tin weight of the ball instead of two a formerly. "Most of the changes wore made ii the interests of the officials , and wen aimed to lighten the work of tin referee especially , " said Doctor Nai smith , "and I hellevo all the change are good ones. The modification o .Rule 8 will , I believe , make the shor dribble much more prominent thai It has been. The result will be i little slower game. " A HOT JOLT FROM MURPHY. He Wouldn't Trade Johnny Kllng fo George Wlltse and Polo Grounds. New York , Nov. , G. Preslden Charles W. Murphy of the Chlcag National League Baseball club is her and , although ho declares that h would not trade Kllng and Ueulbac ! to the New York team for any nmounl he has had a conference with Pros dent John T. Bush and Manager Join McGraw and Intends to meet then again. McGraw insists that a trad Is pending and intimates that he 1 trying to give George Wlltse am Mike Donlln , with an added cash cor slderatlon , to Murphy for Kling am Reulbach. "I wouldn't trade Johnny Kllng t Brush for George Wlltse and th Polo grounds. " Murphy said to th newspaper men. "I wouldn't trad Reulbach for the whole Giant clul with this year's gate receipts throw ; In to boot. I'm not building up : team for John McGraw and New Yorl I'm in business in Chicago and whll I have anything to say about 11 Kllng and Reulbach will piny wit : the Cubs or not nt all. " A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPIKES ? Ban Johnson Says This Matter Will b Taken up at A. S. Meeting. Chicago , Nov. G. The America league at its annual mooting nex month , the exact date of which ha not been decided , will take up ser ously the matter of abolishing spike from the paraphernalia of the die mond. President Johnson made that state ment In discussing the probable prol loms which will bo considered by th league magnates this winter. Ho sal It was hoped a subtle substitute fo the spikes now in use on the shoe of the players would bo dlscovore < and agreed upon , for the purpose c eliminating at least a portion of th accidents which have marred the spor during the last season. GOTCH MAY TRAIN WITH JEFF The Fighter Would Have the Wresl ler'o Assistance When He Trains. Chicago , Nov. G. The Inter Ocea : says : "With the hope of being good an < strong when ho moots Jack Johnso : In their battle for the heavy weigh championship of the world , Jeffrie baa decided to engage Frank Gotcl the champion heavy weight wrestle of the world , to work with him for a few months when ho begins train ing for the fight. Jeffries Intends to work twlco a day with Goti-h seas as to bo In line condition when the toll clangs. Gotch probably will ne- u | > t JolTiloH1 offer to assist him In .Is training stunt. " Half Hour With Dickens. How an unnatural environment Iwarfs and thwarts nature. Chariot Hckens. Is the master vice that rules n an BO Inexorably an unnatural char etorlBtle ? It might bo worth whlli omotlnios to Inqulio what nature Is nd how men work to rluuiKo It. and vhothor In the enforced distortion : o produced. It Is not natural to be Minatural. Coop any son or daughter > f our mighty mother , within a nar ow range , and bind the prisoner tc no Idon mid fn ti r It by servile wor hip of H by it few timid or deslgnlnr orso'ns and what Is nature to tin Billing captive who has never riser mi HIP ivitier- of i ) froi mind Irooplng and useless soon to see her n her comprehensive truth ! Alas ! there are so few things In ho world about us , most unnatural uul yet natural in being so ! Hear ho magistrate or judge admonish the innatural outcasts of society ; un- mtural In brutal habits , In want of leccncy , In losing and confounding ill distinctions between good end evil , n Ignorance , In vice , In recklessness , n contumacy , in mind , In looks , in everything. But follow the good cler gyman or doctor , who , with his life mperlled with every breath ho draws , ; oes down Into their dons , lying with- n the echoes of our carriage wheels ind dally tread upon the pavement stones. Look around the world of odious sights millions of Immortal creatures have no other world on earth at the slightest mention ol which humanity revolts , and dainty ilellcacy living In the next street stops nor ears , and lisps , "I don't believe It ! " Breathe the polluted air , foul with every Impurity that is poisonous to health and life , and every othoi sense conferred upon our race for HE delight and happiness offended , sick cned and disgusted , and make a chan ncl whereby misery and death alont can enter. Vainly attempt to thlnli of any simple plant or flower , 01 wholesome weed that set in this fetii bed could have Its natural growth , 01 put its little loaves out to the sun as God- designed It. And then , calling ui some ghastly child , with stunted fern and wicked face , hold forth on Iti unnatural slnfulness and lament It ; being so early far away from heaven- btit think n little of Its having beet conceived and born and bred in boll ! Those who study the physlca sciences , and bring them to bear up on the health of man , tell us that 1 the noxious particles that rise fron vitiated air were palpable to the sight wo should see them hovering in i dense black cloud above such haunts and rolling slowly on to corrupt tin better portions of a town. But i the moral pestilence that rises will them , and in the eternal laws of out raged nature Is Inseperable from them then should we see depravity , Impletj drunkenness , theft , murder and a loni train of nameless sins against th natural affections and repulsions o mankind 'overhanging the devote spots and creeping on to blight th innocent and spread contagion nmon the pure. Then should we see ho\ the same poisoned fountains that fie Into our hospitals and lazar- houses Inundate the Jails , and make the cor vlct ships swim deep and roll ncros the ueas and overrun vast continent with crime. Then should wo stan appalled to know that where we get orate disease to strike our chlldre down , and entail Itself on unborn ger orations , there , also we breed , by th same certain process , Infancy tha knows no Innocence , youth wlthou modesty or shame , maturity that I mature In nothing but in suffering an guilt , blasted old ago that is a scand.i on the form wo bear. Unnatural In inanity ! When wo shall gather grape from thorns and figs from thistles when fields of grain shall spring u from the offal in the by-ways of ou wicked cities , and roses bloom In fa church yards that they cherish , the we may look for natural humanlt and find It growing from such seed. Oh ! for a good spirit who woul take the house tops off with a mor potent and benignant hand than th lame demon In the tale , and show Christian people what dark shapes li sue from their homes to swell th retinue of the destroying angel as h moves forth among them ! For enl one night's view of the pale phantom rising from the scenes of our too Ion neglect , and from the thick and sii len air where vice and fever prop ; gate together , raining the tromondou social retributions which are ovc pouring down and ever comin thicker ! Bright and blest the mon ing that should rise on such a nigh for men , delayed no more by stumblln blocks of their own making , which ar but specks of dust upon the path hi tween them and eternity , would the apply themselves llko creatures c one common origin , owing one dut to the father of one family and tent Ing to ono common end to make th world a better place ! Not the less bright and blest woul that day bo for rousing some wh have never looked out upon the worl of human llfo around thorn , to n knov ledge of their own relation to It , an for making them acquainted with perversion of nature in their own coi tracted sympathies and estimates , a great and yet as natural in its d < volopmont when once begun , as th lowest degradation known. J. H. MACKAY. Burkett and Lemons. Gothenburg Independent : Senate Burkett evidently know his buslnes when ho fought the tariff on lemons 1 the extra session of congress. Ho wu defeated , and Aldrlch auccoodpd i netting a tariff put on lemons li fnT tr of the liimon producers of Callfornhv Senator iluikott declared that the ron sinner would hnvo to pay the tnrltr nnil that thuproducer would not bt KUK'lltcd. As soon as the tariff law vent Into effect the Southern Pacific nllwny company raised the freight ore onions , making It enough hlglwr tin over the amount of the extra com ciumtlnn that should hnvo boon r v olvetl by the producer , so that ho revolves elves tlu > same prlco when ho nollit- ils teutons , while the rallioad company * s benefited by the tariff. The Pacinrc lontbly and the Sunset Magasflm * hotild take a hand In helping out thn 'allfornla ' producer. DINED THE FIGHTERS , TOO. And After It All , Mrs. Ladenburglc Guests Slept In Her Home. Now York. Nov. ti.- Not lor n lonjt line have the Now York society folk , ound such a sweet morsel to eck bom talking breathlessly , as that urnlHhed by Mrs. Adolph LadonbiirKlt itortalnment of six professional ? irlzo fighters at a Halloween part * ast Satin day night. At first those on the outside sup- loaed the boxers were there to moriv y entertain the guests much as mi hose cases whore ttocluty folk havn mn-ldod "cute" monkeys or formic * [ \blo gorillas to adorn their drawing rooms on festive occasions. Now , lowover , It Is known that the fightoru.- nit down to dinner In the Ladonburr : lome , and when dawn had came , mnlr- ng lights , brilliant through the night , ook sad , and all merriment was over , hat they slept In the richly Iinmncu ate Ladenburg bedrooms. The six boxers , members of thw lamllton Athletic club , following their exhibition of the manly art of Rolf-div OIIBO in Mrs. Ladenbnrg's ham. hough wearing sweaters and ordl- lary clothes , and with bruised facoa < wore made welcome at a foant in thm dining hall of the Ladonhurg homo. They sat down to a repast the Ilk- of which they had never seen before , mil , coached by Joe Humphreys , whro roforecd the bouts , and Brinton Huck waiter , a young society man , who neb * as secretary to "Big Bill" Edwardu. street cleaning commissioner , they dlA1 their mightiest to remember the tnbln- manners aa laid down by Uiuiir sponsors. As to the fight , two bantam weight * , , clever boys , who have fought in pro- llmlnarles before the big clubs or Manhattan and Brooklyn , wont on it * the first bout , and for six fast round mixed It up ns lively as If their au dience was composed of East SItf fight fans. Joe Humphreys , woarlnjt n Tuxedo suit , did the announcing nn * refereed the contests , and to spam the women guests any "shocklnc * " sights repeatedly warned the lioxera to go easy and not ship. The women In the audience , nttlrwtf In evening dress and wearing furs ; thrown over their shoulders , cheered ! the fighters as they ripped in body blows-sent over right and loft drive * , swings and landed upporciits. Humphreys attempted to explainr the blows as they were exchanged but the women were keyed up to u. high pitch 'of excitement from th f moment the gong sounded and seemcill to appreciate every move made bj- the fighters. The first bout , whlcta Humphreys explained was an ensjr draw , was loudly cheered by the wo > - mon , who crowded to the ringsldar and shook the boys' hands. Several of the women were un nerved by the encounter , but aB ! stayed for the final bout , which wn an even affair from start to finlflli. After the bout the boxers , who dressed in the saddle rooms of th barn , were escorted to the honsov where they wore feasted until the 'vw hours. When the festivities were ended , It was found that there Was no automobile to transport the pngf- llsts and their seconds back to the city , and thereupon , Mrs. LadonburK' Invited them to stay over until the forenoon. The boxers accepted the invitation and long nftor daybreak they werw escorted to tliolr rooms by llverlcrf servant1 ? . Sunday morning they wort ? bre-ikfasted. after which they rambleifl about the beautiful grounds , and in the afternoon they wore driven to the- Wostbury station In the poclety mat ron's carriage. Norfolk Boys Win the Game. "What will prevent the telegraph companies from installing telephone * and doing telephone business ? " said ! J. C. Nelson of Omaha , superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph com pany , when asked In Norfolk what of . feet commercial telegraphing by in 1 dependent telephone companies woulol | have on the Western Union and Postal companies. "We have the wires , and all we havir to do Is to install telephones , whlcla would be but little expoiiFe , " continued Mr. Nelson. "The Boll people , of course , are leasing wires to packing companies mid newspapers , but they are not doing any commercial tel - graph work. " Some time ago the Continental Tel ephone and Telegraph company of New York purchased additional Hnow and It was reported they would start doing commercial business on all their i lines. W. J. Stadolman of the local Independent company bollovcd it would affect the Norfolk office nnd telegraph work would bo done here. Mr. Nelson does not believe tills will bo done. From the fact that the Post al and Western Union have the wlro and all that Is necessary Is to Install telephones , Mr. Nelson believes it would bo nn easy matter for the bijc telegraph concerns to handle nil the long distance telephone business In the United States. This , according ta Mr. Nelson , is n question that Is before fore the telegraph and telephone world today. If its a reasonable want , want vertlslng will supply It.