TIIK NORFOLK WKKKLY NKWS - JOUKNAL , FRIDAY , APRIL 29 , 1910.
MARK TWAIN ,
KING OF HUMOR
COMPREHENSIVE ESTIMATE OF
HIS GREAT GENIUS.
HE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART
"The King Is Dead , Long Live the
Kino" A Klndy Phll&sophy , Droll
Fun and Pathos His Optimism
Cheered Millions of Hearts.
Dy LOVE.
TWAIN Is ( lead !
MARK : king Is dead-long llvo
the llng : Hut there Is no
liclr. either iiiiirent | | : or pro-
Niimpllve. The throne of luiinor , whose
kingdom was the world , Is empty. The
Hcoptcr that swayed tliu universal
heart tin' pen UPS Idle at hint. The
empire of laughter and also of tears
which this king of the writing craft
founded nnd which ho fostered for
nearly llfly years Is become as whirlIng -
Ing dust In tlie aliy.ss of the things that
were. Only .hero remains the heritage
of the dead ruler'H kindly philosophy ,
rather be Uio author of "Tom Sawyer *
than nil of his own winks.
"The Innocents Abroad. " of course ,
always will be iiNNoclatod with Mark
Twain's name IIH one of his most chap
in terlHtlo books , hill that may bo because -
cause it was bin llrst big work and
won for him the fame and tliu for
tune which enabled him to write what
he pleased.
Murk Twain's name was Samuel
Lntighorno Clemens , lint It was used
chlelly nH a vessel whereon uiilversl-
ties hung I.I- . I ) , handles. Me was
"Dr. C'lemeiiH" three times over , but
tliu distinction never spoiled him.
With no school learning save such ns
ho gained from a few years' attend
ance at the village school In Hannibal ,
Mo. , hlb scholastic titles were earned
by literary work which the whole
world accepted.
He Was Intensely Democratic.
Mark Twain was Intensely demo
cratic. Ho was easily approachable ,
and he never emitted any bear's growler
or lion's roar. Even the humblest per-
non was made to feel at ease In his
presence. Shrinking reporters sent to
interview him quit their shrinking and
puffed uphen they found him as
easy to Interview as the aspiring au
thor of the poem published In the low
er turner of the town weekly , lie
could talk on any topic , even tlio
weather , and glorlfv It with his hu
ll
CO f > x/7 S GH r ff * f 0r ts/vofff tr o oo
T11K LATE .MAUK TWAIN.
[ Samuel Clemens.J
his droll fun. his quips and jestlngs
I and his pathos.
| Murk Twain became before he died
the most famous man on earth. He
was not merely a man ; ho was an In-
Htlmtlon. lie was n sort of neighbor
hood settlement of gootl cheer , with
many branches located In the oases as
In the waste places , where admission
and refreshment were free to all. Mil
lions how many millions Is beyond
estimating came and partook of his
wine of optimism anil stayed for sup
per Ills fame was and is universal
Though an American born , a native
of Missouri , lie belonged to all lauds.
IIo had traveled In all lands and lived
In most of them. lie had more near-
permanent homes perhaps than any
other man of his day. Nearly always
he was n wanderer , sometimes from
necessity , more frequently from choice.
The world was his plaything , and ho
was not content without remapping
for himself the entire surface of the
big bull.
Of Most Striking Appearance.
lie was a man of most striking ap
pearance the kind that attracts atten
tion anywhere lu a crowd and causes
others to take a second look. In his
later years his sliock no , his crown
of hair , perfectly white and glossy like
finespun silk , became bis trademark of
recognition by strangers wherever ho
wont. I have seen a woman who nev
er before saw Mark Twain pick him
out without opera glasses , though she
sat In the top gallery of Carnegie hall
and ho occupied a lower box near the
stage , ami the great house was crowd
ed. Ho had no doubles as to personal
appearance there was only one of
him.
him.And
And there was only one of Mark
Twain ns a literary syndicate. It has
become the fashion to describe him as
the great American humorist. This
undoubtedly he was , but he was more.
His appreciation of Joan of Arc , llrst
published anonymously , Is accepted by
critics of acumen as one of the most
refined works In the serious literature
of the nineteenth century. The book
won Its way before Mark Twain ad
mitted Its paternity. While be was
writing the Joan classic he worked ,
time and time about , on that amazing
funny masterpiece , "Pudd'nhead Wll
son. " He simply couldn't be serious
altogether f r a stated period.
Never Altogether Funny.
Nor must we take It for granted that
Mark Twain , summing up bis career
as a writer , ever was altogether funny
He never was. He was one of the
closest observers of human nature and
institutions , places and things. Unit
e\er IHed. Even In his most humor
ous books wo find that he has made1
accurate transcripts of the things
which Impressed him. Though ho ex
aggernted , a privilege belonging to his
profession , one can lead between the
lines the Inhering truth. lie was an
inveterate foe to shams of every sort
und appnrontly knew his highest Imp
piness when with droll snnasm he
puncturtHl a popular fraud with hi ?
pen.
pen.But Mark Twain often wrote Iwoks
Just because he had the story to tell
The tale of "Tom Sawyer" Is one ol
these , and the "Huckleberry Finn'
book is another. Each of these Is true
to life to boy life. Huelyartl Kipling Is
mor. If the insistent attention be
stowed upon him was distasteful to
him he did not penult the fact to be
known. Murk Twain was one of the
politest men I ever knew. He was
considerate of the feelings of others ,
nnd therein lies the soul of politeness ,
Those obsessed by the notion that It
was Impossible for Mark Twain to
open bis mouth without saying some
thing funny should revise their Im
pressions of him. In the course of his
last visit to his boyhood home at Han
nibal hi the hummer of 1002 he said
solemn things in the most dignified
manner possible. Several times he was
PO deeply touched by the pathos of the
occasion. Ills meeting with boyhood
friends then grown old like himself ,
his visit to the graves of his parents ,
that his voice quavered and broke , nnd
the inevitable tears trickled down his
face. lie was overcome with emotion ,
conquered by tender sentiment , and
those of us whose privilege It was to
oimorve mm upon these occasions went
nwny with n new notion as to Mark
Twain. IIo was not the mere Jester ,
not the buffoon who sees In life only
the guffaws and works assiduously to
evoke them In boisterous riot of laugh
ter lie was the man of feeling , the
( order hearted old fellow , the owner
of a heart IIH gentle as any that ever
heat.
His Jinny Personal Sorrows.
Mark Twain's life was not n rose
bed. Ho walked no primrose path. IIo
encountered stumbling places and had
steep hills of dllllciilty to climb. And
he had sorrows that bit and griefs that
bludgeoned. At the close of his life ,
M > far as relatives were concerned , ho
was almost alone In the world.
His best loved daughter , Susy , died
lu America when he was lu Europe.
Ills story of her tleafh In his autobiog
raphy Is a piece of pathos seldom sur
passed. Ills wlfo , who was Miss Olivia
Lnngdon of Klmlrr. , X. Y. , his compan
ion for many years , tiled lu Italy after
Milu wanderings for the restoration of
her health. He built a big country
home near Redding , Conn. , and settled
down to continue growing old as grace
fully as he could with his two remain
Ing daughters. Clnru nnd Jean. In No-
> ember of lilii ! ) Clara married a for
eigner and went abroad to live. Jean
was left with him. On the day before
Christmas , with a Cluistmas tree for
her father trimmed by her own hands
In one of the rooms , .lean Clon > ns was
found dead In her bathtub , having
been sel/.od with an epileptic lit and
drowned.
When Mark Twain was fifty years
old and worth about $1. ( > 00H ( > < > a pub
lishing llrm in which he was a part
ner became hankumt He lost his for
tune and was unlived leuvlly in debt.
He set to work , made a lecturing and
writing tour around ( lie world and In
ten years hud paid on" his Indebtedness
and again was ahead of the wolf. By
that time he had become so unher.Milly
famous that his work commanded Its
own prlio. Theieafter he could write
or 'ro t us lie chose , and ho chose to
write mm h.
Marl ; Twain's writing life began In
Ills pilot days ami continued up to his
death Imlf a eiiiury of devotion to
( he art of making people happy. For
se\eral jenrs ho was simply a hard
working newspaper reporter and spe-
i iil : roriospondoiit. searching for gold
In Ne uln and California between jobs
at journalism which grubstaked him
fur prospecting. lint he found his
purevt ni d most paying streak of ore
\\licn In IMiT he wrote "The Jumping
I'rog of C'alnveras County. " That
Mnry. pl ( ked up in a minim ; camp , was
his tirst promising literary prospect.
lie h .d siriKk tin- unit her lode.
Printer , pilot , reporter , humorist ,
noveli-t. plnlo-opliei he is safely em
balmed to 01 diirm. fame.
Thinks The News Should Forget It.
Norfolk , Neb. , April 23. Editor
News : May I have the use of your
valuable columns to respectfully ex-
pi ess my opinion as a private citizen
on the recent agitation to have the
Northwestern bring Its trains carrying
passengers to the uptown city station ?
First , I think that long continued and
heated newspaper agitation of mat
ters involving conflicting interests
may ho exceedingly prejudicial to the
best interests of our city , and partic
ularly suggestions that have appeared
in your columns that merchants and
business men give their business to n
competing line , or , in other words ,
boycott the Northwestern If they re
fuse to accede to the demands made
by The News to run their trains to
the city depot.
ft is not such an easy , simple tiling
as some seem to think , to run the
MARK TWAIN'S LATEST P1CTU1U1
through OmiUia-lllnck Hills trains tt
the city depot. Involving as It woult
an additional run of three miles , nut
an extra stop for unloading and load
Ing passengers , mall , express nnd bag
gage for e\ery train , to bring NorfuU
passengers n few blocks nearer tholi
homes or th" business center of tlu
town. When we consider that tin.
Northwestern and other great railroad
systems are expending millions U
straighten curves In their tracks am !
shoiten their lines even less distances
than would be Involved here , It can In
readily been that the railway com
jinny will not take kindly to a propo
sltlon Involving such an additional ex
poiibo and delay In the imining ol
their through passenger trains.
The running of all trains carrying
passengers to the city station would
most ceitalnly result , In my opinion
in the elimination of the present Nor
folk Junction paysonger station , a con
summation which I most devoutl }
longed tor many times dining tin
twenty-two jears of my employment
as agent here , with the care and iron
bio of both stations on my hands , llul
Is the situation here as bad as hat
been portrayed , ns compared will :
other and even more Important cltles'i
In many cities you will find passen
ger stations located as great and oven
greater distances from the business
tenters. In Chicago the old Michigan
Central passenger station , located al
the foot of Cnnnl street , was ver.v
close to the business center. When
they built their new station they lo
inted tt tout teen L.ocks tin ( her south
being as far remtned fioin the busl
ness center as the Norfolk Junction
station is from the postolllco. Nor
folk's growth and development for the
past twenty-live years lias been large
ly Influenced by the location of oui
throe passenger stations , and now tc
abandon one of these stations cannot
help but be legaided by our citizens
allected most by such a , change wltli
extreme disfavor , as being a material
Injury to them and to their property
inletests. Railroad olllcers charged
with the operation of railroads are
human like the rest of us , and natur
ally lesont dictation , and even while
anxious to please the public and com
niunities whom they serve , as I per
hotmlly know the Northwestern man
ngement has always been , they never
theless lesent a newspaper agitation
designed to create public sentiment tti
compel them to change a train and
station service that has pie vailed here
lor over twenty-live years. A petition
has been circulated among our busl
ness men and citizens addressed tc
the president of the Northwestern
asking that passenger trains be run
to the city depot. That ought to end
this movement. If the Northwestern
accedes to this request your conten
lion lias been gained , and the future
will determine whether it was wise 01
not. If they do not comply it will be
because there are reasons considered
good and sufficient by the manage
ment for not doing so. At the present
moment Norfolk needs mote than any
thing else the united effort of all oui
citizens to accomplish the paving ol
the business district for which a bom ;
election has been called for May I51
It is most desirable that both factions
to tills depot controversy drop this
Irritating question , nnd unite in scour
Ing this greatly needed improvement
otherwise there is danger that the
bonds may be defeated.
Concluding , 1 want to say that this
article is not "inspired" or "writtei
by request , " but is my deliberate judg
ment , as an old ralltoad man , and foi
twenty-live years n resident of Nor
folk , actuated only by a sincere dcsirt
lor the growth and prosperity of this
beautiful city of commercial travelers
nnd railway employes' homes.
H. C. Matron.
Mr. Matrau's Argument.
Mr. Matrau asks that The News
quit talking about uptown trains foi
fear the paving bonds will be defeat
ed. The News gave Its version of this
argument In the editorial column ol
yesterday's issue.
It refu&es to believe that the good
citizenship of South Norfolk would be
come a party to any such move , ant :
it maintains that the paving bonds
must stand or fall on their own mer
Its.
The News is not suggesting an )
freight boycott such as Mr. Matrai
refers to. But let this be borne Ir
mind : The only boycotting that has
ever been attempted in Norfolk was
BY the Northwestern railroad ant
NOT BY NORFOLK. Two years agt
the Northwestern sent employes tt
Norfolk merchants threatening to boy
cott the city unless the movement foi
more favorable freight rates were
stopped.
Mr. Matrau's letter very properlj
deprecates any thought of boycott
Yet the reason he asks that this cam
palgn be dropped-Is the suggestioi
that Norfolk WILL BE BOYCOTTEI
if the campaign goes on. The threa
is that Northwestern railway em
ployes will BOYCOTT public Improve
ment In Norfolk defeat the pavlnj
bonds If anything more is said abou
the justice of the request for uptowt
trains.
And a Northwestern official onlj
last week threatened , through a Frc
mont paper , that the Northwester !
system would BOYCOTT Norfolk , b ;
tearing It down and removing railroai
headquarters , unless Norfolk quit ask
Ing for so simple a matter and so Jus
an Improvement as uptown trains.
Mr. Matrau thinks The News shouli
keep still and points out that It wonli
Inconvenience the Northwestern ti
run trains uptown. Yet Mr. Matrai
agrees with The News that the city I
entitled to this service. Ho signed tin
petition asking for It.
The News concedes that railroad
are trying to eliminate carves. The
News has been toltl by expert railroad
men that the uptown train service
hero Is entirely feasible. The Newt
knows that the Noithwestern ruiin
thirty extra miles with every train tti
enter and leave Omaha's union sta.
tlun and those thirty miles have been
added in recent years. The News be.
Moves Norfolk Is entitled to one-tenth
the consideration given Omaha.
Mr. Matnui would have the com
morclnt club take Its petition to tliu
Northwestern and , In case the petition
Is turned down , drop the matter. The
News can not agree that such a course
of procedure should bo followed. It
believes Noi folk's request Is a just
one and that the time to quit asking
will be when the request Is granted.
With the roundhouse remaining
where It Is , and with the switch yards
remaining where they are , The News
can not see foundation for the claim
that South Norfolk property would bo
damaged. Houses would be just as
much In demand as they are , because
train crews will still desire to live
near where trains are made up , and
The News doesn't believe South Nor
folk citizens would care to deprive
the balance of the city of uptown
trains , it it were left the Individ mis
of South Norfolk to decide.
MONDAY MENTION.
Herman Miller teturned from Liu-
coin.
coin.H.
H. 1C. Close of Omaha is bore on
business.
Herbert Iliuiptll returned from n
short visit at Omaha.
Mrs. H. Radonif ( Hoskins was In
the city visiting with friends.
Mis. Sadie Nlosonger of Tllden is
in the city \lslting with the J. F. Lind
say family.
Mr. ami Mrs. Kelley of Chicago are
in the city to spend a few days' visit
with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nicola.
Mrs. Fred Seller , Mrs. Charles Benton -
ton and Mrs. L. Ackerman of Vortlol
wore bore spending a few days' visit
with the H. F. Barnhart family.
Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ran-
tenberg , a son.
Miss Emnm Sclinlz , after a week's
\ncation , is back at work.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kuhl have gone
to Maurice , la. , where they will attend
the funeral of Mr. Kulil's lather , who
died at Maurice Sunday noon after a
lingering Illness.
The city council will meet tonight
at an adjourned meeting to older the
special election lor voting bonds for
the paving of the intersections of pav
ing district No. 1. The feature of this
meeting will be the mayor's message ,
which will be read to the city fathers.
In this message it is expected that
the mayor will make many recommen
dations , including additional ofilcers
for the police force.
Chief of Police Mnrquardt was at
Madison , where he was a witness be
fore the insanity boaid , who are hold
ing an Investigation over Henry Kiue-
ger , who has served out his term at
the county jail on charges of turning
switches In the Northwestern yards.
Krueger is believed to be insane by a
number of Norfolk people. Ho has
been under arrest here a number of
times for various offenses.
Alter a three days' wind and dust
storm which held Norfolk In Its grasp ,
fair weather again reigns supreme.
Saturday's storm caused much dam
age to fences ami roofs. The roofs o
two box cars In the Union Pacific
yards were lifted , and the blacksmith
shop of Gus Nitz was slightly dam
aged. All day the air was lull of fly
ing shingles and other pieces of wood
torn from toofs ami houses. All the
bams at the Country club grounds are
down.
A horse valued at $100 , belonging
to the Hutchinson bakery , died as the
tesult of Injuries received Saturday
morning from falling llmbb of a tree
blown down by the heavy wind. At
tached to the bakery wagon the horses
were standing beneath the large cottonwood -
tonwood tree In front of the bakery
when a heavy gust of wind sent large
limbs of the tree crashing down on
top of the animals. The injured horse
was taken to a stall , where It died
late In the night.
The heavy wind storm which held
Norfolk In its grasp all day had no
effect on the bidders for the house on
the Y. M. C. A. grounds , which was
sold to J. W. Ransom , the highest bid.
tier , for ? 87r . The work shop was alsc
sold to Mr. Ransom for ? 20 , making a
total of ? 393 for the buildings. This ,
some of the Y. M. C. A. committee na
mil , Is nearly $100 more than they expected -
pected for the building. About thirty
people attended the auction , but the
bidding soon simmered down and was ;
confined to about three bidders.
To keep up the high record which
the local company of the National
Guard has made for Itself In this state
it Is said to be necessary that the sol
dlers attend more regularly the week
ly drills. Not only are the soldiers
backward In their attendance to those
drills , but It is said oflicers are alsc
marked absent on many occasions
Unless the drills are more attended
the showing of the company nt the
next encampment will not bo up tc
standard. Tonight the company wll
hold their regular meeting and it Is
expected that the entire staff of olll
cers , non coins and privates will bt
present.
SPARROWS FOR CANARIES.
Omaha Man Does a Big Business Untl
Police Stop Him.
Omaha. Neb. , April 25. Another In
fnnt. Industry , that of converting
English sparrows Into peroxide blonde
canary birds has been killed off by tlu
police and Jerry Lacompton , tlu
bleach and sales artist , Is behind tlu
bars.
bars.For
For the past week Jerry has beei
going from house to house , cnrrvlm
neat little wicker work canes , each
one holding a "canary bird. " IIo
was cutting prices and selling them
at about one-half the ordinary \nluc
He explained that he was agent for a
blid stoie lieu- and that It had bought
from the customs house 100 do/en Im
lioited canalles that a New York
house had refused to accept With
each bird he gave a gmuantee that
thete would be plenty of singing
Mrs Marie Walker was the llrst to
learn that she had bought a gold
brick. Her bird would not slug , and
taking It to the store of the man whom
Lacompton claimed to represent , demanded
manded another bird , or her money
Mr. Bird Man looked the purchase
over and then remarked : "You need
an ofllcer Instead of another bird
You have been bilked Into buying a
sparrow colored with peroxide. "
Then the police got busy ami soon
learned that Lacompton had been do
lug n thriving business and that In a
little more than a week he had sold
more than 200 sparrows nt ? 1 per spar
row. He was tracked to his Inlr In
the squatter settlement In the east
part of the city and there In one room
ho had his workshop In full blast
Ho was caught In the act of poroxld-
Ing sparrows by Immersing them In
the liquid. Half a dozen dippings
would change them from blown to
yellow and then , as soon as they had
been toned to the proper hue , they
would be dried and put In the little
wicker cages , leatly for the market
Outside his little cabin , he had a big
wlic cage in which wete several hun
dred of the birds that had not been
treated to the canary bath.
Norfolk Won Over Gates.
Not folk's high school baseball team
rettnlied Sunday moining fiom No-
Ugh where they won a very close
game of ball fiom the ( Jatees academy
team , by a store of I to I ! . Because
the train was late the game was not
stinted until T.iIiO . in the e\enlng. A
lten\ > wind and dust stoim had Ne-
ligli In its grasp and handicapped by
these weather conditions the ball
players were enthusiastically applaud
ed by a fair sl/etl attendance.
The laige number of t-riois exenly
divided , \\eie caused by the ball being
blown "iliout sir the wil'if tbo wind
Kelli-her who pitched for Not folk
showed boine brilliant liead\\ork and
his suppoit was good. The Gates
players were heavy hitters , Montgom
ery making a two-bagger against the
heavy wind. The Not folk players ,
liowever , were better base runners.
The feature of the game was made
by Kelleher who with two men down
and a man on third gobbled up a
sacrifice and caught his man on
third.
The score :
Gates nb r h o a e
Mintcere , If 4 0 0 0 0 0
Daughagtie , 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hiles , rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Cole , ss 4 I 0 0 0 1
A. Montgomery , c. . . I' 1 t 1 1 1
F. Daughagtie , p. . . It 0 0 0 4 2
Frady , Ib t 0 2 10 1 5
II. Montgomery , 3b. . '
Taylor , cf . ' 5 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 31 I ! I ! 12 C 9
Norfolk ah r h o a e
Durland , Ib ! 1 0 10 0 0
Odlorno , 3b i 1 0 2 1 1
Mnpes , s > s
Landers , 2b
Morrison , c
Brlggs , rf ! 1 0 0 0 0
Ward , cf
Denton. If
Kelleher , p 2 0 0 0 5 1
Totals 20 1 3 18 9 9
Score by Innings R. H. E.
Gates : . . . 020000 3 3 8
Norfolk 000112 4 3 9
Batteries Daughagtio and Mont
gomery ; Kelleher and Morrison.
Summary Struck out , by Daughag-
tie C , by Kelleher 10 ; bases on balls ,
off Kelleher 2 ; passed balls , Mont
gomery 2 , Morrison 1 ; stolen bases ,
Cole ; two-base hit , A Montgomery.
TOO MUCH WATER AT FIRES.
Foreman McCune Says Firemen Ought
to be More Careful.
In an address before the joint hose
companies a few nights ago William
McCune , foreman of hose company
No. 3 , gave some valuable pointers to
the firemen In which he stated that
much property was being ruined use
lessly by firemen turning on water be
fore they discovered a blaze. Ho did
not direct his complaints at the lire
department as a whole , but at his own
company and partly took the blame
himself.
"At the Marquardt lire a few days
ago , " said Foreman McCune , "Wo did
much useless damage. The fire was
burning in a north loom but myself
and a number of my company threw
many barrels of water Into a south
room , damaging beds and pictures use
lessly. Of course , the smoke was
heavy and wo could see nothing , but
the door of this room was closed and
the fire was In another room and hero
we were throwing In barrel after bar
rel of water at nothing. I bellovo
much property can be saved by just
a little more caution on our part , and
I for one am not In favor of turning
on the water until I see fire. " Mr. Me-
Cuno was greatly applauded nnd It
was the sense of the firemen that his
suggestions were well taken.
MRS. "SILENT"
SMITH TO WED ?
The Engagement to Bartow Van Voor-
his Rumored In London.
New York , April 2. . The engage
ment of Mrs. James Henry Smith nnd
Bartow Van Voorhls Is rumored to be
one of the "secrets" of the day In
London It Is reported upon excel
lent authority that the matter Is be
ing kept very quiet , but that the wedding -
ding is to take place in n short time ,
and that then It will bo duly an-
Jlfllinrprt Mrq Pmlth > ing tinon In
The ONE
Cleanser
For The
Farm.
Cleans , Scrubs ,
Scours
Polishes
Old
Dutch
Cleanser
Is the only thing you need
to do all your cleaning in the
kitchen , dairy , bath-room ,
parlor , psntry and throughout
the house and in the barn.
Old Dutch Cleanser
polishes brass , copjicr , tin , nickel and
all metal surfaces. Excellent for clean
ing harness ; no acid or caustic ; ( not a
soap powder ) ,
For Claanlnu Harness :
Sprinkle Old Dutch Cleanser
on net sponge , rub harness well ,
rinse with clean water and wipe
dry removes all dirt and will
not harden or crack.
For Polialiinit Metal :
'
Sprinkle 'Old Dutch Cleanser
on wet cloth , rub briskly , rinse
with clean water , wipe dry and
polish with a little dry powder
easiest and quickest.
4 !
Large Sifter Can
Paris for .some time past nnd Mr.
Van Voorhls IB in London , at the home
of Anthony J. Urexol , Mrs , Smith's
brother-in-law. Mrs. Smith is the
mother of Anita Stewart , the Prim ess
of Braganza.
Only a small portion of "Silent
Smith's" millions KO with the. hand
of his widow. IIo loft her merely
three million dollars out of a fortune
that amounted upwards of sixty mil-
To wnnt-ndvertlso Is to try ana
only those who try stand much chance
of getting under nowadays conditions.
Road Notice to Land Owners.
To All Whom It May Concern : 1'ou
are hereby notified that the board of
county commissioners , at their meet
ing held at the court house In Mndl-
son , Nebraska , on the 29th day of
March , A. D. 1'JIO , did by motion order
the section line between section one
(1) ( ) , township twenty-one (21) ( ) north ,
range one (1) ( ) west of the Sixth
principal meridian , and section thirty-
six < 3G ) , township twenty-two (22) (
north , range one (1) ( ) west of the Sixth
principal meridian , in Madison county ,
Nebraska , opened as a public road
three C5) ) rods wide , said road com
mencing at the northwest corner of
section one (1) ( ) , township twenty-one
(21) ( ) north , range one (1) ( ) , west of the
Sixth principal meridian , nnd running
thence east one (1) ( ) mile and terminat
ing at the northeast corner of said sec
tion one (1) ( ) , township twenty-one (21) ( )
north , range one (1) ( ) west of the Sixth
principal meridian , in Madison coun
ty , Nebraska , nnd all objections there
to or claims for damages caused there
by must be Illed In the ofllce of the
'
county clerk tin or befor < - noon of the
15th day of June , A. D. I'.llO , or said
road will be established without ref
erence thereto.
bated at Mudlbon , Nebraska , April
C , 1910.
S. R. McFarlantl.
( Seal ) County Clerk.
Death of Mrs. Schwenck.
Norfolk Woman Succumbs to Illness
at Hot Springs , S. D.
Mrs. G. W. Schwonck , wife of George
W. Schwenck of Norfolk , died at Hot
Springs at ! ) : ; ! 0 Monday morning. Tel
egrams announcing the death of Mrs.
Schwenck were received here by rel
atives of the family. The remains
will arrive In Norfolk probably Tues
day.
day.Mrs.
Mrs. Schwenck was taken to Hot
Springs three weeks ago , suffering
with rheumatism.
'Grant School Set On Fire.
An attempt to burn the Grant school
building In Norfolk was made at 1:15 :
o'clock Monday afternoon. Hoys line !
soaked inside basement steps with
kerosene and had thrown a match into
It. Janitor Richardson discovered the
fire and put It out. A year ago an
attempt witli burning paper was made.
Superintendent Hunter was sum
moned immediately.
Prices of things the theme of nev-
erlesbenlng personal Interest to you.
Today's paper conta'ns ' a lot of thorn.
iiows Tinsr
\ \ < > offer Ono Hundred Dollars Re-
wnrd for nny onso of cnlnrrh Unit rail-
not bo cured by Ilnll's Catarrh Cure.
K J 011B.NKY & CO , Toledo. O.
\\e , the undi-rHlKiiud , luive Known R
J Clieiify for tin- last ID yours , and be
lieve him perfectly honorable m nil
huxInosH tr.iiiHiu tliniM and tlmtni Inlly
rthlu to inrry out any obligation nuido
by his firm
Walillng. Klnnnn Marvin.
. WnolfXHlo Druggists , Toledo. O
Hall s Catarrh Cure In taken Inter
nally. nctliiK directly upon the blood
nnd mupouH surfaced of the system ,
TcutlninnlalB sent free. Price 7G cents
per bottle. Sold by nil DrugKiBts.
. T.ako "a 'B Family Pills for conatU
