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THE NORFOLK WKEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAL. FRIDAY. OCTOHBR 14 , 1910. The Norfolk Weekly Nows-Joutrcl , Van IMUWH , Established 1881. -rno Journal , Established 187'i , THE HUSE PUbLI8HINO COMPANY. W. N. lltiBc. N. A. iFusoi President. Secretary Kvory Friday Hy mall tier your , $1.60. Kntortul at thu postolllco nt Norfolk , Neb. , an m.'cond clans niuttci. TelephonesEditorial : Department No. 22. Business Office and Job llooins No. II 22. The people llnnlly Huttlo till ques- tlotiH of government oven In Portu gal. Nicaragua liiiHii't hail a revolution for ROinu weeks. Arc thu people all dead ? Seine people arc always away from homo when a good opportunity Is knocking. President Taft Is being pretty thor oughly endorsed by most of the state conventions. Dealers In footwear report , aftei looking Secretary Balllngor over , thai hides are firm to strong. How fortunate for Long Island thai It did not have Its census taken be fore the automobile races. One of the greatest lessons a nmi can learn Is not to do what ho likes but to like what one does. A magazine writer asks "Is It rlgh to make money. " Well , not If the federal oral authorities catch you at It. Wo shall not believe that Dr. Cool has been In London until they flm where he burled a brass tube will records. Mayor Gaynor roasts the yellov newspapers , but they won't worr ; provided their cash is safe In the de posit box. The conservation of resources move ment falls In Nevada , with all the gam biers skipping out of Heno on accoun of the new law. The monorail may prove to be a per fectly safe method of travel , but wha would happen if some one put a mono log on the track ? About now the householder regard the furnace about as gloomily as tin turkey looks at the chopping blocl along In October. Denmark has more money In sav Ings banks than any other nation ii the world. Doesn't look like anythini rotten in Denmark. A London manager Is paying Saral Bernhardt $5,000 a week for a inusii hall turn and making money out o the bargain at that. Dr. Cook has turned up in London they say. If so he will find more icsi dents of the stave of Missouri then than on his last visit. Hadellfto college girls are to pin ; baseball , which finally disposes of tin Idea that women are incapable of tin classical education. The real reason for the high priei of rubber overshoes is unquestionabl ; the Increase of demand caused by th' ' frequency of the gum shoe campaign. Many members of congress are be Ing placed in the unemployed class but we would remind them that ther Is a constant demand for farm help. Mrs. O. A. Turner of Baltimore los A $40,000 necklace returning froi : Switzerland. If she had said it wa worth $7.99 , she might have got 1 back. It was a benefit to the Los Angele Times to be dynamited as a matter c advertising. The only people who su fer are the families of murdered en ployes. The drug habit has grown to alarn ing proportions in England. What wa once the vice of the few has becom the practice of the many. It speaks well for the United State that even while building the Panam canal It can obtain money at a lov er rate of interest than any othc country can command. Electing a democratic congress till fall , with a republican president sti In ofllce , would bo like hitching tw horses to a load , each trying to pu it in the opposite direction. County Attorney James Nichols , r publican candidate for re-election 1 Madison county , was nominated wltl out oppf ltlon in his own party , whlc speaks well of his record. Everyone must admit that the las congress accomplished a big amoui of work , but some people seem t think it should bo reorganized as democratic debating society. A farmer has discovered that costs as much to feed a rooster t It does to pasture a cow. At the prk of butter , it would seem that the co had the argument in her favor. A Boston pastor approves of tl hobble Bklrt , as ho Hkes variety. certainly Is getting monotonous for women to be beating us regularly In the nice of life , so let them bo hob bled by nil moans. Hepubllcan extravagance Is one of the strong democratic arguments , but ' 'lie Congicsslonnl Record will show hat the democrats were equally for ward with their votes for thu old Hag mil an appropriation. The old proverb that "Hlches tniu \\lngn and fly away" will be very liter- illy fulfilled If that New York million- lire carries out his proposal to give the army and navy a fleet of 1,000 leroplanes. Eugene V. Debs makes the asser tion that if the people owned the rail roads a ticket crossing the continent could be bought for a dollar. At this rate a man who had $11.24 in his Jeans could take quite a trip. Half a dozen years ago it was com monly remarked that no politician would dare to attack the Illegal doings of the trusts. Now a systematic cam paign against law breaking has been carried on , and republicans have done every bit of It. The determining factor In the elec tion of a congress Is the question of the full dinner pall. The voter cares nothing about libraries of political economy when he remembers how the ham sandwiches rattled around In the emptiness of 1893-90. The democrats seem to think that they know some way by which the laboring man can pay European prices for everything he has to buy , and get American prices for his labor , the only commodity he has to sell , but the two things don't go together. North Carolina lawyers are making a desperate search for the heirs to a fortune of $1,500,000. Undoubtedly there are plenty of people In the state who would willingly qualify as heirs if they just understood the situation. Irish home nilers who arrived in this country Sunday , were hopeful of success. Ireland had national exist ence beginning 1,480 years ago , but as respects self-government , It has about as much power as American men under - der 21 years of age. An awful accusation has been hurl' ed at Theophilo Braga , the new presi dent of the republic of Portugal. lie is accused of being a "poet , writer and college professor. " What on earth Is the world coming to when such a type of man as that takes the place of a king ? The democrats of Massachusetts are up and coming. They showed such signs of real life at their recent state convention that they actually enjoyed a riot. No one was killed. The leaders - ers were aware that the party still needs all the votes It has and then some. The last time the democrats built a tariff , their president and favorite leader called their architecture by such kinds words as "perfidy and dis- honor. " Will they be any better able now to show themselves anything more than journeymen carpenters ? The history of the democratic party has been a long story of flirting witli unsound finance. In the old days II was state banks , in the ' 70s It was flat money , in the ' 90s it was an at tempt to dilute the honest dollar witl : silver , and in 190S it was the guaran ty of bank deposits. To what kite-like vagary will they become the tail next' In some ways It is better to be president of a railroad than presldem of the United States. The Boston < S Maine railroad has announced thai it will pay its retired president a pen sion of $10,000 a year. This is more than the nation does for its ex-presl dents. Dr. Wilson's first name is Thomas so we have learned since the search light of the New Jersey campaigi was thrown upon him , but it wai probably wise for the learned matte to drop this commonplace cognomen T. Woodrow Wilson might have provec a serious handicap. The old phrase "by hook or crook' ' Is said to have come from the cnston of certain manors where the tenant : are authorized to take "flre-bote" b ; o hook or crook that Is as much of tin II underwood ns may bo cut with a creel and as much loose timber ns may bi collected from the boughs with a hook A commissioner of weights am measures makes the statement tha the people of a great city are cheat ed to the amount of $30,000,000 a yea by short weights and measures Indl cates that from the view point of lion lt esty many tradesmen , If weighed ii 0 their own scales , would bo founi wanting. n The day when the silver-tongued or ator can hold his audience spollboum Is past. Causes are espoused o spurned in homes instead of publl n. i halls. The newspaper is more powei ful than the platform. People thlnl less of the leader than the justice o , o his cause. Facts are what the men o It today want , not beautifully roundoi sentences. Truth Is demanding recog nition. Turkey Is short on finances and Is anxious to gain the permission of the European powers to an Increase In the customs duties. It has been grant ed by all but Germany , and since the caller's kingdom has succeeded In oiling the Turks a fleet of out-of-date innboats nt a very good price , the lormnn consent Is practically grant- d. In 1900 Birmingham , Ala. , had a lopulatlon of 38,000. In 1910 It has 32,085. This phenomenal growth In 'iio ' decade Is made plain In one word , nanufacturlng. Birmingham Is n great center for the manufacture of ron and steel. This has attracted other kindred Industries who have built near the Iron and steel plants , t only serves to strengthen the well mown law that If a city would grow t must manufacture. It Is very evident that the United States has very little idea of what t is capable of producing. When one reads that Denmark , a little patch of swamps and sand dunes that could be hidden in one corner of one of our great states , furnished England alone with 2,072,200 hundred weight of bacon - con , It reminds us that we Americans should get busy and try to make twc pigs grow where one has grown be fore. Mayor Emll Seidel of Milwaukee is known as the socialist mayor , and the admirable features of his admlnls tration are credited to socialism. As o matter of fact there lias been littk of a definitely socialistic character ir the mayor's official acts. They wit ness not so much to Mr. Seidel's so clallstic soundness as to the saneness of his civic convictions ana his good sense as a man. William Mclntosh of Emerlck pre jlnct would prove a most valuable noinber of the Madison county boarr of commissioners. He is a substantial progressive farmer of up-to-date bus ! ness ideas , an appreciation of the value of good roads and yet a con servatism which would take care o ! the best interests of the taxpayers It Is a business proposition to eleci William Mclntosh county commission er. William Mclntosh , republican noml nee for commissioner of Madison coun ty , is a substantial farmer held In the lilghest esteem by those who have lived near him for years in the west ern part of the county. Mr. Mclntosl would bo a credit to the county ane lie would prove a conscientious am conservative official , with the inter ests of the taxpayers at heart. His e-lection would mean a more equitable llstribution of commissioners , , as there are now two In the immediate vicinity of Madison , with none in the west portion of the county. The pension list will not be as large again and the amount paid is bount to decrease with the rapid passing away of the civil war veterans. The sum paid in 1805 for pension was $8 , 525,153 , while in 1909 it has increase ! to ? 101,973,000. Tills Is the high water tor mark. While there were without question frauds in this great list o : pensioners , It will always be to the credit of a free people that they se kindly remembered the brave mei who by their heroism saved the re public to us one and undivided as a priceless heritage. It is said that the art of remember ing is going into decline in these day : when people read so many daily pa pers and light literature which the : make no effort to remember. A gooi memory is a great help to success ii any business or profession. The mos successful politician is usually tin one who best remembers the mei whom ho meets. Writers , speakers lawyers , doctors and merchants dc pond largely upon their menforles fo their advancement. A good memor ; in these days of competition is llkol ; to be the factor which turns the scali toward success. WHAT IS COUNTY OPTION ? The News has been asked to explaii what county option means. Count ; option is that system of liquor traffi icgulatlon which enlarges the uni from the present village or city , t an entire county. Under the count ; option plan , each county votes whc ther the entire county shall be we or dry and each town in the count ; must abide by the decision of a mn jority of the voters of the county The plan contemplates having th question brought up not oftener thai once every two years. COMMISSION GOVERNMENT. Mayor Friday's attitude rogardlni The commission form of government will find a welcome with many Noi folk business men and taxpayers , wh will join the mayor In hoping thn the coming session of the leglslatur will pass a law permitting cities o this size to adopt such a system a government. The commission form of goverr mont contemplates the election of few men , three for example , to hav charge of the city's business affaire They are elected by all the voters without regard to wards. They are paid enough to permit them to devote tliu necessary time to thu work. Pity the foreigner ! How Is he to 1'iiow wheie he Is nt or who's It ? Ono ol them when shown a picture of the- Atlantic squadron said : "What" Hock of ships. " He was told that a Hock of shlpa was called a fleet , and that a licet of sheep was called a Hock. He was further informed that j n Hock of girls Is called a bevy , and ' a bevy of wolves Is called a pack , and a pack of thieves Is called a gang , and a gang of angels Is called n host , and a host of porpoises Is called a shoal , and a shoal of buffaloes Is called a hcid , and a herd of children Is called a troop , and a troop of partridges Is called a covey , and n covey of beau ties Is called n galaxy , and n galaxy of rufllans is called n horde , and a horde of rubbish Is called a heap , and a heap of oxen Is called a drove , and { a drove of blackguards Is called n j mob , and a mob of whales Is called a bchool , and a school of worshippers is called a congregation , and a con gregation of engineers is called a corps , and a corps of robbers is call ed a band , and a band of locusts Is called a swarm and a swarm of people ple Is called a crowd. The next Trans-Mississippi con gress Is to meet at San Antonio , Tex. , on November 22. Delegates are now j being appointed to this commercial i congress by the governors of states and mayors of cities lying between the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean. , I Every question of Interest to this ' great section will be discussed , but I among the most Important Is that of transportation. There is a growIng - . Ing demand for cheaper transports- . ' tion. In fact if the agriculturalist is i' ' to receive fair remuneration for his toll and the people get farm produce for anything like reasonable prices , the rates of transportation must be lowered. It is expected that the open- i ; Ing of the Panama canal will lead [ ' to great development of the trans-Mis sissippi country. If the western . states take favorable Individual action - tion toward promoting the deep waterway . way movements so that sufficient water - ; ter for transportation can be depended - _ ' ed on , It will mean that they will \ share directly in the Increased com mercial prosperity brought about by the opening of the canal. Much in terest is felt in their action on this matter at the coming congress. LATTA DISOWNS HIS PARTIES. Mr. Latta , the demo-populist nomi nee for congress in the Third dis trict of Nebraska , is apparently ashamed of both the parties which named him as their candidate. He Is making his campaign on a card that reads thus : "J. P. Latta , Candidate for no- election. " He refuses to classify himself as a democrat or a populist. Apparently he thinks It would injure his chances. Quite evidently Mr. Latta regards the democratic and the populist parties as handicaps to him in this race. b' ' TRIED AND FOUND WANTING. [ I In the national campaign of 1908 , I when Mr. Latta was elected as a mem ber of congress , a studied effort was . made to Impress upon the voters the , ' necessity of sending to congress a , I man who would specially represent ( the fanners and common people of this great agricultural district. The _ ' claim was made that there were no . | farmers in congress and that they should have a representative there to look specially after their Interests. A strenuous effort was Indulged in to , convince the voters that Candidate ' _ i Latta was n farmer , pure and simple , , J and In full sympathy with their wants I and those of the whole people. Let- t ! ters written upon letter heads upon I1 which he was depicted at work as n , j farmer and stock raiser , thereby draw- , i ing a strong inference that farming was his sole occupation , were sent broadcast over the district. Ho could stand this during the campaign , but soon after election , when he first reached Washington , his farmer title was suddenly cast to the four winds , On his first appearance in the house of representatives the card ho pro scntcd bore the inscription , " .lames P. Latta , President First National Bank , Tekamah , Neb. " Did ho sn soon forget he made his campaign as a farmer ? Was ho ashamed of the occupation , or did he think his title as bank president more honorable ? Ir his remarks upon the postal savings bank law , printed In the congresslon al Record of June 20 , 1910 , ho makes the statement , "I am a practical bank < er of more than thirty-three years' ex perlence , " but not a word In those re marks to his farm life nor to the benefit to bo derived by the common people from the passage of the postal savings bank law. Ills persistent op position to the passage of that law earned him the title "Banker" In lieu of that of farmer and stock raiser. Ills opposition to the postal savings bank law ought to bo sufficient ren son for any fair-minded person retlr ing him from congress. During the last session measures ol vast importance came before congress for its consideration. Wo ask a care ful consideration of Banker Latta's record upon some of the most import ant of those measures. The postal savings bank law , which became n law June 25 , 1910 The na tional democratic platform upon which Mr. Lntta was elected , as well as the republican platform of the sumo year , pledgedtheir parties to the passage of this law. When the te > st came requiring - quiring Hanker Latta to choose be tween the common people and the special Interests ho promptly arniyoil himself on the sldo of thu banks and worked and voted against the pas sage of the bill ( Cong. Record , June 9 , page 7,957) ) . Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. McGulre , both democrats , mum hers from Nebraska , voted for the passage of the bill. Did the fact that Mr. Latta wa.s a banker and person ally interested in deposits have any Influence upon his vote upon this tin portant bill ? 1 The railroad hill , creating n courl of commerce and enlarging the powers ors of the Interstate commerce com I mission , which became a law June I 18 , 1910 , Is a measure of far-rcachlnt importance to every person Interested in freight rates and one In which cacl farmer and shipper was directly con corned. Yet Hanker Latta saw hi ; way clear to align himself with UK railroads and voted against this bll ( Cong. Record , June 10 , page 6,255) ) . He failed to vote on the resolutloi ordering nn Investigation of the sugai trust ( Cong. Record , April 14. pag ( 4,809) ) . Ho moved and voted to strike on of the agricultural appropriation bll the item of $18,250 for the propaga tion and experimental growing of treoi on the sandy land of Nebraska. Thh was the only Item in the bill for hii state and was saved only by the ef forts of the other members of congress gross trom Nebraska ( Cong. Record February 1 , page 1,301) ) . He voted to fclll the resolution o Mr. Henry ( a democrat ) , charglni Speaker Cannon with violating tin rules of the house ( Cong. Record. Ap rll IS , page 5,038) ) . He failed to secure a single iten of appropriation for his district. December 14th ho was granted ! leave of absence for ten days on ac count of important business ( Cong. Re cord , December 14th ) . February Sth he was granted leave of absence on account of importan business ( Cong. Record , page 2,141) ) . He missed and failed to respond t < twenty-four out of a total of ninety seven roll calls during the session. AROUND TOWN. Look out. There's a bank robber. There's a hobble skirt in Norfolk. How do these March winds striki you ? That's some harvest moon , believe us. Where's your money Cubs or Ath letics ? The Manuel training system lias hac a setback. The enterprising aviator is the on < who keeps up on things. Is Brnden going to have a chanci to come across with that ten ? Why should shoulders soldier on : man at this time of year ? This is the open season on banl robbers in Madison county. Why do the women have any Ilini at all to the amount of hair the : wear ? Bank robbers are more plentifu than ducks and just about as har < to land. Here's a suggestion to the pavin ) contractors : Put on a night shift You're welcome. An Italian brand ot weather pre vailed in Norfolk during that pavin ! riot , all right. The only starter Sunday In the Chi cago-New York air race will be tin nephew of a Norfolk woman. Ge there , Ely ! One Norfolk woman will allow he husband to smoke a pipe in the house but she does draw the line on cam paign cigars. A Norfolk man likes the crust o the pie better than any other part , am always insists upon eating the cms left by his wife. If the boy king of Portugal hai been up-to-date lie would have cried "An airship ! An airship ! My klnj ; dom for an airship ! " A reporter on The News , wheneve he makes a note on scratch pape about "Mr. and Mrs. So-and-so , " write It "So-and-so & % . " Necktie bills are high for the mai with a rough beard on his chin. Tin beard scratches the neckties to pieces So In some ways a woman is lucky in be a woman. There Is one sensation that defic description at the hands of nn ordl nary typewriter. That's the sonsatloi that creeps through a golf lover'i blood wncn ho sits at the window am watches other golflsts whiz llnkswan nutomoblllstlcnlly , realizing the whili that he has a shoulder which Is a tral tor to him. For the benefit of those who seen to have misunderstood , just becausi one asks -whether your wife will le you smoke a pipe in the house , doesn * mean that one's self isn't allowed tha privilege. In fact , In this Instance , onu's self IS allowed to ntuoltu a pipe In the house , and to clean a plpo In thu house , too. Mr. Qulgley , one of the Lincoln trade boosters , In a little speech In Norfolk last night , said Lincoln was entitled to her fair share of northern Nebraska' * trade and money. North Nebraska ad mits Lincoln Is entitled to a fair share of her money , but Is It purely coinci dent that at about the same time the Lincoln trade boosters start this way , two north Nebraska banks should be dynamited ? ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. WP lenrneil years ago not to bo Im pressed with Big Tales. An Ate-hlson man is such a Sis that he carries a powder rag in his purse. We sometimes think no one is tryIng - Ing very hard to please the real se vere critics. Boys believe that unless they spit every time they see a caterplller , they will have typhoid fever. Ever see two women meet at a re ception or millinery opening , and en gage in a smiling match ? Some people are never satisfied un less they are maintaining a nuisance , and quarreling with the neighbors about "their rights. " A Texas man says the Globe is unfair with Glfford Plnchot. We know it ; no newspaper can dislike a man and be fair with him. In Missouri when a man has so much money he doesn't work much , people sny , when asked what he does , "He plays with jack knives. " When a man Is grumbling , he says "It happens that way every time , " al though the wrong ho is grumbling about may be the first. "About the only new thing that happens to this town , " says the Coolidge - idge Enterprise , "is to have a new damage suit filed against It. " "You needn't worry about my not being punished for my sins , " a man &ald to his pastor ; "indeed , I some times think I get more than is justly coining to me. " The Town Bad Man said today : "I have been mean , as all the world knows , but I never induced a woman to get ready to marry me and then failed to show up. " The next time you quit work to act on the committee for nothing , look over your children's teeth , and see If they do not need fixing more than the public needs your service. An old fashioned argument against woman's suffrage Is that the women cannot qualify as soldiers in time of war. But we notice the women con- tlnno to kill a good many men. Actors are pretty apt to judge a town by the way it patronizes his show. But there is a good deal of that sort of selfishness in the opin ions of others than actors. This would be a wise world If the average youth weio as persistent in acquiring the other fine points of an education as lie is in learning to like tobacco. It Is only fair to the men to say that there are more good husbands in the world than there are husbands who pay attention to chorus girls and actresses. No man ever invented anything as intricate ns the bung hole in a bar rel without pausing to figure what he would do with an income like Thomas A. Edison's. Every father helps his son at least to the extent of boarding him several years when he is not productive , and sending him to school. But not every son helps his father. There has been considerable curi osity concerning the gasoline engine that has been installed in a shed just outside of Mrs. Lysander John Apple- ton's door , and n Globe reporter was detailed today to find out what It was for. The scheme is a good one. Every member of the family having broken off his , or her , nails in getting Mrs. Appleton's dress to meet in the back , the gasoline engine has been installed for the purpose of drawing her corset strings tight. It draws her straight-front so tight that her waists meet in the back without trouble , and hooking becomes easy. It is related that once upon a time Daysey Mayme Appleton attended a musical entertainment in which there were five fiddlers who had to give their instruments the usual amount of preliminary attention before playing. The cm tain had gone up , and the five men tuned , and adjusted their strings and adjusted them again. "Isn't that beautiful ? " said Daysey Maymo wear ing the rapt , far-away expression she had read about in books. "That Is the Ungarische Lustsplol from Bela , and I just love It. " Then the men , having adjusted their strings to suit them , struck up "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. " But Daysey Maymo was not crushed. She thinks they played two pieces and that the first was so much finer. GAYNOR DOES NOT WANT IT. The Nomination for the Presidency Has no Charms. New York , Oct. 12. That Mayor Gaynor has no ambition to bo presi dent Is the Inference gained from a letter. The letter was written to James Crcolmun and In It the mayor said It was too Into for him to begin slim g his course for any political purpose and declared that ho IIHH no consideration nt all for his political future. , The date- ( September 25) ) of the letter - tor to Mr. Creolmnn IH prior to the dateof the < mayor's letters to John A. Dlx , the-n states chairman , but now nominee for governor , and Mr. Crocl- iiian , which absolutely settled that Mayor Gaynor was not a candidate for the- nomination for governor and uouId not take the nomination should It be tendered him. The reference to the presidency glows out of the fact that Henry Wat- terson of the Loiilsvlllo Courier-Jour nal wrote Mr. freelmnn n letter stat ing "that Mayor Gnyuor wan the htiongest man the democrats could nominate for president , and Mr. Crcol- man Inclosed thin letter In OHO ho wioto to the mayor. The letter of September 25 Is In reply to this com munication. Following Is the text of the let ter : Dear Mr. Croelmnn : Your note , with Mr. Watterson'H. IK at hand. Mr. Dlx and Mr. Mack have been here , and I have told them finally and postlvoly that 1 am not a candidate for governor and cannot be made a candidate. I do not Intend to abandon the city. They say that It seems certain that the con volition will nominate me. o\en though 1 am not a candidate. That does not seem probable and I hope It does not occur , for In my present Ktato of health It would weigh heavily on me. I am now wnrn with anxiety , the' shock 1 received baa proved more per manent than I had supposed possible and my voice comes back only slowly. I am not cut lain that I can even bear the strain of the mayoralty again. Although my mind is made up , I do not perceive any moral quest Ion In the case. I am under no obligation whatever to remain as mayor. I cer tainly had no such compact with those who opposed me and voted against me ; It takes two sides to make a compact ; nor had I any with those who nominated and elected me ; and , If I had , they would have n right to release me. As fe > r myself , or my political fu ture , I shall not consider that nt all. Mr. Watterson Is in error in supposing that I have1 the presidency In my mind. Never ! And it is too late for me to begin shaping my course for any ambi tious purposes. And when a man has gone down Into the Valley of Shadow and look ed the specter Death In the face and said to it , "I am ready. " nothing In tills world looks very large to him , as I can assure you. You will have a hard time reading this letter , as my shoulder and collar bone are s'lll disabled , owing to the Injured neck muscles which support them. QUEEN MARY AS THE RULER. "I Must Ask " Is May , Becoming Court Byword In London. London , Oct. J2. "I must ask May , " that Is , Queen Mary is becoming a byword in court circles. It Is King George's invariable reply when he is asked for instructions on any point from arrangements for a shooting par ty to the settlement of an important ministerial question. When King Edward's clothes and uniforms were to bo disposed of King George was asked what should be done with them. Naturally , it was 1 resumed that ho would have some scheme in mind. Ho answered , as us ual. "I must ask May. " When Queen Mary was approached on the subject she suggested that Queen Alexandra bo Invited to give advice. Alexandra desired to keep King Edward's field marshal's uniform and orders. Then she made out a list of persons to whom she desired that certain small souvenirs should be given. What was left has been placed In a special room In Buckingham pal ace. Ministers of state bow to her. The cabinet ministers have become accustomed now when discussing mat ters of state to deal chlelly with Queen Mary , even when the king Is present. They have lormed very de cided opinions concerning her ability and insight and also of her knowledge of precedents governing the relation of the crown to ministerial matters. Although her affiliations have been conservative and anti-liberal , her ad vice to the king Is always strictly constitutional and given with admir ably assumed deference to the king's responsibility. Nlobrara News. Nlobrnra , Neb. , Oct. 13. Special to The News : The Nlobrara Shakespeare club has reorganized on n new basis. Messrs. C. W. Demel , E. A. Houston , Misses Maude Marshall and Inez Vlelo , a committee appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws , made their report at the last meeting. Serving of lunches at the regular Monday night meeting is prohibited. The an nual membership fee has been raised to 50 cents. Program committee as pro vided by the constitution was elected. Their duties are to outline the read ing , prepare the special programs and assign meeting places and leaders. Mrs. George W. Chambers and Misses Nelson and Draper wll1 servo on this committee for the first half-year. Much Interest Is being manifested , and although a successful organization In the past , greater results are antici pated under the new regime. The teachers and pupils of the Nlo- brura schools are preparing a pro gram to bo given In the 55. C. B. J. op era house In November. The proceeds will purchase pictures and library books. Thomas Darnall , attorney lor mo Nebraska anti-saloon league , discuss ed county option In the opera house last night. Roller skating at the rink located In the Laird building , has become a popular recreation with the younger BOt ,