Nebraska Newspapers

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GOVERNMENT BUREAU SHOWS
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
SIZE OF THE WORLD'S CROP
It la Between Five and Six Ollllon
Ouahela New York the Largest
Producing State , with Michigan
Next and Maine Third.
Tbo recent announcement that In me
4uanttlpp } 'of ' potatoes nro being im
ported Into the United State * lenda In
terest to R statement prepared by the
bureau of ntntliticn. department of
< om mere o and labor , showing the Im
ports and exports of potato * * during
term of years. Whllo the produc
tion of potatoes In tu United State * IH
n u lly autHclcnt to meet the require-
uienta of It * population , there hare
l > en a nnmtr of occasions following
nbort crops In the United States on
which considerable quantities were Im
ported On other occaaloua when there
were ahortiigeh abroad and largo crops
In the United Stnfc.n considerable qunn-
titles wore exported.
The total ImporU of potatoes Into
( lie United States In the lust ten years
aggregated IK.S l.r , ( K ! I bushels , valued
Jit $10OS.r.,770. or about 48 cents per
onsliel , this valuation being boned upon
The wholesale miirkct price In the coun
tries from which Imported , and does
not , therefore , Include thu cost of trans
portation or duties piild , the rate of
duty being " 5 cents per buahcl of sixty
pounds both under the present law and
Itn Immediate predecessor. The exports
of potatoes from the United States
during the same decade amounted to
lO.JWO.WJG bushels. valued at $8,413,07. .
an average of 77 cents per bushel.
Potatoes imported Into the United
States come chletly from Canada , Mexico
ice and Bermuda , In America , and
Scotland. England. Ireland , Germany
mid Krance. In Europe , whllo In recent
years sniull quiintltlcs have also been
hrought from Ctilnu , Australia and the
tlnnary Islnnds The potatoes export-
l go chlolly to the West Indies , Cen-
nil America and Cnnadn , the largest
tjuantlties usunlly to Cuba , Ciimula
and Paiinum : uul le.sur quautltles to
other Centrnl American states and the
West Indies Islands. Small quantities
lime also been sent In recent years to
( liliiii. llongkoni ; . Itrltlsh Oulann , the
1'hllippinc lslniuK I''rench Oceania
and certain of the South American
countries , hut practically none to Ku
rope , which , allhoimh a large consumer
of potiitL" < , Is : iNo a large producer.
U.'he world's potato crop , so far ns It
cnn be measured statistically , runs be
tween five and six billion busbeJs per
annum , but the e figures do not In
clude the production of China , north
Africa and most of South America , the
original home of the potato , which was
found under < ultlvntlon In South Amer
ica l > > the Spanish discoverers and
triiixiiuiiMl ; | ! : lo Siiln | : and thence to
other parts of Kurnpe ( jermnny is b >
far the largest lngle producer of pn
tatoe . tier total i rep for 111011 , the
latest avalhilile Ugiires. being 1.710,00,1.-
< XK bushels against I.17..000.00n ! In Ku
ropcan Knsslii. < ; t. { .000.000 In Trance.
-4M.000.000 ) In Austria. 1S4.000.001- >
Hungary. i7.HKMKK : ! ( > In firwu Ilrltalu.
I''O.'OOO.OOO ' In iieluml. 9l.Ol)0.0Xl ) ) ( in
< 'nundft and U77.UOO.OIH > In the
New York I * the largest potato pro
Cueing slate In tln United Slate * , her , (
product in 1010 being -14.500.000 bnslt-
ol * .igalnut 'tri.OOO.dOO In MfcbiRan. W.-
4HJO.OOO l i Maine. 158.000,000 In PMIII-
\vlruuIiL. UTt.OWi.OOf ) In VYlsconsiii. l.V-
'HH.UX ( > In < Uiid. 12.CiIti.000 In Illinois.
lLY.il'fl.000 In low * Mud about lO.WHMiOn (
en < 'li in MlniiL'.snta and New
while iiruetically l | the re
maining stolen are rfre | ente < l with
'To tub ranging ; from one to eight mil
lion busheli each
The largest t iiportut.iou of potatoes
during the past decade WRS in 1009.
Hf > lng 8,3aXX ; : > bushels ; the largfwt ex-
.purts of the dei'ade were In 1911 , being
2,333.000 busheli
SENDS MONSTER PACKAGE.
Had Area of Twanty-five Squar * Faet
and Cost $40.82 Pott o .
"What Is pronnnnccd by C. 1. Lynch.
h.Ie
superintendent of mails of the Seattle
iWimh. ) i ostolllro. probably to be the
largest sliiKle piece of mall ever lien
< lled at the local olllce yras forwarded
lo Melbourne. Australia , In the shape
of a package having an area of twen
ty-five square feet The bundle Is In
cawed in a wooden frame f feet long
by fi feet wide and spreral Inches
thick. A large painting is believed to
be the contents , although the exact
nature has not been disclosed by the
* * ndor to the postal authorities.
Vorty stompa , each of the It d -
'nomination , and several minor stamps ,
r < x > resenUnjr a cost of $40.82. were re
quired to pay ( tostaxe on the package.
eroinr as first class mall. The total
weight U eighty two
To Graw Silk In Philippine ! .
Tito Philippine bureau of science Is
nixklng a determined effort to Intro-
1me Ibc crowing of s | fc in tin ? Philip.
ItluM not only for the purp < > < > f In-
Inof
< TfMsinc tin- productive possibilities of
ofa
llie fxlnnd" ucnetHll.v. but nlo as a
IUCUIIN of fnritiHtiiii ) . ' ilk for ni In
onnectlon with liidustrin already ea >
tabllshod
Frank Hanlon Dies Suddenly.
Oranha , Jan. 13. Frank P. Hanlon
at his home , G30 South Nine-
'aentb street , at 5 o'clock this morn-
\ig from an attack of apoplexy , sup
posedly brought on by acute Indiges ;
tion.Mr. escl
Mr. Hanlon was nt Robertson's cl-
< nr Htoie , South Fifteenth tUrect ,
.vlildi wns his usual "club for visiting
old friends , " Friday afternoon , when
taken III and carried home In a cab.
He Joked with the doctor at first. At
Intervals he suffered greatly , leather
Sternum gave the last sacrament at
II o'clock.
Francis Patrick Hanlon , the full
name given him by his parents , was
born In Kngland sixty-five years ago
lust Christmas. He cauio to the
United States when a little fellow , his
parents settling in Indiana. When 17
years old , Frank ran away and Joined
an Indiana volunteer regiment. He
was wounded in the leg In the battle
of Crab Orchard , anil lay lu the hos
pital a long time. His mother , dis
tressed over his enlistment and
wounding , secured his release.
About 1808 Mr. Hanlon came to
Omaha , entering the employ of the
Union Pacific. He used to describe
his crossing the river when ho said :
"A dollar looked as big In those days
ns a cartwheel. " His first occupation
in the freight house ho related "as
putting freight cars on trucks and hav
ing them hauled around. "
He and others slept on a buffalo
robe cold nights in the temporary
home they found , with their feet to
tbe lire to keep warm.
A Natural Politician.
H was not long before Mr. Hanlon's
natural bent for politics got him Into
the olllce of deputy under Sheriff Bur-
ley. Later he became special agent of
the Union Pacific and later when S.
II. H. Clark went to the Missouri Pa
cific , for that road. He wns not only
a successful lobbyist , but also had the
powerful backing of high authority ,
and when asked his occupation used
to jocularly admit be was "tho outside
general manager of the Union Pad-
fi , "
While managing politics and diplo
macy for the Missouri Pacific , he en
gineered the laying of track for tbe
Belt line along parts of California and
Twelfth streets early on Sunday morning -
ing , the city council having granted
the at session
right-of-way a special
late Saturday night.
For a time before devoting bis energies -
ergies wholly to the confidential work
of the road bo was a land agent , sell
ing land out in Nebraska. About ten
years ago , ho retired from active life
and since then has always called reg
ularly at Robertson's , the Omaha Na
tional bank and other places where old
friends went to exchange the time of
day. He has resided nearly forty years
in the cottage on South Nineteenth
street.
street.His
His Wife Lived Only a Year.
He married in Salt Lake over thirty-
live years ago a young woman who
bad been educated in a Montana con-
\ent. She died in this city about a
year alter their marriage. Since that
time his sister. Miss Mary Hanlon , the
only survivor of the family of three
brothers and a sister , bas kept the
house for him. His1 mother made her
home there in her latter days.
Two fraternities , the Veteran Fire
men and tbe Elks , held bis member
ship.
ship.The
The funeral will bo held fiom St.
Phllomenas church. Tenth and Wil
liams streets , Monday at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Hanlon bud been a director in
tbe Norfolk National bank since its
organization. He was president of and
owned a controlling interest in tbe
Stanton National bank.
CELEBRATION AT KEY WEST.
Foreign Nations Will Join In Marking
Completion of Railroad.
Many of the foreign embassies and
legations in Washington will send rep-
resentatlves to the tipcclal internation '
al celebration at Key Went , Fla. , on
Jan. 2i : , to mart the completion of th.
Florida C.'ist Coast Katlway company's
line connecting the mainland of tbe
United States with the liland city of
Key Weft.
President Tuft. In behalf of HIP city
of Key West , Invited all foreign na
tions to send represent ntive * and na
val upU to participate In the eele.-
tir.-itu'ii Fornml ncceptuncert have
been tvielved from Italy. Mexico. Per
tugal. Costa Rica , the Dominican re
public. Ecuador. ( Juatemala , Salvador
iru
and Uruguay. Kucb of these nation H
will tie represented by ofllclal dele-
cu
gules , selected In most Instances from :
the embassies nnd legations.
Portugal N the only foreign counlr\
to be represented by a vessel of its
navy. The Portugue.se cruiser Arumdu
InMl
Is now at Key West. The United
States navy will be represented by the
ien
llftb division of the Atlantic fleet , con
sisting of the armored cruisers Wash
ington and North Carolina , and the
ien.
scout cruisers Snlem and Birmingham ,
n.n'
which will reiicb Key West about Jan.
.M , to remain there a week.
DIRECTOR OF POSTAL SAVINGS
Theodore L. Weed Appointed to New
Office by Postma ter General.
Theodore L. Weed , chief clerk of the
postofllco department , who is Postmas
ter Oenernl Hitchcock's principal exec-
utlve assistant In the management of
the department , has been appointed
director of the postal savings system
nt $5.000 N yenr. Ho will auume his
duties Immediately.
Because of the extraordinary devel
opment of the pout n I savings iystem.
which now M receiving deposits aggre
gating n million dollar * a week , Mr.
Hitchcock , who thus far ban directed
the system personally , found it neces
8to
sar.v to organize a special bureau to
tRku up the work. As an Initial step
he mnde Mr Weed director. Tbo lat
tar , who wni appointed to the govern
ment service from Connecticut In I808 ,
hits been Mr Hitchcock' * chief aid in
extending the postal bank operations.
Harmon In Wisconsin.
Milwaukee , Wis. , Jan. 15. Gov.
- Judbon Harmon of Ohio waa scheduled
to make two addresses In Milwaukee
today , the first as the guest of the
city club at luncheon and another tosc
night under the auspices of the JefMi
ferson club.
(
Gov. Harmon's mission to Wisconsin
Is looked on as the formal launching .
in this state of his campaign for the
support of delegates to the national
democratic convention at Baltimore.
II Clapptra of Opium.
Th infinite patience of the Chinese
Is well Illustrated lu a Bmnfrallng story
wfalch I heard from an imperial marl-
time custo.ms ofllclftl at one of the "bar-
rlera" on the upper Yangtze. The Inci
dent occurred several years ago in un
attempt to avtild dutj on a small
amount of Bzechtian opium that wn
headed for Shanghai.
"An Important nrtlclo of down river
trmle. " nalil th * official In question , "lu
( he little belled and spangled cap worn
by the OhlncHo children from two to
six years of age. In pausing n number
of boxen of these In tbe aprlug of
( .hanccd to notice that the tinkle
from tbe little bull in the center of the
cap I wns examining was rather muf
fled. Forcing It open purely out of
curiosity , I WAN astonished to find a
tluy poltet of opium hardly ft quarter
of an Inch In diameter which hail been
substituted for the clapper. Of course
we had to search the whole lot , nnd
our aggregate haul from about 5,000
caps n couple of days' work for us-
was . . less than ten pounds of opium. "
Wide World Magazine.
Gleaning In England.
There Is a popular but quite errone
ous ' belief that a common law right of
gleaming exists In England. A legal
obiter dictum that a man who enters a
field for the purpose of gleaning can
not be prosecuted for trespass received
the ] dubious support of Blackstone.
But a majority of Juices decided In a
o.'i.-e which cHtne before the old court
of common pleas that to grant a gen
eral right to gleam would be contrary
to public policy , beeauNp it would "de
moralize the poor" and "open n wide
door to fraud. " In many parts of Kng
land the privilege Is confined to the
wives and children of the harvesters.
Vet the privilege of gleaming became
so firmly established in England that
the local custom has been recognized
by ninny acts of parliament. In some
country districts the "gleaning bell" Is
still regularly rung from the tower of
the parish church during harvest tide
twice a ilny to let tbe gleaners know
when they may commence and when
thn\ must finish. Westminster Ga
zette.
Persia's Great Superstition.
The grenlp-t MipciMltlon in Persia i-j
what is known sis the "evil eye. " Yon
inn-t not siy to some one whom you
meet. "How well jon are looking ! " for
if .MIII do and that person is taken 111
It \\ill lie because you puve him thee
eII eye You inu-t not say to a
mother. "Wli.it a pretty baby ! " "What
i liriubt child : " for If you do and any
thing unfortunate happens to the child
\ou \\ill be considered responsible.
.Many mothers let their children o
dirty and poorly clothed In order that
they may not attract fa volatile atten
tion. The Mjti which K thought to
have some power to avert the evil eye
consists in holding the second and
third fingers of both hands close to the
palms with the thumbs , while the other
lingers are extended straight out.
Then with the hands behind you yon
make : i down waul movement three
limes. Ios Anueh" * Times.
CORNELL JKETS $100,000.
Jacob H. Schiff Would PromoU Study
of German There.
President Schurninn of Cornell uni
versity annonncf * a gift to Cornell uni
versity from Jftcob H. SchlfT of "New
York city of $100.000 for the promo-
tlon of slndlea 1n German culture.
Mr. SohifT oxplnins that the gift.
which \v i made on his own Initiative ,
Is intended a * M tribute to the good
work done by Cornell university and
to the- brood and liberal spirit which
animates It. This feature of th donn-
tlon Is particularly gratifying to thf
authorities and friend * of the unlver-
slty. ns Mr. Schiff has never had any
kind of connection with Cornell. Th *
fund will lie designated "the Jacob H.
Schiff endowment for the promotion
of studies In fJennHn culture1' EXCCIM"
for Its niHiRnment to the object named
the gift U without restrictions , the
ti'itstei ? * liolng free to use- the income
for salaries or for other purposes com
Injr wi'hin the scope of the endowment
Princeton Enrollment.
The enrollment "f Princeton unlver
Klty i < greater ilnin at any time In HIP
history of the institution , there being
1.51K iren enrollpd as compared with
1.118 If st year. Tbe biggest gnins nrp
to be found lu the senior aud ftesh-
man classes.
Declslon In Morrow Case.
Chicago , Jan. 15. Municipal Judge
Fake was expected to give n decision
today as to whether Mrs. Reno B.
Morrow Is to bo held to the grand
jury , charged with the murder of her
husband , Charles B. Morrow. The pre
liminary hearing han taken up uev-
oral days , nnd only one or two wit
nesses remained to be called today ,
it was considered unlikely that Mrs.
Morrow would go on the witness
stand In her own behalf. Attorney
ErbBteln , for Mra. Morrow , wna re
ported to have said that ho would
seek to have the preliminary hearing
reopened , nnd It this failed he would
resort to habeas corpus proceedings to
save his client from going to Jail.
Madlaen Wins Game.
Madison , Neb. , Jan. IS. Special to t
The News : In a rather one-sided bas
ketball game at the Union opera
houBe , Madison hich school defeated
Newman Grove high school by u acoro
of 35 to 12. The playing was fast on
both sides , but Newman Grove was
unable to break through Madison's
guard. The stars of the game were
Illnman for the visitors and Loonier
and Balsch for the homo team , Haisch
-scoring 10 of Madison's ! 15 points.
Madison has bagged three out of the
lour games It has played.
| The lineup Newman Grove : Hln-
.man , c. ; Fitch , r. f ; Sanderson , 1. f. ;
lacobson , r. g. ; Olson , 1. g. Madison :
Schmidt , c. ; Blackmail , r. f. ; Balscb ,
1. f. ; I/oomcr , r. g. ; Hobertson , I. g.
Officials Itcfcree , Stoddnrd ; um
pire , l-'lndlay. scorer , .Prather ; time-
keeper , Bates.
THE SHIP CAPTAIN
Kor thlt Is tun Intr without , excuse
For nil of th * lortU of thn wa
Thut tarh muni hold his iihlp from hiirm.
\Vh tever the odds may be.
There are many tragedies of the sea
that the world knows very little about ,
or , knowing , very soon forgets. These
nro.the tragcdlcH of the men whose
lives have been spent In the bard and
exacting service which the sea de
mands , whose Mug years of toll and
7.enl and skill have brought the high
responsibilities of command and whoso
careers have been cut short by the
fault of an honr yea. even by the er
ror of a minute.
The old rubric' that those who never
make mistakes huve bad few oppor
tunities for making them docs not ap
ply here. There Is never a voyage that
docs not have It * possibility of error ,
and In many of them arise the sudden
emergencies which bring the acid test
of presence of mind , cool judgment ,
expert seamanship and skill. Let these
qualities fall the muster mariner in Ills
time of need. and. no matter what
might have been the stiess of bodv or
brain , or of both , hU professional ca
reer Is at an end. If tht ? lapse Involves
disaster to his ship.
There Is that veteran mariner Cap
tain Frederick Watkins. lie It wn
who commanded the City of Para
when the old Inmaii liner came stag
gering lo port with the Atlantic waves
swashing about her hold and surging
against her bulkheads the result of a
fog shrouded Impact with an Iceberg.
Tbe liner was thronged with passen
gers. The unforeseen danger came near
to sending her and her thousand souls
to the bottom , but the energy , re
sourcefulness and skill of her com
mander brought her safe to port a
deed to be long remembered.
It waa remembered up to a few
years ago. when a slight miscalcula
tion on tbe part of Captain Wntklns
sent his vessel upon the Manacle rocks ,
on the Cornish coast. Now you may
search all of the obscure places of the
earth nnd you may not locate him.
There was the Prinzcssin Victoria
Luise of the Hamburg-American line ,
which drove hard upon the coral beach
at Port Uoyal. in tbe island of Ja
maica. The vessel was thronged with
tourists , making a Jaunt to the West
Indies Fortunately tbe sea -was calm ,
and there was no ditliculty In getting
pi'Hsengei-s ashore. When the last bad
been safely landed the captain went
to his stateroom and put a bullet
througli tils brain
Tbe pitiable part of it all -was that
lie bad no need to It was not the
brain be shattered that wns ut fault ,
but the Kingston earthquake , which
liad destroyed the lighthouse.
Captain Gritlltb of the Mohegan
stood on tbe bridge of bis fast sinking
ship until the waters engulfed him.
Deloncle of the French liner Hour
Kogne. sunk In raid-Atlantic by a col
lision with the British steamship Cro-
martyshire , was last seen on the
bridge , with hand on whistle cord , as
his vessel took the long dive. Von
Goessel of the Kibe went down vrith
tils ship , standing with folded arms
upon the Itrliliip HK the vessel slowly
sank
OIIP < f the srt < ttit ( tiaKPdie * or tbf
\Viifuiipi : . wbieti wen i
m iii-eHi It.irner Hiattii wintp
on n ! . : ! Mi m r-vitni't1 t" New / < n
IHIHI \ I lie vi'ssHi nwm-rt I litft'
trance l tn > * iMii" " ' ' AiieUminl
thick fog ed in in Ci tkt m M'-inhfli '
who ritmrmifirt'Ml lift1 : < ! IIPPO III.IMV
years In the S.MVICP t the ilnr and
was reputed to ( * rr > careful Mml
capalil * * i > nt wtiilf MMstPrttnei WHH
gropim : liei > vtuihroimu itif ( nNt It
\VM ! IK'lt'H timl HiIH fV
iiervoil"Hinl ttel' 'S1" ' ! !
\ \ tiiMi nisrlil ' 'mmHie foe wit * > m
ittn-u Unit tliv n. k 'fii" mini not IP-
imi i it xlup * lentil n iilu'int A fi mill'
nlc" puM iliUhMtrlil llieiivviis : iml i
tien i rn-h n i.i'M nun 'ini.imsin ' : | ,
nlnio-vi mi iit-i IM-JUH eiuj * ii > - 'ii > liuti i ll
of ( ticInwils on lIncureelol - 1lle Cap
tain Mehititxiivi - on HHtiiKfge id
ilic nine \ ri'iii sMiiinil winch nnd
been mrn m tin- vci-els Mile .lunvi'H
the extent < ( Hie ill-aslei \ "U'-ii '
as lie rnill/erl thai his xliip imisi lie
eonif a total los > tlie eaptatn Mrode
to tbe end or the bridge and. exclaim
hIng "This is the last watch ! " plunged
overboard to his death. Walter Scott
Mertwether in Munsey's Magazine.
Italians Bombard Turks.
Aden , Red Sea , Jan. 15. Besides
Bdestroying or capturing all the iSS
Sd
sols flying the Turkish flag in the Red
Sea which they came across In the
course of their cruises , the Italian
ino
cruisers Calaberia , Pugliu and Plo-
itmonte , with the accompanying flotilla
of destroyers , have recently bombard-
ed u number of Turkish military
camps along the coasts of the Yemen
province. At Lohera , about sixty miles
refrom Kunflda , where the gunboats
were aunk by the Italians , they poured
a hall of shells into the military camp
on Jan. 5. Thq Turks however , suf-
fered very few casualties and no dam
age -nae done to the houses In the
town.
Chicago Policeman Teatlflw.
Chicago. Jan. 15. Police Inspector
John Whneler w s expected to testify
in his own behalf today before the
civil service commission where he Is
on trial with Capt. Patrick J. Harding
igm
and Lieuts. Koliuer. Enright and Prim
for inefficiency and neglect of duty ,
' Inspector Wheeler is the third tnspec-
tor to be tried before tbe commission. '
The other two. Charles Dorman and
John h. Itevler. weie dismissed from
tliii department.
Victory for Clark.
St. I.onls , Mo. , Jan. 15. The demo
cratic state convention will be held
nt Joplln , Mo. , Feb. 20. This was de
cided here at thu meeting of the dem
ocratic tttnto committee. The state
dolegatlon for the national convention
will be selected. The time for holdIng -
Ing thu convention wau considered by
th adherents of Speaker Champ Clark
an a victory. The admirers of former
anG
Gov. < Joseph W. Folk claimed they ob
tained a victory when the committee
decided to hold the convention in .lop-
Mil.
Now Air Speed Record.
Pau , France , Jan. 15. Jules Ved-
rlnes , the French nTtator , bent the
world's speed record by covering a
dlatancu of 142 kilometers , 150 motors ,
( about 88'4 miles ) In one hour In his
monoplane at the aerodrome here.
A Record Rabbit Shoot.
A rabbit shooting story comes from
Hutte. CSuy A. Thatcher Is responsible
for It. Ho writes The News that J.
F. Korttneyer with a single barreled
shot gun and eight shells , bagged six
Jackrabblta in an hour and : i half.
That seems to be the record up to
date.
CHURCH 225 YEARS OLD.
Structure Built In tbe Tim * of Lord'
Ciltimora If Destroyed.
The Sl. Prnncls Xnvler Roman Cntn
ollc church nt Warwick. Mtl. . near the
Delaware state line , n historic land
mark of tbe Maryland-Delaware penin
ciula. was destroyed by fire recently
It was built U- . ' years ago In the time
of Lord Baltimore.
The church wns of brick , two stories
In height. Some of the altar vestments
and chalices were snved
New Zealand' * Railway * .
New Zealand now bas over V.700
miles of railway Electrification of
certain sections IH now under contem
plation.
Some Understanding
The official undertaker of a * small1
town was driving through th count\
on one of Ills regular missions. A wo
man came out lo the gate of a farm
yard and bailed him.
"I don't seem to recall your mime ,
madam. " he said.
Tint's funny. " she said. "It ain't
been more'n a year and ; a half ac < >
since you undertook my first hus
band.Saturday Kvenlng Post- .
Why He Left.
'Why did .Mm leave thnt swell board
Ing house ? "
Because the swellness was at the
expense of the food supply. "
"What do you mean ? "
"Four kinds of forks and two kinds
" Seattle Post-lntellt-
of vegetables" - -
gencer.
Doubts and Don'tSv
ISenieinber Talleyrand's advice. "If
you nre In doubt whether to write a
letter or not don't : " The advice applies -
plies to ninny doubts hi llfp beside
thi ! of \\-rlting.-P.iilwer-rjrtton. .
Celebfit.v sells dearly what we think
he Kfves. Kmllr Sonvestrp.
Wht r Funf
' 1 don-'o see what fnn it can bo for
vo'u to go m thesellshtns expeditious
with , vo r bnsbu-nd , " said her best
friend.
"That * * because yw don't know any
thing about iteblnsr. " she replied.
To. you. ! "
"InJeKit 1 ila I can Hit in the stern
of the boat and atlve advice to the best
of them. And when a bf ) fish gets
sway iiotxHir CHD beat me telling hovr
It onght to bare be n or mieht have
tnwn landed. "
" 1 shouldn't think that wonlii be
much fuw for you. "
"Shwildn't yon ? Well , that's because
you don't know how mad It makea my
husband. Kid. you don't tow what
fun is. " Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spanish Meat Ball * .
Spanish meat balls are ns'palaUble
as they are rare , and made thns : One
can of tomatoes , one onion cboppwl
line , garlic or cayenne to taste. This
forms the "Spanish. " One and a half
pounds of hamburg steak. Soak half
a loaf of stale bread ; drain off all wa
ter. Take one egg. popper and salt to
taste , mix together , roll Into balls the
size of an egi ? and cook in the "Span
ish" three quarters of an hour. Na
tional Magazine.
Hit Suspicions Arauied.
"John , do you love your little wife ? "
"Yen. "
"Ho you love m very much ? "
"Ob. yes. "
"Will you always love me ? "
"Ves. Say. woman , what have you
pone nnd orderM sent homo now ? "
Pittsburgh Post.
Her Quiitlen.
Moilr ( holiday making in the coun
try ) I HOT. Mr. Iloats. do yea mind If
t ask a question ? The Farmer No.
my dear. What IH It ? Molly What 1
mint to know Is when you've finished
milking that cow how do yea tnrn it
off-oudon ! Sketch.
Education.
Education slves fecundity of thought.
rnp1omnp of Illustration , quickness ,
r | ; or. fnnc.v. words. Images and lllnv
( rations : It decorates ev ry common
thine and given the power of trifling
without being undignified nnfl absurd
Smith.
Work of Character Wreckers.
Dallas News : W. P. Stobblns of
Bonestcel stands accused of the
charge of embezzlement from the
Farmer's Co-Operative company , n
crime which will bo hard for many of
his friends throughout the county to
belle\e. Mr. Stebhlns * homo llfo waa
Ideal , his business transactions were
always honorable , bo had u keen ttetiHO
of honor and It Is to be deplored that
he Is the victim of character wreckers.
The outgrowth of a bitter personal
fight nt Boncsteol Is to be deplored
and at the expense of reputable honor
able citizens such an Mr. Stebblns has
always proven himself to be. We have
confidence in the outcome of hta case
and hla complete vindication.
BYSCO CLAIMS MAT TITLE.
With Champion Retired , Difl P3U |
Himielf on Vacated Thron .
.lark Herman , who bas bton gulil
Ing theilostlnloa of the big Polish
wrestler , Xhyaco , for Moveral years ,
lost no lime In putting ; in flrot claim
foi the world's championship title ,
which Kmnlc Ootch eoya ho > will no
longer defend. Herman has pouted H
forfeit of Jt.OOO to meet any gnip
pier In the world with Zbynco dp
fending the crown which he bellov1 *
himself entitled to. Furthermore.
Hoctuan ayt < he IH willing to
Photo by American Pre-m Association.
ZBTSCO , WHO HAS fT-AlMKI ) WnESTLINO
TiriiK.
any reasonable amount : that no umn
. In the Tvorld cnri down the big Pole ,
boat two falls in throe.
As % hysco has been the most per
sistent Of CJotcb's challengers and ha <
tossed bvery wrestler of prominence
in thlh country and Europe , he appears
.
to have a full Nelson hold on the
championship , provided , of course ,
Gotch Is honest in hla announced re
tirement. . No one can atop the Iowa
farmer from quitting the gnrne , nnd
for over n year h * has steadfastly re
fused to listen to any proposition from
th { Pole.
Scientific Manager.
On cold whiter day some railroad
ottlrlnln whiii > making nn inspection of
a larpe yard stepptK } for a moment In-
ldo a s.wittfhinnn'a shanty to get
wnrin. AmotiK them was a
superintendent who was known to *
ii inntihi for "scientific
input" a.iul thereduction1 of exjjpiiHux.
As they were leaving tbe switchnmn
asked th * traveling yardmast r. wh m
IIP kne-w :
"No-w. can y be tellln * m who. thor
tooa is ? "
"I'twt's the avwieral anperlnten nt. '
yorrtmaarter replied.
"What do ytm think o' that ? 11 * a
fcin * lookin' most , and ye new would
belie * * th * talm 7 * ara heanin * about
1m , "
"What bar * you hnard about him
Mike ? " was the. curious question.
"Wby , they do say that he was t
the funeral of Mr. Mltchftl'a wolfe am
when the sis pallbearers come nut he-
raised his hnnd and said : 'Hold on a
minute , boyn. 1 think ycx can gel
along without two of thlui. " Krory
body's Magazine.
Knew What a Pritm U ?
John Smith and Ilenry Jones are ent
Ing lunch together. John Smith casu
ally takes two cubes of sugar and
places them aide by side.
"That makes u perfect prism , doesn'
It ? " John Smith remarks casually.
"Prism nothing : " replies Henry
Jones. "That isn't a prism. "
"Sure It Is. " remarks Smith. "Don *
you know a prism -when you see one ? '
" 1 certainly do , " Is the retort. "A
prism Is n triangular ploco of glass
used to divide light Into the primary
colors. Can't you recall enough o
your school days to romombcr that ? "
"Oh , yes ; I remember that all right
Bat these two cubes of sugar , placec
Bide by Ride , make a prism too. "
"Bet you the lunch you'ie wruuit , '
challenges Jones ,
"You'ro on , " promptly agrees Htnlth
and u dictionary \ras pent for.
Jones had to pay the bet. If ou
don't believe It. look In a dlctlonnry
yourself and see Ht Utuls Pcnt-IU *
patch.
No Coal , No Food , No Job ; Nothing
Horo'a a chance for pome of th
"good fellowa. " One mall carrier re
ports thnt a destitute family at 40
North Twelfth etreot needs Immedlat
help , whllo from another source of in
formation comes the report that nort
of town a small family Is without fee (
fuel , clothing and other necessities o
life.
life.Tho
The North Twelfth street case I
ono demanding attonlon , says the ma
carrier. "The family Is without fuel ,
clothing or food. Tlieie nro about
four children and the father ban
'searched ' for work without lesnlt. "
The other case Is similar. The
father Is without work. There IH one
small child and the case Is Indeed pit
iful.
iful.Not
Not so many cases of destitution &
have been heard from this year , a ' '
last and for this reason it was be- 1
lleved that Norfolk's poor were well \
"under cover. " Ixiut year when the
"burned out" homesteaders wore raak-
ig their way east , through Norfolk
prairie schooners , casew of dcHtllu
on were numerous. Thin year there
) only one western Dakota home-
leader who needu help the North
" 'wclfth ' street man.
A purchaser of coal In a local coal
flico Friday declared thnt he.ro wan
t least one case in Norfolk whcro immediate -
mediate help waa needed.
"I know of at least ono family which
eiida help , and nelghbora are striving
o do something for them , " ho enld.
The father has no work ; there In no-
uel ; no food ; nothing. "
ADVISE THRONE TO RETIRE.
mperial Army at Hankow Start * to '
Overthrow Rebel Column. i
Pokln , Jan. 115. The Mnnchu prince * I
f the Imperial clan met and resolved '
xi ndviso the throne to retireImmed - j
ately to Jeholm , about 120 mlle to , '
he northeast of Pekin , where the j
members of tbe Imperial family Imvo j
iHiially gone during the summer. i
Thu whole of the Imperial army at '
lankow has start ed on thu way to (
lonan with the object of destroying ! t I
evolutionary column operating there. '
Fhe. imperial troops Intend to re-occu I
iy several towns In the province of '
lomin and southern Chi LI which hud j
< on over to the revolutionist * ) , i
Was 41 Degrees Below at Stanton.
Stanton. Neb. . .Inn. in. Special to
rbo News : The novernnie.nl ther-
nometer registered 41 decrees below
, ere yesterday , the coldest weathei
bat has occured In the history of the
ounty.
COLD AFFECTS BUSINESS.
tecord For First Thirteen Days of
the Year.
Jan. 1 , 18 below ; Jan. - ' , 1C below ;
Ian. : ? . 18 below ; Jan. 4 , 10 below ;
Ian. r. , 20 below ; Jan. 6 , ! 2i below ;
Tan. 7 , 20 below ; Jan. 8 , M below ;
Fan. 9 , 5 below ; Jan. 10 , 13 below ;
Ian. It , 15 below ; Jan. 12. 39 below ;
Ian. Ill , 10 below.
There's a new record for the first
.hirteen days of a new year In Nor-
'olk and vicinity.
All business bus sufteied during the
.wo weeks of cold.
Acordlng to James Kvans of the
2 vans Fruit company , no fruit has
teen shipped out of Norfolk for sev-
ral days because of the cold weather
mil thu danger of damage to the fruit
nroutii. "Although we have refrig-
ralor < iurs to ship th < > fruit atid veg-
tnlilos in. we have hesitated to dose
so , " says Mr. Kvaiis. The company
las many orders and plenty of fruit
and vegetables , but agreeable with ,
heir customers they have chosen to
mid the fruit in the Norfolk house
in til' ' warmer weather arrives.
SATURDAY SIFT1NGS.
W. II. Blakeman IB suffering from
in atack of lumbago.
Miss Hell Temple of Wayne is here-
visiting with her sister , Mre. C. C.
ow.
ow.The
The Norfolk Woman's Club will
meet Monday ut 2 : JO in the I"aciu >
hotel parlors.
C. A. Snlrlcy , n machinist" la the em
ploy of the Norfolk Electric Light wif
Power company , bas moved his family
to this city. Ho- boa rented the hous
at ! J02' South Eighth street.
Mr . W. F. Hall was called to Co
umbufl , where it wua reported her
father waa vry 111. Cancer of the >
stomach la the cause of hia Uneoa.
and it Is feared he cannot recover.
Whllq playing at the Lincoln achool
building yesterday , the 8-year-old BOD
of Mr. an * Mrs. C. K. Allen of 414
South Fourth streeti slipped and foil ,
breaking both bonca of hia right arm.
The break Is n serious one.
New uniforms 'for the firemen's flfi
and drum corps have arrived , THe >
uniforms are pretty and the blue coot *
matched with the pretty lawn tennis
trousers will make a decided hit at
the state convention next wenk.
Mr. and Mrs. .7. M. Askey of 130
Nebiaska avenue , who wore Injured
in an ncrident while driving at Austin ,
111. , where they were visiting n few
weeks ago , have almost recovered
Mrs. Askey , who was most seriously
hurt , sustained a bruised arm.
Sheriff C. S. Smith of Madison , serv
ing papers in connection with the
court at Madison , made several drives
through the country with the ther
mometer registering 2li below zero
Three times , in accidents , the Bhorltt
was thrown from the swiftly moving
slolgh.
Tbe campaign of Cov. ! Judson Har
mon of Ohio , who Is an aspirant far
the presidential nomination on th
democratic ticket , has reached Nor
folk. A number of piominent Norfolk
democrats are receiving circulars and
literature concerning the Ohio ROT-
ornor'n boom.
The transfer crow at the Northweat-
ern transfer laid off Friday , because of
thn Intense cold and the delaying of
freight trains , the absence of which
pave no work to tbe freight handlem.
The battery Jara in the telgraph offle
of the freight depot were frozen and
the local sounders wore silenced for
u time.
Dr. J. A. Jenkins of Omaha , whoso
address before the association of bank
ers recently made such an unusual
stir , has been secured by the Y. M.
C. A. committee to speak at the mans
meeting to be held In the Methodist
church Sunday evening. This meet
ing is planned to be tbe start for the
snowball campaign and all Interested
in the V M. C. A. are urged to attend