1 u 1 y u TAe Norfolk 4c W N HUBK imbllnhor ace IAI1Y KMnMlnlinl IS O CLUS Kfery ilny oxront Hiimlit Hy rnrrior ior woov l conU Hy innlt or jnar frtOO WKKKliY ltnlllnliol till Kory Tlmrnlny Hy mull mr jour 1MV ntnlnroil nt tlw IWolUcoiit NnrfiilL Noli n focoiut clnM mntliT Tntnihimn No 221 A fiislonlst iuchuigo nflor giving tho nuiounts of money oxpotidod during pnsltwo yearn by tho United States in war oxpondltuiw oh1ih Can miyoi o point out a ninglo lmnollt Inuring to this country as tho result of tho oxpondituro of ro much money XuiHlilerad from n sordid standpoint us tho quonliou is Hovoral bonolltH might ho pointed out It lias required iiiillloiiH of dollars to food olotho and pay tho soldiors and this money or tho greater part therrof has gono into ulrouliilioii to pay tho butohor tho linker and thocandlo Htlok innkor not mentioning tho fanner stoolc raiser mechanlo and laboring man who produced tho supplies usod by tho nnny which Im perhaps a singlo boncllt lCditor Foster of tho Plalnviow Nows is probably sincere In his reitoration that thoro Is no prosperity Ho appar ently insists on looking tho dark side of tho picture ami if there is no dark side milking ono Ills imagination inugnilloH a bank or business failure a thousand times and he hoos nothing but gloom desperation and calamity in the papors Tho stattmiont that business failuroB wore fewer in I8iljthnn for JO years past cannot enter his thoughts Tho manner in which bank deposits owned largoly by tho farmers have in creased is not comprehended by him tho fact that oven at this timo ofjycnr laborors can Hud work and earn wages whon ii few years ago they had little work fjuniuior or winter cannot disperso tho clouds under which ho is groping for calamity straws In tho same paper through which ho denies prosperity lo tolls of n transfer of proporty in which a consideration of 5000 is involved 1 o urges people to tako hold of a scheme to build an 3000 hotel in his town whito his editorial page would indicate that thoro aro not 8000 contsiu thevillnge ho tolls of jo neighboring town whoio tho people have already subserilcd 1000 toward a stock creamery lo gives items of now buildings being con structed another where a man canio to Norfolk on a big laud deal another whore n now paper started in business another where a form was srIv but in tho ontiro paper ho does not publish n business failure or a sheriffs sale or soomingly nnything to indicate calamity or doprossion savo his editorial expres sion which limy be suillciont to convince his roadors of tho truth of his assertion It would seom that it would require a vast amount of hrazou gall to make such statements witli nothing else in tho paper to support it THE PAGES DIFFICULTY lie ToliI HIh Ti ntililcn ltlnlit Out at tin- WllllllK A good story comes from Atlanta but the Incident happened several sea sons ago The occasion was a swell church wedding The edlllce had been gloriously decorated The bride sur rounded by a company of pages llow tr girls and maids of honor was slow ly passing down the aisle while tho prospective bridegroom and his best man and the ollichitlng clergyman were taking their places The church organ was pealing forth the sounds as of joyous wedding bells Fashionable people dressed for the occasion occu pied the seats of the handsome church It so happened that one of the pages had in the rush of business prepara tory to dressing for the occasion been turned over to the care of a nurse As he proceeded down the main aisle of tho church In company with the other youngsters who in white satin suits were doing the honors of each respec tive household he suddenly espied his mother seated in one of the pews At this iwiiit the organist began playing softly as the wedding parly passed to the altar Then above the gentle strains of music clear as a bird could be heard the voice of the u fore said small boy Mamma he shrilly cried nurse put on my panties wrong side before nud I cant hardly walk Of course the honilled mamma eouM do nothing but blush scarlet but 11 wd u prayer that the young scion v ould n mi i tii i i WV i I1 BUI IIUIII 111 II III11U UK uu in Uifruinil received a hearty kls from thu bNJu at the close of the ce oniony This Isil true story and can he vouch ed for byHhose who ill tended the On Mail ANCIENT ARITHMETIC ExiiuililvN Thai Worn Uaetl In Hjjjpl i000 Yen i H Aro Probably the oldest copy book for home lessous In arithmetic was recent ly unearthed in Kgypt The papyrus which was found In excellent condi tion dutes from the period about 1700 11 C that Is about 100 years before the time of Moses qr almost IlGOO years ago It proves that the Kgyp tlaus had a thorough knowledge of elementary mathematics almost to the extent of our owu The papyrus has a long heading Direction how to at tain the knowledge of all dark things etc Numerous examples show that their principal operations with entire uults and fractions were made by means of additiou and multiplication Subtractions and divisions were not known In their present form but reel results were obtained nevertheless liquations me also found In the pr pyrin Among tho examples given la Ibis one Ten measures of barley are to bo divided among ten persons In Hiieh a manner that each subsequent person receives oneelghth of a meas ure less than the one before him An other example given Is There are sev en men each one lias seven eats each eat has eaten seven mice each mouse has eaten seven grains of barley each grain of barley would If cultivated have yielded seven measures of barley How much barley has been lost In that way The pnpyrus also eontnlns calcula tions of area the calculation of the area of a circle and Its transformation Into a square and llually calculations of the cubic measurements of pyra mids Philadelphia Kccord lie I mini lit- IVuil Whon the Republicans weio about to nominate somebody to run for gov ernor in lh 11 there were candidates in all parts of the woods Tho day of tho convention however Undo Dick went down and without having present any semblance of candidacy other than his own personality he was nominated by acclamation His brother-in-law David T Littlei was a candidate for state treasurer He had been to some pnlns to make his candidacy an organized feature of tho days preceding the convention When Oglcsby was named for governor Lit tler was put out of the calculations by reason of coming from the next county and was side tracked in consequence Although Mrs Ogles by and Mrs Lit tler wire sisters the houses ol Oglesby and Littler were fin apart from that time Thu heads were so completely estranged that one did not speak to the other Kor ten yiars they remained strangers Littler lived in a great old fashioned mansion in Springlleld Oglesly lived on his farm near Klkluirt One day to the suipriso of tho Littler family ex Governor Oglesby walked in How aro you Dave said tho ex governor How aro yon governor said Lit tler as ho struggled against his aston ishment Then the extended hand of tho unexpected visitor was coidially grasped 1 came to tako dinner with you Dave Well Im glad of it answered Littler ns he took thu hat and coat of his caller Is the whisky bottle in tho samo old place DavoY It is and theres whisky in it And that was how tho family feud ended forever Chicago Tribune Aiiiiimiilrt UN ii IMn lliiKiilnhcr Probably tho best tiro extinguishing liquid is aipia ammonia without any addition whatever Wo have personally had uxpeiienco with the almost mar velous power of tins substance in this direction In ono instance where lire had originated probably from spon taneous combustion in a pile contain ing several tons of cotton seed and tho interior of which wns almost a holid body of live coal a half gallon of am monia completely smothered tho tiro In another which occurred at Sa venay France tho vapors of a tank containing 50 gallons of gasoline caught fire in the linen room of a laundry The room was instantly a mass of living names nut a gnnon aim a nau ot am monia water thrown into it completely and almost immediately extinguished the tire Thu ammonia wae in a glass demijohn in an apothecary shop next door to tho laundry and was thrown into tho room by thu druggist as an ex periment Po completely was tho tiro extinguished that workmen were en abled to enter the room almost imme diately whero they found thu iron tanlo of gasolino intact National Druggist A Clitiip liinolionn A good story is told in connection with tho last Ascot meeting An Amer ican who was used togoinginto racing booths in his own country ordering luncheon and paying 1 found himself hungry at tho royal iieeting so ho walked into tho first tent handy and told tho attendant to give him some thing to eat Tho ltfun put a sumptuous luncheon before htm to which as well as thu champagne t lit visitor did amplo justice He thou handed tho attendant fi shillings received his thanks and was bowed out jif tho tent inwardly con gratuliiting himself on tho moderateness of thoehaigo An English friend whom he met oitside said I did not know you were acquainted with Lord H either am 1 replied thu Bosto Tiian Oh I beg your pardon said tho interrogator I thought you were as you came out of his tent London Tit Hits HrmMittiKli Ha Mrs Godfrey Cleik told nio today at dinner that when she was in London last year somo ono said in her presence It is strange that Uradlaugh although lie speaks well should never bo ablo to manage the letter h Sir F Hnlliday who was sitting by remarked The reason is obvious we know that Twas wlilsporfil in heaven TVIIH IllUttllltl in llL11 and lkadlaugh will have nothing to say to either Sir M E Grant Dnffa Diary Tlie UuhIiipum For Him Little Charles Sister told mamma yesterday you was born to be a poli tician Mr Skinipley A politician I won der why she thinks so Little Charles She says you can do so much talklu without commlttlu yourself Chicago Thnes IIerald People who suffer from heat in the hands ami feet can obtain speedy and easy relief from the samo by putting Inside their stockings and gloves a small portion of very tine oatmeal THE NORFOLK NEWS TIIUKSDAY JANUARY 18 WOO MR MM WINS Ilr lri inr Nil m llery tlprntoor lVr Slrculnnliiin AmmiK tin- ClnxMrN tint In DlNiippiilnlril Willi in Hi nun if in irrirn HlMIO UV INITtlMASIIUV WASIIINOION 1 C Tu the Editor I bed expected thet the outamed and ontameable Dlmlcnits boo Infest these hedquarters and boo try lu manufac ter llggers ami stallments tu cumfcrt the mourners wood he able tu Impart sum uv their cnthonslaHiu tu the Dlml emtio members uv kongress boo re maned here doorln the holidays We bed made sum extra preparaHhuns fee thet purpus nud bed laid In a good suppll uv applejack tu lubrlkale the coirvcrsashuu nud assist lu eularglu the ImagluaHhuu I bed prepared sum fiery llteratoor for slrkulashun mining tho laberlu classes explalnlu tu em how Ilia vti7 belli trodden outu hi the niunney power and how we cood al most hear tho sound uv their crunchln bones ez tha wuz slowly belli ground tu pcoces I pictured tu em how tha wiiz all the time growln poorer and poorer wile the bloated bondholders wiiz learnln tu ride In automobeels and monkey In with gasolene In lookln over the November elecshun returns we bed notlsed thet the most uv the laberlu people bed forgot tu vote tho Dlmlcratlc ticket and thet neerly all uv the grate centers uv the laberlu populashuu bed elected Kepubllklus tu represent em In the present kongress This wiik so unexpected and so furrln tu our plans for the cumin yeer thet 1 conseeved the Idee uv preslpltatln ml self rite lutii the midst uv these bee hives uv Industry so tu speck hi moons uv pamphlets and slrkulars fill ed with llery appeels and enkurrljln staltments 1 reezoned frum past ex perience and observashuns thet If we cood llnd n peecefiil settlement uv la berlu people ennywhare or a factory full uv opemtlvs boo wiiz quietly at work Hiipportin their families at fair wages and Ifwe cood kick up sum kind uv a rumpus or glt up a strike or git sumbuddy discontented wo cood lunik perlltikal capital out uv It If It wo uotblu in oar than tcarlu up a rale road track or burnln uv a freight car or spllttln open the lied uv a scab workman It wood help the Dlmlcratlc parly Ours I the party uv toomult and kalainlty It thrives best wen the times air out uv Jitit and wen people aint prosperus Tharefore it wins our dooty e good Dlmlcratlc parllans tu tire off sum Incendiary documents in order tu create a reacshun agin the provnlin bizness prosperity After wareln and tnrciu ml brancs tu git the documents In shape I wiik neer ly nockt silly lu hev the kougressmen hoo wuz present turn lu agin the whole skecm and so It wuz no good Wen I ast an explanashun uv their conduck tha all sod it wuz no use tu Invite the laberlu populashuu uv the kountry tu malk enny further kom parason between the present good times and the wa It wuz wen Old Cleveland wuz steerin the Dlmlcratlc party One uv em remarked hot the workmen wuz now curryfn around a full dinner pale lnsthl uv an empty belly and gltlln good pay for doln It Sleh remarks ess thet may seem smart tu sum people sod 1 but tha hev no place lnn Diinicratic meet In Well whqfs the use uv klckln he sed Thekountry Iz prosperus and everybuihVy knows It except sum diirn fool Dlmlcrats hoo aint got sense eiiuff tu kn6 wen tha air llekt We hev notliin tu hope for among kontented laborers and opcratlvs Exactly sed I and thet iz why I want tu stir em up We must give em anuther tueh uv kalainlty befoar we kin hope tu regain enny uv the ground we hev lost since prosperity overhaul ed em and hez kep em bizzy Talk for instance the coudlshuu uv the mill op cratlvs In Noo England wich Iz the hotbed for propagatln all kinds uv He publlkluism Thare nlr a hundred and sixty thousan uv em hoo hev bed their wages Increased since January llrst and tha will glt ten per cent moar ev ery day What hedway kin we mail I ask In prcechln Dlmocraey tu em unless we kin cut down their pay or throw em out uv employment V Ez long ez the chimneys air hecvln up smoke and tho wheels turnln and the spindles buzzln tha haint got no time tu llssen tu us but give em plenty uv nothln tu du with closed mills and then we kin rcech cm with sleh hair liftin llteratoor ez only Dlmlcrats kno how tu prepare We hev dun It befoar and we klu du It agin but we kaut du It unless we kin uproot the present prosperity and replace It with sum form uv discontent I tried thjt racket sed the kon gressman hoo bed lnterruptld me and It neerly defected me 1 told the wurk men in ml deestrick thet thare warnt enny real prosperity 1 1 wuz only a deloo shun and a snare and thet tha coodnt expect tu glt the real article ontll tho Dlmlcratlc party wuz restored tu pow er But I coodnt fool em enny longer Thn knowed tho difference between plenty uv wurk with good pay and no wurk and no pay I wuz elected hi a close majority in a deestrick thet shood hev bin heavily Diinicratic but a lot uv our fellers wuz swamped lu tho storm in uther parts uv the kountry niul will never be heard frum agin Alas the time hez cum wen a Dimlcrnt klu no lougi depend upon the workiu classes sbowln enny dlsposishuu tu make fools uv themselves And then we nil couclooded thet the kongress man wuz rite and sum new game must bo sprung in make up for the loss Put whut shall It be Frum Applejack Kurni wich h next tu O rover Clevelands hi the btait uv Noo Gersey Wnrnnrvlllp Nnto Kowlott is building nn ftddition to his homo John Willis of Maysvillo Mo is hero visiting his daughter Mrs A II Crop per Tho Modorn Woodmon will givo a danco in tho hnll Friday ovoning Jan uary atlth Mrs Win Lodgo nnd children of Albion aro visiting with O J Lodgo sr Harry Hcokor is taking enro of llohort Pettltt who lmB boon sick n long timo and is quite feeble Kogor Carborry returned to Wnrnor villo Saturday af tor an absconco of six months spout iu Iowa Tho danco advertized to tako placo in tho hall last Friday ovoning was a fizzlo thero being somo 35 cr 0 young men present nnd only threo or four young ladies Ilowii Thin Wo offer ono hundred dollars roward for any case of catarrh that cannot bo cured by Halls Catarrh Curo F J O11KNKY Co Props Toledo O Wo tho undersigned havo known F J Ohouoy for tho last 15 years and boliovo him porfectly bonorablo in all business transactions nnd financially ablo to carry out any obligation uiado by their firm West ifc Tnux Wholesale Druggists Toledo O Waldixq Kinnan Marvin Whole sale Druggists Toledo O Halls Catarrh Curo is takon inter nally acting diroctly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho systorn Price 75 couts per bottlo Sold by all druggists Testimonials freo Halls family pills aro tho host Tin- Kale of A1 111 1 rill DyiiK Admiral John Byng wns the fourth son of the Earl of Torrington nnd serv ed In the British navy rising to bo admiral of the red In 1748 when he was 44 years old In 1755 he was sent with a badly equipped licet to relieve Minorca threatened by the French lie reached Minorca after the French had got there Ills second lu com mand Bear Admiral West drove them back while Byng kept his ships out of action In a day or two he sailed to Gibraltar leaving Minorca to its fate He was tried for treachery and cow ardice but acquitted Tho court mar tial convicted him of not having done his best to relieve the island and un der tho application of nrtlcle 112 of the British naval code of those days he was condemned to bo shot The min isters took hi 111 ns a scapegoat and he was shot on the quarter deck of his own flagship the Monarquc in Ports mouth harbor on March 14 1757 Novcr quit certainty hopo Nover tako a medicino of doubtful vnluo instead of Hoods Sarsaparilla which is suro to do you good Maud Is 5 and 110 too old to hopo for improvement I should say not One just begins to livo Tako Rocky Mount ain Tea Youll bo blooming fair nt 00 Jtrul KHinrn TriiiiKlcri The following transfers of real estate aro reported by Chester A Fuller man ager of tho Madison county abstract otllce at Norfolk Martha E Harvey and husband to Minnie 13 Rightmiro wd part of 10 24 1 25 00 Mudisou County Building and Loan association wd lots 5 and 1 block 0 Madison 75 00 Seek not to Bteal tho other fellows light Rather put on steam and mako your own Do whatever you do with all your might By taking Rooky Mountain Tea at uight Take time by tho forelock If your blood is out of ordor begin taking Hoods Sarsaparilla at ouco and prevent serious illness Board by day or week at tho Bou Ton Welcome Evil If TV- i L At x nuu boniest jnionc One evil that cannot come alone is impure blood If this as allowed it is at tended by kindred ailments galore This condition means that every vein and artery of the body instead of carrying to the organs a health giving flow of life is laden with a slozu and impure fluid that is harm ing instead of heating It is unfortunate ivhen there is bad blood inside of you Hoods Sarsa parilfa nvill not nuke enemies friends but it nvill make bad blood good blood and blood should be of the best quality Hoods never disappoints Grip After a severe attack of grip my health was poor I got no relief un til J used Hoods Sarsaparilla nvhich did what was needed purifed my blood M M Stewart Orizaba Miss Liver Troubles MJy wife and I are advanced in years and have derived great benefit from Hoods Sarsaparilla for liver and stomach We do not think of being without it and Hoods Pills Hiram Hervey Bliss field Sftlich QcdiSaUa fjoAiua umilaEiIaEI llooi IMIli cure Hirer Ilia the nun IrrllalliiK nnd ouly cullmrtrc tu take wllTi Uuo3 tjraarllll r rWt if 0mrfSSftKflMp IHy vyni COAL All Kinds of Hard and SoR Coal Thoroughly Bright and Clean nt SALTERS GOAL YARDS All Coal Screened Choice Smithing Coal Your Palronago lfesnccifully Solicited PHONE 54 O A LUIKAUT InEsniENT UIIA8 8 IHUDOK Vick 1MsmrNT W II JOHNBON CAsaiKn W It UHAAHUH AssT nun The Citizens National Bank Capital 50000 Surplus 5000 Iluy nnd soil oxcIkuiro on thin country anil nil pnrtB of Europe Form Loans Director 5aiu Ahmcb W II Johnson Ciiab S Hhidoe C W Ubaascii O BWANK G A LUIKAUT T F MUMMINOHB L 8rB810NS FOR GOOD LOANS AND EASY PAYMENTS The Norfolk Building and Loan Assn C B DURLAND Secretary Woman Knows Woman ZuRicn Kan Jan 31 I used Wlno of Canlul for ner vousness and weakness in Mia womb After taking ono bottlo I was well again I am a midwife and always recommend Wine of Cardui to my lady friends during pregnancy nud after birth us a tonic Kvery lady who takes it finds that it docs even more than is claimed for it MRS V M UOISVEIIT P V Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha EAST DFrAHT Sioux City nnd Omaha Pastenger i0nm Sioux CltyPausonger 100 pm VHT ABRIVE Sioux City Passenger 1035 am Biocx City and Omnli t Passimgur 730 pm Connects at Norfolk with P E M V going west and north and with tho U P for points south P V Junkman Agent Daly excoptSunday PACIFIC COAST Nobody knows woman like woman Men go to medical colleges study books and listen to lectures They learn indirectly of the diseases of women but they are men and can never fully understand the ailments the sufferings the agonies of mothers wives and sisters A woman knows Mrs Boisvert known She lias passed through the trials and tribulations of her sex She has been near by when her sisters suf fered She has seen them relieved and cured with Wine of Cardui Is it any wonder she recommends it Is it any wonder that thousands LADIES ADVISORY DEPARTMENT Kornclvlco in rases requlrliiK special directions nrtilress nlvlnn miitnnib UJIr41lnrjll l rhrl lUTTlMHHU lIMHCIMtto CliattnnooBii Tenn ot otner women recommena it They know They have ac tual experience to prompt them They spread the tidings from mouth to mouth telling how Wine of Cardui helps young girls helps the weak of sll ages helps and cures all womanly ills Druggists Sell Large Bottles for 100 X M2LMNAi 1 isiroaii and Business Direcfon tn U a c 3 5 to CIS Q 3 111 tn Qj Q T3 ui LL g c 3 ca a U 3 is U R R TIME TABLE Fremont Elkhorn Mo Valley EAST DEPART Omnlia ldseenRcr BDlnm Chicago Exprcbe 1210 1 m UAST ARRIVE Chicago Express 7J0 p m Omaha Passenger 1210 j m WEST DErART Illack Hills Kipreps 740pm Verditiro lusscnRor 12IOp m VordiRro Accommodation 900am WEST AliBIVH Illack Hills Express 1220 pm Vordijrro 1assonRor 1105 am VordiRro Accommodation 720im Thn Chicago nnd iilnck Hills Express arrives and departs from Junction depot Tho Omaha and Vordigru trains arrive anil depart from city depot H O Matuad Agent Union Pacific HOUT1T DEPAUT Columbus Accommodation 1180 p m Omaha Denver and Pacific Const 1100 a m north Aitnivi Columbus Ace mmodation 1030 pm Omaha Denver and Pacific coast 000pm Connects nt Norfolk with F E M V going west and north and with tho C Bt P M O for points north and naBt P W Junkman Agont S HAYES -Fine Watch Repairing Spenceti Ovclman Boots and Shoes Repairing Neatly Done J B HERMANN Contractor and Builder 1 Fourth Street HCTRUMAN Paints find Ha 1 Paper House and Sign Painter INSKEEPS fiimiilHERY Cheapest and Best Norfolk Avenue JWEDWARDS The Norfolk Horseshoer Am Wouk Guaranteed Cor 4th St and Hrnascli Avo Splendid Train Service TO AND FROM DENVER SALT LAKE CITY SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND VIA THE Union Pacific AND ALL PRINCIPAL WESTERN POINTS MEALS IfeWfllSt PINTSCH LIGHT Two truins daily to and from Denver nud Colorado points Two trains daily to and from San Francisco nud California points Two trains daily to and from Salt Lake City and Utah points One train daily to nnd from Portland aud North Paciflo Coast poiuts with direct connections for Tacoma and Seattle Double Drawing Room Palace Sleeping Cars Buffet Smoking and Library Cars Ordinary Sleeping Cars Dining Cars Chair Cars For Time Tables Folders Illustrated Books Pamphlets descriptive of tho territory traversed callon your nearest agent or address E L L0MAX General Passenger and Tickot Agent Omaha Nn BOOKBINDING Rebinding old Books and riagazlnes HBRUMMUND Next to Dean s Paint Store Fifth Street For PluibUg Still Fitting Puipt Tanks Wind Mills And all repair work Id this Has en W H RISH BttUftotioa Qaanotesd rirnt door loutb of Daily Ntw offlot t A i