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TUESDAY TOPICS
Knox Tipple visited in tho city over
nifjht
Court Reporter 0 A Williams of
Neligh was a city visitor yesterday
Editor U K Foster of tbo Plainviow
News was in tbo city over night on bus
iness
Tho postofllco will bo open tomorrow
from 11 00 n m and iu tbo evening nt
730
Ou account of Decoration day no
paper will bo issued from this ofllco to
morrow
0 A McKim V S went to Pierce
nud Foster this morning ou professional
business
S II Ellison of Lincoln is visiting
with Secretary W W Hnghcsof the
Y M O L
Prof II E Funk and S K Warrick
were visitors iu tbo city yesterday from
Battle Creek
Mrs W T Jones of Wiusido is iu tbo
city visiting her cousins Mrs Frtd
Sidler and Miss Nettie Lowe
Ensipn Bonnrrt junior soldier btaff
secretary will conduct meeting at tbo
Salvutiou Army hall tonight Admis
sion free
There promises to be a largo attend
ance at the Junior exercises at tho High
nchool room this evening and an inter
esting program is anticipated
The new coal pheds for II E Hardy
near the union depot have been com
pleted autl the work of rebuilding the one
on Fourth street has been commenced
Miss Agnes Thompson retumedllast
night Grand Island She was
panied by Miss Etta Hodgetts formerly
of this city who willj visit for two
weeks
The annual banqnet of tbo High Echool
nluinni will be held at tho Pacific hotel
at 9 oclock next Friday evening and an
excellent program for the occasion is in
course of preparation
Tho government thermometer regis
tpred 90 degrees yesterday which is con
sidered fairly warm weather for May
Old Sol seemed to be endeavoring to
make up tor tho lost time wbeu the
moon covered his face in the forenoon
Dr Sadie Hart Miller of tho osteo
pathic school is iu the city visiting her
1 husband Myron Miller tho jeweler
She has been practicing in Schuyler
and is on her way to Hot Springs S D
where she will open an office She is
accompanied by her son
C F W Marquardt returned last
evening from Chicago where he has
been taking a post graduate course in
the McCormick Optical College for two
weeks On the completion of this
course the college conferred upon Mr
Marquardt the degree of doctor of
ophthalmology
Through the aid cf the attorney
general the state board of transporta
tion is allowed to proceed with its in
vestigation of freight rates in the Nor
folk and other cases and the people of
this city are now awaiting for the beard
to set a date for the final hearing in the
matter of the alleged discrimination of
the C St P M O road against this
city Or willthe worthy board now
await a permanent restraining order
MUSICAL COMMENCEMENT
MIpb Eva Moliriimn of Ilerce Graduated
from the Inter State University
The attendance at the Auditorium
last evening was another marker in the
history of the building its seating
capacity being practically all occupied
and the large audience was well repaid
for its attendance The occasion was
the fourth annual commencement exer
cises of the Norfolk branch of the Inter
state Associate University of which
Mrs Cora A Beels is teacher This is
one of the permanent educational insti
tions of Norfolk and the people take a
deep interest in its progress
The musio rendered by the pupils
from the lowest grade up indicated care
ful instruction on the part of the teacher
aud constant practice and study on the
part of tho pupil even the little ones
-giving indication of the fact that they
were making the study of music as an
art and not for the mere pleasure of be
ing able to pound out a tune
The performances of Miss Eva Mohr
man of Pierce tho graduate were
highly satisfactory to those capable of
formiug a critical opinin and she gave
evidence of a depth and finish excelled
by few who have taken a course making
much greater pretentions
Miss Ella Mason also of Pierco who
graduated last year and bus since taken
instructions uuder the post graduate
course made a most worthy showing in
the manner of her execution and expres
sion Her interpretation was very fine
The vocal solos of II B Graut of
Madison who was accompanied on the
piano by his sister Miss Nellie was well
received aud he was accorded an encore
after his first number
Many people last night had the pleas
ure of hearing Miss Maude Taunehills
Susie Smith and it surprised uouo
that she had been accorded tbo state
prize for her rendition of it nor was it
surprising that she received a vociferous
encore to which she responded with a
selection of similar character Hr cos
tume was very appropriate
In making the presentation of the
diploma to the graduate Prof II H
Scott of Chicago president of the uni
versity tooa occasion to congratulate
tbo peoplo of Norfolk on their musical
talent tbcro evidenced and paid glowing
compliments to Mrs Boels as a perfect
teacher Ho also took occasion tb ex
tend congratulations on the elegant now
Auditorium which had been secured
CiOhollc Mlonliiti
A mission which commenced last
Sunday evening is being conducted this
week in the church of tho Sacred Heart
Catholic by Rev S K Brockbank O
P In addition to tho subjects din
enpsed a question box is maintained aud
all questions asked with an idea of
learning tho teaching of the Catholic
church aro answered ench evening
Tho following aio tho subjects dis
cussed morning services beginning at
it oclock and In tho evening at 7 10
Wednesday morning Forgiveness of
Injuries
Thursday morning Tho Blessed
Virgin
Friday morning Death
Saturday morning Judgment
Sunday morning Perseverance
Tuesday evening Tho Confessional
Wednesday evening The Social Evils
Thursday evening Purgatory
Friday evening Tho Last Supper or
Real Presence
Saturday evening St PeterB Suc
cessor or Infallibility of the Pope
Letter Mm
List of letters remaining uncalled for
at the postoflico May 28 1500
Carl Anderson Andrew Anderson
Rose A Adams CharleB Bridgoford
Frank Beal G W Bentley Geo Bran
son P L Bussey Helen Blair Wil
lie Blair Edward Black Mrs D Chap
iu Harry Cunningham W C David
son R O Deuuou Lucy Daniels Sadie
Evans Egyptian Remedy Co M J
Furnace Emma Fredrick W B Gal
lup Martha Guse J W Hardy May
HnrdyJ J II Gerk Louise Jensen
Mrs Anna Kelly Walter King Paulina
Kittel Frieda Kirch Frank Mehring
Jas T MeAlpiu Rynold Mass Mrs
Melton Laura Peterson J W Pep
per J II Peterson W R Price Franz
Preuknat Tlios Stoue A C Warwick
If not called for in 10 days will be
sent to the dead letter ollico
Parties calling for auy of tho above
please say advertised
P F SlKECHMt P M
Wanted Honest man or woman to
travel for large bouse salary 05
monthly and expenses with increase
position permanent enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope Manauku
JO Cixtou bldg Chicago
A Daring Luwj er
One of the cases which attracted
great attention to Jim Ham Lewis of
Washington for his daring defense was
that of a young man named George
Williams who brained tbo superin
tendent of the Port Blakely Lumber
mill with a fragment of iron pipe The
deceased was shown to have been a
tyrannical superior Lewis deended
Williams on the ground that the super
intendent though a man in form was
a beast in character that it was tbo
indirect order of God some man nbould
kill him that Williams simply per
formed a duty to society An acquittal
followed to the utter coustcrnatiou of
the county the Jury going to the ex
tent of inquiring if there was no way
In which Williams could be indemni
fied for tho two years and a half he
spent in Jail awaiting trial
Paul Page son of the ex mayor of
Milwaukee while on his way to Alas
ka killed the proprietor of one of the
principal hotels at Seattle over a dis
pute growing out of a poker game
Page had been educated in Paris
where he had formed the absinth hab
it Lewis defense was that Page had
been given Cannabis indicn or what
is known as hasheesh and his vision
had become so distorted that he was
unable to distinguish between tho man
who was robbing him in the game and
the proprietor of the hotel that having
a Just cause to kill the player who was
robbing him- ho killed the proprietor
uuder a mistaken sense of identity
Page waa ncqultted The case was
discussed In tho leading medical Jour
nals of tho world not ono of them
agreeing with LowIb theory though
be had persuaded tho Jury to do so
E D Cowen In Alnslees
A Mttle Mlatake
A very pretty girl with n decided
air of being aware of her charms stood
in front of the lions cage out at the
zoo last Sunday afternoon Two young
men were near her and her elaborato
unconsciousness of their presence be
trayed the fact that she knew they
were looking at her
Pretty isnt it said one young
man In a low voice
Shes a beauty said the other en
thusiastically Tho pretty girls cheeks
turned a trlllo pinker but she went on
talking elegantly to tho elderly man
with her
Beautiful head to draw comment
ed the first young man Look nt the
way she holds It
Utn hum nssented tho other that
shoulders beautiful
The pretty girl turned pinker still
and looked more pronouncedly uncon
scious than ever
Look at thosa muscles said the
first young man Look at the muscles
in that leg You can fairly count em
And tho pretty girl turned very red
Indeed as it dawned upon her that tho
two admiring young men were discuss
ing tho liouess in tho cage Washing
ton Post
TiiUi k uii he Color
Hogan I hero is wan thing about a
black eye that Is daclnt
Grogan iind fwat Is that
Hogau It turns green befoor It goes
IndlunapollB Press
THE NORFOLK NEWS TnUKSDAY MAY 31 1900
ANIMALS AS BESIEGERS
Their InllmpR and rWrntrary Indi
cate Power of Itntliioluatlaa
There aro plenty of garrisons nnd
RlcgoB and reliefs In wild life and Porno
of them very pliicklly sustained Short
rations sorties and assaults tread on
each others tails and the bcslecera do
not nlways get the best of It
The champion besieger Is n wild pig
called the peccary which Ib About the
tnoRt frightful beast alive and liven in
herds In tho South American forests
You cannot discourage a peccary you
can only kill him These beasts have a
particular dislike to monkeys and fre
quently watch for nn opportunity to
cut one off from the main woods Now
and then tbo herd will nmnnge to sur
prise n party of monkeys near an Iso
lated tree or chimp They make the
most of the chance
The pigs rush forward and the mon
keys skim gayly up the trees out of
barms way But as the clump Is lolat
ed from the forest there Is no oBcape
via tho branches and they dare not
come down and run for It Tho pec
carleH surround and Invest the tree
clump nnd there they will sit patiently
for any length of time while tho mon
keys chatter angrily aloft If a mon
key comes to the end of the rations
within reach and becomes so desperate
through hunger that ho tries to run the
gantlet he Ib torn to pieces by the
tuskB of the besiegers In a few seconds
The only chance of escape Is that some
of the prowling Jaguars -a kind of
leopard In the neighborhood may get
to know of the siege If they do they
will come to tho rescue not for the
monkeys sake but because they
arc fond of peccary Then the
beleaguered garrison escapes while the
relieving column Is tackling the Invest
ing peccaries But these pigs aro bo
fierce that even jaguars will not at
tack a really big herd of them
The most formidable of besiegers are
the wild buffaloes of Central Africa
These will Imprison even a panther if
they get him In the open The panther
generally makes for a high rock but
as tho buffaloes can browse on the grass
around they will hold out any length
of time while the panther starves
They form a big Irregular circle round
the rock the sentinels keeping an eye
on the besieged beast while they
browse Often a man gets treed In
this way His only chance unless a
party of horsemen relieve him Is to set
the dry grass alight on the lee side of
his rock This will lire half tbo dis
trict If there Is any wind and It al
ways scares the buffaloes off
It Is on the sea bottom that some of
the queerest sieges occur If two or
three lobsters or lighting crabs come
upon any weak and soft watr beast
hiding In a hole they frequently join
forces and besiege him But the usual
sufferer Is a hermit crab the small
soft bodied crab that lives In an old
whelk shell with his hard claws hang
ing out Tho other crabs surround this
belligerent and try to starve him into
surrender They sit down In a circle
round him and wait but often one of
the bigger lobsters will try to crack the
whelk shell with his claw Tills sel
dom succeeds for such shells are very
tough The hermit can walk slowly
pulling the shell with him but when
lie tries to do so the besiegers bustle
him and grab at his protruding legs
He has to draw thorn In and remain
still Sometimes the siege is raised by
the arrival of larger sea prowlers who
attack the investors but more often
as the besiegers grow hungry tuid find
the hermit still holds out they begin
fighting among themselves and the be
sieged hermit escapes in the confusion
Sometimes however the siege suc
ceeds but the hermit dies at his post
He is then hauled out and eaten
In hard times rats are apt to band
together In raiding parties nnd noth
ing comes amiss to them Field mice
exist In colonies burrowed an Inch or
two below the surface of the ground
If the marauding rats can find a fairly
lonely colony one that Is not connect
ed with half a dozen others that Ih
they mount guard over the outlets and
try to starve the mice out The be
sieged are no fighters and merely sit
and cower and though they sometimes
make a sortie and get promptly eaten
they more often frustrate the rats by
dying underground London Answers
Wire Nulla nml Old JSnlla
Careful experiments are said to show
that first cut nails arc superior tc
wire nails In all positions second the
main advantage of the wire nail Is due
to its possessing a sharp point third
If cut nails were pointed they would
be 30 per cent more efficient iu diroe
tension fourth wire nails without
points have but one half their ordinary
holding power fifth tho surface of the
nail should be slightly rough but not
barbed Barbing decreases the
cy of cut nnlls about T per cent
The pointed end enables the nail to
enter wood without breaking its fiber
excessively thus preserving Its grip
A serious defect of wire nails Is their
readiness to rust They are made gen
erally of a sort of soft steel and steel
rusts more readily than some other
forms of iron In some parts of the
country it Is said shingles put on -with
wire nails drop off after six or eight
years Baltimore Sun
A naimtiui Irlie
The Academy of Sciences of Russia
holds In trust a fund of 1500000 ru
bles which with accumulation Is to be
bestowed ns n prize In 1025 It repre
sents the principal and Interest of 60
000 rubles left In 1S33 by General
Arakczeljew who provided in his wll
that nt tho end of the first quarter oi
the twentieth century three fourths of
the sum should be given to the writer
of the best history In Russian of the
reign of Alexander I The other fourth
Is to bo spent in printiug the work in
having It translated Into French and
German nnd for a prize for the author
of the second best work
JXPEWKJINCDBA
Facts Gleaned from a Talk
With W H Robinson
THE OODNTBY IS UNDEVELOPED
The American Ciiliiiijr nt ln tlliirip Soil
Ik Very Klch mill Ktillchl
en til Milium Want A met Ichiih to Control
anil the Ignorant Like Their Money
From IriilnjF Pull-
W 11 Robinson who returned from
Cuba tho other evening relates some
wonderful and interesting facts about
tho island Ho was at La Glorie where
there is nn American colony of several
hundred people The company which
promoted tho colony is organized by
Americana with Paul Vandervoort
formerly of this state as president
The company purchased a tract of land
of about lUOlK acres in extent which
they aro selling in from fi to -10 acre
plots A modem American city iB be
ing laid out four miles from tho harbor
and purchasers of the land are prepar
ing to raise fruit orchards Ono gontlo
man from California states that the
land Ib much bettor for tho purpose than
tho portion of Calfornia from which he
caino Three bundled peoplo went
down on tho samo trip with Mr Robin
son and many havo since followed S W
Storm of this city bring one of them
Mr Storm encountered a real storm on
tho trip and beeaino very sick He was
so sick in fact that ho does not want to
undergo another such experience and an
nounces that ho will not leave tho island
Many of those who went down have
returned because they went with no in
tention of remaining but simply for the
purpose of looking after their invest
ment
Tho town lots which havo been laid
out aro nearly all sold A road has
been graded up from tho bay over
which a street car line will bo run and
everything now points to tho develop
ment of a prosperous city Tho town
Bite is high nnd healthy but ono death
occurring during Mr Robinsons stay
of three of four months
Thero is ary amount of undeveloped
territory in that part of tho island but
it is all owned in largo tracts In the
woods wild lemons and oranges grow in
abundance but tho oranges aro not of
much use being small and sour The
lemons are however fit for use and are
used Thero is an abundance of wood
for fuel but it is not uscil except for
cooking purposes thero being no neces
sity of firo for warmth
The soil is a very rich clay and will
raise bananas oranges lemons pine
apples and other tropical fruits in pro
fusion Sweet potatoes do well and
coffee is raised to somo extent North
ern grains and fruits have not been ej
with but vegetables will
grow luxuriantly and it is believed that
a man can make a good living oil a
tract of from five to ton acres
The Cubans generally like the Amer
icans and are glad to havo them come
down aud develop tho island The
moro progressive citizens want the
island to be under tho United States
government ns they realizo tho impetus
that will be given to trade and develop
ment The only reason tho lower
classes want independence is because
they fear they would bo compelled to
give up their indolent life nnd
hustle for a living Under Spanish
rule the inhabitants were taxed U a
head straight while thero were other
impositions and methods of extorting
money The one stable word of the
lower class natives is manyon which
moans tomorrow If anyone wants a
job of work done the invariable answer
is tomorrow they living from hand
to mouth without a thought or care of
the future When tho boat arrived at
the town the 0O passengers were two
days in getting off Tho custom house
is in control of tho nntives and they
used their own sweet timo in moving
The natives average about 2 hours n day
at work and if a man orders his trunk
delivered on hiB nrrival a transaction
which woald bo accomplished in about
an hour in this country ho will bo in
deed fortunate if he recelveB it tho next
day The natives spend most of their
time loafing around nnd smoking cigar
etts men women and children alike
enjoying this luxury
The natives havo a great regard for
American money and invariably insist
on payment iu that coin aB it is worth
20 per cent moro than Spanish money
They also seem to think that AmericaiiB
aro literally lousy with tho filthy
lucre and regulato their charges ac
cordingly
Tho natives nro not fools by any
means iu a business sense and fakirs
are warned not to go to Cuba if they
dont want to bo skinned alive They
are very sharp at driving a bargain and
a man must bo an export to get tho
better of them Shopping there is quito
different from hero When tho price of
nn article is asked tho amount giveu
is from three to four times its actual
value and a customer who will not
jew for nn hour or two stands no
show of purchasing reasonably in Cuba
Mr Robinson is wearing a pair of Cubau
made Cuban tnnned shoes which tho
merchant asked 250 for but ho fiunlly
got them for 10
One great drawback to Cuba is the in-
tects MoEquitoe and little gnats that
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TO THE MAN WHO THINKS
OOK yourself squarely in the face and sec
if you are not half ashamed to be without
Ivory Soap in your housei Worse than this
your wife is without it It is bad enough
for a man though a man often doesnt care how
his comfort is mis spelled But a woman misses all
these little helps to housekeeping And Ivory Soap
is one its great potency makes it actually cheaper
than yellow soap for general work It floats
can creep through an onlinary scram
aio very plentiful and their bito ih most
annoying Tarantulas aro plentiful
but no moro attention is paid to them
than people of tho north do to a coiniiH u
spider
Thero aro fish in abundance aud the
natives depend on them largely for their
meat supply Thero aro also a number
of wild hogs in tho woods and tho na
tive youths drive them out with dogs
and dispatcli them with their machetes
There nro also numbers of boa con
strictors iu the woods but they seem to
be perfectly harmless Mr Robinson
relates ulnmt tho capture of one of tho
reptiles which wiib about i feet long
and nearly as big around an a stove pipe
His surveying party was going out to
work when the boa was discovered in a
crotch of a tree It was pulled down
and a string tied around its neck while
the other end was made fast to a tree
On their riturn from work tho sur
veyors took it homo and tho natives
skinned it for the purpose of making
ladies belts Mr Robinson says that
the natives sometimes eat tho flesh of
the reptiles and prononuce it very good
The postal frauds were talked about
some while Mr Robinson was there but
the government was not censured It is
not the only similar instance ou the
island however Tho company owning
the tract sent men down to survey and
improve the roadways and they got
away witli considerable money without
accomplishing much along tho line
mapped out
President Vandervoort Sb now on the
ground and improvements are proceed
ing satisfactorily with no more stealing
One of the millionaire share holders of
New York also went down to start
things right It is something likely in
to occur iu any new nnd undeveloped
country nnd hns occurred in eld
countries Miscrupulous men will get
in power and line their pockets if pos
sible Tho company now appears to be
rid of its bad timber however and good
progress iB leing made in tho develop
ment of the town autl country
Mr Robinsons observations and ex
periences would fill a book but tho above
was gleaned from a few momentB con
versation
WrcMtllntr Scripture
Maria said Mr Smart whenever
I go to the club I always think of the
verse Where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest
I alter one word and feel perfectly
happy
Which word do you change asked
Mrs Smart
I say Now I am where tho women
ceaBe from troubling nnd tho weary are
at rest
John Smart said his wife severe
ly you should change a word In the
last part of that It should be Where
the women cease from troubling and
the wicked arc at rest Philadelphia
Call
The Law Die Not Wnlt
A Georgia Judge In deciding a case
against a man who had been missing
for many years then suddenly appear
ed aud claimed part of an estate made
this comment I scarcely think the
statuto of relations will stop nnd wait
for him any more than the village of
Falling Waters nwalted the awaken
ing of Rip Van Winkle or the wife of
Euoch Arden nwalted his return In
dianapolis Press
A lilt of the Colonial
Ezeklel loved Mercy madly but t
was necessary since they wero colo
nial to bo very quaint about It
Wilt thou come- and bake my
bread asked Ezeklel accordingly
No replied Mercy with candor
for I shall not need thy dough
From tills we gather that Mercy was
somewhat rich In her own right De
troit Journal
NAPOLEON AT ST HELENA
IIIh Vloun on the IrnrimtliiiiH Tnlcen
to Iriiiill III Cmiipc
One of the extracts from Dr OMea
raa St Helena diary In The Century
records Napoleons views on Hie pre
cautions tnlen to pieent his escape
Ih npoke anew about escaping and
said that If he was Inclined to try It
which he was not here were i
chaneeH In 100 against his effecting It
Hut said he this Jailer every week
Imposes new ami vexatious restrictions
upon me Just ns If I was In a place
where l hail nothing to do but to step
Into a boat and be away When I was
at IClba W was different It Is truo
that while one lives there Is a chiineo
of escape Although Ironed and chain
ed down Inclosed In a cell of atone and
vwry human precaution taken against
a possibility of It st III there Ih a chance
of escape and the only way to prevent
It Is to put me to death
This Ih the only sure way Let him
put i no to death and till uneasiness ou
this part of tin Ihiropein powers Lord
Castlereigh himself and his govern
ment will cease No more expense
then no more siftiadrons to watch me
or poor soldiers fatigued to death with
pickets and guards or harassed with
carrying burdens up those precipices
I am sure those poor devils have rea
son o hale mo and wish my death
They must however be conscious that
tho fatiguing duties Imposed upon
them are unnecessary and vexatious
as the sight of the Island must con
vince every one but a suspicious cog
lloiio that escape from It was nearly
Impossible unless as I have said be
fore that while thero Is life there Is a
chance If attempted
Where could I go to allowing that I
got out of the Island Cvery place I
could arrive at I would find enemies to
seize me This governors conduct will
soon be known in England and will not
procure him nny credit there Those
officers all will write nn account of tho
unnecessary rigor with which I am
treated and their opinion of It Tho
newspapers will be full of It
Ifiv Iuor Conductor
A Dorchester Inward bound enr was
recently stopped to allow a woman of
middle age anil with a severe cast of
features to get on board As the elec
tric started with the usual Jerk the
courteous conductor put his open palm
agaltiBt the womans back to support
her when she abruptly turned rouud
and snapped out What nro you do
ing I can enter this car without your
assistance
The astonished conductor was nearly
staggered but Instantly retorted
Well madam you came mighty near
leaving the car without my assist
ance Hoatou Transcript
THE HOST
ATTRACTIVE COUNTRY
TO THE
FARHER STOCKRAISER
MANUFACTURER INVESTOR
Is that traversed b the
Louisville
Nashville
Railroad
The
Ore at Centrrl Southern Trunk Line
in Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mis
6issippi Florida where thore aro splen
did chauces for everybody to make
money
Uomo and see for yourselves
IlALK FAKE EXCUKMOVS FlHST AND
Tinitn Tuemjays or Kveky Month
Printed matter maps and all informa
tion free Address
R J WEMYSS
General Immigration and Iudustria
Agent Louisville Kx
