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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
Two Critics.

AS my BED of Ferns" large study
from nature on Saranac lake, says W.
j. Stillman in The Atlantic, was the
first thing in which | had attempted
to introduce a human interest in the
landscape l was naturally inclined to
consider 1t my most important work
and l was dismayed when Ruskin
came to see me and in a tone of eX,
treme disgust said, pointing to the
dead deer and man: "What do you put
that stuff in for? Take it out; il
stinksw
My reverence for Ruskin's opinions
was such that l made no hesitation in
painting out the central motive of the
picture, for which both subject and
effect Of light had been selected. I'm
fortunately l habitually used copal
varnish as a medium. When Rossett
called again, he asked me, with a look
Of dismay, what had done to my pic
ture. l explained to him that on Rus
kin's advice had painted out the fig
ures, and exclaiming, You have spoil
ed your picture" he walked out of the
room in rage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

adopted a platform il full accord with
the principles of the party. Until March
1, 1908, republicans will be in control Of
all branch.s of the government, and the
term can be extended ly the election of
a republican majority in the next house,
the prospect of which is undoubtedly
good. No dissensions are smoldering
within republican lines. National con.
ditions are highly satisfactory. There
is continued treasury surplus, and it
promises democratic papers say
threatens) to be larger than was tx ected
after the war taxes were reduced.
The opposition, on the other hand, is
torn up in an astonishing way. One
wing of the democratic party is study
ing how it can best repudiate the NJ
tional platforms and leader of the last
two campaigns. In this singular opera.
| tion democratic leaders admit that they
can not foretell results. In Missouri
the day of reckoning is put off until ne xt
year in hope that the party division will
be less acute. 1t may, however, grow
worse instead of better, and Mr.. Bryan's S
attitude indicates that it will The re-
publicans have every reason to believe
that they can maintain the present wise
effectiveness in all departments of the
government and enjoy the confidence of
the people by deserving it. They have
states to win, and Missouri is one of
them. One of the questions here is re-
publican disfranchisement, and that
should induce every republican in the
state to do his utmost st. Louis Globe
| Democrat
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The history of wireless telegraphy
would not be complete without some
mention OF Joseph Henry, Americas
greatest scientist, for it was he who
first, in 1912, discovered the oscillatory
character of certain electric discharges
and who showed that these oscillations
produced disturbances which could by.
suitable receivers be detected at dis
tances of many rods and through in
tervening buildings, writes Professor
Joseph Ames in The Review of Re-
views. He even arranged an apparatus
on this principle to respond to the
lightning discharges of distant storms.
The great genius of Henry was never
more apparent than in his investiga-
tion of electrical discharges and their
oscillatory nature. 1t is a lasting tes-
timony to the ignorance among Ameri-
cans of their own great men that the
name of Joseph Henry was not includ-
ed in the first 80 selected for the Hall
of Fame of the nation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
Wholesale Bathers.

AS regards facilities for bathing,
which every Filipino demands, there Isl
the open bay, with its. miles of clean.
salt water, ready at any time Of the
day or year for free bath. The genu-
Inc Filipino Is half amphibious, loving
the water and swimming like a fish.
An example of this may be seen in the
large tobacco factories Of Binondo,i
with their 10000 employees. When the
days labor is done, the thinly dressed
workmen, men, women and children,-
speed laughingly to the bay, plunge in
to the waiting waves and come out
clean, cool and refreshed. - Ledger,
Monthly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
THE PIANO AT ITS BEST.
Four Times n Year None Too Often
TO Have n Piano Tuned.

to Have n Piano Tuned.
"There are plenty of people," said a
piano tuner, "who let their pianos go
one, two. three years without tuning,
and In some cases pianos thus neglect
ed may not get very, very woefuily OF,
but piano should be tuned every three
months. That would be none too often
to keep it in order.
"As a matter of fact, piano begins
{ get out of tune again at once after
it has been tuned. How could it be
otherwise? Nothing stands still. This
difference would at first be so slight as
scarcely to be perceptible to any but
the practiced and sensitive ear of an
expert tuner, but it is there. Doesn't a
clock begin to run down as soon as it is
wound up? Four times year a piano
ought to be tuned, but only cOmpara-
lively small percentage of people give
their pianos that attention which is
needed to keep them in their most per-
feet lOvelineSS of tone. Piano makers
and dealers of course are looking after
the tuning of their pianos in stock
scrupulously and carefully all the time.
You don't hear pianos out of tune in n
piano wareroOm. They never let them
get out of tune there. They aim, in
fact, at keeping them as near -perfec-
| ton as they can.
"We are pretty sure to find in every
new piano something pleasing and at
| tractive. Some share at least of this
pleasing quality comes from its being
in perfect tune. In fact, to keep any
piano at its best it must be kept in
tune, and to attain the results most sat
isfactory to all, to the owner and the
neighbors alike, tuning tonic should
be administered to every piano not less
than four times year."-New York
| Sun.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
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1t was at the end of her first week in,
the new school, she having been trans
ferred from down town, that the teach
er asked little Wilhelmina how she
liked the new school. The little ones
face frightened up as she answered:
"Oh, like it first rate, and like you
too."
That's very nice; but why do you
Ike me" queried the teacher.
Oh you see," said the little pupil,
u always did like a bossy teacher."-
New York Times. 4.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

Edgar Howard of the Columbus Tele-
gram acts good deal like republican
and but for the fact that he recently at
tempted to fit himself into Dave Mercer S
shoes his political status might become
mixed and require label. Mr.. Howard
is not only free and independent
thinker but his ideas are in advance of
the average democrat. His latest evi-
dence that he has republican qualities
in his makeup was when he organized
his Telegram into corporation and ii
will be wonder if the next convention
Of common people" do not retire him
from their ranks and force him to &C.
knowledge his allegiance to the bloated
bond holders, corporationists, gold bugs
and octopuses. 1t is very evident that
he is reading himself out of a party COM
posed entirely of men clothed in rags
and tatters and compelled to exist on the
charity of their masters. His home is
in the republican ranks where they all
roll in wealth and are extremely wicked
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
Two Anecdotes of Colonel IngersOll
Senators Morrill,, Voorhees, and Cor.

Senators Morrill, voorhees, and Cor
man were conversing together outside
the senate chamber. Colonel Ingersoll
CHANGED to pass by. Mr. voorhees,
greeted him and said: eve are discuss
ing the meaning of improbable What
Is your definition Of the word?"
Promptly Colonel Ingersoll replied, "It
is a negro going in an opposite direc-
ton from brass band"
Colonel Ingersoll was a temperate
man, but not teetotaler. One day
Mrs. James G. Blaine was passing
through Fifteenth street opposite the
treasury department, when out from a
liquid refreshment saloon came Colonel
Ingersoll and friend. "My dear colo
nel." said she, you would not be seen
coming out of such place, would
your "My dear madam" replied he
would you expect me to stay there all
the time Y'-Washington Times.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
BAIT FOR SUNFlSH.
One Mans Method of Going Fishing
with His Boots.

There is about as much sport in
catching the big sunfish as In hitting
out the crappie If you can get the
former in one of its savage moods.
Peiker Is a great CRATER on sunhsh.
He has got q dozen different kinds of
bait, but he says that 1t Is all nonsense
to trouble about digging worms. He
declares that beef run through ham
burg steak grinder is just the proper
caper for the sunfish at Creve Cpur
lake. The tougher the beef the better,
as it will cut in long strips like angle
worms.
when the sunfish are biting right
smart, it Is about all that l can do to be
kept in the shop" said Peiker II be-
lieve me and the sunfish are the most
cheering things out. Do you know,
have noticed old time fishermen at
Breese's lake wading around in the
shallow water, where the sunfish are
found at spawning time, as carefully,
as If they were fishing for trout. Now,
1t Is different with me when l go out
with my hamburg steak to feed the
golden bellied beauties on. l just tie
the line to each leg of my boots, take n
little short rod in my hand and stride,
into the water and go ahead. On the
bootleg lines l use red flies. Why, the
sunfish come up and get stuck on my,
fly hooks three or four at time. That's
the way to catch a mess Of fish in a
! few hours.
81 can catch crappie with crawfish
tails to beat the band If | cannot get
minnows. Crickets are great suntish
and bass bait, while the katydids will
make a crappie leave its bed at mid
night Just let your hook sing once
with a green katy on, and if there
is a crappie within a radius of
10 or 10 feet it will come like
hound at a coursing match. If
you get no bite, you can pull your
freight up few car lengths and try a
new place. 1 caught all those big crap
pie last week with craw tails. l could
get no minnows for love or money, SO
l chased up some crawfish and went
In to win. When it comes to catfish
bait, just try tripe. 1t is tough and
cannot be pulled off the hook easily
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The government considers that the
drouth of July has knocked about $50.
100000 bushels off the prospective corn
crop and that the situation is growing
worse instead of better. The report
also states that the condition of the crop
is worse than in 1894. This NAV be
true generally, but this section of Ne.
braska lacks good deal of the "a con.
dition. The corn is holding its own in
very remarkable fashion and the ma.
jority OF the farmers will profit by the
high prices that are sure to prevail
Acting on this government intelligence
the price of September corn on the
Chicago market advanced to 81 cents
yesterday and wheat went to 73l5. II
is considered that the prices will be
much higher before the next crop is
harvested.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

There is considerable difference of
opinion regarding the corn crop in vari.
ous parts of the country, which is quite
excusable if the ones expressing the
opinions determine them by Investigate
ing their individual fields or their i'm.
mediate localities. In this vicinity all
fields are not equally promising by any
means. Some will produce nearly a
full crop, others will produce a half
crop and still Others have the appear.
ance of almost total failure. For some
reason fields of corn do not present the
same appearance throughout. In good
fields there are spots of no value and in
poor fields there are portions that will
produce well. 1t is therefore little won.
Ger that there is difference of opinion
regarding the crop.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

Last year, strange as it may appear,
the people of the United States paid
sGj, 600, 600 more for agricultural imports
than the year before, the total paid
amounting to $3.50, $780, ,2sS. Sugar was
the largest item, $lOi 600, 900 being paid
to foreign producers Of this staple.
While the sugar industry is developing
here nt an encouraging rate it can
readily be conceived that it is not yet
up to the demand and every friend of
home industry would be glad to see its
development much more rapid and the
country independence secured of the
foreign producer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

There was no current politics in Col.
Roosevelt's address at the Colorado
quarter centennial says the st. Louis
Globe. Democrat, but it was speech
which will take with westerners as well
as easterners, or southerners, because it
throbbed with robust Americanism
The colonel has always been favorite
in the west. One reason for this is
found in the stalwart Americanism of
which he, in deed and word, Is an effec-
tive exponent Another reason is that
he understands the west better than
does any other public man in the
country He is always sure of rous.
ing reception wherever he appears in
any of the western states. His cam.
paign last fall between the Alleghenies
and the Pacific coast states was sue.
cession of personal triumphs without
parallel in the history of stumping tours
in the United States. Moreover, the
colonel's popularity in this section is
growing instead of declining.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
A Harmonious Party.

This week the republicans of Iowa and
Maryland have held state conventions
and showed that they are thoroughly
united, 1t was the same in the earlier
convention in Ohio. Republicans every.
where have good reason to be satisfied
with their party and this is the feeling
manifested. Iowa republicans, whose
plurality last year almost touched lOO,.
900, held a splendid convention and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
The fusionists delight in the sneering

The fusionists delight in the sneering
assertion that the republicans claim the
credit due Providence for good crops,
insinuating that good crops alone bring
prosperity. The republicans claim no
supernatural powers and if the minds
of these fault finders were capable of
remembering they would recall the fact
that under democratic times, with a
bumper crop, there was no prosperity
and the republicans expect to see in this
year of poor crops more prosperity than
during the Cleveland days, whether the
crops were good or poor. In 1895 the
corn belt raised the second largest crop
in the history of the country, 2,l5l 900,
600 bushels and in 1896 this was beaten
by the largest yield ever known, 2,2S4,
100000 bushels, and yet mortgages were
taking the farms and the people were
distressed, corn was not in demand at S
and 10 cents bushel and many farmers
were using it for fuel. During these
years there was also an abundance OF
other crops but they did not bring pros
perity and when there was drouth
conditions with the people were i'm.
measurably worse, The republicans
wish business conditions to be so per.
feet that prosperity is bound to result
with good crops and the people will not
suffer disaster because of a drouth. II
has not failed, thus far, to attain the de
sired result and it is confidently be,
lieved that this year will not materially
change the condition of the country OF
its people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY AUGUST le. 1901.

which the following are samples: Po.
tatoes, 81. 10; last year 10 cents; sweet
corn 80 cents and 20 cents n sack beets
radishes and cOrrots, 81 30 and 25 cents
a hundred cabbage, $S and 81 hun
dred cucumbers, 20 cents and cents q
dozen; apples 81 and 81 barrel !;
peaches, 30 cents and o cents a basket
prunes cents and cents a pound; to.
matoes, 81 and 40 cents bushel. The
foregoing may indicate that 1t is hard
year for the farmer, but 1t more strongly
indicates that the fellow who has moth
ing to eat and is compelled to buy is the
one to be condoned with. The farmer
who has little to sell gets top prices
and the poor fellow who is afflicted with
an appetite is compelled to pay them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The days of the naked, bloodthirsty
savage are numbered and it will not be
many years hence when he will be either
compelled to dress and act rs q civilized
being or give way to more progressive
people. In less than 100 years the
United Ssates has civilized the red man
who had undisputed possession of this
country and civilization in Africa has
advanced with wonderful strides. The
far east is being rapidly brought under
civilizing influences and many Ameri-
cans are proud to think that this govern
ment is taking firm hand in the work.
Soon the time will come when the only
real" savage is found in side show OF
dime museum.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

If the deputy game wardens of Ne
braska continue their good work the
man with the hook will soon have a
chance at the fish that he will thor.
oughly appreciate. On a recent trip
two deputies gathered in rs hoop nets,
four seines, nine fish boxes and 100 trot.
lines. These undoubtedly belong to the
men who have been supplying fresh fish
to the dear common people at so much
per pound when these same common
people would have been more than
pleased to catch their own fish even
though their experience cost them 50 OF
81 If the game birds are well pro.
tected now the people may in q
few years be able to find sport and game
along that line also.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

Democrats are beginning to worry for
fear they will have to support popu-
list candidate for supreme judge and
populists are worried with the belief
that such candidate may be democrat
1t is one of the beauties of fusion, but
the leaders say they will have to swal.
low the dose prescribed and they may as
well make up their minds to do so with
out wry distortions of their features
Fusion can only win by the subordina
ton of party pride and if the real salts
faction is that the fellow of the other
party won there should be no grief that
the independence and pride of the Other
party is crushed beneath his ambition
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16
CHECKERS ON THE FARM. :

The checkerboard Is oil worn out r4F
From use each winter night; A,S4
The checkers have become begrimed, IRa
Which once were shining bright
But still the game goes straightway on, "a
Although the squares are blurs, -,
While Cynthy pens up Reuben's men .413
Or Reuben captures hers. Ass.4
Sometimes the old man takes hand 83
To show his practiced skill, .Gi
And then the farmhands circle round, \
While every one is still. ID.
They would not say q single word NS 4
That would distract his play; M
So breathless they observe him drive .,,..i
Young Reuben's men to bay. ~
All, what would winter evenings be "
without the checkerboard, 4
With double corners, jumps and moves
And fun which they affordl -
Our dissipation oft consists ~
In too much checkers here, W.
Which makes the gossips tell about
Our checkered life's career
Arthur E. Locke in Boston Globe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

"Coin" Harvey has been heard from
not as an instructor on the silver ques
ton, not even as a worker for demo
cratic harmony, but as the arraigner Of
Senator Jones, chairman of the nationa
democratic committee during the pas
two campaigns. Harvey blaims Jones
for both defeats denouncing him as in
competent. He sees nothing but gloon
ahead for democracy and is fearful thai
future campaigns of that party will b,
as void of victory as those of the past
The little schoolmaster" has apparently
given up, for the present, the teaching o.
financial problems and has started in t.
lick some of the larger pupils of hi
school.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The Conservative should this week be
of great interest to young men. A sym
postum on the chances or the opportu
mites of the young men of today
is to be the feature. Several contribu
tions from successful western men il
various occupations will be published
and it will be surprising if some yount
man does not obtain therefrom ''cue'
that will be of value toward shaping {
successful career.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The employees of the Chino sugar fac.
tory draw about S27 600 in wages every
month, while the beet growers receive
about $4,000 month during the cam
paigp. With these facts before them ii
is little wonder that towns and cities
long for tine erection of beet sugar fac
tories, and those that have them should
certainly give loyal support to the in
duStry
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

Those fellows who were predicting a
total failure of the corn crop about a
month ago, unless there was soaking
rain in week or ten days, will now
please acknowledge that they knew lit
tie about it, There has been very little
rain since and yet the crop is growing
and maturing in remarkable fashion.
The capabilities of Nebraska soil have
never been understood.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The Nebraska Independent, the lead
ing populist organ Of the state, says the
Nebraska merchants generally haven't
sense enough to know that high prices
for farm products is as much n benefit
to them as to the farmer" Perhaps
the wisdom of the state is concentrated
in the Independent office, in which
event it would be good idea to employ
some of it IN learning something re-
garding the merchants Of the state.
The Independent will find that scarcely
man of them but that will rejoice
with the farmer over good crops and
good prices and will do all in their
power to aid them in obtaining the
same.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

A sharper has been working the
women of West Point to buy elegant
dress patterns at 81 each, but the goods
are never received The women must
sometime learn, like the men folks, that
no one is in the business of giving some.
thing for nothing. They will be the
victims of sharks until they acquire this
knowledge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The social democrats of Iowa are to
name state ticket. They should stay
out of the race. There are not enough
social, straight, silver, gold and all other
kinds of democrats in Iowa to make the
state contest even moderately exciting
and when they divide up they might
about as we'll disband and call the re-
publican nomination an election.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

Superstitious people should success
fully overcome their objection to the
number l3 if they will but remember
that the original states of the union con-
sisted of that number and that no i'll
fortune has yet confronted this country
but that it has successfully surmounted
and that the government has been more
or less lucky during it's entire existence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

The Bradshaw Republican finds that
the individual depositors of York county
have in the nine banks the fine sum of
81, ,115, ,476, which leads the Omaha News
to remark that the people of the state
"were never in better condition than
today" and estimates that the individual
deposits of the state must be something
like $lOo,000,000. Stand up for Ne
braska.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-16

Labor Commissioner Watson and his
deputies are preparing some most inter;
esting statistics concerning Nebras-
ka that will be of value to the
people of the state. They have entered
upon the work with apparent determi.
nation to make it thorough and com
plete. Their latest interesting find is
the vacant government land of the state
subject to entry and it is apparent that
a Nebraskan will not need to journey
far to find homestead or timber claim.
Some of the land is now of little value,
but with irrigation or some other method
of distributing moisture all of it could
be made valuable. With 1901 ,523
acres Of land yet open to settlement it
would indicate that the state has con.
siderable room for development. Some
of our eastern friends with their two by
four states might consider that this is
about all there is of Nebraska, but they
will please bear in mind that the state
consists of AZ, ,6l9, $40 acres and there is
but little more than one fifth of it OBJ
tainable for entery. Less than 80 years
years ago by far the largest portion of
the state was government land and in
another 30 years it is safe to assert that
there will be none Of the states terri
tory but that will be put to use for
farming or grazing purposes. 1t is an
immense state-has shown and will
show immense development.