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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Where japan Is Negligent.

DR.. Yamane, member OF the House
of Representatives, proclaimed in a
recent debate that more than $780,
900 persons succumb annually to tub
erculosis in Japan, and the number is
constantly increasing. In regard to
leprosy, he stated: There is no coun-
try in the world in which this disease
is so prevalent and so neglected. The
Home Office returns show that there
are 33,059 lepers in Japan, while their
offspring number 100000. The au'
thorities allow leprous beggars to sit
on the public streets and to infect the
very air with their spittle."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
GOT HER FRESH EGGs."
landlady Was Willing to Humor hs'
City 0oarder.

Landlady Was Willing to Humor Her
City 1oarder.
A lady cyclist from London recently
decided to spend the weekend at q
picturesque and secluded country spot
in Surrey. It was pretty little rus
tic inn at which she put up, and at the
tea table she discoursed glowingly to
the buxom landlady on the delight
that real country butter and real fresh
eggs gave to faded Londoner.
Her faith in country produce was
destined, however, to be rudely shaken
for, on coming down to breakfast next
morning, she was greatly shocked to
overhear the good landlady say to her
spouse:
THE lady from Lannon's mighty
keen on fresh eggs, John. Run and
get half-a-dozen from the grocer's,
while 1 go and cackle in the yard"
Stray Stories.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Good of Wireless TeIegraphy.

The wireless telegraph is doing
much to add to the pleasure of going
and coming from Europe on the fast
liners. They get the news as to i'm
portant events on both sides of the
ocean days before they reach port. For
instance the Umbria, which has just
arrived, was in communication be-
tween ships and the shore nearly
every day of the trip. In addition to
learning of the pope's death, the
slump In stocks and the drive in steel
we're flashed by passing ships.-New
York Letter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
He Was Bored.

An amusing story is told Of Presi-
dent Loubet's humble brother-in-law.
whom an enterprising interviewer
called upon directly after the French
presidents election. "How did you
take the news7" asked the interview
or. "Oh, fairly we'll: without any 70
toicings, of course. Now, here am !,
for example, an ironmonger; in what
way do you suppose it will benent me
that my brother-in-law Is president
of the republic? Why, this very morn
ing received three letters from peo'
pie begging me to get them govern
ment tobacco shops. That IL the only
advantage that the election will be-
stow upon me. People fancy that l
have influence, and I shall therefore
be worried"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Sinqle Eyeglass Injurious.

Single Eyeglass Injurious.
The single eyeglass is injurious. It
throws all the work on one eye. It
destroys the harmony of the optic
muscles and nerves. A certain Eng
lishman has worn, for myopic affec.
ton, monocle in his left eye for
twelve years. The left eye is all right,
but with the other the man can see
practically nothing. Joseph Chamber.
lain wears his monocle in either eye
alternately, and his son does the same
thing. The habit Of the monocle con-
tinues to live among the English
swells.-Philadelph Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
For Her.

For her. what narvels he would do!
For her, what dangerous paths pursue!
What Valorous ambitions stir
For her!
No worldly station IS too proud,
Are worth the pain-though sharp the
For her!
And vet, remote from flames unrest.
Love smiles and seems to thrive the best,
And life is sweet she will aver,
For her!
Though fortunes gifts be strangely few
Her tender woman's heart and true
Feels that he plods without demur
For her
Washington Evening Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
After the Storm.
Darkling swept the rain
Over hill and plain,

Over hill and plain,
Leaving tempest-trodden
Meadow dank and sodden,
Miry road and lane.
Now the storm is done,
Life Is re-begun:
Tremulous leaves and grasseA
AS the shadow passes,
Stretch to feel the sun.
Sudden splendors sift
Through each cloudy rift
Down on dropping bowers,
And their heads the flowers
As from weeping lift.
Shared In moss and mud,
flushed and tanned, the flood
Rounds to puddles hazy;
Here and there q daisy
Shows its jeweled bud.
Thought Of peace enskied,
Dreams Of heights untried
In each pool lie yearning,
As II earth were turning
HeavenWard open-eyed.
Bloom and leaf and bird
Scatter, subtly stirred.
Songs Of life and May born,
Creeping things and clay born
Sing with them unheard.
Voice and silence blend,
Breathing praises penned
In no. prisoning psalters,
- While from green earth affairs
Incense mists ascend.
The Speaker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Think Goats BRING Good Luck.

English medical papers are COM
menting on the remarkable survival
of superstition at Cambridge, where
a dairyman possessed of goat is
sending the animal, by request, into
and around the houses Of his neigh
bors in an area affected by the small
pox. The rustic superstition that
goats bring good luck Is widespread
and the London Lancet quotes many
instances.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25

Elk Secretary of War Alger has
been fined IS. by tho Kansas City
authorities for not cutting the
weeds on his property in that city.
This would be q good ordinance
for any city to put into effect.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
The Sunshine Trust.

/ wisht I knowed
Whah de sunshine growed
I'd pack my clothes an staht
An settle down
When de place was foun'
An never mo- depaht.
Dis stingy way 4
Fun day to day
OF passin' sunshine out,
Has stirred my soul
Beyond control
An filled my heaht VIII doubt.
II could speak
About week.
Like Congress folks I know.
I bet I'd bust
Dat sunshine trust
An glib us folks q show!
Washington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25

RDIToR
Published Every Friday at Worth
ington, MINI.
a|||!lI'Hl:Al''iwLl;zl'Y',

a sS In the east the men are discuss
y ING the question with their taliors
Eether the lapel of the coat will
have button hole or not, here it is
II question whether we will have a
coat or not.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Fruit 10 DESTROYED,

Five hundred boxes of California
pears were destroyed In the great
refuse bonfire at q. planning mill in
Tacoma, Wash, few days ago be-
cause the local fruit inspector found
that they were badly infested with
the San Jose scale and codling moths.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25

The scrub and wash women of
Duluth have organized and will not
work for less than $3.50 per day.
There is no reason why they
should not have Union as we'll as
other laboring people. Wonder if
they will send a resolution to Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the Miller ques-
ton.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
TEMLPARS PLAN A
TWENTIETH CENTURY
@>r CRUSADE.

Chicago Sept, ia twentieth
century cruade against their ancient
seaemy, the Turk, is being planned by
tho Knights Tebmplars, with the
Balkans IN place of Palenstine as
the field in which they will protect
christians against oppression of in
ddels. Prominent members of the
order are ag1tating the formation Of
B 8 league that will send regiments Of
well drilled fighters to aid of Bull
agria, and the crusades of tho twent
's.ieth century may have their mod
ern protype in movement of the
Templars against the the troops of
the Porte. The plan has received
onsideration by Chicago members
ssof the organization for some time
yand tomorrow night it is expected
Ito De formally broacched at the meet
ing Of St Bernard commandry.
With 100000 members under
oath to ''be ready to go and fight
the enemies of Christ even to the
death. F" it is expected that an inter-
interest will be stirred in
the movement and 10000 Knights
Srcm the United States and Europe
smay be massed in Macedonia to
sight the soldiers of Turkey. Among
the 20, 900 Knights Templars in Chi
<ago the outrages at Beirut and Ad-
& ss1Iinople have revived the spirit that
aaeod to the formation of the order
centuries ago.
'Ss5S AT the convention at Peoria the
81 eading members of the oragniza-
ion discussed seriously the exped-
|sncy of issuing a call for volunteer
81 eigments to be sent to the scene of
A epredations with the result that
n lDmorrow night one of the eleven
81 J1sonmmanderies will be asked to
sake action. AS yet the scheme is
81 sssii ut perfected, but the general plan
f. 70 muster in regiments the Temp
ars and send them to enlist under
Ne Bulgaria government.-St. Paul
l. l. lObe. N 81 7. !. 49,. a.. -. ,.,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
No Energy Then.

Touching experiments on radium,
the learned professor had remarked
that they abundantly proved that
everything in nature-every material
was simply and solely some NANTES.
tation Of energy. Professor" she
said, with an air of flnality, 1T is evi.
dent that you never saw my husband
in the easy-chair on Sunday after.
noon"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25

President Roosevelt. carries a 38
Sacalibre revolver and keeps in shoot
ing practice to such extent that he
nd called an epxert shot, in fact he is
IN epxert in all things.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
True to Life.

Theatrical Manager-You claim
that your play is unusually true to
life. In what way? Playwright-A
week is supposed to elapse between
each act, and there's a new cook in
every scene.-Judge.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
A sportsman's Paradise.

Lake Neuchatel is kind Of sports.
mans paradise. A gentleman of Glet.
terens, in Fribourg, using the net from
a boat near Chevroux the other day,
drew out two trout, of which one is
locally reported to have weighed 29
pounds and the other 10 pounds. His
total catch, besides these two mon.
sters of the trout kind, weighed 100
pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Mule Bite ls Serious

J. r. Porter of Northboro, Mo-, was
bitten by a vicious mule. The wound
did not heal well and Porter went to
the Pasteur institute in Chicago
There he was told that he had hydro
phObia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Mexican Cotton Mills.

Mexican Cotton Mills.
The development Of Mexico's cot
ton mills is steadily growing. Mexi-
can cotton goods are already sue
cessfully exported to Central and
South America, in competition with
European goods.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Jeaults and ErancIscana,

Je0ults and F rancIscanS.
According to the London Tablet,
the Jesuits now number 1921 mem.
hers. tue Franciscans 16,482. Among
the latter are 1872 priests and S,30l
students. ',..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-25
Use American instruments,

American telegraph instruments
click in Siberia and in Italy, while our
telephones are "helloed" through by
the Chinese, East Indiamen and Egyp.
tians.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
Crotty.k Kennedy.

II'rom Monday DnilNl
Two of South Norlolks popular
young people were united in marriage
at the s o'clock mass in the Sacred
Heart church this morning by Rev,
Father ODriscoll when Miss Jennie
Kennedy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. j. Kennedy. and Mr.. Thomas Crotty
took the vows that made them one.
A wedding dinner was served at
noon at the home of the brides par
ents in South Norfolk, and the young
people will make their home in that
part of the city.
Mr. Crotty was formerly in the ser.
vice of the Northwestern railway, but
resigned his position some time ago
The young people are well known
throughout the city and have numer'
ous friends to wish them an abundance
of joy in their new relation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
STATE DEBT is GROWING.
Grown a Quarter Million During Six
Months.

Lincoln, Dec. 14.-Within six months
the interest bearing debt of the state
has increased more than $4,000. So
declares the auditor in his semi-an-
nual report filed with the governor
this afternoon.
The total interest bearing debt of
the state amounts to S2,2S2, ,993.71.
On June /, 1903, the debt amounted
to $1,997671.9S. State Treasurer Nor
tensen declared that tax collections
were halting and inconstant as a re-
suit of the revenue litigation, and the
auditor said that the appropriations
of the last legislature had raided the
state funds. The two causes com
bined to increase the Indebtedness of
the state,
Much misinformation exists in re-
gard to the revenue law. It's provi-
sions will have no effect whatever on
taxes already assessed or on the la
bors of assessors during the last year
Whether the act be constitutional oI
not these sums must be paid. Tax
payers, according to the state Off
cials, have assumed that the contri
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
MADISON SECOND ON OATS
Labor Commissioners Office Figures
Out Production of Cereals in
Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.--Chief Clerk
Despair of the Office of the labor com
missioner has just completed a com
putation of Nebraska crops. The
wheat yield he estimates, Is 1860
3lS. corn, 169G93,9 800; oats, 66Gl9,-
sos; rye, 10,105, 7Ol bushels.
Clay county Is the leader in the
race for supremacy as a wheat pro-
duccr the total yield being 2,OiS,S1G.
Phelps county, in the region known
as Western Nebraska reports a yield
Of 1,7OO,2I0 bushels, while York coun-
ty comes in as the third largest pro-
ducer Of the bread-maker's cereal.
Adams county produced 1886, 321
bushels; Kcarney county, 1,O3l,45O;
Red Willow county, l,555,S7O; Furnas
county, l,G90,3li Lancaster county
harvested 57l,5ol bushels.
jefferson county is by long odds
the greatest producer Of oats, having
harvested 4,573,47S bushels, nearly
twice as many bushels as its closest
competitor, Madison county, the next
! largest producer, which is credited
with 2234,13S bushels. Platte county
comes in third in the race, with 2,304,-
5SS bushels. Lancaster county pro-
duced 1,523,S25 bushels of oats.
Custer county comes to the front as
a rye county, the yield having been
999, ,l59 bushels. Dawson county, in
the same region, is second, with SS2,.
S31 bushels, while Frontier county
claims G163S4 bushels. Lancaster
county yielded only 6O,O7S bushels OF
the distiller's cereal
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
State Claims An Estate.

Plattsmouth Neb. Dec. 1.-THE
state of Nebraska, by Attorney Cen
eral Prout, has brought suit in the
county court to, secure an estate in
this county, valued at $4,000, left by
John King on the gronud that King
died leaving neither widow or kin
dred. King died last April and some
of the interested parties believe he
left a will which capnot be found.
Besides the state there are four
other claimants to the property, name
ly: Daniel w. McCurdy, Lucinda
Jane Irwin, Francis NJ. King and
George b. King
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
OTHER CHANGES RUMORED
Fremont Hears That Superin.
tendent is to be Retired.
THAT CITY MAY LOSE PRESTIGE.
Norfolk and Missouri Valley to be the
Only Layover Stations on This Di-
vision Of the Northwestern-All
Trains Operated From Norfolk.
Lrrnm Frldny,s DnIlN.

FROM FridONS Daily
The following story of changes and
rumored changes on the Northwestern
line appeared in the Fremont Tribune
of Thursday evening. Similar ru-
mors have been in circulation at Nor
folk, but have been as persstcntly
denied by those in official position,
who are on the inside and should
have much information in their pos
session if they choose to give 1t out:
"The transfer of the superintend-
ent's Office of the Nebraska and wy.
oming division of the Northwestern
railroad from Omaha to Norfolk took
place yesterday. superintendent c.
c. Hughes and his chief clerk, Frank
Roach. passed through Fremont on
an afternoon train going to Norfolk
in Mr.. Hughes private car to make
permanent headquarters at that place.
In future Norfolk will be the seat of
operation for all trains on the divi-
sion, except those that run on the
South Platte lines and local trains
running in and out of Deadwood and
Chadron.
with the removal of the superin-
tendent's Office to Norfolk, the rumors
of Superintendent Mahanna are being
revived. They have come persistent
| ly from sources that are apparently
authentic, but on the other hand are
as persistently denied by those close
to Mr. Mahanna. The talk now is that
Superintendent G. II. Reynolds of Nor
folk will either become assistant su-
perintendent or be assigned to a good
place in another state, while Superin.
tendent f. A. Harmon of Chadron will
have the title of assistant superinten-
dent or trainmaster. If Superinten-
dent Mahanna leaves the road Chief
Dispatcher j. ]. Welch may be made
trainmaster.
There are some pessimiStically liz
clined persons who express the opin
ion that Fremont is soon to lose much
of her prestige as a division station
Just how much foundation there is
for this statement cannot be told, but
it is said to be the desire of the North
western management to make Norfolk
and Missouri Valley the only layovei
stations for freight crews on the mair
line of this division At present 4
great many crews have their off pc
riods here and make Fremont theil
home, but under such an arrangement
as the one suggested most Of their
would have to remove to Norfolk OF
Missouri Valley"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
THREE DEATHS AT WEST POINT
VIM. Colder a Pioneer Farmer and
Prominent Mason Died this
Morning.

West Point, Nob., Dec. 1i.-SpeCial
to The News: William Colder, n pi.
oneer farmer and prominent Mason of
Cunning county, died this morning at
his farm home near Scribncr, and the
funeral will be held Wednesday, un-
der Masonic auspices, Hon. E. *, Val
cntinc officiating
Mrs. Anna Novak, aged about eighty
years and resident of Cunning coun.
ty since 1869, died and was buried yes
terday from the Catholic church.
John Langan, manager of the Ne
braska Telephone company's Office at
Monterey, who recently died Of in
iuries received by falling under the
hoofs of runaway team of horses,
was buried from the Catholic church
this morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
THE FRANCHISE TAKEN AWAY
Fremont City Council Declares Char
ter of a Local Telephone Com
pany Forfeited.

Fremont Neb., Dec. Alt did not
take long for the city council to dis
pose of the resolution declaring a
forfeiture of the Fremont Telephone
company's franchise because of an in
crease in rates, two cOuncilmen alone
out of the eight casting their votes
in the negative. Mr.. Lee raised his
voice in opposition to the step, but
the six remained unmoved and voted
solidly for the resolution without max
ing any reply to what the First ward
councilman had said.
One or two eXtraneous matters first
occupied the councils attention, and
after they were out of the way Mr..
Forman moved that wherever the
words Fremont Telephone company
appeared in the resolution it should
be changed to Fremont Telephone
Co.." so as to correspond exactly with
the franchise ordinance. After this
motion had been adopted Mr.. HERE
asked with an air of extreme solici'
tation, whether all the t's had been
crossed and the is dotted
The resolution was read and City
Clerk Stiles said that he had given
official notice to the Fremont Tele
phone company's officers to appear
in it's behalf if they wished to say any
thing before a vote was taken. w
d. Crist, the manager, was in the
council chamber, but said he had NJ
remarks to offer Mr.. Lee moved tC
strike out the section requiring the
street and sidewalk committee to re
move the poles and wires from thu
streets and alleys after ninety day
if the company should neglect to dt
so within that time, There was NJ
second to the motion. The resolution
was then voted upon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
SWEET CORN. SPECULATION CRAZE
Farmers Said to Be ignoring Con.
tracts and Selling Product for
Very High Figure.

valley, NeD., Dec. l4.-IhlS place
has practically gone crazy speculat-
ing in corn and everybody who has a
little money available is buying corn
as fast as possible, and the result is
that one hears nothing else. This
corn is not the ordinary field product
but is known as "Stowell's Ever
green" and is of the sweet variety.
This year, as has been the custom for
several years past, the seedsmen in
this section have made contracts with
farmers to take the sweet corn seed
at an average price of $1.00 to $1.25
per 100 pounds, the latter figure be-
ing the price agreed upon for this
years crop Owing to the drouth in
the east and heavy rains in the west,
the crop of sweet corn is short. A
great many farmers sold the corn
according to their contract with the
seedsmen for $1.25 per 100 pounds
and were satisfied that they had re-
ceived an equivalent for their labor.
All this changed about two weeks
ago when buyer for a Chicago seeds
man arrived in Valley and offered SO
per 100 pounds for sweet corn seed.
Farmers who had made contracts to
deliver their corn in Valley for $1.25
were up against the warmest propo-
sition they had seen in years. A
great many totally ignored their con-
tracts and disposed of their corn to
the highest bidder. One farmer who
had signed a seedsmans contract, it
is said, took his corn to Omaha in the
night and sold it for SO per 100
pounds.
A Saunders county farmer, who is
holding some 400 bushels of prime
corn, has had a score of offers to sell
at between SO and SO, but he is still
holding onto his corn.
A report coming from Omaha to the
effect that seed corn was worth $12
per 100 pounds in Iowa, has again
started speculation and everybody is
looking for sweet corn at any price
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18

buttons for state government would be
increased and then to have concluded
that the law was already In operation.
state Treasurer Mortenscn complains
that taxation money arrives very
slowly and he Is striving hard to pro-
vide the state with funds.
state Treasurer Mortensen has al.
ready made arrangements to pay OFF
$4,000 In warrants December 10. He
has issued call for $50,O00 more on
December II, and he announced this
morning that he intended to call In
$4,000 in warrants December 2S.
1--WE would like to retire $l50,000
in interest bearing warrants If pos.
iblo,' said State Treasurer Mortcnscn
today "At present we are sure of
getting at least $liO,0OO out of the
way"
The actual increase in the state
debt Is $265, ,50523, Should the state
treasurer be successful in his effort
the debt would be reduced to Sis,
5O5.23
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-12-18
HUNTER ARRESTED.
Shot and Killed a Deer in Nebraska
Out Of Season.

Dakota City, Neb, Dec. 12.-E.
Hunger of Lincoln, deputy game war
den. had a warrant issued for the ar
rest of George Johns, the party who
on November 80 killed a deer on
Walkers island, which was the prop
erty of a Mr.. Latta, who resides near
Tekamah. The open season for kill
ing deer in Nebraska is from August
10 to November 10. 1t is unlawful to
pursue, kill or wound deer out of
this season and the penalty of not
less than 500 or more than $500 or
to be imprisoned in the county Jail
not more than ninety days. The war
rant was placed in Sheriff Sides
hands today, being issued out of
Judge Eimers' court.