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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Since the harmony plan mapped
out before the primaries didn't win
out in Douglas county how would it
be Tor there to be ante.primary har-
mony, and every republican In the
county support the republican ticket,
That would be true test of the
quali;y aud quantity of harmony in
the country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The partisan judiciary scheme,
and the usual railroad cry of the fu.
sionists appears to have been wholly
Intellectual in causing any stampede
from the republican ticket and the
prospects are excellent for Nebraska
to stay in line for rousing republi-
can victory when the votes are polled,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

cough? | hope you will not gad
around and try to figure in society
and neglect him. Keep that Parson
Hulwicks from loafing around the
house under the pretense of inquir-
ing after the health of Jimmy. The
first thing | know he will have you
worked for a big subscription for the
hoathen, or some other foolishness.
Don't act like million dollars when
you are only thirty cents; it costs
money to maintain high representa-
tions. You know well enough that J.
get only hundred dollars for those
stories the publishers say they give
me a thousand for. Advertising is
one thing, facts another Always re-
member this. | am now engaged in
writing a story | cannot understand
myself and | am certain it will set
the critics wild, because each viii
claim to be the only one who can
fully appreciate it. | am sitting in
room in the twenty-fifth story, Of
the Handout hOUse, writing. Across
from me a new building is going up,
and as | watch the stone masOnS
drawing $5 a day it makes my heart
yearn for that exalted occupation
Here | am, grinding out love and adj
venture for about So per- for what
is accepted, and blowing in what [
make on postage stamps for what
is not accepted. | intend to try to-
raise enough money to get home
soon. Don't bother about the warts
on Jimmy's hands; let 'em alone.
Your loving husband"
| Atchison people will be interested
in the newly furnished home of Silas
Juliper Bilderson on North Ninth
street. The society reporter, at the
special invitation of Mrs. Cy, called
at the Bilderson home this morning
and made a note of the swell outfit.
First, there was the swell colonial
carved front china closet. 1t is a
beauty, having been bought with
$4,000 tobacco tags. Cy must have
chewed himself almost to death get
ting the wherewithal to possess the
article. There are some rare speci-
mems of cut glass in the china closet,
which were secured with 1000 Muscle
Bilda which had to be bought in
order to get the coupons. The din
ing room table is something that is
worth going miles to see. 1t is said
that it took three men two years to
put the polish on the top. The fam
lily has been eating cheese for five
years in order to get the 800 tickets
necessary to draw the table. The
family used nothing but condensed
milk for nine years before they
caught the words "O'Hoolohan's
Best" which entitled them to the
grand upright piano which ornaments
the parlor The swell ancestral clock
which stands eight feet high, came
with wagon load of baking powder
1t is beautiful ornament, and high,
ly vanished, finished in golden oak,
the latest style. There are other ar
ticles of furniture too numerous to
mention secured with hams, health
foods, whiskey, rouge, powder and
chewing gum. There is so much up
holstered plush furniture in the
house that person could fall down
almost anywhere and not get hurt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

1t is so easy to fall into a habit
that calls for less work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

A free ticket never improves a
mans real opinion of a show after
its over
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

A white vest and an empty pocke
book are a mighty poor combination
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Here are few more passages
from the unpublished letters of De-
Coursey to his wife; Dear En-:
Has Jimmy got over the whooping
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

People never charge to hard luck
anything that happens to a reckless
man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

So many people try to begin at the
top, instead of at the bottom.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

In the Encouragement of unreliable
people, the tailor is to pass ahead of
the dressmaker.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
ATcHlsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

AICHISON GLObE SI0f D.
1t is so easy to fall into habit
that calls for less work.
So many people try to begin at the
top, instead of at the bottom.
A white vest and an empty pocket
book are a mighty poor combination.
People never charge to hard luck
anything that happens to reckless
man.
A free ticket never improves
mans real opinion of a show after
its over.
In the rearrangement of unreliable
people, the tailor is to pass ahead of
the dressmaker.
Our idea of clever person is one
who can say something bright down
an ear trumpet.
1t is getting to be the case that a
man can as easily afford a fast horse
as he can a son-in-law.
Ever notice what nice things are
said about those you dislike, on
such little provocation?
THAT man is tough enough" a
brakeman said of an enemy today,
"to chew smoking tobacco"
The kind of people who tie a string
on the finger are the kind who never
remember why they tied it there
When "A child keeps its dress clean
as long as half day, a wise mother
will look at it's tongue, and feel it's
pulse.
You can't offend man of forty by
saying that he is seventy, but he
will get mad if you hint that he is
forty-five,
The kind of a man who deserts
his family is the kind that comes
back when they are doing well with
out him.
Everything seems to have come
out of the national dressmakers' con
vention in Chicago, except advice to
spend less on clothes.
30 f,,,, a1,s s,1~
it is perfectly proper for your invi
tations to state that you will "enter
tain with a chicken"
SO many men are to be married in
Topeka this fall who can't afford tC
keep a wife, that there is talk of get
ting out injunctions.
When woman passes her thirty
! fifth birthday, and her waist line is
lost, her friends say she has the
middle aged spread"
When a man tells of what he has
done for a friend, he usually con
cudes his story by saying; "HC
wouldn't do as much for me-"
The sentimental are greatly disap
pointed. A girls lover died, and she
instead of dying too, went on livin.
with new pink feathers in her hat.
We like best to spend our TIM
with those persons who make us fee
as if we were sitting with our slip
per on, in the big rocking chair a
home.
When a girl makes her choice, he
older kin look at his income, and he
. younger kin judge him by the qua
tiles that couldn't earn him a tlaI
jack
A public celebration is not a sue
: cesss unless there are a great man
women on the streets carrying yer
big lunch baskets, and very sma
babies.
After people have lived next doc
| neighbors for great number {
, years they are like kin; know a
about each other, and don't get alon
very well.
"Hiawatha" isn't so bad when
band plays it. The girl next door
responsible for the uprising of tn
l. mob determined to get the life of tn
: man who wrote the piece.
+ We wish we could make busines
+ investment that would pay as we
! as a wedding invitation: Two cent
p postage, II cents for cards; return
E a present costing all the way from
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Our idea of clever person is one
who can say something bright down
an ear trumpet
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

No effort to amount to something
is really ever wasted. An Atchison
girl who studied voice culture at $5
an hour, married a farmer, Every
one thought her talent was wasted,
but, on the contrary, she found just
the field for it; she uses it to call
the men from the harvest fields to
their meals, and it has a wider range
than any COW bell or horn used in
that section.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

1t is getting to be the case that a
man can as easily afford a fast horse
as he can a son-in-law
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Everything seems to have come
out of the national dressmakers con-
vention in Chicago. except advice to
spend less on clothes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

"That man is tough enough" a
brakeman said of an enemy today,
"to chew smoking tobacco"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

You can't offend a man of forty by
saying that he is seventy. but he
will get mad if you hint that he is
forty-five,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The kind of a man who deserts
his family is the kind that comes
back when they are doing well with
out him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The kind of people who tie a string
on the finger are the kind who never
remember why they tied it there
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

When a child keeps it's dress clean
as long as a half day, a wise mother
will look at its tongue, and feel it's
pulse.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Ever notice what nice things ar,
said about those you dislike, OF
such little provocation?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

At a meeting of the Mother club
yesterday, one woman confessed that
she spent the first six months of her
married life in humping her head
against a rock wall. After that, she
found out it was useless and began to
do things her husbands way. Other
sisters told experiences as narrowing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

If you are to have fried chicken,
it is perfectly proper for your invi-
tations to state that you will center
tain with a chicken"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

When a woman passes her thirty
fifth birthday, and her waist line is
lost, her friends say she has the
middle aged spread"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

When a man tells of what he has
done for a friend, he usually con
cludes his story by saying: 'He
wouldn't do as much for me-"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

SO many men are to be married in
Topeka this fall who can't afford to
| keep a wife, that there is talk of get
| ting out injunctions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

When a woman with a big family
of children issues invitations to a
party, it is with the prayer that the
children will not come down with
the measles, whooping cough on
scarlet fever before the date of the
party,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

We like best to spend our time
with those persons who make us feel
as if we were sitting with our slip
per on, in the big rocking chair at
home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The sentimental are greatly disap-
pointed. A girls lover died, and she,
instead of dying too, went on living
with new pink feathers in her hat.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

When a girl makes her choice, her
younger kin judge him by the quail
tiles that couldn't earn him flap
jack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

trtbution through the rural free delivery
shown Then, too. the handling OF incoming
mail in Major Bells division of the Wash
1ngton post Office win be seen and its dis
tributton by carriers illustrated
These pictures will not merely show the
course Of a few letters in ideal fashion as
they are handled in the various departments
Of the postal service. but those dropped in
the box in the first pictures may be watch
ed as they merge into and finally become
separated from the gigantic bulk of the
mail in Its constant flow through the post
office valve into the numerous channels
reaching hero and there and everywhere on
earth.
Machines Will Be Brought Here.
1t will be gratifying to Washingtonians to
learn that two Of the Microscopic machines
will be brought to Washington after the ex-
position and placed in the Post Office Mu-
scum which, under the direction of Mr.
Slack, is becoming most important insti-
tuition. The machines have large lenses
fitted to them through which a number of
persons may view the pictures smultane-
ousIv.
Mr.. Slack has been in charge Of similar
exhibits of the Post Office Department Mt
various other expOsitions. including the
worlds Columbian exposition. the Paris ex-
position, the South Carolina and Pan-Amer-
ican 1t is probable that he will be ordered
to st. Louis with the forthcoming exhibit.
The microscopic display will also contain
Illustrations of the delivery of mail on the
old stage coaches and the famous pony ex-
press OF the western plains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

were tightly closed, which is not un-
usual for Monday mornings when the scien-
tific party is generally somewhere on the
Potomac between Washington and Wide
water. But this morning the superstruct-
ure looked as bare as board. The
launching carriages for the big and the
small aerodrome had been removed, and
the elevated track from which the fifteen
foot airship was sent out on its voyage
Saturday, was also taken down. The ele-
waiting apparatus. also. which hoisted the
machine was missing. 1t seemed as If the
Smithsonian experts had been so exhausted
by their initial effort in the present series
OF experiments that they had decided upon
rest Of indefinite duration.
Party Still Absent at Noon.
The party not having returned from
Washington. no move had been made up to
noon with a view of Immediately changing
the base of operations.
The protest against the occupation OF the
club house of the Mount Vernon Ducking
Association on Quantfco Island by the me-
chanics and helpers connected with the air
ship construction having caused further
stay there highly embarrassing to all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

any accident In the building which prevent
ed the utilization OF the space allotted for
this branch Of the mall service nor because
OF any Increase Of work or crowding Of the
regular quarters.
1t was done In order that microscopic
photographs might be made Of the course
OF letter through the regular mail. show
ing In actual operation the various depart
ments through which it passes from the
time the missive Is dropped in the box
until its delivery by the postman, special
messenger or rural free delivery carrier.
These pictures are being made to use as
part of the post Office exhibit in the gov
eminent building at the st. Louis exposi-
ton. A large canvas background was
painted showing section Of the mailing
room in the local Office. the distributing
cases. walls and windows. iron Orders and
glass roof. This was suspended on the
wall outside the building. On the pave
pent In front Of this were arranged sew
eral real distributing cases, asserting ia
bles. one Of the labor and time saving can
ceiling machines and set of bag racks.
A full set Of operatives were brought out
with sufficient quantity of mail just in
The picture machine was mounted on the
roof Of one OF the big mail wagons. where
the regular work of handling the mail was
carried onax The interest Of the operation
attracted a large crowd. some members of
which did not know fully what was doing
even aftergthey had witnessed the scene.
s, An Interesting Series, 80.
The first picture In the series shows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

letter box into which several persons will
be seen to drop mail. Then along comes
the collector. who extracts the mail from
the box and. placing 1t In his pouch walks
OF. The collector Is then seen as he dumps
his mai on the asserting table. where it Is
faced up" by lightning-quick operator
The letters are then run through the can
ceiling machine, Of which the local office
has several of the very latest pattern. Next
the letters are distributed, local mail being
separated from that for outside cities and
subdivided Into little punches for various
sections. The work Of tying up the little
bundles Of outgoing mail is shown and then
the pouch distribution.
In the latter scene the distributor stands
in front of a table, on the other side of
which, arranged in a semi-circle, are rows
OF racks holding open bags, into which he
throws the bundles with wonderful accu-
racy, each sack being destined for a differ
ent section of the country.
The pouches are then tied, loaded on
trucks and showed out to the platform at
the rear OF the building and there trans
fered to mail wagons to be carried to the
railroad station. The bags are seen as they
are taken into the postal car and there the
mali again Is sorted out for the various
stations on the route of the car.
The scene when the bag is tossed off at
some rural station or caught by a mail
catcher from the train while at full speed
Will be depicted, and the manner of it's dis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

hardly be made with the machine used
Saturday but one of the other two now
contained in the houseboat may be
launched. The test of the big machine is
not looked for for some time
About o'clock the two men left to guard
the houseboat boarded the naphtha launch
and went to Quantico Island for break
fast The houseboat was then entirely
alone.
Statement by Mr.. Man1ey.
Chief Assistant Charles R. Manley Of the
Langley airship expedition gave out the
following statement Saturday afternoon in
regard to the test of the model aerodrome;
1.-THE flight Of the model occurred at o:B1
this morning The experiment was entirely
successful. All the data which this machine
was designed to furnish was obtained. Tia
equilibrium was perfect. the power adequate
and the supporting surface ample. No ac-
cident occurred. Some Of the wood work of
the wings and rudder was slightly damaged
by the graphing hooks used in removing
the aerodrome from the water, but no es-
sential part was injured. Were another
flight desired 1t could be made this after
noon with the same machine. I can give
you no further Information at present I
shall make formal report to Secretary
Langley giving full details"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

ming are at the hotel to remain a few days
Misses Mabel and Bertha Sanford visited
the Misses Weatherau today.
Miss Lydia Berklin and Miss Essex are
visiting the Misses Pace.
Mrs Frank Wardeld Ia visiting Mrs. v.
A. Hurdle On Chestnut avenue.
Miss Bessie Bell spent today here with
Miss Ivy Hurdla
Miss Edith Emerson fs visiting Miss N.Y.
"a McCathran on 9th avenue.
Miss Lillian Palmer has returned home
from a visit to Miss Edith Carter. hare.
Miss Ida Dove OF Rockville visited tho
Grove Friday.
Miss Bessie Cotton Elder 10 the guest OF
Mrs, Robt. e. Cook OF 9th avenue.
Miss Eleanor v. Emerson 10 visiting Miaa
Myra McCathran ON 9th avenue.
Mrs. Waters and Miss Mamie Warder.
who have been stopping with Mrs. Selby on
Sth avenue, have returned home.
Mrs. Qrudin Chaplin. on the Circle, has
as her guests Mrs. James H WinEdeld nnd
her daughter. and also Mrs.. John A. Sd8-
gers and daughter Of Washington.
Mrs. J. P. Moffatt ana Miss Mande TOW
ler Of Anacostta are with MIA 6sIng q een
avenue.
Miss Beuiah =. I. Smith Of Baltimore.
who has been Visiting Mrs. 8. d. Nschoasoo.
has returned hOnoe-
Tho nsw nfty-yard track b nearly com
uletad and WORK hnD begun On tho o0or
sixth-of-a-mile track. All tho preparations
for fead day, September I. are ven IN hann.
and great interest - maAtfe0tod by the
young gnan IN tho event. Tho lsxge number
OF entries - an evidsnns o. success1ai
meet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS,
John G. Fill, Prominent Resident,
Passes Away.

John c. Fill died yesterday afternoon at
his residence. 1862 Wyoming avenue,
after a brief illness, while making arrange
ments to leave the city for the purpose of
joining his family, who were away for the
summer. Mr. Fill was suddenly taken ILL.,
The serious character Of the attack was
not at first realized, but he gradually grew
worse until death came Two OF his sons,
I. H. Fill and A. L. Fill. were with him,
and, when the Illness took a critical turn,
Mrs. Fill and her two daughters, Mrs. Ma
son N. Richardson and Miss Elizabeth s.
Fill. were summoned and arrived in time
to be with him at the end, as was his
other son. Norris r. Fill.
Mr.. Fill. who was seventy-one years of
age. was borp in this city. His father was
the founder and principal of Filfs Acad-
envy. well-known institution OF former
days. and where many of the leading citi-
zens received their education.
For the past thirty-four years Mr.. FIJI
had been clerk in the War Department
He was for many years very active in
Masonic circles. and was for more than
twenty-five years secretary of st. Johns
Lodge OF this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10
MODIFIED ORDER.
Recommendation of Chief of Fire De-
partment Approved.

The Commissioners have approved the
recommendation Of Chief Engineer William
T. Belt Of the fire department that so much
of the order of the Commissioners Of April
8. 1903. as deprives Private w. B. Limkins
of chemical engine No. of his days off
for six months for violating section 16. ar
ticle IT. Of the rules and regulations gov
erning the fire department. be amended SO
as to allow him his days off from August g.
In his recommendation to the Commission
ers Chief Belt said that as Private Linz
kins had already served four months of the
time. besides being reduced to a private
and having his annual leave of twenty days
curtailed. he has suffered punishment
enough for his offense. Chief Belt explain
ed that at the time OF the sentence the
members of the fire department were al
lowed a day off once In six days only. Now
they have a day of once in five days, and
the chief expresses the belief that had this
order of things been in operation at the
time Of the sentence such a severe penance
would not have been demanded OF Private
LinkinS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10
BOUND FOR GOLDEN GATE.
Delegation Of q. A. B. Veterans Leaves
for San Francisco,

A delegation. including 1O4 members Of
the Department of the Potomac. G. A. R.,
left this city last night on a special train
over the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for
San Francisco. Cal. to attend the thirty
seventh annual national encampment of
the q. A. r.. to be held during the week
beginning August II. The party goes from
here to Chicago over the c. and o. road
and will then be switched to the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul road for the trip
to Omaha. From that place the Union Pa
cific will carry the party to San Francisco
Several side trips win be made during the
journey across the continent. including
stops at Chicago. Omaha. Denver. Colorado
Springs and Salt Lake City. The party in
cludes Commander I. @. Kimball. Assistant
Adjutant General B. F. Chase, Assistant
Quartermaster General A. p. Tasker. Mr..
John J. Freeland. Past Commanders Jerome
B. Burke and Benjamin r. Hawkes. and la
dies. Mrs. Durfee. senior vice president OF
the Woman's Relief Corps. and Miss Maria
L. Jordan. Junior vice president; George c.
Round. Lawrence Wilson and Charles r.
Douglas. delegates to the encampmenf:
Jerome F. johnson. commander OF the
Burnside Post. No. 8: Past Post Command
or William Hunter Meyer. Major Wills and
wife and Major L. p. Williams and wife
and daughter.