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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
TuE MAN WHO IS DOWN.

We spend a lot of our time in watch
ing and thinking of the man who is
successful This is but natural We
all want to be successful and like to
emulate and admire the men who are.
To call the roll of heroes and check
up the achievements of the wise and
the great who have left their impress
upon the worlds history is not only
very pleasant mental gymnastic eXer-
else, but withal very profitable one.
The successful man in any line of
honest endeavor is an article of gener-
al utility of decided value. We all
need him in our business the business
of living. He serves as hitching post
for us and often times is as near a
star as our wagon can reach. He is
to be highly commended and approved
as IN example of what we may yet
attain to in our own career But he
is not the only pebble on the beach.
There are others They are countless
in number Many of them live unob-
trusive, commonplace lives, struggling
constantly but never more than keep
ing their heads above the waves of
poverty and hardship which confront
them. These form the multitude of
the hearts courageous, really receiving
little sympathy and never demanding
it. They deserve our very respectful
consideration for the toll outside the
limelight of popular applause and out
of hearing of the band wagon of pub
licity. Then there are the men and
women who are defeated; who have
borne burdens too heavy for them to
bear. or met temptations which have
swept them from their moorings out
into a bitterness which they alone can
realize.
1t is well to look up to man whose
name is a beacon light resplendent
with good deeds. But life has not
meant what 1t should to us until we
also cultivate quietly the habit of
reaching down to those who need help
and lifting them up.
Happy is the man who can keep his
eyes fixed on the stars of hope and
success while his hands go down In
the trenches where life tragedies are
enacted and bring cheer and strength
to human hearts needing them.
The man who is up commands our
admiration and the man who is down
demands our help-and the highest
measure of our own real success de-
pends entirely on how much he gets
Of 1t from us.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
LONG PINE IMPROVEMENTS.
$4,000 Spent During Year 1905 or
Progress.

Long Pine Journal: Twenty-Five
thousand dollars will not cover the
cost of the building done in Long
Pine during the year 1905 When it is
considered that this covers only frame
buildings it will be seen that it indi-
Gates considerable activity and q
healthy growth for a little town like
this. 1t may also be well to add that
this record considerably exceeds that
of any other town in the three coun-
ties.
In addition to the building record OF
private parties should be noted the
enormous sums which have been and
which still are being spent by the
Northwestern railroad in constructing
the new bridge and cutoff and in en-
larging the switching yards at Long
Pine. Any estimate of the cost OF this
work at this time is inaccurate and
misleading, as Engineer Morrison in.
forms The Journal that he has not
made a compilation of the expense
figures and he is unable to make even
an approximate estimate at this time
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
TEST OF MARRIAGE SUCCESS.

In an address delivered at Chicago
the other evening before the Society
of Ethical Culture, Prof, Felix Adler
made statement by which most peo-
pie will be surprised and to which
they will be inclined to take exception,
He said that happiness is not essen
tial to a successful marriage. The
view which he presented was that the
primary object of marriage is not to
promote the happiness OF those who
are parties to the relation, but to
keep burning the flame of human life
and, therefore, that the success Of any
marriage is to be measured and de-
termined, not by the experiences Of
the married persons, but by the re.
suits attained in the way OF offspring.
Incidentally, he condemned those self
ish people who suppose their own hap
piness to be of more Importance than
anything else in the universe and
broadly intimated that the eagerness
with which happiness is sought and
the disposition to regard it as the ul.
innate and only rational end of exist
ence are among the most disquieting
characteristics of the times in which
we live.
Prof. Adler's statement is an eXag-
geration of the truth, by which he no
doubt sought publicity. While the
continuance of the human race is es-
sential. of course, yet to take the view
that this is the only end desired from
marriage is not true and is degrading
Happiness is a worthy end to seek
and happiness is as much a factor in
matrimonial success as anything else.
From. Prof Adlers suggestion, it is
presumed that he does not necessarily
associate happiness with parentage.
And, while quantity is of some mo,
ment in the matter of race perpetua,
ton, yet a question arises as to what
sort of children would be brought into
the world II perfect happiness did moi
exist in their association All rights
this world are connected with du'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
NOT MONEY MAD

Professor Shurman of Cornell says
that the nation has gone money mad
and that the people have forgotten
the simple virtues which make a coun-
try really great. In this the learned
gentleman says nothing new nor
startling. He only gives endorsement
to the cry of the press, pulpit and TO.
rum, heard all over the land with such
vehemence and reiteration that 1t has
become commonplace.
That there are bad spots and wrong
tendencies in our present day condi.
tions is to be frankly admitted. But
The News takes issue with this charge
of widespread degeneracy. The News
ioes not believe that it is true. T,
begin with the family-for in it II
'ound the real unit of society and +
IS around the home firesiue that tn,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

/ man and woman we're routed out OF
| room at a hotel in the night by po-
'iceman and this same benevolent pri.
sate citizen. The man In the case was
aiken to jail. The woman was left
in her room until in the morning,
when the policeman returned to awak.
en- her and to send her out Of town on
4 morning train. The man in the case
remained in jail about one hour, and
was never heard of by the police
court The private policeman says
that 1t was through his influence that
this case was kept dark. He was with
the officer at the time the hotel was
entered. He felt pity for the girl and
then and there turned officer, Judge,
jury and all-and instructed the Off
Ger to release the girl and, "since the
man couldn't be prosecuted without
the woman,"--an absurd statement
to release, also, the man.
The puzzle arises, why, in the first
place, was the hotel entered If the
motives for public law and order did
not promote the move? And, when
the prisoners who were being searched
for were found, why didn't this police.
man arrest them in accordance with
the law, and bring the case up before
the real Judge, instead of allowing a
private citizen to dictate the verdict?"
This thing has gone far enough -
declared the police judge last night.
And the public of Norfolk will endorse
his declaration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
BURR TAFT.

The county commissioners of Madi-
son county are to he commended in
their selection of n successor to
George u. Smith. Burr Taft, the well
known farmer living mile aud a half
south of Norfolk, on the Elkhorn river,
will make an ideal county commission
cr and will give excellent service.
Mr. Taft has had much experience
in repairing bridges and in keeping
good roads in shape. He Is level head
ed of sound business Judgment and
practical He is likewise enterprising,
aggressive and will take an interest
in the affairs of his Office.
The county commissioners could not
have made better choice. And Madi,
son county will endorse their action.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

The very large percentage OF de-
,ertions from army service during the
cast year is calling attention OF
thoughtful officers to the need OF rad.
ical changes In the methods employed
It present. Col Charles w. Larned
believes that II the status OF the pri.
vate soldier were adjusted to modern
social conditions, II would result in
attracting better class of men to
the service. would make recruiting
easier and would permit OF more
rigid selection of material; would put
a stop to desertions, would produce n
better and more wholesome discipline
and develop the self respect OF the
soldier. The measures by which Col.
Larned would obtain these results are
few. He believes the pay OF the en-.
listed man should be raised to such n
level that the military industry would
compete with other industries, He
would have the infantrymen paid as
much as the day laborer. the cavalry.
man as much as the expert groom,
and artillery and ordnance men as
much as high grade mechanics. But
he would entirely change the routine
OF army life and the relations of Off
GERS and men. He would change the
army into n vast military school where
the enlisted men would receive such
education as would better fit them for
successful business life when their
term of enlistment expired, besides
being prepared in case of war to as.
sumo responsible duties in the volun
teer army. He would throw open the
door of advancement to lower grades
and thus make an incentive for better
service. Unquestionably Col barned
has thought out needed reforms in
our military life and it is to be hoped
| that they will be brought into working
shape as fast as possible. but such
radical experimental reforms are like
| ly to gain favor slowly, however mucl
! they are needed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

Bare little feet running around In the
SHOWS of Norfolk with the mercury at
the zero point, while the father lies
in a drunken condition and does moth
ing to keep warm his home or to
clothe his little children. IL II situation
which is deplorable to degree and
which ought to be taken in hand by the
authorities. Such n case Is reported
in this city today, and 1t is to he hoped
that some means may be devised, by
which the little children may be made
warm and comfortable regardless of
tn fathers inactivity
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

II is encouraging to note that even
religious organizations have caught
the merger" spirit and are uniting AS
they never have before Many small
towns are supporting, or trying to sup.
port, several struggling church orga'
ni2ations, all working with the same
end in vlcw-tho uplifting of human
ity. when one or two churches could
he made strong and forccful by the
combined membership of the weaker
ones and placed in position to ac.
complsh vastly more than several
weak, half supported organizations
could do.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

nations strength Is to be found-is
there less regard for the purity OF the
home and loyalty to its interests than
heretofore? ........
Several instances OF men, famous,
learned and wealthy, come to our
mind, who have proved untrue to
those who loved them. A few years
ago a professor In western college
attracted widespread attention with
his brilliant Ideas, but he left his wife
and children and went to live with
young woman for whom he had so
cial affinity" They have established
n soclalistlc colony, have wealth and
considerable culture, but among the
people at large, both parties are so
cial outcasts. They must pay the pen
llty for violating the rules of social
safety. They are stunned and alb
horred by their former friends.
Not long ago 1t was flashed through
the country that the head of an i'm.
mcnse corporation, with salary ex.
Cecding 100000 a year, had deserted
his wife and home for others. Con-
demned by press and people, his
wealth has not saved him. So far as
the nation at large is concerned he
has committed social suicide. His
name is merely a kissing and by
word.
Very recently a man reputed to be
worth $l5,000,000 died in New York.
In business he had been pre-eminently
successful, but he died in a hotel un-
attended. Not even his own wife, liv
ing few blocks away, would go to
him. Why? He had proved false in
his home relations. His wealth only
served to reveal more clearly the hid
eous spectacle of his miserable fail.
ure. There were none so poor to do
him reverence"
In New York state a very remark
able and beautiful industry has made
unique a prosperous community. 1t
! is the working out of one mans ideas,
whose thoughts are wonderful in their
power and charm and whose practical
helpfulncss in many directions to
scores Of workers, is admitted Never.
| thclCss the Checkered domestic career
| he has led mars his work seriously
| and serves to shatter confidence in
the ideals he presents and strives to
! foster.
The list could be increased. These
only serve to illustrate the fact that
the people-the home loving, law abid
ing husbands found in city, town and
country, will not tolerate any depar
ture from the simple life of personal
honor, loyalty and worth, upon which
the republic depends.
The people are not money mad
they are faithful to their own destiny
and hard at work demonstrating it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
In connection with a communica-

In connection with CommuniCa-
ton on Quail" to The News from
Clearwater, the following from the
Kansas City Journal is of interest:
Many birds have done duty for quail
on the broiler. In San Francisco the
other day the game commissioners
found sack of owls ON the counters
of a commission house. The buyer of
a French restaurant was negotiating
for their purchase. If the trade had
not been interrupted they would have
been transformed into "broled quail'
under the hands of an expert chef,
One man in Fresno has made liveli-
hood for several years by shipping
owls To tickle the palates of the San
Francisco epicures. The ground squir.
rel, too, is quail" Many sacks of
these are received in San Francisco
daily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
A NEW I.EAE

Police Judge West ervelt last night
declared publicly, in the presence of
officers on the police force and some
who are not on the police force but
who are as near there as their bluffs
will permit. that there is going to be
a new leaf turned over in the police
department of Norfolk.
It will be remembered that the
whole city election at the last munich
pal campaign was pivoted about the
police force in Norfolk 1t was
charged that there had been undue
cruelty and all that sort of thing, and
the democratic ticket was elected. A
reform was promised. And now. with
in less than a year, the police Judge
himself, and he one of the most ster-
ling of democrats, comes out publicly
and denounces the methods which are
being employed by the police force of
Norfolk and their partners. And on
this account, all the more, the public
of Norfolk will pat Judge Westervelt
on the back and uphold him in his eff,
forts to clean house.
One man, when attacked last night
by Judge Westervelt, admitted that he
had been carrying policeman's star
without authority, and admitted that
in two or three cases he had flashed
that star, pretending to be an officer,
in the faces of law violators. 1t is
very good to stop trouble of any sort,
but it is distinctly out Of the jurisdic-
tion of private citizen To flash a po-
liceman's badge for the sake of i'm
pressing upon offenders ones author
ity in such matters.
And the question naturally arises,
why does man who is in business,
with details of his own affairs to look
after. so persistently cling to the po-
lice force of town and why is it that
he will take the trouble to step into
trouble that a policeman is paid to
look after, when there is no hope of
reward?"
IL have never had a cent from the
city for my work." says the private
detective. And yet in the same breath,
when Judge Westervelt told him that
he was to make no arrests and to
quit wearing a badge, this private pro-
tector of the peace in Norfolk, hurls
back defiance and says, Il won't, won't
{? Well, | will act as a policeman, if
have to put up the bond of $500 to
DO it,"
The police judge says that there
have been a number of arrests which
we're never reported to him, and in
which cases the prisoners, after hav-
ng been locked up in Jail, have been
urned loose by the officers without
yer even pretending to give a trial
the proper court
1t is recalled that some months ago
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

The Louisville Courier-Journal has
Just pensioned Raymond Lynch, known
everywhere among printers as
Judge" Lynch. He has been in the
employ of that paper or the two which
were consolidated to form it, for sew.
enty years. He began work on the
Journal in 1885, when he set type by
candle light, and has watched the
progress OF the publication until the
present time. At the time of his re.
tirement he was proof reader. He
was not at all glad to be laid OF on
pension. but preferred working to the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

Japan evidently Intends to be as
wcll prepared for the next foe that
trcads on her toes as she was for Rus
sia. She In having Ave immense Dat
tleships. two of which are the largest
and heaviest lighting ships yet
planned. built in England. Two great
armorod cruisers. each of 1900 tons
displacement. are also in process OF
construction.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

Ever since it became known that
Vice President Fairbanks was the
first man to shake hands with Presi-
dent Roosevelt on New Years day,
a cold wave has extended over the
country and the snow has been getting
deeper. If his presidential boom in.
creases the whole country will be kept
busy Excepting cool"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

While Secretary Wilson is busy tell
ing the farmers of Nebraska and South
Dakota how to raise corn, these farm
ers are busy trying to get freight cars
In which to ship their last years crop.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

James Hazen Hyde expressed the
hope. as he boarded steamer for
Paris, that he might not hear the word
insurance" for the next six months.
There are others who are getting pret-
ty tired of II.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

A round million of new telephones
were installed in 1905. This vastly
increases the social capacity of the
country and gives million more wo.
men chance to report delinquencies
OF the grocers delivery boy at head
quarters.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12
Battle Creek.

Mrs. Gottfried Wolske, who has
been sick with asthma for some time,
died suddenly at $50 Friday night of
heart failure. She was sixty years
old and has been living here with her
family about thirty years on their farm
east of town. She leaves her husband,
three sons, Charles, August and Ed
ward and two daughters, Mrs. August
Mann and Miss Bertha Wolske, to-
mourn her departure. The funeral
took place Monday afternoon from the
Lutheran church and the attendance
was a very large one. The remains
were laid to rest at the Lutheran Gem
etery. Rev. j. Hoffman was the Of
ficiating minister.
Miss Matte Simmons went to An
Okla Friday for an extended visit. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Wilbergery
her sister, who has been visiting here
with relatives for some time.
Mrs. Annie Severa and brothers,
Lambert and Ludwig Kerbel, were
transacting business at the county
capital Thursday
w. A. WitZigman of Norfolk was
here on business Friday.
Chas. Martin has purchased the
Hale grocery business.
Herman Fucker will move to town
and has rented his farm west of town
to VIM. Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kleider and two
youngest children returned Friday
from an extended visit with relatives
at Boone, Iowa.
Frank Claire OF Neigh, who has
been working here nearly five months
in Doy Curas' barber shop, departed
Sunday for Casper, Wyo., to follow
his trade.
VIM. Barnes, jr., who has been
here in the employ of the Enterprise
Office, departed Saturday for Mary
vile, Mo-, where he is going to work
in printing office.
Henry Bahre was here Monday from
Elgin visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jost.
VIM. Horn returned Sunday from a
hospital at Council Bluffs, much i'm
proved in health.
Monday Chas. Henston shipped one
carload of cattle to Omaha, and T. C.
Osborn one carload Tuesday.
Thos. Taylor, foreman on the Brown
ranch, west of town. is baling hay
this week.
The little daughter of John Rector
is seriously sick this week.
Geo. Sougvenier was here Tuesday
from Inman for a visit at the home Of
S. II. Thatch, his father-in-law.
Alfred Doering and Rudolph Mantey
went to Seward, Neb Tuesday to re-
sumo their studies at the German
Lutheran teachers seminary.
j. w. Risk returned Tuesday from
his trip to the south. His son John.
who is in a hospital at Marlin, Texas,
is getting along nicely.
Granville Wright quit his position
as clerk in the Valley bank on account
OF his health. His successor Is G. C.
Benning, young man who has been
in the employment of a Meadow Grove
bank
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

Bob and Mrs. Fitz are good advertis-
ers, to say the least And their recent
stunt to get into the limelight has not
cost them much money, either. They
ought to so on the stage. They are
clever enough as actors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

The mother of DR.. Osler. of sixty
year life limit" fame, is now ninety
nine years of age, and has a good
chance to pass the next century mark
in her career. She knows. of course,
that DR.. Osler made his notorious
statement merely as a joke.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

The holiday season Is past but we
still have st. Valentines day, Wash
iugton's birthday and st, Patrick's day
and Easter to cheer us on our way to
the Fourth of July.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

,cs which should be and must De, nj
,imately II the rights are to continue,
ulnlled. But to. say that perpetuatlng
the race is the main thing, regardless
" happiness, is ridiculous.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

II seems the general disposition of
the newspapers to solve the problem
rs to what shall be done with our eN.
presdents?" by putting Roosevelt in
the senate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

The Iowa supreme court has rem
dered decision that man must vote
where he sleeps and the Baltimore
American wonders if this dislranchis-
es man who suffers from insomnia.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

It's an easy thing to say,
And say it good and strong,
And say it pretty frequent,
Push Rocky Mountain Tea along.
The Kiesau Drug Co
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

Ex-Governor Odcl trngically de-
clarcs that II Is n fight to the finish.
Il is plain enough to every one whose
finish II will be.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

The metric system that our educa-
tional authorities are trying so hard
TO adopt, eliminates fractions from
arithmetic. Why all this delay and
argument about it? Any school boy
will tell you that this would be the
grandest reform of the present age
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

Probably Walter Wellman will take
along some of his Washington dis
patches as compressed hot air for
emergency use in his polar expedition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-12

In spite of all their trouble, the in.
suraucc companies had enough money
left to get out very pretty and olab'
crate calendars.