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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
A Hoo.Doo GUN.
Eugene Andrews, Commercial Travel.
er, Has Relic of a Suicide.

Eugene Andrews, Commercial TraVo'-
er, Has Relic Of Suicide.
Every violent death and every death
back Of which lies an injustice leaves
after 1t superstition Sometimes 1t
Is n ghost n something seen. and
sometimes only sound that recurs at
certain times of the day or night
There may be ghosts there may be
haunted houses. There is a difference
of opinion about It, But Eugene An
drews, n Norfolk travelling man, once
owned a gun that was hOodOOed from
the day a man killed himself with It
until II passed out of his hand. II was
n 80 Calibcr revolver and good gun
when the man took 1t down by the
the icchOuSe and shot himself with It,
After that it would never go off when
1t was pointed at any living thing. At
other times 1t might explode the car.
fridge but the bullet always went wild
of any mark. The gun was absolutely
hOOdOocd.
Mr.. Andrews was living in a small
Iowa town at the time. He had re-
yolver, which he kept in his desk at
the store Seldom, however, did he
have any use for it and it often lay
for months unused, but it was good
gun.
One day a townsman dropped into
the store, asked about the gun and
said he would borrow it some day to
shoot ground squirrels with on his
brothers farm. few days later the
man dropped in and asked for the gun,
saying he was going out to shoot some
squirrels Within the hour the gun
was brought back to Mr.. Andrews
with the information that it had been
used by the borrower to kill himself
On investigation it proved that the
man, who was former gambler, had
threatened to kill himself on several
occasions. Prohibition and changed
moral tone had ruined him and rather
than keep up the fight he killed him
self
The gun was put away in its old
place until one day when Mr. Andrews
wanted to kill dog. He got out the
gun, pointed it at the dog, and pulled
lHc lTlBBtT. n uull CLICK answered.
Several times he tried to fire It but
each time the gun missed fire. He
put it away and waited. Again he
wanted to kill a cat and got out the
gun. Again it missed fire. He took
it to the gunsmith. Nothing seemed
to be the matter with it, 1t would
shoot when aimed at a mark although
it had lost its accuracy. Again it was
brought into use to kill an animal and
again it missed fire.
Eventually Andrews had the gun
cleaned up and put into order He
sold it to man who used it to shoot
blank cartridges with. In few days,
however, the new man brought it back
declaring that it was no good. An
drews felt happy though now that he
was well rid of the gun and refused
to take it back So that was the end
of the good gun hoodooed so far as
he knows about it,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
TWO CHURCHES 70 WHITE
BAPTIST CHURCH AND CHRISTIAN
CHURCH TO JOIN HERE.
WILL MOLD cREEos TOGETHER

oVcrtures Have Been Made by the
Christian Church and the Baptist
Church to Each Other and One Or
ganizatIon viii Result
movement is on foot to unto the
Baptist and Christian church bclev.
crs In one body with one pastor The
ovcrturcs have been mutual and IL ls
possible that the two CrCcds will units
In one body. agreeing on the essen
tialS OF christianity. The BaptistH are
organized In Norfolk and have
church; the members Of the Chris
tian church have no regular organza-
tiOn and no church home in the city.
They have been holding "A meeting ev-
cry other week in the G.. A. Il. hall.
Before cffccting "A permanent organi.
2ntiOn the Christian church people
made advances to the Bnptists for q
mutual church. The Baptlsts at the
same time made similar ovcrturcs to
the Christian church people.
II rs part of the teachings OF the
Christian church that there should he
no denominations and that all church
cs should unite in their work in 80 far
os possible and get away from demon.
inationalsm. This Is what they are
trying to do in this case. In parts OF
their crccds the two churches agree
very we'll indeed. In fact, the Chris
tian church * practically froe OF u
creed as It's teachings are practically
based upon the new testament. They
agree with the Bnptists In thelr idea
OF baptism, both churches holding for
immersion
Whnt name the united church will
bear and just how they will adjust
any differences of crood Is not known
although they seem to believe that 1t
is all very possible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
How to Cure corns and sunIons

First, soak the corn or bunion In
warm water to soften 1t; then pare It
down as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamber
laln's Pain Balm twice daily, rubbing
vigorously for five minutes at each ap-
plication. A corn plaster should be
worn few days to protect 1t from
the shoe. AS a general liniment for
sprains, bruises, lameness and rheum.
atism, Pain Balm is unequaled. For
sale by Leonard the druggist.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
Mrs Crafts New Home

Mrs, Robert Craft has returned from
a trip to Council Bluffs and Missouri
Valley The excavation for her new
home on South Second street is fin
ished and work on the foundation will
be begun at once. If the weather per-
mits the house will be rushed to COM
pletion during the rest of the winter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
SOLD HIS HOME.
Carl Voecks Sells House to Wealthy
Stanton County Farmer.

Carl Voecks has sold his place on
First street in Edgewater park to Mr..
Zoelmer, a wealthy Stanton county
farmer who will reside here, Mr.,
Voecks has bought the August Blank
property in Edgewater park and will
remove to It,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
Schools Will Help.

One thing I believe the schools may
do here, that is to aid these people in
learning and obeying certain laws of
hygiene; also to make them more SEN
sitive as to personal appearance.
1t is common to see children several
years old-chiehy boys-on the prin-
cipal streets and plazas absolutely
naked. The better classes, however,
both Panamanian and Spanish, take
great pride in fastidously dressing
their children.
The sanitary commission is doing
miracles in the matter of the santa
tion of the Canal Zone. Every marsh
in the vicinity of a village or camp is
drained. All water courses are kept
free from grass or weeds or places that
might afford breeding places for mo-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09

WANTED - Bright honest young
man from Norfolk to prepare for pay
ing position in Government Mail Ser
vice, Box One, Cedar Rapids, la,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
NETTED $1s.

Missionary Tea Given by Ladies So.
ciety Thursday.
The Missionary tea given at the
home of Mrs, j. w. Ransom netted the
satisfactory sum of SIS for the ladies
and was success in every way.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

records They are Attorney General
Moody and Secretary sorS Commerce and
Labor Metcalf. Moody Is one OF the
most enthusiastic baseball cranks in
the country. When he was at college
.hesfWas5 "a crack player himself. He
Vas captain Of the Andover baseball
team in 1872, and played with the
Varsity nine at Harvard for four
years. # he gets the opportunity he
still likes to play the game, but just
now he takes most of his exercise In
horseback riding.
Secretary Metcalf made quite rec
/ ORD ,els as an 1arsman on the Yale crew
away back in 1885,. When he. went
to California in 1880 he became q
I member OF the Olympic club, of San
Francisco. He was one OF the crack
boxers OF the club, and at one, time
held the m:ddleweight amateur cham
fplonsh1p II San Francisco for wrest-
ling: He does not indulge in any 81
this violent exercise, now, as he has
not been in good health for some time.
and he, like Moody, confines himself
to- rlding and walking. First Assist
ant Postmaster General Hitchcock Is
one Of the greatest athletes in public
life. He has a fine record as base
ball player, but his speciality is box
ling: He is more than six feet tall,
very quick, and has an unusually long
reach. n :. j.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

The actors heirs are well pleased.
They should be. joe Jefferson was
not merely q shrewd s. buy hough!
luck rather than shrewdness made
this magnificent rise but he was
good painter himself, as: everybody
knows. He was not so good at a
painting as he was at acting, but he
was wonderfully versatile genius.
This is more apparent now with 4 lit
tie perspective on his life and work
than it could have been in his life.
time, even to those who had the hap.
py privilege Of standing close toshim.
His style was not especially ingenious,
but it was efficient. It may: not be
fanciful to believe that it had tho
characteristics Of the mans acting,
and his living. It had pleasant quail.
ties. It was genial painting, I think
I may say, and there is no doubt that
Joe Jefferson's brush work will steadi:
:ly rise, in value, in the end far beyond
any value 1t can have as work Of art.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

families have just been evicted in
obedience, it Is said, to an edict Of
the tenement house commissions. .tszes
Sanitary improvements are. to be
made, and they need, to be made, but
the 800 are in deep grief. The scenes
in the regions covered by the courts
action have been pitifll. -, In, many
cases the courts themselves interfered
to give an extension Of time in cases
where immediate eviction would be
disastrous | r. Sss=*. u Isl ~
It is the mark of progress u over
again. .&vYy : t..= ". ,.z7;; .sss:5z
Meanwhile little lis being done. to
solve in: a satisfactory way the Gsold
tenement problem. New-fangled ten.
ements have been built, but there are
few Of them; and the tide Of new New
Workers pour in by every ship. z.. So. r !:
Where to Hve?' ?''..szH.'T That is the
problem. It IS prophesied that ii 50
years only the very rich and the very
poor will live on Manhattan Island.
The time between is to see many
repetitions Of the sad scenes Of this
week. ~ n $500 sS. IL. 5 80; s <s. S=
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

All the automobile endurance con,
tests are thrown into the shade by the.
remarkable performance of Emil Boul-
hours, Of Paris, who rode q bicycle
S15 miles and 291 yards in "a hours,
at the remarkable average rate Of
"a hours an hour. When one consid-
ers the delays and the stops entailed
in such q race it means that for hours
the rider must have been pedaling his
bicycle at the rate Of IS SO miles an
hour. and sometimes even faster than
that. The strain on the system to with.
stand this must be severe and certain
zly felt by the rider. Is, II.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

to- the =. presidency, and declares
that Theodore Roosevelt would be-
Mr.. Taft's secretary of state. This
arrangement has caused President
Roosevelt considerabIe@amuse and
has excited the risibilities of men in
public life, generally. :~ ss.-* -. r.
The most frequently expressed opin-
ion in political circles is that Mr..
Roosevelt. is more likely to come. to
the senate from New York than he. is
to fill any other position. Senator
Platt's term will expire on March, 8,
1909, the date ON which Mr.. Roosevelt
will cease to be president of the
United States. Mr.. Plat is not a can
didate for reelection; and If Mr.. Roose-
welt enters the feld-it Is admitted that
no one will oppose, him. 4: The senate
would be a congenial field after two
terms in the White House. Some of the
older members Of the senate who have
not had the most pleasant. relations
with Mr.. Roosevelt as president are
already grinning in anticipation of the
fun they will have in hazing the new
senator from New York Those who
know the president do not doubt that
he will be able to take good care of
himself when the hazing begins.
After Mr. Roosevelt retires from the
presidency even though he is elected
senator from New York it is believed
that his plans contemplate a tour OF
the world. He could start at once
and Go this tour before the beginning
OF the regular session of congress fol-
lowing. It is admitted that no one,
not even Grant, has received greater
honors than would be accorded to- Mr..
Roosevelt by all: the great foreign ma
tions he would visit. His: reputation
as the great peacemaker of the world
would insure him a triumphal tour.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Taking the Glitter Out Of War.


War Is fast losing its glitter,
Khaki places, blue and scarlet. Flags
are unknown in battle. The French.
army has just banished the drum and and
now there IS talk of abolishing tie
5saber Meanwhile, war songs a1,c growi !,
:rarer and rarer. Most modern. wars va Is
are too short TO generate songs. All
this grieves and scandalizes stheHpain4.
5ers, the poets and the. playwrights, hut
causes the peace people TO rejoice with
huge Joy. ghanning. wereshe still alive.
would share their exulta ions. folrrs 81 hes m
used TO declare that the love. 81 war.
fare sprang partly even largely, from
the Impression mad upon small boy.
by gorgeous sunif forms, gay banners.
\ flashing & sabers, theE throb at the drum,
and M the cont gious. fervor off var sonxs.
Romance cast Its glamour over sthat
sdirttest 1of obs, the job of killing It
hadn't the right as Charles Dud-
ley Warner put We who i, desspiaead
k y ling "A plain eli honocred killtnes
in fancy ress. boston Transcrt tpt.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

who have watched the !, rise ii il & tie tie
= value Of M,Lauve's work, though, it Is.
g record, 81 believe. / Ii this palrticcSu1.;.
lar. l These things happen now ana
then, as they did So the case of Millet.s5
for example: No amount of thee
tretical merit or Of advertising seems
to make t1a them hap pen when they are
expected ' Matlyea work 81 beautiful.
Even those Vhos car, .und tand such
prices cans admits that iitt 81 ..not .; s8a
z''sfreak fad that has TO be explained.
1z loser ferson bough this MauYe91
for 1000 Most olkss VIII think 340,-
sQQo o pretty good margin of profit.5
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

In England no arrests may be made
on a Sunday, except for treason, fel-
ony, or breach of the peace; and
freedom from arrest at any time on
civil process is privilege enjoyed by
members of the royal family and their
servants, bishops, peers and peeresses.
and members of parliament during the
sitting of parliament and 40 days be,
fore and after each session.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

to come where his onion patch lay
Big prices were offered to him and
he yielded-he yielded, not to. senti
ment but to the mere pressure OF
money. They offered him 100000 for
his little house and farm.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Gebhardt were sud.
denly rich-richer than any of the
Gebhardts Of the family. richer than
they had ever dreamed of. being.
Are they happy?
No. = You might risk saying, that
they are depressed: They have lost
their spirit. The old farm is. doomed
Still Mrs. Gebhardt rakes in, the gar.
den. Still Mr.. Gebhardt attends to
the: few cows and the horse. But
neither works with any spirit, for in
the fall the old place must be deserted
"Are you going into New York;
they asked Mrs. Gebhardt, who has
a married daughter living in Man.
haitian. ..-....... ..,.,..~ =
NO." declared Mrs. Gebhardt, strok.
ing her apron. "New York's too lone.
some" =: -.
Lonesome!
Is New York too lonesome? Do its
scurrying crowds, it's everlasting bus.
tie, its blind, passionate scramble to
"get there. make it a lonesome place
for the new conner who has had, the
comforts of the country?
Very likely. Mrs. Gebhardt is not
the first philosopher to discover that
one may be lonesome in a crowd, that
mere numbers of people, mere vol
ume of noise, more epileptic agitation
does not curesthe blues, does not an
swer the human craving. &s< zEEss@
Too lonesome! a= 4sS5 :
Fancy Mrs., Gebhardt, who has, had
the companionship of her dog, par
rot, cows, horse. the suburban birds
and the suburban neighbors, standing
in Herald square, or on "the saddest
street in the world"-Twenty-thir
street, as Ida Tarbell called it the
other day! '.- -, ~, s~
Yet Mrs. Gebhardt has 100000.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

The greatest dental operation on
record was performed upon an ele-
phant in the City of Mexico: The ach-
ing tooth was IL inches long and IA
inches in diameter at the root After
Mr.. Elephant had been :. securely
fastened with chains his mouth was
pried open and a quantity Of cocaine
applied to deaden the PAIN: When
this was done a hole was bored
through the tooth and an iron bar
inserted. Then a rope was twisted
around the bar and four horses at
tached and started, and the tooth gave
way like pulling stumps. - .s-. :'1:'<t!N- r
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

century they found his bones. His
legs were so much like those of men
that a great cry went up of the dis
covery Of the remains of race of
giants. .-- =
'tThere were giants in those days."
= But when all the bones were put
together it was found that they were
not human. The mastodon stood
forth, the biggest of all mastodons.
The head and 16-foot tusks alone
weighed-in the bones-a thousand
pounds. %' .As,~ 49,. -
The great skeleton went into. the
Spencer collection of Boston, and the
Spencer will kept the collection in.
tact%for SO: years. Now Pierponts Nor
gan has bought the. mastodon for $50,
600 and presented it to the Metropoli-
tan museum here. So that the <masto.
don is. home again-~back to his old
New York haunts. He is "a wonder
to behold, and The metropolis viii
soon have an opportunity toElook him
overg Surely he was a2powerful beast
relatively as powerful as the man
companions that We're his in the stone
and ice ages. ~. -z..s5s:-s; l.!..> :: ). )
It is not generally known that the
beginnings Of the great Metropolitan
museum were laid by Pierpont Nor.
gan and ex-Ambassador 'Choate, who
for 30 years have devoted much time
and a great deal Of their own money
to it's welfare. NS. Morgan's ~ Of &c
pass the million mark. I believe He
Is always giving som mething paint.
1ngs; bronzes, relics Of one sort or an.
other. The museum is rapidly near.
Ing the point where it will deserve
the name Of the greatest in the world.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

TAFT is opposed to the policy of retain
ing any number of troops in San Fran
cisco engaged in the work of relief and
restoration. He believes that these
duties should be taken up by the citi-
zens of San Francisco themselves. The
longer the amy stays there the more
danger there is of conflict of author
ity between the municipal officials and
the officers of the army. 1t is also
felt that the people of San Francisco
would be much more self-respecting il
they are shculdered with the respon-
sibility Of maintaining order and re-
1eving the suffering.
! The conduct of the army officers and
men in the great disaster in San
Francisco aas done much to restore to
the army the confidence and respect of
the people, and particularly Of men,
Ders OF congress. It had become the
habit OF some congressman and sena-
tors on all occasions to decry the
American soldier. When the news came
of the wiping out of the Moros, at
Mount Dajo in the Philippines there
was a renewal of the criticism of the
army and IN outcry against the bru-
tality and cruelty of the soldiers. This
has all been hushed. .. When; the same
soldier, because those ;. stationed on
the Pacific coast are. of the same army
that has occupied the Philippines,
went into the burning city, rescued
men, women and children, went hun
cry that others might eat, and neith-
+ erssslept nor rested night nor day
there was nothing heard about the
brutal soldiers.
The employment of the army in this
work was without warrant of law, but
no violation of red tapeism ever met
with SO hearty approval or commanded
SO much respect in. congressional and
administration circles where the wei.
fare of the soldier is supposed to be
in charge. -
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

Horseshoes.. such as we have, are
also rath her modern. The Greeks and
Romans used to- cover their horses
feet with fiber cloth IN cold weather,
or when urging the horses through
muddy and #miry places. Nero's
horses were shod with3ut nails, but
with silver. His wife's here shod IN
gold. The shoeing Of hof les 81 driy-.
Ing nails through their h {ofs was IN
troduced into. England by William tho
#Conq,l leror. But even IN fhe, middle
cen. n.uries HOSES were shod only on
special occasions. which was done more
for style,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
News Notes.

'~@ Mankat The donations to the Cali:
fornia sufferers now total about $500.
- Ashby- Frank johnson died after an
operation for an abscess on the brain:i
He is survived by his wife and several
children. - i: :. &:s@57>s - -
ss Ada ministerial conference is ii
session at Trinity church. About tlir-
ty Scandinavian clergymen are in at-;;
tendance. # s.. s. &. ::,z.. &E-sss::I
Kenyon--Kenyon village and citizens
will send $3.50 10 the California earth-'
squake sufferers. So. ::;S ], !,
. St Paul II StateNa agents are recomn
mended to look after discharged pris-
soners and insane patients. !.
SIS. st. PAUL. The Civic league proposes
Ito have st Paul cleaned and present
..sablesby the end of the second week in.
& May. 's.ss z= 4
s St Paula Groyeland Park car ram
i off the track at Cleveland and Grand
Il avenues, and after plowing along the.
ground for forty feet toppled over.
ssss 81. s Faul torney General Young
. today inforrnsd d. 4ne state board Of
& health that IN HIS be1ief the board .naN
exercise The increased powers grantee
at by the new code. SIS
St Cloud The largest religious Or:
denominati tional gathering ever held In
the state Of Minnesota wild take plaza
]. IN the outskirts Of this city the nrst1
& par. of June when the state conyen-
stion Of the Seventh Day adventists.
& / ken. place here at which there viii
he over 100 people present
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

family at Arlington during the civil
war was g few days ago restored by
G. w. Hendricks, of Philadelphia, to
Miss Mary Custis Lee, daughter, of
Gen. Robert e. Lee, the commander
Of the confederacy. The wanderings
Of this old volume will never be
known. Mr.. Hendricks, who is a
book collector, bought the Bible many
years ago from man. named Stein.
It was probably stolen, as were many
other treasures from the Lee mansion,
by :, the servants and: soldiers, and
pawned for a trifling sum by persons
ignorant of it's value.
The book has been kept with great
care and is in fine condition. It's black
leather cover shows few scratches. A
few pages are torn, but the ink is still
,unfaded, and many leaves and flowers
pressed by members OF the Lee fam
lily are still in 1t. The Bible was print
ed in London in l7e2sb Charles Bill
and the Executrix OF Thomas New
comb. deceased, printers to the. Kings
most excellent Majesty It contains
the "Order for Morning = Prayer
Throughout the Year. including the
communion service, the articles OF re-
s.ligion,T the. Old and New Testaments,
with the Apocryph the metrical YER
sion OF the. Psalms and the table of
kindred affinity. sy 5s-r;
: The Bible does not contain the rec
ord Of the marriage of Martha .Custis