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Evening journal., 1907-12-23
RECEIVER APPOINTED
Chancellor Grants Petition Affecting
Delaware Electric Company.

DOVER. Dec. 2s-Chancellor Nichoi.
son on Saturday granted the first pet
tion OF Samuel r. Nirdiincer. Of Phila.
delphia, for receiver for the Delaware
General Electric Company. the concern
which deposited sl75OO with the state
Treasurer. The Chancellor named
former Senator Stephen Slaughter. fix.
ing his bond at $4,000. to be approved
by the Chancellor.
Evening journal., 1907-12-23

We would like store for we know you will find
sonenng that will make useful gift
wait all Tuesday night for you. - ~ VIZ
Evening journal., 1907-12-23
NE WOLWoRTH PIANO stands

Otand4 feet
nunson and
ando fil iron nameu
FIVE ren yersofh hard maple; ;ron
folding fall board The beautifully and both
body bnlancy
and funnes and lisa wOIk
cw o o.
H needs 70
bes situated the esouhw O
saec be
and
tlad naf lin o fnuc run
Accordion lin muI
ives its before
elsewhere
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15

Mu4 6erbert mar tiefbetpest unb
rieberbolte mebrmuls: rMufterl -
Mutterl! Weraeib mir! Mber ih babs
ia ni4t pprausieben tDnnen, oaB es
10 tomn,en miro"
Mls feline W1utter ibn en6lih freiz
qab, reinte er beioe 6GnQe feinem
SSremnh ,.nb @Snner un6 banfte inn
fit fein Ronmen. Muh Brunomener
reihte er bic Sanb unb fagte Inn
ber3lide Worte.
DDn6off rihtete nint eine etn3ise
Trase an ibn, er besriiBte i'm nur
rent marin unb seleitete bann tim unb
feline Mutter gu benz Slater, Ser unz
ten tpartete.
Sort nabm ct raid Mbi9ieo BON
ibnen uno ipintte bann Branomeper
3u fi9.
$50 - ieBt iino mir atpei BIER
Iberfliifiis setporoen," faste ct eez
mitblid. .aommen sic! sic pobz
men ia aud in Ser So1epbitaot. Da
tonnen sic NIT mir fabren."
ltnb 10 tam es. oaB Der beidei=
6enite alIer Mmtsbiener, nod 0aau
auf benz @brenplab oes Wdgens, nee
ZEN feinem gbef Ourh bas nd9tlide
Wien fubr.
DDnboff un6 9ranbmeper rebeten
tpdbreno oteier Sabrt nur BON bem
Seimgetebrten r1iteinanoer. 8rano=
nleper er3dblte, oaB er tpobl iebr err
fGroden, aber nt9t all3uiebr berpun=
bert gefpeIen lei, als bic Na9riht BON
sSeblers angeblidem Selbitmorb i'm
8ureau befannt tpurbe. Jebler lei
uamlt9 f9pn Elm paar Sage por iei=
ner Nbreiie unrubig uno PERTINENT
sepeien. Mlan babe es linn ange=
lsben, bab Shtperes ibn beoriide,
,no bab feline sanae Meifelui perflo=
gen lei. 6reilib, baB ct an Selbf=
moro bente, bas babe man oespegsn
no9 ni9t porausieBen fDnnen, aber
gar febr iiberrai6enb mar oieie Na9z
rt6t benn ona nt9t getpe1en.
Qls O0nboff Sen Oiener bor oefen
Wobnbauie abseiebt bate uno anein
rstterfubr, periant er in tiefes Na@=
benfen.
gs biloete iib babel iene Talte auf
Ietner Stirn, tpel9e tmmer eri9ien,
tpenn ct ernitlt4 perfttmmt mar.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15
e. sfortfebuna.l

Die bibi9e Witttpe bate iid iiberz
raihenb fhnea sefabt. Sbre gldn@
3enoen Musen auf 9eoptg rthteno,
mart iie oen Ropf auriid uno lagte
lddrlno: r3useseben, Sic 9laesmiis 4
ferin! Der punbrihOne Wdnn NIT
ber Narbe auf Der reaten 9ano TT
au mir in Beaiebungen setreten. QBle
Gie bas in grfabruns bradten, oas
III mir tein grobes Rdbtiel. Gr fteht
tben aud gu Sbnen in 8e5iebung."
ssrnu Nora lddelte triumpbireno.
unb fie meinte, etne iehr quite aarte
dusgefpielt gu baben, benn lie 1ab
Oebipig Bis in Die 2tppen erblahen
nnb iab ibre 2ippen beben, uno tie
erfreute itd idon an ibrem lansen
Shneisen.
5dlisblih aber rsoete 5eotpis
bod. Sic srbob oen &opf uno o1e
eraiten Musen unO iaste: r9ndotse
Jrau irren iih ni4t. Der. BON osm
mir beioe reben, mar mein Usann."
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15

unb punDerte iib bunn niht iDenig,
als 6ebtpig, Die ia nun lnfdgli9
gliidlicb bate fein lniiifsn, gana aus
fallen0 traurig nno perftDrt ipdr.
Msit ibren @efiiblen fur Gebler
tonnte oies ni4ts 3ll t6un baben,
oenn ieber ibrer 9lide, ie0es ibrer
Morte, Die ibm galten, be5eugten
oaB iHr ganaes 3era iein Gigsntbu1'1
mar.
Serbert muBte oann aud gu benz
arrnen, iterbenDen @gon geben.
Der mar fdon aum WerlOiher1
miibe. Qlber feline Site, Die mar
mod in boiler Maft.
Mit Dem gan3 merftpiirbig ertpdr=
menoen 2dheln, bas Tim eigentbiimz
li4 mar, seftano er benz oarob tiefer>
griffenen Dottor, oaB ct Qe0ntg
iebr lieb sebabt, oaB ibre .Gesenipart
fein lebtes Slid gepeien mar, llnb
bab ct iie thm bennod niht 'neibe,
oenn neben ieiner 2iebe babe INNER
auh bic gnt1asuns seftanoen.
ylo6 eine anoere Neuigteit bate
herbert III Berlin ertpartet. Dur9
Sebtpis erfubr er, oaB oeren @rob.
onfel einem Salasanfdlle erlegen
fei, nnb oab am Ia. September Die
9eitamsntserDffnung, Bel lpelher lie
sugegen fein miiie, itattfinoen tperoe.
sic ielber bate bieie Runoe aub
erft Bel ibrer Hudtunft in Berlin
erfabren. Da bate ibr Grau R0rber
einen amtli9en 8rief iibermittelt.
tpel9er idon geraume 3ett ii4 in ths
rem 9dn6en befano.
6erbert par feinespess ent5iidt
bariiber, oab 1einer Braut nun eine
3iemltcb bebeutenoe Gr6i4aft 5ufals
len tperbe, unb oab feline 8efrieots
gung Oariiber cine re9t mGbige mar,
bstpies er bur9 Die Shat.
Gr Bat 5rau b. Merner, tbm etne
l!nterreoung gu getpdbren, unb als
fie ii9 allein befanoen, fragte er an,
ob 0eotpig ntht nod ldnger in tbrem
j1auIe bleiben tonne.
sSrau b. Merner mar re9t erz
itaunt. nWarum Denn, 9err Opfs
to-?" fraste iie. sd - mir ale
nabmen an, bab sic nun febr balo
9odaeit halten ipiiroen."
nWir tperben nidt 10 balo hetra.
tten, gndoige Srau."
vWas ftelt ii9 benz entsegen9"
rDie Grbidaft, tpelde Seopis ge'
madt bat"
nGrbidaften pflesen fonit 6o4s
aeiten 3u bef4leuntgen."
vOiesmol i1t es ni9t 10. Sd babe
namlid nidt oas 3eug baau, ber
Mann meiner Srau 5u 1etn."
,sSeBt psritebe t9 sic ntdt. Sic
iino Sod Elm Mann in Mmt unb
Miirben!"
ramt uno wuroen babe ia nie>
Ssrss!tst'" Hfa
rSreitpillis nieberselegt, tpenn
man Sen inneren @runb nidt selten
laHen min, Der MIDI atpinst, aus benz
Oienit au f9eioen."
rgs mar Sbnen alfo oieier Oienit
10 perbabt, 0ab Sic i'm ni9t mebr
herIeben tppllten9"
(Sortlebung folgt.)
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15

Gang befonoers porii9ttg follten
iebt Die 8etpobner Der paciftctii5te
1etn, um Den porbanoenen 3iinoitoff
ni9t mod gu permebren. sic tpGren
bic eriten, bic i'm Saqe zines Rrieses
gu leioen bdtten.
Oab prdiioent gafro es ablebnt,
8elsien bic aipei Mtlltonen gu 5ablen,
bic er linn i9ulbet, fann nibt uberz
raf9en. ueberrai9enb 1T nur, baB
man in Belgien tptrflib seslaubt au
baben fdeint, gaitro tperbe NIT benz
Mammon berausriiden.
eSebt, na9bem Der erfte erfolareihe
Mufftieg eines beutfden MilitGrz z2ufts
balIons au Deraei9nen 1T, iollte ser
beriibmte Musfpruh eines beriibmten
Mannes lauten: Sebt Deutfhlanb
nur erh in etnen lenfbaren 8allon,
fliesen pirb es i@on f0nnen.
+ \ X
griiens bat es Der iapanif@e Mbmiz
raj g)atamoto niht seiaat, sipeitens
bot ct es gar ni9t 10 gen,eint, uno
orittens bat ct alIes auriidsenommen,
'pas er f4leates iiber unlere Marine
seiast bat. Oas follte seniisen
X X X
Die beutfde Mrmee 1T, mi: Boron
Ni1bi fast, Sapans 0orbilb. WeDqe
es BON ieinem Seer audi einen ebenfu
suten @ebrauh MAIDEN, tpie Deut11s
Lamb.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15

Wud syrau Gebler mar ni9t gang
10 aliidli9, als bies eisentlidb bate
Der 5all fein iollen, tpdbrenb iie nit
i6rem Sobn beimfubr. Mu9 lie fiblte.
rab Elm @ebeimnib apiiden ibm uno
ibr lag. bab eine i9pere 2ait auf
ieine Seele briidte.
Qls tie babeim aneefommen, unb
0erbert bon ser brapen Marie itiir=
mild begriibt tporoen mar, iebten
fleh Wlutter unb Sobn gum ipdten
Mable, Dem oann nur lebr IpGrli9
5uge1pro9en ipur0e.
9ln 9ebtpis bait Du pobl sez
ihreben9" fraste in eine lanss
pcufe binein bic dlte Dame. sic
fraste in elmer Mrt, pelde erfennen
lteb, bdB iie elmer 8eiabung iider
lei. Qls oas @egentbeil erfolgte uno
dls lie gar erfubr, oab 6erbert ieiner
graut feline Riidtebr na9 Wien MIDI.
einmal telegrapbtrt babe, tpurbe
Jrau Tebler febr aufseregt, mas ipiez
ner 9erbert nidt besriff.
rNber Mutte-l!!" entiduloigte ct
ii4, rparum bGtte id tbr benn bas
mitttbeilen follen. Sd babe ia oen
&opf 10 bon. Damn tpeib i9 gar
ni6t, ob fie nit Werners ni9t nod
anoerspo Hait ma9t, ebe Fe tpisber
na9 Berlin tommt. es bieb bo9.
Oab lie nod por6er in irgenb elm
@eebab seben. Sd lieb alio iebt,
ba t9 nur peinli9es gu beri9ten
bate, ab1i9tlt4 ni9ts BON mir bOz
ren."
uMber oas 1T ia fdredli6!" ieufste
Ste alte 0rau. $50 slaubt 1ie al1o,
oaB Du toot bit."
r9at lie benn Dies ie gealaubt?"
r50ait pabrf4einltd. sic mar
iebr traurig, als lie in Gbriitianid
teinen 8rtef Dorfano."
sd polIte iie bort oo9 peri0nlid
begriiBen."
rOas peib Big ieBt nur id."
rNun, oeSbalb tonnte iie bof
nod nt9t auf meinen Sob i9lieben.
r2lber Bel Slid, als Der rSten
Gture" i4on tpieber auf bober @ee
mar, er5dblte Der aapitdn bon einem
G9ninOler, ben Die poltaei berbaf,
tet babe, neil es ertpieIen mar, baf
ct unter einem falihen Namen reile
oa bod Der ri4tise 6erbert aeble,
iiA eri9offen babe uno fdon i'm
Mittelmeere begraben liege."
rDas erfubr lie! unb tpober tpeibI
Du, oaB tie es tpeiB? sic bat Di,
pobl sef1riebens"
,Natiirli9. uno fie trDitete mid
nietpobl iie ielber untr0itli9 1T.
rWober fam ibr 8riefg"
,Mus Berlin"
rSie 1T aNo 11on bort2"
rMuh Merners iino 19on bort
Ser Bruber bes Rommer5ienratbs
fat einen Blutitur3 betommen uni
liegt i'm Sterben. Das tft Der @runb
tpesbalb 9ebptg, Die bort iebt I'm.
entbebrli4 1T, nidt iofort bierber:
| getommen it,"
sd iperOe morgen na9 Berlir
fabren", iaste 9erbert, fi9 baftig ct.
tebenb. rSebt bite if Did 5und4f
I'M 6eotpigs Brief"
Mls Die alte Dame ben Brief ge
brudt uno 6erbtrt 10, tpie ieDesma
por Dem 51lafenseben. setiibt
ihaute iie reht betiimmert in fein
triiben Mugtn. rDu berbirgit ct
mas Dor MIR" iagte lie ihmer3lid
Da legte ct Die Mrme I'm ibr
fhmd9tige @eitalt un0 fiiBte f
3drtlid. rMutterl. fprah er, sfrii
ber ober fpGter ipirit Du dies tr
\ fabren. SEPT fnldft uno 9elt
Du tpirft mid INNER Iieb bobets e.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15
q. 6 d pitsI.

Dit DerbaftlIng 0es 9erern. Der iih
Npttor 6ebler ndnnte, battle am "a.
Gueuf 3ar 3eit Dts Mittu9eiIens
Roefiln6tn @ennu um bic 3eit, In
eS dld BEN .Gten 6turks BON
afIpfedknl puros, bsfan0 H iid)
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15

u
mir beioe reoen, mar mein Mann."
Cine balbe @tunbe fpdter tpubten
Werners bas ni1tisite aus 9eoptes
ebenfo furaem, als truurigen Gbelez
Zen. sic bate ii9 beeilt, ibnen NIT
autbeilen, mas Tie i9on erlebt uno
parum iie bies gu 8eginn uno bis
ieBt perbeimlt6t bate.
Uaan bate lift nur Sbeilnahms
uno Mitleio geaeist, unb lie fublte,
bah fie in ben Mugen oieIer guten,
tiuaen MenI6en ni9ts oerlorsn battle.
8on Noras 8erbdltnib gu OlsBe
lisb fe ielbitperitdnolid tsin Wort
rerlauten.
Gs mar ibr aud gan5 re4t, oab
oieIe es nun tpubte, nit mem lie oa
i'm 9ertehr ssitanoen. Sir einen 5r1b
Diebe par ielb1t cine iolde 5rou nod
au out. Sebpig 1ebte uls gan5 ielbftz
DeritGnblih poraus, oab yeora bon
nun an Disbe ME mebr aud nur s1nes
g9crtes piirbigen tperoe, 1ebte oles
umio ii9erer poraus, ais Die 9sz
narnte ihr, oa lie Elm puar 4ugenz
blide lang alein paren, NIT seraoe5u
parmen Worten fir ibre @ntbuaunz
GEN oantte uno Ite Bat, ibr feinollhes
@erbalten ibr gu psrseben uno gu
peraefen.
@eraoe als oie leBte oinie oes 2anz
hes nerf6bnono. ertDnte Die @lpde,
nelde oie 3eilenoen gu Slid rief.
,Gs eiebt tpirflid reht ieltiame
2ufdue," Iaate Der 8upitdn, als man
betm Braten anselunst mar. rOenten
sic iid, meine 6errihaften, tommt
&c in elmer peniion in gbrtftiania
einsr Dame Elm Sdmuditiid abbanz
ben. gs miro nah Ser poil5et gs@
ianot. Sin aommiHdr fommt. Die
Beipobner oer peniton geben ibren
Namen, 5tanb uno Wobnort an uno
unterperfen Iidb mebr ooer mtnoer
niIia elmer OurdIu9uns, Die erfolgz
los bleibt. Man bentt I4on, Die
Gahe lei beenoet. Oa eri4eint am
rGditen Sage Der 8eamte pieoer uno
nirnmt eine 8erbaftung Dor. Der
gerbaftete bate ansessben, oaB er
Elm Suriit aus Wien namens SeBlsr
1ei."
Bel biefer SteGs oes Beridts
purben 6ebpis unO tbre Jreunoe
mebr als nur aufnertiom; 9eopig
erbleidte unp leste Wteher uno 9ubel
aus oen pl0blth 3itternoen 6dnoen.
,Rube, Rube!" fliiterte gson, Der
neben 6ebipis lab, ibr gu uno legts
feline !6ano auf Die ibrise.
,Wesbalb puroe oenn DieIer 6err
perbaftet9" iaste er ounn luut. r9at
mon ettpa oas Shmuditiid Bel ibm
sefuncen9"
Der Rapitdn idiittelte ben 8opf.
rDas nidt, aber man bate ote poltz
3si 1peaieu auf i'm aufmerfldm gez
madt. - Oa aos oieie in Wien gr<
funDisungen ein, Oh es bort elnen
Weann oieIes Namens unb Stanbss
eGte. unb oa puroe Der getreffenoe
Der pnli5ei bon Gbriitiania erit re9t
iiberaus peroddtig."
.Wie{o bsnn?"
.Gr reifte unter einem /, falf6en
Namer."
r0dtte er benn feline 2egittmattonsz
papiere BEL fth9"
.Nein. g2ur 8iiitenfarten auf Den
,Namen, ben er als ben ieinisen an
gcb.4
rllno parum loG oenn bas ntht
Der fsinise fein2"
rMun tpeib in G6riitiania fdon,
haB Der tpirtlihe 9erbert Gebler gana
no unbers it,"
$50 benn9"
.Sm Mittelmeer."
.Muf Dem Mittelmeer?"
Rein. SD faste genau oas rihz
tige. Sd Las Den san in Der 3eiz
tilng, Sic icb mir an9oro bringen lieb.
Der ipirflime Dotior 0erbert Gonz
ftantin Jeblsr Dot iid auf bem Damz
pIer .Getfhirufbe" an:Fhen Brinoiii
Eno MleIarorien evla;oiien unb
lpurbe iii Der See befia.tst."
Il Ggon b. Merner hatie gerabe nod
3sit, 6t0tpig in feinen Mrmen aufs
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1907-08-15

Du unb 6ebiptg ibr afpei iperbei
mid aud. Deriteben."
Sin RuB nod unb fort mar er.
go eilis bate ct iidb entfernt. uls
ipolle Ct ieoer ferneren Jrase uusz
ipeihen..
Die dlte Dame fhaute ibm serabez
3u peritDrt rah. Mus mar In 6teien
Edgen aus ibrem itets 10 rubigen.
ffets sleidmdBtg beiteren, itets Offens
ber5i9tn Gobn geiporben9
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13

that human blood and human life have
become cheap and murder a new form
Of plaything.
The American people must in a
large measure take the blame when
they will free wanton murderers who
plead "unwritten" law as an excuse
Only this week a jury Of Americans
acquitted woman who, without even
claiming to be virtuous herself, had
shot and killed United States SEN
ator because he was untrue" to her
womanhood.
Mrs. Bradley admitted on the stand
that she had been false to her own
self. Yet she thought she ought to be
allowed to kill, without punishment,
the man who had been no more false
to her than she had been to herself.
And the jury of twelve men who tried
her unanimously agreed with her and
turned her loose.
II is not to be expected, after this
and many other such farceS OF 1uSucei
that Harry Thaw will be hanged.
And after such expressions OF the
American public, in turning loose muir
derers who deliberately carry out
their life.taking crusades because this
or that person has not been true" to
them, why should any man hesitate
in calmly slaughtering those who
have betrayed him or whom he thinks
have betrayed him? If one can only
for the moment believe that he has
been wronged and get up momentarI
brainstorm, why not take advantage
of the public's willingness to condone
the crime?
But such lawlessness must have al
end. The reign of murder which ha:
spread over the country during the
past year or So must pay its penalty
There must be reaction following
such splashing of human blood
And that reaction will come in rigit
punishment of any person who takes
life, excepting in self defense. Ever
a few innocent ones may hang to pa,
for the freedom of some of the success
full brainstorm pleaders of the present
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
HIS FIRST STATEMENT FINAL.

And now comes an Associated Press
dispatch from Washington telling us
that, while many interviewers who
have lately seen the president have
declared that he is not going to accep.
another nomination, yet he has made
no special declaration along this line.
While third term boomers will probah-
ly seek to take advantage of this last
dispatch as meaning that the president
is not so unwilling to accept the NOM
nation as might seem, yet there is
no more reason now than there has
been at any time for believing that
Roosevelt intends to go back on his
word of election night when he said
that under no circumstances would he
accept another nomination.
The president is not willing to be
put in the attitude Of making any
more statements whatever. He made
one statement, on the night of elect
ion, in 1904 and he has desired all
along that should be his final state
ment. He does not wish to be under
stood as having made any new state
ments because there are no new state
ments to make and if he were to
accede to a demand for a new an
nouncement every month or two. there
would be no soundness whatever at
tached to his election night declaration
which he intended should be accepted
as final.
1t has lately come out that the pres
ldent made that election night state
ment after having carried the gist of
1t around in his pocket for many weeks
He had gone over and over the word
ing before he finally arrived at the
wording that suited him best.
When he had finished, his announce
ment was final. He has not reiterated
the statement in so many words since
that time for the reason that he be-
lieves the American people have in
him enough faith and confidence to
know that when he says thing he
means to stand by it. To repeat the
statement time after time would be
merely admitting that there were
foundation for not trusting implicitly
in his word And for this reason, more
than any other, it is believed the pres
ident has authorized the dispatch from
Washington, reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
1t was undoubtedly the interview
given out the other day by senators
who had just seen Roosevelt, that
occasioned this dispatch definitely
setting forth the fact that the presi:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
THE KNOX BOOM.

Spurred on no doubt by the tremen-
dous popularity OF the president Sen
ator Philander c. Knox OF Pennsylv-
anita has announced himself a candi-
date for the republican presidential
nomination.
In his speech, Senator Knox deciar'
cd Roosevelts administration and pol
icies we're all right and that every pol
icy had been vindicated. He also said
that the only criticism the democrats
could bring against the presidential
administration was the fact that II
the democrats had been in power, they
would have done the same thing.
A little while ago Knox was re
dictionary" as opposed to the policies
OF the president. Now he has come
forth as a full fedged Roosevelt boom
er and 1t is apparent that he would not
be averse to running on Roosevelt
platform.
But then there are Hughes and Tar
and Cannon and Foraker to deal with
before the game is over.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
TAFT'S TROUSERS.

All the world will sympathize with
Secretary of War Taft in his recent
sad trouser accident in Russia.
The secretary was placed in a bad
way by arriving at a dinner party
thirty-five minutes behind schedule.
There were distinguished guests at
the banquet and the delay of the Amer
lean secretary of war, in whose honor
the banquet was given, naturally Great
ed considerable comment. For If 1t
is bad form for any mortal being to
be at all late at dinner party. how
much more serious becomes the
offense when the person is the official
representative of a nation and when
the function is banquet given him
in an official way by another great
nation? 1t is little wonder that the
big secretary should feel perplexed.
But Taft is good natured. He appre-
ciates a good joke. He is willing even
to tell a joke on himself-and par
ticularly when his only escape from
disgrace lay in speech.
So Taft told the joke. 1t was on
him, all right, all right, and it is due
to become a classic in jokedom. In
deed the trouser incident is due to go
down in the annals of great men for
generations to come.
Taft's trousers had split at the
knees. He was already in the carriage
when his big fat knee burst through
his trouser leg and there was nothing
to do but return to the hotel for re-
pairs.
And the bad feature of the whole
affair was that all the TEST of The
secretary's wardrobe had been sent
along to the railway station.
If Taft had been an ordinary sized
mortal, perhaps the clothes of the no
tel clerk might have been brought into
action. Or he might have borrowed
the trousers of the bell boy or the
barber or the-but then Taft is Taft
and that settled the question.
1t may be imagined that the thirty
five minutes during which the baggage
was returned from the station and the
secretary hustled into another pair of
trousers, were anxious ones. 1t may
be imagined even that the secretary
sweat blood for about half an hour.
He was too busy to telephone that
! he had been delayed, though his genial
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
Y. NJ. G. A. A HELP.

A recent speaker at the national
convention of the Y M. G. A. said that
the country districts of the nation are
today greater vice-breeders than the
cities and that no form of vice exists
in the population centers which can
not be duplicated in the rural districts.
1t was argued that the free and easy
atmosphere of the country renders cor
ruption in morals easier than in the
formal and thickly populated cities.
Y. M. c. A. establishments were sug-
gested as cures for these evils.
There can be no question but that
Y. NJ. c. A. institutions do much to
Offset the evil influences which are
forever working upon the morals OF
youth, both in the larger cities and In
the smaller places. A Y. M. G. A. with
a finely equipped building, with baths
and gymnasium, can not fail to work
for good results and uplift, both phys
ical, moral and mental.
nc olalSluSht was maui III INoiioih
not long ago by an athlete of national
fame, that an athlete is always a gen.
tleman. And there is more or less
foundation for such an assertion. An
athlete, his arteries filled with rich
red blood and his muscles strong and
wholesome, in order to retain his
strength and energy, must keep always
Sin training" and that means that he
must live wholesome life in all ways.
The result is that a community in
which pure athletics are a factor, is
much stronger by virtue of this factor
That the people Of any community
will be better able to maintain health
he %
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

With the announcement that the
republican national convention In l90S
will be held in Chicago, the president
ial matter takes on new interest and
from this time forward the steps In
bebalf of various candidates will be-
come more and more pronounced.
Kansas City was a very active can
ditate for the convention and 1t was
thought for a time that the Missouri
town would win. Taft forces favored
this site from the first, but 1t Is not
believed that there is any pollticai
significance in the loss.
The convention will be held early
and it may be predicted, therefore
that congress will adjourn early as
many senators and congressman Will
attend the convention.
Many candidates machines Will be-
gin to work from now on, though some
Hughes, in PARTICULARS without a
personal machine and If he should be
his great personal force throughout the
nation.
Many senators feared that the pres
ident's message meant he would seek
a third term, and it is not at all prop
able that the recent word from WASH
ington unquestionably inspired by the
president, will allay this fear. These
senators thought that in view OF exist
ing financial conditions the president
might have omitted from his message
all word regarding predatory wealth
and dishonest corporations. The!
claimed that in this he was seeking
to make a grandstand play for the
nomination. But the presidents bes'
friends still insist he will not accep'
a nomination and that he will in nc
way be a candidate before the con
vention.