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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
New Dancer for euraIars.

A Photographic device that will call
the police by telephone adds new
hazard to the dangers of the burglars
profession. When an attempt is made
Co force window or door with which
the proper connections have been
made an electric current operates
.shonograph in the garnet. The ma
sehine calls up central and asks for
che police station. The photograph
then informs the officers of the rob-
berry, giving street and number, and re-
peats this information as long as the
receiver is down. Meantime, the in
truder, all unconscious that an alarm
has been rung in, virtually walks into
a trap, and If the call is promptly re-
sponded to is soon in the lookup.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
GOOD NATuRED AGAIN.


For many. years l was constant
sufferer from Indigestion and nervous
ness amounting almost to prostration,"
writes Montana man.
my blood was impoverished, the
vision was blurred and weak, with
moving spots before my eyes This
was a steady daily condition. l grew
ill-tempered, and eventually got so
nervous l could not keep my books
posted, nor handle accounts satisfac-
torily. can't describe my sufferings.
Nothing ate agreed with me. till
one day happened to notice Grape
Nuts in grocery store and bought
a package. out Of curiosity to know
what it was.
Il liked the food from the very first,
eating it with cream, and now l buy
it by the case and use it daily. I
soon found that Grape-Nuts food was
supplying brain and nerve force as
nothing in the drug line ever had done
or could do.
ut wasn't long before ] was re-
stored to health, comfort and happi-
ness. Through the use of Grape-Nuts
food my digestion had been restored,
my nerves are steady once more, my
eyesight is good again, my mental fac
ulties are clear and acute, and I have
become SO good-natured that my
friends are truly astonished at the
change. i feel younger and better
than have for 20 years. No amount
of money would induce me to surren-
der what I have gained through the
use of Grape-Nuts food" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich
"There's reason" Read the little
book, "The road to Wellvllle." in pkgs.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
BUTTON THEIR OWN WAISTS.


Marvellous as 1T may seem, New
York women have lately discovered a
way of fastening their waists up the
back without calling for assistance.
Thought not lacking in generosity. they
became SO tired of the outstretched
palm of the ohambermaids that they
now feel that 1t is time to guard their
pockets. The Gotham woman discov-
cred that IL she put her blouse on
hind side before, with the sleeves
hanging free, 1t could be fastened
from top to bottom. with the excep.
tion of the hooks at the neck, and
then turned around and the arms
slipped into the sleeves without I'M
duly straining the fastenings. So sim
plel So strange that no one had
thought of 1t before. Or is 1t possible
other women have used the plan and
meanly kept 1t to themselves? Will
the waist that buttons in the back
now have a new lease of life?
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
TWO YEARS IN BED
Or. Williams Pink Pills Cured Stub
born Rheumatism When Other
Treatment Gave No Relief.

DR. Williams Pink Pills have been
curing the most stubborn cases of
rheumatism for nearly a generation
and thousands of grateful patients
have given testimony that cannot be
ignored.
Mr.. Robert Odbert, machinist, liv-
ing at 201 Cameron Street, Detroit,
Mich, mad q very distressing expert
'ence with rheumatism for about two
years. He makes the following state
ment; about the year 1887 l felt the
effects of rheumatism which gradually
grew worse until | was compelled to
give up work for time. The years
of '97 and '9S was confined to my bed
most of the time. was under doctors
treatment but found no relief. My
legs we're swollen from the hips down
ward and red blotches appeared all
over them. Frequently they panied
me so that I had to bind them tightly
with strips of linen. This sometimes
relieved the pain but at other times
failed to do SO. At times l had to
crawl to my work, using two crutches.
During these spells suffered greatly
from pain around my heart which at
tributed to the rheumatism.
cat last my mother wrote me and
asked me to try Dr. Williams Pink
Pills. did and in short time
found myself getting better and have
had no trouble since. l may here add
thatI consider myself perfectly cured.
I have not had the least sign of the
disease since and feel better now than
ever did. For these reasons
recommend DR.. Williams Pink Pills
TO any one affected the same as was"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent by mail. postpaid
on receipt of price, so cents per box,
six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. VIII
Hams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

Oxalic acid in weak solution is the
best thing to use when removing spots
from leather. Two or three crystals
of oxalic dissolved in warm water,
then applied with a bit of cloth to the
spots, will do the work. Watch close
ly, and when the spots begin to disap-
pear apply clean water to overcome
the acid, which is a powerful bleach
Dry the leather with clean cloth
For bright leather make the solution
weaker.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
To Wash Lace Ties.

TO wash lace ties make lather of
good soap and hot water, then squeeze
the lace through and through the lat
ter several times, taking care not to
wiring it. Rinse in milk, when the lace
will become quite crisp without being
too stiff.
If cream shade is desired add cold
tea to the milk till the proper shade
is obtained. Iron on the wrong side
on some thick soft material.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
cleanlna me silver.

A simple way to clean silver, and
one that saves labor and time, is to
put the sllverware in pan and pour
on enough sour milk to cover it, Let
stay until bright and clean, then wash
in warm water with a few drops of
ammonia added. Womans Homo
Companion.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
Good Remedy for Earaohe.

Here is remedy for earache never
known to fail; Take bit of cotton
batting, put upon it pinch of black
pepper; gather 1t up and tie 1t; dip
in sweet oil and insert in the ear.
Put flannel bandage over the head
to keep it warm. 1t will give imme.
'diate relief.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

The British army is to have coopera-
tive. canteens, under control of a regis
tered cooperative society, bound to re-
turn all profits, less working expenses,
and five per cent. interest on capital.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
Peculiar plumber.

Among the plumber which burglars
carried off recently from San Fran
cisco house were two donkeys, or bur
ros. as they call them out there.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
The Small Pharlsee.

A clergyman's daughter, before be-
ing put to bed, uttered this somewhat
remarkable prayer: "And, dear Lord,
this afternoon. saw out ON the cold
sidewalk a poor little girl, and she
had no shoes or stockings on, and
and Followed by a silence, as
though the little mind were wrestling
with the problem), she concluded:
but it's none of our business, is it,
God ~
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

Come what may, hold fast to love.
Though men should rend your heart,
let them not embitter or harden it.
We win by tenderness; we conquer
by forgiyeness.-F w. Robertson.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

Never is a sincere word utterly lost.
Never magnanimity falls to the
ground, but there is some heart to
greet and accept it unexpectedly
Phillips Brooks.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

It is dlfffcult to greet misfortune
with a smile when 1t is always frown-
ing.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

A Natural Remedy-Garfeld Teal It is
made of simple Herbs. Take it for consti-
patton, indigestion, siclS-headache; it reg
ulates the liver, purihes the blood, brings
Good Health.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

]. I. Wards Medicine Co., City.
Gentlemen: l have suffered for three
years with kidney trouble, causing a Sc
we're bacl;ache. could not rest at night,
| suffered so much with my kidneys and
back used Wards Kidney Pills for three
months and am now well. | heartily
recommend Wards Kidney Pills to anyone
suffering from kidney trouble and back
ache.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
Yours respectfully,
MD = ny II A

p. S.-Send us your druggists name and
10 cents and we will send you 5O-cent
box of Wards Kidney Pills. The. great
est Kidney Remedy upon the market;
A guaranteed cure for Kidney and Blad-
der Troubles; Rheumatism Frequent De
sire to Pass Water, Inflammation, lrrit9-
ton or liberation Of the Bladder. or Kid
neys. Removes Gravel or Stone from the
Bladder. Sold and guaranteed by your To-
cal druggists. r,- 90
Big Springs, Texas.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

Careless Umbrella Owners.
Over $4,000 umbrellas, lost in Lon
don, are taken to police headquarters
every year.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28

There is some good. even in those
who appear at the worst.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers for the week
ending December 6, 1907, compiled by
the Madison County Abstract and
Guarantee Co., Office with Mapes &
HaZen.
Theo. H. Reiners and wife to George
M. Farley, w. D., consideration $4,000,
S1a NWA of 10, "a, 2.
Pioneer Town Site Co., to Stephen
son T. Napier, w. D., consideration
800, lot IL, block IS, Western Town
Lot Co.'s addition to Norfolk Junction.
Adam Piler and wife Ernestine to
Sam Messerli, w. D., consideration
$50, lot 1, block 81, Park addition to
Norfolk.
Henry Jakobi and wife Lillian to
Catharine M. Smith, w. D., considera-
ton $1,000, We of lots and 7, block
80, F. w. Barnes addition to Madison,
John Horst and wife to Lena Horst,
w. D., consideration $4,000, SB of lot
2, and the N2s of lot g., block IA,
Barnes First addition to Madison.
Nebraska Baptist st. convention to
First Baptist church of Norfolk, w. D.,
consideration $1.00, S1a of lots 8 and
10, block G, Koenigstein's addition to
Norfolk.
Trustees of First Baptist church OF
Norfolk to Nebraska Baptist st. con
yention, w. D., consideration $1.O0
S1a of lots and 10, block G, Koenig
STEMS addition to Norfolk.
John A. Lettow to Margaret Crum
w. D., consideration $1,000, lots 2, 8
4, 5, 6, Z, II and ~, block 4, G. S
Hayes addition to Norfolk.
John w. Warrick and wife to Louis
C, Ruegge, w. d., consideration $3.50
part of out lot !, Meadow Grove.
Wilhelm Nicolay and wife to Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran st, Johan
mes congregation, w. D., consideration
$500, part of the NWA of 81, 20, 2.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
ATHLETIC CLUB REVIVED
JACK o'LEARY AGAIN AeITATlNG
THE PROJECT. ... .
SEEMS LIKELY TO SUCCEED

o'Leary Would Establish Headquar-
tiers and Teach Athletic Stunts Dur
ing the Winter--Would Help Y. NJ.
c. A. Enterprise.
The project for the organization in
Norfolk of an athletic club or physical
training class, which was dropped
when Joe Carroll failed to show up
for his wrestling date with Oscar Wa
sem and Jack OLeary, has been re-
vived by O'Leary and now seems like
ly to meet with success.
The project was preached Monday
to several Norfolk men and was well
received. Tuesday canvass will be
made along Norfolk avenue.
OLeary will teach wrestling, boxing,
club swinging, bell work and physical
training at stipulated price for a
series of say thirty lessons. He will
equip gymnasium and spend the
winter in Norfolk. He would use this
city as his headquarters, being absent
possibly once a week for wrestling
matches.
To show good faith and to protect
people going into the athletic venture
OLeary has proposed to turn all
funds due him over to local treas
urer, the Norfolk man to receive all
tuition payments, paying the money
over to OLeary on the installment
| plan as the lessons progress. Leo
| Pasewalk, cashier of the Norfolk Ma
| tional bank, during the morning agreed
| to act as treasurer for the fund to be
raised.
Among business men who approved
of the plan when it was outlined to
them Monday was Sol Mayer. I'm
stead of interfering with the Y. M. G.,
A. project, which we are all back of,
think this new venture would work
right along with it, developing senti-
ment in favor of the kind of athletic
training that Y. NJ. c.. A. gym
gives"
Mr.. OLeary was told Monday that
he could secure the building now oc
cupied by the Norfolk Democrat for
his gymnasium. These rooms are on
the ground floor at the southeast cor
ner of Norfolk avenue and Second
street. A reading room would prob
ably be a feature of the gymnasium
| OLeary came down from the Bone
steel line where he won two wrestling
matches during the past week. On
Thursday he threw three Butte men
in twenty-four minutes and Saturday
at Gregory won two straight falls from
big local man in seventeen and -four
minutes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13

their subscribers, this section of Ne
braska being given the forecasts from
the Norfolk office of the company.
North Nebraska people anxious for
the weather prediction" to get some
inkling of what the day holds for them
will communicate indirectly with the
Norfolk Office of the Nebraska COM
Norfolk district, the new service from
Norfolk being sent as far west as Stu
art as far north as Niobrara, as far
south as Humphrey and Albion and as
far east as Beemer.
Early each morning the days wealth
reau will be telegraphed to Norfolk
from Omaha over the Nebraska COM
pany's private telegraph wires. 1t is
over these private wires that all of
the big company's private business Is
transacted by telegraph so as not to
interfere with the use Of the telephone
toll wires by the public
Once the forecast is in Norfolk it
will be posted over each toll board
and in front of the local operators.
Then subscribers can ask for the
weather" just as in times past they
have asked for the time" and for
train reports.
People outside of Norfolk desiring
weather information can call up their
local exchange, where the operator
will at once obtain weather informa-
ton from the Norfolk office.
A central weather supply station Is
also established at the Wayne office.
The innovation introduced this week
does not represent the Nebraska COM
pany's only connection with the wealth
er service. Each morning at p. m.
local weather conditions in Norfolk
and other district centers are wired
in to the head Office, where the infor-
nation is compiled and furnished Di-
rector Loveland, the Lincoln weather
man." to assist him by supplementing
his own reports from local agents.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
List Always Padded.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec, Coach Ar
thur H. Whittemore of the South Da-
llota university football team, in an
interview here, denounced the casual
ty statistics of the game as untrust-
worthy and padded. "These yarns
about a lot of deaths from football,
regularly published in the newspapers,
make me tired" he said. "They are
based on unreliable information, and,
besides, are colored so as to increase
whatever popular prejudice there is
against the game. This year they
claim eleven deaths, besides many
minor accidents.
1.-TWO years ago | ran down one OF
these casualty reports and found that
four of the thirteen reported dead
were very much alive. The accidents
| found to have been exaggerated be
yond reason. The worst accident we
have had at Vermillion since | have
been there occurred in a baseball
game"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
DOW N ED

Servant Girls Settled as "Undesir-
abIes" in Debate at Woman's Club.
Servant girls were branded as Gun
desirable citizens" or something sim
liar, at the meeting Of the Fremont
Woman's Club says the Fremont Her
aid.
It's all settled. u
The end of the tyrannical reign of
that kitchen despot, Familiarity known
as 1.-THE hired girl is here. Never
again shall she hold her head high in
Fremont, and kick the crockery out
the back door, while she demands a
raise in wages.
It was a debate at an open session
of the club yesterday and the ques-
ton was Resolved, That the regular
employment of Domestic Help is Det-
rimental to the best Interests of the
Home"
Mrs. B. Cummings and Mrs. Dan V.
Stephens were in the affirmative and
Mrs. A. ]. Eddy and Mrs. Conrad
Hollenbeck championed the cause OF
the domeSticS.
Mr.. Livingstone, Mrs. Wintersteen
and Mrs. Conan were judges of the
debate and awarded the honors to the
affirmative side. Some very excel
lent arguments were made by the la
dies of both the affirmative and mega
tive sides.
Mrs. Cummings felt that if love
prompted the work of the wife, the
household duties were transformed
from drudgery into pleasure and Mrs
Stephens made some very good points
Mrs. Eddy pointed out that, with
out a maid, the mother was overwork
ed and without time for her children
and bounden wifely duties. Mrs Hol
lenbeck explained that modern wo
man should be only the superintend
ent of the household and not the
drudge. The debate was most enjoy
able to those present and the attend
ance was large. .
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13

ton to Dallas, and from Casper to
Lander.
1t is the record Of Mr. Matrau's work
that he has made friends for the
Northwestern and helped materially
in the building up of Norfolk. His
regret at severing his long railroad
connection Is known to be shared by
officials In the big corporation he has
worked for. And that the relations
between Mr.. Matrau and the public,
while he has served as agent, have
been largely as pleasant as the rela-
tons between him and the company
is shown conclusively by the Offices to
which Norfolk has elected him.
Side by side with his career as a
Norfolk railroad man Mr.. Matrau has
had career as a local public servant.
In 1886 he was elected for year to
serve out a vacancy on the board of
education. And at the next election
he was reelected as member of the
board of education and was on the
board when the old high school build
ing was built. At the close of his
term as member of the board of
education Mr.. Matrau was elected a
member of the city council serving
for two years.
In the early nineties Mr. Matrau was
elected mayor and served two terms.
During his administration the people
of Norfolk under his lead found relief
from the water problem that was vex-
ing them by effecting a very advant-
ageous purchase of the water plant
after long and complicated negotia.
lions and much opposition. And today
the city's water plant, paying invest
ment to Norfolk and her people, is
still monument to Matraus admin
istration.
For twelve years past Mr.. Matrau
has been a member of the Norfolk
board of education and for eight or
nine years past has served as secre
tary. No man in Norfolk has been
more closely identified with the city
school system of Norfolk. AS a mem
Der of the board Mr. Matrau's services
I to Norfolk have been invaluable.
A veteran of the civil war and a
member of the Loyal Legion, Mr. Ma
, trau also quits the railroad world with
an undisputed right to call himself q
veteran railroad man.
In a railroad town of Norfolk's i'm
portance and in city where the rail
| road element is as prominent as 1t is
here it is no little thing to have served
as agent for more than a score OF
years. to have won the respect and
regard of the company, the good will
of the public.
From a railroad man Mr. Matrau
becomes a Norfolk business man, de
voting his time principally to manag
ing the affairs of the coal firm of Ma
trau e Willie, successors to the bust
ness built up by the late c. w
Braasch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13
WON'T RUN AGAIN.
President Assures Senators He Won't
Make Another Race.

Make Another Race.
Washington, Dec. 7.-As a direct re-
suit of the conference at the white
house between President Roosevelt
and Senators Aldrich and Crane peace
has been declared between the admin
istration and the senate, it is said,
The direct subject of the conference
was currency, but the talk between
the two senator's and the president fl
nally took a political direction, and
there was an intimate exchange of
condolences with somewhat remark
able results in a political way.
Senator Adrich of Rhode Island and
Senator Crane of Massachusetts, are
the two strongest republicans in the
senate from the eastern states Like
most of the other senators that have
been under the impression either that
the president was conniving at his own
nomination, or at least that he was
weakening in his determination to de-
cline the honor.
The conference convinced them that
he would not be candidate and, al
| though there was no direct quotation
of the president and it was not init
mated that he had reiterated his IA
nous declaration made on election
night in 1904, the word was passed
around the senate that Aldrich and
Crane had sounded the president sue
fessfully, and were convinced that he
would not run under any circum-
stances.
The immediate result of this was to
produce decidedly more friendly at
titude toward the administration on
the part of the senate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-13

the varied interests of her citizens
desk. Few if any men in Norfolk
have been closer identified with Nor
folks business history since 1885 than
Mr.. Matrau. Nor is the relation of an
agent to the towns business and COM
mercial development a passive one.
AS the local representative of one of
the biggest factors in the towns af-
fairs Mr.. Matrau as agent has had the
opportunity to render valuable service
to the town as we'll as his company.
The railroad career that will have
ended when the new Northwestern
agent for Norfolk is named was begun
on the first day of January, 1872, when
Captain Matrau, veteran of the civil
war and probably the youngest cap
tain who had served in that great
struggle, entered on what was to be
his life work by becoming agent of the
Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore at
Sherman, Mich. After a years SER
vice he was transferred to Holland,
Mich, where he remained for ten
years, when he resigned to accept a
position in the auditors office in the
Grand Rapids e Indiana railroad at
Grand Rapids, Mich. He was in this
| field of RAILROAD work for about two
years. He resigned in 1884 to become
chief clerk in the general passenger
department of the Michigan & Ohio
road at Toledo, Ohio. The road went
into the hands of a receiver and Mr..
Matrau soon resigned to come to Ne
braska.
On July 4, 1885, in the midst of a
Fourth of July celebration Mr.. Matrau
arrived in Norfolk. He had come to
Nebraska to accept position with the
Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad under Superintendent Lawler
He served as cashier in Norfolk during
the month of July and on the first OF
August was sent to Fremont to re
lieve the agent who was temporarily
assigned to other duties, Matrau act
ed as agent at Fremont during August
Then on September 25 1885, he was
checked in as agent in Norfolk.
Then began twenty-five years of dill
igent and intelligent service, the rec
ord of which is we'll known to Norfolk
Mr.. Matrau has seen the town grow
and the business of his Office increase
materially, When he came to Norfoll
the Elkhorn road had just completed
the uptown depot destroyed by fir
} December l, 1905. His period Of ser
vice closed virtually with the con
struction of the Northwestern's new
uptown passenger station. He ha
seen extensive yards and big round
house and repair shop built in Norfolk
Mr.. Matrau served under Superir
tendents Lawler, Philbin, Harris an
Reynolds. He was one of the old ELI
horn men retained by the Northwestern
on the absorption of the Elkhorn roat
He has seen the road extended fror
Valentine to Chadron and afterward
to Deadwood and Casper, from Creigl