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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
NEBRASKA POLITICS.

Fremont Tribune: With the ap-
proach of the presidential campaign,
straw votes are common on the trains.
A Northwestern conductor said this
morning that several votes were
taken daily. They usually followed
heated political discussion among
some of the passengers. So far, Taft
seems to be the favorite.
Hastings Tribune: In this issue of
the Tribune Silas r. Barton of Grand
Island announces that he is candi-
date for the nomination of state audi
tor, subject to the Republican primar-
les. Mr. Barton is grand recorder of
the A. o. U. w. organization and has
an exceptionally large acquaintance
throughout the state which is an
assurance that he will make a good
race.
Beatrice Sun: A great disturbance
was kicked up when Taft's picture was
torn down in Lincoln, and another
howl went up when some vandal des-
City. That makes pair of silly things
to talk about Honor seems to be
even. Call it quits. Charge up both
depredations to the man who struck
Mr.. William Patterson.
Long Pine Journal: Silas r. Barton
is bound to be a successful candidate
Off state auditor. He is at the present
time and has been for a number of
years grand recorder of the A. o. U.
w. in Nebraska. He has many
friends in this order who will rally to
his support at the primaries. There
are many Democrats in this vicinity
who are well acquainted with Isl" as
he is known by his friends, and there
is not one of them who will fail to
cast vote for him. He is very popu-
lar with everyone he meets. Cast
your vote for Isl" and you will be
voting right
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

congratulate ourselves on the success
OF the big ditch, but the indications
now are that the great waterway will
be completed and be put in operation
In a manner to call for the congratu-
latlons of the world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

1t Is said that even the socialists are
complaining of slack collections for
their campaign fund and you can get
into their game for fifty cents and
get years subscription to the Age
of Reason free. And no one can call
that large fee for a publication with
such a magnificent name.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

The veteran newspaper man, Murat
Halstead, has left the field of his
earthly triumphs at the age of
seventy-nine years. He was prom
inent and we'll known figure IN news,
paperdom and will be widely missed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

William Allen, White, the Kansas
newspaper man who has gained ma.
tional fame by his clear cut state
ments on every question he handles,
in short article makes some points
which are crowded full of common
sense and practical wisdom. In
speaking of the need of the times he
says: 1.-THE demand of the time is
for men-men who are willing to take
of their coats and go to work. The
country has plenty of lawyers, must.
clans and preachers and editors and
others who conspicuously fail to make
two bales of hay grow where but one
grew before. The professions are all
overcrowded, the Offices are full of
men who are growing hungry on gen.
teel refinement; the streets are being
worn smooth by weary feet of count
less thousands of gifted and highly
educated individuals who are filled
with an unspeakable yearning to ac-
cept lucrative positions, but who
never think of hunting jobs. Every
situation that involves an arm chair
is besieged by clamoring applicants.
When a city business man advertises
for a cashier or bookkeeper, he has
to hire platoon of police to protect
him from the answering throng.
There are too many lily fingers in the
country and yet not enough hands
with blisters on them"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

The excavation of the famous Gull
ebra cut is half completed. The Amer
leans have removed as much dirt in
one year as the old French company
cut out in ten. It is not yet time to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
MRS. LEoNARC'S FUNERAL.
Last Sad Service is Held in the Catho.
lie Church.

last sd SeTVTce Is Held m the Catho-
lie Church.
Her funeral held week from the
day when she went to Creighton on a
brief visit, Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy
Leonard was buried in Norfolk Tues
day morning. The funeral services
were held in the Catholic church at
10 o'clock.
The services were conducted by
Father Walsh, Requiem high mass was
sung.
The pallbearers were w. II. Green
of Creighton, Thomas Crotty, Henry
Kennedy William Kennedy Thomas
Dorsey of Creighton and Mr.. McLaugh-
lin of Sioux City
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

How happy a man would be II he
were half MS well satisfied with his
surroundings as he Is with himsclfl
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

What's your private opinion of the
new style of headlines adopted by
The News, Gentle Reader?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

one great trouble is that when
man becomes good, he is apt to make
hog of himself and become too good.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

You can flatter almost anyone oman
or woman) by saying: you have tenn
permanent"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

The towns are quiet but the farmers
are putting in their best ticks garner.
ing splendid harvest. This means
busy times for the merchants later.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

There is woman in Norfolk who
worries more over the fact that her
husband wears suspenders as a sup
plement to his belt, than over any
other one thing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

We cannot imagine why man who
has been down town all day wants
to come down at night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

woman fingers longest In dry.
goods store. Next in order comes n
china store, and then a millinery store.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

You didn't have the right kind of a
time If you are not good natured
the next day after you had it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

The corn thinks it's long time be.
tween drinks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Working after you have had few
glasses of beer in the middle of the
day is like trying to work after dark.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

AT sixteen girl starts out to look
for fairy prince, and at twenty she
marries his valet, and thinks she has
found him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
ATCHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Complaining of the folly of fashion
is as useless as complaining when
the weather is bad.
Never tell a friend anything that
would not look well in print with
your name signed to it.
One reason men do not take kindly
to praying is, that when many women
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

A woman is satisfied II her children
are happy, but man wants some OF
the happiness himself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

sake Of the city's appearance in time
TO come.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

pray, they talk about their hus-
bands.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
AROUND TOWN.

Now for the races.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

When you go to bed at night do you
not sometimes think Of events in your
life, and become scared, and feel like
getting up, and running a mile or two?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

One Norfolk woman who went out
into the back yard to shake down
green apples for a pie, found after
shaking for several minutes that all
of the apples were dropping over the
fence into the neighbours back yard.
Whose apples were they then?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

What sort of woman Is most pop
ular with her husband? Nobody
knows. No one can explain why a
man Is in love with his wife 1t just
happens. If wife isn't the sort Of
woman to attract her husbands ad.
miration, she shouldn't try to become
the sort of woman he admires. 1t is
better for her to be her natural self.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Now is the time for Norfolk to pick
up one full-sized park.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

1t will be a month yet before we
begging getting gray headed for fear
the frost will catch the corn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Take in the races and keep you
hands on your pocket books.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Pick out your favorites early.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

1t isn't safe to kiss in public. Look
at the notoriety the kaiser got out OF
it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Speaking of town loyalty: Two
young men in one north Nebraska
town who have the BARRIERS itch, de-
clare up ond down that they got 1t
in an adjoining village.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

long drink of that rainwater and felt
better.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Begins to look like the race horses
might have to wear boots" in the
Norfolk races.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Bryan and Taft are having a hard
time to compete with the Sioux City
Omaha penant race.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

terday is to-day forgotten while we
rush to rend the veil that hides to-
morrow. We have made life so ephem-
eral, like that of the little golden
winged moth, that it is born at sun
rise only to die at dusk.
So it is healthy that we should stop
a moment or two and think, some
times, of our great men, our noble
souls, our heroes dead and gone.
Troublous times have a way of
creating unusuaf men. So was Abra-
ham Lincoln created. AS simple as a
child, unselfish, free from every faint
of arrogance or egotism, as a friend
unfailing, as a foo fearful, as a pa
triot un%flinching, he had a heart that
reached out over all the country be-
cause it was his country, and he went
for the sorrows of the South as sim
cerely as he joyed in the triumphs
of the North.
Had he had his W way he might
have been the savior of a united
country without the shedding of
brothers blood, and when he fell tina
assassin's bullet sped as straight to
the heart of a stricken South as it
did to the heart of her once unyield~
ing Zoe.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
FEW FREAKS IN ARCHITECTURE.
Eccentricity on the Part of Those
Building and Furnishing Houses.

Instances of eccentricity on the part
houses are common enough in every
community. The following instances
of f~reakishness in that regard may be
cited in illustration of certain phases.
A Russian gentleman has erected at
a cost of 5000 rubles on his country
estate at Savinowka, in Podolia, a 16-
room house made entirely of paper.
This house, which was constructed in
New York, is calculated by its archi-
tect to last longer than would a stone
building. The whole of the furniture,
too, is made from the same material.
In County Westmeath, Ireland, a
house has been built whereof all the
windows are made to resemble in out
line the backs of of easy chairs, being
thus constructed by it's eccentric own
eer to match the backs of a set Of
chairs in the dining-room.
In Connecticut a certain land owner.
thinking that the view from his house
lacked a church, proceeded to supply
its place by erecting a row of cottages
so designed as to resemble, from his
side, the edifice required. Approached
from the other direction, however, the
sham is at once manifest.
Some years ago a mar of scientific
attainments, as well as of considerable
means, elected to live in a rec in a
suburb of Washington-that is, he en-
joyed his leisure moments in the
branches of the tree itself, where he
had caused to be built a platform
large enough to accommodate easy
chairs and such other furniture as he
desired to make use of during the day.
At the base of the tree, however,
and surrounding it was built a struc-
ture of brick and stone i~nclosing the
sleeping apartments of this eccentric
individual. For many years this
unique residence was one of the
sights of the national capital.
One of the oldest houses ever con
structed was the fruit of a French
mans inventive fancy. This was the
revolving house." a structure actual
ly built upon casters, SO to speak, in
order that the occupant might by
means of an ingenious mechanism at
any time roll it about, obtaining what
ever light and air his fancy dictated.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
THE STORY.

ed Ut what if the story is true?"
and as the question kept press
ing itself in upon her, she tapped her
daintily-sandaled foot impatiently upon
the polished marble floor, as though
she demanded answer from the very
stones at her feet. But no answer
came to her ears but the soft, muf-
fled tap of her foot upon the floor.
at all comes from listening to the
idle tales of the wanderer and adven-
turer," she exclaimed at last impa-
tiently; and then almost in the same
breath she added:
But what if the story is true?
How l wish l knew.
This King Solomon of Israel must
be a wonderful person." she contin-
ued musingly to herself, as she
threw herself upon the low divan and
gave free rein to the thoughts which
crowded into her troubled heart. "And
his God must be even more wonderful
than the gods of Sheba.
But no." she added hastily, 'this
cannot be. Let me not be disloyal to
my gods and my land. What fairer
land could they give than the spice
laden fields, the golden sands of her
rivers and the precious stones? Sure
ly the God of Israel cannot have done
more"
But your gods divided the
waters Of a mighty river, nor threw
down the walls of a CITY," came back
the answer as snatches of the story
of the nation of Israel came to her
mind as they had been related to
her but a few days before by the
traveller.
This traveller had come on one of
the trading ships which had touched
at a nearby port, and the wonderful
stories of the land from which he
had come had reached her ears and
she had sent for him. And he had
come, glad of the chance to tell to the
beautiful queen of the land of Sheba
his story. Eagerly she had listened
while he had told of the people Of
Israel, of the God of Israel and his
wonderful leadings and dealings, Of
the land which he had given to his
people, and of the wonderful king
whom God had established upon the
throne. Ard when he had gone and
the first thrill of the story had been
spent, she found doubt creeping into
her heart.
It was naught but the fair dream of
a romancer. No land could be bet
ter than her land. No gods we're
better than the gods of her fathers
and her fathers fathers. She would
not prove disloyal to them. But al
ways while she sought thus to bring
herself back to rest content with what
she already possessed, there persist
ed this question:
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
If Birthplace Of
Great President to Be
Il Converted Into Public Park

hurried to Hodgenville in the fastest
conveyance he could hire.
On reaching Hodgenville the New
York man asked that the auction be
held as early as possible, and he
bought the farm for $500 about a
quarter of an hour before the whisky
man arrived.
The restoration of the log cabin to
its native state was a spectacle as i'm
posing as its consignment to a cellar
in New York was inglorious. 1t was
placed on a special car and escorted
back to Kentucky oy a squad of Ken
lucky militiamen. At Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pitts
burg, Columbus and Indianapolis it
rested under military guard. Gov
errors and mayors met it at various
railroad stations and paid tribute to
the life that began within it's rough
timbers. When the special train on
which it rode crossed the Ohio river
from Indiana into Kentucky, it was
met at the Louisville station with mil
itary honors. Col. Henry Watterson
and Adlal e. Stevenson made the
chief speeches of welcome.
The cost of making a park of the
Lincoln farm, of erecting the men,
orial hall and of carrying out other
plans is being met by popular sub
scriptions sent to Clarence H. Mac
kay, treasurer of the Lincoln Farm
association. Other officers of the as
ISOLATION are Joseph w. Folk, presi-
dent; William H. Taft, Cardinal Glib
bons, Samuel L. Clemens, August Bel
mont and Lyman j. Gage.
The movement to preserve the
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

politics. Our neighbor closes the ar
gument: For" he concludes, as
Lincoln says" The minister in the
church speaks of patriotism. Lincoln
is there. The nation adopts this or
that policy; it is defended or con-
demned in terms of Lincoln ard his
policy. The influence of the mar is
with us always-not only on February
IL, but every cay.
Yet it Is wholesome that we should
remember days like this day. We live
so fast. Great events crowd n upon
another. We are stated with a wealth
of sensations. That which aroused
the burning interest Of the nation yes
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Eaqer for Bible knowledge.

Rev. w. M. Junkin writes from
Korea of the Korean Christians max
ing sacrifices in order to attend the
Bible teaching services and says:
Where but on the mission field can
you find men clamoring for Bibles
and running with them to anyone who
can teach them saying: Tell me the
meaning?' This is the case here and
it is the most encouraging phase of
the work in Korea at present"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Sicilian Xespers.

The Sicilian Vespers is a name
given to the massacre of the French
in Sicily on Easter Monday March
800, 1882, the signal for the COM
mencement of which was the first
stroke of the vesper bell. Charles of
Anjou, by his brutality and injustice.
drove the Sicilians to desperation, and
on that evening the inhabitants Of
Palermo, enraged at a gross outrage
offered by a French soldier to a young
Sicilian bride, suddenly rose against
their oppressors, slew 1000.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

"BehoId, a greater than Solo,
mon Is here" Do you hear the
challenge Of Scripture? A con-
temptation Of this story OF Solo,
mon and appreciation of his wis
dom and glory bring with them
nothing but condemnation in
that we can discern the splen-
doris that marked his life and
reign while at the same time
we miss the beauty and charm Of
the son of God, the greater than
Solomon.
"The queen of the south shall
rise up in the Judgment with
this generation and shall con-
denim it." And the judgment
will be just, for how can we es-
cape when we have neglected
SO great opportunity Of seeing
and knowing him who is called
"Wonderful, Counsellor, The
Mighty God, The Everlasting Fa-
Their, The Prince of Peace?"
True it is of the world as Isa-
iah declares: "When we shall
see him, there is no beauty that
we should desire him. He Is
despised and rejected of men, a
man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief; and we hid as it
were our faces from him; he
was despised and we esteemed
him not" 1t is not that the
beauty and the glory and the
power are not there, but it is
that we turn our faces from
him who would reveal all these
things to us, and e only the
temporal things of life.
Having ears we hear not. But
not so with the queen of Sheba,
the country far, far to the south.
for when tidings came of a
certain King Solomon, and of
his wisdom and the spIendors of
his kingdom, she listened to the
story, and determined that she
would prove to her own ears
and her own eyes that all she
had heard was true. And so
she came!
CAME! Do you grasp the sig
n%ificance of that word? Where
you are now dwelling in ISL
and contentment you will eve
be able to know that these
things which are spoken of the
greater King Jesus are true.
You have heard the reports.
You have been told over and
over again by those who have
come straight from the presence
of King Jesus that he and he
alone a satisfy the heart of
man, and yet you have been
content to stay where you are
in the far country of sin. Why
not, like the queen of Sheba,
come and prove whether the
things you have heard are really
so?
King Solomon received the
queen of Sheba because she
came as an honest inquirer. He
was willing that she should see
and hear and know. And the
greater than Solomon invites
the most searching kind of hon.
est Investigation and testing.
"Prove me-" is the invitation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Home Training in Manners.

Not only does the teaching of good
manners in the home during child
hood prove a blessing during youth
and render a child pleasing and at
tractive, but it is of Incompatible
value later, says the Designer. No
where else, and from no one so well as
the mother, can the growing boy or
girl become easily and naturally
familiar with all the little mannerisms
that stamp n as being well bred.
1t is useless to reprimand q child
for the very errors its elders commit.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Bible in Dakota Schools.

There is at least one state in the
union which does not seem afraid to
teach the Bible in the public schools.
In North Dakota a W years course
in Bible study has been made a part
of the curriculum of the State Nor
NAL school. Recently $50 pupils at
tended these classes, which were CIV
en- by officers Of the Sunday School as
sOciatiOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Aids Prjson-Gate Work.

The Countess Won Boos-Farrar, a
relative of the late Archdeacon Farrar,
is deeply interested in the prison-gate
work of the Salvation Army. The
countess is gifted with a beautiful
voice and has or several occasions
sung to the prisoners in the tombs.
She sang lately to the men of the
Bowery mission, New York city.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Man After Woman,s Place.

Woman has invaded nearly every
line of business once devoted to men,
but it seldom occurs that the male
will think it worth while to steal a
poor housemaid's job. The financial
stringency, perhaps, forced one per-
o so far to forget his manhood as
to apply for general Homework. The
following advertisement appeared in a
morning paper:
Young man wants place for general
homework. first-class cook, bread,
cake; sleep out"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Shows Gains.

The last report Of the Presbyterian
Congo missions says: Tbs work is
gaining in quality and quantity. There
has been a great increase In the in
tensity and extensiveness OF the work.
The results are worthy Of all the sacri-
fees made. The government and the
constituencies Catholics are our chief
source of embarrassment"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

his mother. ABE" lived on the farm,
they say, until he was four and a
half years old, when, because of the
scant produce of it's Ito acres, the
family was forced to move to a house
in the village, where Tom Lincoln
barely supported his family by work
ing at odd jobs as a carpenter. There
they lived until the boy was nearly
ten, when the Lincolns moved to In
diana.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

scenes of the earliest years of Lin
Dir life has revived unusual inter-
est in all the associations of his youth.
The graybeards of Hodgenville, the
hamlet which is situated about two
miles from the Lincoln farm, ever
sine they were aroused by it's sale
at auction, have been telling many a
story about Little Abe" when a lad;
about Tom" his father, and Nancy,