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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Prof. Richard D. Harlan in an ad-
dress before the National Association
of Manufacturers in New York OH
the need of special training for the
consular service said: Every intel,
ligent American will agree to two
propositions. The first is that some,
where in the United States there
should be at least one special training
school for this service whose whole
curriculum is shaped with the one
end in view of training men to serve
the country in the extension of its
foreign commerce. The second prop
osition is that the stragetic loca,
ton for such a school is at the ma
tional capital" Tis is a matter in
which every county of every state is
interested. Our foreign commerce is
meeting with fiercer competition every
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

A rumor that a s3OO,O0O,O00 merger
or combine to control the yellow pine
industry of the United States has
been formed. is floating through bus
mess circles but is secuted as ridicu.
holding their semiannual association
in Chicago. LARGE holdings of south.
ern lumbermen have been purchased
by Weyerhauser and other st. Paul
lumbcrmen One member of the asso.
citation advanced the opinion that
unless heroic methods were taken to
protect the remaining lumber supply
that frame house would soon be an
expensive affair.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Thomas W. Lawson in his long tele-
gram of congratulation to Mr. Bryan
upon his nomination expressed the be-
lief that he would be elected and the
country would have four years contin-
uation of Rooseveltian policies under
his administration, after which Roose-
welt would again be elected to the
executive office. Mr.. Lawson is al
ways advancing peculiar ideas and
this prophecy seems more than usually
improbable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31
CITY LIGHTING.

For years there has been a popular
demand for better lighted Norfolk
a system of lighting that would reach
to all portions of the city, giving
every inhabitant the same impartial
opportunity to be lighted to his home
on a dark night The opportunity was
presented to the council at its meet
ing Tuesday evening, and, unaccount.
able as it may seem, the best propo-
sition ever offered was defeated by
the council.
The proposition offered the city
by the Norfolk Electric Light and
Power company contemplated just
what has been wanted for years.
street light at every intersection. The
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The city of Chester, Pa, has been
the scene of remarkable object les
son illustrating the effectiveness of
the boycott. For three months the
strike of the Chester street car en-
ployes was supported by boycott of
the public against the street car COM
pany. AS a result the city's trade
has been paralyzed, values have de-
preciated, a heavy public debt has
been piled up and the public has
finally repudiated the boycott. The
city of Chester has suffered the loss
of large manufacturing plant which
had intended to locate there, as well
as many valuable citizens and profess
sional men. The town Is being
avoided as strike town and it will
be years before the city regains the
position and prosperity which it has
lost.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The announcement by Mr.. Bryan
that he will only ask for one term in
the white house will not occasion
much of a stir in political circles,
simply because the contingency of
the request to serve the first term
Is entirely too remote 70 take
second term into consideration. Had
he made the announcement that
should he fail to be elected he would
not ask the Democratic party to NOM
mate him again, such an announce
ment would have been received with
great deal of attention. AS it is
it looks as if the Democratic party
because of this mans ambition was
bottled up for at least sixteen or
twenty years longer, for Mr.. Bryan is
in good health, has a fine physique
and an audacity that is good for an
indefinite period.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Editors of newspapers in Russia do
not have an enviabe position. From
June to October last year eighty-four
newspapers were suppressed, thirty
five editors put in prison, three exiled,
one hundred and thirty-three news
papers fined and sixty editors had
criminal proceedings taken against
them. Under theses conditions the
opinions expressed by Russian edi-
tors will never have much weight in
America and Europe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The fight against rats is going on
with increasing vigor. New sins are
being laid at the rodents door. He is
now accused of conveying leprosy as
we'll as the dreaded bubonic plague
In England it is estimated that the
rats have damaged crops to the value
of $2SOOOO,OOO. Rat clubs are being
organized and prizes offered for the
death of the largest number. The
plan is a good one and should be
taken up in the United States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Great as is the pride of the Amer
lean people in their great fleet now
sailing around the world as a dem
onstration of the wealth and power of
the nation, bearing 1900 enlisted men
whose strength is estimated as equal
to 100000 horse power, the value to the
nation of this fleet blowing the seas
sinks into insignificance when com
pared to the ten million persons en-
gagged in using agricultural implements
which pillow the land. During the twelve
months plows are at work in the
United States turning burrows which
if placed end to end would be equiva-
lent to seventeen round trips to
Mars or 10000 Recommendations of
the earth. This is the great Amer
lean fleet, the one to which we all
look for the necessities of existence.
This fleet wages a silent warfare and
the press notices are few and head
lines small, but catastrophe to this
fleet means more suffering and loss
than would be entailed by disaster to
the entire navy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Many people believe that if they
are not indebted to their neighbor
for goods purchased, and have dis
charged their obligation to the state
or municipality by paying their taxes,
that nothing more can be expected Of
them. But in reality mans duty to
his neighbor is limited only by his
power to do his neighbor good and
his duty to the community by his
ability to be of service to it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The Democratic party is always
posing as the special friend of the
laboring man, and yet in its platform
this year 1t demands that the tariff
shall be revised by a sweeping cut
of duties. This would mean that the
reduction in revenue received from
foreign goods would be so great that
the government would be compelled
to close most of its customs houses
and our markets would be flooded
with foreign goods. 1t means that
American factories would close their
doors and millions of working men
would find themselves with nothing
to do. Happily the laboring man of
America is intelligent and thinks for
himself He has a memory that
reaches back to the last Democratic
administration with its soup houses
and its idleness. They may be fooled
occasionally, but they can't be fooled
twice in the same way in the same
generation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Editor Hemphill of the Charleston
News and Courier says that within
the past few years Senator Tilman
has fatty denied interviews which he
has given to him and other news
paper men and chartably adds when
the senator is talking he is not con-
scious of more than one third that
pours off his tongue as the waters
come down the cataract of Lodore"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

For the first time in many years
Judge Taft is a private citizen and
enjoying himself being one. He
has been in public life for so many
years and no man is better acquainted
with the needs of the people than
he is. That he will make good is no
doubt. That he will be elected there
is less. And when he leaves the
office to which he has been nominated
he will be as popular with the people
as his worthy predecessor
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

New York has been forced by its
rapidly increasing population to in
crease its water supply. To do this
it found was no easy task. In fact,
the problem was tremendous and
startling. The only available water
supply was that in the Catskill
mountains and to utilize this re-
quires the construction of a reser.
voir in the mountains which will sub
merge twelve square miles of country
and seven villages. The reservoir
will hold 100000 100000 gallons of
water and an equeduct ninety miles
long will bring 5Oe,OOOOOO gallons
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31
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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The Denver platform ridicules the
new emergency currency law and
many of the most conservative people
in the country agree with them in
this point, but in proposing the
greenback cure for currency imitation
in times of crisis, it proves that the
Democratic party is still laboring
under the old Authorizations on the
money question.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Duluth sounds strong note Of
prosperity this week and tells of a
reversal of conditions at the beginning
of the year. Mills, mines, factories
are all after help and thousands of
men are needed in the harvest fields
where a great crop is ready for the
harvesters. Once more jobs are
hunting men in good old Republican
style.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Japan is to have new capitol build
ing at Toxic costing $12,000,000 Mr..
Hayashida, chief secretary of the
Japanese parliament, is in America
with a staff of architects inspecting
public buildings to gain new ideas con-
corning modern methods of construc-
ton. He declares that Japan would
shudder at the thought of war with
the American nation to whom she
owes so much. However, Mr.. Hobson
may have later information to the
effect that war has been declared.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

attainment is that machines can be
navigated against the wind current
and the steering gear is so improved
that the airship is almost as easy to
control as an automobile, Those
who live fifty years from now will in
all possibilities see airship Transports
ton vielng with railroads for
patronage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Great interest is felt throughout the
country in the successful develop
ment of Thomas E. Edisons concrete
house which he proposes to so per-
feet that an entire house can be cast
in one piece by using enormous
moulds. He believes that it will be
possible to construct comfortable
dwellings much quicker and cheaper
than of any other building material.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

One of the most notable sales Of
rare autographs that London has
known in years has begun. American
collectors are we'll represented at the
auction and are likely to carry off
many of the rarities. Among the
eminent authors whose letters or
manuscripts will be auctioned off are
Sir Walter Scott, Charlotte Bronte,
Samuel T, Coleridge, Charles Dickens,
Alfred Tennyson, Robert Burns and
William NJ. Thackeray.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

within few days a committee OF
Republicans are going to Cincinnati
to tell Judge Taft that he has been
nominated for the presidency. How
slow some people are. We knew that
more than a month ago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Ryan to the cause OF Bryan in Ne.
braska. They believe that too much
money is solicited on both sides, too
much spent, too many obligations In
Cured. Therefore they receive with
the utmost satisfaction the rule OF
Mr.. Taft that there must be full pub
licity II is like the man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Again the railroads are urging
fuel users to lay in their stocks for
the winter before the movement of
crops begins. officials say that unless
the coal movement is heavily in
creased during the next two weeks
there is sure to be another traffic
congestion such as tied up shippers
throughout the west two years ago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

There are now twelve successful
flying machines in existence Of which
two are American. DR.. Alexander
Graham Bell predicts that these air
ships will soon be used for pleasure
and very likely for carrying mails
He opines that five years hence the
light swift travel of the world will re
uuire neither rail nor macadam.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The death of Bishop Potter re-
moves one of the most lovable and
useful men in public life. Bishop
Potter was always earnest and sim
cere in his own belief but was tolerant
of the views of others. In his death
the church has lost a wise and
capable leader, and the nation a
valuable citizen whose example was
an inspiration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

If brevity is the soul of wit, the
prohibitionists must be conceded to
be the wittiest lot in the bunch.
Their declaration of principles enun-
ciated at their recent national conven-
ton contains but three hundred words
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The prohibition platform Is a relief
in one way. 1t is at least commend.
ably brief. 1t contains the concise
statement of fourteen different prin-
ciples, headed by planks for a pro
hibition amendment to the constitu-
ton. Instead of occupying full page
or more Of irrelevant swagger
inuendo, and so called argument, 1t
can easily be accommodated In a
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The might Riders" in Kentucky
are growing holder and more lawless.
They recently destroyed three sta
lions on the Illinois Central for re-
venge. There is going to be work for
more than one company of militia
unless such depredations can be
stopped.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

France has long been in the lead
over other nations in the use of
balloons in military experiments, but
Count Leppelin's recent triumph puts
Germany in the lead and Emperor
William now plans to make the air
ship an important feature in the Ger
man military establishment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The United States Steel corporation
is closing a deal with the Russian
government for one million tons of
steel rails to be used in relaying the
entire Trans-Siberian railroad. The
Russians have found the rails in use
are altogether too light. 1t will take
two years to fill the contract.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Mr.. Bryan and his running mate,
Mr.. Kern, have one common ground of
sympathy. They both have tasted re-
peated defeat in the attainment Of
their ambition for public office, Mr..
Kern having been twice defeated for
governor of Indiana.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

f. II. Gary, chairman of the steel
corporation said last week: From the
standpoint of the steel corporation,
the iron and steel business has been
better during the last two weeks than
at any time since the depression Of
last October.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Information has been obtained
against an organized ring in Los An
geles for smuggling Chinese coolies
into the United States all along the
Mexican frontier. The department of
Labor and Commerce are making an
effort to control it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The return to full time operation
by number OF New England cotton
mills has been the latest of the re.
turn of general trade prosperity in
that section. A leading manufacturer
said very recently: prices are
better. the demand for goods Is better,
and there is better feeling in the
cotton goods business all around"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

1t is now Taft and Sherman on the
Republican ticket. Bryan and Kern on
the Democratic, Watson and Williams
on the Populist Debs and Hanford on
the Socialist and Claflin and Patnoie
on the Prohibitionist. You pay your
money and take your choice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

1t Is to the everlasting shame of the
American nation that while China is
making a desperate effort to abolish
the opium traffic, America and west
ern countries are pouring in intoxi-
eating liquors enough to wreck the
whole people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Business interests are not anxious
for changes in the presidency unless
the administration has proved unsatis-
factory. AS a general proposition one
successful term in the presidency pre-
disposes the public to a second term.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

In everyday home and business life
we soon come to realize that courtesy
may exist without love, but love with
out unfailing courtesy is a very poor
apology for the real article.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Henry Phipps, the Pittsburg million
aire and philanthropist, has recently
donated 100000 to John Hopkins uni
versity for the founding of hospital
for the study and treatment of mental
diseases.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

A popular magazine has on its first
cover page the information that its
August issue is an "Upift number"
while the last page of the cover con.
contains a large cigarette advertise
ment. How many boys are so uplifted
to the insane asylum or the skies?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Secretary Garfield is making thor
ough and sweeping investigation of
the department of the interior. The
reclamation service is coming in for
a change and there are forthcoming
changes in the method of conducting
Indian affairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

President Gould of Cornell univer-
sity well says: 1--WE all need fresh
baptism of political idealism, new
conservation to the old fashioned Re
publican faith of the fathers"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

year Upon It's enlargement our future
prosperity depends. To increase 1t
we must have men who know what
they are about to represent us In
every foreign country. Let this need
be agitated in every locality until 1t
Is ADEQUATELY filled.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Strenuous efforts are being made to
induce women to emigrate to South
Africa. No other class of emigrants
are welcome there now. Three hun
dred and fourteen went there from
England last year, most of them teach
ers, and all found ready engagements
at the Cape.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31
The NORFOLK WEEKLY YALFRlDAY JULY 81 1905.

daily to the city. 1t is one of the
greatest construction enterprises ever
undertaken and the cost is estimated
at $1G2,OOO,0OO Five thousand engl.
neers. contractors and workmen are
now at work on the great project
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Did anyone notice any similarity be-
tween Teddy's platform and Bryan's
platform? According to 1.-The peer
less" all ideas and policies advocated
by Roosevelt originated under the hat
of William Jennings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Mr.. Tafts record shows no silver
blunders but is filled with golden
deeds. He needs no silver tongued
oratory. His work speaks for him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Judge E. H. Gary of the Steel Cor
poration, said just before sailing for
Europe, Conditions are improving
all along the line. Nothing is lack
ing to a return to complete prosperity
except the entire confidence of the
business world in the election of the
Republican candidates.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The Japanese II seems are pro.
crossing very fast with American bus.
mess methods They have been dis.
covered practcing the art of rebating
on their railroad which runs through
Manchuria.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Col Gaffsy of Pennsylvania labels
Bryan as the most arrogant, impudent,
dominating, devastating boss the
Democratic party has ever known.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The New York Independent in its
editorial columns in most vigorous Ian
guage pronounces Richard Pearson
Hobson a public nuisance and dis
grace with his never changing cry
of war. President Roosevelt has
elected him an active member of the
Ananias club and the public is heartily
tired of his vociferous shouts for bat
tleships and war paraphanalia.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

"Do you sell coffee like mother used
to make? asked the stranger In Nor
folk restaurant yesterday, YES" said
the restaurant man. Then you must
he a mighty good salesman" re-
Yarked the visitor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

one man in stanton county IL going
to vote for Bryan because he says he
voted for Bryan in 1896 and has en-.
joyed prosperity ever since.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

An Alabama editor thinks 1t a shame
TO lie to a candidate, perhaps. but at
times 1t would be cruel to tell them
the truth.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Vermont has the name of being the
granite state but Pennsylvania really
produces more Of the stone than any
other state in the union.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Every bore thinks he's the most
agreeable man in town that were it
not for his flow Of wit, the community
would be hopelessly dull.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

If there is anything that makes
person nearmad II is to be bitten on
the left ankle by little black fiste OF
Il dog.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Mr.. Taft will not fight Mr.. Foraker
in Ohio. This makes the Democrats
very unhappy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

When man speaks to man. there
is a certain saw-like quality in his
voice. But when he speaks to
young girl notice the oil and velvet
appear in his voice.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Two bankers at Gregory S d., eat
sour cream on their peaches.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The young man who Is ambitious to
make a record for himself now seeks
n position in a monograph factory,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

one of the butcher shops at Lynch
is owned and run by woman butch.
cress.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The publications devoted to
Higher Things are always screaming
because people chew toothplcks on
the street. If people want to chew
toothpicks, let them do it we say.
Also, eat with their knives.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

1t has probably occurred to every
man that ten cents is too much for
barber shop shine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

cially able to contribute to a cam
paign fund.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

He may be good man but we don't
like him; the man who is always say
ing, "As the poet says" and quoting
what the poet says.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

The devil works to get some people
that no one else would have if they
were given away.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

enough to attract people who want to
impose on them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

Why is it that every man apologies
to an agent for not investing in his
schemes and is so bold with his wife?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

When a man is trying to teach his
wife how to play cards, he is more
brutal than at any other time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

A man who owns a shot gun usually
has as many fingers off as a man
who works on a railroad.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Nearly any proposition looks well
in figures.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

When we make a statement and a
man inquiries in a certain mean way,
rs that so?" he makes us mad
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31

How would you like to be the ice
man now!