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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Somewhere between the statements
freely made that the United States
is the most corrupt nation on earth,
and the contradicting statement that
its people hold the highest and most
atruistic ideals, lies the real truth
about the American people. An edu.
Gated French women, who has spent
much time in this country says of us,
LAS people your ideals and your
moral tone are ahead of any Euro
pean nation; individually you are apt
to be disappointing. But the fact
alone that here one constantly hears
reference to service, and the desire
and intent to render service-that
serving has been made, however
recently, a public ideal-strikes the
foreigner forcibly."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

In the first issue of Senator La
Follette's weekly paper the editor
says: 1T is founded in the belief that
it can aid in making our government
represent with more fidelity the will
Of the people" mo eminence," says
the senator, "of position in party or
the people from deserved criticism. y
No one knowing Senator La Toilette
will doubt the truth of this state
ment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Men of science have been studying
the alligator and have discovered that
every part is of some value. A half
grown specimen is worth far more in
money than the largest steer, The
teeth alone are worth from two to
four dollars a pound according to size
Every square inch of the hide makes a
far more durable and attractive cover,
ing than leather, parts of the flesh are
greatly priced by the natives for food
while two freshly laid alligator eggs
are said to be every bit the equal OF
hens eggs when cooked properly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Grand Island Independent: Norfolk
Commercial club has quite a practical
way of taking care of the citys visi-
tors should at any time the hotel ia,
cilities be overtaXed. Under the aus,
pieces Of the club list of private resi-
dences has been compiled at which
in case of necessity and upon short
notice a room can be spared This
listed room is to remain at the dis
posal of the club at any time, so long
as the resident does not notify the
committee that the room is us longer
available.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

An eastern paper wants to know
what can be done TO prevent earth
quakes? Really, there has been no
method discovered of controlling the
action of earth or sea, whether it be
normal or abnormal, but there are
plenty of places on the globe which
have never been visited by such
touches of nature to accommodate
the nervous inhabitants of the earth
quake belt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The Republicans in congress have
finally called halt on further personal
abuse of President Roosevelt. 1t is
about time. If there is nothing of
value to the country that the congress
of the United States can do, they had
better adjourn If there is, they had
better get down to business and do it.
Bitter attacks upon it's chief executive
will never make the country better,
richer or happier.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

A triumph awaits the publisher who
will have the courage to reduce the
size Of his Sunday paper instead of
padding IT. The Emporia Gazette tells
very drully of the fate of the dropsical
Sunday edition in the following hum.
orous rhyme: 81 spent five cents for
the Sunday Dart and hauled 1t home
in a two wheeled cart. piled the sec
tions upon the floor, till they reached
as high as the kitchen door; hung the
chromos upon the wall, though there
wasn't room to hang them ALL and the
yard was Uttered some two feet deep
with comic sections" that made me
weep; and there were sections of pink
and green, a womans section and
magazine, and sheets of music the
which, if played, would quickly make
an audience fade and there were pat
terms for women's gowns. and also for
gentlemen's hand-me-downs and a
false moustache and a rubber doll and
a deck of cards and parasol Now
men, are busy with dray and cart,
a-hauling away the Sunday Dart"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

William Howard Taft in his recent
journey through the southern states
pacity and rare tact in meeting those
who differ from him. He met the black
man and the white man as men and
as his friends but never misled them
as to his own views. The FilipinOs
called him the 'pacificator." He
promises to become as much beloved
in the great homeland as he is among
the Malays of the far off islands of the
sea.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Secretary Wilson plans to inaugur-
ate the circulating of small libraries
on agriculture, horticulture, poultry
and stock raising among the farmers
of the country, each community own
ing it's own collection of books. This
is a very practical and helpful sug
gestion as most of Secretary Wilson'S
ideas for the promotion of farm in
terests are.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

People who drew farms on the Rose
bud will be glad that the date for filing
has been postponed. To have been
compelled to have made land selec-
lions in March might have worked
hardship, as it would be difficult to
select a claim intelligently at that
that objection.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t has long been a question among
progressive nations what would hap
pen if the four hundred million inhabi-
tants of the Chinese empire should
ever become fully aroused and con
scious of their power. Sir Robert Hart,
for many years inspector general of
Chinese customs makes the striking
suggestion that when that time comes,
China will turn to the rest Of the
world and say: Gentlemen. there
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t is now suggested that Washington
city be made dry" This is eminently
proper. There are a good many men,
bers of congress who represent dry
states and talk dry" talk and mas
much as their constituency is always
dry they ought to be made to stay
dry at Washington or turn their con-
stituency loose.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

When a girl is sixteen years old, her
mother goes crazy if boy looks at
her, Two years later, the mother is
quite Indifferent to boys, and when the
girl reaches twenty, the mother thinks
it mighty funny if her daughter hasn't
gentleman company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Wyoming is following the lead of
Kentucky and Tennessee in carnival
of lawlessness. 1t is strange how
humanity in herds will engage in
criminal acts which no one of the
band would countenanCe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

There are more than ninety mem
bers of the United states senate and
800 congressman. 1t Will be noticed,
however, says the Toledo Blade, that
the president has not called for help.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Miss Beatrice Mills, daughter of
millionaire Ogden Mills of New York,
is the latest American girl to purchase
an English lord. How long before she
will be offering him for sale at bar.
gain prices?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t Is unfortunate that allIiation
of the training school for nurses Mt
the Norfolk insane hospital. with three
prominent Omaha hospitals, is to be
lost because of a change in state ad-
ministration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The man who refuses to advertise
his business because it will cost him
something is as foolish as the man
who refuses to be saved from drown
ing because he fears he might have to
pay reward.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

An agreement has finally been
reached with Venezuela by which it is
understood that the five causes of
controversy are to be referred to the
Hagut tribunal and that new treaty
will provide for a settlement of all
future disputes by arbitration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

In San Francisco a man got eight
years for stealing eight cents, while
banker who wrecked a bank with
$9OOO,O00 deposits got eighteen
months. Justice seems tC nave been
shaken from her equilibrium in the
earthquake and it looks doubtful if
she ever regains it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Annie Peck, who recently scaled the
highest peaks of the Andes, says that
good lungs and a strong heart are the
essentials of success in mountain as
tensions. Plus a level head, these
are the things that count in all kinds
of climbing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Heroes and heroines have been
brought to light in large numbers by
the fearful Italian calamity, but it has
been specially touching to see the
devotion of Queen Helena, who for
getful of all her artificial royalties
has revealed the true royalty of a
noble nature.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Mr.. Bryan is against expansion but
he's perfectly willing that Nebraska
should spend her money educating
oriental brown men in the art Of
citizenship.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The bin introduced into the Nebras-
ka Legislature to compel a hotel to
have sheets of certain length and indi-
vidual towels, is no joke, and the com
mercial travellers of the state are push
ing it hard. 1t seems unfortunate that
such steps should be essential to the
comfort and health of the travelling
public, but where the hotel keeper re-
fuses to provide cleanliness and whole
someness at 50 per day, there is justi-
tication in asking the state to step in
and take hand. Some country hotels
prove exceptions to the rule and pro-
vide clean towels and suitable sheets
some there are, also, and the pity it
is, which allow guests to use towels
reeking with filth, and to sleep in beds
covered with blankets that are satur-
ated with dust and probably germs. It
is an unfortunate state of affairs
which makes it necessary to force any
business man or institution to be en-
terprising, and it is merely a matter of
enterprise as is demonstrated by the
fact that the hotel that is clean and
wholesome gets the bulk of the patron
age from the men on the road. 1t would
pay any hotel to treat it's guests de-
Gently without intervention of the law
but if they refuse ordinary decency
there's nothing to do but write it down
in the statute book.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Norfolk is to be congratulated upon
the fact that the city council author
lied the taking of a local census, and
from present appearances the city
is going to score up above and beyond
the 5000 mark, even without the an
neXed territory now in the courts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Now that there is scheme to place
a $77000,0OO duty on imported coffee
and the prohibitionists are increas-
ingly alert, it begins to look as though
the ordinary American citizen would
be obliged to run the risk of drinking
water as a regular beverage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The worlds gold production last
year was about $425,OOOOOO. OF this
aggregate Uncle Sam absorbed about
one-fourth and now has securely
locked in his strong box more than
$1,000 100000 of the precious metal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Locusts are proving very trouble,
some in Panama. We are glad to send
word to our Panama friends that in
the United States we are at the pres
ent time entirely free from the perse
cution of mosquitoes and all other
pestiferous insects.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Mr. Rockefeller has handed over an
other million to the Chicago gu" This
makes $23,OOO,OOO all told which the
oil magnate has poured out to lubri-
cate the wheels of the great univer-
sity's machinery.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The man who knows what he ought
to do next is as common as black
berries But the man who knows what
he ought to do next and goes and
does it is as rare as an orchid and a
thousand times more valuable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

With Senator La Toilette, Mr.. Bryan
and presently Mr.. Roosevelt all on the
firing line, the fourth estate ought to
be vigorous, spicy and up to date.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

An irate Arkansas patriot threw an
egg at a state legislator. A police
magistrate fined the offender 81. This
fine added to the cost of the egg, made
1t an expensive deal for the patriot
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

DR.. Wiley, the enthusiastic pure food
specialist, estimates that the pure
food law has saved the people of the
country $1OO,OOO,OOO through avoided
sickness. This estimate seems some.
what visionary, but no one denies the
value of DR.. Wiley's work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

When w. w. Kitchen, governor OF
North Carolina organizes his cabinet,
It must of necessity be a kitchen
cabinet"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Night riding is not the sport it was
before six participants received the
death sentence for their heinous
crimes and two more twenty-year i'm
prisonments.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

OF course it is merely a coincidence
that the biggest bargain sales are al
ways advertised in capitol cities while
the state legislatures are in session.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Andrew Carnegie says it is almost
as hard to keep fortune as to gain
it. And Andrew seems to be having
the worst time of all disposing of his.
He is having another spell of lauding
honest poverty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

might do or not do something which
would turn the lucky tide of his af.
fairs. He is right in thinking that
when man has luck which no one
else can beat he can beat 1t himself
IL he tries.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The st. Louis man who found $lO,-
900 inside a can of tomatoes has not
yet instituted prosecution against the
Gamers for adulteration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

A good way to settle this woman's
suffrage proposition would be to re-
quire all women voters to tell their age
as requisite to voting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Uncle Sam spent $4,000 in collect
ing facts about the Brownsville mat
ter. and still Senator Foraker wants
more.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
THE TOUCH THAT FAILED,

Dear Pater; I'm inscribing
For your sapient information
A problem that is driving me
To doleful desperation:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Mr.. Carnegie's announcement that
the people are partners in all great
fortunes is a happy one, and makes us
want our share right away.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

This is the season when people who
say that grapes can be kept all win
ter, by putting sealing wax on the
stems have nothing to say.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

must be no more fighting" The strong
est nation would Sir Robert believes,
become benehcent policeman, keep
ing the smaller nations in order. quite
new and difficult role for China to
DlaV
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

When a syndicate of western men
announced their intention to build a
railroad down the Gulf of Mexico TO
the Mexican border the head of the
biggest system in the southwest ridi-
culed the project and told them they
might get a few carloads of stuff going
in, but there was nothing to bring out,
but rattlesnakes and chaparral. 1t
was a hasty judgment and it was
wrong. The road was built. 1t paid
its way, and it has been the means
of opening up wastes given over to
rattlesnakes and chaparral and con
verting them to orange groves, truck
gardens and sugar plantations, Such
has been the history Of most railroads.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Fremont Tribune: Elkhorn Valley
physicians at Norfolk refused to hear
a paper by Norfolk doctor who had
issued a pamphlet in which he at
tackled some of his competitors in the
profession. They probably wanted to
see that at least one Nebraska man
knew how Congressman Willett felt
wnen his congressional brothers voted
not to listen to his attack on the presi.
dent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The picture postal card has now
reached the domain of the Amur of
Afghanistan, where it appears with an
elaborate border of flowers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

A Boston physician recommends
that we each eat a dozen raw eggs
daily. He must take us for million
aires.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

One Norfolk man who went to
church Sunday night, can't tell much
of what the preacher said but is able
to swear that certain young lady,
wearing new diamond ring, fixed her
front-hair with her left hand exactly
forty-seven times.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

A woman may not be able to drive
a nail very successfully but then the
average man would be awkward about
buttoning his vest up the back.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

A New York builder says that the
value of the building now under con
struction in that city exceeds more
than $1O0,OO0,OOO
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

ST." say the state house employees
now, when they see Auditor Barton.
And, all the samee, Mr.. Barton is only
applying the rules found profitable and
judicious in all other lines of business.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
IF I'd A JUST A BEEN AWAKE!

CAS- Told by the village detective
the morning after the bank was rob-
bed)
If I'd just been awake
Instead of bein' asleep
When them there blame bank robbers
Came around to take a peep
There'd been a shootin' match
To make yer epidermis Creep
If I'd just a been awake!
Condemn my sleepy picture
For not looking round;
A Twin just a block away
And never heard a sound!
There'd been different story
For the papers, I'll be bound
If I'd just been awake!
Been looking for them fellers
For most year or more;
If that aint the durndest bit of luck
ever had before,
For when they finally did come round
J"'' ny 'ltlt anu SHOIt,-
II I'd just a been awake!
I'd a grabbed my automatic Colt,
My smokeless thirty-eight,
And slipped around the corner
By the bank and laid in wait,
And the first burned yeggman showed
up
I'd a made disintegrate,-
If I'd a just a been awake!
That automatic Colt, why man
I'm givin' We no chaff
It'll shoot the whole eight bullets
In two seconds and a half,
And'll penetrate from end to end
A full grown yearlng calf
II Id just been awake!
If I'd just a knowed they's comm
I'd hid beside the vault
With my automatic in my hand
And I'd a called out Halt"
And If airy bugger got away
'Twould not been my fault
II I'd Just a been awake!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Unless the bill increasing the sal
AIRY of the president is passed before
March 4, President Taft WILDE obliged
10 subsist on the present income
from the office, for the constitution
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Mr.. Taft spoke in Cincinnati of the
remarkable good fortune which had
followed him since the beginning of
his career, and of the seemingly prob
able misfortunes which he had
escaped. He said he feared that he
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

forbids raising the presidents salary
during the term for which he Is
elected
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The women think that every time a
man goes into a dry goods store, he is
robbed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Augusta Ga, looms into prominence
while oyster Bay sinks into its old
time obscurty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Sentiment will not hold out long
against cold weather An Atchison
bridegroom, neglected his kindling,
and for two mornings has used his
brides love letters for starting the
fire
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Self consciousness has been wittily
defined as persons inability to gel
out OF his own way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
ABOUT NORFOLK.

Fremont Tribune: A Norfolk man
has compiled sausage fifty-siX feet
from tip to tip. 1t was doubtless
made from dachshund.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

why all this discussion about what
women do best? Any man can an
swer that in three letters-M-E-N.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t is easy to get orders over a tele
phone, but you can't collect over {
telephone.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
About Norfolk.

Madison Post; We do not know
VINO writes the Around Town" column
for The Norfolk Daily News, but we
wonder how he knows that "talcum
podwer on a girls cheek tastes better
than any other known preparation"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Yellow shoes will not look glazing
no matter how cold the weather turns
until it SHOWS.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Northern Nebraska can dig up an
earthquake any old time earthquakes
become the popular thing. The one at
Creighton was just at the right time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Looks like Norfolk is there and
over" this time on the census count
Be counted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t has been discovered by an officer
in the division of foreign markets of
the department of agriculture that the
motor car has so far replaced about
10000 horses in this country. Yet farm
horses have never been in such de-
mand as at the present time. An in
creasing demand for farm and bust.
ness purposes seem to keep pace with
the increase in the use of motor cars
The farm horses alone in use January
l, 1908, numbered 1O,992,OOO in round
numbers
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

A pretty man is seldom good for
anything else.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t is only when we compare the &C.
cident mortality with battlefield earn.
age that we realize something of the
significance of such a comparison. For
example, it is a sanguinary conflict
that leaves 10000 dead upon battle
field. Less than 5000 fell at Gettys
burg, but according to the bureau OF
labor from 10000 to $4,000 American
wage earners meet death from acct
dents every years. 1t almost looks as
though the hazard of work was greater
than the hazard of battle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

A day in June is now no rarer than
a day without presidential message.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

The total population of the British
empire is over 4O0,O00,0O0
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Didn't that fog remind you of dea1
OF Lon'on?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
NEBRASKA POLITICS.

Grand Island Independent: "Mornin'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

In eXtenso, eX tempore
Without further hesitation,
Your allowance is too meager
For my college education!
You know the cost of living
'Mong a cultured population
Has materially inflated
Since your adOlescencation.
AS your fortune takes no cognizance
OF slight disintegration
A little larger draft would be
A great alienation.
Hoping you will see Dear Pater,
This is no hallucination,
Needing no detailed description
Or undue collaboration,
And that you will shell out blandly
AS BELTS one of your station,
remain your only loving son,
In sleepless expectation.
A1on1o
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
AROUND TOWN.

Now's the time to stand up and be
counted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

1t would be difficult to say whether
more persons have been mentioned in
connection with Tafts cabinet or the
presidents hunting trip, but honors ap.
pear to be about even
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Now for safe and sane St. Valen
tines day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Resolved, That the firemen are rat
Ting good fellows.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Pm getting so l can't sleep well
unless there's fire alarm at 2:45 a.
m.," said a Norfolk man
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29

Be sure that the census taker counts
you at least once. He's on the way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
AlonZo.

Dear AlonZo;
Same size draft!
Don't spread it on so,
I've no graft!
Be more careful!
Don't go daffy!
Don't try giving your
Dear Dad taffy!
Pater.
Richard f. Marwood.