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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
Ardersou,s Store Changes Hands

Anderson's Store Changes HANDS
The china, housefurnishing and
stoye business owned ard con
Quoted for ears b y Mr.. r. B. An
derson on Nelson street, was pur'
chased last week by three well
known young business men OF Lex
iueton, who have secured a chart
err from the State Corporation
Commission and will conduct The
business under the name OF The
R. S. Anderson Company, with
Messrs. W. W. Wright, president !;
R. c. Walker, vice.president; and
Fitch, secretary and treas'
urer. Mr.. Fitch and Mr.. Wright,
who have had experience in the
business, will be managers.
The new owners have lived In
the community for years. Mr..
Wright for the past several years
has been travelling for wholesale
cbipa house of Roanoke, and pre-
,icus to that time was associated
with Mr.. Anderson for several
Years. Mr.. Walker is assistant
cashier of the Peoples National
Bank aud secretary and treasurer
Of the Rock bridge Mutual lnsur'
ance. Mr.. Fitch for several years
has been Mr.. Anderson's princl'
pal assistant. .,..
The new concern will continue
the business with the same lines OF
high class goods carried by Mr.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08

The v. N. 1. formally opened
today. More than 1l6 new ca,
diets have reported, and many OLD
ones coming in.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
Warning

Do not be persuaded into taking any
thing but Foley's Honey and Tar for
chronic coughs, bronchitis, hay fever,
asthma, and lung trouble, as 1t etops
the cough and heals the lungs. b. II.
Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08

Watch babies bowels till the frosts
come. DR.. Flhlney's Teething Syrup
keeps them In good shape. Sample free.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08

Lady wanted5 as cashier. Ad'
drsss,Orawsr ., Lexington, Va.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
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brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
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atnrna tha Sancnc of
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
CA ARM

Taste and Smell. Fail size 30 Cts, at Drug-
gists or by mail. In liquid form, IS cents.
Ely Brothers, &c Warren Street. New York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Walt Mason in the Emporia Gazette:
The large green tent you've seen me
pack around this thriving town. is lost
again; in some ones shack, I've sim
ply laid it down; and now the rains
that heaven sent have caused me
griefs and pains; ! always lose my
moving tent, the day before it rains.
Some chap will bear it through the
storm, until the storm is past; and it
will keep him dry and warm, and
shield him from the blast; and when
the days again are fine, and gone the
tempests rude, he'll send me back
that tent of mine, with much solicit
tude. And thus, as through the world
tread, is luck to me supplied; when
e'er | drop a slice of bread, it strikes
the buttered side; the large fat dollars
that spent don't come my way again.
| always lose my moving tent, the day
before there's rain.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

the tediousness Of the Journeys, would
be saved in that way. And more even
justice could be expected II the trials
were distributed, instead OF being
centercd in one spot
Following is the telegram from
Washington telling of forthcoming
efforts to change the law:
Senator Burkett has received some
complaints from attorneys in Nebraska
against the delay of cases in some of
the divisions of the federal court by
reason of the law providing that all
the issues of law suit must be tried
in the division where they orr yinate.
There are eight divisions in the state,
and outside of Lincoln and Omaha
there is only one term OF federal court
a year in the divisions If a motion to
remand, or a demurrer, is filed in a
case under the present law the motion
cannot be heard by the court until
the next term in that particular divis-
ion This, the lawyers claim, unneces-
Sarily delays litigation. One attorney.
in writing, says that he sued a rail.
road company in the state court The
railroad company filed an application
to remove the case to the United
States court. The attorneys filed a mo-
ton to remand, but under the law his
motion cannot be heard until the court
sits in that district, which will be al
most year. Senator Burkett has ia
ken the matter up with the judges of
the federal court in Nebraska, and they
are of the opinion that it would be
well to amend the law so as to per-
NIT of the hearing of motions or de-
murers of that court anywhere in the
district. The senator has, therefore,
prepared proposed amendment
which he expects to introduce in few
days, which will permit the judges to
hear interlocutory motions anywhere
in the district. He said, also, that
there had been request that the
term of court in Lincoln be changed
to the first Monday in October instead
of the fourth Monday in October. He
will probably offer this amendment at
the same time he does the other.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
THAT FORECAST.

The remarkable achievement of the
government weather bureau in fore
casting this storm four days ahead for
Norfolk and six ahead for New York,
is entitled to more than casual consid-
GRAFTON at the hands of the American
people. The feat, aside from its prac-
teal value in this particular instance,
indicates the growing possibilities of
the weather bureau service and shows
more than ever its important place in
our every day life.
Experience has shown, during thirty
years, that nine out of ten of the
storms which pass over Norfolk
originate in the Pacific northwest
many of them out in the Pacific ocean
pass this way through a gap in the
mountains, sweep down across Dakota
and Nebraska into Missouri and oc.
casionally as far as Oklahoma, then
turn and follow a northeastern course
to the great lakes, passing out into the
Atlantic ocean by way of the ST. Law.
renee river
This is the course forecasted for
this storm, and up to date it has fol,
lowed that schedule.
The weather bureau has Just given
its first week-in-advance forecast. 1t
is working, however, upon a system
by which it hopes soon to give fore.
casts an entire month in advance.
At the present time telegraph lines
are not extended into northern Canada
and there is no way of getting infor,
nation as to barometric conditions
out in the Pacific ocean. When it be.
comes possible to get information
from all parts of the world every
morning, the weather bureau hopes to
be able to so follow storms as to give
forecasts thirty days ahead.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
ANOTHER LEMON PENDING.

The Norfolk Commercial club ought
to take steps at once to counteract a
movement on foot in Washington to
still further wipe Norfolk and other
federal court towns out in the state,
off the earth.
Even at present, with a law requir.
ing all cases originating in certain
district to be tried in that district the
law is a farce, because it is possible
to transfer cases, under the working
system. If any amendment is to be
offered to the law-and there should
be one-it should bring genuine terms
of court to the federal court towns,
instead of extinguishing them even
more than they already have been.
For the benefit of the litigants,
court should be held in towns within
their own districts. The expense of
long trips to Omaha. together with
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

mon clerk SO she wudcnt give me emmy
of my money. hut | got along with.
out II and its just as well or better.
for Mas all rite. She tuck my
$4,000 last spring and with Uncle
Oscars advice she bot a so akcr farm
chccp and last week she was offered
$500 for II but she wudcnt sell. She
got nccrly 500 rent OFF of II for mo
and she's Civ me 500 to 90 to Illustrat
ing school in Chicago with and she's
going to send me more whan need II.
tell YOU my Ma knows u heap more'n
sum fcllcr's mas does
The morning left we had family
worship, furst one | ever attended for
Pa never had that. My Step-Pa red
the parrible of the Proddygal sun that
wasted his substance on riotyus
liver and when he turnd up at home
they had a fatty caf for dinner, and he
scd he hoped | wud draw lessun
from the parrible as was about to
start into the way of temtashun
| just tell you If | ever do go broke
I'll not cum home counting on emmy
Pa S people was such slow pay that IL
1t wasent for the .ntrest she got off
Pas insurance money they wudent
have even pancakes for orekfast let
alone caf for dinner
When | was rcddy to take the train
Step-Pa scd to me Johnny, as you
are starting fourth on life's jurncy
fol 4, l.,
the best pollysee!'" If my deer Ma
hadent bin rite there a feeling bad
because | was going I'd IA told him to
take Pas motto home with him,
"PraCktis what you prccch!"
What does he know about Onnesty
being the best pollysec? He must
bin trying sum luther pollysce or he
wudent a lnowed it was the best.
don't like him ennyway 'Caus he pulld
the wool over Mas eyes (as Pa ulster
say when he married her.
I'll be onnest you bet, not beCaus he
SEES so but just becaus | oughter
Uncle Oscar and me is packing up
his thingseto go to Chicago with me.
Uncle's govt got wursc over to Lin
coin and he sed there WaSent no use
staying there emmy longer trying to
influence legislashun 'caus the legis-
lashur thot it knOwd mOre'n him and
Mr.. Bryan both and was just going
ahed and doing as it pleased. SO sinse
his toes got to hurting wurse with the
govt he's desided to go to Chicago and
consult a big toe speshalist
He can live one place as wells an
luther and he ses if the climate of Chi
cago agrees with his toes he may
stay there al spring and enjoy the
breezes from the lake and the north
ern pinerys and the packing houses.
Just as soon as he can get things
straitend up it will be goodbye deer
old Nebl aslla for us, but | wont forget
you and her.
Yours,
johnny DumDcr
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Johnny Bumper Planning
To Leave Old Nebraska
k*x* OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES <

Omaha, Neb,, Feb, 5.-To the Editor
of The News: A fcller's Mas all rite.
alnt she, even If she does onct in n
while get married too son after pa
dido, | bloeve the minister was TO
blame more'n Ma was.
rote her about my ambishun to go
to art school and be a CRATE artist and
she tellafoned me to cum rite home
and she'd supply me the money and
| went
Ma always wanted me to be n min.
lister but since my taist don't run that
way and since | can't seem to lern to
spell SOS people cud understand what
! was preceding about she's willing to
let me take her seckund choice and be
a artist
My step-Pa sed there wasn't envy
reasen why man cudent be good and
fuIliill his STEER and be artist too.
He sed the Lord dident require per.
son with only one talent to do as
much in his kingdum as him of ten
talents. Sum was born to preech and
sum to draw picktures and the only
question was, would | be good and
faithful servant in my chozen calling.
| sed I'd be a lot gooder at drawing
than at preceding 'caus I'd inhurrited
artistick abillytee from my Ma and I
was ded certain I'd never inhurrited
emmy ministering abillytee from Pa.
Step-Pa wants to be a revivalst like
Moody and he SEES If I'll Tern to draw
scripture sceens and be chauk.
talker he'll take me along to illustrate
his discoarses and I'll be a greater
drawing card than Sanky was to
Moody. He SEES people nowadays tire
of the old way of being saved. The
Devil is always getting up sumthng
new like sheeth-gouns and sail-home
dances and prize-ftes to draw the
crouds and the successful winner of
soles must meet competishun or do a
lite business. He thinks that a chauk-
talker like I'm going to be wud draw
full hous every mite.
asst him what there wud be in ii
for my share and he scd there wud
be at leest the JOY of labor in a good
caus where moth and rutht duth not
corrupth. | sed | bleeved I'd ruther
be a CRATE cartoonist and get a thou
sand dollars munth like Hopper or
Bart-Or Spencer on the Wurld Her
raid He sed the love of money was
the route of all evil.
You see Pa left me $4,000 when he
dide, for Ma to keep for me till | was
twenty-One or to use part of it for my
eddicatiOn. She calls ii my patrimony.
asst her what that ment and she sed
that patri was the Latin for Father or
Pa (Ma ulster study Latin in College,
so patrimOny meens pa-money or the
money Pa left me. ! asst her if a per-
sons mother left him sum money if
that wud be matrimony.
Ma dident want me to go to business
college at Omaha and lern typewriting
and demeen myself by being a COM
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

1t is often interesting to learn of the
beginnings of what are now great in
dustries. The first glass factory in
America was built in the little town
of Temple, New Hampshire by Robert
Hewes of Boston, in 1880. The glass
blowers were Hessians who had de-
serted from the British army. The
stone work about the ovens and the
foundations of the building are all
that remain to remind us of the strug-
giles and the small beginnings of some
of those who helped to found the in
dustries of the nation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

O'Neill Frontier: Col. Bryan has
found it necessary to abandon a pro.
posed trip to Cuba and come home to
look after the Nebraska legislature,
which in the absence of the peerless
leader threatens to turn down the
bank guarantee proposition the only
one of the Democratic pledges there
has been even a bluff at redeeming.
Aren't some of the fellows who voted
to repudiate the last splendid body of
legislators and to put the bunch in we
have now getting a little ashamed of
themselves?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
Pennies in the Box,

"R. F.. d." carriers are urging a
campaign against the practice of leav-
ing pennies in rural route boxes in
stead of affiXing stamps to the letters.
Norfolk carriers say that the habit
works hardship on them in cold
weather.
They are circulating the following
poem in their campaign:
I'm Uncle Sans most favored yet,
I'm hearty and IN hale;
I've nothing in this world to do
But glide round with the mail.
But one thing almost breaks my heart,
And my nervous system Shocks
It's the everlasting pennies
That I'm fishing from the box.
| carry stamps and envelopes,
And postal cards and such;
And | would like to sell a few
~Twould please me very much:
But man can't sell unless you buy,
No matter how he talks;
SO | have to keep on diving
After pennies in the box.
It's all right in the springtime,
Or when summer breezes blow:
But a different proposition
When it's thirty-fve below;
When all your fingers and your toes
Are frozen hard as rocks,
It's most anything but funny
Scratching pennies from the box.
And now quite confidential
I'll tell you something more:
A rural carrier (way out west)
Forgot himself and swore.
says he: Il can stand the snowdrifts
can stand the frozen locks,
But blast the measly pennies
In the blasted measly box.
When the roll is called up yonder."
And we all shall gather there.
Ihey wouldn't let a mail man in
II they knew he'd learned to swear
II you want st. Peter to ope' the gate
When your rural carrier knocks
Buy stamps and don't be guilty
or putting pennies in the box
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Great claims are made by the en-
thusiastic Luther Burbank, who has
so successfully assisted Nature to i'm
prove upon many of her products, con
corning the future usefulness of the
cactus family. The old cactus grown
by Nature before she was assisted by
Mr.. Burbank was an inedibe, woody
dwarfed plant which was protected by
sharp thorns from any possibility of
being eaten, and whose only virtue
was it's ability to thrive without much
water. The new cactus produced by
Dame Nature directed by Luther Bur-
bank, has gotten rid of the woody
fibre and thorns and has had bred
into it new food values. 1t is claimed
that the new cactus will produce in
pounds of food. If the new cactus
can be profitably grown on the larger
part of the millions of acres of desert
and semi-arable land of the world,
now food Will be created for untold
millions. 1t is in the scientific direc-
ton of natural growths which is only
in its infancy as yet that the hope Of
the future depends. Instead of being
alarmed at the growth of population
and the depletion of natural resources,
the twentieth century citizen must be-
stir himself and discover some means
of conserving what we have and in
creasing the productiveness of the
soil along some line. In some cases,
like that of the cactus, the plant can
be made to fit the soil, in others the
soil must be made to fit the plant In
this way, the barren places of the
earth may be made to bring forth
food.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
Japan now controls the worlds sup

Japan now controls the worlds sup.
ply of champion. The demand for this
drug has been tremendously increased
by the fact that in the manufacture of
modern explosives such as are used in
high power guns camphor forms an
important ingredient. 1t might not
be convenient to procure the desired
quantity of this commodity from
Japan under all conditions, hence an
earnest effort is being made to grow
the camphor shrub in Texas. The
government is operating two camphor
farms there which are so far success.
full, the shrubs are thriving and on the
farm first planted are higher than a
mans head A large portion of south,
vast Texas is said to be specially
adapted to successful camphor grow.
ing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
YANKToN.NoRFoLK.

More than year ago The News
published an interview with II. Il.
owen, railroad contractor of this city,
in which Mr.. owen declared that he
believed the Norfolk & Yankton rail.
road would be built.
The report from Yankton that work
Is to start on the long projected line
within the next few weeks, seems 10
confirm that opinion, as nearly as II
can be confirmed before actual rails
are laid.
For twenty years the Norfolk &
Yankton has been dreamed Of It's
feasibility has never been questioned.
II is said that the stockholders in the
original plan now have the money
with which to back the project and
that they have determined to make
back their lost money from the pro-
iect in which they lost it.
Actual footing of the locomotive
whistles on the Yankton e. Norfolk
will bring rejoicing to Norfolk. But
for the optimism that is in us and the
hope that constantly lightens the
human heart, rumors of the building of
this road would long ago have been dis
credited before utterance, but at this
time there really seems more hope
than before in twenty years for the
actual accomplishment of the fact.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
O'NeilI is WiIIinu.

O'Neill Democrat: ONeill is modest
in her aspirations, but we would like
to suggest that if the capital of the
state cannot agreeably be moved to
Kearney, that our legislative deega-
ton arrange to have it moved to
O'Neill.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

The question now being discussed
by the club women of the country is
Who are the six greatest women of
the country? The women whose
actual achievements and wide spread
influence gives them precedence over
other women. In one list, Julia Ward
Howe has been named as one of the
six because of her long life of patriotic
usefulness, Jane Adams because of her
helpful, practical reform work among
the poor, Helen Keller for her unpre-
cedented perseverance in overcoming
obstacles, Maud Ballington Booth for
her work in uplifting fallen humanity.
Frances Folsom Cleveland as the emil
bodiment of American wifehood and
motherhood, Helen Gould for her
philanthropy. This is a noble sextette
and one for which the country NAV
well be thankful, but what is still
better is that there remains just as
good material from which the list
might be many times duplicated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

An Atchison girl owns a single piece
loom formerly belonging to her grand
mother. There is so much talk about
burglars that she has come to this
conclusions She sleeps with the
cameo under her pillow. In case she
discovers a burglar in her room, she
has resolved to put the cameo in her
mouth, and pretend to be asleep.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

J. J. Hill is not losing any of his
shrewdness with advancing years. In
fact, long experience has taught him
the value of the press. AS prclim-
mary step to invading Canada with his
railroad he has purchased news
paper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
NEBRASKA POLITICS.

Wayne Democrat: There appears
to be more horseplay going on at
Lincoln than anything else. There
isn't much difference between a knave
and fool, and the Democrats in the
legislature will have to do different
from their present antics to make
the public believe they are not one or
both.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Samuel Johnson said: Life is short.
Let us not throw any of it away in
foolish resentment 1t is best not to
be angry 1t is next best to be
quickly reconCiled."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

to the senatorship from that state so
long and worthily filed by the late
William b. Allison; Hopkins of ILL
nois and Uncle IKE" Stephenson of
Wisconsin may both be reelected but
are much more likely to have their
places filled by new men
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

In Philadelphia they tell a story Of
man whose wife had arranged an
authors evening" and persuaded her
reluctant husband to remain at home
and help her receive the fifty guests
who were asked to participate in this
intellectual feast. The first author
was dull enough, but the second was
worse. So, on pretense of letting in
some cool air, the host escaped to the
hall, where he found a servant COM
fortably asleep on the settle wake
up" sternly commanded the Phila-
delphian in the mans ear. wake up,
| say, You must have been listening
at the keYhOle."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
Johnny Bumper,

session will be held at Fremont. Nor
ris says that'The Norfolk Daily News
certainly is up-to-the-hour, as within
twenty minutes after the election of
officers The News had every detail
published and was handing out cop
les of their paper to the fire laddies.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

The Russian Douma sends congratu-
lations to the Turkish parliament. 1t
Is altogether fitting that these bodies
should congratulate each other on still
being alive.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
wasting a lot of time telling about it.

When town woman has very
fine home, she becomes as crazy about
1t as a town man becomes over a
farm.
Some people have so little sense
that a foolish scheme strongly ap.
peals to them as particularly good
thing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Burton Independents While in Nor
folk the other day a Burton business
man met a young lady who was wear.
ing a diamond ring on the engage
ment finger, She said young man
from Burton had presented it to her,
We'd give a cabbage head to know
who ii was.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

The new secretary of state, Robert
Bacon, who succeeds Elihu b. Root,
makes the twenty-third person who
has been member Of President
that number is suggestive.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Burke Gazette: Norfolk is taking
a census, and the city clerk says he
is going to make it show 5000 popula-
ton or strain the three RS" trying.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Again the i'll health Of the aged
Franz Josef of AustriaHungary is
causing alarm in British diplomatic
circles.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

ever lived in this county, and it's diff
cult to get rid of that kind. But let
a valuable citizen move away, and we
seldom hear from him again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

You cannot dodge old age, but by
keeping in the running, you will re.
main ahead of it longer than the man
who fingers by the way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Despite all the efforts that have
been made we have not yet succeeded
in making pulp Of the paper trust