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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Peelinq a Snake.

1t Is difficult to skin IL dead snake.
and the skin is often spoiled in the
course Of the operation. while, on the
other hand. it is a simple matter to
skin live snake. and the skin thus
gained is worth much more. Dead
snakes bring from = to cents, accord
ing to their size. and live ones from
% cents to 81. One of the largest
snake skin companies has factories in
Sumatra. When snake is received
from hunter it is seized adroitly by
an operator, one hand squeezing the
neck and the other holding the tail,
1t is then attached by the neck to the
trunk of palm tree, an assistant
holding it by the tail. With the point
Of knife the operator cuts the skin
Just below the head and, pulling with
all his strength. peels it from the
writhing reptile in the same way that
a woman peels pair Of gloves from
her hand.-Popular Mechanics.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
George Brooks Buys Store Here.

George A. Brooks of BaZile Mills
bought the late Oscar Uhles stock of
groceries for $4,000 this morning, and
has made arrangements with William
Berner for the renting Of the store
building, which probably means that
Mr.. Brooks will add this place to the
other stores which are now under his
management. Mr.. Brooks will send
a man here tomorrow to put the store'
in shape, and it will be open here for
business very shortly.
1t took only about forty-fve minutes
for Mr.. Brooks to make UP his mind
to buy the place. He was seated i'm
one of the banks of the city when adj
vised that the place was for sale. He
Immediately looked the stock over and
within forty-five minutes handed over
a check for $4,000 to A. Buchholz, ad-
ministrator of the Uhle estate. The
proceeds from the sale of this store
goes toward the payment of any debts
against the former owner, and the re-
mainder will be divided equally among
the members of the Uhle family.
George A. Brooks is one of the
prominent men of north Nebraska.
both in business and political circles.
At one time he was very nearly NOM
mated for congress.
The stock he has bought is that OF
Oscar Uhle, who was killed by the heat
in August.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
ATHLETIC TRAINING.
To Acquire an Excess Of Muscle Map
Prove Injurious

E'oNO iHJb' 'Odo'
Nothing could be more elusive than
the idea that by II period Of athletic
training man eau lay IN stock OF
health and strength upon whit h he can
draw later while engaged In Il scden
tary occupation. The truth Is that the
big muscles aud hypertrophicd heart
of the athlete are perilOus possessions
for the man who no longer has The
time or the inclination for using them
When he stops the exercises by which
he gained them. instead OF simply re
turning to their original size they suf
fer one or another N the many forms
Of degeneration and become incapable
of performing their original services.
1t is not quite true that all exercise
for its own sake Is harmless. for II is
well to be prepared for the meeting OF
life's little emergencies as well as Its
ordinary and daily demands. but II
probably Is true that. the emergencies
apart, every man does enough In going
about his customary business and
pleasure to keep himself in the condi
ton which that business and pleasure
demand and that anything besides Is
super1uous or injurious. That athletics
take one into the open air is less a
commentator of athletics than an in.
dictment of our houses. offices and
stores for lack OF adequate ventilation.
If all the air we breathe was pure air
we could get along we'll enough with,
out any open air at all. Any man who
has the muscle he needs for doing the
things he wants to do and should do
has all the muscle he ought to have,
To acquire more is silly waste OF
time and perilous besides.-New York
Times
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
JAPAN'S PAGODAS.
They Are Built to Resist the Shock Of
an Earthquake.

A remarkable fact In Japan Is that
pagodas built hundreds of years ago
embody the principle Of the modern
seismograph. which Is to minimize the
effect Of earthquake motion by the
combination Of an inverted pendulum
with an ordinary pendulum, or. In
other words, by the union Of stable
and an unstable structure to produce a
neutral stability. which renders the
whole building least sensible to earth
quake shock.
In the hollow well Of every five sto-
ried pagoda a heavy mass Of timber is
suspended freely. like an exaggerated
tongue. from the top right to the
ground. but not In contact with 1t. and
at the shock of an earthquake this
large pendulum slowly swings and the
structure SWAPS and then settles back
safely upon its base.
This is also the principle followed in
the construction of all bell towers
throughout Japan. where the bell acts
as pendulum. and the roof supported
by posts. forms an inverted pendulum
as In the seismograph.
When an earthquake occurs pagoda
or a bell tower may be rotated or dis
placed. but it cannot be overturned as
whole.-Wide World Magazine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01

a Kitchen MARTYR.

Even the kitchen can boast its
martyrs. Chief among these was Va
tel. the chief cook of Condo. who ran
himself through the heart with a
sword because the fish had not ar
rived in time for banquet which his
master was giving Louis XIV. Vaters
panegyric is to be found in the con-
Guiding volume of the "Almanach des
Commands" so noble death in
sures you, venerable shade. the most
glorious Immortality! You have proved
that the fanaticism of honor can exist
in the kitchen as well as in the camp.
and that the spit and the saucepan
have also their Catos and their
DeciuSeS"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Tho Wheel Problem.

Which. at any given moment, is NOV
ing forward faster-the top of coach
wheel or the bottom:
The answer to this question seems
simple enough. but probably nine per-
sons out of ten. asked at random,
would give the wrong reply. 1t would
appear at first sight that the top and
bottom must be moving at the same
rate-thut is. the speed of the carriage.
But by little thought it whl be dis
covered that the bottom of the wheel
is in fact. by the direction of its mo-
tiop around its axis. moving backward.
in an opposite direction to that which
the carriage Is advancing and Is con-
sequently stationary in space. while
the point on top of the wheel Is NOV
ing forward with the double velocity
of its own motion around the axis and
the speed at which the carriage moves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
A WILLING Scot.

Dean Ramsay has Il story Of that
border hostility between English and
Scots which used to go to halter
lengths. A Scottish drover was re-
turning from the south in particularly
bad humor with the English, having
done poor business. when he saw in
Carlisle notice offering reward OF
ESQ to any one who would volunteer
for the unpopular task of hanging a
condemned criminal. Seeing his chance
to make up for his bad market and
comforting himself with the thought
that he was unknown there. he did
the job aud got his fee. AS he was
leaving he was tainted as beggarly
Scot. doing for money what no Eng.
lishman would. But he'answered. with
a cheerful grin, I'll hang We a at the
price"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
ENGLAND's DANGER.
Lord Beresford Tells Why She Must
Retain Supremacy ct Sea.

Retain Supremacy ct Sea.
Although Admiral Lord Charles Ber-
esford did not mention Germany by
name In speech recently made at a
luncheon given him by the Pilgrims Of
the United States ut the Lawyers
club In New York. the men who heard
him took II for granted that he had
the kalser's country In mind when he
country In the near future. His most
direct hit was In the following sen
tence. which came after n long argu-
ment In favor Of AN adequate British
navy:
Personally must confess that am not
at ease concerning the outlook for the
immediate future. can see red spots in
the sky.
And this:
II England loses the supremacy of the
sea she tx doomed That will be the end
of the British empire
He supplemented that remark with
this:
European war will set back the prog
ress of the world 100 years.
In his speech Lord Beresford said;
am going to be very brief. for / real
lie that In this part of the town the time
for some OF you Is worth 100000 IA min
ute. First let me speak of my recent
trip in Canada. one thing that delighted
me was the cordial feeling | found among
all classes toward the United States.
But the progress not only of Canada,
but OF the whole British empire. of the
o whole world depends on the maintenance
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Led Her Cow 10 School.

Miss Edna Cockrei, formerly a
teacher in the Tonkawa (Kanl public
schools, is now assistant superintend-
ent OF the girls industrial school at
Clarkson, Miss. Writing to friends at
Tonkawa, Miss Cockrell said lately:
The girls are from fourteen to TWEEN
ty years old. Most of them are very
poor people, whom church people have
given money to go to school. One
poor girl came, leading COW, twenty
I'VE miles. She Is going to milk the
cow night and morning and sell the
milk 10 pay her tuition"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
1.-The House of a Thousand Candles

1.-THE House of a Thousand Candles"
In speaking of THE House of a
Thousand Candles" the attraction at
the Auditorium on Friday, the Chicago
Tribune says 'Tf you like mystery
you will derive pleasure from seeing
The House of Thousand Candles at
the Garrick, where it opened last night
and kept a large audience unusually
well entertained. 1t is just a story,
not a stage transcript from life, but
the story is a cleverly devised and in
teresting one, and holds attention
from first curtain to the last. It's a
good entertainment of a higher grade
dramatic kind, and if the theatergoing
public doesn't patronize literally, then
it will be because the public's taste
has changed nightly in the last few
days"
The original production is booked
here, and the management is guaran-
teed that the theater patrons of the
Auditorium will see this play in just
the same manner as produced at the
Hackett and Days theater in New
York City and the Garrick theater,
Chicago.
After the first performance of THE
House of Thousand Candles" in New
York, the management requested the
opinions of several of the most famous
theatrical stars who were present at
the play. The following is a summary
of the opinions gathered:
Miss Julia Marlowe says, THE dra-
matte sense is grasped instantly and
portrayed with perfect artistic simple
ity."
David Warfield: THE vivid dra-
matte quality, combined with its ro-
mantle adventure, makes the play one
of the most interesting have seen"
Arnold DAILY: Mentally 1t is brisk
and bracing."
Mrs, Leslie Carter: Rarely have I
found play so absorbing"
Blanche Bates: II enjoyed the play
because OF the Americanism of it's
characters, plot and scenes"
f. II. Sothern said: THE plot Is
original and strong in dramatic con-
ception, developed with ever growing
interest to striking climax"
Seats go on sale Thursday morning
Prices 25c, soc, 75c, 81 and $3.50. Low
er floor 81 and $3.50.
From information which the Audito
rum management gathers, the com
, pany is capable and the production g
: high grade one in every way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Spencer's "First Principles"

In Spencer's First Principles" he
endeavors to define the fields of the
unknowable and the movable and
the postulates with which the studies
Of the movable must be pursued.
When Spencer writes that the man
Of science truly knows that in its ulti-
mate essence nothing can he known"
he Is not referring to mans brain yes
terday or today. He means that the
fundamental principles of the universe.
like space. time. matter force and mo-
ton. are by their very nature I'M
movable. Since all mans knowledge
Of the cosmos can be traced back ulti-
mately to sense experience, and since
sense experience is not always relia-
bic and much OF what he calls the
ultimate essence Is entirely inaccessi-
bic to sense experience. 1t may be phil
osophiGally said that man cannot be
sure he really knows anything. Both
the strength and the weakness Of his
theory are due TO the equivocal import
Of the term "knowledge"-New York
American
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
CLUB OF BAlDHEADED MEN.
Members Agree to Go HatIess From
April to Oct. I.

The Hatless Club of Baldheaded
Men. which was organized In Omaha
last spring, has become so popular
that its scope is now almost national.
DR.. Clark, the national president and
originator of the movement, recently
returned from Milwaukee, where 500
baldheaded men met in convention.
Speaking of the results. he said:
Delegates - all baldheaded - were
present from all over the country. We
adopted a rule that makes it compul-
sorry for every member upon all occa-
sions to go hatless between April 1
and Oct l of each year. This may
seem silly and like joke, but if our
members will go hatless inside of five
years every one of them will have
crowns covered with hair. Hats are
enemies of hair"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
PROMPT JUSTICE.
The Magistrate Was Firm and Tried
to Be Genial.

to Be Genial.
In the History Of Beverly" Mass
the following anecdote Is related OF Il
lonial times. On n cold night In winter
a traveller called at his house for lodg.
Ing, The ready hospitality of the jus
tice was about being displayed when
the traveller unluckily uttered n word
which his host considered profane.
Upon this he Informed his guest that
he was a magistrate. pointed out the
nature of the offense and explained the
necessity OF It's being expiated by sit.
ting an hour in the stocks.
Remonstrance was unavailing. for
custom at that time allowed the mag
istrate TO convict and punish at once.
and in this case he acted as accuser.
witness, jury, judge and sheriff, all In
one.
Cold as II was, our worthy justice.
aided by his son. conducted the travel
er to the place of punishment. an open
place near the meeting house where
the stocks were placed. Here the trav-
eler was confined in the usual manner,
the benevolent executor of the law re-
naming with him to beguile the time
Of It's tedum by edlfying conversation.
At the expiration Of the hour he was
rcconducted to the house and hospita-
bly, entertained till the next morning,
when the traveller departed with, let
us hope. determination to consider
his words more carefully before giving
them utterance in the hearing of con-
scientious magistrate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Thought Astor Was Crazy.

People said John Jacob Astor was
crazy because he paid $1,000 an acre
when he bought the estate Of Aaron
Burr about hundred years ago. 1t
was a farm Of 100 acres. located about
where Twenty-first street is now in
Manhattan. In ten years he COM
menced to sell lots at $1,000 an acre;
but, fortunately. he did not sell much
at that price. What 1t is worth today
is hard to compute in milliuns.-Cen
Per Cent
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
VANITYS VISIONS.
New Black Pins For the Mourning
Costume-Cretonn Parasols Smart.


Elderly women or those in mourning
will be interested in the black pins
which have a SINAI! imitation pearl in
the center. I wo small pins and one
twice the size of the small pin COM
prise the set.
Cretonne parasols are to be had for a
dollar. Some of these are in solid
white with deep lowered cretonne
borders.
For schoolgirls of ten and twelve
years good Leasing Bingham dresses
are selling for 9S cents.
All shades Of apricot are seen in the
new material as well as green, holbein
red and the staple blue. Brown seems
to be entirely out of the running.
The wash frock that is made with a
straight gathered aounce is one Of the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01

why do so many women rest their
chins on their hands when they are
trying to think?"
ITO hold their mouths shut so that
they won't disturb themselves" -
Cleveland Leader
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
FEET OF SEA BEASTS.
Their Appearance When the Skin 10
Stripped OFF.

Stripped OF.
OF all the feet that | have looked at
| know only one more utterly ridicu-
lous than the twisted Upper on which
the sea lion props his great bulk In
front, and that is the fOrked fly flap
which extends from the hinder part Of
the same. How can it be worth any
beasts while TO carry such an absurd
apparatus with it just for the sake OF
getting out into the air sometimes and
pushing oneself about on the ice and
being eaten by polar bears? The por.
poise has discarded one pair, turned the
other into decent fins and recovered n
grace and power of motion in water
which is not eQualed by the greyhound
on land. Why have the seals hung
back? | believe know the secret. 1t
Is the baby No one knows where the
porpoise ard the whale cradle their
newborn nfants-it Is so difficult to
pry into the domestic ways of these
sea people-but evidently the seals
cannot manage it. so they are forced
to return to the land when the cares Of
maternity are on them.
have called the feet Of these sea
beasts ridiculous things and so they
are as we see them. But strip of the
skin, and. 10. there appears plain
foot. with its five digits. each Of sew
eral joints. tipped with claws. nowise
essentially different. in short. from
that with which the toad or frog first
set out in a past too distant for our
intirm Imagination. Admiration itself
is paralyzed by a contrivance so sim
pie. so transmutable and so sufficient
for every need that time and change
could bring. Strand Magazine,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Good Fellow. tho Constitution.

An Italian applying for naturaliza-
ton before Judge Adrian In the COM
mon pleas court at New Brunswick,
N. j., the other day was asked:
do you know the constitution"
Yes" he said.
"What do you think OF it?"
"Oh, he YER good fella."
HIS application was refused.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
A Good Alarm Clock.

Husband-Why don't you have the
cook shut the kitchen door? One can
smell the breakfast cooking all over
the house, Wifc--We leave It open on
purpose. The smell Is all that gets the
family M Judge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Ihsra Ara asttsr Ssata.

HE Is now, they say. on the very
pinnacle OF fame. and yet he isn't ex'
actly In comfortable circumstances
That's not surprising Did you ever
sit on Il pinnacle OF any sortY-Brook.
iyu Citizen,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01

The first royal speech transmitted by
telegraph was that delivered by the
late Queen Victoria when she opened
parliament on Nov. Is, 1887. The
speed OF transmission was hfty-fve
words a minute.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
No Terminal Facilities.

"They say Harold Codlington has
brain fever"
impossible! Could an angleworm
have water on the knee?" - Chicago
Record Herald.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01

Bob FOotlite actor - Failure? i
should think it was. The whole play
was ruined. She-Gracious. How was
that? Bob FOotite-Why, at the end
of the last act steam pipe burst and
Kissed me OF the stage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01

The increase in advertising space
which you use this fall over that used
last fall should constitute, OF itself, a
pretty good advertising campaign.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
What He Found.

He went into the country to find
solitude"
did he find itT'
mo; quite the opposite. He sat
down on an ant hill"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
The Batter WAY.

lawfully rude OF him to throw a kiss
at me-"
Yes. my dear; those are things
which always ought to be delivered In
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Bits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
A UseIess Effort,

yisitor-I suppose you men In public
life weigh your words? Senator
what's the use? Some newspaper Eel,
low is sure to come along and monkey
with the scales. Judge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
Unsppreerateo euorts.

UnSeltiSh goodness is seldom appre-
ciatCd in his word of ours There
was that man in the electric car, for
instance Having rung up three fares
In bis efforts to stop the car for IN"
lady thar sat on the opposite side, he
tossed after her the umbrella that be-
longed to the little gray whiskered man
on his right Neither the gray whis'
kered man nor the conductor liked
the thoughtful Samaritan for his al
trulstic efforts Boston Transcript.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01
The Whistle Tankard.

A rare form of drinking vessel is In
the possession of the corporation Of
Hull. This is a whistle tankard which
belonged to Anthony Lambert, mayor
of Hull in 1860. This fine specimen
of old English silverware is fitted
with whistle. which comes into play
when the tankard is empty and is evil
IDENTITY meant to he used as signal for
more liquor 1t is said that only one
other whistle tankard is TO be found
in England, so temperate is England
nOw,-Londun Chronicle
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-01

best liked. and 1t is so pretty and
graceful that it is likely to increase in
popularity as the season advances. The
frock illustrated is exceptionally smart
and is made Of cotton chiffon. with
trimming OF yalenciennes lace.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-17

Messrs. Leverty will go further, and will give with every package they sell their personal guarantee to refund the money if Pleasant Specific does not permanently benefit. A reliable med icine at half price, with the guarantee that your money will be cheerfully re- funded if you are not entirely satis- fled.
 Anyone who Is suffering from liver trouble, constipation. sick headache, indigestion, bad taste in the mouth, biliousness. specks before the eyes, melancholy. or tired feelings, should take advantage of this offer. Messrs. Leverty do not know how long they will be able to sell Ames Pleasant Specific at half price, for the sale has been something phenomena1,and hum dreds of the most obstinate cases in Bridgeport have been cured. G
 As the dose Is diminished after the first few days, a bottle that you can obtain now for 25 cents will last a month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-17

IS more certain, it says, rnan that un1s formula is right The question asked is what age should a mans bride be? The 9rmula is: Let x be the mans
 age. Then x+:2+7=bride's age. For example. man is 34; the half of his age is IF; then IT plus ' is "A. The brides age should be 24. For a man of 34. therefore, the proper age for his wife is 24- Take the man Of 60. x-60 +2@3osi,7. The man of 60 must marry a woman of ST. For the juvenile mar riages of southern latitudes the formu- la is equally valid. The hot blooded Castilinn, for example, of IS wishes to marry. The formula says E1S+2@9+ 7=16. His wife should be 1e years old.