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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-21

Josiah entered, and stumbling chair groped for match wherewith illuminate the situation The pile of dishes still unwashed told the story yet he could not believe the evidences of his senses Mandy" he bawled Silence answered him. Well swan, said Josiah after minute, perhaps of dif- cult mental adjustment, "ef she hasn't gone" Then after a moments pause, Well, I reckon she'll come back again, pretty soon."
 That never will" thought Mandy under the bed forgetting that she yet gone She felt as re- mote from her home and her husband as though she had journeyed miles from them. It strange, unwonted country under the bed
 Josiah pottered about awkwardy, getting himself some cold meat and bread and butter and presently sat down to the simple meal with Budges head upon his knee
 Its mortal queer 'thout Mandy, ain't it, Budge?" Budge wagged his tail enthusiastically, Tt an't so funny either pursued Josiah running his hands into his trousers pockets, and contemplating the dog sol ennly Feeling his masters mood, Budge put his head Josiah's knee and looked up at him with anxious sympathy. Josiah 1apsed into silence and in activity leaving his supper untouched. He seemed be gazing at something that Budge could not see The dog found that to be clearly foolish proceeding and after he had endured 1t patiently few moments, after his kind he made gentle protest by thrustng his nose under his masters
 T guess nlebbe you're hungrier than I be- said Josiah batting the dogs head with one hand as he drew back his chair with the other Budge replied with a joyous yap, and thereupon made festival with the contents of his masters plate.
 "Pm thinkin," said Josiah, addressing Budge for lack of other audience, q jest believe I'll fix up that woodpile in the morrin, to s'prse Mandy when she comes back"
 Mandys heart thropbed, and the tears rose in her eyes. She would have given much to cry out but pride restrained her; he too of her. She wondered how much longer she would be able to re- press sneeze; and in the wonder lay all the antci- patory tragcon1edy of the possible exposure of her absurd predicanent It the comic element from which her highly wrought nerves sh-anll That her tragedy should be made ridiculous seemed intolerabe Sfe could endure anything but that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-21
A Triangular Situation
Copyright 1909, by Benj. B. Hambtou
By Hurltley Murray.

KNEW that her name Molly because she looked If that were her name, and I believe in the fitness of things. But 1 have legal evidence At Youngs' the deliberate amenities placed by species of step-veypease formality, in tisve and nhexibe, and those occasions when any of her colleagues had occasion to address Molly by name one heard only Miss" with three ss and a splash of East Side consonants. Molly Irish black Irish. She superby big with pair of
 dent shoulders and the heavy grace of performing tiger She twisted her weight of dusky, bronze ginted hair into a careless knot, instead of the usual side ponpadour her eyes, blue and long fringed, laughed under level brows and her expressed in finite aspiration after the school of the Gothic rather than the finished repose of classic architecture The other waitrcsses said: 'Whattschures?" in the of the Respectable Working Lady; in where with Mcly's rot::d, decp-kcycd "Whatl-r-r ye gon' to have?" adorable
 There are mary Youngs' in New York (vou find
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
SPORTS OF THE DAY

thinking | was gone. Abdul tore it
from his hand and tossed II back into
the bucket where Silvermann and
Rauch held IT, Silvermann was so
angry that he was about to punch Rob
nson when the bell rang
Had Robinson tossed that sponge
into the ring, | never would have
spoken to him, and | would have had
new manager today. In the thirty
fifth round ! came back strong, but
when Referee Smith asked Robinson
later to toss the spOng into the ring,
he refused, and insisted that | Contin-
ne.
"Corbett himself was fighter. Sup
pose somebody had wanted to toss
the sponge into the ring when he was
| fighting that historic battle with Pet
| err Jackson. Many times in that fight
| Corbett was in deep trouble and look
ed sure loser. But he fought on
gamely, just as | was doing against
| Wolgast, and that battle was the turn
ing point in his great career Had
his seconds thrown up the sponge al
any one of those times, Corbett might
still be adding up columns of figures
in a bank as he was doing only 6
short time before the fight.
please understand positively tina
my seconds acted as | wanted them t.
act. Any time l get whipped | wan
to be stretched out full length on tho
floor, with the referee finishing thu
count of ten. / never will have ;
sponge thrown in the ring as tokeI
of giving up a battle. | never have
done it in the past, and | never will
do it in the future, no matter hoV
many or how few battles | fight"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
THE RACERS ARE OUT EARLY.
Forty Thorouehbreds Exercised Daily
at the Iona Island Tracks.

New York. March 17.-With Unmis-
taxable signs of approaching spring in
the air, forty thoroughbred race horses
heavily shod and wrapped in blankets,
have emerged from their winter quar-
ters at the Long Island tracks and are
being exercised daily on the Coney
Island Boulevard. Within week the
Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay tracks
will be narrowed and put in shape so
that regular work will be possible.
Last year the horses did not get out
of their quarters so early, because the
opening of the season did not take
place until May 13. But as the coming
campaign begins at Aqueduct on April
Is, the trainers who are anxious to
win some of the early stakes find that
they have just five weeks to get their
charges ready.
There is unusual interest in the 2
year-olds this spring. James r. keene,
August Belmont, II. p. Whitney, E. t,
Wilson, jr., and John E. Madden have
the largest number ready to begin
training and it is generally believed
that one of these stables will produce
a champion.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25

children are far in the lead in devel-
opment.
In Some Ways Similar
In many things. however, these
school systems were not superior to
any of our better town systems in
Nebraska. The reading, the English,
the geography, the history, the arith.
metic and the music instruction was
not superior-indeed was very similar
to our own. Some of the reading in
struction was not so good. The or
ganization too was in many ways very
similar. For instance, in Peoria they
are just beginning to use the system
of half-year promotions. In the Will
liam Mckinley school in Indianapolis
a seventh-eighth grade departmental
plan similar to the one in use in Nor
folk is in operation. The program
there is, however, little more crowd
ed and the periods not quite so long.
To conclude in a sentence, the
school organization and management
and the methods of instruction in the
two magnificent systems of city
schools, are very similar to those III
vogue in Nebraska; but there fal
broader conception of education has
been developed and put into practice
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
Almost Married Wrong Woman.

Albion, Neb., March ID. IL. NIX
on. a travelling man OF Omaha, came
within an ace of marrying Miss Min
ME Belcher, the wrong young woman,
a night or two ago.
The other day he telegraphed Miss
Belle Davis to be at the depot on the
arrival of the evening train, that they
would be married and continue north
on honeymoon trip. When the tram
arrived il was dusk and the platform
dimly lighted. Here the train stops
less than two minutes. Upon this oc
casion Nixon left the car and hur
ried onto the platform, accompanied
by Rev. w. f. Schuman, who had ac
companied him from Omaha for the
purpose of performing the ceremony
A young woman, in travelling attire
was there and grasping her hand, NIX
on exclaimed: Here we are, Belle;
now Mr.. Schuman be quick"
The preacher was just in the ac'
of pronouncing them man and Wlfe
when down the platform rushed an
other young woman, screaming
Don't do it, John, here | am"
With one ceremony half performed
the preacher quit and hastily married
the right couple, finishing the JOB JUS
as the conductor called "All aboard!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
A New Turn at eonesteel.

Bonesteel, S. D., March Especial
to The News: The commission plan
of government that was to have been
voted on March % in Bonesteel will
in all probability be postponed until
after the spring election, as the circuit
court has issued a temporary writ re-
straining the mayor and auditor from
proceeding with the election at this
time and setting MONDAY, March Il, as
the time for them to appear and show
cause why the writ should not be
made permanent.
Last spring Bonesteel incorporated
as a city and in the election the re-
form forces succeeded in electing the
mayor. In order to get rid OF Mayor
Lintecum for the next year his oppo-
nents conceived the idea OF changing
to the commission plan Of government
under which he would not be qualified
to hold office as he has not been a
resident of Bonesteel the required tve
wears. 1t was a clever move and good
politics on the part of the mayors op'
moments but there is many slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" The man
ner of procedure in calling the election
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
Bank Officers Win IL.

In five games of fast bowling in the
banker series at the Kaufman alleys
Tuesday night the officers team de.
feated the clerks by taking three.
The contest was scheduled for but
three games but the clerks believing
they had things easy consented to
playing five games after they had al.
ready won two out of three. The of.
ficers rallied after the third game and
had a walk.away from the clerks. A
dinner was enjoyed by the bowlers
after the contest. Following were the
individual scores and pins made Tues.
day night:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
Must Cut Out the Gasoline.

San Francisco, March 19.-JaCk
Johnson has been in another motor
car accident. 1t is not made clear that
he was emulating Barney Oldfield
when he came to grief and for that
be hard to unearth as Johnson seems
to have been the only witness of the
mishap. AS usual, the big negro es-
capped unscathed. The question is:
How long will the little cherub who
sits up aloft to look after the life
of this poor Jack as well as others,
continue to regard Johnson as mark
for special favor?
incidentally, what's the use of dis
GUESSING Jeffries's wind" and John
sons uppercut, if Jack, the irrepres-
sible and irresponsible, is permitted TO
do John Gilpin stunts all over the buzz
wagon belt?
A little while ago word came out
this way that Johnson, recognizing the
risk he was subjecting himself to-
had decided to abandon motor car
driving until he had it out with JEFF
! fries. Whoever gave out this news
did not know what he was talking
| about apparently. 1t has been predict
| ed, not once, out a score OF times
that if there Is any hitch in the JEFF
| fries-Jo hnson proceedings, it will be
because Johnson will be thrown out
of his car and injured beyond repair
AS a matter of fact, some practical
Joker few months ago conCocted 4
telegram setting forth that johnson
had been killed in a smash up in the
east, and had it read at an Oakland
boxing entertainment.
Many of the friends of johnson
among the negro patrons of Oakland
and San Francisco are parucularly
perturbed over the prospects of the
negro heavyweight being killed o.
crippled through his penchan: fol
speeding. 1t is said that If johnson
avoids catastrophe until he arrives tC
begin training for Jeffries, several in
auential members of his race will try
to prevail upon him to give up motor
ing until after July 4.
For that matter, it is up to the pro
moters to take hand and demand
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
Battle Creek Man Paroied.

Madison, Neb., March Especial
to The News Senator c. a. Randall,
former president and Il. H. Gerhart,
present cashier of the First National
bank of Newman Grove, and II. Hal
derson their attorney, had business in
the county court today in the matter
of the l.. A. Stuart garnishment of w.
V. Collingwood judgment. w. h.
Reed of Madison appeared in behalf
of l.. A. Stuart. The court took the
matter under advisement
The district court will take up the
case of the First National bank of
Cedar Rapids against George Webb,
ct al. The jury in the case of
Charles Currier against Setty 5.
Teske found for the plaintif but judg-
ment has yet been entered. The par
ties agreed in open court that Carl
Teske never has had or claimed an
interest in the premises in contro-
versy and cause is dismissed by agree
ment as to him. Damages was found
for plaintiff in lieu of rents and pro
fits for the premises fixed at $963.95
and one.half interest in NWA -3O-2l-l
w, the land in controversy.
In the action of state against Peter
Nelson, defendant, was arraigned on
the information and pleaded guilty to
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm. Defendant makes application
for parole and introduced evidence in
support of same. Notice of defend
ant to be admitted to parole sustained
and further proceedings suspended;
bail fixed at $500, the defendant to be
released from the custody of the
sheriff upon furnishing bail i'll such
sum to be approved by clerk of the
! court.
The state against Gustav Kerber, the
defendant. appeared in court and ad-
mitted grounds for charge in com
plant. 1t appearing that the defend
ant has been of good behavior since
under recognizance and complainant
requesting that defendant be released
the action is dismissed.
In action of state against Albert f..
RAIDER, the defendant appears and asks
to withdraw his plea of not guilty to
count two of the information. Being
informed that he is entitled to counsel
appointed by the court at the expense
of the county and states that he does
not desire counsel and pleads guilty to
count two of the information and de
sres to make no defense to either
count.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
FORGOT THE MAIDS.
Also, How Could a Leading Mar. Do
Without His Valet?


New York, March 1S.-Lee Shubert,
business director of the New theater,
when he provided Accommodations for
when he provided accommodations for
ned by the company, reckoned with
out the host of servitors fastidious
actors and actresses have in their
wake. Now, it appears, eighteen extra
reservations for maids and Wallets have
been found necessary before the mem
bers of the organization can travel
comfortably.
Shubert, naturally, was surprised at
the unusual demand for servants &C
commodations, but he soon came upon
the reason for it. In the New TheateI
company there are a dozen men and
women who at various times have
headed their own companies. No play
err who once was a star finds 1t pos
sible to travel without his man ser
want or her maid.
Besides those temporarily eclipsed
stellar lights there are half a dozer
others whose rank in the theatrica
world entities them to almost as great
consideration as that rendered the
stars. Among these near stars may
be mentioned John Tansey, 8 years
old, who will be escorted by his moth
er.
Four of the nine Wallets are Japa
nese and the maids are of all ma
tionalities. What the cost of this fol
lowing will he Shubert shudders tC
think.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25

was not strictly according to law. and
should the city ever desire to bond
could not without going through the
election proceedings again, for which
reason, the reform element, after the
election was ordered by the four coun-
.cilmcn opposed to the mayor, asked
the court for writ restraining them
from proceeding further
The plan does not meet with serious
opposition and the election will in all
probability be called later
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25

that Johnson agree to absent himself
from behind the steering wheel until
the July engagement has been fought,
1t is rather late in the day for making
new year resolutions, but as other
famous fighters are in a penitent mood
Jack may as well declare himself.
Abbie Attell has promised to infuse
more ginger into his boxing If grant.
ed a new lease of ring life, and Stan
ley Ketchel has given up intoxicating
liquors. 1t is up to Jack Johnson tc
forswear gasoline for a while, at least
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
NELSON REPLIES TO coRBETT.
bats" Seconds in the WoIeast Fight
Acted Under Instructions.

Acted Under instructions.
Chicago, March III wish to reply
to the criticism of James j. Corbett
regarding the idleness of my seconds
in the recent battle with Wolgast,"
said Battling Nelson today. "Mr. Cor.
bett, in last Sundays Tribune, takes
occasion to say that my seconds al
most were criminal in allowing me to
continue.
Il respectfully submit that Corbett
was several thousand miles from the
ringside when l was fighting Wolgast.
! have nothing but praise for the men
in my corner, and am the man most
interested. Let Mr.. Corbett recall the
fact that at Goldfield Cans marked
and cut and beat Inc far harder than
Wolgast ever dared to do. Yet | al
ways was ready with a final kick,
landed that kick in the forty-second
round. In my fight with Hanlon |
was beaten almost to pulp, yet stop
ped Hanlon in the nineteenth round.
Other big fights in which | have en-
gagged had the same starting and the
same ending.
when | won the championship from
Cans ! was beaten ten times worse
than when | lost to Wolgast. In my
fight with Young Corbett-the second
one-Corbett broke one of my ribs in
the fourth round, and still | knocked
him out in the ninth In my battle
with Candle, hundreds OF people left
the building early in the fight think
ing | would be murdered Yet | won
by knocking out Candle in the eigh'
teenth.
The only criticism from the ring
side came from thousands who had
seen me in fights before They de-
elared that Referee Eddie Smith act
ed too hastily in stopping the bout
and had | been allowed to continue
would have stood more than an ever
chance of knocking out Wolgast.
"Corbett makes a point of my
staggering around the ring. Well, If
a man is staggering around the ring
he is not the aggressor, and the story
of that fight is a constant repetition
of the fact that Nelson rushed and
Wolgast backed away, jabbing with
his left. When Smith stopped the
fight | was battling Wolgast in his owr
corner, and doing all the aggressive
work. | was not staggering, not weak
My face was covered with blood and
my left eye was closed. My right eye
was wide open and my head was yer!
clear.
Manager Robinson was in charge
I'm my corner, assisted by Abdul thu
Turk and Abe Silvermann of Hege
wisch. Maurice Rauch also was help
ing me. In the thirty-fourth rount
Robinson made a grab for the spong'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
Globe Trotter Tells Of "Buq."

Did you ever have the bug? That
is, after you have travelled nearly all
your life and have settled down all of
a sudden and remained that way for
nearly year. to suddenly get up with
start when you heard the engine
whistle before it reached the station
and feel restless and want to be go
ing? If you know the feeling, you
know what the bug is.
The globe trotter knows what the
bug" is. He who has sailed over
many seas, on most ever.' nations
vessels and has even grown to like
the smell that reaches the stern of a
liner from the galley through the fun
nels, while watching the propeller
Jump out from the water in rough
sea, knows what the bug is. Although
you have been seasiCk on many trips
over the water and swore many times
you never more would get aboard a
boat if you could once more get
ashore, even if that shore contained
but a yard of solid earth; even then
YOU want it all-seasickness and all
back again when you get the bug.
Now that spring is here and the
warm sunshine brings back the
thoughts of hookworm days in the faI
east, it also brings the bug" to those
who have been used to travel as they
will. To those who have made the
trip around the world at their leisure
ENJOYING rides in rikshas in Japan
slipped cool drinks rendered by the
hands of pretty girls at the Tan San
Falls at Kobe, enjoyed the dances OF
the geisha girls, and enjoyed the mu
sic on the Luneta from the constabu
| larry band under the balmy skies Of
the Philippine, watching the hre
shark of the wireless back and forth
from the masts of warships in the
harbor, then loling on the deck o.
| a steamer going from Singapore
around the Malayan peninsula, watch
ing the flying fish play tag and the
sporting of the porpoises as they tol
| low your boat for food.
You can remember distinctly the
native boys of Penang in their little
canoes diving for the silver piece:
tossed into the water by the passen
gers, and the refreshing morning rlka
sha ride through the beautiful trop
ical gardens. All this is lost agar
and the southern cross appears II
the evenings and at Colombo you have
been cheated by not only the none!
changer but by the vender of pre-
cious stones. You bought Maltese lace
at Alden and gasped for breath II
the terrible heat on the Red sea
and through the Suez canal you were
blinded by sand storms.
The Mediterranean, though, bears
bad name for a rough piece of wat
err. You would enjoy another res
upon the easy steamer chair on you
way to Naples from Port Said.
| It is evening and the sun has JUS
fallen into the sea like ball of BLOOD
The sky, however, still shows thu
beautiful color effects and you arr
suddenly awakened by the watch II
the crows nest calling eleven o'clocl
and ais we'll" You turn in ana ar
nut to sleep by the soothing move
ments of the boat as it rides the swell
If your memory is bringing bacl
these things you have the bug. MOI
folk, however, is a good place ant
now that she is going to have pave
streets the bug has no charm.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
Pierce Municipal Ticket.

Pierce, Neb., March 19.-At the city
caucus last night the following nomi-
nations were made for the forthcom-
ing city election. For mayor, Daniel
Duff; councilman, East ward, Woods
Cones; councilman, West ward, Her
man Hecht; city engineer, Herbert
Craven; clerk, Frank Drebert; treas
urer, NJ. Inhelder; judge, George Lit
fell
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
A DUCK YARN FROM NANTUCKET.
1t is Said an Island Bird Hunter Fired
at Flock of Seventeen, Missed One


Boston, March 19.-The champion
bird hunter of the cape section lives
on Nantucket. DR.. Isaac Hills of that
island, who appeared before the legis-
lative committee on fisheries and
game yesterday, brought tidings of
him, together with record of his
prowess. The man bagged sixteen
black ducks on one shot out of a flock
of seventeen. That was one achieve
ment. There was others just as au-
thentic. Doctor Hills used the Incl
dent before the committee yesterday
to prove that steps are necessary to
prevent the determination of the black
ducks. The bill he favored would
prohibit the using of live decoys in
shooting wild fowl.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-25
General Morton Retires.

Omaha, March 18.-At noon today
Brigadier General Charles Morton, for
the last two years commanding officer
of the department of the Missouri, re-
tired after an active service Of forty
nine years. A reception at army head
quarters this afternoon was attended
by hundreds of representatives of bust
ness and fraternal interests of the
city.