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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Ellis Parker Butler, the author of
Pigs is Pigs" and other books which
have added to the worlds laughing
stock and his own fame and bank
account, was lately asked by his pub
fishers as to what his literary plans
were. His answer is characteristic.
He replied: my method OF producing
literature is more on the spur of the
moment order and resembles a cat
having a fit. A cat hardly ever plans
out fit very carefully. When it gets
ready to have fit it goes ahead and
has it; sometimes it is a good fit and
sometimes 1t turns out to be a mere
tizzle, and sometimes the cat thinks it
is having one of the best fits it ever
had, and then the fit critics say it is
a might poor fit. I may have a lot
of fits this summer, and l may not
have any. That's the way it goes"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

all the more necessary that the mis-
with fabrics and how to cleanse them.
The Modern Laundry Equipment.
Whenever possible the laundry
should be a separate apartment in
even small houses. 1t may be located
in the basement or adjoining the
kitchen; but, wherever it is, the room
should be well lighted and well ven
tilated and should have a good floor
and hard finished walls. There should
be no soft or porous material used in
the laundry to absorb moisture. For
small home laundry the following list
Of furnishings will be found sufficient:
Three or four tubs, stationary If pos
sible, made OF soapstone, enamel or
porcelain; good washing machine,
clothes wringer, clothes stick. clothes
boiler, tin or copper; zinc or glass
dashboard. clOthespins (kept in box
or basket. water pail. clothes basket.
scrubbing brush. large granite spoon,
galvanized iron clothesline. skirt,
sleeve and bosom boards for ironing,
ironing blanket. mangle and several
good irons of different weights. An
electric or even good gasoline iron is
such a valuable labor saving device
that its first cost should seldom be
considered, because 1t very soon more
tbaD rep2Ys II, BeSide2 IBIS amount
Of furnishing number OF common
substances for removing stains of va
rious kinds should always be on hand.
Among those most frequently needed
may be mentioned boraX, ammonia.
salt, vinegar. alum. naphtha, muriatic
and oXalic acid. These should be kept
in a closed box and out of the reach
OF children, as some OF them are poi
sonous. Wax. blueing, starch, French
chalk and javelle water are also often
needed in the laundry. and II a supply
of them is kept on hand time and eff
fort may be saved on washing day. A
valuable addition to this equipment
would be an electric or water motor
with which 10 run the washing ma
chine, wringer and mangle. With such
an addition it is possible for one wo-
man 10 finish a large washing with
comparatively little outlay OF strength.
Renewing Ordinary Stains.
Washing is the mechanical cleansing
Of clothes to remove all impurities and
dirt. To do this four simple. short
rules should be kept in mind-viz
Get out all the dirt.
Keep all articles a good color.
ITaa NOTHING m I'm iilra the material
either mechanically or chemically.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt, when
It comes to being turned down 10y
their own parties in their own states.
Perhaps the political sensation Of the
summer was the defeat of Colonel
Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon in New
York, in the state republican central
committee, by a vote of 20 to 10. for
temporary chairman of the forthcom.
ing republican convention.
Colonel Roosevelt had been previous
ly consulted regarding the position
and had stated that ne would accept.
II was taken for granted over the
country that he would be given the
craftsmanship. But the old guard"
OF the party in New York, deeming
that Colonel Roosevelt had been at
tempting to dictate the politics of the
state, brought about his defeat. The
colonel's friends were chagrined.
One of the colonel's closest friends
said that there was no question of en-.
dorsing or not endorsing the admin
istration involved. IF an effort is
made to show that the choice of Vice
President Sherman is an endorse
ment, whereas the choice of Colonel
Roosevelt would not heve been, it
must of necessity fail, as Mr.. Roose.
velt's views regarding the conduct of
public affairs by his successor are
well known" Mr.. Griscom declared.
This would seem to indicate that
Griscom believed that Roosevelt was
an ardent out-and-out administration
man and that while he hadn't done so
publicly, privately he had been en-.
dorsing President Taft.
AS matter of fact it may have
been this very lack of public utter.
ance upon the subject that led the
"old guard" in New York, when they
got in control of the state central
committee, to defeat him and to place
in the temporary Craftsmanship a man
whom they knew stood for the Taft
administration. If the colonel is
sure.enough administration endorser,
as Mr.. Grisom has intimated, it is
likely that a public word from him
on that point might have saved this
embarrassment in his own state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The leading newspapers and also
thoughtful men of the south are urg-
ing upon the people the necessity Of
a change in crops and methods OF
cultivation. Since the civil war left
the southern states devastated and
almost without live stock the chief
crop has been cotton, because cotton
meant cash. But now the prosperity
of the south would be greatly ad-
vanced by return to raising part
corn and feeding it to live stock. The
south has not only the pastures, but
the climate and soil to enable it to
far outstrip other sections in stock
raising if it will only pay attention
to this line of industry.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Ollie James OF Kentucky, the bril-
liant oratorcongressma is carrying
the entire country for the democrats
this fall. II is always observable that
the democrats in every campaign are
a great deal nearer carrying the coun.
try in August than hey are in No
vember. Brother James and his party
associates never seem to take into &C.
count that sober second thought" Of
the people which saves them from
acting as foolishly as they sometimes
talk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
Xll.-Hints on Home
Laundering.
BY EDITH G. CHARLTON.
10 Charge OF Domestic Economy. lowe
State College.
Copyright. 1910. by Americas Press
Association.

~zO many women the laundry is the
least interesting part OF the
home. and often the weekly
washing and ironing are the
work most dreaded by the entire family.
In fact, in many homes they prove to
be the one insurmountable task. and
because no other solution is found for
the problem the washing is sent to the
laundry or is done in any way and by
any one so long as 1t is taken out Of
the house. Why the washing and iron
ing should prove such unpleasant work
as to cause both mistress and maid to
rebel against II has always been mys-
terry to me. | can explain 1t only by the
natural supposition that neither knows
how to do IL well and that the posi-
bilities for doing the work quickly,
easily and thoroughly are few In most
houses. We generally find that prop
erly equipped laundry Is among the
last things to be added to the house
and that in the majority OF cases
tub or two. perhaps washing ma
chine Of possible merit and occasion
ally wringer comprise the average
washing outfit in private homes Of
moderate means. And. small as that
equipment is. II can be made to give
very satisfactory results IL little
knowledge and intelligence are brought
to the task The trouble is most wo-
men do not like to wash because they
have not been taught to do 1t prop
erly and because they make extremely
hard work of it. They appreciate to
some degree fine fabrics and dainty
clothing. but they do not, as a rule,
appreciate these to the extent that
makes them DESTROYS Of preserving
materials and colors.
While it is difficult at any time and
in almost any locality to obtain well
trained helpers for homework, it is
often an easier TASK to get good cook
or housemaid than it is to find first
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The exports of wheat, corn, -four
in 1892 amounted to $161 900 900 while
for the year ending July /, 1910. it was
only $47,000,000. With our millions
of acres of undeveloped or partially
developed fertile lands this should not
be. The land offers for thousands
independence and health and back to
the farm" is a common sense cry
which many would do we'll to hear.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Teachers are being urged to bring
into effect better methods of teaching
Latin and mathematics, which shall
make these branches more interesting
to their pupils. The claim is made
that the boys prefer baseball and the
old swimming hole to arithmetic or
grammar. They always did and prob.
ably always will.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Now that everybody who can, rides,
there is spreading real fad for walk.
ing. In New York state they have
added regular walking course to the
school curriculum in many towns. The
teachers chaperon their classes each
day for so long a time while n five
mile hike is taken.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The National Fine Arts commission
has decided that the wall which ex-
tends from the capitol to the Wash.
ington Monument shall have no statu-
airy erected upon or near 1t, which is
not possessed of enduring merits as art
Ihis is commendable decision, pro-
viding the commission can agree on
what possesses real art.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Statistics show that the increase in
our trade gains with the western hemi-
sphere have been far greater than
those realized from our eastern trade.
The conclusion to be drawn is that
while it behooves US to look to all
the world for our markets, the most
inviting field is that included in the
western hemisphere. We are getting
only fraction of the trade so easily
within our reach in Latin.America.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

John w. Kern doesn't like it because
Roosevelt is going to make speeches
in Indiana for Beveridge. He says it
isn't nice for ex-presidents to do such
things. There is no question but what
it will not prove nice" for John w.
Kern, the democratic candidate for
the senate. This is the 'steenth time
Mr., Kern has run for some kind of an
office, including the vice presidency
and never yet scored victory. Mr.,
Kern evidently has more persistency
than he has political sense. He will
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
If Governor Hughes is made chief
justice of the United States supreme
court, as seems probable, he will es-
cape being hazed by his associates On
the bench and also will be the lead
ing actor in little performance that
takes place each day, strongly smack
ing of the theatrical. In the highest
judicial tribunal in the land, as in the
colleges, at West Point, boarding
schools and other institutions, hazing
of newcomers is a popular pastime.
The judges initiate baby members by
requiring them to do drudgery of
writing the bulk of opinions. To them
is assigned the job of preparing de-
cisions in nearly all of the less i'm
portant cases. The chief justice as
signs this duty, and, of course, Cover
nor Hughes, if he takes the late Chief
Justice Fuller's seat, probably would
not care to reverse traditions by re-
quiring the chief justice to do too
much work. Justice Lurton is the
baby in the court and he has been
fondly hoping that his period of haz-
ing would end with the seating Of Gov.
ernor Hughes.
From time immemorial the supreme
court has opened each day with a
parade. Promptly at the hour of II
the small mahogany doors on either
side of the outer corridor fly open. Be.
hind the west door stand nine black
robed figures. They are the justices
preparing to enter the court room,
At their head stands the chief justice.
He heads the slow moving, solemn
procession which winds across the
corridor, stopping all movement be.
tween the senate and the house. An
instant later, the line appears at tie
entrance to the courtroom. Every
body in the room stands at respectful
attention. The black gowns move
slowly and stately back behind the
row of seats. Finally the chief justice
stops at the central opening. He
stands motionless while the first four
judges continue to their places. When
all have reached their chairs, the
chief justice gives the signal, bowling
to his associates and then to the
courtroom, and all take their seats
The proceeding is never varied in any
way and it lends an additional touch
of awe and solemnity to the sombre
court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The mothers or fathers who are
wondering where their boy or girl is
at night have woefully failed some
where or somehow in giving to their
children the companionstip and per-
sonal interest which thek growing
minds and hearts naturally and right
fully demand. Every boy and girl
who habitually seeks the street at
night, in quest of life, is a living in
dictment of the home from which they
come.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

An attempt has been made by Ber-
muda to exclude from the market all
so-called Bermuda onions which are
grown outside of Bermuda. But the
consumers feel that Bermuda onion
by any other name would smell as
sweet and care little whether it is
raised in Texas or Bermuda If they
only get all they want to smother
their beefsteak in.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

A government bulletin claiming
great things for Porto Rico as a
health resort, refers to 1t as the land
of perpetual summer. That announce
ment was very i'll timed. If kept in
cold storage until January the effect
would have been much better.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The national guard encanpment of
the Knights of Pythias will be held
in Milwaukee from September l to TO-
II is anticipated that this will be the
LARGEST att, nded encampment and
most brilliant parade ever giVen hy
his great fraternal organization
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

President Taft will spend three
weeks in November in the canal zone.
He rightly considers the completion
of the Panama canal as one of the
great executive responsibilities of his
administration and commends him
self to the people by the personal in.
terest he takes in the great national
enterprise.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

While congress adjourned some
time ago quite a number of national
legislators will be kept busy all sum-
mer. carrying on the numerous in
vestigations which were set on foot
by the present congress. The number
of these inquiries is record breaking,
however they may turn out as to re-
suits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19
Even Theodore Roosevelt sometimes

Even Theodore Roosevelt sometimes
embarrasses his friends. Hamilton
w. Mabie, the author and essayist.
is travelling in Europe. Arrangements
had been made for an audience with
the pope during his visit to Rome, but
when it was learned that he was con-
nected with the Outlook he was given
to understand that his call would be
undesirable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The smallest and meanest graft ever
heard of halls from New York which
city also furnishes some OF the larg
est. But when Gotham milk man
kicked his milk can full of dents SO
as to reduce their capacity, he must
nave wanted to cheat very badly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Kansas wants thousands of farm
hands, and Spokane is in need OF hun
dreds of school teachers. So there
seems to be work for both men and
women in different sections of the
great west.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The most prosaic theory ever ad.
vanced to account for the beautiful
compilations of English women is that
OF an English doctor who says it is
the result of eating generously of pork
and bacon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

1t is cheering to learn that sour
milk is becoming fashionable among
the ultra society people as the proper
health remedy. This will help some
among the people who have always
preferred theirs sweet, but who are
unable to secure any but what is sour
these hot dry summer days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The fact that people were given two
eyes and two ears and only one mouth
is interpreted by bright exchange to
mean that they should do twice as
much hearing and seeing as they do
talking.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Another international opium confer
ence is now assured at The Hague this
fall. To Bishop Brunt of the Philip.
pines largely belongs the credit of Sc.
curing this international cooperation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

alarming suggestions. And the same
result must come to the nation If the
tire-eating insurgent and the vicious
yellow magazines such as Golfers
and Harpers papers, continue yelling
about everything in existance and try.
ing to excite the public mind into a
state of panic
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19
THE FIRE-EATING INSURGENT

TIE flhE-EAllNG URGENT.
A chautauqua incident of the past
week in Norfolk brought out condi-
uon OF the public state of mind which
is not a complimentary commentary
upon this country at the present
time. 1t was announced from the
platform from day to day, after it
became known that Senator Cummins
was not to be here, that Senator
Clapp would come to town and that he
was one of the most radical of all the
tire-eating insurgents. This brazer
announcement was made apparently.
with the idea that the more radical
this insurgent could be painted, the
bigger would be the gate receipts.
1t is indeed a peculiar state of af-
fairs when the very fact that man
is advertised as an insurgent against
his own party and his own govern
ment, proves a drawing card on the
lecture platform. 1t is strange that
the mere fact that a man is out
preaching discomfort, shouting denun-
citation against things as they are. in
shilling lack of confidence among the
people in the mead of their govern
ment, and ranting around in general
against all conditions that come to
mind, should make that man attract
i've to the populace. And the fact
that a chautauqua organization should
make capital of such creature of dis
content, is not a worthy reflection
either upon the public or upon the
political conditions of the times.
1t might prove profitable to pre-
sent the most notorious outlaw of
Mexico, or the brother of Jesse James
or the Jeffries-Johnson prize fight
films, as chautauqua attractions, but
their drawing powers would be poor
examples of the public taste and
their uplifting influence might well
be doubted.
AS former Governor Buchtel OF
Colorado, in his letter to The News,
remarked, the preaching of discon-
tent in country like ours is almost
a crime. The preaching of discon-
, tent-insurgency against Gaynor-
through Hearst's papers resulted a
, week ago in the shooting of the mayor
of the biggest city in the country.
The same sort of preaching against
the head of the government a few
years before resulted in the bastard
ly assassination of Mckinley.
The preaching of Observation-Disclosures
gency against the administration, re-
, bellion against the governmental
the early COS led to the most disas-
trous internal strife that this or any
other country has ever known-in
those days it was not called by the
gentle name of insurgency" but was
badly labelled rebellion"
And the same sort of preaching
now, against President Taft and his
administration, by demagogues who
have no thought of the country's good
in mind but who are merely self
seekers of the most vicious type, can
only result in turmoil in the public
mind which must have serious effect
upon the wellbeing of the nation both
in a business way and a social way
1t is time that the professional dem
agogues who go about tearing down
and throwing mud at the government
De relegated to the rear. 1t is time
that the self-seeking knocker be al
lowed by the public to talk to empty
chairs
1t has been too frequently shown
by the brainless fool who shouts
Fire" in a crowd, how quickly the
public can be thrown into a panic by
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

If the Mississippi river continues to
subsde because of drouth, the Upper
Mississippi Improvement association
will be able to see exactly where the
channel needs Strengthening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

A Pittsburg multimilionaire has
started in the chicken raising business
as an amateur He will never have
to worry, as Carnegie has, about dying
rich.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The supreme court has given a de-
cision to the effect that the manufac-
turer or wholesaler, and not the re-
taller, is responsible for the sale of
adulterated goods.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

While Clifford Pinchot is an entlwsi-
asst over the tall timber and an ad-
yocate of the growing forests, he
promises to be quite active on the
stump this fall.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Teddy starts on a speaking tour
August %. People won't read stiff
and starched articles as they used to-
The voter must be pursued to his lair
among the BURBERRY bushes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19
Well Trained,

Mrs. Boggs-Mr Meekman is a
splendid example Of what a man ought
to be, Mr., BogGs-Not at all, He's a
splendid example OF what a wife. two
sisters, growuup daughter and a
mother-in-law think man ought to be.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The women who are writing nice
letters to DR.. Crippen might better
be smoking cigarettes if they were to
choose the lesser of the two evils.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Italy claims 10 own the largest
hammer in the world, 1t is to be
hoped that neither La Toilette nor
Cummins will ever come into posses
sion of it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

In spite of ridicule opposition and
their own frequent tactical mistakes
the woman suffrage advocates of Eng
land are making some Roadway.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

The Filipinos are becoming Ameri.
canized at a rapid rate. They are
discarding the shovel and hoe and
looking for jobs as bosses.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Senator Gore may not have been
bribed but all will agree that 10,
the poor Indian" was most awfully
swindled.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

Quebec has a citizen after Mr..
Roosevelt's own heart. He is the ia.
ther of thirty-one children, twenty
three of whom are now living.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

1t is a stunning blow to the versa
tility of the ex-president to have
Colonel Roosevelt admit that he does
not know how to milk a COW.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

It's been mentioned before, but how
do you like to have the telephone
ring and a voice at the other end
say: Hello, who is this?"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-19

It's against the rules for the play
ers to gamble on the green at the Nor.
folk golf grounds, but they let the
sheep gambol there all they darn
please. But they look sheepish when
they do it.