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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

est things their true importance and
mentally and physically is worthy due
consideration and fair trial from
every individual. So while these talks
concern the housekeeper more closely
perhaps than they do men. the latter
are not exempt from at least an honest
interest In their subject matter.
Those who have anything to do with
stock know how important 1t is that
the animals be properly fed III order
that they may be suitable for their
special purpose. Men give great deal
of study to the different methods of
feeding cows and pigs. They talk
wisely about whether it Is better to
feed corn or peas for fattening pur-
poses. They are careful, too, to see
that the soil on which the apple or
chard is planted contains the proper
elements to make strong, productive
trees. But when 1t comes to the daily
bill Of fare for human beings the aver
age man and woman give it very little
thought. At least 1t is the common
rule to eat what is set before us or
what our fancy and appetite suggest.
until we have SO long disregarded the
laws Of nature that our digestive or
gans rebel, and we can't eat even the
plsinest food without discomfort.
Ii is fact that the average person
knows less about his own anatomy
and the functions Of his body than
about almost any other subject. Think
for a moment of the many noted men
who are laid aside In early middle life
because their digestive organs are
worn out And no wonder they refuse
10 perform their duties! We wouldn't
treat a thrashing machine as we treat
ourselves and not expect the machine
TO be good for nothing inside six
months. The illustration Is more near
~ parallel with the case than perhaps
you think. TIE man feeds his engine
with coal and wood in order to get en-
ergy from it. He also expects to get
energy. growth and continued life from
his food; at least that Is the true rea-
son why he eats. Yet how many men
and women are there who from an or
binary bill of fare can select the foods
which build tissue-make brain and
blood-and which are most suitable for
the production Of heat and energy?
The selection of food for the table in
order that it may be truly nourishing
and may yield the necessary material
for growth is one of woman's greatest
tasks. To be the maker OF a home
from which strong men and women
shall go forth to build and keep na.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
1t was recently stated that the fee

1t was recently stated that the fee
of $4,000 received by Samuel Inter
meyer for effecting the merger of the
Boston and Utah Copper companies
was the largest fee ever paid a law
yer. This is not true. James B. Dill
was paid s1OO,OOOO0 for bringing about
a settlement between Andrew Carne'
gle and II. c. Prick and organizing the
steel trust. These immense fees re-
ceived by lawyers are said to be
great temptations to supreme court
judges to resign from the bench and
once more enter the field where they
will have chance to gain in a day a
sum equal to the income on the bench
in lifetime.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
For unknown centuries the human

For unknown centuries the human
race has been experimenting with
different foods and trying to come
to some definite idea as to what men
should eat and what reject. AS mat
ter of fact the problem instead of be-
ing satisfactorily solved, grows more
complicated each year with the in
PRODUCTION of new food products from
foreign lands and the invention of new
brands of breakfast foods. If man
were to attempt to follow half the
rules laid down by so-called authori-
ties he would certainly be in pitt
able plight. For the ordinary man,
the best plan evolved so far is to
us his common sense and eat mode
rately of such foods as agree with him
and furnish the strength needed for
the work he does in the world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
l.-Me Scope efDomestic
Science.
BY EDITH G. CHARLTON,
In Charge Of Domestic Economy. Iowa
State College.
Copyright 1850. by American Prsss
Association.

T HE purpose OF this series Of ar
ucles will be an attempt to show
the direct relation between do
nestle science and ordinary af-
fairs In the life Of either men or wo-
men. TOO many people have conceived
the idea that domestic science chiefly
concerns those people who have more
time for theorizing than for actual
work. These think the subject deals
largely with air castles Of the Bellamy
style Of architecture and contains little
real help for present day homemak-
ers. There are some who still hold the
opinion that such is the meaning and
scope of domestic science. but their
number is rapidly decreasing on ac-
count Of the introduction of the study
OF scientific homemaking into public
schools, high schools and colleges To
be an aid to housekeepers who cannot
take advantage of these courses OF
study as prescribed In schools and COL
leges Is the aim of this series OF talks.
One Of the chief purposes of domes-
tic science is To teach men and women
Nv" w NV ''Sh'iS' uo" W USE thh-
terial things IN such way as to get
the highest good. the best results. from
them. The science concerns men quite
as much aS women. and II means
much more than the commonly accept
ed idea that II has most to do with
cooking and eating and washing dishes
These things are of course included In
the study and. | assure you, that even
these exceedingly common affairs of
life are deserving of higher place in
the wonderful process Of living than
is usually accorded them.
Life is a serious business, and moth
ing which pertains to 1t is either
joke or a trifle. Therefore anything
which helps to give even the common
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Professor Zueblin reverses all prec-
edents and characterizes thrift as a
vice and urges his audience to spend
freely in order that the standard of
living may be raised. For months the
present high rate of living in America
has been deplored and condemned by
writer's and speakers, and the inev-
liable result of spendthrift policy set
forth. In spite of Zueblin bank ac-
count is far better than a deficit and
it is neither necessary nor wise to
urge Americans to spend freely. 1t is
their nature.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Mr.. Rockefeller made an effort to
win an ultimate victory over disease
by founding the Institution for Medi-
cal Research. Now he has set his face
against another and even more uni
versally powerful foe-poverty. He
wishes to place some of his vast
wealth to work toward the elimina-
ton of poverty from the land. He
has undertaken an appalling contract
but the world will watch his expert
ment with keen interest and earnestly
hope for good results.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

A Chicago packer says the American
people could reduce the cost of their
meat if they would use some of the
cheaper cuts which contain just as
much nutriment instead of insisting
on rib and loin cuts. Undoubtedly
there is something in this. If Ameri-
can cooks would spend a little more
time in the preparation of some of
the cheaper cuts saving might be
effected without any loss of comfort to
the family.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
NEBRASKA PAYS WELL,

Inasmuch as Norfolk is at the pres
ent time considering the question of
freight rates, and for the benefit of
the people of this entire section OF the
state, the following statement by the
Nebraska railway commission is of
interest:
THE rates provided for the trans
portation of lumber in carload lots in
Nebraska is 11.9 cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles, in Iowa the rate is 6.3
per 100 pounds per 100 miles. The
rate on wheat in Nebraska is 11.4S
cents; in Iowa it is 81 cents. The
rate on corn in Nebraska Is 1912 cents,
while in Iowa it is 6S cents. On cat
tie in Nebraska the rate is 1876 cents,
while in Iowa it is 10 cents. The rate
on hogs in Nebraska is II cents, while
in Iowa the rate is IL cents. The rate
on apples in Nebraska is 1876 cents,
while in Iowa the rate is S.4 cents.
The rate on potatoes in Nebraska is
11.9 cents, while in Iowa the rate is
TO cents. The rate on coal in Ne
braska is $l.O2 per ton, while in Iowa
the rate is "A cents"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
A Lon1 Felt Want,

An American once went to Windsor
castle and insisted upon seeing Queen
Victoria. He was told that 1t was
quite impossible, as an audience with
the queen could be had only by APP
pointment. Still he persisted, and then
they told him tlatfooted that before
seeing the queen he must state the OBJ
lect OF his visit. He said he wanted
to show her new piece OF furniture,
throne bed-a perfect throne by day
and "A perfect bed by night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

If the railroads believe that Norfolk
has no chance to gain more favor
able freight rates, they ought to be
glad to have the city try it's case and
find that out. And in case Norfolk
is entitled to better rates, which peo-
pie believe who have studied the sit
uation, then there is no reason on
earth why they should not be gone
after.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Ambassador Brice says in his Ameri-
can Commonwealth that lin only one
particular have the American people
shown themselves incapable of self
government and that is in their cities.
And why? Because most men do not
do their duty as citizens. Graft and
corruption would disappear from our
municipalities within two years if the
good men were at the same time good
citizens" says John c. Oswald of New
York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
An exchange saws 1.-THE only reasc

An exchange says The only reason
there are not a million cherry trees
in bloom in Texas, is that there are
not million cherry trees in Texas"
The same might be said of many other
states. When the soil of the United
States is planted and cultivated as it
is in the old world countries wealth
of blossom and fruitage will stretch
from ocean to ocean.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

From the viewpoint of commerce, of
foreign relations, of forld economics,
of radical development, or of the spread
of christianity, the education of China
along modern lines is one of the most
important problems confronting Amer
lea and Europe today. 1t directly con-
Germs the enlightment of a quarter of
the worlds population.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Over in Germany they are grinding
up their mountains to mix with their
cement pavement. They have discov'
cred that the lava thrown out by vol
canoes, when ground up and mixed
with cement and baked in blocks in
great kilns for two weeks makes the
most durable paving material that has
ever been tried.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

visions of robins, crocuses, warm
rains. house cleaning, lilacs, dandelion
greens, rugs to beat, tomato plants,
umbrellas and rubbers always some
where else when you want them, and
thousand and one spring tokens fit
through ones brain as winter for a mo-
ment loosens its grip on the earth.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

One paper commenting on the
Rockefeller foundation starts with the
hymn How Firm Foundation" The
Rockefeller millions do seem to give
a pretty solid foundation to even a
philanthropic experiment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Variety is not only the spice of life
but its continuance. Intelligent recre-
alton, interests autside the daily grind
changes of scene-these are not mere
ly luxuries, they are necessities of
life
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
THE SONS OF ST. PATRICK.

The genial and sunshiny good cheer
usually associating itself with st. Pat
rick's day is reminder of the enor-
nous progress made among us by the
sons and daughters of old Erin's isle.
When the so.called railroad Irish"
who were doing the hard work Of
building our railways about fifty to
sixty years ago, first begun to come
over. who could have predicted how
far their children and grandchildren
would have climbed today?
Inside of these red shirted and
rough bearded old stoilers there was
purpose as firm as steel, to make
their way in the world. And so today
there has mingled with the old English
race a strain of warm hearted Celtic
blood, distinguishable from the old
stock by nothing except the mellow
toned names of the old Irish country
families.
And today these old Irish names
rank with the leaders of politics, bust
ness and the professions. They bring
here a genius for friendship, that
makes them a political force, and a
warm heart and whimsical humor that
make them delightful companions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

There is growing sentiment
against the overheating of school
rooms and public buildings in general.
II enervates the body and makes it
more susceptible to disease.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

You can never tell in what unlikely
place cupid will manage to get in
his work. A couple of ardent lovers
aged respectively IS and II eloped
from the old peoples home in Indi-
ana of which they were inmates and
walked two miles to be married.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

This is not the first time in English
history that the house of lords has
been in disrepute. 1t was abolished
for ten years in the Cromwellian per-
iod. The king was also abolished in
the most summary manner known.
The country survived the shock, too.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Mayor Gaynor of New York is a
disciple of the Pedestrian Weston. He
refusese newspaper reporters inter
views at his office but allows them to
accompany him on his long walks, if
they can keep the pace.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The awakening Of Americans to the
need of manual training in the pub
lie schools is one of the most encour-
aging signs for the future. The boy
or girl who can make things has a
wonderful start in life.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The American people credit the
Rockefeller foundation to our glorious
national record for philanthropy, but
If churches or missionary societies
take tainted money" they are oily
hypocrites.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

More than a quarter of a billion
dollars is lost absolutely and forever
each year in the United States through
fire. Much of this loss might be pre-
vented by care. Care in building, and
care in fire protection.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Colonel Roosevelt is to receive from
the lord mayor of London the freedom
of the city in gold box. Almost any.
thing would be more suitable to pre-
sent in little box than freedom. It's
paradoxical.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The John Jacob Astor divorce at.
tracts little attention in the atmos.
phere of New Yorks smart set. Cou.
pies that live in domestic peace and
harmony are more of a news feature
down there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

John Milton was a poet and he was
also a secretary of state. He left his
idea about the conservation of natural
resources recorded in Latin so heavy
that it is not often quoted, but it is
there and is very much to the point.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Gladstone's son has been elevated
to the peerage so often declined by
his father. 1t is doubtful if he will
stand any higher with his rank than
did the grand old man" without it,
But without regard to this he is a
worthy son of an honored man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The senate favors giving the wan
dering Pottawatomies $447,339, said to
have been long due them. This will
provide them with fire water for a
number OF weeks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The waste and sawdust from saw
mills and planning mills is being
pressed into solid sticks of firewood
by machinery and thus made into ex-
cellent fuel.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

1t has been discovered by actual ex-
periments that by feeding white hens
on harmless dyes they will lay eggs
of any color. This will in time do
away with that mussy process of dye.
ing Easter eggs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

A new incentive has been added to
the war of the determination of the
brown rat, now being waged so ener,
getically in so many countries. The
skins have been found useful for sew.
eral commercial articles, such as bind
ing of books and making purses and
gloves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

A New York man is trying to breed
a tailless cat. 1t is doubtful if the
world will appreciate his great effort
II he should be successful.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS Journal MARCH 49,

dent w. II. Taft should be promptly
enacted. The duty belongs to con.
gress. The presidents duty, in this
regard, has already been done.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

James r. Garfield is a possible can.
didate for the governorship Of Ohio,
but it is not thought probable that
Secretary Ballinger will manage his
campaign.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

So far people have been permitted
to walk from one part of the City of
Brotherly Love" TO another, if they
pursued their way quietly and peace.
ably, but drivers of delivery wagons
who carried passengers during the
strike were arrested. Philadelphia is
rotten politically. That is why the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

A dozen years ago Norfolk boy
attending Harvard was offered trip
to Europe for his summer vacation.
There was an aged grandmother at
home who was very dear to him and
he wrote back: I'VE won't always
have mother with us-he always call
ed her 'mother'-and therell be a
good many years left in which to go
to Europe, so | guess I'll spend my
vacation at home" This week
mother" breathed her last and that
young man came back to Norfolk to-
day for her funeral 1t would be
hard to put in words the infinite hap
piness which that voluntary college
boys act gave to that aged woman
and what a remarkable tribute it was
to her.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

There is so much soiled linen to be
washed in the Albany legislative in.
vestigation, that some patriots will
have to go to bed for lack of any
thing to wear.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Thirty thousand Frisco people will
commemorate the birth of American
ideals July 4, by seeing Jeffries and
Johnson give each other bloody noses.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Another blow to the down trodden
consumer! 1t costs SITS to go by the
new airship line from Munish to OBJ
erammergau and back, eighty miles.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

1t will come hard on Colonel Roose-
welt to conform to the ways of Euro
peans after having been confirmed
"gun toter" for all these months
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The American legation at Bogota,
Columbia has been stoned, but that
is merely the playful way down there
of expressing political opinions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The truly domesticated man must
now pay the price of his redemption
from the nomadic state, by cleaning up
the back yard Saturday afternoons.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

ST. Patrick's day means more this
year in England than for long time
before. The Irish nationalists have
become a power to be reckoned with
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

On reading the riot news from
Philadelphia, we have to pinch our.
selves to make sure we are not liv.
ing in 1910 b. c.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The French senate has just passed a
bill granting old age pensions which
the English commend as more bust
ness like than their own.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Now the Philadelphia strikers talk
a nationwide strike. You cant make
a chain stronger by stretching out the
links.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

If Senator Root is going to straight
as well quit attending to any trifling
little job like being United States
senator.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The postooifce appropriation bill
calls for S241 100000. Even letter
writing is a factor in the high cost of
living.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The price of meat is again climb
ing, and nothing will stop it but the
thrifty old habit of keeping pig in
the back yard.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Telephone girls have to be five feet
high now. We have often thought
they cut us off too short.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Teddy cant 90 around" says a
headline. But Teddy made lot of
other people go roud and round.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

II is scarcely safe TO refer 20 the
thoughts which this weather brings
iest the mercury suddenly fall. Still
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Bernard Shaw wants property and
marriage abolished. II marriage IS
abolished property will soon go, too.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

We just shake off the coal man
when along comes the Easter milliner
to seize and bind us. Figuratively, of
course.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The Mabray Mikes at Council Bluffs,
being all assembled, ought to enjoy
st. Patricks day to the limit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

The first silver dollars were coined
by the United States mint in 1893.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

Norfolk avenue is hard locker.
Itll be harder when it's covered with
that brick.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

These are the days when you try to
stretch the last half ton of coal into
a ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

No matter how old you get, you al
ways have that same feeling about
wanting your mother to come home,
after she's been away awhile.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-03-18

street car strike there is more popu-
lar than an opera with a new tune.