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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A drove of over 5000 elk were driv-
en- from Yellowstone park reserve by
heavy SHOWS and hundreds of hunters
fiocked to Gardiner, Mont, to get a
shot at the big game. 1t is estimated
that 500 were killed in one day.
Troops from Fort Yellowstone are
trying to drive the elk back into the
park.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

President Diaz has been ruler of
Mexico so long that it taxes the meln-
ory to remember his predecessor.
Anyway 1t is of more interest to know
who his successor will be.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

China is certainly in an agreeable
position these days. 1t is not a ques-
tion with her about borrowing all the
money she needs, but rather ques.
tion of taking all she is offered.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The appointment by the state super
intendent of Superintendent Fred M
Hunter of Norfolk to be a state nor
NAL school instructor, is a fitting
recognition of one of the best school
men in the state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Christmas falls on Sunday this year
and there will be considerable differ
ence of opinion as to whether Satur
day or Monday should be observed in
its place for the festivities. Quite
generally, however. Saturday evening
will be celebrated as Christmas eve
while Monday will be taken up as
Christmas day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The house of governors was deco
rated with many high stepping adjec-
tives, but no one seemed to know
much about the kind of brooms need.
ed to do better job of house clean
ing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The railroad presidents predict a
business recession for 1911. If they
would give the patient more sunshine
and less blue pills, he would be up
doing days work somewhat quick
or.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The mutiny of the Brazilian sailors
was about as clever and successful a
strike as has ever been recorded
They brought the government to
terms and were granted their deserved
demands-less cruelty and more pay.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Newspaper men will feel both an
interest and an obligation in celebrat
ing the centenary of Horace Greeley,
that pioneer editor of the modern
newspaper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

They seem to be getting general
election about every year IN England.
The politicians would like that here,
as 1t would double the goods turned
out by their machinery.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The Pasadena girls won't dance with
the yellow skinned Japanese officers,
although many yellow hearted dudes
look good to them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, who
once said he would shake his boots in
the face of the vice president, has
bought an automobile. If he gets a
dress suit, the cause of the plain peo-
pie has died in the last ditch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Fire escapes are expensive and they
are not ornamental, but they come in
very handy when the basement and
the first floor are roaring furnaces.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The government is after the bath
tub trust. This threatens to make
more Saturday night catastrophes for
the small boys
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Ex-senator Clark has a 100000
dinner set, but a 10-cent dish plus a
workingman's appetite will contribute
more to digestion.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Things have reached deplorable
pass when a policeman has to guard
the little daughter of Winston Church
i'll out for her daily airing, from The
English suffragettes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The secretary of the navy would
have Peary made rear admiral. Doc
Cook should be given place among
the marines.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

In reply to Gladys: The lame
ducks" in congress are so called be-
cause they got ducked IN the tidal
wave of November s.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Nevada gains SO percent in popula-
ton, while the states not having mar
riage on the installment plan pike
along at 10 percent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Treating is made a misdemeanor in
Tacoma. We all know men who are
never likely to suffer arrest from this
cause
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
WEEKLY NEwsJoURNA FRIDAY DECEMBER 1e 1910

look after the interests of their coun.
trymen upon their arrival in this coun.
try and get a larger proportion of
them to cultivate the soil. 1t would be
better for them and the entire coun-
try
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The powers that be at Mount Holy
oke college announce the abolition of
secret societies existing among the
students, the decree to become cffec-
tive in 1913
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

President Taft perpetrated 10000
word message. No newspaper would
ever give him a job reporting fires for
an evening edition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Secretary Wickersham has the most
private telephone line yet recorded.
President Taft had considerable trou-
BILE securing the number the other day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Sarah Bernhardt appeared at her
best as an emotional actress when the
Canadian authorities barred her pet
dog from the dominion
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Upper sleeping car berths will be
popular at the 20 percent reduction.
The only choice between pigeon holes
is one of price.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

DR.. Cook, having got $4,000 for
telling his dream, now gets $4,000
more on how he dreamed it. This
looks like good intensive farming.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Jersey City children strike against
school teachers orders. Locking the
school doors must be in accordance
with the closed shop principle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Wall street has the blue devils-the
usual method of persuading the lambs
to be sheared twice a year instead of
annually
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Wouldn't Santa Clause have beer
the nice old duck if he had dropped {
new Union Pacific depot into Norfolk
stocking?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Mr. Morgan is going to loan $780,
100000 to the Chinese Inside of five
years the tombs of the ancestors will
be in the Metropolitan museum.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Can you remember the first Christ
mas after you found out who S. c.
really was? 1t wasn't so much fun
after that.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The Cleveland Plaindealer takes
rank as one of our most foremost ge-
ographers by locating Portland in
Washington.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

To the victor belong the spoils and
also the over numerous applicants for
position.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

When girls cast their bread upon
the waters they do so hoping it may
speedily return in the form of wedding
cake.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Some of the professional aviators
get salaries of from 100000 to $780,
900 annually. Even so, the risks are
large in proportion.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Tillman Is back in the senate. His
pitchfork has got the better of Father
Times scythe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

President Taft gets 1000 letters a
day. This should give his children a
fine start on collecting postage stamps.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

There's nothing that gets out of date
it's battleship.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

empty desks and the type settlers for
the Congressional Record know what
the president said.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The public seems to be having trou-
BILE in the attempt to revise the price
of provisions downward.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

If we're to do any paving next sum
mer, now's the time to get the petition
and other preliminary details out o
the way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

They said beefsteak was to fall in
price. UP to date it is down about a
cent a COW.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The golfist's fall powing is finish
ed and he has laid away his imple
ments until spring.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

We don't know how it is among the
women, but among the men good
whist player nearly always drifts into
poker.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

You may be getting old and do not
care for snow, but what are you kick.
ing about? Suppose you were a rab-
Bit the kind hunters are after, we
mean.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

he usually gets over it for a little
while on the occasion of his wedding.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A good many of the bills intro
duced in congress read like politicians
talk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

We all declare for good government
But we do not work for It.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Don't be too anxious to correct a
man when you hear him make mis-
take; he may not want to be cor
rected
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

There is movement on foot to
White Cap a certain woman tonight
for mistreating a man. Wen have
nothing to do with it; the man could
get away, If he'd wriggle hard enough.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
rAEr,s APPOINTMENTS.

The elevation of Justice White to
be chief justice OF the United States
supreme court, as we'll as the appoint
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

After all, there's something about
the ruddy glow of the old fashioned
base burner that does seem more
cheerful than a hot air register.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The chickens are tuning up their
voices for next weeks event.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

When you are in trouble, people
who call to sympathize are really look.
ing for the particulars.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

\ friend asks what sort of golf balls
we prefer for Christmas. When we
mentioned golf balls some weeks ago
as acceptable Christmas gifts, we had
a preference for the G. ID. brand (don't
iale spell it out, because the business
office wouldn't stand for giving them
the free advertising) But just now
we confess the black diamond golf
ball that you buy at the coal dealers
has all others beaten for practical pur.
Kind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

We suppose people often go up to
preacher, and say: THAT was a
fine sermon you preached yesterday"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Leave something on your plate for
the cat, and your stomach will do bet.
ter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

In the absence of The Editor. we
make bold to reproduce this generous
tribute from the Nebraska City Daily
Press to the man who has been get.
ting out a daily newspaper in Norfolk
since twenty-one years ago the third
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

the problem of life, can't work 1t him.
self.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

There ought to be law furnishing
the man who sells you scheme
which will not work out as he prom
ised
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

An Atchison man and his wife are
not on speaking terms because he
said he couldn't tell his rubbers from
hers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Congress "heard" the message the
other day. which means that their
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

DR., Cooks progress Professional
recessional, confessional.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Look for the ad that gives a clue to
the boarding house you're looking for!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Look for the ad that calls for you
among the help wanted ads.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

You may have noticed that the man
who says mean things without men
tioning names, usually makes his
meaning so clear he doesn't need to-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

For some reason or other, Mrs.
Potter Palmer and st. Jacobs oil are
not being advertised as extensively as
formerly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

We know of one Christmas present
were going to get. We got a letter
from a magazine agent acknowledging
receipt of some money that had been
sent for magazines to be started this
way. Much obliged for the tip.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

If your average isn't the best you
can do, it is at least the best you
will do.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

1t is all right for you to have en-.
thusiasm, but don't devote it to bor
ing your friends.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

AS long as a drinking man can keep
out of Jail he never lays his troubles
to whisky.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A man may eat hotel gravy with
out particularly bad results, but
homemade gravy is good, and dan
gerous.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A Norfolk prize fighter has given up
the gloves and is going to become a
doctor. After having tried to put peo-
pie out with his fists, without serious
results, he's decided to try mailing 'em
with medicine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

You often hear of bull-headed luck.
there is no such thing; it is bull
headed industry, bull-headed perse-
verance, bull-headed economy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The only time men take real inter
est in church work is when there is a
big row on.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
day Of this month:

day Of this month:
Norfolk, Nebraska, has 6,O27 peo
PIE by actual count, and w. N. Huse.
editor of The News, is worth just
twenty-seven men to the town"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

One of the certainties OF this life is
that when you're late the train won't
be.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Women who are invited to a party
are not satisfied: they want to be
asked to help receive.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A Dandy show is coming.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

TO the small boy there isn't any
sensation just exactly like the one he
feels when he gets up on chilly win
ter morning, with the family, to take
an early train for a Christmas visit.
HaG awake all night, his eyes are
wide open when the alarm goes off
and he feels as If he were in a strange
world when he begins to pull on his
stockings. Outdoors everything's
strange. The houses are shrouded
in shadows, with long, ghostly icicles
hanging down from the caves. The
trees, tall dark and silent seem to
know things they wont tell The sky
is clear and the stars are sparkling
but everything is still, save the rum
BILE of the wheels of the hack Here
and there square of light comes out
of the window of some weird looking
houses and cuts a hole in the dark
ness. Just occasionally, through an
early-lighted kitchen window, can be
getting breakfast. Most likely a board
ing house. And the train itself looks
odd. Nothing in this world is quite
so mystic and majestic as a passen
ger train in the dark, all ablaZe inside
the coaches with bright light All the
passengers act sleepy. Their voices
seem strange It's all like a dream,
and it's an experience that sets on
boys mind all the rest of his life.
In playing furnace golf, just as in
the COW pasture kind there are GER
tain elementary rules that must be
observed. If Braid doesn't write
book upon the subject, we're liable to-
For instance, don't try to drive too
far. Better take short, straight
strokes than long ones that slice or
draw. Iet the furnace do all the
drawing that's done) Don't drive out
of bounds by hitting the edge of the
feed door with bang and spilling the
golf balls all over the floor. It's worse
on the disposition than the pasture
kind-or at least, it's almost as bad,
and it isn't nearly as satisfactory 10
the children will hear you, as it is out
under the limitless dome of nature.
Grasp the shovel down near the shovel
part (if that's clear just as you grasp
the putter near the putter part. Then
be careful that your stance is correct
pronounce it "staunce"). Plant your
feet squarely in line with the feed
door, with the shovel resting natur-
ally midway between the two feet.
only considerably higher (about the
waist line for height. Rise slowly on
the left great toe (in furnace golf call
it the "grate" toe) and swing back to-
ward the right shoulder. Get the
wrist movement into it. Keep your
eye, in this instance, on the feed door
instead of on the ball. Then let go.
Now if you can't get cents worth of
sport out of that little movement, try
it over again and again, refilling the
shovel each time, until you're salts
fed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

talk.
AS long as drinking man can keep
out of Jail he never lays his troubles
to whisky.
A party in Atchison costs from five
to eight dollars; in New York, from
thousand up.
1t man should be suddenly
changed to n woman, he couldn't get
his clothes off.
Trying TO figure out what railroad
| company is going to do is common
way of wasting time.
Some people never admit to report
ers that they do not know anything
they attempt something.
Women who are invited to a party
are not satisfied: they want to be
asked to help receive.
The only time men take real inter.
est in church work is when there is a
big row on.
It is all right for you to have Ell.
thusiasm but don't devote it to Dor.
ing your friends.
When you are in trouble, people
who call to sympathize are really look
ing for the particulars.
We suppose people often go up to
preacher and say: THAT was a
fine sermon you preached yesterday"
No matter how conceited a man is,
he usually gets over it for little
while on the occasion of his wedding.
There ought to be law furnishing
the man who sells you scheme
which will not work out as he prom
ised.
An Atchison man and his wife are
not on speaking terms because he
said he couldn't tell his rubbers from
hers.
We don't know how it is among the
women, but among the men a good
whist player nearly always drifts into
poker
Don't be too anxious to correct a
man when you hear him make mis-
take; he may not want to be cor
rected
For some reason or other, Mrs
Potter Palmer and st. Jacobs oil are
not being advertised as extensively as
formerly.
A man may eat hotel gravy with
out particularly bad results, but
homemade gravy is good, and dan
gerous.
II have two friends who never talk
behind my back. You may think you
have more, but | doubt it."-Drake
Watson.
When a girl announces her engage
ment, the first thing people ask about
the groom-elect is, How much does
he get?"
Probably the first thing a bride
finds fault with after her marriage is
10 of hnr
ding.
A young man likes to impress the
girls that he has no use for looking
glass except when he shaves, but it
isn't true.
A woman never returns from visit
to the cemetery without abusing some
man for the way his wife's grave is
neglected
No matter how much money man
has, we don't believe there ever lived
man who really took delight in pay
ing bill.
kick up! In spite of it's small size,
it seems to be pulling ligaments out
of your body.
There is an unwritten law among
women that no woman should go far
ther than two blocks from home with
a shawl over her head
You often hear of bull-headed luck
there is no such thing; it is bull
headed industry, bull-headed perse-
verance, bull-headed economy.
You may have noticed that the man
who says mean things without men
tioning names, usually makes his
so clear he doesn't need to.
You may be getting old, and do not
care for snow, but what are you kick.
ing about? Suppose you were a rab-
bit; the kind hunters are after, we
mean.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Some people never admit to report
ers that they do not know anything
they attempt something.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The man who can tell you all about
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Ever remark how tough a stack of
rabbits look around a grocery store?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Trying TO figure out what a railroad
company is going to do is a common
way of wasting time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Well bet any paper in the state a
new IS hat that Norfolk's gain in pop
ulation for the ten years between 1900
and 1910 is a greater percentage of
increase than any other city in Ne
braska can show. Norfolk gained
from $3.50 to 6,027-a gain of over 55
percent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

What would you think if you had
been living in a town for twenty-one
years, and hadn't been out of the burg
for year and half, if man who
EnAw you we'll met you on the street
and said: Why, how DIDO? You
haven't been here for some time.
Where are you making your home
now?" You might think the man was
drunk-and he was.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
AROUND TOWN.

Only two more weeks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A party in Atchison costs from FIVE
to eight dollars; in New York, from
thousand up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Your Christmas shopping done?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

II have two friends who never talk
behind my back. You may think you
have more, but ! doubt it."-Drake
Watson.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

If there is any one thing a man
should do in private, it is his loving.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

There is an unwritten law among
women that no woman should go far
ther than two blocks from home with
a shawl over her head.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

changed to woman, he couldn't get
his clothes off.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The one best theatrical bet comes
to Norfolk two days before Christmas
Friday night, December 23-when
dear old Jess Dandy comes back in a
great revival production of "The
Prince of Pilsen." Most Norfolk peo-
pie who saw it i've years ago still
point back to it as the best show this
town ever did see.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A woman never returns from visit
to the cemetery without abusing some
man for the way his wife's grave is
neglected
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

A young man likes to impress the
girls that he has no use for looking
glass except when he shaves, but i,
isn't true.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

No matter how much money man
has, we don't believe there ever lived
a man who really took delight in pay
ing bill.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

The public takes care of many
people who are not in the poor house.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

What an awful row little boil can
kick up! In spite of it's small size,
it seems to be pulling ligaments out
of your body.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

When a girl announces her engage,
ment, the first thing people ask about
the groom-elect is, How much does
he get?"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

Congress is as big a hypocrite will
the people as a man is with his wife
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
ATCHlSoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

..
Does house burn up or down?
When in doubt in society, shake
hands.
Any man will claim a good stray
umbrella.
One way to get along with a kicker
is to let him kick.
A woman handles man as grace.
fully as she handles fan.
If woman has whiskers, you are
no gentleman if you see them.
A Woman's scream frightens a bur
glar worse than mans pistol.
No two socialists have the same
opinion
One woman with her nose turned
up can ruin reception.
There are dispositions that should
be barred from the telephone
A days work has been steadily de.
creasing for hundred years.
It's too bad that the nice women
and girls have so little money.
Just before a bank closes at 3
o'clock, there is rush to get in.
There should be some consideration
for the man who never needs help.
Hard luck can be minimized by get.
ting your mind busy with hard work.
Congress is as big a hypocrite with
the people as a man is with his Wife
The public takes care of many
people who are not in the poor house.
If there is any one thing a man
should do in private, it is his loving.
Ever remark how tough a stack of
look around a grocery store?
One OF the certainties OF this life is
that when you're late the train won't
be.
If your average isn't the best you
can do, it is at least the best you
will do.