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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11
After Attell's Scalp,

Kansas City, Aug. S.-Tommy Dixon
a Kansas City featherweight, has been
matched to fight Boyo Driscall in
Memphis, Tenn, Monday night, &C
cording to an announcement today by
Jimmy Hirst, Dixon's manager. Dris,
coll is now in Memphis, training. AT
ter the Memphis bout Dixon will go
to New Orleans to take part in an eli
mination contest in which the win,
ming featherweight of the six entered
Will fight Abe Attell for the champion
ship.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11
VICTIMS OF THE DRoUTH.

The fact that there are at present
some thirty odd cases Of restitution in
Norfolk, driven here from drouth
stricken regions in search Of work,
shows the wisdom Of the organization
of the Board of Charities, which was
created in Norfolk some months ago.
In fact, even that organization is UNI
able at present to cope with the sit
uation, and greater membership and
more funds will be required, If it is to
succeed in providing relief for the
destitute within the city's limits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

and upheld the president in his desire
to take no action until such a scien.
tihc report could be rendered. But It
was chance to make political clap.
trap.
II 1t has been impossible in the past
to make tariff bill intelligently with.
out scientific data, then It is just as
impossible now and to make a ter
rife cash in the wool schedule, with
out getting at the true facts of the
industry, would be just as indefensible
as any tariff fraud ever enacted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

There is going to be a determined
fight in Canada against reciprocity on
many grounds, and II is still uncertain
what they will do with the measure.
Meanwhile the demand here for i'm
mediate action on this particular
schedule grows stronger daily. The
democrats lost an opportunity to win
much deserved public appreciation
when they failed to act on this SEIZED.
ule independently of anything else.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The department of justice at Wash
ington promises to keep busy in its
war against illegal trusts. 1t has over
1000 complaints which are to be in.
vestigated and many suits will result.
The Taft administration hasn't made
much noise about what it was going
to do but 1t has steadily sawed wood
against the INSCRIPTIONS combinations
in business and is more and more
giving them to understand that they
must obey the provisions of the Sher.
man law or quit business altogether.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

And now it is reported that Miss
Catherine Elkins is about to be mar
ried. This announcement has been so
repeatedly made that her marriage
would be great surprise. Moreover
it would be another blow to the news
columns of the daily press should Miss
Elkins really follow Col Roosevelt,
uncle Joe" Cannon, and other stars
of the first magnitude where the daily
searchlight Of publicity wouldn't reach
her.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11
and wins a community of permanently
satisfied customers.
TOGO.

Admiral Togo, commander of the
Japanese naval forces in the campaign
that annihilated the Russian fleet in
one of the greatest sea fights of his
tory, has just landed on our shores.
1t may be safely predicted that little
after dinner speaking will be secured
from this great commander.
When Togo got off his sick bed to
respond to his country's call to fight
Russia, he remarked Enthusiastically
u shall be well when / get on the
bridge"
When the minister of war said to
him IN historic interview, 81 have
the honor to announce that 1t is the
august pleasure of his majesty the en-
peror to confer on you the honor Of
the command OF the united fleets of
Nippon" he expected response of
some elaboration.
But Togo Just said: II shall ex-
ecute your order" Then the two dig.
nitaries sat around like awkward and
blushing school boys for few mo-
ments, saying nothing, until Togo
clumsily bowed himself out in silence.
1t was feared that he was not in
harmony with the ideas of the govern
ment. But his true attitude of mind
came out later when he gathered his
officers in a final banquet. On the
table before them was a dagger, a sa.
cred sign in Japanese symbolism.
Said Togo, 1--WE have just babe fare.
well to our wives and children in a
pleasant feast-and to life." Under
that impassive and taciturn exterior
was all the resolution and defiance OF
death of the mystic oriental tempera.
ment.
In spite Of all this reticence, Togo is
called great master of human ma,
ture. 1t is current proverb that he
controls his subordinates like the fin
gers of hand. He preserves his
nerve in perfect poise under the most
critical strain, and abhors defeat as
nature abhors vacuum.
Togo was one of the young Jap
anese who studied abroad, and re-
ceived his naval education on the Eng
fish training ship Worcester. There
he seemed like any of the common
place nice fellows that abound in Brit
ish naval life.
His true force of character came out
the day in 1894 when he fired on Chi
nese transports carrying soldiers to
Korea under the British flag, precipi
tating the China-Japanese war. He
felt that in few moments the fate OF
his country had to be decided by him
and he was ready to answer with his
life if mistake were made. Our gar
rulous American temperament has
much to learn from this silent man OF
steel.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11
TAFT SHOULD VETO THEM.

President Taft's plain duty is to veto
the grandstand revision bills which
have been put up to him by the dem,
ocrats and their insurgent allies. The
only logical thing to do, now that we
have a board of tariff experts investi.
eating the cost of production at home
and abroad, and trying to get at the
matter from scientific rather than
from sentimental viewpoint, is to
await the report of that expert tariff
board before taking action on revision.
The insurgents have been bowling
for years for non-partisan board of
experts to get at tariff schedules on a
strictly scientific basis. This Is just
what President Taft is trying right
now to do, and the board of experts
are this moment at work along that
line. Their investigation into the
question will be thorough. It cannot
be completed in a minute. By the time
congress meets next December the re.
port will be ready and revision can be
entered upon with clear, intelligent
understanding of what ought to be
done. Intelligent revision on the hit.
or-miss plan is just as impossible now,
In the hands of the democrat-insurgent
coalition, as it always has been in the
past in other hands. The revision
bills passed by z this alliance might
have the political effect of satisfying
the clamor against the wool schedule
Of the Payne bill, but it wouldn't be
one whit more intelligent or defensi.
BILE.
President Taft has already declared
that the wool schedule is unjustifiable
He has declared for downward re.
vision of 1t. But he wants to go about
the work scientifically and with some
intelligent understanding of how far
down the revision should extend. And
he should have the support Of the
American people in that sane desire.
The democrats are shrewdly at.
tempting to make political capital out
of the situation. With a majority in
the house, they saw opportunity to
stir up noise over the wool schedule
which had already been conceded even
by Taft as bad spot in the present
tariff law. The democrats planned to
pass the bill in the house and thought
the republican majority in the senate
would defeat 1t, thus giving them a
chance to cry out that their efforts to
bring tariff revision had been smoth.
cred by trust owned" senate. And
the insurgents, hearing cutlery against
the wool schedule and not being in
the habit Of standing by their repub.
lican president when they could make
grandstand political capital for them.
selves, voted with the democrats and
passed the bills in the senate, thus
putting the matter up to Taft.
If the insurgents had been sincere
in their demand for a non.partisan,
scientific tariff board and an intelli,
gently framed tariff bill, they would
have practiced what they preached
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The state Of Minnesota is not acting
very decently in the case of the man
who bought school land" and found
that it was water Minnesota sold that
land under misrepresentation. And a
great state like that ought to set an
example Of fair play instead Of an ex-
ample of small-caliber land agent
trickery. If the man didn't get what
Minnesota was supposed to sell him,
he ought to have his money back. A
great state is in small business when
it has to fleece it's private citizens.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The importation Of champagne and
diamonds has fallen off heavily. This
indication and other signs Of the lack
of the long green on the part OF the
lobster, forecast a hard winter for the
chorus girl.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

1t is estimated that there is being
spent in this country at the present
time more than million dollars a
day for the improvement and main
tenance of roads. If this money is
spent wisely and the roads are built
under careful and skillful supervision
it means splendid investment for
the people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Representative Underwood of Ala
bama called William Jennings Bryan
liar on the floor of the house and
his remarks were received with great
applause. The harmony in the DEM
ocratic party constantly grows more
deafening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The Georgia lad men" treated the
convention at Boston on watermelon
and from the appearance Of the dele
gates, 1t was seen that they are very
clever at filling space in more ways
than one.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Good roads have long been regarded
as an index to the civilization of Q
nation. 1t is complimentary to this
generation that 1t is contending more
end more for better public highways
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The president of Haiti has fled from
the capital with his rife on his shout
der. Until it is learned whether he
carried the treasury in his pocket, 1t
will not be known whether the revo-
luton was successful.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Judge Levine of the Cleveland police
court sentenced young offender to
open a savings account, the other day,
as q tonic for moral upbuilding'
Sounds like a sane kind of sentence
for a certain class of young sports.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Delays are dangerous-even in Can
ada. Laurier knows it. That is why
he has put the question of reciprocity
directly up to the people. There il
every prospect that it will carry by 6
very large vote.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Jaeger Schmidt may be able to get
around the world in thirty-nine days
for a Paris newspaper, but could he
walk two miles to the Office from his
home in the suburbs?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

II reciprocity brings with 1t larger
prosperity for the people Of the United
States, William Howard Taft will be
reelected president by sweeping ma
jority regardless of who opposes him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

A woman has been appointed exam
liner of the government mint, and nov
the goddess of liberty on our coins will
have her hair properly curled.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

President Taft is supposed to cen
sure DR.. Wiley, but the lemon will
probably be very little one deity
concealed in the middle of the fruit
basket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Upton Sinclair, the novelist, was
arrested for playing tennis on Sunday
We hope it does not become illegal to
throw Mr.. Sinclair's books into the
waste basket on Sunday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The farmers of the country pro
duced one hundred million dollars
worth more stuff last year than they
ever did before in any one year, Nc
wonder they are buying automobiles.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The crews of the submarines boast
of theoretically destroying the battle
ships in the war game, but somehow
they are not satisfied with being fed
on hypothetical bacon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

AS the reapportionment bill increas-
ing the size of congress by forty.two
will only benefit forty-two men and
their families, there was no general
popular demand for 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Speaker Champ Clark may have
lost $1,000 in lecture dates by the ex
ira session, but it was worth that to
swipe Uncle Joe's steam roller and
run it over the old gentleman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Rear Admiral Bowles says hostile
feet could destroy New York City in
an hour, but they dassent do it il they
saw the national guard lined up on
Manhattan beach.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

One advertising manager told the
convention to deal with women shop.
pers as If each was their mother, but
some merchants amend by substitute
ing mother.in-law.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The democrats think they have
President Taft in cavity, but the
voters are looking for statesmen that
spend their time building bridges in
stead of digging cavities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

What used TO be called-sometimes
derisively - bargain hunting has
evolved into the practise of intelligent
buying. The advertisements make it
possible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Standard Oil is split into thirty
three companies, and how the con.
sumner will feel If he has to pay for
multiplying the bookkeeping expenses
by thirty-three.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Think of Medicine Hat with tenn
perature of ninety-four degrees. That
was fact last week. Must be trying
to establish reputation as summer
resort.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

If the advertising men had met in
Boston before this far reaching ignor-
ance about baked beans would never
have existed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11
AROUND TOWN.
This Was Tantfnl.

Imagine a mans state of mind, just
after he'd taken out the fifth tack Of
the week to puncture tire, when his
wife up and asked him, in all earnest
ness, to bring home box of tacks
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

A man regards his newspaper as he
does his wife; something to be found
fault with, and something he never
entirely approves Of.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

New York business men complain
because the hurdy gurdies distract the
attention OF their clerks. Thus the
fine arts make but slow progress
against the spirit of commerciallsm.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

One Of our exchanges gives it as
it's highest idea of human luxury to
be able to "get tired sitting round the
house all day"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

and Illinois, but the stockholders ought
to be thankful that the public did not
decide to be carried for nothing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Ever notice in the pictures of sports
men-whether they be fishermen or
marksmen or golfers or baseball stars
that they always have a jolly, con-
tented look about them? It's a pretty
good scheme to have some athletic d.
version for hobby. It's good medi
cine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

AS New Jersey has law agains
wearing the feathers of song birds
no woman can safely wear rooster:
feather while in that state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The Union Pacific and NJ. & o. have
been awfully slow about it, but Nor
folk will forgive them If they'll really
get down to brass tacks and build that
new depot this summer, as they say
they will.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

We Americans have way OF wor.
rying man into his grave by abusing
him unfairly and then telling what a
Good Man he was.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Chicago is doing lot at building
model tenements, but the bath tub will
no doubt remain a mighty handy place
to keep the potatoes in.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Several of the American travellers
who met the queen while in London
agree that she did not ask them to call
whenever they were in town.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

While prosecuting the magazines,
We wish the government would get
after them for using old-fashioned
comic valentines for cover pictures.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Wearing rats to make it look as if
they had more hair than they had, has
caused what little hair they really did
honestly own to fall out, SO that now
when rats have gone out of style the
women have to wear switches in order
to have any hair at all.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING.

The necessity of literal, exact truth
for successful advertising, was given
foremost emphasis at the meeting of
the Associated Advertising Clubs of
America at Boston the past week.
One speaker declared amid applause
that a code of ethics for advertising
could be made out of just one word,
that word to be Honest" To this, he
said, might be added the Golden Rule.
The profession of advertising has
within the past decade attracted the
devoted energy of host Of the bright.
est men in our country. They have
pretty thoroughly learned the princi.
pie that the only way to build a sue.
cessful business is on the foundation
of the satisfied customer.
The dissatisfied customer is not an
asset. In fact, he is very much Of a H.
ability. Any business man of keen per.
ceptions would far rather that such a
customer should never have entered
his establishment. The slight profit
that may be made off the stuff he
bought is far more than Offset by the
left-handed advertising that he sup
lies to his friends to vent his dissatis
faction.
The only way to secure a satisfied
customer is to represent goods pre-
cisely as they are. If the goods have
defects, and the nature and extent OF
these defects are fully explained by
the seller, the customer is never dis
satisfied. Often he rather enjoys the
defects, as he feels that they do not
injure the goods for his purpose, but
have been the means of enabling him
to make a saving in price. He boasts
of his bargain to his friends, and
20naRut the faults, to show how es
aEifiing they were, compared
auction that they made pos
her would soon have dis
III defects, even had the
Reined silent about them. In
~ II he bought the goods
Rrever believe that he
ne, ;s.s s'; ;ss; ; TN:
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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

A Chicago doctor recommends yawn-
ing as daily exercise. Says it pro.
notes health. He must read the Con-
gressional Record.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

When woman with a family is on
the street at noon, the people are as
shocked as when reliable old mar
ried man comes down town after sup
per.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

have great admiration for the wo
man who can repel inquisitiveness or
impertinence with single look. And
most women can do 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The query is being made who owns
the streets?" 1t is evident that the
street loafer thinks he does.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

But speaking of having button off
your shirt--it's bad enough any time
but it's worse when you're playing a
match game of golf. To have the shirt
front fall open just at the instant
you're about to make stroke, and to
have the handle OF the club get caught
in that goldarn shirt and make you
dub the ball - say, that's what you
might call tragedy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

When girl begins to look like her
mother, it is sign of age.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Do you talk" about your friends or
slight provocation? A good many dc
it; and it is dirty trick.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Country town storekeepers complain
that customers are becoming scarcer
and travelling men more numerous.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The Harmon presidential wave
strikes shallow water when 1t gets as
far west as the river Platte.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Don't show your nerve by running
the risk of losing your life; show 1t by
quitting dangerous habits that are
shortening your life. You eat too fast;
brace your nerve and quit 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The North Fourth street crossing is
still dangerous to life and limb-and
will be until the railroads are COM
PEELED to keep a fiagman there to warn
the public
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

What sort of English do they use
in Ohio? A press dispatch from that
state says: "The death list may grow
larger" Could death list grow" at
all, IL it didn't grow "larger?"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The Union Pacific railroad officials
belong to the Ananias club, if the
Norfolk depot proposition is any guide
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

The persons who have the biggest
time at each carnival raise the biggest
howl about hard times.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

A candidates promises to the people
are not any more worthless than the
peoples promises to a candidate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

What Great Wrong should be right
ed next? We should have at least two
grinding at once.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Somehow, we just can't get over
feeling good about that rain last
Wednesday night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

In this country, we always live well
in the present and we diet calamity
for the future.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Mayor Gaynor says that no saloons
are open in New York on Sunday
The mayor evidently isn't thirsty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Because there is plenty of business
in a big town, it doesn't follow that a
man from a little town can get it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

Try climbing a fifteen foot swing
rope, hand over hand, if you want tc
know how stale your muscles have
got. It'll make you sore across the
stomach for four days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

No one would listen to you talk II
he didn't know IL was his turn next.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

How many names will the Ad clu
add to that Norfolk avenue pawn
petition?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-08-11

West Norfolk is still paved with
good intentions.