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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Comparatively few men are creators
of great thoughts, but the most Of us
have to be content with being imitat-
ors. Nevertheless there is vast
amount of splendid work done by the
many and really it is the common
place doings and thoughts of the thou
sands of commonplace lives that car
ries on the worlds activities and
progress. The important considera
ton is to initiate the wise and the
true and the beautiful.
Berlin has just superseded Paris as
the third city in size of population in
the world. London is first, then comes
New York. Berlin, now that it has
taken in all the suburbs for miles
around, numbers nearly 100000 peo
pie.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09
A sharp difference of opinion

A sharp difference of opinion is
shown in party lines by the debate on
the Arizona constitution. Some of
the democratic orators have contend
ed that the effort to reject the recall
was a continuation of the attempt 70
keep Arizona out of the union, but
others in the party just as bitterly
denounce the recall of judges as a
measure full of mischief and danger
AS the matter now stands, Arizona
will have a chance to reject the re-
call provision. If the voters of that
territory oppose it, they have only to
say so at the polls. This seems 20 be
as good way as any to settle a veXed
question.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

China has just completed a fifty
million dollar loan with which to
build twelve hundred more miles of
railroad. Surely the deeps of a for.
mer isolation are breaking up and the
world is coming nearer together.
Within the next century wonderful
changes are to take place in the orr.
ent as well as the rest of the world
The walls of partition which have SO
long kept men apart politically, So
cially and religiously are going to be
battered down and the dream of the
ages for a federation of mankind will
be more and more realized.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The rapid advance of Japan in the
use Of the English language is indicat.
ed by the fact that the English Speak.
ing society Of the Tokyo higher com.
mercial school. comprising Japanese
students, recently gave an entertain
ment at which English was used ex
clusively. The most ambitious under.
taking was the rendering of the Roman
play Cato" in which it is said the
players spoke with perfect ease and
freedom. Imagine American students
trying to produce a Japanese play in
the Japanese language.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The New York Aquarium has re.
Gently received valuable addition to
its specimens in six young sea ele.
plants from Guadalupe Island. They
are the first of these animals TO be
captured alive and survived the jour
ney of six days across the continent
without food or water. Special value
is placed on these specimens because
the species is rapidly disappearing
from the California coast.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

A new and artistic arrangement has
been suggested for the stars on
the blue field in our national
banner. Twenty of them are to form
large five pointed star, in the center
of which red disk is to represent
our island possessions. The other
twenty-eight stars will form a large
circle around the star. This arrange
ment would be far more striking and
effective than the present lack of ar
rangement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Commenting on the recent accident
at Paris where the minister of war
was killed by an airship that hit him,
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat says,
after the airship becomes a part of
ornaments, and there are battles
fought in the air, it will be as danger.
GUS for non-combatants to stand be.
low and look up as it was for them to
sit on the fence in Douglas, Arizona,
and watch the battle of Aqua Petra.
The fact is the best place for a non.
combatant is, always, somewhere else
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

York case, Donnelly VS. McArdle, had
been in the law courts twenty.three
years, or three years longer than the
Jarndyce suit, and during that time
there was expended in litigation over
100000 most of which went into the
pockets of ninty.three lawyers. Forty
different judges participated in the
proceedings. sixteen of whom are
dead, and forty.two of the 249 wit
nesses have also departed this life.
The estate was a large one and the
lawyers knew It,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Newspaper men of Illinois are pro-
testing against the Church bill, as it
would be a gag on news. They ask
the governor to veto the bill. The
bill would deprive the public of news
and important information. There is
nothing that holds down crime and
misdemeanors as thoroughly and eff
fectually as publicity through the pub
lie press
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The death of Mrs. w. P. Fleming at
Boston is distinct loss to the world
of science. She has gained fame
through handling astronomical photo
graphs at Harvard, by means of which
she has made important discoveries,
and helped to throw light into the
mysterious depths of space. Her ca
reer demonstrates anew that sex is
no bar to the highest achievements
in intellectual pursuits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Former President Diaz will prob
ably take up his residence in Spain.
Had this man had the same love of
liberty and the same profound inter
est in the promotion of the general
welfare of all his people as did Wash,
ington or Lincoln, he would not now
in his old age be an exile in foreign
land and one of the pathetic figures
in modern history.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

While we all deprecate the tremen-
dous expense of maintaining a navy,
we cannot help swelling trifle with
pride to be assured that at the cor
onation review of battleships the
American super Dreadnought Della
ware will be found outranking even
the Neptune, the latest and greatest
of English warships. II we are to
have battleships it is gratifying to
know we have the best.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

In New York the $4,000 teachers in
the elementary public schools of that
great city have been granted equal pay
for equal service, regardless of sex,
by the board of education. This step
is step in advance of most of the
boards of education in this progressive
and intelligent country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The government has finally shown
an interest in the lives Of the clerks
in the railway mail service. After
July / all postal cars must have steel
under frames. Within five years they
must be built entirely of steel. These
terms are exacted by the pototlice de.
partment in making contracts with the
railroads and the railroad companies
have accepted conditions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09
Among the strange and interestin

Among the strange and interesting
sights of the coronation of King
George will be delegation of British
Columbia Indians, in the glazing array
of native costume. The pageant at
London will gather it's participants
from the ends of the earth, testifying
to the power of the nation on whose
flag the sun never sets.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Arkansas has passed law for the
removal of a public official who gets
drunk the second time. This affords
every democratic ofliceholder an OPP
portunity for just one spree during his
term of office. This is likely to dis
courage long tenure of Office.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The new French calling cards are of
noble proportions and if the fashion
crosses the water, as most senseless
fashions do, it will necessitate an en-
tire new outfit of card cases for their
accommodation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The ever burning question What
shall we do with our boys?" seems to
have been satisfactorily answered in
the following advertisement which ap-
peared in the window of a butcher
shop recently: "Wanted-a respect
able boy for beef sausage"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Nothing like being far-sighted.
President Diaz, the extinguished ruler
of Mexico, who was but now no longer
is the ruler of that people, doesn't
have to worry about finances in his en-
forced retirement. He is said to have
laid aside for rainy day $4,000, 900.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The man whose character is firmly
fixed is not in danger from associat-
ing with those beneath him whom he
desires to help. The peril of evil sur
roundings lies in inner weakness ra-
Their than outward association.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Christian scientists are to erect one
of the most magnificent monuments
in the world over the grave of Mrs.
Eddy in Mount Auburn cemetery,
Cambridge. Yet even Mrs. Eddy sue
cumbed to disease.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The national house has abolished
the jobs of thirty-five policemen at
the capitol. We favor a popular sub
scription to put them back. They
are needed to keep their eyes or the
congressman every moment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

There are many people who say
with evident pride, Il am something
of an Indian in my mental makeup;
when some one does me a wrong I do
not often forget it," But in many in
stances these people who so enjoy
holding a grudge, forget that there is
another side to the Indian nature
which they are not so careful to EN-.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Lopdon hotel prices for the corona
ton were fixed so high, that the bulk
of American tourists will skip London
Personally we think it would be a
much grander sight to see the Order
of Dishwashers exemplify the work of
the Soap Suds degree.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The government is suing the New
England milk trust. Perhaps we shall
now learn that other things than cut
ting the forests have been draining
New England's water supply.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The postal savings system is meet
ing with such favor that it is coming
into general use rapidly. The post
master general will designate 100 new
repositories every week during the
summer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

arated by the chilling doubts OF dis
lance than are people In more hum.
drum business when forced apart by
circumstances. Uncle Sam carries
letters Just as gladly for married act.
ors as for married travelling statesmen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Where is Senator JEFF Davis OF Ar
kansas? He hasn't opened his mouth
and put his foot into it for some time.
If this continues much longer there
will be serious anxiety for his health.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Mayor Gaynors daughter eloped
with millionaire. Under those con-
ditions there might possibly be some
romance in the deal. Girls who are
contemplating elopement should first
get the rating of their intended from
Bradstreet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

President Taft's shoes are II size,
with EE. In view OF this fact it would
hardly be wise for the young men to
hang around after 10 o'clock when
they go counting Miss Helen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

A magazine printed in raised type
for the pleasure of blind children haa
been established in New York. ANY
thing to alleviate the loneliness of
these unfortunate little ones should
be given hearty support.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Nothing is more cutting to a man
than to do good work and have it ig-
nored or attributed to some one else.
But the man who can bear this and
keep right on doing better work is a
hero.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Aviator Gilbert shot the eagle that
attacked him in the Paris Madrid race.
Motorists who are bothered with PEG.
pie lingering on the cross walks, may
feel this to be a helpful hint.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

a Pittsburg jury has decided that a
woman has a right to put her feet on
her husbands face. AS she usually
puts them on his neck anyway, what's
the difference?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The New York Federation of Wo-
mans clubs has voted to appear in
the next convention without hats, and
without puffs or other false hair.
These club women are bound to at
tract attention some way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The sweetening power of saccharin,
a coal tar product, is said to be 800
times that of sugar. At the same time
the average consumer would prefer
the sugar
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

President Delano of the Wabash
railroad wants the newspapers regu-
lated, just as the newspapers are de-
handing that the railroads and big
industries be regulated. President De-
lano can find some comfort, perhaps,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Our Atlantic fleet officers were hear
tily welcomed by King Frederick of
Denmark. Anybody hailing from the
same country as his dear friend DR..
Cook would no doubt get the palace
guest room and pumpkin pie for din
ner.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

There is always a reason for every
thing and the young man who finds
he is not getting along as fast as he
ought to, would be wiser to seek out
the reason in himself, than to waste
his time blaming fate for his lack of
snCceSs
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Probably the greatest obstacle to
the moral and intellectual advance
ment of the colored people in the
south is their 10000 utterly uneducat
ed preachers, who deepen their SUI
perstition and ignorance rather than
enlighten il.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The sum of s2OO,OOOOOO is annually
spent by American in foreign travel.
No wonder that the European capitals
think Americans the most prosperous
people on earth.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Mayor Gaynor says he'll not stop
the newsboys from "hollering." To
any sane minded man, the merry pipe
OF little fellows starting an honest bat.
tie with life, is as heartening as robin
redbreast singing in the tree tops.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

1t pays to look well and what's more,
it's a positive asset. A Brooklyn wo-
man sued for damage because she was
kissed against her will. She was
awarded 6 cents. A Mississippi beau
ty sued on the same ground and the
gallant jury gave her $4,000.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Gov. Wilson says it is a good thing
for legislators to be unmarried. In
our belief, however, before making
laws one should learn to obey, and
where can one learn obedience better
than in matrimony?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Possibly brains do everything 10
ward worldly success, but the average
man cannot shake off the impression
that fate or destiny or luck has hand
in the matter. This is specially true
when his next door neighbor has just
fallen heir to large legacy from an
unknown relative.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The value of dollar depends upon
how it is spent. 1t is equally true of
a day. Time and money can both be-
come splendid assets, but they can
also degenerate into liabilities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Plans have recently been prepared
for retail department store to cover
half block in an eastern city for a
firm which began business thirty
years ago in a room twenty-four feet
square
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The Paris-Madrid airship race was
a big thing, but it did not excite the
breathless interest of Farmer Corn
tassel's attempt at the cattle show to
make his oxen pull 5000 pounds on a
stone drag.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
put dazzling red rug in his Office. 1t
would seem as if his female relatives
might have braided him rag rug out
of his old trousers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The suffering public would be pleas
ed If the chief justice would hand
down few words about reasonable
restraint of the gas meter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Standard Oil may be able to accom-.
plish it's dissolution by hiring a paint.
er to go around and letter over their
signs with different corporation
names
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The success of a life depends more
on the quality of the work accom-.
plished and the spirit in which it is
promoted than in the quantity Of
things done.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Senator Bailey of Texas says that
a number of democrats annoy him.
A number of democrats say that
Bailey amuses them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

A network composed of seventeen
miles of electric wires forms burg
lar alarm surrounding the new money
vault of the treasury at Washington.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

DR.. Grenfall defines heroism as "en-
durance for one moment more" DR..
Grenfall certainly knows what consti-
tutes heroism, if any man does.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

More than 900 girls are being taught
to operate electrically driven machn.
cry in a new trade school in New
York
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Prisoners in the Rhode Island Ipen-
itentiary are to be given a halfholi-
day every Saturday. 1t beats all what
advantages prisoners have.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Talk about the slow grinding of the
saw mills. A case has just been con-
cluded in New York which for hobbled
justice places the Jarndyce VS.. Jarn'
dyce litigation suit of which Charles
Dickens wrote in his novel, BLEAK
House, in the background. This New
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Mr.. Diaz is willing to live in Mex
leo only on condition that he be the
president of the country. We should
feel much that way ourselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

What's become of the old fashioned
scissors grinder? (rhat shows how
all thought springs from selfish mo.
tive. We've got an AK to grindO
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Senator Lorimer's resignation is ar
IDENTIFY hoped for by the legislators,
who find one jack pot every six years
pretty slow doings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Mr.. Diaz broke the usual South
American precedent in failing to car
ry off the national treasury in his
trousers pocket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Revolutions that are successful are
hailed as triumphs of independence.
Those that fail are bewailed as the
defeats of INSTRUMENTATION.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

A clever writer has said Our big.
gest, blacklist troubles are often only
the locomotives drawing our richest
treasure trains"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

1t seems good to see Doc Mackay
around here again. We've felt sort
of lonesome without him these past
six months.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Senator Stone of Missouri recently
in a public speech spoke of "degener-
ate sons of noble sires" while another
Missouri statesman, in talking Of his
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Senator Lorimer is fortunate in not
being able to discover the identity Of
the culprits who raised 100000, for
his election to the United States SEN
ate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The report that they are having a
crisis in Portugal is scarcely to be
considered now. 1t is really ancient
history
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

II is refreshing to see that more
and more President Taft is neglect
ing the politicians and getting closer
to the people themselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Mr.. DiaZ is able to see that the
people didn't want him, but the saint
ed Lorimer is still mailing his martyrs
halo to his chair.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Hysterical people cause a good deal
of excitement but they rarely accom-
plish much. 1t is just as true of hys-
terical politics.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09
Do the dog days affect you?

1t is now considered worth wire
has broken out in Honduras. The
normal state of that country is the
condition when a war is going on.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

A European aviator was attacked by
an eagle in midair. In America their
greatest danger is from the English
sparrows.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

A circus wagon has a rich rumble
that no other wagon can initiate sue,
cessfully.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Norfolk man drove past four
tramps the other day. They had on
the oldest, raggedest, busiest look
ing garments. from hats to shoes, that
anybody ever saw. When the man
saw them coming up the road ne alb
sent-mindedly shouted, "Fore!" He
thought he was in a bunch of golf
players.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Next Wednesday is clean up" day
in Norfolk, but it needn't interfere
with Johnny's regular Saturday night
bath.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The contract for one new depot in
Norfolk this summer has been let.
Can you guess which one it isn't? u
Win,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

lent sons OF sainted sires" Now,
which view do you endorse? Hands
up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Col Roosevelt celebrated Old Home
week by going through the Bronx ZOO
the other day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Self trust is the first secret OF sue
cess, said Emerson, but by self trust
he never meant self conceit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The more you do for lawn. the
more you have to use the lawn mower
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

That wasn't much of a war in Mex
leo and yet it is estimated that it has
cost twenty millions of dollars.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Poverty is by common consent an
admirable training for mental and
moral perfection in others.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Now maybe the girl graduate will
have a little time to stay home and
help mother wash the dishes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

We're willing to admit Norfolk is
playing some baseball.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Count MCGOWAN says when he was
i'll recently that the doctor gave him
an epidemic of morphine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

If you imagine the world owes you
living you will find it poor pay
master.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

in the fact that he has every trust
and every criminal in the country with
him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The battle is on between the garden
stun and the weeds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The trouble with a poor speller is
that he doesn't know it,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Bought your new lid? Not many
more weeks to wear 'em. Septemberll
be here before you know it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

In fact, you can hardly turn around
before the school vacation is at al
end.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Most men take care of themselves
only to be in better condition to abuse
themselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

And swat the flies. They carry tub
erculosis germs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09
AROUND TOWN.

Where CAN that pipe cleaner be?
No, it isn't under the piano.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Next Wednesday is cleanup day in
Norfolk. Get busy. There's money in
it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Juarez, Mexico hopes for safe and
sane Fourth this year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

The only proof against disappoint-
ment is to expect the unexpected.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

These are the days when a fellow
wants to go swimming
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

ulate The Indian never forgets a
kindness, nor fails TO repay II II IT is
within his power so to do.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

News lost ad get results. That pipe
cleaner has been found. 1t was Snug
Cling down in between the cushions
of chair.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Madero will find that the triumphs
OF peace are as costly as those of war.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

1t doesn't often happen that people
are so anxious to send you money that
they will telegraph it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

We all have a spillway when i
comes to talking.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

How long before you can take boy
swimming?