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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

district and desert his post of duty
whether or no.
|; is apparent that Mr.. Latta made
a bargain with Dan stevens promis.
ing that for stevens help in the cam.
paign, Latta would get out of the of.
fee aud i'm turn do what he could to
boost Stevens into his job. In other
words, MIR Latta and MIR. Stevens to.
gether formed a little combination in
restraint of trade whereby they would
manipulate this district to suit their
own personal political interests, and
the public would fall for It.
But whether the people of this dis.
triCt will stand for any such traffic.
ing in their votes, remains to be seen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

ernment. England has it's farthing
which splits the penny into fourths;
in France there is the 2.centme piece,
equal to a little less than two.fifths Of
4 cent; In Germany the pfenning,
about one.fifth of a cent; in Norway
and Sweden the ore. onefourth of a
cent and in Russia and its dcpcnden.
cies the copeck is split into four
parts, each worth about an eighth of
a cent. The United States is the only
nation which compeis its people to
give something for nothing in their
smaller dealings. 1t would be well
worth while to restore the half.cent
TO circulation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03
A CORRUPT POLITICAL BARGAIN

CORRUPI POLITICAL BARGAIN.
Announcement from Washington by
Congressman Latta of the Third Ne
braska district, that he positively will
retire at the end of his present term,
may well cause CONSERVATION among
the people of this district, who have
! thus been sold out.
Congressman Latta had no right to
ask election without frankly announc-
ing to the people in advance that he
| intended to take the office, If elected,
for this term only. He had Mr.. Lat.
ta's own selfish interests at heart and
by shrewd political turn, has trick,
ed the people of this district in an
| unfair way.
! The Third Nebraska district has
| long hoped to find the right man and
! hen to keep him in congress for a
! iery long term of years, realizing that
! as the man got onto the ropes In
Washington, his services would be
come ever and ever more valuable to
his constituents. There is no question
but that a great many people last No
vember voted to return Latta because
they knew that, although he had done
nothing of credit during his first two
years, another term would equip him
all the more for successful service
They did not realize, because he de
ceived them, that they were voting
for man who merely wanted the
glory of going to congress for this
term and who, having satisfied hi.
vanity with public office and Washing
ton society, would be willing to disre
gard the welfare of the people OF thii
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

cotton picking machine has at
last been perfected which 1t is be-
lieved will do as much to revolutionize
the cotton business as the invention of
Whitney's cotton gin did. All these
years it has been firmly believed that
nothing but human hands could har.
vest the cotton crop, Consequently at
the cotton picking season great num-
bers of extra hands have been hired
many of them undesirable. An ener
getic field hand can pick $50 pounds
in a day. The new machine can dc
as much in half an hour. 1t is pre-
dicted that the harvester will open q
new and enlightened era in the realm
of King Cotton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03
GOOD FOR FRISCO

Nebraskans should rejoice that San
Francisco won an initial point in the
lower house of congress Tuesday on
the Panama exposition. The interests
of Nebraska would seem to demand
that the Pacific coast town get the
show. That would bring hundreds of
thousands of visitors through this
state and give Nebraska unlimited
advertising. 1t is hard to figure
where holding the fair at New Orleans
can help Nebraska.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The sterilization Of water by ultravi-
olet rays has now entered upon an
industrial stage. 1t has been proven
that the rays of a mercury vapor lamp
kill in few seconds all bacteria con-
tained in clear water within a radius
of about one foot. The process Is be-
ing employed not only with drinking
water but with that used in the pre-
paration of mineral waters. The wa.
ter is not chemically changed by the
process, but is freed from all germs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The country recently spent mil.
lion dollars to send our feet aroLnd
the world as proof that we had navy
that could do things if necessary. Now
inen in the inner circle of the navy
department d. ave that cur feet
couldn't lick postage stamp. Who's
who and what's what, on this navy
business, anyway? If, after all the
millions that have been spent on ouI
navy it is not good for anything, what
is the use of continuing to waste pub
lie money on further additions?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The business center of Chicago has
been rebuilt three times since the
fire of 1871 1t may not be necessary,
for any reason, to rebuild it fourth
time, at least until the present cen.
tury shall be well spent; but there is
a belief in some quarters that unless
all restrictions are removed it will
not be built high enough to meet the
present and pressing necessities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Mrs Pankhurst and her daughter
the English suffragettes, who are over
here to show the American women
how they do it in London, are said to
be very modishly refined in their man,
ners and remarkably handsome wo
men. That is the reason the English
authorities find the suffragette rioting
methods so hard to deal with. If the
women mobs of London came from
the east end and were ragged and un
couth, they would have been disposed
Of long ago, but as they are largely
we'll to do and quite aristocratic wo
men they are leniently dealt with.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

1t used to pay best to have a good
"forgettery" when one came across
the Atlantic from european trip.
But times have changed since that
man Loeb became custom house Off
Ger at New York. A woman who re-
Gently forgot" to declare her 100000
necklace, found that 1t cost her $685.
000 before Uncle Sam finished the
prosecution.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A collision is predicted about 4O0,-
600 years from now between the earth
and the star, Vega However, it is
not advisable for people to lie awake
worrying about it now. There is time
for one planet or another to shift its
course trfe
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

\ great German criminologist who
is visiting this country, thinks highly
of our prisons. Judging of their
crowded condition, there are numer.
GUS residents who thoroughly agree
with him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Three hundred ST Louis women are
enlisted in crusade against the
smoke nuisance. A similar crusade
in Chicago compelled one of the rail.
roads to burn coke in its locomotives,
which was something gained for clean
linesS
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

If elections are to be bought as
they have been in Illinois and Ohio,
why not advertise for proposals for
the right to hold office, and sell to the
highest bidder. saving the people the
cost of elections?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

For the first time in history police
men have succeeded in filling the bill
and finding people when they were
wanted. In Baltimore, it is said that
the police have found 5000 more peo-
pie than the census enumerators were
able to find.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The Canadian government is con-
ducting an educational campaign in
the east, in an effort to get $4,000
Americans to move into the Canadian
northwest this spring. The Canadian
government understands the value of
good, legitimate advertising and is go
ing after the people in a way that
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

When one.sixty.fourth OF q mans
estate amounts to 100000 more than
was expected, it is some estate. j. S.
Kennedy, the New York railroad mag.
nate and philantbropist, left this
amount of his fortune to Columbia
college, and 1t finds itself the posses.
sor of the extra 100000. a sort OF
plethora of riches.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Madame Bernhardts performance
in doing two emotional roles in a day
Is marvellous, but could she come into
some of our kitchens and do one OF
these emotional scrimmages with the
cook?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

All that stands between order and
anarchy In Mexico and all that has
stood for the past third of century
Is the strong hand Of President Diaz.
His regime Is not what the United
States would call republican govern.
ment, but it is the only kind of gov
ernment that Mexico is fitted for as
vet
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Russia proposes to build a $4,000.
600 fleet of battleships for the Black
sea. Since other countries cannot
send war ships to the Black sea ports,
the fleet will be as safe there as any.
where they could store it,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

An Ohio surgeon has examined a
hundred cats and found tuoarcular
germs in all of them. This may De
another way tie white plague Is be-
ing spread. The next slogan vii! b.
"Si cot the cat"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The German crown prince has kill.
ed his first tiger" in the same place
In India where the czar of Russia, the
late King Edward and King George
each shot his first tiger" Evidently
they have a preserve there where tig.
ers are kept in good order waiting
for some royal hunter to dispatch
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The effect of woman suffrage in
Washington, the latest state to adopt
1t, will be watched with great inter,
est. There is no question but wo,
man suffrage is making steady II
not very rapid advancement and what
the ultimate effect on the country will
be is still problematical.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The condition of the national treas.
ury improved materially during the
first half of the fiscal year 1901.
The expenditures were only $4,000.
900 in excess of the receipts. OF
course, the ordinary man whose ex-
penditures for half year were four
million in excess of his receipts would
not be on the high road to prosperity
but with Uncle Sam it is different.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The long record walks of many pc.
destrians are matters of common in.
terest But 1t is estimated that the
journeys of a tailor's needle in sin
gle day cover something like twelve
miles.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

If it is true that an ounce of pre-
ventiCn is worth a pound of cure then
Andrew Carnegie's ten million dollar
peace fund is better than one hundred
Uncle Samuel in preparation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The democratic party is overstocked
with candidates for the presidency. 1t
would do we'll to swap them off and
get more voters. 1t really needs a
gcod many of the latter if it is to win
out in the coming presidential cleo
ton
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Forty.five million dollars increase in
pension is lot of money. However,
that isn't the question of even part of
the question. If the decrepit defend
ers of this country need it, this coun-
try can better afford to pay $45,000,-
900 to their support than to build four
new Dreadnaughts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The house is against raising circuit
Judges pay from $1,000 to $4,000. If
any of the judges are living on such
starvation diet that they can't hold
court, the neighbors should bring in a
cold handout
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Jacob A. Riis predicts the formation
of a great new party in 1912. It's not
hard to guess who Mr.. Riis would
place at the head of this new party
The question is, will he carry the big
stick as a scepter or will it be an olive
branch of peace?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Luther Burbank has produced a
strawberry that weighs an ounce.
Now If he will have that size OF ber-
ries clear to the bottom that will be
appreciated, also.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A dollar spent in fortifying the
Hawaiian islands is better than two
spent On the Pacific coast and also
insures more protection to the Pana-
ma canal
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Alaska has twenty-five sawmills on
the coast, cutting about 27,000,000
board feet yearly. One-third of it goes
into salmon cases. This coast tim.
ber is not equal in quality to that of
Oregon or Washington.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A device to keep ships from rolling
will be cordially welcomed by many
voyagers. One by one the memorable
features of the ocean voyage are be-
ing eliminated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

President Fallieres of France now
gets $750,000 year. The jobs worth
II, in country where they use high
officials for a target in place of clay
pigeons.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

y Chicago woman with keen sense
Of the fitness OF things, called out the
fire department when her furnace
went out. What would you naturally
suppose a fire department was for, If
not to furnish fires where they we're
needed?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

a prominent Norfolk physician was
slightly embarrassed yesterday when
greeted on the street by a small child
who cried in a shrill voice: Doctor.
Freddie amt got fits any more"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Governor Patterson of Tennessee
pardoned and commuted 173 convicts
at the close of his term. Why did he
not appoint them to Office while he
was about it?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

In Europe cheap parcels post has
been an established institution for
years. 1t has not ruined small towns
or small stores, but works for the gen.
eral good.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

There is a wonderful interest-won-
derful no less for It's extent than for
the favorable comment which the pro-
posal is exciting-throughout the
country in the proposition that the
coinage of 5-mill or half-cent pieces
be resumed by the United States gov
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Fourteen thousand dollars OF good
money was wasted on the Ballinger in.
vestigation, which did no one any
good, and left the matter just where
It was before.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The Japanese are going to lay down
a 4O,000-ton battleship, and if our
jackies don't lay down when they see
her, we don't care
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

They are dancing now at the white
house. Things are getting so blamed
formal that congressman must blow
in part of his salary for a jimswinger
coat
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Although Governor Dix promises to
probe the state departments of New
York, the public will hardly be salts
fed unless there are some amputa-
tions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Although Oklahoma has put the lid
on the fight pictures, it is not yet pru
dent for the tenderfoot to pull Alkali
Ike'S Coattails.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY

tries where hereditary privilege, en-.
tail and the law of primogeniture
have concentrated the great body OF
land In the hands of comparatively
few persons.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Harry Whitney is going in search
of the south pole. He is wise in not
trying to find the north one. That's
hoodooed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Both democrats and republicans are
collecting tariff data, so that congress
shall have plenty of public documents
TO sell to the junk dealers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

AS soon as the congressman had to
shovel off one or two snow storms
from their front walk they felt less
inclined to dispute Peary's claim.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Thirty-four million dollars are to be
spent by the French in digging can
al from Aulnay to Epinay to check the
rising of the Seine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The more he learns of the Baltimore
conference, the better satisfied must
Mr.. Bryan feel that he was not there
and did not even send message.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

st. Louis alone has 100000 eggs
in cold storage. This cold storage
proposition is not an unmitigated
blessing to humanity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Captain Hobson and General Wood
seem to be the two worst scared men
in the United States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The Cinnamon are giving up their
queues peaceably, but the majority of
them still stick to the laundry bust.
ness.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The auntie.overcoat brigade ought
to enjoy this weather "Auntie." be.
cause it shows signs of having visit.
ed its uncle"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Even If the single tax would do all
that is claimed for it by its friends,
we do not need 1t in this country as
much as they do In European coun-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Although the price Of salt has been
reduced 80 cents a ton, the salt of the
earth are just as scarce as ever.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

There's negro farmer down in
Kansas that is worth $4,000 and he's
very little interested in the race prob
lem.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The corset coat and slim trousers is
a transparent bluff of the tailors to
separate downtrodden man from last
summers slightly worn suit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Culebra may not be the unkindest
cut Of all, but it's certainly the costli.
eSt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

DIR. Wiley, the national chief chem.
list, is brave man He is going to
marry suffragette.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

II is natural that high colored tales
OF bribery should come from Vermil.
lion county, Illinois.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

An honest American citizen would
lead wretchedly lonely life in Adams
county, Ohio.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

II the weather man tempts us many
more days, we're going to break in
some of those Christmas golf balls.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Andrew Carnegie might do great
deal worse than to take General
Booth at his word and try what he
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

But what if the welfare of the dear
people should demand further service
from Tekamah Jim in congress? Don't
the people count?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

have gone out of style, they lay on
an extra amount OF the stun
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A realization of the cost of govern
ment TO each citizen, is the first step
toward economy in government.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Wouldn't it be strange if old Doc
Cook would. after all, succeed in di.
viding north pole honors with Peary?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

When you get so old that your hair
begins to get thin on the top of your
head and you begin to turn grey (that
is, your hair does) it's some consola-
ton to meet people every little while
who can say: why | can remember
when you wore knee pants"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

1t would have been warm enough
yesterday to have deserted furnace
golf and return to the COW pasture
kind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Call and see the COOK or servant
whose ad today makes her seem
eligible"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

About a. m daily we feel as If we
could sleep fifty hours, just as that
hypnotic subject did, without half try
iro
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A Norfolk woman is anticipating a
trip to the coast with great Joy be-
cause they serve such good soup on
the dining cars.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The crop OF rumors about prospect
i've changes in railroad ofiicialdom
still thrives.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

New Orleans and San Francisco are
fighting bitterly for the privilege of
acquiring long term exposition debt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

could do toward universal peace with
the help of few millions
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

This column has contracted a cough
and would like to break the contract.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

We made a Bogey score at furnace
golf last week. Didn't get any $40
cash prize for it, but saved $40 worth
of coal. Only one tubful of ashes for
the week. Here's where we get back
at the C. m.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

They hypnotized a man in Norfolk
the other night and put him to sleep
for fifty hours. The street cleaning
department has been slumbering at
the mayors suggestion for almost fifty
weeks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

No man who keeps his smoking to-
bacco in a glass jar can help from
feeling slightly superior to the one
who fills his pipe from a muslin bag
carried In the hip pocket with the
string hanging out.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The Stehr case is up. (To get the
effect, pronounce it "staircaseo
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Nearly anyone can practice on a
piano. but only few can practice in
a way to keep the preaching about
that subject from being bitter
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Now somebody WILL see that first
robin.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The city attorney announces that
he will move onto a farm where he
can put motions to suit himself If
he violates the laws of scientific farm
ing as he did the rules of parliament
tary procedure at the council meeting
the other night, he's apt to have a
crop of weeds to harvest.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A certain safety razor company has
sent us circular declaring that our
name was given them by j. X. We
don't know whether the insinuation
is that our shaves aren't up to snuff,
or that our butchered appearance in
dicates the need of greater safety.
How about it, j. X?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Some women are Just contrary
enough that, now that putfs and rats
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Don't forget that there are martyrs
who take considerable pride in their
own crown of thorns, even to the ex,
tent of putting it on straight.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

1t is said every actor has an ambi
tion to get into vaudeville, nothwith
standing the fact that vaudeville is
pretty bad as II is.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

1t is all right to go back to the farm
if you feel like it, but don't base your
ideas of agriculture on life at the
country club.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

A husband, to be satisfactory, must
also be liberal
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

An anarchist doesn't have much of
desire to vote, and in several other
particulars he is more gentle than a
British suffragette in action.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

One way of showing your shiftless-
ness, if you are grown man living
in town, is to become excited over a
good rabbit snow
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

News want ads get the business.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Even lecture will draw if the doors
are thrown wide open.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Occasionally you encounter a man
whose thirst for knowledge is chiefly
concerned with the things he should
not know.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Some splash McCurdy made, at that.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Why is it no one ever kicks about
the high price of whisky?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

The older the business the more
dead timber.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Almost any woman will give advice
on any subject
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Daughter never gets over wondering
what sort of argument father must
have put up to induce mother to say
yes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

No grown boy is as good as his
mother believes he is.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-02-03

Most men have a great contempt
for the valet until they get rich
enough to hire one for themselves.