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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Tilden Citizen: In his speech at
Tiden last Saturday. Dan V. Stephens
dwelt on the assertion that the farmer
had been Disseminated against by re-
publican legislators in congress- the
inference to be drawn naturally is
that the farmer has not made the fl
nanCal progress which his labor de-
mands. Without trying to refute Mr..
stephens oratOTical hobby or at
tempting to show that any party is
responsible directly for the condition
of the farmer of Nebraska, The Citi-
zen herewith presents facts that can
be verified by reference to the files
of any country newspaper. At the
close of the last democratic admin
stration March 4, 1897, $50 an acre
was a fair price for an unimproycd
farm in the neighbOrhOod of Tilden
and other similar towns surrounded
by easily cultivated, productive soil.
In fact the many farms sold at sher-
ifs sales about that period seldom
brought more than 50 500 to $4,000
a Quarter-SeCtiOn. The products of
the farm commanded prices that av-
eraged less than One-half the amount
that the farmer has been receiving
during the last ten years or more.
Since Mr.. Stephens measures all
things material by dollars and cents,
these related facts are worth consid-
ering as an offset to the prejudice
which his speech was intended to
produce.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
THE WALSH PAROLE.

Broken in health and feeble with
age, John r. Walsh former banker
and railroad promoter, convicted of
misappropridting bank funds to his
own use in railroad building, walked
out of the LeavenwOrth penitentiary
Saturday afternoon free man. hav-
ing been paroled by the federal board
after serving a year and eight months
of his five-year term in prison.
There will be those in Chicago, who
lost all their savings in the crash due
to WalSh's manipulatiOns, who will
point out that many man is serving
thirty years in prison for rObbing a
bank, who has not caused a thou.
sandth part Of the grief and distress
that followed in the wake of Walsh.
But the parole board apparently be-
I lieved that the aged banker had suf-
fered enough for his crime in high fl
nance and that little was to be gained
I by keeping him locked up any longer.
They probably reckoned that Walsh
had suffered everything that he could
, be made to suffer-disgrace the loss
| of position and wealth and even i'm
paired health. They may have figured
| that the mental anguish to a man OF
Walsh's sensibilities, due to his down
! fall and the blot upon his family
name, is keener and therefore gives
him more torture in short space OF
time than is possible to the kind OF
man who dynamites bank vaults.
At all events, the board thought
that John r. Walsh had paid the pen
atty and that he ought to be given {
chance to live the rest of his declin
! ing days with his family, whose suf
fering has been unquestionably a.
deep as that of Walsh himself. They
felt satisfied that Walsh would breal
no more banks and that sufficient eX
ample had been given to make othe
bankers cautious about miSappropriat
ing funds. Maybe, too, the boarC
thought there was some fault to b,
attached in a system of bank examina
ton which would permit such manipu
latiOn
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The ultra powerful Marconi wire
less telegraph station at Pisa has
been achieving astonishing results in
its recent experiments. Communica.
ton was established with stations in
Ireland and Canada and in Massowa
in the East African Colony of Eritres
This is said to be the longest space
a wireless message has ever passed
over. Tests will soon be made at
even greater distances.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
Savinu Him,

why have you and Miss Sweet
broken Off your engagement"
Because she loves me So"
That's n queer reason"
Not at all. She believes In fortune
,ellinr, and when she went to have her
future revealed not long ago she was
Informed that she would be married
three times, That settled my case, for
the time being at least. She said that
she was determined that | should not
encounter the danger Of being first on
the liSt."-PittsburG Press.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

H. G. Weygint, of Meadow Grove,
has the qualifications for making a
capable county judge. First of all,
he is equipped with a good fund of
Common-sense. He has lived in Madi-
son county for great many years
and his reputation for integrity
among those who know him is of the
highest, He will fill the office with
credit to himself and with satisfac.
tion to the people with whose affairs
he will be called upon to deal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Uncle Sans naval department has
ordered manenvers on both the east
and west coasts for next month and
some enterprising person connected
with the administration whose name
is not made public, has given out an
interview which conveys an idea that
the showing of naval strength is being
made because of a widespread ma.
tional unrest throughout the world
and especially the strained condition
in Europe The individual who start
ed that line of talk ought to be can
ned from his job There is no vague
unrest in America and as a nation it
doesn't greatly concern us if few
European governments want to quar-
rel with one another like a bunch of
youngsters. The naval maneuvers
were probably ordered just as previous
affairs of the kind have been ordered,
to keep the navy in practice and
make them earn their money-not
with any thought of nearing trouble.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The ambassadors and ministers who
represent the United States in foreign
countries will soon be relieved of the
financial burden of paying rent for
their dwelling places, while the dig.
nifty of our nation will be far better
conserved by the construction or pur.
chase of suitable official residences
for its representatives. This country
has been slow in realizing the i'm
portance of having proper residences
for it's foreign diplomats, but nego-
tiations are now under way to either
build or purchase in all the important
capitals.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Mr.. Taft's travels are considerably
made fun of, but there are good
many political truths not to be &C.
Quired by communing with Washing
ton officeho,ders and running over to
New York to take Wall streets tenn
pCraturc.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

one hears much of the inflow of
immigration, the problems it brings
with it-and the probable menace it
is to the American institutions. Less
is heard of the backward flow of this
population to the countries from
which it came. AS a matter of fact,
such a shift of currents is an unusual
happening. 1t takes place now for
the first time in three years. The
number of steerage passengers EN-.
barking from New York up to the
middle of September was $4,000 more
than the total number for 1910.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

News comes from London that the
Bank of Egypt has failed, or at least
suspended. Since it has only been
paying its stockholders the small an
nual dividend of is percent, it is sur
prising that the institution should suf,
fer any embarrassment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

October does not have five weekly
pay days, but it has five Sundays on
which to attend religious services
and from some points of view that is
much better. And it has no Christmas
to go broke on. Altogether, October
is all right.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

a Kansas bridegroom managed to
get slight share in the attention of
the company by fainting duting the
ceremony. This was a distinctly femi.
nine trick and the last one most men
would borrow to gain attention. I'm.
til further proof We will believe the
poor fellow was really scared.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Texas cattle raisers are to hold a
meeting to find out, if they can, why
there is a difference of 800 percent
between what the producers receive
and what the consumers pay. The an
swer is simple. 1t is because the mid.
dlemen, the packers, wholesalers and
retailers, pile on enormous profits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Anxiety is expressed about the
Americans at Wu Chang, which the
Chinese rebels have captured, but
probably the only calamity with which
they are threatened is the non.deiv.
cry of their laundry bundle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

A boy brought into a Los Angeles
court on the charge of being incor-
rigible readily repeated the Ten Com
mandments, which is more than can
be done by some Wall street operators
who have net got into court yet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
Looked Ominous.

Mabel, what are that young mans
lntentions?"
II don't know, papa. He Is keeping
mo I'm the dark"
THAT Is the reason ! am asking.
Tell him he need not mind turning
town the light any more when he
atS."-HOustOn Post.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The attempted counter revolution in
Portugal has failed and it's leader
Capt Couceior, has taken refuge in the
hills with his followers. 1t looks as
though Portugal would remain a re.
public, for a while at least.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The Young Mems Christian associa.
ton is now recognized as one of the
great organizations of this country
for the uplift of men. 1t has more
than 100000 members, and owns
buildings and equipment to the value
of about $7O,OOOOOO.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The Washington Post remarks that
it is becoming almost impossible to
arouse interest in the principles of
the big parties in local elections these
days. The question in these elections
to be decided is not one of principle
but of the character and ability of
the man who will head the local gov
ernment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

William j. Bryan claims that he
made so much money on his 200-acre
Texas farm this year raising Bermuda
build q magnificent new $25,000 home
for himself. Onions and political
speeches pay well.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

y Chicago judge has decreed that
the state of Illinois will not admit as
legal the Nevada brand of divorce
He will henceforth insist on residents
of that state patronizing home divorce
mills.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Suffrage being beaten in California,
the women must continue to control
things by the masculine agents whom
they send to the polls every year. as
in other states.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

From the pOsitiveness with which
some people claim the guilt and 9th
ers the innocence of the Mcnamara
brothers, such Il little formality as a
Judge seems unnecessary.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

To appreciate the rull usefulness OF
CLASSIFIED advertising to you, in push.
ing your business" or In managing
your affairs, is TO possess real bust
ness insight"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

There is talk of an armistice be-
tween Italy and Turkey, and as the
war has accomplished its most i'm
portant end by assuring everyone a
pension, it is perhaps time to stop
fighting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Mr.. Taft says the Panama canal will
be opened July l, 1913, and those of
us who cant afford ticket will have
to start out to walk down before long.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Bill Sunday, the evangelist, figures
that it costs $545.OO to save a sinner
in New York City. One large item
is no doubt the purchase of railroad
ticket to remove him a sufficient dis
tance from that city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Anyone who is writing a history of
the United States should omit some
of these details about the president
and congress, and put in full chap
ter on the battle of the Giants and
the Athletics for the worlds champ
iOnShip
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The state of Tripoli has total of
about a million people. The people of
the city or the state have never had
a real estate boom but Italy may in
troduce the innovation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The greatest naval display in our
history takes place at New York Nov.
|. but every elevator boy will know
all about the mistakes that We're
made in placing the armor belt line,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Gov. Wilson seems to have started
in early on his presidential campaign,
but one must reflect that there are
at least 15,OOO.OOO voters with whom
to shake hands.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

There is much public unrest in Eu-
rope. Royalty's old claim of ruling by
divine right is getting some hard
jolts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

punishment sooner or later. The food
supplies are already growing short
and high and the next fifty years
must see a largely increased supply
or more careful conservation of the
present average of crops or many OF
our increasing population will go
hungry.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Oscar p Austin, in a magazine ar
ticle, reiterates what we have so often
been told, that Americans are the
most wasteful people on earth. What
everybody says must be so and there
is no doubt that waste will bring its
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Sixty troop steamers have sailed
from Italy, and if there is only a bat
talon of organ grinders, the Turks
will surely run.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Mr. Carnegie has been accorded the
freedom of fifty-one English cities,
which will at least give him the right
to walk up to one of their majestic
policemen and inquire the way to his
boarding house.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

California having voted for the re-
call the judges must get out on the
streets and shake hands with the vot-
ers like other politicians.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Ten thousand Cinnamon were killed
in fierce battle near Chung Tu. 1t
is a sad loss of life, but then there
are plenty of Cinnamon left.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

A Long Island farmer recently de-
ceased, left an estate valued, at $293,-
794.S0 and yet there are those who
say there is no money in agriculture.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

wind more popular favor by giving an
exhibition of their prowess in the ere.
alton OF pumpkin pie.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

James j. Hill says there is too much
political ghost dancing, but we hope
he does not stop the ghost from walk
ing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Missouri people are not interested
Tn the war over Tripoli 1t does not
create any extra demand for Missouri
mules.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The farmer who raises a good guam
tity of corn with red ears does not
have to pay much to farm help to get
it huSked.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

If Italy secures Tripoli it will be a
question of whether Turkey will not
get the better end of the bargain.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Foreign countries paid the United
states about S57O.OOO,OOO for cotton
for the year ending Aug. 81, 1911.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Chicago, not being able to stop the
gamblers, Is now trying to put the
fortune tellcrs out of business.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

A dollars worth of sugar now lasts
about as long as an openfaccd Italian
tenor would in ConstantinOple.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The war between Italy and Turkey
does not give much promise of rich
pickings for the moving picture bust
ness.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Turkish peddlers are giving the
Italian quarters in the large cities n
wide berth these days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Telephones. Editorial Department
No. 22. Business Office and Job Rooms,
No. II %.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Suffragettes are following and in.
terrupting the candidates for the Mas.
sachusetts election, but they would
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

No man ever loved a woman after
quarreling with her.
The boys say that if anyone gives
a circus elephant tobacco, it will al
ways remember him. The boy may be
a man grown, have whiskers and chill
dren, and move to a strange town,
but the next time the elephant sees
him, it will pick him out, and grab
him, and step on him, and get even.
When a man writes a letter asking
favor, he believes it helps his cause
to put "HOn." before the name in ad-
dressing the envelope.
a man may not know much in other
ways, but he always has a very clear
notion of what woman's duties are
a boy is proud of his mother when
she is dressed up, but he doesn't
dare touch her; she will scream about
his dirty hands.
Ask married woman what she has
done most of in her married life and
she will feel like saying; Cook, wash
dishes and forgive"
Ever engage in an enterprise that
turned out as well as you expected? ?
The next time you go in for profit or
fame cut your estimate in two; then
send it to me, and I'll cut it in two
again.
You have the right to act the fool,
of course, but why insist upon it?
Another thing that makes me mad:
To lose an article and make a fuss
about it, and then have patient per-
son find that the lost article has been
in plain sight all the time.
What has become of the old.fash-
ioned man who wanted to put his enc
mics where the dogs wouldn't bite
them? (Chart: In jail.)
In speaking proudly OF his mother,
man often half way leaves the i'm
preston that his father was rather
lopposed to the strict bringing up the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

produce a bigger crowd.
The golden stream of dollars signi.
fled by such asscmblages haunts the
dreams of many a college boy His
father with his threadbare college
professors coat. may have called the
game low and unbecoming" but it
looks high and becoming to the young.
ster as he reflects on Ty Cobb's 49,.
600 per.
The surgings Of baseball fever in
the heart of youth will never again
be cured by laws and anathemas. But
there are certain facts about aver.
age baseball salaries that can be tact.
fully presented by the foxy parent to
the youth who looks at baseball as a
gold mine for the man who does the
mining.
There is the fact as stated by "Out.
ing" magazine a few months ago,
that the salary of the average player
of the American and National league
is about $4,000 for the baseball
months. When you consider that the
average player is good for about ten
years, there is much point in Christy
Mathewsons warning: keep out of
baseball unless you are a star"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

one trouble with the state of Tripol
is that it is nearly all desert.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

A Norfolk man doesn't know what
his wife meant. She said, speaking
of the possibility of his dying, that
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
AROUND TOWN.

We see by the paper that $4,000
Will fix affections in the Fix family
that were unfiXed. Why didn't they
ask for fiXteen thousand dollars while
they We're about it?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

she wouldn't care to marry any other
man lie doesn't know whether she
meant that, having had one expert.
euce, she didn't want another; or
whether she meant she saw in him
the only perfect man on earth.
Another bunch who thought of Fri.
day, Is, were some of those students
who took final examinations on Ger.
tain branches, at school.
Clubs ae no longer trump at the
white house. The big stick is gone
and Taft turned spade at San Fran
cisco.
We haven't won anything yet on
those worlds series games.
Nor lost anything.
Wen bet a lot of Philadelphians
would like to be able to say that.
They want to know what constitutes
bias in the Mcnamara case. Why not
ask the sewing girl?
The paving sentiment in Norfolk is
on the increase.
A grip is a grip. 4 sore throat is
a sore throat and the around-town
man knows it. There's plenty of ad.
vice all the way from hot lemonade
down to much red liquor and pills,
added to the drinking of lots of cold
water. Here's hoping he will soon
be with us again.
\ tramp asked a councilman for a
pair of clean socks in Norfolk. The
tramp knew he was in Norfolk
Some class to giving you the full
description Of the big bah game with
other dailies showing up with only a
few innings of it.
That Norfolk cousin "Matty" with
New York is some pitcher, but
Coombs combed down the mat Tues
day.
That request for more paving has
not yet been granted. Will some one
please hurry it along?
It's tough to be laid up with the
grip and know that out on the golt
links they are trying hard for {
bogey.
Two Norfolk BARRIERS went to Oma
ha to visit friends. They lost theil
jobs when they returned. Now they
are going to start a shop of theiI
own.
a Norfolk policeman reports show
| ing two gun men to restaurant anC
then tracing them to a lonely spo
in the east where he enjoyed a revol
yer duel with them. Why didn't h,
take 'em in at the restaurant?
A Norfolk boy has returned from
months vacation. 81 want to know
whether | am married or not?" h.
is asking. The first question put t,
him by his mother was: Tel
me, son, are you married?" An
other Norfolk joke. His friends ar
| bOthering him to death to buy cigars
He is not married.
| "EDv HOWE,S PHII OSOpLv
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Ugly people resent it so much that
the good looking are usually more
amiable than the ugly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
Had the grip?
Here, too.

All of which goes to prove that a
mans lacking in the upper story who
will spend half a day washing his car,
with his feet soaking wet, and then
sit around in slippers the rest of the
day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

When two friends have a quarrel
each begins to tell how much he has
done for the other.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20
LED" HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY.
Copyright 1911 Geo. Matthew Adams.) }

| know a business man who has nc
opposition, and he seems to have
about as much trouble as anybody.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

The only really valuable advice
can give wife for the management
of her husband, is to feed him well
treat him well, and trust to luck.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Why do proposed marriages inter
est people so much? And why do peo.
pie attract so little attention after
they are married?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

| often wonder if l have good advis
ers and spurn their suggestions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

In nearly every conversation, some
thing is said about finding out" peo
pie.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

When man longs for a "congenia
soul he means someone who viii
compliment him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

What is known as nerve" is more
common these days than formerly. A
woman lately called on wife in Kan
sas City and said: Il love your hus
band and want you to give him up"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-20

Some men are so far ahead of the
procession that no one knows they
are in it.