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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
ANOTHER RAID ON NOBILITY.

The latest titled victim OF the smiles
of fair American girls is Lord George
Hugo Cholmondeley. But instead of
following the customary precedent of
swapping his title for the healing balm
OF American millions, he marries a
pretty chorus girl Mrs. John A, Stir.
ling, formerly Miss Clara Taylor
Marriages to theatrical personages
are apt to send the English parental
pulse up above the fever mark. But
when real worth is considered, they
are not always an unfair swap. There
is condition of intermarriage in the
English aristocraCy that is making
the type lose something of the force
of the old English stock, which was
originally a strain drawing its blood
from the most virile races of Europe.
The turgid passivity of the English
temperament is not unfrequently cap
tivated by the tricksome sprightliness
which brings many girls success in
stage careers. When there is snap
of daring about it beyond the boun.
diaries fixed by the conventions So
ciety creates for its own protection, it
becomes all the more alluring.
One might well wish that all the
fiedgling aristocrats could be lured
into matrimnny with our actresses in.
stead Of our wealthy girls. When an
heiress takes millions across the wa
ter, she becomes in time an absentee
landlord. Her remOteness from the
conditions over which she exercises
her despotic lordship is the same con
dition that has been one of the great
causes of lreland's age-long discon.
tent
The people who control America s
great industries should live in Amer.
lea, so far as possible, if the workers
in those industries are TO secure hui
name treatment
We therefore hope that when our
frisky chorus girls cross the seas, they
will make their most winsome eyes
and kick their highest before the ad
miring sprouts of foreign titledom, and
help stop this eXhausting drain OF
home resources into Crumbling castles
and uninhabitable palaces.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
CORN COMMANDMENTS.

The attention of farmers is called
to the following list Of Seven corn
commandments" issued by p. G.
Holden, the Iowa corn expert:
/. Thou shalt test every ear of thy
seed corn between February 20 and
March 20 of this year, and every year
thereafter, and discard all ears which
show weak sprouts, dead or mouldy
kernels.
2. Thou shalt grade thy seed corn
and test thy planter to secure uni
form and accurate dropping.
8. Thou shalt improve thy corn by
planting thy choicest seed on one
side of thy corn field.
4. Thou shalt harvest and properly
hang up in dry place all thy seed
corn during the last ten days of Sep
TENDER.
5. Thou shalt not import seed corn
from a distance.
G. Thou shalt not follow oats or
other small grain with corn.
Z. Thou shalt not continue to farm
without a rotation of crops.
The publicity bureau OF the Omaha
Commercial club Is distributing these
commandments and adding these sig
nificant facts:
Testing seed corn in Nebraska last
year increased the yield of the state
10, 100000 bushels.
Tests show the seed corn to be in
better condition this year. but the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
THE SCHOOL BONDS.

Norfolk people will approve the &C.
ton of the board of education asking
the voting of $4,000 in bonds for
needed school additions. The over
crowded condition of the Grant build
ing and the dangerous condition of
the old east Lincoln building make
the voting of the bonds imperative
and Norfolk never yet has failed to
provide for the schooling OF its chill
dren.
The Grant building is so crowded
that a portion Of the pupils are unable
to attend school more than half day
at time. in order to accommodate
them all. Many are compelled to walk
from the extreme west end of town to
the Lincoln building, mile and a
half, on account of the overcrowded
condition of this school.
Investigation has proved the east
Lincoln building to be unfit for use;
the floors are already rotted and in
case of fire it would be veritable fire
trap.
Additions to both these buildings
are needed at once. Hence the bonds
are asked.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

After years of agitation on the sub
ject and much trouble and humiliation
to our ambassadors In foreign lands,
congress has at last authorized the
purchase or erection of suitable build
ings in foreign capitals for the use
of ambassadors and ministers. Not
more than half million dollars is to
be expended In that way in any year.
Other countries have already provid-
ed residences for their representatives
abroad. France spent a million dol
lars on a palace for it's ambassador
in Vienna
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
A TEST OF ARMY EFFICIENCY.


The official explanation of the mo.
bilization of 10000 troops is generally
accepted as one of those polite fictions
by which governments conceal the
weapons they carry about in their
dress clothes.
While this can be no war game, the
assemblage of our soldiers will be val
liable in determining how efficient our
new army system is. The country
watches anxiously to see il there is 4
repetition of the anarchy about
Tampa, when our troops were embark.
ing for Cuba.
If the barrels of bacon that ought to
be in Texas keep on going to sleepy
army posts, while our hungry soldiers
are vainly trying to capture enough
jackrabbits on Texas sands to sustain
life, the American people will say
things. The men that can run great
railroad could work out plans so sys.
tematically that the needed supplies
would follow the troops as automat-
ically as clockwork. 1t now remains
to be seen whether the stats have
built up this perfect machine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
TRYING WOMEN FOR MURDER.

A number of talesmen examined at
Albany, N. Y, this week, for the jury
that is to try Mrs. Edith Melber for
the alleged murder Of her five.year-
old boy. said that a woman should not
be put to death. Apparently this was
not based on general objection to CAPT
tai punishment, but to chival-y be-
tween sexes.
To serve on jury where woman
Is to be tried for a capital offense,
must indeed be a distressing exper-
fence. 1t is bad enough to see 70.
bust man IN the tolls of angry So
ciety. To see woman, presumably
more frail, at bay with all the or
ganized forces of law and government
attacking her, indeed awakens ones
deepest pity.
But what would happen if the prin-
ciple be admitted, that ones weak
ness and deeds are to become shell
ter from the fruit of crime?
If a man is hard up for money,
needs it to support his family, he
would thereby have his sentence com
muted for highway robbery.
Every person accepts the protection
of law with the tacit understanding
that he or she is willing to pay the
penalty If these laws are broken. If
such persons do not like these laws,
do not propose to perform their share
of the social agreement, they should
go where these laws do not exist.
Our laws regarding women are grad
ually being changed so as to extend
equal justice to both sexes. People
who do not favor equal suffrage take
this ground, not because they do not
admit that equal justice should be
given women, but because they be-
lieve in specialization of function, by
which women should care for home
interests and men for business and
civic interests.
AS the modern conception is to give
women equal privileges, they must &C.
cept it with equal responsibility. 9th
erwise, the rights of other women to
their lives and the lives Of their dear
ones, will be In danger OF destruction
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The housekeeper of today is fire.
Quently Inundated by having the &C.
complishments of her great grand
mother who did her Homework with.
out modern conveniences, wove the
cloth from which the family clothing
was made, etc." related for her bene-
fit. 1t is not fair to draw these com.
PARSONS. The manner of living has
changed so entirely, that while the
housekeeper of today has many aids
that colonial danes never dreamed
of, she also lives a complicated life
that the mothers of that time knew
not of. Comparisons are odious.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Mr.. Asquith has made the definite
announcement that the government
will carry out a policy Of full self
government for Ireland in the very
near future. The plan includes an
Irish parliament and an Irish eXecu-
tive responsible to it, for dealing with
distinctly Irish affairs, while the SUI
premacy of the British parliament re-
mains unimpaired. Ireland has waited
and struggled long for this concession.
Let us hope it means better days for
odd Ireland"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Italians in this country send home
about $50 million dollars year and
usually return to their native land af-
ter five years absence. Naturally the
Italian government is not worrying
over the emigration problem, since
those who have enterprise enough to
go abroad and get rich, are making a
wonderful Improvement in the con
ditions in Italy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

China has vast mineral resources
that have been developed only in the
rudest and most incomplete manner.
The largest anthracite coal beds
known on the globe are located in the
province of Shansi and extensive de-
posts of high grade iron ore which
have been worked only by the prim-
tive hand and basket" method are
also found over large areas Of country.
The western world is eager to get a
chance to develop these dormant re-
sources.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Another organization is recorded in
New York City. 1t is to be known as
the New York Vermin Exterminat-
ors Association" This formidable
name merely means rat catchers."
Anyway, the members of the organi-
cation are to have an annual dinner
and the Department of Agriculture
has assigned a lecturer to speak on
that occasion. Success to "Vermin
Exterminators." They are engaged
in good work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The British postmaster general is
probably the largest employer in the
world of the bicycle. He has in his
department II. 400 wheels, at the pres
ent time. About half of them are used
by the rural delivery carriers. Each
wheel travels about 10000 miles a
year and at this rate the average
wheel lasts about four and a half
years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

An international congress for the
adjustment Of impoliteness in the
home, which is well nigh universal,
is suggested by a well known publlca.
ton. 1t would be well to have such
reform universal. but il each home
would take such action individually
the same result would be accomp-
lished.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The University of Michigan is well
represented in the present congress,
having twenty.seven former students
among its members, larger number
than is credited to any other institu-
ton of learning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Considering the persistence with
which Mr.. Taft stuck to Ballinger, the
ex.secretary ought at least to make
due returns by giving the president a
golf ball.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

This will be the first week for two
years when Mr.. Ballinger could sit
down in his slippers TO read the even.
ing paper, without having to run out
and capture some insurgent who had
tied a lemon to his doorbell.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

According 10 the provisions of the
Appalachian forest reserve bill, the
government is to spend S2000,00O a
year until 1915 in purchasing for the
preservation of water courses and in
checking the destruction of forests in
the White Mountains and the South.
ern Appalachian region.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Like most of Mr.. Taft's appoint
ments, the new secretary of the in
terror is a man who has done splendid
work in substituting business for pol
itics in public service.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

About now We annually are enthusi-
astic for the back to the farm" move
ment, but after clearing up the back
yard some Saturday afternoon, town
life still looks good to us.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

termination test applied TO the seed
corn this year means another big in
crease in production-from $4,000 900
to $10,000,000 of new wealth for Ne
braska "
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Rev. Mr.. Aked is quitting Rookie
feller's church for San Francisco, al
though several people are left in New
York who do not favor the Ten Com
mandments.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

A new type of life-buoy for use at
night has been invented. II carries
four electric lights, two above water
and two below, so it guides both the
swimmer in the water and the res
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

After running their legs of in the
mountains after the Mexican insur-
gents, our hungry troops will want
something that tastes better than en-
balmed beef.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Secretary OF the Interior Fisher has
been a purifier of Chicago politics, and
he should at least know lot about
sewage.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

After President and Mrs. Taft cele-
brate their silver wedding June 10,
they can set up in the furniture bust
ness with new sideboards and morris
chairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

II is to be hoped that they did not
send those troops to Texas just to
persuade Senator Bailey not to resign
again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Why the deuce can't a man shed IA
little each day, like horse-so grad.
ually that the weather man can't get
at him and yet SO abundantly that he
wouldn't melt?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

If Mr.. Bryan had bought that Texas
farm instead of running for president
he might now be selling watermelons
to the soldiers, which would be much
d better fun.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Our troops are taking ball cartridges
to the lone star state, but the Texans
will be perfectly safe if they attend
Sunday school regularly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Abe Reuf has begun his fourteen
years term. We are glad to hear that
FTisco's prisons are not built solely
to provide work for friends Of the
politicians.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The last session of congress spent
$1,O25, 1895 Ten years from now
they will be talking about the pinch
ing economy and cheese pairing Of
1911.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Il while and sweAer. The more YOU
suffer and want to scratch, the morI
YOU can be calm and think that you're
preventing a cold.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Few householders can view the flu
ture with n cheerful heart, with hard
ware shops displaying rakes and hoes
at every turn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

There'd be a nifty little invention
for somebody to figure outflow n
man could shed gradually without talk.
ing cold and without feeling too warm
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The Mexicans kick on our massing
troops at the frontier. If they attend
to their business raising garden sass
like little men, thereIl be no trouble
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The New York senatorial deadlock
cost the taxpayers 100000, but never
before have 100000 people had a
circus ticket for a cent each.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The cost of sending the marines to
Texas is placed at $1,5O0,O00, but the
little item of $15,OOO,OOO for pensions
was omitted
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

1t is a good idea to get the marines
down south for while. Texas girls
should take their turns at getting their
hearts busted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Industry may be paralyzed by the
Mexican revolution, but IL the bull
fights can go on, our tourists will be
satisfied.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

cuers going to his aid The field for
useful electrical appliances seems well
nigh unlimited.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The army mobilization makes 1t
look as If there would be no Texas
fruit crop this year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Now the jingoes say Mexico and
Japan have a secret treaty. We
should hate to live next these fellows
and have children or keep chickens.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

"My idea of the height of affluence
would be pair of pajamas that aren't
too big in the shoulders or too big
around the waist or so long that they
drag under the feet" said Norfolk
man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Mr.. Ballinger spent $4,000 on de.
Tending himself and finds that his rep
utation is n costly luxury.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

What's the use of invcnting aero.
planes when there are so many prob
lens here on earth to be worked out ?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Some men seem always to be look
ing out for relief expedition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Luther Burbank has invented new
strawberry. We never found any
fault with the old ones but the price.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

We see by the paper that President
Taft knows good game when he sees
one. He's playing golf down at Au-
gusta. Here's where he gets our vote
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
astw..n oetoosnsrisns.

II understand they sentenced him to
life Imprisonment"
We'd. no; It wasn't as bad as that,
He got only ninety nine years!'-Puck.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

A lot OF fellows are more anxious
today to so to the front than they
would be to stay there, after six weeks
of it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Many men. who consider themselves
as martyrs, are merely chumps.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Some men are so smart that they
can even sell an old typewriter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

No man was ever so busy he for
got when payday came.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

competition for top of column, in that
maneuver stunt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

If the blue birds can come up here
I'm their summer clothes. and enjoy it,
you ought to be able to stand a
change.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
AROUND TOWN.

The grounding won't have to stay
under cover much longer. The blue
birds and the robins have shown more
nerve, and already are on the ground.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
ATcAIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Some liars are so persistent they
fool themselves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Many people seem to think that the
simple life is a good thing for the
other fellow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

We don't know what we'd have
done for news lately if it hadn't been
for the closing scenes of congress and
the army maneuver and the Norfolk
city campaign.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

from that devil that sometimes finds
itself incarnate in the heart OF n wo.
man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

And now that the barefooted boy is
here, it begins to look as if the fur
mace game was on its last legs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17
AN INFANT
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD
TO Be ELECTROCUTED.
Pastor Russell Explains Isaiah XIV, 20

Brooklyn, Mar 3
"A year ago Pas
tor Russcll's audi
ences were too
great for "Brook
lyn Tabernacle
and Brooklyn's lar
gest and finest
Auditorium. tho
Academy of MI
Alp Upa gaCIirQd
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

But here's tip: Don't change 'em
just because the birds have come,
You can't always take the robins word
for it. We tried 1t and caught the
first cold OF the winter, Keep 'em on
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

inflammation of the Digestion" is
the way Count MCGOWAN described his
wife's recent illness.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

And we're willing to stake little
that he can trim John d., if they
should clash on the links.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Another thing we have never been
able to understand is why more jur
ors don't get sick on the Job.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

1t beats furnace golf, any way you
look at it,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Of it's an auto, you can put it in the
shed Of the old apple tree.)
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

What has become of the old,fashion.
ed man who fastened his watch chain
to the little tab stitched % he bosom
of his shirt?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

q want a pair of ground grippers.
said Count MCGOWAN this morning
when he went into shoe store. lie
was after overshoes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Still, it would help the average
outsider a good deal if all the big talk
ers would wait till they got to the
senate before proving it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Leander Wise is terribly opposed to
the pure food law. He has a subur-
ban grocery, and spends so much
time saving the country that he
doesn't have time to scrub the floor
and clean the fiyspecks off the show
cases.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The meadow lark heard our call and
has arrived in full force.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

A woman likes to say of her hus.
band that she doesn't believe he ever
would get up if she didn't call him
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Speaking of cheap commodities, it
will soon be time for dandelion
greens, the supply of which is always
considered above the demand.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Think of the two hours bliss that Is
yours while the horse is in the shed
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

The most foolish man that ever
lived in Atchison was a fellow who
oiled the CRATE of his stove to keep
it from squeaking.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

A Norfolk man went to California
TO get chance to play golf, but all
the golf he found in California was
furnace golf. Back home here they
have been playing golf for three
weeks
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

A young man who has been polish.
ing up on love-making forgets the art
as soon as he gets married-~if he b
a respectable husband.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

While it is all right for IA woman
TO visit her kin. we contend mat she
shouldn't insist on her husband going
with, her. ..
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

When woman says she is getting
too old to attend dances her feelings
are hurt if she is not Contradicted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Very few men have an ambition
to make garden that grows as rapidly
as the weeds do when warm weather
comes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

When some men begin by saying
when l was boy" there arc Away
persons who think that what they al,
going to say may not be altogethe
true.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

every Friday by mail per year, $3.50.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Why is it when you are lying awake
listening for the clock to inform you
of the time it always strikes the half
hour?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

But speaking of shedding horses
the most delightful place to shed n
horse these days is at the Country
club grounds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

THE HUse PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

In n town this size about the only
question the women ask about the
new styles in hats is Are the hats
worn forward or back this year,"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

We see by the paper that Taft wears
a red neoktie, Our bond Of sympathy
grows stronger. Shake, bill. Shake
twice-once for the golf and once for
the red tie.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

It would be great opportunity to
lay in supply of puffs and switches.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

Next to telling what fine old fam.
lily he belongs to a southerner visiting
in the north seems to derive the most
satisfaction in telling how a northern
negro would be dealt with In his
town.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

There may be exceptions to the
rule, but most smokers are inclined TO
be suspicious of the cigar that is
heartily recommended to them by the
dealer.