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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

There is shadowy side to Italian
life. The story is told in one of it's
own newspaper that there are 100000
people in that country who live in
straw huts or caves because they are
too poor to own houses. One hun
dred thousand of its population have
recently died of pellagra, owing to
lack of nourishment; it has 1900
communes without supply of drink
ing water and 5000 without sewers;
100000 persons inhabit malarial dis
tricts which need retaining; 60 per.
cent of the 100000 people of the
kingdom are illiterate, and 100000
Of them are compelled to leave their
country every year because they are
unable to find work at home, and
emigration is their only refuge from
starvation. One of the things which
makes their condition of tremendous
concern to the people Of America is
that the half-million people, who each
year are obliged to seek some other
country, practically all come to the
United States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Gov. Harmon OF Ohio, in addition to
his other handicaps for the presiden
tial nomination at the hands of the
democratic party, is further hindered
by his age. He is So years of age and
while he is vigorous and capable II
has been the tendency Of late years
to name younger men. Cleveland was
AZ when elected president, Mckinley
SO and Roosevelt entered the white
house at the age of 43. Among the
presidential possibilities of the pres
ent time, who loom up large on the
political horizon, Mayor Gaynor OF
New York is 60, and Speaker Champ
Clark is 61. Gov. Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey, whose presidential
stock is now way above par, is So
Gov. Marshal Of Indiana is 81 and
Gov. Foss of Massachusetts is SO
Among the republicans Senator La
Toilette Of Wisconsin is Sc, while
President Taft is barely 81.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

President Henry Wallace of the
conservation congress said recently
before that body, that one of the
first things this country needed to
learn was that conservation applied to
other things besides forests, that most
farmers were soil robbers, handling
the soil so that it decreased instead
of increasing in fertility. The land in
this country produces only half as
much as poorer land in Europe. This
sort of management will have tc
change If America is to feed her in
creasing millions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Great Britain has educated her
statesmen to keep an eye open for
any possible commercial advantage,
but in urging the United States to
operate the Panama canal for the
benefit Of all nations instead OF charg,
ing a toll that might assist in some
time reimbursing this government fer
the 100000 that it will cost when
completed, It forgets the absurdity OF
its position. England did not build
the Suez canal but it did get practical
control Of it for the small sum OF
$20,000,000. That 100000 invest.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The southern people may not con.
slider cotton crop of nearly 13, O0O, 900
bales an unmixed blessing, since a
great crop means a lower price, and
the great crop may not bring them
a greater return than the last, which
was comparatively light. But taking
the general welfare into consideration
it is cause for rejoicing, for the low
price is good for the manufacturer, it
will make better employment for hun,
dreds of thousands of mill operatives
and sewing women, and it gives hope
to every consumer that one class of
necessities is to be cheaper instead of
higher.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Looks very much as if the Chinese
throne was tottering and that there
would be much more liberal policy
mapped out for the people. The au.
thorities have been quite busy the last
few days writing apologies for their
action in the past and promise the
very best in the shop in the future,
for the common people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10
THE TAFT COURAGE.

The country is beginning to realize
that President Taft not only has
opinions and will" but when it is
necessary he can face those who OPP
pose him in his views and tell them
very plainly what he thinks and what
he is going to do.
On Halloween night the president
was the guest of the business men of
Pittsburg. He was surrounded by
those who represent more big inter-
ests" than could be gathered together
in any one place in the entire coun.
try outside of Wall street.
Martin w. Littleton, the democratic
New York congressman, and one of
the most brilliant and influential men
of his party, made savage attack on
the Sherman antitrust law. The gist
of his speech was that its enforcement
would be harmful to business inter-
ests.
Called upon in the few moments
that were left before his train left
for Washington to answer the attack,
President Taft made the following, if
it was not "tactful," as some of the
papers published in the interest of
big business" allege, it was honest,
square and fearless, and will com.
mend the president more than ever
to the great mass of the people.
President Taft said:
1T is not pleasant to be engaged in
what may seem to be an assault on
business, but business men thought
this law could not be enforced. Now
the law can be and is enforced, and
because of this we hear that it is to
be repealed.
II would cut off my right hand be.
fore I would injure business. But
what has my dear friend Littleton to
offer? Only one course is open
Either we will have individualism, or
we will have combinations in restraint
Of trade going to that point where the
people will demand that the power of
men be engaged in such corporations
be transferred to the government. And
then we will have state socialism.
Now we can disintegrate unlaw.
full corporations and put them under
injunction. If they operate they must
compete.
81 know l am speaking the trend
nf nf Of h,,t
not help it. The law is on the statute
books and must be enforced, and this
sitting competition, and this control
of prices must cease.
Il didn't want to get into this dis
cussion, but l want you business men
to face this problem.
This problem has been eloquently
considered by my friend Littleton and
| regret that the matter has come up
here. 1t savors of harshness to have
a difference of opinion on an occasion
of this kind, but / must say what ]
think.
"The Sherman law has been on the
statute books for twenty years and
has been construed and construed
and construed and finally by
the supreme court. The two de-
cisions last spring, in my judg,
ment, give it definite meaning that
any combination in restraint of trade
with the purpose of controlling prices
and sitting competition is violation
of the statute. Men know whether
they intend to stifle competition and
control prices. and all that is neces.
sary in a court Of law, is to probe
the combination and the intent That
is all that is needed for the enforce.
ment of any criminal statute"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

DR.. Wiley has proven himself a dip.
lomat as well as an eminent chemist.
He was forced by circumstances to
make a speech to a woman suffrage
convention in st. Louis not long ago
and CALAMITY declared that nations
greatness was measured by the way
it treated its women, the amount of
sugar it used per capita and the guam.
tity of soap it consumed. According
to this standard the United States
takes first rank. But the dear women
don't know whether DR.. Wiley is in
favor of woman suffrage or not
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

A process of manufacturing artifi
cial wood from straw has been dis
covered which will produce a material
for making matches cheaper thar
real wood can now be obtained. II
is hoped that the process may soon
be applied to the manufacture OF
wood for other purposes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Ed Latta Of Tekamah writes The
News to state that the report that
his father spent around $6S,000 in
his last political campaign, is untrue.
He further states that Dan V. Ste
phens never profited to the extent of
81 in either campaign. 1t is not the
cost of the Latta campaign, which is
only indefinitely rumored, so much as
the extravagant cost of the 1904 Nc
Killip campaign, which is shown by
records now held at Humphrey in
the McKillip bankruptcy case to have
been more than $4,000, that has so
astounded the voters of the Third dis.
trict. No denial upon the part of any
person can erase the checks now held
at Humphrey, written by Mr.. McKillip
in 1904 to the extent of $26,05729 for
campaign purposes, nor the record of
$4,000 spent otherwise. Dan " Ste.
phens, now candidate for congress
was McKillip's campaign manager.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Air navigators, like those Of the
ocean, need charts to guide them
through the trackless space. These
are most difficult to prepare Mon.
sieur Lallemand, director of the gen.
eral survey Of France, proposes an in.
ternational aviators chart, which
would provide all aviators with a uni,
form guide for their flight.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

A deaf mute was fined $50 in a
New York court, for swearing at his
wife with his fingers. This seems
trifle unfair when thousands of men
use their tongues voluably for this
purpose and 1t doesn't cost them a
cent
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The Santa Fe railroad has issued
$100,000,000 in bonds to be used in
improvements on the road. This is
the best evidence that they have faith
in the business prospects of the pres
ent and immediate future, in spite the
pending presidential campaign. Suct
confidence is all that is needed tc
make real prosperity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Mrs. Moe Wood Park says the so.
cial status of women is improving,
but some of the men will be asking
whether the women will stay at home
and produce good mullins If the so
cial status becomes so attractive.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Mr.. Taft remarked the other day
for the 76,9l4th time that the law
must be obeyed. And yet about once
in six weeks they engineer n rise in
the stock market because some people
think he was only foolIng.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Ambassador Leischman, who is be-
ginning his service at the German
court, will not stir the diplomatic
world II he does happen to break all
the Ten Commandments, but neither
he nor his wife must ride down to
market on his bicycle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Since the Turkish women have re.
moved their wells it has been discov-
cred that they are not nearly so beau
tiful as they had the reputation for
being. Mystery and secrecy always
cast an added charm over anything
even q woman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

II candidates for president are to be
favored according to the length OF
their ears, Woodrow Wilson is the
man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Whether the pending peace negotia.
lions in China succeed or not, the
power of the throne is broken. The
people will have to be reckoned with
hereafter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Londoners have refused to bid for
the bell that once hung in the poet
wordsworth's room, but no doubt they
would have paid good money if 1t had
been powerful enough to serve as a
dinner bell
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

AS they are having women's juries
in California now, the defendant
should beware how he appears in
court without billed shirt and well
brushed hair.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Now that the thrifty housewife has
finished her preserves and canning,
the price Of sugar has dropped a lit
tie, with prospects that there will be
a gradual decline.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Although you can get $1s a week
as an automobile chauffeur and lot
of fun riding up and down the coun-
try, yet quite a number Of our young
men are still willing to get headaches
studying in colleges.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The Zeppelin airships are doing bet
ter, one of them having completed a
Tooth trip with many passengers. But
II will be some years before the man
who never rode in an airship gets his
picture in the papers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Capt. Larsen has sailed through the
Niagara rapids, but if the young men
take their best girls canoeing there,
it will not be safe for both of them
to occupy the rear seat.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

When the United States senate
passed the reciprocity treaty, grain
prices went up. When the Canadians
rejected the treaty they went up.
Yet some writer's have the hardihood
to explain one increase as due to a
cause which they deny as the cause
of the other.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Will these separated units of the
tobacco trust really race down the
track as the government seems to
think, or will they trot along the
course hand in hand and dizzy up even
on the prize money?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Two of our American prelates are
given red hats by their elevation to
the cardinalate, but it would not be
advisable to wear them on the bleach
ers at the ball games.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

In wanting constitution the
Chinese do not seem to know that il
they had one nearly everything they
wanted would be unconstitutional
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10
AROUND TOWN.

We see by the paper that the boy
scouts at Valentine acted as Halo
we'en police. All of which is res
pectively referred to the Norfolk city
administration. Let the boys take a
hand at it next time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The Camorra trial is still going on
in Italy, but it is doubtful if it finishes
before the DEGREES of the final judg.
ment day are handed down.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Now Is the time to plan for sane
Fourth. That Is spend fourth as
much for Christmas presents this year
as you did last.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Steel common dropped eight points
In one day on the trust suit, but the
actual property behind your certi-
ficate has just as much value as ever.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

If Harvard could only defeat Yale
at football as easily as it did Brown
former President Eliot could feel that
his life work was not in vain.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Richard lie Gallienne, the poet, was
married for only the third time the
other day. This is ultra conserva-
tism for literary man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Few deer have been killed in the
Adirondacks this fall, and guides are
30 shy and wild that not many OF
them have been bagged.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Mr.. Roosevelt calls for the control
OF judges, but who are going to con
troll the people that control the
judges?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

ment is now and for years has been
yielding the British government a
revenue of about s6,OOO,OOO a year.
With such a record 1t is anything but
consistent for England to advise the
United States to operate the Panama
canal for the benefit of all nations.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The German people are much stir
red up about the high cost OF living,
but II they will only turn to the
speeches of any OF our candidates,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The youthful emperor OF China Il
getting a very realistic idea Of wha
the direct primary means.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

It is earnestly advised that the
Chinese cut opium out Of their new
constitution.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Politicians would often like to be
in two places at once, especially Il
they are good paying positions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

with such an alphamet as China
has what country wouldn't have
revolution!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Whatever else you may say about
Mr.. Taft, when he finds law on the
statute books he tries to execute it,
just as if congress meant what it
said
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with lot OF people who
want to buy homes-and the home you
want TO sell would surely suit some OF
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Next month congress and the wool
discussion will again have space in
the newspapers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

they will learn how that little diff.
Guilty can be attended to.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Senator La Toilette once denounced
Senator Clapp as a tool of the inter.
ests."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

A loaded" telephone circuit has
been built between Norfolk and Val
entine. Haven't you talked over tele-
phone lines that sounded as if they
had jag on?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

When a man gets down, he is near.
ly as hard to get on his feet again as
horse with a broken leg.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

! don't know how it is among
women, but among men a really good
whist player usually drifts into poker
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10
ED" HoWE's PHILOSOPHY.

After a man quits his job, he tells
around that it was necessary to hire
two men to do his work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Now if the boy scouts had only
been on the job here Tuesday night
but forget it. We're glad enough to
get it back.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

man is that he is one of the kind
that spoils childrens entertainment
by making long and tiresome
speeches.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Doing something for others has be.
come a passion with Americans; but
the cold facts are, we want the Lord
and the railroads to do it, and give us
the credit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Speaking of paving, have you driven
to South Norfolk the last day or so?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

One trouble with our beloved coun.
try is, we are doing lot of big work
that doesn't amount to anything.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Some roast beef is so tough that
you are compelled to chew the gravy
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Speaking of telephones, a burglar
at Valentine woke up the telephone
girls. Now would you believe that a
burglar, quiet as he is trained to be,
could ever wake up a telephone girl?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

If we were a turkey right now, wet
take anti.fat.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Aviators naturally look down on
other people
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Which is poorest: hunting or fish
ing?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Whether people View With Alarm
or Point with Pride, they delight in
exaggeration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

1t is a good, old-fashioned rule, in
listening to gossip. to remember that
anyone who will bring, will carry.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The women's magazines may do a
great deal for mother and the girls
but they sure make a great deal of
trouble for pa.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10
SCHOOLS OF JOURNALISM.

The death of Joseph Pulitzer has
set the newspaper world to question.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Every very slow man is pretty apt
to be called Hurry" by somebody.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

A widower enjoys a second wife
as much as a widow enjoys life in,
surance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Which would you rather be today
turkey or candidate?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

No one ever took all Of bottle of
medicine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

/ sometimes doubt that man work.
ing his way through college is en-.
titled to the praise and admiration
usually attaching to it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

When a poor man expresses his
opinion of rich man he particularly
abuses his poor little shriveled-up
soul, which is no longer than a mus
tard seed. ''
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

When people abuse you unjustly
they are usually praising some other
man more than he deserves.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Did you ever know a revolutionist
who had a job?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The cry that something is to be
given away, always results in lot
of lazy and impudent beggars. There
is nothing to be given away; what.
ever you get, you must earn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

If you had the power to injure your
Opposition as much as you cared to,
without being known in the affair
Honestly. now, how hard would you
hit him?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

gobbler along about the middle OF
october and keep the animal penned
up until the last Thursday in Novem'
herr
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

What's become OF the old-fashioned
man, by the way, who used to buy a
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10
Scandal in the Navy.

President Taft says that a small
fleet at Kiel was in command of a
full admiral.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

In country towns, We are often fool.
ed by opera bouffe" companies. The
story gets around that the girls in
the chorus wear almost nothing; the
men talk OF the show in a mysterious
way, and the women are jealous. But
when the show arrives, it is a wretch.
ed affair. and we find we have been
sold" again.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

Tuesdays election day. Don't for.
get to vote.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

The of. man who keeps n pig IN
town. has been discovered In Norfolk.
He says it's more fun than Keeping
an omobile-requires less atten'
ton and is far more profitable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-10

We see by the paper that there's a
model young man at Ludlow, Mass
who never swore, never used pro
fame word, never smoked or chewed,
never touched drop of liquor and
never kissed a girl. For all OF that
he was given a reward of one GOLD
WATCH. We doubt If he'll know how
to tell time, now that he has the
watch. We could have stood for all
but the last item, but that's the straw
that did the damage to the Gamers
spinal column.