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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

emerge from their Indifference and
lethargy and keep step, hereafter, to
the music of progress and democracy
Yet, it must be remembered that
cur ideas of China are quite crude
and that our conclusions i'm regard TO
It's past apt to be untrue, in conse-
quenCe. The facts OF history show
conclusivcly that in its younger days,
thousands Of years ago, China was in
the very van of civilization. Research
has revealed that many of the things
which we pride ourselves upon dis.
covering in these days were, long be.
tore the modern nations came onto
the stage of action, in common use
and familiar to this oriental nation.
But their civilization through the
cycle of centuries became cast in rig
id moulds. The nation had closed
mind to what the rest of the world
was doing and actually buried itself
in its own dun, sluggish narrow life.
But now IL is once more alive. The
monarchy of the tyrant Manchus is
being torn asunder and disregarded
and the emerging of a great and re-
juvenated people is being clearly dis
Cerned in the call for republic. 1t
does not mean that China will become
a full-fledged and enlightened demo
cracy at once. 1t will require years
of struggle and much bitter expert
| enCe before its people are ripe and
capable to carry on successful gov.
eminent of their own. If the rest of
the world Will keep hands off and give
| the Chinese a chance to work out
| their own salvation they will do it.
| The leaven of liberty and freedom is
| busy and the world is making ready
| for that better and grander era when
men shall be brothers and the whole
| earth will rejoice in a civilization that
will be fratCrnal and the reign of the
people shall usher in righteousness
and justice.
| 1t seems striklingly singular but il
may yet be true that in the world S
upheaval ana cropping after truth jus
tice and liberty, the great republics OF
the United States in the extreme west
and of China in the extreme east may
together lead the way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
NEW YORK's REVOLVER LAW

New York has been experiencing a
reign of lawlessness that is directly
due to the anti-revolver law passed in
that state by the last legislature. On
Sept. l it became a misdemeanor in
New York to have a revolver in ones
home. 1t became felony to carry a
weapon. That meant a penitentiary
sentence.
The result has been that respectable
citizens have been unable to offer self
defense against bandits. And the
bandits have gone on carrying guns,
as before.
The bill was worked through the
Legislature at the instance of Tam
many leaders. 1t was foreCasted that
it would have just this result. 1t is
said those originally behind the meas
ure had this effect in mind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
TIE DYNAMITE ARRESTS.

Every good citizen Of this republic
will hope for fair and speedy trial
of the fifty-four men who have been
arrested for alleged conspiracy in the
dynamite plots.
If these men are innocent of this
charge, a grave injustice has been
done, not merely to them, but to the
organization they represent.
If these men are guilty of this
bloody conspiracy, they are striking
at the very foundations Of this repub'
lie. Our government is a joint part
nership. In a business concern, il
some OF the partners refuse to abide
by the rules of the company, and
plunder and destroy the property OF
the other members, the end OF the
partnership is in sight Similarly in
a partnership formed for the purpose
of government.
The fact that courts have often been
unjust and that capital has often brib'
ed officials, is no excuse for .Tesorting
TO dynamite. In the long run, the
ballot will be a more efficient weapon
than violence If the battle is to be
fought with dynamite, the capitalist
can buy more than any one else. Nc
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
DESERVE HIGH PRAISE

The army engineers who have had
charge of the digging of the Panama
canal during its construction and are
still at it are worthy of the marked APP
probation and admiration of their
countrymen.
The president of the United States
has just issued a proclamation in
which he formally invites the differ
ent nations of the earth TO take part
in the Panama-Pa Pacific exposition, to
be held at San Francisco, in 1915.
1t brings home, more forcibly than
it could be done in any other way
that the army engineers have been
doing splendid work at the isthmus.
Without blare Of trumpets or any
vaudeville stunts of any kind to at
tract attention. they have faithfully
and steadily toiled. They have done
this to such purpose that the canal
will actually be waiting for the for
NAL opening long months before the
exposition at San Francisco arrives.
1t will be doing business as a promo
ter and distributor of the worlds COM
merce a good ways ahead of the press
ing of the button which shall start the
wheels in motion at the Golden Gate
and declare the worlds greatest and
most glorious fair actually realized.
The work of these army officers in
the engineering department is a re.
Election and example of what Ameri-
cans can do when they are once de-
termined to do it. They have more
than made good. Their progress has
been more rapid than anyone antici-
pated, and this not at the expense of
superior skill and faithful work. Their
estimates of cost have been made COLI
servatively and have not been overrun
by their actual experience. Their
tremendous task has been kept we'll in
hand, at all times.
There have been and there are yet,
those who look through pessimistio
spectacles, who are determined that
some unknown and unconjectured
| calamity will yet overtake the canal
before its completion. Such people ex
list and must be borne with. However
those who are best informed, in the
engineering circles of Europe and this
country, take no stock in these i'll
forebodings.
| The finishing of this monumental
piece of engineering before the time
anticipated, its conduct in such a way
as to conserve the health and the for
tune of the thousands who carried or
the work. and its great significance tC
the future of this country and the
world, reflects credit upon all who
have had to do with it.
Not only are the engineers ahead OF
the game, but the same spirit seems
TO pervade every department of the
government in regard to it. The pres
ident has expressed a wish that every
member of his cabinet visit Panama
at as early date as possible, in order
that they may have a personal knowl
edge Of its construction, its needs and
its significance.
History is likely to regard the
building of this great thoroughfare
which binds the nations of the earth
together more closely that ever before
the achievement that reflects the
greatest glory upon two administra
tions of Theodore Roosevelt and Viii
liam Howard Taft.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
ShaIIenbereer at NeIloh.

Neigh, Neb., Feb. 21.-Special to
The News: Hon. Ashton C. Shallen,
berger and other prominent demo,
Gratis OF the state will speak in the
Auditorium in this city tomorrow aft,
ernoon at 3 O'Clock. The occasion
will be the celebrating of George
Washington's birthday. In the eve,
ming a democratic dollar dinner will
be served in the banquet room of the
Odd Fellows. Music is to be furnish,
ed by the Neigh concert band.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

That statue of La France" to be
made by Rodin, the greatest living
French sculptor, and placed at the
base of the Champlain monument to
be dedicated at Lake Champlain next
summer, will attribute to both coun-
tries and is permanent evidence of
the friendship which exists between
France and the United States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Bishop Walden of Cincinnati has
preached 10000 sermons. and the man
who has heard them all, and will yet
continue to put plugged coins into the
contribution box, must have a repro.
bate mind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Senator La Toilette is going abroad
for two months. He is more likely to
be found ripping the upholstery off "a
few of their thrones than going
through the picture galleries with his
nose in a Baedeker.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Having crammed up win few ar.
ticles on Dickens, modern literary cul-
ture adjourns reading any of his
books until the next centenary comes
around
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

II is noted that none Of the presi.
dental can lidates claims to have
been born in a log cabin, but those
that came from poor but honest par.
ents stand a chance to get by.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Opportunity knocks at each mans
door but does it in too gentlemanly a
way to suit some people. They evi-
IDENTITY expect her to knock the door
down.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Millions of people in China and
Russia are suffering starvation from
famine. 1t is hard work for those
Of us living in America, where
there is such an abundance of every.
thing to eat, to comprehend this.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

1t is predicted that there will be n
clean sweep OF the old political order
of things at the next election in Cali.
fornia. What else could be expected
with so many women behind the new
broom?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Mr. Carnegie enjoyed telling his
own "reminiscences before the Stanley
investigating committee, but his repu.
tation for candor and sincerity was
not increased in the mind of the
American people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Ex. Gov. Herrick is 70 be minister
to France. He should make It his
duty to go around to MaXim's at day
light, lead home the American tour
lists, and put them to bed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Charles w Morse has been freed
from the peniteniary but he paid a
heavy penalty for his questionable
ways of financing. He is in very poor
health and his death cannot long be
postponed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Baggage smashers are more care
full about the rights of property since
carrying dynamite round in suitcases
and trunks became so popular.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

King George has made his speech
from the throne but he will have to
make less stcreotyped remarks If he
expects the boys in the gallery to stop
eating peanuts and listen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Senator La Follette's breakdown is
due to his not having had a rest for
twelve years. Running for vice presi.
dent would lie better than any medi
cine the doctor could give him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

The house proposes to tax cosmet-
les. While the women have never
said much about taxes on necessities,
we see some ones finish II they put
q tax on beauty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Three must sleep in room at the
democratic convention, and the clerk
must look out not to put conserva-
tives and insurgents together, or the
pillows may fly before morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

1t now remains to be seen whether
Mr.. Taft's Neurotic club will attain
the long and exclusive membership
list gained by Mr.. Roosevelts Ananias
club.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

New York has one very sagacious
man. He was quite wealthy and when
he died recently he left his property
TO his lawyer. 1t saved a lot of both
er for the lawyer,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Shuster may have been the goat but
he made it pretty expensive for the
Russian bear before he was bodily re-
moved from mis- rule over Persian af-
fairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Ella Wheeler Wilcox is named to be
the first woman to go on the supreme
bench, but as Ella is a poet, we do not
feel sure that she would have her hat
on straight.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

The Order of the Garter has been
conferred on Sir Edward Grey, but
so far as we can see he will have 10
hold his other stocking up with a
safety pin.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

There may be a difference Of opin-
ion as 10 the best way to bring it
about but there is a general agree
ment that there is urgent need of
monetary reform.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Arizona has now become the forty.
eighth sister, and we are anxious to
learn how she survives the change
from cowboy leggings to the hobble
skirt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

If the Lorimer committee are un.
able to make up their minds, they
should snap up cent rather than al
low the thing to run on so long.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

legislatures, courts, nor congresses,
can long stand out against the voice
OF the people expressed by legal meth.
DDS. provided that voice is i'm accord.
ance with the principles of human jus
tiCp
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

The MexiCans would be more pOpu-
lar with our army if they did their
revoluting in winter, when people are
looking for / warm climate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

The Cummins and Beveridge booms
seem to be on an equal footing-both
at the foot of the ladder, and likely
to stay there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

China is perpleXed over what to do
with the baby emperor. Give him a
rubber doll and a rattle and he'll be
all right.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

The official gazette of Pekin, pub
Used by the government, will not
only publish the proceedings and
editcs of the government itself, but
the general news of the day What a
boom that would give the Congress
sional record, if the same system
should be adopted here
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

If Germany has really discovered a
new type OF engine, our naval millin-
cry will be out OF style before the
spring openings are held.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

We met a man the other day who
said he had not been indicted for any
thing, and he didn't look cheerful
either
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

OF modern industrial life II looks
as If 1t were against Albert's princi.
pies to- saw wood
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

There is a lot of noise but it is to
be remembered that it is the still,
small voice of the people that will
settle the presidential contest
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Lake Superior is frozen over, but if
the Duluth youngsters try to skate
around the pond they'll be late to
SChOo,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Uncle Sam is likely to take the
starch out OF that $2O,OOO,OOO collar
trust before il is fairly started
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Some of the presidential candidates
are already acknowledging that this
is the winter of their discomfort
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Uncle Sam doesn't propose to stand
with his back to a Mexican. He knows
IL isn't safe for a moment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

reformed cannibal has informed
a New York newspaper man that man
tastes very much like pork.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

A Kansas slogan for good health
would be wisely adapted everywhere.
"An open window is better than an
open grave"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

President Taft has a way "a sitting
on the lid of any foreign trouble very
effectively.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with a lot OF people who
want to buy homes-and the home you
want 10 sell would surely suit some OF
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

That Italian war seems TO have
gone glmmoring.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

The president of China will have a
sweet old time trying to shake hands
with 434 100000 people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
AROUND TOWN.

When a mans 80 one Of his para.
mount thoughts is the wish that he
might always stay 80 years young. Is
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Albert Reeves of England killed his
son to save him from the "maelstrom
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

And here's tentative wager: Wen
venture that Leo Pasewalk can trim
T. R. at tennis and that Braden can
take Taft's measure at golf and that
Jack Larkin can make both of 'em
take the count at billiards. These
three might practice up on T. r. and
Big Bill and Wen take on the three
winners, provided We can be assured
of $4,000 and half the moving picture
profits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Are all the robins asleep at the
switch? Wake up, little brides, we're
on the way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Here's hoping you won't have to
wear that fur cap again till next De
Cember.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

4 handsome man doesn't remind
us so much of Greek god as he does
of clothing advertisement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

We washed our hair last night and
today we simply can't do t. W. /.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

that a sign along with gray hairs and
increasing badness, that ones grow.
ing old?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Let us be joyful; chances are you
Will live longer than the life insur-
ance agents conversation intimates.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Is there anything on earth harder
to do than to get up in the morning
unless it's to go to bed at night?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

There is never as much excitement
as a nervous person imagines.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Dragging sometimes helps little
if the braggart knows when to quit
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

Is nervous person imagines,
\ farmer boys notion of n sinecure
Is a job where there are no chores.
Most Of the things you are afraid
Of won't hurt you if you leave them
alone.
\ yellow newspaper isn't the only
one which cof6rs its news to some ex-
tent.
There are exceptions to all rules,
but generally speaking, the man who
whips his Childen good deal has
mean disposition.
OCosianally there is a woman with
such a Capacity for Work that she
can maintain reputation as a model
and star church work
er.
An old horse can swear lot with
it's ears.
A lot of nice people say gimme"
instead of give me-"
Aviation prizes are pretty large;
they have to be.
II isn't the last words OF famous
men that make them famous.
Dragging sometimes helps a little
if the braggart knows when to quit.
4 shiftless woman isn't abused for
her shiftlessness as much as man is
a man acting a cheerfuness he
doesn't feel, is never very good ac-
tor.
Sometimes barnyard bird can
whip a regular fighting cock, but not
often.
when | was boy, | used to fight
good deal, generally getting whip
ped. But finally found boy ] could
whip, and got even. Don't you know
of older people who seek revenge in
that way?"-Rufe Hoskins.
No one else can attract as much at
tention by meanness as a preacher
can.
One has to be drunk to enjoy fight
ing, and drunken man can't fight
much.
If mans ambition doesn't make
him work harder, it doesn't amount to
much.
When man first stops at a big
hotel he is considerably awed by the
bell boys.
Hon. January Thaw is almost as
popular when he's working good, as
his kin, Harry, used to be with the
chorus ladies.
A boy is so fond of cold he favors a
national holiday every time there is
a snowstorm.
If man doesn't make enough to
support one family, he isn't apt to be
leading Double Life.
That prejudice against a third term
probably didn't originate with a man
holding mis- second
The mere fact that you don't get
your work done doesn't prove that
you have too much to do.
No man should elope with a girl
young enough TO endanger him to ar.
rest for kidnapping.
If a man is good at it, he doesn't
need an excuse for making a speech
a chance is all he asks.
y handsome man doesn't remind
us so much of Greek god as he does
of a clothing advertisement.
Let us be joyful; chances are you
will live longer than the life insur
ance agents conversation intimates.
To satisfy us of his abiding wisdom
and culture, man must do some
thing more than quote Shakespeare
incorrectly.
Very few burglars are found. consid
ering the number of people who ex
pect to find them when they come
home late al night.
From the time a boy thinks his IA
ther knows it all until he thinks he
! knows nothing, doesn't seem very
long to the Old Man.
Some women seem to spend most
OF their time convalescing, and care,
ful training teaches them to wear a
SILK kimono to advantage.
BY the time there are six or seven
children in the family a birthday is
no occasion for birthday party.
oh
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

While one should not be discour-
aged by failure, don't cheerfully take
up that line as your regular occupa-
tion.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

A man acting cheerfulness h
doesn't feel, is never a very good az
tor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

To satisfy us of his abiding wisdom
and culture, man must do some
thing more than quote Shakespeare
incorrectly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Some loafers try to blame their
laziness on Hard Luck.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

4 shiftless woman isn't abused 70
her shiftlessness as much as man is
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23

If man is good at it, he doesn't
need an excuse for making a speech
chance is all he asks.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEwsJouRN FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23 1912

EBRCARY %. 1912.
increasing badness, that ones grow.
ing old?
Speaking OF badness. We see by the
paper that the new president of China
has clipped his queue and has gained
a loan of millions. on the same
condition, we'd likewise be willing to
be shearcd
They may be able to fight ON the |
street in Norfolk for fifteen minutes !
without interference, but let this be
said in favor the Norfolk police as
compared with those dubs in little old !
New York: There aren't any automO.
bile bandits able to run loose for a |
week in this burg, accommodating thou.
sands Of dollars worth of booty, and |
leaving the police force absolutely in |
the lurch fo.' lack of a clew.
A 6-yearold boy and a grown up
man are good deal alike, after all
TO wear an overcoat makes the boy
feel like mollycoddle and to wear
rubbers makes a man feel the same
way. 1t takes almost a spanking tol
get either one OF EN- to come across.
4 good many people make the mis-.
take of thinking that cold air is fresh
air inst hpCauSp IFS cold
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