The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-07-20


that will almost double each year is bet
ter than loaning money at 10 per cent.
Grasshoppers and locusts are playing
havoc with the crops in various parts of
the state and country. This leads Prof.
Lawrence Bruner, entomologlst of the
university, to renew his plea for the
protection of the birds, as they are all
very fond of locusts and especially of
the young ones. \ single bird will des.
troy many thousands of these insects.
Only few weeks ago Prof. Bruner saw
dozens of birds feeding upon the young
of the migrating locusts in Sioux county,
where the insects had Matched in one of
the valleys by millions. One of the best
artificial means of destroying the pests
is tie hopper dozer," which is an ar
rangement of pans containing water
and kerosene to be hauled over the
ground, with screen at the back. The
hoppers fly against this screen, fall
into the pans containing the kerosene
and are thus killed. This machine may
hand or team. The hoppers have not
yet made their appearance in this vicini-
" in any numbers and it is to be hoped
they will not
The force of habit, says the Louisville
Times, is pretty strong, almost as strong
as the ruling passion which is in at the
death 1t has become the fashion to fol-
low every little address or song with
applause-sometimes as mark Of cour-
tesy, sometimes because the audience is
really delighted. People become accus.
| toned to this and respond automatically
to any public remarks. One day lately
at meeting woman member of an
organization prominent in southern cir
cles of society arose and made pleasant
little speech to her sister members.
Later on she bowed her head solemnly
and off cred up touching prayer. All
cast down their eyes and looked i'm
impressed, and when amen was breathed
member, who had succumbed to the
force of habit, forgot herself and clapped
her hands loudly in applause of the
prayer Everybody caught ON to the mis-
take and not even the solemnity of the oc-
casion prevented the other members
from grinning aside, or casting playful
glances at the luckless maker of the
break.
The Dodge Criterion The editor
Fourth of Julyed at his home near Mead
ow Grove with his parents. While me-
andering around among the young noun.
tains north of the Elkhorn river, one els.
vation higher than its neighbors was
noticed to be void of grass on it's summit.
Suspecting that it was prehistoric
graveyard, spades and shovels were pro-
cured at once and excavations begun in
earnest. The search was soon rewarded
in the discovery of two "good Indians"
who must have been buried there from
sixty to one hundred years or more in
the past. Judging by the plunder that
had been buried with them, they be-
longed to a race that lived on the spoils
of war and the chase. Three iron sad
die stirrups of ancient make were found
in one of the graves, AS near as we
have been able to learn they were of the
style of the sixteenth century, and might
have been taken from some unfortunate
explorer of that period. Beads, pieces
Of deer skin and ornaments were found
in profusion. This was not the ordinary
way of celebrating our national anniver.
sary, but it served in most impressive
manner to illustrate the changes that
have taken place on this continent and
in this country within the last two hun.
dred years. Two hundred years ago the
mighty expanse of western plains was
inhabited by wild animals, and roaming
sayages who worshiped the god of war;
today its teeming millions are engaged
in the peaceful pursuits of the commerce
of civilization and enlightenment, aud
the worship of the God of peace.