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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

AS long as twenty years ago Profess
sor Langley of Pittsburg, Pa, began
a series of experiments to do what
Darius Green and a host of others be-
fore him had ttempted-navigate the
air. Like all men who attempt what
has never been successfully accom-.
plished, Professor Langley was ridi.
culed and sneered at by those who had
honored him as a noted scientist. A
few friends, among them William
Thaw, father of the notorious Harry
X. Thaw, stood by him. Mr.. Thaw
told him to go ahead with his expert
ments and he would see him through.
And he did to the sum of fifty thous-
and dollars, with the result that those
experiments conducted twenty years
ago gave the world the knowledge
which workers in the field of air craft
today recognize as basic for their
mechanism. The aeroplane, construct
ed by Professor Langley, was disap-
pointment. 1t few seventy feet and
then sank in the Potomac. Professor
Langley felt sure that he could have
discovered the flaws In the machine
and make a success of 1t, but after the
first failure he was so ridiculed and
jeered at that he made no further eff.
forts to perfect his invention. Today
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
the NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL FRIDAY July 1909

his theories are indicated and his ma.
chine, which has stood for years in an
out of the way corner of the Smith.
sonian Institute, is given serious con.
sideration. Had little of the interest
now given to his invention been grant.
ed the inventor at the time he was on
trial, he might have succeeded as well
as the virgins Arothers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Governor Hughes of New York, in
pursuance with the provision of the
last session of the legislature, appoint.
ed a commission to investigate the
stock and other exchanges in New
York city. He appointed men of &C.
copied ability and probity. They have
just made their report to the effect
that the stock exchange is a CONNER.
cial necessity. 1t is necessary to quote
only two conclusions of their report
to prove how valueless it is. One dis
tinguishes between the men who gam.
BILE after experience and the green.
horns. For the uninitiated they admit
that speculation in futures is losing
game. They evidently forget that the
moral quality Of an act does not vary
according to the man who commits It.
The other conclusion is that manipu.
lation of prices through morally I'M
justifiable is to be condoned when it
is resorted to for the purpose of max
Ing market for new sureties. These
reputable and supposedly self respect
ing men say frankly that new enter
prises cannot be launched unless cap
ital is provided and to gain capital Sc
curities must be sold and therefore an
artificial market created from lies and
dishonor, is commercial necessity.
This statement ought to be enough to
prove that the gambling environment
has so dulled the moral perceptions of
otherwise keen men that they are not
even ashamed to publish a report
whose tone would indicate its authors
as inmates of Sing Sing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

f" out there are none on Wnlcp
the problem of maintaining
fertility is not an important
one. Fertility of the land In its broad
est sense means its ability to produce
large crops.
One of the important factors influ-
encing fertility is the amount of plant
food in the soil Ten elements, car
bon. hydrogen, oxygen. calcium, mag
nesium, iron, sulphur. nitrogen. potas-
stun and phosphorus. are necessary to
the growth of plants. From 90 to %
per cent of the dry matter Of plants Is
made up of carbon, oxygen and hy-
drogen. which are obtained from air
and water. or the others only three,
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. are
used in such large quantities that the
supply In the soil is likely to become
exhausted. These three are usually
spoken Of as the essential plant foods,
Amount Of Plant Food In Soils.
These plant foods are present in
varying amounts In all soils. In many
cases 1t Is necessary to increase the
supply by the use Of commercial fer.
tilizers. The real need Of most soils,
however. is not the addition Of more
Of these materials. but the judicious
use Of those already there. 1t is esti-
mated that there is enough phosphor-
us in the upper seven inches Of soil
in the Mississippi valley to raise a
hundred bushels Of corn to the acre
every year for sixty years and enough
potassium to last 600 years at the
same rate. Much of this phosphorus
and potassium is combined with other
materials in such form that 1t is un.
available for the use of the plants.
One Of the principal problems of the
farmer, then, Is to make this stored fer
tility available
One of the most effective means of
doing this is by keeping the soil plen-
tifully supplied with humus. Humus
is the name given to decaying organic
matter in the soil. 1t is the humus
that gives the dark. rich color to soils.
1t leaves that brown streak Ia the
furrow" that farmers have long re-
garded as an indication Of fertility.
Humus gives the soil spongy texture
and greatly increases its water holding
capacity. 1t also makes the soil lighter
and warmer. Soils which contain large
amounts Of humus do not bake or
become cloddy easily. They are mel
low and respond readily to cultivation.
Humus contains considerable nitrogen
and furnishes home for bacteria.
which aid in making plant food avail
able. Certain acids are also formed In
the decaying Of humus that aid in
making the phosphorus and potas.
stun available. 1t might almost be
said that the chief problem of main
tanning fertility is the problem Of keep
ing the soil supplied with humus.
Maintaining the Humus Supply.
Probably the best way Of maintain
ing this humus supply Is by the liberal
use Of barnyard manure. The surplus
straw should be used for bedding. so
as to save all the liquid portion and
add to the bulk Of the manure. Shred
ded fodder is also good for this pur-
pose. The manure should be hauled
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
To Dinner Via Balloon.

Going To dinner forty-two miles away
in balloon was the experience Of n,
H. Arnold. A. ID Converse and w. Fl
Richardson. who recently assembled al
North Adams. Mass. In the North
Adams No. l. The balloon was sail
ing near the ground over the farm Of
George W. Hodges at Greenfield Cen
ter. N. Y. when two of the farmers
daughters invited the party to come
down and have dinner. and they did.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
AROUND TOWN.

Only week more.
Look out for lock-jaw.
Only three days more, Johnny.
The wise golf player raises his own
The political campaign is warming"
up.
When you see tornado coming,
duck
How fast can Mrs. Gould get on
the stage?
Did you ever see the salt cellers act
so ornery?
Carry your cyclone cellar around
with you.
Dustin Farnum's press agent is
there anyway.
You'll have to hurry II you're to be
a June bride this year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Colonel Bryan is the original flying
machine man in the country. 1t is
new more than thirteen years since
he launched his presidential aeroplane
and he has been up in the air ever
since.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Senator Bristow of Kansas may not
be accomplishing much in bringing
about a revision of the tariff, but he is
showing up the iniquity of the bang
in holding up rates and is also punch.
ing the dignity of the senate full of
holes. So perhaps his time is not
wasted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

A dispatch from East Africa conveys
the intelligence that Theodore Roose-
welt is color blind. The people of the
south discovered that some time ago.
The New York World, however, is sure
he can see yellow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

A reputation thoroughly established
in Europe for doing great things is a
guarantee of an Americans receiving
great honor in his own home town.
Wright brothers have fully demon
strated this.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Not many southern cities were anx.
ious to entertain the confederate re-
union. The new south Is too busy
making money to nurse forty-year-
old grudge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

With the Japs becoming insolent
and annoying in Hawaii and Colonel
Hobson still shrieking war" on the
Chautauqua course, Fourth of July
orators ought not to suffer for lack
of ammunition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

A new word has been coined by an
English st-"thousandaire." 1t
seems in perfect analogy with million
aire and there is no apparent reason
why the word should not come into
regular use.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Eighteen hundred and nine has been
called THE Year of Genius" 1t has
kept things quite lively during 1909,
to celebrate appropriately the centen-
aries of it's brilliant statesmen, scien-
lists, musicians, and writer's, anyway.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Abdul Hamid, the ex-sultan, kept, it
is said, small change to the amount
of 100000 in the palace at all times.
He needed 1t. He had many wives.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

German forests yield an annual net
income OF IS an acre, which is said to
be as sure as the years that come and
go, which claim can not be made for
every investment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

A very happy exchange of interna.
tional courtesies was concluded June
8, when Ambassador Jusserand. on be.
half of the French government, pre-.
sented the city of San Francisco a
gold medal concentrating the cour.
age and unbounded enthusiasm of the
people OF San Francisco in restoring
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

opium. The trouble with these peo-
pie who refuse to live out their lives
is not that their lives are not worth
living, or because they lack oppor-
tunities, but because these men and
women make wrecks of them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

The government at Washington is
watching affairs in Cuba with no little
anxiety. At the present moment the
worst danger which threatens the
island is bankruptcy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

John Mitchell says that "unemploy-
ment is a great social disease and as
far as my experience teaches me is
growing in extent and seriousness.
We cannot afford in this country to
build up a permanent army of unem.
ployed; something must be done and
that Immediately to arrest this ten.
dency."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

A Michigan man who had passed
ninety-nine years on this mundane
sphere, felt that he has lived long
enough, and committed suicide. Seems
a pity he didn't hold out one more
year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

professional pedestrians say that
walking is as hard to learn as aero
planning. Maybe, but the loss Of
equilibrium is not attended by such
serious results.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

The breakfast-food manufacturers
are said to be greatly more interested
in the tariff on lumber than they are
concerned about the price of wheat.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

II is every mans business to do
impossibilities. He who says: III l
only could" will never accomplish
anything.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Why should Walter Wellman need
a balloon to find the north pole? The
general impression is that he is a
good deal of gas-bag himself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

The real source of national veal or
woe is the big national farm stretch
ing from Manitoba and the Dakotas to
the blue waters Of the gulf.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Progress; don't be silly. Don't be-
lieve in hypnotism, phrenology, my
thology, or foolology generally. Don't
believe in that which is denied by the
best minds in the world. Read little,
and read standard authorities. Avoid
books or newspapers printed by So
cieties. Such books and newspapers
lie like weather prophets. A book is
sued by chronological society will
assert that phrenology is a well-at-
tested scientific fact, although every
scientific man in the world laughs at
the nonsense. This sort of book af-
fords no information; it supplies moth.
ing but falsehoods. Every foolish doc.
trine has publication society,"" to
spread literature that is not reliable.
Don't read that sort of literature. A
democratic paper never tells the truth
about democratic measures. Modern
people are outgrowing the folly of be.
ing partisans on any subject. They
look for the truth. and respect it. If
you have been wrong, acknowledge it,
and make new start.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

One man who has plenty of time and
inclination to play golf, never gets out
to the links because his wife won't
let him. 1t interferes with supper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Everybody was surprised that Taft
didn't yell Fore" when he took that
drive for q corporation tax.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

An 80 per cent tariff on sugar and
10 per cent tariff on diamonds tells
the whole story. No need of comment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

What chance has straw hat with
rain every fifteen minutes?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

The Taft family COW will have to be
hobbled for one afternoon at least.
Maude Adams is going to play peter
Pan" on the white house lawn.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Norfolk claims distinction in the
fact that no Chinaman has yet been
arrested here on suspicion of being
Leon Ling.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

An ordinary sized newspaper
wouldn't have had room for many
more murders than have developed
during the past week or so.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

You'd be surprised at the bright
things a fellow can think of when he
doesn't have pencil.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

The city of Geneva will celebrate on
July 10 the four hundredth anniver'
sary OF the birth of John Calvin.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

The secretary of the International
Reform Bureau reports 100000 sui
cides annually from the effects OF
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

That Sigel story has been a good
filler for over ten days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Tariffs may not make prosperity, but
no one can deny that they mar 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Don't complain about the heat. You
might have to live In Chicago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

II Is rather humiliating to have lit
tie Rhode Island run the United
States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

81 am in position where I should
do something sensible" said a man
today, "but I cannot decide. l fear
that after I decide what is sensible,
and do it, it will turn out exactly what
should not have done That has
been my experience so many times
heretofore. 1t is easy to say, BE sen.
sible," but it is difficult to decide what
is sensible"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Saturday, Sunday and Monday will
all be slaughter days this year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

We know certain man who is al.
ways being treated unjustly. And it
is never his fault. He is fair with
everybody, he says, but every day
almost every hour, in fact-some one
plays him "a mean trick. But it is
never his fault. All of you know men
of that sort.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Only one more week till they close
at 8 o'clock in the evening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Americans are everywhere known
as great people to worry. They wor.
ry each other; no American considers
that he is doing his duty unless he is
worrying the life out of three or four
people. If it isn't his wife and chill.
dren, it is his neighbors, or his com.
petitors. All of us should take an
oath to worry fewer people in future.
It's a wicked business. Whenever
possible, let people alone in the enjoy
ment of their natural rights.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
Blamed the Planets.

In the middle of the fourteenth CEN
fury in Paris new ordinance en-
joining the cleansing OF the streets and
the shutting up OF swine was carefully
neglected, as usual and a terrible
plague vas the consequence. The fac
ulty OF medicine. called upon for
remedy by the king. sent to inform
him after long discussion that the
plague was the result Of hostile con-
junction Of the planets Mars and Jupi-
ter.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
Making Money
On the Farm
ll.-Maintaining Fertility
By G. v. GREGORY.
Author Of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright 1903. by American Press
Association
Copyright 1903. by American Press
Association

n YOT all lands need tile drainage
An but there are none on which
" the problem of maintaining
=" fertility 10 NOT nm lnlnnrfn nj
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-15
LOCAL BREVITIES

The 5. s. Alameda win sail on Wed.
nesday, June 10, at nine instead of ten
0 clock.
Excelsior Lodge, No. /, I. o. o. F..
VIII meet in Odd Fellows hall at 7.30
this evening.
Honolulu Temple, No 1, Pythian Sis
tiers, will meet III K. of P. hall at 7.3O
this evening.
Ladies Auxiliary, A. o. H. Division
No. l, viii meet in C. B. II hall At 2
o'clock this evening.
The Manoa Improvement Club will
mold meeting this evening at the
residence Of A. W. T. Bottomley. in
College Hills. -
Inc regular quarterly meeting of the
Woman g National Rivers and Harbors
congress will be held this afternoon at
$3.50 at the Hotel PIeasanton. Several
members will address the meeting.
Contractor Whitehouse reports that
the work on Nuuanu Gam is progress
ing very favorably. The sluieing down
OF $4,000 yards of material will pretty
well complete this part of the work.
Over fifty people have already book
ed on the Inter-Island steamer Mauna-
kea for the excursion to Hilo on the
tmrd OF July, returning here on the
sixth. Only hundred people will be
taken.
A jolly crowd of Army and Navy
people was down on the Navy wharf
last evening to see the U. S. transport
Logan depart for Manila, via Guam.
The Logan got away exactly at six
o clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the
w. c. T. u will be held in Central
Union church this afternoon at 2:3O. A
large attendance is requested, as the
president has important business to
bring before the union.
Local capital will probably handle
the 100000 worth of bonds which will
be issued for the construction of the
Kula pipeline on Maui. Acting Treas
urer Hemenwway is taking the mat
ter up and hopes to have it completed
by the end of the week.
The stock market was unusually ac-
tive yesterday, many sales being re-
corded, and these all at high prices
Oahu railroad sold in several good
sized lots at 125, this being a raise of
one point over the last SALE Eva sold
for $29 for while, later dropping
back to $2S.75.
Colonel j. W. Jones will, in all prob
ability, continue to hold his position as
court stenographer, notwithstanding the
fact that hes viii take the position of
Adjutant General of the National Guard
of Hawaii on July 1. He will be paid
by the amount of the work he does in
court after that time.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-15
OCEAN GOING STORk
BRINGS GOOD LUCK

enthusiastically the visit of the
stork means d drain on the pocket
book, but to Mrs. Agnes Right, wife
of Corporal Kight of the United States
Engineer corps, who left the General
Hospital at the Preside yesterday, a
baby came in midocean, at a time
opportune to settle a troublesome
financial problem.
More than year ago, Mrs. Right,
then unmarried, went to Honolulu as
a nurse in the house of an artillery
officer. She met Corporal Kight, and
a wedding followed.
1t was all the corporal could do on
his small salary to meet household ex-
penses, and when orders came for his
transfer to Washington, D. c., there
was not a dollar on hand. How the
expenses of Mrs. Right could be paid
across the continent was a serious
problem, for the Government would
furnish her transportatio only across
the ocean
But when a transport came by way
of Honolulu, Corporal and Mrs. Right
became passengers and concluded to
let the future take care of itself.
-Four days out, all unexpectedly. the
stork paid his visit. No preparations
had been made for the reception of the
little stranger, and it was due to the
wives of officers that the emergency
was met successfully. Besides rum
maging through trunks for baby
clothes. the women raised $3.50 and
gave it to the parents.
When San Francisco was reached
officers and their wives busted them
selves in getting the mother into the
Preside General Hospital and Major
Kennedy, who has charge there
wired to Washington a request for 9
leave of absence for Kight. which was
granted. The Rights left for Wash
| ington yesterday with a healthy child
and light hearts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-15
PERSONAL.

c. J. Falk and family have returned
to the Hawaiian Hotel.
Allan Herbert and his wife viii leave
for the Coast on the Alameda.
Major Winslow is booked to leave for
Hawaii on the Maunakea today at noon.
A. r. Gurrey is booked to leave for
the Coast On the Oceanic steamer Ala
media.
A. W. Carter and family will return
to Hawaii on the steamer Maunakea
today.
Rev. H. Isenberg and Mrs. Isenberg
will leave for their home on the Kinau
this evening.
J. P. Cooke and wife are booked to
leave for the mainland on the Ala
media tomorrow.
Mrs. A. T. Hartwell is expected here
on the s. S. Siberia. She win be ac-
companied by one of her daughters.
Paul de Longpre, the famous painter
of flowers, who has been in the Islands
for several weeks past, will leave for
the mainland again on the Alameda.
He came down for his health, mainly,
his eyesight troubling him a great deal
in the States. Since he has been here
he has done a lot of seabathing, and
thinks it has benefited him greatly.
D. Harvey Elder, who has beer
spending the last six months in the
Islands, will return to his home in Cal
ifornia on the Alameda tomorrow. Yes
terdav he met Lieutenant Jubal Early
grandson of the famous Southern
General, on board The transport Logan
Harvey Elder and young Early were
roommates in the Virginia Military In
stitute a number of years ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-15

During Governor Rollins administra-
ton, a representative of the legislature
of New Hampshire from one of the
rural districts in the northern section
of the State was presented to the gov
ernor for the first time. Being some
what unfamiliar with estate House
etiquette, he addressed his exeellency
as "M0st High The governor in
formed the gentleman from the rural
district that there was but one Most
High. He who had. made everythiEg
from nothing" "Well, governor" re-
piled the country legislator, "I'u give
YOU credit for making justice of the
peace out of man up in my town that
is about as near to nothing as ever
walked on two legs